Peace, Trojan; lay thy finger on thy lips! That breath fame blows; that praife, fole pure, tranfcends.. Aga. Sir, you of Troy, call you yourself Æneas? Ene. Ay, Greek, that is my name. Aga. What's your affair, I pray you? Ene. Sir, pardon; 'tis for Agamemnon's ears. Aga. He hears nought privately, that comes from Troy. Ene. Nor I from Troy come not to whisper him: I bring a trumpet to awake his ear; To fet his fenfe on the attentive bent, Aga. Speak frankly as the wind; It is not Agamemnon's fleeping hour: Ene. Trumpet, blow loud, Send thy brass voice through all these lazy tents ;→→→ [Trumpets found. We have, great Agamemnon, here in Troy That That loves his mistress more than 'in confeffion, Than ever Greek did compass in his arms; If any come, Hector fhall honour him; If none, he'll say in Troy, when he retires, The Grecian dames are fun-burn'd, and not worth Aga. This fhall be told our lovers, lord Æneas, Neft. Tell him of Neftor, one that was a man One noble man that hath one spark of fire, And in my vantbrace put this wither'd brawn; fin confeffion,]-empty proteftations of his paffion, made in her own prefence, and fealed upon her lips. beaver,1-helmet. vantbrace]-a defence for the arm. As As may be in the world: His youth in flood, Aga. Fair lord Æneas, let me touch your hand; Achilles fhall have word of this intent; So fhall each lord of Greece, from tent to tent: 1 And find the welcome of a noble foe. Ulyff. Neftor, Manent Ulyffes, and Neftor. Neft. What fays Ulyffes? Uly. I have a young conception in my brain, 1 Be you my time to bring it to some shape. Neft. What is't? Uly. This 'tis : [Exeunt. Blunt wedges rive hard knots: The " feeded pride In rank Achilles, muft or now be cropt, n Or, fhedding, breed a " nursery of like evil, To over-bulk us all. Neft. Well, and how? Uly. This challenge that the gallant Hector fends, However it is spread in general name, Relates in purpofe only to Achilles. Neft. The purpose is perfpicuous even ° as substance, Whofe groffness little characters fum up: 1 His youth in flood,]-Though he be in the flufh, or prime of youth. R pawn]-maintain. Be you my time]-Do you fupply time's place, and bring it to maturity. feeded]-full blown and ready to feed. nursery]-a whole plantation, and over-run us with his growth. as fubftance,]-as a large body, or quantity, made up of many minute particles, or afcertained by small characters, i. c. numerals. n And, And, in the publication, make no strain, Uly. And wake him to the answer, think you ? That can from Hector bring those honours off, For here the Trojans tafte our dear'st repute In this wild action: for the fuccefs, Although particular, fhall give a scantling t And in fuch indexes, although small pricks Of things to come at large. It is fuppos'd, What heart receives from hence a conquering part, And, in the publication, make no ftrain, &c.]-And doubtless, when the circumstances of this challenge come to be proclaimed, Achilles, dull as he is, will inftantly difcover the drift of it. Our imputation]-Our reputation will be ftrangely fifted. a fcantling]-a fpecimen of our national character. indexes] The index was formerly placed immediately after the title-page. t Small pricks]-fmall points in refpect of, compared with the yolumes. boil,]-extract, feparate as by fire. To To steel a strong opinion to themselves? Ulyff. Give pardon to my speech ; Therefore 'tis meet, Achilles meet not Hector. By fhewing the worst first. Do not confent, Neft. I fee them not with my old eyes; What are they? And we were better parch in Africk fun, In taint of our beft man. No, make a lottery; * The fort to fight with Hector: Among ourselves, a For that will phyfick the great Myrmidon, Who broils in loud applause; and make him fall b To feel a ftrong opinion to themselves ?-To confirm his favourable opinion of his own prowefs. * limbs are in his inftruments,]—his valour, and the weapons that it wields, are reciprocally efficacious. In taint]-To the prejudice. the great Myrmidon,]-Achilles. The fort]-The lot. that prouder than blue Iris bends.]-higher than the rainbow's arch. |