Troilus and Cressida (Modern)

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9.0.13496Enter Hector [with the armor he has won].
9.13497Hector
 Most putrifièd core, so fair without,
9.23498Thy goodly armor thus hath cost thy life.
9.33499Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath.
9.43500Rest, sword. Thou hast thy fill of blood and death.
9.4.1[Hector disarms.] 3501Enter Achilles and his Myrmidons.
9.53502Achilles
 Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set,
9.63503How ugly night comes breathing at his heels,
9.73504Even with the vail and darking of the sun
9.83505To close the day up. Hector's life is done.
9.93506Hector
 I am unarmed; forgo this vantage, Greek.
9.103507Achilles
 Strike, fellows, strike. This is the man I seek.
9.10.1[They kill Hector.]
9.113508So, Ilium, fall thou; now, Troy, sink down;
9.123509Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone.
9.133510On, Myrmidons, cry you all amain,
9.143511"Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain."
9.14.1Retreat [sounds from both sides].
9.153512Hark, a retreat upon our Grecian part.
9.163513[Myrmidon]
 The Trojan trumpets sounds the like, my lord.
9.173514Achilles
 The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth
9.183515And, stickler-like, the armies separates.
9.193516My half-supped sword, that frankly would have fed,
9.203517Pleased with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.
9.20.1[Achilles sheathes his sword.]
9.213518Come, tie his body to my horse's tail;
9.223519Along the field I will the Trojan trail.
9.22.1Exeunt [dragging the body].

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