The history
643612Succe
sse or lo
sse, what is, or is not,
serues
644613As
stu
ffe for the
se two to make paradoxes.
645614Nestor. And in the imitation of the
se twaine,
646615Who as
Vlisses sayes opinion crownes,
647616With an imperiall voyce: many are infe
ct,
648617Aiax is growne
selfe-wild, and beares his head
649618In
such a reyne, in full as proud a place
650619As broad
Achilles: keepes his Tent like him,
651620Makes fa
ctious fea
sts, railes on our
state of warre,
652621Bould as an Oracle, and
sets
Thersites 653622A
slaue, who
se gall coynes
slanders like a mint,
654623To match vs in compari
sons with durt,
655624To weaken our di
scredit, our expo
sure
656625How ranke
so euer rounded in with danger.
657626Vlisses. They taxe our pollicie, and call it cowardice,
658627Count wi
sdome as no member of the warre,
659628For
stall pre
science, and e
steeme no a
ct 660629But that of hand, the
still and mentall parts,
661630That do contriue how many hands
shall
strike,
662631When
fitne
sse calls them on, and know by mea
sure
663632Of their ob
seruant toyle the enemies waight,
664633Why this hath not a
fingers dignitie,
665634They call this bed-worke, mappry, Clo
set warre,
666635So that the Ram that batters downe the wall,
667636For the great
swinge and rudene
sse of his poi
se,
668637They place before his hand that made the engine,
669638Or tho
se that with the
finc
sse of their
soules,
670639By rea
son guide his execution.
671640Nest. Let this be granted, and
Achilles hor
se
672641Makes many
Thetis sonnes,
673642Agam. What trumpet
? looke
Menelaus.
675644Agam. What would you fore our tent.
676645AEne. Is this great
Agamemnons tent I pray you
? 678647AEne. May one that is a Herrald and a Prince,
679648Do a faire me
ssage to his Kingly eyes
? 680649Agam. With
surety
stronger then
Achill
es arme,
Fore