Book 12.725-734
Jupiter balances the fates of the two heroes. As Turnus attacks, his sword is broken. He flees.
Iuppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances
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sustinet et fata imponit diversa duorum,
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quem damnet labor et quo vergat pondere letum;
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Emicat hic, impune putans, et corpore toto
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alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem
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et ferit: exclamant Troes trepidique Latini,
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arrectaeque amborum acies. At perfidus ensis
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Frangitur in medioque ardentem deserit ictu . . .
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ni fuga subsidio subeat. Fugit ocior euro,
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ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem.
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