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 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