Ovidius Naso, Publius; Picart, Bernard [Ill.]; Banier, Antoine [Comm.]: Ovid's Metamorphoses In Latin And English: [Two Volumes] (Band 2) (Amsterdam, 1732)

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49o P. OVIDII METAMOK- P. OVID'S METAMOR-

Sola Venus portae cecidijfe repagula fenfit: Intreats the Nymphs that o'er the Springs pre-
Et claufurafuit; nifiquod reficindere numquam flde y

Dh licet atta Beum. Jano locajuntta tene- which near ^ Fjmc ofh ^anm }id
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. _ ' To (end their Succours • ev'ry Urn they drain,
Naides Auloniae, qelido rorantia tonte: -

„ , J ■/• ^ A7 ,i '.a^^PtpntPwi To itop the 5«&/»w Progrels, but in vain,
ro^/- auxilium.necNymphaejufia pet entem r &

SufimuereBeam : venasque & fiumma fontis The Naiads now more Stratagems eflay;

Elicuere fui. nondum tamen invia Jam And kindling Sulphur to each Source convey.

Ora patentis erant, neque iter praecluferat The Floods ferment, hot Exhalations rife,

unda- r . 79° Till from the fcalding Ford the Army flies.

Lurida fupponunt fecundo ulfura fonti, . . .

■ J 11 J r i ■ • Soon Romulus appears in {tuning Arms,

Incenduntque cavas jumante bitumine venas. 11 °

Vmbus his alusque vapor penetrant ad ima And to the War the Roman LeSlons

Fontis: & Alpmo modo quae cert are rigori The Battle rages, and the Field is fpread

Audebatis aquae, non ceditis igmbus ipfis.jg^ With nothing, but the Dying, and the Dead.

Flammifera gemim fumant adfipergme pops >• Bodl Sides confent to treat without Delay,

Portaque, neqmcquam rigidispermififa Sabmis, k^ ^ ^q chiefs ^ ^ ^ c ^

Fonte fmtprae(lru£tanovoidumMartiusarma , ... • . .

r , .; n t> i i But, Tatius by Lavtnian Fury ilain:

Indueret miles, quae pojtquam Romulus ultro 1 1

Obtulit i £f firata eft tellus Romana Sabi- Great Romulus continu'd long to reign.

nis 8oo Now Warrior Mars his burnilh'd Helm

Corporibus,firata eficquefiuisi generique cruorem puts on,

Sanguine cum foe en permijcuit impus enfis: And thus addreflres Heav'n's Imperial Throne.

Pace tamen fifti bellum, nec in ultima ferro c. , r „r ,, . ,

1 . J „ Since the interior World is now become

T)e cert are, placet >• Tatiumque accedere regno.

nL:j <. cr ^ ^ r j a One Vaflal Globe, and Colony to Rome.

Decider at 1 atius , populisque aequata duo- 1

l)US ^ 805 » Grace, O Jove3 for Romulus I claim,

Romule fijura dabas,pofita cum cafjlde Mavors „ Admit him to the Skies, from whence he came.

Talibus adfatur Bivumque hominumque pa- 3) Long haft thou promis'd an yEtherial State

rent em: „ To Mm's Lineage; and thy Word is Fate".

Tempus adeft, (renitor, (quoniam fundamine „, , , , , . ,

1 v 1 J The Sire , that rules the Thunder, with a

magno

Res Rom-ana valet, nec praefidependet ab uno ) 3

Praemia, quae promijfa mihi dignoque nepo- Declard the Fiat3 and dhmifsd the God,
ti, 8lO Soon as the Pow'r Armipotent furvey'd,

Solvere, & ablatum terris imponere coelo. The flaOiing Skies, the Signal he obey'd;

<Tu mihi concilia quondam praefente Deorum And kaning QU his Lahcc., he mounts his Car,

(Nam memorOj memorique animo via verba TT.r ' - .-. _. , , , k.

1 His nery Couriers lathing thro the Air.

notavi)

Unus ent, quern tu tolles in caerula coeli; Mount Palatine he §ains^ and finds hls Son

Dixifii. rata fit verborum fiumma tuo- Good Laws enading on a peaceful Throne;

rum. 815 The Scales of heav'nly Juftice holding high,

Adnu 'lt omnipotens: & nubibus a'era caecis With fteady Hand, and a difcerning Eye.

Occuluit 3 tomtruquetf fulgure terrmt Urbem. Jhen vatilts upon Bs Carr, and to the Spheres,

Quae fib 1 promillae Jen fit data Cwna rapinae, .„ _ „. r „ , „ , .

7^. j 1 a 1 rr Swift, as a flying Shaft, Rome s Founder bears.
Innixusque hajtae, prejjos temone cruento 1 0

Impavidus conficendlt equos Gradivus , &> The Parts> more Pure> in nfinS are refin'd'

icJu 820 The grofs, and perilliible lag behind.

Verberis increpuit: pronumque per a'era lapfius His Shrine in purple Veftments ftands in view ;

Conditit in fiummo nemorofi colic Palat\; He looks a God} and is ^irims now>

Redden- > E'er