Brutus Iulius Trois Page 01

*readers think of this epic as classic Latin badly translated into English. Brutus Iulius Trois page 1 Only the oldest among us all can truthfully tell the tale of the way the world was after noble Troy fell Priam's kingdom scattered to dust and ashes escaped had Aeneas cousin to Priam westward fled guided by Venus weary of wandering finding sweet rest in the lands of Latinus, ruler of Alba Longa Princess Lavinia warmly welcomed the widower gifting Aeneas her dowry, the ancient Dardanian Shore If he but challenge Turnus her suitor Duke Turnus who desired land more than a wife. After Aeneas the Trojan took Turnus in battle he settled his sons in his ancestors home Cruesa's surviving son, sad eyed Ascanius Known as Iulius Trois, The hairy serpent of Troy And Lavinia's sole spawn Silvanus Dardanus Heir of the all the Arsian woodlands So great was the bond between brothers Ascanius named a son Silvanus Trois and Silvanus a daughter Julia Dardanus both bastard born by lords rights with bond women acknowledged still for so few were family for the sake of the lineage none could be left exposed to the elements, abandoned orphans of fate. On Silvanus's ninth day his name day two bright stars fell, flaming Ascanius sent for the soothsayer Merlinius A seventh son of veiled Despoina came he to prognosticate and predict the meaning of fates portents solely to Ascanius spoke Merlinius spoke he first of fell and faraway times When Hercules stepped on Troy sacking it Troy was destroyed but not the Trojans When Paris chose Venus, his prize was Troy's curse So again broken and burned was beloved Troy The survivors scattered, Aeneas settled here Troy was destroyed but not the Trojans