The history
24962359I with great truth catch mere
simplicity,
24972360Whil
st some with cunning guild their copper crownes,
24982361With truth and plaine
sse I do were mine bare:
25002362Feare not my truth, the morrall of my wit,
25012363Is plaine and true
? ther's all the reach of it,
25022364Welcome
sir
Diomed, here is the Lady,
25032365Which for
Antenor we deliuer you.
25042366At the port (Lord) Ile giue her to thy hand,
25052367And by the way po
sse
sse thee what
she is
25062368Entreate her faire, and by my
soule faire Greeke,
25072369If ere thou
stand at mercy of my
sword:
25082370Name
Cressid, and thy life
shalbe as
safe,
25112373So plea
se you
saue the thankes this Prince expe
cts
: 25122374The lu
stre in your eye, heauen in your cheeke,
25132375Pleades your faire v
sage, and to
Diomed, 25142376You
shalbe mi
stres, and command him wholy.
25152377Troy. Grecian thou do'
st not v
se me curteou
sly,
25162378To
shame the
seale of my petition to thee:
25172379In prai
sing her. I tell thee Lord of Greece,
25182380She is as farre high
soaring ore thy prai
ses:
25192381As thou vnworthy to be call'd her
seruant,
25202382I charge thee v
se her well, euen for my charge:
25212383For by the dreadfull P
luto, if thou do
st not,
25222384Though the great bulke
Achilles be thy guard,
25242386Diom. Oh be not mou'd Prince
Troylus, 25252387Let me be priueledg'd by my place and me
ssage
: 25262388To be a
speaker free
? when I am hence,
25272389Ile an
swer to my lu
st, and know you Lord
25282390Ile nothing do on charge, to her owne worth,
25292391Shee
shalbe priz'd: but that you
say be't
so,
25302392I
speake it in my
spirit and honour no.
25312393Troy. Come to the port Ile tel thee
Diomed, 25322394This braue
shall oft make thee to hide thy head,
25332395Lady giue me your hand, and as we walke,
25342396To our owne
selues bend we our needfull talke.
Paris.