Talia iactantem dictis ac dira canentem non tulit Ascanius, nervoque obversus equino contendit telum diversaque bracchia ducens constitit, ante Iovem supplex per vota precatus:
As he makes these boasts in words of ominous strain, Ascanius did not endure it but faced him and levelled his shaft from the horsehair string, and holding his arms wide apart paused, first invoking Jove with suppliant vows: