is postquam (sat gnarus enim rerumque metusque) per varias lusit formas et terruit atri serpentis squamis horrendaque sibila torsit, aut fremuit torvo mutatus membra leone: dicite, ait, quae causa viae? quisve ora repente pervasit pallor? cur scire futura libido? Ad quae Cymodoce, Nympharum maxima natu Italidum: nosti nostros, praesage, timores quid Tyriae classes ereptaque litora nobis portendunt?
He knew well the cause of their alarm; but first he eluded them by taking various shapes: he frightened them in the likeness of a black and scaly snake, and hissed horribly; again he changed into a fierce lion and roared. At last he spoke: Tell me the cause of your coming, and why have your faces suddenly turned pale? Why seek ye to know the future? Cymodoce replied, the eldest of the Italian nymphs: Prophet, she said, you know why we are afraid What mean these ships of Carthage that have robbed us of our shore?
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