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headfelloveronhisshoulderlikeaflowercutdownbytheplough.
NisusrusheduponVolscensandplungedhisswordintohisbodyand
was himself slain on the instant by numberless blows.
MEZENTIUS
AeneaswithhisEtrurianalliesarrivedonthesceneofactionintime
torescuehisbeleagueredcamp;andnowthetwoarmiesbeingnearly
equalinstrengththewarbeganingoodearnest.Wecannotfindspace
forallthedetailsbutmustsimplyrecordthefateoftheprincipalcharac-
terswhomwehaveintroducedtoourreaders.ThetyrantMezentius
findinghimselfengagedagainsthisrevoltingsubjectsragedlikeawild
beast.Heslewallwhodaredtowithstandhimandputthemultitudeto
flightwhereverheappeared.AtlastheencounteredAeneasandthe
armiesstoodstilltoseetheissue.Mezentiusthrewhisspearwhich
strikingAeneas'sshieldglancedoffandhitAnthor.HewasaGrecianby
birthwhohadleftArgoshisnativecityandfollowedEvanderinto
Italy.Thepoetsaysofhimwithsimplepathoswhichhasmadethe
wordsproverbialHefell
unhappy
byawoundintendedforanother
lookedupattheskies
anddyingrememberedsweetArgos.[Footnote:
SeeProverbialExpressions.]Aeneasnowinturnhurledhislance.It
piercedtheshieldofMezentiusandwoundedhiminthethigh.Lausus
hissoncouldnotbearthesightbutrushedforwardandinterposed
himselfwhilethe [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
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