26232473All. The Troyans trumpet.

26242474Agam. Yonder comes the troup.

26252475AEne. Haile all the state of Greece: what shalbe done,

26262476To him that victory commands, or doe you purpose,

26272477A victor shalbe knowne, will you the knights

26282478Shall to the edge of all extremity

26292479Pursue each other, or shall they be diuided,

26302480By any voice or order of the field, Hector bad aske?

26312481Aga. Which way would Hector haue it?

26322482AEne. He cares not, heele obay condicions.

26332483Aga: Tis done like Hector, but securely done,

26342484A little proudly, and great deale misprising:

26352485The knight oppos'd.

26362486AEne. If not Achilles sir, what is your name?

26372487Achil. If not Achilles nothing:

26382488Ene: Therefore Achilles, but what ere know this,

26392489In the extremity of great and little:

26402490Valour and pride excell themselues in Hector

26412491The one almost as infinite as all,

26422492The other blanke as nothing, way him well:

26432493And that which lookes like pride is curtesie,

26442494This Aiax is halfe made of Hectors bloud,

26452495In loue whereof, halfe Hector staies at home,

26462496Halfe heart, halfe hand, halfe Hector comes to seeke:

26472497This blended knight halfe Troyan, and halfe Greeke.

26482498Achil. A maiden battell then, Oh I perceiue you.

26492499Aga. Here is sir Diomed? go gentle knight,

26502500Stand by our Aiax. As you and Lord Eneas

26512501Consent vpon the order of their fight,

26522502So be it, either to the vttermost,

26532503Or els a breath, the combatants being kin,

26542504Halfe stints their strife, before their strokes begin.

26562505Vlisses: what Troyan is that same that lookes so heauy?

26572506Vlis. The yongest sonne of Priam, a true knight,

26592507Not yet mature, yet matchlesse firme of word,

26602508Speaking deeds, and deedlesse in his tongue,

26612509Not soone prouok't nor beeing prouok't soone calm'd,

26622510His heart and hand both open and both free.

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