Book 11.544-555
While being pursued by Volscians, Metabus reached the Ausenus river. Unable to cross with Camilla, he tied her to the shaft of his spear.
Ipse sinu prae se portans iuga longa petebat
544
solorum nemorum: tela undique saeva premebant
545
et circumfuso volitabant milite Volsci.
546
Ecce fugae medio summis Amasenus abundans
547
spumabat ripis: tantus se nubibus imber
548
ruperat. Ille, innare parans, infantis amore
549
tardatur caroque oneri timet. Omnia secum
550
versanti subito vix haec sententia sedit.
551
Telum immane manu valida quod forte gerebat
552
bellator, solidum nodis et robore cocto,
553
huic natam, libro et silvestri subere clausam,
554
implicat atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae;
555