lolchos by a certain Pelias, who would also have
killed Jason, had he not been hidden in the Cen-
taar's cave. And, being come to the strength of
a man, Jason determined to set all this business
to rights, and to punish the wicked Pelias for
wronging his dear father, and to cast him down
from the throne, and seat himself there instead.

With this intention, he took a spear in each
hand, and threw a leopard's skin over his shoul-
ders, to keep off the rain, and set forth on his
travels, with his long yellow ringlets waving in
the wind. The part of his dress on which he
most prided himself was a pair of sandals, that
had been his father's. They were handsomely
embroidered, and were tied upon his feet with
strings of gold. But his whole attire was such
as people did not very often see; and as he
passed along, the women and children ran to
the doors and windows, wondering whither this
beautiful youth was journeying, with his leop-
ard's skin and his golden-tied sandals, and what
heroic deeds he meant to perform, with a spear
in his right hand and another in his left.

I know not how far Jason had travelled, when
he came to a turbulent river, which rushed right

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