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Attila is infuriated and vows revenge on Walther, but can find no one willing to dare to pursue him, even for a large reward (380–418)

Iam princeps nimia succenditur efferus ira, 380  Prudentius, Psychomachia 150: succenditur effera. ‘Wild passion fires her.’ Liber Hester 1.12: unde iratus rex et nimio furore succensus . . .’Whereupon the king, being angry, and inflamed with a very great fury. . .’

 

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Mutant laetitiam maerentia corda priorem.  SDSDDS 
Ex humeris trabeam discindit ad infima totam  Secundum Mattheum 26.65: princeps sacerdotum scidit vestimenta sua. ‘The high priest rent his garments.’ Aeneid 5.685: tum pius Aeneas humeris abscindere vestem. ‘Then loyal Aeneas rent the garment from his shoulders.’ 11.334: sellam regni trabeamque insignia nostri. . . ‘A throne and robe, signs of our royalty. . .’

 

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Et nunc huc animum tristem, nunc dividit illuc.  Aeneid 4.285, 8.20: utque animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc. . . ‘And as he casts his swift mind this way and that. . .’

 

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Ac velut Aeolicis turbatur arena procellis,  Aeineid 5.790-791.: maria omnia caelo/ miscuit, Aeoliis nequiquam freta procellis. ‘All the seas she mingled with the sky, in vain relying on the storms of Aeolus.’

 

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Sic intestinis rex fluctuat undique curis, 385  Aeineid 8.19: magno curarum fluctuat aestu. ‘He tosses on a mighty sea of troubles.’ 4.532: magnoque irarum fluctuat aestu. ‘She heaves with a mighty tide of passion.’ 4.564: variosque irarum concitat aestus. ‘She awakens the swirling surge of passion.’

 

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Et varium pectus vario simul ore imitatus,  Pectus: i.e., emotional state

 

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Elision: ore imitatus
 
Prodidit exterius, quicquid toleraverat intus,  DDSDDS 
Iraque sermonem permisit promere nullum.  DSSSDS 
Ipso quippe die potum fastidit et escam,  SDSSDS 
Nec placidam membris potuit dare cura quietem. 390  Aeineid 4.5: nec placidam membris dat cura quietem. ‘Longing witholds calm rest from her limbs.’ 1.691-692.: placidam per membra quietem/ inrigat. ‘She pours gentle repose over the limbs.’ 8.30: seramque dedit per membra quietem. ‘He let sleep at last steal over his limbs.’ 10.217: neque enim membris dat cura quietem. ‘Care allows no rest to his limbs.’

 

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Namque ubi nox rebus iam dempserat atra colores,  Aeineid 6.272: rebus nox abstulit atra colorem. ‘Black night has stolen from the world her hues.’

 

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Elision: namque ubi
 
Decidit in lectum, verus nec lumina clausit,  Liber I Macchabeorum 1.6, 6.8: decidit in lectum. ‘He fell down upon his bed.’

 

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Nunc latus in dextrum fultus nunc inque sinistrum,  Eclogue 6.53: ille latus niveum molli fultus hyacintho. . . ‘He, pillowing his snowy side on soft hyacinths. . .’

 

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Et veluti iaculo pectus transfixus acuto  Aeineid 11.574: iaculo palmas armavit acuto. ‘He armed her hands with a pointed lance.’

 

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Palpitat atque caput huc et mox iactitat illuc, 395  DDSSDS 
Et modo subrectus fulcro consederat amens.  DSSSDS 
Nec iuvat hoc, demum surgens discurro in urbe,  Aeineid 4.68-69.: uritur infelix Dido totaque vagatur/ urbe furens. ‘Unhappy Dido burns, and through the city wanders in frenzy.’ 7.377: sine more furit lymphata per urbem. ‘In wild frenzy she rages from end to end of the city.’

 

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Atque thorum veniens simul attigit atque reliquit.  Thorum equiv. to torum

 

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False quantities: atque thorum?
 
Taliter insomnem consumpserat Attila noctem.  Aeineid 9.166-167.: noctem custodia ducit/ insomnem. ‘The guards spend the sleepless night.’ Liber Hester 6.1: noctem illam rex duxit insomnem. ‘That night the king passed without sleep.’ Aeineid 2.795: consumpta nocte. . . ‘When night is spent. . .’

 

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At profugi comites per amica silentia euntes 400  Aeineid 2.255: tacitae per amica silentia lunae. . . ‘Amid the friendly silence of the mute moon. . .’

 

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Elision: silentia euntes
 
Suspectam properant post terga relinquere terram.  Aeineid 3.550: suspectaque linquimus arva. ‘We leave the fields we distrust.’ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.187: multum caeli post terga relictum. ‘Much of the sky is now behind him.’

 

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Vix tamen erupit cras, rex patribusque vocatis  Vix…erupit cras equiv. to postridie, prima luce

 

 Isaias Propheta 58.8: erumpet quasi mane lumen tuum. ‘Then shall thy light break forth as the morning.’ Aeineid 11.379: patribusque vocati. . . ‘When the senate is summoned. . .’

 

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Dixerat: 'o si quis mihi Waltharium fugientem  Statius, Thebaid 8.739-740.: o caput, o mihi si quis/ adportet, Melanippe, tuum! ‘Thy head, O Melanippus, could one but bring me that!’

 

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Afferat evinctum ceu nequam forte liciscam!  Liciscam: “wolf-dog,” the product of interbreeding.

 

 Statius, Thebaid 8.739-740.: o caput, o mihi si quis/ adportet, Melanippe, tuum! ‘Thy head, O Melanippus, could one but bring me that!’


Eclogue 3.18: multum latrante Lycisca. . . ‘While the mongrel barked madly. . .’ evinctus: Aeineid 5.269, 5.364, 5.494, 5.774.  

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Hunc ego mox auro vestirem saepe recocto 405  Auro: Attila seems to allude to custom among Germanic tribes of allowing a murderer to escape justice if he covered his victim’s body in gold; here a living man will be covered in gold if he brings Waltharius back alive. Attila’s promise of a reward, repeated thrice in varied form, in fact has something sinister and even threatening about it.
Recocto: “refined”

 

 Aeineid 8.624: levis ocreas electro auroque recocto. . . ‘The smooth greaves of electrum and refined gold. . .’ Liber Exodi 30.3: vesties illud auro purissimo. ‘And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold.’

 

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Et tellure quidem stantem hinc inde onerarem  SDSSDS
Elision: inde onerarem
Hiatus: stantem hinc
 
Atque viam penitus clausissem vivo talentis.  Clausissem equiv. to clauderem

 

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Sed nullus fuit in tanta regione tyrannus  Tyrannus: apparently “prince” or a neighboring “king.”

 

 Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’


Liber Hester 6.9: primus de regis principibus ac tyrannis. . . ‘The first of the king’s princes and nobles. . .’ Aeineid 4.320: Nomadumque tyranni. . . ‘The Numidian chiefs. . .’  

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Vel dux sive comes seu miles sive minister,  Dux…comes…miles…minister: continues the series of various positions at the royal court in descending order of rank. A “duke” among the Franks was an administrator who oversaw a number of smaller regions placed under “counts,” beneath whom came “free vassals” and finally “servants.”

 

 Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’

 

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Qui, quamvis cuperet proprias ostendere vires 410  Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’

 

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Ac virtute sua laudem captare perennem  Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’

 

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Ambiretque simul gazam infarcire cruminis,  Ambiret equiv. to studeret
Infarcire cruminis: “to stuff his money-pouches”

 

 Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’


Prudentius, Psychomachia 459-460.: iuvat infercire cruminis/ turpe lucrum. ‘She delights to stuff her base gain in money-bags.’  

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Hiatus: NOT H-HIATUS: gazam infarcire
 
Waltharium tamen iratum praesumpserit armis  Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’

 

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Insequier strictoque virum mucrone videre.  Aeineid 10.714-715.: iustae quibus est Mezentius irae,/ non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro,/ missilibus longe et vasto clamore lacessunt. ‘Of all those who had righteous hatred of Mezentius, none had heart to meet him with drawn sword; from a distance they provoke him with missiles and far-echoing shouts.’


Aeineid 10.714: non ulli est animus stricto concurrere ferro. ‘None had heart to meet him with drawn sword.’ 2.449: strictis muconibus. . . ‘With drawn swords. . .’ 10.651-652.: strictumque coruscat/ mucronem. ‘He brandishes his naked blade.’ 12.663-664.: strictisque seges mucronibus horret/ ferrea. ‘A harvest of steel bristles with drawn swords.’ Statius, Thebaid 10.486: horrendi stricto mucrone furores. ‘Terrible is the fury of my drawn sword.’  

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Nota equidem virtus, experti sunt quoque, quantas 415  Aeneid 9.526-527.: quas ibi tum ferro strages, quae funera Turnus/ ediderit. ‘. . .While I sing what slaughter, what deaths Turnus dealt on that day.’ 9.784-785.: tantas strages impune per urbem/ ediderit? ‘Shall he deal such carnage thoughout the city and go unpunished?’

 

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Elision: nota equidem
 
Incolumis dederit strages sine vulnere victor.  Aeneid 9.526-527.: quas ibi tum ferro strages, quae funera Turnus/ ediderit. ‘. . .While I sing what slaughter, what deaths Turnus dealt on that day.’ 9.784-785.: tantas strages impune per urbem/ ediderit? ‘Shall he deal such carnage thoughout the city and go unpunished?’

 

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Nec potis est ullum rex persuadere virorum,  DSSSDS 
Qui promissa velit hac condicione talenta.  SDSDDS 

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