Aen. 7.249Tālibus Īlioneī dictīs dēfīxa Latīnus
250obtūtū tenet ōra solōque immōbilis haeret
intentōs volvēns oculōs.At these words of Ilioneus Latinus keeps his face fixed in a steady gaze, and stays motionless where he sits, rolling his intent eyes. Aen. 7.251Nec purpura rēgem
picta movet nec scēptra movent Priamēia tantum,
quantum in cōnūbiō nātae thalamōque morātur,
et veteris Faunī voluit sub pectore sortem,
255hunc illum fātīs externā ab sēde profectum
portendī generum paribusque in regna vocārī
auspiciīs, huic prōgeniem virtūte futūram
ēgregiam et tōtum quae vīribus occupet orbem.Nor does the embroidered purple move the king, nor Priam's sceptre, so much as he dwells on the marriage and bridal bed of his daughter, and turns over in his heart the oracle of old Faunus: that this was the man foretold by the fates, setting out from a foreign home, to be his son-in-law and called to rule with equal authority; from him would come offspring outstanding in valour, who would seize the whole world by their strength. Aen. 7.259tandem laetus ait: Dī nostra incepta secundent
260auguriumque suum;At last he says gladly: 'May the gods favour our undertaking and their own omen; Aen. 7.260dabitur, Trōiāne, quod optās,
mūnera nec spernō.what you wish shall be granted, Trojan, and I do not spurn your gifts.
Aen. 7.261Nōn vōbīs rēge Latīnō
dīvitis ūber agrī Troiaeve opulentia dēerit.While Latinus is king you will not lack the richness of fertile land or the wealth of Troy. Aen. 7.263Ipse modo Aenēās, nostrī sī tanta cupīdō est,
sī iungī hospitiō properat sociusque vocārī,
265adveniat voltūs nēve exhorrēscat amīcōs:
illī pācis erit dextram tetigisse tyrannī.Only let Aeneas himself, if he has so great a desire for us, if he is eager to be joined in friendship and called our ally, come in person, and not shrink from friendly faces: for me it will be a term of peace to have touched your ruler's right hand. Aen. 7.267vōs contrā rēgī mea nunc mandāta referte.You in turn now carry my message back to your king. Aen. 7.268Est mihi nāta, virō gentis quam iungere nostrae
nōn patriō ex adytō sortēs, nōn plūrima caelō
270mōnstra sinunt: generōs externīs adfore ab ōrīs,
hoc Latiō restāre canunt, quī sanguine nostrum
nōmen in astra ferant.I have a daughter whom the oracles from my father's shrine and very many portents from heaven do not allow me to join to a husband of our own race: sons-in-law will come from foreign shores, they prophesy, this awaits Latium, who will raise our name to the stars by their blood.
Aen. 7.272Hunc illum poscere fāta
et reor et, sīquid vērī mēns augurat, optō.That this is the man the fates demand I both believe and, if my mind foresees anything true, desire.' Aen. 7.274haec effātus equōs numerō pater ēligit omnī
275(stābant ter centum nitidī in praesaepibus altīs):
omnibus extemplō Teucrīs iubet ōrdine dūcī
īnstrātōs ostrō ālipedēs pictīsque tapētis;Having spoken so, the father chooses horses from his whole stock (three hundred stood sleek in the lofty stalls): at once he orders them to be led out in order for all the Teucrians, swift-footed steeds caparisoned with purple and embroidered coverings; Aen. 7.278aurea pectoribus dēmissa monīlia pendent,
tēctī aurō fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum;golden collars hang down from their breasts, and, covered in gold, they champ yellow gold between their teeth; Aen. 7.280absentī Aenēae currum geminōsque iugālīs
sēmine ab aetheriō, spīrantīs nāribus ignem,
illōrum dē gente, patrī quōs daedala Circē
suppositā dē mātre nothōs fūrāta creāvit.for the absent Aeneas a chariot and a pair of harnessed horses of heavenly seed, breathing fire from their nostrils, of the breed of those which cunning Circe produced as bastards, stealing from her father by mating them with a mortal mare.
Aen. 7.284Tālibus Aeneadae dōnīs dictīsque Latīnī
285sublīmēs in equīs redeunt pācemque reportant.With such gifts and words of Latinus the sons of Aeneas return, high on their horses, and bring back peace.