| ACT V SCENE VI | Another part of the plains. | |
| [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 | 5 |
| 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. | 10 |
| 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. | 15 |
| 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. | 20 |
| [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, | 25 |
| 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; | 30 |
| 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. |
| [Exeunt] |
Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida: Scenes and Commentary