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Would it were otherwise: that I could beat him, whilst he railed at me
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RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida

That I could beat him, whilst he railed at me 'Sfoot, I'll learn to conjureand raise...

Would it were otherwise:
that I could beat him, whilst he railed at me 'Sfoot, I'll learn to conjure
and raise devils, but I'll see some issue
of my spiteful execrations And then there's Achilles,
a rare engineer If Troy be not taken
till these two undermine it, the walls will stand
till they fall of themselves O thou great thunder-darter of Olympus, forget that thou art Jove,
king of the gods, and, Mercury, lose all the serpentine craft
of thy caduceus, if ye take not that little, little, less than little wit
from them that they have

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Would it were otherwise: that I could beat him, whilst he railed at me
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'Sfoot, I'll learn to conjure and raise devils,
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but I'll see some issue of my spiteful execrations
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And then there's Achilles, a rare engineer
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If Troy be not taken till these two undermine it,
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the walls will stand till they fall of themselves
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O thou great thunder-darter of Olympus,
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forget that thou art Jove, king of the gods,
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and, Mercury, lose all the serpentine craft of thy caduceus,
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if ye take not
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that little, little, less than little wit from them that they have
Duration
54 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:34
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.