The Iliads of Homer, prince of poets, never before in any language truly translated, with a comment on some of his chief places, done according to the Greek by George Chapman, with introd and notes by Richard Hooper . rt, meet, and then btick by,Tug both with crooked beaks and seres, cry, fight, and fight, and fiercely fought these angry kings, &c. Wherein you see that crying in these eagerly-fought fowls (which islike tears in angry men) is so far from softness or faintness, that to the OF HOMERS ILIADS. 27 superlative of hardiness and courage it expresseth both. Nor must webe so gross
The Iliads of Homer, prince of poets, never before in any language truly translated, with a comment on some of his chief places, done according to the Greek by George Chapman, with introd and notes by Richard Hooper . rt, meet, and then btick by,Tug both with crooked beaks and seres, cry, fight, and fight, and fiercely fought these angry kings, &c. Wherein you see that crying in these eagerly-fought fowls (which islike tears in angry men) is so far from softness or faintness, that to the OF HOMERS ILIADS. 27 superlative of hardiness and courage it expresseth both. Nor must webe so gross to imagine that Homer made Achilles or Diomed blubber,or sob, &c., but, in the very point and sting of their unvented anger,shed a few violent and seething-over tears. What ass-like impudenceis it then for any merely vain-glorious and self-loving puff, that every-where may read these inimitable touches of our Homers mastery,anywhere to oppose his arrogant and ignorant castigatious when heshould rather (with his much better understander Spondanus) submitwhere he oversees him faulty, and say thus; Quia tu tamen hocvoluisti, sacrosanctse tua3 authoritati per me nihil detrahetur. THE END OF THE FIRST BOOS. THE SECOND BOOK OF HOMERS ILIADS. THE ARGUMENT. JOVE calls a vision up from Somnus den To bid Atrides muster up his men. The King, to Greeks dissembling his desire, Persuades them to their country to retire. By Pallas will, Ulysses stays their flight; And wise old Nestor heartens them to fight. They take their meat; which done, to arms they go, And march in good array against the foe. So those of Troy ; when Iris, from the sky, Of Saturns son performs the embassy. ANOTHEE AEGOMENT. Beta the dream and synod cites ;And catalogues the naval knights. HE other Gods, and knights at arms, all night slept; only JoveSweet slumber seizd not; he discoursd how best he might approve His vow made for Achilles grace, and make the Grecians findHis miss in much death. All ways cast, this counsel
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