Page 2871 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

Thou blowest for Hector.
Trumpet sounds.

ULYSSES
No trumpet answers.

ACHILLES
’Tis but early days.

AGAMEMNON
Is not yond Diomed, with Calchas’ daughter?

ULYSSES
’Tis he; I ken the manner of his gait.

He rises on the toe; that spirit of his [15]
In aspiration lifts him from the earth.

Enter Diomedes with Cressida.

AGAMEMNON
Is this the Lady Cressid?

DIOMEDES
Even she.

AGAMEMNON
(kissing her) Most dearly welcome to the Greeks, sweet lady.

NESTOR
Our general doth salute you with a kiss.

ULYSSES
Yet is the kindness but particular; [20]
’Twere better she were kissed in general.

NESTOR
And very courtly counsel; I’ll begin.