Aen. 7.148Postera cum prīmā lūstrābat lampade terrās
orta diēs, urbem et fīnīs et lītora gentis
150dīversī explōrant: haec fontis stagna Numīcī,
hunc Thybrim fluvium, hīc fortīs habitāre Latīnōs.When the next day, rising, was lighting the earth with its first torch, they go off in different directions to explore the city, the borders and the coasts of the people: these are the pools of the spring of Numicus, this is the river Tiber, here live the brave Latins. Aen. 7.152Tum satus Anchīsā dēlēctōs ōrdine ab omnī
centum ōrātōrēs augusta ad moenia rēgis
īre iubet, rāmīs vēlātōs Palladis omnīs,
155dōnaque ferre virō pācemque exposcere Teucrīs.Then the son of Anchises orders a hundred envoys, chosen from every rank, all wreathed with the boughs of Pallas, to go to the king's majestic walls, to bring gifts to the man and to ask peace for the Teucrians. Aen. 7.156Haud mora, festīnant iussī rapidīsque feruntur
passibus.Without delay they hurry as ordered and are borne along with rapid steps. Aen. 7.157Ipse humilī dēsignat moenia fossā
mōlīturque locum prīmāsque in lītore sēdēs
castrōrum in mōrem pinnīs atque aggere cingit.He himself marks out the walls with a shallow trench, works on the site, and rings his first settlement on the shore with battlements and a rampart, after the fashion of a camp.
Aen. 7.160Iamque iter ēmēnsī turrīs ac tēcta Latīnōrum
ardua cernēbant iuvenēs mūrōque subībant.And now, their journey done, the young men were seeing the towers and lofty roofs of the Latins and approaching the wall. Aen. 7.162Ante urbem puerī et prīmaevō flōre iuventūs
exercentur equīs domitantque in pulvere currūs
aut ācrīs tendunt arcūs aut lenta lacertīs
165spīcula contorquent cursūque ictūque lacessunt:
cum praevectus equō longaevī rēgis ad aurīs
nūntius ingentīs ignōtā in veste reportat
advēnisse virōs.Before the city boys and youths in the first flower of life are exercising on horseback, breaking in chariots in the dust, or bending fierce bows, or hurling pliant javelins with their arms, and challenging each other at running and throwing, when a messenger, riding ahead on horseback, brings word to the ears of the aged king that huge men in unfamiliar dress have arrived. Aen. 7.168Ille intrā tēcta vocārī
imperat et soliō medius cōnsēdit avītō.He orders them to be called inside the palace, and took his seat in the middle on his ancestral throne.