Reading The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida — William Shakespeare

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Aga.

Heare you Patroclus:

We are too well acquainted with these answers:

But his euasion winged thus twist with scorne,

Cannot outflye our apprehensions.

Much attribute he hath, and much the reason,

Why we ascribe it to him, yet all his vertues,

Not vertuously of his owne part beheld,

Doe in our eyes, begin to loose their glosse;

Yea, and like faire Fruit in an vnholdsome dish,

Are like to rot vntasted: goe and tell him,

We came to speake with him; and you shall not sinne,

If you doe say, we thinke him ouer proud,

And vnder honest; in selfe‑assumption greater

Then in the note of iudgement: & worthier then himselfe

Here tends the sauage strangenesse he puts on,

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