the destruction of our city, Troy. Driven by misfortunes over many
seas, we beg for a settlement in your country. Dardanus, our ancestor,
was born in this land, and now his descendants, directed by the gods,
come to the home of their father." They then presented to the king the
costly gifts which Aeneas had sent.

"Our prince presents with his request,
Some small remains of what his sire possessed;
This golden charger, snatched from burning Troy,
Anchises did in sacrifice employ;
This royal robe and this tiara wore
Old Priam, and this golden sceptre bore
In full assemblies, and in solemn games;
These purple vests were weaved by Dardan dames."
DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK VII.

After Ilioneus had ceased speaking, the king was silent for some time,
pondering on the words of his father which he had heard in the dream.
Aeneas, he thought, must be the foreigner, destined to be his son-in-
law, whose descendants should rule the world. Then he addressed the
Trojans, saying that what they asked should gladly be given, and
requesting them to tell their chief, Aeneas, to visit him. "Bear this
message too," said he, "from me to your king. I have a daughter whom
the gods do not permit me to give in marriage to any of our own
nation. There is a prediction that my son-in-law shall be a stranger,
and that his race shall exalt our name to the stars. I judge that your
chief is the man thus destined by the fates, and this too is my own
wish."

Then Latinus gave valuable presents to the Trojans--to each a steed