Book 9.402-409
Nisus prays to Diana to help guide his spear.
Ocius adducto torquens hastile lacerto,
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suspiciens altam Lunam sic voce precatur:
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“Tu, dea, tu praesens nostro succurre labori,
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astrorum decus et nemorum Latonia custos
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Si qua tuis umquam pro me pater Hyrtacus aris
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dona tulit, si qua ipse meis venatibus auxi
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suspendive tholo aut sacra ad fastigia fixi:
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hunc sine me turbare globum et rege tela per auras.”
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