Troilus and Cressida (Quarto 1, 1609)
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The history
¶And there the strawy Greekes ripe for his edge
¶Fall downe before him like a mowers swath,
¶Here, there and euery where, he leaues and takes,
3400Dexterity so obaying appetite,
¶That what he will he do's, and do's so much:
Enter Vlisses.
¶Vliss. Oh courage, courage Princes, great Achilles,
3405Is arming, weeping, cursing, vowing vengeance,
¶Patroclus wounds haue rouz'd his drowzy bloud,
¶Together with his mangled Myrmidons
¶Crying on Hector, Aiax hath lost a friend,
3410And foames at mouth, and hee is armde and at it:
¶Roaring for Troylus, who hath done to day,
¶Madde and fantastique execution:
¶Engaging and redeeming of himselfe
¶Dio. I there, there?
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Enter Achilles.
¶Achil. Where is this Hector?
¶Come, come, thou boy-queller shew thy face,
¶Know what it is to meete Achilles angry
¶Hector wher's Hector? I will none but Hector.
Exit.
3430Diom. I would correct him.
¶Ere that correction?Troylus I say what Troylus.
¶
Enter Troylus.
¶Dio. Ha art thou there?
Diom.
