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ARCHYTAS answers.
And so dy'd Pelop's father, at whose FeastsThe gods themselves were guests;
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Minos, whom Jove design'd
Admission to his counsells; and again
Dark Tartara detain,
Panthous son, who, by his Target known,
And from the shrine ta'ne down,
Attested, that in Trojan Wars he breath'd,
And to black death bequeath'd
Nothing but skin and nerves, whom thou wilt yield
In truth and nature skild.
But all men to one endlesse night are led,
And once death's path must tread.
Some are stern Mars's Trophies; Seas become
The greedy Sailor's Tomb.
The fates of young and old together crowd,
No head is disallow'd
By mercilesse Proserpina; and me
Into th'Illyrian Sea
The wind, which doth Orion's Star pursue,
Unruly Auster threw.
But grudge not thou, kind Mariner, to spread
On my unburied head
And bones, some few of these loose sands; so may
Fierce Eurus turn away
Whatever threatens the Hesperian floods,
On the Apulian woods,
Securing thee from harm a swelling tyde
Of wealth on every side
Flow on thee by great Jove and Neptune sent.
Tarentum's President
If thou neglect, thou maist in future age
Thy guiltlesse sons engage
In this offence, perhaps fate may return
What's due unto thy scorn.
Vengeance may on my poor petition wait,
And thee nought expiate.
The stop is small, as thou sailst on, thou maist
Dust thrice upon me cast.
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