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THERSITES. Hum! |
PATROCLUS. And to procure safe conduct from Agamemnon. |
THERSITES. Agamemnon! |
PATROCLUS. Ay, my lord. |
THERSITES. Ha! |
PATROCLUS. What you say to't? |
THERSITES. God buy you, with all my heart. |
PATROCLUS. Your answer, sir. |
THERSITES. If to-morrow be a fair day, by eleven of the clock it |
will go one way or other. Howsoever, he shall pay for me ere he |
has me. |
PATROCLUS. Your answer, sir. |
THERSITES. Fare ye well, with all my heart. |
ACHILLES. Why, but he is not in this tune, is he? |
THERSITES. No, but he's out a tune thus. What music will be in him |
when Hector has knock'd out his brains I know not; but, I am sure, |
none; unless the fiddler Apollo get his sinews to make catlings |
on. |
ACHILLES. Come, thou shalt bear a letter to him straight. |
THERSITES. Let me carry another to his horse; for that's the more |
capable creature. |
ACHILLES. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirr'd; |
And I myself see not the bottom of it. |
Exeunt ACHILLES and PATROCLUS |
THERSITES. Would the fountain of your mind were clear again, that I |
might water an ass at it. I had rather be a tick in a sheep than |
such a valiant ignorance. Exit |
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ACT IV. SCENE 1. |
Troy. A street |
Enter, at one side, AENEAS, and servant with a torch; at another, |
PARIS, DEIPHOBUS, ANTENOR, DIOMEDES the Grecian, and others, with torches |
PARIS. See, ho! Who is that there? |
DEIPHOBUS. It is the Lord Aeneas. |
AENEAS. Is the Prince there in person? |
Had I so good occasion to lie long |
As you, Prince Paris, nothing but heavenly business |
Should rob my bed-mate of my company. |
DIOMEDES. That's my mind too. Good morrow, Lord Aeneas. |
PARIS. A valiant Greek, Aeneas -take his hand: |
Witness the process of your speech, wherein |
You told how Diomed, a whole week by days, |
Did haunt you in the field. |
AENEAS. Health to you, valiant sir, |
During all question of the gentle truce; |
But when I meet you arm'd, as black defiance |
As heart can think or courage execute. |
DIOMEDES. The one and other Diomed embraces. |
Our bloods are now in calm; and so long health! |
But when contention and occasion meet, |
By Jove, I'll play the hunter for thy life |
With all my force, pursuit, and policy. |
AENEAS. And thou shalt hunt a lion, that will fly |
With his face backward. In humane gentleness, |
Welcome to Troy! now, by Anchises' life, |
Welcome indeed! By Venus' hand I swear |
No man alive can love in such a sort |
The thing he means to kill, more excellently. |
DIOMEDES. We sympathise. Jove let Aeneas live, |
If to my sword his fate be not the glory, |
A thousand complete courses of the sun! |
But in mine emulous honour let him die |
With every joint a wound, and that to-morrow! |
AENEAS. We know each other well. |
DIOMEDES.We do; and long to know each other worse. |
PARIS. This is the most despiteful'st gentle greeting |
The noblest hateful love, that e'er I heard of. |
What business, lord, so early? |
AENEAS. I was sent for to the King; but why, I know not. |
PARIS. His purpose meets you: 'twas to bring this Greek |
To Calchas' house, and there to render him, |
For the enfreed Antenor, the fair Cressid. |
Let's have your company; or, if you please, |
Haste there before us. I constantly believe- |
Or rather call my thought a certain knowledge- |
My brother Troilus lodges there to-night. |
Rouse him and give him note of our approach, |
With the whole quality wherefore; I fear |
We shall be much unwelcome. |
AENEAS. That I assure you: |
Troilus had rather Troy were borne to Greece |
Than Cressid borne from Troy. |
PARIS. There is no help; |
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