| ACT V SCENE IX | Another part of the plains. | |
| [
Enter AGAMEMNON, AJAX, MENELAUS, NESTOR, DIOMEDES,
and others, marching. Shouts within
] |
| AGAMEMNON | Hark! hark! what shout is that? |
| NESTOR | Peace, drums! |
[Within] |
| Achilles! Achilles! Hector's slain! Achilles. |
| DIOMEDES | The bruit is, Hector's slain, and by Achilles. |
| AJAX | If it be so, yet bragless let it be; | 5 |
| Great Hector was a man as good as he. |
| AGAMEMNON | March patiently along: let one be sent |
| To pray Achilles see us at our tent. |
| If in his death the gods have us befriended, |
| Great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended. | 10 |
| [Exeunt, marching] |
Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida: Scenes and Commentary