21682045Enter at one doore AEneas, at another Paris, Deiphobus, 21692046Autemor, Diomed the Grecian with torches. 21712047Paris. See ho
? who is that there?
21732049AEne. Is the Prince there in per
son?
21742050Had I
so good occa
sion to lye long
21752051As your prince
Paris, nothing but heauenly bu
sine
sse,
21762052Should rob my bed mate of my company.
21772053Dio. That's my minde too? good morrow Lord
AEneas.
21792054Paris. A valiant Greeke
AEneas take his hand.
Witnesse
The history
21802055Witne
sse the proce
sse of your
speech
: wherein
21812056You told how
Dyomed a whole weeke by daies,
21832058AEne. Health to you valiant
sir,
21842059During all que
stion of the gentle truce:
21852060But when I meete you arm'd, as black de
fiance,
21862061As heart can thinke or courage execute.
21872062Diom. The one and other
Diomed embraces,
21882063Our blouds are now in calme, and
so long helth:
21892064Lul'd when contention, and occa
sion meete,
21902065By
Ioue ile play the hunter for thy life,
21912066With all my force, pur
suite, and pollicy.
21922067AEne. And thou
shalt hunt a Lyon that will
flie,
21932068With his face back-ward, in humane gentlene
sse:
21942069Welcome to Troy, now by
Anchises life,
21952070Welcome indeed
: by
Uenus hand I
swere:
21962071No man aliue can loue in
such a
sort,
21972072The thing he meanes to kill, more excellently.
21982073Diom. We
simpathize.
Ioue let
AEneas liue
21992074(If to my
sword his fate be not the glory)
22002075A thou
sand compleate cour
ses of the Sunne,
22012076But in mine emulous honor let him die
: 22022077With euery ioynt a wound and that to morrow------
22042079Diom. We do and long to know each other wor
se.
22052080Par. This is the mo
st de
spightfull gentle greeting,
22062081The noble
st hatefull loue that ere I heard of, what bu
sine
sse
22082083AEne. I was
sent for to the King? but why I know not.
22092084Par. His purpo
se meetes you
? twas to bring this Greeke,
22102085To
Calcho's hou
se, and there to render him:
22112086For the enfreed
Anthenor the faire
Cressid, 22122087Lets haue your company, or if you plea
se,
22132088Ha
st there before vs. I con
stantly beleeue,
22142089(Or rather call my thought a certaine knowledge)
22152090My brother
Troylus lodges there to night,
22162091Rou
se him and giue him note of our approch,
22172092With the whole quality wherefore:
I feare
of Troylus and Cresseida.
22182093I feare we
shall be much vnwelcome.
22192094AEneas. That I a
ssure you:
Troylus had rather Troy were
22202095borne to Greece, then
Cresseid borne from Troy.
22232097The bitter di
spo
sition of the time will haue it
so:
22262100Paris. And tell me noble
Diomed, faith tell me true,
22272101Euen in
soule of
sound good fellow
ship,
22282102Who in your thoughts, de
serues faire
Helen be
st,
22312105Hee merits well to haue her that doth
seeke her,
22322106Not making any
scruple of her
soyle,
22332107With
such a hell of paine, and world of charge.
22342108And you as well to keepe her, that defend her,
22352109Not pallating the ta
ste of her di
shonour
22362110With
such a co
stly lo
sse of wealth and friends,
22372111He like a puling Cuckold would drinke vp,
22382112The lees and dregs of a
flat tamed peece:
22392113You like a letcher out of whori
sh loynes,
22402114Are plea
sd to breed out your inheritors,
22412115Both merits poyzd, each weighs nor le
sse nor more,
22422116But he as he, the heauier for a whore.
22432117Paris. You are too bitter to your country-woman
22442118Diom. Shees bitter to her country, heare me P
aris, 22452119For euery falfe drop in her bawdy veines,
22462120A Grecians life hath
sunke
: for euery
scruple
22472121Of her contaminated carrion waight,
22482122A Troyan hath beene
slaine. Since
she could
speake,
22492123Shee hath not giuen
so many good words breath,
22502124As for her Greekes and Troyans
su
ffred death.
22512125Paris. Faire
Diomed you do as chapmen do,
22522126Di
sprai
se the thing that they de
sire to buy,
22532127But we in
silence hold this vertue well,
22542128Weele not commend, what wee intend to
sell. Heere lyes