omnia somni condiderant aegrisque dabant oblivia curis, cum Iuno, in stagni numen conversa propinqui et madidae frontis crines circumdata fronde populea, stimulat subitis praecordia curis ac rumpit ducis haud spernenda voce quietem: o felix famae et Latio lacrimabile nomen Hannibal, Ausoniae si te Fortuna creasset, ad magnos venture deos! cur fata tenemus? pelle moras: brevis est magni Fortuna favoris.
Sleep had lulled all things to rest and brought to men forgetfulness of trouble, when Juno, counterfeiting the deity of the neighbouring lake,b appeared before him, the hair on the dripping brow crowned with poplar leaves. She stirred the generals heart with sudden anxiety, and broke his sleep with a voice he could not disregard. Hannibal'a glorious name, though a cause of tears to Latium'had Fortune made you a Roman, you would have joined the ranks of the high gods. But why do we arrest the course of destiny? Make haste! The flood-tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
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