of Troylus and Cresseida.
760726Ile hide my
siluer beard in a gould beauer,
761727And in my vambrace put my withered braunes
762728And meeting him tell him that my Lady,
763729Was fairer then his grandam, and as cha
st,
764730As may bee in the world, (his youth in
flood
) 765731Ile proue this troth with my three drops of bloud,
766732AEne. Now heauens for-fend
such
scarcity of men.
767733Vlis. Amen
: faire Lord
AEneas let me touch your hand,
770734To our pauilion
shall I leade you
sir;
771735Achilles shall haue word of this intent,
772736So
shall each Lord of Greece from tent to tent,
773737Your
selfe
shall fea
st with vs before you goe,
774738And
finde the welcome of a noble foe.
776739Vlis. Nestor.
Nest. What
saies
Vlisses? 778740Vlis. I haue a yong conception in my braine,
779741Be you my time to bring it to
some
shape.
782743Vlis: Blunt wedges riue hard knots, the
seeded pride,
783744That hath to this maturity blowne vp
784745In ranke
Achilles, mu
st or now be cropt,
785746Or
shedding breede a nour
sery of like euill,
786747To ouer-bulk vs all.
Nest. Well and how?
788748Vlis: This challeng that the gallant
Hector sends,
789749How euer it is
spread in generall name
790750Relates in purpo
se onely to
Achilles. 791751Nest. True the purpo
se is per
spicuous as
sub
stance,
792752Who
se gro
sene
sse little chara
cters
sum vp:
793753And in the publication make no
straine,
794754But that
Achilles weare his braine, as barren,
795755As banks of libia (
though Apollo
knowes 796756Tis dry enough) will with great
speed of iudgement,
797757I with celerity
finde
Hectors purpo
se, pointing on him.
799758Vlis. And wake him to the an
swere thinke you
? 800759Nest. Why tis mo
st meete; who may you elce oppo
se,
801760That can from
Hector bring tho
se honours o
ff,
802761If not
Achilles: though't be a
sportfull combat,
803762Yet in the triall much opinion dwells:
804763For here the Troyans ta
st our deer
st repute,
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