Chapter X: Act IV: SCENE I. Troy. A street

_Enter, at one side_, ÆNEAS, _and_ Servant _with a torch; at
the other_, PARIS, DEIPHOBUS, ANTENOR, DIOMEDES, _and
others, with torches_.[1820]

_Par._ See, ho! who is that there?[1821][1822]

_Dei._ It is the Lord Æneas.[1822]

_Æne._ Is the prince there in person?[1823]
Had I so good occasion to lie long
As you, Prince Paris, nothing but heavenly business[1824] 5
Should rob my bed-mate of my company.

_Dio._ That's my mind too. Good morrow, Lord Æneas.

_Par._ A valiant Greek, Æneas,--take his hand,--
Witness the process of your speech, wherein[1825]
You told how Diomed a whole week by days[1825][1826] 10
Did haunt you in the field.[1827]

_Æne._ Health to you, valiant sir,[1828]
During all question of the gentle truce;[1829]
But when I meet you arm'd, as black defiance
As heart can think or courage execute. 15

_Dio._ The one and other Diomed embraces.[1830]
Our bloods are now in calm; and, so long, health;
But when contention and occasion meet,[1831]
By Jove, I'll play the hunter for thy life
With all my force, pursuit and policy.[1832] 20

_Æne._ And thou shalt hunt a lion, that will fly
With his face backward. In humane gentleness,[1833]
Welcome to Troy! now, by Anchises' life,
Welcome, indeed! By Venus' hand I swear,
No man alive can love in such a sort 25
The thing he means to kill more excellently.

_Dio._ We sympathise. Jove, let Æneas 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, 30
With every joint a wound, and that to-morrow.[1834]

_Æne._ We know each other well.[1835]

_Dio._ We do; and long to know each other worse.[1835]

_Par._ This is the most despiteful gentle greeting,[1836]
The noblest hateful love, that e'er I heard of.[1837][1838] 35
What business, lord, so early?[1837]

_Æne._ I was sent for to the king; but why, I know not.

_Par._ His purpose meets you: 'twas to bring this Greek[1839]
To Calchas' house; and there to render him,[1840]
For the enfreed Antenor, the fair Cressid: 40
Let's have your company, or, if you please,
Haste there before us. I constantly do think,[1841]
Or rather, call my thought a certain knowledge,
My brother Troilus lodges there to-night:
Rouse him and give him note of our approach, 45
With the whole quality wherefore: I fear[1842][1843]
We shall be much unwelcome.[1843]

_Æne._ That I assure you:[1844][1845]
Troilus had rather Troy were borne to Greece[1844]
Than Cressid borne from Troy.[1844]

_Par._ There is no help;
The bitter disposition of the time[1846] 50
Will have it so. On, lord; we'll follow you.[1846]

_Æne._ Good morrow, all. [_Exit with Servant._[1847]

_Par._ And tell me, noble Diomed, faith, tell me true,[1848]
Even in the soul of sound good-fellowship,[1849]
Who, in your thoughts, deserves fair Helen best,[1850] 55
Myself or Menelaus?

_Dio._ Both alike:
He merits well to have her that doth seek her,
Not making any scruple of her soilure,[1851]
With such a hell of pain and world of charge;
And you as well to keep her, that defend her, 60
Not palating the taste of her dishonour,
With such a costly loss of wealth and friends:
He, like a puling cuckold, would drink up
The lees and dregs of a flat tamed piece;
You, like a lecher, out of whorish loins 65
Are pleased to breed out your inheritors:
Both merits poised, each weighs nor less nor more,[1852]
But he as he, the heavier for a whore.[1853]

_Par._ You are too bitter to your countrywoman.

_Dio._ She's bitter to her country: hear me, Paris: 70
For every false drop in her bawdy veins
A Grecian's life hath sunk; for every scruple
Of her contaminated carrion weight,
A Trojan hath been slain: since she could speak,
She hath not given so many good words breath 75
As for her Greeks and Trojans suffer'd death.

_Par._ Fair Diomed, you do as chapmen do,
Dispraise the thing that you desire to buy:[1854]
But we in silence hold this virtue well,
We'll not commend what we intend to sell.[1855] 80
Here lies our way. [_Exeunt._

SCENE II. _Court of Pandarus' house._[1856]

_Enter_ TROILUS _and_ CRESSIDA.

_Tro._ Dear, trouble not yourself: the morn is cold.

_Cres._ Then, sweet my lord, I'll call mine uncle down;[1857]
He shall unbolt the gates.

_Tro._ Trouble him not;
To bed, to bed: sleep kill those pretty eyes,[1858]
And give as soft attachment to thy senses 5
As infants' empty of all thought![1859]

_Cres._ Good morrow, then.

_Tro._ I prithee now, to bed.

_Cres._ Are you a-weary of me?

_Tro._ O Cressida! but that the busy day,
Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows,[1860]
And dreaming night will hide our joys no longer,[1861] 10
I would not from thee.

_Cres._ Night hath been too brief.

_Tro._ Beshrew the witch! with venomous wights she stays[1862]
As tediously as hell, but flies the grasps of love[1863]
With wings more momentary-swift than thought.[1864]
You will catch cold, and curse me.

_Cres._ Prithee, tarry:[1865] 15
You men will never tarry.[1865][1866]
O foolish Cressid! I might have still held off,[1866][1867]
And then you would have tarried. Hark! there's one up.[1868]

_Pan._ [_Within_] What, 's all the doors open here?[1869]

_Tro._ It is your uncle. 20

_Cres._ A pestilence on him! now will he be mocking:
I shall have such a life!

_Enter_ PANDARUS.[1870]

_Pan._ How now, how now! how go maidenheads?[1871]
Here, you maid! where's my cousin Cressid?[1871][1872]

_Cres._ Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle! 25
You bring me to do--and then you flout me too.[1873]

_Pan._ To do what? to do what? let her say what:[1874]
what have I brought you to do?[1874]

_Cres._ Come, come, beshrew your heart! you'll ne'er[1875]
be good, nor suffer others.[1875] 30

_Pan._ Ha, ha! Alas, poor wretch! a poor capocchia![1876]
hast not slept to-night? would he not, a naughty man, let
it sleep? a bugbear take him!

_Cres._ Did not I tell you? would he were knock'd i'the
head! [_One knocks._[1877][1878]
Who's that at door? good uncle, go and see.[1878] 35
My lord, come you again into my chamber.[1878]
You smile and mock me, as if I meant naughtily.[1878][1879]

_Tro._ Ha, ha!

_Cres._ Come, you are deceived, I think of no such thing.

[_Knocking._[1880]

How earnestly they knock! Pray you, come in: 40
I would not for half Troy have you seen here.

[_Exeunt Troilus and Cressida._[1881]

_Pan._ Who's there? what's the matter? will you beat[1882]
down the door? How now! what's the matter?

_Enter_ ÆNEAS.[1883]

_Æne._ Good morrow, lord, good morrow.[1884]

_Pan._ Who's there? my Lord Æneas! By my troth,[1885][1886] 45
I knew you not: what news with you so early?[1885][1887]

_Æne._ Is not prince Troilus here?

_Pan._ Here! what should he do here?

_Æne._ Come, he is here, my lord; do not deny him:
It doth import him much to speak with me. 50

_Pan._ Is he here, say you? 'tis more than I know, I'll[1888]
be sworn: for my own part, I came in late. What should[1889]
he do here?

_Æne._ Who! nay, then: come, come, you'll do him[1890][1891]
wrong ere you are ware: you'll be so true to him, to be[1891][1892] 55
false to him: do not you know of him, but yet go fetch[1891][1893]
him hither; go.[1891]

_Re-enter_ TROILUS.[1894]

_Tro._ How now! what's the matter?

_Æne._ My lord, I scarce have leisure to salute you,
My matter is so rash: there is at hand[1895] 60
Paris your brother and Deiphobus,
The Grecian Diomed, and our Antenor
Deliver'd to us; and for him forthwith,[1896]
Ere the first sacrifice, within this hour,
We must give up to Diomedes' hand[1897] 65
The Lady Cressida.

_Tro._ Is it so concluded?[1898]

_Æne._ By Priam and the general state of Troy.[1899]
They are at hand and ready to effect it.[1900]

_Tro._ How my achievements mock me![1901]
I will go meet them: and, my Lord Æneas, 70
We met by chance; you did not find me here.

_Æne._ Good, good, my lord; the secrets of nature[1902][1903]
Have not more gift in taciturnity.[1902]

[_Exeunt Troilus and Æneas._[1904]

_Pan._ Is't possible? no sooner got but lost? The devil[1905]
take Antenor! the young prince will go mad: a plague 75
upon Antenor! I would they had broke's neck!

_Re-enter_ CRESSIDA.[1906]

_Cres._ How now! what's the matter? who was here?

_Pan._ Ah, ah![1907]

_Cres._ Why sigh you so profoundly? where's my lord?
gone! Tell me, sweet uncle, what's the matter? 80

_Pan._ Would I were as deep under the earth as I am
above!

_Cres._ O the gods! What's the matter?

_Pan._ Prithee, get thee in: would thou hadst ne'er been[1908]
born! I knew thou wouldst be his death: O, poor gentleman! 85
A plague upon Antenor!

_Cres._ Good uncle, I beseech you, on my knees I beseech[1909]
you, what's the matter?[1909]

_Pan._ Thou must be gone, wench, thou must be gone;
thou art changed for Antenor: thou must to thy father,[1910] 90
and be gone from Troilus: 'twill be his death; 'twill be his
bane; he cannot bear it.[1911]

_Cres._ O you immortal gods! I will not go.

_Pan._ Thou must.

_Cres._ I will not, uncle: I have forgot my father;[1912] 95
I know no touch of consanguinity;
No kin, no love, no blood, no soul so near me
As the sweet Troilus. O you gods divine!
Make Cressid's name the very crown of falsehood,
If ever she leave Troilus! Time, force, and death,[1913] 100
Do to this body what extremes you can;[1914]
But the strong base and building of my love
Is as the very centre of the earth,
Drawing all things to it. I'll go in and weep,--[1915]

_Pan._ Do, do. 105

_Cres._ Tear my bright hair and scratch my praised cheeks,[1916]
Crack my clear voice with sobs and break my heart
With sounding Troilus. I will not go from Troy. [_Exeunt._[1917]

SCENE III. _Before Pandarus' house._[1918]

_Enter_ PARIS, TROILUS, ÆNEAS, DEIPHOBUS, ANTENOR, _and_
DIOMEDES.

_Par._ It is great morning, and the hour prefix'd
For her delivery to this valiant Greek[1919]
Comes fast upon: good my brother Troilus,[1920]
Tell you the lady what she is to do,
And haste her to the purpose.

_Tro._ Walk into her house;[1921] 5
I'll bring her to the Grecian presently:
And to his hand when I deliver her,
Think it an altar, and thy brother Troilus
A priest, there offering to it his own heart. [_Exit._[1922]

_Par._ I know what 'tis to love; 10
And would, as I shall pity, I could help!
Please you walk in, my lords. [_Exeunt._

SCENE IV. _A room in Pandarus' house._[1923]

_Enter_ PANDARUS _and_ CRESSIDA.

_Pan._ Be moderate, be moderate.

_Cres._ Why tell you me of moderation?
The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste,
And violenteth in a sense as strong[1924]
As that which causeth it: how can I moderate it?[1924][1925] 5
If I could temporise with my affection,[1926]
Or brew it to a weak and colder palate,
The like allayment could I give my grief:
My love admits no qualifying dross;[1927]
No more my grief, in such a precious loss. 10

_Enter_ TROILUS.[1928]

_Pan._ Here, here, here he comes. Ah, sweet ducks![1929]

_Cres._ O Troilus! Troilus! [_Embracing him._[1930]

_Pan._ What a pair of spectacles is here! Let me embrace
too. 'O heart,' as the goodly saying is,[1931]

'O heart, heavy heart,[1932] 15
Why sigh'st thou without breaking?'[1932][1933]

where he answers again,

'Because thou canst not ease thy smart[1934]
By friendship nor by speaking.'[1934][1935]

There was never a truer rhyme. Let us cast away nothing, 20
for we may live to have need of such a verse: we see it, we
see it. How now, lambs!

_Tro._ Cressid, I love thee in so strain'd a purity,[1936]
That the blest gods, as angry with my fancy,
More bright in zeal than the devotion which 25
Cold lips blow to their deities, take thee from me.[1937]

_Cres._ Have the gods envy?

_Pan._ Ay, ay, ay, ay; 'tis too plain a case.[1938]

_Cres._ And is it true that I must go from Troy?

_Tro._ A hateful truth.

_Cres._ What, and from Troilus too? 30

_Tro._ From Troy and Troilus.

_Cres._ Is it possible?[1939]

_Tro._ And suddenly; where injury of chance[1940]
Puts back leave-taking, justles roughly by[1941]
All time of pause, rudely beguiles our lips
Of all rejoindure, forcibly prevents 35
Our lock'd embrasures, strangles our dear vows[1942]
Even in the birth of our own labouring breath:
We two, that with so many thousand sighs
Did buy each other, must poorly sell ourselves[1943]
With the rude brevity and discharge of one.[1944] 40
Injurious time now with a robber's haste[1945]
Crams his rich thievery up, he knows not how:
As many farewells as be stars in heaven,
With distinct breath and consign'd kisses to them,
He fumbles up into a loose adieu,[1946] 45
And scants us with a single famish'd kiss,
Distasted with the salt of broken tears.[1947]

_Æneas._ [_Within_] My lord, is the lady ready?[1948]

_Tro._ Hark! you are call'd: some say the Genius so[1949]
Cries 'Come!' to him that instantly must die.[1949] 50
Bid them have patience; she shall come anon.

_Pan._ Where are my tears? rain, to lay this wind, or my[1950]
heart will be blown up by the root. [_Exit._[1950][1951]

_Cres._ I must then to the Grecians?[1952]

_Tro._ No remedy.[1953]

_Cres._ A woeful Cressid 'mongst the merry Greeks![1954] 55
When shall we see again?[1955]

_Tro._ Hear me, my love: be thou but true of heart.[1955][1956]

_Cres._ I true! how now! what wicked deem is this?

_Tro._ Nay, we must use expostulation kindly,[1957]
For it is parting from us:[1957] 60
I speak not 'be thou true,' as fearing thee;
For I will throw my glove to Death himself,
That there's no maculation in thy heart:[1958]
But 'be thou true' say I, to fashion in
My sequent protestation; be thou true,[1959] 65
And I will see thee.[1959]

_Cres._ O, you shall be exposed, my lord, to dangers
As infinite as imminent: but I'll be true.

_Tro._ And I'll grow friend with danger. Wear this sleeve.[1960]

_Cres._ And you this glove. When shall I see you?[1961] 70

_Tro._ I will corrupt the Grecian sentinels,
To give thee nightly visitation.[1962]
But yet, be true.[1962]

_Cres._ O heavens! 'Be true' again!

_Tro._ Hear why I speak it, love:[1963]
The Grecian youths are full of quality;[1963][1964] 75
They're loving, well composed with gifts of nature,[1963]
And flowing o'er with arts and exercise:[1963]
How novelties may move and parts with person,[1965]
Alas, a kind of godly jealousy--[1966]
Which, I beseech you, call a virtuous sin-- 80
Makes me afeard.[1967]

_Cres._ O heavens! you love me not.

_Tro._ Die I a villain then!
In this I do not call your faith in question,
So mainly as my merit: I cannot sing,[1968]
Nor heel the high lavolt, nor sweeten talk, 85
Nor play at subtle games; fair virtues all,
To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant:
But I can tell that in each grace of these
There lurks a still and dumb-discoursive devil
That tempts most cunningly: but be not tempted. 90

_Cres._ Do you think I will?[1969]

_Tro._ No:[1970]
But something may be done that we will not:
And sometimes we are devils to ourselves,
When we will tempt the frailty of our powers,[1971] 95
Presuming on their changeful potency.[1972]

_Æne._ [_Within_] Nay, good my lord!

_Tro._ Come, kiss; and let us part.

_Par._ [_Within_] Brother Troilus!

_Tro._ Good brother, come you hither;
And bring Æneas and the Grecian with you.

_Cres._ My lord, will you be true?[1973] 100

_Tro._ Who, I? alas, it is my vice, my fault:
Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion,[1974]
I with great truth catch mere simplicity;
Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns,[1975]
With truth and plainness I do wear mine bare.[1976] 105
Fear not my truth: the moral of my wit[1977]
Is 'plain and true;' there's all the reach of it.[1978]

_Enter_ ÆNEAS, PARIS, ANTENOR, DEIPHOBUS, _and_ DIOMEDES.[1979]

Welcome, Sir Diomed! here is the lady[1980]
Which for Antenor we deliver you:[1981]
At the port, lord, I'll give her to thy hand; 110
And by the way possess thee what she is.
Entreat her fair; and, by my soul, fair Greek,
If e'er thou stand at mercy of my sword,
Name Cressid, and thy life shall be as safe
As Priam is in Ilion.

_Dio._ Fair Lady Cressid,[1982] 115
So please you, save the thanks this prince expects:
The lustre in your eye, heaven in your cheek,
Pleads your fair usage; and to Diomed[1983]
You shall be mistress, and command him wholly.

_Tro._ Grecian, thou dost not use me courteously, 120
To shame the zeal of my petition to thee[1984]
In praising her: I tell thee, lord of Greece,[1985]
She is as far high-soaring o'er thy praises
As thou unworthy to be call'd her servant.
I charge thee use her well, even for my charge; 125
For, by the dreadful Pluto, if thou dost not,
Though the great bulk Achilles be thy guard,
I'll cut thy throat.[1986]

_Dio._ O, be not moved, Prince Troilus:
Let me be privileged by my place and message
To be a speaker free; when I am hence, 130
I'll answer to my lust: and know you, lord,[1987]
I'll nothing do on charge: to her own worth
She shall be prized; but that you say 'Be't so,'
I'll speak it in my spirit and honour 'No!'[1988]

_Tro._ Come, to the port. I'll tell thee, Diomed,[1989] 135
This brave shall oft make thee to hide thy head.
Lady, give me your hand; and, as we walk,
To our own selves bend we our needful talk.

[_Exeunt Troilus, Cressida, and Diomedes._
[_A trumpet sounds._[1990]

_Par._ Hark! Hector's trumpet.

_Æne._ How have we spent this morning!
The prince must think me tardy and remiss, 140
That swore to ride before him to the field.[1991]

_Par._ 'Tis Troilus' fault: come, come, to field with him.[1992]

_Dei._ Let us make ready straight.[1993][1994]

_Æne._ Yea, with a bridegroom's fresh alacrity,[1993]
Let us address to tend on Hector's heels:[1993] 145
The glory of our Troy doth this day lie[1993]
On his fair worth and single chivalry. [_Exeunt._[1993][1995]

SCENE V. _The Grecian camp. Lists set out._

_Enter_ AJAX, _armed_; AGAMEMNON, ACHILLES, PATROCLUS, MENELAUS,
ULYSSES, NESTOR, _and others_.[1996]

_Agam._ Here art thou in appointment fresh and fair,
Anticipating time with starting courage.[1997]
Give with thy trumpet a loud note to Troy,
Thou dreadful Ajax, that the appalled air
May pierce the head of the great combatant[1998] 5
And hale him hither.[1998]

_Ajax._ Thou, trumpet, there's my purse.[1999]
Now crack thy lungs, and split thy brazen pipe:
Blow, villain, till thy sphered bias cheek[2000]
Outswell the colic of puff'd Aquilon:[2001]
Come, stretch thy chest, and let thy eyes spout blood; 10
Thou blow'st for Hector. [_Trumpet sounds._[2002]

_Ulyss._ No trumpet answers.

_Achil._ 'Tis but early days.[2003]

_Agam._ Is not yond Diomed, with Calchas' daughter?[2004]

_Ulyss._ 'Tis he, I ken the manner of his gait;
He rises on the toe: that spirit of his[2005] 15
In aspiration lifts him from the earth.

_Enter_ DIOMEDES, _with_ CRESSIDA.[2006]

_Agam._ Is this the Lady Cressid?[2007]

_Dio._ Even she.

_Agam._ Most dearly welcome to the Greeks, sweet lady.[2008][2009]

Nest. Our general doth salute you with a kiss.[2010]

_Ulyss._ Yet is the kindness but particular;[2010][2011][2012] 20
'Twere better she were kiss'd in general.[2010][2011]

_Nest._ And very courtly counsel: I'll begin.[2010][2011]
So much for Nestor.[2009][2011]

_Achil._ I'll take that winter from your lips, fair lady:[2013]
Achilles bids you welcome.[2009] 25

_Men._ I had good argument for kissing once.

_Patr._ But that's no argument for kissing now;
For thus popp'd Paris in his hardiment,[2014]
And parted thus you and your argument.[2009][2015]

_Ulyss._ O deadly gall, and theme of all our scorns! 30
For which we lose our heads to gild his horns.

_Patr._ The first was Menelaus' kiss; this, mine:
Patroclus kisses you.[2016]

_Men._ O, this is trim!

_Patr._ Paris and I kiss evermore for him.

_Men._ I 'll have my kiss, sir. Lady, by your leave. 35

_Cres._ In kissing, do you render or receive?[2017]

_Patr._ Both take and give.

_Cres._ I'll make my match to live,[2018]
The kiss you take is better than you give;[2019]
Therefore no kiss.[2019]

_Men._ I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one. 40

_Cres._ You're an odd man; give even, or give none.[2020]

_Men._ An odd man, lady! every man is odd.

_Cres._ No, Paris is not; for, you know, 'tis true,
That you are odd, and he is even with you.

_Men._ You fillip me o' the head.[2021]

_Cres._ No, I'll be sworn. 45

_Ulyss._ It were no match, your nail against his horn.
May I, sweet lady, beg a kiss of you?

_Cres._ You may.

_Ulyss._ I do desire it.

_Cres._ Why, beg then.[2022]

_Ulyss._ Why then, for Venus' sake, give me a kiss,
When Helen is a maid again, and his.[2023] 50

_Cres._ I am your debtor; claim it when 'tis due.

_Ulyss._ Never's my day, and then a kiss of you.[2024]

_Dio._ Lady, a word: I 'll bring you to your father.[2025]

[_Exit with Cressida._[2026]

_Nest._ A woman of quick sense.[2025]

_Ulyss._ Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,[2027] 55
Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out
At every joint and motive of her body.
O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue,[2028]
That give a coasting welcome ere it comes,[2029]
And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts 60
To every ticklish reader! set them down[2030]
For sluttish spoils of opportunity[2031]
And daughters of the game. [_Trumpet within._[2032]

_All._ The Trojans' trumpet.

_Agam._ Yonder comes the troop.

_Flourish. Enter_ HECTOR, _armed_; ÆNEAS, TROILUS, _and other_
Trojans, _with_ Attendants.[2033]

_Æne._ Hail, all the state of Greece! what shall be done[2034] 65
To him that victory commands? or do you purpose[2035]
A victor shall be known? will you the knights
Shall to the edge of all extremity
Pursue each other, or shall they be divided[2036]
By any voice or order of the field?[2037] 70
Hector bade ask.[2037]

_Agam._ Which way would Hector have it?

_Æne._ He cares not; he'll obey conditions.

_Achil._ Tis done like Hector; but securely done,[2038][2039]
A little proudly, and great deal misprizing[2038][2040]
The knight opposed.[2041]

_Æne._ If not Achilles, sir, 75
What is your name?

_Achil._ If not Achilles, nothing.[2041]

_Æne._ Therefore Achilles: but, whate'er, know this:[2042]
In the extremity of great and little,[2042]
Valour and pride excel themselves in Hector;[2043]
The one almost as infinite as all, 80
The other blank as nothing. Weigh him well,[2044]
And that which looks like pride is courtesy.
This Ajax is half made of Hector's blood:
In love whereof, half Hector stays at home;
Half heart, half hand, half Hector comes to seek[2045] 85
This blended knight, half Trojan and half Greek.

_Achil._ A maiden battle then? O, I perceive you.

_Re-enter_ DIOMEDES.[2046]

_Agam._ Here is Sir Diomed. Go, gentle knight,[2047]
Stand by our Ajax: as you and Lord Æneas
Consent upon the order of their fight, 90
So be it; either to the uttermost,[2048]
Or else a breath: the combatants being kin[2049]
Half stints their strife before their strokes begin.

[_Ajax and Hector enter the lists._[2050]

_Ulyss._ They are opposed already.[2051]

_Agam._ What Trojan is that same that looks so heavy?[2051][2052] 95

_Ulyss._ The youngest son of Priam, a true knight,[2053]
Not yet mature, yet matchless, firm of word,[2054]
Speaking in deeds and deedless in his tongue,[2055]
Not soon provoked nor being provoked soon calm'd;
His heart and hand both open and both free;[2056] 100
For what he has he gives, what thinks he shows;[2056]
Yet gives he not till judgement guide his bounty,
Nor dignifies an impair thought with breath;[2057]
Manly as Hector, but more dangerous;
For Hector in his blaze of wrath subscribes 105
To tender objects, but he in heat of action[2058]
Is more vindicative than jealous love:[2059]
They call him Troilus, and on him erect
A second hope, as fairly built as Hector.
Thus says Æneas; one that knows the youth 110
Even to his inches, and with private soul
Did in great Ilion thus translate him to me.

[_Alarum. Hector and Ajax fight._[2060]

_Agam._ They are in action.[2061]

_Nest._ Now, Ajax, hold thine own!

_Tro._ Hector, thou sleep'st;[2062]
Awake thee![2062] 115

_Agam._ His blows are well disposed: there, Ajax![2063]

_Dio._ You must no more. [_Trumpets cease._

_Æne._ Princes, enough, so please you.[2064]

_Ajax._ I am not warm yet; let us fight again.

_Dio._ As Hector pleases.

_Hect._ Why, then will I no more:
Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son, 120
A cousin-german to great Priam's seed;
The obligation of our blood forbids
A gory emulation 'twixt us twain:
Were thy commixtion Greek and Trojan so,[2065]
That thou couldst say 'This hand is Grecian all, 125
And this is Trojan; the sinews of this leg
All Greek, and this all Troy; my mother's blood[2066]
Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister
Bounds in my father's;' by Jove multipotent,
Thou shouldst not bear from me a Greekish member 130
Wherein my sword had not impressure made
Of our rank feud: but the just gods gainsay[2067]
That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,[2068]
My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword
Be drained! Let me embrace thee, Ajax:[2069] 135
By him that thunders, thou hast lusty arms;
Hector would have them fall upon him thus:
Cousin, all honour to thee!

_Ajax._ I thank thee, Hector:
Thou art too gentle and too free a man:
I came to kill thee, cousin, and bear hence 140
A great addition earned in thy death.

_Hect._ Not Neoptolemus so mirable,[2070]
On whose bright crest Fame with her loud'st Oyes
Cries 'This is he,' could promise to himself[2071]
A thought of added honour torn from Hector. 145

_Æne._ There is expectance here from both the sides,
What further you will do.

_Hect._ We'll answer it;
The issue is embracement: Ajax, farewell.[2072]

_Ajax._ If I might in entreaties find success,--
As seld I have the chance--I would desire 150
My famous cousin to our Grecian tents.

_Dio._ 'Tis Agamemnon's wish; and great Achilles
Doth long to see unarm'd the valiant Hector.

_Hect._ Æneas, call my brother Troilus to me:
And signify this loving interview 155
To the expecters of our Trojan part;
Desire them home. Give me thy hand, my cousin;
I will go eat with thee, and see your knights.[2073]

_Ajax._ Great Agamemnon comes to meet us here.

_Hect._ The worthiest of them tell me name by name; 160
But for Achilles, my own searching eyes[2074]
Shall find him by his large and portly size.

_Agam._ Worthy of arms! as welcome as to one[2075]
That would be rid of such an enemy;
But that's no welcome: understand more clear,[2076] 165
What's past and what's to come is strew'd with husks[2076]
And formless ruin of oblivion;[2076]
But in this extant moment, faith and troth,[2076]
Strain'd purely from all hollow bias-drawing,[2076][2077]
Bids thee, with most divine integrity,[2076] 170
From heart of very heart, great Hector, welcome.

_Hect._ I thank thee, most imperious Agamemnon.

_Agam._ [_To Troilus_] My well-famed lord of Troy, no less to you.

_Men._ Let me confirm my princely brother's greeting;
You brace of warlike brothers, welcome hither. 175

_Hect._ Who must we answer?

_Æne._ The noble Menelaus.[2078]

_Hect._ O, you, my lord! by Mars his gauntlet, thanks![2079]
Mock not, that I affect the untraded oath;[2080]
Your quondam wife swears still by Venus' glove:[2081]
She's well, but bade me not commend her to you. 180

_Men._ Name her not now, sir; she's a deadly theme.

_Hect._ O, pardon; I offend.

_Nest._ I have, thou gallant Trojan, seen thee oft,
Labouring for destiny, make cruel way
Through ranks of Greekish youth; and I have seen thee, 185
As hot as Perseus, spur thy Phrygian steed,
Despising many forfeits and subduements,[2082]
When thou hast hung thy advanced sword i' the air,[2083]
Not letting it decline on the declined,
That I have said to some my standers by[2084] 190
'Lo, Jupiter is yonder, dealing life!'
And I have seen thee pause and take thy breath,
When that a ring of Greeks have hemm'd thee in,[2085]
Like an Olympian wrestling: this have I seen;[2086]
But this thy countenance, still lock'd in steel, 195
I never saw till now. I knew thy grandsire,
And once fought with him: he was a soldier good;
But, by great Mars the captain of us all,
Never like thee. Let an old man embrace thee;[2087]
And, worthy warrior, welcome to our tents. 200

_Æne._ 'Tis the old Nestor.

_Hect._ Let me embrace thee, good old chronicle,
That hast so long walk'd hand in hand with time:
Most reverend Nestor, I am glad to clasp thee.

_Nest._ I would my arms could match thee in contention, 205
As they contend with thee in courtesy.[2088]

_Hect._ I would they could.

_Nest._ Ha![2089]
By this white beard, I'ld fight with thee to-morrow:
Well, welcome, welcome!--I have seen the time.[2090] 210

_Ulyss._ I wonder now how yonder city stands
When we have here her base and pillar by us.[2091]

_Hect._ I know your favour, Lord Ulysses, well.
Ah, sir, there's many a Greek and Trojan dead,
Since first I saw yourself and Diomed 215
In Ilion, on your Greekish embassy.[2092]

_Ulyss._ Sir, I foretold you then what would ensue:
My prophecy is but half his journey yet;
For yonder walls, that pertly front your town,[2093]
Yond towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds,[2094] 220
Must kiss their own feet.

_Hect._ I must not believe you:
There they stand yet; and modestly I think,
The fall of every Phrygian stone will cost
A drop of Grecian blood: the end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,[2095] 225
Will one day end it.[2095]

_Ulyss._ So to him we leave it.
Most gentle and most valiant Hector, welcome:
After the general, I beseech you next
To feast with me and see me at my tent.

_Achil._ I shall forestall thee, Lord Ulysses, thou![2096] 230
Now, Hector, I have fed mine eyes on thee;
I have with exact view perused thee, Hector,[2097]
And quoted joint by joint.[2097][2098]

_Hect._ Is this Achilles?

_Achil._ I am Achilles.[2099]

_Hect._ Stand fair, I pray thee: let me look on thee.[2100] 235

_Achil._ Behold thy fill.

_Hect._ Nay, I have done already.

_Achil._ Thou art too brief: I will the second time,[2101]
As I would buy thee, view thee limb by limb.[2102]

_Hect._ O, like a book of sport thou'lt read me o'er;
But there's more in me than thou understand'st. 240
Why dost thou so oppress me with thine eye?

_Achil._ Tell me, you heavens, in which part of his body
Shall I destroy him? whether there, or there, or there?[2103]
That I may give the local wound a name,
And make distinct the very breach whereout 245
Hector's great spirit flew: answer me, heavens!

_Hect._ It would discredit the blest gods, proud man,
To answer such a question: stand again:
Think'st thou to catch my life so pleasantly
As to prenominate in nice conjecture 250
Where thou wilt hit me dead?

_Achil._ I tell thee, yea.

_Hect._ Wert thou an oracle to tell me so,[2104]
I'ld not believe thee. Henceforth guard thee well;
For I'll not kill thee there, nor there, nor there;
But, by the forge that stithied Mars his helm,[2105] 255
I'll kill thee every where, yea, o'er and o'er.
You wisest Grecians, pardon me this brag;
His insolence draws folly from my lips;
But I'll endeavour deeds to match these words,
Or may I never--

_Ajax._ Do not chafe thee, cousin: 260
And you, Achilles, let these threats alone
Till accident or purpose bring you to't:
You may have every day enough of Hector,[2106]
If you have stomach: the general state, I fear,
Can scarce entreat you to be odd with him.[2107] 265

_Hect._ I pray you, let us see you in the field:
We have had pelting wars since you refused[2108]
The Grecians' cause.[2108]

_Achil._ Dost thou entreat me, Hector?
To-morrow do I meet thee, fell as death;[2109]
To-night all friends.[2109]

_Hect._ Thy hand upon that match.[2110] 270

_Agam._ First, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent;
There in the full convive we: afterwards,[2111]
As Hector's leisure and your bounties shall
Concur together, severally entreat him.[2112]
Beat loud the tabourines, let the trumpets blow,[2112] 275
That this great soldier may his welcome know.

[_Exeunt all but Troilus and Ulysses._[2113]

_Tro._ My Lord Ulysses, tell me, I beseech you.[2114]
In what place of the field doth Calchas keep?

_Ulyss._ At Menelaus' tent, most princely Troilus:
There Diomed doth feast with him to-night; 280
Who neither looks upon the heaven nor earth,[2115]
But gives all gaze and bent of amorous view
On the fair Cressid.

_Tro._ Shall I, sweet lord, be bound to you so much,[2116]
After we part from Agamemnon's tent, 285
To bring me thither?

_Ulyss._ You shall command me, sir.
As gentle tell me, of what honour was[2117]
This Cressida in Troy? Had she no lover there[2118]
That wails her absence?[2118]

_Tro._ O, sir, to such as boasting show their scars, 290
A mock is due. Will you walk on, my lord?
She was beloved, she loved; she is, and doth:[2119]
But still sweet love is food for fortune's tooth. [_Exeunt._

FOOTNOTES:

[1820] ACT IV. SCENE I.] Rowe. om. Q Ff.

Troy.] Rowe (ed. 1).

A street.] Theobald.

Enter ...] Malone (following Capell). Enter at one doore Æneas, at another Paris, Deiphobus, Autemor, Diomed the Grecian with torches. Q. Enter ...Æneas with a Torch ... Diephœbus, Anthenor ... Ff (Deiphobus F₂ F₃ F₄).

[1821] Par.] Patr. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1822] _who is ... It is_] _who's ...'Tis_ Steevens, reading as verse.

[1823] Æne.] Æne. [to his Ser.] Capell.

[1824] _you_] _your_ Q.

_nothing_] _nought_ Pope.

[1825] _speech, wherein You_] _speech: wherein You_ Q. _speech within; You_ Ff.

[1826] _a_] Q. _in a_ Ff.

_week_] _week,_ Rowe.

[1827] _haunt_] _hunt_ Upton conj.

_the field_] Q F₁ F₂. _a field_ F₃ F₄.

[1828] _valiant_] om. Steevens conj.

[1829] _question_] _quiet_ Johnson conj. (withdrawn).

[1830] _other_] _th' other_ Rowe.

[1831] _But_] Ff. _Lul'd_ Q.

_meet_] _meetes_ F₁.

[1832] _force, pursuit_] _fierce pursuit_ Collier MS.

[1833] _backward. In humane gentleness,_] Warburton. _back--In human gentleness,_ Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _back-ward, in humane gentlenessse:_ Q. _backward, in humaine gentlenesse:_ Ff.

[1834] _to-morrow._] Ff. _to morrow--_Q.

[1835] _We know ... long_] As one line, S. Walker conj.

[1836] _despiteful_] _despightfull_ Q. _despightful'st_ Ff.

_despiteful gentle_] _despiteful-gentle_ S. Walker conj.

[1837] _The noblest ... early?_] As in Ff. As prose in Q.

[1838] _noblest hateful_] _noblest-hateful_ S. Walker conj.

[1839] _'twas_] _twas_ Q. _it was_ Ff.

[1840] _Calchas'_] Pope. _Calcho's_ Q. _Calcha's_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _Calchas's_ F₄.

[1841] _us_] om. Pope.

_do think_] Ff. _beleeve_ Q.

[1842] _wherefore:_] Q. _whereof,_ Ff. _thereof,_ Capell conj.

[1843] _I fear ... unwelcome_] As in Ff. One line in Q.

[1844] _That ... Troy_] As in Ff. As prose in Q.

[1845] _I_] om. Pope.

[1846] _The bitter ... so_] As in Pope. One line in Q Ff.

[1847] [Exit with Servant.] Dyce. Exit Æneas. Ff. om. Q.

[1848] _faith_] om. Pope.

[1849] _the_] om. Q.

_sound good-fellowship_] _good sound fellowship_ Rowe.

[1850] _deserves ... best_] Q. _merits ... most_] Ff. _merits ... best_ Capell.

[1851] _soilure_] _soyle_ Q.

[1852] _nor ... nor_] Q. _no ... nor_ Ff.

[1853] _he as he, the ... whore._] Q. _he as he, which ... whore._ Ff. _he as he, with ... whore._ Rowe. _he as you, the ... whore._ Hanmer. _he as he, each ... whore._ Dyce (Johnson and Heath conj.) _he as he: which ... whore?_ Knight (Johnson conj.)

[1854] _you desire_] Ff. _they desire_ Q.

[1855] _not_] _but_ Collier (Jackson conj.)

_commend_] _condemn_ Tyrwhitt conj.

_what_] _till_ Anon. conj. (Gent. Mag. Vol. LX.). _without_ Edd. conj.

_we intend to sell_] Q Ff. _w' intend not to sell_ Hanmer. _we intend not sell_ Warburton.

[1856] SCENE II.] Pope.

Court of ...] Capell. Pandarus's house. Theobald.

[1857] _call mine_] Q. _call my_ Ff.

[1858] _kill_] _seal_ Rowe (ed. 2). _still_ Jackson conj.

[1859] _infants'_] Capell. _infants_ Q Ff.

[1860] _hath_] _has_ F₄.

_ribald_] _rabble_ Ingleby conj.

[1861] _joys_] Q. _eyes_ Ff.

[1862] _venomous_] _wretched_ Long. MS.

[1863] _As tediously_] Q. _As hidiously_ Ff. _Tedious_ Pope.

[1864] _momentary-swift_] Pope. _momentary swift_ Q. _momentary, swift_ F₁. _momentary, swifter_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1865] _Prithee ... tarry_] As in Capell. One line in Q Ff.

[1866] _You men ... Cressid!_] _You men ... Cressida_ Hanmer (as one line, ending the next at _would_).

[1867] _Cressid_] _Cressida_ F₄.

[1868] _would have tarried._] _would Have tarried longer._ Hanmer.

_there's_] _there is_ Hanmer.

[1869] _What, 's all_] _What's all_ Ff. _Whats all_ Q. _What! all_ Hanmer.

[1870] Enter Pandarus.] Capell. After line 20 in Ff. om. Q.

[1871] _How now ... Cressid?_] As in Pope. As two lines in Q Ff.

[1872] _Here_] _Heere_ Q. _Heare_ F₁ F₂. _Hear_ F₃ F₄.

[1873] _to do ... me too_] _first to do ... me_ Capell conj.

_do--_] F₃ F₄. _to doo--_ Q F₁. _doe--_ F₂.

[1874] _To do ... do?_] Prose in Pope. Two lines in Q Ff.

[1875] _Come ... others_] Prose in Q Ff. As verse by Capell, reading as one line _Come ... good._

[1876] _a poor_] _ah, poor_ Dyce (S. Walker conj.)

_capocchia_] Theobald. _chipochia_ Q Ff. _Capocchio_ Collier.

[1877] _Did ... head_] As in Q. Prose in Ff.

_i' the_] _ith'_ Q F₁ F₂ F₃. _i' th'_ F₄. _o' th'_ Pope.

[One knocks.] Ff (after line 33). In Q it is put after line 35.

[1878] _Did ... naughtily_] Prose in Pope.

[1879] _as if_] _as_ Steevens conj.

[1880] [Knocking.] Knock. Q Ff (after line 40).

[1881] [Exeunt ...] Capell. Exeunt. Q Ff.

[1882] Pan.] Pan. [going to the door]. Capell.

[1883] _door?_] _door?_ [opening it.] Capell.]

Enter Æneas.] Rowe. om. Q Ff.

[1884] SCENE III. Pope.

[1885] _Who's there ... early?_] As in Pope. Prose in Q Ff.

[1886] _there?...Æneas!_] _there?...Æneas?_ Pope. _there my lord Æneas:_ Q. _there my lord Æneas?_ F₁. _there, my lord Æneas?_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1887] _knew_] _know_ F₂.

[1888] _'tis_] Ff. _its_ Q.

[1889] _in_] om. Rowe (ed. 2).

[1890] _Who!_] _Who,_ Q Ff. _Pho!_ Theobald. _Whoo!_ Johnson.

[1891] _come, come ... hither_] As three lines by Capell.

[1892] _you are ware_] Q. _y'are ware_ Ff. _y'are aware_ Rowe.

[1893] _but yet_] _yet_ Steevens (1793).

[1894] Re-enter Troilus.] Enter Troylus. Ff. om. Q. As Pandarus is going out, Enter Troilus. Theobald.

[1895] _rash_] _harsh_ Rowe.

[1896] _to us; and for him_] _to us, and for him_ Ff. _to him, and_ Q. _by him; and for him_ Collier conj.

[1897] _Diomedes'_] _Diomeds_ F₁.

[1898] _so concluded_] Q. _concluded so_ Ff.

[1899] _and_] _an_ F₂.

[1900] _effect_] _affect_ F₂.

[1901] _my_] Q F₁. _may_ F₂ F₃. _many_ F₄.

[1902] _Good ... Have not_] As one line by Keightley.

[1903] _secrets of nature_] Ff. _secrets of neighbor Pandar_ Q. _secret'st things of nature_ Theobald. _secretest of natures_ Hanmer. _secret'st things in nature_ Capell conj. _secrets even of nature_ Heath conj. _secretest of nature_ Malone conj. _secrecies of nature_ Singer (Steevens conj.) _secret springs of nature_ Jackson conj. _secret laws of nature_ Collier MS. _secretairs of nature_ or _secretaries of nature_ Staunton conj.

[1904] _taciturnity_] _taciturnity than I_ Keightley.

[Exeunt ...] Capell. Exeunt. Q Ff.

[1905] SCENE IV.] Pope.

[1906] Re-enter Cressida.] Dyce. Enter Cress. Q. Enter Pandarus and Cressid. Ff (after line 73). Enter Cressida to Pandarus. Theobald (after line 73).

[1907] _Ah, ah!_] Q. _Ah, ha!_ Ff.

[1908] _Prithee_] F₄. _Pray thee_ Q. _Prythee_ F₁. _Prethee_ F₂ F₃.

[1909] _knees I beseech you_] Ff. _knees_ Q. _knees, 'Beseech you_ Capell (reading as verse).

[1910] _to_] _go to_ Rowe.

[1911] _bane_] Q F₃ F₄. _baine_ F₁ F₂.

[1912] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.

[1913] _force_] Q. _orce_ F₁. om. F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1914] _extremes_] _extreames_ Q. _extremitie_ Ff.

[1915] _things_] om. Pope.

_I'll_] _Ile_ Q. _I will_ Ff.

_weep,--_] Theobald. _weepe._ Q Ff.

[1916] _hair_] _heire_ F₁.

[1917] _I will_] _I'll_ Pope.

_go_] om. Steevens conj.

[Exeunt.] Ff. om. Q.

[1918] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope.

Before ...] Theobald.

[1919] _For_] Q. _Of_ Ff.

[1920] _upon_] _upon us_ Pope.

_good_] _now, good_ Capell.

[1921] _into_] _in to_ F₂.

[1922] _to it_] _on it_ Capell.

_own_] Q. om. Ff.

[Exit.] Exit Troilus. Capell. om. Q Ff.

[1923] SCENE IV.] Capell. SCENE VI. Pope.

A room ...] An Apartment in Pandarus's House. Theobald.

[1924] _violenteth in ... As that which_] Q. _no lesse in ... As that which_ F₁ F₂. _no less in ... as that, Which_ F₃ F₄. _in its sense is no less strong, that that Which_ Pope.

[1925] _moderate_] Q F₁ F₂. _mod'rate_ F₃ F₄.

[1926] _affection_] Ff. _affections_ Q.

[1927] _dross_] _drosse_ Q. _crosse_ Ff.

[1928] Enter Troilus.] As in Q. In Ff (after line 9).

[1929] _Ah, sweet ducks!_] Capell. _a sweete ducks._ Q. _a sweet ducke._ Ff. _a, sweet duck!_ Theobald.

[1930] [Embracing him.] Malone. throwing herself upon him. Capell. om. Q Ff.

[1931] _heart_] _hart_ F₁.

_goodly_] _godly_ Keightley.

[1932] _O heart ... breaking?_] O _heart, O heavy ... breaking?_ Pope (first reading as verse). As prose in Q Ff.

[1933] _sigh'st_] _sighst_ Q. _sighest_ F₁. _sittest_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1934] _Because ... speaking._] As verse first by Pope. Prose in Q Ff.

[1935] _friendship_] _silence_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[1936] _Cressid_] _Cressida_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_strain'd_] Q. _strange_ Ff.

[1937] _deities_] _dieties_ Q.

[1938] _Ay, ay, ay, ay,_] _I, I, I, I,_ Q Ff. _Ay, ay_ Pope.

[1939] _Is it_] Rowe. _Is't_ Q F₄. _Ist_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[1940] _where_] _while_ Rowe.

[1941] _justles_] _iussles_ Q.

[1942] _embrasures_] _embraces_ Pope.

[1943] _Did buy each other_] _Each other bought_ Pope.

[1944] _one._] Pope. _one,_ Q. _one;_ F₃ F₄. _our_ F₁ F₂.

[1945] _time now_] Q. _time, now_ F₃ F₄. _time; now_ F₁ F₂. _time; who_ Long MS.

[1946] _into a_] Q F₁. _in a_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _all in one_ Rowe. _into one_ Collier MS.

[1947] _Distasted_] Q. _Distasting_ Ff.

[1948] Æneas. [Within] Q. Enter Æneus. Æneas within. Ff.

_My lord,_] _My lord! lord Troilus!_ Capell, reading as verse.

[1949] _Genius so Cries 'Come!'_] _Genius Cries so_ Q.

[1950] _rain, ... heart_] _rain, rain, ... poor heart_ Capell, reading as verse.

[1951] _the root_] Ff. _my throate_ Q.

[Exit.] Exit Pandarus. Theobald. om. Q Ff.

[1952] _Grecians?_] Ff. _Grecians._ Q.

[1953] _remedy._] Ff. _remedy?_ Q.

[1954] Cres. _A ... Greeks!_] Omitted by Pope.

[1955] _When ... Tro. Hear_] As in Q. Troy. _When ... againe?_ Troy. _Heare_ F₁. Troy. _When ... againe? Heare_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[1956] _my_] om. Q.

_heart._] Q Ff. _heart--_ Rowe.

[1957] _kindly, For ... us_] _Kindly, for ... us both_ (as one line) Anon. conj.

[1958] _there's_] Ff. _there is_ Q.

[1959] _My ... thee_] As in Ff. One line in Q.

[1960] _And ... sleeve._] One line in Q. Two in Ff.

_Wear_] _were_ Q.

[1961] _And ... you?_] One line in Q. Two in Ff.

_you?_] _you then?_ Hanmer.

[1962] _To give ... true._] As in Ff. One line in Q.

[1963] _Hear ... exercise:_] See note (XI).

[1964] _quality_] _qualities_ S. Walker conj.

[1965] _novelties ... person_] Ff. _novelty ... portion._ Q.

_and parts with person_] _with parts in 'portion_ Becket conj.

[1966] _godly_] _goodly_ Collier MS.

[1967] _afeard_] Q. _affraid_ Ff.

[1968] _mainly_] _manly_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[1969] _Do ... will?_] _How? do ... will be tempted?_ Seymour conj.

_you ... will?_] Q. _you ... will:_ F₁. _not ... will:_ F₂. _not ... will._ F₃ F₄.

[1970] _No:_] Put in a separate line first by Pope.

[1971] _will tempt_] _will attempt_ (Rowe ed. 1). _attempt_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[1972] _on their changeful_] _their unchangeful_ Singer. _on their chainful_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[1973] F₁ F₂ here insert the word 'Exit.'

[1974] _Whiles others_] Q F₁. _Whiles other_ F₂ F₃. _While others_ F₄.

[1975] _Whilst_] _While_ Rowe.

[1976] _wear_] _were_ Q.

[1977] _moral_] _motto_ Johnson conj.

[1978] _'plain and true'_] put in italics by Johnson.

[1979] Enter ...] Pope. Enter the Greekes. Ff (after line 105). Omitted in Q.

[1980] SCENE VII. Pope.

[1981] _Which_] _Whom_ Pope.

[1982] _Ilion_] F₃ F₄. _Illion_ Q F₁ F₂.

_Fair_] om. Pope.

[1983] _Pleads_] _Plead_ Hanmer.

_usage_] Q F₃ F₄. _visage_ F₁ F₂.

[1984] _zeal_] Theobald (Warburton). _seale_ Q F₁ F₂. _seal_ F₃ F₄.

_to thee_] Q. _towards_ Ff. _towards thee_ Rowe.

[1985] _In praising_] Q. _I praising_ Ff. _By praising_ Rowe.

[1986] _thy_] _thy thy_ F₂.

[1987] _my lust_] _my list_ Pope. _thy last_ Collier MS. _my lure_ Jervis conj. _my host_ Grant White conj. _my trust_ Staunton conj.

_know you, lord_] _know you Lord_ Q. _know my Lord_ Ff.

[1988] _I'll_] _I_ Q.

[1989] _Come,_] Theobald. _Come_ Q Ff.

_I'll tell_] _I tell_ Capell.

[1990] [Exeunt ... Diomedes.] Malone (Ritson conj.) Exeunt Tro. and Cre. Capell. Omitted in Q Ff.

A trumpet sounds.] Sound Trumpet. Ff. om. Q].

[1991] _to the field_] Q. _in the field_ Ff.

[1992] [Exeu. Q. Exeunt. Ff.

[1993] Dei. _Let ... chivalry._] Omitted in Q.

[1994] Dei.] Malone (Ritson conj.) Dio. Ff. Rann (Ritson and Mason conj.) continues _Let ... straight_ to Paris.

[1995] [Exeunt.] Rowe. om. Ff.

[1996] SCENE V.] Capell. SCENE II. Rowe. SCENE VIII. Pope.

The Grecian ... out.] The Grecian ... out. Attendants, and People, waiting. Flourish. Capell. The Grecian camp. Rowe.

Nestor, and others.] Nestor, &c. Theobald. Nestor, Calcas, &c. Q Ff.

[1997] _time with ... courage._] Theobald. _time. With ... courage,_ Q Ff.

_starting_] _startling_ Collier MS.

[1998] _May ... hither_] As in Ff. Prose in Q.

[1999] _hale_] _hail_ Collier conj.

_Thou_] om. Pope.

[2000] _bias_] _Boreas_ Heath conj.

[2001] _colic_] _collick_ Q. _collicke_ F₁ F₂. _cholick_ F₃ F₄. _choler_ Anon. conj.

[2002] _blow'st_] Pope. _blowest_ Q Ff.

[Trumpet sounds.] Hanmer. om. Q Ff.

[2003] Ulyss. _No trumpet answers._] om. Seymour conj.

_No_] _Yet no_ Hanmer.

_'Tis ... days_] _'Tis ... day_ Pope. _It is ... day_ Hanmer. _'Tis ... yet_ Seymour conj.

[2004] _Is not yond_] Q. _Is not yong_ F₁. _Is not young_ F₂. _Is't not young_ F₃ F₄.

[2005] _the toe_] Ff. _the too_ Q. _his toe_ Rowe.

[2006] Enter ...] Enter Diomed and Attendants, with Cressida. Capell. Enter Dio. Cres. F₂ F₃ (after _days_, line 12). Enter Diomede and Cressid. F₄ (after _days_, line 12). Omitted in Q F₁.

[2007] _Cressid_] _Cressida_ Rowe.

[2008] _Most ... lady_] As in Q. Prose in Ff.

[2009] [Kissing her. Collier (Collier MS.)

[2010] Nest. _Our general ... you._] Put in the margin by Pope.

[2011] _Yet ... Nestor_] As verse first by Pope in the margin. Prose in Q Ff.

[2012] _the_] Q F₁. _your_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

[2013] _your_] _you_ F₂.

[2014] [Putting him back. Collier (Collier MS.)

[2015] _And ... argument_] Q. Omitted in Ff. _And parted you and your same argument_ Collier MS.

[2016] _Patroclus_] _Patrolus_ Q.

_you._] _you._ [Kissing her again. Collier (Collier MS.)

[2017] _receive?_] F₃ F₄. _receive_ Q F₁ F₂.

[2018] Patr.] Men. Grant White (Tyrwhitt conj.)

_take and give_] _give and take_ S. Walker conj.

_live_] _give_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[2019] _The kiss ... kiss_] As verse first by Pope. Prose in Q Ff.

[2020] _You're_] Capell. _You are_ Q Ff.

[2021] _o'the_] _o'th'_ F₄. _a'th_ Q. _a'th'_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[2022] _desire it_] _desire't_ Dyce conj.

_then._] Q _then?_ Ff. _two_ Johnson conj. _too_ Ritson conj. _then, do_ Dyce conj.

[2023] Given to Cressida by Singer. _his._] Capell. _his--_ Q Ff.

[2024] _Never's ... you_] Continued to Cressida, Johnson conj. (withdrawn), reading _for you_.

[2025] Dio. _Lady ... father_. Nest. _A ... sense._] Transposed by Theobald.

[2026] [Exit ...] Diomede leads out Cressida. Theobald. Diomedes leads out Cressida, then returns. Rowe. Omitted in Q Ff.

[2027] _language_] _a language_ F₁.

[2028] _encounterers_] Q F₁. _encounters_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _encounters, are_ Rowe. _so_] _tho'_ Hanmer.

[2029] _That_] _They_ Rowe (ed. 2).

_a coasting_] Q Ff. _accosting_ Grant White (Theobald conj.) _occasion_ Collier (Collier MS.) _a cousting_ Delius conj. _accoasting_ Anon. conj. _accourting_ Anon. conj.

[2030] _ticklish_] Q. _tickling_ Ff.

[2031] _sluttish_] _skittish_ Collier conj.

[2032] [Trumpet within.] Theobald. om. Q. Exeunt. Ff. (Exennt. F₁.)

[2033] _Trojans'_] Theobald. _Troyans_ Q. _Troians_ F₁ F₂ F₃. _Trojans_ F₄. _Trojan's_ Delius conj.

Flourish. Enter ...] Malone (following Capell). Flowrish enter all of Troy. Q (after line 63). Enter all of Troy, Hector, Paris, Æneas, Helenus and Attendants. Florish. Ff (Florish. om. F₂ F₃ F₄), after line 63.

[2034] _the state_] Q. _you state_ Ff.

[2035] _commands_] _crowns_ S. Walker conj. _commends_ Anon. conj.

[2036] _they_] Q. om. Ff.

[2037] _By ... field?... ask._] As in Rowe (ed. 2). _By ... field ... aske?_ Q, reading as one line. _By ... field: ... aske?_ Ff.

[2038] Achil.] Pope Ed. 2 (Theobald, from Dryden's version). Aga. Q Ff.

[2039] Achil. _'Tis done ... proudly,_] Achil. _'Tis done like Hector._ Agam. _But securely done._ Achil. _A little proudly,_ or Agam. _'Tis done like Hector: not securely done._ Achil. _A little proudly,_ Theobald conj.

[2040] _misprizing_] _misprising_ Q. _disprising_ Ff.

[2041] _The knight ... nothing_] Arranged as by Theobald.

[2042] _this: In_] _this, Is_ Rowe (ed. 1). _this Is_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[2043] _excel_] _parcell_ Warburton.

[2044] _Weigh_] _way_ Q.

[2045] _comes_] _come_ Pope.

[2046] Re-enter ...] Re-enter Diomede. Theobald. Omitted in Q Ff.

[2047] _Sir Diomed_] Q F₃ F₄. _sir, Diomed_ F₁ F₂.

[2048] _uttermost_] _utterance_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[2049] _breath_] Q. _breach_ Ff.

[2050] [Ajax ... lists.] Ajax ... lists, Æneas and Diomed marshaling: Greeks range themselves on one Side, and Trojans upon the other, without. Capell. Omitted in Q Ff.

[2051] Ulyss. _They ... already._ Agam. _What ... heavy?_] Ff. _Ulisses: what ... heavy?_ Q (as one line).

[2052] Agam.] Aga. Ff. Ajax. Rowe.

[2053] _The ... knight_] Q. See note (XII).

[2054] _matchless, firm_] _matchlesse, firme_ Ff. _matchlesse firme_ Q.

[2055] _Speaking in_] Ff. _Speaking_ Q.

[2056] _free; For_] _free: For_ F₁ F₃ F₄. _free. For_ Q. _free For_ F₂.

[2057] _impair_] F₃ F₄. _impaire_ F₁ F₂. _impare_ Q. _impar_ Capell. _impure_ Dyce (Johnson conj.) See note (XIII).

[2058] _objects_] _abjects_ Collier (Collier MS.)

[2059] _vindicative_] _vindecative_ F₁.

[2060] _Ilion_] F₃ F₄. _Illion_ Q F₁ F₂.

[Alarum.] Q Ff. Trumpets blow to Arms. Capell.

Hector and Ajax fight.] Rowe. om. Q Ff.

[2061] SCENE IX. Pope.

[2062] _Hector ... thee_] Arranged as by Steevens (1793). One line in Q Ff.

[2063] _disposed: there_] _dispos'd, there_ Q. _dispos'd there_ Ff.

[2064] [interposing. Capell.

[2065] _commixtion_] Q F₄. _commixion_ F₁ F₂ F₃.

[2066] _Greek_] _Greece_ Capell.

[2067] _Of our rank feud_] Ff. Omitted in Q.

[2068] _drop_] _day_ Q.

_borrow'dst_] Q F₃ F₄. _borrwd'st_ F₁ F₂. _borrow'st_ Rowe.

[2069] _drained_] Q F₁ F₂. _drain'd_ F₃ F₄. _drained out_ Capell. _drained forth_ S. Walker conj.

_Ajax:_] _Ajax, now:_ Grant White conj.

[2070] _Neoptolemus so mirable_] _Neoptolemus' sire so mirable_ Hanmer. _Neoptolemus's sire irascible_ Warburton. _Neoptolemus th' admirable_ Johnson conj. _Neoptolemus's sire in battle_ Heath conj. _Neoptolemus so admirable_ Collier conj.

[2071] _could_] _could'st_ F₁.

[2072] _Ajax, farewell_] _farewell, Ajax_ Hanmer.

[2073] Enter Agamemnon and the rest. Ff. Omitted in Q. Agamemnon and the rest of the Greeks come forward. Rowe. Chiefs enter the Lists. Capell.

[2074] _my_] Q. _mine_ Ff.

[2075] _of_] Ff. _all_ Q.

[2076] _But ... integrity_] Ff. Omitted in Q.

[2077] _bias-drawing_] Theobald. _bias drawing_ Ff.

[2078] _Who_] Q F₁. _Whom_ F₂ F₃ F₄.

Æne.] Men. Steevens (1778), a misprint.

[2079] _lord!_] _lord?_ Capell. _lord,_ Q Ff.

[2080] _Mock ... oath_] _The intruded earth, (I mock not thy affects,)_ Becket conj.

_that I ... oath:_] Ff. _thy affect, the vntraded earth)_ Q.

[2081] _quondam_] _quandom_ Q.

[2082] _Despising many_] Q. _And seene thee scorning_ Ff. _And seen thee scouring_ Rowe. _Bravely despising_ Pope.

[2083] _thy advanced_] Ff. _th'advanced_ Q. _thy advanc'd_ Rowe.

[2084] _to some_] Q. _unto_ Ff.

[2085] _hemm'd_] F₃ F₄. _hem'd_ F₁ F₂. _shrupd_ Q (for _shut_ Collier conj.)

[2086] _wrestling_] F₁ F₂. _wrastling_ Q F₃ F₄.

_this have I seen_] _thus I have seen_ Rowe. _this I've seen_ Pope. _thus I've seen thee_ Hanmer.

[2087] _Let_] Ff. _O let_ Q.

[2088] _As ... courtesy._] Omitted in Q.

[2089] _Ha!_] _Ha?_ Q Ff. om. Pope. Put in a separate line first by Capell.

[2090] _time._] Q F₁ F₂. _time--_ F₃ F₄.

[2091] _her base_] _the base_ Rowe.

[2092] _Ilion_] F₃ F₄. _Illion_ Q F₁ F₂.

[2093] _pertly_] Q F₁. _partly_ F₂ F₃ F₄. _portly_ Collier MS.

[2094] _Yond_] Ff. _Yon_ Q.

[2095] _And ... end it._] As in Ff. One line in Q.

[2096] _thou!_] Theobald. _thou:_ Q Ff. _now,_ Hanmer. _though._ Tyrwhitt conj. _then._ Hudson (Collier MS.) _thou--_ Singer. _there;_ S. Walker conj.

[2097] _I have joint._] As in Ff. One line in Q.

_exact view_] _view exact_ Hanmer.

[2098] _quoted_] _coted_ Becket conj.

[2099] _I am_] _Ay, I am_ Anon. conj.

[2100] _I pray thee_] Q. _I prythee_ F₁ F₂. _I prithee_ F₃ F₄.

[2101] _art_] _are_ F₂.

[2102] _view thee_] Q. _view thee,_ Ff.

[2103] _or there, or there?_] _or there._ Pope. _there, or there?_ Capell.

[2104] _an_] Q. _the_ Ff.

[2105] _stithied_] _stichied_ Q. _smithied_ Theobald.

[2106] _have_] Q F₂ F₃ F₄. om. F₁.

[2107] _to be odd_] _not be odd_ Theobald conj. _to be at odds_ Hanmer. _be at odds_ Capell conj.

[2108] _We ... cause._] As in Ff. One line in Q.

[2109] _To-morrow ... friends_] As in Ff. One line in Q.

[2110] _hand_] Q F₁ F₄. _hands_ F₂ F₃.

[2111] _we_] Q. _you_ Ff.

[2112] _him. Beat ... tabourines,_] Ff. _him To taste your bounties,_ Q.

[2113] [Exeunt all but....] Exeunt. Manent Troilus and Ulysses. Rowe. Exeunt. Q Ff. Exeunt. Troilus stays Ulysses. Capell.

[2114] SCENE X. Pope.

[2115] _upon the heaven nor earth_] Q. _on heaven nor on earth_ Ff. _on heav'n, nor on the earth_ Pope.

[2116] _you_] Q. _thee_ Ff.

[2117] _As gentle_] Ff. _But gentle_ Q. _As gently_ Rowe.

[2118] _there That wails_] _There that now wails_ Hanmer.

_wails_] _walles_ F₂.

[2119] _she loved_] Ff. _my Lord_ Q.