ergo adsunt comites (pro Fors et caeca futuri mens hominum!) regique favent; sed Lemnos ad aures ut primum dictusque Thoas, per tela manusque irruerant, matremque avidis complexibus ambo diripiunt flentes alternaque pectora mutant.
So they are there as his companions and (oh chance and mens minds blind to the future!) support the king. But as soon as Lemnos and Thoas name come to their ears, they rush through weapons and hands and, both weeping, tear their mother apart with greedy embraces, taking her to their bosoms in turn.
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