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Make a lottery, and by device let blockish Ajax draw The lot to fight with Hector Among...

Make a lottery, and by device let blockish Ajax draw The lot to fight with Hector Among ourselves
Give him allowance as the worthier man, For that will physic the great Myrmidon If the dull brainless Ajax come safe off,
We'll dress him up in voices: if he fail, Yet go we under our opinion still
That we have better men But, hit or miss, Our project's life,
this shape of sense assumes: Ajax employed plucks down Achilles' plumes Now, Ulysses, I relish thy advice Two curs shall tame each other: pride alone must spur the mastiffs on,
as 'twere their bone Thersites!

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Make a lottery,
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and by device let blockish Ajax draw
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The lot to fight with Hector
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Among ourselves Give him allowance as the worthier man,
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For that will physic the great Myrmidon
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If the dull brainless Ajax come safe off, We'll dress him up in voices: if he fail,
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Yet go we under our opinion still That we have better men
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But, hit or miss,
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Our project's life, this shape of sense assumes:
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Ajax employed plucks down Achilles' plumes
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Now, Ulysses, I relish thy advice
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Two curs shall tame each other:
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pride alone must spur the mastiffs on, as 'twere their bone
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Thersites!
Duration
60 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:03
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Production
Royal Shakespeare Company

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Movie Summary

Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy, their innocence is tested and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war with tragic consequences.