a strong oath, so that none, for the sake of shewing a favour to Irus, may strike me a foul blow with heavy hand and subdue me by violence to my foe.’
So he spake, and they all swore not to strike him, as he bade them. Now when they had sworn and done that oath, the mighty prince Telemachus once more spake among them:
‘Stranger, if thy heart and lordly spirit urge thee to rid thee of this fellow, then fear not any other of the Achaeans, for whoso strikes thee shall have to fight with many. Thy host am I, and the princes consent with me, Antinous and Eurymachus, men of wisdom both.’
So spake he and they all consented thereto. Then Odysseus girt his rags about his loins, and let his Brassard de Capitaine Pas CHer thighs be seen, goodly and great, and his broad shoulders and breast and mighty arms were manifest. And Athene came nigh and Maillot Athletic Bilbao Pas CHer made greater the limbs Chicago Bears of the shepherd of the people. Then Frankrikesco Totti Tröja the wooers were exceedingly amazed, and thus would one speak looking to his neighbour:
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So they spake, and the mind of Irus was pitifully stirred; but even so the servants girded him and led him out perforce in great fear, his flesh trembling on his limbs. Then Antinous chid him, and spake and hailed him:
‘Thou lubber, better for thee that thou wert not now, nor ever hadst been born, if indeed thou Maillot Autriche Pas CHer tremblest before this man, and art so terribly afraid; an old man too he is, and foredone with the travail that is come upon him. But I will tell thee plainly, and it shall surely be accomplished. If this man prevail against thee and prove thy master, I will cast thee into a black ship, and send thee to the mainland to Echetus the king, the maimer of all mankind, who will cut off thy nose and ears with the pitiless steel, and draw out thy vitals and give them raw to dogs to rend.’
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