of Troylus and Cresseida.
11681106And that great mindes of partiall indulgence,
11691107To their benummed wills re
sist the
same,
11701108There is a lawe in each well-orderd nation,
11711109To curbe tho
se raging appetites that are
11721110Mo
st di
sobedient and refra
cturie;
11731111If
Helen then be wife to
Sparta's King,
11741112As it is knowne
she is, the
se morrall lawes
11751113Of nature and of nations,
speake alowd
11761114To haue her back returnd: thus to per
sist 11771115In doing wrong, extenuates not wrong,
11781116But makes it much more heauie.
Hectors opinion
11791117Is this in way of truth: yet nere the le
sse,
11801118My
spritely brethren, I propend to you
11811119In re
solution to keepe
Helen still,
11821120For 'tis a cau
se that hath no meane dependance,
11831121Vpon our ioynt and
seuerall dignities.
11841122Tro. Why there you toucht the life of our de
signe:
11851123Were it not glory that we more a
ffe
cted,
11861124Then the performance of our heauing
spleenes,
11871125I would not wi
sh a drop of Troyan bloud,
11881126Spent more in her defence. But worthy
Hector, 11891127She is a theame of honour and renowne,
11901128A
spurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
11911129Who
se pre
sent courage may beate downe our foes,
11921130And fame in time to come canonize vs,
11931131For I pre
sume braue
Hector would not loo
se
11941132So rich aduantage of a promi
sd glory,
11951133As
smiles vpon the fore-head of this a
ction,
11981136You valiant o
ffspring of great
Priamus, 11991137I haue a roi
sting challenge
sent among
st 12001138The dull and fa
ctious nobles of the Greekes,
12011139VVill
shrike amazement to their drow
sie
spirits,
12021140I was aduertizd, their great generall
slept,
12031141VVhil
st emulation in the armie crept:
12041142This I pre
sume will wake him.
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