Dominic Walecka Text alignment. Pater Meus.
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English
' Pater meus ' inquit ' Hamilcar puerulo me , utpote non amplius VIIII annos nato , in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Carthagine , Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit . Quae divina res dum conficiebatur , quaesivit a me , vellemne secum in castra proficisci . Id cum libenter accepissem atque ab eo petere coepissem , ne dubitaret ducere , tum ille ' Faciam ' , inquit ' si mihi fidem , quam postulo , dederis . ' Simul me ad aram adduxit , apud quam sacrificare instituerat , eamque ceteris remotis tenentem iurare iussit numquam me in amicitia cum Romanis fore . Id ego ius iurandum patri datum usque ad hanc aetatem conservavi .
‘My
father’
he
said
‘Hamilcar
with
me
being
a
boy
,
not
being
born
for
more
than
nine
years
,
my
father
Hamilcar
departing
into
Spain
as
the
commander
of
Carthage
,
offering
sacrifices
to
Jupiter
the
biggest
and
the
best
.
While
this
divine
gift
was
being
done
,
he
asked
me
if
an
wanted
to
go
to
the
campus
with
him
.
When
I
accepted
this
gladly
and
when
I
began
to
beg
from
him
that
he
not
doubt
to
lead
me
,
he
said
to
me
I
will
do
it
,
if
you
have
given
the
loyalty
to
me
,
which
I
ask
for
.
At
the
same
time
,
he
led
me
to
the
sacrifice
which
was
set
up
,
and
with
the
rest
having
been
removed
,
he
ordered
me
to
hold
on
and
swear
to
never
be
a
friend
to
the
Romans
.
I
kept
this
sworn
oath
,
having
been
given
by
my
father
until
this
age
.