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Amen! and so be it: and so it will be, "Dum domus Aeneae Capitoli immobile saxum Accolet; imperiumque pater Romanus habebit." Novelty is not the only source of zeal.
"Extemplo AEneae solvuntur frigore membra: Ingemit, et duplices tendens ad sidera palmas," &c. But to this I have answered formerly that his fear was not for himself, but for his people. And who can give a sovereign a better commendation, or recommend a hero more to the affection of the reader?
I MEAN not to speak of divine prophecies; nor of heathen oracles; nor of natural predictions; but only of prophecies that have been of certain memory, and from hidden causes. Saith the Pythonissa to Saul, To-morrow thou and thy son shall be with me. Homer hath these verses: At domus AEneae cunctis dominabitur oris, Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.
Many things of that kind were posted up about the city, or otherwise published, both in Greek and Latin: such as these, Neron, Orestaes, Alkmaion, maetroktonai. Neonymphon Neron, idian maeter apekteinen. Orestes and Alcaeon Nero too, The lustful Nero, worst of all the crew, Fresh from his bridal their own mothers slew. Quis neget Aeneae magna de stirpe Neronem?
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