ARIEL Even so; For many kinds of woman make mankind.
[Rising, Ariel points toward the inner stage and speaks chantingly.] Now, from out Time’s storied sphere, Homer’s Troy I summon here, On a dawn when Hector seeks Battle with the besieging Greeks: There, while heroes throng the gates, Cressida her lover ’waits, Casting from a height apart Tangling hooks for Troilus’ heart.— Behold her now, by Prosper’s art! [Ariel raises his staff.]
SECOND INNER SCENE[15]
The Cloudy Curtains draw back, revealing the battlements of Troy. Above, on a rampart, in the first rays of morning, CRESSIDA appears, with a maiden Attendant.
Below, murmuring crowds are looking toward the outer gates. Among them pass the aged Trojan Queen, and the Greek Helen, in her younger beauty.
CRESSIDA [Peering below.] Who were those went by?
ATTENDANT Queen Hecuba and Helen.
CRESSIDA And whither go they?
ATTENDANT Up to the eastern tower To see the battle—Hector, Before the sun uprose, was harnessed light And to the field goes he. [Enter behind them Pandarus.]