turn'd The blood that down along it ran was hot And with his Eye the Lids and Brows were burn'd And all his Eye-strings with the fire did strut As when a Smith hath heat his Aâ—e or Spade And quickly quenches it while hot it is To harden it it makes a noise so made His great moist Eye the glowing Brand to hiss He roared so as made the Rocks resound And from his Eye he pull'd with both his hand The burning Brand and threw it to the ground And so a while he there amazed stands And thence for more Cyclopses calâ—s and they Whâ— dwelt about in every hollow Cave Came in some one and some another way And from without the â—en ask'd what he 'd have What ails thee Polyphemus so to cry In dead of night and make us break our sleep Goes any one about to make thee die By force or fraud or steal away thy sheep Then Polyphemus answered from his Cave Friends Noman killeth me Why then said they We have no power from sickness you to save You must unto your Father Neptune pray This said they parted each one to his own Dark-Cavern Then within my sâ—lf I laught To think how with my Name the mighty Clown I so deceived had and gull'd by crast The Cyclops for the stone now groap'd about Found it and threw it down though pained sore Thinking to catch us at our coming out Sitting with Arms extended in the door Such fools he thought us but I formerly Had thought upon the course I was to take And all my cunning and my Art to try Since no less than our lives was now at stake This Counsel 't was that in my breast then sat Male-sheep there were within the Cave well sed Fair big and deeply clad in wool and sat And these with twigs ta'ne from Cyclops his bed I bound together three and three each three Bore one under the middlemost fast bound One Ram by far the best of all bore me Under his breast my hands in deep wool wound Thus hung we constantly expecting day The morning came the Males to pasture hie The Ews with strutting Udders bleating stay Their Master sitting there in misery Laid's hand upon their backs as out they past Ne'r thinking of their Bellies we were under Mâ—â—e heavy with his wool and me came last To whom the Cyclops said seeming to wonder Why silly Ram art thou the last to come Out of the Cave that formerly was ever The foremost to go out and to come home And foremost at the going to the River But now art last Is' t for thy Masters eye Which Noman and his Fellows have put forth O couldst thou speak and tell me where doth lie Hidden within that Noman nothing worth I soon would with his brains besmear the floor And ease my vexed heart within me so Which Noman hath within me wourâ—ded sore This said he let the Ram that bore me go Got forth a little from the Den and yard I left my Ram and set my Fellows free Unto my Ships I brought part of the Herd That to our Fellows we might welcome be We that escapt But they began to weep For those we left behinde us dead till I Commanded them to fetch aboard more Sheep And after that their Oars again to ply They brought in more and each man takes his seat And in due order with his Oar in hand The water grey into a foam they beat And rowed us a little way from land As far as one that hollows can be heard So far I stood from shore I hollow'd then Cyclops Cyclops why were you not afraid To kill and eat as you have done my men For since you Strangers do so ill intreat And of the Gods themselves no reck'ning make You ought to have expected vengeance great And that your wicked deeds should you o'retake The Cyclops then provoked with this mock Threw a great stone at us with all his might And first he swing'd round o're his head the Rock Which just behind the Rudder chanc'd to light And so much stir'd the water falling in That what with th'eddy and tide from the Main Brought back to th'Land and sure we dead had bin But that I quickly thrust it off again Then bad I my Companions to row Still further off till we were out of fear They pli'd their Oars again and we were now At twice the distance that before we were And then again I to the Cyclops spoke Though my companions would have hindred me Why say they will you still the man provoke How great a stone how far he throws you see How hear to Land we were how near to die If he but any one of us hear speak A Rock will straightway from him hither fly And knock our brains out and our Vessel break So said they but with me could nothing do I was resolv'd to vex him bitterly Cyclops quoth I if any ask thee who What was his name that rob'd thee of thy eye Say 't was Ulysses Prince of Ithaca Son to the old Laerâ—es He it was At which the Cyclops howling answered Ha. I see old Prophesies are come to pass For Telemus Eurymedes that here Dwelled and telling Fortunes went about Told me I should by name Ulysses fear As he that one day should my eye put out But I some strong and mighty man expected Of Stature great should come to do that deed And never such a little Wretch suspected Nor ever did of being drunk take heed But come Ulysses nearer that I may Give you a precious Gift as you deserve And also to my Father Neptune pray That you upon the Seas he would preserve For I his Son and he my Father is And to my sight again restore me can He and no other of the Gods in bliss Nor any Pow'r on earth So said the man Cyclops quoth I I would I could as well Send thee now down to Pluto's ugly Den Depriv'd of Life and Soul i' th' deepest Hell As I am sure thou ne'r shalt see agen Then held he up his hands to Heav'n and praid Hear me O Neptune if thy Son I be And thou my Father truely as 't is said Grant that Ulysses never more may see His Native Soil or if perhaps by Fate It be decreed he shall return again Let him return both wretchedly and late His Ships and Men lost and at home meet pain His prayer granted was and then he threw A greater stone first swinged it o'r his head Which by good chance above the Vessel flew But almost to the shore us carried When we were come into the Isle again Where all the rest of our Fleet then abode Expecting our return in grievous pain And wondring why we were so long abroad Then with our Sheep we landed on the Beach And ' mongst the Backs divided them with care Their just and equal number unto each That no Ship might be wronged of his share On me my Fellows over and above Bestow'd a Ram
any of the rest Had any slain he killed Agelaus Whom with his Spear he pierc'd from Back to Breast When from him he his Charret turning was Then Agamemnon came and Menelaus And then the greater Ajax then the Less The sixth the King Idomeneus was And with him came his Squire Meriones And next Eurypylus Euaemon's Son The ninth was Teucer with his Bow unbent Hid with the Shield of Ajax Telamon His mighty Brother to the Field he went Which Ajax lifting Teucer chose his man And having at him aim'd and shot and kill'd As Children to their Mothers back he ran And hid himself behind his Brothers Shield How many were the men he killed thus Orsilochus Ophlestus Lycophon And Melanippus Daetor Ormenus And Chromius and last Amopaon All those lay dead together on the Sands When Agamemnon saw what work was done By Teucer's Arrows on the Trojans Bands He to him came and said O valiant Son Of Telamon so so your Shafts bestow Unto the Argives all an honour be And to your Father Telamon For though Unto your Mother marry'd not was he Yet has he still maintain'd you as his own And if it please Jove and the Pow'rs divine To make me once the Master of this Town Your share shall be the next set out to mine And to your honour shall receive from me A Tripod and two Horses with the Charre Or if you will your bed shall honour'd be With some fair Woman taken in the war Teucer to this then answer made and said Of this encouragement no need have I Since we came forth I have no time delaid But done as much as in my pow'r did lie Eight Shafts already have gone from my Bow And in as many Trojans fix'd have been Of this mad dog I miss I know not how Then took he out another Arrow keen And aim'd at Hector but he hit him not But wounded on the Breast Gorgythion Who on fair Castianira was begot And of King Priam's valiant Sons was one Who falling on his knees hung down his head Just as a Poppy charg'd with fruit and rain So had his Cask his Head oreburthened And Teucer then at Hector shot again And miss'd again Apollo put it by But Archeptolemus his Charioteer He missed not Hector scap'd narrowly And Archeptolemus expired there Shot through the Breast Hector was sorry but Left him Cebriones chanc'd to be nigh And in his hands Hector the Reins did put And from his Charret leapt down suddenly And took a heavy Stone into his hand Teucer the while again his Bow had bent But drawing did so long and aiming stand The Stone from Hector th'Arrow did prevent And near the Shoulder on the Breast him struck And broken was the Bow-string with the blow And his benummed Arm all sense forsook And sinking on his Knees he dropt the Bow Then Ajax stept before him with his Shield Mecistheus and Alastor him convey'd Unto the Argive Ships from off the Field Grievously bruised groaning and dismaid The courage of the Trojans now renew'd They chas'd the Argives back unto their Wall And till the Trenches they had past pursu'd And Hector at their heels the near'st of all As when a Hound pursueth a wild Bore Or Lion and presuming on his Feet Pinches his Hanch or Side and then gives ore Not daring if he turn the Beast to meet So Hector chasing them still slew the last And many of them had the Trojans slain Ere they the Trenches and the Pale had past But being in they there themselves contain And comfort one another all they can And to the Gods and Goddesses they pray Lifting their hands to Heaven every man And Hector then turn'd off and went his way Which Juno seeing unto Pallas said Daughter of Jupiter do you not see What Greeks one mad man Hector has destroy'd Shall we sit still in this extremity To Juno then Athena thus reply'd Had not my Fathers wits been at a loss This furious Hector by the Greeks had dy'd But he my counsel alwaies loves to cross He has forgot how oft his Son I sav'd Oppressed by Euristheus tyranny For alwaies when his Fathers help he crav'd Down to the Earth from Heaven sent was I But had I known as much as I do now When for the Dog he went to Pluto's gate He had for me till this time staid below And by the odious Styx for ever sate But now he hates me And by Thetis led He must Achilles honour But my hope is The time will come I shall be favoured By him again and call'd his dear Glaucopis But make you ready now your Chariot While I put on my Arms that we may see If Hector will thereof be glad or not Or if some Trojans rather shall not be Left dead for Dogs and Vulturs to devour Then Juno to her Charre the Horses brought To Jove's house Pallas went and on the floor Threw down her long Robe and put on Jove's Coat And then her Breast with Armour covered And on her Shoulder hung her fearful Shield Then took her heavy Spear with Brazen head Wherewith she breaketh Squadrons in the Field Then open of it self flew Heaven-gate Though to the Seasons Jove the power gave Alone to judge of early and of late And out the Goddesses the Horses drave Then Jove to Iris said Go to them speak Tell them an ill match they will have of me I 'll lame their Horses and their Charret break Unto the ground they both shall tumbled be And with my Thunder wounded shall be so That ten years after they shall not be well For I would have Glaucopis well to know What 't is against her Father to rebel But Juno is so us'd to cross my will That towards her my anger is the less Then Iris went her way from Ida hill And near Olympus met the Goddesses And as she bidden was did to them speak What fury 's this Whither d' ye go said she Jove will your Horses lame your Charret break And to the ground you both will tumbled be And with his Thunder wounded will be so That ten years after you will not be well For you Glaucopis he will make to know What 't is against your Father to rebel But Juno is so us'd to cross his will That he affronts from her can better bear But Pallas at your hands he takes it ill That you should dare against him lift a Spear Iris her errant done no longer stay'd And to Minerva thus said Juno then Jove shall no more for me be disobey'd By taking part in War with mortal men But let One live and let another die As by the chance of War it shall fall out And let him do what he thinks Equity This said her Chariot she turn'd about The Horses by the Seasons freed and fed The Charret was set up against the Wall The Goddesses themselves then entered And took their places in the Councel-Hall With th' other Gods And Jove himself from Ide T' Olympus came and lighted
hope from Jove is seldom done For both of us have the same Destiny With our hearts bloud to dye the Trojan Plain And as he lieth now so shall I lie And never to my Parents come again But since Patroclus you the first are dead Your Funeral I will not celebrate Till I have brought you Hector's Arms and Head Whose bloudy hand deliver'd your sad fate And have twelve of the Noble youths of Troy Beheaded in revenge Till then stay here Where Trojan Captive women night and day Bewailing you shall stand about the Biere This said he order gave for water hot To clense Patroclus body from the gore Into a Caldron said he water put And make a Fire and set the Caldron ore Into a Caldron water then they put And made a Fire and set the Caldron ore The Flame about it goes The water 's hot Then washed from the body was the gore And then again they laid him on the Bed From head to foot in Linnen they him fold And on him laid a fair white Coverled His wounds first fill'd with Unguent nine year old About the body of Patroclus staid Achilles and the Myrmidons all night Lamenting him Then Jove to Juno said You have Achilles brought again to fight Against the Trojans on the Argives side Are they your Children that you love them so And Juno then to Jupiter repli'd Harsh Cronides what words do you let go Since mortal men that know much less than we May to a Friend do good and hate a Fo Why may not I that boast my self to be The Wife and Sister of great Jove do so And make my Foes the Trojans feel my hate Whilst Jove and Juno were discoursing thus The Goddess Thetis come was to the Gate Of Vulcan's undecaying famous House Of shining Brass with brighter Stars thick set That ' mongst the Houses of the Heaven shone But he was at his Work-house in a sweat And at his Bellows swaying up and down For Tripods twenty he had laboured With golden Wheels to go and come agen At his command but had not finished The Ears and Chains which he was making then And whilst this bus'ness Vulcan was about Thetis was come and at the Gate did stand And Charis Vulcan's Wife then going out Saw her and straightway took her by the hand â—â—etis said she 't is strange to see you here Much honour'd and a welcom Guest you are Come in and pleased be t' accept our Chear Then led her in and brought her to a Chair A dainty Chair with Foot-stool joyn'd thereto And then unto her Husband's Shop she hi'd For Thetis said she you have work to do And Vulcan glad to Charis thus repli'd Is Thetis here that sav'd me from mishap When for my lameness thrown down from the Sky Thetis was pleas'd to catch me in her lap When else I had been in great misery I wrought for her and for Eurynome Nine year and made them many pretty things Within a Rock encompass'd by the Sea As Buckles Clasps fine Boxes Beads and Rings Which neither Mortal nor Immortal knew But only Thetis and Eurynome And now to Thetis I must pay what 's due The Ransom of my life for saving me Go you and entertain her well while I My Tools take up and Bellows set away This said the Bellows he took and set by But in a Chest his working Tools did lay Then with a Sponge he wip'd his hands and face His brawny neck and hairy breast and on He puts his Coat and with his staff apace Though haulting goes and waited was upon By Maids of Massie Gold endu'd with Wit And Speech Strength and learn'd in Heav'nly Art And went to Thetis and did by her sit And joyful at her presence was his heart And laid his hand on hers and to her said Thetis so welcome to me there is none Tell me wherein you think I can you aid And if it can be done it shall be done And then to Vulcan Thetis answered No Goddess ever was distrest like me Whom Jove made subject to a Mortal's Bed And Peleus Wife constrained me to be Who lies at home decrepid now and spent And when I born unto him had a Son Of all the Heroes the most excellent And of his breeding care omitted none And when he grown was to a goodly height He sent was to the War at Ilium Against the Trojans for the Greeks to fight From whence he never shall again come home Though yet he live he takes therein no joy And I to comfort him no power have Since Agamemnon taken has away Her whom the Greeks for honour to him gave And then my Son no longer would him aid And Agamemnon then sent Gifts and pray'd And by Embassadors his favour seeks Then though to th'Fight himself he would not go Yet he his Armour to Patroclus gave And Myrmidons t' assist him ' gainst the Fo And to the Scaean Gate the Trojans drave And by Patroclus taken had been Troy Had he not then been by Apollo slain That unto Hector gave a glorious day And th'Armour of my valiant Son to gain Which makes me now come hither to request That you would make new Armour for my Son A Shield a Helmet Armour for the breast And for the legs For those he had are gone Then to her answer'd Vulcan do not fear Oh that when for him the harsh Fates enquire To hide him from them I as able were As make him Arms for Mortals to admire This said unto his Shop he went and bad His golden serving Statues blow the fire For twenty Bellowses in all he had To blow as he should and his work require And then into the fire he threw in Tin And Brass and Silver fine and pretious Gold And to the Socker puts the Anvile in And th'heavie Hammer in one hand did hold Into his other hand the Tongs he takes And forges first a mighty Shield and strong And many various Figuâ—es in it makes An fastens to the same a silver Thong And bound the edge about with triple Brass The Shield it self consisted of five plies And with great art described in it was The surface of the Earth the Sea and Skies The Sun the Moon at Full and all the train Of Heaven Pleiades and Hyades Orion and the Bear men call the Wain That only never dives into the Seas But always to Orion has an Eye And in it were two Cities In the one Good Chear and Weddings and great Melody And women at their dores stand looking on To see the Bridegroom as he passed by And lusty youths that dancing with them go To Citterns and to Pipes and Hymen cry And turn as swift as Tops upon the Toâ— And full of people was the Market-place Assembled at the hearing of a Cause A man was slain And this was then the Case One said that he had satisfi'd the Laws The other said that nothing he had paid And on this Issue they will both be tri'd And
Sarpedon answered 'T is true That Hercules sackt Troy because the Steeds Laomedon kept back that were his due And gave him evil language for good deeds But you from me shall present death receive For which I shall have honour truly paid And you your Soul shall now to Pluto leave And this Sarpedon had no sooner said Than from their hands their Spears together started Tlepolemus clean through the Neck was struck And from him presently his life departed But from Sarpedon Jove kept such ill luck Yet on his left Thigh he receiv'd a wound For through it went the Spear close by the bone Sarpedon by his friends born off the ground Was plac'd apart where Battle there was none Tormented with the Spear still in his Thigh To pull it out they all had quite forgot In so great haste they were the Foe so nigh The time so little and the Fight so hot Mean while Tlâ—polemus his body dead The Greeks fetch'd off The wise Ulisses then Within himself a while considered Whether to charge Sarpedon or his men But since by Fate Sarpedon was to die By other and not by Ulysses hands Athena made him lay that purpose by And turn his anger on the Lycians Alastor then he flew and Coeramus Alcander Prytanis and Noemon And Halius he slew and Chromius And many Lycians more had overthrown But mighty Hector now approached near In glittering Arms and brought with him Affright But glad Sarpedon was to see him there And when he was come up unto him quite Himself lamenting thus to Hector said Leave me not Hector to the Greeks a prey But let my Body in your ground be laid Since I my Country must no more enjoy Nor my beloved Wife and tender Son So said Sarpedon Hector not replies But to the Enemy he passeth on And as he goes the ground with blood he dyeâ— Under a Beech sacred to Jupiter Sarpedon placed was upon the ground And gently Pelagon pull'd out the Spear The pain hereof put him into a swound Lost was his sight but by a gentle wind And cool that from the North upon him blew He soon recover'd both his Sight and Mind And all the company about him knew To Mars and Hector still the Greeks gave way And still their Faces to the Trojans were But for to charge none durst advance or stay For Diomed had told them Mars was there Now tell me Muse who slain by Hector was Trechus Orestes Tenthras Helenus Whose Father Oenops was and Oenonaus And last of all wealthy Oresbius In Hyla on Cephissis Lake he dwelt The richest pasture of Boeotia And known was by the gayness of his Belt This slaughter of the Greeks when Juno saw She then to Pallas spake Pallas said she If we let Mars still play the madman here Our word to Menelaus false will be That he from Troy return should Conqueror Let 's courage take and try what we can do Pallas contented 't was agreed upon And Juno ready made her self to go And quickly the Coach-wheels Hebe sets on Eight spokes each wheel had and were all of Brass And fixed round about at th' Axle-tree The Axle-tree it self of Iron was The Circle Gold and wonderful to see But arm'd-it was above with Plates of Brass The Naves on both sides were of Silver white With Gold and Silver Wire extended was The Seat which had two Silver rings and bright In which the Beam of Silver fastned staid At th' other end the Golden Yoke she ti'd And on the Yoke the Golden Reins she laid And Juno then no longer could abide But to the Coach her self the Horses brought From quarrels so impatiently she staid Pallas threw off her Robe and took Joves Coat And with the same she there her self arraid And then her Breast with Armour covered And on her Shoulder hung her frightful Shield Wherein Strife Force Flight Chase were figured With all the Horrour of a soughten field And in the middle stood out Gorgoes head Then put she on her Golden Helmet that Ten thousand mens heads might have covered And to the Charret up she went and sat And her great heavy Spear takes in her hands The Spear wherewith when she displeased is She scatters of proud Kings the armed bands Then Juno with the whip was not remisâ— And of it self flew open Heaven-gate Though to the Seasons Jove the power gave Alone to judge of Early and of Late And out the Goddesses their Horses drave Jove on the highest of Olympus tops ' Sitting alone they found and none him righ The Goddess Juno there her Horses stops And spake unto him thus his mind to try Pray tell me Jove if you contented be That Mars thus raging in the Field remain For what unseemly work he makes you see And of brave Greeks how many he has slain While Venus at my grief stands laughing by And pleased is Apollo with the sight And set him on But I could make him fly But that I fear your anger from the Fight Do 't then said Jove not you but Pallas she Accustom'd is to vex him more than you Juâ—o took this Commission willingly Feeling the whâ—p away her Horses flew 'Twixt Heav'n and Earth and went at every strain As far as coming one can see a Ship That from a Hill looketh upon the Main So far the Horses of the Gods ' can skip Arriv'd at Troy on ground they set their feet And Juno there her heavenly Steeds unty'd Where Simois doth with Scamander meet And with Ambrosia Simois them supply'd Then swift as Doves to give the Argives aid They went to where they saw the greatest throng There was Tydides and about him staid Many as Lions valiant and strong And Juno there in shape of Stentor stood And spake as loud as any fifty men Argives said she Cowards for nothing good Although you make a goodly show For when Achilles went before you to the Fight Out at their Gates the Trojans durst not peep So much they of his Spear abhor'd the sight But from your Ships you scarce now can them keep When Juno thus the Greeks encouraged To Diomed went Pallas whom she found Hard by his Horses sitting wearied And cooling in the open air the wound Given by Pandarus which with the sweat Under his Belt afflicted him the more And lifting up his Belt some ease to get He from the wound was wiping off the gore As at the yoke Athena leaning stood Like him said she your Eather left no Son A little man was he but Warriour good Though I not bad him he went boldly on And when to Thebes alone I bad him go Ambassador and with the Thebaâ— Lords To sit at Feast and not provoke the Foe And at their Table to forbear harsh words Yet he his native Courage still retained And them defy'd at manly Exercises And from them all the Victory he gained And won by my assistance all the Prizes But when I you as I did him defend And bid you boldly with the
from his Charâ—e And Neptune from the same his Steeds unty'd And set them up and of them had a care The Charret he set to the Altar near Cover'd with Linnen fine Then to his Throne His Throne of Gold mounted the Thunderer And made Olympus shake as he sat down But Juno and Athena silent sat Together by themselves from Jove apart And discontent But Jove knew well for what And answer made to what was in her heart Juno said he and Pallas why so sad Your fight against the Trojans was not long And more you had been vexed if it had So much for th' other Gods I am too strong The danger scarce begun was when you fled But had you dar'd the Battle to maintain You had been by my hand so thundered You never had t' Olympus come again Juno at this and Pallas grumbling sate And Pallas from replying did abstain Although no less the Trojans she did hate But Juno was not able to contain O cruel Jove said she what words are these Must we unto our friends be so ingrate Because we know you can do what you please As not the Argives to commiserate We are content since you will have it so No longer in the War to give them aid But let us give them counsel what to do Lest in your anger they be all destroy'd Juno said Jove to morrow you shall know If you 'll be pleas'd the Battle to behold How many martial Greeks I 'll overthrow For Hector shall not be by me controul'd Until Achilles be fetch'd back again And at the Argive Ships the Battle be About the Body of Patroclus slain For so it is ordain'd by Destiny And for your anger Juno I not care Though to the end of Earth and Sea you go Where pent Iäpetus and Saturn are In horrid darkness and complain yet so I will not for your anger care a jot For you are grown extremely insolent Thus Jupiter and Juno answer'd not Then down the Sun into the Ocean went Drawing upon the Fields a cloudy Night Which gave the Trojan Army no content But to the Greeks more welcome was than Light The Army Hector call'd to Parliament And led them to a clean place free from blood And there they all on foot about him throng Hector unto them giving Orders stood With Spear in hand eleven Cubits long Hear me you Trojans and you Aids said he I thought we should have now the Greeks destroy'd And lodged in the Town with Victory But this my hope is by the Night made void Nor can we help it Let us now provide For Supper Beeves and Sheep Wine and Bread From Troy and let the Horses be unty'd And care be taken that they be well fed Then fetch in wood and fires abundance make That with the flame lightned may be the Sky Lest th' Argives in the dark advantage take To go aboard and safe to Argos fly Let them imbark at least in haste and bear Along with them their wounds uncured home That others who shall see 't may stand in fear And say This 't is to fight ' gainst Ilium And let great Boys and old Men all night wake Upon the Walls and Tow'rs and Guards be set And every Wife at home a great fire make Lest into Troy the Foe by Treason get This valiant Trojans let be done to night To morrow I shall further order give I doubt not but to put these Dogs to flight By th' help of Jove and Ilium relieve But while 't is Night have on your Guards a care To morrow early arm your selves for fight For to the Argive Ships I 'll bring the War And trial make of Diomedes might If from the Ships he drive me shall away Or with my Spear I him shall overthrow And send his bloody Armour into Troy To morrow he his strength will better know I would I were as certain not to die And of old age live still free from the sorrow As Phoebus and Athena do as I Am sure we shall defeat these Greeks to morrow Thus ended he The Trojans full of joy Their sweating Horses soon took out and fed And some were sent into the Town of Troy To bring in Beeves and Sheep and Wine and Bread While others fetcht in Wood. Then to the Sky Arose the pleasant vapour of the Rost The Trojans confident of Victory Sat chearful at their Arms throughout the Host As many Stars as in a Heav'n serene Together with the Moon appear i' th' Night When all the tops of Hills and Woods are seen And joyful are the Shepherds at the sight So many seem'd the Fires upon the Plain A thousand Fires and at each fifty men That by their Horses there all night remain Expecting till Aurora rose agen ILIAD LIB IX THus Watch the Trojans kept But at the Fleet Distracted was with fear the Argive Host And their Commanders as when two Winds meet The Sea between them into heaps is tost And Agamemnon grieved at the heart Bad th'Heralds forthwith to th' Assembly call The prime Commanders ev'ry one apart And not make proclamation once for all And some of them himself he summoned When met were all the Leaders of the Greeks They sat them down with hearts discouraged And tears ran down on Agamemnon's Checks As Springs of Water issue from a Rock So fell the tears from Agamemnon's eyes And to th' Assembly thus he weeping spoke My friends what help can any man devise Jove told me I should conquer Ilium And unto Argos safe return agen And now deceiv'd me has and sends me home With shame when I have lost so many men And thus he loves to do to shew his might Therefore my Counsel Argives all obey Let 's hoise our Sails and save our selves by flight For we shall never take the Town of Troy This said the Princes long time silent sit At last Tydides rising thus reply'd King Agamemnon so far as 't is fit In such a publick place I must you chide Take it not ill because not long ago You me with want of courage did upbraid Before the Greeks as old and young well know Jove giv'n you has the Right to be obey'd And grac'd you with the title of our King But has deny'd you a couragious Spit it Which now is the most necessary thing You think too meanly of your peoples merit As for your self if you will needs away Go. That 's your way Your Ships there ready lye That from Mycene brought you into Troy But leave the rest their fortune here to try If none else stay yet Sthenelus and I Will not give over fighting till we know To what side Jove will give the Victory The Gods I 'm sure will favour to us show This Speech the Lords commended very much Then Nestor rose and to Tydides said There is not of your age another such For Counsel wise in Battle not affraid None will deny but what you say is right But you have not said all you could
them coming on And staying on their hands and strength rely The Trojans led by Asius came on With mighty noise Orestes Adamas This Adamas of Asius was the Son Tâ—oon lamenus and Oenomaus And ore their heads they held their Shields on high For feat of Stones and Spears from off the Wall The Greeks within to one another cry To save the Ships the Tents Themselves and All. But when they saw the Trojans went about To scale the Wall they roar'd and frighted were But the two Lapiths presently leapt out And furiously fell on the Trojans there As if two Boars the Men and Hounds withstood You 'd often hear the Boughs before them snap While with their bended necks they tear the Wood So thick they did the Trojan Armours rap For valiantly they fought in part relying Upon their strength and partly on the Showrs Of mighty Stones perpetually flying Upon the Trojans from the Wall and Tow'rs As thick as to the ground fall flakes of Snow When by a cold wind stirred is the Cloud Their Weapons from their hands on both sides go And Shields and Helmets crack apace and loud But Asius at this vext to the heart Then spake to Jove and clapping of his thigh Ay me said he Thou too a Lyer art That mad'st us to believe the Greeks would fly Who like so many motly Wasps or Bees That in the hollow way their Houses build And for their young resist their Enemies Till they repel them or themselves be kill'd Still sharply fight and will not quit the place Thus Asius said but Jove unmoved fate And none that day but Hector meant to grace And as at this they fought at ev'ry Gate I cannot like a God relate it all The flaming Stones that from the Trojans flew With fire divine up to the Argive Wall On ev'ry side How th' Argives no way knew To save themselves but for the Ships to fight And how the Gods that with the Greeks took part Sate discontent in Heav'n and full of spight To see Jove so severely make them smart But for the fight without 't was first begun By the bold Lapiths though but two they were For Polypoetes Pirithous Son At Damasus threw first a heavie Spear And through his Helmets brazen cheeks it went And through the Bone into the Brain went on And when unto the Shades he him had sent He killed Orminus and Pyloon And then a deadly Spear Leontes threw Which through the body pierc'd Hippolochus And on Antiphates his Sword he drew And killed him and then Iameâ—us Orestes Menon one upon another But whilst they stay'd to strip these and the rest Hector Polydamas and many other That of the Trojan Army were the best Were at the Trench and stood upon the brink The Wall to break and set the Ships on fire But as they stood a little while to think There came a Bird not suting their desire An Eagle in his Pounces held a Snake And over Hectors Soldiers carri'd it Alive but that could yet resistance make And by and by the Snake the Eagle bit The Eagle smarting cri'd and flew away And ' mongst the Trojans lets the Serpent fall And there amazed they and gaping stay To see Joves Prodigy before them crall O Hector said Polydamas though you In Courts and Councils cross whatere I say How good soere it for you be and true Unless in ev'ry thing I go your way Which is not well done for your Counsel ought In Peace and War to have their Voices free And never give advice against their thought But always for the publick good to be Yet now I 'll tell you if this Bird be sent Unto the Trojans as a Prodigy 'T is not uneasie to foresee th'vent For this I think the end of it will be As th' Eagle in his Pounces bore the Snake But could not to her young ones bear it home So if the Trojans this attempt shall make They 'll back unto the City smarting come And many good Companions leave behinde Whom th' Argives to defend their Ships will kill And this I think will any Augur finde That in 's profession has any skill Then Hector sowrely looking thus repli'd Polydamas this counsel I like not You have a better which you from me hide But if indeed it be your very thought The Gods have sure depriv'd you of your Sense That bid me not on Jove to set my rest But feather'd Fowls that fly I care not whence Nor whither right or lest or East or West But we to Jove the greatest God will trust That all the other Gods excells in might He one Bird has that still observe we must And that is For our Country well to fight But why are you so much afraid For though You ne're so many see before you slain You of your self will have a care I know And not adventure where you may abstain But if you stay or counsel other men To stay behinde my Spear shall strike you dead This said he led them further on and then They all with mighty clamour followed And Jove a mighty wind from Ida sent Which to the Ships directly blew the dust That to the Trojans gave encouragement But to the Argives horror and distrust Encourag'd thus unto the Wall they go And brake down Battlements and Posts pluckt out And Piles that had been planted by the Foe With Leavers strong they wring up by the Root Thus at the Wall the Trojans laboured And hope they had the same to overthrow Before the Battlements the Argives spread Cow-hides and thence threw stones on them below The Ajaxes then ran from Tow'r to Tow'r Endeavouring to give the Argives heart Some with sweet words and some of them with sowâ— According as they each one did his part Fellows said they you that excel in War And you that great strength have and you that small For well you know all men not equal are Now play the men there 's bus'ness for you all Fear not the clamour of this threatning man Indure this brunt which if you overcome As if Jove hinder not I know you can We 'll course him to the Gates of Ilium Thus they encouraged the Greeks And now As when great Jove to show his Armory Upon a Winters day sends down his Snow Innumerable are the flakes that fly And cover Hills and Woods and Pastures green And all the fruitful works of Husbandry And cover would but that the Sea comes in Both Ports and Shores for there Snow cannot lye The Wall with Stones resounded round about Yet Hector ne're had broken Wall nor Gate But by the Greeks had still been kept without Had not Jove sent the Trojans t'animate His Son Sarpedon With his Shield of brass Lined with many folds of strong Cow-hide And which with golden Circles strength'ned was And two Spears in his hand to th' Wall he hi'd And as a Lion that had fasted long Comes from the Hill upon a flock of sheep Will try what he can do
where the Spear went in his Life went out And suddenly he fell unto the ground And on his eyes sate darkness all about Put he that far the greater number flew The lesser Ajax was Oileus Son T was hard to scape when Ajax did pursue For of the Argives all he best could run ILIAD LIB XV. WHen flying they had past the Dirch and Wall They at the Horses and the Charret stay'd With loss of many men and looking pale And Jove awakt stood and the Field fury ay'd And saw the Greeks pursue and Trojans fly And Neptune with the Greeks and Hector laid Upon the Plain his Friends there sitting by And not a little of his Life affraid For gasping he scarce able was to draw His breath and blood abundance vomited Nor knew his friends When Jupiter him saw Offended his condition pityed And then on Juno fiercely lookt and said Juno I see all this is done by you And if you for it with a whip were paid 'T would be no more than for your work is due Have you forgot how once you swung i' th' Air And had two Anvils hanging at your fect Your hand with a Gold Chain ty'd to my Chair Though sorry were the other Gods to see 't Yet had I any seen but go about Your Manacles or Shackles to untye I from the Sill of Heav'n had thrown him out And strengthless made him on the earth to lye I was not so much griev'd for Hercules When Boreas set on by you arose As he went off from Troy enrag'd the Seas And at the last threw him ashore at Coos But I to Argos brought him safe again And this I now repeat that you may try Whether you likely are to lose or gain Abusing out familiarity This said the Goddess Juno struck with fear By Earth said she and Heaven about it spread By Styx which is our greatest Oath I swear And by your Life and By our Nuptial Bed I never did to Neptune speak a word To hurt the Trojans or the Greeks to aid But all he did was of his own accord By pity only and compassion sway'd And from henceforward I will him advise Seeing what way you lead the same to take Then Jupiter with favourable eyes On Juno lookt and thus unto her spake Fâ—â—â— if we were both one way inclin'd Neptune would quickly with us both comply Now if your words dissent not from your mind Go ' mongst the other Gods and presently Bid Iris and Apollo to me come For Iris unto Neptune I will send To bid him leave the Battle and go home to Hector and the Trojans I intend To send Apollo to give Hector might And cure him of his pain that he may lead The Trojans on and put the Greeks to flight That Thetis Son may see them scattered And he shall send Patroclus to the Field Who shall the Trojans rout and kill my Son Sopedon and himself shall then be kill'd By Hector's Spear And after that is done Achilles in revenge again shall fight And by his hand stout Hector shall be kill'd Under the Walls of Troy i' th' Trojans sight And beaten be the Trojans from the Field Till Troy by Pallas counsel taken be Nor till I have performed all I said To Thetis supplicating at my knee Let any God presume the Greeks to aid This said went Juno to Olympus high As when a man looks ore an ample Plain To any distance quickly goes his eye So swiftly Juno went with little pain And found the Gods at Wine together set And at her coming in they all stood up But Themis forward went and Juno met And to her hand delivered the Cup And said You look as if you frighted were By Jupiter for something But what is' t You know said Juno that he is severe And you shall hear the matter if you list Together with the other Gods though bad They will not all contented with it be But some of them will troubled be and sad And griev'd was she though speaking smilingly Then Juno went up to her Throne and sat And unto all the Gods spake angerly How mad said she or foolish are we that Are thinking how agen Jove's hands to tye Who careless and unmov'd on Ida Hill Knows his own strength and does our Plots despise And therefore what he sends be 't good or ill We 'll take it patiently if we be wise Nor must the God of War on Jove complain Or in Rebellion against him rise Because his Son Ascalaphus is slain At this with both his hands Mars clapt his Thighs And to the Gods above complaining sain Pardon me Gods I will revenge my Son And ' mongst the Argives go and give them aid Though I should lye amongst the dead Then on He puts his Armour and gives order to Terror and Flight his Charret to prepare And then there had been twice as much ado T' appease Joves anger ere it came to war If Pallas had not for the Gods afraid Pluckt off his Helmet and set up his Spear And pull'd his Buckler off and to him said Fool Bedlam What have you no Ears to hear You hear what news now Juno brings from Jove And if you care not though your self be lost Yet let the danger of us all you move For Jove will leave both Greek and Trojan Host And coming hither seize us one by one And never ask who guilty is or not Therefore give over vexing for your Son For better men than he by Gods begot â—â—ready here have been and shall be slain The Gods cannot preserve their Children all This said she brought Mars to his place again And Juno to their houses went to call 〈◊〉 and Phoebus You must go said she To Jove on Ida. What you are to do â—ou will by Jove himself informed be Asloon as you his Presence come into 〈◊〉 message done Juno resumes her place His and Phoebus down to Ida fly â—ad finding Jove stood still before his face Nor lookt he on them with an angry Eye â—or soon they did his Wives command obey Then speaking first to Iris Go said he To Neptune quickly tell him what I say Bid him no longer at the Battle be 〈◊〉 either go t' Olympus to the Gods Or to the Sea If he will neither do 〈◊〉 him consider if there be no odds As well in strength as age between us two 〈◊〉 knows that all the other Gods me fear And for my coming dareth not to stay 〈◊〉 strong as to himself he doth appear This said swift-footed Iris went her way â—â—om Ida hill and Jove without delay And swift as any Cloud before the Winds â—â—me down unto the Battle before Troy And there amongst the Argives Neptune finds â—nd going to his side I came said she To speak with you a word or two from Jove â—ou must not in the War a Party be He bids you go up to the Gods above 〈◊〉 down to th' Sea where lies your own command If you refuse he threatens you
Ships from fire But at returning safe his neck he wri'd Achilles when he offer'd had and pray'd Went with the Cup agen into his Tent And safely laid it up and not long stay'd But out agen to see the Fight he went The Myrmidons now marched orderly But when unto the Trojans they were neer Like Wasps incensed they upon them fly As when at unawares a Traveller Is going by a Wasps-nest neer the way Which to the common damage stir'd has been And anger'd by a young unlucky Boy Upon the Traveller they vent their spleen And all at once with fury on him fly Just so the Myrmidons occasion take Provok'd by Agamemnon's injury To fall upon the Trojans for his sake Patroclus yet did further them incite Ye Myrmidons said he Achilles Bands Remember now couragiously to fight Achilles honour now lies in your hands The best of Greeks Let Agamemnon see The fault he did and know he was unwâ—se How wide soever his Dominion be The best of all th' Achaeans to despise Then on the Trojans all at once they fly With them the other Greeks by shouts conspire The Trojans when they saw Patroclus nigh With stout Automedon Achilles Squire Their courage fell their Ranks disordered were They lookt about which way 't were best to run For they suppos'd Achilles now was there And that his discontent was past and gone Patroclus first of all lets fly his Spear Amongst the thickest of the Foes about Protesilaus hollow Ship for there The Trojans standing close together fought And slew Pyraechmes who from Amydon And Axius wide stream the Poeons led The Spear pass'd thorough his right Shoulder-bone And when the Poeons saw him fall they fled Not only these he frighted had but all By killing of a Captain of such fame Patroclus then upon the rest did fall And drave them from the Ship quencht the flame The Trojans towards Troy retire apace Patroclus and the Argives them pursue Leaving the Ship half burnt upon the place And on the Plain the Fight began anew As men see all the Rocks and Woods about When than the Hills the Mist is gotten higher So when the Fire was at the Ships put out The Greeks did for a little while respire For yet the Trojans did not plainly fly But still resisting went and losing ground Here Areïlochus was killed by Patroclus that gave him a deadly wound Upon the Thigh just as he turn'd about The Spear went through and passing brake the Bone And at the wound his bloud and life went out And on his face he fell down with a groan Thoas by Menelaus on the Brest Close by his Shield a wound receiv'd and di'd To Meges Antichus a Spear addrest But Meges that his purpose had espi'd Prevented him and with his Spear him hits Upon the Leg and neer unto the Knee And all the Nerves thereof asunder splits And of the wound he died presently Antilochus then slew Atymnius The Spear went through his Flank struck him dead And Maris then struck at Antilochus But he prevented was by Thrasymed And slain pierc'd through the shoulder with his Spear And thus by two Sons of old Nestor slain The two Sons of Amisodorus were And of Sarpedon good Companions twain Their Sire Amisodorus kept at home The foul Chimaera that had done much harts Devouring people which did that way come Till she was slain by Bellerophontes arm Clâ—obulus then pester'd in the throng By little Ajax taken was alive But after he was taken liv'd not long For Ajax did him of his life deprive For on the Neck he gave him such a wound With his broad Sword as made it smoak with blood And presently he fell unto the ground And on his Eyes perpetual darkness stood With Swords Peneleos and Lycon prest Each other hard For both their Spears had miss'd Lycon him hit upon the Helmet crest And broke his Sword One part staid in his Fist The other flew Peneleos him hit Upon the Neck The Sword so far went in As from the shoulders it divided it Save that it hung a little by the skin Me iones pursued Acamas Amongst the Trojans that before him fled And overtook him as he mounting was And with a wound i' th shoulder left him dead And by Idomeneus the King of Creet Hit in the Mouth was Erymas and slain His Teeth all stricken out fell at his Feet And by the Spear pierc'd thorough was his Brain And fill'd with bloud stood staring both his Eyes Which through his nose and mouth he strove to yoyd And gasping seeks to cast it out and dies Thus the Greek Lords each one his man destroy'd And then as bloudy Wolves invade the Lambs Or Kids that by the Shepherds negligence Are wandred on the Mountains from their Dams And kill for Nature gives them no defence So fiercely on the Trojaas fell the Geeks But they no more trust to their hands but feet Ajax to throw his Spear at Hector seeks But with him Hector has no minde to meet But by th' advantage of his skill in Warre Knowing of Arrows and of Spears the sound To keep aloof from Ajax still took care And cover'd with his Shield oft shifted ground And though he knew the honour of the day Would fall unto th' Achaeans in the end Yet from the Field he went not straight away But stay'd and fought his people to defend And then as Clouds rise from Olympus high And through the Air to Heaven tend upright Before tempestuous winds so rose the Cry At th' Argive Ships Then Hector left the Fight And after him the Trojans take their heels But in the Trench greatly encumbred were And many Charret poles they brake and Wheels And when they of the Trench were gotten clear Fill'd with affright was ev'ry Path and Way Thus at the Ships the storm of War gave ore The Horses that were loose ran back to Troy And to the Ships the Trojans came no more Patroclus where he most disorder found Thither he drove and trod the Trojans down And Charret-seats were tumbled to the ground And many from their Seats were headlong thrown But the swift Horses of Patroclus which On Peleus by the Gods bestowed were Round no impediment but leapt the Ditch Pursuing Hector who now was not there As when with stormy winds th' Autumnal rain Falls heavy on the Earth from Heaven sent When wrested are the Laws by men for gain Who from the Gods expect no Punishment The Rivers swell down from the Mountain side Innumerable Currents headlong run Roaring and foaming to the Ocean wide And washt away is all mans work and gone So fled the Trojans These thus put to flight He kept the Greeks from going to the Town As they desir'd yet gave not over fight But 'twixt the Ships and River overthrown Were many more for unrevenged yet Were many Greeks First Pronous he kill'c Whom with his spear upon the Breast he hit Where he was not well cover'd with his Shield The
Trojans fly With mighty cries and never stopt till they Were at the Ships and to the wide Sea nigh Nor was Patroclus body rescu'd yet For now afresh the Trojans to them came Which did another fiercer fight beget And Hector fell upon them like a flame Thrice laid he hold upon Patroclus foot And forc'd he was as oft to let it fall To kill some others Then again came to 't But from the Body went not back at all No more could Hector driven be away From the dead body by th' Ajaxes two Than can a hungry Lion from his Prey For any thing the Herds-men griev'd can do And Hector had Patroclus body got And gained had thereby a great renown But Juno though the other Gods knew not T' Achilles in great hast sent Iris down T' Achilles straight she came and to him said Up terrible Pelides to the Warre And your beloved friend Patroclus aid For at the Ships they fighting for him are The Greeks to save his body are in pain The Trojans fain would drag him into Troy And Hector most of all that has him slain And from his shoulders take his head away And stick it up upon the Trojan Wall Leaving his Corps a Prey to Dog and Kite Think what reproach will then upon you fall Lie then no longer here but rise and fight Achilles then repli'd Iris said he Tell me what God or Goddess sent you down Juno said Iris sent me none but she To alâ— the rest my coming is unknown And then Achilles to her said again Since they have got my Arms how can I fight And Thetis bids me from the War abstain Till she return agen into my sight Who is to Vulcan for new Armour gone And here 's no other Armour for me fit But Ajaxes who I hope has it on And for Patroclus now has use of it We know said Iris Armour you have none But as you are upon the Ditch appear The Trojans from the Corps will soon be gone And leave it to the Greeks for very fear This said the Goddess Iris vanished Achilles rose and Pallas to him came And on him puts her Shield and on his head A golden Cloud from which arose a flame As when an Isle invaded is by Foes The Citizens to call their Neighbours in Make Fires the smoak up to the Heaven goes By day by night the Flame and far are seen Upon Achilles head stood such a flame And then unto the Ditch he went and shouted And farther off Athena did the same The Trojans when they heard it strait were routed As clear as any Trumpet in the Wars They heard Achilles voice and were afraid And in disorder turn'd about their Chars But at his flaming head were most dismaid Thrice shouted he thrice they disorder'd were And slain were of the Trojans twelve brave men By their own Chars and Spears encumbred there In so much haste they turn'd to fly And then The Greeks the body laid upon a Bed And Bier and standing by his side lament And tears abundance there Achilles shed And that he sent him had did now repent The Sun by Juno hastned quencht his fire The Argives on the place stay quietly The Trojans to without the Ditch retire And from the Chars the weary Steeds unty Then presently the Chiefs to counsel call Before they sup and standing on their feet This Apparition so scar'd them all That none amongst them had a minde to sit And first unto them spake Polydamas Panthoides Hector's friend both born one night He better Counsellor than Hector was But Hector beter was than he to fight My friends be well advised now said he It is not safe here on the Plain to stay Until the morning light again we see So near the Argive Ships so far from Troy Whilst this man absent was in discontent With Agamemnon and forbore to sight The Greeks were easie Foes to th' Ships I went My self and willingly lay out all night But if Achilles hither now should come We must not only here fight for our lives So proud he is he 'll go to Ilium And for the City fight and for our Wives Let 's to the City go 'T is as I say And nothing keeps him from us but the night And if he here shall find us when 't is day Some of us will acknowledge I say right And many flying wish when 't is too late They were within the Walls of Ilium Whom Dogs and Kites shall eat without the Gate But to my ears may never such news come But if you will be ruled all by me Into the Market-place of Troy by night We 'll bring our strength and soon as we can see Stand arm'd upon the Tow'rs prepar'd to fight Then let him from the Ships come fight at Troy And drive about the Walls and do his worst And having tir'd his Horses go away Take it he shall not Dogs shall eat him first Then Hector frowning on him thus replies Again said he I from you must dissent Since you to shut our selves in Troy advise We have already there too long been pent Troy once was counted rich in Brass and Gold But since Jove angry was all that is gone In Phrygia and in Maeonia sold And little left in Ilium to be won But since the Greeks are beaten and dismayd By th' hand of Jove your fear is out of sea on Nor will you by the Trojans be obey'd Nor shaâ—l you though the Trojans thought it reason And therefore take my counsel which is this Go now and ev'ry man his Supper take In Rank and File there where he placed is And set good Guards and keep your selves awake If any Trojan for his Goods lament He may the same upon the Town bestow In service of the Publick to be spent Rather than be possessed by the Foe And armed in the morn go to the Fleet And sharply charge the Greeks by break of day And if indeed Achilles there we meet He were not best oppose us in our way For from him I will neither fly nor shrink But either honour from him bear away Or he from me Mars common is I think To them that fight and slain are they that slay This said the Trojans heard with great applause Fools as they were Pallas had made them mad But none of them commend Polydamas That given them much better counsel had The Trojans presently to Supper went The Greeks all night about Patroclus stand And there began Achilles to lament And on Patroclus breast he laid his hand As when a Lion coming to his Den Misses the tender Whelps he left behind He roars and furiously goes out agen And through the Vallies hunts the Thief to find Such fierce thoughts on Achilles heart then lay And sighing to the Myrmidons he spake Oh what did I to old Menoetius say I said when we had sackt the Town of Troy That I to Opus would bring back his Son Enriched with his portion of the Prey But all we
and Ulysses came Though of their wonds they yet not cured were Both halting leaning on their Spears and lame The last of all was Agamemnon there Wounded by Coon nor recovered yet But th'Heroes for his coming not long staid And when they were together all and set Achilles rose and t' Agamemnon said Atrides what great profit got we by This our unlucky strife about a Maid I would it had her fortune been to die Before I Siege unto Lyrnessus laid To Hector and the Trojans comes the gain The Greeks with grief will think on 't while they live But since it is too late now to complain Go forth and orders for the Battle give That I may to them go again and see If at the Ships they mean to stay all night I think they will much rather wish to be Within the Walls of Troy than stay and fight This said the Greeks were glad and courage take Assured that Achilles would them aid And Agamemnon sitting to them spake Which he excus'd and thus unto them said 'T were fitter Argive Princes I stood out That so my words you might the better hear But such a number standing are about My voice though greater would not reach your ear Nor were it fit for me to go about And tell my minde to each man in his ear T' Achilles therefore only I 'll speak out But so if you attend that all may hear I often have said he been blamed by The Greeks for taking from you your fair prize When not in me but Jove the fault did ly And in Erinnys and the Destinies That did me of my wits that day bereave For what can I do when the Gods do all Jove's Daughter Ate did me then deceive From whom on Men and Gods great troubles fall Her Feet are soft because she never treads On th' Earth but when she mischief has to do Walks in the Air and puts it in mens heads And sometimes does shrewd turns t'Immortals too For Juno though but of the Female Sex That day that Hercules was to be born Was able Jove the best o'th'Gods to vex And labour of Alemena to adjourn For Jove before th'Immortals having said That he a man that day to light would bring By whom his Race in Greece should all be sway'd You jest said Juno you mean no such thing I 'll not believe 't unless you first be sworn That he shall of your Seed in Greece be King That of a woman shall this day be born This said straight Jove no fraud imagining The great Oath took But after did repent And Juno from Olympus lofty head Leapt down and t' Argas of Achaia went And brought the Wife of Sthenelus to bed And there was she delivered of a Son That was by Perseus of Jove's discent Though she but seven months had of him gone And then to Thebes she to Alomena went And hindred her that day from bringing forth Then up to Jupiter she came again And said This day is born a man of worth Eurysteus in Arges fit to reign And of your Seed And Jove in choler then Took Ate by the head and swung her round And swore she ne're to Heav'n should come agen And having said it threw her to the ground And always after sigh'd to see the pain To which Eurysteus did put his Son As I do when I see the Argives slain By Hector grieve to think what I have done But since that Jove has made me to offend I for my Errour willing am to pay Come then and your assistance to us lend And quickly bring your Myrmidons away And all that by Ulysses yesterday I to you promis'd shall performed be Or presently if you will for it stay That you th'atoning Gifts your self may see Achilles then unto him thus replies As for your Gifts to give them me or no Yet only in your choice Atrides lies But now 't is time we to the Trojans go To make fine Speeches here is but delay But let your men o'th'Field Achilles see Through Squadrons of the Trojans making way The Argives then encouraged will be Ulysses then t' Achilles answered Godlike Achilles mighty as you are Urge not the Greeks to fight till they be see They fasting cannot long endure the Waâ—re And likely 't is the Battle will be lâ—ng Especially if Gods both sides assist And Bread and Wine is that which makes men strong Let therefore now the Argives be dismist Who can d' ye think the toil of Battle bear From morning unto night unless he first With food his heart and feeble limbs do chear He would be heavie hungry and athirst â—ut he that is with food welâ— satissi'd Courageous is and fight will all the day Hâ—s heart and limbs are strong and will abâ—de As long as any on the Field dare stay Come let the people now to Breakfast go And Agamemnon send the Presents in Into th' Assembly where we sit that so By the Achaeans all they may be seen And let him take an Oath before us that Briscis Bed he never went unto Nor all this while has done unto her what A Husband to his Wife is us'd to do And you your anger henceforth bridle must And you Atrides feast him like a friend And for hereafter learn to be more just Nor think 't a shame for men their faults to mend Uysses said Atrides I am joy'd The counsel you have given us to hear For 't is but reason all that you have said And I with all my heart the Oath will swear And let Achilles though in haste stay here With all the rest that they my Gifts may see And Witnesses be to the Oath I swear And for the Gifts Ulysses presently Go you your self with good men whom you will And bring them from my Tent and set them here For what they are you well remember still The same that by you promis'd from me were And you Talthybius provide a Swine That we may offer up a Sacrifice To Jove the Sun and other Pow'rs Divine This said Achilles to him thus replies Renowned Agamemnon I think yet Another time for Feast had better been As when in War a pause we intermit And whilst yet unabated is my spleen We see our friends lie torn upon the ground The Greeks to battle and revenge I prompt You think my counsel therein is not sound And seek with Feasting to divert them from 't But let us fasting to the Battle go And make good Chear when we come back agen And have reveng'd our selves upon the Fo. For I will neither eat nor drink till then For whilst Patroclus mangled lieth here And they that love him stand lamenting oy There nothing is that I can think good Chear But Slaughter Bloud and Groans of men that die To this Ulysses did again reply Achilles you have not in Greece your Peer For Martial worth yet Elder much am I And more have seen I pray you therefore hear The fare of War soon breeds Satiety Much
Ships again This said unto the Gods again they came Achilles boldly waded in the Field Where many Bodies dead and Bucklers swam With so much courage Pallas had him fill'd And in the water stoutly lifts his knees For Pallas now his strength augmented had And Xanthus vext before when he saw this Foamed and roar'd as one that had been mad And cried out for help to Simois Brother said he assist me here to stay This raging man that t' Ilium going is I am afraid he 'll take the Town of Troy Make haste to help me and your Channel fill With water both from Torrent and from Spring And stones and trees bring with you from the Hill That on this furious man we may them fling So that his strength shall do him little good Nor Armour which upon the Field shall lie Concealed from the eyes of men in mud And sand enough Thus bury him will I And make his Tomb. The Argives will not find Where lie his bones I 'll earth upon him throw They shall not need if they should be so kind More Monument upon him to bestow This said he foam'd and full of bodies dead He at Achilles a great Billow bowl'd Which coming to him cover'd had his head But Juno chanc'd to see it as it rowl'd And unto Vulcan shrikt in great affright Rise quickly dear child Cyllipodion Xanthus against you coming is to fight And to defend your self your Flames put on And I will Zephyrus and Notus call From Sea that for you shall so blow the flame That th'Armour and the heads o' th' Trojans all Shall not be able to endure the same Go to his Bank and burn up ev'ry Tree And then throw fire on him and never fear Nor by his threats or pray'rs perswaded be To cease until again you from me hear And Vulcan then made ready a huge flame And first the dead he burnt upon the Plain Then to the water with his fire he came To send it to the Channel back again As when a field new moistned is with rain In Summer time 't is quickly dri'd agen By Boreas so soon dri'd was the Plain And burnt the bodies were of the dead men And to the River then his flame he turn'd Where th'Elms and Willows Tamarisks and Lote Sedges and many other Plants he burn'd That in or by the River grew about And Eels and Fishes in the water hote Tumbled and turn'd their bellies up with heat Into such pain by Vulcan they were put And Xanthus fainting cover'd was with sweat And then to Vulcan spake Vulcan said he No God is able to resist your might What are the Trojans or the Greeks to me Give over I 'll no longer with you fight Thus spake Scamander boyling all the while As when upon a fire of well-dri'd wood The grease of a fat Swine is made to boil So boiled he and went not on but stood Making to Juno his complaint and said Why does your Son on me more fiercely fly Than on the rest that do the Trojans aid And to be blamed more deserve than I Let him give over and I 'll do so too And swear besides if you my Oath require That I will nothing for the Trojans do Although the Greeks should set the Town on fire This Xanthus said and Juno hearing it To Vulcan with a loud voice spake agen Vulcan now hold your hand It is not fit T' offend a God too much to pleasure men And Vulcan hearing her his fire puts out And Xanthus back into his Channel went Thus were they parted and no longer fought And Juno though in choler was content And then the Gods amongst themselves fell out And one against another stood in Duel And Heav'n and Earth resounded as they fought Giving each other many wounds and cruel And up unto Olympus rise the Cry Where Jove sat on his Throne in Majestie And casting on the Fields of Troy his eye Laughed to see them fight that could not die Mars first began and to Athena said You Impudent that to engage in fight The Gods amongst themselves are not afraid To satisfie your pride and endless spight Remember how you on me set Tyâ—ide To throw his spear at me and openly Unto my body you the same did guide With your own wicked hand and wounded me I 'll pay you now which was no sooner spoken But Mars his Spear was at Athena's Shield Which not Jove's Thunder-bolt could ere have broken Then took she up a stone that lay i'th'Field Great knobby black that had been heretofore Set there of some mans land to shew the bound And with the same she strook Mars ore and ore There lay he and sev'n Acres hid of ground And over him insulting then said she Lie there and know I can you overcome And that your Mother glad of this will be For fighting ' gainst the Greeks for Ilium This said she from him turn'd Then to him went Venus and led him groaning from the place Pallas said Juno see that Impudent That leads him out and do her some disgrace Then Pallas to her went and with her hand Hit her o'th'breast then both fell on the Plain For Mars without her could no longer stand Then Pallas over them insults again So may said she lie all that stand for Troy As these do here Had it not been for them The War had ended been we come away And Troy destroyed with all Priam's Stem This Pallas said and Juno smil'd and to Apollo Neptune straightway neerer came Why fight we not said he since others do If we stand still we cannot without shame Return to Jove where scorned we shall be Have you forgot how to Laomedon To work for him Jove once sent you and me And how our wages was agreed upon How I built houses for the Trojans all As he direction gave me standing by Besides how hard I labour'd at the Wall How fair I made it and how strong and high And how he sent you Phoebus to attend His Herds of Kine upon Mount Ida side And when our work and th'year was at an end How proudly he our-wages us deni'd And threatned you to bind you hand and foot And sell you in some Island for a slave And cut off both your and my ears to boot And forc'd we were by flight our selves save Yet for his people you have ever fought Though by you they deserve to be destroy'd And will not joyn with us to root them out To Neptune Phoebus then repli'd and said O Neptune you would think me mad if I Should fight with you for such a thing as man They are but leaves now fresh to morrow die And when he this had said away be ran For with his Uncle loth he was to fight His Sister then Diana to him came That angry was to see him put to flight Apollo said she is it not a shame Thus easily to give the Victory To Neptune Wherefore carry you a Bow And Arrows and to nothing them
for his life but it could not be carried At this place he first received the name of Homer from his Blindness From Cuma he went to Phocaea where lived one Thestorides a School master who invited Homer to live with him and by that means he got some of his Verses and after went to Chios where he taught them as his own Verses and got great reputation by them When Homer heard that Thestorides bad thus abused him he followed him to Chios and by the way at a place called Bollisus was taken up by a Shepherd as he was keeping his Masters Sheep the Shepherd did relieve him and carried him to his Master where he lived sometime and he taught his Children yet he could not rest till he had been at Chios to discover the Cheat of Thestorides who when he heard of Homer's coming be left Chios where Homer tarried some time and taught a School grew rich married and had two Daughters one of which died young the other he married to the Shepherd's Master that took him in at Bollisus When he grew old he left Chios and went to Samus where he staid some time singing of Verses at Feasts and at New Moons at the chiefest mens houses in all places where he was From Samus he was going to Athens but fell sick at IOS and there died and was buried on the Sea-shore Long after when his Poems had gotten an universal applause the people of IOS built him a Sepulchre HOM. ODYSS LIB I. TEll me O Muse th'Adventures of the Man That having sack'd the sacred Town of Troy Wandred so long at Sea what course he ran By winds tempests driven from his way That saw the Cities and the fashions knew Of many men but suffer'd grievous pain To save his own life and bring home his crew Though for his Crew all he could do was vain They lost themselves by their own insolence Feeding like fools on the Suns sacred Kine Which did the splendid Deity incense To their dire fate Begin O Muse divine The Greeks from Troy were all returned home All that the War and winds had spar'd except The discontent Ulysses onely whom In hollow Caves the Nymph Calypso kept But when the years and days were come about Wherein was woven his return by fate To Ithaca but neither there without Great pain the Gods then pitied his estate All saving Neptune who did never cease To hinder him from reaching his own shore And persecute him still upon the Seas Till he got home Then troubled him no more Neptune was now far off in Black moor land The Black-moors are the utmost of Mankind As far as East and West asunder stand So far the Black-moors borders are disjoyn'd Invited there to feast on Ram and Bull. There sat he merry Th' other Gods were then Met on Olympus in a Synod full In th' house of Jove Father of Gods and Men. And first spake Jove whose thoughts were now upon Aegistus death which he but then first knew By th' hand of Agamemnon's valiant Son Who to revenge his Fathers blood him slew Ha! How dare mortals tax the Gods and say Their harms do all proceed from our Decâ—ee And by our setting when by their crimes they Against our wills make their own destiny As now Aegistus did Atrides kill Newly come home and married his wife Although he knew it was against my will And that it would cost him one day his lifâ— Sent we not Hermes to him to forbid The murder and the marriage of the wise And tell him if the contrary he did Orestes should revenge it on his life All this said Hermes as we bad him But Aegistus for all this was not afraid His lust in execution to put And therefore now his dearly for it paid Then Pallas moved on Ulysses part And said O Father Jove the King of Kings Aegistus fate was fit for his desert So let them perish all that do such things 'T is for Ulysses that I live in pain Poor man long absent from his friends forlorn In a small Isle the Centre of the Main Kept from his home doth nought but grieve and mourn The Isle is beautifi'd with goodly trees And in it dwel's a Nymph Her Fathers name Atlas that all the depths of th' Ocean sees And beareâ—h up the Pillars of the same And Heaven and Earth to boot His Daughter 't is That with fair words and gentle courtesie Detains Ulysses And her meaning is For ever there to have his company Whilst he alas even dies for very grief To see the smoak of Ithaca he wishes And would take that for some though small relief And yet you are not mov'd Were not Ulysses His Sacrifices on the Trojan shore Both free and bountiful They were you know In th' Argive Camp I dare say no mans more Why therefore Father should you hate him so To her the mighty Jove made this reply Child what a word is this that you let fall Do I neglect Ulysses or do I Ulysses hate that amongst mortals all For wisdom and for piety excels Neptune that backs and shakes the earth 't is he Whose breast with anger and revenge still swells Against him for his Sons calamity The Godlike Polypheme Cyclops the great Whom on Thoosa Phorcys Daughter brave Neptune the King of Waters did beget Embracing her within a hollow cave And him Ulysses has depriv'd of sight For which though Neptune do not him destroy He crosses him with dangers day and night And drives him up and down our of his way But well let uÌ„s that are assembled now Bethink us how to bring him home 'T is odds 'T will cool his rage He has not strength enough T' oppose the power of all the other Gods Then Pallas said O Jove of Kings the Kings Since the blest Gods have thought good and decreed Ulysses to his native soil to bring Let 's Hermes send unto the Nymph with speed In th' Isle Ogygia to let her know Our sentence that she may the same obey And I to Ithaca mean while will go And cause his Son to call without delay The Common Councel and to make him bold To warn his Mothers Suiters to be gone And feast no longer on his Herd and Fold As they before had insolently done To Sparta too I 'll send him and to Pyle T' enquire about his Fathers Navigation That in the world by travel for a while He may acquire a greater reputation This said upon her seet her shooes she bind Ambrosian golden shooes that do her bear On land and water swiftly as the winds And takes in hand her brazen-headed Spear A heavy massie and strong Spear the same Wherewith when angry she the armed bands Of mighty men of War does eas'ly tame That was the Spear she carried in her hands Then from the high Olympus leapt she down T' Ulysses house and stood in the Hall-door I' th' shape of Mentes that possest the Crown O' th' Taphian people whom he reigned
all his business He made a fire and thereby spâ—'d us out What are you says he whence d' ye cross the Seas Is it on business or d' ye rove about As Pyrats waâ—k at Sea to and aâ—en And are content to set their lives at stake So they may mischief do to other men Our hearts dismaid before this language brake We fear'd his hollow voice and body great But yet I made him answer and said thus We are Achaeans making our retreat Homewards from Troy but winds have forced us Upon this Coast for Jove would have it so We are a part of Agamemnon's Bands Whose glory for his sacking Troy is now Renown'd both far and wide throughout all Lands And now our selves we prostrate at your feet Hoping for some good thing as Visitants Such as all men have commonly thought meet Or for the Gods-sake as to Suppliants As Suppliants we before you here do lie With whom and Strangers Jove still goes along He is the God of Hospitality To punish whosoever does them wrong Thus I. But he replied with fell intent Stranger thou art a fool or com'st from far That counsel'st me to fear the punishment Of Jove or for the blessed Gods to care The Cyclopses care not at all for Jove Aegiochus or any other Gods For why we stronger are than those above And if we strength compare we have the odds No no. 'T is not the fear of Jupiter Can me from thee or these with thee restrain Unless I please But tell me truely where The Ship that brought you rides and do not saâ—n This was to sound me But I saw his mind And a deceitful answer did intend My Ship was wreckt by Neptune and by wind Thrown ' gainst the rocks aâ— the lands furthest end Where all besides my self and these were drown'd To this he answer'd nothing nor said more But snatching up a couple from â—he ground Knocks out their Brains like Whelps against the floor Then outs them into joynts and on them fed Nor did he flesh or bone or entrails leave Like hungry Lion on the Mountains bred Then weep we and to Jove our hands up heave To see such work and have no remedy When he with humane flesh his Belly deep Had fill'd and drunk the mâ—lk that stood him by He laid himself along amongst his sheep And slept And then I saw I might hâ—m slay 'T was but to draw my good Sword from my side And gently on his breast my hand to lay And to the hilts the Sword in 's body hide Upon new thoughts that purpose I gave o're For certainly it had destroy'd us quite So great the stone was that lay on the door That to remove it was past all our might So there we sighing staid for day and when The Rosie-finger'd Morning did appear He made a fire and milkt his flock agen And the young Kids and Lambs new suckled were When all his work was at an end and past Two more of my Companions he takes And on those two he quickly breaks his fast And for his Flock the way he open makes For easily he took the stone away And then again with no less ease he did Set up the same and in its right place lay Than of a Quiver one would do the Lid. His flock with noise he drives up to the Hills And in the Den leaves us to meditate How to revenge with Phoebus help our ills At last within my breast this counsel sate Near one o' th' Pens there lay an Olive-Tree Straight and the boughs cut off which when 't was dri'd Designed was a Walking staff to be Of the great Cyclops which when we esp'd Of some good Ship we thought might be the Mast Or of a Bark of twenty Oars or more That Neptune's rugged waters might have past With a great burthen safe from shore to shore Of this a fathom I cut off and gave it To my Companions to taper it They smooth'd and taper'd it as I would have it I sharpned it at point as I thought fit Then in the fire the same I hardned well And laid it by with Dung all cover'd o're Which in the Cave from so much Cattle sell For Sheep Goats there always were good store From all my Company who did not fear To help me thrust this Bar into his eye I took out four by lot and such they were As I my self did wish the fifth was I. At Ev'ning he returneth with his sheep Into the hollow Cave he brings them all Without he neither sheep nor goat did keep By Presage or upon some Heav'nly Call Then with the stone the Caves mouth up he dams And milks his She-goats and his Ews each one And suckles all his young Kids and his Lambs But after he his work had fully done Another couple of my men he took Then having in my hand an Ivie Kan Of good black Wine I thus unto him spoke Cyclops since you have eaten flesh of man Here drink this good black Wine upon 't and see What excellent good drink we had aboard Whereof I 've hither brought a taste to thee Hoping you will some kindness me afford And some assistance in our Voyage home But so intolerably furious You are that no man will dare near you come Knowing how cruel you have been to us When I had said the good Wine he drank up And was extremely pleased with the same And straightway calling for another Cup Tell me quoth he right now what is thy name And I will give thee that shall please thy heart We Cyclopses have Vines that yield good Wine Which from the Earth by Rain from Heaven start But this some branch of Nectar is divine When he had said I gave him Wine again Three times I fill'd the Kan and he as oft Drank't off But when it came up to his brain Then spake I to him gentle words and soft Cyelops since you my name desire to know I 'll tell it you and on your word rely My name it Noman all men call me so My Father Mother and my Company To which he soon and sadly made reply Noman I 'll eat you last none shall out live you Of all that here are of your Company And that 's the gift I promised to give you And having said he laid himself along With bended neck sleeping and vomiting Gobbets of Humane Flesh and Wine among All he before had eaten uttering The Bar with Embers then I covered Till green as 't was with heat I made it shine And with few words my men encouraged Left any should have shrunk from the designe The Bar now hot and ready to flame out And though green wood yet glowing mightily To him my Fellows carried now stour And set the point thereof upon his eye But I my self erecting with my hand Twirled the Bar about with motion nimble As Joyners with a string below do stand To give a piercing motion with a wimble So whilst the Brand was entring I it
this perpetual night The dead enjoy an everlasting life When we had thus discours't the Ladies came Sent out by Proserpine to taste the blood Daughters and Wives to Princes of great Fame And round about me at the Pit they stood But I to know each one that came to drink Studi'd a while then thought this counsel best With Sword in hand t' abide upon the brink Whilst one was drinking to keep off the rest There was not one but I enquir'd her name And Pedegree All told me who they were And fiâ—st of all the well-born Tyro came Who said Salmoneus was her Ancestor And that of Cretheus she had been the Wife And on Enipeus had enamour'd been Once on a time whilst she remain'd in life On Enipeus faâ—r'st stream that e're was seen Upon whose Bank Nâ—ptune that chanc't to spy her On Enipeus sweet stream drew her aside And at the Rivers mouth laid him down by her Between two Waves rais'd high their deed to hide When he Loves work had done Thou shalt said he E're th'year be ended bring forth Children twain Who Princes both of great Renown shall be I Neptune am the Gods ne'r work in vaâ—n See you that they be educated well Till they shall be at mans estate arriv'd So â—o you home my Name you must not tell This said into the rowling Sea he div'd Her time being come she was delivered Of two great Boys Neleus and Pelias Who for the service of high Jove were bred One King of Pile th' other of Iolcas was The noble Lady Tyro besideâ— these Did many other goodly Children bear Amatheon and Aeson and Pheres But these her Husband Cretheus Children were Next came the Daughter of Aesopus who Through Theban fertil Plains and Meadows runs Antiope Of Jove she boasteth too That by him she conceived had two Sons Their names were Zâ—thus and Amphion They The Founders were of Thebes with walls Towers And sev'n strong Gates they fenc't it ev'ry way Against Invasion from all Neighb'ring Powers Amphitrion's wife Alcmena there I saw That lov'd by Jove brought Hercules to life And the King Cretheus Daughter Megara That was the Mighty Hercules his wife I saw there also the unfortunate Mother of Oâ—dipus Jocasta bright That blindly did a horrid act by fate Which the Gods pleasure was should come to light Not knowing him she marri'd her own Son Not knowing him he his own Father slew When they perceived both what they had done She hang'd her self her Furies him pursue Chloris I saw whom Neleus did wed For beauty got by the Son of Jâ—â—â—eus And with great Dowse he gain'd her to his bed Her Father Amphion rul'd Orchomenus She Queen of Pyle by Neleus had three Boys Nestor Chronius Periclumenus And one fair Daughter to make full their joys Pero by name for beauty wonderous The Princes round about were Suiters to her But Iphiclus had Neleus Cattle ta'ne And Neleus was resolved to bestow her On him that could his Herds fetch back again There was a Prophet undertook the Task But ta'ne by Clowns and into Prison pent For answ'ring Iphyclus t' all he could ask Was freed and did the thing he underwent I saw the Wise too of Tyndareus there Fair Leda she two Twins unto him bare Pollux good Cuffer Castor Cavalier Twins and alive though under ground they are And have obtained of their Father Jove Both to be Canonized Gods but so As he that is to day in Heav'n above Shall be to morrow amongst men below Iphimedea Alciaeus Wife I saw that did two Sons to Neptune bear Otus and Ephialtes of short life The greatest and the fair'st that ever were Except Orion each at nine years old Between the Shoulders was nine Cubits wide And was in length nine Cubits four times told And all the Gods in Heaven terrifi'd And threatned them with war and Heav'n to storm They Ossa set upon Olympus high And Pelius on Ossa and so form Against the Sky a mighty Battery And surely they had storm'd it had they been At mans estate Their Beards were not yet grown Apollo kill'd them with his Arrows keen E're on their Cheeks appeared any Down Phaedra and Procris there I also saw And Minos Daughter Ariadne whom â—eâ—eus was bringing towards Attica From Creta but he could not bring her home Diana killed her in Dia Isle On Bacchus quarrel There I did behold Mera and Ciymene and th'VVoman vile Eryphile that her own Husband sold To name the Ladies all I saw would make My Tale to last all night 'T is bed-time now Here or aboard though not till you think fit Till you think fit and give command to row This said the Company deep silence seiz'd Delighted with the things they heard him speak The Queen her self Arete no less pleas'd At last resolv'd the silence thus to break Princes what think you of this man so rare His Look his Stature and his Noble Heart My Guest he is but you have all a share In th' honour of this Visit E're he part Make him a Present to relâ—eve his need Be liberal have no respect to thrift For you the Gods from fear of want have freed With wealth abundant Do not pinch your Gift Old Echinâ—us said The Queen says right We shall do well her counsel to obey But since in King Alcinous lies the might 'T is better first to hear what he will say Then said Alcinous It shall be so Unless I bear the name of King in vain Let not the Stranger till to morrow go Till we prepare our Gift he must remain As for his Passage we will all provide And chiefly I that do the Scepter bear To whom the wise ulysses thus repli'd Renown'd Alcinous that Reignest here Though a whole year you should command my stay It will not rouble me Nay that I 'd chuse Since you intend to send me rich away For I am sure I shall no honour loss By coming richly home Kings that have store Of wealth are better commonly obey'd And by their Subjects are respected more Than those whose Treasuries and Chests are void There be the King said many that can lie But there is form and sense in all you say Both your own Fate you tell with Harmony And of the Greeks with whom you went to Troy I should be well content to sit up here All the night long so you would undertake To tell me ev'ry thing that you saw there To him Ulysses then did answer make Renowned King Alcinous you know There is a time for talk a time for rest But since you long to hear I 'll tell you now Whom else I saw and what Fate them opprest And first the saddâ—st end of thoâ—e that had Escap'd the fury of the Enemy And in their Countries landed were and glad Were murther'd by a Womans Treachery The Female Ghosts scatter'd by Proserpinâ— Some one way some another thither came Atrides Soul first of the Masculine And others with him whose Fates were the same
And carries up the news unto the Sun The Sun in choler all the Gods defies Unless they right him of this injury Jove Father and you other Powers Divine Revenge me of Ulysses Company That have so insolently slain my Kine It was my joy to see them in the Morn And in the Evening e're I went to bed Revenge me O ye Gods of this their scorn Or I 'll go down to Hell and light the Dead No Phoebus answer'd Jove hold up your light For Gods and mortal Men to see their way As for the men that did you this despight Their Ship at Sea with Lightning I 'll destroy At this discourse in Heaven was Hermes by And heard his Father make this sad Decree And he again told all this History To th'fair Calypso and she told it me VVhen to my Fellows I was come I rate Them all full bitterly and one by one But all in vain for now it was too late The Gods by Signes detested what was done The skins did creep the flesh o' th' Spits did low Both raw and roast Six days in th' Isle we staid Feasting on Phoebus Kine the seventh we row For then the fury of the winde was laid VVhen we were out at Sea we fix our Mast And up into the winde our Sails we draw And had the Isle so far behind us cast That nothing else but Sky and Sea we saw Then Jove when far from Land he saw our ship Just over it a dismal black Cloud hung VVhich made it dark as Night upon the Deep And then our good ship run not very long For presently from VVest a sudden blast Came roaring in and vehemently strains And breaks the Cordage that upheld the Mast VVhich falling down beats out the Steerers brains He drops into the Sea The Mast hangs o're At Stern The Yards lie cross the sink And all the while both Heaven and Sea did rore VVith Thunder loud which made our hearts to shrink And by and by into the ship Jove threw His Thunder bolt which whirl'd it round about It smelt of Sulphur rank and all my Crew Into the Sea it suddenly threw out They like to Gulls from wave to wave were born But I kept still aboard till at the last The Rudder from a-stern the Ship was torn And fell into the Sea and with 't the Mast The Mast had hanging on it broken Ropes VVherewith I bound them both together fast And sare upon them as my latest hopes Until the fury of the Storm was past The storm now laid th'wind came about to th' South And carri'd me before it till the Sun Next morning rose and then we were i'th'mouth Of dire Charybdis just when she begun To swallow up the Sea Then up leapt I And on the spreading Sycamore laid hold But to 't I could not climb the boughs so high I could not reach and far off was the root There by the hands I hung expecting when Charybdis should cast up the Sea and bring The Rudder and the Mast to th' top agen Mean while in th' air I patiently swing What time the Judge ariseth from his seat Ending the brabbles of contentious men And all come weary home to take their meat Then came my Mast and Rudden up agen And I into the Sea close by them drop Then having soon recovered them again I place my self a stride once more a top And with my hands I rowed on the Main If Scylla this had seen undoubtedly I had been lost But 't was the grace of Jove That all this while she did not me espy But kept her self retir'd i' th' Rock above Thus wandred I at Sea nine days out-right O' th' tenth at night the Gods brought me to land In th' Isle Ogygia where Calypso bright Receiv'd me with a charitable hand But how she treated me I need not say You and the Queen already know it well From the Relation I made yesterday Nor do I love the same Tale twice to tell LIB XIII THis said all silent and delighted were Alcinous then said Ulysses since You safely to me are arrived here You shall not lose your way in going hence But Princes you that daily with me sit Drinking good Wine and hearing Musique sweet And given to the Stranger have what 's fit I 'll tell you what yet farther I think meet Garments he has a Chest-full and good store Of Gold Plate and of other Gifts he has Take my advice Let each man give him more A Caldron or a three-foot Pot of Brass I know to each man 't will be too great largess But by the Peoples Contribution We 'll make amends The Town shall bear the charges The motion pleas'd and 't was agreed upon Then went they ev'ry man to his repose And soon as Morning did again appear Aboard the Ship the Vessel they dispose Alcinous himself directed where And then into the Palace they return And sacrifice to Jove a well-fed Beast The Thighs upon the Altar there they burn And with the rest they make themselves a Feast Demodocus before them sung and plaid Who for his Art was famous in the Town Ulysses to the Sun lookt up and staid Longing and wishing that it would go down As one that hath at Plough been all the day Hungry his Belly feeble is his Knee Beholds the setting of the Sun with joy So glad Ulysses was Sun-set to see Then to Alcinous and all the rest Offer said he unto the Gods their VVine I have already all that I request And many Gifts which may the Fow'rs Divine Make happy to me Let me now depart That I may see my dear VVife and my Friends And blest may you stay here with joy at heart Comfort your VVives and obtain all your ends And strong and worthy Children may you have Nor ' mongst the people trouble or disease This said they prais'd him all and counsel gave The Stranger to conduct safe or'e the Seas Alcinous then call'd for VVine and bad Pontonous present it to each one Until unto the Gods all offer'd had That so Ulysses sooner might be gone Pontonous brought VVine and carri'd it From man to man and each man drank his Cup Blessing the Gods in order as they sit VVhen all had drunk Ulysses standeth up And speaking to Queen Arete he said Happy for ever may you be O Queen I take my leave Be you for ever â—oy'd In King Alcinous as you have been And in your Children and your People all And when he this had said away he went Alcinous did then a Squier call VVhom with Ulysses to the Ship he sent Arete to her women sent One brought Fine bread and store of black wine of the best Another brought with her a Cloak and Coat Another brought to lay them in a Chest Which by the Marriners were quickly stow'd Aboard the good Ship with the wine and bread And for Ulysses many Rugs they strow'd O' th' Deck a stern with linâ—en at his head And then aboard he went
on Horsback or on Foot To this Eumaeus answered agen He says himself that he was born in Creet And seen the Cities has of many men Wandring about For Jove so thought it meet Thesprotian Rats got him aboard their Ship And forced were in Ithaca to land There he sound means to give them all the slip So came to mine and from mine to your hand Ig've him you as you think best to use To this again Telemachus replâ—es That which you say Eumaeus is bad news How to receive him I cannot devise I am too young to save him with my hands If injury be done him by the Wooers And at this time my Mother doubtâ—ul stands Whether to stay within my Fathers doors And with the people her good name maintain Or with that Suiter wed and go away That to her shall afford the greatest gain But since the Stranger at your house doth stay I 'll give him Garments a good Coat and Vest A Spear in 's hand and good Shoes to his feet And him convey to what place he thinks best Or if to keep him here you think it meet I 'll hither for him Garments send and food That he no charge be to your Family To set him with the Suiters 't is not good For me nor him they so unruly be He 'll be derided there and I shall grieve But ' gainst so many men what can be done The strength of one man cannot him relieve Ulysses then made answer to his Son O Friend said he it bites my heart to hear What of the Suiters in your house you say Haw ' gainst your mind they proudly domineer Is it because you willingly give way Or that your people by Divinity Adverse are to you or your Government Or are your Kindred that should stand you by In Quarrel and in Battle discontent O were I young and of the mind I am Or that I were the Great Ulysses Son Or he himself and wandring hither came I 'd have my head cut off by any one If I were not reveng'd upon them all And though they were too hard for me alone I 'd rather in my own house fighting fall Than daily see such ugly things there done Strangers abus'd Maids tous'd ill favourdly And Corn and Wine consumed without end And to no purpose foolishly For why They never shall arrive where they intend Then said Telemachus No word o' th' Gods Hath me deprived of the peoples love Nor any Brother is with me at odds Nor any other cause I know but Jove How many Lords within these Isles do sway Same Dulichium Ithaca and Zant So many Suiters duely every day For Marriage with my Mother my house haunt Whilst she can none put off and will none marry They spend my Corn and Wine and Cattle kill And eating here and drinking still they tarry And me perhaps at last they murther will But what they shall do none but God can tell But Father go you to Penelope And let her know I am arrived well And let no other person know but she And after you have told her tarry not Make haste At your return I shall be here For many are they that my death do plot True said Eumaeus but not ill it were To let Laertes know it by the way Who when his grief but for Ulysses was Did oversee his Workmen all the day But since by Sea to Pylus you did pass He neither oversees his Husbandry Nor eats his meat as still he did before But groaning and lamenting wofully Liveth Telemachus did thus reply The case is hard But grieved though he be Let him alone go not out of your way For first I wish my Father here to see If in my choice to have my wishes lay But pray my Mother thither send a Maid To tell Laertes secretly the news When to him thus Telemachus had said Eumaeus on his â—eet ti'd on his shooes Ulysses and his Son now left alone Came Pallas to them At the door she stood But by Telemachus she was not known God are not known but by whom they think good Ulysses knew her Faâ—r she was and tall And of a grave wise Matâ—on had the look And by the Dogs perceiv'd was For they all Whining and errifi'd the place forsook A signe t' Ulysses she made with her brow Then he went forth and she unto him spake Son of Laertes wise Ulysses now Your Son with your designe acquainted make And when you have the Suiters fate contrived Go to the City both 'T will not be long Before I at your Combat be arrived And give you my assistance in the throng Then stroakt him over with a wand of Gold And presently his Rags were Cloak and Coat His Cheeks were plump His Beard black to behold To which his goodly Locks unlike were not This done the Goddess mounted to the Skies Ulysses to the house again retir'd But from him then his Son turn'd off his eyes So much this alteration he admir'd He thought it was some God and to him said You are some God descended from the Sky Your colour 's better better you arraid Save us Our Gifts shall on your Altar lie And then Ulysses said God I am none What ail you with the Gods me to compare For I your Father am whom you bemoan And for whom you have had such pain and care And then embrac'd and kiss'd his Son and wept So that the ground he stood upon was wet Though hitherto his eyes he dry had kept But by his Son believ'd he was not vet You 're not says he my Father but some Spright That flatters me into more misery Of mortal men there 's none that has the might To do such things without a Deity A God indeed can mans decay redeem You were but now an old man ill arraid And now like one new come from Heaven seem To this Ulysses answered and said Telemachus be not amaz'd too much Other Ulysses you shall never see I am the man although my luck be such As after twenty year not known to be The change you see was by Athena wrought That made me what she list for she can do 't A Beggar old or Youth in a fine Coat And handsome Cloak and other Garments to 't For easie 't is for Gods on mortal men To lay on glory and the same displace This said Ulysses sat him down And then Telemachus his Father did embrace And then they both together wept and sob'd As Eagles or as Vultures when they see Their Nests by Country-people spoil'd and rob'd And young ones kill'd before they fledged be So wept these two and weeping there had staid Perhaps until the closing of the day But that Telemachus t' Ulysses said Father how came you t' Ithaca I pray Where are the Seamen that set you ashore For sure I am you could not come by land In a good Ship said he I was brought o're From th' Isle Phaeacia and left o' th' Sand. That people Strangers all
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 too 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 Mentoâ—â—â— shape he plainly did appear And then about the room the Suiters fled And fell befâ—re 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 loose 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 wâ—th 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 Whithout 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 Mentor'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 recevied 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 besel many of the Greeks in their return that Ulysses was with Calypso in the Isle 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 be swam ashore and slept in a heap of dry leaves till the next day LIB VI. Nausicaa going to a River near that place to wash the Cloathes of her Father Mother and Brethren while the Cloathes were drying plaâ—eâ— with her Maids at Ball and Ulysses coming forth is fed and cloath'd led to the house of her Father King Alcinous where being received the Queen after Supper taking noâ—ice 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 relaâ—es first what befel him amongst the Cicones at Ifmarus Secondly amongst the Lotophagi Thirdly how he was used by the Cyclops Polyphemus LIB X. Ulysses his entertainment by Aeolus of whom he received a fair Wind for the present and all the rest of the Winds tied in a Bag which his men untying flew out and carried him back to Aeolus who refused to receive him LIB XI His Adventure at Lestrigonia with Antiphates where of twelve Ships he lost eleven men and all How he went thence to the Isle Aeaea where half of his men were turn'd by Circe into Swine and how he went himself with the other half and by the help of Mercury recovered them and stayed with Circe a year LIB XII Ulysses his descent into Hell and discourses with the Ghosts of the deceased Heroes His passage by the Sirens and by Scylla and Charibdis The Sacriledge committed by his men in the Isle Thrinacia The destruction of his ship men How he swam on a plank nine days together and came to Ogygia where he stayed seven years with Calypso LIB XIII Ulysses sleeping is set ashore at Ithaca by the Phaeacians and waking knows it not Pallas in form of a Shepherd helps to hide his Treasure The ship that conveyed him is turn'd into a Rock and Ulysses by Pallas is instructed what to do and transformed into an old Beggar-man LIB XIV Ulysses in form of a Beggar goes to Eumaeus the Master of his Swine where he is well used and tells a feigned story and informs himself of the behaviour of the wooers LIB XV. Pallas sends home Telemachus from Lacedaemon with the Presents given him by Menelaus Telemachus landed goes first to Eumaeus LIB XVI Telemachus fends Eumaeus to the City to tell his Mother of his return And how in the mean time Ulysses discovers himself to his Son LIB XVII Telemachus relates to his Mother what he had heard at Pyle and Sparta LIB XVIII The fighting at Fists of Ulysses with Irus His admonition to Amphinomus Penelope appears before the wooers and draws Presents from them LIB XIX Telemachus removes the Arâ—â—s out of the Hall Ulysses discourseth with Penelope And is known by his Nurse but concealed And the hunting of the Bore upon that occasion related LIB XX. Pallas and Ulysses consult of the killing of the wooers Ulysses makes himself known to Eumaeus and Philoetius LIB XXI Penelope bringeth forth her Husbands Bowe Which the Suiters could not bend but was bent by Ulysses LIB XXII The killing of the Wooers LIB XXIII Ulysses maketh himself known to Penelope tells her his Adventures briefly and in the morning goes to Laertes and makes himself known to him LIB XXIV The Ithacesians bury the Wooers and sitting in Council resolve on revenge And coming near the house of Laertes are met by Ulysses and Laertes with Telemachus and Servants the whole number twelve and overcome and submit FINIS
close along the shore the Gods may yet Deliver us but by no other way But you that have the guiding of the Ship Steers-man to you I speak mark what I say Steer her without the Smoke for if she slip Aside though little we are cast away This said my Fellows speedily obey'd Of th'Monster Scylla not a word I told Lest they should throw away their Oars dismaid And for their shelter run into the Hold. But Circe's counsel I had quite forgot I arm'd my self and took into my hand Two Spears though she expresly had said not And looking upwards at the head I stand But she appeared not I look'd so high And long upon the hideous Rock my sight Began to fail and now we were close by That dismal streight which doth us all affright Here Scylla stands and the Charybdis dire Lies vomiting the Sea which sings and dances Like water in a Kettle o're the fire And vapours to the highest Rocks advances But when the Sea it sucketh in again It sounds like thunder in the hollow stone And we could see the bottom very plain Sandy it was and black to look upon Whilst we our eyes upon Charybdis fix And stand amazed at the horrid sight Suddenly Scylla stoopt and snatch'd up fix Of the best men I had to row oâ— fight I from the Ship that never stir'd my eye Soon saw their sprauling arms and legs i' th' air And heard them lamentably to me cry And name me in their uttermost despair As Fishers in a Horn mix fraud and food And from the Bank at th' end of a long Wand To catch the Fry cast it into the Flood Then pluck them up and throw them on the land So lifted were my Mates Of my mishaps This was the saddest I did ever see When she my men cham'd in her ugly Chaps Roaring and holding out their hands to me From Scylla we unto the Island row Where feeding were Sol's sacred Sheep and Kine Before we landed I could hear them low Which brought into my minde the Prophesie Of old Tiresias the Theban Bard That counsel'd me this Island for to shun Of Circe also I like counsel heard And not to land i' th' Island of the Sun Then speaking to my Fellows Friends said I This Island sacred is to Sol this place Tiresias and Circe both bid fly And not to disimbark in any case For if we do for certain they declare The greatest mischief that e're men befel Therefore keep out to Seaward and beware Of landing here and then we shal be well But then Eurylochus to me began You have Ulysses a hard heart quoth he There is no labour but you bear it can Your limbs of stubborn steel composed be But you consider not your Mates are tiâ—'d With their continual tugging at the Oar And that refreshment is and sleep requiâ—'d Which is not to be had but on the shore But you would have us wander in the night When in the night the greatest winds arise The bane of ships and when depriv'd of light To save our selves we can no way devise What if great winds should blow from South or West Which often happens though their King not know Or not consent Therefore I think it best To night to sup ashore to morrow row So said Eurylochus and was commended By all my Mates and presently I knew One Daemon or another had intended To ruine me together with my Crew Then said I to Eurylochus 'T were vain To strive against â—o many men alone But you shall take an Oath that you'â—l abstain From hurting of the Cattle of the Sun Of Cirâ—e's meat there 's lest us yet good store This said they took the Oath which having done They put into the Harbour and ashore They Sup. And when their hunger now was gone Their Mates remembring that in th' hollow Rock By th' monster Scylla were devour'd they weep And wall and with their hands they knock Their breasts and in that posture fell asleep The Stars had climb'd a third part of the Sky When with a Whirl-winde Jove together fetcht The Clouds from ev'ry patt and suddenly On Sea and Land a dismal night was stretcht And when the Rosie-finger'd Morning came Our Ship we to a hollow Cave advance Wherein the Sea-Nymphs Seats and Couches have And where they are accustomed to dance Thither I call'd my Mates and said again Friends we have meat and drink aboard be wise And from the Herds and Flocks of Sol abstain Who heareth all we say and all espies To this did my Companions all assent But for a month there blow no other wind Than South and East so that we there were pent I'th'Island longer than we had design'd My Mates whilst they had bread and meat aboard Forbore to meddle with the Sacred Kine And fetch'd in what the Island did afford Of Fish and Fowl to have wherewith to dine Up I into the Island went aside The Conduct of th'Immor al Gods t'implore That some of them 't would please to be my Guide And me unto my Countrey to restore And in a place defended from the wind I wash'd my hands and then with tears and sight Before the Gods I poured out my minde And they a sweet sleep poured on my eyes Mean time Eurylochus bad counsel gives To his Companions All deaths quoth he Are hateful to what thing soever lives But death by hunger is the worst can be Let 's kill some of the fattest of these Cows And sacrifice unto the Gods on high And to appease the Sun let 's all make Vowâ— To build a Temple to his Deity Enrich'd with Gifts If not content with this For a sew Cows displeas'd he seek our death For once to gape and die far better 't is Than strive with hunger till we lose our breath This said my Fellows all his counsel take And chase Sol's sacred Herds that graz'd hard by And then for recompence their Vows they make To build a Temple to his Deity But when they made their Vows Chaplets they wear Of tender leaves pluckt from the spreading Oak VVhite Barley they had none the which men bear VVhen in their danger they the Gods invoke After the vow perform'd the Kine they slay And take their Thighs and cover them with fat And one of them upon the other lay To burn upon the Altar After that Their Offering of Drink they pour'd upon The Altar as the Sacrifice they barn It ought t' have been of VVine but having none They pour'd on water fair which serv'd the turn When th' Entrails by my Fellows eaten were And fire consumed had the Sacrifice The rest they roast on Spits and made good chear Just then it was that sleep forsook my eyes And back again I walk'd down towâ—rds the shore But coming near perceiv'd the vapour rise Of roasted meat Then to the Gods I rore You give me sleep and take away my life So strange a thing my Mates the while have done Swiftly Lampetio to Heav'n flies