Dio. I would correct him. Ajax. Were I the general, thou shouldst have my office, Ere that correction.-Troilus, I say! what, Troilus! Enter TROILUS. Troi. O traitor Diomed!-turn thy false face, thou traitor, And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse! Dio. Ha; art thou there? Ajax. I'll fight with him alone: stand, Diomed. Dio. He is my prize; I will not look upon.1 Troi. Come both, you cogging Greeks; have at you both. [Exeunt, fighting. Enter HECTOR. Hec. Yea, Troilus? O, well fought, my youngest brother! Enter ACHILLES. Ach. Now do I see thee. Ha! Have at thee, Hector. Hec. Pause, if thou wilt. Ach. I do disdain thy courtesy, proud Trojan. Be happy, that my arms are out of use: My rest and negligence befriend thee now: But thou anon shalt hear of me again; Hec. [Exit. Fare thee well. I would have been much more a fresher man, Re-enter TROIlus. Troi. Ajax hath ta'en Æneas. Shall it be? Enter one in sumptuous armour. [Exit. Hec. Stand, stand, thou Greek; thou art a goodly mark. No? wilt thou not?-I like thy armour well: I'll frush 3 it, and unlock the rivets all, But I'll be master of it. Wilt thou not, beast, abide? Why then, fly on; I'll hunt thee for thy hide. [Exeunt. 1 Prevail over him. 2 Care. 3 Break. SCENE VII. The same. Enter ACHILLES, with Myrmidons. Ach. Come here about me, you my Myrmidons : Mark what I say. Attend me where I wheel: Strike not a stroke, but keep yourselves in breath; And, when I have the bloody Hector found, Empale him with your weapons round about: In fellest manner execute 1 your arms. Follow me, sirs, and my proceedings eye :— It is decreed-Hector the great must die. [Exeunt. it. SCENE VIII. The same. Enter MENELAUS and PARIS, fighting; then THERSITES. Ther. The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at Now, bull! now, dog! 'Loo, Paris, 'loo! now my double-henned sparrow! 'loo, Paris, 'loo! The bull has the game :-'ware horns, ho! [Exeunt Paris and Menelaus. Enter MARGarelon. Mar. Turn, slave, and fight. 1 Employ. Ther. What art thou? Mar. A bastard son of Priam's. Ther. I am a bastard too; I love bastards: I am a bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard in valor, in every thing illegitimate. One bear will not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? Take heed; the quarrel's most ominous to us: if the son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard. Mar. The devil take thee, coward! [Exeunt. SCENE IX. Another part of the field. Enter HECTOR. Hec. Most putrified core, so fair without, Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life. Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath Rest, sword; thou hast thy fill of blood and death! [puts off his helmet, and hangs his shield behin him. Enter ACHILLES and Myrmidons. Ach. Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set; : 'Sinking. Hec. I am unarm'd; forego this vantage, Greek. Ach. Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I [Hector falls. seek. So, Ilion, fall thou next! now, Troy, sink down! [a retreat sounded Hark! a retreat upon our Grecian part. lord. Ach. The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth, And, stickler-like,1 the armies separates. My half-supp'd sword, that frankly would have fed, Pleased with this dainty bit, thus goes to bed. [sheathes his sword. Come, tie his body to my horse's tail: Along the field I will the Trojan trail. [Exeunt. Enter AGAMEMNON, SCENE X. The same. AJAX, MENELAUS, NESTOR, DIOMEDES, and others, marching. Shouts within. Aga. Hark! hark! what shout is that? An arbitrator at athletic games was formerly named a stickler. |