Epeisodion 3
VOICES.
Ha! Ha!—At them! At them! After them! Down
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with them !—Where are they?
CAPTAIN.
Who is that fellow? Look! That yonder!
A MAN.
Rascal thieves, the sort that crawl
And vex an army in the dark!
CAPTAIN.
Ho, this way! Follow! This way all!
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A MAN.
I have them! I have caught them!
CAPTAIN
Whence comest thou? What art thou? Say; what captain and what company?
ODYSSEUS
’Tis not for thee to know. This day thou diest for thy knavery!
CAPTAIN.
Stop! Give the watchword quick, before I have thy body on my pike.
ODYSSEUS
Halt every man and have no fear!
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CAPTAIN.
Come, gather round. Be quick to strike.
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ODYSSEUS
’Twas thou that killed King Rhesus!
CAPTAIN.
No: ’tis I that kill the man that killed . . .
VOICES.
No more holding back!
ODYSSEUS
What, strike an ally in the field?
CAPTAIN.
Then give the watchword!
CAPTAIN.
Right. Ho, every man hold back his spear!—
Then know’st thou where the men are gone?
ODYSSEUS.
We saw them running, somewhere here.
CAPTAIN.
Off every one upon their track!
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A MAN.
Or should we rouse the army?
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To stir the allies in the night and make more panic!
