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Recording by phil schamph The Fifteenth Book of the Odyssees
of Homer, translated by George Chapman. The argument Minerva to
his native seat, exhorts Ulysses sons retreat in bed and waking.
He receives gifts of atrites and so leaves the Spartan
court and going aboard Doth favorable way afford to Theoclemenus
that was the argive auger, and sought pass fled for
a slaughter he had done. Eumias tells Laertes's son how
he became his father's man, being sold by the Phoenician
for some agreed on faculties. From forth the Syrian isle
made prize. Telemachus arrived at home Doth to Eumius's cottage
come another argument, Omicron from Sparta's strand makes safe access
to his own land. Eulysides in lacedaemon large and apt
for dances Athenian Palace. Her access advances up to the
great in soul Ulysses Seed, suggesting his return now fit
for deed, She found both him and Nestor's noble son
in bed in front of that fair mansion. Nestereride's surprised
with pleasing sleep, but on the watch ulysses Son did
keep sleep, could not enter Cares did so excite his
soul through all the solitary night for his loved father.
To him near, she said, Telemachus, tis time that now
were stay'd thy foreign travels, since thy goods are free
for those proud men, that all will eat from THEE,
divide thy whole possessions, and leave thy too late presence
nothing to receive in sight. The shrill voiced Menelaus, then
to send THEE to thy native seed again, while thou
may'st yet find in her honor, strong thy blameless mother,
gainst thy father's wrong, for both the father and the
brothers too. Of thy loved mother will not suffer so
extended any more her widow's bed, but make her now
her richest wooer wed Eurymicus, who chief THEE, may augment
her gifts and make her jointure eminent. And therefore haste
THEE lest in thy despite thy house stand empty of
thy native right. For well thou knowest what mine the
woman bears the house of him whoever she endears herself
in nuptials to she sees increased the issue of her
first loved lord, deceased, forgotten quite and never thought on more.
In thy return, Then the recounted store thou findest reserved
to thy most trusted maid, commit in guard till Heaven's
powers have pervayed a wife in virtue and in Beauty's grace.
Of fit sort for THEE to supply her place. And
this note mora, I'll give thee which repose in sure remembrance,
the best sort of those that woo thy mother, watchful
scouts addressed both in the straits of the Ithachensian seas
and dusty samos, with intent to invade and take thy life.
Ere thy return be made, which yet I think will fail.
And some of them that waste thy fortunes taste of
that extreme. They plot for THEE, but keep off far
from shore, and day and night sail for a fore
right blore. Whoever of the immortals that thou guard escape
to thy return, will see prepared as soon as thou arrivest,
dismiss to town thy ship and men, and first of
all make down to him that keeps thy swine, and
doth conceive a tender care to see thee well survive
their sleep, and send him to the town to tell
the chaste Penelope that safe and well thou livedst in
his charge, and that Pylas's sands the place contained from
whence thy person lands. Thus she to large. Olympus made assent,
when with his heel a little touch he lent to
Nestor's son, whose sleeps sweet chains he loosed bad rise
and see in chariot enclose their one hoofed horse, that
they might straight be gone. No such haste, he replied,
knight holds are thrown and dims all way to course
of chariot. The morn will soon get up. Nor see
forgot the gifts with haste that will I know be
rich and put into our coach with gracious speech by
lance famed Menelaus, not a guest shall touch at his house,
but shall store his breast with fit mind of inhospitable man,
to last as long as any daylight can his eyes
recomfort in such gifts as he will proofs mate of
his hearty royalty. He had no sooner said but upper
rose Aurora, that the golden hills repose, And Menelaus Good
at Marshal cries from Helen's bed, raised to his guest
supplies his first appearance, whose repair made known till Ulysses
loved son on his robe, thrown about his gracious body,
his cloak cast athwart his ample shoulders, and in haste
abroad he went and did the king accost atrytees, guarded
with Heaven's deified host, grant now remission to my native right,
my mind now urging mine own house's sight. Nor will
I stay, said he thy person. Long since thy desires
to go are grown so strong, I should myself be
angry to sustain the like attention urged by other men.
Who loves a guest past mean, past mean, will hate
the mean in all acts bears the best estate alike.
Ill tis to thrust out such a guest as would
not go as to detain the rest. We should a
guest love while he loves to stay, and when he likes,
not give him loving way, yet suffer, so that we
may gifts impose in coach to thee which ere our
hands enclose, thine eyes shall see, lest else our loves
may close. Besides, I'll cause our women to prepare what
our house yields, and merely so much fair as may
suffice for health both well will do both for our
honor and our profit too, And serving strength with food
you after may as much earth measure as will match
the clay. If you will turn your course from sea
and go through Greece and argos, that myself may so
keep kind way with thee, I'll join horse and guide
to our human cities. Nor ungratified, will any one remit us.
Some one thing will each present us that along may
bring our pass with love and prove our virtues. Blazed
a cauldron or a triprod richly braized, two mules, a
bowl of gold that hath his price heightened with emblems
of some rare device. The wise prince answered, I would
gladly go home to mine own, and see that governs,
so that I may keep what I for certain hold,
not hazard that for only hoped for gold I left
behind me, none so always fit to give it guard
as mine own trust with it. Besides, in this broad
course which you propose, my father seeking I myself may lose.
When this the shrill voiced Menelaeus heard, he charged his
queen and maids to see prepared breakfast of what the
whole house held for best to him. Rose Ettionius, from
his rest, whose dwelling was not far off from the court,
and his attendants. His command did sort, with kindling fires
and further ring all the roast, in act of whose
charge no time he lost himself. Then to an odorous
room descended whom megapenthe and his queen attended. Come to
his treasury a two eared cup, he choosed of all,
and made his son bear up a silver bowl. The queen, then,
taking stand aside her chest, whereby her own fair hand
lay vests of all hughes wrought, she took out one
most large, most artful, chiefly fair and shone like to
a star, and lay of all the last. Then through
the house, with either's gifts they passed. When to Ulysses
son atride, said Telemachus, since so entirely swayed thy thoughts
are with thy vowed return now tendered, made Juno's thundering
husband see it rendered perfect at all parts action, answering
thought of all the rich gifts in my treasure sought,
I give thee here the most in grace and best,
a bold but silver, yet the brims compressed with gold,
whose fabric his dessert doth bring from Vulcan's hand, presented
by the King and great hero of Sidonia's state. When
at our parting he did consummate his whole housekeeping, this
do thou command, This said, He put the round bowl
in his hand, and then his strong son, megapenthe placed
the silver cut before him, amply graced with work and luster.
Helen standing by, and in her hand the robe, her
housewifery his name, remembering, said, and I present, love son,
this gift to thee, the monument of so many loved
Helen's hands, which, at the knitting of thy nuptial bands,
present thy wife in mean space. May it lie by
thy loved mother, but to me apply thy pleasure in it,
and thus take thy way to thy fair house and
country's wished stay. Thus gave she to his hands the veil,
and he the acceptation authored joyfully, which in the chariot's
chest by Cistrtus, placed with the rest, and held miraculous.
The yellow headed king then led them all to seats
and thrones placed in his spacious hall. The handmade water
brought and gave its stream from out a fair and
golden ewer to them, from whose hands to a silver
cauldron fled the troubled wave a bright board, then she spread,
on which another reverend dame set bread, to which more
servants store of vis served at own use. Was the
man that curved and Megapenthe filled them all their wine,
all fed and drank, till all felt care decline. For
those refreshings. Both the guests did go to horse and coach,
and forth the portico a little issued when the Yellow
King brought wine himself, that with an offering to all
the gods, they might their journey take. He stood before
the gods, and thus he spake, farewell, young princes, to
Grave Nestor's ear. This salutation from my gratitude bear that
I profess in all our Ilian wars. He stood a
careful father to my cares, to whom the wise Ulyssides replied,
with all our utmost shall be signified. Jove kept atrides
your right royal will, and would to God, I could
as well fulfill mine own mind's gratitude for your free
grace in telling to Ulysses in the place of my return,
in what accomplished kind, I have obtained the office of
a friend at your deservings, whose fair end you crowned
with gifts so many, and of such renown. His wish
that he might find in his retreat his father safe
returned to so repeat the King's love to him was saluted.
Thus an eagle rose and in her seers did trust
a goose, all white and huge, a household, one which
men and women, crying out upon, pursued. But she, being
near the guests, her flight made on their right hand,
and kept still for right before their horses, which observed
by them. The spirits, in all their minds took Joy's extreme,
which Nestor's son thus questioned, Jove kept, King, yield your
grave thoughts if this ostentful thing, this eagle, and this
goose touch us or you? He put to study, and,
not knowing how to give fit answer, Helen took on
her the ostensed solution, and did this prefer hear me
play the prophet's part as the immortals cast it in
my heart, and as I think will make the true
sense known as this Jove's bird from out the mountains
flown where was her irie, and whence rose her race,
trust up this goose that from the house did grays.
So shall Ulysses, coming from the wild of seas and sufferings,
reach unreconciled his native home, where even this hour he is,
And on those house fed wooers, those wrongs of his
will shortly reek with all their miseries. Oh, said Telemachus,
if Saturnian jove to my desires, thy dear presage, approve
when I arrive, I will perform to thee my daily
vows as to a deity. This said, he used his
scourge upon the horse, that through the city freely made
their course to field, and all day made that first
speed good. But when the sunset and obscureness stood in
each man's way, they ended their access at fairs in
the house of Diocles son tour Silicus, Alpheus's seed, who
gave them guest rites and sleep's natural need, if they
that night served there. When Aurora arose, they joined their horse,
took coach, and did dispose their course for Pylos, whose
high city soon they reached. Nor would Telemachus be one
to Nestor's house and therefore ordered thus his speech to
Nestor's son by Sistretus, how shall I win thy promise
to a grace that I must ask of thee. We
both embrace the names of bedfellows, and in that name
will glory as an adjunct of our fame, our father's friendship,
our own equal age, and our joint travel. May the
more engage our mutual concord. Do not, then, assay my
god loved friend to lead me from my way to
my near ship, but take a course direct and leave
me there, lest the old Sire's respect, in his desire
to love me, hinders my way for home, that have
such need to go. This said Nestererides, held all discourse
in his kind soul. How best he might enforce both
promise and performance, which at last he vowed to venture,
and directly cast his horse about to fetch the ship
and shore where come his friend's most lovely gifts. He
bore aboard the ship, and in her hind deck placed
the veil that Helen's curious hand had graced, and Menelaeus's gold,
and said, away, nor let thy men, in any least
date stay, but quite put off ere I get home
and tell the old duke you are past for passing well,
I know his mind to exceed all force of any prayer,
that he will stay your course himself, may hither all
your course, call back, and when he hath you have
no thought to rack him from his bounty, and to
let you part without a present, But be vexed at
heart with both our pleadings, if we once put move
the least repression of his fiery love thus took he coach,
his fair mained steed scourged dawn along the Pilian city
and Anon, his father's court reached, while Ulysses son bade
board an arm, which with a thought was done. His
rowers set, and he rich Odors, firing in his hinddeck
for his secure retiring to great Athenia. To his ship
came flying a stranger and a prophet, as relying on
wished passage, having newly slain a man at Argos. Yet
his race's vain flowed from Melampus, who in former date
in Pylos lived and had a huge estate, but fled
his country, and the punishing hand of great souled Nelius
in a foreign land, from that most famous mortal, having
held a world of riches, nor could be compelled to
render restitution in a year in mean space, living as
close prisoner in the court of Philicus, and for the
sake of Nelius's daughter, mighty Cares did take together with
a grievous langor sent from grave Ernus, that did much
torment his vexed conscience. Yet his his life's expense, he
escaped and drave the loud voiced Oxen, thence to breed
sheep Pylos, bringing vengeance. Thus his foul demerit to great
Nelius and to his brother's house reduced his wife, who
yet from Pylos, did remove his life for feed horse Argos,
where his fate set down a dwelling for him, and
in much renown made govern many Argives, where a spouse
he took to him and built a famous house. There
he had borne to him Antifats and forceful Mantius. To
the first of these was great O'eglius born Oeglius gat Atharaeus,
that the popular state had all their health in whom
even from his heart Jove loved, and Phoebus, in the
whole dessert of friendship, held him, yet not blessed so
much that Ages threshold he did ever touch, but lost
his life by female bribery. Yet two sons authored his posterity,
Alcmeon and renowned Amphilicus. Mantius had issue of Polyphidius and Clitus,
but Aurora ravished him for excellence of his admired limb
and interested him amongst the gods. His brother knew men's
good and bad abodes the best of all men. After
the decease of him that perished in unnatural peace at
spacious Thebes, Apollo did inspire his knowing soul with a
prophetic fire, who, angry with his father, took his way
to Hypereesia, where, making stay, he prophesied to all men,
and had there a son called Theoclemenus, who here came
to Telemachus and found aboard himself at sacrifice, whom, in
a word he thus saluted, O friend, since I find
even here at ship a sacrificing mind. Inform your actions
by your sacrifice and by the worthy choice of deities
to whom you offer by yourself, and all these men
that serve your coarse meritimol tell one that asks the
truth nor give it glows both who and whence you
are from what seed rose your royal person, and what
city's towers hold habitation to your parents powers, He answered stranger,
The sure truth is this. I am of Ithaca. My
father is or was Ulysses. But austere death now takes
his state from him, whose event to know himself being
long away, I set forth thus with ship and soldiers dioclemenus,
as freely said, And I to thee am fled from
forth my country for a man struck dead by my
unhappy hand, who was with me. Of one self tribe
and of his pedigree are many friends and brothers, and
the sway of the archived kindred reacheth far away from whom,
because I fear their spleens, suborn blood, and black fate
against me, being born to be a wanderer among foreign men.
Make thy fair ship my rescue, and sustain my life
from slaughter. Thy deservings may perform that mercy. And to
them I prayers, Nor will I bar said he thy
will to make my means an equal ship, Thy aid,
But take with what we have here in all friendly
use thy life from any violence that pursues. Thus took
he in his lance, and it extended aloft the hatches,
which himself ascended. The Prince took seat at stern, and
on his right hand set thee a cleminus, and gave
command to all his men to arm and sea made
fast amidst the hollow keel the beechen mast, with abel
halsers hoist sail launch, which soon he saw obeyed, and
then his ship did run a merry course. Blue eyed
Minerva sent a fore right gale tumultuous vehement along the air,
that her way's utmost yield the ship might make and
plow the brackish field. Then set the sun and night
blacked all the ways. The ship, with Jove's wind winged
where the epian sways fetched fairest first, then eeleth the divine,
and then for those isles made that seaward shine for
form and sharpness, like a lance's head, about which lay
the wooer's ambushed, on which he rushed to try if
he could escape his plotted death or serve her treacherous rape.
And now return we to Eumias's shed, where at their
food with others, Marshal ed Ulysses and his noble herdsman
sate to try of whose love's curious estate stood firm
to his abode, or felt it fade, and so would
take each best cause to persuade his guest to town. Ulysses.
Thus contends hear me, Eumaeus and ye other friends. Next
morn to town, I covert to be gone to beg
some other's alms. Not still charge one advise me well, then,
and as well provide I may be fitted with an
honest guide for through the streets, since need will have it.
So I tread to find if any will bestow a
dish or drink on me, or a bit of bread,
till to Ulysses house I may be led, and there
I'll tell all wise Penelope news mixed with the wooer's pride.
And since they use to fare above the full their
hands excite to some small feast from out their infinite,
for which I'll wait and play the serving man fairly
enough command the most they can, for I will tell
thee note me well and here that if the will
of Heaven's messenger, who to the works of men of
any sort can grace infuse in glory, nothing short am
I of him that doth the most aspire in any
service as to build a fire to cleave seer wood,
to roast or boil their meat, to wait at board,
mix wine, or know the neat, or any work in
which the poor call'd worst to serve the rich call'd
best in fate are forced. He angry with him, said, alas,
poor guest, why did this counsel ever touch thy breast?
Thou seek'st thy utter spoil beyond all doubt. If thou
giv'st venture on the wooer's route, whose wrong force affects
the iron heaven, their light delights are far from being
given to such grave servitors. Youths richly tricked in coats
or cassocks, locks, divinely slicked, and looks most rapting ever
have the gift to taste their crown cups and full
trenchers shift their tables ever like their glasses shine, loaded
with bread, with varied flesh and wine. And thou go
thither stay, for here do none grudge at thy presence,
nor myself, nor one of all I feed. But when
ulysses Son again shall greet us, he shall put thee
on both cote and cassock, and thy quick retreat set
where thy heart and soul desire, thy seat, industrious Ulysses
gave reply, I still much wish that Heaven's chief deity
love THEE as I do. That hast eased my mind
of woes and wanderings never yet confined. Naught is more
wretched in a human race than countries want and shift
from place the place. But for the baneful belly. Men
take care beyond good counsel, whosoever are in compass of
the wants it undergoes by wanderings, losses, or dependent woes.
Excuse me, therefore, if I erred at home, which since
thou wilt make here as overcome with thy command for stay,
I'll take on me cares appertaining to this place like
THEE does. Then, Ulysses, sire and mother breathe, both whom
he left in the age next door to death? Or
are they breathless and descended where the dark house is?
That never day doth clear. Laertes lives, said he, But
every hour beseecheth jove to take from him the power
that joins his life and limbs. For with a moan
that breeds a marvel, he laments his son, deprived by death,
and adds to that another of no less depth, For
that dead son's dead mother, whom he a virgin wedded,
which the more makes him lament her loss, and doth
deplore yet more her miss, because her womb the truer
was to his brave son, and his slaughter slew her,
which last love to her doth his life engage and
makes him live an undigested age. Oh, such a death
she died, as never may seize any one that here
beholds the day that either is to any man a friend,
or can a woman kill in such a kind. As
long as she had been, I would be a still inquirer,
since twas dear to me, though death to her to
hear his name. When she heard of Ulysses, for I
might be bold, she brought me up, and in her
love did hold my life compared with long veiled cantimony
her youngest issue, and in some small degree her daughter
yet preferred a brave young dame, And when of youth
the dearly loved flame was lighted in us marriage, did
prefer the maid Tossamos whence was sent for her infinite riches.
When the queen bestowed a fair new suit, new shoes
and all, and vowed me to the field, but passing
loath to part, as loving me more than she loved
her heart. And these I want now, But their business
grows upon me daily, which the gods impose to whom
I hold all give account to them, for I see
none left to the diadem that may dispose all better.
So I drink and eat of what is here, and
whom I think worthy or reverend I have given to
still these kinds of guest, writes for the household ill
which where the queen is Riot's takes her still from
thought of these things, nor is it delight to hear
from her plight of or worker word. The wooers spoil all.
But yet my men will board her sorrows, often with
discourse of all eating and drinking of the festival that
there is kept, and after bring to field such things
as servants make their pleasures yield o me Eumius, said
laertes Son. Hast thou then erd so of a little one,
let like me, from friends and country, pray thee say
and say a truth doth vast destruction. Lay her hand
upon the wide weighed seat of men, where dwelt thy
sire and reverend mother. Then that thou art spared there
or else set alone in guard of beaves or sheep,
set the enemy on, surprised and shipp'd, transferred and sold thee.
Here he that bought thee paid well, yet bought not dear.
Since thou enquirest of that, my guest said he herein
be silent and mean space, sit free in use of
these cups to thy most delights unspeakable in length. Thou
are the knights. Those that affect sleep yet to sleep
have leave those that affect to hear their hearers give
but sleep not ere yr hour. Much sleep doth grieve.
Whoever list to sleep, away to bed together with the morning,
raise his head, together with his fellows, break his fast,
and then his lord's herd drive to their repast. We
two still in our tabernacle, here drinking and eating will
our bosoms, cheer with memories and tails of our annoise
betwixt his sorrows, every human joys, he most who most
hath felt and furthest aired, And now thy will to
act shall be preferred. There is an isle above Ortygia.
If thou hast heard, they call it Syria, where once
a day the sun moves backward. Still tis not so
great as good for it doth fill the fields with oxen,
fills them still with sheep, fills roofs with wine, and
makes all corn their cheap. No dearth comes ever there,
nor no disease that doth with hate us wretched mortal sees.
But when men's varied nations dwelling there in any city
entered the aged year, the silver bow bearer the sun
and she that bears as much renowned for archery, stoop
with their painless shafts, and strike them dead as one
one would sleep, and never keep the bed. In this
isle stand two cities betwixt whom all things that of
the soil's fertility come in. Two parts are divided, and
both these my father, rode Ketisius Ormonides, a man like
the immortals, with these states. The cross biting Phoenicians trafficked
rates of infinite merchandise in ships brought there, in which
they then were held exempt from pier There dwelt within
my father's house a dame born a Phoenician, skillful in
the frame of noble housewiferies right, tall and fair. Her
the Phoenician great wench net layer with sweet words, circumvented
as she was washing her linen to his amorous pass.
He brought her first shored from his ship to her,
to whom he did his whole life's love prefer which
of these breast exposing dames the heart's deceives, though fashioned
of right honest parts. He asked her after what she was,
and whence she passing? Presently the excellence told of her
father's turrets, and that she might boast herself sprung from
the progeny of the rich Sidons, and the daughter was
of the much year revenued are of us, but that
the Taffian pirates made her prize. As she returned from
her field Housewifries transferred her hither, and at that man's
house where now she lived, for value precious sold her
to the owner he that stole her love. Bade her
again to her birth seat, remove to see the fair
roofs of her friends again, who still held state, and
did the port maintain? Herself reported? She said, be it
so so you and all that in your ship shall
row swear to return me in all safety hands all
swore the oath passed with every consequence. She bade be
silent now, and not a word to you or any
of your friends, afford meeting me afterward in any way
or at the washing fount, lest some display be made,
and told the old man, and he then kept me
straight bound to you and to your men, the utter
ruin plotting of your lives. Keep in firm thought, then
every word that strives for dangerous utterance. Haste your ship's
full freight of what you traffic for, and let me
straight know by some sent friend she hath all in hold,
and with myself I'll bring thence all the gold I
can by all means, finger and beside, I'll do my
best to see your freight supplied with some well weighing
burthen of mine own. For I can bring up in
house a great man's son, as crafty as myself, who
will with me run every way along, and I will
be his leader till your ship hath made him. Sure
he will an infinite great price procure transfer him to
what languaged men. Ye may this said? She gat her home,
and there made stay a whole year with us goods
of great avail, their ship enriching, which now fit for sale.
They sent a messenger to inform the Dame, and to
my father's house a fellow came full of Phoenician craft
that to be sold. A tablet brought the body all
of gold, the verge all amber. This had ocular view
both by my honor'd mother and the crew of her housemaids. Handled,
and the price beat asked and promised. And while this
device lay thus upon the forge, this jeweler made privy
signs by winks and wiles to her. That was his object,
which she took. And he is sighing seeing noted hide
to ship. When she my hand, still taking as she
used to do, to walk abroad with her, convey'd me
so abroad with her, And in the portico found cups
with tasted viands, which the guests that used to flock
about my father's feasts had left. They gone, some to
the council court, some to hear news amongst the talking sort.
Hearth hath three bowls into her lap, convey'd and forth
she went. Nor was my wit so stay'd to stay
her or myself. The sun went down, and shadows round
about the world were flown. When we came to the haven,
in which did ride the swift Phoenician ship, whose fair
broadside they boarded straight, took us up, and all went
along the moist waves. When Saturnius sent six days, we
day and night sail'd. But when Jove put up the
seventh day, she that shafts doth love shot dead, the
woman who into the pomp like toadopchek dived and gave
a thump in her sad Settling forth they cast her
then to serve the fish and sea calves no more men.
But I was left there with a heavy heart when
wind and water grave them quit apart their own course,
and on Ithaca they fell. And there poor me did
to LAERTI sell. And thus these eyes the sight of
this isle prov'd Eumaeus. He replied, Thou much hast moved
the mind in me with all things thou hast said,
and all the sufferance on thy bosom laid. But truly
to thy ill hath Jove join'd good, that one whose
veins are served with human blood, hath bought thy service
that gives competence of food, wine, cloth thee, and sure
the expense of thy life's date here is of good dessert,
whose labors not to thee alone impart sufficient food and housing.
But to me, where I, through many a heaped humanity,
have hither erred, where though like thee, not sold, nor
stay'd like thee, yet nor not needful hold this mutual
speech they used, nor had they slept much time before
the much near morning leaped to her fair throne, and
now struck sail. The men that served Telemachus arrived just
then near his lov'd shore, where now they stoop'd the mast,
made to the port with oars and maker cast, made
fast the ship, and then ashore they went, dressed, supper
filled wine. When their appetite spent, Telemachus commanded they should
yield the ship to the owner, while himself at field
would see his shepherds. When light drew to end, he
would his gift see and to town descend, and in
the morning, at a feast, bestow rewards for all their pains.
And whither now said theoclemenus, my loved son, shall I
address myself whose mansion? Of all men in this rough
hewn ale? Shall I direct my way to? Or go
readily to thy house and thy mother? He replied, Another
time I'll see you satisfied with my house entertainment. But
as now you should encounter none that could bestow your
fit entreaty, and which less grace were you could not
see my mother. I not there, for she's no frequent object,
but a part keeps from her wars wood, with her
dessert up in her chamber at her Housewi liferee, But
I'll name one to whom you shall apply direct repair,
and that's Eurymicus renowned assent to wise Paulbus, a man
whom the Ethachensians look on now as on a god,
since he of all that woe is far superior man
and likest far to wed my mother, and as circular
be in that honor as Ulysses was. But heaven, How's
Jove knows the yet hidden pass of her disposure, And
on them he may a blacker sight bring than her
nuptial day. As this he uttered, on his right hand
flew a sacre sacred to the God of view that
in his talons trust, and plumed a dove. The feathers
round the ship did rove, and on Telemachus fell, whom
the augur then took fast by the hand, withdrew him
from his men, and said, Telemachus, this hawk is sent
from God. I knew it for a sure ostent when
first I saw it be you well assured that will
no war be ye by heaven endur'd to rule in
Ithaca above your race, but your powers ever fill the
regal place I wish to heaven, said he thy word
might stand. Thou men shouldt soon acknowledge from my hand
such gifts and friendship as would make thee guest met
and saluted as no less than blest. This said He
called Pyrieus Clytus's son his true associate, saying, thou hast
done of all my followers to the pillion shore my
will in chief in other things. Once more, be chiefly
good to me. Take to thy house this loved stranger,
and be studious to embrace and greet him with thy
greatest fare, till I myself come and take off thy care.
The famous for his lance said, if your stay take
time for life here this man's care all lay on
my performance, Nor what fits a guest. Shall any pennary
withhold his feast. Thus took his ship, bade them board
in a way. They boarded, sat, but did their labor
stay till he had decked his feet and reached his lance.
They to the city. He did straight advance up to
his sties, where swine lay for him store by whose
side did his honest swineherd snore till his short cares,
his longest nights had ended, And nothing worse to both
his lords intended end of the fifteenth book