store of people on the sand Black Bulls he eighty one had to him vow'd Nine seats there were five hundred to each seat And to the same nine Bulls appointed were The Entrails broil'd upon the coals they eat The Thighs to Neptune burnt to ashes were The Ship then came within the Port to land And disembarqu't upon the shore they staid With furled Sails the Ship did by them stand Then Pallas to Telemachus thus said Telemachus by no means bashful be For wherefore did you undertake this task But of your Father to hear certainty To Nestor then directly go and ask If of Ulysses any thing he know He 'll tell you truly He 's too wise to lie Mentor said he I 'm young and know not how With one so old to answer and reply Telemachus said Pallas do not fear You 'll somewhat prompted be by your own brest You never by the Gods neglected were The God that loves you will supply the rest Then up to Nestor they directly went And Pallas foremost All about him there They found upon the Sacrifice intent His Sons and Lords to hasten the good chear Some broaching and some roasting were of meat And presently about the Strangers come And with their hands salute them and intreat To sit And then Pisistratus went to 'em Saluted them and took them both by th' hands And for them since there was no empty seat Laid Sheepskins with the Wool upon the sands And of the Entrails gave them part to eat And to her hand held up a Cup of Wine To Neptune said he offer up your Vow For he expresly is the Pow'r Divine That we to worship be assembled now And having drunk give it to this mans hand That he may also give the Gods their due For all men of the Gods in need do stand And I thought fit to give it first to you 'Cause you are th' elder th' other young as I. Then Pallas from his hand receiv'd the Cup And pleased was to see his Equity And then to Neptune sent her Prayers up Neptune said she have to my Prayer regard First Nestor and his Sons with Honour bless And of his people th' Hecatomb reward And give Telemachus and me success Thus prayed she and gave for what she pray'd And to Telemachus then gave the Cup. And he to Neptune the same Prayer said The meat being ready now and taken up And into Messes cut themselves they feast And when of hunger extinct was the force Then to his Guests Nestor his speech addrest Friends said he now we time have to discourse Tell me who are you whence d' ye cross the Main Is it for Traffick Or d' ye pleasure take As Pyrates walk at Sea to and again Others to spoil to set your lives at stake To this Telemachus with confidence Which into him the Goddess did inspire The better to obtain Intelligence And reputation to himself acquire Answer'd O Nester Nelëiadâ—s The Glory of the Greeks we hither came From Ithaca on no State-business But of my Father to seek news from Fame Unblest Ulysses who at Ilium Together with you fought before the Town Of th' other Chiefs we hear what is become But where Ulysses di'd is still unknown Whether as Land he â—â—ain were by the Foe Or by the Sea devoured he hath been But at your knees we hither come to know What you since then have heard of him or seen Wandring about born to calamity Let no respect or pity mitigate Your Story howsoever sad it be Nothing but naked truth to me relate And I beseech you for my Fathers sake If he before the Town of Troy did well Perform the Service he did undertake That nothing but the very truth you tell O Friend said Nestor since you bring again To memory our miseries at Troy Under Achilles first by Sea what pain We suffer'd then and after when we lay And sought before King Priam's Royal Seat What we endured what Great Men we lost The doughty Ajax and Achilles great That were the Chief of all the Argive host The valiant Patroclus and my Son Antilochus both valiant in fight And if an enemy were put to run Before him he could hardly scape by flight But numberless were our sad chances there No mortalman can count them one by one And if you five or six years should stay here You 'ld weary be of asking and be gone Nine years we plots contriv'd to take the Town Which Jove made prosperous with much ado Ulysses had for plotting the renown For none compar'd himself your Father to If it be true you are Ulysses Son And I confess hearing you speak your mind And stedfastly your person looking on Much respect for you in my self I find While we together were at Troy we never In Council or Assembly disagreed But what was for the Argives good we ever Endeavour'd what we could to get decreed But when of Troy we had destroy'd the Town And back unto our Ships again were come Then Jove upon the Greeks began to frown Intending to them ill returning home For few there were amongst them just or wise But on themselves they drew down their own fate Which made the Goddess Pallas to devise To set the two Atrides at debate Then of the People they a meeting call At almost Sun-set and the people came Having their heads with wine disorder'd all Th' Atrides told them why they call'd the same Where Menelaus votes to cross the Seas And each man to his Country to repass 〈◊〉 this advice his Brother did not please To stay there yet a while his counsel was â—…d first a Hecatomb to Sacrifice The Goddess Pallas anger to appease â—…t Agamemnon therein was not wise Men cannot change the will o' th' Gods with ease â—hile they contending were with words unmeet One part arose resolv'd to stay all night â—…d in the Morn to go aboard the Fleet And each one towards his home to take his flight â—…d shipt our Captive Women and our Prey One half we were and came to Tenedus â—…e other half with Agamemnon stay And Pallas then again divided us â—…d one part back to Agamemnon went But I with all my own Ships homeward fled Knowing that Jove to the Greeks evil meant So did the Son of Tydeus Diomed. 〈◊〉 â—esbâ—s to us Menelaus came Where we which way to go consulting staid â—…us within or else without the same And for direction to the Gods we praid 〈◊〉 the wide Sea t'Enboea they bid sail That we in safety be the sooner might â—…d sent us therewithal a lusty gale Whâ—ch brought us to Gerestus when 't was night â—…d there to Neptune we burnt many Thighs On the fourth day the Ships of Diomed 〈◊〉 Argos came The same Wind stai'd i' th' Skies Till I at Pyle was safe delivered 〈◊〉 came I home sweet Child and cannot tell Which of the Greeks came safe home and which not â—…t what has since been told me I know well And so far as is reason
people all admir'd him as he came The Suiters all about him gathered And spake him fair while in their hearts they frame Plots and devices how his blood to shed But he his seat amongst them quickly quits To Mentor and his Fathers antient friends Altherses Antephus with them he sits And there the time discoursing with them spends Piraeus not long after cometh in And brings his Stranger with him to the place Who there a very little while had been But that Telemachus hard by him was Then said Piraeus to Telemachus Send of your women some to fetch away The goodly Presents you left at my house No said Telemachus let them yet stay I know not yet th' event of our affairs If th'Wooers kill me and my Goods divide I rather had they should be yours than theirs If I kill them and God be on my side Then send them and I 'll take them joyfully And brought away the Stranger with him home And by and by the Suiters thither hie And when they all into the house were come On Couches and on Chairs their Cloaks they lay And presently into their Baths they go And bath'd and oyl'd again themselves array And sat them down And Supper ready now A Maid then water in a Golden Ewre To wash their hands over a Bason brings The Bason also was of silver pure Another on the Tables lays good things That in her keeping were and sets on Bread Penelope sat spinning in the door And then they heartily fell to and sed And when desire of meat and drink was o're Unto her Son Penelopâ— then spake I will said she upon my bed lie down Though there I ever weeping lie awake Since he went with Atrides to Troy-Town Since you would not vouchsase to let me know The news you heard before these men came in Mother said he the truth I 'll you now We went to Pyle and Nestor we have seen And lovingly we entertained were For as a Father entertains his Son Come home from far so were we treated there And welcome to his Children every one But that Ulysses was alive or dead He met with no man that could tell him true But us to go to Sparta counselled And said If any Menelaus knew And us with Coach and Horses did provide Where we saw Helen bane of Greece and Troy He also sent his Son with us for Guide And thither come receiv'd we were with joy Atrides of my coming askt the reason I told him all the truth He answer'd then Oh ho into the strong mans house by Treason Are entred many weak and heartless men As when a Stag and Hind entring the den Of th' absent Lion lulls his whelps with tales Of Hills and Dales the Lion comes agen And tears them into pieces with his nails So shall Ulysses all these rascals slay Oh that the Gods Apollo Pallas Jove Amongst the Suiters bring him would one day Such as when with Phâ—lomelide he strove And threw him flat and made the Argives glad If such Ulysses once amongst them were Short would their lives be and their wedding bad But of the matter whereof you enquire On my own knowledge I can nothing say Noâ— will with rash conjectures you beguile I told was with Calypso he doth stay By Proteus an old Sea-God in an Isse And would come home but wants both ship men To pass him o're the broad back of the Main This said we took our leaves a fair gale then Quickly convei'd us o're the liquid plain After Telemachus had spoken thus Penelope her heart was ill at ease And then spake to her Theoclymenus Wife of Ulysses Laertiades This man said he knows not hear me For I Joves mind foresee Jove first and then the Ghost That takes the care of this blest family And dwelling in it doth maintain the rost You know Ulysses is now in this Isle Sitting or creeping and observes these Wooers What evil deeds they do And he the while The Destiny contriveth of the doers I saw the same at Sea by Augâ—ry And said unto Telemachus no less Oh that the Gods would make it true said she I 'd so reward you that men should you bless While they together thus within discourse The Suiters were gone out to throw the Stone And Darts upon the Green before the doors As they at other times before had done Now Supper-time drew near Sheep home were brought From ev'ry field Then Medon to them spake Who â—mongst the Suiters had most favour got Come in says he and care of Supper take For of these Games I see you have your fill In supping early damage there is â—one Agreed they were none thought the motion ill They then into the Hall went every one On Couches and on Chairs their Cloaks they throw Great Sheep fat Goats enough they sacrifice And franked Swine and from the Herd a Cow Mean while Eumaeus to the City hies Ulysses with him to whom thus he said Come Father let us to the City go Since 't is my Masters will You should have stai'd If my advice you would have hearken'd to But the Commands of Masters are severe The time o' th' day already is much spent And though it will be late e're we be there I fear eâ—…e it be night you will repent And then Ulysses to Eumaeus said I hear I understand I pray go on Only of rugged way I am afraid Give me a good strong staff to lean upon Then on his shoulder he his Scrip did throw Given he had a great Staff to his mind And they two to the Town together go Leaving the Swineherds and the dogs behind Ulysses like a Beggar old and lame And all his Rayment ragged was and wretched But when they near unto the fountain came From which the Citizens their water fetched The fountain sweetly streaming and well made B'Ithacus Neritus Polector Kings That sheth from a high and chilling shade Where in a Poplar Grove arise the Springâ— And there an Altar is and on the same The Passengers to th'Nymphs pay offerings When we were there Melanthus to us came And Goats the fattest of his Herds he brings Whither now goest thou with this Beggar here This trouble-feast who begging scraps and snuâ—â—â— Not Swords and Kettles many blows shall bear Of flying foot-stools and get many cuffs Would thou wouldst give him me my Lodge to keep And lead my Goats afield with a green bough And live on Whey and my Goat-houses sweep And his great knee unto such service bow But hang him he has such a custome got Of Idleness with begging of his food That labour for his living he will not But this I tell you and 't will be made good When he within Ulysses house appears Many a footstool in the Hall will fly From out the Suiters hands about his ears This said he pass'd and kick'd him going by Ulysses still stood firm upon the path Thinking to strike him with his great Staff dead Or otherwise to
is the voice Then they all fearless staid And the Nymphs stood Mourning and clothed him with Garments meet The Muses nine in turn with voices good Singing made all the standers by to weep And seventeen days both Gods and men we mourn On the eighteenth we Sheep and Cattle slay And then in Godlike Cloaths your Body burn With many Unguents sweet that on it lay Both Foot and Horse many the Pile sustain And loudly shout and Vulcan makes an end Only the Bones and nothing else remain Which with pure Wine and Unguents sweet we blend Your Mother sent the Urn by Vulcan made But given her by Bacchus and therein Noble Achill's your white bones we laid Mixt with Patroclus you delighted in By yours the ashes of Antilochus Whom next Patroclus was to you most dear We placed in an Urn apart and thus Over you all one Monument we rear High to be seen from Sea by them that now Or shall hereafter sayling be that way Your Mother also to the Gods did vow T' have noble Prizes for the Lords to play At Princes Sepultures I oft have seen Propos'd rich Prizes to provoke the strife Of noble minds but that like these had been I never any saw in all my life So after death renown'd your name will be But what am I the better to whom Jove Did for my pains a wretched death decree Such was the pleasure of the Gods above B'Aegistus and my own wives bloody hand Thus they to one another talkt in Hell There Mercury came to them with his Band Of Woo'rs that in Ulysses Palace fell Of these Atrides knew Amphimedon For he in Ithaca had been his Guest And speaking to him first he thus begun Amphimedon what all'd you and the rest To come to this dark place so in a throng The flow'r of Ithaca of equal years If purposely a man should seek among Your people all he should noâ— find your 〈◊〉 Were you by Neptune drowned in the Main And hither sent by fury of the weather Or landing to find Booty were you slain Or fighting for fair women were sent hither Come tell me freely I have been your Guest Know you not I t' your Fathers house did come With Menelaus Ulysses to request That he would go with us to Ilium Then said Amphimedon I know it all And how we all deprived were of life I 'll tell you true and manner of our fall Ulysses absent we all woo'd his Wife She none deni'd nor any married But casting how of life us to bereave To set a Loom up came into her head As if she somewhat did intend to weave She sets it up and did begin to weave Suiters said she since dead Ulysses is Stay yet a little while and give me leave To make an end but of one business I must for old Laertes make a Cloth Which in his Sepulchre he is to wear T' offend the Wives of Greece I should be loath For to accuse me they will not forbear They 'l say I very hasty was to wed If I go hence and not provide a shroud Wherein Laertes must be buried Out of his wealth that might have been allow'd The Suiters then were all content And then All day she wove but ere she went to bed What she had wov'n she ravell'd out agen Three years her Suiters she thus frustrated In the fourth year her women her betrai'd And in we came while she the Web undid She could the Wedding now no more avoid The Robe when it was finished and done She washed clean and it before us laid As bright it shin'd as either Moon or Sun And then ill Fortuâ—e brought Ulysses home To th House where dwelt the Master of the Swine And thither too Telemachus did come From sandy Pylus safely through the brine And both together there our death contrive That done they both unto the City come Telemachus the first was to arrive The Master of the Swine brought th' other home Like an old Beggar with a Staff in 's hand Apparell'd in such miserable gear That that was he we could not understand Nor no man else although he elder were We mock we rare him throw things at his head He patiently endured all his harms Until by Jupiter encouraged From our the Hall he took away the Arms And in an upper Chamber lockt them fast Then craftily he bids his Wife to send To us his mighty Bowe our strength to taste Th's the beginning was of our ill end For much too weak to bend the Bowe were we But when it was unto Ulysses brought Fearing by him left it should bended be We all at once cri'd out Hold giv 't him not Only Telemachus cri'd Let him try And then 't was put into Ulysses hands Ulysses bent it very easily Then leapt he to the Sill and there he stands And round about he lookt upon us grim And first of all he shot Antinous At whom he took his aim and killed him And with his Arrows after more of us And one upon another down we fall 'T was plain some present God there gave him aid For then he follow'd us about the Hall Till all on heaps at last he had us laid Of Groans and Blows it made a dismal sound And thus King Agamemnon died we Our Bodies yet there lie upon the ground Our Friends yet unacquainted with it be That else would wash our wounds and us lament Which to the dead are Ceremonies due Then said Atrides O vertue excellent Of your fair Wife Happy Ulysses you That with great valour have her repossest My wife Tyndareus Daughter was not such Your consorts fame will be hereafter drest In noble Songs and the Sex honour much But my wives name shall stand in Ballads vile And sung in filthy Songs the Sex disgrace Thus they discoursing were in Hell Mean while Ulysses cometh to Laertes place About it many Lodgings were wherein His necessary Servants all were laid And there they fed and sat and slept But in The house it self one old Sicelian Maid That of his person always had the care Ulysses then lest Supper they should lack Said to his two good Servants For our fare You must again unto the Town go back And fetch a Swine the fattest in the sties Mean while I 'll to the Vineyard go and try Whether my Father know can with his eyes After so long an absence that 't is I. This said his Servants armed homeward hie And to the Vineyard goes Ulysses then But Dolius he there could not espy Nor any of his Sons or of his men His Sons and Servants all abroad were gone For thorns to mend the hedges of the ground Laertes in the Vineyard all alone Placing of earth about a Plant he found On him he had a â—oul Coat full of patches And ugly Leather-Boots those patcht also But good enough to save his legs from scratches Gloves of the same against the Briars too A Goatskin Headpiece he had on to boot Ulysses when he saw
daily I the best of all my Swine Thus said he But Ulysses silent sate Eating his meat and drinking of his Wine And plotting in his head the Suiters fate When he had supt Eumaeus to the bâ—im Fill'd up his Cup with wine Ulysses then Glad that Eumaeus so well treated him Drank and the Cup deliv'ring back agen Friend says he That so rich and valiant man Your Master that was for Atrides lost If I have seen him do you think you can Know him God knows I have seen many a coast Then answer'd he There is no Stranger able Nor with his VVife nor Son to get belief The news they tell both take but for a Fable Invented by their want to get relief Many poor men come to Penelope And make her weep in vain with Tales untrue And where you think you shall rewarded be VVith Coat or other Garment so can you But he 's devour'd by Beasts or Fowls at Land Or Fish at Sea have on his body fed And on the Shore his Bones lie clad in sand But howso'ere it be the man is dead And to his friends has sorrow left behind But to me chiefly who go where I please Shall never such another Master find Nor ever be again at so much ease No though I should unto my Country go And Parents that have got and nourisht me To see them though I wish I long not so As I Ulysses long again to see Whom though now absent I call by his name He was so kind and took such care of me That of such small respect I feel some shame A second Father he should called be Friend said Ulysses since so hard it is To make you hope he will so soon be here Know that I have not rashly told you this What I have spoken I will also swear If true with Coat and Vest my news require If not then not although ill raid am I. Of him as of Hell-gate I hate the sight That can by want be made to tell a Lye Know Jove the chief of Gods and then the Host That hath provided for us this good Chear And in Ulysses house doth rule the roast Ulysses will be here sometime this year This Month expired or the next begun And be reveng'd of th' Wooers impudent That have dishonoured his Wife and Son Then said Eumaeus Leave this argument For your good news nothing will be to pay Nor will Ulysses ever come again Drink wine and no more on this subject say I cannot think upon him without pain And swear no more True be it all you say To me Laertes and Peâ—elope And to Telemachus 't will be great joy For whom my sorrows much augmented be He sprang up like a Branch to mans estate I thought he would in Prowess prove no less Than 's Father was whom he did imitate In Wit and Figure and in Comliness But now the Gods bereav'd him have of Wit He 's gone to Pyle to hear what men there say About his Father whilst the Suiters sit Waiting at Sea to kill him by the way But him let 's leave a while with Pow'rs above Whether to let him die or bring him back VVaiting upon the pleasure of high Jove And now of your own woes untie the saâ—k That I may know them Tell me truly now Your own your Fathers and your Countries name And further I desire you let me know VVhence are the Mariners that with you came Unto this Town and tell me this likewise Where rideth the good ship that brought you to 't For verily I can no way devise How you should come on Horsback or on Foot Then said Ulysses VVere we here alone And meat and drink for so long us attend And all the rest about their work were gone The year would sooner than my Story end Of Crete I am and rich my Father was And many Children more he had But they Begotten were according to the Laws But of a Concubine the Son was I. My Father was Casâ—or Hylacides That was for wealth in Crete much honoured And for his Children but lov'd me no less Than those he had begot in lawful bed VVhen he was dead and gone my Brothers proud Divide his state amongst themselves by Lot And little of it they to me allow'd But for all that a good rich wife I got My vertue won her I no shun-field was Nor from my stock degenerate she saw Though from me now my strength be gone alas But you I think can know Wheat by the Straw For now with hardship I am much decai'd Mars gave me Courage and Athena Skill To beat up Quarters and by Ambush laid With Stratagems my Enemies to kill Of being slâ—in I never had a thought But formost still I leapt out with my Spear And of the â—oes to death I still one brought Unless his feet than my feet swister were And such I was in War But Husbandry And keeping home though that bred children store I caâ—'d not for But ships I lov'd to see And War Darts Bows and Shafts I loved more Yet horrible they be to other wights For for such things the Gods have temper'd me Many things are there wherein one delights Which to another man unpleasant be Before the Greeks went to the Siege of Troy Nine times had I commanded on the Seas And always our Success was good that way And of the Prey I chose what did me please Beside my share And wealth came in â—pace Wise I was thought and honour'd much in Crete And when Jove had decreed Troy to deâ—ace Idâ—meneus and I went with the Fleet Or else we must our credit quite have lost Nine years we fought the tenth we took the Town And setting up our Sails we left the Coast And by the Gods were tossed up and down But Jove determin'd me more trouble yet For needs I would to Aegypt go and trade A month I stai'd at home â—hen forth I set With nine good ships and an ill Voyage made For when six days I feasted had my Crew And to the Gods devoutly offer'd paâ—t A good strong wind from the North-Heaven blew And from the Coast of Crete we then depart Smoothly we sail'd safe our arrival was Nor man nor ship had any harm at all From shore to shore we did in five days pass And in the Nile we let our Anchors fall Then I my Fellows bad aboard to stay And guard the ships and some to places high I sent to watch but movâ—d by lucre they On plunder and on rapine had their eye The fields they waste and kill the men and make Women and Children captives Then the cry Arriving at the City Arms they take And next day early to the field they hie With Horse and Foot then thundered the field Their Armour lightned My men frighted were Some taken and made slaves some flying kill'd And all the rest ran scatter'd here and there Then I though t 'had been better there t' have di'd So many woes have since befallen
great And passionate but spoken without need If thus we all go on to give him meat He may himself three months together seed This said his Footstool to his foot he drew Ulysses with his Scrip went to the Sill For it was full meaning to beg anew And first he tries Antinous his will Give a poor Stranger says he You appear Amongst the Achaeans here to be the best For like a King you look and reason 't were You should in bounty exceed all the rest And I abroad your goodness will make known I could for riches once with most compare And kept a great and free house of my own And askt what want you â—an not what you are And many Servants had â—nd things that pâ—…s For happiness amongst us â—…ls all Till t'Aegypt I by Knaves perswaâ—dd was To Sail. I' th' Nile we let our Anchors fall There I my Fellows bid aboard to stay And guard the ships and some to places high I sent to watch But mov'd by luâ—…e they On Plunder and on Rapine had their eye The fields they waste and â—…he men and make Women and Children â—…ves Then the cry Arriving at the City Arms they take And next day early to the fields they hie With Horse and Foot Theâ—â—â—nd'red the Field Their Armour lightned My men frighâ—â—d were Some taken and made slaves some 〈◊〉 kill'd And all the rest ran scatter'd here and there To th' King of Cyprus I was made a Gift Dmetor by name the King of Aegypt's Guest And to come hither thence I made hard shiâ—â— Then said Antinous Stand off you 're best What Devil to molest us sent this Rogue Unmannerly that with such impudence To beg presumeth here and to cologue Sâ—and off Or ill at ease I 'll send you hence They that have given have done foolishly And at another's cost been charitable No wonder in such superâ—uâ—â—y Ulysses then retired from the Table O O said he I had but little skill That from the Aspect have inferred wiâ— Not give I see a â—rum of salt you will To a poor man that humbly alketh it Antinous at this enrag'd at th' heart Look'd on Ulysses angerly and said To part hence safely thou not likely art Since to my face thou dar'st me thus upbraid This said he threw the Footstool at his head Which touch'd his shoulder but remov'd him not Then to the Sâ—ll himself he rendered Shaking his head with vengeance in his thought Ulysses then unto the Suiters spake A man said he not much is griev'd a blow In fighting for his Kine or Sheep to take But he did for his Belly at me throw If any care the Gods of poor men have Antinous before he marri'd be Is like enough to go into his Grave Antinous replies Sit quietly And eat your meat lest taken by the heels The Servants hale and drag you out o' th' Gate Or use you worse your tongue so runs on wheels At this the rest all discontented sate And one among the rest unto him said Antinous it was unjustly done To use a Stranger so The Gods arraid In poor mens habits mens deeds look upon And notice take who well does and who ill Telemachus was grieved at the heart For what was done but did no tear distil But shook his head and hop'd to make them smart When what had pass'd was told Penelope Apollo strike him to the heart said she If I my wish had said Eurynome No Suiter of them all the morn should see Then said Penelope again 'T is true They all be enemies and mean us evil But he the fiercest is of all the Crew And rageth in the house like any Devil A Stranger in distress comes to the door Whom want constrained had to beg his bread The rest all give him somewhat of their store But he a Footstool throweth at his head While she thus and her Women talking were Ulysses supping sat upon the Sill. I fain said she would have the Beggar here Fetch him Eumaeus talk with him I will I 'll ask him if Ulysses he have seen For many men and Cities knoweth he Eumaeus then made answer to the Queen If once the Suiters would but silent be You would be pleas'd his History to hear Three days and nights he stai'd with me an end And of his suffrings much he told me there When new arriv'd but came not to the end As when a man that knows the Art of Song Sings lovely words with sweet well-tun'd voice The man that hears him thinks not the time long So I in his strange story did rejoyce He said Ulysses was his Fathers Guest In th' Isle of Crete where reigneth Minos race Himself he said with many woes opprest The Fates at last him tumbled to this place And that he heard Ulysses is hard by And that into Thesprotia he 's come Alive and well enriched mightily With Treasure which he now is bringing home Then said Penelope Go call me hither The Beggar I my self will ask him all And mean while let the Suiters chat together Where they think best without or in the Hall For merry they must be since they feed here And their own Corn and Wine and Cattle save And with our Cattle make themselves good chear And on our Corn and Wiâ—e no mercy have For such as was Ulysses here is none That should defend us from their injuries But were he hâ—ther come he and his Son Would bring destruction on these enemies This said it chanc'd Telemachus to sneeze She laught and for the Beggar calls agen You see Eumaeus Jove with me agrees And certainly slain shall be all these men Go call the Beggar and say this from me If I find true what he shall to me say He shall with Coat and Vest rewarded be Eumaeus to the Beggar went his way And when he near him was Father said he Peâ—elope desires to speak with you About Ulysses she inform'd would be And said If she find all you say be true She clothe you will with a fair Coat and Vest Which you stand most in need of But for food By begging in the Town you 'll get it best Where they relieve you will that shall think good Ulysses to Eumaeus answered Pâ—nelope I quickly can inform For he and I have jointly suffered But from the Suiters I much fear a storm Their insolence is known up to the Sky Just now a Footstool one threw at my head When given him no cause at all had I Nor could I by her Son be succoured Therefore intreat Pâ—nelope to stay Untill the Sun be set and Suiters gone And by the fire-side hear what I can say You see what-wosul Garments I have on Then back Eumaeus went with his excuse And came without him to Penelope How now said she does he to come refuse They that are bashful but ill Beggars be Not so O Queen said he he is discreet He prays you stay till setting of the Sun Fearing some danger from the Woo'rs to meet
there O said Ulysses that the Gods would give These men what to their insolence is due Who in a house not theirs so lewdly live As if no modesty at all they knew Then came Melanthus from a place hard by He had the charge o' th' Goats brought the best And spake unto Ulysses spightfully Art thou here still to beg and to molest The Company D' ye mean before you go To taste my fingers Is there no good chear In other places 'mongst the Greeks and so You mean to dwell continually here Then came a third that charge had of the Kine Philoetius by name with him he brought A Heiser and more Gâ—ats on which to dine Over the water in the Ferry-boat Philoetius askt Eumaeus in his 〈◊〉 Who 's this that 's â—â—w come â—â—ther from whence What Countryman and what his Parents were For for his person he may be a Prince God can make Princes go from Land to Land And beg when he will give them misery This said he took Ulysses by the hand And spake unto him kind and lovingly Father I wish you as much happiness As ever you enjoy'd before But now I see you are in very great distress O Jove What God so cruel is as thou Though born thou wert yet pitiest not to see The torments of mankind To think upon Ulysses makes me weep It may be he Thus begs somewhere with such apparel on Or else he 's dead O then I am undone He set me o're his Herds when but a Boy But infinite they 're grown since he is gone Or man would quickly all Cow kind destroy But mine the Suiters force me to bring in For them to eat and ne're regard his Son The Goods to share already they begin Of th' owner that so long now has been gone And I devising was what I should do To take my Caâ—tle with me and be gone And one or other Prince to give them to But that I thought would be unjustly done For they Telemachus his Cattle were Again I thought it labour very sour To stay and keep my Masters Cattle here For others in his absence to devour So here abide I and my self I flatter With hope to see Ulysses one day come Back to his house and the proud Suiters scatter Thus laid the Maâ—â—er of the Kine To whom Ulyssâ—s said Honest you seem and wise I therefore will a secret to you swear By 〈◊〉 on high you shall see with your eyes Ulysses 〈◊〉 you wish to see him here And all these domineering Suiters slay Then O said he that Jove would have it so For I should let you see in such a fray Quickly how much these hands of mine can do Eumaeus also did like Prayer make To see Ulysses there So ended they While they discours'd the Suiters counsel take How they might make Telemachus away Then o're their heads an Eagle flew on high Sinister with a fearful Dove in 's foot Then said Amphinomus Let 's lay this by And think of Supper for we cannot do 't The Suiters all approv'd of what he said And in they went and there on Bench and Seâ— Within Ulysses house their Coats they laid And set themselves to kill and dress their meat Then from the Herd they sacrific'd a Cow And many well-grown sheep and goats well fed And many a very fat and pamper'd Sow Th' entrails they rosted and distributed Eumaeus gave out Cups Philoetius bread Melanthus from the Temp'rer fill'd out wine The Suiters on the meat before them fed With Stomachs good and drank the blood o' th' Vine Telemachus Ulysses in the Hall Hard by the threshold sets and there he sat On an ill-favour'd stool at Table small And gave him his just share of th' entrails fat And for him fill'd a great gold Cup with wine Sit here said he and fare like other men Fear neither blows nor scoffs The house is mine Ulysses is the owner of it When He first possessed it he gave it me And you my Mothers Suiters mock no more But keep the peace as long as here you be For else perhaps arise may trouble sore At first the Suiters knew not how to take Telemachus his words and silent were Admiring that such threatning words he spake So many men provoking without fear But by and by Antinous said thus Since Jove appeared has in his defence Let 's put these threats up of Telemachus Else we should quickly spoil his eloquence So said Antinous But Telemachus Car'd not at all for any thing he said When peace within doors was concluded thus In other Rites o' th' Feast they were imploy'd The Hecatomb they bear throughout the Town Into Apollo's shady Grove divine The upper-joynts in Messes they divide So fill'd their Tables and sat down to dine The portion of Ulysses was no less Than other Suiters had nor more For why Telemachus had order'd every Mess Should equal be and men serv'd equally Amongst the Suiters was a very Knave Ctesippus was his name a rich mans Son And therefore hopâ—d Penelope to have This man to th'Wooers made a motion Hear me you Suiters of Penelâ—pe This Stranger here is equal made to us And therefore reason 't is that also we Should love the Strangers of Tâ—lemachus Lo here 's a Gift I 'll give him that he may Bestow it is 't please him on him or her That empts the Chamber pots or giv 't away To any of Ulysses Bond-men here With that he hurled at Ulysses head A Cows-foot but he turn'd his head the while And from the stroke himself delivered Then smil'd Ulysses a Sardanique smile Telemachus his anger could not hide 'T is well said he you did not hurt him here For else believe it you had surely di'd O' th place run through the body with my Spear And never found a wife here but a gâ—ave Therefore give over thâ—s behaviour wild Of good and bad I now some knâ—wledge have And do nor always take me for a Child What 's past I bear the havock of mâ—…attle My Corn and Wine consumed lavishly T is hard for one with many t' enter battle Use me no longer as an Enemy For fighting to be stain I 'd rather chuse Than see my Guests or Servants harshly us'd My women as they pass about the house To be so basely tug'd touz'd and abus'd This said a while the Suiters silent were But not long after Agelaus spake Let 's not said he against a truth so clear Struggle and what is said in ill part take Nor harshly use the Stranger any more Nor any Servant of Telemachus But yet I have a silly word in store For him and for his Mother and for us Whilst there was hope Ulysses might come home The Suiters had done best at home to stay Expecting him and not have hither come But since there 's none to 's Mother he should say Take one of them for Husband which you please And most shall give you So shall he enjoy His Fathers
him in this plight Worn out with age and so much sorrow to 't Under a Tree stood weeping out of sight And then bethought him whether it were best T' embrace and kiss him and directly say I am Ulysses or first talk in jest And give him time his person to survey Resolv'd at last his Father he goes nigh Who with his head down dâ—g'd about a Plant. Old man said he your skill is good For why Your Garden neither Art nor care does want Nor Plant nor Fig nor Vine nor Olive-tree Nor so much as a Leek but prospers here One thing there wants I pray not angry be You look not to your self Ill Cloaths you wear And also pale and yellow is your hue Which cannot be imputed to being aged 'T is not because you do no work that you â—e little sets by that has you engaged There 's nothing in your aspect of a Slave The look and stature you have of a King And the appearance of a King would have If you what 's due to age had ev'ry thing Whose Servant are you and who owns the ground And say if this be Ithaca or no. For this man whom upon the way I found Is not so wise as certainly to know I asâ—t him of a friend that I had here Whether alive he were or dead But he Whether he dead or living still he were Unable was at all to answer me My house a Stranger on a time was at Which of all Strangers I did love the best That said he came from Ithaca and that Laertes was his Fathers name This Guest I entertain'd as kindly as I could With Viands good whereof I had good store And gave him Talents ten of well-wrought Gold And beside that I gave him these Gifts more A Pot for temper'd Wine of Silver bright Twelve Carpets fair twelve Robes twelve Coats that were All lined through and twelve more that were light And four Maid-Servants both well taught and falâ— Such as he from a greater number chose Then said Laertes Ithaca this is Now held by wicked men But you will lose Your Presents all and of requital miss But had you found my Son Ulysses here He would have kept of Amity the Law And well required both your Gifts and Chear But say how long it is since you last saw And entertain'd my Son if yet he be But he at Sea devoured is by Fish Far hence or else to Beasts and Fowls is he Somewhere poor man at Land become a dish Neither his Father nor his Mother by To wind him and to shed tears o're his bed Nor yet his Wife weeping to close his eye Which are the honours due unto the dead Tell me also your dwelling and your name Your Parents and your City what they be And where the good ship lies in which you came And what men with you came in company Or with some Merchants in their ship and they Departing hence have left you here alone To this Ulysses answering did say I 'll answer to your Questions each one My City 's Alybaâ— and of the same Aâ—â—eidas is the King His Son am I And called am Eperitus by name Far hence at the lands end my ship doth lie And since Ulysses from me went away 'T is now five years and with good Augâ—ry That we should meet again another day And joy in mutual hospitality This said Lâ—ertes overcome with woe Took up the scalding dust with both his hands And pour'd the same upon his head of snow And sobbing thick and weeping there he stands Ulysses heart up to his nosâ—rils swell'd With pity to behold his Fathers 〈◊〉 And to him leapt and 's arms about him held And said The man you weep and mourn for so Am I come after twenty years again Give over sobbing now for though inhasâ—â— I tell you must The Suiters I have â—lain And made them of their crimes the fruit to taste Then said Laertes If indeed you be My Son Ulysses let me see some signe To know you by for certain Then said he Behold the wound received from the Swine On Mount Perâ—assus when I thither went T'Autolycus my Mothers Father to Receive the Gifts he promis'd me You sent Me thither and so did my Mother too I 'll tell you too what Trees you gave me when I walking once was with you there And I Aâ—â—t you of all the Trees the names for then 'Twixt man and Boy I was And severally As I the Trees names askt you told the same Pear-trees thirteen Apple-trees half a score â—ankles fifty to th' Vines you gave that name All of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their season Berries bore And forty Fig-trees Th' old man knew it all Embrac'd his Son and with abundant joy Fainted and sinking ready was to fall But that his Sons embraces were his stay Then coming to himself he said Jove Father and you Gods Gods there are yet The Sâ—iters for their evil deeds have paid But now I fear the Town will on as set And with themselves make all the City rise In 〈◊〉 Then said his Son Fear not Of that we 'll by and by advise 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 are gone To get a Supper ready at your house This said into the house they come away And find 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 At work to cut out meat and Wine allay Mean while 〈◊〉 oâ—l'd and â—athed is And by his Maid in seemly Garments clad And 〈◊〉 standing by him added this A larger stature than before he had As of a God his presence did appear Ulyssâ—s seeing him admir'd and said Father you greater now are than you were Some God has Beauty on your person laid Then said Laertes O ye Gods on high Jove Pallas and Apollo had I been Such as I was at Neritus when I Stormed the Town and armed had come in When you and the proud Suiters were in fight I had made many of them bend the knee And you would have rejoyced at the sight So to his Son Ulysses talked he Supper brought in they sit and then came in Old Dolius sent for from his Husbandry And his Sons weary Working they had been The Nurse had bidden them come speedily They wondered to see Ulysses there But he to Dolius then gently said Pray for a while your wondring to forbear We hungry are and long have for you staid Then Doiius embraced him and said Since long'd for you are come and unexpected And to us by the Gods have been convey'd All hail and by the Gods be still protected But tell me if Penelope yet have The news received of your coming home Or shall we send her word That labour save Repli'd Ulysses for she knows I 'm come This said he sat him down His Sons also With decent words Ulysses entertain And lay their hands in his That done they go And by their Father sat them down again Now Fame divulged had the Suiters fate And people howling came in ev'ry way And gather'd were about Ulysses Gate To setch the bodies of
the dead away And those that out of Ithaca had liv'd To Fishermen they gave to carry home And staying on the place though sorely griev'd Amongst themselves they into counsel come Eupeithes Father of Antinous That first of all slain by Ulysses was Spake first and weeping for his Son said thus See how much mischief this man done us has He carried hence our Ships and ablest men And lost them all as one that had design'd Our utter ruine Coming back agen He killed hath those whom he left behind Come then let 's to him quickly lest mean while He should pass over the wide Sea and get Protection at Elis or at Pyle And we so sham'd as we were never yet 'T will be a scorn to our Posterity To let the murder of our Children so Stay unreveng'd and put up cowardly For my part to my Grave I 'd rather go Come quickly then lest we prevented be This said the people for him pity had Then came in Medon who had scaped free And Phemius that scap'd to â—â—and was glad And Medon to th' Assembly spake and said Ulysses of himself could not have done This mighty deed without th' Immortals aid I saw when present I was looking on A God stand by that him encouraged In Mentors shape he plainly did appear And then about the room the Suiters fled And fell before Ulysses in their fear Next him spake Alitherses who alone Saw Fore and Aft. Hear me you men said he Of this great slaughter I accuse can none But ev'n your selves that gave no ear to me Nor yet to Mentor We you counselled The licence of your Children to take down That spent the Substance and dishonoured The Wife of him that was of such renown My counsel therefore to you now is this Not to proceed lest on your selves you bring More mischief yet and of your purpose miss So said he then but little profiting For more than half with alalaes up start And cry aloud To Arms go on proceed But quietly sat still the lesser part That with Eupeithes Judgment disagreed When they had clad themselves in glist'ning brass Without the Town they came to Randezvouze In open field Eupeithes Leader was Seeking revenge where he his life shall lose Then Pallas to her Father came and said O Father King of Kings what do you mean The War shall last between them or be staid To this her Father answer'd her agen Child why d' ye ask me that 't was your request The Suiters for their Insolence should pay Do what you please but yet I think it best When you have done that Peace for ever stay And ever reign Ulysses and his race Which to confirm Oblivion I 'll send Of former Acts the image to deface Then gladly Pallas did from Heaven descend When now Ulysses and his Company Removed had their hunger with good chear Ulysses said Some one go forth and see Whether the Ithacesians be near And then one of the young men standing there Went forth and saw them as he past the Sill And turning back Arm said he they are here And then they all put on their Arms of Steel Ulysses and his Son and Servants four Six Sons of Dolius And the old men Laertes were and Dolius two more Aged they were but necessary then Then arm'd Ulysses leading out they go And Pallas both in person and in voice Resembling Mentor in came to them too Ulysses seeing her did much rejoyce And looking on Telemachus he said Telemachus this Battle will declare Who Courage has who not Be not afraid That you dishonour not your stock beware Father said he you shall see by and by You need not be ashamed of your Son Laertes this discourse heard joyfully And to the Gods cri'd out in passion O ye kind Gods and happy day is this O joy My Son and Grandson are at strife Which of the two the most Courageous is And ready to buy Honour with his life Then Pallas to Laertes said My Friend Son of Arcesius whom the Gods do love With all your force your Spear now from you send But pray first unto Pallas and to Jove He praid and threw his Spear which th'Helmet smot Of old Eupeithes and went into 's head Down dead he fell the Helmet sav'd him not His Armour rattled and his spirit fled And then fell on Ulysses and his Son Upon the foremost both with Sword and Spear And surely had destroy'd them ev'ry one Had not Jove's Daughter Pallas then been there She to the People call'd aloud and said Hold Ithacesians The Quarrel may Without more blood be ended They afraid Of th' Heavenly voice began to run away Ulysses yet not ceased to pursue The Captains of his foes till from above In Thunder Jove his sooty Bolt down threw Then Pallas said Beware offend not Jove And glad was then Ulysses to give o're By Pallas were propounded terms of Peace In Meutor's shape and each part to them swore And thus it was agreed the War should cease FINIS THE CONTENTS LIB I. IN a Council of the Gods Neptune absent Pallas procureth an Order for the restitution of Ulysses And appearing to his Son Telemachus in humane shape adviseth him to complain of the Suiters before the Council of the Lords and then to go to Pylus and Sparta to enquire about his Father LIB II. Telemachus complains in vain and borrowing a Ship goes secretly to Pyle by night And how he was there received LIB III. Nestor entertains him at Pyle and tells him how the Greeks departed from Troy and sends him for further information to Sparta LIB IV. His entertainment at Sparta where Menelaus tells him what befel many of the Greeks in their return that Ulysses was with Calypso in the Islâ— Ogygia as he was told by Proteus LIB V. The Gods in Council command Calypso by Mercury to send away Ulysses on a Raft of Trees and Neptune returning from Aethiopia and seeing him on the Coast of Phaeacia scattered his Raft and how by the help of Ino he swam ashore and slept in a beap of dry leaves till the next day LIB VI. Nausicaa going to a River near that place to wash the Clothes of her Father Mother and Brethren while the Clothes were drying played with her Maids at Ball and Ulysses coming forth is fed and cloath'd and led to the house of her Father King Alcinous where being received the Queen after Supper taking notice of his Garments gave him occasion to relate his Passage thither on the Raft LIB VII Alcinous entertains him and grants him a Convoy and both he and the Lords give him Presents LIB VIII The next days entertainment of Ulysses where he sees them contend in Wrestling and other Exercises and upon provocation took up a greater stone than that which they were throwing and over-threw them all And how the King asked his name his Country and his Adventure LIB IX Ulysses relates first what befel him amongst the Cicones at