The Grecian fame, next Thetis’ son) now flew before the first. And as a sort of dogs and youths are by a boar disperst About a mountain; so fled these from mighty Ajax, all That stood in conflict for the corse, who thought no chance could fall Betwixt them and the prise at Troy; for both Hippothous, Lethus’ Pelasgus’ famous son, was so adventurous That he would stand to bore the corse about the ancle-bone, Where all the nervy fibres meet and ligaments in one, That make the motion of those parts; through which he did convey The thong or bawdric of his shield, and so was drawing away All thanks from Hector and his friends; but in their stead he drew An ill that no man could avert; for Telamonius threw A lance that strook quite through his helm, his brain came leaping out; Down fell Letheides, and with him the body’s hoisted foot. Far from Larissa’s soil he fell; a little time allow’d To his industrious spirits to quit the benefits bestow’d By his kind parents. But his wreak Priamides assay’d, And threw at Ajax; but his dart, discover’d, pass’d, and stay’d At Schedius, son of Iphitus, a man of ablest hand Of all the strong Phocensians, and liv’d with great command In Panopëus. The fell dart fell through his channel-bone, Pierc’d through his shoulder’s upper part, and set his spirit gone. When after his another flew, the same hand giving wing To martial Phorcis’ startled soul, that was the after spring Of Phænops’ seed. The jav’lin strook his curets through, and tore The bowels from the belly’s midst. His fall made those before Give back a little, Hector’s self enforc’d to turn his face. And then the Greeks bestow’d their shouts, took vantage of the chace, Drew off, and spoil’d Hippothous and Phorcis of their arms. And then ascended Ilion had shaken with alarms, Discov’ring th’ impotence of Troy, ev’n past the will of Jove, And by the proper force of Greece, had Phœbus fail’d to move Æneas in similitude of Periphas (the son Of grave Epytes) king at arms, and had good service done To old Anchises, being wise, and ev’n with him in years. But, like this man, the far-seen God to Venus’ son appears, And ask’d him how he would maintain steep Ilion in her height, In spite of Gods, as he presum’d; when men approv’d so slight All his presumptions, and all theirs that puff’d him with that pride, Believing in their proper strengths, and gen’rally supplied With such unfrighted multitudes? But he well knew that Jove, Besides their self-conceits, sustain’d their forces with more love Than theirs of Greece; and yet all that lack’d pow’r to hearten them. Æneas knew the God, and said: “It was a shame extreme, That those of Greece should beat them so, and by their cowardice, Not want of man’s aid nor the Gods’; and this before his eyes A Deity stood ev’n now and vouch’d, affirming Jove their aid; And so bade Hector and the rest, to whom all this he said, Turn head, and not in that quick ease part with the corse to Greece.”