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submissions; she is then sent to Iris and<br />

Apollo. Juno, repairing to the assembly<br />

<strong>of</strong> the gods, attempts, with extraordinary<br />

address, to incense them against Jupiter;<br />

in particular she touches Mars with a violent<br />

resentment; he is ready to take<br />

arms, but is prevented by Minerva. Iris<br />

and Apollo obey the orders <strong>of</strong> Jupiter;<br />

Iris commands Neptune to leave the<br />

battle, to which, after much reluctance<br />

and passion, he consents. Apollo reinspires<br />

Hector with vigour, brings him<br />

back to the battle, marches before him<br />

with his aegis, and turns the fortune <strong>of</strong><br />

the fight. He breaks down great part <strong>of</strong><br />

the Grecian wall: the Trojans rush in, and<br />

attempt to fire the first line <strong>of</strong> the fleet,<br />

but are, as yet, repelled by the greater<br />

Ajax with a prodigious slaughter.<br />

Now in swift flight they pass the<br />

trench pr<strong>of</strong>ound,

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