The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
[2100] _I pray thee_] Q. _I prythee_ F₁ F₂. _I prithee_ F₃ F₄.
[2101] _art_] _are_ F₂.
[2102] _view thee_] Q. _view thee,_ Ff.
[2103] _or there, or there?_] _or there._ Pope. _there, or there?_
Capell.
[2104] _an_] Q. _the_ Ff.
[2105] _stithied_] _stichied_ Q. _smithied_ Theobald.
[2106] _have_] Q F₂ F₃ F₄. om. F₁.
[2107] _to be odd_] _not be odd_ Theobald conj. _to be at odds_ Hanmer.
_be at odds_ Capell conj.
[2108] _We ... cause._] As in Ff. One line in Q.
[2109] _To-morrow ... friends_] As in Ff. One line in Q.
[2110] _hand_] Q F₁ F₄. _hands_ F₂ F₃.
[2111] _we_] Q. _you_ Ff.
[2112] _him. Beat ... tabourines,_] Ff. _him To taste your bounties,_ Q.
[2113] [Exeunt all but....] Exeunt. Manent Troilus and Ulysses. Rowe.
Exeunt. Q Ff. Exeunt. Troilus stays Ulysses. Capell.
[2114] SCENE X. Pope.
[2115] _upon the heaven nor earth_] Q. _on heaven nor on earth_ Ff. _on
heav'n, nor on the earth_ Pope.
[2116] _you_] Q. _thee_ Ff.
[2117] _As gentle_] Ff. _But gentle_ Q. _As gently_ Rowe.
[2118] _there That wails_] _There that now wails_ Hanmer.
_wails_] _walles_ F₂.
[2119] _she loved_] Ff. _my Lord_ Q.
ACT V.
SCENE I. _The Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tent._[2120]
_Enter_ ACHILLES _and_ PATROCLUS.
_Achil._ I'll heat his blood with Greekish wine to-night,[2121]
Which with my scimitar I'll cool to-morrow.[2122]
Patroclus, let us feast him to the height.
_Patr._ Here comes Thersites.
_Enter_ THERSITES.
_Achil._ How now, thou core of envy![2123]
Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news?[2124] 5
_Ther._ Why, thou picture of what thou seemest, and idol[2125]
of idiot-worshippers, here's a letter for thee.
_Achil._ From whence, fragment?
_Ther._ Why, thou full dish of fool, from Troy.
_Patr._ Who keeps the tent now? 10
_Ther._ The surgeon's box, or the patient's wound.
_Patr._ Well said, adversity! and what need these tricks?[2126]
_Ther._ Prithee, be silent, boy; I profit not by thy talk:[2127]
thou art thought to be Achilles' male varlet.[2128][2129]
_Patr._ Male varlet, you rogue! what's that?[2129] 15
_Ther._ Why, his masculine whore. Now, the rotten diseases[2130]
of the south, the guts-griping, ruptures, catarrhs, loads[2131]
o' gravel i' the back, lethargies, cold palsies, raw eyes,[2132][2133]
dirt-rotten livers, wheezing lungs, bladders full of imposthume,[2133][2134]
sciaticas, limekilns i' the palm, incurable bone-ache, and
the[2133][2135] 20
rivelled fee-simple of the tetter, take and take again such[2133]
preposterous discoveries![2136]
_Patr._ Why, thou damnable box of envy, thou, what
mean'st thou to curse thus?[2137]
_Ther._ Do I curse thee? 25
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