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| Enter Hector. | Enter Hector, carrying a suit of armour | | TC V.viii.1.1 | |
| Hect. | HECTOR | | | |
| Most putrified core so faire without: | Most putrefied core, so fair without, | core (n.) enclosed body, contained corpse | TC V.viii.1 | |
| Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life. | Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life. | | TC V.viii.2 | |
| Now is my daies worke done; Ile take good breath: | Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath. | | TC V.viii.3 | |
| Rest Sword, thou hast thy fill of bloud and death. | Rest, sword; thou hast thy fill of blood and death. | | TC V.viii.4 | |
| Enter Achilles and his Myrmidons. | Enter Achilles and his Myrmidons | | TC V.viii.5 | |
| Achil. | ACHILLES | | | |
| Looke Hector how the Sunne begins to set; | Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set, | | TC V.viii.5 | |
| How vgly night comes breathing at his heeles, | How ugly night comes breathing at his heels; | | TC V.viii.6 | |
| Euen with the vaile and darking of the Sunne. | Even with the vail and dark'ning of the sun | darking (n.)darkening, setting | TC V.viii.7 | |
| | vail (n.)setting, going down | | |
| To close the day vp, Hectors life is done. | To close the day up, Hector's life is done. | | TC V.viii.8 | |
| Hect. | HECTOR | | | |
| I am vnarm'd, forgoe this vantage Greeke. | I am unarmed; forgo this vantage, Greek. | vantage (n.)advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority | TC V.viii.9 | |
| Achil. | ACHILLES | | | |
| Strike fellowes, strike, this is the man I seeke. | Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I seek. | | TC V.viii.10 | |
| Hector falls | | TC V.viii.11.1 | |
| So Illion fall thou: now Troy sinke downe; | So, Ilium, fall thou; now, Troy, sink down! | Ilion, Ilium (n.)poetic names for the city of Troy | TC V.viii.11 | |
| Here lyes thy heart, thy sinewes, and thy bone. | Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone. – | sinew (n.)muscle | TC V.viii.12 | |
| On Myrmidons, cry you all a maine, | On, Myrmidons; and cry you all amain: | amain (adv.)forcefully, with all one's might | TC V.viii.13 | |
| Achilles hath the mighty Hector slaine. | ‘ Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain.’ | | TC V.viii.14 | |
| Retreat. | A retreat sounded | | TC V.viii.15.1 | |
| Harke, a retreat vpon our Grecian part. | Hark, a retire upon our Grecian part. | part (n.)side, camp, party | TC V.viii.15 | |
| | retire (n.)retreat, withdrawal | | |
| Gree. | MYRMIDONS | | | |
| The Troian Trumpets sounds the like my Lord. | The Trojan trumpets sound the like, my lord. | like, thethe same | TC V.viii.16 | |
| Achi. | ACHILLES | | | |
| The dragon wing of night ore-spreds the earth | The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth, | | TC V.viii.17 | |
| And stickler-like the Armies seperates | And, stickler-like, the armies separates. | stickler-like (adv.)like a tournament umpire | TC V.viii.18 | |
| My halfe supt Sword, that frankly would haue fed, | My half-supped sword, that frankly would have fed, | half-supped (adj.)with supper interrupted, half-satisfied | TC V.viii.19 | |
| | frankly (adv.)freely, without restraint, unrestrictedly | | |
| Pleas'd with this dainty bed; thus goes to bed. | Pleased with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed. | bait (n.)morsel, snack, titbit | TC V.viii.20 | |
| Come, tye his body to my horses tayle; | Come, tie his body to my horse's tail; | | TC V.viii.21 | |
| Along the field, I will the Troian traile. | Along the field I will the Trojan trail. | field (n.)field of battle, battleground, field of combat | TC V.viii.22 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | TC V.viii.22 | |