Î22 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



Evander was then in the flower of his age ; he 

 felt an ardent defire to join his hand in friendlhip 

 to that of Anchifes : dextrâ conjungere dextram. He 

 calls to mind the tokens of friendlhip which he 

 had received of him, and his prefents, among which 

 were two bridles, bitted with gold, now made over 

 to his fon PallaSy as fymbols, no doubt, of the pru- 

 dence fo neceffary to a young Prince : 



Fraenaque bina, meus quae nunc habet, aurea, Pallas *. 



iENEiD, B. viii. L. i6S. 



And he immediately adds : 



Ergo et quam petitis, jun£la eft mihi fœdere dextra : 

 Et lux cum primum terris fe craftina reddet, 

 Auxilio Isetos dimittam, opibufque juvabo f , 



JEneid, B. viii. L. i6g — 171, 



** My right hand, then, has fealed, from that 

 *' day, the alliance which you now folicit; and 



* On me, at parting, generous he beftow'd 

 Two golden bridles, that refulgent glow'd, 

 (A. glorious prefent, by my fon pofleft ;) 

 With a rich quiver and embroider'd veft. 



Pitt. 



t The peace you afk, we give ; our fr iendfhip plight. 



And, foon as morn reveals the purple light. 



With our confederate troops, a martial train. 



Safe I'll difmifs thee from thefe walls again. 



Pitt. 



