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Assembling there, between the<br />

trench and gates,<br />

Near the night-guards, our chosen<br />

council waits."<br />

"<strong>The</strong>n none (said Nestor) shall his<br />

rule withstand,<br />

For great examples justify command."<br />

With that, the venerable warrior<br />

rose;<br />

<strong>The</strong> shining greaves his manly legs<br />

enclose;<br />

His purple mantle golden buckles<br />

join'd,<br />

Warm with the s<strong>of</strong>test wool, and<br />

doubly lined.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n rushing from his tent, he<br />

snatch'd in haste<br />

His steely lance, that lighten'd as he<br />

pass'd.<br />

<strong>The</strong> camp he traversed through the<br />

sleeping crowd,

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