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In this battle many worthy princes were slain; and it is remarkable that king Epis trophus brought in his army a most mon- trous creature, called Sagitary, his lower parts being like a horse, and the upper parts like a man, who being armed with a mighty bow and quiver, shot strongly, and pierced through the bodies of two or three Greeks standing in a rank, much terrifying them with his monstrous shape; but Dio- medus being full of courage, approached him, and hew him with his sword.

Hector slew three kings, and many hun- dreds of the private soldiers, with his own hands; upon which the Greeks sent Ulysses and Diomedus to crave a truce for three months, which was agreed on.

After this was ended, another fierce bat- tle was fought from morning till evening, in which Hector, Troilus, Deiphebus, Paris, &c. on the part of the Trojans, and Achil- les, Diomedus, Ajax, Agamemnon, Mene- laus, and others on the part of the Greeks, performed wonders in arms. This battle continuing bloody and doubtful when the sun set, a retreat was beat from each host; and the very soldiers, udio had borne the fatigues of the day, gladly retired, the Greeks to their tents, and the Trojans to the city, where they refreshed themselves, in expectation to engage the next morning but the Greeks suing for a truce of two months.