Aen. 7.212Dīxerat, et dicta Īlioneus sīc vōce secūtus:
Rēx, genus ēgregium Faunī, nec flūctibus āctōs,
ātra subēgit hiemps vestrīs succēdere terrīs
215nec sīdus regiōne viae lītusve fefellit:
cōnsiliō hanc omnēs animīsque volentibus urbem,
adferimur, pulsī regnīs, quae maxima quondam
extrēmō veniēns Sōl aspiciēbat Olympō.He had spoken, and Ilioneus followed his words thus: 'King, noble son of Faunus, no black storm has forced us, driven by the waves, to come to your lands, nor has star or shore misled us in the course of our way: by design and with willing hearts we are all brought to this city, driven from a kingdom once the greatest that the Sun beheld as he came from the farthest heaven. Aen. 7.219Ab Iove prīncipium generis, Iove Dardana pūbēs
220gaudet avō, rēx ipse Iovis dē gente suprēmā,
Trōius Aenēās, tua nōs ad līmina mīsit.From Jupiter is the beginning of our race; in Jupiter as ancestor the Dardan youth rejoice; our king himself, of the highest stock of Jupiter, Trojan Aeneas, has sent us to your threshold. Aen. 7.222Quanta per Īdaeōs saevīs effūsa Mycēnīs
tempestās ierit campōs, quibus āctus uterque
Eurōpae atque Asiae fātīs concurrerit orbis,
225audiit et sīquem tellūs extrēma refūsō
summovet oceanō et sīquem extenta plagārum
quattuor in mediō dirimit plaga sōlis inīquī.How great a storm, poured out from cruel Mycenae, swept over the plains of Ida, by what fates driven both worlds, of Europe and of Asia, clashed together, has been heard even by any whom the farthest land keeps apart where the ocean flows back, and any whom the zone of the cruel sun, stretched in the middle of the four zones, cuts off.
Aen. 7.228Dīluviō ex illō tot vāsta per aequora vectī
dīs sēdem exiguam patriīs lītusque rogāmus
230innocuum et cūnctīs undamque auramque patentem.From that flood, carried over so many vast seas, we ask a small home for our fathers' gods, a harmless shore, and water and air that are open to all. Aen. 7.231Nōn erimus regnō indecorēs, nec vestra ferētur
fāma levis tantīque abolēscet grātia factī,
nec Troiam Ausoniōs gremiō excēpisse pigēbit.We will not be a disgrace to your kingdom, nor will your fame be lightly told, nor will gratitude for so great a deed fade, nor will the Ausonians regret having taken Troy to her bosom. Aen. 7.234Fāta per Aenēae iūrō dextramque potentem
235sīve fidē seu quis bellō est expertus et armīs:
multī nōs populī, multae (nē temne, quod ultrō
praeferimus manibus vittās ac verba precantia)
et petiēre sibi et voluēre adiungere gentēs;I swear by the fates of Aeneas and his mighty right hand, whether one has tested it in faith or in war and arms: many peoples, many nations (do not scorn us because we come of our own accord holding out in our hands the sacred ribbons and words of prayer) have both sought us and wished to join us to themselves; Aen. 7.239sed nōs fāta deum vestrās exquīrere terrās
240imperiīs ēgēre suīs.but the fates of the gods have driven us by their commands to seek out your lands.
Aen. 7.240Hinc Dardanus ortus;From here Dardanus sprang; Aen. 7.241hūc repetit iussīsque ingentibus urguet Apollo
Tyrrhēnum ad Thybrim et fontis vada sacra Numīcī.here Apollo calls us back, and urges us with mighty commands to the Tyrrhenian Tiber and the sacred waters of the spring of Numicus. Aen. 7.243Dat tibi praetereā fortūnae parva priōris
mūnera, reliquiās Trōiā ex ārdente receptās.Moreover, he gives you these small gifts of his former fortune, relics rescued from burning Troy. Aen. 7.245Hōc pater Anchīsēs aurō lībābat ad ārās;With this gold father Anchises used to pour libations at the altars; Aen. 7.246hoc Priamī gestāmen erat, cum iūra vocātīs
mōre daret populīs, scēptrumque sacerque tiārās
Īliadumque labor vestēs.this was Priam's attire when he gave laws to the assembled peoples in due form: the sceptre, and the sacred turban, and robes, the work of Trojan women.'