Tunc Iuno, miserata virum, pastoris in ora vertitur ac silvis subito procedit opacis atque his alloquitur versantem ingloria fata: quaenam te silvis accedere causa subegit armatum nostris? num dura ad proelia tendis, magnus ubi Ausoniae reliquos domat Hannibal armis? si velox gaudes ire, et compendia grata sunt tibi, vicino in medios te tramite ducam.
Then Juno took pity upon him. Putting on the likeness of a shepherd, she suddenly emerged from a shady grove, and addressed him thus while he had in mind a dishonourable death: For what purpose came you here, a man in arms, to our peaceful woodlands? Seek you the stern battle, in which great Hannibal is defeating the remnant of the Romans? If speed is your desire and you seek to get there quickly, I will guide you by a neighbouring path to the midst of the combat.
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