Thersites
Quotes spoken by the character Thersites
Come, thou shalt bear a letter to him straight
Read the QuoteAchilles
Come, thou shalt bear a letter to him straight.
Thersites
Let me bear another to his horse, for that’s
the more capable creature.
Achilles
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred,
And I myself see not the bottom of it.
Achilles and Patroclus exit.
Thersites
Would the fountain of your mind were clear
again,
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How now, thou core of envy?
Read the QuoteAchilles
How now, thou core of envy?
Thou crusty botch of nature, what’s the news?
Thersites
Why, thou picture of what thou seemest and
idol of idiot-worshippers, here’s a letter for thee.
Achilles
From whence, fragment?
Thersites
Why, thou full dish of fool, from Troy.
Achilles takes the letter and moves aside to read it.
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What, shall I come? The hour?
Read the QuoteDiomedes
What, shall I come? The hour?
Cressida
Ay, come.—O Jove!—Do, come.—I shall be plagued.
Diomedes
Farewell, till then.
Cressida
Good night. I prithee, come.—
He exits.
Troilus, farewell. One eye yet looks on thee,
But with my heart the other eye doth see.
Ah,
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All’s done, my lord
Read the QuoteUlysses
All’s done, my lord.
Troilus
It is.
Ulysses
Why stay we then?
Troilus
To make a recordation to my soul
Of every syllable that here was spoke.
But if I tell how these two did co-act,
Shall I not lie in publishing a truth?
Sith yet there is a credence in my heart,
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