non iam prima peto Mnestheus neque vincere certo; quamquam o'sed superent, quibus hoc, Neptune, dedisti' extremos pudeat rediise; hoc vincite, cives, et prohibete nefas.
No longer do I, Mnestheus, seek the first place, no longer do I strive to win; yet oh!'but let those conquer to whom you, Neptune, have granted it'it would be shame to return last! Win but this, my countrymen, and ward off disgrace!