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To this effect, Achilles, have I moved you

To this effect, Achilles, have I moved you.
A woman impudent and mannish grown
Is not more loathed than an effeminate man
In time of action. I stand condemned for this.
They think my little stomach to the war,
And your great love to me, restrains you thus.
Sweet, rouse yourself, and the weak wanton Cupid
Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold
And, like a  dewdrop from the lion's mane,
Be shook to air.

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Act 3
Scene 3
Line 225

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