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He is a privileged man. − Proceed, Thersites.
THERSITES
Agamemnon is a fool, Achilles is a fool, Thersites is a fool, and, as aforesaid,
Patroclus is a fool.
ACHILLES
Derive this; come.
THERSITES
Agamemnon is a fool to offer to command [60] Achilles, Achilles is a fool to
be commanded of Agamemnon, Thersites is a fool to serve such a fool, and
Patroclus is a fool positive.
PATROCLUS
Why am I a fool?
THERSITES
Make that demand to the Creator; it suffices [65] me thou art. Look you, who
comes here?
ACHILLES
Patroclus, I’ll speak with nobody. − Come in with me, Thersites.
Exit.
THERSITES
Here is such patchery, such juggling, and such knavery! All the argument is a
whore and a cuckold; a [70] good quarrel to draw emulous factions and bleed
to death upon. Now the dry serpigo on the subject, and war and lechery
confound all!
Exit.
Enter Agamemnon, Ulysses, Nestor, Diomedes, Ajax, and Calchas.
AGAMEMNON
Where is Achilles?
