The bonds of heaven are slipp'd, dissolved, and loosed; And with another knot, five-finger-tied,1 The fractions of her faith, orts of her love, The fragments, scraps, the bits, and greasy reliques Of her o'ereaten faith, are bound to Diomed. Ulys. May worthy Troilus be half attach'd With that which here his passion doth express ? 2 Troi. Ay, Greek; and that shall be divulged well In characters as red as Mars his heart Inflamed with Venus: never did young man fancy 3 Hark, Greek :—as much as I do Cressid love, That sleeve is mine, that he'll bear on his helm: 5 Constringed in mass by the almighty sun, Shall dizzy with more clamor Neptune's ear Ther. He'll tickle it for his concupy.6 Troi. O Cressid! O false Cressid! false, false. false ! Let all untruths stand by thy stained name, 1 i. e. a knot tied by giving her hand to Diomed. 3 Love. 4 Helmet. 5 Compressed 2 Can Troilus really feel, on this occasion, half of what he utters? 6 A cant word formed from concupiscence. And they'll seem glorious. Ulys. O, contain yourself: Your passion draws ears hither. Enter ENEAS. En. I have been seeking you this hour, my lord: Hector, by this, is arming him in Troy; Ajax, your guard, stays to conduct you home. Troi. Have with you, prince. My courteous lord, adieu! Farewell, revolted fair!—and, Diomed, Stand fast, and wear a castle on thy head! Troi. Accept distracted thanks. [Exeunt Troilus, Eneas, and Ulysses. Ther. Would, I could meet that rogue Diomed! I would croak like a raven; I would bode, I would bode. Patroclus will give me any thing for the intelligence of this whore: the parrot will not do more for an almond than he for a commodious drab. Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion: a burning devil take them! [Exit. SCENE III. Troy. Before Priam's palace. Enter HECTOR and ANDROMACHE. And. When was my lord so much ungently tem per'd, To stop his ears against admonishment? Unarm, unarm, and do not fight to-day. Hec. You train me to offend you; get you in. By all the everlasting gods, I'll go. And. My dreams will, sure, prove ominous to the And. Here, sister; arm'd, and bloody in intent: Consort with me in loud and dear petition; Pursue we him on knees; for I have dream'd Hath nothing been but shapes and forms of slaughter. Cas. O 'tis true. Hec. Ho! bid my trumpet sound! Cas. No notes of sally, for the heavens, sweet brother. Hec. Begone, I say: the gods have heard me swear. Cas. The gods are deaf to hot and peevish1 vows; They are polluted offerings, more abhorr'd Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. And. O! be persuaded: do not count it holy For we would give much, to use violent thefts, • Foolish. |