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Since the first sword was drawn about this question
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Since the first sword was drawnabout this question, Every tithe soul,'mongst many thousand...

Since the first sword was drawn
about this question, Every tithe soul,
'mongst many thousand dismes, Hath been as dear as Helen - I mean, of ours If we have lost so many tenths of ours
To guard a thing not ours nor worth to us, What merit's in that reason which denies
The yielding of her up?

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Since the first sword was drawn about this question,
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Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand dismes,
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Hath been as dear as Helen - I mean, of ours
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If we have lost so many tenths of ours To guard a thing not ours nor worth to us,
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What merit's in that reason which denies The yielding of her up?
Duration
19 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:39
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.