sed, postquam miti reiecit munera vultu, Ausonio non digna viro, patriosque vicissim edocuit ritus et Romam nomina regum monstravit nescire pati, tum versus in unam, quae restat, curam, nullo super hoste relicto, et Latios simul et vulgum Baetisque Tagique convocat ac medio in coetu sic deinde profatur: quando ita caelicolum nobis propensa voluntas annuit, extremo Libys ut deiectus ab orbe aut his occideret campis, aut, axe relicto Hesperio, patrias exul lustraret harenas: iam vestra tumulos terra celebrare meorum est animus pacemque dare exposcentibus umbris.
But when with friendly mien he had declined their offers as unfitting for a Roman, and explained on his side the custom of his country and the hatred felt by Rome for the name of king, then he turned to his one remaining object, now that all enemies were disposed of. He summoned the Romans and also the peoples of the Baetis and the Tagus, and then made this speech to the assembled meeting: Since the favour of heaven has granted us to expel the Libyans from this Worlds End, and they either lie dead on these plains or, banished from the West, tread as exilesd the sands of their native country, I purpose now to do honour to the tombs of my kinsmen who fell in your land, and to give to their shades the rest which they demand.
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