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| Definitions
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| Sound Retreat. Shout. Enter Agamemnon, Aiax, Menelaus, Nestor, | Enter Agamemnon, Ajax, Menelaus, Nestor, | | TC V.ix.1.1 | |
| Diomed, and the rest marching. | Diomedes, and the rest, marching to drumbeats. | | TC V.ix.1.2 | |
| Shouts within | | TC V.ix.1.3 | |
| Aga. | AGAMEMNON | | | |
| Harke, harke, what shout is that? | Hark, hark, what shout is that? | | TC V.ix.1.1 | |
| Nest. | NESTOR | | | |
| Peace Drums. | Peace, drums! | | TC V.ix.1.2 | |
| Sold. | SOLDIERS | | | |
| (shouting within) | | TC V.ix.2 | |
| Achilles, Achilles, Hector's | Achilles! Achilles! Hector's | | TC V.ix.2 | |
| slaine, Achilles. | slain! Achilles! | | TC V.ix.3 | |
| Dio. | DIOMEDES | | | |
| The bruite is, Hector's slaine, and by Achilles. | The bruit is Hector's slain, and by Achilles. | bruit (n.) news, rumour, tidings | TC V.ix.4 | |
| Aia. | AJAX | | | |
| If it be so, yet braglesse let it be: | If it be so, yet bragless let it be; | bragless (adj.)without vain boast, without gloating | TC V.ix.5 | |
| Great Hector was a man as good as he. | Great Hector was a man as good as he. | | TC V.ix.6 | |
| Agam. | AGAMEMNON | | | |
| March patiently along; let one be sent | March patiently along. Let one be sent | patiently (adv.)calmly, with quiet expectation | TC V.ix.7 | |
| To pray Achilles see vs at our Tent. | To pray Achilles see us at our tent. – | | TC V.ix.8 | |
| If in his death the gods haue vs befrended, | If in his death the gods have us befriended, | | TC V.ix.9 | |
| Great Troy is ours, and our sharpe wars are ended. | Great Troy is ours, and our sharp wars are ended. | sharp (adj.)severe, harsh, merciless | TC V.ix.10 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | TC V.ix.10 | |