Peer Reviewed
Troilus and Cressida (Modern)
3477.1[5.8]
The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at it. 3480Now, bull. Now, dog. Loo, Paris, loo. Now, my double-henned sparrow. 3481Loo, Paris, loo. The bull has the 3482game. Ware horns, ho.
Turn, slave, and fight.
What art thou?
A bastard son of Priam's.
I am a bastard, too; I love bastards; I am a bastard begot, 3489bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard 3490in valor, in everything illegitimate. One bear will not 3491bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? Take 3492heed. The quarrel's most ominous to us: if the son of a 3493 whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment. Farewell, 3494bastard.
The devil take thee, coward.
5.8.6.1Exeunt [Thersites and Margarelon, separately].