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Most putrefied core, so fair without,Puts off his helmet and hangs his shield behind him
Thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy life.
Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath:
Rest, sword; thou hast thy fill of blood and death.
Look, Hector, how the sun begins to set;HECTOR
How ugly night comes breathing at his heels:
Even with the vail and darking of the sun,
To close the day up, Hector's life is done.
I am unarm'd; forego this vantage, Greek.ACHILLES
Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I seek.MYRMIDONS
So, Ilion, fall thou next! now, Troy, sink down!
Here lies thy heart, thy sinews, and thy bone.
On, Myrmidons, and cry you all amain,
'Achilles hath the mighty Hector slain.'
Hark! a retire upon our Grecian part.
The Trojan trumpets sound the like, my lord.ACHILLES
The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth,Exeunt
And, stickler-like, the armies separates.
My half-supp'd sword, that frankly would have fed,
Pleased with this dainty bait, thus goes to bed.
Come, tie his body to my horse's tail;
Along the field I will the Trojan trail.