Troilus and Cressida: Act 5, Scene 7 Translation

A side-by-side translation of Act 5, Scene 7 of Troilus and Cressida from the original Shakespeare into modern English.

Original Text	Translated Text
Source: Folger Shakespeare Library
Enter Achilles, with Myrmidons. ACHILLES Come here about me, you my Myrmidons. Mark what I say. Attend me where I wheel. Strike not a stroke, but keep yourselves in breath, And, when I have the bloody Hector found, Empale him with your weapons round about. 5 In fellest manner execute your arms. Follow me, sirs, and my proceedings eye. It is decreed Hector the great must die. They exit.	Achilles shows up with his gang. He gives them detailed instructions about how he wants them to surround Hector and then "impale him" with their weapons. (Read: Stab him in the guts like he's Julius Caesar.)

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Enter Achilles, with Myrmidons.

ACHILLES
Come here about me, you my Myrmidons.
Mark what I say. Attend me where I wheel.
Strike not a stroke, but keep yourselves in breath,
And, when I have the bloody Hector found,
Empale him with your weapons round about. 5
In fellest manner execute your arms.
Follow me, sirs, and my proceedings eye.
It is decreed Hector the great must die.

They exit.

Achilles shows up with his gang.

He gives them detailed instructions about how he wants them to surround Hector and then "impale him" with their weapons. (Read: Stab him in the guts like he's Julius Caesar.)

Troilus and Cressida: Act 5, Scene 7 Translation

A side-by-side translation of Act 5, Scene 7 of Troilus and Cressida from the original Shakespeare into modern English.

Original Text

Translated Text

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