Troilus and Cressida (Modern)

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10.0.13520Sound retreat. Shout.
10.0.23521Enter Agamemnon, Ajax, Menelaus, Nestor, 3522Diomed, and the rest marching [to a drum beat].
10.13523Agamemnon
 Hark. Hark. What shout is that?
10.23524Nestor
 Peace, drums.
10.2.1[Drums cease.]
10.33525[Greek] Soldiers
 Achilles. Achilles. Hector's slain. Achilles.
10.43526Diomed
 The bruit is, Hector's slain, and by Achilles.
10.53527Ajax
 If it be so, yet bragless let it be;
10.63528Great Hector was a man as good as he.
10.73529Agamemnon
 March patiently along. Let one be sent
10.83530To pray Achilles see us at our tent.
10.93531If in his death the gods have us befriended,
10.103532Great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended.
10.10.13533Exeunt [marching].

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