Troilus and Cressida

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Original Text	Modern Text
Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.	Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.
THERSITES The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull has the game. Ware horns, ho!	THERSITES The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull has the game. Ware horns, ho!
PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting. Enter BASTARD.	PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting. Enter BASTARD.
BASTARD 5 Turn, slave, and fight.	BASTARD Turn, slave, and fight.
THERSITES What art thou?	THERSITES What art thou?
BASTARD A bastard son of Priam’s.	BASTARD A bastard son of Priam’s.
THERSITES I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, 10 bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate. One bear will not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.	THERSITES I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate. One bear will not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.
He exits.	He exits.
BASTARD 15 The devil take thee, coward!	BASTARD The devil take thee, coward!
He exits.	He exits.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.	Enter THERSITES; then MENELAUS fighting PARIS.
THERSITES The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull has the game. Ware horns, ho!	THERSITES The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at it. Now, bull! Now, dog! Loo, Paris, loo! Now, my double-horned Spartan! Loo, Paris, loo! The bull has the game. Ware horns, ho!
PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting. Enter BASTARD.	PARIS and MENELAUS exit, fighting. Enter BASTARD.
BASTARD 5 Turn, slave, and fight.	BASTARD Turn, slave, and fight.
THERSITES What art thou?	THERSITES What art thou?
BASTARD A bastard son of Priam’s.	BASTARD A bastard son of Priam’s.
THERSITES I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, 10 bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate. One bear will not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.	THERSITES I am a bastard too. I love bastards. I am bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate. One bear will not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? Take heed: the quarrel’s most ominous to us. If the son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts judgment. Farewell, bastard.
He exits.	He exits.
BASTARD 15 The devil take thee, coward!	BASTARD The devil take thee, coward!
He exits.	He exits.

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