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Another part of the plain



Most putrified core so fair without,
Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life.
Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath:


Enter ACHILLES and his Myrmidons


Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set;
How ugly night comes breathing at his heels;
Even with the vail and dark'ning of the sun,
To close the day up, Hector's life is done.


I am unarm'd; forego this vantage, Greek.



[HECTOR falls]


So, Ilion, fall thou next! Come, Troy, sink down;
Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone.
On, Myrmidons, and cry you an amain
'Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain.'

[A retreat sounded]


Hark! a retire upon our Grecian part.


The Troyan trumpets sound the like, my lord.


The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth
And, stickler-like, the armies separates.
My half-supp'd sword, that frankly would have fed,
Pleas'd with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.

[Sheathes his sword]


Come, tie his body to my horse's tail;
Along the field I will the Troyan trail

