Irische Texte : mit ersetzungen und Wterbuch

118 The Destruction of Troy.
on him a cast of a great spear, and wounded him. On men,
then, was Achilles carried from him to his camp. So the
hosts were in that wise smiting one another 1
till the end of
a week. Multitudes, however, fell among them at that season.
1538. Howbeit, on the sixth day after being wounded Achil-
les again entered the battle, and began urging the Myrmidons to
rout the Trojans. Now when the sun was rising into the height
of heaven and shone on glens and slopes, Troilus came to the
battle. The Greeks on seeing Troilus, utter a mighty shout.
The Myrmidons come before him and close 2 upon him, because
he was on a horse. Of the stately things of the world was
what he did of feats of valour before them, to wit, the excel-
lence of the hurling, the cunning of the defence, the quickness of
the mighty blows. He plied his rage and his wrath on murdering
the troops, on slaying the soldiers, on smiting the hosts. Of
the unreckonable things of the 'Destruction (of Troy)' is (the
number) of Greeks that Troilus and his horse slew on that day
only. Now when the Greeks saw that great multitudes were
killed by Troilus, they all set their mind to compass the kil-
ling of him. So when Troilus was slaying (his foes), a cast
is made at the horse that was under him, and the spearhead
went through him, and the horse gave three bounds on high
and fell to the ground, and flung Troilus on the other side on
his back. Before he got up, Achilles comes towards him quickly
and rapidly, and gives a thrust of a huge spear at him, so
that it went through him to the earth, and Troilus died thereof.
Now when he (Achilles) made an attempt at bearing the body
to his camp, then did Memnon the Black come towards him,
and took from him the body by force, and wounded Achilles
himself. After his wound Achilles goes to his camp. Memnon
followed him to the camp with his hosts around him. Now when
the terrible hero, the mightiest that hath been of Adam's seed,
to wit, Achilles, saw (that), he could not bear not to turn
I read oc [imm]thúarcain, as in 1615.
Lit. fold.