ACT V - Scene VI Troilus and Cressida

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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 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.
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.
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. Exit.
Hector	Fare thee well: I would have been much more a fresher man, Had I expected thee. How now, my brother!
	Reenter Troilus.
Troilus	Ajax hath ta’en Aeneas: shall it be? No, by the flame of yonder glorious heaven, 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; 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.

ACT V - Scene VI Troilus and Cressida

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