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721688And euery Greeke of mettell let him know,
722689 What Troy meanes fairely,
shall be
spoke alowd.
Soundtrumpet. 724690We haue great
Agamemnon heere in Troy,
725691A Prince calld
Hector, Priam is his father,
726692Who in his dull and long continued truce,
727693Is re
stie growne: He bad me take a Trumpet,
728694And to this purpo
se
speake. Kings, Princes, Lords,
729695If there be one among the fair'
st of Greece,
730696That holds his honour higher then his ea
se,
731697And feeds his prai
se, more then he feares his perill,
732698That knowes his valour, and knowes not his feare,
733699That loues his Mi
stre
sse more then in confe
ssion,
734700(With truant vowes to her owne lips he loues)
735701And dare avowe her beautie, and her worth,
736702In other armes then hers: to him this challenge;
737703Hector in view of Troyans and of Greekes,
738704Shall make it good, or do his be
st to do it:
739705He hath a Lady, wi
ser, fairer, truer,
740706Then euer Greeke did couple in his armes,
741707And will tomorrow with his Trumpet call,
742708Mid-way betweene your tents and walls of Troy,
743709To rouze a Grecian that is true in loue
: 744710If any come,
Hector shall honor him:
745711If none, heele
say in Troy when he retires,
746712The Grecian dames are
sun-burnt, and not worth
747713The
splinter of a Launce. Euen
so much.
748714Agam. This
shall be told our louers Lord
AEneas, 749715If none of them haue
soule in
such a kinde,
750716We left them all at home, but we are
souldiers,
751717And may that
souldier a meere recreant prooue,
752718That meanes not, hath not, or is not in loue:
753719If then one is, or hath a meanes to be,
754720That one meetes
Hector: if none el
se I am he.
755721Nest. Tell him of
Nestor, one that was a man
756722When
Hectors grand-
sire
suckt. He is old now,
757723But if there be not in our Grecian ho
ste,
758724A noble man that hath no
sparke of
fire
759725To an
swer for his loue, tell him from me,
Ile