tum, quatiens strictum cum voce ante ora paventum mucronem: Tarpeia, pater, qui templa secundam incolis a caelo sedem, et Saturnia, nondum Iliacis mutata malis, tuque aspera pectus aegide Gorgoneos virgo succincta furores, indigetesque dei, sponte en per numina vestra perque caput, nullo levius mihi numine, patris magnanimi iuro: numquam Lavinia regna linquam nec linqui patiar, dum vita manebit.
Then he brandished his naked sword before their frightened eyes as he spoke: O Fathera that inhabitest the Tarpeian temple, next after heaven thy chosen abode; and thou, daughter of Saturn, whose heart is not yet softened by the sufferings of the Trojans; and thou, fierce Maiden Goddess, who bindest on thy breast the aegis and the terrors of the Gorgon; and ye gods of Italy'hear me when I swear voluntarily by your divinity, and by the head of my heroic father, as sacred to me as any god! I swear that never while I live shall I leave the realm of Lavinium nor suffer others to leave it.
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