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
_Tro._ O beauty! where is thy faith?
_Ulyss._ My lord,--
_Tro._ I will be patient; outwardly I will.[2221]
_Cres._ You look upon that sleeve; behold it well.[2222]
He loved me--O false wench!--Give't me again.
_Dio._ Whose was't? 70
_Cres._ It is no matter, now I have't again.[2223]
I will not meet with you to-morrow night:
I prithee, Diomed, visit me no more.
_Ther._ Now she sharpens: well said, whetstone!
_Dio._ I shall have it.[2224]
_Cres._ What, this?
_Dio._ Ay, that. 75
_Cres._ O, all you gods! O pretty, pretty pledge!
Thy master now lies thinking in his bed[2225]
Of thee and me, and sighs, and takes my glove,
And gives memorial dainty kisses to it,[2226]
As I kiss thee. Nay, do not snatch it from me;[2226][2227] 80
He that takes that doth take my heart withal.[2228]
_Dio._ I had your heart before; this follows it.
_Tro._ I did swear patience.
_Cres._ You shall not have it, Diomed; faith, you shall not;[2229]
I'll give you something else. 85
_Dio._ I will have this: whose was it?
_Cres._ It is no matter.[2230]
_Dio._ Come, tell me whose it was.
_Cres._ 'Twas one's that loved me better than you will.[2231]
But, now you have it, take it.
_Dio._ Whose was it?[2232]
_Cres._ By all Diana's waiting-women yond,[2233] 90
And by herself, I will not tell you whose.
_Dio._ To-morrow will I wear it on my helm,
And grieve his spirit that dares not challenge it.
_Tro._ Wert thou the devil, and worest it on thy horn,
It should be challenged. 95
_Cres._ Well, well, 'tis done, 'tis past; and yet it is not;
I will not keep my word.
_Dio._ Why then, farewell;[2234]
Thou never shalt mock Diomed again.[2234]
_Cres._ You shall not go: one cannot speak a word,[2234][2235]
But it straight starts you.[2234]
_Dio._ I do not like this fooling.[2234] 100
_Ther._ Nor I, by Pluto: but that that likes not you[2236][2237]
Pleases me best.[2236]
_Dio._ What, shall I come? the hour?
_Cres._ Ay, come: O Jove! do come: I shall be plagued.
_Dio._ Farewell till then.
_Cres._ Good night: I prithee, come.
[_Exit Diomedes._[2238]
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