Quis dixit: fēmina quae nostrīs errāns in fīnibus urbemexiguam pretiō posuit, cui lītus arandumcuique locī lēgēs dedimus, cōnūbia nostrareppulit ac dominum Aenēān in rēgna recēpit.
Iarbas (Dido has rejected his marriage)
Quis dixit: ego tē, quae plūrima fandōēnumerāre valēs, numquam, rēgīna, negābōprōmeritam, nec mē meminisse pigēbit Elissaedum memor ipse meī, dum spīritus hōs rēgit artūs.
Aeneas (I don't deny the things you said nor regret our time together)
Quis describitur: ardet abīre fugā dulcēsque relinquere terrās,attonitus tantō monitū imperiōque deōrum.heu quid agat? quō nunc rēgīnam ambīre furentemaudeat adfātū? quae prīma exordia sūmat?
Aeneas (dumbstruck by Mercury's appearance and speech)
Quis dixit: mē puer Ascanius capitisque iniūria cārī,quem rēgnō Hesperiae fraudō et fātalibus arvīs.
Aeneas (I would defraud my son of his fate also)
Quid describitur: atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvāēnsis erat Tyriōque ardēbat mūrice laenadēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdōfēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.
Aeneas' sword and cloak
Quis describitur: ut prīmum ālātīs tetigit māgālia plantīs,Aenēān fundantem arcēs ac tēcta novantemcōnspicit.
Mercurius (landing in the outskirts of Karthage)
Quis dixit: et nos fās extera quaerere rēgna.
Aeneas (you say nefas, I say fas)
Quis dixit: mē patris Anchīsae, quotiēns ūmentibus umbrīsnox operit terrās, quotiēns astra ignea surgunt,admonet in somnīs et turbida terret imāgō;
Aeneas (the shade of my father and the stars urge me)
Dido (calling out Aeneas for trying to leave in secret)
Quis describitur: ille Iovis monitīs immōta tenēbatlūmina et obnixus cūram sub corde premēbat.
Aeneas (keeping his sights set and hiding his woes)
Quis describitur: parva metū prīmō, mox sēsē attollit in aurāsingrediturque solō et caput inter nūbila condit.
Fama (small at first in fear)
Quis describitur: centum ārās posuit vigilemque sacrāverat ignem,excubiās dīvum aeternās, pecudumque cruōrepingue solum et variīs flōrentia līmina sertīs.
Iarbas (temples and sacrifices)
Quis dixit: nunc etiam interpres dīvum Iove missus ab ipsō(testor utrumque caput) celerēs mandāta per aurāsdētulit: ipse deum manifestō in lūmine vīdīintrantem mūrōs vōcemque hīs auribus hausī.