And only mine unto the God be sent That unrewarded none but I remain I thought it reason th' Argives should collect Amongst themselves the value how they list And give it me before they did expect This Prize of mine should be by me dismisâ— If they 'l do that 't is well If not I 'le go To your or Ajax or Ulysses tent And take his prize and right my self will so Wherewith I think he will not be content But since there 's time enough to speak of this Let 's ready make a Ship with able Row'rs And th' Hecatombe to go with fair Chryseis And to direct one of the Counsellors Ajax Idomeneus Ulysses or Your self may go Athilles if you please And do the bus'ness you are pleading for And if you can th' offended God appease O impudence Achilles then reply'd What other of th' Achaeans willingly Will when you only for your self provide Go where you bid or fight with th' enemy Against the Trojans I no quarrel have In Pthia plundring they were never seen Nor ever thence my Kinâ— or Horses drave Nor could the Sea and great Hills are between Only for yours and Menelaus sake To honour gain for you we came to Troy Whereof no notice Dogshead now you take But threaten me my prize to take away Which by my labour I have dearly bought And by th' Achaeans given me has been And when the City Troy we shall have got Your share will great mine little be therein For though my part be greatest in the pain Yet when unto division we come You will expect the greatest part o' th' gain And that with little I go weary home Then farewel Troy To Sea I 'le go again And back to Pthia Then it will be seen When you without me shall at Troy remain What Honour and what Riches you shall win Go when you will said Agamemnon fly I le not entreat you for my sake to stay When you are gone more honour'd shall be I Nor Jove I hope will with you go away In you I shall but loose an enemy That only loves to quarrel and to fight The Gods have giv'n you strength I not deny Go 'mongst your Myrmidons and use your might I care not for you nor your anger fear For after I have sent away Chryseis And satisfi'd the God I 'le not forbear To fetch away from you the fair Briseis And that by force For I would have you see How much to mine inferior is your might And others fear t' oppose themselves to me This swell'd Achilles choler to the height And made him study what to do were best To draw his Sword and Agamemnon kill Or take some time his anger to digest His Sword was drawn yet doubtful was his Will But Juno that of both of them took care Sent Pallas down who coming stood behind Achilles and laid hold upon his Hair Whereat Achilles wondring in his minde Turn'd back and by the terror of her eyes Knew her but by none else perceiv'd was she Come you said he to see the injuries That are by Agamemnon done to me So great O Goddess Pallas is his pride As I believe it cost him will his life I hither came Athena then reply'd To put an end to this unlucky strife From Heaven I hither was by Juno sent That loves you both and of you both takes care Drawing of Swords and Blood-shed to prevent But as for evil words you need not spare For the wrong done you he shall trebly pay Another time Hold then Your Sword forbear I must then said Achilles you obey Though wrong'd Who hears not Gods the Gods not hear This said his mighty Sword again he sheath'd And Pallas up unto Olympus flew Achilles still nothing but Choler breath'd And Agamemnon thus revil'd anew Dogs-face and Drunkard Coward that thou art That hat'st to lead the people out to fight Nor yet to lye in ambush hast the heart And painfully watch in the field all night But thou to take from other men their due Safe lying in the Camp more pleasure hast But fools they are that ruled are by you Or else this injury had been your last But this I 'le say and with an Oath make good Now by this Scepter which hath left behind The stock whereon it once grew in the wood And never more shall have nor leaf nor rind And by Achaean Princes now is born By whom Jove's Laws to th' People carried be You hear now what a great Oath I have sworn If ere the Achaeans shall have need of me And Agamemnon cannot them relieve When Hector fills the field with bodies slain And Agamemnon only for them grieve They my assistance wish for shall in vain This said Achilles threw the Scepter down That stuck all over was with Nails of Gold And Nestor rose of Pyle that wore the Crown Wise and sweet Orator and Captain old His words like Honey dropped from his tongue Two ages he in battle honour gain'd For all that while he youthful was and strong And with the third age now in Pyle he reign'd What grief t' Achaea coming is said he O Gods what joy to Priam and his Seed How glad will all the Trojans be to see You two that all the rest in pow'r exceed With your own hands shed one anothers blood I elder am do then as I advise For I conversed have with men as good That yet my counsel never did despise Perithous and Dryas were great men And Polyphemus and Exadius Such as 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These strong men I convers'd withal and knew And with them also I did what I cou'd With these no other could contend in fight Yet they from Pyle thought fit to call me forth Far off nor ever did my counsel slight Think not therefore my counsel nothing worth Atrides take not from him though you can The Damsel which the Greeks have given him Forbear the King Pelides For the man Whom Jove hath crown'd is made of Jove a limb Though you be strong and on a Goddess got Atrides is before you in command Atrides be but you to peace once brought T' appease Achilles I will take in hand Who is while we are lying here our Wall To this Atrides answered again I nothing can deny of this at all But he amongst us thinks he ought to raign And give the Law to all as he thinks fit But I am certain that shall never be He well can fight the Gods have granted it But they nere taught him words of infamy Then interrupting him Achilles said I were a Wretch and nothing worth indeed If I what ever you command obey'd I will no more to what you say take heed But this I tell you if you take away The Damsel which is mine by your own gift I do not mean for that to make a Fray Amongst
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O Goddess sing what woe the discontent Of Thetis Son brought to the Greeks what Souls Of Heroes down to Erebus it sent Leaving their bodies unto Dogs and Fowls Whilst the two Princes of the Army strove King Agamemnon and Achilles stout That so it should be was the will of Jove But who was he that made them first fall out Apollo who incensed by the wrong To this Priest Chryses by Atrides done Sent a great Pestilence the Greeks among Apace they di'd and remedy was none For Chryses came unto the Argive Fleet With Treasure great his Daughter to redeem And having in his hand the Ensignes meet That did the Priestly Dignity beseem A Golden Scepter and a Crown of Bays Unto the Princes all made his request But to the two Atrides chiefly prays Who of the Argive Army were the best O Sons of Atreus may the Gods grant you A safe return from Troy with Victory And you on me compassion may shew Receive these Gifts and set my Daughter free And have respect to Jove's and Leto's Son To this the Princes all gave their consent Except King Agamemnon He alone And with sharp language from the Fleet him sent Old man said he let me not see you here Now staying or returning back again For fear the Golden Scepter which you bear And Chaplet hanging on it prove but vain Your Daughter shall to Argos go far hence And make my Bed and labour at the Loom And take heed you no farther me incense Lest you return not safely to your home Frighted with this away the Old man went And often as he walked on the sand His Prayers to Apollo up he sent Hear me Apollo with thy Bow in hand That honour'd art in Tenedos and Chryse And unto whom Cylla great honour bears If thou accepted hast my Sacrifice Pay th' Argives with thy Arrows for my tears His Prayer was granted by the Deity Who with his Silver Bow and Arrows keen Descended from Olympus silently In likeness of the sable night unseen His Bow and Quiver both behinde him hang The Arrows chink as often as he jogs And as he shot the Bow was heard to twang And first his Arrows flew at Mules and Dogs But when the Plague into the Army came Perpetual was the fire of Funerals And so nine days continued the same Achilles on the tenth for counsel calls And Juno 't was that put it in his head Who for the Argive Army was afraid The Lords to Counsel being gathered Up stood Achilles and thus to them said We must I think Atrides run from hence Since War and Plague consume us both at once Let 's think on how to stay the Pestilence Or else at Troy resolve to leave our bones Let 's with some Priest or Prophet here advise That knows the pleasure of the Gods above Or some that at expounding Dreams are wise For also Dreams descend on men from Jove That we may from him know Apollo's minde If we for Sacrifice be in arrear Or if he will for Lambs and Goats be kinde And to destroy us from henceforth forbear Achilles then sat down and Chalchas rose That was of great renown for Augury And any thing was able to disclose That had been is or should hereafter be And guided had the Greeks to Ilium Achilles said he since you me command To tell you why this Plague is on us come Swear you will save me both with word and hand Of all the Greeks it will offend the best Who though his anger for a while he smother Will not I fear long time contented rest But will revenged be some time or other Chalchas reply'd Achilles do not fear But what the God has told you bring to light By Phoebus not a man shall hurt you here As long as I enjoy my life and sight Though Agamemnon be the man you dread Who is of all the Army most obey'd The Prophet by these words encouraged Said what before to say he was affraid 'T is not neglect of Vow or Sacrifice That doth the God Apollo thus displease But that we do his Priest so much despise As not his Child for ransome to release And more till she be to her Father sent And with a Hecatombe and Ransomless The anger of the God will not relent Nor will the Sickness 'mongst the people cease This said he sat The King look'd furiously And anger flaming stood upon his eyes While many black thoughts on his heart did lye And to the Prophet Chalchas thus replies Unlucky Prophet that didst never yet Good fortune prophecy to me but ill And ever with a mind against me set Inventest Prophecies to cross my Will And now again you fain would have it thought Because I would not let Chryseis go The Gifts refusing which her Father brought Therefore this Plague was sent amongst us now With Clytemnestrâ— she may well contend For Person or for Beauty or for Art Yet so to send her home I do intend For of our loss I bear the greatest part But you must then some prize for me provide Shall no man unrewarded go but I This said Achilles to the King reply'd Atrides that on booty have your eye You know divided is or sâ—ld the prey Which never can resumed be again But send her home When we shall have sack'd Troy Your loss shall be repaid with triple gain No said Atrides that I never meant D' ye think 't is fit that you your shares retain
time is come you shall it take The Gods no more thereon deliberate But all consented have for Juno's sake No longer to delay the Trojan Fate And therefore when you wake forget it not This said the Dream departed And the King Believ'd it as an Oracle and thought To take Troy now as sure as any thing Vain man presuming from a Dream Jove's will Who meant to th' Greeks and Trojans yet much wo And with their carcasses the field to fill Before the Greeks should back to Argos go The King awak't and sat upon his Bed Puts on his Coat and a great Cloak upon Handsome and new his Dream still in his head And then his Silver-studded Sword puts on And then he took his Scepter in his hand Which formerly his Ancestors had born And went to th' Ships whereof he had command And to the Gods with light then came the Morn Then Agamemnon bids to Counsel call The Cryers call'd the Greeks together went But first he had with the old Captains all Consulted what to do at Nestors Tent And said he dream'd that one like Nestor spake To him and said Atrides 't is not fit For one of whom the People Counsel take That sleep upon his eyes all night should sit But Jove secures you Listen then to me For 't is from him that I unto you come He bids you lead the Army presently Up every man to th' Walls of Ilium For now the time is come you shall it take The Gods thereon no more deliberate But all consented have for Juno's sake No longer to delay the Trojan Fate And therefore when you wake forget it not This said the Dream went off again and I How to th' assault the Army may be brought As far as we can safely fain would try I 'le first give them advice to go away As if there were no hope to gain the Townâ— But you must then be sure to make them stay This said King Agamemnon sate him down And Nestor rose Captains of th' Hoast said he This Dream had it been told b' another man Feigned and foolish would have seem'd to me But since the King is th' Author if we 〈◊〉 Let us perswade the people to take Arms. And having said began to lead away And now the People coming were in swarms For as the Bees in a fair Summers day Come out in clusters from the hollow rock And light upon the flow'rs that honey yield So to th' Assembly did the People flock And bristling stood with expectation fill'd When they sat down it made the ground to sigh The Lords nine Cryers then amongst them sent To make them silent or to drown their cry And from the press their chairs to defend With much ado at last they silent were Then Agamemnon took into his hand His Scepter which was made by Mulciber For Jove to carry when he did command Jove gave it afterward to Mercury And Mercury to Pelops gave the same From Pelops it went down successively To Atreus and to Thyestes came From him it came to Agamemnons hand Who many Islands and all Argos sway'd And leaning now upon it with his hand Unto the Princes of the Army said Servants of Mars Commanders of the Greeks O what great trouble Jove involves me in Disgracefully to send me home he seeks Although he told me I the Town should win And now when I have lost so many men It seems to play with men he takes delight What Towns has he destroy'd and will agen Destroy still more to exercise his might For both to us and our posterity 'T will be a great disgrace to go to Troy With so great multitudes and baffled be And nothing done again to come away If we and they should on a Truce agree And one by one they muster up their men And we should count how many tâ—ns we be And make one Trojan fill out wine for ten Many a Ten would want a man to skink So much in number we the Town exceed But when upon their many Aâ—ds I think I wonder less that we no better speed Nine Years are gone our Cordage spoil'd with rain Our Ships are rotted and our wives at home And Children dear expect us back again Nor know we of the War what will become Come then and allâ—agree on what I say Let 's put to Sea and back t' Achaea flie We shall not win the Town although we stay This said the Army with applauses high Consented all save those that had been by In Counsel of the Princes of Achaea And moved were like to the billows high That rolled are by some great Wind at Sea Or as when in a field of well-grown Wheat The Ears encline by a sharp wind opprest So bow'd the heads in this Assembly great When their consent they to the King exprest Then going to the Ships cry'd Ha la la. Great dust they raised and encouraged Each other to the Sea his Ship to draw And cleans'd the way to th' water from each bed And streight unpropt their Ships and to the skie Went up the noise Then Juno sent away Pallas Pallas quoth she the Greeks will flie And Helen leave behind for whom at Troy So many of the Greeks their lives have lost And stay'd so long in vain before the Town And then will Priam and the Trojans boast Unless you quickly to the Ships go down Go quâ—ckly then try if you can prevail With hopeful words to stay them yet ashore And take away their sudden list to sail And let the Ships lye as they did before This said the Goddess leapt down to the ground From high Olympus and stood on the sand Where lay the Greeks Ulysses there she found Angry to see the people go from Land Ulysses said she do you mean to fly And here leave Helen after so much cost Of time and blood and shew your vanity And leave the Trojans of their Rape to boast Speak to each one try if you can prevail With hopeful words to stay them on the shore And take away this sudden list to sail And let the Ships lye where they lay before Ulysses then ran t' Agamemnons Tent And took his staff the mark of chief command And laying by his Cloak to th' Ships he went Amongst th' Acheans with that staff in 's hand And when he met with any Prince or Peer He gently said Fear does not you become You should not only you your self stay here But also others keep from flying home Atrides now did but the Argives try And those he seeâ— most forward to be gone Shall find perhaps least favour in his eye For of the Secret Counsel you were none Deep rooted is the Anger of a King To whom high Jove committed has the Law And Justice left to his distributing But when a common man he bawling saw He bang'd him with his staff and roughly spake Be silent and hear what your betters say For who of you doth any notice take In Counsel or in Martial
as they saw Hector gone Took heart and on the Trojans fiercer were Then Ajax of Oileus the Son Slew Satnius Son of Enops with his spear His Mother Nëis was a very fine Nymph of the River Satnius Of the same Enops upon the Bank sat keeping Kine And on her got a Son call'd by that name Him Ajax now struck through the Flank and slew Then for the Body there was much ado At him Polydamas a Spear then threw Which Prothoenors shoulder pierced through And on his hands into the dust he fell To th' Greeks then boasting said Polydamas I have not thrown in vain I know full well That one Greek or another taken 't has To lean on as a Staff i' th' way to Hell At this the Greeks were griev'd but especially The heart of Telamonius did swell For Prothoenor slain did neer him lie And with his Spear threw at Polydamaâ— Who nimbly leapt aside and it declin'd But by Archelochus receiv'd it was Antenors Son whose death the Fates design'd Who having on his Neck receiv'd the wound His Forehead and his Eyes and Lips and Nose Before his Legs or Knees came to the ground Then Ajax took his turn and at it crows Polydamas said he was Prothoenor As good a man in your own estimation As this man that was Brother to Antenor Or Son For he is not unlike that Generation This said he though he well knew who it was Then Promachus as he drew off the dead Was killed by a Spear from Acamas And in it Acamas then gloried Argives said he great threat'ners as you are You vulnerable are as well as we And no less subject to the chance of Warre How quiet Promachus now lies you see And so I hope ere long you all shall lie My Brother not long unrevenged lay T is good you see to have a Brother nigh And when he this had said he went away Peneleus then went to throw his Spear At Acamas but Acamas was gone But yet he threw and kill'd another there Iliones of Phorbas th' onely Son A man much favoured by Mercury The Spear beneath his Eye-brow enter'd in And to the ground fell down the bloody eye The Spear went on unto the Brain within Then sitting down with both his hands outspread The deadly Spear yet sticking in his eye Peneleus with his Sword cuts ofâ— his head Which to the ground with Helmet on did fly Then looking up he to the Trojans said Tell this in Troy And let his Parents mourn For Promochus's Wife will not be joy'd When we without her Husband shall return This said the Trojans striken were with fear And lookt about each one which way to fly Now tell me Muse Who and by whom slain were When they pursu'd the flying Enemy Great Ajax first the Son of Telamon Killed the Mysian Leader Hyrtius Of Gyrtias the strong and valiant Son Antilochus then killed Mermerus And Phalces By Meriones were slain Hippotion and Morys Teucer slew Prothon and Periphetes good men twain At Hyperenor then Atrides threw And gave him on the Flank a cruel wound And where the Spear went in his Life went out And suddenly he fell unto the ground And on his eyes sate darkness all about But he that far the greater number slew The lesser Ajax was Oîleus 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 Ditch and Wall They at the Horses and the Charrets stay'd With loss of many men and looking pale And Jove awakt stood and the Field survay'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 feet 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 strength'ess 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 our familiarity This said the Goddess Juno struck with fear By Earth said she and Heaven about iâ— 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 Juno 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 Thâ—tis Son may see them scattered And he shall send Patroclus to the Field Who shall the Trojans rout and kill my Son Sarpedon 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