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Book 2, Lines 149–151

Achilles Denounces Agamemnon

A

O thou impudent! of no good but thine owne,

Euer respectfull; but of that, with all craft, couetous;

With what heart can a man attempt, a seruice dangerous,

Or at thy voice be spirited, to flie vpon a foe,

Thy mind thus wretched?

B

O Tyrant, arm'd with Insolence and Pride!

Inglorious Slave to Int'rest, ever join'd

With Fraud, unworthy of a Royal Mind.

What gen'rous Greek obedient to thy Word,

Shall form an Ambush, or shall lift the Sword?

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