| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Queene Hecuba, and Hellen. | Queen Hecuba and Helen. | TC I.ii.1.2 |
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| Vp to the Easterne Tower, | Up to the eastern tower, | TC I.ii.2.2 |
| Whose height commands as subiect all the vaile, | Whose height commands as subject all the vale, | TC I.ii.3 |
| To see the battell: Hector whose pacience, | To see the battle. Hector, whose patience | TC I.ii.4 |
| Is as a Vertue fixt, to day was mou'd: | Is as a virtue fixed, today was moved: | TC I.ii.5 |
| He chides Andromache and strooke his Armorer, | He chid Andromache, and struck his armourer; | TC I.ii.6 |
| And like as there were husbandry in Warre | And, like as there were husbandry in war, | TC I.ii.7 |
| Before the Sunne rose, hee was harnest lyte, | Before the sun rose he was harnessed light, | TC I.ii.8 |
| And to the field goe's he; where euery flower | And to the field goes he; where every flower | TC I.ii.9 |
| Did as a Prophet weepe what it forsaw, | Did as a prophet weep what it foresaw | TC I.ii.10 |
| In Hectors wrath. | In Hector's wrath. | TC I.ii.11.1 |
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| The noise goe's this; / There is among the Greekes, | The noise goes, this: there is among the Greeks | TC I.ii.12 |
| A Lord of Troian blood, Nephew to Hector, | A lord of Trojan blood, nephew to Hector; | TC I.ii.13 |
| They call him Aiax. | They call him Ajax. | TC I.ii.14.1 |
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| They say he is a very man per se | They say he is a very man per se, | TC I.ii.15 |
| and stands alone. | And stands alone. | TC I.ii.16 |
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| This man Lady, hath rob'd many beasts | This man, lady, hath robbed many beasts | TC I.ii.19 |
| of their particular additions, he is as valiant as the Lyon, | of their particular additions: he is as valiant as the lion, | TC I.ii.20 |
| churlish as the Beare, slow as the Elephant: a man into | churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant; a man into | TC I.ii.21 |
| whom nature hath so crowded humors, that his valour | whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour | TC I.ii.22 |
| is crusht into folly, his folly sauced with discretion: | is crushed into folly, his folly sauced with discretion. | TC I.ii.23 |
| there is no man hath a vertue, that he hath not a | There is no man hath a virtue that he hath not a | TC I.ii.24 |
| glimpse of, nor any man an attaint, but he carries some | glimpse of, nor any man an attaint but he carries some | TC I.ii.25 |
| staine of it. He is melancholy without cause, and merry | stain of it. He is melancholy without cause, and merry | TC I.ii.26 |
| against the haire, hee hath the ioynts of euery thing, but | against the hair; he hath the joints of everything, but | TC I.ii.27 |
| euery thing so out ot ioynt, that hee is a gowtie Briareus, | everything so out of joint that he is a gouty Briareus, | TC I.ii.28 |
| many hands and no vse; or purblinded Argus, all eyes | many hands and no use, or purblind Argus, all eyes | TC I.ii.29 |
| and no sight. | and no sight. | TC I.ii.30 |
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| They say he yesterday cop'd Hector in the | They say he yesterday coped Hector in the | TC I.ii.33 |
| battell and stroke him downe, the disdaind & shame | battle and struck him down, the disdain and shame | TC I.ii.34 |
| whereof, hath euer since kept Hector fasting and | whereof hath ever since kept Hector fasting and | TC I.ii.35 |
| waking. | waking. | TC I.ii.36 |
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| Madam your Vncle Pandarus. | Madam, your uncle Pandarus. | TC I.ii.38 |
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| As may be in the world Lady. | As may be in the world, lady. | TC I.ii.40 |