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| Enter Aiax. | Enter Ajax | | TC V.vi.1 | |
| Aia. | AJAX | | | |
| Troylus, thou coward Troylus, shew thy head. | Troilus, thou coward Troilus, show thy head! | | TC V.vi.1 | |
| Enter Diomed. | Enter Diomedes | | TC V.vi.2 | |
| Diom. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| Troylus, I say, wher's Troylus? | Troilus, I say! Where's Troilus? | | TC V.vi.2.1 | |
| Aia. | AJAX | | | |
| What would'st thou? | What wouldst thou? | | TC V.vi.2.2 | |
| Diom. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| I would correct him. | I would correct him. | correct (v.) punish, chastise, reprimand | TC V.vi.3 | |
| Aia. | AJAX | | | |
| Were I the Generall, / Thou should'st haue my office, | Were I the general, thou shouldst have my office | office (n.)role, position, place, function | TC V.vi.4 | |
| Ere that correction: Troylus I say, what Troylus? | Ere that correction. – Troilus, I say! What, Troilus! | correction (n.)punishment, retribution, rebuke | TC V.vi.5 | |
| Enter Troylus. | Enter Troilus | | TC V.vi.6.1 | |
| Troy. | TROILUS | | | |
| Oh traitour Diomed! / Turne thy false face thou traytor, | O traitor Diomed! Turn thy false face, thou traitor, | false (adj.)treacherous, traitorous, perfidious | TC V.vi.6 | |
| And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse. | And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse! | | TC V.vi.7 | |
| Dio. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| Ha, art thou there? | Ha, art thou there? | | TC V.vi.8 | |
| Aia. | AJAX | | | |
| Ile fight with him alone, stand Diomed. | I'll fight with him alone; stand, Diomed. | stand (v.)stop, halt | TC V.vi.9 | |
| Dio. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| He is my prize, I will not looke vpon. | He is my prize; I will not look upon. | | TC V.vi.10 | |
| Troy. | TROILUS | | | |
| Come both you coging Greekes, haue at you both. | Come, both you cogging Greeks; have at you both! | cogging (adj.)deceiving, cheating, double-crossing | TC V.vi.11 | |
| Exit Troylus. | Exeunt, fighting | | TC V.vi.11 | |
| Enter Hector. | Enter Hector | | TC V.vi.12 | |
| Hect. | HECTOR | | | |
| Yea Troylus? O well fought my yongest Brother. | Yea, Troilus? O, well fought, my youngest brother! | | TC V.vi.12 | |
| Euter Achilles. | Enter Achilles | | TC V.vi.13 | |
| Achil. | ACHILLES | | | |
| Now doe I see thee; haue at thee Hector. | Now do I see thee, ha? Have at thee, Hector! | | TC V.vi.13 | |
| They fight | | TC V.vi.14 | |
| Hect. | HECTOR | | | |
| Pause if thou wilt. | Pause, if thou wilt. | | TC V.vi.14 | |
| Achil. | ACHILLES | | | |
| I doe disdaine thy curtesie, proud Troian; | I do disdain thy courtesy, proud Trojan; | | TC V.vi.15 | |
| Be happy that my armes are out of vse: | Be happy that my arms are out of use. | | TC V.vi.16 | |
| My rest and negligence befriends thee now, | My rest and negligence befriends thee now, | | TC V.vi.17 | |
| But thou anon shalt heare of me againe: | But thou anon shalt hear of me again; | anon (adv.)soon, shortly, presently | TC V.vi.18 | |
| Till when, goe seeke thy fortune. | Till when, go seek thy fortune. | | TC V.vi.19.1 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | TC V.vi.19 | |
| Hect. | HECTOR | | | |
| Fare thee well: | Fare thee well: | fare ... well (int.)goodbye [to an individual] | TC V.vi.19.2 | |
| I would haue beene much more a fresher man, | I would have been much more a fresher man, | fresh (adj.)refreshed, invigorated, renewed | TC V.vi.20 | |
| Had I expected thee: | Had I expected thee. | | TC V.vi.21.1 | |
| Enter Troylus. | Enter Troilus | | TC V.vi.21 | |
| how now my Brother? | How now, my brother! | | TC V.vi.21.2 | |
| Troy. | TROILUS | | | |
| Aiax hath tane Aneas; shall it be? | Ajax hath ta'en Aeneas. Shall it be? | | TC V.vi.22 | |
| No, by the flame of yonder glorious heauen, | No, by the flame of yonder glorious heaven, | | TC V.vi.23 | |
| He shall not carry him: Ile be tane too, | He shall not carry him! I'll be ta'en too | carry (v.)secure, obtain, gain | TC V.vi.24 | |
| Or bring him off: Fate heare me what I say; | Or bring him off. Fate, hear me what I say! | bring off (v.)rescue, save, deliver | TC V.vi.25 | |
| I wreake not, though thou end my life to day. | I reck not though thou end my life today. | reck (v.)regard, heed, care [for] | TC V.vi.26 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | TC V.vi.26 | |
| Enter one in Armour. | Enter one in sumptuous armour | | TC V.vi.27.1 | |
| Hect. | HECTOR | | | |
| Stand, stand, thou Greeke, / Thou art a goodly marke: | Stand, stand, thou Greek; thou art a goodly mark – | mark (n.)target, goal, aim | TC V.vi.27 | |
| | goodly (adj.)good-looking, handsome, attractive, comely | | |
| No? wilt thou not? I like thy armour well, | No? Wilt thou not? – I like thy armour well; | | TC V.vi.28 | |
| Ile frush it, and vnlocke the riuets all, | I'll frush it, and unlock the rivets all, | frush (v.)smash, strike violently | TC V.vi.29 | |
| But Ile be maister of it: wilt thou not beast abide? | But I'll be master of it. Wilt thou not, beast, abide? | abide (v.)stay, remain, stop [in a position] | TC V.vi.30 | |
| Why then flye on, Ile hunt thee for thy hide. | Why then, fly on; I'll hunt thee for thy hide. | | TC V.vi.31 | |
| Exit. | Exeunt | | TC V.vi.31 | |