"No war, or battle's sound
Was heard the world around;
The idle spear and shield were high up hung;
The hookèd chariot stood,
Unstained with hostile blood;
The trumpet spake not to the armèd throng,
And kings sat still with awful eye,
As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by."
—Milton, Hymn on Nativity.
10:20. Vesta. Goddess of the hearth. 10:20. Quirinus. Name given to Romulus after he was translated from earth to heaven. Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome. Cicero tells us that after his translation, Romulus appeared on the Quirinal Hill and stated that his name as god was Quirinus, and gave instructions that a temple should be erected to him on that hill—hence the name of the hill and the palace, once home of the popes, now of the monarchs of Italy. 10:26. Son of Maia. Mercury, swift-winged messenger of the gods.
"The Sonne of Maia, soone as he receiv'd That word, streight with his azure wings he cleav'd The liquid clowdes, and lucid firmament; Ne staid, till that he came with steep descent Unto the place where his prescript did showe." —Spenser, Mother Hubbard's Tale.
10:28. Dido. Daughter of Belus, king of Tyre; widow of Sychæus. According to story, she led the Phœnician colony to Carthage. 10:33. Punic. Carthaginian. So the three Punic wars of Rome against Carthage. 11:17. Ho.
