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Thou stodst his violence, TO l thy sharp Javelin grated gainst his broines, Beneath his shield thou entred'st to his heart. At that we girt him till a thousand wounds, He from a thousand hands received at once: And in his fallen it seemed the earth did groan, And the fixed Centre tremble under him. I second Jason and expose my self, Between these factions to compose a peace. Speak, which is Omphale? or which Alcides? That traitorous Nessus with a shaft transfixed, Strangled Antheus, purged Augeus stalls, Won the bright Apples of the Hesperides, And while the Giant Atlas eased his limbs, Boar on his shoulders the huge frame of heaven. Keep from him Omphale, be that your charge, We'll second these good thoughts. His soul is made a star, and mounted heaven, I see great Jove hath not forgotten his son: All that his mother's was is changed by fire, But what he took of Jove, and was divine, Now a bright star in the high heavens must shine. The Argonauts A e glorified by this victorious act. Jason adviseth well, great Hercules, We should dishonour him, and expectation Greece hath of us, delude by this delay. Better he had the monster had devoured His beauteous daughter, then abide our furies. Then let Alcides honour Telamon With this bright Lady, fair Hesion, Sister to Priam, daughter to Laomedon, Whose beauty I prefer before the state And wealth of Troy. A present more delighting Telamon, Then were I made Lord of high Illiums Towers, And heir unto the dead Laomedon. Fair Hesion, I will not lose thy beauty, nor thy youth, Nor partly with this my honour, couldst thou give me For ransom of them, both our Argo's cramed With gold and gems; you are my valours prize, And shall with me to populous Salamine. From populous Salamine I Telam n Am at thy fair request, King Meleager, Come to behold this beast of Calidon, And prove my virtue in his stern pursuit. Nor Telamon Will come behind Atlanta, or the Prince. Diana's wrath Sparkles grim terror from his fiery eyes: One Javelin pointed with the purest brass, I have blunted against his ribs, yet he unscared, The head, as darted against a rock of marble, Rebounded back. The Queen hath slain herself: who'l bear these news to the sad King? It works, it works. Well spoke Atlanta, but I wonder Lords What Province now holds Theban Hercules? My Lord take courage. All his dead honours he revives in this, And Greece shall once more echoe with his fame. Patient your self. In vain we follow and pursue his rage, There's danger in his madness. He gives but what's his own. Much more Hercules.
Plot summary
Plot — The Brazen Age (The Age of Brass)
Hercules and the shape-changing Achelous fight for the hand of Dejanira; Achelous transforms himself into a series of monsters, but Hercules retains the upper hand, and Achelous concedes defeat after one of his bull’s horns is pulled off (later to become the cornucopia). Hercules takes Dejanira home, and en route they meet Nessus, the only survivor of Hercules’ massacre of the centaurs. Feigning friendship, the vindictive Nessus offers to carry Dejanira across the river on his back; but when he gets to the other side, he attempts to abduct her. Hercules shoots him and, dying, he tells Dejanira that his blood is a love-charm, which she should use on Hercules if he ever seems interested in another woman; in fact, it is poisonous. Hercules travels to Egypt, where King Busiris sacrifices foreigners, and kills him on his own altar, but refuses to accept his crown. During his absence, Diana, offended that King Oeneus has sacrificed to all the gods but her, sends a boar to ravage the Calydonian countryside. The lords of Greece gather to hunt the boar. One of them is Adonis, and Venus falls in love with him; he insists on hunting, the boar kills him, and she transforms him into a flower. Atalanta joins the hunt, and Meleager falls in love with her; when the boar is killed, he is awarded its head, but he offends his companions by presenting it to her. In the ensuing fight, Meleager kills his uncles. His mother Althea is torn between her duty to her brothers and to her son. Meleager’s life is in her power, for, when he was born, the Fates visited her, pointed out a brand in the fire, and foretold that the child would live until the brand was burnt up; she rescued it and has kept it safe ever since. Now she burns the brand, and he dies; in remorse, she kills herself with his sword. Hercules joins Jason and the Argonauts on their quest to retrieve the golden fleece from Colchis. On the way they stop off at Troy, where King Laomedon faces an unwelcome obligation to sacrifice his daughter Hesione: he accepted a loan from Neptune’s priests to finance building the city walls, but failed to repay it when the work was complete, and retribution came in the form of a sea monster who must be appeased with the monthly sacrifice of a young Trojan woman; this month the fatal lot has fallen on Hesione. Laomedon offers Hercules a reward for rescuing her, but reneges after Hercules does so. Jason insists they defer Hercules’ revenge until their return from Colchis. The golden…