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Troilus and Cressida

Act V, Scene 6

Another part of the plains.
 
[Enter AJAX]
 
AJAX
        ,             ,        ,         ,          ,
      Troilus,| thou cow|ard Troi|lus, show | thy head.
 
DIOMEDES
        ,          ,       ,      ,
      Troilus,| I say,| where's Troi/lus?
 
AJAX
                                                    ,
                                          What | wouldst thou?
 
DIOMEDES
      ,              ,
      I would | correct | him.
 
AJAX
                                ,    ,        ,  2
                              Were | I the | general,
        ,               ,        ,
      Thou shouldst | have my | office,
      <- ,      2     ,           ,          ,           ,
        Ere that cor|rection:|| Troilus,| I say,| what Troi|lus?
 
TROILUS
      <- ,     ,         ,  2  ->
         O | traitor || Diomed!
        ,          T     T    T      ,
      Turn thy | false face thou | traitor,
           ,          ,           x         ,         ,
      And pay | thy life | thou owest | me for | my horse.
 
DIOMEDES
      __   ___    __     ___
      Ha,| art | thou | there?
 
AJAX
             ,           ,       ,      ,    ,
      I'll fight | with him | alone,| stand Di/omed.
 
DIOMEDES
               ,   ,         ,          ,      ,
      He is / my prize,| I will | not look | upon.
 
TROILUS
             ,         ,          ,           ,         ,
      Come^both | you cog|ging Greeks,| have^at | you both.
 
[Exeunt, fighting. Enter HECTOR]
 
HECTOR
Yea Troilus? O well fought my youngest brother.
 
ACHILLES
Now do I see thee; have at thee Hector.
 
HECTOR
Pause if thou wilt.
 
ACHILLES
         ,        ,           ,         ,       ,
      I do | disdain | thy courte|sy, proud | Troyan;
          ,       ,         ,         ,        ,
      Be hap|py that | my arms | are out | of use:
           ,         ,      ,          ,            ,
      My rest | and neg|ligence | befriends | thee now,
            ,      ,            ,        ,      ,
      But thou | anon | shalt hear | of me | again:
             ,          ,         ,
      Till when,| go* seek | thy for|tune.
 
[Exit]
 
HECTOR
                                            ,           ,
                                          Fare | thee well:
          ,            ,           ,        ,       ,
      I would | have been | much^more | a fresh|er man,
       ,   2    ,         ,          ,        ,
      Had I ex|pected | thee. How*| now my | brother?
 
TROILUS
      T T    T      ,      ,          2    ,
      Ajax hath | tane Ae|neas;| shall^it be?
       ,             ,         ,       ,    2      x
      No, by | the flame | of yond|er glo|rious heaven,
                  ,   ,    2       ,     T   T   T
      He shall / not car|ry him: I'll | be tane too,
           ,          ,      T    T   T       2   ,
      Or bring | him off:| fate hear me | what I say;
          ,            ,           ,         ,       ,
      I reck | not,^though | thou end | my life | today.
 
[Exit. Enter one in sumptuous armor]
 
HECTOR
       ___     ___           ,
      Stand,| stand,| thou Greek,
            ,        ,       ,
      Thou art | a good|ly mark:  (tri with prev)
       ,              ,        ,         ,       ,
      No? Wilt^|thou not?| I like | thy arm|or well,
             ,          ,        ,         ,       ,
      I'll frush | it, and | unlock | the ri|vets all,
       ,      2      ,    3  3            ,          ,        ,
      But I'll be | master of it:| wilt thou | not beast | abide?  ??
            ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      Why then | fly^on,| I'll hunt | thee for | thy hide.
 
[Exeunt]

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