Troilus and Cressida
Act V, Scene 6
Another part of the plains.
Ajax
1
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Troilus, thou coward Troilus, show thy head!
Diomedes
2
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Troilus, I say, where’s Troilus?
Ajax
3
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What wouldst thou?
Diomedes
4
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I would correct him.
Ajax
5 - 6
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Were I the general, thou shouldst have my office
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Ere that correction. Troilus, I say, what, Troilus!
Troilus
7 - 8
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O traitor Diomed! Turn thy false face, thou traitor,
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And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse.
Diomedes
9
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Ha, art thou there?
Ajax
10
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I’ll fight with him alone. Stand, Diomed.
Diomedes
11
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He is my prize, I will not look upon.
Troilus
12
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Come both you cogging Greeks, have at you both!
Hector
13
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Yea, Troilus? O, well fought, my youngest brother!
Achilles
14
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Now do I see thee, ha! Have at thee, Hector!
Hector
15
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Pause if thou wilt.
Achilles
16 - 20
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I do disdain thy courtesy, proud Troyan.
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Be happy that my arms are out of use;
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My rest and negligence befriends thee now,
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But thou anon shalt hear of me again;
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Till when, go seek thy fortune.
Hector
21 - 23
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Fare thee well.
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I would have been much more a fresher man,
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Had I expected thee. How now, my brother?
Troilus
24 - 28
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Ajax hath ta’en Aeneas! Shall it be?
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No, by the flame of yonder glorious heaven,
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He shall not carry him; I’ll be ta’en too,
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Or bring him off. Fate, hear me what I say!
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I reck not though I end my life today.
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Enter a Greek Knight in armor.
Hector
29 - 34
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Stand, stand, thou Greek, thou art a goodly mark.
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No? Wilt thou not? I like thy armor well;
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I’ll frush it and unlock the rivets all,
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But I’ll be master of it.
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Exit Greek Knight.
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Wilt thou not, beast, abide?
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Why then fly on, I’ll hunt thee for thy hide.
