The history
12911219melancholy if you will fauour the man. But by my head 'tis
12921220pride: but why, why, let him
shew vs a cau
se
? 12941221Nest. What mooues
Aiax thus to bay at him?
12951222Vliss. Achillis hath inuegled his foole from him,
12981224Nest. Thē wil A
iax lack matter, if he haue lo
st his
argumẽt.
13001225Vli. No, you
see he is his argument, that has his argument
13021227Nes. All the better, their
fractiō is more our wi
sh then theit
13031228fa
ction, but it was a
strōg compo
sure a foole could di
sunite.
13051229Vli. The amity that wi
sdom knits not, folly may ea
sily vnty,
13071230Heere comes
Patroclus. Nest. No
Achilles with him.
13091231Vlis. The Elephant hath ioynts, but none for courte
sie,
13101232His legs are legs for nece
ssity, not for
flexure.
13111233Patro. Achilles bids me
say he is much
sorry,
13121234If any thing more then your
sport and plea
sure
13131235Did mooue your greatne
sse, and this noble
state,
13141236To call vpon him. He hopes it is no other
13151237But for your health, and your di
sge
stion
sake,
13181240We are too well acquainted with the
se an
swers,
13191241But his eua
sion winged thus
swift with
scorne,
13201242Cannot out-
flie our apprehen
sions,
13211243Much attribute he hath, and much the rea
son
13221244Why we a
scribe it to him. Yet all his vertues,
13231245Not vertuou
sly on his owne part beheld,
13241246Doe in our eyes begin to lo
se their glo
sse,
13251247Yea like faire fruite in an vnhol
some di
sh,
13261248Are like to rott vnta
sted. Go and tell him,
13271249We come to
speake with him, and you
shall not
sinne,
13281250If you do
say, we thinke him ouer-proud
13291251And vnder-hone
st: in
selfe a
ssumption greater
13301252Then in the note of iudgement. And worthier then him
selfe
13311253Heere tend the
sauage
strangene
sse he puts on
13321254Di
sgui
se, the holy
strength of their commaund,
13331255And vnder-write in an ob
seruing kinde,
13341256His humorous predominance: yea watch
His