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                the Destruction of Troy.                19

C H A P.  V.

Divers Battles between the Trojans and the Greeks, wherein many memorable Things performed by the renowned Hector, and Greek princes, &c.

THE truce expiring, the alarms of war began afresh. and by this note Achil- les was prevailed with, at the intreaty of Hector and Ulysses, to leave his ships, some of which had before been fired by the Tro- jans, and come to the field with his Mirmi- ons: so the battle being set in array on. both sides, the trumpets sounding the bloody darts, and both hosts met with great fu- ry. Hector and Achilles advanced in the front of either army, and ran at each other with great fury, giving such a shock, as made the earth to tremble, upon which, A- chilles was thrown from his horse : Where- upon Hector passing on, made lanes thro' the enemy’s troops, paving his way with dead bodies, so that in a fearful manner they fled before him ; and a second time encountering Achilles, the son of Thetis, he goddess of the seas, being then mount- ed by his Mirmidons he threw him to the ground. In