quippe Lupercus, equi dum saucia protegit ora, heu sibi prolapso non bene cavit equum; Gallus at in castris, dum credita signa tuetur, concidit ante aquilae rostra cruenta suae: fatales pueri, duo funera matris avarae! vera, sed invito, contigit ista fides.
For Lupercus, in shielding the wounded face of his horse, slipped, alas, and failed to beware of the horse. And Gallus in camp, minding the standards entrusted to his charge, fell in front of his own eagle and stained its beak with his blood. Ill-starred lads, both brought to death by a mothers greed! That prophecy of mine found fulfilment, though I would it had not!
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