Nate dea, nam te maioribus ire per altum auspiciis manifesta fides (sic fata deum rex sortitur volvitque vices, is vertitur ordo), pauca tibi e multis, quo tutior hospita lustres aequora et Ausonio possis considere portu, expediam dictis; prohibent nam cetera Parcae scire Helenum farique vetat Saturnia Iuno.
Goddess-born, since there is clear proof that under higher auspices you journey over the sea'for thus the king of the gods allots the destinies and rolls the wheel of change, and such is the circling course'a few things out of many I will unfold to you in speech, that so more safely you may traverse the seas of your sojourn, and find rest in Ausonias haven; for the Fates forbid Helenus to know more and Saturnian Juno stays her utterance.