Eneados Book I Chapter i Part 3 (line)

Megan Bushnell / Eneados
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Aeneid I.12-33 / Eneados I.i.19-61
Latin
Older Scots
19 Thare was ane ancyant cite hecht Cartage ,
20 Quham hynys of Tyre held intill heritage ,
21 Ennymy to Itail , standand fair and plane
22 The mouth of lang Tibir our forgane ,
23 Myghty of moblys , full of sculys seyr ,
24 And maist expert in crafty fait of weir ,
25 Of quhilk a land Iuno , as it is said ,
26 As to hir special abuf al otheris maid ;
27 Hir native land for it postponyt sche
28 Callit Same in Cartage sett hir see ;
29 Thar war hir armys and here stude eik hir chair .
30 This goddes ettillit , gif werdis war nocht contrar ,
31 This realme to be superior and mastress
32 To all landis , bot certis netheless
33 The fatale sisteris reuolue and schaw , scho kend ,
34 Of Troiane blude a pepill suld discend ,
35 Wailliant in weir , to ryng wydquhar , and syne
36 Cartage suld bryng ontill finale rewyne ,
37 And clene distroy the realme of Lybia .
38 This dredand Iuno , and forthirmor alswa
39 Remembring on the ancyant mortell weir
40 That for the Grekis , to hir leif and deir ,
41 At Troy lang tyme scho led befor that day
42 ( For ȝit the causys of wreth war nocht away
43 Nor cruell harm forȝet ne out of mynd
44 Ful deip engravyn in hir breist onkynd
45 The iugement of Parys , quhou that he
46 Preferrit Venus , dispisyng hir bewte ;
47 Als Troiane blude till hir was odyus ,
48 For Iupiter engenderit Dardanus
49 Fra quham the Troianys cam in adultry ,
50 And Ganymedes revist abuf the sky ,
51 Maid him his butler , quhilk was hir douchteris office ) ,
52 Iuno inflambit , musyng on thir casis nyce
53 The quhile our sey that salit the Troianys
54 Quhilkis had the ded eschapit and remanys
55 Onslane of Grekis or of the ferss Achill ,
56 Scho thame fordryvis and causys oft ga will
57 Frawart Latium , quhilk now is Italy ,
58 By fremmyt werd ful mony ȝeris tharby
59 Catchit and blaw wydquhar all seys about .
60 Lo quhou gret cure , quhat travell , pane and dowt
61 Was to begyn the worthy Romanys blude !

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