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[pg<br />

318]<br />

Tor this, our wealth, our products,<br />

you enjoy,<br />

And glean the relics <strong>of</strong> exhausted<br />

Troy.<br />

Now then, to conquer or to die prepare;<br />

To die or conquer are the terms <strong>of</strong><br />

war.<br />

Whatever hand shall win Patroclus<br />

slain,<br />

Whoe'er shall drag him to the Trojan<br />

train,<br />

With Hector's self shall equal honours<br />

claim;<br />

With Hector part the spoil, and<br />

share the fame."<br />

Fired by his words, the troops dismiss<br />

their fears,<br />

<strong>The</strong>y join, they thicken, they protend<br />

their spears;

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