2740Aga. My well-fam'd Lord of Troy, no lesse to you.

2741Men. Let me confirme my Princely brothers greeting,

2742You brace of warlike Brothers, welcome hither.

2743Hect. Who must we answer?

2744AEne. The Noble Menelaus.

2745Hect. O, you my Lord, by Mars his gauntlet thanks,

2746Mocke not, that I affect th'vntraded Oath,

2747Your quondam wife sweares still by Venus Gloue

2748Shee's well, but bad me not commend her to you.

2749Men. Name her not now sir, she's a deadly Theame.

2750Hect. O pardon, I offend.

2751Nest. I haue (thou gallant Troyan) seene thee oft

2752Labouring for destiny, make cruell way

2753Through rankes of Greekish youth: and I haue seen thee

2754As hot as Perseus, spurre thy Phrygian Steed,

2755And seene thee scorning forfeits and subduments,

2756When thou hast hung thy aduanced sword i'th'ayre,

2757Not letting it decline, on the declined:

2758That I haue said vnto my standers by,

2759Loe Iupiter is yonder, dealing life.

2760And I haue seene thee pause, and take thy breath,

2761When that a ring of Greekes haue hem'd thee in,

2762Like an Olympian wrestling. This haue I seene,

2763But this thy countenance (still lockt in steele)

2764I neuer saw till now. I knew thy Grandsire,

2765And once fought with him; he was a Souldier good,

2766But by great Mars, the Captaine of vs all,

2767Neuer like thee. Let an oldman embrace thee,

2768And (worthy Warriour) welcome to our Tents.

2769AEne. 'Tis the old Nestor.

2770Hect. Let me embrace thee good old Chronicle,

2771That hast so long walk'd hand in hand with time:

2772Most reuerend Nestor, I am glad to claspe thee.

2773Ne. I would my armes could match thee in contention

2774As they contend with thee in courtesie.

2775Hect. I would they could.

2776Nest. Ha? by this white beard I'ld fight with thee to

2777morrow. Well, welcom, welcome: I haue seen the time.

2778Vlys. I wonder now, how yonder City stands,

2779When we haue heere her Base and pillar by vs.

2780Hect. I know your fauour Lord Vlysses well.

2781Ah sir, there's many a Greeke and Troyan dead,

2782Since first I saw your selfe, and Diomed

2783In Illion, on your Greekish Embassie.

2784Vlys. Sir, I foretold you then what would ensue,

2785My prophesie is but halfe his iourney yet;

2786For yonder wals that pertly front your Towne,

2787Yond Towers, whose wanton tops do busse the clouds,

2788Must kisse their owne feet.

2789Hect. I must not beleeue you:

2790There they stand yet: and modestly I thinke,

2791The fall of euery Phrygian stone will cost

2792A drop of Grecian blood: the end crownes all,

2793And that old common Arbitrator, Time,

2794Will one day end it.

2795Vlys. So to him we leaue it.

2796Most gentle, and most valiant Hector, welcome;

2797After the Generall, I beseech you next

2798To Feast with me, and see me at my Tent.

2799Achil. I shall forestall thee Lord Vlysses, thou:

2800Now Hector I haue fed mine eyes on thee,

2801I haue with exact view perus'd thee Hector,

2802And quoted ioynt by ioynt.

2803Hect. Is this Achilles?

2804Achil. I am Achilles.

2805Hect. Stand faire I prythee, let me looke on thee.

2806Achil. Behold thy fill.

2807Hect. Nay, I haue done already.

2808Achil. Thou art to breefe, I will the second time,

2809As I would buy thee, view thee, limbe by limbe.

2810Hect. O like a Booke of sport thou'lt reade me ore:

2811But there's more in me then thou vnderstand'st.

2812Why doest thou so oppresse me with thine eye?

2813Achil. Tell me you Heauens, in which part of his body

2814Shall I destroy him? Whether there, or there, or there,

2815That I may giue the locall wound a name,

2816And make distinct the very breach, where-out

2817Hectors great spirit flew. Answer me heauens.

2818Hect. It would discredit the blest Gods, proud man,

2819To answer such a question: Stand againe;

2820Think'st thou to catch my life so pleasantly,

2821As to prenominate in nice coniecture

2822Where thou wilt hit me dead?

2823Achil. I tell thee yea.

2824Hect. Wert thou the Oracle to tell me so,

2825I'ld not beleeue thee: henceforth guard thee well,

2826For Ile not kill thee there, nor there, nor there,

2827But by the forge that stythied Mars his helme,

2828Ile kill thee euery where, yea, ore and ore.

2829You wisest Grecians, pardon me this bragge,

2830His insolence drawes folly from my lips,

2831But Ile endeuour deeds to match these words,

2832Or may I neuer---

2833Aiax. Do not chafe thee Cosin:

2834And you Achilles, let these threats alone

2835Till accident, or purpose bring you too't.

2836You may euery day enough of Hector

2837If you haue stomacke. The generall state I feare,

2838Can scarse intreat you to be odde with him.

2839Hect. I pray you let vs see you in the field,

2840We haue had pelting Warres since you refus'd

2841The Grecians cause.

2842Achil. Dost thou intreat me Hector?

2843To morrow do I meete thee fell as death,

2844To night, all Friends.

2845Hect. Thy hand vpon that match.

2846Aga. First, all you Peeres of Greece go to my Tent,

2847There in the full conuiue you: Afterwards,

2848As Hectors leysure, and your bounties shall

2849Concurre together, seuerally intreat him.

2850Beate lowd the Taborins, let the Trumpets blow,

2851That this great Souldier may his welcome know. Exeunt

2852Troy. My Lord Ulysses, tell me I beseech you,

2853In what place of the Field doth Calchas keepe?

2854Ulys. At Menelaus Tent, most Princely Troylus,

2855There Diomed doth feast with him to night,

2856Who neither lookes on heauen, nor on earth,

2857But giues all gaze and bent of amorous view

2858On the faire Cressid.

2859Troy. Shall I (sweet Lord) be bound to thee so much,

2860After we part from Agamemnons Tent,

2861To bring me thither?

2862Vlys. You shall command me sir:

2863As gentle tell me, of what Honour was

2864This Cressida in Troy, had she no Louer there

2865That wailes her absence?

2866Troy. O sir, to such as boasting shew their scarres,

2867A mocke is due: will you walke on my Lord?

2868She was belou'd, she lou'd; she is, and dooth;

2869But still sweet Loue is food for Fortunes tooth. Exeunt.

2871Achil. Ile heat his blood with Greekish wine to night,