Andromache and Priam Urging Hector Not to Go to War (from Scenes from the Story of the Trojan War)

Inscription: (above, in French): [A]NDROMATA LA MORT HECTOR DOUBTANS. QU[AVOI]T SOG [IE VINT A] GENOS PLOURER / [LU]I PUTA EN GRANS PLEURS CES ENFANS. EN LUI PRIANT E[N CE] JOUR NON ALLER. / [EN] BATAILLE HECTOR SE FIST ARMER. CE NON OSTANT ET ACHEVAL MONTA. / [LE] ROY PRIAT LE CONSTRAIT RETOURNER. PAR LA PITIE QUIL PRINT DADROMATA.

(below, in Latin): ANDROMATHA DE FLENS [E]XCIDIUM. HECTORIS QD' VIDIT DORMIENDO. / OFFERT PROLEM HUIC IN REMEDIUM. PRIAMUS HUNC VOCAT RETINENDO.

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