859814Enter Aiax and Thersites. 861816 Ther. A
gamemnon, how if he had biles, full, all ouer, gene
- 864818Ther: And tho
se byles did run (
say
so), did not the gene
- 865819rall run then, were not that a botchy core.
Aiax. Dogge.
867820Ther. Then would come
some matter from him, I
see none
869822Aia: Thou bitchwolfs
son can
st thou not heare, feele then.
871823Ther. The plague of Greece vpon thee thou mongrell beefe
873825Aiax. Speake then thou vn
salted leauen,
speake, I will beate
875827Ther. I
shall
sooner raile thee into wit and holine
sse, but I
876828thinke thy hor
se will
sooner cunne an oration without
877829booke, then thou learne praier without booke, thou can
st 878830strike can
st thou? a red murrion ath thy Iades trickes.
879831Aiax. Tode-
stoole? learne me the proclamation.
880832Ther: Doo
st thou thinke I haue no
sence thou
strike
st mee
881833thus?
Aiax. The proclamation.
882834Ther: Thou art proclaim'd foole I thinke.
883835Aiax. Do not Porpentin, do not, my
fingers itch:
884836Ther. I would thou did
st itch from head to foote, and I had
885837the
scratching of the, I would make thee the loth
some
st scab
886838in Greece, when thou art forth in the incur
sions thou
strike
st Aiax:
The history
887840Aiax. I
say the proclamation.
888841Ther. Thou gromble
st and rayle
st euery houre on
Achil- 889842les, and thou art as full of enuy at his greatne
sse, as
Cerberus 890843is at P
roserpinas beauty, I that thou bark
st at him.
891844Aiax. Mi
stres T
hersites.
892845Ther. Thou
should
st strike him.
AiaxCoblofe, 894846Hee would punne thee into
shiuers with his
fist, as a
sayler
895847breakes a bi
sket, you hor
son curre. Do? do
? 897848Aiax: Thou
stoole for a witch:
898849Ther. I, Do? do? thou
sodden witted Lord, thou ha
st 899850no more braine then I haue in mine elbowes, an
Asinico 900851may tutor thee, you
scuruy valiant a
sse, thou art heere but to
901852thra
sh Troyans, and thou art bought and
sould among tho
se
902853of any wit, like a Barbarian
slaue. If thou v
se to beate mee I
903854will beginne at thy heele, and tell what thou art by ynches,
904855thou thing of no bowells thou.
905856Aiax. You dog:
Ther. You
scuruy Lord.
908858Ther. Mars his Idiot, do rudene
sse, do Camel, do, do.
910859Achil. Why how now
Aiax wherefore do yee thus,
911860How now T
hersites whats the matter man.
912861Ther. You
see him there? do you?
913862Achil. I whats the matter.
Ther: Nay looke vpon him.
915863Achil: So I do, whats the matter?
916864Ther: Nay but regard him well.
917865Achil: Well, why
so I do.
918866Ther: But yet you looke not well vpon him, for who
some
919867euer you take him to be he is
Aiax. 920868Achil. I know that foole.
921869Ther. I but that foole knowes not him
selfe.
922870Aiax: Therefore I beate thee.
923871Ther: Lo, lo, lo, lo, what
modicums of wit he vtters, his eua
- 924872sions haue eares thus long, I haue bobd his braine more then
925873he has beate my bones. It will buy nine
sparrowes for a pen
- 926874ny, and his
pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a
spar
- 927875row: this Lord (
Achilles)
Aiax, who weares his wit in his bel
- 928876ly, and his guts in his head, I tell you what I
say of him.
930877Ach. What.
Ther. I
say this
Aiax.
Achil.
of Troylus and Cresseida.
932878Achil. Nay good
Aiax.
Ther.Has not
so much wit.
934879Achil. Nay I mu
st hold you.
935880Ther. As will
stop the eye of
Hellens needle, for whom
936881he comes to
fight.
Achil.Peace foole?
938882Ther. I would haue peace and quietne
sse, but the foole
939883will not, he there, that he: looke you there
? 940884Aiax. Oh thou damned curre I
shall-------------
941885Achil. Will you
set your wit to a fooles.
942886Ther. No I warrant you, the fooles will
shame it.
943887Patro. Good words
Thesites.
Achil.Whats the quarrell.
945888Aiax. I bad the vile oule goe learne mee the tenor of the
946889proclamation, and he railes vpon me.
947890Ther. I
serue thee not?
Aiax.Well, go to, go to.
949891Ther. I
serue here voluntary.
950892Achil. Your la
st seruice was
su
ffrance: twas not voluntary,
951893no man is beaten voluntary, A
iax was here the voluntary,
952894and you as vnder an Impre
sse.
953895Ther. E'ene
so, a great deale of your witte to, lies in your
954896sinnewes, or els there bee liers,
Hector shall haue a great
955897catch and knocke at either of your beains, a were as good
956898crack a fu
sty nut with no kernell.
957899Achil. What with me to T
hersites.
958900Ther. Thers
Vlisses and old
Nestor, who
se wit was mouldy
959901ere their grand
siers had nailes, yoke you like draught oxen,
960902and make you plough vp the wars.
962904Ther. Yes good
sooth, to
Achilles, to
Aiax, to ------------
963905Aiax. I
shall cut out your tongue.
964906Ther. Tis no matter, I
shall
speake as much as thou after
-(wards.
966907Patro. No more words T
hersites peace.
967908Ther. I will hold my peace when
Achilles brooch bids me,(
shall I?
969909Achil. There's for you
Patroclus.
970910Ther. I will
see you hang'd like
Clatpoles, ere I come any
971911more to your tents, I will keepe where there is wit
stirring,
972912and leaue the fa
ction of fooles.
Exit. 974914Achil. Marry this
sir is proclaim'd through all our ho
ste,
975915That
Hector by the
fir
st houre of the Sunne:
D Will
The history
976916Will with a trumpet twixt our Tents and Troy,
977917To morrow morning call
some Knight to armes,
978918That hath a
stomack, and
such a one that dare,
979919Maintaine I know not what, (tis tra
sh) farewell-------
980920Aiax. Farewell, who
shall an
swer him.
981921Achil. I know not, tis put to lottry, otherwi
se,
983923Aiax. O meaning you? I will go learne more of it.