The Naiads now more stratagems essay, And kindling sulphur to each source convey. The floods ferment, hot exhalations rise, Till from the scalding ford the army flies. Soon Romulus appears in shining arms, And to the war the Roman legions warms: The battle rages, and the field is spread With nothing but the dying and the dead. Both sides consent to treat without delay, And their two chiefs at once the sceptre sway. But Tatius by Lavinian fury slain, Great Romulus continued long to reign.