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13741295Agam. Why will he not vpon our faire reque
st,
13751296Vntent his per
son, and
share th'ayre with vs.
13761297Vlis. Things
small as nothing, for reque
sts
sake onely,
13771298He makes important, po
sse
st he is with greatne
sse,
13781299And
speakes not to him
selfe but with a pride,
13791300That quarrels at
selfe breath. Imagind worth,
13801301Holds in his bloud
such
swolne and hott di
scour
se,
13811302That twixt his mentall and his a
ctiue parts,
13821303Kingdomd
Achilles in commotion rages,
13831304And batters downe him
selfe. What
should I
say,
13841305He is
so plaguie proud, that the death tokens of it,
13851306Crie no recouerie.
Agam. Let
Aiax go to him,
13871307Deare Lord, go you, and greete him in his tent,
13881308'Tis
said he holds you well, and will be lead,
13891309At your reque
st a little from him
selfe.
13901310Ulis. O
Agamemnon let it not be
so,
13911311Weele con
secrate the
steps that
Aiax makes,
13921312When they go from
Achilles:
shall the proud Lord
13931313That ba
sts his arrogance with his owne
seame,
13941314And neuer
su
ffers matter of the world
13951315Enter his thoughts,
saue
such as doth reuolue,
13961316And ruminate him-
selfe:
shall he be wor
shipt,
13971317Of that we hold an idoll more then hee,
13981318No
: this thrice worthy and right valiant Lord,
13991319Shall not
so
staule his palme nobly acquird,
14001320Nor by my will a
ssubiugate his merit,
14011321As amply liked as
Achilles is, by going to
Achilles, 14021322That were to enlard his fat already pride,
14031323And adde more coles to
Cancer when he burne
s, 14041324With entertaining great
Hiperion, 14051325This Lord go to him.
Iupiter forbid,
14061326And
say in thunder
Achilles go to him.
14071327Nest. O this is well, he rubs the vaine of him.
14081328Diom. And how his
silence drinkes vp his applau
se,
14091329Aia. If I go to him: with my armed
fist ile pu
sh him ore the
(face. 14121331Aia. And he be proud with me, Ile phe
se his pride,
Vlis.