Īnfrēnant aliī currūs aut corpora saltū
subiciunt in equōs et strictīs ēnsibus adsunt.
Messāpus rēgem rēgisque īnsīgne gerentem
Tyrrhēnum Aulestēn, avidus cōnfundere foedus,290
adversō prōterret equō; ruit ille recēdēns
et miser oppositīs ā tergō involvitur ārīs
in caput inque umerōs. At fervidus advolat hastā
Messāpus tēlōque ōrantem multa trabālī
dēsuper altus equō graviter ferit atque ita fātur:295
'Hōc habet, haec melior māgnīs data victima dīvīs.'
Concurrunt Italī spoliantque calentia membra.
Obvius ambūstum torrem Corynaeus ab ārā
corripit et venientī Ebysō plāgamque ferentī
occupat ōs flammīs: ollī ingēns barba relūxit300
nīdōremque ambūsta dedit. Super ipse secūtus
caesariem laevā turbātī corripit hostis
impressōque genū nītēns terrae applicat ipsum;
sīc rigidō latus ēnse ferit. Podalīrius Alsum
pāstōrem primāque aciē per tēla ruentem305
ēnse sequēns nūdō superimminet; ille secūrī
adversī frontem mediam mentumque reductā
dissicit et sparsō lātē rigat arma cruōre.
Ollī dūra quiēs oculōs et ferreus urget
somnus, in aeternam conduntur lūmina noctem.310