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‘Be not aggriev'd, Patroclus, against me an' if thou hearest,
Tho' i' the grave, that now I allow the surrender of Hector
Unto his sire, for surely he pays me full ample a ransom.
Thine is it all, as ever thou sharedst with me in all things.’
With these words he return'd to his house, god-hearted Achilles,
Taking again his accustom'd seat whence late he had upris'n,
On one side opposite to Priam whom straight he addrest thus.