SCENE VI. Another part of the plains. Troilus and Cressida  Shakespeare homepage  |  Troiles and Cressida  | Act 5, Scene 6 

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 Enter AJAX  AJAX  Troilus, thou coward Troilus, show thy head! 



 Enter DIOMEDES  DIOMEDES  Troilus, I say! where's Troilus? 

 AJAX  What wouldst thou? 

 DIOMEDES  I would correct him. 

 AJAX  Were I the general, thou shouldst have my office 

 Ere that correction. Troilus, I say! what, Troilus! 



 Enter TROILUS  TROILUS  O traitor Diomed! turn thy false face, thou traitor, 

 And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse! 

 DIOMEDES  Ha, art thou there? 

 AJAX  I'll fight with him alone: stand, Diomed. 

 DIOMEDES  He is my prize; I will not look upon. 

 TROILUS  Come, both you cogging Greeks; have at you both! 



 Exeunt, fighting 

 Enter HECTOR  HECTOR  Yea, Troilus? O, well fought, my youngest brother! 



 Enter ACHILLES  ACHILLES  Now do I see thee, ha! have at thee, Hector! 

 HECTOR  Pause, if thou wilt. 

 ACHILLES  I do disdain thy courtesy, proud Trojan: 

 Be happy that my arms are out of use: 

 My rest and negligence befriends thee now, 

 But thou anon shalt hear of me again; 

 Till when, go seek thy fortune. 



 Exit  HECTOR  Fare thee well: 

 I would have been much more a fresher man, 

 Had I expected thee. How now, my brother! 



 Re-enter TROILUS  TROILUS  Ajax hath ta'en AEneas: shall it be? 

 No, by the flame of yonder glorious heaven, 

 He shall not carry him: I'll be ta'en too, 

 Or bring him off: fate, hear me what I say! 

 I reck not though I end my life to-day. 



 Exit 

 Enter one in sumptuous armour  HECTOR  Stand, stand, thou Greek; thou art a goodly mark: 

 No? wilt thou not? I like thy armour well; 

 I'll frush 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. 



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