primis Haeduis deberis, ergo non solis, vel propter illud exemplum nostri Maronis, quo teste Pallas, sic habitus Arcas quod pariter et Samnis, in Mezentium movere potuisset ut peregrinus arma Etruscorum, ni mixtus matre Sabella partem quoque patriae inde traxisset.
Thus you owe your existence primarily to the Aeduans, but not solely to them: for this we have the authority of our own Virgil, who testifies that Pallas, who was reckoned an Arcadian indeed but also in equal measure a Samnite, could have led the armed might of the Etruscans against Mezentius had he not been of mixed race because of his Sabellian mother, so that from her land also he drew part of his nativity.
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