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and_o dominion_n be_v both_o predestine_v lib._n 7._o v._n 98._o externi_fw-la veniunt_fw-la generi_fw-la qui_fw-la sanguine_fw-la nostrum_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la ferant_fw-la quorumque_fw-la ab_fw-la stirpe_fw-la nepotes_fw-la omnia_fw-la sub_fw-la pedibus_fw-la qua_fw-la sol_fw-la utrumque_fw-la recurrens_fw-la aspicit_fw-la oceanum_n vertique_fw-la regique_fw-la videbunt_fw-la and_o virgil_n take_v care_n to_o show_v that_o what_o this_o oracle_n deliver_v be_v no_o secret_a but_o that_o fame_n have_v take_v care_n to_o divulge_v it_o just_a upon_o the_o arrival_n of_o aeneas_n haec_fw-la responsa_fw-la patris_fw-la fauni_n monitusque_fw-la silenti_fw-la nocte_fw-la datos_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la svo_fw-la premit_fw-la ore_fw-la latinus_n sed_fw-la circum_fw-la late_a volitans_fw-la jam_fw-la fama_fw-la per_fw-la urbes_fw-la ausonias_fw-la tuler_n at_o cum_fw-la laomedontia_n pubes_fw-la gramineo_fw-la ripâ—…_n religauâ—…_n ab_fw-la aggere_fw-la classem_fw-la ibid._n v_o 105._o yet_o turnus_n though_o he_o be_v acquaint_v with_o this_o urge_v by_o allecto_n and_o his_o inborn_a fury_n heighten_v and_o inflame_v by_o love_n not_o only_o persist_v in_o his_o pretension_n but_o cause_v his_o subject_n to_o arm_n and_o alarm_n his_o neighbour_n and_o constrain_v latinus_n to_o begin_v a_o war_n against_o his_o own_o inclination_n and_o the_o command_v of_o the_o god_n upon_o which_o latinus_n threaten_v he_o with_o the_o certain_a consequence_n of_o so_o impious_a a_o undertake_n frangimur_fw-la heu_fw-la fatis_fw-la inquit_fw-la ferimurque_fw-la procellâ_fw-la ipsi_fw-la have_v sacrilego_fw-la pendetis_fw-la sanguine_fw-la poenas_fw-la o_fw-la miseri_fw-la te_fw-la turn_v nefas_fw-la te_fw-la triste_fw-fr manebit_fw-la supplicium_fw-la votisque_fw-la deos_fw-la venerabere_fw-la seris_fw-la ibid._n 594._o in_o consequence_n of_o which_o turnus_n be_v twice_o beat_v his_o friend_n destroy_v and_o his_o party_n break_v and_o latinus_n in_o the_o begin_n 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