10921030Cass. Virgins, and boyes, mid-age, and wrinckled elders,

10931031Soft infancie, that nothing canst but crie,

10941032Adde to my clamours: let vs pay be-times

10951033A moytie of that masse of mone to come:

10961034Crie Troyans crye, practise your eyes with teares,

10971035Troy must not bee, nor goodly I lion stand.

10981036Our fire-brand brother Paris burnes vs all,

10991037Crie Troyans crie, a Helen and a woe,

11001038Crie, crie, Troy burnes, or else let Hellen goe. Exit.

11011039Hect. Now youthfull Troylus, do not these high straines

11021040Of diuination in our Sister, worke

11031041Some touches of remorse? or is your bloud

11041042So madly hott, that no discourse of reason,

11051043Nor feare of bad successe in a bad cause,

11061044Can qualifie the same?

11071045Troy. Why brother Hector,

11081046We may not thinke the iustnesse of each act

11091047Such, and no other then euent doth forme it,

11101048Nor once deiect the courage of our mindes,

11111049Because Cassandra's madde, her brain-sick raptures

11121050Cannot distast the goodnesse of a quarrell,

11131051Which hath our seuerall honors all engag'd,

11141052To make it gratious. For my priuate part,

11151053I am no more toucht then all Priams sonnes:

11161054And Ioue forbid there should be done amongst vs,

11171055Such things as might offend the weakest spleene,

11181056To fight for and maintaine.

11191057Par. Else might the world conuince of leuitie,

11201058As well my vnder-takings as your counsells,

11211059But I attest the gods, your full consent,

11221060Gaue wings to my propension, and cut off

11231061All feares attending on so dire a proiect,

11241062For what (alas) can these my single armes?

11251063What propugnation is in one mans valour

11261064To stand the push and enmitie of those

11271065This quarrell would excite? Yet I protest

11281066Were I alone to passe the difficulties,

11291067And had as ample power, as I haue will,

D3 Paris