Aen. 11.532Vēlōcem intereā superīs in sēdibus Ōpim,
ūnam ex virginibus sociīs sacrāque catervā,
compellābat et hās trīstis Lātōnia vōcēs
535ōre dabat: Graditur bellum ad crūdēle Camilla,
Ō virgō, et nostrīs nēquīquam cingitur armīs,
cāra mihi ante aliās.Meanwhile in the seats above Latona's daughter was addressing swift Opis, one of the maiden companions of her sacred band, and sadly uttered these words: 'Camilla is going to cruel war, O maiden, and girds herself in vain with our arms, dear to me beyond others. Aen. 11.537Neque enim novus iste Diānae
vēnit amor subitāque animum dulcēdine mōvit.For this love of Diana's is not new, nor has it moved her heart with sudden sweetness. Aen. 11.539Pulsus ob invidiam regnō vīrēsque superbās
540Prīvernō antīquā Metabus cum excēderet urbe,
īnfantem fugiēns media inter proelia bellī
sustulit exsiliō comitem mātrisque vocāvit
nōmine Casmillae mūtātā parte Camillam.When Metabus, driven from his kingdom because of hatred of his proud power, was leaving the ancient city of Privernum, fleeing amid the battles of war he took his infant as companion of his exile and called her Camilla, after her mother's name Casmilla, with a part changed.
Aen. 11.544Ipse sinū prae sē portāns iuga longa petēbat
545sōlōrum nemorum: tēla undique saeva premēbant
et circumfūsō volitābant mīlite Volscī.Carrying her himself before him in the fold of his robe, he was making for the long ridges of lonely woods: cruel weapons pressed on every side and the Volsci flitted around with soldiers spread all about. Aen. 11.547Ecce fugae mediō summīs Amasenus abundāns
spūmābat rīpīs: tantus sē nūbibus imber
rūperat.Look, in the midst of his flight the Amasenus foamed, overflowing the tops of its banks, so great a rainstorm had burst from the clouds. Aen. 11.549Ille, innāre parāns, īnfantis amōre
550tardātur cārōque onerī timet.He, preparing to swim across, is held back by love for the infant and fears for his dear burden. Aen. 11.550Omnia sēcum
versantī subitō vix haec sententia sēdit.As he turned everything over within himself, this decision suddenly, and barely, settled. Aen. 11.552Tēlum immāne manū validā quod forte gerēbat
bellātor, solidum nōdīs et rōbore coctō,
huic nātam, librō et silvestrī sūbere clausam,
555implicat atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae;To the huge spear which, warrior that he was, he happened to carry in his strong hand, solid with knots and seasoned oak, to this he binds his daughter, wrapped in bark and woodland cork, and ties her neatly round the middle of the shaft; Aen. 11.556quam dextrā ingentī lībrāns ita ad aethera fātur:balancing it in his great right hand he speaks thus to the heavens: