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piring, Achilles provided him a strong knotty spear, and high proof armour : The Trojans armed as well as the Greeks, and issued out of the gates of Troy with their forces, but that night Andromache, the wife of Hector, had a vision appeared to her, which told her that if her husband went out that day. he should be slain. He mounted his warlike steed, and rode to the place where the fight was begun.

Now Hector had cast his shield behind him, and left his breast unguarded, to con- vey a prisoner richly armed out of the host but Achilles unexpectedly ran at Hector with a spear, which violent stroke piercing his breast, he fell dead to the ground : But King Memnon beat Achilles from his horse and recovered the dead body of the mighty warrior, which was conveyed to Troy with great mourning and lamentation; and his death being known, so discouraged the Trojans, that they left the field and fled to the city, which was all in mourning for the death of the renowned Hector, which mourning lasted thirty days, and a stately monument, adorned with precious stones which the people freely gave, was erected for him in the temple of Pallas, his lively image being fixed thereon, with a bloody sword in his hand, and in great fury tramp ling and treading on the Greeks.

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