prosequitur pavitans et ficto pectore fatur: Saepe fugam Danai Troia cupiere relicta moliri et longo fessi discedere bello: fecissentque utinam! saepe illos aspera ponti interclusit hiems et terruit Auster euntis;.
Trembling, he takes up the tale and speaks with feigned emotion: "Often, the Greeks had desired to leave Troy, to retreat and depart, weary with the long war, and oh how I wish they did! Frequently, a violent storm on the ocean prevented them, and the fierce winds frightened them from leaving."