求斯宾塞的《桥上的贺雷修斯》原文，最好有中文翻译。

Once there was a war between the Roman people and the E-trus'cans wholived in the towns on the other side of the Ti-ber River 

曾经有一场战争发生在罗马人和住在提伯河对岸的城镇里的易拉罐人之间。

Por'se-na,the King of the E-trus-cans, raised a great army, and marched towardRome 

易特斯堪的国王波塞纳（Por'se-na）召集了一支庞大的军队，向罗马进军。

The city had never been in so great danger

这座城市从未有过如此大的危险。

The Romans did not have very many fighting men at that time, and theyknew that they were not strong enough to meet the Etruscans in openbattle 

当时罗马人没有太多的战斗人员，他们还没有足够的力量在公开战中迎战伊特鲁里亚人。

So they kept themselves inside of their walls, and set guardsto watch the roads

于是他们把自己关在城墙里，设下守卫看守道路。

One morning the army of Por-se-na was seen coming over the hills fromthe north 

一天早晨，人们看到波塞纳的军队从北方翻过山丘。

There were thousands of horsemen and footmen, and they weremarching straight toward the wooden bridge which spanned the river atRome

有成千上万的骑兵和步兵，他们径直向横跨阿托洛姆河的木桥前进。

He was on the farther side of the river, and when he sawthat the Etruscans were so near, he called out to the Romans who werebehind him

他在河的另一边，当他看到伊特鲁里亚人离他很近时，他向在他后面的罗马人喊叫。

此文出自《泰西50轶事》

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