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Him then in answer addrest god-like Priam, Ilyon's old king.
‘Truly it is very much, my dear son, as thou opinest;
Yet some god, 'twd appear, vouchsafes me a kindly protection,
Sending upon my journey to meet me so able a helper
As thyself, for in outward mien not comelier art thou
Than thou show'st in mind: blessed & happy are thy parents.’