The Trojans in wonder and with growing pity urge him to explain himself. He at last proceeds, having with an apparent effort regained his self control (77-104):
All things and truly will I tell to thee,
O king, whatever comes, nor will I seek
To hide that I am Grecian born. This first;
For though in woe my fate has plunged me deep
It shall not make me false and faithless too.
If any chance report has touched your ears
With Palamedes’ name, great Belus’ son,
Whom, though he was all innocent of guile,
Yet still, because his voice was ever raised