of Troylus and Cresseida.
18221713And mighty
states chara
cter-les are grated,
18231714To du
sty nothing, yet let memory,
18241715From falce to falce among falce mayds in loue,
18251716Vpbraid my falcehood, when th'haue
said as falce,
18261717As ayre, as water, wind or
sandy earth,
18271718As Fox to Lambe; or Wolfe to Heifers Calfe,
18281719Pard to the Hind, or
stepdame to her Sonne,
18291720Yea let them
say to
sticke the heart of fal
sehood,
18311722Pand. Go to a bargaine made,
seale it,
seale it ile bee the
18321723witnes here I hold your hand, here my Cozens, if euer you
18331724proue fal
se one, to another
since I haue taken
such paine to
18341725bring you together let all pittifull goers betweene be cald
18351726to the worlds end after my name, call them all Panders, let
18361727all con
stant men be Troylu
sses all fal
se woemen
Cressids, and
18371728all brokers betweene panders;
say Amen.
18421731Wherevpon I will
shew you a Chamber, which bed be
- 18431732cau
se it
shall not
speake of your prety encounters pre
sse it to
18451734And Cupid grant all tong-tide maydens here,
18461735Bed, chamber, Pander to prouide this geere.
Exit. 18471736Enter Vlisses, Diomed, Nestor, Agamem, Chalcas. 18491737Cal Now Princes for the
seruice I haue done,
18501738Th'aduantage of the time prompts me aloud,
18511739To call for recompence: appere it to mind,
18521740That through the
sight I beare in things to loue,
18531741I haue abandond Troy, left my po
sse
ssion,
18541742Incurd a traytors name, expo
sd my
selfe,
18551743From certaine and po
sse
st conueniences,
18561744To doubtfull fortunes,
seque
string from me all,
18571745That time acquaintance, cu
stome and condition,
18581746Made tame, and mo
st familiar to my nature:
18591747And here to doe you
seruice am become,
18601748As new into the world,
strange, vnacquainted,
18611749I do be
seech you as in way of ta
st,
18621750To giue me now a little bene
fit.
F4 Out