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Non tamen abstnut, nee voci irequc pepercit:
At, tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis
Di Isl qua est c9lo pietas, quH taia curet)
Persolvant CRATES dignas, ct prnmia reddant
Debita qui natl coram me cernere letum
Fecisti, ct patrios fadasti funere vutus.
At non lille, satum quo te nentiris, Achilles
Tails in hoste fuit Priamo; sed jura fidemque
Supplies crubuit; corpusque exsangue sepulchro
Reddidit Hectoreum, meque in mea regina remisit.
Sic fatus senior, telumque imbelle sine ictu
Conjecit ranco quod protinus acre repulsum,
Cui Pyrrhus Referes ergo h;ec, ct nuntiuss ibis
Pclide genitori I'LL mea tristia facta
Degeneremque Neoptolemum narrare memento
Nunc morcre. H9c dicens, altaria adipsa tremen-
tenn
Traxit, ct in multo lapsentem sanguine nati:.
Impllcultque comamleva; dcxtraque coruscum
Extulit, ac lateri capulo tenlls abdidit, ensem.
HHc fnis Priami fatorum: hic exitus illum
Sorte tulit, Trojan incensam ct prolapsa videntem
Pcrgama, tot quandam populi tcrrisque superbum
Regnatorem Asia: jacet ingens litore truncus,
Avulsumque huncris caput, ct sue nomne corpus -
Hec tinis Prianei ,fatorum-this was the
fated end of the venerable Priam, once the
proud ruler of many nations and many coun-
tries of Asia. [ am not Pyrrhus and I trust
I shall not be so unfortunate, or indeed un-
generous, as to slay the venerable Senex
But in this case think the historical ana
logy is not complete or we'll suited. There
is another distinguished and venerable char
acter unfolded by this classical war to which
our learned and eloquent friend bears more
striking resemblance than to the aged and
unfortunate Priam. Such was the inventive
genius of the poetical historian of this war,
that he furnishes character suited to the
emergency of any and every occasion. In
the aged, wise, eloquent and discreet Nestor
we shall find an analogous character, full,
perfect and complete. An angry contest
has been raised over pigeons, oysters and
herrings among the members Of the family,
and it will require the exercise of much skill
eloquence and wisdom to compose the un-
fortunate domestic strife-a domestic strife.
unfortunate it may be to not only the peace,
happiness and property of the common bro
therhood, but to it's genius and coming
glories Of the future. The Grecian chiefs
quarreled not about either pigeons, oysters
or herrings, but about something Of less
consequences beautiful woman; and wo-
man, you are aware, venerable sir, has been
the cause Of all the quarrels and bloodshed
Of the world. AS in this case, the quarrel
had advanced to that point when it was like
" to prove fatal to the Grecian cause; and
there as here it became necessary that an
aged, wise and eloquent man should inter-
pose his influence to heal the fatal division.
Under the similarity of circumstances, the
learned and venerable Senex may we'll re-
present the eloquent and illustrious Nestor.
The rival and angry chiefs of the Greeks
had well nigh come to blows (about a wo-
man) when all received with awe the vene-
rable man, who thus, with mild benevolence,
began: a<
"An view'd with awe the venerable man;
Who thus with mild benevolence began:
What shame, what woe is this to Greece! what
- joy
To Troy's proud monarch, and the friends of Troy
That adverse gods commit to stern debate
The best, the bravest of the Grecian state.