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Troilus and Cressida - Act 5, scene 10
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Troilus and Cressida - Act 5, scene 10Act 5, scene 10
⌜Scene 10⌝
Synopsis:
The rest of the Greek forces hear the shouts of the Myrmidons announcing Hector’s death.
⟨Sound retreat.⟩ Enter Agamemnon, Ajax, Menelaus,Nestor, Diomedes, and the rest, marching ⌜to the beat of
drums.⌝ ⟨Shout ⌜within.⌝⟩
AGAMEMNON 3508 Hark, hark, what ⟨shout⟩ is this?
NESTOR 3509 Peace, drums!⌜The drums cease.⌝
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SOLDIERS, within 3510 Achilles! Achilles! Hector’s slain! Achilles!
DIOMEDES
3511 The bruit is Hector’s slain, and by Achilles.
AJAX
3512 5 If it be so, yet bragless let it be.
3513 Great Hector was as good a man as he.
AGAMEMNON
3514 March patiently along. Let one be sent
3515 To pray Achilles see us at our tent.
3516 If in his death the gods have us befriended,
3517 10 Great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended.
They exit, ⌜marching.⌝