The other whom you fee, is Eanefimus, king of the Pylians, and one of the ancestors of the fage Neftor. During a peftilence which ravaged the whole earth and covered the banks of Acheron with new ghofts, he laying down his life for fo many millions of innocent perfons, befought the Gods to lay afide their wrath. The Gods heard him, and here beftowed a real crown upon him of which all earthly crowns are but empty shadows.

The old man whom you fee with a wreath of flowers on his head, is the famous Belus: He reigned in Egypt, and maried Anchynoe the daughter of the God Nilus, who conceals the fource of his waters, and enriches the country by his inundations. He had two fons ; Danaus whofe hiftory you know, and Egyptus who gave his name to this beautiful kingdom. Belus thought himself richer by the plenty he procured his fubjects, and by their affection for him, than by all the taxes which he could have impofed upon them. Thefe men, my fon, whom you look upon as dead, are alive; and the wretched life which men drag on the earth is death: The names only are changed. May the Gods render thee virtuous enough to merit this bleffed life, which nothing can put a period to; nor difquiet! But haften hence; it is time to go and feek thy father. Alas! what blood wilt thou fee shed before thou findelt him! But then what glory awaits thee in the fields of Hefperia! Be mindful of the wife Mentor's counfels : if thou followest them, thy name will be glorious among all nations and in all ages.

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He faid; and immediately conducted Telemachus to the ivory door which leads out of Pluto's darkfome realm. Telemachus departed, with tears in his without being able to embrace him; and afcending from thefe gloomy regions, haftened back to the confederate camp; having in his way rejoined the two young Cretans, who had accompanied him as far ́as the cavern, and expected to fee him no more.

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SOMMAIRE.

Dans une affemblée des chefs, Télémaque fait prévaloir fon avis, pour ne pas surprendre Vénuse, laiffée par les deux partis en dépôt aux Lucaniens. Il fait voir fa fageffe à l'occafion de deux transfugės, dont l'un, nommé Acante, avoit entrepris de l'empoiSonner; l'autre, nommé Diofcore, offroit aux alliés la tête d'Adrafte. Dans le combat qui s'engage enfuite, Télémaque porte la mort par-tout où il ve pour trouver Adrafie; & ce roi, qui le cherche auffi rencontre & tue Pififirate, fils de Neftor. Philodete furvient : & dans le temps où il va percer Adrafie, il eft blessé lui-même, & obligé à fe retirer du combat. Télémaque court aux cris de fes alliés, dont Adrafie fait un carnage horrible: combat cet ennemi & lui donne la vie à des conditions qu'il lui impofe. Adrafte relevé, veut furprendre Télémaque; mais celui-ci le faifit une feconde fois, & lui ôte la vie.

CEPENDANT les chefs de l'armée s'affema

blerent, pour délibérer s'il falloit s'emparer de Vénufe. C'étoit une ville forte qu'Adrafte avoit autrefois ufurpée fur fes voifins, les Apuliens Peucetes. Ceux-ci

Télémaque, après avoir donné la vie à Idraste, est obligé de le tuer pour cauer la sienne .

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The ARGUMENT.

In an affembly of the chiefs, Telemachus prevails on them not to surprise the city of Venufium, which had been left by both parties in truft in the hands of the Lucanians. He shews his wifdom with regard to two deferters; one of them, whose name was Acanthus, had undertaken to poison him, and the other, named Diof offered the allies the head of Adrafius. In the enfuing battle Telemachus carries death wherever he goes in queft of Adraftus; and that king, who feeks him alfo, meets with and kills Pififiratus, the son of Neftor. Philodetes comes to his affifiance, and as he is about to kill Adraftus, is wounded and obliged to retire from the battle. Telemachus follows the cries of the confederates, of whom Adrafius makes a terrible havock; he engages this enemy, and gives him his life on conditions which he impofes upon him. Adrafius getting up again, attemps to furprife Telemachus, who feizes him a fecond time, and takes away his life.

IN the beate whether they should feize on VenuN the mean time the chiefs of the army affembled fium, a ftrong city, which Adraftus had formerly ufurped from his neighbours the Peucete of Apulia;

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