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As when a man whom spite of fate hath curs'd in his own land
For homicide, that he fleeeth abroad & seeketh asylum
With some lord, and they that see him are fill'd with amazement,
Ev'n so now Achilles was amaz'd as he saw Priam enter,
And the men all wer'amaz'd, & lookt upon each other in turn.
But Priam (as Hermes had bade) bow'd down to beseech him.