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| Enter Diomed and Seruants. | Enter Diomedes and his Servant | | TC V.v.1 | |
| Dio. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| Goe, goe, my seruant, take thou Troylus Horse; | Go, go, my servant, take thou Troilus' horse; | | TC V.v.1 | |
| Present the faire Steede to my Lady Cressid: | Present the fair steed to my Lady Cressid. | | TC V.v.2 | |
| Fellow, commend my seruice to her beauty; | Fellow, commend my service to her beauty; | commend (v.) present, introduce, bring [for favourable acceptance] | TC V.v.3 | |
| Tell her, I haue chastis'd the amorous Troyan. | Tell her I have chastised the amorous Trojan, | | TC V.v.4 | |
| And am her Knight by proofe. | And am her knight by proof. | proof (n.)test, trial | TC V.v.5.1 | |
| Ser. | SERVANT | | | |
| I goe my Lord. | I go, my lord. | | TC V.v.5.2 | |
| Exit | | TC V.v.5 | |
| Enter Agamemnon. | Enter Agamemnon | | TC V.v.6 | |
| Aga. | AGAMEMNON | | | |
| Renew, renew, the fierce Polidamus | Renew, renew! The fierce Polydamas | | TC V.v.6 | |
| Hath beate downe Menon: bastard Margarelon | Hath beat down Menon; bastard Margarelon | | TC V.v.7 | |
| Hath Doreus prisoner. | Hath Doreus prisoner, | | TC V.v.8 | |
| And stands Calossus-wise wauing his beame, | And stands colossus-wise, waving his beam, | colossus-wise (adv.)like a colossus, with legs astride | TC V.v.9 | |
| | beam (n.)large wooden staff, lance, club | | |
| Vpon the pashed courses of the Kings: | Upon the pashed corpses of the kings | pashed (adj.)smashed, battered, crushed | TC V.v.10 | |
| Epistropus and Cedus, Polixines is slaine; | Epistrophus and Cedius. Polyxenes is slain, | | TC V.v.11 | |
| Amphimacus, and Thous deadly hurt; | Amphimachus and Thoas deadly hurt, | deadly (adv.)mortally, fatally | TC V.v.12 | |
| Patroclus tane or slaine, and Palamedes | Patroclus ta'en or slain, and Palamedes | | TC V.v.13 | |
| Sore hurt and bruised; the dreadfull Sagittary | Sore hurt and bruised; the dreadful Sagittary | sore (adv.)seriously, greatly, very much | TC V.v.14 | |
| | dreadful (adj.)inspiring dread, causing fear, daunting | | |
| Appauls our numbers, haste we Diomed | Appals our numbers. Haste we, Diomed, | appal (v.)turn pale, terrify, dismay | TC V.v.15 | |
| To re-enforcement, or we perish all. | To reinforcement, or we perish all. | | TC V.v.16 | |
| Enter Nestor. | Enter Nestor with soldiers | | TC V.v.17 | |
| Nest. | NESTOR | | | |
| Coe beare Patroclus body to Achilles, | Go, bear Patroclus' body to Achilles, | | TC V.v.17 | |
| And bid the snaile-pac'd Aiax arme for shame; | And bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. – | | TC V.v.18 | |
| There is a thousand Hectors in the field: | There is a thousand Hectors in the field; | field (n.)field of battle, battleground, field of combat | TC V.v.19 | |
| Now here he fights on Galathe his Horse, | Now here he fights on Galathe his horse, | | TC V.v.20 | |
| And there lacks worke: anon he's there a foote, | And there lacks work; anon he's there afoot, | anon (adv.)soon, shortly, presently | TC V.v.21 | |
| | afoot (adv.)on foot | | |
| And there they flye or dye, like scaled sculs, | And there they fly or die, like scaled schools | school (n.)shoal of fish | TC V.v.22 | |
| | scaled, scaling (adj.)scaly, covered in scales | | |
| Before the belching Whale; then is he yonder, | Before the belching whale; then is he yonder, | belching (adj.)spouting, spurting | TC V.v.23 | |
| And there the straying Greekes, ripe for his edge, | And there the strawy Greeks, ripe for his edge, | strawy (adj.)like straw, worthless as straw | TC V.v.24 | |
| Fall downe before him, like the mowers swath; | Fall down before him, like the mower's swath: | swath (n.)swathe, sweep of a scythe | TC V.v.25 | |
| Here, there, and euery where, he leaues and takes; | Here, there, and everywhere, he leaves and takes, | leave (v.)spare, leave alive | TC V.v.26 | |
| | take (v.)conquer, overthrow, destroy | | |
| Dexteritie so obaying appetite, | Dexterity so obeying appetite | appetite (n.)desire, longing, inclination, fancy | TC V.v.27 | |
| That what he will, he does, and does so much, | That what he will he does; and does so much | will (v.), past form woulddesire, wish, want | TC V.v.28 | |
| That proofe is call'd impossibility. | That proof is called impossibility. | | TC V.v.29 | |
| Enter Vlisses. | Enter Ulysses | | TC V.v.30 | |
| Ulis. | ULYSSES | | | |
| Oh, courage, courage Princes: great Achilles | O, courage, courage, princes! Great Achilles | | TC V.v.30 | |
| Is arming, weeping, cursing, vowing vengeance; | Is arming, weeping, cursing, vowing vengeance; | | TC V.v.31 | |
| Patroclus wounds haue rouz'd his drowzie bloud, | Patroclus' wounds have roused his drowsy blood, | | TC V.v.32 | |
| Together with his mangled Myrmidons, | Together with his mangled Myrmidons, | Myrmidons (n.)[pron: 'mermidonz] band of warriors from Thessaly who went to the Trojan War with Achilles | TC V.v.33 | |
| That noselesse, handlesse, hackt and chipt, come to him; | That noseless, handless, hacked and chipped, come to him, | | TC V.v.34 | |
| Crying on Hector. Aiax hath lost a friend, | Crying on Hector. Ajax hath lost a friend, | cry on (v.)shout out, call out about | TC V.v.35 | |
| And foames at mouth, and he is arm'd, and at it: | And foams at mouth, and he is armed and at it, | | TC V.v.36 | |
| Roaring for Troylus; who hath done to day. | Roaring for Troilus, who hath done today | | TC V.v.37 | |
| Mad and fantasticke execution; | Mad and fantastic execution, | execution (n.)killing, slaying, slaughter | TC V.v.38 | |
| Engaging and redeeming of himselfe, | Engaging and redeeming of himself | engage (v.)enter into combat, make an attack | TC V.v.39 | |
| | redeem (v.)free, liberate, extricate | | |
| With such a carelesse force, and forcelesse care, | With such a careless force and forceless care | forceless (adj.)effortless, easy-going, nonchalant | TC V.v.40 | |
| | force (n.)physical strength, might, vigour | | |
| | careless (adj.)casual, informal, free and easy | | |
| | care (n.)attentiveness, heedfulness, diligence | | |
| As if that luck in very spight of cunning, | As if that luck, in very spite of cunning, | cunning (n.)skill, ability, expertise | TC V.v.41 | |
| bad him win all. | Bade him win all. | | TC V.v.42 | |
| Enter Aiax. | Enter Ajax | | TC V.v.43 | |
| Aia. | AJAX | | | |
| Troylus, thou coward Troylus. | Troilus! Thou coward Troilus! | | TC V.v.43.1 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | TC V.v.43 | |
| Dio. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| I, there, there. | Ay, there, there! | | TC V.v.43.2 | |
| Nest. | NESTOR | | | |
| So, so, we draw together. | So, so, we draw together. | draw (v.)carry a burden, drag a load | TC V.v.44.1 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | TC V.v.44 | |
| Enter Achilles. | Enter Achilles | | TC V.v.44 | |
| Achil. | ACHILLES | | | |
| Where is this Hector? | Where is this Hector? – | | TC V.v.44.2 | |
| Come, come, thou boy-queller, shew thy face: | Come, come, thou boy-queller, show thy face; | queller (n.)destroyer, killer | TC V.v.45 | |
| Know what it is to meete Achilles angry. | Know what it is to meet Achilles angry – | | TC V.v.46 | |
| Hector, wher's Hector? I will none but Hector. | Hector! Where's Hector? I will none but Hector. | will (v.), past form woulddesire, wish, want | TC V.v.47 | |
| Exit. | Exeunt | | TC V.v.47 | |