This woman has behaved like Troy:
It took brave men ten years of fight
To ply without success this prey,
Which one horse brought down in a night.

Cette femme a fait comme Troie:
De braves gens sans aucun fruit
Furent dix ans à cette proie
Un cheval n'y fut qu'une nuit.

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