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cause_n	common_a	great_a	king_n	1,397	5	3.4423	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36704	Troilus and Cressida, or, Truth found too late a tragedy, as it is acted at the Dukes Theatre : to which is prefix'd, a preface containing the grounds of criticism in tragedy / written by John Dryden ...	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Troilus and Cressida.	1679 (1679)	Wing D2389; ESTC R4152	72,712	95

how she tickled his cloven chin She has a marvellous white hand I must needs confess But let that pass for I know who has a whiter Well Cousin I told you a thing yesterday think on 't think on 't Cressi So I do Uncle Pand. I 'le besworn 't is true he will weep ye and 't were a man born in April A Retreat sounded Hark they are returning from the field shall we stay and see 'em as they come by sweet Neece do sweet Neece Cressida Cressi For once you shall command me Pand. Here here here 's an excellent place we may see 'em here most bravely and I 'le tell you all their names as they pass by but mark Troilus above the rest mark Troilus he 's worth your marking Aeneas passes over the Stage Cressi Speak not so loud then Pand. That 's Aeneas Is 't not a brave man that he 's a swinger many a Grecian he has laid with his face upward but mark Troilus you shall see anon Enter Anthenor passing That 's Anthenor he has a notable head-peece I can tell you and he 's the ablest man for judgment in all Troy you may turn him loose i' faith and by my troth a proper person When comes Troilus I 'le show you Troilus anon if he see me you shall see him nod at me Hector passes over That 's Hector that that look you that there 's a fellow go thy way Hector there 's a brave man Neece O brave Hector look how he looks there 's a countenance is 't not a brave man Neece Cressi I always told you so Pand. Is a not it does a mans heart good to look on him look you look you there what hacks are on his Helmet this was no boys play i'faith he laid it on with a vengeance take it off whose who 's will as they say there are hacks Neece Cressi Were those with Swords Pand. Swords or Bucklers Faulchions Darts and Lances any thing he cares not and the devil come 't is all one to him by Jupiter he looks so terribly that I am half afraid to praise him Enter Paris Yonder comes Paris yonder comes Paris lookye yonder Neece is 't not a brave young Prince too He draws the best bow in all Troy he hits you to a span twelvescore level who said he came home hurt to day why this will do Hellen's heart good now Ha! that I cou'd see Troilus now Enter Helenus Cressi Who 's that black man Uncle Pand. That 's Helenus I marvel where Troilus is all this while that 's Helenus I think Troilus went not forth to day that 's Helenus Cressi Can Helenus fight Uncle Pand. Helenus No yes he 'll fight indifferently well I marvel in my heart what 's become of Troilus Hark! do you not hear the people cry Troilus Helenus is a Priest and keeps a whore he 'll fight for 's whore or he 's no true Priest I warrant him Enter Troilus passing over Cressi What sneaking fellow comes yonder Pand. Where yonder that 's Deiphobus No I lye I lye that 's Troilus there 's a man Neece hem O brave Troilus the Prince of chivalry and flower of fidelity Cressi Peace for shame peace Pand. Nay but mark him then O brave Troilus there 's a man of men Neece look you how his Sword is bloody and his Helmet more hack'd then Hectors and how he looks and how he goes O admirable youth he nere saw two and twenty Go thy way Troilus go thy way had I a sister were a grace and a daughter a Goddesse he shou'd take his choice of 'em O admirable man Paris Paris is dirt to him and I warrant Hellen to change wou'd give all the shooes in her shop to boot Enter Common Souldiers passing over Cressi Here come more Pand. Asses fools dolts dirt and dung stuff and lumber porredg after meat but I cou'd live and dye with Troilus Nere look Neece nere look the Lyons are gone Apes and Monkeys the fag end of the creation I had rather be such a man as Troilus then Agamemnon and all Greece Cressi There 's Achilles among the Greeks he 's braveman Pand. Achilles a Carman a beast of burden a very Camel have you any eyes Neece do you know a man is he to be compar'd with Troilus Enter Page Page Sir my Lord Troilus wou'd instantly speak with you Pand. Where boy where Page At his own house if you think convenient Pand. Good boy tell him I come instantly I doubt he 's wounded farewell good Neece But I 'le be with you by and by Cressi To bring me Uncle Pand. I a token from Prince Troilus Cressi By the same token you are a procurer Uncle Exit Pandarus Cressida alone A strange dissembling Sex we Women are Well may we men when we our selves deceive Long has my secret Soul lov'd Troilus I drunk his praises from my Uncles mouth As if my ears cou'd nere be satisfi'd Why then why said I not I love this Prince How cou'd my tongue conspire against my heart To say I lov'd him not O childish love 'T is like an Infant froward in his play And what he most desires he throws away Exit Cressida ACT II. SCENE I. Troy Priam Hector Troilus Aeneas Priam. AFter th' expence of so much time and blood Thus once again the Grecians send to Troy Deliver Hellen and all other loss Shall be forgotten Hector what say you to 't Hect. Though no man less can fear the Greeks then I Yet there 's no Virgin of more tender heart More ready to cry out who knows the consequence Then Hector is for modest doubt is mix'd With manly courage best let Hellen go If we have lost so many lives of ours To keep a thing not ours not worth to us The vallue of a man what reason is there Still to retain the cause of so much ill Troil. Fy fy my noble Brother Weigh you the worth and honour of a King So great as Asia's Monarch in a scale Of common ounces thus Are fears and reasons fit to be consider'd When a Kings fame is question'd Hect. Brother she 's not worth What her defence has cost us Troil. What 's ought but as 't is vallued Hect. But vallue dwels not in opinion only It holds the dignity and estimation As well wherein 't is precious of it self As in the prizer 't is Idolatry To make the Service greater than the God Troil. We turn not back the Silks upon the Merchant When we have worn 'em the remaining food Throw not away because we now are full If you confess 't was wisedome Paris went As you must needs for you all cry'd go go If you 'll confess he brought home noble prize As you must needs for you all clapt your hands And cry'd inestimable why do you now So underrate the vallue of your purchase For let me tell you 't is unmanly theft When we have taken what we fear to keep Aene. There 's not the meanest