tum socios (namque omnis eum stipata tegebat turba ducum) sic incipiens hortatur ovantis: Maxima res effecta, viri; timor omnis abesto, quod superest; haec sunt spolia et de rege superbo primitiae manibusque meis Mezentius hic est.
Then his triumphant comrades'for the whole band of chieftains thronged close about him'he thus begins to exhort:       Mighty deeds have we wrought, my men; for the future, away with all fear! These are the spoils and firstfruits of a haughty king; and this is Mezentius, as fashioned by my hands.