surgit et infernis habitantia numina lucis ac supplex patrios compellat nomine manes: este duces bello et monstratam ducite ad urbem; vobis ultor ego et Sarrano murice fulgens inferias mittam fusis insignis Hiberis et tumulis addam sacros certamine ludos.
He rose up and prayed to the gods who dwell in the nether world, and accosted the ghosts of his kinsmen by name with supplication: Take the command yourselves and lead me to the city you have told of. You shall be avenged by me; and, when the Spaniards are routed, I shall stand conspicuous in gleaming Tyrian purple and offer sacrifice at your graves; and I shall honour your tombs further by sacred games and competitions.
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