Turnus at ante volans tardum praecesserat agmen viginti lectis equitum comitatus, et urbi improvisus adest; maculis quem Thracius albis portat equus cristaque tegit galea aurea rubra, ecquis erit mecum, iuvenes, qui primus in hostem'? en, ait et iaculum attorquens emittit in auras, principium pugnae, et campo sese arduus infert.
But Turnus had hurried forward in advance of his tardy column, with a following of twenty chosen horse, and reaches the city sooner than expected: a Thracian steed, spotted with white, bears him, and a golden helmet with crimson crest guards his head. Men, is there anyone who with me will be first against the foe? See! he cries, and whirling a javelin sends it skyward to start the battle and advances proudly over the plain.
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