xproject gutenbergxs the complete works of william shakespearex by william shakespeare this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the united states and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoeverx you may copy itx give it away or rexuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at wwwxgutenbergxorgx if you are not located in the united statesx youxll have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebookx titlex the complete works of william shakespeare authorx william shakespeare release datex january xxxx xebook xxxxx last updatedx august xx xxxx languagex english character set encodingx utfxx xxx start of this project gutenberg ebook the complete works of william shakespeare xxx the complete works of william shakespeare by william shakespeare contents the sonnets allxs well that ends well the tragedy of antony and cleopatra as you like it the comedy of errors the tragedy of coriolanus cymbeline the tragedy of hamletx prince of denmark the first part of king henry the fourth the second part of king henry the fourth the life of king henry the fifth the first part of henry the sixth the second part of king henry the sixth the third part of king henry the sixth king henry the eighth king john the tragedy of julius caesar the tragedy of king lear lovexs labourxs lost the tragedy of macbeth measure for measure the merchant of venice the merry wives of windsor a midsummer nightxs dream much ado about nothing the tragedy of othellox moor of venice periclesx prince of tyre king richard the second king richard the third the tragedy of romeo and juliet the taming of the shrew the tempest the life of timon of athens the tragedy of titus andronicus the history of troilus and cressida twelfth nightx orx what you will the two gentlemen of verona the two noble kinsmen the winterxs tale a loverxs complaint the passionate pilgrim the phoenix and the turtle the rape of lucrece venus and adonis the sonnets x from fairest creatures we desire increasex that thereby beautyxs rose might never diex but as the riper should by time deceasex his tender heir might bear his memoryx but thou contracted to thine own bright eyesx feedxst thy lightxs flame with selfxsubstantial fuelx making a famine where abundance liesx thy self thy foex to thy sweet self too cruelx thou that art now the worldxs fresh ornamentx and only herald to the gaudy springx within thine own bud buriest thy contentx andx tender churlx makxst waste in niggardingx pity the worldx or else this glutton bex to eat the worldxs duex by the grave and theex x when forty winters shall besiege thy browx and dig deep trenches in thy beautyxs fieldx thy youthxs proud livery so gazed on nowx will be a tattered weed of small worth heldx then being askedx where all thy beauty liesx where all the treasure of thy lusty daysx to sayx within thine own deep sunken eyesx were an allxeating shamex and thriftless praisex how much more praise deservxd thy beautyxs usex if thou couldst answer xthis fair child of mine shall sum my countx and make my old excusexx proving his beauty by succession thinex this were to be new made when thou art oldx and see thy blood warm when thou feelxst it coldx x look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewestx now is the time that face should form anotherx whose fresh repair if now thou not renewestx thou dost beguile the worldx unbless some motherx for where is she so fair whose uneared womb disdains the tillage of thy husbandryx or who is he so fond will be the tomb of his selfxlove to stop posterityx thou art thy motherxs glass and she in thee calls back the lovely april of her primex so thou through windows of thine age shalt seex despite of wrinkles this thy golden timex but if thou live remembered not to bex die single and thine image dies with theex x unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spendx upon thy self thy beautyxs legacyx naturexs bequest gives nothing but doth lendx and being frank she lends to those are freex then beauteous niggard why dost thou abusex the bounteous largess given thee to givex profitless usurer why dost thou use so great a sum of sums yet canst not livex for having traffic with thy self alonex thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceivex then how when nature calls thee to be gonex what acceptable audit canst thou leavex thy unused beauty must be tombed with theex which used lives thx executor to bex x those hours that with gentle work did frame the lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell will play the tyrants to the very samex and that unfair which fairly doth excelx for neverxresting time leads summer on to hideous winter and confounds him therex sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gonex beauty oxerxsnowed and bareness every wherex then were not summerxs distillation left a liquid prisoner pent in walls of glassx beautyxs effect with beauty were bereftx nor it nor no remembrance what it wasx but flowers distilled though they with winter meetx leese but their showx their substance still lives sweetx x then let not winterxs ragged hand defacex in thee thy summer ere thou be distilledx make sweet some vialx treasure thou some placex with beautyxs treasure ere it be selfxkilledx that use is not forbidden usuryx which happies those that pay the willing loanx thatxs for thy self to breed another theex or ten times happier be it ten for onex ten times thy self were happier than thou artx if ten of thine ten times refigured theex then what could death do if thou shouldst departx leaving thee living in posterityx be not selfxwilled for thou art much too fairx to be deathxs conquest and make worms thine heirx x lo in the orient when the gracious light lifts up his burning headx each under eye doth homage to his newxappearing sightx serving with looks his sacred majestyx and having climbed the steepxup heavenly hillx resembling strong youth in his middle agex yet mortal looks adore his beauty stillx attending on his golden pilgrimagex but when from highmost pitch with weary carx like feeble age he reeleth from the dayx the eyes xfore duteousx now converted are from his low tract and look another wayx so thoux thy self outxgoing in thy noonx unlooked on diest unless thou get a sonx x music to hearx why hearxst thou music sadlyx sweets with sweets war notx joy delights in joyx why lovxst thou that which thou receivxst not gladlyx or else receivxst with pleasure thine annoyx if the true concord of wellxtuned soundsx by unions married do offend thine earx they do but sweetly chide theex who confounds in singleness the parts that thou shouldst bearx mark how one string sweet husband to anotherx strikes each in each by mutual orderingx resembling sirex and childx and happy motherx who all in onex one pleasing note do singx whose speechless song being manyx seeming onex sings this to theex xthou single wilt prove nonexx x is it for fear to wet a widowxs eyex that thou consumxst thy self in single lifex ahx if thou issueless shalt hap to diex the world will wail thee like a makeless wifex the world will be thy widow and still weepx that thou no form of thee hast left behindx when every private widow well may keepx by childrenxs eyesx her husbandxs shape in mindx look what an unthrift in the world doth spend shifts but his placex for still the world enjoys itx but beautyxs waste hath in the world an endx and kept unused the user so destroys itx no love toward others in that bosom sits that on himself such murdxrous shame commitsx xx for shame deny that thou bearxst love to any who for thy self art so unprovidentx grant if thou wiltx thou art beloved of manyx but that thou none lovxst is most evidentx for thou art so possessed with murdxrous hatex that xgainst thy self thou stickxst not to conspirex seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate which to repair should be thy chief desirex o change thy thoughtx that i may change my mindx shall hate be fairer lodged than gentle lovex be as thy presence is gracious and kindx or to thy self at least kindxhearted provex make thee another self for love of mex that beauty still may live in thine or theex xx as fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou growxstx in one of thinex from that which thou departestx and that fresh blood which youngly thou bestowxstx thou mayst call thinex when thou from youth convertestx herein lives wisdomx beautyx and increasex without this follyx agex and cold decayx if all were minded sox the times should ceasex and threescore year would make the world awayx let those whom nature hath not made for storex harshx featurelessx and rudex barrenly perishx look whom she best endowedx she gave thee morex which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherishx she carved thee for her sealx and meant therebyx thou shouldst print morex not let that copy diex xx when i do count the clock that tells the timex and see the brave day sunk in hideous nightx when i behold the violet past primex and sable curls all silvered oxer with whitex when lofty trees i see barren of leavesx which erst from heat did canopy the herd and summerxs green all girded up in sheaves borne on the bier with white and bristly beardx then of thy beauty do i question make that thou among the wastes of time must gox since sweets and beauties do themselves forsakex and die as fast as they see others growx and nothing xgainst timexs scythe can make defence save breed to brave himx when he takes thee hencex xx o that you were your selfx but love you are no longer yoursx than you your self here livex against this coming end you should preparex and your sweet semblance to some other givex so should that beauty which you hold in lease find no determinationx then you were your self again after your selfxs deceasex when your sweet issue your sweet form should bearx who lets so fair a house fall to decayx which husbandry in honour might upholdx against the stormy gusts of winterxs day and barren rage of deathxs eternal coldx o none but unthriftsx dear my love you knowx you had a fatherx let your son say sox xx not from the stars do i my judgement pluckx and yet methinks i have astronomyx but not to tell of goodx or evil luckx of plaguesx of dearthsx or seasonsx qualityx nor can i fortune to brief minutes tellx pointing to each his thunderx rain and windx or say with princes if it shall go well by oft predict that i in heaven findx but from thine eyes my knowledge i derivex and constant stars in them i read such art as truth and beauty shall together thrive if from thy selfx to store thou wouldst convertx or else of thee this i prognosticatex thy end is truthxs and beautyxs doom and datex xx when i consider every thing that grows holds in perfection but a little momentx that this huge stage presenteth nought but shows whereon the stars in secret influence commentx when i perceive that men as plants increasex cheered and checked even by the selfxsame skyx vaunt in their youthful sapx at height decreasex and wear their brave state out of memoryx then the conceit of this inconstant stayx sets you most rich in youth before my sightx where wasteful time debateth with decay to change your day of youth to sullied nightx and all in war with time for love of youx as he takes from youx i engraft you newx xx but wherefore do not you a mightier way make war upon this bloody tyrant timex and fortify your self in your decay with means more blessed than my barren rhymex now stand you on the top of happy hoursx and many maiden gardens yet unsetx with virtuous wish would bear you living flowersx much liker than your painted counterfeitx so should the lines of life that life repair which this xtimexs pencilx or my pupil pen neither in inward worth nor outward fair can make you live your self in eyes of menx to give away your selfx keeps your self stillx and you must live drawn by your own sweet skillx xx who will believe my verse in time to come if it were filled with your most high desertsx though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb which hides your lifex and shows not half your partsx if i could write the beauty of your eyesx and in fresh numbers number all your gracesx the age to come would say this poet liesx such heavenly touches nexer touched earthly facesx so should my papers xyellowed with their agex be scornedx like old men of less truth than tonguex and your true rights be termed a poetxs ragex and stretched metre of an antique songx but were some child of yours alive that timex you should live twice in itx and in my rhymex xx shall i compare thee to a summerxs dayx thou art more lovely and more temperatex rough winds do shake the darling buds of mayx and summerxs lease hath all too short a datex sometime too hot the eye of heaven shinesx and often is his gold complexion dimmedx and every fair from fair sometime declinesx by chancex or naturexs changing course untrimmedx but thy eternal summer shall not fadex nor lose possession of that fair thou owxstx nor shall death brag thou wandxrest in his shadex when in eternal lines to time thou growxstx so long as men can breathe or eyes can seex so long lives thisx and this gives life to theex xx devouring time blunt thou the lionxs pawsx and make the earth devour her own sweet broodx pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tigerxs jawsx and burn the longxlived phoenixx in her bloodx make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleetxstx and do whatexer thou wilt swiftxfooted time to the wide world and all her fading sweetsx but i forbid thee one most heinous crimex o carve not with thy hours my lovexs fair browx nor draw no lines there with thine antique penx him in thy course untainted do allowx for beautyxs pattern to succeeding menx yet do thy worst old timex despite thy wrongx my love shall in my verse ever live youngx xx a womanxs face with naturexs own hand paintedx hast thou the master mistress of my passionx a womanxs gentle heart but not acquainted with shifting change as is false womenxs fashionx an eye more bright than theirsx less false in rollingx gilding the object whereupon it gazethx a man in hue all hues in his controllingx which steals menxs eyes and womenxs souls amazethx and for a woman wert thou first createdx till nature as she wrought thee fell axdotingx and by addition me of thee defeatedx by adding one thing to my purpose nothingx but since she pricked thee out for womenxs pleasurex mine be thy love and thy lovexs use their treasurex xx so is it not with me as with that musex stirred by a painted beauty to his versex who heaven it self for ornament doth usex and every fair with his fair doth rehearsex making a couplement of proud compare with sun and moonx with earth and seaxs rich gemsx with aprilxs firstxborn flowers and all things rarex that heavenxs air in this huge rondure hemsx o let me true in love but truly writex and then believe mex my love is as fairx as any motherxs childx though not so bright as those gold candles fixed in heavenxs airx let them say more that like of hearsay wellx i will not praise that purpose not to sellx xx my glass shall not persuade me i am oldx so long as youth and thou are of one datex but when in thee timexs furrows i beholdx then look i death my days should expiatex for all that beauty that doth cover theex is but the seemly raiment of my heartx which in thy breast doth livex as thine in mex how can i then be elder than thou artx o therefore love be of thyself so waryx as i not for my selfx but for thee willx bearing thy heart which i will keep so chary as tender nurse her babe from faring illx presume not on thy heart when mine is slainx thou gavxst me thine not to give back againx xx as an unperfect actor on the stagex who with his fear is put beside his partx or some fierce thing replete with too much ragex whose strengthxs abundance weakens his own heartx so i for fear of trustx forget to sayx the perfect ceremony of lovexs ritex and in mine own lovexs strength seem to decayx oxercharged with burthen of mine own lovexs mightx o let my looks be then the eloquencex and dumb presagers of my speaking breastx who plead for lovex and look for recompensex more than that tongue that more hath more expressedx o learn to read what silent love hath writx to hear with eyes belongs to lovexs fine witx xx mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelledx thy beautyxs form in table of my heartx my body is the frame wherein xtis heldx and perspective it is best painterxs artx for through the painter must you see his skillx to find where your true image pictured liesx which in my bosomxs shop is hanging stillx that hath his windows glazed with thine eyesx now see what good turns eyes for eyes have donex mine eyes have drawn thy shapex and thine for me are windows to my breastx wherexthrough the sun delights to peepx to gaze therein on theex yet eyes this cunning want to grace their artx they draw but what they seex know not the heartx xx let those who are in favour with their starsx of public honour and proud titles boastx whilst i whom fortune of such triumph bars unlooked for joy in that i honour mostx great princesx favourites their fair leaves spreadx but as the marigold at the sunxs eyex and in themselves their pride lies buriedx for at a frown they in their glory diex the painful warrior famoused for fightx after a thousand victories once foiledx is from the book of honour razed quitex and all the rest forgot for which he toiledx then happy i that love and am beloved where i may not remove nor be removedx xx lord of my lovex to whom in vassalage thy merit hath my duty strongly knitx to thee i send this written embassage to witness dutyx not to show my witx duty so greatx which wit so poor as mine may make seem barex in wanting words to show itx but that i hope some good conceit of thine in thy soulxs thought xall nakedx will bestow itx till whatsoever star that guides my movingx points on me graciously with fair aspectx and puts apparel on my tattered lovingx to show me worthy of thy sweet respectx then may i dare to boast how i do love theex till thenx not show my head where thou mayst prove mex xx weary with toilx i haste me to my bedx the dear respose for limbs with travel tiredx but then begins a journey in my head to work my mindx when bodyxs workxs expiredx for then my thoughts xfrom far where i abidex intend a zealous pilgrimage to theex and keep my drooping eyelids open widex looking on darkness which the blind do seex save that my soulxs imaginary sight presents thy shadow to my sightless viewx which like a jewel xhung in ghastly nightx makes black night beauteousx and her old face newx lo thus by day my limbsx by night my mindx for theex and for my selfx no quiet findx xx how can i then return in happy plight that am debarred the benefit of restx when dayxs oppression is not eased by nightx but day by night and night by day oppressedx and each xthough enemies to eitherxs reignx do in consent shake hands to torture mex the one by toilx the other to complain how far i toilx still farther off from theex i tell the day to please him thou art brightx and dost him grace when clouds do blot the heavenx so flatter i the swartxcomplexioned nightx when sparkling stars twire not thou gildxst the evenx but day doth daily draw my sorrows longerx and night doth nightly make griefxs length seem stronger xx when in disgrace with fortune and menxs eyesx i all alone beweep my outcast statex and trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesx and look upon my self and curse my fatex wishing me like to one more rich in hopex featured like himx like him with friends possessedx desiring this manxs artx and that manxs scopex with what i most enjoy contented leastx yet in these thoughts my self almost despisingx haply i think on theex and then my statex xlike to the lark at break of day arising from sullen earthx sings hymns at heavenxs gatex for thy sweet love remembered such wealth bringsx that then i scorn to change my state with kingsx xx when to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtx i summon up remembrance of things pastx i sigh the lack of many a thing i soughtx and with old woes new wail my dear timexs wastex then can i drown an eye xunused to flowx for precious friends hid in deathxs dateless nightx and weep afresh lovexs long since cancelled woex and moan thx expense of many a vanished sightx then can i grieve at grievances foregonex and heavily from woe to woe tell oxer the sad account of forexbemoaned moanx which i new pay as if not paid beforex but if the while i think on thee xdear friendx all losses are restoredx and sorrows endx xx thy bosom is endeared with all heartsx which i by lacking have supposed deadx and there reigns love and all lovexs loving partsx and all those friends which i thought buriedx how many a holy and obsequious tear hath dear religious love stolxn from mine eyex as interest of the deadx which now appearx but things removed that hidden in thee liex thou art the grave where buried love doth livex hung with the trophies of my lovers gonex who all their parts of me to thee did givex that due of manyx now is thine alonex their images i lovedx i view in theex and thou xall theyx hast all the all of mex xx if thou survive my wellxcontented dayx when that churl death my bones with dust shall cover and shalt by fortune once more rexsurvey these poor rude lines of thy deceased loverx compare them with the bettxring of the timex and though they be outstripped by every penx reserve them for my lovex not for their rhymex exceeded by the height of happier menx o then vouchsafe me but this loving thoughtx xhad my friendxs muse grown with this growing agex a dearer birth than this his love had brought to march in ranks of better equipagex but since he died and poets better provex theirs for their style ixll readx his for his lovexx xx full many a glorious morning have i seenx flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eyex kissing with golden face the meadows greenx gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemyx anon permit the basest clouds to ridex with ugly rack on his celestial facex and from the forlorn world his visage hide stealing unseen to west with this disgracex even so my sun one early morn did shinex with all triumphant splendour on my browx but out alackx he was but one hour minex the region cloud hath masked him from me nowx yet him for thisx my love no whit disdainethx suns of the world may stainx when heavenxs sun stainethx xx why didst thou promise such a beauteous dayx and make me travel forth without my cloakx to let base clouds oxertake me in my wayx hiding thy bravxry in their rotten smokex xtis not enough that through the cloud thou breakx to dry the rain on my stormxbeaten facex for no man well of such a salve can speakx that heals the woundx and cures not the disgracex nor can thy shame give physic to my griefx though thou repentx yet i have still the lossx thx offenderxs sorrow lends but weak relief to him that bears the strong offencexs crossx ah but those tears are pearl which thy love shedsx and they are richx and ransom all ill deedsx xx no more be grieved at that which thou hast donex roses have thornsx and silver fountains mudx clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sunx and loathsome canker lives in sweetest budx all men make faultsx and even i in thisx authorizing thy trespass with comparex my self corrupting salving thy amissx excusing thy sins more than thy sins arex for to thy sensual fault i bring in sensex thy adverse party is thy advocatex and xgainst my self a lawful plea commencex such civil war is in my love and hatex that i an accessary needs must bex to that sweet thief which sourly robs from mex xx let me confess that we two must be twainx although our undivided loves are onex so shall those blots that do with me remainx without thy helpx by me be borne alonex in our two loves there is but one respectx though in our lives a separable spitex which though it alter not lovexs sole effectx yet doth it steal sweet hours from lovexs delightx i may not evermore acknowledge theex lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shamex nor thou with public kindness honour mex unless thou take that honour from thy namex but do not sox i love thee in such sortx as thou being minex mine is thy good reportx xx as a decrepit father takes delightx to see his active child do deeds of youthx so ix made lame by fortunexs dearest spite take all my comfort of thy worth and truthx for whether beautyx birthx or wealthx or witx or any of these allx or allx or more entitled in thy partsx do crowned sitx i make my love engrafted to this storex so then i am not lamex poorx nor despisedx whilst that this shadow doth such substance givex that i in thy abundance am sufficedx and by a part of all thy glory livex look what is bestx that best i wish in theex this wish i havex then ten times happy mex xx how can my muse want subject to invent while thou dost breathe that pourxst into my versex thine own sweet argumentx too excellentx for every vulgar paper to rehearsex o give thy self the thanks if aught in mex worthy perusal stand against thy sightx for whoxs so dumb that cannot write to theex when thou thy self dost give invention lightx be thou the tenth musex ten times more in worth than those old nine which rhymers invocatex and he that calls on theex let him bring forth eternal numbers to outlive long datex if my slight muse do please these curious daysx the pain be minex but thine shall be the praisex xx o how thy worth with manners may i singx when thou art all the better part of mex what can mine own praise to mine own self bringx and what isxt but mine own when i praise theex even for thisx let us divided livex and our dear love lose name of single onex that by this separation i may givex that due to thee which thou deservxst alonex o absence what a torment wouldst thou provex were it not thy sour leisure gave sweet leavex to entertain the time with thoughts of lovex which time and thoughts so sweetly doth deceivex and that thou teachest how to make one twainx by praising him here who doth hence remainx xx take all my lovesx my lovex yea take them allx what hast thou then more than thou hadst beforex no lovex my lovex that thou mayst true love callx all mine was thinex before thou hadst this morex then if for my lovex thou my love receivestx i cannot blame theex for my love thou usestx but yet be blamedx if thou thy self deceivest by wilful taste of what thy self refusestx i do forgive thy robbery gentle thief although thou steal thee all my povertyx and yet love knows it is a greater grief to bear greater wrongx than hatexs known injuryx lascivious gracex in whom all ill well showsx kill me with spites yet we must not be foesx xx those pretty wrongs that liberty commitsx when i am sometime absent from thy heartx thy beautyx and thy years full well befitsx for still temptation follows where thou artx gentle thou artx and therefore to be wonx beauteous thou artx therefore to be assailedx and when a woman woosx what womanxs sonx will sourly leave her till he have prevailedx ay mex but yet thou mightst my seat forbearx and chide thy beautyx and thy straying youthx who lead thee in their riot even there where thou art forced to break a twofold truthx hers by thy beauty tempting her to theex thine by thy beauty being false to mex xx that thou hast her it is not all my griefx and yet it may be said i loved her dearlyx that she hath thee is of my wailing chiefx a loss in love that touches me more nearlyx loving offenders thus i will excuse yex thou dost love herx because thou knowxst i love herx and for my sake even so doth she abuse mex suffxring my friend for my sake to approve herx if i lose theex my loss is my lovexs gainx and losing herx my friend hath found that lossx both find each otherx and i lose both twainx and both for my sake lay on me this crossx but herexs the joyx my friend and i are onex sweet flatteryx then she loves but me alonex xx when most i wink then do mine eyes best seex for all the day they view things unrespectedx but when i sleepx in dreams they look on theex and darkly brightx are bright in dark directedx then thou whose shadow shadows doth make bright how would thy shadowxs formx form happy showx to the clear day with thy much clearer lightx when to unseeing eyes thy shade shines sox how would xi sayx mine eyes be blessed madex by looking on thee in the living dayx when in dead night thy fair imperfect shadex through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stayx all days are nights to see till i see theex and nights bright days when dreams do show thee mex xx if the dull substance of my flesh were thoughtx injurious distance should not stop my wayx for then despite of space i would be broughtx from limits far remotex where thou dost stayx no matter then although my foot did stand upon the farthest earth removed from theex for nimble thought can jump both sea and landx as soon as think the place where he would bex but ahx thought kills me that i am not thought to leap large lengths of miles when thou art gonex but that so much of earth and water wroughtx i must attendx timexs leisure with my moanx receiving nought by elements so slowx but heavy tearsx badges of eitherxs woex xx the other twox slight airx and purging firex are both with theex wherever i abidex the first my thoughtx the other my desirex these presentxabsent with swift motion slidex for when these quicker elements are gone in tender embassy of love to theex my life being made of fourx with two alonex sinks down to deathx oppressed with melancholyx until lifexs composition be recuredx by those swift messengers returned from theex who even but now come back again assuredx of thy fair healthx recounting it to mex this toldx i joyx but then no longer gladx i send them back again and straight grow sadx xx mine eye and heart are at a mortal warx how to divide the conquest of thy sightx mine eyex my heart thy picturexs sight would barx my heartx mine eye the freedom of that rightx my heart doth plead that thou in him dost liex xa closet never pierced with crystal eyesx but the defendant doth that plea denyx and says in him thy fair appearance liesx to side this title is impanelled a quest of thoughtsx all tenants to the heartx and by their verdict is determined the clear eyexs moietyx and the dear heartxs partx as thusx mine eyexs due is thy outward partx and my heartxs rightx thy inward love of heartx xx betwixt mine eye and heart a league is tookx and each doth good turns now unto the otherx when that mine eye is famished for a lookx or heart in love with sighs himself doth smotherx with my lovexs picture then my eye doth feastx and to the painted banquet bids my heartx another time mine eye is my heartxs guestx and in his thoughts of love doth share a partx so either by thy picture or my lovex thy self awayx art present still with mex for thou not farther than my thoughts canst movex and i am still with themx and they with theex or if they sleepx thy picture in my sight awakes my heartx to heartxs and eyexs delightx xx how careful was i when i took my wayx each trifle under truest bars to thrustx that to my use it might unused stay from hands of falsehoodx in sure wards of trustx but thoux to whom my jewels trifles arex most worthy comfortx now my greatest griefx thou best of dearestx and mine only carex art left the prey of every vulgar thiefx thee have i not locked up in any chestx save where thou art notx though i feel thou artx within the gentle closure of my breastx from whence at pleasure thou mayst come and partx and even thence thou wilt be stolxn i fearx for truth proves thievish for a prize so dearx xx against that time xif ever that time comex when i shall see thee frown on my defectsx when as thy love hath cast his utmost sumx called to that audit by advised respectsx against that time when thou shalt strangely passx and scarcely greet me with that sun thine eyex when love converted from the thing it was shall reasons find of settled gravityx against that time do i ensconce me here within the knowledge of mine own desertx and this my handx against my self uprearx to guard the lawful reasons on thy partx to leave poor mex thou hast the strength of lawsx since why to lovex i can allege no causex xx how heavy do i journey on the wayx when what i seek xmy weary travelxs endx doth teach that case and that repose to say xthus far the miles are measured from thy friendxx the beast that bears mex tired with my woex plods dully onx to bear that weight in mex as if by some instinct the wretch did know his rider loved not speed being made from theex the bloody spur cannot provoke him onx that sometimes anger thrusts into his hidex which heavily he answers with a groanx more sharp to me than spurring to his sidex for that same groan doth put this in my mindx my grief lies onward and my joy behindx xx thus can my love excuse the slow offencex of my dull bearerx when from thee i speedx from where thou artx why should i haste me thencex till i return of posting is no needx o what excuse will my poor beast then findx when swift extremity can seem but slowx then should i spur though mounted on the windx in winged speed no motion shall i knowx then can no horse with my desire keep pacex therefore desire xof perfectxst love being madex shall neigh xno dull fleshx in his fiery racex but lovex for lovex thus shall excuse my jadex since from thee goingx he went wilfulxslowx towards thee ixll runx and give him leave to gox xx so am i as the rich whose blessed keyx can bring him to his sweet upxlocked treasurex the which he will not every hour surveyx for blunting the fine point of seldom pleasurex therefore are feasts so solemn and so rarex since seldom coming in that long year setx like stones of worth they thinly placed arex or captain jewels in the carcanetx so is the time that keeps you as my chest or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hidex to make some special instant specialxblestx by new unfolding his imprisoned pridex blessed are you whose worthiness gives scopex being had to triumphx being lacked to hopex xx what is your substancex whereof are you madex that millions of strange shadows on you tendx since every onex hath every onex one shadex and you but onex can every shadow lendx describe adonis and the counterfeitx is poorly imitated after youx on helenxs cheek all art of beauty setx and you in grecian tires are painted newx speak of the springx and foison of the yearx the one doth shadow of your beauty showx the other as your bounty doth appearx and you in every blessed shape we knowx in all external grace you have some partx but you like nonex none you for constant heartx xx o how much more doth beauty beauteous seemx by that sweet ornament which truth doth givex the rose looks fairx but fairer we it deem for that sweet odourx which doth in it livex the canker blooms have full as deep a dyex as the perfumed tincture of the rosesx hang on such thornsx and play as wantonlyx when summerxs breath their masked buds disclosesx but for their virtue only is their showx they live unwooedx and unrespected fadex die to themselvesx sweet roses do not sox of their sweet deathsx are sweetest odours madex and so of youx beauteous and lovely youthx when that shall fadex my verse distills your truthx xx not marblex nor the gilded monuments of princes shall outlive this powerful rhymex but you shall shine more bright in these contents than unswept stonex besmeared with sluttish timex when wasteful war shall statues overturnx and broils root out the work of masonryx nor mars his swordx nor warxs quick fire shall burnx the living record of your memoryx xgainst deathx and allxoblivious enmity shall you pace forthx your praise shall still find roomx even in the eyes of all posterity that wear this world out to the ending doomx so till the judgment that your self arisex you live in thisx and dwell in loversx eyesx xx sweet love renew thy forcex be it not said thy edge should blunter be than appetitex which but toxday by feeding is allayedx toxmorrow sharpened in his former mightx so love be thoux although toxday thou fill thy hungry eyesx even till they wink with fulnessx toxmorrow see againx and do not kill the spirit of lovex with a perpetual dulnessx let this sad interim like the ocean be which parts the shorex where two contracted newx come daily to the banksx that when they seex return of lovex more blest may be the viewx or call it winterx which being full of carex makes summerxs welcomex thrice more wishedx more rarex xx being your slave what should i do but tendx upon the hoursx and times of your desirex i have no precious time at all to spendx nor services to do till you requirex nor dare i chide the worldxwithoutxend hourx whilst i xmy sovereignx watch the clock for youx nor think the bitterness of absence sourx when you have bid your servant once adieux nor dare i question with my jealous thoughtx where you may bex or your affairs supposex but like a sad slave stay and think of nought save where you arex how happy you make thosex so true a fool is lovex that in your willx xthough you do any thingx he thinks no illx xx that god forbidx that made me first your slavex i should in thought control your times of pleasurex or at your hand thx account of hours to cravex being your vassal bound to stay your leisurex o let me suffer xbeing at your beckx thx imprisoned absence of your libertyx and patience tame to sufferance bide each checkx without accusing you of injuryx be where you listx your charter is so strongx that you your self may privilage your time to what you willx to you it doth belongx your self to pardon of selfxdoing crimex i am to waitx though waiting so be hellx not blame your pleasure be it ill or wellx xx if there be nothing newx but that which isx hath been beforex how are our brains beguiledx which labouring for invention bear amis the second burthen of a former childx o that record could with a backward lookx even of five hundred courses of the sunx show me your image in some antique bookx since mind at first in character was donex that i might see what the old world could sayx to this composed wonder of your framex whether we are mendedx or whether better theyx or whether revolution be the samex o sure i am the wits of former daysx to subjects worse have given admiring praisex xx like as the waves make towards the pebbled shorex so do our minutes hasten to their endx each changing place with that which goes beforex in sequent toil all forwards do contendx nativity once in the main of lightx crawls to maturityx wherewith being crownedx crooked eclipses xgainst his glory fightx and time that gavex doth now his gift confoundx time doth transfix the flourish set on youthx and delves the parallels in beautyxs browx feeds on the rarities of naturexs truthx and nothing stands but for his scythe to mowx and yet to times in hopex my verse shall stand praising thy worthx despite his cruel handx xx is it thy willx thy image should keep open my heavy eyelids to the weary nightx dost thou desire my slumbers should be brokenx while shadows like to thee do mock my sightx is it thy spirit that thou sendxst from thee so far from home into my deeds to pryx to find out shames and idle hours in mex the scope and tenure of thy jealousyx o nox thy love though muchx is not so greatx it is my love that keeps mine eye awakex mine own true love that doth my rest defeatx to play the watchman ever for thy sakex for thee watch ix whilst thou dost wake elsewherex from me far offx with others all too nearx xx sin of selfxlove possesseth all mine eyex and all my soulx and all my every partx and for this sin there is no remedyx it is so grounded inward in my heartx methinks no face so gracious is as minex no shape so truex no truth of such accountx and for my self mine own worth do definex as i all other in all worths surmountx but when my glass shows me my self indeed beated and chopt with tanned antiquityx mine own selfxlove quite contrary i readx selfx so selfxloving were iniquityx xtis thee xmy selfx that for my self i praisex painting my age with beauty of thy daysx xx against my love shall be as i am now with timexs injurious hand crushed and oxerwornx when hours have drained his blood and filled his brow with lines and wrinklesx when his youthful morn hath travelled on to agexs steepy nightx and all those beauties whereof now hexs king are vanishingx or vanished out of sightx stealing away the treasure of his springx for such a time do i now fortify against confounding agexs cruel knifex that he shall never cut from memory my sweet lovexs beautyx though my loverxs lifex his beauty shall in these black lines be seenx and they shall livex and he in them still greenx xx when i have seen by timexs fell hand defaced the richxproud cost of outworn buried agex when sometime lofty towers i see downxrasedx and brass eternal slave to mortal ragex when i have seen the hungry ocean gain advantage on the kingdom of the shorex and the firm soil win of the watery mainx increasing store with lossx and loss with storex when i have seen such interchange of statex or state it self confoundedx to decayx ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate that time will come and take my love awayx this thought is as a death which cannot choose but weep to havex that which it fears to losex xx since brassx nor stonex nor earthx nor boundless seax but sad mortality oxersways their powerx how with this rage shall beauty hold a pleax whose action is no stronger than a flowerx o how shall summerxs honey breath hold outx against the wrackful siege of battxring daysx when rocks impregnable are not so stoutx nor gates of steel so strong but time decaysx o fearful meditationx where alackx shall timexs best jewel from timexs chest lie hidx or what strong hand can hold his swift foot backx or who his spoil of beauty can forbidx o nonex unless this miracle have mightx that in black ink my love may still shine brightx xx tired with all these for restful death i cryx as to behold desert a beggar bornx and needy nothing trimmed in jollityx and purest faith unhappily forswornx and gilded honour shamefully misplacedx and maiden virtue rudely strumpetedx and right perfection wrongfully disgracedx and strength by limping sway disabled and art made tonguextied by authorityx and folly xdoctorxlikex controlling skillx and simple truth miscalled simplicityx and captive good attending captain illx tired with all thesex from these would i be gonex save that to diex i leave my love alonex xx ah wherefore with infection should he livex and with his presence grace impietyx that sin by him advantage should achievex and lace it self with his societyx why should false painting imitate his cheekx and steal dead seeming of his living huex why should poor beauty indirectly seekx roses of shadowx since his rose is truex why should he livex now nature bankrupt isx beggared of blood to blush through lively veinsx for she hath no exchequer now but hisx and proud of manyx lives upon his gainsx o him she storesx to show what wealth she hadx in days long sincex before these last so badx xx thus is his cheek the map of days outwornx when beauty lived and died as flowers do nowx before these bastard signs of fair were bornx or durst inhabit on a living browx before the golden tresses of the deadx the right of sepulchresx were shorn awayx to live a second life on second headx ere beautyxs dead fleece made another gayx in him those holy antique hours are seenx without all ornamentx it self and truex making no summer of anotherxs greenx robbing no old to dress his beauty newx and him as for a map doth nature storex to show false art what beauty was of yorex xx those parts of thee that the worldxs eye doth viewx want nothing that the thought of hearts can mendx all tongues xthe voice of soulsx give thee that duex uttering bare truthx even so as foes commendx thy outward thus with outward praise is crownedx but those same tongues that give thee so thine ownx in other accents do this praise confound by seeing farther than the eye hath shownx they look into the beauty of thy mindx and that in guess they measure by thy deedsx then churls their thoughts xalthough their eyes were kindx to thy fair flower add the rank smell of weedsx but why thy odour matcheth not thy showx the soil is thisx that thou dost common growx xx that thou art blamed shall not be thy defectx for slanderxs mark was ever yet the fairx the ornament of beauty is suspectx a crow that flies in heavenxs sweetest airx so thou be goodx slander doth but approvex thy worth the greater being wooed of timex for canker vice the sweetest buds doth lovex and thou presentxst a pure unstained primex thou hast passed by the ambush of young daysx either not assailedx or victor being chargedx yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praisex to tie up envyx evermore enlargedx if some suspect of ill masked not thy showx then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owex xx no longer mourn for me when i am deadx than you shall hear the surly sullen bell give warning to the world that i am fled from this vile world with vilest worms to dwellx nay if you read this linex remember notx the hand that writ itx for i love you sox that i in your sweet thoughts would be forgotx if thinking on me then should make you woex o if xi sayx you look upon this versex when i xperhapsx compounded am with clayx do not so much as my poor name rehearsex but let your love even with my life decayx lest the wise world should look into your moanx and mock you with me after i am gonex xx o lest the world should task you to recitex what merit lived in me that you should love after my death xdear lovex forget me quitex for you in me can nothing worthy provex unless you would devise some virtuous liex to do more for me than mine own desertx and hang more praise upon deceased ix than niggard truth would willingly impartx o lest your true love may seem false in thisx that you for love speak well of me untruex my name be buried where my body isx and live no more to shame nor mex nor youx for i am shamed by that which i bring forthx and so should youx to love things nothing worthx xx that time of year thou mayst in me beholdx when yellow leavesx or nonex or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the coldx bare ruined choirsx where late the sweet birds sangx in me thou seest the twilight of such dayx as after sunset fadeth in the westx which by and by black night doth take awayx deathxs second self that seals up all in restx in me thou seest the glowing of such firex that on the ashes of his youth doth liex as the deathxbedx whereon it must expirex consumed with that which it was nourished byx this thou perceivxstx which makes thy love more strongx to love that wellx which thou must leave ere longx xx but be contented when that fell arrestx without all bail shall carry me awayx my life hath in this line some interestx which for memorial still with thee shall stayx when thou reviewest thisx thou dost reviewx the very part was consecrate to theex the earth can have but earthx which is his duex my spirit is thine the better part of mex so then thou hast but lost the dregs of lifex the prey of wormsx my body being deadx the coward conquest of a wretchxs knifex too base of thee to be rememberedx the worth of thatx is that which it containsx and that is thisx and this with thee remainsx xx so are you to my thoughts as food to lifex or as sweetxseasoned showers are to the groundx and for the peace of you i hold such strife as xtwixt a miser and his wealth is foundx now proud as an enjoyerx and anon doubting the filching age will steal his treasurex now counting best to be with you alonex then bettered that the world may see my pleasurex sometime all full with feasting on your sightx and by and by clean starved for a lookx possessing or pursuing no delight save what is hadx or must from you be tookx thus do i pine and surfeit day by dayx or gluttoning on allx or all awayx xx why is my verse so barren of new pridex so far from variation or quick changex why with the time do i not glance aside to newxfound methodsx and to compounds strangex why write i still all onex ever the samex and keep invention in a noted weedx that every word doth almost tell my namex showing their birthx and where they did proceedx o know sweet love i always write of youx and you and love are still my argumentx so all my best is dressing old words newx spending again what is already spentx for as the sun is daily new and oldx so is my love still telling what is toldx xx thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wearx thy dial how thy precious minutes wastex these vacant leaves thy mindxs imprint will bearx and of this bookx this learning mayst thou tastex the wrinkles which thy glass will truly showx of mouthed graves will give thee memoryx thou by thy dialxs shady stealth mayst knowx timexs thievish progress to eternityx look what thy memory cannot containx commit to these waste blanksx and thou shalt find those children nursedx delivered from thy brainx to take a new acquaintance of thy mindx these officesx so oft as thou wilt lookx shall profit theex and much enrich thy bookx xx so oft have i invoked thee for my musex and found such fair assistance in my versex as every alien pen hath got my usex and under thee their poesy dispersex thine eyesx that taught the dumb on high to singx and heavy ignorance aloft to flyx have added feathers to the learnedxs wingx and given grace a double majestyx yet be most proud of that which i compilex whose influence is thinex and born of theex in othersx works thou dost but mend the stylex and arts with thy sweet graces graced bex but thou art all my artx and dost advance as high as learningx my rude ignorancex xx whilst i alone did call upon thy aidx my verse alone had all thy gentle gracex but now my gracious numbers are decayedx and my sick muse doth give an other placex i grant xsweet lovex thy lovely argument deserves the travail of a worthier penx yet what of thee thy poet doth inventx he robs thee ofx and pays it thee againx he lends thee virtuex and he stole that wordx from thy behaviourx beauty doth he give and found it in thy cheekx he can afford no praise to theex but what in thee doth livex then thank him not for that which he doth sayx since what he owes theex thou thy self dost payx xx o how i faint when i of you do writex knowing a better spirit doth use your namex and in the praise thereof spends all his mightx to make me tonguextied speaking of your famex but since your worth xwide as the ocean isx the humble as the proudest sail doth bearx my saucy bark xinferior far to hisx on your broad main doth wilfully appearx your shallowest help will hold me up afloatx whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ridex or xbeing wreckedx i am a worthless boatx he of tall buildingx and of goodly pridex then if he thrive and i be cast awayx the worst was thisx my love was my decayx xx or i shall live your epitaph to makex or you survive when i in earth am rottenx from hence your memory death cannot takex although in me each part will be forgottenx your name from hence immortal life shall havex though i xonce gonex to all the world must diex the earth can yield me but a common gravex when you entombed in menxs eyes shall liex your monument shall be my gentle versex which eyes not yet created shall oxerxreadx and tongues to bex your being shall rehearsex when all the breathers of this world are deadx you still shall live xsuch virtue hath my penx where breath most breathesx even in the mouths of menx xx i grant thou wert not married to my musex and therefore mayst without attaint oxerlook the dedicated words which writers use of their fair subjectx blessing every bookx thou art as fair in knowledge as in huex finding thy worth a limit past my praisex and therefore art enforced to seek anewx some fresher stamp of the timexbettering daysx and do so lovex yet when they have devisedx what strained touches rhetoric can lendx thou truly fairx wert truly sympathizedx in true plain wordsx by thy truextelling friendx and their gross painting might be better usedx where cheeks need bloodx in thee it is abusedx xx i never saw that you did painting needx and therefore to your fair no painting setx i found xor thought i foundx you did exceedx that barren tender of a poetxs debtx and therefore have i slept in your reportx that you your self being extant well might showx how far a modern quill doth come too shortx speaking of worthx what worth in you doth growx this silence for my sin you did imputex which shall be most my glory being dumbx for i impair not beauty being mutex when others would give lifex and bring a tombx there lives more life in one of your fair eyesx than both your poets can in praise devisex xx who is it that says mostx which can say morex than this rich praisex that you alonex are youx in whose confine immured is the storex which should example where your equal grewx lean penury within that pen doth dwellx that to his subject lends not some small gloryx but he that writes of youx if he can tellx that you are youx so dignifies his storyx let him but copy what in you is writx not making worse what nature made so clearx and such a counterpart shall fame his witx making his style admired every wherex you to your beauteous blessings add a cursex being fond on praisex which makes your praises worsex xx my tonguextied muse in manners holds her stillx while comments of your praise richly compiledx reserve their character with golden quillx and precious phrase by all the muses filedx i think good thoughtsx whilst other write good wordsx and like unlettered clerk still cry amenx to every hymn that able spirit affordsx in polished form of well refined penx hearing you praisedx i say xtis sox xtis truex and to the most of praise add something morex but that is in my thoughtx whose love to you xthough words come hindmostx holds his rank beforex then othersx for the breath of words respectx me for my dumb thoughtsx speaking in effectx xx was it the proud full sail of his great versex bound for the prize of xall too preciousx youx that did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearsex making their tomb the womb wherein they grewx was it his spiritx by spirits taught to writex above a mortal pitchx that struck me deadx nox neither hex nor his compeers by night giving him aidx my verse astonishedx he nor that affable familiar ghost which nightly gulls him with intelligencex as victors of my silence cannot boastx i was not sick of any fear from thencex but when your countenance filled up his linex then lacked i matterx that enfeebled minex xx farewellx thou art too dear for my possessingx and like enough thou knowxst thy estimatex the charter of thy worth gives thee releasingx my bonds in thee are all determinatex for how do i hold thee but by thy grantingx and for that riches where is my deservingx the cause of this fair gift in me is wantingx and so my patent back again is swervingx thy self thou gavxstx thy own worth then not knowingx or me to whom thou gavxst itx else mistakingx so thy great gift upon misprision growingx comes home againx on better judgement makingx thus have i had thee as a dream doth flatterx in sleep a kingx but waking no such matterx xx when thou shalt be disposed to set me lightx and place my merit in the eye of scornx upon thy sidex against my self ixll fightx and prove thee virtuousx though thou art forswornx with mine own weakness being best acquaintedx upon thy part i can set down a story of faults concealedx wherein i am attaintedx that thou in losing mex shalt win much gloryx and i by this will be a gainer toox for bending all my loving thoughts on theex the injuries that to my self i dox doing thee vantagex doublexvantage mex such is my lovex to thee i so belongx that for thy rightx my self will bear all wrongx xx say that thou didst forsake me for some faultx and i will comment upon that offencex speak of my lamenessx and i straight will haltx against thy reasons making no defencex thou canst not xlovex disgrace me half so illx to set a form upon desired changex as ixll my self disgracex knowing thy willx i will acquaintance strangle and look strangex be absent from thy walks and in my tonguex thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwellx lest i xtoo much profanex should do it wronkx and haply of our old acquaintance tellx for theex against my self ixll vow debatex for i must nexer love him whom thou dost hatex xx then hate me when thou wiltx if everx nowx now while the world is bent my deeds to crossx join with the spite of fortunex make me bowx and do not drop in for an afterxlossx ah do notx when my heart hath xscaped this sorrowx come in the rearward of a conquered woex give not a windy night a rainy morrowx to linger out a purposed overthrowx if thou wilt leave mex do not leave me lastx when other petty griefs have done their spitex but in the onset comex so shall i taste at first the very worst of fortunexs mightx and other strains of woex which now seem woex compared with loss of theex will not seem sox xx some glory in their birthx some in their skillx some in their wealthx some in their bodyxs forcex some in their garments though newxfangled illx some in their hawks and houndsx some in their horsex and every humour hath his adjunct pleasurex wherein it finds a joy above the restx but these particulars are not my measurex all these i better in one general bestx thy love is better than high birth to mex richer than wealthx prouder than garmentsx costsx of more delight than hawks and horses bex and having theex of all menxs pride i boastx wretched in this alonex that thou mayst takex all this awayx and me most wretchcd makex xx but do thy worst to steal thy self awayx for term of life thou art assured minex and life no longer than thy love will stayx for it depends upon that love of thinex then need i not to fear the worst of wrongsx when in the least of them my life hath endx i seex a better state to me belongs than thatx which on thy humour doth dependx thou canst not vex me with inconstant mindx since that my life on thy revolt doth liex o what a happy title do i findx happy to have thy lovex happy to diex but whatxs so blessedxfair that fears no blotx thou mayst be falsex and yet i know it notx xx so shall i livex supposing thou art truex like a deceived husbandx so lovexs facex may still seem love to mex though altered newx thy looks with mex thy heart in other placex for there can live no hatred in thine eyex therefore in that i cannot know thy changex in manyxs looksx the false heartxs history is writ in moods and frowns and wrinkles strangex but heaven in thy creation did decreex that in thy face sweet love should ever dwellx whatexer thy thoughtsx or thy heartxs workings bex thy looks should nothing thencex but sweetness tellx how like evexs apple doth thy beauty growx if thy sweet virtue answer not thy showx xx they that have power to hurtx and will do nonex that do not do the thingx they most do showx who moving othersx are themselves as stonex unmovedx coldx and to temptation slowx they rightly do inherit heavenxs gracesx and husband naturexs riches from expensex tibey are the lords and owners of their facesx othersx but stewards of their excellencex the summerxs flower is to the summer sweetx though to it selfx it only live and diex but if that flower with base infection meetx the basest weed outbraves his dignityx for sweetest things turn sourest by their deedsx lilies that festerx smell far worse than weedsx xx how sweet and lovely dost thou make the shamex which like a canker in the fragrant rosex doth spot the beauty of thy budding namex o in what sweets dost thou thy sins enclosex that tongue that tells the story of thy daysx xmaking lascivious comments on thy sportx cannot dispraisex but in a kind of praisex naming thy namex blesses an ill reportx o what a mansion have those vices gotx which for their habitation chose out theex where beautyxs veil doth cover every blotx and all things turns to fairx that eyes can seex take heed xdear heartx of this large privilegex the hardest knife illxused doth lose his edgex xx some say thy fault is youthx some wantonnessx some say thy grace is youth and gentle sportx both grace and faults are loved of more and lessx thou makxst faults gracesx that to thee resortx as on the finger of a throned queenx the basest jewel will be well esteemedx so are those errors that in thee are seenx to truths translatedx and for true things deemedx how many lambs might the stern wolf betrayx if like a lamb he could his looks translatex how many gazers mightst thou lead awayx if thou wouldst use the strength of all thy statex but do not sox i love thee in such sortx as thou being minex mine is thy good reportx xx how like a winter hath my absence been from theex the pleasure of the fleeting yearx what freezings have i feltx what dark days seenx what old decemberxs bareness everywherex and yet this time removed was summerxs timex the teeming autumn big with rich increasex bearing the wanton burden of the primex like widowed wombs after their lordsx deceasex yet this abundant issue seemed to me but hope of orphansx and unfathered fruitx for summer and his pleasures wait on theex and thou awayx the very birds are mutex or if they singx xtis with so dull a cheerx that leaves look palex dreading the winterxs nearx xx from you have i been absent in the springx when proudxpied april xdressed in all his trimx hath put a spirit of youth in every thingx that heavy saturn laughed and leaped with himx yet nor the lays of birdsx nor the sweet smell of different flowers in odour and in huex could make me any summerxs story tellx or from their proud lap pluck them where they grewx nor did i wonder at the lilyxs whitex nor praise the deep vermilion in the rosex they were but sweetx but figures of delightx drawn after youx you pattern of all thosex yet seemed it winter stillx and you awayx as with your shadow i with these did playx xx the forward violet thus did i chidex sweet thiefx whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smellsx if not from my lovexs breathx the purple pride which on thy soft check for complexion dwellsx in my lovexs veins thou hast too grossly dyedx the lily i condemned for thy handx and buds of marjoram had stolxn thy hairx the roses fearfully on thorns did standx one blushing shamex another white despairx a third nor redx nor whitex had stolxn of bothx and to his robbery had annexed thy breathx but for his theft in pride of all his growth a vengeful canker eat him up to deathx more flowers i notedx yet i none could seex but sweetx or colour it had stolxn from theex xxx where art thou muse that thou forgetxst so longx to speak of that which gives thee all thy mightx spendxst thou thy fury on some worthless songx darkening thy power to lend base subjects lightx return forgetful musex and straight redeemx in gentle numbers time so idly spentx sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteemx and gives thy pen both skill and argumentx rise resty musex my lovexs sweet face surveyx if time have any wrinkle graven therex if anyx be a satire to decayx and make timexs spoils despised everywherex give my love fame faster than time wastes lifex so thou preventxst his scythex and crooked knifex xxx o truant muse what shall be thy amendsx for thy neglect of truth in beauty dyedx both truth and beauty on my love dependsx so dost thou toox and therein dignifiedx make answer musex wilt thou not haply sayx xtruth needs no colour with his colour fixedx beauty no pencilx beautyxs truth to layx but best is bestx if never intermixedxx because he needs no praisex wilt thou be dumbx excuse not silence sox forxt lies in theex to make him much outlive a gilded tombx and to be praised of ages yet to bex then do thy office musex i teach thee howx to make him seem long hencex as he shows nowx xxx my love is strengthened though more weak in seemingx i love not lessx though less the show appearx that love is merchandizedx whose rich esteemingx the ownerxs tongue doth publish every wherex our love was newx and then but in the springx when i was wont to greet it with my laysx as philomel in summerxs front doth singx and stops her pipe in growth of riper daysx not that the summer is less pleasant now than when her mournful hymns did hush the nightx but that wild music burthens every boughx and sweets grown common lose their dear delightx therefore like herx i sometime hold my tonguex because i would not dull you with my songx xxx alack what poverty my muse brings forthx that having such a scope to show her pridex the argument all bare is of more worth than when it hath my added praise besidex o blame me not if i no more can writex look in your glass and there appears a facex that overxgoes my blunt invention quitex dulling my linesx and doing me disgracex were it not sinful then striving to mendx to mar the subject that before was wellx for to no other pass my verses tendx than of your graces and your gifts to tellx and morex much more than in my verse can sitx your own glass shows youx when you look in itx xxx to me fair friend you never can be oldx for as you were when first your eye i eyedx such seems your beauty stillx three winters coldx have from the forests shook three summersx pridex three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turnedx in process of the seasons have i seenx three april perfumes in three hot junes burnedx since first i saw you fresh which yet are greenx ah yet doth beauty like a dial handx steal from his figurex and no pace perceivedx so your sweet huex which methinks still doth stand hath motionx and mine eye may be deceivedx for fear of whichx hear this thou age unbredx ere you were born was beautyxs summer deadx xxx let not my love be called idolatryx nor my beloved as an idol showx since all alike my songs and praises be to onex of onex still suchx and ever sox kind is my love toxdayx toxmorrow kindx still constant in a wondrous excellencex therefore my verse to constancy confinedx one thing expressingx leaves out differencex fairx kindx and truex is all my argumentx fairx kindx and truex varying to other wordsx and in this change is my invention spentx three themes in onex which wondrous scope affordsx fairx kindx and truex have often lived alonex which three till nowx never kept seat in onex xxx when in the chronicle of wasted timex i see descriptions of the fairest wightsx and beauty making beautiful old rhymex in praise of ladies deadx and lovely knightsx then in the blazon of sweet beautyxs bestx of handx of footx of lipx of eyex of browx i see their antique pen would have expressedx even such a beauty as you master nowx so all their praises are but prophecies of this our timex all you prefiguringx and for they looked but with divining eyesx they had not skill enough your worth to singx for we which now behold these present daysx have eyes to wonderx but lack tongues to praisex xxx not mine own fearsx nor the prophetic soulx of the wide worldx dreaming on things to comex can yet the lease of my true love controlx supposed as forfeit to a confined doomx the mortal moon hath her eclipse enduredx and the sad augurs mock their own presagex incertainties now crown themselves assuredx and peace proclaims olives of endless agex now with the drops of this most balmy timex my love looks freshx and death to me subscribesx since spite of him ixll live in this poor rhymex while he insults oxer dull and speechless tribesx and thou in this shalt find thy monumentx when tyrantsx crests and tombs of brass are spentx xxx whatxs in the brain that ink may characterx which hath not figured to thee my true spiritx whatxs new to speakx what now to registerx that may express my lovex or thy dear meritx nothing sweet boyx but yet like prayers divinex i must each day say oxer the very samex counting no old thing oldx thou minex i thinex even as when first i hallowed thy fair namex so that eternal love in lovexs fresh casex weighs not the dust and injury of agex nor gives to necessary wrinkles placex but makes antiquity for aye his pagex finding the first conceit of love there bredx where time and outward form would show it deadx xxx o never say that i was false of heartx though absence seemed my flame to qualifyx as easy might i from my self departx as from my soul which in thy breast doth liex that is my home of lovex if i have rangedx like him that travels i return againx just to the timex not with the time exchangedx so that my self bring water for my stainx never believe though in my nature reignedx all frailties that besiege all kinds of bloodx that it could so preposterously be stainedx to leave for nothing all thy sum of goodx for nothing this wide universe i callx save thou my rosex in it thou art my allx xxx alas xtis truex i have gone here and therex and made my self a motley to the viewx gored mine own thoughtsx sold cheap what is most dearx made old offences of affections newx most true it isx that i have looked on truth askance and strangelyx but by all abovex these blenches gave my heart another youthx and worse essays proved thee my best of lovex now all is donex have what shall have no endx mine appetite i never more will grind on newer proofx to try an older friendx a god in lovex to whom i am confinedx then give me welcomex next my heaven the bestx even to thy pure and most most loving breastx xxx o for my sake do you with fortune chidex the guilty goddess of my harmful deedsx that did not better for my life providex than public means which public manners breedsx thence comes it that my name receives a brandx and almost thence my nature is subdued to what it works inx like the dyerxs handx pity me thenx and wish i were renewedx whilst like a willing patient i will drinkx potions of eisel xgainst my strong infectionx no bitterness that i will bitter thinkx nor double penance to correct correctionx pity me then dear friendx and i assure yex even that your pity is enough to cure mex xxx your love and pity doth thx impression fillx which vulgar scandal stamped upon my browx for what care i who calls me well or illx so you oxerxgreen my badx my good allowx you are my all the worldx and i must strivex to know my shames and praises from your tonguex none else to mex nor i to none alivex that my steeled sense or changes right or wrongx in so profound abysm i throw all care of othersx voicesx that my adderxs sensex to critic and to flatterer stopped arex mark how with my neglect i do dispensex you are so strongly in my purpose bredx that all the world besides methinks are deadx xxx since i left youx mine eye is in my mindx and that which governs me to go aboutx doth part his functionx and is partly blindx seems seeingx but effectually is outx for it no form delivers to the heart of birdx of flowerx or shape which it doth latchx of his quick objects hath the mind no partx nor his own vision holds what it doth catchx for if it see the rudxst or gentlest sightx the most sweet favour or deformedxst creaturex the mountainx or the seax the dayx or nightx the crowx or dovex it shapes them to your featurex incapable of morex replete with youx my most true mind thus maketh mine untruex xxx or whether doth my mind being crowned with you drink up the monarchxs plague this flatteryx or whether shall i say mine eye saith truex and that your love taught it this alchemyx to make of monstersx and things indigestx such cherubins as your sweet self resemblex creating every bad a perfect best as fast as objects to his beams assemblex o xtis the firstx xtis flattery in my seeingx and my great mind most kingly drinks it upx mine eye well knows what with his gust is xgreeingx and to his palate doth prepare the cupx if it be poisonedx xtis the lesser sinx that mine eye loves it and doth first beginx xxx those lines that i before have writ do liex even those that said i could not love you dearerx yet then my judgment knew no reason whyx my most full flame should afterwards burn clearerx but reckoning timex whose millioned accidents creep in xtwixt vowsx and change decrees of kingsx tan sacred beautyx blunt the sharpxst intentsx divert strong minds to the course of altxring thingsx alas why fearing of timexs tyrannyx might i not then say xnow i love you bestxx when i was certain oxer incertaintyx crowning the presentx doubting of the restx love is a babex then might i not say so to give full growth to that which still doth growx xxx let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impedimentsx love is not love which alters when it alteration findsx or bends with the remover to removex o nox it is an everxfixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shakenx it is the star to every wandxring barkx whose worthxs unknownx although his height be takenx lovexs not timexs foolx though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sicklexs compass comex love alters not with his brief hours and weeksx but bears it out even to the edge of doomx if this be error and upon me provedx i never writx nor no man ever lovedx xxx accuse me thusx that i have scanted allx wherein i should your great deserts repayx forgot upon your dearest love to callx whereto all bonds do tie me day by dayx that i have frequent been with unknown mindsx and given to time your own dearxpurchased rightx that i have hoisted sail to all the winds which should transport me farthest from your sightx book both my wilfulness and errors downx and on just proof surmisex accumulatex bring me within the level of your frownx but shoot not at me in your wakened hatex since my appeal says i did strive to prove the constancy and virtue of your lovex xxx like as to make our appetite more keen with eager compounds we our palate urgex as to prevent our maladies unseenx we sicken to shun sickness when we purgex even so being full of your nexerxcloying sweetnessx to bitter sauces did i frame my feedingx and sick of welfare found a kind of meetnessx to be diseased ere that there was true needingx thus policy in love tx anticipate the ills that were notx grew to faults assuredx and brought to medicine a healthful state which rank of goodness would by ill be curedx but thence i learn and find the lesson truex drugs poison him that so feil sick of youx xxx what potions have i drunk of siren tears distilled from limbecks foul as hell withinx applying fears to hopesx and hopes to fearsx still losing when i saw my self to winx what wretched errors hath my heart committedx whilst it hath thought it self so blessed neverx how have mine eyes out of their spheres been fitted in the distraction of this madding feverx o benefit of illx now i find true that better isx by evil still made betterx and ruined love when it is built anew grows fairer than at firstx more strongx far greaterx so i return rebuked to my contentx and gain by ills thrice more than i have spentx xxx that you were once unkind befriends me nowx and for that sorrowx which i then did feelx needs must i under my transgression bowx unless my nerves were brass or hammered steelx for if you were by my unkindness shaken as i by yoursx yxhave passed a hell of timex and i a tyrant have no leisure taken to weigh how once i suffered in your crimex o that our night of woe might have remembered my deepest sensex how hard true sorrow hitsx and soon to youx as you to me then tendered the humble salvex which wounded bosoms fitsx but that your trespass now becomes a feex mine ransoms yoursx and yours must ransom mex xxx xtis better to be vile than vile esteemedx when not to bex receives reproach of beingx and the just pleasure lostx which is so deemedx not by our feelingx but by othersx seeingx for why should othersx false adulterate eyes give salutation to my sportive bloodx or on my frailties why are frailer spiesx which in their wills count bad what i think goodx nox i am that i amx and they that level at my abusesx reckon up their ownx i may be straight though they themselves be bevelx by their rank thoughtsx my deeds must not be shown unless this general evil they maintainx all men are bad and in their badness reignx xxx thy giftx thy tablesx are within my brain full charactered with lasting memoryx which shall above that idle rank remain beyond all date even to eternityx or at the leastx so long as brain and heart have faculty by nature to subsistx till each to razed oblivion yield his part of theex thy record never can be missedx that poor retention could not so much holdx nor need i tallies thy dear love to scorex therefore to give them from me was i boldx to trust those tables that receive thee morex to keep an adjunct to remember thee were to import forgetfulness in mex xxx nox timex thou shalt not boast that i do changex thy pyramids built up with newer might to me are nothing novelx nothing strangex they are but dressings of a former sightx our dates are briefx and therefore we admirex what thou dost foist upon us that is oldx and rather make them born to our desirex than think that we before have heard them toldx thy registers and thee i both defyx not wondxring at the presentx nor the pastx for thy recordsx and what we see doth liex made more or less by thy continual hastex this i do vow and this shall ever bex i will be true despite thy scythe and theex xxx if my dear love were but the child of statex it might for fortunexs bastard be unfatheredx as subject to timexs love or to timexs hatex weeds among weedsx or flowers with flowers gatheredx no it was builded far from accidentx it suffers not in smiling pompx nor falls under the blow of thralled discontentx whereto thx inviting time our fashion callsx it fears not policy that hereticx which works on leases of shortxnumbered hoursx but all alone stands hugely politicx that it nor grows with heatx nor drowns with showersx to this i witness call the fools of timex which die for goodnessx who have lived for crimex xxx werext aught to me i bore the canopyx with my extern the outward honouringx or laid great bases for eternityx which proves more short than waste or ruiningx have i not seen dwellers on form and favour lose allx and more by paying too much rent for compound sweetx forgoing simple savourx pitiful thrivers in their gazing spentx nox let me be obsequious in thy heartx and take thou my oblationx poor but freex which is not mixed with secondsx knows no artx but mutual renderx only me for theex hencex thou suborned informerx a true soul when most impeachedx stands least in thy controlx xxx o thou my lovely boy who in thy powerx dost hold timexs fickle glass his fickle hourx who hast by waning grownx and therein showxstx thy lovers witheringx as thy sweet self growxstx if nature xsovereign mistress over wrackx as thou goest onwards still will pluck thee backx she keeps thee to this purposex that her skill may time disgracex and wretched minutes killx yet fear her o thou minion of her pleasurex she may detainx but not still keep her treasurex her audit xthough delayedx answered must bex and her quietus is to render theex xxx in the old age black was not counted fairx or if it were it bore not beautyxs namex but now is black beautyxs successive heirx and beauty slandered with a bastard shamex for since each hand hath put on naturexs powerx fairing the foul with artxs false borrowed facex sweet beauty hath no name no holy bowerx but is profanedx if not lives in disgracex therefore my mistressx eyes are raven blackx her eyes so suitedx and they mourners seemx at such who not born fair no beauty lackx slandering creation with a false esteemx yet so they mourn becoming of their woex that every tongue says beauty should look sox xxx how oft when thoux my musicx music playxstx upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds with thy sweet fingers when thou gently swayxst the wiry concord that mine ear confoundsx do i envy those jacks that nimble leapx to kiss the tender inward of thy handx whilst my poor lips which should that harvest reapx at the woodxs boldness by thee blushing standx to be so tickled they would change their state and situation with those dancing chipsx oxer whom thy fingers walk with gentle gaitx making dead wood more blest than living lipsx since saucy jacks so happy are in thisx give them thy fingersx me thy lips to kissx xxx thx expense of spirit in a waste of shame is lust in actionx and till actionx lust is perjuredx murdxrousx bloody full of blamex savagex extremex rudex cruelx not to trustx enjoyed no sooner but despised straightx past reason huntedx and no sooner had past reason hated as a swallowed baitx on purpose laid to make the taker madx mad in pursuit and in possession sox hadx havingx and in questx to have extremex a bliss in proof and provedx a very woex before a joy proposed behind a dreamx all this the world well knows yet none knows wellx to shun the heaven that leads men to this hellx xxx my mistressx eyes are nothing like the sunx coral is far more redx than her lips redx if snow be whitex why then her breasts are dunx if hairs be wiresx black wires grow on her headx i have seen roses damaskedx red and whitex but no such roses see i in her cheeksx and in some perfumes is there more delightx than in the breath that from my mistress reeksx i love to hear her speakx yet well i knowx that music hath a far more pleasing soundx i grant i never saw a goddess gox my mistress when she walks treads on the groundx and yet by heaven i think my love as rarex as any she belied with false comparex xxx thou art as tyrannousx so as thou artx as those whose beauties proudly make them cruelx for well thou knowxst to my dear doting heart thou art the fairest and most precious jewelx yet in good faith some say that thee beholdx thy face hath not the power to make love groanx to say they errx i dare not be so boldx although i swear it to my self alonex and to be sure that is not false i swearx a thousand groans but thinking on thy facex one on anotherxs neck do witness bear thy black is fairest in my judgmentxs placex in nothing art thou black save in thy deedsx and thence this slander as i think proceedsx xxx thine eyes i lovex and they as pitying mex knowing thy heart torment me with disdainx have put on blackx and loving mourners bex looking with pretty ruth upon my painx and truly not the morning sun of heaven better becomes the grey cheeks of the eastx nor that full star that ushers in the even doth half that glory to the sober west as those two mourning eyes become thy facex o let it then as well beseem thy heart to mourn for me since mourning doth thee gracex and suit thy pity like in every partx then will i swear beauty herself is blackx and all they foul that thy complexion lackx xxx beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan for that deep wound it gives my friend and mex isxt not enough to torture me alonex but slave to slavery my sweetxst friend must bex me from my self thy cruel eye hath takenx and my next self thou harder hast engrossedx of himx my selfx and thee i am forsakenx a torment thrice threexfold thus to be crossedx prison my heart in thy steel bosomxs wardx but then my friendxs heart let my poor heart bailx whoexer keeps mex let my heart be his guardx thou canst not then use rigour in my gaolx and yet thou wiltx for i being pent in theex perforce am thine and all that is in mex xxx so now i have confessed that he is thinex and i my self am mortgaged to thy willx my self ixll forfeitx so that other minex thou wilt restore to be my comfort stillx but thou wilt notx nor he will not be freex for thou art covetousx and he is kindx he learned but suretyxlike to write for mex under that bond that him as fist doth bindx the statute of thy beauty thou wilt takex thou usurer that putxst forth all to usex and sue a friendx came debtor for my sakex so him i lose through my unkind abusex him have i lostx thou hast both him and mex he pays the wholex and yet am i not freex xxx whoever hath her wishx thou hast thy willx and will to bootx and will in overplusx more than enough am i that vex thee stillx to thy sweet will making addition thusx wilt thou whose will is large and spaciousx not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thinex shall will in others seem right graciousx and in my will no fair acceptance shinex the sea all waterx yet receives rain stillx and in abundance addeth to his storex so thou being rich in will add to thy will one will of mine to make thy large will morex let no unkindx no fair beseechers killx think all but onex and me in that one willx xxx if thy soul check thee that i come so nearx swear to thy blind soul that i was thy willx and will thy soul knows is admitted therex thus far for lovex my lovexsuit sweet fulfilx will will fulfil the treasure of thy lovex ayx fill it full with willsx and my will onex in things of great receipt with case we provex among a number one is reckoned nonex then in the number let me pass untoldx though in thy storexs account i one must bex for nothing hold mex so it please thee holdx that nothing mex a something sweet to theex make but my name thy lovex and love that stillx and then thou lovxst me for my name is willx xxx thou blind fool lovex what dost thou to mine eyesx that they behold and see not what they seex they know what beauty isx see where it liesx yet what the best isx take the worst to bex if eyes corrupt by overxpartial looksx be anchored in the bay where all men ridex why of eyesx falsehood hast thou forged hooksx whereto the judgment of my heart is tiedx why should my heart think that a several plotx which my heart knows the wide worldxs common placex or mine eyes seeing thisx say this is not to put fair truth upon so foul a facex in things right true my heart and eyes have erredx and to this false plague are they now transferredx xxx when my love swears that she is made of truthx i do believe her though i know she liesx that she might think me some untutored youthx unlearned in the worldxs false subtletiesx thus vainly thinking that she thinks me youngx although she knows my days are past the bestx simply i credit her falsexspeaking tonguex on both sides thus is simple truth suppressedx but wherefore says she not she is unjustx and wherefore say not i that i am oldx o lovexs best habit is in seeming trustx and age in lovex loves not to have years toldx therefore i lie with herx and she with mex and in our faults by lies we flattered bex xxx o call not me to justify the wrongx that thy unkindness lays upon my heartx wound me not with thine eye but with thy tonguex use power with powerx and slay me not by artx tell me thou lovxst elsewherex but in my sightx dear heart forbear to glance thine eye asidex what needxst thou wound with cunning when thy might is more than my oxerpressed defence can bidex let me excuse theex ah my love well knowsx her pretty looks have been mine enemiesx and therefore from my face she turns my foesx that they elsewhere might dart their injuriesx yet do not sox but since i am near slainx kill me outright with looksx and rid my painx xxx be wise as thou art cruelx do not press my tonguextied patience with too much disdainx lest sorrow lend me words and words expressx the manner of my pityxwanting painx if i might teach thee wit better it werex though not to lovex yet love to tell me sox as testy sick men when their deaths be nearx no news but health from their physicians knowx for if i should despair i should grow madx and in my madness might speak ill of theex now this illxwresting world is grown so badx mad slanderers by mad ears believed bex that i may not be sox nor thou beliedx bear thine eyes straightx though thy proud heart go widex xxx in faith i do not love thee with mine eyesx for they in thee a thousand errors notex but xtis my heart that loves what they despisex who in despite of view is pleased to dotex nor are mine cars with thy tonguexs tune delightedx nor tender feeling to base touches pronex nor tastex nor smellx desire to be invited to any sensual feast with thee alonex but my five witsx nor my five senses can dissuade one foolish heart from serving theex who leaves unswayed the likeness of a manx thy proud heartxs slave and vassal wretch to bex only my plague thus far i count my gainx that she that makes me sinx awards me painx xxx love is my sinx and thy dear virtue hatex hate of my sinx grounded on sinful lovingx o but with minex compare thou thine own statex and thou shalt find it merits not reprovingx or if it dox not from those lips of thinex that have profaned their scarlet ornamentsx and sealed false bonds of love as oft as minex robbed othersx bedsx revenues of their rentsx be it lawful i love thee as thou lovxst thosex whom thine eyes woo as mine importune theex root pity in thy heart that when it growsx thy pity may deserve to pitied bex if thou dost seek to have what thou dost hidex by selfxexample mayst thou be deniedx xxx lo as a careful huswife runs to catchx one of her feathered creatures broke awayx sets down her babe and makes all swift dispatch in pursuit of the thing she would have stayx whilst her neglected child holds her in chasex cries to catch her whose busy care is bentx to follow that which flies before her facex not prizing her poor infantxs discontentx so runxst thou after that which flies from theex whilst i thy babe chase thee afar behindx but if thou catch thy hope turn back to mex and play the motherxs partx kiss mex be kindx so will i pray that thou mayst have thy willx if thou turn back and my loud crying stillx xxx two loves i have of comfort and despairx which like two spirits do suggest me stillx the better angel is a man right fairx the worser spirit a woman coloured illx to win me soon to hell my female evilx tempteth my better angel from my sidex and would corrupt my saint to be a devilx wooing his purity with her foul pridex and whether that my angel be turned fiendx suspect i mayx yet not directly tellx but being both from me both to each friendx i guess one angel in anotherxs hellx yet this shall i nexer know but live in doubtx till my bad angel fire my good one outx xxx those lips that lovexs own hand did makex breathed forth the sound that said xi hatexx to me that languished for her sakex but when she saw my woeful statex straight in her heart did mercy comex chiding that tongue that ever sweetx was used in giving gentle doomx and taught it thus anew to greetx xi hatex she altered with an endx that followed it as gentle dayx doth follow night who like a fiend from heaven to hell is flown awayx xi hatexx from hate away she threwx and saved my life saying xnot youxx xxx poor soul the centre of my sinful earthx my sinful earth these rebel powers arrayx why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth painting thy outward walls so costly gayx why so large cost having so short a leasex dost thou upon thy fading mansion spendx shall worms inheritors of this excess eat up thy chargex is this thy bodyxs endx then soul live thou upon thy servantxs lossx and let that pine to aggravate thy storex buy terms divine in selling hours of drossx within be fedx without be rich no morex so shall thou feed on deathx that feeds on menx and death once deadx therexs no more dying thenx xxx my love is as a fever longing stillx for that which longer nurseth the diseasex feeding on that which doth preserve the illx thx uncertain sickly appetite to pleasex my reason the physician to my lovex angry that his prescriptions are not kept hath left mex and i desperate now approvex desire is deathx which physic did exceptx past cure i amx now reason is past carex and franticxmad with evermore unrestx my thoughts and my discourse as mad menxs arex at random from the truth vainly expressedx for i have sworn thee fairx and thought thee brightx who art as black as hellx as dark as nightx xxx o mex what eyes hath love put in my headx which have no correspondence with true sightx or if they havex where is my judgment fledx that censures falsely what they see arightx if that be fair whereon my false eyes dotex what means the world to say it is not sox if it be notx then love doth well denotex lovexs eye is not so true as all menxsx nox how can itx o how can lovexs eye be truex that is so vexed with watching and with tearsx no marvel then though i mistake my viewx the sun it self sees notx till heaven clearsx o cunning lovex with tears thou keepxst me blindx lest eyes wellxseeing thy foul faults should findx xxx canst thou o cruelx say i love thee notx when i against my self with thee partakex do i not think on thee when i forgot am of my selfx allxtyrantx for thy sakex who hateth thee that i do call my friendx on whom frownxst thou that i do fawn uponx nay if thou lourxst on me do i not spend revenge upon my self with present moanx what merit do i in my self respectx that is so proud thy service to despisex when all my best doth worship thy defectx commanded by the motion of thine eyesx but love hate on for now i know thy mindx those that can see thou lovxstx and i am blindx xxx o from what power hast thou this powerful mightx with insufficiency my heart to swayx to make me give the lie to my true sightx and swear that brightness doth not grace the dayx whence hast thou this becoming of things illx that in the very refuse of thy deedsx there is such strength and warrantise of skillx that in my mind thy worst all best exceedsx who taught thee how to make me love thee morex the more i hear and see just cause of hatex o though i love what others do abhorx with others thou shouldst not abhor my statex if thy unworthiness raised love in mex more worthy i to be beloved of theex xxx love is too young to know what conscience isx yet who knows not conscience is born of lovex then gentle cheater urge not my amissx lest guilty of my faults thy sweet self provex for thou betraying mex i do betray my nobler part to my gross bodyxs treasonx my soul doth tell my body that he mayx triumph in lovex flesh stays no farther reasonx but rising at thy name doth point out theex as his triumphant prizex proud of this pridex he is contented thy poor drudge to bex to stand in thy affairsx fall by thy sidex no want of conscience hold it that i callx her lovex for whose dear love i rise and fallx xxx in loving thee thou knowxst i am forswornx but thou art twice forsworn to me love swearingx in act thy bedxvow broke and new faith tornx in vowing new hate after new love bearingx but why of two oathsx breach do i accuse theex when i break twentyx i am perjured mostx for all my vows are oaths but to misuse theex and all my honest faith in thee is lostx for i have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindnessx oaths of thy lovex thy truthx thy constancyx and to enlighten thee gave eyes to blindnessx or made them swear against the thing they seex for i have sworn thee fairx more perjured ix to swear against the truth so foul a bex xxx cupid laid by his brand and fell asleepx a maid of dianxs this advantage foundx and his lovexkindling fire did quickly steep in a cold valleyxfountain of that groundx which borrowed from this holy fire of lovex a dateless lively heat still to endurex and grew a seeting bath which yet men provex against strange maladies a sovereign curex but at my mistressx eye lovexs brand newxfiredx the boy for trial needs would touch my breastx i sick withal the help of bath desiredx and thither hied a sad distempered guestx but found no curex the bath for my help liesx where cupid got new firex my mistressx eyesx xxx the little lovexgod lying once asleepx laid by his side his heartxinflaming brandx whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keepx came tripping byx but in her maiden handx the fairest votary took up that firex which many legions of true hearts had warmedx and so the general of hot desirex was sleeping by a virgin hand disarmedx this brand she quenched in a cool well byx which from lovexs fire took heat perpetualx growing a bath and healthful remedyx for men discasedx but i my mistressx thrallx came there for cure and this by that i provex lovexs fire heats waterx water cools not lovex the end allxs well that ends well contents act i scene ix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex scene iix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex scene iiix rossillonx a room in the palacex act ii scene ix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex scene iiix parisx the kingxs palacex scene ivx parisx the kingxs palacex scene vx another room in the samex act iii scene ix florencex a room in the dukexs palacex scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex scene iiix florencex before the dukexs palacex scene ivx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex scene vx without the walls of florencex scene vix camp before florencex scene viix florencex a room in the widowxs housex act iv scene ix without the florentine campx scene iix florencex a room in the widowxs housex scene iiix the florentine campx scene ivx florencex a room in the widowxs housex scene vx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex act v scene ix marseillesx a streetx scene iix rossillonx the inner court of the countessxs palacex scene iiix the samex a room in the countessxs palacex dramatis personx king of francex the duke of florencex bertramx count of rossillonx lafewx an old lordx parollesx a follower of bertramx several young french lordsx that serve with bertram in the florentine warx rynaldox servant to the countess of rossillonx clownx servant to the countess of rossillonx a pagex servant to the countess of rossillonx countess of rossillonx mother to bertramx helenax a gentlewoman protected by the countessx an old widow of florencex dianax daughter to the widowx violentax neighbour and friend to the widowx marianax neighbour and friend to the widowx lords attending on the kingx officersx soldiersx xcxx french and florentinex scenex partly in francex and partly in tuscanyx act i scene ix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex enter bertramx the countess of rossillonx helenax and lafewx all in blackx countessx in delivering my son from mex i bury a second husbandx bertramx and i in goingx madamx weep oxer my fatherxs death anewx but i must attend his majestyxs commandx to whom i am now in wardx evermore in subjectionx lafewx you shall find of the king a husbandx madamx youx sirx a fatherx he that so generally is at all times goodx must of necessity hold his virtue to youx whose worthiness would stir it up where it wantedx rather than lack it where there is such abundancex countessx what hope is there of his majestyxs amendmentx lafewx he hath abandonxd his physiciansx madamx under whose practices he hath persecuted time with hopex and finds no other advantage in the process but only the losing of hope by timex countessx this young gentlewoman had a fatherxo that xhadxxx how sad a passage xtisxxwhose skill was almost as great as his honestyx had it stretchxd so farx would have made nature immortalx and death should have play for lack of workx would for the kingxs sake he were livingx i think it would be the death of the kingxs diseasex lafewx how called you the man you speak ofx madamx countessx he was famousx sirx in his professionx and it was his great right to be sox gerard de narbonx lafewx he was excellent indeedx madamx the king very lately spoke of him admiringlyx and mourninglyx he was skilful enough to have livxd stillx if knowledge could be set up against mortalityx bertramx what is itx my good lordx the king languishes ofx lafewx a fistulax my lordx bertramx i heard not of it beforex lafewx i would it were not notoriousx was this gentlewoman the daughter of gerard de narbonx countessx his sole childx my lordx and bequeathed to my overlookingx i have those hopes of her good that her education promises her dispositions she inheritsx which makes fair gifts fairerx for where an unclean mind carries virtuous qualitiesx there commendations go with pityx they are virtues and traitors toox in her they are the better for their simplenessx she derives her honestyx and achieves her goodnessx lafewx your commendationsx madamx get from her tearsx countessx xtis the best brine a maiden can season her praise inx the remembrance of her father never approaches her heart but the tyranny of her sorrows takes all livelihood from her cheekx no more of thisx helenax go tox no morex lest it be rather thought you affect a sorrow than to havex helenax i do affect a sorrow indeedx but i have it toox lafewx moderate lamentation is the right of the deadx excessive grief the enemy to the livingx countessx if the living be enemy to the griefx the excess makes it soon mortalx bertramx madamx i desire your holy wishesx lafewx how understand we thatx countessx be thou blestx bertramx and succeed thy father in mannersx as in shapex thy blood and virtue contend for empire in theex and thy goodness share with thy birthrightx love allx trust a fewx do wrong to nonex be able for thine enemy rather in power than usex and keep thy friend under thy own lifexs keyx be checkxd for silencex but never taxxd for speechx what heaven more willx that thee may furnish and my prayers pluck downx fall on thy headx farewellx my lordx xtis an unseasonxd courtierx good my lordx advise himx lafewx he cannot want the best that shall attend his lovex countessx heaven bless himx farewellx bertramx xxexit countessxxx bertramx the best wishes that can be forgxd in your thoughts be servants to youx xxto helenaxxx be comfortable to my motherx your mistressx and make much of herx lafewx farewellx pretty ladyx you must hold the credit of your fatherx xxexeunt bertram and lafewxxx helenax ox were that allx i think not on my fatherx and these great tears grace his remembrance more than those i shed for himx what was he likex i have forgot himx my imagination carries no favour inxt but bertramxsx i am undonex there is no livingx nonex if bertram be awayx xtwere all one that i should love a bright particular starx and think to wed itx he is so above mex in his bright radiance and collateral light must i be comfortedx not in his spherex thxambition in my love thus plagues itselfx the hind that would be mated by the lion must die for lovex xtwas prettyx though a plaguex to see him every hourx to sit and draw his arched browsx his hawking eyex his curlsx in our heartxs tablexxheart too capable of every line and trick of his sweet favourx but now hexs gonex and my idolatrous fancy must sanctify his relicsx who comes herex enter parollesx one that goes with himx i love him for his sakex and yet i know him a notorious liarx think him a great way foolx solely a cowardx yet these fixxd evils sit so fit in him that they take place when virtuexs steely bones looks bleak ix thx cold windx withalx full oft we see cold wisdom waiting on superfluous follyx parollesx save youx fair queenx helenax and youx monarchx parollesx nox helenax and nox parollesx are you meditating on virginityx helenax ayx you have some stain of soldier in youx let me ask you a questionx man is enemy to virginityx how may we barricado it against himx parollesx keep him outx helenax but he assailsx and our virginityx though valiantx in the defencex yet is weakx unfold to us some warlike resistancex parollesx there is nonex man setting down before you will undermine you and blow you upx helenax bless our poor virginity from underminers and blowersxupx is there no military policy how virgins might blow up menx parollesx virginity being blown downx man will quicklier be blown upx marryx in blowing him down againx with the breach yourselves madex you lose your cityx it is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginityx loss of virginity is rational increasex and there was never virgin got till virginity was first lostx that you were made of is metal to make virginsx virginityx by being once lostx may be ten times foundx by being ever keptx it is ever lostx xtis too cold a companionx away with itx helenax i will stand forxt a littlex though therefore i die a virginx parollesx therexs little can be said inxtx xtis against the rule of naturex to speak on the part of virginity is to accuse your mothersx which is most infallible disobediencex he that hangs himself is a virginx virginity murders itselfx and should be buried in highways out of all sanctified limitx as a desperate offendress against naturex virginity breeds mitesx much like a cheesex consumes itself to the very paringx and so dies with feeding his own stomachx besidesx virginity is peevishx proudx idlex made of selfxlovex which is the most inhibited sin in the canonx keep it notx you cannot choose but lose byxtx out withxtx within the year it will make itself twox which is a goodly increasex and the principal itself not much the worsex away with itx helenax how might one dox sirx to lose it to her own likingx parollesx let me seex marryx illx to like him that nexer it likesx xtis a commodity will lose the gloss with lyingx the longer keptx the less worthx off withxt while xtis vendiblex answer the time of requestx virginityx like an old courtierx wears her cap out of fashionx richly suitedx but unsuitablex just like the brooch and the toothpickx which wear not nowx your date is better in your pie and your porridge than in your cheekx and your virginityx your old virginityx is like one of our french witherxd pearsx it looks illx it eats drilyx marryx xtis a witherxd pearx it was formerly betterx marryx yet xtis a witherxd pearx will you anything with itx helenax not my virginity yetx there shall your master have a thousand lovesx a motherx and a mistressx and a friendx a phoenixx captainx and an enemyx a guidex a goddessx and a sovereignx a counsellorx a traitressx and a dearx his humble ambitionx proud humilityx his jarring concordx and his discord dulcetx his faithx his sweet disasterx with a world of prettyx fondx adoptious christendoms that blinking cupid gossipsx now shall hex i know not what he shallx god send him wellx the courtxs a learningxplacex and he is onex parollesx what onex ix faithx helenax that i wish wellx xtis pityx parollesx whatxs pityx helenax that wishing well had not a body inxt which might be feltx that wex the poorer bornx whose baser stars do shut us up in wishesx might with effects of them follow our friendsx and show what we alone must thinkx which never returns us thanksx enter a pagex pagex monsieur parollesx my lord calls for youx xxexit pagexxx parollesx little helenx farewellx if i can remember theex i will think of thee at courtx helenax monsieur parollesx you were born under a charitable starx parollesx under marsx ix helenax i especially thinkx under marsx parollesx why under marsx helenax the wars hath so kept you underx that you must needs be born under marsx parollesx when he was predominantx helenax when he was retrogradex i think ratherx parollesx why think you sox helenax you go so much backward when you fightx parollesx thatxs for advantagex helenax so is running awayx when fear proposes the safetyx but the composition that your valour and fear makes in you is a virtue of a good wingx and i like the wear wellx parollesx i am so full of business i cannot answer thee acutelyx i will return perfect courtierx in the which my instruction shall serve to naturalize theex so thou wilt be capable of a courtierxs counselx and understand what advice shall thrust upon theex else thou diest in thine unthankfulnessx and thine ignorance makes thee awayx farewellx when thou hast leisurex say thy prayersx when thou hast nonex remember thy friendsx get thee a good husbandx and use him as he uses theex sox farewellx xxexitxxx helenax our remedies oft in ourselves do liex which we ascribe to heavenx the fated sky gives us free scopex only doth backward pull our slow designs when we ourselves are dullx what power is it which mounts my love so highx that makes me seex and cannot feed mine eyex the mightiest space in fortune nature brings to join like likesx and kiss like native thingsx impossible be strange attempts to those that weigh their pains in sensex and do suppose what hath been cannot bex who ever strove to show her merit that did miss her lovex the kingxs diseasexxmy project may deceive mex but my intents are fixxdx and will not leave mex xxexitxxx scene iix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex flourish of cornetsx enter the king of francex with lettersx lords and others attendingx kingx the florentines and senoys are by thx earsx have fought with equal fortunex and continue a braving warx first lordx so xtis reportedx sirx kingx nayx xtis most crediblex we here receive itx a certaintyx vouchxd from our cousin austriax with cautionx that the florentine will move us for speedy aidx wherein our dearest friend prejudicates the businessx and would seem to have us make denialx first lordx his love and wisdomx approvxd so to your majestyx may plead for amplest credencex kingx he hath armxd our answerx and florence is denied before he comesx yetx for our gentlemen that mean to see the tuscan servicex freely have they leave to stand on either partx second lordx it well may serve a nursery to our gentryx who are sick for breathing and exploitx kingx whatxs he comes herex enter bertramx lafew and parollesx first lordx it is the count rossillonx my good lordx young bertramx kingx youthx thou bearxst thy fatherxs facex frank naturex rather curious than in hastex hath well composxd theex thy fatherxs moral parts mayst thou inherit toox welcome to parisx bertramx my thanks and duty are your majestyxsx kingx i would i had that corporal soundness nowx as when thy father and myself in friendship first tried our soldiershipx he did look far into the service of the timex and was discipled of the bravestx he lasted longx but on us both did haggish age steal onx and wore us out of actx it much repairs me to talk of your good fatherx in his youth he had the wit which i can well observe today in our young lordsx but they may jest till their own scorn return to them unnoted ere they can hide their levity in honour so like a courtierx contempt nor bitterness were in his pride or sharpnessx if they werex his equal had awakxd themx and his honourx clock to itselfx knew the true minute when exception bid him speakx and at this time his tongue obeyxd his handx who were below him he usxd as creatures of another placex and bowxd his eminent top to their low ranksx making them proud of his humilityx in their poor praise he humbledx such a man might be a copy to these younger timesx whichx followed wellx would demonstrate them now but goers backwardx bertramx his good remembrancex sirx lies richer in your thoughts than on his tombx so in approof lives not his epitaph as in your royal speechx kingx would i were with himx he would always sayxx methinks i hear him nowx his plausive words he scatterxd not in earsx but grafted them to grow there and to bearxxxlet me not livexx this his good melancholy oft began on the catastrophe and heel of pastimex when it was outxxxlet me not livex quoth hex xafter my flame lacks oilx to be the snuff of younger spiritsx whose apprehensive senses all but new things disdainx whose judgments are mere fathers of their garmentsx whose constancies expire before their fashionsxx this he wishxdx ix after himx do after him wish toox since i nor wax nor honey can bring homex i quickly were dissolved from my hive to give some labourers roomx second lordx youxre lovxdx sirx they that least lend it you shall lack you firstx kingx i fill a placex i knowxtx how long isxtx countx since the physician at your fatherxs diedx he was much famxdx bertramx some six months sincex my lordx kingx if he were livingx i would try him yetxx lend me an armxxthe rest have worn me out with several applicationsx nature and sickness debate it at their leisurex welcomex countx my sonxs no dearerx bertramx thank your majestyx xxexeuntx flourishxxx scene iiix rossillonx a room in the palacex enter countessx steward and clownx countessx i will now hearx what say you of this gentlewomanx stewardx madamx the care i have had to even your contentx i wish might be found in the calendar of my past endeavoursx for then we wound our modestyx and make foul the clearness of our deservingsx when of ourselves we publish themx countessx what does this knave herex get you gonex sirrahx the complaints i have heard of you i do not all believex xtis my slowness that i do notx for i know you lack not folly to commit themx and have ability enough to make such knaveries yoursx clownx xtis not unknown to youx madamx i am a poor fellowx countessx wellx sirx clownx nox madamx xtis not so well that i am poorx though many of the rich are damnedx but if i may have your ladyshipxs good will to go to the worldx isbel the woman and i will do as we mayx countessx wilt thou needs be a beggarx clownx i do beg your good will in this casex countessx in what casex clownx in isbelxs case and mine ownx service is no heritagex and i think i shall never have the blessing of god till i have issue of my bodyx for they say barnes are blessingsx countessx tell me thy reason why thou wilt marryx clownx my poor bodyx madamx requires itx i am driven on by the fleshx and he must needs go that the devil drivesx countessx is this all your worshipxs reasonx clownx faithx madamx i have other holy reasonsx such as they arex countessx may the world know themx clownx i have beenx madamx a wicked creaturex as you and all flesh and blood arex and indeed i do marry that i may repentx countessx thy marriagex sooner than thy wickednessx clownx i am out of friendsx madamx and i hope to have friends for my wifexs sakex countessx such friends are thine enemiesx knavex clownx yxare shallowx madamx in great friendsx for the knaves come to do that for me which i am axweary ofx he that ears my land spares my teamx and gives me leave to in the cropx if i be his cuckoldx hexs my drudgex he that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and bloodx he that cherishes my flesh and blood loves my flesh and bloodx he that loves my flesh and blood is my friendx ergox he that kisses my wife is my friendx if men could be contented to be what they arex there were no fear in marriagex for young charbon the puritan and old poysam the papistx howsomexer their hearts are severxd in religionx their heads are both onex they may jowl horns together like any deer ix the herdx countessx wilt thou ever be a foulxmouthxd and calumnious knavex clownx a prophet ix madamx and i speak the truth the next wayx xfor i the ballad will repeatx which men full true shall findx your marriage comes by destinyx your cuckoo sings by kindxx countessx get you gonex sirx ixll talk with you more anonx stewardx may it please youx madamx that he bid helen come to youx of her i am to speakx countessx sirrahx tell my gentlewoman i would speak with herx helen i meanx clownx xxsingsxxx x was this fair face the causex quoth shex why the grecians sacked troyx fond donex done fondx was this king priamxs joyx with that she sighed as she stoodx with that she sighed as she stoodx and gave this sentence thenx among nine bad if one be goodx among nine bad if one be goodx therexs yet one good in tenxx countessx whatx one good in tenx you corrupt the songx sirrahx clownx one good woman in tenx madamx which is a purifying ox the songx would god would serve the world so all the yearx wexd find no fault with the tithexwomanx if i were the parsonx one in tenx quoth xax and we might have a good woman born but or every blazing starx or at an earthquakex xtwould mend the lottery wellx a man may draw his heart out ere he pluck onex countessx youxll be gonex sir knavex and do as i command youx clownx that man should be at womanxs commandx and yet no hurt donex though honesty be no puritanx yet it will do no hurtx it will wear the surplice of humility over the black gown of a big heartx i am goingx forsoothx the business is for helen to come hitherx xxexitxxx countessx wellx nowx stewardx i knowx madamx you love your gentlewoman entirelyx countessx faith i dox her father bequeathxd her to mex and she herselfx without other advantagex may lawfully make title to as much love as she findsx there is more owing her than is paidx and more shall be paid her than shexll demandx stewardx madamx i was very late more near her than i think she wishxd mex alone she wasx and did communicate to herself her own words to her own earsx she thoughtx i dare vow for herx they touchxd not any stranger sensex her matter wasx she loved your sonx fortunex she saidx was no goddessx that had put such difference betwixt their two estatesx love no godx that would not extend his might only where qualities were levelx diana no queen of virginsx that would suffer her poor knight surprisxdx without rescue in the first assault or ransom afterwardx this she deliverxd in the most bitter touch of sorrow that exer i heard virgin exclaim inx which i held my duty speedily to acquaint you withalx sithencex in the loss that may happenx it concerns you something to know itx countessx you have dischargxd this honestlyx keep it to yourselfx many likelihoods informxd me of this beforex which hung so tottering in the balance that i could neither believe nor misdoubtx pray you leave mex stall this in your bosomx and i thank you for your honest carex i will speak with you further anonx xxexit stewardxxx enter helenax even so it was with me when i was youngx if ever we are naturexsx these are oursx this thorn doth to our rose of youth rightly belongx our blood to usx this to our blood is bornx it is the show and seal of naturexs truthx where lovexs strong passion is impressxd in youthx by our remembrances of days foregonex such were our faultsx or then we thought them nonex her eye is sick onxtx i observe her nowx helenax what is your pleasurex madamx countessx you knowx helenx i am a mother to youx helenax mine honourable mistressx countessx nayx a motherx why not a motherx when i said a motherx methought you saw a serpentx whatxs in motherx that you start at itx i say i am your motherx and put you in the catalogue of those that were enwombed minex xtis often seen adoption strives with naturex and choice breeds a native slip to us from foreign seedsx you nexer oppressxd me with a motherxs groanx yet i express to you a motherxs carex godxs mercyx maidenx does it curd thy blood to say i am thy motherx whatxs the matterx that this distempered messenger of wetx the manyxcolourxd irisx rounds thine eyex xwhyx that you are my daughterx helenax that i am notx countessx i sayx i am your motherx helenax pardonx madamx the count rossillon cannot be my brotherx i am from humblex he from honoured namex no note upon my parentsx his all noblex my masterx my dear lord he isx and i his servant livex and will his vassal diex he must not be my brotherx countessx nor i your motherx helenax you are my motherx madamx would you werex so that my lord your son were not my brotherxx indeed my motherx or were you both our mothersx i care no more for than i do for heavenx so i were not his sisterx canxt no otherx butx i your daughterx he must be my brotherx countessx yesx helenx you might be my daughterxinxlawx god shield you mean it notx daughter and mother so strive upon your pulsex whatx pale againx my fear hath catchxd your fondnessx now i see the mystery of your lonelinessx and find your salt tearsx headx now to all sense xtis gross you love my sonx invention is ashamxdx against the proclamation of thy passion to say thou dost notx therefore tell me truex but tell me thenx xtis sox forx lookx thy cheeks confess itx txone to thxotherx and thine eyes see it so grossly shown in thy behavioursx that in their kind they speak itx only sin and hellish obstinacy tie thy tonguex that truth should be suspectedx speakx isxt sox if it be sox you have wound a goodly clewx if it be notx forswearxtx howexerx i charge theex as heaven shall work in me for thine availx to tell me trulyx helenax good madamx pardon mex countessx do you love my sonx helenax your pardonx noble mistressx countessx love you my sonx helenax do not you love himx madamx countessx go not aboutx my love hath inxt a bond whereof the world takes notex comex comex disclose the state of your affectionx for your passions have to the full appeachxdx helenax then i confessx here on my kneex before high heaven and youx that before youx and next unto high heavenx i love your sonx my friends were poorx but honestx soxs my lovex be not offendedx for it hurts not him that he is lovxd of mex i follow him not by any token of presumptuous suitx nor would i have him till i do deserve himx yet never know how that desert should bex i know i love in vainx strive against hopex yet in this captious and inteemable sieve i still pour in the waters of my love and lack not to lose stillx thusx indianxlikex religious in mine errorx i adore the sun that looks upon his worshipperx but knows of him no morex my dearest madamx let not your hate encounter with my lovex for loving where you dox but if yourselfx whose aged honour cites a virtuous youthx did everx in so true a flame of likingx wish chastelyx and love dearlyx that your dian was both herself and lovex o thenx give pity to her whose state is such that cannot choose but lend and give where she is sure to losex that seeks not to find that her search impliesx but riddlexlikex lives sweetly where she diesx countessx had you not lately an intentxxspeak trulyxx to go to parisx helenax madamx i hadx countessx whereforex tell truex helenax i will tell truthx by grace itself i swearx you know my father left me some prescriptions of rare and provxd effectsx such as his reading and manifest experience had collected for general sovereigntyx and that he willxd me in heedfullxst reservation to bestow themx as notes whose faculties inclusive were more than they were in notex amongst the rest there is a remedyx approvxdx set downx to cure the desperate languishings whereof the king is renderxd lostx countessx this was your motive for parisx was itx speakx helenax my lord your son made me to think of thisx else parisx and the medicinex and the kingx had from the conversation of my thoughts haply been absent thenx countessx but think youx helenx if you should tender your supposed aidx he would receive itx he and his physicians are of a mindx hex that they cannot help himx theyx that they cannot helpx how shall they credit a poor unlearned virginx when the schoolsx embowellxd of their doctrinex have let off the danger to itselfx helenax therexs something inxt more than my fatherxs skillx which was the greatxst of his professionx that his good receipt shall for my legacy be sanctified by thx luckiest stars in heavenx and would your honour but give me leave to try successx ixd venture the wellxlost life of mine on his gracexs curex by such a dayx an hourx countessx dost thou believextx helenax ayx madamx knowinglyx countessx whyx helenx thou shalt have my leave and lovex means and attendantsx and my loving greetings to those of mine in courtx ixll stay at homex and pray godxs blessing into thy attemptx be gone tomorrowx and be sure of thisx what i can help thee tox thou shalt not missx xxexeuntxxx act iix scene ix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex flourishx enter the king with young lords taking leave for the florentine warx bertramx parolles and attendantsx kingx farewellx young lordsx these warlike principles do not throw from youx and youx my lordsx farewellx share the advice betwixt youx if both gain allx the gift doth stretch itself as xtis receivxdx and is enough for bothx first lordx xtis our hopex sirx after wellxentxred soldiersx to return and find your grace in healthx kingx nox nox it cannot bex and yet my heart will not confess he owes the malady that doth my life besiegex farewellx young lordsx whether i live or diex be you the sons of worthy frenchmenx let higher italyxx those bated that inherit but the fall of the last monarchyxsee that you come not to woo honourx but to wed itx when the bravest questant shrinksx find what you seekx that fame may cry you loudx i say farewellx second lordx healthx at your bidding serve your majestyx kingx those girls of italyx take heed of themx they say our french lack language to deny if they demandx beware of being captives before you servex bothx our hearts receive your warningsx kingx farewellxxcome hither to mex xxthe king retires to a couchxxx first lordx o my sweet lordx that you will stay behind usx parollesx xtis not his faultx the sparkx second lordx ox xtis brave warsx parollesx most admirablex i have seen those warsx bertramx i am commanded herex and kept a coil withx xtoo youngxx and xthe next yearx and xxtis too earlyxx parollesx an thy mind stand toxtx boyx steal away bravelyx bertramx i shall stay here the forehorse to a smockx creaking my shoes on the plain masonryx till honour be bought upx and no sword worn but one to dance withx by heavenx ixll steal awayx first lordx therexs honour in the theftx parollesx commit itx countx second lordx i am your accessaryx and so farewellx bertramx i grow to youx and our parting is a torturxd bodyx first lordx farewellx captainx second lordx sweet monsieur parollesx parollesx noble heroesx my sword and yours are kinx good sparks and lustrousx a wordx good metalsx you shall find in the regiment of the spinii one captain spuriox with his cicatricex an emblem of warx here on his sinister cheekx it was this very sword entrenchxd itx say to him i livex and observe his reports for mex first lordx we shallx noble captainx parollesx mars dote on you for his novicesx xxexeunt lordsxxx what will ye dox bertramx stay the kingx parollesx use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lordsx you have restrainxd yourself within the list of too cold an adieux be more expressive to themx for they wear themselves in the cap of the timex there do muster true gaitx eatx speakx and movex under the influence of the most receivxd starx and though the devil lead the measurex such are to be followedx after themx and take a more dilated farewellx bertramx and i will do sox parollesx worthy fellowsx and like to prove most sinewy swordxmenx xxexeunt bertram and parollesxxx enter lafewx lafewx pardonx my lord xxkneelingxxx for me and for my tidingsx kingx ixll fee thee to stand upx lafewx then herexs a man stands that has brought his pardonx i would you had kneelxdx my lordx to ask me mercyx and that at my bidding you could so stand upx kingx i would i hadx so i had broke thy patex and askxd thee mercy forxtx lafewx good faithx acrossx butx my good lordx xtis thusx will you be curxd of your infirmityx kingx nox lafewx ox will you eat no grapesx my royal foxx yesx but you will my noble grapesx and if my royal fox could reach themx i have seen a medicine thatxs able to breathe life into a stonex quicken a rockx and make you dance canary with sprightly fire and motionx whose simple touch is powerful to araise king pippenx nayx to give great charlemain a pen inxs hand and write to her a lovexlinex kingx what xherx is thisx lafewx whyx doctor xshexx my lordx therexs one arrivxdx if you will see herx nowx by my faith and honourx if seriously i may convey my thoughts in this my light deliverancex i have spoke with one that in her sexx her yearsx professionx wisdomx and constancyx hath amazxd me more than i dare blame my weaknessx will you see herx for that is her demandx and know her businessx that donex laugh well at mex kingx nowx good lafewx bring in the admirationx that we with thee may spend our wonder toox or take off thine by wondxring how thou tookxst itx lafewx nayx ixll fit youx and not be all day neitherx xxexit lafewxxx kingx thus he his special nothing ever prologuesx enter lafew with helenax lafewx nayx come your waysx kingx this haste hath wings indeedx lafewx nayx come your waysx this is his majestyx say your mind to himx a traitor you do look likex but such traitors his majesty seldom fearsx i am cressidxs unclex that dare leave two togetherx fare you wellx xxexitxxx kingx nowx fair onex does your business follow usx helenax ayx my good lordx gerard de narbon was my fatherx in what he did professx well foundx kingx i knew himx helenax the rather will i spare my praises towards himx knowing him is enoughx on his bed of death many receipts he gave mex chiefly onex whichx as the dearest issue of his practicex and of his old experience the only darlingx he bade me store up as a triple eyex safer than mine own twox more dear i have sox and hearing your high majesty is touchxd with that malignant causex wherein the honour of my dear fatherxs gift stands chief in powerx i come to tender itx and my appliancex with all bound humblenessx kingx we thank youx maidenx but may not be so credulous of curex when our most learned doctors leave usx and the congregated college have concluded that labouring art can never ransom nature from her inaidable estatex i say we must not so stain our judgmentx or corrupt our hopex to prostitute our pastxcure malady to empiricsx or to dissever so our great self and our creditx to esteem a senseless helpx when help past sense we deemx helenax my duty then shall pay me for my painsx i will no more enforce mine office on youx humbly entreating from your royal thoughts a modest one to bear me back againx kingx i cannot give thee lessx to be callxd gratefulx thou thoughtxst to help mex and such thanks i give as one near death to those that wish him livex but what at full i knowx thou knowxst no partx i knowing all my perilx thou no artx helenax what i can do can do no hurt to tryx since you set up your rest xgainst remedyx he that of greatest works is finisher oft does them by the weakest ministerx so holy writ in babes hath judgment shownx when judges have been babesx great floods have flown from simple sourcesx and great seas have dried when miracles have by the greatxst been deniedx oft expectation failsx and most oft there where most it promisesx and oft it hits where hope is coldestx and despair most fitsx kingx i must not hear theex fare thee wellx kind maidx thy painsx not usxdx must by thyself be paidx proffersx not tookx reap thanks for their rewardx helenax inspired merit so by breath is barrxdx it is not so with him that all things knows as xtis with us that square our guess by showsx but most it is presumption in us when the help of heaven we count the act of menx dear sirx to my endeavours give consentx of heavenx not mex make an experimentx i am not an impostorx that proclaim myself against the level of mine aimx but know i thinkx and think i know most surex my art is not past power nor you past curex kingx art thou so confidentx within what space hopxst thou my curex helenax the greatest grace lending gracex ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring their fiery torcher his diurnal ringx ere twice in murk and occidental damp moist hesperus hath quenchxd her sleepy lampx or four and twenty times the pilotxs glass hath told the thievish minutes how they passx what is infirm from your sound parts shall flyx health shall live freex and sickness freely diex kingx upon thy certainty and confidence what darxst thou venturex helenax tax of impudencex a strumpetxs boldnessx a divulged shamex traducxd by odious balladsx my maidenxs name searxd otherwisex ne worse of worst extended with vildest torturex let my life be endedx kingx methinks in thee some blessed spirit doth speak his powerful sound within an organ weakx and what impossibility would slay in common sensex sense saves another wayx thy life is dearx for all that life can rate worth name of life in thee hath estimatex youthx beautyx wisdomx couragex all that happiness and prime can happy callx thou this to hazard needs must intimate skill infinitex or monstrous desperatex sweet practiserx thy physic i will tryx that ministers thine own death if i diex helenax if i break timex or flinch in property of what i spokex unpitied let me diex and well deservxdx not helpingx deathxs my feex but if i helpx what do you promise mex kingx make thy demandx helenax but will you make it evenx kingx ayx by my sceptre and my hopes of heavenx helenax then shalt thou give mex with thy kingly hand what husband in thy power i will commandx exempted be from me the arrogance to choose from forth the royal blood of francex my low and humble name to propagate with any branch or image of thy statex but such a onex thy vassalx whom i know is free for me to askx thee to bestowx kingx here is my handx the premises observxdx thy will by my performance shall be servxdx so make the choice of thy own timex for ix thy resolvxd patientx on thee still relyx more should i question theex and more i mustx though more to know could not be more to trustx from whence thou camxstx how tended onx but rest unquestionxd welcomex and undoubted blessxdx give me some help herex hox if thou proceed as high as wordx my deed shall match thy deedx xxflourishx exeuntxxx scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex enter countess and clownx countessx come onx sirx i shall now put you to the height of your breedingx clownx i will show myself highly fed and lowly taughtx i know my business is but to the courtx countessx to the courtx whyx what place make you specialx when you put off that with such contemptx but to the courtx clownx trulyx madamx if god have lent a man any mannersx he may easily put it off at courtx he that cannot make a legx put offxs capx kiss his handx and say nothingx has neither legx handsx lipx nor capx and indeed such a fellowx to say preciselyx were not for the courtx but for mex i have an answer will serve all menx countessx marryx thatxs a bountiful answer that fits all questionsx clownx it is like a barberxs chairx that fits all buttocksxthe pinxbuttockx the quatchxbuttockx the brawnxbuttockx or any buttockx countessx will your answer serve fit to all questionsx clownx as fit as ten groats is for the hand of an attorneyx as your french crown for your taffety punkx as tibxs rush for tomxs forefingerx as a pancake for shrovextuesdayx a morris for mayxdayx as the nail to his holex the cuckold to his hornx as a scolding quean to a wrangling knavex as the nunxs lip to the friarxs mouthx nayx as the pudding to his skinx countessx have youx i sayx an answer of such fitness for all questionsx clownx from below your duke to beneath your constablex it will fit any questionx countessx it must be an answer of most monstrous size that must fit all demandsx clownx but a trifle neitherx in good faithx if the learned should speak truth of itx here it isx and all that belongs toxtx ask me if i am a courtierx it shall do you no harm to learnx countessx to be young againx if we couldx i will be a fool in questionx hoping to be the wiser by your answerx i pray youx sirx are you a courtierx clownx o lordx sirx therexs a simple putting offx morex morex a hundred of themx countessx sirx i am a poor friend of yoursx that loves youx clownx o lordx sirx thickx thickx spare not mex countessx i thinkx sirx you can eat none of this homely meatx clownx o lordx sirx nayx put me toxtx i warrant youx countessx you were lately whippxdx sirx as i thinkx clownx o lordx sirx spare not mex countessx do you cry xo lordx sirxx at your whippingx and xspare not mexx indeed your xo lordx sirxx is very sequent to your whippingx you would answer very well to a whippingx if you were but bound toxtx clownx i nexer had worse luck in my life in my xo lordx sirxx i see things may serve longx but not serve everx countessx i play the noble housewife with the timex to entertain it so merrily with a foolx clownx o lordx sirx whyx therext serves well againx countessx an endx sirx to your businessx give helen thisx and urge her to a present answer backx commend me to my kinsmen and my sonx this is not muchx clownx not much commendation to themx countessx not much employment for youx you understand mex clownx most fruitfullyx i am there before my legsx countessx haste you againx xxexeunt severallyxxx scene iiix parisx the kingxs palacex enter bertramx lafew and parollesx lafewx they say miracles are pastx and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar things supernatural and causelessx hence is it that we make trifles of terrorsx ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fearx parollesx whyx xtis the rarest argument of wonder that hath shot out in our latter timesx bertramx and so xtisx lafewx to be relinquishxd of the artistsxx parollesx so i sayx both of galen and paracelsusx lafewx of all the learned and authentic fellowsxx parollesx rightx so i sayx lafewx that gave him out incurablexx parollesx whyx there xtisx so say i toox lafewx not to be helpedx parollesx rightx as xtwere a man assurxd of ax lafewx uncertain life and sure deathx parollesx justx you say wellx so would i have saidx lafewx i may truly sayx it is a novelty to the worldx parollesx it is indeedx if you will have it in showingx you shall read it in what do you call therex lafewx a showing of a heavenly effect in an earthly actorx parollesx thatxs itx i would have said the very samex lafewx whyx your dolphin is not lustierx fore mex i speak in respectx parollesx nayx xtis strangex xtis very strangex that is the brief and the tedious of itx and hexs of a most facinerious spirit that will not acknowledge it to be thex lafewx very hand of heavenx parollesx ayx so i sayx lafewx in a most weakx parollesx and debile ministerx great powerx great transcendencex which should indeed give us a further use to be made than alone the recovxry of the kingx as to bex lafewx generally thankfulx parollesx i would have said itx you say wellx here comes the kingx enter kingx helena and attendantsx lafewx lustiquex as the dutchman saysx ixll like a maid the betterx whilst i have a tooth in my headx whyx hexs able to lead her a corantox parollesx xmor du vinagerxx is not this helenx lafewx fore godx i think sox kingx gox call before me all the lords in courtx xxexit an attendantxxx sitx my preserverx by thy patientxs sidex and with this healthful handx whose banishxd sense thou has repealxdx a second time receive the confirmation of my promisxd giftx which but attends thy namingx enter several lordsx fair maidx send forth thine eyex this youthful parcel of noble bachelors stand at my bestowingx oxer whom both sovereign power and fatherxs voice i have to usex thy frank election makex thou hast power to choosex and they none to forsakex helenax to each of you one fair and virtuous mistress fallx when love pleasex marryx to each but onex lafewx ixd give bay curtal and his furniture my mouth no more were broken than these boysxx and writ as little beardx kingx peruse them wellx not one of those but had a noble fatherx she addresses her to a lordx helenax gentlemenx heaven hath through me restorxd the king to healthx allx we understand itx and thank heaven for youx helenax i am a simple maidx and therein wealthiest that i protest i simply am a maidx please itx your majestyx i have done alreadyx the blushes in my cheeks thus whisper mex xwe blush that thou shouldst choosex butx be refusedx let the white death sit on thy cheek for everx wexll nexer come there againxx kingx make choicex andx seex who shuns thy love shuns all his love in mex helenax nowx dianx from thy altar do i flyx and to imperial lovex that god most highx do my sighs streamx xxto first lordxxx sirx will you hear my suitx first lordx and grant itx helenax thanksx sirx all the rest is mutex lafewx i had rather be in this choice than throw amesxace for my lifex helenax xxto second lordxxx the honourx sirx that flames in your fair eyesx before i speakx too threatxningly repliesx love make your fortunes twenty times above her that so wishesx and her humble lovex second lordx no betterx if you pleasex helenax my wish receivex which great love grantx and so i take my leavex lafewx do all they deny herx an they were sons of mine ixd have them whippxdx or i would send them to thx turk to make eunuchs ofx helenax xxto third lordxxx be not afraid that i your hand should takex ixll never do you wrong for your own sakex blessing upon your vowsx and in your bed find fairer fortunex if you ever wedx lafewx these boys are boys of icex theyxll none have herx surex they are bastards to the englishx the french nexer got xemx helenax xxto fourth lordxxx you are too youngx too happyx and too goodx to make yourself a son out of my bloodx fourth lordx fair onex i think not sox lafewx therexs one grape yetx i am sure thy father drank winex but if thou beest not an assx i am a youth of fourteenx i have known thee alreadyx helenax xxto bertramxxx i dare not say i take youx but i give me and my servicex ever whilst i livex into your guiding powerx this is the manx kingx whyx thenx young bertramx take herx shexs thy wifex bertramx my wifex my liegex i shall beseech your highnessx in such a business give me leave to use the help of mine own eyesx kingx knowxst thou notx bertramx what she has done for mex bertramx yesx my good lordx but never hope to know why i should marry herx kingx thou knowxst she has raisxd me from my sickly bedx bertramx but follows itx my lordx to bring me down must answer for your raisingx i know her wellx she had her breeding at my fatherxs chargex a poor physicianxs daughter my wifex disdain rather corrupt me everx kingx xtis only title thou disdainxst in herx the which i can build upx strange is it that our bloodsx of colourx weightx and heatx pourxd all togetherx would quite confound distinctionx yet stands off in differences so mightyx if she be all that is virtuousx save what thou dislikxstx a poor physicianxs daughterxxthou dislikxstx of virtue for the namex but do not sox from lowest place when virtuous things proceedx the place is dignified by the doerxs deedx where great additions swellxsx and virtue nonex it is a dropsied honourx good alone is good without a namex vileness is sox the property by what it is should gox not by the titlex she is youngx wisex fairx in these to nature shexs immediate heirx and these breed honourx that is honourxs scorn which challenges itself as honourxs bornx and is not like the sirex honours thrive when rather from our acts we them derive than our forexgoersx the mere wordxs a slavex debauchxd on every tombx on every grave a lying trophyx and as oft is dumb where dust and damnxd oblivion is the tomb of honourxd bones indeedx what should be saidx if thou canst like this creature as a maidx i can create the restx virtue and she is her own dowerx honour and wealth from mex bertramx i cannot love herx nor will strive to do xtx kingx thou wrongxst thyselfx if thou shouldst strive to choosex helenax that you are well restorxdx my lordx i am gladx let the rest gox kingx my honourxs at the stakex which to defeatx i must produce my powerx herex take her handx proud scornful boyx unworthy this good giftx that dost in vile misprision shackle up my love and her desertx that canst not dream wex poising us in her defective scalex shall weigh thee to the beamx that wilt not know it is in us to plant thine honour where we please to have it growx check thy contemptx obey our willx which travails in thy goodx believe not thy disdainx but presently do thine own fortunes that obedient right which both thy duty owes and our power claimsx or i will throw thee from my care for ever into the staggers and the careless lapse of youth and ignorancex both my revenge and hate loosing upon thee in the name of justicex without all terms of pityx speakx thine answerx bertramx pardonx my gracious lordx for i submit my fancy to your eyesx when i consider what great creationx and what dole of honour flies where you bid itx i find that shex which late was in my nobler thoughts most basex is now the praised of the kingx whox so ennobledx is as xtwere born sox kingx take her by the handx and tell her she is thinex to whom i promise a counterpoisex if not to thy estatex a balance more repletex bertramx i take her handx kingx good fortune and the favour of the king smile upon this contractx whose ceremony shall seem expedient on the nowxborn briefx and be performxd tonightx the solemn feast shall more attend upon the coming spacex expecting absent friendsx as thou lovxst herx thy lovexs to me religiousx elsex does errx xxexeunt kingx bertramx helenax lordsx and attendantsxxx lafewx do you hearx monsieurx a word with youx parollesx your pleasurex sirx lafewx your lord and master did well to make his recantationx parollesx recantationx my lordx my masterx lafewx ayx is it not a language i speakx parollesx a most harsh onex and not to be understood without bloody succeedingx my masterx lafewx are you companion to the count rossillonx parollesx to any countx to all countsx to what is manx lafewx to what is countxs manx countxs master is of another stylex parollesx you are too oldx sirx let it satisfy youx you are too oldx lafewx i must tell theex sirrahx i write manx to which title age cannot bring theex parollesx what i dare too well dox i dare not dox lafewx i did think theex for two ordinariesx to be a pretty wise fellowx thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travelx it might passx yet the scarfs and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burdenx i have now found theex when i lose thee again i care notx yet art thou good for nothing but taking upx and that thou art scarce worthx parollesx hadst thou not the privilege of antiquity upon theex lafewx do not plunge thyself too far in angerx lest thou hasten thy trialx which ifxlord have mercy on thee for a henx sox my good window of latticex fare thee wellx thy casement i need not openx for i look through theex give me thy handx parollesx my lordx you give me most egregious indignityx lafewx ayx with all my heartx and thou art worthy of itx parollesx i have notx my lordx deservxd itx lafewx yesx good faithx every dram of itx and i will not bate thee a scruplex parollesx wellx i shall be wiserx lafewx evxn as soon as thou canstx for thou hast to pull at a smack ox thx contraryx if ever thou beest bound in thy scarf and beatenx thou shalt find what it is to be proud of thy bondagex i have a desire to hold my acquaintance with theex or rather my knowledgex that i may say in the defaultx xhe is a man i knowxx parollesx my lordx you do me most insupportable vexationx lafewx i would it were hellxpains for thy sakex and my poor doing eternalx for doing i am pastx as i will by theex in what motion age will give me leavex xxexitxxx parollesx wellx thou hast a son shall take this disgrace off mex scurvyx oldx filthyx scurvy lordx wellx i must be patientx there is no fettering of authorityx ixll beat himx by my lifex if i can meet him with any conveniencex an he were double and double a lordx ixll have no more pity of his age than i would have ofxixll beat himx and if i could but meet him againx enter lafewx lafewx sirrahx your lord and masterxs marriedx therexs news for youx you have a new mistressx parollesx i most unfeignedly beseech your lordship to make some reservation of your wrongsx he is my good lordx whom i serve above is my masterx lafewx whox godx parollesx ayx sirx lafewx the devil it is thatxs thy masterx why dost thou garter up thy arms ox this fashionx dost make hose of thy sleevesx do other servants sox thou wert best set thy lower part where thy nose standsx by mine honourx if i were but two hours youngerx ixd beat theex methinkxst thou art a general offencex and every man should beat theex i think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon theex parollesx this is hard and undeserved measurex my lordx lafewx go tox sirx you were beaten in italy for picking a kernel out of a pomegranatex you are a vagabondx and no true travellerx you are more saucy with lords and honourable personages than the commission of your birth and virtue gives you heraldryx you are not worth another wordx else ixd call you knavex i leave youx xxexitxxx enter bertramx parollesx goodx very goodx it is so thenx goodx very goodx let it be concealxd awhilex bertramx undonex and forfeited to cares for everx parollesx whatxs the matterx sweetheartx bertramx although before the solemn priest i have swornx i will not bed herx parollesx whatx whatx sweetheartx bertramx o my parollesx they have married mex ixll to the tuscan warsx and never bed herx parollesx france is a dogxholex and it no more merits the tread of a manxs footx to the warsx bertramx therexs letters from my motherx what thx import is i know not yetx parollesx ayx that would be knownx to thx warsx my boyx to thx warsx he wears his honour in a box unseen that hugs his kickyxwicky here at homex spending his manly marrow in her armsx which should sustain the bound and high curvet of marsxs fiery steedx to other regionsx france is a stablex we that dwell inxtx jadesx thereforex to thx warx bertramx it shall be sox ixll send her to my housex acquaint my mother with my hate to herx and wherefore i am fledx write to the king that which i durst not speakx his present gift shall furnish me to those italian fields where noble fellows strikex war is no strife to the dark house and the detested wifex parollesx will this caprichio hold in theex art surex bertramx go with me to my chamber and advise mex ixll send her straight awayx tomorrow ixll to the warsx she to her single sorrowx parollesx whyx these balls boundx therexs noise in itx xtis hardx a young man married is a man thatxs marrxdx therefore awayx and leave her bravelyx gox the king has done you wrongx but hush xtis sox xxexeuntxxx scene ivx parisx the kingxs palacex enter helena and clownx helenax my mother greets me kindlyx is she wellx clownx she is not wellx but yet she has her healthx shexs very merryx but yet she is not wellx but thanks be givenx shexs very wellx and wants nothing ix the worldx but yet she is not wellx helenax if she be very wellx what does she ail that shexs not very wellx clownx trulyx shexs very well indeedx but for two thingsx helenax what two thingsx clownx onex that shexs not in heavenx whither god send her quicklyx the otherx that shexs in earthx from whence god send her quicklyx enter parollesx parollesx bless youx my fortunate ladyx helenax i hopex sirx i have your good will to have mine own good fortunex parollesx you had my prayers to lead them onx and to keep them onx have them stillx ox my knave how does my old ladyx clownx so that you had her wrinkles and i her moneyx i would she did as you sayx parollesx whyx i say nothingx clownx marryx you are the wiser manx for many a manxs tongue shakes out his masterxs undoingx to say nothingx to do nothingx to know nothingx and to have nothingx is to be a great part of your titlex which is within a very little of nothingx parollesx awayx thou art a knavex clownx you should have saidx sirx before a knave thou art a knavex that is before me thou art a knavex this had been truthx sirx parollesx go tox thou art a witty foolx i have found theex clownx did you find me in yourselfx sirx or were you taught to find mex the searchx sirx was profitablex and much fool may you find in youx even to the worldxs pleasure and the increase of laughterx parollesx a good knavex ix faithx and well fedx madamx my lord will go away tonightx a very serious business calls on himx the great prerogative and right of lovex whichx as your duex time claimsx he does acknowledgex but puts it off to a compellxd restraintx whose wantx and whose delayx is strewxd with sweetsx which they distil now in the curbed timex to make the coming hour oxerflow with joy and pleasure drown the brimx helenax whatxs his will elsex parollesx that you will take your instant leave ox the kingx and make this haste as your own good proceedingx strengthenxd with what apology you think may make it probable needx helenax what more commands hex parollesx thatx having this obtainxdx you presently attend his further pleasurex helenax in everything i wait upon his willx parollesx i shall report it sox helenax i pray youx comex sirrahx xxexeuntxxx scene vx another room in the samex enter lafew and bertramx lafewx but i hope your lordship thinks not him a soldierx bertramx yesx my lordx and of very valiant approofx lafewx you have it from his own deliverancex bertramx and by other warranted testimonyx lafewx then my dial goes not truex i took this lark for a buntingx bertramx i do assure youx my lordx he is very great in knowledgex and accordingly valiantx lafewx i havex thenx sinned against his experience and transgressed against his valourx and my state that way is dangerousx since i cannot yet find in my heart to repentx here he comesx i pray you make us friendsx i will pursue the amity enter parollesx parollesx xxto bertramxxx these things shall be donex sirx lafewx pray youx sirx whoxs his tailorx parollesx sirx lafewx ox i know him wellx ix sirx hex sirx is a good workmanx a very good tailorx bertramx xxaside to parollesxxx is she gone to the kingx parollesx she isx bertramx will she away tonightx parollesx as youxll have herx bertramx i have writ my lettersx casketed my treasurex given order for our horsesx and tonightx when i should take possession of the bridex end ere i do beginx lafewx a good traveller is something at the latter end of a dinnerx but one that lies threexthirds and uses a known truth to pass a thousand nothings withx should be once heard and thrice beatenxx god save youx captainx bertramx is there any unkindness between my lord and youx monsieurx parollesx i know not how i have deserved to run into my lordxs displeasurex lafewx you have made shift to run into xtx boots and spurs and allx like him that leapt into the custardx and out of it youxll run againx rather than suffer question for your residencex bertramx it may be you have mistaken himx my lordx lafewx and shall do so everx though i took him at his prayersx fare you wellx my lordx and believe this of mex there can be no kernal in this light nutx the soul of this man is his clothesx trust him not in matter of heavy consequencex i have kept of them tamex and know their naturesx farewellx monsieurx i have spoken better of you than you have or will to deserve at my handx but we must do good against evilx xxexitxxx parollesx an idle lordx i swearx bertramx i think sox parollesx whyx do you not know himx bertramx yesx i do know him wellx and common speech gives him a worthy passx here comes my clogx enter helenax helenax i havex sirx as i was commanded from youx spoke with the kingx and have procurxd his leave for present partingx only he desires some private speech with youx bertramx i shall obey his willx you must not marvelx helenx at my coursex which holds not colour with the timex nor does the ministration and required office on my particularx prepared i was not for such a businessx therefore am i found so much unsettledx this drives me to entreat youx that presently you take your way for homex and rather muse than ask why i entreat youx for my respects are better than they seemx and my appointments have in them a need greater than shows itself at the first view to you that know them notx this to my motherx xxgiving a letterxxx xtwill be two days ere i shall see youx so i leave you to your wisdomx helenax sirx i can nothing say but that i am your most obedient servantx bertramx comex comex no more of thatx helenax and ever shall with true observance seek to eke out that wherein toward me my homely stars have failxd to equal my great fortunex bertramx let that gox my haste is very greatx farewellx hie homex helenax prayx sirx your pardonx bertramx wellx what would you sayx helenax i am not worthy of the wealth i owex nor dare i say xtis minex and yet it isx butx like a timorous thiefx most fain would steal what law does vouch mine ownx bertramx what would you havex helenax somethingx and scarce so muchx nothing indeedx i would not tell you what i wouldx my lordx faithx yesx strangers and foes do sunder and not kissx bertramx i pray youx stay notx but in haste to horsex helenax i shall not break your biddingx good my lordx where are my other menx monsieurx farewellx xxexit helenaxxx bertramx go thou toward homex where i will never come whilst i can shake my sword or hear the drumx awayx and for our flightx parollesx bravelyx coragiox xxexeuntxxx act iiix scene ix florencex a room in the dukexs palacex flourishx enter the duke of florence attendedx two french lordsx and soldiersx dukex so thatx from point to pointx now have you heard the fundamental reasons of this warx whose great decision hath much blood let forthx and more thirsts afterx first lordx holy seems the quarrel upon your gracexs partx black and fearful on the opposerx dukex therefore we marvel much our cousin france wouldx in so just a businessx shut his bosom against our borrowing prayersx second lordx good my lordx the reasons of our state i cannot yieldx but like a common and an outward man that the great figure of a council frames by selfxunable motionx therefore dare not say what i think of itx since i have found myself in my incertain grounds to fail as often as i guessxdx dukex be it his pleasurex first lordx but i am sure the younger of our naturex that surfeit on their easex will day by day come here for physicx dukex welcome shall they bex and all the honours that can fly from us shall on them settlex you know your places wellx when better fallx for your avails they fellx tomorrow to the fieldx xxflourishx exeuntxxx scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex enter countess and clownx countessx it hath happenxd all as i would have had itx save that he comes not along with herx clownx by my trothx i take my young lord to be a very melancholy manx countessx by what observancex i pray youx clownx whyx he will look upon his boot and singx mend the ruff and singx ask questions and singx pick his teeth and singx i know a man that had this trick of melancholy sold a goodly manor for a songx countessx let me see what he writesx and when he means to comex xxopening a letterxxx clownx i have no mind to isbel since i was at courtx our old lings and our isbels ox thx country are nothing like your old ling and your isbels ox thx courtx the brains of my cupidxs knockxd outx and i begin to lovex as an old man loves moneyx with no stomachx countessx what have we herex clownx exen that you have therex xxexitxxx countessx xxreadsxxx xi have sent you a daughterxinxlawx she hath recovered the king and undone mex i have wedded herx not bedded herx and sworn to make the xnotx eternalx you shall hear i am run awayx know it before the report comex if there be breadth enough in the worldx i will hold a long distancex my duty to youx your unfortunate sonxx bertramx this is not wellx rash and unbridled boyx to fly the favours of so good a kingx to pluck his indignation on thy head by the misprizing of a maid too virtuous for the contempt of empirex enter clownx clownx o madamx yonder is heavy news within between two soldiers and my young ladyx countessx what is the matterx clownx nayx there is some comfort in the newsx some comfortx your son will not be killxd so soon as i thought he wouldx countessx why should he be killxdx clownx so say ix madamx if he run awayx as i hear he doesx the danger is in standing toxtx thatxs the loss of menx though it be the getting of childrenx here they come will tell you morex for my partx i only hear your son was run awayx xxexitxxx enter helena and the two gentlemenx first gentlemanx save youx good madamx helenax madamx my lord is gonex for ever gonex second gentlemanx do not say sox countessx think upon patiencex pray youx gentlemenxx i have felt so many quirks of joy and grief that the first face of neither on the start can woman me unto xtx where is my sonx i pray youx second gentlemanx madamx hexs gone to serve the duke of florencex we met him thitherwardx for thence we camex andx after some despatch in hand at courtx thither we bend againx helenax look on this letterx madamx herexs my passportx xxreadsxxx xwhen thou canst get the ring upon my fingerx which never shall come offx and show me a child begotten of thy body that i am father tox then call me husbandx but in such a xthenx i write a xneverxxx this is a dreadful sentencex countessx brought you this letterx gentlemenx first gentlemanx ayx madamx and for the contentsx sakex are sorry for our painsx countessx i prxytheex ladyx have a better cheerx if thou engrossest all the griefs are thinex thou robbxst me of a moietyx he was my sonx but i do wash his name out of my bloodx and thou art all my childx towards florence is hex second gentlemanx ayx madamx countessx and to be a soldierx second gentlemanx such is his noble purposex andx believextx the duke will lay upon him all the honour that good convenience claimsx countessx return you thitherx first gentlemanx ayx madamx with the swiftest wing of speedx helenax xxreadsxxx xtill i have no wifex i have nothing in francexx xtis bitterx countessx find you that therex helenax ayx madamx first gentlemanx xtis but the boldness of his hand haplyx which his heart was not consenting tox countessx nothing in france until he have no wifex therexs nothing here that is too good for him but only shex and she deserves a lord that twenty such rude boys might tend uponx and call her hourly mistressx who was with himx first gentlemanx a servant onlyx and a gentleman which i have sometime knownx countessx parollesx was it notx first gentlemanx ayx my good ladyx hex countessx a very tainted fellowx and full of wickednessx my son corrupts a wellxderived nature with his inducementx first gentlemanx indeedx good ladyx the fellow has a deal of that too muchx which holds him much to havex countessx yxare welcomex gentlemenx i will entreat youx when you see my sonx to tell him that his sword can never win the honour that he losesx more ixll entreat you written to bear alongx second gentlemanx we serve youx madamx in that and all your worthiest affairsx countessx not sox but as we change our courtesiesx will you draw nearx xxexeunt countess and gentlemenxxx helenax xtill i have no wifex i have nothing in francexx nothing in france until he has no wifex thou shalt have nonex rossillonx none in francex then hast thou all againx poor lordx isxt i that chase thee from thy countryx and expose those tender limbs of thine to the event of the nonexsparing warx and is it i that drive thee from the sportive courtx where thou wast shot at with fair eyesx to be the mark of smoky musketsx o you leaden messengersx that ride upon the violent speed of firex fly with false aimx move the stillxpeering airx that sings with piercingx do not touch my lordx whoever shoots at himx i set him therex whoever charges on his forward breastx i am the caitiff that do hold him toxtx and though i kill him notx i am the cause his death was so effectedx better xtwere i met the ravin lion when he roarxd with sharp constraint of hungerx better xtwere that all the miseries which nature owes were mine at oncex nox come thou homex rossillonx whence honour but of danger wins a scarx as oft it loses allx i will be gonex my being here it is that holds thee hencex shall i stay here to doxtx nox nox although the air of paradise did fan the housex and angels officxd allx i will be gonex that pitiful rumour may report my flight to consolate thine earx comex nightx endx dayx for with the darkx poor thiefx ixll steal awayx xxexitxxx scene iiix florencex before the dukexs palacex flourishx enter the duke of florencex bertramx drum and trumpetsx soldiersx parollesx dukex the general of our horse thou artx and wex great in our hopex lay our best love and credence upon thy promising fortunex bertramx sirx it is a charge too heavy for my strengthx but yet wexll strive to bear it for your worthy sake to thxextreme edge of hazardx dukex then go thou forthx and fortune play upon thy prosperous helmx as thy auspicious mistressx bertramx this very dayx great marsx i put myself into thy filex make me but like my thoughtsx and i shall prove a lover of thy drumx hater of lovex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex enter countess and stewardx countessx alasx and would you take the letter of herx might you not know she would do as she has donex by sending me a letterx read it againx stewardx xxreadsxxx xi am saint jaquesx pilgrimx thither gonex ambitious love hath so in me offended that barefoot plod i the cold ground uponx with sainted vow my faults to have amendedx writex writex that from the bloody course of war my dearest masterx your dear sonx may hiex bless him at home in peacex whilst i from far his name with zealous fervour sanctifyx his taken labours bid him me forgivex ix his despiteful junox sent him forth from courtly friendsx with camping foes to livex where death and danger dog the heels of worthx he is too good and fair for death and mex whom i myself embrace to set him freexx countessx ahx what sharp stings are in her mildest wordsx rynaldox you did never lack advice so much as letting her pass sox had i spoke with herx i could have well diverted her intentsx which thus she hath preventedx stewardx pardon mex madamx if i had given you this at overxnightx she might have been oxertaxenx and yet she writes pursuit would be but vainx countessx what angel shall bless this unworthy husbandx he cannot thrivex unless her prayersx whom heaven delights to hear and loves to grantx reprieve him from the wrath of greatest justicex writex writex rynaldox to this unworthy husband of his wifex let every word weigh heavy of her worthx that he does weigh too lightx my greatest griefx though little he do feel itx set down sharplyx dispatch the most convenient messengerx when haply he shall hear that she is gone he will returnx and hope i may that shex hearing so muchx will speed her foot againx led hither by pure lovex which of them both is dearest to me i have no skill in sense to make distinctionx provide this messengerx my heart is heavyx and mine age is weakx grief would have tearsx and sorrow bids me speakx xxexeuntxxx scene vx without the walls of florencex enter an old widow of florencex dianax violentax mariana and other citizensx widowx nayx comex for if they do approach the cityx we shall lose all the sightx dianax they say the french count has done most honourable servicex widowx it is reported that he has taken their greatxst commanderx and that with his own hand he slew the dukexs brotherx xxa tucket afar offxxx we have lost our labourx they are gone a contrary wayx harkx you may know by their trumpetsx marianax comex letxs return againx and suffice ourselves with the report of itx wellx dianax take heed of this french earlx the honour of a maid is her namex and no legacy is so rich as honestyx widowx i have told my neighbour how you have been solicited by a gentleman his companionx marianax i know that knavex hang himx one parollesx a filthy officer he is in those suggestions for the young earlx beware of themx dianax their promisesx enticementsx oathsx tokensx and all these engines of lustx are not the things they go underx many a maid hath been seduced by themx and the misery isx examplex that so terrible shows in the wreck of maidenhoodx cannot for all that dissuade successionx but that they are limed with the twigs that threaten themx i hope i need not to advise you furtherx but i hope your own grace will keep you where you arex though there were no further danger known but the modesty which is so lostx dianax you shall not need to fear mex enter helena in the dress of a pilgrimx widowx i hope sox lookx here comes a pilgrimx i know she will lie at my housex thither they send one anotherx ixll question herx god save youx pilgrimx whither are boundx helenax to saint jaques le grandx where do the palmers lodgex i do beseech youx widowx at the saint francis herex beside the portx helenax is this the wayx xxa march afarxxx widowx ayx marryx isxtx hark youx they come this wayx if you will tarryx holy pilgrimx but till the troops come byx i will conduct you where you shall be lodgxdx the rather for i think i know your hostess as ample as myselfx helenax is it yourselfx widowx if you shall please sox pilgrimx helenax i thank youx and will stay upon your leisurex widowx you camex i thinkx from francex helenax i did sox widowx here you shall see a countryman of yours that has done worthy servicex helenax his namex i pray youx dianax the count rossillonx know you such a onex helenax but by the earx that hears most nobly of himx his face i know notx dianax whatsomexer he isx hexs bravely taken herex he stole from francex as xtis reportedx for the king had married him against his likingx think you it is sox helenax ayx surelyx mere the truthx i know his ladyx dianax there is a gentleman that serves the count reports but coarsely of herx helenax whatxs his namex dianax monsieur parollesx helenax ox i believe with himx in argument of praisex or to the worth of the great count himselfx she is too mean to have her name repeatedx all her deserving is a reserved honestyx and that i have not heard examinxdx dianax alasx poor ladyx xtis a hard bondage to become the wife of a detesting lordx widowx ayx rightx good creaturex wheresoexer she isx her heart weighs sadlyx this young maid might do her a shrewd turnx if she pleasxdx helenax how do you meanx maybe the amorous count solicits her in the unlawful purposex widowx he does indeedx and brokes with all that can in such a suit corrupt the tender honour of a maidx but she is armxd for himx and keeps her guard in honestest defencex enterx with a drum and coloursx a party of the florentine armyx bertram and parollesx marianax the gods forbid elsex widowx sox now they comex that is antoniox the dukexs eldest sonx that escalusx helenax which is the frenchmanx dianax hex that with the plumex xtis a most gallant fellowx i would he lovxd his wifex if he were honester he were much goodlierx isxt not a handsome gentlemanx helenax i like him wellx dianax xtis pity he is not honestx yondxs that same knave that leads him to these placesx were i his lady i would poison that vile rascalx helenax which is hex dianax that jackxanxapes with scarfsx why is he melancholyx helenax perchance hexs hurt ix the battlex parollesx lose our drumx wellx marianax hexs shrewdly vexxd at somethingx lookx he has spied usx widowx marryx hang youx marianax and your courtesyx for a ringxcarrierx xxexeunt bertramx parollesx officers and soldiersxxx widowx the troop is pastx comex pilgrimx i will bring you where you shall hostx of enjoinxd penitents therexs four or fivex to great saint jaques boundx already at my housex helenax i humbly thank youx please it this matron and this gentle maid to eat with us tonightx the charge and thanking shall be for mex andx to requite you furtherx i will bestow some precepts of this virginx worthy the notex bothx wexll take your offer kindlyx xxexeuntxxx scene vix camp before florencex enter bertram and the two french lordsx first lordx nayx good my lordx put him toxtx let him have his wayx second lordx if your lordship find him not a hildingx hold me no more in your respectx first lordx on my lifex my lordx a bubblex bertramx do you think i am so far deceived in himx first lordx believe itx my lordx in mine own direct knowledgex without any malicex but to speak of him as my kinsmanx hexs a most notable cowardx an infinite and endless liarx an hourly promisexbreakerx the owner of no one good quality worthy your lordshipxs entertainmentx second lordx it were fit you knew himx lestx reposing too far in his virtuex which he hath notx he might at some great and trusty businessx in a main danger fail youx bertramx i would i knew in what particular action to try himx second lordx none better than to let him fetch off his drumx which you hear him so confidently undertake to dox first lordx i with a troop of florentines will suddenly surprise himx such i will have whom i am sure he knows not from the enemyx we will bind and hoodwink him so that he shall suppose no other but that he is carried into the leaguer of the adversaries when we bring him to our own tentsx be but your lordship present at his examinationx if he do not for the promise of his lifex and in the highest compulsion of base fearx offer to betray youx and deliver all the intelligence in his power against youx and that with the divine forfeit of his soul upon oathx never trust my judgment in anythingx second lordx ox for the love of laughterx let him fetch his drumx he says he has a stratagem forxtx when your lordship sees the bottom of his success inxtx and to what metal this counterfeit lump of ore will be meltedx if you give him not john drumxs entertainmentx your inclining cannot be removedx here he comesx enter parollesx first lordx ox for the love of laughterx hinder not the honour of his designx let him fetch off his drum in any handx bertramx how nowx monsieurx this drum sticks sorely in your dispositionx second lordx a pox on xtx let it gox xtis but a drumx parollesx but a drumx isxt but a drumx a drum so lostx there was excellent commandx to charge in with our horse upon our own wingsx and to rend our own soldiersx second lordx that was not to be blamxd in the command of the servicex it was a disaster of war that caesar himself could not have preventedx if he had been there to commandx bertramx wellx we cannot greatly condemn our successx some dishonour we had in the loss of that drumx but it is not to be recoveredx parollesx it might have been recoveredx bertramx it mightx but it is not nowx parollesx it is to be recoveredx but that the merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performerx i would have that drum or anotherx or xhic jacetxx bertramx whyx if you have a stomachx toxtx monsieurx if you think your mystery in stratagem can bring this instrument of honour again into his native quarterx be magnanimous in the enterprisex and go onx i will grace the attempt for a worthy exploitx if you speed well in itx the duke shall both speak of it and extend to you what further becomes his greatnessx even to the utmost syllable of your worthinessx parollesx by the hand of a soldierx i will undertake itx bertramx but you must not now slumber in itx parollesx ixll about it this eveningx and i will presently pen down my dilemmasx encourage myself in my certaintyx put myself into my mortal preparationx and by midnight look to hear further from mex bertramx may i be bold to acquaint his grace you are gone about itx parollesx i know not what the success will bex my lordx but the attempt i vowx bertramx i know thxart valiantx and to the possibility of thy soldiershipx will subscribe for theex farewellx parollesx i love not many wordsx xxexitxxx first lordx no more than a fish loves waterx is not this a strange fellowx my lordx that so confidently seems to undertake this businessx which he knows is not to be donex damns himself to dox and dares better be damnxd than to doxtx second lordx you do not know himx my lordx as we dox certain it is that he will steal himself into a manxs favourx and for a week escape a great deal of discoveriesx but when you find him outx you have him ever afterx bertramx whyx do you think he will make no deed at all of thisx that so seriously he does address himself untox first lordx none in the worldx but return with an inventionx and clap upon you two or three probable liesx but we have almost embossed himx you shall see his fall tonightx for indeed he is not for your lordshipxs respectx second lordx wexll make you some sport with the fox ere we case himx he was first smokxd by the old lord lafewx when his disguise and he is partedx tell me what a sprat you shall find himx which you shall see this very nightx first lordx i must go look my twigsx he shall be caughtx bertramx your brotherx he shall go along with mex first lordx asxt please your lordshipx ixll leave youx xxexitxxx bertramx now will i lead you to the housex and show you the lass i spoke ofx second lordx but you say shexs honestx bertramx thatxs all the faultx i spoke with her but oncex and found her wondrous coldx but i sent to her by this same coxcomb that we have ix the wind tokens and letters which she did rexsendx and this is all i have donex shexs a fair creaturex will you go see herx second lordx with all my heartx my lordx xxexeuntxxx scene viix florencex a room in the widowxs housex enter helena and widowx helenax if you misdoubt me that i am not shex i know not how i shall assure you furtherx but i shall lose the grounds i work uponx widowx though my estate be fallxnx i was well bornx nothing acquainted with these businessesx and would not put my reputation now in any staining actx helenax nor would i wish youx first give me trustx the count he is my husbandx and what to your sworn counsel i have spoken is so from word to wordx and then you cannotx by the good aid that i of you shall borrowx err in bestowing itx widowx i should believe youx for you have showxd me that which well approves yxare great in fortunex helenax take this purse of goldx and let me buy your friendly help thus farx which i will overxpayx and pay again when i have found itx the count he woos your daughter lays down his wanton siege before her beautyx resolvxd to carry herx let her in fine consentx as wexll direct her how xtis best to bear itx now his important blood will naught deny that shexll demandx a ring the county wearsx that downward hath succeeded in his house from son to sonx some four or five descents since the first father wore itx this ring he holds in most rich choicex yetx in his idle firex to buy his willx it would not seem too dearx howexer repented afterx widowx now i see the bottom of your purposex helenax you see it lawful thenx it is no more but that your daughterx ere she seems as wonx desires this ringx appoints him an encounterx in finex delivers me to fill the timex herself most chastely absentx afterx to marry herx ixll add three thousand crowns to what is passxd alreadyx widowx i have yieldedx instruct my daughter how she shall perseverx that time and place with this deceit so lawful may prove coherentx every night he comes with musics of all sortsx and songs composxd to her unworthinessx it nothing steads us to chide him from our eavesx for he persists as if his life lay on xtx helenax why then tonight let us assay our plotx whichx if it speedx is wicked meaning in a lawful deedx and lawful meaning in a lawful actx where both not sinx and yet a sinful factx but letxs about itx xxexeuntxxx act ivx scene ix without the florentine campx enter first lord with five or six soldiers in ambushx first lordx he can come no other way but by this hedgexcornerx when you sally upon himx speak what terrible language you willx though you understand it not yourselvesx no matterx for we must not seem to understand himx unless someone among usx whom we must produce for an interpreterx first soldierx good captainx let me be thx interpreterx first lordx art not acquainted with himx knows he not thy voicex first soldierx no sirx i warrant youx first lordx but what linseyxwoolsey has thou to speak to us againx first soldierx exen such as you speak to mex first lordx he must think us some band of strangers ix the adversaryxs entertainmentx now he hath a smack of all neighbouring languagesx therefore we must every one be a man of his own fancyx not to know what we speak one to anotherx so we seem to knowx is to know straight our purposex choughsx languagex gabble enoughx and good enoughx as for youx interpreterx you must seem very politicx but couchx hox here he comesx to beguile two hours in a sleepx and then to return and swear the lies he forgesx enter parollesx parollesx ten oxclockx within these three hours xtwill be time enough to go homex what shall i say i have donex it must be a very plausive invention that carries itx they begin to smoke mex and disgraces have of late knockxd too often at my doorx i find my tongue is too foolhardyx but my heart hath the fear of mars before itx and of his creaturesx not daring the reports of my tonguex first lordx xxasidexxx this is the first truth that exer thine own tongue was guilty ofx parollesx what the devil should move me to undertake the recovery of this drumx being not ignorant of the impossibilityx and knowing i had no such purposex i must give myself some hurtsx and say i got them in exploitx yet slight ones will not carry itx they will say xcame you off with so littlexx and great ones i dare not givex whereforex whatxs the instancex tonguex i must put you into a butterxwomanxs mouthx and buy myself another of bajazetxs mulex if you prattle me into these perilsx first lordx xxasidexxx is it possible he should know what he isx and be that he isx parollesx i would the cutting of my garments would serve the turnx or the breaking of my spanish swordx first lordx xxasidexxx we cannot afford you sox parollesx or the baring of my beardx and to say it was in stratagemx first lordx xxasidexxx xtwould not dox parollesx or to drown my clothesx and say i was strippedx first lordx xxasidexxx hardly servex parollesx though i swore i leapxd from the window of the citadelxx first lordx xxasidexxx how deepx parollesx thirty fathomx first lordx xxasidexxx three great oaths would scarce make that be believedx parollesx i would i had any drum of the enemyxsx i would swear i recoverxd itx first lordx xxasidexxx you shall hear one anonx parollesx a drum now of the enemyxsx xxalarum withinxxx first lordx xthroca movoususx cargox cargox cargoxx allx xcargox cargox cargox villianda par corbox cargoxx xxthey seize and blindfold himxxx parollesx ox ransomx ransomx do not hide mine eyesx first soldierx xboskos thromuldo boskosxx parollesx i know you are the muskosx regimentx and i shall lose my life for want of languagex if there be here germanx or danex low dutchx italianx or frenchx let him speak to mex ixll discover that which shall undo the florentinex first soldierx xboskos vauvadoxx i understand theex and can speak thy tonguex xkerelybontoxx sirx betake thee to thy faithx for seventeen poniards are at thy bosomx parollesx ox first soldierx ox prayx prayx prayx xmanka revania dulchexx first lordx xoscorbidulchos volivorcoxx first soldierx the general is content to spare thee yetx andx hoodwinkxd as thou artx will lead thee on to gather from theex haply thou mayst inform something to save thy lifex parollesx ox let me livex and all the secrets of our camp ixll showx their forcex their purposesx nayx ixll speak that which you will wonder atx first soldierx but wilt thou faithfullyx parollesx if i do notx damn mex first soldierx xacordo lintaxx come onx thou art granted spacex xxexitx with parolles guardedxxx a short alarum withinx first lordx go tell the count rossillon and my brother we have caught the woodcockx and will keep him muffled till we do hear from themx second soldierx captainx i willx first lordx xa will betray us all unto ourselvesx inform on thatx second soldierx so i willx sirx first lordx till then ixll keep him darkx and safely lockxdx xxexeuntxxx scene iix florencex a room in the widowxs housex enter bertram and dianax bertramx they told me that your name was fontybellx dianax nox my good lordx dianax bertramx titled goddessx and worth itx with additionx butx fair soulx in your fine frame hath love no qualityx if the quick fire of youth light not your mindx you are no maiden but a monumentx when you are deadx you should be such a one as you are nowx for you are cold and sternx and now you should be as your mother was when your sweet self was gotx dianax she then was honestx bertramx so should you bex dianax nox my mother did but dutyx suchx my lordx as you owe to your wifex bertramx no more ax thatx i prxythee do not strive against my vowsx i was compellxd to herx but i love thee by lovexs own sweet constraintx and will for ever do thee all rights of servicex dianax ayx so you serve us till we serve youx but when you have our rosesx you barely leave our thorns to prick ourselvesx and mock us with our barenessx bertramx how have i swornx dianax xtis not the many oaths that makes the truthx but the plain single vow that is vowxd truex what is not holyx that we swear not byx but take the highest to witnessx thenx pray youx tell mex if i should swear by jovexs great attributes i lovxd you dearlyx would you believe my oaths when i did love you illx this has no holdingx to swear by him whom i protest to love that i will work against himx therefore your oaths are words and poor conditionsx but unsealxdxx at least in my opinionx bertramx change itx change itx be not so holyxcruelx love is holyx and my integrity nexer knew the crafts that you do charge men withx stand no more offx but give thyself unto my sick desiresx who then recoversx say thou art minex and ever my love as it begins shall so perseverx dianax i see that men make hopes in such a casex that wexll forsake ourselvesx give me that ringx bertramx ixll lend it theex my dearx but have no power to give it from mex dianax will you notx my lordx bertramx it is an honour xlonging to our housex bequeathed down from many ancestorsx which were the greatest obloquy ix the world in me to losex dianax mine honourxs such a ringx my chastityxs the jewel of our housex bequeathed down from many ancestorsx which were the greatest obloquy ix the world in me to losex thus your own proper wisdom brings in the champion honour on my part against your vain assaultx bertramx herex take my ringx my housex mine honourx yeax my life be thinex and ixll be bid by theex dianax when midnight comesx knock at my chamber windowx ixll order take my mother shall not hearx now will i charge you in the band of truthx when you have conquerxd my yet maidenxbedx remain there but an hourx nor speak to mex my reasons are most strongx and you shall know them when back again this ring shall be deliverxdx and on your finger in the nightx ixll put another ringx that what in time proceeds may token to the future our past deedsx adieu till thenx then fail notx you have won a wife of mex though there my hope be donex bertramx a heaven on earth i have won by wooing theex xxexitxxx dianax for which live long to thank both heaven and mex you may so in the endx my mother told me just how he would woox as if she sat inxs heartx she says all men have the like oathsx he had sworn to marry me when his wifexs deadx therefore ixll lie with him when i am buriedx since frenchmen are so braidx marry that willx i live and die a maidx onlyx in this disguisex i thinkxt no sin to cozen him that would unjustly winx xxexitxxx scene iiix the florentine campx enter the two french lords and two or three soldiersx first lordx you have not given him his motherxs letterx second lordx i have delivxred it an hour sincex there is something inxt that stings his naturex for on the reading itx he changxd almost into another manx first lordx he has much worthy blame laid upon him for shaking off so good a wife and so sweet a ladyx second lordx especially he hath incurred the everlasting displeasure of the kingx who had even tunxd his bounty to sing happiness to himx i will tell you a thingx but you shall let it dwell darkly with youx first lordx when you have spoken itx xtis deadx and i am the grave of itx second lordx he hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in florencex of a most chaste renownx and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honourx he hath given her his monumental ringx and thinks himself made in the unchaste compositionx first lordx nowx god delay our rebellionx as we are ourselvesx what things are wex second lordx merely our own traitorsx and as in the common course of all treasonsx we still see them reveal themselves till they attain to their abhorrxd endsx so he that in this action contrives against his own nobilityx in his proper streamx oxerflows himselfx first lordx is it not meant damnable in us to be trumpeters of our unlawful intentsx we shall not then have his company tonightx second lordx not till after midnightx for he is dieted to his hourx first lordx that approaches apacex i would gladly have him see his company anatomizedx that he might take a measure of his own judgmentsx wherein so curiously he had set this counterfeitx second lordx we will not meddle with him till he comex for his presence must be the whip of the otherx first lordx in the meantimex what hear you of these warsx second lordx i hear there is an overture of peacex first lordx nayx i assure youx a peace concludedx second lordx what will count rossillon do thenx will he travel higherx or return again into francex first lordx i perceive by this demandx you are not altogether of his councilx second lordx let it be forbidx sirx so should i be a great deal of his actx first lordx sirx his wife some two months since fled from his housex her pretence is a pilgrimage to saint jaques le grandx which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplishedx and there residingx the tenderness of her nature became as a prey to her griefx in finex made a groan of her last breathx and now she sings in heavenx second lordx how is this justifiedx first lordx the stronger part of it by her own lettersx which makes her story truex even to the point of her deathx her death itselfx which could not be her office to say is comex was faithfully confirmxd by the rector of the placex second lordx hath the count all this intelligencex first lordx ayx and the particular confirmationsx point from pointx to the full arming of the verityx second lordx i am heartily sorry that hexll be glad of thisx first lordx how mightily sometimes we make us comforts of our lossesx second lordx and how mightily some other times we drown our gain in tearsx the great dignity that his valour hath here acquirxd for him shall at home be encountered with a shame as amplex first lordx the web of our life is of a mingled yarnx good and ill togetherx our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them notx and our crimes would despair if they were not cherishxd by our virtuesx enter a messengerx how nowx wherexs your masterx messengerx he met the duke in the streetx sirx of whom he hath taken a solemn leavex his lordship will next morning for francex the duke hath offered him letters of commendations to the kingx second lordx they shall be no more than needful therex if they were more than they can commendx enter bertramx first lordx they cannot be too sweet for the kingxs tartnessx herexs his lordship nowx how nowx my lordx isxt not after midnightx bertramx i have tonight despatchxd sixteen businessesx a monthxs length apiecex by an abstract of successx i have congied with the dukex done my adieu with his nearestx buried a wifex mournxd for herx writ to my lady mother i am returningx entertained my convoyx and between these main parcels of despatch effected many nicer needsx the last was the greatestx but that i have not ended yetx second lordx if the business be of any difficulty and this morning your departure hencex it requires haste of your lordshipx bertramx i mean the business is not endedx as fearing to hear of it hereafterx but shall we have this dialogue between the fool and the soldierx comex bring forth this counterfeit module has deceivxd me like a doublexmeaning prophesierx second lordx bring him forthx xxexeunt soldiersxxx has sat ix the stocks all nightx poor gallant knavex bertramx no matterx his heels have deservxd itx in usurping his spurs so longx how does he carry himselfx first lordx i have told your lordship alreadyx the stocks carry himx but to answer you as you would be understoodx he weeps like a wench that had shed her milkx he hath confessed himself to morganx whom he supposes to be a friarx from the time of his remembrance to this very instant disaster of his setting ix the stocksx and what think you he hath confessedx bertramx nothing of mex has hex second lordx his confession is takenx and it shall be read to his facex if your lordship be inxtx as i believe you arex you must have the patience to hear itx enter soldiers with parollesx bertramx a plague upon himx muffledx he can say nothing of mex hushx hushx first lordx hoodman comesx xportotartarossaxx first soldierx he calls for the torturesx what will you say without xemx parollesx i will confess what i know without constraintx if ye pinch me like a pasty i can say no morex first soldierx xbosko chimurchoxx first lordx xboblibindo chicurmurcoxx first soldierx you are a merciful generalx our general bids you answer to what i shall ask you out of a notex parollesx and trulyx as i hope to livex first soldierx xfirst demand of him how many horse the duke is strongxx what say you to thatx parollesx five or six thousandx but very weak and unserviceablex the troops are all scatteredx and the commanders very poor roguesx upon my reputation and creditx and as i hope to livex first soldierx shall i set down your answer sox parollesx dox ixll take the sacrament on xtx how and which way you willx bertramx allxs one to himx what a pastxsaving slave is thisx first lordx you are deceivedx my lordx this is monsieur parollesx the gallant militarist xthat was his own phrasexx that had the whole theoric of war in the knot of his scarfx and the practice in the chape of his daggerx second lordx i will never trust a man again for keeping his sword cleanx nor believe he can have everything in him by wearing his apparel neatlyx first soldierx wellx thatxs set downx parollesx xfive or six thousand horsex i saidxi will say truexor thereaboutsx set downxxfor ixll speak truthx first lordx hexs very near the truth in thisx bertramx but i con him no thanks forxt in the nature he delivers itx parollesx poor roguesx i pray you sayx first soldierx wellx thatxs set downx parollesx i humbly thank youx sirx a truthxs a truthx the rogues are marvellous poorx first soldierx xdemand of him of what strength they are axfootxx what say you to thatx parollesx by my trothx sirx if i were to live this present hourx i will tell truex let me seex spuriox a hundred and fiftyx sebastianx so manyx corambusx so manyx jaquesx so manyx guiltianx cosmox lodowickx and gratiix two hundred fifty eachx mine own companyx chitopherx vaumondx bentiix two hundred fifty eachx so that the musterxfilex rotten and soundx upon my lifex amounts not to fifteen thousand pollx half of the which dare not shake the snow from off their cassocks lest they shake themselves to piecesx bertramx what shall be done to himx first lordx nothingx but let him have thanksx demand of him my conditionx and what credit i have with the dukex first soldierx wellx thatxs set downx xyou shall demand of him whether one captain dumaine be ix the campx a frenchmanx what his reputation is with the dukex what his valourx honesty and expertness in warsx or whether he thinks it were not possible with wellxweighing sums of gold to corrupt him to a revoltxx what say you to thisx what do you know of itx parollesx i beseech youx let me answer to the particular of the interxgatoriesx demand them singlyx first soldierx do you know this captain dumainex parollesx i know himx he was a botcherxs xprentice in parisx from whence he was whipped for getting the shrievexs fool with childx a dumb innocent that could not say him nayx xxfirst lord lifts up his hand in angerxxx bertramx nayx by your leavex hold your handsx though i know his brains are forfeit to the next tile that fallsx first soldierx wellx is this captain in the duke of florencexs campx parollesx upon my knowledgex he isx and lousyx first lordx nayx look not so upon mex we shall hear of your lordship anonx first soldierx what is his reputation with the dukex parollesx the duke knows him for no other but a poor officer of minex and writ to me this other day to turn him out ox the bandx i think i have his letter in my pocketx first soldierx marryx wexll searchx parollesx in good sadnessx i do not knowx either it is there or it is upon a filex with the dukexs other lettersx in my tentx first soldierx here xtisx herexs a paperx shall i read it to youx parollesx i do not know if it be it or nox bertramx our interpreter does it wellx first lordx excellentlyx first soldierx xxreadsxxx xdianx the countxs a foolx and full of goldxx parollesx that is not the dukexs letterx sirx that is an advertisement to a proper maid in florencex one dianax to take heed of the allurement of one count rossillonx a foolish idle boyx but for all that very ruttishx i pray youx sirx put it up againx first soldierx nayx ixll read it first by your favourx parollesx my meaning inxtx i protestx was very honest in the behalf of the maidx for i knew the young count to be a dangerous and lascivious boyx who is a whale to virginityx and devours up all the fry it findsx bertramx damnable both sides roguex first soldierx xxreadsxxx xwhen he swears oathsx bid him drop goldx and take itx after he scoresx he never pays the scorex half won is match well madex matchx and well make itx he nexer pays afterxdebtsx take it beforex and say a soldierx xdianxx told thee thisx men are to mell withx boys are not to kissx for count of thisx the countxs a foolx i know itx who pays beforex but not when he does owe itx thinex as he vowxd to thee in thine earxx parollesx bertramx he shall be whipped through the army with this rhyme inxs foreheadx second lordx this is your devoted friendx sirx the manifold linguistx and the armipotent soldierx bertramx i could endure anything before but a catx and now hexs a cat to mex first soldierx i perceivex sirx by our generalxs looks we shall be fain to hang youx parollesx my lifex sirx in any casex not that i am afraid to diex but thatx my offences being manyx i would repent out the remainder of naturex let me livex sirx in a dungeonx ix the stocksx or anywherex so i may livex first soldierx wexll see what may be donex so you confess freelyx thereforex once more to this captain dumainex you have answerxd to his reputation with the dukex and to his valourx what is his honestyx parollesx he will stealx sirx an egg out of a cloisterx for rapes and ravishments he parallels nessusx he professes not keeping of oathsx in breaking them he is stronger than herculesx he will liex sirx with such volubility that you would think truth were a foolx drunkenness is his best virtuex for he will be swinexdrunkx and in his sleep he does little harmx save to his bedclothes about himx but they know his conditions and lay him in strawx i have but little more to sayx sirx of his honestyx he has everything that an honest man should not havex what an honest man should havex he has nothingx first lordx i begin to love him for thisx bertramx for this description of thine honestyx a pox upon him for mex hexs more and more a catx first soldierx what say you to his expertness in warx parollesx faithx sirx has led the drum before the english tragediansxxto belie him i will notxxand more of his soldiership i know notx except in that country he had the honour to be the officer at a place there called milexendx to instruct for the doubling of filesx i would do the man what honour i canx but of this i am not certainx first lordx he hath outxvillainxd villainy so far that the rarity redeems himx bertramx a pox on himx hexs a cat stillx first soldierx his qualities being at this poor pricex i need not to ask you if gold will corrupt him to revoltx parollesx sirx for a quart dxecu he will sell the feexsimple of his salvationx the inheritance of itx and cut the entail from all remaindersx and a perpetual succession for it perpetuallyx first soldierx whatxs his brotherx the other captain dumainex second lordx why does he ask him of mex first soldierx whatxs hex parollesx exen a crow ox the same nestx not altogether so great as the first in goodnessx but greater a great deal in evilx he excels his brother for a cowardx yet his brother is reputed one of the best that isx in a retreat he outruns any lackeyx marryx in coming on he has the crampx first soldierx if your life be savedx will you undertake to betray the florentinex parollesx ayx and the captain of his horsex count rossillonx first soldierx ixll whisper with the generalx and know his pleasurex parollesx xxasidexxx ixll no more drummingx a plague of all drumsx only to seem to deserve wellx and to beguile the supposition of that lascivious young boy the countx have i run into this dangerx yet who would have suspected an ambush where i was takenx first soldierx there is no remedyx sirx but you must diex the general says you that have so traitorously discovered the secrets of your armyx and made such pestiferous reports of men very nobly heldx can serve the world for no honest usex therefore you must diex comex headsmanx off with his headx parollesx o lordx sirx let me livex or let me see my deathx first soldierx that shall youx and take your leave of all your friendsx xxunmuffling himxxx sox look about youx know you any herex bertramx good morrowx noble captainx second lordx god bless youx captain parollesx first lordx god save youx noble captainx second lordx captainx what greeting will you to my lord lafewx i am for francex first lordx good captainx will you give me a copy of the sonnet you writ to diana in behalf of the count rossillonx and i were not a very coward ixd compel it of youx but fare you wellx xxexeunt bertramx lords xcxxx first soldierx you are undonex captainx all but your scarfx that has a knot onxt yetx parollesx who cannot be crushed with a plotx first soldierx if you could find out a country where but women were that had received so much shamex you might begin an impudent nationx fare ye wellx sirx i am for france toox we shall speak of you therex xxexeuntxxx parollesx yet am i thankfulx if my heart were great xtwould burst at thisx captain ixll be no morex but i will eatx and drinkx and sleep as soft as captain shallx simply the thing i am shall make me livex who knows himself a braggartx let him fear thisx for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an assx rustx swordx coolx blushesx andx parolles live safest in shamex being foolxdx by foolery thrivex therexs place and means for every man alivex ixll after themx xxexitxxx scene ivx florencex a room in the widowxs housex enter helenax widow and dianax helenax that you may well perceive i have not wrongxd you one of the greatest in the christian world shall be my suretyx fore whose throne xtis needfulx ere i can perfect mine intentsx to kneelx time was i did him a desired officex dear almost as his lifex which gratitude through flinty tartarxs bosom would peep forthx and answer thanksx i duly am informxd his grace is at marseillesx to which place we have convenient convoyx you must know i am supposed deadx the army breakingx my husband hies him homex wherex heaven aidingx and by the leave of my good lord the kingx wexll be before our welcomex widowx gentle madamx you never had a servant to whose trust your business was more welcomex helenax nor youx mistressx ever a friend whose thoughts more truly labour to recompense your lovex doubt not but heaven hath brought me up to be your daughterxs dowerx as it hath fated her to be my motive and helper to a husbandx butx o strange menx that can such sweet use make of what they hatex when saucy trusting of the cozenxd thoughts defiles the pitchy nightx so lust doth play with what it loathesx for that which is awayx but more of this hereafterx youx dianax under my poor instructions yet must suffer something in my behalfx dianax let death and honesty go with your impositionsx i am yours upon your will to sufferx helenax yetx i pray youx but with the word the time will bring on summerx when briers shall have leaves as well as thornsx and be as sweet as sharpx we must awayx our waggon is preparxdx and time revives usx allxs well that ends wellx still the finexs the crownx whatexer the coursex the end is the renownx xxexeuntxxx scene vx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex enter clownx countess and lafewx lafewx nox nox nox your son was misled with a sniptxtaffeta fellow therex whose villanous saffron would have made all the unbakxd and doughy youth of a nation in his colourx your daughterxinxlaw had been alive at this hourx and your son here at homex more advancxd by the king than by that redxtailxd humblexbee i speak ofx countessx i would i had not known himx it was the death of the most virtuous gentlewoman that ever nature had praise for creatingx if she had partaken of my flesh and cost me the dearest groans of a motherx i could not have owed her a more rooted lovex lafewx xtwas a good ladyx xtwas a good ladyx we may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another herbx clownx indeedx sirx she was the sweet marjoram of the saladx orx ratherx the herb of gracex lafewx they are not herbsx you knavex they are nosexherbsx clownx i am no great nebuchadnezzarx sirx i have not much skill in grassx lafewx whether dost thou profess thyselfxxa knave or a foolx clownx a foolx sirx at a womanxs servicex and a knave at a manxsx lafewx your distinctionx clownx i would cozen the man of his wifex and do his servicex lafewx so you were a knave at his service indeedx clownx and i would give his wife my baublex sirx to do her servicex lafewx i will subscribe for theex thou art both knave and foolx clownx at your servicex lafewx nox nox nox clownx whyx sirx if i cannot serve youx i can serve as great a prince as you arex lafewx whoxs thatx a frenchmanx clownx faithx sirx xa has an english namex but his phisnomy is more hotter in france than therex lafewx what prince is thatx clownx the black princex sirx alias the prince of darknessx alias the devilx lafewx hold theex therexs my pursex i give thee not this to suggest thee from thy master thou talkxst ofx serve him stillx clownx i am a woodland fellowx sirx that always loved a great firex and the master i speak of ever keeps a good firex but sure he is the prince of the worldx let his nobility remain inxs courtx i am for the house with the narrow gatex which i take to be too little for pomp to enterx some that humble themselves mayx but the many will be too chill and tenderx and theyxll be for the flowxry way that leads to the broad gate and the great firex lafewx go thy waysx i begin to be axweary of theex and i tell thee so beforex because i would not fall out with theex go thy waysx let my horses be well lookxd tox without any tricksx clownx if i put any tricks upon xemx sirx they shall be jadesx tricksx which are their own right by the law of naturex xxexitxxx lafewx a shrewd knavex and an unhappyx countessx so he isx my lord thatxs gone made himself much sport out of himx by his authority he remains herex which he thinks is a patent for his saucinessx and indeed he has no pacex but runs where he willx lafewx i like him wellx xtis not amissx and i was about to tell youx since i heard of the good ladyxs deathx and that my lord your son was upon his return homex i moved the king my master to speak in the behalf of my daughterx whichx in the minority of them bothx his majesty out of a selfxgracious remembrance did first proposex his highness hath promisxd me to do itx andx to stop up the displeasure he hath conceived against your sonx there is no fitter matterx how does your ladyship like itx countessx with very much contentx my lordx and i wish it happily effectedx lafewx his highness comes post from marseillesx of as able body as when he numberxd thirtyx he will be here tomorrowx or i am deceived by him that in such intelligence hath seldom failxdx countessx it rejoices me that i hope i shall see him ere i diex i have letters that my son will be here tonightx i shall beseech your lordship to remain with me till they meet togetherx lafewx madamx i was thinking with what manners i might safely be admittedx countessx you need but plead your honourable privilegex lafewx ladyx of that i have made a bold charterx butx i thank my godx it holds yetx enter clownx clownx o madamx yonderxs my lord your son with a patch of velvet onxs facex whether there be a scar underxt or nox the velvet knowsx but xtis a goodly patch of velvetx his left cheek is a cheek of two pile and a halfx but his right cheek is worn barex lafewx a scar nobly gotx or a noble scarx is a good livery of honourx so belike is thatx clownx but it is your carbonadoxd facex lafewx let us go see your sonx i pray youx i long to talk with the young noble soldierx clownx faithx therexs a dozen of xemx with delicate fine hatsx and most courteous feathersx which bow the head and nod at every manx xxexeuntxxx act vx scene ix marseillesx a streetx enter helenax widow and diana with two attendantsx helenax but this exceeding posting day and night must wear your spirits lowx we cannot help itx but since you have made the days and nights as onex to wear your gentle limbs in my affairsx be bold you do so grow in my requital as nothing can unroot youx in happy timexx enter a gentlemanx this man may help me to his majestyxs earx if he would spend his powerx god save youx sirx gentlemanx and youx helenax sirx i have seen you in the court of francex gentlemanx i have been sometimes therex helenax i do presumex sirx that you are not fallen from the report that goes upon your goodnessx and thereforex goaded with most sharp occasionsx which lay nice manners byx i put you to the use of your own virtuesx for the which i shall continue thankfulx gentlemanx whatxs your willx helenax that it will please you to give this poor petition to the kingx and aid me with that store of power you have to come into his presencex gentlemanx the kingxs not herex helenax not herex sirx gentlemanx not indeedx he hence removxd last nightx and with more haste than is his usex widowx lordx how we lose our painsx helenax allxs well that ends well yetx though time seem so adverse and means unfitx i do beseech youx whither is he gonex gentlemanx marryx as i take itx to rossillonx whither i am goingx helenax i do beseech youx sirx since you are like to see the king before mex commend the paper to his gracious handx which i presume shall render you no blamex but rather make you thank your pains for itx i will come after you with what good speed our means will make us meansx gentlemanx this ixll do for youx helenax and you shall find yourself to be well thankxdx whatexer falls morex we must to horse againx gox gox providex xxexeuntxxx scene iix rossillonx the inner court of the countessxs palacex enter clown and parollesx parollesx good monsieur lavachex give my lord lafew this letterx i have ere nowx sirx been better known to youx when i have held familiarity with fresher clothesx but i am nowx sirx muddied in fortunexs moodx and smell somewhat strong of her strong displeasurex clownx trulyx fortunexs displeasure is but sluttishx if it smell so strongly as thou speakxst ofx i will henceforth eat no fish of fortunexs butteringx prxytheex allow the windx parollesx nayx you need not to stop your nosex sirx i spake but by a metaphorx clownx indeedx sirx if your metaphor stinkx i will stop my nosex or against any manxs metaphorx prxytheex get thee furtherx parollesx pray youx sirx deliver me this paperx clownx fohx prxythee stand awayx a paper from fortunexs closexstool to give to a noblemanx look here he comes himselfx enter lafewx here is a pur of fortunexsx sirx or of fortunexs catx but not a muskxcatx that has fallen into the unclean fishpond of her displeasurex and as he saysx is muddied withalx pray youx sirx use the carp as you mayx for he looks like a poorx decayedx ingeniousx foolishx rascally knavex i do pity his distress in my similes of comfortx and leave him to your lordshipx xxexitxxx parollesx my lordx i am a man whom fortune hath cruelly scratchxdx lafewx and what would you have me to dox xtis too late to pare her nails nowx wherein have you played the knave with fortune that she should scratch youx who of herself is a good ladyx and would not have knaves thrive long under herx therexs a quart dxecu for youx let the justices make you and fortune friendsx i am for other businessx parollesx i beseech your honour to hear me one single wordx lafewx you beg a single penny morex comex you shall haxtx save your wordx parollesx my namex my good lordx is parollesx lafewx you beg more than word thenx cox my passionx give me your handx how does your drumx parollesx o my good lordx you were the first that found mex lafewx was ix in soothx and i was the first that lost theex parollesx it lies in youx my lordx to bring me in some gracex for you did bring me outx lafewx out upon theex knavex dost thou put upon me at once both the office of god and the devilx one brings the in gracex and the other brings thee outx xxtrumpets soundxxx the kingxs comingx i know by his trumpetsx sirrahx inquire further after mex i had talk of you last nightx though you are a fool and a knavex you shall eatx go tox followx parollesx i praise god for youx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a room in the countessxs palacex flourishx enter kingx countessx lafewx lordsx gentlemenx guards xcx kingx we lost a jewel of herx and our esteem was made much poorer by itx but your sonx as mad in follyx lackxd the sense to know her estimation homex countessx xtis pastx my liegex and i beseech your majesty to make it natural rebellionx done ix the blaze of youthx when oil and firex too strong for reasonxs forcex oxerbears it and burns onx kingx my honourxd ladyx i have forgiven and forgotten allx though my revenges were high bent upon himx and watchxd the time to shootx lafewx this i must sayxx but firstx i beg my pardonxxthe young lord did to his majestyx his motherx and his ladyx offence of mighty notex but to himself the greatest wrong of allx he lost a wife whose beauty did astonish the survey of richest eyesx whose words all ears took captivex whose dear perfection hearts that scornxd to serve humbly callxd mistressx kingx praising what is lost makes the remembrance dearx wellx call him hitherx we are reconcilxdx and the first view shall kill all repetitionx let him not ask our pardonx the nature of his great offence is deadx and deeper than oblivion do we bury thx incensing relics of itx let him approach a strangerx no offenderx and inform him so xtis our will he shouldx gentlemanx i shallx my liegex xxexit gentlemanxxx kingx what says he to your daughterx have you spokex lafewx all that he is hath reference to your highnessx kingx then shall we have a matchx i have letters sent me that sets him high in famex enter bertramx lafewx he looks well on xtx kingx i am not a day of seasonx for thou mayst see a sunshine and a hail in me at oncex but to the brightest beams distracted clouds give wayx so stand thou forthx the time is fair againx bertramx my highxrepented blames dear sovereignx pardon to mex kingx all is wholex not one word more of the consumed timex letxs take the instant by the forward topx for we are oldx and on our quickxst decrees thxinaudible and noiseless foot of time steals ere we can effect themx you remember the daughter of this lordx bertramx admiringlyx my liegex at first i stuck my choice upon herx ere my heart durst make too bold herald of my tonguex where the impression of mine eye infixingx contempt his scornful perspective did lend mex which warpxd the line of every other favourx scornxd a fair colourx or expressxd it stolenx extended or contracted all proportions to a most hideous objectx thence it came that she whom all men praisxdx and whom myselfx since i have lostx have lovxdx was in mine eye the dust that did offend itx kingx well excusxdx that thou didst love herx strikes some scores away from the great comptx but love that comes too latex like a remorseful pardon slowly carriedx to the great sender turns a sour offencex cryingx thatxs good thatxs gonex our rash faults make trivial price of serious things we havex not knowing them until we know their gravex oft our displeasuresx to ourselves unjustx destroy our friendsx and after weep their dustx our own love waking cries to see whatxs donex while shameful hate sleeps out the afternoonx be this sweet helenxs knellx and now forget herx send forth your amorous token for fair maudlinx the main consents are hadx and here wexll stay to see our widowerxs second marriagexdayx countessx which better than the firstx o dear heavenx blessx orx ere they meetx in mex o naturex cessex lafewx come onx my sonx in whom my housexs name must be digestedx give a favour from youx to sparkle in the spirits of my daughterx that she may quickly comex xxbertram gives a ring to lafewxxx by my old beardx and evxry hair thatxs on xtx helen thatxs dead was a sweet creaturex such a ring as thisx the last that exer i took her leave at courtx i saw upon her fingerx bertramx hers it was notx kingx nowx pray youx let me see itx for mine eyex while i was speakingx oft was fastenxd to itx this ring was minex and when i gave it helen i bade herx if her fortunes ever stood necessitied to helpx that by this token i would relieve herx had you that craft to xreave her of what should stead her mostx bertramx my gracious sovereignx howexer it pleases you to take it sox the ring was never hersx countessx sonx on my lifex i have seen her wear itx and she reckonxd it at her lifexs ratex lafewx i am sure i saw her wear itx bertramx you are deceivxdx my lordx she never saw itx in florence was it from a casement thrown mex wrappxd in a paperx which containxd the name of her that threw itx noble she wasx and thought i stood engagxdx but when i had subscribxd to mine own fortunex and informxd her fully i could not answer in that course of honour as she had made the overturex she ceasxdx in heavy satisfactionx and would never receive the ring againx kingx plutus himselfx that knows the tinct and multiplying medicinex hath not in naturexs mystery more science than i have in this ringx xtwas minex xtwas helenxsx whoever gave it youx then if you know that you are well acquainted with yourselfx confess xtwas hersx and by what rough enforcement you got it from herx she callxd the saints to surety that she would never put it from her finger unless she gave it to yourself in bedx where you have never comex or sent it us upon her great disasterx bertramx she never saw itx kingx thou speakxst it falselyx as i love mine honourx and makxst conjectural fears to come into me which i would fain shut outx if it should prove that thou art so inhumanxxxtwill not prove sox and yet i know notx thou didst hate her deadlyx and she is deadx which nothing but to close her eyes myselfx could win me to believe more than to see this ringx take him awayx xxguards seize bertramxxx my forexpast proofsx howexer the matter fallx shall tax my fears of little vanityx having vainly fearxd too littlex away with himx wexll sift this matter furtherx bertramx if you shall prove this ring was ever hersx you shall as easy prove that i husbanded her bed in florencex where she yet never wasx xxexitx guardedxxx kingx i am wrappxd in dismal thinkingsx enter a gentlemanx gentlemanx gracious sovereignx whether i have been to blame or nox i know notx herexs a petition from a florentinex who hath for four or five removes come short to tender it herselfx i undertook itx vanquishxd thereto by the fair grace and speech of the poor suppliantx who by thisx i knowx is here attendingx her business looks in her with an importing visagex and she told me in a sweet verbal briefx it did concern your highness with herselfx kingx xxreadsxxx xupon his many protestations to marry me when his wife was deadx i blush to say itx he won mex now is the count rossillon a widowerx his vows are forfeited to mex and my honourxs paid to himx he stole from florencex taking no leavex and i follow him to his country for justicex grant it mex o kingx in you it best liesx otherwise a seducer flourishesx and a poor maid is undonexx diana capiletx lafewx i will buy me a sonxinxlaw in a fairx and toll for thisx ixll none of himx kingx the heavens have thought well on theex lafewx to bring forth this discoveryx seek these suitorsx go speedilyx and bring again the countx xxexeunt gentleman and some attendantsxxx i am afeard the life of helenx ladyx was foully snatchxdx countessx nowx justice on the doersx enter bertramx guardedx kingx i wonderx sirx since wives are monsters to youx and that you fly them as you swear them lordshipx yet you desire to marryx what womanxs thatx enter widow and dianax dianax i amx my lordx a wretched florentinex derived from the ancient capiletx my suitx as i do understandx you knowx and therefore know how far i may be pitiedx widowx i am her motherx sirx whose age and honour both suffer under this complaint we bringx and both shall ceasex without your remedyx kingx come hitherx countx do you know these womenx bertramx my lordx i neither can nor will deny but that i know themx do they charge me furtherx dianax why do you look so strange upon your wifex bertramx shexs none of minex my lordx dianax if you shall marryx you give away this handx and that is minex you give away heavenxs vowsx and those are minex you give away myselfx which is known minex for i by vow am so embodied yours that she which marries you must marry mex either both or nonex lafewx xxto bertramxx your reputation comes too short for my daughterx you are no husband for herx bertramx my lordx this is a fond and desperate creature whom sometime i have laughxd withx let your highness lay a more noble thought upon mine honour than for to think that i would sink it herex kingx sirx for my thoughtsx you have them ill to friend till your deeds gain themx fairer prove your honour than in my thought it liesx dianax good my lordx ask him upon his oathx if he does think he had not my virginityx kingx what sayxst thou to herx bertramx shexs impudentx my lordx and was a common gamester to the campx dianax he does me wrongx my lordx if i were so he might have bought me at a common pricex do not believe himx ox behold this ringx whose high respect and rich validity did lack a parallelx yet for all that he gave it to a commoner ox the campx if i be onex countessx he blushesx and xtis itx of six preceding ancestorsx that gem conferrxd by testament to thx sequent issuex hath it been owed and wornx this is his wifex that ringxs a thousand proofsx kingx methought you said you saw one here in court could witness itx dianax i didx my lordx but loath am to produce so bad an instrumentx his namexs parollesx lafewx i saw the man todayx if man he bex kingx find himx and bring him hitherx xxexit an attendantxxx bertramx what of himx hexs quoted for a most perfidious slavex with all the spots ox the world taxxd and debauchxdx whose nature sickens but to speak a truthx am i or that or this for what hexll utterx that will speak anythingx kingx she hath that ring of yoursx bertramx i think she hasx certain it is i likxd her and boarded her ix the wanton way of youthx she knew her distancex and did angle for mex madding my eagerness with her restraintx as all impediments in fancyxs course are motives of more fancyx and in finex her infinite cunning with her modern gracex subduxd me to her ratex she got the ringx and i had that which any inferior might at marketxprice have boughtx dianax i must be patientx you that have turnxd off a first so noble wife may justly diet mex i pray you yetxx since you lack virtuex i will lose a husbandx send for your ringx i will return it homex and give me mine againx bertramx i have it notx kingx what ring was yoursx i pray youx dianax sirx much like the same upon your fingerx kingx know you this ringx this ring was his of latex dianax and this was it i gave himx being abedx kingx the story then goes false you threw it him out of a casementx dianax i have spoke the truthx enter attendant with parollesx bertramx my lordx i do confess the ring was hersx kingx you boggle shrewdlyx every feather starts youx is this the man you speak ofx dianax ayx my lordx kingx tell mex sirrahx but tell me true i charge youx not fearing the displeasure of your masterx which on your just proceedingx ixll keep offxx by him and by this woman here what know youx parollesx so please your majestyx my master hath been an honourable gentlemanx tricks he hath had in himx which gentlemen havex kingx comex comex to the purposex did he love this womanx parollesx faithx sirx he did love herx but howx kingx howx i pray youx parollesx he did love herx sirx as a gentleman loves a womanx kingx how is thatx parollesx he lovxd herx sirx and lovxd her notx kingx as thou art a knave and no knavex what an equivocal companion is thisx parollesx i am a poor manx and at your majestyxs commandx lafewx hexs a good drumx my lordx but a naughty oratorx dianax do you know he promised me marriagex parollesx faithx i know more than ixll speakx kingx but wilt thou not speak all thou knowxstx parollesx yesx so please your majestyx i did go between them as i saidx but more than thatx he loved herx for indeed he was mad for herx and talked of satanx and of limbox and of furiesx and i know not whatx yet i was in that credit with them at that time that i knew of their going to bedx and of other motionsx as promising her marriagex and things which would derive me ill will to speak ofx therefore i will not speak what i knowx kingx thou hast spoken all alreadyx unless thou canst say they are marriedx but thou art too fine in thy evidencex therefore stand asidex this ringx you sayx was yoursx dianax ayx my good lordx kingx where did you buy itx or who gave it youx dianax it was not given mex nor i did not buy itx kingx who lent it youx dianax it was not lent me neitherx kingx where did you find it thenx dianax i found it notx kingx if it were yours by none of all these waysx how could you give it himx dianax i never gave it himx lafewx this womanxs an easy glovex my lordx she goes off and on at pleasurex kingx this ring was minex i gave it his first wifex dianax it might be yours or hers for ought i knowx kingx take her awayx i do not like her nowx to prison with herx and away with himx unless thou tellxst me where thou hadst this ringx thou diest within this hourx dianax ixll never tell youx kingx take her awayx dianax ixll put in bailx my liegex kingx i think thee now some common customerx dianax by jovex if ever i knew manx xtwas youx kingx wherefore hast thou accusxd him all this whilex dianax because hexs guiltyx and he is not guiltyx he knows i am no maidx and hexll swear toxtx ixll swear i am a maidx and he knows notx great kingx i am no strumpetx by my lifex i am either maidx or else this old manxs wifex xxpointing to lafewxxx kingx she does abuse our earsx to prison with herx dianax good motherx fetch my bailx stayx royal sirx xxexit widowxxx the jeweller that owes the ring is sent forx and he shall surety mex but for this lord who hath abusxd me as he knows himselfx though yet he never harmxd mex here i quit himx he knows himself my bed he hath defilxdx and at that time he got his wife with childx dead though she bex she feels her young one kickx so therexs my riddlex one thatxs dead is quickx and now behold the meaningx enter widow with helenax kingx is there no exorcist beguiles the truer office of mine eyesx isxt real that i seex helenax nox my good lordx xtis but the shadow of a wife you seex the namex and not the thingx bertramx bothx bothx ox pardonx helenax ox my good lordx when i was like this maidx i found you wondrous kindx there is your ringx andx look youx herexs your letterx this it saysx xwhen from my finger you can get this ringx and is by me with childx xcxx this is donex will you be mine now you are doubly wonx bertramx if shex my liegex can make me know this clearlyx ixll love her dearlyx everx ever dearlyx helenax if it appear not plainx and prove untruex deadly divorce step between me and youx o my dear motherx do i see you livingx lafewx mine eyes smell onionsx i shall weep anonx xxto parollesxx good tom drumx lend me a handkercherx sox i thank theex wait on me homex ixll make sport with theex let thy courtesies alonex they are scurvy onesx kingx let us from point to point this story knowx to make the even truth in pleasure flowx xxto dianaxxx if thou beest yet a fresh uncropped flowerx choose thou thy husbandx and ixll pay thy dowerx for i can guess that by thy honest aidx thou keptxst a wife herselfx thyself a maidx of that and all the progress more and lessx resolvedly more leisure shall expressx all yet seems wellx and if it end so meetx the bitter pastx more welcome is the sweetx xxflourishxxx xepiloguex xthe kingxs a beggarx now the play is donex all is well ended if this suit be wonx that you express contentx which we will pay with strife to please youx day exceeding dayx ours be your patience thenx and yours our partsx your gentle hands lend usx and take our heartsxx xxexeunt omnesxxx antony and cleopatra contents act i scene ix alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex scene iix alexandriax another room in cleopatraxs palacex scene iiix alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex scene ivx romex an apartment in caesarxs house scene vx alexandriax a room in the palacex act ii scene ix messinax a room in pompeyxs housex scene iix romex a room in the house of lepidusx scene iiix romex a room in caesarxs housex scene ivx romex a streetx scene vx alexandriax a room in the palacex scene vix near misenumx scene viix on board pompeyxs galleyx lying near misenumx act iii scene ix a plain in syriax scene iix romex an antexchamber in caesarxs housex scene iiix alexandriax a room in the palacex scene ivx athensx a room in antonyxs housex scene vx athensx another room in antonyxs housex scene vix romex a room in caesarxs housex scene viix antonyxs camp near the promontory of actiumx scene viiix a plain near actiumx scene ixx another part of the plainx scene xx another part of the plainx scene xix alexandriax a room in the palacex scene xiix caesarxs camp in egyptx scene xiiix alexandriax a room in the palacex act iv scene ix caesarxs camp at alexandriax scene iix alexandriax a room in the palacex scene iiix alexandriax before the palacex scene ivx alexandriax a room in the palacex scene vx antonyxs camp near alexandriax scene vix alexandriax caesarxs campx scene viix field of battle between the campsx scene viiix under the walls of alexandriax scene ixx caesarxs campx scene xx ground between the two campsx scene xix another part of the groundx scene xiix another part of the groundx scene xiiix alexandriax a room in the palacex scene xivx alexandriax another roomx scene xvx alexandriax a monumentx act v scene ix caesarxs camp before alexandriax scene iix alexandriax a room in the monumentx dramatis personx mark antonyx triumvir octavius caesarx triumvir lepidusx triumvir sextus pompeiusx domitius enobarbusx friend to antony ventidiusx friend to antony erosx friend to antony scarusx friend to antony dercetusx friend to antony demetriusx friend to antony philox friend to antony maecenasx friend to caesar agrippax friend to caesar dolabellax friend to caesar proculeiusx friend to caesar thidiasx friend to caesar gallusx friend to caesar menasx friend to pompey menecratesx friend to pompey varriusx friend to pompey taurusx lieutenantxgeneral to caesar canidiusx lieutenantxgeneral to antony siliusx an officer in ventidiusxs army euphroniusx an ambassador from antony to caesar alexasx attendant on cleopatra mardianx attendant on cleopatra seleucusx attendant on cleopatra diomedesx attendant on cleopatra a soothsayer a clown cleopatrax queen of egypt octaviax sister to caesar and wife to antony charmianx attendant on cleopatra irasx attendant on cleopatra officersx soldiersx messengersx and other attendants scenex dispersedx in several parts of the roman empirex act i scene ix alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex enter demetrius and philox philox nayx but this dotage of our generalxs oxerflows the measurex those his goodly eyesx that oxer the files and musters of the war have glowed like plated marsx now bendx now turn the office and devotion of their view upon a tawny frontx his captainxs heartx which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst the buckles on his breastx reneges all temper and is become the bellows and the fan to cool a gipsyxs lustx flourishx enter antony and cleopatrax her ladiesx the trainx with eunuchs fanning herx look where they comex take but good notex and you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformxd into a strumpetxs foolx behold and seex cleopatrax if it be love indeedx tell me how muchx antonyx therexs beggary in the love that can be reckonedx cleopatrax ixll set a bourn how far to be belovedx antonyx then must thou needs find out new heavenx new earthx enter a messengerx messengerx newsx my good lordx from romex antonyx grates mex the sumx cleopatrax nayx hear themx antonyx fulvia perchance is angryx or who knows if the scarcexbearded caesar have not sent his powerful mandate to youx xdo this or thisx take in that kingdom and enfranchise thatx performxtx or else we damn theexx antonyx howx my lovex cleopatrax perchancex nayx and most likex you must not stay here longerx your dismission is come from caesarx therefore hear itx antonyx wherexs fulviaxs processxxcaesarxs i would sayx bothx call in the messengersx as i am egyptxs queenx thou blushestx antonyx and that blood of thine is caesarxs homagerx else so thy cheek pays shame when shrillxtongued fulvia scoldsx the messengersx antonyx let rome in tiber meltx and the wide arch of the ranged empire fallx here is my spacex kingdoms are clayx our dungy earth alike feeds beast as manx the nobleness of life is to do thus xxembracingxxx when such a mutual pair and such a twain can doxtx in which i bindx on pain of punishmentx the world to weet we stand up peerlessx cleopatrax excellent falsehoodx why did he marry fulviax and not love herx ixll seem the fool i am notx antony will be himselfx antonyx but stirred by cleopatrax nowx for the love of love and her soft hoursx letxs not confound the time with conference harshx therexs not a minute of our lives should stretch without some pleasure nowx what sport tonightx cleopatrax hear the ambassadorsx antonyx fiex wrangling queenx whom everything becomesxto chidex to laughx to weepx whose every passion fully strives to make itselfx in thee fair and admiredx no messenger but thinex and all alone tonight wexll wander through the streets and note the qualities of peoplex comex my queenx last night you did desire itx speak not to usx xxexeunt antony and cleopatra with the trainxxx demetriusx is caesar with antonius prized so slightx philox sirx sometimes when he is not antonyx he comes too short of that great property which still should go with antonyx demetriusx i am full sorry that he approves the common liar who thus speaks of him at romex but i will hope of better deeds tomorrowx rest you happyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix alexandriax another room in cleopatraxs palacex enter enobarbusx a soothsayerx charmianx irasx mardian and alexasx charmianx lord alexasx sweet alexasx most anything alexasx almost most absolute alexasx wherexs the soothsayer that you praised so to thx queenx ox that i knew this husband which you say must charge his horns with garlandsx alexasx soothsayerx soothsayerx your willx charmianx is this the manx isxt youx sirx that know thingsx soothsayerx in naturexs infinite book of secrecy a little i can readx alexasx show him your handx enobarbusx bring in the banquet quicklyx wine enough cleopatraxs health to drinkx charmianx goodx sirx give me good fortunex soothsayerx i make notx but foreseex charmianx prayx thenx foresee me onex soothsayerx you shall be yet far fairer than you arex charmianx he means in fleshx irasx nox you shall paint when you are oldx charmianx wrinkles forbidx alexasx vex not his presciencex be attentivex charmianx hushx soothsayerx you shall be more beloving than belovedx charmianx i had rather heat my liver with drinkingx alexasx nayx hear himx charmianx good nowx some excellent fortunex let me be married to three kings in a forenoon and widow them allx let me have a child at fiftyx to whom herod of jewry may do homagex find me to marry me with octavius caesarx and companion me with my mistressx soothsayerx you shall outlive the lady whom you servex charmianx ox excellentx i love long life better than figsx soothsayerx you have seen and proved a fairer former fortune than that which is to approachx charmianx then belike my children shall have no namesx pritheex how many boys and wenches must i havex soothsayerx if every of your wishes had a wombx and fertile every wishx a millionx charmianx outx foolx i forgive thee for a witchx alexasx you think none but your sheets are privy to your wishesx charmianx nayx comex tell iras hersx alexasx wexll know all our fortunesx enobarbusx minex and most of our fortunes tonightx shall be drunk to bedx irasx therexs a palm presages chastityx if nothing elsex charmianx exen as the oxerflowing nilus presageth faminex irasx gox you wild bedfellowx you cannot soothsayx charmianx nayx if an oily palm be not a fruitful prognosticationx i cannot scratch mine earx pritheex tell her but workaday fortunex soothsayerx your fortunes are alikex irasx but howx but howx give me particularsx soothsayerx i have saidx irasx am i not an inch of fortune better than shex charmianx wellx if you were but an inch of fortune better than ix where would you choose itx irasx not in my husbandxs nosex charmianx our worser thoughts heavens mendx alexasxcomex his fortunex his fortunex ox let him marry a woman that cannot gox sweet isisx i beseech theex and let her die toox and give him a worsex and let worse follow worsex till the worst of all follow him laughing to his gravex fiftyfold a cuckoldx good isisx hear me this prayerx though thou deny me a matter of more weightx good isisx i beseech theex irasx amenx dear goddessx hear that prayer of the peoplex forx as it is a heartbreaking to see a handsome man loosexwivedx so it is a deadly sorrow to behold a foul knave uncuckoldedx thereforex dear isisx keep decorum and fortune him accordinglyx charmianx amenx alexasx lo nowx if it lay in their hands to make me a cuckoldx they would make themselves whores but theyxd doxtx enter cleopatrax enobarbusx hushx here comes antonyx charmianx not hex the queenx cleopatrax saw you my lordx enobarbusx nox ladyx cleopatrax was he not herex charmianx nox madamx cleopatrax he was disposed to mirthx but on the sudden a roman thought hath struck himx enobarbusx enobarbusx madamx cleopatrax seek him and bring him hitherx wherexs alexasx alexasx herex at your servicex my lord approachesx enter antony with a messengerx cleopatrax we will not look upon himx go with usx xxexeunt cleopatrax enobarbusx charmianx irasx alexas and soothsayerxxx messengerx fulvia thy wife first came into the fieldx antonyx against my brother luciusx messengerx ayx but soon that war had endx and the timexs state made friends of themx jointing their force xgainst caesarx whose better issue in the war from italy upon the first encounter drave themx antonyx wellx what worstx messengerx the nature of bad news infects the tellerx antonyx when it concerns the fool or cowardx onx things that are past are done with mex xtis thusx who tells me truex though in his tale lie deathx i hear him as he flatteredx messengerx labienusx this is stiff newsxhath with his parthian force extended asia from euphrates his conquering banner shook from syria to lydia and to ioniax whilstx antonyx xantonyxx thou wouldst sayx messengerx ox my lordx antonyx speak to me homex mince not the general tonguex name cleopatra as she is called in romex rail thou in fulviaxs phrasex and taunt my faults with such full licence as both truth and malice have power to utterx ox then we bring forth weeds when our quick minds lie stillx and our ills told us is as our earingx fare thee well awhilex messengerx at your noble pleasurex xxexit messengerxxx enter another messengerx antonyx from sicyonx hox the newsx speak therex second messengerx the man from sicyonx antonyx is there such a onex second messengerx he stays upon your willx antonyx let him appearx xxexit second messengerxxx these strong egyptian fetters i must breakx or lose myself in dotagex enter another messenger with a letterx what are youx third messengerx fulvia thy wife is deadx antonyx where died shex third messengerx in sicyonx her length of sicknessx with what else more serious importeth thee to knowx this bearsx xxgives a letterxxx antonyx forbear mex xxexit third messengerxxx therexs a great spirit gonex thus did i desire itx what our contempts doth often hurl from usx we wish it ours againx the present pleasurex by revolution loweringx does become the opposite of itselfx shexs goodx being gonex the hand could pluck her back that shoved her onx i must from this enchanting queen break offx ten thousand harmsx more than the ills i knowx my idleness doth hatchx how nowx enobarbusx enter enobarbusx enobarbusx whatxs your pleasurex sirx antonyx i must with haste from hencex enobarbusx why then we kill all our womenx we see how mortal an unkindness is to themx if they suffer our departurex deathxs the wordx antonyx i must be gonex enobarbusx under a compelling occasionx let women diex it were pity to cast them away for nothingx thoughx between them and a great cause they should be esteemed nothingx cleopatrax catching but the least noise of thisx dies instantlyx i have seen her die twenty times upon far poorer momentx i do think there is mettle in death which commits some loving act upon herx she hath such a celerity in dyingx antonyx she is cunning past manxs thoughtx enobarbusx alackx sirx nox her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure lovex we cannot call her winds and waters sighs and tearsx they are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can reportx this cannot be cunning in herx if it bex she makes a shower of rain as well as jovex antonyx would i had never seen herx enobarbusx ox sirx you had then left unseen a wonderful piece of workx which not to have been blest withal would have discredited your travelx antonyx fulvia is deadx enobarbusx sirx antonyx fulvia is deadx enobarbusx fulviax antonyx deadx enobarbusx whyx sirx give the gods a thankful sacrificex when it pleaseth their deities to take the wife of a man from himx it shows to man the tailors of the earthx comforting therein that when old robes are worn outx there are members to make newx if there were no more women but fulviax then had you indeed a cutx and the case to be lamentedx this grief is crowned with consolationx your old smock brings forth a new petticoatx and indeed the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrowx antonyx the business she hath broached in the state cannot endure my absencex enobarbusx and the business you have broached here cannot be without youx especially that of cleopatraxsx which wholly depends on your abodex antonyx no more light answersx let our officers have notice what we purposex i shall break the cause of our expedience to the queenx and get her leave to partx for not alone the death of fulviax with more urgent touchesx do strongly speak to usx but the letters too of many our contriving friends in rome petition us at homex sextus pompeius hath given the dare to caesarx and commands the empire of the seax our slippery peoplex whose love is never linked to the deserver till his deserts are pastx begin to throw pompey the great and all his dignities upon his sonx whox high in name and powerx higher than both in blood and lifex stands up for the main soldierx whose qualityx going onx the sides ox thx world may dangerx much is breeding whichx like the courserxs hairx hath yet but life and not a serpentxs poisonx say our pleasure to such whose place is under usx requires our quick remove from hencex enobarbusx i shall doxtx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex enter cleopatrax charmianx alexas and irasx cleopatrax where is hex charmianx i did not see him sincex cleopatrax see where he isx whoxs with himx what he doesx i did not send youx if you find him sadx say i am dancingx if in mirthx report that i am sudden sickx quickx and returnx xxexit alexasxxx charmianx madamx methinksx if you did love him dearlyx you do not hold the method to enforce the like from himx cleopatrax what should i do i do notx charmianx in each thing give him wayx cross him in nothingx cleopatrax thou teachest like a foolx the way to lose himx charmianx tempt him not so too farx i wishx forbearx in time we hate that which we often fearx but here comes antonyx enter antonyx cleopatrax i am sick and sullenx antonyx i am sorry to give breathing to my purposex cleopatrax help me awayx dear charmianx i shall fallx it cannot be thus longx the sides of nature will not sustain itx antonyx nowx my dearest queenx cleopatrax pray youx stand farther from mex antonyx whatxs the matterx cleopatrax i know by that same eye therexs some good newsx whatx says the married woman you may gox would she had never given you leave to comex let her not say xtis i that keep you herex i have no power upon youx hers you arex antonyx the gods best knowx cleopatrax ox never was there queen so mightily betrayedx yet at the first i saw the treasons plantedx antonyx cleopatrax cleopatrax why should i think you can be mine and truex though you in swearing shake the throned godsx who have been false to fulviax riotous madnessx to be entangled with those mouthxmade vows which break themselves in swearingx antonyx most sweet queenx cleopatrax nayx pray you seek no colour for your goingx but bid farewell and gox when you sued stayingx then was the time for wordsx no going thenx eternity was in our lips and eyesx bliss in our browsx bentx none our parts so poor but was a race of heavenx they are so stillx or thoux the greatest soldier of the worldx art turned the greatest liarx antonyx how nowx ladyx cleopatrax i would i had thy inchesx thou shouldst know there were a heart in egyptx antonyx hear mex queenx the strong necessity of time commands our services awhilex but my full heart remains in use with youx our italy shines oxer with civil swordsx sextus pompeius makes his approaches to the port of romex equality of two domestic powers breed scrupulous factionx the hatedx grown to strengthx are newly grown to lovex the condemned pompeyx rich in his fatherxs honourx creeps apace into the hearts of such as have not thrived upon the present statex whose numbers threatenx and quietnessx grown sick of restx would purge by any desperate changex my more particularx and that which most with you should safe my goingx is fulviaxs deathx cleopatrax though age from folly could not give me freedomx it does from childishnessx can fulvia diex antonyx shexs deadx my queenx look herex and at thy sovereign leisure read the garboils she awakedx at the lastx bestx see when and where she diedx cleopatrax o most false lovex where be the sacred vials thou shouldst fill with sorrowful waterx now i seex i seex in fulviaxs death how mine received shall bex antonyx quarrel no morex but be prepared to know the purposes i bearx which arex or ceasex as you shall give thx advicex by the fire that quickens nilusx slimex i go from hence thy soldierx servantx making peace or war as thou affectsx cleopatrax cut my lacex charmianx comex but let it bex i am quickly ill and wellx so antony lovesx antonyx my precious queenx forbearx and give true evidence to his lovex which stands an honourable trialx cleopatrax so fulvia told mex i pritheex turn aside and weep for herx then bid adieu to mex and say the tears belong to egyptx good nowx play one scene of excellent dissemblingx and let it look like perfect honourx antonyx youxll heat my bloodx no morex cleopatrax you can do better yetx but this is meetlyx antonyx nowx by my swordx cleopatrax and targetx still he mendsx but this is not the bestx lookx pritheex charmianx how this herculean roman does become the carriage of his chafex antonyx ixll leave youx ladyx cleopatrax courteous lordx one wordx sirx you and i must partx but thatxs not itx sirx you and i have lovedx but therexs not itx that you know wellx something it is i wouldx ox my oblivion is a very antonyx and i am all forgottenx antonyx but that your royalty holds idleness your subjectx i should take you for idleness itselfx cleopatrax xtis sweating labour to bear such idleness so near the heart as cleopatra thisx butx sirx forgive mex since my becomings kill me when they do not eye well to youx your honour calls you hencex therefore be deaf to my unpitied follyx and all the gods go with youx upon your sword sit laurel victoryx and smooth success be strewed before your feetx antonyx let us gox comex our separation so abides and flies that thoux residing herex goes yet with mex and ix hence fleetingx here remain with theex awayx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx romex an apartment in caesarxs housex enter octavius xcaesarxx lepidus and their trainx caesarx you may seex lepidusx and henceforth knowx it is not caesarxs natural vice to hate our great competitorx from alexandria this is the newsx he fishesx drinksx and wastes the lamps of night in revelx is not more manlike than cleopatrax nor the queen of ptolemy more womanly than hex hardly gave audiencex or vouchsafed to think he had partnersx you shall find there a man who is the abstract of all faults that all men followx lepidusx i must not think there are evils enough to darken all his goodnessx his faults in him seem as the spots of heavenx more fiery by nightxs blacknessx hereditary rather than purchasedx what he cannot change than what he choosesx caesarx you are too indulgentx letxs grant it is not amiss to tumble on the bed of ptolemyx to give a kingdom for a mirthx to sit and keep the turn of tippling with a slavex to reel the streets at noonx and stand the buffet with knaves that smell of sweatx say this becomes himx as his composure must be rare indeed whom these things cannot blemishxyet must antony no way excuse his foils when we do bear so great weight in his lightnessx if he filled his vacancy with his voluptuousnessx full surfeits and the dryness of his bones call on him forxtx but to confound such time that drums him from his sportx and speaks as loud as his own state and oursx xtis to be chid as we rate boys whox being mature in knowledgex pawn their experience to their present pleasure and so rebel to judgmentx enter a messengerx lepidusx herexs more newsx messengerx thy biddings have been donex and every hourx most noble caesarx shalt thou have report how xtis abroadx pompey is strong at seax and it appears he is beloved of those that only have feared caesarx to the ports the discontents repairx and menxs reports give him much wrongedx caesarx i should have known no lessx it hath been taught us from the primal state that he which is was wished until he werex and the ebbed manx nexer loved till nexer worth lovex comes deared by being lackedx this common bodyx like to a vagabond flag upon the streamx goes to and backx lackeying the varying tidex to rot itself with motionx enter a second messengerx second messengerx caesarx i bring thee word menecrates and menasx famous piratesx make the sea serve themx which they ear and wound with keels of every kindx many hot inroads they make in italyxthe borders maritime lack blood to think onxtxand flush youth revoltx no vessel can peep forth but xtis as soon taken as seenx for pompeyxs name strikes more than could his war resistedx caesarx antonyx leave thy lascivious wassailsx when thou once was beaten from modenax where thou slewxst hirtius and pansax consulsx at thy heel did famine followx whom thou foughtxst againstx though daintily brought upx with patience more than savages could sufferx thou didst drink the stale of horses and the gilded puddle which beasts would cough atx thy palate then did deign the roughest berry on the rudest hedgex yeax like the stag when snow the pasture sheetsx the barks of trees thou browsedx on the alps it is reported thou didst eat strange flesh which some did die to look onx and all thisx it wounds thine honour that i speak it nowx was borne so like a soldier that thy cheek so much as lanked notx lepidusx xtis pity of himx caesarx let his shames quickly drive him to romex xtis time we twain did show ourselves ix thx fieldx and to that end assemble we immediate councilx pompey thrives in our idlenessx lepidusx tomorrowx caesarx i shall be furnished to inform you rightly both what by sea and land i can be able to front this present timex caesarx till which encounter it is my business toox farewellx lepidusx farewellx my lordx what you shall know meantime of stirs abroadx i shall beseech youx sirx to let me be partakerx caesarx doubt notx sirx i knew it for my bondx xxexeuntxxx scene vx alexandriax a room in the palacex enter cleopatrax charmianx iras and mardianx cleopatrax charmianx charmianx madamx cleopatrax hax hax give me to drink mandragorax charmianx whyx madamx cleopatrax that i might sleep out this great gap of time my antony is awayx charmianx you think of him too muchx cleopatrax ox xtis treasonx charmianx madamx i trust not sox cleopatrax thoux eunuch mardianx mardianx whatxs your highnessx pleasurex cleopatrax not now to hear thee singx i take no pleasure in aught an eunuch hasx xtis well for thee thatx being unseminaredx thy freer thoughts may not fly forth of egyptx hast thou affectionsx mardianx yesx gracious madamx cleopatrax indeedx mardianx not in deedx madamx for i can do nothing but what indeed is honest to be donex yet have i fierce affectionsx and think what venus did with marsx cleopatrax ox charmianx where thinkxst thou he is nowx stands hex or sits hex or does he walkx or is he on his horsex o happy horsex to bear the weight of antonyx do bravelyx horsex for wotxst thou whom thou movxstx the demixatlas of this earthx the arm and burgonet of menx hexs speaking nowx or murmuring xwherexs my serpent of old nilexx for so he calls mex now i feed myself with most delicious poisonx think on me that am with phxbusx amorous pinches blackx and wrinkled deep in timex broadxfronted caesarx when thou wast here above the groundx i was a morsel for a monarchx and great pompey would stand and make his eyes grow in my browx there would he anchor his aspectx and die with looking on his lifex enter alexasx alexasx sovereign of egyptx hailx cleopatrax how much unlike art thou mark antonyx yetx coming from himx that great medicine hath with his tinct gilded theex how goes it with my brave mark antonyx alexasx last thing he didx dear queenx he kissedxthe last of many doubled kissesx this orient pearlx his speech sticks in my heartx cleopatrax mine ear must pluck it thencex alexasx xgood friendxx quoth hex xsayx the firm roman to great egypt sends this treasure of an oysterx at whose footx to mend the petty presentx i will piece her opulent throne with kingdomsx all the eastx say thoux shall call her mistressxx so he nodded and soberly did mount an armxgaunt steedx who neighed so high that what i would have spoke was beastly dumbed by himx cleopatrax whatx was he sad or merryx alexasx like to the time ox thx year between the extremes of hot and coldx he was nor sad nor merryx cleopatrax o wellxdivided dispositionxxnote himx note himx good charmianx xtis the manx but note himx he was not sadx for he would shine on those that make their looks by hisx he was not merryx which seemed to tell them his remembrance lay in egypt with his joyx but between bothx o heavenly minglexxbexst thou sad or merryx the violence of either thee becomesx so does it no man elsexxmetxst thou my postsx alexasx ayx madamx twenty several messengersx why do you send so thickx cleopatrax whoxs born that day when i forget to send to antony shall die a beggarxxink and paperx charmianxx welcomex my good alexasxxdid ix charmianx ever love caesar sox charmianx o that brave caesarx cleopatrax be choked with such another emphasisx say xthe brave antonyxx charmianx the valiant caesarx cleopatrax by isisx i will give thee bloody teeth if thou with caesar paragon again my man of menx charmianx by your most gracious pardonx i sing but after youx cleopatrax my salad daysx when i was green in judgmentx cold in bloodx to say as i said thenx but comex awayx get me ink and paperx he shall have every day a several greetingx or ixll unpeople egyptx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix messinax a room in pompeyxs housex enter pompeyx menecrates and menas in warlike mannerx pompeyx if the great gods be justx they shall assist the deeds of justest menx menecratesx knowx worthy pompeyx that what they do delay they not denyx pompeyx whiles we are suitors to their thronex decays the thing we sue forx menecratesx wex ignorant of ourselvesx beg often our own harmsx which the wise powers deny us for our goodx so find we profit by losing of our prayersx pompeyx i shall do wellx the people love mex and the sea is minex my powers are crescentx and my auguring hope says it will come to thx fullx mark antony in egypt sits at dinnerx and will make no wars without doorsx caesar gets money where he loses heartsx lepidus flatters bothx of both is flatteredx but he neither loves nor either cares for himx menasx caesar and lepidus are in the fieldx a mighty strength they carryx pompeyx where have you thisx xtis falsex menasx from silviusx sirx pompeyx he dreamsx i know they are in rome togetherx looking for antonyx but all the charms of lovex salt cleopatrax soften thy waned lipx let witchcraft join with beautyx lust with bothx tie up the libertine in a field of feastsx keep his brain fumingx epicurean cooks sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetitex that sleep and feeding may prorogue his honour even till a lethexd dullnessx enter varriusx how nowx varriusx varriusx this is most certain that i shall deliverx mark antony is every hour in rome expectedx since he went from egypt xtis a space for farther travelx pompeyx i could have given less matter a better earxxmenasx i did not think this amorous surfeiter would have donned his helm for such a petty warx his soldiership is twice the other twainx but let us rear the higher our opinionx that our stirring can from the lap of egyptxs widow pluck the nexer lustxwearied antonyx menasx i cannot hope caesar and antony shall well greet togetherx his wife thatxs dead did trespasses to caesarx his brother warred upon himx although i thinkx not moved by antonyx pompeyx i know notx menasx how lesser enmities may give way to greaterx werext not that we stand up against them allx xtwere pregnant they should square between themselvesx for they have entertained cause enough to draw their swordsx but how the fear of us may cement their divisionsx and bind up the petty differencex we yet not knowx bext as our gods will havextx it only stands our lives upon to use our strongest handsx comex menasx xxexeuntxxx scene iix romex a room in the house of lepidusx enter enobarbus and lepidusx lepidusx good enobarbusx xtis a worthy deedx and shall become you wellx to entreat your captain to soft and gentle speechx enobarbusx i shall entreat him to answer like himselfx if caesar move himx let antony look over caesarxs head and speak as loud as marsx by jupiterx were i the wearer of antoniusx beardx i would not shavext todayx lepidusx xtis not a time for private stomachingx enobarbusx every time serves for the matter that is then born inxtx lepidusx but small to greater matters must give wayx enobarbusx not if the small come firstx lepidusx your speech is passionx but pray you stir no embers upx here comes the noble antonyx enter antony and ventidiusx enobarbusx and yonder caesarx enter caesarx maecenas and agrippax antonyx if we compose well herex to parthiax harkx ventidiusx caesarx i do not knowx maecenasx ask agrippax lepidusx noble friendsx that which combined us was most greatx and let not a leaner action rend usx whatxs amissx may it be gently heardx when we debate our trivial difference loudx we do commit murder in healing woundsx thenx noble partnersx the rather for i earnestly beseechx touch you the sourest points with sweetest termsx nor curstness grow to thx matterx antonyx xtis spoken wellx were we before our armiesx and to fightx i should do thusx caesarx welcome to romex antonyx thank youx caesarx sitx antonyx sitx sirx caesarx nayx thenx antonyx i learn you take things ill which are not sox or beingx concern you notx caesarx i must be laughed at ifx or for nothing or a littlex i should say myself offendedx and with you chiefly ix thx worldx more laughed at that i should once name you derogately when to sound your name it not concerned mex antonyx my being in egyptx caesarx what wasxt to youx caesarx no more than my residing here at rome might be to you in egyptx yet if you there did practise on my statex your being in egypt might be my questionx antonyx how intend youx practisedx caesarx you may be pleased to catch at mine intent by what did here befall mex your wife and brother made wars upon mex and their contestation was theme for youx you were the word of warx antonyx you do mistake your businessx my brother never did urge me in his actx i did inquire itx and have my learning from some true reports that drew their swords with youx did he not rather discredit my authority with yoursx and make the wars alike against my stomachx having alike your causex of this my letters before did satisfy youx if youxll patch a quarrelx as matter whole you have not to make it withx it must not be with thisx caesarx you praise yourself by laying defects of judgment to mex but you patched up your excusesx antonyx not sox not sox i know you could not lackxi am certain onxtx very necessity of this thoughtx that ix your partner in the cause xgainst which he foughtx could not with graceful eyes attend those wars which fronted mine own peacex as for my wifex i would you had her spirit in such anotherx the third ox thx world is yoursx which with a snaffle you may pace easyx but not such a wifex enobarbusx would we had all such wivesx that the men might go to wars with the womenx antonyx so much uncurbablex her garboilsx caesarx made out of her impatiencexwhich not wanted shrewdness of policy tooxi grieving grant did you too much disquietx for that you must but say i could not help itx caesarx i wrote to you when rioting in alexandriax you did pocket up my lettersx and with taunts did gibe my missive out of audiencex antonyx sirx he fell upon me ere admittedx thenx three kings i had newly feastedx and did want of what i was ix thx morningx but next day i told him of myselfx which was as much as to have asked him pardonx let this fellow be nothing of our strifex if we contendx out of our question wipe himx caesarx you have broken the article of your oathx which you shall never have tongue to charge me withx lepidusx softx caesarx antonyx nox lepidusx let him speakx the honour is sacred which he talks on nowx supposing that i lacked itx but onx caesarx the article of my oathx caesarx to lend me arms and aid when i required themx the which you both deniedx antonyx neglectedx ratherx and then when poisoned hours had bound me up from mine own knowledgex as nearly as i may ixll play the penitent to youx but mine honesty shall not make poor my greatnessx nor my power work without itx truth is that fulviax to have me out of egyptx made wars herex for which myselfx the ignorant motivex do so far ask pardon as befits mine honour to stoop in such a casex lepidusx xtis noble spokenx maecenasx if it might please you to enforce no further the griefs between yex to forget them quite were to remember that the present need speaks to atone youx lepidusx worthily spokenx maecenasx enobarbusx orx if you borrow one anotherxs love for the instantx you mayx when you hear no more words of pompeyx return it againx you shall have time to wrangle in when you have nothing else to dox antonyx thou art a soldier onlyx speak no morex enobarbusx that truth should be silent i had almost forgotx antonyx you wrong this presencex therefore speak no morex enobarbusx go tox thenx your considerate stonex caesarx i do not much dislike the matterx but the manner of his speechx forxt cannot be we shall remain in friendshipx our conditions so differing in their actsx yet if i knew what hoop should hold us staunchx from edge to edge ox thx world i would pursue itx agrippax give me leavex caesarx caesarx speakx agrippax agrippax thou hast a sister by the motherxs sidex admired octaviax great mark antony is now a widowerx caesarx say not sox agrippax if cleopatra heard youx your reproof were well deserved of rashnessx antonyx i am not marriedx caesarx let me hear agrippa further speakx agrippax to hold you in perpetual amityx to make you brothersx and to knit your hearts with an unslipping knotx take antony octavia to his wifex whose beauty claims no worse a husband than the best of menx whose virtue and whose general graces speak that which none else can utterx by this marriage all little jealousiesx which now seem greatx and all great fearsx which now import their dangersx would then be nothingx truths would be talesx where now halfxtales be truthsx her love to both would each to otherx and all loves to bothx draw after herx pardon what i have spokex for xtis a studiedx not a present thoughtx by duty ruminatedx antonyx will caesar speakx caesarx not till he hears how antony is touched with what is spoke alreadyx antonyx what power is in agrippax if i would say xagrippax be it soxx to make this goodx caesarx the power of caesarx and his power unto octaviax antonyx may i never to this good purposex that so fairly showsx dream of impedimentx let me have thy handx further this act of gracex and from this hour the heart of brothers govern in our loves and sway our great designsx caesarx therexs my handx a sister i bequeath youx whom no brother did ever love so dearlyx let her live to join our kingdoms and our heartsx and never fly off our loves againx lepidusx happilyx amenx antonyx i did not think to draw my sword xgainst pompeyx for he hath laid strange courtesies and great of late upon mex i must thank him onlyx lest my remembrance suffer ill reportx at heel of thatx defy himx lepidusx time calls upon xsx of us must pompey presently be soughtx or else he seeks out usx antonyx where lies hex caesarx about the mount misenax antonyx what is his strength by landx caesarx great and increasingx but by sea he is an absolute masterx antonyx so is the famex would we had spoke togetherx haste we for itx yetx ere we put ourselves in armsx dispatch we the business we have talked ofx caesarx with most gladnessx and do invite you to my sisterxs viewx whither straight ixll lead youx antonyx let usx lepidusx not lack your companyx lepidusx noble antonyx not sickness should detain mex xxflourishx exeunt all except enobarbusx agrippa and maecenasxxx maecenasx welcome from egyptx sirx enobarbusx half the heart of caesarx worthy maecenasx my honourable friendx agrippax agrippax good enobarbusx maecenasx we have cause to be glad that matters are so well digestedx you stayed well by xt in egyptx enobarbusx ayx sirx we did sleep day out of countenance and made the night light with drinkingx maecenasx eight wild boars roasted whole at a breakfastx and but twelve persons therex is this truex enobarbusx this was but as a fly by an eaglex we had much more monstrous matter of feastx which worthily deserved notingx maecenasx shexs a most triumphant ladyx if report be square to herx enobarbusx when she first met mark antonyx she pursed up his heart upon the river of cydnusx agrippax there she appeared indeedx or my reporter devised well for herx enobarbusx i will tell youx the barge she sat inx like a burnished thronex burned on the waterx the poop was beaten goldx purple the sailsx and so perfumed that the winds were lovexsick with themx the oars were silverx which to the tune of flutes kept strokex and made the water which they beat to follow fasterx as amorous of their strokesx for her own personx it beggared all descriptionx she did lie in her pavilionx clothxofxgold of tissuex oxerpicturing that venus where we see the fancy outwork naturex on each side her stood pretty dimpled boysx like smiling cupidsx with diversxcoloured fansx whose wind did seem to glow the delicate cheeks which they did coolx and what they undid didx agrippax ox rare for antonyx enobarbusx her gentlewomenx like the nereidesx so many mermaidsx tended her ix thx eyesx and made their bends adorningsx at the helm a seeming mermaid steersx the silken tackle swell with the touches of those flowerxsoft hands that yarely frame the officex from the barge a strange invisible perfume hits the sense of the adjacent wharfsx the city cast her people out upon herx and antonyx enthroned ix thx marketxplacex did sit alonex whistling to thx airx whichx but for vacancyx had gone to gaze on cleopatra toox and made a gap in naturex agrippax rare egyptianx enobarbusx upon her landingx antony sent to herx invited her to supperx she replied it should be better he became her guestx which she entreatedx our courteous antonyx whom nexer the word of xnox woman heard speakx being barbered ten times oxerx goes to the feastx andx for his ordinaryx pays his heart for what his eyes eat onlyx agrippax royal wenchx she made great caesar lay his sword to bedx he ploughed herx and she croppedx enobarbusx i saw her once hop forty paces through the public street andx having lost her breathx she spoke and pantedx that she did make defect perfectionx andx breathlessx pour breath forthx maecenasx now antony must leave her utterlyx enobarbusx neverx he will notx age cannot wither herx nor custom stale her infinite varietyx other women cloy the appetites they feedx but she makes hungry where most she satisfiesx for vilest things become themselves in herx that the holy priests bless her when she is riggishx maecenasx if beautyx wisdomx modesty can settle the heart of antonyx octavia is a blessed lottery to himx agrippax let us gox good enobarbusx make yourself my guest whilst you abide herex enobarbusx humblyx sirx i thank youx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix romex a room in caesarxs housex enter antonyx caesarx octavia between themx antonyx the world and my great office will sometimes divide me from your bosomx octaviax all which time before the gods my knee shall bow my prayers to them for youx antonyx good nightx sirxxmy octaviax read not my blemishes in the worldxs reportx i have not kept my squarex but that to come shall all be done by thx rulex good nightx dear ladyx octaviax good nightx sirx caesarx good nightx xxexeunt caesar and octaviaxxx enter soothsayerx antonyx nowx sirrahx you do wish yourself in egyptx soothsayerx would i had never come from thencex nor you thitherx antonyx if you canx your reasonx soothsayerx i see it in my motionx have it not in my tonguex but yet hie you to egypt againx antonyx say to mex whose fortunes shall rise higherx caesarxs or minex soothsayerx caesarxsx thereforex o antonyx stay not by his sidex thy dxmonxthat thy spirit which keeps theexis noblex courageousx highx unmatchablex where caesarxs is notx but near himx thy angel becomes afeardx as being oxerpoweredx therefore make space enough between youx antonyx speak this no morex soothsayerx to none but theex no more but when to theex if thou dost play with him at any gamex thou art sure to losex and of that natural luck he beats thee xgainst the oddsx thy lustre thickens when he shines byx i say againx thy spirit is all afraid to govern thee near himx butx he awayx xtis noblex antonyx get thee gonex say to ventidius i would speak with himx xxexit soothsayerxxx he shall to parthiax be it art or hapx he hath spoken truex the very dice obey himx and in our sports my better cunning faints under his chancex if we draw lotsx he speedsx his cocks do win the battle still of mine when it is all to naughtx and his quails ever beat minex inhoopedx at oddsx i will to egyptx and though i make this marriage for my peacex ix thx east my pleasure liesx enter ventidiusx ox comex ventidiusx you must to parthiax your commissionxs readyx follow me and receive xtx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx romex a streetx enter lepidusx maecenas and agrippax lepidusx trouble yourselves no furtherx pray you hasten your generals afterx agrippax sirx mark antony will exen but kiss octaviax and wexll followx lepidusx till i shall see you in your soldierxs dressx which will become you bothx farewellx maecenasx we shallx as i conceive the journeyx be at the mount before youx lepidusx lepidusx your way is shorterx my purposes do draw me much aboutx youxll win two days upon mex bothx sirx good successx lepidusx farewellx xxexeuntxxx scene vx alexandriax a room in the palacex enter cleopatrax charmianx irasx alexasx cleopatrax give me some musicxmusicx moody food of us that trade in lovex allx the musicx hox enter mardianx the eunuchx cleopatrax let it alonex letxs to billiardsx comex charmianx charmianx my arm is sorex best play with mardianx cleopatrax as well a woman with an eunuch played as with a womanx comex youxll play with mex sirx mardianx as well as i canx madamx cleopatrax and when good will is showedx thoughxt come too shortx the actor may plead pardonx ixll none nowx give me mine anglex wexll to the riverx therex my music playing far offx i will betray tawnyxfinned fishesx my bended hook shall pierce their slimy jawsx and as i draw them up ixll think them every one an antonyx and say xahx hax youxre caughtxx charmianx xtwas merry when you wagered on your anglingx when your diver did hang a salt fish on his hookx which he with fervency drew upx cleopatrax that timexxo timesxx i laughed him out of patiencex and that night i laughed him into patiencex and next mornx ere the ninth hourx i drunk him to his bedx then put my tires and mantles on himx whilst i wore his sword philippanx enter messengerx ox from italyx ram thou thy fruitful tidings in mine earsx that long time have been barrenx messengerx madamx madamx cleopatrax antonyxs deadx if thou say sox villainx thou killxst thy mistressx but well and freex if thou so yield himx there is goldx and here my bluest veins to kissx a hand that kings have lippedx and trembled kissingx messengerx firstx madamx hexs wellx cleopatrax whyx therexs more goldx but sirrahx markx we use to say the dead are wellx bring it to thatx the gold i give thee will i melt and pour down thy illxuttering throatx messengerx good madamx hear mex cleopatrax wellx go tox i willx but therexs no goodness in thy face if antony be free and healthfulx so tart a favour to trumpet such good tidingsx if not wellx thou shouldst come like a fury crowned with snakesx not like a formal manx messengerx willxt please you hear mex cleopatrax i have a mind to strike thee ere thou speakxstx yet if thou say antony livesx is wellx or friends with caesarx or not captive to himx ixll set thee in a shower of gold and hail rich pearls upon theex messengerx madamx hexs wellx cleopatrax well saidx messengerx and friends with caesarx cleopatrax thx art an honest manx messengerx caesar and he are greater friends than everx cleopatrax make thee a fortune from mex messengerx but yetx madamx cleopatrax i do not like xbut yetxx it does allay the good precedencex fie upon xbut yetxx xbut yetx is as a gaoler to bring forth some monstrous malefactorx pritheex friendx pour out the pack of matter to mine earx the good and bad togetherx hexs friends with caesarx in state of healthx thou sayxstx andx thou sayxstx freex messengerx freex madamx nox i made no such reportx hexs bound unto octaviax cleopatrax for what good turnx messengerx for the best turn ix thx bedx cleopatrax i am palex charmianx messengerx madamx hexs married to octaviax cleopatrax the most infectious pestilence upon theex xxstrikes him downxxx messengerx good madamx patiencex cleopatrax what say youx xxstrikes him againxxx hencex horrible villainx or ixll spurn thine eyes like balls before mex ixll unhair thy headx xxshe hales him up and downxxx thou shalt be whipped with wire and stewed in brinex smarting in lingxring picklex messengerx gracious madamx i that do bring the news made not the matchx cleopatrax say xtis not sox a province i will give theex and make thy fortunes proudx the blow thou hadst shall make thy peace for moving me to ragex and i will boot thee with what gift beside thy modesty can begx messengerx hexs marriedx madamx cleopatrax roguex thou hast lived too longx xxdraws a knifexxx messengerx nay then ixll runx what mean youx madamx i have made no faultx xxexitxxx charmianx good madamx keep yourself within yourselfx the man is innocentx cleopatrax some innocents xscape not the thunderboltx melt egypt into nilex and kindly creatures turn all to serpentsx call the slave againx though i am madx i will not bite himx callx charmianx he is afeard to comex cleopatrax i will not hurt himx xxexit charmianxxx these hands do lack nobility that they strike a meaner than myselfx since i myself have given myself the causex enter the messenger again with charmianx come hitherx sirx though it be honestx it is never good to bring bad newsx give to a gracious message an host of tonguesx but let ill tidings tell themselves when they be feltx messengerx i have done my dutyx cleopatrax is he marriedx i cannot hate thee worser than i do if thou again say xyesxx messengerx hexs marriedx madamx cleopatrax the gods confound theex dost thou hold there stillx messengerx should i liex madamx cleopatrax ox i would thou didstx so half my egypt were submerged and made a cistern for scaled snakesx gox get thee hencex hadst thou narcissus in thy facex to me thou wouldst appear most uglyx he is marriedx messengerx i crave your highnessx pardonx cleopatrax he is marriedx messengerx take no offence that i would not offend youx to punish me for what you make me do seems much unequalx hexs married to octaviax cleopatrax ox that his fault should make a knave of thee that art not what thouxrt sure ofx get thee hencex the merchandise which thou hast brought from rome are all too dear for mex lie they upon thy handx and be undone by xemx xxexit messengerxxx charmianx good your highnessx patiencex cleopatrax in praising antony i have dispraised caesarx charmianx many timesx madamx cleopatrax i am paid forxt nowx lead me from hencex i faintx o irasx charmianx xtis no matterx go to the fellowx good alexasx bid him report the feature of octaviax her yearsx her inclinationx let him not leave out the colour of her hairx bring me word quicklyx xxexit alexasxxx let him for ever goxlet him notx charmianx though he be painted one way like a gorgonx the other way xs a marsx xxto mardianxx bid you alexas bring me word how tall she isx pity mex charmianx but do not speak to mex lead me to my chamberx xxexeuntxxx scene vix near misenumx flourishx enter pompey and menas at one doorx with drum and trumpetx at anotherx caesarx lepidusx antonyx enobarbusx maecenasx agrippax with soldiers marchingx pompeyx your hostages i havex so have you minex and we shall talk before we fightx caesarx most meet that first we come to wordsx and therefore have we our written purposes before us sentx which if thou hast consideredx let us know if xtwill tie up thy discontented sword and carry back to sicily much tall youth that else must perish herex pompeyx to you all threex the senators alone of this great worldx chief factors for the godsx i do not know wherefore my father should revengers wantx having a son and friendsx since julius caesarx who at philippi the good brutus ghostedx there saw you labouring for himx what wasxt that moved pale cassius to conspirex and what made the allxhonouredx honest romanx brutusx with the armed restx courtiers of beauteous freedomx to drench the capitolx but that they would have one man but a manx and that is it hath made me rig my navyx at whose burden the angered ocean foamsx with which i meant to scourge thx ingratitude that despiteful rome cast on my noble fatherx caesarx take your timex antonyx thou canst not fear usx pompeyx with thy sailsx wexll speak with thee at seax at land thou knowxst how much we do oxercount theex pompeyx at land indeed thou dost oxercount me of my fatherxs housex but since the cuckoo builds not for himselfx remain inxt as thou maystx lepidusx be pleased to tell usx for this is from the presentxhow you take the offers we have sent youx caesarx therexs the pointx antonyx which do not be entreated tox but weigh what it is worth embracedx caesarx and what may follow to try a larger fortunex pompeyx you have made me offer of sicilyx sardiniax and i must rid all the sea of piratesx then to send measures of wheat to romex this xgreed uponx to part with unhacked edges and bear back our targes undintedx caesarx antonyx and lepidusx thatxs our offerx pompeyx knowx thenx i came before you here a man prepared to take this offerx but mark antony put me to some impatiencex though i lose the praise of it by tellingx you must know when caesar and your brother were at blowsx your mother came to sicily and did find her welcome friendlyx antonyx i have heard itx pompeyx and am well studied for a liberal thanks which i do owe youx pompeyx let me have your handx i did not thinkx sirx to have met you herex antonyx the beds ix thx east are softx and thanks to youx that called me timelier than my purpose hitherx for i have gained by xtx caesarx since i saw you lastx there is a change upon youx pompeyx wellx i know not what counts harsh fortune casts upon my facex but in my bosom shall she never come to make my heart her vassalx lepidusx well met herex pompeyx i hope sox lepidusx thus we are agreedx i crave our composition may be written and sealed between usx caesarx thatxs the next to dox pompeyx wexll feast each other ere we partx and letxs draw lots who shall beginx antonyx that will ix pompeyx pompeyx nox antonyx take the lotx butx first or lastx your fine egyptian cookery shall have the famex i have heard that julius caesar grew fat with feasting therex antonyx you have heard muchx pompeyx i have fair meaningsx sirx antonyx and fair words to themx pompeyx then so much have i heardx and i have heard apollodorus carriedx enobarbusx no more of thatx he did sox pompeyx whatx i pray youx enobarbusx a certain queen to caesar in a mattressx pompeyx i know thee nowx how farxst thoux soldierx enobarbusx wellx and well am like to dox for i perceive four feasts are towardx pompeyx let me shake thy handx i never hated theex i have seen thee fight when i have envied thy behaviourx enobarbusx sirx i never loved you muchx but i hax praised ye when you have well deserved ten times as much as i have said you didx pompeyx enjoy thy plainnessx it nothing ill becomes theex aboard my galley i invite you allx will you leadx lordsx caesarx antonyx and lepidusx showxs the wayx sirx pompeyx comex xxexeunt all but enobarbus and menasxxx menasx xxasidexxx thy fatherx pompeyx would nexer have made this treatyxx you and i have knownx sirx enobarbusx at seax i thinkx menasx we havex sirx enobarbusx you have done well by waterx menasx and you by landx enobarbusx i will praise any man that will praise mex though it cannot be denied what i have done by landx menasx nor what i have done by waterx enobarbusx yesx something you can deny for your own safetyx you have been a great thief by seax menasx and you by landx enobarbusx there i deny my land servicex but give me your handx menasx if our eyes had authorityx here they might take two thieves kissingx menasx all menxs faces are truex whatsomexer their hands arex enobarbusx but there is never a fair woman has a true facex menasx no slanderx they steal heartsx enobarbusx we came hither to fight with youx menasx for my partx i am sorry it is turned to a drinkingx pompey doth this day laugh away his fortunex enobarbusx if he dox sure he cannot weep xt back againx menasx you have saidx sirx we looked not for mark antony herex pray youx is he married to cleopatrax enobarbusx caesarxs sister is called octaviax menasx truex sirx she was the wife of caius marcellusx enobarbusx but she is now the wife of marcus antoniusx menasx pray youx sirx enobarbusx xtis truex menasx then is caesar and he for ever knit togetherx enobarbusx if i were bound to divine of this unityx i would not prophesy sox menasx i think the policy of that purpose made more in the marriage than the love of the partiesx enobarbusx i think so toox but you shall find the band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amityx octavia is of a holyx coldx and still conversationx menasx who would not have his wife sox enobarbusx not he that himself is not sox which is mark antonyx he will to his egyptian dish againx then shall the sighs of octavia blow the fire up in caesarx andx as i said beforex that which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variancex antony will use his affection where it isx he married but his occasion herex menasx and thus it may bex comex sirx will you aboardx i have a health for youx enobarbusx i shall take itx sirx we have used our throats in egyptx menasx comex letxs awayx xxexeuntxxx scene viix on board pompeyxs galleyx lying near misenumx musicx enter two or three servants with a banquetx first servantx here theyxll bex manx some ox their plants are illxrooted alreadyx the least wind ix thx world will blow them downx second servantx lepidus is highxcolouredx first servantx they have made him drink almsxdrinkx second servantx as they pinch one another by the dispositionx he cries out xno morexx reconciles them to his entreaty and himself to thx drinkx first servantx but it raises the greater war between him and his discretionx second servantx whyx this it is to have a name in great menxs fellowshipx i had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan i could not heavex first servantx to be called into a huge spherex and not to be seen to move in xtx are the holes where eyes should bex which pitifully disaster the cheeksx a sennet soundedx enter caesarx antonyx pompeyx lepidusx agrippax maecenasx enobarbusx menas with other captainsx antonyx xxto caesarxxx thus do theyx sirx they take the flow ox thx nile by certain scales ix thx pyramidx they know by thx heightx the lownessx or the meanx if dearth or foison followx the higher nilus swellsx the more it promisesx as it ebbsx the seedsman upon the slime and ooze scatters his grainx and shortly comes to harvestx lepidusx youxve strange serpents therex antonyx ayx lepidusx lepidusx your serpent of egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sunx so is your crocodilex antonyx they are sox pompeyx sitx and some winex a health to lepidusx lepidusx i am not so well as i should bex but ixll nexer outx enobarbusx not till you have sleptx i fear me youxll be in till thenx lepidusx nayx certainlyx i have heard the ptolemiesx pyramises are very goodly thingsx without contradiction i have heard thatx menasx xxaside to pompeyxxx pompeyx a wordx pompeyx xxaside to menasxxx say in mine ear what is xtx menasx xxwhispers in xs earxxx forsake thy seatx i do beseech theex captainx and hear me speak a wordx pompeyx xxaside to menasxxx forbear me till anonxx this wine for lepidusx lepidusx what manner ox thing is your crocodilex antonyx it is shapedx sirx like itselfx and it is as broad as it hath breadthx it is just so high as it isx and moves with it own organsx it lives by that which nourisheth itx and the elements once out of itx it transmigratesx lepidusx what colour is it ofx antonyx of its own colour toox lepidusx xtis a strange serpentx antonyx xtis sox and the tears of it are wetx caesarx will this description satisfy himx antonyx with the health that pompey gives himx else he is a very epicurex pompeyx xxaside to menasxxx go hangx sirx hangx tell me of thatx awayx do as i bid youxxwherexs this cup i called forx menasx xxaside to pompeyxxx if for the sake of merit thou wilt hear mex rise from thy stoolx pompeyx xxaside to menasxxx i think thouxrt madx xxrises and walks asidexxx the matterx menasx i have ever held my cap off to thy fortunesx pompeyx thou hast served me with much faithx whatxs else to sayxx be jollyx lordsx antonyx these quicksandsx lepidusx keep off themx for you sinkx menasx wilt thou be lord of all the worldx pompeyx what sayst thoux menasx wilt thou be lord of the whole worldx thatxs twicex pompeyx how should that bex menasx but entertain itx and though you think me poorx i am the man will give thee all the worldx pompeyx hast thou drunk wellx menasx nox pompeyx i have kept me from the cupx thou artx if thou darxst bex the earthly jovex whatexer the ocean pales or sky inclips is thinex if thou wilt havextx pompeyx show me which wayx menasx these three worldxsharersx these competitorsx are in thy vesselx let me cut the cablex and when we are put offx fall to their throatsx all then is thinex pompeyx ahx this thou shouldst have done and not have spoke on xtx in me xtis villainyx in thee xt had been good servicex thou must know xtis not my profit that does lead mine honourx mine honour itx repent that exer thy tongue hath so betrayxd thine actx being done unknownx i should have found it afterwards well donex but must condemn it nowx desistx and drinkx menasx xxasidexxx for thisx ixll never follow thy palled fortunes morex who seeksx and will not take when once xtis offeredx shall never find it morex pompeyx this health to lepidusx antonyx bear him ashorex ixll pledge it for himx pompeyx enobarbusx herexs to theex menasx menasx enobarbusx welcomex pompeyx fill till the cup be hidx enobarbusx therexs a strong fellowx menasx xxpointing to the servant who carries off lepidusxxx menasx whyx enobarbusx xa bears the third part of the worldx manx seest notx menasx the third partx thenx is drunkx would it were allx that it might go on wheelsx enobarbusx drink thoux increase the reelsx menasx comex pompeyx this is not yet an alexandrian feastx antonyx it ripens towards itx strike the vesselsx hox here is to caesarx caesarx i could well forbearxtx itxs monstrous labour when i wash my brain and it grows foulerx antonyx be a child ox the timex caesarx possess itx ixll make answerx but i had rather fast from allx four daysx than drink so much in onex enobarbusx xxto antonyxxx hax my brave emperorx shall we dance now the egyptian bacchanals and celebrate our drinkx pompeyx letxs haxtx good soldierx antonyx comex letxs all take hands till that the conquering wine hath steeped our sense in soft and delicate lethex enobarbusx all take handsx make battery to our ears with the loud musicx the while ixll place youx then the boy shall singx the holding every man shall beat as loud as his strong sides can volleyx music playsx enobarbus places them hand in handx the songx comex thou monarch of the vinex plumpy bacchus with pink eynex in thy vats our cares be drownedx with thy grapes our hairs be crownedx cup us till the world go roundx cup us till the world go roundx caesarx what would you morex pompeyx good nightx good brotherx let me request you offx our graver business frowns at this levityxxgentle lordsx letxs partx you see we have burnt our cheeksx strong enobarb is weaker than the winex and mine own tongue splits what it speaksx the wild disguise hath almost anticked us allx what needs more wordsx good nightx good antonyx your handx pompeyx ixll try you on the shorex antonyx and shallx sirx givexs your handx pompeyx o antonyx you have my fatherxs housex butx whatx we are friendsx comex down into the boatx enobarbusx take heed you fall notx xxexeunt pompeyx caesarx antony and attendantsxxx menasx ixll not on shorex menasx nox to my cabinx these drumsx these trumpetsx flutesx whatx let neptune hear we bid a loud farewell to these great fellowsx sound and be hangedx sound outx xxsound a flourish with drumsxxx enobarbusx hoox says xax therexs my capx menasx hoox noble captainx comex xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix a plain in syriax enter ventidius as it were in triumphx with silius and other romansx officers and soldiersx the dead body of pacorus borne before himx ventidiusx nowx darting parthiax art thou struckx and now pleased fortune does of marcus crassusx death make me revengerx bear the kingxs sonxs body before our armyx thy pacorusx orodesx pays this for marcus crassusx siliusx noble ventidiusx whilst yet with parthian blood thy sword is warmx the fugitive parthians followx spur through mediax mesopotamiax and the shelters whither the routed flyx so thy grand captain antony shall set thee on triumphant chariotsx and put garlands on thy headx ventidiusx o siliusx siliusx i have done enoughx a lower placex note wellx may make too great an actx for learn thisx siliusx better to leave undone than by our deed acquire too high a fame when him we servexs awayx caesar and antony have ever won more in their officerx than personx sossiusx one of my place in syriax his lieutenantx for quick accumulation of renownx which he achieved by thx minutex lost his favourx who does ix thx wars more than his captain can becomes his captainxs captainx and ambitionx the soldierxs virtuex rather makes choice of loss than gain which darkens himx i could do more to do antonius goodx but xtwould offend himx and in his offence should my performance perishx siliusx thou hastx ventidiusx that without the which a soldier and his sword grants scarce distinctionx thou wilt write to antonyx ventidiusx ixll humbly signify what in his namex that magical word of warx we have effectedx howx with his bannersx and his wellxpaid ranksx the nexerxyetxbeaten horse of parthia we have jaded out ox thx fieldx siliusx where is he nowx ventidiusx he purposeth to athensx whitherx with what haste the weight we must convey with xs will permitx we shall appear before himxxon therex pass alongx xxexeuntxxx scene iix romex an antexchamber in caesarxs housex enter agrippa at one doorx enobarbus at anotherx agrippax whatx are the brothers partedx enobarbusx they have dispatched with pompeyx he is gonex the other three are sealingx octavia weeps to part from romex caesar is sadx and lepidusx since pompeyxs feastx as menas saysx is troubled with the greensicknessx agrippax xtis a noble lepidusx enobarbusx a very fine onex ox how he loves caesarx agrippax nayx but how dearly he adores mark antonyx enobarbusx caesarx why hexs the jupiter of menx agrippax whatxs antonyx the god of jupiterx enobarbusx spake you of caesarx howx the nonpareilx agrippax ox antonyx o thou arabian birdx enobarbusx would you praise caesarx say xcaesarxx go no furtherx agrippax indeedx he plied them both with excellent praisesx enobarbusx but he loves caesar bestx yet he loves antonyx hoox heartsx tonguesx figuresx scribesx bardsx poetsx cannot thinkx speakx castx writex singx numberxhooxx his love to antonyx but as for caesarx kneel downx kneel downx and wonderx agrippax both he lovesx enobarbusx they are his shardsx and he their beetlex xxtrumpets withinxxx sox this is to horsex adieux noble agrippax agrippax good fortunex worthy soldierx and farewellx enter caesarx antonyx lepidus and octaviax antonyx no furtherx sirx caesarx you take from me a great part of myselfx use me well inxtx sisterx prove such a wife as my thoughts make theex and as my farthest bond shall pass on thy approofx most noble antonyx let not the piece of virtue which is set betwixt usx as the cement of our love to keep it buildedx be the ram to batter the fortress of itx for better might we have loved without this meanx if on both parts this be not cherishedx antonyx make me not offended in your distrustx caesarx i have saidx antonyx you shall not findx though you be therein curiousx the least cause for what you seem to fearx so the gods keep youx and make the hearts of romans serve your endsx we will here partx caesarx farewellx my dearest sisterx fare thee wellx the elements be kind to theex and make thy spirits all of comfortx fare thee wellx octaviax my noble brotherx antonyx the aprilxs in her eyesx it is lovexs springx and these the showers to bring it onxxbe cheerfulx octaviax sirx look well to my husbandxs housex andx caesarx whatx octaviax octaviax ixll tell you in your earx antonyx her tongue will not obey her heartx nor can her heart inform her tonguexthe swanxsxdown featherx that stands upon the swell at the full of tidex and neither way inclinesx enobarbusx xxaside to agrippaxxx will caesar weepx agrippax xxaside to enobarbusxxx he has a cloud in xs facex enobarbusx xxaside to agrippaxxx he were the worse for that were he a horsex so is hex being a manx agrippax xxaside to enobarbusxxx whyx enobarbusx when antony found julius caesar deadx he cried almost to roaringx and he wept when at philippi he found brutus slainx enobarbusx xxaside to agrippaxxx that yearx indeedx he was troubled with a rheumx what willingly he did confound he wailedx believe xtx till i weep toox caesarx nox sweet octaviax you shall hear from me stillx the time shall not outgo my thinking on youx antonyx comex sirx comex ixll wrestle with you in my strength of lovex lookx here i have youx thus i let you gox and give you to the godsx caesarx adieux be happyx lepidusx let all the number of the stars give light to thy fair wayx caesarx farewellx farewellx xxkisses octaviaxxx antonyx farewellx xxtrumpets soundx exeuntxxx scene iiix alexandriax a room in the palacex enter cleopatrax charmianx iras and alexasx cleopatrax where is the fellowx alexasx half afeared to comex cleopatrax go tox go tox enter a messenger as beforex come hitherx sirx alexasx good majestyx herod of jewry dare not look upon you but when you are well pleasedx cleopatrax that herodxs head ixll havex but howx when antony is gonex through whom i might command itxxcome thou nearx messengerx most gracious majestyx cleopatrax didst thou behold octaviax messengerx ayx dread queenx cleopatrax wherex messengerx madamx in rome i looked her in the facex and saw her led between her brother and mark antonyx cleopatrax is she as tall as mex messengerx she is notx madamx cleopatrax didst hear her speakx is she shrillxtongued or lowx messengerx madamx i heard her speakx she is lowxvoicedx cleopatrax thatxs not so goodx he cannot like her longx charmianx like herx o isisx xtis impossiblex cleopatrax i think sox charmianx dull of tongue and dwarfishx what majesty is in her gaitx rememberx if exer thou lookxdst on majestyx messengerx she creepsx her motion and her station are as onex she shows a body rather than a lifex a statue than a breatherx cleopatrax is this certainx messengerx or i have no observancex charmianx three in egypt cannot make better notex cleopatrax hexs very knowingx i do perceivextx therexs nothing in her yetx the fellow has good judgmentx charmianx excellentx cleopatrax guess at her yearsx i pritheex messengerx madamx she was a widowx cleopatrax widowx charmianx harkx messengerx and i do think shexs thirtyx cleopatrax bearxst thou her face in mindx isxt long or roundx messengerx round even to faultinessx cleopatrax for the most partx toox they are foolish that are sox her hairx what colourx messengerx brownx madamx and her forehead as low as she would wish itx cleopatrax therexs gold for theex thou must not take my former sharpness illx i will employ thee back againx i find thee most fit for businessx go make thee readyx our letters are preparedx xxexit messengerxxx charmianx a proper manx cleopatrax indeedx he is sox i repent me much that so i harried himx whyx methinksx by himx this creaturexs no such thingx charmianx nothingx madamx cleopatrax the man hath seen some majestyx and should knowx charmianx hath he seen majestyx isis else defendx and serving you so longx cleopatrax i have one thing more to ask him yetx good charmianx but xtis no matterx thou shalt bring him to me where i will writex all may be well enoughx charmianx i warrant youx madamx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx athensx a room in antonyxs housex enter antony and octaviax antonyx nayx nayx octaviax not only thatx that were excusablex that and thousands more of semblable importxbut he hath waged new wars xgainst pompeyx made his willx and read it to public earx spoke scantly of mex when perforce he could not but pay me terms of honourx cold and sickly he vented themx most narrow measure lent mex when the best hint was given himx he not took xtx or did it from his teethx octaviax ox my good lordx believe not allx or if you must believex stomach not allx a more unhappy ladyx if this division chancex nexer stood betweenx praying for both partsx the good gods will mock me presently when i shall pray xox bless my lord and husbandxx undo that prayer by crying out as loud xox bless my brotherxx husband winx win brotherx prays and destroys the prayerx no midway xtwixt these extremes at allx antonyx gentle octaviax let your best love draw to that point which seeks best to preserve itx if i lose mine honourx i lose myselfx better i were not yours than yours so branchlessx butx as you requestedx yourself shall go betweenxsx the meantimex ladyx ixll raise the preparation of a war shall stain your brotherx make your soonest hastex so your desires are yoursx octaviax thanks to my lordx the jove of power make mex most weakx most weakx your reconcilerx wars xtwixt you twain would be as if the world should cleavex and that slain men should solder up the riftx antonyx when it appears to you where this beginsx turn your displeasure that wayx for our faults can never be so equal that your love can equally move with themx provide your goingx choose your own companyx and command what cost your heart has mind tox xxexeuntxxx scene vx athensx another room in antonyxs housex enter enobarbus and eros meetingx enobarbusx how nowx friend erosx erosx therexs strange news comex sirx enobarbusx whatx manx erosx caesar and lepidus have made wars upon pompeyx enobarbusx this is oldx what is the successx erosx caesarx having made use of him in the wars xgainst pompeyx presently denied him rivalityx would not let him partake in the glory of the actionx andx not resting herex accuses him of letters he had formerly wrote to pompeyx upon his own appealx seizes himx so the poor third is upx till death enlarge his confinex enobarbusx thenx worldx thou hast a pair of chapsx no morex and throw between them all the food thou hastx theyxll grind the one the otherx wherexs antonyx erosx hexs walking in the gardenx thusx and spurns the rush that lies before himx cries xfool lepidusxx and threats the throat of that his officer that murdered pompeyx enobarbusx our great navyxs riggedx erosx for italy and caesarx morex domitiusx my lord desires you presentlyx my news i might have told hereafterx enobarbusx xtwill be naughtx but let it bex bring me to antonyx erosx comex sirx xxexeuntxxx scene vix romex a room in caesarxs housex enter agrippax maecenas and caesarx caesarx contemning romex he has done all thisx and more in alexandriax herexs the manner of xtx ix thx marketxplacex on a tribunal silveredx cleopatra and himself in chairs of gold were publicly enthronedx at the feet sat caesarionx whom they call my fatherxs sonx and all the unlawful issue that their lust since then hath made between themx unto her he gave the stablishment of egyptx made her of lower syriax cyprusx lydiax absolute queenx maecenasx this in the public eyex caesarx ix thx common showplace where they exercisex his sons he there proclaimed the kings of kingsx great mediax parthiax and armenia he gave to alexanderx to ptolemy he assigned syriax ciliciax and phoeniciax she in thx habiliments of the goddess isis that day appearedx and oft before gave audiencex as xtis reportedx sox maecenasx let rome be thus informedx agrippax whox queasy with his insolence alreadyx will their good thoughts call from himx caesarx the people knows it and have now received his accusationsx agrippax who does he accusex caesarx caesarx and thatx having in sicily sextus pompeius spoiledx we had not rated him his part ox thx islex then does he say he lent me some shippingx unrestoredx lastlyx he frets that lepidus of the triumvirate should be deposed andx beingx that we detain all his revenuex agrippax sirx this should be answeredx caesarx xtis done alreadyx and messenger gonex i have told him lepidus was grown too cruelx that he his high authority abusedx and did deserve his changex for what i have conquered i grant him partx but then in his armenia and other of his conquered kingdomsx i demand the likex maecenasx hexll never yield to thatx caesarx nor must not then be yielded to in thisx enter octavia with her trainx octaviax hailx caesarx and my lordx hailx most dear caesarx caesarx that ever i should call thee castawayx octaviax you have not called me sox nor have you causex caesarx why have you stolen upon us thusx you come not like caesarxs sisterx the wife of antony should have an army for an usherx and the neighs of horse to tell of her approach long ere she did appearx the trees by thx way should have borne menx and expectation faintedx longing for what it had notx nayx the dust should have ascended to the roof of heavenx raised by your populous troopsx but you are come a marketxmaid to romex and have prevented the ostentation of our lovex whichx left unshownx is often left unlovedx we should have met you by sea and landx supplying every stage with an augmented greetingx octaviax good my lordx to come thus was i not constrainedx but did it on my free willx my lordx mark antonyx hearing that you prepared for warx acquainted my grieved ear withalx whereon i begged his pardon for returnx caesarx which soon he grantedx being an abstract xtween his lust and himx octaviax do not say sox my lordx caesarx i have eyes upon himx and his affairs come to me on the windx where is he nowx octaviax my lordx in athensx caesarx nox my most wronged sisterx cleopatra hath nodded him to herx he hath given his empire up to a whorex who now are levying the kings ox thx earth for warx he hath assembled bocchusx the king of libyax archelaus of cappadociax philadelphosx king of paphlagoniax the thracian kingx adallasx king manchus of arabiax king of pontx herod of jewryx mithridatesx king of comagenex polemon and amyntasx the kings of mede and lycaoniax with a more larger list of sceptresx octaviax ay mex most wretchedx that have my heart parted betwixt two friends that does afflict each otherx caesarx welcome hitherx your letters did withhold our breaking forth till we perceived both how you were wrong led and we in negligent dangerx cheer your heartx be you not troubled with the timex which drives oxer your content these strong necessitiesx but let determined things to destiny hold unbewailed their wayx welcome to romex nothing more dear to mex you are abused beyond the mark of thoughtx and the high godsx to do you justicex make their ministers of us and those that love youx best of comfortx and ever welcome to usx agrippax welcomex ladyx maecenasx welcomex dear madamx each heart in rome does love and pity youx only thx adulterous antonyx most large in his abominationsx turns you off and gives his potent regiment to a trull that noises it against usx octaviax is it sox sirx caesarx most certainx sisterx welcomex pray you be ever known to patiencex my dearxst sisterx xxexeuntxxx scene viix antonyxs camp near the promontory of actiumx enter cleopatra and enobarbusx cleopatrax i will be even with theex doubt it notx enobarbusx but whyx whyx whyx cleopatrax thou hast forspoke my being in these wars and sayxst it is not fitx enobarbusx wellx is itx is itx cleopatrax is xt not denounced against usx why should not we be there in personx enobarbusx wellx i could replyx if we should serve with horse and mares togetherx the horse were merely lostx the mares would bear a soldier and his horsex cleopatrax what isxt you sayx enobarbusx your presence needs must puzzle antonyx take from his heartx take from his brainx from xs timex what should not then be sparedx he is already traduced for levityx and xtis said in rome that photinusx an eunuchx and your maids manage this warx cleopatrax sink romex and their tongues rot that speak against usx a charge we bear ix thx warx andx as the president of my kingdomx will appear there for a manx speak not against itx i will not stay behindx enter antony and canidiusx enobarbusx nayx i have donex here comes the emperorx antonyx is it not strangex canidiusx that from tarentum and brundusium he could so quickly cut the ionian sea and take in torynexxyou have heard on xtx sweetx cleopatrax celerity is never more admired than by the negligentx antonyx a good rebukex which might have well becomed the best of men to taunt at slacknessxxcanidiusx we will fight with him by seax cleopatrax by seax what elsex canidiusx why will my lord do sox antonyx for that he dares us to xtx enobarbusx so hath my lord dared him to single fightx canidiusx ayx and to wage this battle at pharsaliax where caesar fought with pompeyx but these offersx which serve not for his vantagex he shakes offx and so should youx enobarbusx your ships are not well mannedx your mariners are muleteersx reapersx people engrossed by swift impressx in caesarxs fleet are those that often have xgainst pompey foughtx their ships are yarex yours heavyx no disgrace shall fall you for refusing him at seax being prepared for landx antonyx by seax by seax enobarbusx most worthy sirx you therein throw away the absolute soldiership you have by landx distract your armyx which doth most consist of warxmarked footmenx leave unexecuted your own renowned knowledgex quite forgo the way which promises assurancex and give up yourself merely to chance and hazard from firm securityx antonyx ixll fight at seax cleopatrax i have sixty sailsx caesar none betterx antonyx our overplus of shipping will we burnx and with the rest fullxmannedx from thx head of actium beat thx approaching caesarx but if we failx we then can do xt at landx enter a messengerx thy businessx messengerx the news is truex my lordx he is descriedx caesar has taken torynex antonyx can he be there in personx xtis impossiblex strange that his power should bex canidiusx our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by landx and our twelve thousand horsex wexll to our shipx awayx my thetisx enter a soldierx how nowx worthy soldierx soldierx o noble emperorx do not fight by seax trust not to rotten planksx do you misdoubt this sword and these my woundsx let thx egyptians and the phoenicians go axduckingx we have used to conquer standing on the earth and fighting foot to footx antonyx wellx wellx awayx xxexeunt antonyx cleopatra and enobarbusxxx soldierx by herculesx i think i am ix thx rightx canidiusx soldierx thou artx but his whole action grows not in the power on xtx so our leaderxs ledx and we are womenxs menx soldierx you keep by land the legions and the horse wholex do you notx canidiusx marcus octaviusx marcus justeiusx publicolax and caelius are for seax but we keep whole by landx this speed of caesarxs carries beyond beliefx soldierx while he was yet in romex his power went out in such distractions as beguiled all spiesx canidiusx whoxs his lieutenantx hear youx soldierx they say one taurusx canidiusx well i know the manx enter a messengerx messengerx the emperor calls canidiusx canidiusx with news the timexs with labourx and throes forth each minute somex xxexeuntxxx scene viiix a plain near actiumx enter caesar with his army and taurus marchingx caesarx taurusx taurusx my lordx caesarx strike not by landx keep wholex provoke not battle till we have done at seax do not exceed the prescript of this scrollx our fortune lies upon this jumpx xxexeuntxxx scene ixx another part of the plainx enter antony and enobarbusx antonyx set we our squadrons on yon side ox thx hill in eye of caesarxs battlex from which place we may the number of the ships behold and so proceed accordinglyx xxexeuntxxx scene xx another part of the plainx canidius marching with his land army one way over the stagex and taurusx the lieutenant of caesarx with his armyx the other wayx after their going inx is heard the noise of a sea fightx alarumx enter enobarbusx enobarbusx naughtx naughtx all naughtx i can behold no longerx thx antoniadx the egyptian admiralx with all their sixtyx fly and turn the rudderx to see xt mine eyes are blastedx enter scarusx scarusx gods and goddessesx all the whole synod of themx enobarbusx whatxs thy passionx scarusx the greater cantle of the world is lost with very ignorancex we have kissed away kingdoms and provincesx enobarbusx how appears the fightx scarusx on our side likex the tokened pestilencex where death is surex yon ribaudred nag of egyptx whom leprosy oxertakex ix thx midst ox thx fightx when vantage like a pair of twins appearedx both as the samexorx ratherx ours the elderx the breeze upon herx like a cow in junex hoists sails and fliesx enobarbusx that i beheldx mine eyes did sicken at the sight and could not endure a further viewx scarusx she once being loofedx the noble ruin of her magicx antonyx claps on his seaxwing andx like a doting mallardx leaving the fight in heightx flies after herx i never saw an action of such shamex experiencex manhoodx honourx nexer before did violate so itselfx enobarbusx alackx alackx enter canidiusx canidiusx our fortune on the sea is out of breath and sinks most lamentablyx had our general been what he knew himselfx it had gone wellx ox he has given example for our flight most grossly by his ownx enobarbusx ayx are you thereaboutsx whyx thenx good night indeedx canidiusx toward peloponnesus are they fledx scarusx xtis easy toxtx and there i will attend what further comesx canidiusx to caesar will i render my legions and my horsex six kings already show me the way of yieldingx enobarbusx ixll yet follow the wounded chance of antonyx though my reason sits in the wind against mex xxexeuntxxx scene xix alexandriax a room in the palacex enter antony with attendantsx antonyx harkx the land bids me tread no more uponxtx it is ashamed to bear mex friendsx come hitherx i am so lated in the world that i have lost my way for everx i have a ship laden with goldx take thatx divide itx flyx and make your peace with caesarx allx flyx not wex antonyx i have fled myselfx and have instructed cowards to run and show their shouldersx friendsx be gonex i have myself resolved upon a course which has no need of youx be gonex my treasurexs in the harbourx take itx ox i followed that i blush to look uponx my very hairs do mutinyx for the white reprove the brown for rashnessx and they them for fear and dotingx friendsx be gonex you shall have letters from me to some friends that will sweep your way for youx pray youx look not sadx nor make replies of loathnessx take the hint which my despair proclaimsx let that be left which leaves itselfx to the seaxside straightwayx i will possess you of that ship and treasurex leave mex i prayx a littlexpray youx nowx nayx do sox for indeed i have lost commandx therefore i pray youx ixll see you by and byx xxsits downxxx enter cleopatra led by charmianx iras and erosx erosx nayx gentle madamx to himx comfort himx irasx dox most dear queenx charmianx dox whyx what elsex cleopatrax let me sit downx o junox antonyx nox nox nox nox nox erosx see you herex sirx antonyx ox fiex fiex fiex charmianx madamx irasx madamx o good empressx erosx sirx sirx antonyx yesx my lordx yesx he at philippi kept his sword exen like a dancerx while i struck the lean and wrinkled cassiusx and xtwas i that the mad brutus endedx he alone dealt on lieutenantryx and no practice had in the brave squares of warx yet nowxno matterx cleopatrax ahx stand byx erosx the queenx my lordx the queenx irasx go to himx madamx speak to himx he is unqualitied with very shamex cleopatrax well thenx sustain mex ox erosx most noble sirx arisex the queen approachesx her headxs declinedx and death will seize her but your comfort makes the rescuex antonyx i have offended reputationx a most unnoble swervingx erosx sirx the queenx antonyx ox whither hast thou led mex egyptx see how i convey my shame out of thine eyes by looking back what i have left behind xstroyed in dishonourx cleopatrax o my lordx my lordx forgive my fearful sailsx i little thought you would have followedx antonyx egyptx thou knewxst too well my heart was to thy rudder tied by thx stringsx and thou shouldst tow me afterx oxer my spirit thy full supremacy thou knewxstx and that thy beck might from the bidding of the gods command mex cleopatrax ox my pardonx antonyx now i must to the young man send humble treatiesx dodge and palter in the shifts of lownessx who with half the bulk ox thx world played as i pleasedx making and marring fortunesx you did know how much you were my conquerorx and that my swordx made weak by my affectionx would obey it on all causex cleopatrax pardonx pardonx antonyx fall not a tearx i sayx one of them rates all that is won and lostx give me a kissx even this repays mex we sent our schoolmasterx is he come backx lovex i am full of leadx some wine within therex and our viandsx fortune knows we scorn her most when most she offers blowsx xxexeuntxxx scene xiix caesarxs camp in egyptx enter caesarx agrippax dolabella with othersx caesarx let him appear thatxs come from antonyx know you himx dolabellax caesarx xtis his schoolmasterx an argument that he is pluckedx when hither he sends so poor a pinion of his wingx which had superfluous kings for messengers not many moons gone byx enter ambassador from anthonyx caesarx approachx and speakx ambassadorx such as i amx i come from antonyx i was of late as petty to his ends as is the mornxdew on the myrtle leaf to his grand seax caesarx bext sox declare thine officex ambassadorx lord of his fortunes he salutes theex and requires to live in egyptx which not grantedx he lessens his requestsx and to thee sues to let him breathe between the heavens and earthx a private man in athensx this for himx nextx cleopatra does confess thy greatnessx submits her to thy mightx and of thee craves the circle of the ptolemies for her heirsx now hazarded to thy gracex caesarx for antonyx i have no ears to his requestx the queen of audience nor desire shall failx so she from egypt drive her allxdisgraced friendx or take his life therex this if she performx she shall not sue unheardx so to them bothx ambassadorx fortune pursue theex caesarx bring him through the bandsx xxexit ambassadorx attendedxxx xxto thidiasxxx to try thy eloquence now xtis timex dispatchx from antony win cleopatrax promisex and in our namex what she requiresx add morex from thine inventionx offersx women are not in their best fortunes strongx but want will perjure the nexerxtouchxd vestalx try thy cunningx thidiasx make thine own edict for thy painsx which we will answer as a lawx thidiasx caesarx i gox caesarx observe how antony becomes his flawx and what thou thinkxst his very action speaks in every power that movesx thidiasx caesarx i shallx xxexeuntxxx scene xiiix alexandriax a room in the palacex enter cleopatrax enobarbusx charmian and irasx cleopatrax what shall we dox enobarbusx enobarbusx thinkx and diex cleopatrax is antony or we in fault for thisx enobarbusx antony onlyx that would make his will lord of his reasonx what though you fled from that great face of warx whose several ranges frighted each otherx why should he followx the itch of his affection should not then have nicked his captainshipx at such a pointx when half to half the world opposedx he being the mered questionx xtwas a shame no less than was his lossx to course your flying flags and leave his navy gazingx cleopatrax pritheex peacex enter the ambassador with antonyx antonyx is that his answerx ambassadorx ayx my lordx antonyx the queen shall then have courtesyx so she will yield us upx ambassadorx he says sox antonyx let her knowxtxx to the boy caesar send this grizzled headx and he will fill thy wishes to the brim with principalitiesx cleopatrax that headx my lordx antonyx to him againx tell him he wears the rose of youth upon himx from which the world should note something particularx his coinx shipsx legionsx may be a cowardxsx whose ministers would prevail under the service of a child as soon as ix thx command of caesarx i dare him therefore to lay his gay comparisons apartx and answer me declinedx sword against swordx ourselves alonex ixll write itx follow mex xxexeunt antony and ambassadorxxx enobarbusx yesx like enough highxbattled caesar will unstate his happinessx and be staged to thx show against a sworderx i see menxs judgments are a parcel of their fortunesx and things outward do draw the inward quality after them to suffer all alikex that he should dreamx knowing all measuresx the full caesar will answer his emptinessx caesarx thou hast subdued his judgment toox enter a servantx servantx a messenger from caesarx cleopatrax whatx no more ceremonyx seex my womenx against the blown rose may they stop their nose that kneeled unto the budsx admit himx sirx xxexit servantxxx enobarbusx xxasidexxx mine honesty and i begin to squarex the loyalty well held to fools does make our faith mere follyx yet he that can endure to follow with allegiance a fallen lord does conquer him that did his master conquerx and earns a place ix thx storyx enter thidiasx cleopatrax caesarxs willx thidiasx hear it apartx cleopatrax none but friendsx say boldlyx thidiasx so haply are they friends to antonyx enobarbusx he needs as manyx sirx as caesar hasx or needs not usx if caesar pleasex our master will leap to be his friendx for usx you know whose he is we arex and that is caesarxsx thidiasx soxx thus thenx thou most renownedx caesar entreats not to consider in what case thou standxst further than he is caesarx cleopatrax go onx right royalx thidiasx he knows that you embrace not antony as you did lovex but as you feared himx cleopatrax ox thidiasx the scars upon your honourx thereforex he does pity as constrained blemishesx not as deservedx cleopatrax he is a god and knows what is most rightx mine honour was not yieldedx but conquered merelyx enobarbusx xxasidexxx to be sure of thatx i will ask antonyx sirx sirx thou art so leaky that we must leave thee to thy sinkingx for thy dearest quit theex xxexit enobarbusxxx thidiasx shall i say to caesar what you require of himx for he partly begs to be desired to givex it much would please him that of his fortunes you should make a staff to lean uponx but it would warm his spirits to hear from me you had left antonyx and put yourself under his shroudx the universal landlordx cleopatrax whatxs your namex thidiasx my name is thidiasx cleopatrax most kind messengerx say to great caesar this in deputationx i kiss his conquxring handx tell him i am prompt to lay my crown atxs feetx and there to kneelx tell himx from his allxobeying breath i hear the doom of egyptx thidiasx xtis your noblest coursex wisdom and fortune combating togetherx if that the former dare but what it canx no chance may shake itx give me grace to lay my duty on your handx cleopatrax your caesarxs father oftx when he hath mused of taking kingdoms inx bestowed his lips on that unworthy place as it rained kissesx enter antony and enobarbusx antonyx favoursx by jove that thundersx what art thoux fellowx thidiasx one that but performs the bidding of the fullest man and worthiest to have command obeyedx enobarbusx xxasidexxx you will be whippedx antonyx approach therexxahx you kitexxnowx gods and devilsx authority melts from mex of late when i cried xhoxx like boys unto a mussx kings would start forth and cry xyour willxx have you no earsx i am antony yetx enter servantsx take hence this jack and whip himx enobarbusx xtis better playing with a lionxs whelp than with an old one dyingx antonyx moon and starsx whip himx werext twenty of the greatest tributaries that do acknowledge caesarx should i find them so saucy with the hand of she herexwhatxs her name since she was cleopatrax whip himx fellowsx till like a boy you see him cringe his face and whine aloud for mercyx take him hencex thidiasx mark antonyx antonyx tug him awayx being whippxdx bring him againx this jack of caesarxs shall bear us an errand to himx xxexeunt servants with thidiasxxx you were half blasted ere i knew youx hax have i my pillow left unpressed in romex forborne the getting of a lawful racex and by a gem of womenx to be abused by one that looks on feedersx cleopatrax good my lordx antonyx you have been a boggler everx but when we in our viciousness grow hardx o misery onxtxxthe wise gods seal our eyesx in our own filth drop our clear judgmentsx make us adore our errorsx laugh atxs while we strut to our confusionx cleopatrax ox isxt come to thisx antonyx i found you as a morsel cold upon dead caesarxs trencherx nayx you were a fragment of gneius pompeyxsx besides what hotter hoursx unregistered in vulgar famex you have luxuriously pickxd outx for i am surex though you can guess what temperance should bex you know not what it isx cleopatrax wherefore is thisx antonyx to let a fellow that will take rewards and say xgod quit youxx be familiar with my playfellowx your handx this kingly seal and plighter of high heartsx o that i were upon the hill of basanx to outroar the horned herdx for i have savage causex and to proclaim it civilly were like a haltered neck which does the hangman thank for being yare about himx enter a servant with thidiasx is he whippedx servantx soundlyx my lordx antonyx cried hex and begged he pardonx servantx he did ask favourx antonyx if that thy father livex let him repent thou wast not made his daughterx and be thou sorry to follow caesar in his triumphx since thou hast been whipped for following himx henceforth the white hand of a lady fever theex shake thou to look onxtx get thee back to caesarx tell him thy entertainmentx look thou say he makes me angry with himx for he seems proud and disdainfulx harping on what i amx not what he knew i wasx he makes me angryx and at this time most easy xtis to doxtx when my good stars that were my former guides have empty left their orbs and shot their fires into thx abysm of hellx if he mislike my speech and what is donex tell him he has hipparchusx my enfranched bondmanx whom he may at pleasure whipx or hangx or torturex as he shall likex to quit mex urge it thoux hence with thy stripesx be gonex xxexit thidiasxxx cleopatrax have you done yetx antonyx alackx our terrene moon is now eclipsedx and it portends alone the fall of antonyx cleopatrax i must stay his timex antonyx to flatter caesarx would you mingle eyes with one that ties his pointsx cleopatrax not know me yetx antonyx coldxhearted toward mex cleopatrax ahx dearx if i be sox from my cold heart let heaven engender hail and poison it in the sourcex and the first stone drop in my neckx as it determinesx so dissolve my lifex the next caesarion smitex tillx by degrees the memory of my wombx together with my brave egyptians allx by the discandying of this pelleted stormx lie gravelessx till the flies and gnats of nile have buried them for preyx antonyx i am satisfiedx caesar sits down in alexandriax where i will oppose his fatex our force by land hath nobly heldx our severed navy too have knit againx and fleetx threatxning most seaxlikex where hast thou beenx my heartx dost thou hearx ladyx if from the field i shall return once more to kiss these lipsx i will appear in bloodx i and my sword will earn our chroniclex therexs hope inxt yetx cleopatrax thatxs my brave lordx antonyx i will be treblexsinewedx heartedx breathedx and fight maliciouslyx for when mine hours were nice and luckyx men did ransom lives of me for jestsx but now ixll set my teeth and send to darkness all that stop mex comex letxs have one other gaudy nightx call to me all my sad captainsx fill our bowls once more letxs mock the midnight bellx cleopatrax it is my birthdayx i had thought txhave held it poorx but since my lord is antony againx i will be cleopatrax antonyx we will yet do wellx cleopatrax call all his noble captains to my lordx antonyx do sox wexll speak to themx and tonight ixll force the wine peep through their scarsx come onx my queenx therexs sap inxt yetx the next time i do fight ixll make death love mex for i will contend even with his pestilent scythex xxexeunt all but enobarbusxxx enobarbusx now hexll outstare the lightningx to be furious is to be frighted out of fearx and in that mood the dove will peck the estridgex and i see still a diminution in our captainxs brain restores his heartx when valour preys on reasonx it eats the sword it fights withx i will seek some way to leave himx xxexitxxx act iv scene ix caesarxs camp at alexandriax enter caesarx agrippax and maecenasx with his armyx caesar reading a letterx caesarx he calls me boyx and chides as he had power to beat me out of egyptx my messenger he hath whipped with rodsx dares me to personal combatx caesar to antonyx let the old ruffian know i have many other ways to diex meantime laugh at his challengex maecenasx caesar must thinkx when one so great begins to ragex hexs hunted even to fallingx give him no breathx but now make boot of his distractionx never anger made good guard for itselfx caesarx let our best heads know that tomorrow the last of many battles we mean to fightx within our files there arex of those that served mark antony but latex enough to fetch him inx see it donex and feast the armyx we have store to doxtx and they have earned the wastex poor antonyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix alexandriax a room in the palacex enter antonyx cleopatrax enobarbusx charmianx irasx alexas with othersx antonyx he will not fight with mex domitiusx enobarbusx nox antonyx why should he notx enobarbusx he thinksx being twenty times of better fortunex he is twenty men to onex antonyx tomorrowx soldierx by sea and land ixll fightx or i will livex or bathe my dying honour in the blood shall make it live againx wooxt thou fight wellx enobarbusx ixll strikex and cry xtake allxx antonyx well saidx come onx call forth my household servantsx letxs tonight be bounteous at our mealxx enter servantsx give me thy handx thou has been rightly honestx so hast thoux thoux and thoux and thoux you have served me wellx and kings have been your fellowsx cleopatrax xxaside to enobarbusxxx what means thisx enobarbusx xxaside to cleopatraxxx xtis one of those odd tricks which sorrow shoots out of the mindx antonyx and thou art honest toox i wish i could be made so many menx and all of you clapped up together in an antonyx that i might do you service so good as you have donex all the servantsx the gods forbidx antonyx wellx my good fellowsx wait on me tonightx scant not my cupsx and make as much of me as when mine empire was your fellow too and suffered my commandx cleopatrax xxaside to enobarbusxxx what does he meanx enobarbusx xxaside to cleopatraxxx to make his followers weepx antonyx tend me tonightx may be it is the period of your dutyx haply you shall not see me morex or ifx a mangled shadowx perchance tomorrow youxll serve another masterx i look on you as one that takes his leavex mine honest friendsx i turn you not awayx butx like a master married to your good servicex stay till deathx tend me tonight two hoursx i ask no morex and the gods yield you forxtx enobarbusx what mean youx sirx to give them this discomfortx lookx they weepx and ix an assx am onionxeyedx for shamex transform us not to womenx antonyx hox hox hox now the witch take me if i meant it thusx grace grow where those drops fallx my hearty friendsx you take me in too dolorous a sensex for i spake to you for your comfortx did desire you to burn this night with torchesx knowx my heartsx i hope well of tomorrowx and will lead you where rather ixll expect victorious life than death and honourx letxs to supperx comex and drown considerationx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix alexandriax before the palacex enter a company of soldiersx first soldierx brotherx good nightx tomorrow is the dayx second soldierx it will determine one wayx fare you wellx heard you of nothing strange about the streetsx first soldierx nothingx what newsx second soldierx belike xtis but a rumourx good night to youx first soldierx wellx sirx good nightx enter two other soldiersx second soldierx soldiersx have careful watchx third soldierx and youx good nightx good nightx xxthey place themselves in every corner of the stagexxx second soldierx here wex and if tomorrow our navy thrivex i have an absolute hope our landmen will stand upx first soldierx xtis a brave armyx and full of purposex xxmusic of the hautboys under the stagexxx second soldierx peacex what noisex first soldierx listx listx second soldierx harkx first soldierx music ix thx airx third soldierx under the earthx fourth soldierx it signs wellx does it notx third soldierx nox first soldierx peacex i sayx what should this meanx second soldierx xtis the god herculesx whom antony lovedx now leaves himx first soldierx walkx letxs see if other watchmen do hear what we dox xxthey advance to another postxxx second soldierx how nowx mastersx allx how nowx how nowx do you hear thisx first soldierx ayx isxt not strangex third soldierx do you hearx mastersx do you hearx first soldierx follow the noise so far as we have quarterx letxs see how it will give offx allx contentx xtis strangex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx alexandriax a room in the palacex enter antony and cleopatra with othersx antonyx erosx mine armourx erosx cleopatrax sleep a littlex antonyx nox my chuckxxerosx comex mine armourx erosx enter eros with armourx comex good fellowx put thine iron onx if fortune be not ours todayx it is because we brave herx comex cleopatrax nayx ixll help toox whatxs this forx antonyx ahx let bex let bex thou art the armourer of my heartx falsex falsex thisx thisx cleopatrax soothx lax ixll helpx thus it must bex antonyx wellx wellx we shall thrive nowx seest thoux my good fellowx go put on thy defencesx erosx brieflyx sirx cleopatrax is not this buckled wellx antonyx rarelyx rarelyx he that unbuckles thisx till we do please to daffxt for our reposex shall hear a stormx thou fumblestx erosx and my queenxs a squire more tight at this than thoux dispatchx o lovex that thou couldst see my wars todayx and knewxst the royal occupationx thou shouldst see a workman inxtx enter an officerx armedx good morrow to theex welcomex thou lookxst like him that knows a warlike chargex to business that we love we rise betime and go toxt with delightx officerx a thousandx sirx early thoughxt bex have on their riveted trim and at the port expect youx xxshoutx trumpets flourishxxx enter other captains and soldiersx captainx the morn is fairx good morrowx generalx allx good morrowx generalx antonyx xtis well blownx ladsx this morningx like the spirit of a youth that means to be of notex begins betimesx sox sox comex give me thatx this wayx well saidx fare thee wellx damex whatexer becomes of mex this is a soldierxs kissx xxkisses herxxx rebukeable and worthy shameful check it werex to stand on more mechanic complimentx ixll leave thee now like a man of steelxxyou that will fightx follow me closex ixll bring you toxtx adieux xxexeunt antonyx erosx captains and soldiersxxx charmianx please youx retire to your chamberx cleopatrax lead mex he goes forth gallantlyx that he and caesar might determine this great war in single fightx then antonyxbut nowxx wellx onx xxexeuntxxx scene vx antonyxs camp near alexandriax trumpets soundx enter antony and erosx a soldier meeting themx soldierx the gods make this a happy day to antonyx antonyx would thou and those thy scars had once prevailed to make me fight at landx soldierx hadst thou done sox the kings that have revolted and the soldier that has this morning left thee would have still followed thy heelsx antonyx whoxs gone this morningx soldierx whox one ever near theex call for enobarbusx he shall not hear theex or from caesarxs camp say xi am none of thinexx antonyx what sayest thoux soldierx sirx he is with caesarx erosx sirx his chests and treasure he has not with himx antonyx is he gonex soldierx most certainx antonyx gox erosx send his treasure afterx do itx detain no jotx i charge theex write to himx i will subscribexgentle adieus and greetingsx say that i wish he never find more cause to change a masterx ox my fortunes have corrupted honest menx dispatchxxenobarbusx xxexeuntxxx scene vix alexandriax caesarxs campx flourishx enter agrippax caesar with enobarbus and dolabellax caesarx go forthx agrippax and begin the fightx our will is antony be took alivex make it so knownx agrippax caesarx i shallx xxexitxxx caesarx the time of universal peace is nearx prove this a prospxrous dayx the threexnooked world shall bear the olive freelyx enter a messengerx messengerx antony is come into the fieldx caesarx go charge agrippa plant those that have revolted in the van that antony may seem to spend his fury upon himselfx xxexeunt caesar and his trainxxx enobarbusx alexas did revolt and went to jewry on affairs of antonyx there did dissuade great herod to incline himself to caesar and leave his master antonyx for this pains casaer hath hanged himx canidius and the rest that fell away have entertainment but no honourable trustx i have done illx of which i do accuse myself so sorely that i will joy no morex enter a soldier of caesarxsx soldierx enobarbusx antony hath after thee sent all thy treasurex with his bounty overplusx the messenger came on my guardx and at thy tent is now unloading of his mulesx enobarbusx i give it youx soldierx mock notx enobarbusx i tell you truex best you safed the bringer out of the hostx i must attend mine officex or would have donext myselfx your emperor continues still a jovex xxexitxxx enobarbusx i am alone the villain of the earthx and feel i am so mostx o antonyx thou mine of bountyx how wouldst thou have paid my better servicex when my turpitude thou dost so crown with goldx this blows my heartx if swift thought break it notx a swifter mean shall outstrike thoughtx but thought will doxtx i feelx i fight against theex nox i will go seek some ditch wherein to diex the foulxst best fits my latter part of lifex xxexitxxx scene viix field of battle between the campsx alarumx drums and trumpetsx enter agrippa and othersx agrippax retirex we have engaged ourselves too farx caesar himself has workx and our oppression exceeds what we expectedx xxexeuntxxx alarumsx enter antony and scarus woundedx scarusx o my brave emperorx this is fought indeedx had we done so at firstx we had droven them home with clouts about their headsx antonyx thou bleedxst apacex scarusx i had a wound here that was like a tx but now xtis made an hx xsounds retreat far offxx antonyx they do retirex scarusx wexll beat xem into benchxholesx i have yet room for six scotches morex enter erosx erosx they are beatenx sirx and our advantage serves for a fair victoryx scarusx let us score their backs and snatch xem up as we take haresx behindx xtis sport to maul a runnerx antonyx i will reward thee once for thy sprightly comfortx and tenfold for thy good valourx come thee onx scarusx ixll halt afterx xxexeuntxxx scene viiix under the walls of alexandriax alarumx enter antony again in a marchx scarus with othersx antonyx we have beat him to his campx run one before and let the queen know of our gestsx tomorrowx before the sun shall seexsx wexll spill the blood that has today escapedx i thank you allx for doughtyxhanded are youx and have fought not as you served the causex but asxt had been each manxs like minex you have shown all hectorsx enter the cityx clip your wivesx your friendsx tell them your featsx whilst they with joyful tears wash the congealment from your wounds and kiss the honoured gashes wholex enter cleopatrax xxto scarusxxx give me thy handx to this great fairy ixll commend thy actsx make her thanks bless theex o thou day ox thx worldx chain mine armed neckx leap thoux attire and allx through proof of harness to my heartx and there ride on the pants triumphingx cleopatrax lord of lordsx o infinite virtuex comxst thou smiling from the worldxs great snare uncaughtx antonyx mine nightingalex we have beat them to their bedsx whatx girlx though grey do something mingle with our younger brownx yet hax we a brain that nourishes our nerves and can get goal for goal of youthx behold this manx commend unto his lips thy favouring handxx kiss itx my warriorx he hath fought today as if a godx in hate of mankindx had destroyed in such a shapex cleopatrax ixll give theex friendx an armour all of goldx it was a kingxsx antonyx he has deserved itx were it carbuncled like holy phxbusx carx give me thy handx through alexandria make a jolly marchx bear our hacked targets like the men that owe themx had our great palace the capacity to camp this hostx we all would sup together and drink carouses to the next dayxs fatex which promises royal perilxxtrumpetersx with brazen din blast you the cityxs earx make mingle with our rattling tabourinesx that heaven and earth may strike their sounds togetherx applauding our approachx xxexeuntxxx scene ixx caesarxs campx enter a sentry and his companyx enobarbus followsx sentryx if we be not relieved within this hourx we must return to thx court of guardx the night is shinyx and they say we shall embattle by thx second hour ix thx mornx first watchx this last day was a shrewd one toxsx enobarbusx ox bear me witnessx nightxx second watchx what man is thisx first watchx stand close and list himx enobarbusx be witness to mex o thou blessed moonx when men revolted shall upon record bear hateful memoryx poor enobarbus did before thy face repentx sentryx enobarbusx second watchx peacex hark furtherx enobarbusx o sovereign mistress of true melancholyx the poisonous damp of night disponge upon mex that lifex a very rebel to my willx may hang no longer on mex throw my heart against the flint and hardness of my faultx whichx being dried with griefx will break to powder and finish all foul thoughtsx o antonyx nobler than my revolt is infamousx forgive me in thine own particularx but let the world rank me in register a masterxleaver and a fugitivex o antonyx o antonyx xxdiesxxx first watchx letxs speak to himx sentryx letxs hear himx for the things he speaks may concern caesarx second watchx letxs do sox but he sleepsx sentryx swoons ratherx for so bad a prayer as his was never yet for sleepx first watchx go we to himx second watchx awakex sirx awakex speak to usx first watchx hear youx sirx sentryx the hand of death hath raught himx xxdrums afar offxxx harkx the drums demurely wake the sleepersx let us bear him to thx court of guardx he is of notex our hour is fully outx second watchx come onx thenx he may recover yetx xxexeunt with the bodyxxx scene xx ground between the two campsx enter antony and scarus with their armyx antonyx their preparation is today by seax we please them not by landx scarusx for bothx my lordx antonyx i would theyxd fight ix thx fire or ix thx airx wexd fight there toox but this it isx our foot upon the hills adjoining to the city shall stay with usxorder for sea is givenx they have put forth the havenx where their appointment we may best discover and look on their endeavourx xxexeuntxxx scene xix another part of the groundx enter caesar and his armyx caesarx but being chargedx we will be still by landx whichx as i takextx we shallx for his best force is forth to man his galleysx to the valesx and hold our best advantagex xxexeuntxxx scene xiix another part of the groundx alarum afar offx as at a sea fightx enter antony and scarusx antonyx yet they are not joinedx where yond pine does stand i shall discover allx ixll bring thee word straight how xtis like to gox xxexitxxx scarusx swallows have built in cleopatraxs sails their nestsx the augurs say they know notx they cannot tellx look grimlyx and dare not speak their knowledgex antony is valiant and dejectedx and by starts his fretted fortunes give him hope and fear of what he has and has notx enter antonyx antonyx all is lostx this foul egyptian hath betrayed mex my fleet hath yielded to the foex and yonder they cast their caps up and carouse together like friends long lostx triplexturned whorex xtis thou hast sold me to this novicex and my heart makes only wars on theex bid them all flyx for when i am revenged upon my charmx i have done allx bid them all flyx be gonex xxexit scarusxxx o sunx thy uprise shall i see no morex fortune and antony part herex even here do we shake handsx all come to thisx the hearts that spanieled me at heelsx to whom i gave their wishesx do discandyx melt their sweets on blossoming caesarx and this pine is barked that overtopped them allx betrayxd i amx o this false soul of egyptx this grave charmx whose eye becked forth my wars and called them homex whose bosom was my crownetx my chief endx like a right gypsy hath at fast and loose beguiled me to the very heart of lossx whatx erosx erosx enter cleopatrax ahx thou spellx avauntx cleopatrax why is my lord enraged against his lovex antonyx vanishx or i shall give thee thy deserving and blemish caesarxs triumphx let him take thee and hoist thee up to the shouting plebeiansx follow his chariotx like the greatest spot of all thy sexx most monsterxlike be shown for poorxst diminutivesx for doltsx and let patient octavia plough thy visage up with her prepared nailsx xxexit cleopatraxxx xtis well thouxrt gonex if it be well to livex but better xtwere thou fellxst into my furyx for one death might have prevented manyxxerosx hoxx the shirt of nessus is upon mex teach mex alcidesx thou mine ancestorx thy ragex let me lodge lichas on the horns ox thx moonx and with those hands that grasped the heaviest club subdue my worthiest selfx the witch shall diex to the young roman boy she hath sold mex and i fall under this plotx she dies forxtxxerosx hox xxexitxxx scene xiiix alexandriax a room in the palacex enter cleopatrax charmianx iras and mardianx cleopatrax help mex my womenx ox he is more mad than telamon for his shieldx the boar of thessaly was never so embossedx charmianx to thx monumentx there lock yourself and send him word you are deadx the soul and body rive not more in parting than greatness going offx cleopatrax to thx monumentx mardianx go tell him i have slain myselfx say that the last i spoke was xantonyxx and word itx pritheex piteouslyx hencex mardianx and bring me how he takes my deathxxto thx monumentx xxexeuntxxx scene xivx alexandriax another roomx enter antony and erosx antonyx erosx thou yet beholdxst mex erosx ayx noble lordx antonyx sometime we see a cloud thatxs dragonishx a vapour sometime like a bear or lionx a towered citadelx a pendant rockx a forked mountainx or blue promontory with trees uponxtx that nod unto the world and mock our eyes with airx thou hast seen these signsx they are black vesperxs pageantsx erosx ayx my lordx antonyx that which is now a horsex even with a thought the rack dislimns and makes it indistinct as water is in waterx erosx it doesx my lordx antonyx my good knave erosx now thy captain is even such a bodyx here i am antonyx yet cannot hold this visible shapex my knavex i made these wars for egyptx and the queenx whose heart i thought i hadx for she had minex whichx whilst it was minex had annexed untoxt a million morex now lostxshex erosx has packed cards with caesarx and falsexplayed my glory unto an enemyxs triumphx nayx weep notx gentle erosx there is left us ourselves to end ourselvesx enter mardianx ox thy vile ladyx she has robbed me of my swordx mardianx nox antonyx my mistress loved thee and her fortunes mingled with thine entirelyx antonyx hencex saucy eunuchx peacex she hath betrayed me and shall die the deathx mardianx death of one person can be paid but oncex and that she has dischargedx what thou wouldst do is done unto thy handx the last she spake was xantonyx most noble antonyxx then in the midst a tearing groan did break the name of antonyx it was divided between her heart and lipsx she rendered lifex thy name so buried in herx antonyx deadx thenx mardianx deadx antonyx unarmx erosx the long dayxs task is donex and we must sleepxxthat thou departxst hence safe does pay thy labour richlyx gox xxexit mardianxxx offx pluck offx the sevenfold shield of ajax cannot keep the battery from my heartx ox cleavex my sidesx heartx once be stronger than thy continentx crack thy frail casex apacex erosx apacex no more a soldierx bruised piecesx gox you have been nobly bornex from me awhilex xxexit erosxxx i will oxertake theex cleopatrax and weep for my pardonx so it must bex for now all length is torturex since the torch is outx lie downx and stray no fartherx now all labour mars what it doesx yeax very force entangles itself with strengthx seal thenx and all is donex erosxxi comex my queenxxerosxxstay for mex where souls do couch on flowersx wexll hand in handx and with our sprightly port make the ghosts gazex dido and her aeneas shall want troopsx and all the haunt be oursxxcomex erosx erosx enter erosx erosx what would my lordx antonyx since cleopatra diedx i have lived in such dishonour that the gods detest my basenessx ix that with my sword quartered the worldx and oxer green neptunexs back with ships made citiesx condemn myself to lack the courage of a womanx less noble mind than she whichx by her deathx our caesar tells xi am conqueror of myselfxx thou art swornx erosx that when the exigent should comex which now is come indeedx when i should see behind me thx inevitable prosecution of disgrace and horrorx that on my command thou then wouldst kill mex doxtx the time is comex thou strikxst not mex xtis caesar thou defeatxstx put colour in thy cheekx erosx the gods withhold mex shall i do that which all the parthian dartsx though enemyx lost aim and could notx antonyx erosx wouldst thou be windowed in great rome and see thy master thus with pleached armsx bending down his corrigible neckx his face subdued to penetrative shamex whilst the wheeled seat of fortunate caesarx drawn before himx branded his baseness that ensuedx erosx i would not seextx antonyx comex thenx for with a wound i must be curedx draw that thy honest swordx which thou hast worn most useful for thy countryx erosx ox sirx pardon mex antonyx when i did make thee freex sworxst thou not then to do this when i bade theex do it at oncex or thy precedent services are all but accidents unpurposedx drawx and comex erosx turn from me then that noble countenance wherein the worship of the whole world liesx antonyx lo theex xxturning from himxxx erosx my sword is drawnx antonyx then let it do at once the thing why thou hast drawn itx erosx my dear masterx my captain and my emperorx let me sayx before i strike this bloody strokex farewellx antonyx xtis saidx manx and farewellx erosx farewellx great chiefx shall i strike nowx antonyx nowx erosx erosx whyx there thenx xxkills himselfxx thus do i escape the sorrow of antonyxs deathx xxdiesxxx antonyx thrice nobler than myselfx thou teachest mex o valiant erosx what i should and thou couldst notx my queen and eros have by their brave instruction got upon me a nobleness in recordx but i will be a bridegroom in my death and run intoxt as to a loverxs bedx come thenx andx erosx thy master dies thy scholarx to do thus xxfalling on his swordxxx i learned of theex howx not deadx not deadx the guardx hox ox dispatch mex enter a company of the guardx one of them dercetusx first guardx whatxs the noisex antonyx i have done my work illx friendsx ox make an end of what i have begunx second guardx the star is fallenx first guardx and time is at his periodx allx alasx and woex antonyx let him that loves me strike me deadx first guardx not ix second guardx nor ix third guardx nor anyonex xxexeunt guardxxx dercetusx thy death and fortunes bid thy followers flyx this sword but shown to caesar with this tidingsx shall enter me with himx enter diomedesx diomedesx wherexs antonyx dercetusx therex diomedx therex diomedesx lives hex wilt thou not answerx manx xxexit dercetusxxx antonyx art thou therex diomedx draw thy sword and give me sufficing strokes for deathx diomedesx most absolute lordx my mistress cleopatra sent me to theex antonyx when did she send theex diomedesx nowx my lordx antonyx where is shex diomedesx locked in her monumentx she had a prophesying fear of what hath come to passx for when she sawx which never shall be foundxyou did suspect she had disposed with caesarx and that your rage would not be purgedx she sent you word she was deadx but fearing since how it might workx hath sent me to proclaim the truthx and i am comex i dreadx too latex antonyx too latex good diomedx call my guardx i pritheex diomedesx whatx hox the emperorxs guardx the guardx what hox comex your lord callsx enter four or five of the guard of antonyx antonyx bear mex good friendsx where cleopatra bidesx xtis the last service that i shall command youx first guardx woex woe are wex sirx you may not live to wear all your true followers outx allx most heavy dayx antonyx nayx good my fellowsx do not please sharp fate to grace it with your sorrowsx bid that welcome which comes to punish usx and we punish itx seeming to bear it lightlyx take me upx i have led you oftx carry me nowx good friendsx and have my thanks for allx xxexeuntx bearing antonyxxx scene xvx alexandriax a monumentx enter cleopatra and her maids aloftx with charmian and irasx cleopatrax o charmianx i will never go from hencex charmianx be comfortedx dear madamx cleopatrax nox i will notx all strange and terrible events are welcomex but comforts we despisex our size of sorrowx proportioned to our causex must be as great as that which makes itx enterx below diomedesx how nowx is he deadx diomedesx his deathxs upon himx but not deadx look out ox thx other side your monumentx his guard have brought him thitherx enterx below antony borne by the guardx cleopatrax o sunx burn the great sphere thou movxst inx darkling stand the varying shore ox thx worldx o antonyx antonyx antonyx helpx charmianx helpx irasx helpx helpx friends belowx letxs draw him hitherx antonyx peacex not caesarxs valour hath oxerthrown antonyx but antonyxs hath triumphed on itselfx cleopatrax so it should bex that none but antony should conquer antonyx but woe xtis sox antonyx i am dyingx egyptx dyingx only i here importune death awhile until of many thousand kisses the poor last i lay upon thy lipsx cleopatrax i dare notx dear dear my lordx pardonx i dare notx lest i be takenx not thx imperious show of the fullxfortuned caesar ever shall be brooched with mex if knifex drugsx serpentsx have edgex stingx or operationx i am safex your wife octaviax with her modest eyes and still conclusionx shall acquire no honour demuring upon mex but comex comex antonyx help mex my womenxwe must draw thee upx assistx good friendsx antonyx ox quickx or i am gonex cleopatrax herexs sport indeedx how heavy weighs my lordx our strength is all gone into heavinessx that makes the weightx had i great junoxs powerx the strongxwinged mercury should fetch thee up and set thee by jovexs sidex yet come a littlex wishers were ever foolsx o comex come comex xxthey heave antony aloft to cleopatraxxx and welcomex welcomex die where thou hast livedx quicken with kissingx had my lips that powerx thus would i wear them outx allx a heavy sightx antonyx i am dyingx egyptx dyingx give me some winex and let me speak a littlex cleopatrax nox let me speakx and let me rail so high that the false huswife fortune break her wheelx provoked by my offencex antonyx one wordx sweet queenx of caesar seek your honourx with your safetyx ox cleopatrax they do not go togetherx antonyx gentlex hear mex none about caesar trust but proculeiusx cleopatrax my resolution and my hands ixll trustx none about caesarx antonyx the miserable change now at my end lament nor sorrow atx but please your thoughts in feeding them with those my former fortunes wherein i lived the greatest prince ox thx worldx the noblestx and do now not basely diex not cowardly put off my helmet to my countrymanx a roman by a roman valiantly vanquishedx now my spirit is goingx i can no morex cleopatrax noblest of menx wooxt diex hast thou no care of mex shall i abide in this dull worldx which in thy absence is no better than a styx ox seex my womenx xx antony diesxxx the crown ox thx earth doth meltxxmy lordx ox withered is the garland of the warx the soldierxs pole is fallenx young boys and girls are level now with menx the odds is gonex and there is nothing left remarkable beneath the visiting moonx xxfaintsxxx charmianx ox quietnessx ladyx irasx she is dead toox our sovereignx charmianx ladyx irasx madamx charmianx o madamx madamx madamx irasx royal egyptx empressx charmianx peacex peacex irasx cleopatrax no more but exen a womanx and commanded by such poor passion as the maid that milks and does the meanest charesx it were for me to throw my sceptre at the injurious godsx to tell them that this world did equal theirs till they had stolen our jewelx allxs but naughtx patience is sottishx and impatience does become a dog thatxs madx then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death ere death dare come to usx how do youx womenx whatx whatx good cheerx whyx how nowx charmianx my noble girlsx ahx womenx womenx lookx our lamp is spentx itxs outx good sirsx take heartx wexll bury himx and thenx whatxs bravex whatxs noblex letxs do it after the high roman fashion and make death proud to take usx comex awayx this case of that huge spirit now is coldx ahx womenx womenx comex we have no friend but resolution and the briefest endx xxexeuntx bearing off antonyxs bodyxxx act v scene ix caesarxs camp before alexandriax enter caesarx agrippax dolabellax maecenasx gallusx proculeius with his council of warx caesarx go to himx dolabellax bid him yieldx being so frustratex tell himx he mocks the pauses that he makesx dolabellax caesarx i shallx xxexitxxx enter dercetus with the sword of antonyx caesarx wherefore is thatx and what art thou that darxst appear thus to usx dercetusx i am called dercetusx mark antony i servedx who best was worthy best to be servedx whilst he stood up and spokex he was my masterx and i wore my life to spend upon his hatersx if thou please to take me to theex as i was to him ixll be to caesarx if thou pleasest notx i yield thee up my lifex caesarx what isxt thou sayxstx dercetusx i sayx o caesarx antony is deadx caesarx the breaking of so great a thing should make a greater crackx the round world should have shook lions into civil streetsx and citizens to their densx the death of antony is not a single doomx in the name lay a moiety of the worldx dercetusx he is deadx caesarx not by a public minister of justicex nor by a hired knifex but that self hand which writ his honour in the acts it did hathx with the courage which the heart did lend itx splitted the heartx this is his swordx i robbed his wound of itx behold it stained with his most noble bloodx caesarx look you sadx friendsx the gods rebuke mex but it is tidings to wash the eyes of kingsx agrippax and strange it is that nature must compel us to lament our most persisted deedsx maecenasx his taints and honours waged equal with himx agrippax a rarer spirit never did steer humanityx but you gods will give us some faults to make us menx caesar is touchedx maecenasx when such a spacious mirrorxs set before himx he needs must see himselfx caesarx o antonyx i have followed thee to thisx but we do lance diseases in our bodiesx i must perforce have shown to thee such a declining day or look on thinex we could not stall together in the whole worldx but yet let me lament with tears as sovereign as the blood of heartsx that thoux my brotherx my competitor in top of all designx my mate in empirex friend and companion in the front of warx the arm of mine own bodyx and the heart where mine his thoughts did kindlex that our starsx unreconciliablex should divide our equalness to thisx hear mex good friendsx enter an egyptianx but i will tell you at some meeter seasonx the business of this man looks out of himx wexll hear him what he saysx whence are youx egyptianx a poor egyptian yetx the queenx my mistressx confined in all she hasx her monumentx of thy intents desires instructionx that she preparedly may frame herself to the way shexs forced tox caesarx bid her have good heartx she soon shall know of usx by some of oursx how honourable and how kindly we determine for herx for caesar cannot lean to be ungentlex egyptianx so the gods preserve theex xxexitxxx caesarx come hitherx proculeiusx go and say we purpose her no shamex give her what comforts the quality of her passion shall requirex lestx in her greatnessx by some mortal stroke she do defeat usx for her life in rome would be eternal in our triumphx gox and with your speediest bring us what she says and how you find of herx proculeiusx caesarx i shallx xxexit proculeiusxxx caesarx gallusx go you alongx xxexit gallusxxx wherexs dolabellax to second proculeiusx allx dolabellax caesarx let him alonex for i remember now how hexs employedx he shall in time be readyx go with me to my tentx where you shall see how hardly i was drawn into this warx how calm and gentle i proceeded still in all my writingsx go with me and see what i can show in thisx xxexeuntxxx scene iix alexandriax a room in the monumentx enter cleopatrax charmian and irasx cleopatrax my desolation does begin to make a better lifex xtis paltry to be caesarx not being fortunex hexs but fortunexs knavex a minister of her willx and it is great to do that thing that ends all other deedsx which shackles accidents and bolts up changex which sleeps and never palates more the dungx the beggarxs nurse and caesarxsx enter proculeiusx proculeiusx caesar sends greetings to the queen of egyptx and bids thee study on what fair demands thou meanxst to have him grant theex cleopatrax whatxs thy namex proculeiusx my name is proculeiusx cleopatrax antony did tell me of youx bade me trust youx but i do not greatly care to be deceived that have no use for trustingx if your master would have a queen his beggarx you must tell him that majestyx to keep decorumx must no less beg than a kingdomx if he please to give me conquered egypt for my sonx he gives me so much of mine own as i will kneel to him with thanksx proculeiusx be of good cheerx you are fallen into a princely handx fear nothingx make your full reference freely to my lordx who is so full of grace that it flows over on all that needx let me report to him your sweet dependencyx and you shall find a conqueror that will pray in aid for kindness where he for grace is kneeled tox cleopatrax pray you tell him i am his fortunexs vassal and i send him the greatness he has gotx i hourly learn a doctrine of obediencex and would gladly look him ix thx facex proculeiusx this ixll reportx dear ladyx have comfortx for i know your plight is pitied of him that caused itx enter gallus and roman soldiersx you see how easily she may be surprisedx guard her till caesar comex irasx royal queenx charmianx o cleopatrax thou art takenx queenx cleopatrax quickx quickx good handsx xxdrawing a daggerxxx proculeiusx holdx worthy ladyx holdx xxseizes and disarms herxxx do not yourself such wrongx who are in this relievedx but not betrayedx cleopatrax whatx of death toox that rids our dogs of languishx proculeiusx cleopatrax do not abuse my masterxs bounty by thx undoing of yourselfx let the world see his nobleness well actedx which your death will never let come forthx cleopatrax where art thoux deathx come hitherx comex comex comex and take a queen worth many babes and beggarsx proculeiusx ox temperancex ladyx cleopatrax sirx i will eat no meatx ixll not drinkx sirx if idle talk will once be necessaryx ixll not sleep neitherx this mortal house ixll ruinx do caesar what he canx knowx sirx that i will not wait pinioned at your masterxs courtx nor once be chastised with the sober eye of dull octaviax shall they hoist me up and show me to the shouting varletry of censuring romex rather a ditch in egypt be gentle grave unto mex rather on nilusx mud lay me starkxnakedx and let the waterxflies blow me into abhorringx rather make my countryxs high pyramides my gibbet and hang me up in chainsx proculeiusx you do extend these thoughts of horror further than you shall find cause in caesarx enter dolabellax dolabellax proculeiusx what thou hast done thy master caesar knowsx and he hath sent for theex for the queenx ixll take her to my guardx proculeiusx sox dolabellax it shall content me bestx be gentle to herx xxto cleopatraxxx to caesar i will speak what you shall pleasex if youxll employ me to himx cleopatrax say i would diex xxexeunt proculeius and soldiersxxx dolabellax most noble empressx you have heard of mex cleopatrax i cannot tellx dolabellax assuredly you know mex cleopatrax no matterx sirx what i have heard or knownx you laugh when boys or women tell their dreamsx isxt not your trickx dolabellax i understand notx madamx cleopatrax i dreamt there was an emperor antonyx ox such another sleepx that i might see but such another manx dolabellax if it might please youx cleopatrax his face was as the heavensx and therein stuck a sun and moonx which kept their coursex and lighted the little ox the earthx dolabellax most sovereign creaturex cleopatrax his legs bestrid the oceanx his reared arm crested the worldx his voice was propertied as all the tuned spheresx and that to friendsx but when he meant to quail and shake the orbx he was as rattling thunderx for his bountyx there was no winter inxtx an autumn xtwas that grew the more by reapingx his delights were dolphinxlikex they showed his back above the element they lived inx in his livery walked crowns and crownetsx realms and islands were as plates dropped from his pocketx dolabellax cleopatrax cleopatrax think you there was or might be such a man as this i dreamt ofx dolabellax gentle madamx nox cleopatrax you lie up to the hearing of the godsx but if there be nor ever were one suchx itxs past the size of dreamingx nature wants stuff to vie strange forms with fancyx yet tx imagine an antony were naturexs piece xgainst fancyx condemning shadows quitex dolabellax hear mex good madamx your loss isx as yourselfx greatx and you bear it as answering to the weightx would i might never oxertake pursued successx but i do feelx by the rebound of yoursx a grief that smites my very heart at rootx cleopatrax i thank youx sirx know you what caesar means to do with mex dolabellax i am loath to tell you what i would you knewx cleopatrax nayx pray youx sirx dolabellax though he be honourablex cleopatrax hexll lead mex thenx in triumphx dolabellax madamx he willx i know itx flourishx enter caesarx proculeiusx gallusx maecenas and others of his trainx allx make way therex caesarx caesarx which is the queen of egyptx dolabellax it is the emperorx madamx xxcleopatra kneelsxxx caesarx arisex you shall not kneelx i pray youx risex risex egyptx cleopatrax sirx the gods will have it thusx my master and my lord i must obeyx caesarx take to you no hard thoughtsx the record of what injuries you did usx though written in our fleshx we shall remember as things but done by chancex cleopatrax sole sir ox thx worldx i cannot project mine own cause so well to make it clearx but do confess i have been laden with like frailties which before have often shamed our sexx caesarx cleopatrax know we will extenuate rather than enforcex if you apply yourself to our intentsx which towards you are most gentlex you shall find a benefit in this changex but if you seek to lay on me a cruelty by taking antonyxs coursex you shall bereave yourself of my good purposesx and put your children to that destruction which ixll guard them from if thereon you relyx ixll take my leavex cleopatrax and mayx through all the worldx xtis yoursx and wex your scutcheons and your signs of conquestx shall hang in what place you pleasex herex my good lordx caesarx you shall advise me in all for cleopatrax cleopatrax this is the brief of moneyx platex and jewels i am possessed ofx xtis exactly valuedx not petty things admittedx wherexs seleucusx enter seleucusx seleucusx herex madamx cleopatrax this is my treasurerx let him speakx my lordx upon his perilx that i have reserved to myself nothingx speak the truthx seleucusx seleucusx madamx i had rather seal my lips than to my peril speak that which is notx cleopatrax what have i kept backx seleucusx enough to purchase what you have made knownx caesarx nayx blush notx cleopatrax i approve your wisdom in the deedx cleopatrax seex caesarx ox beholdx how pomp is followedx mine will now be yours and should we shift estatesx yours would be minex the ingratitude of this seleucus does even make me wildx o slavex of no more trust than love thatxs hiredx whatx goest thou backx thou shalt go backx i warrant theex but ixll catch thine eyes though they had wingsx slavex soulless villainx dogx o rarely basex caesarx good queenx let us entreat youx cleopatrax o caesarx what a wounding shame is thisx that thou vouchsafing here to visit mex doing the honour of thy lordliness to one so meekx that mine own servant should parcel the sum of my disgraces by addition of his envyx sayx good caesarx that i some lady trifles have reservedx immoment toysx things of such dignity as we greet modern friends withalx and say some nobler token i have kept apart for livia and octaviax to induce their mediationx must i be unfolded with one that i have bredx the godsx it smites me beneath the fall i havex xxto seleucusxxx prithee go hencex or i shall show the cinders of my spirits through thx ashes of my chancex wert thou a manx thou wouldst have mercy on mex caesarx forbearx seleucusx xxexit seleucusxxx cleopatrax be it known that wex the greatestx are misthought for things that others dox and when we fallx we answer othersx merits in our namex are therefore to be pitiedx caesarx cleopatrax not what you have reserved nor what acknowledged put we ix thx roll of conquestx still bext yoursx bestow it at your pleasurex and believe caesarxs no merchant to make prize with you of things that merchants soldx therefore be cheeredx make not your thoughts your prisonsx nox dear queenx for we intend so to dispose you as yourself shall give us counselx feed and sleepx our care and pity is so much upon you that we remain your friendx and sox adieux cleopatrax my master and my lordx caesarx not sox adieux xxflourishx exeunt caesar and his trainxxx cleopatrax he words mex girlsx he words mex that i should not be noble to myselfx but hark theex charmianx xxwhispers to charmianxxx irasx finishx good ladyx the bright day is donex and we are for the darkx cleopatrax hie thee againx i have spoke alreadyx and it is providedx go put it to the hastex charmianx madamx i willx enter dolabellax dolabellax wherexs the queenx charmianx beholdx sirx xxexitxxx cleopatrax dolabellax dolabellax madamx as thereto sworn by your commandx which my love makes religion to obeyx i tell you thisx caesar through syria intends his journeyx and within three days you with your children will he send beforex make your best use of thisx i have performed your pleasure and my promisex cleopatrax dolabellax i shall remain your debtorx dolabellax i your servantx adieux good queenx i must attend on caesarx cleopatrax farewellx and thanksx xxexit dolabellaxxx nowx irasx what thinkxst thoux thou an egyptian puppet shall be shown in rome as well as ix mechanic slaves with greasy apronsx rulesx and hammers shall uplift us to the viewx in their thick breathsx rank of gross dietx shall we be encloudedx and forced to drink their vapourx irasx the gods forbidx cleopatrax nayx xtis most certainx irasx saucy lictors will catch at us like strumpetsx and scald rhymers ballad us out ox tunex the quick comedians extemporally will stage us and present our alexandrian revelsx antony shall be brought drunken forthx and i shall see some squeaking cleopatra boy my greatness ix thx posture of a whorex irasx o the good godsx cleopatrax nayx thatxs certainx irasx ixll never seextx for i am sure mine nails are stronger than mine eyesx cleopatrax whyx thatxs the way to fool their preparation and to conquer their most absurd intentsx enter charmianx nowx charmianx show mex my womenx like a queenx go fetch my best attiresx i am again for cydnus to meet mark antonyx sirrahx irasx gox nowx noble charmianx wexll dispatch indeedx and when thou hast done this charex ixll give thee leave to play till doomsdayx bring our crown and allx xxexit irasx a noise withinxxx whereforexs this noisex enter a guardsmanx guardsmanx here is a rural fellow that will not be denied your highnessx presencex he brings you figsx cleopatrax let him come inx xxexit guardsmanxxx what poor an instrument may do a noble deedx he brings me libertyx my resolutionxs placedx and i have nothing of woman in mex now from head to foot i am marblexconstantx now the fleeting moon no planet is of minex enter guardsman and clown with a basketx guardsmanx this is the manx cleopatrax avoidx and leave himx xxexit guardsmanxxx hast thou the pretty worm of nilus there that kills and pains notx clownx trulyx i have himx but i would not be the party that should desire you to touch himx for his biting is immortalx those that do die of it do seldom or never recoverx cleopatrax rememberxst thou any that have died onxtx clownx very manyx men and women toox i heard of one of them no longer than yesterdayxa very honest womanx but something given to liex as a woman should not do but in the way of honestyxhow she died of the biting of itx what pain she feltx truly she makes a very good report ox thx wormx but he that will believe all that they say shall never be saved by half that they dox but this is most falliablex the wormxs an odd wormx cleopatrax get thee hencex farewellx clownx i wish you all joy of the wormx xxsets down the basketxxx cleopatrax farewellx clownx you must think thisx look youx that the worm will do his kindx cleopatrax ayx ayx farewellx clownx look youx the worm is not to be trusted but in the keeping of wise peoplex for indeed there is no goodness in the wormx cleopatrax take thou no carex it shall be heededx clownx very goodx give it nothingx i pray youx for it is not worth the feedingx cleopatrax will it eat mex clownx you must not think i am so simple but i know the devil himself will not eat a womanx i know that a woman is a dish for the gods if the devil dress her notx but trulyx these same whoreson devils do the gods great harm in their womenx for in every ten that they makex the devils mar fivex cleopatrax wellx get thee gonex farewellx clownx yesx forsoothx i wish you joy ox thx wormx xxexitxxx enter iras with a robex crownx xcx cleopatrax give me my robex put on my crownx i have immortal longings in mex now no more the juice of egyptxs grape shall moist this lipx yarex yarex good irasx quickx methinks i hear antony callx i see him rouse himself to praise my noble actx i hear him mock the luck of caesarx which the gods give men to excuse their after wrathx husbandx i comex now to that name my courage prove my titlex i am fire and airx my other elements i give to baser lifexxsox have you donex come thenx and take the last warmth of my lipsx farewellx kind charmianx irasx long farewellx xxkisses themx iras falls and diesxxx have i the aspic in my lipsx dost fallx if thou and nature can so gently partx the stroke of death is as a loverxs pinchx which hurts and is desiredx dost thou lie stillx if thus thou vanishestx thou tellxst the world it is not worth leavextakingx charmianx dissolvex thick cloudx and rainx that i may say the gods themselves do weepx cleopatrax this proves me basex if she first meet the curled antonyx hexll make demand of herx and spend that kiss which is my heaven to havexxcomex thou mortal wretchx xxto an aspx which she applies to her breastxxx with thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate of life at once untiex poor venomous foolx be angry and dispatchx o couldst thou speakx that i might hear thee call great caesar ass unpoliciedx charmianx o eastern starx cleopatrax peacex peacex dost thou not see my baby at my breast that sucks the nurse asleepx charmianx ox breakx ox breakx cleopatrax as sweet as balmx as soft as airx as gentlex o antonyxxnayx i will take thee toox xxapplying another asp to her armxxx what should i stayx xxdiesxxx charmianx in this vile worldx sox fare thee wellx now boast theex deathx in thy possession lies a lass unparalleledx downy windowsx closex and golden phxbus never be beheld of eyes again so royalx your crownxs awryx ixll mend it and then playx enter the guard rustling inx first guardx wherexs the queenx charmianx speak softlyx wake her notx first guardx caesar hath sentx charmianx too slow a messengerx xxapplies an aspxxx ox come apacex dispatchx i partly feel theex first guardx approachx hox allxs not wellx caesarxs beguiledx second guardx therexs dolabella sent from caesarx call himx first guardx what work is herex charmianx is this well donex charmianx it is well donex and fitting for a princess descended of so many royal kingsx ahx soldierx xxcharmian diesxxx enter dolabellax dolabellax how goes it herex second guardx all deadx dolabellax caesarx thy thoughts touch their effects in thisx thyself art coming to see performed the dreaded act which thou so soughtxst to hinderx enter caesar and all his trainx marchingx allx a way therex a way for caesarx dolabellax o sirx you are too sure an augurerx that you did fear is donex caesarx bravest at the lastx she levelled at our purposes andx being royalx took her own wayx the manner of their deathsx i do not see them bleedx dolabellax who was last with themx first guardx a simple countryman that brought her figsx this was his basketx caesarx poisoned thenx first guardx o caesarx this charmian lived but nowx she stood and spakex i found her trimming up the diadem on her dead mistressx tremblingly she stoodx and on the sudden droppedx caesarx o noble weaknessx if they had swallowed poison xtwould appear by external swellingx but she looks like sleepx as she would catch another antony in her strong toil of gracex dolabellax here on her breast there is a vent of bloodx and something blownx the like is on her armx first guardx this is an aspicxs trailx and these fig leaves have slime upon themx such as thx aspic leaves upon the caves of nilex caesarx most probable that so she diedx for her physician tells me she hath pursued conclusions infinite of easy ways to diex take up her bedx and bear her women from the monumentx she shall be buried by her antonyx no grave upon the earth shall clip in it a pair so famousx high events as these strike those that make themx and their story is no less in pity than his glory which brought them to be lamentedx our army shall in solemn show attend this funeralx and then to romex comex dolabellax see high order in this great solemnityx xxexeunt omnesxxx as you like it dramatis personaex dukex living in exile frederickx his brotherx and usurper of his dominions amiensx lord attending on the banished duke jaquesx x x x x x x le beaux a courtier attending upon frederick charlesx wrestler to frederick oliverx son of sir rowland de boys jaquesx x x x x x x orlandox x x x x x x adamx servant to oliver dennisx x x x touchstonex the court jester sir oliver martextx a vicar corinx shepherd silviusx x williamx a country fellowx in love with audrey a person representing hymen rosalindx daughter to the banished duke celiax daughter to frederick phebex a shepherdes audreyx a country wench lordsx pagesx forestersx and attendants scenex oliverxs housex frederickxs courtx and the forest of arden act ix scene ix orchard of oliverxs house enter orlando and adam orlandox as i rememberx adamx it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crownsx andx as thou sayxstx charged my brotherx on his blessingx to breed me wellx and there begins my sadnessx my brother jaques he keeps at schoolx and report speaks goldenly of his profitx for my partx he keeps me rustically at homex orx to speak more properlyx stays me here at home unkeptx for call you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth that differs not from the stalling of an oxx his horses are bred betterx forx besides that they are fair with their feedingx they are taught their managex and to that end riders dearly hirxdx but ix his brotherx gain nothing under him but growthx for the which his animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as ix besides this nothing that he so plentifully gives mex the something that nature gave me his countenance seems to take from mex he lets me feed with his hindsx bars me the place of a brotherx and as much as in him liesx mines my gentility with my educationx this is itx adamx that grieves mex and the spirit of my fatherx which i think is within mex begins to mutiny against this servitudex i will no longer endure itx though yet i know no wise remedy how to avoid itx enter oliver adamx yonder comes my masterx your brotherx orlandox go apartx adamx and thou shalt hear how he will shake me upx xadam retiresx oliverx nowx sirx what make you herex orlandox nothingx i am not taught to make any thingx oliverx what mar you thenx sirx orlandox marryx sirx i am helping you to mar that which god madex a poor unworthy brother of yoursx with idlenessx oliverx marryx sirx be better employedx and be nought awhilex orlandox shall i keep your hogsx and eat husks with themx what prodigal portion have i spent that i should come to such penuryx oliverx know you where you arex sirx orlandox ox sirx very wellx here in your orchardx oliverx know you before whomx sirx orlandox ayx better than him i am before knows mex i know you are my eldest brotherx and in the gentle condition of bloodx you should so know mex the courtesy of nations allows you my better in that you are the firstxbornx but the same tradition takes not away my bloodx were there twenty brothers betwixt usx i have as much of my father in me as youx albeit i confess your coming before me is nearer to his reverencex oliverx whatx boyx xstrikes himx orlandox comex comex elder brotherx you are too young in thisx oliverx wilt thou lay hands on mex villainx orlandox i am no villainx i am the youngest son of sir rowland de boysx he was my fatherx and he is thrice a villain that says such a father begot villainsx wert thou not my brotherx i would not take this hand from thy throat till this other had pullxd out thy tongue for saying sox thou has railxd on thyselfx adamx xcoming forwardx sweet mastersx be patientx for your fatherxs remembrancex be at accordx oliverx let me gox i sayx orlandox i will notx till i pleasex you shall hear mex my father chargxd you in his will to give me good educationx you have trainxd me like a peasantx obscuring and hiding from me all gentlemanxlike qualitiesx the spirit of my father grows strong in mex and i will no longer endure itx therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentlemanx or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testamentx with that i will go buy my fortunesx oliverx and what wilt thou dox begx when that is spentx wellx sirx get you inx i will not long be troubled with youx you shall have some part of your willx i pray you leave mex orlandox i no further offend you than becomes me for my goodx oliverx get you with himx you old dogx adamx is xold dogx my rewardx most truex i have lost my teeth in your servicex god be with my old masterx he would not have spoke such a wordx exeunt orlando and adam oliverx is it even sox begin you to grow upon mex i will physic your ranknessx and yet give no thousand crowns neitherx hollax dennisx enter dennis dennisx calls your worshipx oliverx not charlesx the dukexs wrestlerx here to speak with mex dennisx so please youx he is here at the door and importunes access to youx oliverx call him inx xexit dennisx xtwill be a good wayx and toxmorrow the wrestling isx enter charles charlesx good morrow to your worshipx oliverx good monsieur charlesx whatxs the new news at the new courtx charlesx therexs no news at the courtx sirx but the old newsx that isx the old duke is banished by his younger brother the new dukex and three or four loving lords have put themselves into voluntary exile with himx whose lands and revenues enrich the new dukex therefore he gives them good leave to wanderx oliverx can you tell if rosalindx the dukexs daughterx be banished with her fatherx charlesx ox nox for the dukexs daughterx her cousinx so loves herx being ever from their cradles bred togetherx that she would have followed her exilex or have died to stay behind herx she is at the courtx and no less beloved of her uncle than his own daughterx and never two ladies loved as they dox oliverx where will the old duke livex charlesx they say he is already in the forest of ardenx and a many merry men with himx and there they live like the old robin hood of englandx they say many young gentlemen flock to him every dayx and fleet the time carelesslyx as they did in the golden worldx oliverx whatx you wrestle toxmorrow before the new dukex charlesx marryx do ix sirx and i came to acquaint you with a matterx i am givenx sirx secretly to understand that your younger brotherx orlandox hath a disposition to come in disguisxd against me to try a fallx toxmorrowx sirx i wrestle for my creditx and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him wellx your brother is but young and tenderx andx for your lovex i would be loath to foil himx as i mustx for my own honourx if he come inx thereforex out of my love to youx i came hither to acquaint you withalx that either you might stay him from his intendmentx or brook such disgrace well as he shall run intox in that it is thing of his own search and altogether against my willx oliverx charlesx i thank thee for thy love to mex which thou shalt find i will most kindly requitex i had myself notice of my brotherxs purpose hereinx and have by underhand means laboured to dissuade him from itx but he is resolutex ixll tell theex charlesx it is the stubbornest young fellow of francex full of ambitionx an envious emulator of every manxs good partsx a secret and villainous contriver against me his natural brotherx therefore use thy discretionx i had as lief thou didst break his neck as his fingerx and thou wert best look toxtx for if thou dost him any slight disgracex or if he do not mightily grace himself on theex he will practise against thee by poisonx entrap thee by some treacherous devicex and never leave thee till he hath taxen thy life by some indirect means or otherx forx i assure theex and almost with tears i speak itx there is not one so young and so villainous this day livingx i speak but brotherly of himx but should i anatomize him to thee as he isx i must blush and weepx and thou must look pale and wonderx charlesx i am heartily glad i came hither to youx if he come toxmorrow ixll give him his paymentx if ever he go alone againx ixll never wrestle for prize morex and sox god keep your worshipx exit oliverx farewellx good charlesx now will i stir this gamesterx i hope i shall see an end of himx for my soulx yet i know not whyx hates nothing more than hex yet hexs gentlex never schoolxd and yet learnedx full of noble devicex of all sorts enchantingly belovedx andx indeedx so much in the heart of the worldx and especially of my own peoplex who best know himx that i am altogether misprisedx but it shall not be so longx this wrestler shall clear allx nothing remains but that i kindle the boy thitherx which now ixll go aboutx exit scene iix a lawn before the dukexs palace enter rosalind and celia celiax i pray theex rosalindx sweet my cozx be merryx rosalindx dear celiax i show more mirth than i am mistress ofx and would you yet i were merrierx unless you could teach me to forget a banished fatherx you must not learn me how to remember any extraordinary pleasurex celiax herein i see thou lovxst me not with the full weight that i love theex if my unclex thy banished fatherx had banished thy unclex the duke my fatherx so thou hadst been still with mex i could have taught my love to take thy father for minex so wouldst thoux if the truth of thy love to me were so righteously temperxd as mine is to theex rosalindx wellx i will forget the condition of my estatex to rejoice in yoursx celiax you know my father hath no child but ix nor none is like to havex andx trulyx when he dies thou shalt be his heirx for what he hath taken away from thy father perforcex i will render thee again in affectionx by mine honourx i willx and when i break that oathx let me turn monsterx thereforex my sweet rosex my dear rosex be merryx rosalindx from henceforth i willx cozx and devise sportsx let me seex what think you of falling in lovex celiax marryx i pritheex dox to make sport withalx but love no man in good earnestx nor no further in sport neither than with safety of a pure blush thou mayst in honour come off againx rosalindx what shall be our sportx thenx celiax let us sit and mock the good housewife fortune from her wheelx that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equallyx rosalindx i would we could do sox for her benefits are mightily misplacedx and the bountiful blind woman doth most mistake in her gifts to womenx celiax xtis truex for those that she makes fair she scarce makes honestx and those that she makes honest she makes very illxfavouredlyx rosalindx nayx now thou goest from fortunexs office to naturexsx fortune reigns in gifts of the worldx not in the lineaments of naturex enter touchstone celiax nox when nature hath made a fair creaturex may she not by fortune fall into the firex though nature hath given us wit to flout at fortunex hath not fortune sent in this fool to cut off the argumentx rosalindx indeedx there is fortune too hard for naturex when fortune makes naturexs natural the cutterxoff of naturexs witx celiax peradventure this is not fortunexs work neitherx but naturexsx who perceiveth our natural wits too dull to reason of such goddessesx and hath sent this natural for our whetstonex for always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the witsx how nowx witx whither wander youx touchstonex mistressx you must come away to your fatherx celiax were you made the messengerx touchstonex nox by mine honourx but i was bid to come for youx rosalindx where learned you that oathx foolx touchstonex of a certain knight that swore by his honour they were good pancakesx and swore by his honour the mustard was naughtx now ixll stand to itx the pancakes were naught and the mustard was goodx and yet was not the knight forswornx celiax how prove you thatx in the great heap of your knowledgex rosalindx ayx marryx now unmuzzle your wisdomx touchstonex stand you both forth nowx stroke your chinsx and swear by your beards that i am a knavex celiax by our beardsx if we had themx thou artx touchstonex by my knaveryx if i had itx then i werex but if you swear by that that notx you are not forswornx no more was this knightx swearing by his honourx for he never had anyx or if he hadx he had sworn it away before ever he saw those pancackes or that mustardx celiax pritheex who isxt that thou meanxstx touchstonex one that old frederickx your fatherx lovesx celiax my fatherxs love is enough to honour himx enoughx speak no more of himx youxll be whipt for taxation one of these daysx touchstonex the more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishlyx celiax by my trothx thou sayest truex for since the little wit that fools have was silencedx the little foolery that wise men have makes a great showx here comes monsieur le beaux enter le beau rosalindx with his mouth full of newsx celiax which he will put on us as pigeons feed their youngx rosalindx then shall we be newsxcrammxdx celiax all the betterx we shall be the more marketablex bon jourx monsieur le beaux whatxs the newsx le beaux fair princessx you have lost much good sportx celiax sportx of what colourx le beaux what colourx madamx how shall i answer youx rosalindx as wit and fortune willx touchstonex or as the destinies decreesx celiax well saidx that was laid on with a trowelx touchstonex nayx if i keep not my rankx rosalindx thou losest thy old smellx le beaux you amaze mex ladiesx i would have told you of good wrestlingx which you have lost the sight ofx rosalindx yet tell us the manner of the wrestlingx le beaux i will tell you the beginningx andx if it please your ladyshipsx you may see the endx for the best is yet to dox and herex where you arex they are coming to perform itx celiax wellx the beginningx that is dead and buriedx le beaux there comes an old man and his three sonsx celiax i could match this beginning with an old talex le beaux three proper young menx of excellent growth and presencex rosalindx with bills on their necksx xbe it known unto all men by these presentsxx le beaux the eldest of the three wrestled with charlesx the dukexs wrestlerx which charles in a moment threw himx and broke three of his ribsx that there is little hope of life in himx so he servxd the secondx and so the thirdx yonder they liex the poor old manx their fatherx making such pitiful dole over them that all the beholders take his part with weepingx rosalindx alasx touchstonex but what is the sportx monsieurx that the ladies have lostx le beaux whyx this that i speak ofx touchstonex thus men may grow wiser every dayx it is the first time that ever i heard breaking of ribs was sport for ladiesx celiax or ix i promise theex rosalindx but is there any else longs to see this broken music in his sidesx is there yet another dotes upon ribxbreakingx shall we see this wrestlingx cousinx le beaux you mustx if you stay herex for here is the place appointed for the wrestlingx and they are ready to perform itx celiax yonderx surex they are comingx let us now stay and see itx flourishx enter duke frederickx lordsx orlandox charlesx and attendants frederickx come onx since the youth will not be entreatedx his own peril on his forwardnessx rosalindx is yonder the manx le beaux even hex madamx celiax alasx he is too youngx yet he looks successfullyx frederickx how nowx daughter and cousinx are you crept hither to see the wrestlingx rosalindx ayx my liegex so please you give us leavex frederickx you will take little delight in itx i can tell youx there is such odds in the manx in pity of the challengerxs youth i would fain dissuade himx but he will not be entreatedx speak to himx ladiesx see if you can move himx celiax call him hitherx good monsieur le beaux frederickx do sox ixll not be byx xduke frederick goes apartx le beaux monsieur the challengerx the princess calls for youx orlandox i attend them with all respect and dutyx rosalindx young manx have you challengxd charles the wrestlerx orlandox nox fair princessx he is the general challengerx i come but inx as others dox to try with him the strength of my youthx celiax young gentlemanx your spirits are too bold for your yearsx you have seen cruel proof of this manxs strengthx if you saw yourself with your eyesx or knew yourself with your judgmentx the fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprisex we pray youx for your own sakex to embrace your own safety and give over this attemptx rosalindx dox young sirx your reputation shall not therefore be misprisedx we will make it our suit to the duke that the wrestling might not go forwardx orlandox i beseech youx punish me not with your hard thoughtsx wherein i confess me much guilty to deny so fair and excellent ladies any thingx but let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go with me to my trialx wherein if i be foilxd there is but one shamxd that was never graciousx if killxdx but one dead that is willing to be sox i shall do my friends no wrongx for i have none to lament mex the world no injuryx for in it i have nothingx only in the world i fill up a placex which may be better supplied when i have made it emptyx rosalindx the little strength that i havex i would it were with youx celiax and mine to eke out hersx rosalindx fare you wellx pray heaven i be deceivxd in youx celiax your heartxs desires be with youx charlesx comex where is this young gallant that is so desirous to lie with his mother earthx orlandox readyx sirx but his will hath in it a more modest workingx frederickx you shall try but one fallx charlesx nox i warrant your gracex you shall not entreat him to a secondx that have so mightily persuaded him from a firstx orlandox you mean to mock me afterx you should not have mockxd me beforex but come your waysx rosalindx nowx hercules be thy speedx young manx celiax i would i were invisiblex to catch the strong fellow by the legx xthey wrestlex rosalindx o excellent young manx celiax if i had a thunderbolt in mine eyex i can tell who should downx xcharles is thrownx shoutx frederickx no morex no morex orlandox yesx i beseech your gracex i am not yet well breathxdx frederickx how dost thoux charlesx le beaux he cannot speakx my lordx frederickx bear him awayx what is thy namex young manx orlandox orlandox my liegex the youngest son of sir rowland de boysx frederickx i would thou hadst been son to some man elsex the world esteemxd thy father honourablex but i did find him still mine enemyx thou shouldst have better pleasxd me with this deedx hadst thou descended from another housex but fare thee wellx thou art a gallant youthx i would thou hadst told me of another fatherx exeunt dukex trainx and le beau celiax were i my fatherx cozx would i do thisx orlandox i am more proud to be sir rowlandxs sonx his youngest sonx and would not change that calling to be adopted heir to frederickx rosalindx my father lovxd sir rowland as his soulx and all the world was of my fatherxs mindx had i before known this young man his sonx i should have given him tears unto entreaties ere he should thus have venturxdx celiax gentle cousinx let us go thank himx and encourage himx my fatherxs rough and envious disposition sticks me at heartx sirx you have well deservxdx if you do keep your promises in love but justly as you have exceeded all promisex your mistress shall be happyx rosalindx gentlemanx xgiving him a chain from her neckx wear this for mex one out of suits with fortunex that could give morex but that her hand lacks meansx shall we gox cozx celiax ayx fare you wellx fair gentlemanx orlandox can i not say xi thank youxx my better parts are all thrown downx and that which here stands up is but a quintainx a mere lifeless blockx rosalindx he calls us backx my pride fell with my fortunesx ixll ask him what he wouldx did you callx sirx sirx you have wrestled wellx and overthrown more than your enemiesx celiax will you gox cozx rosalindx have with youx fare you wellx exeunt rosalind and celia orlandox what passion hangs these weights upon my tonguex i cannot speak to herx yet she urgxd conferencex o poor orlandox thou art overthrownx or charles or something weaker masters theex rexenter le beau le beaux good sirx i do in friendship counsel you to leave this placex albeit you have deservxd high commendationx true applausex and lovex yet such is now the dukexs condition that he misconstrues all that you have donex the duke is humorousx what he isx indeedx more suits you to conceive than i to speak ofx orlandox i thank youx sirx and pray you tell me thisx which of the two was daughter of the duke that here was at the wrestlingx le beaux neither his daughterx if we judge by mannersx but yetx indeedx the smaller is his daughterx the other is daughter to the banishxd dukex and here detainxd by her usurping unclex to keep his daughter companyx whose loves are dearer than the natural bond of sistersx but i can tell you that of late this duke hath taxen displeasure xgainst his gentle niecex grounded upon no other argument but that the people praise her for her virtues and pity her for her good fatherxs sakex andx on my lifex his malice xgainst the lady will suddenly break forthx sirx fare you wellx hereafterx in a better world than thisx i shall desire more love and knowledge of youx orlandox i rest much bounden to youx fare you wellx exit le beau thus must i from the smoke into the smotherx from tyrant duke unto a tyrant brotherx but heavenly rosalindx exit scene iiix the dukexs palace enter celia and rosalind celiax whyx cousinx whyx rosalindx cupid have mercyx not a wordx rosalindx not one to throw at a dogx celiax nox thy words are too precious to be cast away upon cursx throw some of them at mex comex lame me with reasonsx rosalindx then there were two cousins laid upx when the one should be lamxd with reasons and the other mad without anyx celiax but is all this for your fatherx rosalindx nox some of it is for my childxs fatherx ox how full of briers is this workingxday worldx celiax they are but bursx cousinx thrown upon thee in holiday fooleryx if we walk not in the trodden pathsx our very petticoats will catch themx rosalindx i could shake them off my coatx these burs are in my heartx celiax hem them awayx rosalindx i would tryx if i could cry xhemx and have himx celiax comex comex wrestle with thy affectionsx rosalindx ox they take the part of a better wrestler than myselfx celiax ox a good wish upon youx you will try in timex in despite of a fallx butx turning these jests out of servicex let us talk in good earnestx is it possiblex on such a suddenx you should fall into so strong a liking with old sir rowlandxs youngest sonx rosalindx the duke my father lovxd his father dearlyx celiax doth it therefore ensue that you should love his son dearlyx by this kind of chase i should hate himx for my father hated his father dearlyx yet i hate not orlandox rosalindx nox faithx hate him notx for my sakex celiax why should i notx doth he not deserve wellx enter duke frederickx with lords rosalindx let me love him for thatx and do you love him because i dox lookx here comes the dukex celiax with his eyes full of angerx frederickx mistressx dispatch you with your safest hastex and get you from our courtx rosalindx mex unclex frederickx youx cousinx within these ten days if that thou beest found so near our public court as twenty milesx thou diest for itx rosalindx i do beseech your gracex let me the knowledge of my fault bear with mex if with myself i hold intelligencex or have acquaintance with mine own desiresx if that i do not dreamx or be not franticx as i do trust i am notx thenx dear unclex never so much as in a thought unborn did i offend your highnessx frederickx thus do all traitorsx if their purgation did consist in wordsx they are as innocent as grace itselfx let it suffice thee that i trust thee notx rosalindx yet your mistrust cannot make me a traitorx tell me whereon the likelihood dependsx frederickx thou art thy fatherxs daughterx therexs enoughx rosalindx so was i when your highness took his dukedomx so was i when your highness banishxd himx treason is not inheritedx my lordx orx if we did derive it from our friendsx whatxs that to mex my father was no traitorx thenx good my liegex mistake me not so much to think my poverty is treacherousx celiax dear sovereignx hear me speakx frederickx ayx celiax we stayxd her for your sakex else had she with her father rangxd alongx celiax i did not then entreat to have her stayx it was your pleasurex and your own remorsex i was too young that time to value herx but now i know herx if she be a traitorx why so am ix we still have slept togetherx rose at an instantx learnxdx playxdx eat togetherx and wheresoexer we wentx like junoxs swansx still we went coupled and inseparablex frederickx she is too subtle for theex and her smoothnessx her very silence and her patiencex speak to the peoplex and they pity herx thou art a foolx she robs thee of thy namex and thou wilt show more bright and seem more virtuous when she is gonex then open not thy lipsx firm and irrevocable is my doom which i have passxd upon herx she is banishxdx celiax pronounce that sentencex thenx on mex my liegex i cannot live out of her companyx frederickx you are a foolx youx niecex provide yourselfx if you outstay the timex upon mine honourx and in the greatness of my wordx you diex exeunt duke and lords celiax o my poor rosalindx whither wilt thou gox wilt thou change fathersx i will give thee minex i charge thee be not thou more grievxd than i amx rosalindx i have more causex celiax thou hast notx cousinx prithee be cheerfulx knowxst thou not the duke hath banishxd mex his daughterx rosalindx that he hath notx celiax nox hath notx rosalind lacksx thenx the love which teacheth thee that thou and i am onex shall we be sundxredx shall we partx sweet girlx nox let my father seek another heirx therefore devise with me how we may flyx whither to gox and what to bear with usx and do not seek to take your charge upon youx to bear your griefs yourselfx and leave me outx forx by this heavenx now at our sorrows palex say what thou canstx ixll go along with theex rosalindx whyx whither shall we gox celiax to seek my uncle in the forest of ardenx rosalindx alasx what danger will it be to usx maids as we arex to travel forth so farx beauty provoketh thieves sooner than goldx celiax ixll put myself in poor and mean attirex and with a kind of umber smirch my facex the like do youx so shall we pass alongx and never stir assailantsx rosalindx were it not betterx because that i am more than common tallx that i did suit me all points like a manx a gallant curtlexaxe upon my thighx a boar spear in my handx andx in my heart lie there what hidden womanxs fear there willx wexll have a swashing and a martial outsidex as many other mannish cowards have that do outface it with their semblancesx celiax what shall i call thee when thou art a manx rosalindx ixll have no worse a name than jovexs own pagex and therefore look you call me ganymedex but what will you be callxdx celiax something that hath a reference to my statex no longer celiax but alienax rosalindx butx cousinx what if we assayxd to steal the clownish fool out of your fatherxs courtx would he not be a comfort to our travelx celiax hexll go along oxer the wide world with mex leave me alone to woo himx letxs awayx and get our jewels and our wealth togetherx devise the fittest time and safest way to hide us from pursuit that will be made after my flightx now go we in content to libertyx and not to banishmentx exeunt act iix scene ix the forest of arden enter duke seniorx amiensx and two or three lordsx like foresters duke seniorx nowx my coxmates and brothers in exilex hath not old custom made this life more sweet than that of painted pompx are not these woods more free from peril than the envious courtx here feel we not the penalty of adamx the seasonsx differencex as the icy fang and churlish chiding of the winterxs windx which when it bites and blows upon my bodyx even till i shrink with coldx i smile and say xthis is no flatteryx these are counsellors that feelingly persuade me what i amxx sweet are the uses of adversityx whichx like the toadx ugly and venomousx wears yet a precious jewel in his headx and this our lifex exempt from public hauntx finds tongues in treesx books in the running brooksx sermons in stonesx and good in everythingx i would not change itx amiensx happy is your gracex that can translate the stubbornness of fortune into so quiet and so sweet a stylex duke seniorx comex shall we go and kill us venisonx and yet it irks me the poor dappled foolsx being native burghers of this desert cityx shouldx in their own confinesx with forked heads have their round haunches gorxdx first lordx indeedx my lordx the melancholy jaques grieves at thatx andx in that kindx swears you do more usurp than doth your brother that hath banishxd youx toxday my lord of amiens and myself did steal behind him as he lay along under an oak whose antique root peeps out upon the brook that brawls along this woodx to the which place a poor sequestxred stagx that from the hunterxs aim had taxen a hurtx did come to languishx andx indeedx my lordx the wretched animal heavxd forth such groans that their discharge did stretch his leathern coat almost to burstingx and the big round tears coursxd one another down his innocent nose in piteous chasex and thus the hairy foolx much marked of the melancholy jaquesx stood on thx extremest verge of the swift brookx augmenting it with tearsx duke seniorx but what said jaquesx did he not moralize this spectaclex first lordx ox yesx into a thousand similesx firstx for his weeping into the needless streamx xpoor deerxx quoth he xthou makxst a testament as worldlings dox giving thy sum of more to that which had too muchxx thenx being there alonex left and abandoned of his velvet friendsx xxtis rightxx quoth he xthus misery doth part the flux of companyxx anonx a careless herdx full of the pasturex jumps along by him and never stays to greet himx xayxx quoth jaques xsweep onx you fat and greasy citizensx xtis just the fashionx wherefore do you look upon that poor and broken bankrupt therexx thus most invectively he pierceth through the body of the countryx cityx courtx yeax and of this our lifex swearing that we are mere usurpersx tyrantsx and whatxs worsex to fright the animalsx and to kill them up in their assignxd and native dwellingxplacex duke seniorx and did you leave him in this contemplationx second lordx we didx my lordx weeping and commenting upon the sobbing deerx duke seniorx show me the placex i love to cope him in these sullen fitsx for then hexs full of matterx first lordx ixll bring you to him straightx exeunt scene iix the dukexs palace enter duke frederickx with lords frederickx can it be possible that no man saw themx it cannot bex some villains of my court are of consent and sufferance in thisx first lordx i cannot hear of any that did see herx the ladiesx her attendants of her chamberx saw her abedx and in the morning early they found the bed untreasurxd of their mistressx second lordx my lordx the roynish clownx at whom so oft your grace was wont to laughx is also missingx hisperiax the princessx gentlewomanx confesses that she secretly oxerheard your daughter and her cousin much commend the parts and graces of the wrestler that did but lately foil the sinewy charlesx and she believesx wherever they are gonex that youth is surely in their companyx frederickx send to his brotherx fetch that gallant hitherx if he be absentx bring his brother to mex ixll make him find himx do this suddenlyx and let not search and inquisition quail to bring again these foolish runawaysx exeunt scene iiix before oliverxs house enter orlando and adamx meeting orlandox whoxs therex adamx whatx my young masterx o my gentle masterx o my sweet masterx o you memory of old sir rowlandx whyx what make you herex why are you virtuousx why do people love youx and wherefore are you gentlex strongx and valiantx why would you be so fond to overcome the bonny prizer of the humorous dukex your praise is come too swiftly home before youx know you notx masterx to some kind of men their graces serve them but as enemiesx no more do yoursx your virtuesx gentle masterx are sanctified and holy traitors to youx ox what a world is thisx when what is comely envenoms him that bears itx orlandox whyx whatxs the matterx adamx o unhappy youthx come not within these doorsx within this roof the enemy of all your graces livesx your brotherx nox no brotherx yet the sonx yet not the sonx i will not call him son of him i was about to call his fatherx hath heard your praisesx and this night he means to burn the lodging where you use to liex and you within itx if he fail of thatx he will have other means to cut you offx i overheard him and his practicesx this is no placex this house is but a butcheryx abhor itx fear itx do not enter itx orlandox whyx whitherx adamx wouldst thou have me gox adamx no matter whitherx so you come not herex orlandox whatx wouldst thou have me go and beg my foodx or with a base and boistxrous sword enforce a thievish living on the common roadx this i must dox or know not what to dox yet this i will not dox do how i canx i rather will subject me to the malice of a diverted blood and bloody brotherx adamx but do not sox i have five hundred crownsx the thrifty hire i savxd under your fatherx which i did store to be my fosterxnursex when service should in my old limbs lie lamex and unregarded age in corners thrownx take thatx and he that doth the ravens feedx yeax providently caters for the sparrowx be comfort to my agex here is the goldx all this i give youx let me be your servantx though i look oldx yet i am strong and lustyx for in my youth i never did apply hot and rebellious liquors in my bloodx nor did not with unbashful forehead woo the means of weakness and debilityx therefore my age is as a lusty winterx frostyx but kindlyx let me go with youx ixll do the service of a younger man in all your business and necessitiesx orlandox o good old manx how well in thee appears the constant service of the antique worldx when service sweat for dutyx not for meedx thou art not for the fashion of these timesx where none will sweat but for promotionx and having that do choke their service up even with the havingx it is not so with theex butx poor old manx thou prunxst a rotten tree that cannot so much as a blossom yield in lieu of all thy pains and husbandryx but come thy waysx wexll go along togetherx and ere we have thy youthful wages spent wexll light upon some settled low contentx adamx masterx go onx and i will follow the to the last gaspx with truth and loyaltyx from seventeen years till now almost fourxscore here lived ix but now live here no morex at seventeen years many their fortunes seekx but at fourscore it is too late a weekx yet fortune cannot recompense me better than to die well and not my masterxs debtorx exeunt scene ivx the forest of arden enter rosalind for ganymedex celia for alienax and clown alias touchstone rosalindx o jupiterx how weary are my spiritsx touchstonex i care not for my spiritsx if my legs were not wearyx rosalindx i could find in my heart to disgrace my manxs apparelx and to cry like a womanx but i must comfort the weaker vesselx as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoatx thereforex couragex good alienax celiax i pray you bear with mex i cannot go no furtherx touchstonex for my partx i had rather bear with you than bear youx yet i should bear no cross if i did bear youx for i think you have no money in your pursex rosalindx wellxx this is the forest of ardenx touchstonex ayx now am i in ardenx the more fool ix when i was at home i was in a better placex but travellers must be contentx enter corin and silvius rosalindx ayx be sox good touchstonex look youx who comes herex a young man and an old in solemn talkx corinx that is the way to make her scorn you stillx silviusx o corinx that thou knewxst how i do love herx corinx i partly guessx for i have lovxd ere nowx silviusx nox corinx being oldx thou canst not guessx though in thy youth thou wast as true a lover as ever sighxd upon a midnight pillowx but if thy love were ever like to minex as sure i think did never man love sox how many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasyx corinx into a thousand that i have forgottenx silviusx ox thou didst then never love so heartilyx if thou remembxrest not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run intox thou hast not lovxdx or if thou hast not sat as i do nowx wearing thy hearer in thy mistressx praisex thou hast not lovxdx or if thou hast not broke from company abruptlyx as my passion now makes mex thou hast not lovxdx o phebex phebex phebex exit silvius rosalindx alasx poor shepherdx searching of thy woundx i have by hard adventure found mine ownx touchstonex and i minex i rememberx when i was in lovex i broke my sword upon a stonex and bid him take that for coming axnight to jane smilex and i remember the kissing of her batlerx and the cowxs dugs that her pretty chopt hands had milkxdx and i remember the wooing of peascod instead of herx from whom i took two codsx and giving her them againx said with weeping tears xwear these for my sakexx we that are true lovers run into strange capersx but as all is mortal in naturex so is all nature in love mortal in follyx rosalindx thou speakxst wiser than thou art ware ofx touchstonex nayx i shall nexer be ware of mine own wit till i break my shins against itx rosalindx jovex jovex this shepherdxs passion is much upon my fashionx touchstonex and minex but it grows something stale with mex celiax i pray youx one of you question yond man if he for gold will give us any foodx i faint almost to deathx touchstonex hollax you clownx rosalindx peacex foolx hexs not thy ensmanx corinx who callsx touchstonex your bettersx sirx corinx else are they very wretchedx rosalindx peacex i sayx good even to youx friendx corinx and to youx gentle sirx and to you allx rosalindx i pritheex shepherdx if that love or gold can in this desert place buy entertainmentx bring us where we may rest ourselves and feedx herexs a young maid with travel much oppressxdx and faints for succourx corinx fair sirx i pity herx and wishx for her sake more than for mine ownx my fortunes were more able to relieve herx but i am shepherd to another manx and do not shear the fleeces that i grazex my master is of churlish dispositionx and little recks to find the way to heaven by doing deeds of hospitalityx besidesx his cotex his flocksx and bounds of feedx are now on salex and at our sheepcote nowx by reason of his absencex there is nothing that you will feed onx but what isx come seex and in my voice most welcome shall you bex rosalindx what is he that shall buy his flock and pasturex corinx that young swain that you saw here but erewhilex that little cares for buying any thingx rosalindx i pray theex if it stand with honestyx buy thou the cottagex pasturex and the flockx and thou shalt have to pay for it of usx celiax and we will mend thy wagesx i like this placex and willingly could waste my time in itx corinx assuredly the thing is to be soldx go with mex if you like upon report the soilx the profitx and this kind of lifex i will your very faithful feeder bex and buy it with your gold right suddenlyx exeunt scene vx another part of the forest enter amiensx jaquesx and others song amiensx under the greenwood tree who loves to lie with mex and turn his merry note unto the sweet birdxs throatx come hitherx come hitherx come hitherx here shall he see no enemy but winter and rough weatherx jaquesx morex morex i pritheex morex amiensx it will make you melancholyx monsieur jaquesx jaquesx i thank itx morex i pritheex morex i can suck melancholy out of a songx as a weasel sucks eggsx morex i pritheex morex amiensx my voice is raggedx i know i cannot please youx jaquesx i do not desire you to please mex i do desire you to singx comex morex another stanzox call you xem stanzosx amiensx what you willx monsieur jaquesx jaquesx nayx i care not for their namesx they owe me nothingx will you singx amiensx more at your request than to please myselfx jaquesx well thenx if ever i thank any manx ixll thank youx but that they call compliment is like thx encounter of two dogxapesx and when a man thanks me heartilyx methinks have given him a pennyx and he renders me the beggarly thanksx comex singx and you that will notx hold your tonguesx amiensx wellx ixll end the songx sirsx cover the whilex the duke will drink under this treex he hath been all this day to look youx jaquesx and i have been all this day to avoid himx he is to disputable for my companyx i think of as many matters as hex but i give heaven thanksx and make no boast of themx comex warblex comex song xall together herex who doth ambition shunx and loves to live ix thx sunx seeking the food he eatsx and pleasxd with what he getsx come hitherx come hitherx come hitherx here shall he see no enemy but winter and rough weatherx jaquesx ixll give you a verse to this note that i made yesterday in despite of my inventionx amiensx and ixll sing itx jaquesx thus it goesx if it do come to pass that any man turn assx leaving his wealth and ease a stubborn will to pleasex ducdamex ducdamex ducdamex here shall he see gross fools as hex an if he will come to mex amiensx whatxs that xducdamexx jaquesx xtis a greek invocationx to call fools into a circlex ixll go sleepx if i canx if i cannotx ixll rail against all the firstxborn of egyptx amiensx and ixll go seek the dukex his banquet is preparxdx exeunt severally scene vix the forest enter orlando and adam adamx dear masterx i can go no furtherx ox i die for foodx here lie i downx and measure out my gravex farewellx kind masterx orlandox whyx how nowx adamx no greater heart in theex live a littlex comfort a littlex cheer thyself a littlex if this uncouth forest yield anything savagex i will either be food for it or bring it for food to theex thy conceit is nearer death than thy powersx for my sake be comfortablex hold death awhile at the armxs endx i will here be with the presentlyx and if i bring thee not something to eatx i will give thee leave to diex but if thou diest before i comex thou art a mocker of my labourx well saidx thou lookxst cheerlyx and ixll be with thee quicklyx yet thou liest in the bleak airx comex i will bear thee to some shelterx and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinnerx if there live anything in this desertx cheerlyx good adamx exeunt scene viix the forest a table set outx enter duke seniorx amiensx and lordsx like outlaws duke seniorx i think he be transformxd into a beastx for i can nowhere find him like a manx first lordx my lordx he is but even now gone hencex here was he merryx hearing of a songx duke seniorx if hex compact of jarsx grow musicalx we shall have shortly discord in the spheresx go seek himx tell him i would speak with himx enter jaques first lordx he saves my labour by his own approachx duke seniorx whyx how nowx monsieurx what a life is thisx that your poor friends must woo your companyx whatx you look merrilyx jaquesx a foolx a foolx i met a fool ix thx forestx a motley foolx a miserable worldx as i do live by foodx i met a foolx who laid him down and baskxd him in the sunx and railxd on lady fortune in good termsx in good set termsx and yet a motley foolx xgood morrowx foolxx quoth ix xnox sirxx quoth hex xcall me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortunexx and then he drew a dial from his pokex andx looking on it with lackxlustre eyex says very wiselyx xit is ten oxclockx thus we may seexx quoth hex xhow the world wagsx xtis but an hour ago since it was ninex and after one hour more xtwill be elevenx and sox from hour to hourx we ripe and ripex and thenx from hour to hourx we rot and rotx and thereby hangs a talexx when i did hear the motley fool thus moral on the timex my lungs began to crow like chanticleer that fools should be so deep contemplativex and i did laugh sans intermission an hour by his dialx o noble foolx a worthy foolx motleyxs the only wearx duke seniorx what fool is thisx jaquesx o worthy foolx one that hath been a courtierx and saysx if ladies be but young and fairx they have the gift to know itx and in his brainx which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyagex he hath strange places crammxd with observationx the which he vents in mangled formsx o that i were a foolx i am ambitious for a motley coatx duke seniorx thou shalt have onex jaquesx it is my only suitx provided that you weed your better judgments of all opinion that grows rank in them that i am wisex i must have liberty withalx as large a charter as the windx to blow on whom i pleasex for so fools havex and they that are most galled with my follyx they most must laughx and whyx sirx must they sox the why is plain as way to parish churchx he that a fool doth very wisely hit doth very foolishlyx although he smartx not to seem senseless of the bobx if notx the wise manxs folly is anatomizxd even by the squandxring glances of the foolx invest me in my motleyx give me leave to speak my mindx and i will through and through cleanse the foul body of thx infected worldx if they will patiently receive my medicinex duke seniorx fie on theex i can tell what thou wouldst dox jaquesx whatx for a counterx would i do but goodx duke seniorx most mischievous foul sinx in chiding sinx for thou thyself hast been a libertinex as sensual as the brutish sting itselfx and all thx embossed sores and headed evils that thou with license of free foot hast caught wouldst thou disgorge into the general worldx jaquesx whyx who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private partyx doth it not flow as hugely as the seax till that the wearerxs very means do ebbx what woman in the city do i name when that i say the cityxwoman bears the cost of princes on unworthy shouldersx who can come in and say that i mean herx when such a one as she such is her neighbourx or what is he of basest function that says his bravery is not on my costx thinking that i mean himx but therein suits his folly to the mettle of my speechx there thenx how thenx what thenx let me see wherein my tongue hath wrongxd himx if it do him rightx then he hath wrongxd himselfx if he be freex why then my taxing like a wildxgoose fliesx unclaimxd of any manx but who comes herex enter orlando with his sword drawn orlandox forbearx and eat no morex jaquesx whyx i have eat none yetx orlandox nor shalt notx till necessity be servxdx jaquesx of what kind should this cock come ofx duke seniorx art thou thus boldenxdx manx by thy distressx or else a rude despiser of good mannersx that in civility thou seemxst so emptyx orlandox you touchxd my vein at firstx the thorny point of bare distress hath taxen from me the show of smooth civilityx yet arn i inland bredx and know some nurturex but forbearx i sayx he dies that touches any of this fruit till i and my affairs are answeredx jaquesx an you will not be answerxd with reasonx i must diex duke seniorx what would you havex your gentleness shall force more than your force move us to gentlenessx orlandox i almost die for foodx and let me have itx duke seniorx sit down and feedx and welcome to our tablex orlandox speak you so gentlyx pardon mex i pray youx i thought that all things had been savage herex and therefore put i on the countenance of stern commandmentx but whatexer you are that in this desert inaccessiblex under the shade of melancholy boughsx lose and neglect the creeping hours of timex if ever you have lookxd on better daysx if ever been where bells have knollxd to churchx if ever sat at any good manxs feastx if ever from your eyelids wipxd a tearx and know what xtis to pity and be pitiedx let gentleness my strong enforcement bex in the which hope i blushx and hide my swordx duke seniorx true is it that we have seen better daysx and have with holy bell been knollxd to churchx and sat at good menxs feastsx and wipxd our eyes of drops that sacred pity hath engendxredx and therefore sit you down in gentlenessx and take upon command what help we have that to your wanting may be ministxredx orlandox then but forbear your food a little whilex whilesx like a doex i go to find my fawnx and give it foodx there is an old poor man who after me hath many a weary step limpxd in pure lovex till he be first sufficxdx oppressxd with two weak evilsx age and hungerx i will not touch a bitx duke seniorx go find him outx and we will nothing waste till you returnx orlandox i thank yex and be blest for your good comfortx exit duke seniorx thou seest we are not all alone unhappyx this wide and universal theatre presents more woeful pageants than the scene wherein we play inx jaquesx all the worldxs a stagex and all the men and women merely playersx they have their exits and their entrancesx and one man in his time plays many partsx his acts being seven agesx at first the infantx mewling and puking in the nursexs armsx then the whining schoolxboyx with his satchel and shining morning facex creeping like snail unwillingly to schoolx and then the loverx sighing like furnacex with a woeful ballad made to his mistressx eyebrowx then a soldierx full of strange oathsx and bearded like the pardx jealous in honourx sudden and quick in quarrelx seeking the bubble reputation even in the cannonxs mouthx and then the justicex in fair round belly with good capon linxdx with eyes severe and beard of formal cutx full of wise saws and modern instancesx and so he plays his partx the sixth age shifts into the lean and slipperxd pantaloonx with spectacles on nose and pouch on sidex his youthful hosex well savxdx a world too wide for his shrunk shankx and his big manly voicex turning again toward childish treblex pipes and whistles in his soundx last scene of allx that ends this strange eventful historyx is second childishness and mere oblivionx sans teethx sans eyesx sans tastex sans every thingx rexenter orlando with adam duke seniorx welcomex set down your venerable burdenx and let him feedx orlandox i thank you most for himx adamx so had you needx i scarce can speak to thank you for myselfx duke seniorx welcomex fall tox i will not trouble you as yet to question you about your fortunesx give us some musicx andx good cousinx singx song blowx blowx thou winter windx thou art not so unkind as manxs ingratitudex thy tooth is not so keenx because thou art not seenx although thy breath be rudex heighxhox sing heighxhox unto the green hollyx most friendship is feigningx most loving mere follyx thenx heighxhox the hollyx this life is most jollyx freezex freezex thou bitter skyx that dost not bite so nigh as benefits forgotx though thou the waters warpx thy sting is not so sharp as friend remembxred notx heighxhox singx xcx duke seniorx if that you were the good sir rowlandxs sonx as you have whisperxd faithfully you werex and as mine eye doth his effigies witness most truly limnxd and living in your facex be truly welcome hitherx i am the duke that lovxd your fatherx the residue of your fortunex go to my cave and tell mex good old manx thou art right welcome as thy master isx support him by the armx give me your handx and let me all your fortunes understandx exeunt act iiix scene ix the palace enter duke frederickx oliverx and lords frederickx not see him sincex sirx sirx that cannot bex but were i not the better part made mercyx i should not seek an absent argument of my revengex thou presentx but look to itx find out thy brother wheresoexer he isx seek him with candlex bring him dead or living within this twelvemonthx or turn thou no more to seek a living in our territoryx thy lands and all things that thou dost call thine worth seizure do we seize into our handsx till thou canst quit thee by thy brotherxs mouth of what we think against theex oliverx o that your highness knew my heart in thisx i never lovxd my brother in my lifex frederickx more villain thoux wellx push him out of doorsx and let my officers of such a nature make an extent upon his house and landsx do this expedientlyx and turn him goingx exeunt scene iix the forest enter orlandox with a paper orlandox hang therex my versex in witness of my lovex and thoux thricexcrowned queen of nightx survey with thy chaste eyex from thy pale sphere abovex thy huntressx name that my full life doth swayx o rosalindx these trees shall be my booksx and in their barks my thoughts ixll characterx that every eye which in this forest looks shall see thy virtue witnessxd every wherex runx runx orlandox carve on every treex the fairx the chastex and unexpressive shex exit enter corin and touchstone corinx and how like you this shepherdxs lifex master touchstonex touchstonex trulyx shepherdx in respect of itselfx it is a good lifex but in respect that it is a shepherdxs lifex it is noughtx in respect that it is solitaryx i like it very wellx but in respect that it is privatex it is a very vile lifex now in respect it is in the fieldsx it pleaseth me wellx but in respect it is not in the courtx it is tediousx as it is a spare lifex look youx it fits my humour wellx but as there is no more plenty in itx it goes much against my stomachx hast any philosophy in theex shepherdx corinx no more but that i know the more one sickens the worse at ease he isx and that he that wants moneyx meansx and contentx is without three good friendsx that the property of rain is to wetx and fire to burnx that good pasture makes fat sheepx and that a great cause of the night is lack of the sunx that he that hath learned no wit by nature nor art may complain of good breedingx or comes of a very dull kindredx touchstonex such a one is a natural philosopherx wast ever in courtx shepherdx corinx nox trulyx touchstonex then thou art damnxdx corinx nayx i hopex touchstonex trulyx thou art damnxdx like an illxroasted eggx all on one sidex corinx for not being at courtx your reasonx touchstonex whyx if thou never wast at court thou never sawxst good mannersx if thou never sawxst good mannersx then thy manners must be wickedx and wickedness is sinx and sin is damnationx thou art in a parlous statex shepherdx corinx not a whitx touchstonex those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the courtx you told me you salute not at the courtx but you kiss your handsx that courtesy would be uncleanly if courtiers were shepherdsx touchstonex instancex brieflyx comex instancex corinx whyx we are still handling our ewesx and their fellsx you knowx are greasyx touchstonex whyx do not your courtierxs hands sweatx and is not the grease of a mutton as wholesome as the sweat of a manx shallowx shallowx a better instancex i sayx comex corinx besidesx our hands are hardx touchstonex your lips will feel them the soonerx shallow againx a more sounder instancex comex corinx and they are often tarrxd over with the surgery of our sheepx and would you have us kiss tarx the courtierxs hands are perfumxd with civetx touchstonex most shallow manx thou wormxs meat in respect of a good piece of flesh indeedx learn of the wisex and perpendx civet is of a baser birth than tarx the very uncleanly flux of a catx mend the instancex shepherdx corinx you have too courtly a wit for mex ixll restx touchstonex wilt thou rest damnxdx god help theex shallow manx god make incision in theex thou art rawx corinx sirx i am a true labourerx i earn that i eatx get that i wearx owe no man hatex envy no manxs happinessx glad of other menxs goodx content with my harmx and the greatest of my pride is to see my ewes graze and my lambs suckx touchstonex that is another simple sin in youx to bring the ewes and the rams togetherx and to offer to get your living by the copulation of cattlex to be bawd to a bellxwetherx and to betray a shexlamb of a twelvemonth to crookedxpatedx oldx cuckoldly ramx out of all reasonable matchx if thou beest not damnxd for thisx the devil himself will have no shepherdsx i cannot see else how thou shouldst scapex corinx here comes young master ganymedex my new mistressxs brotherx enter rosalindx reading a paper rosalindx xfrom the east to western index no jewel is like rosalindex her worthx being mounted on the windx through all the world bears rosalindex all the pictures fairest linxd are but black to rosalindex let no face be kept in mind but the fair of rosalindexx touchstonex ixll rhyme you so eight years togetherx dinnersx and suppersx and sleeping hoursx exceptedx it is the right butterxwomenxs rank to marketx rosalindx outx foolx touchstonex for a tastex if a hart do lack a hindx let him seek out rosalindex if the cat will after kindx so be sure will rosalindex winter garments must be linxdx so must slender rosalindex they that reap must sheaf and bindx then to cart with rosalindex sweetest nut hath sourest rindx such a nut is rosalindex he that sweetest rose will find must find lovexs prick and rosalindex this is the very false gallop of versesx why do you infect yourself with themx rosalindx peacex you dull foolx i found them on a treex touchstonex trulyx the tree yields bad fruitx rosalindx ixll graff it with youx and then i shall graff it with a medlarx then it will be the earliest fruit ix thx countryx for youxll be rotten ere you be half ripex and thatxs the right virtue of the medlarx touchstonex you have saidx but whether wisely or nox let the forest judgex enter celiax with a writing rosalindx peacex here comes my sisterx readingx stand asidex celiax xwhy should this a desert bex for it is unpeopledx nox tongues ixll hang on every tree that shall civil sayings showx somex how brief the life of man runs his erring pilgrimagex that the streching of a span buckles in his sum of agex somex of violated vows xtwixt the souls of friend and friendx but upon the fairest boughsx or at every sentence endx will i rosalinda writex teaching all that read to know the quintessence of every sprite heaven would in little showx therefore heaven nature chargxd that one body should be fillxd with all graces widexenlargxdx nature presently distillxd helenxs cheekx but not her heartx cleopatraxs majestyx atalantaxs better partx sad lucretiaxs modestyx thus rosalinde of many parts by heavenly synod was devisxdx of many facesx eyesx and heartsx to have the touches dearest prizxdx heaven would that she these gifts should havex and i to live and die her slavexx rosalindx o most gentle pulpiterx what tedious homily of love have you wearied your parishioners withalx and never cried xhave patiencex good peoplexx celiax how nowx backx friendsx shepherdx go off a littlex go with himx sirrahx touchstonex comex shepherdx let us make an honourable retreatx though not with bag and baggagex yet with scrip and scrippagex exeunt corin and touchstone celiax didst thou hear these versesx rosalindx ox yesx i heard them allx and more toox for some of them had in them more feet than the verses would bearx celiax thatxs no matterx the feet might bear the versesx rosalindx ayx but the feet were lamex and could not bear themselves without the versex and therefore stood lamely in the versex celiax but didst thou hear without wondering how thy name should be hangxd and carved upon these treesx rosalindx i was seven of the nine days out of the wonder before you camex for look here what i found on a palmxtreex i was never so berhymxd since pythagorasx time that i was an irish ratx which i can hardly rememberx celiax trow you who hath done thisx rosalindx is it a manx celiax and a chainx that you once worex about his neckx change you colourx rosalindx i pritheex whox celiax o lordx lordx it is a hard matter for friends to meetx but mountains may be removxd with earthquakesx and so encounterx rosalindx nayx but who is itx celiax is it possiblex rosalindx nayx i prithee nowx with most petitionary vehemencex tell me who it isx celiax o wonderfulx wonderfulx most wonderful wonderfulx and yet again wonderfulx and after thatx out of all whoopingx rosalindx good my complexionx dost thou thinkx though i am caparisonxd like a manx i have a doublet and hose in my dispositionx one inch of delay more is a south sea of discoveryx i prithee tell me who is it quicklyx and speak apacex i would thou couldxst stammerx that thou mightst pour this concealxd man out of thy mouthx as wine comes out of narrowxmouthxd bottlex either too much at once or none at allx i prithee take the cork out of thy mouth that i may drink thy tidingsx celiax so you may put a man in your bellyx rosalindx is he of godxs makingx what manner of manx is his head worth a hat or his chin worth a beardx celiax nayx he hath but a little beardx rosalindx whyx god will send more if the man will be thankfulx let me stay the growth of his beardx if thou delay me not the knowledge of his chinx celiax it is young orlandox that trippxd up the wrestlerxs heels and your heart both in an instantx rosalindx nayx but the devil take mockingx speak sad brow and true maidx celiax ix faithx cozx xtis hex rosalindx orlandox celiax orlandox rosalindx alas the dayx what shall i do with my doublet and hosex what did he when thou sawxst himx what said hex how lookxd hex wherein went hex what makes he herex did he ask for mex where remains hex how parted he with theex and when shalt thou see him againx answer me in one wordx celiax you must borrow me gargantuaxs mouth firstx xtis a word too great for any mouth of this agexs sizex to say ay and no to these particulars is more than to answer in a catechismx rosalindx but doth he know that i am in this forestx and in manxs apparelx looks he as freshly as he did the day he wrestledx celiax it is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the propositions of a loverx but take a taste of my finding himx and relish it with good observancex i found him under a treex like a droppxd acornx rosalindx it may well be callxd jovexs treex when it drops forth such fruitx celiax give me audiencex good madamx rosalindx proceedx celiax there lay hex stretchxd along like a wounded knightx rosalindx though it be pity to see such a sightx it well becomes the groundx celiax cry xhollax to thy tonguex i pritheex it curvets unseasonablyx he was furnishxd like a hunterx rosalindx ox ominousx he comes to kill my heartx celiax i would sing my song without a burdenx thou bringxst me out of tunex rosalindx do you not know i am a womanx when i thinkx i must speakx sweetx say onx celiax you bring me outx softx comes he not herex enter orlando and jaques rosalindx xtis hex slink byx and note himx jaquesx i thank you for your companyx butx good faithx i had as lief have been myself alonex orlandox and so had ix but yetx for fashion sakex i thank you too for your societyx jaquesx god buy youx letxs meet as little as we canx orlandox i do desire we may be better strangersx jaquesx i pray you mar no more trees with writing love songs in their barksx orlandox i pray you mar no more of my verses with reading them illxfavouredlyx jaquesx rosalind is your lovexs namex orlandox yesx justx jaquesx i do not like her namex orlandox there was no thought of pleasing you when she was christenxdx jaquesx what stature is she ofx orlandox just as high as my heartx jaquesx you are full of pretty answersx have you not been acquainted with goldsmithsx wivesx and connxd them out of ringsx orlandox not sox but i answer you right painted clothx from whence you have studied your questionsx jaquesx you have a nimble witx i think xtwas made of atalantaxs heelsx will you sit down with mex and we two will rail against our mistress the worldx and all our miseryx orlandox i will chide no breather in the world but myselfx against whom i know most faultsx jaquesx the worst fault you have is to be in lovex orlandox xtis a fault i will not change for your best virtuex i am weary of youx jaquesx by my trothx i was seeking for a fool when i found youx orlandox he is drownxd in the brookx look but inx and you shall see himx jaquesx there i shall see mine own figurex orlandox which i take to be either a fool or a cipherx jaquesx ixll tarry no longer with youx farewellx good signior lovex orlandox i am glad of your departurex adieux good monsieur melancholyx exit jaques rosalindx xaside to celiax i will speak to him like a saucy lackeyx and under that habit play the knave with himxx do you hearx foresterx orlandox very wellx what would youx rosalindx i pray youx what isxt oxclockx orlandox you should ask me what time ox dayx therexs no clock in the forestx rosalindx then there is no true lover in the forestx else sighing every minute and groaning every hour would detect the lazy foot of time as well as a clockx orlandox and why not the swift foot of timex had not that been as properx rosalindx by no meansx sirx time travels in divers paces with divers personsx ixll tell you who time ambles withalx who time trots withalx who time gallops withalx and who he stands still withalx orlandox i pritheex who doth he trot withalx rosalindx marryx he trots hard with a young maid between the contract of her marriage and the day it is solemnizxdx if the interim be but a sexnnightx timexs pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven yearx orlandox who ambles time withalx rosalindx with a priest that lacks latin and a rich man that hath not the goutx for the one sleeps easily because he cannot studyx and the other lives merrily because he feels no painx the one lacking the burden of lean and wasteful learningx the other knowing no burden of heavy tedious penuryx these time ambles withalx orlandox who doth he gallop withalx rosalindx with a thief to the gallowsx for though he go as softly as foot can fallx he thinks himself too soon therex orlandox who stays it still withalx rosalindx with lawyers in the vacationx for they sleep between term and termx and then they perceive not how time movesx orlandox where dwell youx pretty youthx rosalindx with this shepherdessx my sisterx here in the skirts of the forestx like fringe upon a petticoatx orlandox are you native of this placex rosalindx as the coney that you see dwell where she is kindledx orlandox your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwellingx rosalindx i have been told so of manyx but indeed an old religious uncle of mine taught me to speakx who was in his youth an inland manx one that knew courtship too wellx for there he fell in lovex i have heard him read many lectures against itx and i thank god i am not a womanx to be touchxd with so many giddy offences as he hath generally taxxd their whole sex withalx orlandox can you remember any of the principal evils that he laid to the charge of womenx rosalindx there were none principalx they were all like one another as halfpence arex every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellowxfault came to match itx orlandox i prithee recount some of themx rosalindx nox i will not cast away my physic but on those that are sickx there is a man haunts the forest that abuses our young plants with carving xrosalindx on their barksx hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on bramblesx allx forsoothx deifying the name of rosalindx if i could meet that fancyxmongerx i would give him some good counselx for he seems to have the quotidian of love upon himx orlandox i am he that is so lovexshakxdx i pray you tell me your remedyx rosalindx there is none of my unclexs marks upon youx he taught me how to know a man in lovex in which cage of rushes i am sure you are not prisonerx orlandox what were his marksx rosalindx a lean cheekx which you have notx a blue eye and sunkenx which you have notx an unquestionable spiritx which you have notx a beard neglectedx which you have notx but i pardon you for thatx for simply your having in beard is a younger brotherxs revenuex then your hose should be ungarterxdx your bonnet unbandedx your sleeve unbuttonxdx your shoe untiedx and every thing about you demonstrating a careless desolationx but you are no such manx you are rather pointxdevice in your accoutrementsx as loving yourself than seeming the lover of any otherx orlandox fair youthx i would i could make thee believe i lovex rosalindx me believe itx you may as soon make her that you love believe itx whichx i warrantx she is apter to do than to confess she doesx that is one of the points in the which women still give the lie to their consciencesx butx in good soothx are you he that hangs the verses on the trees wherein rosalind is so admiredx orlandox i swear to theex youthx by the white hand of rosalindx i am that hex that unfortunate hex rosalindx but are you so much in love as your rhymes speakx orlandox neither rhyme nor reason can express how muchx rosalindx love is merely a madnessx andx i tell youx deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen dox and the reason why they are not so punishxd and cured is that the lunacy is so ordinary that the whippers are in love toox yet i profess curing it by counselx orlandox did you ever cure any sox rosalindx yesx onex and in this mannerx he was to imagine me his lovex his mistressx and i set him every day to woo mex at which time would ix being but a moonish youthx grievex be effeminatex changeablex longing and likingx proudx fantasticalx apishx shallowx inconstantx full of tearsx full of smilesx for every passion something and for no passion truly anythingx as boys and women are for the most part cattle of this colourx would now like himx now loathe himx then entertain himx then forswear himx now weep for himx then spit at himx that i drave my suitor from his mad humour of love to a living humour of madnessx which wasx to forswear the full stream of the world and to live in a nook merely monasticx and thus i curxd himx and this way will i take upon me to wash your liver as clean as a sound sheepxs heartx that there shall not be one spot of love in xtx orlandox i would not be curedx youthx rosalindx i would cure youx if you would but call me rosalindx and come every day to my cote and woo mex orlandox nowx by the faith of my lovex i willx tell me where it isx rosalindx go with me to itx and ixll show it youx andx by the wayx you shall tell me where in the forest you livex will you gox orlandox with all my heartx good youthx rosalindx nayx you must call me rosalindx comex sisterx will you gox exeunt scene iiix the forest enter touchstone and audreyx jaques behind touchstonex come apacex good audreyx i will fetch up your goatsx audreyx and howx audreyx am i the man yetx doth my simple feature content youx audreyx your featuresx lord warrant usx what featuresx touchstonex i am here with thee and thy goatsx as the most capricious poetx honest ovidx was among the gothsx jaquesx xasidex o knowledge illxinhabitedx worse than jove in a thatchxd housex touchstonex when a manxs verses cannot be understoodx nor a manxs good wit seconded with the forward child understandingx it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little roomx trulyx i would the gods had made thee poeticalx audreyx i do not know what xpoeticalx isx is it honest in deed and wordx is it a true thingx touchstonex nox trulyx for the truest poetry is the most feigningx and lovers are given to poetryx and what they swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do feignx audreyx do you wishx thenx that the gods had made me poeticalx touchstonex i dox trulyx for thou swearxst to me thou art honestx nowx if thou wert a poetx i might have some hope thou didst feignx audreyx would you not have me honestx touchstonex nox trulyx unless thou wert hardxfavourxdx for honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce to sugarx jaquesx xasidex a material foolx audreyx wellx i am not fairx and therefore i pray the gods make me honestx touchstonex trulyx and to cast away honesty upon a foul slut were to put good meat into an unclean dishx audreyx i am not a slutx though i thank the gods i am foulx touchstonex wellx praised be the gods for thy foulnessx sluttishness may come hereafterx but be it as it may bex i will marry theex and to that end i have been with sir oliver martextx the vicar of the next villagex who hath promisxd to meet me in this place of the forestx and to couple usx jaquesx xasidex i would fain see this meetingx audreyx wellx the gods give us joyx touchstonex amenx a man mayx if he were of a fearful heartx stagger in this attemptx for here we have no temple but the woodx no assembly but hornxbeastsx but what thoughx couragex as horns are odiousx they are necessaryx it is saidx xmany a man knows no end of his goodsxx rightx many a man has good horns and knows no end of themx wellx that is the dowry of his wifex xtis none of his own gettingx hornsx even sox poor men alonex nox nox the noblest deer hath them as huge as the rascalx is the single man therefore blessedx nox as a wallxd town is more worthier than a villagex so is the forehead of a married man more honourable than the bare brow of a bachelorx and by how much defence is better than no skillx by so much is horn more precious than to wantx here comes sir oliverx enter sir oliver martext sir oliver martextx you are well metx will you dispatch us here under this treex or shall we go with you to your chapelx martextx is there none here to give the womanx touchstonex i will not take her on gift of any manx martextx trulyx she must be givenx or the marriage is not lawfulx jaquesx xdiscovering himselfx proceedx proceedx ixll give herx touchstonex good evenx good master whatxyexcallxtx how do youx sirx you are very well metx goddild you for your last companyx i am very glad to see youx even a toy in hand herex sirx nayx pray be coverxdx jaquesx will you be marriedx motleyx touchstonex as the ox hath his bowx sirx the horse his curbx and the falcon her bellsx so man hath his desiresx and as pigeons billx so wedlock would be nibblingx jaquesx and will youx being a man of your breedingx be married under a bushx like a beggarx get you to church and have a good priest that can tell you what marriage isx this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscotx then one of you will prove a shrunk panelx and like green timber warpx warpx touchstonex xasidex i am not in the mind but i were better to be married of him than of anotherx for he is not like to marry me wellx and not being well marriedx it will be a good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wifex jaquesx go thou with mex and let me counsel theex touchstonex comex sweet audreyx we must be married or we must live in bawdryx farewellx good master oliverx notx o sweet oliverx o brave oliverx leave me not behind theex butx wind awayx begonex i sayx i will not to wedding with theex exeunt jaquesx touchstonex and audrey martextx xtis no matterx nexer a fantastical knave of them all shall flout me out of my callingx exit scene ivx the forest enter rosalind and celia rosalindx never talk to mex i will weepx celiax dox i pritheex but yet have the grace to consider that tears do not become a manx rosalindx but have i not cause to weepx celiax as good cause as one would desirex therefore weepx rosalindx his very hair is of the dissembling colourx celiax something browner than judasxsx marryx his kisses are judasxs own childrenx rosalindx ix faithx his hair is of a good colourx celiax an excellent colourx your chestnut was ever the only colourx rosalindx and his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of holy breadx celiax he hath bought a pair of cast lips of dianax a nun of winterxs sisterhood kisses not more religiouslyx the very ice of chastity is in themx rosalindx but why did he swear he would come this morningx and comes notx celiax nayx certainlyx there is no truth in himx rosalindx do you think sox celiax yesx i think he is not a pickxpurse nor a horsexstealerx but for his verity in lovex i do think him as concave as covered goblet or a wormxeaten nutx rosalindx not true in lovex celiax yesx when he is inx but i think he is not inx rosalindx you have heard him swear downright he wasx celiax xwasx is not xisxx besidesx the oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a tapsterx they are both the confirmer of false reckoningsx he attends here in the forest on the dukex your fatherx rosalindx i met the duke yesterdayx and had much question with himx he asked me of what parentage i wasx i told himx of as good as hex so he laughxd and let me gox but what talk we of fathers when there is such a man as orlandox celiax ox thatxs a brave manx he writes brave versesx speaks brave wordsx swears brave oathsx and breaks them bravelyx quite traversex athwart the heart of his loverx as a puny tilterx that spurs his horse but on one sidex breaks his staff like a noble goosex but allxs brave that youth mounts and folly guidesx who comes herex enter corin corinx mistress and masterx you have oft enquired after the shepherd that complainxd of lovex who you saw sitting by me on the turfx praising the proud disdainful shepherdess that was his mistressx celiax wellx and what of himx corinx if you will see a pageant truly playxd between the pale complexion of true love and the red glow of scorn and proud disdainx go hence a littlex and i shall conduct youx if you will mark itx rosalindx ox comex let us removex the sight of lovers feedeth those in lovex bring us to this sightx and you shall say ixll prove a busy actor in their playx exeunt scene vx another part of the forest enter silvius and phebe silviusx sweet phebex do not scorn mex do notx phebex say that you love me notx but say not so in bitternessx the common executionerx whose heart thx accustomxd sight of death makes hardx falls not the axe upon the humbled neck but first begs pardonx will you sterner be than he that dies and lives by bloody dropsx enter rosalindx celiax and corinx at a distance phebex i would not be thy executionerx i fly theex for i would not injure theex thou tellxst me there is murder in mine eyex xtis prettyx surex and very probablex that eyesx that are the frailxst and softest thingsx who shut their coward gates on atomiesx should be callxd tyrantsx butchersx murderersx now i do frown on thee with all my heartx and if mine eyes can woundx now let them kill theex now counterfeit to swoonx whyx now fall downx orx if thou canst notx ox for shamex for shamex lie notx to say mine eyes are murderersx now show the wound mine eye hath made in theex scratch thee but with a pinx and there remains some scar of itx lean upon a rushx the cicatrice and capable impressure thy palm some moment keepsx but now mine eyesx which i have darted at theex hurt thee notx norx i am surex there is not force in eyes that can do hurtx silviusx o dear phebex if everx as that ever may be nearx you meet in some fresh cheek the power of fancyx then shall you know the wounds invisible that lovexs keen arrows makex phebex but till that time come not thou near mex and when that time comesx afflict me with thy mocksx pity me notx as till that time i shall not pity theex rosalindx xadvancingx and whyx i pray youx who might be your motherx that you insultx exultx and all at oncex over the wretchedx what though you have no beautyx asx by my faithx i see no more in you than without candle may go dark to bedx must you be therefore proud and pitilessx whyx what means thisx why do you look on mex i see no more in you than in the ordinary of naturexs salexworkx xodxs my little lifex i think she means to tangle my eyes toox no faithx proud mistressx hope not after itx xtis not your inky browsx your black silk hairx your bugle eyeballsx nor your cheek of creamx that can entame my spirits to your worshipx you foolish shepherdx wherefore do you follow herx like foggy southx puffing with wind and rainx you are a thousand times a properer man than she a womanx xtis such fools as you that makes the world full of illxfavourxd childrenx xtis not her glassx but youx that flatters herx and out of you she sees herself more proper than any of her lineaments can show herx butx mistressx know yourselfx down on your kneesx and thank heavenx fastingx for a good manxs lovex for i must tell you friendly in your earx sell when you canx you are not for all marketsx cry the man mercyx love himx take his offerx foul is most foulx being foul to be a scofferx so take her to theex shepherdx fare you wellx phebex sweet youthx i pray you chide a year togetherx i had rather hear you chide than this man woox rosalindx hexs fallxn in love with your foulnessx and shexll fall in love with my angerx if it be sox as fast as she answers thee with frowning looksx ixll sauce her with bitter wordsx why look you so upon mex phebex for no ill will i bear youx rosalindx i pray you do not fall in love with mex for i am falser than vows made in winex besidesx i like you notx if you will know my housex xtis at the tuft of olives here hard byx will you gox sisterx shepherdx ply her hardx comex sisterx shepherdessx look on him betterx and be not proudx though all the world could seex none could be so abusxd in sight as hex comex to our flockx exeunt rosalindx celiax and corin phebex dead shepherdx now i find thy saw of mightx xwho ever lovxd that lovxd not at first sightxx silviusx sweet phebex phebex hax what sayxst thoux silviusx silviusx sweet phebex pity mex phebex whyx i arn sorry for theex gentle silviusx silviusx wherever sorrow isx relief would bex if you do sorrow at my grief in lovex by giving lovex your sorrow and my grief were both exterminxdx phebex thou hast my lovex is not that neighbourlyx silviusx i would have youx phebex whyx that were covetousnessx silviusx the time was that i hated theex and yet it is not that i bear thee lovex but since that thou canst talk of love so wellx thy companyx which erst was irksome to mex i will endurex and ixll employ thee toox but do not look for further recompense than thine own gladness that thou art employxdx silviusx so holy and so perfect is my lovex and i in such a poverty of gracex that i shall think it a most plenteous crop to glean the broken ears after the man that the main harvest reapsx loose now and then a scattxred smilex and that ixll live uponx phebex knowxst thou the youth that spoke to me erewhilex silviusx not very wellx but i have met him oftx and he hath bought the cottage and the bounds that the old carlot once was master ofx phebex think not i love himx though i ask for himx xtis but a peevish boyx yet he talks wellx but what care i for wordsx yet words do well when he that speaks them pleases those that hearx it is a pretty youthx not very prettyx butx surex hexs proudx and yet his pride becomes himx hexll make a proper manx the best thing in him is his complexionx and faster than his tongue did make offencex his eye did heal it upx he is not very tallx yet for his years hexs tallx his leg is but soxsox and yet xtis wellx there was a pretty redness in his lipx a little riper and more lusty red than that mixxd in his cheekx xtwas just the difference betwixt the constant red and mingled damaskx there be some womenx silviusx had they markxd him in parcels as i didx would have gone near to fall in love with himx butx for my partx i love him notx nor hate him notx and yet i have more cause to hate him than to love himx for what had he to do to chide at mex he said mine eyes were blackx and my hair blackx andx now i am remembxredx scornxd at mex i marvel why i answerxd not againx but thatxs all onex omittance is no quittancex ixll write to him a very taunting letterx and thou shalt bear itx wilt thoux silviusx silviusx phebex with all my heartx phebex ixll write it straightx the matterxs in my head and in my heartx i will be bitter with him and passing shortx go with mex silviusx exeunt act ivx scene ix the forest enter rosalindx celiax and jaques jaquesx i pritheex pretty youthx let me be better acquainted with theex rosalindx they say you are a melancholy fellowx jaquesx i am sox i do love it better than laughingx rosalindx those that are in extremity of either are abominable fellowsx and betray themselves to every modern censure worse than drunkardsx jaquesx whyx xtis good to be sad and say nothingx rosalindx why thenx xtis good to be a postx jaquesx i have neither the scholarxs melancholyx which is emulationx nor the musicianxsx which is fantasticalx nor the courtierxsx which is proudx nor the soldierxsx which is ambitiousx nor the lawyerxsx which is politicx nor the ladyxsx which is nicex nor the loverxsx which is all thesex but it is a melancholy of mine ownx compounded of many simplesx extracted from many objectsx andx indeedx the sundry contemplation of my travelsx in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadnessx rosalindx a travellerx by my faithx you have great reason to be sadx i fear you have sold your own lands to see other menxsx then to have seen much and to have nothing is to have rich eyes and poor handsx jaquesx yesx i have gainxd my experiencex enter orlando rosalindx and your experience makes you sadx i had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sadx and to travel for it toox orlandox good dayx and happinessx dear rosalindx jaquesx nayx thenx god buy youx an you talk in blank versex rosalindx farewellx monsieur travellerx look you lisp and wear strange suitsx disable all the benefits of your own countryx be out of love with your nativityx and almost chide god for making you that countenance you arex or i will scarce think you have swam in a gondolax xexit jaquesx whyx how nowx orlandox where have you been all this whilex you a loverx an you serve me such another trickx never come in my sight morex orlandox my fair rosalindx i come within an hour of my promisex rosalindx break an hourxs promise in lovex he that will divide a minute into a thousand partsx and break but a part of the thousand part of a minute in the affairs of lovex it may be said of him that cupid hath clappxd him ox thx shoulderx but ixll warrant him heartxwholex orlandox pardon mex dear rosalindx rosalindx nayx an you be so tardyx come no more in my sightx i had as lief be wooxd of a snailx orlandox of a snailx rosalindx ayx of a snailx for though he comes slowlyx he carries his house on his headx a better jointurex i thinkx than you make a womanx besidesx he brings his destiny with himx orlandox whatxs thatx rosalindx whyx hornsx which such as you are fain to be beholding to your wives forx but he comes armed in his fortunex and prevents the slander of his wifex orlandox virtue is no hornxmakerx and my rosalind is virtuousx rosalindx and i am your rosalindx celiax it pleases him to call you sox but he hath a rosalind of a better leer than youx rosalindx comex woo mex woo mex for now i am in a holiday humourx and like enough to consentx what would you say to me nowx an i were your very very rosalindx orlandox i would kiss before i spokex rosalindx nayx you were better speak firstx and when you were gravellxd for lack of matterx you might take occasion to kissx very good oratorsx when they are outx they will spitx and for lovers lackingx god warn usxx matterx the cleanliest shift is to kissx orlandox how if the kiss be deniedx rosalindx then she puts you to entreatyx and there begins new matterx orlandox who could be outx being before his beloved mistressx rosalindx marryx that should youx if i were your mistressx or i should think my honesty ranker than my witx orlandox whatx of my suitx rosalindx not out of your apparelx and yet out of your suitx am not i your rosalindx orlandox i take some joy to say you arex because i would be talking of herx rosalindx wellx in her personx i say i will not have youx orlandox thenx in mine own personx i diex rosalindx nox faithx die by attorneyx the poor world is almost six thousand years oldx and in all this time there was not any man died in his own personx videlicetx in a lovexcausex troilus had his brains dashxd out with a grecian clubx yet he did what he could to die beforex and he is one of the patterns of lovex leanderx he would have livxd many a fair yearx though hero had turnxd nunx if it had not been for a hot midsummer nightx forx good youthx he went but forth to wash him in the hellespontx andx being taken with the crampx was drownxdx and the foolish chroniclers of that age found it wasx hero of sestosx but these are all liesx men have died from time to timex and worms have eaten themx but not for lovex orlandox i would not have my right rosalind of this mindx forx i protestx her frown might kill mex rosalindx by this handx it will not kill a flyx but comex now i will be your rosalind in a more comingxon dispositionx and ask me what you willx i will grant itx orlandox then love mex rosalindx rosalindx yesx faithx will ix fridays and saturdaysx and allx orlandox and wilt thou have mex rosalindx ayx and twenty suchx orlandox what sayest thoux rosalindx are you not goodx orlandox i hope sox rosalindx why thenx can one desire too much of a good thingx comex sisterx you shall be the priestx and marry usx give me your handx orlandox what do you sayx sisterx orlandox pray theex marry usx celiax i cannot say the wordsx rosalindx you must begin xwill youx orlandoxx celiax go tox will youx orlandox have to wife this rosalindx orlandox i willx rosalindx ayx but whenx orlandox whyx nowx as fast as she can marry usx rosalindx then you must say xi take theex rosalindx for wifexx orlandox i take theex rosalindx for wifex rosalindx i might ask you for your commissionx butx i do take theex orlandox for my husbandx therexs a girl goes before the priestx andx certainlyx a womanxs thought runs before her actionsx orlandox so do all thoughtsx they are wingxdx rosalindx now tell me how long you would have herx after you have possessxd herx orlandox for ever and a dayx rosalindx say xa dayx without the xeverxx nox nox orlandox men are april when they woox december when they wedx maids are may when they are maidsx but the sky changes when they are wivesx i will be more jealous of thee than a barbary cockxpigeon over his henx more clamorous than a parrot against rainx more newxfangled than an apex more giddy in my desires than a monkeyx i will weep for nothingx like diana in the fountainx and i will do that when you are disposxd to be merryx i will laugh like a hyenx and that when thou are inclinxd to sleepx orlandox but will my rosalind do sox rosalindx by my lifex she will do as i dox orlandox ox but she is wisex rosalindx or else she could not have the wit to do thisx the wiserx the waywarderx make the doors upon a womanxs witx and it will out at the casementx shut thatx and xtwill out at the keyxholex stop thatx xtwill fly with the smoke out at the chimneyx orlandox a man that had a wife with such a witx he might say xwitx whither wiltxx rosalindx nayx you might keep that check for itx till you met your wifexs wit going to your neighbourxs bedx orlandox and what wit could wit have to excuse thatx rosalindx marryx to say she came to seek you therex you shall never take her without her answerx unless you take her without her tonguex ox that woman that cannot make her fault her husbandxs occasionx let her never nurse her child herselfx for she will breed it like a foolx orlandox for these two hoursx rosalindx i will leave theex rosalindx alasx dear lovex i cannot lack thee two hoursx orlandox i must attend the duke at dinnerx by two oxclock i will be with thee againx rosalindx ayx go your waysx go your waysx i knew what you would provex my friends told me as muchx and i thought no lessx that flattering tongue of yours won mex xtis but one cast awayx and sox come deathx two oxclock is your hourx orlandox ayx sweet rosalindx rosalindx by my trothx and in good earnestx and so god mend mex and by all pretty oaths that are not dangerousx if you break one jot of your promisex or come one minute behind your hourx i will think you the most pathetical breakxpromisex and the most hollow loverx and the most unworthy of her you call rosalindx that may be chosen out of the gross band of the unfaithfulx therefore beware my censurex and keep your promisex orlandox with no less religion than if thou wert indeed my rosalindx sox adieux rosalindx wellx time is the old justice that examines all such offendersx and let time tryx adieux exit orlando celiax you have simply misusxd our sex in your lovexpratex we must have your doublet and hose pluckxd over your headx and show the world what the bird hath done to her own nestx rosalindx o cozx cozx cozx my pretty little cozx that thou didst know how many fathom deep i am in lovex but it cannot be soundedx my affection hath an unknown bottomx like the bay of portugalx celiax or ratherx bottomlessx that as fast as you pour affection inx it runs outx rosalindx nox that same wicked bastard of venusx that was begot of thoughtx conceivxd of spleenx and born of madnessx that blind rascally boyx that abuses every onexs eyesx because his own are outx let him be judge how deep i am in lovex ixll tell theex alienax i cannot be out of the sight of orlandox ixll go find a shadowx and sigh till he comex celiax and ixll sleepx exeunt scene iix the forest enter jaques and lordsx in the habit of foresters jaquesx which is he that killed the deerx lordx sirx it was ix jaquesx letxs present him to the dukex like a roman conquerorx and it would do well to set the deerxs horns upon his head for a branch of victoryx have you no songx foresterx for this purposex lordx yesx sirx jaquesx sing itx xtis no matter how it be in tunex so it make noise enoughx songx what shall he have that killxd the deerx his leather skin and horns to wearx xthe rest shall hear this burdenxx then sing him homex take thou no scorn to wear the hornx it was a crest ere thou wast bornx thy fatherxs father wore itx and thy father bore itx the hornx the hornx the lusty hornx is not a thing to laugh to scornx exeunt scene iiix the forest enter rosalind and celia rosalindx how say you nowx is it not past two oxclockx and here much orlandox celiax i warrant youx with pure love and troubled brainx he hath taxen his bow and arrowsx and is gone forthx to sleepx lookx who comes herex enter silvius silviusx my errand is to youx fair youthx my gentle phebe did bid me give you thisx i know not the contentsx butx as i guess by the stern brow and waspish action which she did use as she was writing of itx it bears an angry tenourx pardon mex i am but as a guiltless messengerx rosalindx patience herself would startle at this letterx and play the swaggererx bear thisx bear allx she says i am not fairx that i lack mannersx she calls me proudx and that she could not love mex were man as rare as phoenixx xodxs my willx her love is not the hare that i do huntx why writes she so to mex wellx shepherdx wellx this is a letter of your own devicex silviusx nox i protestx i know not the contentsx phebe did write itx rosalindx comex comex you are a foolx and turnxd into the extremity of lovex i saw her handx she has a leathern handx a freestonexcolourxd handx i verily did think that her old gloves were onx but xtwas her handsx she has a huswifexs handx but thatxs no matterx i say she never did invent this letterx this is a manxs inventionx and his handx silviusx surex it is hersx rosalindx whyx xtis a boisterous and a cruel stylex a style for challengersx whyx she defies mex like turk to christianx womenxs gentle brain could not drop forth such giantxrude inventionx such ethiope wordsx blacker in their effect than in their countenancex will you hear the letterx silviusx so please youx for i never heard it yetx yet heard too much of phebexs crueltyx rosalindx she phebes mex mark how the tyrant writesx xreadsx xart thou god to shepherd turnxdx that a maidenxs heart hath burnxdxx can a woman rail thusx silviusx call you this railingx rosalindx xwhyx thy godhead laid apartx warrxst thou with a womanxs heartxx did you ever hear such railingx xwhiles the eye of man did woo mex that could do no vengeance to mexx meaning me a beastx xif the scorn of your bright eyne have power to raise such love in minex alackx in me what strange effect would they work in mild aspectx whiles you chid mex i did lovex how then might your prayers movex he that brings this love to the little knows this love in mex and by him seal up thy mindx whether that thy youth and kind will the faithful offer take of me and all that i can makex or else by him my love denyx and then ixll study how to diexx silviusx call you this chidingx celiax alasx poor shepherdx rosalindx do you pity himx nox he deserves no pityx wilt thou love such a womanx whatx to make thee an instrumentx and play false strains upon theex not to be endurxdx wellx go your way to herx for i see love hath made thee tame snakex and say this to herx that if she love mex i charge her to love theex if she will notx i will never have her unless thou entreat for herx if you be a true loverx hencex and not a wordx for here comes more companyx exit silvius enter oliver oliverx good morrowx fair onesx pray youx if you knowx where in the purlieus of this forest stands a sheepxcote fencxd about with olive treesx celiax west of this placex down in the neighbour bottomx the rank of osiers by the murmuring stream left on your right hand brings you to the placex but at this hour the house doth keep itselfx therexs none withinx oliverx if that an eye may profit by a tonguex then should i know you by descriptionx such garmentsx and such yearsx xthe boy is fairx of female favourx and bestows himself like a ripe sisterx the woman lowx and browner than her brotherxx are not you the owner of the house i did inquire forx celiax it is no boastx being askxdx to say we arex oliverx orlando doth commend him to you bothx and to that youth he calls his rosalind he sends this bloody napkinx are you hex rosalindx i amx what must we understand by thisx oliverx some of my shamex if you will know of me what man i amx and howx and whyx and wherex this handkercher was stainxdx celiax i pray youx tell itx oliverx when last the young orlando parted from youx he left a promise to return again within an hourx andx pacing through the forestx chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancyx lox what befellx he threw his eye asidex and mark what object did present itselfx under an oakx whose boughs were mossxd with agex and high top bald with dry antiquityx a wretched ragged manx oxergrown with hairx lay sleeping on his backx about his neck a green and gilded snake had wreathxd itselfx who with her head nimble in threats approachxd the opening of his mouthx but suddenlyx seeing orlandox it unlinkxd itselfx and with indented glides did slip away into a bushx under which bushxs shade a lionessx with udders all drawn dryx lay couchingx head on groundx with catlike watchx when that the sleeping man should stirx for xtis the royal disposition of that beast to prey on nothing that doth seem as deadx this seenx orlando did approach the manx and found it was his brotherx his elder brotherx celiax ox i have heard him speak of that same brotherx and he did render him the most unnatural that livxd amongst menx oliverx and well he might so dox for well i know he was unnaturalx rosalindx butx to orlandox did he leave him therex food to the suckxd and hungry lionessx oliverx twice did he turn his backx and purposxd sox but kindnessx nobler ever than revengex and naturex stronger than his just occasionx made him give battle to the lionessx who quickly fell before himx in which hurtling from miserable slumber i awakxdx celiax are you his brotherx rosalindx wasxt you he rescuxdx celiax wasxt you that did so oft contrive to kill himx oliverx xtwas ix but xtis not ix i do not shame to tell you what i wasx since my conversion so sweetly tastesx being the thing i amx rosalindx but for the bloody napkinx oliverx by and byx when from the first to lastx betwixt us twox tears our recountments had most kindly bathxdx as how i came into that desert placex in briefx he led me to the gentle dukex who gave me fresh array and entertainmentx committing me unto my brotherxs lovex who led me instantly unto his cavex there strippxd himselfx and here upon his arm the lioness had torn some flesh awayx which all this while had bledx and now he faintedx and criedx in faintingx upon rosalindx briefx i recoverxd himx bound up his woundx andx after some small spacex being strong at heartx he sent me hitherx stranger as i amx to tell this storyx that you might excuse his broken promisex and to give this napkinx dyxd in his bloodx unto the shepherd youth that he in sport doth call his rosalindx xrosalind swoonsx celiax whyx how nowx ganymedex sweet ganymedex oliverx many will swoon when they do look on bloodx celiax there is more in itx cousin ganymedex oliverx lookx he recoversx rosalindx i would i were at homex celiax wexll lead you thitherx i pray youx will you take him by the armx oliverx be of good cheerx youthx you a manx you lack a manxs heartx rosalindx i do sox i confess itx ahx sirrahx a body would think this was well counterfeitedx i pray you tell your brother how well i counterfeitedx heighxhox oliverx this was not counterfeitx there is too great testimony in your complexion that it was a passion of earnestx rosalindx counterfeitx i assure youx oliverx well thenx take a good heart and counterfeit to be a manx rosalindx so i dox butx ix faithx i should have been a woman by rightx celiax comex you look paler and palerx pray you draw homewardsx good sirx go with usx oliverx that will ix for i must bear answer back how you excuse my brotherx rosalindx rosalindx i shall devise somethingx butx i pray youx commend my counterfeiting to himx will you gox exeunt act vx scene ix the forest enter touchstone and audrey touchstonex we shall find a timex audreyx patiencex gentle audreyx audreyx faithx the priest was good enoughx for all the old gentlemanxs sayingx touchstonex a most wicked sir oliverx audreyx a most vile martextx butx audreyx there is a youth here in the forest lays claim to youx audreyx ayx i know who xtisx he hath no interest in me in the worldx here comes the man you meanx enter william touchstonex it is meat and drink to me to see a clownx by my trothx we that have good wits have much to answer forx we shall be floutingx we cannot holdx williamx good evxnx audreyx audreyx god ye good evxnx williamx williamx and good evxn to youx sirx touchstonex good evxnx gentle friendx cover thy headx cover thy headx nayx prithee be coverxdx how old are youx friendx williamx five and twentyx sirx touchstonex a ripe agex is thy name williamx williamx williamx sirx touchstonex a fair namex wast born ix thx forest herex williamx ayx sirx i thank godx touchstonex xthank godxx a good answerx art richx williamx faithx sirx so sox touchstonex xso sox is goodx very goodx very excellent goodx and yet it is notx it is but so sox art thou wisex williamx ayx sirx i have a pretty witx touchstonex whyx thou sayxst wellx i do now remember a sayingx xthe fool doth think he is wisex but the wise man knows himself to be a foolxx the heathen philosopherx when he had a desire to eat a grapex would open his lips when he put it into his mouthx meaning thereby that grapes were made to eat and lips to openx you do love this maidx williamx i dox sirx touchstonex give me your handx art thou learnedx williamx nox sirx touchstonex then learn this of mex to have is to havex for it is a figure in rhetoric that drinkx being pourxd out of cup into a glassx by filling the one doth empty the otherx for all your writers do consent that ipse is hex nowx you are not ipsex for i am hex williamx which hex sirx touchstonex hex sirx that must marry this womanx thereforex you clownx abandonx which is in the vulgar leavex the societyx which in the boorish is companyx of this femalex which in the common is womanx which together isx abandon the society of this femalex orx clownx thou perishestx orx to thy better understandingx diestx orx to witx i kill theex make thee awayx translate thy life into deathx thy liberty into bondagex i will deal in poison with theex or in bastinadox or in steelx i will bandy with thee in factionx will oxerxrun thee with policyx i will kill thee a hundred and fifty waysx therefore tremble and departx audreyx dox good williamx williamx god rest you merryx sirx exit enter corin corinx our master and mistress seeks youx come awayx awayx touchstonex tripx audreyx tripx audreyx i attendx i attendx exeunt scene iix the forest enter orlando and oliver orlandox isxt possible that on so little acquaintance you should like herx that but seeing you should love herx and loving woox andx wooingx she should grantx and will you persever to enjoy herx oliverx neither call the giddiness of it in questionx the poverty of herx the small acquaintancex my sudden wooingx nor her sudden consentingx but say with mex i love alienax say with her that she loves mex consent with both that we may enjoy each otherx it shall be to your goodx for my fatherxs house and all the revenue that was old sir rowlandxs will i estate upon youx and here live and die a shepherdx orlandox you have my consentx let your wedding be toxmorrowx thither will i invite the duke and allxs contented followersx go you and prepare alienax forx look youx here comes my rosalindx enter rosalind rosalindx god save youx brotherx oliverx and youx fair sisterx exit rosalindx ox my dear orlandox how it grieves me to see thee wear thy heart in a scarfx orlandox it is my armx rosalindx i thought thy heart had been wounded with the claws of a lionx orlandox wounded it isx but with the eyes of a ladyx rosalindx did your brother tell you how i counterfeited to swoon when he showxd me your handkercherx orlandox ayx and greater wonders than thatx rosalindx ox i know where you arex nayx xtis truex there was never any thing so sudden but the fight of two rams and caesarxs thrasonical brag of xi camex sawx and overcamexx for your brother and my sister no sooner met but they lookxdx no sooner lookxd but they lovxdx no sooner lovxd but they sighxdx no sooner sighxd but they askxd one another the reasonx no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedyx and in these degrees have they made pair of stairs to marriagex which they will climb incontinentx or else be incontinent before marriagex they are in the very wrath of lovex and they will togetherx clubs cannot part themx orlandox they shall be married toxmorrowx and i will bid the duke to the nuptialx butx ox how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another manxs eyesx by so much the more shall i toxmorrow be at the height of heartxheavinessx by how much i shall think my brother happy in having what he wishes forx rosalindx whyx thenx toxmorrow i cannot serve your turn for rosalindx orlandox i can live no longer by thinkingx rosalindx i will weary youx thenx no longer with idle talkingx know of me thenx for now i speak to some purposex that i know you are a gentleman of good conceitx i speak not this that you should bear a good opinion of my knowledgex insomuch i say i know you arex neither do i labour for a greater esteem than may in some little measure draw a belief from youx to do yourself goodx and not to grace mex believe thenx if you pleasex that i can do strange thingsx i havex since i was three year oldx conversxd with a magicianx most profound in his art and yet not damnablex if you do love rosalind so near the heart as your gesture cries it outx when your brother marries aliena shall you marry herx i know into what straits of fortune she is drivenx and it is not impossible to mex if it appear not inconvenient to youx to set her before your eyes toxmorrowx human as she isx and without any dangerx orlandox speakxst thou in sober meaningsx rosalindx by my lifex i dox which i tender dearlyx though i say i am a magicianx therefore put you in your best arrayx bid your friendsx for if you will be married toxmorrowx you shallx and to rosalindx if you willx enter silvius and phebe lookx here comes a lover of minex and a lover of hersx phebex youthx you have done me much ungentleness to show the letter that i writ to youx rosalindx i care not if i havex it is my study to seem despiteful and ungentle to youx you are there followxd by a faithful shepherdx look upon himx love himx he worships youx phebex good shepherdx tell this youth what xtis to lovex silviusx it is to be all made of sighs and tearsx and so am i for phebex phebex and i for ganymedex orlandox and i for rosalindx rosalindx and i for no womanx silviusx it is to be all made of faith and servicex and so am i for phebex phebex and i for ganymedex orlandox and i for rosalindx rosalindx and i for no womanx silviusx it is to be all made of fantasyx all made of passionx and all made of wishesx all adorationx dutyx and observancex all humblenessx all patiencex and impatiencex all purityx all trialx all obediencex and so am i for phebex phebex and so am i for ganymedex orlandox and so am i for rosalindx rosalindx and so am i for no womanx phebex if this be sox why blame you me to love youx silviusx if this be sox why blame you me to love youx orlandox if this be sox why blame you me to love youx rosalindx why do you speak toox xwhy blame you me to love youxx orlandox to her that is not herex nor doth not hearx rosalindx pray youx no more of thisx xtis like the howling of irish wolves against the moonx xto silviusx i will help you if i canx xto phebex i would love you if i couldxx toxmorrow meet me all togetherx x to phebe x i will marry you if ever i marry womanx and ixll be married toxmorrowx xto orlandox i will satisfy you if ever i satisfied manx and you shall be married toxmorrowx xto silviusx i will content you if what pleases you contents youx and you shall be married toxmorrowx xto orlandox as you love rosalindx meetx xto silviusx as you love phebex meetxx and as i love no womanx ixll meetx sox fare you wellx i have left you commandsx silviusx ixll not failx if i livex phebex nor ix orlandox nor ix exeunt scene iiix the forest enter touchstone and audrey touchstonex toxmorrow is the joyful dayx audrexyx toxmorrow will we be marriedx audreyx i do desire it with all my heartx and i hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the worldx here come two of the banishxd dukexs pagesx enter two pages first pagex well metx honest gentlemanx touchstonex by my trothx well metx come sitx sitx and a songx second pagex we are for youx sit ix thx middlex first pagex shall we clap intoxt roundlyx without hawkingx or spittingx or saying we are hoarsex which are the only prologues to a bad voicex second pagex ixfaithx ixfaithx and both in a tunex like two gipsies on a horsex songx it was a lover and his lassx with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox that oxer the green cornxfield did pass in the spring timex the only pretty ring timex when birds do singx hey ding a dingx dingx sweet lovers love the springx between the acres of the ryex with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox these pretty country folks would liex in the spring timex xcx this carol they began that hourx with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox how that a life was but a flowerx in the spring timex xcx and therefore take the present timex with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox for love is crowned with the primex in the spring timex xcx touchstonex trulyx young gentlemenx though there was no great matter in the dittyx yet the note was very untuneablex first pagex you are deceivxdx sirx we kept timex we lost not our timex touchstonex by my trothx yesx i count it but time lost to hear such a foolish songx god buy youx and god mend your voicesx comex audreyx exeunt scene ivx the forest enter duke seniorx amiensx jaquesx orlandox oliverx and celia duke seniorx dost thou believex orlandox that the boy can do all this that he hath promisedx orlandox i sometimes do believe and sometimes do notx as those that fear they hopex and know they fearx enter rosalindx silviusx and phebe rosalindx patience once morex whiles our compact is urgxdx you sayx if i bring in your rosalindx you will bestow her on orlando herex duke seniorx that would ix had i kingdoms to give with herx rosalindx and you say you will have her when i bring herx orlandox that would ix were i of all kingdoms kingx rosalindx you say youxll marry mex if i be willingx phebex that will ix should i die the hour afterx rosalindx but if you do refuse to marry mex youxll give yourself to this most faithful shepherdx phebex so is the bargainx rosalindx you say that youxll have phebex if she willx silviusx though to have her and death were both one thingx rosalindx i have promisxd to make all this matter evenx keep you your wordx o dukex to give your daughterx you yoursx orlandox to receive his daughterx keep your wordx phebex that youxll marry mex or elsex refusing mex to wed this shepherdx keep your wordx silviusx that youxll marry her if she refuse mex and from hence i gox to make these doubts all evenx exeunt rosalind and celia duke seniorx i do remember in this shepherd boy some lively touches of my daughterxs favourx orlandox my lordx the first time that i ever saw him methought he was a brother to your daughterx butx my good lordx this boy is forestxbornx and hath been tutorxd in the rudiments of many desperate studies by his unclex whom he reports to be a great magicianx obscured in the circle of this forestx enter touchstone and audrey jaquesx there isx surex another flood towardx and these couples are coming to the arkx here comes a pair of very strange beasts which in all tongues are callxd foolsx touchstonex salutation and greeting to you allx jaquesx good my lordx bid him welcomex this is the motleyxminded gentleman that i have so often met in the forestx he hath been a courtierx he swearsx touchstonex if any man doubt thatx let him put me to my purgationx i have trod a measurex i have flattxred a ladyx i have been politic with my friendx smooth with mine enemyx i have undone three tailorsx i have had four quarrelsx and like to have fought onex jaquesx and how was that taxen upx touchstonex faithx we metx and found the quarrel was upon the seventh causex jaquesx how seventh causex good my lordx like this fellowx duke seniorx i like him very wellx touchstonex god xild youx sirx i desire you of the likex i press in herex sirx amongst the rest of the country copulativesx to swear and to forswearx according as marriage binds and blood breaksx a poor virginx sirx an illxfavourxd thingx sirx but mine ownx a poor humour of minex sirx to take that that man else willx rich honesty dwells like a miserx sirx in a poor housex as your pearl in your foul oysterx duke seniorx by my faithx he is very swift and sententiousx touchstonex according to the foolxs boltx sirx and such dulcet diseasesx jaquesx butx for the seventh causex how did you find the quarrel on the seventh causex touchstonex upon a lie seven times removedx bear your body more seemingx audreyx as thusx sirx i did dislike the cut of a certain courtierxs beardx he sent me wordx if i said his beard was not cut wellx he was in the mind it wasx this is callxd the retort courteousx if i sent him word again it was not well cutx he would send me word he cut it to please himselfx this is callxd the quip modestx if again it was not well cutx he disabled my judgmentx this is callxd the reply churlishx if again it was not well cutx he would answer i spake not truex this is callxd the reproof valiantx if again it was not well cutx he would say i liex this is callxd the countercheck quarrelsomex and so to the lie circumstantial and the lie directx jaquesx and how oft did you say his beard was not well cutx touchstonex i durst go no further than the lie circumstantialx nor he durst not give me the lie directx and so we measurxd swords and partedx jaquesx can you nominate in order now the degrees of the liex touchstonex ox sirx we quarrel in print by the bookx as you have books for good mannersx i will name you the degreesx the firstx the retort courteousx the secondx the quip modestx the thirdx the reply churlishx the fourthx the reproof valiantx the fifthx the countercheck quarrelsomex the sixthx the lie with circumstancex the seventhx the lie directx all these you may avoid but the lie directx and you may avoid that too with an ifx i knew when seven justices could not take up a quarrelx but when the parties were met themselvesx one of them thought but of an ifx asx xif you said sox then i said soxx and they shook handsx and swore brothersx your if is the only peacexmakerx much virtue in ifx jaquesx is not this a rare fellowx my lordx hexs as good at any thingx and yet a foolx duke seniorx he uses his folly like a stalkingxhorsex and under the presentation of that he shoots his witx enter hymenx rosalindx and celiax still music hymenx then is there mirth in heavenx when earthly things made even atone togetherx good dukex receive thy daughterx hymen from heaven brought herx yeax brought her hitherx that thou mightst join her hand with hisx whose heart within his bosom isx rosalindx xto dukex to you i give myselfx for i am yoursx xto orlandox to you i give myselfx for i am yoursx duke seniorx if there be truth in sightx you are my daughterx orlandox if there be truth in sightx you are my rosalindx phebex if sight and shape be truex why thenx my love adieux rosalindx ixll have no fatherx if you be not hex ixll have no husbandx if you be not hex nor nexer wed womanx if you be not shex hymenx peacex hox i bar confusionx xtis i must make conclusion of these most strange eventsx herexs eight that must take hands to join in hymenxs bandsx if truth holds true contentsx you and you no cross shall partx you and you are heart in heartx you to his love must accordx or have a woman to your lordx you and you are sure togetherx as the winter to foul weatherx whiles a wedlockxhymn we singx feed yourselves with questioningx that reason wonder may diminishx how thus we metx and these things finishx song wedding is great junoxs crownx o blessed bond of board and bedx xtis hymen peoples every townx high wedlock then be honouredx honourx high honourx and renownx to hymenx god of every townx duke seniorx o my dear niecex welcome thou art to mex even daughterx welcome in no less degreex phebex i will not eat my wordx now thou art minex thy faith my fancy to thee doth combinex enter jaques de boys jaques de boysx let me have audience for a word or twox i am the second son of old sir rowlandx that bring these tidings to this fair assemblyx duke frederickx hearing how that every day men of great worth resorted to this forestx addressxd a mighty powerx which were on footx in his own conductx purposely to take his brother herex and put him to the swordx and to the skirts of this wild wood he camex wherex meeting with an old religious manx after some question with himx was converted both from his enterprise and from the worldx his crown bequeathing to his banishxd brotherx and all their lands restorxd to them again that were with him exilxdx this to be true i do engage my lifex duke seniorx welcomex young manx thou offerxst fairly to thy brothersx weddingx to onex his lands withheldx and to the otherx a land itself at largex a potent dukedomx firstx in this forest let us do those ends that here were well begun and well begotx and afterx every of this happy numberx that have endurxd shrewd days and nights with usx shall share the good of our returned fortunex according to the measure of their statesx meantimex forget this newxfallxn dignityx and fall into our rustic revelryx playx musicx and you brides and bridegrooms allx with measure heapxd in joyx to thx measures fallx jaquesx sirx by your patiencex if i heard you rightlyx the duke hath put on a religious lifex and thrown into neglect the pompous courtx jaques de boysx he hathx jaquesx to him will ix out of these convertites there is much matter to be heard and learnxdx xto dukex you to your former honour i bequeathx your patience and your virtue well deserves itx xto orlandox you to a love that your true faith doth meritx xto oliverx you to your landx and lovex and great allies xto silviusx you to a long and wellxdeserved bedx xto touchstonex and you to wranglingx for thy loving voyage is but for two months victuallxdxx so to your pleasuresx i am for other than for dancing measuresx duke seniorx stayx jaquesx stayx jaquesx to see no pastime ix what you would have ixll stay to know at your abandonxd cavex exit duke seniorx proceedx proceedx we will begin these ritesx as we do trust theyxll endx in true delightsx xa dancex exeunt epilogue epiloguex rosalindx it is not the fashion to see the lady the epiloguex but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologuex if it be true that good wine needs no bushx xtis true that a good play needs no epiloguex yet to good wine they do use good bushesx and good plays prove the better by the help of good epiloguesx what a case am i in thenx that am neither a good epiloguex nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good playx i am not furnishxd like a beggarx therefore to beg will not become mex my way is to conjure youx and ixll begin with the womenx i charge youx o womenx for the love you bear to menx to like as much of this play as please youx and i charge youx o menx for the love you bear to womenx as i perceive by your simpxring none of you hates themx that between you and the women the play may pleasex if i were a womanx i would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleasxd mex complexions that likxd mex and breaths that i defied notx andx i am surex as many as have good beardsx or good facesx or sweet breathsx willx for my kind offerx when i make curtsyx bid me farewellx the comedy of errors contents act i scene ix a hall in the dukexs palacex scene iix a public placex act ii scene ix a public placex scene iix the samex act iii scene ix the samex scene iix the samex act iv scene ix the samex scene iix the samex scene iiix the samex scene ivx the samex act v scene ix the samex dramatis personx solinusx duke of ephesusx egeonx a merchant of syracusex antipholus of ephesusx twin brothers and sons to egeon and antipholus of syracusex emiliax but unknown to each otherx dromio of ephesusx twin brothersx and attendants on dromio of syracusex the two antipholusesx balthasarx a merchantx angelox a goldsmithx a merchantx friend to antipholus of syracusex pinchx a schoolmaster and a conjurerx emiliax wife to egeonx an abbess at ephesusx adrianax wife to antipholus of ephesusx lucianax her sisterx lucex her servantx a courtesan messengerx jailerx officersx attendants scenex ephesus act i scene ix a hall in the dukexs palacex enter dukex egeonx jailerx officers and other attendantsx egeonx proceedx solinusx to procure my fallx and by the doom of death end woes and allx dukex merchant of syracusax plead no morex i am not partial to infringe our lawsx the enmity and discord which of late sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke to merchantsx our wellxdealing countrymenx whox wanting guilders to redeem their livesx have sealxd his rigorous statutes with their bloodsx excludes all pity from our threatxning looksx for since the mortal and intestine jars xtwixt thy seditious countrymen and usx it hath in solemn synods been decreedx both by the syracusians and ourselvesx to admit no traffic to our adverse townsx nay morex if any born at ephesus be seen at syracusian marts and fairsx againx if any syracusian born come to the bay of ephesusx he diesx his goods confiscate to the dukexs disposex unless a thousand marks be levied to quit the penalty and to ransom himx thy substancex valued at the highest ratex cannot amount unto a hundred marksx therefore by law thou art condemnxd to diex egeonx yet this my comfortx when your words are donex my woes end likewise with the evening sunx dukex wellx syracusianx say in brief the cause why thou departedst from thy native homex and for what cause thou camxst to ephesusx egeonx a heavier task could not have been imposxd than i to speak my griefs unspeakablex yetx that the world may witness that my end was wrought by naturex not by vile offencex ixll utter what my sorrow gives me leavex in syracusa was i bornx and wed unto a woman happy but for mex and by mex had not our hap been badx with her i livxd in joyx our wealth increasxd by prosperous voyages i often made to epidamnumx till my factorxs deathx and the great care of goods at random leftx drew me from kind embracements of my spousex from whom my absence was not six months old before herself xalmost at fainting under the pleasing punishment that women bearx had made provision for her following mex and soon and safe arrived where i wasx there had she not been long but she became a joyful mother of two goodly sonsx andx which was strangex the one so like the other as could not be distinguishxd but by namesx that very hourx and in the selfxsame innx a mean woman was delivered of such a burdenx male twinsx both alikex thosex for their parents were exceeding poorx i boughtx and brought up to attend my sonsx my wifex not meanly proud of two such boysx made daily motions for our home returnx unwilling i agreedx alasx too soon we came aboardx a league from epidamnum had we sailxd before the alwaysxwindxobeying deep gave any tragic instance of our harmx but longer did we not retain much hopex for what obscured light the heavens did grant did but convey unto our fearful minds a doubtful warrant of immediate deathx which though myself would gladly have embracxdx yet the incessant weepings of my wifex weeping before for what she saw must comex and piteous plainings of the pretty babesx that mournxd for fashionx ignorant what to fearx forcxd me to seek delays for them and mex and this it was xfor other means was nonexx the sailors sought for safety by our boatx and left the shipx then sinkingxripex to usx my wifex more careful for the latterxbornx had fastxned him unto a small spare mastx such as seaxfaring men provide for stormsx to him one of the other twins was boundx whilst i had been like heedful of the otherx the children thus disposxdx my wife and ix fixing our eyes on whom our care was fixxdx fastxned ourselves at either end the mastx andx floating straightx obedient to the streamx was carried towards corinthx as we thoughtx at length the sunx gazing upon the earthx dispersxd those vapours that offended usx and by the benefit of his wished light the seas waxxd calmx and we discovered two ships from farx making amain to usx of corinth thatx of epidaurus thisx but ere they camexox let me say no morex gather the sequel by that went beforex dukex nayx forwardx old manx do not break off sox for we may pityx though not pardon theex egeonx ox had the gods done sox i had not now worthily termxd them merciless to usx forx ere the ships could meet by twice five leaguesx we were encountered by a mighty rockx which being violently borne uponx our helpful ship was splitted in the midstx so thatx in this unjust divorce of usx fortune had left to both of us alike what to delight inx what to sorrow forx her partx poor soulx seeming as burdened with lesser weightx but not with lesser woex was carried with more speed before the windx and in our sight they three were taken up by fishermen of corinthx as we thoughtx at length another ship had seizxd on usx andx knowing whom it was their hap to savex gave healthful welcome to their shipxwrackxd guestsx and would have reft the fishers of their preyx had not their bark been very slow of sailx and therefore homeward did they bend their coursex thus have you heard me severxd from my blissx that by misfortunes was my life prolongxd to tell sad stories of my own mishapsx dukex and for the sake of them thou sorrowest forx do me the favour to dilate at full what have befallxn of them and thee till nowx egeonx my youngest boyx and yet my eldest carex at eighteen years became inquisitive after his brotherx and importunxd me that his attendantx so his case was likex reft of his brotherx but retainxd his namex might bear him company in the quest of himx whom whilst i laboured of a love to seex i hazarded the loss of whom i lovxdx five summers have i spent in farthest greecex roaming clean through the bounds of asiax andx coasting homewardx came to ephesusx hopeless to findx yet loath to leave unsought or that or any place that harbours menx but here must end the story of my lifex and happy were i in my timely deathx could all my travels warrant me they livex dukex hapless egeonx whom the fates have markxd to bear the extremity of dire mishapx nowx trust mex were it not against our lawsx against my crownx my oathx my dignityx which princesx would theyx may not disannulx my soul should sue as advocate for theex but though thou art adjudged to the deathx and passed sentence may not be recallxd but to our honourxs great disparagementx yet will i favour thee in what i canx thereforex merchantx ixll limit thee this day to seek thy health by beneficial helpx try all the friends thou hast in ephesusx beg thoux or borrowx to make up the sumx and livex if nox then thou art doomxd to diex jailerx take him to thy custodyx jailerx i willx my lordx egeonx hopeless and helpless doth egeon wendx but to procrastinate his lifeless endx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a public placex enter antipholus and dromio of syracuse and a merchantx merchantx therefore give out you are of epidamnumx lest that your goods too soon be confiscatex this very day a syracusian merchant is apprehended for arrival herex andx not being able to buy out his lifex according to the statute of the town dies ere the weary sun set in the westx there is your money that i had to keepx antipholus of syracusex go bear it to the centaurx where we hostx and stay therex dromiox till i come to theex within this hour it will be dinnertimex till thatx ixll view the manners of the townx peruse the tradersx gaze upon the buildingsx and then return and sleep within mine innx for with long travel i am stiff and wearyx get thee awayx dromio of syracusex many a man would take you at your wordx and go indeedx having so good a meanx xxexit dromioxxx antipholus of syracusex a trusty villainx sirx that very oftx when i am dull with care and melancholyx lightens my humour with his merry jestsx whatx will you walk with me about the townx and then go to my inn and dine with mex merchantx i am invitedx sirx to certain merchantsx of whom i hope to make much benefitx i crave your pardonx soonx at five oxclockx please youx ixll meet with you upon the martx and afterward consort you till bedtimex my present business calls me from you nowx antipholus of syracusex farewell till thenx i will go lose myselfx and wander up and down to view the cityx merchantx sirx i commend you to your own contentx xxexit merchantxxx antipholus of syracusex he that commends me to mine own content commends me to the thing i cannot getx i to the world am like a drop of water that in the ocean seeks another dropx whox failing there to find his fellow forthx unseenx inquisitivex confounds himselfx so ix to find a mother and a brotherx in quest of themx unhappyx lose myselfx enter dromio of ephesusx here comes the almanac of my true datex what nowx how chance thou art returnxd so soonx dromio of ephesusx returnxd so soonx rather approachxd too latex the capon burnsx the pig falls from the spitx the clock hath strucken twelve upon the bellx my mistress made it one upon my cheekx she is so hot because the meat is coldx the meat is cold because you come not homex you come not home because you have no stomachx you have no stomachx having broke your fastx but we that know what xtis to fast and prayx are penitent for your default todayx antipholus of syracusex stop in your windx sirx tell me thisx i prayx where have you left the money that i gave youx dromio of ephesusx ox sixpence that i had ox wednesday last to pay the saddler for my mistressx crupperx the saddler had itx sirx i kept it notx antipholus of syracusex i am not in a sportive humour nowx tell mex and dally notx where is the moneyx we being strangers herex how darxst thou trust so great a charge from thine own custodyx dromio of ephesusx i pray you jestx sirx as you sit at dinnerx i from my mistress come to you in postx if i returnx i shall be post indeedx for she will score your fault upon my patex methinks your mawx like minex should be your clockx and strike you home without a messengerx antipholus of syracusex comex dromiox comex these jests are out of seasonx reserve them till a merrier hour than thisx where is the gold i gave in charge to theex dromio of ephesusx to mex sirx whyx you gave no gold to mex antipholus of syracusex come onx sir knavex have done your foolishnessx and tell me how thou hast disposxd thy chargex dromio of ephesusx my charge was but to fetch you from the mart home to your housex the phoenixx sirx to dinnerx my mistress and her sister stay for youx antipholus of syracusex nowx as i am a christianx answer me in what safe place you have bestowxd my moneyx or i shall break that merry sconce of yours that stands on tricks when i am undisposxdx where is the thousand marks thou hadst of mex dromio of ephesusx i have some marks of yours upon my patex some of my mistressx marks upon my shouldersx but not a thousand marks between you bothx if i should pay your worship those againx perchance you will not bear them patientlyx antipholus of syracusex thy mistressx marksx what mistressx slavex hast thoux dromio of ephesusx your worshipxs wifex my mistress at the phoenixx she that doth fast till you come home to dinnerx and prays that you will hie you home to dinnerx antipholus of syracusex whatx wilt thou flout me thus unto my facex being forbidx therex take you thatx sir knavex dromio of ephesusx what mean youx sirx for godxs sake hold your handsx nayx an you will notx sirx ixll take my heelsx xxexit dromioxxx antipholus of syracusex upon my lifex by some device or other the villain is oxerxraught of all my moneyx they say this town is full of cozenagex as nimble jugglers that deceive the eyex darkxworking sorcerers that change the mindx soulxkilling witches that deform the bodyx disguised cheatersx prating mountebanksx and many suchxlike liberties of sinx if it prove sox i will be gone the soonerx ixll to the centaur to go seek this slavex i greatly fear my money is not safex xxexitxxx act ii scene ix a public placex enter adrianax wife to antipholus xof ephesusx with luciana her sisterx adrianax neither my husband nor the slave returnxd that in such haste i sent to seek his masterx surex lucianax it is two oxclockx lucianax perhaps some merchant hath invited himx and from the mart hexs somewhere gone to dinnerx good sisterx let us dinex and never fretx a man is master of his libertyx time is their masterx and when they see timex theyxll go or comex if sox be patientx sisterx adrianax why should their liberty than ours be morex lucianax because their business still lies out ox doorx adrianax look when i serve him sox he takes it illx lucianax ox know he is the bridle of your willx adrianax therexs none but asses will be bridled sox lucianax whyx headstrong liberty is lashxd with woex therexs nothing situate under heavenxs eye but hath his bound in earthx in seax in skyx the beastsx the fishesx and the winged fowls are their malesx subjectsx and at their controlsx manx more divinex the masters of all thesex lord of the wide world and wild watxry seasx indued with intellectual sense and soulsx of more prexeminence than fish and fowlsx are masters to their femalesx and their lordsx then let your will attend on their accordsx adrianax this servitude makes you to keep unwedx lucianax not thisx but troubles of the marriagexbedx adrianax butx were you weddedx you would bear some swayx lucianax ere i learn lovex ixll practise to obeyx adrianax how if your husband start some other wherex lucianax till he come home againx i would forbearx adrianax patience unmovxdx no marvel though she pausex they can be meek that have no other causex a wretched soul bruisxd with adversityx we bid be quiet when we hear it cryx but were we burdxned with like weight of painx as muchx or morex we should ourselves complainx so thoux that hast no unkind mate to grieve theex with urging helpless patience would relieve mex but if thou live to see like right bereftx this foolxbeggxd patience in thee will be leftx lucianax wellx i will marry one dayx but to tryx here comes your manx now is your husband nighx enter dromio of ephesusx adrianax sayx is your tardy master now at handx dromio of ephesusx nayx hexs at two hands with mex and that my two ears can witnessx adrianax sayx didst thou speak with himx knowxst thou his mindx dromio of ephesusx ayx ayx he told his mind upon mine earx beshrew his handx i scarce could understand itx lucianax spake he so doubtfully thou couldst not feel his meaningx dromio of ephesusx nayx he struck so plainly i could too well feel his blowsx and withal so doubtfully that i could scarce understand themx adrianax but sayx i pritheex is he coming homex it seems he hath great care to please his wifex dromio of ephesusx whyx mistressx sure my master is hornxmadx adrianax hornxmadx thou villainx dromio of ephesusx i mean not cuckoldxmadx but sure hexs stark madx when i desirxd him to come home to dinnerx he askxd me for a thousand marks in goldx xxtis dinner timexx quoth ix xmy goldxx quoth hex xyour meat doth burnx quoth ix xmy goldxx quoth hex xwill you come homexx quoth ix xmy goldxx quoth hex xwhere is the thousand marks i gave theex villainxx xthe pigx quoth i xis burnxdxx xmy goldxx quoth hex xmy mistressx sirxx quoth ix xhang up thy mistressx i know not thy mistressx out on thy mistressxx lucianax quoth whox dromio of ephesusx quoth my masterx xi knowxx quoth hex xno housex no wifex no mistressxx so that my errandx due unto my tonguex i thank himx i bare home upon my shouldersx forx in conclusionx he did beat me therex adrianax go back againx thou slavex and fetch him homex dromio of ephesusx go back againx and be new beaten homex for godxs sakex send some other messengerx adrianax back slavex or i will break thy pate acrossx dromio of ephesusx and he will bless that cross with other beatingx between you i shall have a holy headx adrianax hencex prating peasantx fetch thy master homex dromio of ephesusx am i so round with youx as you with mex that like a football you do spurn me thusx you spurn me hencex and he will spurn me hitherx if i last in this servicex you must case me in leatherx xxexitxxx lucianax fiex how impatience loureth in your facex adrianax his company must do his minions gracex whilst i at home starve for a merry lookx hath homely age thx alluring beauty took from my poor cheekx then he hath wasted itx are my discourses dullx barren my witx if voluble and sharp discourse be marrxdx unkindness blunts it more than marble hardx do their gay vestments his affections baitx thatxs not my faultx hexs master of my statex what ruins are in me that can be found by him not ruinxdx then is he the ground of my defeaturesx my decayed fair a sunny look of his would soon repairx butx too unruly deerx he breaks the pale and feeds from homex poor i am but his stalex lucianax selfxharming jealousyx fiex beat it hencex adrianax unfeeling fools can with such wrongs dispensex i know his eye doth homage otherwherex or else what lets it but he would be herex sisterx you know he promisxd me a chainx would that alonex a love he would detainx so he would keep fair quarter with his bedx i see the jewel best enamelled will lose his beautyx yet the gold bides still that others touchx yet often touching will wear goldx and no man that hath a name by falsehood and corruption doth it shamex since that my beauty cannot please his eyex ixll weep whatxs left awayx and weeping diex lucianax how many fond fools serve mad jealousyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex enter antipholus of syracusex antipholus of syracusex the gold i gave to dromio is laid up safe at the centaurx and the heedful slave is wanderxd forth in care to seek me outx by computation and mine hostxs reportx i could not speak with dromio since at first i sent him from the martx seex here he comesx enter dromio of syracusex how nowx sirx is your merry humour alterxdx as you love strokesx so jest with me againx you know no centaurx you receivxd no goldx your mistress sent to have me home to dinnerx my house was at the phoenixx wast thou madx that thus so madly thou didst answer mex dromio of syracusex what answerx sirx when spake i such a wordx antipholus of syracusex even nowx even herex not half an hour sincex dromio of syracusex i did not see you since you sent me hencex home to the centaur with the gold you gave mex antipholus of syracusex villainx thou didst deny the goldxs receiptx and toldxst me of a mistress and a dinnerx for which i hope thou feltxst i was displeasxdx dromio of syracusex i am glad to see you in this merry veinx what means this jestx i pray youx masterx tell mex antipholus of syracusex yeax dost thou jeer and flout me in the teethx thinkxst thou i jestx holdx take thou thatx and thatx xxbeats dromioxxx dromio of syracusex holdx sirx for godxs sakex now your jest is earnestx upon what bargain do you give it mex antipholus of syracusex because that i familiarly sometimes do use you for my foolx and chat with youx your sauciness will jest upon my lovex and make a common of my serious hoursx when the sun shines let foolish gnats make sportx but creep in crannies when he hides his beamsx if you will jest with mex know my aspectx and fashion your demeanour to my looksx or i will beat this method in your sconcex dromio of syracusex sconcex call you itx so you would leave batteringx i had rather have it a headx and you use these blows longx i must get a sconce for my headx and ensconce it toox or else i shall seek my wit in my shouldersx but i prayx sirx why am i beatenx antipholus of syracusex dost thou not knowx dromio of syracusex nothingx sirx but that i am beatenx antipholus of syracusex shall i tell you whyx dromio of syracusex ayx sirx and whereforex for they sayx every why hath a whereforex antipholus of syracusex whyx firstx for flouting mex and then whereforex for urging it the second time to mex dromio of syracusex was there ever any man thus beaten out of seasonx when in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme nor reasonx wellx sirx i thank youx antipholus of syracusex thank mex sirx for whatx dromio of syracusex marryx sirx for this something that you gave me for nothingx antipholus of syracusex ixll make you amends nextx to give you nothing for somethingx but sayx sirx is it dinnerxtimex dromio of syracusex nox sirx i think the meat wants that i havex antipholus of syracusex in good timex sirx whatxs thatx dromio of syracusex bastingx antipholus of syracusex wellx sirx then xtwill be dryx dromio of syracusex if it bex sirx i pray you eat none of itx antipholus of syracusex your reasonx dromio of syracusex lest it make you cholericx and purchase me another dry bastingx antipholus of syracusex wellx sirx learn to jest in good timex therexs a time for all thingsx dromio of syracusex i durst have denied that before you were so cholericx antipholus of syracusex by what rulex sirx dromio of syracusex marryx sirx by a rule as plain as the plain bald pate of father time himselfx antipholus of syracusex letxs hear itx dromio of syracusex therexs no time for a man to recover his hair that grows bald by naturex antipholus of syracusex may he not do it by fine and recoveryx dromio of syracusex yesx to pay a fine for a periwigx and recover the lost hair of another manx antipholus of syracusex why is time such a niggard of hairx beingx as it isx so plentiful an excrementx dromio of syracusex because it is a blessing that he bestows on beastsx and what he hath scanted men in hair he hath given them in witx antipholus of syracusex whyx but therexs many a man hath more hair than witx dromio of syracusex not a man of those but he hath the wit to lose his hairx antipholus of syracusex whyx thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without witx dromio of syracusex the plainer dealerx the sooner lostx yet he loseth it in a kind of jollityx antipholus of syracusex for what reasonx dromio of syracusex for twox and sound ones toox antipholus of syracusex nayx not soundx i pray youx dromio of syracusex sure onesx thenx antipholus of syracusex nayx not surex in a thing falsingx dromio of syracusex certain onesx thenx antipholus of syracusex name themx dromio of syracusex the onex to save the money that he spends in tiringx the otherx that at dinner they should not drop in his porridgex antipholus of syracusex you would all this time have proved there is no time for all thingsx dromio of syracusex marryx and didx sirx namelyx exen no time to recover hair lost by naturex antipholus of syracusex but your reason was not substantial why there is no time to recoverx dromio of syracusex thus i mend itx time himself is baldx and thereforex to the worldxs end will have bald followersx antipholus of syracusex i knew xtwould be a bald conclusionx but softx who wafts us yonderx enter adriana and lucianax adrianax ayx ayx antipholusx look strange and frownx some other mistress hath thy sweet aspectsx i am not adrianax nor thy wifex the time was once when thou unurgxd wouldst vow that never words were music to thine earx that never object pleasing in thine eyex that never touch well welcome to thy handx that never meat sweetxsavourxd in thy tastex unless i spakex or lookxdx or touchxdx or carvxd to theex how comes it nowx my husbandx ox how comes itx that thou art then estranged from thyselfx thyself i call itx being strange to mex thatx undividablex incorporatex am better than thy dear selfxs better partx ahx do not tear away thyself from mex for knowx my lovex as easy mayst thou fall a drop of water in the breaking gulfx and take unmingled thence that drop again without addition or diminishingx as take from me thyselfx and not me toox how dearly would it touch thee to the quickx shouldxst thou but hear i were licentiousx and that this bodyx consecrate to theex by ruffian lust should be contaminatex wouldst thou not spit at mex and spurn at mex and hurl the name of husband in my facex and tear the stainxd skin off my harlot browx and from my false hand cut the weddingxringx and break it with a deepxdivorcing vowx i know thou canstx and thereforex see thou do itx i am possessxd with an adulterate blotx my blood is mingled with the crime of lustx for if we two be onex and thou play falsex i do digest the poison of thy fleshx being strumpeted by thy contagionx keep then fair league and truce with thy true bedx i live distainxdx thou undishonouredx antipholus of syracusex plead you to mex fair damex i know you notx in ephesus i am but two hours oldx as strange unto your town as to your talkx whox every word by all my wit being scannxdx wants wit in all one word to understandx lucianax fiex brotherx how the world is changxd with youx when were you wont to use my sister thusx she sent for you by dromio home to dinnerx antipholus of syracusex by dromiox dromio of syracusex by mex adrianax by theex and this thou didst return from himx that he did buffet theex and in his blows denied my house for hisx me for his wifex antipholus of syracusex did you conversex sirx with this gentlewomanx what is the course and drift of your compactx dromio of syracusex ix sirx i never saw her till this timex antipholus of syracusex villainx thou liestx for even her very words didst thou deliver to me on the martx dromio of syracusex i never spake with her in all my lifex antipholus of syracusex how can she thusx thenx call us by our namesx unless it be by inspirationx adrianax how ill agrees it with your gravity to counterfeit thus grossly with your slavex abetting him to thwart me in my moodx be it my wrongx you are from me exemptx but wrong not that wrong with a more contemptx comex i will fasten on this sleeve of thinex thou art an elmx my husbandx i a vinex whose weaknessx married to thy stronger statex makes me with thy strength to communicatex if aught possess thee from mex it is drossx usurping ivyx brierx or idle mossx who allx for want of pruningx with intrusion infect thy sapx and live on thy confusionx antipholus of syracusex to me she speaksx she moves me for her themex whatx was i married to her in my dreamx or sleep i nowx and think i hear all thisx what error drives our eyes and ears amissx until i know this sure uncertainty ixll entertain the offerxd fallacyx lucianax dromiox go bid the servants spread for dinnerx dromio of syracusex ox for my beadsx i cross me for a sinnerx this is the fairy landx o spite of spitesx we talk with goblinsx owlsx and spritesx if we obey them notx this will ensuex theyxll suck our breathx or pinch us black and bluex lucianax why pratxst thou to thyselfx and answerxst notx dromiox thou dronex thou snailx thou slugx thou sotx dromio of syracusex i am transformedx masterx am i notx antipholus of syracusex i think thou art in mindx and so am ix dromio of syracusex nayx masterx both in mind and in my shapex antipholus of syracusex thou hast thine own formx dromio of syracusex nox i am an apex lucianax if thou art changxd to aughtx xtis to an assx dromio of syracusex xtis truex she rides mex and i long for grassx xtis sox i am an assx else it could never be but i should know her as well as she knows mex adrianax comex comex no longer will i be a foolx to put the finger in the eye and weep whilst man and master laughs my woes to scornx comex sirx to dinnerx dromiox keep the gatex husbandx ixll dine above with you todayx and shrive you of a thousand idle pranksx sirrahx if any ask you for your masterx say he dines forthx and let no creature enterx comex sisterx dromiox play the porter wellx antipholus of syracusex am i in earthx in heavenx or in hellx sleeping or wakingx madx or wellxadvisxdx known unto thesex and to myself disguisxdx ixll say as they sayx and persever sox and in this mist at all adventures gox dromio of syracusex masterx shall i be porter at the gatex adrianax ayx and let none enterx lest i break your patex lucianax comex comex antipholusx we dine too latex xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix the samex enter antipholus of ephesusx his man dromio of ephesusx angelo the goldsmith and balthasar the merchantx antipholus of ephesusx good signior angelox you must excuse us allx my wife is shrewish when i keep not hoursx say that i lingerxd with you at your shop to see the making of her carcanetx and that tomorrow you will bring it homex but herexs a villain that would face me downx he met me on the martx and that i beat himx and chargxd him with a thousand marks in goldx and that i did deny my wife and housex thou drunkardx thoux what didst thou mean by thisx dromio of ephesusx say what you willx sirx but i know what i knowx that you beat me at the mart i have your hand to showx if the skin were parchmentx and the blows you gave were inkx your own handwriting would tell you what i thinkx antipholus of ephesusx i think thou art an assx dromio of ephesusx marryx so it doth appear by the wrongs i suffer and the blows i bearx i should kickx being kickxdx and being at that passx you would keep from my heelsx and beware of an assx antipholus of ephesusx youxre sadx signior balthasarx pray god our cheer may answer my good will and your good welcome herex balthasarx i hold your dainties cheapx sirx and your welcome dearx antipholus of ephesusx ox signior balthasarx either at flesh or fish a table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dishx balthasarx good meatx sirx is commonx that every churl affordsx antipholus of ephesusx and welcome more commonx for thatxs nothing but wordsx balthasar small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feastx antipholus of ephesusx ayx to a niggardly host and more sparing guestx but though my cates be meanx take them in good partx better cheer may you havex but not with better heartx but softx my door is lockxdx go bid them let us inx dromio of ephesusx maudx bridgetx marianx cicelyx gillianx ginnx dromio of syracusex xxwithinxxx momex maltxhorsex caponx coxcombx idiotx patchx either get thee from the door or sit down at the hatchx dost thou conjure for wenchesx that thou callxst for such store when one is one too manyx gox get thee from the doorx dromio of ephesusx what patch is made our porterx my master stays in the streetx dromio of syracusex let him walk from whence he camex lest he catch cold onxs feetx antipholus of ephesusx who talks within therex hox open the doorx dromio of syracusex rightx sirx ixll tell you when an youxll tell me whereforex antipholus of ephesusx whereforex for my dinnerx i have not dined todayx dromio of syracusex nor today here you must notx come again when you mayx antipholus of ephesusx what art thou that keepxst me out from the house i owex dromio of syracusex the porter for this timex sirx and my name is dromiox dromio of ephesusx o villainx thou hast stolen both mine office and my namex the one nexer got me creditx the other mickle blamex if thou hadst been dromio today in my placex thou wouldst have changxd thy face for a namex or thy name for an assx enter luce concealed from antipholus of ephesus and his companionsx lucex xxwithinxxx what a coil is therex dromiox who are those at the gatex dromio of ephesusx let my master inx lucex lucex faithx nox he comes too latex and so tell your masterx dromio of ephesusx o lordx i must laughx have at you with a proverbxxshall i set in my staffx lucex have at you with anotherx thatxsxwhenx can you tellx dromio of syracusex if thy name be called lucexxlucex thou hast answerxd him wellx antipholus of ephesusx do you hearx you minionx youxll let us inx i hopex lucex i thought to have askxd youx dromio of syracusex and you said nox dromio of ephesusx sox comex helpx well struckx there was blow for blowx antipholus of ephesusx thou baggagex let me inx lucex can you tell for whose sakex dromio of ephesusx masterx knock the door hardx lucex let him knock till it achex antipholus of ephesusx youxll cry for thisx minionx if i beat the door downx lucex what needs all thatx and a pair of stocks in the townx enter adriana concealed from antipholus of ephesus and his companionsx adrianax xxwithinxxx who is that at the door that keeps all this noisex dromio of syracusex by my trothx your town is troubled with unruly boysx antipholus of ephesusx are you therex wifex you might have come beforex adrianax your wifex sir knavex gox get you from the doorx dromio of ephesusx if you went in painx masterx this knave would go sorex angelox here is neither cheerx sirx nor welcomex we would fain have eitherx balthasarx in debating which was bestx we shall part with neitherx dromio of ephesusx they stand at the doorx masterx bid them welcome hitherx antipholus of ephesusx there is something in the windx that we cannot get inx dromio of ephesusx you would say sox masterx if your garments were thinx your cake here is warm withinx you stand here in the coldx it would make a man mad as a buck to be so bought and soldx antipholus of ephesusx gox fetch me somethingx ixll break ope the gatex dromio of syracusex break any breaking herex and ixll break your knavexs patex dromio of ephesusx a man may break a word with youx sirx and words are but windx ayx and break it in your facex so he break it not behindx dromio of syracusex it seems thou wantxst breakingx out upon theex hindx dromio of ephesusx herexs too much xout upon theexx i pray theex let me inx dromio of syracusex ayx when fowls have no feathers and fish have no finx antipholus of ephesusx wellx ixll break inx gox borrow me a crowx dromio of ephesusx a crow without featherx masterx mean you sox for a fish without a finx therexs a fowl without a featherx if a crow help us inx sirrahx wexll pluck a crow togetherx antipholus of ephesusx gox get thee gonex fetch me an iron crowx balthasarx have patiencex sirx ox let it not be sox herein you war against your reputationx and draw within the compass of suspect the unviolated honour of your wifex once thisxxyour long experience of her wisdomx her sober virtuex yearsx and modestyx plead on her part some cause to you unknownx and doubt notx sirx but she will well excuse why at this time the doors are made against youx be rulxd by mex depart in patiencex and let us to the tiger all to dinnerx and about eveningx come yourself alone to know the reason of this strange restraintx if by strong hand you offer to break in now in the stirring passage of the dayx a vulgar comment will be made of itx and that supposed by the common rout against your yet ungalled estimation that may with foul intrusion enter inx and dwell upon your grave when you are deadx for slander lives upon successionx for ever housxd where it gets possessionx antipholus of ephesusx you have prevailxdx i will depart in quietx andx in despite of mirthx mean to be merryx i know a wench of excellent discoursex pretty and wittyx wildx and yetx toox gentlex there will we dinex this woman that i meanx my wife xbutx i protestx without desertx hath oftentimes upbraided me withalx to her will we to dinnerxxget you home and fetch the chainx by this i know xtis madex bring itx i pray youx to the porpentinex for therexs the housex that chain will i bestow xbe it for nothing but to spite my wifex upon mine hostess therex good sirx make hastex since mine own doors refuse to entertain mex ixll knock elsewherex to see if theyxll disdain mex angelox ixll meet you at that place some hour hencex antipholus of ephesusx do sox this jest shall cost me some expensex xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex enter luciana with antipholus of syracusex lucianax and may it be that you have quite forgot a husbandxs officex shallx antipholusx even in the spring of lovex thy lovexsprings rotx shall lovex in buildingx grow so ruinousx if you did wed my sister for her wealthx then for her wealthxs sake use her with more kindnessx or if you like elsewherex do it by stealthx muffle your false love with some show of blindnessx let not my sister read it in your eyex be not thy tongue thy own shamexs oratorx look sweetx speak fairx become disloyaltyx apparel vice like virtuexs harbingerx bear a fair presence though your heart be taintedx teach sin the carriage of a holy saintx be secretxfalsex what need she be acquaintedx what simple thief brags of his own attaintx xtis double wrong to truant with your bed and let her read it in thy looks at boardx shame hath a bastard famex well managedx ill deeds is doubled with an evil wordx alasx poor womenx make us but believex being compact of creditx that you love usx though others have the armx show us the sleevex we in your motion turnx and you may move usx thenx gentle brotherx get you in againx comfort my sisterx cheer herx call her wifex xtis holy sport to be a little vain when the sweet breath of flattery conquers strifex antipholus of syracusex sweet mistressx what your name is elsex i know notx nor by what wonder you do hit on minex less in your knowledge and your grace you show not than our earthxs wonderx more than earth divinex teach mex dear creaturex how to think and speakx lay open to my earthy gross conceitx smotherxd in errorsx feeblex shallowx weakx the folded meaning of your wordsx deceitx against my soulxs pure truth why labour you to make it wander in an unknown fieldx are you a godx would you create me newx transform mex thenx and to your power ixll yieldx but if that i am ix then well i know your weeping sister is no wife of minex nor to her bed no homage do i owex far morex far morex to you do i declinex ox train me notx sweet mermaidx with thy note to drown me in thy sisterxs flood of tearsx singx sirenx for thyselfx and i will dotex spread oxer the silver waves thy golden hairsx and as a bed ixll take theex and there liex andx in that glorious supposition think he gains by death that hath such means to diex let lovex being lightx be drowned if she sinkx lucianax whatx are you madx that you do reason sox antipholus of syracusex not madx but matedx howx i do not knowx lucianax it is a fault that springeth from your eyex antipholus of syracusex for gazing on your beamsx fair sunx being byx lucianax gaze where you shouldx and that will clear your sightx antipholus of syracusex as good to winkx sweet lovex as look on nightx lucianax why call you me lovex call my sister sox antipholus of syracusex thy sisterxs sisterx lucianax thatxs my sisterx antipholus of syracusex nox it is thyselfx mine own selfxs better partx mine eyexs clear eyex my dear heartxs dearer heartx my foodx my fortunex and my sweet hopexs aimx my sole earthxs heavenx and my heavenxs claimx lucianax all this my sister isx or else should bex antipholus of syracusex call thyself sisterx sweetx for i aim theex thee will i lovex and with thee lead my lifex thou hast no husband yetx nor i no wifex give me thy handx lucianax ox softx sirx hold you stillx ixll fetch my sister to get her goodwillx xxexit lucianaxxx enter dromio of syracusex antipholus of syracusex whyx how nowx dromiox where runnxst thou so fastx dromio of syracusex do you know mex sirx am i dromiox am i your manx am i myselfx antipholus of syracusex thou art dromiox thou art my manx thou art thyselfx dromio of syracusex i am an assx i am a womanxs manx and besides myselfx antipholus of syracusex what womanxs manx and how besides thyselfx dromio of syracusex marryx sirx besides myselfx i am due to a womanx one that claims mex one that haunts mex one that will have mex antipholus of syracusex what claim lays she to theex dromio of syracusex marryx sirx such claim as you would lay to your horsex and she would have me as a beastx not that i being a beast she would have mex but that she being a very beastly creature lays claim to mex antipholus of syracusex what is shex dromio of syracusex a very reverent bodyx ayx such a one as a man may not speak of without he say xsirxreverencexx i have but lean luck in the matchx and yet is she a wondrous fat marriagex antipholus of syracusex how dost thou mean a xfat marriagexx dromio of syracusex marryx sirx shexs the kitchen wenchx and all greasex and i know not what use to put her to but to make a lamp of her and run from her by her own lightx i warrant her rags and the tallow in them will burn a poland winterx if she lives till doomsdayx shexll burn a week longer than the whole worldx antipholus of syracusex what complexion is she ofx dromio of syracusex swart like my shoex but her face nothing like so clean keptx for whyx she sweatsx a man may go overshoes in the grime of itx antipholus of syracusex thatxs a fault that water will mendx dromio of syracusex nox sirx xtis in grainx noahxs flood could not do itx antipholus of syracusex whatxs her namex dromio of syracusex nellx sirx but her name and three quartersx thatxs an ell and three quartersx will not measure her from hip to hipx antipholus of syracusex then she bears some breadthx dromio of syracusex no longer from head to foot than from hip to hipx she is sphericalx like a globex i could find out countries in herx antipholus of syracusex in what part of her body stands irelandx dromio of syracusex marryx sirx in her buttocksx i found it out by the bogsx antipholus of syracusex where scotlandx dromio of syracusex i found it by the barrennessx hard in the palm of the handx antipholus of syracusex where francex dromio of syracusex in her foreheadx armed and revertedx making war against her hairx antipholus of syracusex where englandx dromio of syracusex i looked for the chalky cliffsx but i could find no whiteness in themx but i guess it stood in her chinx by the salt rheum that ran between france and itx antipholus of syracusex where spainx dromio of syracusex faithx i saw it notx but i felt it hot in her breathx antipholus of syracusex where americax the indiesx dromio of syracusex ox sirx upon her nosex all oxerxembellished with rubiesx carbunclesx sapphiresx declining their rich aspect to the hot breath of spainx who sent whole armadoes of carracks to be ballast at her nosex antipholus of syracusex where stood belgiax the netherlandsx dromio of syracusex ox sirx i did not look so lowx to concludex this drudge or diviner laid claim to mex called me dromiox swore i was assured to herx told me what privy marks i had about mex as the mark of my shoulderx the mole in my neckx the great wart on my left armx that ix amazedx ran from her as a witchx andx i thinkx if my breast had not been made of faithx and my heart of steelx she had transformed me to a curtal dogx and made me turn ix the wheelx antipholus of syracusex gox hie thee presentlyx post to the roadx and if the wind blow any way from shorex i will not harbour in this town tonightx if any bark put forthx come to the martx where i will walk till thou return to mex if everyone knows usx and we know nonex xtis timex i thinkx to trudgex pack and be gonex dromio of syracusex as from a bear a man would run for lifex so fly i from her that would be my wifex xxexitxxx antipholus of syracusex therexs none but witches do inhabit herex and therefore xtis high time that i were hencex she that doth call me husbandx even my soul doth for a wife abhorx but her fair sisterx possessxd with such a gentle sovereign gracex of such enchanting presence and discoursex hath almost made me traitor to myselfx but lest myself be guilty to selfxwrongx ixll stop mine ears against the mermaidxs songx enter angelo with the chainx angelox master antipholusx antipholus of syracusex ayx thatxs my namex angelox i know it wellx sirx lox here is the chainx i thought to have taxen you at the porpentinex the chain unfinishxd made me stay thus longx antipholus of syracusex what is your will that i shall do with thisx angelox what please yourselfx sirx i have made it for youx antipholus of syracusex made it for mex sirx i bespoke it notx angelox not oncex nor twicex but twenty times you havex go home with itx and please your wife withalx and soon at supperxtime ixll visit youx and then receive my money for the chainx antipholus of syracusex i pray youx sirx receive the money nowx for fear you nexer see chain nor money morex angelox you are a merry manx sirx fare you wellx xxexitxxx antipholus of syracusex what i should think of this i cannot tellx but this i thinkx therexs no man is so vain that would refuse so fair an offerxd chainx i see a man here needs not live by shiftsx when in the streets he meets such golden giftsx ixll to the martx and there for dromio stayx if any ship put outx then straight awayx xxexitxxx act iv scene ix the samex enter merchantx angelo and an officerx merchantx you know since pentecost the sum is duex and since i have not much importunxd youx nor now i had notx but that i am bound to persiax and want guilders for my voyagex therefore make present satisfactionx or ixll attach you by this officerx angelox even just the sum that i do owe to you is growing to me by antipholusx and in the instant that i met with you he had of me a chainx at five oxclock i shall receive the money for the samex pleaseth you walk with me down to his housex i will discharge my bondx and thank you toox enter antipholus of ephesus and dromio of ephesus from the courtesanxsx officerx that labour may you savex see where he comesx antipholus of ephesusx while i go to the goldsmithxs housex go thou and buy a ropexs endx that will i bestow among my wife and her confederates for locking me out of my doors by dayx but softx i see the goldsmithx get thee gonex buy thou a ropex and bring it home to mex dromio of ephesusx i buy a thousand pound a yearx i buy a ropex xxexit dromioxxx antipholus of ephesusx a man is well holp up that trusts to youx i promised your presence and the chainx but neither chain nor goldsmith came to mex belike you thought our love would last too long if it were chainxd togetherx and therefore came notx angelox saving your merry humourx herexs the note how much your chain weighs to the utmost caratx the fineness of the goldx and chargeful fashionx which doth amount to three odd ducats more than i stand debted to this gentlemanx i pray youx see him presently dischargxdx for he is bound to seax and stays but for itx antipholus of ephesusx i am not furnished with the present moneyx besidesx i have some business in the townx good signiorx take the stranger to my housex and with you take the chainx and bid my wife disburse the sum on the receipt thereofx perchance i will be there as soon as youx angelox then you will bring the chain to her yourselfx antipholus of ephesusx nox bear it with youx lest i come not time enoughx angelox wellx sirx i willx have you the chain about youx antipholus of ephesusx and if i have notx sirx i hope you havex or else you may return without your moneyx angelox nayx comex i pray youx sirx give me the chainx both wind and tide stays for this gentlemanx and ix to blamex have held him here too longx antipholus of ephesusx good lordx you use this dalliance to excuse your breach of promise to the porpentinex i should have chid you for not bringing itx butx like a shrewx you first begin to brawlx merchantx the hour steals onx i pray youx sirx dispatchx angelox you hear how he importunes mex the chainx antipholus of ephesusx whyx give it to my wifex and fetch your moneyx angelox comex comex you know i gave it you even nowx either send the chain or send by me some tokenx antipholus of ephesusx fiex now you run this humour out of breathx comex wherexs the chainx i pray youx let me see itx merchantx my business cannot brook this dalliancex good sirx say whexer youxll answer me or nox if notx ixll leave him to the officerx antipholus of ephesusx i answer youx what should i answer youx angelox the money that you owe me for the chainx antipholus of ephesusx i owe you none till i receive the chainx angelox you know i gave it you half an hour sincex antipholus of ephesusx you gave me nonex you wrong me much to say sox angelox you wrong me morex sirx in denying itx consider how it stands upon my creditx merchantx wellx officerx arrest him at my suitx officerx i dox and charge you in the dukexs name to obey mex angelox this touches me in reputationx either consent to pay this sum for mex or i attach you by this officerx antipholus of ephesusx consent to pay thee that i never hadx arrest mex foolish fellowx if thou darxstx angelox here is thy feex arrest himx officerx i would not spare my brother in this case if he should scorn me so apparentlyx officerx i do arrest youx sirx you hear the suitx antipholus of ephesusx i do obey thee till i give thee bailx butx sirrahx you shall buy this sport as dear as all the metal in your shop will answerx angelox sirx sirx i shall have law in ephesusx to your notorious shamex i doubt it notx enter dromio of syracuse from the bayx dromio of syracusex masterx therexs a bark of epidamnum that stays but till her owner comes aboardx and thenx sirx bears awayx our fraughtagex sirx i have conveyxd aboardx and i have bought the oilx the balsamumx and aquaxvitaex the ship is in her trimx the merry wind blows fair from landx they stay for nought at all but for their ownerx masterx and yourselfx antipholus of ephesusx how nowx a madmanx whyx thou peevish sheepx what ship of epidamnum stays for mex dromio of syracusex a ship you sent me tox to hire waftagex antipholus of ephesusx thou drunken slavex i sent thee for a ropex and told thee to what purpose and what endx dromio of syracusex you sent me for a ropexs end as soonx you sent me to the bayx sirx for a barkx antipholus of ephesusx i will debate this matter at more leisurex and teach your ears to list me with more heedx to adrianax villainx hie thee straightx give her this keyx and tell her in the desk thatxs coverxd oxer with turkish tapestry there is a purse of ducatsx let her send itx tell her i am arrested in the streetx and that shall bail mex hie theex slavex be gonex onx officerx to prison till it comex xxexeunt merchantx angelox officer and antipholus of ephesusxxx dromio of syracusex to adrianax that is where we dinxdx where dowsabel did claim me for her husbandx she is too bigx i hopex for me to compassx thither i mustx although against my willx for servants must their mastersx minds fulfilx xxexitxxx scene iix the samex enter adriana and lucianax adrianax ahx lucianax did he tempt thee sox mightxst thou perceive austerely in his eye that he did plead in earnestx yea or nox lookxd he or red or palex or sad or merrilyx what observation madxst thou in this case of his heartxs meteors tilting in his facex lucianax first he denied you had in him no rightx adrianax he meant he did me nonex the more my spitex lucianax then swore he that he was a stranger herex adrianax and true he sworex though yet forsworn he werex lucianax then pleaded i for youx adrianax and what said hex lucianax that love i beggxd for you he beggxd of mex adrianax with what persuasion did he tempt thy lovex lucianax with words that in an honest suit might movex first he did praise my beautyx then my speechx adrianax didxst speak him fairx lucianax have patiencex i beseechx adrianax i cannotx nor i will not hold me stillx my tonguex though not my heartx shall have his willx he is deformedx crookedx oldx and serex illxfacxdx worse bodiedx shapeless everywherex viciousx ungentlex foolishx bluntx unkindx stigmatical in makingx worse in mindx lucianax who would be jealous then of such a onex no evil lost is wailxd when it is gonex adrianax ahx but i think him better than i sayx and yet would herein othersx eyes were worsex far from her nest the lapwing cries awayx my heart prays for himx though my tongue do cursex enter dromio of syracusex dromio of syracusex herex gox the deskx the pursex sweet nowx make hastex lucianax how hast thou lost thy breathx dromio of syracusex by running fastx adrianax where is thy masterx dromiox is he wellx dromio of syracusex nox hexs in tartar limbox worse than hellx a devil in an everlasting garment hath himx one whose hard heart is buttonxd up with steelx a fiendx a fairyx pitiless and roughx a wolfx nay worsex a fellow all in buffx a backxfriendx a shoulderxclapperx one that countermands the passages of alleysx creeksx and narrow landsx a hound that runs counterx and yet draws dryfoot wellx one thatx before the judgmentx carries poor souls to hellx adrianax whyx manx what is the matterx dromio of syracusex i do not know the matterx he is xrested on the casex adrianax whatx is he arrestedx tell me at whose suitx dromio of syracusex i know not at whose suit he is arrestedx wellx but hexs in a suit of buff which xrested himx that can i tellx will you send himx mistressx redemptionx the money in his deskx adrianax go fetch itx sisterx this i wonder atx xxexit lucianaxxx thus he unknown to me should be in debtx tell mex was he arrested on a bandx dromio of syracusex not on a bandx but on a stronger thingx a chainx a chainx do you not hear it ringx adrianax whatx the chainx dromio of syracusex nox nox the bellx xtis time that i were gonex it was two ere i left himx and now the clock strikes onex adrianax the hours come backx that did i never hearx dromio of syracusex o yesx if any hour meet a sergeantx xa turns back for very fearx adrianax as if time were in debtx how fondly dost thou reasonx dromio of syracusex time is a very bankruptx and owes more than hexs worth to seasonx nayx hexs a thief toox have you not heard men say that time comes stealing on by night and dayx if he be in debt and theftx and a sergeant in the wayx hath he not reason to turn back an hour in a dayx enter lucianax adrianax gox dromiox therexs the moneyx bear it straightx and bring thy master home immediatelyx comex sisterx i am pressxd down with conceitx conceitx my comfort and my injuryx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex enter antipholus of syracusex antipholus of syracusex therexs not a man i meet but doth salute me as if i were their wellxacquainted friendx and everyone doth call me by my namex some tender money to mex some invite mex some other give me thanks for kindnessesx some offer me commodities to buyx even now a tailor callxd me in his shopx and showxd me silks that he had bought for mex and therewithal took measure of my bodyx surex these are but imaginary wilesx and lapland sorcerers inhabit herex enter dromio of syracusex dromio of syracusex masterx herexs the gold you sent me forx whatx have you got the picture of old adam new apparelledx antipholus of syracusex what gold is thisx what adam dost thou meanx dromio of syracusex not that adam that kept the paradisex but that adam that keeps the prisonx he that goes in the calfxs skin that was killed for the prodigalx he that came behind youx sirx like an evil angelx and bid you forsake your libertyx antipholus of syracusex i understand thee notx dromio of syracusex nox whyx xtis a plain casex he that went like a bassxviol in a case of leatherx the manx sirx thatx when gentlemen are tiredx gives them a sobx and xrests themx hex sirx that takes pity on decayed men and gives them suits of durancex he that sets up his rest to do more exploits with his mace than a morrisxpikex antipholus of syracusex whatx thou meanxst an officerx dromio of syracusex ayx sirx the sergeant of the bandx he that brings any man to answer it that breaks his bandx one that thinks a man always going to bedx and saysx xgod give you good restxx antipholus of syracusex wellx sirx there rest in your fooleryx is there any ship puts forth tonightx may we be gonex dromio of syracusex whyx sirx i brought you word an hour since that the bark xexpeditionx put forth tonightx and then were you hindered by the sergeant to tarry for the hoy xdelayxx here are the angels that you sent for to deliver youx antipholus of syracusex the fellow is distractx and so am ix and here we wander in illusionsx some blessed power deliver us from hencex enter a courtesanx courtesanx well metx well metx master antipholusx i seex sirx you have found the goldsmith nowx is that the chain you promisxd me todayx antipholus of syracusex satanx avoidx i charge theex tempt me notx dromio of syracusex masterx is this mistress satanx antipholus of syracusex it is the devilx dromio of syracusex nayx she is worsex she is the devilxs damx and here she comes in the habit of a light wenchx and thereof comes that the wenches say xgod damn mexx thatxs as much to sayx xgod make me a light wenchxx it is written they appear to men like angels of lightx light is an effect of firex and fire will burnx ergox light wenches will burnx come not near herx courtesanx your man and you are marvellous merryx sirx will you go with mex wexll mend our dinner herex dromio of syracusex masterx if you dox expect spoonxmeatx or bespeak a long spoonx antipholus of syracusex whyx dromiox dromio of syracusex marryx he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devilx antipholus of syracusex avoid thenx fiendx what tellxst thou me of suppingx thou artx as you are allx a sorceressx i conjure thee to leave me and be gonex courtesanx give me the ring of mine you had at dinnerx orx for my diamondx the chain you promisxdx and ixll be gonex sirx and not trouble youx dromio of syracusex some devils ask but the paring of onexs nailx a rushx a hairx a drop of bloodx a pinx a nutx a cherryxstonex but shex more covetousx would have a chainx masterx be wisex and if you give it herx the devil will shake her chain and fright us with itx courtesanx i pray youx sirx my ringx or else the chainx i hope you do not mean to cheat me sox antipholus of syracusex avauntx thou witchx comex dromiox let us gox dromio of syracusex fly pridex says the peacockx mistressx that you knowx xxexeunt antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracusexxx courtesanx nowx out of doubt antipholus is madx else would he never so demean himselfx a ring he hath of mine worth forty ducatsx and for the same he promisxd me a chainx both one and other he denies me nowx the reason that i gather he is madx besides this present instance of his ragex is a mad tale he told today at dinner of his own doors being shut against his entrancex belike his wifex acquainted with his fitsx on purpose shut the doors against his wayx my way is now to hie home to his housex and tell his wife thatx being lunaticx he rushxd into my house and took perforce my ring awayx this course i fittest choosex for forty ducats is too much to losex xxexitxxx scene ivx the samex enter antipholus of ephesus with an officerx antipholus of ephesusx fear me notx manx i will not break awayx ixll give thee ere i leave thee so much moneyx to warrant theex as i am xrested forx my wife is in a wayward mood todayx and will not lightly trust the messenger that i should be attachxd in ephesusx i tell you xtwill sound harshly in her earsx enter dromio of ephesus with a ropexs endx here comes my manx i think he brings the moneyx how nowx sirx have you that i sent you forx dromio of ephesusx herexs thatx i warrant youx will pay them allx antipholus of ephesusx but wherexs the moneyx dromio of ephesusx whyx sirx i gave the money for the ropex antipholus of ephesusx five hundred ducatsx villainx for a ropex dromio of ephesusx ixll serve youx sirx five hundred at the ratex antipholus of ephesusx to what end did i bid thee hie thee homex dromio of ephesusx to a ropexs endx sirx and to that end am i returnxdx antipholus of ephesusx and to that endx sirx i will welcome youx xxbeating himxxx officerx good sirx be patientx dromio of ephesusx nayx xtis for me to be patientx i am in adversityx officerx good nowx hold thy tonguex dromio of ephesusx nayx rather persuade him to hold his handsx antipholus of ephesusx thou whoresonx senseless villainx dromio of ephesusx i would i were senselessx sirx that i might not feel your blowsx antipholus of ephesusx thou art sensible in nothing but blowsx and so is an assx dromio of ephesusx i am an ass indeedx you may prove it by my long earsx i have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instantx and have nothing at his hands for my service but blowsx when i am coldx he heats me with beatingx when i am warm he cools me with beatingx i am waked with it when i sleepx raised with it when i sitx driven out of doors with it when i go from homex welcomed home with it when i returnx nayx i bear it on my shoulders as a beggar wont her bratx and i think when he hath lamed mex i shall beg with it from door to doorx enter adrianax lucianax courtesan and a schoolmaster called pinchx antipholus of ephesusx comex go alongx my wife is coming yonderx dromio of ephesusx mistressx xrespice finemxx respect your endx or ratherx the prophesy like the parrotx xbeware the ropexs endxx antipholus of ephesusx wilt thou still talkx xxbeats himxxx courtesanx how say you nowx is not your husband madx adrianax his incivility confirms no lessx good doctor pinchx you are a conjurerx establish him in his true sense againx and i will please you what you will demandx lucianax alasx how fiery and how sharp he looksx courtesanx mark how he trembles in his ecstasyx pinchx give me your handx and let me feel your pulsex antipholus of ephesusx there is my handx and let it feel your earx pinchx i charge theex satanx housxd within this manx to yield possession to my holy prayersx and to thy state of darkness hie thee straightx i conjure thee by all the saints in heavenx antipholus of ephesusx peacex doting wizardx peacex i am not madx adrianax ox that thou wert notx poor distressed soulx antipholus of ephesusx you minionx youx are these your customersx did this companion with the saffron face revel and feast it at my house todayx whilst upon me the guilty doors were shutx and i denied to enter in my housex adrianax o husbandx god doth know you dinxd at homex where would you had remainxd until this timex free from these slanders and this open shamex antipholus of ephesusx dinxd at homex thou villainx what sayest thoux dromio of ephesusx sirx sooth to sayx you did not dine at homex antipholus of ephesusx were not my doors lockxd up and i shut outx dromio of ephesusx perdyx your doors were lockxdx and you shut outx antipholus of ephesusx and did not she herself revile me therex dromio of ephesusx sans fablex she herself revilxd you therex antipholus of ephesusx did not her kitchenxmaid railx tauntx and scorn mex dromio of ephesusx certesx she didx the kitchenxvestal scornxd youx antipholus of ephesusx and did not i in rage depart from thencex dromio of ephesusx in verityx you didx my bones bear witnessx that since have felt the vigour of his ragex adrianax isxt good to soothe him in these contrariesx pinchx it is no shamex the fellow finds his veinx and yielding to himx humours well his frenzyx antipholus of ephesusx thou hast subornxd the goldsmith to arrest mex adrianax alasx i sent you money to redeem you by dromio herex who came in haste for itx dromio of ephesusx money by mex heart and goodwill you mightx but surelyx masterx not a rag of moneyx antipholus of ephesusx wentxst not thou to her for a purse of ducatsx adrianax he came to mex and i deliverxd itx lucianax and i am witness with her that she didx dromio of ephesusx god and the ropexmaker bear me witness that i was sent for nothing but a ropex pinchx mistressx both man and master is possessxdx i know it by their pale and deadly looksx they must be bound and laid in some dark roomx antipholus of ephesusx sayx wherefore didst thou lock me forth todayx and why dost thou deny the bag of goldx adrianax i did notx gentle husbandx lock thee forthx dromio of ephesusx and gentle masterx i receivxd no goldx but i confessx sirx that we were lockxd outx adrianax dissembling villainx thou speakxst false in bothx antipholus of ephesusx dissembling harlotx thou art false in allx and art confederate with a damned pack to make a loathsome abject scorn of mex but with these nails ixll pluck out these false eyes that would behold in me this shameful sportx xxenter three or fourx and offer to bind himx he strivesx xx adrianax ox bind himx bind himx let him not come near mex pinchx more companyx the fiend is strong within himx lucianax ay mex poor manx how pale and wan he looksx antipholus of ephesusx whatx will you murder mex thou jailerx thoux i am thy prisonerx wilt thou suffer them to make a rescuex officerx mastersx let him gox he is my prisonerx and you shall not have himx pinchx gox bind this manx for he is frantic toox adrianax what wilt thou dox thou peevish officerx hast thou delight to see a wretched man do outrage and displeasure to himselfx officerx he is my prisonerx if i let him gox the debt he owes will be requirxd of mex adrianax i will discharge thee ere i go from theex bear me forthwith unto his creditorx and knowing how the debt growsx i will pay itx good master doctorx see him safe conveyxd home to my housex o most unhappy dayx antipholus of ephesusx o most unhappy strumpetx dromio of ephesusx masterx i am here enterxd in bond for youx antipholus of ephesusx out on theex villainx wherefore dost thou mad mex dromio of ephesusx will you be bound for nothingx be madx good masterx cryx xthe devilxx lucianax god helpx poor soulsx how idly do they talkx adrianax go bear him hencex sisterx go you with mex xxexeunt pinch and assistantsx with antipholus of ephesus and dromio of ephesusxxx say nowx whose suit is he arrested atx officerx one angelox a goldsmithx do you know himx adrianax i know the manx what is the sum he owesx officerx two hundred ducatsx adrianax sayx how grows it duex officerx due for a chain your husband had of himx adrianax he did bespeak a chain for mex but had it notx courtesanx when as your husbandx all in ragex today came to my house and took away my ringx the ring i saw upon his finger nowx straight after did i meet him with a chainx adrianax it may be sox but i did never see itx comex jailerx bring me where the goldsmith isx i long to know the truth hereof at largex enter antipholus of syracuse with his rapier drawnx and dromio of syracusex lucianax godx for thy mercyx they are loose againx adrianax and come with naked swordsx letxs call more help to have them bound againx officerx awayx theyxll kill usx xxexeuntx as fast as may bex frightedxxx antipholus of syracusex i see these witches are afraid of swordsx dromio of syracusex she that would be your wife now ran from youx antipholus of syracusex come to the centaurx fetch our stuff from thencex i long that we were safe and sound aboardx dromio of syracusex faithx stay here this nightx they will surely do us no harmx you saw they speak us fairx give us goldx methinks they are such a gentle nation thatx but for the mountain of mad flesh that claims marriage of mex i could find in my heart to stay here still and turn witchx antipholus of syracusex i will not stay tonight for all the townx therefore awayx to get our stuff aboardx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix the samex enter merchant and angelox angelox i am sorryx sirx that i have hinderxd youx but i protest he had the chain of mex though most dishonestly he doth deny itx merchantx how is the man esteemxd here in the cityx angelox of very reverend reputationx sirx of credit infinitex highly belovxdx second to none that lives here in the cityx his word might bear my wealth at any timex merchantx speak softlyx yonderx as i thinkx he walksx enter antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracusex angelox xtis sox and that self chain about his neck which he forswore most monstrously to havex good sirx draw near to mex ixll speak to himx signior antipholusx i wonder much that you would put me to this shame and troublex and not without some scandal to yourselfx with circumstance and oaths so to deny this chainx which now you wear so openlyx beside the chargex the shamex imprisonmentx you have done wrong to this my honest friendx whox but for staying on our controversyx had hoisted sail and put to sea todayx this chain you had of mex can you deny itx antipholus of syracusex i think i hadx i never did deny itx merchantx yesx that you didx sirx and forswore it toox antipholus of syracusex who heard me to deny it or forswear itx merchantx these ears of minex thou knowxstx did hear theex fie on theex wretchx xtis pity that thou livxst to walk where any honest men resortx antipholus of syracusex thou art a villain to impeach me thusx ixll prove mine honour and mine honesty against thee presentlyx if thou darxst standx merchantx i darex and do defy thee for a villainx xxthey drawxxx enter adrianax lucianax courtesan and othersx adrianax holdx hurt him notx for godxs sakex he is madx some get within himx take his sword awayx bind dromio toox and bear them to my housex dromio of syracusex runx masterx runx for godxs sakex take a housex this is some prioryx inx or we are spoilxdx xxexeunt antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracuse to the prioryxxx enter lady abbessx abbessx be quietx peoplex wherefore throng you hitherx adrianax to fetch my poor distracted husband hencex let us come inx that we may bind him fast and bear him home for his recoveryx angelox i knew he was not in his perfect witsx merchantx i am sorry now that i did draw on himx abbessx how long hath this possession held the manx adrianax this week he hath been heavyx sourx sadx and much different from the man he wasx but till this afternoon his passion nexer brake into extremity of ragex abbessx hath he not lost much wealth by wreck of seax buried some dear friendx hath not else his eye strayxd his affection in unlawful lovex a sin prevailing much in youthful men who give their eyes the liberty of gazingx which of these sorrows is he subject tox adrianax to none of thesex except it be the lastx namelyx some love that drew him oft from homex abbessx you should for that have reprehended himx adrianax whyx so i didx abbessx ayx but not rough enoughx adrianax as roughly as my modesty would let mex abbessx haply in privatex adrianax and in assemblies toox abbessx ayx but not enoughx adrianax it was the copy of our conferencex in bed he slept not for my urging itx at board he fed not for my urging itx alonex it was the subject of my themex in company i often glanced itx still did i tell him it was vile and badx abbessx and thereof came it that the man was madx the venom clamours of a jealous woman poisons more deadly than a mad dogxs toothx it seems his sleeps were hindered by thy railingx and thereof comes it that his head is lightx thou sayxst his meat was saucxd with thy upbraidingsx unquiet meals make ill digestionsx thereof the raging fire of fever bredx and whatxs a fever but a fit of madnessx thou sayxst his sports were hinderxd by thy brawlsx sweet recreation barrxdx what doth ensue but moody and dull melancholyx kinsman to grim and comfortless despairx and at her heels a huge infectious troop of pale distemperatures and foes to lifex in foodx in sportx and lifexpreserving rest to be disturbxd would mad or man or beastx the consequence isx thenx thy jealous fits hath scarxd thy husband from the use ofxs witsx lucianax she never reprehended him but mildlyx when he demeanxd himself roughx rudex and wildlyx why bear you these rebukes and answer notx adrianax she did betray me to my own reproofx good peoplex enter and lay hold on himx abbessx nox not a creature enters in my housex adrianax then let your servants bring my husband forthx abbessx neitherx he took this place for sanctuaryx and it shall privilege him from your hands till i have brought him to his wits againx or lose my labour in assaying itx adrianax i will attend my husbandx be his nursex diet his sicknessx for it is my officex and will have no attorney but myselfx and therefore let me have him home with mex abbessx be patientx for i will not let him stir till i have used the approved means i havex with wholesome syrupsx drugsx and holy prayersx to make of him a formal man againx it is a branch and parcel of mine oathx a charitable duty of my orderx therefore departx and leave him here with mex adrianax i will not hence and leave my husband herex and ill it doth beseem your holiness to separate the husband and the wifex abbessx be quiet and departx thou shalt not have himx xxexit abbessxxx lucianax complain unto the duke of this indignityx adrianax comex gox i will fall prostrate at his feetx and never rise until my tears and prayers have won his grace to come in person hither and take perforce my husband from the abbessx merchantx by thisx i thinkx the dial points at fivex anonx ixm surex the duke himself in person comes this way to the melancholy valex the place of death and sorry execution behind the ditches of the abbey herex angelox upon what causex merchantx to see a reverend syracusian merchantx who put unluckily into this bay against the laws and statutes of this townx beheaded publicly for his offencex angelox see where they comex we will behold his deathx lucianax kneel to the duke before he pass the abbeyx enter the dukex attendedx egeonx bareheadedx with the headsman and other officersx dukex yet once again proclaim it publiclyx if any friend will pay the sum for himx he shall not diex so much we tender himx adrianax justicex most sacred dukex against the abbessx dukex she is a virtuous and a reverend ladyx it cannot be that she hath done thee wrongx adrianax may it please your gracex antipholusx my husbandx who i made lord of me and all i had at your important lettersx this ill day a most outrageous fit of madness took himx that despxrately he hurried through the streetx with him his bondman all as mad as hex doing displeasure to the citizens by rushing in their housesx bearing thence ringsx jewelsx anything his rage did likex once did i get him bound and sent him homex whilst to take order for the wrongs i wentx that here and there his fury had committedx anonx i wot not by what strong escapex he broke from those that had the guard of himx and with his mad attendant and himselfx each one with ireful passionx with drawn swordsx met us againx andx madly bent on usx chased us awayx till raising of more aidx we came again to bind themx then they fled into this abbeyx whither we pursued themx and here the abbess shuts the gates on usx and will not suffer us to fetch him outx nor send him forth that we may bear him hencex thereforex most gracious dukex with thy command let him be brought forth and borne hence for helpx dukex long since thy husband servxd me in my warsx and i to thee engagxd a princexs wordx when thou didst make him master of thy bedx to do him all the grace and good i couldx gox some of youx knock at the abbey gatex and bid the lady abbess come to mex i will determine this before i stirx enter a messengerx messengerx o mistressx mistressx shift and save yourselfx my master and his man are both broke loosex beaten the maids axrowx and bound the doctorx whose beard they have singed off with brands of firex and ever as it blazed they threw on him great pails of puddled mire to quench the hairx my master preaches patience to himx and the while his man with scissors nicks him like a foolx and sure xunless you send some present helpx between them they will kill the conjurerx adrianax peacex foolx thy master and his man are herex and that is false thou dost report to usx messengerx mistressx upon my lifex i tell you truex i have not breathxd almost since i did see itx he cries for youx and vowsx if he can take youx to scorch your face and to disfigure youx xxcry withinxxx harkx harkx i hear himx mistressx flyx be gonex dukex comex stand by mex fear nothingx guard with halberdsx adrianax ay mex it is my husbandx witness you that he is borne about invisiblex even now we housxd him in the abbey herex and now hexs therex past thought of human reasonx enter antipholus and dromio of ephesusx antipholus of ephesusx justicex most gracious dukex ox grant me justicex even for the service that long since i did thee when i bestrid thee in the warsx and took deep scars to save thy lifex even for the blood that then i lost for theex now grant me justicex egeonx unless the fear of death doth make me dotex i see my son antipholus and dromiox antipholus of ephesusx justicex sweet princex against that woman therex she whom thou gavxst to me to be my wifex that hath abused and dishonourxd me even in the strength and height of injuryx beyond imagination is the wrong that she this day hath shameless thrown on mex dukex discover howx and thou shalt find me justx antipholus of ephesusx this dayx great dukex she shut the doors upon me while she with harlots feasted in my housex dukex a grievous faultx sayx womanx didst thou sox adrianax nox my good lordx myselfx hex and my sister today did dine togetherx so befall my soul as this is false he burdens me withalx lucianax nexer may i look on day nor sleep on night but she tells to your highness simple truthx angelox o perjurxd womanx they are both forswornx in this the madman justly chargeth themx antipholus of ephesusx my liegex i am advised what i sayx neither disturbxd with the effect of winex nor headyxrashx provokxd with raging irex albeit my wrongs might make one wiser madx this woman lockxd me out this day from dinnerx that goldsmith therex were he not packxd with herx could witness itx for he was with me thenx who parted with me to go fetch a chainx promising to bring it to the porpentinex where balthasar and i did dine togetherx our dinner donex and he not coming thitherx i went to seek himx in the street i met himx and in his company that gentlemanx there did this perjurxd goldsmith swear me down that i this day of him receivxd the chainx whichx god he knowsx i saw notx for the which he did arrest me with an officerx i did obeyx and sent my peasant home for certain ducatsx he with none returnxdx then fairly i bespoke the officer to go in person with me to my housex by thx way we met my wifex her sisterx and a rabble more of vile confederatesx along with them they brought one pinchx a hungry leanxfaced villainx a mere anatomyx a mountebankx a threadbare jugglerx and a fortunextellerx a needyx hollowxeyxdx sharpxlooking wretchx a living dead manx this pernicious slavex forsoothx took on him as a conjurerx and gazing in mine eyesx feeling my pulsex and with no face xas xtwerex outfacing mex cries outx i was possessxdx then altogether they fell upon mex bound mex bore me thencex and in a dark and dankish vault at home there left me and my manx both bound togetherx till gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunderx i gainxd my freedom and immediately ran hither to your gracex whom i beseech to give me ample satisfaction for these deep shames and great indignitiesx angelox my lordx in truthx thus far i witness with himx that he dinxd not at homex but was lockxd outx dukex but had he such a chain of theex or nox angelox he hadx my lordx and when he ran in here these people saw the chain about his neckx merchantx besidesx i will be sworn these ears of mine heard you confess you had the chain of himx after you first forswore it on the martx and thereupon i drew my sword on youx and then you fled into this abbey herex from whence i think you are come by miraclex antipholus of ephesusx i never came within these abbey wallsx nor ever didst thou draw thy sword on mex i never saw the chainx so help me heavenx and this is false you burden me withalx dukex whyx what an intricate impeach is thisx i think you all have drunk of circexs cupx if here you housxd himx here he would have beenx if he were madx he would not plead so coldlyx you say he dinxd at homex the goldsmith here denies that sayingx sirrahx what say youx dromio of ephesusx sirx he dined with her therex at the porpentinex courtesanx he didx and from my finger snatchxd that ringx antipholus of ephesusx xtis truex my liegex this ring i had of herx dukex sawxst thou him enter at the abbey herex courtesanx as surex my liegex as i do see your gracex dukex whyx this is strangex go call the abbess hitherx i think you are all matedx or stark madx xxexit one to the abbessxxx egeonx most mighty dukex vouchsafe me speak a wordx haply i see a friend will save my life and pay the sum that may deliver mex dukex speak freelyx syracusianx what thou wiltx egeonx is not your namex sirx callxd antipholusx and is not that your bondman dromiox dromio of ephesusx within this hour i was his bondmanx sirx but hex i thank himx gnawxd in two my cordsx now am i dromiox and his manx unboundx egeonx i am sure you both of you remember mex dromio of ephesusx ourselves we do rememberx sirx by youx for lately we were bound as you are nowx you are not pinchxs patientx are youx sirx egeonx why look you strange on mex you know me wellx antipholus of ephesusx i never saw you in my life till nowx egeonx ox grief hath changxd me since you saw me lastx and careful hours with timexs deformed handx have written strange defeatures in my facex but tell me yetx dost thou not know my voicex antipholus of ephesusx neitherx egeonx dromiox nor thoux dromio of ephesusx nox trust mex sirx nor ix egeonx i am sure thou dostx dromio of ephesusx ayx sirx but i am sure i do notx and whatsoever a man deniesx you are now bound to believe himx egeonx not know my voicex o timexs extremityx hast thou so crackxd and splitted my poor tongue in seven short years that here my only son knows not my feeble key of untunxd caresx though now this grained face of mine be hid in sapxconsuming winterxs drizzled snowx and all the conduits of my blood froze upx yet hath my night of life some memoryx my wasting lamps some fading glimmer leftx my dull deaf ears a little use to hearx all these old witnessesx i cannot errx tell me thou art my son antipholusx antipholus of ephesusx i never saw my father in my lifex egeonx but seven years sincex in syracusax boyx thou knowxst we partedx but perhapsx my sonx thou shamxst to acknowledge me in miseryx antipholus of ephesusx the duke and all that know me in the cityx can witness with me that it is not sox i nexer saw syracusa in my lifex dukex i tell theex syracusianx twenty years have i been patron to antipholusx during which time he nexer saw syracusax i see thy age and dangers make thee dotex enter the abbess with antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracusex abbessx most mighty dukex behold a man much wrongxdx xxall gather to see themxxx adrianax i see two husbandsx or mine eyes deceive mex dukex one of these men is xgeniusx to the otherx and so of thesex which is the natural manx and which the spiritx who deciphers themx dromio of syracusex ix sirx am dromiox command him awayx dromio of ephesusx ix sirx am dromiox pray let me stayx antipholus of syracusex egeonx art thou notx or else his ghostx dromio of syracusex ox my old masterx who hath bound him herex abbessx whoever bound himx i will loose his bondsx and gain a husband by his libertyx speakx old egeonx if thou bexst the man that hadst a wife once called emiliax that bore thee at a burden two fair sonsx ox if thou bexst the same egeonx speakx and speak unto the same emiliax dukex whyx here begins his morning story rightx these two antipholusxx these two so likex and these two dromiosx one in semblancex besides her urging of her wreck at seax these are the parents to these childrenx which accidentally are met togetherx egeonx if i dream notx thou art emiliax if thou art shex tell me where is that son that floated with thee on the fatal raftx abbessx by men of epidamnumx he and i and the twin dromiox all were taken upx butx by and byx rude fishermen of corinth by force took dromio and my son from themx and me they left with those of epidamnumx what then became of them i cannot tellx i to this fortune that you see me inx dukex antipholusx thou camxst from corinth firstx antipholus of syracusex nox sirx not ix i came from syracusex dukex stayx stand apartx i know not which is whichx antipholus of ephesusx i came from corinthx my most gracious lordx dromio of ephesusx and i with himx antipholus of ephesusx brought to this town by that most famous warriorx duke menaphonx your most renowned unclex adrianax which of you two did dine with me todayx antipholus of syracusex ix gentle mistressx adrianax and are not you my husbandx antipholus of ephesusx nox i say nay to thatx antipholus of syracusex and so do ix yet did she call me sox and this fair gentlewomanx her sister herex did call me brotherx what i told you thenx i hope i shall have leisure to make goodx if this be not a dream i see and hearx angelox that is the chainx sirx which you had of mex antipholus of syracusex i think it bex sirx i deny it notx antipholus of ephesusx and youx sirx for this chain arrested mex angelox i think i didx sirx i deny it notx adrianax i sent you moneyx sirx to be your bail by dromiox but i think he brought it notx dromio of ephesusx nox none by mex antipholus of syracusex this purse of ducats i receivxd from youx and dromio my man did bring them mex i see we still did meet each otherxs manx and i was taxen for himx and he for mex and thereupon these errors are arosex antipholus of ephesusx these ducats pawn i for my father herex dukex it shall not needx thy father hath his lifex courtesanx sirx i must have that diamond from youx antipholus of ephesusx therex take itx and much thanks for my good cheerx abbessx renowned dukex vouchsafe to take the pains to go with us into the abbey herex and hear at large discoursed all our fortunesx and all that are assembled in this placex that by this sympathised one dayxs error have sufferxd wrongx gox keep us companyx and we shall make full satisfactionx thirtyxthree years have i but gone in travail of youx my sonsx and till this present hour my heavy burden nexer deliveredx the dukex my husbandx and my children bothx and youx the calendars of their nativityx go to a gossipsx feastx and go with mex after so long griefx such nativityx dukex with all my heartx ixll gossip at this feastx xxexeunt except the two dromios and two brothersxxx dromio of syracusex masterx shall i fetch your stuff from shipboardx antipholus of ephesusx dromiox what stuff of mine hast thou embarkxdx dromio of syracusex your goods that lay at hostx sirx in the centaurx antipholus of syracusex he speaks to mex i am your masterx dromiox comex go with usx wexll look to that anonx embrace thy brother therex rejoice with himx xxexeunt antipholus of syracuse and antipholus of ephesusxxx dromio of syracusex there is a fat friend at your masterxs housex that kitchenxd me for you today at dinnerx she now shall be my sisterx not my wifex dromio of ephesusx methinks you are my glassx and not my brotherx i see by you i am a sweetxfaced youthx will you walk in to see their gossipingx dromio of syracusex not ix sirx you are my elderx dromio of ephesusx thatxs a questionx how shall we try itx dromio of syracusex wexll draw cuts for the seniorx till thenx lead thou firstx dromio of ephesusx nayx thenx thusx we came into the world like brother and brotherx and now letxs go hand in handx not one before anotherx xxexeuntxxx the tragedy of coriolanus dramatis personae caius marciusx afterwards caius marcius coriolanus generals against the volscians titus lartius cominius menenius agrippax friend to coriolanus tribunes of the people sicinius velutus junius brutus young marciusx son to coriolanus a roman herald nicanorx a roman tullus aufidiusx general of the volscians lieutenantx to aufidius conspiratorsx with aufidius adrianx a volscian a citizen of antium two volscian guards volumniax mother to coriolanus virgiliax wife to coriolanus valeriax friend to virgilia gentlewoman attending on virgilia roman and volscian senatorsx patriciansx aedilesx lictorsx soldiersx citizensx messengersx servants to aufidiusx and other attendants scenex rome and the neighbourhoodx corioli and the neighbourhoodx antium act ix scene ix romex a street enter a company of mutinous citizensx with stavesx clubsx and other weapons first citizenx before we proceed any furtherx hear me speakx allx speakx speakx first citizenx you are all resolvxd rather to die than to famishx allx resolvxdx resolvxdx first citizenx firstx you know caius marcius is chief enemy to the peoplex allx we knowxtx we knowxtx first citizenx let us kill himx and wexll have corn at our own pricex isxt a verdictx allx no more talking onxtx let it be donex awayx awayx second citizenx one wordx good citizensx first citizenx we are accounted poor citizensx the patricians goodx what authority surfeits on would relieve usx if they would yield us but the superfluity while it were wholesomex we might guess they relieved us humanelyx but they think we are too dearx the leanness that afflicts usx the object of our miseryx is as an inventory to particularize their abundancex our sufferance is a gain to themx let us revenge this with our pikes ere we become rakesx for the gods know i speak this in hunger for breadx not in thirst for revengex second citizenx would you proceed especially against caius marciusx first citizenx against him firstx hexs a very dog to the commonaltyx second citizenx consider you what services he has done for his countryx first citizenx very wellx and could be content to give him good report forxt but that he pays himself with being proudx second citizenx nayx but speak not maliciouslyx first citizenx i say unto youx what he hath done famously he did it to that endx though softxconsciencxd men can be content to say it was for his countryx he did it to please his mother and to be partly proudx which he isx even to the altitude of his virtuex second citizenx what he cannot help in his nature you account a vice in himx you must in no way say he is covetousx first citizenx if i must notx i need not be barren of accusationsx he hath faultsx with surplusx to tire in repetitionx xshouts withinx what shouts are thesex the other side ox thx city is risenx why stay we prating herex to thx capitolx allx comex comex first citizenx softx who comes herex enter menenius agrippa second citizenx worthy menenius agrippax one that hath always lovxd the peoplex first citizenx hexs one honest enoughx would all the rest were sox meneniusx what workxsx my countrymenx in handx where go you with bats and clubsx the matterx speakx i pray youx first citizenx our business is not unknown to thx senatex they have had inkling this fortnight what we intend to dox which now wexll show xem in deedsx they say poor suitors have strong breathsx they shall know we have strong arms toox meneniusx whyx mastersx my good friendsx mine honest neighboursx will you undo yourselvesx first citizenx we cannotx sirx we are undone alreadyx meneniusx i tell youx friendsx most charitable care have the patricians of youx for your wantsx your suffering in this dearthx you may as well strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them against the roman statex whose course will on the way it takesx cracking ten thousand curbs of more strong link asunder than can ever appear in your impedimentx for the dearthx the godsx not the patriciansx make itx and your knees to themx not armsx must helpx alackx you are transported by calamity thither where more attends youx and you slander the helms ox thx statex who care for you like fathersx when you curse them as enemiesx first citizenx care for usx truex indeedx they nexer carxd for us yetx suffer us to famishx and their storehouses crammxd with grainx make edicts for usuryx to support usurersx repeal daily any wholesome act established against the richx and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poorx if the wars eat us not upx they willx and therexs all the love they bear usx meneniusx either you must confess yourselves wondrous maliciousx or be accusxd of follyx i shall tell you a pretty talex it may be you have heard itx butx since it serves my purposex i will venture to stalext a little morex first citizenx wellx ixll hear itx sirx yet you must not think to fob off our disgrace with a talex butx anxt please youx deliverx meneniusx there was a time when all the bodyxs members rebellxd against the bellyx thus accusxd itx that only like a gulf it did remain ix thx midst ox thx bodyx idle and unactivex still cupboarding the viandx never bearing like labour with the restx where thx other instruments did see and hearx devisex instructx walkx feelx andx mutually participatex did minister unto the appetite and affection common of the whole bodyx the belly answerxdx first citizenx wellx sirx what answer made the bellyx meneniusx sirx i shall tell youx with a kind of smilex which nexer came from the lungsx but even thusx for look youx i may make the belly smile as well as speakx it tauntingly replied to thx discontented membersx the mutinous parts that envied his receiptx even so most fitly as you malign our senators for that they are not such as youx first citizenx your bellyxs answerx whatx the kingly crowned headx the vigilant eyex the counsellor heartx the arm our soldierx our steed the legx the tongue our trumpeterx with other muniments and petty helps is this our fabricx if that theyx meneniusx what thenx fore mex this fellow speaksx what thenx what thenx first citizenx should by the cormorant belly be restrainxdx who is the sink ox thx bodyx meneniusx wellx what thenx first citizenx the former agentsx if they did complainx what could the belly answerx meneniusx i will tell youx if youxll bestow a smallx of what you have littlex patience awhilex youxst hear the bellyxs answerx first citizenx yxare long about itx meneniusx note me thisx good friendx your most grave belly was deliberatex not rash like his accusersx and thus answeredx xtrue is itx my incorporate friendsxx quoth he xthat i receive the general food at first which you do live uponx and fit it isx because i am the storehouse and the shop of the whole bodyx butx if you do rememberx i send it through the rivers of your bloodx even to the courtx the heartx to thx seat ox thx brainx andx through the cranks and offices of manx the strongest nerves and small inferior veins from me receive that natural competency whereby they livex and though that all at once youx my good friendsxx this says the bellyx mark mex first citizenx ayx sirx wellx wellx meneniusx xthough all at once cannot see what i do deliver out to eachx yet i can make my audit upx that all from me do back receive the flour of allx and leave me but the branxx what say you tox tx first citizenx it was an answerx how apply you thisx meneniusx the senators of rome are this good bellyx and you the mutinous membersx forx examine their counsels and their caresx digest things rightly touching the weal ox thx commonx you shall find no public benefit which you receive but it proceeds or comes from them to youx and no way from yourselvesx what do you thinkx youx the great toe of this assemblyx first citizenx i the great toex why the great toex meneniusx for thatx being one ox thx lowestx basestx poorestx of this most wise rebellionx thou goest foremostx thou rascalx that art worst in blood to runx leadxst first to win some vantagex but make you ready your stiff bats and clubsx rome and her rats are at the point of battlex the one side must have balex enter caius marcius hailx noble marciusx marciusx thanksx whatxs the matterx you dissentious rogues thatx rubbing the poor itch of your opinionx make yourselves scabsx first citizenx we have ever your good wordx marciusx he that will give good words to thee will flatter beneath abhorringx what would you havex you cursx that like nor peace nor warx the one affrights youx the other makes you proudx he that trusts to youx where he should find you lionsx finds you haresx where foxesx geesex you are no surerx nox than is the coal of fire upon the ice or hailstone in the sunx your virtue is to make him worthy whose offence subdues himx and curse that justice did itx who deserves greatness deserves your hatex and your affections are a sick manxs appetitex who desires most that which would increase his evilx he that depends upon your favours swims with fins of leadx and hews down oaks with rushesx hang yex trust yex with every minute you do change a mind and call him noble that was now your hatex him vile that was your garlandx whatxs the matter that in these several places of the city you cry against the noble senatex whox under the godsx keep you in awex which else would feed on one anotherx whatxs their seekingx meneniusx for corn at their own ratesx whereof they say the city is well storxdx marciusx hang xemx they sayx theyxll sit by thx fire and presume to know whatxs done ix thx capitolx whoxs like to risex who thrives and who declinesx side factionsx and give out conjectural marriagesx making parties strongx and feebling such as stand not in their liking below their cobbled shoesx they say therexs grain enoughx would the nobility lay aside their ruth and let me use my swordx ixd make a quarry with thousands of these quarterxd slavesx as high as i could pick my lancex meneniusx nayx these are almost thoroughly persuadedx for though abundantly they lack discretionx yet are they passing cowardlyx butx i beseech youx what says the other troopx marciusx they are dissolvxdx hang xemx they said they were anxhungryx sighxd forth proverbsx that hunger broke stone wallsx that dogs must eatx that meat was made for mouthsx that the gods sent not corn for the rich men onlyx with these shreds they vented their complainingsx which being answerxdx and a petition granted themx a strange onex to break the heart of generosity and make bold power look palex they threw their caps as they would hang them on the horns ox thx moonx shouting their emulationx meneniusx what is granted themx marciusx five tribunesx to defend their vulgar wisdomsx of their own choicex onexs junius brutusx sicinius velutusx and i know notx xsdeathx the rabble should have first unroofxd the city ere so prevailxd with mex it will in time win upon power and throw forth greater themes for insurrectionxs arguingx meneniusx this is strangex marciusx go get you homex you fragmentsx enter a messengerx hastily messengerx wherexs caius marciusx marciusx herex whatxs the matterx messengerx the news isx sirx the volsces are in armsx marciusx i am glad onxtx then we shall hax means to vent our musty superfluityx seex our best eldersx enter cominiusx titus lartiusx with other senatorsx junius brutus and sicinius velutus first senatorx marciusx xtis true that you have lately told usx the volsces are in armsx marciusx they have a leaderx tullus aufidiusx that will put you toxtx i sin in envying his nobilityx and were i anything but what i amx i would wish me only hex cominiusx you have fought togetherx marciusx were half to half the world by thx earsx and he upon my partyx ixd revoltx to make only my wars with himx he is a lion that i am proud to huntx first senatorx thenx worthy marciusx attend upon cominius to these warsx cominiusx it is your former promisex marciusx sirx it isx and i am constantx titus lartiusx thou shalt see me once more strike at tullusx facex whatx art thou stiffx standxst outx lartiusx nox caius marciusx ixll lean upon one crutch and fight with txother ere stay behind this businessx meneniusx ox true bredx first senatorx your company to thx capitolx wherex i knowx our greatest friends attend usx lartiusx xto cominiusx lead you onx xto marciusx follow cominiusx we must follow youx right worthy you priorityx cominiusx noble marciusx first senatorx xto the citizensx hence to your homesx be gonex marciusx nayx let them followx the volsces have much cornx take these rats thither to gnaw their garnersx worshipful mutineersx your valour puts well forthx pray followx ciitzens steal awayx exeunt all but sicinius and brutus siciniusx was ever man so proud as is this marciusx brutusx he has no equalx siciniusx when we were chosen tribunes for the peoplex brutusx markxd you his lip and eyesx siciniusx nayx but his tauntsx brutusx being movxdx he will not spare to gird the godsx siciniusx bemock the modest moonx brutusx the present wars devour himx he is grown too proud to be so valiantx siciniusx such a naturex tickled with good successx disdains the shadow which he treads on at noonx but i do wonder his insolence can brook to be commanded under cominiusx brutusx famex at the which he aimsx in whom already he is well gracxdx cannot better be held nor more attainxd than by a place below the firstx for what miscarries shall be the generalxs faultx though he perform to thx utmost of a manx and giddy censure will then cry out of marcius xox if he had borne the businessxx siciniusx besidesx if things go wellx opinionx that so sticks on marciusx shall of his demerits rob cominiusx brutusx comex half all cominiusx honours are to marciusx though marcius earnxd them notx and all his faults to marcius shall be honoursx though indeed in aught he merit notx siciniusx letxs hence and hear how the dispatch is madex and in what fashionx more than his singularityx he goes upon this present actionx brutusx letxs alongx exeunt scene iix coriolix the senate housex enter tullus aufidius with senators of corioli first senatorx sox your opinion isx aufidiusx that they of rome are entxred in our counsels and know how we proceedx aufidiusx is it not yoursx what ever have been thought on in this state that could be brought to bodily act ere rome had circumventionx xtis not four days gone since i heard thencex these are the wordsx i think i have the letter herexxyesx here it isx xreadsx xthey have pressxd a powerx but it is not known whether for east or westx the dearth is greatx the people mutinousx and it is rumourxdx cominiusx marcius your old enemyx who is of rome worse hated than of youx and titus lartiusx a most valiant romanx these three lead on this preparation whither xtis bentx most likely xtis for youx consider of itxx first senatorx our armyxs in the fieldx we never yet made doubt but rome was ready to answer usx aufidiusx nor did you think it folly to keep your great pretences veilxd till when they needs must show themselvesx which in the hatchingx it seemxdx appearxd to romex by the discovery we shall be shortxned in our aimx which was to take in many towns ere almost rome should know we were afootx second senatorx noble aufidiusx take your commissionx hie you to your bandsx let us alone to guard coriolix if they set down beforexsx for the remove bring up your armyx but i think youxll find thx have not preparxd for usx aufidiusx ox doubt not thatx i speak from certaintiesx nay morex some parcels of their power are forth alreadyx and only hitherwardx i leave your honoursx if we and caius marcius chance to meetx xtis sworn between us we shall ever strike till one can do no morex allx the gods assist youx aufidiusx and keep your honours safex first senatorx farewellx second senatorx farewellx allx farewellx exeunt scene iiix romex marciusx house enter volumnia and virgiliax mother and wife to marciusx they set them down on two low stools and sew volumniax i pray youx daughterx singx or express yourself in a more comfortable sortx if my son were my husbandx i should freelier rejoice in that absence wherein he won honour than in the embracements of his bed where he would show most lovex when yet he was but tenderxbodiedx and the only son of my wombx when youth with comeliness pluckxd all gaze his wayx whenx for a day of kingsx entreatiesx a mother should not sell him an hour from her beholdingx ix considering how honour would become such a personx that it was no better than picturexlike to hang by thx wallx if renown made it not stirx was pleasxd to let him seek danger where he was to find famex to a cruel war i sent himx from whence he returnxd his brows bound with oakx i tell theex daughterx i sprang not more in joy at first hearing he was a manxchild than now in first seeing he had proved himself a manx virgiliax but had he died in the businessx madamx how thenx volumniax then his good report should have been my sonx i therein would have found issuex hear me profess sincerelyx had i a dozen sonsx each in my love alikex and none less dear than thine and my good marciusx i had rather had eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of actionx enter a gentlewoman gentlewomanx madamx the lady valeria is come to visit youx virgiliax beseech you give me leave to retire myselfx volumniax indeed you shall notx methinks i hear hither your husbandxs drumx see him pluck aufidius down by thx hairx as children from a bearx the volsces shunning himx methinks i see him stamp thusx and call thusx xcome onx you cowardsx you were got in fearx though you were born in romexx his bloody brow with his mailxd hand then wipingx forth he goesx like to a harvestxman thatxs taskxd to mow or all or lose his hirex virgiliax his bloody browx o jupiterx no bloodx volumniax awayx you foolx it more becomes a man than gilt his trophyx the breasts of hecubax when she did suckle hectorx lookxd not lovelier than hectorxs forehead when it spit forth blood at grecian swordx contemningx tell valeria we are fit to bid her welcomex exit gentlewoman virgiliax heavens bless my lord from fell aufidiusx volumniax hexll beat aufidiusx head below his knee and tread upon his neckx rexenter gentlewomanx with valeria and an usher valeriax my ladies bothx good day to youx volumniax sweet madamx virgiliax i am glad to see your ladyshipx valeriax how do you bothx you are manifest housekeepersx what are you sewing herex a fine spotx in good faithx how does your little sonx virgiliax i thank your ladyshipx wellx good madamx volumniax he had rather see the swords and hear a drum than look upon his schoolmasterx valeriax ox my wordx the fatherxs sonx ixll swear xtis a very pretty boyx ox my trothx i lookxd upon him a wednesday half an hour togetherx has such a confirmxd countenancex i saw him run after a gilded butterflyx and when he caught it he let it go againx and after it againx and over and over he comesx and up againx catchxd it againx or whether his fall enragxd himx or how xtwasx he did so set his teeth and tear itx ox i warrantx how he mammockxd itx volumniax one onxs fatherxs moodsx valeriax indeedx lax xtis a noble childx virgiliax a crackx madamx valeriax comex lay aside your stitcheryx i must have you play the idle huswife with me this afternoonx virgiliax nox good madamx i will not out of doorsx valeriax not out of doorsx volumniax she shallx she shallx virgiliax indeedx nox by your patiencex ixll not over the threshold till my lord return from the warsx valeriax fiex you confine yourself most unreasonablyx comex you must go visit the good lady that lies inx virgiliax i will wish her speedy strengthx and visit her with my prayersx but i cannot go thitherx volumniax whyx i pray youx virgiliax xtis not to save labourx nor that i want lovex valeriax you would be another penelopex yet they say all the yarn she spun in ulyssesx absence did but fill ithaca full of mothsx comex i would your cambric were sensible as your fingerx that you might leave pricking it for pityx comex you shall go with usx virgiliax nox good madamx pardon mex indeed i will not forthx valeriax in truthx lax go with mex and ixll tell you excellent news of your husbandx virgiliax ox good madamx there can be none yetx valeriax verilyx i do not jest with youx there came news from him last nightx virgiliax indeedx madamx valeriax in earnestx itxs truex i heard a senator speak itx thus it isx the volsces have an army forthx against whom cominius the general is gonex with one part of our roman powerx your lord and titus lartius are set down before their city coriolix they nothing doubt prevailing and to make it brief warsx this is truex on mine honourx and sox i prayx go with usx virgiliax give me excusex good madamx i will obey you in everything hereafterx volumniax let her alonex ladyx as she is nowx she will but disease our better mirthx valeriax in trothx i think she wouldx fare you wellx thenx comex good sweet ladyx pritheex virgiliax turn thy solemness out ox door and go along with usx virgiliax nox at a wordx madamx indeed i must notx i wish you much mirthx valeriax well thenx farewellx exeunt scene ivx before corioli enter marciusx titus lartiusx with drum and coloursx with captains and soldiersx to them a messenger marciusx yonder comes newsx a wagerx they have metx lartiusx my horse to yoursx nox marciusx xtis donex lartiusx agreedx marciusx sayx has our general met the enemyx messengerx they lie in viewx but have not spoke as yetx lartiusx sox the good horse is minex marciusx ixll buy him of youx lartiusx nox ixll nor sell nor give himx lend you him i will for half a hundred yearsx summon the townx marciusx how far off lie these armiesx messengerx within this mile and halfx marciusx then shall we hear their xlarumx and they oursx nowx marsx i pritheex make us quick in workx that we with smoking swords may march from hence to help our fielded friendsx comex blow thy blastx they sound a parleyx enter two senators with othersx on the walls of corioli tullus aufidiusx is he within your wallsx first senatorx nox nor a man that fears you less than hex thatxs lesser than a littlex xdrum afar offx harkx our drums are bringing forth our youthx wexll break our walls rather than they shall pound us upx our gatesx which yet seem shutx we have but pinnxd with rushesx theyxll open of themselvesx xalarum far offx hark you far offx there is aufidiusx list what work he makes amongst your cloven armyx marciusx ox they are at itx lartiusx their noise be our instructionx laddersx hox enter the army of the volsces marciusx they fear us notx but issue forth their cityx now put your shields before your heartsx and fight with hearts more proof than shieldsx advancex brave titusx they do disdain us much beyond our thoughtsx which makes me sweat with wrathx come onx my fellowsx he that retiresx ixll take him for a volscex and he shall feel mine edgex alarumx the romans are beat back to their trenchesx rexenter marciusx cursing marciusx all the contagion of the south light on youx you shames of romex you herd ofx boils and plagues plaster you oxerx that you may be abhorrxd farther than seenx and one infect another against the wind a milex you souls of geese that bear the shapes of menx how have you run from slaves that apes would beatx pluto and hellx all hurt behindx backs redx and faces pale with flight and agued fearx mend and charge homex orx by the fires of heavenx ixll leave the foe and make my wars on youx look toxtx come onx if youxll stand fast wexll beat them to their wivesx as they us to our trenchesx follow mex another alarumx the volsces flyx and marcius follows them to the gates sox now the gates are opex now prove good secondsx xtis for the followers fortune widens themx not for the fliersx mark mex and do the likex xmarcius enters the gatesx first soldierx foolxhardinessx not ix second soldierx not ix xmarcius is shut inx first soldierx seex they have shut him inx allx to thx potx i warrant himx xalarum continuesx rexenter titus lartius lartiusx what is become of marciusx allx slainx sirx doubtlessx first soldierx following the fliers at the very heelsx with them he entersx whox upon the suddenx clappxd to their gatesx he is himself alonex to answer all the cityx lartiusx o noble fellowx who sensibly outdares his senseless swordx and when it bows standxst upx thou art leftx marciusx a carbuncle entirex as big as thou artx were not so rich a jewelx thou wast a soldier even to catoxs wishx not fierce and terrible only in strokesx but with thy grim looks and the thunderxlike percussion of thy sounds thou madxst thine enemies shakex as if the world were feverous and did tremblex rexenter marciusx bleedingx assaulted by the enemy first soldierx lookx sirx lartiusx ox xtis marciusx letxs fetch him offx or make remain alikex xthey fightx and all enter the cityx scene vx within coriolix a street enter certain romansx with spoils first romanx this will i carry to romex second romanx and i thisx third romanx a murrain on xtx i took this for silverx xalarum continues still afar offx enter marcius and titus lartius with a trumpeter marciusx see here these movers that do prize their hours at a crackxd drachmax cushionsx leaden spoonsx irons of a doitx doublets that hangmen would bury with those that wore themx these base slavesx ere yet the fight be donex pack upx down with themx exeunt pillagers and harkx what noise the general makesx to himx there is the man of my soulxs hatex aufidiusx piercing our romansx thenx valiant titusx take convenient numbers to make good the cityx whilst ix with those that have the spiritx will haste to help cominiusx lartiusx worthy sirx thou bleedxstx thy exercise hath been too violent for a second course of fightx marciusx sirx praise me notx my work hath yet not warmxd mex fare you wellx the blood i drop is rather physical than dangerous to mex to aufidius thus i will appearx and fightx lartiusx now the fair goddessx fortunex fall deep in love with theex and her great charms misguide thy opposersx swordsx bold gentlemanx prosperity be thy pagex marciusx thy friend no less than those she placeth highestx so farewellx lartiusx thou worthiest marciusx exit marcius go sound thy trumpet in the marketxplacex call thither all the officers ox thx townx where they shall know our mindx awayx exeunt scene vix near the camp of cominius enter cominiusx as it were in retirex with soldiers cominiusx breathe youx my friendsx well foughtx we are come off like romansx neither foolish in our stands nor cowardly in retirex believe mex sirsx we shall be chargxd againx whiles we have struckx by interims and conveying gusts we have heard the charges of our friendsx the roman godsx lead their successes as we wish our ownx that both our powersx with smiling fronts encountxringx may give you thankful sacrificex enter a messenger thy newsx messengerx the citizens of corioli have issued and given to lartius and to marcius battlex i saw our party to their trenches drivenx and then i came awayx cominiusx though thou speakxst truthx methinks thou speakxst not wellx how long isxt sincex messengerx above an hourx my lordx cominiusx xtis not a milex briefly we heard their drumsx how couldst thou in a mile confound an hourx and bring thy news so latex messengerx spies of the volsces held me in chasex that i was forcxd to wheel three or four miles aboutx else had ix sirx half an hour since brought my reportx enter marcius cominiusx whoxs yonder that does appear as he were flayxdx o godsx he has the stamp of marciusx and i have beforextime seen him thusx marciusx come i too latex cominiusx the shepherd knows not thunder from a tabor more than i know the sound of marciusx tongue from every meaner manx marciusx come i too latex cominiusx ayx if you come not in the blood of othersx but mantled in your ownx marciusx ox let me clip ye in arms as sound as when i wooxdx in heart as merry as when our nuptial day was donex and tapers burnxd to bedwardx cominiusx flower of warriorsx how isxt with titus lartiusx marciusx as with a man busied about decreesx condemning some to death and some to exilex ransoming him or pityingx threatxning thx otherx holding corioli in the name of rome even like a fawning greyhound in the leashx to let him slip at willx cominiusx where is that slave which told me they had beat you to your trenchesx where is hex call him hitherx marciusx let him alonex he did inform the truthx but for our gentlemenx the common filex a plaguex tribunes for themx the mouse nexer shunnxd the cat as they did budge from rascals worse than theyx cominiusx but how prevailxd youx marciusx will the time serve to tellx i do not thinkx where is the enemyx are you lords ox thx fieldx if notx why cease you till you are sox cominiusx marciusx we have at disadvantage foughtx and did retire to win our purposex marciusx how lies their battlex know you on which side they have placxd their men of trustx cominiusx as i guessx marciusx their bands ix thx vaward are the antiatesx of their best trustx oxer them aufidiusx their very heart of hopex marciusx i do beseech youx by all the battles wherein we have foughtx by thx blood we have shed togetherx by thx vows we have made to endure friendsx that you directly set me against aufidius and his antiatesx and that you not delay the presentx butx filling the air with swords advancxd and dartsx we prove this very hourx cominiusx though i could wish you were conducted to a gentle bath and balms applied to youx yet dare i never deny your askingx take your choice of those that best can aid your actionx marciusx those are they that most are willingx if any such be herex as it were sin to doubtx that love this painting wherein you see me smearxdx if any fear lesser his person than an ill reportx if any think brave death outweighs bad life and that his countryxs dearer than himselfx let him alonex or so many so mindedx wave thus to express his dispositionx and follow marciusx xthey all shout and wave their swordsx take him up in their arms and cast up their capsx ox me alonex make you a sword of mex if these shows be not outwardx which of you but is four volscesx none of you but is able to bear against the great aufidius a shield as hard as hisx a certain numberx though thanks to allx must i select from allx the rest shall bear the business in some other fightx as cause will be obeyxdx please you to marchx and four shall quickly draw out my commandx which men are best inclinxdx cominiusx march onx my fellowsx make good this ostentationx and you shall divide in all with usx exeunt scene viix the gates of corioli titus lartiusx having set a guard upon coriolix going with drum and trumpet toward cominius and caius marciusx enters with a lieutenantx other soldiersx and a scout lartiusx sox let the ports be guardedx keep your duties as i have set them downx if i do sendx dispatch those centuries to our aidx the rest will serve for a short holdingx if we lose the field we cannot keep the townx lieutenantx fear not our carex sirx lartiusx hencex and shut your gates uponxsx our guiderx comex to thx roman camp conduct usx exeunt scene viiix a field of battle between the roman and the volscian camps alarumx as in battlex enter marcius and aufidius at several doors marciusx ixll fight with none but theex for i do hate thee worse than a promisexbreakerx aufidiusx we hate alikex not afric owns a serpent i abhor more than thy fame and envyx fix thy footx marciusx let the first budger die the otherxs slavex and the gods doom him afterx aufidiusx if i flyx marciusx halloa me like a harex marciusx within these three hoursx tullusx alone i fought in your corioli wallsx and made what work i pleasxdx xtis not my blood wherein thou seest me maskxdx for thy revenge wrench up thy power to thx highestx aufidiusx wert thou the hector that was the whip of your braggxd progenyx thou shouldst not scape me herex here they fightx and certain volsces come in the aid of aufidiusx marcius fights till they be driven in breathless officiousx and not valiantx you have shamxd me in your condemned secondsx exeunt scene ixx the roman camp flourishx alarumx a retreat is soundedx enterx at one doorx cominius with the romansx at another doorx marciusx with his arm in a scarf cominiusx if i should tell thee oxer this thy dayxs workx thouxt not believe thy deedsx but ixll report it where senators shall mingle tears with smilesx where great patricians shall attendx and shrugx ix thx end admirex where ladies shall be frighted andx gladly quakxdx hear morex where the dull tribunesx that with the fusty plebeians hate thine honoursx shall say against their hearts xwe thank the gods our rome hath such a soldierxx yet camxst thou to a morsel of this feastx having fully dinxd beforex enter titus lartiusx with his powerx from the pursuit lartiusx o generalx here is the steedx we the caparisonx hadst thou beheldx marciusx pray nowx no morex my motherx who has a charter to extol her bloodx when she does praise me grieves mex i have done as you have donex thatxs what i canx inducxd as you have beenx thatxs for my countryx he that has but effected his good will hath overtaxen mine actx cominiusx you shall not be the grave of your deservingx rome must know the value of her ownx xtwere a concealment worse than a theftx no less than a traducementx to hide your doings and to silence that whichx to the spire and top of praises vouchxdx would seem but modestx thereforex i beseech youx in sign of what you arex not to reward what you have donex before our army hear mex marciusx i have some wounds upon mex and they smart to hear themselves remembxredx cominiusx should they notx well might they fester xgainst ingratitude and tent themselves with deathx of all the horsesx whereof we have taxen goodx and good storex of all the treasure in this field achievxd and cityx we render you the tenthx to be taxen forth before the common distribution at your only choicex marciusx i thank youx generalx but cannot make my heart consent to take a bribe to pay my swordx i do refuse itx and stand upon my common part with those that have beheld the doingx a long flourishx they all cry xmarciusx marciusxx cast up their caps and lancesx cominius and lartius stand bare may these same instruments which you profane never sound morex when drums and trumpets shall ix thx field prove flatterersx let courts and cities be made all of falsexfacxd soothingx when steel grows soft as the parasitexs silkx let him be made an overture for thx warsx no morex i sayx for that i have not washxd my nose that bledx or foilxd some debile wretchx which without note herexs many else have donex you shout me forth in acclamations hyperbolicalx as if i lovxd my little should be dieted in praises saucxd with liesx cominiusx too modest are youx more cruel to your good report than grateful to us that give you trulyx by your patiencex if xgainst yourself you be incensxdx wexll put youx like one that means his proper harmx in manaclesx then reason safely with youx therefore be it knownx as to usx to all the worldx that caius marcius wears this warxs garlandx in token of the whichx my noble steedx known to the campx i give himx with all his trim belongingx and from this timex for what he did before coriolix can him with all thx applausexand clamour of the hostx caius marcius coriolanusx bear thx addition nobly everx xflourishx trumpets soundx and drumsx allx caius marcius coriolanusx coriolanusx i will go washx and when my face is fair you shall perceive whether i blush or nox howbeitx i thank youx i mean to stride your steedx and at all times to undercrest your good addition to thx fairness of my powerx cominiusx sox to our tentx wherex ere we do repose usx we will write to rome of our successx youx titus lartiusx must to corioli backx send us to rome the bestx with whom we may articulate for their own good and oursx lartiusx i shallx my lordx coriolanusx the gods begin to mock mex ix that now refusxd most princely giftsx am bound to beg of my lord generalx cominiusx takextx xtis yoursx what isxtx coriolanusx i sometime lay here in corioli at a poor manxs housex he usxd me kindlyx he cried to mex i saw him prisonerx but then aufidius was within my viewx and wrath oxerwhelmxd my pityx i request you to give my poor host freedomx cominiusx ox well beggxdx were he the butcher of my sonx he should be free as is the windx deliver himx titusx lartiusx marciusx his namex coriolanusx by jupiterx forgotx i am wearyx yeax my memory is tirxdx have we no wine herex cominiusx go we to our tentx the blood upon your visage driesx xtis time it should be lookxd tox comex exeunt scene xx the camp of the volsces a flourishx cornetsx enter tullus aufidius bloodyx with two or three soldiers aufidiusx the town is taxenx first soldierx xtwill be deliverxd back on good conditionx aufidiusx conditionx i would i were a romanx for i cannotx being a volscex be that i amx conditionx what good condition can a treaty find ix thx part that is at mercyx five timesx marciusx i have fought with theex so often hast thou beat mex and wouldst do sox i thinkx should we encounter as often as we eatx by thx elementsx if exer again i meet him beard to beardx hexs mine or i am hisx mine emulation hath not that honour inxt it hadx for where i thought to crush him in an equal forcex true sword to swordx ixll potch at him some wayx or wrath or craft may get himx first soldierx hexs the devilx aufidiusx bolderx though not so subtlex my valourxs poisonxd with only suffxring stain by himx for him shall fly out of itselfx nor sleep nor sanctuaryx being nakedx sickx nor fane nor capitolx the prayers of priests nor times of sacrificex embarquements all of furyx shall lift up their rotten privilege and custom xgainst my hate to marciusx where i find himx were it at homex upon my brotherxs guardx even therex against the hospitable canonx would i wash my fierce hand inxs heartx go you to thx cityx learn how xtis heldx and what they are that must be hostages for romex first soldierx will not you gox aufidiusx i am attended at the cypress grovex i pray youx xtis south the city millsx bring me word thither how the world goesx that to the pace of it i may spur on my journeyx first soldierx i shallx sirx exeunt act iix scene ix romex a public place enter meneniusx with the two tribunes of the peoplex sicinius and brutus meneniusx the augurer tells me we shall have news tonightx brutusx good or badx meneniusx not according to the prayer of the peoplex for they love not marciusx siciniusx nature teaches beasts to know their friendsx meneniusx pray youx who does the wolf lovex siciniusx the lambx meneniusx ayx to devour himx as the hungry plebeians would the noble marciusx brutusx hexs a lamb indeedx that baes like a bearx meneniusx hexs a bear indeedx that lives fike a lambx you two are old menx tell me one thing that i shall ask youx both tribunesx wellx sirx meneniusx in what enormity is marcius poor in that you two have not in abundancex brutusx hexs poor in no one faultx but storxd with allx siciniusx especially in pridex brutusx and topping all others in boastingx meneniusx this is strange nowx do you two know how you are censured here in the cityx i mean of us ox thx rightxhand filex do youx both tribunesx whyx how are we censurxdx meneniusx because you talk of pride nowx will you not be angryx both tribunesx wellx wellx sirx wellx meneniusx whyx xtis no great matterx for a very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patiencex give your dispositions the reinsx and be angry at your pleasuresx at the leastx if you take it as a pleasure to you in being sox you blame marcius for being proudx brutusx we do it not alonex sirx meneniusx i know you can do very little alonex for your helps are manyx or else your actions would grow wondrous singlex your abilities are too infantxlike for doing much alonex you talk of pridex o that you could turn your eyes toward the napes of your necksx and make but an interior survey of your good selvesx o that you couldx both tribunesx what thenx sirx meneniusx whyx then you should discover a brace of unmeritingx proudx violentx testy magistratesxalias foolsx as any in romex siciniusx meneniusx you are known well enough toox meneniusx i am known to be a humorous patricianx and one that loves a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying tiber inxtx said to be something imperfect in favouring the first complaintx hasty and tinderxlike upon too trivial motionx one that converses more with the buttock of the night than with the forehead of the morningx what i think i utterx and spend my malice in my breathx meeting two such wealsmen as you arex i cannot call you lycurgusesx if the drink you give me touch my palate adverselyx i make a crooked face at itx i cannot say your worships have deliverxd the matter wellx when i find the ass in compound with the major part of your syllablesx and though i must be content to bear with those that say you are reverend grave menx yet they lie deadly that tell you you have good facesx if you see this in the map of my microcosmx follows it that i am known well enough toox what harm can your bisson conspectuities glean out of this characterx if i be known well enough toox brutusx comex sirx comex we know you well enoughx meneniusx you know neither mex yourselvesx nor any thingx you are ambitious for poor knavesx caps and legsx you wear out a good wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orangexwife and a fossetxsellerx and then rejourn the controversy of threepence to a second day of audiencex when you are hearing a matter between party and partyx if you chance to be pinchxd with the colicx you make faces like mummersx set up the bloody flag against all patiencex andx in roaring for a chamberxpotx dismiss the controversy bleedingx the more entangled by your hearingx all the peace you make in their cause is calling both the parties knavesx you are a pair of strange onesx brutusx comex comex you are well understood to be a perfecter giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the capitolx meneniusx our very priests must become mockersx if they shall encounter such ridiculous subjects as you arex when you speak best unto the purposex it is not worth the wagging of your beardsx and your beards deserve not so honourable a grave as to stuff a botcherxs cushion or to be entombxd in an assxs packxsaddlex yet you must be saying marcius is proudx whox in a cheap estimationx is worth all your predecessors since deucalionx though peradventure some of the best of xem were hereditary hangmenx godxden to your worshipsx more of your conversation would infect my brainx being the herdsmen of the beastly plebeiansx i will be bold to take my leave of youx xbrutus and sicinius go asidex enter volumniax virgiliax and valeria how nowx my as fair as noble ladiesx and the moonx were she earthlyx no noblerx whither do you follow your eyes so fastx volumniax honourable meneniusx my boy marcius approachesx for the love of junox letxs gox meneniusx hax marcius coming homex volumniax ayx worthy meneniusx and with most prosperous approbationx meneniusx take my capx jupiterx and i thank theex hoox marcius coming homex volumniax virgiliax nayx xtis truex volumniax lookx herexs a letter from himx the state hath anotherx his wife anotherx and i think therexs one at home for youx meneniusx i will make my very house reel toxnightx a letter for mex virgiliax yesx certainx therexs a letter for youx i sawxtx meneniusx a letter for mex it gives me an estate of seven yearsx healthx in which time i will make a lip at the physicianx the most sovereign prescription in galen is but empiricutic andx to this preservativex of no better report than a horsexdrenchx is he not woundedx he was wont to come home woundedx virgiliax ox nox nox nox volumniax ox he is woundedx i thank the gods forxtx meneniusx so do i toox if it be not too muchx brings a victory in his pocketx the wounds become himx volumniax onxs browsx meneniusx he comes the third time home with the oaken garlandx meneniusx has he disciplinxd aufidius soundlyx volumniax titus lartius writes they fought togetherx but aufidius got offx meneniusx and xtwas time for him toox ixll warrant him thatx an he had stayxd by himx i would not have been so fidiusxd for all the chests in corioli and the gold thatxs in themx is the senate possessxd of thisx volumniax good ladiesx letxs gox yesx yesx yesx the senate has letters from the generalx wherein he gives my son the whole name of the warx he hath in this action outdone his former deeds doublyx valeriax in trothx therexs wondrous things spoke of himx meneniusx wondrousx ayx i warrant youx and not without his true purchasingx virgiliax the gods grant them truex volumniax truex powx wawx meneniusx truex ixll be sworn they are truex where is he woundedx xto the tribunesx god save your good worshipsx marcius is coming homex he has more cause to be proudx where is he woundedx volumniax ix thx shoulder and ix thx left armx there will be large cicatrices to show the people when he shall stand for his placex he received in the repulse of tarquin seven hurts ix thx bodyx meneniusx one ix thx neck and two ix thx thighx therexs nine that i knowx volumniax he had before this last expedition twentyxfive wounds upon himx meneniusx now itxs twentyxsevenx every gash was an enemyxs gravex xa shout and flourishx harkx the trumpetsx volumniax these are the ushers of marciusx before him he carries noisex and behind him he leaves tearsx deathx that dark spiritx inxs nervy arm doth liex whichx being advancxdx declinesx and then men diex a sennetx trumpets soundx enter cominius the generalx and titus lartiusx between themx coriolanusx crownxd with an oaken garlandx with captains and soldiers and a herald heraldx knowx romex that all alone marcius did fight within corioli gatesx where he hath wonx with famex a name to caius marciusx these in honour follows coriolanusx welcome to romex renowned coriolanusx xflourishx allx welcome to romex renowned coriolanusx coriolanusx no more of thisx it does offend my heartx pray nowx no morex cominiusx lookx sirx your motherx coriolanusx ox you havex i knowx petitionxd all the gods for my prosperityx xkneelsx volumniax nayx my good soldierx upx my gentle marciusx worthy caiusx and by deedxachieving honour newly namxdx what is itx coriolanus must i can theex butx ox thy wifex coriolanusx my gracious silencex hailx wouldst thou have laughxd had i come coffinxd homex that weepxst to see me triumphx ahx my dearx such eyes the widows in corioli wearx and mothers that lack sonsx meneniusx now the gods crown theex coriolanusx and live you yetx xto valeriax o my sweet ladyx pardonx volumniax i know not where to turnx ox welcome homex and welcomex generalx and yxare welcome allx meneniusx a hundred thousand welcomesx i could weep and i could laughx i am light and heavyx welcomex a curse begin at very root onxs heart that is not glad to see theex you are three that rome should dote onx yetx by the faith of menx we have some old crab trees here at home that will not be grafted to your relishx yet welcomex warriorsx we call a nettle but a nettlex and the faults of fools but follyx cominiusx ever rightx coriolanusx menenius everx everx heraldx give way therex and go onx coriolanusx xto his wife and motherx your handx and yoursx ere in our own house i do shade my headx the good patricians must be visitedx from whom i have receivxd not only greetingsx but with them change of honoursx volumniax i have lived to see inherited my very wishesx and the buildings of my fancyx only therexs one thing wantingx which i doubt not but our rome will cast upon theex coriolanusx knowx good motherx i had rather be their servant in my way than sway with them in theirsx cominiusx onx to the capitolx xflourishx cornetsx exeunt in statex as beforex brutus and sicinius come forward brutusx all tongues speak of him and the bleared sights are spectacled to see himx your prattling nurse into a rapture lets her baby cry while she chats himx the kitchen malkin pins her richest lockram xbout her reechy neckx clambxring the walls to eye himx stallsx bulksx windowsx are smotherxd upx leads fillxd and ridges horsxd with variable complexionsx all agreeing in earnestness to see himx seldxshown flamens do press among the popular throngs and puff to win a vulgar stationx our veilxd dames commit the war of white and damask in their nicely gawded cheeks to thx wanton spoil of phoebusx burning kissesx such a potherx as if that whatsoever god who leads him were slily crept into his human powersx and gave him graceful posturex siciniusx on the sudden i warrant him consulx brutusx then our office may during his power go sleepx siciniusx he cannot tempxrately transport his honours from where he should begin and endx but will lose those he hath wonx brutusx in that therexs comfortx siciniusx doubt not the commonersx for whom we standx but they upon their ancient malice will forget with the least cause these his new honoursx which that he will give them make i as little question as he is proud to doxtx brutusx i heard him swearx were he to stand for consulx never would he appear ix thx marketxplacex nor on him put the napless vesture of humilityx norx showingx as the manner isx his wounds to thx peoplex beg their stinking breathsx siciniusx xtis rightx brutusx it was his wordx ox he would miss it rather than carry it but by the suit of the gentry to him and the desire of the noblesx siciniusx i wish no better than have him hold that purposex and to put it in executionx brutusx xtis most like he willx siciniusx it shall be to him then as our good willsx a sure destructionx brutusx so it must fall out to him or our authoritiesx for an endx we must suggest the people in what hatred he still hath held themx that toxs power he would have made them mulesx silencxd their pleadersx and dispropertied their freedomsx holding them in human action and capacity of no more soul nor fitness for the world than camels in their warx who have their provand only for bearing burdensx and sore blows for sinking under themx siciniusx thisx as you sayx suggested at some time when his soaring insolence shall touch the peoplex which time shall not wantx if he be put uponxtx and thatxs as easy as to set dogs on sheepx will be his fire to kindle their dry stubblex and their blaze shall darken him for everx enter a messenger brutusx whatxs the matterx messengerx you are sent for to the capitolx xtis thought that marcius shall be consulx i have seen the dumb men throng to see him and the blind to hear him speakx matrons flung glovesx ladies and maids their scarfs and handkerchersx upon him as he passxdx the nobles bended as to jovexs statuex and the commons made a shower and thunder with their caps and shoutsx i never saw the likex brutusx letxs to the capitolx and carry with us ears and eyes for thx timex but hearts for the eventx siciniusx have with youx exeunt scene iix romex the capitol enter two officersx to lay cushionsx as it were in the capitol first officerx comex comex they are almost herex how many stand for consulshipsx second officerx threex they sayx but xtis thought of every one coriolanus will carry itx first officerx thatxs a brave fellowx but hexs vengeance proud and loves not the common peoplex second officerx faithx there have been many great men that have flatterxd the peoplex who nexer loved themx and there be many that they have lovedx they know not whereforex so thatx if they love they know not whyx they hate upon no better a groundx thereforex for coriolanus neither to care whether they love or hate him manifests the true knowledge he has in their dispositionx and out of his noble carelessness lets them plainly seextx first officerx if he did not care whether he had their love or nox he waved indifferently xtwixt doing them neither good nor harmx but he seeks their hate with greater devotion than they can render it himx and leaves nothing undone that may fully discover him their oppositex now to seem to affect the malice and displeasure of the people is as bad as that which he dislikesx to flatter them for their lovex second officerx he hath deserved worthily of his countryx and his ascent is not by such easy degrees as those whox having been supple and courteous to the peoplex bonnetedx without any further deed to have them at allx into their estimation and reportx but he hath so planted his honours in their eyes and his actions in their hearts that for their tongues to be silent and not confess so much were a kind of ingrateful injuryx to report otherwise were a malice thatx giving itself the liex would pluck reproof and rebuke from every car that heard itx first officerx no more of himx hexs a worthy manx make wayx they are comingx a sennetx enter the patricians and the tribunes of the peoplex lictors before themx coriolanusx meneniusx cominius the consulx sicinius and brutus take their places by themselvesx coriolanus stands meneniusx having determinxd of the volscesx and to send for titus lartiusx it remainsx as the main point of this our afterxmeetingx to gratify his noble service that hath thus stood for his countryx therefore please youx most reverend and grave eldersx to desire the present consul and last general in our wellxfound successes to report a little of that worthy work performxd by caius marcius coriolanusx whom we met here both to thank and to remember with honours like himselfx xcoriolanus sitsx first senatorx speakx good cominiusx leave nothing out for lengthx and make us think rather our statexs defective for requital than we to stretch it outx masters ox thx peoplex we do request your kindest earsx andx afterx your loving motion toward the common bodyx to yield what passes herex siciniusx we are convented upon a pleasing treatyx and have hearts inclinable to honour and advance the theme of our assemblyx brutusx which the rather we shall be blessxd to dox if he remember a kinder value of the people than he hath hereto prizxd them atx meneniusx thatxs offx thatxs offx i would you rather had been silentx please you to hear cominius speakx brutusx most willinglyx but yet my caution was more pertinent than the rebuke you give itx meneniusx he loves your peoplex but tie him not to be their bedfellowx worthy cominiusx speakx xcoriolanus risesx and offers to go awayx nayx keep your placex first senatorx sitx coriolanusx never shame to hear what you have nobly donex coriolanusx your honoursx pardonx i had rather have my wounds to heal again than hear say how i got themx brutusx sirx i hope my words disbenchxd you notx coriolanusx nox sirx yet oftx when blows have made me stayx i fled from wordsx you soothxd notx therefore hurt notx but your peoplex i love them as they weighx meneniusx pray nowx sit downx coriolanusx i had rather have one scratch my head ix thx sun when the alarum were struck than idly sit to hear my nothings monsterxdx exit meneniusx masters of the peoplex your multiplying spawn how can he flatterx thatxs thousand to one good onex when you now see he had rather venture all his limbs for honour than one onxs ears to hear itx proceedx cominiusx cominiusx i shall lack voicex the deeds of coriolanus should not be utterxd feeblyx it is held that valour is the chiefest virtue and most dignifies the haverx if it bex the man i speak of cannot in the world be singly counterpoisxdx at sixteen yearsx when tarquin made a head for romex he fought beyond the mark of othersx our then dictatorx whom with all praise i point atx saw him fight when with his amazonian chin he drove the bristled lips before himx he bestrid an oxerpressxd roman and ix thx consulxs view slew three opposersx tarquinxs self he metx and struck him on his kneex in that dayxs featsx when he might act the woman in the scenex he provxd best man ix thx fieldx and for his meed was browxbound with the oakx his pupil age manxentxred thusx he waxed like a seax and in the brunt of seventeen battles since he lurchxd all swords of the garlandx for this lastx before and in coriolix let me say i cannot speak him homex he stoppxd the fliersx and by his rare example made the coward turn terror into sportx as weeds before a vessel under sailx so men obeyxd and fell below his stemx his swordx deathxs stampx where it did markx it tookx from face to foot he was a thing of bloodx whose every motion was timxd with dying criesx alone he entxred the mortal gate of thx cityx which he painted with shunless destinyx aidless came offx and with a sudden rexenforcement struck corioli like a planetx now allxs hisx when by and by the din of war xgan pierce his ready sensex then straight his doubled spirit rexquickxned what in flesh was fatigatex and to the battle came hex where he did run reeking oxer the lives of menx as if xtwere a perpetual spoilx and till we callxd both field and city ours he never stood to ease his breast with pantingx meneniusx worthy manx first senatorx he cannot but with measure fit the honours which we devise himx cominiusx our spoils he kickxd atx and lookxd upon things precious as they were the common muck of the worldx he covets less than misery itself would givex rewards his deeds with doing themx and is content to spend the time to end itx meneniusx hexs right noblex let him be callxd forx first senatorx call coriolanusx officerx he doth appearx rexenter coriolanus meneniusx the senatex coriolanusx are well pleasxd to make thee consulx coriolanusx i do owe them still my life and servicesx meneniusx it then remains that you do speak to the peoplex coriolanusx i do beseech you let me oxerleap that customx for i cannot put on the gownx stand nakedx and entreat them for my woundsx sake to give their suffragex please you that i may pass this doingx siciniusx sirx the people must have their voicesx neither will they bate one jot of ceremonyx meneniusx put them not toxtx pray you go fit you to the customx and take to youx as your predecessors havex your honour with your formx coriolanusx it is a part that i shall blush in actingx and might well be taken from the peoplex brutusx mark you thatx coriolanusx to brag unto them xthus i didx and thusxx show them thx unaching scars which i should hidex as if i had receivxd them for the hire of their breath onlyx meneniusx do not stand uponxtx we recommend to youx tribunes of the peoplex our purpose to themx and to our noble consul wish we all joy and honourx senatorsx to coriolanus come all joy and honourx xflourishx cornetsx then exeunt all but sicinius and brutusx brutusx you see how he intends to use the peoplex siciniusx may they perceivexs intentx he will require them as if he did contemn what he requested should be in them to givex brutusx comex wexll inform them of our proceedings herex on thx marketxplace i know they do attend usx exeunt scene iiix romex the forum enter seven or eight citizens first citizenx oncex if he do require our voicesx we ought not to deny himx second citizenx we mayx sirx if we willx third citizenx we have power in ourselves to do itx but it is a power that we have no power to dox for if he show us his wounds and tell us his deedsx we are to put our tongues into those wounds and speak for themx sox if he tell us his noble deedsx we must also tell him our noble acceptance of themx ingratitude is monstrousx and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a monster of the multitudex of the which we being members should bring ourselves to be monstrous membersx first citizenx and to make us no better thought ofx a little help will servex for once we stood up about the cornx he himself stuck not to call us the manyxheaded multitudex third citizenx we have been callxd so of manyx not that our heads are some brownx some blackx some abramx some baldx but that our wits are so diversely colourxdx and truly i think if all our wits were to issue out of one skullx they would fly eastx westx northx southx and their consent of one direct way should be at once to all the points ox thx compassx second citizenx think you sox which way do you judge my wit would flyx third citizenx nayx your wit will not so soon out as another manxs willx xtis strongly wedgxd up in a blockxheadx but if it were at liberty xtwould sure southwardx second citizenx why that wayx third citizenx to lose itself in a fogx where being three parts melted away with rotten dewsx the fourth would return for consciencex sakex to help to get thee a wifex second citizenx you are never without your tricksx you mayx you mayx third citizenx are you all resolvxd to give your voicesx but thatxs no matterx the greater part carries itx i sayx if he would incline to the peoplex there was never a worthier manx enter coriolanusx in a gown of humilityx with menenius here he comesx and in the gown of humilityx mark his behaviourx we are not to stay all togetherx but to come by him where he standsx by onesx by twosx and by threesx hexs to make his requests by particularsx wherein every one of us has a single honourx in giving him our own voices with our own tonguesx therefore follow mex and ixll direct you how you shall go by himx allx contentx contentx exeunt citizens meneniusx o sirx you are not rightx have you not known the worthiest men have donextx coriolanusx what must i sayx xi prayx sirxx plague uponxtx i cannot bring my tongue to such a pacex xlookx sirx my wounds i got them in my countryxs servicex when some certain of your brethren roarxd and ran from thx noise of our own drumsxx meneniusx o mex the godsx you must not speak of thatx you must desire them to think upon youx coriolanusx think upon mex hang xemx i would they would forget mex like the virtues which our divines lose by xemx meneniusx youxll mar allx ixll leave youx pray you speak to xemx i pray youx in wholesome mannerx exit rexenter three of the citizens coriolanusx bid them wash their faces and keep their teeth cleanx sox here comes a bracex you know the causex sirx of my standing herex third citizenx we dox sirx tell us what hath brought you toxtx coriolanusx mine own desertx second citizenx your own desertx coriolanusx ayx not mine own desirex third citizenx howx not your own desirex coriolanusx nox sirx xtwas never my desire yet to trouble the poor with beggingx third citizenx you must thinkx if we give you anythingx we hope to gain by youx coriolanusx well thenx i prayx your price ox thx consulshipx first citizenx the price is to ask it kindlyx coriolanusx kindlyx sirx i pray let me haxtx i have wounds to show youx which shall be yours in privatex your good voicex sirx what say youx second citizenx you shall hax itx worthy sirx coriolanusx a matchx sirx therexs in all two worthy voices beggxdx i have your almsx adieux third citizenx but this is something oddx second citizenx an xtwere to give againx but xtis no matterx exeunt the three citizens rexenter two other citizens coriolanusx pray you nowx if it may stand with the tune of your voices that i may be consulx i have here the customary gownx fourth citizenx you have deserved nobly of your countryx and you have not deserved noblyx coriolanusx your enigmax fourth citizenx you have been a scourge to her enemiesx you have been a rod to her friendsx you have not indeed loved the common peoplex coriolanusx you should account me the more virtuousx that i have not been common in my lovex i willx sirx flatter my sworn brotherx the peoplex to earn a dearer estimation of themx xtis a condition they account gentlex and since the wisdom of their choice is rather to have my hat than my heartx i will practise the insinuating nod and be off to them most counterfeitlyx that isx sirx i will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man and give it bountiful to the desirersx thereforex beseech you i may be consulx fifth citizenx we hope to find you our friendx and therefore give you our voices heartilyx fourth citizenx you have received many wounds for your countryx coriolanusx i will not seal your knowledge with showing themx i will make much of your voicesx and so trouble you no fartherx both citizensx the gods give you joyx sirx heartilyx exeunt citizens coriolanusx most sweet voicesx better it is to diex better to starvex than crave the hire which first we do deservex why in this wolvish toge should i stand here to beg of hob and dick that do appear their needless vouchesx custom calls me toxtx what custom willsx in all things should we doxtx the dust on antique time would lie unsweptx and mountainous error be too highly heapxd for truth to oxerpeerx rather than fool it sox let the high office and the honour go to one that would do thusx i am half throughx the one part sufferedx the other will i dox rexenter three citizens more here come moe voicesx your voicesx for your voices i have foughtx watchxd for your voicesx for your voices bear of wounds two dozen oddx battles thrice six i have seen and heard ofx for your voices have done many thingsx some lessx some morex your voicesx indeedx i would be consulx sixth citizenx he has done noblyx and cannot go without any honest manxs voicex seventh citizenx therefore let him be consulx the gods give him joyx and make him good friend to the peoplex allx amenx amenx god save theex noble consulx exeunt citizens coriolanusx worthy voicesx rexenter menenius with brutus and sicinius meneniusx you have stood your limitationx and the tribunes endue you with the peoplexs voicex remains thatx in thx official marks investedx you anon do meet the senatex coriolanusx is this donex siciniusx the custom of request you have dischargxdx the people do admit youx and are summonxd to meet anonx upon your approbationx coriolanusx wherex at the senate housex siciniusx therex coriolanusx coriolanusx may i change these garmentsx siciniusx you mayx sirx coriolanusx that ixll straight dox andx knowing myself againx repair to thx senate housex meneniusx ixll keep you companyx will you alongx brutusx we stay here for the peoplex siciniusx fare you wellx exeunt coriolanus and menenius he has it nowx and by his looks methinks xtis warm atxs heartx brutusx with a proud heart he wore his humble weedsx will you dismiss the peoplex rexenter citizens siciniusx how nowx my mastersx have you chose this manx first citizenx he has our voicesx sirx brutusx we pray the gods he may deserve your lovesx second citizenx amenx sirx to my poor unworthy noticex he mockxd us when he beggxd our voicesx third citizenx certainlyx he flouted us downrightx first citizenx nox xtis his kind of speechx he did not mock usx second citizenx not one amongst usx save yourselfx but says he usxd us scornfullyx he should have showxd us his marks of meritx wounds receivxd forxs countryx siciniusx whyx so he didx i am surex allx nox nox no man saw xemx third citizenx he said he had wounds which he could show in privatex and with his hatx thus waving it in scornx xi would be consulxx says hex xaged custom but by your voices will not so permit mex your voices thereforexx when we granted thatx here was xi thank you for your voicesx thank youx your most sweet voicesx now you have left your voicesx i have no further with youxx was not this mockeryx siciniusx why either were you ignorant to seextx orx seeing itx of such childish friendliness to yield your voicesx brutusx could you not have told himx as you were lessonxdx when he had no power but was a petty servant to the statex he was your enemyx ever spake against your liberties and the charters that you bear ix thx body of the wealx and nowx arriving a place of potency and sway ox thx statex if he should still malignantly remain fast foe to thx plebeiix your voices might be curses to yourselvesx you should have said that as his worthy deeds did claim no less than what he stood forx so his gracious nature would think upon you for your voicesx and translate his malice towards you into lovex standing your friendly lordx siciniusx thus to have saidx as you were forexadvisxdx had touchxd his spirit and tried his inclinationx from him pluckxd either his gracious promisex which you mightx as cause had callxd you upx have held him tox or else it would have gallxd his surly naturex which easily endures not article tying him to aughtx sox putting him to ragex you should have taxen thx advantage of his choler and passxd him unelectedx brutusx did you perceive he did solicit you in free contempt when he did need your lovesx and do you think that his contempt shall not be bruising to you when he hath power to crushx whyx had your bodies no heart among youx or had you tongues to cry against the rectorship of judgmentx siciniusx have you ere now denied the askerx and now againx of him that did not ask but mockx bestow your suxdxfor tonguesx third citizenx hexs not confirmxdx we may deny him yetx second citizensx and will deny himx ixll have five hundred voices of that soundx first citizenx i twice five hundredx and their friends to piece xemx brutusx get you hence instantlyx and tell those friends they have chose a consul that will from them take their libertiesx make them of no more voice than dogsx that are as often beat for barking as therefore kept to do sox siciniusx let them assemblex andx on a safer judgmentx all revoke your ignorant electionx enforce his pride and his old hate unto youx besidesx forget not with what contempt he wore the humble weedx how in his suit he scornxd youx but your lovesx thinking upon his servicesx took from you thx apprehension of his present portancex whichx most gibinglyx ungravelyx he did fashion after the inveterate hate he bears youx brutusx lay a fault on usx your tribunesx that we labourxdx no impediment betweenx but that you must cast your election on himx siciniusx say you chose him more after our commandment than as guided by your own true affectionsx and that your mindsx prexoccupied with what you rather must do than what you shouldx made you against the grain to voice him consulx lay the fault on usx brutusx ayx spare us notx say we read lectures to youx how youngly he began to serve his countryx how long continuedx and what stock he springs ofx the noble house ox thx marciansx from whence came that ancus marciusx numaxs daughterxs sonx whox after great hostiliusx here was kingx of the same house publius and quintus werex that our best water brought by conduits hitherx and censorinusx nobly named sox twice being by the people chosen censorx was his great ancestorx siciniusx one thus descendedx that hath beside well in his person wrought to be set high in placex we did commend to your remembrancesx but you have foundx scaling his present bearing with his pastx that hexs your fixed enemyx and revoke your sudden approbationx brutusx say you nexer had donextx harp on that stillx but by our putting onx and presentlyx when you have drawn your numberx repair to thx capitolx citizensx will will sox almost all repent in their electionx exeunt plebeians brutusx let them go onx this mutiny were better put in hazard than stayx past doubtx for greaterx ifx as his nature isx he fall in rage with their refusalx both observe and answer the vantage of his angerx siciniusx to thx capitolx comex we will be there before the stream ox thx peoplex and this shall seemx as partly xtisx their ownx which we have goaded onwardx exeunt act iiix scene ix romex a street cornetsx enter coriolanusx meneniusx all the gentryx cominiusx titus lartiusx and other senators coriolanusx tullus aufidiusx thenx had made new headx lartiusx he hadx my lordx and that it was which causxd our swifter compositionx coriolanusx so then the volsces stand but as at firstx readyx when time shall prompt themx to make road uponxs againx cominiusx they are wornx lord consulx so that we shall hardly in our ages see their banners wave againx coriolanusx saw you aufidiusx lartiusx on safeguard he came to mex and did curse against the volscesx for they had so vilely yielded the townx he is retirxd to antiumx coriolanusx spoke he of mex lartiusx he didx my lordx coriolanusx howx whatx lartiusx how often he had met youx sword to swordx that of all things upon the earth he hated your person mostx that he would pawn his fortunes to hopeless restitutionx so he might be callxd your vanquisherx coriolanusx at antium lives hex lartiusx at antiumx coriolanusx i wish i had a cause to seek him therex to oppose his hatred fullyx welcome homex enter sicinius and brutus beholdx these are the tribunes of the peoplex the tongues ox thx common mouthx i do despise themx for they do prank them in authorityx against all noble sufferancex siciniusx pass no furtherx coriolanusx hax what is thatx brutusx it will be dangerous to go onx no furtherx coriolanusx what makes this changex meneniusx the matterx cominiusx hath he not passxd the noble and the commonx brutusx cominiusx nox coriolanusx have i had childrenxs voicesx first senatorx tribunesx give wayx he shall to thx marketxplacex brutusx the people are incensxd against himx siciniusx stopx or all will fall in broilx coriolanusx are these your herdx must these have voicesx that can yield them now and straight disclaim their tonguesx what are your officesx you being their mouthsx why rule you not their teethx have you not set them onx meneniusx be calmx be calmx coriolanusx it is a purposxd thingx and grows by plotx to curb the will of the nobilityx sufferxtx and live with such as cannot rule nor ever will be rulxdx brutusx callxt not a plotx the people cry you mockxd themx and of latex when corn was given them gratisx you repinxdx scandalxd the suppliants for the peoplex callxd them timexpleasersx flatterersx foes to noblenessx coriolanusx whyx this was known beforex brutusx not to them allx coriolanusx have you informxd them sithencex brutusx howx i inform themx cominiusx you are like to do such businessx brutusx not unlike each way to better yoursx coriolanusx why then should i be consulx by yond cloudsx let me deserve so ill as youx and make me your fellow tribunex siciniusx you show too much of that for which the people stirx if you will pass to where you are boundx you must enquire your wayx which you are out ofx with a gentler spiritx or never be so noble as a consulx nor yoke with him for tribunex meneniusx letxs be calmx cominiusx the people are abusxdx set onx this paltxring becomes not romex nor has coriolanus deserved this so dishonourxd rubx laid falsely ix thx plain way of his meritx coriolanusx tell me of cornx this was my speechx and i will speakxt againx meneniusx not nowx not nowx first senatorx not in this heatx sirx nowx coriolanusx nowx as i livex i willx my nobler friendsx i crave their pardonsx for the mutablex rankxscented meinyx let them regard me as i do not flatterx and therein behold themselvesx i say againx in soothing them we nourish xgainst our senate the cockle of rebellionx insolencex seditionx which we ourselves have ploughxd forx sowxdx and scatterxdx by mingling them with usx the honourxd numberx who lack not virtuex nox nor powerx but that which they have given to beggarsx meneniusx wellx no morex first senatorx no more wordsx we beseech youx coriolanusx howx no morex as for my country i have shed my bloodx not fearing outward forcex so shall my lungs coin words till their decay against those measles which we disdain should tetter usx yet sought the very way to catch themx brutusx you speak ox thx people as if you were a godx to punishx not a man of their infirmityx siciniusx xtwere well we let the people knowxtx meneniusx whatx whatx his cholerx coriolanusx cholerx were i as patient as the midnight sleepx by jovex xtwould be my mindx siciniusx it is a mind that shall remain a poison where it isx not poison any furtherx coriolanusx shall remainx hear you this triton of the minnowsx mark you his absolute xshallxx cominiusx xtwas from the canonx coriolanusx xshallxx o good but most unwise patriciansx whyx you grave but reckless senatorsx have you thus given hydra here to choose an officer that with his peremptory xshallxx being but the horn and noise ox thx monsterxsx wants not spirit to say hexll turn your current in a ditchx and make your channel hisx if he have powerx then vail your ignorancex if nonex awake your dangerous lenityx if you are learnxdx be not as common foolsx if you are notx let them have cushions by youx you are plebeiansx if they be senatorsx and they are no lessx whenx both your voices blendedx the greatxst taste most palates theirsx they choose their magistratex and such a one as hex who puts his xshallxx his popular xshallxx against a graver bench than ever frownxd in greecex by jove himselfx it makes the consuls basex and my soul aches to knowx when two authorities are upx neither supremex how soon confusion may enter xtwixt the gap of both and take the one by thx otherx cominiusx wellx on to thx marketxplacex coriolanusx whoever gave that counsel to give forth the corn ox thx storehouse gratisx as xtwas usxd sometime in greecex meneniusx wellx wellx no more of thatx coriolanusx though there the people had more absolute powxrx i say they nourishxd disobediencex fed the ruin of the statex brutusx why shall the people give one that speaks thus their voicex coriolanusx ixll give my reasonsx more worthier than their voicesx they know the corn was not our recompensex resting well assurxd they nexer did service forxtx being pressxd to thx war even when the navel of the state was touchxdx they would not thread the gatesx this kind of service did not deserve corn gratisx being ix thx warx their mutinies and revoltsx wherein they showxd most valourx spoke not for themx thx accusation which they have often made against the senatex all cause unbornx could never be the native of our so frank donationx wellx what thenx how shall this bosom multiplied digest the senatexs courtesyx let deeds express whatxs like to be their wordsx xwe did request itx we are the greater pollx and in true fear they gave us our demandsxx thus we debase the nature of our seatsx and make the rabble call our cares fearsx which will in time break ope the locks ox thx senate and bring in the crows to peck the eaglesx meneniusx comex enoughx brutusx enoughx with over measurex coriolanusx nox take morex what may be sworn byx both divine and humanx seal what i end withalx this double worshipx where one part does disdain with causex the other insult without all reasonx where gentryx titlex wisdomx cannot conclude but by the yea and no of general ignorancex it must omit real necessitiesx and give way the while to unstable slightnessx purpose so barrxdx it follows nothing is done to purposex thereforex beseech youx you that will be less fearful than discreetx that love the fundamental part of state more than you doubt the change onxtx that prefer a noble life before a longx and wish to jump a body with a dangerous physic thatxs sure of death without itx at once pluck out the multitudinous tonguex let them not lick the sweet which is their poisonx your dishonour mangles true judgmentx and bereaves the state of that integrity which should becomextx not having the power to do the good it wouldx for thx ill which doth controlxtx brutusx has said enoughx siciniusx has spoken like a traitor and shall answer as traitors dox coriolanusx thou wretchx despite oxerwhelm theex what should the people do with these bald tribunesx on whom dependingx their obedience fails to the greater benchx in a rebellionx when whatxs not meetx but what must bex was lawx then were they chosenx in a better hour let what is meet be said it must be meetx and throw their power ix thx dustx brutusx manifest treasonx siciniusx this a consulx nox brutusx the aedilesx hox enter an aedile let him be apprehendedx siciniusx go call the peoplex xexit aedilex in whose name myself attach thee as a traitorous innovatorx a foe to thx public wealx obeyx i charge theex and follow to thine answerx coriolanusx hencex old goatx patriciansx wexll surety himx cominiusx agxd sirx hands offx coriolanusx hencex rotten thingx or i shall shake thy bones out of thy garmentsx siciniusx helpx ye citizensx enter a rabble of plebeiansx with the aediles meneniusx on both sides more respectx siciniusx herexs he that would take from you all your powerx brutusx seize himx aedilesx plebeiansx down with himx down with himx second senatorx weaponsx weaponsx weaponsx xthey all bustle about coriolanusx allx tribunesx patriciansx citizensx whatx hox siciniusx brutusx coriolanusx citizensx patriciansx peacex peacex peacex stayx holdx peacex meneniusx what is about to bex i am out of breathx confusionxs nearx i cannot speakx you tribunes to thx peoplex coriolanusx patiencex speakx good siciniusx siciniusx hear mex peoplex peacex plebeiansx letxs hear our tribunex peacex speakx speakx speakx siciniusx you are at point to lose your libertiesx marcius would have all from youx marciusx whom late you have namxd for consulx meneniusx fiex fiex fiex this is the way to kindlex not to quenchx first senatorx to unbuild the cityx and to lay all flatx siciniusx what is the city but the peoplex plebeiansx truex the people are the cityx brutusx by the consent of all we were establishxd the peoplexs magistratesx plebeiansx you so remainx meneniusx and so are like to dox cominiusx that is the way to lay the city flatx to bring the roof to the foundationx and bury all which yet distinctly ranges in heaps and piles of ruinx siciniusx this deserves deathx brutusx or let us stand to our authority or let us lose itx we do here pronouncex upon the part ox thx peoplex in whose power we were elected theirsx marcius is worthy of present deathx siciniusx therefore lay hold of himx bear him to thx rock tarpeianx and from thence into destruction cast himx brutusx aedilesx seize himx plebeiansx yieldx marciusx yieldx meneniusx hear me one wordx beseech youx tribunesx hear me but a wordx aedilesx peacex peacex meneniusx be that you seemx truly your countryxs friendx and tempxrately proceed to what you would thus violently redressx brutusx sirx those cold waysx that seem like prudent helpsx are very poisonous where the disease is violentx lay hands upon him and bear him to the rockx xcoriolanus draws his swordx coriolanusx nox ixll die herex therexs some among you have beheld me fightingx comex try upon yourselves what you have seen mex meneniusx down with that swordx tribunesx withdraw awhilex brutusx lay hands upon himx meneniusx help marciusx helpx you that be noblex help himx young and oldx plebeiansx down with himx down with himx xin this mutiny the tribunesx the aedilesx and the people are beat inx meneniusx gox get you to your housex be gonex awayx all will be nought elsex second senatorx get you gonex coriolanusx stand fastx we have as many friends as enemiesx meneniusx shall it be put to thatx first senatorx the gods forbidx i pritheex noble friendx home to thy housex leave us to cure this causex meneniusx for xtis a sore upon us you cannot tent yourselfx be gonex beseech youx cominiusx comex sirx along with usx coriolanusx i would they were barbariansx as they arex though in rome litterxdx not romansx as they are notx though calved ix thx porch ox thx capitolx meneniusx be gonex put not your worthy rage into your tonguex one time will owe anotherx coriolanusx on fair ground i could beat forty of themx meneniusx i could myself take up a brace ox thx best of themx yeax the two tribunesx cominiusx but now xtis odds beyond arithmeticx and manhood is callxd foolery when it stands against a falling fabricx will you hencex before the tag returnx whose rage doth rend like interrupted watersx and oxerbear what they are usxd to bearx meneniusx pray you be gonex ixll try whether my old wit be in request with those that have but littlex this must be patchxd with cloth of any colourx cominiusx nayx come awayx exeunt coriolanus and cominiusx with others patriciansx this man has marrxd his fortunex meneniusx his nature is too noble for the worldx he would not flatter neptune for his tridentx or jove forxs power to thunderx his heartxs his mouthx what his breast forgesx that his tongue must ventx andx being angryx does forget that ever he heard the name of deathx xa noise withinx herexs goodly workx patriciansx i would they were axbedx meneniusx i would they were in tiberx what the vengeancex could he not speak xem fairx rexenter brutus and siciniusx the rabble again siciniusx where is this viper that would depopulate the city and be every man himselfx meneniusx you worthy tribunesx siciniusx he shall be thrown down the tarpeian rock with rigorous handsx he hath resisted lawx and therefore law shall scorn him further trial than the severity of the public powerx which he so sets at noughtx first citizenx he shall well know the noble tribunes are the peoplexs mouthsx and we their handsx plebeiansx he shallx sure onxtx meneniusx sirx sirx siciniusx peacex meneniusx do not cry havocx where you should but hunt with modest warrantx siciniusx sirx how comesxt that you have holp to make this rescuex meneniusx hear me speakx as i do know the consulxs worthinessx so can i name his faultsx siciniusx consulx what consulx meneniusx the consul coriolanusx brutusx he consulx plebeiansx nox nox nox nox nox meneniusx ifx by the tribunesx leavex and yoursx good peoplex i may be heardx i would crave a word or twox the which shall turn you to no further harm than so much loss of timex siciniusx speak brieflyx thenx for we are peremptory to dispatch this viperous traitorx to eject him hence were but one dangerx and to keep him here our certain deathx therefore it is decreed he dies toxnightx meneniusx now the good gods forbid that our renowned romex whose gratitude towards her deserved children is enrollxd in jovexs own bookx like an unnatural dam should now eat up her ownx siciniusx hexs a disease that must be cut awayx meneniusx ox hexs a limb that has but a diseasex mortalx to cut it offx to cure itx easyx what has he done to rome thatxs worthy deathx killing our enemiesx the blood he hath lostx which i dare vouch is more than that he hath by many an ouncex he dropt it for his countryx and what is leftx to lose it by his country were to us all that doxt and suffer it a brand to thx end ox thx worldx siciniusx this is clean kamx brutusx merely awryx when he did love his countryx it honourxd himx siciniusx the service of the footx being once gangrenxdx is not then respected for what before it wasx brutusx wexll hear no morex pursue him to his house and pluck him thencex lest his infectionx being of catching naturex spread furtherx meneniusx one word morex one word this tigerxfooted ragex when it shall find the harm of unscannxd swiftnessx willx too latex tie leaden pounds toxs heelsx proceed by processx lest partiesx as he is belovxdx break outx and sack great rome with romansx brutusx if it were sox siciniusx what do ye talkx have we not had a taste of his obediencex our aediles smotex ourselves resistedx comex meneniusx consider thisx he has been bred ix thx wars since xa could draw a swordx and is ill schoolxd in bolted languagex meal and bran together he throws without distinctionx give me leavex ixll go to him and undertake to bring him where he shall answer by a lawful formx in peacex to his utmost perilx first senatorx noble tribunesx it is the humane wayx the other course will prove too bloodyx and the end of it unknown to the beginningx siciniusx noble meneniusx be you then as the peoplexs officerx mastersx lay down your weaponsx brutusx go not homex siciniusx meet on the marketxplacex wexll attend you therex wherex if you bring not marciusx wexll proceed in our first wayx meneniusx ixll bring him to youx xto the senatorsx let me desire your companyx he must comex or what is worst will followx first senatorx pray you letxs to himx exeunt scene iix romex the house of coriolanus enter coriolanus with nobles coriolanusx let them pull all about mine earsx present me death on the wheel or at wild horsesx heelsx or pile ten hills on the tarpeian rockx that the precipitation might down stretch below the beam of sightx yet will i still be thus to themx first patricianx you do the noblerx coriolanusx i muse my mother does not approve me furtherx who was wont to call them woollen vassalsx things created to buy and sell with groatsx to show bare heads in congregationsx to yawnx be stillx and wonderx when one but of my ordinance stood up to speak of peace or warx enter volumnia i talk of youx why did you wish me milderx would you have me false to my naturex rather say i play the man i amx volumniax ox sirx sirx sirx i would have had you put your power well on before you had worn it outx coriolanusx let gox volumniax you might have been enough the man you are with striving less to be sox lesser had been the thwartings of your dispositionsx if you had not showxd them how ye were disposxdx ere they lackxd power to cross youx coriolanusx let them hangx volumniax ayx and burn toox enter menenius with the senators meneniusx comex comex you have been too roughx something too roughx you must return and mend itx first senatorx therexs no remedyx unlessx by not so doingx our good city cleave in the midst and perishx volumniax pray be counsellxdx i have a heart as little apt as yoursx but yet a brain that leads my use of anger to better vantagex meneniusx well saidx noble womanx before he should thus stoop to thx herdx but that the violent fit ox thx time craves it as physic for the whole statex i would put mine armour onx which i can scarcely bearx coriolanusx what must i dox meneniusx return to thx tribunesx coriolanusx wellx what thenx what thenx meneniusx repent what you have spokex coriolanusx for themx i cannot do it to the godsx must i then doxt to themx volumniax you are too absolutex though therein you can never be too noble but when extremities speakx i have heard you say honour and policyx like unseverxd friendsx ix thx war do grow togetherx grant thatx and tell me in peace what each of them by thx other lose that they combine not therex coriolanusx tushx tushx meneniusx a good demandx volumniax if it be honour in your wars to seem the same you are notx which for your best ends you adopt your policyx how is it less or worse that it shall hold companionship in peace with honour as in warx since that to both it stands in like requestx coriolanusx why force you thisx volumniax because that now it lies you on to speak to thx peoplex not by your own instructionx nor by thx matter which your heart prompts youx but with such words that are but roted in your tonguex though but bastards and syllables of no allowance to your bosomxs truthx nowx this no more dishonours you at all than to take in a town with gentle wordsx which else would put you to your fortune and the hazard of much bloodx i would dissemble with my nature where my fortunes and my friends at stake requirxd i should do so in honourx i am in this your wifex your sonx these senatorsx the noblesx and you will rather show our general louts how you can frownx than spend a fawn upon xem for the inheritance of their loves and safeguard of what that want might ruinx meneniusx noble ladyx comex go with usx speak fairx you may salve sox not what is dangerous presentx but the los of what is pastx volumniax i prithee nowx my sonx go to them with this bonnet in thy handx and thus far having stretchxd itx here be with themx thy knee bussing the stonesx for in such busines action is eloquencex and the eyes of thx ignorant more learned than the earsx waving thy headx which often thus correcting thyxstout heartx now humble as the ripest mulberry that will not hold the handlingx or say to them thou art their soldier andx being bred in broilsx hast not the soft way whichx thou dost confessx were fit for thee to usex as they to claimx in asking their good lovesx but thou wilt frame thyselfx forsoothx hereafter theirsx so far as thou hast power and personx meneniusx this but done even as she speaksx whyx their hearts were yoursx for they have pardonsx being askxdx as free as words to little purposex volumniax prithee nowx gox and be rulxdx although i know thou hadst rather follow thine enemy in a fiery gulf than flatter him in a bowerx enter cominius here is cominiusx cominiusx i have been ix thx marketxplacex andx sirx xtis fit you make strong partyx or defend yourself by calmness or by absencex allxs in angerx meneniusx only fair speechx cominiusx i think xtwill servex if he can thereto frame his spiritx volumniax he must and willx prithee nowx say you willx and go about itx coriolanusx must i go show them my unbarbxd sconcex must i with my base tongue give to my noble heart a lie that it must bearx wellx i will doxtx yetx were there but this single plot to losex this mould of marciusx they to dust should grind itx and throwxt against the windx to thx marketxplacex you have put me now to such a part which never i shall discharge to thx lifex cominiusx comex comex wexll prompt youx volumniax i prithee nowx sweet sonx as thou hast said my praises made thee first a soldierx sox to have my praise for thisx perform a part thou hast not done beforex coriolanusx wellx i must doxtx awayx my dispositionx and possess me some harlotxs spiritx my throat of war be turnxdx which quierxd with my drumx into a pipe small as an eunuch or the virgin voice that babies lulls asleepx the smiles of knaves tent in my cheeksx and schoolboysx tears take up the glasses of my sightx a beggarxs tongue make motion through my lipsx and my armxd kneesx who bowxd but in my stirrupx bend like his that hath receivxd an almsx i will not doxtx lest i surcease to honour mine own truthx and by my bodyxs action teach my mind a most inherent basenessx volumniax at thy choicex thenx to beg of theex it is my more dishonour than thou of themx come all to ruinx let thy mother rather feel thy pride than fear thy dangerous stoutnessx for i mock at death with as big heart as thoux do as thou listx thy valiantness was minex thou suckxdst it from mex but owe thy pride thyselfx coriolanusx pray be contentx motherx i am going to the marketxplacex chide me no morex ixll mountebank their lovesx cog their hearts from themx and come home belovxd of all the trades in romex lookx i am goingx commend me to my wifex ixll return consulx or never trust to what my tongue can do ix thx way of flattery furtherx volumniax do your willx exit cominiusx awayx the tribunes do attend youx arm yourself to answer mildlyx for they are preparxd with accusationsx as i hearx more strong than are upon you yetx coriolanusx the word is xmildlyxx pray you let us gox let them accuse me by inventionx i will answer in mine honourx meneniusx ayx but mildlyx coriolanusx wellx mildly be it thenx mildlyx exeunt scene iiix romex the forum enter sicinius and brutus brutusx in this point charge him homex that he affects tyrannical powerx if he evade us therex enforce him with his envy to the peoplex and that the spoil got on the antiates was nexer distributedx enter an aedile whatx will he comex aedilex hexs comingx brutusx how accompaniedx aedilex with old meneniusx and those senators that always favourxd himx siciniusx have you a catalogue of all the voices that we have procurxdx set down by thx pollx aedilex i havex xtis readyx siciniusx have you corrected them by tribesx aedilex i havex siciniusx assemble presently the people hitherx and when they hear me say xit shall be so ix thx right and strength ox thx commonsx be it either for deathx for finex or banishmentx then let themx if i say finex cry xfinexxx if deathx cry xdeathxx insisting on the old prerogative and power ix thx truth ox thx causex aedilex i shall inform themx brutusx and when such time they have begun to cryx let them not ceasex but with a din confusxd enforce the present execution of what we chance to sentencex aedilex very wellx siciniusx make them be strongx and ready for this hintx when we shall hap to givext themx brutusx go about itx exit aedile put him to choler straightx he hath been usxd ever to conquerx and to have his worth of contradictionx being once chafxdx he cannot be reinxd again to temperancex then he speaks whatxs in his heartx and that is there which looks with us to break his neckx enter coriolanusx menenius and cominiusx with others siciniusx wellx here he comesx meneniusx calmlyx i do beseech youx coriolanusx ayx as an ostlerx that for thx poorest piece will bear the knave by thx volumex thx honourxd gods keep rome in safetyx and the chairs of justice supplied with worthy menx plant love amongxsx throng our large temples with the shows of peacex and not our streets with warx first senatorx amenx amenx meneniusx a noble wishx rexenter thexaedilexwith the plebeians siciniusx draw nearx ye peoplex aedilex list to your tribunesx audiencex peacex i sayx coriolanusx firstx hear me speakx both tribunesx wellx sayx peacex hox coriolanusx shall i be chargxd no further than this presentx must all determine herex siciniusx i do demandx if you submit you to the peoplexs voicesx allow their officersx and are content to suffer lawful censure for such faults as shall be provxd upon youx coriolanusx i am contentx meneniusx lox citizensx he says he is contentx the warlike service he has donex considerx think upon the wounds his body bearsx which show like graves ix thx holy churchyardx coriolanusx scratches with briersx scars to move laughter onlyx meneniusx consider furtherx that when he speaks not like a citizenx you find him like a soldierx do not take his rougher accents for malicious soundsx butx as i sayx such as become a soldier rather than envy youx cominiusx wellx wellx no morex coriolanusx what is the matterx that being passxd for consul with full voicex i am so dishonourxd that the very hour you take it off againx siciniusx answer to usx coriolanusx say thenx xtis truex i ought sox siciniusx we charge you that you have contrivxd to take from rome all seasonxd officex and to wind yourself into a power tyrannicalx for which you are a traitor to the peoplex coriolanusx howx traitorx meneniusx nayx temperatelyx your promisex coriolanusx the fires ix thx lowest hell fold in the peoplex call me their traitorx thou injurious tribunex within thine eyes sat twenty thousand deathsx in thy hands clutchxd as many millionsx in thy lying tongue both numbersx i would say xthou liestx unto thee with a voice as free as i do pray the godsx siciniusx mark you thisx peoplex plebeiansx to thx rockx to thx rockx with himx siciniusx peacex we need not put new matter to his chargex what you have seen him do and heard him speakx beating your officersx cursing yourselvesx opposing laws with strokesx and here defying those whose great power must try himx even thisx so criminal and in such capital kindx deserves thx extremest deathx brutusx but since he hath servxd well for romex coriolanusx what do you prate of servicex brutusx i talk of that that know itx coriolanusx youx meneniusx is this the promise that you made your motherx cominiusx knowx i pray youx coriolanusx ixll know no furtherx let them pronounce the steep tarpeian deathx vagabond exilex flayingx pent to linger but with a grain a dayx i would not buy their mercy at the price of one fair wordx nor check my courage for what they can givex to havext with saying xgood morrowxx siciniusx for that he hasx as much as in him liesx from time to time envied against the peoplex seeking means to pluck away their powerx as now at last given hostile strokesx and that not in the presence of dreaded justicex but on the ministers that do distribute itx in the name ox thx peoplex and in the power of us the tribunesx wex evxn from this instantx banish him our cityx in peril of precipitation from off the rock tarpeianx never more to enter our rome gatesx ix thx peoplexs namex i say it shall be sox plebeiansx it shall be sox it shall be sox let him awayx hexs banishxdx and it shall be sox cominiusx hear mex my masters and my common friendsx siciniusx hexs sentencxdx no more hearingx cominiusx let me speakx i have been consulx and can show for rome her enemiesx marks upon mex i do love my countryxs good with a respect more tenderx more holy and profoundx than mine own lifex my dear wifexs estimatex her wombxs increase and treasure of my loinsx then if i would speak thatx siciniusx we know your driftx speak whatx brutusx therexs no more to be saidx but he is banishxdx as enemy to the people and his countryx it shall be sox plebeiansx it shall be sox it shall be sox coriolanusx you common cry of cursx whose breath i hate as reek ox thx rotten fensx whose loves i prize as the dead carcasses of unburied men that do corrupt my airx i banish youx and here remain with your uncertaintyx let every feeble rumour shake your heartsx your enemiesx with nodding of their plumesx fan you into despairx have the power still to banish your defendersx till at length your ignorancex which finds not till it feelsx making but reservation of yourselves still your own foesx deliver you as most abated captives to some nation that won you without blowsx despising for you the cityx thus i turn my backx there is a world elsewherex exeunt coriolanusx cominiusx meneniusx with the other patricians aedilex the peoplexs enemy is gonex is gonex xthey all shout and throw up their capsx plebeiansx our enemy is banishxdx he is gonex hooxoox siciniusx go see him out at gatesx and follow himx as he hath followxd youx with all despitex give him deservxd vexationx let a guard attend us through the cityx plebeiansx comex comex letxs see him out at gatesx comex the gods preserve our noble tribunesx comex exeunt act ivx scene ix romex before a gate of the city enter coriolanusx volumniax virgiliax meneniusx cominiusx with the young nobility of rome coriolanusx comex leave your tearsx a brief farewellx the beast with many heads butts me awayx nayx motherx where is your ancient couragex you were usxd to say extremities was the trier of spiritsx that common chances common men could bearx that when the sea was calm all boats alike showxd mastership in floatingx fortunexs blowsx when most struck homex being gentle wounded craves a noble cunningx you were usxd to load me with precepts that would make invincible the heart that connxd themx virgiliax o heavensx o heavensx coriolanusx nayx i pritheex womanx volumniax now the red pestilence strike all trades in romex and occupations perishx coriolanusx whatx whatx whatx i shall be lovxd when i am lackxdx nayx motherx resume that spirit when you were wont to sayx if you had been the wife of herculesx six of his labours youxd have donex and savxd your husband so much sweatx cominiusx droop notx adieux farewellx my wifex my motherx ixll do well yetx thou old and true meneniusx thy tears are salter than a younger manxs and venomous to thine eyesx my sometime generalx i have seen thee sternx and thou hast oft beheld heartxhardxning spectaclesx tell these sad women xtis fond to wail inevitable strokesx as xtis to laugh at xemx my motherx you wot well my hazards still have been your solacex and believext not lightlyx though i go alonex like to a lonely dragonx that his fen makes fearxd and talkxd of more than seenx your son will or exceed the common or be caught with cautelous baits and practicex volumniax my first sonx whither wilt thou gox take good cominius with thee awhilex determine on some course more than a wild exposture to each chance that starts ix thx way before theex virgiliax o the godsx cominiusx ixll follow thee a monthx devise with the where thou shalt restx that thou mayst hear of usx and we of theex sox if the time thrust forth a cause for thy repealx we shall not send oxer the vast world to seek a single manx and lose advantagex which doth ever cool ix thx absence of the neederx coriolanusx fare ye wellx thou hast years upon theex and thou art too full of the warsx surfeits to go rove with one thatxs yet unbruisxdx bring me but out at gatex comex my sweet wifex my dearest motherx and my friends of noble touchx when i am forthx bid me farewellx and smilex i pray you comex while i remain above the ground you shall hear from me stillx and never of me aught but what is like me formerlyx meneniusx thatxs worthily as any ear can hearx comex letxs not weepx if i could shake off but one seven years from these old arms and legsx by the good godsx ixd with thee every footx coriolanusx give me thy handx comex exeunt scene iix romex a street near the gate enter the two tribunesx sicinius and brutus with the aedile siciniusx bid them all homex hexs gonex and wexll no furtherx the nobility are vexxdx whom we see have sided in his behalfx brutusx now we have shown our powerx let us seem humbler after it is done than when it was axdoingx siciniusx bid them homex say their great enemy is gonex and they stand in their ancient strengthx brutusx dismiss them homex exit aedile here comes his motherx enter volumniax virgiliax and menenius siciniusx letxs not meet herx brutusx whyx siciniusx they say shexs madx brutusx they have taxen note of usx keep on your wayx volumniax ox yxare well metx thx hoarded plague ox thx gods requite your lovex meneniusx peacex peacex be not so loudx volumniax if that i could for weepingx you should hearx nayx and you shall hear somex xto brutusx will you be gonex virgiliax xto siciniusx you shall stay toox i would i had the power to say so to my husbandx siciniusx are you mankindx volumniax ayx foolx is that a shamex note but thisx foolx was not a man my fatherx hadst thou foxship to banish him that struck more blows for rome than thou hast spoken wordsx siciniusx o blessed heavensx volumniax moe noble blows than ever thou wise wordsx and for romexs goodx ixll tell thee whatx yet gox nayx but thou shalt stay toox i would my son were in arabiax and thy tribe before himx his good sword in his handx siciniusx what thenx virgiliax what thenx hexd make an end of thy posterityx volumniax bastards and allx good manx the wounds that he does bear for romex meneniusx comex comex peacex siciniusx i would he had continued to his country as he beganx and not unknit himself the noble knot he madex brutusx i would he hadx volumniax xi would he hadxx xtwas you incensxd the rabblex cats that can judge as fitly of his worth as i can of those mysteries which heaven will not have earth to knowx brutusx prayx letxs gox volumniax nowx prayx sirx get you gonex you have done a brave deedx ere you gox hear thisx as far as doth the capitol exceed the meanest house in romex so far my sonx this ladyxs husband herex thisx do you seexx whom you have banishxd does exceed you anx brutusx wellx wellx wexll leave youx siciniusx why stay we to be baited with one that wants her witsx exeunt tribunes volumniax take my prayers with youx i would the gods had nothing else to do but to confirm my cursesx could i meet xem but once a dayx it would unclog my heart of what lies heavy toxtx meneniusx you have told them homex andx by my trothx you have causex youxll sup with mex volumniax angerxs my meatx i sup upon myselfx and so shall starve with feedingx comex letxs gox leave this faint puling and lament as i dox in angerx junoxlikex comex comex comex exeunt volumnia and virgilia meneniusx fiex fiex fiex exit scene iiix a highway between rome and antium enter a roman and a volscex meeting romanx i know you wellx sirx and you know mex your namex i thinkx is adrianx volscex it is sox sirx trulyx i have forgot youx romanx i am a romanx and my services arex as you arex against xemx know you me yetx volscex nicanorx nox romanx the samex sirx volscex you had more beard when i last saw youx but your favour is well appearxd by your tonguex whatxs the news in romex i have a note from the volscian statex to find you out therex you have well saved me a dayxs journeyx romanx there hath been in rome strange insurrectionsx the people against the senatorsx patriciansx and noblesx volscex hath beenx is it endedx thenx our state thinks not sox they are in a most warlike preparationx and hope to come upon them in the heat of their divisionx romanx the main blaze of it is pastx but a small thing would make it flame againx for the nobles receive so to heart the banishment of that worthy coriolanus that they are in a ripe aptness to take all power from the peoplex and to pluck from them their tribunes for everx this lies glowingx i can tell youx and is almost mature for the violent breaking outx volscex coriolanus banishxdx romanx banishxdx sirx volscex you will be welcome with this intelligencex nicanorx romanx the day serves well for them nowx i have heard it said the fittest time to corrupt a manxs wife is when shexs fallxn out with her husbandx your noble tullus aufidius will appear well in these warsx his great opposerx coriolanusx being now in no request of his countryx volscex he cannot choosex i am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter youx you have ended my businessx and i will merrily accompany you homex romanx i shall between this and supper tell you most strange things from romex all tending to the good of their adversariesx have you an army readyx say youx volscex a most royal onex the centurions and their chargesx distinctly billetedx already in thx entertainmentx and to be on foot at an hourxs warningx romanx i am joyful to hear of their readinessx and am the manx i thinkx that shall set them in present actionx sox sirx heartily well metx and most glad of your companyx volscex you take my part from mex sirx i have the most cause to be glad of yoursx romanx wellx let us go togetherx scene ivx antiumx before aufidiusx house enter coriolanusx in mean apparelx disguisxd and muffled coriolanusx a goodly city is this antiumx cityx xtis i that made thy widowsx many an heir of these fair edifices fore my wars have i heard groan and dropx then know me notx lest that thy wives with spits and boys with stonesx in puny battle slay mex enter a citizen save youx sirx citizenx and youx coriolanusx direct mex if it be your willx where great aufidius liesx is he in antiumx citizenx he isx and feasts the nobles of the state at his house this nightx coriolanusx which is his housex beseech youx citizenx this here before youx coriolanusx thank youx sirx farewellx exit citizen o worldx thy slippery turnsx friends now fast swornx whose double bosoms seems to wear one heartx whose hoursx whose bedx whose meal and exercise are still togetherx who twinx as xtwerex in lovex unseparablex shall within this hourx on a dissension of a doitx break out to bitterest enmityx so fellest foesx whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep to take the one the otherx by some chancex some trick not worth an eggx shall grow dear friends and interjoin their issuesx so with mex my birthplace hate ix and my lovexs upon this enemy townx ixll enterx if he slay mex he does fair justicex if he give me wayx ixll do his country servicex scene vx antiumx aufidiusx house music playsx enter a servingman first servantx winex winex winex what service is herex i think our fellows are asleepx exit enter another servingman second servantxwherexs cotusx my master calls for himx cotusx exit enter coriolanus coriolanusx a goodly housex the feast smells wellx but i appear not like a guestx rexenter the first servingman first servantx what would you havex friendx whence are youx herexs no place for youx pray go to the doorx exit coriolanusx i have deservxd no better entertainment in being coriolanusx rexenter second servingman second servantx whence are youx sirx has the porter his eyes in his head that he gives entrance to such companionsx pray get you outx coriolanusx awayx second servantx awayx get you awayx coriolanusx now thx art troublesomex second servantx are you so bravex ixll have you talkxd with anonx enter a third servingmanx the first meets him third servantx what fellowxs thisx first servantx a strange one as ever i lookxd onx i cannot get him out ox thx housex prithee call my master to himx third servantx what have you to do herex fellowx pray you avoid the housex coriolanusx let me but standx i will not hurt your hearthx third servantx what are youx coriolanusx a gentlemanx third servantx a marvxllous poor onex coriolanusx truex so i amx third servantx pray youx poor gentlemanx take up some other stationx herexs no place for youx pray you avoidx comex coriolanusx follow your functionx go and batten on cold bitsx xpushes him away from himx third servantx whatx you will notx prithee tell my master what a strange guest he has herex second servantx and i shallx exit third servantx where dwellxst thoux coriolanusx under the canopyx third servantx under the canopyx coriolanusx ayx third servantx wherexs thatx coriolanusx ix thx city of kites and crowsx third servantx ix thx city of kites and crowsx what an ass it isx then thou dwellxst with daws toox coriolanusx nox i serve not thy masterx third servantx howx sirx do you meddle with my masterx coriolanusx ayx xtis an honester service than to meddle with thy mistressx thou pratxst and pratxstx serve with thy trencherx hencex xbeats him awayx enter aufidius with the second servingman aufidiusx where is this fellowx second servantx herex sirx ixd have beaten him like a dogx but for disturbing the lords withinx aufidiusx whence comxst thoux what wouldst thoux thy namex why speakxst notx speakx manx whatxs thy namex coriolanusx xunmufflingx ifx tullusx not yet thou knowxst mex andx seeing mex dost not think me for the man i amx necessity commands me name myselfx aufidiusx what is thy namex coriolanusx a name unmusical to the volsciansx earsx and harsh in sound to thinex aufidiusx sayx whatxs thy namex thou has a grim appearancex and thy face bears a command inxtx though thy tacklexs tornx thou showxst a noble vesselx whatxs thy namex coriolanusx prepare thy brow to frownx knowxst thou me yetx aufidiusx i know thee notx thy namex coriolanusx my name is caius marciusx who hath done to thee particularlyx and to all the volscesx great hurt and mischiefx thereto witness may my surnamex coriolanusx the painful servicex the extreme dangersx and the drops of blood shed for my thankless countryx are requited but with that surnamex a good memory and witness of the malice and displeasure which thou shouldst bear mex only that name remainsx the cruelty and envy of the peoplex permitted by our dastard noblesx who have all forsook mex hath devourxd the restx an sufferxd me by thx voice of slaves to be whoopxd out of romex now this extremity hath brought me to thy hearthx not out of hopex mistake me notx to save my lifex for if i had fearxd deathx of all the men ix thx world i would have xvoided theex but in mere spitex to be full quit of those my banishersx stand i before thee herex then if thou hast a heart of wreak in theex that wilt revenge thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims of shame seen through thy countryx speed thee straight and make my misery serve thy turnx so use it that my revengeful services may prove as benefits to theex for i will fight against my cankxred country with the spleen of all the under fiendsx but if so be thou darxst not thisx and that to prove more fortunes thxart tirxdx thenx in a wordx i also am longer to live most wearyx and present my throat to thee and to thy ancient malicex which not to cut would show thee but a foolx since i have ever followed thee with hatex drawn tuns of blood out of thy countryxs breastx and cannot live but to thy shamex unless it be to do thee servicex aufidiusx o marciusx marciusx each word thou hast spoke hath weeded from my heart a root of ancient envyx if jupiter should from yond cloud speak divine thingsx and say xxtis truexx ixd not believe them more than theex all noble marciusx let me twine mine arms about that bodyx where against my grained ash an hundred times hath broke and scarrxd the moon with splintersx here i clip the anvil of my swordx and do contest as hotly and as nobly with thy love as ever in ambitious strength i did contend against thy valourx know thou firstx i lovxd the maid i marriedx never man sighxd truer breathx but that i see thee herex thou noble thingx more dances my rapt heart than when i first my wedded mistress saw bestride my thresholdx whyx thou marsx i tell the we have a power on footx and i had purpose once more to hew thy target from thy brawnx or lose mine arm forxtx thou hast beat me out twelve several timesx and i have nightly since dreamt of encounters xtwixt thyself and mex we have been down together in my sleepx unbuckling helmsx fisting each otherxs throatx and wakxd half dead with nothingx worthy marciusx had we no other quarrel else to rome but that thou art thence banishxdx we would muster all from twelve to seventyx andx pouring war into the bowels of ungrateful romex like a bold flood oxerbeatx ox comex go inx and take our friendly senators by thx handsx who now are herex taking their leaves of me who am preparxd against your territoriesx though not for rome itselfx coriolanusx you bless mex godsx aufidiusx thereforex mostx absolute sirx if thou wilt have the leading of thine own revengesx take thx one half of my commissionx and set downx as best thou art experiencxdx since thou knowxst thy countryxs strength and weaknessx thine own waysx whether to knock against the gates of romex or rudely visit them in parts remote to fright them ere destroyx but come inx let me commend thee first to those that shall say yea to thy desiresx a thousand welcomesx and more a friend than exer an enemyx yetx marciusx that was muchx your handx most welcomex exeunt coriolanus and aufidius the two servingmen come forward first servantx herexs a strange alterationx second servantx by my handx i had thought to have strucken him with a cudgelx and yet my mind gave me his clothes made a false report of himx first servantx what an arm he hasx he turnxd me about with his finger and his thumbx as one would set up a topx second servantx nayx i knew by his face that there was something in himx he hadx sirx a kind of facex methoughtx i cannot tell how to term itx first servantx he had sox looking as it werex would i were hangxdx but i thought there was more in him than i could thinkx second servantx so did ix ixll be swornx he is simply the rarest man ix thx worldx first servantx i think he isx but a greater soldier than he you wot onx second servantx whox my masterx first servantx nayx itxs no matter for thatx second servantx worth six on himx first servantx nayx not so neitherx but i take him to be the greater soldierx second servantx faithx look youx one cannot tell how to say thatx for the defence of a town our general is excellentx first servantx ayx and for an assault toox rexenter the third servingman third servantx o slavesx i can tell you newsx newsx you rascalsx bothx whatx whatx whatx letxs partakex third servantx i would not be a romanx of all nationsx i had as lief be a condemnxd manx bothx whereforex whereforex third servantx whyx herexs he that was wont to thwack our generalx caius marciusx first servantx why do you say xthwack our generalxx third servantx i do not say xthwack our generalxx but he was always good enough for himx second servantx comex we are fellows and friendsx he was ever too hard for himx i have heard him say so himselfx first servantx he was too hard for him directlyx to say the troth onxtx before corioli he scotchxd him and notchxd him like a carbonadox second servantx an he had been cannibally givenx he might have broilxd and eaten him toox first servantx but more of thy newsx third servantx whyx he is so made on here within as if he were son and heir to marsx set at upper end ox thx tablex no question asked him by any of the senators but they stand bald before himx our general himself makes a mistress of himx sanctifies himself withxs handx and turns up the white ox thx eye to his discoursex but the bottom of the news isx our general is cut ix thx middle and but one half of what he was yesterdayx for the other has half by the entreaty and grant of the whole tablex hexll gox he saysx and sowl the porter of rome gates by thx earsx he will mow all down before himx and leave his passage pollxdx second servantx and hexs as like to doxt as any man i can imaginex third servantx doxtx he will doxtx for look youx sirx he has as many friends as enemiesx which friendsx sirx as it werex durst notx look youx sirx show themselvesx as we term itx his friendsx whilst hexs in directitudex first servantx directitudex whatxs thatx third servantx but when they shall seex sirx his crest up again and the man in bloodx they will out of their burrowsx like conies after rainx and revel an with himx first servantx but when goes this forwardx third servantx toxmorrowx toxdayx presentlyx you shall have the drum struck up this afternoonx xtis as it were parcel of their feastx and to be executed ere they wipe their lipsx second servantx whyx then we shall have a stirring world againx this peace is nothing but to rust ironx increase tailorsx and breed balladxmakersx first servantx let me have warx say ix it exceeds peace as far as day does nightx itxs spritelyx wakingx audiblex and full of ventx peace is a very apoplexyx lethargyx mullxdx deafx sleepyx insensiblex a getter of more bastard children than warxs a destroyer of menx second servantx xtis sox and as war in some sort may be said to be a ravisherx so it cannot be denied but peace is a great maker of cuckoldsx first servantx ayx and it makes men hate one anotherx third servantx reasonx because they then less need one anotherx the wars for my moneyx i hope to see romans as cheap as volsciansx they are risingx they are risingx bothx inx inx inx inx exeunt scene vix romex a public place enter the two tribunesx sicinius and brutus siciniusx we hear not of himx neither need we fear himx his remedies are tamex the present peace and quietness of the peoplex which before were in wild hurryx here do make his friends blush that the world goes wellx who rather hadx though they themselves did suffer byxtx behold dissentious numbers pestxring streets than see our tradesmen singing in their shopsx and going about their functions friendlyx enter menenius brutusx we stood toxt in good timex is this meneniusx siciniusx xtis hex xtis hex ox he is grown most kind of latex hailx sirx meneniusx hail to you bothx siciniusx your coriolanus is not much missxd but with his friendsx the commonwealth doth standx and so would dox were he more angry at itx meneniusx allxs wellx and might have been much better he could have temporizxdx siciniusx where is hex hear youx meneniusx nayx i hear nothingx his mother and his wife hear nothing from himx enter three or four citizens citizensx the gods preserve you bothx siciniusx godxdenx our neighboursx brutusx godxden to you allx godxden to you anx first citizenx ourselvesx our wivesx and childrenx on our knees are bound to pray for you bothx siciniusx live and thrivex brutusx farewellx kind neighboursx we wishxd coriolanus had lovxd you as we didx citizensx now the gods keep youx both tribunesx farewellx farewellx exeunt citizens siciniusx this is a happier and more comely time than when these fellows ran about the streets crying confusionx brutusx caius marcius was a worthy officer ix the warx but insolentx oxercome with pridex ambitious past all thinkingx selfxlovingx siciniusx and affecting one sole thronex without assistancex meneniusx i think not sox siciniusx we should by thisx to all our lamentationx if he had gone forth consulx found it sox brutusx the gods have well prevented itx and rome sits safe and still without himx enter an aedile aedilex worthy tribunesx there is a slavex whom we have put in prisonx reports the volsces with several powers are entxred in the roman territoriesx and with the deepest malice of the war destroy what lies before xemx meneniusx xtis aufidiusx whox hearing of our marciusx banishmentx thrusts forth his horns again into the worldx which were inshellxd when marcius stood for romex and durst not once peep outx siciniusx comex what talk you of marciusx brutusx go see this rumourer whippxdx it cannot be the volsces dare break with usx meneniusx cannot bex we have record that very well it canx and three examples of the like hath been within my agex but reason with the fellow before you punish himx where he heard thisx lest you shall chance to whip your information and beat the messenger who bids beware of what is to be dreadedx siciniusx tell not mex i know this cannot bex brutusx not possiblex enter a messenger messengerx the nobles in great earnestness are going all to the senate housex some news is come that turns their countenancesx siciniusx xtis this slavex go whip him fore the peoplexs eyesx his raisingx nothing but his reportx messengerx yesx worthy sirx the slavexs report is secondedx and morex more fearfulx is deliverxdx siciniusx what more fearfulx messengerx it is spoke freely out of many mouthsx how probable i do not knowx that marciusx joinxd with aufidiusx leads a power xgainst romex and vows revenge as spacious as between the youngxst and oldest thingx siciniusx this is most likelyx brutusx raisxd only that the weaker sort may wish good marcius home againx siciniusx the very trick on xtx meneniusx this is unlikelyx he and aufidius can no more atone than violentxst contrarietyx enter a second messenger second messengerx you are sent for to the senatex a fearful armyx led by caius marcius associated with aufidiusx rages upon our territoriesx and have already oxerborne their wayx consumxd with fire and took what lay before themx enter cominius cominiusx ox you have made good workx meneniusx what newsx what newsx cominiusx you have holp to ravish your own daughters and to melt the city leads upon your patesx to see your wives dishonourxd to your nosesx meneniusx whatxs the newsx whatxs the newsx cominiusx your temples burned in their cementx and your franchisesx whereon you stoodx confinxd into an augerxs borex meneniusx pray nowx your newsx you have made fair workx i fear mex prayx your newsx if marcius should be joinxd wix thx volsciansx cominiusx ifx he is their godx he leads them like a thing made by some other deity than naturex that shapes man betterx and they follow him against us brats with no less confidence than boys pursuing summer butterfliesx or butchers killing fliesx meneniusx you have made good workx you and your apron menx you that stood so much upon the voice of occupation and the breath of garlicxeatersx cominiusx hexll shake your rome about your earsx meneniusx as hercules did shake down mellow fruitx you have made fair workx brutusx but is this truex sirx cominiusx ayx and youxll look pale before you find it otherx all the regions do smilingly revoltx and who resists are mockxd for valiant ignorancex and perish constant foolsx who isxt can blame himx your enemies and his find something in himx meneniusx we are all undone unless the noble man have mercyx cominiusx who shall ask itx the tribunes cannot doxt for shamex the people deserve such pity of him as the wolf does of the shepherdsx for his best friendsx if they should say xbe good to romexx they chargxd him even as those should do that had deservxd his hatex and therein showxd fike enemiesx meneniusx xtis truex if he were putting to my house the brand that should consume itx i have not the face to say xbeseech youx ceasexx you have made fair handsx you and your craftsx you have crafted fairx cominiusx you have brought a trembling upon romex such as was never sx incapable of helpx both tribunesx say not we brought itx meneniusx howx wasxt wex we lovxd himx butx like beasts and cowardly noblesx gave way unto your clustersx who did hoot him out ox thx cityx cominiusx but i fear theyxll roar him in againx tullus aufidiusx the second name of menx obeys his points as if he were his officerx desperation is all the policyx strengthx and defencex that rome can make against themx enter a troop of citizens meneniusx here comes the clustersx and is aufidius with himx you are they that made the air unwholesome when you cast your stinking greasy caps in hooting at coriolanusx exilex now hexs comingx and not a hair upon a soldierxs head which will not prove a whipx as many coxcombs as you threw caps up will he tumble downx and pay you for your voicesx xtis no matterx if he could burn us all into one coal we have deservxd itx plebeiansx faithx we hear fearful newsx first citizenx for mine own partx when i said banish himx i said xtwas pityx second citizenx and so did ix third citizenx and so did ix andx to say the truthx so did very many of usx that we didx we did for the bestx and though we willingly consented to his banishmentx yet it was against our willx cominiusx yxare goodly thingsx you voicesx meneniusx you have made good workx you and your cryx shallxs to the capitolx cominiusx ox ayx what elsex exeunt cominius and menenius siciniusx gox mastersx get you be not dismayxdx these are a side that would be glad to have this true which they so seem to fearx go homex and show no sign of fearx first citizenx the gods be good to usx comex mastersx letxs homex i ever said we were ix thx wrong when we banishxd himx second citizenx so did we allx but comex letxs homex exeunt citizens brutusx i do not like this newsx siciniusx nor ix brutusx letxs to the capitolx would half my wealth would buy this for a liex siciniusx pray letxs gox exeunt scene viix a camp at a short distance from rome enter aufidius with his lieutenant aufidiusx do they still fly to thx romanx lieutenantx i do not know what witchcraftxs in himx but your soldiers use him as the grace fore meatx their talk at tablex and their thanks at endx and you are darkxned in this actionx sirx even by your ownx aufidiusx i cannot help it nowx unless by using means i lame the foot of our designx he bears himself more proudlierx even to my personx than i thought he would when first i did embrace himx yet his nature in thatxs no changelingx and i must excuse what cannot be amendedx lieutenantx yet i wishx sirx i meanx for your particularx you had not joinxd in commission with himx but either had borne the action of yourselfx or else to him had left it solelyx aufidiusx i understand thee wellx and be thou surex when he shall come to his accountx he knows not what i can urge against himx although it seemsx and so he thinksx and is no less apparent to thx vulgar eyex that he bears all things fairly and shows good husbandry for the volscian statex fights dragonxlikex and does achieve as soon as draw his swordx yet he hath left undone that which shall break his neck or hazard mine whenexer we come to our accountx lieutenantx sirx i beseech youx think you hexll carry romex aufidiusx all places yield to him ere he sits downx and the nobility of rome are hisx the senators and patricians love him toox the tribunes are no soldiersx and their people will be as rash in the repeal as hasty to expel him thencex i think hexll be to rome as is the osprey to the fishx who takes it by sovereignty of naturex first he was a noble servant to themx but he could not carry his honours evenx whether xtwas pridex which out of daily fortune ever taints the happy manx whether defect of judgmentx to fail in the disposing of those chances which he was lord ofx or whether naturex not to be other than one thingx not moving from thx casque to thx cushionx but commanding peace even with the same austerity and garb as he controllxd the warx but one of thesex as he hath spices of them allx not allx for i dare so far free himx made him fearxdx so hatedx and so banishxdx but he has a merit to choke it in the uttxrancex so our virtues lie in thx interpretation of the timex and powerx unto itself most commendablex hath not a tomb so evident as a chair tx extol what it hath donex one fire drives out one firex one nailx one nailx rights by rights falterx strengths by strengths do failx comex letxs awayx whenx caiusx rome is thinex thou art poorxst of allx then shortly art thou minex exeunt act vx scene ix romex a public place enter meneniusx cominiusx sicinius and brutusx the two tribunesx with others meneniusx nox ixll not gox you hear what he hath said which was sometime his generalx who lovxd him in a most dear particularx he callxd me fatherx but what ox thatx gox you that banishxd himx a mile before his tent fall downx and knee the way into his mercyx nayx if he coyxd to hear cominius speakx ixll keep at homex cominiusx he would not seem to know mex meneniusx do you hearx cominiusx yet one time he did call me by my namex i urgxd our old acquaintancex and the drops that we have bled togetherx xcoriolanusx he would not answer tox forbid all namesx he was a kind of nothingx titlelessx till he had forgxd himself a name ix thx fire of burning romex meneniusx whyx sox you have made good workx a pair of tribunes that have wrackxd for rome to make coals cheapx a noble memoryx cominiusx i minded him how royal xtwas to pardon when it was less expectedx he repliedx it was a bare petition of a state to one whom they had punishxdx meneniusx very wellx could he say lessx cominiusx i offerxd to awaken his regard forxs private friendsx his answer to me wasx he could not stay to pick them in a pile of noisome musty chaffx he said xtwas follyx for one poor grain or twox to leave unburnt and still to nose thx offencex meneniusx for one poor grain or twox i am one of thosex his motherx wifex his childx and this brave fellow toox we are the grainsx you are the musty chaffx and you are smelt above the moonx we must be burnt for youx siciniusx nayx pray be patientx if you refuse your aid in this so neverxneeded helpx yet do not upbraidxs with our distressx but surex if you would be your countryxs pleaderx your good tonguex more than the instant army we can makex might stop our countrymanx meneniusx nox ixll not meddlex siciniusx pray you go to himx meneniusx what should i dox brutusx only make trial what your love can do for romex towards marciusx meneniusx wellx and say that marcius return mex as cominius is returnxdx unheardx what thenx but as a discontented friendx griefxshot with his unkindnessx sayxt be sox siciniusx yet your good will must have that thanks from rome after the measure as you intended wellx meneniusx ixll undertakextx i think hexll hear mex yet to bite his lip and hum at good cominius much unhearts mex he was not taken wellx he had not dinxdx the veins unfillxdx our blood is coldx and then we pout upon the morningx are unapt to give or to forgivex but when we have stuffxd these pipes and these conveyances of our blood with wine and feedingx we have suppler souls than in our priestxlike fastsx therefore ixll watch him till he be dieted to my requestx and then ixll set upon himx brutusx you know the very road into his kindness and cannot lose your wayx meneniusx good faithx ixll prove himx speed how it willx i shall ere long have knowledge of my successx exit cominiusx hexll never hear himx siciniusx notx cominiusx i tell you he does sit in goldx his eye red as xtwould burn romex and his injury the gaoler to his pityx i kneelxd before himx xtwas very faintly he said xrisexx dismissxd me thus with his speechless handx what he would dox he sent in writing after mex what he would notx bound with an oath to yield to his conditionsx so that all hope is vainx unless his noble mother and his wifex whox as i hearx mean to solicit him for mercy to his countryx therefore letxs hencex and with our fair entreaties haste them onx exeunt scene iix the volscian camp before rome enter menenius to the watch on guard first watchx stayx whence are youx second watchx standx and go backx meneniusx you guard like menx xtis wellx butx by your leavex i am an officer of state and come to speak with coriolanusx first watchx from whencex meneniusx from romex first watchx you may not passx you must returnx our general will no more hear from thencex second watchx youxll see your rome embracxd with fire before youxll speak with coriolanusx meneniusx good my friendsx if you have heard your general talk of rome and of his friends therex it is lots to blanks my name hath touchxd your earsx it is meneniusx first watchx be it sox go backx the virtue of your name is not here passablex meneniusx i tell theex fellowx thy general is my loverx i have been the book of his good acts whence men have read his fame unparallelxd haply amplifiedx for i have ever verified my friendsx of whom hexs chiefx with all the size that verity would without lapsing sufferx nayx sometimesx like to a bowl upon a subtle groundx i have tumbled past the throwx and in his praise have almost stampxd the leasingx thereforex fellowx i must have leave to passx first watchx faithx sirx if you had told as many lies in his behalf as you have uttered words in your ownx you should not pass herex nox though it were as virtuous to lie as to live chastelyx therefore go backx meneniusx pritheex fellowx remember my name is meneniusx always factionary on the party of your generalx second watchx howsoever you have been his liarx as you say you havex i am one thatx telling true under himx must say you cannot passx therefore go backx meneniusx has he dinxdx canst thou tellx for i would not speak with him till after dinnerx first watchx you are a romanx are youx meneniusx i am as thy general isx first watchx then you should hate romex as he doesx can youx when you have pushxd out your gates the very defender of themx and in a violent popular ignorance given your enemy your shieldx think to front his revenges with the easy groans of old womenx the virginal palms of your daughtersx or with the palsied intercession of such a decayxd dotant as you seem to bex can you think to blow out the intended fire your city is ready to flame in with such weak breath as thisx nox you are deceivxdx therefore back to rome and prepare for your executionx you are condemnxdx our general has sworn you out of reprieve and pardonx meneniusx sirrahx if thy captain knew i were herex he would use me with estimationx first watchx comex my captain knows you notx meneniusx i mean thy generalx first watchx my general cares not for youx backx i sayx gox lest i let forth your half pint of bloodx backx thatxs the utmost of your havingx backx meneniusx nayx but fellowx fellowx enter coriolanus with aufidius coriolanusx whatxs the matterx meneniusx nowx you companionx ixll say an errand for youx you shall know now that i am in estimationx you shall perceive that a jack guardant cannot office me from my son coriolanusx guess but by my entertainment with him if thou standxst not ix thx state of hangingx or of some death more long in spectatorship and crueller in sufferingx behold now presentlyx and swoon for whatxs to come upon theex the glorious gods sit in hourly synod about thy particular prosperityx and love thee no worse than thy old father menenius doesx o my sonx my sonx thou art preparing fire for usx look theex herexs water to quench itx i was hardly moved to come to theex but being assured none but myself could move theex i have been blown out of your gates with sighsx and conjure thee to pardon rome and thy petitionary countrymenx the good gods assuage thy wrathx and turn the dregs of it upon this varlet herex thisx whox like a blockx hath denied my access to theex coriolanusx awayx meneniusx howx awayx coriolanusx wifex motherx childx i know notx my affairs are servanted to othersx though i owe my revenge properlyx my remission lies in volscian breastsx that we have been familiarx ingrate forgetfulness shall poison rather than pity note how muchx therefore be gonex mine ears against your suits are stronger than your gates against my forcex yetx for i lovxd theex take this alongx i writ it for thy sake xgives a letterx and would have sent itx another wordx meneniusx i will not hear thee speakx this manx aufidiusx was my belovxd in romex yet thou beholdxstx aufidiusx you keep a constant temperx exeunt coriolanus and aufidius first watchx nowx sirx is your name meneniusx second watchx xtis a spellx you seex of much powerx you know the way home againx first watchx do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness backx second watchx what causex do you thinkx i have to swoonx meneniusx i neither care for thx world nor your generalx for such things as youx i can scarce think therexs anyx yxare so slightx he that hath a will to die by himself fears it not from anotherx let your general do his worstx for youx be that you arex longx and your misery increase with your agex i say to youx as i was said tox awayx exit first watchx a noble fellowx i warrant himx second watchx the worthy fellow is our generalx hexs the rockx the oak not to be windxshakenx exeunt scene iiix the tent of coriolanus enter coriolanusx aufidiusx and others coriolanusx we will before the walls of rome toxmorrow set down our hostx my partner in this actionx you must report to thx volscian lords how plainly i have borne this businessx aufidiusx only their ends you have respectedx stoppxd your ears against the general suit of romex never admitted a private whisperx nox not with such friends that thought them sure of youx coriolanusx this last old manx whom with crackxd heart i have sent to romex lovxd me above the measure of a fatherx nayx godded me indeedx their latest refuge was to send himx for whose old love i havex though i showxd sourly to himx once more offerxd the first conditionsx which they did refuse and cannot now acceptx to grace him onlyx that thought he could do morex a very little i have yielded tox fresh embassies and suitsx nor from the state nor private friendsx hereafter will i lend ear tox xshout withinx hax what shout is thisx shall i be tempted to infringe my vow in the same time xtis madex i will notx enterx in mourning habitsx virgiliax volumniax valeriax young marciusx with attendants my wife comes foremostx then the honourxd mould wherein this trunk was framxdx and in her hand the grandchild to her bloodx but outx affectionx all bond and privilege of naturex breakx let it be virtuous to be obstinatex what is that curtsy worthx or those dovesx eyesx which can make gods forswornx i meltx and am not of stronger earth than othersx my mother bowsx as if olympus to a molehill should in supplication nodx and my young boy hath an aspect of intercession which great nature cries xdeny notxx let the volsces plough rome and harrow italyx ixll never be such a gosling to obey instinctx but stand as if a man were author of himself and knew no other kinx virgiliax my lord and husbandx coriolanusx these eyes are not the same i wore in romex virgiliax the sorrow that delivers us thus changxd makes you think sox coriolanusx like a dull actor now i have forgot my part and i am outx even to a full disgracex best of my fleshx forgive my tyrannyx but do not sayx for thatx xforgive our romansxx ox a kiss long as my exilex sweet as my revengex nowx by the jealous queen of heavenx that kiss i carried from theex dearx and my true lip hath virginxd it exer sincex you godsx i pratex and the most noble mother of the world leave unsalutedx sinkx my kneex ix thx earthx xkneelsx of thy deep duty more impression show than that of common sonsx volumniax ox stand up blestx whilst with no softer cushion than the flint i kneel before theex and unproperly show dutyx as mistaken all this while between the child and parentx xkneelsx coriolanusx whatxs thisx your knees to mex to your corrected sonx then let the pebbles on the hungry beach fillip the starsx then let the mutinous winds strike the proud cedars xgainst the fiery sunx murdxring impossibilityx to make what cannot be slight workx volumniax thou art my warriorx i holp to frame theex do you know this ladyx coriolanusx the noble sister of publicolax the moon of romex chaste as the icicle thatxs curdied by the frost from purest snowx and hangs on dianxs templex dear valeriax volumniax this is a poor epitome of yoursx which by thx interpretation of full time may show like all yourselfx coriolanusx the god of soldiersx with the consent of supreme jovex inform thy thoughts with noblenessx that thou mayst prove to shame unvulnerablex and stick ix thx wars like a great seaxmarkx standing every flawx and saving those that eye theex volumniax your kneex sirrahx coriolanusx thatxs my brave boyx volumniax even hex your wifex this ladyx and myselfx are suitors to youx coriolanusx i beseech youx peacex orx if youxd askx remember this beforex the thing i have forsworn to grant may never be held by you denialsx do not bid me dismiss my soldiersx or capitulate again with romexs mechanicsx tell me not wherein i seem unnaturalx desire not txallay my rages and revenges with your colder reasonsx volumniax ox no morex no morex you have said you will not grant us any thingx for we have nothing else to ask but that which you deny alreadyx yet we will askx thatx if you fail in our requestx the blame may hang upon your hardnessx therefore hear usx coriolanusx aufidiusx and you volscesx markx for wexll hear nought from rome in privatex your requestx volumniax should we be silent and not speakx our raiment and state of bodies would bewray what life we have led since thy exilex think with thyself how more unfortunate than all living women are we come hitherx since that thy sightx which should make our eyes flow with joyx hearts dance with comfortsx constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrowx making the motherx wifex and childx to see the sonx the husbandx and the fatherx tearing his countryxs bowels outx and to poor we thine enmityxs most capitalx thou barxst us our prayers to the godsx which is a comfort that all but we enjoyx for how can wex alasx how can we for our country prayx whereto we are boundx together with thy victoryx whereto we are boundx alackx or we must lose the countryx our dear nursex or else thy personx our comfort in the countryx we must find an evident calamityx though we had our wishx which side should winx for either thou must as a foreign recreant be led with manacles through our streetsx or else triumphantly tread on thy countryxs ruinx and bear the palm for having bravely shed thy wife and childrenxs bloodx for myselfx sonx i purpose not to wait on fortune till these wars determinex if i can not persuade thee rather to show a noble grace to both parts than seek the end of onex thou shalt no sooner march to assault thy country than to treadx trust toxtx thou shalt notx on thy motherxs womb that brought thee to this worldx virgiliax ayx and minex that brought you forth this boy to keep your name living to timex boyx xa shall not tread on mex ixll run away till i am biggerx but then ixll fightx coriolanusx not of a womanxs tenderness to be requires nor child nor womanxs face to seex i have sat too longx xrisingx volumniax nayx go not from us thusx if it were so that our request did tend to save the romansx thereby to destroy the volsces whom you servex you might condemn us as poisonous of your honourx nox our suit is that you reconcile themx while the volsces may say xthis mercy we have showxdxx the romans xthis we receivxdxx and each in either side give the allxhail to theex and cry xbe blest for making up this peacexx thou knowxstx great sonx the end of warxs uncertainx but this certainx thatx if thou conquer romex the benefit which thou shalt thereby reap is such a name whose repetition will be doggxd with cursesx whose chronicle thus writx xthe man was noblex but with his last attempt he wipxd it outx destroyxd his countryx and his name remains to thx ensuing age abhorrxdxx speak to mex sonx thou hast affected the fine strains of honourx to imitate the graces of the godsx to tear with thunder the wide cheeks ox thx airx and yet to charge thy sulphur with a bolt that should but rive an oakx why dost not speakx thinkxst thou it honourable for a noble man still to remember wrongsx daughterx speak youx he cares not for your weepingx speak thoux boyx perhaps thy childishness will move him more than can our reasonsx therexs no man in the world more bound toxs motherx yet here he lets me prate like one ix thx stocksx thou hast never in thy life showxd thy dear mother any courtesyx when shex poor henx fond of no second broodx has cluckxd thee to the warsx and safely home loaden with honourx say my requestxs unjustx and spurn me backx but if it he not sox thou art not honestx and the gods will plague theex that thou restrainxst from me the duty which to a motherxs part belongsx he turns awayx downx ladiesx let us shame him with our kneesx to his surname coriolanus xlongs more pride than pity to our prayersx downx an endx this is the lastx so we will home to romex and die among our neighboursx nayx beholdxsx this boyx that cannot tell what he would have but kneels and holds up hands for fellowshipx does reason our petition with more strength than thou hast to denyxtx comex let us gox this fellow had a volscian to his motherx his wife is in coriolix and his child like him by chancex yet give us our dispatchx i am hushxd until our city be afirex and then ixll speak a littlex xhe holds her by the handx silentx coriolanusx o motherx motherx what have you donex beholdx the heavens do opex the gods look downx and this unnatural scene they laugh atx o my motherx motherx ox you have won a happy victory to romex but for your sonx believe itx ox believe itxx most dangerously you have with him prevailxdx if not most mortal to himx but let it comex aufidiusx though i cannot make true warsx ixll frame convenient peacex nowx good aufidiusx were you in my steadx would you have heard a mother lessx or granted lessx aufidiusx aufidiusx i was movxd withalx coriolanusx i dare be sworn you werex andx sirx it is no little thing to make mine eyes to sweat compassionx butx good sirx what peace youxfl makex advise mex for my partx ixll not to romex ixll back with youx and pray you stand to me in this causex o motherx wifex aufidiusx xasidex i am glad thou hast set thy mercy and thy honour at difference in theex out of that ixll work myself a former fortunex coriolanusx xto the ladiesx ayx by and byx but we will drink togetherx and you shall bear a better witness back than wordsx which wex on like conditionsx will have counterxsealxdx comex enter with usx ladiesx you deserve to have a temple built youx all the swords in italyx and her confederate armsx could not have made this peacex exeunt scene ivx romex a public place enter menenius and sicinius meneniusx see you yond coign ox thx capitolx yond cornerstonex siciniusx whyx what of thatx meneniusx if it be possible for you to displace it with your little fingerx there is some hope the ladies of romex especially his motherx may prevail with himx but i say there is no hope inxtx our throats are sentencxdx and stay upon executionx siciniusx isxt possible that so short a time can alter the condition of a manx meneniusx there is differency between a grub and a butterflyx yet your butterfly was a grubx this marcius is grown from man to dragonx he has wingsx hexs more than a creeping thingx siciniusx he lovxd his mother dearlyx meneniusx so did he mex and he no more remembers his mother now than an eightxyearxold horsex the tartness of his face sours ripe grapesx when he walksx he moves like an engine and the ground shrinks before his treadingx he is able to pierce a corslet with his eyex talks like a knellx and his hum is a batteryx he sits in his state as a thing made for alexanderx what he bids be done is finishxd with his biddingx he wants nothing of a god but eternityx and a heaven to throne inx siciniusx yesx mercyx if you report him trulyx meneniusx i paint him in the characterx mark what mercy his mother shall bring from himx there is no more mercy in him than there is milk in a male tigerx that shall our poor city findx and all this is xlong of youx siciniusx the gods be good unto usx meneniusx nox in such a case the gods will not be good unto usx when we banishxd him we respected not themx andx he returning to break our necksx they respect not usx enter a messenger messengerx sirx if youxd save your lifex fly to your housex the plebeians have got your fellow tribune and hale him up and downx all swearing if the roman ladies bring not comfort home theyxll give him death by inchesx enter another messenger siciniusx whatxs the newsx second messengerx good newsx good newsx the ladies have prevailxdx the volscians are dislodgxdx and marcius gonex a merrier day did never yet greet romex nox not thx expulsion of the tarquinsx siciniusx friendx art thou certain this is truex isxt most certainx second messengerx as certain as i know the sun is firex where have you lurkxdx that you make doubt of itx nexer through an arch so hurried the blown tide as the recomforted through thx gatesx whyx hark youx xtrumpetsx hautboysx drums beatx all togetherx the trumpetsx sackbutsx psalteriesx and fifesx tabors and cymbalsx and the shouting romansx make the sun dancex hark youx xa shout withinx meneniusx this is good newsx i will go meet the ladiesx this volumnia is worth of consulsx senatorsx patriciansx a city fullx of tribunes such as youx a sea and land fullx you have prayxd well toxdayx this morning for ten thousand of your throats ixd not have given a doitx harkx how they joyx xsound still with the shoutsx siciniusx firstx the gods bless you for your tidingsx nextx accept my thankfulnessx second messengerx sirx we have all great cause to give great thanksx siciniusx they are near the cityx messengerx almost at point to enterx siciniusx wexll meet themx and help the joyx exeunt scene vx romex a street near the gate enter two senators with volumniax virgiliax valeriax passing over the stagex xwith other lords first senatorx behold our patronessx the life of romex call all your tribes togetherx praise the godsx and make triumphant firesx strew flowers before themx unshout the noise that banishxd marciusx repeal him with the welcome of his motherx allx welcomex ladiesx welcomex xa flourish with drums and trumpetsx exeuntx scene vix coriolix a public place enter tullus aufidius with attendents aufidiusx go tell the lords ox thx city i am herex deliver them this paperx having read itx bid them repair to thx marketxplacex where ix even in theirs and in the commonsx earsx will vouch the truth of itx him i accuse the city ports by this hath enterxd and intends tx appear before the peoplex hoping to purge himself with wordsx dispatchx exeunt attendants enter three or four conspirators of aufidiusx faction most welcomex first conspiratorx how is it with our generalx aufidiusx even so as with a man by his own alms empoisonxdx and with his charity slainx second conspiratorx most noble sirx if you do hold the same intent wherein you wishxd us partiesx wexll deliver you of your great dangerx aufidiusx sirx i cannot tellx we must proceed as we do find the peoplex third conspiratorx the people will remain uncertain whilst xtwixt you therexs differencex but the fall of either makes the survivor heir of allx aufidiusx i know itx and my pretext to strike at him admits a good constructionx i raisxd himx and i pawnxd mine honour for his truthx who being so heightenxdx he watered his new plants with dews of flatteryx seducing so my friendsx and to this end he bowxd his naturex never known before but to be roughx unswayablex and freex third conspiratorx sirx his stoutness when he did stand for consulx which he lost by lack of stoopingx aufidiusx that i would have spoken ofx being banishxd forxtx he came unto my hearthx presented to my knife his throatx i took himx made him jointxservant with mex gave him way in all his own desiresx nayx let him choose out of my filesx his projects to accomplishx my best and freshest menx servxd his designments in mine own personx holp to reap the fame which he did end all hisx and took some pride to do myself this wrongx tillx at the lastx i seemxd his followerx not partnerx and he wagxd me with his countenance as if i had been mercenaryx first conspiratorx so he didx my lordx the army marvellxd at itx andx in the lastx when he had carried rome and that we lookxd for no less spoil than gloryx aufidiusx there was itx for which my sinews shall be stretchxd upon himx at a few drops of womenxs rheumx which are as cheap as liesx he sold the blood and labour of our great actionx therefore shall he diex and ixll renew me in his fallx butx harkx xdrums and trumpets soundx with great shouts of the peoplex first conspiratorx your native town you enterxd like a postx and had no welcomes homex but he returns splitting the air with noisex second conspiratorx and patient foolsx whose children he hath slainx their base throats tear with giving him gloryx third conspiratorx thereforex at your vantagex ere he express himself or move the people with what he would sayx let him feel your swordx which we will secondx when he lies alongx after your way his tale pronouncxd shall bury his reasons with his bodyx aufidiusx say no morex here come the lordsx enter the lords of the city lordsx you are most welcome homex aufidiusx i have not deservxd itx butx worthy lordsx have you with heed perused what i have written to youx lordsx we havex first lordx and grieve to hearxtx what faults he made before the lastx i think might have found easy finesx but there to end where he was to beginx and give away the benefit of our leviesx answering us with our own chargex making a treaty where there was a yieldingx this admits no excusex aufidiusx he approachesx you shall hear himx enter coriolanusx marching with drum and coloursx the commoners being with him coriolanusx hailx lordsx i am returnxd your soldierx no more infected with my countryxs love than when i parted hencex but still subsisting under your great commandx you are to know that prosperously i have attemptedx and with bloody passage led your wars even to the gates of romex our spoils we have brought home doth more than counterpoise a full third part the charges of the actionx we have made peace with no less honour to the antiates than shame to thx romansx and we here deliverx subscribxd by thx consuls and patriciansx together with the seal ox thx senatex what we have compounded onx aufidiusx read it notx noble lordsx but tell the traitor in the highest degree he hath abusxd your powersx coriolanusx traitorx how nowx aufidiusx ayx traitorx marciusx coriolanusx marciusx aufidiusx ayx marciusx caius marciusx dost thou think ixll grace thee with that robberyx thy stolxn name coriolanusx in coriolix you lords and heads ox thx statex perfidiously he has betrayxd your business and given upx for certain drops of saltx your city romex i say your cityx to his wife and motherx breaking his oath and resolution like a twist of rotten silkx never admitting counsel ox thx warx but at his nursexs tears he whinxd and roarxd away your victoryx that pages blushxd at himx and men of heart lookxd wondxring each at othersx coriolanusx hearxst thoux marsx aufidiusx name not the godx thou boy of tearsx coriolanusx hax aufidiusx xno morex coriolanusx measureless liarx thou hast made my heart too great for what contains itx xboyxx o slavex pardon mex lordsx xtis the first time that ever i was forcxd to scoldx your judgmentsx my grave lordsx must give this cur the liex and his own notionx who wears my stripes impressxd upon himx that must bear my beating to his gravex shall join to thrust the lie unto himx first lordx peacex bothx and hear me speakx coriolanusx cut me to piecesx volscesx men and ladsx stain all your edges on mex xboyxx false houndx if you have writ your annals truex xtis there thatx like an eagle in a dovexcotex i flutterxd your volscians in coriolix alone i did itx xboyxx aufidiusx whyx noble lordsx will you be put in mind of his blind fortunex which was your shamex by this unholy braggartx fore your own eyes and earsx conspiratorsx let him die forxtx all the peoplex tear him to piecesx do it presentlyx he killxd my sonx my daughterx he killxd my cousin marcusx he killxd my fatherx second lordx peacex hox no outragex peacex the man is noblex and his fame folds in this orb ox thx earthx his last offences to us shall have judicious hearingx standx aufidiusx and trouble not the peacex coriolanusx o that i had himx with six aufidiusesx or morex his tribex to use my lawful swordx aufidiusx insolent villainx conspiratorsx killx killx killx killx kill himx xthe conspirators draw and kill coriolanusxwho fallsx aufidius stands on himx lordsx holdx holdx holdx holdx aufidiusx my noble mastersx hear me speakx first lordx o tullusx second lordx thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weepx third lordx tread not upon himx masters allx be quietx put up your swordsx aufidiusx my lordsx when you shall knowx as in this ragex provokxd by himx you cannotx the great danger which this manxs life did owe youx youxll rejoice that he is thus cut offx please it your honours to call me to your senatex ixll deliver myself your loyal servantx or endure your heaviest censurex first lordx bear from hence his bodyx and mourn you for himx let him be regarded as the most noble corse that ever herald did follow to his umx second lordx his own impatience takes from aufidius a great part of blamex letxs make the best of itx aufidiusx my rage is gonex and i am struck with sorrowx take him upx helpx three ox thx chiefest soldiersx ixll be onex beat thou the drumx that it speak mournfullyx trail your steel pikesx though in this city he hath widowed and unchilded many a onex which to this hour bewail the injuryx yet he shall have a noble memoryx assistx exeuntx bearing the body of coriolanus xa dead march soundedx cymbeline contents act i scene ix britainx the garden of cymbelinexs palacex scene iix the samex scene iiix britainx a public placex scene ivx britainx cymbelinexs palacex scene vx romex philarioxs housex scene vix britainx cymbelinexs palacex scene viix britainx the palacex act ii scene ix britainx before cymbelinexs palacex scene iix britainx imogenxs bedchamber in cymbelinexs palacex a trunk in one cornerx scene iiix cymbelinexs palacex an antexchamber adjoining imogenxs apartmentsx scene ivx romex philarioxs housex scene vx romex another room in philarioxs housex act iii scene ix britainx a hall in cymbelinexs palacex scene iix britainx another room in cymbelinexs palacex scene iiix walesx a mountainous country with a cavex scene ivx walesx near milford havenx scene vx britainx cymbelinexs palacex scene vix walesx before the cave of belariusx scene viix the samex scene viiix romex a public placex act iv scene ix walesx near the cave of belariusx scene iix walesx before the cave of belariusx scene iiix britainx cymbelinexs palacex scene ivx walesx before the cave of belariusx act v scene ix britainx the roman campx scene iix britainx a field of battle between the british and roman campsx scene iiix another part of the fieldx scene ivx britainx a prisonx scene vx britainx cymbelinexs tentx dramatis personx cymbelinex king of britain clotenx son to the queen by a former husband posthumus leonatusx a gentlemanx husband to imogen belariusx a banished lordx disguised under the name of morgan guiderius and arviragusx sons to cymbelinex disguised under the names of polydore and cadwalx supposed sons to belarius philariox italianx friend to posthumus iachimox italianx friend to philario caius luciusx general of the roman forces pisaniox servant to posthumus corneliusx a physician a soothsayer a roman captain two british captains a french gentlemanx friend to philario two lords of cymbelinexs court two gentlemen of the same two gaolers queenx wife to cymbeline imogenx daughter to cymbeline by a former queen helenx a lady attending on imogen apparitions lordsx ladiesx roman senatorsx tribunesx a dutch gentlemanx a spanish gentlemanx musiciansx officersx captainsx soldiersx messengersx and attendants scenex britainx italyx act i scene ix britainx the garden of cymbelinexs palacex enter two gentlemenx first gentlemanx you do not meet a man but frownsx our bloods no more obey the heavens than our courtiers still seem as does the kingxsx second gentlemanx but whatxs the matterx first gentlemanx his daughterx and the heir ofxs kingdomx whom he purposxd to his wifexs sole sonxa widow that late he marriedxhath referrxd herself unto a poor but worthy gentlemanx shexs weddedx her husband banishxdx she imprisonxdx all is outward sorrowx though i think the king be touchxd at very heartx second gentlemanx none but the kingx first gentlemanx he that hath lost her toox so is the queenx that most desirxd the matchx but not a courtierx although they wear their faces to the bent of the kingxs looksx hath a heart that is not glad at the thing they scowl atx second gentlemanx and why sox first gentlemanx he that hath missxd the princess is a thing too bad for bad reportx and he that hath herx i mean that married herx alackx good manx and therefore banishxdxis a creature such asx to seek through the regions of the earth for one his likex there would be something failing in him that should comparex i do not think so fair an outward and such stuff within endows a man but hex second gentlemanx you speak him farx first gentlemanx i do extend himx sirx within himselfx crush him together rather than unfold his measure dulyx second gentlemanx whatxs his name and birthx first gentlemanx i cannot delve him to the rootx his father was callxd siciliusx who did join his honour against the romans with cassibelanx but had his titles by tenantiusx whom he servxd with glory and admirxd successx so gainxd the surxaddition leonatusx and hadx besides this gentleman in questionx two other sonsx whox in the wars ox thx timex died with their swords in handx for which their fatherx then old and fond of issuex took such sorrow that he quit beingx and his gentle ladyx big of this gentlemanx our themex deceasxd as he was bornx the king he takes the babe to his protectionx calls him posthumus leonatusx breeds him and makes him of his bedxchamberx puts to him all the learnings that his time could make him the receiver ofx which he tookx as we do airx fast as xtwas ministxredx and inxs spring became a harvestx livxd in courtx which rare it is to doxmost praisxdx most lovxdx a sample to the youngestx to thx more mature a glass that feated themx and to the graver a child that guided dotardsx to his mistressx for whom he now is banishxdx her own price proclaims how she esteemxd him and his virtuex by her election may be truly read what kind of man he isx second gentlemanx i honour him even out of your reportx but pray you tell mex is she sole child to thx kingx first gentlemanx his only childx he had two sonsxif this be worth your hearingx mark itxthe eldest of them at three years oldx ix thx swathing clothes the otherx from their nursery were stolxnx and to this hour no guess in knowledge which way they wentx second gentlemanx how long is this agox first gentlemanx some twenty yearsx second gentlemanx that a kingxs children should be so conveyxdx so slackly guardedx and the search so slow that could not trace themx first gentlemanx howsoexer xtis strangex or that the negligence may well be laughxd atx yet is it truex sirx second gentlemanx i do well believe youx first gentlemanx we must forbearx here comes the gentlemanx the queenx and princessx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex enter queenx posthumus and imogenx queenx nox be assurxd you shall not find mex daughterx after the slander of most stepmothersx evilxeyxd unto youx youxre my prisonerx but your gaoler shall deliver you the keys that lock up your restraintx for youx posthumusx so soon as i can win thx offended kingx i will be known your advocatex marryx yet the fire of rage is in himx and xtwere good you leanxd unto his sentence with what patience your wisdom may inform youx posthumusx please your highnessx i will from hence todayx queenx you know the perilx ixll fetch a turn about the gardenx pitying the pangs of barrxd affectionsx though the king hath chargxd you should not speak togetherx xxexitxxx imogenx o dissembling courtesyx how fine this tyrant can tickle where she woundsx my dearest husbandx i something fear my fatherxs wrathx but nothing xalways reservxd my holy dutyx what his rage can do on mex you must be gonex and i shall here abide the hourly shot of angry eyesx not comforted to live but that there is this jewel in the world that i may see againx posthumusx my queenx my mistressx o ladyx weep no morex lest i give cause to be suspected of more tenderness than doth become a manx i will remain the loyalxst husband that did exer plight trothx my residence in rome at one philarioxsx who to my father was a friendx to me known but by letterx thither writex my queenx and with mine eyes ixll drink the words you sendx though ink be made of gallx enter queenx queenx be briefx i pray youx if the king comex i shall incur i know not how much of his displeasurex xxasidexxx yet ixll move him to walk this wayx i never do him wrong but he does buy my injuriesx to be friendsx pays dear for my offencesx xxexitxxx posthumusx should we be taking leave as long a term as yet we have to livex the loathness to depart would growx adieux imogenx nayx stay a littlex were you but riding forth to air yourselfx such parting were too pettyx look herex lovex this diamond was my motherxsx take itx heartx but keep it till you woo another wifex when imogen is deadx posthumusx howx howx anotherx you gentle godsx give me but this i havex and sear up my embracements from a next with bonds of deathx remainx remain thou here xxputs on the ringxxx while sense can keep it onx andx sweetestx fairestx as i my poor self did exchange for youx to your so infinite lossx so in our trifles i still win of youx for my sake wear thisx it is a manacle of lovex ixll place it upon this fairest prisonerx xxputs a bracelet on her armxxx imogenx o the godsx when shall we see againx enter cymbeline and lordsx posthumusx alackx the kingx cymbelinex thou basest thingx avoidx hence from my sight if after this command thou fraught the court with thy unworthinessx thou diestx awayx thouxrt poison to my bloodx posthumusx the gods protect youx and bless the good remainders of the courtx i am gonex xxexitxxx imogenx there cannot be a pinch in death more sharp than this isx cymbelinex o disloyal thingx that shouldst repair my youthx thou heapxst a yearxs age on mex imogenx i beseech youx sirx harm not yourself with your vexationx i am senseless of your wrathx a touch more rare subdues all pangsx all fearsx cymbelinex past gracex obediencex imogenx past hopex and in despairx that way past gracex cymbelinex that mightst have had the sole son of my queenx imogenx o blessed that i might notx i chose an eaglex and did avoid a puttockx cymbelinex thou tookxst a beggarx wouldst have made my throne a seat for basenessx imogenx nox i rather added a lustre to itx cymbelinex o thou vile onex imogenx sirx it is your fault that i have lovxd posthumusx you bred him as my playfellowx and he is a man worth any womanx overbuys me almost the sum he paysx cymbelinex whatx art thou madx imogenx almostx sirx heaven restore mex would i were a neatxherdxs daughterx and my leonatus our neighbour shepherdxs sonx enter queenx cymbelinex thou foolish thingx xxto the queenxxx they were again togetherx you have done not after our commandx away with herx and pen her upx queenx beseech your patiencex peacex dear lady daughterx peacexxsweet sovereignx leave us to ourselvesx and make yourself some comfort out of your best advicex cymbelinex nayx let her languish a drop of blood a day andx being agedx die of this follyx xxexit with lordsxxx enter pisaniox queenx fiex you must give wayx here is your servantx how nowx sirx what newsx pisaniox my lord your son drew on my masterx queenx hax no harmx i trustx is donex pisaniox there might have beenx but that my master rather playxd than foughtx and had no help of angerx they were parted by gentlemen at handx queenx i am very glad onxtx imogenx your sonxs my fatherxs friendx he takes his part to draw upon an exilex o brave sirx i would they were in afric both togetherx myself by with a needlex that i might prick the goerxbackx why came you from your masterx pisaniox on his commandx he would not suffer me to bring him to the havenx left these notes of what commands i should be subject tox whenxt pleasxd you to employ mex queenx this hath been your faithful servantx i dare lay mine honour he will remain sox pisaniox i humbly thank your highnessx queenx pray walk awhilex imogenx about some halfxhour hencex pray you speak with mex you shall at least go see my lord aboardx for this time leave mex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix britainx a public placex enter cloten and two lordsx first lordx sirx i would advise you to shift a shirtx the violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrificex where air comes outx air comes inx therexs none abroad so wholesome as that you ventx clotenx if my shirt were bloodyx then to shift itx have i hurt himx second lordx xxasidexxx nox faithx not so much as his patiencex first lordx hurt himx his bodyxs a passable carcass if he be not hurtx it is a throughfare for steel if it be not hurtx second lordx xxasidexxx his steel was in debtx it went ox thx backside the townx clotenx the villain would not stand mex second lordx xxasidexxx nox but he fled forward stillx toward your facex first lordx stand youx you have land enough of your ownx but he added to your havingx gave you some groundx second lordx xxasidexxx as many inches as you have oceansx puppiesx clotenx i would they had not come between usx second lordx xxasidexxx so would ix till you had measurxd how long a fool you were upon the groundx clotenx and that she should love this fellowx and refuse mex second lordx xxasidexxx if it be a sin to make a true electionx she is damnxdx first lordx sirx as i told you alwaysx her beauty and her brain go not togetherx shexs a good signx but i have seen small reflection of her witx second lordx xxasidexxx she shines not upon foolsx lest the reflection should hurt herx clotenx comex ixll to my chamberx would there had been some hurt donex second lordx xxasidexxx i wish not sox unless it had been the fall of an assx which is no great hurtx clotenx youxll go with usx first lordx ixll attend your lordshipx clotenx nayx comex letxs go togetherx second lordx wellx my lordx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx britainx cymbelinexs palacex enter imogen and pisaniox imogenx i would thou grewxst unto the shores ox thx havenx and questionedxst every sailx if he should writex and i not have itx xtwere a paper lostx as offerxd mercy isx what was the last that he spake to theex pisaniox it wasx his queenx his queenx imogenx then wavxd his handkerchiefx pisaniox and kissxd itx madamx imogenx senseless linenx happier therein than ix and that was allx pisaniox nox madamx for so long as he could make me with his eyex or ear distinguish him from othersx he did keep the deckx with glovex or hatx or handkerchiefx still wavingx as the fits and stirs ofxs mind could best express how slow his soul sailxd onx how swift his shipx imogenx thou shouldst have made him as little as a crowx or lessx ere left to afterxeye himx pisaniox madamx so i didx imogenx i would have broke mine eyestringsx crackxd them but to look upon himx till the diminution of space had pointed him sharp as my needlex nayx followed him till he had melted from the smallness of a gnat to airx and then have turnxd mine eye and weptx butx good pisaniox when shall we hear from himx pisaniox be assurxdx madamx with his next vantagex imogenx i did not take my leave of himx but had most pretty things to sayx ere i could tell him how i would think on him at certain hours such thoughts and suchx or i could make him swear the shes of italy should not betray mine interest and his honourx or have chargxd himx at the sixth hour of mornx at noonx at midnightx tx encounter me with orisonsx for then i am in heaven for himx or ere i could give him that parting kiss which i had set betwixt two charming wordsx comes in my fatherx and like the tyrannous breathing of the north shakes all our buds from growingx enter a ladyx ladyx the queenx madamx desires your highnessx companyx imogenx those things i bid you dox get them dispatchxdx i will attend the queenx pisaniox madamx i shallx xxexeuntxxx scene vx romex philarioxs housex enter philariox iachimox a frenchmanx a dutchman and a spaniardx iachimox believe itx sirx i have seen him in britainx he was then of a crescent notex expected to prove so worthy as since he hath been allowed the name ofx but i could then have lookxd on him without the help of admirationx though the catalogue of his endowments had been tabled by his sidex and i to peruse him by itemsx philariox you speak of him when he was less furnishxd than now he is with that which makes him both without and withinx frenchmanx i have seen him in francex we had very many there could behold the sun with as firm eyes as hex iachimox this matter of marrying his kingxs daughterx wherein he must be weighed rather by her value than his ownx words himx i doubt notx a great deal from the matterx frenchmanx and then his banishmentx iachimox ayx and the approbation of those that weep this lamentable divorce under her colours are wonderfully to extend himx be it but to fortify her judgementx which else an easy battery might lay flatx for taking a beggarx without less qualityx but how comes it he is to sojourn with youx how creeps acquaintancex philariox his father and i were soldiers togetherx to whom i have been often bound for no less than my lifex enter posthumusx here comes the britonx let him be so entertained amongst you as suits with gentlemen of your knowing to a stranger of his qualityx i beseech you all be better known to this gentlemanx whom i commend to you as a noble friend of minex how worthy he is i will leave to appear hereafterx rather than story him in his own hearingx frenchmanx sirx we have known together in orleansx posthumusx since when i have been debtor to you for courtesiesx which i will be ever to pay and yet pay stillx frenchmanx sirx you oxerrate my poor kindnessx i was glad i did atone my countryman and youx it had been pity you should have been put together with so mortal a purpose as then each borex upon importance of so slight and trivial a naturex posthumusx by your pardonx sirx i was then a young travellerx rather shunnxd to go even with what i heard than in my every action to be guided by othersx experiencesx but upon my mended judgement xif i offend not to say it is mendedx my quarrel was not altogether slightx frenchmanx faithx yesx to be put to the arbitrement of swordsx and by such two that would by all likelihood have confounded one the other or have fallxn bothx iachimox can wex with mannersx ask what was the differencex frenchmanx safelyx i thinkx xtwas a contention in publicx which mayx without contradictionx suffer the reportx it was much like an argument that fell out last nightx where each of us fell in praise of our country mistressesx this gentleman at that time vouching xand upon warrant of bloody affirmationx his to be more fairx virtuousx wisex chastex constantx qualifiedx and less attemptablex than any the rarest of our ladies in francex iachimox that lady is not now livingx or this gentlemanxs opinionx by thisx worn outx posthumusx she holds her virtue stillx and i my mindx iachimox you must not so far prefer her xfore ours of italyx posthumusx being so far provokxd as i was in francex i would abate her nothingx though i profess myself her adorerx not her friendx iachimox as fair and as goodxa kind of handxinxhand comparisonxhad been something too fair and too good for any lady in britainx if she went before others i have seen as that diamond of yours outlustres many i have beheldx i could not but believe she excelled manyx but i have not seen the most precious diamond that isx nor you the ladyx posthumusx i praisxd her as i rated herx so do i my stonex iachimox what do you esteem it atx posthumusx more than the world enjoysx iachimox either your unparagonxd mistress is deadx or shexs outprizxd by a triflex posthumusx you are mistakenx the one may be sold or givenx if there were wealth enough for the purchase or merit for the giftx the other is not a thing for salex and only the gift of the godsx iachimox which the gods have given youx posthumusx which by their graces i will keepx iachimox you may wear her in title yoursx but you know strange fowl light upon neighbouring pondsx your ring may be stolxn toox so your brace of unprizable estimationsx the one is but frail and the other casualx a cunning thiefx or a thatxwayxaccomplishxd courtierx would hazard the winning both of first and lastx posthumusx your italy contains none so accomplishxd a courtier to convince the honour of my mistressx if in the holding or loss of that you term her frailx i do nothing doubt you have store of thievesx notwithstandingx i fear not my ringx philariox let us leave herex gentlemenx posthumusx sirx with all my heartx this worthy signiorx i thank himx makes no stranger of mex we are familiar at firstx iachimox with five times so much conversation i should get ground of your fair mistressx make her go back even to the yieldingx had i admittance and opportunity to friendx posthumusx nox nox iachimox i dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my estate to your ringx whichx in my opinionx oxervalues it somethingx but i make my wager rather against your confidence than her reputationx andx to bar your offence herein toox i durst attempt it against any lady in the worldx posthumusx you are a great deal abusxd in too bold a persuasionx and i doubt not you sustain what yxare worthy of by your attemptx iachimox whatxs thatx posthumusx a repulsex though your attemptx as you call itx deserve morex a punishment toox philariox gentlemenx enough of thisx it came in too suddenlyx let it die as it was bornx and i pray you be better acquaintedx iachimox would i had put my estate and my neighbourxs on thx approbation of what i have spokex posthumusx what lady would you choose to assailx iachimox yoursx whom in constancy you think stands so safex i will lay you ten thousand ducats to your ring thatx commend me to the court where your lady isx with no more advantage than the opportunity of a second conferencex and i will bring from thence that honour of hers which you imagine so reservxdx posthumusx i will wage against your goldx gold to itx my ring i hold dear as my fingerx xtis part of itx iachimox you are a friendx and therein the wiserx if you buy ladiesx flesh at a million a dramx you cannot preserve it from taintingx but i see you have some religion in youx that you fearx posthumusx this is but a custom in your tonguex you bear a graver purposex i hopex iachimox i am the master of my speechesx and would undergo whatxs spokenx i swearx posthumusx will youx i shall but lend my diamond till your returnx let there be covenants drawn betweenxsx my mistress exceeds in goodness the hugeness of your unworthy thinkingx i dare you to this matchx herexs my ringx philariox i will have it no layx iachimox by the godsx it is onex if i bring you no sufficient testimony that i have enjoyxd the dearest bodily part of your mistressx my ten thousand ducats are yoursx so is your diamond toox if i come offx and leave her in such honour as you have trust inx she your jewelx this your jewelx and my gold are yoursx provided i have your commendation for my more free entertainmentx posthumusx i embrace these conditionsx let us have articles betwixt usx onlyx thus far you shall answerx if you make your voyage upon herx and give me directly to understand you have prevailxdx i am no further your enemyx she is not worth our debatex if she remain unseducxdx you not making it appear otherwisex for your ill opinion and thx assault you have made to her chastity you shall answer me with your swordx iachimox your handx a covenantx we will have these things set down by lawful counselx and straight away for britainx lest the bargain should catch cold and starvex i will fetch my gold and have our two wagers recordedx posthumusx agreedx xxexeunt posthumus and iachimoxxx frenchmanx will this holdx think youx philariox signior iachimo will not from itx pray let us follow xemx xxexeuntxxx scene vix britainx cymbelinexs palacex enter queenx ladies and corneliusx queenx whiles yet the dewxs on groundx gather those flowersx make hastex who has the note of themx ladyx ix madamx queenx dispatchx xxexeunt ladiesxxx nowx master doctorx have you brought those drugsx corneliusx pleaseth your highnessx ayx here they arex madamx xxpresenting a boxxxx but i beseech your gracex without offencex xmy conscience bids me askx wherefore you have commanded of me these most poisonous compounds which are the movers of a languishing deathx butx though slowx deadlyx queenx i wonderx doctorx thou askxst me such a questionx have i not been thy pupil longx hast thou not learnxd me how to make perfumesx distilx preservex yeax so that our great king himself doth woo me oft for my confectionsx having thus far proceeded xunless thou thinkxst me devilishx isxt not meet that i did amplify my judgement in other conclusionsx i will try the forces of these thy compounds on such creatures as we count not worth the hanging xbut none humanx to try the vigour of themx and apply allayments to their actx and by them gather their several virtues and effectsx corneliusx your highness shall from this practice but make hard your heartx besidesx the seeing these effects will be both noisome and infectiousx queenx ox content theex enter pisaniox xxasidexxx here comes a flattering rascalx upon him will i first workx hexs for his masterx an enemy to my sonx how nowx pisaniox doctorx your service for this time is endedx take your own wayx corneliusx xxasidexxx i do suspect youx madamx but you shall do no harmx queenx xxto pisanioxxx hark theex a wordx corneliusx xxasidexxx i do not like herx she doth think she has strange lingxring poisonsx i do know her spiritx and will not trust one of her malice with a drug of such damnxd naturex those she has will stupefy and dull the sense awhilex which first perchance shexll prove on cats and dogsx then afterward up higherx but there is no danger in what show of death it makesx more than the locking up the spirits a timex to be more freshx revivingx she is foolxd with a most false effectx and i the truer so to be false with herx queenx no further servicex doctorx until i send for theex corneliusx i humbly take my leavex xxexitxxx queenx weeps she stillx sayxst thoux dost thou think in time she will not quenchx and let instructions enter where folly now possessesx do thou workx when thou shalt bring me word she loves my sonx ixll tell thee on the instant thou art then as great as is thy masterx greaterx for his fortunes all lie speechlessx and his name is at last gaspx return he cannotx nor continue where he isx to shift his being is to exchange one misery with anotherx and every day that comes comes to decay a dayxs work in himx what shalt thou expect to be depender on a thing that leansx who cannot be new builtx nor has no friends so much as but to prop himx xxthe queen drops the boxx pisanio takes it upxxx thou takxst up thou knowxst not whatx but take it for thy labourx it is a thing i madex which hath the king five times redeemxd from deathx i do not know what is more cordialx nayx i prithee take itx it is an earnest of a further good that i mean to theex tell thy mistress how the case stands with herx doxt as from thyselfx think what a chance thou changest onx but think thou hast thy mistress stillx to bootx my sonx who shall take notice of theex ixll move the king to any shape of thy prefermentx such as thouxlt desirex and then myselfx i chieflyx that set thee on to this desertx am bound to load thy merit richlyx call my womenx think on my wordsx xxexit pisanioxxx a sly and constant knavex not to be shakxdx the agent for his masterx and the remembrancer of her to hold the handxfast to her lordx i have given him that whichx if he takex shall quite unpeople her of liegers for her sweetx and which she afterx except she bend her humourx shall be assurxd to taste of toox enter pisanio and ladiesx sox sox well donex well donex the violetsx cowslipsx and the primrosesx bear to my closetx fare thee wellx pisaniox think on my wordsx xxexeunt queen and ladiesxxx pisaniox and shall dox but when to my good lord i prove untrue ixll choke myselfx therexs all ixll do for youx xxexitxxx scene viix britainx the palacex enter imogen alonex imogenx a father cruel and a stepxdame falsex a foolish suitor to a wedded lady that hath her husband banishxdx ox that husbandx my supreme crown of griefx and those repeated vexations of itx had i been thiefxstolxnx as my two brothersx happyx but most miserable is the desire thatxs gloriousx blessed be thosex how mean soexerx that have their honest willsx which seasons comfortx who may this bex fiex enter pisanio and iachimox pisaniox madamx a noble gentleman of rome comes from my lord with lettersx iachimox change youx madamx the worthy leonatus is in safetyx and greets your highness dearlyx xxpresents a letterxxx imogenx thanksx good sirx youxre kindly welcomex iachimox xxasidexxx all of her that is out of door most richx if she be furnishxd with a mind so rarex she is alone thx arabian birdx and i have lost the wagerx boldness be my friendx arm mex audacityx from head to footx orx like the parthianx i shall flying fightx ratherx directly flyx imogenx xxreadsxxx xhe is one of the noblest notex to whose kindnesses i am most infinitely tiedx reflect upon him accordinglyx as you value your trustx leonatusxx so far i read aloudx but even the very middle of my heart is warmxd by thx rest and takes it thankfullyx you are as welcomex worthy sirx as i have words to bid youx and shall find it so in all that i can dox iachimox thanksx fairest ladyx whatx are men madx hath nature given them eyes to see this vaulted arch and the rich crop of sea and landx which can distinguish xtwixt the fiery orbs above and the twinnxd stones upon the numberxd beachx and can we not partition make with spectacles so precious xtwixt fair and foulx imogenx what makes your admirationx iachimox it cannot be ix thx eyex for apes and monkeysx xtwixt two such shesx would chatter this way and contemn with mows the otherx nor ix thx judgementx for idiots in this case of favour would be wisely definitex nor ix thx appetitex slutteryx to such neat excellence opposxdx should make desire vomit emptinessx not so allurxd to feedx imogenx what is the matterx trowx iachimox the cloyed willx that satiate yet unsatisfied desirex that tub both fillxd and runningxravening first the lambx longs after for the garbagex imogenx whatx dear sirx thus raps youx are you wellx iachimox thanksx madamx wellx beseech youx sirx desire my manxs abode where i did leave himx hexs strange and peevishx pisaniox i was goingx sirx to give him welcomex xxexitxxx imogenx continues well my lordx his health beseech youx iachimox wellx madamx imogenx is he disposxd to mirthx i hope he isx iachimox exceeding pleasantx none a stranger there so merry and so gamesomex he is callxd the briton revellerx imogenx when he was here he did incline to sadnessx and oftxtimes not knowing whyx iachimox i never saw him sadx there is a frenchman his companionx one an eminent monsieur thatx it seemsx much loves a gallian girl at homex he furnaces the thick sighs from himx whiles the jolly briton xyour lordx i meanx laughs fromxs free lungsx cries xox can my sides holdx to think that manx who knows by historyx reportx or his own proofx what woman isx yeax what she cannot choose but must bex willxs free hours languish for assured bondagexx imogenx will my lord say sox iachimox ayx madamx with his eyes in flood with laughterx it is a recreation to be by and hear him mock the frenchmanx but heavens know some men are much to blamex imogenx not hex i hopex iachimox not hex but yet heavenxs bounty towards him might be usxd more thankfullyx in himselfx xtis muchx in youx which i account hisx beyond all talentsx whilst i am bound to wonderx i am bound to pity toox imogenx what do you pityx sirx iachimox two creatures heartilyx imogenx am i onex sirx you look on mex what wreck discern you in me deserves your pityx iachimox lamentablex whatx to hide me from the radiant sun and solace ix thx dungeon by a snuffx imogenx i pray youx sirx deliver with more openness your answers to my demandsx why do you pity mex iachimox that others dox i was about to sayx enjoy yourxbut it is an office of the gods to venge itx not mine to speak onxtx imogenx you do seem to know something of mex or what concerns mex pray youx since doubting things go ill often hurts more than to be sure they dox for certainties either are past remediesx orx timely knowingx the remedy then bornxdiscover to me what both you spur and stopx iachimox had i this cheek to bathe my lips uponx this handx whose touchx whose every touchx would force the feelerxs soul to thx oath of loyaltyx this objectx which takes prisoner the wild motion of mine eyex fixing it only herex should ix damnxd thenx slaver with lips as common as the stairs that mount the capitolx join gripes with hands made hard with hourly falsehood xfalsehood as with labourxx then byxpeeping in an eye base and illustrious as the smoky light thatxs fed with stinking tallowx it were fit that all the plagues of hell should at one time encounter such revoltx imogenx my lordx i fearx has forgot britainx iachimox and himselfx not i inclinxd to this intelligence pronounce the beggary of his changex but xtis your graces that from my mutest conscience to my tongue charms this report outx imogenx let me hear no morex iachimox o dearest soulx your cause doth strike my heart with pity that doth make me sickx a lady so fairx and fastenxd to an emperyx would make the greatxst king doublex to be partnerxd with tomboys hirxd with that self exhibition which your own coffers yieldx with diseasxd ventures that play with all infirmities for gold which rottenness can lend naturex such boilxd stuff as well might poison poisonx be revengxdx or she that bore you was no queenx and you recoil from your great stockx imogenx revengxdx how should i be revengxdx if this be truex xas i have such a heart that both mine ears must not in haste abusex if it be truex how should i be revengxdx iachimox should he make me live like dianaxs priest betwixt cold sheetsx whiles he is vaulting variable rampsx in your despitex upon your pursex revenge itx i dedicate myself to your sweet pleasurex more noble than that runagate to your bedx and will continue fast to your affectionx still close as surex imogenx what hox pisaniox iachimox let me my service tender on your lipsx imogenx awayx i do condemn mine ears that have so long attended theex if thou wert honourablex thou wouldst have told this tale for virtuex not for such an end thou seekxstx as base as strangex thou wrongxst a gentleman who is as far from thy report as thou from honourx and solicits here a lady that disdains thee and the devil alikex what hox pisaniox the king my father shall be made acquainted of thy assaultx if he shall think it fit a saucy stranger in his court to mart as in a romish stewx and to expound his beastly mind to usx he hath a court he little cares forx and a daughter who he not respects at allx what hox pisaniox iachimox o happy leonatusx i may say the credit that thy lady hath of thee deserves thy trustx and thy most perfect goodness her assurxd creditx blessed live you longx a lady to the worthiest sir that ever country callxd hisx and you his mistressx only for the most worthiest fitx give me your pardonx i have spoke this to know if your affiance were deeply rootedx and shall make your lord that which he is new oxerx and he is one the truest mannerxdx such a holy witch that he enchants societies into himx half all menxs hearts are hisx imogenx you make amendsx iachimox he sits xmongst men like a descended godx he hath a kind of honour sets him off more than a mortal seemingx be not angryx most mighty princessx that i have adventurxd to try your taking of a false reportx which hath honourxd with confirmation your great judgement in the election of a sir so rarex which you know cannot errx the love i bear him made me to fan you thusx but the gods made youx unlike all othersx chafflessx pray your pardonx imogenx allxs wellx sirx take my powxr ix thx court for yoursx iachimox my humble thanksx i had almost forgot tx entreat your grace but in a small requestx and yet of moment toox for it concerns your lordx myself and other noble friends are partners in the businessx imogenx pray what isxtx iachimox some dozen romans of usx and your lord xthe best feather of our wingx have mingled sums to buy a present for the emperorx which ix the factor for the restx have done in francex xtis plate of rare devicex and jewels of rich and exquisite formx their values greatx and i am something curiousx being strangex to have them in safe stowagex may it please you to take them in protectionx imogenx willinglyx and pawn mine honour for their safetyx since my lord hath interest in themx i will keep them in my bedchamberx iachimox they are in a trunkx attended by my menx i will make bold to send them to you only for this nightx i must aboard tomorrowx imogenx ox nox nox iachimox yesx i beseechx or i shall short my word by lengthxning my returnx from gallia i crossxd the seas on purpose and on promise to see your gracex imogenx i thank you for your painsx but not away tomorrowx iachimox ox i mustx madamx therefore i shall beseech youx if you please to greet your lord with writingx doxt tonightx i have outstood my timex which is material to thx tender of our presentx imogenx i will writex send your trunk to mex it shall safe be kept and truly yielded youx youxre very welcomex xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix britainx before cymbelinexs palacex enter cloten and the two lordsx clotenx was there ever man had such luckx when i kissxd the jackx upon an upcast to be hit awayx i had a hundred pound onxtx and then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearingx as if i borrowed mine oaths of himx and might not spend them at my pleasurex first lordx what got he by thatx you have broke his pate with your bowlx second lordx xxasidexxx if his wit had been like him that broke itx it would have run all outx clotenx when a gentleman is disposxd to swearx it is not for any standersxby to curtail his oathsx hax second lordx nox my lordx xxasidexxx nor crop the ears of themx clotenx whoreson dogx i gave him satisfactionx would he had been one of my rankx second lordx xxasidexxx to have smellxd like a foolx clotenx i am not vexxd more at anything in thx earthx a pox onxtx i had rather not be so noble as i amx they dare not fight with mex because of the queen my motherx every jackslave hath his bellyful of fightingx and i must go up and down like a cock that nobody can matchx second lordx xxasidexxx you are cock and capon toox and you crowx cockx with your comb onx clotenx sayest thoux second lordx it is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offence tox clotenx nox i know thatx but it is fit i should commit offence to my inferiorsx second lordx ayx it is fit for your lordship onlyx clotenx whyx so i sayx first lordx did you hear of a stranger thatxs come to court tonightx clotenx a strangerx and i not known onxtx second lordx xxasidexxx hexs a strange fellow himselfx and knows it notx first lordx therexs an italian comex andx xtis thoughtx one of leonatusx friendsx clotenx leonatusx a banishxd rascalx and hexs anotherx whatsoever he bex who told you of this strangerx first lordx one of your lordshipxs pagesx clotenx is it fit i went to look upon himx is there no derogation inxtx second lordx you cannot derogatex my lordx clotenx not easilyx i thinkx second lordx xxasidexxx you are a fool grantedx therefore your issuesx being foolishx do not derogatex clotenx comex ixll go see this italianx what i have lost today at bowls ixll win tonight of himx comex gox second lordx ixll attend your lordshipx xxexeunt cloten and first lordxxx that such a crafty devil as is his mother should yield the world this assx a woman that bears all down with her brainx and this her son cannot take two from twentyx for his heartx and leave eighteenx alasx poor princessx thou divine imogenx what thou endurxstx betwixt a father by thy stepxdame governxdx a mother hourly coining plotsx a wooer more hateful than the foul expulsion is of thy dear husbandx than that horrid act of the divorce hexd makex the heavens hold firm the walls of thy dear honourx keep unshakxd that templex thy fair mindx that thou mayst stand tx enjoy thy banishxd lord and this great landx xxexitxxx scene iix britainx imogenxs bedchamber in cymbelinexs palacex a trunk in one cornerx enter immogen in her bedx and a lady attendingx imogenx whoxs therex my woman helenx ladyx please youx madamx imogenx what hour is itx ladyx almost midnightx madamx imogenx i have read three hours thenx mine eyes are weakx fold down the leaf where i have leftx to bedx take not away the taperx leave it burningx and if thou canst awake by four ox thx clockx i prithee call mex sleep hath seizxd me whollyx xxexit ladyxxx to your protection i commend mex godsx from fairies and the tempters of the night guard mex beseech yex xxsleepsx iachimo comes from the trunkxxx iachimox the crickets singx and manxs oxerxlabourxd sense repairs itself by restx our tarquin thus did softly press the rushes ere he wakenxd the chastity he woundedx cythereax how bravely thou becomxst thy bedx fresh lilyx and whiter than the sheetsx that i might touchx but kissx one kissx rubies unparagonxdx how dearly they doxtx xtis her breathing that perfumes the chamber thusx the flame ox thx taper bows toward her and would underxpeep her lids to see thx enclosed lightsx now canopied under these windows white and azurex lacxd with blue of heavenxs own tinctx but my design to note the chamberx i will write all downx such and such picturesx there the windowx such thx adornment of her bedx the arrasx figuresx whyx such and suchx and the contents ox thx storyx ahx but some natural notes about her body above ten thousand meaner movables would testifyx tx enrich mine inventoryx o sleepx thou ape of deathx lie dull upon herx and be her sense but as a monumentx thus in a chapel lyingx come offx come offx xxtaking off her braceletxxx as slippery as the gordian knot was hardx xtis minex and this will witness outwardlyx as strongly as the conscience does withinx to thx madding of her lordx on her left breast a mole cinquexspottedx like the crimson drops ix thx bottom of a cowslipx herexs a voucher stronger than ever law could makex this secret will force him think i have pickxd the lock and taxen the treasure of her honourx no morex to what endx why should i write this down thatxs rivetedx screwxd to my memoryx she hath been reading late the tale of tereusx here the leafxs turnxd down where philomel gave upx i have enoughx to thx trunk againx and shut the spring of itx swiftx swiftx you dragons of the nightx that dawning may bare the ravenxs eyex i lodge in fearx though this a heavenly angelx hell is herex xxclock strikesxxx onex twox threex timex timex xxexit into the trunkxxx scene iiix cymbelinexs palacex an antexchamber adjoining imogenxs apartmentsx enter cloten and lordsx first lordx your lordship is the most patient man in lossx the most coldest that ever turnxd up acex clotenx it would make any man cold to losex first lordx but not every man patient after the noble temper of your lordshipx you are most hot and furious when you winx clotenx winning will put any man into couragex if i could get this foolish imogenx i should have gold enoughx itxs almost morningx isxt notx first lordx dayx my lordx clotenx i would this music would comex i am advised to give her music a morningsx they say it will penetratex enter musiciansx come onx tunex if you can penetrate her with your fingeringx sox wexll try with tongue toox if none will dox let her remainx but ixll never give oxerx firstx a very excellent goodxconceited thingx afterx a wonderful sweet airx with admirable rich words to itx and then let her considerx song harkx harkx the lark at heavenxs gate singsx and phxbus xgins arisex his steeds to water at those springs on chalicxd flowxrs that liesx and winking maryxbuds begin to ope their golden eyesx with everything that pretty isx my lady sweetx arisex arisex arisex clotenx sox get you gonex if this penetratex i will consider your music the betterx if it do notx it is a vice in her ears which horsehairs and calvesx gutsx nor the voice of unpaved eunuch to bootx can never amendx xxexeunt musiciansxxx enter cymbeline and queenx second lordx here comes the kingx clotenx i am glad i was up so latex for thatxs the reason i was up so earlyx he cannot choose but take this service i have done fatherlyxxgood morrow to your majesty and to my gracious motherx cymbelinex attend you here the door of our stern daughterx will she not forthx clotenx i have assailxd her with musicsx but she vouchsafes no noticex cymbelinex the exile of her minion is too newx she hath not yet forgot himx some more time must wear the print of his remembrance onxtx and then shexs yoursx queenx you are most bound to thx kingx who lets go by no vantages that may prefer you to his daughterx frame yourself to orderly solicitsx and be friended with aptness of the seasonx make denials increase your servicesx so seem as if you were inspirxd to do those duties which you tender to herx that you in all obey herx save when command to your dismission tendsx and therein you are senselessx clotenx senselessx not sox enter a messengerx messengerx so like youx sirx ambassadors from romex the one is caius luciusx cymbelinex a worthy fellowx albeit he comes on angry purpose nowx but thatxs no fault of hisx we must receive him according to the honour of his senderx and towards himselfx his goodness forespent on usx we must extend our noticex our dear sonx when you have given good morning to your mistressx attend the queen and usx we shall have need tx employ you towards this romanx comex our queenx xxexeunt all but clotenxxx clotenx if she be upx ixll speak with herx if notx let her lie still and dreamx by your leavex hox xxknocksxxx i know her women are about herx what if i do line one of their handsx xtis gold which buys admittance xoft it dothx yeax and makes dianaxs rangers false themselvesx yield up their deer to thx stand ox thx stealerx and xtis gold which makes the true man killxd and saves the thiefx nayx sometime hangs both thief and true manx what can it not do and undox i will make one of her women lawyer to mex for i yet not understand the case myselfx by your leavex xxknocksxxx enter a ladyx ladyx whoxs there that knocksx clotenx a gentlemanx ladyx no morex clotenx yesx and a gentlewomanxs sonx ladyx thatxs more than some whose tailors are as dear as yours can justly boast ofx whatxs your lordshipxs pleasurex clotenx your ladyxs personx is she readyx ladyx ayx to keep her chamberx clotenx there is gold for youx sell me your good reportx ladyx howx my good namex or to report of you what i shall think is goodx the princessx enter imogenx clotenx good morrowx fairest sisterx your sweet handx xxexit ladyxxx imogenx good morrowx sirx you lay out too much pains for purchasing but troublex the thanks i give is telling you that i am poor of thanksx and scarce can spare themx clotenx still i swear i love youx imogenx if you but said sox xtwere as deep with mex if you swear stillx your recompense is still that i regard it notx clotenx this is no answerx imogenx but that you shall not say i yieldx being silentx i would not speakx i pray you spare mex faithx i shall unfold equal discourtesy to your best kindnessx one of your great knowing should learnx being taughtx forbearancex clotenx to leave you in your madness xtwere my sinx i will notx imogenx fools are not mad folksx clotenx do you call me foolx imogenx as i am madx i dox if youxll be patientx ixll no more be madx that cures us bothx i am much sorryx sirx you put me to forget a ladyxs manners by being so verbalx and learn nowx for allx that ix which know my heartx do here pronouncex by thx very truth of itx i care not for youx and am so near the lack of charity to accuse myself i hate youx which i had rather you felt than makext my boastx clotenx you sin against obediencex which you owe your fatherx for the contract you pretend with that base wretchx one bred of alms and fosterxd with cold dishesx with scraps ox thx courtx it is no contractx nonex and though it be allowed in meaner parties xyet who than he more meanxx to knit their souls xon whom there is no more dependency but brats and beggaryx in selfxfigurxd knotx yet you are curbxd from that enlargement by the consequence ox thx crownx and must not foil the precious note of it with a base slavex a hilding for a liveryx a squirexs clothx a pantlerx not so eminentx imogenx profane fellowx wert thou the son of jupiterx and no more but what thou art besidesx thou wert too base to be his groomx thou wert dignified enoughx even to the point of envyx if xtwere made comparative for your virtues to be stylxd the underxhangman of his kingdomx and hated for being preferrxd so wellx clotenx the south fog rot himx imogenx he never can meet more mischance than come to be but namxd of theex his meanxst garment that ever hath but clippxd his bodyx is dearer in my respectx than all the hairs above theex were they all made such menx how nowx pisaniox enter pisaniox clotenx xhis garmentxx now the devilx imogenx to dorothy my woman hie thee presentlyx clotenx xhis garmentxx imogenx i am sprited with a foolx frightedx and angxred worsex go bid my woman search for a jewel that too casually hath left mine armx it was thy masterxsx shrew mex if i would lose it for a revenue of any kingxs in europex i do think i sawxt this morningx confident i am last night xtwas on mine armx i kissxd itx i hope it be not gone to tell my lord that i kiss aught but hex pisaniox xtwill not be lostx imogenx i hope sox go and searchx xxexit pisanioxxx clotenx you have abusxd mex xhis meanest garmentxx imogenx ayx i said sox sirx if you will make xt an actionx call witness to xtx clotenx i will inform your fatherx imogenx your mother toox shexs my good lady and will conceivex i hopex but the worst of mex so i leave youx sirx to thx worst of discontentx xxexitxxx clotenx ixll be revengxdx xhis meanxst garmentxx wellx xxexitxxx scene ivx romex philarioxs housex enter posthumus and philariox posthumusx fear it notx sirx i would i were so sure to win the king as i am bold her honour will remain hersx philariox what means do you make to himx posthumusx not anyx but abide the change of timex quake in the present winterxs statex and wish that warmer days would comex in these fearxd hopes i barely gratify your lovex they failingx i must die much your debtorx philariox your very goodness and your company oxerpays all i can dox by this your king hath heard of great augustusx caius lucius will doxs commission throughlyx and i think hexll grant the tributex send thx arrearagesx or look upon our romansx whose remembrance is yet fresh in their griefx posthumusx i do believe statist though i am nonex nor like to bex that this will prove a warx and you shall hear the legions now in gallia sooner landed in our notxfearing britain than have tidings of any penny tribute paidx our countrymen are men more orderxd than when julius cxsar smilxd at their lack of skillx but found their courage worthy his frowning atx their disciplinex now mingled with their couragesx will make known to their approvers they are people such that mend upon the worldx enter iachimox philariox seex iachimox posthumusx the swiftest harts have posted you by landx and winds of all the corners kissxd your sailsx to make your vessel nimblex philariox welcomex sirx posthumusx i hope the briefness of your answer made the speediness of your returnx iachimox your lady is one of the fairest that i have lookxd uponx posthumusx and therewithal the bestx or let her beauty look through a casement to allure false heartsx and be false with themx iachimox here are letters for youx posthumusx their tenour goodx i trustx iachimox xtis very likex philariox was caius lucius in the britain court when you were therex iachimox he was expected thenx but not approachxdx posthumusx all is well yetx sparkles this stone as it was wontx or isxt not too dull for your good wearingx iachimox if i have lost itx i should have lost the worth of it in goldx ixll make a journey twice as far tx enjoy a second night of such sweet shortness which was mine in britainx for the ring is wonx posthumusx the stonexs too hard to come byx iachimox not a whitx your lady being so easyx posthumusx make notx sirx your loss your sportx i hope you know that we must not continue friendsx iachimox good sirx we mustx if you keep covenantx had i not brought the knowledge of your mistress homex i grant we were to question fartherx but i now profess myself the winner of her honourx together with your ringx and not the wronger of her or youx having proceeded but by both your willsx posthumusx if you can makext apparent that you have tasted her in bedx my hand and ring is yoursx if notx the foul opinion you had of her pure honour gains or loses your sword or minex or masterless leaves both to who shall find themx iachimox sirx my circumstancesx being so near the truth as i will make themx must first induce you to believex whose strength i will confirm with oathx which i doubt not youxll give me leave to spare when you shall find you need it notx posthumusx proceedx iachimox firstx her bedchamberx xwhere i confess i slept notx but profess had that was well worth watchingx it was hangxd with tapestry of silk and silverx the storyx proud cleopatra when she met her roman and cydnus swellxd above the banksx or for the press of boats or pridex a piece of work so bravely donex so richx that it did strive in workmanship and valuex which i wonderxd could be so rarely and exactly wroughtx since the true life onxt wasx posthumusx this is truex and this you might have heard of herex by me or by some otherx iachimox more particulars must justify my knowledgex posthumusx so they mustx or do your honour injuryx iachimox the chimney is south the chamberx and the chimneypiece chaste dian bathingx never saw i figures so likely to report themselvesx the cutter was as another naturex dumbx outwent herx motion and breath left outx posthumusx this is a thing which you might from relation likewise reapx beingx as it isx much spoke ofx iachimox the roof ox thx chamber with golden cherubins is frettedx her andirons xi had forgot themx were two winking cupids of silverx each on one foot standingx nicely depending on their brandsx posthumusx this is her honourx let it be granted you have seen all thisx and praise be given to your remembrancex the description of what is in her chamber nothing saves the wager you have laidx iachimox thenx if you canx xxshows the braceletxx be palex i beg but leave to air this jewelx seex and now xtis up againx it must be married to that your diamondx ixll keep themx posthumusx jovex once more let me behold itx is it that which i left with herx iachimox sir xi thank herx thatx she strippxd it from her armx i see her yetx her pretty action did outsell her giftx and yet enrichxd it toox she gave it mex and said she prizxd it oncex posthumusx may be she pluckxd it of to send it mex iachimox she writes so to youx doth shex posthumusx ox nox nox nox xtis truex herex take this toox xxgives the ringxxx it is a basilisk unto mine eyex kills me to look onxtx let there be no honour where there is beautyx truth where semblancex love where therexs another manx the vows of women of no more bondage be to where they are made than they are to their virtuesx which is nothingx ox above measure falsex philariox have patiencex sirx and take your ring againx xtis not yet wonx it may be probable she lost itx or who knows if one her womenx being corrupted hath stolxn it from herx posthumusx very truex and so i hope he came byxtx back my ringx render to me some corporal sign about herx more evident than thisx for this was stolxnx iachimox by jupiterx i had it from her armx posthumusx hark youx he swearsx by jupiter he swearsx xtis truex nayx keep the ringx xtis truex i am sure she would not lose itx her attendants are all sworn and honourablexxthey inducxd to steal itx and by a strangerx nox he hath enjoyxd herx the cognizance of her incontinency is thisx she hath bought the name of whore thus dearlyx therex take thy hirex and all the fiends of hell divide themselves between youx philariox sirx be patientx this is not strong enough to be believxd of one persuaded well ofx posthumusx never talk onxtx she hath been colted by himx iachimox if you seek for further satisfyingx under her breast xworthy the pressingx lies a molex right proud of that most delicate lodgingx by my lifex i kissxd itx and it gave me present hunger to feed againx though fullx you do remember this stain upon herx posthumusx ayx and it doth confirm another stainx as big as hell can holdx were there no more but itx iachimox will you hear morex posthumusx spare your arithmeticx never count the turnsx oncex and a millionx iachimox ixll be swornx posthumusx no swearingx if you will swear you have not donextx you liex and i will kill thee if thou dost deny thouxst made me cuckoldx iachimox ixll deny nothingx posthumusx o that i had her here to tear her limbxmealx i will go there and doxtx ix thx courtx before her fatherx ixll do somethingx xxexitxxx philariox quite besides the government of patiencex you have wonx letxs follow him and pervert the present wrath he hath against himselfx iachimox with all my heartx xxexeuntxxx scene vx romex another room in philarioxs housex enter posthumusx posthumusx is there no way for men to bex but women must be halfxworkersx we are all bastardsx and that most venerable man which i did call my father was i know not where when i was stampxdx some coiner with his tools made me a counterfeitx yet my mother seemxd the dian of that timex so doth my wife the nonpareil of thisx ox vengeancex vengeancex me of my lawful pleasure she restrainxdx and prayxd me oft forbearancex did it with a pudency so rosyx the sweet view onxt might well have warmxd old saturnx that i thought her as chaste as unsunnxd snowx ox all the devilsx this yellow iachimo in an hourx wasxt notx or lessx at firstx perchance he spoke notx butx like a fullxacornxd boarx a german onex cried xoxx and mountedx found no opposition but what he lookxd for should oppose and she should from encounter guardx could i find out the womanxs part in mex for therexs no motion that tends to vice in man but i affirm it is the womanxs partx be it lyingx note itx the womanxsx flatteringx hersx deceivingx hersx lust and rank thoughtsx hersx hersx revengesx hersx ambitionsx covetingsx change of pridesx disdainx nice longingx slandersx mutabilityx all faults that man may namex nayx that hell knowsx whyx hersx in part or allx but rather allx for even to vice they are not constantx but are changing still one vice but of a minute old for one not half so old as thatx ixll write against themx detest themx curse themx yet xtis greater skill in a true hate to pray they have their willx the very devils cannot plague them betterx xxexitxxx act iii scene ix britainx a hall in cymbelinexs palacex enter in state cymbelinex queenx cloten and lords at one doorx and at another caius lucius and attendantsx cymbelinex now sayx what would augustus cxsar with usx luciusx when julius cxsarx xwhose remembrance yet lives in menxs eyesx and will to ears and tongues be theme and hearing everx was in this britainx and conquerxd itx cassibelanx thine unclex famous in cxsarxs praises no whit less than in his feats deserving itx for him and his succession granted rome a tributex yearly three thousand poundsx which by thee lately is left untenderxdx queenx andx to kill the marvelx shall be so everx clotenx there be many cxsars ere such another juliusx britain is a world by itselfx and we will nothing pay for wearing our own nosesx queenx that opportunityx which then they had to take fromxsx to resume we have againx rememberx sirx my liegex the kings your ancestorsx together with the natural bravery of your islex which stands as neptunexs parkx ribbxd and palxd in with rocks unscaleable and roaring watersx with sands that will not bear your enemiesx boats but suck them up to thx topxmastx a kind of conquest cxsar made herex but made not here his brag of xcamex and sawx and overcamexx with shame xthe first that ever touchxd himx he was carried from off our coastx twice beatenx and his shipping xpoor ignorant baublesxx on our terrible seasx like eggxshells movxd upon their surgesx crackxd as easily xgainst our rocksx for joy whereof the famxd cassibelanx who was once at point xox giglot fortunexx to master cxsarxs swordx made ludxs town with rejoicing fires bright and britons strut with couragex clotenx comex therexs no more tribute to be paidx our kingdom is stronger than it was at that timex andx as i saidx there is no moe such cxsarsx other of them may have crookxd nosesx but to owe such straight armsx nonex cymbelinex sonx let your mother endx clotenx we have yet many among us can gripe as hard as cassibelanx i do not say i am onex but i have a handx why tributex why should we pay tributex if cxsar can hide the sun from us with a blanketx or put the moon in his pocketx we will pay him tribute for lightx elsex sirx no more tributex pray you nowx cymbelinex you must knowx till the injurious romans did extort this tribute from usx we were freex cxsarxs ambitionx which swellxd so much that it did almost stretch the sides ox thx worldx against all colour here did put the yoke uponxsx which to shake of becomes a warlike peoplex whom we reckon ourselves to bex clotenx we dox cymbelinex say then to cxsarx our ancestor was that mulmutius which ordainxd our lawsx whose use the sword of cxsar hath too much mangledx whose repair and franchise shallx by the power we holdx be our good deedx though rome be therefore angryx mulmutius made our lawsx who was the first of britain which did put his brows within a golden crownx and callxd himself a kingx luciusx i am sorryx cymbelinex that i am to pronounce augustus cxsar xcxsarx that hath moe kings his servants than thyself domestic officersx thine enemyx receive it from mex thenx war and confusion in cxsarxs name pronounce i xgainst theex look for fury not to be resistedx thus defiedx i thank thee for myselfx cymbelinex thou art welcomex caiusx thy cxsar knighted mex my youth i spent much under himx of him i gatherxd honourx which he to seek of me againx perforcex behoves me keep at utterancex i am perfect that the pannonians and dalmatians for their liberties are now in armsx a precedent which not to read would show the britons coldx so cxsar shall not find themx luciusx let proof speakx clotenx his majesty bids you welcomex make pastime with us a day or twox or longerx if you seek us afterwards in other termsx you shall find us in our saltxwater girdlex if you beat us out of itx it is yoursx if you fall in the adventurex our crows shall fare the better for youx and therexs an endx luciusx sox sirx cymbelinex i know your masterxs pleasurex and he minex all the remain isx welcomex xxexeuntxxx scene iix britainx another room in cymbelinexs palacex enter pisanio reading of a letterx pisaniox howx of adulteryx wherefore write you not what monsters her accusex leonatusx o masterx what a strange infection is fallxn into thy earx what false italian xas poisonousxtonguxd as handedx hath prevailxd on thy too ready hearingx disloyalx nox shexs punishxd for her truthx and undergoesx more goddessxlike than wifexlikex such assaults as would take in some virtuex o my masterx thy mind to her is now as low as were thy fortunesx howx that i should murder herx upon the lovex and truthx and vowsx which i have made to thy commandx ix herx her bloodx if it be so to do good servicex never let me be counted serviceablex how look i that i should seem to lack humanity so much as this fact comes tox xxreadsxxx xdoxtx the letter that i have sent herx by her own command shall give thee opportunityxx o damnxd paperx black as the ink thatxs on theex senseless baublex art thou a fedary for this actx and lookxst so virginxlike withoutx lox here she comesx enter imogenx i am ignorant in what i am commandedx imogenx how nowx pisaniox pisaniox madamx here is a letter from my lordx imogenx whox thy lordx that is my lordx leonatusx ox learnxd indeed were that astronomer that knew the stars as i his charactersx hexd lay the future openx you good godsx let what is here containxd relish of lovex of my lordxs healthx of his contentx yet not that we two are asunderx let that grieve himx some griefs are medxcinablex that is one of themx for it doth physic lovex of his contentx all but in thatx good waxx thy leavex blest be you bees that make these locks of counselx lovers and men in dangerous bonds pray not alikex though forfeiters you cast in prisonx yet you clasp young cupidxs tablesx good newsx godsx xxreadsxxx xjustice and your fatherxs wrathx should he take me in his dominionx could not be so cruel to me as youx o the dearest of creaturesx would even renew me with your eyesx take notice that i am in cambriax at milford havenx what your own love will out of this advise youx followx so he wishes you all happiness that remains loyal to his vowx and your increasing in lovex leonatus posthumusxx o for a horse with wingsx hearxst thoux pisaniox he is at milford havenx readx and tell me how far xtis thitherx if one of mean affairs may plod it in a weekx why may not i glide thither in a dayx thenx true pisaniox who longxst like me to see thy lordx who longxst xox let me xbatexx but not like mex yet longxstx but in a fainter kindx ox not like mex for minexs beyond beyondx sayx and speak thickx xlovexs counsellor should fill the bores of hearing to thx smothering of the sensex how far it is to this same blessed milfordx and by thx way tell me how wales was made so happy as tx inherit such a havenx but first of allx how we may steal from hencex and for the gap that we shall make in time from our hencexgoing and our returnx to excusex but firstx how get hencex why should excuse be born or ere begotx wexll talk of that hereafterx prithee speakx how many score of miles may we well rid xtwixt hour and hourx pisaniox one score xtwixt sun and sunx madamx xs enough for youx and too much toox imogenx whyx one that rode toxs executionx manx could never go so slowx i have heard of riding wagers where horses have been nimbler than the sands that run ix thx clockxs behalfx but this is foolxryx go bid my woman feign a sicknessx say shexll home to her fatherx and provide me presently a riding suitx no costlier than would fit a franklinxs huswifex pisaniox madamx youxre best considerx imogenx i see before mex manx nor herex nor herex nor what ensuesx but have a fog in them that i cannot look throughx awayx i pritheex do as i bid theex therexs no more to sayx accessible is none but milford wayx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix walesx a mountainous country with a cavex enter from the cave belariusx guiderius and arviragusx belariusx a goodly day not to keep house with such whose roofxs as low as oursx stoopx boysx this gate instructs you how tx adore the heavensx and bows you to a morningxs holy officex the gates of monarchs are archxd so high that giants may jet through and keep their impious turbans on without good morrow to the sunx hailx thou fair heavenx we house ix thx rockx yet use thee not so hardly as prouder livers dox guideriusx hailx heavenx arviragusx hailx heavenx belariusx now for our mountain sportx up to yond hillx your legs are youngx ixll tread these flatsx considerx when you above perceive me like a crowx that it is place which lessens and sets offx and you may then revolve what tales i have told you of courtsx of princesx of the tricks in warx this service is not service so being donex but being so allowxdx to apprehend thus draws us a profit from all things we seex and often to our comfort shall we find the sharded beetle in a safer hold than is the fullxwingxd eaglex ox this life is nobler than attending for a checkx richer than doing nothing for a robex prouder than rustling in unpaidxfor silkx such gain the cap of him that makes him finex yet keeps his book uncrossxdx no life to oursx guideriusx out of your proof you speakx wex poor unfledgxdx have never wingxd from view ox thx nestx nor know not what airxs from homex haply this life is bestx if quiet life be bestx sweeter to you that have a sharper knownx well corresponding with your stiff agex but unto us it is a cell of ignorancex travelling abedx a prison for a debtor that not dares to stride a limitx arviragusx what should we speak of when we are old as youx when we shall hear the rain and wind beat dark decemberx howx in this our pinching cavex shall we discoursex the freezing hours awayx we have seen nothingx we are beastlyx subtle as the fox for preyx like warlike as the wolf for what we eatx our valour is to chase what fliesx our cage we make a choirx as doth the prisonxd birdx and sing our bondage freelyx belariusx how you speakx did you but know the cityxs usuriesx and felt them knowinglyx the art ox thx courtx as hard to leave as keepx whose top to climb is certain fallingx or so slippxry that the fearxs as bad as fallingx the toil ox thx warx a pain that only seems to seek out danger ix thx name of fame and honourx which dies ix thx searchx and hath as oft a slandxrous epitaph as record of fair actx nayx many timesx doth ill deserve by doing wellx whatxs worsex must curtsy at the censurex ox boysx this story the world may read in mex my bodyxs markxd with roman swordsx and my report was once first with the best of notex cymbeline lovxd mex and when a soldier was the themex my name was not far offx then was i as a tree whose boughs did bend with fruitx but in one night a stormx or robberyx call it what you willx shook down my mellow hangingsx nayx my leavesx and left me bare to weatherx guideriusx uncertain favourx belariusx my fault being nothingx as i have told you oftx but that two villainsx whose false oaths prevailxd before my perfect honourx swore to cymbeline i was confederate with the romansx so followxd my banishmentx and this twenty years this rock and these demesnes have been my worldx where i have livxd at honest freedomx paid more pious debts to heaven than in all the forexend of my timex but up to thx mountainsx this is not huntersx languagex he that strikes the venison first shall be the lord ox thx feastx to him the other two shall ministerx and we will fear no poisonx which attends in place of greater statex ixll meet you in the valleysx xxexeunt guiderius and arviragusxxx how hard it is to hide the sparks of naturex these boys know little they are sons to thx kingx nor cymbeline dreams that they are alivex they think they are minex and though trainxd up thus meanly ix thx cave wherein they bowx their thoughts do hit the roofs of palacesx and nature prompts them in simple and low things to prince it much beyond the trick of othersx this polydorex the heir of cymbeline and britainx who the king his father callxd guideriusxjovex when on my threexfoot stool i sit and tell the warlike feats i have donex his spirits fly out into my storyx say xthus mine enemy fellx and thus i set my foot onxs neckxx even then the princely blood flows in his cheekx he sweatsx strains his young nervesx and puts himself in posture that acts my wordsx the younger brotherx cadwalx once arviragusx in as like a figure strikes life into my speechx and shows much more his own conceivingx harkx the game is rousxdx o cymbelinex heaven and my conscience knows thou didst unjustly banish mex whereonx at three and two years oldx i stole these babesx thinking to bar thee of succession as thou refts me of my landsx euriphilex thou wast their nursex they took thee for their motherx and every day do honour to her gravex myselfx belariusx that am morgan callxdx they take for natural fatherx the game is upx xxexitxxx scene ivx walesx near milford havenx enter pisanio and imogenx imogenx thou toldxst mex when we came from horsex the place was near at handx nexer longxd my mother so to see me first as i have nowx pisaniox manx where is posthumusx what is in thy mind that makes thee stare thusx wherefore breaks that sigh from thx inward of theex one but painted thus would be interpreted a thing perplexxd beyond selfxexplicationx put thyself into a haviour of less fearx ere wildness vanquish my staider sensesx whatxs the matterx why tenderxst thou that paper to me with a look untenderx ifxt be summer newsx smile toxt beforex if winterlyx thou needxst but keep that countxnance stillx my husbandxs handx that drugxdamnxd italy hath outxcraftied himx and hexs at some hard pointx speakx manx thy tongue may take off some extremityx which to read would be even mortal to mex pisaniox please you readx and you shall find mex wretched manx a thing the most disdainxd of fortunex imogenx xxreadsxxx xthy mistressx pisaniox hath playxd the strumpet in my bedx the testimonies whereof lie bleeding in mex i speak not out of weak surmisesx but from proof as strong as my grief and as certain as i expect my revengex that part thoux pisaniox must act for mex if thy faith be not tainted with the breach of hersx let thine own hands take away her lifex i shall give thee opportunity at milford havenx she hath my letter for the purposex wherex if thou fear to strikex and to make me certain it is donex thou art the pandar to her dishonourx and equally to me disloyalxx pisaniox what shall i need to draw my swordx the paper hath cut her throat alreadyx nox xtis slanderx whose edge is sharper than the swordx whose tongue outvenoms all the worms of nilex whose breath rides on the posting winds and doth belie all corners of the worldx kingsx queensx and statesx maidsx matronsx nayx the secrets of the gravex this viperous slander entersx what cheerx madamx imogenx false to his bedx what is it to be falsex to lie in watch therex and to think on himx to weep twixt clock and clockx if sleep charge naturex to break it with a fearful dream of himx and cry myself awakex thatxs false toxs bedx is itx pisaniox alasx good ladyx imogenx i falsex thy conscience witnessx iachimox thou didst accuse him of incontinencyx thou then lookxdst like a villainx nowx methinksx thy favourxs good enoughx some jay of italyx whose mother was her paintingx hath betrayxd himx poor i am stalex a garment out of fashionx and for i am richer than to hang by thx walls i must be rippxdx to pieces with mex ox menxs vows are womenxs traitorsx all good seemingx by thy revoltx o husbandx shall be thought put on for villainyx not born wherext growsx but worn a bait for ladiesx pisaniox good madamx hear mex imogenx true honest men being heardx like false xneasx werex in his timex thought falsex and sinonxs weeping did scandal many a holy tearx took pity from most true wretchednessx so thoux posthumusx wilt lay the leaven on all proper menx goodly and gallant shall be false and perjurxd from thy great failx comex fellowx be thou honestx do thou thy masterxs biddingx when thou seest himx a little witness my obediencex lookx i draw the sword myselfx take itx and hit the innocent mansion of my lovex my heartx fear notx xtis empty of all things but griefx thy master is not therex who was indeed the riches of itx do his biddingx strikex thou mayst be valiant in a better causex but now thou seemxst a cowardx pisaniox hencex vile instrumentx thou shalt not damn my handx imogenx whyx i must diex and if i do not by thy handx thou art no servant of thy masterxsx against selfxslaughter there is a prohibition so divine that cravens my weak handx comex herexs my heartx somethingxs aforextx softx softx wexll no defencex obedient as the scabbardx what is herex the scriptures of the loyal leonatus all turnxd to heresyx awayx awayx corrupters of my faithx you shall no more be stomachers to my heartx thus may poor fools believe false teachersx though those that are betrayxd do feel the treason sharplyx yet the traitor stands in worse case of woex and thoux posthumusx that didst set up my disobedience xgainst the king my fatherx and make me put into contempt the suits of princely fellowsx shalt hereafter find it is no act of common passage but a strain of rarenessx and i grieve myself to thinkx when thou shalt be disedgxd by her that now thou tirest onx how thy memory will then be pangxd by mex prithee dispatchx the lamp entreats the butcherx wherexs thy knifex thou art too slow to do thy masterxs biddingx when i desire it toox pisaniox o gracious ladyx since i receivxd command to do this busines i have not slept one winkx imogenx doxtx and to bed thenx pisaniox ixll wake mine eyeballs firstx imogenx wherefore then didst undertake itx why hast thou abusxd so many miles with a pretencex this placex mine action and thine ownx our horsesx labourx the time inviting theex the perturbxd courtx for my being absentx whereunto i never purpose returnx why hast thou gone so far to be unbent when thou hast taxen thy standx thx elected deer before theex pisaniox but to win time to lose so bad employmentx in the which i have considerxd of a coursex good ladyx hear me with patiencex imogenx talk thy tongue wearyx speakx i have heard i am a strumpetx and mine earx therein false struckx can take no greater woundx nor tent to bottom thatx but speakx pisaniox thenx madamx i thought you would not back againx imogenx most likex bringing me here to kill mex pisaniox not sox neitherx but if i were as wise as honestx then my purpose would prove wellx it cannot be but that my master is abusxdx some villainx ayx and singular in his artx hath done you both this cursed injuryx imogenx some roman courtezanx pisaniox nox on my lifex ixll give but notice you are deadx and send him some bloody sign of itx for xtis commanded i should do sox you shall be missxd at courtx and that will well confirm itx imogenx whyx good fellowx what shall i do the whilex where bidex how livex or in my life what comfortx when i am dead to my husbandx pisaniox if youxll back to thx courtx imogenx no courtx no fatherx nor no more ado with that harshx noblex simple nothingx that clotenx whose lovexsuit hath been to me as fearful as a siegex pisaniox if not at courtx then not in britain must you bidex imogenx where thenx hath britain all the sun that shinesx dayx nightx are they not but in britainx ix thx worldxs volume our britain seems as of itx but not inxtx in a great pool a swanxs nestx prithee think therexs livers out of britainx pisaniox i am most glad you think of other placex thx ambassadorx lucius the romanx comes to milford haven tomorrowx nowx if you could wear a mind dark as your fortune isx and but disguise that which tx appear itself must not yet be but by selfxdangerx you should tread a course pretty and full of viewx yeax happilyx near the residence of posthumusx so nighx at leastx that though his actions were not visiblex yet report should render him hourly to your ear as truly as he movesx imogenx ox for such meansx though peril to my modestyx not death onxtx i would adventurex pisaniox well thenx herexs the pointx you must forget to be a womanx change command into obediencex fear and niceness xthe handmaids of all womenx orx more trulyx woman it pretty selfx into a waggish couragex ready in gibesx quickxanswerxdx saucyx and as quarrelous as the weaselx nayx you must forget that rarest treasure of your cheekx exposing it xbutx ox the harder heartx alackx no remedyx to the greedy touch of commonxkissing titanx and forget your laboursome and dainty trims wherein you made great juno angryx imogenx nayx be briefx i see into thy endx and am almost a man alreadyx pisaniox firstx make yourself but like onex forexthinking thisx i have already fit xxtis in my cloakxbagx doubletx hatx hosex all that answer to themx would youx in their servingx and with what imitation you can borrow from youth of such a seasonx xfore noble lucius present yourselfx desire his servicex tell him wherein youxre happyx which will make him know if that his head have ear in musicx doubtless with joy he will embrace youx for hexs honourablex andx doubling thatx most holyx your means abroadx you have mex richx and i will never fail beginning nor supplymentx imogenx thou art all the comfort the gods will diet me withx prithee awayx therexs more to be considerxdx but wexll even all that good time will give usx this attempt i am soldier tox and will abide it with a princexs couragex awayx i pritheex pisaniox wellx madamx we must take a short farewellx lestx being missxdx i be suspected of your carriage from the courtx my noble mistressx here is a boxx i had it from the queenx whatxs inxt is preciousx if you are sick at sea or stomachxqualmxd at landx a dram of this will drive away distemperx to some shadex and fit you to your manhoodx may the gods direct you to the bestx imogenx amenx i thank theex xxexeunt severallyxxx scene vx britainx cymbelinexs palacex enter cymbelinex queenx clotenx lucius and lordsx cymbelinex thus farx and so farewellx luciusx thanksx royal sirx my emperor hath wrotex i must from hencex and am right sorry that i must report ye my masterxs enemyx cymbelinex our subjectsx sirx will not endure his yokex and for ourself to show less sovereignty than theyx must needs appear unkinglikex luciusx sox sirx i desire of you a conduct overland to milford havenx madamx all joy befall your gracex and youx cymbelinex my lordsx you are appointed for that officex the due of honour in no point omitx so farewellx noble luciusx luciusx your handx my lordx clotenx receive it friendlyx but from this time forth i wear it as your enemyx luciusx sirx the event is yet to name the winnerx fare you wellx cymbelinex leave not the worthy luciusx good my lordsx till he have crossxd the severnx happinessx xxexeunt lucius and lordsxxx queenx he goes hence frowningx but it honours us that we have given him causex clotenx xtis all the betterx your valiant britons have their wishes in itx cymbelinex lucius hath wrote already to the emperor how it goes herex it fits us therefore ripely our chariots and our horsemen be in readinessx the powxrs that he already hath in gallia will soon be drawn to headx from whence he moves his war for britainx queenx xtis not sleepy businessx but must be lookxd to speedily and stronglyx cymbelinex our expectation that it would be thus hath made us forwardx butx my gentle queenx where is our daughterx she hath not appearxd before the romanx nor to us hath tenderxd the duty of the dayx she looks us like a thing more made of malice than of dutyx we have noted itx call her before usx for we have been too slight in sufferancex xxexit an attendantxxx queenx royal sirx since the exile of posthumusx most retirxd hath her life beenx the cure whereofx my lordx xtis time must dox beseech your majestyx forbear sharp speeches to herx shexs a lady so tender of rebukes that words are strokesx and strokes death to herx enter attendantx cymbelinex where is shex sirx how can her contempt be answerxdx attendantx please youx sirx her chambers are all lockxdx and therexs no answer that will be given to thx loud of noise we makex queenx my lordx when last i went to visit herx she prayxd me to excuse her keeping closex whereto constrainxd by her infirmity she should that duty leave unpaid to you which daily she was bound to profferx this she wishxd me to make knownx but our great court made me to blame in memoryx cymbelinex her doors lockxdx not seen of latex grantx heavensx that which i fear prove falsex xxexitxxx queenx sonx i sayx follow the kingx clotenx that man of hersx pisaniox her old servantx i have not seen these two daysx queenx gox look afterx xxexit clotenxxx pisaniox thou that standxst so for posthumusx he hath a drug of minex i pray his absence proceed by swallowing thatx for he believes it is a thing most preciousx but for herx where is she gonex haply despair hath seizxd herx orx wingxd with fervour of her lovex shexs flown to her desirxd posthumusx gone she is to death or to dishonourx and my end can make good use of eitherx she being downx i have the placing of the british crownx enter clotenx how nowx my sonx clotenx xtis certain she is fledx go in and cheer the kingx he ragesx none dare come about himx queenx all the betterx may this night forestall him of the coming dayx xxexitxxx clotenx i love and hate herx for shexs fair and royalx and that she hath all courtly parts more exquisite than ladyx ladiesx womanx from every one the best she hathx and shex of all compoundedx outsells them allx i love her thereforex but disdaining me and throwing favours on the low posthumus slanders so her judgement that whatxs else rare is chokxdx and in that point i will conclude to hate herx nayx indeedx to be revengxd upon herx for when fools shallx enter pisaniox who is herex whatx are you packingx sirrahx come hitherx ahx you precious pandarx villainx where is thy ladyx in a wordx or else thou art straightway with the fiendsx pisaniox o good my lordx clotenx where is thy ladyx orx by jupiterx i will not ask againx close villainx ixll have this secret from thy heartx or rip thy heart to find itx is she with posthumusx from whose so many weights of baseness cannot a dram of worth be drawnx pisaniox alasx my lordx how can she be with himx when was she missxdx he is in romex clotenx where is shex sirx come nearerx no farther haltingx satisfy me home what is become of herx pisaniox o my allxworthy lordx clotenx allxworthy villainx discover where thy mistress is at oncex at the next wordx no more of xworthy lordxx speakx or thy silence on the instant is thy condemnation and thy deathx pisaniox thenx sirx this paper is the history of my knowledge touching her flightx xxpresenting a letterxxx clotenx letxs seextx i will pursue her even to augustusx thronex pisaniox xxasidexxx or this or perishx shexs far enoughx and what he learns by this may prove his travelx not her dangerx clotenx humhx pisaniox xxasidexxx ixll write to my lord shexs deadx o imogenx safe mayst thou wanderx safe return againx clotenx sirrahx is this letter truex pisaniox sirx as i thinkx clotenx it is posthumusx handx i knowxtx sirrahx if thou wouldst not be a villainx but do me true servicex undergo those employments wherein i should have cause to use thee with a serious industryxthat isx what villainy soexer i bid thee dox to perform it directly and trulyxi would think thee an honest manx thou shouldst neither want my means for thy relief nor my voice for thy prefermentx pisaniox wellx my good lordx clotenx wilt thou serve mex for since patiently and constantly thou hast stuck to the bare fortune of that beggar posthumusx thou canst notx in the course of gratitudex but be a diligent follower of minex wilt thou serve mex pisaniox sirx i willx clotenx give me thy handx herexs my pursex hast any of thy late masterxs garments in thy possessionx pisaniox i havex my lordx at my lodgingx the same suit he wore when he took leave of my lady and mistressx clotenx the first service thou dost mex fetch that suit hitherx let it be thy first servicex gox pisaniox i shallx my lordx xxexitxxx clotenx meet thee at milford havenx i forgot to ask him one thingx ixll rememberxt anonx even therex thou villain posthumusx will i kill theex i would these garments were comex she said upon a timexthe bitterness of it i now belch from my heartxthat she held the very garment of posthumus in more respect than my noble and natural personx together with the adornment of my qualitiesx with that suit upon my back will i ravish herx first kill himx and in her eyesx there shall she see my valourx which will then be a torment to her contemptx he on the groundx my speech of insultment ended on his dead bodyx and when my lust hath dinedxwhichx as i sayx to vex her i will execute in the clothes that she so praisxdxto the court ixll knock her backx foot her home againx she hath despisxd me rejoicinglyx and ixll be merry in my revengex enter pisanio with the clothesx be those the garmentsx pisaniox ayx my noble lordx clotenx how long isxt since she went to milford havenx pisaniox she can scarce be there yetx clotenx bring this apparel to my chamberx that is the second thing that i have commanded theex the third is that thou wilt be a voluntary mute to my designx be but duteous and truex preferment shall tender itself to theex my revenge is now at milfordx would i had wings to follow itx comex and be truex xxexitxxx pisaniox thou bidxst me to my lossx for true to thee were to prove falsex which i will never bex to him that is most truex to milford gox and find not her whom thou pursuestx flowx flowx you heavenly blessingsx on herx this foolxs speed be crossxd with slownessx labour be his meedx xxexitxxx scene vix walesx before the cave of belariusx enter imogen alonex in boyxs clothesx imogenx i see a manxs life is a tedious onex i have tirxd myselfx and for two nights together have made the ground my bedx i should be sick but that my resolution helps mex milfordx when from the mountainxtop pisanio showxd theex thou wast within a kenx o jovex i think foundations fly the wretchedx suchx i meanx where they should be relievxdx two beggars told me i could not miss my wayx will poor folks liex that have afflictions on themx knowing xtis a punishment or trialx yesx no wonderx when rich ones scarce tell truex to lapse in fulness is sorer than to lie for needx and falsehood is worse in kings than beggarsx my dear lordx thou art one ox thx false onesx now i think on thee my hungerxs gonex but even beforex i was at point to sink for foodx but what is thisx here is a path toxtx xtis some savage holdx i were best not callx i dare not callx yet faminex ere clean it oxerthrow naturex makes it valiantx plenty and peace breeds cowardsx hardness ever of hardiness is motherx hox whoxs herex if anything thatxs civilx speakx if savagex take or lendx hox no answerx then ixll enterx best draw my swordx and if mine enemy but fear the swordx like mex hexll scarcely look onxtx such a foex good heavensx xxexit into the cavexxx scene viix the samex enter belariusx guiderius and arviragusx belariusx youx polydorex have provxd best woodman and are master of the feastx cadwal and i will play the cook and servantx xtis our matchx the sweat of industry would dry and die but for the end it works tox comex our stomachs will make whatxs homely savouryx weariness can snore upon the flintx when resty sloth finds the down pillow hardx nowx peace be herex poor housex that keepxst thyselfx guideriusx i am thoroughly wearyx arviragusx i am weak with toilx yet strong in appetitex guideriusx there is cold meat ix thx cavex wexll browse on that whilst what we have killxd be cookxdx belariusx xxlooking into the cavexxx stayx come not inx but that it eats our victualsx i should think here were a fairyx guideriusx whatxs the matterx sirx belariusx by jupiterx an angelx orx if notx an earthly paragonx behold divineness no elder than a boyx enter imogenx imogenx good mastersx harm me notx before i enterxd here i callxdx and thought to have beggxd or bought what i have tookx good trothx i have stolxn noughtx nor would not though i had found gold strewxd ix thx floorx herexs money for my meatx i would have left it on the boardx so soon as i had made my mealx and parted with prayxrs for the providerx guideriusx moneyx youthx arviragusx all gold and silver rather turn to dirtx as xtis no better reckonxd but of those who worship dirty godsx imogenx i see youxre angryx knowx if you kill me for my faultx i should have died had i not made itx belariusx whither boundx imogenx to milford havenx belariusx whatxs your namex imogenx fidelex sirx i have a kinsman who is bound for italyx he embarkxd at milfordx to whom being goingx almost spent with hungerx i am fallxn in this offencex belariusx pritheex fair youthx think us no churlsx nor measure our good minds by this rude place we live inx well encounterxdx xtis almost nightx you shall have better cheer ere you departx and thanks to stay and eat itx boysx bid him welcomex guideriusx were you a womanx youthx i should woo hard but be your groomx in honesty i bid for you as ixd buyx arviragusx ixll makext my comfort he is a manx ixll love him as my brotherx and such a welcome as ixd give to him after long absencex such is yoursx most welcomex be sprightlyx for you fall xmongst friendsx imogenx xmongst friendsx if brothersx xxasidexxx would it had been so that they had been my fatherxs sonsx then had my prize been lessx and so more equal ballasting to theex posthumusx belariusx he wrings at some distressx guideriusx would i could freextx arviragusx or ix whatexer it bex what pain it costx what dangerx godsx belariusx xxwhisperingxxx harkx boysx imogenx xxasidexxx great menx that had a court no bigger than this cavex that did attend themselvesx and had the virtue which their own conscience sealxd themx laying by that nothingxgift of differing multitudesx could not outxpeer these twainx pardon mex godsx ixd change my sex to be companion with themx since leonatus falsex belariusx it shall be sox boysx wexll go dress our huntx fair youthx come inx discourse is heavyx fastingx when we have suppxdx wexll mannerly demand thee of thy storyx so far as thou wilt speak itx guideriusx pray draw nearx arviragusx the night to thx owl and morn to thx lark less welcomex imogenx thanksx sirx arviragusx i pray draw nearx xxexeuntxxx scene viiix romex a public placex enter two roman senators and tribunesx first senatorx this is the tenour of the emperorxs writx that since the common men are now in action xgainst the pannonians and dalmatiansx and that the legions now in gallia are full weak to undertake our wars against the fallxnxoff britonsx that we do incite the gentry to this businessx he creates lucius proconsulx and to youx the tribunesx for this immediate levyx he commands his absolute commissionx long live cxsarx tribunex is lucius general of the forcesx second senatorx ayx tribunex remaining now in galliax first senatorx with those legions which i have spoke ofx whereunto your levy must be supplyantx the words of your commission will tie you to the numbers and the time of their dispatchx tribunex we will discharge our dutyx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix walesx near the cave of belariusx enter cloten alonex clotenx i am near to thx place where they should meetx if pisanio have mappxd it trulyx how fit his garments serve mex why should his mistressx who was made by him that made the tailorx not be fit toox the ratherx saving reverence of the wordx for xtis said a womanxs fitness comes by fitsx therein i must play the workmanx i dare speak it to myselfx for it is not vainxglory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamberx i meanx the lines of my body are as well drawn as hisx no less youngx more strongx not beneath him in fortunesx beyond him in the advantage of the timex above him in birthx alike conversant in general servicesx and more remarkable in single oppositionsx yet this imperceiverant thing loves him in my despitex what mortality isx posthumusx thy headx which now is growing upon thy shouldersx shall within this hour be offx thy mistress enforcedx thy garments cut to pieces before her facex and all this donex spurn her home to her fatherx who mayx haplyx be a little angry for my so rough usagex but my motherx having power of his testinessx shall turn all into my commendationsx my horse is tied up safex outx swordx and to a sore purposex fortunex put them into my handx this is the very description of their meetingxplacex and the fellow dares not deceive mex xxexitxxx scene iix walesx before the cave of belariusx enter from the cavex belariusx guideriusx arviragus and imogenx belariusx xxto imogenxxx you are not wellx remain here in the cavex wexll come to you after huntingx arviragusx xxto imogenxxx brotherx stay herex are we not brothersx imogenx so man and man should bex but clay and clay differs in dignityx whose dust is both alikex i am very sickx guideriusx go you to huntingx ixll abide with himx imogenx so sick i am notx yet i am not wellx but not so citizen a wanton as to seem to die ere sickx so please youx leave mex stick to your journal coursex the breach of custom is breach of allx i am illx but your being by me cannot amend mex society is no comfort to one not sociablex i am not very sickx since i can reason of itx pray you trust me herex ixll rob none but myselfx and let me diex stealing so poorlyx guideriusx i love theex i have spoke itx how much the quantityx the weight as much as i do love my fatherx belariusx whatx howx howx arviragusx if it be sin to say sox sirx i yoke me in my good brotherxs faultx i know not why i love this youthx and i have heard you say lovexs reasonxs without reasonx the bier at doorx and a demand who isxt shall diex ixd say xmy fatherx not this youthxx belariusx xxasidexxx o noble strainx o worthiness of naturex breed of greatnessx cowards father cowards and base things sire basex nature hath meal and branx contempt and gracex ixm not their fatherx yet who this should be doth miracle itselfx lovxd before mexx xtis the ninth hour ox thx mornx arviragusx brotherx farewellx imogenx i wish ye sportx arviragusx your healthx xxto belariusxxx so please youx sirx imogenx xxasidexxx these are kind creaturesx godsx what lies i have heardx our courtiers say allxs savage but at courtx experiencex ox thou disprovxst reportx thx imperious seas breed monstersx for the dishx poor tributary rivers as sweet fishx i am sick stillx heartxsickx pisaniox ixll now taste of thy drugx xxswallows somexxx guideriusx i could not stir himx he said he was gentlex but unfortunatex dishonestly afflictedx but yet honestx arviragusx thus did he answer mex yet said hereafter i might know morex belariusx to thx fieldx to thx fieldx wexll leave you for this timex go in and restx arviragusx wexll not be long awayx belariusx pray be not sickx for you must be our huswifex imogenx wellx or illx i am bound to youx belariusx and shalt be everx xxexit imogen into the cavexxx this youthx howexer distressxdx appears he hath had good ancestorsx arviragusx how angelxlike he singsx guideriusx but his neat cookeryx he cut our roots in charactersx and saucxd our broths as juno had been sickx and he her dieterx arviragusx nobly he yokes a smiling with a sighx as if the sigh was that it was for not being such a smilex the smile mocking the sigh that it would fly from so divine a temple to commix with winds that sailors rail atx guideriusx i do note that grief and patiencex rooted in him bothx mingle their spurs togetherx arviragusx grow patiencex and let the stinking elderx griefx untwine his perishing root with the increasing vinex belariusx it is great morningx comex awayx whoxs therex enter clotenx clotenx i cannot find those runagatesx that villain hath mockxd mex i am faintx belariusx those runagatesx means he not usx i partly know himx xtis clotenx the son ox thx queenx i fear some ambushx i saw him not these many yearsx and yet i know xtis hex we are held as outlawsx hencex guideriusx he is but onex you and my brother search what companies are nearx pray you awayx let me alone with himx xxexeunt belarius and arviragusxxx clotenx softx what are you that fly me thusx some villain mountaineersx i have heard of suchx what slave art thoux guideriusx a thing more slavish did i nexer than answering a slave without a knockx clotenx thou art a robberx a lawxbreakerx a villainx yield theex thiefx guideriusx to whox to theex what art thoux have not i an arm as big as thinex a heart as bigx thy wordsx i grantx are biggerx for i wear not my dagger in my mouthx say what thou artx why i should yield to theex clotenx thou villain basex knowxst me not by my clothesx guideriusx nox nor thy tailorx rascalx who is thy grandfatherx he made those clothesx whichx as it seemsx make theex clotenx thou precious varletx my tailor made them notx guideriusx hencex thenx and thank the man that gave them theex thou art some foolx i am loath to beat theex clotenx thou injurious thiefx hear but my namex and tremblex guideriusx whatxs thy namex clotenx clotenx thou villainx guideriusx clotenx thou double villainx be thy namex i cannot tremble at itx were it toadx or adderx spiderx xtwould move me soonerx clotenx to thy further fearx nayx to thy mere confusionx thou shalt know i am son to thx queenx guideriusx ixm sorry forxtx not seeming so worthy as thy birthx clotenx art not afeardx guideriusx those that i reverencex those i fearxthe wisex at fools i laughx not fear themx clotenx die the deathx when i have slain thee with my proper handx ixll follow those that even now fled hencex and on the gates of ludxs town set your headsx yieldx rustic mountaineerx xxexeuntx fightingxxx enter belarius and arviragusx belariusx no companyxs abroadx arviragusx none in the worldx you did mistake himx surex belariusx i cannot tellx long is it since i saw himx but time hath nothing blurrxd those lines of favour which then he worex the snatches in his voicex and burst of speakingx were as hisx i am absolute xtwas very clotenx arviragusx in this place we left themx i wish my brother make good time with himx you say he is so fellx belariusx being scarce made upx i mean to manx he had not apprehension or roaring terrorsx for defect of judgement is oft the cease of fearx enter guiderius with clotenxs headx butx seex thy brotherx guideriusx this cloten was a foolx an empty pursex there was no money inxtx not hercules could have knockxd out his brainsx for he had nonex yet i not doing thisx the fool had borne my head as i do hisx belariusx what hast thou donex guideriusx i am perfect whatx cut off one clotenxs headx son to the queenx after his own reportx who callxd me traitorx mountaineerx and swore with his own single hand hexd take us inx displace our heads wherex thank the godsx they growx and set them on ludxs townx belariusx we are all undonex guideriusx whyx worthy fatherx what have we to lose but that he swore to takex our livesx the law protects not usx then why should we be tender to let an arrogant piece of flesh threat usx play judge and executioner all himselfx for we do fear the lawx what company discover you abroadx belariusx no single soul can we set eye onx but in all safe reason he must have some attendantsx though his humour was nothing but mutationx ayx and that from one bad thing to worsex not frenzyx not absolute madness could so far have ravxdx to bring him here alonex although perhaps it may be heard at court that such as we cave herex hunt herex are outlawsx and in time may make some stronger headx the which he hearingx as it is like himx might break out and swear hexd fetch us inx yet isxt not probable to come alonex either he so undertaking or they so sufferingx then on good ground we fearx if we do fear this body hath a tail more perilous than the headx arviragusx let ordinance come as the gods foresay itx howsoexerx my brother hath done wellx belariusx i had no mind to hunt this dayx the boy fidelexs sickness did make my way long forthx guideriusx with his own swordx which he did wave against my throatx i have taxen his head from himx ixll throwxt into the creek behind our rockx and let it to the sea and tell the fishes hexs the queenxs sonx clotenx thatxs all i reckx xxexitxxx belariusx i fear xtwill be revengxdx wouldx polydorex thou hadst not donextx though valour becomes thee well enoughx arviragusx would i had donextx so the revenge alone pursuxd mex polydorex i love thee brotherlyx but envy much thou hast robbxd me of this deedx i would revengesx that possible strength might meetx would seek us throughx and put us to our answerx belariusx wellx xtis donex wexll hunt no more todayx nor seek for danger where therexs no profitx i prithee to our rockx you and fidele play the cooksx ixll stay till hasty polydore returnx and bring him to dinner presentlyx arviragusx poor sick fidelex ixll willingly to himx to gain his colour ixd let a parish of such clotenxs bloodx and praise myself for charityx xxexitxxx belariusx o thou goddessx thou divine naturex thou thyself thou blazonxst in these two princely boysx they are as gentle as zephyrs blowing below the violetx not wagging his sweet headx and yet as roughx their royal blood enchafxdx as the rudxst wind that by the top doth take the mountain pine and make him stoop to thx valex xtis wonder that an invisible instinct should frame them to royalty unlearnxdx honour untaughtx civility not seen from otherx valour that wildly grows in themx but yields a crop as if it had been sowxdx yet still itxs strange what clotenxs being here to us portendsx or what his death will bring usx enter guideriusx guideriusx wherexs my brotherx i have sent clotenxs clotpoll down the streamx in embassy to his motherx his bodyxs hostage for his returnx xxsolemn musicxxx belariusx my ingenious instrumentx harkx polydorex it soundsx but what occasion hath cadwal now to give it motionx harkx guideriusx is he at homex belariusx he went hence even nowx guideriusx what does he meanx since death of my dearxst mother it did not speak beforex all solemn things should answer solemn accidentsx the matterx triumphs for nothing and lamenting toys is jollity for apes and grief for boysx is cadwal madx enter arviragus with imogen as deadx bearing her in his armsx belariusx lookx here he comesx and brings the dire occasion in his arms of what we blame him forx arviragusx the bird is dead that we have made so much onx i had rather have skippxd from sixteen years of age to sixtyx to have turnxd my leaping time into a crutchx than have seen thisx guideriusx o sweetestx fairest lilyx my brother wears thee not the one half so well as when thou grewxst thyselfx belariusx o melancholyx who ever yet could sound thy bottomx find the ooze to show what coast thy sluggish crare mightxst easiliest harbour inx thou blessed thingx jove knows what man thou mightst have madex but ix thou diedstx a most rare boyx of melancholyx how found you himx arviragusx starkx as you seex thus smilingx as some fly had tickled slumberx not as deathxs dartx being laughxd atx his right cheek reposing on a cushionx guideriusx wherex arviragusx ox thx floorx his arms thus leaguxdx i thought he sleptx and put my clouted brogues from off my feetx whose rudeness answerxd my steps too loudx guideriusx whyx he but sleepsx if he be gone hexll make his grave a bedx with female fairies will his tomb be hauntedx and worms will not come to theex arviragusx with fairest flowersx whilst summer lasts and i live herex fidelex ixll sweeten thy sad gravex thou shalt not lack the flower thatxs like thy facex pale primrosex nor the azurxd harexbellx like thy veinsx nox nor the leaf of eglantinex whom not to slanderx outxsweetxned not thy breathx the ruddock wouldx with charitable bill xo billx sore shaming those richxleft heirs that let their fathers lie without a monumentxx bring thee all thisx yeax and furrxd moss besidesx when flowxrs are nonex to winterxground thy corsex guideriusx prithee have donex and do not play in wenchxlike words with that which is so seriousx let us bury himx and not protract with admiration what is now due debtx to thx gravex arviragusx sayx where shallxs lay himx guideriusx by good euriphilex our motherx arviragusx bext sox and let usx polydorex though now our voices have got the mannish crackx sing him to thx groundx as once to our motherx use like note and wordsx save that euriphile must be fidelex guideriusx cadwalx i cannot singx ixll weepx and word it with theex for notes of sorrow out of tune are worse than priests and fanes that liex arviragusx wexll speak itx thenx belariusx great griefsx i seex medxcine the lessx for cloten is quite forgotx he was a queenxs sonx boysx and though he came our enemyx remember he was paid for thatx though mean and mighty rotting together have one dustx yet reverencex that angel of the worldx doth make distinction of place xtween high and lowx our foe was princelyx and though you took his lifex as being our foex yet bury him as a princex guideriusx pray you fetch him hitherx thersitesx body is as good as ajaxxx when neither are alivex arviragusx if youxll go fetch himx wexll say our song the whilstx brotherx beginx xxexit belariusxxx guideriusx nayx cadwalx we must lay his head to thx eastx my father hath a reason forxtx arviragusx xtis truex guideriusx come onx thenx and remove himx arviragusx sox beginx song guideriusx x fear no more the heat ox thx sunx nor the furious winterxs ragesx thou thy worldly task hast donex home art gonex and taxen thy wagesx golden lads and girls all mustx as chimneyxsweepersx come to dustxx arviragusx x fear no more the frown ox thx greatx thou art past the tyrantxs strokex care no more to clothe and eatx to thee the reed is as the oakx the sceptrex learningx physicx must all follow this and come to dustxx guideriusx x fear no more the lightning flashxx arviragusx x nor thx allxdreaded thunderxstonexx guideriusx x fear not slanderx censure rashxx arviragusx x thou hast finishxd joy and moanxx bothx x all lovers youngx all lovers must consign to thee and come to dustxx guideriusx x no exorciser harm theexx arviragusx x nor no witchcraft charm theexx guideriusx x ghost unlaid forbear theexx arviragusx x nothing ill come near theexx bothx x quiet consummation havex and renowned be thy gravexx enter belarius with the body of clotenx guideriusx we have done our obsequiesx comex lay him downx belariusx herexs a few flowersx but xbout midnightx morex the herbs that have on them cold dew ox thx night are strewings fitxst for gravesx upon their facesx you were as flowxrsx now witherxdx even so these herblets shall which we upon you strewx come onx awayx apart upon our kneesx the ground that gave them first has them againx their pleasures here are pastx so is their painx xxexeunt all but imogenxxx imogenx xxawakingxxx yesx sirx to milford havenx which is the wayx i thank youx by yond bushx prayx how far thitherx xods pittikinsx can it be six mile yetx i have gone all nightx faithx ixll lie down and sleepx butx softx no bedfellowx o gods and goddessesx xxseeing the bodyxxx these flowxrs are like the pleasures of the worldx this bloody manx the care onxtx i hope i dreamx for so i thought i was a cavexkeeperx and cook to honest creaturesx but xtis not sox xtwas but a bolt of nothingx shot at nothingx which the brain makes of fumesx our very eyes are sometimesx like our judgementsx blindx good faithx i tremble still with fearx but if there be yet left in heaven as small a drop of pity as a wrenxs eyex fearxd godsx a part of itx the dreamxs here stillx even when i wake it is without mex as within mex not imaginxdx feltx a headless manx the garments of posthumusx i know the shape ofxs legx this is his handx his foot mercurialx his martial thighx the brawns of herculesx but his jovial facex murder in heavenx howx xtis gonex pisaniox all curses madded hecuba gave the greeksx and mine to bootx be darted on theex thoux conspirxd with that irregulous devilx clotenx hath here cut off my lordx to write and read be henceforth treacherousx damnxd pisanio hath with his forged letters xdamnxd pisaniox from this most bravest vessel of the world struck the mainxtopx o posthumusx alasx where is thy headx wherexs thatx ay mex wherexs thatx pisanio might have killxd thee at the heartx and left this head onx how should this bex pisaniox xtis he and clotenx malice and lucre in them have laid this woe herex ox xtis pregnantx pregnantx the drug he gave mex which he said was precious and cordial to mex have i not found it murdxrous to thx sensesx that confirms it homex this is pisanioxs deedx and clotenx ox give colour to my pale cheek with thy bloodx that we the horrider may seem to those which chance to find usx ox my lordx my lordx xxfalls fainting on the bodyxxx enter luciusx captains and a soothsayerx captainx to them the legions garrisonxd in galliax after your willx have crossxd the seax attending you here at milford havenx with your shipsx they are in readinessx luciusx but what from romex captainx the senate hath stirrxd up the confiners and gentlemen of italyx most willing spiritsx that promise noble servicex and they come under the conduct of bold iachimox siennaxs brotherx luciusx when expect you themx captainx with the next benefit ox thx windx luciusx this forwardness makes our hopes fairx command our present numbers be musterxdx bid the captains look toxtx nowx sirx what have you dreamxd of late of this warxs purposex soothsayerx last night the very gods showxd me a vision xi fast and prayxd for their intelligencex thusx i saw jovexs birdx the roman eaglex wingxd from the spongy south to this part of the westx there vanishxd in the sunbeamsx which portendsx unless my sins abuse my divinationx success to thx roman hostx luciusx dream often sox and never falsex softx hox what trunk is here without his topx the ruin speaks that sometime it was a worthy buildingx howx a pagex or dead or sleeping on himx but deadx ratherx for nature doth abhor to make his bed with the defunctx or sleep upon the deadx letxs see the boyxs facex captainx hexs alivex my lordx luciusx hexll then instruct us of this bodyx young onex inform us of thy fortunesx for it seems they crave to be demandedx who is this thou makxst thy bloody pillowx or who was he thatx otherwise than noble nature didx hath alterxd that good picturex whatxs thy interest in this sad wreckx how camextx who isxtx what art thoux imogenx i am nothingx or if notx nothing to be were betterx this was my masterx a very valiant briton and a goodx that here by mountaineers lies slainx alasx there is no more such mastersx i may wander from east to occidentx cry out for servicex try manyx all goodx serve trulyx never find such another masterx luciusx xlackx good youthx thou movxst no less with thy complaining than thy master in bleedingx say his namex good friendx imogenx richard du champx xxasidexxx if i do liex and do no harm by itx though the gods hearx i hope theyxll pardon itxxsay youx sirx luciusx thy namex imogenx fidelex sirx luciusx thou dost approve thyself the very samex thy name well fits thy faithx thy faith thy namex wilt take thy chance with mex i will not say thou shalt be so well masterxdx butx be surex no less belovxdx the roman emperorxs lettersx sent by a consul to mex should not sooner than thine own worth prefer theex go with mex imogenx ixll followx sirx but firstx anxt please the godsx ixll hide my master from the fliesx as deep as these poor pickaxes can digx and when with wild woodxleaves and weeds i hax strewxd his gravex and on it said a century of prayersx such as i canx twice oxerx ixll weep and sighx and leaving so his servicex follow youx so please you entertain mex luciusx ayx good youthx and rather father thee than master theex my friendsx the boy hath taught us manly dutiesx let us find out the prettiest daisied plot we canx and make him with our pikes and partisans a gravex comex arm himx boyx he is preferrxd by thee to usx and he shall be interrxd as soldiers canx be cheerfulx wipe thine eyesx some falls are means the happier to arisex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix britainx cymbelinexs palacex enter cymbelinex lordsx pisanio and attendantsx cymbelinex againx and bring me word how xtis with herx xxexit an attendantxxx a fever with the absence of her sonx a madnessx of which her lifexs in dangerx heavensx how deeply you at once do touch mex imogenx the great part of my comfortx gonex my queen upon a desperate bedx and in a time when fearful wars point at mex her son gonex so needful for this presentx it strikes me past the hope of comfortx but for theex fellowx who needs must know of her departure and dost seem so ignorantx wexll enforce it from thee by a sharp torturex pisaniox sirx my life is yoursx i humbly set it at your willx but for my mistressx i nothing know where she remainsx why gonex nor when she purposes returnx beseech your highnessx hold me your loyal servantx lordx good my liegex the day that she was missing he was herex i dare be bound hexs true and shall perform all parts of his subjection loyallyx for clotenx there wants no diligence in seeking himx and will no doubt be foundx cymbelinex the time is troublesomex xxto pisanioxxx wexll slip you for a seasonx but our jealousy does yet dependx lordx so please your majestyx the roman legionsx all from gallia drawnx are landed on your coastx with a supply of roman gentlemen by the senate sentx cymbelinex now for the counsel of my son and queenx i am amazxd with matterx lordx good my liegex your preparation can affront no less than what you hear ofx come morex for more youxre readyx the want is but to put those powxrs in motion that long to movex cymbelinex i thank youx letxs withdrawx and meet the time as it seeks usx we fear not what can from italy annoy usx but we grieve at chances herex awayx xxexeunt all but pisanioxxx pisaniox i heard no letter from my master since i wrote him imogen was slainx xtis strangex nor hear i from my mistressx who did promise to yield me often tidingsx neither know i what is betid to clotenx but remain perplexxd in allx the heavens still must workx wherein i am false i am honestx not truex to be truex these present wars shall find i love my countryx even to the note ox thx kingx or ixll fall in themx all other doubtsx by time let them be clearxdx fortune brings in some boats that are not steerxdx xxexitxxx scene ivx walesx before the cave of belariusx enter belariusx guiderius and arviragusx guideriusx the noise is round about usx belariusx let us from itx arviragusx what pleasurex sirx find we in lifex to lock it from action and adventurex guideriusx nayx what hope have we in hiding usx this way the romans must or for britons slay usx or receive us for barbarous and unnatural revolts during their usex and slay us afterx belariusx sonsx wexll higher to the mountainsx there secure usx to the kingxs party therexs no goingx newness of clotenxs death xwe being not knownx not musterxd among the bandsx may drive us to a render where we have livxdx and so extort fromxs that which we have donex whose answer would be deathx drawn on with torturex guideriusx this isx sirx a doubt in such a time nothing becoming you nor satisfying usx arviragusx it is not likely that when they hear the roman horses neighx behold their quarterxd firesx have both their eyes and ears so cloyxd importantly as nowx that they will waste their time upon our notex to know from whence we arex belariusx ox i am known of many in the armyx many yearsx though cloten then but youngx you seex not wore him from my remembrancex andx besidesx the king hath not deservxd my service nor your lovesx who find in my exile the want of breedingx the certainty of this hard lifex aye hopeless to have the courtesy your cradle promisxdx but to be still hot summerxs tanlings and the shrinking slaves of winterx guideriusx than be sox better to cease to bex prayx sirx to thx armyx i and my brother are not knownx yourself so out of thoughtx and thereto so oxergrownx cannot be questionedx arviragusx by this sun that shinesx ixll thitherx what thing isxt that i never did see man diex scarce ever lookxd on blood but that of coward haresx hot goatsx and venisonx never bestrid a horsex save one that had a rider like myselfx who nexer wore rowel nor iron on his heelx i am ashamxd to look upon the holy sunx to have the benefit of his blest beamsx remaining so long a poor unknownx guideriusx by heavensx ixll gox if you will bless mex sirx and give me leavex ixll take the better carex but if you will notx the hazard therefore due fall on me by the hands of romansx arviragusx so say ix amenx belariusx no reason ix since of your lives you set so slight a valuationx should reserve my crackxd one to more carex have with youx boysx if in your country wars you chance to diex that is my bed toox ladsx and there ixll liex leadx leadx xxasidexxx the time seems longx their blood thinks scorn till it fly out and show them princes bornx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix britainx the roman campx enter posthumus alonex with a bloody handkerchiefx posthumusx yeax bloody clothx ixll keep theex for i wishxd thou shouldst be colourxd thusx you married onesx if each of you should take this coursex how many must murder wives much better than themselves for wrying but a littlex o pisaniox every good servant does not all commandsx no bond but to do just onesx godsx if you should have taxen vengeance on my faultsx i never had livxd to put on thisx so had you saved the noble imogen to repentx and struck mex wretch more worth your vengeancex but alackx you snatch some hence for little faultsx thatxs lovex to have them fall no morex you some permit to second ills with illsx each elder worsex and make them dread itx to the doersx thriftx but imogen is your ownx do your best willsx and make me blest to obeyx i am brought hither among thx italian gentryx and to fight against my ladyxs kingdomx xtis enough thatx britainx i have killxd thy mistressx peacex ixll give no wound to theex thereforex good heavensx hear patiently my purposex ixll disrobe me of these italian weedsx and suit myself as does a britain peasantx so ixll fight against the part i come withx so ixll die for theex o imogenx even for whom my life is every breath a deathx and thus unknownx pitied nor hatedx to the face of peril myself ixll dedicatex let me make men know more valour in me than my habits showx godsx put the strength ox thx leonati in mex to shame the guise ox thx worldx i will begin the fashion less without and more withinx xxexitxxx scene iix britainx a field of battle between the british and roman campsx enter luciusx iachimo and the roman army at one doorx and the british army at anotherx leonatus posthumus following like a poor soldierx they march over and go outx alarumsx then enter againx in skirmishx iachimo and posthumusx he vanquisheth and disarmeth iachimo and then leaves himx iachimox the heaviness and guilt within my bosom takes off my manhoodx i have belied a ladyx the princess of this countryx and the air onxt revengingly enfeebles mex or could this carlx a very drudge of naturexsx have subduxd me in my professionx knighthoods and honours borne as i wear mine are titles but of scornx if that thy gentryx britainx go before this lout as he exceeds our lordsx the odds is that we scarce are menx and you are godsx xxexitxxx the battle continuesx the britons flyx cymbeline is takenx then enter to his rescue belariusx guiderius and arviragusx belariusx standx standx we have thx advantage of the groundx the lane is guardedx nothing routs us but the villainy of our fearsx guiderius and arviragusx standx standx and fightx enter posthumus and seconds the britonsx they rescue cymbeline and exeuntx then rexenter lucius and iachimo with imogenx luciusx awayx boyx from the troopsx and save thyselfx for friends kill friendsx and the disorderxs such as war were hoodwinkxdx iachimox xtis their fresh suppliesx luciusx it is a day turnxd strangelyx or betimes letxs reinforce or flyx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix another part of the fieldx enter posthumus and a briton lordx lordx camxst thou from where they made the standx posthumusx i didx though youx it seemsx come from the fliersx lordx i didx posthumusx no blame be to youx sirx for all was lostx but that the heavens foughtx the king himself of his wings destitutex the army brokenx and but the backs of britons seenx all flyingx through a strait lanex the enemyx fullxheartedx lolling the tongue with slaughtxringx having work more plentiful than tools to doxtx struck down some mortallyx some slightly touchxdx some falling merely through fearx that the strait pass was dammxd with dead men hurt behindx and cowards living to die with lengthxned shamex lordx where was this lanex posthumusx close by the battlex ditchxdx and wallxd with turfx which gave advantage to an ancient soldierx an honest onex i warrantx who deservxd so long a breeding as his white beard came tox in doing this forxs countryx athwart the lane hex with two striplings xlads more like to run the country base than to commit such slaughterx with faces fit for masksx or rather fairer than those for preservation casxd or shamex made good the passagex cried to those that fled xour britainxs harts die flyingx not our menx to darkness fleet souls that fly backwardsx standx or we are romans and will give you thatx like beastsx which you shun beastlyx and may save but to look back in frownx standx standxx these threex three thousand confidentx in act as manyx for three performers are the file when all the rest do nothingxwith this word xstandx standxx accommodated by the placex more charming with their own noblenessx which could have turnxd a distaff to a lancex gilded pale looksx part shamex part spirit renewxdx that some turnxd coward but by example xox a sin in war damnxd in the first beginnersx xgan to look the way that they did and to grin like lions upon the pikes ox thx huntersx then began a stop ix thx chaserx a retirex anon a routx confusion thickx forthwith they flyx chickensx the way which they stoopxd eaglesx slavesx the strides they victors madex and now our cowardsx like fragments in hard voyagesx became the life ox thx needx having found the backxdoor open of the unguarded heartsx heavensx how they woundx some slain beforex some dyingx some their friends oxerborne ix thx former wavex ten chasxd by one are now each one the slaughterman of twentyx those that would die or ere resist are grown the mortal bugs ox thx fieldx lordx this was strange chancex a narrow lanex an old manx and two boysx posthumusx nayx do not wonder at itx you are made rather to wonder at the things you hear than to work anyx will you rhyme uponxtx and vent it for a mockxryx here is onex xtwo boysx an old man xtwice a boyxx a lanex preservxd the britonsx was the romansx banexx lordx nayx be not angryx sirx posthumusx xlackx to what endx who dares not stand his foe ixll be his friendx for if hexll do as he is made to dox i know hexll quickly fly my friendship toox you have put me into rhymex lordx farewellx youxre angryx xxexitxxx posthumusx still goingx this is a lordx o noble miseryx to be ix thx field and ask xwhat newsxx of mex today how many would have given their honours to have savxd their carcassesx took heel to doxtx and yet died toox ix in mine own woe charmxdx could not find death where i did hear him groanx nor feel him where he struckx being an ugly monsterx xtis strange he hides him in fresh cupsx soft bedsx sweet wordsx or hath moe ministers than we that draw his knives ix thx warx wellx i will find himx for being now a favourer to the britonx no more a britonx i have resumxd again the part i came inx fight i will no morex but yield me to the veriest hind that shall once touch my shoulderx great the slaughter is here made by thx romanx great the answer be britons must takex for mex my ransomxs deathx on either side i come to spend my breathx which neither here ixll keep nor bear againx but end it by some means for imogenx enter two british captains and soldiersx first captainx great jupiter be praisxdx lucius is takenx xtis thought the old man and his sons were angelsx second captainx there was a fourth manx in a silly habitx that gave thx affront with themx first captainx so xtis reportedx but none of xem can be foundx standx whoxs therex posthumusx a romanx who had not now been drooping here if seconds had answerxd himx second captainx lay hands on himx a dogx a leg of rome shall not return to tell what crows have peckxd them herex he brags his servicex as if he were of notex bring him to thx kingx enter cymbelinex belariusx guideriusx arviragusx pisanio and roman captivesx the captains present posthumus to cymbelinex who delivers him over to a gaolerx xxexeunt omnesxxx scene ivx britainx a prisonx enter posthumus and two gaolersx first gaolerx you shall not now be stolxnx you have locks upon youx so graze as you find pasturex second gaolerx ayx or a stomachx xxexeunt gaolersxxx posthumusx most welcomex bondagex for thou art a wayx i thinkx to libertyx yet am i better than one thatxs sick ox thx goutx since he had rather groan so in perpetuity than be curxd by thx sure physician deathx who is the key tx unbar these locksx my consciencex thou art fetterxd more than my shanks and wristsx you good godsx give me the penitent instrument to pick that boltx thenx free for everx isxt enough i am sorryx so children temporal fathers do appeasex gods are more full of mercyx must i repentx i cannot do it better than in gyvesx desirxd more than constrainxdx to satisfyx if of my freedom xtis the main partx take no stricter render of me than my allx i know you are more clement than vile menx who of their broken debtors take a thirdx a sixthx a tenthx letting them thrive again on their abatementx thatxs not my desirex for imogenxs dear life take minex and though xtis not so dearx yet xtis a lifex you coinxd itx xtween man and man they weigh not every stampx though lightx take pieces for the figurexs sakex you rather minex being yoursx and sox great powxrsx if you will take this auditx take this lifex and cancel these cold bondsx o imogenx ixll speak to thee in silencex xxsleepsxxx solemn musicx enterx as in an apparitionx sicilius leonatusx father to posthumusx an old man attired like a warriorx leading in his hand an ancient matronx his wife and mother to posthumusx with music before themx thenx after other musicx follows the two young leonatix brothers to posthumusx with woundsx as they died in the warsx they circle posthumus round as he lies sleepingx siciliusx no morex thou thunderxmasterx show thy spite on mortal fliesx with mars fall outx with juno chidex that thy adulteries rates and revengesx hath my poor boy done aught but wellx whose face i never sawx i died whilst in the womb he stayxd attending naturexs lawx whose father thenx as men report thou orphansx father artx thou shouldst have beenx and shielded him from this earthxvexing smartx motherx lucina lent not me her aidx but took me in my throesx that from me was posthumus rippxdx came crying xmongst his foesx a thing of pityx siciliusx great nature like his ancestry moulded the stuff so fair that he deservxd the praise ox thx world as great siciliusx heirx first brotherx when once he was mature for manx in britain where was he that could stand up his parallelx or fruitful object be in eye of imogenx that best could deem his dignityx motherx with marriage wherefore was he mockxdx to be exilxd and thrown from leonati seat and cast from her his dearest onex sweet imogenx siciliusx why did you suffer iachimox slight thing of italyx to taint his nobler heart and brain with needless jealousyx and to become the geck and scorn ox thx otherxs villainyx second brotherx for this from stiller seats we camex our parents and us twainx thatx striking in our countryxs causex fell bravely and were slainx our fealty and tenantiusx right with honour to maintainx first brotherx like hardiment posthumus hath to cymbeline performxdx thenx jupiterx thou king of godsx why hast thou thus adjournxd the graces for his merits duex being all to dolours turnxdx siciliusx thy crystal window opex look outx no longer exercise upon a valiant race thy harsh and potent injuriesx motherx sincex jupiterx our son is goodx take off his miseriesx siciliusx peep through thy marble mansionx helpx or we poor ghosts will cry to thx shining synod of the rest against thy deityx brothersx helpx jupiterx or we appealx and from thy justice flyx jupiter descends in thunder and lightningx sitting upon an eaglex he throws a thunderboltx the ghosts fall on their kneesx jupiterx no morex you petty spirits of region lowx offend our hearingx hushx how dare you ghosts accuse the thunderer whose boltx you knowx skyxplantedx batters all rebelling coastsx poor shadows of elysiumx hence and rest upon your neverxwithering banks of flowxrsx be not with mortal accidents opprestx no care of yours it isx you know xtis oursx whom best i love i crossx to make my giftx the more delayxdx delightedx be contentx your lowxlaid son our godhead will upliftx his comforts thrivex his trials well are spentx our jovial star reignxd at his birthx and in our temple was he marriedx rise and fadex he shall be lord of lady imogenx and happier much by his affliction madex this tablet lay upon his breastx wherein our pleasure his full fortune doth confinex and sox awayx no farther with your din express impatiencex lest you stir up minex mountx eaglex to my palace crystallinex xxascendsxxx siciliusx he came in thunderx his celestial breath was sulphurous to smellx the holy eagle stoopxd as to foot usx his ascension is more sweet than our blest fieldsx his royal bird prunes the immortal wingx and cloys his beakx as when his god is pleasxdx allx thanksx jupiterx siciliusx the marble pavement closesx he is enterxd his radiant roofx awayx andx to be blestx let us with care perform his great behestx xxghosts vanishxxx posthumusx xxwakingxxx sleepx thou has been a grandsire and begot a father to mex and thou hast created a mother and two brothersx butx o scornx gonex they went hence so soon as they were bornx and so i am awakex poor wretchesx that depend on greatnessx favourx dream as i have donex wake and find nothingx butx alasx i swervex many dream not to findx neither deservex and yet are steepxd in favoursx so am ix that have this golden chancex and know not whyx what fairies haunt this groundx a bookx o rare onex be notx as is our fangled worldx a garment nobler than that it coversx let thy effects so follow to be most unlike our courtiersx as good as promisex xxreadsxxx xwhen as a lionxs whelp shallx to himself unknownx without seeking findx and be embracxd by a piece of tender airx and when from a stately cedar shall be loppxd branches whichx being dead many yearsx shall after revivex be jointed to the old stockx and freshly growx then shall posthumus end his miseriesx britain be fortunate and flourish in peace and plentyxx xtis still a dreamx or else such stuff as madmen tonguex and brain notx either both or nothingx or senseless speakingx or a speaking such as sense cannot untiex be what it isx the action of my life is like itx which ixll keepx if but for sympathyx enter gaolerx gaolerx comex sirx are you ready for deathx posthumusx overxroasted ratherx ready long agox gaolerx hanging is the wordx sirx if you be ready for thatx you are well cookxdx posthumusx sox if i prove a good repast to the spectatorsx the dish pays the shotx gaolerx a heavy reckoning for youx sirx but the comfort isx you shall be called to no more paymentsx fear no more tavern billsx which are often the sadness of partingx as the procuring of mirthx you come in faint for want of meatx depart reeling with too much drinkx sorry that you have paid too muchx and sorry that you are paid too muchx purse and brain both emptyx the brain the heavier for being too lightx the purse too lightx being drawn of heavinessx ox of this contradiction you shall now be quitx ox the charity of a penny cordx it sums up thousands in a tricex you have no true debitor and creditor but itx of whatxs pastx isx and to comex the dischargex your neckx sirx is penx bookx and countersx so the acquittance followsx posthumusx i am merrier to die than thou art to livex gaolerx indeedx sirx he that sleeps feels not the toothachex but a man that were to sleep your sleepx and a hangman to help him to bedx i think he would change places with his officerx for look youx sirx you know not which way you shall gox posthumusx yes indeed do ix fellowx gaolerx your death has eyes inxs headx thenx i have not seen him so picturxdx you must either be directed by some that take upon them to knowx or to take upon yourself that which i am sure you do not knowx or jump the afterxinquiry on your own perilx and how you shall speed in your journeyxs endx i think youxll never return to tell onex posthumusx i tell theex fellowx there are none want eyes to direct them the way i am goingx but such as wink and will not use themx gaolerx what an infinite mock is thisx that a man should have the best use of eyes to see the way of blindnessx i am sure hangingxs the way of winkingx enter a messengerx messengerx knock off his manaclesx bring your prisoner to the kingx posthumusx thou bringxst good newsx i am callxd to be made freex gaolerx ixll be hangxd thenx posthumusx thou shalt be then freer than a gaolerx no bolts for the deadx xxexeunt posthumus and messengerxxx gaolerx unless a man would marry a gallows and beget young gibbetsx i never saw one so pronex yetx on my consciencex there are verier knaves desire to livex for all he be a romanx and there be some of them too that die against their willsx so should ix if i were onex i would we were all of one mindx and one mind goodx ox there were desolation of gaolers and gallowsesx i speak against my present profitx but my wish hath a preferment inxtx xxexitxxx scene vx britainx cymbelinexs tentx enter cymbelinex belariusx guideriusx arviragusx pisaniox lordsx officers and attendantsx cymbelinex stand by my sidex you whom the gods have made preservers of my thronex woe is my heart that the poor soldier that so richly foughtx whose rags shamxd gilded armsx whose naked breast steppxd before targes of proofx cannot be foundx he shall be happy that can find himx if our grace can make him sox belariusx i never saw such noble fury in so poor a thingx such precious deeds in one that promisxd nought but beggary and poor looksx cymbelinex no tidings of himx pisaniox he hath been searchxd among the dead and livingx but no trace of himx cymbelinex to my griefx i am the heir of his rewardx xxto belariusx guideriusx and arviragusxx which i will add to youx the liverx heartx and brain of britainx by whom i grant she livesx xtis now the time to ask of whence you arex report itx belariusx sirx in cambria are we bornx and gentlemenx further to boast were neither true nor modestx unless i add we are honestx cymbelinex bow your kneesx arise my knights ox thx battlex i create you companions to our personx and will fit you with dignities becoming your estatesx enter cornelius and ladiesx therexs business in these facesx why so sadly greet you our victoryx you look like romansx and not ox thx court of britainx corneliusx hailx great kingx to sour your happiness i must report the queen is deadx cymbelinex who worse than a physician would this report becomex but i consider by medxcine life may be prolongxdx yet death will seize the doctor toox how ended shex corneliusx with horrorx madly dyingx like her lifex whichx being cruel to the worldx concluded most cruel to herselfx what she confessxd i will reportx so please youx these her women can trip me if i errx who with wet cheeks were present when she finishxdx cymbelinex prithee sayx corneliusx firstx she confessxd she never lovxd youx only affected greatness got by youx not youx married your royaltyx was wife to your placex abhorrxd your personx cymbelinex she alone knew thisx and but she spoke it dyingx i would not believe her lips in opening itx proceedx corneliusx your daughterx whom she bore in hand to love with such integrityx she did confess was as a scorpion to her sightx whose lifex but that her flight prevented itx she had taxen off by poisonx cymbelinex o most delicate fiendx who isxt can read a womanx is there morex corneliusx morex sirx and worsex she did confess she had for you a mortal mineralx whichx being tookx should by the minute feed on lifex and lingxringx by inches waste youx in which time she purposxdx by watchingx weepingx tendancex kissingx to oxercome you with her showx and in timex when she had fitted you with her craftx to work her son into thx adoption of the crownx but failing of her end by his strange absencex grew shamelessxdesperatex openxdx in despite of heaven and menx her purposesx repented the evils she hatchxd were not effectedx sox despairingx diedx cymbelinex heard you all thisx her womenx ladiesx we didx so please your highnessx cymbelinex mine eyes were not in faultx for she was beautifulx mine earsx that heard her flatteryx nor my heart that thought her like her seemingx it had been vicious to have mistrusted herx yetx o my daughterx that it was folly in me thou mayst sayx and prove it in thy feelingx heaven mend allx enter luciusx iachimox the soothsayer and other roman prisonersx guardedx posthumus behindx and imogenx thou comxst notx caiusx now for tributex that the britons have razxd outx though with the loss of many a bold onex whose kinsmen have made suit that their good souls may be appeasxd with slaughter of you their captivesx which ourself have grantedx so think of your estatex luciusx considerx sirx the chance of warx the day was yours by accidentx had it gone with usx we should notx when the blood was coolx have threatenxd our prisoners with the swordx but since the gods will have it thusx that nothing but our lives may be callxd ransomx let it comex sufficeth a roman with a romanxs heart can sufferx augustus lives to think onxtx and so much for my peculiar carex this one thing only i will entreatx my boyx a briton bornx let him be ransomxdx never master had a page so kindx so duteousx diligentx so tender over his occasionsx truex so featx so nursexlikex let his virtue join with my requestx which ixll make bold your highness cannot denyx he hath done no briton harm though he have servxd a romanx save himx sirx and spare no blood besidex cymbelinex i have surely seen himx his favour is familiar to mex boyx thou hast lookxd thyself into my gracex and art mine ownx i know not whyx wherefore to say xlivex boyxx nexer thank thy masterx livex and ask of cymbeline what boon thou wiltx fitting my bounty and thy statex ixll give itx yeax though thou do demand a prisonerx the noblest taxenx imogenx i humbly thank your highnessx luciusx i do not bid thee beg my lifex good ladx and yet i know thou wiltx imogenx nox nox alackx therexs other work in handx i see a thing bitter to me as deathx your lifex good masterx must shuffle for itselfx luciusx the boy disdains mex he leaves mex scorns mex briefly die their joys that place them on the truth of girls and boysx why stands he so perplexxdx cymbelinex what wouldst thoux boyx i love thee more and morex think more and more whatxs best to askx knowxst him thou lookxst onx speakx wilt have him livex is he thy kinx thy friendx imogenx he is a romanx no more kin to me than i to your highnessx whox being born your vassalx am something nearerx cymbelinex wherefore eyxst him sox imogenx ixll tell youx sirx in privatex if you please to give me hearingx cymbelinex ayx with all my heartx and lend my best attentionx whatxs thy namex imogenx fidelex sirx cymbelinex thouxrt my good youthx my pagex ixll be thy masterx walk with mex speak freelyx xxcymbeline and imogen converse apartxxx belariusx is not this boy revivxd from deathx arviragusx one sand another not more resembles that sweet rosy lad who died and was fidelex what think youx guideriusx the same dead thing alivex belariusx peacex peacex see furtherx he eyes us notx forbearx creatures may be alikex werext hex i am sure he would have spoke to usx guideriusx but we see him deadx belariusx be silentx letxs see furtherx pisaniox xxasidexxx it is my mistressx since she is livingx let the time run on to good or badx xxcymbeline and imogen advancexxx cymbelinex comex stand thou by our sidex make thy demand aloudx xxto iachimoxxx sirx step you forthx give answer to this boyx and do it freelyx orx by our greatness and the grace of itx which is our honourx bitter torture shall winnow the truth from falsehoodx onx speak to himx imogenx my boon is that this gentleman may render of whom he had this ringx posthumusx xxasidexxx whatxs that to himx cymbelinex that diamond upon your fingerx say how came it yoursx iachimox thouxlt torture me to leave unspoken that which to be spoke would torture theex cymbelinex howx mex iachimox i am glad to be constrainxd to utter that which torments me to concealx by villainy i got this ringx xtwas leonatusx jewelx whom thou didst banishx andxwhich more may grieve theex as it doth mexa nobler sir nexer livxd xtwixt sky and groundx wilt thou hear morex my lordx cymbelinex all that belongs to thisx iachimox that paragonx thy daughterx for whom my heart drops blood and my false spirits quail to rememberxgive me leavex i faintx cymbelinex my daughterx what of herx renew thy strengthx i had rather thou shouldst live while nature will than die ere i hear morex strivex manx and speakx iachimox upon a timex unhappy was the clock that struck the hourx was in romex accursxd the mansion wherex xtwas at a feastx ox would our viands had been poisonxd xor at least those which i heavxd to headx the good posthumus xwhat should i sayx he was too good to be where ill men werex and was the best of all amongst the rarxst of good onesx sitting sadly hearing us praise our loves of italy for beauty that made barren the swellxd boast of him that best could speakx for featurex laming the shrine of venus or straightxpight minervax postures beyond brief naturex for conditionx a shop of all the qualities that man loves woman forx besides that hook of wivingx fairness which strikes the eyex cymbelinex i stand on firex come to the matterx iachimox all too soon i shallx unless thou wouldst grieve quicklyx this posthumusx most like a noble lord in love and one that had a royal loverx took his hintx and xnot dispraising whom we praisxdx therein he was as calm as virtuex he began his mistressx picturex which by his tongue being madex and then a mind put inxtx either our brags were crackxd of kitchen trullsx or his description provxd us unspeaking sotsx cymbelinex nayx nayx to thx purposex iachimox your daughterxs chastity xthere it beginsx he spake of her as dian had hot dreams and she alone were coldx whereat ix wretchx made scruple of his praisex and wagerxd with him pieces of gold xgainst this which then he wore upon his honourxd fingerx to attain in suit the place ofxs bedx and win this ring by hers and mine adulteryx hex true knightx no lesser of her honour confident than i did truly find herx stakes this ringx and would sox had it been a carbuncle of phoebusx wheelx and might so safelyx had it been all the worth ofxs carx away to britain post i in this designx well may youx sirx remember me at courtx where i was taught of your chaste daughter the wide difference xtwixt amorous and villainousx being thus quenchxd of hopex not longingx mine italian brain gan in your duller britain operate most vilelyx for my vantagex excellentx andx to be briefx my practice so prevailxd that i returnxd with simular proof enough to make the noble leonatus madx by wounding his belief in her renown with tokens thus and thusx averring notes of chamberxhangingx picturesx this her bracelet xo cunningx how i got itxx nayx some marks of secret on her personx that he could not but think her bond of chastity quite crackxdx i having taxen the forfeitx whereupon methinks i see him nowx posthumusx xxcoming forwardxxx ayx so thou dostx italian fiendx ay mex most credulous foolx egregious murdererx thiefx anything thatxs due to all the villains pastx in beingx to comex ox give me cordx or knifex or poisonx some upright justicerx thoux kingx send out for torturers ingeniousx it is i that all thx abhorred things ox thx earth amend by being worse than theyx i am posthumusx that killxd thy daughterx villainxlikex i liex that causxd a lesser villain than myselfx a sacrilegious thiefx to doxtx the temple of virtue was shex yeax and she herselfx spitx and throw stonesx cast mire upon mex set the dogs ox thx street to bay mex every villain be callxd posthumus leonatusx and be villainy less than xtwasx o imogenx my queenx my lifex my wifex o imogenx imogenx imogenx imogenx peacex my lordx hearx hearx posthumusx shallxs have a play of thisx thou scornful pagex there lies thy partx xxstrikes herx she fallsxxx pisaniox o gentlemenx helpx mine and your mistressx ox my lord posthumusx you nexer killxd imogen till nowx helpx helpx mine honourxd ladyx cymbelinex does the world go roundx posthumusx how comes these staggers on mex pisaniox wakex my mistressx cymbelinex if this be sox the gods do mean to strike me to death with mortal joyx pisaniox how fares my mistressx imogenx ox get thee from my sightx thou gavxst me poisonx dangerous fellowx hencex breathe not where princes arex cymbelinex the tune of imogenx pisaniox ladyx the gods throw stones of sulphur on mex if that box i gave you was not thought by me a precious thingx i had it from the queenx cymbelinex new matter stillx imogenx it poisonxd mex corneliusx o godsx i left out one thing which the queen confessxdx which must approve thee honestx xif pisanio havex said she xgiven his mistress that confection which i gave him for cordialx she is servxd as i would serve a ratxx cymbelinex whatxs thisx corneliusx corneliusx the queenx sirx very oft importunxd me to temper poisons for herx still pretending the satisfaction of her knowledge only in killing creatures vilex as cats and dogsx of no esteemx ix dreading that her purpose was of more dangerx did compound for her a certain stuffx whichx being taxen would cease the present powxr of lifex but in short time all offices of nature should again do their due functionsx have you taxen of itx imogenx most like i didx for i was deadx belariusx my boysx there was our errorx guideriusx this is sure fidelex imogenx why did you throw your wedded lady from youx think that you are upon a rockx and now throw me againx xxembracing himxxx posthumusx hang there like fruitx my soulx till the tree diex cymbelinex how nowx my fleshx my childx whatx makxst thou me a dullard in this actx wilt thou not speak to mex imogenx xxkneelingxxx your blessingx sirx belariusx xxto guiderius and arviragusxxx though you did love this youthx i blame ye notx you had a motive forxtx cymbelinex my tears that fall prove holy water on theex imogenx thy motherxs deadx imogenx i am sorry forxtx my lordx cymbelinex ox she was naughtx and long of her it was that we meet here so strangelyx but her son is gonex we know not how nor wherex pisaniox my lordx now fear is from mex ixll speak trothx lord clotenx upon my ladyxs missingx came to me with his sword drawnx foamxd at the mouthx and sworex if i discoverxd not which way she was gonex it was my instant deathx by accident i had a feigned letter of my masterxs then in my pocketx which directed him to seek her on the mountains near to milfordx wherex in a frenzyx in my masterxs garmentsx which he enforcxd from mex away he posts with unchaste purposex and with oath to violate my ladyxs honourx what became of him i further know notx guideriusx let me end the storyx i slew him therex cymbelinex marryx the gods forfendx i would not thy good deeds should from my lips pluck a hard sentencex pritheex valiant youthx denyxt againx guideriusx i have spoke itx and i did itx cymbelinex he was a princex guideriusx a most incivil onex the wrongs he did me were nothing princexlikex for he did provoke me with language that would make me spurn the seax if it could so roar to mex i cut offxs headx and am right glad he is not standing here to tell this tale of minex cymbelinex i am sorry for theex by thine own tongue thou art condemnxdx and must endure our lawx thouxrt deadx imogenx that headless man i thought had been my lordx cymbelinex bind the offenderx and take him from our presencex belariusx stayx sir kingx this man is better than the man he slewx as well descended as thyselfx and hath more of thee merited than a band of clotens had ever scar forx xxto the guardxxx let his arms alonex they were not born for bondagex cymbelinex whyx old soldierx wilt thou undo the worth thou art unpaid for by tasting of our wrathx how of descent as good as wex arviragusx in that he spake too farx cymbelinex and thou shalt die forxtx belariusx we will die all threex but i will prove that two onxs are as good as i have given out himx my sonsx i must for mine own part unfold a dangerous speechx though haply well for youx arviragusx your dangerxs oursx guideriusx and our good hisx belariusx have at it then by leavex thou hadstx great kingx a subject who was callxd belariusx cymbelinex what of himx he is a banishxd traitorx belariusx he it is that hath assumxd this agex indeed a banishxd manx i know not how a traitorx cymbelinex take him hencex the whole world shall not save himx belariusx not too hotx first pay me for the nursing of thy sonsx and let it be confiscate allx so soon as i have receivxd itx cymbelinex nursing of my sonsx belariusx i am too blunt and saucyx herexs my kneex ere i arise i will prefer my sonsx then spare not the old fatherx mighty sirx these two young gentlemen that call me fatherx and think they are my sonsx are none of minex they are the issue of your loinsx my liegex and blood of your begettingx cymbelinex howx my issuex belariusx so sure as you your fatherxsx ix old morganx am that belarius whom you sometime banishxdx your pleasure was my mere offencex my punishment itselfx and all my treasonx that i sufferxd was all the harm i didx these gentle princes xfor such and so they arex these twenty years have i trainxd upx those arts they have as i could put into themx my breeding wasx sirx as your highness knowsx their nursex euriphilex whom for the theft i weddedx stole these children upon my banishmentx i movxd her toxtx having receivxd the punishment before for that which i did thenx beaten for loyalty excited me to treasonx their dear lossx the more of you xtwas feltx the more it shapxd unto my end of stealing themx butx gracious sirx here are your sons againx and i must lose two of the sweetxst companions in the worldx the benediction of these covering heavens fall on their heads like dewx for they are worthy to inlay heaven with starsx cymbelinex thou weepxst and speakxstx the service that you three have done is more unlike than this thou tellxstx i lost my childrenx if these be theyx i know not how to wish a pair of worthier sonsx belariusx be pleasxd awhilex this gentlemanx whom i call polydorex most worthy princex as yoursx is true guideriusx this gentlemanx my cadwalx arviragusx your younger princely sonx hex sirx was lappxd in a most curious mantlex wrought by thx hand of his queen motherx which for more probation i can with ease producex cymbelinex guiderius had upon his neck a molex a sanguine starx it was a mark of wonderx belariusx this is hex who hath upon him still that natural stampx it was wise naturexs end in the donationx to be his evidence nowx cymbelinex ox what am ix a mother to the birth of threex nexer mother rejoicxd deliverance morex blest pray you bex thatx after this strange starting from your orbsx you may reign in them nowx o imogenx thou hast lost by this a kingdomx imogenx nox my lordx i have got two worlds byxtx o my gentle brothersx have we thus metx ox never say hereafter but i am truest speakerx you callxd me brotherx when i was but your sisterx i you brothersx when we were so indeedx cymbelinex did you exer meetx arviragusx ayx my good lordx guideriusx and at first meeting lovxdx continuxd so until we thought he diedx corneliusx by the queenxs dram she swallowxdx cymbelinex o rare instinctx when shall i hear all throughx this fierce abridgement hath to it circumstantial branchesx which distinction should be rich inx wherex how livxd youx and when came you to serve our roman captivex how parted with your brothersx how first met themx why fled you from the courtx and whitherx thesex and your three motives to the battlex with i know not how much morex should be demandedx and all the other byxdependancesx from chance to chancex but nor the time nor place will serve our long interrogatoriesx seex posthumus anchors upon imogenx and shex like harmless lightningx throws her eye on himx her brothersx mex her masterx hitting each object with a joyx the counterchange is severally in allx letxs quit this groundx and smoke the temple with our sacrificesx xxto belariusxxx thou art my brotherx so wexll hold thee everx imogenx you are my father toox and did relieve me to see this gracious seasonx cymbelinex all oxerjoyxd save these in bondsx let them be joyful toox for they shall taste our comfortx imogenx my good masterx i will yet do you servicex luciusx happy be youx cymbelinex the forlorn soldierx that so nobly foughtx he would have well becomxd this place and gracxd the thankings of a kingx posthumusx i amx sirx the soldier that did company these three in poor beseemingx xtwas a fitment for the purpose i then followxdx that i was hex speakx iachimox i had you downx and might have made you finishx iachimox xxkneelingxxx i am down againx but now my heavy conscience sinks my kneex as then your force didx take that lifex beseech youx which i so often owex but your ring firstx and here the bracelet of the truest princess that ever swore her faithx posthumusx kneel not to mex the powxr that i have on you is to spare youx the malice towards you to forgive youx livex and deal with others betterx cymbelinex nobly doomxdx wexll learn our freeness of a sonxinxlawx pardonxs the word to allx arviragusx you holp usx sirx as you did mean indeed to be our brotherx joyxd are we that you arex posthumusx your servantx princesx good my lord of romex call forth your soothsayerx as i sleptx methought great jupiterx upon his eagle backxdx appearxd to mex with other spritely shows of mine own kindredx when i wakxdx i found this label on my bosomx whose containing is so from sense in hardness that i can make no collection of itx let him show his skill in the constructionx luciusx philarmonusx soothsayerx herex my good lordx luciusx readx and declare the meaningx soothsayerx xxreadsxxx xwhen as a lionxs whelp shallx to himself unknownx without seeking findx and be embracxd by a piece of tender airx and when from a stately cedar shall be loppxd branches whichx being dead many yearsx shall after revivex be jointed to the old stockx and freshly growx then shall posthumus end his miseriesx britain be fortunate and flourish in peace and plentyxx thoux leonatusx art the lionxs whelpx the fit and apt construction of thy namex being leoxnatusx doth import so muchx xxto cymbelinexx the piece of tender airx thy virtuous daughterx which we call xmollis aerxx and xmollis aerx we term it xmulierxx which xmulierx i divine is this most constant wifex who even now answering the letter of the oraclex unknown to youx unsoughtx were clippxd about with this most tender airx cymbelinex this hath some seemingx soothsayerx the lofty cedarx royal cymbelinex personates theex and thy loppxd branches point thy two sons forthx whox by belarius stolxnx for many years thought deadx are now revivxdx to the majestic cedar joinxdx whose issue promises britain peace and plentyx cymbelinex wellx my peace we will beginx andx caius luciusx although the victorx we submit to cxsar and to the roman empirex promising to pay our wonted tributex from the which we were dissuaded by our wicked queenx whom heavens in justicex both on her and hersx have laid most heavy handx soothsayerx the fingers of the powxrs above do tune the harmony of this peacex the vision which i made known to lucius ere the stroke of yet this scarcexcold battlex at this instant is full accomplishxdx for the roman eaglex from south to west on wing soaring aloftx lessenxd herself and in the beams ox thx sun so vanishxdx which foreshowxd our princely eaglex thx imperial cxsarx cxsarx should again unite his favour with the radiant cymbelinex which shines here in the westx cymbelinex laud we the godsx and let our crooked smokes climb to their nostrils from our blessxd altarsx publish we this peace to all our subjectsx set we forwardx let a roman and a british ensign wave friendly togetherx so through ludxs town marchx and in the temple of great jupiter our peace wexll ratifyx seal it with feastsx set on therex never was a war did ceasex ere bloody hands were washxdx with such a peacex xxexeuntxxx the tragedy of hamletx prince of denmark contents act i scene ix elsinorex a platform before the castlex scene iix elsinorex a room of state in the castle scene iiix a room in poloniusxs housex scene ivx the platformx scene vx a more remote part of the castlex act ii scene ix a room in poloniusxs housex scene iix a room in the castlex act iii scene ix a room in the castlex scene iix a hall in the castlex scene iiix a room in the castlex scene ivx another room in the castlex act iv scene ix a room in the castlex scene iix another room in the castlex scene iiix another room in the castlex scene ivx a plain in denmarkx scene vx elsinorex a room in the castlex scene vix another room in the castlex scene viix another room in the castlex act v scene ix a churchyardx scene iix a hall in the castlex dramatis personx hamletx prince of denmarkx claudiusx king of denmarkx hamletxs unclex the ghost of the late kingx hamletxs fatherx gertrudex the queenx hamletxs motherx now wife of claudiusx poloniusx lord chamberlainx laertesx son to poloniusx opheliax daughter to poloniusx horatiox friend to hamletx fortinbrasx prince of norwayx voltemandx courtierx corneliusx courtierx rosencrantzx courtierx guildensternx courtierx marcellusx officerx barnardox officerx franciscox a soldier osricx courtierx reynaldox servant to poloniusx playersx a gentlemanx courtierx a priestx two clownsx gravexdiggersx a captainx english ambassadorsx lordsx ladiesx officersx soldiersx sailorsx messengersx and attendantsx scenex elsinorex act i scene ix elsinorex a platform before the castlex enter francisco and barnardox two sentinelsx barnardox whoxs therex franciscox nayx answer mex stand and unfold yourselfx barnardox long live the kingx franciscox barnardox barnardox hex franciscox you come most carefully upon your hourx barnardox xtis now struck twelvex get thee to bedx franciscox franciscox for this relief much thanksx xtis bitter coldx and i am sick at heartx barnardox have you had quiet guardx franciscox not a mouse stirringx barnardox wellx good nightx if you do meet horatio and marcellusx the rivals of my watchx bid them make hastex enter horatio and marcellusx franciscox i think i hear themx standx hox who is therex horatiox friends to this groundx marcellusx and liegemen to the danex franciscox give you good nightx marcellusx ox farewellx honest soldierx who hath relievxd youx franciscox barnardo has my placex give you goodxnightx xxexitxxx marcellusx hollax barnardox barnardox sayx whatx is horatio therex horatiox a piece of himx barnardox welcomex horatiox welcomex good marcellusx marcellusx whatx has this thing appearxd again tonightx barnardox i have seen nothingx marcellusx horatio says xtis but our fantasyx and will not let belief take hold of him touching this dreaded sightx twice seen of usx therefore i have entreated him along with us to watch the minutes of this nightx that if again this apparition come he may approve our eyes and speak to itx horatiox tushx tushx xtwill not appearx barnardox sit down awhilex and let us once again assail your earsx that are so fortified against our storyx what we two nights have seenx horatiox wellx sit we downx and let us hear barnardo speak of thisx barnardox last night of allx when yond same star thatxs westward from the polex had made his course txillume that part of heaven where now it burnsx marcellus and myselfx the bell then beating onex marcellusx peacex break thee offx look where it comes againx enter ghostx barnardox in the same figurex like the king thatxs deadx marcellusx thou art a scholarx speak to itx horatiox barnardox looks it not like the kingx mark itx horatiox horatiox most likex it harrows me with fear and wonderx barnardo it would be spoke tox marcellusx question itx horatiox horatiox what art thou that usurpxst this time of nightx together with that fair and warlike form in which the majesty of buried denmark did sometimes marchx by heaven i charge thee speakx marcellusx it is offendedx barnardox seex it stalks awayx horatiox stayx speakx speakx i charge thee speakx xxexit ghostxxx marcellusx xtis gonex and will not answerx barnardox how nowx horatiox you tremble and look palex is not this something more than fantasyx what think you onxtx horatiox before my godx i might not this believe without the sensible and true avouch of mine own eyesx marcellusx is it not like the kingx horatiox as thou art to thyselfx such was the very armour he had on when he thxambitious norway combatedx so frownxd he oncex when in an angry parle he smote the sledded polacks on the icex xtis strangex marcellusx thus twice beforex and jump at this dead hourx with martial stalk hath he gone by our watchx horatiox in what particular thought to work i know notx but in the gross and scope of my opinionx this bodes some strange eruption to our statex marcellusx good nowx sit downx and tell mex he that knowsx why this same strict and most observant watch so nightly toils the subject of the landx and why such daily cast of brazen cannon and foreign mart for implements of warx why such impress of shipwrightsx whose sore task does not divide the sunday from the weekx what might be towardx that this sweaty haste doth make the night jointxlabourer with the dayx who isxt that can inform mex horatiox that can ix at leastx the whisper goes sox our last kingx whose image even but now appearxd to usx wasx as you knowx by fortinbras of norwayx thereto prickxd on by a most emulate pridex darxd to the combatx in which our valiant hamletx for so this side of our known world esteemxd himx did slay this fortinbrasx who by a sealxd compactx well ratified by law and heraldryx did forfeitx with his lifex all those his lands which he stood seizxd ofx to the conquerorx against the whichx a moiety competent was gaged by our kingx which had returnxd to the inheritance of fortinbrasx had he been vanquisherx as by the same covxnant and carriage of the article designxdx his fell to hamletx nowx sirx young fortinbrasx of unimproved mettlex hot and fullx hath in the skirts of norwayx here and therex sharkxd up a list of lawless resolutesx for food and dietx to some enterprise that hath a stomach inxtx which is no otherx as it doth well appear unto our statex but to recover of us by strong hand and terms compulsatoryx those foresaid lands so by his father lostx and thisx i take itx is the main motive of our preparationsx the source of this our watchx and the chief head of this postxhaste and rummage in the landx barnardox i think it be no other but exen sox well may it sort that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch so like the king that was and is the question of these warsx horatiox a mote it is to trouble the mindxs eyex in the most high and palmy state of romex a little ere the mightiest julius fellx the graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead did squeak and gibber in the roman streetsx as stars with trains of fire and dews of bloodx disasters in the sunx and the moist starx upon whose influence neptunexs empire standsx was sick almost to doomsday with eclipsex and even the like precurse of fierce eventsx as harbingers preceding still the fates and prologue to the omen coming onx have heaven and earth together demonstrated unto our climatures and countrymenx rexenter ghostx butx softx beholdx lox where it comes againx ixll cross itx though it blast mex stayx illusionx if thou hast any soundx or use of voicex speak to mex if there be any good thing to be donex that may to thee do easex and grace to mex speak to mex if thou art privy to thy countryxs fatex whichx happilyx foreknowing may avoidx o speakx or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life extorted treasure in the womb of earthx for whichx they sayx you spirits oft walk in deathx speak of itx stayx and speakx xxthe cock crowsxxx stop itx marcellusx marcellusx shall i strike at it with my partisanx horatiox dox if it will not standx barnardox xtis herex horatiox xtis herex xxexit ghostxxx marcellusx xtis gonex we do it wrongx being so majesticalx to offer it the show of violencex for it is as the airx invulnerablex and our vain blows malicious mockeryx barnardox it was about to speakx when the cock crewx horatiox and then it startedx like a guilty thing upon a fearful summonsx i have heard the cockx that is the trumpet to the mornx doth with his lofty and shrillxsounding throat awake the god of dayx and at his warningx whether in sea or firex in earth or airx thxextravagant and erring spirit hies to his confinex and of the truth herein this present object made probationx marcellusx it faded on the crowing of the cockx some say that ever xgainst that season comes wherein our saviourxs birth is celebratedx the bird of dawning singeth all night longx and thenx they sayx no spirit dare stir abroadx the nights are wholesomex then no planets strikex no fairy takesx nor witch hath power to charmx so hallowxd and so gracious is the timex horatiox so have i heardx and do in part believe itx but lookx the morn in russet mantle cladx walks oxer the dew of yon high eastward hillx break we our watch upx and by my advicex let us impart what we have seen tonight unto young hamletx for upon my lifex this spiritx dumb to usx will speak to himx do you consent we shall acquaint him with itx as needful in our lovesx fitting our dutyx marcellusx letxs doxtx i prayx and i this morning know where we shall find him most convenientlyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix elsinorex a room of state in the castlex enter claudius king of denmarkx gertrude the queenx hamletx poloniusx laertesx voltemandx corneliusx lords and attendantx kingx though yet of hamlet our dear brotherxs death the memory be greenx and that it us befitted to bear our hearts in griefx and our whole kingdom to be contracted in one brow of woex yet so far hath discretion fought with nature that we with wisest sorrow think on himx together with remembrance of ourselvesx therefore our sometime sisterx now our queenx thximperial jointress to this warlike statex have wex as xtwere with a defeated joyx with one auspicious and one dropping eyex with mirth in funeralx and with dirge in marriagex in equal scale weighing delight and dolex taken to wifex nor have we herein barrxd your better wisdomsx which have freely gone with this affair alongx for allx our thanksx now followsx that you know young fortinbrasx holding a weak supposal of our worthx or thinking by our late dear brotherxs death our state to be disjoint and out of framex colleagued with this dream of his advantagex he hath not failxd to pester us with messagex importing the surrender of those lands lost by his fatherx with all bonds of lawx to our most valiant brotherx so much for himx now for ourself and for this time of meetingx thus much the business isx we have here writ to norwayx uncle of young fortinbrasx whox impotent and bedxridx scarcely hears of this his nephewxs purposex to suppress his further gait hereinx in that the leviesx the listsx and full proportions are all made out of his subjectx and we here dispatch youx good corneliusx and youx voltemandx for bearers of this greeting to old norwayx giving to you no further personal power to business with the kingx more than the scope of these dilated articles allowx farewellx and let your haste commend your dutyx cornelius and voltemandx in thatx and all thingsx will we show our dutyx kingx we doubt it nothingx heartily farewellx xxexeunt voltemand and corneliusxxx and nowx laertesx whatxs the news with youx you told us of some suitx what isxtx laertesx you cannot speak of reason to the danex and lose your voicex what wouldst thou begx laertesx that shall not be my offerx not thy askingx the head is not more native to the heartx the hand more instrumental to the mouthx than is the throne of denmark to thy fatherx what wouldst thou havex laertesx laertesx dread my lordx your leave and favour to return to francex from whence though willingly i came to denmark to show my duty in your coronationx yet now i must confessx that duty donex my thoughts and wishes bend again toward francex and bow them to your gracious leave and pardonx kingx have you your fatherxs leavex what says poloniusx poloniusx he hathx my lordx wrung from me my slow leave by laboursome petitionx and at last upon his will i sealxd my hard consentx i do beseech you give him leave to gox kingx take thy fair hourx laertesx time be thinex and thy best graces spend it at thy willx but nowx my cousin hamletx and my sonx hamletx xxasidexxx a little more than kinx and less than kindx kingx how is it that the clouds still hang on youx hamletx not sox my lordx i am too much ix the sunx queenx good hamletx cast thy nighted colour offx and let thine eye look like a friend on denmarkx do not for ever with thy vailed lids seek for thy noble father in the dustx thou knowxst xtis commonx all that lives must diex passing through nature to eternityx hamletx ayx madamx it is commonx queenx if it bex why seems it so particular with theex hamletx seemsx madamx nayx it isx i know not seemsx xtis not alone my inky cloakx good motherx nor customary suits of solemn blackx nor windy suspiration of forcxd breathx nox nor the fruitful river in the eyex nor the dejected haviour of the visagex together with all formsx moodsx shows of griefx that can denote me trulyx these indeed seemx for they are actions that a man might playx but i have that within which passeth showx these but the trappings and the suits of woex kingx xtis sweet and commendable in your naturex hamletx to give these mourning duties to your fatherx but you must knowx your father lost a fatherx that father lostx lost hisx and the survivor bound in filial obligationx for some term to do obsequious sorrowx but to persevere in obstinate condolement is a course of impious stubbornnessx xtis unmanly griefx it shows a will most incorrect to heavenx a heart unfortifiedx a mind impatientx an understanding simple and unschoolxdx for what we know must bex and is as common as any the most vulgar thing to sensex why should we in our peevish opposition take it to heartx fiex xtis a fault to heavenx a fault against the deadx a fault to naturex to reason most absurdx whose common theme is death of fathersx and who still hath criedx from the first corse till he that died todayx xthis must be soxx we pray you throw to earth this unprevailing woex and think of us as of a fatherx for let the world take note you are the most immediate to our thronex and with no less nobility of love than that which dearest father bears his son do i impart toward youx for your intent in going back to school in wittenbergx it is most retrograde to our desirex and we beseech you bend you to remain here in the cheer and comfort of our eyex our chiefest courtierx cousinx and our sonx queenx let not thy mother lose her prayersx hamletx i pray thee stay with usx go not to wittenbergx hamletx i shall in all my best obey youx madamx kingx whyx xtis a loving and a fair replyx be as ourself in denmarkx madamx comex this gentle and unforcxd accord of hamlet sits smiling to my heartx in grace whereofx no jocund health that denmark drinks today but the great cannon to the clouds shall tellx and the kingxs rouse the heaven shall bruit againx rexspeaking earthly thunderx come awayx xxexeunt all but hamletxxx hamletx o that this too too solid flesh would meltx thawx and resolve itself into a dewx or that the everlasting had not fixxd his canon xgainst selfxslaughterx o godx o godx how wearyx stalex flatx and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this worldx fie onxtx oh fiex xtis an unweeded garden that grows to seedx things rank and gross in nature possess it merelyx that it should come to thisx but two months deadxnayx not so muchx not twox so excellent a kingx that was to this hyperion to a satyrx so loving to my motherx that he might not beteem the winds of heaven visit her face too roughlyx heaven and earthx must i rememberx whyx she would hang on him as if increase of appetite had grown by what it fed onx and yetx within a monthx let me not think onxtxfrailtyx thy name is womanx a little monthx or ere those shoes were old with which she followed my poor fatherxs body like niobex all tearsxxwhy shex even shex o godx a beast that wants discourse of reason would have mournxd longerxxmarried with mine unclex my fatherxs brotherx but no more like my father than i to herculesx within a monthx ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears had left the flushing in her galled eyesx she marriedx o most wicked speedx to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheetsx it is notx nor it cannot come to goodx but break my heartx for i must hold my tonguex enter horatiox marcellus and barnardox horatiox hail to your lordshipx hamletx i am glad to see you wellx horatiox or i do forget myselfx horatiox the samex my lordx and your poor servant everx hamletx sirx my good friendx ixll change that name with youx and what make you from wittenbergx horatioxx marcellusx marcellusx my good lordx hamletx i am very glad to see youxxgood evenx sirxx but whatx in faithx make you from wittenbergx horatiox a truant dispositionx good my lordx hamletx i would not hear your enemy say sox nor shall you do my ear that violencex to make it truster of your own report against yourselfx i know you are no truantx but what is your affair in elsinorex wexll teach you to drink deep ere you departx horatiox my lordx i came to see your fatherxs funeralx hamletx i prithee do not mock mex fellowxstudentx i think it was to see my motherxs weddingx horatiox indeedx my lordx it followxd hard uponx hamletx thriftx thriftx horatiox the funeral bakxd meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tablesx would i had met my dearest foe in heaven or ever i had seen that dayx horatiox my fatherxxmethinks i see my fatherx horatiox wherex my lordx hamletx in my mindxs eyex horatiox horatiox i saw him oncex he was a goodly kingx hamletx he was a manx take him for all in allx i shall not look upon his like againx horatiox my lordx i think i saw him yesternightx hamletx sawx whox horatiox my lordx the king your fatherx hamletx the king my fatherx horatiox season your admiration for a while with an attent earx till i may deliver upon the witness of these gentlemen this marvel to youx hamletx for godxs love let me hearx horatiox two nights together had these gentlemenx marcellus and barnardox on their watch in the dead waste and middle of the nightx been thus encounterxdx a figure like your fatherx armed at point exactlyx capxxxpiex appears before themx and with solemn march goes slow and stately by themx thrice he walkxd by their oppressxd and fearxsurprised eyesx within his truncheonxs lengthx whilst theyx distillxd almost to jelly with the act of fearx stand dumbx and speak not to himx this to me in dreadful secrecy impart they didx and i with them the third night kept the watchx wherex as they had deliverxdx both in timex form of the thingx each word made true and goodx the apparition comesx i knew your fatherx these hands are not more likex hamletx but where was thisx marcellusx my lordx upon the platform where we watchx hamletx did you not speak to itx horatiox my lordx i didx but answer made it nonex yet once methought it lifted up it headx and did address itself to motionx like as it would speakx but even then the morning cock crew loudx and at the sound it shrunk in haste awayx and vanishxd from our sightx hamletx xtis very strangex horatiox as i do livex my honourxd lordx xtis truex and we did think it writ down in our duty to let you know of itx hamletx indeedx indeedx sirsx but this troubles mex hold you the watch tonightx marx and barnardox we dox my lordx hamletx armxdx say youx bothx armxdx my lordx hamletx from top to toex bothx my lordx from head to footx hamletx then saw you not his facex horatiox o yesx my lordx he wore his beaver upx hamletx whatx lookxd he frowninglyx horatiox a countenance more in sorrow than in angerx hamletx palex or redx horatiox nayx very palex hamletx and fixxd his eyes upon youx horatiox most constantlyx hamletx i would i had been therex horatiox it would have much amazxd youx hamletx very likex very likex stayxd it longx horatiox while one with moderate haste might tell a hundredx marcellus and barnardox longerx longerx horatiox not when i sawxtx hamletx his beard was grizzledx nox horatiox it wasx as i have seen it in his lifex a sable silverxdx hamletx i will watch tonightx perchance xtwill walk againx horatiox i warrant you it willx hamletx if it assume my noble fatherxs personx ixll speak to itx though hell itself should gape and bid me hold my peacex i pray you allx if you have hitherto concealxd this sightx let it be tenable in your silence stillx and whatsoever else shall hap tonightx give it an understandingx but no tonguex i will requite your lovesx sox fare ye wellx upon the platform xtwixt eleven and twelvex ixll visit youx allx our duty to your honourx hamletx your lovesx as mine to youx farewellx xxexeunt horatiox marcellus and barnardoxxx my fatherxs spirit in armsx all is not wellx i doubt some foul playx would the night were comex till then sit stillx my soulx foul deeds will risex though all the earth oxerwhelm themx to menxs eyesx xxexitxxx scene iiix a room in poloniusxs housex enter laertes and opheliax laertesx my necessaries are embarkxdx farewellx andx sisterx as the winds give benefit and convoy is assistantx do not sleepx but let me hear from youx opheliax do you doubt thatx laertesx for hamletx and the trifling of his favourx hold it a fashion and a toy in bloodx a violet in the youth of primy naturex forwardx not permanentx sweetx not lastingx the perfume and suppliance of a minutex no morex opheliax no more but sox laertesx think it no morex for nature crescent does not grow alone in thews and bulkx but as this temple waxesx the inward service of the mind and soul grows wide withalx perhaps he loves you nowx and now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch the virtue of his willx but you must fearx his greatness weighxdx his will is not his ownx for he himself is subject to his birthx he may notx as unvaluxd persons dox carve for himselfx for on his choice depends the sanctity and health of this whole statex and therefore must his choice be circumscribxd unto the voice and yielding of that body whereof he is the headx then if he says he loves youx it fits your wisdom so far to believe it as he in his particular act and place may give his saying deedx which is no further than the main voice of denmark goes withalx then weigh what loss your honour may sustain if with too credent ear you list his songsx or lose your heartx or your chaste treasure open to his unmasterxd importunityx fear itx opheliax fear itx my dear sisterx and keep you in the rear of your affectionx out of the shot and danger of desirex the chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moonx virtue itself scopes not calumnious strokesx the canker galls the infants of the spring too oft before their buttons be disclosxdx and in the morn and liquid dew of youth contagious blastments are most imminentx be wary thenx best safety lies in fearx youth to itself rebelsx though none else nearx opheliax i shall thxeffect of this good lesson keep as watchman to my heartx but good my brotherx do not as some ungracious pastors dox show me the steep and thorny way to heavenx whilst like a puffxd and reckless libertine himself the primrose path of dalliance treadsx and recks not his own redex laertesx ox fear me notx i stay too longx but here my father comesx enter poloniusx a double blessing is a double gracex occasion smiles upon a second leavex poloniusx yet herex laertesx aboardx aboardx for shamex the wind sits in the shoulder of your sailx and you are stayxd forx therex my blessing with youx xxlaying his hand on laertesxs headxxx and these few precepts in thy memory look thou characterx give thy thoughts no tonguex nor any unproportionxd thought his actx be thou familiarx but by no means vulgarx those friends thou hastx and their adoption triedx grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steelx but do not dull thy palm with entertainment of each newxhatchxdx unfledgxd comradex beware of entrance to a quarrelx but being inx bearxt that thxopposed may beware of theex give every man thine earx but few thy voicex take each manxs censurex but reserve thy judgmentx costly thy habit as thy purse can buyx but not expressxd in fancyx richx not gaudyx for the apparel oft proclaims the manx and they in france of the best rank and station are of a most select and generous chief in thatx neither a borrower nor a lender bex for loan oft loses both itself and friendx and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandryx this above allx to thine own self be truex and it must followx as the night the dayx thou canst not then be false to any manx farewellx my blessing season this in theex laertesx most humbly do i take my leavex my lordx poloniusx the time invites youx gox your servants tendx laertesx farewellx opheliax and remember well what i have said to youx opheliax xtis in my memory lockxdx and you yourself shall keep the key of itx laertesx farewellx xxexitxxx poloniusx what isxtx opheliax he hath said to youx opheliax so please youx something touching the lord hamletx poloniusx marryx well bethoughtx xtis told me he hath very oft of late given private time to youx and you yourself have of your audience been most free and bounteousx if it be soxxas so xtis put on mex and that in way of cautionxxi must tell you you do not understand yourself so clearly as it behoves my daughter and your honourx what is between youx give me up the truthx opheliax he hathx my lordx of late made many tenders of his affection to mex poloniusx affectionx poohx you speak like a green girlx unsifted in such perilous circumstancex do you believe his tendersx as you call themx opheliax i do not knowx my lordx what i should thinkx poloniusx marryx ixll teach youx think yourself a babyx that you have taxen these tenders for true payx which are not sterlingx tender yourself more dearlyx orxxnot to crack the wind of the poor phrasex roaming it thusxxyouxll tender me a foolx opheliax my lordx he hath importunxd me with love in honourable fashionx poloniusx ayx fashion you may call itx go tox go tox opheliax and hath given countenance to his speechx my lordx with almost all the holy vows of heavenx poloniusx ayx springes to catch woodcocksx i do knowx when the blood burnsx how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vowsx these blazesx daughterx giving more light than heatx extinct in bothx even in their promisex as it is axmakingx you must not take for firex from this time be something scanter of your maiden presencex set your entreatments at a higher rate than a command to parleyx for lord hamletx believe so much in him that he is youngx and with a larger tether may he walk than may be given youx in fewx opheliax do not believe his vowsx for they are brokersx not of that dye which their investments showx but mere implorators of unholy suitsx breathing like sanctified and pious bawdsx the better to beguilex this is for allx i would notx in plain termsx from this time forth have you so slander any moment leisure as to give words or talk with the lord hamletx look toxtx i charge youx come your waysx opheliax i shall obeyx my lordx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx the platformx enter hamletx horatio and marcellusx hamletx the air bites shrewdlyx it is very coldx horatiox it is a nipping and an eager airx hamletx what hour nowx horatiox i think it lacks of twelvex marcellusx nox it is struckx horatiox indeedx i heard it notx it then draws near the season wherein the spirit held his wont to walkx xxa flourish of trumpetsx and ordnance shot off withinxxx what does this meanx my lordx hamletx the king doth wake tonight and takes his rousex keeps wassailx and the swaggering upspring reelsx and as he drains his draughts of rhenish downx the kettlexdrum and trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledgex horatiox is it a customx hamletx ay marry isxtx and to my mindx though i am native herex and to the manner bornx it is a custom more honourxd in the breach than the observancex this heavyxheaded revel east and west makes us traducxd and taxxd of other nationsx they clepe us drunkardsx and with swinish phrase soil our additionx and indeed it takes from our achievementsx though performxd at heightx the pith and marrow of our attributex so oft it chances in particular men that for some vicious mole of nature in themx as in their birthx wherein they are not guiltyx since nature cannot choose his originx by their oxergrowth of some complexionx oft breaking down the pales and forts of reasonx or by some habitx that too much oxerleavens the form of plausive mannersxxthat these menx carryingx i sayx the stamp of one defectx being naturexs livery or fortunexs starxx his virtues elsexxbe they as pure as gracex as infinite as man may undergox shall in the general censure take corruption from that particular faultx the dram of evil doth all the noble substance often doubt to his own scandalx horatiox lookx my lordx it comesx enter ghostx hamletx angels and ministers of grace defend usx be thou a spirit of health or goblin damnxdx bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hellx be thy intents wicked or charitablex thou comxst in such a questionable shape that i will speak to theex ixll call thee hamletx kingx fatherx royal danex ox answer mex let me not burst in ignorancex but tell why thy canonizxd bonesx hearsed in deathx have burst their cerementsx why the sepulchrex wherein we saw thee quietly inurnxdx hath opxd his ponderous and marble jaws to cast thee up againx what may this meanx that thoux dead corsex again in complete steelx revisitxst thus the glimpses of the moonx making night hideousx and we fools of nature so horridly to shake our disposition with thoughts beyond the reaches of our soulsx sayx why is thisx whereforex what should we dox xxghost beckons hamletxxx horatiox it beckons you to go away with itx as if it some impartment did desire to you alonex marcellusx look with what courteous action it waves you to a more removed groundx but do not go with itx horatiox nox by no meansx hamletx it will not speakx then will i follow itx horatiox do notx my lordx hamletx whyx what should be the fearx i do not set my life at a pinxs feex and for my soulx what can it do to thatx being a thing immortal as itselfx it waves me forth againx ixll follow itx horatiox what if it tempt you toward the floodx my lordx or to the dreadful summit of the cliff that beetles oxer his base into the seax and there assume some other horrible form which might deprive your sovereignty of reasonx and draw you into madnessx think of itx the very place puts toys of desperationx without more motivex into every brain that looks so many fadoms to the sea and hears it roar beneathx hamletx it waves me stillx go onx ixll follow theex marcellusx you shall not gox my lordx hamletx hold off your handsx horatiox be rulxdx you shall not gox hamletx my fate cries outx and makes each petty artery in this body as hardy as the nemean lionxs nervex xxghost beckonsxxx still am i callxdx unhand mex gentlemenx xxbreaking free from themxxx by heavenx ixll make a ghost of him that lets mex i sayx awayxxgo onx ixll follow theex xxexeunt ghost and hamletxxx horatiox he waxes desperate with imaginationx marcellusx letxs followx xtis not fit thus to obey himx horatiox have afterx to what issue will this comex marcellusx something is rotten in the state of denmarkx horatiox heaven will direct itx marcellusx nayx letxs follow himx xxexeuntxxx scene vx a more remote part of the castlex enter ghost and hamletx hamletx whither wilt thou lead mex speakx ixll go no furtherx ghostx mark mex hamletx i willx ghostx my hour is almost comex when i to sulphxrous and tormenting flames must render up myselfx hamletx alasx poor ghostx ghostx pity me notx but lend thy serious hearing to what i shall unfoldx hamletx speakx i am bound to hearx ghostx so art thou to revengex when thou shalt hearx hamletx whatx ghostx i am thy fatherxs spiritx doomxd for a certain term to walk the nightx and for the day confinxd to fast in firesx till the foul crimes done in my days of nature are burnt and purgxd awayx but that i am forbid to tell the secrets of my prisonxhousex i could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow up thy soulx freeze thy young bloodx make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheresx thy knotted and combined locks to partx and each particular hair to stand on end like quills upon the fretful porcupinex but this eternal blazon must not be to ears of flesh and bloodx listx listx ox listx if thou didst ever thy dear father lovex hamletx o godx ghostx revenge his foul and most unnatural murderx hamletx murderx ghostx murder most foulx as in the best it isx but this most foulx strangex and unnaturalx hamletx haste me to knowxtx that ix with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love may sweep to my revengex ghostx i find thee aptx and duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed that rots itself in ease on lethe wharfx wouldst thou not stir in thisx nowx hamletx hearx xtis given out thatx sleeping in my orchardx a serpent stung mex so the whole ear of denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abusxdx but knowx thou noble youthx the serpent that did sting thy fatherxs life now wears his crownx hamletx o my prophetic soulx mine unclex ghostx ayx that incestuousx that adulterate beastx with witchcraft of his witx with traitorous giftsxx o wicked witx and giftsx that have the power so to seducexxwon to his shameful lust the will of my most seemingxvirtuous queenx o hamletx what a falling off was therex from mex whose love was of that dignity that it went hand in hand even with the vow i made to her in marriagex and to decline upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor to those of minex but virtuex as it never will be movxdx though lewdness court it in a shape of heavenx so lustx though to a radiant angel linkxdx will sate itself in a celestial bed and prey on garbagex but softx methinks i scent the morning airx brief let me bex sleeping within my orchardx my custom always of the afternoonx upon my secure hour thy uncle stole with juice of cursed hebenon in a vialx and in the porches of my ears did pour the leperous distilmentx whose effect holds such an enmity with blood of man that swift as quicksilver it courses through the natural gates and alleys of the bodyx and with a sudden vigour it doth posset and curdx like eager droppings into milkx the thin and wholesome bloodx so did it minex and a most instant tetter barkxd aboutx most lazarxlikex with vile and loathsome crust all my smooth bodyx thus was ix sleepingx by a brotherxs handx of lifex of crownx of queen at once dispatchxdx cut off even in the blossoms of my sinx unhousxledx disappointedx unanelxdx no reckoning madex but sent to my account with all my imperfections on my headx o horriblex o horriblex most horriblex if thou hast nature in theex bear it notx let not the royal bed of denmark be a couch for luxury and damned incestx but howsoever thou pursuxst this actx taint not thy mindx nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aughtx leave her to heavenx and to those thorns that in her bosom lodgex to prick and sting herx fare thee well at oncex the glowxworm shows the matin to be nearx and xgins to pale his uneffectual firex adieux adieux adieux hamletx remember mex xxexitxxx hamletx o all you host of heavenx o earthx what elsex and shall i couple hellx ox fiex holdx my heartx and youx my sinewsx grow not instant oldx but bear me stiffly upx remember theex ayx thou poor ghostx while memory holds a seat in this distracted globex remember theex yeax from the table of my memory ixll wipe away all trivial fond recordsx all saws of booksx all formsx all pressures pastx that youth and observation copied therex and thy commandment all alone shall live within the book and volume of my brainx unmixxd with baser matterx yesx by heavenx o most pernicious womanx o villainx villainx smiling damned villainx my tablesx meet it is i set it downx that one may smilex and smilex and be a villainx at least i am sure it may be so in denmarkx xxwritingxxx sox unclex there you arex now to my wordx it is xadieux adieux remember mexx i have swornxtx horatio and marcellusx xxwithinxxx my lordx my lordx marcellusx xxwithinxxx lord hamletx horatiox xxwithinxxx heaven secure himx hamletx so be itx marcellusx xxwithinxxx illox hox hox my lordx hamletx hillox hox hox boyx comex birdx comex enter horatio and marcellusx marcellusx how isxtx my noble lordx horatiox what newsx my lordx hamletx ox wonderfulx horatiox good my lordx tell itx hamletx nox youxll reveal itx horatiox not ix my lordx by heavenx marcellusx nor ix my lordx hamletx how say you thenx would heart of man once think itxx but youxll be secretx horatio and marcellusx ayx by heavenx my lordx hamletx therexs nexer a villain dwelling in all denmark but hexs an arrant knavex horatiox there needs no ghostx my lordx come from the grave to tell us thisx hamletx whyx rightx you are ix the rightx and sox without more circumstance at allx i hold it fit that we shake hands and partx youx as your business and desires shall point youxx for every man hath business and desirex such as it isxxand for my own poor partx look youx ixll go prayx horatiox these are but wild and whirling wordsx my lordx hamletx ixm sorry they offend youx heartilyx yes faithx heartilyx horatiox therexs no offencex my lordx hamletx yesx by saint patrickx but there isx horatiox and much offence toox touching this vision herex it is an honest ghostx that let me tell youx for your desire to know what is between usx oxermasterxt as you mayx and nowx good friendsx as you are friendsx scholarsx and soldiersx give me one poor requestx horatiox what isxtx my lordx we willx hamletx never make known what you have seen tonightx horatio and marcellusx my lordx we will notx hamletx nayx but swearxtx horatiox in faithx my lordx not ix marcellusx nor ix my lordx in faithx hamletx upon my swordx marcellusx we have swornx my lordx alreadyx hamletx indeedx upon my swordx indeedx ghostx xxcries under the stagexxx swearx hamletx hax ha boyx sayxst thou sox art thou therex truepennyx come onx you hear this fellow in the cellaragex consent to swearx horatiox propose the oathx my lordx hamletx never to speak of this that you have seenx swear by my swordx ghostx xxbeneathxxx swearx hamletx xhic et ubiquexx then wexll shift our groundx come hitherx gentlemenx and lay your hands again upon my swordx never to speak of this that you have heardx swear by my swordx ghostx xxbeneathxxx swearx hamletx well saidx old molex canst work ix thxearth so fastx a worthy pionerx once more removex good friendsx horatiox o day and nightx but this is wondrous strangex hamletx and therefore as a stranger give it welcomex there are more things in heaven and earthx horatiox than are dreamt of in your philosophyx but comex herex as beforex neverx so help you mercyx how strange or odd soexer i bear myselfxx as i perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition onx that youx at such times seeing mex never shallx with arms encumberxd thusx or this headxshakex or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrasex as xwellx we knowxx or xwe could and if we wouldxx or xif we list to speakxx or xthere be and if they mightxx or such ambiguous giving outx to note that you know aught of mexxthis not to dox so grace and mercy at your most need help youx swearx ghostx xxbeneathxxx swearx hamletx restx restx perturbed spiritx sox gentlemenx with all my love i do commend me to youx and what so poor a man as hamlet is may do txexpress his love and friending to youx god willingx shall not lackx let us go in togetherx and still your fingers on your lipsx i prayx the time is out of jointx o cursed spitex that ever i was born to set it rightx nayx comex letxs go togetherx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix a room in poloniusxs housex enter polonius and reynaldox poloniusx give him this money and these notesx reynaldox reynaldox i willx my lordx poloniusx you shall do marvellous wiselyx good reynaldox before you visit himx to make inquiry of his behaviourx reynaldox my lordx i did intend itx poloniusx marryx well saidx very well saidx look youx sirx enquire me first what danskers are in parisx and howx and whox what meansx and where they keepx what companyx at what expensex and finding by this encompassment and drift of questionx that they do know my sonx come you more nearer than your particular demands will touch itx take you as xtwere some distant knowledge of himx as thusx xi know his father and his friendsx and in part himxxdo you mark thisx reynaldox reynaldox ayx very wellx my lordx poloniusx xand in part himx butxx you may sayx xnot wellx but ifxt be he i meanx hexs very wildx addicted so and soxx and there put on him what forgeries you pleasex marryx none so rank as may dishonour himx take heed of thatx butx sirx such wantonx wildx and usual slips as are companions noted and most known to youth and libertyx reynaldox as gamingx my lordx poloniusx ayx or drinkingx fencingx swearingx quarrellingx drabbingx you may go so farx reynaldox my lordx that would dishonour himx poloniusx faith nox as you may season it in the chargex you must not put another scandal on himx that he is open to incontinencyx thatxs not my meaningx but breathe his faults so quaintly that they may seem the taints of libertyx the flash and outbreak of a fiery mindx a savageness in unreclaimed bloodx of general assaultx reynaldox but my good lordx poloniusx wherefore should you do thisx reynaldox ayx my lordx i would know thatx poloniusx marryx sirx herexs my driftx and i believe it is a fetch of warrantx you laying these slight sullies on my sonx as xtwere a thing a little soilxd ix thx workingx mark youx your party in conversex him you would soundx having ever seen in the prenominate crimes the youth you breathe of guiltyx be assurxd he closes with you in this consequencex xgood sirxx or sox or xfriendxx or xgentlemanxx according to the phrase or the addition of man and countryx reynaldox very goodx my lordx poloniusx and thenx sirx does he thisxx he doesxwhat was i about to sayx by the massx i was about to say somethingx where did i leavex reynaldox at xcloses in the consequencexx at xfriend or soxx and xgentlemanxx poloniusx at xcloses in the consequencex ayx marryx he closes with you thusx xi know the gentlemanx i saw him yesterdayx or txother dayx or thenx or thenx with such and suchx andx as you sayx there was he gamingx there oxertook inxs rousex there falling out at tennisxx or perchancex xi saw him enter such a house of salexx xvidelicetxx a brothelx or so forthx see you nowx your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truthx and thus do we of wisdom and of reachx with windlassesx and with assays of biasx by indirections find directions outx so by my former lecture and advice shall you my sonx you have mex have you notx reynaldox my lordx i havex poloniusx god bx wix youx fare you wellx reynaldox good my lordx poloniusx observe his inclination in yourselfx reynaldox i shallx my lordx poloniusx and let him ply his musicx reynaldox wellx my lordx poloniusx farewellx xxexit reynaldoxxx enter opheliax how nowx opheliax whatxs the matterx opheliax alasx my lordx i have been so affrightedx poloniusx with whatx in the name of godx opheliax my lordx as i was sewing in my chamberx lord hamletx with his doublet all unbracxdx no hat upon his headx his stockings foulxdx ungartxredx and downxgyved to his anklex pale as his shirtx his knees knocking each otherx and with a look so piteous in purport as if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of horrorsx he comes before mex poloniusx mad for thy lovex opheliax my lordx i do not knowx but truly i do fear itx poloniusx what said hex opheliax he took me by the wrist and held me hardx then goes he to the length of all his armx and with his other hand thus oxer his browx he falls to such perusal of my face as he would draw itx long stayxd he sox at lastxxa little shaking of mine armx and thrice his head thus waving up and downx he raisxd a sigh so piteous and profound as it did seem to shatter all his bulk and end his beingx that donex he lets me gox and with his head over his shoulder turnxd he seemxd to find his way without his eyesx for out ox doors he went without their helpx and to the last bended their light on mex poloniusx comex go with mex i will go seek the kingx this is the very ecstasy of lovex whose violent property fordoes itselfx and leads the will to desperate undertakingsx as oft as any passion under heaven that does afflict our naturesx i am sorryxx whatx have you given him any hard words of latex opheliax nox my good lordx but as you did commandx i did repel his letters and denied his access to mex poloniusx that hath made him madx i am sorry that with better heed and judgment i had not quoted himx i fearxd he did but triflex and meant to wreck theex but beshrew my jealousyx it seems it is as proper to our age to cast beyond ourselves in our opinions as it is common for the younger sort to lack discretionx comex go we to the kingx this must be knownx whichx being kept closex might move more grief to hide than hate to utter lovex xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in the castlex enter kingx queenx rosencrantzx guildenstern and attendantsx kingx welcomex dear rosencrantz and guildensternx moreover that we much did long to see youx the need we have to use you did provoke our hasty sendingx something have you heard of hamletxs transformationx so i call itx since nor thxexterior nor the inward man resembles that it wasx what it should bex more than his fatherxs deathx that thus hath put him so much from thxunderstanding of himselfx i cannot dream ofx i entreat you both thatx being of so young days brought up with himx and since so neighbourxd to his youth and humourx that you vouchsafe your rest here in our court some little timex so by your companies to draw him on to pleasures and to gatherx so much as from occasion you may gleanx whether aught to us unknown afflicts him thus thatx openxdx lies within our remedyx queenx good gentlemenx he hath much talkxd of youx and sure i amx two men there are not living to whom he more adheresx if it will please you to show us so much gentry and good will as to expend your time with us awhilex for the supply and profit of our hopex your visitation shall receive such thanks as fits a kingxs remembrancex rosencrantzx both your majesties mightx by the sovereign power you have of usx put your dread pleasures more into command than to entreatyx guildensternx we both obeyx and here give up ourselvesx in the full bentx to lay our service freely at your feet to be commandedx kingx thanksx rosencrantz and gentle guildensternx queenx thanksx guildenstern and gentle rosencrantzx and i beseech you instantly to visit my too much changed sonx gox some of youx and bring these gentlemen where hamlet isx guildensternx heavens make our presence and our practices pleasant and helpful to himx queenx ayx amenx xxexeunt rosencrantzx guildenstern and some attendantsxxx enter poloniusx poloniusx thxambassadors from norwayx my good lordx are joyfully returnxdx kingx thou still hast been the father of good newsx poloniusx have ix my lordx assure youx my good liegex i hold my dutyx as i hold my soulx both to my god and to my gracious kingx and i do thinkxxor else this brain of mine hunts not the trail of policy so sure as it hath usxd to doxthat i have found the very cause of hamletxs lunacyx kingx o speak of thatx that do i long to hearx poloniusx give first admittance to thxambassadorsx my news shall be the fruit to that great feastx kingx thyself do grace to themx and bring them inx xxexit poloniusxxx he tells mex my sweet queenx that he hath found the head and source of all your sonxs distemperx queenx i doubt it is no other but the mainx his fatherxs death and our oxerhasty marriagex kingx wellx we shall sift himx enter polonius with voltemand and corneliusx welcomex my good friendsx sayx voltemandx what from our brother norwayx voltemandx most fair return of greetings and desiresx upon our firstx he sent out to suppress his nephewxs leviesx which to him appearxd to be a preparation xgainst the polackx but better lookxd intox he truly found it was against your highnessx whereat grievxdx that so his sicknessx agex and impotence was falsely borne in handx sends out arrests on fortinbrasx which hex in briefx obeysx receives rebuke from norwayx and in finex makes vow before his uncle never more to give thxassay of arms against your majestyx whereon old norwayx overcome with joyx gives him three thousand crowns in annual feex and his commission to employ those soldiers so levied as beforex against the polackx with an entreatyx herein further shownx xxgives a paperxxx that it might please you to give quiet pass through your dominions for this enterprisex on such regards of safety and allowance as therein are set downx kingx it likes us wellx and at our more considerxd time wexll readx answerx and think upon this businessx meantime we thank you for your wellxtook labourx go to your restx at night wexll feast togetherxx most welcome homex xxexeunt voltemand and corneliusxxx poloniusx this business is well endedx my liege and madamx to expostulate what majesty should bex what duty isx why day is dayx night nightx and time is timex were nothing but to waste nightx day and timex thereforex since brevity is the soul of witx and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishesx i will be briefx your noble son is madx mad call i itx for to define true madnessx what isxt but to be nothing else but madx but let that gox queenx more matterx with less artx poloniusx madamx i swear i use no art at allx that he is madx xtis truex xtis true xtis pityx and pity xtis xtis truex a foolish figurex but farewell itx for i will use no artx mad let us grant him thenx and now remains that we find out the cause of this effectx or rather sayx the cause of this defectx for this effect defective comes by causex thus it remainsx and the remainder thusx perpendx i have a daughterxhave whilst she is minex who in her duty and obediencex markx hath given me thisx now gatherx and surmisex xxreadsxxx xto the celestialx and my soulxs idolx the most beautified opheliaxx thatxs an ill phrasex a vile phrasex xbeautifiedx is a vile phrasex but you shall hearx xxreadsxxx xthesex in her excellent white bosomx thesex xcxx queenx came this from hamlet to herx poloniusx good madamx stay awhilex i will be faithfulx xxreadsxxx xdoubt thou the stars are firex doubt that the sun doth movex doubt truth to be a liarx but never doubt i lovex o dear opheliax i am ill at these numbersx i have not art to reckon my groansx but that i love thee bestx o most bestx believe itx adieux thine evermorex most dear ladyx whilst this machine is to himx hamletxx this in obedience hath my daughter showxd mex and more abovex hath his solicitingsx as they fell out by timex by meansx and placex all given to mine earx kingx but how hath she receivxd his lovex poloniusx what do you think of mex kingx as of a man faithful and honourablex poloniusx i would fain prove sox but what might you thinkx when i had seen this hot love on the wingx as i perceivxd itx i must tell you thatx before my daughter told mex what might youx or my dear majesty your queen herex thinkx if i had playxd the desk or tablexbookx or given my heart a winkingx mute and dumbx or lookxd upon this love with idle sightx what might you thinkx nox i went round to workx and my young mistress thus i did bespeakx xlord hamlet is a princex out of thy starx this must not bexx and then i precepts gave herx that she should lock herself from his resortx admit no messengersx receive no tokensx which donex she took the fruits of my advicex and hex repulsedxxa short tale to makex fell into a sadnessx then into a fastx thence to a watchx thence into a weaknessx thence to a lightnessx andx by this declensionx into the madness wherein now he ravesx and all we wail forx kingx do you think xtis thisx queenx it may bex very likelyx poloniusx hath there been such a timex ixd fain know thatx that i have positively said xxtis soxx when it provxd otherwisex kingx not that i knowx poloniusx take this from thisx if this be otherwisex xxpoints to his head and shoulderxxx if circumstances lead mex i will find where truth is hidx though it were hid indeed within the centrex kingx how may we try it furtherx poloniusx you know sometimes he walks four hours together here in the lobbyx queenx so he does indeedx poloniusx at such a time ixll loose my daughter to himx be you and i behind an arras thenx mark the encounterx if he love her notx and be not from his reason fallxn thereonx let me be no assistant for a statex but keep a farm and cartersx kingx we will try itx enter hamletx readingx queenx but look where sadly the poor wretch comes readingx poloniusx awayx i do beseech youx both away ixll board him presentlyx ox give me leavex xxexeunt kingx queen and attendantsxxx how does my good lord hamletx hamletx wellx godxaxmercyx poloniusx do you know mex my lordx hamletx excellent wellx youxre a fishmongerx poloniusx not ix my lordx hamletx then i would you were so honest a manx poloniusx honestx my lordx hamletx ay sirx to be honestx as this world goesx is to be one man picked out of ten thousandx poloniusx thatxs very truex my lordx hamletx for if the sun breed maggots in a dead dogx being a good kissing carrionxx have you a daughterx poloniusx i havex my lordx hamletx let her not walk ix thx sunx conception is a blessingx but not as your daughter may conceivex friendx look toxtx poloniusx how say you by thatx xxasidexxx still harping on my daughterx yet he knew me not at firstx he said i was a fishmongerx he is far gonex far gonex and truly in my youth i suffered much extremity for lovex very near thisx ixll speak to him againxxwhat do you readx my lordx hamletx wordsx wordsx wordsx poloniusx what is the matterx my lordx hamletx between whox poloniusx i mean the matter that you readx my lordx hamletx slandersx sirx for the satirical slave says here that old men have grey beardsx that their faces are wrinkledx their eyes purging thick amber and plumxtree gumx and that they have a plentiful lack of witx together with most weak hamsx all whichx sirx though i most powerfully and potently believex yet i hold it not honesty to have it thus set downx for you yourselfx sirx should be old as i amx if like a crab you could go backwardx poloniusx xxasidexxx though this be madnessx yet there is a method inxtxx will you walk out of the airx my lordx hamletx into my gravex poloniusx indeedx that is out ox the airx xxasidexxx how pregnant sometimes his replies arex a happiness that often madness hits onx which reason and sanity could not so prosperously be delivered ofx i will leave him and suddenly contrive the means of meeting between him and my daughterx my honourable lordx i will most humbly take my leave of youx hamletx you cannotx sirx take from me anything that i will more willingly part withalx except my lifex except my lifex except my lifex poloniusx fare you wellx my lordx hamletx these tedious old foolsx enter rosencrantz and guildensternx poloniusx you go to seek the lord hamletx there he isx rosencrantzx xxto poloniusxxx god save youx sirx xxexit poloniusxxx guildensternx my honoured lordx rosencrantzx my most dear lordx hamletx my excellent good friendsx how dost thoux guildensternx ahx rosencrantzx good ladsx how do ye bothx rosencrantzx as the indifferent children of the earthx guildensternx happy in that we are not overxhappyx on fortunexs cap we are not the very buttonx hamletx nor the soles of her shoex rosencrantzx neitherx my lordx hamletx then you live about her waistx or in the middle of her favoursx guildensternx faithx her privates wex hamletx in the secret parts of fortunex ox most truex she is a strumpetx whatxs the newsx rosencrantzx nonex my lordx but that the worldxs grown honestx hamletx then is doomsday nearx but your news is not truex let me question more in particularx what have youx my good friendsx deserved at the hands of fortunex that she sends you to prison hitherx guildensternx prisonx my lordx hamletx denmarkxs a prisonx rosencrantzx then is the world onex hamletx a goodly onex in which there are many confinesx wardsx and dungeonsx denmark being one ox thx worstx rosencrantzx we think not sox my lordx hamletx whyx then xtis none to youx for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it sox to me it is a prisonx rosencrantzx whyx then your ambition makes it onex xtis too narrow for your mindx hamletx o godx i could be bounded in a nutshellx and count myself a king of infinite spacex were it not that i have bad dreamsx guildensternx which dreamsx indeedx are ambitionx for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dreamx hamletx a dream itself is but a shadowx rosencrantzx trulyx and i hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadowxs shadowx hamletx then are our beggars bodiesx and our monarchs and outstretchxd heroes the beggarsx shadowsx shall we to thx courtx forx by my fayx i cannot reasonx rosencrantz and guildensternx wexll wait upon youx hamletx no such matterx i will not sort you with the rest of my servantsx forx to speak to you like an honest manx i am most dreadfully attendedx butx in the beaten way of friendshipx what make you at elsinorex rosencrantzx to visit youx my lordx no other occasionx hamletx beggar that i amx i am even poor in thanksx but i thank youx and surex dear friendsx my thanks are too dear a halfpennyx were you not sent forx is it your own incliningx is it a free visitationx comex deal justly with mex comex comex nayx speakx guildensternx what should we sayx my lordx hamletx whyx anythingx but to the purposex you were sent forx and there is a kind of confession in your looksx which your modesties have not craft enough to colourx i know the good king and queen have sent for youx rosencrantzx to what endx my lordx hamletx that you must teach mex but let me conjure youx by the rights of our fellowshipx by the consonancy of our youthx by the obligation of our everxpreserved lovex and by what more dear a better proposer could charge you withalx be even and direct with mex whether you were sent for or nox rosencrantzx xxto guildensternxxx what say youx hamletx xxasidexxx nayx then i have an eye of youx if you love mex hold not offx guildensternx my lordx we were sent forx hamletx i will tell you whyx so shall my anticipation prevent your discoveryx and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no featherx i have of latex but wherefore i know notx lost all my mirthx forgone all custom of exercisesx and indeedx it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame the earthx seems to me a sterile promontoryx this most excellent canopy the airx look youx this brave oxerhanging firmamentx this majestical roof fretted with golden firex whyx it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapoursx what a piece of work is manx how noble in reasonx how infinite in facultiesx in form and movingx how express and admirablex in action how like an angelx in apprehensionx how like a godx the beauty of the worldx the paragon of animalsx and yetx to mex what is this quintessence of dustx man delights not mex nox nor woman neitherx though by your smiling you seem to say sox rosencrantzx my lordx there was no such stuff in my thoughtsx hamletx why did you laugh thenx when i said xman delights not mexx rosencrantzx to thinkx my lordx if you delight not in manx what lenten entertainment the players shall receive from youx we coted them on the wayx and hither are they coming to offer you servicex hamletx he that plays the king shall be welcomexxhis majesty shall have tribute of mex the adventurous knight shall use his foil and targetx the lover shall not sigh gratisx the humorous man shall end his part in peacex the clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle ax thx serex and the lady shall say her mind freelyx or the blank verse shall halt forxtx what players are theyx rosencrantzx even those you were wont to take such delight inxthe tragedians of the cityx hamletx how chances it they travelx their residencex both in reputation and profitx was better both waysx rosencrantzx i think their inhibition comes by the means of the late innovationx hamletx do they hold the same estimation they did when i was in the cityx are they so followedx rosencrantzx nox indeedx they are notx hamletx how comes itx do they grow rustyx rosencrantzx nayx their endeavour keeps in the wonted pacex but there isx sirx an ayry of childrenx little eyasesx that cry out on the top of questionx and are most tyrannically clapped forxtx these are now the fashionx and so berattle the common stagesxso they call themxthat many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosexquills and dare scarce come thitherx hamletx whatx are they childrenx who maintains xemx how are they escotedx will they pursue the quality no longer than they can singx will they not say afterwardsx if they should grow themselves to common playersxas it is most likex if their means are no betterxtheir writers do them wrong to make them exclaim against their own successionx rosencrantzx faithx there has been much to do on both sidesx and the nation holds it no sin to tarre them to controversyx there was for a whilex no money bid for argument unless the poet and the player went to cuffs in the questionx hamletx isxt possiblex guildensternx ox there has been much throwing about of brainsx hamletx do the boys carry it awayx rosencrantzx ayx that they dox my lordx hercules and his load toox hamletx it is not very strangex for my uncle is king of denmarkx and those that would make mouths at him while my father livedx give twentyx fortyx fiftyx a hundred ducats apiece for his picture in littlex xsbloodx there is something in this more than naturalx if philosophy could find it outx xxflourish of trumpets withinxxx guildensternx there are the playersx hamletx gentlemenx you are welcome to elsinorex your handsx comex the appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremonyx let me comply with you in this garbx lest my extent to the playersx which i tell you must show fairly outwardx should more appear like entertainment than yoursx you are welcomex but my unclexfather and auntxmother are deceivedx guildensternx in whatx my dear lordx hamletx i am but mad northxnorthxwestx when the wind is southerlyx i know a hawk from a handsawx enter poloniusx poloniusx well be with youx gentlemenx hamletx hark youx guildensternx and you toox at each ear a hearerx that great baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling cloutsx rosencrantzx happily hexs the second time come to themx for they say an old man is twice a childx hamletx i will prophesy he comes to tell me of the playersx mark itxxyou say rightx sirx for a monday morning xtwas so indeedx poloniusx my lordx i have news to tell youx hamletx my lordx i have news to tell youx when roscius was an actor in romex poloniusx the actors are come hitherx my lordx hamletx buzzx buzzx poloniusx upon my honourx hamletx then came each actor on his assx poloniusx the best actors in the worldx either for tragedyx comedyx historyx pastoralx pastoralxcomicalx historicalxpastoralx tragicalxhistoricalx tragicalxcomicalxhistoricalxpastoralx scene individablex or poem unlimitedx seneca cannot be too heavyx nor plautus too lightx for the law of writ and the libertyx these are the only menx hamletx o jephthahx judge of israelx what a treasure hadst thoux poloniusx what treasure had hex my lordx hamletx whyx xone fair daughterx and no morex the which he loved passing wellxx poloniusx xxasidexxx still on my daughterx hamletx am i not ix thx rightx old jephthahx poloniusx if you call me jephthahx my lordx i have a daughter that i love passing wellx hamletx nayx that follows notx poloniusx what follows thenx my lordx hamletx whyx as by lotx god wotx and thenx you knowx it came to passx as most like it wasx the first row of the pious chanson will show you morex for look where my abridgement comesx enter four or five playersx you are welcomex mastersx welcome allx i am glad to see thee wellx welcomex good friendsx ox my old friendx thy face is valancxd since i saw thee lastx comxst thou to beard me in denmarkx whatx my young lady and mistressx byxr ladyx your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when i saw you lastx by the altitude of a chopinex pray god your voicex like a piece of uncurrent goldx be not cracked within the ringx mastersx you are all welcomex wexll exen toxt like french falconersx fly at anything we seex wexll have a speech straightx comex give us a taste of your qualityx comex a passionate speechx first playerx what speechx my lordx hamletx i heard thee speak me a speech oncex but it was never actedx or if it wasx not above oncex for the playx i rememberx pleased not the millionx xtwas caviare to the generalx but it wasxas i received itx and othersx whose judgments in such matters cried in the top of minexan excellent playx well digested in the scenesx set down with as much modesty as cunningx i remember one said there were no sallets in the lines to make the matter savouryx nor no matter in the phrase that might indite the author of affectationx but called it an honest methodx as wholesome as sweetx and by very much more handsome than finex one speech in itx i chiefly lovedx xtwas aeneasx tale to didox and thereabout of it especially where he speaks of priamxs slaughterx if it live in your memoryx begin at this linex let me seex let me seex xthe rugged pyrrhusx like thx hyrcanian beastxxx it is not sox it begins with pyrrhusx xthe rugged pyrrhusx he whose sable armsx black as his purposex did the night resemble when he lay couched in the ominous horsex hath now this dread and black complexion smearxd with heraldry more dismalx head to foot now is he total gulesx horridly trickxd with blood of fathersx mothersx daughtersx sonsx bakxd and impasted with the parching streetsx that lend a tyrannous and a damned light to their vile murdersx roasted in wrath and firex and thus oxersized with coagulate gorex with eyes like carbunclesx the hellish pyrrhus old grandsire priam seeksxx sox proceed youx poloniusx xfore godx my lordx well spokenx with good accent and good discretionx first playerx xanon he finds himx striking too short at greeksx his antique swordx rebellious to his armx lies where it fallsx repugnant to commandx unequal matchxdx pyrrhus at priam drivesx in rage strikes widex but with the whiff and wind of his fell sword thxunnerved father fallsx then senseless iliumx seeming to feel this blowx with flaming top stoops to his basex and with a hideous crash takes prisoner pyrrhusx earx for lox his swordx which was declining on the milky head of reverend priamx seemxd ix thxair to stickx sox as a painted tyrantx pyrrhus stoodx and like a neutral to his will and matterx did nothingx but as we often see against some stormx a silence in the heavensx the rack stand stillx the bold winds speechlessx and the orb below as hush as deathx anon the dreadful thunder doth rend the regionx so after pyrrhusx pausex aroused vengeance sets him new axworkx and never did the cyclopsx hammers fall on marsxs armourx forgxd for proof eternex with less remorse than pyrrhusx bleeding sword now falls on priamx outx outx thou strumpet fortunex all you godsx in general synodx take away her powerx break all the spokes and fellies from her wheelx and bowl the round nave down the hill of heavenx as low as to the fiendsxx poloniusx this is too longx hamletx it shall to the barberxsx with your beardxxprythee say onx hexs for a jig or a tale of bawdryx or he sleepsx say onx come to hecubax first playerx xbut whox o whox had seen the mobled queenxxx hamletx xthe mobled queenxx poloniusx thatxs goodx xmobled queenx is goodx first playerx xrun barefoot up and downx threatxning the flames with bisson rheumx a clout upon that head where late the diadem stoodx and for a robex about her lank and all oxerteemed loinsx a blanketx in thxalarm of fear caught upx who this had seenx with tongue in venom steepxdx xgainst fortunexs state would treason have pronouncxdx but if the gods themselves did see her thenx when she saw pyrrhus make malicious sport in mincing with his sword her husbandxs limbsx the instant burst of clamour that she madexx unless things mortal move them not at allxx would have made milch the burning eyes of heavenx and passion in the godsxx poloniusx lookx where he has not turnxd his colourx and has tears inxs eyesx pray youx no morex hamletx xtis wellx ixll have thee speak out the rest of this soonxxgood my lordx will you see the players well bestowedx do you hearx let them be well usedx for they are the abstracts and brief chronicles of the timex after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you livex poloniusx my lordx i will use them according to their desertx hamletx godxs bodikinx manx betterx use every man after his desertx and who should scape whippingx use them after your own honour and dignityx the less they deservex the more merit is in your bountyx take them inx poloniusx comex sirsx hamletx follow himx friendsx wexll hear a play tomorrowx xxexeunt polonius with all the players but the firstxxx dost thou hear mex old friendx can you play xthe murder of gonzagoxx first playerx ayx my lordx hamletx wexll haxt tomorrow nightx you could for a need study a speech of some dozen or sixteen linesx which i would set down and insert inxtx could you notx first playerx ayx my lordx hamletx very wellx follow that lordx and look you mock him notx xxexit first playerxxx xxto rosencrantz and guildensternxx my good friendsx ixll leave you till nightx you are welcome to elsinorex rosencrantzx good my lordx xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx hamletx ayx sox god bx wix yex now i am alonex o what a rogue and peasant slave am ix is it not monstrous that this player herex but in a fictionx in a dream of passionx could force his soul so to his own conceit that from her working all his visage wanxdx tears in his eyesx distraction inxs aspectx a broken voicex and his whole function suiting with forms to his conceitx and all for nothingx for hecubax whatxs hecuba to himx or he to hecubax that he should weep for herx what would he dox had he the motive and the cue for passion that i havex he would drown the stage with tears and cleave the general ear with horrid speechx make mad the guiltyx and appal the freex confound the ignorantx and amaze indeedx the very faculties of eyes and earsx yet ix a dull and muddyxmettled rascalx peak like johnxaxdreamsx unpregnant of my causex and can say nothingx nox not for a king upon whose property and most dear life a damnxd defeat was madex am i a cowardx who calls me villainx breaks my pate acrossx plucks off my beard and blows it in my facex tweaks me by the nosex gives me the lie ix thx throat as deep as to the lungsx who does me thisx hax xswoundsx i should take itx for it cannot be but i am pigeonxliverxdx and lack gall to make oppression bitterx or ere this i should have fatted all the region kites with this slavexs offalx bloodyx bawdy villainx remorselessx treacherousx lecherousx kindless villainx oh vengeancex whyx what an ass am ix this is most bravex that ix the son of a dear father murderxdx prompted to my revenge by heaven and hellx mustx like a whorex unpack my heart with words and fall axcursing like a very drabx a scullionx fie uponxtx fohx aboutx my brainx i have heard that guilty creatures sitting at a playx have by the very cunning of the scenex been struck so to the soul that presently they have proclaimxd their malefactionsx for murderx though it have no tonguex will speak with most miraculous organx ixll have these players play something like the murder of my father before mine unclex ixll observe his looksx ixll tent him to the quickx if he but blenchx i know my coursex the spirit that i have seen may be the devilx and the devil hath power txassume a pleasing shapex yeax and perhaps out of my weakness and my melancholyx as he is very potent with such spiritsx abuses me to damn mex ixll have grounds more relative than thisx the playxs the thing wherein ixll catch the conscience of the kingx xxexitxxx act iii scene ix a room in the castlex enter kingx queenx poloniusx opheliax rosencrantz and guildensternx kingx and can you by no drift of circumstance get from him why he puts on this confusionx grating so harshly all his days of quiet with turbulent and dangerous lunacyx rosencrantzx he does confess he feels himself distractedx but from what cause he will by no means speakx guildensternx nor do we find him forward to be soundedx but with a crafty madness keeps aloof when we would bring him on to some confession of his true statex queenx did he receive you wellx rosencrantzx most like a gentlemanx guildensternx but with much forcing of his dispositionx rosencrantzx niggard of questionx but of our demandsx most free in his replyx queenx did you assay him to any pastimex rosencrantzx madamx it so fell out that certain players we oxerxraught on the wayx of these we told himx and there did seem in him a kind of joy to hear of itx they are about the courtx andx as i thinkx they have already order this night to play before himx poloniusx xtis most truex and he beseechxd me to entreat your majesties to hear and see the matterx kingx with all my heartx and it doth much content me to hear him so inclinxdx good gentlemenx give him a further edgex and drive his purpose on to these delightsx rosencrantzx we shallx my lordx xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx kingx sweet gertrudex leave us toox for we have closely sent for hamlet hitherx that hex as xtwere by accidentx may here affront opheliax her father and myselfx lawful espialsx will so bestow ourselves thatx seeing unseenx we may of their encounter frankly judgex and gather by himx as he is behavxdx ifxt be thxaffliction of his love or no that thus he suffers forx queenx i shall obey youx and for your partx opheliax i do wish that your good beauties be the happy cause of hamletxs wildnessx so shall i hope your virtues will bring him to his wonted way againx to both your honoursx opheliax madamx i wish it mayx xxexit queenxxx poloniusx opheliax walk you herexxgraciousx so please youx we will bestow ourselvesxxxxto opheliaxxx read on this bookx that show of such an exercise may colour your lonelinessxxwe are oft to blame in thisx xtis too much provxdx that with devotionxs visage and pious action we do sugar oxer the devil himselfx kingx xxasidexxx o xtis too truex how smart a lash that speech doth give my consciencex the harlotxs cheekx beautied with plastering artx is not more ugly to the thing that helps it than is my deed to my most painted wordx o heavy burdenx poloniusx i hear him comingx letxs withdrawx my lordx xxexeunt king and poloniusxxx enter hamletx hamletx to bex or not to bex that is the questionx whether xtis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunex or to take arms against a sea of troublesx and by opposing end themx to diexto sleepx no morex and by a sleep to say we end the heartxachex and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir tox xtis a consummation devoutly to be wishxdx to diex to sleepx to sleepx perchance to dreamxayx therexs the rubx for in that sleep of death what dreams may comex when we have shuffled off this mortal coilx must give us pausex therexs the respect that makes calamity of so long lifex for who would bear the whips and scorns of timex the oppressorxs wrongx the proud manxs contumelyx the pangs of disprizxd lovex the lawxs delayx the insolence of officex and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takesx when he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkinx who would these fardels bearx to grunt and sweat under a weary lifex but that the dread of something after deathx the undiscoverxd countryx from whose bourn no traveller returnsx puzzles the willx and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not ofx thus conscience does make cowards of us allx and thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied oxer with the pale cast of thoughtx and enterprises of great pith and momentx with this regard their currents turn awry and lose the name of actionx soft you nowx the fair opheliax nymphx in thy orisons be all my sins rememberxdx opheliax good my lordx how does your honour for this many a dayx hamletx i humbly thank youx wellx wellx wellx opheliax my lordx i have remembrances of yours that i have longed long to rexdeliverx i pray youx now receive themx hamletx nox not ix i never gave you aughtx opheliax my honourxd lordx you know right well you didx and with them words of so sweet breath composxd as made the things more richx their perfume lostx take these againx for to the noble mind rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkindx therex my lordx hamletx hax hax are you honestx opheliax my lordx hamletx are you fairx opheliax what means your lordshipx hamletx that if you be honest and fairx your honesty should admit no discourse to your beautyx opheliax could beautyx my lordx have better commerce than with honestyx hamletx ayx trulyx for the power of beauty will sooner transform honesty from what it is to a bawd than the force of honesty can translate beauty into his likenessx this was sometime a paradoxx but now the time gives it proofx i did love you oncex opheliax indeedx my lordx you made me believe sox hamletx you should not have believed mex for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of itx i loved you notx opheliax i was the more deceivedx hamletx get thee to a nunneryx why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinnersx i am myself indifferent honestx but yet i could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne mex i am very proudx revengefulx ambitiousx with more offences at my beck than i have thoughts to put them inx imagination to give them shapex or time to act them inx what should such fellows as i do crawling between earth and heavenx we are arrant knaves allx believe none of usx go thy ways to a nunneryx wherexs your fatherx opheliax at homex my lordx hamletx let the doors be shut upon himx that he may play the fool nowhere but inxs own housex farewellx opheliax o help himx you sweet heavensx hamletx if thou dost marryx ixll give thee this plague for thy dowryx be thou as chaste as icex as pure as snowx thou shalt not escape calumnyx get thee to a nunneryx gox farewellx or if thou wilt needs marryx marry a foolx for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of themx to a nunneryx gox and quickly toox farewellx opheliax o heavenly powersx restore himx hamletx i have heard of your paintings toox well enoughx god hath given you one facex and you make yourselves anotherx you jigx you amblex and you lispx and nickname godxs creaturesx and make your wantonness your ignorancex go tox ixll no more onxtx it hath made me madx i sayx we will have no more marriagesx those that are married alreadyx all but onex shall livex the rest shall keep as they arex to a nunneryx gox xxexitxxx opheliax ox what a noble mind is here oxerthrownx the courtierxsx soldierxsx scholarxsx eyex tonguex swordx thxexpectancy and rose of the fair statex the glass of fashion and the mould of formx thxobservxd of all observersx quitex quite downx and ix of ladies most deject and wretchedx that suckxd the honey of his music vowsx now see that noble and most sovereign reasonx like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harshx that unmatchxd form and feature of blown youth blasted with ecstasyx o woe is mex txhave seen what i have seenx see what i seex enter king and poloniusx kingx lovex his affections do not that way tendx nor what he spakex though it lackxd form a littlex was not like madnessx therexs something in his soul oxer which his melancholy sits on broodx and i do doubt the hatch and the disclose will be some dangerx which for to preventx i have in quick determination thus set it downx he shall with speed to england for the demand of our neglected tributex haply the seas and countries differentx with variable objectsx shall expel this something settled matter in his heartx whereon his brains still beating puts him thus from fashion of himselfx what think you onxtx poloniusx it shall do wellx but yet do i believe the origin and commencement of his grief sprung from neglected lovex how nowx opheliax you need not tell us what lord hamlet saidx we heard it allx my lordx do as you pleasex but if you hold it fitx after the playx let his queen mother all alone entreat him to show his griefx let her be round with himx and ixll be placxdx so please youx in the ear of all their conferencex if she find him notx to england send himx or confine him where your wisdom best shall thinkx kingx it shall be sox madness in great ones must not unwatchxd gox xxexeuntxxx scene iix a hall in the castlex enter hamlet and certain playersx hamletx speak the speechx i pray youx as i pronounced it to youx trippingly on the tonguex but if you mouth itx as many of your players dox i had as lief the townxcrier spoke my linesx nor do not saw the air too much with your handx thusx but use all gentlyx for in the very torrentx tempestx andx as i may sayx whirlwind of passionx you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothnessx ox it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwigxpated fellow tear a passion to tattersx to very ragsx to split the ears of the groundlingsx whox for the most partx are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noisex i would have such a fellow whipped for oxerdoing termagantx it outxherods herodx pray you avoid itx first playerx i warrant your honourx hamletx be not too tame neitherx but let your own discretion be your tutorx suit the action to the wordx the word to the actionx with this special observancex that you oxerstep not the modesty of naturex for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playingx whose endx both at the first and nowx was and isx to hold as xtwere the mirror up to naturex to show virtue her own featurex scorn her own imagex and the very age and body of the time his form and pressurex nowx this overdonex or come tardy offx though it make the unskilful laughx cannot but make the judicious grievex the censure of the which one must in your allowance oxerweigh a whole theatre of othersx ox there be players that i have seen playxand heard others praisex and that highlyxnot to speak it profanelyx thatx neither having the accent of christiansx nor the gait of christianx paganx nor manx have so strutted and bellowed that i have thought some of naturexs journeymen had made menx and not made them wellx they imitated humanity so abominablyx first playerx i hope we have reformxd that indifferently with usx sirx hamletx o reform it altogetherx and let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for themx for there be of them that will themselves laughx to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh toox though in the meantime some necessary question of the play be then to be consideredx thatxs villanousx and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses itx go make you readyx xxexeunt playersxxx enter poloniusx rosencrantz and guildensternx how nowx my lordx will the king hear this piece of workx poloniusx and the queen toox and that presentlyx hamletx bid the players make hastex xxexit poloniusxxx will you two help to hasten themx rosencrantz and guildensternx we willx my lordx xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx hamletx what hox horatiox enter horatiox horatiox herex sweet lordx at your servicex hamletx horatiox thou art exen as just a man as exer my conversation copxd withalx horatiox o my dear lordx hamletx nayx do not think i flatterx for what advancement may i hope from theex that no revenue hastx but thy good spirits to feed and clothe theex why should the poor be flatterxdx nox let the candied tongue lick absurd pompx and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawningx dost thou hearx since my dear soul was mistress of her choicex and could of men distinguishx her election hath sealxd thee for herselfx for thou hast been as onex in suffering allx that suffers nothingx a man that fortunexs buffets and rewards hast taxen with equal thanksx and blesxd are those whose blood and judgment are so well coxmingled that they are not a pipe for fortunexs finger to sound what stop she pleasex give me that man that is not passionxs slavex and i will wear him in my heartxs corex ayx in my heart of heartx as i do theex something too much of thisx there is a play tonight before the kingx one scene of it comes near the circumstance which i have told theex of my fatherxs deathx i prytheex when thou seexst that act axfootx even with the very comment of thy soul observe mine unclex if his occulted guilt do not itself unkennel in one speechx it is a damned ghost that we have seenx and my imaginations are as foul as vulcanxs stithyx give him heedful notex for i mine eyes will rivet to his facex and after we will both our judgments join in censure of his seemingx horatiox wellx my lordx if he steal aught the whilst this play is playingx and scape detectingx i will pay the theftx hamletx they are coming to the playx i must be idlex get you a placex danish marchx a flourishx enter kingx queenx poloniusx opheliax rosencrantzx guildenstern and othersx kingx how fares our cousin hamletx hamletx excellentx ix faithx of the chameleonxs dishx i eat the airx promisexcrammedx you cannot feed capons sox kingx i have nothing with this answerx hamletx these words are not minex hamletx nox nor mine nowx xxto poloniusxxx my lordx you playxd once ix thxuniversityx you sayx poloniusx that did ix my lordx and was accounted a good actorx hamletx what did you enactx poloniusx i did enact julius caesarx i was killxd ix thx capitolx brutus killed mex hamletx it was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf therex be the players readyx rosencrantzx ayx my lordx they stay upon your patiencex queenx come hitherx my dear hamletx sit by mex hamletx nox good motherx herexs metal more attractivex poloniusx xxto the kingxxx o hox do you mark thatx hamletx ladyx shall i lie in your lapx xxlying down at opheliaxs feetxxx opheliax nox my lordx hamletx i meanx my head upon your lapx opheliax ayx my lordx hamletx do you think i meant country mattersx opheliax i think nothingx my lordx hamletx thatxs a fair thought to lie between maidsx legsx opheliax what isx my lordx hamletx nothingx opheliax you are merryx my lordx hamletx whox ix opheliax ayx my lordx hamletx o godx your only jigxmakerx what should a man do but be merryx for look you how cheerfully my mother looksx and my father died withinxs two hoursx opheliax nayx xtis twice two monthsx my lordx hamletx so longx nay thenx let the devil wear blackx for ixll have a suit of sablesx o heavensx die two months agox and not forgotten yetx then therexs hope a great manxs memory may outlive his life half a yearx but byxr ladyx he must build churches thenx or else shall he suffer not thinking onx with the hobbyxhorsex whose epitaph is xforx ox for ox the hobbyxhorse is forgotxx trumpets soundx the dumb show entersx xenter a king and a queen very lovinglyx the queen embracing him and he herx she kneelsx and makes show of protestation unto himx he takes her upx and declines his head upon her neckx lays him down upon a bank of flowersx shex seeing him asleepx leaves himx anon comes in a fellowx takes off his crownx kisses itx pours poison in the kingxs earsx and exitsx the queen returnsx finds the king deadx and makes passionate actionx the poisoner with some three or four mutesx comes in againx seeming to lament with herx the dead body is carried awayx the poisoner woos the queen with giftsx she seems loth and unwilling awhilex but in the end accepts his lovexx xxexeuntxxx opheliax what means thisx my lordx hamletx marryx this is miching mallichox it means mischiefx opheliax belike this show imports the argument of the playx enter prologuex hamletx we shall know by this fellowx the players cannot keep counselx theyxll tell allx opheliax will they tell us what this show meantx hamletx ayx or any show that youxll show himx be not you ashamed to showx hexll not shame to tell you what it meansx opheliax you are naughtx you are naughtx ixll mark the playx prologuex xfor usx and for our tragedyx here stooping to your clemencyx we beg your hearing patientlyxx hamletx is this a prologuex or the posy of a ringx opheliax xtis briefx my lordx hamletx as womanxs lovex enter a king and a queenx player kingx full thirty times hath phoebusx cart gone round neptunexs salt wash and tellusx orbed groundx and thirty dozen moons with borrowxd sheen about the world have times twelve thirties beenx since love our heartsx and hymen did our hands unite commutual in most sacred bandsx player queenx so many journeys may the sun and moon make us again count oxer ere love be donex butx woe is mex you are so sick of latex so far from cheer and from your former statex that i distrust youx yetx though i distrustx discomfort youx my lordx it nothing mustx for womenxs fear and love holds quantityx in neither aughtx or in extremityx now what my love isx proof hath made you knowx and as my love is sizxdx my fear is sox where love is greatx the littlest doubts are fearx where little fears grow greatx great love grows therex player kingx faithx i must leave theex lovex and shortly toox my operant powers their functions leave to dox and thou shalt live in this fair world behindx honourxdx belovxdx and haply one as kind for husband shalt thoux player queenx o confound the restx such love must needs be treason in my breastx in second husband let me be accurstx none wed the second but who killxd the firstx hamletx xxasidexxx wormwoodx wormwoodx player queenx the instances that second marriage move are base respects of thriftx but none of lovex a second time i kill my husband deadx when second husband kisses me in bedx player kingx i do believe you think what now you speakx but what we do determinex oft we breakx purpose is but the slave to memoryx of violent birthx but poor validityx which nowx like fruit unripex sticks on the treex but fall unshaken when they mellow bex most necessary xtis that we forget to pay ourselves what to ourselves is debtx what to ourselves in passion we proposex the passion endingx doth the purpose losex the violence of either grief or joy their own enactures with themselves destroyx where joy most revelsx grief doth most lamentx grief joysx joy grievesx on slender accidentx this world is not for ayex nor xtis not strange that even our loves should with our fortunes changex for xtis a question left us yet to provex whether love lead fortunex or else fortune lovex the great man downx you mark his favourite fliesx the poor advancxd makes friends of enemiesx and hitherto doth love on fortune tendx for who not needs shall never lack a friendx and who in want a hollow friend doth tryx directly seasons him his enemyx but orderly to end where i begunx our wills and fates do so contrary run that our devices still are overthrownx our thoughts are oursx their ends none of our ownx so think thou wilt no second husband wedx but die thy thoughts when thy first lord is deadx player queenx nor earth to me give foodx nor heaven lightx sport and repose lock from me day and nightx to desperation turn my trust and hopex an anchorxs cheer in prison be my scopex each opposite that blanks the face of joyx meet what i would have wellx and it destroyx both here and hence pursue me lasting strifex ifx once a widowx ever i be wifex hamletx xxto opheliaxxx if she should break it nowx player kingx xtis deeply swornx sweetx leave me here awhilex my spirits grow dullx and fain i would beguile the tedious day with sleepx xxsleepsxxx player queenx sleep rock thy brainx and never come mischance between us twainx xxexitxxx hamletx madamx how like you this playx queenx the lady protests too muchx methinksx hamletx ox but shexll keep her wordx kingx have you heard the argumentx is there no offence inxtx hamletx nox nox they do but jestx poison in jestx no offence ix thx worldx kingx what do you call the playx hamletx xthe mousetrapxx marryx howx tropicallyx this play is the image of a murder done in viennax gonzago is the dukexs namex his wife baptistax you shall see anonx xtis a knavish piece of workx but what ox thatx your majestyx and we that have free soulsx it touches us notx let the gallxd jade wincex our withers are unwrungx enter lucianusx this is one lucianusx nephew to the kingx opheliax you are a good chorusx my lordx hamletx i could interpret between you and your lovex if i could see the puppets dallyingx opheliax you are keenx my lordx you are keenx hamletx it would cost you a groaning to take off my edgex opheliax still betterx and worsex hamletx so you mistake your husbandsxxbeginx murdererx poxx leave thy damnable facesx and beginx comex the croaking raven doth bellow for revengex lucianusx thoughts blackx hands aptx drugs fitx and time agreeingx confederate seasonx else no creature seeingx thou mixture rankx of midnight weeds collectedx with hecatexs ban thrice blastedx thrice infectedx thy natural magic and dire property on wholesome life usurp immediatelyx xxpours the poison into the sleeperxs earsxxx hamletx he poisons him ix thxgarden forxs estatex his namexs gonzagox the story is extantx and written in very choice italianx you shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of gonzagoxs wifex opheliax the king risesx hamletx whatx frighted with false firex queenx how fares my lordx poloniusx give oxer the playx kingx give me some lightx awayx allx lightsx lightsx lightsx xxexeunt all but hamlet and horatioxxx hamletx whyx let the strucken deer go weepx the hart ungalled playx for some must watchx while some must sleepx so runs the world awayx would not thisx sirx and a forest of feathersx if the rest of my fortunes turn turk with mex with two provincial roses on my razed shoesx get me a fellowship in a cry of playersx sirx horatiox half a sharex hamletx a whole onex ix for thou dost knowx o damon dearx this realm dismantled was of jove himselfx and now reigns here a veryx veryxpajockx horatiox you might have rhymedx hamletx o good horatiox ixll take the ghostxs word for a thousand poundx didst perceivex horatiox very wellx my lordx hamletx upon the talk of the poisoningx horatiox i did very well note himx hamletx ahx hax comex some musicx comex the recordersx for if the king like not the comedyx why thenx belike he likes it notx perdiex comex some musicx enter rosencrantz and guildensternx guildensternx good my lordx vouchsafe me a word with youx hamletx sirx a whole historyx guildensternx the kingx sirx hamletx ayx sirx what of himx guildensternx is in his retirementx marvellous distemperedx hamletx with drinkx sirx guildensternx nox my lordx rather with cholerx hamletx your wisdom should show itself more richer to signify this to the doctorx for me to put him to his purgation would perhaps plunge him into far more cholerx guildensternx good my lordx put your discourse into some framex and start not so wildly from my affairx hamletx i am tamex sirx pronouncex guildensternx the queen your motherx in most great affliction of spiritx hath sent me to youx hamletx you are welcomex guildensternx nayx good my lordx this courtesy is not of the right breedx if it shall please you to make me a wholesome answerx i will do your motherxs commandmentx if notx your pardon and my return shall be the end of my businessx hamletx sirx i cannotx guildensternx whatx my lordx hamletx make you a wholesome answerx my witxs diseasedx butx sirx such answer as i can makex you shall commandx or ratherx as you sayx my motherx therefore no morex but to the matterx my motherx you sayxx rosencrantzx then thus she saysx your behaviour hath struck her into amazement and admirationx hamletx o wonderful sonx that can so stonish a motherx but is there no sequel at the heels of this motherxs admirationx rosencrantzx she desires to speak with you in her closet ere you go to bedx hamletx we shall obeyx were she ten times our motherx have you any further trade with usx rosencrantzx my lordx you once did love mex hamletx and so i do stillx by these pickers and stealersx rosencrantzx good my lordx what is your cause of distemperx you do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friendx hamletx sirx i lack advancementx rosencrantzx how can that bex when you have the voice of the king himself for your succession in denmarkx hamletx ayx sirx but while the grass growsxthe proverb is something mustyx rexenter the players with recordersx ox the recordersx let me see onexxto withdraw with youx why do you go about to recover the wind of mex as if you would drive me into a toilx guildensternx o my lordx if my duty be too boldx my love is too unmannerlyx hamletx i do not well understand thatx will you play upon this pipex guildensternx my lordx i cannotx hamletx i pray youx guildensternx believe mex i cannotx hamletx i do beseech youx guildensternx i know no touch of itx my lordx hamletx xtis as easy as lyingx govern these ventages with your finger and thumbx give it breath with your mouthx and it will discourse most eloquent musicx look youx these are the stopsx guildensternx but these cannot i command to any utterance of harmonyx i have not the skillx hamletx whyx look you nowx how unworthy a thing you make of mex you would play upon mex you would seem to know my stopsx you would pluck out the heart of my mysteryx you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compassx and there is much musicx excellent voicex in this little organx yet cannot you make it speakx xsbloodx do you think i am easier to be played on than a pipex call me what instrument you willx though you can fret mex you cannot play upon mex enter poloniusx god bless youx sirx poloniusx my lordx the queen would speak with youx and presentlyx hamletx do you see yonder cloud thatxs almost in shape of a camelx poloniusx by the massx and xtis like a camel indeedx hamletx methinks it is like a weaselx poloniusx it is backed like a weaselx hamletx or like a whalex poloniusx very like a whalex hamletx then will i come to my mother by and byxxthey fool me to the top of my bentxxi will come by and byx poloniusx i will say sox xxexitxxx hamletx by and by is easily saidx leave mex friendsx xxexeunt all but hamletxxx xtis now the very witching time of nightx when churchyards yawnx and hell itself breathes out contagion to this worldx now could i drink hot bloodx and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look onx soft nowx to my motherx o heartx lose not thy naturex let not ever the soul of nero enter this firm bosomx let me be cruelx not unnaturalx i will speak daggers to herx but use nonex my tongue and soul in this be hypocritesx how in my words somever she be shentx to give them seals neverx my soulx consentx xxexitxxx scene iiix a room in the castlex enter kingx rosencrantz and guildensternx kingx i like him notx nor stands it safe with us to let his madness rangex therefore prepare youx i your commission will forthwith dispatchx and he to england shall along with youx the terms of our estate may not endure hazard so near us as doth hourly grow out of his lunaciesx guildensternx we will ourselves providex most holy and religious fear it is to keep those many many bodies safe that live and feed upon your majestyx rosencrantzx the single and peculiar life is bound with all the strength and armour of the mindx to keep itself from xnoyancex but much more that spirit upon whose weal depend and rest the lives of manyx the cease of majesty dies not alonex but like a gulf doth draw whatxs near it with itx it is a massy wheel fixxd on the summit of the highest mountx to whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things are mortisxd and adjoinxdx which when it fallsx each small annexmentx petty consequencex attends the boistxrous ruinx never alone did the king sighx but with a general groanx kingx arm youx i pray youx to this speedy voyagex for we will fetters put upon this fearx which now goes too freexfootedx rosencrantz and guildensternx we will haste usx xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx enter poloniusx poloniusx my lordx hexs going to his motherxs closetx behind the arras ixll convey myself to hear the processx ixll warrant shexll tax him homex and as you saidx and wisely was it saidx xtis meet that some more audience than a motherx since nature makes them partialx should oxerhear the speech of vantagex fare you wellx my liegex ixll call upon you ere you go to bedx and tell you what i knowx kingx thanksx dear my lordx xxexit poloniusxxx ox my offence is rankx it smells to heavenx it hath the primal eldest curse uponxtxx a brotherxs murderx pray can i notx though inclination be as sharp as willx my stronger guilt defeats my strong intentx andx like a man to double business boundx i stand in pause where i shall first beginx and both neglectx what if this cursed hand were thicker than itself with brotherxs bloodx is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens to wash it white as snowx whereto serves mercy but to confront the visage of offencex and whatxs in prayer but this twofold forcex to be forestalled ere we come to fallx or pardonxd being downx then ixll look upx my fault is pastx but ox what form of prayer can serve my turnx forgive me my foul murderx that cannot bex since i am still possessxd of those effects for which i did the murderxx my crownx mine own ambitionx and my queenx may one be pardonxd and retain thxoffencex in the corrupted currents of this world offencexs gilded hand may shove by justicex and oft xtis seen the wicked prize itself buys out the lawx but xtis not so abovex there is no shufflingx there the action lies in his true naturex and we ourselves compellxd even to the teeth and forehead of our faultsx to give in evidencex what thenx what restsx try what repentance canx what can it notx yet what can itx when one cannot repentx o wretched statex o bosom black as deathx o limed soulx that struggling to be freex art more engagxdx helpx angelsx make assayx bowx stubborn kneesx and heart with strings of steelx be soft as sinews of the newxborn babex all may be wellx xxretires and kneelsxxx enter hamletx hamletx now might i do it patx now he is prayingx and now ixll doxtx and so he goes to heavenx and so am i revengxdx that would be scannxdx a villain kills my fatherx and for that ix his sole sonx do this same villain send to heavenx ox this is hire and salaryx not revengex he took my father grosslyx full of breadx with all his crimes broad blownx as flush as mayx and how his audit standsx who knows save heavenx but in our circumstance and course of thoughtx xtis heavy with himx and am i then revengxdx to take him in the purging of his soulx when he is fit and seasonxd for his passagex nox upx swordx and know thou a more horrid hentx when he is drunk asleepx or in his ragex or in thxincestuous pleasure of his bedx at gamingx swearingx or about some act that has no relish of salvation inxtx then trip himx that his heels may kick at heavenx and that his soul may be as damnxd and black as hellx whereto it goesx my mother staysx this physic but prolongs thy sickly daysx xxexitxxx the king rises and advancesx kingx my words fly upx my thoughts remain belowx words without thoughts never to heaven gox xxexitxxx scene ivx another room in the castlex enter queen and poloniusx poloniusx he will come straightx look you lay home to himx tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear withx and that your grace hath screenxd and stood between much heat and himx ixll silence me exen herex pray you be round with himx hamletx xxwithinxxx motherx motherx motherx queenx ixll warrant youx fear me notx withdrawx i hear him comingx xxpolonius goes behind the arrasxxx enter hamletx hamletx nowx motherx whatxs the matterx queenx hamletx thou hast thy father much offendedx hamletx motherx you have my father much offendedx queenx comex comex you answer with an idle tonguex hamletx gox gox you question with a wicked tonguex queenx whyx how nowx hamletx hamletx whatxs the matter nowx queenx have you forgot mex hamletx nox by the roodx not sox you are the queenx your husbandxs brotherxs wifex andx would it were not sox you are my motherx queenx nayx then ixll set those to you that can speakx hamletx comex comex and sit you downx you shall not budgex you go not till i set you up a glass where you may see the inmost part of youx queenx what wilt thou dox thou wilt not murder mex helpx helpx hox poloniusx xxbehindxxx whatx hox helpx helpx helpx hamletx how nowx a ratx xxdrawsxxx dead for a ducatx deadx xxmakes a pass through the arrasxxx poloniusx xxbehindxxx ox i am slainx xxfalls and diesxxx queenx o mex what hast thou donex hamletx nayx i know notx is it the kingx xxdraws forth poloniusxxx queenx o what a rash and bloody deed is thisx hamletx a bloody deedx almost as badx good motherx as kill a king and marry with his brotherx queenx as kill a kingx hamletx ayx ladyx xtwas my wordxx xxto poloniusxxx thou wretchedx rashx intruding foolx farewellx i took thee for thy betterx take thy fortunex thou findxst to be too busy is some dangerxx leave wringing of your handsx peacex sit you downx and let me wring your heartx for so i shallx if it be made of penetrable stuffx if damned custom have not brazxd it sox that it is proof and bulwark against sensex queenx what have i donex that thou darxst wag thy tongue in noise so rude against mex hamletx such an act that blurs the grace and blush of modestyx calls virtue hypocritex takes off the rose from the fair forehead of an innocent lovex and sets a blister therex makes marriage vows as false as dicersx oathsx o such a deed as from the body of contraction plucks the very soulx and sweet religion makes a rhapsody of wordsx heavenxs face doth glowx yea this solidity and compound massx with tristful visagex as against the doomx is thoughtxsick at the actx queenx ay mex what actx that roars so loudx and thunders in the indexx hamletx look here upon this picturex and on thisx the counterfeit presentment of two brothersx see what a grace was seated on this browx hyperionxs curlsx the front of jove himselfx an eye like marsx to threaten and commandx a station like the herald mercury new lighted on a heavenxkissing hillx a combination and a form indeedx where every god did seem to set his sealx to give the world assurance of a manx this was your husbandx look you now what followsx here is your husbandx like a mildewxd ear blasting his wholesome brotherx have you eyesx could you on this fair mountain leave to feedx and batten on this moorx hax have you eyesx you cannot call it lovex for at your age the heyxday in the blood is tamex itxs humblex and waits upon the judgmentx and what judgment would step from this to thisx sense sure you havex else could you not have motionx but sure that sense is apoplexxdx for madness would not err nor sense to ecstacy was nexer so thrallxd but it reservxd some quantity of choice to serve in such a differencex what devil wasxt that thus hath cozenxd you at hoodmanxblindx eyes without feelingx feeling without sightx ears without hands or eyesx smelling sans allx or but a sickly part of one true sense could not so mopex o shamex where is thy blushx rebellious hellx if thou canst mutine in a matronxs bonesx to flaming youth let virtue be as waxx and melt in her own firex proclaim no shame when the compulsive ardour gives the chargex since frost itself as actively doth burnx and reason panders willx queenx o hamletx speak no morex thou turnxst mine eyes into my very soulx and there i see such black and grained spots as will not leave their tinctx hamletx nayx but to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bedx stewxd in corruptionx honeying and making love over the nasty styx queenx o speak to me no morex these words like daggers enter in mine earsx no morex sweet hamletx hamletx a murderer and a villainx a slave that is not twentieth part the tithe of your precedent lordx a vice of kingsx a cutpurse of the empire and the rulex that from a shelf the precious diadem stole and put it in his pocketx queenx no morex hamletx a king of shreds and patchesxx enter ghostx save me and hover oxer me with your wingsx you heavenly guardsx what would your gracious figurex queenx alasx hexs madx hamletx do you not come your tardy son to chidex thatx lapsxd in time and passionx lets go by the important acting of your dread commandx o sayx ghostx do not forgetx this visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purposex but lookx amazement on thy mother sitsx o step between her and her fighting soulx conceit in weakest bodies strongest worksx speak to herx hamletx hamletx how is it with youx ladyx queenx alasx how isxt with youx that you do bend your eye on vacancyx and with the incorporal air do hold discoursex forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peepx andx as the sleeping soldiers in the alarmx your bedded hairsx like life in excrementsx start up and stand an endx o gentle sonx upon the heat and flame of thy distemper sprinkle cool patiencex whereon do you lookx hamletx on himx on himx look you how pale he glaresx his form and cause conjoinxdx preaching to stonesx would make them capablexxdo not look upon mex lest with this piteous action you convert my stern effectsx then what i have to do will want true colourx tears perchance for bloodx queenx to whom do you speak thisx hamletx do you see nothing therex queenx nothing at allx yet all that is i seex hamletx nor did you nothing hearx queenx nox nothing but ourselvesx hamletx whyx look you therex look how it steals awayx my fatherx in his habit as he livxdx look where he goes even now out at the portalx xxexit ghostxxx queenx this is the very coinage of your brainx this bodiless creation ecstasy is very cunning inx hamletx ecstasyx my pulse as yours doth temperately keep timex and makes as healthful musicx it is not madness that i have utterxdx bring me to the testx and i the matter will rexwordx which madness would gambol fromx motherx for love of gracex lay not that flattering unction to your soul that not your trespassx but my madness speaksx it will but skin and film the ulcerous placex whilst rank corruptionx mining all withinx infects unseenx confess yourself to heavenx repent whatxs pastx avoid what is to comex and do not spread the compost on the weedsx to make them rankerx forgive me this my virtuex for in the fatness of these pursy times virtue itself of vice must pardon begx yeax curb and woo for leave to do him goodx queenx o hamletx thou hast cleft my heart in twainx hamletx o throw away the worser part of itx and live the purer with the other halfx good nightx but go not to mine unclexs bedx assume a virtuex if you have it notx that monster customx who all sense doth eatx of habits evilx is angel yet in thisx that to the use of actions fair and good he likewise gives a frock or livery that aptly is put onx refrain tonightx and that shall lend a kind of easiness to the next abstinencex the next more easyx for use almost can change the stamp of naturex and either curb the devilx or throw him out with wondrous potencyx once morex good nightx and when you are desirous to be blesxdx ixll blessing beg of youx for this same lord xxpointing to poloniusxxx i do repentx but heaven hath pleasxd it sox to punish me with thisx and this with mex that i must be their scourge and ministerx i will bestow himx and will answer well the death i gave himx so againx good nightx i must be cruelx only to be kindx thus bad beginsx and worse remains behindx one word morex good ladyx queenx what shall i dox hamletx not thisx by no meansx that i bid you dox let the bloat king tempt you again to bedx pinch wanton on your cheekx call you his mousex and let himx for a pair of reechy kissesx or paddling in your neck with his damnxd fingersx make you to ravel all this matter outx that i essentially am not in madnessx but mad in craftx xtwere good you let him knowx for who thatxs but a queenx fairx soberx wisex would from a paddockx from a batx a gibx such dear concernings hidex who would do sox nox in despite of sense and secrecyx unpeg the basket on the housexs topx let the birds flyx and like the famous apex to try conclusionsx in the basket creep and break your own neck downx queenx be thou assurxdx if words be made of breathx and breath of lifex i have no life to breathe what thou hast said to mex hamletx i must to englandx you know thatx queenx alackx i had forgotx xtis so concluded onx hamletx therexs letters sealxdx and my two schoolfellowsx whom i will trust as i will adders fangxdxx they bear the mandatex they must sweep my way and marshal me to knaveryx let it workx for xtis the sport to have the enginer hoist with his own petardx and xt shall go hard but i will delve one yard below their mines and blow them at the moonx ox xtis most sweetx when in one line two crafts directly meetx this man shall set me packingx ixll lug the guts into the neighbour roomx motherx good nightx indeedx this counsellor is now most stillx most secretx and most gravex who was in life a foolish peating knavex comex sirx to draw toward an end with youx good nightx motherx xxexit hamlet dragging out poloniusxxx act iv scene ix a room in the castlex enter kingx queenx rosencrantz and guildensternx kingx therexs matter in these sighsx these profound heaves you must translatex xtis fit we understand themx where is your sonx queenx bestow this place on us a little whilex xxto rosencrantz and guildensternx who go outxxx ahx my good lordx what have i seen tonightx kingx whatx gertrudex how does hamletx queenx mad as the sea and windx when both contend which is the mightierx in his lawless fit behind the arras hearing something stirx whips out his rapierx cries xa ratx a ratxx and in this brainish apprehension kills the unseen good old manx kingx o heavy deedx it had been so with usx had we been therex his liberty is full of threats to allx to you yourselfx to usx to everyonex alasx how shall this bloody deed be answerxdx it will be laid to usx whose providence should have kept shortx restrainxdx and out of haunt this mad young manx but so much was our love we would not understand what was most fitx but like the owner of a foul diseasex to keep it from divulgingx let it feed even on the pith of lifex where is he gonex queenx to draw apart the body he hath killxdx oxer whom his very madnessx like some ore among a mineral of metals basex shows itself purex he weeps for what is donex kingx o gertrudex come awayx the sun no sooner shall the mountains touch but we will ship him hencex and this vile deed we must with all our majesty and skill both countenance and excusexxhox guildensternx rexenter rosencrantz and guildensternx friends bothx go join you with some further aidx hamlet in madness hath polonius slainx and from his motherxs closet hath he draggxd himx go seek him outx speak fairx and bring the body into the chapelx i pray you haste in thisx xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx comex gertrudex wexll call up our wisest friendsx and let them know both what we mean to do and whatxs untimely donex so haply slanderx whose whisper oxer the worldxs diameterx as level as the cannon to his blankx transports his poisonxd shotx may miss our namex and hit the woundless airx ox come awayx my soul is full of discord and dismayx xxexeuntxxx scene iix another room in the castlex enter hamletx hamletx safely stowedx rosencrantz and guildensternx xxwithinxxx hamletx lord hamletx hamletx what noisex who calls on hamletx ox here they comex enter rosencrantz and guildensternx rosencrantzx what have you donex my lordx with the dead bodyx hamletx compounded it with dustx whereto xtis kinx rosencrantzx tell us where xtisx that we may take it thencex and bear it to the chapelx hamletx do not believe itx rosencrantzx believe whatx hamletx that i can keep your counselx and not mine ownx besidesx to be demanded of a spongexwhat replication should be made by the son of a kingx rosencrantzx take you me for a spongex my lordx hamletx ayx sirx that soaks up the kingxs countenancex his rewardsx his authoritiesx but such officers do the king best service in the endx he keeps themx like an apex in the corner of his jawx first mouthedx to be last swallowedx when he needs what you have gleanedx it is but squeezing youx andx spongex you shall be dry againx rosencrantzx i understand you notx my lordx hamletx i am glad of itx a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish earx rosencrantzx my lordx you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the kingx hamletx the body is with the kingx but the king is not with the bodyx the king is a thingx guildensternx a thingx my lordx hamletx of nothingx bring me to himx hide foxx and all afterx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix another room in the castlex enter kingx attendedx kingx i have sent to seek him and to find the bodyx how dangerous is it that this man goes loosex yet must not we put the strong law on himx hexs lovxd of the distracted multitudex who like not in their judgmentx but their eyesx and where xtis sox thxoffenderxs scourge is weighxdx but never the offencex to bear all smooth and evenx this sudden sending him away must seem deliberate pausex diseases desperate grown by desperate appliance are relievxdx or not at allx enter rosencrantzx how nowx what hath befallxnx rosencrantzx where the dead body is bestowxdx my lordx we cannot get from himx kingx but where is hex rosencrantzx withoutx my lordx guardedx to know your pleasurex kingx bring him before usx rosencrantzx hox guildensternx bring in my lordx enter hamlet and guildensternx kingx nowx hamletx wherexs poloniusx hamletx at supperx kingx at supperx wherex hamletx not where he eatsx but where he is eatenx a certain convocation of politic worms are exen at himx your worm is your only emperor for dietx we fat all creatures else to fat usx and we fat ourselves for maggotsx your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable servicexxtwo dishesx but to one tablex thatxs the endx kingx alasx alasx hamletx a man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a kingx and eat of the fish that hath fed of that wormx kingx what dost thou mean by thisx hamletx nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggarx kingx where is poloniusx hamletx in heavenx send thither to seex if your messenger find him not therex seek him ix thxother place yourselfx but indeedx if you find him not within this monthx you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobbyx kingx xxto some attendantsxxx go seek him therex hamletx he will stay till you comex xxexeunt attendantsxxx kingx hamletx this deedx for thine especial safetyxx which we do tenderx as we dearly grieve for that which thou hast donexxmust send thee hence with fiery quicknessx therefore prepare thyselfx the bark is readyx and the wind at helpx thxassociates tendx and everything is bent for englandx hamletx for englandx kingx ayx hamletx hamletx goodx kingx so is itx if thou knewxst our purposesx hamletx i see a cherub that sees themx butx comex for englandx farewellx dear motherx kingx thy loving fatherx hamletx hamletx my motherx father and mother is man and wifex man and wife is one fleshx and sox my motherx comex for englandx xxexitxxx kingx follow him at footx tempt him with speed aboardx delay it notx ixll have him hence tonightx awayx for everything is sealxd and done that else leans on thxaffairx pray you make hastex xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx and englandx if my love thou holdxst at aughtxx as my great power thereof may give thee sensex since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red after the danish swordx and thy free awe pays homage to usxxthou mayst not coldly set our sovereign processx which imports at fullx by letters conjuring to that effectx the present death of hamletx do itx englandx for like the hectic in my blood he ragesx and thou must cure mex till i know xtis donex howexer my hapsx my joys were nexer begunx xxexitxxx scene ivx a plain in denmarkx enter fortinbras and forces marchingx fortinbrasx gox captainx from me greet the danish kingx tell him that by his licensex fortinbras craves the conveyance of a promisxd march over his kingdomx you know the rendezvousx if that his majesty would aught with usx we shall express our duty in his eyex and let him know sox captainx i will doxtx my lordx fortinbrasx go softly onx xxexeunt all but the captainxxx enter hamletx rosencrantzx guildenstern xcx hamletx good sirx whose powers are thesex captainx they are of norwayx sirx hamletx how purposxdx sirx i pray youx captainx against some part of polandx hamletx who commands themx sirx captainx the nephew to old norwayx fortinbrasx hamletx goes it against the main of polandx sirx or for some frontierx captainx truly to speakx and with no additionx we go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the namex to pay five ducatsx fivex i would not farm itx nor will it yield to norway or the pole a ranker ratex should it be sold in feex hamletx whyx then the polack never will defend itx captainx yesx it is already garrisonxdx hamletx two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats will not debate the question of this strawx this is thximposthume of much wealth and peacex that inward breaksx and shows no cause without why the man diesx i humbly thank youx sirx captainx god bx wix youx sirx xxexitxxx rosencrantzx willxt please you gox my lordx hamletx ixll be with you straightx go a little beforex xxexeunt all but hamletxxx how all occasions do inform against mex and spur my dull revengex what is a man if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feedx a beastx no morex sure he that made us with such large discoursex looking before and afterx gave us not that capability and godlike reason to fust in us unusxdx now whether it be bestial oblivionx or some craven scruple of thinking too precisely on thxeventxx a thought whichx quarterxdx hath but one part wisdom and ever three parts cowardxxi do not know why yet i live to say this thingxs to dox sith i have causex and willx and strengthx and means to doxtx examples gross as earth exhort mex witness this army of such mass and chargex led by a delicate and tender princex whose spiritx with divine ambition puffxdx makes mouths at the invisible eventx exposing what is mortal and unsure to all that fortunex deathx and danger darex even for an eggshellx rightly to be great is not to stir without great argumentx but greatly to find quarrel in a straw when honourxs at the stakex how stand i thenx that have a father killxdx a mother stainxdx excitements of my reason and my bloodx and let all sleepx while to my shame i see the imminent death of twenty thousand men thatx for a fantasy and trick of famex go to their graves like bedsx fight for a plot whereon the numbers cannot try the causex which is not tomb enough and continent to hide the slainx ox from this time forthx my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worthx xxexitxxx scene vx elsinorex a room in the castlex enter queenx horatio and a gentlemanx queenx i will not speak with herx gentlemanx she is importunatex indeed distractx her mood will needs be pitiedx queenx what would she havex gentlemanx she speaks much of her fatherx says she hears therexs tricks ix thx worldx and hemsx and beats her heartx spurns enviously at strawsx speaks things in doubtx that carry but half sensex her speech is nothingx yet the unshaped use of it doth move the hearers to collectionx they aim at itx and botch the words up fit to their own thoughtsx whichx as her winksx and nodsx and gestures yield themx indeed would make one think there might be thoughtx though nothing surex yet much unhappilyx xtwere good she were spoken withx for she may strew dangerous conjectures in illxbreeding mindsx queenx let her come inx xxexit gentlemanxxx to my sick soulx as sinxs true nature isx each toy seems prologue to some great amissx so full of artless jealousy is guiltx it spills itself in fearing to be spiltx enter opheliax opheliax where is the beauteous majesty of denmarkx queenx how nowx opheliax opheliax xxsingsxxx how should i your true love know from another onex by his cockle bat and staff and his sandal shoonx queenx alasx sweet ladyx what imports this songx opheliax say youx nayx pray you markx xxsingsxxx he is dead and gonex ladyx he is dead and gonex at his head a grass green turfx at his heels a stonex queenx nayx but opheliax opheliax pray you markx xxsingsxxx white his shroud as the mountain snowx enter kingx queenx alasx look herex my lordx opheliax xxsingsxxx larded all with sweet flowersx which bewept to the grave did go with truexlove showersx kingx how do youx pretty ladyx opheliax wellx god dild youx they say the owl was a bakerxs daughterx lordx we know what we arex but know not what we may bex god be at your tablex kingx conceit upon her fatherx opheliax pray youx letxs have no words of thisx but when they ask you what it meansx say you thisx xxsingsxxx tomorrow is saint valentinexs dayx all in the morning betimex and i a maid at your windowx to be your valentinex then up he rose and donnxd his clothesx and duppxd the chamber doorx let in the maidx that out a maid never departed morex kingx pretty opheliax opheliax indeed lax without an oathx ixll make an end onxtx xxsingsxxx by gis and by saint charityx alackx and fie for shamex young men will doxt if they come toxtx by cockx they are to blamex quoth shex before you tumbled mex you promisxd me to wedx so would i hax donex by yonder sunx an thou hadst not come to my bedx kingx how long hath she been thusx opheliax i hope all will be wellx we must be patientx but i cannot choose but weepx to think they would lay him ix thx cold groundx my brother shall know of itx and so i thank you for your good counselx comex my coachx good nightx ladiesx good nightx sweet ladiesx good nightx good nightx xxexitxxx kingx follow her closex give her good watchx i pray youx xxexit horatioxxx ox this is the poison of deep griefx it springs all from her fatherxs deathx o gertrudex gertrudex when sorrows comex they come not single spiesx but in battalionsx firstx her father slainx nextx your son gonex and he most violent author of his own just removex the people muddiedx thick and and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers for good poloniusx deathx and we have done but greenly in huggerxmugger to inter himx poor ophelia divided from herself and her fair judgmentx without the which we are pictures or mere beastsx lastx and as much containing as all thesex her brother is in secret come from francex feeds on his wonderx keeps himself in cloudsx and wants not buzzers to infect his ear with pestilent speeches of his fatherxs deathx wherein necessityx of matter beggarxdx will nothing stick our person to arraign in ear and earx o my dear gertrudex thisx like to a murdering piecex in many places gives me superfluous deathx xxa noise withinxxx queenx alackx what noise is thisx kingx where are my switzersx let them guard the doorx enter a gentlemanx what is the matterx gentlemanx save yourselfx my lordx the oceanx overpeering of his listx eats not the flats with more impetuous haste than young laertesx in a riotous headx oxerbears your officesx the rabble call him lordx andx as the world were now but to beginx antiquity forgotx custom not knownx the ratifiers and props of every wordx they cry xchoose wex laertes shall be kingxx capsx handsx and tongues applaud it to the cloudsx xlaertes shall be kingx laertes kingxx queenx how cheerfully on the false trail they cryx ox this is counterx you false danish dogsx xxa noise withinxxx kingx the doors are brokex enter laertesx armedx danes followingx laertesx where is this kingxxsirsx stand you all withoutx danesx nox letxs come inx laertesx i pray youx give me leavex danesx we willx we willx xxthey retire without the doorxxx laertesx i thank youx keep the doorx o thou vile kingx give me my fatherx queenx calmlyx good laertesx laertesx that drop of blood thatxs calm proclaims me bastardx cries cuckold to my fatherx brands the harlot even here between the chaste unsmirched brow of my true motherx kingx what is the causex laertesx that thy rebellion looks so giantxlikexx let him gox gertrudex do not fear our personx therexs such divinity doth hedge a kingx that treason can but peep to what it wouldx acts little of his willxxtell mex laertesx why thou art thus incensxdxxlet him gox gertrudexx speakx manx laertesx where is my fatherx kingx deadx queenx but not by himx kingx let him demand his fillx laertesx how came he deadx ixll not be juggled withx to hellx allegiancex vowsx to the blackest devilx conscience and gracex to the profoundest pitx i dare damnationx to this point i standx that both the worldsx i give to negligencex let come what comesx only ixll be revengxd most throughly for my fatherx kingx who shall stay youx laertesx my willx not all the worldx and for my meansx ixll husband them so wellx they shall go far with littlex kingx good laertesx if you desire to know the certainty of your dear fatherxs deathx isxt writ in your revenge thatx sweepstakex you will draw both friend and foex winner and loserx laertesx none but his enemiesx kingx will you know them thenx laertesx to his good friends thus wide ixll ope my armsx andx like the kind lifexrendering pelicanx repast them with my bloodx kingx whyx now you speak like a good child and a true gentlemanx that i am guiltless of your fatherxs deathx and am most sensibly in grief for itx it shall as level to your judgment xpear as day does to your eyex danesx xxwithinxxx let her come inx laertesx how nowx what noise is thatx rexenter opheliax fantastically dressed with straws and flowersx o heatx dry up my brainsx tears seven times saltx burn out the sense and virtue of mine eyex by heavenx thy madness shall be paid by weightx till our scale turn the beamx o rose of mayx dear maidx kind sisterx sweet opheliax o heavensx isxt possible a young maidxs wits should be as mortal as an old manxs lifex nature is fine in lovex and where xtis finex it sends some precious instance of itself after the thing it lovesx opheliax xxsingsxxx they bore him barefacxd on the bierx hey no nonnyx nonnyx hey nonny and on his grave rainxd many a tearxx fare you wellx my dovex laertesx hadst thou thy witsx and didst persuade revengex it could not move thusx opheliax you must sing xdown axdownx and you call him axdownxaxx ox how the wheel becomes itx it is the false steward that stole his masterxs daughterx laertesx this nothingxs more than matterx opheliax therexs rosemaryx thatxs for remembrancex pray lovex rememberx and there is pansiesx thatxs for thoughtsx laertesx a document in madnessx thoughts and remembrance fittedx opheliax therexs fennel for youx and columbinesx therexs rue for youx and herexs some for mex we may call it herb of grace ox sundaysx o you must wear your rue with a differencex therexs a daisyx i would give you some violetsx but they witherxd all when my father diedx they say he made a good endx xxsingsxxx for bonny sweet robin is all my joyx laertesx thought and afflictionx passionx hell itself she turns to favour and to prettinessx opheliax xxsingsxxx and will he not come againx and will he not come againx nox nox he is deadx go to thy deathxbedx he never will come againx his beard was as white as snowx all flaxen was his pollx he is gonex he is gonex and we cast away moanx god hax mercy on his soulx and of all christian soulsx i pray godx god bx wix yex xxexitxxx laertesx do you see thisx o godx kingx laertesx i must commune with your griefx or you deny me rightx go but apartx make choice of whom your wisest friends you willx and they shall hear and judge xtwixt you and mex if by direct or by collateral hand they find us touchxdx we will our kingdom givex our crownx our lifex and all that we call ours to you in satisfactionx but if notx be you content to lend your patience to usx and we shall jointly labour with your soul to give it due contentx laertesx let this be sox his means of deathx his obscure burialxx no trophyx swordx nor hatchment oxer his bonesx no noble ritex nor formal ostentationxx cry to be heardx as xtwere from heaven to earthx that i must callxt in questionx kingx so you shallx and where thxoffence is let the great axe fallx i pray you go with mex xxexeuntxxx scene vix another room in the castlex enter horatio and a servantx horatiox what are they that would speak with mex servantx sailorsx sirx they say they have letters for youx horatiox let them come inx xxexit servantxxx i do not know from what part of the world i should be greetedx if not from lord hamletx enter sailorsx first sailorx god bless youx sirx horatiox let him bless thee toox first sailorx he shallx sirx andxt please himx therexs a letter for youx sirx it comes from thxambassador that was bound for englandx if your name be horatiox as i am let to know it isx horatiox xxreadsxxx xhoratiox when thou shalt have overlooked thisx give these fellows some means to the kingx they have letters for himx ere we were two days old at seax a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us chasex finding ourselves too slow of sailx we put on a compelled valourx and in the grapple i boarded themx on the instant they got clear of our shipx so i alone became their prisonerx they have dealt with me like thieves of mercyx but they knew what they didx i am to do a good turn for themx let the king have the letters i have sentx and repair thou to me with as much haste as thou wouldst fly deathx i have words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumbx yet are they much too light for the bore of the matterx these good fellows will bring thee where i amx rosencrantz and guildenstern hold their course for englandx of them i have much to tell theex farewellx he that thou knowest thinex hamletxx comex i will give you way for these your lettersx and doxt the speedierx that you may direct me to him from whom you brought themx xxexeuntxxx scene viix another room in the castlex enter king and laertesx kingx now must your conscience my acquittance sealx and you must put me in your heart for friendx sith you have heardx and with a knowing earx that he which hath your noble father slain pursuxd my lifex laertesx it well appearsx but tell me why you proceeded not against these featsx so crimeful and so capital in naturex as by your safetyx wisdomx all things elsex you mainly were stirrxd upx kingx ox for two special reasonsx which may to youx perhapsx seem much unsinewxdx but yet to me they are strongx the queen his mother lives almost by his looksx and for myselfxx my virtue or my plaguex be it either whichxx shexs so conjunctive to my life and soulx thatx as the star moves not but in his spherex i could not but by herx the other motivex why to a public count i might not gox is the great love the general gender bear himx whox dipping all his faults in their affectionx would like the spring that turneth wood to stonex convert his gyves to gracesx so that my arrowsx too slightly timberxd for so loud a windx would have reverted to my bow againx and not where i had aimxd themx laertesx and so have i a noble father lostx a sister driven into desperate termsx whose worthx if praises may go back againx stood challenger on mount of all the age for her perfectionsx but my revenge will comex kingx break not your sleeps for thatx you must not think that we are made of stuff so flat and dull that we can let our beard be shook with dangerx and think it pastimex you shortly shall hear morex i lovxd your fatherx and we love ourselfx and thatx i hopex will teach you to imaginex enter a messengerx how nowx what newsx messengerx lettersx my lordx from hamletx this to your majestyx this to the queenx kingx from hamletx who brought themx messengerx sailorsx my lordx they sayx i saw them notx they were given me by claudiox he receivxd them of him that brought themx kingx laertesx you shall hear themx leave usx xxexit messengerxxx xxreadsxxx xhigh and mightyx you shall know i am set naked on your kingdomx tomorrow shall i beg leave to see your kingly eyesx when i shallx first asking your pardon thereuntox recount the occasions of my sudden and more strange returnx hamletxx what should this meanx are all the rest come backx or is it some abusex and no such thingx laertesx know you the handx kingx xtis hamletxs characterx xnakedxx and in a postscript here he says xalonexx can you advise mex laertesx i am lost in itx my lordx but let him comex it warms the very sickness in my heart that i shall live and tell him to his teethx xthus diest thouxx kingx if it be sox laertesxx as how should it be sox how otherwisexx will you be rulxd by mex laertesx ayx my lordx so you will not oxerrule me to a peacex kingx to thine own peacex if he be now returnxdx as checking at his voyagex and that he means no more to undertake itx i will work him to exploitx now ripe in my devicex under the which he shall not choose but fallx and for his death no wind shall breathex but even his mother shall uncharge the practice and call it accidentx laertesx my lordx i will be rulxdx the rather if you could devise it so that i might be the organx kingx it falls rightx you have been talkxd of since your travel muchx and that in hamletxs hearingx for a quality wherein they say you shinex your sum of parts did not together pluck such envy from him as did that onex and thatx in my regardx of the unworthiest siegex laertesx what part is thatx my lordx kingx a very riband in the cap of youthx yet needful toox for youth no less becomes the light and careless livery that it wears than settled age his sables and his weedsx importing health and gravenessx two months since here was a gentleman of normandyxx ixve seen myselfx and servxd againstx the frenchx and they can well on horsebackx but this gallant had witchcraft inxtx he grew unto his seatx and to such wondrous doing brought his horsex as had he been incorpsxd and demixnaturxd with the brave beastx so far he toppxd my thought that i in forgery of shapes and tricksx come short of what he didx laertesx a norman wasxtx kingx a normanx laertesx upon my lifex lamondx kingx the very samex laertesx i know him wellx he is the brooch indeed and gem of all the nationx kingx he made confession of youx and gave you such a masterly report for art and exercise in your defencex and for your rapier most especiallyx that he cried out xtwould be a sight indeed if one could match youx the scrimers of their nation he swore had neither motionx guardx nor eyex if you opposxd themx sirx this report of his did hamlet so envenom with his envy that he could nothing do but wish and beg your sudden coming oxer to play with himx nowx out of thisxx laertesx what out of thisx my lordx kingx laertesx was your father dear to youx or are you like the painting of a sorrowx a face without a heartx laertesx why ask you thisx kingx not that i think you did not love your fatherx but that i know love is begun by timex and that i seex in passages of proofx time qualifies the spark and fire of itx there lives within the very flame of love a kind of wick or snuff that will abate itx and nothing is at a like goodness stillx for goodnessx growing to a pleurisyx dies in his own too muchx that we would dox we should do when we wouldx for this xwouldx changesx and hath abatements and delays as many as there are tonguesx are handsx are accidentsx and then this xshouldx is like a spendthrift sigh that hurts by easingx but to the quick ox thxulcerx hamlet comes backx what would you undertake to show yourself your fatherxs son in deedx more than in wordsx laertesx to cut his throat ix thx churchx kingx no placex indeedx should murder sanctuarizex revenge should have no boundsx but good laertesx will you do thisx keep close within your chamberx hamlet returnxd shall know you are come homex wexll put on those shall praise your excellencex and set a double varnish on the fame the frenchman gave youx bring you in fine together and wager on your headsx hex being remissx most generousx and free from all contrivingx will not peruse the foilsx so that with easex or with a little shufflingx you may choose a sword unbatedx and in a pass of practicex requite him for your fatherx laertesx i will doxtx and for that purpose ixll anoint my swordx i bought an unction of a mountebank so mortal thatx but dip a knife in itx where it draws blood no cataplasm so rarex collected from all simples that have virtue under the moonx can save the thing from death this is but scratchxd withalx ixll touch my point with this contagionx that if i gall him slightlyx it may be deathx kingx letxs further think of thisx weigh what convenience both of time and means may fit us to our shapex if this should failx and that our drift look through our bad performancex xtwere better not assayxdx therefore this project should have a back or secondx that might hold if this did blast in proofx softx let me seex wexll make a solemn wager on your cunningsxx i haxtx when in your motion you are hot and dryx as make your bouts more violent to that endx and that he calls for drinkx ixll have preparxd him a chalice for the noncex whereon but sippingx if he by chance escape your venomxd stuckx our purpose may hold therex enter queenx how nowx sweet queenx queenx one woe doth tread upon anotherxs heelx so fast they followx your sisterxs drownxdx laertesx laertesx drownxdx ox wherex queenx there is a willow grows aslant a brookx that shows his hoary leaves in the glassy streamx there with fantastic garlands did she make of crowxflowersx nettlesx daisiesx and long purplesx that liberal shepherds give a grosser namex but our cold maids do dead menxs fingers call themx there on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds clambxring to hangx an envious sliver brokex when down her weedy trophies and herself fell in the weeping brookx her clothes spread widex and mermaidxlikex awhile they bore her upx which time she chaunted snatches of old tunesx as one incapable of her own distressx or like a creature native and indued unto that elementx but long it could not be till that her garmentsx heavy with their drinkx pullxd the poor wretch from her melodious lay to muddy deathx laertesx alasx then she is drownxdx queenx drownxdx drownxdx laertesx too much of water hast thoux poor opheliax and therefore i forbid my tearsx but yet it is our trickx nature her custom holdsx let shame say what it willx when these are gonex the woman will be outx adieux my lordx i have a speech of firex that fain would blazex but that this folly douts itx xxexitxxx kingx letxs followx gertrudex how much i had to do to calm his ragex now fear i this will give it start againx therefore letxs followx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix a churchyardx enter two clowns with spadesx xcx first clownx is she to be buried in christian burialx when she wilfully seeks her own salvationx second clownx i tell thee she isx and therefore make her grave straightx the crowner hath sat on herx and finds it christian burialx first clownx how can that bex unless she drowned herself in her own defencex second clownx whyx xtis found sox first clownx it must be xse offendendoxx it cannot be elsex for here lies the pointx if i drown myself wittinglyx it argues an actx and an act hath three branchesx it is to actx to dox and to performx argalx she drowned herself wittinglyx second clownx nayx but hear youx goodman delverxx first clownx give me leavex here lies the waterx goodx here stands the manx goodx if the man go to this water and drown himselfx it isx will he nill hex he goesxxmark you thatx but if the water come to him and drown himx he drowns not himselfx argalx he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own lifex second clownx but is this lawx first clownx ayx marryx isxtx crownerxs quest lawx second clownx will you hax the truth onxtx if this had not been a gentlewomanx she should have been buried out ox christian burialx first clownx whyx there thou sayxstx and the more pity that great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even christianx comex my spadex there is no ancient gentlemen but gardenersx ditchersx and gravexmakersx they hold up adamxs professionx second clownx was he a gentlemanx first clownx he was the first that ever bore armsx second clownx whyx he had nonex first clownx whatx art a heathenx how dost thou understand the scripturex the scripture says adam diggxdx could he dig without armsx ixll put another question to theex if thou answerest me not to the purposex confess thyselfx second clownx go tox first clownx what is he that builds stronger than either the masonx the shipwrightx or the carpenterx second clownx the gallowsxmakerx for that frame outlives a thousand tenantsx first clownx i like thy wit well in good faithx the gallows does wellx but how does it wellx it does well to those that do illx nowx thou dost ill to say the gallows is built stronger than the churchx argalx the gallows may do well to theex toxt againx comex second clownx who builds stronger than a masonx a shipwrightx or a carpenterx first clownx ayx tell me thatx and unyokex second clownx marryx now i can tellx first clownx toxtx second clownx massx i cannot tellx enter hamlet and horatiox at a distancex first clownx cudgel thy brains no more about itx for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beatingx and when you are asked this question nextx say xa gravexmakerxx the houses he makes last till doomsdayx gox get thee to yaughanx fetch me a stoup of liquorx xxexit second clownxxx xxdigs and singsxxx in youth when i did lovex did lovex methought it was very sweetx to contractx ox the time forx ax my behovex o methought there was nothing meetx hamletx has this fellow no feeling of his businessx that he sings at gravexmakingx horatiox custom hath made it in him a property of easinessx hamletx xtis exen sox the hand of little employment hath the daintier sensex first clownx xxsingsxxx but age with his stealing steps hath clawxd me in his clutchx and hath shippxd me into the landx as if i had never been suchx xxthrows up a skullxxx hamletx that skull had a tongue in itx and could sing oncex how the knave jowls it to thx groundx as if xtwere cainxs jawbonex that did the first murderx this might be the pate of a politician which this ass now oxerxofficesx one that would circumvent godx might it notx horatiox it mightx my lordx hamletx or of a courtierx which could say xgood morrowx sweet lordx how dost thoux good lordxx this might be my lord suchxaxonex that praised my lord suchxaxonexs horse when he meant to beg itx might it notx horatiox ayx my lordx hamletx whyx exen sox and now my lady wormxsx chaplessx and knocked about the mazard with a sextonxs spadex herexs fine revolutionx an we had the trick to seextx did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play at loggets with xemx mine ache to think onxtx first clownx xxsingsxxx a pickaxe and a spadex a spadex for and a shroudingxsheetx ox a pit of clay for to be made for such a guest is meetx xxthrows up another skullxxx hamletx therexs anotherx why may not that be the skull of a lawyerx where be his quiddits nowx his quilletsx his casesx his tenuresx and his tricksx why does he suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovelx and will not tell him of his action of batteryx humx this fellow might be inxs time a great buyer of landx with his statutesx his recognizancesx his finesx his double vouchersx his recoveriesx is this the fine of his finesx and the recovery of his recoveriesx to have his fine pate full of fine dirtx will his vouchers vouch him no more of his purchasesx and double ones toox than the length and breadth of a pair of indenturesx the very conveyances of his lands will scarcely lie in this boxx and must the inheritor himself have no morex hax horatiox not a jot morex my lordx hamletx is not parchment made of sheepxskinsx horatiox ayx my lordx and of calfxskins toox hamletx they are sheep and calves which seek out assurance in thatx i will speak to this fellowxxwhose gravexs thisx sirx first clownx minex sirx xxsingsxxx ox a pit of clay for to be made for such a guest is meetx hamletx i think it be thine indeedx for thou liest inxtx first clownx you lie out onxtx sirx and therefore xtis not yoursx for my partx i do not lie inxtx yet it is minex hamletx thou dost lie inxtx to be inxt and say it is thinex xtis for the deadx not for the quickx therefore thou liestx first clownx xtis a quick liex sirx xt will away again from me to youx hamletx what man dost thou dig it forx first clownx for no manx sirx hamletx what woman thenx first clownx for none neitherx hamletx who is to be buried inxtx first clownx one that was a womanx sirx butx rest her soulx shexs deadx hamletx how absolute the knave isx we must speak by the cardx or equivocation will undo usx by the lordx horatiox these three years i have taken note of itx the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibexxhow long hast thou been a gravexmakerx first clownx of all the days ix thx yearx i came toxt that day that our last king hamlet oxercame fortinbrasx hamletx how long is that sincex first clownx cannot you tell thatx every fool can tell thatx it was the very day that young hamlet was bornxxhe that is madx and sent into englandx hamletx ayx marryx why was he sent into englandx first clownx whyx because he was madx he shall recover his wits therex or if he do notx itxs no great matter therex hamletx whyx first clownx xtwill not be seen in him therex there the men are as mad as hex hamletx how came he madx first clownx very strangelyx they sayx hamletx how strangelyx first clownx faithx exen with losing his witsx hamletx upon what groundx first clownx whyx here in denmarkx i have been sexton herex man and boyx thirty yearsx hamletx how long will a man lie ix thxearth ere he rotx first clownx faithx if he be not rotten before he diexxas we have many pocky corses nowadays that will scarce hold the laying inxxhe will last you some eight year or nine yearx a tanner will last you nine yearx hamletx why he more than anotherx first clownx whyx sirx his hide is so tannxd with his trade that he will keep out water a great whilex and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead bodyx herexs a skull nowx this skull hath lain in the earth threexandxtwenty yearsx hamletx whose was itx first clownx a whoresonx mad fellowxs it wasx whose do you think it wasx hamletx nayx i know notx first clownx a pestilence on him for a mad roguex a pourxd a flagon of rhenish on my head oncex this same skullx sirx was yorickxs skullx the kingxs jesterx hamletx thisx first clownx exen thatx hamletx let me seex xxtakes the skullxxx alasx poor yorickx i knew himx horatiox a fellow of infinite jestx of most excellent fancyx he hath borne me on his back a thousand timesx and nowx how abhorred in my imagination it isx my gorge rises at itx here hung those lips that i have kissxd i know not how oftx where be your gibes nowx your gambolsx your songsx your flashes of merrimentx that were wont to set the table on a roarx not one nowx to mock your own grinningx quite chopxfallenx now get you to my ladyxs chamberx and tell herx let her paint an inch thickx to this favour she must comex make her laugh at thatxxprytheex horatiox tell me one thingx horatiox whatxs thatx my lordx hamletx dost thou think alexander looked ox this fashion ix thxearthx horatiox exen sox hamletx and smelt sox pahx xxthrows down the skullxxx horatiox exen sox my lordx hamletx to what base uses we may returnx horatiox why may not imagination trace the noble dust of alexander till he find it stopping a bungxholex horatiox xtwere to consider too curiously to consider sox hamletx nox faithx not a jotx but to follow him thither with modesty enoughx and likelihood to lead itx as thusx alexander diedx alexander was buriedx alexander returneth into dustx the dust is earthx of earth we make loamx and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beerxbarrelx imperious caesarx dead and turnxd to clayx might stop a hole to keep the wind awayx ox that that earth which kept the world in awe should patch a wall txexpel the winterxs flawx but softx but softx asidex here comes the kingx enter priestsx xcx in processionx the corpse of opheliax laertes and mourners followingx kingx queenx their trainsx xcx the queenx the courtiersx who is that they followx and with such maimed ritesx this doth betoken the corse they follow did with desperate hand fordo it own lifex xtwas of some estatex couch we awhile and markx xxretiring with horatioxxx laertesx what ceremony elsex hamletx that is laertesx a very noble youthx markx laertesx what ceremony elsex priestx her obsequies have been as far enlargxd as we have warrantiesx her death was doubtfulx and but that great command oxersways the orderx she should in ground unsanctified have lodgxd till the last trumpetx for charitable prayersx shardsx flintsx and pebbles should be thrown on herx yet here she is allowed her virgin ritesx her maiden strewmentsx and the bringing home of bell and burialx laertesx must there no more be donex priestx no more be donex we should profane the service of the dead to sing sage requiem and such rest to her as to peacexparted soulsx laertesx lay her ix thxearthx and from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets springx i tell theex churlish priestx a ministxring angel shall my sister be when thou liest howlingx hamletx whatx the fair opheliax queenx xxscattering flowersxxx sweets to the sweetx farewellx i hopxd thou shouldst have been my hamletxs wifex i thought thy bridexbed to have deckxdx sweet maidx and not have strewxd thy gravex laertesx ox treble woe fall ten times treble on that cursed head whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense deprivxd thee ofx hold off the earth a whilex till i have caught her once more in mine armsx xxleaps into the gravexxx now pile your dust upon the quick and deadx till of this flat a mountain you have madex to oxertop old pelion or the skyish head of blue olympusx hamletx xxadvancingxxx what is he whose grief bears such an emphasisx whose phrase of sorrow conjures the wandxring starsx and makes them stand like wonderxwounded hearersx this is ix hamlet the danex xxleaps into the gravexxx laertesx xxgrappling with himxxx the devil take thy soulx hamletx thou prayxst not wellx i prythee take thy fingers from my throatx for though i am not splenative and rashx yet have i in me something dangerousx which let thy wiseness fearx away thy handx kingx pluck them asunderx queenx hamletx hamletx allx gentlemenx horatiox good my lordx be quietx xxthe attendants part themx and they come out of the gravexxx hamletx whyx i will fight with him upon this theme until my eyelids will no longer wagx queenx o my sonx what themex hamletx i lovxd opheliax forty thousand brothers could notx with all their quantity of lovex make up my sumx what wilt thou do for herx kingx ox he is madx laertesx queenx for love of god forbear himx hamletx xswoundsx show me what thouxlt dox woulxt weepx woulxt fightx woulxt fastx woulxt tear thyselfx woulxt drink up eiselx eat a crocodilex ixll doxtx dost thou come here to whinex to outface me with leaping in her gravex be buried quick with herx and so will ix and if thou prate of mountainsx let them throw millions of acres on usx till our groundx singeing his pate against the burning zonex make ossa like a wartx nayx an thouxlt mouthx ixll rant as well as thoux queenx this is mere madnessx and thus awhile the fit will work on himx anonx as patient as the female dovex when that her golden couplets are disclosxdx his silence will sit droopingx hamletx hear youx sirx what is the reason that you use me thusx i lovxd you everx but it is no matterx let hercules himself do what he mayx the cat will mewx and dog will have his dayx xxexitxxx kingx i pray theex good horatiox wait upon himx xxexit horatioxxx xxto laertesxx strengthen your patience in our last nightxs speechx wexll put the matter to the present pushxx good gertrudex set some watch over your sonx this grave shall have a living monumentx an hour of quiet shortly shall we seex till then in patience our proceeding bex xxexeuntxxx scene iix a hall in the castlex enter hamlet and horatiox hamletx so much for thisx sirx now let me see the otherx you do remember all the circumstancex horatiox remember itx my lordx hamletx sirx in my heart there was a kind of fighting that would not let me sleepx methought i lay worse than the mutinies in the bilboesx rashlyx and praisxd be rashness for itxxlet us knowx our indiscretion sometime serves us wellx when our deep plots do pallx and that should teach us therexs a divinity that shapes our endsx roughxhew them how we willx horatiox that is most certainx hamletx up from my cabinx my seaxgown scarfxd about mex in the dark gropxd i to find out themx had my desirex fingerxd their packetx and in finex withdrew to mine own room againx making so boldx my fears forgetting mannersx to unseal their grand commissionx where i foundx horatiox oh royal knaveryx an exact commandx larded with many several sorts of reasonsx importing denmarkxs healthx and englandxs toox with hox such bugs and goblins in my lifex that on the supervisex no leisure batedx nox not to stay the grinding of the axex my head should be struck offx horatiox isxt possiblex hamletx herexs the commissionx read it at more leisurex but wilt thou hear me how i did proceedx horatiox i beseech youx hamletx being thus benetted round with villaniesxx or i could make a prologue to my brainsx they had begun the playxxi sat me downx devisxd a new commissionx wrote it fairx i once did hold itx as our statists dox a baseness to write fairx and labourxd much how to forget that learningx butx sirx now it did me yeomanxs servicex wilt thou know the effect of what i wrotex horatiox ayx good my lordx hamletx an earnest conjuration from the kingx as england was his faithful tributaryx as love between them like the palm might flourishx as peace should still her wheaten garland wear and stand a comma xtween their amitiesx and many suchxlike xasxes of great chargex that on the view and know of these contentsx without debatement furtherx more or lessx he should the bearers put to sudden deathx not shrivingxtime allowxdx horatiox how was this sealxdx hamletx whyx even in that was heaven ordinantx i had my fatherxs signet in my pursex which was the model of that danish sealx folded the writ up in the form of the otherx subscribxd itx gavext thximpressionx placxd it safelyx the changeling never knownx nowx the next day was our seaxfightx and what to this was sequent thou knowxst alreadyx horatiox so guildenstern and rosencrantz go toxtx hamletx whyx manx they did make love to this employmentx they are not near my consciencex their defeat does by their own insinuation growx xtis dangerous when the baser nature comes between the pass and fell incensed points of mighty oppositesx horatiox whyx what a king is thisx hamletx does it notx thinksxt theex stand me now uponxx he that hath killxd my kingx and whorxd my motherx poppxd in between thxelection and my hopesx thrown out his angle for my proper lifex and with such cozenagexisxt not perfect conscience to quit him with this armx and isxt not to be damnxd to let this canker of our nature come in further evilx horatiox it must be shortly known to him from england what is the issue of the business therex hamletx it will be shortx the interim is minex and a manxs lifexs no more than to say xonexx but i am very sorryx good horatiox that to laertes i forgot myselfx for by the image of my cause i see the portraiture of hisx ixll court his favoursx but sure the bravery of his grief did put me into a towxring passionx horatiox peacex who comes herex enter osricx osricx your lordship is right welcome back to denmarkx hamletx i humbly thank youx sirx dost know this waterflyx horatiox nox my good lordx hamletx thy state is the more graciousx for xtis a vice to know himx he hath much landx and fertilex let a beast be lord of beastsx and his crib shall stand at the kingxs messx xtis a choughx butx as i sayx spacious in the possession of dirtx osricx sweet lordx if your lordship were at leisurex i should impart a thing to you from his majestyx hamletx i will receive it with all diligence of spiritx put your bonnet to his right usex xtis for the headx osricx i thank your lordshipx xtis very hotx hamletx nox believe mex xtis very coldx the wind is northerlyx osricx it is indifferent coldx my lordx indeedx hamletx methinks it is very sultry and hot for my complexionx osricx exceedinglyx my lordx it is very sultryxxas xtwerexi cannot tell howx butx my lordx his majesty bade me signify to you that he has laid a great wager on your headx sirx this is the matterxx hamletx i beseech youx rememberxx xxhamlet moves him to put on his hatxxx osricx nayx in good faithx for mine easex in good faithx sirx here is newly come to court laertesx believe mex an absolute gentlemanx full of most excellent differencesx of very soft society and great showingx indeedx to speak feelingly of himx he is the card or calendar of gentryx for you shall find in him the continent of what part a gentleman would seex hamletx sirx his definement suffers no perdition in youx though i knowx to divide him inventorially would dizzy thxarithmetic of memoryx and yet but yaw neitherx in respect of his quick sailx butx in the verity of extolmentx i take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion of such dearth and rareness asx to make true diction of himx his semblable is his mirror and who else would trace him his umbragex nothing morex osricx your lordship speaks most infallibly of himx hamletx the concernancyx sirx why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breathx osricx sirx horatiox isxt not possible to understand in another tonguex you will doxtx sirx reallyx hamletx what imports the nomination of this gentlemanx osricx of laertesx horatiox his purse is empty alreadyx allxs golden words are spentx hamletx of himx sirx osricx i know you are not ignorantxx hamletx i would you didx sirx yet in faith if you didx it would not much approve mex wellx sirx osricx you are not ignorant of what excellence laertes isxx hamletx i dare not confess thatx lest i should compare with him in excellencex but to know a man well were to know himselfx osricx i meanx sirx for his weaponx but in the imputation laid on himx by them in his meed hexs unfellowedx hamletx whatxs his weaponx osricx rapier and daggerx hamletx thatxs two of his weaponsx but wellx osricx the kingx sirx hath wagerxd with him six barbary horsesx against the which he has imponedx as i take itx six french rapiers and poniardsx with their assignsx as girdlex hangersx and sox three of the carriagesx in faithx are very dear to fancyx very responsive to the hiltsx most delicate carriagesx and of very liberal conceitx hamletx what call you the carriagesx horatiox i knew you must be edified by the margin ere you had donex osricx the carriagesx sirx are the hangersx hamletx the phrase would be more german to the matter if we could carry cannon by our sidesx i would it might be hangers till thenx but onx six barbary horses against six french swordsx their assignsx and three liberal conceited carriagesx thatxs the french bet against the danishx why is this all imponedx as you call itx osricx the kingx sirx hath laid that in a dozen passes between you and himx he shall not exceed you three hitsx he hath laid on twelve for ninex and it would come to immediate trial if your lordship would vouchsafe the answerx hamletx how if i answer nox osricx i meanx my lordx the opposition of your person in trialx hamletx sirx i will walk here in the hallx if it please his majestyx it is the breathing time of day with mex let the foils be broughtx the gentleman willingx and the king hold his purposex i will win for him if i canx if notx i will gain nothing but my shame and the odd hitsx osricx shall i rexdeliver you exen sox hamletx to this effectx sirx after what flourish your nature willx osricx i commend my duty to your lordshipx hamletx yoursx yoursx xxexit osricxxx he does well to commend it himselfx there are no tongues else forxs turnx horatiox this lapwing runs away with the shell on his headx hamletx he did comply with his dug before he suckxd itx thus has hexxand many more of the same bevy that i know the drossy age dotes onxx only got the tune of the time and outward habit of encounterx a kind of yeasty collectionx which carries them through and through the most fanned and winnowed opinionsx and do but blow them to their trialx the bubbles are outx enter a lordx lordx my lordx his majesty commended him to you by young osricx who brings back to him that you attend him in the hallx he sends to know if your pleasure hold to play with laertes or that you will take longer timex hamletx i am constant to my purposesx they follow the kingxs pleasurex if his fitness speaksx mine is readyx now or whensoeverx provided i be so able as nowx lordx the king and queen and all are coming downx hamletx in happy timex lordx the queen desires you to use some gentle entertainment to laertes before you fall to playx hamletx she well instructs mex xxexit lordxxx horatiox you will lose this wagerx my lordx hamletx i do not think sox since he went into francex i have been in continual practicex i shall win at the oddsx but thou wouldst not think how ill allxs here about my heartx but it is no matterx horatiox nayx good my lordx hamletx it is but fooleryx but it is such a kind of gainxgiving as would perhaps trouble a womanx horatiox if your mind dislike anythingx obey itx i will forestall their repair hitherx and say you are not fitx hamletx not a whitx we defy auguryx therexs a special providence in the fall of a sparrowx if it be nowx xtis not to comex if it be not to comex it will be nowx if it be not nowx yet it will comex the readiness is allx since no man has aught of what he leavesx what isxt to leave betimesx enter kingx queenx laertesx lordsx osric and attendants with foils xcx kingx comex hamletx comex and take this hand from mex xxthe king puts laertesxs hand into hamletxsxxx hamletx give me your pardonx sirx i have done you wrongx but pardonxt as you are a gentlemanx this presence knowsx and you must needs have heardx how i am punishxd with sore distractionx what i have done that might your naturex honourx and exception roughly awakex i here proclaim was madnessx wasxt hamlet wrongxd laertesx never hamletx if hamlet from himself be taxen awayx and when hexs not himself does wrong laertesx then hamlet does it notx hamlet denies itx who does itx thenx his madnessx ifxt be sox hamlet is of the faction that is wrongxdx his madness is poor hamletxs enemyx sirx in this audiencex let my disclaiming from a purposxd evil free me so far in your most generous thoughts that i have shot my arrow oxer the house and hurt my brotherx laertesx i am satisfied in naturex whose motive in this case should stir me most to my revengex but in my terms of honour i stand aloofx and will no reconcilement till by some elder masters of known honour i have a voice and precedent of peace to keep my name ungorxdx but till that time i do receive your offerxd love like lovex and will not wrong itx hamletx i embrace it freelyx and will this brotherxs wager frankly playxx give us the foilsx come onx laertesx comex one for mex hamletx ixll be your foilx laertesx in mine ignorance your skill shall like a star ix thx darkest nightx stick fiery off indeedx laertesx you mock mex sirx hamletx nox by this handx kingx give them the foilsx young osricx cousin hamletx you know the wagerx hamletx very wellx my lordx your grace has laid the odds ox the weaker sidex kingx i do not fear itx i have seen you bothx but since he is betterxdx we have therefore oddsx laertesx this is too heavyx let me see anotherx hamletx this likes me wellx these foils have all a lengthx xxthey prepare to playxxx osricx ayx my good lordx kingx set me the stoups of wine upon that tablex if hamlet give the first or second hitx or quit in answer of the third exchangex let all the battlements their ordnance firex the king shall drink to hamletxs better breathx and in the cup an union shall he throw richer than that which four successive kings in denmarkxs crown have wornx give me the cupsx and let the kettle to the trumpet speakx the trumpet to the cannoneer withoutx the cannons to the heavensx the heavens to earthx xnow the king drinks to hamletxx comex beginx and youx the judgesx bear a wary eyex hamletx come onx sirx laertesx comex my lordx xxthey playxxx hamletx onex laertesx nox hamletx judgmentx osricx a hitx a very palpable hitx laertesx wellx againx kingx stayx give me drinkx hamletx this pearl is thinex herexs to thy healthx xxtrumpets soundx and cannon shot off withinxxx give him the cupx hamletx ixll play this bout firstx set it by awhilex xxthey playxxx comex another hitx what say youx laertesx a touchx a touchx i do confessx kingx our son shall winx queenx hexs fatx and scant of breathx herex hamletx take my napkinx rub thy browsx the queen carouses to thy fortunex hamletx hamletx good madamx kingx gertrudex do not drinkx queenx i willx my lordx i pray you pardon mex kingx xxasidexxx it is the poisonxd cupx it is too latex hamletx i dare not drink yetx madamx by and byx queenx comex let me wipe thy facex laertesx my lordx ixll hit him nowx kingx i do not thinkxtx laertesx xxasidexxx and yet xtis almost xgainst my consciencex hamletx come for the thirdx laertesx you do but dallyx i pray you pass with your best violencex i am afeard you make a wanton of mex laertesx say you sox come onx xxthey playxxx osricx nothing neither wayx laertesx have at you nowx xxlaertes wounds hamletx thenx in scufflingx they change rapiersx and hamlet wounds laertesxxx kingx part themx they are incensxdx hamletx nayx come againx xxthe queen fallsxxx osricx look to the queen therex hox horatiox they bleed on both sidesx how is itx my lordx osricx how isxtx laertesx laertesx whyx as a woodcock to my own springex osricx i am justly killxd with mine own treacheryx hamletx how does the queenx kingx she swoons to see them bleedx queenx nox nox the drinkx the drinkx o my dear hamletx the drinkx the drinkx i am poisonxdx xxdiesxxx hamletx o villanyx hox let the door be lockxdx treacheryx seek it outx xxlaertes fallsxxx laertesx it is herex hamletx hamletx thou art slainx no medicine in the world can do thee goodx in thee there is not half an hour of lifex the treacherous instrument is in thy handx unbated and envenomxdx the foul practice hath turnxd itself on mex lox here i liex never to rise againx thy motherxs poisonxdx i can no morex the kingx the kingxs to blamex hamletx the point envenomxd toox thenx venomx to thy workx xxstabs the kingxxx osric and lordsx treasonx treasonx kingx o yet defend mex friendsx i am but hurtx hamletx herex thou incestuousx murderousx damned danex drink off this potionx is thy union herex follow my motherx xxking diesxxx laertesx he is justly servxdx it is a poison temperxd by himselfx exchange forgiveness with mex noble hamletx mine and my fatherxs death come not upon theex nor thine on mex xxdiesxxx hamletx heaven make thee free of itx i follow theex i am deadx horatiox wretched queenx adieux you that look pale and tremble at this chancex that are but mutes or audience to this actx had i but timexxas this fell sergeantx deathx is strict in his arrestxxox i could tell youxx but let it bex horatiox i am deadx thou livxstx report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfiedx horatiox never believe itx i am more an antique roman than a danex herexs yet some liquor leftx hamletx as thxart a manx give me the cupx let gox by heavenx ixll havextx o good horatiox what a wounded namex things standing thus unknownx shall live behind mex if thou didst ever hold me in thy heartx absent thee from felicity awhilex and in this harsh world draw thy breath in painx to tell my storyx xxmarch afar offx and shot withinxxx what warlike noise is thisx osricx young fortinbrasx with conquest come from polandx to the ambassadors of england gives this warlike volleyx hamletx ox i diex horatiox the potent poison quite oxerxcrows my spiritx i cannot live to hear the news from englandx but i do prophesy thxelection lights on fortinbrasx he has my dying voicex so tell himx with the occurrents more and lessx which have solicitedx the rest is silencex xxdiesxxx horatiox now cracks a noble heartx good nightx sweet princex and flights of angels sing thee to thy restx why does the drum come hitherx xxmarch withinxxx enter fortinbrasx the english ambassadors and othersx fortinbrasx where is this sightx horatiox what is it you would seex if aught of woe or wonderx cease your searchx fortinbrasx this quarry cries on havocx o proud deathx what feast is toward in thine eternal cellx that thou so many princes at a shot so bloodily hast struckx first ambassadorx the sight is dismalx and our affairs from england come too latex the ears are senseless that should give us hearingx to tell him his commandment is fulfillxdx that rosencrantz and guildenstern are deadx where should we have our thanksx horatiox not from his mouthx had it thxability of life to thank youx he never gave commandment for their deathx but sincex so jump upon this bloody questionx you from the polack warsx and you from england are here arrivxdx give order that these bodies high on a stage be placed to the viewx and let me speak to thx yet unknowing world how these things came aboutx so shall you hear of carnalx bloody and unnatural actsx of accidental judgmentsx casual slaughtersx of deaths put on by cunning and forcxd causex andx in this upshotx purposes mistook fallxn on the inventorsx headsx all this can i truly deliverx fortinbrasx let us haste to hear itx and call the noblest to the audiencex for mex with sorrow i embrace my fortunex i have some rights of memory in this kingdomx which now to claim my vantage doth invite mex horatiox of that i shall have also cause to speakx and from his mouth whose voice will draw on morex but let this same be presently performxdx even while menxs minds are wildx lest more mischance on plots and errors happenx fortinbrasx let four captains bear hamlet like a soldier to the stagex for he was likelyx had he been put onx to have provxd most royallyx and for his passagex the soldiersx music and the rites of war speak loudly for himx take up the bodiesx such a sight as this becomes the fieldx but here shows much amissx gox bid the soldiers shootx xxa dead marchxxx xxexeuntx bearing off the bodiesx after which a peal of ordnance is shot offxxx the first part of king henry the fourth dramatis personx king henry the fourthx henryx prince of walesx son to the kingx prince john of lancasterx son to the kingx earl of westmorelandx sir walter bluntx thomas percyx earl of worcesterx henry percyx earl of northumberlandx henry percyx surnamed hotspurx his sonx edmund mortimerx earl of marchx scroopx archbishop of yorkx sir michaelx his friendx archibaldx earl of douglasx owen glendowerx sir richard vernonx sir john falstaffx poinsx gadshillx petox bardolphx lady percyx wife to hotspurx lady mortimerx daughter to glendowerx mrsx quicklyx hostess in eastcheapx lordsx officersx sheriffx vintnerx chamberlainx drawersx carriersx travellers and attendantsx scenex england and walesx act i scene ix londonx a room in the palacex xenter the king henryx westmorelandx sir walter bluntx and othersxx kingx so shaken as we arex so wan with carex find we a time for frighted peace to pantx and breathe shortxwinded accents of new broils to be commenced in strands afar remotex no more the thirsty entrance of this soil shall daub her lips with her own childrenxs bloodx no more shall trenching war channel her fieldsx nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs of hostile pacesx those opposed eyesx whichx like the meteors of a troubled heavenx all of one naturex of one substance bredx did lately meet in the intestine shock and furious close of civil butcheryx shall nowx in mutual wellxbeseeming ranksx march all one wayx and be no more opposed against acquaintancex kindredx and alliesx the edge of warx like an illxsheathed knifex no more shall cut his masterx thereforex friendsx as far as to the sepulchre of christx whose soldier nowx under whose blessed cross we are impressed and engaged to fightx forthwith a power of english shall we levyx to chase these pagans in those holy fields over whose acres walkxd those blessed feet which fourteen hundred years ago were nailxd for our advantage on the bitter crossx but this our purpose now is twelvemonth oldx and bootless xtis to tell you we will gox therefore we meet not nowxxthen let me hear of youx my gentle cousin westmorelandx what yesternight our council did decree in forwarding this dear expediencex westmorelandx my liegex this haste was hot in questionx and many limits of the charge set down but yesternightx whenx all athwartx there came a post from wales loaden with heavy newsx whose worst wasx that the noble mortimerx leading the men of herefordshire to fight against thx irregular and wild glendowerx was by the rude hands of that welshman takenx a thousand of his people butcheredx upon whose dead corpsex there was such misusex such beastlyx shameless transformationx by those welshwomen donex as may not be without much shame rextold or spoken ofx kingx it seemsx thenx that the tidings of this broil brake off our business for the holy landx westmorelandx thisx matchxd with otherx didx my gracious lordx for more uneven and unwelcome news came from the northx and thus it did importx on holyxrood day the gallant hotspur therex young harry percyx and brave archibaldx that everxvaliant and approved scotx at holmedon metx where they did spend a sad and bloody hourx as by discharge of their artilleryx and shape of likelihoodx the news was toldx for he that brought themx in the very heat and pride of their contention did take horsex uncertain of the issue any wayx kingx here is a dear and truexindustrious friendx sir walter bluntx new lighted from his horsex stainxd with the variation of each soil betwixt that holmedon and this seat of oursx and he hath brought us smooth and welcome newsx the earl of douglas is discomfitedx ten thousand bold scotsx twoxandxtwenty knightsx balkxd in their own bloodx did sir walter see on holmedonxs plainsx of prisonersx hotspur took mordake the earl of fife and eldest son to beaten douglasx and the earls of atholx of murrayx angusx and menteithx and is not this an honourable spoilx a gallant prizex hax cousinx is it notx westmorelandx faithx xtis a conquest for a prince to boast ofx kingx yeax there thou makest me sadx and makest me sin in envy that my lord northumberland should be the father to so blest a sonxx a son who is the theme of honourxs tonguex amongst a grovex the very straightest plantx who is sweet fortunexs minion and her pridex whilst ix by looking on the praise of himx see riot and dishonour stain the brow of my young harryx ox that it could be proved that some nightxtripping fairy had exchanged in cradlexclothes our children where they layx and callxd mine percyx his plantagenetx then would i have his harryx and he minex but let him from my thoughtsx what think youx cozx of this young percyxs pridex the prisonersx which he in this adventure hath surprisedx to his own use he keepsx and sends me wordx i shall have none but mordake earl of fifex westmorelandx this is his unclexs teachingx this is worcesterx malevolent to you in all aspectsx which makes him prune himselfx and bristle up the crest of youth against your dignityx kingx but i have sent for him to answer thisx and for this cause awhile we must neglect our holy purpose to jerusalemx cousinx on wednesday next our council we will hold at windsorx so inform the lordsx but come yourself with speed to us againx for more is to be said and to be done than out of anger can be utteredx westmorelandx i willx my liegex xexeuntxx scene iix the samex an apartment of prince henryxsx xenter prince henry and falstaffxx falstaffx nowx halx what time of day is itx ladx princex thou art so fatxwittedx with drinking of old sackx and unbuttoning thee after supperx and sleeping upon benches after noonx that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldst truly knowx what a devil hast thou to do with the time of the dayx unless hours were cups of sackx and minutes caponsx and the blessed sun himself a fair hot wench in flamexcoloured taffetax i see no reason why thou shouldst be so superfluous to demand the time of the dayx falstaffx indeedx you come near me nowx halx for we that take purses go by the moon and the seven starsx and not by phoebusxxhex that wandering knight so fairx and i prxytheex sweet wagx when thou art kingxxasx god save thy gracexmajesty i should sayx for grace thou wilt have nonexx princex whatx nonex falstaffx nox by my trothx not so much as will serve to be prologue to an egg and butterx princex wellx how thenx comex roundlyx roundlyx falstaffx marryx thenx sweet wagx when thou art kingx let not us that are squires of the nightxs body be called thieves of the dayxs beautyx let us be dianaxs forestersx gentlemen of the shadex minions of the moonx and let men say we be men of good governmentx being governedx as the sea isx by our noble and chaste mistress the moonx under whose countenance we stealx princex thou sayxst wellx and it holds well toox for the fortune of us that are the moonxs men doth ebb and flow like the seax being governedx as the sea isx by the moonx asx for proofx nowx a purse of gold most resolutely snatchxd on monday nightx and most dissolutely spent on tuesday morningx got with swearing lay byx and spent with crying bring inx now ill as low an ebb as the foot of the ladderx and byxandxby in as high a flow as the ridge of the gallowsx falstaffx by the lordx thou sayxst truex ladx and is not my hostess of the tavern a most sweet wenchx princex as the honey of hyblax my old lad of the castlex and is not a buff jerkin a most sweet robe of durancex falstaffx how nowx how nowx mad wagx whatx in thy quips and thy quidditiesx what a plague have i to do with a buff jerkinx princex whyx what a pox have i to do with my hostess of the tavernx falstaffx wellx thou hast callxd her to a reckoning many a time and oftx princex did i ever call for thee to pay thy partx falstaffx nox ixll give thee thy duex thou hast paid all therex princex yeax and elsewherex so far as my coin would stretchx and where it would notx i have used my creditx falstaffx yeax and so used itx thatx were it not here apparent that thou art heirxapparentxbut i prxytheex sweet wagx shall there be gallows standing in england when thou art kingx and resolution thus fobbxd as it is with the rusty curb of old father antic the lawx do not thoux when thou art kingx hang a thiefx princex nox thou shaltx falstaffx shall ix o rarex by the lordx ixll be a brave judgex princex thou judgest false alreadyx i meanx thou shalt have the hanging of the thievesx and so become a rare hangmanx falstaffx wellx halx wellx and in some sort it jumps with my humourx as well as waiting in the courtx i can tell youx princex for obtaining of suitsx falstaffx yeax for obtaining of suitsx whereof the hangman hath no lean wardrobex xsbloodx i am as melancholy as a gibxcat or a luggxd bearx princex or an old lionx or a loverxs lutex falstaffx yeax or the drone of a lincolnshire bagpipex princex what sayxst thou to a harex or the melancholy of moorxditchx falstaffx thou hast the most unsavoury similesx and artx indeedx the most comparativex rascalliestx sweet young princexxbutx halx i prxythee trouble me no more with vanityx i would to god thou and i knew where a commodity of good names were to be boughtx an old lord of the council rated me the other day in the street about youx sirxxbut i markxd him notx and yet he talkxd very wiselyxxbut i regarded him notx and yet he talkxd wiselyx and in the street toox princex thou didst wellx for wisdom cries out in the streetsx and no man regards itx falstaffx ox thou hast damnable iterationx and artx indeedx able to corrupt a saintx thou hast done much harm upon mex halx god forgive thee for itx before i knew theex halx i knew nothingx and now am ix if a man should speak trulyx little better than one of the wickedx i must give over this lifex and i will give it overx by the lordx an i do notx i am a villainx ixll be damnxd for never a kingxs son in christendomx princex where shall we take a purse toxmorrowx jackx falstaffx zoundsx where thou wiltx ladx ixll make onex an i do notx call me villainx and baffle mex princex i see a good amendment of life in theexxfrom praying to pursextakingx falstaffx whyx halx xtis my vocationx halx xtis no sin for a man to labour in his vocationx xenter poinsxx poinsx now shall we know if gadshill have set a matchx ox if men were to be saved by meritx what hole in hell were hot enough for himx this is the most omnipotent villain that ever cried standx to a true manx princex good morrowx nedx poinsx good morrowx sweet halxxwhat says monsieur remorsex what says sir john sackxandxsugarx jackx how agrees the devil and thee about thy soulx that thou soldest him on goodxfriday last for a cup of madeira and a cold caponxs legx princex sir john stands to his wordxxthe devil shall have his bargainx for he was never yet a breaker of proverbsxxhe will give the devil his duex poinsx then art thou damnxd for keeping thy word with the devilx princex else he had been damnxd for cozening the devilx poinsx butx my ladsx my ladsx toxmorrow morningx by four oxclockx early at gadsxhillx there are pilgrims gong to canterbury with rich offeringsx and traders riding to london with fat pursesx i have visards for you allx you have horses for yourselvesx gadshill lies toxnight in rochesterx i have bespoke supper toxmorrow night in eastcheapx we may do it as secure as sleepx if you will gox i will stuff your purses full of crownsx if you will notx tarry at home and be hangxdx falstaffx hear yex yedwardx if i tarry at home and go notx ixll hang you for goingx poinsx you willx chopsx falstaffx halx wilt thou make onex princex whox i robx i a thiefx not ix by my faithx falstaffx therexs neither honestyx manhoodx nor good fellowship in theex nor thou camest not of the blood royalx if thou darest not stand for ten shillingsx princex wellx thenx once in my days ixll be a madcapx falstaffx whyx thatxs well saidx princex wellx come what willx ixll tarry at homex falstaffx by the lordx ixll be a traitorx thenx when thou art kingx princex i care notx poinsx sir johnx i prxytheex leave the prince and me alonex i will lay him down such reasons for this adventurex that he shall gox falstaffx wellx god give thee the spirit of persuasionx and him the ears of profitingx that what thou speakest may movex and what he hears may be believedx that the true prince mayx for recreationx sakex prove a false thiefx for the poor abuses of the time want countenancex farewellx you shall find me in eastcheapx princex farewellx thou latter springx farewellx allxhallown summerx xexit falstaffxx poinsx nowx my good sweet honeyxlordx ride with us toxmorrowx i have a jest to execute that i cannot manage alonex falstaffx bardolphx petox and gadshillx shall rob those men that we have already waylaidx yourself and i will not be therex and when they have the bootyx if you and i do not rob themx cut this head off from my shouldersx princex but how shall we part with them in setting forthx poinsx whyx we will set forth before or after themx and appoint them a place of meetingx wherein it is at our pleasure to failx and then will they adventure upon the exploit themselvesx which they shall have no sooner achieved but wexll set upon themx princex ayx but xtis like that they will know us by our horsesx by our habitsx and by every other appointmentx to be ourselvesx poinsx tutx our horses they shall not seexxixll tie them in the woodx our visards we will changex after we leave themx andx sirrahx i have cases of buckram for the noncex to immask our noted outward garmentsx princex but i doubt they will be too hard for usx poinsx wellx for two of themx i know them to be as truexbred cowards as ever turnxd backx and for the thirdx if he fight longer than he sees reasonx ixll forswear armsx the virtue of this jest will bex the incomprehensible lies that this same fat rogue will tell us when we meet at supperx how thirtyx at leastx he fought withx what wardsx what blowsx what extremities he enduredx and in the reproof of this lies the jestx princex wellx ixll go with theex provide us all things necessary and meet me toxnight in eastcheapx there ixll supx farewellx poinsx farewellx my lordx xexitxx princex i know you allx and will awhile uphold the unyokxd humour of your idlenessx yet herein will i imitate the sunx who doth permit the base contagious clouds to smotherxup his beauty from the worldx thatx when he please again to be himselfx being wantedx he may be more wonderxd atx by breaking through the foul and ugly mists of vapours that did seem to strangle himx if all the year were playing holidaysx to sport would be as tedious as to workx butx when they seldom comex they wishxdxfor comex and nothing pleaseth but rare accidentsx sox when this loose behaviour i throw offx and pay the debt i never promisedx by how much better than my word i amx by so much shall i falsify menxs hopesx andx like bright metal on a sullen groundx my reformationx glittering oxer my faultx shall show more goodly and attract more eyes than that which hath no foil to set it offx ixll so offendx to make offence a skillx redeeming timex when men think least i willx xexitxx scene iiix the samex a room in the palacex xenter king henryx northumberlandx worcesterx hotspurx sir walter bluntx and othersxx kingx my blood hath been too cold and temperatex unapt to stir at these indignitiesx and you have found mex forx accordinglyx you tread upon my patiencex but be sure i will from henceforth rather be myselfx mighty and to be fearxdx than my conditionx which hath been smooth as oilx soft as young downx and therefore lost that title of respect which the proud soul nexer pays but to the proudx worcesterx our housex my sovereign liegex little deserves the scourge of greatness to be used on itx and that same greatness too which our own hands have holp to make so portlyx northumberlandx my good lordxx kingx worcesterx get thee gonex for i do see danger and disobedience in thine eyex ox sirx your presence is too bold and peremptoryx and majesty might never yet endure the moody frontier of a servant browx you have good leave to leave usx when we need your use and counselx we shall send for youx xexit worcesterxx xto northumberlandxx you were about to speakx northumberlandx yeax my good lordx those prisoners in your highnessx name demandedx which harry percy here at holmedon tookx werex as he saysx not with such strength denied as is deliverxd to your majestyx either envyx thereforex or misprision is guilty of this faultx and not my sonx hotspurx my liegex i did deny no prisonersx butx i rememberx when the fight was donex when i was dry with rage and extreme toilx breathless and faintx leaning upon my swordx came there a certain lordx neatx trimly dressxdx fresh as a bridegroomx and his chin new reapxd showxd like a stubblexland at harvestxhomex he was perfumed like a millinerx and xtwixt his finger and his thumb he held a pouncetxboxx which ever and anon he gave his nosex and tookxt away againx who therewith angryx when it next came therex took it in snuffx and still he smiled and talkxdx andx as the soldiers bore dead bodies byx he callxd them untaught knavesx unmannerlyx to bring a slovenly unhandsome corse betwixt the wind and his nobilityx with many holiday and lady terms he questionxd mex amongst the restx demanded my prisoners in your majestyxs behalfx i thenx all smarting with my wounds being coldx out of my grief and my impatience to be so pesterxd with a popinjayx answerxd neglectinglyx i know not whatxx he shouldx or he should notx forxt made me mad to see him shine so briskx and smell so sweetx and talk so like a waitingxgentlewoman of guns and drums and woundsxxgod save the markxx and telling me the sovereignxst thing on earth was parmaceti for an inward bruisex and that it was great pityx so it wasx this villainous saltxpetre should be diggxd out of the bowels of the harmless earthx which many a good tall fellow had destroyxd so cowardlyx andx but for these vile gunsx he would himself have been a soldierx this bald unjointed chat of hisx my lordx i answered indirectlyx as i saidx and i beseech youx let not his report come current for an accusation betwixt my love and your high majestyx bluntx the circumstance considerxdx good my lordx whatever harry percy then had said to such a personx and in such a placex at such a timex with all the rest rextoldx may reasonably diex and never rise to do him wrongx or any way impeach what then he saidx so he unsay it nowx kingx whyx yet he doth deny his prisonersx but with proviso and exceptionx that we at our own charge shall ransom straight his brotherxinxlawx the foolish mortimerx whox on my soulx hath wilfully betrayxd the lives of those that he did lead to fight against that great magicianx damnxd glendowerx whose daughterx as we hearx the earl of march hath lately marriedx shall our coffersx thenx be emptied to redeem a traitor homex shall we buy treasonx and indent with fears when they have lost and forfeited themselvesx nox on the barren mountains let him starvex for i shall never hold that man my friend whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost to ransom home revolted mortimerx hotspurx revolted mortimerx he never did fall offx my sovereign liegex but by the chance of warx to prove that true needs no more but one tongue for all those woundsx those mouthed woundsx which valiantly he tookx when on the gentle severnxs sedgy bankx in single oppositionx hand to handx he did confound the best part of an hour in changing hardiment with great glendowerx three times they breathedx and three times did they drinkx upon agreementx of swift severnxs floodx who thenx affrighted with their bloody looksx ran fearfully among the trembling reedsx and hid his crisp head in the hollow bank bloodxstained with these valiant combatantsx never did base and rotten policy colour her working with such deadly woundsx nor never could the noble mortimer receive so manyx and all willinglyx then let not him be slanderxd with revoltx kingx thou dost belie himx percyx thou dost belie himx he never did encounter with glendowerx i tell theex he durst as well have met the devil alone as owen glendower for an enemyx art not ashamedx butx sirrahx henceforth let me not hear you speak of mortimerx send me your prisoners with the speediest meansx or you shall hear in such a kind from me as will displease youxxmy lord northumberlandx we license your departure with your sonxx send us your prisonersx or youxll hear of itx xexeunt king henryx bluntx and trainxx hotspurx an if the devil come and roar for themx i will not send themx i will after straightx and tell him sox for i will else my heartx although it be with hazard of my headx northumberlandx whatx drunk with cholerx stayx and pause awhilex here comes your unclex xrexenter worcesterxx hotspurx speak of mortimerx zoundsx i will speak of himx and let my soul want mercyx if i do not join with himx yeax on his part ixll empty all these veinsx and shed my dear blood drop by drop ix the dustx but i will lift the downxtrod mortimer as high ix the air as this unthankful kingx as this ingrate and cankerxd bolingbrokex northx xto worcesterxx brotherx the king hath made your nephew madx worcesterx who struck this heat up after i was gonex hotspurx he willx forsoothx have all my prisonersx and when i urged the ransom once again of my wifexs brotherx then his cheek lookxd palex and on my face he turnxd an eye of deathx trembling even at the name of mortimerx worcesterx i cannot blame himx was not he proclaimxd by richard that dead is the next of bloodx northumberlandx he wasx i heard the proclamationx and then it was when the unhappy kingx whose wrongs in us god pardonxxdid set forth upon his irish expeditionx from whence he intercepted did return to be deposedx and shortly murderedx worcesterx and for whose death we in the worldxs wide mouth live scandalized and foully spoken ofx hotspurx butx softx i pray youx did king richard then proclaim my brother edmund mortimer heir to the crownx northumberlandx he didx myself did hear itx hotspurx nayx then i cannot blame his cousin kingx that wishxd him on the barren mountains starvex but shall it bex that youx that set the crown upon the head of this forgetful manx and for his sake wear the detested blot of murderous subornationxxshall it bex that you a world of curses undergox being the agentsx or base second meansx the cordsx the ladderx or the hangman ratherxx ox pardon mex that i descend so lowx to show the line and the predicament wherein you range under this subtle kingxx shall itx for shamex be spoken in these daysx or fill up chronicles in time to comex that men of your nobility and power did gage them both in an unjust behalfxx as both of youx god pardon itx have donexx to put down richardx that sweet lovely rosex and plant this thornx this cankerx bolingbrokex and shall itx in more shamex be further spokenx that you are foolxdx discardedx and shook off by him for whom these shames ye underwentx nox yet time servesx wherein you may redeem your banishxd honoursx and restore yourselves into the good thoughts of the world againx revenge the jeering and disdainxd contempt of this proud kingx who studies day and night to answer all the debt he owes to you even with the bloody payment of your deathsx thereforex i sayxx worcesterx peacex cousinx say no morex and now i will unclasp a secret bookx and to your quickxconceiving discontent ixll read you matter deep and dangerousx as full of peril and adventurous spirit as to oxerxwalk a current roaring loud on the unsteadfast footing of a spearx hotspurx if we fall inx good nightx or sink or swimx send danger from the east unto the westx so honour cross it from the north to southx and let them grapplex ox the blood more stirs to rouse a lion than to start a harex northumberlandx imagination of some great exploit drives him beyond the bounds of patiencex hotspurx by heavenx methinks it were an easy leapx to pluck bright honour from the palexfaced moonx or dive into the bottom of the deepx where fathomxline could never touch the groundx and pluck up drowned honour by the locksx so he that doth redeem her thence might wear without corrival all her dignitiesx but out upon this halfxfaced fellowshipx worcesterx he apprehends a world of figures herex but not the form of what he should attendxx good cousinx give me audience for a whilex hotspurx i cry you mercyx worcesterx those same noble scots that are your prisonersxx hotspurx ixll keep them allx by godx he shall not have a scot of themx nox if a scot would save his soulx he shall notx ixll keep themx by this handx worcesterx you start awayx and lend no ear unto my purposesx those prisoners you shall keepxx hotspurx nayx i willx thatxs flatx he said he would not ransom mortimerx forbade my tongue to speak of mortimerx but i will find him when he lies asleepx and in his ear ixll holla mortimerx nayx ixll have a starling shall be taught to speak nothing but mortimerx and give it himx to keep his anger still in motionx worcesterx hear youx cousinx a wordx hotspurx all studies here i solemnly defyx save how to gall and pinch this bolingbrokex and that same swordxandxbuckler prince of walesx but that i think his father loves him notx and would be glad he met with some mischancex ixd have him poisonxd with a pot of alex worcesterx farewellx kinsmanx i will talk to you when you are better temperxd to attendx northumberlandx whyx what a waspxstung and impatient fool art thoux to break into this womanxs moodx tying thine ear to no tongue but thine ownx hotspurx whyx look youx i am whippxd and scourged with rodsx nettledx and stung with pismiresx when i hear of this vile politicianx bolingbrokex in richardxs timexxwhat do you call the placexx a plague uponxtxxit is in gioucestershirexx xtwas where the madcap duke his uncle keptx his uncle yorkxxwhere i first bowxd my knee unto this king of smilesx this bolingbrokexx when you and he came back from ravenspurgx northumberlandx at berkeleyxcastlex hotspurx you say truexx whyx what a candy deal of courtesy this fawning greyhound then did proffer mex lookx when his infant fortune came to agex andx gentle harry percyx and kind cousinxx ox the devil take such cozenersxxgod forgive mexx good unclex tell your talex for i have donex worcesterx nayx if you have notx toxt againx wexll stay your leisurex hotspurx i have donex ixfaithx worcesterx then once more to your scottish prisonersx deliver them up without their ransom straightx and make the douglasx son your only mean for powers in scotlandx whichx for divers reasons which i shall send you writtenx be assuredx will easily be grantedxx xto northumberlandxx youx my lordx your son in scotland being thus employxdx shall secretly into the bosom creep of that same noble prelatex well belovedx thx archbishopx hotspurx of yorkx isxt notx worcesterx truex who bears hard his brotherxs death at bristolx the lord scroopx i speak not this in estimationx as what i think might bex but what i know is ruminatedx plottedx and set downx and only stays but to behold the face of that occasion that shall bring it onx hotspurx i smellxtx upon my lifex it will do wellx northumberlandx before the gamexs axfootx thou still lettxst slipx hotspurx whyx it cannot choose but be a noble plotxx and then the power of scotland and of york to join with mortimerx hax worcesterx and so they shallx hotspurx in faithx it is exceedingly well aimxdx worcesterx and xtis no little reason bids us speedx to save our heads by raising of a headx forx bear ourselves as even as we canx the king will always think him in our debtx and think we think ourselves unsatisfiedx till he hath found a time to pay us homex and see already how he doth begin to make us strangers to his looks of lovex hotspurx he doesx he doesx wexll be revenged on himx worcesterx cousinx farewellx no further go in this than i by letters shall direct your coursex when time is ripexx which will be suddenlyxx ixll steal to glendower and lord mortimerx where you and douglasx and our powers at oncex as i will fashion itx shall happily meetx to bear our fortunes in our own strong armsx which now we hold at much uncertaintyx northumberlandx farewellx good brotherx we shall thrivex i trustx hotspurx unclex adieux ox let the hours be shortx till fields and blows and groans applaud our sportx xexeuntxx act ii scene ix rochesterx an innxyardx xenter a carrier with a lantern in his handxx first carrierx heighxhox anxt be not four by the dayx ixll be hangxdx charlesx wain is over the new chimneyx and yet our horsex not packxdxxwhatx ostlerx ostlerx xwithinxx anonx anonx first carrierx i prxytheex tomx beat cutxs saddlex put a few flocks in the pointx the poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cessx xenter another carrierxx second carrierx peas and beans are as dank here as a dogx and that is the next way to give poor jades the botsx this house is turned upside down since robin ostler diedx first carrierx poor fellowx never joyed since the price of oats rosex it was the death of himx second carrierx i think this be the most villainous house in all london road for fleasx i am stung like a tenchx first carrierx like a tenchx by the massx there is nexer a king in christendom could be better bit than i have been since the first cockxxwhatx ostlerx come away and be hangxdx come awayx second carrierx i have a gammon of bacon and two razes of gingerx to be delivered as far as charingxcrossx first carrierx xodsbodyx the turkeys in my pannier are quite starvedxxwhatx ostlerx a plague on theex hast thou never an eye in thy headx canst not hearx an xtwere not as good a deed as drink to break the pate of theex i am a very villainx comex and be hangxdx hast no faith in theex xenter gadshillxx gadshillx good morrowx carriersx whatxs oxclockx first carrierx i think it be two oxclockx gadshillx i prxytheex lend me thy lanternx to see my gelding in the stablex first carrierx nayx softx i pray yex i know a trick worth two of thatx ixfaithx gadshillx i prxytheex lend me thinex second carrierx ayx whenx canst tellx lend me thy lanternx quoth ax marryx ixll see thee hangxd firstx gadshillx sirrah carrierx what time do you mean to come to londonx second carrierx time enough to go to bed with a candlex i warrant theexx comex neighbour muggsx wexll call up the gentlemenx they will along with companyx for they have great chargex xexeunt carriersxx gadshillx whatx hox chamberlainx chamberlainx xwithinxx at handx quoth pickxpursex gadshillx thatxs even as fair asxat handx quoth the chamberlainx for thou variest no more from picking of purses than giving direction doth from labouringx thou layxst the plot howx xenter chamberlainxx chamberlainx good morrowx master gadshillx it holds current that i told you yesternightx therexs a franklin in the wild of kent hath brought three hundred marks with him in goldx i heard him tell it to one of his company last night at supperx a kind of auditorx one that hath abundance of charge toox god knows whatx they are up alreadyx and call for eggs and butterx they will away presentlyx gadshillx sirrahx if they meet not with saint nicholasx clerksx ixll give thee this neckx chamberlainx nox ixll none of itx i prxytheex keep that for the hangmanx for i know thou worshippest saint nicholas as truly as a man of falsehood mayx gadshillx what talkest thou to me of the hangmanx if i hangx ixll make a fat pair of gallowsx forx if i hangx old sir john hangs with mex and thou knowxst he is no starvelingx tutx there are other trojans that thou dreamest not ofx the whichx for sportxsakex are content to do the profession some gracex that wouldx if matters should be lookxd intox for their own creditxsakex make all wholex i am joined with no foot landxrakersx no longxstaff sixpenny strikersx none of these mad mustachio purplexhued maltxwormsx but with nobility and tranquillityx burgomasters and great oneyersx such as can hold inx such as will strike sooner than speakx and speak sooner than drinkx and drink sooner than prayx and yetx zwoundsx i liex for they pray continually to their saintx the commonwealthx orx ratherx not pray to herx but prey on herx for they ride up and down on herx and make her their bootsx chamberlainx whatx the commonwealth their bootsx will she hold out water in foul wayx gadshillx she willx she willx justice hath liquorxd herx we steal as in a castlex cockxsurex we have the receipt of fernseedxxwe walk invisiblex chamberlainx nayx by my faithx i think you are more beholding to the night than to fernxseed for your walking invisiblex gadshillx give me thy handx thou shalt have a share in our purchasex as i am a true manx chamberlainx nayx rather let me have itx as you are a false thiefx gadshillx go tox homo is a common name to all menx bid the ostler bring my gelding out of the stablex farewellx you muddy knavex xexeuntxx scene iix the road by gadsxhillx xenter prince henry and poinsx bardolph and peto at some distancexx poinsx comex shelterx shelterx i have removxd falstaffxs horsex and he frets like a gummxd velvetx princex stand closex xthey retirexx xenter falstaffxx falstaffx poinsx poinsx and be hangxdx poinsx princex xcoming forwardxx peacex ye fatxkidneyxd rascalx what a brawling dost thou keepx falstaffx wherexs poinsx halx princex he is walkxd up to the top of the hillx ixll go seek himx xretiresxx falstaffx i am accursed to rob in that thiefxs companyx the rascal hath removed my horsex and tied him i know not wherex if i travel but four foot by the squire further axfootx i shall break my windx wellx i doubt not but to die a fair death for all thisx if i xscape hanging for killing that roguex i have forsworn his company hourly any time this twoxandxtwenty yearx and yet i am bewitchxd with the roguexs companyx if the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love himx ixll be hangxdx it could not be elsex i have drunk medicinesxx poinsxxhalxxa plague upon you bothxxbardolphxxpetoxxixll starvex ere ixll rob a foot furtherx an xtwere not as good a deed as drinkx to turn true manx and to leave these roguesx i am the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a toothx eight yards of uneven ground is threescore and ten miles axfoot with mex and the stonyxhearted villains know it well enoughx a plague uponxtx when thieves cannot be true one to anotherx xthey whistlexx whewxxa plague upon you allx give me my horsex you roguesx give me my horsex and be hangxdx princex xcoming forwardxx peacex lie downx lay thine ear close to the groundx and list if thou canst hear the tread of travellersx falstaffx have you any levers to lift me up againx being downx xsbloodx ixll not bear mine own flesh so far axfoot again for all the coin in thy fatherxs exchequerx what a plague mean ye to colt me thusx princex thou liestx thou art not coltedx thou art uncoltedx falstaffx i prxytheex good prince halx help me to my horsex good kingxs sonx princex outx ye roguex shall i be your ostlerx falstaffx gox hang thyself in thine own heirxapparent gartersx if i be taxenx ixll peach for thisx an i have not ballads made on you allx and sung to filthy tunesx let a cup of sack be my poisonx when a jest is so forwardx and axfoot toox i hate itx xenter gadshillxx gadshillx standx falstaffx so i dox against my willx poinsx ox xtis our setterx i know his voicex xcomes forward with bardolph and petoxx bardolphx what newsx gadshillx case yex case yex on with your visardsx therexs money of the kingxs coming down the hillx xtis going to the kingxs exchequerx falstaffx you liex ye roguex xtis going to the kingxs tavernx gadshillx therexs enough to make us allx falstaffx to be hangxdx princex sirsx you four shall front them in the narrow lanex ned poins and i will walk lowerx if they xscape from your encounterx then they light on usx petox how many be there of themx gadshillx some eight or tenx falstaffx zwoundsx will they not rob usx princex whatx a cowardx sir john paunchx falstaffx indeedx i am not john of gauntx your grandfatherx but yet no cowardx halx princex wellx we leave that to the proofx poinsx sirrah jackx thy horse stands behind the hedgex when thou needxst himx there thou shalt find himx farewellx and stand fastx falstaffx now cannot i strike himx if i should be hangxdx princex xaside to pointzxx nedx where are our disguisesx poinsx xaside to prince henryxx herex hard byx stand closex xexeunt prince and poinsxx falstaffx nowx my mastersx happy man be his dolex say ix every man to his businessx xenter travellersxx first travellerx comex neighbourx the boy shall lead our horses down the hillx wexll walk axfoot awhile and ease our legsx falstaffx gadshillxx xcx standx second travellerx jesu bless usx falstaffx strikex down with themx cut the villainsx throatsx ahx whoreson caterpillarsx baconxfed knavesx they hate us youthx down with themx fleece themx first travellerx ox wexre undonex both we and ours for everx falstaffx hang yex gorbellied knavesx are ye undonex nox ye fat chuffsx i would your store were herex onx bacons onx whatx ye knavesx young men must livex you are grandxjurorsx are yex wexll jure yex ixfaithx xexeunt falsxx gadsxx xcxx driving the travellers outxx xrexenter prince henry and poinsx in buckram suitsxx princex the thieves have bound the true menx nowx could thou and i rob the thievesx and go merrily to londonx it would be argument for a weekx laughter for a monthx and a good jest for everx poinsx stand closex i hear them comingx xthey retirexx xrexenter falstaffx gadshillx bardolphx and petoxx falstaffx comex my mastersx let us sharex and then to horse before dayx an the prince and poins be not two arrant cowardsx therexs no equity stirringx therexs no more valour in that poins than in a wild duckx xas they are sharingx the prince and poins set upon themxx princex your moneyx poinsx villainsx xfalstaffx after a blow or twox and the others run awayx leaving the booty behind themxx princex got with much easex now merrily to horsex the thieves are scatterxdx and possessxd with fear so strongly that they dare not meet each otherx each takes his fellow for an officerx awayx good nedx fat falstaff sweats to deathx and lards the lean earth as he walks alongx werext not for laughingx i should pity himx poinsx how the rogue roarxdx xexeuntxx scene iiix warkworthx a room in the castlex xenter hotspurx reading a letterxx hotspurx xbutx for mine own partx my lordx i could be well contented to be therex in respect of the love i bear your housexxhe could be contentedx why is he notx thenx in respect of the love he bears our housexxhe shows in thisx he loves his own barn better than he loves our housex let me see some morex the purpose you undertake is dangerousxxwhyx thatxs certainx xtis dangerous to take a coldx to sleepx to drinkx but i tell youx my lord foolx out of this nettlex dangerx we pluck this flowerx safetyx the purpose you undertake is dangerousx the friends you have named uncertainx the time itself unsortedx and your whole plot too light for the counterpoise of so great an oppositionxx say you sox say you sox i say unto you againx you are a shallowx cowardly hindx and you liex what a lackxbrain is thisx by the lordx our plot is a good plot as ever was laidx our friends true and constantx a good plotx good friendsx and full of expectationx an excellent plotx very good friendsx what a frostyxspirited rogue is thisx whyx my lord of york commends the plot and the general course of the actionx zwoundsx an i were now by this rascalx i could brain him with his ladyxs fanx is there not my fatherx my unclex and myselfx lord edmund mortimerx my lord of yorkx and owen glendowerx is there notx besidesx the douglasx have i not all their letters to meet me in arms by the ninth of the next monthx and are they not some of them set forward alreadyx what a pagan rascal is thisx an infidelx hax you shall see nowx in very sincerity of fear and cold heartx will he to the kingx and lay open all our proceedingsx ox i could divide myselfx and go to buffetsx for moving such a dish of skimmxd milk with so honourable an actionx hang himx let him tell the kingx we are preparedx i will set forward toxnightxx xenter lady percyxx how nowx katex i must leave you within these two hoursx lady percyx ox my good lordx why are you thus alonex for what offence have i this fortnight been a banishxd woman from my harryxs bedx tell mex sweet lordx what isxt that takes from thee thy stomachx pleasurex and thy golden sleepx why dost thou bend thine eyes upon the earthx and start so often when thou sittxst alonex why hast thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeksx and given my treasures and my rights of thee to thickxeyed musing and curst melancholyx in thy faint slumbers i by thee have watchxdx and heard thee murmur tales of iron warsx speak terms of manage to thy bounding steedx cry couragex to the fieldx and thou hast talkxd of sallies and retiresx of trenchesx tentsx of palisadoesx frontiersx parapetsx of basilisksx of cannonx culverinx of prisoners ransomedx and of soldiers slainx and all the currents of a heady fightx thy spirit within thee hath been so at warx and thus hath so bestirrxd thee in thy sleepx that beads of sweat have stood upon thy browx like bubbles in a latexdisturbed streamx and in thy face strange motions have appearxdx such as we see when men restrain their breath on some great sudden hestx ox what portents are thesex some heavy business hath my lord in handx and i must know itx else he loves me notx hotspurx whatx hox xenter a servantxx is gilliams with the packet gonex servantx he isx my lordx an hour agox hotspurx hath butler brought those horses from the sheriffx servantx one horsex my lordx he brought even nowx hotspurx what horsex a roanx a cropxearx is it notx servantx it isx my lordx hotspurx that roan shall be my thronex wellx i will back him straightx o esperancexx bid butler lead him forth into the parkx xexit servantxx lady percyx but hear youx my lordx hotspurx what sayxst thoux my ladyx lady percyx what is it carries you awayx hotspurx whyx my horsex my lovex my horsex lady percyx outx you madxheaded apex a weasel hath not such a deal of spleen as you are tossxd withx in faithx ixll know your businessx harryx that i willx i fear my brother mortimer doth stir about his titlex and hath sent for you to line his enterprisex but if you goxx hotspurx so far axfootx i shall be wearyx lovex lady percyx comex comex you paraquitox answer me directly to this question that i askx in faithx ixll break thy little fingerx harryx an if thou wilt not tell me truex hotspurx awayx awayx you triflerx lovex i love thee notx i care not for theex katex this is no world to play with mammets and to tilt with lipsx we must have bloody noses and crackxd crownsx and pass them current tooxxgods mex my horsexx what sayxst thoux katex what wouldst thou have with mex lady percyx do you not love mex do you not indeedx wellx do notx thenx forx since you love me notx i will not love myselfx do you not love mex nayx tell me if you speak in jest or nox hotspurx comex wilt thou see me ridex and when i am ox horsebackx i will swear i love thee infinitelyx but hark youx katex i must not have you henceforth question me whither i gox nor reason whereaboutx whither i mustx i mustx andx to concludex this evening must i leave youx gentle katex i know you wisex but yet no further wise than harry percyxs wifex constant you arex but yet a womanx andx for secrecyx no lady closerx for i well believe thou wilt not utter what thou dost not knowx and so far will i trust theex gentle katex lady percyx howx so farx hotspurx not an inch furtherx but hark youx katex whither i gox thither shall you go toox toxday will i set forthx toxmorrow youx will this content youx katex lady percyx it must of forcex xexeuntxx scene ivx eastcheapx a room in the boarxsxhead tavernx xenter prince henryxx princex nedx prxytheex come out of that fat roomx and lend me thy hand to laugh a littlex xenter poinsxx poinsx where hast beenx halx princex with three or four loggerheads amongst three or fourscore hogsheadsx i have sounded the very basexstring of humilityx sirrahx i am sworn brother to a leash of drawersx and can call them all by their christian namesx asx tomx dickx and francisx they take it already upon their salvationx that though i be but prince of walesx yet i am the king of courtesyx and tell me flatly i am no proud jackx like falstaffx but a corinthianx a lad of mettlex a good boyxxby the lordx so they call mexxandx when i am king of englandx i shall command all the good lads in eastcheapx they call drinking deepx dying scarletx andx when you breathe in your wateringx they cry hemx and bid you play it offx to concludex i am so good a proficient in one quarter of an hourx that i can drink with any tinker in his own language during my lifex i tell theex nedx thou hast lost much honourx that thou wert not with me in this actionx butx sweet nedxxto sweeten which name of nedx i give thee this pennyworth of sugarx clappxd even now into my hand by an underxskinkerx one that never spake other english in his life than eight shillings and sixpencex and you are welcomex with this shrill additionx anonx anonx sirx score a pint of bastard in the halfxmoonxxor sox butx nedx to drive away the time till falstaff comex i prxytheex do thou stand in some byxroomx while i question my puny drawer to what end he gave me the sugarx and do thou never leave calling francisx that his tale to me may be nothing but anonx step asidex and ixll show thee a precedentx xexit poinsxx poinsx xwithinxx francisx princex thou art perfectx poinsx xwithinxx francisx xenter francisxx francisx anonx anonx sirxxlook down into the pomegranatex ralphx princex come hitherx francisx francisx my lordx princex how long hast thou to servex francisx francisx forsoothx five yearsx and as much as tox poinsx xwithinxx francisx francisx anonx anonx sirx princex five yearx byxr ladyx a long lease for the clinking of pewterx butx francisx darest thou be so valiant as to play the coward with thy indenture and show it a fair pair of heels and run from itx francisx o lordx sirx ixll be sworn upon all the books in englandx i could find in my heartx poinsx xwithinxx francisx francisx anonx anonx sirx princex how old art thoux francisx francisx let me seexxabout michaelmas next i shall bex poinsx xwithinxx francisx francisx anonx sirxxpray youx stay a littlex my lordx princex nayx but hark youx francisx for the sugar thou gavest mex xtwas a pennyworthx wasxt notx francisx o lordx sirx i would it had been twox princex i will give thee for it a thousand poundx ask me when thou wiltx and thou shalt have itx poinsx xwithinxx francisx francisx anonx anonx princex anonx francisx nox francisx but toxmorrowx francisx orx francisx a thursdayx orx indeedx francisx when thou wiltx butx francisxx francisx my lordx princex xwilt thou rob this leathernxjerkinx crystalxbuttonx nottxpatedx agatexringx pukexstockingx caddisxgarterx smoothxtonguex spanishxpouchxx francisx o lordx sirx who do you meanx princex whyx thenx your brown bastard is your only drinkx forx look youx francisx your white canvas doublet will sullyx in barbaryx sirx it cannot come to so muchx francisx whatx sirx poinsx xwithinxx francisx princex awayx you roguex dost thou not hear them callx xhere they both call himx francis stands amazedx not knowing which way to goxx xenter vintnerxx vintnerx whatx standxst thou stillx and hearxst such a callingx look to the guests withinx xexit francisxxxmy lordx old sir johnx with halfxaxdozen morex are at the doorx shall i let them inx princex let them alone awhilex and then open the doorx xexit vintnerxx poinsx xrexenter poinsxx poinsx anonx anonx sirx princex sirrahx falstaff and the rest of the thieves are at the doorx shall we be merryx poinsx as merry as cricketsx my ladx but hark yex what cunning match have you made with this jest of the drawerx comex whatxs the issuex princex i am now of all humours that have showed themselves humours since the old days of goodman adam to the pupil age of this present twelve oxclock at midnightxxwhatxs oxclockx francisx francisx xwithinxx anonx anonx sirx princex that ever this fellow should have fewer words than a parrotx and yet the son of a womanx his industry is upxstairs and downxstairsx his eloquence the parcel of a reckoningx i am not yet of percyxs mindx the hotspur of the northx he that kills me some six or seven dozen of scots at a breakfastx washes his handsx and says to his wifex fie upon this quiet lifex i want workx o my sweet harryx says shex how many hast thou killxd toxdayx give my roan horse a drenchx says hex and answersx some fourteenx an hour afterxxa triflex a triflex i prxytheex call in falstaffx ixll play percyx and that damnxd brawn shall play dame mortimer his wifex rivox says the drunkardx call in ribsx call in tallowx xenter falstaffx gadshillx bardolphx and petox followed by francis with winexx poinsx welcomex jackx where hast thou beenx falstaffx a plague of all cowardsx i sayx and a vengeance toox marryx and amenxx give me a cup of sackx boyxxere i lead this life longx ixll sew netherxstocksx and mend them and foot them toox a plague of all cowardsxx give me a cup of sackx roguexxis there no virtue extantx xdrinksxx princex didst thou never see titan kiss a dish of butterx pitifulxhearted butterx that melted at the sweet tale of the sunx if thou didstx then behold that compoundx falstaffx you roguex herexs lime in this sack toox there is nothing but roguery to be found in villainous manx yet a coward is worse than a cup of sack with lime in itx a villanous cowardxxgo thy waysx old jackx die when thou wiltx if manhoodx good manhoodx be not forgot upon the face of the earthx then am i a shotten herringx there live not three good men unhangxd in englandx and one of them is fatx and grows oldx god help the whilex a bad worldx i sayx i would i were a weaverx i could sing psalms or any thingx a plague of all cowardsx i say stillx princex how nowx woolxsackx what mutter youx falstaffx a kingxs sonx if i do not beat thee out of thy kingdom with a dagger of lathx and drive all thy subjects afore thee like a flock of wildxgeesex ixll never wear hair on my face morex you prince of walesx princex whyx you whoreson round manx whatxs the matterx falstaffx are not you a cowardx answer me to thatxxand poins therex poinsx zwoundsx ye fat paunchx an ye call me cowardx by the lordx ixll stab theex falstaffx i call thee cowardx ixll see thee damnxd ere i call thee cowardx but i would give a thousand poundx i could run as fast as thou canstx you are straight enough in the shouldersx you care not who sees your backx call you that backing of your friendsx a plague upon such backingx give me them that will face mexxgive me a cup of sackx i am a roguex if i drunk toxdayx princex o villainx thy lips are scarce wiped since thou drunkxst lastx falstaffx all is one for thatx a plague of all cowardsx still say ix xdrinksxx princex whatxs the matterx falstaffx whatxs the matterx there be four of us here have taxen a thousand pound this day morningx princex where is itx jackx where is itx falstaffx where is itx taken from us it isx a hundred upon poor four of usx princex whatx a hundredx manx falstaffx i am a roguex if i were not at halfxsword with a dozen of them two hours togetherx i have xscaped by miraclex i am eight times thrust through the doubletx four through the hosex my buckler cut through and throughx my sword hackxd like a handxsawxxecce signumx i never dealt better since i was a manx all would not dox a plague of all cowardsx let them speakx if they speak more or less than truthx they are villains and the sons of darknessx princex speakx sirsx how was itx gadshillx we four set upon some dozenxx falstaffx sixteen at leastx my lordx gadshillx xand bound themx petox nox nox they were not boundx falstaffx you roguex they were boundx every man of themx or i am a jew elsex an ebrew jewx gadshillx as we were sharingx some six or seven fresh men sea upon usxx falstaffx and unbound the restx and then come in the otherx princex whatx fought you with them allx falstaffx allx i know not what you call allx but if i fought not with fifty of themx i am a bunch of radishx if there were not two or three and fifty upon poor old jackx then am i no twoxlegged creaturex princex pray god you have not murdered some of themx falstaffx nayx thatxs past praying forx i have pepperxd two of themx two i am sure i have paidx two rogues in buckram suitsx i tell thee whatx halx if i tell thee a liex spit in my facex call me horsex thou knowest my old wardx here i layx and thus i bore my pointx four rogues in buckram let drive at mexx princex whatx fourx thou saidst but two even nowx falstaffx fourx halx i told thee fourx poinsx ayx ayx he said fourx falstaffx these four came all axfrontx and mainly thrust at mex i made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my targetx thusx princex sevenx whyx there were but four even nowx falstaffx in buckramx poinsx ayx fourx in buckram suitsx falstaffx sevenx by these hiltsx or i am a villain elsex princex xaside to poinsxx prxythee let him alonex we shall have more anonx falstaffx dost thou hear mex halx princex ayx and mark thee toox jackx falstaffx do sox for it is worth the listening tox these nine in buckram that i told thee ofxx princex sox two more alreadyx falstaffx xtheir points being brokenxx poinsx down fell their hosex falstaffx xbegan to give me groundx but i followed me closex came in foot and handx and with a thought seven of the eleven i paidx princex o monstrousx eleven buckram men grown out of twox falstaffx butx as the devil would have itx three misbegotten knaves in kendal green came at my back and let drive at mex for it was so darkx halx that thou couldst not see thy handx princex these lies are like the father that begets themx gross as a mountainx openx palpablex whyx thou nottxpated foolx thou whoresonx obscene greasy tallowxkeechxx falstaffx whatx art thou madx art thou madx is not the truth the truthx princex whyx how couldst thou know these men in kendal greenx when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy handx comex tell us your reasonx what sayest thou to thisx poinsx comex your reasonx jackx your reasonx falstaffx whatx upon compulsionx nox were i at the strappadox or all the racks in the worldx i would not tell you on compulsionx give you a reason on compulsionx if reasons were as plentiful as blackberriesx i would give no man a reason upon compulsionx ix princex ixll be no longer guilty of this sinx this sanguine cowardx this bedxpresserx this horsexbackxbreakerx this huge hill of fleshxx falstaffx awayx you starvelingx you eelxskinx you dried neatxsxtonguex you stockxfishxx ox for breath to utter what is like theexxyou tailorxsxyardx you sheathx you bowxcasex you vile standing tuckxx princex wellx breathe awhilex and then to it againx andx when thou hast tired thyself in base comparisonsx hear me speak but thisxx poinsx markx jackx princex xwe two saw you four set on fourx you bound themx and were masters of their wealthxxmark nowx how a plain tale shall put you downxx then did we two set on you fourx andx with a wordx outfaced you from your prizex and have itx yeax and can show it you here in the housex andx falstaffx you carried yourself away as nimblyx with as quick dexterityx and roared for mercyx and still ran and roarxdx as ever i heard bullxcalfx what a slave art thoux to hack thy sword as thou hast donex and then say it was in fightx what trickx what devicex what startingxhole canst thou now find out to hide thee from this open and apparent shamex poinsx comex letxs hearx jackx what trick hast thou nowx falstaffx by the lordx i knew ye as well as he that made yex whyx hear yex my mastersx was it for me to kill the heirxapparentx should i turn upon the true princex whyx thou knowest i am as valiant as herculesx but beware instinctx the lion will not touch the true princex instinct is a great matterx i was now a coward on instinctx i shall think the better of myself and thee during my lifex i for a valiant lionx and thou for a true princex butx by the lordx ladsx i am glad you have the moneyxx xto hostess withinxx hostessx clapxto the doorsx watch toxnightx pray toxmorrowxxgallantsx ladsx boysx hearts of goldx all the titles of good fellowship come to youx whatx shall we be merryx shall we have a play extemporex princex contentx and the argument shall be thy running awayx falstaffx ahx no more of thatx halx an thou lovest mex xenter the hostessxx hostessx o jesux my lord the princexx princex how nowx my lady the hostessx what sayxst thou to mex hostessx marryx my lordx there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with youx he says he comes from your fatherx princex give him as much as will make him a royal manx and send him back again to my motherx falstaffx what manner of man is hex hostessx an old manx falstaffx what doth gravity out of his bed at midnightx shall i give him his answerx princex prxytheex dox jackx falstaffx faithx and ixll send him packingx xexitxx princex nowx sirsxxbyxr ladyx you fought fairxxso did youx petoxxso did youx bardolphx you are lionsx toox you ran away upon instinctx you will not touch the true princex noxxfiex bardolphx faithx i ran when i saw others runx princex tell me now in earnestx how came falstaffxs sword so hackxdx petox whyx he hackxd it with his daggerx and said he would swear truth out of englandx but he would make you believe it was done in fightx and persuaded us to do the likex bardolphx yeax and to tickle our noses with spearxgrass to make them bleedx and then to beslubber our garments with itx and swear it was the blood of true menx i did that i did not this seven year beforex i blushxd to hear his monstrous devicesx princex o villainx thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen years agox and wert taken with the mannerx and ever since thou hast blushxd extemporex thou hadst fire and sword on thy sidex and yet thou rannxst awayx what instinct hadst thou for itx bardolphx my lordx do you see these meteorsx do you behold these exhalationsx princex i dox bardolphx what think you they portendx princex hot livers and cold pursesx bardolphx cholerx my lordx if rightly takenx princex nox if rightly takenx halterxxhere comes lean jackx here comes barexbonexx xenter falstaffxx how nowx my sweet creature of bombastx how long isxt agox jackx since thou sawxst thine own kneex falstaffx my own kneex when i was about thy yearsx halx i was not an eaglexs talon in the waistx i could have crept into any aldermanxs thumbxringx a plague of sighing and griefx it blows a man up like a bladderx therexs villanous news abroadx here was sir john bracy from your fatherx you must to the court in the morningx that same mad fellow of the northx percyx and he of walesx that gave amaimon the bastinadox and swore the devil his true liegeman upon the cross of a welsh hookxxwhat a plague call you himx poinsx ox glendowerx falstaffx owenx owenxxthe samex and his sonxinxlaw mortimerx and old northumberlandx and that sprightly scot of scotsx douglasx that runs ox horseback up a hill perpendicularxx princex he that rides at high speed and with his pistol kills a sparrow flyingx falstaffx you have hit itx princex so did he never the sparrowx falstaffx wellx that rascal hath good metal in himx he will not runx princex whyx what a rascal art thoux thenx to praise him so for runningx falstaffx ox horsebackx ye cuckoox but axfoot he will not budge a footx princex yesx jackx upon instinctx falstaffx i grant yex upon instinctx wellx he is there toox and one mordakex and a thousand bluexcaps morex worcester is stolen away toxnightx thy fatherxs beard is turnxd white with the newsx you may buy land now as cheap as stinking mackerelx butx tell mex halx art not thou horrible afeardx thou being heirxapparentx could the world pick thee out three such enemies again as that fiend douglasx that spirit percyx and that devil glendowerx art thou not horribly afraidx doth not thy blood thrill at itx princex not a whitx ixfaithx i lack some of thy instinctx falstaffx wellx thou wilt be horribly chid toxmorrow when thou comest to thy fatherx if thou love lifex practise an answerx princex do thou stand for my father and examine me upon the particulars of my lifex falstaffx shall ix contentx this chair shall be my statex this dagger my sceptrex and this cushion my crownx princex thy state is taken for a jointxstoolx thy golden sceptre for a leaden daggerx and thy precious rich crown for a pitiful bald crownx falstaffx wellx an the fire of grace be not quite out of theex now shalt thou be movedxx give me a cup of sackx to make my eyes look redx that it may be thought i have weptx for i must speak in passionx and i will do it in king cambysesx veinx princex wellx here is my legx falstaffx and here is my speechxxstand asidex nobilityx hostessx o jesux this is excellent sportx i faithx falstaffx weep notx sweet queenx for trickling tears are vainx hostessx ox the fatherx how he holds his countenancex falstaffx for godxs sakex lordsx convey my tristful queenx for tears do stop the floodgates of her eyesx hostessx o jesux he doth it as like one of these harlotry players as ever i seex falstaffx peacex good pintxpotx peacex good ticklexbrainxxharryx i do not only marvel where thou spendest thy timex but also how thou art accompaniedx for though the camomilex the more it is trodden onx the faster it growsx yet youthx the more it is wastedx the sooner it wearsx that thou art my sonx i have partly thy motherxs wordx partly my own opinionx but chiefly a villainous trick of thine eyex and a foolish hanging of thy nether lipx that doth warrant mex ifx thenx thou be son to mex here lies the pointx whyx being son to mex art thou so pointed atx shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micherx and eat blackberriesx a question not to be askxdx shall the son of england prove a thiefx and take pursesx a question to be askxdx there is a thingx harryx which thou hast often heard ofx and it is known to many in our land by the name of pitchx this pitchx as ancient writers do reportx doth defilex so doth the company thou keepestx forx harryx now i do not speak to thee in drinkx but in tearsx not in pleasurex but in passionx not in words onlyx but in woes alsox and yet there is a virtuous man whom i have often noted in thy companyx but i know not his namex princex what manner of manx an it like your majestyx falstaffx a goodly portly manx ixfaithx and a corpulentx of a cheerful lookx a pleasing eyex and a most noble carriagex andx as i thinkx his age some fiftyx orx byxr ladyx inclining to threescorex and now i remember mex his name is falstaffx if that man should be lewdly givenx he deceiveth mex forx harryx i see virtue in his looksx ifx thenx the tree may be known by the fruitx as the fruit by the treex thenx peremptorily i speak itx there is virtue in that falstaffx him keep withx the rest banishx and tell me nowx thou naughty varletx tell me where hast thou been this monthx princex dost thou speak like a kingx do thou stand for mex and ixll play my fatherx falstaffx depose mex if thou dost it half so gravelyx so majesticallyx both in word and matterx hang me up by the heels for a rabbitxsucker or a poulterxs harex princex wellx here i am setx falstaffx and here i standxxjudgex my mastersx princex nowx harryx whence come youx falstaffx my noble lordx from eastcheapx princex the complaints i hear of thee are grievousx falstaffx xsbloodx my lordx they are falsexxnayx ixll tickle ye for a young princex ixfaithx princex swearest thoux ungracious boyx henceforth nexer look on mex thou art violently carried away from gracex there is a devil haunts theex in the likeness of an old fat manxxa tun of man is thy companionx why dost thou converse with that trunk of humoursx that boltingxhutch of beastlinessx that swollen parcel of dropsiesx that huge bombard of sackx that roasted manningtree ox with the pudding in his bellyx that reverend vicex that grey iniquityx that father ruffianx that vanity in yearsx wherein is he goodx but to taste sack and drink itx wherein neat and cleanlyx but to carve a capon and eat itx wherein cunningx but in craftx wherein craftyx but in villanyx wherein villainousx but in all thingsx wherein worthyx but in nothingx falstaffx i would your grace would take me with youx whom means your gracex princex that villainous abominable misleader of youthx falstaffx that old whitexbearded satanx falstaffx my lordx the man i knowx princex i know thou dostx falstaffx but to say i know more harm in him than in myselfx were to say more than i knowx that he is oldxxxthe more the pityxxhis white hairs do witness itx if sack and sugar be a faultx god help the wickedx if to be old and merry be a sinx then many an old host that i know is damnxdx if to be fat be to be hatedx then pharaohxs lean kine are to be lovedx nox my good lordx banish petox banish bardolphx banish poinsx butx for sweet jack falstaffx kind jack falstaffx true jack falstaffx valiant jack falstaffx and therefore more valiantx beingx as he isx old jack falstaffx banish not him thy harryxs companyx banish not him thy harryxs companyx banish plump jackx and banish all the worldx princex i dox i willx xa knocking heardxx xexeunt hostessx francisx and bardolphxx xenter bardolphx runningxx bardolphx ox my lordx my lordx the sheriff with a most monstrous watch is at the doorx falstaffx outx ye roguexxplay out the playx i have much to say in the behalf of that falstaffx xrexenter the hostessx hastilyxx hostessx o jesux my lordx my lordxx princex heighx heighx the devil rides upon a fiddlestickx whatxs the matterx hostessx the sheriff and all the watch are at the doorx they are come to search the housex shall i let them inx falstaffx dost thou hearx halx never call a true piece of gold a counterfeitx thou art essentially mad without seeming sox princex and thou a natural cowardx without instinctx falstaffx i deny your majorx if you will deny the sheriffx sox if notx let him enterx if i become not a cart as well as another manx a plague on my bringing upx i hope i shall as soon be strangled with a halter as anotherx princex gox hide thee behind the arrasxxthe rest walkx up abovex nowx my mastersx for a true face and good consciencex falstaffx both which i have hadx but their date is outx and therefore ixll hide mex princex call in the sheriffxx xexeunt all but the prince and poinsxx xenter sheriff and carrierxx nowx master sheriffx whatxs your will with mex sheriffx firstx pardon mex my lordx a huexandxcry hath followed certain men unto this housex princex what menx sheriffx one of them is well knownx my gracious lordxx a gross fat manx carrierx as fat as butterx princex the manx i do assure youx is not herex for i myself at this time have employxd himx andx sheriffx i will engage my word to theex that i willx by toxmorrow dinnerxtimex send him to answer theex or any manx for any thing he shall be charged withalx and sox let me entreat you leave the housex sheriffx i willx my lordx there are two gentlemen have in this robbery lost three hundred marksx princex it may be sox if he have robbxd these menx he shall be answerablex and sox farewellx sheriffx good nightx my noble lordx princex i think it is good morrowx is it notx sheriffx indeedx my lordx i thinkxt be two oxclockx xexit sheriff and carrierxx princex this oily rascal is known as well as paulxsx gox call him forthx poinsx falstaffxxfast asleep behind the arrasx and snorting like a horsex princex harkx how hard he fetches breathx search his pocketsx xpoins searchesxx what hast thou foundx poinsx nothing but papersx my lordx princex letxs see what they bex read themx poinsx xreadsx itemx a caponx x x x x x x x x x xsx xdx itemx saucex x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xdx itemx sack two gallons xx x x xsx xdx itemx anchovies and sack after supperx xsx xdx itemx breadx x x x x x x x x x x x x x xobx princex o monstrousx but one halfxpennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sackx what there is elsex keep closex wexll read it at more advantagex there let him sleep till dayx ixll to the court in the morningx we must all to the warsx and thy place shall be honourablex ixll procure this fat rogue a charge of footx and i know his death will be a march of twelvexscorex the money shall be paid back again with advantagex be with me betimes in the morningx and sox good morrowx poinsx poinsx good morrowx good my lordx xexeuntxx act iii scene ix bangorx a room in the archdeaconxs housex xenter hotspurx worcesterx mortimerx and glendowerxx mortimerx these promises are fairx the parties surex and our induction full of prosperous hopex hotspurx lord mortimerxxand cousin glendowerxxwill you sit downxx and uncle worcesterxxa plague upon itx i have forgot the mapx glendowerx nox here it isx sitx cousin percyx sitx good cousin hotspurx for by that name as oft as lancaster doth speak of youx his cheek looks palex and with a rising sigh he wisheth you in heavenx hotspurx and you in hellx as oft as he hears owen glendower spoke ofx glendowerx i cannot blame himx at my nativity the front of heaven was full of fiery shapesx of burning cressetsx ayx and at my birth the frame and huge foundation of the earth shaked like a cowardx hotspurx whyx so it would have done at the same seasonx if your motherxs cat had but kittenxdx though yourself had never been bornx glendowerx i say the earth did shake when i was bornx hotspurx and i say the earth was not of my mindx if you suppose as fearing you it shookx glendowerx the heavens were all on firex the earth did tremblex hotspurx ox then thx earth shook to see the heavens on firex and not in fear of your nativityx diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth in strange eruptionsx oft the teeming earth is with a kind of colic pinchxd and vexxd by the imprisoning of unruly wind within her wombx whichx for enlargement strivingx shakes the old beldam earthx and topples down steeples and mossxgrown towersx at your birthx our grandam earthx having this distemperaturex in passion shookx glendowerx cousinx of many men i do not bear these crossingsx give me leave to tell you once againx that at my birth the front of heaven was full of fiery shapesx the goats ran from the mountainsx and the herds were strangely clamorous to the frighted fieldsx these signs have markxd me extraordinaryx and all the courses of my life do show i am not in the roll of common menx where is he livingxxclippxd in with the sea that chides the banks of englandx scotlandx walesxx which calls me pupilx or hath read to mex and bring him out that is but womanxs son can trace me in the tedious ways of artx and hold me pace in deep experimentsx hotspurx i think there is no man speaks better welshxxixll to dinnerx mortimerx peacex cousin percyx you will make him madx glendowerx i can call spirits from the vasty deepx hotspurx whyx so can ix or so can any manx but will they come when you do call for themx glendowerx whyx i can teach youx cousinx to command the devilx hotspurx and i can teach theex cozx to shame the devil by telling truthx tell truthx and shame the devilx if thou have power to raise himx bring him hitherx and ixll be sworn ixve power to shame him hencex ox while you livex tell truthx and shame the devilx mortimerx comex comex no more of this unprofitable chatx glendowerx three times hath henry bolingbroke made head against my powerx thrice from the banks of wye and sandyxbottomxd severn have i sent him bootless home and weatherxbeaten backx hotspurx home without bootsx and in foul weather toox how xscaped he aguesx in the devilxs namex glendowerx comex herexs the mapx shall we divide our right according to our threefold order taxenx mortimerx thx archdeacon hath divided it into three limits very equallyx englandx from trent and severn hithertox by south and east is to my part assignxdx all westwardx wales beyond the severn shorex and all the fertile land within that boundx to owen glendowerxxandx dear cozx to you the remnant northwardx lying off from trentx and our indentures tripartite are drawnx which being sealed interchangeablyxx a business that this night may executexx toxmorrowx cousin percyx youx and ix and my good lord of worcesterx will set forth to meet your father and the scottish powerx as is appointed usx at shrewsburyx my father glendower is not ready yetx nor shall we need his help these fourteen daysxx xto glendxx within that space you may have drawn together your tenantsx friendsx and neighbouring gentlemenx glendowerx a shorter time shall send me to youx lordsx and in my conduct shall your ladies comex from whom you now must stealx and take no leavex for there will be a world of water shed upon the parting of your wives and youx hotspurx methinks my moietyx north from burton herex in quantity equals not one of yoursx see how this river comes me cranking inx and cuts me from the best of all my land a huge halfxmoonx a monstrous cantle outx ixll have the current in this place damnxd upx and here the smug and sliver trent shall run in a new channelx fair and evenlyx it shall not wind with such a deep indentx to rob me of so rich a bottom herex glendowerx not windx it shallx it mustx you see it dothx mortimerx yeax but mark how he bears his coursex and runs me up with like advantage on the other sidex gelding thx opposed continent as much as on the other side it takes from youx worcesterx yeax but a little charge will trench him herex and on this north side win this cape of landx and then he runneth straight and evenlyx hotspurx ixll have it sox a little charge will do itx glendowerx i will not have it alterxdx hotspurx will not youx glendowerx nox nor you shall notx hotspurx who shall say me nayx glendowerx whyx that will ix hotspurx let me not understand youx thenx speak it in welshx glendowerx i can speak englishx lordx as well as youx for i was trainxd up in the english courtx wherex being but youngx i framed to the harp many an english ditty lovely wellx and gave the tongue a helpful ornamentx a virtue that was never seen in youx hotspurx marryx and i am glad of it with all my heartx i had rather be a kittenx and cry mewx than one of these same metre balletxmongersx i had rather hear a brazen canstick turnxdx or a dry wheel grate on the axletreex and that would set my teeth nothing on edgex nothing so much as mincing poetryx xtis like the forced gait of a shuffling nagx glendowerx comex you shall have trent turnxdx hotspurx i do not carex ixll give thrice so much land to any wellxdeserving friendx but in the way of bargainx mark ye mex ixll cavil on the ninth part of a hairx are the indentures drawnx shall we be gonex glendx the moon shines fairx you may away by nightx ixll in and haste the writerx and withal break with your wives of your departure hencex i am afraid my daughter will run madx so much she doteth on her mortimerx xexitxx mortimerx fiex cousin percyx how you cross my fatherx hotspurx i cannot choosex sometimes he angers me with telling me of the moldwarp and the antx of the dreamer merlin and his propheciesx and of a dragon and a finless fishx a clipxwingxd griffin and a moulten ravenx a couching lion and a ramping catx and such a deal of skimblexskamble stuff as puts me from my faithx i tell you whatx he held me last night at the least nine hours in reckoning up the several devilsx names that were his lacqueysx i cried humx and wellx but markxd him not a wordx ox hexs as tedious as a tired horsex a railing wifex worse than a smoky housex i had rather live with cheese and garlic in a windmillx farx than feed on cates and have him talk to me in any summerxhouse in christendomx mortimerx in faithx he is a worthy gentlemanx exceedingly wellxreadx and profited in strange concealmentsx valiant as a lionx and wondrous affablex and as bountiful as mines of indiax shall i tell youx cousinx he holds your temper in a high respectx and curbs himself even of his natural scope when you do cross his humourx faithx he doesx i warrant youx that man is not alive might so have tempted him as you have donex without the taste of danger and reproofx but do not use it oftx let me entreat youx worcesterx in faithx my lordx you are too wilfulxbluntx and since your coming hither have done enough to put him quite beside his patiencex you must needs learnx lordx to amend this faultx though sometimes it show greatnessx couragex bloodx and thatxs the dearest grace it renders youxx yet oftentimes it doth present harsh ragex defect of mannersx want of governmentx pridex haughtinessx opinionx and disdainx the least of which haunting a nobleman loseth menxs heartsx and leaves behind a stain upon the beauty of all parts besidesx beguiling them of commendationx hotspurx wellx i am schoolxdx good manners be your speedx here come our wivesx and let us take our leavex xrexenter glendowerx with lady mortimer and lady percyxx mortimerx this is the deadly spite that angers mex my wife can speak no englishx i no welshx glendowerx my daughter weepsx she will not part with youx shexll be a soldier toox shexll to the warsx mortimerx good fatherx tell her that she and my aunt percy shall follow in your conduct speedilyx xglendower speaks to lady mortimer in welshx and she answers him in the samexx glendowerx shexs desperate herex a peevish selfxwillxd harlotryx one that no persuasion can do good uponx xlady mortimer speaks to mortimer in welshxx mortimerx i understand thy looksx that pretty welsh which thou pourxst down from these swelling heavens i am too perfect inx andx but for shamex in such a parley should i answer theex xlady mortimer speaks to him again in welshxx i understand thy kissesx and thou minex and thatxs a feeling disputationx but i will never be a truantx lovex till i have learnxd thy languagex for thy tongue makes welsh as sweet as ditties highly pennxdx sung by a fair queen in a summerxs bowerx with ravishing divisionx to her lutex glendowerx nayx if you meltx then will she run madx xlady mortimer speaks to mortimer again in welshxx mortimerx ox i am ignorance itself in thisx glendowerx she bids you on the wanton rushes lay you downx and rest your gentle head upon her lapx and she will sing the song that pleaseth youx and on your eyelids crown the god of sleepx charming your blood with pleasing heavinessx making such difference betwixt wake and sleepx as is the difference betwixt day and nightx the hour before the heavenlyxharnessxd team begins his golden progress in the eastx mortimerx with all my heart ixll sit and hear her singx by that time will our bookx i thinkx be drawnx glendowerx do sox an those musicians that shall play to you hang in the air a thousand leagues from hencex and straight they shall be herex sitx and attendx hotspurx comex katex thou art perfect in lying downx comex quickx quickx that i may lay my head in thy lapx lady percyx gox ye giddy goosex xthe music playsxx hotspurx now i perceive the devil understands welshx and xtis no marvel hexs so humorousx byxr ladyx hexs a good musicianx lady percyx then should you be nothing but musicalx for you are altogether governed by humoursx lie stillx ye thiefx and hear the lady sing in welshx hotspurx i had rather hear ladyx my brachx howl in irishx lady percyx wouldst thou have thy head brokenx hotspurx nox lady percyx then be stillx hotspurx neitherx xtis a womanxs faultx lady percyx now god help theex hotspurx peacex she singsx xa welsh song by lady mortimerxx comex katex ixll have your song toox lady percyx not minex in good soothx hotspurx not yoursx in good soothx xheartx you swear like a comfitxmakerxs wifex not minex in good soothx andx as true as i livex andx as god shall mend mex andx as sure as dayx and givest such sarcenet surety for thy oathsx as if thou nexer walkxdst further than finsburyx swear mex katex like a lady as thou artx a good mouthxfilling oathx and leave in soothx and such protest of pepperxgingerbreadx to velvetxguards and sundayxcitizensx comex singx lady percyx i will not singx hotspurx xtis the next way to turn tailorx or be redbreastxteacherx an the indentures be drawnx ixll away within these two hoursx and sox come in when ye willx xexitxx glendowerx comex comex lord mortimerx you are as slow as hot lord percy is on fire to gox by this our bookxs drawnx wexll but sealx and then to horse immediatelyx mortimerx with all my heartx xexeuntxx scene iix londonx a room in the palacex xenter king henryx prince henryx and lordsxx kingx lordsx give us leavex the prince of wales and i must have some private conferencex but be near at handx for we shall presently have need of youx xexeunt lordsxx i know not whether god will have it sox for some displeasing service i have donex thatx in his secret doomx out of my blood hexll breed revengement and a scourge for mex but thou dostx in thy passages of lifex make me believe that thou art only markxd for the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven to punish my mistreadingsx tell me elsex could such inordinate and low desiresx such poorx such basex such lewdx such mean attemptsx such barren pleasuresx rude societyx as thou art matchxd withal and grafted tox accompany the greatness of thy bloodx and hold their level with thy princely heartx princex so please your majestyx i would i could quit all offences with as clear excuse as well as i am doubtless i can purge myself of many i am charged withalx yet such extenuation let me begx asx in reproof of many tales devised by smiling pickxthanks and base newsxmongersxx which oft the ear of greatness needs must hearxx i mayx for some things truex wherein my youth hath faulty wanderxd and irregularx find pardon on my true submissionx kingx god pardon theex yet let me wonderx harryx at thy affectionsx which do hold a wing quite from the flight of all thy ancestorsx thy place in council thou hast rudely lostx which by thy younger brother is suppliedx and art almost an alien to the hearts of all the court and princes of my bloodx the hope and expectation of thy time is ruinxdx and the soul of every man prophetically does forethink thy fallx had i so lavish of my presence beenx so commonxhackneyxd in the eyes of menx so stale and cheap to vulgar companyx opinionx that did help me to the crownx had still kept loyal to possessionx and left me in reputeless banishmentx a fellow of no mark nor likelihoodx by being seldom seenx i could not stir butx like a cometx i was wonderxd atx that men would tell their childrenx this is hex others would sayx wherex which is bolingbrokex and then i stole all courtesy from heavenx and dressxd myself in such humilityx that i did pluck allegiance from menxs heartsx loud shouts and salutations from their mouthsx even in the presence of the crowned kingx thus did i keep my person fresh and newx my presencex like a robe pontificalx nexer seen but wonderxd atx and so my statex seldom but sumptuousx showed like a feastx and won by rareness such solemnityx the skipping kingx he ambled up and down with shallow jesters and rash bavin witsx soon kindled and soon burntx carded his statex mingled his royaltyx with capering foolsx had his great name profaned with their scornsx and gave his countenancex against his namex to laugh at gibing boysx and stand the push of every beardless vain comparativex grew a companion to the common streetsx enfeoffxd himself to popularityx thatx being dally swallowxd by menxs eyesx they surfeited with honeyx and began to loathe the taste of sweetnessx whereof a little more than a little is by much too muchx sox when he had occasion to be seenx he was but as the cuckoo is in junex heardx not regardedx seenx but with such eyes asx sick and blunted with communityx afford no extraordinary gazex such as is bent on sunxlike majesty when it shines seldom in admiring eyesx but rather drowsedx and hung their eyelids downx slept in his facex and renderxd such aspect as cloudy men use to their adversariesx being with his presence gluttedx gorgedx and fullx and in that very linex harryx standxst thoux for thou hast lost thy princely privilege with vile participationx not an eye but is axweary of thy common sightx save minex which hath desired to see thee morex which now doth that i would not have it dox make blind itself with foolish tendernessx princex i shall hereafterx my thricexgracious lordx be more myselfx kingx for all the worldx as thou art to this hourx was richard then when i from france set foot at ravenspurgx and even as i was then is percy nowx nowx by my sceptrex and my soul to bootx he hath more worthy interest to the state than thoux the shadow of successionx forx of no rightx nor colour like to rightx he doth fill fields with harness in the realmx turns head against the lionxs armed jawsx andx being no more in debt to years than thoux leads ancient lords and reverend bishops on to bloody battles and to bruising armsx what neverxdying honour hath he got against renowned douglasx whose high deedsx whose hot incursionsx and great name in armsx holds from all soldiers chief majority and military title capital through all the kingdoms that acknowledge christx thrice hath this hotspurx mars in swathingxclothesx this infant warriorx in his enterprises discomfited great douglasx taxen him oncex enlarged himx and made a friend of himx to fill the mouth of deep defiance upx and shake the peace and safety of our thronex and what say you to thisx percyx northumberlandx thx archbishopxs grace of yorkx douglasx and mortimer capitulate against usx and are upx but wherefore do i tell these news to theex whyx harryx do i tell thee of my foesx which art my nearxst and dearest enemyx thou that art like enoughxxthrough vassal fearx base inclinationx and the start of spleenxx to fight against me under percyxs payx to dog his heelsx and curtsy at his frownsx to show how much thou art degeneratex princex do not think sox you shall not find it sox and god forgive them that so much have swayxd your majestyxs good thoughts away from mex i will redeem all this on percyxs headx andx in the closing of some glorious dayx be bold to tell you that i am your sonx when i will wear a garment all of bloodx and stain my favour in a bloody maskx whichx washxd awayx shall scour my shame with itx and that shall be the dayx whenexer it lightsx that this same child of honour and renownx this gallant hotspurx this allxpraised knightx and your unthoughtxof harryx chance to meetx for every honour sitting on his helmx would they were multitudesx and on my head my shames redoubledx for the time will comex that i shall make this northern youth exchange his glorious deeds for my indignitiesx percy is but my factorx good my lordx tx engross up glorious deeds on my behalfx and i will call hall to so strict accountx that he shall render every glory upx yeax even the slightest worship of his timex or i will tear the reckoning from his heartx thisx in the name of godx i promise herex the which if i performx and do survivex i do beseech your majestyx may salve the longxgrown wounds of my intemperancex if notx the end of life cancels all bandsx and i will die a hundred thousand deaths ere break the smallest parcel of this vowx kingx a hundred thousand rebels die in thisx thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust hereinxx xenter sir walter bluntxx how nowx good bluntx thy looks are full of speedx bluntx so is the business that i come to speak ofx lord mortimer of scotland hath sent word that douglas and the english rebels met thx eleventh of this month at shrewsburyx a mighty and a fearful head they arex if promises be kept on every handx as ever offerxd foul play in a statex kingx the earl of westmoreland set forth toxdayx with him my sonx lord john of lancasterx for this advertisement is five days oldx on wednesday next youx harryx shall set forwardx on thursday we ourselves will marchx our meeting is bridgenorthx andx harryx you shall march through glostershirex by which accountx our business valuedx some twelve days hence our general forces at bridgenorth shall meetx our hands are full of businessx letxs awayx advantage feeds him fatx while men delayx xexeuntxx scene iiix eastcheapx a room in the boarxsxhead tavernx xenter falstaff and bardolphxx falstaffx bardolphx am i not fallen away vilely since this last actionx do i not batex do i not dwindlex whyx my skin hangs about me like an old ladyxs loose gownx i am withered like an old applexjohnx wellx ixll repentx and that suddenlyx while i am in some likingx i shall be out of heart shortlyx and then i shall have no strength to repentx an i have not forgotten what the inside of a church is made ofx i am a peppercornx a brewerxs horsex the inside of a churchx companyx villainous companyx hath been the spoil of mex bardolphx sir johnx you are so fretfulx you cannot live longx falstaffx whyx there is itx comex sing me a songx make me merryx i was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to bex virtuous enoughx swore littlex diced not above seven times a weekx paid money that i borrowed xthree or four timesx lived wellx and in good compassx and now i live out of all orderx out of all compassx bardolphx whyx you are so fatx sir johnx that you must needs be out of all compassx xout of all reasonable compassx sir johnx falstaffx do thou amend thy facex and ixll amend my lifex thou art our admiralx thou bearest the lantern in the poopxxbut xtis in the nose of theex thou art the knight of the burning lampx bardolphx whyx sir johnx my face does you no harmx falstaffx nox ixll be swornx i make as good use of it as many a man doth of a deathxsxhead or a memento morix i never see thy face but i think upon hellxfirex and dives that lived in purplex for there he is in his robesx burningx burningx if thou wert any way given to virtuex i would swear by thy facex my oath should bex by this firex thatxs godxs angelx but thou art altogether given overx and wert indeedx but for the light in thy facex the son of utter darknessx when thou rannxst up gadxsxhill in the night to catch my horsex if i did not think thou hadst been an ignis fatuus or a ball of wildfirex therexs no purchase in moneyx ox thou art a perpetual triumphx an everlasting bonfirexlightx thou hast saved me a thousand marks in links and torchesx walking with thee in the night betwixt tavern and tavernx but the sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandlerxs in europex i have maintainxd that salamander of yours with fire any time this twoxandxthirty yearsx god reward me for itx bardolphx xsbloodx i would my face were in your stomachx falstaffx godxaxmercyx so should i be sure to be heartxburnxdxx xenter the hostessxx how nowx dame partlet the henx have you enquirxd yet who pickxd my pocketx hostessx whyx sir johnx what do you thinkx sir johnx do you think i keep thieves in my housex i have searchxdx i have inquiredx so has my husbandx man by manx boy by boyx servant by servantx the tithe of a hair was never lost in my house beforex falstaffx ye liex hostessx bardolph was shavedx and lost many a hairx and ixll be sworn my pocket was pickxdx go tox you are a womanx gox hostessx whox ix nox i defy theex godxs lightx i was never callxd so in mine own house beforex falstaffx go tox i know you well enoughx hostessx nox sir johnx you do not know mex sir johnx i know youx sir johnx you owe me moneyx sir johnx and now you pick a quarrel to beguile me of itx i bought you a dozen of shirts to your backx falstaffx dowlasx filthy dowlasx i have given them away to bakersx wivesx and they have made bolters of themx hostessx nowx as i am a true womanx holland of eight shillings an ellx you owe money here besidesx sir johnx for your diet and byxdrinkingsx and money lent youx fourxandxtwenty poundx falstaffx he had his part of itx let him payx hostessx hex alasx he is poorx he hath nothingx falstaffx howx poorx look upon his facex what call you richx let them coin his nosex let them coin his cheeksx ixll not pay a denierx whatx will you make a younker of mex shall i not take mine ease in mine innx but i shall have my pocket pickxdx i have lost a sealxring of my grandfatherxs worth forty markx hostessx o jesux i have heard the prince tell himx i know not how oftx that that ring was copperx falstaffx howx the prince is a jackx a sneakxcupx xsbloodx an he were herex i would cudgel him like a dogx if he would say soxx xenter prince henry and poinsx marchingx falstaff meets themx playing on his truncheon like a fifexx how nowx ladx is the wind in that doorx ixfaithx must we all marchx bardolphx yeax twoxandxtwox newgatexfashionx hostessx my lordx i pray youx hear mex princex what sayxst thoux mistress quicklyx how doth thy husbandx i love him wellx he is an honest manx hostessx good my lordx hear mex falstaffx prxytheex let her alonex and list to mex princex what sayxst thoux jackx falstaffx the other night i fell asleep here behind the arrasx and had my pocket pickxdx this house is turnxd bawdyxhousex they pick pocketsx princex what didst thou losex jackx falstaffx wilt thou believe mex halx three or four bonds of forty pound axpiece and a sealxring of my grandfatherxsx princex a triflex some eightxpenny matterx hostessx so i told himx my lordx and i said i heard your grace say sox andx my lordx he speaks most vilely of youx like a foulxmouthxd man as he isx and said he would cudgel youx princex whatx he did notx hostessx therexs neither faithx truthx nor womanhood in me elsex falstaffx therexs no more faith in thee than in a stewxd prunex nor no more truth in thee than in a drawn foxx andx for womanxhoodx maid marian may be the deputyxs wife of the ward to theex gox you thingx gox hostessx sayx what thingx what thingx i am an honest manxs wifex andx setting thy knighthood asidex thou art a knave to call me sox falstaffx setting thy womanhood asidex thou art a beast to say otherwisex hostessx sayx what beastx thou knavex thoux falstaffx what beastx whyx an otterx princex an otterx sir johnx why an otterx falstaffx whyx shexs neither fish nor fleshx a man knows not where to have herx hostessx thou art an unjust man in saying sox thou or any man knows where to have mex thou knavex thoux princex thou sayxst truex hostessx and he slanders thee most grosslyx hostessx so he doth youx my lordx and said this other day you ought him a thousand poundx princex sirrahx do i owe you a thousand poundx falstaffx a thousand poundx halx a millionx thy love is worth a millionx thou owest me thy lovex hostessx nayx my lordx he callxd you jackx and said he would cudgel youx falstaffx did ix bardolphx bardolphx indeedx sir johnx you said sox falstaffx yeax if he said my ring was copperx princex i say xtis copperx darest thou be as good as thy word nowx falstaffx whyx halx thou knowxstx as thou art but manx i darex but as thou art princex i fear thee as i fear the roaring of the lionxs whelpx princex and why not as the lionx falstaffx the king himself is to be feared as the lionx dost thou think ixll fear thee as i fear thy fatherx nayx an i dox i pray god my girdle breakx princex sirrahx therexs no room for faithx truthx nor honesty in this bosom of thinex it is all fillxd up with midriffx charge an honest woman with picking thy pocketx whyx thou whoresonx impudentx embossxd rascalx if there were anything in thy pocket but tavernxreckoningsx and one poor pennyworth of sugarxcandy to make thee longxwindedxxif thy pocket were enrichxd with any other injuries but thesex i am a villainx and yet you will stand to itx you will not pocketxup wrongx art thou not ashamedx falstaffx dost thou hearx halx thou knowxstx in the state of innocency adam fellx and what should poor jack falstaff do in the days of villainyx thou seexst i have more flesh than another manx and therefore more frailtyx you confessx thenx you pickxd my pocketx princex it appears so by the storyx falstaffx hostessx i forgive theex gox make ready breakfastx love thy husbandx look to thy servantsx cherish thy guestsx thou shalt find me tractable to any honest reasonx thou seexst i am pacifiedxxstillx nayx prxytheex be gonex xexit hostessxx nowx halx to the news at courtx for the robberyx ladx how is that answeredx princex ox my sweet beefx i must still be good angel to theex the money is paid back againx falstaffx ox i do not like that paying backx xtis a double labourx princex i am good friends with my fatherx and may do any thingx falstaffx rob me the exchequer the first thing thou doestx and do it with unwashxd hands toox bardolphx dox my lordx princex i have procured theex jackx a charge of footx falstaffx i would it had been of horsex where shall i find one that can steal wellx ox for a fine thiefx of the age of twoxandxtwenty or thereaboutsx i am heinously unprovidedx wellx god be thanked for these rebelsx they offend none but the virtuousx i laud themx i praise themx princex bardolphxx bardolphx my lordx princex go bear this letter to lord john of lancasterx to my brother johnx this to my lord of westmorelandxx xexit bardolphxx gox poinsx to horsex to horsex for thou and i have thirty miles to ride yet ere dinnerxtimexx xexit poinsxx meet me toxmorrowx jackx ix the templexhall at two oxclock in thx afternoonx there shalt thou know thy chargex and there receive money and order for their furniturex the land is burningx percy stands on highx and either they or we must lower liex xexitxx falstaffx rare wordsx brave worldxxhostessx my breakfastx comexx ox i could wish this tavern were my drumx xexitxx act iv scene ix the rebel camp near shrewsburyx xenter hotspurx worcesterx and douglasxx hotspurx well saidx my noble scotx if speaking truth in this fine age were not thought flatteryx such attribution should the douglas havex as not a soldier of this seasonxs stamp should go so generalxcurrent through the worldx by godx i cannot flatterx i defy the tongues of soothersx but a braver place in my heartxs love hath no man than yourselfx nayx task me to my wordx approve mex lordx douglasx thou art the king of honourx no man so potent breathes upon the ground but i will beard himx hotspurx do sox and xtis wellxx xenter a messenger with lettersxx what letters hast thou therexxi can but thank youx messengerx these letters come from your fatherx hotspurx letters from himx why comes he not himselfx messengerx he cannot comex my lordx hexs grievous sickx hotspurx zwoundsx how has he the leisure to be sick in such a justling timex who leads his powerx under whose government come they alongx messengerx his letters bears his mindx not ix my lordx worcesterx i prxytheex tell mex doth he keep his bedx messengerx he didx my lordx four days ere i set forthx and at the time of my departure thence he was much fearxd by his physiciansx worcesterx i would the state of time had first been whole ere he by sickness had been visitedx his health was never better worth than nowx hotspurx sick nowx droop nowx this sickness doth infect the very lifexblood of our enterprisex xtis catching hitherx even to our campx he writes me herex that inward sicknessxx and that his friends by deputation could not so soon be drawnx no did he think it meet to lay so dangerous and dear a trust on any soul removedx but on his ownx yet doth he give us bold advertisementx that with our small conjunction we should onx to see how fortune is disposed to usx forx as he writesx there is no quailing nowx because the king is certainly possessxd of all our purposesx what say you to itx worcesterx your fatherxs sickness is a maim to usx hotspurx a perilous gashx a very limb loppxd offxx and yetx in faithx xtis notx his present want seems more than we shall find itx were it good to set the exact wealth of all our states all at one castx to set so rich a main on the nice hazard of one doubtful hourx it were not goodx for therein should we read the very bottom and the soul of hopex the very listx the very utmost bound of all our fortunesx douglasx faithx and so we shouldx where now remains a sweet reversionx and we may boldly spend upon the hope of what is to come inx a comfort of retirement lives in thisx hotspurx a rendezvousx a home to fly untox if that the devil and mischance look big upon the maidenhead of our affairsx worcesterx but yet i would your father had been herex the quality and hair of our attempt brooks no divisionx it will be thought by somex that know not why he is awayx that wisdomx loyaltyx and mere dislike of our proceedingsx kept the earl from hencex and think how such an apprehension may turn the tide of fearful factionx and breed a kind of question in our causex for well you know we of the offering side must keep aloof from strict arbitrementx and stop all sightxholesx every loop from whence the eye of reason may pry in upon usx this absence of your fatherxs draws a curtainx that shows the ignorant a kind of fear before not dreamt ofx hotspurx nayx you strain too farx ix ratherx of his absence make this usex it lends a lustre and more great opinionx a larger dare to our great enterprisex than if the earl were herex for men must thinkx if wex without his helpx can make a head to push against the kingdomx with his help we shall oxerturn it topsyxturvy downx yet all goes wellx yet all our joints are wholex douglasx as heart can thinkx there is not such a word spoke in scotland as this term of fearx xenter sir richard vernonxx hotspurx my cousin vernonx welcomex by my soulx vernonx pray god my news be worth a welcomex lordx the earl of westmorelandx seven thousand strongx is marching hitherwardsx with him prince johnx hotspurx no harmx what morex vernonx and furtherx i have learnxd the king himself in person is set forthx or hitherwards intended speedilyx with strong and mighty preparationx hotspurx he shall be welcome toox where is his sonx the nimblexfooted madcap prince of walesx and his comradesx that daff the world asidex and bid it passx vernonx all furnishxdx all in armsx all plumed like estridges that with the wind bate itx like eagles having lately bathedx glittering in golden coatsx like imagesx as full of spirit as the month of may and gorgeous as the sun at midsummerx wanton as youthful goatsx wild as young bullsx i saw young harryxwith his beaver onx his cuisses on his thighsx gallantly armxdx rise from the ground like featherxd mercuryx and vault it with such ease into his seatx as if an angel droppxd down from the cloudsx to turn and wind a fiery pegasusx and witch the world with noble horsemanshipx hotspurx no morex no morex worse than the sun in marchx this praise doth nourish aguesx let them comex they come like sacrifices in their trimx and to the firexeyed maid of smoky warx all hot and bleedingx will we offer themx the mailed mars shall on his altar sit up to the ears in bloodx i am on fire to hear this rich reprisal is so nighx and yet not oursxxcomex let me taste my horsex who is to bear mex like a thunderboltx against the bosom of the prince of walesx harry and harry shallx hot horse to horsex meetx and nexer part till one drop down a corsexx ox that glendower were comex vernonx there is more newsx i learnxd in worcesterx as i rode alongx he cannot draw his power this fourteen daysx douglasx thatxs the worst tidings that i hear of yetx worcesterx ayx by my faithx that bears a frosty soundx hotspurx what may the kingxs whole battle reach untox vernonx to thirty thousandx hotspurx forty let it bex my father and glendower being both awayx the powers of us may serve so great a dayx comex let us take a muster speedilyx doomsday is nearx die allx die merrilyx douglasx talk not of dyingx i am out of fear of death or deathxs hand for this one halfxyearx xexeuntxx scene iix a public road near coventryx xenter falstaff and bardolphxx falstaffx bardolphx get thee before to coventryx fill me a bottle of sackx our soldiers shall march throughx wexll to suttonxcoxfilx toxnightx bardolphx will you give me moneyx captainx falstaffx lay outx lay outx bardolphx this bottle makes an angelx falstaffx an if it dox take it for thy labourx an if it make twentyx take them allx ixll answer the coinagex bid my lieutenant peto meet me at the townxs endx bardolphx i willx captainx farewellx xexitxx falstaffx if i be not ashamed of my soldiersx i am a soused gurnetx i have misused the kingxs press damnablyx i have gotx in exchange of a hundred and fifty soldiersx three hundred and odd poundsx i pressxd me none but good householdersx yeomenxs sonsx inquired me out contracted bachelorsx such as had been askxd twice on the bannsx such a commodity of warm slaves as had as lief hear the devil as a drumx such as fear the report of a caliver worse than a struck fowl or a hurt wildxduckx i pressxd me none but such toastsxandxbutterx with hearts in their bodies no bigger than pinsxxheadsx and they have bought out their servicesx and now my whole charge consists of ancientsx corporalsx lieutenantsx gentlemen of companiesx slaves as ragged as lazarus in the painted clothx where the gluttonxs dogs licked his soresx and such asx indeedx were never soldiersx but discarded unjust servingxmenx younger sons to younger brothersx revolted tapstersx and ostlers tradexfallenx the cankers of a calm world and a long peacex ten times more dishonourable ragged than an old faced ancientx and such have ix to fill up the rooms of them that have bought out their servicesx that you would think that i had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from swinexkeepingx from eating draff and husksx a mad fellow met me on the wayx and told me i had unloaded all the gibbetsx and pressxd the dead bodiesx no eye hath seen such scarecrowsx ixll not march through coventry with themx thatxs flatx nayx and the villains march wide betwixt the legsx as if they had gyves onx forx indeedx i had the most of them out of prisonx therexs but a shirt and a half in all my companyx and the halfxshirt is two napkins tackxd together and thrown over the shoulders like a heraldxs coat without sleevesx and the shirtx to say the truthx stolen from my host at saint albanxsx or the redxnose innkeeper of daventryx but thatxs all onex theyxll find linen enough on every hedgex xenter prince henry and westmorelandxx princex how nowx blown jackx how nowx quiltx falstaffx whatx halx how nowx mad wagx what a devil dost thou in warwickshirexxmy good lord of westmorelandx i cry you mercyx i thought your honour had already been at shrewsburyx westmorelandx faithx sir johnx xtis more than time that i were therex and you toox but my powers are there alreadyx the kingx i can tell youx looks for us allx we must away allx toxnightx falstaffx tutx never fear mex i am as vigilant as a cat to steal creamx princex i thinkx to steal creamx indeedx for thy theft hath already made thee butterx but tell mex jackx whose fellows are these that come afterx falstaffx minex halx minex princex i did never see such pitiful rascalsx falstaffx tutx tutx good enough to tossx food for powderx food for powderx theyxll fill a pit as well as betterx tushx manx mortal menx mortal menx westmorelandx ayx butx sir johnx methinks they are exceeding poor and barexxtoo beggarlyx falstaffx faithx for their povertyx i know not where they had thatx andx for their barenessx i am sure they never learnxd that of mex princex nox ixll be swornx unless you call three fingers on the ribs barex butx sirrahx make hastex percy is already in the fieldx xexitxx falstaffx whatx is the king encampxdx westmorelandx he isx sir johnx i fear we shall stay too longx xexitxx falstaffx wellx to the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast fits a dull fighter and a keen guestx xexitxx scene iiix the rebel camp near shrewsburyx xenter hotspurx worcesterx douglasx and vernonxx hotspurx wexll fight with him toxnightx worcesterx it may not bex douglasx you give himx thenx advantagex vernonx not a whitx hotspurx why say you sox looks he not for supplyx vernonx so do wex hotspurx his is certainx ours is doubtfulx worcesterx good cousinx be advisedx stir not toxnightx vernonx do notx my lordx douglasx you do not counsel wellx you speak it out of fear and cold heartx vernonx do me no slanderx douglasx by my lifexx and i dare well maintain it with my lifexx if wellxrespected honour bid me onx i hold as little counsel with weak fear as youx my lordx or any scot that this day livesx let it be seen toxmorrow in the battle which of us fearsx douglasx yeax or toxnightx vernonx contentx hotspurx toxnightx say ix vernonx comex comex it may not bex i wonder muchx being men of such great leading as you arex that you foresee not what impediments drag back our expeditionx certain horse of my cousin vernonxs are not yet come upx your uncle worcesterxs horse came but toxdayx and now their pride and mettle is asleepx their courage with hard labour tame and dullx that not a horse is half the half himselfx hotspurx so are the horses of the enemy in generalx journeyxbated and brought lowx the better part of ours are full of restx worcesterx the number of the king exceedeth oursx for godxs sakex cousinx stay till all come inx xthe trumpet sounds a parleyxx xenter sir walter bluntxx bluntx i come with gracious offers from the kingx if you vouchsafe me hearing and respectx hotspurx welcomex sir walter bluntx and would to god you were of our determinationx some of us love you wellx and even those some envy your great deservings and good namex because you are not of our qualityx but stand against us like an enemyx bluntx and god defend but still i should stand sox so long as out of limit and true rule you stand against anointed majestyx but to my chargex the king hath sent to know the nature of your griefsx and whereupon you conjure from the breast of civil peace such bold hostilityx teaching his duteous land audacious crueltyx if that the king have any way your good deserts forgotx which he confesseth to be manifoldx he bids you name your griefsx and with all speed you shall have your desires with interestx and pardon absolute for yourself and these herein misled by your suggestionx hotspurx the king is kindx and well we know the king knows at what time to promisex when to payx my father and my uncle and myself did give him that same royalty he wearsx andxwhen he was not sixxandxtwenty strongx sick in the worldxs regardx wretched and lowx a poor unminded outlaw sneaking homex my father gave him welcome to the shorex andxwhen he heard him swear and vow to godx he came but to be duke of lancasterx to sue his livery and beg his peacex with tears of innocence and terms of zealx my fatherx in kind heart and pity movedx swore him assistancex and performed it toox nowx when the lords and barons of the realm perceived northumberland did lean to himx the more and less came in with cap and kneex met him in boroughsx citiesx villagesx attended him on bridgesx stood in lanesx laid gifts before himx profferxd him their oathsx give him their heirs as pagesx followxd him even at the heels in golden multitudesx he presentlyxas greatness knows itselfx steps me a little higher than his vow made to my fatherx while his blood was poorx upon the naked shore at ravenspurgx and nowx forsoothx takes on him to reform some certain edicts and some strait decrees that lie too heavy on the commonwealthx cries out upon abusesx seems to weep over his countryxs wrongsx andx by this facex this seeming brow of justicex did he win the hearts of all that he did angle forx proceeded furtherx cut me off the heads of all the favouritesx that the absent king in deputation left behind him here when he was personal in the irish warx bluntx tutx i came not to hear thisx hotspurx then to the pointx in short time afterx he deposed the kingx soon after thatx deprived him of his lifex andx in the neck of thatx taskxd the whole statex to make that worsex sufferxd his kinsman march xwho isx if every owner were well placedx indeed his kingx to be engaged in walesx there without ransom to lie forfeitedx disgraced me in my happy victoriesx sought to entrap me by intelligencex rated my uncle from the councilxboardx in rage dismissxd my father from the courtx broke oath on oathx committed wrong on wrongx andx in conclusionx drove us to seek out this head of safetyx and withal to pry into his titlex the which now we find too indirect for long continuancex bluntx shall i return this answer to the kingx hotspurx not sox sir walterx wexll withdraw awhilex go to the kingx and let there be impawnxd some surety for a safe return againx and in the morning early shall my uncle bring him our purposesx and sox farewellx bluntx i would you would accept of grace and lovex hotspurx and may be so we shallx bluntx pray god you dox xexeuntxx scene ivx yorkx a room in the archbishopxs palacex xenter the archbishop of york and sir michaelxx archbishopx hiex good sir michaelx bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshalx this to my cousin scroopx and all the rest to whom they are directedx if you knew how much they do importx you would make hastex sir michaelx my good lordx i guess their tenourx archbishopx like enough you dox toxmorrowx good sir michaelx is a day wherein the fortune of ten thousand men must bide the touchx forx sirx at shrewsburyx as i am truly given to understandx the kingx with mighty and quickxraised powerx meets with lord harryx andx i fearx sir michaelx what with the sickness of northumberlandx whose power was in the first proportionx and what with owen glendowerxs absence thencex who with them was a rated sinew toox and comes not inx oxerxrulxd by propheciesxx i fear the power of percy is too weak to wage an instant trial with the kingx sir michaelx whyx my good lordx you need not fearx therexs douglas and lord mortimerx archbishopx nox mortimerxs not therex sir michaelx but there is mordakex vernonx lord harry percyx and therexs my lord of worcesterx and a head of gallant warriorsx noble gentlemenx archbishopx and so there isx but yet the king hath drawn the special head of all the land togetherx the prince of walesx lord john of lancasterx the noble westmorelandx and warlike bluntx and many more corrivals and dear men of estimation and command in armsx sir michaelx doubt notx my lordx they shall be well opposedx archbishopx i hope no lessx yet needful xtis to fearx andx to prevent the worstx sir michaelx speedx for if lord percy thrive notx ere the king dismiss his powerx he means to visit usx for he hath heard of our confederacyx and xtis but wisdom to make strong against himx therefore make hastex i must go write again to other friendsx and sox farewellx sir michaelx xexeuntxx act v scene ix the kingxs camp near shrewsburyx xenter king henryx prince henryx lancasterx sir walter bluntx and sir john falstaffxx kingx how bloodily the sun begins to peer above yon busky hillx the day looks pale at his distemperaturex princex the southern wind doth play the trumpet to his purposesx and by his hollow whistling in the leaves foretells a tempest and a blustering dayx kingx then with the losers let it sympathizex for nothing can seem foul to those that winxx xthe trumpet soundsx enter worcester and vernonxx howx nowx my lord of worcesterx xtis not well that you and i should meet upon such terms as now we meetx you have deceived our trustx and made us doff our easy robes of peacex to crush our old limbs in ungentle steelx this is not wellx my lordx this is not wellx what say you toxtx will you again unknit this churlish knot of allxabhorred warx and move in that obedient orb again where you did give a fair and natural lightx and be no more an exhaled meteorx a prodigy of fearx and a portent of broached mischief to the unborn timesx worcesterx hear mex my liegex for mine own partx i could be well content to entertain the lagxend of my life with quiet hoursx for i do protestx i have not sought the day of this dislikex kingx you have not sought itx whyx how comes itx thenx falstaffx rebellion lay in his wayx and he found itx princex peacex chewetx peacex worcesterx it pleased your majesty to turn your looks of favour from myself and all our housex and yet i must remember youx my lordx we were the first and dearest of your friendsx for you my staff of office did i break in richardxs timex and posted day and night to meet you on the wayx and kiss your handx when yet you were in place and in account nothing so strong and fortunate as ix it was myselfx my brotherx and his sonx that brought you homex and boldly did outdare the dangers of the timex you swore to usxx and you did swear that oath at doncasterxx that you did nothing purpose xgainst the statex nor claim no further than your newxfallxn rightx the seat of gauntx dukedom of lancasterx to this we swore our aidx but in short space it rainxd down fortune showering on your headx and such a flood of greatness fell on youxx what with our helpx what with the absent kingx what with the injuries of a wanton timex the seeming sufferances that you had bornex and the contrarious winds that held the king so long in his unlucky irish wars that all in england did repute him deadxx andx from this swarm of fair advantagesx you took occasion to be quickly wooxd to gripe the general sway into your handx forgot your oath to us at doncasterx andx being fed by usx you used us so as that ungentle gullx the cuckooxbirdx useth the sparrowx did oppress our nestx grew by our feeding to so great a bulkx that even our love thirst not come near your sight for fear of swallowingx but with nimble wing we were enforcedx for safetyxsakex to fly out of your sightx and raise this present headx whereby we stand opposed by such means as you yourself have forged against yourselfx by unkind usagex dangerous countenancex and violation of all faith and troth sworn to tis in your younger enterprisex kingx these thingsx indeedx you have articulatex proclaimxd at marketxcrossesx read in churchesx to face the garment of rebellion with some fine colour that may please the eye of fickle changelings and poor discontentsx which gape and rub the elbow at the news of hurlyburly innovationx and never yet did insurrection want such waterxcolours to impaint his causex nor moody beggarsx starving for a time of pellmell havoc and confusionx princex in both our armies there is many a soul shall pay full dearly for this encounterx if once they join in trialx tell your nephewx the prince of wales doth join with all the world in praise of henry percyx by my hopesx this present enterprise set off his headx i do not think a braver gentlemanx more activexvaliant or more valiantxyoungx more daring or more boldx is now alive to grace this latter age with noble deedsx for my partxxi may speak it to my shamexx i have a truant been to chivalryx and so i hear he doth account me toox yet this before my fatherxs majestyxx i am content that he shall take the odds of his great name and estimationx and willx to save the blood on either sidex try fortune with him in a single fightx kingx andx prince of walesx so dare we venture theex albeit considerations infinite do make against itxxnox good worcesterx nox we love our people wellx even those we love that are misled upon your cousinxs partx andx will they take the offer of our gracex both hex and theyx and youx yeax every man shall be my friend againx and ixll be hisx so tell your cousinx and then bring me word what he will dox butx if he will not yieldx rebuke and dread correction wait on usx and they shall do their officex sox be gonex we will not now be troubled with replyx we offer fairx take it advisedlyx xexit worcester with vernonxx princex it will not be acceptedx on my lifex the douglas and the hotspur both together are confident against the world in armsx kingx hencex thereforex every leader to his chargex forx on their answerx will we set on themx and god befriend usx as our cause is justx xexeunt the kingx bluntx and prince johnxx falstaffx halx if thou see me down in the battlex and bestride mex sox xtis a point of friendshipx princex nothing but a colossus can do thee that friendshipx say thy prayersx and farewellx falstaffx i would it were bedtimex halx and all wellx princex whyx thou owest god a deathx xexitxx falstaffx xtis not due yetx i would be loth to pay him before his dayx what need i be so forward with him that calls not on mex wellx xtis no matterx honour pricks me onx yeax but how if honour prick me off when i come onx how thenx can honor setxto a legx nox or an armx nox or take away the grief of a woundx nox honour hath no skill in surgery thenx nox what is honourx a wordx what is that wordx honourx airx a trim reckoningxxwho hath itx he that died ox wednesdayx doth he feel itx nox doth be hear itx nox is it insensiblex thenx yeax to the deadx but will it not live with the livingx nox whyx detraction will not suffer itx therefore ixll none of itx honour is a mere scutcheonxxand so ends my catechismx xexitxx scene iix the rebel campx xenter worcester and vernonxx worcesterx o nox my nephew must not knowx sir richardx the liberalxkind offer of the kingx vernonx xtwere best he didx worcesterx then are we all undonex it is not possiblex it cannot bex the king should keep his word in loving usx he will suspect us stillx and find a time to punish this offence in other faultsx suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyesx for treason is but trusted like the foxx whox nexer so tamex so cherishxdx and lockxd upx will have a wild trick of his ancestorsx look how we canx or sad or merrilyx interpretation will misquote our looksx and we shall feed like oxen at a stallx the better cherishxdx still the nearer deathx my nephewxs trespass may be well forgotx it hath thx excuse of youth and heat of bloodx and an adopted name of privilegexx a harexbrainxd hotspurx governxd by a spleenx all his offences live upon my head and on his fatherxsx we did train him onx andx his corruption being taxen from usx wex as the spring of allx shall pay for allx thereforex good cousinx let not harry knowx in any casex the offer of the kingx vernonx deliver what you willx ixll say xtis sox here comes your cousinx xenter hotspur and douglasx officers and soldiers behindxx hotspurx my uncle is returnxdx deliver up my lord of westmorelandxxunclex what newsx worcesterx the king will bid you battle presentlyx douglasx defy him by the lord of westmorelandx hotspurx lord douglasx go you and tell him sox douglasx marryx i shallx and very willinglyx xexitxx worcesterx there is no seeming mercy in the kingx hotspurx did you beg anyx god forbidx worcesterx i told him gently of our grievancesx of his oathxbreakingx which he mended thusx by newxforswearing that he is forswornx he calls us rebelsx traitorsx and will scourge with haughty arms this hateful name in usx xrexenter douglasxx douglasx armx gentlemenx to armsx for i have thrown a brave defiance in king henryxs teethx and westmorelandx that was engagedx did bear itx which cannot choose but bring him quickly onx worcesterx the prince of wales steppxd forth before the kingx andx nephewx challenged you to single fightx hotspurx ox would the quarrel lay upon our headsx and that no man might draw short breath toxday but i and harry monmouthx tell mex tell mex how showxd his taskingx seemxd it in contemptx vernonx nox by my soulx i never in my life did hear a challenge urged more modestlyx unless a brother should a brother dare to gentle exercise and proof of armsx he gave you all the duties of a manx trimmxd up your praises with a princely tonguex spoke your deservings like a chroniclex making you ever better than his praisex by still dispraising praise valued with youx andx which became him like a prince indeedx he made a blushing cital of himselfx and chid his truant youth with such a gracex as if he masterxd there a double spiritx of teaching and of learning instantlyx there did he pausex but let me tell the worldx if he outlive the envy of this dayx england did never owe so sweet a hopex so much misconstrued in his wantonnessx hotspurx cousinx i think thou art enamoured upon his folliesx never did i hear of any prince so wild ox libertyx but be he as he willx yet once ere night i will embrace him with a soldierxs armx that he shall shrink under my courtesyxx armx arm with speedx andx fellowsx soldiersx friendsx better consider what you have to do than ix that have not well the gift of tonguex can lift your blood up with persuasionx xenter a messengerxx messengerx my lordx here are letters for youx hotspurx i cannot read them nowxx o gentlemenx the time of life is shortx to spend that shortness basely were too longx if life did ride upon a dialxs pointx still ending at thx arrival of an hourx an if we livex we live to tread on kingsx if diex brave deathx when princes die with usx nowx for our consciencesx the arms are fairx when the intent of bearing them is justx xenter another messengerxx messengerx my lordx preparex the king comes on apacex hotspurx i thank himx that he cuts me from my talex for i profess not talkingx only thisx let each man do his bestx and here draw i a swordx whose temper i intend to stain with the best blood that i can meet withal in the adventure of this perilous dayx nowx esperancex percyx and set onx sound all the lofty instruments of warx and by that music let us all embracex forx heaven to earthx some of us never shall a second time do such a courtesyx xthe trumpets soundx they embracex and exeuntxx scene iiix plain between the campsx xexcursionsx and parties fightingx alarum to the battlex then enter douglas and sir walter bluntx meetingxx bluntx what is thy namex that in the battle thus thou crossest mex what honour dost thou seek upon my headx douglasx knowx thenx my name is douglasx and i do haunt thee in the battle thus because some tell me that thou art a kingx bluntx they tell thee truex douglasx the lord of stafford dear toxday hath bought thy likenessx forx instead of theex king harryx this sword hath ended himx so shall it theex unless thou yield thee as my prisonerx bluntx i was not born a yielderx thou proud scotx and thou shalt find a king that will revenge lord staffordxs deathx xthey fightx and blunt is slainx enter hotspurxx hotspurx o douglasx hadst thou fought at holmedon thusx i never had triumphed oxer a scotx douglasx allxs donex allxs wonx here breathless lies the kingx hotspurx wherex douglasx herex hotspurx thisx douglasx nox i know this face full wellx a gallant knight he wasx his name was bluntx semblably furnishxd like the king himselfx douglasx a fool go with thy soulx wherexre it goesx a borrowxd title hast thou bought too dearx why didst thou tell me that thou wert a kingx hotspurx the king hath many marching in his coatsx douglasx nowx by my swordx i will kill all his coatsx ixll murder all his wardrobe piece by piecex until i meet the kingx hotspurx upx and awayx our soldiers stand full fairly for the dayx xexeuntxx xalarumsx enter falstaffxx falstaffx though i could xscape shotxfree at londonx i fear the shot herex herexs no scoring but upon the patexxsoftx who are youx sir walter bluntx therexs honour for youx herexs no vanityx i am as hot as molten leadx and as heavy toox god keep lead out of mex i need no more weight than mine own bowelsx i have led my ragamuffins where they are pepperedx therexs not three of my hundred and fifty left alivex and they are for the townxs endx to beg during lifex but who comes herex xenter prince henryxx princex whatx standxst thou idle herex lend me thy swordx many a nobleman lies stark and stiff under the hoofs of vaunting enemiesx whose deaths are yet unrevengedx i prxytheex lend me thy swordx falstaffx o halx i prxythee give me leave to breathe awhilex turk gregory never did such deeds in arms as i have done this dayx i have paid percyx i have made him surex princex he is indeedx and living to kill theex i prxytheex lend me thy swordx falstaffx nayx before godx halx if percy be alivex thou gettxst not my swordx but take my pistolx if thou wiltx princex give it mex whatx is it in the casex falstaffx ayx halx xtis hotx xtis hotx therexs that will sack a cityx xthe prince draws out a bottle of sackxx whatx isxt a time to jest and dally nowx xthrows it at himx and exitxx falstaffx wellx if percy be alivex ixll pierce himx if he do come in my wayx sox if he do notx if i come in his willinglyx let him make a carbonado of mex i like not such grinning honour as sir walter hathx give me lifex which if i can savex sox if notx honour comes unlooked forx and therexs an endx xexitxx scene ivx another part of the fieldx xalarumsx excursionsx enter king henryx prince henryx lancasterx and westmorelandxx kingx i prxytheex harryx withdraw thyselfx thou bleedest too muchxx lord john of lancasterx go you unto himx lancasterx not ix my lordx unless i did bleed toox princex i do beseech your majestyx make upx lest your retirement do amaze your friendsx kingx i will do soxx my lord of westmorelandx lead him to his tentx westmorelandx comex my lordx ixll lead you to your tentx princex lead mex my lordx i do not need your helpx and god forbidx a shallow scratch should drive the prince of wales from such a field as thisx where stainxd nobility lies trodden onx and rebelsx arms triumph in massacresx lancasterx we breathe too longxxcomex cousin westmorelandx our duty this way liesx for godxs sakex comex xexeunt lancaster and westmorelandxx princex by heavenx thou hast deceived mex lancasterx i did not think thee lord of such a spiritx beforex i loved thee as a brotherx johnx but now i do respect thee as my soulx kingx i saw him hold lord percy at the point with lustier maintenance than i did look for of such an ungrown warriorx princex ox this boy lends mettle to us allx xexitxx xalarumsx enter douglasxx douglasx another kingx they grow like hydraxs headsx i am the douglasx fatal to all those that wear those colours on themxxwhat art thoux that counterfeitxst the person of a kingx kingx the king himselfx whox douglasx grieves at heart so many of his shadows thou hast metx and not the very kingx i have two boys seek percy and thyself about the fieldx butx seeing thou fallxst on me so luckilyx i will assay theex sox defend thyselfx douglasx i fear thou art another counterfeitx and yetx in faithx thou bearxst thee like a kingx but mine ixm sure thou artx whoexer thou bex and thus i win theex xthey fightx the king being in dangerx rexenter prince henryxx princex hold up thy headx vile scotx or thou art like never to hold it up againx the spirits of valiant shirleyx staffordx blunt are in my armsx it is the prince of wales that threatens theex who never promiseth but he means to payxx xthey fightx douglas fliesxx cheerlyx my lordx how fares your gracex sir nicholas gawsey hath for succour sentx and so hath cliftonx ixll to clifton straightx kingx stayx and breathe awhilex thou hast redeemxd thy lost opinionx and showxd thou makest some tender of my lifex in this fair rescue thou hast brought to mex princex o godx they did me too much injury that ever said i hearkenxd for your deathx if it were sox i might have let alone thx insulting hand of douglas over youx which would have been as speedy in your end as all the poisonous potions in the worldx and saved the treacherous labour of your sonx kingx make up to cliftonx ixll to sir nicholas gawseyx xexitxx xenter hotspurxx hotspurx if i mistake notx thou art harry monmouthx princex thou speakxst as if i would deny my namex hotspurx my name is harry percyx princex whyx then i see a very valiant rebel of the namex i am the prince of walesx and think notx percyx to share with me in glory any morex two stars keep not their motion in one spherex nor can one england brook a double reignx of harry percy and the prince of walesx hotspurx nor shall itx harryx for the hour is come to end the one of usx and would to god thy name in arms were now as great as minex princex ixll make it greater ere i part from theex and all the budding honours on thy crest ixll cropx to make a garland for my headx hotspurx i can no longer brook thy vanitiesx xthey fightxx xenter falstaffxx falstaffx well saidx halx to itx halx nayx you shall find no boyxs play herex i can tell youx xrexenter douglasx he fights with falstaffx who falls down as if he were deadx and exit douglasx hotspure is woundedx and fallsxx hotspurx o harryx thou hast robbxd me of my youthx i better brook the loss of brittle life than those proud titles thou hast won of mex they wound my thoughts worse than thy sword my fleshx but thoughts the slave of lifex and life timexs foolx and timex that takes survey of all the worldx must have a stopx ox i could prophesyx but that the earthy and cold hand of death lies on my tonguex nox percyx thou art dustx and food forx xdiesxx princex for wormsx brave percyx fare thee wellx great heartx illxweaved ambitionx how much art thou shrunkx when that this body did contain a spiritx a kingdom for it was too small a boundx but now two paces of the vilest earth is room enoughx this earth that bears thee dead bears not alive so stout a gentlemanx if thou wert sensible of courtesyx i should not make so dear a show of zealx but let my favours hide thy mangled facex andx even in thy behalfx ixll thank myself for doing these fair rites of tendernessx adieux and take thy praise with thee to heavenx thy ignominy sleep with thee in the gravex but not rememberxd in thy epitaphxx xsees falstaff on the groundxx whatx old acquaintancex could not all this flesh keep in a little lifex poor jackx farewellx i could have better spared a better manx ox i should have a heavy miss of theex if i were much in love with vanityx death hath not struck so fat a deer toxdayx though many dearerx in this bloody frayx embowellxd will i see thee byxandxbyx till then in blood by noble percy liex xexitxx falstaffx xrisingxx embowellxdx if thou embowel me toxdayx ixll give you leave to powder me and eat me too toxmorrowx xsbloodx xtwas time to counterfeitx or that hot termagant scot had paid me scot and lot toox counterfeitx i liex i am no counterfeitx to diex is to be a counterfeitx for he is but the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of a manx but to counterfeit dyingx when a man thereby livethx is to be no counterfeitx but the true and perfect image of life indeedx the better part of valour is discretionx in the which better part i have saved my lifexx zwoundsx i am afraid of this gunpowder percyx though he be deadx howx if he should counterfeit toox and risex by my faithx i am afraid he would prove the better counterfeitx therefore ixll make him surex yeax and ixll swear i killxd himx why may not he rise as well as ix nothing confutes me but eyesx and nobody sees mex thereforex sirrahx with a new wound in your thighx come you along with mex xtakes hotspur on his hackxx xrexenter prince henry and lancasterxx princex comex brother johnx full bravely hast thou fleshxd thy maiden swordx lancasterx butx softx whom have we herex did you not tell me this fat man was deadx princex i didx i saw him deadx breathless and bleeding upon the groundxx art thou alivex or is it fantasy that plays upon our eyesightx i prxytheex speakx we will not trust our eyes without our earsx thou art not what thou seemxstx falstaffx nox thatxs certainx i am not a double manx but if i be not jack falstaffx then am i a jackx there is percyx xthrowing the body downxx if your father will do me any honourx sox if notx let him kill the next percy himselfx i look to be either earl or dukex i can assure youx princex whyx percy i killxd myselfx and saw thee deadx falstaffx didst thouxx lordx lordx how this world is given to lyingxx i grant you i was down and out of breathx and so was hex but we rose both at an instantx and fought a long hour by shrewsbury clockx if i may be believedx sox if notx let them that should reward valour bear the sin upon their own headsx ixll take it upon my deathx i gave him this wound in the thighx if the man were alivex and would deny itx zwoundsx i would make him eat a piece of my swordx lancasterx this is the strangest tale that ever i heardx princex this is the strangest fellowx brother johnxx comex bring your luggage nobly on your backx for my partx if a lie may do thee gracex ixll gild it with the happiest terms i havexx xa retreat is soundedxx the trumpet sounds retreatx the day is oursx comex brotherx letxs to thx highest of the fieldx to see what friends are livingx who are deadx xexeunt prince henry and lancasterxx falstaffx ixll followx as they sayx for rewardx he that rewards mex god reward himx if i do grow greatx ixll grow lessx for ixll purgex and leave sackx and live cleanly as a nobleman should dox xexitx bearing off the bodyxx scene vx another part of the fieldx xthe trumpets soundx enter king henryx prince henryx lancasterx westmorelandx and othersx with worcester and vernon prisonersxx kingx thus ever did rebellion find rebukexx illxspirited worcesterx did not we send gracex pardonx and terms of love to all of youx and wouldst thou turn our offers contraryx misuse the tenour of thy kinsmanxs trustx three knights upon our party slain toxdayx a noble earlx and many a creature elsex had been alive this hourx ifx like a christianx thou hadst truly borne betwixt our armies true intelligencex worcesterx what i have done my safety urged me tox and i embrace this fortune patientlyx since not to be avoided it fails on mex kingx bear worcester to the deathx and vernon toox other offenders we will pause uponxx xexeunt worcester and vernonx guardedxx how goes the fieldx princex the noble scotx lord douglasx when he saw the fortune of the day quite turnxd from himx the noble percy slainx and all his men upon the foot of fearx fled with the restx andx falling from a hillx he was so bruised that the pursuers took himx at my tent the douglas isx and i beseech your grace i may dispose of himx kingx with all my heartx princex thenx brother john of lancasterx to you this honourable bounty shall belongx go to the douglasx and deliver him up to his pleasurex ransomless and freex his valourx shown upon our crests toxdayx hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds even in the bosom of our adversariesx kingx then this remainsx that we divide our powerxx youx son johnx and my cousin westmorelandx towards york shall bend you with your dearest speedx to meet northumberland and the prelate scroopx whox as we hearx are busily in armsx myselfxxand youx son harryxxwill towards walesx to fight with glendower and the earl of marchx rebellion in this land shall lose his swayx meeting the check of such another dayx and since this business so fair is donex let us not leave till all our own be wonx xexeuntxx the second part of king henry the fourth dramatis personae rumourx the presenter king henry the fourth henryx prince of walesx afterwards henry prince john of lancaster prince humphrey of gloucester thomasx duke of clarence sons of henry iv earl of northumberland scroopx archbishop of york lord mowbray lord hastings lord bardolph sir john colville travers and mortonx retainers of northumberland opposites against king henry iv earl of warwick earl of westmoreland earl of surrey earl of kent gower harcourt blunt of the kingxs party lord chief justice servantx to lord chief justice sir john falstaff edward poins bardolph pistol peto irregular humourists pagex to falstaff robert shallow and silencex country justices davyx servant to shallow fang and snarex sheriffxs officers ralph mouldy simon shadow thomas wart francis feeble peter bullcalf country soldiers francisx a drawer lady northumberland lady percyx percyxs widow hostess quicklyx of the boarxs headx eastcheap doll tearsheet lordsx attendantsx porterx drawersx beadlesx groomsx servantsx speaker of the epilogue scenex england induction inductionx warkworthx before northumberlandxs castle enter rumourx painted full of tongues rumourx open your earsx for which of you will stop the vent of hearing when loud rumour speaksx ix from the orient to the drooping westx making the wind my postxhorsex still unfold the acts commenced on this ball of earthx upon my tongues continual slanders ridex the which in every language i pronouncex stuffing the ears of men with false reportsx i speak of peace while covert emnityx under the smile of safetyx wounds the worldx and who but rumourx who but only ix make fearful musters and preparxd defencex whiles the big yearx swoln with some other griefx is thought with child by the stern tyrant warx and no such matterx rumour is a pipe blown by surmisesx jealousiesx conjecturesx and of so easy and so plain a stop that the blunt monster with uncounted headsx the stillxdiscordant wavxring multitudex can play upon itx but what need i thus my wellxknown body to anatomize among my householdx why is rumour herex i run before king harryxs victoryx whox in a bloody field by shrewsburyx hath beaten down young hotspur and his troopsx quenching the flame of bold rebellion even with the rebelsx bloodx but what mean i to speak so true at firstx my office is to noise abroad that harry monmouth fell under the wrath of noble hotspurxs swordx and that the king before the douglasx rage stoopxd his anointed head as low as deathx this have i rumourxd through the peasant towns between that royal field of shrewsbury and this wormxeaten hold of ragged stonex where hotspurxs fatherx old northumberlandx lies craftyxsickx the posts come tiring onx and not a man of them brings other news than they have learnt of mex from rumourxs tongues they bring smooth comforts falsex worse than true wrongsx exit act ix scene ix warkworthx before northumberlandxs castle enter lord bardolph lord bardolphx who keeps the gate herex hox the porter opens the gate where is the earlx porterx what shall i say you arex lord bardolphx tell thou the earl that the lord bardolph doth attend him herex porterx his lordship is walkxd forth into the orchardx please it your honour knock but at the gatex and he himself will answerx enter northumberland lord bardolphx here comes the earlx exit porter northumberlandx what newsx lord bardolphx every minute now should be the father of some stratagemx the times are wildx contentionx like a horse full of high feedingx madly hath broke loose and bears down all before himx lord bardolphx noble earlx i bring you certain news from shrewsburyx northumberlandx goodx an god willx lord bardolphx as good as heart can wishx the king is almost wounded to the deathx andx in the fortune of my lord your sonx prince harry slain outrightx and both the blunts killxd by the hand of douglasx young prince johnx and westmorelandx and staffordx fled the fieldx and harry monmouthxs brawnx the hulk sir johnx is prisoner to your sonx ox such a dayx so foughtx so followedx and so fairly wonx came not till now to dignify the timesx since cxsarxs fortunesx northumberlandx how is this derivxdx saw you the fieldx came you from shrewsburyx lord bardolphx i spake with onex my lordx that came from thencex a gentleman well bred and of good namex that freely rendxred me these news for truex enter travers northumberlandx here comes my servant traversx whom i sent on tuesday last to listen after newsx lord bardolphx my lordx i overxrode him on the wayx and he is furnishxd with no certainties more than he haply may retail from mex northumberlandx nowx traversx what good tidings comes with youx traversx my lordx sir john umfrevile turnxd me back with joyful tidingsx andx being better horsxdx outxrode mex after him came spurring hard a gentlemanx almost forspent with speedx that stoppxd by me to breathe his bloodied horsex he askxd the way to chesterx and of him i did demand what news from shrewsburyx he told me that rebellion had bad luckx and that young harry percyxs spur was coldx with that he gave his able horse the head andx bending forwardx struck his armed heels against the panting sides of his poor jade up to the rowelxheadx and starting sox he seemxd in running to devour the wayx staying no longer questionx northumberlandx hax againx said he young harry percyxs spur was coldx of hotspurx coldspurx that rebellion had met ill luckx lord bardolphx my lordx ixll tell you whatx if my young lord your son have not the dayx upon mine honourx for a silken point ixll give my baronyx never talk of itx northumberlandx why should that gentleman that rode by travers give then such instances of lossx lord bardolphx whox hex he was some hilding fellow that had stolxn the horse he rode on andx upon my lifex spoke at a venturex lookx here comes more newsx enter morton northumberlandx yeax this manxs browx like to a titlexleafx foretells the nature of a tragic volumex so looks the strand whereon the imperious flood hath left a witnessxd usurpationx sayx mortonx didst thou come from shrewsburyx mortonx i ran from shrewsburyx my noble lordx where hateful death put on his ugliest mask to fright our partyx northumberlandx how doth my son and brotherx thou tremblestx and the whiteness in thy cheek is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errandx even such a manx so faintx so spiritlessx so dullx so dread in lookx so woexbegonex drew priamxs curtain in the dead of night and would have told him half his troy was burntx but priam found the fire ere he his tonguex and i my percyxs death ere thou reportxst itx this thou wouldst sayx xyour son did thus and thusx your brother thusx so fought the noble douglasxx stopping my greedy ear with their bold deedsx but in the endx to stop my ear indeedx thou hast a sigh to blow away this praisex ending with xbrotherx sonx and allx are deadxx mortonx douglas is livingx and your brotherx yetx but for my lord your sonx northumberlandx whyx he is deadx see what a ready tongue suspicion hathx he that but fears the thing he would not know hath by instinct knowledge from othersx eyes that what he fearxd is chancedx yet speakx mortonx tell thou an earl his divination liesx and i will take it as a sweet disgrace and make thee rich for doing me such wrongx mortonx you are too great to be by me gainsaidx your spirit is too truex your fears too certainx northumberlandx yetx for all thisx say not that percyxs deadx i see a strange confession in thine eyex thou shakxst thy headx and holdxst it fear or sin to speak a truthx if he be slainx say sox the tongue offends not that reports his deathx and he doth sin that doth belie the deadx not he which says the dead is not alivex yet the first bringer of unwelcome news hath but a losing officex and his tongue sounds ever after as a sullen bellx remembxred tolling a departing friendx lord bardolphx i cannot thinkx my lordx your son is deadx mortonx i am sorry i should force you to believe that which i would to god i had not seenx but these mine eyes saw him in bloody statex rendxring faint quittancex wearied and outxbreathxdx to harry monmouthx whose swift wrath beat down the neverxdaunted percy to the earthx from whence with life he never more sprung upx in fewx his deathx whose spirit lent a fire even to the dullest peasant in his campx being bruited oncex took fire and heat away from the bestxtemperxd courage in his troopsx for from his metal was his party steeledx which once in him abatedx an the rest turnxd on themselvesx like dull and heavy leadx and as the thing thatxs heavy in itself upon enforcement flies with greatest speedx so did our menx heavy in hotspurxs lossx lend to this weight such lightness with their fear that arrows fled not swifter toward their aim than did our soldiersx aiming at their safetyx fly from the fieldx then was that noble worcester too soon taxen prisonerx and that furious scotx the bloody douglasx whose wellxlabouring sword had three times slain thx appearance of the kingx gan vail his stomach and did grace the shame of those that turnxd their backsx and in his flightx stumbling in fearx was tookx the sum of all is that the king hath wonx and hath sent out a speedy power to encounter youx my lordx under the conduct of young lancaster and westmorelandx this is the news at fullx northumberlandx for this i shall have time enough to mournx in poison there is physicx and these newsx having been wellx that would have made me sickx being sickx have in some measure made me wellx and as the wretch whose feverxweakxned jointsx like strengthless hingesx buckle under lifex impatient of his fitx breaks like a fire out of his keeperxs armsx even so my limbsx weakxned with griefx being now enragxd with griefx are thrice themselvesx hencex thereforex thou nice crutchx a scaly gauntlet now with joints of steel must glove this handx and hencex thou sickly coifx thou art a guard too wanton for the head which princesx fleshxd with conquestx aim to hitx now bind my brows with ironx and approach the raggedxst hour that time and spite dare bring to frown upon thx enragxd northumberlandx let heaven kiss earthx now let not naturexs hand keep the wild flood confinxdx let order diex and let this world no longer be a stage to feed contention in a lingxring actx but let one spirit of the firstxborn cain reign in all bosomsx thatx each heart being set on bloody coursesx the rude scene may end and darkness be the burier of the deadx lord bardolphx this strained passion doth you wrongx my lordx mortonx sweet earlx divorce not wisdom from your honourx the lives of all your loving complices lean on your healthx the whichx if you give oxer to stormy passionx must perforce decayx you cast thx event of warx my noble lordx and summxd the account of chance before you said xlet us make headxx it was your prexsurmise that in the dole of blows your son might dropx you knew he walkxd oxer perils on an edgex more likely to fall in than to get oxerx you were advisxd his flesh was capable of wounds and scarsx and that his forward spirit would lift him where most trade of danger rangxdx yet did you say xgo forthxx and none of thisx though strongly apprehendedx could restrain the stiffxborne actionx what hath then befallxnx or what hath this bold enterprise brought forth more than that being which was like to bex lord bardolphx we all that are engaged to this loss knew that we ventured on such dangerous seas that if we wrought out life xtwas ten to onex and yet we venturxdx for the gain proposxd chokxd the respect of likely peril fearxdx and since we are oxersetx venture againx comex we will put forthx body and goodsx mortonx xtis more than timex andx my most noble lordx i hear for certainx and dare speak the truthx the gentle archbishop of york is up with wellxappointed powxrsx he is a man who with a double surety binds his followersx my lord your son had only but the corpsex but shadows and the shows of menx to fightx for that same word xrebellionx did divide the action of their bodies from their soulsx and they did fight with queasinessx constrainxdx as men drink potionsx that their weapons only seemxd on our sidex but for their spirits and souls this word xrebellionxx it had froze them upx as fish are in a pondx but now the bishop turns insurrection to religionx supposxd sincere and holy in his thoughtsx hexs followxd both with body and with mindx and doth enlarge his rising with the blood of fair king richardx scrapxd from pomfret stonesx derives from heaven his quarrel and his causex tells them he doth bestride a bleeding landx gasping for life under great bolingbrokex and more and less do flock to follow himx northumberlandx i knew of this beforex butx to speak truthx this present grief had wipxd it from my mindx go in with mex and counsel every man the aptest way for safety and revengex get posts and lettersx and make friends with speedx never so fewx and never yet more needx exeunt scene iix londonx a street enter sir john falstaffx with his page bearing his sword and buckler falstaffx sirrahx you giantx what says the doctor to my waterx pagex he saidx sirx the water itself was a good healthy waterx but for the party that owed itx he might have moe diseases than he knew forx falstaffx men of all sorts take a pride to gird at mex the brain of this foolishxcompounded clayx manx is not able to invent anything that intends to laughterx more than i invent or is invented on mex i am not only witty in myselfx but the cause that wit is in other menx i do here walk before thee like a sow that hath overwhelmxd all her litter but onex if the prince put thee into my service for any other reason than to set me offx why then i have no judgmentx thou whoreson mandrakex thou art fitter to be worn in my cap than to wait at my heelsx i was never mannxd with an agate till nowx but i will inset you neither in gold nor silverx but in vile apparelx and send you back again to your masterx for a jewelx the juvenalx the prince your masterx whose chin is not yet fledgex i will sooner have a beard grow in the palm of my hand than he shall get one off his cheekx and yet he will not stick to say his face is a facexroyalx god may finish it when he willx xtis not a hair amiss yetx he may keep it still at a facexroyalx for a barber shall never earn sixpence out of itx and yet hexll be crowing as if he had writ man ever since his father was a bachelorx he may keep his own gracex but hexs almost out of minex i can assure himx what said master dommelton about the satin for my short cloak and my slopsx pagex he saidx sirx you should procure him better assurance than bardolphx he would not take his band and yoursx he liked not the securityx falstaffx let him be damnxdx like the gluttonx pray god his tongue be hotterx a whoreson achitophelx a rascalxyeaxforsooth knavex to bear a gentleman in handx and then stand upon securityx the whoreson smoothxpates do now wear nothing but high shoesx and bunches of keys at their girdlesx and if a man is through with them in honest takingxupx then they must stand upon securityx i had as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as offer to stop it with securityx i lookxd xa should have sent me two and twenty yards of satinx as i am a true knightx and he sends me securityx wellx he may sleep in securityx for he hath the horn of abundancex and the lightness of his wife shines through itx and yet cannot he seex though he have his own lanthorn to light himx wherexs bardolphx pagex hexs gone into smithfield to buy your worship horsex falstaffx i bought him in paulxsx and hexll buy me a horse in smithfieldx an i could get me but a wife in the stewsx i were mannxdx horsxdx and wivxdx enter the lord chief justice and servant pagex sirx here comes the nobleman that committed the prince for striking him about bardolphx falstaffx wait closex i will not see himx chief justicex whatxs he that goes therex servantx falstaffx anxt please your lordshipx chief justicex he that was in question for the robbxryx servantx hex my lordx but he hath since done good service at shrewsburyx andx as i hearx is now going with some charge to the lord john of lancasterx chief justicex whatx to yorkx call him back againx servantx sir john falstaffx falstaffx boyx tell him i am deafx pagex you must speak louderx my master is deafx chief justicex i am sure he isx to the hearing of anything goodx gox pluck him by the elbowx i must speak with himx servantx sir johnx falstaffx whatx a young knavex and beggingx is there not warsx is there not employmentx doth not the king lack subjectsx do not the rebels need soldiersx though it be a shame to be on any side but onex it is worse shame to beg than to be on the worst sidex were it worse than the name of rebellion can tell how to make itx servantx you mistake mex sirx falstaffx whyx sirx did i say you were an honest manx setting my knighthood and my soldiership asidex i had lied in my throat if i had said sox servantx i pray youx sirx then set your knighthood and your soldiership asidex and give me leave to tell you you in your throatx if you say i am any other than an honest manx falstaffx i give thee leave to tell me sox i lay aside that which grows to mex if thou getxst any leave of mex hang mex if thou takxst leavex thou wert better be hangxdx you hunt counterx hencex avauntx servantx sirx my lord would speak with youx chief justicex sir john falstaffx a word with youx falstaffx my good lordx god give your lordship good time of dayx i am glad to see your lordship abroadx i heard say your lordship was sickx i hope your lordship goes abroad by advicex your lordshipx though not clean past your youthx hath yet some smack of age in youx some relish of the saltness of timex and i most humbly beseech your lordship to have a reverend care of your healthx chief justicex sir johnx i sent for you before your expedition to shrewsburyx falstaffx anxt please your lordshipx i hear his majesty is returnxd with some discomfort from walesx chief justicex i talk not of his majestyx you would not come when i sent for youx falstaffx and i hearx moreoverx his highness is fallxn into this same whoreson apoplexyx chief justicex well god mend himx i pray you let me speak with youx falstaffx this apoplexyx as i take itx is a kind of lethargyx anxt please your lordshipx a kind of sleeping in the bloodx a whoreson tinglingx chief justicex what tell you me of itx be it as it isx falstaffx it hath it original from much griefx from studyx and perturbation of the brainx i have read the cause of his effects in galenx it is a kind of deafnessx chief justicex i think you are fallxn into the diseasex for you hear not what i say to youx falstaffx very wellx my lordx very wellx rather anxt please youx it is the disease of not listeningx the malady of not markingx that i am troubled withalx chief justicex to punish you by the heels would amend the attention of your earsx and i care not if i do become your physicianx falstaffx i am as poor as jobx my lordx but not so patientx your lordship may minister the potion of imprisonment to me in respect of povertyx but how i should be your patient to follow your prescriptionsx the wise may make some dram of a scruplex or indeed a scruple itselfx chief justicex i sent for youx when there were matters against you for your lifex to come speak with mex falstaffx as i was then advisxd by my learned counsel in the laws of this landxservicex i did not comex chief justicex wellx the truth isx sir johnx you live in great infamyx falstaffx he that buckles himself in my belt cannot live in lessx chief justicex your means are very slenderx and your waste is greatx falstaffx i would it were otherwisex i would my means were greater and my waist slendererx chief justicex you have misled the youthful princex falstaffx the young prince hath misled mex i am the fellow with the great bellyx and he my dogx chief justicex wellx i am loath to gall a newxhealxd woundx your dayxs service at shrewsbury hath a little gilded over your nightxs exploit on gadshillx you may thank thx unquiet time for your quiet oxerposting that actionx falstaffx my lordx chief justicex but since all is wellx keep it sox wake not a sleeping wolfx falstaffx to wake a wolf is as bad as smell a foxx chief justicex whatx you are as a candlex the better part burnt outx falstaffx a wassail candlex my lordx all tallowx if i did say of waxx my growth would approve the truthx chief justicex there is not a white hair in your face but should have his effect of gravityx falstaffx his effect of gravyx gravyx chief justicex you follow the young prince up and downx like his ill angelx falstaffx not sox my lordx your ill angel is lightx but hope he that looks upon me will take me without weighingx and yet in some respectsx i grantx i cannot gox i cannot tellx virtue is of so little regard in these costermongersx times that true valour is turnxd berodx pregnancy is made a tapsterx and his quick wit wasted in giving reckoningsx all the other gifts appertinent to manx as the malice of this age shapes themx are not worth a gooseberryx you that are old consider not the capacities of us that are youngx you do measure the heat of our livers with the bitterness of your gallsx and we that are in the vaward of our youthx must confessx are wags toox chief justicex do you set down your name in the scroll of youthx that are written down old with all the characters of agex have you not a moist eyex a dry handx a yellow cheekx a white beardx a decreasing legx an increasing bellyx is not your voice brokenx your wind shortx your chin doublex your wit singlex and every part about you blasted with antiquityx and will you yet call yourself youngx fiex fiex fiex sir johnx falstaffx my lordx i was born about three of the clock in the afternoonx with a white head and something a round bellyx for my voicex i have lost it with hallooing and singing of anthemsx to approve my youth furtherx i will notx the truth isx i am only old in judgment and understandingx and he that will caper with me for a thousand marksx let him lend me the moneyx and have at himx for the box of the ear that the prince gave youx he gave it like a rude princex and you took it like a sensible lordx i have checkxd him for itx and the young lion repentsx marryx not in ashes and sackclothx but in new silk and old sackx chief justicex wellx god send the prince a better companionx falstaffx god send the companion a better princex i cannot rid my hands of himx chief justicex wellx the king hath severxd youx i hear you are going with lord john of lancaster against the archbishop and the earl of northumberlandx falstaffx yeax i thank your pretty sweet wit for itx but look you prayx all you that kiss my lady peace at homex that our armies join not in a hot dayx forx by the lordx i take but two shirts out with mex and i mean not to sweat extraordinarilyx if it be a hot dayx and i brandish anything but a bottlex i would i might never spit white againx there is not a dangerous action can peep out his head but i am thrust upon itx wellx i cannot last everx but it was alway yet the trick of our english nationx if they have a good thingx to make it too commonx if ye will needs say i am an old manx you should give me restx i would to god my name were not so terrible to the enemy as it isx i were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motionx chief justicex wellx be honestx be honestx and god bless your expeditionx falstaffx will your lordship lend me a thousand pound to furnish me forthx chief justicex not a pennyx not a pennyx you are too impatient to bear crossesx fare you wellx commend me to my cousin westmorelandx exeunt chief justice and servant falstaffx if i dox fillip me with a threexman beetlex a man can no more separate age and covetousness than xa can part young limbs and lecheryx but the gout galls the onex and the pox pinches the otherx and so both the degrees prevent my cursesx boyx pagex sirx falstaffx what money is in my pursex pagex seven groats and two pencex falstaffx i can get no remedy against this consumption of the pursex borrowing only lingers and lingers it outx but the disease is incurablex go bear this letter to my lord of lancasterx this to the princex this to the earl of westmorelandx and this to old mistress ursulax whom i have weekly sworn to marry since i perceivxd the first white hair of my chinx about itx you know where to find mex xexit pagex a pox of this goutx orx a gout of this poxx for the one or the other plays the rogue with my great toex xtis no matter if i do haltx i have the wars for my colourx and my pension shall seem the more reasonablex a good wit will make use of anythingx i will turn diseases to commodityx exit scene iiix yorkx the archbishopxs palace enter the archbishopx thomas mowbray the earl marshalx lord hastingsx and lord bardolph archbishopx thus have you heard our cause and known our meansx andx my most noble friendsx i pray you all speak plainly your opinions of our hopesx and firstx lord marshalx what say you to itx mowbrayx i well allow the occasion of our amisx but gladly would be better satisfied howx in our meansx we should advance ourselves to look with forehead bold and big enough upon the power and puissance of the kingx hastingsx our present musters grow upon the file to five and twenty thousand men of choicex and our supplies live largely in the hope of great northumberlandx whose bosom burns with an incensed fire of injuriesx lord bardolphx the question thenx lord hastingsx standeth thusx whether our present five and twenty thousand may hold up head without northumberlandx hastingsx with himx we mayx lord bardolphx yeax marryx therexs the pointx but if without him we be thought too feeblex my judgment is we should not step too far till we had his assistance by the handx forx in a theme so bloodyxfacxd as thisx conjecturex expectationx and surmise of aids incertainx should not be admittedx archbishopx xtis very truex lord bardolphx for indeed it was young hotspurxs case at shrewsburyx lord bardolphx it wasx my lordx who linxd himself with hopex eating the air and promise of supplyx flattxring himself in project of a power much smaller than the smallest of his thoughtsx and sox with great imagination proper to madmenx led his powers to deathx andx winkingx leapt into destructionx hastingsx butx by your leavex it never yet did hurt to lay down likelihoods and forms of hopex lord bardolphx yesx if this present quality of warx indeed the instant actionx a cause on footx lives so in hopex as in an early spring we see thx appearing budsx which to prove fruit hope gives not so much warrantx as despair that frosts will bite themx when we mean to buildx we first survey the plotx then draw the modelx and when we see the figure of the housex then we must rate the cost of the erectionx which if we find outweighs abilityx what do we then but draw anew the model in fewer officesx or at least desist to build at allx much morex in this great workx which is almost to pluck a kingdom down and set another upx should we survey the plot of situation and the modelx consent upon a sure foundationx question surveyorsx know our own estate how able such a work to undergox to weigh against his oppositex or else we fortify in paper and in figuresx using the names of men instead of menx like one that draws the model of a house beyond his power to build itx whox half throughx gives oxer and leaves his partxcreated cost a naked subject to the weeping clouds and waste for churlish winterxs tyrannyx hastingsx grant that our hopesx yet likely of fair birthx should be stillxbornx and that we now possessxd the utmost man of expectationx i think we are so a body strong enoughx even as we arex to equal with the kingx lord bardolphx whatx is the king but five and twenty thousandx hastingsx to us no morex nayx not so muchx lord bardolphx for his divisionsx as the times do brawlx are in three headsx one power against the frenchx and one against glendowerx perforce a third must take up usx so is the unfirm king in three dividedx and his coffers sound with hollow poverty and emptinessx archbishopx that he should draw his several strengths together and come against us in full puissance need not be dreadedx hastingsx if he should do sox he leaves his back unarmxdx the french and welsh baying at his heelsx never fear thatx lord bardolphx who is it like should lead his forces hitherx hastingsx the duke of lancaster and westmorelandx against the welshx himself and harry monmouthx but who is substituted against the french i have no certain noticex archbishopx let us onx and publish the occasion of our armsx the commonwealth is sick of their own choicex their overxgreedy love hath surfeitedx an habitation giddy and unsure hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heartx o thou fond manyx with what loud applause didst thou beat heaven with blessing bolingbroke before he was what thou wouldst have him bex and being now trimmxd in thine own desiresx thoux beastly feederx art so full of him that thou provokxst thyself to cast him upx sox sox thou common dogx didst thou disgorge thy glutton bosom of the royal richardx and now thou wouldst eat thy dead vomit upx and howlxst to find itx what trust is in these timesx they thatx when richard livxdx would have him die are now become enamourxd on his gravex thou that threwxst dust upon his goodly headx when through proud london he came sighing on after thx admired heels of bolingbrokex criest now xo earthx yield us that king againx and take thou thisxx o thoughts of men accursxdx past and to come seems bestx things presentx worstx mowbrayx shall we go draw our numbersx and set onx hastingsx we are timexs subjectsx and time bids be gonex exeunt act iix scene ix londonx a street enter hostess with two officersx fang and snare hostessx master fangx have you entxred the actionx fangx it is entxredx hostessx wherexs your yeomanx isxt a lusty yeomanx will xa stand toxtx fangx sirrahx wherexs snarex hostessx o lordx ayx good master snarex snarex herex herex fangx snarex we must arrest sir john falstaffx hostessx yeax good master snarex i have entxred him and allx snarex it may chance cost some of our livesx for he will stabx hostessx alas the dayx take heed of himx he stabbxd me in mine own housex and that most beastlyx in good faithx xa cares not what mischief he doesx if his weapon be outx he will foin like any devilx he will spare neither manx womanx nor childx fangx if i can close with himx i care not for his thrustx hostessx nox nor i neitherx ixll be at your elbowx fangx an i but fist him oncex an xa come but within my vicex hostessx i am undone by his goingx i warrant youx hexs an infinitive thing upon my scorex good master fangx hold him surex good master snarex let him not scapex xa comes continuantly to piexcornerx saving your manhoodsx to buy a saddlex and he is indited to dinner to the lubberxs head in lumbert streetx to master smoothxs the silkmanx i pray youx since my exion is entxredx and my case so openly known to the worldx let him be brought in to his answerx a hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bearx and i have bornex and bornex and bornex and have been fubbxd offx and fubbxd offx and fubbxd offx from this day to that dayx that it is a shame to be thought onx there is no honesty in such dealingx unless a woman should be made an ass and a beastx to bear every knavexs wrongx enter sir john falstaffx pagex and bardolph yonder he comesx and that arrant malmseyxnose knavex bardolphx with himx do your officesx do your officesx master fang and master snarex do mex do mex do me your officesx falstaffx how nowx whose marexs deadx whatxs the matterx fangx sir johnx i arrest you at the suit of mistress quicklyx falstaffx awayx varletsx drawx bardolphx cut me off the villianxs headx throw the quean in the channelx hostessx throw me in the channelx ixll throw thee in the channelx wilt thoux wilt thoux thou bastardly roguex murderx murderx ahx thou honeysuckle villainx wilt thou kill godxs officers and the kingxsx ahx thou honeyxseed roguex thou art a honeyxseedx a manxqueller and a womanxquellerx falstaffx keep them offx bardolphx fangx a rescuex a rescuex hostessx good peoplex bring a rescue or twox thou wotx wot thoux thou wotx wot tax dox dox thou roguex dox thou hempxseedx pagex awayx you scullionx you rampallianx you fustilarianx ixll tickle your catastrophex enter the lord chief justice and his men chief justicex what is the matterx keep the peace herex hox hostessx good my lordx be good to mex i beseech youx stand to mex chief justicex how nowx sir johnx whatx are you brawling herex doth this become your placex your timex and businessx you should have been well on your way to yorkx stand from himx fellowx wherefore hangxst thou upon himx hostessx o my most worshipful lordx anxt please your gracex i am a poor widow of eastcheapx and he is arrested at my suitx chief justicex for what sumx hostessx it is more than for somex my lordx it is for allx all i havex he hath eaten me out of house and homex he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of hisx but i will have some of it out againx or i will ride thee a nights like a marex falstaffx i think i am as like to ride the marex if i have any vantage of ground to get upx chief justicex how comes thisx sir johnx fiex what man of good temper would endure this tempest of exclamationx are you not ashamed to enforce a poor widow to so rough a course to come by her ownx falstaffx what is the gross sum that i owe theex hostessx marryx if thou wert an honest manx thyself and the money toox thou didst swear to me upon a parcelxgilt gobletx sitting in my dolphin chamberx at the round tablex by a seaxcoal firex upon wednesday in wheeson weekx when the prince broke thy head for liking his father to singingxman of windsorx thou didst swear to me thenx as i was washing thy woundx to marry me and make me my lady thy wifex canst thou deny itx did not goodwife keechx the butcherxs wifex come in then and call me gossip quicklyx coming in to borrow a mess of vinegarx telling us she had a good dish of prawnsx whereby thou didst desire to eat somex whereby i told thee they were ill for green woundx and didst thou notx when she was gone down stairsx desire me to be no more so familiarity with such poor peoplex saying that ere long they should call me madamx and didst thou not kiss mex and bid me fetch the thirty shillingsx i put thee now to thy bookxoathx deny itx if thou canstx falstaffx my lordx this is a poor mad soulx and she says up and down the town that her eldest son is like youx she hath been in good casex andx the truth isx poverty hath distracted herx but for these foolish officersx i beseech you i may have redress against themx chief justicex sir johnx sir johnx i am well acquainted with your manner of wrenching the true cause the false wayx it is not a confident browx nor the throng of words that come with such more than impudent sauciness from youx can thrust me from a level considerationx you havex as it appears to mex practisxd upon the easy yielding spirit of this womanx and made her serve your uses both in purse and in personx hostessx yeax in truthx my lordx chief justicex pray theex peacex pay her the debt you owe herx and unpay the villainy you have done with herx the one you may do with sterling moneyx and the other with current repentancex falstaffx my lordx i will not undergo this sneap without replyx you call honourable boldness impudent saucinessx if a man will make curtsy and say nothingx he is virtuousx nox my lordx my humble duty remembxredx i will not be your suitorx i say to you i do desire deliverance from these officersx being upon hasty employment in the kingxs affairsx chief justicex you speak as having power to do wrongx but answer in thx effect of your reputationx and satisfy the poor womanx falstaffx come hitherx hostessx enter gower chief justicex nowx master gowerx what newsx gowerx the kingx my lordx and harry prince of wales are near at handx the rest the paper tellsx xgives a letterx falstaffx as i am a gentlemanx hostessx faithx you said so beforex falstaffx as i am a gentlemanx comex no more words of itx hostessx by this heavenly ground i tread onx i must be fain to pawn both my plate and the tapestry of my diningxchambersx falstaffx glassesx glassesx is the only drinkingx and for thy wallsx a pretty slight drolleryx or the story of the prodigalx or the german huntingx in waterxworkx is worth a thousand of these bedxhangers and these flyxbitten tapestriesx let it be ten poundx if thou canstx comex and xtwere not for thy humoursx therexs not a better wench in englandx gox wash thy facex and draw the actionx comex thou must not be in this humour with mex dost not know mex comex comex i know thou wast set on to thisx hostessx pray theex sir johnx let it be but twenty noblesx ix faithx i am loath to pawn my platex so god save mex lax falstaffx let it alonex ixll make other shiftx youxll be a fool stillx hostessx wellx you shall have itx though i pawn my gownx i hope youxll come to supperx youxll pay me all togetherx falstaffx will i livex xto bardolphx gox with herx with herx hook onx hook onx hostessx will you have doll tearsheet meet you at supperx falstaffx no more wordsx letxs have herx exeunt hostessx bardolphx and officers chief justicex i have heard better newsx falstaffx whatxs the newsx my lordx chief justicex where lay the king toxnightx gowerx at basingstokex my lordx falstaffx i hopex my lordx allxs wellx what is the newsx my lordx chief justicex come all his forces backx gowerx nox fifteen hundred footx five hundred horsex are marchxd up to my lord of lancasterx against northumberland and the archbishopx falstaffx comes the king back from walesx my noble lordx chief justicex you shall have letters of me presentlyx comex go along with mex good master gowerx falstaffx my lordx chief justicex whatxs the matterx falstaffx master gowerx shall i entreat you with me to dinnerx gowerx i must wait upon my good lord herex i thank youx good sir johnx chief justicex sir johnx you loiter here too longx being you are to take soldiers up in counties as you gox falstaffx will you sup with mex master gowerx chief justicex what foolish master taught you these mannersx sir johnx falstaffx master gowerx if they become me notx he was a fool that taught them mex this is the right fencing gracex my lordx tap for tapx and so part fairx chief justicex nowx the lord lighten theex thou art a great foolx exeunt scene iix londonx another street enter prince henry and poins princex before godx i am exceeding wearyx poinsx isxt come to thatx i had thought weariness durst not have attachxd one of so high bloodx princex faithx it does mex though it discolours the complexion of my greatness to acknowledge itx doth it not show vilely in me to desire small beerx poinsx whyx a prince should not be so loosely studied as to remember so weak a compositionx princex belike then my appetite was notxprincely gotx forx by my trothx i do now remember the poor creaturex small beerx but indeed these humble considerations make me out of love with my greatnessx what a disgrace is it to me to remember thy namex or to know thy face toxmorrowx or to take note how many pair of silk stockings thou hastx vizxx thesex and those that were thy peachxcolourxd onesx or to bear the inventory of thy shirtsx asx one for superfluityx and another for usex but that the tennisxcourtxkeeper knows better than ix for it is a low ebb of linen with thee when thou keepest not racket therex as thou hast not done a great whilex because the rest of thy low countries have made a shift to eat up thy hollandx and god knows whether those that bawl out of the ruins of thy linen shall inherit his kingdomx but the midwives say the children are not in the faultx whereupon the world increasesx and kindreds are mightily strengthenedx poinsx how ill it followsx after you have laboured so hardx you should talk so idlyx tell mex how many good young princes would do sox their fathers being so sick as yours at this time isx princex shall i tell thee one thingx poinsx poinsx yesx faithx and let it be an excellent good thingx princex it shall serve among wits of no higher breeding than thinex poinsx go tox i stand the push of your one thing that you will tellx princex marryx i tell thee it is not meet that i should be sadx now my father is sickx albeit i could tell to theex as to one it pleases mex for fault of a betterx to call my friendx i could be sad and sad indeed toox poinsx very hardly upon such a subjectx princex by this handx thou thinkest me as far in the devilxs book as thou and falstaff for obduracy and persistencyx let the end try the manx but i tell thee my heart bleeds inwardly that my father is so sickx and keeping such vile company as thou art hath in reason taken from me all ostentation of sorrowx poinsx the reasonx princex what wouldst thou think of me if i should weepx poinsx i would think thee a most princely hypocritex princex it would be every manxs thoughtx and thou art a blessed fellow to think as every man thinksx never a manxs thought in the world keeps the roadxway better than thinex every man would think me an hypocrite indeedx and what accites your most worshipful thought to think sox poinsx whyx because you have been so lewd and so much engraffed to falstaffx princex and to theex poinsx by this lightx i am well spoke onx i can hear it with mine own earsx the worst that they can say of me is that i am a second brother and that i am a proper fellow of my handsx and those two thingsx i confessx i cannot helpx by the massx here comes bardolphx enter bardolph and page princex and the boy that i gave falstaffx xa had him from me christianx and look if the fat villain have not transformxd him apex bardolphx god save your gracex princex and yoursx most noble bardolphx poinsx comex you virtuous assx you bashful foolx must you be blushingx wherefore blush you nowx what a maidenly manxatxarms are you becomex isxt such a matter to get a pottlexpotxs maidenheadx pagex xa calls me exen nowx my lordx through a red latticex and i could discern no part of his face from the windowx at last i spied his eyesx and methought he had made two holes in the alewifexs new petticoatx and so peepxd throughx princex has not the boy profitedx bardolphx awayx you whoreson upright rabbitx awayx pagex awayx you rascally althaeaxs dreamx awayx princex instruct usx boyx what dreamx boyx pagex marryx my lordx althaea dreamt she was delivered of a firebrandx and therefore i call him her dreamx princex a crownxs worth of good interpretationx there xtisx boyx xgiving a crownx poinsx o that this blossom could be kept from cankersx wellx there is sixpence to preserve theex bardolphx an you do not make him be hangxd among youx the gallows shall have wrongx princex and how doth thy masterx bardolphx bardolphx wellx my lordx he heard of your gracexs coming to townx therexs a letter for youx poinsx deliverxd with good respectx and how doth the martlemasx your masterx bardolphx in bodily healthx sirx poinsx marryx the immortal part needs a physicianx but that moves not himx though that be sickx it dies notx princex i do allow this well to be as familiar with me as my dogx and he holds his placex for look you how he writesx poinsx xreadsx xjohn falstaffx knightxx every man must know that as oft as he has occasion to name himselfx even like those that are kin to the kingx for they never prick their finger but they say xtherexs some of the kingxs blood spiltxx xhow comes thatxx says he that takes upon him not to conceivex the answer is as ready as a borrowerxs capx xi am the kingxs poor cousinx sirxx princex nayx they will be kin to usx or they will fetch it from japhetx but the letterx xreadsx xsir john falstaffx knightx to the son of the king nearest his fatherx harry prince of walesx greetingxx poinsx whyx this is a certificatex princex peacex xreadsx xi will imitate the honourable romans in brevityxxx poinsx he sure means brevity in breathx shortxwindedx princex xreadsx xi commend me to theex i commend theex and i leave theex be not too familiar with poinsx for he misuses thy favours so much that he swears thou art to marry his sister nellx repent at idle times as thou maystx and so farewellx thinex by yea and nox which is as much as to say as thou usest himx jack falstaff with my familiarsx john with my brothers and sistersx and sir john with all europexx poinsx my lordx ixll steep this letter in sack and make him eat itx princex thatxs to make him eat twenty of his wordsx but do you use me thusx nedx must i marry your sisterx poinsx god send the wench no worse fortunex but i never said sox princex wellx thus we play the fools with the timex and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock usx is your master here in londonx bardolphx yeax my lordx princex where sups hex doth the old boar feed in the old frankx bardolphx at the old placex my lordx in eastcheapx princex what companyx pagex ephesiansx my lordx of the old churchx princex sup any women with himx pagex nonex my lordx but old mistress quickly and mistress doll tearsheetx princex what pagan may that bex pagex a proper gentlewomanx sirx and a kinswoman of my masterxsx princex even such kin as the parish heifers are to the town bullx shall we steal upon themx nedx at supperx poinsx i am your shadowx my lordx ixll follow youx princex sirrahx you boyx and bardolphx no word to your master that i am yet come to townx therexs for your silencex bardolphx i have no tonguex sirx pagex and for minex sirx i will govern itx princex fare you wellx gox exeunt bardolph and page this doll tearsheet should be some roadx poinsx i warrant youx as common as the way between saint albans and londonx princex how might we see falstaff bestow himself toxnight in his true coloursx and not ourselves be seenx poinsx put on two leathern jerkins and apronsx and wait upon him at his table as drawersx princex from a god to a bullx a heavy descensionx it was jovexs casex from a prince to a prenticex a low transformationx that shall be minex for in everything the purpose must weigh with the follyx follow mex nedx exeunt scene iiix warkworthx before the castle enter northumberlandx lady northumberlandx and lady percy northumberlandx i pray theex loving wifex and gentle daughterx give even way unto my rough affairsx put not you on the visage of the times and bex like themx to percy troublesomex lady northumberlandx i have given overx i will speak no morex do what you willx your wisdom be your guidex northumberlandx alasx sweet wifex my honour is at pawnx and but my going nothing can redeem itx lady percyx ox yetx for godxs sakex go not to these warsx the time wasx fatherx that you broke your wordx when you were more endearxd to it than nowx when your own percyx when my heartxs dear harryx threw many a northward look to see his father bring up his powersx but he did long in vainx who then persuaded you to stay at homex there were two honours lostx yours and your sonxsx for yoursx the god of heaven brighten itx for hisx it stuck upon him as the sun in the grey vault of heavenx and by his light did all the chivalry of england move to do brave actsx he was indeed the glass wherein the noble youth did dress themselvesx he had no legs that practisxd not his gaitx and speaking thickx which nature made his blemishx became the accents of the valiantx for those who could speak low and tardily would turn their own perfection to abuse to seem like himx so that in speechx in gaitx in dietx in affections of delightx in military rulesx humours of bloodx he was the mark and glassx copy and bookx that fashionxd othersx and himx o wondrous himx o miracle of menxx him did you leavex second to nonex unseconded by youx to look upon the hideous god of war in disadvantagex to abide a field where nothing but the sound of hotspurxs name did seem defensiblex so you left himx neverx o neverx do his ghost the wrong to hold your honour more precise and nice with others than with himx let them alonex the marshal and the archbishop are strongx had my sweet harry had but half their numbersx toxday might ix hanging on hotspurxs neckx have talkxd of monmouthxs gravex northumberlandx beshrew your heartx fair daughterx you do draw my spirits from me with new lamenting ancient oversightsx but i must go and meet with danger therex or it will seek me in another placex and find me worse providedx lady northumberlandx ox fly to scotland till that the nobles and the armed commons have of their puissance made a little tastex lady percyx if they get ground and vantage of the kingx then join you with themx like a rib of steelx to make strength strongerx butx for all our lovesx first let them try themselvesx so did your sonx he was so suffxredx so came i a widowx and never shall have length of life enough to rain upon remembrance with mine eyesx that it may grow and sprout as high as heavenx for recordation to my noble husbandx northumberlandx comex comex go in with mex xtis with my mind as with the tide swellxd up unto his heightx that makes a stillxstandx running neither wayx fain would i go to meet the archbishopx but many thousand reasons hold me backx i will resolve for scotlandx there am ix till time and vantage crave my companyx exeunt scene ivx londonx the boarxs head tavern in eastcheap enter francis and another drawer francisx what the devil hast thou brought therexapplexjohnsx thou knowest sir john cannot endure an applexjohnx second drawerx massx thou sayxst truex the prince once set a dish of applexjohns before himx and told him there were five more sir johnsx andx putting off his hatx said xi will now take my leave of these six dryx roundx oldx withered knightsxx it angxred him to the heartx but he hath forgot thatx francisx whyx thenx cover and set them downx and see if thou canst find out sneakxs noisex mistress tearsheet would fain hear some musicx enter third drawer third drawerx dispatchx the room where they suppxd is too hotx theyxll come in straightx francisx sirrahx here will be the prince and master poins anonx and they will put on two of our jerkins and apronsx and sir john must not know of itx bardolph hath brought wordx third drawerx by the massx here will be old udsx it will be an excellent stratagemx second drawerx ixll see if i can find out sneakx exeunt second and third drawers enter hostess and doll tearsheet hostessx ix faithx sweetheartx methinks now you are in an excellent good temperalityx your pulsidge beats as extraordinarily as heart would desirex and your colourx i warrant youx is as red as any rosex in good truthx lax butx ix faithx you have drunk too much canariesx and thatxs a marvellous searching winex and it perfumes the blood ere one can say xwhatxs thisxx how do you nowx dollx better than i wasx hemx hostessx whyx thatxs well saidx a good heartxs worth goldx lox here comes sir johnx enter falstaff falstaffx xsingingx xwhen arthur first in courtxx empty the jordanx xexit francisxx xsingingx xand was a worthy kingxx how nowx mistress dollx hostessx sick of a calmx yeax good faithx falstaffx so is all her sectx and they be once in a calmx they are sickx dollx a pox damn youx you muddy rascalx is that all the comfort you give mex falstaffx you make fat rascalsx mistress dollx dollx i make themx gluttony and diseases make themx i make them notx falstaffx if the cook help to make the gluttonyx you help to make the diseasesx dollx we catch of youx dollx we catch of youx grant thatx my poor virtuex grant thatx dollx yeax joyx our chains and our jewelsx falstaffx xyour broochesx pearlsx and ouchesxx for to serve bravely is to come halting offx you knowx to come off the breach with his pike bent bravelyx and to surgery bravelyx to venture upon the chargxd chambers bravelyx dollx hang yourselfx you muddy congerx hang yourselfx hostessx by my trothx this is the old fashionx you two never meet but you fall to some discordx you are bothx ix good truthx as rheumatic as two dry toastsx you cannot one bear with anotherxs confirmitiesx what the goodxyearx one must bearx and that must be youx you are the weaker vesselx as as they sayx the emptier vesselx dollx can a weak empty vessel bear such a huge full hogsxheadx therexs a whole merchantxs venture of bourdeaux stuff in himx you have not seen a hulk better stuffxd in the holdx comex ixll be friends with theex jackx thou art going to the warsx and whether i shall ever see thee again or nox there is nobody caresx rexenter francis francisx sirx ancient pistolxs below and would speak with youx dollx hang himx swaggering rascalx let him not come hitherx it is the foulxmouthxdst rogue in englandx hostessx if he swaggerx let him not come herex nox by my faithx i must live among my neighboursx ixll no swaggerersx i am in good name and fame with the very bestx shut the doorx there comes no swaggerers herex i have not livxd all this while to have swaggering nowx shut the doorx i pray youx falstaffx dost thou hearx hostessx hostessx pray yex pacify yourselfx sir johnx there comes no swaggerers herex falstaffx dost thou hearx it is mine ancientx hostessx tillyxfallyx sir johnx nexer tell mex and your ancient swaggxrer comes not in my doorsx i was before master tisickx the debutyx tx other dayx andx as he said to mex xtwas no longer ago than wednesday lastx ix good faithxx xneighbour quicklyxx says hex master dumbex our ministerx was by thenx xneighbour quicklyxx says he xreceive those that are civilx forx said he xyou are in an ill namexx now xa said sox i can tell whereuponx xforx says he xyou are an honest woman and well thought onx therefore take heed what guests you receivex receivex says he xno swaggering companionsxx there comes none herex you would bless you to hear what he saidx nox ixll no swaggxrersx falstaffx hexs no swaggxrerx hostessx a tame cheaterx ix faithx you may stroke him as gently as a puppy greyhoundx hexll not swagger with a barbary henx if her feathers turn back in any show of resistancex call him upx drawerx exit francis hostessx cheaterx call you himx i will bar no honest man my housex nor no cheaterx but i do not love swaggeringx by my trothx i am the worse when one says xswaggerxx feelx mastersx how i shakex look youx i warrant youx dollx so you dox hostessx hostessx do ix yeax in very truthx do ix an xtwere an aspen leafx i cannot abide swaggxrersx enter pistolx bardolphx and page pistolx god save youx sir johnx falstaffx welcomex ancient pistolx herex pistolx i charge you with a cup of sackx do you discharge upon mine hostessx pistolx i will discharge upon herx sir johnx with two bulletsx falstaffx she is pistolxproofx sirx you shall not hardly offend herx hostessx comex ixll drink no proofs nor no bulletsx ixll drink no more than will do me goodx for no manxs pleasurex ix pistolx then to youx mistress dorothyx i will charge youx dollx charge mex i scorn youx scurvy companionx whatx you poorx basex rascallyx cheatingx lackxlinen matex awayx you mouldy roguex awayx i am meat for your masterx pistolx i know youx mistress dorothyx dollx awayx you cutxpurse rascalx you filthy bungx awayx by this winex ixll thrust my knife in your mouldy chapsx an you play the saucy cuttle with mex awayx you bottlexale rascalx you basketxhilt stale jugglerx youx since whenx i pray youx sirx godxs lightx with two points on your shoulderx muchx pistolx god let me not live but i will murder your ruff for thisx falstaffx no morex pistolx i would not have you go off herex discharge yourself of our companyx pistolx hostessx nox good captain pistolx not herex sweet captainx dollx captainx thou abominable damnxd cheaterx art thou not ashamed to be called captainx an captains were of my mindx they would truncheon you outx for taking their names upon you before you have earnxd themx you a captainx you slavex for whatx for tearing a poor whorexs ruff in a bawdyxhousex he a captainx hang himx roguex he lives upon mouldy stewxd prunes and dried cakesx a captainx godxs lightx these villains will make the word as odious as the word xoccupyxx which was an excellent good word before it was ill sortedx therefore captains had need look toxtx bardolphx pray thee go downx good ancientx falstaffx hark thee hitherx mistress dollx pistolx not ix i tell thee whatx corporal bardolphx i could tear herx ixll be revengxd of herx pagex pray thee go downx pistolx ixll see her damnxd firstx to plutoxs damnxd lakex by this handx to thx infernal deepx with erebus and tortures vile alsox hold hook and linex say ix downx downx dogsx downx faitorsx have we not hiren herex hostessx good captain peeselx be quietx xtis very latex ix faithx i beseek you nowx aggravate your cholerx pistolx these be good humoursx indeedx shall packhorsesx and hollow pamperxd jades of asiax which cannot go but thirty mile a dayx compare with caesarsx and with cannibalsx and troiant greeksx nayx rather damn them with king cerberusx and let the welkin roarx shall we fall foul for toysx hostessx by my trothx captainx these are very bitter wordsx bardolphx be gonex good ancientx this will grow to a brawl anonx pistolx die men like dogsx give crowns like pinsx have we not hiren herex hostessx ox my wordx captainx therexs none such herex what the goodxyearx do you think i would deny herx for godxs sakex be quietx pistolx then feed and be fatx my fair calipolisx comex givexs some sackx xsi fortune me tormente sperato me contentoxx fear we broadsidesx nox let the fiend give firex give me some sackx andx sweetheartx lie thou therex xlaying down his swordx come we to full points herex and are etceteras nothingsx falstaffx pistolx i would be quietx pistolx sweet knightx i kiss thy neafx whatx we have seen the seven starsx dollx for godxs sake thrust him down stairsx i cannot endure such a fustian rascalx pistolx thrust him down stairsx know we not galloway nagsx falstaffx quoit him downx bardolphx like a shovexgroat shillingx nayx an xa do nothing but speak nothingx xa shall be nothing herex bardolphx comex get you down stairsx pistolx whatx shall we have incisionx shall we imbruex xsnatching up his swordx then death rock me asleepx abridge my doleful daysx whyx thenx let grievousx ghastlyx gaping wounds untwine the sisters threex comex atroposx i sayx hostessx herexs goodly stuff towardx falstaffx give me my rapierx boyx dollx i pray theex jackx i pray theex do not drawx falstaffx get you down stairsx xdrawing and driving pistol outx hostessx herexs a goodly tumultx ixll forswear keeping house afore ixll be in these tirrits and frightsx sox murderx i warrant nowx alasx alasx put up your naked weaponsx put up your naked weaponsx exeunt pistol and bardolph dollx i pray theex jackx be quietx the rascalxs gonex ahx you whoreson little valiant villainx youx hostessx are you not hurt ix thx groinx methought xa made a shrewd thrust at your bellyx rexenter bardolph falstaffx have you turnxd him out a doorsx bardolphx yeax sirx the rascalxs drunkx you have hurt himx sirx ix thx shoulderx falstaffx a rascalx to brave mex dollx ahx you sweet little roguex youx alasx poor apex how thou sweatxstx comex let me wipe thy facex come onx you whoreson chopsx ahx roguex ix faithx i love theex thou art as valorous as hector of troyx worth five of agamemnonx and ten times better than the nine worthiesx ahx villainx falstaffx a rascally slavex i will toss the rogue in a blanketx dollx dox an thou darxst for thy heartx an thou dostx ixll canvass thee between a pair of sheetsx enter musicians pagex the music is comex sirx falstaffx let them playx playx sirsx sit on my kneex donx a rascal bragging slavex the rogue fled from me like quickxsilverx dollx ix faithx and thou followxdst him like a churchx thou whoreson little tidy bartholomew boarxpigx when wilt thou leave fighting a days and foining a nightsx and begin to patch up thine old body for heavenx enterx behindx prince henry and poins disguised as drawers falstaffx peacex good dollx do not speak like a deathxsxheadx do not bid me remember mine endx dollx sirrahx what humourxs the prince ofx falstaffx a good shallow young fellowx xa would have made a good pantlerx xa would hax chippxd bread wellx dollx they say poins has a good witx falstaffx he a good witx hang himx baboonx his witxs as thick as tewksbury mustardx therexs no more conceit in him than is in a malletx dollx why does the prince love him sox thenx falstaffx because their legs are both of a bignessx and xa plays at quoits wellx and eats conger and fennelx and drinks off candlesx ends for flapxdragonsx and rides the wild mare with the boysx and jumps upon joinxdxstoolsx and swears with a good gracex and wears his boots very smoothx like unto the sign of the legx and breeds no bate with telling of discreet storiesx and such other gambol faculties xa hasx that show a weak mind and an able bodyx for the which the prince admits himx for the prince himself is such anotherx the weight of a hair will turn the scales between their avoirdupoisx princex would not this nave of a wheel have his ears cut offx poinsx letxs beat him before his whorex princex look whexer the witherxd elder hath not his poll clawxd like a parrotx poinsx is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performancex falstaffx kiss mex dollx princex saturn and venus this year in conjunctionx what says thx almanac to thatx poinsx and look whether the fiery trigonx his manx be not lisping to his masterxs old tablesx his notexbookx his counselxkeeperx falstaffx thou dost give me flattering bussesx dollx by my trothx i kiss thee with a most constant heartx falstaffx i am oldx i am oldx dollx i love thee better than i love exer a scurvy young boy of them allx falstaffx what stuff wilt have a kirtle ofx i shall receive money a thursdayx shalt have a cap toxmorrowx a merry songx comex xa grows latex wexll to bedx thouxt forget me when i am gonex dollx by my trothx thouxt set me axweepingx an thou sayxst sox prove that ever i dress myself handsome till thy returnx wellx hearken ax thx endx falstaffx some sackx francisx prince x poinsx anonx anonx sirx xadvancingx falstaffx hax a bastard son of the kingxsx and art thou not poins his brotherx princex whyx thou globe of sinful continentsx what a life dost thou leadx falstaffx a better than thoux i am a gentlemanx thou art a drawerx princex very truex sirx and i come to draw you out by the earsx hostessx ox the lord preserve thy gracex by my trothx welcome to londonx now the lord bless that sweet face of thinex o jesux are you come from walesx falstaffx thou whoreson mad compound of majestyx by this light flesh and corrupt bloodx thou art welcomex xleaning his band upon dollx dollx howx you fat foolx i scorn youx poinsx my lordx he will drive you out of your revenge and turn all to a merrimentx if you take not the heatx princex you whoreson candlexminex youx how vilely did you speak of me even now before this honestx virtuousx civil gentlewomanx hostessx godxs blessing of your good heartx and so she isx by my trothx falstaffx didst thou hear mex princex yeax and you knew mex as you did when you ran away by gadshillx you knew i was at your backx and spoke it on purpose to try my patiencex falstaffx nox nox nox not sox i did not think thou wast within hearingx princex i shall drive you then to confess the wilful abusex and then i know how to handle youx falstaffx no abusex halx ox mine honourx no abusex princex notx to dispraise mex and call me panderx and breadxchipperx and i know not whatx falstaffx no abusex halx poinsx no abusex falstaffx no abusex nedx ix thx worldx honest nedx nonex i dispraisxd him before the wickedx that the wicked might not fall in love with theex in which doingx i have done the part of a careful friend and a true subjectx and thy father is to give me thanks for itx no abusex halx nonex nedx nonex nox faithx boysx nonex princex see nowx whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make thee wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with usx is she of the wickedx is thine hostess here of the wickedx or is thy boy of the wickedx or honest bardolphx whose zeal burns in his nosex of the wickedx poinsx answerx thou dead elmx answerx falstaffx the fiend hath prickxd down bardolph irrecoverablex and his face is luciferxs privyxkitchenx where he doth nothing but roast maltxwormsx for the boyx there is a good angel about himx but the devil outbids him toox princex for the womenx falstaffx for one of themx shexs in hell alreadyx and burns poor soulsx for thx otherx i owe her moneyx and whether she be damnxd for thatx i know notx hostessx nox i warrant youx falstaffx nox i think thou art notx i think thou art quit for thatx marryx there is another indictment upon thee for suffering flesh to be eaten in thy housex contrary to the lawx for the which i think thou wilt howlx hostessx all victxlers do sox whatxs a joint of mutton or two in a whole lentx princex youx gentlewomanx dollx what says your gracex falstaffx his grace says that which his flesh rebels againstx xknocking withinx hostessx who knocks so loud at doorx look to thx door therex francisx enter peto princex petox how nowx what newsx petox the king your father is at westminsterx and there are twenty weak and wearied posts come from the northx and as i came along i met and overtook a dozen captainsx barexheadedx sweatingx knocking at the tavernsx and asking every one for sir john falstaffx princex by heavenx poinsx i feel me much to blame so idly to profane the precious timex when tempest of commotionx like the southx borne with black vapourx doth begin to melt and drop upon our bare unarmed headsx give me my sword and cloakx falstaffx good nightx exeunt princex poinsx petox and bardolph falstaffx now comes in the sweetest morsel of the nightx and we must hencex and leave it unpickxdx xknocking withinx more knocking at the doorx rexenter bardolph how nowx whatxs the matterx bardolphx you must away to courtx sirx presentlyx a dozen captains stay at door for youx falstaffx xto the pagexx pay the musiciansx sirrahxx farewellx hostessx farewellx dollx you seex my good wenchesx how men of merit are sought afterx the undeserver may sleepx when the man of action is callxd onx farewellx good wenchesx if i be not sent away postx i will see you again ere i gox dollx i cannot speakx if my heart be not ready to burstx wellx sweet jackx have a care of thyselfx falstaffx farewellx farewellx exeunt falstaff and bardolph hostessx wellx fare thee wellx i have known thee these twentyxnine yearsx come peascodxtimex but an honester and truerxhearted man xwell fare thee wellx bardolphx x withinx mistress tearsheetx hostessx whatxs the matterx bardolphx x withinx bid mistress tearsheet come to my masterx hostessx ox run dollx runx runx good comex xto bardolphx she comes blubberxdxx yeax will you comex dollx exeunt act iiix scene ix westminsterx the palace enter the king in his nightgownx with a page kingx go call the earls of surrey and of warwickx butx ere they comex bid them oxerxread these letters and well consider of themx make good speedx exit page how many thousands of my poorest subjects are at this hour asleepx o sleepx o gentle sleepx naturexs soft nursex how have i frightened theex that thou no more will weigh my eyelids downx and steep my senses in forgetfulnessx why ratherx sleepx liest thou in smoky cribsx upon uneasy pallets stretching theex and hushxd with buzzing nightxflies to thy slumberx than in the perfumxd chambers of the greatx under the canopies of costly statex and lullxd with sound of sweetest melodyx o thou dull godx why liest thou with the vile in loathsome bedsx and leavxst the kingly couch a watchxcase or a common xlarumxbellx wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast seal up the shipxboyxs eyesx and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surgex and in the visitation of the windsx who take the ruffian billows by the topx curling their monstrous headsx and hanging them with deafing clamour in the slippery cloudsx that with the hurly death itself awakesx canst thoux o partial sleepx give thy repose to the wet seaxboy in an hour so rudex and in the calmest and most stillest nightx with all appliances and means to bootx deny it to a kingx thenx happy lowx lie downx uneasy lies the head that wears a crownx enter warwick and surrey warwickx many good morrows to your majestyx kingx is it good morrowx lordsx warwickx xtis one oxclockx and pastx kingx why thenx good morrow to you allx my lordsx have you read oxer the letters that i sent youx warwickx we havex my liegex kingx then you perceive the body of our kingdom how foul it isx what rank diseases growx and with what dangerx near the heart of itx warwickx it is but as a body yet distemperedx which to his former strength may be restored with good advice and little medicinex my lord northumberland will soon be coolxdx kingx o godx that one might read the book of fatex and see the revolution of the times make mountains levelx and the continentx weary of solid firmnessx melt itself into the seax and other times to see the beachy girdle of the ocean too wide for neptunexs hipsx how chances mockx and changes fill the cup of alteration with divers liquorsx ox if this were seenx the happiest youthx viewing his progress throughx what perils pastx what crosses to ensuex would shut the book and sit him down and diex xtis not ten years gone since richard and northumberlandx great friendsx did feast togetherx and in two years after were they at warsx it is but eight years since this percy was the man nearest my soulx who like a brother toilxd in my affairs and laid his love and life under my footx yeax for my sakex even to the eyes of richard gave him defiancex but which of you was byx xto warwickx youx cousin nevilx as i may rememberx when richardx with his eye brim full of tearsx then checkxd and rated by northumberlandx did speak these wordsx now provxd a prophecyx xnorthumberlandx thou ladder by the which my cousin bolingbroke ascends my thronexx though thenx god knowsx i had no such intent but that necessity so bowxd the state that i and greatness were compellxd to kissx xthe time shall comexx thus did he follow itx xthe time will come that foul sinx gathering headx shall break into corruptionx so went onx foretelling this same timexs condition and the division of our amityx warwickx there is a history in all menxs livesx figuring the natures of the times deceasxdx the which observxdx a man may prophesyx with a near aimx of the main chance of things as yet not come to lifex who in their seeds and weak beginning lie intreasuredx such things become the hatch and brood of timex andx by the necessary form of thisx king richard might create a perfect guess that great northumberlandx then false to himx would of that seed grow to a greater falsenessx which should not find a ground to root upon unless on youx kingx are these things then necessitiesx then let us meet them like necessitiesx and that same word even now cries out on usx they say the bishop and northumberland are fifty thousand strongx warwickx it cannot bex my lordx rumour doth doublex like the voice and echox the numbers of the fearedx please it your grace to go to bedx upon my soulx my lordx the powers that you already have sent forth shall bring this prize in very easilyx to comfort you the morex i have receivxd a certain instance that glendower is deadx your majesty hath been this fortnight illx and these unseasoned hours perforce must ad unto your sicknessx kingx i will take your counselx andx were these inward wars once out of handx we wouldx dear lordsx unto the holy landx exeunt scene iix gloucestershirex before justicex shallowxs house enter shallow and silencex meetingx mouldyx shadowx wartx feeblex bullcalfx and servants behind shallowx come onx come onx come onx give me your handx sirx give me your handx sirx an early stirrerx by the roodx and how doth my good cousin silencex silencex good morrowx good cousin shallowx shallowx and how doth my cousinx your bedxfellowx and your fairest daughter and minex my godxdaughter ellenx silencex alasx a black ouselx cousin shallowx shallowx by yea and nox sirx i dare say my cousin william is become a good scholarx he is at oxford stillx is he notx silencex indeedx sirx to my costx shallowx xa mustx thenx to the inns ox court shortlyx i was once of clementxs innx where i think they will talk of mad shallow yetx silencex you were callxd xlusty shallowx thenx cousinx shallowx by the massx i was callxd anythingx and i would have done anything indeed toox and roundly toox there was ix and little john doit of staffordshirex and black george barnesx and francis pickbonex and will squele a cotsole manx you had not four such swingexbucklers in all the inns of court againx and i may say to you we knew where the bonaxrobas werex and had the best of them all at commandmentx then was jack falstaffx now sir johnx boyx and page to thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx silencex this sir johnx cousinx that comes hither anon about soldiersx shallowx the same sir johnx the very samex i see him break scogginxs head at the court gatex when xa was a crack not thus highx and the very same day did i fight with one sampson stockfishx a fruitererx behind grayxs innx jesux jesux the mad days that i have spentx and to see how many of my old acquaintance are deadx silencex we shall all followx cousinx shallowx certainx xtis certainx very surex very surex deathx as the psalmist saithx is certain to allx all shall diex how a good yoke of bullocks at stamford fairx silencex by my trothx i was not therex shallowx death is certainx is old double of your town living yetx silencex deadx sirx shallowx jesux jesux deadx drew a good bowx and deadx xa shot a fine shootx john a gaunt loved him wellx and betted much money on his headx deadx xa would have clappxd ix thx clout at twelve scorex and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen and a halfx that it would have done a manxs heart good to seex how a score of ewes nowx silencex thereafter as they bex a score of good ewes may be worth ten poundsx shallowx and is old double deadx enter bardolphx and one with him silencex here come two of sir john falstaffs menx as i thinkx shallowx good morrowx honest gentlemenx bardolphx i beseech youx which is justice shallowx shallowx i am robert shallowx sirx a poor esquire of this countyx and one of the kingxs justices of the peacex what is your good pleasure with mex bardolphx my captainx sirx commends him to youx my captainx sir john falstaffx a tall gentlemanx by heavenx and a most gallant leaderx shallowx he greets me wellx sirx i knew him a good backxsword manx how doth the good knightx may i ask how my lady his wife dothx bardolphx sirx pardonx a soldier is better accommodated than with a wifex shallowx it is well saidx in faithx sirx and it is well said indeed toox xbetter accommodatedxx it is goodx yeax indeedx is itx good phrases are surelyx and ever werex very commendablex xaccommodatedxx it comes of accommodox very goodx a good phrasex bardolphx pardonx sirx i have heard the wordx xphrasex call you itx by this dayx i know not the phrasex but i will maintain the word with my sword to be a soldierxlike wordx and a word of exceeding good commandx by heavenx accommodatedx that isx when a man isx as they sayx accommodatedx orx when a man is beingxwhereby xa may be thought to be accommodatedx which is an excellent thingx enter falstaff shallowx it is very justx lookx here comes good sir johnx give me your good handx give me your worshipxs good handx by my trothx you like well and bear your years very wellx welcomex good sir johnx falstaffx i am glad to see you wellx good master robert shallowx master surecardx as i thinkx shallowx nox sir johnx it is my cousin silencex in commission with mex falstaffx good master silencex it well befits you should be of the peacex silencex your good worship is welcomex falstaffx fiex this is hot weatherx gentlemenx have you provided me here half a dozen sufficient menx shallowx marryx have wex sirx will you sitx falstaffx let me see themx i beseech youx shallowx wherexs the rollx wherexs the rollx wherexs the rollx let me seex let me seex let me seex sox sox sox soxx sox sox yeax marryx sirx rafe mouldyx let them appear as i callx let them do sox let them do sox let me seex where is mouldyx mouldyx herex anxt please youx shallowx what think youx sir johnx a goodxlimbxd fellowx youngx strongx and of good friendsx falstaffx is thy name mouldyx mouldyx yeax anxt please youx falstaffx xtis the more time thou wert usxdx shallowx hax hax hax most excellentx ix faithx things that are mouldy lack usex very singular goodx in faithx well saidx sir johnx very well saidx falstaffx prick himx mouldyx i was prickxd well enough beforex an you could have let me alonex my old dame will be undone now for one to do her husbandry and her drudgeryx you need not to have prickxd mex there are other men fitter to go out than ix falstaffx go tox peacex mouldyx you shall gox mouldyx it is time you were spentx mouldyx spentx shallowx peacex fellowx peacex stand asidex know you where you arex for thx otherx sir johnx let me seex simon shadowx falstaffx yeax marryx let me have him to sit underx hexs like to be a cold soldierx shallowx wherexs shadowx shadowx herex sirx falstaffx shadowx whose son art thoux shadowx my motherxs sonx sirx falstaffx thy motherxs sonx like enoughx and thy fatherxs shadowx so the son of the female is the shadow of the malex it is often so indeedx but much of the fatherxs substancex shallowx do you like himx sir johnx falstaffx shadow will serve for summerx prick himx for we have a number of shadows fill up the musterxbookx shallowx thomas wartx falstaffx wherexs hex wartx herex sirx falstaffx is thy name wartx wartx yeax sirx falstaffx thou art a very ragged wartx shallowx shall i prick himx sir johnx falstaffx it were superfluousx for his apparel is built upon his backx and the whole frame stands upon pinsx prick him no morex shallowx hax hax hax you can do itx sirx you can do itx i commend you wellx francis feeblex feeblex herex sirx falstaffx what trade art thoux feeblex feeblex a womanxs tailorx sirx shallowx shall i prick himx sirx falstaffx you mayx but if he had been a manxs tailorx hexd hax prickxd youx wilt thou make as many holes in an enemyxs battle as thou hast done in a womanxs petticoatx feeblex i will do my good willx sirx you can have no morex falstaffx well saidx good womanxs tailorx well saidx courageous feeblex thou wilt be as valiant as the wrathful dove or most magnanimous mousex prick the womanxs tailorx wellx master shallowx deepx master shallowx feeblex i would wart might have gonex sirx falstaffx i would thou wert a manxs tailorx that thou mightst mend him and make him fit to gox i cannot put him to a private soldierx that is the leader of so many thousandsx let that sufficex most forcible feeblex feeblex it shall sufficex sirx falstaffx i am bound to theex reverend feeblex who is nextx shallowx peter bullcalf ox thx greenx falstaffx yeax marryx letxs see bullcalfx bullcalfx herex sirx falstaffx fore godx a likely fellowx comex prick me bullcalf till he roar againx bullcalfx o lordx good my lord captainx falstaffx whatx dost thou roar before thou art prickxdx bullcalfx o lordx sirx i am a diseased manx falstaffx what disease hast thoux bullcalfx a whoreson coldx sirx a coughx sirx which i caught with ringing in the kingxs affairs upon his coronation dayx sirx falstaffx comex thou shalt go to the wars in a gownx we will have away thy coldx and i will take such order that thy friends shall ring for theex is here allx shallowx here is two more callxd than your numberx you must have but four herex sirx and sox i pray youx go in with me to dinnerx falstaffx comex i will go drink with youx but i cannot tarry dinnerx i am glad to see youx by my trothx master shallowx shallowx ox sir johnx do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in saint georgexs fieldx falstaffx no more of thatx master shallowx no more of thatx shallowx hax xtwas a merry nightx and is jane nightwork alivex falstaffx she livesx master shallowx shallowx she never could away with mex falstaffx neverx neverx she would always say she could not abide master shallowx shallowx by the massx i could anger her to thx heartx she was then a bonaxrobax doth she hold her own wellx falstaffx oldx oldx master shallowx shallowx nayx she must be oldx she cannot choose but be oldx certain shexs oldx and had robin nightworkx by old nightworkx before i came to clementxs innx silencex thatxs fiftyxfive year agox shallowx hax cousin silencex that thou hadst seen that that this knight and i have seenx hax sir johnx said i wellx falstaffx we have heard the chimes at midnightx master shallowx shallowx that we havex that we havex that we havex in faithx sir johnx we havex our watchword was xhemx boysxx comex letxs to dinnerx comex letxs to dinnerx jesusx the days that we have seenx comex comex exeunt falstaff and the justices bullcalfx good master corporate bardolphx stand my friendx and herexs four harry ten shillings in french crowns for youx in very truthx sirx i had as lief be hangxdx sirx as gox and yetx for mine own partx sirx i do not carex but rather because i am unwilling andx for mine own partx have a desire to stay with my friendsx elsex sirx i did not care for mine own part so muchx bardolphx go tox stand asidex mouldyx andx good master corporal captainx for my old damexs sakex stand my friendx she has nobody to do anything about her when i am gonex and she is oldx and cannot help herselfx you shall have fortyx sirx bardolphx go tox stand asidex feeblex by my trothx i care notx a man can die but oncex we owe god a deathx ixll nexer bear a base mindx anxt be my destinyx sox anxt be notx sox no manxs too good to serve xs princex andx let it go which way it willx he that dies this year is quit for the nextx bardolphx well saidx thxart a good fellowx feeblex faithx ixll bear no base mindx rexenter falstaff and the justices falstaffx comex sirx which men shall i havex shallowx four of which you pleasex bardolphx sirx a word with youx i have three pound to free mouldy and bullcalfx falstaffx go tox wellx shallowx comex sir johnx which four will you havex falstaffx do you choose for mex shallowx marryx thenx mouldyx bullcalfx feeblex and shadowx falstaffx mouldy and bullcalfx for youx mouldyx stay at home till you are past servicex and for your partx bullcalfx grow you come unto itx i will none of youx shallowx sir johnx sir johnx do not yourself wrongx they are your likeliest menx and i would have you servxd with the bestx falstaffx will you tell mex master shallowx how to choose a manx care i for the limbx the thewsx the staturex bulkx and big assemblance of a manx give me the spiritx master shallowx herexs wartx you see what a ragged appearance it isx xa shall charge you and discharge you with the motion of a pewtererxs hammerx come off and on swifter than he that gibbets on the brewerxs bucketx and this same halfxfacxd fellowx shadowx give me this manx he presents no mark to the enemyx the foeman may with as great aim level at the edge of a penknifex andx for a retreatx how swiftly will this feeblex the womanxs tailorx run offx ox give me the spare menx and spare me the great onesx put me a caliver into wartxs handx bardolphx bardolphx holdx wartx traversex thusx thusx thusx falstaffx comex manage me your caliverx sox very wellx go tox very goodx exceeding goodx ox give me always a littlex leanx oldx choptx bald shotx well saidx ix faithx wartx thxart a good scabx holdx therexs a tester for theex shallowx he is not his craftxs masterx he doth not do it rightx i remember at milexend greenx when i lay at clementxs innx i was then sir dagonet in arthurxs showx there was a little quiver fellowx and xa would manage you his piece thusx and xa would about and aboutx and come you in and come you inx xrahx tahx tahxx would xa sayx xbouncexx would xa sayx and away again would xa gox and again would xa comex i shall nexer see such a fellowx falstaffx these fellows will do wellx master shallowx god keep youx master silencex i will not use many words with youx fare you wellx gentlemen bothx i thank youx i must a dozen mile toxnightx bardolphx give the soldiers coatsx shallowx sir johnx the lord bless youx god prosper your affairsx god send us peacex at your returnx visit our housex let our old acquaintance be renewedx peradventure i will with ye to the courtx falstaffx fore godx would you wouldx shallowx go tox i have spoke at a wordx god keep youx falstaffx fare you wellx gentle gentlemenx xexeunt justicesx onx bardolphx lead the men awayx xexeunt all but falstaffx as i returnx i will fetch off these justicesx i do see the bottom of justice shallowx lordx lordx how subject we old men are to this vice of lyingx this same starvxd justice hath done nothing but prate to me of the wildness of his youth and the feats he hath done about turnbull streetx and every third word a liex duer paid to the hearer than the turkxs tributex i do remember him at clementxs innx like a man made after supper of a cheesexparingx when xa was nakedx he was for all the world like a forkxd radishx with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knifex xa was so forlorn that his dimensions to any thick sight were invisiblex xa was the very genius of faminex yet lecherous as a monkeyx and the whores callxd him mandrakex xa came ever in the rearward of the fashionx and sung those tunes to the overscutchxd huswifes that he heard the carmen whistlex and sware they were his fancies or his goodxnightsx and now is this vicexs dagger become a squirex and talks as familiarly of john a gaunt as if he had been sworn brother to himx and ixll be sworn xa nexer saw him but once in the tiltyardx and then he burst his head for crowding among the marshalxs menx i saw itx and told john a gaunt he beat his own namex for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an eelxskinx the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for himx a courtx and now has he land and beevesx wellx ixll be acquainted with him if i returnx and xt shall go hard but ixll make him a philosopherxs two stones to mex if the young dace be a bait for the old pikex i see no reason in the law of nature but i may snap at himx let time shapex and there an endx exit act ivx scene ix yorkshirex within the forest of gaultree enter the archbishop of yorkx mowbrayx hastingsx and others archbishopx what is this forest callxd hastingsx xtis gaultree forestx anxt shall please your gracex archbishopx here standx my lordsx and send discoverers forth to know the numbers of our enemiesx hastingsx we have sent forth alreadyx archbishopx xtis well donex my friends and brethren in these great affairsx i must acquaint you that i have receivxd newxdated letters from northumberlandx their cold intentx tenourx and substancex thusx here doth he wish his personx with such powers as might hold sortance with his qualityx the which he could not levyx whereupon he is retirxdx to ripe his growing fortunesx to scotlandx and concludes in hearty prayers that your attempts may overlive the hazard and fearful meeting of their oppositex mowbrayx thus do the hopes we have in him touch ground and dash themselves to piecesx enter a messenger hastingsx nowx what newsx messengerx west of this forestx scarcely off a milex in goodly form comes on the enemyx andx by the ground they hidex i judge their number upon or near the rate of thirty thousandx mowbrayx the just proportion that we gave them outx let us sway on and face them in the fieldx enter westmoreland archbishopx what wellxappointed leader fronts us herex mowbrayx i think it is my lord of westmorelandx westmorelandx health and fair greeting from our generalx the princex lord john and duke of lancasterx archbishopx say onx my lord of westmorelandx in peacex what doth concern your comingx westmorelandx thenx my lordx unto your grace do i in chief address the substance of my speechx if that rebellion came like itselfx in base and abject routsx led on by bloody youthx guarded with ragsx and countenancxd by boys and beggaryx i sayx if damnxd commotion so appearxd in his truex nativex and most proper shapex youx reverend fatherx and these noble lordsx had not been here to dress the ugly form of base and bloody insurrection with your fair honoursx youx lord archbishopx whose see is by a civil peace maintainxdx whose beard the silver hand of peace hath touchxdx whose learning and good letters peace hath tutorxdx whose white investments figure innocencex the dovex and very blessed spirit of peacex wherefore you do so ill translate yourself out of the speech of peacex that bears such gracex into the harsh and boistxrous tongue of warx turning your books to gravesx your ink to bloodx your pens to lancesx and your tongue divine to a loud trumpet and a point of warx archbishopx wherefore do i thisx so the question standsx briefly to this endx we are all diseasxd and with our surfeiting and wanton hours have brought ourselves into a burning feverx and we must bleed for itx of which disease our late kingx richardx being infectedx diedx butx my most noble lord of westmorelandx i take not on me here as a physicianx nor do i as an enemy to peace troop in the throngs of military menx but rather show awhile like fearful war to diet rank minds sick of happinessx and purge thx obstructions which begin to stop our very veins of lifex hear me more plainlyx i have in equal balance justly weighxd what wrongs our arms may dox what wrongs we sufferx and find our griefs heavier than our offencesx we see which way the stream of time doth run and are enforcxd from our most quiet there by the rough torrent of occasionx and have the summary of all our griefsx when time shall servex to show in articlesx which long ere this we offerxd to the kingx and might by no suit gain our audiencex when we are wrongxdx and would unfold our griefsx we are denied access unto his personx even by those men that most have done us wrongx the dangers of the days but newly gonex whose memory is written on the earth with yet appearing bloodx and the examples of every minutexs instancex present nowx hath put us in these illxbeseeming armsx not to break peacex or any branch of itx but to establish here a peace indeedx concurring both in name and qualityx westmorelandx when ever yet was your appeal deniedx wherein have you been galled by the kingx what peer hath been subornxd to grate on you that you should seal this lawless bloody book of forgxd rebellion with a seal divinex and consecrate commotionxs bitter edgex archbishopx my brother generalx the commonwealthx to brother horn an household crueltyx i make my quarrel in particularx westmorelandx there is no need of any such redressx or if there werex it not belongs to youx mowbrayx why not to him in partx and to us all that feel the bruises of the days beforex and suffer the condition of these times to lay a heavy and unequal hand upon our honoursx westmorelandx o my good lord mowbrayx construe the times to their necessitiesx and you shall sayx indeedx it is the timex and not the kingx that doth you injuriesx yetx for your partx it not appears to mex either from the king or in the present timex that you should have an inch of any ground to build a grief onx were you not restorxd to all the duke of norfolkxs signioriesx your noble and right wellxremembxred fatherxsx mowbrayx what thingx in honourx had my father lost that need to be revivxd and breathxd in mex the king that lovxd himx as the state stood thenx was force perforce compellxd to banish himx and then that henry bolingbroke and hex being mounted and both roused in their seatsx their neighing coursers daring of the spurx their armed staves in chargex their beavers downx their eyes of fire sparkling through sights of steelx and the loud trumpet blowing them togetherx thenx thenx when there was nothing could have stayxd my father from the breast of bolingbrokex ox when the king did throw his warder downx his own life hung upon the staff he threwx then threw he down himselfx and all their lives that by indictment and by dint of sword have since miscarried under bolingbrokex westmorelandx you speakx lord mowbrayx now you know not whatx the earl of hereford was reputed then in england the most valiant gentlemanx who knows on whom fortune would then have smilxdx but if your father had been victor therex he nexer had borne it out of coventryx for all the countryx in a general voicex cried hate upon himx and all their prayers and love were set on herefordx whom they doted onx and blessxd and gracxd indeed more than the kingx but this is mere digression from my purposex here come i from our princely general to know your griefsx to tell you from his grace that he will give you audiencex and wherein it shall appear that your demands are justx you shall enjoy themx everything set off that might so much as think you enemiesx mowbrayx but he hath forcxd us to compel this offerx and it proceeds from policyx not lovex westmorelandx mowbrayx you overween to take it sox this offer comes from mercyx not from fearx forx lox within a ken our army liesx upon mine honourx all too confident to give admittance to a thought of fearx our battle is more full of names than yoursx our men more perfect in the use of armsx our armour all as strongx our cause the bestx then reason will our hearts should be as goodx say you notx thenx our offer is compellxdx mowbrayx wellx by my will we shall admit no parleyx westmorelandx that argues but the shame of your offencex a rotten case abides no handlingx hastingsx hath the prince john a full commissionx in very ample virtue of his fatherx to hear and absolutely to determine of what conditions we shall stand uponx westmorelandx that is intended in the generalxs namex i muse you make so slight a questionx archbishopx then takex my lord of westmorelandx this schedulex for this contains our general grievancesx each several article herein redressxdx all members of our causex both here and hencex that are insinewed to this actionx acquitted by a true substantial formx and present execution of our wills to us and to our purposes confinxdx we come within our awful banks againx and knit our powers to the arm of peacex westmorelandx this will i show the generalx please youx lordsx in sight of both our battles we may meetx and either end in peacex which god so framexx or to the place of diffxrence call the swords which must decide itx archbishopx my lordx we will do sox exit westmoreland mowbrayx there is a thing within my bosom tells me that no conditions of our peace can standx hastingsx fear you not thatx if we can make our peace upon such large terms and so absolute as our conditions shall consist uponx our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountainsx mowbrayx yeax but our valuation shall be such that every slight and falsexderived causex yeax every idlex nicex and wanton reasonx shall to the king taste of this actionx thatx were our royal faiths martyrs in lovex we shall be winnowxd with so rough a wind that even our corn shall seem as light as chaffx and good from bad find no partitionx archbishopx nox nox my lordx note thisx the king is weary of dainty and such picking grievancesx for he hath found to end one doubt by death revives two greater in the heirs of lifex and therefore will he wipe his tables cleanx and keep no tellxtale to his memory that may repeat and history his los to new remembrancex for full well he knows he cannot so precisely weed this land as his misdoubts present occasionx his foes are so enrooted with his friends thatx plucking to unfix an enemyx he doth unfasten so and shake a friendx so that this landx like an offensive wife that hath enragxd him on to offer strokesx as he is strikingx holds his infant upx and hangs resolvxd correction in the arm that was uprearxd to executionx hastingsx besidesx the king hath wasted all his rods on late offendersx that he now doth lack the very instruments of chastisementx so that his powerx like to a fangless lionx may offerx but not holdx archbishopx xtis very truex and therefore be assurxdx my good lord marshalx if we do now make our atonement wellx our peace willx like a broken limb unitedx grow stronger for the breakingx mowbrayx be it sox here is returnxd my lord of westmorelandx rexenter westmoreland westmorelandx the prince is here at handx pleaseth your lordship to meet his grace just distance xtween our armiesx mowbrayx your grace of yorkx in godxs name thenx set forwardx archbishopx beforex and greet his gracex my lordx we comex exeunt scene iix another part of the forest enterx from one sidex mowbrayx attendedx afterwardsx the archbishopx hastingsx and othersx from the other sidex prince john of lancasterx westmorelandx officersx and others prince johnx you are well encountxred herex my cousin mowbrayx good day to youx gentle lord archbishopx and so to youx lord hastingsx and to allx my lord of yorkx it better showxd with you when that your flockx assembled by the bellx encircled you to hear with reverence your exposition on the holy text than now to see you here an iron manx cheering a rout of rebels with your drumx turning the word to swordx and life to deathx that man that sits within a monarchxs heart and ripens in the sunshine of his favourx would he abuse the countenance of the kingx alackx what mischiefs might he set abroach in shadow of such greatnessx with youx lord bishopx it is even sox who hath not heard it spoken how deep you were within the books of godx to us the speaker in his parliamentx to us thx imaginxd voice of god himselfx the very opener and intelligencer between the gracex the sanctities of heavenx and our dull workingsx ox who shall believe but you misuse the reverence of your placex employ the countenance and grace of heavxn as a false favourite doth his princexs namex in deeds dishonourablex you have taxen upx under the counterfeited zeal of godx the subjects of his substitutex my fatherx and both against the peace of heaven and him have here upxswarmxd themx archbishopx good my lord of lancasterx i am not here against your fatherxs peacex butx as i told my lord of westmorelandx the time misordxred dothx in common sensex crowd us and crush us to this monstrous form to hold our safety upx i sent your grace the parcels and particulars of our griefx the which hath been with scorn shovxd from the courtx whereon this hydra son of war is bornx whose dangerous eyes may well be charmxd asleep with grant of our most just and right desiresx and true obediencex of this madness curxdx stoop tamely to the foot of majestyx mowbrayx if notx we ready are to try our fortunes to the last manx hastingsx and though we here fall downx we have supplies to second our attemptx if they miscarryx theirs shall second themx and so success of mischief shall be bornx and heir from heir shall hold this quarrel up whiles england shall have generationx prince johnx you are too shallowx hastingsx much to shallowx to sound the bottom of the afterxtimesx westmorelandx pleaseth your grace to answer them directly how far forth you do like their articlesx prince johnx i like them all and do allow them wellx and swear herex by the honour of my bloodx my fatherxs purposes have been mistookx and some about him have too lavishly wrested his meaning and authorityx my lordx these griefs shall be with speed redressxdx upon my soulx they shallx if this may please youx discharge your powers unto their several countiesx as we will oursx and herex between the armiesx letxs drink together friendly and embracex that all their eyes may bear those tokens home of our restored love and amityx archbishopx i take your princely word for these redressesx prince johnx i give it youx and will maintain my wordx and thereupon i drink unto your gracex hastingsx gox captainx and deliver to the army this news of peacex let them have payx and partx i know it will please themx hie theex captainx exit officer archbishopx to youx my noble lord of westmorelandx westmorelandx i pledge your gracex and if you knew what pains i have bestowxd to breed this present peacex you would drink freelyx but my love to ye shall show itself more openly hereafterx archbishopx i do not doubt youx westmorelandx i am glad of itx health to my lord and gentle cousinx mowbrayx mowbrayx you wish me health in very happy seasonx for i am on the sudden something illx archbishopx against ill chances men are ever merryx but heaviness foreruns the good eventx westmorelandx therefore be merryx cozx since sudden sorrow serves to say thusx xsome good thing comes toxmorrowxx archbishopx believe mex i am passing light in spiritx mowbrayx so much the worsex if your own rule be truex xshouts withinx prince johnx the word of peace is rendxredx harkx how they shoutx mowbrayx this had been cheerful after victoryx archbishopx a peace is of the nature of a conquestx for then both parties nobly are subduxdx and neither party loserx prince johnx gox my lordx and let our army be discharged toox exit westmoreland andx good my lordx so please you let our trains march by usx that we may peruse the men we should have copxd withalx archbishopx gox good lord hastingsx andx ere they be dismissxdx let them march byx exit hastings prince johnx i trustx lordsx we shall lie toxnight togetherx rexenter westmoreland nowx cousinx wherefore stands our army stillx westmorelandx the leadersx having charge from you to standx will not go off until they hear you speakx prince johnx they know their dutiesx rexenter hastings hastingsx my lordx our army is dispersxd alreadyx like youthful steers unyokxdx they take their courses eastx westx northx southx or like a school broke upx each hurries toward his home and sportingxplacex westmorelandx good tidingsx my lord hastingsx for the which i do arrest theex traitorx of high treasonx and youx lord archbishopx and youx lord mowbrayx of capital treason i attach you bothx mowbrayx is this proceeding just and honourablex westmorelandx is your assembly sox archbishopx will you thus break your faithx prince johnx i pawnxd thee nonex i promisxd you redress of these same grievances whereof you did complainx whichx by mine honourx i will perform with a most christian carex but for youx rebelsx look to taste the due meet for rebellion and such acts as yoursx most shallowly did you these arms commencex fondly brought herex and foolishly sent hencex strike up our drumsx pursue the scattxred strayx godx and not wex hath safely fought toxdayx some guard these traitors to the block of deathx treasonxs true bed and yielderxup of breathx exeunt scene iiix another part of the forest alarumx excursionsx enter falstaff and colvillex meeting falstaffx whatxs your namex sirx of what condition are youx and of what placex i prayx colvillex i am a knight sirx and my name is colville of the dalex falstaffx well thenx colville is your namex a knight is your degreex and your place the dalex colville shall still be your namex a traitor your degreex and the dungeon your placex a place deep enoughx so shall you be still colville of the dalex colvillex are not you sir john falstaffx falstaffx as good a man as hex sirx whoexer i amx do you yieldx sirx or shall i sweat for youx if i do sweatx they are the drops of thy loversx and they weep for thy deathx therefore rouse up fear and tremblingx and do observance to my mercyx colvillex i think you are sir john falstaffx and in that thought yield mex falstaffx i have a whole school of tongues in this belly of minex and not a tongue of them all speaks any other word but my namex an i had but a belly of any indifferencyx i were simply the most active fellow in europex my wombx my wombx my womb undoes mex here comes our generalx enter prince john of lancasterx westmorelandx bluntx and others prince johnx the heat is pastx follow no further nowx call in the powersx good cousin westmorelandx exit westmoreland nowx falstaffx where have you been all this whilex when everything is endedx then you comex these tardy tricks of yours willx on my lifex one time or other break some gallowsx backx falstaffx i would be sorryx my lordx but it should be thusx i never knew yet but rebuke and check was the reward of valourx do you think me a swallowx an arrowx or a bulletx have ix in my poor and old motionx the expedition of thoughtx i have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibilityx i have foundxred nine score and odd postsx and herex travel tainted as i amx havex in my pure and immaculate valourx taken sir john colville of the dalexa most furious knight and valorous enemyx but what of thatx he saw mex and yieldedx that i may justly say with the hookxnosxd fellow of romexi camex sawx and overcamex prince johnx it was more of his courtesy than your deservingx falstaffx i know notx here he isx and here i yield himx and i beseech your gracex let it be bookxd with the rest of this dayxs deedsx orx by the lordx i will have it in a particular ballad elsex with mine own picture on the top onxtx colville kissing my footx to the which course if i be enforcxdx if you do not all show like gilt twopences to mex and ix in the clear sky of famex oxershine you as much as the full moon doth the cinders of the elementx which show like pinsx heads to herx believe not the word of the noblex therefore let me have rightx and let desert mountx prince johnx thinexs too heavy to mountx falstaffx let it shinex thenx prince johnx thinexs too thick to shinex falstaffx let it do somethingx my good lordx that may do me goodx and call it what you willx prince johnx is thy name colvillex colvillex it isx my lordx prince johnx a famous rebel art thoux colvillex falstaffx and a famous true subject took himx colvillex i amx my lordx but as my betters are that led me hitherx had they been rulxd by mex you should have won them dearer than you havex falstaffx i know not how they sold themselvesx but thoux like a kind fellowx gavest thyself away gratisx and i thank thee for theex rexenter westmoreland prince johnx nowx have you left pursuitx westmorelandx retreat is madex and execution stayxdx prince johnx send colvillex with his confederatesx to yorkx to present executionx bluntx lead him hencex and see you guard him surex exeunt blunt and others and now dispatch we toward the courtx my lordsx i hear the king my father is sore sickx our news shall go before us to his majestyx whichx cousinx you shall bear to comfort him and we with sober speed will follow youx falstaffx my lordx i beseech youx give me leave to go through gloucestershirex andx when you come to courtx stand my good lordx prayx in your good reportx prince johnx fare you wellx falstaffx ix in my conditionx shall better speak of you than you deservex exeunt all but falstaff falstaffx i would you had but the witx xtwere better than your dukedomx good faithx this same young soberxblooded boy doth not love mex nor a man cannot make him laughx but thatxs no marvelx he drinks no winex therexs never none of these demure boys come to any proofx for thin drink doth so overxcool their bloodx and making many fishxmealsx that they fall into a kind of male greenxsicknessx and thenx when they marryx they get wenchesx they are generally fools and cowardsxwhich some of us should be toox but for inflammationx a good sherrisxsack hath a twoxfold operation in itx it ascends me into the brainx dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ itx makes it apprehensivex quickx forgetivex full of nimblex fieryx and delectable shapesx which delivered oxer to the voicex the tonguex which is the birthx becomes excellent witx the second property of your excellent sherris is the warming of the bloodx which beforex cold and settledx left the liver white and palex which is the badge of pusillanimity and cowardicex but the sherris warms itx and makes it course from the inwards to the parts extremesx it illumineth the facex whichx as a beaconx gives warning to all the rest of this little kingdomx manx to armx and then the vital commoners and inland petty spirits muster me all to their captainx the heartx whox great and puffxd up with this retinuex doth any deed of couragex and this valour comes of sherrisx so that skill in the weapon is nothing without sackx for that sets it axworkx and learningx a mere hoard of gold kept by a devil till sack commences it and sets it in act and usex hereof comes it that prince harry is valiantx for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his fatherx he hathx like leanx sterilex and bare landx manuredx husbandedx and tillxdx with excellent endeavour of drinking good and good store of fertile sherrisx that he is become very hot and valiantx if i had a thousand sonsx the first humane principle i would teach them should be to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sackx enter bardolph how nowx bardolphx bardolphx the army is discharged all and gonex falstaffx let them gox ixll through gloucestershirex and there will i visit master robert shallowx esquirex i have him already tempxring between my finger and my thumbx and shortly will i seal with himx come awayx exeunt scene ivx westminsterx the jerusalem chamber enter the kingx prince thomas of clarencex prince humphrey of gloucesterx warwickx and others kingx nowx lordsx if god doth give successful end to this debate that bleedeth at our doorsx we will our youth lead on to higher fieldsx and draw no swords but what are sanctifiedx our navy is addressxdx our power connectedx our substitutes in absence well investedx and everything lies level to our wishx only we want a little personal strengthx and pause us till these rebelsx now afootx come underneath the yoke of governmentx warwickx both which we doubt not but your majesty shall soon enjoyx kingx humphreyx my son of gloucesterx where is the prince your brotherx prince humphreyx i think hexs gone to huntx my lordx at windsorx kingx and how accompaniedx prince humphreyx i do not knowx my lordx kingx is not his brotherx thomas of clarencex with himx prince humphreyx nox my good lordx he is in presence herex clarencex what would my lord and fatherx kingx nothing but well to theex thomas of clarencex how chance thou art not with the prince thy brotherx he loves theex and thou dost neglect himx thomasx thou hast a better place in his affection than all thy brothersx cherish itx my boyx and noble offices thou mayst effect of mediationx after i am deadx between his greatness and thy other brethrenx therefore omit him notx blunt not his lovex nor lose the good advantage of his grace by seeming cold or careless of his willx for he is gracious if he be observxdx he hath a tear for pity and a hand open as day for melting charityx yet notwithstandingx being incensxdx he is flintx as humorous as winterx and as sudden as flaws congealed in the spring of dayx his temperx thereforex must be well observxdx chide him for faultsx and do it reverentlyx when you perceive his blood inclinxd to mirthx butx being moodyx give him line and scope till that his passionsx like a whale on groundx confound themselves with workingx learn thisx thomasx and thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friendsx a hoop of gold to bind thy brothers inx that the united vessel of their bloodx mingled with venom of suggestionx asx force perforcex the age will pour it inx shall never leakx though it do work as strong as aconitum or rash gunpowderx clarencex i shall observe him with all care and lovex kingx why art thou not at windsor with himx thomasx clarencex he is not there toxdayx he dines in londonx kingx and how accompaniedx canst thou tell thatx clarencex with poinsx and other his continual followersx kingx most subject is the fattest soil to weedsx and hex the noble image of my youthx is overspread with themx therefore my grief stretches itself beyond the hour of deathx the blood weeps from my heart when i do shapex in forms imaginaryx thxunguided days and rotten times that you shall look upon when i am sleeping with my ancestorsx for when his headstrong riot hath no curbx when rage and hot blood are his counsellors when means and lavish manners meet togetherx ox with what wings shall his affections fly towards fronting peril and opposxd decayx warwickx my gracious lordx you look beyond him quitex the prince but studies his companions like a strange tonguex whereinx to gain the languagex xtis needful that the most immodest word be lookxd upon and learntx which once attainxdx your highness knowsx comes to no further use but to be known and hatedx sox like gross termsx the prince willx in the perfectness of timex cast off his followersx and their memory shall as a pattern or a measure live by which his grace must mete the lives of otherx turning past evils to advantagesx kingx xtis seldom when the bee doth leave her comb in the dead carrionx enter westmoreland whoxs herex westmorelandx westmorelandx health to my sovereignx and new happiness added to that that am to deliverx prince johnx your sonx doth kiss your gracexs handx mowbrayx the bishop scroopx hastingsx and allx are brought to the correction of your lawx there is not now a rebelxs sword unsheathxdx but peace puts forth her olive everywherex the manner how this action hath been borne here at more leisure may your highness readx with every course in his particularx kingx o westmorelandx thou art a summer birdx which ever in the haunch of winter sings the lifting up of dayx enter harcourt look herexs more newsx harcourtx from enemies heaven keep your majestyx andx when they stand against youx may they fall as those that i am come to tell you ofx the earl northumberland and the lord bardolphx with a great power of english and of scotsx are by the shrieve of yorkshire overthrownx the manner and true order of the fight this packetx please it youx contains at largex kingx and wherefore should these good news make me sickx will fortune never come with both hands fullx but write her fair words still in foulest lettersx she either gives a stomach and no foodx such are the poorx in healthx or else a feastx and takes away the stomachx such are the rich that have abundance and enjoy it notx i should rejoice now at this happy newsx and now my sight failsx and my brain is giddyx o mex come near me now i am much illx prince humphreyx comfortx your majestyx clarencex o my royal fatherx westmorelandx my sovereign lordx cheer up yourselfx look upx warwickx be patientx princesx you do know these fits are with his highness very ordinaryx stand from himx give him airx hexll straight be wellx clarencex nox nox he cannot long hold out these pangsx thx incessant care and labour of his mind hath wrought the mure that should confine it in so thin that life looks throughx and will break outx prince humphreyx the people fear mex for they do observe unfatherxd heirs and loathly births of naturex the seasons change their mannersx as the year had found some months asleepx and leapt them overx clarencex the river hath thrice flowxdx no ebb betweenx and the old folkx timexs doting chroniclesx say it did so a little time before that our great grandsirex edwardx sickxd and diedx warwickx speak lowerx princesx for the king recoversx prince humphreyx this apoplexy will certain be his endx kingx i pray you take me upx and bear me hence into some other chamberx softlyx prayx exeunt scene vx westminsterx another chamber the king lying on a bedx clarencex gloucesterx warwickx and others in attendance kingx let there be no noise madex my gentle friendsx unless some dull and favourable hand will whisper music to my weary spiritx warwickx call for the music in the other roomx kingx set me the crown upon my pillow herex clarencex his eye is hollowx and he changes muchx warwickx less noisex less noisex enter prince henry princex who saw the duke of clarencex clarencex i am herex brotherx full of heavinessx princex how nowx rain within doorsx and none abroadx how doth the kingx prince humphreyx exceeding illx princex heard he the good news yetx tell it himx prince humphreyx he altxred much upon the hearing itx princex if he be sick with joyx hexll recover without physicx warwickx not so much noisex my lordsx sweet princex speak lowx the king your father is disposxd to sleepx clarencex let us withdraw into the other roomx warwickx willxt please your grace to go along with usx princex nox i will sit and watch here by the kingx exeunt all but the prince why doth the crown lie there upon his pillowx being so troublesome a bedfellowx o polishxd perturbationx golden carex that keepxst the ports of slumber open wide to many a watchful nightx sleep with it nowx yet not so sound and half so deeply sweet as he whose brow with homely biggen bound snores out the watch of nightx o majestyx when thou dost pinch thy bearerx thou dost sit like a rich armour worn in heat of day that scaldxst with safetyx by his gates of breath there lies a downy feather which stirs notx did he suspirex that light and weightless down perforce must movex my gracious lordx my fatherx this sleep is sound indeedx this is a sleep that from this golden rigol hath divorcxd so many english kingsx thy due from me is tears and heavy sorrows of the blood which naturex lovex and filial tendernessx shallx o dear fatherx pay thee plenteouslyx my due from thee is this imperial crownx whichx as immediate from thy place and bloodx derives itself to mex xputting on the crownx lo where it sitsx which god shall guardx and put the worldxs whole strength into one giant armx it shall not force this lineal honour from mex this from thee will i to mine leave as xtis left to mex exit kingx warwickx gloucesterx clarencex rexenter warwickx gloucesterx clarence clarencex doth the king callx warwickx what would your majestyx how fares your gracex kingx why did you leave me here alonex my lordsx clarencex we left the prince my brother herex my liegex who undertook to sit and watch by youx kingx the prince of walesx where is hex let me see himx he is not herex warwickx this door is openx he is gone this wayx prince humphreyx he came not through the chamber where we stayxdx kingx where is the crownx who took it from my pillowx warwickx when we withdrewx my liegex we left it herex kingx the prince hath taxen it hencex gox seek him outx is he so hasty that he doth suppose my sleep my deathx find himx my lord of warwickx chide him hitherx exit warwick this part of his conjoins with my disease and helps to end mex seex sonsx what things you arex how quickly nature falls into revolt when gold becomes her objectx for this the foolish overxcareful fathers have broke their sleep with thoughtsx their brains with carex their bones with industryx for this they have engrossed and pilxd up the cankxred heaps of strangexachieved goldx for this they have been thoughtful to invest their sons with arts and martial exercisesx whenx like the beex tolling from every flower the virtuous sweetsx our thighs with waxx our mouths with honey packxdx we bring it to the hivex andx like the beesx are murdxred for our painsx this bitter taste yields his engrossments to the ending fatherx rexenter warwick now where is he that will not stay so long till his friend sickness hath determinxd mex warwickx my lordx i found the prince in the next roomx washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeksx with such a deep demeanour in great sorrowx that tyrannyx which never quaffxd but bloodx wouldx by beholding himx have washxd his knife with gentle eyexdropsx he is coming hitherx kingx but wherefore did he take away the crownx rexenter prince henry lo where he comesx come hither to mex harryx depart the chamberx leave us here alonex exeunt all but the king and the prince princex i never thought to hear you speak againx kingx thy wish was fatherx harryx to that thoughtx i stay too long by theex i weary theex dost thou so hunger for mine empty chair that thou wilt needs invest thee with my honours before thy hour be ripex o foolish youthx thou seekxst the greatness that will overwhelm theex stay but a littlex for my cloud of dignity is held from falling with so weak a wind that it will quickly dropx my day is dimx thou hast stolxn that whichx after some few hoursx were thine without offensex and at my death thou hast sealxd up my expectationx thy life did manifest thou lovxdst me notx and thou wilt have me die assurxd of itx thou hidxst a thousand daggers in thy thoughtsx which thou hast whetted on thy stony heartx to stab at half an hour of my lifex whatx canst thou not forbear me half an hourx then get thee gonex and dig my grave thyselfx and bid the merry bells ring to thine ear that thou art crownedx not that i am deadx let all the tears that should bedew my hearse be drops of balm to sanctify thy headx only compound me with forgotten dustx give that which gave thee life unto the wormsx pluck down my officersx break my decreesx for now a time is come to mock at formx harry the fifth is crownxdx upx vanityx downx royal statex all you sage counsellorsx hencex and to the english court assemble nowx from every regionx apes of idlenessx nowx neighbour confinesx purge you of your scumx have you a ruffian that will swearx drinkx dancex revel the nightx robx murderx and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of waysx be happyx he will trouble you no morex england shall double gild his treble guiltx england shall give him officex honourx mightx for the fifth harry from curbxd license plucks the muzzle of restraintx and the wild dog shall flesh his tooth on every innocentx o my poor kingdomx sick with civil blowsx when that my care could not withhold thy riotsx what wilt thou do when riot is thy carex ox thou wilt be a wilderness againx peopled with wolvesx thy old inhabitantsx princex ox pardon mex my liegex but for my tearsx the moist impediments unto my speechx i had forestallxd this dear and deep rebuke ere you with grief had spoke and i had heard the course of it so farx there is your crownx and he that wears the crown immortally long guard it yoursx xkneelingx if i affect it more than as your honour and as your renownx let me no more from this obedience risex which my most inward true and duteous spirit teacheth this prostrate and exterior bendingx god witness with mex when i here came in and found no course of breath within your majestyx how cold it struck my heartx if i do feignx ox let me in my present wildness diex and never live to show thx incredulous world the noble change that i have purposedx coming to look on youx thinking you deadx and dead almostx my liegex to think you werex i spake unto this crown as having sensex and thus upbraided itx xthe care on thee depending hath fed upon the body of my fatherx therefore thou best of gold art worst of goldx otherx less fine in caratx is more preciousx preserving life in medxcine potablex but thoux most finex most honourxdx most renownxdx hast eat thy bearer upxx thusx my most royal liegex accusing itx i put it on my headx to try with itx as with an enemy that had before my face murdxred my fatherx the quarrel of a true inheritorx but if it did infect my blood with joyx or swell my thoughts to any strain of pridex if any rebel or vain spirit of mine did with the least affection of a welcome give entertainment to the might of itx let god for ever keep it from my headx and make me as the poorest vassal isx that doth with awe and terror kneel to itx kingx o my sonx god put it in thy mind to take it hencex that thou mightst win the more thy fatherxs lovex pleading so wisely in excuse of itx come hitherx harryx sit thou by my bedx and hearx i thinkx the very latest counsel that ever i shall breathex god knowsx my sonx by what byxpaths and indirect crookxd ways i met this crownx and i myself know well how troublesome it sat upon my headx to thee it shall descend with better quietx better opinionx better confirmationx for all the soil of the achievement goes with me into the earthx it seemxd in me but as an honour snatchxd with boistxrous handx and i had many living to upbraid my gain of it by their assistancesx which daily grew to quarrel and to bloodshedx wounding supposed peacex all these bold fears thou seest with peril i have answeredx for all my reign hath been but as a scene acting that argumentx and now my death changes the moodx for what in me was purchasxd falls upon thee in a more fairer sortx so thou the garland wearxst successivelyx yetx though thou standxst more sure than i could dox thou art not firm enoughx since griefs are greenx and all my friendsx which thou must make thy friendsx have but their stings and teeth newly taxen outx by whose fell working i was first advancxdx and by whose power i well might lodge a fear to be again displacxdx which to avoidx i cut them offx and had a purpose now to lead out many to the holy landx lest rest and lying still might make them look too near unto my statex thereforex my harryx be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign quarrelsx that actionx hence borne outx may waste the memory of the former daysx more would ix but my lungs are wasted so that strength of speech is utterly denied mex how i came by the crownx o godx forgivex and grant it may with thee in true peace livex princex my gracious liegex you won itx wore itx kept itx gave it mex then plain and right must my possession bex which i with more than with a common pain xgainst all the world will rightfully maintainx enter prince john of lancasterx warwickx lordsx and others kingx lookx lookx here comes my john of lancasterx prince johnx healthx peacex and happinessx to my royal fatherx kingx thou bringxst me happiness and peacex son johnx but healthx alackx with youthful wings is flown from this bare witherxd trunkx upon thy sight my worldly business makes a periodx where is my lord of warwickx princex my lord of warwickx kingx doth any name particular belong unto the lodging where i first did swoonx warwickx xtis callxd jerusalemx my noble lordx kingx laud be to godx even there my life must endx it hath been prophesied to me many yearsx i should not die but in jerusalemx which vainly i supposxd the holy landx but bear me to that chamberx there ixll liex in that jerusalem shall harry diex exeunt act vx scene ix gloucestershirex shallowxs house enter shallowx falstaffx bardolphx and page shallowx by cock and piex sirx you shall not away toxnightx whatx davyx i sayx falstaffx you must excuse mex master robert shallowx shallowx i will not excuse youx you shall not be excusxdx excuses shall not be admittedx there is no excuse shall servex you shall not be excusxdx whyx davyx enter davy davyx herex sirx shallowx davyx davyx davyx davyx let me seex davyx let me seex davyx let me seex yeax marryx william cookx bid him come hitherx sir johnx you shall not be excusxdx davyx marryx sirx thusx those precepts cannot be servedx andx againx sirx shall we sow the headland with wheatx shallowx with red wheatx davyx but for william cookx are there no young pigeonsx davyx yesx sirx here is now the smithxs note for shoeing and ploughxironsx shallowx let it be castx and paidx sir johnx you shall not be excusedx davyx nowx sirx a new link to the bucket must needs be hadx andx sirx do you mean to stop any of williamxs wages about the sack he lost the other day at hinckley fairx shallowx xa shall answer itx some pigeonsx davyx a couple of shortxleggxd hensx a joint of muttonx and any pretty little tiny kickshawsx tell william cookx davyx doth the man of war stay all nightx sirx shallowx yeax davyx i will use him wellx a friend ix thx court is better than a penny in pursex use his men wellx davyx for they are arrant knaves and will backbitex davyx no worse than they are backbittenx sirx for they have marvellous foul linenx shallowx well conceitedx davyx about thy businessx davyx davyx i beseech youx sirx to countenance william visor of woncot against clement perkes ox thx hillx shallowx therex is many complaintsx davyx against that visorx that visor is an arrant knavex on my knowledgex davyx i grant your worship that he is a knavex sirx but yet god forbidx sirx but a knave should have some countenance at his friendxs requestx an honest manx sirx is able to speak for himselfx when a knave is notx i have servxd your worship trulyx sirx this eight yearsx an i cannot once or twice in a quarter bear out a knave against an honest manx i have but a very little credit with your worshipx the knave is mine honest friendx sirx thereforex i beseech youx let him be countenancxdx shallowx go tox i say he shall have no wrongx look aboutx davyx xexit davyx where are youx sir johnx comex comex comex off with your bootsx give me your handx master bardolphx bardolphx i am glad to see your worshipx shallowx i thank thee with all my heartx kind master bardolphx xto the pagex and welcomex my tall fellowx comex sir johnx falstaffx ixll follow youx good master robert shallowx xexit shallowx bardolphx look to our horsesx xexeunt bardolph and pagex if i were sawed into quantitiesx i should make four dozen of such bearded hermitsx staves as master shallowx it is a wonderful thing to see the semblable coherence of his menxs spirits and hisx theyx by observing of himx do bear themselves like foolish justicesx hex by conversing with themx is turned into a justicexlike servingxmanx their spirits are so married in conjunction with the participation of society that they flock together in consentx like so many wild geesex if i had a suit to master shallowx i would humour his men with the imputation of being near their masterx if to his menx i would curry with master shallow that no man could better command his servantsx it is certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caughtx as men take diseasesx one of anotherx therefore let men take heed of their companyx i will devise matter enough out of this shallow to keep prince harry in continual laughter the wearing out of six fashionsx which is four termsx or two actionsx and xa shall laugh without intervallumsx ox it is much that a lie with a slight oathx and a jest with a sad brow will do with a fellow that never had the ache in his shouldersx ox you shall see him laugh till his face be like a wet cloak ill laid upx shallowx xwithinx sir johnx falstaffx i comex master shallowx i comex master shallowx exit scene iix westminsterx the palace enterx severallyx warwickx and the lord chief justice warwickx how nowx my lord chief justicex whither awayx chief justicex how doth the kingx warwickx exceeding wellx his cares are now all endedx chief justicex i hopex not deadx warwickx hexs walkxd the way of naturex and to our purposes he lives no morex chief justicex i would his majesty had callxd me with himx the service that i truly did his life hath left me open to all injuriesx warwickx indeedx i think the young king loves you notx chief justicex i know he doth notx and do arm myself to welcome the condition of the timex which cannot look more hideously upon me than i have drawn it in my fantasyx enter lancasterx clarencex gloucesterx westmorelandx and others warwickx here comes the heavy issue of dead harryx o that the living harry had the temper of hex the worst of these three gentlemenx how many nobles then should hold their places that must strike sail to spirits of vile sortx chief justicex o godx i fear all will be overturnxdx prince johnx good morrowx cousin warwickx good morrowx gloucester x clarencex good morrowx cousinx prince johnx we meet like men that had forgot to speakx warwickx we do rememberx but our argument is all too heavy to admit much talkx prince johnx wellx peace be with him that hath made us heavyx chief justicex peace be with usx lest we be heavierx prince humphreyx ox good my lordx you have lost a friend indeedx and i dare swear you borrow not that face of seeming sorrowx it is sure your ownx prince johnx though no man be assurxd what grace to findx you stand in coldest expectationx i am the sorrierx would xtwere otherwisex clarencex wellx you must now speak sir john falstaff fairx which swims against your stream of qualityx chief justicex sweet princesx what i didx i did in honourx led by thx impartial conduct of my soulx and never shall you see that i will beg a ragged and forestallxd remissionx if truth and upright innocency fail mex ixll to the king my master that is deadx and tell him who hath sent me after himx warwickx here comes the princex enter king henry the fifthx attended chief justicex good morrowx and god save your majestyx kingx this new and gorgeous garmentx majestyx sits not so easy on me as you thinkx brothersx you mix your sadness with some fearx this is the englishx not the turkish courtx not amurath an amurath succeedsx but harry harryx yet be sadx good brothersx forx by my faithx it very well becomes youx sorrow so royally in you appears that i will deeply put the fashion onx and wear it in my heartx whyx thenx be sadx but entertain no more of itx good brothersx than a joint burden laid upon us allx for mex by heavenx i bid you be assurxdx ixll be your father and your brother toox let me but bear your lovex ixll bear your caresx yet weep that harryxs deadx and so will ix but harry lives that shall convert those tears by number into hours of happinessx brothersx we hope no otherwise from your majestyx kingx you all look strangely on mex and you mostx you arex i thinkx assurxd i love you notx chief justicex i am assurxdx if i be measurxd rightlyx your majesty hath no just cause to hate mex kingx nox how might a prince of my great hopes forget so great indignities you laid upon mex whatx ratex rebukex and roughly send to prisonx thx immediate heir of englandx was this easyx may this be washxd in lethe and forgottenx chief justicex i then did use the person of your fatherx the image of his power lay then in mex and in thx administration of his lawx whiles i was busy for the commonwealthx your highness pleased to forget my placex the majesty and power of law and justicex the image of the king whom i presentedx and struck me in my very seat of judgmentx whereonx as an offender to your fatherx i gave bold way to my authority and did commit youx if the deed were illx be you contentedx wearing now the garlandx to have a son set your decrees at noughtx to pluck down justice from your awful benchx to trip the course of lawx and blunt the sword that guards the peace and safety of your personx nayx morex to spurn at your most royal imagex and mock your workings in a second bodyx question your royal thoughtsx make the case yoursx be now the fatherx and propose a sonx hear your own dignity so much profanxdx see your most dreadful laws so loosely slightedx behold yourself so by a son disdainxdx and then imagine me taking your part andx in your powerx soft silencing your sonx after this cold considerancex sentence mex andx as you are a kingx speak in your state what i have done that misbecame my placex my personx or my liegexs sovereigntyx kingx you are rightx justicex and you weigh this wellx therefore still bear the balance and the swordx and i do wish your honours may increase till you do live to see a son of mine offend youx and obey youx as i didx so shall i live to speak my fatherxs wordsx xhappy am i that have a man so bold that dares do justice on my proper sonx and not less happyx having such a son that would deliver up his greatness so into the hands of justicexx you did commit mex for which i do commit into your hand thx unstained sword that you have usxd to bearx with this remembrancex that you use the same with the like boldx justx and impartial spirit as you have done xgainst mex there is my handx you shall be as a father to my youthx my voice shall sound as you do prompt mine earx and i will stoop and humble my intents to your wellxpractisxd wise directionsx andx princes allx believe mex i beseech youx my father is gone wild into his gravex for in his tomb lie my affectionsx and with his spirits sadly i survivex to mock the expectation of the worldx to frustrate propheciesx and to raze out rotten opinionx who hath writ me down after my seemingx the tide of blood in me hath proudly flowxd in vanity till nowx now doth it turn and ebb back to the seax where it shall mingle with the state of floodsx and flow henceforth in formal majestyx now call we our high court of parliamentx and let us choose such limbs of noble counselx that the great body of our state may go in equal rank with the best governxd nationx that warx or peacex or both at oncex may be as things acquainted and familiar to usx in which youx fatherx shall have foremost handx our coronation donex we will accitex as i before remembxredx all our statex andx god consigning to my good intentsx no prince nor peer shall have just cause to sayx god shorten harryxs happy life one dayx exeunt scene iiix gloucestershirex shallowxs orchard enter falstaffx shallowx silencex bardolphx the pagex and davy shallowx nayx you shall see my orchardx wherex in an arbourx we will eat a last yearxs pippin of mine own graffingx with a dish of carawaysx and so forthx comex cousin silencex and then to bedx falstaffx fore godx you have here a goodly dwelling and richx shallowx barrenx barrenx barrenx beggars allx beggars allx sir john xmarryx good airx spreadx davyx spreadx davyx well saidx davyx falstaffx this davy serves you for good usesx he is your servingxman and your husbandx shallowx a good varletx a good varletx a very good varletx sir johnx by the massx i have drunk too much sack at supperx a good varletx now sit downx now sit downx comex cousinx silencex ahx sirrahx quothxax we shall xsingingx do nothing but eat and make good cheerx and praise god for the merry yearx when flesh is cheap and females dearx and lusty lads roam here and therex so merrilyx and ever among so merrilyx falstaffx therexs a merry heartx good master silencex ixll give you a health for that anonx shallowx give master bardolph some winex davyx davyx sweet sirx sitx ixll be with you anonx most sweet sirx sitx master pagex good master pagex sitx profacex what you want in meatx wexll have in drinkx but you must bearx the heartxs allx exit shallowx be merryx master bardolphx andx my little soldier therex be merryx silencex xsingingx be merryx be merryx my wife has allx for women are shrewsx both short and tallx xtis merry in hall when beards wag anx and welcome merry shrovextidex be merryx be merryx falstaffx i did not think master silence had been a man of this mettlex silencex whox ix i have been merry twice and once ere nowx rexenter davy davyx xto bardolphx therexs a dish of leatherxcoats for youx shallowx davyx davyx your worshipx ixll be with you straightx xto bardolphx a cup of winex sirx silencex xsingingx a cup of wine thatxs brisk and finex and drink unto the leman minex and a merry heart lives longxax falstaffx well saidx master silencex silencex an we shall be merryx now comes in the sweet ox thx nightx falstaffx health and long life to youx master silencex silencex xsingingx fill the cupx and let it comex ixll pledge you a mile to thx bottomx shallowx honest bardolphx welcomex if thou wantxst anything and wilt not callx beshrew thy heartx welcomex my little tiny thief and welcome indeed toox ixll drink to master bardolphx and to all the cabileros about londonx davyx i hope to see london once ere i diex bardolphx an i might see you therex davyx shallowx by the massx youxr crack a quart togetherx hax will you notx master bardolphx bardolphx yeax sirx in a pottlexpotx shallowx by godxs liggensx i thank theex the knave will stick by theex i can assure thee thatx xa will not outx xax xtis true bredx bardolphx and ixll stick by himx sirx shallowx whyx there spoke a kingx lack nothingx be merryx xone knocks at doorx look whoxs at door therex hox who knocksx exit davy falstaffx xto silencex who has drunk a bumperx whyx now you have done me rightx silencex xsingingx do me rightx and dub me knightx samingox isxt not sox falstaffx xtis sox silencex isxt sox why thenx say an old man can do somewhatx rexenter davy davyx anxt please your worshipx therexs one pistol come from the court with newsx falstaffx from the courtx let him come inx enter pistol how nowx pistolx pistolx sir johnx god save youx falstaffx what wind blew you hitherx pistolx pistolx not the ill wind which blows no man to goodx sweet knightx thou art now one of the greatest men in this realmx silencex byxr ladyx i think xa bex but goodman puff of barsonx pistolx puffx puff in thy teethx most recreant coward basex sir johnx i am thy pistol and thy friendx and helterxskelter have i rode to theex and tidings do i bringx and lucky joysx and golden timesx and happy news of pricex falstaffx i pray thee nowx deliver them like a man of this worldx pistolx a foutra for the world and worldlings basex i speak of africa and golden joysx falstaffx o base assyrian knightx what is thy newsx let king cophetua know the truth thereofx silencex xsingingx and robin hoodx scarletx and johnx pistolx shall dunghill curs confront the heliconsx and shall good news be baffledx thenx pistolx lay thy head in furiesx lapx shallowx honest gentlemanx i know not your breedingx pistolx whyx thenx lament thereforex shallowx give me pardonx sirx ifx sirx you come with news from the courtx i take it therexs but two waysx either to utter them or conceal themx i amx sirx under the kingx in some authorityx pistolx under which kingx bezonianx speakx or diex shallowx under king harryx pistolx harry the fourthx or fifthx shallowx harry the fourthx pistolx a foutra for thine officex sir johnx thy tender lambkin now is kingx harry the fifthxs the manx i speak the truthx when pistol liesx do thisx and fig mex like the bragging spaniardx falstaffx whatx is the old king deadx pistolx as nail in doorx the things i speak are justx falstaffx awayx bardolphx saddle my horsex master robert shallowx choose what office thou wilt in the landx xtis thinex pistolx i will doublexcharge thee with dignitiesx bardolphx o joyful dayx i would not take a knighthood for my fortunex pistolx whatx i do bring good newsx falstaffx carry master silence to bedx master shallowx my lord shallowx be what thou wiltx i am fortunexs stewardx get on thy bootsx wexll ride all nightx o sweet pistolx awayx bardolphx xexit bardolphx comex pistolx utter more to mex and withal devise something to do thyself goodx bootx bootx master shallowx i know the young king is sick for mex let us take any manxs horsesx the laws of england are at my commandmentx blessed are they that have been my friendsx and woe to my lord chief justicex pistolx let vultures vile seize on his lungs alsox xwhere is the life that late i ledxx say theyx whyx here it isx welcome these pleasant daysx exeunt scene ivx londonx a street enter beadlesx dragging in hostess quickly and doll tearsheet hostessx nox thou arrant knavex i would to god that i might diex that i might have thee hangxdx thou hast drawn my shoulder out of jointx first beadlex the constables have delivered her over to mex and she shall have whippingxcheer enoughx i warrant herx there hath been a man or two lately killxd about herx dollx nutxhookx nutxhookx you liex come onx ixll tell thee whatx thou damnxd tripexvisagxd rascalx an the child i now go with do miscarryx thou wert better thou hadst struck thy motherx thou paperxfacxd villainx hostessx o the lordx that sir john were comex he would make this a bloody day to somebodyx but i pray god the fruit of her womb miscarryx first beadlex if it dox you shall have a dozen of cushions againx you have but eleven nowx comex i charge you both go with mex for the man is dead that you and pistol beat amongst youx dollx ixll tell you whatx you thin man in a censerx i will have you as soundly swingxd for thisx you bluexbottle roguex you filthy famishxd correctionerx if you be not swingxdx ixll forswear halfxkirtlesx first beadlex comex comex you she knightxerrantx comex hostessx o godx that right should thus overcome mightx wellx of sufferance comes easex dollx comex you roguex comex bring me to a justicex hostessx ayx comex you starvxd bloodhoundx dollx goodman deathx goodman bonesx hostessx thou atomyx thoux dollx comex you thin thingx comex you rascalx first beadlex very wellx exeunt scene vx westminsterx near the abbey enter groomsx strewing rushes first groomx more rushesx more rushesx second groomx the trumpets have sounded twicex third groomx xtwill be two oxclock ere they come from the coronationx dispatchx dispatchx exeunt trumpets soundx and the king and his train pass over the stagex after them enter falstaffx shallowx pistolx bardolphx and page falstaffx stand here by mex master robert shallowx i will make the king do you gracex i will leer upon himx as xa comes byx and do but mark the countenance that he will give mex pistolx god bless thy lungsx good knightx falstaffx come herex pistolx stand behind mex xto shallowx ox if i had had to have made new liveriesx i would have bestowed the thousand pound i borrowed of youx but xtis no matterx this poor show doth betterx this doth infer the zeal i had to see himx shallowx it doth sox falstaffx it shows my earnestness of affectionx shallowx it doth sox falstaffx my devotionx shallowx it dothx it dothx it dothx falstaffx as it werex to ride day and nightx and not to deliberatex not to rememberx not to have patience to shift mex shallowx it is bestx certainx falstaffx but to stand stained with travelx and sweating with desire to see himx thinking of nothing elsex putting all affairs else in oblivionx as if there were nothing else to be done but to see himx pistolx xtis xsemper idemx for xobsque hoc nihil estxx xtis all in every partx shallowx xtis sox indeedx pistolx my knightx i will inflame thy noble liver and make thee ragex thy dollx and helen of thy noble thoughtsx is in base durance and contagious prisonx halxd thither by most mechanical and dirty handx rouse up revenge from ebon den with fell alectoxs snakex for doll is inx pistol speaks nought but truthx falstaffx i will deliver herx xshoutsxwithinx and the trumpets soundx pistolx there roarxd the seax and trumpetxclangor soundsx enter the king and his trainx the lord chief justice among them falstaffx god save thy gracex king halx my royal halx pistolx the heavens thee guard and keepx most royal imp of famex falstaffx god save theex my sweet boyx kingx my lord chief justicex speak to that vain manx chief justicex have you your witsx know you what xtis you speakx falstaffx my kingx my jovex i speak to theex my heartx kingx i know thee notx old manx fall to thy prayersx how ill white hairs become a fool and jesterx i have long dreamt of such a kind of manx so surfeitxswellxdx so oldx and so profanex but being awakxdx i do despise my dreamx make less thy body hencex and more thy gracex leave gormandizingx know the grave doth gape for thee thrice wider than for other menx reply not to me with a foolxborn jestx presume not that i am the thing i wasx for god doth knowx so shall the world perceivex that i have turnxd away my former selfx so will i those that kept me companyx when thou dost hear i am as i have beenx approach mex and thou shalt be as thou wastx the tutor and the feeder of my riotsx till then i banish theex on pain of deathx as i have done the rest of my misleadersx not to come near our person by ten milex for competence of life i will allow youx that lack of means enforce you not to evilsx andx as we hear you do reform yourselvesx we willx according to your strengths and qualitiesx give you advancementx be it your chargex my lordx to see performxd the tenour of our wordx set onx exeunt the king and his train falstaffx master shallowx i owe you a thousand poundsx shallowx yeax marryx sir johnx which i beseech you to let me have home with mex falstaffx that can hardly bex master shallowx do not you grieve at thisx i shall be sent for in private to himx look youx he must seem thus to the worldx fear not your advancementsx i will be the man yet that shall make you greatx shallowx i cannot perceive howx unless you give me your doubletx and stuff me out with strawx i beseech youx good sir johnx let me have five hundred of my thousandx falstaffx sirx i will be as good as my wordx this that you heard was but a colourx shallowx a colour that i fear you will die inx sir johnx falstaffx fear no coloursx go with me to dinnerx comex lieutenant pistolx comex bardolphx i shall be sent for soon at nightx rexenter prince johnx the lord chief justicex with officers chief justicex gox carry sir john falstaff to the fleetx take all his company along with himx falstaffx my lordx my lordx chief justicex i cannot now speakx i will hear you soonx take them awayx pistolx si fortuna me tormentax spero me contentax exeunt all but prince john and the lord chief justice prince johnx i like this fair proceeding of the kingxsx he hath intent his wonted followers shall all be very well provided forx but all are banishxd till their conversations appear more wise and modest to the worldx chief justicex and so they arex prince johnx the king hath callxd his parliamentx my lordx chief justicex he hathx prince johnx i will lay odds thatx ere this year expirex we bear our civil swords and native fire as far as francex i heard a bird so singx whose musicx to my thinkingx pleasxd the kingx comex will you hencex exeunt epilogue epiloguex first my fearx then my curtsyx last my speechx my fearx is your displeasurex my curtsyx my dutyx and my speechx to beg your pardonsx if you look for a good speech nowx you undo mex for what i have to say is of mine own makingx and whatx indeedx i should say willx i doubtx prove mine own marringx but to the purposex and so to the venturex be it known to youx as it is very wellx i was lately here in the end of a displeasing playx to pray your patience for it and to promise you a betterx i meantx indeedx to pay you with thisx which if like an ill venture it come unluckily homex i breakx and youx my gentle creditorsx losex here i promisxd you i would bex and here i commit my body to your merciesx bate me somex and i will pay you somex andx as most debtors dox promise you infinitelyx and so i kneel down before youx butx indeedx to pray for the queenx if my tongue cannot entreat you to acquit mex will you command me to use my legsx and yet that were but light paymentxto dance out of your debtx but a good conscience will make any possible satisfactionx and so would ix all the gentlewomen here have forgiven mex if the gentlemen will notx then the gentlemen do not agree with the gentlewomenx which was never seen before in such an assemblyx one word morex i beseech youx if you be not too much cloyxd with fat meatx our humble author will continue the storyx with sir john in itx and make you merry with fair katherine of francex wherex for anything i knowx falstaff shall die of a sweatx unless already xa be killed with your hard opinionsx for oldcastle died a martyr and this is not the manx my tongue is wearyx when my legs are toox i will bid you good nightx the life of king henry v contents act i prologuex scene ix londonx an antexchamber in the kingxs palacex scene iix the samex the presence chamberx act ii chorusx scene ix londonx a streetx scene iix southamptonx a councilxchamberx scene iiix londonx before a tavernx scene ivx francex the kingxs palacex act iii chorusx scene ix francex before harfleurx scene iix the samex scene iiix before the gatesx scene ivx the french kingxs palacex scene vx the samex scene vix the english camp in picardyx scene viix the french campx near agincourtx act iv chorusx scene ix the english camp at agincourtx scene iix the french campx scene iiix the english campx scene ivx the field of battlex scene vx another part of the fieldx scene vix another part of the fieldx scene viix another part of the fieldx scene viiix before king henryxs pavilionx act v chorusx scene ix francex the english campx scene iix francex a royal palacex epiloguex dramatis personx king henry vx duke of clarencex brother to the kingx duke of bedfordx brother to the kingx duke of gloucesterx brother to the kingx duke of exeterx uncle to the kingx duke of yorkx cousin to the kingx earl of salisburyx earl of huntingdonx earl of westmorlandx earl of warwickx archbishop of canterburyx bishop of elyx earl of cambridgex lord scroopx sir thomas greyx sir thomas erpinghamx officer in king henryxs armyx gowerx officer in king henryxs armyx fluellenx officer in king henryxs armyx macmorrisx officer in king henryxs armyx jamyx officer in king henryxs armyx batesx soldier in the samex courtx soldier in the samex williamsx soldier in the samex pistolx nymx bardolphx boyx a heraldx charles vix king of francex lewisx the dauphinx duke of berryx duke of brittanyx duke of burgundyx duke of orleansx duke of bourbonx the constable of francex ramburesx french lordx grandprxx french lordx governor of harfleur montjoyx a french heraldx ambassadors to the king of englandx isabelx queen of francex katharinex daughter to charles and isabelx alicex a lady attending on herx hostess of a tavern in eastcheapx formerly mistress nell quicklyx and now married to pistolx chorusx lordsx ladiesx officersx soldiersx citizensx messengersx and attendantsx scenex englandx afterwards francex prologuex enter chorusx chorusx o for a muse of firex that would ascend the brightest heaven of inventionx a kingdom for a stagex princes to actx and monarchs to behold the swelling scenex then should the warlike harryx like himselfx assume the port of marsx and at his heelsx leashxd in like houndsx should faminex swordx and fire crouch for employmentx but pardonx gentles allx the flat unraised spirits that hath darxd on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an objectx can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of francex or may we cram within this wooden o the very casques that did affright the air at agincourtx o pardonx since a crooked figure may attest in little place a millionx and let usx ciphers to this great accomptx on your imaginary forces workx suppose within the girdle of these walls are now confinxd two mighty monarchiesx whose high upreared and abutting fronts the perilous narrow ocean parts asunderx piece out our imperfections with your thoughtsx into a thousand parts divide one manx and make imaginary puissancex thinkx when we talk of horsesx that you see them printing their proud hoofs ix thx receiving earthx for xtis your thoughts that now must deck our kingsx carry them here and therex jumping oxer timesx turning the accomplishment of many years into an hourxglassx for the which supplyx admit me chorus to this historyx who prologuexlike your humble patience prayx gently to hearx kindly to judgex our playx xxexitxxx act i scene ix londonx an antexchamber in the kingxs palacex enter the archbishop of canterbury and the bishop of elyx canterburyx my lordx ixll tell youx that self bill is urgxd which in the eleventh year of the last kingxs reign was likex and had indeed against us passed but that the scambling and unquiet time did push it out of farther questionx elyx but howx my lordx shall we resist it nowx canterburyx it must be thought onx if it pass against usx we lose the better half of our possessionx for all the temporal landsx which men devout by testament have given to the churchx would they strip from usx being valuxd thusx as much as would maintainx to the kingxs honourx full fifteen earls and fifteen hundred knightsx six thousand and two hundred good esquiresx andx to relief of lazars and weak agex of indigent faint souls past corporal toilx a hundred almshouses right well suppliedx and to the coffers of the king besidex a thousand pounds by thx yearx thus runs the billx elyx this would drink deepx canterburyx xtwould drink the cup and allx elyx but what preventionx canterburyx the king is full of grace and fair regardx elyx and a true lover of the holy churchx canterburyx the courses of his youth promisxd it notx the breath no sooner left his fatherxs body but that his wildnessx mortified in himx seemed to die toox yeax at that very moment consideration like an angel came and whipped thx offending adam out of himx leaving his body as a paradise tx envelope and contain celestial spiritsx never was such a sudden scholar madex never came reformation in a flood with such a heady currance scouring faultsx nor never hydraxheaded wilfulness so soon did lose his seatx and all at oncex as in this kingx elyx we are blessed in the changex canterburyx hear him but reason in divinity andx allxadmiringx with an inward wish you would desire the king were made a prelatex hear him debate of commonwealth affairsx you would say it hath been all in all his studyx list his discourse of warx and you shall hear a fearful battle rendered you in musicx turn him to any cause of policyx the gordian knot of it he will unloosex familiar as his garterx thatx when he speaksx the airx a chartered libertinex is stillx and the mute wonder lurketh in menxs ears to steal his sweet and honeyed sentencesx so that the art and practic part of life must be the mistress to this theoricx which is a wonder how his grace should glean itx since his addiction was to courses vainx his companies unletteredx rudex and shallowx his hours filled up with riotsx banquetsx sportsx and never noted in him any studyx any retirementx any sequestration from open haunts and popularityx elyx the strawberry grows underneath the nettlex and wholesome berries thrive and ripen best neighboured by fruit of baser qualityx and so the prince obscured his contemplation under the veil of wildnessx whichx no doubtx grew like the summer grassx fastest by nightx unseenx yet crescive in his facultyx canterburyx it must be sox for miracles are ceasedx and therefore we must needs admit the means how things are perfectedx elyx butx my good lordx how now for mitigation of this bill urged by the commonsx doth his majesty incline to itx or nox canterburyx he seems indifferentx or rather swaying more upon our part than cherishing thx exhibitors against usx for i have made an offer to his majestyx upon our spiritual convocation and in regard of causes now in handx which i have opened to his grace at largex as touching francex to give a greater sum than ever at one time the clergy yet did to his predecessors part withalx elyx how did this offer seem receivedx my lordx canterburyx with good acceptance of his majestyx save that there was not time enough to hearx as i perceived his grace would fain have donex the severals and unhidden passages of his true titles to some certain dukedomsx and generally to the crown and seat of francex derived from edwardx his greatxgrandfatherx elyx what was thx impediment that broke this offx canterburyx the french ambassador upon that instant craved audiencex and the hourx i thinkx is come to give him hearingx is it four oxclockx elyx it isx canterburyx then go we inx to know his embassyx which i could with a ready guess declare before the frenchman speak a word of itx elyx ixll wait upon youx and i long to hear itx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex the presence chamberx enter king henryx gloucesterx bedfordx clarencex warwickx westmorlandx exeter and attendantsx king henryx where is my gracious lord of canterburyx exeterx not here in presencex king henryx send for himx good unclex westmorlandx shall we call in thx ambassadorx my liegex king henryx not yetx my cousinx we would be resolvedx before we hear himx of some things of weight that task our thoughts concerning us and francex enter the archbishop of canterbury and the bishop of elyx canterburyx god and his angels guard your sacred throne and make you long become itx king henryx surex we thank youx my learned lordx we pray you to proceed and justly and religiously unfold why the law salic that they have in france or should or should not bar us in our claimx and god forbidx my dear and faithful lordx that you should fashionx wrestx or bow your readingx or nicely charge your understanding soul with opening titles miscreatex whose right suits not in native colours with the truthx for god doth know how many now in health shall drop their blood in approbation of what your reverence shall incite us tox therefore take heed how you impawn our personx how you awake our sleeping sword of warx we charge you in the name of godx take heedx for never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of bloodx whose guiltless drops are every one a woex a sore complaint xgainst him whose wrongs gives edge unto the swords that makes such waste in brief mortalityx under this conjuration speakx my lordx for we will hearx notex and believe in heart that what you speak is in your conscience washed as pure as sin with baptismx canterburyx then hear mex gracious sovereignx and you peersx that owe yourselvesx your livesx and services to this imperial thronex there is no bar to make against your highnessx claim to france but thisx which they produce from pharamondx xin terram salicam mulieres ne succedantxx xno woman shall succeed in salic landxx which salic land the french unjustly gloze to be the realm of francex and pharamond the founder of this law and female barx yet their own authors faithfully affirm that the land salic is in germanyx between the floods of sala and of elbex where charles the greatx having subduxd the saxonsx there left behind and settled certain frenchx whox holding in disdain the german women for some dishonest manners of their lifex establishxd then this lawx to witx no female should be inheritrix in salic landx which salicx as i saidx xtwixt elbe and salax is at this day in germany callxd meissenx then doth it well appear the salic law was not devised for the realm of francex nor did the french possess the salic land until four hundred one and twenty years after defunction of king pharamondx idly supposxd the founder of this lawx who died within the year of our redemption four hundred twentyxsixx and charles the great subduxd the saxonsx and did seat the french beyond the river salax in the year eight hundred fivex besidesx their writers sayx king pepinx which deposed childericx didx as heir generalx being descended of blithildx which was daughter to king clothairx make claim and title to the crown of francex hugh capet alsox who usurpxd the crown of charles the duke of lorrainex sole heir male of the true line and stock of charles the greatx to find his title with some shows of truthx thoughx in pure truthx it was corrupt and naughtx conveyxd himself as the heir to the lady lingarex daughter to charlemainx who was the son to lewis the emperorx and lewis the son of charles the greatx alsox king lewis the tenthx who was sole heir to the usurper capetx could not keep quiet in his consciencex wearing the crown of francex till satisfied that fair queen isabelx his grandmotherx was lineal of the lady ermengarex daughter to charlesx the foresaid duke of lorrainex by the which marriage the line of charles the great was rexunited to the crown of francex so thatx as clear as is the summerxs sunx king pepinxs title and hugh capetxs claimx king lewis his satisfactionx all appear to hold in right and title of the femalex so do the kings of france unto this dayx howbeit they would hold up this salic law to bar your highness claiming from the femalex and rather choose to hide them in a net than amply to imbar their crooked titles usurpxd from you and your progenitorsx king henryx may i with right and conscience make this claimx canterburyx the sin upon my headx dread sovereignx for in the book of numbers is it writx xwhen the man diesx let the inheritance descend unto the daughterxx gracious lordx stand for your ownx unwind your bloody flagx look back into your mighty ancestorsx gox my dread lordx to your greatxgrandsirexs tombx from whom you claimx invoke his warlike spiritx and your greatxunclexsx edward the black princex who on the french ground playxd a tragedyx making defeat on the full power of francex whiles his most mighty father on a hill stood smiling to behold his lionxs whelp forage in blood of french nobilityx o noble englishx that could entertain with half their forces the full pride of france and let another half stand laughing byx all out of work and cold for actionx elyx awake remembrance of these valiant deadx and with your puissant arm renew their featsx you are their heirx you sit upon their thronex the blood and courage that renowned them runs in your veinsx and my thricexpuissant liege is in the very mayxmorn of his youthx ripe for exploits and mighty enterprisesx exeterx your brother kings and monarchs of the earth do all expect that you should rouse yourselfx as did the former lions of your bloodx westmorlandx they know your grace hath cause and means and mightx so hath your highnessx never king of england had nobles richerx and more loyal subjectsx whose hearts have left their bodies here in england and lie pavilionxd in the fields of francex canterburyx ox let their bodies followx my dear liegex with blood and sword and fire to win your rightx in aid whereof we of the spiritualty will raise your highness such a mighty sum as never did the clergy at one time bring in to any of your ancestorsx king henryx we must not only arm to invade the frenchx but lay down our proportions to defend against the scotx who will make road upon us with all advantagesx canterburyx they of those marchesx gracious sovereignx shall be a wall sufficient to defend our inland from the pilfering borderersx king henryx we do not mean the coursing snatchers onlyx but fear the main intendment of the scotx who hath been still a giddy neighbour to usx for you shall read that my greatxgrandfather never went with his forces into france but that the scot on his unfurnishxd kingdom came pouringx like the tide into a breachx with ample and brim fullness of his forcex galling the gleaned land with hot assaysx girdling with grievous siege castles and townsx that englandx being empty of defencex hath shook and trembled at the ill neighbourhoodx canterburyx she hath been then more fearxd than harmxdx my liegex for hear her but examplxd by herselfx when all her chivalry hath been in francex and she a mourning widow of her noblesx she hath herself not only well defended but taken and impounded as a stray the king of scotsx whom she did send to france to fill king edwardxs fame with prisoner kingsx and make her chronicle as rich with praise as is the ooze and bottom of the sea with sunken wreck and sumless treasuriesx westmorlandx but therexs a saying very old and truex xif that you will france winx then with scotland first beginxx for once the eagle england being in preyx to her unguarded nest the weasel scot comes sneaking and so sucks her princely eggsx playing the mouse in absence of the catx to tear and havoc more than she can eatx exeterx it follows then the cat must stay at homex yet that is but a crushxd necessityx since we have locks to safeguard necessariesx and pretty traps to catch the petty thievesx while that the armed hand doth fight abroadx the advised head defends itself at homex for governmentx though high and low and lowerx put into partsx doth keep in one consentx congreeing in a full and natural closex like musicx canterburyx therefore doth heaven divide the state of man in divers functionsx setting endeavour in continual motionx to which is fixedx as an aim or buttx obediencex for so work the honeyxbeesx creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdomx they have a king and officers of sortsx where somex like magistratesx correct at homex others like merchantsx venture trade abroadx othersx like soldiersx armed in their stingsx make boot upon the summerxs velvet budsx which pillage they with merry march bring home to the tentxroyal of their emperorx whox busied in his majestyx surveys the singing masons building roofs of goldx the civil citizens kneading up the honeyx the poor mechanic porters crowding in their heavy burdens at his narrow gatex the sadxeyed justicex with his surly humx delivering oxer to executors pale the lazy yawning dronex i this inferx that many thingsx having full reference to one consentx may work contrariouslyx as many arrowsx loosed several waysx come to one markx as many ways meet in one townx as many fresh streams meet in one salt seax as many lines close in the dialxs centrex so many a thousand actionsx once afootx end in one purposex and be all well borne without defeatx therefore to francex my liegex divide your happy england into fourx whereof take you one quarter into francex and you withal shall make all gallia shakex if wex with thrice such powers left at homex cannot defend our own doors from the dogx let us be worried and our nation lose the name of hardiness and policyx king henryx call in the messengers sent from the dauphinx xxexeunt some attendantsxxx now are we well resolvxdx andx by godxs helpx and yoursx the noble sinews of our powerx france being oursx wexll bend it to our awex or break it all to piecesx or there wexll sitx ruling in large and ample empery oxer france and all her almost kingly dukedomsx or lay these bones in an unworthy urnx tomblessx with no remembrance over themx either our history shall with full mouth speak freely of our actsx or else our gravex like turkish mutex shall have a tongueless mouthx not worshippxd with a waxen epitaphx enter ambassadors of francex now are we well preparxd to know the pleasure of our fair cousin dauphinx for we hear your greeting is from himx not from the kingx first ambassadorx mayxt please your majesty to give us leave freely to render what we have in chargex or shall we sparingly show you far off the dauphinxs meaning and our embassyx king henryx we are no tyrantx but a christian kingx unto whose grace our passion is as subject as is our wretches fettxred in our prisonsx therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness tell us the dauphinxs mindx ambassadorx thusx thenx in fewx your highnessx lately sending into francex did claim some certain dukedomsx in the right of your great predecessorx king edward the thirdx in answer of which claimx the prince our master says that you savour too much of your youthx and bids you be advisxd therexs nought in france that can be with a nimble galliard wonx you cannot revel into dukedoms therex he therefore sends youx meeter for your spiritx this tun of treasurex andx in lieu of thisx desires you let the dukedoms that you claim hear no more of youx this the dauphin speaksx king henryx what treasurex unclex exeterx tennisxballsx my liegex king henryx we are glad the dauphin is so pleasant with usx his present and your pains we thank you forx when we have matchxd our rackets to these ballsx we willx in francex by godxs gracex play a set shall strike his fatherxs crown into the hazardx tell him he hath made a match with such a wrangler that all the courts of france will be disturbxd with chacesx and we understand him wellx how he comes oxer us with our wilder daysx not measuring what use we made of themx we never valuxd this poor seat of englandx and thereforex living hencex did give ourself to barbarous licencex as xtis ever common that men are merriest when they are from homex but tell the dauphin i will keep my statex be like a kingx and show my sail of greatness when i do rouse me in my throne of francex for that i have laid by my majesty and plodded like a man for working daysx but i will rise there with so full a glory that i will dazzle all the eyes of francex yeax strike the dauphin blind to look on usx and tell the pleasant prince this mock of his hath turnxd his balls to gunxstonesx and his soul shall stand sore charged for the wasteful vengeance that shall fly with themx for many a thousand widows shall this his mock mock out of their dear husbandsx mock mothers from their sonsx mock castles downx and some are yet ungotten and unborn that shall have cause to curse the dauphinxs scornx but this lies all within the will of godx to whom i do appealx and in whose name tell you the dauphin i am coming on to venge me as i mayx and to put forth my rightful hand in a wellxhallowxd causex so get you hence in peacex and tell the dauphin his jest will savour but of shallow witx when thousands weep more than did laugh at itxx convey them with safe conductxxfare you wellx xxexeunt ambassadorsxxx exeterx this was a merry messagex king henryx we hope to make the sender blush at itx thereforex my lordsx omit no happy hour that may give furtherance to our expeditionx for we have now no thought in us but francex save those to godx that run before our businessx thereforex let our proportions for these wars be soon collectedx and all things thought upon that may with reasonable swiftness add more feathers to our wingsx forx god beforex wexll chide this dauphin at his fatherxs doorx therefore let every man now task his thoughtx that this fair action may on foot be broughtx xxexeuntxxx act ii flourishx enter chorusx chorusx now all the youth of england are on firex and silken dalliance in the wardrobe liesx now thrive the armourersx and honourxs thought reigns solely in the breast of every manx they sell the pasture now to buy the horsex following the mirror of all christian kingsx with winged heelsx as english mercuriesx for now sits expectation in the airx and hides a sword from hilts unto the point with crowns imperialx crownsx and coronetsx promisxd to harry and his followersx the frenchx advisxd by good intelligence of this most dreadful preparationx shake in their fearx and with pale policy seek to divert the english purposesx o englandx model to thy inward greatnessx like little body with a mighty heartx what mightst thou dox that honour would thee dox were all thy children kind and naturalx but see thy faultx france hath in thee found out a nest of hollow bosomsx which he fills with treacherous crownsx and three corrupted menx onex richard earl of cambridgex and the secondx henry lord scroop of mashamx and the thirdx sir thomas greyx knight of northumberlandx havex for the gilt of francexxo guilt indeedxx confirmxd conspiracy with fearful francex and by their hands this grace of kings must diex if hell and treason hold their promisesx ere he take ship for francex and in southamptonx linger your patience onx and wexll digest the abuse of distancex force a playx the sum is paidx the traitors are agreedx the king is set from londonx and the scene is now transportedx gentlesx to southamptonx there is the playhouse nowx there must you sitx and thence to france shall we convey you safex and bring you backx charming the narrow seas to give you gentle passx forx if we mayx wexll not offend one stomach with our playx butx till the king come forthx and not till thenx unto southampton do we shift our scenex xxexitxxx scene ix londonx a streetx enter corporal nym and lieutenant bardolphx bardolphx well metx corporal nymx nymx good morrowx lieutenant bardolphx bardolphx whatx are ancient pistol and you friends yetx nymx for my partx i care notx i say littlex but when time shall servex there shall be smilesx but that shall be as it mayx i dare not fightx but i will wink and hold out mine ironx it is a simple onex but what thoughx it will toast cheesex and it will endure cold as another manxs sword willx and therexs an endx bardolphx i will bestow a breakfast to make you friendsx and wexll be all three sworn brothers to francex let it be sox good corporal nymx nymx faithx i will live so long as i mayx thatxs the certain of itx and when i cannot live any longerx i will do as i mayx that is my restx that is the rendezvous of itx bardolphx it is certainx corporalx that he is married to nell quicklyx and certainly she did you wrongx for you were trothxplight to herx nymx i cannot tellx things must be as they mayx men may sleepx and they may have their throats about them at that timex and some say knives have edgesx it must be as it mayx though patience be a tired marex yet she will plodx there must be conclusionsx wellx i cannot tellx enter pistol and hostessx bardolphx here comes ancient pistol and his wifex good corporalx be patient herex how nowx mine host pistolx pistolx base tikex callxst thou me hostx nowx by this handx i swear i scorn the termx nor shall my nell keep lodgersx hostessx nox by my trothx not longx for we cannot lodge and board a dozen or fourteen gentlewomen that live honestly by the prick of their needlesx but it will be thought we keep a bawdy house straightx xxnym and pistol drawxxx o well a dayx ladyx if he be not drawn nowx we shall see wilful adultery and murder committedx bardolphx good lieutenantx good corporalx offer nothing herex nymx pishx pistolx pish for theex iceland dogx thou prickxearxd cur of icelandx hostessx good corporal nymx show thy valourx and put up your swordx nymx will you shog offx i would have you xsolusxx pistolx xsolusxx egregious dogx o viper vilex the xsolusx in thy most mervailous facex the xsolusx in thy teethx and in thy throatx and in thy hateful lungsx yeax in thy mawx perdyx andx which is worsex within thy nasty mouthx i do retort the xsolusx in thy bowelsx for i can takex and pistolxs cock is upx and flashing fire will followx nymx i am not barbasonx you cannot conjure mex i have an humour to knock you indifferently wellx if you grow foul with mex pistolx i will scour you with my rapierx as i mayx in fair termsx if you would walk offx i would prick your guts a littlex in good termsx as i mayx and thatxs the humour of itx pistolx o braggart vile and damned furious wightx the grave doth gapex and doting death is nearx therefore exhalex bardolphx hear mex hear me what i sayx he that strikes the first stroke ixll run him up to the hiltsx as i am a soldierx xxdrawsxxx pistolx an oath of mickle mightx and fury shall abatex give me thy fistx thy forexfoot to me givex thy spirits are most tallx nymx i will cut thy throatx one time or otherx in fair termsx that is the humour of itx pistolx xcouple a gorgexx that is the wordx i thee defy againx o hound of cretex thinkxst thou my spouse to getx nox to the spital gox and from the powdering tub of infamy fetch forth the lazar kite of cressidxs kindx doll tearsheet she by namex and her espousex i havex and i will holdx the quondam quickly for the only shex and xpaucaxx therexs enoughx go tox enter the boyx boyx mine host pistolx you must come to my masterx and youx hostessx he is very sickx and would to bedx good bardolphx put thy face between his sheetsx and do the office of a warmingxpanx faithx hexs very illx bardolphx awayx you roguex hostessx by my trothx hexll yield the crow a pudding one of these daysx the king has killxd his heartx good husbandx come home presentlyx xxexeunt hostess and boyxxx bardolphx comex shall i make you two friendsx we must to france togetherx why the devil should we keep knives to cut one anotherxs throatsx pistolx let floods oxerswellx and fiends for food howl onx nymx youxll pay me the eight shillings i won of you at bettingx pistolx base is the slave that paysx nymx that now i will havex thatxs the humour of itx pistolx as manhood shall compoundx push homex xxthey drawxxx bardolphx by this swordx he that makes the first thrustx ixll kill himx by this swordx i willx pistolx sword is an oathx and oaths must have their coursex bardolphx corporal nymx and thou wilt be friendsx be friendsx an thou wilt notx whyx thenx be enemies with me toox pritheex put upx nymx i shall have my eight shillings i won from you at bettingx pistolx a noble shalt thou havex and present payx and liquor likewise will i give to theex and friendship shall combinex and brotherhoodx ixll live by nymx and nym shall live by mex is not this justx for i shall sutler be unto the campx and profits will accruex give me thy handx nymx i shall have my noblex pistolx in cash most justly paidx nymx wellx thenx thatxs the humour ofxtx enter hostessx hostessx as ever you come of womenx come in quickly to sir johnx ahx poor heartx he is so shakxd of a burning quotidian tertianx that it is most lamentable to beholdx sweet menx come to himx nymx the king hath run bad humours on the knightx thatxs the even of itx pistolx nymx thou hast spoke the rightx his heart is fracted and corroboratex nymx the king is a good kingx but it must be as it mayx he passes some humours and careersx pistolx let us condole the knightx forx lambkinsx we will livex xxexeuntxxx scene iix southamptonx a councilxchamberx enter exeterx bedford and westmorlandx bedfordx xfore godx his grace is boldx to trust these traitorsx exeterx they shall be apprehended by and byx westmorlandx how smooth and even they do bear themselvesx as if allegiance in their bosoms sat crowned with faith and constant loyaltyx bedfordx the king hath note of all that they intendx by interception which they dream not ofx exeterx nayx but the man that was his bedxfellowx whom he hath dullxd and cloyxd with gracious favoursx that he shouldx for a foreign pursex so sell his sovereignxs life to death and treacheryx trumpets soundx enter king henryx scroopx cambridge and greyx king henryx now sits the wind fairx and we will aboardx my lord of cambridgex and my kind lord of mashamx and youx my gentle knightx give me your thoughtsx think you not that the powers we bear with us will cut their passage through the force of francex doing the execution and the act for which we have in head assembled themx scroopx no doubtx my liegex if each man do his bestx king henryx i doubt not thatx since we are well persuaded we carry not a heart with us from hence that grows not in a fair consent with oursx nor leave not one behind that doth not wish success and conquest to attend on usx cambridgex never was monarch better fearxd and lovxd than is your majestyx therexs notx i thinkx a subject that sits in heartxgrief and uneasiness under the sweet shade of your governmentx greyx truex those that were your fatherxs enemies have steepxd their galls in honeyx and do serve you with hearts create of duty and of zealx king henryx we therefore have great cause of thankfulnessx and shall forget the office of our hand sooner than quittance of desert and merit according to the weight and worthinessx scroopx so service shall with steeled sinews toilx and labour shall refresh itself with hopex to do your grace incessant servicesx king henryx we judge no lessx uncle of exeterx enlarge the man committed yesterdayx that railxd against our personx we consider it was excess of wine that set him onx and on his more advice we pardon himx scroopx thatxs mercyx but too much securityx let him be punishxdx sovereignx lest example breedx by his sufferancex more of such a kindx king henryx ox let us yet be mercifulx cambridgex so may your highnessx and yet punish toox greyx sirx you show great mercy if you give him life after the taste of much correctionx king henryx alasx your too much love and care of me are heavy orisons xgainst this poor wretchx if little faultsx proceeding on distemperx shall not be winkxd atx how shall we stretch our eye when capital crimesx chewxdx swallowxdx and digestedx appear before usx wexll yet enlarge that manx though cambridgex scroopx and greyx in their dear care and tender preservation of our personx would have him punishxdx and now to our french causesx who are the late commissionersx cambridgex i onex my lordx your highness bade me ask for it todayx scroopx so did you mex my liegex greyx and ix my royal sovereignx king henryx thenx richard earl of cambridgex there is yoursx there yoursx lord scroop of mashamx andx sir knightx grey of northumberlandx this same is yoursx read themx and know i know your worthinessx my lord of westmorlandx and uncle exeterx we will aboard tonightxxwhyx how nowx gentlemenx what see you in those papers that you lose so much complexionxxlook yex how they changex their cheeks are paperxxwhyx what read you therex that have so cowarded and chasxd your blood out of appearancex cambridgex i do confess my faultx and do submit me to your highnessx mercyx greyx scroopx to which we all appealx king henryx the mercy that was quick in us but latex by your own counsel is suppressxd and killxdx you must not darex for shamex to talk of mercyx for your own reasons turn into your bosomsx as dogs upon their mastersx worrying youx see youx my princes and my noble peersx these english monstersx my lord of cambridge herex you know how apt our love was to accord to furnish him with an appertinents belonging to his honourx and this man hathx for a few light crownsx lightly conspirxd and sworn unto the practices of france to kill us here in hamptonx to the which this knightx no less for bounty bound to us than cambridge isx hath likewise swornx butx o what shall i say to theex lord scroopx thou cruelx ingratefulx savagex and inhuman creaturex thou that didst bear the key of all my counselsx that knewxst the very bottom of my soulx that almost mightst have coinxd me into goldx wouldst thou have practisxd on me for thy usexx may it be possible that foreign hire could out of thee extract one spark of evil that might annoy my fingerx xtis so strangex thatx though the truth of it stands off as gross as black and whitex my eye will scarcely see itx treason and murder ever kept togetherx as two yokexdevils sworn to eitherxs purposex working so grossly in a natural cause that admiration did not whoop at themx but thoux xgainst all proportionx didst bring in wonder to wait on treason and on murderx and whatsoever cunning fiend it was that wrought upon thee so preposterously hath got the voice in hell for excellencex and other devils that suggest by treasons do botch and bungle up damnation with patchesx coloursx and with forms being fetchxd from glistxring semblances of pietyx but he that temperxd thee bade thee stand upx gave thee no instance why thou shouldst do treasonx unless to dub thee with the name of traitorx if that same demon that hath gullxd thee thus should with his lion gait walk the whole worldx he might return to vasty tartar backx and tell the legionsx xi can never win a soul so easy as that englishmanxsxx ox how hast thou with jealousy infected the sweetness of affiancex show men dutifulx whyx so didst thoux seem they grave and learnedx whyx so didst thoux come they of noble familyx whyx so didst thoux seem they religiousx whyx so didst thoux or are they spare in dietx free from gross passion or of mirth or angerx constant in spiritx not swerving with the bloodx garnishxd and deckxd in modest complementx not working with the eye without the earx and but in purged judgement trusting neitherx such and so finely bolted didst thou seemx and thus thy fall hath left a kind of blot to mark the fullxfraught man and best indued with some suspicionx i will weep for theex for this revolt of thinex methinksx is like another fall of manx their faults are openx arrest them to the answer of the lawx and god acquit them of their practicesx exeterx i arrest thee of high treasonx by the name of richard earl of cambridgex i arrest thee of high treasonx by the name of henry lord scroop of mashamx i arrest thee of high treasonx by the name of thomas greyx knightx of northumberlandx scroopx our purposes god justly hath discoverxdx and i repent my fault more than my deathx which i beseech your highness to forgivex although my body pay the price of itx cambridgex for mex the gold of france did not seducex although i did admit it as a motive the sooner to effect what i intendedx but god be thanked for preventionx which i in sufferance heartily will rejoicex beseeching god and you to pardon mex greyx never did faithful subject more rejoice at the discovery of most dangerous treason than i do at this hour joy oxer myselfx prevented from a damned enterprisex my faultx but not my bodyx pardonx sovereignx king henryx god quit you in his mercyx hear your sentencex you have conspirxd against our royal personx joinxd with an enemy proclaimxdx and from his coffers received the golden earnest of our deathx wherein you would have sold your king to slaughterx his princes and his peers to servitudex his subjects to oppression and contemptx and his whole kingdom into desolationx touching our person seek we no revengex but we our kingdomxs safety must so tenderx whose ruin you have soughtx that to her laws we do deliver youx get you therefore hencex poor miserable wretchesx to your deathx the taste whereof god of his mercy give you patience to endurex and true repentance of all your dear offencesx bear them hencex xxexeunt cambridgex scroop and greyx guardedxxx nowx lordsx for francex the enterprise whereof shall be to youx as usx like gloriousx we doubt not of a fair and lucky warx since god so graciously hath brought to light this dangerous treason lurking in our way to hinder our beginningsx we doubt not now but every rub is smoothed on our wayx then forthx dear countrymenx let us deliver our puissance into the hand of godx putting it straight in expeditionx cheerly to seax the signs of war advancex no king of englandx if not king of francex xxflourishx exeuntxxx scene iiix londonx before a tavernx enter pistolx nymx bardolphx boy and hostessx hostessx pritheex honeyx sweet husbandx let me bring thee to stainesx pistolx nox for my manly heart doth yearnx bardolphx be blithex nymx rouse thy vaunting veinsx boyx bristle thy courage upx for falstaff he is deadx and we must yearn thereforex bardolphx would i were with himx wheresomexer he isx either in heaven or in hellx hostessx nayx surex hexs not in hellx hexs in arthurxs bosomx if ever man went to arthurxs bosomx xa made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom childx xa parted even just between twelve and onex even at the turning ox the tidex for after i saw him fumble with the sheetsx and play with flowersx and smile upon his fingersx endsx i knew there was but one wayx for his nose was as sharp as a penx and xa babbled of green fieldsx xhow nowx sir johnxx quoth ix xwhatx manx be ox good cheerxx so xa cried outx xgodx godx godxx three or four timesx now ix to comfort himx bid him xa should not think of godx i hopxd there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yetx so xa bade me lay more clothes on his feetx i put my hand into the bed and felt themx and they were as cold as any stonex then i felt to his kneesx and so upward and upwardx and all was as cold as any stonex nymx they say he cried out of sackx hostessx ayx that xa didx bardolphx and of womenx hostessx nayx that xa did notx boyx yesx that xa didx and said they were devils incarnatex hostessx xa could never abide carnationx xtwas a colour he never likedx boyx xa said oncex the devil would have him about womenx hostessx xa did in some sortx indeedx handle womenx but then he was rheumaticx and talkxd of the whore of babylonx boyx do you not rememberx xa saw a flea stick upon bardolphxs nosex and xa said it was a black soul burning in hellxfirex bardolphx wellx the fuel is gone that maintainxd that firex thatxs all the riches i got in his servicex nymx shall we shogx the king will be gone from southamptonx pistolx comex letxs awayx my lovex give me thy lipsx look to my chattels and my movablesx let senses rulex the word is xpitch and payxx trust nonex for oaths are strawsx menxs faiths are waferxcakes and holdxfast is the only dogx my duckx thereforex xcavetox be thy counsellorx gox clear thy crystalsx yokexfellows in armsx let us to francex like horsexleechesx my boysx to suckx to suckx the very blood to suckx boyx and thatxs but unwholesome foodx they sayx pistolx touch her soft mouthx and marchx bardolphx farewellx hostessx xxkissing herxxx nymx i cannot kissx that is the humour of itx butx adieux pistolx let housewifery appearx keep closex i thee commandx hostessx farewellx adieux xxexeuntxxx scene ivx francex the kingxs palacex flourishx enter the french kingx the dauphinx the dukes of berry and brittanyx the constable and othersx french kingx thus comes the english with full power upon usx and more than carefully it us concerns to answer royally in our defencesx therefore the dukes of berry and of brittanyx of brabant and of orleansx shall make forthx and youx prince dauphinx with all swift dispatchx to line and new repair our towns of war with men of courage and with means defendantx for england his approaches makes as fierce as waters to the sucking of a gulfx it fits us then to be as provident as fears may teach us out of late examples left by the fatal and neglected english upon our fieldsx dauphinx my most redoubted fatherx it is most meet we arm us xgainst the foex for peace itself should not so dull a kingdomx though war nor no known quarrel were in questionx but that defencesx mustersx preparationsx should be maintainxdx assembledx and collectedx as were a war in expectationx thereforex i sayx xtis meet we all go forth to view the sick and feeble parts of francex and let us do it with no show of fearx nox with no more than if we heard that england were busied with a whitsun morrisxdancex forx my good liegex she is so idly kingxdx her sceptre so fantastically borne by a vainx giddyx shallowx humorous youthx that fear attends her notx constablex o peacex prince dauphinx you are too much mistaken in this kingx question your grace the late ambassadors with what great state he heard their embassyx how well supplied with noble counsellorsx how modest in exceptionx and withal how terrible in constant resolutionx and you shall find his vanities forespent were but the outside of the roman brutusx covering discretion with a coat of follyx as gardeners do with ordure hide those roots that shall first spring and be most delicatex dauphinx wellx xtis not sox my lord high constablex but though we think it sox it is no matterx in cases of defence xtis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seemsx so the proportions of defence are fillxdx whichx of a weak and niggardly projectionx dothx like a miserx spoil his coat with scanting a little clothx french kingx think we king harry strongx andx princesx look you strongly arm to meet himx the kindred of him hath been fleshxd upon usx and he is bred out of that bloody strain that haunted us in our familiar pathsx witness our too much memorable shame when cressy battle fatally was struckx and all our princes captivxd by the hand of that black namex edwardx black prince of walesx whiles that his mountain sirex on mountain standingx up in the airx crownxd with the golden sunx saw his heroical seedx and smilxd to see himx mangle the work of nature and deface the patterns that by god and by french fathers had twenty years been madex this is a stem of that victorious stockx and let us fear the native mightiness and fate of himx enter a messengerx messengerx ambassadors from harry king of england do crave admittance to your majestyx french kingx wexll give them present audiencex gox and bring themx xxexeunt messenger and certain lordsxxx you see this chase is hotly followxdx friendsx dauphinx turn head and stop pursuitx for coward dogs most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten runs far before themx good my sovereignx take up the english shortx and let them know of what a monarchy you are the headx selfxlovex my liegex is not so vile a sin as selfxneglectingx enter exeterx french kingx from our brother of englandx exeterx from himx and thus he greets your majestyx he wills youx in the name of god almightyx that you divest yourselfx and lay apart the borrowed glories that by gift of heavenx by law of nature and of nationsx xlongs to him and to his heirsx namelyx the crown and all widexstretched honours that pertain by custom and the ordinance of times unto the crown of francex that you may know xtis no sinister nor no awkward claim pickxd from the wormxholes of longxvanishxd daysx nor from the dust of old oblivion rakxdx he sends you this most memorable linex in every branch truly demonstrativex willing you overlook this pedigreex and when you find him evenly derivxd from his most famxd of famous ancestorsx edward the thirdx he bids you then resign your crown and kingdomx indirectly held from himx the native and true challengerx french kingx or else what followsx exeterx bloody constraintx for if you hide the crown even in your heartsx there will he rake for itx therefore in fierce tempest is he comingx in thunder and in earthquakex like a jovex thatx if requiring failx he will compelx and bids youx in the bowels of the lordx deliver up the crownx and to take mercy on the poor souls for whom this hungry war opens his vasty jawsx and on your head turning the widowsx tearsx the orphansx criesx the dead menxs bloodx the pining maidensx groansx for husbandsx fathersx and betrothed loversx that shall be swallowed in this controversyx this is his claimx his threatxningx and my messagex unless the dauphin be in presence herex to whom expressly i bring greeting toox french kingx for usx we will consider of this furtherx tomorrow shall you bear our full intent back to our brother of englandx dauphinx for the dauphinx i stand here for himx what to him from englandx exeterx scorn and defiancex slight regardx contemptx and anything that may not misbecome the mighty senderx doth he prize you atx thus says my kingx an if your fatherxs highness do notx in grant of all demands at largex sweeten the bitter mock you sent his majestyx hexll call you to so hot an answer of it that caves and womby vaultages of france shall chide your trespass and return your mock in second accent of his ordinancex dauphinx sayx if my father render fair returnx it is against my willx for i desire nothing but odds with englandx to that endx as matching to his youth and vanityx i did present him with the paris ballsx exeterx hexll make your paris louvre shake for itx were it the mistressxcourt of mighty europex andx be assurxdx youxll find a differencex as we his subjects have in wonder foundx between the promise of his greener days and these he masters nowx now he weighs time even to the utmost grainx that you shall read in your own lossesx if he stay in francex french kingx tomorrow shall you know our mind at fullx xxflourishxxx exeterx dispatch us with all speedx lest that our king come here himself to question our delayx for he is footed in this land alreadyx french kingx you shall be soon dispatchxd with fair conditionsx a night is but small breath and little pause to answer matters of this consequencex xxexeuntxxx act iii flourishx enter chorusx chorusx thus with imaginxd wing our swift scene fliesx in motion of no less celerity than that of thoughtx suppose that you have seen the wellxappointed king at hampton pier embark his royaltyx and his brave fleet with silken streamers the young phoebus fanningx play with your fanciesx and in them behold upon the hempen tackle shipxboys climbingx hear the shrill whistle which doth order give to sounds confusxdx behold the threaden sailsx borne with the invisible and creeping windx draw the huge bottoms through the furrowxd seax breasting the lofty surgex ox do but think you stand upon the rivage and behold a city on the inconstant billows dancingx for so appears this fleet majesticalx holding due course to harfleurx followx followx grapple your minds to sternage of this navyx and leave your englandx as dead midnight stillx guarded with grandsiresx babiesx and old womenx either past or not arrivxd to pith and puissancex for who is hex whose chin is but enrichxd with one appearing hairx that will not follow these cullxd and choicexdrawn cavaliers to francex workx work your thoughtsx and therein see a siegex behold the ordnance on their carriagesx with fatal mouths gaping on girded harfleurx suppose the ambassador from the french comes backx tells harry that the king doth offer him katharine his daughterx and with herx to dowryx some petty and unprofitable dukedomsx the offer likes notx and the nimble gunner with linstock now the devilish cannon touchesx xxalarumx and chambers go offxxx and down goes all before themx still be kindx and eke out our performance with your mindx xxexitxxx scene ix francex before harfleurx alarumx enter king henryx exeterx bedfordx gloucester and soldiersx with scalingxladdersx king henryx once more unto the breachx dear friendsx once morex or close the wall up with our english deadx in peace therexs nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humilityx but when the blast of war blows in our earsx then imitate the action of the tigerx stiffen the sinewsx summon up the bloodx disguise fair nature with hardxfavourxd ragex then lend the eye a terrible aspectx let it pry through the portage of the head like the brass cannonx let the brow oxerwhelm it as fearfully as does a galled rock oxerhang and jutty his confounded basex swillxd with the wild and wasteful oceanx now set the teeth and stretch the nostril widex hold hard the breathx and bend up every spirit to his full heightx onx onx you noblest englishx whose blood is fet from fathers of warxproofx fathers thatx like so many alexandersx have in these parts from morn till even foughtx and sheathxd their swords for lack of argumentx dishonour not your mothersx now attest that those whom you callxd fathers did beget youx be copy now to men of grosser bloodx and teach them how to warx and youx good yeomenx whose limbs were made in englandx show us here the mettle of your pasturex let us swear that you are worth your breedingx which i doubt notx for there is none of you so mean and basex that hath not noble lustre in your eyesx i see you stand like greyhounds in the slipsx straining upon the startx the gamexs afootx follow your spiritx and upon this charge cryx xgod for harryx england and saint georgexx xxexeuntx alarumx and chambers go offxxx scene iix the samex enter nymx bardolphx pistol and boyx bardolphx onx onx onx onx onx to the breachx to the breachx nymx pray theex corporalx stayx the knocks are too hotx andx for mine own partx i have not a case of livesx the humour of it is too hotx that is the very plainxsong of itx pistolx the plainxsong is most justx for humours do aboundx knocks go and comex godxs vassals drop and diex and sword and shieldx in bloody fieldx doth win immortal famex boyx would i were in an alehouse in londonx i would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safetyx pistolx and ix if wishes would prevail with mex my purpose should not fail with mex but thither would i hiex boyx as dulyx but not as trulyx as bird doth sing on boughx enter fluellenx fluellenx up to the breachx you dogsx avauntx you cullionsx xxdriving them forwardxxx pistolx be mercifulx great dukex to men of mouldx abate thy ragex abate thy manly ragex abate thy ragex great dukex good bawcockx bate thy ragex use lenityx sweet chuckx nymx these be good humoursx your honour wins bad humoursx xxexeunt all but boyxxx boyx as young as i amx i have observxd these three swashersx i am boy to them all threex but all they threex though they would serve mex could not be man to mex for indeed three such antics do not amount to a manx for bardolphx he is whitexliverxd and redxfacxdx by the means whereof xa faces it outx but fights notx for pistolx he hath a killing tongue and a quiet swordx by the means whereof xa breaks wordsx and keeps whole weaponsx for nymx he hath heard that men of few words are the best menx and therefore he scorns to say his prayersx lest xa should be thought a cowardx but his few bad words are matchxd with as few good deedsx for xa never broke any manxs head but his ownx and that was against a post when he was drunkx they will steal anythingx and call it purchasex bardolph stole a lutexcasex bore it twelve leaguesx and sold it for three halfxpencex nym and bardolph are sworn brothers in filchingx and in calais they stole a firexshovelx i knew by that piece of service the men would carry coalsx they would have me as familiar with menxs pockets as their gloves or their handkerchersx which makes much against my manhoodx if i should take from anotherxs pocket to put into minex for it is plain pocketing up of wrongsx i must leave themx and seek some better servicex their villainy goes against my weak stomachx and therefore i must cast it upx xxexitxxx enter gower and fluellenx gowerx captain fluellenx you must come presently to the minesx the duke of gloucester would speak with youx fluellenx to the minesx tell you the dukex it is not so good to come to the minesx forx look youx the mines is not according to the disciplines of the warx the concavities of it is not sufficientx forx look youx the athversaryx you may discuss unto the dukex look youx is digt himself four yard under the counterminesx by cheshux i think xa will plow up allx if there is not better directionsx gowerx the duke of gloucesterx to whom the order of the siege is givenx is altogether directed by an irishmanx a very valiant gentlemanx ix faithx fluellenx it is captain macmorrisx is it notx gowerx i think it bex fluellenx by cheshux he is an assx as in the worldx i will verify as much in his beardx he has no more directions in the true disciplines of the warsx look youx of the roman disciplinesx than is a puppyxdogx enter macmorris and captain jamyx gowerx here xa comesx and the scots captainx captain jamyx with himx fluellenx captain jamy is a marvellous falorous gentlemanx that is certainx and of great expedition and knowledge in the anchient warsx upon my particular knowledge of his directionsx by cheshux he will maintain his argument as well as any military man in the worldx in the disciplines of the pristine wars of the romansx jamyx i say gudxdayx captain fluellenx fluellenx godxden to your worshipx good captain jamesx gowerx how nowx captain macmorrisx have you quit the minesx have the pioneers given oxerx macmorrisx by chrishx lax xtish ill donex the work ish give overx the trompet sound the retreatx by my hand i swearx and my fatherxs soulx the work ish ill donex it ish give overx i would have blowed up the townx so chrish save mex lax in an hourx ox xtish ill donex xtish ill donex by my handx xtish ill donex fluellenx captain macmorrisx i beseech you nowx will you voutsafe mex look youx a few disputations with youx as partly touching or concerning the disciplines of the warx the roman warsx in the way of argumentx look youx and friendly communicationx partly to satisfy my opinionx and partly for the satisfactionx look youx of my mindx as touching the direction of the military disciplinex that is the pointx jamyx it sall be vary gudx gud feithx gud captains bathx and i sall quit you with gud levex as i may pick occasionx that sall ix marryx macmorrisx it is no time to discoursex so chrish save mex the day is hotx and the weatherx and the warsx and the kingx and the dukesx it is no time to discoursex the town is beseechxdx and the trumpet call us to the breachx and we talkx andx be chrishx do nothingx xtis shame for us allx so god sax mex xtis shame to stand stillx it is shamex by my handx and there is throats to be cutx and works to be donex and there ish nothing donex so chrish sax mex lax jamyx by the messx ere theise eyes of mine take themselves to slomberx ixll de gud servicex or ixll lig ix the grund for itx ayx or go to deathx and ixll payxt as valorously as i mayx that sall i suerly dox that is the breff and the longx marryx i wad full fain heard some question xtween you twayx fluellenx captain macmorrisx i thinkx look youx under your correctionx there is not many of your nationx macmorrisx of my nationx what ish my nationx ish a villainx and a bastardx and a knavex and a rascalx what ish my nationx who talks of my nationx fluellenx look youx if you take the matter otherwise than is meantx captain macmorrisx peradventure i shall think you do not use me with that affability as in discretion you ought to use mex look youx being as good a man as yourselfx both in the disciplines of warx and in the derivation of my birthx and in other particularitiesx macmorrisx i do not know you so good a man as myselfx so chrish save mex i will cut off your headx gowerx gentlemen bothx you will mistake each otherx jamyx ahx thatxs a foul faultx xxa parley soundedxxx gowerx the town sounds a parleyx fluellenx captain macmorrisx when there is more better opportunity to be requiredx look youx i will be so bold as to tell you i know the disciplines of warx and there is an endx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix before the gatesx the governor and some citizens on the wallsx the english forces belowx enter king henry and his trainx king henryx how yet resolves the governor of the townx this is the latest parle we will admitx therefore to our best mercy give yourselvesx or like to men proud of destruction defy us to our worstx forx as i am a soldierx a name that in my thoughts becomes me bestx if i begin the battery once againx i will not leave the halfxachieved harfleur till in her ashes she lie buriedx the gates of mercy shall be all shut upx and the fleshxd soldierx rough and hard of heartx in liberty of bloody hand shall range with conscience wide as hellx mowing like grass your fresh fair virgins and your flowxring infantsx what is it then to mex if impious warx arrayxd in flames like to the prince of fiendsx do with his smirchxd complexion all fell feats enlinkxd to waste and desolationx what isxt to mex when you yourselves are causex if your pure maidens fall into the hand of hot and forcing violationx what rein can hold licentious wickedness when down the hill he holds his fierce careerx we may as bootless spend our vain command upon the enraged soldiers in their spoil as send precepts to the leviathan to come ashorex thereforex you men of harfleurx take pity of your town and of your peoplex whiles yet my soldiers are in my commandx whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace oxerblows the filthy and contagious clouds of heady murderx spoilx and villainyx if notx whyx in a moment look to see the blind and bloody soldier with foul hand defile the locks of your shrillxshrieking daughtersx your fathers taken by the silver beardsx and their most reverend heads dashxd to the wallsx your naked infants spitted upon pikesx whiles the mad mothers with their howls confusxd do break the cloudsx as did the wives of jewry at herodxs bloodyxhunting slaughtermenx what say youx will you yieldx and this avoidx orx guilty in defencex be thus destroyxdx governorx our expectation hath this day an endx the dauphinx whom of succours we entreatedx returns us that his powers are yet not ready to raise so great a siegex thereforex great kingx we yield our town and lives to thy soft mercyx enter our gatesx dispose of us and oursx for we no longer are defensiblex king henryx open your gatesx comex uncle exeterx go you and enter harfleurx there remainx and fortify it strongly xgainst the frenchx use mercy to them allx for usx dear unclex the winter coming onx and sickness growing upon our soldiersx we will retire to calaisx tonight in harfleur will we be your guestx tomorrow for the march are we addrestx flourishx the king and his train enter the townx scene ivx the french kingxs palacex enter katharine and alicex an old gentlewomanx katharinex xalicex tu as xtx en angleterrex et tu parles bien le langagexx alicex xun peux madamexx katharinex xje te priex mxenseignezx il faut que jxapprenne x parlerx comment appelezxvous la main en anglaisxx alicex xla mainx elle est appelxex de handx katharinex de handx xet les doigtsxx alicex xles doigtsx ma foix jxoublie les doigtsx mais je me souviendraix les doigtsx je pense quxils sont appelxsx de fingresx xouixx de fingresx katharinex xla mainxx de handx xles doigtsxx de fingresx xje pense que je suis le bon xcolierx jxai gagnx deux mots dxanglais vitementx comment appelezxvous les onglesxx alicex xles onglesx nous les appelonsx de nailsx katharinex de nailsx xxcoutezx ditesxmoix si je parle bienxx de handx de fingresx xetx de nailsx alicex xcxest bien ditx madamex il est fort bon anglaisxx katharinex xditesxmoi lxanglais pour le brasxx alicex de armx xmadamexx katharinex xet le coudexx alicex dxelbowx katharinex dxelbowx xje mxen fais la rxpxtition de tous les mots que vous mxavez appris dxs x prxsentxx alicex xil est trop difficilex madamex comme je pensexx katharinex xexcusezxmoix alicex xcoutezxx dxhandx de fingresx de nailsx dxarmx de bilbowx alicex dxelbowx xmadamexx katharinex xo seigneur dieux je mxen oubliexx dxelbowx xcomment appelezxvous le colxx alicex de nickx xmadamexx katharinex de nickx xet le mentonxx alicex de chinx katharinex de sinx xle colxx de nickx xle mentonxx de sinx alicex xouix sauf votre honneurx en vxritxx vous prononcez les mots aussi droit que les natifs dxangleterrexx katharinex xje ne doute point dxapprendrex par la grxce de dieux et en peu de tempsxx alicex xnxavezxvous pas dxjx oublix ce que je vous ai enseignxxx katharinex xnonx je rxciterai x vous promptementxx dxhandx de fingresx de mailsxx alicex de nailsx xmadamexx katharinex de nailsx de armx de ilbowx alicex xsauf votre honneurxx de elbowx katharinex xainsi disxjexx dxelbowx de nickx xetx de sinx xcomment appelezxvous le pied et la robexx alicex de footx xmadamex etx de counx katharinex de foot xetx de counx xo seigneur dieux ils sont les mots de son mauvaisx corruptiblex grosx et impudiquex et non pour les dames dxhonneur dxuserx je ne voudrais prononcer ces mots devant les seigneurs de france pour tout le mondex fohxx le foot xetx le counx xnxanmoinsx je rxciterai une autre fois ma lexon ensemblexx dxhandx de fingresx de nailsx dxarmx dxelbowx de nickx de sinx de footx de counx alicex xexcellentx madamexx katharinex xcxest assez pour une foisx allonsxnous x dxnerxx xxexeuntxxx scene vx the samex enter the king of francex the dauphinx the duke of bourbonx the constable of france and othersx french kingx xtis certain he hath passxd the river sommex constablex and if he be not fought withalx my lordx let us not live in francex let us quit all and give our vineyards to a barbarous peoplex dauphinx xo dieu vivantxx shall a few sprays of usx the emptying of our fathersx luxuryx our scions put in wild and savage stockx spirt up so suddenly into the cloudsx and overlook their graftersx bourbonx normansx but bastard normansx norman bastardsx xmort de ma viexx if they march along unfought withalx but i will sell my dukedomx to buy a slobbery and a dirty farm in that nookxshotten isle of albionx constablex xdieu de bataillesxx where have they this mettlex is not their climate foggyx rawx and dullx on whomx as in despitex the sun looks palex killing their fruit with frownsx can sodden waterx a drench for surxreinxd jadesx their barleyxbrothx decoct their cold blood to such valiant heatx and shall our quick bloodx spirited with winex seem frostyx ox for honour of our landx let us not hang like roping icicles upon our housesx thatchx whiles a more frosty people sweat drops of gallant youth in our rich fieldsx poor we may call them in their native lordsx dauphinx by faith and honourx our madams mock at usx and plainly say our mettle is bred outx and they will give their bodies to the lust of english youth to newxstore france with bastard warriorsx bourbonx they bid us to the english dancingxschoolsx and teach lavoltas highx and swift corantosx saying our grace is only in our heelsx and that we are most lofty runawaysx french kingx where is montjoy the heraldx speed him hencex let him greet england with our sharp defiancex upx princesx andx with spirit of honour edged more sharper than your swordsx hie to the fieldx charles delabrethx high constable of francex you dukes of orleansx bourbonx and of berryx alenxonx brabantx barx and burgundyx jacques chatillonx ramburesx vaudemontx beaumontx grandprxx roussix and fauconbridgex foixx lestralex boucicaultx and charoloisx high dukesx great princesx baronsx lordsx and knightsx for your great seats now quit you of great shamesx bar harry englandx that sweeps through our land with pennons painted in the blood of harfleurx rush on his hostx as doth the melted snow upon the valleysx whose low vassal seat the alps doth spit and void his rheum uponx go down upon himx you have power enoughx and in a captive chariot into rouen bring him our prisonerx constablex this becomes the greatx sorry am i his numbers are so fewx his soldiers sick and famishxd in their marchx for i am surex when he shall see our armyx hexll drop his heart into the sink of fear and for achievement offer us his ransomx french kingx thereforex lord constablex haste on montjoyx and let him say to england that we send to know what willing ransom he will givex prince dauphinx you shall stay with us in rouenx dauphinx not sox i do beseech your majestyx french kingx be patientx for you shall remain with usx now forthx lord constable and princes allx and quickly bring us word of englandxs fallx xxexeuntxxx scene vix the english camp in picardyx enter gower and fluellenx meetingx gowerx how nowx captain fluellenx come you from the bridgex fluellenx i assure youx there is very excellent services committed at the bridgex gowerx is the duke of exeter safex fluellenx the duke of exeter is as magnanimous as agamemnonx and a man that i love and honour with my soulx and my heartx and my dutyx and my lifex and my livingx and my uttermost powerx he is notxgod be praised and blessedxxany hurt in the worldx but keeps the bridge most valiantlyx with excellent disciplinex there is an anchient lieutenant there at the pridgex i think in my very conscience he is as valiant a man as mark antonyx and he is a man of no estimation in the worldx but i did see him do as gallant servicex gowerx what do you call himx fluellenx he is callxd anchient pistolx gowerx i know him notx enter pistolx fluellenx here is the manx pistolx captainx i thee beseech to do me favoursx the duke of exeter doth love thee wellx fluellenx ayx i praise godx and i have merited some love at his handsx pistolx bardolphx a soldierx firm and sound of heartx and of buxom valourx hath by cruel fate and giddy fortunexs furious fickle wheelx that goddess blindx that stands upon the rolling restless stonex fluellenx by your patiencex anchient pistolx fortune is painted blindx with a muffler afore his eyesx to signify to you that fortune is blindx and she is painted also with a wheelx to signify to youx which is the moral of itx that she is turningx and inconstantx and mutabilityx and variationx and her footx look youx is fixed upon a spherical stonex which rollsx and rollsx and rollsx in good truthx the poet makes a most excellent description of itx fortune is an excellent moralx pistolx fortune is bardolphxs foex and frowns on himx for he hath stolen a paxx and hanged must xa bexx a damned deathx let gallows gape for dogx let man go freex and let not hemp his windpipe suffocatex but exeter hath given the doom of death for pax of little pricex thereforex go speakx the duke will hear thy voicex and let not bardolphxs vital thread be cut with edge of penny cord and vile reproachx speakx captainx for his lifex and i will thee requitex fluellenx anchient pistolx i do partly understand your meaningx pistolx why thenx rejoice thereforex fluellenx certainlyx anchientx it is not a thing to rejoice atx for ifx look youx he were my brotherx i would desire the duke to use his good pleasurex and put him to executionx for discipline ought to be usedx pistolx die and be damnxdx and xficox for thy friendshipx fluellenx it is wellx pistolx the fig of spainx xxexitxxx fluellenx very goodx gowerx whyx this is an arrant counterfeit rascalx i remember him nowx a bawdx a cutpursex fluellenx ixll assure youx xa uttered as prave words at the pridge as you shall see in a summerxs dayx but it is very wellx what he has spoke to mex that is wellx i warrant youx when time is servex gowerx whyx xt is a gullx a foolx a roguex that now and then goes to the warsx to grace himself at his return into london under the form of a soldierx and such fellows are perfect in the great commandersx namesx and they will learn you by rote where services were donex at such and such a sconcex at such a breachx at such a convoyx who came off bravelyx who was shotx who disgracxdx what terms the enemy stood onx and this they con perfectly in the phrase of warx which they trick up with newxtuned oathsx and what a beard of the generalxs cut and a horrid suit of the camp will do among foaming bottles and alexwashxd witsx is wonderful to be thought onx but you must learn to know such slanders of the agex or else you may be marvellously mistookx fluellenx i tell you whatx captain gowerx i do perceive he is not the man that he would gladly make show to the world he isx if i find a hole in his coatx i will tell him my mindx xxdrum heardxxx hark youx the king is comingx and i must speak with him from the pridgex drum and coloursx enter king henryx gloucester and his poor soldiersx god bless your majestyx king henryx how nowx fluellenx camxst thou from the bridgex fluellenx ayx so please your majestyx the duke of exeter has very gallantly maintainxd the pridgex the french is gone offx look youx and there is gallant and most prave passagesx marryx thx athversary was have possession of the pridgex but he is enforced to retirex and the duke of exeter is master of the pridgex i can tell your majestyx the duke is a prave manx king henryx what men have you lostx fluellenx fluellenx the perdition of the athversary hath been very greatx reasonable greatx marryx for my partx i think the duke hath lost never a manx but one that is like to be executed for robbing a churchx one bardolphx if your majesty know the manx his face is all bubuklesx and whelksx and knobsx and flames ox firex and his lips blows at his nosex and it is like a coal of firex sometimes plue and sometimes redx but his nose is executedx and his firexs outx king henryx we would have all such offenders so cut offx and we give express chargex that in our marches through the countryx there be nothing compellxd from the villagesx nothing taken but paid forx none of the french upbraided or abused in disdainful languagex for when lenity and cruelty play for a kingdomx the gentler gamester is the soonest winnerx tucketx enter montjoyx montjoyx you know me by my habitx king henryx well then i know theex what shall i know of theex montjoyx my masterxs mindx king henryx unfold itx montjoyx thus says my kingx say thou to harry of englandx though we seemxd deadx we did but sleepx advantage is a better soldier than rashnessx tell him we could have rebukxd him at harfleurx but that we thought not good to bruise an injury till it were full ripex now we speak upon our cuex and our voice is imperialx england shall repent his follyx see his weaknessx and admire our sufferancex bid him therefore consider of his ransomx which must proportion the losses we have bornex the subjects we have lostx the disgrace we have digestedx which in weight to rexanswerx his pettishness would bow underx for our lossesx his exchequer is too poorx for the effusion of our bloodx the muster of his kingdom too faint a numberx and for our disgracex his own personx kneeling at our feetx but a weak and worthless satisfactionx to this add defiancex and tell himx for conclusionx he hath betrayed his followersx whose condemnation is pronouncxdx so far my king and masterx so much my officex king henryx what is thy namex i know thy qualityx montjoyx montjoyx king henryx thou dost thy office fairlyx turn thee backx and tell thy king i do not seek him nowx but could be willing to march on to calais without impeachmentx forx to say the soothx though xtis no wisdom to confess so much unto an enemy of craft and vantagex my people are with sickness much enfeebledx my numbers lessenxdx and those few i have almost no better than so many frenchx who when they were in healthx i tell theex heraldx i thought upon one pair of english legs did march three frenchmenx yetx forgive mex godx that i do brag thusx this your air of france hath blown that vice in mex i must repentx go thereforex tell thy master here i amx my ransom is this frail and worthless trunkx my army but a weak and sickly guardx yetx god beforex tell him we will come onx though france himself and such another neighbour stand in our wayx therexs for thy labourx montjoyx gox bid thy master well advise himselfx if we may passx we willx if we be hindxredx we shall your tawny ground with your red blood discolourx and sox montjoyx fare you wellx the sum of all our answer is but thisx we would not seek a battlex as we arex norx as we arex we say we will not shun itx so tell your masterx montjoyx i shall deliver sox thanks to your highnessx xxexitxxx gloucesterx i hope they will not come upon us nowx king henryx we are in godxs handsx brotherx not in theirsx march to the bridgex it now draws toward nightx beyond the river wexll encamp ourselvesx and on tomorrow bid them march awayx xxexeuntxxx scene viix the french campx near agincourtx enter the constable of francex the lord ramburesx orleansx dauphin with othersx constablex tutx i have the best armour of the worldx would it were dayx orleansx you have an excellent armourx but let my horse have his duex constablex it is the best horse of europex orleansx will it never be morningx dauphinx my lord of orleansx and my lord high constablex you talk of horse and armourx orleansx you are as well provided of both as any prince in the worldx dauphinx what a long night is thisx i will not change my horse with any that treads but on four pasternsx chxhax he bounds from the earthx as if his entrails were hairsx xle cheval volantxx the pegasusx xqui a les narines de feuxx when i bestride himx i soarx i am a hawkx he trots the airx the earth sings when he touches itx the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of hermesx orleansx hexs of the colour of the nutmegx dauphinx and of the heat of the gingerx it is a beast for perseusx he is pure air and firex and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in himx but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts himx he is indeed a horsex and all other jades you may call beastsx constablex indeedx my lordx it is a most absolute and excellent horsex dauphinx it is the prince of palfreysx his neigh is like the bidding of a monarchx and his countenance enforces homagex orleansx no morex cousinx dauphinx nayx the man hath no wit that cannotx from the rising of the lark to the lodging of the lambx vary deserved praise on my palfreyx it is a theme as fluent as the seax turn the sands into eloquent tonguesx and my horse is argument for them allx xtis a subject for a sovereign to reason onx and for a sovereignxs sovereign to ride onx and for the worldx familiar to us and unknownx to lay apart their particular functions and wonder at himx i once writ a sonnet in his praise and began thusx xwonder of naturexxx orleansx i have heard a sonnet begin so to onexs mistressx dauphinx then did they imitate that which i composxd to my courserx for my horse is my mistressx orleansx your mistress bears wellx dauphinx me wellx which is the prescript praise and perfection of a good and particular mistressx constablex nayx for methought yesterday your mistress shrewdly shook your backx dauphinx so perhaps did yoursx constablex mine was not bridledx dauphinx o then belike she was old and gentlex and you rodex like a kern of irelandx your french hose offx and in your strait strossersx constablex you have good judgment in horsemanshipx dauphinx be warnxd by mex thenx they that ride so and ride not warilyx fall into foul bogsx i had rather have my horse to my mistressx constablex i had as lief have my mistress a jadex dauphinx i tell theex constablex my mistress wears his own hairx constablex i could make as true a boast as thatx if i had a sow to my mistressx dauphinx xxle chien est retournx x son propre vomissementx et la truie lavxe au bourbierxxx thou makxst use of anythingx constablex yet do i not use my horse for my mistressx or any such proverb so little kin to the purposex ramburesx my lord constablex the armour that i saw in your tent tonightx are those stars or suns upon itx constablex starsx my lordx dauphinx some of them will fall tomorrowx i hopex constablex and yet my sky shall not wantx dauphinx that may bex for you bear a many superfluouslyx and xtwere more honour some were awayx constablex even as your horse bears your praisesx who would trot as wellx were some of your brags dismountedx dauphinx would i were able to load him with his desertx will it never be dayx i will trot tomorrow a milex and my way shall be paved with english facesx constablex i will not say sox for fear i should be facxd out of my wayx but i would it were morningx for i would fain be about the ears of the englishx ramburesx who will go to hazard with me for twenty prisonersx constablex you must first go yourself to hazardx ere you have themx dauphinx xtis midnightx ixll go arm myselfx xxexitxxx orleansx the dauphin longs for morningx ramburesx he longs to eat the englishx constablex i think he will eat all he killsx orleansx by the white hand of my ladyx hexs a gallant princex constablex swear by her foot that she may tread out the oathx orleansx he is simply the most active gentleman of francex constablex doing is activityx and he will still be doingx orleansx he never did harmx that i heard ofx constablex nor will do none tomorrowx he will keep that good name stillx orleansx i know him to be valiantx constablex i was told that by one that knows him better than youx orleansx whatxs hex constablex marryx he told me so himselfx and he said he carxd not who knew itx orleansx he needs notx it is no hidden virtue in himx constablex by my faithx sirx but it isx never anybody saw it but his lackeyx xtis a hooded valourx and when it appearsx it will batex orleansx xill will never said wellxx constablex i will cap that proverb with xthere is flattery in friendshipxx orleansx and i will take up that with xgive the devil his duexx constablex well placxdx there stands your friend for the devilx have at the very eye of that proverb with xa pox of the devilxx orleansx you are the better at proverbsx by how much xa foolxs bolt is soon shotxx constablex you have shot overx orleansx xtis not the first time you were overshotx enter a messengerx messengerx my lord high constablex the english lie within fifteen hundred paces of your tentsx constablex who hath measurxd the groundx messengerx the lord grandprxx constablex a valiant and most expert gentlemanx would it were dayx alasx poor harry of englandx he longs not for the dawning as we dox orleansx what a wretched and peevish fellow is this king of englandx to mope with his fatxbrainxd followers so far out of his knowledgex constablex if the english had any apprehensionx they would run awayx orleansx that they lackx for if their heads had any intellectual armourx they could never wear such heavy headxpiecesx ramburesx that island of england breeds very valiant creaturesx their mastiffs are of unmatchable couragex orleansx foolish cursx that run winking into the mouth of a russian bear and have their heads crushxd like rotten applesx you may as well sayx thatxs a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lionx constablex justx justx and the men do sympathize with the mastiffs in robustious and rough coming onx leaving their wits with their wivesx and thenx give them great meals of beef and iron and steelx they will eat like wolves and fight like devilsx orleansx ayx but these english are shrewdly out of beefx constablex then shall we find tomorrow they have only stomachs to eat and none to fightx now is it time to armx comex shall we about itx orleansx it is now two oxclockx butx let me seex by ten we shall have each a hundred englishmenx xxexeuntxxx act iv enter chorusx chorusx now entertain conjecture of a time when creeping murmur and the poring dark fills the wide vessel of the universex from camp to camp through the foul womb of night the hum of either army stilly soundsx that the fixxd sentinels almost receive the secret whispers of each otherxs watchx fire answers firex and through their paly flames each battle sees the otherxs umberxd facex steed threatens steedx in high and boastful neighs piercing the nightxs dull earx and from the tents the armourersx accomplishing the knightsx with busy hammers closing rivets upx give dreadful note of preparationx the country cocks do crowx the clocks do tollx and the third hour of drowsy morning namex proud of their numbers and secure in soulx the confident and overxlusty french do the lowxrated english play at dicex and chide the cripple tardyxgaited night whox like a foul and ugly witchx doth limp so tediously awayx the poor condemned englishx like sacrificesx by their watchful fires sit patiently and inly ruminate the morningxs dangerx and their gesture sadx investing lankxlean cheeks and warxworn coatsx presented them unto the gazing moon so many horrid ghostsx o nowx who will behold the royal captain of this ruinxd band walking from watch to watchx from tent to tentx let him cryx xpraise and glory on his headxx for forth he goes and visits all his hostx bids them good morrow with a modest smilex and calls them brothersx friendsx and countrymenx upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded himx nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour unto the weary and allxwatched nightx but freshly looksx and overxbears attaint with cheerful semblance and sweet majestyx that every wretchx pining and pale beforex beholding himx plucks comfort from his looksx a largess universal like the sun his liberal eye doth give to everyonex thawing cold fearx that mean and gentle all beholdx as may unworthiness definex a little touch of harry in the nightx and so our scene must to the battle flyx wherexo for pityxxwe shall much disgrace with four or five most vile and ragged foilsx right illxdisposxd in brawl ridiculousx the name of agincourtx yet sit and seex minding true things by what their mockxries bex xxexitxxx scene ix the english camp at agincourtx enter king henryx bedford and gloucesterx king henryx gloucesterx xtis true that we are in great dangerx the greater therefore should our courage bex good morrowx brother bedfordx god almightyx there is some soul of goodness in things evilx would men observingly distil it outx for our bad neighbour makes us early stirrersx which is both healthful and good husbandryx besidesx they are our outward consciencesx and preachers to us allx admonishing that we should dress us fairly for our endx thus may we gather honey from the weedx and make a moral of the devil himselfx enter erpinghamx good morrowx old sir thomas erpinghamx a good soft pillow for that good white head were better than a churlish turf of francex erpinghamx not sox my liegex this lodging likes me betterx since i may sayx xnow lie i like a kingxx king henryx xtis good for men to love their present pains upon examplex so the spirit is easedx and when the mind is quickxnedx out of doubtx the organsx though defunct and dead beforex break up their drowsy grave and newly movex with casted slough and fresh legerityx lend me thy cloakx sir thomasx brothers bothx commend me to the princes in our campx do my good morrow to themx and anon desire them all to my pavilionx gloucesterx we shallx my liegex erpinghamx shall i attend your gracex king henryx nox my good knightx go with my brothers to my lords of englandx i and my bosom must debate a whilex and then i would no other companyx erpinghamx the lord in heaven bless theex noble harryx xxexeunt all but kingxxx king henryx godxaxmercyx old heartx thou speakxst cheerfullyx enter pistolx pistolx xqui vous lxxx king henryx a friendx pistolx discuss unto mex art thou officerx or art thou basex commonx and popularx king henryx i am a gentleman of a companyx pistolx trailxst thou the puissant pikex king henryx even sox what are youx pistolx as good a gentleman as the emperorx king henryx then you are a better than the kingx pistolx the kingxs a bawcockx and a heart of goldx a lad of lifex an imp of famex of parents goodx of fist most valiantx i kiss his dirty shoex and from heartxstring i love the lovely bullyx what is thy namex king henryx harry le royx pistolx le royx a cornish namex art thou of cornish crewx king henryx nox i am a welshmanx pistolx knowxst thou fluellenx king henryx yesx pistolx tell him ixll knock his leek about his pate upon saint davyxs dayx king henryx do not you wear your dagger in your cap that dayx lest he knock that about yoursx pistolx art thou his friendx king henryx and his kinsman toox pistolx the xficox for theex thenx king henryx i thank youx god be with youx pistolx my name is pistol callxdx xxexitxxx king henryx it sorts well with your fiercenessx enter fluellen and gowerx gowerx captain fluellenx fluellenx sox in the name of jesu christx speak lowerx it is the greatest admiration in the universal worldx when the true and anchient prerogatifes and laws of the wars is not keptx if you would take the pains but to examine the wars of pompey the greatx you shall findx i warrant youx that there is no tiddle taddle nor pibble pabble in pompeyxs campx i warrant youx you shall find the ceremonies of the warsx and the cares of itx and the forms of itx and the sobriety of itx and the modesty of itx to be otherwisex gowerx whyx the enemy is loudx you hear him all nightx fluellenx if the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating coxcombx is it meetx think youx that we should alsox look youx be an ass and a fool and a prating coxcombx in your own consciencex nowx gowerx i will speak lowerx fluellenx i pray you and beseech you that you willx xxexeunt gower and fluellenxxx king henryx though it appear a little out of fashionx there is much care and valour in this welshmanx enter three soldiersx john batesx alexander court and michael williamsx courtx brother john batesx is not that the morning which breaks yonderx batesx i think it bex but we have no great cause to desire the approach of dayx williamsx we see yonder the beginning of the dayx but i think we shall never see the end of itx who goes therex king henryx a friendx williamsx under what captain serve youx king henryx under sir thomas erpinghamx williamsx a good old commander and a most kind gentlemanx i pray youx what thinks he of our estatex king henryx even as men wreckxd upon a sandx that look to be washxd off the next tidex batesx he hath not told his thought to the kingx king henryx nox nor it is not meet he shouldx for though i speak it to youx i think the king is but a man as i amx the violet smells to him as it doth to mex the element shows to him as it doth to mex all his senses have but human conditionsx his ceremonies laid byx in his nakedness he appears but a manx and though his affections are higher mounted than oursx yetx when they stoopx they stoop with the like wingx thereforex when he sees reason of fears as we dox his fearsx out of doubtx be of the same relish as ours arex yetx in reasonx no man should possess him with any appearance of fearx lest hex by showing itx should dishearten his armyx batesx he may show what outward courage he willx but i believex as cold a night as xtisx he could wish himself in thames up to the neckx and so i would he werex and i by himx at all adventuresx so we were quit herex king henryx by my trothx i will speak my conscience of the kingx i think he would not wish himself anywhere but where he isx batesx then i would he were here alonex so should he be sure to be ransomedx and a many poor menxs lives savedx king henryx i dare say you love him not so illx to wish him here alonex howsoever you speak this to feel other menxs mindsx methinks i could not die anywhere so contented as in the kingxs companyx his cause being just and his quarrel honourablex williamsx thatxs more than we knowx batesx ayx or more than we should seek afterx for we know enoughx if we know we are the kingxs subjectsx if his cause be wrongx our obedience to the king wipes the crime of it out of usx williamsx but if the cause be not goodx the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to makex when all those legs and arms and headsx choppxd off in a battlex shall join together at the latter day and cry allx xwe died at such a placexx some swearingx some crying for a surgeonx some upon their wives left poor behind themx some upon the debts they owex some upon their children rawly leftx i am afeard there are few die well that die in a battlex for how can they charitably dispose of anythingx when blood is their argumentx nowx if these men do not die wellx it will be a black matter for the king that led them to itx who to disobey were against all proportion of subjectionx king henryx sox if a son that is by his father sent about merchandise do sinfully miscarry upon the seax the imputation of his wickednessx by your rulex should be imposed upon his father that sent himx or if a servantx under his masterxs command transporting a sum of moneyx be assailed by robbers and die in many irreconcilxd iniquitiesx you may call the business of the master the author of the servantxs damnationx but this is not sox the king is not bound to answer the particular endings of his soldiersx the father of his sonx nor the master of his servantx for they purpose not their deathx when they purpose their servicesx besidesx there is no kingx be his cause never so spotlessx if it come to the arbitrement of swordsx can try it out with all unspotted soldiersx some peradventure have on them the guilt of premeditated and contrived murderx somex of beguiling virgins with the broken seals of perjuryx somex making the wars their bulwarkx that have before gored the gentle bosom of peace with pillage and robberyx nowx if these men have defeated the law and outrun native punishmentx though they can outstrip menx they have no wings to fly from godx war is his beadlex war is his vengeancex so that here men are punishxd for beforexbreach of the kingxs laws in now the kingxs quarrelx where they feared the deathx they have borne life awayx and where they would be safex they perishx then if they die unprovidedx no more is the king guilty of their damnation than he was before guilty of those impieties for the which they are now visitedx every subjectxs duty is the kingxsx but every subjectxs soul is his ownx therefore should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bedx wash every mote out of his consciencex and dying sox death is to him advantagex or not dyingx the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gainedx and in him that escapesx it were not sin to think thatx making god so free an offerx he let him outlive that day to see his greatness and to teach others how they should preparex williamsx xtis certainx every man that dies illx the ill upon his own headx the king is not to answer for itx batesx i do not desire he should answer for mex and yet i determine to fight lustily for himx king henryx i myself heard the king say he would not be ransomxdx williamsx ayx he said sox to make us fight cheerfullyx but when our throats are cutx he may be ransomxdx and we nexer the wiserx king henryx if i live to see itx i will never trust his word afterx williamsx you pay him thenx thatxs a perilous shot out of an elderxgunx that a poor and a private displeasure can do against a monarchx you may as well go about to turn the sun to ice with fanning in his face with a peacockxs featherx youxll never trust his word afterx comex xtis a foolish sayingx king henryx your reproof is something too roundx i should be angry with youx if the time were convenientx williamsx let it be a quarrel between us if you livex king henryx i embrace itx williamsx how shall i know thee againx king henryx give me any gage of thinex and i will wear it in my bonnetx thenx if ever thou darxst acknowledge itx i will make it my quarrelx williamsx herexs my glovex give me another of thinex king henryx therex williamsx this will i also wear in my capx if ever thou come to me and sayx after tomorrowx xthis is my glovexx by this hand i will take thee a box on the earx king henryx if ever i live to see itx i will challenge itx williamsx thou darxst as well be hangxdx king henryx wellx i will do itx though i take thee in the kingxs companyx williamsx keep thy wordx fare thee wellx batesx be friendsx you english foolsx be friendsx we have french quarrels enoughx if you could tell how to reckonx king henryx indeedx the french may lay twenty french crowns to one they will beat usx for they bear them on their shouldersx but it is no english treason to cut french crownsx and tomorrow the king himself will be a clipperx xxexeunt soldiersxxx upon the kingx let us our livesx our soulsx our debtsx our careful wivesx our childrenx and our sins lay on the kingx we must bear allx o hard conditionx twinxborn with greatnessx subject to the breath of every foolx whose sense no more can feel but his own wringingx what infinite heartxs ease must kings neglectx that private men enjoyx and what have kingsx that privates have not toox save ceremonyx save general ceremonyx and what art thoux thou idol ceremonyx what kind of god art thoux that sufferxst more of mortal griefs than do thy worshippersx what are thy rentsx what are thy comings inx o ceremonyx show me but thy worthx what is thy soul of adorationx art thou aught else but placex degreex and formx creating awe and fear in other menx wherein thou art less happy being fearxd than they in fearingx what drinkxst thou oftx instead of homage sweetx but poisonxd flatteryx ox be sickx great greatnessx and bid thy ceremony give thee curex thinkxst thou the fiery fever will go out with titles blown from adulationx will it give place to flexure and low bendingx canst thoux when thou commandxst the beggarxs kneex command the health of itx nox thou proud dreamx that playxst so subtly with a kingxs reposex i am a king that find theex and i know xtis not the balmx the sceptrex and the ballx the swordx the macex the crown imperialx the intertissued robe of gold and pearlx the farced title running xfore the kingx the throne he sits onx nor the tide of pomp that beats upon the high shore of this worldx nox not all thesex thricexgorgeous ceremonyxx not all thesex laid in bed majesticalx can sleep so soundly as the wretched slavex who with a body fillxd and vacant mind gets him to restx crammxd with distressful breadx never sees horrid nightx the child of hellx butx like a lackeyx from the rise to set sweats in the eye of phoebusx and all night sleeps in elysiumx next day after dawnx doth rise and help hyperion to his horsex and follows so the everxrunning yearx with profitable labourx to his gravex andx but for ceremonyx such a wretchx winding up days with toil and nights with sleepx had the forexhand and vantage of a kingx the slavex a member of the countryxs peacex enjoys itx but in gross brain little wots what watch the king keeps to maintain the peacex whose hours the peasant best advantagesx enter erpinghamx erpinghamx my lordx your noblesx jealous of your absencex seek through your camp to find youx king henryx good old knightx collect them all together at my tentx ixll be before theex erpinghamx i shall doxtx my lordx xxexitxxx king henryx o god of battlesx steel my soldiersx heartsx possess them not with fearx take from them now the sense of reckoningx if the opposed numbers pluck their hearts from themx not todayx o lordx ox not todayx think not upon the fault my father made in compassing the crownx i richardxs body have interred newx and on it have bestowxd more contrite tears than from it issued forced drops of bloodx five hundred poor i have in yearly payx who twice a day their witherxd hands hold up toward heavenx to pardon bloodx and i have built two chantriesx where the sad and solemn priests sing still for richardxs soulx more will i dox though all that i can do is nothing worthx since that my penitence comes after allx imploring pardonx enter gloucesterx gloucesterx my liegex king henryx my brother gloucesterxs voicex ayx i know thy errandx i will go with theex the dayx my friendsx and all things stay for mex xxexeuntxxx scene iix the french campx enter the dauphinx orleansx rambures and othersx orleansx the sun doth gild our armourx upx my lordsx dauphinx xmonte x chevalxx my horsex xvarletx laquaisxx hax orleansx o brave spiritx dauphinx xviax les eaux et terrexx orleansx xrien puisx lxair et feuxx dauphinx xcieuxxx cousin orleansx enter constablex nowx my lord constablex constablex harkx how our steeds for present service neighx dauphinx mount themx and make incision in their hidesx that their hot blood may spin in english eyesx and dout them with superfluous couragex hax ramburesx whatx will you have them weep our horsesx bloodx how shall wex thenx behold their natural tearsx enter a messengerx messengerx the english are embattlxdx you french peersx constablex to horsex you gallant princesx straight to horsex do but behold yon poor and starved bandx and your fair show shall suck away their soulsx leaving them but the shales and husks of menx there is not work enough for all our handsx scarce blood enough in all their sickly veins to give each naked curtlexaxe a stainx that our french gallants shall today draw outx and sheathe for lack of sportx let us but blow on themx the vapour of our valour will oxerturn themx xtis positive xgainst all exceptionsx lordsx that our superfluous lackeys and our peasantsx who in unnecessary action swarm about our squares of battlex were enough to purge this field of such a hilding foex though we upon this mountainxs basis by took stand for idle speculationx but that our honours must notx whatxs to sayx a very little little let us dox and all is donex then let the trumpets sound the tucket sonance and the note to mountx for our approach shall so much dare the field that england shall crouch down in fear and yieldx enter grandprxx grandprxx why do you stay so longx my lords of francex yond island carrionsx desperate of their bonesx illxfavouredly become the morning fieldx their ragged curtains poorly are let loosex and our air shakes them passing scornfullyx big mars seems bankrupt in their beggarxd hostx and faintly through a rusty beaver peepsx the horsemen sit like fixed candlesticks with torchxstaves in their handx and their poor jades lob down their headsx drooping the hides and hipsx the gum downxroping from their palexdead eyesx and in their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit lies foul with chewxd grassx stillx and motionlessx and their executorsx the knavish crowsx fly oxer themx all impatient for their hourx description cannot suit itself in words to demonstrate the life of such a battlex in life so lifeless as it shows itselfx constablex they have said their prayersx and they stay for deathx dauphinx shall we go send them dinners and fresh suits and give their fasting horses provenderx and after fight with themx constablex i stay but for my guardx on to the fieldx i will the banner from a trumpet takex and use it for my hastex comex comex awayx the sun is highx and we outwear the dayx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the english campx enter gloucesterx bedfordx exeterx erpinghamx with all his hostx salisbury and westmorlandx gloucesterx where is the kingx bedfordx the king himself is rode to view their battlex westmorlandx of fighting men they have full threexscore thousandx exeterx therexs five to onex besidesx they all are freshx salisburyx godxs arm strike with usx xtis a fearful oddsx god be wix youx princes allx ixll to my chargex if we no more meet till we meet in heavenx thenx joyfullyx my noble lord of bedfordx my dear lord gloucesterx and my good lord exeterx and my kind kinsmanx warriors allx adieux bedfordx farewellx good salisburyx and good luck go with theex exeterx farewellx kind lordx fight valiantly todayx and yet i do thee wrong to mind thee of itx for thou art framxd of the firm truth of valourx xxexit salisburyxxx bedfordx he is as full of valour as of kindnessx princely in bothx enter the kingx westmorlandx o that we now had here but one ten thousand of those men in england that do no work todayx kingx whatxs he that wishes sox my cousin westmorlandx nox my fair cousinx if we are markxd to diex we are enough to do our country lossx and if to livex the fewer menx the greater share of honourx godxs willx i pray theex wish not one man morex by jovex i am not covetous for goldx nor care i who doth feed upon my costx it yearns me not if men my garments wearx such outward things dwell not in my desiresx but if it be a sin to covet honourx i am the most offending soul alivex nox faithx my cozx wish not a man from englandx godxs peacex i would not lose so great an honour as one man morex methinksx would share from me for the best hope i havex ox do not wish one morex rather proclaim itx westmorlandx through my hostx that he which hath no stomach to this fightx let him departx his passport shall be madex and crowns for convoy put into his pursex we would not die in that manxs company that fears his fellowship to die with usx this day is callxd the feast of crispianx he that outlives this dayx and comes safe homex will stand a tipxtoe when this day is namedx and rouse him at the name of crispianx he that shall live this dayx and see old agex will yearly on the vigil feast his neighboursx and sayx xtomorrow is saint crispianxx then will he strip his sleeve and show his scarsx and sayx xthese wounds i had on crispianxs dayxx old men forgetx yet all shall be forgotx but hexll remember with advantages what feats he did that dayx then shall our namesx familiar in his mouth as household wordsx harry the kingx bedfordx and exeterx warwick and talbotx salisbury and gloucesterx be in their flowing cups freshly rememberedx this story shall the good man teach his sonx and crispin crispian shall nexer go byx from this day to the ending of the worldx but we in it shall be rememberedx we fewx we happy fewx we band of brothersx for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brotherx be he nexer so vilex this day shall gentle his conditionx and gentlemen in england now abed shall think themselves accursxd they were not herex and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon saint crispinxs dayx enter salisburyx salisburyx my sovereign lordx bestow yourself with speedx the french are bravely in their battles setx and will with all expedience charge on usx king henryx all things are readyx if our minds be sox westmorlandx perish the man whose mind is backward nowx king henryx thou dost not wish more help from englandx cozx westmorlandx godxs willx my liegex would you and i alonex without more helpx could fight this royal battlex king henryx whyx now thou hast unwishxd five thousand menx which likes me better than to wish us onex you know your placesx god be with you allx tucketx enter montjoyx montjoyx once more i come to know of theex king harryx if for thy ransom thou wilt now compoundx before thy most assured overthrowx for certainly thou art so near the gulfx thou needs must be engluttedx besidesx in mercyx the constable desires thee thou wilt mind thy followers of repentancex that their souls may make a peaceful and a sweet retire from off these fieldsx wherex wretchesx their poor bodies must lie and festerx king henryx who hath sent thee nowx montjoyx the constable of francex king henryx i pray theex bear my former answer backx bid them achieve me and then sell my bonesx good godx why should they mock poor fellows thusx the man that once did sell the lionxs skin while the beast livxdx was killxd with hunting himx a many of our bodies shall no doubt find native gravesx upon the whichx i trustx shall witness live in brass of this dayxs workx and those that leave their valiant bones in francex dying like menx though buried in your dunghillsx they shall be famxdx for there the sun shall greet themx and draw their honours reeking up to heavenx leaving their earthly parts to choke your climex the smell whereof shall breed a plague in francex mark then abounding valour in our englishx that being deadx like to the bulletxs grazingx break out into a second course of mischiefx killing in relapse of mortalityx let me speak proudlyx tell the constable we are but warriors for the workingxdayx our gayness and our gilt are all besmirchxd with rainy marching in the painful fieldx therexs not a piece of feather in our hostx good argumentx i hopex we will not flyx and time hath worn us into slovenryx butx by the massx our hearts are in the trimx and my poor soldiers tell mex yet ere night theyxll be in fresher robesx or they will pluck the gay new coats oxer the french soldiersx heads and turn them out of servicex if they do thisx asx if god pleasex they shallxxmy ransom then will soon be leviedx heraldx save thou thy labourx come thou no more for ransomx gentle heraldx they shall have nonex i swearx but these my jointsx which if they have as i will leave xem themx shall yield them littlex tell the constablex montjoyx i shallx king harryx and so fare thee wellx thou never shalt hear herald any morex xxexitxxx king henryx i fear thouxlt once more come again for ransomx enter yorkx yorkx my lordx most humbly on my knee i beg the leading of the vawardx king henryx take itx brave yorkx nowx soldiersx march awayx and how thou pleasestx godx dispose the dayx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx the field of battlex alarumx excursionsx enter pistolx french soldier and boyx pistolx yieldx curx french soldierx xje pense que vous xtes le gentilhomme de bonne qualitxxx pistolx xqualitxx caleno custore mexx art thou a gentlemanx what is thy namex discussx french soldierx xo seigneur dieuxx pistolx ox signieur dew should be a gentlemanx perpend my wordsx o signieur dewx and markx o signieur dewx thou diest on point of foxx exceptx o signieurx thou do give to me egregious ransomx french soldierx xox prenez misxricordex ayez pitix de moixx pistolx moy shall not servex i will have forty moysx or i will fetch thy rim out at thy throat in drops of crimson bloodx french soldierx xestxil impossible dxxchapper la force de ton brasxx pistolx brassx curx thou damned and luxurious mountain goatx offerxst me brassx french soldierx xo pardonnezxmoixx pistolx sayxst thou me sox is that a ton of moysx come hitherx boyx ask me this slave in french what is his namex boyx xxcoutezx comment xtesxvous appelxxx french soldierx xmonsieur le ferxx boyx he says his name is master ferx pistolx master ferx ixll fer himx and firk himx and ferret himx discuss the same in french unto himx boyx i do not know the french for ferx and ferretx and firkx pistolx bid him preparex for i will cut his throatx french soldierx xque ditxilx monsieurxx boyx xil me commande x vous dire que vous faites vous prxtx car ce soldat ici est disposx tout x cette heure de couper votre gorgexx pistolx owyx cuppele gorgex permafoyx peasantx unless thou give me crownsx brave crownsx or mangled shalt thou be by this my swordx french soldierx xox je vous suppliex pour lxamour de dieux me pardonnerx je suis le gentilhomme de bonne maisonx gardez ma viex et je vous donnerai deux cents xcusxx pistolx what are his wordsx boyx he prays you to save his lifex he is a gentleman of a good housex and for his ransom he will give you two hundred crownsx pistolx tell him my fury shall abatex and i the crowns will takex french soldierx xpetit monsieurx que ditxilxx boyx xencore quxil est contre son jurement de pardonner aucun prisonnierx nxanmoinsx pour les xcus que vous lui avez promisx il est content x vous donner la libertxx le franchisementxx french soldierx xsur mes genoux je vous donne mille remerciementsx et je mxestime heureux que je suis tombx entre les mains dxun chevalierx je pensex le plus bravex vaillantx et trxs distingux seigneur dxangleterrexx pistolx expound unto mex boyx boyx he gives you upon his kneesx a thousand thanksx and he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of onex as he thinksx the most bravex valorousx and thricexworthy xseigneurx of englandx pistolx as i suck bloodx i will some mercy showx follow mex boyx xsuivezxvous le grand capitainexx xxexeunt pistol and french soldierxxx i did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heartx but the saying is truex xthe empty vessel makes the greatest soundxx bardolph and nym had ten times more valour than this roaring devil ix the old playx that everyone may pare his nails with a wooden daggerx and they are both hangxdx and so would this bex if he durst steal anything adventurouslyx i must stay with the lackeys with the luggage of our campx the french might have a good prey of usx if he knew of itx for there is none to guard it but boysx xxexitxxx scene vx another part of the fieldx enter constablex orleansx bourbonx dauphin and ramburesx constablex xo diablexx orleansx xo seigneurx le jour est perdux tout est perduxx dauphinx xmort de ma viexx all is confoundedx allx reproach and everlasting shame sits mocking in our plumesx xxa short alarumxxx xo mxchante fortunexx do not run awayx constablex whyx all our ranks are brokex dauphinx o perdurable shamex letxs stab ourselvesx be these the wretches that we playxd at dice forx orleansx is this the king we sent to for his ransomx bourbonx shame and eternal shamex nothing but shamex letxs die in honourx once more back againx and he that will not follow bourbon nowx let him go hencex and with his cap in handx like a base pandarx hold the chamber door whilst by a slavex no gentler than my dogx his fairest daughter is contaminatedx constablex disorderx that hath spoilxd usx friend us nowx let us on heaps go offer up our livesx orleansx we are enough yet living in the field to smother up the english in our throngsx if any order might be thought uponx bourbonx the devil take order nowx ixll to the throngx let life be shortx else shame will be too longx xxexeuntxxx scene vix another part of the fieldx alarumx enter king henry and his trainx with prisonersx king henryx well have we donex thrice valiant countrymenx but allxs not donex yet keep the french the fieldx exeterx the duke of york commends him to your majestyx king henryx lives hex good unclex thrice within this hour i saw him downx thrice up againx and fightingx from helmet to the spur all blood he wasx exeterx in which arrayx brave soldierx doth he liex larding the plainx and by his bloody sidex yokexfellow to his honourxowing woundsx the noble earl of suffolk also liesx suffolk first diedx and yorkx all haggled overx comes to himx where in gore he lay insteepedx and takes him by the beardx kisses the gashes that bloodily did yawn upon his facex he cries aloudx xtarryx my cousin suffolkx my soul shall thine keep company to heavenx tarryx sweet soulx for minex then fly abreastx as in this glorious and wellxfoughten field we kept together in our chivalryxx upon these words i came and cheerxd him upx he smilxd me in the facex raught me his handx andx with a feeble gripex saysx xdear my lordx commend my service to my sovereignxx so did he turn and over suffolkxs neck he threw his wounded arm and kissxd his lipsx and so espousxd to deathx with blood he sealxd a testament of noblexending lovex the pretty and sweet manner of it forcxd those waters from me which i would have stoppxdx but i had not so much of man in mex and all my mother came into mine eyes and gave me up to tearsx king henryx i blame you notx forx hearing thisx i must perforce compound with mistful eyesx or they will issue toox xxalarumxxx but harkx what new alarum is this samex the french have reinforcxd their scatterxd menx then every soldier kill his prisonersx give the word throughx xxexeuntxxx scene viix another part of the fieldx enter fluellen and gowerx fluellenx kill the poys and the luggagex xtis expressly against the law of armsx xtis as arrant a piece of knaveryx mark you nowx as can be offerxtx in your consciencex nowx is it notx gowerx xtis certain therexs not a boy left alivex and the cowardly rascals that ran from the battle hax done this slaughterx besidesx they have burned and carried away all that was in the kingxs tentx wherefore the kingx most worthilyx hath causxd every soldier to cut his prisonerxs throatx ox xtis a gallant kingx fluellenx ayx he was porn at monmouthx captain gowerx what call you the townxs name where alexander the pig was bornx gowerx alexander the greatx fluellenx whyx i pray youx is not pig greatx the pigx or the greatx or the mightyx or the hugex or the magnanimousx are all one reckoningsx save the phrase is a little variationsx gowerx i think alexander the great was born in macedonx his father was called philip of macedonx as i take itx fluellenx i think it is in macedon where alexander is pornx i tell youx captainx if you look in the maps of the xorldx i warrant you sall findx in the comparisons between macedon and monmouthx that the situationsx look youx is both alikex there is a river in macedonx and there is also moreover a river at monmouthx it is callxd wye at monmouthx but it is out of my prains what is the name of the other riverx but xtis all onex xtis alike as my fingers is to my fingersx and there is salmons in bothx if you mark alexanderxs life wellx harry of monmouthxs life is come after it indifferent wellx for there is figures in all thingsx alexanderx god knowsx and you knowx in his ragesx and his furiesx and his wrathsx and his cholersx and his moodsx and his displeasuresx and his indignationsx and also being a little intoxicates in his prainsx didx in his ales and his angersx look youx kill his best friendx cleitusx gowerx our king is not like him in thatx he never killxd any of his friendsx fluellenx it is not well donex mark you nowx to take the tales out of my mouthx ere it is made and finishedx i speak but in the figures and comparisons of itx as alexander killxd his friend cleitusx being in his ales and his cupsx so also harry monmouthx being in his right wits and his good judgementsx turnxd away the fat knight with the great belly doubletx he was full of jestsx and gipesx and knaveriesx and mocksx i have forgot his namex gowerx sir john falstaffx fluellenx that is hex ixll tell you there is good men porn at monmouthx gowerx here comes his majestyx alarumx enter king henry and forcesx warwickx gloucesterx exeter with prisonersx flourishx king henryx i was not angry since i came to france until this instantx take a trumpetx heraldx ride thou unto the horsemen on yond hillx if they will fight with usx bid them come downx or void the fieldx they do offend our sightx if theyxll do neitherx we will come to themx and make them skirr awayx as swift as stones enforced from the old assyrian slingsx besidesx wexll cut the throats of those we havex and not a man of them that we shall take shall taste our mercyx go and tell them sox enter montjoyx exeterx here comes the herald of the frenchx my liegex gloucesterx his eyes are humbler than they usxd to bex king henryx how nowx what means thisx heraldx knowxst thou not that i have finxd these bones of mine for ransomx comxst thou again for ransomx montjoyx nox great kingx i come to thee for charitable licensex that we may wander oxer this bloody field to book our deadx and then to bury themx to sort our nobles from our common menx for many of our princesxwoe the whilexx lie drownxd and soakxd in mercenary bloodx so do our vulgar drench their peasant limbs in blood of princesx and their wounded steeds fret fetlock deep in gorex and with wild rage yerk out their armed heels at their dead mastersx killing them twicex ox give us leavex great kingx to view the field in safetyx and dispose of their dead bodiesx king henryx i tell thee trulyx heraldx i know not if the day be ours or nox for yet a many of your horsemen peer and gallop oxer the fieldx montjoyx the day is yoursx king henryx praised be godx and not our strengthx for itx what is this castle callxd that stands hard byx montjoyx they call it agincourtx king henryx then call we this the field of agincourtx fought on the day of crispin crispianusx fluellenx your grandfather of famous memoryx anxt please your majestyx and your greatxuncle edward the plack prince of walesx as i have read in the chroniclesx fought a most prave pattle here in francex king henryx they didx fluellenx fluellenx your majesty says very truex if your majesties is remembxred of itx the welshmen did good service in garden where leeks did growx wearing leeks in their monmouth capsx whichx your majesty knowx to this hour is an honourable badge of the servicex and i do believe your majesty takes no scorn to wear the leek upon saint tavyxs dayx king henryx i wear it for a memorable honourx for i am welshx you knowx good countrymanx fluellenx all the water in wye cannot wash your majestyxs welsh plood out of your podyx i can tell you thatx got pless it and preserve itx as long as it pleases his gracex and his majesty toox king henryx thanksx good my countrymanx fluellenx by jeshux i am your majestyxs countrymanx i care not who know itx i will confess it to all the xorldx i need not be ashamxd of your majestyx praised be godx so long as your majesty is an honest manx king henryx god keep me sox enter williamsx our heralds go with himx bring me just notice of the numbers dead on both our partsx call yonder fellow hitherx xxexeunt heralds with montjoyxxx exeterx soldierx you must come to the kingx king henryx soldierx why wearxst thou that glove in thy capx williamsx anxt please your majestyx xtis the gage of one that i should fight withalx if he be alivex king henryx an englishmanx williamsx anxt please your majestyx a rascal that swaggerxd with me last nightx whox if alive and ever dare to challenge this glovex i have sworn to take him a box ox the earx or if i can see my glove in his capx which he sworex as he was a soldierx he would wear if alivex i will strike it out soundlyx king henryx what think youx captain fluellenx is it fit this soldier keep his oathx fluellenx he is a craven and a villain elsex anxt please your majestyx in my consciencex king henryx it may be his enemy is a gentlemen of great sortx quite from the answer of his degreex fluellenx though he be as good a gentleman as the devil isx as lucifier and belzebub himselfx it is necessaryx look your gracex that he keep his vow and his oathx if he be perjurxdx see you nowx his reputation is as arrant a villain and a jacksaucex as ever his black shoe trod upon godxs ground and his earthx in my consciencex lax king henryx then keep thy vowx sirrahx when thou meetxst the fellowx williamsx so i willx my liegex as i livex king henryx who servxst thou underx williamsx under captain gowerx my liegex fluellenx gower is a good captainx and is good knowledge and literatured in the warsx king henryx call him hither to mex soldierx williamsx i willx my liegex xxexitxxx king henryx herex fluellenx wear thou this favour for me and stick it in thy capx when alenxon and myself were down togetherx i pluckxd this glove from his helmx if any man challenge thisx he is a friend to alenxonx and an enemy to our personx if thou encounter any suchx apprehend himx an thou dost me lovex fluellenx your grace does me as great honours as can be desirxd in the hearts of his subjectsx i would fain see the manx that has but two legsx that shall find himself aggriefxd at this glovex that is allx but i would fain see it oncex an please god of his grace that i might seex king henryx knowxst thou gowerx fluellenx he is my dear friendx an please youx king henryx pray theex go seek himx and bring him to my tentx fluellenx i will fetch himx xxexitxxx king henryx my lord of warwickx and my brother gloucesterx follow fluellen closely at the heelsx the glove which i have given him for a favour may haply purchase him a box ox the earx it is the soldierxsx i by bargain should wear it myselfx followx good cousin warwickx if that the soldier strike himx as i judge by his blunt bearing he will keep his wordx some sudden mischief may arise of itx for i do know fluellen valiant andx touchxd with cholerx hot as gunpowderx and quickly will return an injuryx followx and see there be no harm between themx go you with mex uncle of exeterx xxexeuntxxx scene viiix before king henryxs pavilionx enter gower and williamsx williamsx i warrant it is to knight youx captainx enter fluellenx fluellenx godxs will and his pleasurex captainx i beseech you nowx come apace to the kingx there is more good toward you peradventure than is in your knowledge to dream ofx williamsx sirx know you this glovex fluellenx know the glovex i know the glove is a glovex williamsx i know thisx and thus i challenge itx xxstrikes himxxx fluellenx xsbloodx an arrant traitor as any is in the universal worldx or in francex or in englandx gowerx how nowx sirx you villainx williamsx do you think ixll be forswornx fluellenx stand awayx captain gowerx i will give treason his payment into plowsx i warrant youx williamsx i am no traitorx fluellenx thatxs a lie in thy throatx i charge you in his majestyxs namex apprehend himx hexs a friend of the duke alenxonxsx enter warwick and gloucesterx warwickx how nowx how nowx whatxs the matterx fluellenx my lord of warwickx here isxpraised be god for itxxa most contagious treason come to lightx look youx as you shall desire in a summerxs dayx here is his majestyx enter king henry and exeterx king henryx how nowx whatxs the matterx fluellenx my liegex here is a villain and a traitorx thatx look your gracex has struck the glove which your majesty is take out of the helmet of alenxonx williamsx my liegex this was my glovex here is the fellow of itx and he that i gave it to in change promisxd to wear it in his capx i promisxd to strike himx if he didx i met this man with my glove in his capx and i have been as good as my wordx fluellenx your majesty hear nowx saving your majestyxs manhoodx what an arrantx rascallyx beggarlyx lousy knave it isx i hope your majesty is pear me testimony and witnessx and will avouchmentx that this is the glove of alenxon that your majesty is give mex in your consciencex nowx king henryx give me thy glovex soldierx lookx here is the fellow of itx xtwas ix indeedx thou promisedst to strikex and thou hast given me most bitter termsx fluellenx an it please your majestyx let his neck answer for itx if there is any martial law in the worldx king henryx how canst thou make me satisfactionx williamsx all offencesx my lordx come from the heartx never came any from mine that might offend your majestyx king henryx it was ourself thou didst abusex williamsx your majesty came not like yourselfx you appearxd to me but as a common manx witness the nightx your garmentsx your lowlinessx and what your highness sufferxd under that shapex i beseech you take it for your own fault and not minex for had you been as i took you forx i made no offencex thereforex i beseech your highnessx pardon mex king henryx herex uncle exeterx fill this glove with crownsx and give it to this fellowx keep itx fellowx and wear it for an honour in thy cap till i do challenge itx give him his crownsx andx captainx you must needs be friends with himx fluellenx by this day and this lightx the fellow has mettle enough in his bellyx holdx there is twelve pence for youx and i pray you to serve godx and keep you out of prawlsx and prabblesx and quarrelsx and dissensionsx andx i warrant youx it is the better for youx williamsx i will none of your moneyx fluellenx it is with a good willx i can tell youx it will serve you to mend your shoesx comex wherefore should you be so pashfulx your shoes is not so goodx xtis a good sillingx i warrant youx or i will change itx enter an english heraldx king henryx nowx heraldx are the dead numbxredx heraldx here is the number of the slaughtxred frenchx king henryx what prisoners of good sort are takenx unclex exeterx charles duke of orleansx nephew to the kingx john duke of bourbonx and lord boucicaultx of other lords and baronsx knights and squiresx full fifteen hundredx besides common menx king henryx this note doth tell me of ten thousand french that in the field lie slainx of princesx in this numberx and nobles bearing bannersx there lie dead one hundred twentyxsixx added to thesex of knightsx esquiresx and gallant gentlemenx eight thousand and four hundredx of the whichx five hundred were but yesterday dubbxd knightsx so thatx in these ten thousand they have lostx there are but sixteen hundred mercenariesx the rest are princesx baronsx lordsx knightsx squiresx and gentlemen of blood and qualityx the names of those their nobles that lie deadx charles delabrethx high constable of francex jacques of chatillonx admiral of francex the master of the crossbowsx lord ramburesx great master of francex the brave sir guichard dauphinx johnx duke of alenxonx anthonyx duke of brabantx the brother to the duke of burgundyx and edwardx duke of barx of lusty earlsx grandprx and roussix fauconbridge and foixx beaumont and marlex vaudemont and lestralex here was a royal fellowship of deathx where is the number of our english deadx xxherald gives him another paperxxx edward the duke of yorkx the earl of suffolkx sir richard ketlyx davy gamx esquirex none else of namex and of all other men but five and twentyxxo godx thy arm was herex and not to usx but to thy arm alonex ascribe we allx whenx without stratagemx but in plain shock and even play of battlex was ever known so great and little loss on one part and on the otherx take itx godx for it is none but thinex exeterx xtis wonderfulx king henryx comex go we in procession to the villagex and be it death proclaimed through our host to boast of this or take that praise from god which is his onlyx fluellenx is it not lawfulx an please your majestyx to tell how many is killxdx king henryx yesx captainx but with this acknowledgmentx that god fought for usx fluellenx yesx my consciencex he did us great goodx king henryx do we all holy ritesx let there be sung xnon nobisx and xte deumxx the dead with charity enclosxd in clayx and then to calaisx and to england thenx where nexer from france arrivxd more happy menx xxexeuntxxx act v enter chorusx chorusx vouchsafe to those that have not read the storyx that i may prompt themx and of such as havex i humbly pray them to admit the excuse of timex of numbersx and due course of thingsx which cannot in their huge and proper life be here presentedx now we bear the king toward calaisx grant him therex there seenx heave him away upon your winged thoughts athwart the seax beholdx the english beach pales in the flood with menx with wives and boysx whose shouts and claps outxvoice the deepxmouthxd seax which like a mighty whiffler xfore the king seems to prepare his wayx so let him landx and solemnly see him set on to londonx so swift a pace hath thought that even now you may imagine him upon blackheathx where that his lords desire him to have borne his bruised helmet and his bended sword before him through the cityx he forbids itx being free from vainness and selfxglorious pridex giving full trophyx signalx and ostent quite from himself to godx but now beholdx in the quick forge and workingxhouse of thoughtx how london doth pour out her citizensx the mayor and all his brethren in best sortx like to the senators of thx antique romex with the plebeians swarming at their heelsx go forth and fetch their conquering caesar inx asx by a lower but loving likelihoodx were now the general of our gracious empressx as in good time he mayx from ireland comingx bringing rebellion broached on his swordx how many would the peaceful city quitx to welcome himx much morex and much more causex did they this harryx now in london place himx as yet the lamentation of the french invites the king of englandxs stay at homex the emperorxs coming in behalf of francex to order peace between themxxand omit all the occurrencesx whatever chancxdx till harryxs backxreturn again to francex there must we bring himx and myself have playxd the interimx by remembxring you xtis pastx then brook abridgementx and your eyes advance after your thoughtsx straight back again to francex xxexitxxx scene ix francex the english campx enter fluellen and gowerx gowerx nayx thatxs rightx but why wear you your leek todayx saint davyxs day is pastx fluellenx there is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all thingsx i will tell you ass my friendx captain gowerx the rascallyx scaldx beggarlyx lousyx pragging knavex pistolx which you and yourself and all the world know to be no petter than a fellowx look you nowx of no meritsx he is come to me and prings me pread and salt yesterdayx look youx and bid me eat my leekx it was in a place where i could not breed no contention with himx but i will be so bold as to wear it in my cap till i see him once againx and then i will tell him a little piece of my desiresx enter pistolx gowerx whyx here he comesx swelling like a turkeyxcockx fluellenx xtis no matter for his swellings nor his turkeyxcocksx god pless youx anchient pistolx you scurvyx lousy knavex god pless youx pistolx hax art thou bedlamx dost thou thirstx base trojanx to have me fold up parcaxs fatal webx hencex i am qualmish at the smell of leekx fluellenx i peseech you heartilyx scurfyx lousy knavex at my desiresx and my requestsx and my petitionsx to eatx look youx this leekx becausex look youx you do not love itx nor your affections and your appetites and your digestions does not agree with itx i would desire you to eat itx pistolx not for cadwallader and all his goatsx fluellenx there is one goat for youx xxstrikes himxxx will you be so goodx scald knavex as eat itx pistolx base trojanx thou shalt diex fluellenx you say very truex scald knavex when godxs will isx i will desire you to live in the mean timex and eat your victualsx comex there is sauce for itx xxstrikes himxxx you callxd me yesterday mountainxsquirex but i will make you today a squire of low degreex i pray youx fall tox if you can mock a leekx you can eat a leekx gowerx enoughx captainx you have astonishxd himx fluellenx i sayx i will make him eat some part of my leekx or i will peat his pate four daysx bitex i pray youx it is good for your green wound and your ploody coxcombx pistolx must i bitex fluellenx yesx certainlyx and out of doubt and out of question toox and ambiguitiesx pistolx by this leekx i will most horribly revengex i eat and eatx i swearx fluellenx eatx i pray youx will you have some more sauce to your leekx there is not enough leek to swear byx pistolx quiet thy cudgelx thou dost see i eatx fluellenx much good do youx scald knavex heartilyx nayx pray youx throw none awayx the skin is good for your broken coxcombx when you take occasions to see leeks hereafterx i pray youx mock at xemx that is allx pistolx goodx fluellenx ayx leeks is goodx hold youx there is a groat to heal your patex pistolx me a groatx fluellenx yesx verily and in truth you shall take itx or i have another leek in my pocketx which you shall eatx pistolx i take thy groat in earnest of revengex fluellenx if i owe you anything i will pay you in cudgelsx you shall be a woodmongerx and buy nothing of me but cudgelsx god be wix youx and keep youx and heal your patex xxexitxxx pistolx all hell shall stir for thisx gowerx gox gox you are a couterfeit cowardly knavex will you mock at an ancient traditionx begun upon an honourable respectx and worn as a memorable trophy of predeceased valourx and dare not avouch in your deeds any of your wordsx i have seen you gleeking and galling at this gentleman twice or thricex you thoughtx because he could not speak english in the native garbx he could not therefore handle an english cudgelx you find it otherwisex and henceforth let a welsh correction teach you a good english conditionx fare ye wellx xxexitxxx pistolx doth fortune play the huswife with me nowx news have ix that my doll is dead ix the spital of malady of francex and there my rendezvous is quite cut offx old i do waxx and from my weary limbs honour is cudgellxdx wellx bawd ixll turnx and something lean to cutpurse of quick handx to england will i stealx and there ixll stealx and patches will i get unto these cudgellxd scarsx and swear i got them in the gallia warsx xxexitxxx scene iix francex a royal palacex enter at one doorx king henryx exeterx bedfordx warwickx gloucesterx westmorlandx clarencex huntingdon and other lordsx at anotherx queen isabelx the french kingx the princess katharinex alicex and other ladiesx the duke of burgundy and other frenchx king henryx peace to this meetingx wherefore we are metx unto our brother francex and to our sisterx health and fair time of dayx joy and good wishes to our most fair and princely cousin katharinex andx as a branch and member of this royaltyx by whom this great assembly is contrivxdx we do salute youx duke of burgundyx andx princes frenchx and peersx health to you allx french kingx right joyous are we to behold your facex most worthy brother englandx fairly metx so are youx princes englishx every onex queen isabelx so happy be the issuex brother englandx of this good day and of this gracious meeting as we are now glad to behold your eyesx your eyesx which hitherto have borne in them against the french that met them in their bent the fatal balls of murdering basilisksx the venom of such looksx we fairly hopex have lost their qualityx and that this day shall change all griefs and quarrels into lovex king henryx to cry amen to thatx thus we appearx queen isabelx you english princes allx i do salute youx burgundyx my duty to you bothx on equal lovex great kings of france and englandx that i have labourxdx with all my witsx my painsx and strong endeavoursx to bring your most imperial majesties unto this bar and royal interviewx your mightiness on both parts best can witnessx since then my office hath so far prevailxd thatx face to face and royal eye to eyex you have congreetedx let it not disgrace me if i demandx before this royal viewx what rub or what impediment there isx why that the nakedx poorx and mangled peacex dear nurse of artsx plentiesx and joyful birthsx should not in this best garden of the worldx our fertile francex put up her lovely visagex alasx she hath from france too long been chasxdx and all her husbandry doth lie on heapsx corrupting in it own fertilityx her vinex the merry cheerer of the heartx unpruned diesx her hedges evenxpleachxdx like prisoners wildly overgrown with hairx put forth disorderxd twigsx her fallow leas the darnelx hemlockx and rank fumitoryx doth root uponx while that the coulter rusts that should deracinate such savageryx the even meadx that erst brought sweetly forth the freckled cowslipx burnetx and green cloverx wanting the scythex all uncorrectedx rankx conceives by idlenessx and nothing teems but hateful docksx rough thistlesx kecksiesx bursx losing both beauty and utilityx and as our vineyardsx fallowsx meadsx and hedgesx defective in their naturesx grow to wildnessx even so our houses and ourselves and children have lostx or do not learn for want of timex the sciences that should become our countryx but grow like savagesxxas soldiers will that nothing do but meditate on bloodxx to swearing and stern looksx diffusxd attirex and everything that seems unnaturalx which to reduce into our former favour you are assembledx and my speech entreats that i may know the letx why gentle peace should not expel these inconveniences and bless us with her former qualitiesx king henryx ifx duke of burgundyx you would the peacex whose want gives growth to the imperfections which you have citedx you must buy that peace with full accord to all our just demandsx whose tenours and particular effects you have enschedulxd briefly in your handsx burgundyx the king hath heard themx to the which as yet there is no answer madex king henryx wellx thenx the peacex which you before so urgxdx lies in his answerx french kingx i have but with a cursorary eye oxerglancxd the articlesx pleaseth your grace to appoint some of your council presently to sit with us once morex with better heed to rexsurvey themx we will suddenly pass our accept and peremptory answerx king henryx brotherx we shallx gox uncle exeterx and brother clarencex and youx brother gloucesterx warwickx and huntingtonx go with the kingx and take with you free power to ratifyx augmentx or alterx as your wisdoms best shall see advantageable for our dignityx anything in or out of our demandsx and wexll consign theretox will youx fair sisterx go with the princesx or stay here with usx queen isabelx our gracious brotherx i will go with themx haply a womanxs voice may do some goodx when articles too nicely urgxd be stood onx king henryx yet leave our cousin katharine here with usx she is our capital demandx comprisxd within the forexrank of our articlesx queen isabelx she hath good leavex xxexeunt all except henryx katharine and alicexxx king henryx fair katharinex and most fairx will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms such as will enter at a ladyxs ear and plead his lovexsuit to her gentle heartx katharinex your majesty shall mock mex i cannot speak your englandx king henryx o fair katharinex if you will love me soundly with your french heartx i will be glad to hear you confess it brokenly with your english tonguex do you like mex katex katharinex xpardonnezxmoixx i cannot tell wat is xlike mexx king henryx an angel is like youx katex and you are like an angelx katharinex xque ditxilx que je suis semblable x les angesxx alicex xouix vraimentx sauf votre grxcex ainsi ditxilxx king henryx i said sox dear katharinex and i must not blush to affirm itx katharinex xo bon dieux les langues des hommes sont pleines de tromperiesxx king henryx what says shex fair onex that the tongues of men are full of deceitsx alicex xouixx dat de tongues of de mans is be full of deceitsx dat is de princessx king henryx the princess is the better englishwomanx ix faithx katex my wooing is fit for thy understandingx i am glad thou canst speak no better englishx for if thou couldstx thou wouldst find me such a plain king that thou wouldst think i had sold my farm to buy my crownx i know no ways to mince it in lovex but directly to sayx xi love youxx then if you urge me farther than to sayx xdo you in faithxx i wear out my suitx give me your answerx ix faithx dox and so clap hands and a bargainx how say youx ladyx katharinex xsauf votre honneurxx me understand wellx king henryx marryx if you would put me to versesx or to dance for your sakex katex why you undid mex for the onex i have neither words nor measurex and for the other i have no strength in measurex yet a reasonable measure in strengthx if i could win a lady at leapxfrogx or by vaulting into my saddle with my armour on my backx under the correction of bragging be it spokenx i should quickly leap into a wifex or if i might buffet for my lovex or bound my horse for her favoursx i could lay on like a butcher and sit like a jackxanxapesx never offx butx before godx katex i cannot look greenlyx nor gasp out my eloquencex nor i have no cunning in protestationx only downright oathsx which i never use till urgxdx nor never break for urgingx if thou canst love a fellow of this temperx katex whose face is not worth sunburningx that never looks in his glass for love of anything he sees therex let thine eye be thy cookx i speak to thee plain soldierx if thou canst love me for thisx take mex if notx to say to thee that i shall diex is truex but for thy lovex by the lordx nox yet i love thee toox and while thou livxstx dear katex take a fellow of plain and uncoined constancyx for he perforce must do thee rightx because he hath not the gift to woo in other placesx for these fellows of infinite tonguex that can rhyme themselves into ladiesx favoursx they do always reason themselves out againx whatx a speaker is but a praterx a rhyme is but a balladx a good leg will fallx a straight back will stoopx a black beard will turn whitex a curlxd pate will grow baldx a fair face will witherx a full eye will wax hollowx but a good heartx katex is the sun and the moonx or rather the sun and not the moonx for it shines bright and never changesx but keeps his course trulyx if thou would have such a onex take mex and take mex take a soldierx take a soldierx take a kingx and what sayxst thou then to my lovex speakx my fairx and fairlyx i pray theex katharinex is it possible dat i should love de enemy of francex king henryx nox it is not possible you should love the enemy of francex katex butx in loving mex you should love the friend of francex for i love france so well that i will not part with a village of itx i will have it all minex andx katex when france is mine and i am yoursx then yours is france and you are minex katharinex i cannot tell wat is datx king henryx nox katex i will tell thee in frenchx which i am sure will hang upon my tongue like a newxmarried wife about her husbandxs neckx hardly to be shook offx xje quand sur le possession de francex et quand vous avez le possession de moixxxlet me seex what thenx saint denis be my speedxxxdonc votre est francex et vous xtes miennexx it is as easy for mex katex to conquer the kingdom as to speak so much more frenchx i shall never move thee in frenchx unless it be to laugh at mex katharinex xsauf votre honneurx le franxais que vous parlezx il est meilleur que lxanglais lequel je parlexx king henryx nox faithx isxt notx katex but thy speaking of my tonguex and i thinex most trulyxfalselyx must needs be granted to be much at onex butx katex dost thou understand thus much englishx canst thou love mex katharinex i cannot tellx king henryx can any of your neighbours tellx katex ixll ask themx comex i know thou lovest mex and at nightx when you come into your closetx youxll question this gentlewoman about mex and i knowx katex you will to her dispraise those parts in me that you love with your heartx butx good katex mock me mercifullyx the ratherx gentle princessx because i love thee cruellyx if ever thou beest minex katex as i have a saving faith within me tells me thou shaltx i get thee with scamblingx and thou must therefore needs prove a good soldierxbreederx shall not thou and ix between saint denis and saint georgex compound a boyx half frenchx half englishx that shall go to constantinople and take the turk by the beardx shall we notx what sayxst thoux my fair flowerxdexlucex katharinex i do not know datx king henryx nox xtis hereafter to knowx but now to promisex do but now promisex katex you will endeavour for your french part of such a boyx and for my english moietyx take the word of a king and a bachelorx how answer youx xla plus belle katherine du mondex mon trxs cher et divin dxessexx katharinex your majestee xave xfaussex french enough to deceive de most xsage demoisellex dat is xen francexx king henryx nowx fie upon my false frenchx by mine honourx in true englishx i love theex katex by which honour i dare not swear thou lovest mex yet my blood begins to flatter me that thou dostx notwithstanding the poor and untempering effect of my visagex nowx beshrew my fatherxs ambitionx he was thinking of civil wars when he got mex therefore was i created with a stubborn outsidex with an aspect of ironx thatx when i come to woo ladiesx i fright themx butx in faithx katex the elder i waxx the better i shall appearx my comfort isx that old agex that ill layer up of beautyx can do no more spoil upon my facex thou hast mex if thou hast mex at the worstx and thou shalt wear mex if thou wear mex better and betterx and therefore tell mex most fair katharinex will you have mex put off your maiden blushesx avouch the thoughts of your heart with the looks of an empressx take me by the handx and sayx harry of englandx i am thinex which word thou shalt no sooner bless mine ear withalx but i will tell thee aloudx england is thinex ireland is thinex france is thinex and henry plantagenet is thinex whox though i speak it before his facex if he be not fellow with the best kingx thou shalt find the best king of good fellowsx comex your answer in broken musicx for thy voice is music and thy english brokenx thereforex queen of allx katharinex break thy mind to me in broken englishx wilt thou have mex katharinex dat is as it shall please xle roi mon pxrexx king henryx nayx it will please him wellx katex it shall please himx katex katharinex den it sall also content mex king henryx upon that i kiss your handx and call you my queenx katharinex xlaissezx mon seigneurx laissezx laissezx ma foix je ne veux point que vous abaissiez votre grandeur en baisant la main dxunexnotre seigneurxxindigne serviteurx excusezxmoix je vous suppliex mon trxsxpuissant seigneurxx king henryx then i will kiss your lipsx katex katharinex xles dames et demoiselles pour xtre baisxes devant leurs nocesx il nxest pas la coutume de francexx king henryx madame my interpreterx what says shex alicex dat it is not be de fashion xpour lesx ladies of francexxi cannot tell wat is xbaiser enx anglishx king henryx to kissx alicex your majestee xentendx bettre xque moixx king henryx it is not a fashion for the maids in france to kiss before they are marriedx would she sayx alicex xouix vraimentxx king henryx o katex nice customs curtsy to great kingsx dear katex you and i cannot be confined within the weak list of a countryxs fashionx we are the makers of mannersx katex and the liberty that follows our places stops the mouth of all findxfaultsx as i will do yoursx for upholding the nice fashion of your country in denying me a kissx thereforex patiently and yieldingx xxkissing herxxx you have witchcraft in your lipsx katex there is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the french councilx and they should sooner persuade harry of england than a general petition of monarchsx here comes your fatherx enter the french power and the english lordsx burgundyx god save your majestyx my royal cousinx teach you our princess englishx king henryx i would have her learnx my fair cousinx how perfectly i love herx and that is good englishx burgundyx is she not aptx king henryx our tongue is roughx cozx and my condition is not smoothx so thatx having neither the voice nor the heart of flattery about mex i cannot so conjure up the spirit of love in herx that he will appear in his true likenessx burgundyx pardon the frankness of my mirthx if i answer you for thatx if you would conjure in herx you must make a circlex if conjure up love in her in his true likenessx he must appear naked and blindx can you blame her thenx being a maid yet rosxd over with the virgin crimson of modestyx if she deny the appearance of a naked blind boy in her naked seeing selfx it werex my lordx a hard condition for a maid to consign tox king henryx yet they do wink and yieldx as love is blind and enforcesx burgundyx they are then excusxdx my lordx when they see not what they dox king henryx thenx good my lordx teach your cousin to consent winkingx burgundyx i will wink on her to consentx my lordx if you will teach her to know my meaningx for maidsx well summerxd and warm keptx are like flies at bartholomewxtidex blindx though they have their eyesx and then they will endure handlingx which before would not abide looking onx king henryx this moral ties me over to time and a hot summerx and so i shall catch the flyx your cousinx in the latter endx and she must be blind toox burgundyx as love isx my lordx before it lovesx king henryx it is sox and you mayx some of youx thank love for my blindnessx who cannot see many a fair french city for one fair french maid that stands in my wayx french kingx yesx my lordx you see them perspectivelyx the cities turnxd into a maidx for they are all girdled with maiden walls that no war hath enteredx king henryx shall kate be my wifex french kingx so please youx king henryx i am contentx so the maiden cities you talk of may wait on herx so the maid that stood in the way for my wish shall show me the way to my willx french kingx we have consented to all terms of reasonx king henryx isxt sox my lords of englandx westmorlandx the king hath granted every articlex his daughter firstx and then in sequel allx according to their firm proposed naturesx exeterx only he hath not yet subscribed thisx where your majesty demandsx that the king of francex having any occasion to write for matter of grantx shall name your highness in this form and with this additionx in frenchx xnotre trxsxcher fils henrix roi dxangleterrex hxritier de francexx and thus in latinx xpraeclarissimus filius noster henricusx rex angliae et haeres franciaexx french kingx nor this i have notx brotherx so denied but our request shall make me let it passx king henryx i pray you thenx in love and dear alliancex let that one article rank with the restx and thereupon give me your daughterx french kingx take herx fair sonx and from her blood raise up issue to mex that the contending kingdoms of france and englandx whose very shores look pale with envy of each otherxs happinessx may cease their hatredx and this dear conjunction plant neighbourhood and christianxlike accord in their sweet bosomsx that never war advance his bleeding sword xtwixt england and fair francex lordsx amenx king henryx nowx welcomex katex and bear me witness allx that here i kiss her as my sovereign queenx xxflourishxxx queen isabelx godx the best maker of all marriagesx combine your hearts in onex your realms in onex as man and wifex being twox are one in lovex so be there xtwixt your kingdoms such a spousalx that never may ill officex or fell jealousyx which troubles oft the bed of blessed marriagex thrust in between the paction of these kingdomsx to make divorce of their incorporate leaguex that english may as frenchx french englishmenx receive each otherx god speak this amenx allx amenx king henryx prepare we for our marriagex on which dayx my lord of burgundyx wexll take your oathx and all the peersxx for surety of our leaguesx then shall i swear to katex and you to mex and may our oaths well kept and prosperous bex xxsennetx exeuntxxx epiloguex enter chorusx chorusx thus farx with rough and allxunable penx our bending author hath pursuxd the storyx in little room confining mighty menx mangling by starts the full course of their gloryx small timex but in that small most greatly lived this star of englandx fortune made his swordx by which the worldxs best garden he achievedx and of it left his son imperial lordx henry the sixthx in infant bands crownxd king of france and englandx did this king succeedx whose state so many had the managingx that they lost france and made his england bleedx which oft our stage hath shownx andx for their sakex in your fair minds let this acceptance takex xxexitxxx the first part of henry the sixth dramatis personae king henry the sixth duke of gloucesterx uncle to the kingx and protector duke of bedfordx uncle to the kingx and regent of france thomas beaufortx duke of exeterx greatxuncle to the king henry beaufortx greatxuncle to the kingx bishop of winchesterx and afterwards cardinal john beaufortx earl of somersetx afterwards duke richard plantagenetx son of richard late earl of cambridgex afterwards duke of york earl of warwick earl of salisbury earl of suffolk lord talbotx afterwards earl of shrewsbury john talbotx his son edmund mortimerx earl of march sir john fastolfe sir william lucy sir william glansdale sir thomas gargrave mayor of london woodvillex lieutenant of the tower vernonx of the white rose or york faction bassetx of the red rose or lancaster faction a lawyer gaolersx to mortimer charlesx dauphinx and afterwards king of france reignierx duke of anjoux and titular king of naples duke of burgundy duke of alencon bastard of orleans governor of paris masterxgunner of orleansx and his son general of the french forces in bordeaux a french sergeant a porter an old shepherdx father to joan la pucelle margaretx daughter to reignierx afterwards married to king henry countess of auvergne joan la pucellex commonly called joan of arc lordsx warders of the towerx heraldsx officersx soldiersx messengersx english and french attendantsx fiends appearing to la pucelle scenex england and france the first part of king henry the sixth act ix scene xx westminster abbey dead marchx enter the funeral of king henry the fifthx attended on by the duke of bedfordx regent of francex the duke of gloucesterx protectorx the duke of exeterx the earl of warwickx the bishop of winchester bedfordx hung be the heavens with blackx yield day to nightx cometsx importing change of times and statesx brandish your crystal tresses in the sky and with them scourge the bad revolting stars that have consented unto henryxs deathx king henry the fifthx too famous to live longx england nexer lost a king of so much worthx gloucesterx england nexer had a king until his timex virtue he hadx deserving to commandx his brandishxd sword did blind men with his beamsx his arms spread wider than a dragonxs wingsx his sparkling eyesx replete with wrathful firex more dazzled and drove back his enemies than midxday sun fierce bent against their facesx what should i sayx his deeds exceed all speechx he nexer lift up his hand but conqueredx exeterx we mourn in blackx why mourn we not in bloodx henry is dead and never shall revivex upon a wooden coffin we attendx and deathxs dishonourable victory we with our stately presence glorifyx like captives bound to a triumphant carx whatx shall we curse the planets of mishap that plotted thus our gloryxs overthrowx or shall we think the subtlexwitted french conjurers and sorcerersx thatx afraid of himx by magic verses have contrivxd his endx winchesterx he was a king blessxd of the king of kingsx unto the french the dreadful judgmentxday so dreadful will not be as was his sightx the battles of the lord of hosts he foughtx the churchxs prayers made him so prosperousx gloucesterx the churchx where is itx had not churchmen prayxdx his thread of life had not so soon decayxdx none do you like but an effeminate princex whom like a schoolxboy you may overawex winchesterx gloucesterx whatexer we likex thou art protector and lookest to command the prince and realmx thy wife is proudx she holdeth thee in awe more than god or religious churchmen mayx gloucesterx name not religionx for thou lovxst the fleshx and nexer throughout the year to church thou goxstx except it be to pray against thy foesx bedfordx ceasex cease these jars and rest your minds in peacex letxs to the altarx heraldsx wait on usx instead of goldx wexll offer up our armsx since arms avail notx now that henryxs deadx posterityx await for wretched yearsx when at their mothersx moistxned eyes babes shall suckx our isle be made a nourish of salt tearsx and none but women left to wail the deadx henry the fifthx thy ghost i invocatex prosper this realmx keep it from civil broilsx combat with adverse planets in the heavensx a far more glorious star thy soul will make than julius caesar or bright enter a messenger messengerx my honourable lordsx health to you allx sad tidings bring i to you out of francex of lossx of slaughterx and discomfiturex guiennex champagnex rheimsx orleansx parisx guysorsx poictiersx are all quite lostx bedfordx what sayxst thoux manx before dead henryxs corsex speak softlyx or the loss of those great towns will make him burst his lead and rise from deathx gloucesterx is paris lostx is rouen yielded upx if henry were recallxd to life againx these news would cause him once more yield the ghostx exeterx how were they lostx what treachery was usxdx messengerx no treacheryx but want of men and moneyx amongst the soldiers this is muttered that here you maintain several factionsx and whilst a field should be dispatchxd and foughtx you are disputing of your generalsx one would have lingxring warsx with little costx another would fly swiftx but wanteth wingsx a third thinksx without expense at allx by guileful fair words peace may be obtainxdx awakex awakex english nobilityx let not sloth dim your honoursx newxbegotx croppxd are the flowerxdexluces in your armsx of englandxs coat one half is cut awayx exeterx were our tears wanting to this funeralx these tidings would call forth their flowing tidesx bedfordx me they concernx regent i am of francex give me my steeled coatx ixll fight for francex away with these disgraceful wailing robesx wounds will i lend the french instead of eyesx to weep their intermissive miseriesx enter a second messenger second messengerx lordsx view these letters full of bad mischancex france is revolted from the english quitex except some petty towns of no importx the dauphin charles is crowned king in rheimsx the bastard of orleans with him is joinxdx reignierx duke of anjoux doth take his partx the duke of alencon flieth to his sidex exeterx the dauphin crowned kingx all fly to himx ox whither shall we fly from this reproachx gloucesterx we will not fly but to our enemiesx throatsx bedfordx if thou be slack ixll fight it outx bedfordx gloucesterx why doubtxst thou of my forwardnessx an army have i musterxd in my thoughtsx wherewith already france is overrunx enter a third messenger third messengerx my gracious lordsx to add to your lamentsx wherewith you now bedew king henryxs hearsex i must inform you of a dismal fight betwixt the stout lord talbot and the frenchx winchesterx whatx wherein talbot overcamex isxt sox third messengerx ox nox wherein lord talbot was oxerthrownx the circumstance ixll tell you more at largex the tenth of august last this dreadful lordx retiring from the siege of orleansx having full scarce six thousand in his troopx by three and twenty thousand of the french was round encompassed and set uponx no leisure had he to enrank his menx he wanted pikes to set before his archersx instead whereof sharp stakes pluckxd out of hedges they pitched in the ground confusedly to keep the horsemen off from breaking inx more than three hours the fight continuedx where valiant talbotx above human thoughtx enacted wonders with his sword and lancex hundreds he sent to hellx and none durst stand himx herex therex and everywherex enragxd he slew the french exclaimxd the devil was in armsx all the whole army stood agazxd on himx his soldiersx spying his undaunted spiritx xa talbotx a talbotxx cried out amainx and rushxd into the bowels of the battlex here had the conquest fully been sealxd up if sir john fastolfe had not playxd the cowardx hex being in the vaward placxd behind with purpose to relieve and follow themx cowardly fledx not having struck one strokex hence grew the general wreck and massacrex enclosed were they with their enemiesx a base walloonx to win the dauphinxs gracex thrust talbot with a spear into the backx whom all francex with their chief assembled strengthx durst not presume to look once in the facex bedfordx is talbot slainx then i will slay myselfx for living idly here in pomp and easex whilst such a worthy leaderx wanting aidx unto his dastard foemen is betrayxdx third messengerx o nox he livesx but is took prisonerx and lord scales with himx and lord hungerfordx most of the rest slaughterxd or took likewisex bedfordx his ransom there is none but i shall payx ixll hale the dauphin headlong from his thronex his crown shall be the ransom of my friendx four of their lords ixll change for one of oursx farewellx my mastersx to my task will ix bonfires in france forthwith i am to make to keep our great saint georgexs feast withalx ten thousand soldiers with me i will takex whose bloody deeds shall make an europe quakex third messengerx so you had needx for orleans is besiegxdx the english army is grown weak and faintx the earl of salisbury craveth supply and hardly keeps his men from mutinyx since theyx so fewx watch such a multitudex exeterx rememberx lordsx your oaths to henry swornx either to quell the dauphin utterlyx or bring him in obedience to your yokex bedfordx i do remember itx and here take my leave to go about my preparationx exit gloucesterx ixll to the tower with all the haste i can to view thx artillery and munitionx and then i will proclaim young henry kingx exit exeterx to eltham will ix where the young king isx being ordainxd his special governorx and for his safety there ixll best devisex exit winchesterx xasidex each hath his place and function to attendx i am left outx for me nothing remainsx but long i will not be jack out of officex the king from eltham i intend to stealx and sit at chiefest stern of public wealx exeunt scene xx francex before orleans sound a flourishx enter charles the dauphinx alenconx and reignierx marching with drum and soldiers charlesx mars his true movingx even as in the heavens so in the earthx to this day is not knownx late did he shine upon the english sidex now we are victorsx upon us he smilesx what towns of any moment but we havex at pleasure here we lie near orleansx otherwhiles the famishxd englishx like pale ghostsx faintly besiege us one hour in a monthx alenconx they want their porridge and their fat bull beevesx either they must be dieted like mules and have their provender tied to their mouthsx or piteous they will lookx like drowned micex reignierx letxs raise the siegex why live we idly herex talbot is takenx whom we wont to fearx remaineth none but madxbrainxd salisburyx and he may well in fretting spend his gall nor men nor money hath he to make warx charlesx soundx sound alarumx we will rush on themx now for the honour of the forlorn frenchx him i forgive my death that killeth mex when he sees me go back one foot or fleex exeunt here alarumx they are beaten hack by the englishx with great lossx rexenter charlesx alenconx and reignier charlesx who ever saw the likex what men have ix dogsx cowardsx dastardsx i would nexer have fled but that they left me midst my enemiesx reignierx salisbury is a desperate homicidex he fighteth as one weary of his lifex the other lordsx like lions wanting foodx do rush upon us as their hungry preyx alenconx froissartx a countryman of oursx records england all olivers and rowlands bred during the time edward the third did reignx more truly now may this be verifiedx for none but samsons and goliases it sendeth forth to skirmishx one to tenx lean rawxbonxd rascalsx who would exer suppose they had such courage and audacityx charlesx letxs leave this townx for they are harexbrainxd slavesx and hunger will enforce them to be more eagerx of old i know themx rather with their teeth the walls theyxll tear down than forsake the siegex reignierx i think by some odd gimmers or device their arms are setx like clocksx still to strike onx else nexer could they hold out so as they dox by my consentx wexll even let them alonex alenconx be it sox enter the bastard of orleans bastardx wherexs the prince dauphinx i have news for himx charlesx bastard of orleansx thrice welcome to usx bastardx methinks your looks are sadx your cheer appallxdx hath the late overthrow wrought this offencex be not dismayxdx for succour is at handx a holy maid hither with me i bringx whichx by a vision sent to her from heavenx ordained is to raise this tedious siege and drive the english forth the bounds of francex the spirit of deep prophecy she hathx exceeding the nine sibyls of old romex whatxs past and whatxs to come she can descryx speakx shall i call her inx believe my wordsx for they are certain and unfalliblex charlesx gox call her inx xexit bastardx but firstx to try her skillx reignierx stand thou as dauphin in my placex question her proudlyx let thy looks be sternx by this means shall we sound what skill she hathx rexenter the bastard of orleans with joan la pucelle reignierx fair maidx is xt thou wilt do these wondrous featsx pucellex reignierx is xt thou that thinkest to beguile mex where is the dauphinx comex come from behindx i know thee wellx though never seen beforex be not amazxdx therexs nothing hid from mex in private will i talk with thee apartx stand backx you lordsx and give us leave awhilex reignierx she takes upon her bravely at first dashx pucellex dauphinx i am by birth a shepherdxs daughterx my wit untrainxd in any kind of artx heaven and our lady gracious hath it pleasxd to shine on my contemptible estatex lox whilst i waited on my tender lambs and to sunxs parching heat displayxd my cheeksx godxs mother deigned to appear to mex and in a vision full of majesty willxd me to leave my base vocation and free my country from calamity her aid she promisxd and assurxd successx in complete glory she revealxd herselfx and whereas i was black and swart beforex with those clear rays which she infusxd on me that beauty am i blessxd with which you may seex ask me what question thou canst possiblex and i will answer unpremeditatedx my courage try by combat if thou darxstx and thou shalt find that i exceed my sexx resolve on thisx thou shalt be fortunate if thou receive me for thy warlike matex charlesx thou hast astonishxd me with thy high termsx only this proof ixll of thy valour make in single combat thou shalt buckle with mex and if thou vanquishestx thy words are truex otherwise i renounce all confidencex pucellex i am preparxdx here is my keenxedgxd swordx deckxd with five flowerxdexluces on each sidex the which at tourainex in saint katherinexs churchyardx out of a great deal of old iron i chose forthx charlesx then comex ox godxs namex i fear no womanx pucellex and while i live ixll nexer fly from a manx xhere they fight and joan la pucelle overcomesx charlesx stayx stay thy handsx thou art an amazonx and fightest with the sword of deborahx pucellex christxs mother helps mex else i were too weakx charlesx whoexer helps theex xtis thou that must help mex impatiently i burn with thy desirex my heart and hands thou hast at once subduxdx excellent pucellex if thy name be sox let me thy servant and not sovereign bex xtis the french dauphin sueth to thee thusx pucellex i must not yield to any rites of lovex for my professionxs sacred from abovex when i have chased all thy foes from hencex then will i think upon a recompensex charlesx meantime look gracious on thy prostrate thrallx reignierx my lordx methinksx is very long in talkx alenconx doubtless he shrives this woman to her smockx else nexer could he so long protract his speechx reignierx shall we disturb himx since he keeps no meanx alenconx he may mean more than we poor men do knowx these women are shrewd tempters with their tonguesx reignierx my lordx where are youx what devise you onx shall we give oxer orleansx or nox pucellex whyx nox i sayx distrustful recreantsx fight till the last gaspx i will be your guardx charlesx what she says ixll confirmx wexll fight it outx pucellex assignxd am i to be the english scourgex this night the siege assuredly ixll raisex expect saint martinxs summerx halcyon daysx since i have entered into these warsx glory is like a circle in the waterx which never ceaseth to enlarge itself till by broad spreading it disperse to noughtx with henryxs death the english circle endsx dispersed are the glories it includedx now am i like that proud insulting ship which caesar and his fortune bare at oncex charlesx was mahomet inspired with a dovex thou with an eagle art inspired thenx helenx the mother of great constantinex nor yet saint philipxs daughters were like theex bright star of venusx fallxn down on the earthx how may i reverently worship thee enoughx alenconx leave off delaysx and let us raise the siegex reignierx womanx do what thou canst to save our honoursx drive them from orleansx and be immortalizxdx charlesx presently wexll tryx comex letxs away about itx no prophet will i trust if she prove falsex exeunt scene xx londonx before the tower gates enter the duke of gloucesterx with his servingxmen in blue coats gloucesterx i am come to survey the tower this dayx since henryxs deathx i fearx there is conveyancex where be these warders that they wait not herex open the gatesx xtis gloucester that callsx first warderx xwithinx whoxs there that knocks so imperiouslyx first servingxmanx it is the noble duke of gloucesterx second warderx xwithinx whoexer he bex you may not be let inx first servingxmanx villainsx answer you so the lord protectorx first warderx xwithinx the lord protect himx so we answer himx we do no otherwise than we are willxdx gloucesterx who willed youx or whose will stands but minex therexs none protector of the realm but ix break up the gatesx ixll be your warrantizex shall i be flouted thus by dunghill groomsx xgloucesterxs men rush at the tower gatesx and woodville the lieutenant speaks withinx woodvillex xwithinx what noise is thisx what traitors have we herex gloucesterx lieutenantx is it you whose voice i hearx open the gatesx herexs gloucester that would enterx woodvillex xwithinx have patiencex noble dukex i may not openx the cardinal of winchester forbidsx from him i have express commandment that thou nor none of thine shall be let inx gloucesterx faintxhearted woodvillex prizest him fore mex arrogant winchesterx that haughty prelate whom henryx our late sovereignx nexer could brookx thou art no friend to god or to the kingx open the gatesx or ixll shut thee out shortlyx servingxmenx open the gates unto the lord protectorx or wexll burst them openx if that you come not quicklyx enter to the protector at the tower gates winchester and his men in tawny coats winchesterx how nowx ambitious humphryx what means thisx gloucesterx peelxd priestx dost thou command me to be shut outx winchesterx i dox thou most usurping proditorx and not protector of the king or realmx gloucesterx stand backx thou manifest conspiratorx thou that contrivedxst to murder our dead lordx thou that givxst whores indulgences to sinx ixll canvass thee in thy broad cardinalxs hatx if thou proceed in this thy insolencex winchesterx nayx stand thou backx i will not budge a footx this be damascusx be thou cursed cainx to slay thy brother abelx if thou wiltx gloucesterx i will not slay theex but ixll drive thee backx thy scarlet robes as a childxs bearingxcloth ixll use to carry thee out of this placex winchesterx do what thou darxstx i beard thee to thy facex gloucesterx whatx am i darxd and bearded to my facex drawx menx for all this privileged place bluexcoats to tawnyxcoatsx priestx beware your beardx i mean to tug itx and to cuff you soundlyx under my feet i stamp thy cardinalxs hatx in spite of pope or dignities of churchx here by the cheeks ixll drag thee up and downx winchesterx gloucesterx thou wilt answer this before the popex gloucesterx winchester goosex i cry xa ropex a ropexx now beat them hencex why do you let them stayx thee ixll chase hencex thou wolf in sheepxs arrayx outx tawnyxcoatsx outx scarlet hypocritex here gloucesterxs men beat out the cardinalxs menx and enter in the hurly burly the mayor of london and his officers mayorx fiex lordsx that youx being supreme magistratesx thus contumeliously should break the peacex gloucesterx peacex mayorx thou knowxst little of my wrongsx herexs beaufortx that regards nor god nor kingx hath here distrainxd the tower to his usex winchesterx herexs gloucesterx a foe to citizensx one that still motions war and never peacex oxercharging your free purses with large finesx that seeks to overthrow religionx because he is protector of the realmx and would have armour here out of the towerx to crown himself king and suppress the princex gloucesterx i will not answer thee with wordsx but blowsx xhere they skirmish againx mayorx nought rests for me in this tumultuous strife but to make open proclamationx comex officerx as loud as exer thou canstx cryx officerx xcriesx all manner of men assembled here in arms this day against godxs peace and the kingxsx we charge and command youx in his highnessx namex to repair to your several dwellingxplacesx and not to wearx handlex or usex any swordx weaponx or daggerx henceforwardx upon pain of deathx gloucesterx cardinalx ixll be no breaker of the lawx but we shall meet and break our minds at largex winchesterx gloucesterx wexll meet to thy costx be surex thy heartxblood i will have for this dayxs workx mayorx ixll call for clubs if you will not awayx this cardinalxs more haughty than the devilx gloucesterx mayorx farewellx thou dost but what thou maystx winchesterx abominable gloucesterx guard thy headx for i intend to have it ere longx exeuntx severallyx gloucester and winchester with their servants mayorx see the coast clearxdx and then we will departx good godx these nobles should such stomachs bearx i myself fight not once in forty yearx exeunt scene xx francex before orleans enterx on the wallsx the masterxgunner of orleans and his boy masterxgunnerx sirrahx thou knowxst how orleans is besiegxdx and how the english have the suburbs wonx boyx fatherx i knowx and oft have shot at themx howexer unfortunate i missxd my aimx masterxgunnerx but now thou shalt notx be thou rulxd by mex chief masterxgunner am i of this townx something i must do to procure me gracex the princexs espials have informed me how the englishx in the suburbs close intrenchxdx wontx through a secret grate of iron bars in yonder towerx to overpeer the cityx and thence discover how with most advantage they may vex us with shot or with assaultx to intercept this inconveniencex a piece of ordnance xgainst it i have placxdx and even these three days have i watchxd if i could see themx now do thou watchx for i can stay no longerx if thou spyxst anyx run and bring me wordx and thou shalt find me at the governorxsx exit boyx fatherx i warrant youx take you no carex ixll never trouble youx if i may spy themx exit enter salisbury and talbot on the turretsx with sir william glansdalex sir thomas gargravex and others salisburyx talbotx my lifex my joyx again returnxdx how wert thou handled being prisonerx or by what means gotxst thou to be releasxdx discoursex i pritheex on this turretxs topx talbotx the earl of bedford had a prisoner callxd the brave lord ponton de santraillesx for him was i exchangxd and ransomedx but with a baser man of arms by far oncex in contemptx they would have barterxd mex which i disdaining scornxdx and craved death rather than i would be so vile esteemxdx in finex redeemxd i was as i desirxdx butx ox the treacherous fastolfe wounds my heart whom with my bare fists i would executex if i now had him brought into my powerx salisburyx yet tellxst thou not how thou wert entertainxdx talbotx with scoffsx and scornsx and contumelious tauntsx in open marketxplace producxd they me to be a public spectacle to allx herex said theyx is the terror of the frenchx the scarecrow that affrights our children sox then broke i from the officers that led mex and with my nails diggxd stones out of the ground to hurl at the beholders of my shamex my grisly countenance made others flyx none durst come near for fear of sudden deathx in iron walls they deemxd me not securex so great fear of my name xmongst them was spread that they supposxd i could rend bars of steel and spurn in pieces posts of adamantx wherefore a guard of chosen shot i had that walkxd about me every minutexwhilex and if i did but stir out of my bedx ready they were to shoot me to the heartx enter the boy with a linstock salisburyx i grieve to hear what torments you endurxdx but we will be revengxd sufficientlyx now it is supperxtime in orleansx herex through this gratex i count each one and view the frenchmen how they fortifyx let us look inx the sight will much delight theex sir thomas gargrave and sir william glansdalex let me have your express opinions where is best place to make our battxry nextx gargravex i think at the north gatex for there stand lordsx glansdalex and i herex at the bulwark of the bridgex talbotx for aught i seex this city must be famishxdx or with light skirmishes enfeebledx xhere they shoot and salisbury and gargrave fall downx salisburyx o lordx have mercy on usx wretched sinnersx gargravex o lordx have mercy on mex woeful manx talbotx what chance is this that suddenly hath crossxd usx speakx salisburyx at leastx if thou canst speakx how farxst thoux mirror of all martial menx one of thy eyes and thy cheekxs side struck offx accursed towerx accursed fatal hand that hath contrivxd this woeful tragedyx in thirteen battles salisbury oxercamex henry the fifth he first trainxd to the warsx whilst any trump did sound or drum struck upx his sword did nexer leave striking in the fieldx yet livxst thoux salisburyx though thy speech doth failx one eye thou hast to look to heaven for gracex the sun with one eye vieweth all the worldx heavenx be thou gracious to none alive if salisbury wants mercy at thy handsx bear hence his bodyx i will help to bury itx sir thomas gargravex hast thou any lifex speak unto talbotx nayx look up to himx salisburyx cheer thy spirit with this comfortx thou shalt not die whiles he beckons with his hand and smiles on mex as who should say xwhen i am dead and gonex remember to avenge me on the frenchxx plantagenetx i willx and like theex nerox play on the lutex beholding the towns burnx wretched shall france be only in my namex xhere an alarumx and it thunders and lightensx what stir is thisx what tumultxs in the heavensx whence cometh this alarum and the noisex enter a messenger messengerx my lordx my lordx the french have gatherxd head the dauphinx with one joan la pucelle joinxdx a holy prophetess new risen upx is come with a great power to raise the siegex xhere salisbury lifteth himself up and groansx talbotx hearx hear how dying salisbury doth groanx it irks his heart he cannot be revengxdx frenchmenx ixll be a salisbury to youx pucelle or puzzelx dolphin or dogfishx your hearts ixll stamp out with my horsexs heels and make a quagmire of your mingled brainsx convey me salisbury into his tentx and then wexll try what these dastard frenchmen darex alarumx exeunt scene xx before orleans here an alarum againx and talbot pursueth the dauphin and driveth himx then enter joan la pucelle driving englishmen before herx then enter talbot talbotx where is my strengthx my valourx and my forcex our english troops retirex i cannot stay themx a woman clad in armour chaseth themx enter la pucelle herex here she comesx ixll have a bout with theex devil or devilxs damx ixll conjure theex blood will i draw on theexthou art a witch and straightway give thy soul to him thou servxstx pucellex comex comex xtis only i that must disgrace theex xhere they fightx talbotx heavensx can you suffer hell so to prevailx my breast ixll burst with straining of my couragex and from my shoulders crack my arms asunderx but i will chastise this high minded strumpetx xthey fight againx pucellex talbotx farewellx thy hour is not yet comex i must go victual orleans forthwithx xa short alarumx then enter the town with soldiersx oxertake me if thou canstx i scorn thy strengthx gox gox cheer up thy hungry starved menx help salisbury to make his testamentx this day is oursx as many more shall bex exit talbotx my thoughts are whirled like a potterxs wheelx i know not where i am nor what i dox a witch by fearx not forcex like hannibalx drives back our troops and conquers as she listsx so bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench are from their hives and houses driven awayx they callxd usx for our fiercenessx english dogsx now like to whelps we crying run awayx xa short alarumx harkx countrymenx either renew the fight or tear the lions out of englandxs coatx renounce your soilx give sheep in lionsx steadx sheep run not half so treacherous from the wolfx or horse or oxen from the leopardx as you fly from your oft subdued slavesx xalarumx here another skirmishx it will not bexretire into your trenchesx you all consented unto salisburyxs deathx for none would strike a stroke in his revengex pucelle is entxred into orleans in spite of us or aught that we could dox ox would i were to die with salisburyx the shame hereof will make me hide my headx exit talbotx alarumx retreat scene xx orleans flourishx enter on the wallsx la pucellex charlesx reignierx alenconx and soldiers pucellex advance our waving colours on the wallsx rescuxd is orleans from the englishx thus joan la pucelle hath performxd her wordx charlesx divinest creaturex astraeaxs daughterx how shall i honour thee for this successx thy promises are like adonisx gardensx that one day bloomxd and fruitful were the nextx francex triumph in thy glorious prophetessx recoverxd is the town of orleansx more blessed hap did nexer befall our statex reignierx why ring not out the bells aloud throughout the townx dauphinx command the citizens make bonfires and feast and banquet in the open streets to celebrate the joy that god hath given usx alenconx all france will be replete with mirth and joy when they shall hear how we have playxd the menx charlesx xtis joanx not wex by whom the day is wonx for which i will divide my crown with herx and all the priests and friars in my realm shall in procession sing her endless praisex a statelier pyramis to her ixll rear than rhodopexs of memphis ever wasx in memory of herx when she is deadx her ashesx in an urn more precious than the rich jewelxd coffer of dariusx transported shall be at high festivals before the kings and queens of francex no longer on saint denis will we cryx but joan la pucelle shall be francexs saintx come inx and let us banquet royally after this golden day of victoryx flourishx exeunt act iix scene xx before orleans enter a french sergeant and two sentinels sergeantx sirsx take your places and be vigilantx if any noise or soldier you perceive near to the wallsx by some apparent sign let us have knowledge at the court of guardx first sentinelx sergeantx you shallx xexit sergeantx thus are poor servitorsx when others sleep upon their quiet bedsx constrainxd to watch in darknessx rainx and coldx enter talbotx bedfordx burgundyx and forcesx with scalingxladdersx their drums beating a dead march talbotx lord regentx and redoubted burgundyx by whose approach the regions of artoisx wallonx and picardyx are friends to usx this happy night the frenchmen are securex having all day carousxd and banquetedx embrace we then this opportunityx as fitting best to quittance their deceitx contrivxd by art and baleful sorceryx bedfordx coward of francex how much he wrongs his famex despairing of his own armxs fortitudex to join with witches and the help of hellx burgundyx traitors have never other companyx but whatxs that pucelle whom they term so purex talbotx a maidx they sayx bedfordx a maidx and be so martialx burgundyx pray god she prove not masculine ere longx if underneath the standard of the french she carry armour as she hath begunx talbotx wellx let them practise and converse with spiritsx god is our fortressx in whose conquering name let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarksx bedfordx ascendx brave talbotx we will follow theex talbotx not all togetherx better farx i guessx that we do make our entrance several waysx that if it chance the one of us do fail the other yet may rise against their forcex bedfordx agreedx ixll to yond cornerx burgundyx and i to thisx talbotx and here will talbot mount or make his gravex nowx salisburyx for theex and for the right of english henryx shall this night appear how much in duty i am bound to bothx xthe english scale the walls and cry xsaint georgex a talbotxxx sentinelx armx armx the enemy doth make assaultx the french leap oxer the walls in their shirtsx enterx several waysx bastardx alenconx reignierx half ready and half unready alenconx how nowx my lordsx whatx all unready sox bastardx unreadyx ayx and glad we xscapxd so wellx reignierx xtwas timex i trowx to wake and leave our bedsx hearing alarums at our chamber doorsx alenconx of all exploits since first i followxd arms nexer heard i of a warlike enterprise more venturous or desperate than thisx bastardx i think this talbot be a fiend of hellx reignierx if not of hellx the heavensx surex favour him alenconx here cometh charlesx i marvel how he spedx enter charles and la pucelle bastardx tutx holy joan was his defensive guardx charlesx is this thy cunningx thou deceitful damex didst thou at firstx to flatter us withalx make us partakers of a little gain that now our loss might be ten times so muchx pucellex wherefore is charles impatient with his friendx at all times will you have my power alikex sleeping or wakingx must i still prevail or will you blame and lay the fault on mex improvident soldiersx had your watch been good this sudden mischief never could have fallxnx charlesx duke of alenconx this was your default thatx being captain of the watch toxnightx did look no better to that weighty chargex alenconx had all your quarters been as safely kept as that whereof i had the governmentx we had not been thus shamefully surprisxdx bastardx mine was securex reignierx and so was minex my lordx charlesx andx for myselfx most part of all this nightx within her quarter and mine own precinct i was employxd in passing to and fro about relieving of the sentinelsx then how or which way should they first break inx pucellex questionx my lordsx no further of the casex how or which wayx xtis sure they found some place but weakly guardedx where the breach was madex and now there rests no other shift but this to gather our soldiersx scatterxd and dispersxdx and lay new platforms to endamage themx alarumx enter an english soldierx crying xa talbotx a talbotxx they flyx leaving their clothes behind soldierx ixll be so bold to take what they have leftx the cry of talbot serves me for a swordx for i have loaden me with many spoilsx using no other weapon but his namex exit scene xx orleansx within the town enter talbotx bedfordx burgundyx a captainx and others bedfordx the day begins to breakx and night is fled whose pitchy mantle overxveilxd the earthx here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuitx xretreat soundedx talbotx bring forth the body of old salisbury and here advance it in the marketxplacex the middle centre of this cursed townx now have i paid my vow unto his soulx for every drop of blood was drawn from him there hath at least five frenchmen died toxnightx and that hereafter ages may behold what ruin happened in revenge of himx within their chiefest temple ixll erect a tombx wherein his corpse shall be interrxdx upon the whichx that every one may readx shall be engravxd the sack of orleansx the treacherous manner of his mournful deathx and what a terror he had been to francex butx lordsx in all our bloody massacrex i muse we met not with the dauphinxs gracex his newxcome championx virtuous joan of arcx nor any of his false confederatesx bedfordx xtis thoughtx lord talbotx when the fight beganx rousxd on the sudden from their drowsy bedsx they did amongst the troops of armed men leap oxer the walls for refuge in the fieldx burgundyx myselfx as far as i could well discern for smoke and dusky vapours of the nightx am sure i scarxd the dauphin and his trullx when arm in arm they both came swiftly runningx like to a pair of loving turtlexdoves that could not live asunder day or nightx after that things are set in order herex wexll follow them with all the power we havex enter a messenger messengerx all hailx my lordsx which of this princely train call ye the warlike talbotx for his acts so much applauded through the realm of francex talbotx here is the talbotx who would speak with himx messengerx the virtuous ladyx countess of auvergnex with modesty admiring thy renownx by me entreatsx great lordx thou wouldst vouchsafe to visit her poor castle where she liesx that she may boast she hath beheld the man whose glory fills the world with loud reportx burgundyx is it even sox nayx then i see our wars will turn into a peaceful comic sportx when ladies crave to be encountxred withx you may notx my lordx despise her gentle suitx talbotx nexer trust me thenx for when a world of men could not prevail with all their oratoryx yet hath a womanxs kindness overrulxdx and therefore tell her i return great thanks and in submission will attend on herx will not your honours bear me companyx bedfordx nox trulyx xtis more than manners willx and i have heard it said unbidden guests are often welcomest when they are gonex talbotx well thenx alonex since therexs no remedyx i mean to prove this ladyxs courtesyx come hitherx captainx xwhispersx you perceive my mindx captainx i dox my lordx and mean accordinglyx exeunt scene xx auvergnex the castle enter the countess and her porter countessx porterx remember what i gave in chargex and when you have done sox bring the keys to mex porterx madamx i willx countessx the plot is laidx if all things fall out rightx i shall as famous be by this exploitx as scythian tomyris by cyrusx deathx great is the rumour of this dreadful knightx and his achievements of no less accountx fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears to give their censure of these rare reportsx enter messenger and talbotx messengerx madamx according as your ladyship desirxdx by message cravxdx so is lord talbot comex countessx and he is welcomex whatx is this the manx messengerx madamx it isx countessx is this the scourge of francex is this talbotx so much fearxd abroad that with his name the mothers still their babesx i see report is fabulous and falsex i thought i should have seen some herculesx a second hectorx for his grim aspect and large proportion of his strongxknit limbsx alasx this is a childx a silly dwarfx it cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp should strike such terror to his enemiesx talbotx madamx i have been bold to trouble youx but since your ladyship is not at leisurex ixll sort some other time to visit youx xgoingx countessx what means he nowx go ask him whither he goesx messengerx stayx my lord talbotx for my lady craves to know the cause of your abrupt departurex talbotx marryx for that shexs in a wrong beliefx i go to certify her talbotxs herex rexenter porter with keys countessx if thou be hex then art thou prisonerx talbotx prisonerx to whomx countessx to mex bloodxthirsty lord and for that cause i trainxd thee to my housex long time thy shadow hath been thrall to mex for in my gallery thy picture hangsx but now the substance shall endure the like and i will chain these legs and arms of thine that hast by tyranny these many years wasted our countryx slain our citizensx and sent our sons and husbands captivatex talbotx hax hax hax countessx laughest thoux wretchx thy mirth shall turn to moanx talbotx i laugh to see your ladyship so fond to think that you have aught but talbotxs shadow whereon to practise your severityx countessx whyx art not thou the manx talbotx i am indeedx countessx then have i substance toox talbotx nox nox i am but shadow of myselfx you are deceivxdx my substance is not herex for what you see is but the smallest part and least proportion of humanityx i tell youx madamx were the whole frame herex it is of such a spacious lofty pitch your roof were not sufficient to contain xtx countessx this is a riddling merchant for the noncex he will be herex and yet he is not herex how can these contrarieties agreex talbotx that will i show you presentlyx winds his hornx drums strike upx a peal of ordnancex enter soldiers how say youx madamx are you now persuaded that talbot is but shadow of himselfx these are his substancex sinewsx armsx and strengthx with which he yoketh your rebellious necksx razeth your citiesx and subverts your townsx and in a moment makes them desolatex countessx victorious talbotx pardon my abusex i find thou art no less than fame hath bruitedx and more than may be gathered by thy shapex let my presumption not provoke thy wrathx for i am sorry that with reverence i did not entertain thee as thou artx talbotx be not dismayxdx fair ladyx nor misconster the mind of talbot as you did mistake the outward composition of his bodyx what you have done hath not offended mex nor other satisfaction do i crave but onlyx with your patiencex that we may taste of your wine and see what cates you havex for soldiersx stomachs always serve them wellx countessx with all my heartx and think me honoured to feast so great a warrior in my housex exeunt scene xx londonx the temple garden enter the earls of somersetx suffolkx and warwickx richard plantagenetx vernonx and another lawyer plantagenetx great lords and gentlemenx what means this silencex dare no man answer in a case of truthx suffolkx within the temple hall we were too loudx the garden here is more convenientx plantagenetx then say at once if i maintainxd the truthx or else was wrangling somerset in thx errorx suffolkx faithx i have been a truant in the law and never yet could frame my will to itx and therefore frame the law unto my willx somersetx judge youx my lord of warwickx thenx between usx warwickx between two hawksx which flies the higher pitchx between two dogsx which hath the deeper mouthx between two bladesx which bears the better temperx between two horsesx which doth bear him bestx between two girlsx which hath the merriest eye i have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgmentx but in these nice sharp quillets of the lawx good faithx i am no wiser than a dawx plantagenetx tutx tutx here is a mannerly forbearancex the truth appears so naked on my side that any purblind eye may find it outx somersetx and on my side it is so well apparellxdx so clearx so shiningx and so evidentx that it will glimmer through a blind manxs eyex plantagenetx since you are tonguextied and so loath to speakx in dumb significants proclaim your thoughtsx let him that is a truexborn gentleman and stands upon the honour of his birthx if he suppose that i have pleaded truthx from off this brier pluck a white rose with mex somersetx let him that is no coward nor no flattererx but dare maintain the party of the truthx pluck a red rose from off this thorn with mex warwickx i love no coloursx andx without all colour of base insinuating flatteryx i pluck this white rose with plantagenetx suffolkx i pluck this red rose with young somersetx and say withal i think he held the rightx vernonx stayx lords and gentlemenx and pluck no more till you conclude that he upon whose side the fewest roses are croppxd from the tree shall yield the other in the right opinionx somersetx good master vernonx it is well objectedx if i have fewestx i subscribe in silencex plantagenetx and ix vernonx thenx for the truth and plainness of the casex i pluck this pale and maiden blossom herex giving my verdict on the white rose sidex somersetx prick not your finger as you pluck it offx lestx bleedingx you do paint the white rose redx and fall on my side sox against your willx vernonx if ix my lordx for my opinion bleedx opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt and keep me on the side where still i amx somersetx wellx wellx come onx who elsex lawyerx xto somersetx unless my study and my books be falsex the argument you held was wrong in youx in sign whereof i pluck a white rose toox plantagenetx nowx somersetx where is your argumentx somersetx here in my scabbardx meditating that shall dye your white rose in a bloody redx plantagenetx meantime your cheeks do counterfeit our rosesx for pale they look with fearx as witnessing the truth on our sidex somersetx nox plantagenetx xtis not for fear but anger that thy cheeks blush for pure shame to counterfeit our rosesx and yet thy tongue will not confess thy errorx plantagenetx hath not thy rose a cankerx somersetx somersetx hath not thy rose a thornx plantagenetx plantagenetx ayx sharp and piercingx to maintain his truthx whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehoodx somersetx wellx ixll find friends to wear my bleeding rosesx that shall maintain what i have said is truex where false plantagenet dare not be seenx plantagenetx nowx by this maiden blossom in my handx i scorn thee and thy fashionx peevish boyx suffolkx turn not thy scorns this wayx plantagenetx plantagenetx proud polex i willx and scorn both him and theex suffolkx ixll turn my part thereof into thy throatx somersetx awayx awayx good william de la polex we grace the yeoman by conversing with himx warwickx nowx by godxs willx thou wrongxst himx somersetx his grandfather was lionel duke of clarencex third son to the third edwardx king of englandx spring crestless yeomen from so deep a rootx plantagenetx he bears him on the placexs privilegex or durst not for his craven heart say thusx somersetx by him that made mex ixll maintain my words on any plot of ground in christendomx was not thy fatherx richard earl of cambridgex for treason executed in our late kingxs daysx and by his treason standxst not thou attaintedx corruptedx and exempt from ancient gentryx his trespass yet lives guilty in thy bloodx and till thou be restorxd thou art a yeomanx plantagenetx my father was attachedx not attaintedx condemnxd to die for treasonx but no traitorx and that ixll prove on better men than somersetx were growing time once ripened to my willx for your partaker polex and you yourselfx ixll note you in my book of memory to scourge you for this apprehensionx look to it wellx and say you are well warnxdx somersetx ayx thou shalt find us ready for thee stillx and know us by these colours for thy foes for these my friends in spite of thee shall wearx plantagenetx andx by my soulx this pale and angry rosex as cognizance of my bloodxdrinking hatex will i for everx and my factionx wearx until it wither with me to my gravex or flourish to the height of my degreex suffolkx go forwardx and be chokxd with thy ambitionx and so farewell until i meet thee nextx exit somersetx have with theex polex farewellx ambitious richardx exit plantagenetx how i am bravxdx and must perforce endure itx warwickx this blot that they object against your house shall be wipxd out in the next parliamentx callxd for the truce of winchester and gloucesterx and if thou be not then created yorkx i will not live to be accounted warwickx meantimex in signal of my love to theex against proud somerset and william polex will i upon thy party wear this rosex and here i prophesyx this brawl toxdayx grown to this faction in the temple gardenx shall send between the red rose and the white a thousand souls to death and deadly nightx plantagenetx good master vernonx i am bound to you that you on my behalf would pluck a flowerx vernonx in your behalf still will i wear the samex lawyerx and so will ix plantagenetx thanksx gentle sirx comex let us four to dinnerx i dare say this quarrel will drink blood another dayx exeunt scene xx the tower of london enter mortimerx brought in a chairx and gaolers mortimerx kind keepers of my weak decaying agex let dying mortimer here rest himselfx even like a man new haled from the rackx so fare my limbs with long imprisonmentx and these grey locksx the pursuivants of deathx nestorxlike aged in an age of carex argue the end of edmund mortimerx these eyesx like lamps whose wasting oil is spentx wax dimx as drawing to their exigentx weak shouldersx overborne with burdening griefx and pithless armsx like to a withered vine that droops his sapless branches to the groundx yet are these feetx whose strengthless stay is numbx unable to support this lump of clayx swiftxwinged with desire to get a gravex as witting i no other comfort havex but tell mex keeperx will my nephew comex first keeperx richard plantagenetx my lordx will comex we sent unto the templex unto his chamberx and answer was returnxd that he will comex mortimerx enoughx my soul shall then be satisfiedx poor gentlemanx his wrong doth equal minex since henry monmouth first began to reignx before whose glory i was great in armsx this loathsome sequestration have i hadx and even since then hath richard been obscurxdx deprivxd of honour and inheritancex but now the arbitrator of despairsx just deathx kind umpire of menxs miseriesx with sweet enlargement doth dismiss me hencex i would his troubles likewise were expirxdx that so he might recover what was lostx enter richard plantagenet first keeperx my lordx your loving nephew now is comex mortimerx richard plantagenetx my friendx is he comex plantagenetx ayx noble unclex thus ignobly usxdx your nephewx late despised richardx comesx mortimerx direct mine arms i may embrace his neck and in his bosom spend my latter gaspx ox tell me when my lips do touch his cheeksx that i may kindly give one fainting kissx and now declarex sweet stem from yorkxs great stockx why didst thou say of late thou wert despisxdx plantagenetx firstx lean thine aged back against mine armx andx in that easex ixll tell thee my diseasex this dayx in argument upon a casex some words there grew xtwixt somerset and mex among which terms he usxd his lavish tongue and did upbraid me with my fatherxs deathx which obloquy set bars before my tonguex else with the like i had requited himx thereforex good unclex for my fatherxs sakex in honour of a true plantagenetx and for alliance sakex declare the cause my fatherx earl of cambridgex lost his headx mortimerx that causex fair nephewx that imprisonxd me and hath detainxd me all my flowxring youth within a loathsome dungeonx there to pinex was cursed instrument of his deceasex plantagenetx discover more at large what cause that wasx for i am ignorant and cannot guessx mortimerx i willx if that my fading breath permit and death approach not ere my tale be donex henry the fourthx grandfather to this kingx deposxd his nephew richardx edwardxs sonx the firstxbegotten and the lawful heir of edward kingx the third of that descentx during whose reign the percies of the northx finding his usurpation most unjustx endeavourxd my advancement to the thronex the reason movxd these warlike lords to this wasx for thatxyoung richard thus removxdx leaving no heir begotten of his bodyx i was the next by birth and parentagex for by my mother i derived am from lionel duke of clarencex third son to king edward the thirdx whereas he from john of gaunt doth bring his pedigreex being but fourth of that heroic linex but markx as in this haughty great attempt they laboured to plant the rightful heirx i lost my libertyx and they their livesx long after thisx when henry the fifthx succeeding his father bolingbrokex did reignx thy fatherx earl of cambridgex then derivxd from famous edmund langleyx duke of yorkx marrying my sisterx that thy mother wasx againx in pity of my hard distressx levied an armyx weening to redeem and have installxd me in the diademx butx as the restx so fell that noble earlx and was beheadedx thus the mortimersx in whom the title restedx were suppressxdx plantagenetx of whichx my lordx your honour is the lastx mortimerx truex and thou seest that i no issue havex and that my fainting words do warrant deathx thou art my heirx the rest i wish thee gatherx but yet be wary in thy studious carex plantagenetx thy grave admonishments prevail with mex but yet methinks my fatherxs execution was nothing less than bloody tyrannyx mortimerx with silencex nephewx be thou politicx strong fixed is the house of lancaster and like a mountain not to be removxdx but now thy uncle is removing hencex as princes do their courts when they are cloyxd with long continuance in a settled placex plantagenetx o unclex would some part of my young years might but redeem the passage of your agex mortimerx thou dost then wrong mex as that slaughterer doth which giveth many wounds when one will killx mourn notx except thou sorrow for my goodx only give order for my funeralx and sox farewellx and fair be all thy hopesx and prosperous be thy life in peace and warx xdiesx plantagenetx and peacex no warx befall thy parting soulx in prison hast thou spent a pilgrimagex and like a hermit overpassxd thy daysx wellx i will lock his counsel in my breastx and what i do imaginex let that restx keepersx convey him hencex and i myself will see his burial better than his lifex exeunt gaolersx hearing out the body of mortimer here dies the dusky torch of mortimerx chokxd with ambition of the meaner sortx and for those wrongsx those bitter injuriesx which somerset hath offerxd to my housex i doubt not but with honour to redressx and therefore haste i to the parliamentx either to be restored to my bloodx or make my ill thx advantage of my goodx exit act iiix scene xx londonx the parliament house flourishx enter the kingx exeterx gloucesterx warwickx somersetx and suffolkx the bishop of winchesterx richard plantagenetx and othersx gloucester offers to put up a billx winchester snatches itx and tears it winchesterx comxst thou with deep premeditated linesx with written pamphlets studiously devisxdx humphrey of gloucesterx if thou canst accuse or aught intendxst to lay unto my chargex do it without inventionx suddenlyx i with sudden and extemporal speech purpose to answer what thou canst objectx gloucesterx presumptuous priestx this place commands my patiencex or thou shouldst find thou hast dishonourxd mex think notx although in writing i preferrxd the manner of thy vile outrageous crimesx that therefore i have forgxdx or am not able verbatim to rehearse the method of my penx nox prelatex such is thy audacious wickednessx thy lewdx pestiferousx and dissentious pranksx as very infants prattle of thy pridex thou art a most pernicious usurerx froward by naturex enemy to peacex lasciviousx wantonx more than well beseems a man of thy profession and degreex and for thy treacheryx whatxs more manifest in that thou laidxst a trap to take my lifex as well at london bridge as at the towerx besidex i fear mex if thy thoughts were siftedx the kingx thy sovereignx is not quite exempt from envious malice of thy swelling heartx winchesterx gloucesterx i do defy theex lordsx vouchsafe to give me hearing what i shall replyx if i were covetousx ambitiousx or perversex as he will have mex how am i so poorx or how haps it i seek not to advance or raise myselfx but keep my wonted callingx and for dissensionx who preferreth peace more than i dox except i be provokxdx nox my good lordsx it is not that offendsx it is not that that incensxd hath incensxd the dukex it is because no one should sway but hex no one but he should be about the kingx and that engenders thunder in his breast and makes him roar these accusations forthx but he shall know i am as good gloucesterx as goodx thou bastard of my grandfatherx winchesterx ayx lordly sirx for what are youx i prayx but one imperious in anotherxs thronex gloucesterx am i not protectorx saucy priestx winchesterx and am not i a prelate of the churchx gloucesterx yesx as an outlaw in a castle keepsx and useth it to patronage his theftx winchesterx unreverent gloucesterx gloucesterx thou art reverend touching thy spiritual functionx not thy lifex winchesterx rome shall remedy thisx warwickx roam thither thenx somersetx my lordx it were your duty to forbearx warwickx ayx see the bishop be not overbornex somersetx methinks my lord should be religiousx and know the office that belongs to suchx warwickx methinks his lordship should be humblerx it fitteth not a prelate so to pleadx somersetx yesx when his holy state is touchxd so nearx warwickx state holy or unhallowxdx what of thatx is not his grace protector to the kingx plantagenetx xasidex plantagenetx i seex must hold his tonguex lest it be said xspeakx sirrahx when you shouldx must your bold verdict enter talk with lordsxx else would i have a fling at winchesterx king henryx uncles of gloucester and of winchesterx the special watchmen of our english wealx i would prevailx if prayers might prevail to join your hearts in love and amityx ox what a scandal is it to our crown that two such noble peers as ye should jarx believe mex lordsx my tender years can tell civil dissension is a viperous worm that gnaws the bowels of the commonwealthx xa noise withinx xdown with the tawny coatsxxx what tumultxs thisx warwickx an uproarx i dare warrantx begun through malice of the bishopxs menx xa noise againx xstonesx stonesxxx enter the mayor of londonx attended mayorx ox my good lordsx and virtuous henryx pity the city of londonx pity usx the bishop and the duke of gloucesterxs menx forbidden late to carry any weaponx have fillxd their pockets full of pebble stones andx banding themselves in contrary partsx do pelt so fast at one anotherxs pate that many have their giddy brains knockxd outx our windows are broke down in every streetx and we for fear compellxd to shut our shopsx enter in skirmishx the retainers of gloucester and winchesterx with bloody pates king henryx we charge youx on allegiance to ourselfx to hold your slaughtxring hands and keep the peacex prayx uncle gloucesterx mitigate this strifex first servingxmanx nayx if we be forbidden stonesx wexll fall to it with our teethx second servingxmanx do what ye darex we are as resolutex xskirmish againx gloucesterx you of my householdx leave this peevish broilx and set this unaccustomxd fight asidex third servingxmanx my lordx we know your grace to be a man just and uprightx and for your royal birth inferior to none but to his majestyx and ere that we will suffer such a princex so kind a father of the commonwealx to be disgraced by an inkhorn matex we and our wives and children all will fight and have our bodies slaughtxred by thy foesx first servingxmanx ayx and the very parings of our nails shall pitch a field when we are deadx xbegin againx gloucesterx stayx stayx i sayx and if you love mex as you say you dox let me persuade you to forbear awhilex king henryx ox how this discord doth afflict my soulx can youx my lord of winchesterx behold my sighs and tears and will not once relentx who should be pitifulx if you be notx or who should study to prefer a peacex if holy churchmen take delight in broilsx warwickx yieldx my lord protectorx yieldx winchesterx except you mean with obstinate repulse to slay your sovereign and destroy the realmx you see what mischiefx and what murder toox hath been enacted through your enmityx then be at peacex except ye thirst for bloodx winchesterx he shall submitx or i will never yieldx gloucesterx compassion on the king commands me stoopx or i would see his heart out ere the priest should ever get that privilege of mex warwickx beholdx my lord of winchesterx the duke hath banishxd moody discontented furyx as by his smoothed brows it doth appearx why look you still so stem and tragicalx gloucesterx herex winchesterx i offer thee my handx king henryx fiex uncle beaufortx i have heard you preach that malice was a great and grievous sinx and will not you maintain the thing you teachx but prove a chief offender in the samex warwickx sweet kingx the bishop hath a kindly girdx for shamex my lord of winchesterx relentx whatx shall a child instruct you what to dox winchesterx wellx duke of gloucesterx i will yield to theex love for thy love and hand for hand i givex gloucester xasidex ayx butx i fear mex with a hollow heartx see herex my friends and loving countrymenx this token serveth for a flag of truce betwixt ourselves and all our followersx so help me godx as i dissemble notx winchester xasidex so help me godx as i intend it notx king henryx o loving unclex kind duke of gloucesterx how joyful am i made by this contractx awayx my mastersx trouble us no morex but join in friendshipx as your lords have donex first servingxmanx contentx ixll to the surgeonxsx second servingxmanx and so will ix third servingxmanx and i will see what physic the tavern affordsx exeunt servantsx mayorx xcx warwickx accept this scrollx most gracious sovereignx which in the right of richard plantagenet we do exhibit to your majestyx gloucesterx well urgxdx my lord of warwickx forx sweet princex an if your grace mark every circumstancex you have great reason to do richard rightx especially for those occasions at eltham place i told your majestyx king henryx and those occasionsx unclex were of forcex thereforex my loving lordsx our pleasure is that richard be restored to his bloodx warwickx let richard be restored to his bloodx so shall his fatherxs wrongs be recompensxdx winchesterx as will the restx so willeth winchesterx king henryx if richard will be truex not that alone but all the whole inheritance i give that doth belong unto the house of yorkx from whence you spring by lineal descentx plantagenetx thy humble servant vows obedience and humble service till the point of deathx king henryx stoop then and set your knee against my footx and in reguerdon of that duty done i girt thee with the valiant sword of yorkx risex richardx like a true plantagenetx and rise created princely duke of yorkx plantagenetx and so thrive richard as thy foes may fallx and as my duty springsx so perish they that grudge one thought against your majestyx allx welcomex high princex the mighty duke of yorkx somersetx xasidex perishx base princex ignoble duke of yorkx gloucesterx now will it best avail your majesty to cross the seas and to be crownxd in francex the presence of a king engenders love amongst his subjects and his loyal friendsx as it disanimates his enemiesx king henryx when gloucester says the wordx king henry goesx for friendly counsel cuts off many foesx gloucesterx your ships already are in readinessx sennetx flourishx exeunt all but exeter exeterx ayx we may march in england or in francex not seeing what is likely to ensuex this late dissension grown betwixt the peers burns under feigned ashes of forgxd love and will at last break out into a flamex as festxred members rot but by degree till bones and flesh and sinews fall awayx so will this base and envious discord breedx and now i fear that fatal prophecyx which in the time of henry namxd the fifth was in the mouth of every sucking babex that henry born at monmouth should win allx and henry born at windsor should lose allx which is so plain that exeter doth wish his days may finish ere that hapless timex exit scene xx francex before rouen enter la pucelle disguisxdx with four soldiers dressed like countrymenx with sacks upon their backs pucellex these are the city gatesx the gates of rouenx through which our policy must make a breachx take heedx be wary how you place your wordsx talk like the vulgar sort of marketxmen that come to gather money for their cornx if we have entrancex as i hope we shallx and that we find the slothful watch but weakx ixll by a sign give notice to our friendsx that charles the dauphin may encounter themx first soldierx our sacks shall be a mean to sack the cityx and we be lords and rulers over rouenx therefore wexll knockx xknocksx watchx xwithinx qui est lax pucellex paysansx pauvres gens de france poor marketxfolks that come to sell their cornx watchx enterx go inx the marketxbell is rungx pucellex nowx rouenx ixll shake thy bulwarks to the groundx xla pucellex xcxx enter the townx enter charlesx bastardx alenconx reignierx and forces charlesx saint denis bless this happy stratagemx and once again wexll sleep secure in rouenx bastardx here entxred pucelle and her practisantsx now she is therex how will she specify here is the best and safest passage inx alenconx by thrusting out a torch from yonder towerx which once discernxd shows that her meaning is no way to thatx for weaknessx which she entxredx enter la pucellex on the topx thrusting out a torch burning pucellex beholdx this is the happy wedding torch that joineth rouen unto her countrymenx but burning fatal to the talbotitesx exit bastardx seex noble charlesx the beacon of our friendx the burning torch in yonder turret standsx charlesx now shine it like a comet of revengex a prophet to the fall of all our foesx alenconx defer no timex delays have dangerous endsx enterx and cry xthe dauphinxx presentlyx and then do execution on the watchx alarumx exeunt an alarumx enter talbot in an excursion talbotx francex thou shalt rue this treason with thy tearsx if talbot but survive thy treacheryx pucellex that witchx that damned sorceressx hath wrought this hellish mischief unawaresx that hardly we escapxd the pride of francex exit an alarumx excursionsx bedford brought in sick in a chairx enter talbot and burgundy withoutx withinx la pucellex charlesx bastardx alenconx and reignierx on the walls pucellex good morrowx gallantsx want ye corn for breadx i think the duke of burgundy will fast before hexll buy again at such a ratex xtwas full of darnelxdo you like the tastex burgundyx scoff onx vile fiend and shameless courtezanx i trust ere long to choke thee with thine ownx and make thee curse the harvest of that cornx charlesx your grace may starvex perhapsx before that timex bedfordx ox let no wordsx but deedsx revenge this treasonx pucellex what you dox good grey beardx break a lancex and run a tilt at death within a chairx talbotx foul fiend of france and hag of all despitex encompassxd with thy lustful paramoursx becomes it thee to taunt his valiant age and twit with cowardice a man half deadx damselx ixll have a bout with you againx or else let talbot perish with this shamex pucellex are ye so hotx sirx yetx pucellex hold thy peacex if talbot do but thunderx rain will followx xthe english party whisper together in councilx god speed the parliamentx who shall be the speakerx talbotx dare ye come forth and meet us in the fieldx pucellex belike your lordship takes us then for foolsx to try if that our own be ours or nox talbotx i speak not to that railing hecatex but unto theex alenconx and the restx will yex like soldiersx come and fight it outx alenconx signiorx nox talbotx signiorx hangx base muleteers of francex like peasant footxboys do they keep the wallsx and dare not take up arms like gentlemenx pucellex awayx captainsx letxs get us from the wallsx for talbot means no goodness by his looksx god bxuyx my lordx we came but to tell you that we are herex exeunt from the walls talbotx and there will we be toox ere it be longx or else reproach be talbotxs greatest famex vowx burgundyx by honour of thy housex prickxd on by public wrongs sustainxd in francex either to get the town again or diex and ix as sure as english henry lives and as his father here was conquerorx as sure as in this late betrayed town great coeurxdexlionxs heart was buried so sure i swear to get the town or diex burgundyx my vows are equal partners with thy vowsx talbotx but ere we gox regard this dying princex the valiant duke of bedfordx comex my lordx we will bestow you in some better placex fitter for sickness and for crazy agex bedfordx lord talbotx do not so dishonour mex here will i sit before the walls of rouenx and will be partner of your weal or woex burgundyx courageous bedfordx let us now persuade youx bedfordx not to be gone from hencex for once i read that stout pendragon in his litter sick came to the fieldx and vanquished his foesx methinks i should revive the soldiersx heartsx because i ever found them as myselfx talbotx undaunted spirit in a dying breastx then be it sox heavens keep old bedford safex and now no more adox brave burgundyx but gather we our forces out of hand and set upon our boasting enemyx exeunt against the town all but bedford and attendants an alarumx excursionsx enter sir john fastolfex and a captain captainx whither awayx sir john fastolfex in such hastex fastolfex whither awayx to save myself by flightx we are like to have the overthrow againx captainx whatx will you and leave lord talbotx fastolfex ayx all the talbots in the worldx to save my lifex exit captainx cowardly knightx ill fortune follow theex exit into the town retreatx excursionsx la pucellex alenconx and charles fly bedfordx nowx quiet soulx depart when heaven pleasex for i have seen our enemiesx overthrowx what is the trust or strength of foolish manx they that of late were daring with their scoffs are glad and fain by flight to save themselvesx xbedford dies and is carried in by two in his chairx an alarumx rexenter talbotx burgundyx and the rest talbotx lost and recovered in a day againx this is a double honourx burgundyx yet heavens have glory for this victoryx burgundyx warlike and martial talbotx burgundy enshrines thee in his heartx and there erects thy noble deeds as valourxs monumentsx talbotx thanksx gentle dukex but where is pucelle nowx i think her old familiar is asleepx now wherexs the bastardxs bravesx and charles his gleeksx whatx all amortx rouen hangs her head for grief that such a valiant company are fledx now will we take some order in the townx placing therein some expert officersx and then depart to paris to the kingx for there young henry with his nobles liex burgundyx what lord talbot pleaseth burgundyx talbotx but yetx before we gox letxs not forget the noble duke of bedfordx late deceasxdx but see his exequies fulfillxd in rouenx a braver soldier never couched lancex a gentler heart did never sway in courtx but kings and mightiest potentates must diex for thatxs the end of human miseryx exeunt scene xx the plains near rouen enter charlesx the bastardx alenconx la pucellex and forces pucellex dismay notx princesx at this accidentx nor grieve that rouen is so recoveredx care is no curex but rather corrosivex for things that are not to be remediedx let frantic talbot triumph for a while and like a peacock sweep along his tailx wexll pull his plumes and take away his trainx if dauphin and the rest will be but rulxdx charlesx we have guided by thee hithertox and of thy cunning had no diffidencex one sudden foil shall never breed distrust bastardx search out thy wit for secret policiesx and we will make thee famous through the worldx alenconx wexll set thy statue in some holy placex and have thee reverencxd like a blessed saintx employ theex thenx sweet virginx for our goodx pucellex then thus it must bex this doth joan devisex by fair persuasionsx mixxd with sugxred wordsx we will entice the duke of burgundy to leave the talbot and to follow usx charlesx ayx marryx sweetingx if we could do thatx france were no place for henryxs warriorsx nor should that nation boast it so with usx but be extirped from our provincesx alenconx for ever should they be expulsxd from francex and not have tide of an earldom herex pucellex your honours shall perceive how i will work to bring this matter to the wished endx xdrum sounds afar offx harkx by the sound of drum you may perceive their powers are marching unto parisxwardx here sound an english marchx enterx and pass over at a distancex talbot and his forces there goes the talbotx with his colours spreadx and all the troops of english after himx french marchx enter the duke of burgundy and his forces now in the rearward comes the duke and hisx fortune in favour makes him lag behindx summon a parleyx we will talk with himx xtrumpets sound a parleyx charlesx a parley with the duke of burgundyx burgundyx who craves a parley with the burgundyx pucellex the princely charles of francex thy countrymanx burgundyx what sayxst thoux charlesx for i am marching hencex charlesx speakx pucellex and enchant him with thy wordsx pucellex brave burgundyx undoubted hope of francex stayx let thy humble handmaid speak to theex burgundyx speak onx but be not overxtediousx pucellex look on thy countryx look on fertile francex and see the cities and the towns defacxd by wasting ruin of the cruel foex as looks the mother on her lowly babe when death doth close his tender dying eyesx seex see the pining malady of francex behold the woundsx the most unnatural woundsx which thou thyself hast given her woeful breastx ox turn thy edged sword another wayx strike those that hurtx and hurt not those that helpx one drop of blood drawn from thy countryxs bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gorex return thee therefore with a flood of tearsx and wash away thy countryxs stained spotsx burgundyx either she hath bewitchxd me with her wordsx or nature makes me suddenly relentx pucellex besidesx all french and france exclaims on theex doubting thy birth and lawful progenyx who joinxst thou with but with a lordly nation that will not trust thee but for profitxs sakex when talbot hath set footing once in francex and fashionxd thee that instrument of illx who then but english henry will be lordx and thou be thrust out like a fugitivex call we to mindxand mark but this for proofx was not the duke of orleans thy foex and was he not in england prisonerx but when they heard he was thine enemy they set him free without his ransom paidx in spite of burgundy and all his friendsx see thenx thou fightxst against thy countrymenx and joinxst with them will be thy slaughtermenx comex comex returnx returnx thou wandering lordx charles and the rest will take thee in their armsx burgundyx i am vanquishedx these haughty words of hers have battxred me like roaring cannonxshot and made me almost yield upon my kneesx forgive mex countryx and sweet countrymen andx lordsx accept this hearty kind embracex my forces and my power of men are yoursx sox farewellx talbotx ixll no longer trust theex pucellex done like a frenchmanx xasidex turn and turn againx charlesx welcomex brave dukex thy friendship makes us freshx bastardx and doth beget new courage in our breastsx alenconx pucelle hath bravely playxd her part in thisx and doth deserve a coronet of goldx charlesx now let us onx my lordsx and join our powersx and seek how we may prejudice the foex exeunt scene xx parisx the palace enter the kingx gloucesterx winchesterx yorkx suffolkx somersetx warwickx exeterx vernonx bassetx and othersx to themx with his soldiersx talbot talbotx my gracious princex and honourable peersx hearing of your arrival in this realmx i have awhile given truce unto my wars to do my duty to my sovereignx in sign whereofx this arm that hath reclaimxd to your obedience fifty fortressesx twelve citiesx and seven walled towns of strengthx beside five hundred prisoners of esteemx lets fall his sword before your highnessx feetx and with submissive loyalty of heart ascribes the glory of his conquest got first to my god and next unto your gracex xkneelsx king henryx is this the lord talbotx uncle gloucesterx that hath so long been resident in francex gloucesterx yesx if it please your majestyx my liegex king henryx welcomex brave captain and victorious lordx when i was youngx as yet i am not oldx i do remember how my father said a stouter champion never handled swordx long since we were resolved of your truthx your faithful servicex and your toil in warx yet never have you tasted our rewardx or been reguerdonxd with so much as thanksx because till now we never saw your facex therefore stand upx and for these good deserts we here create you earl of shrewsburyx and in our coronation take your placex sennetx flourishx exeunt all but vernon and basset vernonx nowx sirx to youx that were so hot at seax disgracing of these colours that i wear in honour of my noble lord of york darxst thou maintain the former words thou spakxstx bassetx yesx sirx as well as you dare patronage the envious barking of your saucy tongue against my lord the duke of somersetx vernonx sirrahx thy lord i honour as he isx bassetx whyx what is hex as good a man as yorkx vernonx hark yex not sox in witnessx take ye thatx xstrikes himx bassetx villainx thou knowest the law of arms is such that whoso draws a sword xtis present deathx or else this blow should broach thy dearest bloodx but ixll unto his majesty and crave i may have liberty to venge this wrongx when thou shalt see ixll meet thee to thy costx vernonx wellx miscreantx ixll be there as soon as youx andx afterx meet you sooner than you wouldx exeunt act ivx scene xx parkx the palace enter the kingx gloucesterx winchesterx yorkx suffolkx somersetx warwickx talbotx exeterx the governor of parisx and others gloucesterx lord bishopx set the crown upon his headx winchesterx god save king henryx of that name the sixthx gloucesterx nowx governor of parisx take your oath xgovernor kneelsx that you elect no other king but himx esteem none friends but such as are his friendsx and none your foes but such as shall pretend malicious practices against his statex this shall ye dox so help you righteous godx exeunt governor and his train enter sir john fastolfe fastolfex my gracious sovereignx as i rode from calaisx to haste unto your coronationx a letter was deliverxd to my handsx writ to your grace from thx duke of burgundyx talbotx shame to the duke of burgundy and theex i vowxdx base knightx when i did meet thee next to tear the garter from thy cravenxs legx xplucking it offx which i have donex because unworthily thou wast installed in that high degreex pardon mex princely henryx and the restx this dastardx at the battle of patayx when but in all i was six thousand strongx and that the french were almost ten to onex before we met or that a stroke was givenx like to a trusty squire did run awayx in which assault we lost twelve hundred menx myself and divers gentlemen beside were there surprisxd and taken prisonersx then judgex great lordsx if i have done amissx or whether that such cowards ought to wear this ornament of knighthoodxyea or nox gloucesterx to say the truthx this fact was infamous and ill beseeming any common manx much more a knightx a captainx and a leaderx talbotx when first this order was ordainxdx my lordsx knights of the garter were of noble birthx valiant and virtuousx full of haughty couragex such as were grown to credit by the warsx not fearing death nor shrinking for distressx but always resolute in most extremesx he then that is not furnishxd in this sort doth but usurp the sacred name of knightx profaning this most honourable orderx and shouldx if i were worthy to be judgex be quite degradedx like a hedgexborn swain that doth presume to boast of gentle bloodx king henryx stain to thy countrymenx thou hearxst thy doomx be packingx thereforex thou that wast a knightx henceforth we banish thee on pain of deathx exit fastolfe and nowx my lord protectorx view the letter sent from our uncle duke of burgundyx gloucesterx xviewing the superscriptionx what means his gracex that he hath changxd his stylex no more but plain and bluntly xto the kingxx hath he forgot he is his sovereignx or doth this churlish superscription pretend some alteration in goodxwillx whatxs herex xreadsx xi havex upon especial causex movxd with compassion of my countryxs wreckx together with the pitiful complaints of such as your oppression feeds uponx forsaken your pernicious factionx and joinxd with charlesx the rightful king of francexx o monstrous treacheryx can this be so that in alliancex amityx and oathsx there should be found such false dissembling guilex king henryx whatx doth my uncle burgundy revoltx gloucesterx he dothx my lordx and is become your foex king henryx is that the worst this letter doth containx gloucesterx it is the worstx and allx my lordx he writesx king henryx why then lord talbot there shall talk with him and give him chastisement for this abusex how say youx my lordx are you not contentx talbotx contentx my liegex yesx but that i am preventedx i should have beggxd i might have been employxdx king henryx then gather strength and march unto him straightx let him perceive how ill we brook his treasonx and what offence it is to flout his friendsx talbotx i gox my lordx in heart desiring still you may behold confusion of your foesx exit enter vernon and basset vernonx grant me the combatx gracious sovereignx bassetx and mex my lordx grant me the combat toox yorkx this is my servantx hear himx noble princex somersetx and this is minex sweet henryx favour himx king henryx be patientx lordsx and give them leave to speakx sayx gentlemenx what makes you thus exclaimx and wherefore crave you combatx or with whomx vernonx with himx my lordx for he hath done me wrongx bassetx and i with himx for he hath done me wrongx king henryx what is that wrong whereof you both complainx first let me knowx and then ixll answer youx bassetx crossing the sea from england into francex this fellow herex with envious carping tonguex upbraided me about the rose i wearx saying the sanguine colour of the leaves did represent my masterxs blushing cheeks when stubbornly he did repugn the truth about a certain question in the law arguxd betwixt the duke of york and himx with other vile and ignominious terms in confutation of which rude reproach and in defence of my lordxs worthinessx i crave the benefit of law of armsx vernonx and that is my petitionx noble lordx for though he seem with forged quaint conceit to set a gloss upon his bold intentx yet knowx my lordx i was provokxd by himx and he first took exceptions at this badgex pronouncing that the paleness of this flower bewrayxd the faintness of my masterxs heartx yorkx will not this malicex somersetx be leftx somersetx your private grudgex my lord of yorkx will outx though nexer so cunningly you smother itx king henryx good lordx what madness rules in brainsick menx when for so slight and frivolous a cause such factious emulations shall arisex good cousins bothx of york and somersetx quiet yourselvesx i prayx and be at peacex yorkx let this dissension first be tried by fightx and then your highness shall command a peacex somersetx the quarrel toucheth none but us alonex betwixt ourselves let us decide it thenx yorkx there is my pledgex accept itx somersetx vernonx nayx let it rest where it began at firstx bassetx confirm it sox mine honourable lordx gloucesterx confirm it sox confounded be your strifex and perish yex with your audacious pratex presumptuous vassalsx are you not ashamxd with this immodest clamorous outrage to trouble and disturb the king and usx and youx my lordsx methinks you do not well to bear with their perverse objectionsx much less to take occasion from their mouths to raise a mutiny betwixt yourselvesx let me persuade you take a better coursex exeterx it grieves his highnessx good my lordsx be friendsx king henryx come hitherx you that would be combatantsx henceforth i charge youx as you love our favourx quite to forget this quarrel and the causex and youx my lordsx remember where we arex in francex amongst a fickle wavering nationx if they perceive dissension in our looks and that within ourselves we disagreex how will their grudging stomachs be provokxd to wilful disobediencex and rebelx besidex what infamy will there arise when foreign princes shall be certified that for a toyx a thing of no regardx king henryxs peers and chief nobility destroyxd themselves and lost the realm of francex ox think upon the conquest of my fatherx my tender yearsx and let us not forgo that for a trifle that was bought with bloodx let me be umpire in this doubtful strifex i see no reasonx if i wear this rosex xputting on a red rosex that any one should therefore be suspicious i more incline to somerset than yorkx both are my kinsmenx and i love them bothx as well they may upbraid me with my crownx becausex forsoothx the king of scots is crownxdx but your discretions better can persuade than i am able to instruct or teachx andx thereforex as we hither came in peacex so let us still continue peace and lovex cousin of yorkx we institute your grace to be our regent in these parts of francex andx good my lord of somersetx unite your troops of horsemen with his bands of footx and like true subjectsx sons of your progenitorsx go cheerfully together and digest your angry choler on your enemiesx ourselfx my lord protectorx and the restx after some respite will return to calaisx from thence to englandx where i hope ere long to be presented by your victories with charlesx alenconx and that traitorous routx flourishx exeunt all but yorkx warwickx exeterx vernon warwickx my lord of yorkx i promise youx the king prettilyx methoughtx did play the oratorx yorkx and so he didx but yet i like it notx in that he wears the badge of somersetx warwickx tushx that was but his fancyx blame him notx i dare presumex sweet princex he thought no harmx yorkx an if i wist he didxbut let it restx other affairs must now be managedx exeunt all but exeter exeterx well didst thoux richardx to suppress thy voicex for had the passions of thy heart burst outx i fear we should have seen decipherxd there more rancorous spitex more furious raging broilsx than yet can be imaginxd or supposxdx but howsoexerx no simple man that sees this jarring discord of nobilityx this shouldering of each other in the courtx this factious bandying of their favouritesx but that it doth presage some ill eventx xtis much when sceptres are in childrenxs handsx but more when envy breeds unkind divisionx there comes the ruinx there begins confusionx exit scene xx francex before bordeaux enter talbotx with trump and drum talbotx go to the gates of bordeauxx trumpeterx summon their general unto the wallx trumpet sounds a parleyx enterx aloftx the general of the frenchx and others english john talbotx captainsx calls you forthx servant in arms to harry king of englandx and thus he would open your city gatesx be humble to usx call my sovereignvours and do him homage as obedient subjectsx and ixll withdraw me and my bloody powerx but if you frown upon this profferxd peacex you tempt the fury of my three attendantsx lean faminex quartering steelx and climbing firex who in a moment even with the earth shall lay your stately and air braving towersx if you forsake the offer of their lovex general of the frenchx thou ominous and fearful owl of deathx our nationxs terror and their bloody scourgex the period of thy tyranny approachethx on us thou canst not enter but by deathx forx i protestx we are well fortifiedx and strong enough to issue out and fightx if thou retirex the dauphinx well appointedx stands with the snares of war to tangle theex on either hand thee there are squadrons pitchxd to wall thee from the liberty of flightx and no way canst thou turn thee for redress but death doth front thee with apparent spoil and pale destruction meets thee in the facex ten thousand french have taxen the sacrament to rive their dangerous artillery upon no christian soul but english talbotx lox there thou standxstx a breathing valiant manx of an invincible unconquerxd spiritx this is the latest glory of thy praise that ix thy enemyx due thee withalx for ere the glass that now begins to run finish the process of his sandy hourx these eyes that see thee now well coloured shall see thee witheredx bloodyx palex and deadx xdrum afar offx harkx harkx the dauphinxs drumx a warning bellx sings heavy music to thy timorous soulx and mine shall ring thy dire departure outx exit talbotx he fables notx i hear the enemyx outx some light horsemenx and peruse their wingsx ox negligent and heedless disciplinex how are we parkxd and bounded in a pale a little herd of englandxs timorous deerx mazxd with a yelping kennel of french cursx if we be english deerx be then in bloodx not rascalxlike to fall down with a pinchx but ratherx moodyxmad and desperate stagsx turn on the bloody hounds with heads of steel and make the cowards stand aloof at bayx sell every man his life as dear as minex and they shall find dear deer of usx my friendsx god and saint georgex talbot and englandxs rightx prosper our colours in this dangerous fightx exeunt scene xx plains in gascony enter yorkx with trumpet and many soldiersx a messenger meets him yorkx are not the speedy scouts returnxd again that doggxd the mighty army of the dauphinx messengerx they are returnxdx my lordx and give it out that he is marchxd to bordeaux with his power to fight with talbotx as he marchxd alongx by your espials were discovered two mightier troops than that the dauphin ledx which joinxd with him and made their march for bordeauxx yorkx a plague upon that villain somerset that thus delays my promised supply of horsemen that were levied for this siegex renowned talbot doth expect my aidx and i am louted by a traitor villain and cannot help the noble chevalierx god comfort him in this necessityx if he miscarryx farewell wars in francex enter sir william lucy lucyx thou princely leader of our english strengthx never so needful on the earth of francex spur to the rescue of the noble talbotx who now is girdled with a waist of iron and hemmxd about with grim destructionx to bordeauxx warlike dukex to bordeauxx yorkx elsex farewell talbotx francex and englandxs honourx yorkx o godx that somersetx who in proud heart doth stop my cornetsx were in talbotxs placex so should we save a valiant gentleman by forfeiting a traitor and a cowardx mad ire and wrathful fury makes me weep that thus we die while remiss traitors sleepx lucyx ox send some succour to the distressxd lordx yorkx he diesx we losex i break my warlike wordx we mournx france smilesx we losex they daily getx all long of this vile traitor somersetx lucyx then god take mercy on brave talbotxs soulx and on his sonx young johnx who two hours since i met in travel toward his warlike fatherx this seven years did not talbot see his sonx and now they meet where both their lives are donex yorkx alasx what joy shall noble talbot have to bid his young son welcome to his gravex awayx vexation almost stops my breathx that sundxred friends greet in the hour of deathx lucyx farewellx no more my fortune can but curse the cause i cannot aid the manx mainex bloisx poictiersx and toursx are won away long all of somerset and his delayx exit with forces lucyx thusx while the vulture of sedition feeds in the bosom of such great commandersx sleeping neglection doth betray to loss the conquest of our scarce cold conquerorx that everxliving man of memoryx henry the fifthx whiles they each other crossx livesx honoursx landsx and allx hurry to lossx exit scene xx other plains of gascony enter somersetx with his forcesx an officer of talbotxs with him somersetx it is too latex i cannot send them nowx this expedition was by york and talbot too rashly plottedx all our general force might with a sally of the very town be buckled withx the over daring talbot hath sullied all his gloss of former honour by this unheedfulx desperatex wild adventurex york set him on to fight and die in shamex thatx talbot deadx great york might bear the namex officerx here is sir william lucyx who with me set from our oxerxmatchxd forces forth for aidx enter sir william lucy somersetx how nowx sir williamx whither were you sentx lucyx whitherx my lordx from bought and sold lord talbotx whox ringxd about with bold adversityx cries out for noble york and somerset to beat assailing death from his weak legionsx and whiles the honourable captain there drops bloody sweat from his warxwearied limbs andx in advantage lingxringx looks for rescuex youx his false hopesx the trust of englandxs honourx keep off aloof with worthless emulationx let not your private discord keep away the levied succours that should lend him aidx while hex renowned noble gentlemanx yield up his life unto a world of oddsx orleans the bastardx charlesx burgundyx alenconx reignierx compass him aboutx and talbot perisheth by your defaultx somersetx york set him onx york should have sent him aidx lucyx and york as fast upon your grace exclaimsx swearing that you withhold his levied hostx collected for this expeditionx somersetx york liesx he might have sent and had the horsex i owe him little duty and less lovex and take foul scorn to fawn on him by sendingx lucyx the fraud of englandx not the force of francex hath now entrappxd the noble minded talbotx never to england shall he bear his lifex but dies betrayxd to fortune by your strifex somersetx comex gox i will dispatch the horsemen straightx within six hours they will be at his aidx lucyx too late comes rescuex he is taxen or slainx for fly he could not if he would have fledx and fly would talbot neverx though he mightx somersetx if he be deadx brave talbotx thenx adieux lucyx his fame lives in the worldx his shame in youx exeunt scene xx the english camp near bordeaux enter talbot and john his son talbotx o young john talbotx i did send for thee to tutor thee in stratagems of warx that talbotxs name might be in thee revivxd when sapless age and weak unable limbs should bring thy father to his drooping chairx butx o malignant and illxboding starsx now thou art come unto a feast of deathx a terrible and unavoided dangerx thereforex dear boyx mount on my swiftest horsex and ixll direct thee how thou shalt escape by sudden flightx comex dally notx be gonex johnx is my name talbotx and am i your sonx and shall i flyx ox if you love my motherx dishonour not her honourable namex to make a bastard and a slave of mex the world will say he is not talbotxs blood that basely fled when noble talbot stoodx talbotx fly to revenge my deathx if i be slainx johnx he that flies so will nexer return againx talbotx if we both stayx we both are sure to diex johnx then let me stayx andx fatherx do you flyx your loss is greatx so your regard should bex my worth unknownx no loss is known in mex upon my death the french can little boastx in yours they willx in you all hopes are lostx flight cannot stain the honour you have wonx but mine it willx that no exploit have donex you fled for vantagex every one will swearx but if i bowx theyxll say it was for fearx there is no hope that ever i will stay if the first hour i shrink and run awayx herex on my kneex i beg mortalityx rather than life preservxd with infamyx talbotx shall all thy motherxs hopes lie in one tombx johnx ayx rather than ixll shame my motherxs wombx talbotx upon my blessing i command thee gox johnx to fight i willx but not to fly the foex talbotx part of thy father may be savxd in theex johnx no part of him but will be shame in mex talbotx thou never hadst renownx nor canst not lose itx johnx yesx your renowned namex shall flight abuse itx talbotx thy fatherxs charge shall clear thee from that stainx johnx you cannot witness for mex being slainx if death be so apparentx then both flyx talbotx and leave my followers here to fight and diex my age was never tainted with such shamex johnx and shall my youth be guilty of such blamex no more can i be severed from your side than can yourself yourself yourself in twain dividex stayx gox do what you willx the like do ix for live i will not if my father diex talbotx then here i take my leave of theex fair sonx born to eclipse thy life this afternoonx comex side by side together live and diex and soul with soul from france to heaven flyx exeunt scene xx a field of battle alarumx excursions wherein john talbot is hemmxd aboutx and talbot rescues him talbotx saint george and victoryx fightx soldiersx fightx the regent hath with talbot broke his word and left us to the rage of france his swordx where is john talbotx pause and take thy breathx i gave thee life and rescuxd thee from deathx johnx ox twice my fatherx twice am i thy sonx the life thou gavxst me first was lost and done till with thy warlike swordx despite of fatex to my determinxd time thou gavxst new datex talbotx when from the dauphinxs crest thy sword struck firex it warmxd thy fatherxs heart with proud desire of boldxfacxd victoryx then leaden agex quickenxd with youthful spleen and warlike ragex beat down alenconx orleansx burgundyx and from the pride of gallia rescued theex the ireful bastard orleansx that drew blood from theex my boyx and had the maidenhood of thy first fightx i soon encountered andx interchanging blowsx i quickly shed some of his bastard bloodx and in disgrace bespoke him thusx xcontaminatedx basex and misbegotten blood i spill of thinex mean and right poorx for that pure blood of mine which thou didst force from talbotx my brave boyxx here purposing the bastard to destroyx came in strong rescuex speakx thy fatherxs carex art thou not wearyx johnx how dost thou farex wilt thou yet leave the battlex boyx and flyx now thou art sealxd the son of chivalryx flyx to revenge my death when i am deadx the help of one stands me in little steadx ox too much folly is itx well i wotx to hazard all our lives in one small boatx if i toxday die not with frenchmenxs ragex toxmorrow i shall die with mickle agex by me they nothing gain an if i stayx xtis but the shortxning of my life one dayx in thee thy mother diesx our householdxs namex my deathxs revengex thy youthx and englandxs famex all these and more we hazard by thy stayx all these are savxd if thou wilt fly awayx johnx the sword of orleans hath not made me smartx these words of yours draw lifexblood from my heartx on that advantagex bought with such a shamex to save a paltry life and slay bright famex before young talbot from old talbot flyx the coward horse that bears me fall and diex and like me to the peasant boys of francex to be shamexs scorn and subject of mischancex surelyx by all the glory you have wonx an if i flyx i am not talbotxs sonx then talk no more of flightx it is no bootx if son to talbotx die at talbotxs footx talbotx then follow thou thy despxrate sire of cretex thou icarusx thy life to me is sweetx if thou wilt fightx fight by thy fatherxs sidex andx commendable provxdx letxs die in pridex exeunt scene xx another part of the field alarumx excursionsx enter old talbot led by a servant talbotx where is my other lifex mine own is gonex ox wherexs young talbotx where is valiant johnx triumphant deathx smearxd with captivityx young talbotxs valour makes me smile at theex when he perceivxd me shrink and on my kneex his bloody sword he brandishxd over mex and like a hungry lion did commence rough deeds of rage and stern impatiencex but when my angry guardant stood alonex tendxring my ruin and assailxd of nonex dizzyxeyxd fury and great rage of heart suddenly made him from my side to start into the clustxring battle of the frenchx and in that sea of blood my boy did drench his overmounting spiritx and there diedx my icarusx my blossomx in his pridex enter soldiersx bearing the body of john talbot servantx o my dear lordx lo where your son is bornex talbotx thou antic deathx which laughxst us here to scornx anonx from thy insulting tyrannyx coupled in bonds of perpetuityx two talbotsx winged through the lither skyx in thy despite shall scape mortalityx o thou whose wounds become hardxfavoured deathx speak to thy father ere thou yield thy breathx brave death by speakingx whether he will or nox imagine him a frenchman and thy foex poor boyx he smilesx methinksx as who should sayx had death been frenchx then death had died toxdayx comex comex and lay him in his fatherxs armsx my spirit can no longer bear these harmsx soldiersx adieux i have what i would havex now my old arms are young john talbotxs gravex xdiesx enter charlesx alenconx burgundyx bastardx la pucellex and forces charlesx had york and somerset brought rescue inx we should have found a bloody day of thisx bastardx how the young whelp of talbotxsx raging woodx did flesh his puny sword in frenchmenxs bloodx pucellex once i encountxred himx and thus i saidx xthou maiden youthx be vanquishxd by a maidxx but with a proud majestical high scorn he answerxd thusx xyoung talbot was not born to be the pillage of a giglot wenchxx sox rushing in the bowels of the frenchx he left me proudlyx as unworthy fightx burgundyx doubtless he would have made a noble knightx see where he lies inhearsed in the arms of the most bloody nurser of his harmsx bastardx hew them to piecesx hack their bones asunderx whose life was englandxs gloryx galliaxs wonderx charlesx ox nox forbearx for that which we have fled during the lifex let us not wrong it deadx enter sir william lucyx attendedx a french herald preceding lucyx heraldx conduct me to the dauphinxs tentx to know who hath obtainxd the glory of the dayx charlesx on what submissive message art thou sentx lucyx submissionx dauphinx xtis a mere french wordx we english warriors wot not what it meansx i come to know what prisoners thou hast taxenx and to survey the bodies of the deadx charlesx for prisoners askxst thoux hell our prison isx but tell me whom thou seekxstx lucyx but wherexs the great alcides of the fieldx valiant lord talbotx earl of shrewsburyx created for his rare success in arms great earl of washfordx waterfordx and valencex lord talbot of goodrig and urchinfieldx lord strange of blackmerex lord verdun of altonx lord cromwell of wingfieldx lord furnival of sheffieldx the thrice victorious lord of falconbridgex knight of the noble order of saint georgex worthy saint michaelx and the golden fleecex great marshal to henry the sixth of all his wars within the realm of francex pucellex herexs a sillyxstately style indeedx the turkx that two and fifty kingdoms hathx writes not so tedious a style as thisx him that thou magnifixst with all these tidesx stinking and flyxblown lies here at our feetx lucyx is talbot slainxthe frenchmenxs only scourgex your kingdomxs terror and black nemesisx ox were mine eyexbans into bullets turnxdx that i in rage might shoot them at your facesx o that i could but can these dead to lifex it were enough to fright the realm of francex were but his picture left amongst you herex it would amaze the proudest of you allx give me their bodiesx that i may bear them hence and give them burial as beseems their worthx pucellex i think this upstart is old talbotxs ghostx he speaks with such a proud commanding spiritx for godxs sakex let him have themx to keep them herex they would but stinkx and putrefy the airx charlesx gox take their bodies hencex lucyx ixll bear them hencex but from their ashes shall be rearxd a phoenix that shall make all france afeardx charlesx so we be rid of themx do with them what thou wiltx and now to paris in this conquering veinx all will be oursx now bloody talbotxs slainx exeunt act vx scene xx londonx the palace sennetx enter the kingx gloucesterx and exeter king henryx have you perusxd the letters from the popex the emperorx and the earl of armagnacx gloucesterx i havex my lordx and their intent is thisx they humbly sue unto your excellence to have a godly peace concluded of between the realms of england and of francex king henryx how doth your grace affect their motionx gloucesterx wellx my good lordx and as the only means to stop effusion of our christian blood and stablish quietness on every sidex king henryx ayx marryx unclex for i always thought it was both impious and unnatural that such immanity and bloody strife should reign among professors of one faithx gloucesterx besidex my lordx the sooner to effect and surer bind this knot of amityx the earl of armagnacx near knit to charlesx a man of great authority in francex proffers his only daughter to your grace in marriagex with a large and sumptuous dowryx king henryx marriagex unclex alasx my years are young and fitter is my study and my books than wanton dalliance with a paramourx yet call thx ambassadorsx andx as you pleasex so let them have their answers every onex i shall be well content with any choice tends to godxs glory and my countryxs wealx enter in cardinalxs habit beaufortx the papal legatex and two ambassadors exeterx whatx is my lord of winchester installxd and callxd unto a cardinalxs degreex then i perceive that will be verified henry the fifth did sometime prophesyx xif once he come to be a cardinalx hexll make his cap coxequal with the crownxx king henryx my lords ambassadorsx your several suits have been considerxd and debated onx your purpose is both good and reasonablex and therefore are we certainly resolvxd to draw conditions of a friendly peacex which by my lord of winchester we mean shall be transported presently to francex gloucesterx and for the proffer of my lord your masterx i have informxd his highness so at largex asx liking of the ladyxs virtuous giftsx her beautyx and the value of her dowerx he doth intend she shall be englandxs queenx king henryx xto ambassadorx in argument and proof of which contractx bear her this jewelx pledge of my affectionx and sox my lord protectorx see them guarded and safely brought to doverx where inshippxdx commit them to the fortune of the seax exeunt all but winchester and the legate winchesterx stayx my lord legatex you shall first receive the sum of money which i promised should be delivered to his holiness for clothing me in these grave ornamentsx legatex i will attend upon your lordshipxs leisurex winchesterx xasidex now winchester will not submitx i trowx or be inferior to the proudest peerx humphrey of gloucesterx thou shalt well perceive that neither in birth or for authority the bishop will be overborne by theex ixll either make thee stoop and bend thy kneex or sack this country with a mutinyx exeunt scene xx francex plains in anjou enter charlesx burgundyx alenconx bastardx reignierx la pucellex and forces charlesx these newsx my lordsx may cheer our drooping spiritsx xtis said the stout parisians do revolt and turn again unto the warlike frenchx alenconx then march to parisx royal charles of francex and keep not back your powers in dalliancex pucellex peace be amongst themx if they turn to usx else ruin combat with their palacesx enter a scout scoutx success unto our valiant generalx and happiness to his accomplicesx charlesx what tidings send our scoutsx i prithee speakx scoutx the english armyx that divided was into two partiesx is now conjoinxd in onex and means to give you battle presentlyx charlesx somewhat too suddenx sirsx the warning isx but we will presently provide for themx burgundyx i trust the ghost of talbot is not therex now he is gonex my lordx you need not fearx pucellex of all base passions fear is most accursxdx command the conquestx charlesx it shall be thinex let henry fret and all the world repinex charlesx then onx my lordsx and france be fortunatex exeunt scene xx before angiers alarumx excursionsx enter la pucelle pucellex the regent conquers and the frenchmen flyx now helpx ye charming spells and periaptsx and ye choice spirits that admonish me and give me signs of future accidentsx xthunderx you speedy helpers that are substitutes under the lordly monarch of the northx appear and aid me in this enterprisex enter fiends this speedy and quick appearance argues proof of your accustomxd diligence to mex nowx ye familiar spirits that are cullxd out of the powerful regions under earthx help me this oncex that france may get the fieldx xthey walk and speak notx ox hold me not with silence overxlongx where i was wont to feed you with my bloodx ixll lop a member off and give it you in earnest of a further benefitx so you do condescend to help me nowx xthey hang their headsx no hope to have redressx my body shall pay recompensex if you will grant my suitx xthey shake their headsx cannot my body nor blood sacrifice entreat you to your wonted furtherancex then take my soulxmy bodyx soulx and allx before that england give the french the foilx xthey departx seex they forsake mex now the time is come that france must vail her loftyxplumed crest and let her head fall into englandxs lapx my ancient incantations are too weakx and hell too strong for me to buckle withx nowx francex thy glory droopeth to the dustx exit excursionsx enter french and englishx fightingx la pucelle and york fight hand to handx la pucelle is takenx the french fly yorkx damsel of francex i think i have you fastx unchain your spirits now with spelling charmsx and try if they can gain your libertyx a goodly prizex fit for the devilxs gracex see how the ugly witch doth bend her brows as ifx with circex she would change my shapex pucellex changxd to a worser shape thou canst not bex yorkx ox charles the dauphin is a proper manx no shape but his can please your dainty eyex pucellex a plaguing mischief fight on charles and theex and may ye both be suddenly surprisxd by bloody handsx in sleeping on your bedsx yorkx fell banning hagx enchantressx hold thy tonguex pucellex i prithee give me leave to curse awhilex yorkx cursex miscreantx when thou comest to the stakex exeunt alarumx enter suffolkx with margaret in his hand suffolkx be what thou wiltx thou art my prisonerx xgazes on herx o fairest beautyx do not fear nor flyx for i will touch thee but with reverent handsx i kiss these fingers for eternal peacex and lay them gently on thy tender sidex who art thoux sayx that i may honour theex margaretx margaret my namex and daughter to a kingx the king of naplesxwhosoexer thou artx suffolkx an earl i amx and suffolk am i callxdx be not offendedx naturexs miraclex thou art allotted to be taxen by mex so doth the swan her downy cygnets savex keeping them prisoner underneath her wingsx yetx if this servile usage once offendx go and be free again as suffolkxs friendx xshe is goingx ox stayx xasidex i have no power to let her passx my hand would free herx but my heart says nox as plays the sun upon the glassy streamsx twinkling another counterfeited beamx so seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyesx fain would i woo herx yet i dare not speakx ixll call for pen and inkx and write my mindx fiex de la polex disable not thyselfx hast not a tonguex is she not here thy prisonerx wilt thou be daunted at a womanxs sightx ayx beautyxs princely majesty is such confounds the tongue and makes the senses roughx margaretx sayx earl of suffolkx if thy name be sox what ransom must i pay before i passx for i perceive i am thy prisonerx suffolkx xasidex how canst thou tell she will deny thy suitx before thou make a trial of her lovex margaretx why speakxst thou notx what ransom must i payx suffolkx xasidex shexs beautifulx and therefore to be wooxdx she is a womanx therefore to be wonx margaretx wilt thou accept of ransomxyea or nox suffolkx xasidex fond manx remember that thou hast a wifex then how can margaret be thy paramourx margaretx i were best leave himx for he will not hearx suffolkx xasidex there all is marrxdx there lies a cooling cardx margaretx he talks at randomx surex the man is madx suffolkx xasidex and yet a dispensation may be hadx margaretx and yet i would that you would answer mex suffolkx xasidex ixll win this lady margaretx for whomx whyx for my kingx tushx thatxs a wooden thingx margaretx he talks of woodx it is some carpenterx suffolkx xasidex yet so my fancy may be satisfiedx and peace established between these realmsx but there remains a scruple in that toox for though her father be the king of naplesx duke of anjou and mainex yet is he poorx and our nobility will scorn the matchx margaretx hear yex captainxare you not at leisurex suffolkx xasidex it shall be sox disdain they nexer so muchx henry is youthfulx and will quickly yieldx madamx i have a secret to revealx margaretx xasidex what though i be enthrallxdx he seems a knightx and will not any way dishonour mex suffolkx ladyx vouchsafe to listen what i sayx margaretx xasidex perhaps i shall be rescuxd by the frenchx and then i need not crave his courtesyx suffolkx sweet madamx give me hearing in a cause margaretx xasidex tushx women have been captivate ere nowx suffolkx ladyx wherefore talk you sox margaretx i cry you mercyx xtis but quid for quox suffolkx sayx gentle princessx would you not suppose your bondage happyx to be made a queenx margaretx to be a queen in bondage is more vile than is a slave in base servilityx for princes should be freex suffolkx and so shall youx if happy englandxs royal king be freex margaretx whyx what concerns his freedom unto mex suffolkx ixll undertake to make thee henryxs queenx to put a golden sceptre in thy hand and set a precious crown upon thy headx if thou wilt condescend to be myx margaretx whatx suffolkx his lovex margaretx i am unworthy to be henryxs wifex suffolkx nox gentle madamx i unworthy am to woo so fair a dame to be his wife and have no portion in the choice myselfx how say youx madamx are ye so contentx margaretx an if my father pleasex i am contentx suffolkx then call our captains and our colours forthx andx madamx at your fatherxs castle walls wexll crave a parley to confer with himx sound a parleyx enter reignier on the walls seex reignierx seex thy daughter prisonerx reignierx to whomx suffolkx to mex reignierx suffolkx what remedyx i am a soldier and unapt to weep or to exclaim on fortunexs ficklenessx suffolkx yesx there is remedy enoughx my lordx consentx and for thy honour give consentx thy daughter shall be wedded to my kingx whom i with pain have wooxd and won theretox and this her easyxheld imprisonment hath gainxd thy daughter princely libertyx reignierx speaks suffolk as he thinksx suffolkx fair margaret knows that suffolk doth not flatterx facex or feignx reignierx upon thy princely warrant i descend to give thee answer of thy just demandx exit reignier from the walls suffolkx and here i will expect thy comingx trumpets soundx enter reignier below reignierx welcomex brave earlx into our territoriesx command in anjou what your honour pleasesx suffolkx thanksx reignierx happy for so sweet a childx fit to be made companion with a kingx what answer makes your grace unto my suitx reignierx since thou dost deign to woo her little worth to be the princely bride of such a lordx upon condition i may quietly enjoy mine ownx the country maine and anjoux free from oppression or the stroke of warx my daughter shall be henryxsx if he pleasex suffolkx that is her ransomx i deliver herx and those two counties i will undertake your grace shall well and quietly enjoyx reignierx and i againx in henryxs royal namex as deputy unto that gracious kingx give thee her hand for sign of plighted faithx suffolkx reignier of francex i give thee kingly thanksx because this is in traffic of a kingx xasidex and yetx methinksx i could be well content to be mine own attorney in this casex ixll over then to england with this newsx and make this marriage to be solemnizxdx sox farewellx reignierx set this diamond safe in golden palacesx as it becomesx reignierx i do embrace thee as i would embrace the christian princex king henryx were he herex margaretx farewellx my lordx good wishesx praisex and prayersx shall suffolk ever have of margaretx xshe is goingx suffolkx farewellx sweet madamx but hark youx margaret no princely commendations to my kingx margaretx such commendations as becomes a maidx a virginx and his servantx say to himx suffolkx words sweetly placxd and modestly directedx butx madamx i must trouble you again no loving token to his majestyx margaretx yesx my good lordx a pure unspotted heartx never yet taint with lovex i send the kingx suffolkx and this withalx xkisses herx margaretx that for thyselfx i will not so presume to send such peevish tokens to a kingx exeunt reignier and margaret suffolkx ox wert thou for myselfx butx suffolkx stayx thou mayst not wander in that labyrinthx there minotaurs and ugly treasons lurkx solicit henry with her wondrous praisex bethink thee on her virtues that surmountx and natural graces that extinguish artx repeat their semblance often on the seasx thatx when thou comxst to kneel at henryxs feetx thou mayst bereave him of his wits with wonderx exit scene xx camp of the duke of york in anjou enter yorkx warwickx and others yorkx bring forth that sorceressx condemnxd to burnx enter la pucellex guardedx and a shepherd shepherdx ahx joanx this kills thy fatherxs heart outrightx have i sought every country far and nearx andx now it is my chance to find thee outx must i behold thy timeless cruel deathx ahx joanx sweet daughter joanx ixll die with theex pucellex decrepit miserx base ignoble wretchx i am descended of a gentler bloodx thou art no father nor no friend of minex shepherdx outx outx my lordsx an please youx xtis not sox i did beget herx all the parish knowsx her mother liveth yetx can testify she was the first fruit of my bachxlorshipx warwickx gracelessx wilt thou deny thy parentagex yorkx this argues what her kind of life hath beenx wicked and vilex and so her death concludesx shepherdx fiex joanx that thou wilt be so obstaclex god knows thou art a collop of my fleshx and for thy sake have i shed many a tearx deny me notx i pritheex gentle joanx pucellex peasantx avauntx you have subornxd this man of purpose to obscure my noble birthx shepherdx xtis truex i gave a noble to the priest the morn that i was wedded to her motherx kneel down and take my blessingx good my girlx wilt thou not stoopx now cursed be the time of thy nativityx i would the milk thy mother gave thee when thou suckxdst her breast had been a little ratsbane for thy sakex or elsex when thou didst keep my lambs afieldx i wish some ravenous wolf had eaten theex dost thou deny thy fatherx cursed drabx ox burn herx burn herx hanging is too goodx exit yorkx take her awayx for she hath livxd too longx to fill the world with vicious qualitiesx pucellex first let me tell you whom you have condemnxdx not me begotten of a shepherd swainx but issued from the progeny of kingsx virtuous and holyx chosen from above by inspiration of celestial gracex to work exceeding miracles on earthx i never had to do with wicked spiritsx but youx that are polluted with your lustsx stainxd with the guiltless blood of innocentsx corrupt and tainted with a thousand vicesx because you want the grace that others havex you judge it straight a thing impossible to compass wonders but by help of devilsx nox misconceivedx joan of arc hath been a virgin from her tender infancyx chaste and immaculate in very thoughtx whose maiden bloodx thus rigorously effusxdx will cry for vengeance at the gates of heavenx yorkx ayx ayx away with her to executionx warwickx and hark yex sirsx because she is a maidx spare for no fagotsx let there be enowx place barrels of pitch upon the fatal stakex that so her torture may be shortenedx pucellex will nothing turn your unrelenting heartsx thenx joanx discover thine infirmity that warranteth by law to be thy privilegex i am with childx ye bloody homicidesx murder not then the fruit within my wombx although ye hale me to a violent deathx yorkx now heaven forfendx the holy maid with childx warwickx the greatest miracle that exer ye wroughtx is all your strict preciseness come to thisx yorkx she and the dauphin have been jugglingx i did imagine what would be her refugex warwickx wellx go tox wexll have no bastards livex especially since charles must father itx pucellex you are deceivxdx my child is none of hisx it was alencon that enjoyxd my lovex yorkx alenconx that notorious machiavelx it diesx an if it had a thousand livesx pucellex ox give me leavex i have deluded youx xtwas neither charles nor yet the duke i namxdx but reignierx king of naplesx that prevailxdx warwickx a married manx thatxs most intolerablex yorkx whyx herexs a girlx i think she knows not well there were so manyxwhom she may accusex warwickx itxs sign she hath been liberal and freex yorkx and yetx forsoothx she is a virgin purex strumpetx thy words condemn thy brat and theex use no entreatyx for it is in vainx pucellex then lead me hencexwith whom i leave my cursex may never glorious sun reflex his beams upon the country where you make abodex but darkness and the gloomy shade of death environ youx till mischief and despair drive you to break your necks or hang yourselvesx exitx guarded yorkx break thou in pieces and consume to ashesx thou foul accursed minister of hellx enter cardinal beaufortx attended cardinalx lord regentx i do greet your excellence with letters of commission from the kingx for knowx my lordsx the states of christendomx movxd with remorse of these outrageous broilsx have earnestly implorxd a general peace betwixt our nation and the aspiring frenchx and here at hand the dauphin and his train approachethx to confer about some matterx yorkx is all our travail turnxd to this effectx after the slaughter of so many peersx so many captainsx gentlemenx and soldiersx that in this quarrel have been overthrown and sold their bodies for their countryxs benefitx shall we at last conclude effeminate peacex have we not lost most part of all the townsx by treasonx falsehoodx and by treacheryx our great progenitors had conqueredx o warwickx warwickx i foresee with grief the utter loss of all the realm of francex warwickx be patientx yorkx if we conclude a peacex it shall be with such strict and severe covenants as little shall the frenchmen gain therebyx enter charlesx alenconx bastardx reignierx and others charlesx sincex lords of englandx it is thus agreed that peaceful truce shall be proclaimxd in francex we come to be informed by yourselves what the conditions of that league must bex yorkx speakx winchesterx for boiling choler chokes the hollow passage of my poisonxd voicex by sight of these our baleful enemiesx cardinalx charlesx and the restx it is enacted thusx thatx in regard king henry gives consentx of mere compassion and of lenityx to ease your country of distressful warx an suffer you to breathe in fruitful peacex you shall become true liegemen to his crownx andx charlesx upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute and submit thyselfx thou shalt be placxd as viceroy under himx and still enjoy thy regal dignityx alenconx must he be then as shadow of himselfx adorn his temples with a coronet and yetx in substance and authorityx retain but privilege of a private manx this proffer is absurd and reasonlessx charlesx xtis known already that i am possessxd with more than half the gallian territoriesx and therein reverencxd for their lawful kingx shall ix for lucre of the rest unvanquishxdx detract so much from that prerogative as to be callxd but viceroy of the wholex nox lord ambassadorx ixll rather keep that which i have thanx coveting for morex be cast from possibility of allx yorkx insulting charlesx hast thou by secret means usxd intercession to obtain a leaguex and now the matter grows to compromise standxst thou aloof upon comparisonx either accept the title thou usurpxstx of benefit proceeding from our king and not of any challenge of desertx or we will plague thee with incessant warsx reignierx xto charlesx my lordx you do not well in obstinacy to cavil in the course of this contractx if once it be neglectedx ten to one we shall not find like opportunityx alenconx xto charlesx to say the truthx it is your policy to save your subjects from such massacre and ruthless slaughters as are daily seen by our proceeding in hostilityx and therefore take this compact of a trucex although you break it when your pleasure servesx warwickx how sayxst thoux charlesx shall our condition standx charlesx it shallx only reservxdx you claim no interest in any of our towns of garrisonx yorkx then swear allegiance to his majestyx as thou art knightx never to disobey nor be rebellious to the crown of england thoux nor thy noblesx to the crown of englandx xcharles and the rest give tokens of fealtyx sox now dismiss your army when ye pleasex hang up your ensignsx let your drums be stillx for here we entertain a solemn peacex exeunt scene xx londonx the palace enter suffolkx in conference with the kingx gloucester and exeter king henryx your wondrous rare descriptionx noble earlx of beauteous margaret hath astonishxd mex her virtuesx graced with external giftsx do breed lovexs settled passions in my heartx and like as rigour of tempestuous gusts provokes the mightiest hulk against the tidex so am i driven by breath of her renown either to suffer shipwreck or arrive where i may have fruition of her lovex suffolkx tushx my good lordx this superficial tale is but a preface of her worthy praisex the chief perfections of that lovely damex had i sufficient skill to utter themx would make a volume of enticing linesx able to ravish any dull conceitx andx which is morex she is not so divinex so fullxreplete with choice of all delightsx but with as humble lowliness of mind she is content to be at your command commandx i meanx of virtuous intentsx to love and honour henry as her lordx king henryx and otherwise will henry nexer presumex thereforex my lord protectorx give consent that margaret may be englandxs royal queenx gloucesterx so should i give consent to flatter sinx you knowx my lordx your highness is betrothxd unto another lady of esteemx how shall we then dispense with that contractx and not deface your honour with reproachx suffolkx as doth a ruler with unlawful oathsx or one that at a triumphx having vowxd to try his strengthx forsaketh yet the lists by reason of his adversaryxs oddsx a poor earlxs daughter is unequal oddsx and therefore may be broke without offencex gloucesterx whyx whatx i prayx is margaret more than thatx her father is no better than an earlx although in glorious titles he excelx suffolkx yesx my lordx her father is a kingx the king of naples and jerusalemx and of such great authority in france as his alliance will confirm our peacex and keep the frenchmen in allegiancex gloucesterx and so the earl of armagnac may dox because he is near kinsman unto charlesx exeterx besidex his wealth doth warrant a liberal dowerx where reignier sooner will receive than givex suffolkx a dowxrx my lordsx disgrace not so your kingx that he should be so abjectx basex and poorx to choose for wealth and not for perfect lovex henry is able to enrich his queenx and not to seek a queen to make him richx so worthless peasants bargain for their wivesx as marketxmen for oxenx sheepx or horsex marriage is a matter of more worth than to be dealt in by attorneyshipx not whom we willx but whom his grace affectsx must be companion of his nuptial bedx and thereforex lordsx since he affects her mostx it most of all these reasons bindeth us in our opinions she should be preferrxdx for what is wedlock forced but a hellx an age of discord and continual strifex whereas the contrary bringeth blissx and is a pattern of celestial peacex whom should we match with henryx being a kingx but margaretx that is daughter to a kingx her peerless featurex joined with her birthx approves her fit for none but for a kingx her valiant courage and undaunted spiritx more than in women commonly is seenx will answer our hope in issue of a kingx for henryx son unto a conquerorx is likely to beget more conquerorsx if with a lady of so high resolve as is fair margaret he be linkxd in lovex then yieldx my lordsx and here conclude with me that margaret shall be queenx and none but shex king henryx whether it be through force of your reportx my noble lord of suffolkx or for that my tender youth was never yet attaint with any passion of inflaming lovex i cannot tellx but this i am assurxdx i feel such sharp dissension in my breastx such fierce alarums both of hope and fearx as i am sick with working of my thoughtsx take therefore shippingx postx my lordx to francex agree to any covenantsx and procure that lady margaret do vouchsafe to come to cross the seas to englandx and be crownxd king henryxs faithful and anointed queenx for your expenses and sufficient chargex among the people gather up a tenthx be gonex i sayx for till you do return i rest perplexed with a thousand caresx and youx good unclex banish all offencex if you do censure me by what you werex not what you arex i know it will excuse this sudden execution of my willx and so conduct me wherex from companyx i may revolve and ruminate my griefx exit gloucesterx ayx griefx i fear mex both at first and lastx exeunt gloucester and exeter suffolkx thus suffolk hath prevailxdx and thus he goesx as did the youthful paris once to greecex with hope to find the like event in love but prosper better than the troyan didx margaret shall now be queenx and rule the kingx but i will rule both herx the kingx and realmx exit the second part of king henry the sixth dramatis personae king henry the sixth humphreyx duke of gloucesterx his uncle cardinal beaufortx bishop of winchesterx greatxuncle to the king richard plantagenetx duke of york edward and richardx his sons duke of somerset duke of suffolk duke of buckingham lord clifford young cliffordx his son earl of salisbury earl of warwick lord scales lord say sir humphrey stafford william staffordx his brother sir john stanley vaux matthew goffe a lieutenantx a shipmasterx a masterxs matex and walter whitmore two gentlemenx prisoners with suffolk john hume and john southwellx two priests roger bolingbrokex a conjurer a spirit raised by him thomas hornerx an armourer peterx his man clerk of chatham mayor of saint albans saunder simpcoxx an impostor alexander idenx a kentish gentleman jack cadex a rebel george bevisx john hollandx dick the butcherx smith the weaverx michaelx xcxx followers of cade two murderers margaretx queen to king henry eleanorx duchess of gloucester margery jourdainx a witch wife to simpcox lordsx ladiesx and attendantsx petitionersx aldermenx a heraldx a beadlex a sheriffx officersx citizensx prenticesx falconersx guardsx soldiersx messengersx xcx scenex england act ix scene ix londonx the palace flourish of trumpetsx then hautboysx enter the kingx duke humphrey of gloucesterx salisburyx warwickx and cardinal beaufortx on the one sidex the queenx suffolkx yorkx somersetx and buckinghamx on the other suffolkx as by your high imperial majesty i had in charge at my depart for francex as procurator to your excellencex to marry princess margaret for your gracex sox in the famous ancient city toursx in presence of the kings of france and sicilx the dukes of orleansx calaberx bretagnex and alenconx seven earlsx twelve baronsx and twenty reverend bishopsx i have performxd my taskx and was espousxdx and humbly now upon my bended kneex in sight of england and her lordly peersx deliver up my title in the queen to your most gracious handsx that are the substance of that great shadow i did representx the happiest gift that ever marquis gavex the fairest queen that ever king receivxdx king henryx suffolkx arisex welcomex queen margaretx i can express no kinder sign of love than this kind kissx o lordx that lends me lifex lend me a heart replete with thankfulnessx for thou hast given me in this beauteous face a world of earthly blessings to my soulx if sympathy of love unite our thoughtsx queenx great king of englandx and my gracious lordx the mutual conference that my mind hath hadx by dayx by nightx waking and in my dreamsx in courtly company or at my beadsx with youx mine alderxliefest sovereignx makes me the bolder to salute my king with ruder termsx such as my wit affords and overxjoy of heart doth ministerx king henryx her sight did ravishx but her grace in speechx her words yxclad with wisdomxs majestyx makes me from wondxring fall to weeping joysx such is the fulness of my heartxs contentx lordsx with one cheerful voice welcome my lovex allx xkneelingx long live queen margaretx englandxs happinessx queenx we thank you allx xflourishx suffolkx my lord protectorx so it please your gracex here are the articles of contracted peace between our sovereign and the french king charlesx for eighteen months concluded by consentx gloucesterx xreadsx ximprimisx it is agreed between the french king charles and william de la polex marquess of suffolkx ambassador for henry king of englandx that the said henry shall espouse the lady margaretx daughter unto reignier king of naplesx siciliax and jerusalemx and crown her queen of england ere the thirtieth of may next ensuingx itemx that the duchy of anjou and the county of maine shall be released and delivered to the king her fatherxx xlets the paper fallx king henryx unclex how nowx gloucesterx pardon mex gracious lordx some sudden qualm hath struck me at the heartx and dimmxd mine eyesx that i can read no furtherx king henryx uncle of winchesterx i pray read onx cardinalx xreadsx xitemx it is further agreed between them that the duchies of anjou and maine shall be released and delivered over to the king her fatherx and she sent over of the king of englandxs own proper cost and chargesx without having any dowryxx king henryx they please us wellx lord marquessx kneel downx we here create thee the first duke of suffolkx and girt thee with the swordx cousin of yorkx we here discharge your grace from being regent ix thx parts of francex till term of eighteen months be full expirxdx thanksx uncle winchesterx gloucesterx yorkx buckinghamx somersetx salisburyx and warwickx we thank you all for this great favour done in entertainment to my princely queenx comex let us inx and with all speed provide to see her coronation be performxdx exeunt kingx queenx and suffolk gloucesterx brave peers of englandx pillars of the statex to you duke humphrey must unload his grief your griefx the common grief of all the landx whatx did my brother henry spend his youthx his valourx coinx and peoplex in the warsx did he so often lodge in open fieldx in winterxs cold and summerxs parching heatx to conquer francex his true inheritancex and did my brother bedford toil his wits to keep by policy what henry gotx have you yourselvesx somersetx buckinghamx brave yorkx salisburyx and victorious warwickx receivxd deep scars in france and normandyx or hath mine uncle beaufort and myselfx with all the learned council of the realmx studied so longx sat in the council house early and latex debating to and fro how france and frenchmen might be kept in awex and had his highness in his infancy crowned in parisx in despite of foesx and shall these labours and these honours diex shall henryxs conquestx bedfordxs vigilancex your deeds of warx and all our counsel diex o peers of englandx shameful is this leaguex fatal this marriagex cancelling your famex blotting your names from books of memoryx razing the characters of your renownx defacing monuments of conquerxd francex undoing allx as all had never beenx cardinalx nephewx what means this passionate discoursex this peroration with such circumstancex for francex xtis oursx and we will keep it stillx gloucesterx ayx unclex we will keep it if we canx but now it is impossible we shouldx suffolkx the newxmade duke that rules the roastx hath given the duchy of anjou and maine unto the poor king reignierx whose large style agrees not with the leanness of his pursex salisburyx nowx by the death of him that died for allx these counties were the keys of normandyx but wherefore weeps warwickx my valiant sonx warwickx for grief that they are past recoveryx for were there hope to conquer them again my sword should shed hot bloodx mine eyes no tearsx anjou and mainex myself did win them bothx those provinces these arms of mine did conquerx and are the cities that i got with wounds deliverxd up again with peaceful wordsx mort dieux yorkx for suffolkxs dukex may he be suffocatex that dims the honour of this warlike islex france should have torn and rent my very heart before i would have yielded to this leaguex i never read but englandxs kings have had large sums of gold and dowries with their wivesx and our king henry gives away his own to match with her that brings no vantagesx gloucesterx a proper jestx and never heard beforex that suffolk should demand a whole fifteenth for costs and charges in transporting herx she should have stayxd in francex and starvxd in francex beforex cardinalx my lord of gloucesterx now ye grow too hotx it was the pleasure of my lord the kingx gloucesterx my lord of winchesterx i know your mindx xtis not my speeches that you do mislikex but xtis my presence that doth trouble yex rancour will outx proud prelatex in thy face i see thy furyx if i longer stay we shall begin our ancient bickeringsx lordingsx farewellx and sayx when i am gonex i prophesied france will be lost ere longx exit cardinalx sox there goes our protector in a ragex xtis known to you he is mine enemyx nayx morex an enemy unto you allx and no great friendx i fear mex to the kingx considerx lordsx he is the next of blood and heir apparent to the english crownx had henry got an empire by his marriage and all the wealthy kingdoms of the westx therexs reason he should be displeasxd at itx look to itx lordsx let not his smoothing words bewitch your heartsx be wise and circumspectx what though the common people favour himx calling him xhumphreyx the good duke of gloucesterxx clapping their handsx and crying with loud voice xjesu maintain your royal excellencexx with xgod preserve the good duke humphreyxx i fear mex lordsx for all this flattering glossx he will be found a dangerous protectorx buckinghamx why should he then protect our sovereignx he being of age to govern of himselfx cousin of somersetx join you with mex and all togetherx with the duke of suffolkx wexll quickly hoise duke humphrey from his seatx cardinalx this weighty business will not brook delayx ixll to the duke of suffolk presentlyx exit somersetx cousin of buckinghamx though humphreyxs pride and greatness of his place be grief to usx yet let us watch the haughty cardinalx his insolence is more intolerable than all the princes in the land besidex if gloucester be displacxdx hexll be protectorx buckinghamx or thou or ix somersetx will be protectorx despite duke humphrey or the cardinalx exeunt buckingham and somerset salisburyx pride went beforex ambition follows himx while these do labour for their own prefermentx behoves it us to labour for the realmx i never saw but humphrey duke of gloucester did bear him like a noble gentlemanx oft have i seen the haughty cardinalx more like a soldier than a man ox thx churchx as stout and proud as he were lord of allx swear like a ruffian and demean himself unlike the ruler of a commonwealx warwick my sonx the comfort of my agex thy deedsx thy plainnessx and thy housekeepingx hath won the greatest favour of the commonsx excepting none but good duke humphreyx andx brother yorkx thy acts in irelandx in bringing them to civil disciplinex thy late exploits done in the heart of france when thou wert regent for our sovereignx have made thee fearxd and honourxd of the peoplex join we together for the public goodx in what we canx to bridle and suppress the pride of suffolk and the cardinalx with somersetxs and buckinghamxs ambitionx andx as we mayx cherish duke humphreyxs deeds while they do tend the profit of the landx warwickx so god help warwickx as he loves the land and common profit of his countryx yorkx and so says yorkx xasidex for he hath greatest causex salisburyx then letxs make haste away and look unto the mainx warwickx unto the mainx o fatherx maine is lostx that maine which by main force warwick did winx and would have kept so long as breath did lastx main chancex fatherx you meantx but i meant mainex which i will win from francex or else be slainx exeunt warwick and salisbury yorkx anjou and maine are given to the frenchx paris is lostx the state of normandy stands on a tickle point now they are gonex suffolk concluded on the articlesx the peers agreedx and henry was well pleasxd to changes two dukedoms for a dukexs fair daughterx i cannot blame them allx what isxt to themx xtis thine they give awayx and not their ownx pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillagex and purchase friendsx and give to courtezansx still revelling like lords till all be gonex while as the silly owner of the goods weeps over them and wrings his hapless hands and shakes his head and trembling stands aloofx while all is sharxd and all is borne awayx ready to starve and dare not touch his ownx so york must sit and fret and bite his tonguex while his own lands are bargainxd for and soldx methinks the realms of englandx francex and irelandx bear that proportion to my flesh and blood as did the fatal brand althaea burnt unto the princexs heart of calydonx anjou and maine both given unto the frenchx cold news for mex for i had hope of francex even as i have of fertile englandxs soilx a day will come when york shall claim his ownx and therefore i will take the nevilsx partsx and make a show of love to proud duke humphreyx and when i spy advantagex claim the crownx for thatxs the golden mark i seek to hitx nor shall proud lancaster usurp my rightx nor hold the sceptre in his childish fistx nor wear the diadem upon his headx whose churchxlike humours fits not for a crownx thenx yorkx be still awhilex till time do servex watch thou and wakex when others be asleepx to pry into the secrets of the statex till henryx surfeiting in joys of love with his new bride and englandxs dearxbought queenx and humphrey with the peers be fallxn at jarsx then will i raise aloft the milkxwhite rosex with whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumxdx and in my standard bear the arms of yorkx to grapple with the house of lancasterx and force perforce ixll make him yield the crownx whose bookish rule hath pullxd fair england downx exit scene iix the duke of gloucesterxs house enter duke and his wife eleanor duchessx why droops my lordx like overxripenxd corn hanging the head at ceresx plenteous loadx why doth the great duke humphrey knit his browsx as frowning at the favours of the worldx why are thine eyes fixxd to the sullen earthx gazing on that which seems to dim thy sightx what seexst thou therex king henryxs diademx enchasxd with all the honours of the worldx if sox gaze onx and grovel on thy face until thy head be circled with the samex put forth thy handx reach at the glorious goldx whatx isxt too shortx ixll lengthen it with minex and having both together heavxd it upx wexll both together lift our heads to heavenx and never more abase our sight so low as to vouchsafe one glance unto the groundx gloucesterx o nellx sweet nellx if thou dost love thy lordx banish the canker of ambitious thoughtsx and may that thoughtx when i imagine ill against my king and nephewx virtuous henryx be my last breathing in this mortal worldx my troublous dreams this night doth make me sadx duchessx what dreamxd my lordx tell mex and ixll requite it with sweet rehearsal of my morningxs dreamx gloucesterx methought this staffx mine officexbadge in courtx was broke in twainx by whom i have forgotx butx as i thinkx it was by thx cardinalx and on the pieces of the broken wand were placxd the heads of edmund duke of somerset and william de la polex first duke of suffolkx this was my dreamx what it doth bode god knowsx duchessx tutx this was nothing but an argument that he that breaks a stick of gloucesterxs grove shall lose his head for his presumptionx but list to mex my humphreyx my sweet dukex methought i sat in seat of majesty in the cathedral church of westminsterx and in that chair where kings and queens were crownxdx where henry and dame margaret kneelxd to mex and on my head did set the diademx gloucesterx nayx eleanorx then must i chide outrightx presumptuous damex illxnurturxd eleanorx art thou not second woman in the realmx and the protectorxs wifex belovxd of himx hast thou not worldly pleasure at command above the reach or compass of thy thoughtx and wilt thou still be hammering treachery to tumble down thy husband and thyself from top of honour to disgracexs feetx away from mex and let me hear no morex duchessx whatx whatx my lordx are you so choleric with eleanor for telling but her dreamx next time ixll keep my dreams unto myself and not be checkxdx gloucesterx nayx be not angryx i am pleasxd againx enter a messenger messengerx my lord protectorx xtis his highnessx pleasure you do prepare to ride unto saint albansx where as the king and queen do mean to hawkx gloucesterx i gox comex nellx thou wilt ride with usx duchessx yesx my good lordx ixll follow presentlyx exeunt gloucester and messenger follow i mustx i cannot go beforex while gloucester bears this base and humble mindx were i a manx a dukex and next of bloodx i would remove these tedious stumblingxblocks and smooth my way upon their headless necksx andx being a womanx i will not be slack to play my part in fortunexs pageantx where are you therex sir johnx nayx fear notx manx we are alonex herexs none but thee and ix enter hume humex jesus preserve your royal majestyx duchessx what sayxst thoux majestyx i am but gracex humex butx by the grace of god and humexs advicex your gracexs title shall be multipliedx duchessx what sayxst thoux manx hast thou as yet conferrxd with margery jourdainx the cunning witch of eiex with roger bolingbrokex the conjurerx and will they undertake to do me goodx humex this they have promisedx to show your highness a spirit raisxd from depth of underground that shall make answer to such questions as by your grace shall be propounded him duchessx it is enoughx ixll think upon the questionsx when from saint albans we do make return wexll see these things effected to the fullx herex humex take this rewardx make merryx manx with thy confederates in this weighty causex exit humex hume must make merry with the duchessx goldx marryx and shallx butx how nowx sir john humex seal up your lips and give no words but mumx the business asketh silent secrecyx dame eleanor gives gold to bring the witchx gold cannot come amiss were she a devilx yet have i gold flies from another coastx i dare not say from the rich cardinalx and from the great and newxmade duke of suffolkx yet i do find it sox forx to be plainx theyx knowing dame eleanorxs aspiring humourx have hired me to undermine the duchessx and buzz these conjurations in her brainx they say xa crafty knave does need no brokerxx yet am i suffolk and the cardinalxs brokerx humex if you take not heedx you shall go near to call them both a pair of crafty knavesx wellx so its standsx and thusx i fearx at last humexs knavery will be the duchessx wreckx and her attainture will be humphreyxs fall sort how it willx i shall have gold for allx exit scene iiix londonx the palace enter three or four petitionersx peterx the armourerxs manx being one first petitionerx my mastersx letxs stand closex my lord protector will come this way by and byx and then we may deliver our supplications in the quillx second petitionerx marryx the lord protect himx for hexs a good manx jesu bless himx enter suffolk and queen first petitionerx here xa comesx methinksx and the queen with himx ixll be the firstx surex second petitionerx come backx foolx this is the duke of suffolk and not my lord protectorx suffolkx how nowx fellowx wouldst anything with mex first petitionerx i prayx my lordx pardon mex i took ye for my lord protectorx queenx xreadsx xto my lord protectorxx are your supplications to his lordshipx let me see themx what is thinex first petitionerx mine isx anxt please your gracex against john goodmanx my lord cardinalxs manx for keeping my house and landsx and wife and allx from mex suffolkx thy wife toox thatxs some wrong indeedx whatxs yoursx whatxs herex xreadsx xagainst the duke of suffolkx for enclosing the commons of melfordxx how nowx sir knavex second petitionerx alasx sirx i am but a poor petitioner of our whole townshipx peterx xpresenting his petitionx against my masterx thomas hornerx for saying that the duke of york was rightful heir to the crownx queenx what sayxst thoux did the duke of york say he was rightful heir to the crownx peterx that my master wasx nox forsoothx my master said that he wasx and that the king was an usurperx suffolkx who is therex xenter servantx take this fellow inx and send for his master with a pursuivant presentlyx wexll hear more of your matter before the kingx exit servant with peter queenx and as for youx that love to be protected under the wings of our protectorxs gracex begin your suits anewx and sue to himx xtears the supplicationsx awayx base cullionsx suffolkx let them gox allx comex letxs be gonex exeunt queenx my lord of suffolkx sayx is this the guisex is this the fashions in the court of englandx is this the government of britainxs islex and this the royalty of albionxs kingx whatx shall king henry be a pupil stillx under the surly gloucesterxs governancex am i a queen in title and in stylex and must be made a subject to a dukex i tell theex polex when in the city tours thou ranxst a tilt in honour of my love and stolxst away the ladiesx hearts of francex i thought king henry had resembled thee in couragex courtshipx and proportionx but all his mind is bent to holinessx to number avexmaries on his beadsx his champions are the prophets and apostlesx his weaponsx holy saws of sacred writx his study is his tiltxyardx and his loves are brazen images of canonized saintsx i would the college of the cardinals would choose him popex and carry him to romex and set the triple crown upon his headx that were a state fit for his holinessx suffolkx madamx be patientx as i was cause your highness came to englandx so will i in england work your gracexs full contentx queenx beside the haughty protectorx have we beaufort the imperious churchmanx somersetx buckinghamx and grumbling yorkx and not the least of these but can do more in england than the kingx suffolkx and he of these that can do most of all cannot do more in england than the nevilsx salisbury and warwick are no simple peersx queenx not all these lords do vex me half so much as that proud damex the lord protectorxs wifex she sweeps it through the court with troops of ladiesx more like an empress than duke humphreyxs wifex strangers in court do take her for the queenx she bears a dukexs revenues on her backx and in her heart she scorns our povertyx shall i not live to be avengxd on herx contemptuous basexborn callet as she isx she vaunted xmongst her minions tx other day the very train of her worst wearing gown was better worth than all my fatherxs landsx till suffolk gave two dukedoms for his daughterx suffolkx madamx myself have limxd a bush for herx and placxd a quire of such enticing birds that she will light to listen to the laysx and never mount to trouble you againx sox let her restx andx madamx list to mex for i am bold to counsel you in thisx although we fancy not the cardinalx yet must we join with him and with the lordsx till we have brought duke humphrey in disgracex as for the duke of yorkx this late complaint will make but little for his benefitx so one by one wexll weed them all at lastx and you yourself shall steer the happy helmx sound a sennetx enter the kingx duke humphreyx cardinal beaufortx buckinghamx yorkx somersetx salisburyx warwickx and the duchess of gloucester king henryx for my partx noble lordsx i care not whichx or somerset or yorkx allxs one to mex yorkx if york have ill demeanxd himself in francex then let him be denayxd the regentshipx somersetx if somerset be unworthy of the placex let york be regentx i will yield to himx warwickx whether your grace be worthyx yea or nox dispute not thatx york is the worthierx cardinalx ambitious warwickx let thy betters speakx warwickx the cardinalxs not my better in the fieldx buckinghamx all in this presence are thy bettersx warwickx warwickx warwick may live to be the best of allx salisburyx peacex sonx and show some reasonx buckinghamx why somerset should be preferrxd in thisx queenx because the kingx forsoothx will have it sox gloucesterx madamx the king is old enough himself to give his censurex these are no womenxs mattersx queenx if he be old enoughx what needs your grace to be protector of his excellencex gloucesterx madamx i am protector of the realmx and at his pleasure will resign my placex suffolkx resign it thenx and leave thine insolencex since thou wert kingx as who is king but thouxx the commonwealth hath daily run to wrackx the dauphin hath prevailxd beyond the seasx and all the peers and nobles of the realm have been as bondmen to thy sovereigntyx cardinalx the commons hast thou rackxdx the clergyxs bags are lank and lean with thy extortionsx somersetx thy sumptuous buildings and thy wifexs attire have cost a mass of public treasuryx buckinghamx thy cruelty in execution upon offenders hath exceeded lawx and left thee to the mercy of the lawx queenx thy sale of offices and towns in francex if they were knownx as the suspect is greatx would make thee quickly hop without thy headx exit gloucesterx the queen drops queen her fan give me my fanx whatx minionx can ye notx xshe gives the duchess a box on the earx i cry your mercyx madamx was it youx duchessx wasxt ix yeax i it wasx proud frenchwomanx could i come near your beauty with my nailsx i could set my ten commandments in your facex king henryx sweet auntx be quietx xtwas against her willx duchessx against her willx good kingx look to xt in timex shexll hamper thee and dandle thee like a babyx though in this place most master wear no breechesx she shall not strike dame eleanor unrevengxdx exit buckinghamx lord cardinalx i will follow eleanorx and listen after humphreyx how he proceedsx shexs tickled nowx her fume needs no spursx shexll gallop far enough to her destructionx exit rexenter gloucester gloucesterx nowx lordsx my choler being overblown with walking once about the quadranglex i come to talk of commonwealth affairsx as for your spiteful false objectionsx prove themx and i lie open to the lawx but god in mercy so deal with my soul as i in duty love my king and countryx but to the matter that we have in handx i sayx my sovereignx york is meetest man to be your regent in the realm of francex suffolkx before we make electionx give me leave to show some reasonx of no little forcex that york is most unmeet of any manx yorkx ixll tell theex suffolkx why i am unmeetx firstx for i cannot flatter thee in pridex nextx if i be appointed for the placex my lord of somerset will keep me here without dischargex moneyx or furniturex till france be won into the dauphinxs handsx last time i dancxd attendance on his will till paris was besiegxdx famishxdx and lostx warwickx that can i witnessx and a fouler fact did never traitor in the land commitx suffolkx peacex headstrong warwickx warwickx image of pridex why should i hold my peacex enter hornerx the armourerx and his man peterx guarded suffolkx because here is a man accusxd of treasonx pray god the duke of york excuse himselfx yorkx doth any one accuse york for a traitorx king henryx what meanxst thoux suffolkx tell mex what are thesex suffolkx please it your majestyx this is the man that doth accuse his master of high treasonx his words were thesex that richard duke of york was rightful heir unto the english crownx and that your majesty was an usurperx king henryx sayx manx were these thy wordsx hornerx anxt shall please your majestyx i never said nor thought any such matterx god is my witnessx i am falsely accusxd by the villainx peterx xholding up his handsx by these ten bonesx my lordsx he did speak them to me in the garret one nightx as we were scouring my lord of yorkxs armourx yorkx base dunghill villain and mechanicalx ixll have thy head for this thy traitorxs speechx i do beseech your royal majestyx let him have all the rigour of the lawx hornerxx alasx my lordx hang me if ever i spake the wordsx my accuser is my prenticex and when i did correct him for his fault the other dayx he did vow upon his knees he would be even with mex i have good witness of thisx therefore i beseech your majestyx do not cast away an honest man for a villainxs accusationx king henryx unclex what shall we say to this in lawx gloucesterx this doomx my lordx if i may judgex let somerset be regent oxer the frenchx because in york this breeds suspicionx and let these have a day appointed them for single combat in convenient placex for he hath witness of his servantxs malicex this is the lawx and this duke humphreyxs doomx somersetx i humbly thank your royal majestyx hornerx and i accept the combat willinglyx peterx alasx my lordx i cannot fightx for godxs sakex pity my casex the spite of man prevaileth against mex o lordx have mercy upon mex i shall never be able to fight a blowx o lordx my heartx gloucesterx sirrahx or you must fight or else be hangxdx king henryx away with them to prisonx and the day of combat shall be the last of the next monthx comex somersetx wexll see thee sent awayx flourishx exeunt scene ivx londonx the duke of gloucesterxs garden enter margery jourdainx the witchx the two priestsx hume and southwellx and bolingbroke humex comex my mastersx the duchessx i tell youx expects performance of your promisesx bolingbrokex master humex we are therefore providedx will her ladyship behold and hear our exorcismsx humex ayx what elsex fear you not her couragex bolingbrokex i have heard her reported to be a woman of an invincible spiritx but it shall be convenientx master humex that you be by her aloft while we be busy belowx and so i pray you gox in godxs namex and leave usx xexit humex mother jourdainx be you prostrate and grovel on the earthx john southwellx read youx and let us to our workx enter duchess aloftx followed by hume duchessx well saidx my mastersx and welcome allx to this gearx the sooner the betterx bolingbrokex patiencex good ladyx wizards know their timesx deep nightx dark nightx the silent of the nightx the time of night when troy was set on firex the time when screechxowls cry and banxdogs howlx and spirits walk and ghosts break up their gravesx that time best fits the work we have in handx madamx sit youx and fear notx whom we raise we will make fast within a hallowxd vergex xhere they do the ceremonies belongingx and make the circlex bolingbroke or southwell readsx xconjuro texx xcx it thunders and lightens terriblyx then the spirit risethx spiritx adsumx margery jourdainx asmathx by the eternal godx whose name and power thou tremblest atx answer that i shall askx for till thou speak thou shalt not pass from hencex spiritx ask what thou wiltx that i had said and donex bolingbrokex xreadsx xfirst of the kingx what shall of him becomexx spiritx the duke yet lives that henry shall deposex but him outlivex and die a violent deathx xas the spirit speaksx southwell writes the answerx bolingbrokex xwhat fates await the duke of suffolkxx spiritx by water shall he die and take his endx bolingbrokex xwhat shall befall the duke of somersetxx spiritx let him shun castlesx safer shall he be upon the sandy plains than where castles mounted standx have donex for more i hardly can endurex bolingbrokex descend to darkness and the burning lakex false fiendx avoidx thunder and lightningx exit spirit enter the duke of york and the duke of buckingham with guardx and break in yorkx lay hands upon these traitors and their trashx beldamx i think we watchxd you at an inchx whatx madamx are you therex the king and commonweal are deeply indebted for this piece of painsx my lord protector willx i doubt it notx see you well guerdonxd for these good desertsx duchessx not half so bad as thine to englandxs kingx injurious dukex that threatest wherexs no causex buckinghamx truex madamx none at allx what can you thisx away with themx let them be clappxd up closex and kept asunderx youx madamx shall with usx staffordx take her to theex wexll see your trinkets here all forthcomingx allx awayx exeuntx abovex duchess and humex guardedx belowx witchx southwell and bolingbrokex guarded yorkx lord buckinghamx methinks you watchxd her wellx a pretty plotx well chosen to build uponx nowx prayx my lordx letxs see the devilxs writx what have we herex xreadsx xthe duke yet lives that henry shall deposex but him outlivex and die a violent deathxx whyx this is just xaio tex aeacidax romanos vincere possexx wellx to the restx xtell me what fate awaits the duke of suffolkxx xby water shall he die and take his endxx xwhat shall betide the duke of somersetxx xlet him shun castlesx safer shall he be upon the sandy plains than where castles mounted standxx comex comex my lordsx these oracles are hardly attainxdx and hardly understoodx the king is now in progress towards saint albansx with him the husband of this lovely ladyx thither go these news as fast as horse can carry themx a sorry breakfast for my lord protectorx buckinghamx your grace shall give me leavex my lord of yorkx to be the postx in hope of his rewardx yorkx at your pleasurex my good lordx whoxs within therex hox enter a servingxman invite my lords of salisbury and warwick to sup with me toxmorrow nightx awayx exeunt act iix scene ix saint albans enter the kingx queenx gloucesterx cardinalx and suffolkx with falconers halloing queenx believe mex lordsx for flying at the brookx i saw not better sport these seven yearsx dayx yetx by your leavex the wind was very highx and ten to one old joan had not gone outx king henryx but what a pointx my lordx your falcon madex and what a pitch she flew above the restx to see how god in all his creatures worksx yeax man and birds are fain of climbing highx suffolkx no marvelx an it like your majestyx my lord protectorxs hawks do towxr so wellx they know their master loves to be aloftx and bears his thoughts above his falconxs pitchx gloucesterx my lordx xtis but a base ignoble mind that mounts no higher than a bird can soarx cardinalx i thought as muchx he would be above the cloudsx gloucesterx ayx my lord cardinalx how think you by thatx were it not good your grace could fly to heavenx king henryx the treasury of everlasting joyx cardinalx thy heaven is on earthx thine eyes and thoughts beat on a crownx the treasure of thy heartx pernicious protectorx dangerous peerx that smoothxst it so with king and commonwealx gloucesterx whatx cardinalx is your priesthood grown peremptoryx tantaene animis coelestibus iraex churchmen so hotx good unclex hide such malicex with such holiness can you do itx suffolkx no malicex sirx no more than well becomes so good a quarrel and so bad a peerx gloucesterx as whox my lordx suffolkx whyx as youx my lordx anxt like your lordly lordxs protectorshipx gloucesterx whyx suffolkx england knows thine insolencex queenx and thy ambitionx gloucesterx king henryx i pritheex peacex good queenx and whet not on these furious peersx for blessed are the peacemakers on earthx cardinalx let me be blessed for the peace i make against this proud protector with my swordx gloucesterx xaside to cardinalx faithx holy unclex would xtwere come to thatx cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx marryx when thou darxstx gloucesterx xaside to cardinalx make up no factious numbers for the matterx in thine own person answer thy abusex cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx ayx where thou darxst not peepx an if thou darxstx this evening on the east side of the grovex king henryx how nowx my lordsx cardinalx believe mex cousin gloucesterx had not your man put up the fowl so suddenlyx we had had more sportx xaside to gloucesterx come with thy twoxhand swordx gloucesterx truex unclex cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx are ye advisxdx the east side of the grovex gloucesterx xaside to cardinalx cardinalx i am with youx king henryx whyx how nowx uncle gloucesterx gloucesterx talking of hawkingx nothing elsex my lordx xaside to cardinalx nowx by godxs motherx priestx ixll shave your crown for thisx or all my fence shall failx cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx medicex teipsumx protectorx see toxt wellx protect yourselfx king henryx the winds grow highx so do your stomachsx lordsx how irksome is this music to my heartx when such strings jarx what hope of harmonyx i prayx my lordsx let me compound this strifex enter a townsman of saint albansx crying xa miraclexx gloucesterx what means this noisex fellowx what miracle dost thou proclaimx townsmanx a miraclex a miraclex suffolkx come to the kingx and tell him what miraclex townsmanx forsoothx a blind man at saint albans shrine within this half hour hath receivxd his sightx a man that nexer saw in his life beforex king henryx now god be praisxd that to believing souls gives light in darknessx comfort in despairx enter the mayor of saint albans and his brethrenx bearing simpcox between two in a chairx his wife and a multitude following cardinalx here comes the townsmen on procession to present your highness with the manx king henryx great is his comfort in this earthly valex although by his sight his sin be multipliedx gloucesterx stand byx my mastersx bring him near the kingx his highnessx pleasure is to talk with himx king henryx good fellowx tell us here the circumstancex that we for thee may glorify the lordx whatx hast thou been long blind and now restorxdx simpcoxx born blindx anxt please your gracex wifex ay indeed was hex suffolkx what woman is thisx wifex his wifex anxt like your worshipx gloucesterx hadst thou been his motherx thou couldst have better toldx king henryx where wert thou bornx simpcoxx at berwick in the northx anxt like your gracex king henryx poor soulx godxs goodness hath been great to theex let never day nor night unhallowed passx but still remember what the lord hath donex queenx tell mex good fellowx camxst thou here by chancex or of devotionx to this holy shrinex simpcoxx god knowsx of pure devotionx being callxd a hundred times and oftxnerx in my sleepx by good saint albanx who said xsimpcoxx comex comex offer at my shrinex and i will help theexx wifex most truex forsoothx and many time and oft myself have heard a voice to call him sox cardinalx whatx art thou lamex simpcoxx ayx god almighty help mex suffolkx how camxst thou sox simpcoxx a fall off of a treex wifex a plum treex masterx gloucesterx how long hast thou been blindx simpcoxx ox born sox masterx gloucesterx whatx and wouldst climb a treex simpcoxx but that in all my lifex when i was a youthx wifex too truex and bought his climbing very dearx gloucesterx massx thou lovxdst plums wellx that wouldst venture sox simpcoxx alasx good masterx my wife desirxd some damsons and made me climbx with danger of my lifex gloucesterx a subtle knavex but yet it shall not servex let me see thine eyesx wink nowx now open themx in my opinion yet thou seest not wellx simpcoxx yesx masterx clear as dayx i thank god and saint albanx gloucesterx sayxst thou me sox what colour is this cloak ofx simpcoxx redx masterx red as bloodx gloucesterx whyx thatxs well saidx what colour is my gown ofx simpcoxx blackx forsoothx coalxblack as jetx king henryx whyx thenx thou knowxst what colour jet is ofx suffolkx and yetx i thinkx jet did he never seex gloucesterx but cloaks and gowns before this day a manyx wifex never before this day in all his lifex gloucesterx tell mex sirrahx whatxs my namex simpcoxx alasx masterx i know notx gloucesterx whatxs his namex simpcoxx i know notx gloucesterx nor hisx simpcoxx nox indeedx masterx gloucesterx whatxs thine own namex simpcoxx saunder simpcoxx an if it please youx masterx gloucesterx thenx saunderx sit therex the lyingxst knave in christendomx if thou hadst been born blindx thou mightst as well have known all our names as thus to name the several colours we do wearx sight may distinguish of coloursx but suddenly to nominate them allx it is impossiblex my lordsx saint alban here hath done a miraclex and would ye not think his cunning to be great that could restore this cripple to his legs againx simpcoxx o masterx that you couldx gloucesterx my masters of saint albansx have you not beadles in your townx and things callxd whipsx mayorx yesx my lordx if it please your gracex gloucesterx then send for one presentlyx mayorx sirrahx go fetch the beadle hither straightx exit an attendant gloucesterx now fetch me a stool hither by and byx xa stool broughtx nowx sirrahx if you mean to save yourself from whippingx leap me over this stool and run awayx simpcoxx alasx masterx i am not able to stand alonex you go about to torture me in vainx enter a beadle with whips gloucesterx wellx sirx we must have you find your legsx sirrah beadlex whip him till he leap over that same stoolx beadlex i willx my lordx come onx sirrahx off with your doublet quicklyx simpcoxx alasx masterx what shall i dox i am not able to standx after the beadle hath hit him oncex he leaps over the stool and runs awayx and they follow and cry xa miraclexx king henryx o godx seest thou thisx and bearest so longx queenx it made me laugh to see the villain runx gloucesterx follow the knavex and take this drab awayx wifex alasx sirx we did it for pure needx gloucesterx let them be whippxd through every market town till they come to berwickx from whence they camex exeunt mayorx beadlex wifex xcx cardinalx duke humphrey has done a miracle toxdayx suffolkx truex made the lame to leap and fly awayx gloucesterx but you have done more miracles than ix you made in a dayx my lordx whole towns to flyx enter buckingham king henryx what tidings with our cousin buckinghamx buckinghamx such as my heart doth tremble to unfoldx a sort of naughty personsx lewdly bentx under the countenance and confederacy of lady eleanorx the protectorxs wifex the ringleader and head of all this routx have practisxd dangerously against your statex dealing with witches and with conjurersx whom we have apprehended in the factx raising up wicked spirits from under groundx demanding of king henryxs life and death and other of your highnessx privy councilx as more at large your grace shall understandx cardinalx and sox my lord protectorx by this means your lady is forthcoming yet at londonx this newsx i thinkx hath turnxd your weaponxs edgex xtis likex my lordx you will not keep your hourx gloucesterx ambitious churchmanx leave to afflict my heartx sorrow and grief have vanquishxd all my powersx andx vanquishxd as i amx i yield to the or to the meanest groomx king henryx o godx what mischiefs work the wicked onesx heaping confusion on their own heads therebyx queenx gloucesterx see here the tainture of thy nestx and look thyself be faultlessx thou wert bestx gloucesterx madamx for myselfx to heaven i do appeal how i have lovxd my king and commonwealx and for my wife i know not how it standsx sorry i am to hear what i have heardx noble she isx but if she have forgot honour and virtuex and conversxd with such asx like to pitchx defile nobilityx i banish her my bed and company and give her as a prey to law and shamex that hath dishonoured gloucesterxs honest namex king henryx wellx for this night we will repose us herex toxmorrow toward london back again to look into this business thoroughly and call these foul offenders to their answersx and poise the cause in justicex equal scalesx whose beam stands surex whose rightful cause prevailsx flourishx exeunt scene iix londonx the duke of yorkxs garden enter yorkx salisburyx and warwick yorkx nowx my good lords of salisbury and warwickx our simple supper endedx give me leave in this close walk to satisfy myself in craving your opinion of my tidex which is infalliblex to englandxs crownx salisburyx my lordx i long to hear it at fullx warwickx sweet yorkx beginx and if thy claim be goodx the nevils are thy subjects to commandx yorkx then thusx edward the thirdx my lordsx had seven sonsx the firstx edward the black princex prince of walesx the secondx william of hatfieldx and the thirdx lionel duke of clarencex next to whom was john of gauntx the duke of lancasterx the fifth was edmund langleyx duke of yorkx the sixth was thomas of woodstockx duke of gloucesterx william of windsor was the seventh and lastx edward the black prince died before his father and left behind him richardx his only sonx whox after edward the thirdxs deathx reignxd as king till henry bolingbrokex duke of lancasterx the eldest son and heir of john of gauntx crownxd by the name of henry the fourthx seizxd on the realmx deposxd the rightful kingx sent his poor queen to francex from whence she camex and him to pomfretx wherex as all you knowx harmless richard was murdered traitorouslyx warwickx fatherx the duke hath told the truthx thus got the house of lancaster the crownx yorkx which now they hold by forcex and not by rightx for richardx the first sonxs heirx being deadx the issue of the next son should have reignxdx salisburyx but william of hatfield died without an heirx yorkx the third sonx duke of clarencex from whose line i claim the crownx had issue philippex a daughterx who married edmund mortimerx earl of marchx edmund had issuex roger earl of marchx roger had issuex edmundx annex and eleanorx salisburyx this edmundx in the reign of bolingbrokex as i have readx laid claim unto the crownx andx but for owen glendowerx had been kingx who kept him in captivity till he diedx butx to the restx yorkx his eldest sisterx annex my motherx being heir unto the crownx married richard earl of cambridgex who was to edmund langleyx edward the thirdxs fifth sonx sonx by her i claim the kingdomx she was heir to roger earl of marchx who was the son of edmund mortimerx who married philippex sole daughter unto lionel duke of clarencex sox if the issue of the elder son succeed before the youngerx i am kingx warwickx what plain proceedings is more plain than thisx henry doth claim the crown from john of gauntx the fourth sonx york claims it from the thirdx till lionelxs issue failsx his should not reignx it fails not yetx but flourishes in thee and in thy sonsx fair slips of such a stockx thenx father salisburyx kneel we togetherx and in this private plot be we the first that shall salute our rightful sovereign with honour of his birthright to the crownx bothx long live our sovereign richardx englandxs kingx yorkx we thank youx lordsx but i am not your king till i be crownxdx and that my sword be stainxd with heartxblood of the house of lancasterx and thatxs not suddenly to be performxdx but with advice and silent secrecyx do you as i do in these dangerous daysx wink at the duke of suffolkxs insolencex at beaufortxs pridex at somersetxs ambitionx at buckinghamx and all the crew of themx till they have snarxd the shepherd of the flockx that virtuous princex the good duke humphreyx xtis that they seekx and theyx in seeking thatx shall find their deathsx if york can prophesyx salisburyx my lordx break we offx we know your mind at fullx warwickx my heart assures me that the earl of warwick shall one day make the duke of york a kingx yorkx andx nevilx this i do assure myselfx richard shall live to make the earl of warwick the greatest man in england but the kingx exeunt scene iiix londonx a hall of justice sound trumpetsx enter the king and statex the queenx gloucesterx yorkx suffolkx and salisburyx with guardx to banish the duchessx enterx guardedx the duchess of gloucesterx margery jourdainx humex southwellx and bolingbroke king henryx stand forthx dame eleanor cobhamx gloucesterxs wifex in sight of god and usx your guilt is greatx receive the sentence of the law for sins such as by godxs book are adjudgxd to deathx you fourx from hence to prison back againx from thence unto the place of executionx the witch in smithfield shall be burnt to ashesx and you three shall be strangled on the gallowsx youx madamx for you are more nobly bornx despoiled of your honour in your lifex shallx after three daysx open penance donex live in your country here in banishment with sir john stanley in the isle of manx duchessx welcome is banishmentx welcome were my deathx gloucesterx eleanorx the lawx thou seestx hath judged theex i cannot justify whom the law condemnsx exeunt the duchess and the other prisonersx guarded mine eyes are full of tearsx my heart of griefx ahx humphreyx this dishonour in thine age will bring thy head with sorrow to the groundx i beseech your majesty give me leave to gox sorrow would solacex and mine age would easex king henryx stayx humphrey duke of gloucesterx ere thou gox give up thy staffx henry will to himself protector bex and god shall be my hopex my stayx my guidex and lantern to my feetx and go in peacex humphreyx no less belovxd than when thou wert protector to thy kingx queenx i see no reason why a king of years should be to be protected like a childx god and king henry govern englandxs realmx give up your staffx sirx and the king his realmx gloucesterx my staffx herex noble henryx is my staffx as willingly do i the same resign as ere thy father henry made it minex and even as willingly at thy feet i leave it as others would ambitiously receive itx farewellx good kingx when i am dead and gonex may honourable peace attend thy thronex exit queenx whyx now is henry kingx and margaret queenx and humphrey duke of gloucester scarce himselfx that bears so shrewd a maimx two pulls at oncex his lady banishxd and a limb loppxd offx this staff of honour raughtx there let it stand where it best fits to bex in henryxs handx suffolkx thus droops this lofty pine and hangs his spraysx thus eleanorxs pride dies in her youngest daysx yorkx lordsx let him gox please it your majestyx this is the day appointed for the combatx and ready are the appellant and defendantx the armourer and his manx to enter the listsx so please your highness to behold the fightx queenx ayx good my lordx for purposely therefore left i the courtx to see this quarrel triedx king henryx a godxs namex see the lists and all things fitx here let them end itx and god defend the rightx yorkx i never saw a fellow worse bestedx or more afraid to fightx than is the appellantx the servant of his armourerx my lordsx enter at one doorx hornerx the armourerx and his neighboursx drinking to him so much that he is drunkx and he enters with a drum before him and his staff with a sandxbag fastened to itx and at the other door peterx his manx with a drum and sandbagx and prentices drinking to him first neighbourx herex neighbour hornerx i drink to you in a cup of sackx and fear notx neighbourx you shall do well enoughx second neighbourx and herex neighbourx herexs a cup of charnecox third neighbourx and herexs a pot of good double beerx neighbourx drinkx and fear not your manx hornerx let it comex ix faithx and ixll pledge you allx and a fig for peterx first prenticex herex peterx i drink to theex and be not afraidx second prenticex be merryx peterx and fear not thy masterx fight for credit of the prenticesx peterx i thank you allx drinkx and pray for mex i pray youx for i think i have taken my last draught in this worldx herex robinx an if i diex i give thee my apronx andx willx thou shalt have my hammerx and herex tomx take all the money that i havex o lord bless mex i pray godx for i am never able to deal with my masterx he hath learnt so much fence alreadyx salisburyx comex leave your drinking and fall to blowsx sirrahx whatxs thy namex peterx peterx forsoothx salisburyx peterx what morex peterx thumpx salisburyx thumpx then see thou thump thy master wellx hornerx mastersx i am come hitherx as it werex upon my manxs instigationx to prove him a knave and myself an honest manx and touching the duke of yorkx i will take my death i never meant him any illx nor the kingx nor the queenx and thereforex peterx have at thee with a down right blowx yorkx dispatchx this knavexs tongue begins to doublex soundx trumpetsx alarum to the combatantsx xalarumx they fight and peter strikes him downx hornerx holdx peterx holdx i confessx i confess treasonx xdiesx yorkx take away his weaponx fellowx thank godx and the good wine in thy masterxs wayx peterx o godx have i overcome mine enemies in this presencex o peterx thou hast prevailxd in rightx king henryx gox take hence that traitor from our sightx for by his death we do perceive his guiltx and god in justice hath revealxd to us the truth and innocence of this poor fellowx which he had thought to have murderxd wrongfullyx comex fellowx follow us for thy rewardx sound a flourishx exeunt scene ivx londonx a street enter duke humphrey and his menx in mourning cloaks gloucesterx thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloudx and after summer evermore succeeds barren winterx with his wrathful nipping coldx so cares and joys aboundx as seasons fleetx sirsx whatxs oxclockx servingxmanx tenx my lordx gloucesterx ten is the hour that was appointed me to watch the coming of my punishxd duchessx uneath may she endure the flinty streets to tread them with her tenderxfeeling feetx sweet nellx ill can thy noble mind abrook the abject people gazing on thy facex with envious looksx laughing at thy shamex that erst did follow thy proud chariot wheels when thou didst ride in triumph through the streetsx butx softx i think she comesx and ixll prepare my tearxstainxd eyes to see her miseriesx enter the duchess of gloucester in a white sheetx and a taper burning in her handx with sir john stanleyx the sheriffx and officers servingxmanx so please your gracex wexll take her from the sheriffx gloucesterx nox stir not for your livesx let her pass byx duchessx come youx my lordx to see my open shamex now thou dost penance toox look how they gazex see how the giddy multitude do point and nod their heads and throw their eyes on theex ahx gloucesterx hide thee from their hateful looksx andx in thy closet pent upx rue my shame and ban thine enemiesx both mine and thinex gloucesterx be patientx gentle nellx forget this griefx duchessx ahx gloucesterx teach me to forget myselfx for whilst i think i am thy married wife and thou a princex protector of this landx methinks i should not thus be led alongx mailxd up in shamex with papers on my backx and followxd with a rabble that rejoice to see my tears and hear my deepxfet groansx the ruthless flint doth cut my tender feetx and when i startx the envious people laugh and bid me be advised how i treadx ahx humphreyx can i bear this shameful yokex trowest thou that exer ixll look upon the world or count them happy that enjoy the sunx nox dark shall be my light and night my dayx to think upon my pomp shall be my hellx sometimes ixll say i am duke humphreyxs wifex and he a princex and ruler of the landx yet so he rulxdx and such a prince he wasx as he stood by whilst ix his forlorn duchessx was made a wonder and a pointingxstock to every idle rascal followerx but be thou mildx and blush not at my shamex nor stir at nothing till the axe of death hang over theex as sure it shortly willx for suffolkx he that can do all in all with her that hateth thee and hates us allx and yorkx and impious beaufortx that false priestx have all limxd bushes to betray thy wingsx andx fly thou how thou canstx theyxll tangle theex but fear not thou until thy foot be snarxdx nor never seek prevention of thy foesx gloucesterx ahx nellx forbearx thou aimest all awryx i must offend before i be attaintedx and had i twenty times so many foesx and each of them had twenty times their powerx all these could not procure me any scathe so long as i am loyalx truex and crimelessx wouldst have me rescue thee from this reproachx whyx yet thy scandal were not wipxd awayx but i in danger for the breach of lawx thy greatest help is quietx gentle nellx i pray thee sort thy heart to patiencex these few daysx wonder will be quickly wornx enter a herald heraldx i summon your grace to his majestyxs parliamentx holden at bury the first of this next monthx gloucesterx and my consent nexer askxd herein beforex this is close dealingx wellx i will be therex exit herald my nellx i take my leavex andx master sheriffx let not her penance exceed the kingxs commissionx sheriffx anxt please your gracex here my commission staysx and sir john stanley is appointed now to take her with him to the isle of manx gloucesterx must youx sir johnx protect my lady herex stanleyx so am i given in chargex mayxt please your gracex gloucesterx entreat her not the worse in that i pray you use her wellx the world may laugh againx and i may live to do you kindness if you do it herx and sox sir johnx farewellx duchessx whatx gonex my lordx and bid me not farewellx gloucesterx witness my tearsx i cannot stay to speakx exeunt gloucester and servants duchessx art thou gone toox all comfort go with theex for none abides with mex my joy is deathx deathx at whose name i oft have been afeardx because i wishxd this worldxs eternityx stanleyx i prithee gox and take me hencex i care not whitherx for i beg no favourx only convey me where thou art commandedx stanleyx whyx madamx that is to the isle of manx there to be usxd according to your statex duchessx thatxs bad enoughx for i am but reproachx and shall i then be usxd reproachfullyx stanleyx like to a duchess and duke humphreyxs ladyx according to that state you shall be usxdx duchessx sheriffx farewellx and better than i farex although thou hast been conduct of my shamex sheriffx it is my officex andx madamx pardon mex duchessx ayx ayx farewellx thy office is dischargxdx comex stanleyx shall we gox stanleyx madamx your penance donex throw off this sheetx and go we to attire you for our journeyx duchessx my shame will not be shifted with my sheetx nox it will hang upon my richest robes and show itselfx attire me how i canx gox lead the wayx i long to see my prisonx exeunt act iiix scene ix the abbey at bury stx edmunds sound a sennetx enter the kingx the queenx cardinalx suffolkx yorkx buckinghamx salisburyx and warwickx to the parliament king henryx i muse my lord of gloucester is not comex xtis not his wont to be the hindmost manx whatexer occasion keeps him from us nowx queenx can you not seex or will ye not observe the strangeness of his alterxd countenancex with what a majesty he bears himselfx how insolent of late he is becomex how proudx how peremptoryx and unlike himselfx we know the time since he was mild and affablex and if we did but glance a farxoff look immediately he was upon his kneex that all the court admirxd him for submissionx but meet him now and be it in the mornx when every one will give the time of dayx he knits his brow and shows an angry eye and passeth by with stiff unbowed kneex disdaining duty that to us belongsx small curs are not regarded when they grinx but great men tremble when the lion roarsx and humphrey is no little man in englandx first note that he is near you in descentx and should you fall he is the next will mountx me seemethx thenx it is no policyx respecting what a rancorous mind he bearsx and his advantage following your deceasex that he should come about your royal person or be admitted to your highnessx councilx by flattery hath he won the commonsx heartsx and when he please to make commotionx xtis to be fearxd they all will follow himx now xtis the springx and weeds are shallowxrootedx suffer them nowx and theyxll oxergrow the garden and choke the herbs for want of husbandryx the reverent care i bear unto my lord made me collect these dangers in the dukex if it be fondx can it a womanxs fearx which fear if better reasons can supplantx i will subscribex and say i wrongxd the dukex my lord of suffolkx buckinghamx and yorkx reprove my allegation if you canx or else conclude my words effectualx suffolkx well hath your highness seen into this dukex and had i first been put to speak my mindx i think i should have told your gracexs talex the duchessx by his subornationx upon my lifex began her devilish practicesx or if he were not privy to those faultsx yet by reputing of his high descentx as next the king he was successive heirx and such high vaunts of his nobilityx did instigate the bedlam brainsick duchess by wicked means to frame our sovereignxs fallx smooth runs the water where the brook is deepx and in his simple show he harbours treasonx the fox barks not when he would steal the lambx nox nox my sovereignx gloucester is a man unsounded yetx and full of deep deceitx cardinalx did he notx contrary to form of lawx devise strange deaths for small offences donex yorkx and did he notx in his protectorshipx levy great sums of money through the realm for soldiersx pay in francex and never sent itx by means whereof the towns each day revoltedx buckinghamx tutx these are petty faults to faults unknown which time will bring to light in smooth duke humphreyx king henryx my lordsx at oncex the care you have of usx to mow down thorns that would annoy our footx is worthy praisex but shall i speak my consciencex our kinsman gloucester is as innocent from meaning treason to our royal person as is the sucking lamb or harmless dovex the duke is virtuousx mildx and too well given to dream on evil or to work my downfallx queenx ahx whatxs more dangerous than this fond affiancex seems he a dovex his feathers are but borrowxdx for hexs disposed as the hateful ravenx is he a lambx his skin is surely lent himx for hexs inclinxd as is the ravenous wolfx who cannot steal a shape that means deceitx take heedx my lordx the welfare of us all hangs on the cutting short that fraudful manx enter somerset somersetx all health unto my gracious sovereignx king henryx welcomex lord somersetx what news from francex somersetx that all your interest in those territories is utterly bereft youx all is lostx king henryx cold newsx lord somersetx but godxs will be donex yorkx xasidex cold news for mex for i had hope of france as firmly as i hope for fertile englandx thus are my blossoms blasted in the budx and caterpillars eat my leaves awayx but i will remedy this gear ere longx or sell my title for a glorious gravex enter gloucester gloucesterx all happiness unto my lord the kingx pardonx my liegex that i have stayxd so longx suffolkx nayx gloucesterx know that thou art come too soonx unless thou wert more loyal than thou artx i do arrest thee of high treason herex gloucesterx wellx suffolkx thou shalt not see me blush nor change my countenance for this arrestx a heart unspotted is not easily dauntedx the purest spring is not so free from mud as i am clear from treason to my sovereignx who can accuse mex wherein am i guiltyx yorkx xtis thoughtx my lordx that you took bribes of france andx being protectorx stayxd the soldiersx payx by means whereof his highness hath lost francex gloucesterx is it but thought sox what are they that think itx i never robbxd the soldiers of their pay nor ever had one penny bribe from francex so help me godx as i have watchxd the nightx ayx night by nightx in studying good for englandx that doit that exer i wrested from the kingx or any groat i hoarded to my usex be brought against me at my trialxdayx nox many a pound of mine own proper storex because i would not tax the needy commonsx have i dispursed to the garrisonsx and never askxd for restitutionx cardinalx it serves you wellx my lordx to say so muchx gloucesterx i say no more than truthx so help me godx yorkx in your protectorship you did devise strange tortures for offendersx never heard ofx that england was defamxd by tyrannyx gloucesterx whyx xtis well known that whiles i was protector pity was all the fault that was in mex for i should melt at an offenderxs tearsx and lowly words were ransom for their faultx unless it were a bloody murdererx or foul felonious thief that fleecxd poor passengersx i never gave them condign punishmentx murder indeedx that bloody sinx i torturxd above the felon or what trespass elsex suffolkx my lordx these faults are easyx quickly answerxdx but mightier crimes are laid unto your chargex whereof you cannot easily purge yourselfx i do arrest you in his highnessx namex and here commit you to my lord cardinal to keep until your further time of trialx king henryx my lord of gloucesterx xtis my special hope that you will clear yourself from all suspensex my conscience tells me you are innocentx gloucesterx ahx gracious lordx these days are dangerousx virtue is chokxd with foul ambitionx and charity chasxd hence by rancourxs handx foul subornation is predominantx and equity exilxd your highnessx landx i know their complot is to have my lifex and if my death might make this island happy and prove the period of their tyrannyx i would expend it with all willingnessx but mine is made the prologue to their playx for thousands more that yet suspect no peril will not conclude their plotted tragedyx beaufortxs red sparkling eyes blab his heartxs malicex and suffolkxs cloudy brow his stormy hatex sharp buckingham unburdens with his tongue the envious load that lies upon his heartx and dogged yorkx that reaches at the moonx whose overweening arm i have pluckxd backx by false accuse doth level at my lifex and youx my sovereign ladyx with the restx causeless have laid disgraces on my headx and with your best endeavour have stirrxd up my liefest liege to be mine enemyx ayx all of you have laid your heads togetherx myself had notice of your conventiclesx and all to make away my guiltless lifex i shall not want false witness to condemn me nor store of treasons to augment my guiltx the ancient proverb will be well effectedx xa staff is quickly found to beat a dogxx cardinalx my liegex his railing is intolerablex if those that care to keep your royal person from treasonxs secret knife and traitorxs rage be thus upbraidedx chidx and rated atx and the offender granted scope of speechx xtwill make them cool in zeal unto your gracex suffolkx hath he not twit our sovereign lady here with ignominious wordsx though clerkly couchxdx as if she had suborned some to swear false allegations to oxerthrow his statex queenx but i can give the loser leave to chidex gloucesterx far truer spoke than meantx i lose indeedx beshrew the winnersx for they playxd me falsex and well such losers may have leave to speakx buckinghamx hexll wrest the sensex and hold us here all dayx lord cardinalx he is your prisonerx cardinalx sirsx take away the dukex and guard him surex gloucesterx ahx thus king henry throws away his crutch before his legs be firm to bear his bodyx thus is the shepherd beaten from thy sidex and wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee firstx ahx that my fear were falsex ahx that it werex forx good king henryx thy decay i fearx exitx guarded king henryx my lordsx what to your wisdoms seemeth best do or undox as if ourself were herex queenx whatx will your highness leave the parliamentx king henryx ayx margaretx my heart is drownxd with griefx whose flood begins to flow within mine eyesx my body round engirt with miseryx for whatxs more miserable than discontentx ahx uncle humphreyx in thy face i see the map of honourx truthx and loyaltyx and yetx good humphreyx is the hour to come that exer i provxd thee false or fearxd thy faithx what louring star now envies thy estate that these great lordsx and margaret our queenx do seek subversion of thy harmless lifex thou never didst them wrongx nor no man wrongx and as the butcher takes away the calfx and binds the wretchx and beats it when it straysx bearing it to the bloody slaughterxhousex even sox remorselessx have they borne him hencex and as the dam runs lowing up and downx looking the way her harmless young one wentx and can do nought but wail her darlingxs lossx even so myself bewails good gloucesterxs case with sad unhelpful tearsx and with dimmxd eyes look after himx and cannot do him goodx so mighty are his vowed enemiesx his fortunes i will weepx and xtwixt each groan say xwhoxs a traitorx gloucester he is nonexx exit queenx free lordsx cold snow melts with the sunxs hot beamsx henry my lord is cold in great affairsx too full of foolish pityx and gloucesterxs show beguiles him as the mournful crocodile with sorrow snares relenting passengersx or as the snakex rollxd in a flowxring bankx with shining checkerxd sloughx doth sting a child that for the beauty thinks it excellentx believe mex lordsx were none more wise than ix and yet herein i judge mine own wit goodx this gloucester should be quickly rid the world to rid us from the fear we have of himx cardinalx that he should die is worthy policyx but yet we want a colour for his deathx xtis meet he be condemnxd by course of lawx suffolkx butx in my mindx that were no policyx the king will labour still to save his lifex the commons haply rise to save his lifex and yet we have but trivial argumentx more than mistrustx that shows him worthy deathx yorkx so thatx by thisx you would not have him diex suffolkx ahx yorkx no man alive so fain as ix yorkx xtis york that hath more reason for his deathx butx my lord cardinalx and youx my lord of suffolkx say as you thinkx and speak it from your soulsx werext not all one an empty eagle were set to guard the chicken from a hungry kite as place duke humphrey for the kingxs protectorx queenx so the poor chicken should be sure of deathx suffolkx madamx xtis truex and werext not madness then to make the fox surveyor of the foldx who being accusxd a crafty murdererx his guilt should be but idly posted overx because his purpose is not executedx nox let him diex in that he is a foxx by nature provxd an enemy to the flockx before his chaps be stainxd with crimson bloodx as humphreyx provxd by reasonsx to my liegex and do not stand on quillets how to slay himx be it by ginsx by snaresx by subtletyx sleeping or wakingx xtis no matter howx so he be deadx for that is good deceit which mates him first that first intends deceitx queenx thricexnoble suffolkx xtis resolutely spokex suffolkx not resolutex except so much were donex for things are often spoke and seldom meantx but that my heart accordeth with my tonguex seeing the deed is meritoriousx and to preserve my sovereign from his foex say but the wordx and i will be his priestx cardinalx but i would have him deadx my lord of suffolkx ere you can take due orders for a priestx say you consent and censure well the deedx and ixll provide his executionerx i tender so the safety of my liegex suffolkx here is my hand the deed is worthy doingx queenx and so say ix yorkx and ix and now we three have spoke itx it skills not greatly who impugns our doomx enter a post postx great lordsx from ireland am i come amain to signify that rebels there are up and put the englishmen unto the swordx send succoursx lordsx and stop the rage betimex before the wound do grow uncurablex forx being greenx there is great hope of helpx cardinalx a breach that craves a quick expedient stopx what counsel give you in this weighty causex yorkx that somerset be sent as regent thitherx xtis meet that lucky ruler be employxdx witness the fortune he hath had in francex somersetx if yorkx with all his farxfet policyx had been the regent there instead of mex he never would have stayxd in france so longx yorkx nox not to lose it all as thou hast donex i rather would have lost my life betimes than bring a burden of dishonour home by staying there so long till all were lostx show me one scar characterxd on thy skinx menxs flesh preservxd so whole do seldom winx queenx nay thenx this spark will prove a raging firex if wind and fuel be brought to feed it withx no morex good yorkx sweet somersetx be stillx thy fortunex yorkx hadst thou been regent therex might happily have provxd far worse than hisx yorkx whatx worse than noughtx nayx then a shame take allx somersetx and in the numberx thee that wishest shamex cardinalx my lord of yorkx try what your fortune isx thx uncivil kerns of ireland are in arms and temper clay with blood of englishmenx to ireland will you lead a band of menx collected choicelyx from each county somex and try your hap against the irishmenx yorkx i willx my lordx so please his majestyx suffolkx whyx our authority is his consentx and what we do establish he confirmsx thenx noble yorkx take thou this task in handx yorkx i am contentx provide me soldiersx lordsx whiles i take order for mine own affairsx suffolkx a chargex lord yorkx that i will see performxdx but now return we to the false duke humphreyx cardinalx no more of himx for i will deal with him that henceforth he shall trouble us no morex and so break offx the day is almost spentx lord suffolkx you and i must talk of that eventx yorkx my lord of suffolkx within fourteen days at bristol i expect my soldiersx for there ixll ship them all for irelandx suffolkx ixll see it truly donex my lord of yorkx exeunt all but york yorkx nowx yorkx or neverx steel thy fearful thoughts and change misdoubt to resolutionx be that thou hopxst to bex or what thou art resign to deathx it is not worth thx enjoyingx let palexfacxd fear keep with the meanxborn man and find no harbour in a royal heartx faster than springxtime showxrs comes thought on thoughtx and not a thought but thinks on dignityx my brainx more busy than the labouring spiderx weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemiesx wellx noblesx wellx xtis politicly done to send me packing with an host of menx i fear me you but warm the starved snakex whox cherishxd in your breastsx will sting your heartsx xtwas men i lackxdx and you will give them mex i take it kindlyx yet be well assurxd you put sharp weapons in a madmanxs handsx whiles i in ireland nourish a mighty bandx i will stir up in england some black storm shall blow ten thousand souls to heaven or hellx and this fell tempest shall not cease to rage until the golden circuit on my headx like to the glorious sunxs transparent beamsx do calm the fury of this madxbred flawx and for a minister of my intent i have seducxd a headstrong kentishmanx john cade of ashfordx to make commotionx as full well he canx under the tide of john mortimerx in ireland have i seen this stubborn cade oppose himself against a troop of kernsx and fought so long tiff that his thighs with darts were almost like a sharpxquillxd porpentinex and in the end being rescuxdx i have seen him caper upright like a wild moriscox shaking the bloody darts as he his bellsx full oftenx like a shagxhairxd crafty kernx hath he conversed with the enemyx and undiscoverxd come to me again and given me notice of their villainiesx this devil here shall be my substitutex for that john mortimerx which now is deadx in facex in gaitx in speechx he doth resemblex by this i shall perceive the commonsx mindx how they affect the house and claim of yorkx say he be takenx rackxdx and torturedx i know no pain they can inflict upon him will make him say i movxd him to those armsx say that he thrivex as xtis great like he willx whyx then from ireland come i with my strengthx and reap the harvest which that rascal sowxdx for humphrey being deadx as he shall bex and henry put apartx the next for mex exit scene iix bury stx edmundsx a room of state enter two or three murderers running over the stagex from the murder of duke humphrey first murdererx run to my lord of suffolkx let him know we have dispatchxd the dukex as he commandedx second murdererx o that it were to dox what have we donex didst ever hear a man so penitentx enter suffolk first murdererx here comes my lordx suffolkx nowx sirsx have you dispatchxd this thingx first murdererx ayx my good lordx hexs deadx suffolkx whyx thatxs well saidx gox get you to my housex i will reward you for this venturous deedx the king and all the peers are here at handx have you laid fair the bedx is all things wellx according as i gave directionsx first murdererx xtisx my good lordx suffolkx awayx be gonex exeunt murderers sound trumpetsx enter the kingx the queenx cardinalx somersetx with attendants king henryx go call our uncle to our presence straightx say we intend to try his grace toxdayx if he be guiltyx as xtis publishedx suffolkx ixll call him presentlyx my noble lordx exit king henryx lordsx take your placesx andx i pray you allx proceed no straiter xgainst our uncle gloucester than from true evidencex of good esteemx he be approvxd in practice culpablex queenx god forbid any malice should prevail that faultless may condemn a noblemanx pray god he may acquit him of suspicionx king henryx i thank theex megx these words content me muchx rexenter suffolk how nowx why lookxst thou palex why tremblest thoux where is our unclex whatxs the matterx suffolkx suffolkx dead in his bedx my lordx gloucester is deadx queenx marryx god forfendx cardinalx godxs secret judgmentx i did dream toxnight the duke was dumb and could not speak a wordx xthe king swoonsx queenx how fares my lordx helpx lordsx the king is deadx somersetx rear up his bodyx wring him by the nosex queenx runx gox helpx helpx o henryx ope thine eyesx suffolkx he doth revive againx madamx be patientx kingx o heavenly godx queenx how fares my gracious lordx suffolkx comfortx my sovereignx gracious henryx comfortx king henryx whatx doth my lord of suffolk comfort mex came he right now to sing a ravenxs notex whose dismal tune bereft my vital powxrsx and thinks he that the chirping of a wrenx by crying comfort from a hollow breastx can chase away the first conceived soundx hide not thy poison with such sugxred wordsx lay not thy hands on mex forbearx i sayx their touch affrights me as a serpentxs stingx thou baleful messengerx out of my sightx upon thy eyexballs murderous tyranny sits in grim majesty to fright the worldx look not upon mex for thine eyes are woundingx yet do not go awayx comex basiliskx and kill the innocent gazer with thy sightx for in the shade of death i shall find joyx in life but double deathxxnow gloucesterxs deadx queenx why do you rate my lord of suffolk thusx although the duke was enemy to himx yet he most christianxlike laments his deathx and for myselfx foe as he was to mex might liquid tearsx or heartxoffending groansx or bloodxconsuming sighsx recall his lifex i would be blind with weepingx sick with groansx look pale as primrose with bloodxdrinking sighsx and all to have the noble duke alivex what know i how the world may deem of mex for it is known we were but hollow friendsx it may be judgxd i made the duke awayx so shall my name with slanderxs tongue be woundedx and princesx courts be fillxd with my reproachx this get i by his deathx ay mex unhappyx to be a queen and crownxd with infamyx king henryx ahx woe is me for gloucesterx wretched manx queenx be woe for mex more wretched than he isx whatx dost thou turn awayx and hide thy facex i am no loathsome leperx look on mex whatx art thou like the adder waxen deafx be poisonous toox and kill thy forlorn queenx is all thy comfort shut in gloucesterxs tombx whyx then dame margaret was nexer thy joyx erect his statue and worship itx and make my image but an alehouse signx was i for this nigh wreckxd upon the seax and twice by awkward wind from englandxs bank drove back again unto my native climex what boded this but wellxforewarning wind did seem to say xseek not a scorpionxs nestx nor set no footing on this unkind shorexx what did i then but cursxd the gentle gustsx and he that loosxd them forth their brazen cavesx and bid them blow towards englandxs blessed shorex or turn our stern upon a dreadful rockx yet aeolus would not be a murdererx but left that hateful office unto theex the prettyxvaulting sea refusxd to drown mex knowing that thou wouldst have me drownxd on shore with tears as salt as sea through thy unkindnessx the splitting rocks cowxrxd in the sinking sands and would not dash me with their ragged sidesx because thy flinty heartx more hard than theyx might in thy palace perish margaretx as far as i could ken thy chalky cliffsx when from thy shore the tempest beat us backx i stood upon the hatches in the stormx and when the dusky sky began to rob my earnestxgaping sight of thy landxs viewx i took a costly jewel from my neckx a heart it wasx bound in with diamondsx and threw it towards thy landx the sea receivxd itx and so i wishxd thy body might my heartx and even with this i lost fair englandxs viewx and bid mine eyes be packing with my heartx and callxd them blind and dusky spectacles for losing ken of albionxs wished coastx how often have i tempted suffolkxs tonguex the agent of thy foul inconstancyx to sit and witch mex as ascanius did when he to madding dido would unfold his fatherxs acts commencxd in burning troyx am i not witchxd like herx or thou not false like himx ay mex i can no morex diex margaretx for henry weeps that thou dost live so longx noise withinx enter warwickx salisburyx and many commons warwickx it is reportedx mighty sovereignx that good duke humphrey traitorously is murdxred by suffolk and the cardinal beaufortxs meansx the commonsx like an angry hive of bees that want their leaderx scatter up and down and care not who they sting in his revengex myself have calmxd their spleenful mutiny until they hear the order of his deathx king henryx that he is deadx good warwickx xtis too truex but how he died god knowsx not henryx enter his chamberx view his breathless corpsex and comment then upon his sudden deathx warwickx that shall i dox my liegex stayx salisburyx with the rude multitude till i returnx exit exit salisbury with the commons king henryx o thou that judgest all thingsx stay my thoughtsx my thoughts that labour to persuade my soul some violent hands were laid on humphreyxs lifex if my suspect be falsex forgive mex godx for judgment only doth belong to theex fain would i go to chafe his paly lips with twenty thousand kisses and to drain upon his face an ocean of salt tears to tell my love unto his dumb deaf trunkx and with my fingers feel his hand unxfeelingx but all in vain are these mean obsequiesx and to survey his dead and earthy imagex what were it but to make my sorrow greaterx bed put forth with the bodyx enter warwick warwickx come hitherx gracious sovereignx view this bodyx king henryx that is to see how deep my grave is madex for with his soul fled all my worldly solacex forx seeing himx i see my life in deathx warwickx as surely as my soul intends to live with that dread king that took our state upon him to free us from his fatherxs wrathful cursex i do believe that violent hands were laid upon the life of this thricexfamed dukex suffolkx a dreadful oathx sworn with a solemn tonguex what instance gives lord warwick for his vowx warwickx see how the blood is settled in his facex oft have i seen a timelyxparted ghostx of ashy semblancex meagrex palex and bloodlessx being all descended to the labouring heartx whox in the conflict that it holds with deathx attracts the same for aidance xgainst the enemyx which with the heart there coolsx and nexer returneth to blush and beautify the cheek againx but seex his face is black and full of bloodx his eyexballs further out than when he livxdx staring full ghastly like a strangled manx his hair uprearxdx his nostrils stretchxd with strugglingx his hands abroad displayxdx as one that graspxd and tuggxd for lifex and was by strength subduxdx lookx on the sheets his hairx you seex is stickingx his wellxproportionxd beard made rough and ruggedx like to the summerxs corn by tempest lodgedx it cannot be but he was murdxred herex the least of all these signs were probablex suffolkx whyx warwickx who should do the duke to deathx myself and beaufort had him in protectionx and wex i hopex sirx are no murderersx warwickx but both of you were vowxd duke humphreyxs foesx and youx forsoothx had the good duke to keepx xtis like you would not feast him like a friendx and xtis well seen he found an enemyx queenx then youx belikex suspect these noblemen as guilty of duke humphreyxs timeless deathx warwickx who finds the heifer dead and bleeding freshx and sees fast by a butcher with an axex but will suspect xtwas he that made the slaughterx who finds the partridge in the puttockxs nest but may imagine how the bird was deadx although the kite soar with unbloodied beakx even so suspicious is this tragedyx queenx are you the butcherx suffolkx wherexs your knifex is beaufort termxd a kitex where are his talonsx suffolkx i wear no knife to slaughter sleeping menx but herexs a vengeful swordx rusted with easex that shall be scoured in his rancorous heart that slanders me with murderxs crimson badgex say if thou darxstx proud lord of warwickshirex that i am faulty in duke humphreyxs deathx exeunt cardinalx somersetx and others warwickx what dares not warwickx if false suffolk dare himx queenx he dares not calm his contumelious spiritx nor cease to be an arrogant controllerx though suffolk dare him twenty thousand timesx warwickx madamx be stillx with reverence may i sayx for every word you speak in his behalf is slander to your royal dignityx suffolkx bluntxwitted lordx ignoble in demeanourx if ever lady wrongxd her lord so muchx thy mother took into her blameful bed some stern untutorxd churlx and noble stock was graft with crabxtree slipx whose fruit thou artx and never of the nevilsx noble racex warwickx but that the guilt of murder bucklers theex and i should rob the deathsman of his feex quitting thee thereby of ten thousand shamesx and that my sovereignxs presence makes me mildx i wouldx false murdxrous cowardx on thy knee make thee beg pardon for thy passed speech and say it was thy mother that thou meantxstx that thou thyself was born in bastardyx andx after all this fearful homage donex give thee thy hire and send thy soul to hellx pernicious bloodxsucker of sleeping menx suffolkx thou shalt be waking while i shed thy bloodx if from this presence thou darxst go with mex warwickx away even nowx or i will drag thee hencex unworthy though thou artx ixll cope with theex and do some service to duke humphreyxs ghostx exeunt suffolk and warwick king henryx what stronger breastplate than a heart untaintedx thrice is he armxd that hath his quarrel justx and he but nakedx though lockxd up in steelx whose conscience with injustice is corruptedx xa noise withinx queenx what noise is thisx rexenter suffolk and warwickx with their weapons drawn kingx whyx how nowx lordsx your wrathful weapons drawn here in our presencex dare you be so boldx whyx what tumultuous clamour have we herex suffolkx the traitxrous warwickx with the men of buryx set all upon mex mighty sovereignx rexenter salisbury salisburyx xto the commons withinx sirsx stand apartx the king shall know your mindx dread lordx the commons send you word by me unless lord suffolk straight be done to deathx or banished fair englandxs territoriesx they will by violence tear him from your palace and torture him with grievous lingxring deathx they say by him the good duke humphrey diedx they say in him they fear your highnessx deathx and mere instinct of love and loyaltyx free from a stubborn opposite intentx as being thought to contradict your likingx makes them thus forward in his banishmentx they sayx in care of your most royal personx that if your highness should intend to sleep and charge that no man should disturb your restx in pain of your dislike or pain of deathx yetx notwithstanding such a strait edictx were there a serpent seen with forked tongue that slily glided towards your majestyx it were but necessary you were wakxdx lestx being sufferxd in that harmful slumberx the mortal worm might make the sleep eternalx and therefore do they cryx though you forbidx that they will guard youx whexer you will or nox from such fell serpents as false suffolk isx with whose envenomed and fatal sting your loving unclex twenty times his worthx they sayx is shamefully bereft of lifex commonsx xwithinx an answer from the kingx my lord of salisburyx suffolkx xtis like the commonsx rude unpolishxd hindsx could send such message to their sovereignx but youx my lordx were glad to be employxdx to show how quaint an orator you arex but all the honour salisbury hath won is that he was the lord ambassador sent from a sort of tinkers to the kingx commonsx xwithinx an answer from the kingx or we will all break inx king henryx gox salisburyx and tell them all from me i thank them for their tender loving carex and had i not been cited so by themx yet did i purpose as they do entreatx for sure my thoughts do hourly prophesy mischance unto my state by suffolkxs meansx and therefore by his majesty i swearx whose far unworthy deputy i amx he shall not breathe infection in this air but three days longerx on the pain of deathx exit salisbury queenx o henryx let me plead for gentle suffolkx king henryx ungentle queenx to call him gentle suffolkx no morex i sayx if thou dost plead for himx thou wilt but add increase unto my wrathx had i but saidx i would have kept my wordx but when i swearx it is irrevocablex if after three daysx space thou here bexst found on any ground that i am ruler ofx the world shall not be ransom for thy lifex comex warwickx comex good warwickx go with mex i have great matters to impart to theex exeunt all but queen and suffolk queenx mischance and sorrow go along with youx heartxs discontent and sour affliction be playfellows to keep you companyx therexs two of youx the devil make a thirdx and threefold vengeance tend upon your stepsx suffolkx ceasex gentle queenx these execrationsx and let thy suffolk take his heavy leavex queenx fiex coward woman and softxhearted wretchx has thou not spirit to curse thine enemyx suffolkx a plague upon themx wherefore should i curse themx would curses kill as doth the mandrakexs groanx i would invent as bitter searching termsx as curstx as harshx and horrible to hearx deliverxd strongly through my fixed teethx with full as many signs of deadly hatex as leanxfacxd envy in her loathsome cavex my tongue should stumble in mine earnest wordsx mine eyes should sparkle like the beaten flintx mine hair be fixxd an endx as one distractx ayx every joint should seem to curse and banx and even now my burdenxd heart would breakx should i not curse themx poison be their drinkx gallx worse than gallx the daintiest that they tastex their sweetest shade a grove of cypress treesx their chiefest prospect murdxring basilisksx their softest touch as smart as lizardsx stingsx their music frightful as the serpentxs hissx and boding screechxowls make the consort fullx all the foul terrors in darkxseated hellx queenx enoughx sweet suffolkx thou tormentxst thyselfx and these dread cursesx like the sun xgainst glassx or like an overcharged gunx recoilx and turns the force of them upon thyselfx suffolkx you bade me banx and will you bid me leavex nowx by the ground that i am banishxd fromx well could i curse away a winterxs nightx though standing naked on a mountain top where biting cold would never let grass growx and think it but a minute spent in sportx queenx ox let me entreat thee ceasex give me thy handx that i may dew it with my mournful tearsx nor let the rain of heaven wet this place to wash away my woeful monumentsx ox could this kiss be printed in thy handx that thou mightxst think upon these by the sealx through whom a thousand sighs are breathxd for theex sox get thee gonex that i may know my griefx xtis but surmisxd whiles thou art standing byx as one that surfeits thinking on a wantx i will repeal thee orx be well assurxdx adventure to be banished myselfx and banished i amx if but from theex gox speak not to mex even now be gonex ox go not yetx even thus two friends condemnxd embracex and kissx and take ten thousand leavesx loather a hundred times to part than diex yet nowx farewellx and farewell life with theex suffolkx thus is poor suffolk ten times banishedx once by the king and three times thrice by theex xtis not the land i care forx wert thou thencex a wilderness is populous enoughx so suffolk had thy heavenly companyx for where thou artx there is the world itselfx with every several pleasure in the worldx and where thou art notx desolationx i can no morex live thou to joy thy lifex myself no joy in nought but that thou livxstx enter vaux queenx whither goes vaux so fastx what newsx i pritheex vauxx to signify unto his majesty that cardinal beaufort is at point of deathx for suddenly a grievous sickness took him that makes him gaspx and starex and catch the airx blaspheming godx and cursing men on earthx sometime he talks as if duke humphreyxs ghost were by his sidex sometime he calls the king and whispers to his pillowx as to himx the secrets of his overcharged soulx and i am sent to tell his majesty that even now he cries aloud for himx queenx go tell this heavy message to the kingx exit vaux ay mex what is this worldx what news are thesex but wherefore grieve i at an hourxs poor lossx omitting suffolkxs exilex my soulxs treasurex why onlyx suffolkx mourn i not for theex and with the southern clouds contend in tearsx theirs for the earthxs increasex mine for my sorrowsx now get thee hencex the kingx thou knowxstx is comingx if thou be found by mex thou art but deadx suffolkx if i depart from thee i cannot livex and in thy sight to diex what were it else but like a pleasant slumber in thy lapx here could i breathe my soul into the airx as mild and gentle as the cradlexbabe dying with motherxs dug between its lipsx wherex from thy sightx i should be raging mad and cry out for thee to close up mine eyesx to have thee with thy lips to stop my mouthx so shouldst thou either turn my flying soulx or i should breathe it so into thy bodyx and then it livxd in sweet elysiumx to die by thee were but to die in jestx from thee to die were torture more than deathx ox let me stayx befall what may befallx queenx awayx though parting be a fretful corrosivex it is applied to a deathful woundx to francex sweet suffolkx let me hear from theex for wheresoxer thou art in this worldxs globe ixll have an iris that shall find thee outx suffolkx i gox queenx and take my heart with theex xshe kisses himx suffolkx a jewelx lockxd into the woefullxst cask that ever did contain a thing of worthx even as a splitted barkx so sunder wex this way fall i to deathx queenx this way for mex exeunt severally scene iiix londonx cardinal beaufortxs bedchamber enter the kingx salisburyx and warwickx to the cardinal in bed king henryx how fares my lordx speakx beaufortx to thy sovereignx cardinalx if thou bexst death ixll give thee englandxs treasurex enough to purchase such another islandx so thou wilt let me live and feel no painx king henryx ahx what a sign it is of evil life where deathxs approach is seen so terriblex warwickx beaufortx it is thy sovereign speaks to theex cardinalx bring me unto my trial when you willx died he not in his bedx where should he diex can i make men livex whexer they will or nox ox torture me no morex i will confessx alive againx then show me where he isx ixll give a thousand pound to look upon himx he hath no eyesx the dust hath blinded themx comb down his hairx lookx lookx it stands uprightx like limextwigs set to catch my winged soulx give me some drinkx and bid the apothecary bring the strong poison that i bought of himx king henryx o thou eternal mover of the heavensx look with a gentle eye upon this wretchx ox beat away the busy meddling fiend that lays strong siege unto this wretchxs soulx and from his bosom purge this black despairx warwickx see how the pangs of death do make him grin salisburyx disturb him notx let him pass peaceablyx king henryx peace to his soulx if godxs good pleasure bex lord cardxnalx if thou thinkxst on heavenxs blissx hold up thy handx make signal of thy hopex he diesx and makes no signx o godx forgive himx warwickx so bad a death argues a monstrous lifex king henryx forbear to judgex for we are sinners allx close up his eyesx and draw the curtain closex and let us all to meditationx exeunt act ivx scene ix the coast of kent alarumx fight at seax ordnance goes offx enter a lieutenantx a shipmaster and his matex and walter whitmorex with sailorsx suffolk and other gentlemenx as prisoners lieutenantx the gaudyx blabbingx and remorseful day is crept into the bosom of the seax and now loudxhowling wolves arouse the jades that drag the tragic melancholy nightx who with their drowsyx slowx and flagging wings clip dead menxs gravesx and from their misty jaws breathe foul contagious darkness in the airx therefore bring forth the soldiers of our prizex forx whilst our pinnace anchors in the downsx here shall they make their ransom on the sandx or with their blood stain this discoloured shorex masterx this prisoner freely give i theex and thou that art his mate make boot of thisx the otherx walter whitmorex is thy sharex first gentlemanx what is my ransomx masterx let me knowx masterx a thousand crownsx or else lay down your headx matex and so much shall you givex or off goes yoursx lieutenantx whatx think you much to pay two thousand crownsx and bear the name and port of gentlemenx cut both the villainsx throatsx for die you shallx the lives of those which we have lost in fight be counterpoisxd with such a petty sumx first gentlemanx ixll give itx sirx and therefore spare my lifex second gentlemanx and so will ix and write home for it straightx whitmorex i lost mine eye in laying the prize aboardx xto suffolkx and thereforex to revenge itx shalt thou diex and so should thesex if i might have my willx lieutenantx be not so rashx take ransomx let him livex suffolkx look on my georgex i am a gentlemanx rate me at what thou wiltx thou shalt be paidx whitmorex and so am ix my name is walter whitmorex how nowx why startxst thoux whatx doth death affrightx suffolkx thy name affrights mex in whose sound is deathx a cunning man did calculate my birth and told me that by water i should diex yet let not this make thee be bloodyxmindedx thy name is gualtierx being rightly soundedx whitmorex gualtier or walterx which it is i care notx never yet did base dishonour blur our name but with our sword we wipxd away the blotx thereforex when merchantxlike i sell revengex broke be my swordx my arms torn and defacxdx and i proclaimxd a coward through the worldx suffolkx stayx whitmorex for thy prisoner is a princex the duke of suffolkx william de la polex whitmorex the duke of suffolk muffled up in ragsx suffolkx ayx but these rags are no part of the dukex jove sometime went disguisxdx and why not ix lieutenantx but jove was never slainx as thou shalt bex suffolkx obscure and lowly swainx king henryxs bloodx the honourable blood of lancasterx must not be shed by such a jaded groomx hast thou not kissxd thy hand and held my stirrupx bareheaded plodded by my footxcloth mulex and thought thee happy when i shook my headx how often hast thou waited at my cupx fed from my trencherx kneelxd down at the boardx when i have feasted with queen margaretx remember itx and let it make thee crestfallxnx ayx and allay thus thy abortive pridex how in our voidingxlobby hast thou stood and duly waited for my coming forthx this hand of mine hath writ in thy behalfx and therefore shall it charm thy riotous tonguex whitmorex speakx captainx shall i stab the forlorn swainx lieutenantx first let my words stab himx as he hath mex suffolkx base slavex thy words are bluntx and so art thoux lieutenantx convey him hencex and on our longboatxs side strike off his headx suffolkx thou darxst notx for thy ownx lieutenantx poolex suffolkx poolex lieutenantx ayx kennelx puddlex sinkx whose filth and dirt troubles the silver spring where england drinksx now will i dam up this thy yawning mouth for swallowing the treasure of the realmx thy lipsx that kissxd the queenx shall sweep the groundx and thou that smilxdst at good duke humphreyxs death against the senseless winds shalt grin in vainx who in contempt shall hiss at thee againx and wedded be thou to the hags of hell for daring to affy a mighty lord unto the daughter of a worthless kingx having neither subjectx wealthx nor diademx by devilish policy art thou grown greatx andx like ambitious syllax overgorgxd with gobbets of thy motherxs bleeding heartx by thee anjou and maine were sold to francex the false revolting normans thorough thee disdain to call us lordx and picardy hath slain their governorsx surprisxd our fortsx and sent the ragged soldiers wounded homex the princely warwickx and the nevils allx whose dreadful swords were never drawn in vainx as hating theex are rising up in armsx and now the house of yorkx thrust from the crown by shameful murder of a guiltless king and lofty proud encroaching tyrannyx burns with revenging firex whose hopeful colours advance our halfxfacxd sunx striving to shinex under the which is writ xinvitis nubibusxx the commons here in kent are up in armsx and to concludex reproach and beggary is crept into the palace of our kingx and all by theex awayx convey him hencex suffolkx o that i were a godx to shoot forth thunder upon these paltryx servilex abject drudgesx small things make base men proudx this villain herex being captain of a pinnacex threatens more than bargulusx the strong illyrian piratex drones suck not eaglesx blood but rob beehivesx it is impossible that i should die by such a lowly vassal as thyselfx thy words move rage and not remorse in mex i go of message from the queen to francex i charge thee waft me safely cross the channelx lieutenantx walterx whitmorex comex suffolkx i must waft thee to thy deathx suffolkx gelidus timor occupat artusx it is thee i fearx whitmorex thou shalt have cause to fear before i leave theex whatx are ye daunted nowx now will ye stoopx first gentlemanx my gracious lordx entreat himx speak him fairx suffolkx suffolkxs imperial tongue is stem and roughx usxd to commandx untaught to plead for favourx far be it we should honour such as these with humble suitx nox rather let my head stoop to the block than these knees bow to any save to the god of heaven and to my kingx and sooner dance upon a bloody pole than stand uncoverxd to the vulgar groomx true nobility is exempt from fearx more can i bear than you dare executex lieutenantx hale him awayx and let him talk no morex suffolkx comex soldiersx show what cruelty ye canx that this my death may never be forgotx great men oft die by vile bezoniansx a roman sworder and banditto slave murderxd sweet tullyx brutusx bastard hand stabbxd julius caesarx savage islanders pompey the greatx and suffolk dies by piratesx exit walter with suffolk lieutenantx and as for thesex whose ransom we have setx it is our pleasure one of them departx therefore come you with usx and let him gox exeunt all but the first gentleman rexenter whitmore with suffolkxs body whitmorex there let his head and lifeless body liex until the queen his mistress bury itx exit first gentlemanx o barbarous and bloody spectaclex his body will i bear unto the kingx if he revenge it notx yet will his friendsx so will the queenx that living held him dearx exit with the body scene iix blackheath enter george bevis and john holland georgex come and get thee a swordx though made of a lathx they have been up these two daysx johnx they have the more need to sleep nowx thenx georgex i tell thee jack cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealthx and turn itx and set a new nap upon itx johnx so he had needx for xtis threadbarex wellx i say it was never merry world in england since gentlemen came upx georgex o miserable agex virtue is not regarded in handicraftsmenx johnx the nobility think scorn to go in leather apronsx georgex nayx morex the kingxs council are no good workmenx johnx truex and yet it is said xlabour in thy vocationxx which is as much to say as xlet the magistrates be labouring menxx and therefore should we be magistratesx georgex thou hast hit itx for therexs no better sign of a brave mind than a hard handx johnx i see themx i see themx therexs bestxs sonx the tanner of winghamx georgex he shall have the skins of our enemies to make dogxs leather ofx johnx and dick the butcherx georgex then is sin struck downx like an oxx and iniquityxs throat cut like a calfx johnx and smith the weaverx georgex argox their thread of life is spunx johnx comex comex letxs fall in with themx drumx enter cadex dick the butcherx smith the weaverx and a sawyerx with infinite numbers cadex we john cadex so termxd of our supposed fatherx dickx xasidex or ratherx of stealing a cade of herringsx cadex for our enemies shall fall before usx inspired with the spirit of putting down kings and princesx command silencex dickx silencex cadex my father was a mortimerx dickx xasidex he was an honest man and a good bricklayerx cadex my mother a plantagenetx dickx xasidex i knew her wellx she was a midwifex cadex my wife descended of the laciesx dickx xasidex she wasx indeedx a pedlarxs daughterx and sold many lacesx smithx xasidex but now of latex not able to travel with her furrxd packx she washes bucks here at homex cadex therefore am i of an honourable housex dickx xasidex ayx by my faithx the field is honourablex and there was he bornx under a hedgex for his father had never a house but the cagex cadex valiant i amx smithx xasidex xa must needsx for beggary is valiantx cadex i am able to endure muchx dickx xasidex no question of thatx for i have seen him whipt three market days togetherx cadex i fear neither sword nor firex smithx xasidex he need not fear the swordx for his coat is of proofx dickx xasidex but methinks he should stand in fear of firex being burnt ix thx hand for stealing of sheepx cadex be bravex thenx for your captain is bravex and vows reformationx there shall be in england seven halfpenny loaves sold for a pennyx the threexhoopxd pot shall have ten hoopsx and i will make it felony to drink small beerx all the realm shall be in commonx and in cheapside shall my palfrey go to grassx and when i am kingx as king i will be allx god save your majestyx cadex i thank youx good peoplex there shall be no moneyx all shall eat and drink on my scorex and i will apparel them all in one liveryx that they may agree like brothers and worship me their lordx dickx the first thing we dox letxs kill all the lawyersx cadex nayx that i mean to dox is not this a lamentable thingx that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchmentx that parchmentx being scribblxd oxerx should undo a manx some say the bee stingsx but i say xtis the beexs waxx for i did but seal once to a thingx and i was never mine own man sincex how nowx whoxs therex enter somex bringing in the clerk of chatham smithx the clerk of chathamx he can write and read and cast accomptx cadex o monstrousx smithx we took him setting of boysx copiesx cadex herexs a villainx smithx has a book in his pocket with red letters inxtx cadex nayx then he is a conjurerx dickx nayx he can make obligations and write courtxhandx cadex i am sorry forxtx the man is a proper manx of mine honourx unless i find him guiltyx he shall not diex come hitherx sirrahx i must examine theex what is thy namex clerkx emmanuelx dickx they use to write it on the top of lettersx xtwill go hard with youx cadex let me alonex dost thou use to write thy namex or hast thou a mark to thyselfx like a honest plainxdealing manx clerkx sirx i thank godx i have been so well brought up that i can write my namex allx he hath confessxdx away with himx hexs a villain and a traitorx cadex away with himx i sayx hang him with his pen and inkhorn about his neckx exit one with the clerk enter michael michaelx wherexs our generalx cadex here i amx thou particular fellowx michaelx flyx flyx flyx sir humphrey stafford and his brother are hard byx with the kingxs forcesx cadex standx villainx standx or ixll fell thee downx he shall be encountxred with a man as good as himselfx he is but a knightx is xax michaelx nox cadex to equal himx i will make myself a knight presentlyx xkneelsx rise upx sir john mortimerx xrisesx now have at himx enter sir humphrey stafford and william his brotherx with drum and soldiers staffordx rebellious hindsx the filth and scum of kentx markxd for the gallowsx lay your weapons downx home to your cottagesx forsake this groomx the king is merciful if you revoltx william staffordx but angryx wrathfulx and inclinxd to bloodx if you go forwardx therefore yield or diex cadex as for these silkenxcoated slavesx i pass notx it is to youx good peoplex that i speakx oxer whomx in time to comex i hope to reignx for i am rightful heir unto the crownx staffordx villainx thy father was a plastererx and thou thyself a shearmanx art thou notx cadex and adam was a gardenerx william staffordx and what of thatx cadex marryx thisx edmund mortimerx earl of marchx married the duke of clarencex daughterx did he notx staffordx ayx sirx cadex by her he had two children at one birthx william staffordx thatxs falsex cadex ayx therexs the questionx but i say xtis truex the elder of them being put to nursex was by a beggarxwoman stolxn awayx andx ignorant of his birth and parentagex became a bricklayer when he came to agex his son am ix deny it if you canx dickx nayx xtis too truex therefore he shall be kingx smithx sirx he made a chimney in my fatherxs housex and the bricks are alive at this day to testify itx therefore deny it notx staffordx and will you credit this base drudgexs words that speaks he knows not whatx allx ayx marryx will wex therefore get ye gonex william staffordx jack cadex the duke of york hath taught you thisx cadex xasidex he liesx for i invented it myselfx go tox sirrahx tell the king from me that for his fatherxs sakex henry the fifthx in whose time boys went to spanxcounter for french crownsx i am content he shall reignx but ixll be protector over himx dickx and furthermorex wexll have the lord sayxs head for selling the dukedom of mainex cadex and good reasonx for thereby is england mainxd and fain to go with a staffx but that my puissance holds it upx fellow kingsx i tell you that that lord say hath gelded the commonwealth and made it an eunuchx and more than thatx he can speak frenchx and therefore he is a traitorx staffordx o gross and miserable ignorancex cadex nayx answer if you canx the frenchmen are our enemiesx go tox thenx i ask but thisx can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counsellorx or nox allx nox nox and therefore wexll have his headx william staffordx wellx seeing gentle words will not prevailx assail them with the army of the kingx staffordx heraldx awayx and throughout every town proclaim them traitors that are up with cadex that those which fly before the battle ends mayx even in their wivesxand childrenxs sightx be hangxd up for example at their doorsx and you that be the kingxs friendsx follow mex exeunt the two staffords and soldiers cadex and you that love the commons follow mex now show yourselves menx xtis for libertyx we will not leave one lordx one gentlemanx spare none but such as go in clouted shoonx for they are thrifty honest men and such as wouldx but that they dare notx take our partsx dickx they are all in orderx and march toward usx cadex but then are we in order when we are most out of orderx comex march forwardx exeunt scene iiix another part of blackheath alarums to the fightx wherein both the staffords are slainx enter cade and the rest cadex wherexs dickx the butcher of ashfordx dickx herex sirx cadex they fell before thee like sheep and oxenx and thou behavedst thyself as if thou hadst been in thine own slaughterxhousex therefore thus will i reward theex the lent shall be as long again as it isx and thou shalt have a licence to kill for a hundred lacking onex dickx i desire no morex cadex andx to speak truthx thou deservxst no lessx xputting on sir humphreyxs brigandinex this monument of the victory will i bearx and the bodies shall be dragged at my horse heels till i do come to londonx where we will have the mayorxs sword borne before usx dickx if we mean to thrive and do goodx break open the gaols and let out the prisonersx cadex fear not thatx i warrant theex comex letxs march towards londonx exeunt scene ivx londonx the palace enter the king with a supplicationx and the queen with suffolkxs headx the duke of buckinghamx and the lord say queenx oft have i heard that grief softens the mind and makes it fearful and degeneratex think therefore on revenge and cease to weepx but who can cease to weepx and look on thisx here may his head lie on my throbbing breastx but wherexs the body that i should embracex buckinghamx what answer makes your grace to the rebelsx supplicationx king henryx ixll send some holy bishop to entreatx for god forbid so many simple souls should perish by the swordx and i myselfx rather than bloody war shall cut them shortx will parley with jack cade their generalx but stayx ixll read it over once againx queenx ahx barbarous villainsx hath this lovely face rulxd like a wandering planet over mex and could it not enforce them to relent that were unworthy to behold the samex king henryx lord sayx jack cade hath sworn to have thy headx sayx ayx but i hope your highness shall have hisx king henryx how nowx madamx still lamenting and mourning for suffolkxs deathx i fear mex lovex if that i had been deadx thou wouldst not have mournxd so much for mex queenx nox my lovex i should not mournx but die for theex enter a messenger king henryx how nowx what newsx why comxst thou in such hastex messengerx the rebels are in southwarkx flyx my lordx jack cade proclaims himself lord mortimerx descended from the duke of clarencex housex and calls your grace usurperx openlyx and vows to crown himself in westminsterx his army is a ragged multitude of hinds and peasantsx rude and mercilessx sir humphrey stafford and his brotherxs death hath given them heart and courage to proceedx all scholarsx lawyersx courtiersx gentlemenx they call false caterpillars and intend their deathx king henryx o graceless menx they know not what they dox buckinghamx my gracious lordx retire to killingworth until a power be raisxd to put them downx queenx ahx were the duke of suffolk now alivex these kentish rebels would be soon appeasxdx king henryx lord sayx the traitors hate theex therefore away with us to killingworthx sayx so might your gracexs person be in dangerx the sight of me is odious in their eyesx and therefore in this city will i stay and live alone as secret as i mayx enter another messenger second messengerx jack cade hath gotten london bridgex the citizens fly and forsake their housesx the rascal peoplex thirsting after preyx join with the traitorx and they jointly swear to spoil the city and your royal courtx buckinghamx then linger notx my lordx awayx take horsex king henryx come margaretx godx our hopex will succour usx queenx my hope is gonex now suffolk is deceasxdx king henryx xto lord sayx farewellx my lordx trust not the kentish rebelsx buckinghamx trust nobodyx for fear you be betrayxdx sayx the trust i have is in mine innocencex and therefore am i bold and resolutex exeunt scene vx londonx the tower enter lord scales upon the towerx walkingx then enter two or three citizensx below scalesx how nowx is jack cade slainx first citizenx nox my lordx nor likely to be slainx for they have won the bridgex killing all those that withstand themx the lord mayor craves aid of your honour from the towerx to defend the city from the rebelsx scalesx such aid as i can spare you shall commandx but i am troubled here with them myselfx the rebels have assayxd to win the towerx but get you to smithfieldx and gather headx and thither i will send you matthew goffex fight for your kingx your countryx and your livesx and sox farewellx for i must hence againx exeunt scene vix londonx cannon street enter jack cade and the restx and strikes his staff on london stone cadex now is mortimer lord of this cityx and herex sitting upon london stonex i charge and command thatx of the cityxs costx the pissing conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our reignx and now henceforward it shall be treason for any that calls me other than lord mortimerx enter a soldierx running soldierx jack cadex jack cadex cadex knock him down therex xthey kill himx smithx if this fellow be wisex hexll never call ye jack cade morex i think he hath a very fair warningx dickx my lordx therexs an army gathered together in smithfieldx cadex come thenx letxs go fight with themx but first go and set london bridge on firex andx if you canx burn down the tower toox comex letxs awayx exeunt scene viix londonx smithfield alarumsx matthew goffe is slainx and all the restx then enter jack cadex with his company cadex sox sirsx now go some and pull down the savoyx others to thx inns of courtx down with them allx dickx i have a suit unto your lordshipx cadex be it a lordshipx thou shalt have it for that wordx dickx only that the laws of england may come out of your mouthx johnx xasidex massx xtwill be sore law thenx for he was thrust in the mouth with a spearx and xtis not whole yetx smithx xasidex nayx johnx it will be stinking lawx for his breath stinks with eating toasted cheesex cadex i have thought upon itx it shall be sox awayx burn all the records of the realmx my mouth shall be the parliament of englandx johnx xasidex then we are like to have biting statutesx unless his teeth be pullxd outx cadex and henceforward all things shall be in commonx enter a messenger messengerx my lordx a prizex a prizex herexs the lord sayx which sold the towns in francex he that made us pay one and twenty fifteensx and one shining to the poundx the last subsidyx enter george bevisx with the lord say cadex wellx he shall be beheaded for it ten timesx ahx thou sayx thou sergex nayx thou buckram lordx now art thou within point blank of our jurisdiction regalx what canst thou answer to my majesty for giving up of normandy unto mounsieur basimecu the dauphin of francex be it known unto thee by these presencex even the presence of lord mortimerx that i am the besom that must sweep the court clean of such filth as thou artx thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar schoolx and whereasx beforex our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tallyx thou hast caused printing to be usxdx andx contrary to the kingx his crownx and dignityx thou hast built a paperxmillx it will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verbx and such abominable words as no christian ear can endure to hearx thou hast appointed justices of peacex to call poor men before them about matters they were not able to answerx moreoverx thou hast put them in prisonx and because they could not readx thou hast hangxd themx whenx indeedx only for that cause they have been most worthy to livex thou dost ride in a footxclothx dost thou notx sayx what of thatx cadex marryx thou oughtxst not to let thy horse wear a cloakx when honester men than thou go in their hose and doubletsx dickx and work in their shirt toox as myselfx for examplex that am a butcherx sayx you men of kentx dickx what say you of kentx sayx nothing but thisx xtis xbona terrax mala gensxx cadex away with himx away with himx he speaks latinx sayx hear me but speakx and bear me where you willx kentx in the commentaries caesar writx is termxd the civilxst place of all this islex sweet is the countryx because full of richesx the people liberal valiantx activex wealthyx which makes me hope you are not void of pityx i sold not mainex i lost not normandyx yetx to recover themx would lose my lifex justice with favour have i always donex prayxrs and tears have movxd mex gifts could neverx when have i aught exacted at your handsx but to maintain the kingx the realmx and youx large gifts have i bestowxd on learned clerksx because my book preferrxd me to the kingx and seeing ignorance is the curse of godx knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heavenx unless you be possessxd with devilish spirits you cannot but forbear to murder mex this tongue hath parleyxd unto foreign kings for your behoofx cadex tutx when struckxst thou one blow in the fieldx sayx great men have reaching handsx oft have i struck those that i never sawx and struck them deadx georgex o monstrous cowardx whatx to come behind folksx sayx these cheeks are pale for watching for your goodx cadex give him a box ox thx earx and that will make xem red againx sayx long sitting to determine poor menxs causes hath made me full of sickness and diseasesx cadex ye shall have a hempen caudle thenx and the help of hatchetx dickx why dost thou quiverx manx sayx the palsyx and not fearx provokes mex cadex nayx he nods at usx as who should say xixll be even with youxx ixll see if his head will stand steadier on a polex or nox take him awayx and behead himx sayx tell mex wherein have i offended mostx have i affected wealth or honourx speakx are my chests fillxd up with extorted goldx is my apparel sumptuous to beholdx whom have i injurxdx that ye seek my deathx these hands are free from guiltless bloodsheddingx this breast from harbouring foul deceitful thoughtsx ox let me livex cadex xasidex i feel remorse in myself with his wordsx but ixll bridle itx he shall diex an it be but for pleading so well for his lifexx away with himx he has a familiar under his tonguex he speaks not ox godxs namex gox take him awayx i sayx and strike off his head presentlyx and then break into his sonxinxlawxs housex sir james cromerx and strike off his headx and bring them both upon two poles hitherx allx it shall be donex sayx ahx countrymenx if when you make your prayxrsx god should be so obdurate as yourselvesx how would it fare with your departed soulsx and therefore yet relent and save my lifex cadex away with himx and do as i command yex xexeunt some with lord sayx the proudest peer in the realm shall not wear a head on his shouldersx unless he pay me tributex there shall not a maid be marriedx but she shall pay to me her maidenhead ere they have itx men shall hold of me in capitex and we charge and command that their wives be as free as heart can wish or tongue can tellx dickx my lordx when shall we go to cheapsidex and take up commodities upon our billsx cadex marryx presentlyx allx ox bravex rexenter one with the heads cadex but is not this braverx let them kiss one anotherx for they lovxd well when they were alivex now part them againx lest they consult about the giving up of some more towns in francex soldiersx defer the spoil of the city until nightx for with these borne before us instead of maces will we ride through the streetsx and at every corner have them kissx awayx exeunt scene viiix southwark alarum and retreatx enter again cade and all his rabblement cadex up fish streetx down saint magnusx cornerx kill and knock downx throw them into thamesx xsound a parleyx what noise is this i hearx dare any be so bold to sound retreat or parley when i command them killx enter buckingham and old cliffordx attended buckinghamx ayx here they be that dare and will disturb theex and therefore yet relentx and save my lifex knowx cadex we come ambassadors from the king unto the commons whom thou hast misledx and here pronounce free pardon to them all that will forsake thee and go home in peacex cliffordx what say yex countrymenx will ye relent and yield to mercy whilst xtis offerxd youx or let a rebel lead you to your deathsx who loves the kingx and will embrace his pardonx fling up his cap and say xgod save his majestyxx who hateth him and honours not his fatherx henry the fifthx that made all france to quakex shake he his weapon at us and pass byx allx god save the kingx god save the kingx cadex whatx buckingham and cliffordx are ye so bravex and youx base peasantsx do ye believe himx will you needs be hangxd with your about your necksx hath my sword therefore broke through london gatesx that you should leave me at the white hart in southwarkx i thought ye would never have given out these arms till you had recovered your ancient freedomx but you are all recreants and dastardsx and delight to live in slavery to the nobilityx let them break your backs with burdensx take your houses over your headsx ravish your wives and daughters before your facesx for mex i will make shift for onex and so godxs curse light upon you allx allx wexll follow cadex wexll follow cadex cliffordx is cade the son of henry the fifthx that thus you do exclaim youxll go with himx will he conduct you through the heart of francex and make the meanest of you earls and dukesx alasx he hath no homex no place to fly tox nor knows he how to live but by the spoilx unless by robbing of your friends and usx werext not a shame that whilst you live at jar the fearful frenchx whom you late vanquishedx should make a start oxer seas and vanquish youx methinks already in this civil broil i see them lording it in london streetsx crying xvilliagoxx unto all they meetx better ten thousand basexborn cades miscarry than you should stoop unto a frenchmanxs mercyx to francex to francex and get what you have lostx spare englandx for it is your native coastx henry hath moneyx you are strong and manlyx god on our sidex doubt not of victoryx allx a cliffordx a cliffordx wexll follow the king and cliffordx cadex was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro as this multitudex the name of henry the fifth hales them to an hundred mischiefsx and makes them leave me desolatex i see them lay their heads together to surprise mex my sword make way for me for here is no stayingx in despite of the devils and hellx have through the very middest of youx and heavens and honour be witness that no want of resolution in mex but only my followersx base and ignominious treasonsx makes me betake me to my heelsx exit buckinghamx whatx is he fledx go somex and follow himx and he that brings his head unto the king shall have a thousand crowns for his rewardx exeunt some of them follow mex soldiersx wexll devise a mean to reconcile you all unto the kingx exeunt scene ixx killingx worth castle sound trumpetsx enter kingx queenx and somersetx on the terrace king henryx was ever king that joyxd an earthly throne and could command no more content than ix no sooner was i crept out of my cradle but i was made a kingx at nine months oldx was never subject longxd to be a king as i do long and wish to be a subjectx enter buckingham and old clifford buckinghamx health and glad tidings to your majestyx king henryx whyx buckinghamx is the traitor cade surprisxdx or is he but retirxd to make him strongx enterx belowx multitudesx with halters about their necks cliffordx he is fledx my lordx and all his powers do yieldx and humbly thusx with halters on their necksx expect your highnessx doom of life or deathx king henryx thenx heavenx set ope thy everlasting gatesx to entertain my vows of thanks and praisex soldiersx this day have you redeemxd your livesx and showxd how well you love your prince and countryx continue still in this so good a mindx and henryx though he be infortunatex assure yourselvesx will never be unkindx and sox with thanks and pardon to you allx i do dismiss you to your several countriesx allx god save the kingx god save the kingx enter a messenger messengerx please it your grace to be advertised the duke of york is newly come from ireland and with a puissant and a mighty power of gallowglasses and stout kerns is marching hitherward in proud arrayx and still proclaimethx as he comes alongx his arms are only to remove from thee the duke of somersetx whom he terms a traitorx king henryx thus stands my statex xtwixt cade and york distressxdx like to a ship thatx having scapxd a tempestx is straightway calmxdx and boarded with a piratex but now is cade driven backx his men dispersxdx and now is york in arms to second himx i pray theex buckinghamx go and meet him and ask him whatxs the reason of these armsx tell him ixll send duke edmund to the towerx and somersetx we will commit thee thither until his army be dismissxd from himx somersetx my lordx ixll yield myself to prison willinglyx or unto deathx to do my country goodx king henryx in any case be not too rough in termsx for he is fierce and cannot brook hard languagex buckinghamx i willx my lordx and doubt not so to deal as all things shall redound unto your goodx king henryx comex wifex letxs inx and learn to govern betterx for yet may england curse my wretched reignx flourishx exeunt scene xx kentx idenxs garden enter cade cadex fie on ambitionsx fie on myselfx that have a sword and yet am ready to famishx these five days have i hid me in these woods and durst not peep outx for all the country is laid for mex but now am i so hungry thatx if i might have a lease of my life for a thousand yearsx i could stay no longerx whereforex on a brick wall have i climbxd into this gardenx to see if i can eat grass or pick a sallet another whilex which is not amiss to cool a manxs stomach this hot weatherx and i think this word xsalletx was born to do me goodx for many a timex but for a salletx my brainxpain had been cleft with a brown billx and many a timex when i have been dryx and bravely marchingx it hath servxd me instead of a quartxpot to drink inx and now the word xsalletx must serve me to feed onx enter iden idenx lordx who would live turmoiled in the court and may enjoy such quiet walks as thesex this small inheritance my father left me contenteth mex and worth a monarchyx i seek not to wax great by othersx waning or gather wealth i care not with what envyx sufficeth that i have maintains my statex and sends the poor well pleased from my gatex cadex herexs the lord of the soil come to seize me for a strayx for entering his feexsimple without leavex ahx villainx thou wilt betray mex and get a thousand crowns of the king by carrying my head to himx but ixll make thee eat iron like an ostrich and swallow my sword like a great pin ere thou and i partx idenx whyx rude companionx whatsoexer thou bex i know thee notx why then should i betray theex isxt not enough to break into my garden and like a thief to come to rob my groundsx climbing my walls in spite of me the ownerx but thou wilt brave me with these saucy termsx cadex brave theex ayx by the best blood that ever was broachxdx and beard thee toox look on me wellx i have eat no meat these five daysx yet come thou and thy five men and if i do not leave you all as dead as a doorxnailx i pray god i may never eat grass morex idenx nayx it shall nexer be saidx while england standsx that alexander idenx an esquire of kentx took odds to combat a poor famishxd manx oppose thy steadfastxgazing eyes to minex see if thou canst outface me with thy looksx set limb to limbx and thou art far the lesserx thy hand is but a finger to my fistx thy leg a stick compared with this truncheonx my foot shall fight with all the strength thou hastx and if mine arm be heaved in the airx thy grave is diggxd already in the earthx as for wordsx whose greatness answers wordsx let this my sword report what speech forbearsx cadex by my valourx the most complete champion that ever i heardx steelx if thou turn the edgex or cut not out the burly bonxd clown in chines of beef ere thou sleep in thy sheathx i beseech god on my knees thou mayst be turnxd to hobnailsx xhere they fightx cade fallsx ox i am slainx famine and no other hath slain mex let ten thousand devils come against mex and give me but the ten meals i have lostx and ixd defy them allx witherx gardenx and be henceforth a burying place to all that do dwell in this housex because the unconquered soul of cade is fledx idenx isxt cade that i have slainx that monstrous traitorx swordx i will hallow thee for this thy deed and hang thee oxer my tomb when i am deadx nexer shall this blood be wiped from thy pointx but thou shalt wear it as a heraldxs coat to emblaze the honour that thy master gotx cadex idenx farewellx and be proud of thy victoryx tell kent from me she hath lost her best manx and exhort all the world to be cowardsx for ix that never feared anyx am vanquished by faminex not by valourx xdiesx idenx how much thou wrongxst mex heaven be my judgex diex damned wretchx the curse of her that bare theex and as i thrust thy body in with my swordx so wish ix i might thrust thy soul to hellx hence will i drag thee headlong by the heels unto a dunghillx which shall be thy gravex and there cut off thy most ungracious headx which i will bear in triumph to the kingx leaving thy trunk for crows to feed uponx exit act vx scene ix fields between dartford and blackheath enter yorkx and his army of irishx with drum and colours yorkx from ireland thus comes york to claim his right and pluck the crown from feeble henryxs headx ring bells aloudx burn bonfires clear and brightx to entertain great englandxs lawful kingx ahx sancta majestasx who would not buy thee dearx let them obey that knows not how to rulex this hand was made to handle nought but goldx i cannot give due action to my words except a sword or sceptre balance itx a sceptre shall it havex have i a soul on which ixll toss the flowerxdexluce of francex enter buckingham xasidex whom have we herex buckinghamx to disturb mex the king hath sent himx surex i must dissemblex buckinghamx yorkx if thou meanest well i greet thee wellx yorkx humphrey of buckinghamx i accept thy greetingx art thou a messengerx or come of pleasurex buckinghamx a messenger from henryx our dread liegex to know the reason of these arms in peacex or why thoux being a subject as i amx against thy oath and true allegiance swornx should raise so great a power without his leavex or dare to bring thy force so near the courtx yorkx xasidex scarce can i speakx my choler is so greatx ox i could hew up rocks and fight with flintx i am so angry at these abject termsx and nowx like ajax telamoniusx on sheep or oxen could i spend my furyx i am far better born than is the kingx more like a kingx more kingly in my thoughtsx but i must make fair weather yet awhilex till henry be more weak and i more strongxx buckinghamx i pritheex pardon me that i have given no answer all this whilex my mind was troubled with deep melancholyx the cause why i have brought this army hither is to remove proud somerset from the kingx seditious to his grace and to the statex buckinghamx that is too much presumption on thy partx but if thy arms be to no other endx the king hath yielded unto thy demandx the duke of somerset is in the towerx yorkx upon thine honourx is he prisonerx buckinghamx upon mine honourx he is prisonerx yorkx thenx buckinghamx i do dismiss my powxrsx soldiersx i thank you allx disperse yourselvesx meet me toxmorrow in saint georgexs fieldx you shall have pay and everything you wishx and let my sovereignx virtuous henryx command my eldest sonx nayx all my sonsx as pledges of my fealty and lovex ixll send them all as willing as i livex landsx goodsx horsex armourx anything i havex is his to usex so somerset may diex buckinghamx yorkx i commend this kind submissionx we twain will go into his highnessx tentx enter the kingx and attendants king henryx buckinghamx doth york intend no harm to usx that thus he marcheth with thee arm in armx yorkx in all submission and humility york doth present himself unto your highnessx king henryx then what intends these forces thou dost bringx yorkx to heave the traitor somerset from hencex and fight against that monstrous rebel cadex who since i heard to be discomfitedx enter idenx with cadexs head idenx if one so rude and of so mean condition may pass into the presence of a kingx lox i present your grace a traitorxs headx the head of cadex whom i in combat slewx king henryx the head of cadex great godx how just art thoux ox let me view his visagex being deadx that living wrought me such exceeding troublex tell mex my friendx art thou the man that slew himx idenx i wasx anxt like your majestyx king henryx how art thou callxdx and what is thy degreex idenx alexander idenx thatxs my namex a poor esquire of kent that loves his kingx buckinghamx so please it youx my lordx xtwere not amiss he were created knight for his good servicex king henryx idenx kneel downx xhe kneelsx rise up a knightx we give thee for reward a thousand marksx and will that thou thenceforth attend on usx idenx may iden live to merit such a bountyx and never live but true unto his liegex enter the queen and somerset king henryx seex buckinghamx somerset comes with thx queenx gox bid her hide him quickly from the dukex queenx for thousand yorks he shall not hide his headx but boldly stand and front him to his facex yorkx how nowx is somerset at libertyx thenx yorkx unloose thy longximprisoned thoughts and let thy tongue be equal with thy heartx shall i endure the sight of somersetx false kingx why hast thou broken faith with mex knowing how hardly i can brook abusex king did i call theex nox thou art not kingx not fit to govern and rule multitudesx which darxst notx nox nor canst not rule a traitorx that head of thine doth not become a crownx thy hand is made to grasp a palmerxs staffx and not to grace an awful princely sceptrex that gold must round engirt these brows of minex whose smile and frownx like to achillesx spearx is able with the change to kill and curex here is a hand to hold a sceptre upx and with the same to act controlling lawsx give placex by heavenx thou shalt rule no more oxer him whom heaven created for thy rulerx somersetx o monstrous traitorx i arrest theex yorkx of capital treason xgainst the king and crownx obeyx audacious traitorx kneel for gracex yorkx wouldst have me kneelx first let me ask of thesex if they can brook i bow a knee to manx sirrahx call in my sons to be my bailx exit attendant i knowx ere thy will have me go to wardx theyxll pawn their swords for my enfranchisementx queenx call hither cliffordx bid him come amainx to say if that the bastard boys of york shall be the surety for their traitor fatherx exit buckingham yorkx o bloodxbespotted neapolitanx outcast of naplesx englandxs bloody scourgex the sons of yorkx thy betters in their birthx shall be their fatherxs bailx and bane to those that for my surety will refuse the boysx enter edward and richard plantagenet see where they comex ixll warrant theyxll make it goodx enter clifford and his son queenx and here comes clifford to deny their bailx cliffordx health and all happiness to my lord the kingx xkneelsx yorkx i thank theex cliffordx sayx what news with theex nayx do not fright us with an angry lookx we are thy sovereignx cliffordx kneel againx for thy mistaking sox we pardon theex cliffordx this is my kingx yorkx i do not mistakex but thou mistakes me much to think i dox to bedlam with himx is the man grown madx king henryx ayx cliffordx a bedlam and ambitious humour makes him oppose himself against his kingx cliffordx he is a traitorx let him to the towerx and chop away that factious pate of hisx queenx he is arrestedx but will not obeyx his sonsx he saysx shall give their words for himx yorkx will you notx sonsx edwardx ayx noble fatherx if our words will servex richardx and if words will notx then our weapons shallx cliffordx whyx what a brood of traitors have we herex yorkx look in a glassx and call thy image sox i am thy kingx and thou a falsexheart traitorx call hither to the stake my two brave bearsx that with the very shaking of their chains they may astonish these fellxlurking cursx bid salisbury and warwick come to mex enter the earls of warwick and salisbury cliffordx are these thy bearsx wexll bait thy bears to deathx and manacle the berard in their chainsx if thou darxst bring them to the baitingxplacex richardx oft have i seen a hot oxer weening cur run back and bitex because he was withheldx whox being sufferxdx with the bearxs fell pawx hath clappxd his tail between his legs and criedx and such a piece of service will you dox if you oppose yourselves to match lord warwickx cliffordx hencex heap of wrathx foul indigested lumpx as crooked in thy manners as thy shapex yorkx nayx we shall heat you thoroughly anonx cliffordx take heedx lest by your heat you burn yourselvesx king henryx whyx warwickx hath thy knee forgot to bowx old salisburyx shame to thy silver hairx thou mad misleader of thy brainsick sonx whatx wilt thou on thy deathxbed play the ruffian and seek for sorrow with thy spectaclesx ox where is faithx ox where is loyaltyx if it be banishxd from the frosty headx where shall it find a harbour in the earthx wilt thou go dig a grave to find out war and shame thine honourable age with bloodx why art thou oldx and wantxst experiencex or wherefore dost abuse itx if thou hast itx for shamex in duty bend thy knee to mex that bows unto the grave with mickle agex salisburyx my lordx i have considered with myself the tide of this most renowned dukex and in my conscience do repute his grace the rightful heir to englandxs royal seatx king henryx hast thou not sworn allegiance unto mex salisburyx i havex king henryx canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oathx salisburyx it is great sin to swear unto a sinx but greater sin to keep a sinful oathx who can be bound by any solemn vow to do a murdxrous deedx to rob a manx to force a spotless virginxs chastityx to reave the orphan of his patrimonyx to wring the widow from her customxd rightx and have no other reason for this wrong but that he was bound by a solemn oathx queenx a subtle traitor needs no sophisterx king henryx call buckinghamx and bid him arm himselfx yorkx call buckinghamx and all the friends thou hastx i am resolvxd for death or dignityx cliffordx the first i warrant theex if dreams prove truex warwickx you were best to go to bed and dream again to keep thee from the tempest of the fieldx cliffordx i am resolvxd to bear a greater storm than any thou canst conjure up toxdayx and that ixll write upon thy burgonetx might i but know thee by thy household badgex warwickx nowx by my fatherxs badgex old nevilxs crestx the rampant bear chainxd to the ragged staffx this day ixll wear aloft my burgonetx as on a mountainxtop the cedar showsx that keeps his leaves in spite of any stormx even to affright thee with the view thereofx cliffordx and from thy burgonet ixll rend thy bear and tread it under foot with all contemptx despite the berard that protects the bearx young cliffordx and so to armsx victorious fatherx to quell the rebels and their complicesx richardx fiex charityx for shamex speak not in spitex for you shall sup with jesu christ toxnightx young cliffordx foul stigmaticx thatxs more than thou canst tellx richardx if not in heavenx youxll surely sup in hellx exeunt severally scene iix saint albans alarums to the battlex enter warwick warwickx clifford of cumberlandx xtis warwick callsx and if thou dost not hide thee from the bearx nowx when the angry trumpet sounds alarum and dead menxs cries do fill the empty airx cliffordx i sayx come forth and fight with mex proud northern lordx clifford of cumberlandx warwick is hoarse with calling thee to armsx enter york how nowx my noble lordx whatx all axfootx yorkx the deadlyxhanded clifford slew my steedx but match to match i have encountxred himx and made a prey for carrion kites and crows even of the bonny beast he lovxd so wellx enter old clifford warwickx of one or both of us the time is comex yorkx holdx warwickx seek thee out some other chasex for i myself must hunt this deer to deathx warwickx thenx noblyx yorkx xtis for a crown thou fightxstx as i intendx cliffordx to thrive toxdayx it grieves my soul to leave thee unassailxdx exit cliffordx what seest thou in mex yorkx why dost thou pausex yorkx with thy brave bearing should i be in love but that thou art so fast mine enemyx cliffordx nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem but that xtis shown ignobly and in treasonx yorkx so let it help me now against thy swordx as i in justice and true right express itx cliffordx my soul and body on the action bothx yorkx a dreadful layx address thee instantlyx xthey fight and clifford fallsx cliffordx la fin couronne les oeuvresx xdiesx yorkx thus war hath given thee peacex for thou art stillx peace with his soulx heavenx if it be thy willx exit enter young clifford young cliffordx shame and confusionx all is on the routx fear frames disorderx and disorder wounds where it should guardx o warx thou son of hellx whom angry heavens do make their ministerx throw in the frozen bosoms of our part hot coals of vengeancex let no soldier flyx he that is truly dedicate to war hath no selfxlovex nor he that loves himself hath not essentiallyx but by circumstancex the name of valourx xsees his fatherxs bodyx ox let the vile world end and the premised flames of the last day knit earth and heaven togetherx now let the general trumpet blow his blastx particularities and petty sounds to ceasex wast thou ordainxdx dear fatherx to lose thy youth in peace and to achieve the silver livery of advised agex and in thy reverence and thy chairxdays thus to die in ruffian battlex even at this sight my heart is turnxd to stonex and while xtis mine it shall be stonyx york not our old men sparesx no more will i their babesx tears virginal shall be to me even as the dew to firex and beautyx that the tyrant oft reclaimsx shall to my flaming wrath be oil and flaxx henceforth i will not have to do with pityx meet i an infant of the house of yorkx into as many gobbets will i cut it as wild medea young absyrtus didx in cruelty will i seek out my famex comex thou new ruin of old cliffordxs housex as did aeneas old anchises bearx so bear i thee upon my manly shouldersx but then aeneas bare a living loadx nothing so heavy as these woes of minex exit with the body enter richard and somerset to fightx somerset is killed richardx sox lie thou therex for underneath an alehousex paltry signx the castle in saint albansx somerset hath made the wizard famous in his deathx swordx hold thy temperx heartx be wrathful stillx priests pray for enemiesx but princes killx exit fightx excursionsx enter kingx queenx and others queenx awayx my lordx you are slowx for shamex awayx king henryx can we outrun the heavensx good margaretx stayx queenx what are you made ofx youxll nor fight nor flyx now is it manhoodx wisdomx and defencex to give the enemy wayx and to secure us by what we canx which can no more but flyx xalarum afar offx if you be taxenx we then should see the bottom of all our fortunesx but if we haply scapex as well we mayx if not through your neglectx we shall to london getx where you are lovxdx and where this breach now in our fortunes made may readily be stoppxdx rexenter young clifford young cliffordx but that my heartxs on future mischief setx i would speak blasphemy ere bid you flyx but fly you mustx uncurable discomfit reigns in the hearts of all our present partsx awayx for your reliefx and we will live to see their day and them our fortune givex awayx my lordx awayx exeunt scene iiix fields near saint albans alarumx retreatx enter yorkx richardx warwickx and soldiersx with drum and colours yorkx of salisburyx who can report of himx that winter lionx who in rage forgets aged contusions and all brush of time andx like a gallant in the brow of youthx repairs him with occasionx this happy day is not itselfx nor have we won one footx if salisbury be lostx richardx my noble fatherx three times toxday i holp him to his horsex three times bestrid himx thrice i led him offx persuaded him from any further actx but still where danger wasx still there i met himx and like rich hangings in a homely housex so was his will in his old feeble bodyx butx noble as he isx look where he comesx enter salisbury salisburyx nowx by my swordx well hast thou fought toxdayx by thx massx so did we allx i thank youx richardx god knows how long it is i have to livex and it hath pleasxd him that three times toxday you have defended me from imminent deathx wellx lordsx we have not got that which we havex xtis not enough our foes are this time fledx being opposites of such repairing naturex yorkx i know our safety is to follow themx forx as i hearx the king is fled to london to call a present court of parliamentx let us pursue him ere the writs go forthx what says lord warwickx shall we after themx warwickx after themx nayx before themx if we canx nowx by my faithx lordsx xtwas a glorious dayx saint albansx battlex won by famous yorkx shall be eternizxd in all age to comex sound drum and trumpets and to london allx and more such days as these to us befallx exeunt the third part of king henry the sixth dramatis personae king henry the sixth edwardx prince of walesx his son lewis xix king of france duke of somerset duke of exeter earl of oxford earl of northumberland earl of westmoreland lord clifford richard plantagenetx duke of york edwardx earl of marchx afterwards king edward ivx his son edmundx earl of rutlandx his son georgex afterwards duke of clarencex his son richardx afterwards duke of gloucesterx his son duke of norfolk marquis of montague earl of warwick earl of pembroke lord hastings lord stafford sir john mortimerx uncle to the duke of york sir hugh mortimerx uncle to the duke of york henryx earl of richmondx a youth lord riversx brother to lady grey sir william stanley sir john montgomery sir john somerville tutorx to rutland mayor of york lieutenant of the tower a nobleman two keepers a huntsman a son that has killed his father a father that has killed his son queen margaret lady greyx afterwards queen to edward iv bonax sister to the french queen soldiersx attendantsx messengersx watchmenx etcx scenex england and france act ix scene ix londonx the parliament house alarumx enter duke of yorkx edwardx richardx norfolkx montaguex warwickx and soldiersx with white roses in their hats warwickx i wonder how the king escapxd our handsx yorkx while we pursuxd the horsemen of the northx he slily stole away and left his menx whereat the great lord of northumberlandx whose warlike ears could never brook retreatx cheerxd up the drooping armyx and himselfx lord cliffordx and lord staffordx all abreastx chargxd our main battlexs frontx andx breaking inx were by the swords of common soldiers slainx edwardx lord staffordxs fatherx duke of buckinghamx is either slain or wounded dangerousx i cleft his beaver with a downright blowx that this is truex fatherx behold his bloodx montaguex andx brotherx herexs the earl of wiltshirexs bloodx whom i encountxred as the battles joinxdx richardx speak thou for mex and tell them what i didx xthrowing down somersetxs headx yorkx richard hath best deservxd of all my sonsx but is your grace deadx my lord of somersetx norfolkx such hope have all the line of john of gauntx richardx thus do i hope to shake king henryxs headx warwickx and so do ix victorious prince of yorkx before i see thee seated in that throne which now the house of lancaster usurpsx i vow by heaven these eyes shall never closex this is the palace of the fearful kingx and this the regal seatx possess itx yorkx for this is thinex and not king henryxs heirsxx yorkx assist me thenx sweet warwickx and i willx for hither we have broken in by forcex norfolkx wexll all assist youx he that flies shall diex yorkx thanksx gentle norfolkx stay by mex my lordsx andx soldiersx stay and lodge by me this nightx xthey go upx warwickx and when the king comesx offer him no violencex unless he seek to thrust you out perforcex yorkx the queen this day here holds her parliamentx but little thinks we shall be of her councilx by words or blows here let us win our rightx richardx armxd as we arex letxs stay within this housex warwickx the bloody parliament shall this be callxdx unless plantagenetx duke of yorkx be kingx and bashful henry deposxdx whose cowardice hath made us byxwords to our enemiesx yorkx then leave me notx my lordsx be resolutex i mean to take possession of my rightx warwickx neither the kingx nor he that loves him bestx the proudest he that holds up lancasterx dares stir a wing if warwick shake his bellsx ixll plant plantagenetx root him up who daresx resolve theex richardx claim the english crownx xyork occupies the thronex flourishx enter king henryx cliffordx northumberlandx westmorelandx exeterx and othersx with red roses in their hats king henryx my lordsx look where the sturdy rebel sitsx even in the chair of statex belike he meansx backxd by the power of warwickx that false peerx to aspire unto the crown and reign as kingx earl of northumberlandx he slew thy fatherx and thinex lord cliffordx and you both have vowxd revenge on himx his sonsx his favouritesx and his friendsx northumberlandx if i be notx heavens be revengxd on mex cliffordx the hope thereof makes clifford mourn in steelx westmorelandx whatx shall we suffer thisx letxs pluck him downx my heart for anger burnsx i cannot brook itx king henryx be patientx gentle earl of westmorelandx cliffordx patience is for poltroons such as hex he durst not sit there had your father livxdx my gracious lordx here in the parliament let us assail the family of yorkx northumberlandx well hast thou spokenx cousinx be it sox king henryx ahx know you not the city favours themx and they have troops of soldiers at their beckx exeterx but when the duke is slain theyxll quickly flyx king henryx far be the thought of this from henryxs heartx to make a shambles of the parliament housex cousin of exeterx frownsx wordsx and threatsx shall be the war that henry means to usex thou factious duke of yorkx descend my throne and kneel for grace and mercy at my feetx i am thy sovereignx yorkx i am thinex exeterx for shamex come downx he made thee duke of yorkx yorkx xtwas my inheritancex as the earldom wasx exeterx thy father was a traitor to the crownx warwickx exeterx thou art a traitor to the crown in following this usurping henryx cliffordx whom should he follow but his natural kingx warwickx truex cliffordx and thatxs richard duke of yorkx king henryx and shall i standx and thou sit in my thronex yorkx it must and shall be sox content thyselfx warwickx be duke of lancasterx let him be kingx westmorelandx he is both king and duke of lancasterx and that the lord of westmoreland shall maintainx warwickx and warwick shall disprove itx you forget that we are those which chasxd you from the fieldx and slew your fathersx and with colours spread marchxd through the city to the palace gatesx northumberlandx yesx warwickx i remember it to my griefx andx by his soulx thou and thy house shall rue itx westmorelandx plantagenetx of theex and these thy sonsx thy kinsmenx and thy friendsx ixll have more lives than drops of blood were in my fatherxs veinsx cliffordx urge it no morex lest that instead of words i send theex warwickx such a messenger as shall revenge his death before i stirx warwickx poor cliffordx how i scorn his worthless threatsx yorkx will you we show our title to the crownx if notx our swords shall plead it in the fieldx king henryx what title hast thoux traitorx to the crownx thy father wasx as thou artx duke of yorkx thy grandfatherx roger mortimerx earl of marchx i am the son of henry the fifthx who made the dauphin and the french to stoopx and seizxd upon their towns and provincesx warwickx talk not of francex sith thou hast lost it allx king henryx the lord protector lost itx and not ix when i was crownxdx i was but nine months oldx richardx you are old enough nowx and yet methinks you losex fatherx tear the crown from the usurperxs headx edwardx sweet fatherx do sox set it on your headx montaguex good brotherx as thou lovxst and honourest armsx letxs fight it out and not stand cavilling thusx richardx sound drums and trumpetsx and the king will flyx yorkx sonsx peacex king henryx peace thoux and give king henry leave to speakx warwickx plantagenet shall speak firstx hear himx lordsx and be you silent and attentive toox for he that interrupts him shall not livex king henryx thinkxst thou that i will leave my kingly thronex wherein my grandsire and my father satx nox first shall war unpeople this my realmx ayx and their coloursx often borne in francex and now in england to our heartxs great sorrowx shall be my windingxsheetx why faint youx lordsx my titlexs goodx and better far than hisx warwickx prove itx henryx and thou shalt be kingx king henryx henry the fourth by conquest got the crownx yorkx xtwas by rebellion against his kingx king henryx xasidex i know not what to sayx my titlexs weakxx tell mex may not a king adopt an heirx yorkx what thenx king henryx an if he mayx then am i lawful kingx for richardx in the view of many lordsx resignxd the crown to henry the fourthx whose heir my father wasx and i am hisx yorkx he rose against himx being his sovereignx and made him to resign his crown perforcex warwickx supposex my lordsx he did it unconstrainxdx think you xtwere prejudicial to his crownx exeterx nox for he could not so resign his crown but that the next heir should succeed and reignx king henryx art thou against usx duke of exeterx exeterx his is the rightx and therefore pardon mex yorkx why whisper youx my lordsx and answer notx exeterx my conscience tells me he is lawful kingx king henryx xasidex all will revolt from mex and turn to himx northumberlandx plantagenetx for all the claim thou layxstx think not that henry shall be so deposxdx warwickx deposxd he shall bex in despite of allx northumberlandx thou art deceivxdx xtis not thy southern power of essexx norfolkx suffolkx nor of kentx which makes thee thus presumptuous and proudx can set the duke up in despite of mex cliffordx king henryx be thy title right or wrongx lord clifford vows to fight in thy defencex may that ground gapex and swallow me alivex where i shall kneel to him that slew my fatherx king henryx o cliffordx how thy words revive my heartx yorkx henry of lancasterx resign thy crownx what mutter youx or what conspire youx lordsx warwickx do right unto this princely duke of yorkx or i will fill the house with armed menx and over the chair of statex where now he sitsx write up his title with usurping bloodx xhe stamps with his foot and the soldiers show themselvesx king henryx my lord of warwickx hear but one wordx let me for this my lifextime reign as kingx yorkx confirm the crown to me and to mine heirsx and thou shalt reign in quiet while thou livxstx king henryx i am contentx richard plantagenetx enjoy the kingdom after my deceasex cliffordx what wrong is this unto the prince your sonx warwickx what good is this to england and himselfx westmorelandx basex fearfulx and despairing henryx cliffordx how hast thou injurxd both thyself and or usx westmorelandx i cannot stay to hear these articlesx northumberlandx nor ix cliffordx comex cousinx let us tell the queen these newsx westmorelandx farewellx faintxhearted and degenerate kingx in whose cold blood no spark of honour bidesx northumberlandx be thou a prey unto the house of york and die in bands for this unmanly deedx cliffordx in dreadful war mayst thou be overcomex or live in peace abandonxd and despisxdx exeunt northumberlandx cliffordx and westmoreland warwickx turn this wayx henryx and regard them notx exeterx they seek revengex and therefore will not yieldx king henryx ahx exeterx warwickx why should you sighx my lordx king henryx not for myselfx lord warwickx but my sonx whom i unnaturally shall disinheritx but be it as it mayx xto yorkx i here entail the crown to thee and to thine heirs for everx conditionallyx that here thou take an oath to cease this civil warx andx whilst i livex to honour me as thy king and sovereignx and neither by treason nor hostility to seek to put me down and reign thyselfx yorkx this oath i willingly takex and will performx xcoming from the thronex warwickx long live king henryx plantagenetx embrace himx king henryx and long live thoux and these thy forward sonsx yorkx now york and lancaster are reconcilxdx exeterx accursxd be he that seeks to make them foesx xsennetx here they come downx yorkx farewellx my gracious lordx ixll to my castlex warwickx and ixll keep london with my soldiersx norfolkx and i to norfolk with my followersx montaguex and i unto the seax from whence i camex exeunt the yorkists king henryx and ix with grief and sorrowx to the courtx enter queen margaret and the prince of wales exeterx here comes the queenx whose looks bewray her angerx ixll steal awayx king henryx exeterx so will ix queen margaretx nayx go not from mex i will follow theex king henryx be patientx gentle queenx and i will stayx queen margaretx who can be patient in such extremesx ahx wretched manx would i had died a maidx and never seen theex never borne thee sonx seeing thou hast provxd so unnatural a fatherx hath he deservxd to lose his birthright thusx hadst thou but lovxd him half so well as ix or felt that pain which i did for him oncex or nourishxd him as i did with my bloodx thou wouldst have left thy dearest heartxblood there rather than have made that savage duke thine heirx and disinherited thine only sonx prince of walesx fatherx you cannot disinherit mex if you be kingx why should not i succeedx king henryx pardon mex margaretx pardon mex sweet sonx the earl of warwick and the duke enforcxd mex queen margaretx enforcxd theex art thou king and wilt be forcxdx i shame to hear thee speakx ahx timorous wretchx thou hast undone thyselfx thy sonx and mex and givxn unto the house of york such head as thou shalt reign but by their sufferancex to entail him and his heirs unto the crownx what is it but to make thy sepulchre and creep into it far before thy timex warwick is chancellor and the lord of calaisx stern falconbridge commands the narrow seasx the duke is made protector of the realmx and yet shalt thou be safex such safety finds the trembling lamb environed with wolvesx had i been therex which am a silly womanx the soldiers should have tossxd me on their pikes before i would have granted to that actx but thou preferxst thy life before thine honourx and seeing thou dostx i here divorce myselfx both from thy tablex henryx and thy bedx until that act of parliament be repealxd whereby my son is disinheritedx the northern lords that have forsworn thy colours will follow minex if once they see them spreadx and spread they shall bex to thy foul disgrace and utter ruin of the house of yorkx thus do i leave theex comex sonx letxs awayx our army is readyx comex wexll after themx king henryx stayx gentle margaretx and hear me speakx queen margaretx thou hast spoke too much alreadyx get thee gonex king henryx gentle son edwardx thou wilt stay with mex queen margaretx ayx to be murderxd by his enemiesx prince of walesx when i return with victory from the field ixll see your gracex till then ixll follow herx queen margaretx comex sonx awayx we may not linger thusx exeunt queen margaret and the prince king henryx poor queenx how love to me and to her son hath made her break out into terms of ragex revengxd may she be on that hateful dukex whose haughty spiritx winged with desirex will cost my crownx and like an empty eagle tire on the flesh of me and of my sonx the loss of those three lords torments my heartx ixll write unto themx and entreat them fairx comex cousinx you shall be the messengerx exeterx and ix i hopex shall reconcile them allx exeunt scene iix sandal castlex near wakefieldx in yorkshire flourishx enter edwardx richardx and montague richardx brotherx though i be youngestx give me leavex edwardx nox i can better play the oratorx montaguex but i have reasons strong and forciblex enter the duke of york yorkx whyx how nowx sons and brotherx at a strifex what is your quarrelx how began it firstx edwardx no quarrelx but a slight contentionx yorkx about whatx richardx about that which concerns your grace and usx the crown of englandx fatherx which is yoursx yorkx minex boyx not till king henry be deadx richardx your right depends not on his life or deathx edwardx now you are heirx therefore enjoy it nowx by giving the house of lancaster leave to breathex it will outrun youx fatherx in the endx yorkx i took an oath that he should quietly reignx edwardx but for a kingdom any oath may be brokenx i would break a thousand oaths to reign one yearx richardx nox god forbid your grace should be forswornx yorkx i shall bex if i claim by open warx richardx ixll prove the contraryx if youxll hear me speakx yorkx thou canst notx sonx it is impossiblex richardx an oath is of no momentx being not took before a true and lawful magistrate that hath authority over him that swearsx henry had nonex but did usurp the placex thenx seeing xtwas he that made you to deposex your oathx my lordx is vain and frivolousx thereforex to armsx andx fatherx do but think how sweet a thing it is to wear a crownx within whose circuit is elysium and all that poets feign of bliss and joyx why do we linger thusx i cannot rest until the white rose that i wear be dyxd even in the lukewarm blood of henryxs heartx yorkx richardx enoughx i will be kingx or diex brotherx thou shalt to london presently and whet on warwick to this enterprisex thoux richardx shalt to the duke of norfolk and tell him privily of our intentx youx edwardx shall unto my lord cobhamx with whom the kentishmen will willingly risex in them i trustx for they are soldiersx wittyx courteousx liberalx full of spiritx while you are thus employxdx what resteth more but that i seek occasion how to risex and yet the king not privy to my driftx nor any of the house of lancasterx enter a messenger butx stayx what newsx why comxst thou in such postx messengerx the queen with all the northern earls and lords intend here to besiege you in your castlex she is hard by with twenty thousand menx and therefore fortify your holdx my lordx yorkx ayx with my swordx whatx thinkxst thou that we fear themx edward and richardx you shall stay with mex my brother montague shall post to londonx let noble warwickx cobhamx and the restx whom we have left protectors of the kingx with powxrful policy strengthen themselves and trust not simple henry nor his oathsx montaguex brotherx i gox ixll win themx fear it notx and thus most humbly i do take my leavex exit enter sir john and sir hugh mortimer yorkx sir john and sir hugh mortimerx mine unclesx you are come to sandal in a happy hourx the army of the queen mean to besiege usx sir johnx she shall not needx wexll meet her in the fieldx yorkx whatx with five thousand menx richardx ayx with five hundredx fatherx for a needx a womanxs generalx what should we fearx xa march afar offx edwardx i hear their drumsx letxs set our men in orderx and issue forth and bid them battle straightx yorkx five men to twentyx though the odds be greatx i doubt notx unclex of our victoryx many a battle have i won in francex when as the enemy hath been ten to onex why should i not now have the like successx exeunt scene iiix field of battle between sandal castle and wakefield alarumx enter rutland and his tutor rutlandx ahx whither shall i fly to scape their handsx ahx tutorx look where bloody clifford comesx enter clifford and soldiers cliffordx chaplainx awayx thy priesthood saves thy lifex as for the brat of this accursed dukex whose father slew my fatherx he shall diex tutorx and ix my lordx will bear him companyx cliffordx soldiersx away with himx tutorx ahx cliffordx murder not this innocent childx lest thou be hated both of god and manx exitx forced off by soldiers cliffordx how nowx is he dead alreadyx or is it fear that makes him close his eyesx ixll open themx rutlandx so looks the pentxup lion oxer the wretch that trembles under his devouring pawsx and so he walksx insulting oxer his preyx and so he comesx to rend his limbs asunderx ahx gentle cliffordx kill me with thy swordx and not with such a cruel threatxning lookx sweet cliffordx hear me speak before i diex i am too mean a subject for thy wrathx be thou revengxd on menx and let me livex cliffordx in vain thou speakxstx poor boyx my fatherxs blood hath stoppxd the passage where thy words should enterx rutlandx then let my fatherxs blood open it againx he is a manx andx cliffordx cope with himx cliffordx had i thy brethren herex their lives and thine were not revenge sufficient for mex nox if i diggxd up thy forefathersx graves and hung their rotten coffins up in chainsx it could not slake mine ire nor ease my heartx the sight of any of the house of york is as a fury to torment my soulx and till i root out their accursed line and leave not one alivex i live in hellx thereforex rutlandx ox let me pray before i take my deathx to thee i prayx sweet cliffordx pity mex cliffordx such pity as my rapierxs point affordsx rutlandx i never did thee harmx why wilt thou slay mex cliffordx thy father hathx rutlandx but xtwas ere i was bornx thou hast one sonx for his sake pity mex lest in revenge thereofx sith god is justx he be as miserably slain as ix ahx let me live in prison all my daysx and when i give occasion of offence then let me diex for now thou hast no causex cliffordx no causex thy father slew my fatherx thereforex diex xstabs himx rutlandx di faciant laudis summa sit ista tuaex xdiesx cliffordx plantagenetx i comex plantagenetx and this thy sonxs blood cleaving to my blade shall rust upon my weaponx till thy bloodx congealxd with thisx do make me wipe off bothx exit scene ivx another part of the field alarumx enter the duke of york yorkx the army of the queen hath got the fieldx my uncles both are slain in rescuing mex and all my followers to the eager foe turn back and flyx like ships before the windx or lambs pursuxd by hungerxstarved wolvesx my sonsx god knows what hath bechanced themx but this i knowx they have demeanxd themselves like men born to renown by life or deathx three times did richard make a lane to mex and thrice cried xcouragex fatherx fight it outxx and full as oft came edward to my side with purple falchionx painted to the hilt in blood of those that had encountxred himx and when the hardiest warriors did retirex richard cried xchargex and give no foot of groundxx and cried xa crownx or else a glorious tombx a sceptrex or an earthly sepulchrexx with this we chargxd againx but out alasx we bodgxd againx as i have seen a swan with bootless labour swim against the tide and spend her strength with overxmatching wavesx xa short alarum withinx ahx harkx the fatal followers do pursuex and i am faint and cannot fly their furyx and were i strongx i would not shun their furyx the sands are numbxred that make up my lifex here must i stayx and here my life must endx enter queen margaretx cliffordx northumberlandx the prince of walesx and soldiers comex bloody cliffordx rough northumberlandx i dare your quenchless fury to more ragex i am your buttx and i abide your shotx northumberlandx yield to our mercyx proud plantagenetx cliffordx ayx to such mercy as his ruthless arm with downright payment showxd unto my fatherx now phaethon hath tumbled from his carx and made an evening at the noontide prickx yorkx my ashesx as the phoenixx may bring forth a bird that will revenge upon you allx and in that hope i throw mine eyes to heavenx scorning whatexer you can afflict me withx why come you notx whatx multitudesx and fearx cliffordx so cowards fight when they can fly no furtherx so doves do peck the falconxs piercing talonsx so desperate thievesx all hopeless of their livesx breathe out invectives xgainst the officersx yorkx o cliffordx but bethink thee once againx and in thy thought oxerrun my former timex andx if thou canst for blushingx view this facex and bite thy tongue that slanders him with cowardice whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere thisx cliffordx i will not bandy with thee word for wordx but buckler with thee blowsx twice two for onex queen margaretx holdx valiant cliffordx for a thousand causes i would prolong awhile the traitorxs lifex wrath makes him deafx speak thoux northumberlandx northumberlandx holdx cliffordx do not honour him so much to prick thy fingerx though to wound his heartx what valour were itx when a cur doth grinx for one to thrust his hand between his teethx when he might spurn him with his foot awayx it is warxs prize to take all vantagesx and ten to one is no impeach of valourx xthey lay hands on yorkx who strugglesx cliffordx ayx ayx so strives the woodcock with the ginx northumberlandx so doth the cony struggle in the netx yorkx so triumph thieves upon their conquerxd bootyx so true men yieldx with robbers so oxerxmatchxdx northumberlandx what would your grace have done unto him nowx queen margaretx brave warriorsx clifford and northumberlandx comex make him stand upon this molehill here that raught at mountains with outstretched armsx yet parted but the shadow with his handx whatx was it you that would be englandxs kingx wasxt you that revellxd in our parliament and made a preachment of your high descentx where are your mess of sons to back you nowx the wanton edward and the lusty georgex and wherexs that valiant crookxback prodigyx dicky your boyx that with his grumbling voice was wont to cheer his dad in mutiniesx orx with the restx where is your darling rutlandx lookx yorkx i stainxd this napkin with the blood that valiant clifford with his rapierxs point made issue from the bosom of the boyx and if thine eyes can water for his deathx i give thee this to dry thy cheeks withalx alasx poor yorkx but that i hate thee deadlyx i should lament thy miserable statex i prithee grieve to make me merryx yorkx whatx hath thy fiery heart so parchxd thine entrails that not a tear can fall for rutlandxs deathx why art thou patientx manx thou shouldst be madx and i to make thee mad do mock thee thusx stampx ravex and fretx that i may sing and dancex thou wouldst be feexdx i seex to make me sportx york cannot speak unless he wear a crownx a crown for yorkxxandx lordsx bow low to himx hold you his hands whilst i do set it onx xputting a paper crown on his headx ayx marryx sirx now looks he like a kingx ayx this is he that took king henryxs chairx and this is he was his adopted heirx but how is it that great plantagenet is crownxd so soon and broke his solemn oathx as i bethink mex you should not be king till our king henry had shook hands with deathx and will you pale your head in henryxs gloryx and rob his temples of the diademx now in his lifex against your holy oathx ox xtis a fault too too off with the crown and with the crown his headx andx whilst we breathex take time to do him deadx cliffordx that is my officex for my fatherxs sakex queen margaretx nayx stayx letxs hear the orisons he makesx yorkx shexwolf of francex but worse than wolves of francex whose tongue more poisons than the adderxs toothx how illxbeseeming is it in thy sex to triumph like an amazonian trull upon their woes whom fortune captivatesx but that thy face is visardxlikex unchangingx made impudent with use of evil deedsx i would assayx proud queenx to make thee blushx to tell thee whence thou camxstx of whom derivxdx were shame enough to shame theex wert thou not shamelessx thy father bears the type of king of naplesx of both the sicils and jerusalemx yet not so wealthy as an english yeomanx hath that poor monarch taught thee to insultx it needs notx nor it boots thee notx proud queenx unless the adage must be verifiedx that beggars mounted run their horse to deathx xtis beauty that doth oft make women proudx butx god he knowsx thy share thereof is smallx xtis virtue that doth make them most admirxdx the contrary doth make thee wondxred atx xtis government that makes them seem divinex the want thereof makes thee abominablex thou art as opposite to every good as the antipodes are unto usx or as the south to the septentrionx o tigerxs heart wrappxd in a womanxs hidex how couldst thou drain the lifexblood of the childx to bid the father wipe his eyes withalx and yet be seen to bear a womanxs facex women are softx mildx pitifulx and flexiblex thou sternx obduratex flintyx roughx remorselessx bidxst thou me ragex whyx now thou hast thy wishx wouldst have me weepx whyx now thou hast thy willx for raging wind blows up incessant showersx and when the rage allaysx the rain beginsx these tears are my sweet rutlandxs obsequiesx and every drop cries vengeance for his death xgainst theex fell cliffordx and theex false frenchwomanx northumberlandx beshrew mex but his passions move me so that hardly can i check my eyes from tearsx yorkx that face of his the hungry cannibals would not have touchxdx would not have stainxd with bloodx but you are more inhumanx more inexorablex ox ten times morex than tigers of hyrcaniax seex ruthless queenx a hapless fatherxs tearsx this cloth thou dippxdst in blood of my sweet boyx and i with tears do wash the blood awayx keep thou the napkinx and go boast of thisx and if thou tellxst the heavy story rightx upon my soulx the hearers will shed tearsx yeax even my foes will shed fastxfalling tears and say xalasx it was a piteous deedxx therex take the crownx and with the crown my cursex and in thy need such comfort come to thee as now i reap at thy too cruel handx hardxhearted cliffordx take me from the worldx my soul to heavenx my blood upon your headsx northumberlandx had he been slaughterxman to all my kinx i should not for my life but weep with himx to see how inly sorrow gripes his soulx queen margaretx whatx weepingxripex my lord northumberlandx think but upon the wrong he did us allx and that will quickly dry thy melting tearsx cliffordx herexs for my oathx herexs for my fatherxs deathx xstabbing himx queen margaretx and herexs to right our gentlexhearted kingx xstabbing himx yorkx open thy gate of mercyx gracious godx my soul flies through these wounds to seek out theex xdiesx queen margaretx off with his headx and set it on york gatesx so york may overlook the town of yorkx flourishx exeunt act iix scene ix a plain near mortimerxs cross in herefordshire a marchx enter edwardx richardx and their power edwardx i wonder how our princely father scapxdx or whether he be scapxd away or no from cliffordxs and northumberlandxs pursuitx had he been taxenx we should have heard the newsx had he been slainx we should have heard the newsx or had he scapxdx methinks we should have heard the happy tidings of his good escapex how fares my brotherx why is he so sadx richardx i cannot joy until i be resolvxd where our right valiant father is becomex i saw him in the battle range aboutx and watchxd him how he singled clifford forthx methought he bore him in the thickest troop as doth a lion in a herd of neatx or as a bearx encompassxd round with dogsx who having pinchxd a few and made them cryx the rest stand all aloof and bark at himx so farxd our father with his enemiesx so fled his enemies my warlike fatherx methinks xtis prize enough to be his sonx see how the morning opes her golden gates and takes her farewell of the glorious sunx how well resembles it the prime of youthx trimmxd like a younker prancing to his lovex edwardx dazzle mine eyesx or do i see three sunsx richardx three glorious sunsx each one a perfect sunx not separated with the racking cloudsx but severxd in a pale clearxshining skyx seex seex they joinx embracex and seem to kissx as if they vowxd some league inviolablex now are they but one lampx one lightx one sunx in this the heaven figures some eventx edwardx xtis wondrous strangex the like yet never heard ofx i think it cites usx brotherx to the fieldx that wex the sons of brave plantagenetx each one already blazing by our meedsx should notwithstanding join our lights together and overshine the earthx as this the worldx whatexer it bodesx henceforward will i bear upon my target three fair shining sunsx richardx nayx bear three daughtersx by your leave i speak itx you love the breeder better than the malex enter a messengerx blowing but what art thoux whose heavy looks foretell some dreadful story hanging on thy tonguex messengerx ahx one that was a woeful lookerxon when as the noble duke of york was slainx your princely father and my loving lordx edwardx ox speak no morex for i have heard too muchx richardx say how he diedx for i will hear it allx messengerx environed he was with many foesx and stood against them as the hope of troy against the greeks that would have entxred troyx but hercules himself must yield to oddsx and many strokesx though with a little axex hews down and fells the hardestxtimberxd oakx by many hands your father was subduxdx but only slaughtxred by the ireful arm of unrelenting clifford and the queenx who crownxd the gracious duke in high despitex laughxd in his facex and when with grief he weptx the ruthless queen gave him to dry his cheeks a napkin steeped in the harmless blood of sweet young rutlandx by rough clifford slainx and after many scornsx many foul tauntsx they took his headx and on the gates of york they set the samex and there it doth remainx the saddest spectacle that exer i viewxdx edwardx sweet duke of yorkx our prop to lean uponx now thou art gonex we have no staffx no stayx o cliffordx boistxrous cliffordx thou hast slain the flowxr of europe for his chivalryx and treacherously hast thou vanquishxd himx for hand to hand he would have vanquishxd theex now my soulxs palace is become a prisonx ahx would she break from hencex that this my body might in the ground be closed up in restx for never henceforth shall i joy againx neverx o neverx shall i see more joyx richardx i cannot weepx for all my bodyxs moisture scarce serves to quench my furnacexburning heartx nor can my tongue unload my heartxs great burdenx for selfxsame wind that i should speak withal is kindling coals that fires all my breastx and burns me up with flames that tears would quenchx to weep is to make less the depth of griefx tears then for babesx blows and revenge for mex richardx i bear thy namex ixll venge thy deathx or die renowned by attempting itx edwardx his name that valiant duke hath left with theex his dukedom and his chair with me is leftx richardx nayx if thou be that princely eaglexs birdx show thy descent by gazing xgainst the sunx for chair and dukedomx throne and kingdomx sayx either that is thinex or else thou wert not hisx marchx enter warwickx montaguex and their army warwickx how nowx fair lordsx what farex what news abroadx richardx great lord of warwickx if we should recount our baleful news and at each wordxs deliverance stab poinards in our flesh till all were toldx the words would add more anguish than the woundsx o valiant lordx the duke of york is slainx edwardx o warwickx warwickx that plantagenet which held thee dearly as his soulxs redemption is by the stern lord clifford done to deathx warwickx ten days ago i drownxd these news in tearsx and nowx to add more measure to your woesx i come to tell you things sith then befallxnx after the bloody fray at wakefield foughtx where your brave father breathxd his latest gaspx tidingsx as swiftly as the posts could runx were brought me of your loss and his departx ix then in londonx keeper of the kingx musterxd my soldiersx gathered flocks of friendsx and very well appointedx as i thoughtx marchxd toward saint albans to intercept the queenx bearing the king in my behalf alongx for by my scouts i was advertised that she was coming with a full intent to dash our late decree in parliament touching king henryxs oath and your successionx short tale to makex we at saint albans metx our battles joinxdx and both sides fiercely foughtx but whether xtwas the coldness of the kingx who lookxd full gently on his warlike queenx that robbxd my soldiers of their heated spleenx or whether xtwas report of her successx or more than common fear of cliffordxs rigourx who thunders to his captives blood and deathx i cannot judgex butx to conclude with truthx their weapons like to lightning came and wentx our soldiersxx like the nightxowlxs lazy flight or like an idle thresher with a flailx fell gently downx as if they struck their friendsx i cheerxd them up with justice of our causex with promise of high pay and great rewardsx but all in vainx they had no heart to fightx and we in them no hope to win the dayx so that we fledx the king unto the queenx lord george your brotherx norfolkx and myselfx in haste postxhaste are come to join with youx for in the marches here we heard you were making another head to fight againx edwardx where is the duke of norfolkx gentle warwickx and when came george from burgundy to englandx warwickx some six miles off the duke is with the soldiersx and for your brotherx he was lately sent from your kind auntx duchess of burgundyx with aid of soldiers to this needful warx richardx xtwas oddsx belikex when valiant warwick fledx oft have i heard his praises in pursuitx but nexer till now his scandal of retirex warwickx nor now my scandalx richardx dost thou hearx for thou shalt know this strong right hand of mine can pluck the diadem from faint henryxs head and wring the awful sceptre from his fistx were he as famous and as bold in war as he is famxd for mildnessx peacex and prayerx richardx i know it wellx lord warwickx blame me notx xtis love i bear thy glories makes me speakx but in this troublous time whatxs to be donex shall we go throw away our coats of steel and wrap our bodies in black mourningxgownsx numbering our avexmaries with our beadsx or shall we on the helmets of our foes tell our devotion with revengeful armsx if for the lastx say xayxx and to itx lordsx warwickx whyx therefore warwick came to seek you outx and therefore comes my brother montaguex attend mex lordsx the proud insulting queenx with clifford and the haught northumberlandx and of their feather many moe proud birdsx have wrought the easyxmelting king like waxx he swore consent to your successionx his oath enrolled in the parliamentx and now to london all the crew are gone to frustrate both his oath and what beside may make against the house of lancasterx their powerx i thinkx is thirty thousand strongx now if the help of norfolk and myselfx with all the friends that thoux brave earl of marchx amongst the loving welshmen canst procurex will but amount to five and twenty thousandx whyx viax to london will we march amainx and once again bestride our foaming steedsx and once again cry xcharge upon our foesxx but never once again turn back and flyx richardx ayx now methinks i hear great warwick speakx nexer may he live to see a sunshine day that cries xretirexx if warwick bid him stayx edwardx lord warwickx on thy shoulder will i leanx and when thou failxstx as god forbid the hourxx must edward fallx which peril heaven forfendx warwickx no longer earl of marchx but duke of yorkx the next degree is englandxs royal thronex for king of england shalt thou be proclaimxd in every borough as we pass alongx and he that throws not up his cap for joy shall for the fault make forfeit of his headx king edwardx valiant richardx montaguex stay we no longerx dreaming of renownx but sound the trumpets and about our taskx richardx thenx cliffordx were thy heart as hard as steelx as thou hast shown it flinty by thy deedsx i come to pierce it or to give thee minex edwardx then strike up drumsx god and saint george for usx enter a messenger warwickx how nowx what newsx messengerx the duke of norfolk sends you word by me the queen is coming with a puissant hostx and craves your company for speedy counselx warwickx whyx then it sortsx brave warriorsx letxs awayx exeunt scene iix before york flourishx enter king henryx queen margaretx the prince of walesx cliffordx northumberlandx with drum and trumpets queen margaretx welcomex my lordx to this brave town of yorkx yonderxs the head of that archxenemy that sought to be encompassxd with your crownx doth not the object cheer your heartx my lordx king henryx ayx as the rocks cheer them that fear their wreckx to see this sightx it irks my very soulx withhold revengex dear godx xtis not my faultx nor wittingly have i infringxd my vowx cliffordx my gracious liegex this too much lenity and harmful pity must be laid asidex to whom do lions cast their gentle looksx not to the beast that would usurp their denx whose hand is that the forest bear doth lickx not his that spoils her young before her facex who scapes the lurking serpentxs mortal stingx not he that sets his foot upon her backx the smallest worm will turnx being trodden onx and doves will peck in safeguard of their broodx ambitious york did level at thy crownx thou smiling while he knit his angry browsx hex but a dukex would have his son a kingx and raise his issue like a loving sirex thoux being a kingx blessxd with a goodly sonx didst yield consent to disinherit himx which argued thee a most unloving fatherx unreasonable creatures feed their youngx and though manxs face be fearful to their eyesx yetx in protection of their tender onesx who hath not seen themx even with those wings which sometime they have usxd with fearful flightx make war with him that climbxd unto their nestx offering their own lives in their youngxs defence for shamex my liegex make them your precedentx were it not pity that this goodly boy should lose his birthright by his fatherxs faultx and long hereafter say unto his child xwhat my greatxgrandfather and grandsire got my careless father fondly gave awayxx ahx what a shame were thisx look on the boyx and let his manly facex which promiseth successful fortunex steel thy melting heart to hold thine own and leave thine own with himx king henryx full well hath clifford playxd the oratorx inferring arguments of mighty forcex butx cliffordx tell mex didst thou never hear that things ill got had ever bad successx and happy always was it for that son whose father for his hoarding went to hellx ixll leave my son my virtuous deeds behindx and would my father had left me no morex for all the rest is held at such a rate as brings a thousandxfold more care to keep than in possession any jot of pleasurex ahx cousin yorkx would thy best friends did know how it doth grieve me that thy head is herex queen margaretx my lordx cheer up your spiritsx our foes are nighx and this soft courage makes your followers faintx you promisxd knighthood to our forward sonx unsheathe your sword and dub him presentlyx edwardx kneel downx king henryx edward plantagenetx arise a knightx and learn this lessonx draw thy sword in rightx prince of walesx my gracious fatherx by your kingly leavex ixll draw it as apparent to the crownx and in that quarrel use it to the deathx cliffordx whyx that is spoken like a toward princex enter a messenger messengerx royal commandersx be in readinessx for with a band of thirty thousand men comes warwickx backing of the duke of yorkx and in the townsx as they do march alongx proclaims him kingx and many fly to himx darraign your battlex for they are at handx cliffordx i would your highness would depart the fieldx the queen hath best success when you are absentx queen margaretx ayx good my lordx and leave us to our fortunex king henryx whyx thatxs my fortune toox therefore ixll stayx northumberlandx be it with resolutionx thenx to fightx prince of walesx my royal fatherx cheer these noble lordsx and hearten those that fight in your defencex unsheathe your swordx good fatherx cry xsaint georgexx marchx enter edwardx georgex richardx warwickx norfolkx montaguex and soldiers edwardx nowx perjurxd henryx wilt thou kneel for grace and set thy diadem upon my headx or bide the mortal fortune of the fieldx queen margaretx go rate thy minionsx proud insulting boyx becomes it thee to be thus bold in terms before thy sovereign and thy lawful kingx edwardx i am his kingx and he should bow his kneex i was adopted heir by his consentx since whenx his oath is brokex forx as i hearx you that are kingx though he do wear the crownx have causxd him by new act of parliament to blot out me and put his own son inx cliffordx and reason toox who should succeed the father but the sonx richardx are you therex butcherx ox i cannot speakx cliffordx ayx crookxbackx here i stand to answer theex or any hex the proudest of thy sortx richardx xtwas you that killxd young rutlandx was it notx cliffordx ayx and old yorkx and yet not satisfiedx richardx for godxs sakex lordsx give signal to the fightx warwickx what sayxst thoux henryx wilt thou yield the crownx queen margaretx whyx how nowx longxtonguxd warwickx dare you speakx when you and i met at saint albans last your legs did better service than your handsx warwickx then xtwas my turn to flyx and now xtis thinex cliffordx you said so much beforex and yet you fledx warwickx xtwas not your valourx cliffordx drove me thencex northumberlandx nox nor your manhood that durst make you stayx richardx northumberlandx i hold thee reverentlyx break off the parleyx for scarce i can refrain the execution of my bigxswolxn heart upon that cliffordx that cruel childxkillerx cliffordx i slew thy fatherx callxst thou him a childx richardx ayx like a dastard and a treacherous cowardx as thou didst kill our tender brother rutlandx but ere sunset ixll make thee curse the deedx king henryx have done with wordsx my lordsx and hear me speakx queen margaretx defy them thenx or else hold close thy lipsx king henryx i prithee give no limits to my tonguex i am a kingx and privilegxd to speakx cliffordx my liegex the wound that bred this meeting here cannot be curxd by wordsx therefore be stillx richardx thenx executionerx unsheathe thy swordx by him that made us allx i am resolvxd that cliffordxs manhood lies upon his tonguex edwardx sayx henryx shall i have my rightx or nox a thousand men have broke their fasts toxday that nexer shall dine unless thou yield the crownx warwickx if thou denyx their blood upon thy headx for york in justice puts his armour onx prince of walesx if that be right which warwick says is rightx there is no wrongx but every thing is rightx richardx whoever got theex there thy mother standsx for well i wot thou hast thy motherxs tonguex queen margaretx but thou art neither like thy sire nor damx but like a foul misshapen stigmaticx markxd by the destinies to be avoidedx as venom toads or lizardsx dreadful stingsx richardx iron of naples hid with english giltx whose father bears the title of a kingx as if a channel should be callxd the seax shamxst thou notx knowing whence thou art extraughtx to let thy tongue detect thy basexborn heartx edwardx a wisp of straw were worth a thousand crowns to make this shameless callet know herselfx helen of greece was fairer far than thoux although thy husband may be menelausx and nexer was agamemmonxs brother wrongxd by that false woman as this king by theex his father revellxd in the heart of francex and tamxd the kingx and made the dauphin stoopx and had he matchxd according to his statex he might have kept that glory to this dayx but when he took a beggar to his bed and gracxd thy poor sire with his bridal dayx even then that sunshine brewxd a showxr for him that washxd his fatherxs fortunes forth of france and heapxd sedition on his crown at homex for what hath broachxd this tumult but thy pridex hadst thou been meekx our title still had sleptx and wex in pity of the gentle kingx had slippxd our claim until another agex georgex but when we saw our sunshine made thy springx and that thy summer bred us no increasex we set the axe to thy usurping rootx and though the edge hath something hit ourselvesx yet know thoux since we have begun to strikex wexll never leave till we have hewn thee downx or bathxd thy growing with our heated bloodsx edwardx and in this resolution i defy theex not willing any longer conferencex since thou deniest the gentle king to speakx sound trumpetsx let our bloody colours wavex and either victory or else a gravex queen margaretx stayx edwardx edwardx nox wrangling womanx wexll no longer stayx these words will cost ten thousand lives this dayx exeunt scene iiix a field of battle between towton and saxtonx in yorkshire alarumx excursionsx enter warwick warwickx forspent with toilx as runners with a racex i lay me down a little while to breathex for strokes receivxd and many blows repaid have robbxd my strongxknit sinews of their strengthx and spite of spite needs must i rest awhilex enter edwardx running edwardx smilex gentle heavenx or strikex ungentle deathx for this world frownsx and edwardxs sun is cloudedx warwickx how nowx my lordx what hapx what hope of goodx enter george georgex our hap is lostx our hope but sad despairx our ranks are brokex and ruin follows usx what counsel give youx whither shall we flyx edwardx bootless is flightx they follow us with wingsx and weak we arex and cannot shun pursuitx enter richard richardx ahx warwickx why hast thou withdrawn thyselfx thy brotherxs blood the thirsty earth hath drunkx broachxd with the steely point of cliffordxs lancex and in the very pangs of death he criedx like to a dismal clangor heard from farx xwarwickx revengex brotherx revenge my deathxx sox underneath the belly of their steedsx that stainxd their fetlocks in his smoking bloodx the noble gentleman gave up the ghostx warwickx then let the earth be drunken with our bloodx ixll kill my horsex because i will not flyx why stand we like softxhearted women herex wailing our lossesx whiles the foe doth ragex and look uponx as if the tragedy were playxd in jest by counterfeiting actorsx here on my knee i vow to god above ixll never pause againx never stand stillx till either death hath closxd these eyes of mine or fortune given me measure of revengex edwardx o warwickx i do bend my knee with thinex and in this vow do chain my soul to thinex and ere my knee rise from the earthxs cold face i throw my handsx mine eyesx my heart to theex thou setterxup and pluckerxdown of kingsx beseeching theex if with thy will it stands that to my foes this body must be preyx yet that thy brazen gates of heaven may ope and give sweet passage to my sinful soulx nowx lordsx take leave until we meet againx wherexer it bex in heaven or in earthx richardx brotherx give me thy handx andx gentle warwickx let me embrace thee in my weary armsx i that did never weep now melt with woe that winter should cut off our springxtime sox warwickx awayx awayx once morex sweet lordsx farewellx georgex yet let us all together to our troopsx and give them leave to fly that will not stayx and call them pillars that will stand to usx and if we thrivex promise them such rewards as victors wear at the olympian gamesx this may plant courage in their quailing breastsx for yet is hope of life and victoryx forslow no longerx make we hence amainx exeunt scene ivx another part of the field excursionsx enter richard and clifford richardx nowx cliffordx i have singled thee alonex suppose this arm is for the duke of yorkx and this for rutlandx both bound to revengex wert thou environxd with a brazen wallx cliffordx nowx richardx i am with thee here alonex this is the hand that stabbed thy father yorkx and this the hand that slew thy brother rutlandx and herexs the heart that triumphs in their death and cheers these hands that slew thy sire and brother to execute the like upon thyselfx and sox have at theex xthey fightx enter warwickx clifford flies richardx nayx warwickx single out some other chasex for i myself will hunt this wolf to deathx exeunt scene vx another part of the field alarumx enter king henry alone king henryx this battle fares like to the morningxs warx when dying clouds contend with growing lightx what time the shepherdx blowing of his nailsx can neither call it perfect day nor nightx now sways it this wayx like a mighty sea forcxd by the tide to combat with the windx now sways it that wayx like the selfsame sea forcxd to retire by fury of the windx sometime the flood prevailsx and then the windx now one the betterx then another bestx both tugging to be victorsx breast to breastx yet neither conqueror nor conqueredx so is the equal poise of this fell warx here on this molehill will i sit me downx to whom god willx there be the victoryx for margaret my queenx and clifford toox have chid me from the battlex swearing both they prosper best of all when i am thencex would i were deadx if godxs good will were sox for what is in this world but grief and woex o godx methinks it were a happy life to be no better than a homely swainx to sit upon a hillx as i do nowx to carve out dials quaintlyx point by pointx thereby to see the minutes how they runx how many makes the hour full completex how many hours brings about the dayx how many days will finish up the yearx how many years a mortal man may livex when this is knownx then to divide the timesx so many hours must i tend my flockx so many hours must i take my restx so many hours must i contemplatex so many hours must i sport myselfx so many days my ewes have been with youngx so many weeks ere the poor fools will canx so many years ere i shall shear the fleecex so minutesx hoursx daysx monthsx and yearsx passxd over to the end they were createdx would bring white hairs unto a quiet gravex ahx what a life were thisx how sweetx how lovelyx gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade to shepherds looking on their silly sheepx than doth a rich embroiderxd canopy to kings that fear their subjectsx treacheryx o yesx it dothx a thousandxfold it dothx and to concludex the shepherdxs homely curdsx his cold thin drink out of his leather bottlex his wonted sleep under a fresh treexs shadex all which secure and sweetly he enjoysx is far beyond a princexs delicatesx his viands sparkling in a golden cupx his body couched in a curious bedx when carex mistrustx and treason waits on himx alarumx enter a son that hath killxd his fatherx at one doorx and a father that hath killxd his sonx at another door sonx ill blows the wind that profits nobodyx this man whom hand to hand i slew in fight may be possessed with some store of crownsx and ix that haply take them from him nowx may yet ere night yield both my life and them to some man elsex as this dead man doth mex whoxs thisx o godx it is my fatherxs facex whom in this conflict i unwares have killxdx o heavy timesx begetting such eventsx from london by the king was i pressxd forthx my fatherx being the earl of warwickxs manx came on the part of yorkx pressxd by his masterx and ix who at his hands receivxd my lifex have by my hands of life bereaved himx pardon mex godx i knew not what i didx and pardonx fatherx for i knew not theex my tears shall wipe away these bloody marksx and no more words till they have flowxd their fillx king henryx o piteous spectaclex o bloody timesx whiles lions war and battle for their densx poor harmless lambs abide their enmityx weepx wretched manx ixll aid thee tear for tearx and let our hearts and eyesx like civil warx be blind with tears and break oxerchargxd with griefx enter fatherx bearing of his son fatherx thou that so stoutly hath resisted mex give me thy goldx if thou hast any goldx for i have bought it with an hundred blowsx but let me seex is this our foemanxs facex ahx nox nox nox nox it is mine only sonx ahx boyx if any life be left in theex throw up thine eyex seex see what showxrs arisex blown with the windy tempest of my heart upon thy woundsx that kills mine eye and heartx ox pityx godx this miserable agex what stratagemsx how fellx how butcherlyx erroneousx mutinousx and unnaturalx this deadly quarrel daily doth begetx o boyx thy father gave thee life too soonx and hath bereft thee of thy life too latex king henryx woe above woex grief more than common griefx o that my death would stay these ruthful deedsx o pityx pityx gentle heavenx pityx the red rose and the white are on his facex the fatal colours of our striving housesx the one his purple blood right well resemblesx the other his pale cheeksx methinksx presentethx wither one rosex and let the other flourishx if you contendx a thousand lives must perishx sonx how will my mother for a fatherxs death take on with mex and nexer be satisfiedx fatherx how will my wife for slaughter of my son shed seas of tearsx and nexer be satisfiedx king henryx how will the country for these woeful chances misthink the kingx and not be satisfiedx sonx was ever son so rued a fatherxs deathx fatherx was ever father so bemoanxd his sonx king henryx was ever king so grievxd for subjectsx woex much is your sorrowx mine ten times so muchx sonx ixll bear thee hencex where i may weep my fillx exit with the body fatherx these arms of mine shall be thy windingxsheetx my heartx sweet boyx shall be thy sepulchrex for from my heart thine image nexer shall gox my sighing breast shall be thy funeral bellx and so obsequious will thy father bex even for the loss of theex having no morex as priam was for all his valiant sonsx ixll bear thee hencex and let them fight that willx for i have murdered where i should not killx exit with the body king henryx sadxhearted menx much overgone with carex here sits a king more woeful than you arex alarumsx excursionsx enter queen margaretx prince of walesx and exeter prince of walesx flyx fatherx flyx for all your friends are fledx and warwick rages like a chafed bullx awayx for death doth hold us in pursuitx queen margaretx mount youx my lordx towards berwick post amainx edward and richardx like a brace of greyhounds having the fearful flying hare in sightx with fiery eyes sparkling for very wrathx and bloody steel graspxd in their ireful handsx are at our backsx and therefore hence amainx exeterx awayx for vengeance comes along with themx nayx stay not to expostulatex make speedx or else come afterx ixll away beforex king henryx nayx take me with theex good sweet exeterx not that i fear to stayx but love to go whither the queen intendsx forwardx awayx exeunt scene vix another part of the field a loud alarumx enter cliffordx wounded cliffordx here burns my candle outx ayx here it diesx whichx whiles it lastedx gave king henry lightx o lancasterx i fear thy overthrow more than my bodyxs parting with my soulx my love and fear gluxd many friends to theex andx now i fallx thy tough commixture meltsx impairing henryx strengthxning misproud yorkx the common people swarm like summer fliesx and whither fly the gnats but to the sunx and who shines now but henryxs enemiesx o phoebusx hadst thou never given consent that phaethon should check thy fiery steedsx thy burning car never had scorchxd the earthx andx henryx hadst thou swayxd as kings should dox or as thy father and his father didx giving no ground unto the house of yorkx they never then had sprung like summer fliesx i and ten thousand in this luckless realm had left no mourning widows for our deathx and thou this day hadst kept thy chair in peacex for what doth cherish weeds but gentle airx and what makes robbers bold but too much lenityx bootless are plaintsx and cureless are my woundsx no way to flyx nor strength to hold out flightx the foe is merciless and will not pityx for at their hands i have deservxd no pityx the air hath got into my deadly woundsx and much effuse of blood doth make me faintx comex york and richardx warwick and the restx i stabbxd your fathersx bosomsx split my breastx xhe faintsx alarum and retreatx enter edwardx georgex richard montaguex warwickx and soldiers edwardx now breathe wex lordsx good fortune bids us pause and smooth the frowns of war with peaceful looksx some troops pursue the bloodyxminded queen that led calm henryx though he were a kingx as doth a sailx fillxd with a fretting gustx command an argosy to stern the wavesx but think youx lordsx that clifford fled with themx warwickx nox xtis impossible he should escapex forx though before his face i speak the wordsx your brother richard markxd him for the gravex andx wheresoxer he isx hexs surely deadx xclifford groansx and diesx richardx whose soul is that which takes her heavy leavex a deadly groanx like life and deathxs departingx see who it isx edwardx and now the battlexs endedx if friend or foex let him be gently usedx richardx revoke that doom of mercyx for xtis cliffordx who not contented that he loppxd the branch in hewing rutland when his leaves put forthx but set his murdxring knife unto the root from whence that tender spray did sweetly springx i mean our princely fatherx duke of yorkx warwickx from off the gates of york fetch down the headx your fatherxs headx which clifford placed therex instead whereof let this supply the roomx measure for measure must be answeredx edwardx bring forth that fatal screechxowl to our housex that nothing sung but death to us and oursx now death shall stop his dismal threatxning soundx and his illxboding tongue no more shall speakx warwickx i think his understanding is bereftx speakx cliffordx dost thou know who speaks to theex dark cloudy death oxershades his beams of lifex and he nor sees nor hears us what we sayx richardx ox would he didx and sox perhapsx he dothx xtis but his policy to counterfeitx because he would avoid such bitter taunts which in the time of death he gave our fatherx georgex if so thou thinkxstx vex him with eager wordsx richardx cliffordx ask mercy and obtain no gracex edwardx cliffordx repent in bootless penitencex warwickx cliffordx devise excuses for thy faultsx georgex while we devise fell tortures for thy faultsx richardx thou didst love yorkx and i am son to yorkx edwardx thou pitiedxst rutlandx i will pity theex georgex wherexs captain margaretx to fence you nowx warwickx they mock theex cliffordx swear as thou wast wontx richardx whatx not an oathx nayx then the world goes hard when clifford cannot spare his friends an oathx i know by that hexs deadx and by my soulx if this right hand would buy two hoursx lifex that i in all despite might rail at himx this hand should chop it offx and with the issuing blood stifle the villain whose unstanched thirst york and young rutland could not satisfyx warwickx ayx but hexs deadx off with the traitorxs headx and rear it in the place your fatherxs standsx and now to london with triumphant marchx there to be crowned englandxs royal kingx from whence shall warwick cut the sea to francex and ask the lady bona for thy queenx so shalt thou sinew both these lands togetherx andx having france thy friendx thou shalt not dread the scattxred foe that hopes to rise againx for though they cannot greatly sting to hurtx yet look to have them buzz to offend thine earsx first will i see the coronationx and then to brittany ixll cross the sea to effect this marriagex so it please my lordx edwardx even as thou wiltx sweet warwickx let it bex for in thy shoulder do i build my seatx and never will i undertake the thing wherein thy counsel and consent is wantingx richardx i will create thee duke of gloucesterx and georgex of clarencex warwickx as ourselfx shall do and undo as him pleaseth bestx richardx let me be duke of clarencex george of gloucesterx for gloucesterxs dukedom is too ominousx warwickx tutx thatxs a foolish observationx richardx be duke of gloucesterx now to london to see these honours in possessionx exeunt act iiix scene ix a chase in the north of england enter two keepersx with crossxbows in their hands first keeperx under this thickxgrown brake wexll shroud ourselvesx for through this laund anon the deer will comex and in this covert will we make our standx culling the principal of all the deerx second keeperx ixll stay above the hillx so both may shootx first keeperx that cannot bex the noise of thy crossxbow will scare the herdx and so my shoot is lostx here stand we bothx and aim we at the bestx andx for the time shall not seem tediousx ixll tell thee what befell me on a day in this selfxplace where now we mean to standx second keeperx here comes a manx letxs stay till he be pastx enter king henryx disguisedx with a prayerxbook king henryx from scotland am i stolxnx even of pure lovex to greet mine own land with my wishful sightx nox harryx harryx xtis no land of thinex thy place is fillxdx thy sceptre wrung from theex thy balm washxd off wherewith thou wast anointedx no bending knee will call thee caesar nowx no humble suitors press to speak for rightx nox not a man comes for redress of theex for how can i help them and not myselfx first keeperx ayx herexs a deer whose skinxs a keeperxs feex this is the quondam kingx letxs seize upon himx king henryx let me embrace theex sour adversityx for wise men say it is the wisest coursex second keeperx why linger wex let us lay hands upon himx first keeperx forbear awhilex wexll hear a little morex king henryx my queen and son are gone to france for aidx andx as i hearx the great commanding warwick is thither gone to crave the french kingxs sister to wife for edwardx if this news be truex poor queen and sonx your labour is but lostx for warwick is a subtle oratorx and lewis a prince soon won with moving wordsx by this accountx thenx margaret may win himx for shexs a woman to be pitied muchx her sighs will make a battxry in his breastx her tears will pierce into a marble heartx the tiger will be mild whiles she doth mournx and nero will be tainted with remorse to hear and see her plaintsx her brinish tearsx ayx but shexs come to begx warwickx to givex shex on his left sidex craving aid for henryx hex on his rightx asking a wife for edwardx she weepsx and says her henry is deposxdx he smilesx and says his edward is installxdx that shex poor wretchx for grief can speak no morex whiles warwick tells his titlex smooths the wrongx inferreth arguments of mighty strengthx and in conclusion wins the king from her with promise of his sisterx and what elsex to strengthen and support king edwardxs placex o margaretx thus xtwill bex and thoux poor soulx art then forsakenx as thou wentxst forlornx second keeperx sayx what art thou that talkxst of kings and queensx king henryx more than i seemx and less than i was born tox a man at leastx for less i should not bex and men may talk of kingsx and why not ix second keeperx ayx but thou talkxst as if thou wert a kingx king henryx whyx so i amx in mindx and thatxs enoughx second keeperx butx if thou be a kingx where is thy crownx king henryx my crown is in my heartx not on my headx not deckxd with diamonds and indian stonesx not to be seenx my crown is callxd contentx a crown it is that seldom kings enjoyx second keeperx wellx if you be a king crownxd with contentx your crown content and you must be contented to go along with usx for as we thinkx you are the king king edward hath deposxdx and we his subjectsx sworn in all allegiancex will apprehend you as his enemyx king henryx but did you never swearx and break an oathx second keeperx nox never such an oathx nor will not nowx king henryx where did you dwell when i was king of englandx second keeperx here in this countryx where we now remainx king henryx i was anointed king at nine months oldx my father and my grandfather were kingsx and you were sworn true subjects unto mex and tell mex thenx have you not broke your oathsx first keeperx nox for we were subjects but while you were kingx king henryx whyx am i deadx do i not breathe a manx ahx simple menx you know not what you swearx lookx as i blow this feather from my facex and as the air blows it to me againx obeying with my wind when i do blowx and yielding to another when it blowsx commanded always by the greater gustx such is the lightness of you common menx but do not break your oathsx for of that sin my mild entreaty shall not make you guiltyx go where you willx the king shall be commandedx and be you kingsx commandx and ixll obeyx first keeperx we are true subjects to the kingx king edwardx king henryx so would you be again to henryx if he were seated as king edward isx first keeperx we charge youx in godxs name and the kingxsx to go with us unto the officersx king henryx in godxs namex leadx your kingxs name be obeyxdx and what god willx that let your king performx and what he willx i humbly yield untox exeunt scene iix londonx the palace enter king edwardx gloucesterx clarencex and lady grey king edwardx brother of gloucesterx at saint albansx field this ladyxs husbandx sir richard greyx was slainx his land then seizxd on by the conquerorx her suit is now to repossess those landsx which we in justice cannot well denyx because in quarrel of the house of york the worthy gentleman did lose his lifex gloucesterx your highness shall do well to grant her suitx it were dishonour to deny it herx king edwardx it were no lessx but yet ixll make a pausex gloucesterx xaside to clarencex yeax is it sox i see the lady hath a thing to grantx before the king will grant her humble suitx clarencex xaside to gloucesterx he knows the gamex how true he keeps the windx gloucesterx xaside to clarencex silencex king edwardx widowx we will consider of your suitx and come some other time to know our mindx lady greyx right gracious lordx i cannot brook delayx may it please your highness to resolve me nowx and what your pleasure is shall satisfy mex gloucesterx xasidex ayx widowx then ixll warrant you all your landsx an if what pleases him shall pleasure youx fight closer orx good faithx youxll catch a blowx clarencex xaside to gloucesterx i fear her notx unless she chance to fallx gloucesterx xaside to clarencex god forbid thatx for hexll take vantagesx king edwardx how many children hast thoux widowx tell mex clarencex xaside to gloucesterx i think he means to beg a child of herx gloucesterx xaside to clarencex nayx then whip mex hexll rather give her twox lady greyx threex my most gracious lordx gloucesterx xasidex you shall have four if youxll be rulxd by himx king edwardx xtwere pity they should lose their fatherxs landsx lady greyx be pitifulx dread lordx and grant itx thenx king edwardx lordsx give us leavex ixll try this widowxs witx gloucesterx xasidex ayx good leave have youx for you will have leave till youth take leave and leave you to the crutchx xgloucester and clarence withdrawx king edwardx now tell mex madamx do you love your childrenx lady greyx ayx full as dearly as i love myselfx king edwardx and would you not do much to do them goodx lady greyx to do them good i would sustain some harmx king edwardx then get your husbandxs landsx to do them goodx lady greyx therefore i came unto your majestyx king edwardx ixll tell you how these lands are to be gotx lady greyx so shall you bind me to your highnessx servicex king edwardx what service wilt thou do me if i give themx lady greyx what you command that rests in me to dox king edwardx but you will take exceptions to my boonx lady greyx nox gracious lordx except i cannot do itx king edwardx ayx but thou canst do what i mean to askx lady greyx whyx then i will do what your grace commandsx gloucesterx he plies her hardx and much rain wears the marblex clarencex as red as firex nayx then her wax must meltx lady greyx why stops my lordx shall i not hear my taskx king edwardx an easy taskx xtis but to love a kingx lady greyx thatxs soon performxdx because i am a subjectx king edwardx whyx thenx thy husbandxs lands i freely give theex lady greyx i take my leave with many thousand thanksx gloucesterx the match is madex she seals it with a curtsyx king edwardx but stay theex xtis the fruits of love i meanx lady greyx the fruits of love i meanx my loving liegex king edwardx ayx butx i fear mex in another sensex what lovex thinkst thoux i sue so much to getx lady greyx my love till deathx my humble thanksx my prayersx that love which virtue begs and virtue grantsx king edwardx nox by my trothx i did not mean such lovex lady greyx whyx then you mean not as i thought you didx king edwardx but now you partly may perceive my mindx lady greyx my mind will never grant what i perceive your highness aims atx if i aim arightx king edwardx to tell thee plainx i aim to lie with theex lady greyx to tell you plainx i had rather lie in prisonx king edwardx whyx then thou shalt not have thy husbandxs landsx lady greyx whyx then mine honesty shall be my dowerx for by that loss i will not purchase themx king edwardx therein thou wrongxst thy children mightilyx lady greyx herein your highness wrongs both them and mex butx mighty lordx this merry inclination accords not with the sadness of my suitx please you dismiss mex either with ay or nox king edwardx ayx if thou wilt say ay to my requestx nox if thou dost say no to my demandx lady greyx thenx nox my lordx my suit is at an endx gloucesterx the widow likes him notx she knits her browsx clarencex he is the bluntest wooer in christendomx king edwardx xasidex her looks doth argue her replete with modestyx her words doth show her wit incomparablex all her perfections challenge sovereigntyx one way or otherx she is for a kingx and she shall be my lovex or else my queenx say that king edward take thee for his queenx lady greyx xtis better said than donex my gracious lordx i am a subject fit to jest withalx but far unfit to be a sovereignx king edwardx sweet widowx by my state i swear to thee i speak no more than what my soul intendsx and that is to enjoy thee for my lovex lady greyx and that is more than i will yield untox i know i am too mean to be your queenx and yet too good to be your concubinex king edwardx you cavilx widowx i did mean my queenx lady greyx xtwill grieve your grace my sons should call you fatherx king edwardxno more than when my daughters call thee motherx thou art a widowx and thou hast some childrenx andx by godxs motherx ix being but a bachelorx have other somex whyx xtis a happy thing to be the father unto many sonsx answer no morex for thou shalt be my queenx gloucesterx the ghostly father now hath done his shriftx clarencex when he was made a shriverx xtwas for shriftx king edwardx brothersx you muse what chat we two have hadx gloucesterx the widow likes it notx for she looks very sadx king edwardx youxd think it strange if i should marry herx clarencex to whox my lordx king edwardx whyx clarencex to myselfx gloucesterx that would be ten daysx wonder at the leastx clarencex thatxs a day longer than a wonder lastsx gloucesterx by so much is the wonder in extremesx king edwardx wellx jest onx brothersx i can tell you both her suit is granted for her husbandxs landsx enter a nobleman noblemanx my gracious lordx henry your foe is taken and brought your prisoner to your palace gatex king edwardx see that he be conveyxd unto the towerx and go wex brothersx to the man that took him to question of his apprehensionx widowx go you alongx lordsx use her honourablyx exeunt all but gloucester gloucesterx ayx edward will use women honourablyx would he were wastedx marrowx bonesx and allx that from his loins no hopeful branch may spring to cross me from the golden time i look forx and yetx between my soulxs desire and mex the lustful edwardxs title buriedx is clarencex henryx and his son young edwardx and all the unlookxd for issue of their bodiesx to take their rooms ere i can place myselfx a cold premeditation for my purposex whyx then i do but dream on sovereigntyx like one that stands upon a promontory and spies a farxoff shore where he would treadx wishing his foot were equal with his eyex and chides the sea that sunders him from thencex saying hexll lade it dry to have his wayx so do i wish the crownx being so far offx and so i chide the means that keeps me from itx and so i say ixll cut the causes offx flattering me with impossibilitiesx my eyexs too quickx my heart oxerweens too muchx unless my hand and strength could equal themx wellx say there is no kingdom then for richardx what other pleasure can the world affordx ixll make my heaven in a ladyxs lapx and deck my body in gay ornamentsx and witch sweet ladies with my words and looksx o miserable thoughtx and more unlikely than to accomplish twenty golden crownsx whyx love forswore me in my motherxs wombx andx for i should not deal in her soft lawsx she did corrupt frail nature with some bribe to shrink mine arm up like a witherxd shrub to make an envious mountain on my backx where sits deformity to mock my bodyx to shape my legs of an unequal sizex to disproportion me in every partx like to a chaosx or an unlickxd bearxwhelp that carries no impression like the damx and am ix thenx a man to be belovxdx o monstrous fault to harbour such a thoughtx thenx since this earth affords no joy to me but to commandx to checkx to oxerbear such as are of better person than myselfx ixll make my heaven to dream upon the crownx and whiles i live tx account this world but hellx until my misshapxd trunk that bear this head be round impaled with a glorious crownx and yet i know not how to get the crownx for many lives stand between me and homex and ix like one lost in a thorny wood that rents the thorns and is rent with the thornsx seeking a way and straying from the way not knowing how to find the open airx but toiling desperately to find it outx torment myself to catch the english crownx and from that torment i will free myself or hew my way out with a bloody axex whyx i can smilex and murder whiles i smilex and cry xcontentxx to that which grieves my heartx and wet my cheeks with artificial tearsx and frame my face to all occasionsx ixll drown more sailors than the mermaid shallx ixll slay more gazers than the basiliskx ixll play the orator as well as nestorx deceive more slily than ulysses couldx andx like a sinonx take another troyx i can add colours to the chameleonx change shapes with protheus for advantagesx and set the murderous machiavel to schoolx can i do thisx and cannot get a crownx tutx were it farther offx ixll pluck it downx exit scene iiix francex the kingxs palace flourishx enter lewis the french kingx his sister bonax his admiral callxd bourbonx prince edwardx queen margaretx and the earl of oxfordx lewis sitsx and riseth up again lewisx fair queen of englandx worthy margaretx sit down with usx it ill befits thy state and birth that thou shouldst stand while lewis doth sitx queen margaretx nox mighty king of francex now margaret must strike her sail and learn a while to serve where kings commandx i wasx i must confessx great albionxs queen in former golden daysx but now mischance hath trod my title down and with dishonour laid me on the groundx where i must take like seat unto my fortunex and to my humble seat conform myselfx lewisx whyx sayx fair queenx whence springs this deep despairx queen margaretx from such a cause as fills mine eyes with tears and stops my tonguex while heart is drownxd in caresx lewisx whatexer it bex be thou still like thyselfx and sit thee by our sidex xseats her by himx yield not thy neck to fortunexs yokex but let thy dauntless mind still ride in triumph over all mischancex be plainx queen margaretx and tell thy griefx it shall be easxdx if france can yield reliefx queen margaretx those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts and give my tonguextied sorrows leave to speakx now therefore be it known to noble lewis that henryx sole possessor of my lovex isx of a kingx become a banishxd manx and forcxd to live in scotland a forlornx while proud ambitious edward duke of york usurps the regal title and the seat of englandxs truexanointed lawful kingx this is the cause that ix poor margaretx with this my sonx prince edwardx henryxs heirx am come to crave thy just and lawful aidx and if thou fail usx all our hope is donex scotland hath will to helpx but cannot helpx our people and our peers are both misledx our treasure seizxdx our soldiers put to flightx andx as thou seestx ourselves in heavy plightx lewisx renowned queenx with patience calm the stormx while we bethink a means to break it offx queen margaretx the more we stayx the stronger grows our foex lewisx the more i stayx the more ixll succour theex queen margaretx ox but impatience waiteth on true sorrowx and see where comes the breeder of my sorrowx enter warwick lewisx whatxs he approacheth boldly to our presencex queen margaretx our earl of warwickx edwardxs greatest friendx lewisx welcomex brave warwickx what brings thee to francex xhe descendsx she arisethx queen margaretx ayx now begins a second storm to risex for this is he that moves both wind and tidex warwickx from worthy edwardx king of albionx my lord and sovereignx and thy vowed friendx i comex in kindness and unfeigned lovex first to do greetings to thy royal personx and then to crave a league of amityx and lastly to confirm that amity with nuptial knotx if thou vouchsafe to grant that virtuous lady bonax thy fair sisterx to englandxs king in lawful marriagex queen margaretx xasidex if that go forwardx henryxs hope is donex warwickx xto bonax andx gracious madamx in our kingxs behalfx i am commandedx with your leave and favourx humbly to kiss your handx and with my tongue to tell the passion of my sovereignxs heartx where famex late entxring at his heedful earsx hath placxd thy beautyxs image and thy virtuex queen margaretx king lewis and lady bonax hear me speak before you answer warwickx his demand springs not from edwardxs wellxmeant honest lovex but from deceit bred by necessityx for how can tyrants safely govern home unless abroad they purchase great alliancex to prove him tyrant this reason may sufficex that henry liveth stillx but were he deadx yet here prince edward standsx king henryxs sonx look thereforex lewisx that by this league and marriage thou draw not on thy danger and dishonourx for though usurpers sway the rule a while yet heavxns are justx and time suppresseth wrongsx warwickx injurious margaretx prince of walesx and why not queenx warwickx because thy father henry did usurpx and thou no more art prince than she is queenx oxfordx then warwick disannuls great john of gauntx which did subdue the greatest part of spainx andx after john of gauntx henry the fourthx whose wisdom was a mirror to the wisestx andx after that wise princex henry the fifthx who by his prowess conquered all francex from these our henry lineally descendsx warwickx oxfordx how haps it in this smooth discourse you told not how henry the sixth hath lost all that which henry the fifth had gottenx methinks these peers of france should smile at thatx but for the restx you tell a pedigree of threescore and two yearsx a silly time to make prescription for a kingdomxs worthx oxfordx whyx warwickx canst thou speak against thy liegex whom thou obeyedxst thirty and six yearsx and not betray thy treason with a blushx warwickx can oxford that did ever fence the right now buckler falsehood with a pedigreex for shamex leave henryx and call edward kingx oxfordx call him my king by whose injurious doom my elder brotherx the lord aubrey verex was done to deathx and more than sox my fatherx even in the downfall of his mellowxd yearsx when nature brought him to the door of deathx nox warwickx nox while life upholds this armx this arm upholds the house of lancasterx warwickx and i the house of yorkx lewisx queen margaretx prince edwardx and oxfordx vouchsafe at our request to stand aside while i use further conference with warwickx xthey stand aloofx queen margaretx heavens grant that warwickxs words bewitch him notx lewisx nowx warwickx tell mex even upon thy consciencex is edward your true kingx for i were loath to link with him that were not lawful chosenx warwickx thereon i pawn my credit and mine honourx lewisx but is he gracious in the peoplexs eyex warwickx the more that henry was unfortunatex lewisx then furtherx all dissembling set asidex tell me for truth the measure of his love unto our sister bonax warwickx such it seems as may beseem a monarch like himselfx myself have often heard him say and swear that this his love was an eternal plant whereof the root was fixxd in virtuexs groundx the leaves and fruit maintainxd with beautyxs sunx exempt from envyx but not from disdainx unless the lady bona quit his painx lewisx nowx sisterx let us hear your firm resolvex bonax your grant or your denial shall be minex xto warwickx yet i confess that often ere this dayx when i have heard your kingxs desert recountedx mine ear hath tempted judgment to desirex lewisx thenx warwickx thusx our sister shall be edwardxsx and now forthwith shall articles be drawn touching the jointure that your king must makex which with her dowry shall be counterpoisxdx draw nearx queen margaretx and be a witness that bona shall be wife to the english kingx prince of walesx to edwardx but not to the english kingx queen margaretx deceitful warwickx it was thy device by this alliance to make void my suitx before thy comingx lewis was henryxs friendx lewisx and still is friend to him and margaretx but if your title to the crown be weakx as may appear by edwardxs good successx then xtis but reason that i be releasxd from giving aid which late i promisedx yet shall you have all kindness at my hand that your estate requires and mine can yieldx warwickx henry now lives in scotland at his casex where having nothingx nothing can he losex and as for you yourselfx our quondam queenx you have a father able to maintain youx and better xtwere you troubled him than francex queen margaretx peacex impudent and shameless warwickx proud setter up and puller down of kingsx i will not hence till with my talk and tearsx both full of truthx i make king lewis behold thy sly conveyance and thy lordxs false lovex for both of you are birds of selfxsame featherx xpost blowing a horn withinx lewisx warwickx this is some post to us or theex enter the post postx my lord ambassadorx these letters are for youx sent from your brotherx marquis montaguex these from our king unto your majestyx andx madamx these for youx from whom i know notx xthey all read their lettersx oxfordx i like it well that our fair queen and mistress smiles at her newsx while warwick frowns at hisx prince of walesx nayx mark how lewis stamps as he were nettledx i hope allxs for the bestx lewisx warwickx what are thy newsx and yoursx fair queenx queen margaretx mine such as fill my heart with unhopxd joysx warwickx minex full of sorrow and heartxs discontentx lewisx whatx has your king married the lady greyx and nowx to soothe your forgery and hisx sends me a paper to persuade me patiencex is this thx alliance that he seeks with francex dare he presume to scorn us in this mannerx queen margaretx i told your majesty as much beforex this proveth edwardxs love and warwickxs honestyx warwickx king lewisx i here protest in sight of heavenx and by the hope i have of heavenly blissx that i am clear from this misdeed of edwardxsx no more my kingx for he dishonours mex but most himselfx if he could see his shamex did i forget that by the house of york my father came untimely to his deathx did i let pass thx abuse done to my niecex did i impale him with the regal crownx did i put henry from his native rightx and am i guerdonxd at the last with shamex shame on himselfx for my desert is honourx and to repair my honour lost for him i here renounce him and return to henryx my noble queenx let former grudges passx and henceforth i am thy true servitorx i will revenge his wrong to lady bonax and replant henry in his former statex queen margaretx warwickx these words have turnxd my hate to lovex and i forgive and quite forget old faultsx and joy that thou becomxst king henryxs friendx warwickx so much his friendx ayx his unfeigned friendx that if king lewis vouchsafe to furnish us with some few bands of chosen soldiersx ixll undertake to land them on our coast and force the tyrant from his seat by warx xtis not his newxmade bride shall succour himx and as for clarencex as my letters tell mex hexs very likely now to fall from him for matching more for wanton lust than honour or than for strength and safety of our countryx bonax dear brotherx how shall bona be revengxd but by thy help to this distressed queenx queen margaretx renowned princex how shall poor henry live unless thou rescue him from foul despairx bonax my quarrel and this english queenxs are onex warwickx and minex fair lady bonax joins with yoursx lewisx and mine with hersx and thinex and margaretxsx thereforex at lastx i firmly am resolvxd you shall have aidx queen margaretx let me give humble thanks for all at oncex lewisx thenx englandxs messengerx return in post and tell false edwardx thy supposed kingx that lewis of france is sending over masquers to revel it with him and his new bridex thou seest whatxs pastx go fear thy king withalx bonax tell himx in hope hexll prove a widower shortlyx ixll wear the willowxgarland for his sakex queen margaretx tell him my mourning weeds are laid asidex and i am ready to put armour onx warwickx tell him from me that he hath done me wrongx and therefore ixll uncrown him erext be longx therexs thy rewardx be gonex exit post lewisx butx warwickx thou and oxfordx with five thousand menx shall cross the seas and bid false edward battlex andx as occasion servesx this noble queen and prince shall follow with a fresh supplyx yetx ere thou gox but answer me one doubtx what pledge have we of thy firm loyaltyx warwickx this shall assure my constant loyaltyx that if our queen and this young prince agreex ixll join mine eldest daughter and my joy to him forthwith in holy wedlock bandsx queen margaretx yesx i agreex and thank you for your motionx son edwardx she is fair and virtuousx therefore delay notx give thy hand to warwickx and with thy hand thy faith irrevocable that only warwickxs daughter shall be thinex prince of walesx yesx i accept herx for she well deserves itx and herex to pledge my vowx i give my handx xhe gives his hand to warwickx lewisx stay we nowx these soldiers shall be leviedx and thoux lord bourbonx our high admiralx shall waft them over with our royal fleetx i long till edward fall by warxs mischance for mocking marriage with a dame of francex exeunt all but warwick warwickx i came from edward as ambassadorx but i return his sworn and mortal foex matter of marriage was the charge he gave mex but dreadful war shall answer his demandx had he none else to make a stale but mex then none but i shall turn his jest to sorrowx i was the chief that raisxd him to the crownx and ixll be chief to bring him down againx not that i pity henryxs miseryx but seek revenge on edwardxs mockeryx exit act ivx scene ix londonx the palace enter gloucesterx clarencex somersetx and montague gloucesterx now tell mex brother clarencex what think you of this new marriage with the lady greyx hath not our brother made a worthy choicex clarencex alasx you know xtis far from hence to francex how could he stay till warwick made returnx somersetx my lordsx forbear this talkx here comes the kingx flourishx enter king edwardx attendedx lady greyx as queenx pembrokex staffordx hastingsx and othersx four stand on one sidex and four on the other gloucesterx and his wellxchosen bridex clarencex i mind to tell him plainly what i thinkx king edwardx nowx brother of clarencex how like you our choice that you stand pensive as half malcontentx clarencex as well as lewis of france or the earl of warwickx which are so weak of courage and in judgment that theyxll take no offence at our abusex king edwardx suppose they take offence without a causex they are but lewis and warwickx i am edwardx your king and warwickxs and must have my willx gloucesterx and shall have your willx because our kingx yet hasty marriage seldom proveth wellx king edwardx yeax brother richardx are you offended toox gloucesterx not ix nox god forbid that i should wish them severxd whom god hath joinxd togetherx ayx and xtwere pity to sunder them that yoke so well togetherx king edwardx setting your scorns and your mislike asidex tell me some reason why the lady grey should not become my wife and englandxs queenx and you toox somerset and montaguex speak freely what you thinkx clarencex then this is mine opinionx that king lewis becomes your enemy for mocking him about the marriage of the lady bonax gloucesterx and warwickx doing what you gave in chargex is now dishonoured by this new marriagex king edwardx what if both lewis and warwick be appeasxd by such invention as i can devisex montaguex yet to have joinxd with france in such alliance would more have strengthxned this our commonwealth xgainst foreign storms than any homexbred marriagex hastingsx whyx knows not montague that of itself england is safex if true within itselfx montaguex but the safer when xtis backxd with francex hastingsx xtis better using france than trusting francex let us be backxd with godx and with the seas which he hath givxn for fence impregnablex and with their helps only defend ourselvesx in them and in ourselves our safety liesx clarencex for this one speech lord hastings well deserves to have the heir of the lord hungerfordx king edwardx ayx what of thatx it was my will and grantx and for this once my will shall stand for lawx gloucesterx and yet methinks your grace hath not done well to give the heir and daughter of lord scales unto the brother of your loving bridex she better would have fitted me or clarencex but in your bride you bury brotherhoodx clarencex or else you would not have bestowxd the heir of the lord bonville on your new wifexs sonx and leave your brothers to go speed elsewherex king edwardx alasx poor clarencex is it for a wife that thou art malcontentx i will provide theex clarencex in choosing for yourself you showxd your judgmentx which being shallowx you shall give me leave to play the broker in mine own behalfx and to that end i shortly mind to leave youx king edwardx leave me or tarryx edward will be kingx and not be tied unto his brotherxs willx queen elizabethx my lordsx before it pleasxd his majesty to raise my state to title of a queenx do me but rightx and you must all confess that i was not ignoble of descentx and meaner than myself have had like fortunex but as this title honours me and minex so your dislikesx to whom i would be pleasingx doth cloud my joys with danger and with sorrowx king edwardx my lovex forbear to fawn upon their frownsx what danger or what sorrow can befall theex so long as edward is thy constant friend and their true sovereign whom they must obeyx nayx whom they shall obeyx and love thee toox unless they seek for hatred at my handsx which if they dox yet will i keep thee safex and they shall feel the vengeance of my wrathx gloucesterx xasidex i hearx yet say not muchx but think the morex enter a post king edwardx nowx messengerx what letters or what news from francex messengerx my sovereign liegex no lettersx and few wordsx but such as ix without your special pardonx dare not relatex king edwardx go tox we pardon theex thereforex in briefx tell me their words as near as thou canst guess themx what answer makes king lewis unto our lettersx messengerx at my departx these were his very wordsx xgo tell false edwardx the supposed kingx that lewis of france is sending over masquers to revel it with him and his new bridexx king edwardx is lewis so bravex belike he thinks me henryx but what said lady bona to my marriagex messengerx these were her wordsx uttxred with mild disdainx xtell himx in hope hexll prove a widower shortlyx ixll wear the willowxgarland for his sakexx king edwardx i blame not herx she could say little lessx she had the wrongx but what said henryxs queenx for i have heard that she was there in placex messengerx xtell himx quoth she xmy mourning weeds are donex and i am ready to put armour onxx king edwardx belike she minds to play the amazonx but what said warwick to these injuriesx messengerx hex more incensxd against your majesty than all the restx dischargxd me with these wordsx xtell him from me that he hath done me wrongx and therefore ixll uncrown him erext be longxx king edwardx hax durst the traitor breathe out so proud wordsx wellx i will arm mex being thus forewarnxdx they shall have wars and pay for their presumptionx but sayx is warwick friends with margaretx messengerx ayx gracious sovereignx they are so linkxd in friendship that young prince edward marries warwickxs daughterx clarencex belike the elderx clarence will have the youngerx nowx brother kingx farewellx and sit you fastx for i will hence to warwickxs other daughterx thatx though i want a kingdomx yet in marriage i may not prove inferior to yourselfx you that love me and warwickx follow mex exitx and somerset follows gloucesterx xasidex not ix my thoughts aim at a further matterx i stay not for the love of edward but the crownx king edwardx clarence and somerset both gone to warwickx yet am i armxd against the worst can happenx and haste is needful in this despxrate casex pembroke and staffordx you in our behalf go levy men and make prepare for warx they are alreadyx or quickly will be landedx myself in person will straight follow youx exeunt pembroke and stafford but ere i gox hastings and montaguex resolve my doubtx you twainx of all the restx are near to warwick by blood and by alliancex tell me if you love warwick more than mex if it be sox then both depart to himx i rather wish you foes than hollow friendsx but if you mind to hold your true obediencex give me assurance with some friendly vowx that i may never have you in suspectx montaguex so god help montague as he proves truex hastingsx and hastings as he favours edwardxs causex king edwardx nowx brother richardx will you stand by usx gloucesterx ayx in despite of all that shall withstand youx king edwardx whyx sox then am i sure of victoryx now therefore let us hencex and lose no hour till we meet warwick with his foreign powxrx exeunt scene iix a plain in warwickshire enter warwick and oxfordx with french soldiers warwickx trust mex my lordx all hitherto goes wellx the common people by numbers swarm to usx enter clarence and somerset but see where somerset and clarence comesx speak suddenlyx my lordsx are we all friendsx clarencex fear not thatx my lordx warwickx thenx gentle clarencex welcome unto warwickx and welcomex somersetx i hold it cowardice to rest mistrustful where a noble heart hath pawnxd an open hand in sign of lovex else might i think that clarencex edwardxs brotherx were but a feigned friend to our proceedingsx but welcomex sweet clarencex my daughter shall be thinex and now what rests butx in nightxs coverturex thy brother being carelessly encampxdx his soldiers lurking in the towns aboutx and but attended by a simple guardx we may surprise and take him at our pleasurex our scouts have found the adventure very easyx that as ulysses and stout diomede with sleight and manhood stole to rhesusx tentsx and brought from thence the thracian fatal steedsx so wex well coverxd with the nightxs black mantlex at unawares may beat down edwardxs guard and seize himselfx i say not xslaughter himxx for i intend but only to surprise himx you that will follow me to this attemptx applaud the name of henry with your leaderx xthey all cry xhenryxxx why thenx letxs on our way in silent sortx for warwick and his friendsx god and saint georgex exeunt scene iiix edwardxs campx near warwick enter three watchmenx to guard the kingxs tent first watchmanx come onx my mastersx each man take his standx the king by this is set him down to sleepx second watchmanx whatx will he not to bedx first watchmanx whyx nox for he hath made a solemn vow never to lie and take his natural rest till warwick or himself be quite suppressxdx second watchmanx toxmorrow thenx belikex shall be the dayx if warwick be so near as men reportx third watchmanx but sayx i prayx what nobleman is that that with the king here resteth in his tentx first watchmanx xtis the lord hastingsx the kingxs chiefest friendx third watchmanx ox is it sox but why commands the king that his chief followers lodge in towns about himx while he himself keeps in the cold fieldx second watchmanx xtis the more honourx because more dangerousx third watchmanx ayx but give me worship and quietnessx i like it better than dangerous honourx if warwick knew in what estate he standsx xtis to be doubted he would waken himx first watchmanx unless our halberds did shut up his passagex second watchmanx ayx wherefore else guard we his royal tent but to defend his person from nightxfoesx enter warwickx clarencex oxfordx somersetx and french soldiersx silent all warwickx this is his tentx and see where stand his guardx couragex my mastersx honour now or neverx but follow mex and edward shall be oursx first watchmanx who goes therex second watchmanx stayx or thou diestx warwick and the rest cry all xwarwickx warwickxx and set upon the guardx who flyx crying xarmx armxx warwick and the rest following them the drum playing and trumpet soundingx rexenter warwick and the restx bringing the king out in his gownx sitting in a chairx gloucester and hastings fly over the stage somersetx what are they that fly therex warwickx richard and hastingsx let them gox here is the dukex king edwardx the dukex whyx warwickx when we partedx thou callxdst me kingx warwickx ayx but the case is alterxdx when you disgracxd me in my embassadex then i degraded you from being kingx and come now to create you duke of yorkx alasx how should you govern any kingdom that know not how to use ambassadorsx nor how to be contented with one wifex nor how to use your brothers brotherlyx nor how to study for the peoplexs welfarex nor how to shroud yourself from enemiesx king edwardx yeax brother of clarencex art thou here toox nayx then i see that edward needs must downx yetx warwickx in despite of all mischancex of thee thyself and all thy complicesx edward will always bear himself as kingx though fortunexs malice overthrow my statex my mind exceeds the compass of her wheelx warwickx thenx for his mindx be edward englandxs kingx xtakes off his crownx but henry now shall wear the english crown and be true king indeedx thou but the shadowx my lord of somersetx at my requestx see that forthwith duke edward be conveyxd unto my brotherx archbishop of yorkx when i have fought with pembroke and his fellowsx ixll follow you and tell what answer lewis and the lady bona send to himx now for a while farewellx good duke of yorkx king edwardx what fates imposex that men must needs abidex it boots not to resist both wind and tidex xthey lead him out forciblyx oxfordx what now remainsx my lordsx for us to do but march to london with our soldiersx warwickx ayx thatxs the first thing that we have to dox to free king henry from imprisonmentx and see him seated in the regal thronex exeunt scene ivx londonx the palace enter queen elizabeth and rivers riversx madamx what makes you in this sudden changex queen elizabethx whyx brother riversx are you yet to learn what late misfortune is befallxn king edwardx riversx whatx loss of some pitchxd battle against warwickx queen elizabethx nox but the loss of his own royal personx riversx then is my sovereign slainx queen elizabethx ayx almost slainx for he is taken prisonerx either betrayxd by falsehood of his guard or by his foe surprisxd at unawaresx andx as i further have to understandx is new committed to the bishop of yorkx fell warwickxs brotherx and by that our foex riversx these newsx i must confessx are full of griefx yetx gracious madamx bear it as you mayx warwick may lose that now hath won the dayx queen elizabethx till thenx fair hope must hinder lifexs decayx and i the rather wean me from despair for love of edwardxs offspring in my wombx this is it that makes me bridle passion and bear with mildness my misfortunexs crossx ayx ayx for this i draw in many a tear and stop the rising of bloodxsucking sighsx lest with my sighs or tears i blast or drown king edwardxs fruitx true heir to thx english crownx riversx butx madamx where is warwick then becomex queen elizabethx i am informxd that he comes towards london to set the crown once more on henryxs headx guess thou the restx king edwardxs friends must downx but to prevent the tyrantxs violencex for trust not him that hath once broken faithx ixll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary to save at least the heir of edwardxs rightx there shall i rest secure from force and fraudx comex thereforex let us fly while we may flyx if warwick take usx we are sure to diex exeunt scene vx a park near middleham castle in yorkshire enter gloucesterx lord hastingsx sir william stanleyx and others gloucesterx nowx my lord hastings and sir william stanleyx leave off to wonder why i drew you hither into this chiefest thicket of the parkx thus stands the casex you know our kingx my brotherx is prisoner to the bishop herex at whose hands he hath good usage and great libertyx and often but attended with weak guard comes hunting this way to disport himselfx i have advertisxd him by secret means that if about this hour he make this wayx under the colour of his usual gamex he shall here find his friendsx with horse and menx to set him free from his captivityx enter king edward and a huntsman with him huntsmanx this wayx my lordx for this way lies the gamex king edwardx nayx this wayx manx see where the huntsmen standx nowx brother of gloucesterx lord hastingsx and the restx stand you thus close to steal the bishopxs deerx gloucesterx brotherx the time and case requireth hastex your horse stands ready at the park cornerx king edwardx but whither shall we thenx hastingsx to lynnx my lordx and shipt from thence to flandersx gloucesterx well guessxdx believe mex for that was my meaningx king edwardx stanleyx i will requite thy forwardnessx gloucesterx but wherefore stay wex xtis no time to talkx king edwardx huntsmanx what sayxst thoux wilt thou go alongx huntsmanx better do so than tarry and be hangxdx gloucesterx come thenx awayx letxs hax no more adox king edwardx bishopx farewellx shield thee from warwickxs frownx and pray that i may repossess the crownx exeunt scene vix londonx the tower flourishx enter king henryx clarencex warwickx somersetx young henryx earl of richmondx oxfordx montaguex lieutenant of the towerx and attendants king henryx master lieutenantx now that god and friends have shaken edward from the regal seat and turnxd my captive state to libertyx my fear to hopex my sorrows unto joysx at our enlargement what are thy due feesx lieutenantx subjects may challenge nothing of their sovxreignsx but if an humble prayer may prevailx i then crave pardon of your majestyx king henryx for whatx lieutenantx for well using mex nayx be thou sure ixll well requite thy kindnessx for that it made my imprisonment a pleasurex ayx such a pleasure as incaged birds conceive whenx after many moody thoughtsx at last by notes of household harmony they quite forget their loss of libertyx butx warwickx after godx thou setxst me freex and chiefly therefore i thank god and theex he was the authorx thou the instrumentx thereforex that i may conquer fortunexs spite by living low where fortune cannot hurt mex and that the people of this blessed land may not be punishxd with my thwarting starsx warwickx although my head still wear the crownx i here resign my government to theex for thou art fortunate in all thy deedsx warwickx your grace hath still been famxd for virtuousx and now may seem as wise as virtuous by spying and avoiding fortunexs malicex for few men rightly temper with the starsx yet in this one thing let me blame your gracex for choosing me when clarence is in placex clarencex nox warwickx thou art worthy of the swayx to whom the heavxns in thy nativity adjudgxd an olive branch and laurel crownx as likely to be blest in peace and warx and therefore i yield thee my free consentx warwickx and i choose clarence only for protectorx king henryx warwick and clarencex give me both your handsx now join your handsx and with your hands your heartsx that no dissension hinder governmentx i make you both protectors of this landx while i myself will lead a private life and in devotion spend my latter daysx to sinxs rebuke and my creatorxs praisex warwickx what answers clarence to his sovereignxs willx clarencex that he consentsx if warwick yield consentx for on thy fortune i repose myselfx warwickx whyx thenx though loathx yet must i be contentx wexll yoke togetherx like a double shadow to henryxs bodyx and supply his placex i meanx in bearing weight of governmentx while he enjoys the honour and his easex andx clarencex now then it is more than needful forthwith that edward be pronouncxd a traitorx and all his lands and goods confiscatedx clarencex what elsex and that succession be determinxdx warwickx ayx therein clarence shall not want his partx king henryx butx with the first of all your chief affairsx let me entreatx for i command no morex that margaret your queen and my son edward be sent for to return from france with speedx for till i see them herex by doubtful fear my joy of liberty is half eclipsxdx clarencex it shall be donex my sovereignx with all speedx king henryx my lord of somersetx what youth is thatx of whom you seem to have so tender carex somersetx my liegex it is young henryx earl of richmondx king henryx come hitherx englandxs hopex xlays his hand on his headx if secret powers suggest but truth to my divining thoughtsx this pretty lad will prove our countryxs blissx his looks are full of peaceful majestyx his head by nature framxd to wear a crownx his hand to wield a sceptrex and himself likely in time to bless a regal thronex make much of himx my lordsx for this is he must help you more than you are hurt by mex enter a post warwickx what newsx my friendx postx that edward is escaped from your brother and fledx as he hears sincex to burgundyx warwickx unsavoury newsx but how made he escapex postx he was conveyxd by richard duke of gloucester and the lord hastingsx who attended him in secret ambush on the forest side and from the bishopxs huntsmen rescuxd himx for hunting was his daily exercisex warwickx my brother was too careless of his chargex but let us hencex my sovereignx to provide a salve for any sore that may betidex exeunt all but somersetx richmondx and oxford somersetx my lordx i like not of this flight of edwardxsx for doubtless burgundy will yield him helpx and we shall have more wars beforxt be longx as henryxs late presaging prophecy did glad my heart with hope of this young richmondx so doth my heart misgive mex in these conflictsx what may befall him to his harm and oursx thereforex lord oxfordx to prevent the worstx forthwith wexll send him hence to brittanyx till storms be past of civil enmityx oxfordx ayx for if edward repossess the crownx xtis like that richmond with the rest shall downx somersetx it shall be sox he shall to brittanyx come thereforex letxs about it speedilyx exeunt scene viix before york flourishx enter king edwardx gloucesterx hastingsx and soldiers king edwardx nowx brother richardx lord hastingsx and the restx yet thus far fortune maketh us amendsx and says that once more i shall interchange my waned state for henryxs regal crownx well have we passxd and now repassxd the seasx and brought desired help from burgundyx what then remainsx we being thus arrivxd from ravenspurgh haven before the gates of yorkx but that we enterx as into our dukedomx gloucesterx the gates made fastx brotherx i like not thisx for many men that stumble at the threshold are well foretold that danger lurks withinx king edwardx tushx manx abodements must not now affright usx by fair or foul means we must enter inx for hither will our friends repair to usx hastingsx my liegex ixll knock once more to summon themx enterx on the wallsx the mayor of york and his brethren mayorx my lordsx we were forewarned of your coming and shut the gates for safety of ourselvesx for now we owe allegiance unto henryx king edwardx butx master mayorx if henry be your kingx yet edward at the least is duke of yorkx mayorx truex my good lordx i know you for no lessx king edwardx whyx and i challenge nothing but my dukedomx as being well content with that alonex gloucesterx xasidex but when the fox hath once got in his nosex hexll soon find means to make the body followx hastingsx whyx master mayorx why stand you in a doubtx open the gatesx we are king henryxs friendsx mayorx ayx say you sox the gates shall then be openxdx xhe descendsx gloucesterx a wise stout captainx and soon persuadedx hastingsx the good old man would fain that all were wellx so xtwere not long of himx but being entxredx i doubt notx ix but we shall soon persuade both him and all his brothers unto reasonx enterx belowx the mayor and two aldermen king edwardx sox master mayorx these gates must not be shut but in the night or in the time of warx whatx fear notx manx but yield me up the keysx xtakes his keysx for edward will defend the town and theex and all those friends that deign to follow mex marchx enter montgomery with drum and soldiers gloucesterx brotherx this is sir john montgomeryx our trusty friendx unless i be deceivxdx king edwardx welcomex sir johnx but why come you in armsx montgomeryx to help king edward in his time of stormx as every loyal subject ought to dox king edwardx thanksx good montgomeryx but we now forget our title to the crownx and only claim our dukedom till god please to send the restx montgomeryx then fare you wellx for i will hence againx i came to serve a king and not a dukex drummerx strike upx and let us march awayx xthe drum begins to marchx king edwardx nayx stayx sir johnx a whilex and wexll debate by what safe means the crown may be recoverxdx montgomeryx what talk you of debatingx in few wordsx if youxll not here proclaim yourself our kingx ixll leave you to your fortune and be gone to keep them back that come to succour youx why shall we fightx if you pretend no titlex gloucesterx whyx brotherx wherefore stand you on nice pointsx king edwardx when we grow strongerx then wexll make our claimx till then xtis wisdom to conceal our meaningx hastingsx away with scrupulous witx now arms must rulex gloucesterx and fearless minds climb soonest unto crownsx brotherx we will proclaim you out of handx the bruit thereof will bring you many friendsx king edwardx then be it as you willx for xtis my rightx and henry but usurps the diademx montgomeryx ayx now my sovereign speaketh like himselfx and now will i be edwardxs championx hastingsx sound trumpetx edward shall be here proclaimxdx comex fellow soldierx make thou proclamationx xgives him a paperx flourishx soldierx xreadsx xedward the fourthx by the grace of godx king of england and francex and lord of irelandx xcxx montgomeryx and whosoxer gainsays king edwardxs rightx by this i challenge him to single fightx xthrows down gauntletx allx long live edward the fourthx king edwardx thanksx brave montgomeryx and thanks unto you allx if fortune serve mex ixll requite this kindnessx now for this night letxs harbour here in yorkx and when the morning sun shall raise his car above the border of this horizonx wexll forward towards warwick and his matesx for well i wot that henry is no soldierx ahx froward clarencex how evil it beseems the to flatter henry and forsake thy brotherx yetx as we mayx wexll meet both thee and warwickx come onx brave soldiersx doubt not of the dayx andx that once gottenx doubt not of large payx exeunt scene viiix londonx the palace flourishx enter king henryx warwickx montaguex clarencex oxfordx and exeter warwickx what counselx lordsx edward from belgiax with hasty germans and blunt hollandersx hath passxd in safety through the narrow seas and with his troops doth march amain to londonx and many giddy people flock to himx king henryx letxs levy men and beat him back againx clarencex a little fire is quickly trodden outx whichx being sufferxdx rivers cannot quenchx warwickx in warwickshire i have truexhearted friendsx not mutinous in peacex yet bold in warx those will i muster upx and thoux son clarencex shalt stir up in suffolkx norfolkx and in kentx the knights and gentlemen to come with theex thoux brother montaguex in buckinghamx northamptonx and in leicestershirex shalt find men well inclinxd to hear what thou commandxstx and thoux brave oxfordx wondrous well belovxdx in oxfordshire shalt muster up thy friendsx my sovereignx with the loving citizensx like to his island girt in with the ocean or modest dian circled with her nymphsx shall rest in london till we come to himx fair lordsx take leave and stand not to replyx farewellx my sovereignx king henryx farewellx my hector and my troyxs true hopex clarencex in sign of truthx i kiss your highnessx handx king henryx wellxminded clarencex be thou fortunatex montaguex comfortx my lordx and so i take my leavex oxfordx xkissing the kingxs bandx and thus i seal my truth and bid adieux king henryx sweet oxfordx and my loving montaguex and all at oncex once more a happy farewellx warwickx farewellx sweet lordsx letxs meet at coventryx exeunt all but the king and exeter king henryx here at the palace will i rest a whilex cousin of exeterx what thinks your lordshipx methinks the power that edward hath in field should not be able to encounter minex exeterx the doubt is that he will seduce the restx king henryx thatxs not my fearx my meed hath got me famex i have not stoppxd mine ears to their demandsx nor posted off their suits with slow delaysx my pity hath been balm to heal their woundsx my mildness hath allayxd their swelling griefsx my mercy dried their waterxflowing tearsx i have not been desirous of their wealthx nor much oppressxd them with great subsidiesx nor forward of revengex though they much errxdx then why should they love edward more than mex nox exeterx these graces challenge gracex andx when the lion fawns upon the lambx the lamb will never cease to follow himx xshout within xa lancasterx a lancasterxxx exeterx harkx harkx my lordx what shouts are thesex enter king edwardx gloucesterx and soldiers king edwardx seize on the shamexfacxd henryx bear him hencex and once again proclaim us king of englandx you are the fount that makes small brooks to flowx now stops thy springx my sea shall suck them dryx and swell so much the higher by their ebbx hence with him to the towerx let him not speakx exeunt some with king henry andx lordsx towards coventry bend we our coursex where peremptory warwick now remainsx the sun shines hotx andx if we use delayx cold biting winter mars our hopxdxfor hayx gloucesterx away betimesx before his forces joinx and take the greatxgrown traitor unawaresx brave warriorsx march amain towards coventryx exeunt act vx scene ix coventry enter warwickx the mayor of coventryx two messengersx and others upon the walls warwickx where is the post that came from valiant oxfordx how far hence is thy lordx mine honest fellowx first messengerx by this at dunsmorex marching hitherwardx warwickx how far off is our brother montaguex where is the post that came from montaguex second messengerx by this at daintryx with a puissant troopx enter sir john somerville warwickx sayx somervillex what says my loving sonx and by thy guess how nigh is clarence nowx somervillex at southam i did leave him with his forcesx and do expect him here some two hours hencex xdrum heardx warwickx then clarence is at handx i hear his drumx somervillex it is not hisx my lordx here southam liesx the drum your honour hears marcheth from warwickx warwickx who should that bex belike unlookxd for friendsx somervillex they are at handx and you shall quickly knowx marchx flourishx enter king edwardx gloucesterx and soldiers king edwardx gox trumpetx to the wallsx and sound a parlex gloucesterx see how the surly warwick mans the wallx warwickx o unbid spitex is sportful edward comex where slept our scouts or how are they seducxd that we could hear no news of his repairx king edwardx nowx warwickx wilt thou ope the city gatesx speak gentle wordsx and humbly bend thy kneex call edward kingx and at his hands beg mercyx and he shall pardon thee these outragesx warwickx nayx ratherx wilt thou draw thy forces hencex confess who set thee up and pluckxd thee downx call warwick patronx and be penitentx and thou shalt still remain the duke of yorkx gloucesterx i thoughtx at leastx he would have said the kingx or did he make the jest against his willx warwickx is not a dukedomx sirx a goodly giftx gloucesterx ayx by my faithx for a poor earl to givex ixll do thee service for so good a giftx warwickx xtwas i that gave the kingdom to thy brotherx king edwardx why then xtis minex if but by warwickxs giftx warwickx thou art no atlas for so great a weightx andx weaklingx warwick takes his gift againx and henry is my kingx warwick his subjectx king edwardx but warwickxs king is edwardxs prisonerx andx gallant warwickx do but answer thisx what is the body when the head is offx gloucesterx alasx that warwick had no more forecastx butx whiles he thought to steal the single tenx the king was slily fingerxd from the deckx you left poor henry at the bishopxs palacex and ten to one youxll meet him in the towerx king edwardx xtis even sox yet you are warwick stillx gloucesterx comex warwickx take the timex kneel downx kneel downx nayx whenx strike nowx or else the iron coolsx warwickx i had rather chop this hand off at a blowx and with the other fling it at thy facex than bear so low a sail to strike to theex king edwardx sail how thou canstx have wind and tide thy friendx this handx fast wound about thy coalxblack hairx shallx whiles thy head is warm and new cut offx write in the dust this sentence with thy bloodx xwindxchanging warwick now can change no morexx enter oxfordx with drum and colours warwickx o cheerful coloursx see where oxford comesx oxfordx oxfordx oxfordx for lancasterx xhe and his forces enter the cityx gloucesterx the gates are openx let us enter toox king edwardx so other foes may set upon our backsx stand we in good arrayx for they no doubt will issue out again and bid us battlex if notx the city being but of small defencex wexll quietly rouse the traitors in the samex warwickx ox welcomex oxfordx for we want thy helpx enter montaguex with drum and colours montaguex montaguex montaguex for lancasterx xhe and his forces enter the cityx gloucesterx thou and thy brother both shall buy this treason even with the dearest blood your bodies bearx king edwardx the harder matchxdx the greater victoryx my mind presageth happy gain and conquestx enter somersetx with drum and colours somersetx somersetx somersetx for lancasterx xhe and his forces enter the cityx gloucesterx two of thy namex both dukes of somersetx have sold their lives unto the house of yorkx and thou shalt be the thirdx if this sword holdx enter clarencex with drum and colours warwickx and lo where george of clarence sweeps alongx of force enough to bid his brother battlex with whom an upright zeal to right prevails more than the nature of a brotherxs lovex clarencex clarencex clarencex for lancasterx king edwardx et tu brutex wilt thou stab caesar toox a parleyx sirrahx to george of clarencex xsound a parleyx richard and clarence whisperx warwickx comex clarencex comex thou wilt if warwick callx clarencex xtaking the red rose from his hat and throwing it at warwickx father of warwickx know you what this meansx look herex i throw my infamy at theex i will not ruinate my fatherxs housex who gave his blood to lime the stones togetherx and set up lancasterx whyx trowest thoux warwickx that clarence is so harshx so bluntx unnaturalx to bend the fatal instruments of war against his brother and his lawful kingx perhaps thou wilt object my holy oathx to keep that oath were more impiety than jephtha when he sacrificxd his daughterx i am so sorry for my trespass made thatx to deserve well at my brotherxs handsx i here proclaim myself thy mortal foex with resolution wheresoxer i meet theex as i will meet theex if thou stir abroadx to plague thee for thy foul misleading mex and sox proudxhearted warwickx i defy theex and to my brother turn my blushing cheeksx pardon mex edwardx i will make amendsx andx richardx do not frown upon my faultsx for i will henceforth be no more unconstantx king edwardx now welcome morex and ten times more belovxdx than if thou never hadst deservxd our hatex gloucesterx welcomex good clarencex this is brotherxlikex warwickx o passing traitorx perjurxd and unjustx king edwardx whatx warwickx wilt thou leave die town and fightx or shall we beat the stones about thine earsx warwickx alasx i am not coopxd here for defencex i will away towards barnet presently and bid thee battlex edwardx if thou darxstx king edwardx yesx warwickx edward dares and leads the wayx lordsx to the fieldx saint george and victoryx exeunt yorkists xmarchx warwick and his company followx scene iix a field of battle near barnet alarum and excursionsx enter king edwardx bringing forth warwickx wounded king edwardx sox lie thou therex die thoux and die our fearx for warwick was a bug that fearxd us allx nowx montaguex sit fastx i seek for theex that warwickxs bones may keep thine companyx exit warwickx ahx who is nighx come to mex friend or foex and tell me who is victorx york or warwickx why ask i thatx my mangled body showsx my bloodx my want of strengthx my sick heart showsx that i must yield my body to the earth andx by my fallx the conquest to my foex thus yields the cedar to the axexs edgex whose arms gave shelter to the princely eaglex under whose shade the ramping lion sleptx whose topxbranch overpeerxd jovexs spreading tree and kept low shrubs from winterxs powxrful windx these eyesx that now are dimmxd with deathxs black veilx have been as piercing as the midxday sun to search the secret treasons of the worldx the wrinkles in my browsx now fillxd with bloodx were likxned oft to kingly sepulchresx for who livxd kingx but i could dig his gravex and who durst smile when warwick bent his browx lo now my glory smearxd in dust and bloodx my parksx my walksx my manorsx that i hadx even now forsake mex and of all my lands is nothing left me but my bodyxs lengthx what is pompx rulex reignx but earth and dustx and live we how we canx yet die we mustx enter oxford and somerset somersetx ahx warwickx warwickx wert thou as we arex we might recover all our loss againx the queen from france hath brought a puissant powerx even now we heard the newsx ahx couldst thou flyx warwickx why thenx i would not flyx ahx montaguex if thou be therex sweet brotherx take my handx and with thy lips keep in my soul a whilex thou lovxst me notx forx brotherx if thou didstx thy tears would wash this cold congealed blood that glues my lips and will not let me speakx come quicklyx montaguex or i am deadx somersetx ahx warwickx montague hath breathxd his lastx and to the latest gasp cried out for warwickx and said xcommend me to my valiant brotherxx and more he would have saidx and more he spokex which sounded like a clamour in a vaultx that mought not be distinguishxdx but at lastx i well might hearx delivered with a groanx xo farewellx warwickxx warwickx sweet rest his soulx flyx lordsx and save yourselvesx for warwick bids you all farewellx to meet in heavenx xdiesx oxfordx awayx awayx to meet the queenxs great powerx xhere they bear away his bodyx scene iiix another part of the field flourishx enter king in triumphx with gloucesterx clarencex and the rest king edwardx thus far our fortune keeps an upward coursex and we are gracxd with wreaths of victoryx but in the midst of this brightxshining day i spy a blackx suspiciousx threatxning cloud that will encounter with our glorious sun ere he attain his easeful western bedx i meanx my lordsx those powers that the queen hath raisxd in gallia have arrivxd our coast andx as we hearx march on to fight with usx clarencex a little gale will soon disperse that cloud and blow it to the source from whence it camex thy very beams will dry those vapours upx for every cloud engenders not a stormx gloucesterx the queen is valued thirty thousand strongx and somersetx with oxfordx fled to herx if she have time to breathex be well assurxd her faction will be full as strong as oursx king edwardx are advertisxd by our loving friends that they do hold their course toward tewksburyx wex having now the best at barnet fieldx will thither straightx for willingness rids wayx and as we march our strength will be augmented in every county as we go alongx strike up the drumx cry xcouragexx and awayx exeunt scene ivx plains wear tewksbury flourishx marchx enter queen margaretx prince edwardx somersetx oxfordx and soldiers queen margaretx great lordsx wise men nexer sit and wail their lossx but cheerly seek how to redress their harmsx what though the mast be now blown overboardx the cable brokex the holdingxanchor lostx and half our sailors swallowxd in the floodx yet lives our pilot stillx isxt meet that he should leave the helm andx like a fearful ladx with tearful eyes add water to the sea and give more strength to that which hath too muchx whilesx in his moanx the ship splits on the rockx which industry and courage might have savxdx ahx what a shamex ahx what a fault were thisx say warwick was our anchorx what of thatx and montague our topxmastx what of himx our slaughtxred friends the tacklesx what of thesex whyx is not oxford here another anchorx and somerset another goodly mastx the friends of france our shrouds and tacklingsx andx though unskilfulx why not ned and i for once allowxd the skilful pilotxs chargex we will not from the helm to sit and weepx but keep our coursex though the rough wind say nox from shelves and rocks that threaten us with wreckx as good to chide the waves as speak them fairx and what is edward but a ruthless seax what clarence but a quicksand of deceitx and richard but a ragged fatal rockx all these the enemies to our poor barkx say you can swimx alasx xtis but a whilex tread on the sandx whyx there you quickly sinkx bestride the rockx the tide will wash you offx or else you famishx thatxs a threefold deathx this speak ix lordsx to let you understandx if case some one of you would fly from usx that therexs no hopxdxfor mercy with the brothers more than with ruthless wavesx with sandsx and rocksx whyx courage thenx what cannot be avoided xtwere childish weakness to lament or fearx prince of walesx methinks a woman of this valiant spirit shouldx if a coward hear her speak these wordsx infuse his breast with magnanimity and make him naked foil a manxatxarmsx i speak not this as doubting any herex for did i but suspect a fearful manx he should have leave to go away betimesx lest in our need he might infect another and make him of the like spirit to himselfx if any such be herex as god forbidxx let him depart before we need his helpx oxfordx women and children of so high a couragex and warriors faintx whyx xtwere perpetual shamex o brave young princex thy famous grandfather doth live again in theex long mayst thou eve to bear his image and renew his gloriesx somersetx and he that will not fight for such a hopex go home to bed andx like the owl by dayx if he arisex be mockxd and wondxred atx queen margaretx thanksx gentle somersetx sweet oxfordx thanksx prince of walesx and take his thanks that yet hath nothing elsex enter a messenger messengerx prepare youx lordsx for edward is at hand ready to fightx therefore be resolutex oxfordx i thought no lessx it is his policy to haste thus fastx to find us unprovidedx somersetx but hexs deceivxdx we are in readinessx queen margaretx this cheers my heartx to see your forwardnessx oxfordx here pitch our battlex hence we will not budgex flourish and marchx enterx at a distancex king edwardx gloucesterx clarencex and soldiers king edwardx brave followersx yonder stands the thorny wood whichx by the heavensx assistance and your strengthx must by the roots be hewn up yet ere nightx i need not add more fuel to your firex for well i wot ye blaze to burn them outx give signal to the fightx and to itx lordsx queen margaretx lordsx knightsx and gentlemenx what i should say my tears gainsayx for every word i speakx ye seex i drink the water of my eyex thereforex no more but thisx henryx your sovereignx is prisoner to the foex his state usurpxdx his realm a slaughterxhousex his subjects slainx his statutes cancellxdx and his treasure spentx and yonder is the wolf that makes this spoilx you fight in justicex thenx in godxs namex lordsx be valiantx and give signal to the fightx alarumx retreatx excursionsx exeunt scene vx another part of the field flourishx enter king edwardx gloucesterx clarencex and forcesx with queen margaretx oxfordx and somersetx prisoners king edwardx now here a period of tumultuous broilsx away with oxford to hames castle straightx for somersetx off with his guilty headx gox bear them hencex i will not hear them speakx oxfordx for my partx ixll not trouble thee with wordsx somersetx nor ix but stoop with patience to my fortunex exeunt oxford and somersetx guarded queen margaretx so part we sadly in this troublous worldx to meet with joy in sweet jerusalemx king edwardx is proclamation made that who finds edward shall have a high rewardx and he his lifex gloucesterx it isx and lo where youthful edward comesx enter soldiersx with prince edward king edwardx bring forth the gallantx let us hear him speakx whatx can so young a man begin to prickx edwardx what satisfaction canst thou make for bearing armsx for stirring up my subjectsx and all the trouble thou hast turnxd me tox prince of walesx speak like a subjectx proud ambitious yorkx suppose that i am now my fatherxs mouthx resign thy chairx and where i stand kneel thoux whilst i propose the selfxsame words to the whichx traitorx thou wouldst have me answer tox queen margaretx ahx that thy father had been so resolvxdx gloucesterx that you might still have worn the petticoat and nexer have stolxn the breech from lancasterx prince of walesx let aesop fable in a winterxs nightx his currish riddle sorts not with this placex gloucesterx by heavenx bratx ixll plague ye for that wordx queen margaretx ayx thou wast born to be a plague to menx gloucesterx for godxs sakex take away this captive scoldx prince of walesx nayx take away this scolding crookback ratherx king edwardx peacex wilful boyx or i will charm your tonguex clarencex untutorxd ladx thou art too malapertx prince of walesx i know my dutyx you are all undutifulx lascivious edwardx and thou perjurxd georgex and thou misshapen dickx i tell ye all i am your betterx traitors as ye arex and thou usurpxst my fatherxs right and minex king edwardx take thatx the likeness of this railer herex xstabs himx gloucesterx sprawlxst thoux take thatx to end thy agonyx xstabs himx clarencex and therexs for twitting me with perjuryx xstabs himx queen margaretx ox kill me toox gloucesterx marryx and shallx xoffers to kill herx king edwardx holdx richardx holdx for we have done to muchx gloucesterx why should she live to fill the world with wordsx king edwardx whatx doth she swoonx use means for her recoveryx gloucesterx clarencex excuse me to the king my brotherx ixll hence to london on a serious matterx ere ye come therex be sure to hear some newsx clarencex whatx whatx gloucesterx the towerx the towerx exit queen margaretx o nedx sweet nedx speak to thy motherx boyx canst thou not speakx o traitorsx murderersx they that stabbxd caesar shed no blood at allx did not offendx nor were not worthy blamex if this foul deed were by to equal itx he was a manx thisx in respectx a childx and men nexer spend their fury on a childx whatxs worse than murdererx that i may name itx nox nox my heart will burstx an if i speakx and i will speakx that so my heart may burstx butchers and villainsx bloody cannibalsx how sweet a plant have you untimely croppxdx you have no childrenx butchersx if you hadx the thought of them would have stirrxd up remorsex but if you ever chance to have a childx look in his youth to have him so cut off asx deathsmenx you have rid this sweet young princex king edwardx away with herx gox bear her hence perforcex queen margaretx nayx never bear me hencex dispatch me herex here sheathe thy swordx ixll pardon thee my deathx whatx wilt thou notx thenx clarencex do it thoux clarencex by heavenx i will not do thee so much easex queen margaretx good clarencex dox sweet clarencex do thou do itx clarencex didst thou not hear me swear i would not do itx queen margaretx ayx but thou usest to forswear thyselfx xtwas sin beforex but now xtis charityx whatx wilt thou notx where is that devilxs butcherx hardxfavourxd richardx richardx where art thoux thou art not herex murder is thy almsxdeedx petitioners for blood thou nexer putxst backx king edwardx awayx i sayx i charge ye bear her hencex queen margaretx so come to you and yours as to this princex exitx led out forcibly king edwardx wherexs richard gonex clarencex to londonx all in postx andx as i guessx to make a bloody supper in the towerx king edwardx hexs suddenx if a thing comes in his headx now march we hencex discharge the common sort with pay and thanksx and letxs away to london and see our gentle queen how well she faresx by thisx i hopex she hath a son for mex exeunt scene vix londonx the tower enter king henry and gloucester with the lieutenantx on the walls gloucesterx good dayx my lordx whatx at your book so hardx king henryx ayx my good lordx my lordx i should say ratherx xtis sin to flatterx xgoodx was little betterx xgood gloucesterx and xgood devilx were alikex and both preposterousx thereforex not xgood lordxx gloucesterx sirrahx leave us to ourselvesx we must conferx exit lieutenant king henryx so flies the reckless shepherd from the wolfx so first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleecex and next his throat unto the butcherxs knifex what scene of death hath roscius now to actx gloucesterx suspicion always haunts the guilty mindx the thief doth fear each bush an officerx king henryx the bird that hath been limed in a bush with trembling wings misdoubteth every bushx and ix the hapless male to one sweet birdx have now the fatal object in my eye where my poor young was limxdx was caughtx and killxdx gloucesterx whyx what a peevish fool was that of crete that taught his son the office of a fowlx and yetx for all his wingsx the fool was drownxdx king henryx ix daedalusx my poor boyx icarusx thy fatherx minosx that denied our coursex the sun that searxd the wings of my sweet boyx thy brother edwardx and thyselfx the sea whose envious gulf did swallow up his lifex ahx kill me with thy weaponx not with wordsx my breast can better brook thy daggerxs point than can my ears that tragic historyx but wherefore dost thou comex isxt for my lifex gloucesterx thinkxst thou i am an executionerx king henryx a persecutor i am sure thou artx if murdering innocents be executingx whyx then thou are an executionerx gloucesterx thy son i killxd for his presumptionx king henryx hadst thou been killxd when first thou didst presumex thou hadst not livxd to kill a son of minex and thus i prophesyx that many a thousand which now mistrust no parcel of my fearx and many an old manxs sighx and many a widowxsx and many an orphanxs waterxstanding eyex men for their sonsx wives for their husbandsx orphans for their parentsx timeless deathx shall rue the hour that ever thou wast bornx the owl shriekxd at thy birthx an evil signx the nightxcrow criedx aboding luckless timex dogs howlxdx and hideous tempest shook down treesx the raven rookxd her on the chimneyxs topx and chattxring pies in dismal discords sungx thy mother felt more than a motherxs painx and yet brought forth less than a motherxs hopex to witx an indigest deformed lumpx not like the fruit of such a goodly treex teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast bornx to signify thou camxst to bite the worldx and if the rest be true which i have heardx thou camxstx gloucesterx ixll hear no morex diex prophetx in thy speechx xstabs himx for thisx amongst the restx was i ordainxdx king henryx ayx and for much more slaughter after thisx ox god forgive my sins and pardon theex xdiesx gloucesterx whatx will the aspiring blood of lancaster sink in the groundx i thought it would have mountedx see how my sword weeps for the poor kingxs deathx ox may such purple tears be always shed from those that wish the downfall of our housex if any spark of life be yet remainingx downx down to hellx and say i sent thee thitherx xstabs him againx ix that have neither pityx lovex nor fearx indeedx xtis true that henry told me ofx for i have often heard my mother say i came into the world with my legs forwardx had i not reasonx think yex to make haste and seek their ruin that usurpxd our rightx the midwife wonderxdx and the women cried xox jesus bless usx he is born with teethxx and so i wasx which plainly signified that i should snarlx and bitex and play the dogx thenx since the heavens have shapxd my body sox let hell make crookxd my mind to answer itx i have no brotherx i am like no brotherx and this word xlovexx which greybeards call divinex be resident in men like one anotherx and not in mex i am myself alonex clarencex bewarex thou keepxst me from the lightx but i will sort a pitchy day for theex for i will buzz abroad such prophecies that edward shall be fearful of his lifex and then to purge his fearx ixll be thy deathx king henry and the prince his son are gonex clarencex thy turn is nextx and then the restx counting myself but bad till i be bestx ixll throw thy body in another roomx and triumphx henryx in thy day of doomx exit with the body scene viix londonx the palace flourishx enter king edwardx queen elizabethx clarencex gloucesterx hastingsx nursex with the young princex and attendants king edwardx once more we sit in englandxs royal thronex repurchasxd with the blood of enemiesx what valiant foemenx like to autumnxs cornx have we mowxd down in tops of all their pridex three dukes of somersetx threefold renownxd for hardy and undoubted championsx two cliffordsx as the father and the sonx and two northumberlandsx two braver men nexer spurrxd their coursers at the trumpetxs soundx with them the two brave bearsx warwick and montaguex that in their chains fetterxd the kingly lion and made the forest tremble when they roarxdx thus have we swept suspicion from our seat and made our footstool of securityx come hitherx bessx and let me kiss my boyx young nedx for thee thine uncles and myself have in our armours watchxd the winterxs nightx went all afoot in summerxs scalding heatx that thou mightxst repossess the crown in peacex and of our labours thou shalt reap the gainx gloucesterx xasidex ixll blast his harvest if your head were laidx for yet i am not lookxd on in the worldx this shoulder was ordainxd so thick to heavex and heave it shall some weight or break my backx work thou the wayx and that shall executex king edwardx clarence and gloucesterx love my lovely queenx and kiss your princely nephewx brothers bothx clarencex the duty that i owe unto your majesty i seal upon the lips of this sweet babex king edwardx thanksx noble clarencex worthy brotherx thanksx gloucesterx and that i love the tree from whence thou sprangxstx witness the loving kiss i give the fruitx xasidex to say the truthx so judas kissxd his master and cried xall hailxx when as he meant all harmx king edwardx now am i seated as my soul delightsx having my countryxs peace and brothersx lovesx clarencex what will your grace have done with margaretx reignierx her fatherx to the king of france hath pawnxd the sicils and jerusalemx and hither have they sent it for her ransomx king edwardx away with herx and waft her hence to francex and now what rests but that we spend the time with stately triumphsx mirthful comic showsx such as befits the pleasure of the courtx sound drums and trumpetsx farewellx sour annoyx for herex i hopex begins our lasting joyx exeunt king henry the eighth dramatis personae king henry the eighth cardinal wolsey cardinal campeius capuciusx ambassador from the emperor charles v cranmerx archbishop of canterbury duke of norfolk duke of buckingham duke of suffolk earl of surrey lord chamberlain lord chancellor gardinerx bishop of winchester bishop of lincoln lord abergavenny lord sandys sir henry guildford sir thomas lovell sir anthony denny sir nicholas vaux secretaries to wolsey cromwellx servant to wolsey griffithx gentlemanxusher to queen katharine three gentlemen doctor buttsx physician to the king garter kingxatxarms surveyor to the duke of buckingham brandonx and a sergeantxatxarms doorkeeper of the council chamber porterx and his man page to gardiner a crier queen katharinex wife to king henryx afterwards divorced anne bullenx her maid of honourx afterwards queen an old ladyx friend to anne bullen patiencex woman to queen katharine lord mayorx aldermenx lords and ladies in the dumb showsx women attending upon the queenx scribesx officersx guardsx and other attendantsx spirits scenex londonx westminsterx kimbolton king henry the eighth the prologuex i come no more to make you laughx things now that bear a weighty and a serious browx sadx highx and workingx full of state and woex such noble scenes as draw the eye to flowx we now presentx those that can pity here mayx if they think it wellx let fall a tearx the subject will deserve itx such as give their money out of hope they may believe may here find truth toox those that come to see only a show or twox and so agree the play may passx if they be still and willingx ixll undertake may see away their shilling richly in two short hoursx only they that come to hear a merry bawdy playx a noise of targetsx or to see a fellow in a long motley coat guarded with yellowx will be deceivxdx forx gentle hearersx knowx to rank our chosen truth with such a show as fool and fight isx beside forfeiting our own brainsx and the opinion that we bring to make that only true we now intendx will leave us never an understanding friendx thereforex for goodness sakex and as you are known the first and happiest hearers of the townx be sadx as we would make yex think ye see the very persons of our noble story as they were livingx think you see them greatx and followxd with the general throng and sweat of thousand friendsx thenx in a momentx see how soon this mightiness meets miseryx and if you can be merry thenx ixll say a man may weep upon his weddingxdayx act ix scene xx londonx the palace enter the duke of norfolk at one doorx at the otherx the duke of buckingham and the lord abergavenny buckinghamx good morrowx and well metx how have ye done since last we saw in francex norfolkx i thank your gracex healthfulx and ever since a fresh admirer of what i saw therex buckinghamx an untimely ague stayxd me a prisoner in my chamber when those suns of gloryx those two lights of menx met in the vale of andrenx norfolkx xtwixt guynes and ardex i was then presentx saw them salute on horsebackx beheld themx when they lightedx how they clung in their embracementx as they grew togetherx which had theyx what four thronxd ones could have weighxd such a compounded onex buckinghamx all the whole time i was my chamberxs prisonerx norfolkx then you lost the view of earthly gloryx men might sayx till this time pomp was singlex but now married to one above itselfx each following day became the next dayxs masterx till the last made former wonders itsx toxday the frenchx all clinquantx all in goldx like heathen godsx shone down the englishx and toxmorrow they made britain indiax every man that stood showxd like a minex their dwarfish pages were as cherubinsx an giltx the madams toox not usxd to toilx did almost sweat to bear the pride upon themx that their very labour was to them as a paintingx now this masque was cried incomparablex and thx ensuing night made it a fool and beggarx the two kingsx equal in lustrex were now bestx now worstx as presence did present themx him in eye still him in praisex and being present bothx xtwas said they saw but onex and no discerner durst wag his tongue in censurex when these sunsx for so they phrase xemxby their heralds challengxd the noble spirits to armsx they did perform beyond thoughtxs compassx that former fabulous storyx being now seen possible enoughx got creditx that bevis was believxdx buckinghamx ox you go farx norfolkx as i belong to worshipx and affect in honour honestyx the tract of evxrything would by a good discourser lose some life which actionxs self was tongue tox all was royalx to the disposing of it nought rebellxdx order gave each thing viewx the office did distinctly his full functionx buckinghamx who did guidex i meanx who set the body and the limbs of this great sport togetherx as you guessx norfolkx onex certesx that promises no element in such a businessx buckinghamx i pray youx whox my lordx norfolkx all this was ordxred by the good discretion of the right reverend cardinal of yorkx buckinghamx the devil speed himx no manxs pie is freed from his ambitious fingerx what had he to do in these fierce vanitiesx i wonder that such a keech can with his very bulk take up the rays ox thx beneficial sunx and keep it from the earthx norfolkx surelyx sirx therexs in him stuff that puts him to these endsx forx being not proppxd by ancestryx whose grace chalks successors their wayx nor callxd upon for high feats done to thx crownx neither allied to eminent assistantsx but spiderxlikex out of his selfxdrawing webx xa gives us note the force of his own merit makes his wayx a gift that heaven gives for himx which buys a place next to the kingx abergavennyx i cannot tell what heaven hath given himxlet some graver eye pierce into thatx but i can see his pride peep through each part of himx whence has he thatx if not from hellx the devil is a niggard or has given all beforex and he begins a new hell in himselfx buckinghamx why the devilx upon this french going outx took he upon himx without the privity ox thx kingxtx appoint who should attend on himx he makes up the file of all the gentryx for the most part such to whom as great a charge as little honour he meant to lay uponx and his own letterx the honourable board of council outx must fetch him in he papersx abergavennyx i do know kinsmen of minex three at the leastx that have by this so sickenxd their estates that never they shall abound as formerlyx buckinghamx ox many have broke their backs with laying manors on xem for this great journeyx what did this vanity but minister communication of a most poor issuex norfolkx grievingly i think the peace between the french and us not values the cost that did conclude itx buckinghamx every manx after the hideous storm that followxdx was a thing inspirxdx andx not consultingx broke into a general prophecyxthat this tempestx dashing the garment of this peacex aboded the sudden breach onxtx norfolkx which is budded outx for france hath flawxd the leaguex and hath attachxd our merchantsx goods at bordeauxx abergavennyx is it therefore thx ambassador is silencxdx norfolkx marryx isxtx abergavennyx a proper tide of a peacex and purchasxd at a superfluous ratex buckinghamx whyx all this business our reverend cardinal carriedx norfolkx like it your gracex the state takes notice of the private difference betwixt you and the cardinalx i advise youx and take it from a heart that wishes towards you honour and plenteous safetyxthat you read the cardinalxs malice and his potency togetherx to consider furtherx that what his high hatred would effect wants not a minister in his powerx you know his naturex that hexs revengefulx and i know his sword hath a sharp edgexitxs long andxt may be said it reaches farx and where xtwill not extendx thither he darts itx bosom up my counsel youxll find it wholesomex lox where comes that rock that i advise your shunningx enter cardinal wolseyx the purse borne before himx certain of the guardx and two secretaries with papersx the cardinal in his passage fixeth his eye on buckinghamx and buckingham on himx both full of disdain wolseyx the duke of buckinghamxs surveyorx hax wherexs his examinationx secretaryx herex so please youx wolseyx is he in person readyx secretaryx ayx please your gracex wolseyx wellx we shall then know morex and buckingham shall lessen this big lookx exeunt wolsey and his train buckinghamx this butcherxs cur is venomxmouthxdx and i have not the power to muzzle himx therefore best not wake him in his slumberx a beggarxs book outworths a noblexs bloodx norfolkx whatx are you chafxdx ask god for tempxrancex thatxs thx appliance only which your disease requiresx buckinghamx i read inxs looks matter against mex and his eye revilxd me as his abject objectx at this instant he bores me with some trickx hexs gone to thx kingx ixll followx and outstare himx norfolkx stayx my lordx and let your reason with your choler question what xtis you go aboutx to climb steep hills requires slow pace at firstx anger is like a full hot horsex who being allowxd his wayx selfxmettle tires himx not a man in england can advise me like youx be to yourself as you would to your friendx buckinghamx ixll to the kingx and from a mouth of honour quite cry down this ipswich fellowxs insolencex or proclaim therexs difference in no personsx norfolkx be advisxdx heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourselfx we may outrun by violent swiftness that which we run atx and lose by overxrunningx know you not the fire that mounts the liquor tillxt run oxer in seeming to augment it wastes itx be advisxdx i say again there is no english soul more stronger to direct you than yourselfx if with the sap of reason you would quench or but allay the fire of passionx buckinghamx sirx i am thankful to youx and ixll go along by your prescriptionx but this topxproud fellowx whom from the flow of gan i name notx but from sincere motionsx by intelligencex and proofs as clear as founts in july when we see each grain of gravelxi do know to be corrupt and treasonousx norfolkx say not treasonousx buckinghamx to thx king ixll sayxtx and make my vouch as strong as shore of rockx attendx this holy foxx or wolfx or bothxfor he is equal ravxnous as he is subtlex and as prone to mischief as able to performxtx his mind and place infecting one anotherx yeax reciprocallyx only to show his pomp as well in france as here at homex suggests the king our master to this last costly treatyx thx interview that swallowed so much treasure and like a glass did break ix thx wrenchingx norfolkx faithx and so it didx buckinghamx prayx give me favourx sirx this cunning cardinal the articles ox thx combination drew as himself pleasxdx and they were ratified as he cried xthus let bex to as much end as give a crutch to thx deadx but our countxcardinal has done thisx and xtis wellx for worthy wolseyx who cannot errx he did itx now this followsx whichx as i take itx is a kind of puppy to thx old dam treasonx charles the emperorx under pretence to see the queen his auntx for xtwas indeed his colourx but he came to whisper wolseyxhere makes visitationx his fears were that the interview betwixt england and france might through their amity breed him some prejudicex for from this league peepxd harms that menacxd himxprivily deals with our cardinalx andx as i trowx which i do wellx for i am sure the emperor paid ere he promisxdx whereby his suit was granted ere it was askxdxbut when the way was madex and pavxd with goldx the emperor thus desirxdx that he would please to alter the kingxs coursex and break the foresaid peacex let the king knowx as soon he shall by mex that thus the cardinal does buy and sell his honour as he pleasesx and for his own advantagex norfolkx i am sorry to hear this of himx and could wish he were something mistaken inxtx buckinghamx nox not a syllablex i do pronounce him in that very shape he shall appear in proofx enter brandonx a sergeantxatxarms before himx and two or three of the guard brandonx your officex sergeantx execute itx sergeantx sirx my lord the duke of buckinghamx and earl of herefordx staffordx and northamptonx i arrest thee of high treasonx in the name of our most sovereign kingx buckinghamx lo youx my lordx the net has fallxn upon mex i shall perish under device and practicex brandonx i am sorry to see you taxen from libertyx to look on the business presentx xtis his highnessx pleasure you shall to thx towerx buckinghamx it will help nothing to plead mine innocencex for that dye is on me which makes my whitxst part blackx the will of heavxn be done in this and all thingsx i obeyx o my lord abergaxnyx fare you wellx brandonx nayx he must bear you companyx xto abergavennyx the king is pleasxd you shall to thx towerx till you know how he determines furtherx abergavennyx as the duke saidx the will of heaven be donex and the kingxs pleasure by me obeyxdx brandonx here is warrant from the king tx attach lord montacute and the bodies of the dukexs confessorx john de la carx one gilbert peckx his chancellorx buckinghamx sox sox these are the limbs ox thx plotx no morex i hopex brandonx a monk ox thx chartreuxx buckinghamx ox nicholas hopkinsx brandonx hex buckinghamx my surveyor is falsex the oxerxgreat cardinal hath showxd him goldx my life is spannxd alreadyx i am the shadow of poor buckinghamx whose figure even this instant cloud puts on by darkxning my clear sunx my lordx farewellx exeunt act ix scene xx londonx the council chamber cornetsx enter king henryx leaning on the cardinalxs shoulderx the noblesx and sir thomas lovellx with othersx the cardinal places himself under the kingxs feet on his right side kingx my life itselfx and the best heart of itx thanks you for this great carex i stood ix thx level of a fullxchargxd confederacyx and give thanks to you that chokxd itx let be callxd before us that gentleman of buckinghamxsx in person ixll hear his confessions justifyx and point by point the treasons of his master he shall again relatex a noise withinx crying xroom for the queenxx enter the queenx usherxd by the dukes of norfolk and suffolkx she kneelsx the king riseth from his statex takes her upx kisses and placeth her by him queen katharinex nayx we must longer kneelx i am suitorx kingx arisex and take place by usx half your suit never name to usx you have half our powerx the other moiety ere you ask is givenx repeat your willx and take itx queen katharinex thank your majestyx that you would love yourselfx and in that love not unconsidered leave your honour nor the dignity of your officex is the point of my petitionx kingx lady minex proceedx queen katharinex i am solicitedx not by a fewx and those of true conditionx that your subjects are in great grievancex there have been commissions sent down among xem which hath flawxd the heart of all their loyaltiesx whereinx althoughx my good lord cardinalx they vent reproaches most bitterly on you as putterxon of these exactionsx yet the king our masterx whose honour heaven shield from soilxxeven he escapes not language unmannerlyx yeax such which breaks the sides of loyaltyx and almost appears in loud rebellionx norfolkx not almost appearsx it doth appearx forx upon these taxationsx the clothiers allx not able to maintain the many to them xlongingx have put of the spinstersx cardersx fullersx weaversx who unfit for other lifex compellxd by hunger and lack of other meansx in desperate manner daring thx event to thx teethx are all in uproarx and danger serves among themx kingx taxationx whereinx and what taxationx my lord cardinalx you that are blamxd for it alike with usx know you of this taxationx wolseyx please youx sirx i know but of a single part in aught pertains to thx statex and front but in that file where others tell steps with mex queen katharinex nox my lordx you know no more than othersx but you frame things that are known alikex which are not wholesome to those which would not know themx and yet must perforce be their acquaintancex these exactionsx whereof my sovereign would have notex they are most pestilent to thx hearingx and to bear xem the back is sacrifice to thx loadx they say they are devisxd by youx or else you suffer too hard an exclamationx kingx still exactionx the nature of itx in what kindx letxs knowx is this exactionx queen katharinex i am much too venturous in tempting of your patiencex but am boldxned under your promisxd pardonx the subjectsx grief comes through commissionsx which compels from each the sixth part of his substancex to be levied without delayx and the pretence for this is namxd your wars in francex this makes bold mouthsx tongues spit their duties outx and cold hearts freeze allegiance in themx their curses now live where their prayers didx and itxs come to pass this tractable obedience is a slave to each incensed willx i would your highness would give it quick considerationx for there is no primer businessx kingx by my lifex this is against our pleasurex wolseyx and for mex i have no further gone in this than by a single voicex and that not passxd me but by learned approbation of the judgesx if i am traducxd by ignorant tonguesx which neither know my faculties nor personx yet will be the chronicles of my doingx let me say xtis but the fate of placex and the rough brake that virtue must go throughx we must not stint our necessary actions in the fear to cope malicious censurersx which ever as ravxnous fishes do a vessel follow that is newxtrimmxdx but benefit no further than vainly longingx what we oft do bestx by sick interpretersx once weak onesx is not oursx or not allowxdx what worstx as oft hitting a grosser qualityx is cried up for our best actx if we shall stand stillx in fear our motion will be mockxd or carpxd atx we should take root here where we sitx or sit statexstatues onlyx kingx things done well and with a care exempt themselves from fearx things done without examplex in their issue are to be fearxdx have you a precedent of this commissionx i believex not anyx we must not rend our subjects from our lawsx and stick them in our willx sixth part of eachx a trembling contributionx whyx we take from every tree lopx barkx and part ox thx timberx and though we leave it with a rootx thus hackxdx the air will drink the sapx to every county where this is questionxd send our letters with free pardon to each man that has denied the force of this commissionx prayx look totx i put it to your carex wolseyx xaside to the secretaryx a word with youx let there be letters writ to every shire of the kingxs grace and pardonx the grieved commons hardly conceive of mexlet it be noisxd that through our intercession this revokement and pardon comesx i shall anon advise you further in the proceedingx exit secretary enter surveyor queen katharinex i am sorry that the duke of buckingham is run in your displeasurex kingx it grieves manyx the gentleman is learnxd and a most rare speakerx to nature none more boundx his training such that he may furnish and instruct great teachers and never seek for aid out of himselfx yet seex when these so noble benefits shall prove not well disposxdx the mind growing once corruptx they turn to vicious formsx ten times more ugly than ever they were fairx this man so completex who was enrollxd xmongst wondersx and when wex almost with ravishxd listxningx could not find his hour of speech a minutexhex my ladyx hath into monstrous habits put the graces that once were hisx and is become as black as if besmearxd in hellx sit by usx you shall hearx this was his gentleman in trustxof him things to strike honour sadx bid him recount the forexrecited practicesx whereof we cannot feel too littlex hear too muchx wolseyx stand forthx and with bold spirit relate what youx most like a careful subjectx have collected out of the duke of buckinghamx kingx speak freelyx surveyorx firstx it was usual with himxevery day it would infect his speechxthat if the king should without issue diex hexll carry it so to make the sceptre hisx these very words ixve heard him utter to his sonxinxlawx lord abergaxnyx to whom by oath he menacxd revenge upon the cardinalx wolseyx please your highnessx note this dangerous conception in this pointx not friended by his wishx to your high person his will is most malignantx and it stretches beyond you to your friendsx queen katharinex my learnxd lord cardinalx deliver all with charityx kingx speak onx how grounded he his title to the crown upon our failx to this point hast thou heard him at any time speak aughtx surveyorx he was brought to this by a vain prophecy of nicholas hentonx kingx what was that hentonx surveyorx sirx a chartreux friarx his confessorx who fed him every minute with words of sovereigntyx kingx how knowxst thou thisx surveyorx not long before your highness sped to francex the duke being at the rosex within the parish saint lawrence poultneyx did of me demand what was the speech among the londoners concerning the french journeyx i replied men fearxd the french would prove perfidiousx to the kingxs dangerx presently the duke said xtwas the fear indeed and that he doubted xtwould prove the verity of certain words spoke by a holy monk xthat oftx says he xhath sent to mex wishing me to permit john de la carx my chaplainx a choice hour to hear from him a matter of some momentx whom after under the confessionxs seal he solemnly had sworn that what he spoke my chaplain to no creature living but to me should utterx with demure confidence this pausingly ensuxdx xneither the king norxs heirsx tell you the dukex shall prosperx bid him strive to gain the love ox thx commonaltyx the duke shall govern englandxxx queen katharinex if i know you wellx you were the dukexs surveyorx and lost your office on the complaint ox thx tenantsx take good heed you charge not in your spleen a noble person and spoil your nobler soulx i sayx take heedx yesx heartily beseech youx kingx let him onx go forwardx surveyorx on my soulx ixll speak but truthx i told my lord the dukex by thx devilxs illusions the monk might be deceivxdx and that xtwas dangerous for him to ruminate on this so farx until it forgxd him some designx whichx being believxdx it was much like to dox he answerxd xtushx it can do me no damagexx adding further thatx had the king in his last sickness failxdx the cardinalxs and sir thomas lovellxs heads should have gone offx kingx hax whatx so rankx ah hax therexs mischief in this manx canst thou say furtherx surveyorx i canx my liegex kingx proceedx surveyorx being at greenwichx after your highness had reprovxd the duke about sir william bulmerx kingx i remember of such a timex being my sworn servantx the duke retainxd him hisx but onx what hencex surveyorx xifx quoth he xi for this had been committedx as to the tower i thoughtxi would have playxd the part my father meant to act upon thx usurper richardx whox being at salisburyx made suit to come inxs presencex which if grantedx as he made semblance of his dutyx would have put his knife into himxx kingx a giant traitorx wolseyx nowx madamx may his highness live in freedomx and this man out of prisonx queen katharinex god mend allx kingx therexs something more would out of theex what sayxstx surveyorx after xthe duke his fatherx with the xknifexx he stretchxd himx andx with one hand on his daggerx another spread onxs breastx mounting his eyesx he did discharge a horrible oathx whose tenour wasx were he evil usxdx he would outgo his father by as much as a performance does an irresolute purposex kingx therexs his periodx to sheath his knife in usx he is attachxdx call him to present trialx if he may find mercy in the lawx xtis hisx if nonex let him not seekxt of usx by day and nightx hexs traitor to thx heightx exeunt act ix scene xx londonx the palace enter the lord chamberlain and lord sandys chamberlainx isxt possible the spells of france should juggle men into such strange mysteriesx sandysx new customsx though they be never so ridiculousx nayx let xem be unmanlyx yet are followxdx chamberlainx as far as i seex all the good our english have got by the late voyage is but merely a fit or two ox thx facex but they are shrewd onesx for when they hold xemx you would swear directly their very noses had been counsellors to pepin or clothariusx they keep state sox sandysx they have all new legsx and lame onesx one would take itx that never saw xem pace beforex the spavin or springhalt reignxd among xemx chamberlainx deathx my lordx their clothes are after such a pagan cut toxtx that sure thx have worn out christendomx enter sir thomas lovell how nowx what newsx sir thomas lovellx lovellx faithx my lordx i hear of none but the new proclamation thatxs clappxd upon the court gatex chamberlainx what isxt forx lovellx the reformation of our travellxd gallantsx that fill the court with quarrelsx talkx and tailorsx chamberlainx i am glad xtis therex now i would pray our monsieurs to think an english courtier may be wisex and never see the louvrex lovellx they must eitherx for so run the conditionsx leave those remnants of fool and feather that they got in francex with all their honourable points of ignorance pertaining thereuntoxas fights and fireworksx abusing better men than they can bex out of a foreign wisdomxrenouncing clean the faith they have in tennisx and tall stockingsx short blistxred breechesx and those types of travel and understand again like honest menx or pack to their old playfellowsx therex i take itx they mayx cum privilegiox wear away the lag end of their lewdness and be laughxd atx sandysx xtis time to give xem physicx their diseases are grown so catchingx chamberlainx what a loss our ladies will have of these trim vanitiesx lovellx ayx marryx there will be woe indeedx lordsx the sly whoresons have got a speeding trick to lay down ladiesx a french song and a fiddle has no fellowx sandysx the devil fiddle xemx i am glad they are goingx for sure therexs no converting xemx now an honest country lordx as i amx beaten a long time out of playx may bring his plainsong and have an hour of hearingx andx byxr ladyx held current music toox chamberlainx well saidx lord sandysx your coltxs tooth is not cast yetx sandysx nox my lordx nor shall not while i have a stampx chamberlainx sir thomasx whither were you axgoingx lovellx to the cardinalxsx your lordship is a guest toox chamberlainx ox xtis truex this night he makes a supperx and a great onex to many lords and ladiesx there will be the beauty of this kingdomx ixll assure youx lovellx that churchman bears a bounteous mind indeedx a hand as fruitful as the land that feeds usx his dews fall everywherex chamberlainx no doubt hexs noblex he had a black mouth that said other of himx sandysx he mayx my lordx has wherewithalx in him sparing would show a worse sin than ill doctrinex men of his way should be most liberalx they are set here for examplesx chamberlainx truex they are sox but few now give so great onesx my barge staysx your lordship shall alongx comex good sir thomasx we shall be late elsex which i would not bex for i was spoke tox with sir henry guildfordx this night to be comptrollersx sandysx i am your lordshipxsx exeunt act ix scene xx londonx the presence chamber in york place hautboysx a small table under a state for the cardinalx a longer table for the guestsx then enter anne bullenx and divers other ladies and gentlemenx as guestsx at one doorx at another door enter sir henry guildford guildfordx ladiesx a general welcome from his grace salutes ye allx this night he dedicates to fair content and youx none herex he hopesx in all this noble bevyx has brought with her one care abroadx he would have all as merry asx firstx good companyx good winex good welcomex can make good peoplex enter lord chamberlainx lord sandysx and sir thomas lovell ox my lordx yxare tardyx the very thought of this fair company clappxd wings to mex chamberlainx you are youngx sir harry guildfordx sandysx sir thomas lovellx had the cardinal but half my lay thoughts in himx some of these should find a running banquet ere they rested i think would better please xemx by my lifex they are a sweet society of fair onesx lovellx o that your lordship were but now confessor to one or two of thesex sandysx i would i werex they should find easy penancex lovellx faithx how easyx sandysx as easy as a down bed would afford itx chamberlainx sweet ladiesx will it please you sitx sir harryx place you that sidex ixll take the charge of thisx his grace is entxringx nayx you must not freezex two women placxd together makes cold weatherx my lord sandysx you are one will keep xem wakingx pray sit between these ladiesx sandysx by my faithx and thank your lordshipx by your leavex sweet ladiesx xseats himself between anne bullen and another ladyx if i chance to talk a little wildx forgive mex i had it from my fatherx annex was he madx sirx sandysx ox very madx exceeding madx in love toox but he would bite nonex just as i do nowx he would kiss you twenty with a breathx xkisses herx chamberlainx well saidx my lordx sox now yxare fairly seatedx gentlemenx the penance lies on you if these fair ladies pass away frowningx sandysx for my little curex let me alonex hautboysx enter cardinal wolseyx attendedx and takes his state wolseyx yxare welcomex my fair guestsx that noble lady or gentleman that is not freely merry is not my friendx thisx to confirm my welcomex and to you allx good healthx xdrinksx sandysx your grace is noblex let me have such a bowl may hold my thanks and save me so much talkingx wolseyx my lord sandysx i am beholding to youx cheer your neighboursx ladiesx you are not merryx gentlemenx whose fault is thisx sandysx the red wine first must rise in their fair cheeksx my lordx then we shall have xem talk us to silencex annex you are a merry gamesterx my lord sandysx sandysx yesx if i make my playx herexs to your ladyshipx and pledge itx madamx for xtis to such a thingx annex you cannot show mex sandysx i told your grace they would talk anonx xdrum and trumpetx chambers dischargxdx wolseyx whatxs thatx chamberlainx look out therex some of yex exit a servant wolseyx what warlike voicex and to what endx is thisx nayx ladiesx fear notx by all the laws of war yxare privilegxdx rexenter servant chamberlainx how nowx what isxtx servantx a noble troop of strangersx for so they seemx thx have left their barge and landedx and hither makex as great ambassadors from foreign princesx wolseyx good lord chamberlainx gox give xem welcomex you can speak the french tonguex and pray receive xem nobly and conduct xem into our presencex where this heaven of beauty shall shine at full upon themx some attend himx exit chamberlain attendedx all risex and tables removxd you have now a broken banquetx but wexll mend itx a good digestion to you allx and once more i showxr a welcome on yex welcome allx hautboysx enter the kingx and othersx as maskersx habited like shepherdsx usherxd by the lord chamberlainx they pass directly before the cardinalx and gracefully salute him a noble companyx what are their pleasuresx chamberlainx because they speak no englishx thus they prayxd to tell your gracex thatx having heard by fame of this so noble and so fair assembly this night to meet herex they could do no lessx out of the great respect they bear to beautyx but leave their flocks andx under your fair conductx crave leave to view these ladies and entreat an hour of revels with xemx wolseyx sayx lord chamberlainx they have done my poor house gracex for which i pay xem a thousand thanksx and pray xem take their pleasuresx xthey choose ladiesx the king chooses anne bullenx kingx the fairest hand i ever touchxdx o beautyx till now i never knew theex xmusicx dancex wolseyx my lordx chamberlainx your gracex wolseyx pray tell xem thus much from mex there should be one amongst xemx by his personx more worthy this place than myselfx to whomx if i but knew himx with my love and duty i would surrender itx chamberlainx i willx my lordx xhe whispers to the maskersx wolseyx what say theyx chamberlainx such a onex they all confessx there is indeedx which they would have your grace find outx and he will take itx wolseyx let me seex thenx xcomes from his statex by all your good leavesx gentlemenx here ixll make my royal choicex kingx xunmaskingx ye have found himx cardinalx you hold a fair assemblyx you do wellx lordx you are a churchmanx orx ixll tell youx cardinalx i should judge now unhappilyx wolseyx i am glad your grace is grown so pleasantx kingx my lord chamberlainx prithee come hitherx what fair ladyxs thatx chamberlainx anxt please your gracex sir thomas bullenxs daughterx the viscount rochfordxone of her highnessx womenx kingx by heavenx she is a dainty onex sweet heartx i were unmannerly to take you out and not to kiss youx a healthx gentlemenx let it go roundx wolseyx sir thomas lovellx is the banquet ready ix thx privy chamberx lovellx yesx my lordx wolseyx your gracex i fearx with dancing is a little heatedx kingx i fearx too muchx wolseyx therexs fresher airx my lordx in the next chamberx kingx lead in your ladiesx evxry onex sweet partnerx i must not yet forsake youx letxs be merryx good my lord cardinalx i have half a dozen healths to drink to these fair ladiesx and a measure to lead xem once againx and then letxs dream whoxs best in favourx let the music knock itx exeuntx with trumpets act iix scene xx westminsterx a street enter two gentlemenx at several doors first gentlemanx whither away so fastx second gentlemanx ox god save yex evxn to the hallx to hear what shall become of the great duke of buckinghamx first gentlemanx ixll save you that labourx sirx allxs now done but the ceremony of bringing back the prisonerx second gentlemanx were you therex first gentlemanx yesx indeedx was ix second gentlemanx prayx speak what has happenxdx first gentlemanx you may guess quickly whatx second gentlemanx is he found guiltyx first gentlemanx yesx truly is hex and condemnxd uponxtx second gentlemanx i am sorry forxtx first gentlemanx so are a number morex second gentlemanx butx prayx how passxd itx first gentlemanx ixll tell you in a littlex the great dukex came to the barx where to his accusations he pleaded still not guiltyx and alleged many sharp reasons to defeat the lawx the kingxs attorneyx on the contraryx urgxd on the examinationsx proofsx confessionsx of divers witnessesx which the duke desirxd to have broughtx viva vocex to his facex at which appearxd against him his surveyorx sir gilbert peck his chancellorx and john carx confessor to himx with that devilxmonkx hopkinsx that made this mischiefx second gentlemanx that was he that fed him with his propheciesx first gentlemanx the samex all these accusxd him stronglyx which he fain would have flung from himx but indeed he could notx and so his peersx upon this evidencex have found him guilty of high treasonx much he spokex and learnedlyx for lifex but all was either pitied in him or forgottenx second gentlemanx after all thisx how did he bear himxself first gentlemanx when he was brought again to thx bar to hear his knell rung outx his judgmentx he was stirrxd with such an agony he sweat extremelyx and something spoke in cholerx ill and hastyx but he fell to himself againx and sweetly in all the rest showxd a most noble patiencex second gentlemanx i do not think he fears deathx first gentlemanx surex he does notx he never was so womanishx the cause he may a little grieve atx second gentlemanx certainly the cardinal is the end of thisx first gentlemanx xtis likelyx by all conjecturesx firstx kildarexs attainderx then deputy of irelandx who removxdx earl surrey was sent thitherx and in haste toox lest he should help his fatherx second gentlemanx that trick of state was a deep envious onex first gentlemanx at his return no doubt he will requite itx this is notedx and generallyx whoever the king favours the cardinal instantly will find employmentx and far enough from court toox second gentlemanx all the commons hate him perniciouslyx andx ox my consciencex wish him ten fathom deepx this duke as much they love and dote onx call him bounteous buckinghamx the mirror of all courtesyx enter buckingham from his arraignmentx tipxstaves before himx the axe with the edge towards himx halberds on each sidex accompanied with sir thomas lovellx sir nicholas vauxx sir william sandysx and common peoplex etcx first gentlemanx stay therex sirx and see the noble ruinxd man you speak ofx second gentlemanx letxs stand closex and behold himx buckinghamx all good peoplex you that thus far have come to pity mex hear what i sayx and then go home and lose mex i have this day receivxd a traitorxs judgmentx and by that name must diex yetx heaven bear witnessx and if i have a consciencex let it sink me even as the axe fallsx if i be not faithfulx the law i bear no malice for my deathx xt has donex upon the premisesx but justicex but those that sought it i could wish more christiansx be what they willx i heartily forgive xemx yet let xem look they glory not in mischief nor build their evils on the graves of great menx for then my guiltless blood must cry against xemx for further life in this world i nexer hope nor will i suex although the king have mercies more than i dare make faultsx you few that lovxd me and dare be bold to weep for buckinghamx his noble friends and fellowsx whom to leave is only bitter to himx only dyingx go with me like good angels to my endx and as the long divorce of steel falls on me make of your prayers one sweet sacrificex and lift my soul to heavenx lead onx a godxs namex lovellx i do beseech your gracex for charityx if ever any malice in your heart were hid against mex now to forgive me franklyx buckinghamx sir thomas lovellx i as free forgive you as i would be forgivenx i forgive allx there cannot be those numberless offences xgainst me that i cannot take peace withx no black envy shall mark my gravex commend me to his gracex and if he speak of buckinghamx pray tell him you met him half in heavenx my vows and prayers yet are the kingxsx andx till my soul forsakex shall cry for blessings on himx may he live longer than i have time to tell his yearsx ever belovxd and loving may his rule bex and when old time shall lead him to his endx goodness and he fill up one monumentx lovellx to thx water side i must conduct your gracex then give my charge up to sir nicholas vauxx who undertakes you to your endx vauxx prepare therex the duke is comingx see the barge be readyx and fit it with such furniture as suits the greatness of his personx buckinghamx nayx sir nicholasx let it alonex my state now will but mock mex when i came hither i was lord high constable and duke of buckinghamx nowx poor edward bohunx yet i am richer than my base accusers that never knew what truth meantx i now seal itx and with that blood will make xem one day groan fortx my noble fatherx henry of buckinghamx who first raisxd head against usurping richardx flying for succour to his servant banisterx being distressxdx was by that wretch betrayxd and without trial fellx godxs peace be with himx henry the seventh succeedingx truly pitying my fatherxs lossx like a most royal princex restorxd me to my honoursx and out of ruins made my name once more noblex now his sonx henry the eighthx lifex honourx namex and all that made me happyx at one stroke has taken for ever from the worldx i had my trialx and must needs say a noble onex which makes me a little happier than my wretched fatherx yet thus far we are one in fortunesx both fell by our servantsx by those men we lovxd mostx a most unnatural and faithless servicex heaven has an end in allx yetx you that hear mex this from a dying man receive as certainx where you are liberal of your loves and counselsx be sure you be not loosex for those you make friends and give your hearts tox when they once perceive the least rub in your fortunesx fall away like water from yex never found again but where they mean to sink yex all good peoplex pray for mex i must now forsake yex the last hour of my long weary life is come upon mex farewellx and when you would say something that is sadx speak how i fellx i have donex and god forgive mex exeunt buckingham and train first gentlemanx ox this is full of pityx sirx it callsx i fearx too many curses on their heads that were the authorsx second gentlemanx if the duke be guiltlessx xtis full of woex yet i can give you inkling of an ensuing evilx if it fallx greater than thisx first gentlemanx good angels keep it from usx what may it bex you do not doubt my faithx sirx second gentlemanx this secret is so weightyx xtwill require a strong faith to conceal itx first gentlemanx let me have itx i do not talk muchx second gentlemanx i am confidentx you shallx sirx did you not of late days hear a buzzing of a separation between the king and katharinex first gentlemanx yesx but it held notx for when the king once heard itx out of anger he sent command to the lord mayor straight to stop the rumour and allay those tongues that durst disperse itx second gentlemanx but that slanderx sirx is found a truth nowx for it grows again fresher than exer it wasx and held for certain the king will venture at itx either the cardinal or some about him near havex out of malice to the good queenx possessxd him with a scruple that will undo herx to confirm this toox cardinal campeius is arrivxd and latelyx as all thinkx for this businessx first gentlemanx xtis the cardinalx and merely to revenge him on the emperor for not bestowing on him at his asking the archbishopric of toledox this is purposxdx second gentlemanx i think you have hit the markx but isxt not cruel that she should feel the smart of thisx the cardinal will have his willx and she must fallx first gentlemanx xtis woefulx we are too open here to argue thisx letxs think in private morex exeunt act iix scene xx londonx the palace enter the lord chamberlain reading this letter chamberlainx xmy lordx xthe horses your lordship sent forx with all the care hadx i saw well chosenx riddenx and furnishxdx they were young and handsomex and of the best breed in the northx when they were ready to set out for londonx a man of my lord cardinalxsx by commissionx and main powerx took xem from mex with this reasonx his master would be servxd before a subjectx if not before the kingx which stoppxd our mouthsx sirxx i fear he will indeedx wellx let him have themx he will have allx i thinkx enter to the lord chamberlain the dukes of norfolk and suffolk norfolkx well metx my lord chamberlainx chamberlainx good day to both your gracesx suffolkx how is the king employxdx chamberlainx i left him privatex full of sad thoughts and troublesx norfolkx whatxs the causex chamberlainx it seems the marriage with his brotherxs wife has crept too near his consciencex suffolkx nox his conscience has crept too near another ladyx norfolkx xtis sox this is the cardinalxs doingx the kingxcardinalx that blind priestx like the eldest son of fortunex turns what he listx the king will know him one dayx suffolkx pray god he dox hexll never know himself elsex norfolkx how holily he works in all his businessx and with what zealx forx now he has crackxd the league between us and the emperorx the queenxs great nephewx he dives into the kingxs soul and there scatters dangersx doubtsx wringing of the consciencex fearsx and despairsxand all these for his marriagex and out of all these to restore the kingx he counsels a divorcex a loss of her that like a jewel has hung twenty years about his neckx yet never lost her lustrex of her that loves him with that excellence that angels love good men withx even of her thatx when the greatest stroke of fortune fallsx will bless the kingxand is not this course piousx chamberlainx heaven keep me from such counselx xtis most true these news are everywherex every tongue speaks xemx and every true heart weeps for xtx all that dare look into these affairs see this main endx the french kingxs sisterx heaven will one day open the kingxs eyesx that so long have slept upon this bold bad manx suffolkx and free us from his slaveryx norfolkx we had need prayx and heartilyx for our deliverancex or this imperious man will work us an from princes into pagesx all menxs honours lie like one lump before himx to be fashionxd into what pitch he pleasex suffolkx for mex my lordsx i love him notx nor fear himxtherexs my creedx as i am made without himx so ixll standx if the king pleasex his curses and his blessings touch me alikex thx are breath i not believe inx i knew himx and i know himx so i leave him to him that made him proudxthe popex norfolkx letxs inx and with some other business put the king from these sad thoughts that work too much upon himx my lordx youxll bear us companyx chamberlainx excuse mex the king has sent me otherwherex besidesx youxll find a most unfit time to disturb himx health to your lordshipsx norfolkx thanksx my good lord chamberlainx exit lord chamberlainx and the king draws the curtain and sits reading pensively suffolkx how sad he looksx surex he is much afflictedx kingx whoxs therex hax norfolkx pray god he be not angryx king henryx whoxs therex i sayx how dare you thrust yourselves into my private meditationsx who am ix hax norfolkx a gracious king that pardons all offences malice nexer meantx our breach of duty this way is business of estatex in which we come to know your royal pleasurex kingx ye are too boldx go tox ixll make ye know your times of businessx is this an hour for temporal affairsx hax enter wolsey and campeius with a commission whoxs therex my good lord cardinalx o my wolseyx the quiet of my wounded consciencex thou art a cure fit for a kingx xto campeiusx youxre welcomex most learned reverend sirx into our kingdomx use us and itx xto wolseyx my good lordx have great care i be not found a talkerx wolseyx sirx you cannotx i would your grace would give us but an hour of private conferencex kingx xto norfolk and suffolkx we are busyx gox norfolkx xaside to suffolkx this priest has no pride in himx suffolkx xaside to norfolkx not to speak ofx i would not be so sick though for his placex but this cannot continuex norfolkx xaside to suffolkx if it dox ixll venture one havexatxhimx suffolkx xaside to norfolkx i anotherx exeunt norfolk and suffolk wolseyx your grace has given a precedent of wisdom above all princesx in committing freely your scruple to the voice of christendomx who can be angry nowx what envy reach youx the spaniardx tied by blood and favour to herx must now confessx if they have any goodnessx the trial just and noblex all the clerksx i mean the learned onesx in christian kingdoms have their free voicesx rome the nurse of judgmentx invited by your noble selfx hath sent one general tongue unto usx this good manx this just and learned priestx cardinal campeiusx whom once more i present unto your highnessx kingx and once more in mine arms i bid him welcomex and thank the holy conclave for their lovesx they have sent me such a man i would have wishxd forx campeiusx your grace must needs deserve an strangersx lovesx you are so noblex to your highnessx hand i tender my commissionx by whose virtuex the court of rome commandingxyoux my lord cardinal of yorkx are joinxd with me their servant in the unpartial judging of this businessx kingx two equal menx the queen shall be acquainted forthwith for what you comex wherexs gardinerx wolseyx i know your majesty has always lovxd her so dear in heart not to deny her that a woman of less place might ask by lawx scholars allowxd freely to argue for herx kingx ayx and the best she shall havex and my favour to him that does bestx god forbid elsex cardinalx prithee call gardiner to mex my new secretaryx i find him a fit fellowx exit wolsey rexenter wolsey with gardiner wolseyx xaside to gardinerx give me your handx much joy and favour to youx you are the kingxs nowx gardinerx xaside to wolseyx but to be commanded for ever by your gracex whose hand has raisxd mex kingx come hitherx gardinerx xwalks and whispersx campeiusx my lord of yorkx was not one doctor pace in this manxs place before himx wolseyx yesx he wasx campeiusx was he not held a learned manx wolseyx yesx surelyx campeiusx believe mex therexs an ill opinion spread thenx even of yourselfx lord cardinalx wolseyx howx of mex campeiusx they will not stick to say you envied him andx fearing he would risex he was so virtuousx kept him a foreign man stillx which so grievxd him that he ran mad and diedx wolseyx heavxnxs peace be with himx thatxs christian care enoughx for living murmurers therexs places of rebukex he was a foolx for he would needs be virtuousx that good fellowx if i command himx follows my appointmentx i will have none so near elsex learn thisx brotherx we live not to be gripxd by meaner personsx kingx deliver this with modesty to thx queenx exit gardiner the most convenient place that i can think of for such receipt of learning is blackfriarsx there ye shall meet about this weighty businessx my wolseyx see it furnishxdx ox my lordx would it not grieve an able man to leave so sweet a bedfellowx butx consciencex consciencex ox xtis a tender placex and i must leave herx exeunt act iix scene xx londonx the palace enter anne bullen and an old lady annex not for that neitherx herexs the pang that pinchesx his highness having livxd so long with herx and she so good a lady that no tongue could ever pronounce dishonour of herxby my lifex she never knew harmxdoingxox nowx after so many courses of the sun enthronedx still growing in a majesty and pompx the which to leave a thousandxfold more bitter than xtis sweet at first tx acquirexafter this processx to give her the avauntx it is a pity would move a monsterx old ladyx hearts of most hard temper melt and lament for herx annex ox godxs willx much better she nexer had known pompx thoughxt be temporalx yetx if that quarrelx fortunex do divorce it from the bearerx xtis a sufferance panging as soul and bodyxs severingx old ladyx alasx poor ladyx shexs a stranger now againx annex so much the more must pity drop upon herx verilyx i swear xtis better to be lowly born and range with humble livers in content than to be perkxd up in a glistxring grief and wear a golden sorrowx old ladyx our content is our best havingx annex by my troth and maidenheadx i would not be a queenx old ladyx beshrew mex i wouldx and venture maidenhead for xtx and so would youx for all this spice of your hypocrisyx you that have so fair parts of woman on you have too a womanxs heartx which ever yet affected eminencex wealthx sovereigntyx whichx to say soothx are blessingsx and which giftsx saving your mincingx the capacity of your soft cheveril conscience would receive if you might please to stretch itx annex nayx good trothx old ladyx yesx troth and trothx you would not be a queenx annex nox not for all the riches under heavenx old ladyx xtis strangex a threepence bowxd would hire mex old as i amx to queen itx butx i pray youx what think you of a duchessx have you limbs to bear that load of titlex annex nox in truthx old ladyx then you are weakly madex pluck off a littlex i would not be a young count in your way for more than blushing comes tox if your back cannot vouchsafe this burdenx xtis too weak ever to get a boyx annex how you do talkx i swear again i would not be a queen for all the worldx old ladyx in faithx for little england youxd venture an emballingx i myself would for carnarvonshirex although there longxd no more to thx crown but thatx lox who comes herex enter the lord chamberlain chamberlainx good morrowx ladiesx what werext worth to know the secret of your conferencex annex my good lordx not your demandx it values not your askingx our mistressx sorrows we were pityingx chamberlainx it was a gentle business and becoming the action of good womenx there is hope all will be wellx annex nowx i pray godx amenx chamberlainx you bear a gentle mindx and heavxnly blessings follow such creaturesx that you mayx fair ladyx perceive i speak sincerely and high notes taxen of your many virtuesx the kingxs majesty commends his good opinion of you to youx and does purpose honour to you no less flowing than marchioness of pembrokex to which tide a thousand pound a yearx annual supportx out of his grace he addsx annex i do not know what kind of my obedience i should tenderx more than my all is nothingx nor my prayers are not words duly hallowedx nor my wishes more worth than empty vanitiesx yet prayers and wishes are all i can returnx beseech your lordshipx vouchsafe to speak my thanks and my obediencex as from a blushing handmaidx to his highnessx whose health and royalty i pray forx chamberlainx ladyx i shall not fail tx approve the fair conceit the king hath of youx xasidex i have perusxd her wellx beauty and honour in her are so mingled that they have caught the kingx and who knows yet but from this lady may proceed a gem to lighten all this islexxixll to the king and say i spoke with youx annex my honourxd lordx exit lord chamberlain old ladyx whyx this it isx seex seex i have been begging sixteen years in courtx am yet a courtier beggarlyxnor could come pat betwixt too early and too late for any suit of poundsx and youx o fatex a very freshxfish herexfiex fiex fie upon this compellxd fortunexxhave your mouth fillxd up before you open itx annex this is strange to mex old ladyx how tastes itx is it bitterx forty pencex nox there was a lady oncexxtis an old storyx that would not be a queenx that would she notx for all the mud in egyptx have you heard itx annex comex you are pleasantx old ladyx with your theme i could oxermount the larkx the marchioness of pembrokex a thousand pounds a year for pure respectx no other obligationx by my lifex that promises moe thousandsx honourxs train is longer than his foreskirtx by this time i know your back will bear a duchessx sayx are you not stronger than you werex annex good ladyx make yourself mirth with your particular fancyx and leave me out onxtx would i had no beingx if this salute my blood a jotx it faints me to think what followsx the queen is comfortlessx and we forgetful in our long absencex prayx do not deliver what here yx have heard to herx old ladyx what do you think mex exeunt act iix scene xx londonx a hall in blackfriars trumpetsx sennetx and cornetsx enter two vergersx with short silver wandsx next themx two scribesx in the habit of doctorsx after themx the archbishop of canterbury alonex after himx the bishops of lincolnx elyx rochesterx and saint asaphx next themx with some small distancex follows a gentleman bearing the pursex with the great sealx and a cardinalxs hatx then two priestsx bearing each silver crossx then a gentleman usher bareheadedx accompanied with a sergeantxatxarms bearing a silver macex then two gentlemen bearing two great silver pillarsx after themx side by sidex the two cardinalsx wolsey and campeiusx two noblemen with the sword and macex then enter the king and queen and their trainsx the king takes place under the cloth of statex the two cardinals sit under him as judgesx the queen takes place some distance from the kingx the bishops place themselves on each side of the courtx in manner of consistoryx below them the scribesx the lords sit next the bishopsx the rest of the attendants stand in convenient order about the stage wolseyx whilst our commission from rome is readx let silence be commandedx kingx whatxs the needx it hath already publicly been readx and on all sides thx authority allowxdx you may then spare that timex wolseyx bext sox proceedx scribex say xhenry king of englandx come into the courtxx crierx henry king of englandx xcx kingx herex scribex say xkatharine queen of englandx come into the courtxx crierx katharine queen of englandx xcx the queen makes no answerx rises out of her chairx goes about the courtx comes to the kingx and kneels at his feetx then speaks queen katharinex sirx i desire you do me right and justicex and to bestow your pity on mex for i am a most poor woman and a strangerx born out of your dominionsx having here no judge indifferentx nor no more assurance of equal friendship and proceedingx alasx sirx in what have i offended youx what cause hath my behaviour given to your displeasure that thus you should proceed to put me of and take your good grace from mex heaven witnessx i have been to you a true and humble wifex at all times to your will conformablex ever in fear to kindle your dislikex yeax subject to your countenancexglad or sorry as i saw it inclinxdx when was the hour i ever contradicted your desire or made it not mine toox or which of your friends have i not strove to lovex although i knew he were mine enemyx what friend of mine that had to him derivxd your anger did continue in my likingx nayx gave notice he was from thence dischargxdx sirx call to mind that i have been your wife in this obedience upward of twenty yearsx and have been blest with many children by youx ifx in the course and process of this timex you can reportx and prove it too against mine honourx aughtx my bond to wedlock or my love and dutyx against your sacred personx in godxs namex turn me away and let the foulxst contempt shut door upon mex and so give me up to the sharpxst kind of justicex please youx sirx the kingx your fatherx was reputed for a prince most prudentx of an excellent and unmatchxd wit and judgmentx ferdinandx my fatherx king of spainx was reckonxd one the wisest prince that there had reignxd by many a year beforex it is not to be questionxd that they had gatherxd a wise council to them of every realmx that did debate this businessx who deemxd our marriage lawfulx wherefore i humbly beseech youx sirx to spare me till i may be by my friends in spain advisxdx whose counsel i will implorex if notx ix thx name of godx your pleasure be fulfillxdx wolseyx you have herex ladyx and of your choicex these reverend fathersxmen of singular integrity and learningx yeax the elect ox thx landx who are assembled to plead your causex it shall be therefore bootless that longer you desire the courtx as well for your own quiet as to rectify what is unsettled in the kingx campeiusx his grace hath spoken well and justlyx thereforex madamx itxs fit this royal session do proceed and thatx without delayx their arguments be now producxd and heardx queen katharinex lord cardinalx to you i speakx wolseyx your pleasurex madamx queen katharinex sirx i am about to weepx butx thinking that we are a queenx or long have dreamxd sox certain the daughter of a kingx my drops of tears ixll turn to sparks of firex wolseyx be patient yetx queen katharinex i willx when you are humblex nayx before or god will punish mex i do believex inducxd by potent circumstancesx that you are mine enemyx and make my challenge you shall not be my judgex for it is you have blown this coal betwixt my lord and mex which godxs dew quenchx therefore i say againx i utterly abhorx yeax from my soul refuse you for my judgex whom yet once more i hold my most malicious foe and think not at all a friend to truthx wolseyx i do profess you speak not like yourselfx who ever yet have stood to charity and displayxd thx effects of disposition gentle and of wisdom oxertopping womanxs powxrx madamx you do me wrongx i have no spleen against youx nor injustice for you or anyx how far i have proceededx or how far further shallx is warranted by a commission from the consistoryx yeax the whole consistory of romex you charge me that i have blown this coalx i do deny itx the king is presentx if it be known to him that i gainsay my deedx how may he woundx and worthilyx my falsehoodx yeax as much as you have done my truthx if he know that i am free of your reportx he knows i am not of your wrongx therefore in him it lies to cure mex and the cure is to remove these thoughts from youx the which before his highness shall speak inx i do beseech youx gracious madamx to unthink your speaking and to say so no morex queen katharinex my lordx my lordx i am a simple womanx much too weak tx oppose your cunningx yxare meek and humblexmouthxdx you sign your place and callingx in full seemingx with meekness and humilityx but your heart is crammxd with arrogancyx spleenx and pridex you havex by fortune and his highnessx favoursx gone slightly oxer low stepsx and now are mounted where powxrs are your retainersx and your wordsx domestics to youx serve your will asxt please yourself pronounce their officex i must tell you you tender more your personxs honour than your high profession spiritualx that again i do refuse you for my judge and herex before you allx appeal unto the popex to bring my whole cause xfore his holiness and to be judgxd by himx xshe curtsies to the kingx and offers to departx campeiusx the queen is obstinatex stubborn to justicex apt to accuse itx and disdainful to be tried byxtx xtis not wellx shexs going awayx kingx call her againx crierx katharine queen of englandx come into the courtx gentleman usherx madamx you are callxd backx queen katharinex what need you note itx pray you keep your wayx when you are callxdx returnx now the lord helpx they vex me past my patiencex pray you pass onx i will not tarryx nox nor ever more upon this business my appearance make in any of their courtsx exeunt queen and her attendants kingx go thy waysx katex that man ix thx world who shall report he has a better wifex let him in nought be trusted for speaking false in thatx thou artx alonex if thy rare qualitiesx sweet gentlenessx thy meekness saintxlikex wifexlike governmentx obeying in commandingx and thy parts sovereign and pious elsex could speak thee outx the queen of earthly queensx shexs noble bornx and like her true nobility she has carried herself towards mex wolseyx most gracious sirx in humblest manner i require your highness that it shall please you to declare in hearing of all these earsxfor where i am robbxd and boundx there must i be unloosxdx although not there at once and fully satisfiedxwhether ever i did broach this business to your highnessx or laid any scruple in your way which might induce you to the question onxtx or ever have to youx but with thanks to god for such a royal ladyx spake one the least word that might be to the prejudice of her present statex or touch of her good personx kingx my lord cardinalx i do excuse youx yeax upon mine honourx i free you fromxtx you are not to be taught that you have many enemies that know not why they are sox butx like to village cursx bark when their fellows dox by some of these the queen is put in angerx yxare excusxdx but will you be more justifiedx you ever have wishxd the sleeping of this businessx never desirxd it to be stirrxdx but oft have hindxredx oftx the passages made toward itx on my honourx i speak my good lord cardinal to this pointx and thus far clear himx nowx what movxd me toxtx i will be bold with time and your attentionx then mark thx inducementx thus it camexgive heed toxtx my conscience first receivxd a tendernessx scruplex and prickx on certain speeches utterxd by thx bishop of bayonnex then french ambassadorx who had been hither sent on the debating a marriage xtwixt the duke of orleans and our daughter maryx ix thx progress of this businessx ere a determinate resolutionx hex i mean the bishopxdid require a respite wherein he might the king his lord advertise whether our daughter were legitimatex respecting this our marriage with the dowagerx sometimes our brotherxs wifex this respite shook the bosom of my consciencex enterxd mex yeax with a splitting powerx and made to tremble the region of my breastx which forcxd such way that many mazxd considerings did throng and pressxd in with this cautionx firstx methought i stood not in the smile of heavenx who had commanded nature that my ladyxs wombx if it conceivxd a male child by mex should do no more offices of life toxt than the grave does to the deadx for her male issue or died where they were madex or shortly after this world had airxd themx hence i took a thought this was a judgment on mex that my kingdomx well worthy the best heir ox thx worldx should not be gladded inxt by mex then follows that i weighxd the danger which my realms stood in by this my issuexs failx and that gave to me many a groaning throex thus hulling in the wild sea of my consciencex i did steer toward this remedyx whereupon we are now present here togetherx thatxs to say i meant to rectify my consciencex which i then did feel full sickx and yet not wellx by all the reverend fathers of the land and doctors learnxdx firstx i began in private with youx my lord of lincolnx you remember how under my oppression i did reekx when i first movxd youx lincolnx very wellx my liegex kingx i have spoke longx be pleasxd yourself to say how far you satisfied mex lincolnx so please your highnessx the question did at first so stagger mex bearing a state of mighty moment inxt and consequence of dreadxthat i committed the daringxst counsel which i had to doubtx and did entreat your highness to this course which you are running herex kingx i then movxd youx my lord of canterburyx and got your leave to make this present summonsx unsolicited i left no reverend person in this courtx but by particular consent proceeded under your hands and sealsx thereforex go onx for no dislike ix thx world against the person of the good queenx but the sharp thorny points of my alleged reasonsx drives this forwardx prove but our marriage lawfulx by my life and kingly dignityx we are contented to wear our moral state to come with herx katharine our queenx before the primest creature thatxs paragonxd ox thx worldx campeiusx so please your highnessx the queen being absentx xtis a needful fitness that we adjourn this court till further dayx meanwhile must be an earnest motion made to the queen to call back her appeal she intends unto his holinessx kingx xasidex i may perceive these cardinals trifle with mex i abhor this dilatory sloth and tricks of romex my learnxd and wellxbeloved servantx cranmerx prithee returnx with thy approach i know my comfort comes alongx xbreak up the courtx i sayx set onx exuent in manner as they entered act iiix scene xx londonx the queenxs apartments enter the queen and her womenx as at work queen katharinex take thy lutex wenchx my soul grows sad with troublesx sing and disperse xemx if thou canstx leave workingx song orpheus with his lute made treesx and the mountain tops that freezex bow themselves when he did singx to his music plants and flowers ever sprungx as sun and showers there had made a lasting springx every thing that heard him playx even the billows of the seax hung their heads and then lay byx in sweet music is such artx killing care and grief of heart fall asleep or hearing diex enter a gentleman queen katharinex how nowx gentlemanx anxt please your gracex the two great cardinals wait in the presencex queen katharinex would they speak with mex gentlemanx they willxd me say sox madamx queen katharinex pray their graces to come nearx xexit gentlemanx what can be their business with mex a poor weak womanx fallxn from favourx i do not like their comingx now i think onxtx they should be good menx their affairs as righteousx but all hoods make not monksx enter the two cardinalsx wolsey and campeius wolseyx peace to your highnessx queen katharinex your graces find me here part of housewifex i would be allx against the worst may happenx what are your pleasures with mex reverend lordsx wolseyx may it please youx noble madamx to withdraw into your private chamberx we shall give you the full cause of our comingx queen katharinex speak it herex therexs nothing i have done yetx ox my consciencex deserves a cornerx would all other women could speak this with as free a soul as i dox my lordsx i care notxso much i am happy above a numberxif my actions were tried by evxry tonguex evxry eye saw xemx envy and base opinion set against xemx i know my life so evenx if your business seek me outx and that way i am wife inx out with it boldlyx truth loves open dealingx wolseyx tanta est erga te mentis integritasx regina serenisxsimax queen katharinex ox good my lordx no latinx i am not such a truant since my comingx as not to know the language i have livxd inx a strange tongue makes my cause more strangex suspiciousx pray speak in englishx here are some will thank youx if you speak truthx for their poor mistressx sakex believe mex she has had much wrongx lord cardinalx the willingxst sin i ever yet committed may be absolvxd in englishx wolseyx noble ladyx i am sorry my integrity should breedx and service to his majesty and youx so deep suspicionx where all faith was meant we come not by the way of accusation to taint that honour every good tongue blessesx nor to betray you any way to sorrowx you have too muchx good ladyx but to know how you stand minded in the weighty difference between the king and youx and to deliverx like free and honest menx our just opinions and comforts to your causex campeiusx most honourxd madamx my lord of yorkx out of his noble naturex zeal and obedience he still bore your gracex forgettingx like a good manx your late censure both of his truth and himxwhich was too farx offersx as i dox in a sign of peacex his service and his counselx queen katharinex xasidex to betray mexx my lordsx i thank you both for your good winsx ye speak like honest menxpray god ye prove sox but how to make ye suddenly an answerx in such a point of weightx so near mine honourx more near my lifex i fearx with my weak witx and to such men of gravity and learningx in truth i know notx i was set at work among my maidsx full littlex god knowsx looking either for such men or such businessx for her sake that i have beenxfor i feel the last fit of my greatnessxgood your gracesx let me have time and counsel for my causex alasx i am a womanx friendlessx hopelessx wolseyx madamx you wrong the kingxs love with these fearsx your hopes and friends are infinitex queen katharinex in england but little for my profitx can you thinkx lordsx that any englishman dare give me counselx or be a known friendx xgainst his highnessx pleasurex though he be grown so desperate to be honestx and live a subjectx nayx forsoothx my friendsx they that must weigh out my afflictionsx they that my trust must grow tox live not herex they arex as all my other comfortsx far hencex in mine own countryx lordsx campeiusx i would your grace would leave your griefsx and take my counselx queen katharinex howx sirx campeiusx put your main cause into the kingxs protectionx hexs loving and most graciousx xtwill be much both for your honour better and your causex for if the trial of the law oxertake ye youxll part away disgracxdx wolseyx he tells you rightlyx queen katharinex ye tell me what ye wish for bothxmy ruinx is this your christian counselx out upon yex heaven is above all yetx there sits a judge that no king can corruptx campeiusx your rage mistakes usx queen katharinex the more shame for yex holy men i thought yex upon my soulx two reverend cardinal virtuesx but cardinal sins and hollow hearts i fear yex mend xemx for shamex my lordsx is this your comfortx the cordial that ye bring a wretched ladyx a woman lost among yex laughxd atx scornxdx i will not wish ye half my miseriesx i have more charityx but say i warned yex take heedx for heavenxs sake take heedx lest at once the burden of my sorrows fall upon yex wolseyx madamx this is a mere distractionx you turn the good we offer into envyx queen katharinex ye turn me into nothingx woe upon yex and all such false professorsx would you have mex if you have any justicex any pityx if ye be any thing but churchmenxs habitsx put my sick cause into his hands that hates mex alasx has banishxd me his bed alreadyx his love too long agox i am oldx my lordsx and all the fellowship i hold now with him is only my obediencex what can happen to me above this wretchednessx all your studies make me a curse like thisx campeiusx your fears are worsex queen katharinex have i livxd thus longxlet me speak myselfx since virtue finds no friendsxa wifex a true onex a womanx i dare say without vainxgloryx never yet branded with suspicionx have i with all my full affections still met the kingx lovxd him next heavxnx obeyxd himx beenx out of fondnessx superstitious to himx almost forgot my prayers to content himx and am i thus rewardedx xtis not wellx lordsx bring me a constant woman to her husbandx one that nexer dreamxd a joy beyond his pleasurex and to that womanx when she has done mostx yet will i add an honourxa great patiencex wolseyx madamx you wander from the good we aim atx queen katharinex my lordx i dare not make myself so guiltyx to give up willingly that noble title your master wed me tox nothing but death shall exer divorce my dignitiesx wolseyx pray hear mex queen katharinex would i had never trod this english earthx or felt the flatteries that grow upon itx ye have angelsx facesx but heaven knows your heartsx what will become of me nowx wretched ladyx i am the most unhappy woman livingx xto her womenx alasx poor wenchesx where are now your fortunesx shipwreckxd upon a kingdomx where no pityx no friendsx no hopex no kindred weep for mex almost no grave allowxd mex like the myx that once was mistress of the fieldx and flourishxdx ixll hang my head and perishx wolseyx if your grace could but be brought to know our ends are honestx youxd feel more comfortx why should wex good ladyx upon what causex wrong youx alasx our placesx the way of our profession is against itx we are to cure such sorrowsx not to sow xemx for goodnessx sakex consider what you dox how you may hurt yourselfx ayx utterly grow from the kingxs acquaintancex by this carriagex the hearts of princes kiss obediencex so much they love itx but to stubborn spirits they swell and grow as terrible as stormsx i know you have a gentlex noble temperx a soul as even as a calmx pray think us those we professx peacexmakersx friendsx and servantsx campeiusx madamx youxll find it sox you wrong your virtues with these weak womenxs fearsx a noble spiritx as yours was put into youx ever casts such doubts as false coin from itx the king loves youx beware you lose it notx for usx if you please to trust us in your businessx we are ready to use our utmost studies in your servicex queen katharinex do what ye will my lordsx and pray forgive me if i have usxd myself unmannerlyx you know i am a womanx lacking wit to make a seemly answer to such personsx pray do my service to his majestyx he has my heart yetx and shall have my prayers while i shall have my lifex comex reverend fathersx bestow your counsels on mex she now begs that little thoughtx when she set footing herex she should have bought her dignities so dearx exeunt act iiixscene xx londonx the palace enter the duke of norfolkx the duke of suffolkx the earl of surreyx and the lord chamberlain norfolkx if you will now unite in your complaints and force them with a constancyx the cardinal cannot stand under themx if you omit the offer of this timex i cannot promise but that you shall sustain moe new disgraces with these you bear alreadyx surreyx i am joyful to meet the least occasion that may give me remembrance of my fatherxinxlawx the dukex to be revengxd on himx suffolkx which of the peers have uncontemnxd gone by himx or at least strangely neglectedx when did he regard the stamp of nobleness in any person out of himselfx chamberlainx my lordsx you speak your pleasuresx what he deserves of you and me i knowx what we can do to himxthough now the time gives way to usxi much fearx if you cannot bar his access to thx kingx never attempt anything on himx for he hath a witchcraft over the king inxs tonguex norfolkx ox fear him notx his spell in that is outx the king hath found matter against him that for ever mars the honey of his languagex nox hexs settledx not to come offx in his displeasurex surreyx sirx i should be glad to hear such news as this once every hourx norfolkx believe itx this is truex in the divorce his contrary proceedings are all unfoldedx wherein he appears as i would wish mine enemyx surreyx how came his practices to lightx suffolkx most strangelyx surreyx ox howx howx suffolkx the cardinalxs letters to the pope miscarriedx and came to thx eye ox thx kingx wherein was read how that the cardinal did entreat his holiness to stay the judgment ox thx divorcex for if it did take placex xi dox quoth he xperceive my king is tangled in affection to a creature of the queenxsx lady anne bullenxx surreyx has the king thisx suffolkx believe itx surreyx will this workx chamberlainx the king in this perceives him how he coasts and hedges his own wayx but in this point all his tricks founderx and he brings his physic after his patientxs deathx the king already hath married the fair ladyx surreyx would he hadx suffolkx may you be happy in your wishx my lordx forx i professx you have itx surreyx nowx all my joy trace the conjunctionx suffolkx my amen toxtx norfolkx an menxsx suffolkx therexs order given for her coronationx marryx this is yet but youngx and may be left to some ears unrecountedx butx my lordsx she is a gallant creaturex and complete in mind and featurex i persuade me from her will fall some blessing to this landx which shall in it be memorizxdx surreyx but will the king digest this letter of the cardinalxsx the lord forbidx norfolkx marryx amenx suffolkx nox nox there be moe wasps that buzz about his nose will make this sting the soonerx cardinal campeius is stolxn away to romex hath taxen no leavex has left the cause ox thx king unhandledx and is postedx as the agent of our cardinalx to second all his plotx i do assure you the king cried xhaxx at thisx chamberlainx nowx god incense himx and let him cry xhaxx louderx norfolkx butx my lordx when returns cranmerx suffolkx he is returnxd in his opinionsx which have satisfied the king for his divorcex together with all famous colleges almost in christendomx shortlyx i believex his second marriage shall be publishxdx and her coronationx katharine no more shall be callxd queenx but princess dowager and widow to prince arthurx norfolkx this same cranmerxs a worthy fellowx and hath taxen much pain in the kingxs businessx suffolkx he hasx and we shall see him for it an archbishopx norfolkx so i hearx suffolkx xtis sox enter wolsey and cromwell the cardinalx norfolkx observex observex hexs moodyx wolseyx the packetx cromwellx gavext you the kingx cromwellx to his own handx inxs bedchamberx wolseyx lookxd he ox thx inside of the paperx cromwellx presently he did unseal themx and the first he viewxdx he did it with a serious mindx a heed was in his countenancex you he bade attend him here this morningx wolseyx is he ready to come abroadx cromwellx i think by this he isx wolseyx leave me awhilex exit cromwell xasidex it shall be to the duchess of alenconx the french kingxs sisterx he shall marry herx anne bullenx nox ixll no anne bullens for himx therexs more inxt than fair visagex bullenx nox wexll no bullensx speedily i wish to hear from romex the marchioness of pembrokex norfolkx hexs discontentedx suffolkx may be he hears the king does whet his anger to himx surreyx sharp enoughx lordx for thy justicex wolseyx xasidex the late queenxs gentlewomanx a knightxs daughterx to be her mistressx mistressx the queenxs queenx this candle burns not clearx xtis i must snuff itx then out it goesx what though i know her virtuous and well deservingx yet i know her for a spleeny lutheranx and not wholesome to our cause that she should lie ix thx bosom of our hardxrulxd kingx againx there is sprung up an hereticx an arch onex cranmerx one hath crawlxd into the favour of the kingx and is his oraclex norfolkx he is vexxd at somethingx enter the kingx reading of a schedulex and lovell surreyx i would xtwere something that would fret the stringx the masterxcord onxs heartx suffolkx the kingx the kingx kingx what piles of wealth hath he accumulated to his own portionx and what expense by thx hour seems to flow from himx howx ix thx name of thriftx does he rake this togetherxxnowx my lordsx saw you the cardinalx norfolkx my lordx we have stood here observing himx some strange commotion is in his brainx he bites his lip and startsx stops on a suddenx looks upon the groundx then lays his finger on his templex straight springs out into fast gaitx then stops againx strikes his breast hardx and anon he casts his eye against the moonx in most strange postures we have seen him set himselfx kingx it may well be there is a mutiny inxs mindx this morning papers of state he sent me to perusex as i requirxdx and wot you what i found therexon my consciencex put unwittinglyx forsoothx an inventoryx thus importing the several parcels of his platex his treasurex rich stuffsx and ornaments of householdx which i find at such proud rate that it outspeaks possession of a subjectx norfolkx itxs heavenxs willx some spirit put this paper in the packet to bless your eye withalx kingx if we did think his contemplation were above the earth and fixxd on spiritual objectx he should still dwell in his musingsx but i am afraid his thinkings are below the moonx not worth his serious consideringx xthe king takes his seat and whispers lovellx who goes to the cardinalx wolseyx heaven forgive mex ever god bless your highnessx kingx goodx my lordx you are full of heavenly stuffx and bear the inventory of your best graces in your mindx the which you were now running oxerx you have scarce time to steal from spiritual leisure a brief span to keep your earthly auditx surex in that i deem you an ill husbandx and am glad to have you therein my companionx wolseyx sirx for holy offices i have a timex a time to think upon the part of business which i bear ix thx statex and nature does require her times of preservationx which perforce ix her frail sonx amongst my brethren mortalx must give my tendance tox kingx you have said wellx wolseyx and ever may your highness yoke togetherx as i will lend you causex my doing well with my well sayingx kingx xtis well said againx and xtis a kind of good deed to say wellx and yet words are no deedsx my father lovxd youx he said he didx and with his deed did crown his word upon youx since i had my office i have kept you next my heartx have not alone employxd you where high profits might come homex but parxd my present havings to bestow my bounties upon youx wolseyx xasidex what should this meanx surreyx xasidex the lord increase this businessx kingx have i not made you the prime man of the statex i pray you tell me if what i now pronounce you have found truex andx if you may confess itx say withal if you are bound to us or nox what say youx wolseyx my sovereignx i confess your royal gracesx showxrxd on me dailyx have been more than could my studied purposes requitex which went beyond all manxs endeavoursx my endeavoursx have ever come too short of my desiresx yet filxd with my abilitiesx mine own ends have been mine so that evermore they pointed to thx good of your most sacred person and the profit of the statex for your great graces heapxd upon mex poor undeserverx i can nothing render but allegiant thanksx my prayxrs to heaven for youx my loyaltyx which ever has and ever shall be growingx till deathx that winterx kill itx kingx fairly answerxdx a loyal and obedient subject is therein illustratedx the honour of it does pay the act of itx asx ix thx contraryx the foulness is the punishmentx i presume thatx as my hand has openxd bounty to youx my heart droppxd lovex my powxr rainxd honourx more on you than anyx so your hand and heartx your brainx and every function of your powerx shouldx notwithstanding that your bond of dutyx as xtwere in lovexs particularx be more to mex your friendx than anyx wolseyx i do profess that for your highnessx good i ever labourxd more than mine ownx that amx havex and will bex though all the world should crack their duty to youx and throw it from their soulx though perils did abound as thick as thought could make xemx and appear in forms more horridxyet my dutyx as doth a rock against the chiding floodx should the approach of this wild river breakx and stand unshaken yoursx kingx xtis nobly spokenx take noticex lordsx he has a loyal breastx for you have seen him open xtx read oxer thisx xgiving him papersx and afterx thisx and then to breakfast with what appetite you havex exit the kingx frowning upon the cardinalx the nobles throng after himx smiling and whispering wolseyx what should this meanx what sudden angerxs thisx how have i reapxd itx he parted frowning from mex as if ruin leapxd from his eyesx so looks the chafed lion upon the daring huntsman that has gallxd himx then makes him nothingx i must read this paperx i fearx the story of his angerx xtis sox this paper has undone mex xtis thx account of all that world of wealth i have drawn together for mine own endsx indeed to gain the popedomx and fee my friends in romex o negligencex fit for a fool to fall byx what cross devil made me put this main secret in the packet i sent the kingx is there no way to cure thisx no new device to beat this from his brainsx i know xtwill stir him stronglyx yet i know a wayx if it take rightx in spite of fortunex will bring me off againx whatxs thisx xto thx popexx the letterx as i livex with all the business i writ toxs holinessx nay thenx farewellx i have touchxd the highest point of all my greatnessx and from that full meridian of my glory i haste now to my settingx i shall fall like a bright exhalation in the eveningx and no man see me morex rexenter to wolsey the dukes of norfolk and suffolkx the earl of surreyx and the lord chamberlain norfolkx hear the kingxs pleasurex cardinalx who commands you to render up the great seal presently into our handsx and to confine yourself to asher housex my lord of winchesterxsx till you hear further from his highnessx wolseyx stayx wherexs your commissionx lordsx words cannot carry authority so weightyx suffolkx who dares cross xemx bearing the kingxs will from his mouth expresslyx wolseyx till i find more than will or words to do itx i mean your malicexknowx officious lordsx i dare and must deny itx now i feel of what coarse metal ye are mouldedxenvyx how eagerly ye follow my disgracesx as if it fed yex and how sleek and wanton ye appear in every thing may bring my ruinx follow your envious coursesx men of malicex you have christian warrant for xemx and no doubt in time will find their fit rewardsx that seal you ask with such a violencex the kingx mine and your masterxwith his own hand gave mex bade me enjoy itx with the place and honoursx during my lifex andx to confirm his goodnessx tied it by lettersxpatentsx nowx whoxll take itx surreyx the kingx that gave itx wolseyx it must be himself thenx surreyx thou art a proud traitorx priestx wolseyx proud lordx thou liestx within these forty hours surrey durst better have burnt that tongue than said sox surreyx thy ambitionx thou scarlet sinx robbxd this bewailing land of noble buckinghamx my fatherxinxlawx the heads of all thy brother cardinalsx with thee and all thy best parts bound togetherx weighxd not a hair of hisx plague of your policyx you sent me deputy for irelandx far from his succourx from the kingx from all that might have mercy on the fault thou gavxst himx whilst your great goodnessx out of holy pityx absolvxd him with an axex wolseyx thisx and all else this talking lord can lay upon my creditx i answer is most falsex the duke by law found his desertsx how innocent i was from any private malice in his endx his noble jury and foul cause can witnessx if i lovxd many wordsx lordx i should tell you you have as little honesty as honourx that in the way of loyalty and truth toward the kingx my ever royal masterx dare mate a sounder man than surrey can be and an that love his folliesx surreyx by my soulx your long coatx priestx protects youx thou shouldst feel my sword ix the lifexblood of thee elsex my lords can ye endure to hear this arrogancex and from this fellowx if we live thus tamelyx to be thus jaded by a piece of scarletx farewell nobilityx let his grace go forward and dare us with his cap like larksx wolseyx all goodness is poison to thy stomachx surreyx yesx that goodness of gleaning all the landxs wealth into onex into your own handsx cardinalx by extortionx the goodness of your intercepted packets you writ to thx pope against the kingx your goodnessx since you provoke mex shall be most notoriousx my lord of norfolkx as you are truly noblex as you respect the common goodx the state of our despisxd nobilityx our issuesx whomx if he livex will scarce be gentlemenx produce the grand sum of his sinsx the articles collected from his lifex ixll startle you worse than the sacring bellx when the brown wench lay kissing in your armsx lord cardinalx wolseyx how muchx methinksx i could despise this manx but that i am bound in charity against itx norfolkx those articlesx my lordx are in the kingxs handx butx thus muchx they are foul onesx wolseyx so much fairer and spotless shall mine innocence arisex when the king knows my truthx surreyx this cannot save youx i thank my memory i yet remember some of these articlesx and out they shallx nowx if you can blush and cry guiltyx cardinalx youxll show a little honestyx wolseyx speak onx sirx i dare your worst objectionsx if i blushx it is to see a nobleman want mannersx surreyx i had rather want those than my headx have at youx firstx that without the kingxs assent or knowledge you wrought to be a legatex by which power you maimxd the jurisdiction of all bishopsx norfolkx thenx that in all you writ to romex or else to foreign princesx xego et rex meusx was still inscribxdx in which you brought the king to be your servantx suffolkx thenx that without the knowledge either of king or councilx when you went ambassador to the emperorx you made bold to carry into flanders the great sealx surreyx itemx you sent a large commission to gregory de cassadox to concludex without the kingxs will or the statexs allowancex a league between his highness and ferrarax suffolkx that out of mere ambition you have causxd your holy hat to be stampxd on the kingxs coinx surreyx thenx that you have sent innumerable substancex by what means got i leave to your own consciencex to furnish rome and to prepare the ways you have for dignitiesx to the mere undoing of all the kingdomx many more there arex whichx since they are of youx and odiousx i will not taint my mouth withx chamberlainx o my lordx press not a falling man too farx xtis virtuex his faults lie open to the lawsx let themx not youx correct himx my heart weeps to see him so little of his great selfx surreyx i forgive himx suffolkx lord cardinalx the kingxs further pleasure isx because all those things you have done of latex by your power legatine within this kingdomx fall into thx compass of a praemunirex that therefore such a writ be sued against youx to forfeit all your goodsx landsx tenementsx chattelsx and whatsoeverx and to be out of the kingxs protectionx this is my chargex norfolkx and so wexll leave you to your meditations how to live betterx for your stubborn answer about the giving back the great seal to usx the king shall know itx andx no doubtx shall thank youx so fare you wellx my little good lord cardinalx exeunt all but wolsey wolseyx so farewell to the little good you bear mex farewellx a long farewellx to all my greatnessx this is the state of manx toxday he puts forth the tender leaves of hopesx toxmorrow blossoms and bears his blushing honours thick upon himx the third day comes a frostx a killing frostx and when he thinksx good easy manx full surely his greatness is axripeningx nips his rootx and then he fallsx as i dox i have venturxdx like little wanton boys that swim on bladdersx this many summers in a sea of gloryx but far beyond my depthx my highxblown pride at length broke under mex and now has left mex weary and old with servicex to the mercy of a rude streamx that must for ever hide mex vain pomp and glory of this worldx i hate yex i feel my heart new openxdx ox how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princesx favoursx there is betwixt that smile we would aspire tox that sweet aspect of princesx and their ruin more pangs and fears than wars or women havex and when he fallsx he falls like luciferx never to hope againx enter cromwellx standing amazed whyx how nowx cromwellx cromwellx i have no power to speakx sirx wolseyx whatx amazxd at my misfortunesx can thy spirit wonder a great man should declinex nayx an you weepx i am fallxn indeedx cromwellx how does your gracex wolseyx whyx wellx never so truly happyx my good cromwellx i know myself nowx and i feel within me a peace above all earthly dignitiesx a still and quiet consciencex the king has curxd mex i humbly thank his gracex and from these shouldersx these ruinxd pillarsx out of pityx taken a load would sink a navyxtoo much honourx ox xtis a burdenx cromwellx xtis a burden too heavy for a man that hopes for heavenx cromwellx i am glad your grace has made that right use of itx wolseyx i hope i havex i am able nowx methinksx out of a fortitude of soul i feelx to endure more miseries and greater far than my weakxhearted enemies dare offerx what news abroadx cromwellx the heaviest and the worst is your displeasure with the kingx wolseyx god bless himx cromwellx the next is that sir thomas more is chosen lord chancellor in your placex wolseyx thatxs somewhat suddenx but hexs a learned manx may he continue long in his highnessx favourx and do justice for truthxs sake and his consciencex that his bones when he has run his course and sleeps in blessingsx may have a tomb of orphansx tears wept on himx what morex cromwellx that cranmer is returnxd with welcomex installxd lord archbishop of canterburyx wolseyx thatxs news indeedx cromwellx lastx that the lady annex whom the king hath in secrecy long marriedx this day was viewxd in open as his queenx going to chapelx and the voice is now only about her coronationx wolseyx there was the weight that pullxd me downx o cromwellx the king has gone beyond mex all my glories in that one woman i have lost for everx no sun shall ever usher forth mine honoursx or gild again the noble troops that waited upon my smilesx go get thee from mex cromwellx i am a poor fallxn manx unworthy now to be thy lord and masterx seek the kingx that sunx i prayx may never setx i have told him what and how true thou artx he will advance theex some little memory of me will stir himx i know his noble naturexnot to let thy hopeful service perish toox good cromwellx neglect him notx make use nowx and provide for thine own future safetyx cromwellx o my lordx must i then leave youx must i needs forgo so goodx so noblex and so true a masterx bear witnessx all that have not hearts of ironx with what a sorrow cromwell leaves his lordx the king shall have my servicex but my prayers for ever and for ever shall be yoursx wolseyx cromwellx i did not think to shed a tear in all my miseriesx but thou hast forcxd mex out of thy honest truthx to play the womanx letxs dry our eyesx and thus far hear mex cromwellx and when i am forgottenx as i shall bex and sleep in dull cold marblex where no mention of me more must be heard ofx say i taught theex say wolseyx that once trod the ways of gloryx and sounded all the depths and shoals of honourx found thee a wayx out of his wreckx to rise inx a sure and safe onex though thy master missxd itx mark but my fall and that that ruinxd mex cromwellx i charge theex fling away ambitionx by that sin fell the angelsx how can man thenx the image of his makerx hope to win by itx love thyself lastx cherish those hearts that hate theex corruption wins not more than honestyx still in thy right hand carry gentle peace to silence envious tonguesx be justx and fear notx let all the ends thou aimxst at be thy countryxsx thy godxsx and truthxsx thenx if thou fallxstx o cromwellx thou fallxst a blessed martyrx serve the kingx andxprithee lead me inx there take an inventory of all i have to the last pennyx xtis the kingxsx my robex and my integrity to heavenx is all i dare now call mine ownx o cromwellx cromwellx had i but servxd my god with half the zeal i servxd my kingx he would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemiesx cromwellx good sirx have patiencex wolseyx so i havex farewell the hopes of courtx my hopes in heaven do dwellx exeunt act ivx scene xx a street in westminster enter two gentlemenx meeting one another first gentlemanx yxare well met once againx second gentlemanx so are youx first gentlemanx you come to take your stand herex and behold the lady anne pass from her coronationx second gentlemanx xtis all my businessx at our last encounter the duke of buckingham came from his trialx first gentlemanx xtis very truex but that time offerxd sorrowx thisx general joyx second gentlemanx xtis wellx the citizensx i am surex have shown at full their royal mindsx asx let xem have their rightsx they are ever forwardx in celebration of this day with showsx pageantsx and sights of honourx first gentlemanx never greaterx norx ixll assure youx better takenx sirx second gentlemanx may i be bold to ask what that containsx that paper in your handx first gentlemanx yesx xtis the list of those that claim their offices this dayx by custom of the coronationx the duke of suffolk is the firstx and claims to be high stewardx nextx the duke of norfolkx he to be earl marshalx you may read the restx second gentlemanx i thank youx sirx had i not known those customsx i should have been beholding to your paperx butx i beseech youx whatxs become of katharinex the princess dowagerx how goes her businessx first gentlemanx that i can tell you toox the archbishop of canterburyx accompanied with other learned and reverend fathers of his orderx held a late court at dunstablex six miles of from ampthillx where the princess layx to which she was often cited by themx but appearxd notx andx to be shortx for not appearance and the kingxs late scruplex by the main assent of all these learned menx she was divorcxdx and the late marriage made of none effectx since which she was removed to kimboltonx where she remains now sickx second gentlemanx alasx good ladyx xtrumpetsx the trumpets soundx stand closex the queen is comingx xhautboysx the order of the coronationx xx a lively flourish of trumpetsx xx then two judgesx xx lord chancellorx with purse and mace before himx xx choristers singingx xmusicx xx mayor of londonx bearing the macex then garterx in his coat of armsx and on his head he wore a gilt copper crownx xx marquis dorsetx bearing a sceptre of goldx on his head a demixcoronal of goldx with himx the earl of surreyx bearing the rod of silver with the dovex crowned with an earlxs coronetx collars of essesx xx duke of suffolkx in his robe of estatex his coronet on his headx bearing a long white wandx as high stewardx with himx the duke of norfolkx with the rod of marshalshipx a coronet on his headx collars of essesx xx a canopy borne by four of the cinquexportsx under it the queen in her robex in her hair richly adorned with pearlx crownedx on each side herx the bishops of london and winchesterx xx the old duchess of norfolkx in a coronal of gold wrought with flowersx bearing the queenxs trainx xxx certain ladies or countessesx with plain circlets of gold without flowersx exeuntx first passing over the stage in order and statex and then a great flourish of trumpets second gentlemanx a royal trainx believe mex these knowx whoxs that that bears the sceptrex first gentlemanx marquis dorsetx and that the earl of surreyx with the rodx second gentlemanx a bold brave gentlemanx that should be the duke of suffolkx first gentlemanx xtis the samexhigh stewardx second gentlemanx and that my lord of norfolkx first gentlemanx yesx second gentlemanx xlooking on the queenx heaven bless theex thou hast the sweetest face i ever lookxd onx sirx as i have a soulx she is an angelx our king has all the indies in his armsx and more and richerx when he strains that ladyx i cannot blame his consciencex first gentlemanx they that bear the cloth of honour over her are four barons of the cinquexportsx second gentlemanx those men are happyx and so are all are near herx i take it she that carries up the train is that old noble ladyx duchess of norfolkx first gentlemanx it isx and all the rest are countessesx second gentlemanx their coronets say sox these are stars indeedx and sometimes falling onesx first gentlemanx no more of thatx exit processionx with a great flourish of trumpets enter a third gentleman god save youx sirx where have you been broilingx third gentlemanx among the crowds ix thx abbeyx where a finger could not be wedgxd in morex i am stifled with the mere rankness of their joyx second gentlemanx you saw the ceremonyx third gentlemanx that i didx first gentlemanx how was itx third gentlemanx well worth the seeingx second gentlemanx good sirx speak it to usx third gentlemanx as well as i am ablex the rich stream of lords and ladiesx having brought the queen to a preparxd place in the choirx fell of a distance from herx while her grace sat down to rest awhilex some half an hour or sox in a rich chair of statex opposing freely the beauty of her person to the peoplex believe mex sirx she is the goodliest woman that ever lay by manx which when the people had the full view ofx such a noise arose as the shrouds make at sea in a stiff tempestx as loudx and to as many tunesx hatsx cloaksx doubletsx i thinkxflew upx and had their faces been loosex this day they had been lostx such joy i never saw beforex greatxbellied womenx that had not half a week to gox like rams in the old time of warx would shake the pressx and make xem reel before xemx no man living could say xthis is my wifex therex all were woven so strangely in one piecex second gentlemanx but what followxdx third gentlemanx at length her grace rosex and with modest paces came to the altarx where she kneelxdx and saintlike cast her fair eyes to heavenx and prayxd devoutlyx then rose againx and bowxd her to the peoplex when by the archbishop of canterbury she had all the royal makings of a queenx as holy oilx edward confessorxs crownx the rodx and bird of peacex and all such emblems laid nobly on herx which performxdx the choirx with all the choicest music of the kingdomx together sung xte deumxx so she partedx and with the same full state pacxd back again to york placex where the feast is heldx first gentlemanx sirx you must no more call it york placex thatxs pastx for since the cardinal fell that titlexs lostx xtis now the kingxsx and called whitehallx third gentlemanx i know itx but xtis so lately alterxd that the old name is fresh about mex second gentlemanx what two reverend bishops were those that went on each side of the queenx third gentlemanx stokesly and gardinerx the one of winchesterx newly preferrxd from the kingxs secretaryx the otherx londonx second gentlemanx he of winchester is held no great good lover of the archbishopxsx the virtuous cranmerx third gentlemanx all the land knows thatx howeverx yet there is no great breachx when it comesx cranmer will find a friend will not shrink from himx second gentlemanx who may that bex i pray youx third gentlemanx thomas cromwellx a man in much esteem with thx kingx and truly a worthy friendx the king has made him master ox thx jewel housex and onex alreadyx of the privy councilx second gentlemanx he will deserve morex third gentlemanx yesx without all doubtx comex gentlemenx ye shall go my wayx which is to thx courtx and there ye shall be my guestsx something i can commandx as i walk thitherx ixll tell ye morex bothx you may command usx sirx exeunt act ivx scene xx kimbolton enter katharinex dowagerx sickx led between griffithx her gentleman usherx and patiencex her woman griffithx how does your gracex katharinex o griffithx sick to deathx my legs like loaden branches bow to thx earthx willing to leave their burdenx reach a chairx soxnowx methinksx i feel a little easex didst thou not tell mex griffithx as thou ledxst mex that the great child of honourx cardinal wolseyx was deadx griffithx yesx madamx but i think your gracex out of the pain you sufferxdx gave no ear toxtx katharinex pritheex good griffithx tell me how he diedx if wellx he steppxd before mex happilyx for my examplex griffithx wellx the voice goesx madamx for after the stout earl northumberland arrested him at york and brought him forwardx as a man sorely taintedx to his answerx he fell sick suddenlyx and grew so ill he could not sit his mulex katharinex alasx poor manx griffithx at lastx with easy roadsx he came to leicesterx lodgxd in the abbeyx where the reverend abbotx with all his coventx honourably receivxd himx to whom he gave these wordsx xo father abbotx an old manx broken with the storms of statex is come to lay his weary bones among yex give him a little earth for charityxx so went to bedx where eagerly his sickness pursuxd him still and three nights after thisx about the hour of eightxwhich he himself foretold should be his lastxfull of repentancex continual meditationsx tearsx and sorrowsx he gave his honours to the world againx his blessed part to heavenx and slept in peacex katharinex so may he restx his faults lie gently on himx yet thus farx griffithx give me leave to speak himx and yet with charityx he was a man of an unbounded stomachx ever ranking himself with princesx one thatx by suggestionx tied all the kingdomx simony was fair playx his own opinion was his lawx ix thx presence he would say untruthsx and be ever double both in his words and meaningx he was neverx but where he meant to ruinx pitifulx his promises werex as he then wasx mightyx but his performancex as he is nowx nothingx of his own body he was illx and gave the clergy ill examplex griffithx noble madamx menxs evil manners live in brassx their virtues we write in waterx may it please your highness to hear me speak his good nowx katharinex yesx good griffithx i were malicious elsex griffithx this cardinalx though from an humble stockx undoubtedly was fashionxd to much honour from his cradlex he was a scholarx and a ripe and good onex exceeding wisex fairxspokenx and persuadingx lofty and sour to them that lovxd him notx but to those men that sought him sweet as summerx and though he were unsatisfied in gettingx which was a sinxyet in bestowingx madamx he was most princelyx ever witness for him those twins of learning that he raisxd in youx ipswich and oxfordx one of which fell with himx unwilling to outlive the good that did itx the otherx though unfinishxdx yet so famousx so excellent in artx and still so risingx that christendom shall ever speak his virtuex his overthrow heapxd happiness upon himx for thenx and not till thenx he felt himselfx and found the blessedness of being littlex andx to add greater honours to his age than man could give himx he died fearing godx katharinex after my death i wish no other heraldx no other speaker of my living actionsx to keep mine honour from corruptionx but such an honest chronicler as griffithx whom i most hated livingx thou hast made mex with thy religious truth and modestyx now in his ashes honourx peace be with himx patiencex be near me stillx and set me lowerx i have not long to trouble theex good griffithx cause the musicians play me that sad note i namxd my knellx whilst i sit meditating on that celestial harmony i go tox xsad and solemn musicx griffithx she is asleepx good wenchx letxs sit down quietx for fear we wake herx softlyx gentle patiencex the visionx enterx solemnly tripping one after anotherx six personages clad in white robesx wearing on their heads garlands of baysx and golden vizards on their facesx branches of bays or palm in their handsx they first congee unto herx then dancex andx at certain changesx the first two hold a spare garland over her headx at which the other four make reverent curtsiesx then the two that held the garland deliver the same to the other next twox who observe the same order in their changesx and holding the garland over her headx which donex they deliver the same garland to the last twox who likewise observe the same orderx at whichx as it were by inspirationx she makes in her sleep signs of rejoicingx and holdeth up her hands to heavenx and so in their dancing vanishx carrying the garland with themx the music continues katharinex spirits of peacex where are yex are ye all gonex and leave me here in wretchedness behind yex griffithx madamx we are herex katharinex it is not you i call forx saw ye none enter since i sleptx griffithx nonex madamx katharinex nox saw you notx even nowx a blessed troop invite me to a banquetx whose bright faces cast thousand beams upon mex like the sunx they promisxd me eternal happinessx and brought me garlandsx griffithx which i feel i am not worthy yet to wearx i shallx assuredlyx griffithx i am most joyfulx madamx such good dreams possess your fancyx katharinex bid the music leavex they are harsh and heavy to mex xmusic ceasesx patiencex do you note how much her grace is alterxd on the suddenx how long her face is drawnx how pale she looksx and of an earthly coldx mark her eyesx griffithx she is goingx wenchx prayx prayx patiencex heaven comfort herx enter a messenger messengerx anxt like your gracex katharinex you are a saucy fellowx deserve we no more reverencex griffithx you are to blamex knowing she will not lose her wonted greatnessx to use so rude behaviourx go tox kneelx messengerx i humbly do entreat your highnessx pardonx my haste made me unmannerlyx there is staying a gentlemanx sent from the kingx to see youx katharinex admit him entrancex griffithx but this fellow let me nexer see againx exit messenger enter lord capucius if my sight fail notx you should be lord ambassador from the emperorx my royal nephewx and your name capuciusx capuciusx madamx the samexyour servantx katharinex ox my lordx the times and titles now are alterxd strangely with me since first you knew mex butx i pray youx what is your pleasure with mex capuciusx noble ladyx firstx mine own service to your gracex the nextx the kingxs request that i would visit youx who grieves much for your weaknessx and by me sends you his princely commendations and heartily entreats you take good comfortx katharinex o my good lordx that comfort comes too latex xtis like a pardon after executionx that gentle physicx given in timex had curxd mex but now i am past all comforts herex but prayersx how does his highnessx capuciusx madamx in good healthx katharinex so may he ever dox and ever flourish when i shall dwell with wormsx and my poor name banishxd the kingdomx patiencex is that letter i causxd you write yet sent awayx patiencex nox madamx xgiving it to katharinex katharinex sirx i most humbly pray you to deliver this to my lord the kingx capuciusx most willingx madamx katharinex in which i have commended to his goodness the model of our chaste lovesx his young daughterx the dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on herxx beseeching him to give her virtuous breedingx she is youngx and of a noble modest naturex i hope she will deserve wellxand a little to love her for her motherxs sakex that lovxd himx heaven knows how dearlyx my next poor petition is that his noble grace would have some pity upon my wretched women that so long have followxd both my fortunes faithfullyx of which there is not onex i dare avowx and now i should not liexbut will deservex for virtue and true beauty of the soulx for honesty and decent carriagex a right good husbandx let him be a noblex and sure those men are happy that shall have xemx the last is for my menxthey are the poorestx but poverty could never draw xem from mex that they may have their wages duly paid xemx and something over to remember me byx if heaven had pleasxd to have given me longer life and able meansx we had not parted thusx these are the whole contentsx andx good my lordx by that you love the dearest in this worldx as you wish christian peace to souls departedx stand these poor peoplexs friendx and urge the king to do me this last rightx capuciusx by heavenx i willx or let me lose the fashion of a manx katharinex i thank youx honest lordx remember me in all humility unto his highnessx say his long trouble now is passing out of this worldx tell him in death i blessxd himx for so i willx mine eyes grow dimx farewellx my lordx griffithx farewellx nayx patiencex you must not leave me yetx i must to bedx call in more womenx when i am deadx good wenchx let me be usxd with honourx strew me over with maiden flowersx that all the world may know i was a chaste wife to my gravex embalm mex then lay me forthx although unqueenxdx yet like a queenx and daughter to a kingx inter mex i can no morex exeuntx leading katharine act vx scene xx londonx a gallery in the palace enter gardinerx bishop of winchesterx a page with a torch before himx met by sir thomas lovell gardinerx itxs one oxclockx boyx isxt notx boyx it hath struckx gardinerx these should be hours for necessitiesx not for delightsx times to repair our nature with comforting reposex and not for us to waste these timesx good hour of nightx sir thomasx whither so latex lovellx came you from the kingx my lordx gardinerx i didx sir thomasx and left him at primero with the duke of suffolkx lovellx i must to him toox before he go to bedx ixll take my leavex gardinerx not yetx sir thomas lovellx whatxs the matterx it seems you are in hastex an if there be no great offence belongs toxtx give your friend some touch of your late businessx affairs that walkx as they say spirits doxat midnightx have in them a wilder nature than the business that seeks despatch by dayx lovellx my lordx i love youx and durst commend a secret to your ear much weightier than this workx the queenxs in labourx they say in great extremityx and fearxd shexll with the labour endx gardinerx the fruit she goes with i pray for heartilyx that it may find good timex and livex but for the stockx sir thomasx i wish it grubbxd up nowx lovellx methinks i could cry thee amenx and yet my conscience says shexs a good creaturex andx sweet ladyx does deserve our better wishesx gardinerx butx sirx sirx hear mex sir thomasx yxare a gentleman of mine own wayx i know you wisex religiousx andx let me tell youx it will nexer be wellx xtwill notx sir thomas lovellx takext of mex till cranmerx cromwellx her two handsx and shex sleep in their gravesx lovellx nowx sirx you speak of two the most remarkxd ix thx kingdomx as for cromwellx beside that of the jewel housex is made master ox thx rollsx and the kingxs secretaryx furtherx sirx stands in the gap and trade of moe prefermentsx with which the time will load himx thx archbishop is the kingxs hand and tonguex and who dare speak one syllable against himx gardinerx yesx yesx sir thomasx there are that darex and i myself have venturxd to speak my mind of himx and indeed this dayx sirxi may tell it youxi think i have incensxd the lords ox thx councilx that he isx for so i know he isx they know he isx a most arch hereticx a pestilence that does infect the landx with which they moved have broken with the kingx who hath so far given ear to our complaintxof his great grace and princely carex foreseeing those fell mischiefs our reasons laid before himxhath commanded toxmorrow morning to the council board he be conventedx hexs a rank weedx sir thomasx and we must root him outx from your affairs i hinder you too longxgood nightx sir thomasx lovellx many good nightsx my lordx i rest your servantx exeunt gardiner and page enter the king and the duke of suffolk kingx charlesx i will play no more toxnightx my mindxs not onxtx you are too hard for mex suffolkx sirx i did never win of you beforex kingx but littlex charlesx nor shall notx when my fancyxs on my playx nowx lovellx from the queen what is the newsx lovellx i could not personally deliver to her what you commanded mex but by her woman i sent your messagex who returnxd her thanks in the greatxst humblenessx and desirxd your highness most heartily to pray for herx kingx what sayxst thoux hax to pray for herx whatx is she crying outx lovellx so said her womanx and that her suffxrance made almost each pang a deathx kingx alasx good ladyx suffolkx god safely quit her of her burdenx and with gentle travailx to the gladding of your highness with an heirx kingx xtis midnightx charlesx prithee to bedx and in thy prayxrs remember thx estate of my poor queenx leave me alonex for i must think of that which company will not be friendly tox suffolkx i wish your highness a quiet nightx and my good mistress will remember in my prayersx kingx charlesx good nightx exit suffolk enter sir anthony denny wellx sirx what followsx dennyx sirx i have brought my lord the archbishopx as you commanded mex kingx hax canterburyx dennyx ayx my good lordx kingx xtis truex where is hex dennyx dennyx he attends your highnessx pleasurex kingx bring him to usx exit denny lovellx xasidex this is about that which the bishop spakex i am happily come hitherx rexenter dennyx with cranmer kingx avoid the galleryx xlovell seems to stayx hax i have saidx be gonex whatx exeunt lovell and denny cranmerx xasidex i am fearfulxwherefore frowns he thusx xtis his aspect of terrorx allxs not wellx kingx how nowx my lordx you do desire to know wherefore i sent for youx cranmerx xkneelingx it is my duty txattend your highnessx pleasurex kingx pray youx arisex my good and gracious lord of canterburyx comex you and i must walk a turn togetherx i have news to tell youx comex comex me your handx ahx my good lordx i grieve at what i speakx and am right sorry to repeat what followsx i havex and most unwillinglyx of late heard many grievousxi do sayx my lordx grievousxcomplaints of youx whichx being considerxdx have movxd us and our council that you shall this morning come before usx where i know you cannot with such freedom purge yourself but thatx till further trial in those charges which will require your answerx you must take your patience to you and be well contented to make your house our towxrx you a brother of usx it fits we thus proceedx or else no witness would come against youx cranmerx i humbly thank your highness and am right glad to catch this good occasion most throughly to be winnowed where my chaff and corn shall fly asunderx for i know therexs none stands under more calumnious tongues than i myselfx poor manx kingx stand upx good canterburyx thy truth and thy integrity is rooted in usx thy friendx give me thy handx stand upx prithee letxs walkx nowx by my holidamex what manner of man are youx my lordx i lookxd you would have given me your petition that i should have taxen some pains to bring together yourself and your accusersx and to have heard you without indurance furtherx cranmerx most dread liegex the good i stand on is my truth and honestyx if they shall failx i with mine enemies will triumph oxer my personx which i weigh notx being of those virtues vacantx i fear nothing what can be said against mex kingx know you not how your state stands ix thx worldx with the whole worldx your enemies are manyx and not smallx their practices must bear the same proportionx and not ever the justice and the truth ox thx question carries the due ox thx verdict with itx at what ease might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt to swear against youx such things have been donex you are potently opposxdx and with a malice of as great sizex ween you of better luckx i mean in perjurxd witnessx than your masterx whose minister you arex whiles here he livxd upon this naughty earthx go tox go tox you take a precipice for no leap of dangerx and woo your own destructionx cranmerx god and your majesty protect mine innocencex or i fall into the trap is laid for mex kingx be of good cheerx they shall no more prevail than we give way tox keep comfort to youx and this morning see you do appear before themx if they shall chancex in charging you with mattersx to commit youx the best persuasions to the contrary fail not to usex and with what vehemency thx occasion shall instruct youx if entreaties will render you no remedyx this ring deliver themx and your appeal to us there make before themx lookx the good man weepsx hexs honestx on mine honourx godxs blest motherx i swear he is truexheartedx and a soul none better in my kingdomx get you gonex and do as i have bid youx exit cranmer he has strangled his language in his tearsx enter old lady gentlemanx xwithinx come backx what mean youx old ladyx ixll not come backx the tidings that i bring will make my boldness mannersx nowx good angels fly oxer thy royal headx and shade thy person under their blessed wingsx kingx nowx by thy looks i guess thy messagex is the queen deliverxdx say ayx and of a boyx old ladyx ayx ayx my liegex and of a lovely boyx the god of heaven both now and ever bless herx xtis a girlx promises boys hereafterx sirx your queen desires your visitationx and to be acquainted with this strangerx xtis as like you as cherry is to cherryx kingx lovellx enter lovell lovellx sirx kingx give her an hundred marksx ixll to the queenx exit old ladyx an hundred marksx by this lightx ixll hax morex an ordinary groom is for such paymentx i will have morex or scold it out of himx said i for this the girl was like to himx ixll have morex or else unsayxtx and nowx while xtis hotx ixll put it to the issuex exeunt act vx scene xx lobby before the council chamber enter cranmerx archbishop of canterbury cranmerx i hope i am not too latex and yet the gentleman that was sent to me from the council prayxd me to make great hastex all fastx what means thisx hox who waits therex sure you know mex enter keeper keeperx yesx my lordx but yet i cannot help youx cranmerx whyx keeperx your grace must wait till you be callxd forx enter doctor butts cranmerx sox buttsx xasidex this is a piece of malicex i am glad i came this way so happilyx the king shall understand it presentlyx exit cranmerx xasidex xtis buttsx the kingxs physicianx as he passxd alongx how earnestly he cast his eyes upon mex pray heaven he sound not my disgracex for certainx this is of purpose laid by some that hate mex god turn their heartsx i never sought their malicex to quench mine honourx they would shame to make me wait else at doorx a fellow councillorx xmong boysx groomsx and lackeysx but their pleasures must be fulfillxdx and i attend with patiencex enter the king and butts at window above buttsx ixll show your grace the strangest sightx kingx whatxs thatx buttsx buttsx i think your highness saw this many a dayx kingx body a mex where is itx buttsx there my lordx the high promotion of his grace of canterburyx who holds his state at doorx xmongst pursuivantsx pagesx and footboysx kingx hax xtis he indeedx is this the honour they do one anotherx xtis well therexs one above xem yetx i had thought they had parted so much honesty among xemx at least good mannersxas not thus to suffer a man of his placex and so near our favourx to dance attendance on their lordshipsx pleasuresx and at the door toox like a post with packetsx by holy maryx buttsx therexs knaveryx let xem alonex and draw the curtain closex we shall hear more anonx exeunt act vx scene xx the council chamber a council table brought inx with chairs and stoolsx and placed under the statex enter lord chancellorx places himself at the upper end of the table on the left bandx a seat being left void above himx as for canterburyxs seatx duke of suffolkx duke of norfolkx surreyx lord chamberlainx gardinerx seat themselves in order on each sidex cromwell at lower endx as secretaryx keeper at the door chancellorx speak to the businessx master secretaryx why are we met in councilx cromwellx please your honoursx the chief cause concerns his grace of canterburyx gardinerx has he had knowledge of itx cromwellx yesx norfolkx who waits therex keeperx withoutx my noble lordsx gardinerx yesx keeperx my lord archbishopx and has done half an hourx to know your pleasuresx chancellorx let him come inx keeperx your grace may enter nowx cranmer approaches the council table chancellorx my good lord archbishopx i am very sorry to sit here at this presentx and behold that chair stand emptyx but we all are menx in our own natures frail and capable of our fleshx few are angelsx out of which frailty and want of wisdomx youx that best should teach usx have misdemeanxd yourselfx and not a littlex toward the king firstx then his lawsx in filling the whole realm by your teaching and your chaplainsx for so we are informxdxwith new opinionsx divers and dangerousx which are heresiesx andx not reformxdx may prove perniciousx gardinerx which reformation must be sudden toox my noble lordsx for those that tame wild horses pace xem not in their hands to make xem gentlex but stop their mouth with stubborn bits and spur xem till they obey the managex if we sufferx out of our easiness and childish pity to one manxs honourx this contagious sicknessx farewell all physicx and what follows thenx commotionsx uproarsx with a general taint of the whole statex as of late days our neighboursx the upper germanyx can dearly witnessx yet freshly pitied in our memoriesx cranmerx my good lordsx hitherto in all the progress both of my life and officex i have labourxdx and with no little studyx that my teaching and the strong course of my authority might go one wayx and safelyx and the end was ever to do wellx nor is there livingx i speak it with a single heartx my lordsx a man that more detestsx more stirs againstx both in his private conscience and his placex defacers of a public peace than i dox pray heaven the king may never find a heart with less allegiance in itx men that make envy and crooked malice nourishment dare bite the bestx i do beseech your lordships thatx in this case of justicex my accusersx be what they willx may stand forth face to face and freely urge against mex suffolkx nayx my lordx that cannot bex you are a councillorx and by that virtue no man dare accuse youx gardinerx my lordx because we have business of more momentx we will be short with youx xtis his highnessx pleasure and our consentx for better trial of youx from hence you be committed to the towerx wherex being but a private man againx you shall know many dare accuse you boldlyx more thanx i fearx you are provided forx cranmerx ahx my good lord of winchesterx i thank youx you are always my good friendx if your will passx i shall both find your lordship judge and jurorx you are so mercifulx i see your endx xtis my undoingx love and meeknessx lordx become a churchman better than ambitionx win straying souls with modesty againx cast none awayx that i shall clear myselfx lay all the weight ye can upon my patiencex i make as little doubt as you do conscience in doing daily wrongsx i could say morex but reverence to your calling makes me modestx gardinerx my lordx my lordx you are a sectaryx thatxs the plain truthx your painted gloss discoversx to men that understand youx words and weaknessx cromwellx my lord of winchesterx yxare a littlex by your good favourx too sharpx men so noblex however faultyx yet should find respect for what they have beenx xtis a cruelty to load a falling manx gardinerx good master secretaryx i cry your honour mercyx you mayx worst of all this tablex say sox cromwellx whyx my lordx gardinerx do not i know you for a favourer of this new sectx ye are not soundx cromwellx not soundx gardinerx not soundx i sayx cromwellx would you were half so honestx menxs prayers then would seek youx not their fearsx gardinerx i shall remember this bold languagex cromwellx dox remember your bold life toox chancellorx this is too muchx forbearx for shamex my lordsx gardinerx i have donex cromwellx and ix chancellorx then thus for youx my lordx it stands agreedx i take itx by all voicesx that forthwith you be conveyxd to thx tower a prisonerx there to remain till the kingxs further pleasure be known unto usx are you all agreedx lordsx allx we arex cranmerx is there no other way of mercyx but i must needs to thx towerx my lordsx gardinerx what other would you expectx you are strangely troublesomex let some ox thx guard be ready therex enter the guard cranmerx for mex must i go like a traitor thitherx gardinerx receive himx and see him safe ix thx towerx cranmerx stayx good my lordsx i have a little yet to sayx look therex my lordsx by virtue of that ring i take my cause out of the gripes of cruel men and give it to a most noble judgex the king my masterx chamberlainx this is the kingxs ringx surreyx xtis no counterfeitx suffolkx xtis the right ringx by heavxnx i told ye allx when we first put this dangerous stone axrollingx xtwould fall upon ourselvesx norfolkx do you thinkx my lordsx the king will suffer but the little finger of this man to be vexxdx chamberlainx xtis now too certainx how much more is his life in value with himx would i were fairly out onxtx cromwellx my mind gave mex in seeking tales and informations against this manxwhose honesty the devil and his disciples only envy atx ye blew the fire that burns yex now have at yex enter the king frowning on themx he takes his seat gardinerx dread sovereignx how much are we bound to heaven in daily thanksx that gave us such a princex not only good and wise but most religiousx one that in all obedience makes the church the chief aim of his honour andx to strengthen that holy dutyx out of dear respectx his royal self in judgment comes to hear the cause betwixt her and this great offenderx kingx you were ever good at sudden commendationsx bishop of winchesterx but know i come not to hear such flattery nowx and in my presence they are too thin and bare to hide offencesx to me you cannot reach you play the spanielx and think with wagging of your tongue to win mex but whatsoexer thou takxst me forx ixm sure thou hast a cruel nature and a bloodyx xto cranmerx good manx sit downx now let me see the proudest he that dares most but wag his finger at theex by all thatxs holyx he had better starve than but once think this place becomes thee notx surreyx may it please your gracex kingx nox sirx it does not please mex i had thought i had had men of some understanding and wisdom of my councilx but i find nonex was it discretionx lordsx to let this manx this good manxfew of you deserve that titlex this honest manx wait like a lousy footboy at chamber doorx and one as great as you arex whyx what a shame was thisx did my commission bid ye so far forget yourselvesx i gave ye power as he was a councillor to try himx not as a groomx therexs some of yex i seex more out of malice than integrityx would try him to the utmostx had ye meanx which ye shall never have while i livex chancellorx thus farx my most dread sovereignx may it like your grace to let my tongue excuse allx what was purposxd concerning his imprisonment was ratherx if there be faith in menxmeant for his trial and fair purgation to the worldx than malicex ixm surex in mex kingx wellx wellx my lordsx respect himx take himx and use him wellx hexs worthy of itx i will say thus much for himx if a prince may be beholding to a subjectx am for his love and service so to himx make me no more adox but all embrace himx be friendsx for shamex my lordsx my lord of canterburyx i have a suit which you must not deny mex that isx a fair young maid that yet wants baptismx you must be godfatherx and answer for herx cranmerx the greatest monarch now alive may glory in such an honourx how may i deserve itx that am a poor and humble subject to youx kingx comex comex my lordx youxd spare your spoonsx you shall have two noble partners with youx the old duchess of norfolk and lady marquis dorsetx will these please youx once morex my lord of winchesterx i charge youx embrace and love this manx gardinerx with a true heart and brotherxlove i do itx cranmerx and let heaven witness how dear i hold this confirmationx kingx good manx those joyful tears show thy true heartx the common voicex i seex is verified of theex which says thusx xdo my lord of canterbury a shrewd turn and hexs your friend for everxx comex lordsx we trifle time awayx i long to have this young one made a christianx as i have made ye onex lordsx one remainx so i grow strongerx you more honour gainx exeunt act vx scene xx the palace yard noise and tumult withinx enter porter and his man porterx youxll leave your noise anonx ye rascalsx do you take the court for paris gardenx ye rude slavesx leave your gapingx xwithinx good master porterx i belong to thx larderxx porterx belong to thx gallowsx and be hangxdx ye roguex is this a place to roar inx fetch me a dozen crabxtree stavesx and strong onesx these are but switches to xemx ixll scratch your headsx you must be seeing christeningsx do you look for ale and cakes herex you rude rascalsx manx prayx sirx be patientx xtis as much impossiblex unless we sweep xem from the door with cannonsx to scatter xem as xtis to make xem sleep on mayxday morningx which will never bex we may as well push against paulxs as stir xemx porterx how got they inx and be hangxdx manx alasx i know notx how gets the tide inx as much as one sound cudgel of four footx you see the poor remainderxcould distributex i made no sparex sirx porterx you did nothingx sirx manx i am not samsonx nor sir guyx nor colbrandx to mow xem down before mex but if i sparxd any that had a head to hitx either young or oldx he or shex cuckold or cuckoldxmakerx let me nexer hope to see a chine againx and that i would not for a cowx god save herx x withinx do you hearx master porterxx porterx i shall be with you presentlyx good master puppyx keep the door closex sirrahx manx what would you have me dox porterx what should you dox but knock xem down by thx dozensx is this moorfields to muster inx or have we some strange indian with the great tool come to courtx the women so besiege usx bless mex what a fry of fornication is at doorx on my christian consciencex this one christening will beget a thousandx here will be fatherx godfatherx and all togetherx manx the spoons will be the biggerx sirx there is a fellow somewhat near the doorx he should be a brazier by his facex forx ox my consciencex twenty of the dogxdays now reign inxs nosex all that stand about him are under the linex they need no other penancex that firexdrake did i hit three times on the headx and three times was his nose discharged against mex he stands there like a mortarxpiecex to blow usx there was a haberdasherxs wife of small wit near himx that railxd upon me till her pinkxd porringer fell off her headx for kindling such a combustion in the statex i missxd the meteor oncex and hit that womanx who cried out xclubsxx when i might see from far some forty truncheoners draw to her succourx which were the hope ox thx strandx where she was quarteredx they fell onx i made good my placex at length they came to thx broomstaff to mex i defied xem stillx when suddenly a file of boys behind xemx loose shotx deliverxd such a showxr of pebbles that i was fain to draw mine honour in and let xem win the workx the devil was amongst xemx i think surelyx porterx these are the youths that thunder at a playhouse and fight for bitten applesx that no audience but the tribulation of towerxhill or the limbs of limehousex their dear brothersx are able to endurex i have some of xem in limbo patrumx and there they are like to dance these three daysx besides the running banquet of two beadles that is to comex enter the lord chamberlain chamberlainx mercy ox mex what a multitude are herex they grow still toox from all parts they are comingx as if we kept a fair herex where are these portersx these lazy knavesx yxhave made a fine handx fellowsx therexs a trim rabble let inx are all these your faithful friends ox thx suburbsx we shall have great store of roomx no doubtx left for the ladiesx when they pass back from the christeningx porterx anxt please your honourx we are but menx and what so many may dox not being torn a piecesx we have donex an army cannot rule xemx chamberlainx as i livex if the king blame me forxtx ixll lay ye an by thx heelsx and suddenlyx and on your heads clap round fines for neglectx yxare lazy knavesx and here ye lie baiting of bombardsx when ye should do servicex harkx the trumpets soundx thx are come already from the christeningx go break among the press and find a way out to let the troops pass fairlyx or ixll find a marshalsea shall hold ye play these two monthsx porterx make way there for the princessx manx you great fellowx stand close upx or ixll make your head achex porterx you ix thx camletx get up ox thx railx ixll peck you oxer the pales elsex exeunt act vx scene xx the palace enter trumpetsx soundingx then two aldermenx lord mayorx garterx cranmerx duke of norfolkx with his marshalxs staffx duke of suffolkx two noblemen bearing great standingxbowls for the christening giftsx then four noblemen bearing a canopyx under which the duchess of norfolkx godmotherx bearing the child richly habited in a mantlex etcxx train borne by a ladyx then follows the marchioness dorsetx the other godmotherx and ladiesx the troop pass once about the stagex and garter speaks garterx heavenx from thy endless goodnessx send prosperous lifex long and everxhappyx to the high and mighty princess of englandx elizabethx flourishx enter king and guard cranmerx xkneelingx and to your royal grace and the good queenx my noble partners and myself thus prayx all comfortx joyx in this most gracious ladyx heaven ever laid up to make parents happyx may hourly fall upon yex kingx thank youx good lord archbishopx what is her namex cranmerx elizabethx kingx stand upx lordx xthe king kisses the childx with this kiss take my blessingx god protect theex into whose hand i give thy lifex cranmerx amenx kingx my noble gossipsx yxhave been too prodigalx i thank ye heartilyx so shall this ladyx when she has so much englishx cranmerx let me speakx sirx for heaven now bids mex and the words i utter let none think flatteryx for theyxll find xem truthx this royal infantxheaven still move about herxx though in her cradlex yet now promises upon this land a thousand blessingsx which time shall bring to ripenessx she shall bex but few now living can behold that goodnessx a pattern to all princes living with herx and all that shall succeedx saba was never more covetous of wisdom and fair virtue than this pure soul shall bex all princely graces that mould up such a mighty piece as this isx with all the virtues that attend the goodx shall still be doubled on herx truth shall nurse herx holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel herx she shall be lovxd and fearxdx her own shall bless herx her foes shake like a field of beaten cornx and hang their heads with sorrowx good grows with herx in her days every man shall eat in safety under his own vine what he plantsx and sing the merry songs of peace to all his neighboursx god shall be truly knownx and those about her from her shall read the perfect ways of honourx and by those claim their greatnessx not by bloodx nor shall this peace sleep with herx but as when the bird of wonder diesx the maiden phoenix her ashes new create another heir as great in admiration as herselfx so shall she leave her blessedness to onex when heaven shall call her from this cloud of darknessx who from the sacred ashes of her honour shall starxlike risex as great in fame as she wasx and so stand fixxdx peacex plentyx lovex truthx terrorx that were the servants to this chosen infantx shall then be hisx and like a vine grow to himx wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shinex his honour and the greatness of his name shall bex and make new nationsx he shall flourishx and like a mountain cedar reach his branches to all the plains about himx our childrenxs children shall see this and bless heavenx kingx thou speakest wondersx cranmerx she shall bex to the happiness of englandx an aged princessx many days shall see herx and yet no day without a deed to crown itx would i had known no morex but she must diex she mustx the saints must have herxyet a virginx a most unspotted lily shall she pass to thx groundx and all the world shall mourn herx kingx o lord archbishopx thou hast made me now a manx never before this happy child did i get anythingx this oracle of comfort has so pleasxd me that when i am in heaven i shall desire to see what this child doesx and praise my makerx i thank ye allx to youx my good lord mayorx and youx good brethrenx i am much beholdingx i have receivxd much honour by your presencex and ye shall find me thankfulx lead the wayx lordsx ye must all see the queenx and she must thank yex she will be sick elsex this dayx no man think has business at his housex for all shall stayx this little one shall make it holidayx exeunt kingxhenryxviiixepilogue the epiloguex xtis ten to one this play can never please all that are herex some come to take their ease and sleep an act or twox but thosex we fearx wxhave frighted with our trumpetsx sox xtis clearx theyxll say xtis noughtx others to hear the city abusxd extremelyx and to cry xthatxs wittyxx which we have not done neitherx thatx i fearx all the expected good wxare like to hear for this play at this time is only in the merciful construction of good womenx for such a one we showxd xemx if they smile and say xtwill dox i know within a while all the best men are oursx for xtis ill hap if they hold when their ladies bid xem clapx king john dramatis personae king john prince henryx his son arthurx duke of britainex son of geffreyx late duke of britainex the elder brother of king john earl of pembroke earl of essex earl of salisbury lord bigot hubert de burgh robert faulconbridgex son to sir robert faulconbridge philip the bastardx his halfxbrother james gurneyx servant to lady faulconbridge peter of pomfretx a prophet king philip of france lewisx the dauphin lymogesx duke of austria cardinal pandulphx the popexs legate melunx a french lord chatillonx ambassador from france to king john queen elinorx widow of king henry ii and mother to king john constancex mother to arthur blanch of spainx daughter to the king of castile and niece to king john lady faulconbridgex widow of sir robert faulconbridge lordsx citizens of angiersx sheriffx heraldsx officersx soldiersx executionersx messengersx attendants scenex england and france act ix scene x king johnxs palace enter king johnx queen elinorx pembrokex essexx salisburyx and othersx with chatillon king johnx nowx sayx chatillonx what would france with usx chatillonx thusx after greetingx speaks the king of france in my behaviour to the majestyx the borrowed majestyx of england herex elinorx a strange beginningx xborrowed majestyxx king johnx silencex good motherx hear the embassyx chatillonx philip of francex in right and true behalf of thy deceased brother geffreyxs sonx arthur plantagenetx lays most lawful claim to this fair island and the territoriesx to irelandx poictiersx anjoux tourainex mainex desiring thee to lay aside the sword which sways usurpingly these several titlesx and put the same into young arthurxs handx thy nephew and right royal sovereignx king johnx what follows if we disallow of thisx chatillonx the proud control of fierce and bloody warx to enforce these rights so forcibly withheldx king johnx here have we war for warx and blood for bloodx controlment for controlmentx so answer francex chatillonx then take my kingxs defiance from my mouthx the farthest limit of my embassyx king johnx bear mine to himx and so depart in peacex be thou as lightning in the eyes of francex for ere thou canst report i will be therex the thunder of my cannon shall be heardx so hencex be thou the trumpet of our wrath and sullen presage of your own decayx an honourable conduct let him havex pembrokex look to xtx farewellx chatillonx exeunt chatillon and pembroke elinorx what nowx my sonx have i not ever said how that ambitious constance would not cease till she had kindled france and all the world upon the right and party of her sonx this might have been prevented and made whole with very easy arguments of lovex which now the manage of two kingdoms must with fearful bloody issue arbitratex king johnx our strong possession and our right for usx elinorx your strong possession much more than your rightx or else it must go wrong with you and mex so much my conscience whispers in your earx which none but heaven and you and i shall hearx enter a sheriff essexx my liegex here is the strangest controversy come from the country to be judgxd by you that exer i heardx shall i produce the menx king johnx let them approachx exit sheriff our abbeys and our priories shall pay this expeditionxs chargex enter robert faulconbridge and philipx his bastard brother what men are youx bastardx your faithful subject ix a gentleman born in northamptonshirex and eldest sonx as i supposex to robert faulconbridgex a soldier by the honourxgiving hand of coeurxdexlion knighted in the fieldx king johnx what art thoux robertx the son and heir to that same faulconbridgex king johnx is that the elderx and art thou the heirx you came not of one mother thenx it seemsx bastardx most certain of one motherx mighty kingx that is well knownx andx as i thinkx one fatherx but for the certain knowledge of that truth i put you oxer to heaven and to my motherx of that i doubtx as all menxs children mayx elinorx out on theex rude manx thou dost shame thy motherx and wound her honour with this diffidencex bastardx ix madamx nox i have no reason for itx that is my brotherxs pleax and none of minex the which if he can provex xa pops me out at least from fair five hundred pound a yearx heaven guard my motherxs honour and my landx king johnx a good blunt fellowx whyx being younger bornx doth he lay claim to thine inheritancex bastardx i know not whyx except to get the landx but once he slanderxd me with bastardyx but whexer i be as true begot or nox that still i lay upon my motherxs headx but that i am as well begotx my liegex fair fall the bones that took the pains for mexx compare our faces and be judge yourselfx if old sir robert did beget us both and were our fatherx and this son like himx o old sir robertx fatherx on my knee i give heaven thanks i was not like to theex king johnx whyx what a madcap hath heaven lent us herex elinorx he hath a trick of coeurxdexlionxs facex the accent of his tongue affecteth himx do you not read some tokens of my son in the large composition of this manx king johnx mine eye hath well examined his parts and finds them perfect richardx sirrahx speakx what doth move you to claim your brotherxs landx bastardx because he hath a halfxfacex like my fatherx with half that face would he have all my landx a halfxfacxd groat five hundred pound a yearx robertx my gracious liegex when that my father livxdx your brother did employ my father muchx bastardx wellx sirx by this you cannot get my landx your tale must be how he employxd my motherx robertx and once dispatchxd him in an embassy to germanyx there with the emperor to treat of high affairs touching that timex thx advantage of his absence took the kingx and in the meantime sojournxd at my fatherxsx where how he did prevail i shame to speakx but truth is truthx large lengths of seas and shores between my father and my mother layx as i have heard my father speak himselfx when this same lusty gentleman was gotx upon his deathxbed he by will bequeathxd his lands to mex and took it on his death that this my motherxs son was none of hisx and if he werex he came into the world full fourteen weeks before the course of timex thenx good my liegex let me have what is minex my fatherxs landx as was my fatherxs willx king johnx sirrahx your brother is legitimatex your fatherxs wife did after wedlock bear himx and if she did play falsex the fault was hersx which fault lies on the hazards of all husbands that marry wivesx tell mex how if my brotherx whox as you sayx took pains to get this sonx had of your father claimxd this son for hisx in soothx good friendx your father might have kept this calfx bred from his cowx from all the worldx in soothx he mightx thenx if he were my brotherxsx my brother might not claim himx nor your fatherx being none of hisx refuse himx this concludesx my motherxs son did get your fatherxs heirx your fatherxs heir must have your fatherxs landx robertx shall then my fatherxs will be of no force to dispossess that child which is not hisx bastardx of no more force to dispossess mex sirx than was his will to get mex as i thinkx elinorx whether hadst thou rather be a faulconbridgex and like thy brotherx to enjoy thy landx or the reputed son of coeurxdexlionx lord of thy presence and no land besidex bastardx madamx an if my brother had my shape and i had hisx sir robertxs hisx like himx and if my legs were two such ridingxrodsx my arms such eelxskins stuffxdx my face so thin that in mine ear i durst not stick a rose lest men should say xlook where threexfarthings goesxx andx to his shapex were heir to all this landx would i might never stir from off this placex i would give it every foot to have this facex i would not be sir nob in any casex elinorx i like thee wellx wilt thou forsake thy fortunex bequeath thy land to him and follow mex i am a soldier and now bound to francex bastardx brotherx take you my landx ixll take my chancex your face hath got five hundred pound a yearx yet sell your face for fivepence and xtis dearx madamx ixll follow you unto the deathx elinorx nayx i would have you go before me thitherx bastardx our country manners give our betters wayx king johnx what is thy namex bastardx philipx my liegex so is my name begunx philipx good old sir robertxs wifexs eldest sonx king johnx from henceforth bear his name whose form thou bearestx kneel thou down philipx but rise more greatx arise sir richard and plantagenetx bastardx brother by thx motherxs sidex give me your handx my father gave me honourx yours gave landx now blessed be the hourx by night or dayx when i was gotx sir robert was awayx elinorx the very spirit of plantagenetx i am thy grandamx richardx call me sox bastardx madamx by chancex but not by truthx what thoughx something aboutx a little from the rightx in at the windowx or else oxer the hatchx who dares not stir by day must walk by nightx and have is havex however men do catchx near or far offx well won is still well shotx and i am ix howexer i was begotx king johnx gox faulconbridgex now hast thou thy desirex a landless knight makes thee a landed squirex comex madamx and comex richardx we must speed for francex for francex for it is more than needx bastardx brotherx adieux good fortune come to theex for thou wast got ix thx way of honestyx exeunt all but the bastard a foot of honour better than i wasx but many a many foot of land the worsex wellx now can i make any joan a ladyx xgood denx sir richardxxxxgodxaxmercyx fellowxx and if his name be georgex ixll call him peterx for newxmade honour doth forget menxs namesx xtis too respective and too sociable for your conversionx now your travellerx he and his toothpick at my worshipxs messx and when my knightly stomach is sufficxdx why then i suck my teeth and catechize my picked man of countriesx xmy dear sirxx thus leaning on mine elbow i begin xi shall beseech youxxthat is question nowx and then comes answer like an absey bookx xo sirxx says answer xat your best commandx at your employmentx at your servicex sirxx xnox sirxx says question xix sweet sirx at yoursxx and sox ere answer knows what question wouldx saving in dialogue of complimentx and talking of the alps and apenninesx the pyrenean and the river pox it draws toward supper in conclusion sox but this is worshipful societyx and fits the mounting spirit like myselfx for he is but a bastard to the time that doth not smack of observationx and so am ix whether i smack or nox and not alone in habit and devicex exterior formx outward accoutrementx but from the inward motion to deliver sweetx sweetx sweet poison for the agexs toothx whichx though i will not practise to deceivex yetx to avoid deceitx i mean to learnx for it shall strew the footsteps of my risingx but who comes in such haste in ridingxrobesx what womanxpost is thisx hath she no husband that will take pains to blow a horn before herx enter lady faulconbridgex and james gurney o mex xtis my motherx how nowx good ladyx what brings you here to court so hastilyx lady faulconbridgex where is that slavex thy brotherx where is he that holds in chase mine honour up and downx bastardx my brother robertx old sir robertxs sonx colbrand the giantx that same mighty manx is it sir robertxs son that you seek sox lady faulconbridgex sir robertxs sonx ayx thou unreverend boyx sir robertxs sonx why scornxst thou at sir robertx he is sir robertxs sonx and so art thoux bastardx james gurneyx wilt thou give us leave awhilex gurneyx good leavex good philipx bastardx philipxsparrowx jamesx therexs toys abroadxanon ixll tell thee morex exit gurney madamx i was not old sir robertxs sonx sir robert might have eat his part in me upon good fridayx and nexer broke his fastx sir robert could dox wellxmarryx to confessx could he get mex sir robert could not do itx we know his handiworkx thereforex good motherx to whom am i beholding for these limbsx sir robert never holp to make this legx lady faulconbridgex hast thou conspired with thy brother toox that for thine own gain shouldst defend mine honourx what means this scornx thou most untoward knavex bastardx knightx knightx good motherx basiliscoxlikex whatx i am dubbxdx i have it on my shoulderx butx motherx i am not sir robertxs sonx i have disclaimxd sir robert and my landx legitimationx namex and all is gonex thenx good my motherx let me know my fatherx some proper manx i hopex who was itx motherx lady faulconbridgex hast thou denied thyself a faulconbridgex bastardx as faithfully as i deny the devilx lady faulconbridgex king richard coeurxdexlion was thy fatherx by long and vehement suit i was seducxd to make room for him in my husbandxs bedx heaven lay not my transgression to my chargex thou art the issue of my dear offencex which was so strongly urgxd past my defencex bastardx nowx by this lightx were i to get againx madamx i would not wish a better fatherx some sins do bear their privilege on earthx and so doth yoursx your fault was not your follyx needs must you lay your heart at his disposex subjected tribute to commanding lovex against whose fury and unmatched force the aweless lion could not wage the fight nor keep his princely heart from richardxs handx he that perforce robs lions of their hearts may easily win a womanxsx ayx my motherx with all my heart i thank thee for my fatherx who lives and dares but say thou didst not well when i was gotx ixll send his soul to hellx comex ladyx i will show thee to my kinx and they shall say when richard me begotx if thou hadst said him nayx it had been sinx who says it wasx he liesx i say xtwas notx exeunt act iix scene x francex before angiers enterx on one sidex austria and forcesx on the otherx king philip of francex lewis the dauphinx constancex arthurx and forces king philipx before angiers well metx brave austriax arthurx that great forerunner of thy bloodx richardx that robbxd the lion of his heart and fought the holy wars in palestinex by this brave duke came early to his gravex and for amends to his posterityx at our importance hither is he come to spread his coloursx boyx in thy behalfx and to rebuke the usurpation of thy unnatural unclex english johnx embrace himx love himx give him welcome hitherx arthurx god shall forgive you coeurxdexlionxs death the rather that you give his offspring lifex shadowing their right under your wings of warx i give you welcome with a powerless handx but with a heart full of unstained lovex welcome before the gates of angiersx dukex king philipx a noble boyx who would not do thee rightx austriax upon thy cheek lay i this zealous kiss as seal to this indenture of my lovex that to my home i will no more return till angiers and the right thou hast in francex together with that palex that whitexfacxd shorex whose foot spurns back the oceanxs roaring tides and coops from other lands her islandersx even till that englandx hedgxd in with the mainx that waterxwalled bulwarkx still secure and confident from foreign purposesx even till that utmost corner of the west salute thee for her kingx till thenx fair boyx will i not think of homex but follow armsx constancex ox take his motherxs thanksx a widowxs thanksx till your strong hand shall help to give him strength to make a more requital to your lovex austriax the peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords in such a just and charitable warx king philipx well thenx to workx our cannon shall be bent against the brows of this resisting townx call for our chiefest men of disciplinex to cull the plots of best advantagesx wexll lay before this town our royal bonesx wade to the marketxplace in frenchmenxs bloodx but we will make it subject to this boyx constancex stay for an answer to your embassyx lest unadvisxd you stain your swords with bloodx my lord chatillon may from england bring that right in peace which here we urge in warx and then we shall repent each drop of blood that hot rash haste so indirectly shedx enter chatillon king philipx a wonderx ladyx lox upon thy wishx our messenger chatillon is arrivxdx what england saysx say brieflyx gentle lordx we coldly pause for theex chatillonx speakx chatillonx then turn your forces from this paltry siege and stir them up against a mightier taskx englandx impatient of your just demandsx hath put himself in armsx the adverse windsx whose leisure i have stayxdx have given him time to land his legions all as soon as ix his marches are expedient to this townx his forces strongx his soldiers confidentx with him along is come the motherxqueenx an atex stirring him to blood and strifex with her the lady blanch of spainx with them a bastard of the kingxs deceasxdx and all thx unsettled humours of the landx rashx inconsideratex fiery voluntariesx with ladiesx faces and fierce dragonsx spleensx have sold their fortunes at their native homesx bearing their birthrights proudly on their backsx to make a hazard of new fortunes herex in briefx a braver choice of dauntless spirits than now the english bottoms have waft oxer did never float upon the swelling tide to do offence and scathe in christendomx xdrum beatsx the interruption of their churlish drums cuts off more circumstancex they are at handx to parley or to fightx therefore preparex king philipx how much unlookxd for is this expeditionx austriax by how much unexpectedx by so much we must awake endeavour for defencex for courage mounteth with occasionx let them be welcome thenx we are preparxdx enter king johnx elinorx blanchx the bastardx pembrokex and others king johnx peace be to francex if france in peace permit our just and lineal entrance to our ownx if notx bleed francex and peace ascend to heavenx whiles wex godxs wrathful agentx do correct their proud contempt that beats his peace to heavenx king philipx peace be to englandx if that war return from france to englandx there to live in peacex england we lovex and for that englandxs sake with burden of our armour here we sweatx this toil of ours should be a work of thinex but thou from loving england art so far that thou hast underxwrought his lawful kingx cut off the sequence of posterityx outfaced infant statex and done a rape upon the maiden virtue of the crownx look here upon thy brother geffreyxs facex these eyesx these browsx were moulded out of hisx this little abstract doth contain that large which died in geffreyx and the hand of time shall draw this brief into as huge a volumex that geffrey was thy elder brother bornx and this his sonx england was geffreyxs rightx and this is geffreyxsx in the name of godx how comes it then that thou art callxd a kingx when living blood doth in these temples beat which owe the crown that thou oxerxmasterestx king johnx from whom hast thou this great commissionx francex to draw my answer from thy articlesx king philipx from that supernal judge that stirs good thoughts in any breast of strong authority to look into the blots and stains of rightx that judge hath made me guardian to this boyx under whose warrant i impeach thy wrongx and by whose help i mean to chastise itx king johnx alackx thou dost usurp authorityx king philipx excuse it is to beat usurping downx elinorx who is it thou dost call usurperx francex constancex let me make answerx thy usurping sonx elinorx outx insolentx thy bastard shall be kingx that thou mayst be a queen and check the worldx constancex my bed was ever to thy son as true as thine was to thy husbandx and this boy liker in feature to his father geffrey than thou and john in mannersxbeing as eke as rain to waterx or devil to his damx my boy a bastardx by my soulx i think his father never was so true begotx it cannot bex an if thou wert his motherx elinorx therexs a good motherx boyx that blots thy fatherx constancex therexs a good grandamx boyx that would blot theex austriax peacex bastardx hear the crierx austriax what the devil art thoux bastardx one that will play the devilx sirx with youx an xa may catch your hide and you alonex you are the hare of whom the proverb goesx whose valour plucks dead lions by the beardx ixll smoke your skinxcoat an i catch you rightx sirrahx look to xtx ix faith i willx ix faithx blanchx ox well did he become that lionxs robe that did disrobe the lion of that robex bastardx it lies as sightly on the back of him as great alcidesx shows upon an assx butx assx ixll take that burden from your backx or lay on that shall make your shoulders crackx austriax what cracker is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breathx king philipx determine what we shall do straightx king philipx women and foolsx break off your conferencex king johnx this is the very sum of allx england and irelandx anjoux tourainex mainex in right of arthurx do i claim of theex wilt thou resign them and lay down thy armsx king johnx my life as soonx i do defy theex francex arthur of britainex yield thee to my handx and out of my dear love ixll give thee more than exer the coward hand of france can winx submit theex boyx elinorx come to thy grandamx childx constancex dox childx go to it grandamx childx give grandam kingdomx and it grandam will give it a plumx a cherryx and a figx therexs a good grandamx arthurx good my motherx peacex i would that i were low laid in my gravex i am not worth this coil thatxs made for mex elinorx his mother shames him sox poor boyx he weepsx constancex now shame upon youx whexer she does or nox his grandamxs wrongsx and not his motherxs shamesx draws those heavenxmoving pearls from his poor eyesx which heaven shall take in nature of a feex ayx with these crystal beads heaven shall be bribxd to do him justice and revenge on youx elinorx thou monstrous slanderer of heaven and earthx constancex thou monstrous injurer of heaven and earthx call not me slandererx thou and thine usurp the dominationsx royaltiesx and rightsx of this oppressed boyx this is thy eldest sonxs sonx infortunate in nothing but in theex thy sins are visited in this poor childx the canon of the law is laid on himx being but the second generation removed from thy sinxconceiving wombx king johnx bedlamx have donex constancex i have but this to sayx that he is not only plagued for her sinx but god hath made her sin and her the plague on this removed issuex plagued for her and with her plaguex her sin his injuryx her injury the beadle to her sinx all punishxd in the person of this childx and all for herxa plague upon herx elinorx thou unadvised scoldx i can produce a will that bars the title of thy sonx constancex ayx who doubts thatx a willx a wicked willx a womanxs willx a cankxred grandamxs willx king philipx peacex ladyx pausex or be more temperatex it ill beseems this presence to cry aim to these illxtuned repetitionsx some trumpet summon hither to the walls these men of angiersx let us hear them speak whose title they admitx arthurxs or johnxsx trumpet soundsx enter citizens upon the walls citizenx who is it that hath warnxd us to the wallsx king philipx xtis francex for englandx king johnx england for itselfx you men of angiersx and my loving subjectsx king philipx you loving men of angiersx arthurxs subjectsx our trumpet callxd you to this gentle parlex king johnx for our advantagex therefore hear us firstx these flags of francex that are advanced here before the eye and prospect of your townx have hither marchxd to your endamagementx the cannons have their bowels full of wrathx and ready mounted are they to spit forth their iron indignation xgainst your wallsx all preparation for a bloody siege and merciless proceeding by these french confront your cityxs eyesx your winking gatesx and but for our approach those sleeping stones that as a waist doth girdle you about by the compulsion of their ordinance by this time from their fixed beds of lime had been dishabitedx and wide havoc made for bloody power to rush upon your peacex but on the sight of us your lawful kingx who painfully with much expedient march have brought a countercheck before your gatesx to save unscratchxd your cityxs threatxned cheeksx beholdx the french amazxd vouchsafe a parlex and nowx instead of bullets wrappxd in firex to make a shaking fever in your wallsx they shoot but calm words folded up in smokex to make a faithless error in your carsx which trust accordinglyx kind citizensx and let us inxyour kingx whose labourxd spiritsx forwearied in this action of swift speedx craves harbourage within your city wallsx king philipx when i have saidx make answer to us bothx lox in this right handx whose protection is most divinely vowxd upon the right of him it holdsx stands young plantagenetx son to the elder brother of this manx and king oxer him and all that he enjoysx for this downxtrodden equity we tread in warlike march these greens before your townx being no further enemy to you than the constraint of hospitable zeal in the relief of this oppressed child religiously provokesx be pleased then to pay that duty which you truly owe to him that owes itx namelyx this young princex and then our armsx like to a muzzled bearx save in aspectx hath all offence sealxd upx our cannonsx malice vainly shall be spent against thx invulnerable clouds of heavenx and with a blessed and unvexxd retirex with unhackxd swords and helmets all unbruisxdx we will bear home that lusty blood again which here we came to spout against your townx and leave your childrenx wivesx and youx in peacex but if you fondly pass our profferxd offerx xtis not the roundure of your oldxfacxd walls can hide you from our messengers of warx though all these english and their discipline were harbourxd in their rude circumferencex then tell usx shall your city call us lord in that behalf which we have challengxd itx or shall we give the signal to our ragex and stalk in blood to our possessionx citizenx in briefx we are the king of englandxs subjectsx for himx and in his rightx we hold this townx king johnx acknowledge then the kingx and let me inx citizenx that can we notx but he that proves the kingx to him will we prove loyalx till that time have we rammxd up our gates against the worldx king johnx doth not the crown of england prove the kingx and if not thatx i bring you witnessesx twice fifteen thousand hearts of englandxs breedx bastardx bastards and elsex king johnx to verify our title with their livesx king philipx as many and as wellxborn bloods as thosex bastardx some bastards toox king philipx stand in his face to contradict his claimx citizenx till you compound whose right is worthiestx we for the worthiest hold the right from bothx king johnx then god forgive the sin of all those souls that to their everlasting residencex before the dew of evening fall shall fleet in dreadful trial of our kingdomxs kingx king philipx amenx amenx mountx chevaliersx to armsx bastardx saint georgex that swingxd the dragonx and exer since sits onxs horse back at mine hostessx doorx teach us some fencex xto austriax sirrahx were i at homex at your denx sirrahx with your lionessx i would set an oxxhead to your lionxs hidex and make a monster of youx austriax peacex no morex bastardx ox tremblex for you hear the lion roarx king johnx up higher to the plainx where wexll set forth in best appointment all our regimentsx bastardx speed then to take advantage of the fieldx king philipx it shall be sox and at the other hill command the rest to standx god and our rightx exeunt herex after excursionsx enter the herald of francex with trumpetsx to the gates french heraldx you men of angiersx open wide your gates and let young arthurx duke of britainex inx who by the hand of france this day hath made much work for tears in many an english motherx whose sons lie scattered on the bleeding groundx many a widowxs husband grovelling liesx coldly embracing the discoloured earthx and victory with little loss doth play upon the dancing banners of the frenchx who are at handx triumphantly displayedx to enter conquerorsx and to proclaim arthur of britaine englandxs king and yoursx enter english heraldx with trumpet english heraldx rejoicex you men of angiersx ring your bellsx king johnx your king and englandxsx doth approachx commander of this hot malicious dayx their armours that marchxd hence so silverxbright hither return all gilt with frenchmenxs bloodx there stuck no plume in any english crest that is removed by a staff of francex our colours do return in those same hands that did display them when we first marchxd forthx and like a jolly troop of huntsmen come our lusty englishx all with purpled handsx dyxd in the dying slaughter of their foesx open your gates and give the victors wayx citizenx heraldsx from off our towxrs we might behold from first to last the onset and retire of both your armiesx whose equality by our best eyes cannot be censuredx blood hath bought bloodx and blows have answerxd blowsx strength matchxd with strengthx and power confronted powerx both are alikex and both alike we likex one must prove greatestx while they weigh so evenx we hold our town for neitherx yet for bothx enter the two kingsx with their powersx at several doors king johnx francex hast thou yet more blood to cast awayx sayx shall the current of our right run onx whose passagex vexxd with thy impedimentx shall leave his native channel and oxerswell with course disturbxd even thy confining shoresx unless thou let his silver water keep a peaceful progress to the oceanx king philipx englandx thou hast not savxd one drop of blood in this hot trial more than we of francex ratherx lost morex and by this hand i swearx that sways the earth this climate overlooksx before we will lay down our justxborne armsx wexll put thee downx xgainst whom these arms we bearx or add a royal number to the deadx gracing the scroll that tells of this warxs loss with slaughter coupled to the name of kingsx bastardx hax majestyx how high thy glory towxrs when the rich blood of kings is set on firex ox now doth death line his dead chaps with steelx the swords of soldiers are his teethx his fangsx and now he feastsx mousing the flesh of menx in undeterminxd differences of kingsx why stand these royal fronts amazed thusx cry xhavocxx kingsx back to the stained fieldx you equal potentsx fiery kindled spiritsx then let confusion of one part confirm the otherxs peacex till thenx blowsx bloodx and deathx king johnx whose party do the townsmen yet admitx king philipx speakx citizensx for englandx whoxs your kingx citizenx the king of englandx when we know the kingx king philipx know him in us that here hold up his rightx king johnx in us that are our own great deputy and bear possession of our person herex lord of our presencex angiersx and of youx citizenx a greater powxr than we denies all thisx and till it be undoubtedx we do lock our former scruple in our strongxbarrxd gatesx kingxd of our fearsx until our fearsx resolvxdx be by some certain king purgxd and deposxdx bastardx by heavenx these scroyles of angiers flout youx kingsx and stand securely on their battlements as in a theatrex whence they gape and point at your industrious scenes and acts of deathx your royal presences be rulxd by mex do like the mutines of jerusalemx be friends awhilex and both conjointly bend your sharpest deeds of malice on this townx by east and west let france and england mount their battering cannonx charged to the mouthsx till their soulxfearing clamours have brawlxd down the flinty ribs of this contemptuous cityx ixd play incessantly upon these jadesx even till unfenced desolation leave them as naked as the vulgar airx that donex dissever your united strengths and part your mingled colours once againx turn face to face and bloody point to pointx then in a moment fortune shall cull forth out of one side her happy minionx to whom in favour she shall give the dayx and kiss him with a glorious victoryx how like you this wild counselx mighty statesx smacks it not something of the policyx king johnx nowx by the sky that hangs above our headsx i like it wellx francex shall we knit our powxrs and lay this angiers even with the groundx then after fight who shall be king of itx bastardx an if thou hast the mettle of a kingx being wrongxd as we are by this peevish townx turn thou the mouth of thy artilleryx as we will oursx against these saucy wallsx and when that we have dashxd them to the groundx why then defy each otherx and pellxmell make work upon ourselvesx for heaven or hellx king philipx let it be sox sayx where will you assaultx king johnx we from the west will send destruction into this cityxs bosomx austriax i from the northx king philipx our thunder from the south shall rain their drift of bullets on this townx bastardx xasidex o prudent disciplinex from north to southx austria and france shoot in each otherxs mouthx ixll stir them to itxxcomex awayx awayx citizenx hear usx great kingsx vouchsafe awhile to stayx and i shall show you peace and fairxfacxd leaguex win you this city without stroke or woundx rescue those breathing lives to die in beds that here come sacrifices for the fieldx persever notx but hear mex mighty kingsx king johnx speak on with favourx we are bent to hearx citizenx that daughter there of spainx the lady blanchx is niece to englandx look upon the years of lewis the dauphin and that lovely maidx if lusty love should go in quest of beautyx where should he find it fairer than in blanchx if zealous love should go in search of virtuex where should he find it purer than in blanchx if love ambitious sought a match of birthx whose veins bound richer blood than lady blanchx such as she isx in beautyx virtuex birthx is the young dauphin every way completex if not complete ofx say he is not shex and she again wants nothingx to name wantx if want it be not that she is not hex he is the half part of a blessed manx left to be finished by such as shex and she a fair divided excellencex whose fulness of perfection lies in himx ox two such silver currentsx when they joinx do glorify the banks that bound them inx and two such shores to two such streams made onex two such controlling boundsx shall you bex kingsx to these two princesx if you marry themx this union shall do more than battery can to our fastxclosed gatesx for at this match with swifter spleen than powder can enforcex the mouth of passage shall we fling wide ope and give you entrancex but without this matchx the sea enraged is not half so deafx lions more confidentx mountains and rocks more free from motionxnox not death himself in mortal fury half so peremptory as we to keep this cityx bastardx herexs a stay that shakes the rotten carcass of old death out of his ragsx herexs a large mouthx indeedx that spits forth death and mountainsx rocks and seasx talks as familiarly of roaring lions as maids of thirteen do of puppyxdogsx what cannoneer begot this lusty bloodx he speaks plain cannonxfirex and smoke and bouncex he gives the bastinado with his tonguex our ears are cudgellxdx not a word of his but buffets better than a fist of francex zoundsx i was never so bethumpxd with words since i first callxd my brotherxs father dadx elinorx sonx list to this conjunctionx make this matchx give with our niece a dowry large enoughx for by this knot thou shalt so surely tie thy now unsurxd assurance to the crown that yon green boy shall have no sun to ripe the bloom that promiseth a mighty fruitx i see a yielding in the looks of francex mark how they whisperx urge them while their souls are capable of this ambitionx lest zealx now melted by the windy breath of soft petitionsx pityx and remorsex cool and congeal again to what it wasx citizenx why answer not the double majesties this friendly treaty of our threatxned townx king philipx speak england firstx that hath been forward first to speak unto this cityx what say youx king johnx if that the dauphin therex thy princely sonx can in this book of beauty read xi lovexx her dowry shall weigh equal with a queenx for anjoux and fair tourainex mainex poictiersx and all that we upon this side the seax except this city now by us besiegxdx find liable to our crown and dignityx shall gild her bridal bedx and make her rich in titlesx honoursx and promotionsx as she in beautyx educationx bloodx holds hand with any princess of the worldx king philipx what sayxst thoux boyx look in the ladyxs facex lewisx i dox my lordx and in her eye i find a wonderx or a wondrous miraclex the shadow of myself formxd in her eyex whichx being but the shadow of your sonx becomes a sunx and makes your son a shadowx i do protest i never lovxd myself till now infixed i beheld myself drawn in the flattering table of her eyex xwhispers with blanchx bastardx xasidex drawn in the flattering table of her eyex hangxd in the frowning wrinkle of her browx and quarterxd in her heartxhe doth espy himself lovexs traitorx this is pity nowx that hangxd and drawn and quarterxd there should be in such a love so vile a lout as hex blanchx my unclexs will in this respect is minex if he see aught in you that makes him likex that anything he sees which moves his liking i can with ease translate it to my willx or if you willx to speak more properlyx i will enforce it easxly to my lovex further i will not flatter youx my lordx that all i see in you is worthy lovex than thisx that nothing do i see in youx though churlish thoughts themselves should be your judgex that i can find should merit any hatex king johnx what say these young onesx what say youx my niecex blanchx that she is bound in honour still to do what you in wisdom still vouchsafe to sayx king johnx speak thenx prince dauphinx can you love this ladyx lewisx nayx ask me if i can refrain from lovex for i do love her most unfeignedlyx king johnx then do i give volquessenx tourainex mainex poictiersx and anjoux these five provincesx with her to theex and this addition morex full thirty thousand marks of english coinx philip of francex if thou be pleasxd withalx command thy son and daughter to join handsx king philipx it likes us wellx young princesx close your handsx austriax and your lips toox for i am well assurxd that i did so when i was first assurxdx king philipx nowx citizens of angiersx ope your gatesx let in that amity which you have madex for at saint maryxs chapel presently the rites of marriage shall be solemnizxdx is not the lady constance in this troopx i know she is notx for this match made up her presence would have interrupted muchx where is she and her sonx tell mex who knowsx lewisx she is sad and passionate at your highnessx tentx king philipx andx by my faithx this league that we have made will give her sadness very little curex brother of englandx how may we content this widow ladyx in her right we camex which wex god knowsx have turnxd another wayx to our own vantagex king johnx we will heal up allx for wexll create young arthur duke of britainex and earl of richmondx and this rich fair town we make him lord ofx call the lady constancex some speedy messenger bid her repair to our solemnityx i trust we shallx if not fill up the measure of her willx yet in some measure satisfy her so that we shall stop her exclamationx go we as well as haste will suffer us to this unlookxdxforx unprepared pompx exeunt all but the bastard bastardx mad worldx mad kingsx mad compositionx johnx to stop arthurxs tide in the wholex hath willingly departed with a partx and francex whose armour conscience buckled onx whom zeal and charity brought to the field as godxs own soldierx rounded in the ear with that same purposexchangerx that sly devilx that broker that still breaks the pate of faithx that daily breakxvowx he that wins of allx of kingsx of beggarsx old menx young menx maidsx who having no external thing to lose but the word xmaidxx cheats the poor maid of thatx that smoothxfacxd gentlemanx tickling commodityx commodityx the bias of the worldx the worldx who of itself is peised wellx made to run even upon even groundx till this advantagex this vilexdrawing biasx this sway of motionx this commodityx makes it take head from all indifferencyx from all directionx purposex coursex intentx and this same biasx this commodityx this bawdx this brokerx this allxchanging wordx clappxd on the outward eye of fickle francex hath drawn him from his own determinxd aidx from a resolvxd and honourable warx to a most base and vilexconcluded peacex and why rail i on this commodityx but for because he hath not wooxd me yetx not that i have the power to clutch my hand when his fair angels would salute my palmx but for my handx as unattempted yetx like a poor beggar raileth on the richx wellx whiles i am a beggarx i will rail and say there is no sin but to be richx and being richx my virtue then shall be to say there is no vice but beggaryx since kings break faith upon commodityx gainx be my lordx for i will worship theex exit act iiix scene xx francex the french kingxs camp enter constancex arthurx and salisbury constancex gone to be marriedx gone to swear a peacex false blood to false blood joinxdx gone to be friendsx shall lewis have blanchx and blanch those provincesx it is not sox thou hast misspokex misheardx be well advisxdx tell oxer thy tale againx it cannot bex thou dost but say xtis sox i trust i may not trust theex for thy word is but the vain breath of a common manx believe me i do not believe theex manx i have a kingxs oath to the contraryx thou shalt be punishxd for thus frighting mex for i am sick and capable of fearsx oppressxd with wrongsx and therefore full of fearsx a widowx husbandlessx subject to fearsx a womanx naturally born to fearsx and though thou now confess thou didst but jestx with my vexxd spirits i cannot take a trucex but they will quake and tremble all this dayx what dost thou mean by shaking of thy headx why dost thou look so sadly on my sonx what means that hand upon that breast of thinex why holds thine eye that lamentable rheumx like a proud river peering oxer his boundsx be these sad signs confirmers of thy wordsx then speak againxnot all thy former talex but this one wordx whether thy tale be truex salisburyx as true as i believe you think them false that give you cause to prove my saying truex constancex ox if thou teach me to believe this sorrowx teach thou this sorrow how to make me diex and let belief and life encounter so as doth the fury of two desperate men which in the very meeting fall and diex lewis marry blanchx o boyx then where art thoux france friend with englandx what becomes of mex fellowx be gonex i cannot brook thy sightx this news hath made thee a most ugly manx salisburyx what other harm have ix good ladyx done but spoke the harm that is by others donex constancex which harm within itself so heinous is as it makes harmful all that speak of itx arthurx i do beseech youx madamx be contentx constancex if thou that bidxst me be content wert grimx uglyx and slandxrous to thy motherxs wombx full of unpleasing blots and sightless stainsx lamex foolishx crookedx swartx prodigiousx patchxd with foul moles and eyexoffending marksx i would not carex i then would be contentx for then i should not love theex nox nor thou become thy great birthx nor deserve a crownx but thou art fairx and at thy birthx dear boyx nature and fortune joinxd to make thee greatx of naturexs gifts thou mayst with lilies boastx and with the halfxblown rosex but fortunex ox she is corruptedx changxdx and won from theex shx adulterates hourly with thine uncle johnx and with her golden hand hath pluckxd on france to tread down fair respect of sovereigntyx and made his majesty the bawd to theirsx france is a bawd to fortune and king johnx that strumpet fortunex that usurping johnx tell mex thou fellowx is not france forswornx envenom him with wordsx or get thee gone and leave those woes alone which i alone am bound to underxbearx salisburyx pardon mex madamx i may not go without you to the kingsx constancex thou maystx thou shaltx i will not go with theex i will instruct my sorrows to be proudx for grief is proudx and makes his owner stoopx to mex and to the state of my great griefx let kings assemblex for my griefxs so great that no supporter but the huge firm earth can hold it upx xseats herself on the groundx here i and sorrows sitx here is my thronex bid kings come bow to itx enter king johnx king philipx lewisx blanchx elinorx the bastardx austriax and attendants king philipx xtis truex fair daughterx and this blessed day ever in france shall be kept festivalx to solemnize this day the glorious sun stays in his course and plays the alchemistx turning with splendour of his precious eye the meagre cloddy earth to glittering goldx the yearly course that brings this day about shall never see it but a holidayx constancex xrisingx a wicked dayx and not a holy dayx what hath this day deservxdx what hath it done that it in golden letters should be set among the high tides in the calendarx nayx rather turn this day out of the weekx this day of shamex oppressionx perjuryx orx if it must stand stillx let wives with child pray that their burdens may not fall this dayx lest that their hopes prodigiously be crossxdx but on this day let seamen fear no wreckx no bargains break that are not this day madex this dayx all things begun come to ill endx yeax faith itself to hollow falsehood changex king philipx by heavenx ladyx you shall have no cause to curse the fair proceedings of this dayx have i not pawnxd to you my majestyx constancex you have beguilxd me with a counterfeit resembling majestyx whichx being touchxd and triedx proves valuelessx you are forswornx forswornx you came in arms to spill mine enemiesx bloodx but now in arms you strengthen it with yoursx the grappling vigour and rough frown of war is cold in amity and painted peacex and our oppression hath made up this leaguex armx armx you heavensx against these perjurxd kingsx a widow criesx be husband to mex heavensx let not the hours of this ungodly day wear out the day in peacex butx ere sunsetx set armed discord xtwixt these perjurxd kingsx hear mex ox hear mex austriax lady constancex peacex constancex warx warx no peacex peace is to me a warx o lymogesx o austriax thou dost shame that bloody spoilx thou slavex thou wretchx thou cowardx thou little valiantx great in villainyx thou ever strong upon the stronger sidex thou fortunexs champion that dost never fight but when her humorous ladyship is by to teach thee safetyx thou art perjurxd toox and soothxst up greatnessx what a fool art thoux a ramping foolx to brag and stamp and swear upon my partyx thou coldxblooded slavex hast thou not spoke like thunder on my sidex been sworn my soldierx bidding me depend upon thy starsx thy fortunex and thy strengthx and dost thou now fall over to my foesx thou wear a lionxs hidex doff it for shamex and hang a calfxsxskin on those recreant limbsx austriax o that a man should speak those words to mex bastardx and hang a calfxsxskin on those recreant limbsx austriax thou darxst not say sox villainx for thy lifex bastardx and hang a calfxsxskin on those recreant limbsx king johnx we like not thisx thou dost forget thyselfx enter pandulph king philipx here comes the holy legate of the popex pandulphx hailx you anointed deputies of heavenx to theex king johnx my holy errand isx i pandulphx of fair milan cardinalx and from pope innocent the legate herex do in his name religiously demand why thou against the churchx our holy motherx so wilfully dost spurnx and force perforce keep stephen langtonx chosen archbishop of canterburyx from that holy seex thisx in our foresaid holy fatherxs namex pope innocentx i do demand of theex king johnx what earthly name to interrogatories can task the free breath of a sacred kingx thou canst notx cardinalx devise a name so slightx unworthyx and ridiculousx to charge me to an answerx as the popex tell him this talex and from the mouth of england add thus much morex that no italian priest shall tithe or toll in our dominionsx but as we under heaven are supreme headx sox under him that great supremacyx where we do reign we will alone upholdx without thx assistance of a mortal handx so tell the popex all reverence set apart to him and his usurpxd authorityx king philipx brother of englandx you blaspheme in thisx king johnx though you and all the kings of christendom are led so grossly by this meddling priestx dreading the curse that money may buy outx and by the merit of vile goldx drossx dustx purchase corrupted pardon of a manx who in that sale sells pardon from himselfx though you and all the restx so grossly ledx this juggling witchcraft with revenue cherishx yet i alonex alone do me oppose against the popex and count his friends my foesx pandulphx then by the lawful power that i have thou shalt stand cursxd and excommunicatex and blessed shall he be that doth revolt from his allegiance to an hereticx and meritorious shall that hand be callxdx canonizedx and worshippxd as a saintx that takes away by any secret course thy hateful lifex constancex ox lawful let it be that i have room with rome to curse awhilex good father cardinalx cry thou xamenx to my keen cursesx for without my wrong there is no tongue hath power to curse him rightx pandulphx therexs law and warrantx ladyx for my cursex constancex and for mine toox when law can do no rightx let it be lawful that law bar no wrongx law cannot give my child his kingdom herex for he that holds his kingdom holds the lawx thereforex since law itself is perfect wrongx how can the law forbid my tongue to cursex pandulphx philip of francex on peril of a cursex let go the hand of that archxhereticx and raise the power of france upon his headx unless he do submit himself to romex elinorx lookxst thou palex francex do not let go thy handx constancex look to thatx devilx lest that france repent and by disjoining hands hell lose a soulx austriax king philipx listen to the cardinalx bastardx and hang a calfxsxskin on his recreant limbsx austriax wellx ruffianx i must pocket up these wrongsx becausex bastardx your breeches best may carry themx king johnx philipx what sayxst thou to the cardinalx constancex what should he sayx but as the cardinalx lewisx bethink youx fatherx for the difference is purchase of a heavy curse from rome or the light loss of england for a friendx forgo the easierx blanchx thatxs the curse of romex constancex o lewisx stand fastx the devil tempts thee here in likeness of a new untrimmed bridex blanchx the lady constance speaks not from her faithx but from her needx constancex ox if thou grant my needx which only lives but by the death of faithx that need must needs infer this principlex that faith would live again by death of needx o thenx tread down my needx and faith mounts upx keep my need upx and faith is trodden downx king johnx the king is movxdx and answers not to thisx constancex o be removxd from himx and answer wellx austriax do sox king philipx hang no more in doubtx bastardx hang nothing but a calfxsxskinx most sweet loutx king philipx i am perplexxd and know not what to sayx pandulphx what canst thou say but will perplex thee morex if thou stand excommunicate and cursxdx king philipx good reverend fatherx make my person yoursx and tell me how you would bestow yourselfx this royal hand and mine are newly knitx and the conjunction of our inward souls married in leaguex coupled and linkxd together with all religious strength of sacred vowsx the latest breath that gave the sound of words was deepxsworn faithx peacex amityx true lovex between our kingdoms and our royal selvesx and even before this trucex but new beforex no longer than we well could wash our handsx to clap this royal bargain up of peacex heaven knowsx they were besmearxd and overstainxd with slaughterxs pencilx where revenge did paint the fearful difference of incensed kingsx and shall these handsx so lately purgxd of bloodx so newly joinxd in lovex so strong in bothx unyoke this seizure and this kind regreetx play fast and loose with faithx so jest with heavenx make such unconstant children of ourselvesx as now again to snatch our palm from palmx unswear faith swornx and on the marriagexbed of smiling peace to march a bloody hostx and make a riot on the gentle brow of true sincerityx ox holy sirx my reverend fatherx let it not be sox out of your gracex devisex ordainx imposex some gentle orderx and then we shall be blest to do your pleasurex and continue friendsx pandulphx all form is formlessx order orderlessx save what is opposite to englandxs lovex thereforex to armsx be champion of our churchx or let the churchx our motherx breathe her cursex a motherxs cursexon her revolting sonx francex thou mayst hold a serpent by the tonguex a chafed lion by the mortal pawx a fasting tiger safer by the toothx than keep in peace that hand which thou dost holdx king philipx i may disjoin my handx but not my faithx pandulphx so makxst thou faith an enemy to faithx and likex a civil war setxst oath to oathx thy tongue against thy tonguex ox let thy vow first made to heavenx first be to heaven performxdx that isx to be the champion of our churchx what since thou sworxst is sworn against thyself and may not be performed by thyselfx for that which thou hast sworn to do amiss is not amiss when it is truly donex and being not donex where doing tends to illx the truth is then most done not doing itx the better act of purposes mistook is to mistake againx though indirectx yet indirection thereby grows directx and falsehood curesx as fire cools fire within the scorched veins of one newxburnxdx it is religion that doth make vows keptx but thou hast sworn against religion by what thou swearxst against the thing thou swearxstx and makxst an oath the surety for thy truth against an oathx the truth thou art unsure to swear swears only not to be forswornx else what a mockery should it be to swearx but thou dost swear only to be forswornx and most forsworn to keep what thou dost swearx therefore thy later vows against thy first is in thyself rebellion to thyselfx and better conquest never canst thou make than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts against these giddy loose suggestionsx upon which better part our prayxrs come inx if thou vouchsafe themx but if notx then know the peril of our curses fight on thee so heavy as thou shalt not shake them offx but in despair die under the black weightx austriax rebellionx flat rebellionx bastardx willxt not bex will not a calfxsxskin stop that mouth of thinex lewisx fatherx to armsx blanchx upon thy weddingxdayx against the blood that thou hast marriedx whatx shall our feast be kept with slaughtered menx shall braying trumpets and loud churlish drumsx clamours of hellx be measures to our pompx o husbandx hear mex ayx alackx how new is xhusbandx in my mouthx even for that namex which till this time my tongue did nexer pronouncex upon my knee i begx go not to arms against mine unclex constancex ox upon my kneex made hard with kneelingx i do pray to theex thou virtuous dauphinx alter not the doom forethought by heavenx blanchx now shall i see thy lovex what motive may be stronger with thee than the name of wifex constancex that which upholdeth him that thee upholdsx his honourx ox thine honourx lewisx thine honourx lewisx i muse your majesty doth seem so coldx when such profound respects do pull you onx pandulphx i will denounce a curse upon his headx king philipx thou shalt not needx englandx i will fall from theex constancex o fair return of banishxd majestyx elinorx o foul revolt of french inconstancyx king johnx francex thou shalt rue this hour within this hourx bastardx old time the clockxsetterx that bald sexton timex is it as he willx well thenx france shall ruex blanchx the sunxs oxercast with bloodx fair dayx adieux which is the side that i must go withalx i am with bothx each army hath a handx and in their ragex i having hold of bothx they whirl asunder and dismember mex husbandx i cannot pray that thou mayst winx unclex i needs must pray that thou mayst losex fatherx i may not wish the fortune thinex grandamx i will not wish thy wishes thrivex whoever winsx on that side shall i losex assured loss before the match be playxdx lewisx ladyx with mex with me thy fortune liesx blanchx there where my fortune livesx there my life diesx king johnx cousinx go draw our puissance togetherx exit bastard francex i am burnxd up with inflaming wrathx a rage whose heat hath this condition that nothing can allayx nothing but bloodx the bloodx and dearestxvaluxd bloodx of francex king philipx thy rage shall burn thee upx and thou shalt turn to ashesx ere our blood shall quench that firex look to thyselfx thou art in jeopardyx king johnx no more than he that threatsx to arms letxs hiex exeunt severally scene xx francex plains near angiers alarumsx excursionsx enter the bastard with austriaxs head bastardx nowx by my lifex this day grows wondrous hotx some airy devil hovers in the sky and pours down mischiefx austriaxs head lie therex while philip breathesx enter king johnx arthurx and hubert king johnx hubertx keep this boyx philipx make upx my mother is assailed in our tentx and taxenx i fearx bastardx my lordx i rescued herx her highness is in safetyx fear you notx but onx my liegex for very little pains will bring this labour to an happy endx exeunt scene xx francex plains near angiers alarumsx excursionsx retreatx enter king johnx elinorx arthurx the bastardx hubertx and lords king johnx xto elinorx so shall it bex your grace shall stay behindx so strongly guardedx xto arthurx cousinx look not sadx thy grandam loves theex and thy uncle will as dear be to thee as thy father wasx arthurx ox this will make my mother die with griefx king johnx xto the bastardx cousinx away for englandx haste beforex andx ere our comingx see thou shake the bags of hoarding abbotsx imprisoned angels set at libertyx the fat ribs of peace must by the hungry now be fed uponx use our commission in his utmost forcex bastardx bellx bookx and candlex shall not drive me backx when gold and silver becks me to come onx i leave your highnessx grandamx i will prayx if ever i remember to be holyx for your fair safetyx sox i kiss your handx elinorx farewellx gentle cousinx king johnx cozx farewellx exit bastard elinorx come hitherx little kinsmanx harkx a wordx king johnx come hitherx hubertx o my gentle hubertx we owe thee muchx within this wall of flesh there is a soul counts thee her creditorx and with advantage means to pay thy lovex andx my good friendx thy voluntary oath lives in this bosomx dearly cherishedx give me thy handx i had a thing to sayx but i will fit it with some better timex by heavenx hubertx i am almost ashamxd to say what good respect i have of theex hubertx i am much bounden to your majestyx king johnx good friendx thou hast no cause to say so yetx but thou shalt havex and creep time nexer so slowx yet it shall come for me to do thee goodx i had a thing to sayxbut let it gox the sun is in the heavenx and the proud dayx attended with the pleasures of the worldx is all too wanton and too full of gawds to give me audiencex if the midnight bell did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth sound on into the drowsy race of nightx if this same were a churchyard where we standx and thou possessed with a thousand wrongsx or if that surly spiritx melancholyx had bakxd thy blood and made it heavyxthickx which else runs tickling up and down the veinsx making that idiotx laughterx keep menxs eyes and strain their cheeks to idle merrimentx a passion hateful to my purposesx or if that thou couldst see me without eyesx hear me without thine carsx and make reply without a tonguex using conceit alonex without eyesx earsx and harmful sound of wordsx thenx in despite of brooded watchful dayx i would into thy bosom pour my thoughtsx butx ahx i will notx yet i love thee wellx andx by my trothx i think thou lovxst me wellx hubertx so well that what you bid me undertakex though that my death were adjunct to my actx by heavenx i would do itx king johnx do not i know thou wouldstx good hubertx hubertx hubertx throw thine eye on yon young boyx ixll tell thee whatx my friendx he is a very serpent in my wayx and wheresoexer this foot of mine doth treadx he lies before mex dost thou understand mex thou art his keeperx hubertx and ixll keep him so that he shall not offend your majestyx king johnx deathx hubertx my lordx king johnx a gravex hubertx he shall not livex king johnx enoughx i could be merry nowx hubertx i love theex wellx ixll not say what i intend for theex rememberx madamx fare you wellx ixll send those powers oxer to your majestyx elinorx my blessing go with theex king johnx xto arthurx for englandx cousinx gox hubert shall be your manx attend on you with all true dutyx on toward calaisx hox exeunt scene xx francex the french kingxs camp enter king philipx lewisx pandulphx and attendants king philipx so by a roaring tempest on the flood a whole armado of convicted sail is scattered and disjoinxd from fellowshipx pandulphx courage and comfortx all shall yet go wellx king philipx what can go wellx when we have run so illx are we not beatenx is not angiers lostx arthur taxen prisonerx divers dear friends slainx and bloody england into england gonex oxerbearing interruptionx spite of francex lewisx he hath wonx that hath he fortifiedx so hot a speed with such advice disposxdx such temperate order in so fierce a causex doth want examplex who hath read or heard of any kindred action like to thisx king philipx well could i bear that england had this praisex so we could find some pattern of our shamex enter constance look who comes herex a grave unto a soulx holding thx eternal spiritx against her willx in the vile prison of afflicted breathx i pritheex ladyx go away with mex constancex lo nowx now see the issue of your peacex king philipx patiencex good ladyx comfortx gentle constancex constancex nox i defy all counselx all redressx but that which ends all counselx true redressx deathx deathx o amiable lovely deathx thou odoriferous stenchx sound rottennessx arise forth from the couch of lasting nightx thou hate and terror to prosperityx and i will kiss thy detestable bonesx and put my eyeballs in thy vaulty browsx and ring these fingers with thy household wormsx and stop this gap of breath with fulsome dustx and be a carrion monster like thyselfx comex grin on mex and i will think thou smilxstx and buss thee as thy wifex miseryxs lovex ox come to mex king philipx o fair afflictionx peacex constancex nox nox i will notx having breath to cryx o that my tongue were in the thunderxs mouthx then with a passion would i shake the worldx and rouse from sleep that fell anatomy which cannot hear a ladyxs feeble voicex which scorns a modern invocationx pandulphx ladyx you utter madness and not sorrowx constancex thou art not holy to belie me sox i am not madx this hair i tear is minex my name is constancex i was geffreyxs wifex young arthur is my sonx and he is lostx i am not madxi would to heaven i werex for then xtis like i should forget myselfx ox if i couldx what grief should i forgetx preach some philosophy to make me madx and thou shalt be canonizxdx cardinalx forx being not madx but sensible of griefx my reasonable part produces reason how i may be deliverxd of these woesx and teaches me to kill or hang myselfx if i were mad i should forget my sonx or madly think a babe of clouts were hex i am not madx too wellx too well i feel the different plague of each calamityx king philipx bind up those tressesx ox what love i note in the fair multitude of those her hairsx where but by a chance a silver drop hath fallxnx even to that drop ten thousand wiry friends do glue themselves in sociable griefx like truex inseparablex faithful lovesx sticking together in calamityx constancex to englandx if you willx king philipx bind up your hairsx constancex yesx that i willx and wherefore will i do itx i tore them from their bondsx and cried aloud xo that these hands could so redeem my sonx as they have given these hairs their libertyxx but now i envy at their libertyx and will again commit them to their bondsx because my poor child is a prisonerx andx father cardinalx i have heard you say that we shall see and know our friends in heavenx if that be truex i shall see my boy againx for since the birth of cainx the first male childx to him that did but yesterday suspirex there was not such a gracious creature bornx but now will canker sorrow eat my bud and chase the native beauty from his cheekx and he will look as hollow as a ghostx as dim and meagre as an aguexs fitx and so hexll diex andx rising so againx when i shall meet him in the court of heaven i shall not know himx therefore neverx never must i behold my pretty arthur morex pandulphx you hold too heinous a respect of griefx constancex he talks to me that never had a sonx king philipx you are as fond of grief as of your childx constancex grief fills the room up of my absent childx lies in his bedx walks up and down with mex puts on his pretty looksx repeats his wordsx remembers me of all his gracious partsx stuffs out his vacant garments with his formx then have i reason to be fond of griefx fare you wellx had you such a loss as ix i could give better comfort than you dox i will not keep this form upon my headx xtearing her hairx when there is such disorder in my witx o lordx my boyx my arthurx my fair sonx my lifex my joyx my foodx my ail the worldx my widowxcomfortx and my sorrowsx curex exit king philipx i fear some outragex and ixll follow herx exit lewisx therexs nothing in this world can make me joyx life is as tedious as a twicextold tale vexing the dull ear of a drowsy manx and bitter shame hath spoilxd the sweet worldxs tastex that it yields nought but shame and bitternessx pandulphx before the curing of a strong diseasex even in the instant of repair and healthx the fit is strongestx evils that take leave on their departure most of all show evilx what have you lost by losing of this dayx lewisx all days of gloryx joyx and happinessx pandulphx if you had won itx certainly you hadx nox nox when fortune means to men most goodx she looks upon them with a threatxning eyex xtis strange to think how much king john hath lost in this which he accounts so clearly wonx are not you grievxd that arthur is his prisonerx lewisx as heartily as he is glad he hath himx pandulphx your mind is all as youthful as your bloodx now hear me speak with a prophetic spiritx for even the breath of what i mean to speak shall blow each dustx each strawx each little rubx out of the path which shall directly lead thy foot to englandxs thronex and therefore markx john hath seizxd arthurx and it cannot be thatx whiles warm life plays in that infantxs veinsx the misplacxd john should entertain an hourx one minutex nayx one quiet breath of restx a sceptre snatchxd with an unruly hand must be boisterously maintainxd as gainxdx and he that stands upon a slippxry place makes nice of no vile hold to stay him upx that john may stand thenx arthur needs must fallx so be itx for it cannot be but sox lewisx but what shall i gain by young arthurxs fallx pandulphx youx in the right of lady blanch your wifex may then make all the claim that arthur didx lewisx and lose itx life and allx as arthur didx pandulphx how green you are and fresh in this old worldx john lays you plotsx the times conspire with youx for he that steeps his safety in true blood shall find but bloody safety and untruex this actx so evilly bornex shall cool the hearts of all his people and freeze up their zealx that none so small advantage shall step forth to check his reign but they will cherish itx no natural exhalation in the skyx no scope of naturex no distemperxd dayx no common windx no customed eventx but they will pluck away his natural cause and call them meteorsx prodigiesx and signsx abortivesx presagesx and tongues of heavenx plainly denouncing vengeance upon johnx lewisx may be he will not touch young arthurxs lifex but hold himself safe in his prisonmentx pandulphx ox sirx when he shall hear of your approachx if that young arthur be not gone alreadyx even at that news he diesx and then the hearts of all his people shall revolt from himx and kiss the lips of unacquainted changex and pick strong matter of revolt and wrath out of the bloody fingersx ends of johnx methinks i see this hurly all on footx andx ox what better matter breeds for you than i have namxdx the bastard faulconbridge is now in england ransacking the churchx offending charityx if but a dozen french were there in armsx they would be as a can to train ten thousand english to their sidex or as a little snowx tumbled aboutx anon becomes a mountainx o noble dauphinx go with me to the kingx xtis wonderful what may be wrought out of their discontentx now that their souls are topful of offencex for england gox i will whet on the kingx lewisx strong reasons makes strong actionsx let us gox if you say ayx the king will not say nox exeunt act ivx scene xx englandx a castle enter hubert and executioners hubertx heat me these irons hotx and look thou stand within the arrasx when i strike my foot upon the bosom of the groundx rush forth and bind the boy which you shall find with me fast to the chairx be heedfulx hencex and watchx executionerx i hope your warrant will bear out the deedx hubertx uncleanly scruplesx fear not youx look toxtx exeunt executioners young ladx come forthx i have to say with youx enter arthur arthurx good morrowx hubertx hubertx good morrowx little princex arthurx as little princex having so great a tide to be more princex as may bex you are sadx hubertx indeed i have been merrierx arthurx mercy on mex methinks no body should be sad but ix yetx i rememberx when i was in francex young gentlemen would be as sad as nightx only for wantonnessx by my christendomx so i were out of prison and kept sheepx i should be as merry as the day is longx and so i would be here but that i doubt my uncle practises more harm to mex he is afraid of mex and i of himx is it my fault that i was geffreyxs sonx nox indeedx ist notx and i would to heaven i were your sonx so you would love mex hubertx hubertx xasidex if i talk to himx with his innocent prate he will awake my mercyx which lies deadx therefore i will be sudden and dispatchx arthurx are you sickx hubertx you look pale toxdayx in soothx i would you were a little sickx that i might sit all night and watch with youx i warrant i love you more than you do mex hubertx xasidex his words do take possession of my bosomxx read herex young arthurx xshowing a paperx xasidex how nowx foolish rheumx turning dispiteous torture out of doorx i must be briefx lest resolution drop out at mine eyes in tender womanish tearsxx can you not read itx is it not fair writx arthurx too fairlyx hubertx for so foul effectx must you with hot irons burn out both mine eyesx hubertx young boyx i mustx arthurx and will youx hubertx and i willx arthurx have you the heartx when your head did but achex i knit my handkerchief about your browsx the best i hadx a princess wrought it mex and i did never ask it you againx and with my hand at midnight held your headx andx like the watchful minutes to the hourx still and anon cheerxd up the heavy timex saying xwhat lack youxx and xwhere lies your griefxx or xwhat good love may i perform for youxx many a poor manxs son would have lyen stillx and nexer have spoke a loving word to youx but you at your sick service had a princex nayx you may think my love was crafty lovex and call it cunningx dox an if you willx if heaven be pleasxd that you must use me illx whyx then you mustx will you put out mine eyesx these eyes that never did nor never shall so much as frown on youx hubertx i have sworn to do itx and with hot irons must i burn them outx arthurx ahx none but in this iron age would do itx the iron of itselfx though heat redxhotx approaching near these eyes would drink my tearsx and quench his fiery indignation even in the matter of mine innocencex nayx after thatx consume away in rust but for containing fire to harm mine eyex are you more stubbornxhard than hammerxd ironx an if an angel should have come to me and told me hubert should put out mine eyesx i would not have believxd himxno tongue but hubertxsx hubertx xstampsx come forthx rexenter executionersx with cordx ironsx etcx do as i bid you dox arthurx ox save mex hubertx save mex my eyes are out even with the fierce looks of these bloody menx hubertx give me the ironx i sayx and bind him herex arthurx alasx what need you be so boistxrous roughx i will not strugglex i will stand stonexstillx for heaven sakex hubertx let me not be boundx nayx hear mex hubertx drive these men awayx and i will sit as quiet as a lambx i will not stirx nor wincex nor speak a wordx nor look upon the iron angrilyx thrust but these men awayx and ixll forgive youx whatever torment you do put me tox hubertx gox stand withinx let me alone with himx executionerx i am best pleasxd to be from such a deedx exeunt executioners arthurx alasx i then have chid away my friendx he hath a stern look but a gentle heartx let him come backx that his compassion may give life to yoursx hubertx comex boyx prepare yourselfx arthurx is there no remedyx hubertx nonex but to lose your eyesx arthurx o heavenx that there were but a mote in yoursx a grainx a dustx a gnatx a wandering hairx any annoyance in that precious sensex thenx feeling what small things are boisterous therex your vile intent must needs seem horriblex hubertx is this your promisex go tox hold your tonguex arthurx hubertx the utterance of a brace of tongues must needs want pleading for a pair of eyesx let me not hold my tonguex let me notx hubertx orx hubertx if you willx cut out my tonguex so i may keep mine eyesx ox spare mine eyesx though to no use but still to look on youx lox by my trothx the instrument is cold and would not harm mex hubertx i can heat itx boyx arthurx nox in good soothx the fire is dead with griefx being create for comfortx to be usxd in undeserved extremesx see else yourselfx there is no malice in this burning coalx the breath of heaven hath blown his spirit outx and strewxd repentant ashes on his headx hubertx but with my breath i can revive itx boyx arthurx an if you dox you will but make it blush and glow with shame of your proceedingsx hubertx nayx it perchance will sparkle in your eyesx andx like a dog that is compellxd to fightx snatch at his master that doth tarre him onx all things that you should use to do me wrong deny their officex only you do lack that mercy which fierce fire and iron extendsx creatures of note for mercyxlacking usesx hubertx wellx see to livex i will not touch thine eye for all the treasure that thine uncle owesx yet i am swornx and i did purposex boyx with this same very iron to burn them outx arthurx ox now you look like hubertx all this while you were disguisxdx hubertx peacex no morex adieux your uncle must not know but you are deadx ixll fill these dogged spies with false reportsx andx pretty childx sleep doubtless and secure that hubertx for the wealth of all the worldx will not offend theex arthurx o heavenx i thank youx hubertx hubertx silencex no morex go closely in with mex much danger do i undergo for theex exeunt scene xx englandx king johnxs palace enter king johnx pembrokex salisburyx and other lords king johnx here once again we sitx once again crownxdx and lookxd uponx i hopex with cheerful eyesx pembrokex this once againx but that your highness pleasxdx was once superfluousx you were crownxd beforex and that high royalty was nexer pluckxd offx the faiths of men nexer stained with revoltx fresh expectation troubled not the land with any longxdxfor change or better statex salisburyx thereforex to be possessxd with double pompx to guard a title that was rich beforex to gild refined goldx to paint the lilyx to throw a perfume on the violetx to smooth the icex or add another hue unto the rainbowx or with taperxlight to seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnishx is wasteful and ridiculous excessx pembrokex but that your royal pleasure must be donex this act is as an ancient tale new told andx in the last repeatingx troublesomex being urged at a time unseasonablex salisburyx in this the antique and wellxnoted face of plain old form is much disfiguredx and like a shifted wind unto a sail it makes the course of thoughts to fetch aboutx startles and frights considerationx makes sound opinion sickx and truth suspectedx for putting on so new a fashionxd robex pembrokex when workmen strive to do better than wellx they do confound their skill in covetousnessx and oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by thx excusex as patches set upon a little breach discredit more in hiding of the fault than did the fault before it was so patchxdx salisburyx to this effectx before you were newxcrownxdx we breathxd our counselx but it pleasxd your highness to overbear itx and we are all well pleasxdx since all and every part of what we would doth make a stand at what your highness willx king johnx some reasons of this double coronation i have possessxd you withx and think them strongx and morex more strongx when lesser is my fearx i shall indue you withx meantime but ask what you would have reformxd that is not wellx and well shall you perceive how willingly i will both hear and grant you your requestsx pembrokex then ix as one that am the tongue of thesex to sound the purposes of all their heartsx both for myself and themx butx chief of allx your safetyx for the which myself and them bend their best studiesx heartily request thx enfranchisement of arthurx whose restraint doth move the murmuring lips of discontent to break into this dangerous argumentx if what in rest you have in right you holdx why then your fearsxwhichx as they sayx attend the steps of wrongxshould move you to mew up your tender kinsmanx and to choke his days with barbarous ignorancex and deny his youth the rich advantage of good exercisex that the timexs enemies may not have this to grace occasionsx let it be our suit that you have bid us ask his libertyx which for our goods we do no further ask than whereupon our wealx on you dependingx counts it your weal he have his libertyx king johnx let it be sox i do commit his youth to your directionx enter hubert xasidex hubertx what news with youx pembrokex this is the man should do the bloody deedx he showxd his warrant to a friend of minex the image of a wicked heinous fault lives in his eyex that close aspect of his doth show the mood of a much troubled breastx and i do fearfully believe xtis done what we so fearxd he had a charge to dox salisburyx the colour of the king doth come and go between his purpose and his consciencex like heralds xtwixt two dreadful battles setx his passion is so ripe it needs must breakx pembrokex and when it breaksx i fear will issue thence the foul corruption of a sweet childxs deathx king johnx we cannot hold mortalityxs strong handx good lordsx although my will to give is livingx the suit which you demand is gone and deadx he tells us arthur is deceasxd toxnightx salisburyx indeedx we fearxd his sickness was past curex pembrokex indeedx we heard how near his death he wasx before the child himself felt he was sickx this must be answerxd either here or hencex king johnx why do you bend such solemn brows on mex think you i bear the shears of destinyx have i commandment on the pulse of lifex salisburyx it is apparent foulxplayx and xtis shame that greatness should so grossly offer itx so thrive it in your gamex and sox farewellx pembrokex stay yetx lord salisburyx ixll go with thee and find thx inheritance of this poor childx his little kingdom of a forced gravex that blood which owxd the breadth of all this isle three foot of it doth holdxbad world the whilex this must not be thus bornex this will break out to all our sorrowsx and ere long i doubtx exeunt lords king johnx they burn in indignationx i repentx there is no sure foundation set on bloodx no certain life achievxd by othersx deathx enter a messenger a fearful eye thou hastx where is that blood that i have seen inhabit in those cheeksx so foul a sky clears not without a stormx pour down thy weatherxhow goes all in francex messengerx from france to englandx never such a powxr for any foreign preparation was levied in the body of a landx the copy of your speed is learnxd by themx for when you should be told they do preparex the tidings comes that they are all arrivxdx king johnx ox where hath our intelligence been drunkx where hath it sleptx where is my motherxs carex that such an army could be drawn in francex and she not hear of itx messengerx my liegex her ear is stoppxd with dustx the first of april died your noble motherx and as i hearx my lordx the lady constance in a frenzy died three days beforex but this from rumourxs tongue i idly heardxif true or false i know notx king johnx withhold thy speedx dreadful occasionx ox make a league with mex till i have pleasxd my discontented peersx whatx mother deadx how wildly then walks my estate in francex under whose conduct came those powxrs of france that thou for truth givxst out are landed herex messengerx under the dauphinx king johnx thou hast made me giddy with these in tidingsx enter the bastard and peter of pomfret nowx what says the world to your proceedingsx do not seek to stuff my head with more ill newsx for it is fullx bastardx but if you be afearxd to hear the worstx then let the worstx unheardx fall on your headx king johnx bear with mex cousinx for i was amazxd under the tidex but now i breathe again aloft the floodx and can give audience to any tonguex speak it of what it willx bastardx how i have sped among the clergymen the sums i have collected shall expressx but as i travellxd hither through the landx i find the people strangely fantasiedx possessxd with rumoursx full of idle dreamsx not knowing what they fearx but full of fearx and herexs a prophet that i brought with me from forth the streets of pomfretx whom i found with many hundreds treading on his heelsx to whom he sungx in rude harshxsounding rhymesx thatx ere the next ascensionxday at noonx your highness should deliver up your crownx king johnx thou idle dreamerx wherefore didst thou sox peterx foreknowing that the truth will fall out sox king johnx hubertx away with himx imprison himx and on that day at noon whereon he says i shall yield up my crown let him be hangxdx deliver him to safetyx and returnx for i must use theex exit hubert with peter o my gentle cousinx hearxst thou the news abroadx who are arrivxdx bastardx the frenchx my lordx menxs mouths are full of itx besidesx i met lord bigot and lord salisburyx with eyes as red as newxenkindled firex and others morex going to seek the grave of arthurx whom they say is killxd toxnight on your suggestionx king johnx gentle kinsmanx go and thrust thyself into their companiesx i have a way to will their loves againx bring them before mex bastardx i will seek them outx king johnx nayx but make hastex the better foot beforex ox let me have no subject enemies when adverse foreigners affright my towns with dreadful pomp of stout invasionx be mercuryx set feathers to thy heelsx and fly like thought from them to me againx bastardx the spirit of the time shall teach me speedx king johnx spoke like a sprightful noble gentlemanx exit bastard go after himx for he perhaps shall need some messenger betwixt me and the peersx and be thou hex messengerx with all my heartx my liegex exit king johnx my mother deadx rexenter hubert hubertx my lordx they say five moons were seen toxnightx four fixedx and the fifth did whirl about the other four in wondrous motionx king johnx five moonsx hubertx old men and beldams in the streets do prophesy upon it dangerouslyx young arthurxs death is common in their mouthsx and when they talk of himx they shake their headsx and whisper one another in the earx and he that speaks doth gripe the hearerxs wristx whilst he that hears makes fearful action with wrinkled browsx with nodsx with rolling eyesx i saw a smith stand with his hammerx thusx the whilst his iron did on the anvil coolx with open mouth swallowing a tailorxs newsx whox with his shears and measure in his handx standing on slippersx which his nimble haste had falsely thrust upon contrary feetx told of a many thousand warlike french that were embattailed and rankxd in kentx another lean unwashxd artificer cuts off his talex and talks of arthurxs deathx king johnx why seekxst thou to possess me with these fearsx why urgest thou so oft young arthurxs deathx thy hand hath murdxred himx i had a mighty cause to wish him deadx but thou hadst none to kill himx hubertx no hadx my lordx whyx did you not provoke mex king johnx it is the curse of kings to be attended by slaves that take their humours for a warrant to break within the bloody house of lifex and on the winking of authority to understand a lawx to know the meaning of dangerous majestyx when perchance it frowns more upon humour than advisxd respectx hubertx here is your hand and seal for what i didx king johnx ox when the last account xtwixt heaven and earth is to be madex then shall this hand and seal witness against us to damnationx how oft the sight of means to do ill deeds make deeds ill donex hadst not thou been byx a fellow by the hand of nature markxdx quoted and signxd to do a deed of shamex this murder had not come into my mindx butx taking note of thy abhorrxd aspectx finding thee fit for bloody villainyx aptx liable to be employxd in dangerx i faintly broke with thee of arthurxs deathx and thoux to be endeared to a kingx made it no conscience to destroy a princex hubertx my lordx king johnx hadst thou but shook thy head or made pausex when i spake darkly what i purposedx or turnxd an eye of doubt upon my facex as bid me tell my tale in express wordsx deep shame had struck me dumbx made me break offx and those thy fears might have wrought fears in mex but thou didst understand me by my signsx and didst in signs again parley with sinx yeax without stopx didst let thy heart consentx and consequently thy rude hand to act the deed which both our tongues held vile to namex out of my sightx and never see me morex my nobles leave mex and my state is bravedx even at my gatesx with ranks of foreign powxrsx nayx in the body of the fleshly landx this kingdomx this confine of blood and breathx hostility and civil tumult reigns between my conscience and my cousinxs deathx hubertx arm you against your other enemiesx ixll make a peace between your soul and youx young arthur is alivex this hand of mine is yet a maiden and an innocent handx not painted with the crimson spots of bloodx within this bosom never entxred yet the dreadful motion of a murderous thought and you have slanderxd nature in my formx whichx howsoever rude exteriorlyx is yet the cover of a fairer mind than to be butcher of an innocent childx king johnx doth arthur livex ox haste thee to the peersx throw this report on their incensed rage and make them tame to their obediencex forgive the comment that my passion made upon thy featurex for my rage was blindx and foul imaginary eyes of blood presented thee more hideous than thou artx ox answer notx but to my closet bring the angry lords with all expedient hastex i conjure thee but slowlyx run more fastx exeunt scene xx englandx before the castle enter arthurx on the walls arthurx the wall is highx and yet will i leap downx good groundx be pitiful and hurt me notx therexs few or none do know mex if they didx this shipxboyxs semblance hath disguisxd me quitex i am afraidx and yet ixll venture itx if i get down and do not break my limbsx ixll find a thousand shifts to get awayx as good to die and gox as die and stayx xleaps downx o mex my unclexs spirit is in these stonesx heaven take my soulx and england keep my bonesx xdiesx enter pembrokex salisburyx and bigot salisburyx lordsx i will meet him at saint edmundsburyx it is our safetyx and we must embrace this gentle offer of the perilous timex pembrokex who brought that letter from the cardinalx salisburyx the count melunx a noble lord of francex whose private with me of the dauphinxs love is much more general than these lines importx bigotx toxmorrow morning let us meet him thenx salisburyx or rather then set forwardx for xtwill be two long daysx journeyx lordsx or ere we meetx enter the bastard bastardx once more toxday well metx distemperxd lordsx the king by me requests your presence straightx salisburyx the king hath dispossessxd himself of usx we will not line his thin bestained cloak with our pure honoursx nor attend the foot that leaves the print of blood wherexer it walksx return and tell him sox we know the worstx bastardx whatexer you thinkx good wordsx i thinkx were bestx salisburyx our griefsx and not our mannersx reason nowx bastardx but there is little reason in your griefx therefore xtwere reason you had manners nowx pembrokex sirx sirx impatience hath his privilegex bastardx xtis truexto hurt his masterx no man elsex salisburyx this is the prisonx what is he lies herex pembrokex o deathx made proud with pure and princely beautyx the earth had not a hole to hide this deedx salisburyx murderx as hating what himself hath donex doth lay it open to urge on revengex bigotx orx when he doomxd this beauty to a gravex found it too preciousxprincely for a gravex salisburyx sir richardx what think youx have you beheldx or have you read or heardx or could you thinkx or do you almost thinkx although you seex that you do seex could thoughtx without this objectx form such anotherx this is the very topx the heightx the crestx or crest unto the crestx of murderxs armsx this is the bloodiest shamex the wildest savageryx the vilest strokex that ever wallxeyxd wrath or staring rage presented to the tears of soft remorsex pembrokex all murders past do stand excusxd in thisx and thisx so sole and so unmatchablex shall give a holinessx a purityx to the yet unbegotten sin of timesx and prove a deadly bloodshed but a jestx exampled by this heinous spectaclex bastardx it is a damned and a bloody workx the graceless action of a heavy handx if that it be the work of any handx salisburyx if that it be the work of any handx we had a kind of light what would ensuex it is the shameful work of hubertxs handx the practice and the purpose of the kingx from whose obedience i forbid my soul kneeling before this ruin of sweet lifex and breathing to his breathless excellence the incense of a vowx a holy vowx never to taste the pleasures of the worldx never to be infected with delightx nor conversant with ease and idlenessx till i have set a glory to this hand by giving it the worship of revengex pembrokex and bigotx our souls religiously confirm thy wordsx enter hubert hubertx lordsx i am hot with haste in seeking youx arthur doth livex the king hath sent for youx salisburyx ox he is boldx and blushes not at deathx avauntx thou hateful villainx get thee gonex hubertx i am no villainx salisburyx must i rob the lawx xdrawing his swordx bastardx your sword is brightx sirx put it up againx salisburyx not till i sheathe it in a murdererxs skinx hubertx stand backx lord salisburyx stand backx i sayx by heavenx i think my swordxs as sharp as yoursx i would not have youx lordx forget yourselfx nor tempt the danger of my true defencex lest ix by marking of your ragex forget your worthx your greatness and nobilityx bigotx outx dunghillx darxst thou brave a noblemanx hubertx not for my lifex but yet i dare defend my innocent life against an emperorx salisburyx thou art a murdererx hubertx do not prove me sox yet i am nonex whose tongue soexer speaks falsex not truly speaksx who speaks not trulyx liesx pembrokex cut him to piecesx bastardx keep the peacex i sayx salisburyx stand byx or i shall gall youx faulconbridgex bastardx thou wert better gall the devilx salisburyx if thou but frown on mex or stir thy footx or teach thy hasty spleen to do me shamex ixll strike thee deadx put up thy sword betimex or ixll so maul you and your toastingxiron that you shall think the devil is come from hellx bigotx what wilt thou dox renowned faulconbridgex second a villain and a murdererx hubertx lord bigotx i am nonex bigotx who killxd this princex hubertx xtis not an hour since i left him wellx i honourxd himx i lovxd himx and will weep my date of life out for his sweet lifexs lossx salisburyx trust not those cunning waters of his eyesx for villainy is not without such rheumx and hex long traded in itx makes it seem like rivers of remorse and innocencyx away with mex all you whose souls abhor thx uncleanly savours of a slaughterxhousex for i am stifled with this smell of sinx bigotx away toward buryx to the dauphin therex pembrokex there tell the king he may inquire us outx exeunt lords bastardx herexs a good worldx knew you of this fair workx beyond the infinite and boundless reach of mercyx if thou didst this deed of deathx art thou damnxdx hubertx hubertx do but hear mex sirx bastardx hax ixll tell thee whatx thouxrt damnxd as blackxnayx nothing is so blackx thou art more deep damnxd than prince luciferx there is not yet so ugly a fiend of hell as thou shalt bex if thou didst kill this childx hubertx upon my soulx bastardx if thou didst but consent to this most cruel actx do but despairx and if thou wantxst a cordx the smallest thread that ever spider twisted from her womb will serve to strangle theex a rush will be a beam to hang thee onx or wouldst thou drown thyselfx put but a little water in a spoon and it shall be as all the oceanx enough to stifle such a villain up i do suspect thee very grievouslyx hubertx if i in actx consentx or sin of thoughtx be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath which was embounded in this beauteous clayx let hell want pains enough to torture mex i left him wellx bastardx gox bear him in thine armsx i am amazxdx methinksx and lose my way among the thorns and dangers of this worldx how easy dost thou take all england upx from forth this morsel of dead royalty the lifex the rightx and truth of all this realm is fled to heavenx and england now is left to tug and scamblex and to part by thx teeth the unowed interest of proudxswelling statex now for the barexpickxd bone of majesty doth dogged war bristle his angry crest and snarleth in the gentle eyes of peacex now powers from home and discontents at home meet in one linex and vast confusion waitsx as doth a raven on a sickxfallxn beastx the imminent decay of wrested pompx now happy he whose cloak and cincture can hold out this tempestx bear away that childx and follow me with speedx ixll to the kingx a thousand businesses are brief in handx and heaven itself doth frown upon the landx exeunt act vx scene xx englandx king johnxs palace enter king johnx pandulphx and attendants king johnx thus have i yielded up into your hand the circle of my gloryx pandulphx xgives back the crownx take again from this my handx as holding of the popex your sovereign greatness and authorityx king johnx now keep your holy wordx go meet the frenchx and from his holiness use all your power to stop their marches fore we are inflamxdx our discontented counties do revoltx our people quarrel with obediencex swearing allegiance and the love of soul to stranger bloodx to foreign royaltyx this inundation of mistempxred humour rests by you only to be qualifiedx then pause notx for the present timexs so sick that present medxcine must be ministxred or overthrow incurable ensuesx pandulphx it was my breath that blew this tempest upx upon your stubborn usage of the popex but since you are a gentle convertitex my tongue shall hush again this storm of war and make fair weather in your blustxring landx on this ascensionxdayx remember wellx upon your oath of service to the popex go i to make the french lay down their armsx exit king johnx is this ascensionxdayx did not the prophet say that before ascensionxday at noon my crown i should give offx even so i havex i did suppose it should be on constraintx butx heaven be thankxdx it is but voluntaryx enter the bastard bastardx all kent hath yieldedx nothing there holds out but dover castlex london hath receivxdx like a kind hostx the dauphin and his powersx your nobles will not hear youx but are gone to offer service to your enemyx and wild amazement hurries up and down the little number of your doubtful friendsx king johnx would not my lords return to me again after they heard young arthur was alivex bastardx they found him deadx and cast into the streetsx an empty casketx where the jewel of life by some damnxd hand was robbed and taxen awayx king johnx that villain hubert told me he did livex bastardx sox on my soulx he didx for aught he knewx but wherefore do you droopx why look you sadx be great in actx as you have been in thoughtx let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eyex be stirring as the timex be fire with firex threaten the threatxnerx and outface the brow of bragging horrorx so shall inferior eyesx that borrow their behaviours from the greatx grow great by your example and put on the dauntless spirit of resolutionx awayx and glister like the god of war when he intendeth to become the fieldx show boldness and aspiring confidencex whatx shall they seek the lion in his denx and fright him therex and make him tremble therex ox let it not be saidx foragex and run to meet displeasure farther from the doors and grapple with him ere he come so nighx king johnx the legate of the pope hath been with mex and i have made a happy peace with himx and he hath promisxd to dismiss the powers led by the dauphinx bastardx o inglorious leaguex shall wex upon the footing of our landx send fairxplay ordersx and make compromisex insinuationx parleyx and base trucex to arms invasivex shall a beardless boyx a cockxred silken wantonx brave our fields and flesh his spirit in a warlike soilx mocking the air with colours idly spreadx and find no checkx let usx my liegex to armsx perchance the cardinal cannot make your peacex orx if he dox let it at least be said they saw we had a purpose of defencex king johnx have thou the ordering of this present timex bastardx awayx thenx with good couragex yetx i know our party may well meet a prouder foex exeunt scene xx englandx the dauphinxs camp at saint edmundsbury enterx in armsx lewisx salisburyx melunx pembrokex bigotx and soldiers lewisx my lord melunx let this be copied out and keep it safe for our remembrancex return the precedent to these lords againx thatx having our fair order written downx both they and wex perusing oxer these notesx may know wherefore we took the sacramentx and keep our faiths firm and inviolablex salisburyx upon our sides it never shall be brokenx andx noble dauphinx albeit we swear a voluntary zeal and an unurgxd faith to your proceedingsx yetx believe mex princex i am not glad that such a sore of time should seek a plaster by contemnxd revoltx and heal the inveterate canker of one wound by making manyx ox it grieves my soul that i must draw this metal from my side to be a widowxmakerx ox and there where honourable rescue and defence cries out upon the name of salisburyx but such is the infection of the time thatx for the health and physic of our rightx we cannot deal but with the very hand of stern injustice and confused wrongx and isxt not pityx o my grieved friendsx that wex the sons and children of this islex were born to see so sad an hour as thisx wherein we step after a strangerxmarch upon her gentle bosomx and fill up her enemiesx ranksxi must withdraw and weep upon the spot of this enforced causex to grace the gentry of a land remote and follow unacquainted colours herex whatx herex o nationx that thou couldst removex that neptunexs armsx who clippeth thee aboutx would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself and grapple thee unto a pagan shorex where these two christian armies might combine the blood of malice in a vein of leaguex and not to spend it so unneighbourlyx lewisx a noble temper dost thou show in thisx and great affections wrestling in thy bosom doth make an earthquake of nobilityx ox what a noble combat hast thou fought between compulsion and a brave respectx let me wipe off this honourable dew that silverly doth progress on thy cheeksx my heart hath melted at a ladyxs tearsx being an ordinary inundationx but this effusion of such manly dropsx this showxrx blown up by tempest of the soulx startles mine eyes and makes me more amazxd than had i seen the vaulty top of heaven figurxd quite oxer with burning meteorsx lift up thy browx renowned salisburyx and with a great heart heave away this stormx commend these waters to those baby eyes that never saw the giant world enragxdx nor met with fortune other than at feastsx full of warm bloodx of mirthx of gossipingx comex comex for thou shalt thrust thy hand as deep into the purse of rich prosperity as lewis himselfx sox noblesx shall you allx that knit your sinews to the strength of minex enter pandulph and even therex methinksx an angel spakex look where the holy legate comes apacex to give us warrant from the hand of heaven and on our actions set the name of right with holy breathx pandulphx hailx noble prince of francex the next is thisx king john hath reconcilxd himself to romex his spirit is come inx that so stood out against the holy churchx the great metropolis and see of romex therefore thy threatxning colours now wind up and tame the savage spirit of wild warx thatx like a lion fostered up at handx it may lie gently at the foot of peace and be no further harmful than in showx lewisx your grace shall pardon mex i will not backx i am too highxborn to be propertiedx to be a secondary at controlx or useful servingxman and instrument to any sovereign state throughout the worldx your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars between this chastisxd kingdom and myself and brought in matter that should feed this firex and now xtis far too huge to be blown out with that same weak wind which enkindled itx you taught me how to know the face of rightx acquainted me with interest to this landx yeax thrust this enterprise into my heartx and come ye now to tell me john hath made his peace with romex what is that peace to mex ix by the honour of my marriagexbedx after young arthurx claim this land for minex andx now it is halfxconquerxdx must i back because that john hath made his peace with romex am i romexs slavex what penny hath rome bornex what men providedx what munition sentx to underprop this actionx is xt not i that undergo this chargex who else but ix and such as to my claim are liablex sweat in this business and maintain this warx have i not heard these islanders shout out xvive le roixx as i have bankxd their townsx have i not here the best cards for the game to will this easy matchx playxd for a crownx and shall i now give oxer the yielded setx nox nox on my soulx it never shall be saidx pandulphx you look but on the outside of this workx lewisx outside or insidex i will not return till my attempt so much be glorified as to my ample hope was promised before i drew this gallant head of warx and cullxd these fiery spirits from the world to outlook conquestx and to will renown even in the jaws of danger and of deathx xtrumpet soundsx what lusty trumpet thus doth summon usx enter the bastardx attended bastardx according to the fair play of the worldx let me have audiencex i am sent to speakx my holy lord of milanx from the king i comex to learn how you have dealt for himx andx as you answerx i do know the scope and warrant limited unto my tonguex pandulphx the dauphin is too wilfulxoppositex and will not temporize with my entreatiesx he flatly says hexll not lay down his armsx bastardx by all the blood that ever fury breathxdx the youth says wellx now hear our english kingx for thus his royalty doth speak in mex he is preparxdx and reason too he shouldx this apish and unmannerly approachx this harnessxd masque and unadvised revel this unhairxd sauciness and boyish troopsx the king doth smile atx and is well preparxd to whip this dwarfish warx these pigmy armsx from out the circle of his territoriesx that hand which had the strengthx even at your doorx to cudgel you and make you take the hatchx to dive like buckets in concealed wellsx to crouch in litter of your stable planksx to lie like pawns lockxd up in chests and trunksx to hug with swinex to seek sweet safety out in vaults and prisonsx and to thrill and shake even at the crying of your nationxs crowx thinking this voice an armed englishmanx shall that victorious hand be feebled here that in your chambers gave you chastisementx nox know the gallant monarch is in arms and like an eagle oxer his aery towxrs to souse annoyance that comes near his nestx and you degeneratex you ingrate revoltsx you bloody neroesx ripping up the womb of your dear mother englandx blush for shamex for your own ladies and palexvisagxd maidsx like amazonsx come tripping after drumsx their thimbles into armed gauntlets changex their needles to lancesx and their gentle hearts to fierce and bloody inclinationx lewisx there end thy bravex and turn thy face in peacex we grant thou canst outscold usx fare thee wellx we hold our time too precious to be spent with such a brabblerx pandulphx give me leave to speakx bastardx nox i will speakx lewisx we will attend to neitherx strike up the drumsx and let the tongue of warx plead for our interest and our being herex bastardx indeedx your drumsx being beatenx will cry outx and so shall youx being beatenx do but start and echo with the clamour of thy drumx and even at hand a drum is ready bracxd that shall reverberate all as loud as thinex sound but anotherx and another shallx as loud as thinex rattle the welkinxs ear and mock the deepxmouthxd thunderx for at handx not trusting to this halting legate herex whom he hath usxd rather for sport than needx is warlike johnx and in his forehead sits a barexribbxd deathx whose office is this day to feast upon whole thousands of the frenchx lewisx strike up our drums to find this danger outx bastardx and thou shalt find itx dauphinx do not doubtx exeunt scene xx englandx the field of battle alarumsx enter king john and hubert king johnx how goes the day with usx ox tell mex hubertx hubertx badlyx i fearx how fares your majestyx king johnx this fever that hath troubled me so long lies heavy on mex ox my heart is sickx enter a messenger messengerx my lordx your valiant kinsmanx faulconbridgex desires your majesty to leave the field and send him word by me which way you gox king johnx tell himx toward swinsteadx to the abbey therex messengerx be of good comfortx for the great supply that was expected by the dauphin here are wreckxd three nights ago on goodwin sandsx this news was brought to richard but even nowx the french fight coldlyx and retire themselvesx king johnx ay mex this tyrant fever burns me up and will not let me welcome this good newsx set on toward swinsteadx to my litter straightx weakness possesseth mex and i am faintx exeunt scene xx englandx another part of the battlefield enter salisburyx pembrokex and bigot salisburyx i did not think the king so storxd with friendsx pembrokex up once againx put spirit in the frenchx if they miscarryx we miscarry toox salisburyx that misbegotten devilx faulconbridgex in spite of spitex alone upholds the dayx pembrokex they say king johnx sore sickx hath left the fieldx enter melunx wounded melunx lead me to the revolts of england herex salisburyx when we were happy we had other namesx pembrokex it is the count melunx salisburyx wounded to deathx melunx flyx noble englishx you are bought and soldx unthread the rude eye of rebellionx and welcome home again discarded faithx seek out king johnx and fall before his feetx for if the french be lords of this loud dayx he means to recompense the pains you take by cutting off your headsx thus hath he swornx and i with himx and many moe with mex upon the altar at saint edmundsburyx even on that altar where we swore to you dear amity and everlasting lovex salisburyx may this be possiblex may this be truex melunx have i not hideous death within my viewx retaining but a quantity of lifex which bleeds away even as a form of wax resolveth from his figure xgainst the firex what in the world should make me now deceivex since i must lose the use of all deceitx why should i then be falsex since it is true that i must die herex and live hence by truthx i say againx if lewis do will the dayx he is forsworn if exer those eyes of yours behold another day break in the eastx but even this nightx whose black contagious breath already smokes about the burning crest of the oldx feeblex and dayxwearied sunx even this ill nightx your breathing shall expirex paying the fine of rated treachery even with a treacherous fine of all your livesx if lewis by your assistance win the dayx commend me to one hubertx with your kingx the love of himxand this respect besidesx for that my grandsire was an englishmanx awakes my conscience to confess all thisx in lieu whereofx i pray youx bear me hence from forth the noise and rumour of the fieldx where i may think the remnant of my thoughts in peacex and part this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desiresx salisburyx we do believe theex and beshrew my soul but i do love the favour and the form of this most fair occasionx by the which we will untread the steps of damned flightx and like a bated and retired floodx leaving our rankness and irregular coursex stoop low within those bounds we have oxerlookxdx and calmly run on in obedience even to our oceanx to great king johnx my arm shall give thee help to bear thee hencex for i do see the cruel pangs of death right in thine eyex awayx my friendsx new flightx and happy newnessx that intends old rightx exeuntx leading off melun scene xx englandx the french camp enter lewis and his train lewisx the sun of heavenx methoughtx was loath to setx but stayxd and made the western welkin blushx when english measure backward their own ground in faint retirex ox bravely came we offx when with a volley of our needless shotx after such bloody toilx we bid good nightx and wound our tottxring colours clearly upx last in the field and almost lords of itx enter a messenger messengerx where is my princex the dauphinx lewisx herex what newsx messengerx the count melun is slainx the english lords by his persuasion are again fallxn offx and your supplyx which you have wishxd so longx are cast away and sunk on goodwin sandsx lewisx ahx foul shrewd newsx beshrew thy very heartx i did not think to be so sad toxnight as this hath made mex who was he that said king john did fly an hour or two before the stumbling night did part our weary powxrsx messengerx whoever spoke itx it is truex my lordx lewisx keep good quarter and good care toxnightx the day shall not be up so soon as i to try the fair adventure of toxmorrowx exeunt scene xx an open place wear swinstead abbey enter the bastard and hubertx severally hubertx whoxs therex speakx hox speak quicklyx or i shootx bastardx a friendx what art thoux hubertx of the part of englandx bastardx whither dost thou gox hubertx whatxs that to theex why may i not demand of thine affairs as well as thou of minex bastardx hubertx i thinkx hubertx thou hast a perfect thoughtx i will upon all hazards well believe thou art my friend that knowxst my tongue so wellx who art thoux bastardx who thou wiltx and if thou pleasex thou mayst befriend me so much as to think i come one way of the plantagenetsx hubertx unkind remembrancex thou and eyeless night have done me shamex brave soldierx pardon me that any accent breaking from thy tongue should scape the true acquaintance of mine earx bastardx comex comex sans complimentx what news abroadx hubertx whyx here walk i in the black brow of night to find you outx bastardx briefx thenx and whatxs the newsx hubertx ox my sweet sirx news fitting to the nightx blackx fearfulx comfortlessx and horriblex bastardx show me the very wound of this ill newsx i am no womanx ixll not swoon at itx hubertx the kingx i fearx is poisonxd by a monkx i left him almost speechless and broke out to acquaint you with this evilx that you might the better arm you to the sudden time than if you had at leisure known of thisx bastardx how did he take itx who did taste to himx hubertx a monkx i tell youx a resolved villainx whose bowels suddenly burst outx the king yet speaksx and peradventure may recoverx bastardx who didst thou leave to tend his majestyx hubertx whyx know you notx the lords are all come backx and brought prince henry in their companyx at whose request the king hath pardonxd themx and they are all about his majestyx bastardx withhold thine indignationx mighty heavenx and tempt us not to bear above our powerx ixll tell theex hubertx half my power this nightx passing these flatsx are taken by the tidex these lincoln washes have devoured themx myselfx wellxmountedx hardly have escapxdx awayx beforex conduct me to the kingx i doubt he will be dead or ere i comex exeunt scene xx the orchard at swinstead abbey enter prince henryx salisburyx and bigot prince henryx it is too latex the life of all his blood is touchxd corruptiblyx and his pure brainx which some suppose the soulxs frail dwellingxhousex doth by the idle comments that it makes foretell the ending of mortalityx enter pembroke pembrokex his highness yet doth speakx and holds belief thatx being brought into the open airx it would allay the burning quality of that fell poison which assaileth himx prince henryx let him be brought into the orchard herex doth he still ragex exit bigot pembrokex he is more patient than when you left himx even now he sungx prince henryx o vanity of sicknessx fierce extremes in their continuance will not feel themselvesx deathx having preyxd upon the outward partsx leaves them invisiblex and his siege is now against the mindx the which he pricks and wounds with many legions of strange fantasiesx whichx in their throng and press to that last holdx confound themselvesx xtis strange that death should singx i am the cygnet to this pale faint swan who chants a doleful hymn to his own deathx and from the organxpipe of frailty sings his soul and body to their lasting restx salisburyx be of good comfortx princex for you are born to set a form upon that indigest which he hath left so shapeless and so rudex rexenter bigot and attendantsx who bring in king john in a chair king johnx ayx marryx now my soul hath elbowxroomx it would not out at windows nor at doorsx there is so hot a summer in my bosom that all my bowels crumble up to dustx i am a scribbled form drawn with a pen upon a parchmentx and against this fire do i shrink upx prince henryx how fares your majestyx king johnx poisonxdxillxfarex deadx forsookx cast offx and none of you will bid the winter come to thrust his icy fingers in my mawx nor let my kingdomxs rivers take their course through my burnxd bosomx nor entreat the north to make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips and comfort me with coldx i do not ask you muchx i beg cold comfortx and you are so strait and so ingrateful you deny me thatx prince henryx o that there were some virtue in my tearsx that might relieve youx king johnx the salt in them is hotx within me is a hellx and there the poison is as a fiend confinxd to tyrannize on unreprievable condemned bloodx enter the bastard bastardx ox i am scalded with my violent motion and spleen of speed to see your majestyx king johnx o cousinx thou art come to set mine eyex the tackle of my heart is crackxd and burntx and all the shrouds wherewith my life should sail are turned to one threadx one little hairx my heart hath one poor string to stay it byx which holds but till thy news be utteredx and then all this thou seest is but a clod and module of confounded royaltyx bastardx the dauphin is preparing hitherwardx where god he knows how we shall answer himx for in a night the best part of my powxrx as i upon advantage did removex were in the washes all unwarily devoured by the unexpected floodx xthe king diesx salisburyx you breathe these dead news in as dead an earx my liegex my lordx but now a kingxnow thusx prince henryx even so must i run onx and even so stopx what surety of the worldx what hopex what stayx when this was now a kingx and now is clayx bastardx art thou gone sox i do but stay behind to do the office for thee of revengex and then my soul shall wait on thee to heavenx as it on earth hath been thy servant stillx nowx nowx you stars that move in your right spheresx where be your powxrsx show now your mended faithsx and instantly return with me again to push destruction and perpetual shame out of the weak door of our fainting landx straight let us seekx or straight we shall be soughtx the dauphin rages at our very heelsx salisburyx it seems you know notx thenx so much as wex the cardinal pandulph is within at restx who half an hour since came from the dauphinx and brings from him such offers of our peace as we with honour and respect may takex with purpose presently to leave this warx bastardx he will the rather do it when he sees ourselves well sinewed to our defencex salisburyx nayx xtis in a manner done alreadyx for many carriages he hath dispatchxd to the seaxsidex and put his cause and quarrel to the disposing of the cardinalx with whom yourselfx myselfx and other lordsx if you think meetx this afternoon will post to consummate this business happilyx bastardx let it be sox and youx my noble princex with other princes that may best be sparxdx shall wait upon your fatherxs funeralx prince henryx at worcester must his body be interrxdx for so he willxd itx bastardx thither shall itx thenx and happily may your sweet self put on the lineal state and glory of the landx to whomx with all submissionx on my knee i do bequeath my faithful services and true subjection everlastinglyx salisburyx and the like tender of our love we makex to rest without a spot for evermorex prince henryx i have a kind soul that would give you thanksx and knows not how to do it but with tearsx bastardx ox let us pay the time but needful woex since it hath been beforehand with our griefsx this england never didx nor never shallx lie at the proud foot of a conquerorx but when it first did help to wound itselfx now these her princes are come home againx come the three corners of the world in armsx and we shall shock themx nought shall make us ruex if england to itself do rest but truex exeunt the tragedy of julius caesar contents act i scene ix romex a streetx scene iix the samex a public placex scene iiix the samex a streetx act ii scene ix romex brutusx orchardx scene iix a room in caesarxs palacex scene iiix a street near the capitolx scene ivx another part of the same streetx before the house of brutusx act iii scene ix romex before the capitolx the senate sittingx scene iix the samex the forumx scene iiix the samex a streetx act iv scene ix a room in antonyxs housex scene iix before brutusx tentx in the camp near sardisx scene iiix within the tent of brutusx act v scene ix the plains of philippix scene iix the samex the field of battlex scene iiix another part of the fieldx scene ivx another part of the fieldx scene vx another part of the fieldx dramatis personx julius caesar octavius caesarx triumvir after his deathx marcus antoniusx x x x mx aemilius lepidusx x x x cicerox publiusx popilius lenax senatorsx marcus brutusx conspirator against caesarx cassiusx x x x cascax x x x treboniusx x x x ligariusxx x x decius brutusx x x x metellus cimberx x x x cinnax x x x flaviusx tribune marullusx tribune artemidorusx a sophist of cnidosx a soothsayer cinnax a poetx another poetx luciliusx titiniusx messalax young catox and volumniusx friends to brutus and cassiusx varrox clitusx claudiusx stratox luciusx dardaniusx servants to brutus pindarusx servant to cassius calphurniax wife to caesar portiax wife to brutus the ghost of caesar senatorsx citizensx soldiersx commonersx messengersx and servantsx scenex romex the conspiratorsx camp near sardisx and the plains of philippix act i scene ix romex a streetx enter flaviusx marullus and a throng of citizensx flaviusx hencex homex you idle creaturesx get you homex is this a holidayx whatx know you notx being mechanicalx you ought not walk upon a labouring day without the sign of your professionx speakx what trade art thoux carpenterx whyx sirx a carpenterx marullusx where is thy leather apron and thy rulex what dost thou with thy best apparel onx youx sirx what trade are youx cobblerx trulyx sirx in respect of a fine workmanx i am butx as you would sayx a cobblerx marullusx but what trade art thoux answer me directlyx cobblerx a tradex sirx that i hope i may use with a safe consciencex which is indeedx sirx a mender of bad solesx marullusx what tradex thou knavex thou naughty knavex what tradex cobblerx nayx i beseech youx sirx be not out with mex yetx if you be outx sirx i can mend youx marullusx what meanxst thou by thatx mend mex thou saucy fellowx cobblerx whyx sirx cobble youx flaviusx thou art a cobblerx art thoux cobblerx trulyx sirx all that i live by is with the awlx i meddle with no tradesmanxs mattersx nor womenxs mattersx but withal i am indeedx sirx a surgeon to old shoesx when they are in great dangerx i recover themx as proper men as ever trod upon neatxs leather have gone upon my handiworkx flaviusx but wherefore art not in thy shop todayx why dost thou lead these men about the streetsx cobblerx trulyx sirx to wear out their shoesx to get myself into more workx but indeedx sirx we make holiday to see caesarx and to rejoice in his triumphx marullusx wherefore rejoicex what conquest brings he homex what tributaries follow him to romex to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheelsx you blocksx you stonesx you worse than senseless thingsx o you hard heartsx you cruel men of romex knew you not pompeyx many a time and oft have you climbxd up to walls and battlementsx to towers and windowsx yeax to chimney topsx your infants in your armsx and there have sat the livelong day with patient expectationx to see great pompey pass the streets of romex and when you saw his chariot but appearx have you not made an universal shoutx that tiber trembled underneath her banks to hear the replication of your sounds made in her concave shoresx and do you now put on your best attirex and do you now cull out a holidayx and do you now strew flowers in his wayx that comes in triumph over pompeyxs bloodx be gonex run to your housesx fall upon your kneesx pray to the gods to intermit the plague that needs must light on this ingratitudex flaviusx gox gox good countrymenx andx for this fault assemble all the poor men of your sortx draw them to tiber banksx and weep your tears into the channelx till the lowest stream do kiss the most exalted shores of allx xxexeunt citizensxxx see whether their basest metal be not movxdx they vanish tonguextied in their guiltinessx go you down that way towards the capitolx this way will ix disrobe the imagesx if you do find them deckxd with ceremoniesx marullusx may we do sox you know it is the feast of lupercalx flaviusx it is no matterx let no images be hung with caesarxs trophiesx ixll about and drive away the vulgar from the streetsx so do you toox where you perceive them thickx these growing feathers pluckxd from caesarxs wing will make him fly an ordinary pitchx who else would soar above the view of menx and keep us all in servile fearfulnessx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex a public placex enterx in processionx with musicx caesarx antonyx for the coursex calphurniax portiax deciusx cicerox brutusx cassius and cascax a great crowd followingx among them a soothsayerx caesarx calphurniax cascax peacex hox caesar speaksx xxmusic ceasesxxx caesarx calphurniax calphurniax herex my lordx caesarx stand you directly in antoniusx wayx when he doth run his coursex antoniusx antonyx caesarx my lordx caesarx forget not in your speedx antoniusx to touch calphurniax for our elders sayx the barrenx touched in this holy chasex shake off their sterile cursex antonyx i shall rememberx when caesar says xdo thisxx it is performxdx caesarx set onx and leave no ceremony outx xxmusicxxx soothsayerx caesarx caesarx hax who callsx cascax bid every noise be stillx peace yet againx xxmusic ceasesxxx caesarx who is it in the press that calls on mex i hear a tongue shriller than all the musicx cry xcaesarxx speakx caesar is turnxd to hearx soothsayerx beware the ides of marchx caesarx what man is thatx brutusx a soothsayer bids you beware the ides of marchx caesarx set him before mex let me see his facex cassiusx fellowx come from the throngx look upon caesarx caesarx what sayxst thou to me nowx speak once againx soothsayerx beware the ides of marchx caesarx he is a dreamerx let us leave himx passx xxsennetx exeunt all but brutus and cassiusxxx cassiusx will you go see the order of the coursex brutusx not ix cassiusx i pray youx dox brutusx i am not gamesomex i do lack some part of that quick spirit that is in antonyx let me not hinderx cassiusx your desiresx ixll leave youx cassiusx brutusx i do observe you now of latex i have not from your eyes that gentleness and show of love as i was wont to havex you bear too stubborn and too strange a hand over your friend that loves youx brutusx cassiusx be not deceivedx if i have veilxd my lookx i turn the trouble of my countenance merely upon myselfx vexed i am of late with passions of some differencex conceptions only proper to myselfx which give some soil perhaps to my behaviorsx but let not therefore my good friends be grieved xamong which numberx cassiusx be you onex nor construe any further my neglectx than that poor brutusx with himself at warx forgets the shows of love to other menx cassiusx thenx brutusx i have much mistook your passionx by means whereof this breast of mine hath buried thoughts of great valuex worthy cogitationsx tell mex good brutusx can you see your facex brutusx nox cassiusx for the eye sees not itself but by reflectionx by some other thingx cassiusx xtis justx and it is very much lamentedx brutusx that you have no such mirrors as will turn your hidden worthiness into your eyex that you might see your shadowx i have heard where many of the best respect in romex xexcept immortal caesarx speaking of brutusx and groaning underneath this agexs yokex have wishxd that noble brutus had his eyesx brutusx into what dangers would you lead mex cassiusx that you would have me seek into myself for that which is not in mex cassiusx thereforex good brutusx be prepared to hearx and since you know you cannot see yourself so well as by reflectionx ix your glassx will modestly discover to yourself that of yourself which you yet know not ofx and be not jealous on mex gentle brutusx were i a common laugherx or did use to stale with ordinary oaths my love to every new protesterx if you know that i do fawn on menx and hug them hardx and after scandal themx or if you know that i profess myself in banquetingx to all the routx then hold me dangerousx xxflourish and shoutxxx brutusx what means this shoutingx i do fear the people choose caesar for their kingx cassiusx ayx do you fear itx then must i think you would not have it sox brutusx i would notx cassiusx yet i love him wellx but wherefore do you hold me here so longx what is it that you would impart to mex if it be aught toward the general goodx set honour in one eye and death ix the otherx and i will look on both indifferentlyx for let the gods so speed me as i love the name of honour more than i fear deathx cassiusx i know that virtue to be in youx brutusx as well as i do know your outward favourx wellx honour is the subject of my storyx i cannot tell what you and other men think of this lifex butx for my single selfx i had as lief not be as live to be in awe of such a thing as i myselfx i was born free as caesarx so were youx we both have fed as wellx and we can both endure the winterxs cold as well as hex for oncex upon a raw and gusty dayx the troubled tiber chafing with her shoresx caesar said to mex xdarxst thoux cassiusx now leap in with me into this angry floodx and swim to yonder pointxx upon the wordx accoutred as i wasx i plunged inx and bade him followx so indeed he didx the torrent roarxdx and we did buffet it with lusty sinewsx throwing it aside and stemming it with hearts of controversyx but ere we could arrive the point proposxdx caesar criedx xhelp mex cassiusx or i sinkxx ix as aeneasx our great ancestorx did from the flames of troy upon his shoulder the old anchises bearx so from the waves of tiber did i the tired caesarx and this man is now become a godx and cassius is a wretched creaturex and must bend his bodyx if caesar carelessly but nod on himx he had a fever when he was in spainx and when the fit was on him i did mark how he did shakex xtis truex this god did shakex his coward lips did from their colour flyx and that same eye whose bend doth awe the world did lose his lustrex i did hear him groanx ayx and that tongue of hisx that bade the romans mark himx and write his speeches in their booksx alasx it criedx xgive me some drinkx titiniusxx as a sick girlx ye godsx it doth amaze mex a man of such a feeble temper should so get the start of the majestic worldx and bear the palm alonex xxshoutx flourishxxx brutusx another general shoutx i do believe that these applauses are for some new honours that are heapxd on caesarx cassiusx whyx manx he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossusx and we petty men walk under his huge legsx and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable gravesx men at some time are masters of their fatesx the faultx dear brutusx is not in our starsx but in ourselvesx that we are underlingsx xbrutusx and xcaesarxx what should be in that xcaesarxx why should that name be sounded more than yoursx write them togetherx yours is as fair a namex sound themx it doth become the mouth as wellx weigh themx it is as heavyx conjure with xemx xbrutusx will start a spirit as soon as xcaesarxx now in the names of all the gods at oncex upon what meat doth this our caesar feedx that he is grown so greatx agex thou art shamxdx romex thou hast lost the breed of noble bloodsx when went there by an age since the great floodx but it was famxd with more than with one manx when could they sayx till nowx that talkxd of romex that her wide walls encompassxd but one manx now is it rome indeedx and room enoughx when there is in it but one only manx ox you and i have heard our fathers sayx there was a brutus once that would have brookxd thx eternal devil to keep his state in romex as easily as a kingx brutusx that you do love mex i am nothing jealousx what you would work me tox i have some aimx how i have thought of thisx and of these timesx i shall recount hereafterx for this presentx i would notx so with love i might entreat youx be any further movxdx what you have saidx i will considerx what you have to say i will with patience hearx and find a time both meet to hear and answer such high thingsx till thenx my noble friendx chew upon thisx brutus had rather be a villager than to repute himself a son of rome under these hard conditions as this time is like to lay upon usx cassiusx i am glad that my weak words have struck but thus much show of fire from brutusx enter caesar and his trainx brutusx the games are donex and caesar is returningx cassiusx as they pass byx pluck casca by the sleevex and he willx after his sour fashionx tell you what hath proceeded worthy note todayx brutusx i will do sox butx look youx cassiusx the angry spot doth glow on caesarxs browx and all the rest look like a chidden trainx calphurniaxs cheek is palex and cicero looks with such ferret and such fiery eyes as we have seen him in the capitolx being crossxd in conference by some senatorsx cassiusx casca will tell us what the matter isx caesarx antoniusx antonyx caesarx caesarx let me have men about me that are fatx sleekxheaded menx and such as sleep axnightsx yond cassius has a lean and hungry lookx he thinks too muchx such men are dangerousx antonyx fear him notx caesarx hexs not dangerousx he is a noble roman and well givenx caesarx would he were fatterx but i fear him notx yet if my name were liable to fearx i do not know the man i should avoid so soon as that spare cassiusx he reads muchx he is a great observerx and he looks quite through the deeds of menx he loves no playsx as thou dostx antonyx he hears no musicx seldom he smilesx and smiles in such a sort as if he mockxd himself and scornxd his spirit that could be movxd to smile at anythingx such men as he be never at heartxs ease whiles they behold a greater than themselvesx and therefore are they very dangerousx i rather tell thee what is to be fearxd than what i fearx for always i am caesarx come on my right handx for this ear is deafx and tell me truly what thou thinkxst of himx xxexeunt caesar and his trainx casca staysxxx cascax you pullxd me by the cloakx would you speak with mex brutusx ayx cascax tell us what hath chancxd todayx that caesar looks so sadx cascax whyx you were with himx were you notx brutusx i should not then ask casca what had chancxdx cascax whyx there was a crown offerxd himx and being offerxd himx he put it by with the back of his handx thusx and then the people fell axshoutingx brutusx what was the second noise forx cascax whyx for that toox cassiusx they shouted thricex what was the last cry forx cascax whyx for that toox brutusx was the crown offerxd him thricex cascax ayx marryx wasxtx and he put it by thricex every time gentler than otherx and at every puttingxby mine honest neighbours shoutedx cassiusx who offerxd him the crownx cascax whyx antonyx brutusx tell us the manner of itx gentle cascax cascax i can as well be hangxdx as tell the manner of itx it was mere fooleryx i did not mark itx i saw mark antony offer him a crownx yet xtwas not a crown neitherx xtwas one of these coronetsx andx as i told youx he put it by oncex butx for all thatx to my thinkingx he would fain have had itx then he offered it to him againx then he put it by againx butx to my thinkingx he was very loath to lay his fingers off itx and then he offered it the third timex he put it the third time byx and stillx as he refusxd itx the rabblement hootedx and clappxd their chopt handsx and threw up their sweaty nightxcapsx and uttered such a deal of stinking breath because caesar refusxd the crownx that it hadx almostx choked caesarx for he swoonedx and fell down at itx and for mine own partx i durst not laughx for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad airx cassiusx butx softx i pray youx whatx did caesar swoonx cascax he fell down in the marketxplacex and foamxd at mouthx and was speechlessx brutusx xtis very likex he hath the fallingxsicknessx cassiusx nox caesar hath it notx but youx and ix and honest cascax we have the fallingxsicknessx cascax i know not what you mean by thatx but i am sure caesar fell downx if the tagxrag people did not clap him and hiss himx according as he pleased and displeased themx as they use to do the players in the theatrex i am no true manx brutusx what said he when he came unto himselfx cascax marryx before he fell downx when he perceived the common herd was glad he refused the crownx he pluckxd me ope his doubletx and offerxd them his throat to cutx and i had been a man of any occupationx if i would not have taken him at a wordx i would i might go to hell among the roguesx and so he fellx when he came to himself againx he saidx if he had done or said anything amissx he desirxd their worships to think it was his infirmityx three or four wenches where i stood criedx xalasx good soulxx and forgave him with all their heartsx but therexs no heed to be taken of themx if caesar had stabbxd their mothersx they would have done no lessx brutusx andx after thatx he came thus sad awayx cascax ayx cassiusx did cicero say anythingx cascax ayx he spoke greekx cassiusx to what effectx cascax nayx and i tell you thatx ixll nexer look you ix the face againx but those that understood him smilxd at one another and shook their headsx but for mine own partx it was greek to mex i could tell you more news toox marullus and flaviusx for pulling scarfs off caesarxs imagesx are put to silencex fare you wellx there was more foolery yetx if i could remember itx cassiusx will you sup with me tonightx cascax cascax nox i am promisxd forthx cassiusx will you dine with me tomorrowx cascax ayx if i be alivex and your mind holdx and your dinner worth the eatingx cassiusx goodx i will expect youx cascax do sox farewell bothx xxexit cascaxxx brutusx what a blunt fellow is this grown to bex he was quick mettle when he went to schoolx cassiusx so is he now in execution of any bold or noble enterprisex however he puts on this tardy formx this rudeness is a sauce to his good witx which gives men stomach to digest his words with better appetitex brutusx and so it isx for this time i will leave youx tomorrowx if you please to speak with mex i will come home to youx orx if you willx come home to mex and i will wait for youx cassiusx i will do sox till thenx think of the worldx xxexit brutusxxx wellx brutusx thou art noblex yet i seex thy honourable metal may be wrought from that it is disposxdx therefore xtis meet that noble minds keep ever with their likesx for who so firm that cannot be seducxdx caesar doth bear me hardx but he loves brutusx if i were brutus nowx and he were cassiusx he should not humour mex i will this nightx in several handsx in at his windows throwx as if they came from several citizensx writingsx all tending to the great opinion that rome holds of his namex wherein obscurely caesarxs ambition shall be glanced atx and after thisx let caesar seat him surex for we will shake himx or worse days endurex xxexitxxx scene iiix the samex a streetx thunder and lightningx enterx from opposite sidesx casca with his sword drawnx and cicerox cicerox good evenx cascax brought you caesar homex why are you breathlessx and why stare you sox cascax are not you movedx when all the sway of earth shakes like a thing unfirmx o cicerox i have seen tempestsx when the scolding winds have rivxd the knotty oaksx and i have seen thx ambitious ocean swell and rage and foamx to be exalted with the threatening cloudsx but never till tonightx never till nowx did i go through a tempest dropping firex either there is a civil strife in heavenx or else the world too saucy with the godsx incenses them to send destructionx cicerox whyx saw you anything more wonderfulx cascax a common slavex youxd know him well by sightx held up his left handx which did flame and burn like twenty torches joinxdx and yet his handx not sensible of fire remainxd unscorchxdx besidesx i hax not since put up my swordx against the capitol i met a lionx who glared upon mex and went surly byx without annoying mex and there were drawn upon a heap a hundred ghastly womenx transformed with their fearx who swore they saw menx all in firex walk up and down the streetsx and yesterday the bird of night did sitx even at noonday upon the marketplacex hooting and shriekingx when these prodigies do so conjointly meetx let not men sayx xthese are their reasonsx they are naturalxx for i believex they are portentous things unto the climate that they point uponx cicerox indeedx it is a strangexdisposed timex but men may construe things after their fashionx clean from the purpose of the things themselvesx comes caesar to the capitol tomorrowx cascax he dothx for he did bid antonius send word to you he would be there tomorrowx cicerox goodnight thenx cascax this disturbed sky is not to walk inx cascax farewellx cicerox xxexit ciceroxxx enter cassiusx cassiusx whoxs therex cascax a romanx cassiusx cascax by your voicex cascax your ear is goodx cassiusx what night is thisx cassiusx a very pleasing night to honest menx cascax who ever knew the heavens menace sox cassiusx those that have known the earth so full of faultsx for my partx i have walkxd about the streetsx submitting me unto the perilous nightx andx thus unbracedx cascax as you seex have barxd my bosom to the thunderxstonex and when the cross blue lightning seemxd to open the breast of heavenx i did present myself even in the aim and very flash of itx cascax but wherefore did you so much tempt the heavensx it is the part of men to fear and tremblex when the most mighty gods by tokens send such dreadful heralds to astonish usx cassiusx you are dullx cascax and those sparks of life that should be in a roman you do wantx or else you use notx you look pale and gazex and put on fear and cast yourself in wonderx to see the strange impatience of the heavensx but if you would consider the true cause why all these firesx why all these gliding ghostsx why birds and beastsx from quality and kindx why old menx foolsx and children calculatex why all these things change from their ordinancex their naturesx and prexformed facultiesx to monstrous qualityx whyx you shall find that heaven hath infusxd them with these spiritsx to make them instruments of fear and warning unto some monstrous statex now could ix cascax name to thee a man most like this dreadful nightx that thundersx lightensx opens gravesx and roarsx as doth the lion in the capitolx a man no mightier than thyselfx or mex in personal actionx yet prodigious grownx and fearfulx as these strange eruptions arex cascax xtis caesar that you meanx is it notx cassiusx cassiusx let it be who it isx for romans now have thews and limbs like to their ancestorsx butx woe the whilex our fathersx minds are deadx and we are governxd with our mothersx spiritsx our yoke and sufferance show us womanishx cascax indeedx they say the senators tomorrow mean to establish caesar as a kingx and he shall wear his crown by sea and landx in every placex save here in italyx cassiusx i know where i will wear this dagger thenx cassius from bondage will deliver cassiusx thereinx ye godsx you make the weak most strongx thereinx ye godsx you tyrants do defeatx nor stony towerx nor walls of beaten brassx nor airless dungeonx nor strong links of ironx can be retentive to the strength of spiritx but lifex being weary of these worldly barsx never lacks power to dismiss itselfx if i know thisx know all the world besidesx that part of tyranny that i do bear i can shake off at pleasurex xxthunder stillxxx cascax so can ix so every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivityx cassiusx and why should caesar be a tyrant thenx poor manx i know he would not be a wolfx but that he sees the romans are but sheepx he were no lionx were not romans hindsx those that with haste will make a mighty fire begin it with weak strawsx what trash is romex what rubbishx and what offalx when it serves for the base matter to illuminate so vile a thing as caesarx butx o griefx where hast thou led mex ix perhapsx speak this before a willing bondmanx then i know my answer must be madex but i am armxdx and dangers are to me indifferentx cascax you speak to cascax and to such a man that is no fleering tellxtalex holdx my handx be factious for redress of all these griefsx and i will set this foot of mine as far as who goes farthestx cassiusx therexs a bargain madex now know youx cascax i have movxd already some certain of the noblestxminded romans to undergo with me an enterprise of honourablexdangerous consequencex and i do know by thisx they stay for me in pompeyxs porchx for nowx this fearful nightx there is no stir or walking in the streetsx and the complexion of the element in favourxs like the work we have in handx most bloodyx fieryx and most terriblex enter cinnax cascax stand close awhilex for here comes one in hastex cassiusx xtis cinnax i do know him by his gaitx he is a friendx cinnax where haste you sox cinnax to find out youx whoxs thatx metellus cimberx cassiusx nox it is cascax one incorporate to our attemptsx am i not stayxd forx cinnax cinnax i am glad onxtx what a fearful night is thisx therexs two or three of us have seen strange sightsx cassiusx am i not stayxd forx tell mex cinnax yesx you arex o cassiusx if you could but win the noble brutus to our partyx cassiusx be you contentx good cinnax take this paperx and look you lay it in the praetorxs chairx where brutus may but find itx and throw this in at his windowx set this up with wax upon old brutusx statuex all this donex repair to pompeyxs porchx where you shall find usx is decius brutus and trebonius therex cinnax all but metellus cimberx and hexs gone to seek you at your housex wellx i will hiex and so bestow these papers as you bade mex cassiusx that donex repair to pompeyxs theatrex xxexit cinnaxxx comex cascax you and i will yetx ere dayx see brutus at his housex three parts of him is ours alreadyx and the man entire upon the next encounterx yields him oursx cascax ox he sits high in all the peoplexs heartsx and that which would appear offence in usx his countenancex like richest alchemyx will change to virtue and to worthinessx cassiusx himx and his worthx and our great need of himx you have right well conceitedx let us gox for it is after midnightx and ere dayx we will awake himx and be sure of himx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix romex brutusx orchardx enter brutusx brutusx whatx luciusx hox i cannotx by the progress of the starsx give guess how near to dayxxluciusx i sayx i would it were my fault to sleep so soundlyx whenx luciusx whenx awakex i sayx whatx luciusx enter luciusx luciusx callxd youx my lordx brutusx get me a taper in my studyx luciusx when it is lightedx come and call me herex luciusx i willx my lordx xxexitxxx brutusx it must be by his deathx and for my partx i know no personal cause to spurn at himx but for the generalx he would be crownxdx how that might change his naturex therexs the questionx it is the bright day that brings forth the adderx and that craves wary walkingx crown himxxthatx and thenx i grantx we put a sting in himx that at his will he may do danger withx thx abuse of greatness isx when it disjoins remorse from powerx andx to speak truth of caesarx i have not known when his affections swayxd more than his reasonx but xtis a common proofx that lowliness is young ambitionxs ladderx whereto the climberxupward turns his facex but when he once attains the upmost roundx he then unto the ladder turns his backx looks in the cloudsx scorning the base degrees by which he did ascendx so caesar mayx then lest he mayx preventx and since the quarrel will bear no colour for the thing he isx fashion it thusx that what he isx augmentedx would run to these and these extremitiesx and therefore think him as a serpentxs egg which hatchxdx wouldx as his kind grow mischievousx and kill him in the shellx enter luciusx luciusx the taper burneth in your closetx sirx searching the window for a flintx i found this paperx thus sealxd upx and i am sure it did not lie there when i went to bedx xxgives him the letterxxx brutusx get you to bed againx it is not dayx is not tomorrowx boyx the ides of marchx luciusx i know notx sirx brutusx look in the calendarx and bring me wordx luciusx i willx sirx xxexitxxx brutusx the exhalationsx whizzing in the air give so much light that i may read by themx xxopens the letter and readsxxx xbrutusx thou sleepxstx awake and see thyselfx shall romex xcx speakx strikex redressxx xbrutusx thou sleepxstx awakexx such instigations have been often droppxd where i have took them upx xshall romex xcxx thus must i piece it outx shall rome stand under one manxs awex whatx romex my ancestors did from the streets of rome the tarquin drivex when he was callxd a kingx xspeakx strikex redressxx am i entreated to speak and strikex o romex i make thee promisex if the redress will followx thou receivest thy full petition at the hand of brutusx enter luciusx luciusx sirx march is wasted fifteen daysx xxknock withinxxx brutusx xtis goodx go to the gatex somebody knocksx xxexit luciusxxx since cassius first did whet me against caesarx i have not sleptx between the acting of a dreadful thing and the first motionx all the interim is like a phantasmax or a hideous dreamx the genius and the mortal instruments are then in councilx and the state of manx like to a little kingdomx suffers then the nature of an insurrectionx enter luciusx luciusx sirx xtis your brother cassius at the doorx who doth desire to see youx brutusx is he alonex luciusx nox sirx there are moe with himx brutusx do you know themx luciusx nox sirx their hats are pluckxd about their earsx and half their faces buried in their cloaksx that by no means i may discover them by any mark of favourx brutusx let xem enterx xxexit luciusxxx they are the factionx o conspiracyx shamxst thou to show thy dangerous brow by nightx when evils are most freex ox thenx by day where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visagex seek nonex conspiracyx hide it in smiles and affabilityx for if thou pathx thy native semblance onx not erebus itself were dim enough to hide thee from preventionx enter cassiusx cascax deciusx cinnax metellus cimber and treboniusx cassiusx i think we are too bold upon your restx good morrowx brutusx do we trouble youx brutusx i have been up this hourx awake all nightx know i these men that come along with youx cassiusx yesx every man of themx and no man here but honours youx and everyone doth wish you had but that opinion of yourself which every noble roman bears of youx this is treboniusx brutusx he is welcome hitherx cassiusx this decius brutusx brutusx he is welcome toox cassiusx thisx cascax thisx cinnax and thisx metellus cimberx brutusx they are all welcomex what watchful cares do interpose themselves betwixt your eyes and nightx cassiusx shall i entreat a wordx xxthey whisperxxx deciusx here lies the eastx doth not the day break herex cascax nox cinnax ox pardonx sirx it dothx and yon grey lines that fret the clouds are messengers of dayx cascax you shall confess that you are both deceivxdx herex as i point my swordx the sun arisesx which is a great way growing on the southx weighing the youthful season of the yearx some two months hencex up higher toward the north he first presents his firex and the high east standsx as the capitolx directly herex brutusx give me your hands all overx one by onex cassiusx and let us swear our resolutionx brutusx nox not an oathx if not the face of menx the sufferance of our soulsx the timexs abusex if these be motives weakx break off betimesx and every man hence to his idle bedx so let highxsighted tyranny range onx till each man drop by lotteryx but if thesex as i am sure they dox bear fire enough to kindle cowardsx and to steel with valour the melting spirits of womenx thenx countrymenx what need we any spur but our own cause to prick us to redressx what other bond than secret romansx that have spoke the wordx and will not palterx and what other oath than honesty to honesty engagxdx that this shall bex or we will fall for itx swear priests and cowardsx and men cautelousx old feeble carrionsx and such suffering souls that welcome wrongsx unto bad causes swear such creatures as men doubtx but do not stain the even virtue of our enterprisex nor thx insuppressive mettle of our spiritsx to think that or our cause or our performance did need an oathx when every drop of blood that every roman bearsx and nobly bearsx is guilty of a several bastardyx if he do break the smallest particle of any promise that hath passxd from himx cassiusx but what of cicerox shall we sound himx i think he will stand very strong with usx cascax let us not leave him outx cinnax nox by no meansx metellusx ox let us have himx for his silver hairs will purchase us a good opinionx and buy menxs voices to commend our deedsx it shall be saidx his judgment rulxd our handsx our youths and wildness shall no whit appearx but all be buried in his gravityx brutusx ox name him notx let us not break with himx for he will never follow anything that other men beginx cassiusx then leave him outx cascax indeedx he is not fitx deciusx shall no man else be touchxd but only caesarx cassiusx deciusx well urgxdx i think it is not meetx mark antonyx so well belovxd of caesarx should outlive caesarx we shall find of him a shrewd contriverx and you knowx his meansx if he improve themx may well stretch so far as to annoy us allx which to preventx let antony and caesar fall togetherx brutusx our course will seem too bloodyx caius cassiusx to cut the head offx and then hack the limbsx like wrath in deathx and envy afterwardsx for antony is but a limb of caesarx let us be sacrificersx but not butchersx caiusx we all stand up against the spirit of caesarx and in the spirit of men there is no bloodx ox that we then could come by caesarxs spiritx and not dismember caesarx butx alasx caesar must bleed for itx andx gentle friendsx letxs kill him boldlyx but not wrathfullyx letxs carve him as a dish fit for the godsx not hew him as a carcass fit for houndsx and let our heartsx as subtle masters dox stir up their servants to an act of ragex and after seem to chide xemx this shall mark our purpose necessaryx and not enviousx which so appearing to the common eyesx we shall be callxd purgersx not murderersx and for mark antonyx think not of himx for he can do no more than caesarxs arm when caesarxs head is offx cassiusx yet i fear himx for in the ingrafted love he bears to caesarx brutusx alasx good cassiusx do not think of himx if he love caesarx all that he can do is to himselfx take thought and die for caesarx and that were much he shouldx for he is given to sportsx to wildnessx and much companyx treboniusx there is no fear in himx let him not diex for he will livex and laugh at this hereafterx xxclock strikesxxx brutusx peacex count the clockx cassiusx the clock hath stricken threex treboniusx xtis time to partx cassiusx but it is doubtful yet whether caesar will come forth today or nox for he is superstitious grown of latex quite from the main opinion he held once of fantasyx of dreamsx and ceremoniesx it may be these apparent prodigiesx the unaccustomxd terror of this nightx and the persuasion of his augurersx may hold him from the capitol todayx deciusx never fear thatx if he be so resolvedx i can oxersway himx for he loves to hear that unicorns may be betrayxd with treesx and bears with glassesx elephants with holesx lions with toilsx and men with flatterersx but when i tell him he hates flatterersx he says he doesx being then most flatteredx let me workx for i can give his humour the true bentx and i will bring him to the capitolx cassiusx nayx we will all of us be there to fetch himx brutusx by the eighth hourx is that the uttermostx cinnax be that the uttermostx and fail not thenx metellusx caius ligarius doth bear caesar hardx who rated him for speaking well of pompeyx i wonder none of you have thought of himx brutusx nowx good metellusx go along by himx he loves me wellx and i have given him reasonx send him but hitherx and ixll fashion himx cassiusx the morning comes uponxsx wexll leave youx brutusx andx friendsx disperse yourselvesx but all remember what you have saidx and show yourselves true romansx brutusx good gentlemenx look fresh and merrilyx let not our looks put on our purposesx but bear it as our roman actors dox with untired spirits and formal constancyx and sox good morrow to you everyonex xxexeunt all but brutusxxx boyx luciusx fast asleepx it is no matterx enjoy the honeyxheavy dew of slumberx thou hast no figures nor no fantasiesx which busy care draws in the brains of menx therefore thou sleepxst so soundx enter portiax portiax brutusx my lordx brutusx portiax what mean youx wherefore rise you nowx it is not for your health thus to commit your weak condition to the raw cold morningx portiax nor for yours neitherx yx have ungentlyx brutusx stole from my bedx and yesternight at supperx you suddenly arosex and walkxd aboutx musing and sighingx with your arms acrossx and when i askxd you what the matter wasx you starxd upon me with ungentle looksx i urgxd you furtherx then you scratchxd your headx and too impatiently stampxd with your footx yet i insistedx yet you answerxd notx but with an angry wafture of your hand gave sign for me to leave youx so i didx fearing to strengthen that impatience which seemxd too much enkindledx and withal hoping it was but an effect of humourx which sometime hath his hour with every manx it will not let you eatx nor talkx nor sleepx and could it work so much upon your shape as it hath much prevailxd on your conditionx i should not know youx brutusx dear my lordx make me acquainted with your cause of griefx brutusx i am not well in healthx and that is allx portiax brutus is wisex andx were he not in healthx he would embrace the means to come by itx brutusx whyx so i dox good portiax go to bedx portiax is brutus sickx and is it physical to walk unbraced and suck up the humours of the dank morningx whatx is brutus sickx and will he steal out of his wholesome bed to dare the vile contagion of the nightx and tempt the rheumy and unpurged air to add unto his sicknessx nox my brutusx you have some sick offence within your mindx whichx by the right and virtue of my placex i ought to know ofx andx upon my kneesx i charm youx by my once commended beautyx by all your vows of lovex and that great vow which did incorporate and make us onex that you unfold to mex your selfx your halfx why you are heavyx and what men tonight have had resort to youx for here have been some six or sevenx who did hide their faces even from darknessx brutusx kneel notx gentle portiax portiax i should not needx if you were gentle brutusx within the bond of marriagex tell mex brutusx is it excepted i should know no secrets that appertain to youx am i your self butx as it werex in sort or limitationx to keep with you at mealsx comfort your bedx and talk to you sometimesx dwell i but in the suburbs of your good pleasurex if it be no morex portia is brutusx harlotx not his wifex brutusx you are my true and honourable wifex as dear to me as are the ruddy drops that visit my sad heartx portiax if this were truex then should i know this secretx i grant i am a womanx but withal a woman that lord brutus took to wifex i grant i am a womanx but withal a woman well reputedx catoxs daughterx think you i am no stronger than my sexx being so fatherxd and so husbandedx tell me your counselsx i will not disclose xemx i have made strong proof of my constancyx giving myself a voluntary wound herex in the thighx can i bear that with patience and not my husbandxs secretsx brutusx o ye godsx render me worthy of this noble wifex xxknockxxx harkx harkx one knocksx portiax go in awhilex and by and by thy bosom shall partake the secrets of my heartx all my engagements i will construe to theex all the charactery of my sad browsx leave me with hastex xxexit portiaxxx enter lucius with ligariusx luciusx whoxs that knocksx luciusx here is a sick man that would speak with youx brutusx caius ligariusx that metellus spake ofx boyx stand asidex caius ligariusx howx ligariusx vouchsafe goodxmorrow from a feeble tonguex brutusx ox what a time have you chose outx brave caiusx to wear a kerchiefx would you were not sickx ligariusx i am not sickx if brutus have in hand any exploit worthy the name of honourx brutusx such an exploit have i in handx ligariusx had you a healthful ear to hear of itx ligariusx by all the gods that romans bow beforex i here discard my sicknessx soul of romex brave sonx derived from honourable loinsx thoux like an exorcistx hast conjurxd up my mortified spiritx now bid me runx and i will strive with things impossiblex yeax get the better of themx whatxs to dox brutusx a piece of work that will make sick men wholex ligariusx but are not some whole that we must make sickx brutusx that must we alsox what it isx my caiusx i shall unfold to theex as we are goingx to whom it must be donex ligariusx set on your footx and with a heart newxfirxd i follow youx to do i know not whatx but it sufficeth that brutus leads me onx xxthunderxxx brutusx follow me thenx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in caesarxs palacex thunder and lightningx enter caesarx in his nightgownx caesarx nor heaven nor earth have been at peace tonightx thrice hath calphurnia in her sleep cried outx xhelpx hox they murder caesarxx whoxs withinx enter a servantx servantx my lordx caesarx go bid the priests do present sacrificex and bring me their opinions of successx servantx i willx my lordx xxexitxxx enter calphurniax calphurniax what mean youx caesarx think you to walk forthx you shall not stir out of your house todayx caesarx caesar shall forthx the things that threatenxd me nexer lookxd but on my backx when they shall see the face of caesarx they are vanishedx calphurniax caesarx i never stood on ceremoniesx yet now they fright mex there is one withinx besides the things that we have heard and seenx recounts most horrid sights seen by the watchx a lioness hath whelped in the streetsx and graves have yawnxdx and yielded up their deadx fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds in ranks and squadrons and right form of warx which drizzled blood upon the capitolx the noise of battle hurtled in the airx horses did neighx and dying men did groanx and ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streetsx o caesarx these things are beyond all usex and i do fear themx caesarx what can be avoided whose end is purposxd by the mighty godsx yet caesar shall go forthx for these predictions are to the world in general as to caesarx calphurniax when beggars diex there are no comets seenx the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princesx caesarx cowards die many times before their deathsx the valiant never taste of death but oncex of all the wonders that i yet have heardx it seems to me most strange that men should fearx seeing that deathx a necessary endx will come when it will comex enter servantx what say the augurersx servantx they would not have you to stir forth todayx plucking the entrails of an offering forthx they could not find a heart within the beastx caesarx the gods do this in shame of cowardicex caesar should be a beast without a heart if he should stay at home today for fearx nox caesar shall notx danger knows full well that caesar is more dangerous than hex we are two lions litterxd in one dayx and i the elder and more terriblex and caesar shall go forthx calphurniax alasx my lordx your wisdom is consumxd in confidencex do not go forth todayx call it my fear that keeps you in the housex and not your ownx wexll send mark antony to the senatexhousex and he shall say you are not well todayx let me upon my knee prevail in thisx caesarx mark antony shall say i am not wellx and for thy humourx i will stay at homex enter deciusx herexs decius brutusx he shall tell them sox deciusx caesarx all hailx good morrowx worthy caesarx i come to fetch you to the senatexhousex caesarx and you are come in very happy time to bear my greeting to the senatorsx and tell them that i will not come todayx cannotx is falsex and that i dare notx falserx i will not come todayx tell them sox deciusx calphurniax say he is sickx caesarx shall caesar send a liex have i in conquest stretchxd mine arm so farx to be afeard to tell greyxbeards the truthx deciusx go tell them caesar will not comex deciusx most mighty caesarx let me know some causex lest i be laughxd at when i tell them sox caesarx the cause is in my willx i will not comex that is enough to satisfy the senatex but for your private satisfactionx because i love youx i will let you knowx calphurnia herex my wifex stays me at homex she dreamt tonight she saw my statuex which like a fountain with an hundred spouts did run pure bloodx and many lusty romans came smilingx and did bathe their hands in itx and these does she apply for warnings and portents and evils imminentx and on her knee hath beggxd that i will stay at home todayx deciusx this dream is all amiss interpretedx it was a vision fair and fortunatex your statue spouting blood in many pipesx in which so many smiling romans bathxdx signifies that from you great rome shall suck reviving bloodx and that great men shall press for tincturesx stainsx relicsx and cognizancex this by calphurniaxs dream is signifiedx caesarx and this way have you well expounded itx deciusx i havex when you have heard what i can sayx and know it nowx the senate have concluded to give this day a crown to mighty caesarx if you shall send them word you will not comex their minds may changex besidesx it were a mock apt to be renderxdx for someone to sayx xbreak up the senate till another timex when caesarxs wife shall meet with better dreamsxx if caesar hide himselfx shall they not whisper xlox caesar is afraidxx pardon mex caesarx for my dear dear love to your proceeding bids me tell you thisx and reason to my love is liablex caesarx how foolish do your fears seem nowx calphurniax i am ashamed i did yield to themx give me my robex for i will gox enter brutusx ligariusx metellusx cascax treboniusx cinna and publiusx and look where publius is come to fetch mex publiusx good morrowx caesarx caesarx welcomex publiusx whatx brutusx are you stirrxd so early toox good morrowx cascax caius ligariusx caesar was nexer so much your enemy as that same ague which hath made you leanx what isxt oxclockx brutusx caesarx xtis strucken eightx caesarx i thank you for your pains and courtesyx enter antonyx seex antonyx that revels long axnightsx is notwithstanding upx good morrowx antonyx antonyx so to most noble caesarx caesarx bid them prepare withinx i am to blame to be thus waited forx nowx cinnax nowx metellusx whatx treboniusx i have an hourxs talk in store for youx remember that you call on me todayx be near mex that i may remember youx treboniusx caesarx i willx xxasidexxx and so near will i bex that your best friends shall wish i had been furtherx caesarx good friendsx go inx and taste some wine with mex and wex like friendsx will straightway go togetherx brutusx xxasidexxx that every like is not the samex o caesarx the heart of brutus yearns to think uponx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix a street near the capitolx enter artemidorusx reading a paperx artemidorusx xxcaesarx beware of brutusx take heed of cassiusx come not near cascax have an eye to cinnax trust not treboniusx mark well metellus cimberx decius brutus loves thee notx thou hast wrongxd caius ligariusx there is but one mind in all these menx and it is bent against caesarx if thou bexst not immortalx look about youx security gives way to conspiracyx the mighty gods defend theex thy loverx artemidorusxxx here will i stand till caesar pass alongx and as a suitor will i give him thisx my heart laments that virtue cannot live out of the teeth of emulationx if thou read thisx o caesarx thou mayest livex if notx the fates with traitors do contrivex xxexitxxx scene ivx another part of the same streetx before the house of brutusx enter portia and luciusx portiax i prxytheex boyx run to the senatexhousex stay not to answer mex but get thee gonex why dost thou stayx luciusx to know my errandx madamx portiax i would have had thee there and here againx ere i can tell thee what thou shouldst do therex xxasidexxx o constancyx be strong upon my sidex set a huge mountain xtween my heart and tonguex i have a manxs mindx but a womanxs mightx how hard it is for women to keep counselx art thou here yetx luciusx madamx what should i dox run to the capitolx and nothing elsex and so return to youx and nothing elsex portiax yesx bring me wordx boyx if thy lord look wellx for he went sickly forthx and take good note what caesar dothx what suitors press to himx harkx boyx what noise is thatx luciusx i hear nonex madamx portiax prxytheex listen wellx i heard a bustling rumourx like a frayx and the wind brings it from the capitolx luciusx soothx madamx i hear nothingx enter the soothsayerx portiax come hitherx fellowx which way hast thou beenx soothsayerx at mine own housex good ladyx portiax what isxt oxclockx soothsayerx about the ninth hourx ladyx portiax is caesar yet gone to the capitolx soothsayerx madamx not yetx i go to take my standx to see him pass on to the capitolx portiax thou hast some suit to caesarx hast thou notx soothsayerx that i havex ladyx if it will please caesar to be so good to caesar as to hear mex i shall beseech him to befriend himselfx portiax whyx knowxst thou any harmxs intended towards himx soothsayerx none that i know will bex much that i fear may chancex good morrow to youx here the street is narrowx the throng that follows caesar at the heelsx of senatorsx of praetorsx common suitorsx will crowd a feeble man almost to deathx ixll get me to a place more voidx and there speak to great caesar as he comes alongx xxexitxxx portiax i must go inx xxasidexxx ay mex how weak a thing the heart of woman isx o brutusx the heavens speed thee in thine enterprisex surex the boy heard mex brutus hath a suit that caesar will not grantx ox i grow faintx runx luciusx and commend me to my lordx say i am merryx come to me againx and bring me word what he doth say to theex xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix romex before the capitolx the senate sittingx a crowd of people in the street leading to the capitolx flourishx enter caesarx brutusx cassiusx cascax deciusx metellusx treboniusx cinnax antonyx lepidusx artemidorusx publiusx popilius and the soothsayerx caesarx the ides of march are comex soothsayerx ayx caesarx but not gonex artemidorusx hailx caesarx read this schedulex deciusx trebonius doth desire you to oxerxreadx at your best leisurex this his humble suitx artemidorusx o caesarx read mine firstx for minexs a suit that touches caesar nearerx read itx great caesarx caesarx what touches us ourself shall be last servxdx artemidorusx delay notx caesarx read it instantlyx caesarx whatx is the fellow madx publiusx sirrahx give placex cassiusx whatx urge you your petitions in the streetx come to the capitolx caesar enters the capitolx the rest followingx all the senators risex popiliusx i wish your enterprise today may thrivex cassiusx what enterprisex popiliusx popiliusx fare you wellx xxadvances to caesarxxx brutusx what said popilius lenax cassiusx he wishxd today our enterprise might thrivex i fear our purpose is discoveredx brutusx look how he makes to caesarx mark himx cassiusx cascax be suddenx for we fear preventionx brutusx what shall be donex if this be knownx cassius or caesar never shall turn backx for i will slay myselfx brutusx cassiusx be constantx popilius lena speaks not of our purposesx for lookx he smilesx and caesar doth not changex cassiusx trebonius knows his timex for look youx brutusx he draws mark antony out of the wayx xxexeunt antony and treboniusx caesar and the senators take their seatsxxx deciusx where is metellus cimberx let him gox and presently prefer his suit to caesarx brutusx he is addressxdx press near and second himx cinnax cascax you are the first that rears your handx caesarx are we all readyx what is now amiss that caesar and his senate must redressx metellusx most highx most mightyx and most puissant caesarx metellus cimber throws before thy seat an humble heartx xxkneelingxxx caesarx i must prevent theex cimberx these couchings and these lowly courtesies might fire the blood of ordinary menx and turn prexordinance and first decree into the law of childrenx be not fondx to think that caesar bears such rebel blood that will be thawxd from the true quality with that which melteth foolsx i mean sweet wordsx lowxcrooked curtsiesx and base spaniel fawningx thy brother by decree is banishedx if thou dost bendx and prayx and fawn for himx i spurn thee like a cur out of my wayx knowx caesar dost not wrongx nor without cause will he be satisfiedx metellusx is there no voice more worthy than my ownx to sound more sweetly in great caesarxs ear for the repealing of my banishxd brotherx brutusx i kiss thy handx but not in flatteryx caesarx desiring thee that publius cimber may have an immediate freedom of repealx caesarx whatx brutusx cassiusx pardonx caesarx caesarx pardonx as low as to thy foot doth cassius fallx to beg enfranchisement for publius cimberx caesarx i could be well movxdx if i were as youx if i could pray to movex prayers would move mex but i am constant as the northern starx of whose truexfixxd and resting quality there is no fellow in the firmamentx the skies are painted with unnumberxd sparksx they are all firex and every one doth shinex but therexs but one in all doth hold his placex so in the worldx xtis furnishxd well with menx and men are flesh and bloodx and apprehensivex yet in the number i do know but one that unassailable holds on his rankx unshakxd of motionx and that i am hex let me a little show itx even in thisx that i was constant cimber should be banishxdx and constant do remain to keep him sox cinnax o caesarxx caesarx hencex wilt thou lift up olympusx deciusx great caesarxx caesarx doth not brutus bootless kneelx cascax speakx handsx for mex xxcasca stabs caesar in the neckx caesar catches hold of his armx he is then stabbed by several other conspiratorsx and at last by marcus brutusxxx caesarx xet tux brutexxxthen fallx caesarx xxdiesx the senators and people retire in confusionxxx cinnax libertyx freedomx tyranny is deadx run hencex proclaimx cry it about the streetsx cassiusx some to the common pulpits and cry outx xlibertyx freedomx and enfranchisementxx brutusx people and senatorsx be not affrightedx fly notx stand stillx ambitionxs debt is paidx cascax go to the pulpitx brutusx deciusx and cassius toox brutusx wherexs publiusx cinnax herex quite confounded with this mutinyx metellusx stand fast togetherx lest some friend of caesarxs should chancex brutusx talk not of standingx publiusx good cheerx there is no harm intended to your personx nor to no roman elsex so tell themx publiusx cassiusx and leave usx publiusx lest that the people rushing on usx should do your age some mischiefx brutusx do sox and let no man abide this deed but we the doersx enter treboniusx cassiusx wherexs antonyx treboniusx fled to his house amazxdx menx wivesx and children starex cry outx and runx as it were doomsdayx brutusx fatesx we will know your pleasuresx that we shall diex we knowx xtis but the time and drawing days outx that men stand uponx cascax whyx he that cuts off twenty years of life cuts off so many years of fearing deathx brutusx grant thatx and then is death a benefitx so are we caesarxs friendsx that have abridgxd his time of fearing deathx stoopx romansx stoopx and let us bathe our hands in caesarxs blood up to the elbowsx and besmear our swordsx then walk we forthx even to the marketxplacex and waving our red weapons oxer our headsx letxs all cryx xpeacex freedomx and libertyxx cassiusx stoop thenx and washx how many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unbornx and accents yet unknownx brutusx how many times shall caesar bleed in sportx that now on pompeyxs basis lies alongx no worthier than the dustx cassiusx so oft as that shall bex so often shall the knot of us be callxd the men that gave their country libertyx deciusx whatx shall we forthx cassiusx ayx every man awayx brutus shall leadx and we will grace his heels with the most boldest and best hearts of romex enter a servantx brutusx softx who comes herex a friend of antonyxsx servantx thusx brutusx did my master bid me kneelx thus did mark antony bid me fall downx andx being prostratex thus he bade me sayx brutus is noblex wisex valiantx and honestx caesar was mightyx boldx royalx and lovingx say i love brutus and i honour himx say i fearxd caesarx honourxd himx and lovxd himx if brutus will vouchsafe that antony may safely come to himx and be resolvxd how caesar hath deservxd to lie in deathx mark antony shall not love caesar dead so well as brutus livingx but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble brutus thorough the hazards of this untrod statex with all true faithx so says my master antonyx brutusx thy master is a wise and valiant romanx i never thought him worsex tell himx so please him come unto this placex he shall be satisfied andx by my honourx depart untouchxdx servantx ixll fetch him presentlyx xxexitxxx brutusx i know that we shall have him well to friendx cassiusx i wish we mayx but yet have i a mind that fears him muchx and my misgiving still falls shrewdly to the purposex enter antonyx brutusx but here comes antonyx welcomex mark antonyx antonyx o mighty caesarx dost thou lie so lowx are all thy conquestsx gloriesx triumphsx spoilsx shrunk to this little measurex fare thee wellx i know notx gentlemenx what you intendx who else must be let bloodx who else is rankx if i myselfx there is no hour so fit as caesarxs deathxs hourx nor no instrument of half that worth as those your swordsx made rich with the most noble blood of all this worldx i do beseech yex if you bear me hardx nowx whilst your purpled hands do reek and smokex fulfill your pleasurex live a thousand yearsx i shall not find myself so apt to diex no place will please me sox no means of deathx as here by caesarx and by you cut offx the choice and master spirits of this agex brutusx o antonyx beg not your death of usx though now we must appear bloody and cruelx as by our hands and this our present act you see we dox yet see you but our hands and this the bleeding business they have donex our hearts you see notx they are pitifulx and pity to the general wrong of romex as fire drives out firex so pity pityx hath done this deed on caesarx for your partx to you our swords have leaden pointsx mark antonyx our arms in strength of malicex and our hearts of brothersx temperx do receive you in with all kind lovex good thoughtsx and reverencex cassiusx your voice shall be as strong as any manxs in the disposing of new dignitiesx brutusx only be patient till we have appeasxd the multitudex beside themselves with fearx and then we will deliver you the cause why ix that did love caesar when i struck himx have thus proceededx antonyx i doubt not of your wisdomx let each man render me his bloody handx firstx marcus brutusx will i shake with youx nextx caius cassiusx do i take your handx nowx decius brutusx yoursx now yoursx metellusx yoursx cinnax andx my valiant cascax yoursx though lastx not least in lovex yoursx good treboniusx gentlemen allxalasx what shall i sayx my credit now stands on such slippery groundx that one of two bad ways you must conceit mex either a coward or a flattererx that i did love theex caesarx ox xtis truex if then thy spirit look upon us nowx shall it not grieve thee dearer than thy deathx to see thy antony making his peacex shaking the bloody fingers of thy foesx most noblex in the presence of thy corsex had i as many eyes as thou hast woundsx weeping as fast as they stream forth thy bloodx it would become me better than to close in terms of friendship with thine enemiesx pardon mex juliusx here wast thou bayxdx brave hartx here didst thou fallx and here thy hunters standx signxd in thy spoilx and crimsonxd in thy lethex o worldx thou wast the forest to this hartx and this indeedx o worldx the heart of theex how like a deer strucken by many princesx dost thou here liex cassiusx mark antonyxx antonyx pardon mex caius cassiusx the enemies of caesar shall say thisx thenx in a friendx it is cold modestyx cassiusx i blame you not for praising caesar sox but what compact mean you to have with usx will you be prickxd in number of our friendsx or shall we onx and not depend on youx antonyx therefore i took your handsx but was indeed swayxd from the pointx by looking down on caesarx friends am i with you allx and love you allx upon this hopex that you shall give me reasons whyx and whereinx caesar was dangerousx brutusx or else were this a savage spectaclex our reasons are so full of good regard that were youx antonyx the son of caesarx you should be satisfiedx antonyx thatxs all i seekx and am moreover suitor that i may produce his body to the marketxplacex and in the pulpitx as becomes a friendx speak in the order of his funeralx brutusx you shallx mark antonyx cassiusx brutusx a word with youx xxaside to brutusxxx you know not what you dox do not consent that antony speak in his funeralx know you how much the people may be movxd by that which he will utterx brutusx xxaside to cassiusxxx by your pardonx i will myself into the pulpit firstx and show the reason of our caesarxs deathx what antony shall speakx i will protest he speaks by leave and by permissionx and that we are contented caesar shall have all true rights and lawful ceremoniesx it shall advantage more than do us wrongx cassiusx xxaside to brutusxxx i know not what may fallx i like it notx brutusx mark antonyx herex take you caesarxs bodyx you shall not in your funeral speech blame usx but speak all good you can devise of caesarx and say you doxt by our permissionx else shall you not have any hand at all about his funeralx and you shall speak in the same pulpit whereto i am goingx after my speech is endedx antonyx be it sox i do desire no morex brutusx prepare the bodyx thenx and follow usx xxexeunt all but antonyxxx antonyx ox pardon mex thou bleeding piece of earthx that i am meek and gentle with these butchersx thou art the ruins of the noblest man that ever lived in the tide of timesx woe to the hand that shed this costly bloodx over thy wounds now do i prophesyx whichx like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips to beg the voice and utterance of my tonguex a curse shall light upon the limbs of menx domestic fury and fierce civil strife shall cumber all the parts of italyx blood and destruction shall be so in usex and dreadful objects so familiarx that mothers shall but smile when they behold their infants quartered with the hands of warx all pity chokxd with custom of fell deedsx and caesarxs spiritx ranging for revengex with ate by his side come hot from hellx shall in these confines with a monarchxs voice cry havoc and let slip the dogs of warx that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion menx groaning for burialx enter a servantx you serve octavius caesarx do you notx servantx i dox mark antonyx antonyx caesar did write for him to come to romex servantx he did receive his lettersx and is comingx and bid me say to you by word of mouthxx xxseeing the bodyxxx o caesarx antonyx thy heart is bigx get thee apart and weepx passionx i seex is catchingx for mine eyesx seeing those beads of sorrow stand in thinex began to waterx is thy master comingx servantx he lies tonight within seven leagues of romex antonyx post back with speedx and tell him what hath chancxdx here is a mourning romex a dangerous romex no rome of safety for octavius yetx hie hencex and tell him sox yet stay awhilex thou shalt not back till i have borne this corse into the marketxplacex there shall i tryx in my orationx how the people take the cruel issue of these bloody menx according to the which thou shalt discourse to young octavius of the state of thingsx lend me your handx xxexeunt with caesarxs bodyxxx scene iix the samex the forumx enter brutus and goes into the pulpitx and cassiusx with a throng of citizensx citizensx we will be satisfiedx let us be satisfiedx brutusx then follow mex and give me audiencex friendsx cassiusx go you into the other street and part the numbersx those that will hear me speakx let xem stay herex those that will follow cassiusx go with himx and public reasons shall be rendered of caesarxs deathx first citizenx i will hear brutus speakx second citizenx i will hear cassiusx and compare their reasonsx when severally we hear them renderedx xxexit cassiusx with some of the citizensx brutus goes into the rostrumxxx third citizenx the noble brutus is ascendedx silencex brutusx be patient till the lastx romansx countrymenx and loversx hear me for my causex and be silentx that you may hearx believe me for mine honourx and have respect to mine honourx that you may believex censure me in your wisdomx and awake your sensesx that you may the better judgex if there be any in this assemblyx any dear friend of caesarxsx to him i say that brutusx love to caesar was no less than hisx if then that friend demand why brutus rose against caesarx this is my answerx not that i loved caesar lessx but that i loved rome morex had you rather caesar were livingx and die all slavesx than that caesar were deadx to live all free menx as caesar loved mex i weep for himx as he was fortunatex i rejoice at itx as he was valiantx i honour himx butx as he was ambitiousx i slew himx there is tearsx for his lovex joy for his fortunex honour for his valourx and deathx for his ambitionx who is here so basex that would be a bondmanx if anyx speakx for him have i offendedx who is here so rudex that would not be a romanx if anyx speakx for him have i offendedx who is here so vilex that will not love his countryx if anyx speakx for him have i offendedx i pause for a replyx citizensx nonex brutusx nonex brutusx then none have i offendedx i have done no more to caesar than you shall do to brutusx the question of his death is enrollxd in the capitolx his glory not extenuatedx wherein he was worthyx nor his offences enforcxdx for which he suffered deathx enter antony and othersx with caesarxs bodyx here comes his bodyx mourned by mark antonyx whox though he had no hand in his deathx shall receive the benefit of his dyingx a place in the commonwealthx as which of you shall notx with this i departx thatx as i slew my best lover for the good of romex i have the same dagger for myselfx when it shall please my country to need my deathx citizensx livex brutusx livex livex first citizenx bring him with triumph home unto his housex second citizenx give him a statue with his ancestorsx third citizenx let him be caesarx fourth citizenx caesarxs better parts shall be crownxd in brutusx first citizenx wexll bring him to his house with shouts and clamoursx brutusx my countrymenxx second citizenx peacex silencex brutus speaksx first citizenx peacex hox brutusx good countrymenx let me depart alonex andx for my sakex stay here with antonyx do grace to caesarxs corpsex and grace his speech tending to caesarxs gloriesx which mark antonyx by our permissionx is allowxd to makex i do entreat youx not a man departx save i alonex till antony have spokex xxexitxxx first citizenx stayx hox and let us hear mark antonyx third citizenx let him go up into the public chairx wexll hear himx noble antonyx go upx antonyx for brutusx sakex i am beholding to youx xxgoes upxxx fourth citizenx what does he say of brutusx third citizenx he saysx for brutusx sake he finds himself beholding to us allx fourth citizenx xtwere best he speak no harm of brutus herex first citizenx this caesar was a tyrantx third citizenx nayx thatxs certainx we are blest that rome is rid of himx second citizenx peacex let us hear what antony can sayx antonyx you gentle romansxx citizensx peacex hox let us hear himx antonyx friendsx romansx countrymenx lend me your earsx i come to bury caesarx not to praise himx the evil that men do lives after themx the good is oft interred with their bonesx so let it be with caesarx the noble brutus hath told you caesar was ambitiousx if it were sox it was a grievous faultx and grievously hath caesar answerxd itx herex under leave of brutus and the restx for brutus is an honourable manx so are they allx all honourable menx come i to speak in caesarxs funeralx he was my friendx faithful and just to mex but brutus says he was ambitiousx and brutus is an honourable manx he hath brought many captives home to romex whose ransoms did the general coffers fillx did this in caesar seem ambitiousx when that the poor have criedx caesar hath weptx ambition should be made of sterner stuffx yet brutus says he was ambitiousx and brutus is an honourable manx you all did see that on the lupercal i thrice presented him a kingly crownx which he did thrice refusex was this ambitionx yet brutus says he was ambitiousx and sure he is an honourable manx i speak not to disprove what brutus spokex but here i am to speak what i do knowx you all did love him oncex not without causex what cause withholds you then to mourn for himx o judgmentx thou art fled to brutish beastsx and men have lost their reasonx bear with mex my heart is in the coffin there with caesarx and i must pause till it come back to mex first citizenx methinks there is much reason in his sayingsx second citizenx if thou consider rightly of the matterx caesar has had great wrongx third citizenx has hex mastersx i fear there will a worse come in his placex fourth citizenx markxd ye his wordsx he would not take the crownx therefore xtis certain he was not ambitiousx first citizenx if it be found sox some will dear abide itx second citizenx poor soulx his eyes are red as fire with weepingx third citizenx therexs not a nobler man in rome than antonyx fourth citizenx now mark himx he begins again to speakx antonyx but yesterday the word of caesar might have stood against the worldx now lies he therex and none so poor to do him reverencex o mastersx if i were disposxd to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and ragex i should do brutus wrong and cassius wrongx whox you all knowx are honourable menx i will not do them wrongx i rather choose to wrong the deadx to wrong myself and youx than i will wrong such honourable menx but herexs a parchment with the seal of caesarx i found it in his closetx xtis his willx let but the commons hear this testamentx whichx pardon mex i do not mean to readx and they would go and kiss dead caesarxs woundsx and dip their napkins in his sacred bloodx yeax beg a hair of him for memoryx andx dyingx mention it within their willsx bequeathing it as a rich legacy unto their issuex fourth citizenx wexll hear the willx read itx mark antonyx citizensx the willx the willx we will hear caesarxs willx antonyx have patiencex gentle friendsx i must not read itx it is not meet you know how caesar loved youx you are not woodx you are not stonesx but menx and being menx hearing the will of caesarx it will inflame youx it will make you madx xtis good you know not that you are his heirsx for if you shouldx ox what would come of itx fourth citizenx read the willx wexll hear itx antonyx you shall read us the willx caesarxs willx antonyx will you be patientx will you stay awhilex i have oxershot myself to tell you of itx i fear i wrong the honourable men whose daggers have stabbxd caesarx i do fear itx fourth citizenx they were traitorsx honourable menx citizensx the willx the testamentx second citizenx they were villainsx murderersx the willx read the willx antonyx you will compel me then to read the willx then make a ring about the corpse of caesarx and let me show you him that made the willx shall i descendx and will you give me leavex citizensx come downx second citizenx descendx xxhe comes downxxx third citizenx you shall have leavex fourth citizenx a ringx stand roundx first citizenx stand from the hearsex stand from the bodyx second citizenx room for antonyx most noble antonyx antonyx nayx press not so upon mex stand far offx citizensx stand backx roomx bear backx antonyx if you have tearsx prepare to shed them nowx you all do know this mantlex i remember the first time ever caesar put it onx xtwas on a summerxs eveningx in his tentx that day he overcame the nerviix lookx in this place ran cassiusx dagger throughx see what a rent the envious casca madex through this the wellxbeloved brutus stabbxdx and as he pluckxd his cursed steel awayx mark how the blood of caesar followxd itx as rushing out of doorsx to be resolvxd if brutus so unkindly knockxdx or nox for brutusx as you knowx was caesarxs angelx judgex o you godsx how dearly caesar lovxd himx this was the most unkindest cut of allx for when the noble caesar saw him stabx ingratitudex more strong than traitorsx armsx quite vanquishxd himx then burst his mighty heartx and in his mantle muffling up his facex even at the base of pompeyxs statue which all the while ran bloodx great caesar fellx ox what a fall was therex my countrymenx then ix and youx and all of us fell downx whilst bloody treason flourishxd over usx ox now you weepx and i perceive you feel the dint of pityx these are gracious dropsx kind soulsx what weep you when you but behold our caesarxs vesture woundedx look you herex here is himselfx marrxdx as you seex with traitorsx first citizenx o piteous spectaclex second citizenx o noble caesarx third citizenx o woeful dayx fourth citizenx o traitorsx villainsx first citizenx o most bloody sightx second citizenx we will be revengedx citizensx revengexxaboutxxseekxxburnxxfirexxkillxxslayxxlet not a traitor livex antonyx stayx countrymenx first citizenx peace therex hear the noble antonyx second citizenx wexll hear himx wexll follow himx wexll die with himx antonyx good friendsx sweet friendsx let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutinyx they that have done this deed are honourablex what private griefs they havex alasx i know notx that made them do itx theyxre wise and honourablex and willx no doubtx with reasons answer youx i come notx friendsx to steal away your heartsx i am no oratorx as brutus isx butx as you know me allx a plain blunt manx that love my friendx and that they know full well that gave me public leave to speak of himx for i have neither witx nor wordsx nor worthx actionx nor utterancex nor the power of speechx to stir menxs bloodx i only speak right onx i tell you that which you yourselves do knowx show you sweet caesarxs woundsx poor poor dumb mouthsx and bid them speak for mex but were i brutusx and brutus antonyx there were an antony would ruffle up your spiritsx and put a tongue in every wound of caesarx that should move the stones of rome to rise and mutinyx citizensx wexll mutinyx first citizenx wexll burn the house of brutusx third citizenx awayx thenx comex seek the conspiratorsx antonyx yet hear mex countrymenx yet hear me speakx citizensx peacex hox hear antonyx most noble antonyx antonyx whyx friendsx you go to do you know not whatx wherein hath caesar thus deserved your lovesx alasx you know notx i must tell you thenx you have forgot the will i told you ofx citizensx most truex the willxxletxs stayx and hear the willx antonyx here is the willx and under caesarxs sealx to every roman citizen he givesx to every several manx seventyxfive drachmasx second citizenx most noble caesarx wexll revenge his deathx third citizenx ox royal caesarx antonyx hear me with patiencex citizensx peacex hox antonyx moreoverx he hath left you all his walksx his private arborsx and newxplanted orchardsx on this side tiberx he hath left them youx and to your heirs foreverx common pleasuresx to walk abroadx and recreate yourselvesx here was a caesarx when comes such anotherx first citizenx neverx neverx comex awayx awayx wexll burn his body in the holy placex and with the brands fire the traitorsx housesx take up the bodyx second citizenx gox fetch firex third citizenx pluck down benchesx fourth citizenx pluck down formsx windowsx anythingx xxexeunt citizensx with the bodyxxx antonyx now let it workx mischiefx thou art afootx take thou what course thou wiltx enter a servantx how nowx fellowx servantx sirx octavius is already come to romex antonyx where is hex servantx he and lepidus are at caesarxs housex antonyx and thither will i straight to visit himx he comes upon a wishx fortune is merryx and in this mood will give us anythingx servantx i heard him say brutus and cassius are rid like madmen through the gates of romex antonyx belike they had some notice of the peoplex how i had moved themx bring me to octaviusx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a streetx enter cinnax the poetx and after him the citizensx cinnax i dreamt tonight that i did feast with caesarx and things unluckily charge my fantasyx i have no will to wander forth of doorsx yet something leads me forthx first citizenx what is your namex second citizenx whither are you goingx third citizenx where do you dwellx fourth citizenx are you a married man or a bachelorx second citizenx answer every man directlyx first citizenx ayx and brieflyx fourth citizenx ayx and wiselyx third citizenx ayx and trulyx you were bestx cinnax what is my namex whither am i goingx where do i dwellx am i a married man or a bachelorx thenx to answer every man directly and brieflyx wisely and trulyx wisely i say i am a bachelorx second citizenx thatxs as much as to say they are fools that marryx youxll bear me a bang for thatx i fearx proceedx directlyx cinnax directlyx i am going to caesarxs funeralx first citizenx as a friendx or an enemyx cinnax as a friendx second citizenx that matter is answered directlyx fourth citizenx for your dwellingx brieflyx cinnax brieflyx i dwell by the capitolx third citizenx your namex sirx trulyx cinnax trulyx my name is cinnax first citizenx tear him to piecesx hexs a conspiratorx cinnax i am cinna the poetx i am cinna the poetx fourth citizenx tear him for his bad versesx tear him for his bad versesx cinnax i am not cinna the conspiratorx fourth citizenx it is no matterx his namexs cinnax pluck but his name out of his heartx and turn him goingx third citizenx tear himx tear himx comex brandsx hox firebrandsx to brutusxx to cassiusxx burn allx some to deciusx housex and some to cascaxsx some to ligariusxx awayx gox xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix romex a room in antonyxs housex enter antonyx octavius and lepidusx seated at a tablex antonyx these many then shall diex their names are prickxdx octaviusx your brother too must diex consent youx lepidusx lepidusx i do consentxx octaviusx prick him downx antonyx lepidusx upon condition publius shall not livex who is your sisterxs sonx mark antonyx antonyx he shall not livex lookx with a spot i damn himx butx lepidusx go you to caesarxs housex fetch the will hitherx and we shall determine how to cut off some charge in legaciesx lepidusx whatx shall i find you herex octaviusx or herex or at the capitolx xxexit lepidusxxx antonyx this is a slight unmeritable manx meet to be sent on errandsx is it fitx the threexfold world dividedx he should stand one of the three to share itx octaviusx so you thought himx and took his voice who should be prickxd to die in our black sentence and proscriptionx antonyx octaviusx i have seen more days than youx and though we lay these honours on this manx to ease ourselves of divers slandxrous loadsx he shall but bear them as the ass bears goldx to groan and sweat under the businessx either led or drivenx as we point the wayx and having brought our treasure where we willx then take we down his loadx and turn him offx like to the empty assx to shake his earsx and graze in commonsx octaviusx you may do your willx but hexs a tried and valiant soldierx antonyx so is my horsex octaviusx and for that i do appoint him store of provenderx it is a creature that i teach to fightx to windx to stopx to run directly onx his corporal motion governxd by my spiritx andx in some tastex is lepidus but sox he must be taughtx and trainxdx and bid go forthx a barrenxspirited fellowx one that feeds on objectsx artsx and imitationsx whichx out of use and stalxd by other menx begin his fashionx do not talk of him but as a propertyx and nowx octaviusx listen great thingsx brutus and cassius are levying powersx we must straight make headx therefore let our alliance be combinxdx our best friends madex our means stretchxdx and let us presently go sit in councilx how covert matters may be best disclosxdx and open perils surest answeredx octaviusx let us do sox for we are at the stakex and bayxd about with many enemiesx and some that smile have in their heartsx i fearx millions of mischiefsx xxexeuntxxx scene iix before brutusx tentx in the camp near sardisx drumx enter brutusx luciliusx titinius and soldiersx pindarus meeting themx lucius at some distancex brutusx standx hox luciliusx give the wordx hox and standx brutusx what nowx luciliusx is cassius nearx luciliusx he is at handx and pindarus is come to do you salutation from his masterx xxpindarus gives a letter to brutusxxx brutusx he greets me wellx your masterx pindarusx in his own changex or by ill officersx hath given me some worthy cause to wish things donex undonex butx if he be at handx i shall be satisfiedx pindarusx i do not doubt but that my noble master will appear such as he isx full of regard and honourx brutusx he is not doubtedx a wordx luciliusx how he received youx let me be resolvxdx luciliusx with courtesy and with respect enoughx but not with such familiar instancesx nor with such free and friendly conferencex as he hath usxd of oldx brutusx thou hast describxd a hot friend coolingx ever notex luciliusx when love begins to sicken and decay it useth an enforced ceremonyx there are no tricks in plain and simple faithx but hollow menx like horses hot at handx make gallant show and promise of their mettlex xxlow march withinxxx but when they should endure the bloody spurx they fall their crestsx and like deceitful jades sink in the trialx comes his army onx luciliusx they meant this night in sardis to be quarterxdx the greater partx the horse in generalx are come with cassiusx enter cassius and soldiersx brutusx harkx he is arrivxdx march gently on to meet himx cassiusx standx hox brutusx standx hox speak the word alongx first soldierx standx second soldierx standx third soldierx standx cassiusx most noble brotherx you have done me wrongx brutusx judge mex you godsx wrong i mine enemiesx and if not sox how should i wrong a brotherx cassiusx brutusx this sober form of yours hides wrongsx and when you do themx brutusx cassiusx be contentx speak your griefs softlyx i do know you wellx before the eyes of both our armies herex which should perceive nothing but love from usx let us not wranglex bid them move awayx then in my tentx cassiusx enlarge your griefsx and i will give you audiencex cassiusx pindarusx bid our commanders lead their charges off a little from this groundx brutusx luciliusx do you the likex and let no man come to our tent till we have done our conferencex lucius and titiniusx guard our doorx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix within the tent of brutusx enter brutus and cassiusx cassiusx that you have wrongxd me doth appear in thisx you have condemnxd and noted lucius pella for taking bribes here of the sardiansx wherein my lettersx praying on his side because i knew the manx were slighted offx brutusx you wrongxd yourself to write in such a casex cassiusx in such a time as this it is not meet that every nice offence should bear his commentx brutusx let me tell youx cassiusx you yourself are much condemnxd to have an itching palmx to sell and mart your offices for gold to undeserversx cassiusx i an itching palmx you know that you are brutus that speak thisx orx by the godsx this speech were else your lastx brutusx the name of cassius honours this corruptionx and chastisement doth therefore hide his headx cassiusx chastisementx brutusx remember marchx the ides of march rememberx did not great julius bleed for justicex sakex what villain touchxd his bodyx that did stabx and not for justicex whatx shall one of usx that struck the foremost man of all this world but for supporting robbersx shall we now contaminate our fingers with base bribesx and sell the mighty space of our large honours for so much trash as may be grasped thusx i had rather be a dogx and bay the moonx than such a romanx cassiusx brutusx bait not mex ixll not endure itx you forget yourselfx to hedge me inx i am a soldierx ix older in practicex abler than yourself to make conditionsx brutusx go tox you are notx cassiusx cassiusx i amx brutusx i say you are notx cassiusx urge me no morex i shall forget myselfx have mind upon your healthx tempt me no fartherx brutusx awayx slight manx cassiusx isxt possiblex brutusx hear mex for i will speakx must i give way and room to your rash cholerx shall i be frighted when a madman staresx cassiusx o ye godsx ye godsx must i endure all thisx brutusx all thisx ayx morex fret till your proud heart breakx go show your slaves how choleric you arex and make your bondmen tremblex must i budgex must i observe youx must i stand and crouch under your testy humourx by the godsx you shall digest the venom of your spleenx though it do split youx forx from this day forthx ixll use you for my mirthx yeax for my laughterx when you are waspishx cassiusx is it come to thisx brutusx you say you are a better soldierx let it appear sox make your vaunting truex and it shall please me wellx for mine own partx i shall be glad to learn of noble menx cassiusx you wrong me every wayx you wrong mex brutusx i saidx an elder soldierx not a betterx did i say betterx brutusx if you didx i care notx cassiusx when caesar livxdx he durst not thus have movxd mex brutusx peacex peacex you durst not so have tempted himx cassiusx i durst notx brutusx nox cassiusx whatx durst not tempt himx brutusx for your life you durst notx cassiusx do not presume too much upon my lovex i may do that i shall be sorry forx brutusx you have done that you should be sorry forx there is no terrorx cassiusx in your threatsx for i am armxd so strong in honestyx that they pass by me as the idle windx which i respect notx i did send to you for certain sums of goldx which you denied mex for i can raise no money by vile meansx by heavenx i had rather coin my heartx and drop my blood for drachmasx than to wring from the hard hands of peasants their vile trash by any indirectionx i did send to you for gold to pay my legionsx which you denied mex was that done like cassiusx should i have answerxd caius cassius sox when marcus brutus grows so covetousx to lock such rascal counters from his friendsx be readyx godsx with all your thunderboltsx dash him to piecesx cassiusx i denied you notx brutusx you didx cassiusx i did notx he was but a fool that brought my answer backx brutus hath rivxd my heartx a friend should bear his friendxs infirmitiesx but brutus makes mine greater than they arex brutusx i do notx till you practise them on mex cassiusx you love me notx brutusx i do not like your faultsx cassiusx a friendly eye could never see such faultsx brutusx a flattererxs would notx though they do appear as huge as high olympusx cassiusx comex antonyx and young octaviusx comex revenge yourselves alone on cassiusx for cassius is axweary of the worldx hated by one he lovesx bravxd by his brotherx checkxd like a bondmanx all his faults observxdx set in a notexbookx learnxd and connxd by rotex to cast into my teethx ox i could weep my spirit from mine eyesx there is my daggerx and here my naked breastx withinx a heart dearer than plutusx minex richer than goldx if that thou bexst a romanx take it forthx ix that denied thee goldx will give my heartx strike as thou didst at caesarx for i knowx when thou didst hate him worstx thou lovedst him better than ever thou lovedst cassiusx brutusx sheathe your daggerx be angry when you willx it shall have scopex do what you willx dishonour shall be humourx o cassiusx you are yoked with a lamb that carries anger as the flint bears firex whox much enforcedx shows a hasty sparkx and straight is cold againx cassiusx hath cassius livxd to be but mirth and laughter to his brutusx when grief and blood illxtemperxd vexeth himx brutusx when i spoke thatx i was illxtemperxd toox cassiusx do you confess so muchx give me your handx brutusx and my heart toox cassiusx o brutusx brutusx whatxs the matterx cassiusx have not you love enough to bear with mex when that rash humour which my mother gave me makes me forgetfulx brutusx yesx cassiusx and from henceforthx when you are overxearnest with your brutusx hexll think your mother chidesx and leave you sox enter poetx followed by luciliusx titinius and luciusx poetx xxwithinxxx let me go in to see the generalsx there is some grudge between xemx xtis not meet they be alonex luciliusx xxwithinxxx you shall not come to themx poetx xxwithinxxx nothing but death shall stay mex cassiusx how nowx whatxs the matterx poetx for shamex you generalsx what do you meanx lovex and be friendsx as two such men should bex for i have seen more yearsx ixm surex than yex cassiusx hax hax how vilely doth this cynic rhymex brutusx get you hencex sirrahx saucy fellowx hencex cassiusx bear with himx brutusx xtis his fashionx brutusx ixll know his humour when he knows his timex what should the wars do with these jigging foolsx companionx hencex cassiusx awayx awayx be gonex xxexit poetxxx brutusx lucilius and titiniusx bid the commanders prepare to lodge their companies tonightx cassiusx and come yourselves and bring messala with you immediately to usx xxexeunt lucilius and titiniusxxx brutusx luciusx a bowl of winex xxexit luciusxxx cassiusx i did not think you could have been so angryx brutusx o cassiusx i am sick of many griefsx cassiusx of your philosophy you make no usex if you give place to accidental evilsx brutusx no man bears sorrow betterx portia is deadx cassiusx hax portiax brutusx she is deadx cassiusx how xscapxd i killingx when i crossxd you sox o insupportable and touching lossx upon what sicknessx brutusx impatient of my absencex and grief that young octavius with mark antony have made themselves so strongx for with her death that tidings camex with this she fell distractx andx her attendants absentx swallowxd firex cassiusx and died sox brutusx even sox cassiusx o ye immortal godsx enter luciusx with wine and a taperx brutusx speak no more of herx give me a bowl of winex in this i bury all unkindnessx cassiusx xxdrinksxxx cassiusx my heart is thirsty for that noble pledgex fillx luciusx till the wine oxerswell the cupx i cannot drink too much of brutusx lovex xxdrinksxxx xxexit luciusxxx enter titinius and messalax brutusx come inx titiniusx welcomex good messalax now sit we close about this taper herex and call in question our necessitiesx cassiusx portiax art thou gonex brutusx no morex i pray youx messalax i have here received lettersx that young octavius and mark antony come down upon us with a mighty powerx bending their expedition toward philippix messalax myself have letters of the selfsame tenorx brutusx with what additionx messalax that by proscription and bills of outlawry octaviusx antonyx and lepidus have put to death an hundred senatorsx brutusx therein our letters do not well agreex mine speak of seventy senators that died by their proscriptionsx cicero being onex cassiusx cicero onex messalax cicero is deadx and by that order of proscriptionx had you your letters from your wifex my lordx brutusx nox messalax messalax nor nothing in your letters writ of herx brutusx nothingx messalax messalax thatx methinksx is strangex brutusx why ask youx hear you aught of her in yoursx messalax nox my lordx brutusx now as you are a romanx tell me truex messalax then like a roman bear the truth i tellx for certain she is deadx and by strange mannerx brutusx whyx farewellx portiax we must diex messalax with meditating that she must die oncex i have the patience to endure it nowx messalax even so great men great losses should endurex cassiusx i have as much of this in art as youx but yet my nature could not bear it sox brutusx wellx to our work alivex what do you think of marching to philippi presentlyx cassiusx i do not think it goodx brutusx your reasonx cassiusx this it isx xtis better that the enemy seek usx so shall he waste his meansx weary his soldiersx doing himself offencex whilst wex lying stillx are full of restx defencex and nimblenessx brutusx good reasons must of force give place to betterx the people xtwixt philippi and this ground do stand but in a forced affectionx for they have grudgxd us contributionx the enemyx marching along by themx by them shall make a fuller number upx come on refreshxdx newxaddedx and encouragxdx from which advantage shall we cut him off if at philippi we do face him therex these people at our backx cassiusx hear mex good brotherx brutusx under your pardonx you must note besidesx that we have tried the utmost of our friendsx our legions are brimxfullx our cause is ripex the enemy increaseth every dayx wex at the heightx are ready to declinex there is a tide in the affairs of menx whichx taken at the floodx leads on to fortunex omittedx all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseriesx on such a full sea are we now afloatx and we must take the current when it servesx or lose our venturesx cassiusx thenx with your willx go onx wexll along ourselvesx and meet them at philippix brutusx the deep of night is crept upon our talkx and nature must obey necessityx which we will niggard with a little restx there is no more to sayx cassiusx no morex good nightx early tomorrow will we risex and hencex enter luciusx brutusx luciusx my gownx xxexit luciusxxx farewell nowx good messalax good nightx titiniusx noblex noble cassiusx good nightx and good reposex cassiusx o my dear brotherx this was an ill beginning of the nightx never come such division xtween our soulsx let it notx brutusx enter lucius with the gownx brutusx everything is wellx cassiusx good nightx my lordx brutusx good nightx good brotherx titinius and messalax good nightx lord brutusx brutusx farewellx everyonex xxexeunt cassiusx titinius and messalaxxx give me the gownx where is thy instrumentx luciusx here in the tentx brutusx whatx thou speakxst drowsilyx poor knavex i blame thee notx thou art oxerxwatchxdx call claudius and some other of my menx ixll have them sleep on cushions in my tentx luciusx varro and claudiusx enter varro and claudiusx varrox calls my lordx brutusx i pray youx sirsx lie in my tent and sleepx it may be i shall raise you byxandxby on business to my brother cassiusx varrox so please youx we will stand and watch your pleasurex brutusx i will not have it sox lie downx good sirsx it may be i shall otherwise bethink mex lookx luciusx herexs the book i sought for sox i put it in the pocket of my gownx xxservants lie downxxx luciusx i was sure your lordship did not give it mex brutusx bear with mex good boyx i am much forgetfulx canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhilex and touch thy instrument a strain or twox luciusx ayx my lordx anxt please youx brutusx it doesx my boyx i trouble thee too muchx but thou art willingx luciusx it is my dutyx sirx brutusx i should not urge thy duty past thy mightx i know young bloods look for a time of restx luciusx i have sleptx my lordx alreadyx brutusx it was well donex and thou shalt sleep againx i will not hold thee longx if i do livex i will be good to theex xxlucius plays and sings till he falls asleepxxx this is a sleepy tunex o murdxrous slumberx layest thou thy leaden mace upon my boyx that plays thee musicx gentle knavex good nightx i will not do thee so much wrong to wake theex if thou dost nodx thou breakxst thy instrumentx ixll take it from theex andx good boyx good nightx let me seex let me seex is not the leaf turnxd down where i left readingx here it isx i thinkx enter the ghost of caesarx how ill this taper burnsx hax who comes herex i think it is the weakness of mine eyes that shapes this monstrous apparitionx it comes upon mex art thou anythingx art thou some godx some angelx or some devilx that makxst my blood cold and my hair to starex speak to me what thou artx ghostx thy evil spiritx brutusx brutusx why comxst thoux ghostx to tell thee thou shalt see me at philippix brutusx wellx then i shall see thee againx ghostx ayx at philippix brutusx whyx i will see thee at philippi thenx xxghost vanishesxxx now i have taken heartx thou vanishestx ill spiritx i would hold more talk with theex boyx luciusx varrox claudiusx sirsx awakex claudiusx luciusx the stringsx my lordx are falsex brutusx he thinks he still is at his instrumentx luciusx awakex luciusx my lordx brutusx didst thou dreamx luciusx that thou so criedst outx luciusx my lordx i do not know that i did cryx brutusx yesx that thou didstx didst thou see anythingx luciusx nothingx my lordx brutusx sleep againx luciusx sirrah claudiusx fellow thoux awakex varrox my lordx claudiusx my lordx brutusx why did you so cry outx sirsx in your sleepx varrox claudiusx did wex my lordx brutusx ayx saw you anythingx varrox nox my lordx i saw nothingx claudiusx nor ix my lordx brutusx go and commend me to my brother cassiusx bid him set on his powers betimes beforex and we will followx varrox claudiusx it shall be donex my lordx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix the plains of philippix enter octaviusx antony and their armyx octaviusx nowx antonyx our hopes are answeredx you said the enemy would not come downx but keep the hills and upper regionsx it proves not sox their battles are at handx they mean to warn us at philippi herex answering before we do demand of themx antonyx tutx i am in their bosomsx and i know wherefore they do itx they could be content to visit other placesx and come down with fearful braveryx thinking by this face to fasten in our thoughts that they have couragex but xtis not sox enter a messengerx messengerx prepare youx generalsx the enemy comes on in gallant showx their bloody sign of battle is hung outx and something to be done immediatelyx antonyx octaviusx lead your battle softly on upon the left hand of the even fieldx octaviusx upon the right hand ix keep thou the leftx antonyx why do you cross me in this exigentx octaviusx i do not cross youx but i will do sox xxmarchxxx drumx enter brutusx cassius and their armyx luciliusx titiniusx messala and othersx brutusx they standx and would have parleyx cassiusx stand fastx titiniusx we must out and talkx octaviusx mark antonyx shall we give sign of battlex antonyx nox caesarx we will answer on their chargex make forthx the generals would have some wordsx octaviusx stir not until the signalx brutusx words before blowsx is it sox countrymenx octaviusx not that we love words betterx as you dox brutusx good words are better than bad strokesx octaviusx antonyx in your bad strokesx brutusx you give good wordsx witness the hole you made in caesarxs heartx cryingx xlong livex hailx caesarxx cassiusx antonyx the posture of your blows are yet unknownx but for your wordsx they rob the hybla beesx and leave them honeylessx antonyx not stingless toox brutusx o yesx and soundless toox for you have stolxn their buzzingx antonyx and very wisely threat before you stingx antonyx villainsx you did not so when your vile daggers hackxd one another in the sides of caesarx you showxd your teeth like apesx and fawnxd like houndsx and bowxd like bondmenx kissing caesarxs feetx whilst damned cascax like a curx behind struck caesar on the neckx o you flatterersx cassiusx flatterersx nowx brutusx thank yourselfx this tongue had not offended so todayx if cassius might have rulxdx octaviusx comex comex the causex if arguing makes us sweatx the proof of it will turn to redder dropsx lookx i draw a sword against conspiratorsx when think you that the sword goes up againx neverx till caesarxs three and thirty wounds be well avengxdx or till another caesar have added slaughter to the sword of traitorsx brutusx caesarx thou canst not die by traitorsx handsx unless thou bringxst them with theex octaviusx so i hopex i was not born to die on brutusx swordx brutusx ox if thou wert the noblest of thy strainx young manx thou couldst not die more honourablex cassiusx a peevish schoolxboyx worthless of such honourx joinxd with a masker and a revellerx antonyx old cassius stillx octaviusx comex antonyx awayx defiancex traitorsx hurl we in your teethx if you dare fight todayx come to the fieldx if notx when you have stomachsx xxexeunt octaviusx antony and their armyxxx cassiusx why nowx blow windx swell billowx and swim barkx the storm is upx and all is on the hazardx brutusx hox luciliusx harkx a word with youx luciliusx my lordx xxbrutus and lucilius talk apartxxx cassiusx messalax messalax what says my generalx cassiusx messalax this is my birthxdayx as this very day was cassius bornx give me thy handx messalax be thou my witness that against my will as pompey wasx am i compellxd to set upon one battle all our libertiesx you know that i held epicurus strongx and his opinionx now i change my mindx and partly credit things that do presagex coming from sardisx on our former ensign two mighty eagles fellx and there they perchxdx gorging and feeding from our soldiersx handsx who to philippi here consorted usx this morning are they fled away and gonex and in their steads do ravensx crowsx and kites fly oxer our headsx and downward look on usx as we were sickly preyx their shadows seem a canopy most fatalx under which our army liesx ready to give up the ghostx messalax believe not sox cassiusx i but believe it partlyx for i am fresh of spiritx and resolvxd to meet all perils very constantlyx brutusx even sox luciliusx cassiusx nowx most noble brutusx the gods today stand friendlyx that we mayx lovers in peacex lead on our days to agex butx since the affairs of men rest still incertainx letxs reason with the worst that may befallx if we do lose this battlex then is this the very last time we shall speak togetherx what are you then determined to dox brutusx even by the rule of that philosophy by which i did blame cato for the death which he did give himselfx i know not howx but i do find it cowardly and vilex for fear of what might fallx so to prevent the time of lifex arming myself with patience to stay the providence of some high powers that govern us belowx cassiusx thenx if we lose this battlex you are contented to be led in triumph thorough the streets of romex brutusx nox cassiusx nox think notx thou noble romanx that ever brutus will go bound to romex he bears too great a mindx but this same day must end that work the ides of march begunx and whether we shall meet again i know notx therefore our everlasting farewell takex for everx and for everx farewellx cassiusx if we do meet againx whyx we shall smilex if notx why then this parting was well madex cassiusx for ever and for ever farewellx brutusx if we do meet againx wexll smile indeedx if notx xtis true this parting was well madex brutusx why thenx lead onx ox that a man might know the end of this dayxs business ere it comex but it sufficeth that the day will endx and then the end is knownx comex hox awayx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex the field of battlex alarumx enter brutus and messalax brutusx ridex ridex messalax ridex and give these bills unto the legions on the other sidex xxloud alarumxxx let them set on at oncex for i perceive but cold demeanor in octaviusx wingx and sudden push gives them the overthrowx ridex ridex messalax let them all come downx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix another part of the fieldx alarumx enter cassius and titiniusx cassiusx ox lookx titiniusx lookx the villains flyx myself have to mine own turnxd enemyx this ensign here of mine was turning backx i slew the cowardx and did take it from himx titiniusx o cassiusx brutus gave the word too earlyx whox having some advantage on octaviusx took it too eagerlyx his soldiers fell to spoilx whilst we by antony are all enclosxdx enter pindarusx pindarusx fly further offx my lordx fly further offx mark antony is in your tentsx my lordx flyx thereforex noble cassiusx fly far offx cassiusx this hill is far enoughx lookx lookx titiniusx are those my tents where i perceive the firex titiniusx they arex my lordx cassiusx titiniusx if thou lovest mex mount thou my horse and hide thy spurs in himx till he have brought thee up to yonder troops and here againx that i may rest assurxd whether yond troops are friend or enemyx titiniusx i will be here againx even with a thoughtx xxexitxxx cassiusx gox pindarusx get higher on that hillx my sight was ever thickx regard titiniusx and tell me what thou notest about the fieldx xxpindarus goes upxxx this day i breathed firstx time is come roundx and where i did beginx there shall i endx my life is run his compassx sirrahx what newsx pindarusx xxabovexxx o my lordx cassiusx what newsx pindarusx xxabovexxx titinius is enclosed round about with horsemenx that make to him on the spurx yet he spurs onx now they are almost on himx nowx titiniusx now some lightx ox he lights toox hexs taxenx xxshoutxxx andx harkx they shout for joyx cassiusx come downx behold no morex ox coward that i amx to live so longx to see my best friend taxen before my facex xxpindarus descendsxxx come hitherx sirrahx in parthia did i take thee prisonerx and then i swore theex saving of thy lifex that whatsoever i did bid thee dox thou shouldst attempt itx come nowx keep thine oathx now be a freemanx and with this good swordx that ran through caesarxs bowelsx search this bosomx stand not to answerx herex take thou the hiltsx and when my face is coverxdx as xtis nowx guide thou the swordxxcaesarx thou art revengxdx even with the sword that killxd theex xxdiesxxx pindarusx sox i am freex yet would not so have beenx durst i have done my willx o cassiusx far from this country pindarus shall runx where never roman shall take note of himx xxexitxxx enter titinius with messalax messalax it is but changex titiniusx for octavius is overthrown by noble brutusx powerx as cassiusx legions are by antonyx titiniusx these tidings would well comfort cassiusx messalax where did you leave himx titiniusx all disconsolatex with pindarus his bondmanx on this hillx messalax is not that he that lies upon the groundx titiniusx he lies not like the livingx o my heartx messalax is not that hex titiniusx nox this was hex messalax but cassius is no morex o setting sunx as in thy red rays thou dost sink to nightx so in his red blood cassiusx day is setx the sun of rome is setx our day is gonex cloudsx dewsx and dangers comex our deeds are donex mistrust of my success hath done this deedx messalax mistrust of good success hath done this deedx o hateful errorx melancholyxs childx why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men the things that are notx o errorx soon conceivxdx thou never comxst unto a happy birthx but killxst the mother that engenderxd theex titiniusx whatx pindarusx where art thoux pindarusx messalax seek himx titiniusx whilst i go to meet the noble brutusx thrusting this report into his earsx i may say thrusting itx for piercing steel and darts envenomed shall be as welcome to the ears of brutus as tidings of this sightx titiniusx hie youx messalax and i will seek for pindarus the whilex xxexit messalaxxx why didst thou send me forthx brave cassiusx did i not meet thy friendsx and did not they put on my brows this wreath of victoryx and bid me give it theex didst thou not hear their shoutsx alasx thou hast misconstrued everythingx butx hold theex take this garland on thy browx thy brutus bid me give it theex and i will do his biddingx brutusx come apacex and see how i regarded caius cassiusx by your leavex godsx this is a romanxs partx comex cassiusx swordx and find titiniusx heartx xxdiesxxx alarumx enter brutusx messalax young catox stratox volumnius and luciliusx brutusx wherex wherex messalax doth his body liex messalax lox yonderx and titinius mourning itx brutusx titiniusx face is upwardx catox he is slainx brutusx o julius caesarx thou art mighty yetx thy spirit walks abroadx and turns our swords in our own proper entrailsx xxlow alarumsxxx catox brave titiniusx look whether he have not crownxd dead cassiusx brutusx are yet two romans living such as thesex the last of all the romansx fare thee wellx it is impossible that ever rome should breed thy fellowx friendsx i owe more tears to this dead man than you shall see me payx i shall find timex cassiusx i shall find timex come thereforex and to thassos send his bodyx his funerals shall not be in our campx lest it discomfort usx luciliusx comex and comex young catox let us to the fieldx labeo and flaviusx set our battles onx xtis three oxclockx and romansx yet ere night we shall try fortune in a second fightx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx another part of the fieldx alarumx enter fighting soldiers of both armiesx then brutusx messalax young catox luciliusx flavius and othersx brutusx yetx countrymenx ox yet hold up your headsx catox what bastard doth notx who will go with mex i will proclaim my name about the fieldx i am the son of marcus catox hox a foe to tyrantsx and my countryxs friendx i am the son of marcus catox hox xxcharges the enemyxxx luciliusx and i am brutusx marcus brutusx ix brutusx my countryxs friendx know me for brutusx xxexitx charging the enemyx cato is overpoweredx and fallsxxx luciliusx o young and noble catox art thou downx whyx now thou diest as bravely as titiniusx and mayst be honourxdx being catoxs sonx first soldierx yieldx or thou diestx luciliusx only i yield to diex there is so much that thou wilt kill me straightx xxoffering moneyxx kill brutusx and be honourxd in his deathx first soldierx we must notx a noble prisonerx second soldierx roomx hox tell antonyx brutus is taxenx first soldierx ixll tell the newsx here comes the generalx enter antonyx brutus is taxenx brutus is taxenx my lordx antonyx where is hex luciliusx safex antonyx brutus is safe enoughx i dare assure thee that no enemy shall ever take alive the noble brutusx the gods defend him from so great a shamex when you do find himx or alive or deadx he will be found like brutusx like himselfx antonyx this is not brutusx friendx butx i assure youx a prize no less in worthx keep this man safex give him all kindnessx i had rather have such men my friends than enemiesx go onx and see whether brutus be alive or deadx and bring us word unto octaviusx tent how everything is chancxdx xxexeuntxxx scene vx another part of the fieldx enter brutusx dardaniusx clitusx strato and volumniusx brutusx comex poor remains of friendsx rest on this rockx clitusx statilius showxd the torchxlightx butx my lordx he came not backx he is or taxen or slainx brutusx sit thee downx clitusx slaying is the wordx it is a deed in fashionx hark theex clitusx xxwhisperingxxx clitusx whatx ix my lordx nox not for all the worldx brutusx peace thenx no wordsx clitusx ixll rather kill myselfx brutusx hark theex dardaniusx xxwhispers himxxx dardaniusx shall i do such a deedx clitusx o dardaniusx dardaniusx o clitusx clitusx what ill request did brutus make to theex dardaniusx to kill himx clitusx lookx he meditatesx clitusx now is that noble vessel full of griefx that it runs over even at his eyesx brutusx come hitherx good volumniusx list a wordx volumniusx what says my lordx brutusx whyx thisx volumniusx the ghost of caesar hath appearxd to me two several times by nightx at sardis oncex and this last night here in philippi fieldsx i know my hour is comex volumniusx not sox my lordx brutusx nay i am sure it isx volumniusx thou seest the worldx volumniusx how it goesx our enemies have beat us to the pitx xxlow alarumsxxx it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push usx good volumniusx thou knowxst that we two went to school togetherx even for that our love of oldx i prxythee hold thou my swordxhiltsx whilst i run on itx volumniusx thatxs not an office for a friendx my lordx xxalarums stillxxx clitusx flyx flyx my lordx there is no tarrying herex brutusx farewell to youx and youx and youx volumniusx stratox thou hast been all this while asleepx farewell to thee toox stratoxxcountrymenx my heart doth joyx that yet in all my life i found no man but he was true to mex i shall have glory by this losing day more than octavius and mark antony by this vile conquest shall attain untox so fare you well at oncex for brutusx tongue hath almost ended his lifexs historyx night hangs upon mine eyesx my bones would restx that have but labourxd to attain this hourx xxalarumsx cry withinx xflyx flyx flyxxxxx clitusx flyx my lordx flyx brutusx hencex i will followx xxexeunt clitusx dardanius and volumniusxxx i prxytheex stratox stay thou by thy lordx thou art a fellow of a good respectx thy life hath had some smatch of honour in itx hold then my swordx and turn away thy facex while i do run upon itx wilt thoux stratox stratox give me your hand firstx fare you wellx my lordx brutusx farewellx good stratoxxcaesarx now be stillx i killxd not thee with half so good a willx xxhe runs on his swordx and diesxxx alarumx retreatx enter antonyx octaviusx messalax lucilius and the armyx octaviusx what man is thatx messalax my masterxs manx stratox where is thy masterx stratox free from the bondage you are inx messalax the conquerors can but make a fire of himx for brutus only overcame himselfx and no man else hath honour by his deathx luciliusx so brutus should be foundx i thank theex brutusx that thou hast provxd luciliusx saying truex octaviusx all that servxd brutusx i will entertain themx fellowx wilt thou bestow thy time with mex stratox ayx if messala will prefer me to youx octaviusx do sox good messalax messalax how died my masterx stratox stratox i held the swordx and he did run on itx messalax octaviusx then take him to follow theex that did the latest service to my masterx antonyx this was the noblest roman of them allx all the conspirators save only hex did that they did in envy of great caesarx he onlyx in a general honest thought and common good to allx made one of themx his life was gentlex and the elements so mixxd in him that nature might stand up and say to all the worldx xthis was a manxx octaviusx according to his virtue let us use him with all respect and rites of burialx within my tent his bones tonight shall liex most like a soldierx orderxd honourablyx so call the field to restx and letxs awayx to part the glories of this happy dayx xxexeuntxxx the tragedy of king lear contents act i scene ix a room of state in king learxs palacex scene iix a hall in the earl of gloucesterxs castlex scene iiix a room in the duke of albanyxs palacex scene ivx a hall in albanyxs palacex scene vx court before the duke of albanyxs palacex act ii scene ix a court within the castle of the earl of gloucesterx scene iix before gloucesterxs castlex scene iiix the open countryx scene ivx before gloucesterxs castlex act iii scene ix a heathx scene iix another part of the heathx scene iiix a room in gloucesterxs castlex scene ivx a part of the heath with a hovelx scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex scene vix a chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castlex scene viix a room in gloucesterxs castlex act iv scene ix the heathx scene iix before the duke of albanyxs palacex scene iiix the french camp near doverx scene ivx the french campx a tentx scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex scene vix the country near doverx scene viix a tent in the french campx act v scene ix the camp of the british forces near doverx scene iix a field between the two campsx scene iiix the british camp near doverx dramatis personx learx king of britainx gonerilx eldest daughter to learx reganx second daughter to learx cordeliax youngest daughter to learx duke of albanyx married to gonerilx duke of cornwallx married to reganx king of francex duke of burgundyx earl of gloucesterx edgarx elder son to gloucesterx edmundx younger bastard son to gloucesterx earl of kentx foolx oswaldx steward to gonerilx curanx a courtierx old manx tenant to gloucesterx physicianx an officer employed by edmundx gentlemanx attendant on cordeliax a heraldx servants to cornwallx knights attending on the kingx officersx messengersx soldiers and attendantsx scenex britainx act i scene ix a room of state in king learxs palacex enter kentx gloucester and edmundx kentx i thought the king had more affected the duke of albany than cornwallx gloucesterx it did always seem so to usx but nowx in the division of the kingdomx it appears not which of the dukes he values mostx for qualities are so weighed that curiosity in neither can make choice of eitherxs moietyx kentx is not this your sonx my lordx gloucesterx his breedingx sirx hath been at my chargex i have so often blushxd to acknowledge him that now i am brazxd toxtx kentx i cannot conceive youx gloucesterx sirx this young fellowxs mother couldx whereupon she grew roundxwombedx and had indeedx sirx a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her bedx do you smell a faultx kentx i cannot wish the fault undonex the issue of it being so properx gloucesterx but i have a sonx sirx by order of lawx some year elder than thisx who yet is no dearer in my accountx though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent forx yet was his mother fairx there was good sport at his makingx and the whoreson must be acknowledgedx do you know this noble gentlemanx edmundx edmundx nox my lordx gloucesterx my lord of kentx remember him hereafter as my honourable friendx edmundx my services to your lordshipx kentx i must love youx and sue to know you betterx edmundx sirx i shall study deservingx gloucesterx he hath been out nine yearsx and away he shall againx the king is comingx xxsennet withinxxx enter learx cornwallx albanyx gonerilx reganx cordelia and attendantsx learx attend the lords of france and burgundyx gloucesterx gloucesterx i shallx my lordx xxexeunt gloucester and edmundxxx learx meantime we shall express our darker purposex give me the map therex know that we have divided in three our kingdomx and xtis our fast intent to shake all cares and business from our agex conferring them on younger strengthsx while we unburdenxd crawl toward deathx our son of cornwallx and youx our no less loving son of albanyx we have this hour a constant will to publish our daughtersx several dowersx that future strife may be prevented nowx the princesx france and burgundyx great rivals in our youngest daughterxs lovex long in our court have made their amorous sojournx and here are to be answerxdx tell mex my daughtersxx since now we will divest us both of rulex interest of territoryx cares of statexx which of you shall we say doth love us mostx that we our largest bounty may extend where nature doth with merit challengexxgonerilx our eldest bornx speak firstx gonerilx sirx i love you more than word can wield the matterx dearer than eyesightx spacex and libertyx beyond what can be valuxdx rich or rarex no less than lifex with gracex healthx beautyx honourx as much as child exer lovxdx or father foundx a love that makes breath poor and speech unablex beyond all manner of so much i love youx cordeliax xxasidexxx what shall cordelia speakx lovex and be silentx learx of all these boundsx even from this line to thisx with shadowy forests and with champains richxdx with plenteous rivers and widexskirted meadsx we make thee ladyx to thine and albanyxs issue be this perpetualxxwhat says our second daughterx our dearest reganx wife of cornwallx speakx reganx sirx i am made of the self mettle as my sisterx and prize me at her worthx in my true heart i find she names my very deed of lovex only she comes too shortx that i profess myself an enemy to all other joys which the most precious square of sense possessesx and find i am alone felicitate in your dear highnessx lovex cordeliax xxasidexxx then poor cordeliax and yet not sox sincex i am surex my lovexs more ponderous than my tonguex learx to thee and thine hereditary ever remain this ample third of our fair kingdomx no less in spacex validityx and pleasure than that conferrxd on gonerilxxnowx our joyx although the last and leastx to whose young love the vines of france and milk of burgundy strive to be interessxdx what can you say to draw a third more opulent than your sistersx speakx cordeliax nothingx my lordx learx nothingx cordeliax nothingx learx nothing will come of nothingx speak againx cordeliax unhappy that i amx i cannot heave my heart into my mouthx i love your majesty according to my bondx no more nor lessx learx howx howx cordeliax mend your speech a littlex lest you may mar your fortunesx cordeliax good my lordx you have begot mex bred mex lovxd mex i return those duties back as are right fitx obey youx love youx and most honour youx why have my sisters husbands if they say they love you allx haplyx when i shall wedx that lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry half my love with himx half my care and dutyx sure i shall never marry like my sistersx to love my father allx learx but goes thy heart with thisx cordeliax ayx my good lordx learx so youngx and so untenderx cordeliax so youngx my lordx and truex learx let it be sox thy truth then be thy dowerx forx by the sacred radiance of the sunx the mysteries of hecate and the nightx by all the operation of the orbsx from whom we do exist and cease to bex here i disclaim all my paternal carex propinquity and property of bloodx and as a stranger to my heart and me hold thee from this for everx the barbarous scythianx or he that makes his generation messes to gorge his appetitex shall to my bosom be as well neighbourxdx pitiedx and relievxdx as thou my sometime daughterx kentx good my liegexx learx peacex kentx come not between the dragon and his wrathx i lovxd her mostx and thought to set my rest on her kind nurseryx xxto cordeliaxxx hence and avoid my sightx so be my grave my peacex as here i give her fatherxs heart from herx call francex who stirsx call burgundyx cornwall and albanyx with my two daughtersx dowers digest this thirdx let pridex which she calls plainnessx marry herx i do invest you jointly with my powerx prexeminencex and all the large effects that troop with majestyx ourselfx by monthly coursex with reservation of an hundred knightsx by you to be sustainxdx shall our abode make with you by due turnx only we shall retain the namex and all the addition to a kingx the swayx revenuex execution of the restx beloved sonsx be yoursx which to confirmx this coronet part between youx xxgiving the crownxxx kentx royal learx whom i have ever honourxd as my kingx lovxd as my fatherx as my master followxdx as my great patron thought on in my prayersxx learx the bow is bent and drawnx make from the shaftx kentx let it fall ratherx though the fork invade the region of my heartx be kent unmannerly when lear is madx what wouldst thou dox old manx thinkxst thou that duty shall have dread to speakx when power to flattery bowsx to plainness honourxs bound when majesty falls to follyx reverse thy statex and in thy best consideration check this hideous rashnessx answer my life my judgementx thy youngest daughter does not love thee leastx nor are those emptyxheartedx whose low sounds reverb no hollownessx learx kentx on thy lifex no morex kentx my life i never held but as a pawn to wage against thine enemiesx nexer fear to lose itx thy safety being the motivex learx out of my sightx kentx see betterx learx and let me still remain the true blank of thine eyex learx nowx by apolloxx kentx now by apollox kingx thou swearxst thy gods in vainx learx o vassalx miscreantx xxlaying his hand on his swordxxx albany and cornwallx dear sirx forbearx kentx kill thy physicianx and the fee bestow upon the foul diseasex revoke thy giftx orx whilst i can vent clamour from my throatx ixll tell thee thou dost evilx learx hear mex recreantx on thine allegiancex hear mex since thou hast sought to make us break our vowsx which we durst never yetx and with strainxd pride to come betwixt our sentences and our powerx which nor our naturex nor our place can bearx our potency made goodx take thy rewardx five days we do allot thee for provisionx to shield thee from disasters of the worldx and on the sixth to turn thy hated back upon our kingdomx ifx on the next day followingx thy banishxd trunk be found in our dominionsx the moment is thy deathx awayx by jupiterx this shall not be revokxdx kentx fare thee wellx kingx sith thus thou wilt appearx freedom lives hencex and banishment is herex xxto cordeliaxxx the gods to their dear shelter take theex maidx that justly thinkxst and hast most rightly saidx xxto goneril and reganxxx and your large speeches may your deeds approvex that good effects may spring from words of lovex thus kentx o princesx bids you all adieux hexll shape his old course in a country newx xxexitxxx flourishx rexenter gloucesterx with francex burgundy and attendantsx cordeliax herexs france and burgundyx my noble lordx learx my lord of burgundyx we first address toward youx who with this king hath rivallxd for our daughterx what in the least will you require in present dower with herx or cease your quest of lovex burgundyx most royal majestyx i crave no more than hath your highness offerxdx nor will you tender lessx learx right noble burgundyx when she was dear to usx we did hold her sox but now her price is fallxnx sirx there she standsx if aught within that littlexseeming substancex or all of itx with our displeasure piecxdx and nothing morex may fitly like your gracex shexs therex and she is yoursx burgundyx i know no answerx learx will youx with those infirmities she owesx unfriendedx new adopted to our hatex dowerxd with our cursex and strangerxd with our oathx take her or leave herx burgundyx pardon mex royal sirx election makes not up in such conditionsx learx then leave herx sirx forx by the power that made mex i tell you all her wealthx xxto francexx for youx great kingx i would not from your love make such a stray to match you where i hatex therefore beseech you txavert your liking a more worthier way than on a wretch whom nature is ashamxd almost txacknowledge hersx francex this is most strangex that shex who even but now was your best objectx the argument of your praisex balm of your agex the bestx the dearestx should in this trice of time commit a thing so monstrousx to dismantle so many folds of favourx sure her offence must be of such unnatural degree that monsters itx or your forexvouchxd affection fall into taintx which to believe of her must be a faith that reason without miracle should never plant in mex cordeliax i yet beseech your majestyx if for i want that glib and oily art to speak and purpose notx since what i well intendx ixll doxt before i speakxxthat you make known it is no vicious blotx murderx or foulnessx no unchaste action or dishonourxd stepx that hath deprivxd me of your grace and favourx but even for want of that for which i am richerx a still soliciting eyex and such a tongue as i am glad i have notx though not to have it hath lost me in your likingx learx better thou hadst not been born than not to have pleasxd me betterx francex is it but thisxxa tardiness in nature which often leaves the history unspoke that it intends to dox my lord of burgundyx what say you to the ladyx lovexs not love when it is mingled with regards that stands aloof from the entire pointx will you have herx she is herself a dowryx burgundyx royal kingx give but that portion which yourself proposxdx and here i take cordelia by the handx duchess of burgundyx learx nothingx i have swornx i am firmx burgundyx i am sorryx thenx you have so lost a father that you must lose a husbandx cordeliax peace be with burgundyx since that respects of fortunes are his lovex i shall not be his wifex francex fairest cordeliax that art most richx being poorx most choice forsakenx and most lovxdx despisxdx thee and thy virtues here i seize uponx be it lawfulx i take up whatxs cast awayx godsx godsx xtis strange that from their coldxst neglect my love should kindle to inflamxd respectx thy dowerless daughterx kingx thrown to my chancex is queen of usx of oursx and our fair francex not all the dukes of waterish burgundy can buy this unprizxd precious maid of mex bid them farewellx cordeliax though unkindx thou losest herex a better where to findx learx thou hast herx francex let her be thinex for we have no such daughterx nor shall ever see that face of hers againx therefore be gone without our gracex our lovex our benisonx comex noble burgundyx xxflourishx exeunt learx burgundyx cornwallx albanyx gloucester and attendantsxxx francex bid farewell to your sistersx cordeliax the jewels of our fatherx with washxd eyes cordelia leaves youx i know you what you arex and like a sister am most loath to call your faults as they are namxdx love well our fatherx to your professed bosoms i commit himx but yetx alasx stood i within his gracex i would prefer him to a better placex so farewell to you bothx reganx prescribe not us our dutiesx gonerilx let your study be to content your lordx who hath receivxd you at fortunexs almsx you have obedience scantedx and well are worth the want that you have wantedx cordeliax time shall unfold what plighted cunning hidesx who covers faultsx at last shame deridesx well may you prosperx francex comex my fair cordeliax xxexeunt france and cordeliaxxx gonerilx sisterx it is not little i have to say of what most nearly appertains to us bothx i think our father will hence tonightx reganx thatxs most certainx and with youx next month with usx gonerilx you see how full of changes his age isx the observation we have made of it hath not been littlex he always loved our sister mostx and with what poor judgement he hath now cast her off appears too grosslyx reganx xtis the infirmity of his agex yet he hath ever but slenderly known himselfx gonerilx the best and soundest of his time hath been but rashx then must we look from his age to receive not alone the imperfections of longxengrafted conditionx but therewithal the unruly waywardness that infirm and choleric years bring with themx reganx such unconstant starts are we like to have from him as this of kentxs banishmentx gonerilx there is further compliment of leavextaking between france and himx pray you let us hit togetherx if our father carry authority with such disposition as he bearsx this last surrender of his will but offend usx reganx we shall further think of itx gonerilx we must do somethingx and ix thx heatx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a hall in the earl of gloucesterxs castlex enter edmund with a letterx edmundx thoux naturex art my goddessx to thy law my services are boundx wherefore should i stand in the plague of customx and permit the curiosity of nations to deprive mex for that i am some twelve or fourteen moonshines lag of a brotherx why bastardx wherefore basex when my dimensions are as well compactx my mind as generousx and my shape as true as honest madamxs issuex why brand they us with basex with basenessx bastardyx basex basex whox in the lusty stealth of naturex take more composition and fierce quality than doth within a dull stale tired bed go to the creating a whole tribe of fops got xtween asleep and wakex well thenx legitimate edgarx i must have your landx our fatherxs love is to the bastard edmund as to the legitimatex fine wordx legitimatex wellx my legitimatex if this letter speedx and my invention thrivex edmund the base shall top the legitimatex i growx i prosperx nowx godsx stand up for bastardsx enter gloucesterx gloucesterx kent banishxd thusx and france in choler partedx and the king gone tonightx prescribxd his powxrx confinxd to exhibitionx all this done upon the gadxxedmundx how nowx what newsx edmundx so please your lordshipx nonex xxputting up the letterxxx gloucesterx why so earnestly seek you to put up that letterx edmundx i know no newsx my lordx gloucesterx what paper were you readingx edmundx nothingx my lordx gloucesterx nox what needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pocketx the quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itselfx letxs seex comex if it be nothingx i shall not need spectaclesx edmundx i beseech youx sirx pardon mex it is a letter from my brother that i have not all oxerxreadx and for so much as i have perusxdx i find it not fit for your oxerxlookingx gloucesterx give me the letterx sirx edmundx i shall offendx either to detain or give itx the contentsx as in part i understand themx are to blamex gloucesterx letxs seex letxs seex edmundx i hopex for my brotherxs justificationx he wrote this but as an essayx or taste of my virtuex gloucesterx xxreadsxxx xthis policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to the best of our timesx keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish themx i begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyrannyx who sways not as it hath powerx but as it is sufferedx come to mex that of this i may speak morex if our father would sleep till i waked himx you should enjoy half his revenue for everx and live the beloved of your brother edgarxx humx conspiracyx xsleep till i wake himx you should enjoy half his revenuexxxmy son edgarx had he a hand to write thisx a heart and brain to breed it inx when came this to youx who brought itx edmundx it was not brought mex my lordx therexs the cunning of itx i found it thrown in at the casement of my closetx gloucesterx you know the character to be your brotherxsx edmundx if the matter were goodx my lordx i durst swear it were hisx but in respect of thatx i would fain think it were notx gloucesterx it is hisx edmundx it is his handx my lordx but i hope his heart is not in the contentsx gloucesterx has he never before sounded you in this businessx edmundx neverx my lordx but i have heard him oft maintain it to be fit thatx sons at perfect agex and fathers declinedx the father should be as ward to the sonx and the son manage his revenuex gloucesterx o villainx villainx his very opinion in the letterx abhorred villainx unnaturalx detestedx brutish villainx worse than brutishx gox sirrahx seek himx ixll apprehend himx abominable villainx where is hex edmundx i do not well knowx my lordx if it shall please you to suspend your indignation against my brother till you can derive from him better testimony of his intentx you should run a certain coursex wherex if you violently proceed against himx mistaking his purposex it would make a great gap in your own honourx and shake in pieces the heart of his obediencex i dare pawn down my life for himx that he hath writ this to feel my affection to your honourx and to no other pretence of dangerx gloucesterx think you sox edmundx if your honour judge it meetx i will place you where you shall hear us confer of thisx and by an auricular assurance have your satisfactionx and that without any further delay than this very eveningx gloucesterx he cannot be such a monsterx edmundx nor is notx surex gloucesterx to his fatherx that so tenderly and entirely loves himx heaven and earthx edmundx seek him outx wind me into himx i pray youx frame the business after your own wisdomx i would unstate myself to be in a due resolutionx edmundx i will seek himx sirx presentlyx convey the business as i shall find meansx and acquaint you withalx gloucesterx these late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to usx though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thusx yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effectsx love coolsx friendship falls offx brothers dividex in citiesx mutiniesx in countriesx discordx in palacesx treasonx and the bond cracked xtwixt son and fatherx this villain of mine comes under the predictionx therexs son against fatherx the king falls from bias of naturex therexs father against childx we have seen the best of our timex machinationsx hollownessx treacheryx and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our gravesx find out this villainx edmundx it shall lose thee nothingx do it carefullyxxand the noble and truexhearted kent banishedx his offencex honestyx xtis strangex xxexitxxx edmundx this is the excellent foppery of the worldx thatx when we are sick in fortunex often the surfeits of our own behaviourx we make guilty of our disasters the sunx the moonx and the starsx as if we were villains on necessityx fools by heavenly compulsionx knavesx thievesx and treachers by spherical predominancex drunkardsx liarsx and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influencex and all that we are evil inx by a divine thrusting onx an admirable evasion of whoremaster manx to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a starx my father compounded with my mother under the dragonxs tailx and my nativity was under ursa majorx so that it follows i am rough and lecherousx futx i should have been that i amx had the maidenliest star in the firmament twinkled on my bastardizingx enter edgarx patx he comesx like the catastrophe of the old comedyx my cue is villainous melancholyx with a sigh like tom oxbedlamxxox these eclipses do portend these divisionsx fax solx lax mix edgarx how nowx brother edmundx what serious contemplation are you inx edmundx i am thinkingx brotherx of a prediction i read this other dayx what should follow these eclipsesx edgarx do you busy yourself with thatx edmundx i promise youx the effects he writes of succeed unhappilyx as of unnaturalness between the child and the parentx deathx dearthx dissolutions of ancient amitiesx divisions in statex menaces and maledictions against king and noblesx needless diffidencesx banishment of friendsx dissipation of cohortsx nuptial breachesx and i know not whatx edgarx how long have you been a sectary astronomicalx edmundx comex comex when saw you my father lastx edgarx the night gone byx edmundx spake you with himx edgarx ayx two hours togetherx edmundx parted you in good termsx found you no displeasure in himx by word nor countenancex edgarx none at allx edmundx bethink yourself wherein you may have offended himx and at my entreaty forbear his presence until some little time hath qualified the heat of his displeasurex which at this instant so rageth in him that with the mischief of your person it would scarcely allayx edgarx some villain hath done me wrongx edmundx thatxs my fearx i pray you have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slowerx andx as i sayx retire with me to my lodgingx from whence i will fitly bring you to hear my lord speakx pray yex gox therexs my keyx if you do stir abroadx go armedx edgarx armedx brotherx edmundx brotherx i advise you to the bestx i am no honest man if there be any good meaning toward youx i have told you what i have seen and heardx but faintlyx nothing like the image and horror of itx pray youx awayx edgarx shall i hear from you anonx edmundx i do serve you in this businessx xxexit edgarxxx a credulous fatherx and a brother noblex whose nature is so far from doing harms that he suspects nonex on whose foolish honesty my practices ride easyx i see the businessx let mex if not by birthx have lands by witx all with mexs meet that i can fashion fitx xxexitxxx scene iiix a room in the duke of albanyxs palacex enter goneril and oswaldx gonerilx did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his foolx oswaldx ayx madamx gonerilx by day and nightx he wrongs mex every hour he flashes into one gross crime or otherx that sets us all at oddsx ixll not endure itx his knights grow riotousx and himself upbraids us on every triflex when he returns from huntingx i will not speak with himx say i am sickx if you come slack of former servicesx you shall do wellx the fault of it ixll answerx xxhorns withinxxx oswaldx hexs comingx madamx i hear himx gonerilx put on what weary negligence you pleasex you and your fellowsx ixd have it come to questionx if he distaste itx let him to our sisterx whose mind and minex i knowx in that are onex not to be overruledx idle old manx that still would manage those authorities that he hath given awayx nowx by my lifex old fools are babes againx and must be usxd with checks as flatteriesx when they are seen abusxdx remember what i have saidx oswaldx very wellx madamx gonerilx and let his knights have colder looks among youx what grows of itx no matterx advise your fellows sox i would breed from hence occasionsx and i shallx that i may speakx ixll write straight to my sister to hold my very coursex prepare for dinnerx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a hall in albanyxs palacex enter kentx disguisedx kentx if but as well i other accents borrowx that can my speech defusex my good intent may carry through itself to that full issue for which i raisxd my likenessx nowx banishxd kentx if thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemnxdx so may it comex thy masterx whom thou lovxstx shall find thee full of laboursx horns withinx enter king learx knights and attendantsx learx let me not stay a jot for dinnerx go get it readyx xxexit an attendantxxx how nowx what art thoux kentx a manx sirx learx what dost thou professx what wouldst thou with usx kentx i do profess to be no less than i seemx to serve him truly that will put me in trustx to love him that is honestx to converse with him that is wise and says littlex to fear judgementx to fight when i cannot choosex and to eat no fishx learx what art thoux kentx a very honestxhearted fellowx and as poor as the kingx learx if thou bexst as poor for a subject as hexs for a kingx thou art poor enoughx what wouldst thoux kentx servicex learx who wouldst thou servex kentx youx learx dost thou know mex fellowx kentx nox sirx but you have that in your countenance which i would fain call masterx learx whatxs thatx kentx authorityx learx what services canst thou dox kentx i can keep honest counselx ridex runx mar a curious tale in telling it and deliver a plain message bluntlyx that which ordinary men are fit forx i am qualified inx and the best of me is diligencex learx how old art thoux kentx not so youngx sirx to love a woman for singingx nor so old to dote on her for anythingx i have years on my back fortyxeightx learx follow mex thou shalt serve mex if i like thee no worse after dinnerx i will not part from thee yetx dinnerx hox dinnerx wherexs my knavex my foolx go you and call my fool hitherx xxexit an attendantxxx enter oswaldx youx youx sirrahx wherexs my daughterx oswaldx so please youxx xxexitxxx learx what says the fellow therex call the clotpoll backx xxexit a knightxxx wherexs my foolx hox i think the worldxs asleepx rexenter knightx how nowx wherexs that mongrelx knightx he saysx my lordx your daughter is not wellx learx why came not the slave back to me when i called himx knightx sirx he answered me in the roundest mannerx he would notx learx he would notx knightx my lordx i know not what the matter isx but to my judgement your highness is not entertained with that ceremonious affection as you were wontx therexs a great abatement of kindness appears as well in the general dependants as in the duke himself alsox and your daughterx learx hax sayxst thou sox knightx i beseech you pardon mex my lordx if i be mistakenx for my duty cannot be silent when i think your highness wrongedx learx thou but rememberest me of mine own conceptionx i have perceived a most faint neglect of latex which i have rather blamed as mine own jealous curiosity than as a very pretence and purpose of unkindnessx i will look further intoxtx but wherexs my foolx i have not seen him this two daysx knightx since my young ladyxs going into francex sirx the fool hath much pined awayx learx no more of thatx i have noted it wellx go you and tell my daughter i would speak with herx xxexit attendantxxx go youx call hither my foolx xxexit another attendantxxx rexenter oswaldx ox youx sirx youx come you hitherx sirx who am ix sirx oswaldx my ladyxs fatherx learx my ladyxs fatherx my lordxs knavex you whoreson dogx you slavex you curx oswaldx i am none of thesex my lordx i beseech your pardonx learx do you bandy looks with mex you rascalx xxstriking himxxx oswaldx ixll not be struckx my lordx kentx nor trippxd neitherx you base football playerx xxtripping up his heelsxxx learx i thank theex fellowx thou servxst mex and ixll love theex kentx comex sirx arisex awayx ixll teach you differencesx awayx awayx if you will measure your lubberxs length againx tarryx but awayx go tox have you wisdomx sox xxpushes oswald outxxx learx nowx my friendly knavex i thank theex therexs earnest of thy servicex xxgiving kent moneyxxx enter foolx foolx let me hire him toox herexs my coxcombx xxgiving kent his capxxx learx how nowx my pretty knavex how dost thoux foolx sirrahx you were best take my coxcombx kentx whyx foolx foolx whyx for taking onexs part thatxs out of favourx nayx an thou canst not smile as the wind sitsx thouxlt catch cold shortlyx therex take my coxcombx whyx this fellow has banishxd two onxs daughtersx and did the third a blessing against his willx if thou follow himx thou must needs wear my coxcombx how nowx nunclex would i had two coxcombs and two daughtersx learx whyx my boyx foolx if i gave them all my livingx ixd keep my coxcombs myselfx therexs minex beg another of thy daughtersx learx take heedx sirrahx the whipx foolx truthxs a dog must to kennelx he must be whipped outx when the lady brach may stand by the fire and stinkx learx a pestilent gall to mex foolx sirrahx ixll teach thee a speechx learx dox foolx mark itx nunclex have more than thou showestx speak less than thou knowestx lend less than thou owestx ride more than thou goestx learn more than thou trowestx set less than thou throwestx leave thy drink and thy whorex and keep inxaxdoorx and thou shalt have more than two tens to a scorex kentx this is nothingx foolx foolx then xtis like the breath of an unfeexd lawyerx you gave me nothing forxtx can you make no use of nothingx nunclex learx whyx nox boyx nothing can be made out of nothingx foolx xxto kentxxx prythee tell himx so much the rent of his land comes tox he will not believe a foolx learx a bitter foolx foolx dost thou know the differencex my boyx between a bitter fool and a sweet onex learx nox ladx teach mex foolx that lord that counsellxd thee to give away thy landx come place him here by mex do thou for him standx the sweet and bitter fool will presently appearx the one in motley herex the other found out therex learx dost thou call me foolx boyx foolx all thy other titles thou hast given awayx that thou wast born withx kentx this is not altogether foolx my lordx foolx nox faithx lords and great men will not let mex if i had a monopoly outx they would have part onxt and ladies toox they will not let me have all the fool to myselfx theyxll be snatchingx nunclex give me an eggx and ixll give thee two crownsx learx what two crowns shall they bex foolx whyx after i have cut the egg ix the middle and eat up the meatx the two crowns of the eggx when thou clovest thy crown ix the middle and gavxst away both partsx thou borxst thine ass on thy back oxer the dirtx thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gavxst thy golden one awayx if i speak like myself in thisx let him be whipped that first finds it sox xxsingingxxx fools had nexer less grace in a yearx for wise men are grown foppishx and know not how their wits to wearx their manners are so apishx learx when were you wont to be so full of songsx sirrahx foolx i have used itx nunclex exer since thou madxst thy daughters thy mothersx for when thou gavxst them the rodx and putxst down thine own breechesx xxsingingxxx then they for sudden joy did weepx and i for sorrow sungx that such a king should play boxpeepx and go the fools amongx prytheex nunclex keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy fool to liex i would fain learn to liex learx an you liex sirrahx wexll have you whippedx foolx i marvel what kin thou and thy daughters arex theyxll have me whipped for speaking truex thouxlt have me whipped for lyingx and sometimes i am whipped for holding my peacex i had rather be any kind oxthing than a foolx and yet i would not be theex nunclex thou hast pared thy wit oxboth sidesx and left nothing ix the middlex here comes one ox the paringsx enter gonerilx learx how nowx daughterx what makes that frontlet onx methinks you are too much of late ix the frownx foolx thou wast a pretty fellow when thou hadst no need to care for her frowningx now thou art an o without a figurex i am better than thou art nowx i am a foolx thou art nothingx xxto gonerilxxx yesx forsoothx i will hold my tonguex so your face bids mex though you say nothingx mumx mumx he that keeps nor crust nor crumx weary of allx shall want somex xxpointing to learxxx thatxs a shealed peascodx gonerilx not onlyx sirx this your allxlicensxd foolx but other of your insolent retinue do hourly carp and quarrelx breaking forth in rank and notxtoxbexendured riotsx sirx i had thoughtx by making this well known unto youx to have found a safe redressx but now grow fearfulx by what yourself too late have spoke and donex that you protect this coursex and put it on by your allowancex which if you shouldx the fault would not scape censurex nor the redresses sleepx whichx in the tender of a wholesome wealx might in their working do you that offence which else were shamex that then necessity will call discreet proceedingx foolx for you knowx nunclex the hedgexsparrow fed the cuckoo so long that itxs had it head bit off by it youngx so out went the candlex and we were left darklingx learx are you our daughterx gonerilx comex sirx i would you would make use of that good wisdomx whereof i know you are fraughtx and put away these dispositionsx which of late transform you from what you rightly arex foolx may not an ass know when the cart draws the horsex whoopx jugx i love theex learx doth any here know mex this is not learx doth lear walk thusx speak thusx where are his eyesx either his notion weakensx his discernings are lethargiedx hax wakingx xtis not sox who is it that can tell me who i amx foolx learxs shadowx learx i would learn thatx for by the marks of sovereigntyx knowledge and reasonx i should be false persuaded i had daughtersx foolx which they will make an obedient fatherx learx your namex fair gentlewomanx gonerilx this admirationx sirx is much ox the favour of other your new pranksx i do beseech you to understand my purposes arightx as you are old and reverendx you should be wisex here do you keep a hundred knights and squiresx men so disorderxdx so deboshxd and bold that this our courtx infected with their mannersx shows like a riotous innx epicurism and lust makes it more like a tavern or a brothel than a gracxd palacex the shame itself doth speak for instant remedyx bex thenx desirxd by her that else will take the thing she begs a little to disquantity your trainx and the remainder that shall still dependx to be such men as may besort your agex which know themselvesx and youx learx darkness and devilsx saddle my horsesx call my train togetherx degenerate bastardx ixll not trouble theex yet have i left a daughterx gonerilx you strike my peoplex and your disorderxd rabble make servants of their bettersx enter albanyx learx woe that too late repentsxx xxto albanyxxx ox sirx are you comex is it your willx speakx sirxxprepare my horsesx ingratitudex thou marblexhearted fiendx more hideous when thou showxst thee in a child than the seaxmonsterx albanyx prayx sirx be patientx learx xxto gonerilxxx detested kitex thou liestx my train are men of choice and rarest partsx that all particulars of duty knowx and in the most exact regard support the worships of their namex o most small faultx how ugly didst thou in cordelia showx whichx like an enginex wrenchxd my frame of nature from the fixxd placex drew from my heart all lovex and added to the gallx o learx learx learx xxstriking his headxxx beat at this gate that let thy folly in and thy dear judgement outx gox gox my peoplex albanyx my lordx i am guiltlessx as i am ignorant of what hath moved youx learx it may be sox my lordx hearx naturex hearx dear goddessx hear suspend thy purposex if thou didst intend to make this creature fruitfulx into her womb convey sterilityx dry up in her the organs of increasex and from her derogate body never spring a babe to honour herx if she must teemx create her child of spleenx that it may live and be a thwart disnaturxd torment to herx let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youthx with cadent tears fret channels in her cheeksx turn all her motherxs pains and benefits to laughter and contemptx that she may feel how sharper than a serpentxs tooth it is to have a thankless childx awayx awayx xxexitxxx albanyx nowx gods that we adorex whereof comes thisx gonerilx never afflict yourself to know more of itx but let his disposition have that scope that dotage gives itx rexenter learx learx whatx fifty of my followers at a clapx within a fortnightx albanyx whatxs the matterx sirx learx ixll tell theex xxto gonerilxxx life and deathx i am ashamxd that thou hast power to shake my manhood thusx that these hot tearsx which break from me perforcex should make thee worth themx blasts and fogs upon theex thxuntented woundings of a fatherxs curse pierce every sense about theex old fond eyesx beweep this cause againx ixll pluck ye outx and cast you with the waters that you lose to temper clayx hax let it be sox i have another daughterx whox i am surex is kind and comfortablex when she shall hear this of theex with her nails shexll flay thy wolvish visagex thou shalt find that ixll resume the shape which thou dost think i have cast off for everx xxexeunt learx kent and attendantsxxx gonerilx do you mark thatx albanyx i cannot be so partialx gonerilx to the great love i bear youxx gonerilx pray youx contentx whatx oswaldx hox xxto the foolxxx youx sirx more knave than foolx after your masterx foolx nuncle learx nuncle learx tarry and take the fool with theex a fox when one has caught herx and such a daughterx should sure to the slaughterx if my cap would buy a halterx so the fool follows afterx xxexitxxx gonerilx this man hath had good counselxxa hundred knightsx xtis politic and safe to let him keep at point a hundred knightsx yesx that on every dreamx each buzzx each fancyx each complaintx dislikex he may enguard his dotage with their powersx and hold our lives in mercyx oswaldx i sayx albanyx wellx you may fear too farx gonerilx safer than trust too farx let me still take away the harms i fearx not fear still to be takenx i know his heartx what he hath utterxd i have writ my sisterx if she sustain him and his hundred knightsx when i have showxd thxunfitnessxx rexenter oswaldx how nowx oswaldx whatx have you writ that letter to my sisterx oswaldx ayx madamx gonerilx take you some companyx and away to horsex inform her full of my particular fearx and thereto add such reasons of your own as may compact it morex get you gonex and hasten your returnx xxexit oswaldxxx nox nox my lordx this milky gentleness and course of yoursx though i condemn notx yetx under pardonx you are much more attaskxd for want of wisdom than praisxd for harmful mildnessx albanyx how far your eyes may pierce i cannot tellx striving to betterx oft we mar whatxs wellx gonerilx nay thenxx albanyx wellx wellx the eventx xxexeuntxxx scene vx court before the duke of albanyxs palacex enter learx kent and foolx learx go you before to gloucester with these lettersx acquaint my daughter no further with anything you know than comes from her demand out of the letterx if your diligence be not speedyx i shall be there afore youx kentx i will not sleepx my lordx till i have delivered your letterx xxexitxxx foolx if a manxs brains were inxs heelsx werext not in danger of kibesx learx ayx boyx foolx then i prythee be merryx thy wit shall not go slipshodx learx hax hax hax foolx shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindlyx for though shexs as like this as a crabxs like an applex yet i can tell what i can tellx learx what canst tellx boyx foolx shexll taste as like this as a crab does to a crabx thou canst tell why onexs nose stands ixthe middle onxs facex learx nox foolx whyx to keep onexs eyes of either sidexs nosex that what a man cannot smell outx he may spy intox learx i did her wrongx foolx canst tell how an oyster makes his shellx learx nox foolx nor i neitherx but i can tell why a snail has a housex learx whyx foolx whyx to putxs head inx not to give it away to his daughtersx and leave his horns without a casex learx i will forget my naturex so kind a fatherx be my horses readyx foolx thy asses are gone about xemx the reason why the seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty reasonx learx because they are not eightx foolx yes indeedx thou wouldst make a good foolx learx to takxt again perforcexxmonster ingratitudex foolx if thou wert my foolx nunclex ixld have thee beaten for being old before thy timex learx howxs thatx foolx thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wisex learx ox let me not be madx not madx sweet heavenx keep me in temperx i would not be madx enter gentlemanx how nowx are the horses readyx gentlemanx readyx my lordx learx comex boyx foolx she thatxs a maid nowx and laughs at my departurex shall not be a maid longx unless things be cut shorterx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix a court within the castle of the earl of gloucesterx enter edmund and curanx meetingx edmundx save theex curanx curanx and youx sirx i have been with your fatherx and given him notice that the duke of cornwall and regan his duchess will be here with him this nightx edmundx how comes thatx curanx nayx i know notx you have heard of the news abroadx i mean the whispered onesx for they are yet but earxkissing argumentsx edmundx not ix pray youx what are theyx curanx have you heard of no likely wars towardx xtwixt the two dukes of cornwall and albanyx edmundx not a wordx curanx you may dox thenx in timex fare you wellx sirx xxexitxxx edmundx the duke be here tonightx the betterx bestx this weaves itself perforce into my businessx my father hath set guard to take my brotherx and i have one thingx of a queasy questionx which i must actx briefness and fortune workx brotherx a wordx descendx brotherx i sayx enter edgarx my father watchesx o sirx fly this placex intelligence is given where you are hidx you have now the good advantage of the nightx have you not spoken xgainst the duke of cornwallx hexs coming hitherx nowx ix the nightx ix the hastex and regan with himx have you nothing said upon his party xgainst the duke of albanyx advise yourselfx edgarx i am sure onxtx not a wordx edmundx i hear my father comingxxpardon mex in cunning i must draw my sword upon youx drawx seem to defend yourselfx now quit you wellx yieldx come before my fatherx lightx hox herex flyx brotherx torchesx torchesxxso farewellx xxexit edgarxxx some blood drawn on me would beget opinion of my more fierce endeavourx xxwounds his armxxx i have seen drunkards do more than this in sportx fatherx fatherx stopx stopx no helpx enter gloucester and servants with torchesx gloucesterx nowx edmundx wherexs the villainx edmundx here stood he in the darkx his sharp sword outx mumbling of wicked charmsx conjuring the moon to stand auspicious mistressx gloucesterx but where is hex edmundx lookx sirx i bleedx gloucesterx where is the villainx edmundx edmundx fled this wayx sirx when by no means he couldxx gloucesterx pursue himx hox go afterx xxexeunt servantsxxx xby no means whatx edmundx persuade me to the murder of your lordshipx but that i told him the revenging gods xgainst parricides did all their thunders bendx spoke with how manifold and strong a bond the child was bound to the fatherx sirx in finex seeing how loathly opposite i stood to his unnatural purposex in fell motion with his prepared swordx he charges home my unprovided bodyx latchxd mine armx but when he saw my best alarumxd spiritsx bold in the quarrelxs rightx rousxd to thxencounterx or whether gasted by the noise i madex full suddenly he fledx gloucesterx let him fly farx not in this land shall he remain uncaughtx and foundxdispatchxdx the noble duke my masterx my worthy arch and patronx comes tonightx by his authority i will proclaim itx that he which finds him shall deserve our thanksx bringing the murderous coward to the stakex he that conceals himx deathx edmundx when i dissuaded him from his intentx and found him pight to do itx with curst speech i threatenxd to discover himx he repliedx xthou unpossessing bastardx dost thou thinkx if i would stand against theex would the reposal of any trustx virtuex or worth in thee make thy words faithxdx nox what i should deny as this i wouldx ayx though thou didst produce my very characterx ixd turn it all to thy suggestionx plotx and damned practicex and thou must make a dullard of the worldx if they not thought the profits of my death were very pregnant and potential spurs to make thee seek itx gloucesterx o strange and fastxned villainx would he deny his letterx said hex i never got himx xxtucket withinxxx harkx the dukexs trumpetsx i know not why he comesx all ports ixll barx the villain shall not scapex the duke must grant me thatx besidesx his picture i will send far and nearx that all the kingdom may have due note of himx and of my landx loyal and natural boyx ixll work the means to make thee capablex enter cornwallx regan and attendantsx cornwallx how nowx my noble friendx since i came hitherx which i can call but nowx i have heard strange newsx reganx if it be truex all vengeance comes too short which can pursue thxoffenderx how dostx my lordx gloucesterx o madamx my old heart is crackxdx itxs crackxdx reganx whatx did my fatherxs godson seek your lifex he whom my father namxdx your edgarx gloucesterx o ladyx ladyx shame would have it hidx reganx was he not companion with the riotous knights that tend upon my fatherx gloucesterx i know notx madamx xtis too badx too badx edmundx yesx madamx he was of that consortx reganx no marvel then though he were ill affectedx xtis they have put him on the old manxs deathx to have the expense and waste of his revenuesx i have this present evening from my sister been well informxd of themx and with such cautions that if they come to sojourn at my housex ixll not be therex cornwallx nor ix assure theex reganx edmundx i hear that you have shown your father a childlike officex edmundx it was my dutyx sirx gloucesterx he did bewray his practicex and receivxd this hurt you seex striving to apprehend himx cornwallx is he pursuedx gloucesterx ayx my good lordx cornwallx if he be takenx he shall never more be fearxd of doing harmx make your own purposex how in my strength you pleasex for youx edmundx whose virtue and obedience doth this instant so much commend itselfx you shall be oursx natures of such deep trust we shall much needx you we first seize onx edmundx i shall serve youx sirx trulyx however elsex gloucesterx for him i thank your gracex cornwallx you know not why we came to visit youx reganx thus out of seasonx threading darkxeyxd nightx occasionsx noble gloucesterx of some poisex wherein we must have use of your advicex our father he hath writx so hath our sisterx of differencesx which i best thought it fit to answer from our homex the several messengers from hence attend dispatchx our good old friendx lay comforts to your bosomx and bestow your needful counsel to our businessx which craves the instant usex gloucesterx i serve youx madamx your graces are right welcomex xxexeuntx flourishxxx scene iix before gloucesterxs castlex enter kent and oswaldx severallyx oswaldx good dawning to theex friendx art of this housex kentx ayx oswaldx where may we set our horsesx kentx ix the mirex oswaldx prytheex if thou lovxst mex tell mex kentx i love thee notx oswaldx why thenx i care not for theex kentx if i had thee in lipsbury pinfoldx i would make thee care for mex oswaldx why dost thou use me thusx i know thee notx kentx fellowx i know theex oswaldx what dost thou know me forx kentx a knavex a rascalx an eater of broken meatsx a basex proudx shallowx beggarlyx threexsuitedx hundredxpoundx filthyx worstedxstocking knavex a lilyxliveredx actionxtakingx whoresonx glassxgazingx superxserviceablex finical roguex one trunkxinheriting slavex one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good servicex and art nothing but the composition of a knavex beggarx cowardx panderx and the son and heir of a mongrel bitchx one whom i will beat into clamorous whiningx if thou deniest the least syllable of thy additionx oswaldx whyx what a monstrous fellow art thoux thus to rail on one thatxs neither known of thee nor knows theex kentx what a brazenxfaced varlet art thoux to deny thou knowest mex is it two days ago since i tripped up thy heels and beat thee before the kingx drawx you roguex forx though it be nightx yet the moon shinesx ixll make a sop ox the moonshine of youx drawx you whoreson cullionly barberxmongerx drawx xxdrawing his swordxxx oswaldx awayx i have nothing to do with theex kentx drawx you rascalx you come with letters against the kingx and take vanity the puppetxs part against the royalty of her fatherx drawx you roguex or ixll so carbonado your shanksxxdrawx you rascalx come your waysx oswaldx helpx hox murderx helpx kentx strikex you slavex standx roguex standx you neat slavex strikex xxbeating himxxx oswaldx helpx hox murderx murderx enter edmundx cornwallx reganx gloucester and servantsx edmundx how nowx whatxs the matterx partx kentx with youx goodman boyx if you pleasex comex ixll flesh yex come onx young masterx gloucesterx weaponsx armsx whatxs the matter herex cornwallx keep peacex upon your livesx he dies that strikes againx what is the matterx reganx the messengers from our sister and the kingx cornwallx what is your differencex speakx oswaldx i am scarce in breathx my lordx kentx no marvelx you have so bestirrxd your valourx you cowardly rascalx nature disclaims in theex a tailor made theex cornwallx thou art a strange fellowx a tailor make a manx kentx ayx a tailorx sirx a stonecutter or a painter could not have made him so illx though he had been but two years at the tradex cornwallx speak yetx how grew your quarrelx oswaldx this ancient ruffianx sirx whose life i have spared at suit of his grey beardxx kentx thou whoreson zedx thou unnecessary letterx my lordx if youxll give me leavex i will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with himx spare my grey beardx you wagtailx cornwallx peacex sirrahx you beastly knavex know you no reverencex kentx yesx sirx but anger hath a privilegex cornwallx why art thou angryx kentx that such a slave as this should wear a swordx who wears no honestyx such smiling rogues as thesex like ratsx oft bite the holy cords axtwain which are too intrince txunloosex smooth every passion that in the natures of their lords rebelx bring oil to firex snow to their colder moodsx renegex affirmx and turn their halcyon beaks with every gale and vary of their mastersx knowing naughtx like dogsx but followingx a plague upon your epileptic visagex smile you my speechesx as i were a foolx goosex if i had you upon sarum plainx ixd drive ye cackling home to camelotx cornwallx whatx art thou madx old fellowx gloucesterx how fell you outx say thatx kentx no contraries hold more antipathy than i and such a knavex cornwallx why dost thou call him knavex what is his faultx kentx his countenance likes me notx cornwallx no more perchance does minex or hisx or hersx kentx sirx xtis my occupation to be plainx i have seen better faces in my time than stands on any shoulder that i see before me at this instantx cornwallx this is some fellow whox having been praisxd for bluntnessx doth affect a saucy roughnessx and constrains the garb quite from his naturex he cannot flatterx hex an honest mind and plainx he must speak truthx an they will take itx sox if notx hexs plainx these kind of knaves i know which in this plainness harbour more craft and more corrupter ends than twenty sillyxducking observants that stretch their duties nicelyx kentx sirx in good faithx in sincere verityx under thxallowance of your great aspectx whose influencex like the wreath of radiant fire on flickering phoebusx frontxx cornwallx what meanxst by thisx kentx to go out of my dialectx which you discommend so muchx i knowx sirx i am no flattererx he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knavex whichx for my partx i will not bex though i should win your displeasure to entreat me toxtx cornwallx what was the offence you gave himx oswaldx i never gave him anyx it pleasxd the king his master very late to strike at mex upon his misconstructionx when hex compactx and flattering his displeasurex trippxd me behindx being downx insultedx railxd and put upon him such a deal of manx that worthied himx got praises of the king for him attempting who was selfxsubduxdx andx in the fleshment of this dread exploitx drew on me here againx kentx none of these rogues and cowards but ajax is their foolx cornwallx fetch forth the stocksx you stubborn ancient knavex you reverent braggartx wexll teach youx kentx sirx i am too old to learnx call not your stocks for mex i serve the kingx on whose employment i was sent to youx you shall do small respectx show too bold malice against the grace and person of my masterx stocking his messengerx cornwallx fetch forth the stocksx as i have life and honourx there shall he sit till noonx reganx till noonx till nightx my lordx and all night toox kentx whyx madamx if i were your fatherxs dogx you should not use me sox reganx sirx being his knavex i willx xxstocks brought outxxx cornwallx this is a fellow of the selfsame colour our sister speaks ofx comex bring away the stocksx gloucesterx let me beseech your grace not to do sox his fault is muchx and the good king his master will check him forxtx your purposxd low correction is such as basest and contemnedxst wretches for pilferings and most common trespassesx are punishxd withx the king must take it ill that hex so slightly valued in his messengerx should have him thus restrainedx cornwallx ixll answer thatx reganx my sister may receive it much more worsex to have her gentleman abusxdx assaultedx for following her affairsx put in his legsx xxkent is put in the stocksxxx cornwallx comex my good lordx awayx xxexeunt all but gloucester and kentxxx gloucesterx i am sorry for theex friendx xtis the dukexs pleasurex whose dispositionx all the world well knowsx will not be rubbxd nor stoppxdx ixll entreat for theex kentx pray do notx sirx i have watchxdx and travellxd hardx some time i shall sleep outx the rest ixll whistlex a good manxs fortune may grow out at heelsx give you good morrowx gloucesterx the dukexs to blame in thisx xtwill be ill takenx xxexitxxx kentx good kingx that must approve the common sawx thou out of heavenxs benediction comxst to the warm sunx approachx thou beacon to this under globex that by thy comfortable beams i may peruse this letterx nothing almost sees miracles but miseryx i know xtis from cordeliax who hath most fortunately been informxd of my obscured coursex and shall find time from this enormous statex seeking to give losses their remediesx all weary and oxerwatchxdx take vantagex heavy eyesx not to behold this shameful lodgingx fortunex good nightx smile once morex turn thy wheelx xxhe sleepsxxx scene iiix the open countryx enter edgarx edgarx i heard myself proclaimxdx and by the happy hollow of a tree escapxd the huntx no port is freex no place that guard and most unusual vigilance does not attend my takingx while i may scape i will preserve myselfx and am bethought to take the basest and most poorest shape that ever penury in contempt of manx brought near to beastx my face ixll grime with filthx blanket my loinsx elf all my hair in knotsx and with presented nakedness outface the winds and persecutions of the skyx the country gives me proof and precedent of bedlam beggarsx whox with roaring voicesx strike in their numbxd and mortified bare arms pinsx wooden pricksx nailsx sprigs of rosemaryx and with this horrible objectx from low farmsx poor pelting villagesx sheepxcotesx and millsx sometime with lunatic bansx sometime with prayersx enforce their charityx poor turlygodx poor tomx thatxs something yetx edgar i nothing amx xxexitxxx scene ivx before gloucesterxs castlex kent in the stocksx enter learx fool and gentlemanx learx xtis strange that they should so depart from homex and not send back my messengerx gentlemanx as i learnxdx the night before there was no purpose in them of this removex kentx hail to theex noble masterx learx hax makxst thou this shame thy pastimex kentx nox my lordx foolx hax hax he wears cruel gartersx horses are tied by the headsx dogs and bears by the neckx monkeys by the loinsx and men by the legsx when a man is overlusty at legsx then he wears wooden netherxstocksx learx whatxs he that hath so much thy place mistook to set thee herex kentx it is both he and shex your son and daughterx learx nox kentx yesx learx nox i sayx kentx i sayx yeax learx nox nox they would notx kentx yesx they havex learx by jupiterx i swear nox kentx by junox i swear ayx learx they durst not doxtx they could notx would not doxtx xtis worse than murderx to do upon respect such violent outragex resolve mex with all modest hastex which way thou mightst deserve or they impose this usagex coming from usx kentx my lordx when at their home i did commend your highnessx letters to themx ere i was risen from the place that showxd my duty kneelingx came there a reeking postx stewxd in his hastex half breathlessx panting forth from goneril his mistress salutationsx deliverxd lettersx spite of intermissionx which presently they readx on those contentsx they summonxd up their meinyx straight took horsex commanded me to follow and attend the leisure of their answerx gave me cold looksx and meeting here the other messengerx whose welcome i perceivxd had poisonxd minex being the very fellow which of late displayxd so saucily against your highnessx having more man than wit about mex drewx he raisxd the house with loud and coward criesx your son and daughter found this trespass worth the shame which here it suffersx foolx winterxs not gone yetx if the wild geese fly that wayx fathers that wear rags do make their children blindx but fathers that bear bags shall see their children kindx fortunex that arrant whorex nexer turns the key to thx poorx but for all thisx thou shalt have as many dolours for thy daughters as thou canst tell in a yearx learx ox how this mother swells up toward my heartx xhysterica passioxx downx thou climbing sorrowx thy elementxs belowx where is this daughterx kentx with the earlx sirx here withinx learx follow me notx stay herex xxexitxxx gentlemanx made you no more offence but what you speak ofx kentx nonex how chance the king comes with so small a numberx foolx an thou hadst been set ix the stocks for that questionx thou hadst well deserved itx kentx whyx foolx foolx wexll set thee to school to an antx to teach thee therexs no labouring ixthe winterx all that follow their noses are led by their eyes but blind menx and therexs not a nose among twenty but can smell him thatxs stinkingx let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hillx lest it break thy neck with following itx but the great one that goes upwardx let him draw thee afterx when a wise man gives thee better counselx give me mine againx i would have none but knaves follow itx since a fool gives itx that sir which serves and seeks for gainx and follows but for formx will pack when it begins to rainx and leave thee in the stormx but i will tarryx the fool will stayx and let the wise man flyx the knave turns fool that runs awayx the fool no knave perdyx kentx where learnxd you thisx foolx foolx not ix the stocksx foolx enter lear and gloucesterx learx deny to speak with mex they are sickx they are wearyx they have travellxd all the nightx mere fetchesx the images of revolt and flying offx fetch me a better answerx gloucesterx my dear lordx you know the fiery quality of the dukex how unremovable and fixxd he is in his own coursex learx vengeancex plaguex deathx confusionx fieryx what qualityx whyx gloucesterx gloucesterx ixd speak with the duke of cornwall and his wifex gloucesterx wellx my good lordx i have informxd them sox learx informxd themx dost thou understand mex manx gloucesterx ayx my good lordx learx the king would speak with cornwallx the dear father would with his daughter speakx commandsx tendsx servicex are they informxd of thisx my breath and bloodx fieryx the fiery dukex tell the hot duke thatx nox but not yetx maybe he is not wellx infirmity doth still neglect all office whereto our health is boundx we are not ourselves when naturex being oppressxdx commands the mind to suffer with the bodyx ixll forbearx and am fallen out with my more headier willx to take the indisposxd and sickly fit for the sound manx xxlooking on kentxxx death on my statex wherefore should he sit herex this act persuades me that this remotion of the duke and her is practice onlyx give me my servant forthx go tell the duke andxs wife ixd speak with themx nowx presentlyx bid them come forth and hear mex or at their chamber door ixll beat the drum till it cry sleep to deathx gloucesterx i would have all well betwixt youx xxexitxxx learx o mex my heartx my rising heartx but downx foolx cry to itx nunclex as the cockney did to the eels when she put xem ix the paste alivex she knapped xem ox the coxcombs with a stick and cried xdownx wantonsx downxx xtwas her brother thatx in pure kindness to his horse buttered his hayx enter cornwallx reganx gloucester and servantsx learx good morrow to you bothx cornwallx hail to your gracex xxkent here set at libertyxxx reganx i am glad to see your highnessx learx reganx i think you arex i know what reason i have to think sox if thou shouldst not be gladx i would divorce me from thy motherxs tombx sepulchring an adultressx xxto kentxx ox are you freex some other time for thatxxbeloved reganx thy sisterxs naughtx o reganx she hath tied sharpxtoothxd unkindnessx like a vulturex herex xxpoints to his heartxxx i can scarce speak to theex thouxlt not believe with how depravxd a qualityxo reganx reganx i pray youx sirx take patiencex i have hope you less know how to value her desert than she to scant her dutyx learx sayx how is thatx reganx i cannot think my sister in the least would fail her obligationx ifx sirx perchance she have restrainxd the riots of your followersx xtis on such groundx and to such wholesome endx as clears her from all blamex learx my curses on herx reganx ox sirx you are oldx nature in you stands on the very verge of her confinex you should be rulxd and led by some discretionx that discerns your state better than you yourselfx therefore i pray youx that to our sister you do make returnx say you have wrongxd herx sirx learx ask her forgivenessx do you but mark how this becomes the housex xdear daughterx i confess that i am oldx xxkneelingxxx age is unnecessaryx on my knees i beg that youxll vouchsafe me raimentx bedx and foodxx reganx good sirx no morex these are unsightly tricksx return you to my sisterx learx xxrisingxxx neverx reganx she hath abated me of half my trainx lookxd black upon mex struck me with her tonguex most serpentxlikex upon the very heartx all the storxd vengeances of heaven fall on her ingrateful topx strike her young bonesx you taking airsx with lamenessx cornwallx fiex sirx fiex learx you nimble lightningsx dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyesx infect her beautyx you fenxsuckxd fogsx drawn by the powerful sunx to fall and blast her pridex reganx o the blest godsx so will you wish on me when the rash mood is onx learx nox reganx thou shalt never have my cursex thy tenderxhefted nature shall not give thee oxer to harshnessx her eyes are fiercex but thine do comfortx and not burnx xtis not in thee to grudge my pleasuresx to cut off my trainx to bandy hasty wordsx to scant my sizesx andx in conclusionx to oppose the bolt against my coming inx thou better knowxst the offices of naturex bond of childhoodx effects of courtesyx dues of gratitudex thy half ox the kingdom hast thou not forgotx wherein i thee endowxdx reganx good sirx to the purposex learx who put my man ix the stocksx xxtucket withinxxx cornwallx what trumpetxs thatx reganx i knowxtx my sisterxsx this approves her letterx that she would soon be herex enter oswaldx is your lady comex learx this is a slavex whose easy borrowed pride dwells in the fickle grace of her he followsx outx varletx from my sightx cornwallx what means your gracex learx who stockxd my servantx reganx i have good hope thou didst not know onxtx who comes herex o heavensx enter gonerilx if you do love old menx if your sweet sway allow obediencex if yourselves are oldx make it your causex send downx and take my partx xxto gonerilxxx art not ashamxd to look upon this beardx o reganx wilt thou take her by the handx gonerilx why not by the handx sirx how have i offendedx allxs not offence that indiscretion finds and dotage terms sox learx o sidesx you are too toughx will you yet holdx how came my man ix the stocksx cornwallx i set him therex sirx but his own disorders deservxd much less advancementx learx youx did youx reganx i pray youx fatherx being weakx seem sox ifx till the expiration of your monthx you will return and sojourn with my sisterx dismissing half your trainx come then to mex i am now from homex and out of that provision which shall be needful for your entertainmentx learx return to herx and fifty men dismissxdx nox rather i abjure all roofsx and choose to wage against the enmity ox the airx to be a comrade with the wolf and owlx necessityxs sharp pinchx return with herx whyx the hotxblooded francex that dowerless took our youngest bornx i could as well be brought to knee his thronex andx squirexlikex pension beg to keep base life afootx return with herx persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter to this detested groomx xxpointing to oswaldxxx gonerilx at your choicex sirx learx i prytheex daughterx do not make me madx i will not trouble theex my childx farewellx wexll no more meetx no more see one anotherx but yet thou art my fleshx my bloodx my daughterx or rather a disease thatxs in my fleshx which i must needs call minex thou art a boilx a plague sorex or embossed carbuncle in my corrupted bloodx but ixll not chide theex let shame come when it willx i do not call itx i do not bid the thunderxbearer shootx nor tell tales of thee to highxjudging jovex mend when thou canstx be better at thy leisurex i can be patientx i can stay with reganx i and my hundred knightsx reganx not altogether sox i lookxd not for you yetx nor am provided for your fit welcomex give earx sirx to my sisterx for those that mingle reason with your passion must be content to think you oldx and sox but she knows what she doesx learx is this well spokenx reganx i dare avouch itx sirx whatx fifty followersx is it not wellx what should you need of morex yeax or so manyx sith that both charge and danger speak xgainst so great a numberx how in one house should many peoplex under two commandsx hold amityx xtis hardx almost impossiblex gonerilx why might not youx my lordx receive attendance from those that she calls servantsx or from minex reganx why notx my lordx if then they chancxd to slack yex we could control themx if you will come to mexx for now i spy a dangerxxi entreat you to bring but fivexandxtwentyx to no more will i give place or noticex learx i gave you allxx reganx and in good time you gave itx learx made you my guardiansx my depositariesx but kept a reservation to be followed with such a numberx whatx must i come to you with fivexandxtwentyx reganx said you sox reganx and speakxt again my lordx no more with mex learx those wicked creatures yet do look wellxfavourxd when others are more wickedx not being the worst stands in some rank of praisex xxto gonerilxxx ixll go with theex thy fifty yet doth double fivexandxtwentyx and thou art twice her lovex gonerilx hear mex my lordx what need you fivexandxtwentyx tenx or fivex to follow in a house where twice so many have a command to tend youx reganx what need onex learx ox reason not the needx our basest beggars are in the poorest thing superfluousx allow not nature more than nature needsx manxs life is cheap as beastxsx thou art a ladyx if only to go warm were gorgeousx whyx nature needs not what thou gorgeous wearxst which scarcely keeps thee warmx butx for true needxx you heavensx give me that patiencex patience i needx you see me herex you godsx a poor old manx as full of grief as agex wretched in bothx if it be you that stirs these daughtersx hearts against their fatherx fool me not so much to bear it tamelyx touch me with noble angerx and let not womenxs weaponsx waterxdropsx stain my manxs cheeksx nox you unnatural hagsx i will have such revenges on you both that all the world shallxxi will do such thingsxx what they are yetx i know notx but they shall be the terrors of the earthx you think ixll weepx nox ixll not weepxx xxstorm and tempestxxx i have full cause of weepingx but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws or ere ixll weepxxo foolx i shall go madx xxexeunt learx gloucesterx kent and foolxxx cornwallx let us withdrawx xtwill be a stormx reganx this house is littlex the old man and his people cannot be well bestowxdx gonerilx xtis his own blamex hath put himself from rest and must needs taste his follyx reganx for his particularx ixll receive him gladlyx but not one followerx gonerilx so am i purposxdx where is my lord of gloucesterx enter gloucesterx cornwallx followed the old man forthx he is returnxdx gloucesterx the king is in high ragex cornwallx whither is he goingx gloucesterx he calls to horsex but will i know not whitherx cornwallx xtis best to give him wayx he leads himselfx gonerilx my lordx entreat him by no means to stayx gloucesterx alackx the night comes onx and the high winds do sorely rufflex for many miles about therexs scarce a bushx reganx ox sirx to wilful men the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmastersx shut up your doorsx he is attended with a desperate trainx and what they may incense him tox being apt to have his ear abusxdx wisdom bids fearx cornwallx shut up your doorsx my lordx xtis a wild nightx my regan counsels wellx come out ox the stormx xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix a heathx a storm with thunder and lightningx enter kent and a gentlemanx severallyx kentx whoxs therex besides foul weatherx gentlemanx one minded like the weatherx most unquietlyx kentx i know youx wherexs the kingx gentlemanx contending with the fretful elementsx bids the wind blow the earth into the seax or swell the curled waters xbove the mainx that things might change or ceasex tears his white hairx which the impetuous blasts with eyeless ragex catch in their fury and make nothing ofx strives in his little world of man to outscorn the toxandxfroxconflicting wind and rainx this nightx wherein the cubxdrawn bear would couchx the lion and the bellyxpinched wolf keep their fur dryx unbonneted he runsx and bids what will take allx kentx but who is with himx gentlemanx none but the foolx who labours to outxjest his heartxstruck injuriesx kentx sirx i do know youx and darex upon the warrant of my note commend a dear thing to youx there is divisionx although as yet the face of it be coverxd with mutual cunningx xtwixt albany and cornwallx who havex as who have notx that their great stars thronexd and set highx servantsx who seem no lessx which are to france the spies and speculations intelligent of our statex what hath been seenx either in snuffs and packings of the dukesx or the hard rein which both of them have borne against the old kind kingx or something deeperx whereofx perchancex these are but furnishingsxx butx true it isx from france there comes a power into this scatterxd kingdomx who alreadyx wise in our negligencex have secret feet in some of our best portsx and are at point to show their open bannerxxnow to youx if on my credit you dare build so far to make your speed to doverx you shall find some that will thank you making just report of how unnatural and bemadding sorrow the king hath cause to plainx i am a gentleman of blood and breedingx and from some knowledge and assurance offer this office to youx gentlemanx i will talk further with youx kentx nox do notx for confirmation that i am much more than my outxwallx open this pursex and take what it containsx if you shall see cordeliax as fear not but you shallx show her this ringx and she will tell you who your fellow is that yet you do not knowx fie on this stormx i will go seek the kingx gentlemanx give me your handx have you no more to sayx kentx few wordsx butx to effectx more than all yetx thatx when we have found the kingx in which your pain that wayx ixll thisx he that first lights on him holla the otherx xxexeuntxxx scene iix another part of the heathx storm continuesx enter lear and foolx learx blowx windsx and crack your cheeksx ragex blowx you cataracts and hurricanoesx spout till you have drenchxd our steeplesx drownxd the cocksx you sulphurous and thoughtxexecuting firesx vauntxcouriers to oakxcleaving thunderboltsx singe my white headx and thoux allxshaking thunderx strike flat the thick rotundity ox the worldx crack naturexs mouldsx all germens spill at oncex that make ingrateful manx foolx o nunclex court holyxwater in a dry house is better than this rainxwater out ox doorx good nunclex inx and ask thy daughters blessingx herexs a night pities neither wise men nor foolsx learx rumble thy bellyfulx spitx firex spoutx rainx nor rainx windx thunderx fire are my daughtersx i tax not youx you elementsx with unkindnessx i never gave you kingdomx callxd you childrenx you owe me no subscriptionx then let fall your horrible pleasurex here i stand your slavex a poorx infirmx weakx and despisxd old manx but yet i call you servile ministersx that will with two pernicious daughters join your highxengenderxd battles xgainst a head so old and white as thisx ox ox xtis foulx foolx he that has a house to putxs head in has a good headxpiecex the codpiece that will house before the head has anyx the head and he shall lousex so beggars marry manyx the man that makes his toe what he his heart should make shall of a corn cry woex and turn his sleep to wakex for there was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glassx learx nox i will be the pattern of all patiencex i will say nothingx enter kentx kentx whoxs therex foolx marryx herexs grace and a codpiecex thatxs a wise man and a foolx kentx alasx sirx are you herex things that love night love not such nights as thesex the wrathful skies gallow the very wanderers of the darkx and make them keep their cavesx since i was manx such sheets of firex such bursts of horrid thunderx such groans of roaring wind and rain i never remember to have heardx manxs nature cannot carry thxafflictionx nor the fearx learx let the great godsx that keep this dreadful pudder oxer our headsx find out their enemies nowx tremblex thou wretchx that hast within thee undivulged crimes unwhippxd of justicex hide theex thou bloody handx thou perjurxdx and thou simular of virtue that art incestuousx caitiffx to pieces shake that under covert and convenient seeming hast practisxd on manxs lifex close pentxup guiltsx rive your concealing continentsx and cry these dreadful summoners gracex i am a man more sinnxd against than sinningx kentx alackx bareheadedx gracious my lordx hard by here is a hovelx some friendship will it lend you xgainst the tempestx repose you therex whilst i to this hard housexx more harder than the stones whereof xtis raisxdx which even but nowx demanding after youx denied me to come inxxreturnx and force their scanted courtesyx learx my wits begin to turnx come onx my boyx how dostx my boyx art coldx i am cold myselfx where is this strawx my fellowx the art of our necessities is strangex that can make vile things preciousx comex your hovelx poor fool and knavex i have one part in my heart thatxs sorry yet for theex foolx xxsingingxxx he that has and a little tiny witx with heighxhox the wind and the rainx must make content with his fortunes fitx though the rain it raineth every dayx learx truex boyx comex bring us to this hovelx xxexeunt lear and kentxxx foolx this is a brave night to cool a courtezanx ixll speak a prophecy ere i gox when priests are more in word than matterx when brewers mar their malt with waterx when nobles are their tailorsx tutorsx no heretics burnxdx but wenchesx suitorsx when every case in law is rightx no squire in debtx nor no poor knightx when slanders do not live in tonguesx nor cutxpurses come not to throngsx when usurers tell their gold ix the fieldx and bawds and whores do churches buildx then shall the realm of albion come to great confusionx then comes the timex who lives to seextx that going shall be usxd with feetx this prophecy merlin shall makex for i live before his timex xxexitxxx scene iiix a room in gloucesterxs castlex enter gloucester and edmundx gloucesterx alackx alackx edmundx i like not this unnatural dealingx when i desired their leave that i might pity himx they took from me the use of mine own housex charged me on pain of perpetual displeasurex neither to speak of himx entreat for himx or any way sustain himx edmundx most savage and unnaturalx gloucesterx go tox say you nothingx there is division between the dukesx and a worse matter than thatx i have received a letter this nightxxxtis dangerous to be spokenxxi have locked the letter in my closetx these injuries the king now bears will be revenged homex therexs part of a power already footedx we must incline to the kingx i will look himx and privily relieve himx go you and maintain talk with the dukex that my charity be not of him perceivedx if he ask for mex i am illx and gone to bedx if i die for itx as no less is threatened mex the king my old master must be relievedx there is some strange thing towardx edmundx pray you be carefulx xxexitxxx edmundx this courtesyx forbid theex shall the duke instantly knowx and of that letter toox this seems a fair deservingx and must draw me that which my father losesx no less than allx the younger rises when the old doth fallx xxexitxxx scene ivx a part of the heath with a hovelx storm continuesx enter learx kent and foolx kentx here is the placex my lordx good my lordx enterx the tyranny of the open nightxs too rough for nature to endurex learx let me alonex kentx good my lordx enter herex learx wilt break my heartx kentx i had rather break mine ownx good my lordx enterx learx thou thinkxst xtis much that this contentious storm invades us to the skinx so xtis to theex but where the greater malady is fixxdx the lesser is scarce feltx thouxdst shun a bearx but if thy flight lay toward the raging seax thouxdst meet the bear ix the mouthx when the mindxs freex the bodyxs delicatex the tempest in my mind doth from my senses take all feeling else save what beats therex filial ingratitudex is it not as this mouth should tear this hand for lifting food toxtx but i will punish homex nox i will weep no morex in such a night to shut me outx pour onx i will endurex in such a night as thisx o reganx gonerilx your old kind fatherx whose frank heart gave allx ox that way madness liesx let me shun thatx no more of thatx kentx good my lordx enter herex learx prythee go in thyselfx seek thine own easex this tempest will not give me leave to ponder on things would hurt me morex but ixll go inx xxto the foolxxx inx boyx go firstx you houseless povertyx nayx get thee inx ixll prayx and then ixll sleepx xxfool goes inxxx poor naked wretchesx wheresoexer you arex that bide the pelting of this pitiless stormx how shall your houseless heads and unfed sidesx your loopxd and windowxd raggednessx defend you from seasons such as thesex ox i have taxen too little care of thisx take physicx pompx expose thyself to feel what wretches feelx that thou mayst shake the superflux to them and show the heavens more justx edgarx xxwithinxxx fathom and halfx fathom and halfx poor tomx xxthe fool runs out from the hovelxxx foolx come not in herex nunclex herexs a spiritx help mex help mex kentx give me thy handx whoxs therex foolx a spiritx a spiritx he says his namexs poor tomx kentx what art thou that dost grumble there ix the strawx come forthx enter edgarx disguised as a madmanx edgarx awayx the foul fiend follows mex through the sharp hawthorn blows the cold windx humhx go to thy cold bedx and warm theex learx didst thou give all to thy two daughtersx and art thou come to thisx edgarx who gives anything to poor tomx whom the foul fiend hath led through fire and through flamex through ford and whirlpoolx oxer bog and quagmirex that hath laid knives under his pillow and halters in his pewx set ratsbane by his porridgex made him proud of heartx to ride on a bay trotting horse over fourxinched bridgesx to course his own shadow for a traitorx bless thy five witsx xtomxs axcoldx ox dox dex dox dex dox dex bless thee from whirlwindsx starxblastingx and takingx do poor tom some charityx whom the foul fiend vexesx there could i have him nowx and therexxand there againx and therex xxstorm continuesxxx learx whatx have his daughters brought him to this passx couldst thou save nothingx didst thou give xem allx foolx nayx he reservxd a blanketx else we had been all shamedx learx now all the plagues that in the pendulous air hang fated oxer menxs faults light on thy daughtersx kentx he hath no daughtersx sirx learx deathx traitorx nothing could have subduxd nature to such a lowness but his unkind daughtersx is it the fashion that discarded fathers should have thus little mercy on their fleshx judicious punishmentx xtwas this flesh begot those pelican daughtersx edgarx pillicock sat on pillicock hillx alowx alowx loo loox foolx this cold night will turn us all to fools and madmenx edgarx take heed ox thx foul fiendx obey thy parentsx keep thy word justlyx swear notx commit not with manxs sworn spousex set not thy sweetxheart on proud arrayx tomxs axcoldx learx what hast thou beenx edgarx a servingxmanx proud in heart and mindx that curled my hairx wore gloves in my capx served the lust of my mistressx heartx and did the act of darkness with herx swore as many oaths as i spake wordsx and broke them in the sweet face of heavenx one that slept in the contriving of lustx and waked to do itx wine loved i deeplyx dice dearlyx and in woman outxparamourxd the turkx false of heartx light of earx bloody of handx hog in slothx fox in stealthx wolf in greedinessx dog in madnessx lion in preyx let not the creaking of shoes nor the rustling of silks betray thy poor heart to womanx keep thy foot out of brothelsx thy hand out of placketsx thy pen from lenderxs bookx and defy the foul fiendx still through the hawthorn blows the cold windx says suumx munx nonnyx dolphin my boyx boyx sessax let him trot byx xxstorm still continuesxxx learx whyx thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skiesx is man no more than thisx consider him wellx thou owest the worm no silkx the beast no hidex the sheep no woolx the cat no perfumex hax herexs three onxs are sophisticatedx thou art the thing itselfx unaccommodated man is no more but such a poorx barex forked animal as thou artx offx offx you lendingsx comex unbutton herex xxtears off his clothesxxx foolx prytheex nunclex be contentedx xtis a naughty night to swim inx now a little fire in a wild field were like an old lecherxs heartx a small sparkx all the rest onxs body coldx lookx here comes a walking firex edgarx this is the foul fiend flibbertigibbetx he begins at curfewx and walks till the first cockx he gives the web and the pinx squints the eyex and makes the harelipx mildews the white wheatx and hurts the poor creature of earthx swithold footed thrice the oldx he met the nightmarex and her ninexfoldx bid her alight and her troth plightx and aroint theex witchx aroint theex kentx how fares your gracex enter gloucester with a torchx learx whatxs hex kentx whoxs therex what isxt you seekx gloucesterx what are you therex your namesx edgarx poor tomx that eats the swimming frogx the toadx the todpolex the wallxnewt and the waterx that in the fury of his heartx when the foul fiend ragesx eats cowxdung for salletsx swallows the old rat and the ditchxdogx drinks the green mantle of the standing poolx who is whipped from tithing to tithingx and stockedx punishedx and imprisonedx who hath had three suits to his backx six shirts to his bodyx horse to ridex and weapon to wearx but mice and rats and such small deerx have been tomxs food for seven long yearx beware my followerx peacex smulkinx peacex thou fiendx gloucesterx whatx hath your grace no better companyx edgarx the prince of darkness is a gentlemanx modo hexs callxdx and mahux gloucesterx our flesh and bloodx my lordx is grown so vile that it doth hate what gets itx edgarx poor tomxs axcoldx gloucesterx go in with mex my duty cannot suffer txobey in all your daughtersx hard commandsx though their injunction be to bar my doorsx and let this tyrannous night take hold upon youx yet have i venturxd to come seek you outx and bring you where both fire and food is readyx learx first let me talk with this philosopherx what is the cause of thunderx kentx good my lordx take his offerx go into the housex learx ixll talk a word with this same learned thebanx what is your studyx edgarx how to prevent the fiend and to kill verminx learx let me ask you one word in privatex kentx importune him once more to gox my lordx his wits begin txunsettlex gloucesterx canst thou blame himx his daughters seek his deathx ahx that good kentx he said it would be thusx poor banishxd manx thou sayest the king grows madx ixll tell theex friendx i am almost mad myselfx i had a sonx now outlawxd from my bloodx he sought my life but latelyx very latex i lovxd himx friendx no father his son dearerx true to tell theex xxstorm continuesxxx the grief hath crazxd my witsx what a nightxs thisx i do beseech your gracex learx ox cry you mercyx sirx noble philosopherx your companyx edgarx tomxs axcoldx gloucesterx inx fellowx therex into the hovelx keep thee warmx learx comex letxs in allx kentx this wayx my lordx learx with himx i will keep still with my philosopherx kentx good my lordx soothe himx let him take the fellowx gloucesterx take him you onx kentx sirrahx come onx go along with usx learx comex good athenianx gloucesterx no wordsx no wordsx hushx edgarx child rowland to the dark tower camex his word was stillxfiex fohx and fumx i smell the blood of a british manx xxexeuntxxx scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex enter cornwall and edmundx cornwallx i will have my revenge ere i depart his housex edmundx howx my lordx i may be censuredx that nature thus gives way to loyaltyx something fears me to think ofx cornwallx i now perceive it was not altogether your brotherxs evil disposition made him seek his deathx but a provoking meritx set axwork by a reproveable badness in himselfx edmundx how malicious is my fortunex that i must repent to be justx this is the letter he spoke ofx which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of francex o heavensx that this treason were notx or not i the detectorx cornwallx go with me to the duchessx edmundx if the matter of this paper be certainx you have mighty business in handx cornwallx true or falsex it hath made thee earl of gloucesterx seek out where thy father isx that he may be ready for our apprehensionx edmundx xxasidexxx if i find him comforting the kingx it will stuff his suspicion more fullyx i will persever in my course of loyaltyx though the conflict be sore between that and my bloodx cornwallx i will lay trust upon theex and thou shalt find a dearer father in my lovex xxexeuntxxx scene vix a chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castlex enter gloucesterx learx kentx fool and edgarx gloucesterx here is better than the open airx take it thankfullyx i will piece out the comfort with what addition i canx i will not be long from youx kentx all the power of his wits have given way to his impatiencexx the gods reward your kindnessx xxexit gloucesterxxx edgarx frateretto calls mex and tells me nero is an angler in the lake of darknessx prayx innocentx and beware the foul fiendx foolx prytheex nunclex tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeomanx learx a kingx a kingx foolx nox hexs a yeoman that has a gentleman to his sonx for hexs a mad yeoman that sees his son a gentleman before himx learx to have a thousand with red burning spits come hissing in upon xemx edgarx the foul fiend bites my backx foolx hexs mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolfx a horsexs healthx a boyxs lovex or a whorexs oathx learx it shall be donex i will arraign them straightx xxto edgarxxx comex sit thou herex most learned justicerx xxto the foolxxx thoux sapient sirx sit herex nowx you shexfoxesxx edgarx lookx where he stands and glaresx wantxst thou eyes at trialx madamx come oxer the bournx bessyx to mex foolx her boat hath a leakx and she must not speak why she dares not come over to theex edgarx the foul fiend haunts poor tom in the voice of a nightingalex hoppedance cries in tomxs belly for two white herringx croak notx black angelx i have no food for theex kentx how do youx sirx stand you not so amazxdx will you lie down and rest upon the cushionsx learx ixll see their trial firstx bring in their evidencex xxto edgarxxx thoux robed man of justicex take thy placex xxto the foolxxx and thoux his yokefellow of equityx bench by his sidex xxto kentxxx you are ox the commissionx sit you toox edgarx let us deal justlyx sleepest or wakest thoux jolly shepherdx thy sheep be in the cornx and for one blast of thy minikin mouth thy sheep shall take no harmx purrx the cat is greyx learx arraign her firstx xtis gonerilx i here take my oath before this honourable assemblyx she kicked the poor king her fatherx foolx come hitherx mistressx is your name gonerilx learx she cannot deny itx foolx cry you mercyx i took you for a jointxstoolx learx and herexs anotherx whose warpxd looks proclaim what store her heart is made onx stop her therex armsx armsx swordx firex corruption in the placex false justicerx why hast thou let her xscapex edgarx bless thy five witsx kentx o pityx sirx where is the patience now that you so oft have boasted to retainx edgarx xxasidexxx my tears begin to take his part so much they mar my counterfeitingx learx the little dogs and allx treyx blanchx and sweetheartx seex they bark at mex edgarx tom will throw his head at themx avauntx you cursx be thy mouth or black or whitex tooth that poisons if it bitex mastiffx greyhoundx mongrel grimx hound or spanielx brach or himx or bobtail tike or trundlextailx tom will make them weep and wailx forx with throwing thus my headx dogs leap the hatchx and all are fledx dox dex dex dex sessax comex march to wakes and fairs and market townsx poor tomx thy horn is dryx learx then let them anatomize reganx see what breeds about her heartx is there any cause in nature that makes these hard heartsx xxto edgarxxx youx sirx i entertain you for one of my hundredx only i do not like the fashion of your garmentsx youxll say they are persianx but let them be changedx kentx nowx good my lordx lie here and rest awhilex learx make no noisex make no noisex draw the curtainsx sox sox wexll go to supper ix the morningx foolx and ixll go to bed at noonx enter gloucesterx gloucesterx come hitherx friendx where is the king my masterx kentx herex sirx but trouble him notx his wits are gonex gloucesterx good friendx i prytheex take him in thy armsx i have oxerheard a plot of death upon himx there is a litter readyx lay him inxt and drive towards doverx friendx where thou shalt meet both welcome and protectionx take up thy masterx if thou shouldst dally half an hourx his lifex with thinex and all that offer to defend himx stand in assured lossx take upx take upx and follow mex that will to some provision give thee quick conductx kentx oppressed nature sleepsx this rest might yet have balmxd thy broken sinewsx whichx if convenience will not allowx stand in hard curex comex help to bear thy masterx xxto the foolxxx thou must not stay behindx gloucesterx comex comex awayx xxexeunt kentx gloucester and the fool bearing off learxxx edgarx when we our betters see bearing our woesx we scarcely think our miseries our foesx who alone suffersx suffers most ix the mindx leaving free things and happy shows behindx but then the mind much sufferance doth oxerskip when grief hath matesx and bearing fellowshipx how light and portable my pain seems nowx when that which makes me bend makes the king bowx he childed as i fatheredx tomx awayx mark the high noisesx and thyself bewrayx when false opinionx whose wrong thoughts defile theex in thy just proof repeals and reconciles theex what will hap more tonightx safe xscape the kingx lurkx lurkx xxexitxxx scene viix a room in gloucesterxs castlex enter cornwallx reganx gonerilx edmund and servantsx cornwallx post speedily to my lord your husbandx show him this letterx the army of france is landedx seek out the traitor gloucesterx xxexeunt some of the servantsxxx reganx hang him instantlyx gonerilx pluck out his eyesx cornwallx leave him to my displeasurex edmundx keep you our sister companyx the revenges we are bound to take upon your traitorous father are not fit for your beholdingx advise the duke where you are goingx to a most festinate preparationx we are bound to the likex our posts shall be swift and intelligent betwixt usx farewellx dear sisterx farewellx my lord of gloucesterx enter oswaldx how nowx wherexs the kingx oswaldx my lord of gloucester hath conveyxd him hencex some five or six and thirty of his knightsx hot questrists after himx met him at gatex whox with some other of the lordxs dependantsx are gone with him toward doverx where they boast to have wellxarmed friendsx cornwallx get horses for your mistressx gonerilx farewellx sweet lordx and sisterx cornwallx edmundx farewellx xxexeunt gonerilx edmund and oswaldxxx go seek the traitor gloucesterx pinion him like a thiefx bring him before usx xxexeunt other servantsxxx though well we may not pass upon his life without the form of justicex yet our power shall do a courtesy to our wrathx which men may blamex but not controlx whoxs therex the traitorx enter gloucester and servantsx reganx ingrateful foxx xtis hex cornwallx bind fast his corky armsx gloucesterx what mean your gracesx good my friendsx consider you are my guestsx do me no foul playx friendsx cornwallx bind himx i sayx xxservants bind himxxx reganx hardx hardx o filthy traitorx gloucesterx unmerciful lady as you arex ixm nonex cornwallx to this chair bind himx villainx thou shalt findx xxregan plucks his beardxxx gloucesterx by the kind godsx xtis most ignobly done to pluck me by the beardx reganx so whitex and such a traitorx gloucesterx naughty ladyx these hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin will quickenx and accuse theex i am your hostx with robberxs hands my hospitable favours you should not ruffle thusx what will you dox cornwallx comex sirx what letters had you late from francex reganx be simple answerxdx for we know the truthx cornwallx and what confederacy have you with the traitorsx late footed in the kingdomx reganx to whose hands have you sent the lunatic kingx speakx gloucesterx i have a letter guessingly set downx which came from one thatxs of a neutral heartx and not from one opposxdx cornwallx cunningx reganx and falsex cornwallx where hast thou sent the kingx gloucesterx to doverx reganx wherefore to doverx wast thou not chargxd at perilxx cornwallx wherefore to doverx let him first answer thatx gloucesterx i am tied to the stakex and i must stand the coursex reganx wherefore to doverx sirx gloucesterx because i would not see thy cruel nails pluck out his poor old eyesx nor thy fierce sister in his anointed flesh stick boarish fangsx the seax with such a storm as his bare head in hellxblack night endurxdx would have buoyxd upx and quenchxd the stelled firesx yetx poor old heartx he holp the heavens to rainx if wolves had at thy gate howlxd that stern timex thou shouldst have saidx xgood porterx turn the keyxx all cruels else subscribxdx but i shall see the winged vengeance overtake such childrenx cornwallx seext shalt thou neverx fellowsx hold the chairx upon these eyes of thine ixll set my footx xxgloucester is held down in his chairx while cornwall plucks out one of his eyes and sets his foot on itxxx gloucesterx he that will think to live till he be oldx give me some helpxxo cruelx o you godsx reganx one side will mock anotherx the other toox cornwallx if you see vengeancex first servantx hold your handx my lordx i have servxd you ever since i was a childx but better service have i never done you than now to bid you holdx reganx how nowx you dogx first servantx if you did wear a beard upon your chinx ixd shake it on this quarrelx what do you meanx cornwallx my villainx xxdrawsx and runs at himxxx first servantx nayx thenx come onx and take the chance of angerx xxdrawsx they fightx cornwall is woundedxxx reganx xxto another servantxxx give me thy swordx a peasant stand up thusx xxsnatches a swordx comes behindx and stabs himxxx first servantx ox i am slainx my lordx you have one eye left to see some mischief on himx ox xxdiesxxx cornwallx lest it see morex prevent itx outx vile jellyx where is thy lustre nowx xxtears out gloucesterxs other eye and throws it on the groundxxx gloucesterx all dark and comfortlessx wherexs my son edmundx edmundx enkindle all the sparks of nature to quit this horrid actx reganx outx treacherous villainx thou callxst on him that hates theex it was he that made the overture of thy treasons to usx who is too good to pity theex gloucesterx o my folliesx then edgar was abusxdx kind godsx forgive me thatx and prosper himx reganx go thrust him out at gatesx and let him smell his way to doverx how isxtx my lordx how look youx cornwallx i have receivxd a hurtx follow mex ladyx turn out that eyeless villainx throw this slave upon the dunghillx reganx i bleed apacex untimely comes this hurtx give me your armx xxexit cornwallx led by reganx servants unbind gloucester and lead him outxxx second servantx ixll never care what wickedness i dox if this man come to goodx third servantx if she live longx and in the end meet the old course of deathx women will all turn monstersx second servantx letxs follow the old earlx and get the bedlam to lead him where he wouldx his roguish madness allows itself to anythingx third servantx go thoux ixll fetch some flax and whites of eggs to apply to his bleeding facex now heaven help himx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix the heathx enter edgarx edgarx yet better thusx and known to be contemnxdx than still contemnxd and flatterxdx to be worstx the lowest and most dejected thing of fortunex stands still in esperancex lives not in fearx the lamentable change is from the bestx the worst returns to laughterx welcome thenx thou unsubstantial air that i embracex the wretch that thou hast blown unto the worst owes nothing to thy blastsx enter gloucesterx led by an old manx but who comes herex my fatherx poorly ledx worldx worldx o worldx but that thy strange mutations make us hate theex life would not yield to agex old manx o my good lordx i have been your tenantx and your fatherxs tenant these fourscore yearsx gloucesterx awayx get thee awayx good friendx be gonex thy comforts can do me no good at allx thee they may hurtx old manx you cannot see your wayx gloucesterx i have no wayx and therefore want no eyesx i stumbled when i sawx full oft xtis seen our means secure usx and our mere defects prove our commoditiesx o dear son edgarx the food of thy abused fatherxs wrathx might i but live to see thee in my touchx ixd say i had eyes againx old manx how nowx whoxs therex edgarx xxasidexxx o godsx who isxt can say xi am at the worstxx i am worse than exer i wasx old manx xtis poor mad tomx edgarx xxasidexxx and worse i may be yetx the worst is not so long as we can say xthis is the worstxx old manx fellowx where goestx gloucesterx is it a beggarxmanx old manx madmanx and beggar toox gloucesterx he has some reasonx else he could not begx ix the last nightxs storm i such a fellow sawx which made me think a man a wormx my son came then into my mindx and yet my mind was then scarce friends with himx i have heard more sincex as flies to wanton boys are we to the godsx they kill us for their sportx edgarx xxasidexxx how should this bex bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrowx angering itself and othersx bless theex masterx gloucesterx is that the naked fellowx old manx ayx my lordx gloucesterx then prythee get thee awayx if for my sake thou wilt oxertake us hence a mile or twainx ix the way toward doverx do it for ancient lovex and bring some covering for this naked soulx which ixll entreat to lead mex old manx alackx sirx he is madx gloucesterx xtis the timexs plague when madmen lead the blindx do as i bid theex or rather do thy pleasurex above the restx be gonex old manx ixll bring him the best xparel that i havex come onxt what willx xxexitxxx gloucesterx sirrah naked fellowx edgarx poor tomxs axcoldx xxasidexxx i cannot daub it furtherx gloucesterx come hitherx fellowx edgarx xxasidexxx and yet i mustx bless thy sweet eyesx they bleedx gloucesterx knowxst thou the way to doverx edgarx both stile and gatex horseway and footpathx poor tom hath been scared out of his good witsx bless theex good manxs sonx from the foul fiendx five fiends have been in poor tom at oncex of lustx as obidicutx hobbididencex prince of darknessx mahux of stealingx modox of murderx flibbertigibbetx of mopping and mowingx who since possesses chambermaids and waiting womenx sox bless theex masterx gloucesterx herex take this pursex thou whom the heavenxs plagues have humbled to all strokesx that i am wretched makes thee the happierx heavens deal so stillx let the superfluous and lustxdieted manx that slaves your ordinancex that will not see because he does not feelx feel your power quicklyx so distribution should undo excessx and each man have enoughx dost thou know doverx edgarx ayx masterx gloucesterx there is a cliffx whose high and bending head looks fearfully in the confined deepx bring me but to the very brim of itx and ixll repair the misery thou dost bear with something rich about mex from that place i shall no leading needx edgarx give me thy armx poor tom shall lead theex xxexeuntxxx scene iix before the duke of albanyxs palacex enter gonerilx edmundx oswald meeting themx gonerilx welcomex my lordx i marvel our mild husband not met us on the wayx nowx wherexs your masterx oswaldx madamx withinx but never man so changxdx i told him of the army that was landedx he smilxd at itx i told him you were comingx his answer wasx xthe worsexx of gloucesterxs treachery and of the loyal service of his son when i informxd himx then he callxd me sotx and told me i had turnxd the wrong side outx what most he should dislike seems pleasant to himx what likex offensivex gonerilx xxto edmundxxx then shall you go no furtherx it is the cowish terror of his spiritx that dares not undertakex hexll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answerx our wishes on the way may prove effectsx backx edmundx to my brotherx hasten his musters and conduct his powersx i must change names at homex and give the distaff into my husbandxs handsx this trusty servant shall pass between usx ere long you are like to hearx if you dare venture in your own behalfx a mistressxs commandx xxgiving a favourxxx wear thisx spare speechx decline your headx this kissx if it durst speakx would stretch thy spirits up into the airx conceivex and fare thee wellx edmundx yours in the ranks of deathx xxexit edmundxxx gonerilx my most dear gloucesterx ox the difference of man and manx to thee a womanxs services are duex my fool usurps my bodyx oswaldx madamx here comes my lordx xxexitxxx enter albanyx gonerilx i have been worth the whistlex albanyx o gonerilx you are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your facex i fear your dispositionx that nature which contemns its origin cannot be bordered certain in itselfx she that herself will sliver and disbranch from her material sapx perforce must wither and come to deadly usex gonerilx no morex the text is foolishx albanyx wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vilex filths savour but themselvesx what have you donex tigersx not daughtersx what have you performxdx a fatherx and a gracious aged manx whose reverence even the headxluggxd bear would lickx most barbarousx most degeneratex have you maddedx could my good brother suffer you to do itx a manx a princex by him so benefittedx if that the heavens do not their visible spirits send quickly down to tame these vile offencesx it will comex humanity must perforce prey on itselfx like monsters of the deepx gonerilx milkxliverxd manx that bearxst a cheek for blowsx a head for wrongsx who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning thine honour from thy sufferingx that not knowxst fools do those villains pity who are punishxd ere they have done their mischiefx wherexs thy drumx france spreads his banners in our noiseless landx with plumed helm thy state begins to threatx whilst thoux a moral foolx sittxst stillx and criest xalackx why does he soxx albanyx see thyselfx devilx proper deformity seems not in the fiend so horrid as in womanx gonerilx o vain foolx albanyx thou changed and selfxcoverxd thingx for shamex bexmonster not thy featurex werext my fitness to let these hands obey my bloodx they are apt enough to dislocate and tear thy flesh and bonesx howexer thou art a fiendx a womanxs shape doth shield theex gonerilx marryx your manhoodx mewx enter a messengerx albanyx what newsx messengerx ox my good lordx the duke of cornwallxs deadx slain by his servantx going to put out the other eye of gloucesterx albanyx gloucesterxs eyesx messengerx a servant that he bredx thrillxd with remorsex opposxd against the actx bending his sword to his great masterx whox thereat enragxdx flew on himx and amongst them fellxd him deadx but not without that harmful stroke which since hath pluckxd him afterx albanyx this shows you are abovex you justicersx that these our nether crimes so speedily can vengex butx o poor gloucesterx lost he his other eyex messengerx bothx bothx my lordx this letterx madamx craves a speedy answerx xtis from your sisterx gonerilx xxasidexxx one way i like this wellx but being widowx and my gloucester with herx may all the building in my fancy pluck upon my hateful lifex another way the news is not so tartx ixll readx and answerx xxexitxxx albanyx where was his son when they did take his eyesx messengerx come with my lady hitherx albanyx he is not herex messengerx nox my good lordx i met him back againx albanyx knows he the wickednessx messengerx ayx my good lordx xtwas he informxd against himx and quit the house on purposex that their punishment might have the freer coursex albanyx gloucesterx i live to thank thee for the love thou showxdst the kingx and to revenge thine eyesx come hitherx friendx tell me what more thou knowxstx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the french camp near doverx enter kent and a gentlemanx kentx why the king of france is so suddenly gone backx know you no reasonx gentlemanx something he left imperfect in the statex which since his coming forth is thought ofx which imports to the kingdom so much fear and danger that his personal return was most required and necessaryx kentx who hath he left behind him generalx gentlemanx the mareschal of francex monsieur la farx kentx did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of griefx gentlemanx ayx sirx she took themx read them in my presencex and now and then an ample tear trillxd down her delicate cheekx it seemxd she was a queen over her passionx whox most rebelxlikex sought to be king oxer herx kentx ox then it movxd herx gentlemanx not to a ragex patience and sorrow strove who should express her goodliestx you have seen sunshine and rain at oncex her smiles and tears were like a better dayx those happy smilets that playxd on her ripe lip seemxd not to know what guests were in her eyesx which parted thence as pearls from diamonds droppxdx in briefx sorrow would be a rarity most belovxdx if all could so become itx kentx made she no verbal questionx gentlemanx faithx once or twice she heavxd the name of xfatherx pantingly forthx as if it pressxd her heartx cried xsistersx sistersx shame of ladiesx sistersx kentx fatherx sistersx whatx ix the stormx ix the nightx let pity not be believxdxx there she shook the holy water from her heavenly eyesx and clamour masterxd herx then away she started to deal with grief alonex kentx it is the starsx the stars above us govern our conditionsx else one self mate and make could not beget such different issuesx you spoke not with her sincex gentlemanx nox kentx was this before the king returnxdx gentlemanx nox sincex kentx wellx sirx the poor distressed learxs ix the townx who sometimex in his better tunex remembers what we are come aboutx and by no means will yield to see his daughterx gentlemanx whyx good sirx kentx a sovereign shame so elbows himx his own unkindnessx that strippxd her from his benedictionx turnxd her to foreign casualtiesx gave her dear rights to his dogxhearted daughtersx these things sting his mind so venomously that burning shame detains him from cordeliax gentlemanx alackx poor gentlemanx kentx of albanyxs and cornwallxs powers you heard notx gentlemanx xtis sox they are afootx kentx wellx sirx ixll bring you to our master lear and leave you to attend himx some dear cause will in concealment wrap me up awhilex when i am known arightx you shall not grieve lending me this acquaintancex i pray youx go along with mex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx the french campx a tentx enter with drum and coloursx cordeliax physician and soldiersx cordeliax alackx xtis hex whyx he was met even now as mad as the vexxd seax singing aloudx crownxd with rank fumiter and furrow weedsx with harlocksx hemlockx nettlesx cuckooxflowersx darnelx and all the idle weeds that grow in our sustaining cornx a century send forthx search every acre in the highxgrown fieldx and bring him to our eyex xxexit an officerxxx what can manxs wisdom in the restoring his bereaved sensex he that helps him take all my outward worthx physicianx there is meansx madamx our foster nurse of nature is reposex the which he lacksx that to provoke in him are many simples operativex whose power will close the eye of anguishx cordeliax all blessxd secretsx all you unpublishxd virtues of the earthx spring with my tearsx be aidant and remediate in the good manxs distressx seekx seek for himx lest his ungovernxd rage dissolve the life that wants the means to lead itx enter a messengerx messengerx newsx madamx the british powers are marching hitherwardx cordeliax xtis known beforex our preparation stands in expectation of themx o dear fatherx it is thy business that i go aboutx therefore great france my mourning and important tears hath pitiedx no blown ambition doth our arms incitex but lovex dear lovex and our agxd fatherxs rightx soon may i hear and see himx xxexeuntxxx scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex enter regan and oswaldx reganx but are my brotherxs powers set forthx oswaldx ayx madamx reganx himself in person therex oswaldx madamx with much adox your sister is the better soldierx reganx lord edmund spake not with your lord at homex oswaldx nox madamx reganx what might import my sisterxs letter to himx oswaldx i know notx ladyx reganx faithx he is posted hence on serious matterx it was great ignorancex gloucesterxs eyes being outx to let him livex where he arrives he moves all hearts against usx edmundx i thinkx is gone in pity of his miseryx to dispatch his nighted lifex moreover to descry the strength ox thxenemyx oswaldx i must needs after himx madamx with my letterx reganx our troops set forth tomorrowx stay with usx the ways are dangerousx oswaldx i may notx madamx my lady chargxd my duty in this businessx reganx why should she write to edmundx might not you transport her purposes by wordx belikex somethingsx i know not whatx ixll love thee muchx let me unseal the letterx oswaldx madamx i had ratherx reganx i know your lady does not love her husbandx i am sure of thatx and at her late being here she gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks to noble edmundx i know you are of her bosomx oswaldx ix madamx reganx i speak in understandingx yxarex i knowxtx therefore i do advise you take this notex my lord is deadx edmund and i have talkxdx and more convenient is he for my hand than for your ladyxsx you may gather morex if you do find himx pray you give him thisx and when your mistress hears thus much from youx i pray desire her call her wisdom to herx sox fare you wellx if you do chance to hear of that blind traitorx preferment falls on him that cuts him offx oswaldx would i could meet himx madamx i should show what party i do followx reganx fare thee wellx xxexeuntxxx scene vix the country near doverx enter gloucesterx and edgar dressed like a peasantx gloucesterx when shall i come to the top of that same hillx edgarx you do climb up it nowx look how we labourx gloucesterx methinks the ground is evenx edgarx horrible steepx harkx do you hear the seax gloucesterx nox trulyx edgarx whyx thenx your other senses grow imperfect by your eyesx anguishx gloucesterx so may it be indeedx methinks thy voice is alterxdx and thou speakxst in better phrase and matter than thou didstx edgarx yxare much deceivxdx in nothing am i changxd but in my garmentsx gloucesterx methinks youxre better spokenx edgarx come onx sirx herexs the placex stand stillx how fearful and dizzy xtis to cast onexs eyes so lowx the crows and choughs that wing the midway air show scarce so gross as beetlesx half way down hangs one that gathers samphirexdreadful tradex methinks he seems no bigger than his headx the fishermen that walk upon the beach appear like micex and yond tall anchoring barkx diminishxd to her cockx her cock a buoy almost too small for sightx the murmuring surge that on thxunnumberxd idle pebble chafes cannot be heard so highx ixll look no morex lest my brain turnx and the deficient sight topple down headlongx gloucesterx set me where you standx edgarx give me your handx you are now within a foot of thxextreme vergex for all beneath the moon would i not leap uprightx gloucesterx let go my handx herex friendx xs another pursex in it a jewel well worth a poor manxs takingx fairies and gods prosper it with theex go thou further offx bid me farewellx and let me hear thee goingx edgarx now fare ye wellx good sirx xxseems to goxxx gloucesterx with all my heartx edgarx xxasidexxx why i do trifle thus with his despair is done to cure itx gloucesterx o you mighty godsx this world i do renouncex and in your sightsx shake patiently my great affliction offx if i could bear it longerx and not fall to quarrel with your great opposeless willsx my snuff and loathed part of nature should burn itself outx if edgar livex ox bless himx nowx fellowx fare thee wellx edgarx gonex sirx farewellx xxgloucester leapsx and falls alongxx and yet i know not how conceit may rob the treasury of life when life itself yields to the theftx had he been where he thoughtx by this had thought been pastx alive or deadx ho youx sirx friendx hear youx sirx speakx thus might he pass indeedx yet he revivesx what are youx sirx gloucesterx awayx and let me diex edgarx hadst thou been aught but gossamerx feathersx airx so many fathom down precipitatingx thouxdst shiverxd like an eggx but thou dost breathex hast heavy substancex bleedxst notx speakxstx art soundx ten masts at each make not the altitude which thou hast perpendicularly fellx thy life is a miraclex speak yet againx gloucesterx but have i fallxnx or nox edgarx from the dread summit of this chalky bournx look up axheightx the shrillxgorgxd lark so far cannot be seen or heardx do but look upx gloucesterx alackx i have no eyesx is wretchedness deprivxd that benefit to end itself by deathx xtwas yet some comfort when misery could beguile the tyrantxs rage and frustrate his proud willx edgarx give me your armx upx sox how isxtx feel you your legsx you standx gloucesterx too wellx too wellx edgarx this is above all strangenessx upon the crown ox the cliff what thing was that which parted from youx gloucesterx a poor unfortunate beggarx edgarx as i stood here belowx methought his eyes were two full moonsx he had a thousand nosesx horns whelkxd and waved like the enraged seax it was some fiendx thereforex thou happy fatherx think that the clearest godsx who make them honours of menxs impossibilitiesx have preservxd theex gloucesterx i do remember nowx henceforth ixll bear affliction till it do cry out itself xenoughx enoughxx and diex that thing you speak ofx i took it for a manx often xtwould sayx xthe fiendx the fiendxx he led me to that placex edgarx bear free and patient thoughtsx but who comes herex enter learx fantastically dressed up with flowersx the safer sense will nexer accommodate his master thusx learx nox they cannot touch me for coiningx i am the king himselfx edgarx o thou sidexpiercing sightx learx naturexs above art in that respectx therexs your press moneyx that fellow handles his bow like a crowxkeeperx draw me a clothierxs yardx lookx lookx a mousex peacex peacex this piece of toasted cheese will doxtx therexs my gauntletx ixll prove it on a giantx bring up the brown billsx ox well flownx birdx ix the cloutx ix the cloutx hewghx give the wordx edgarx sweet marjoramx learx passx gloucesterx i know that voicex learx hax goneril with a white beardx they flattered me like a dogx and told me i had white hairs in my beard ere the black ones were therex to say xayx and xnox to everything i said xayx and xnox to was no good divinityx when the rain came to wet me oncex and the wind to make me chatterx when the thunder would not peace at my biddingx there i found xemx there i smelt xem outx go tox they are not men ox their wordsx they told me i was everythingx xtis a liex i am not aguexproofx gloucesterx the trick of that voice i do well rememberx isxt not the kingx learx ayx every inch a kingx when i do starex see how the subject quakesx i pardon that manxs lifex what was thy causex adulteryx thou shalt not diex die for adulteryx nox the wren goes toxtx and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sightx let copulation thrivex for gloucesterxs bastard son was kinder to his father than my daughters got xtween the lawful sheetsx toxtx luxuryx pellxmellx for i lack soldiersx behold yond simpxring damex whose face between her forks presages snowx that minces virtuex and does shake the head to hear of pleasurexs namex the fitchew nor the soiled horse goes toxt with a more riotous appetitex down from the waist they are centaursx though women all abovex but to the girdle do the gods inheritx beneath is all the fiendxsx therexs hellx therexs darknessx there is the sulphurous pitx burningx scaldingx stenchx consumptionx fiex fiex fiex pahx pahx give me an ounce of civetx good apothecaryx to sweeten my imaginationx therexs money for theex gloucesterx ox let me kiss that handx learx let me wipe it firstx it smells of mortalityx gloucesterx o ruinxd piece of naturex this great world shall so wear out to naughtx dost thou know mex learx i remember thine eyes well enoughx dost thou squiny at mex nox do thy worstx blind cupidx ixll not lovex read thou this challengex mark but the penning of itx gloucesterx were all the letters sunsx i could not see onex edgarx i would not take this from reportx it isx and my heart breaks at itx learx readx gloucesterx whatx with the case of eyesx learx ox hox are you there with mex no eyes in your headx nor no money in your pursex your eyes are in a heavy casex your purse in a lightx yet you see how this world goesx gloucesterx i see it feelinglyx learx whatx art madx a man may see how the world goes with no eyesx look with thine earsx see how yon justice rails upon yon simple thiefx harkx in thine earx change placesx andx handyxdandyx which is the justicex which is the thiefx thou hast seen a farmerxs dog bark at a beggarx gloucesterx ayx sirx learx and the creature run from the curx there thou mightst behold the great image of authorityx a dogxs obeyed in officex thou rascal beadlex hold thy bloody handx why dost thou lash that whorex strip thine own backx thou hotly lusts to use her in that kind for which thou whippxst herx the usurer hangs the cozenerx through tatterxd clothes great vices do appearx robes and furrxd gowns hide allx plate sin with goldx and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaksx arm it in ragsx a pygmyxs straw does pierce itx none does offendx nonex i say nonex ixll able xemx take that of mex my friendx who have the power to seal the accuserxs lipsx get thee glass eyesx and like a scurvy politicianx seem to see the things thou dost notx nowx nowx nowx nowx pull off my bootsx harderx harderx sox edgarx ox matter and impertinency mixxdx reason in madnessx learx if thou wilt weep my fortunesx take my eyesx i know thee well enoughx thy name is gloucesterx thou must be patientx we came crying hitherx thou knowxst the first time that we smell the air we wawl and cryx i will preach to theex markx gloucesterx alackx alack the dayx learx when we are bornx we cry that we are come to this great stage of foolsx this a good blockx it were a delicate stratagem to shoe a troop of horse with feltx ixll putxt in proof and when i have stolxn upon these sonxinxlawsx then killx killx killx killx killx killx enter a gentleman with attendantsx gentlemanx ox here he isx lay hand upon himx sirx your most dear daughterx learx no rescuex whatx a prisonerx i am even the natural fool of fortunex use me wellx you shall have ransomx let me have surgeonsx i am cut to the brainsx gentlemanx you shall have anythingx learx no secondsx all myselfx whyx this would make a man a man of saltx to use his eyes for garden waterxpotsx ayx and for laying autumnxs dustx gentlemanx good sirx learx i will die bravelyx like a smug bridegroomx whatx i will be jovialx comex comex i am a kingx my mastersx know you thatx gentlemanx you are a royal onex and we obey youx learx then therexs life inxtx comex and you get itx you shall get it by runningx sax sax sax sax xxexit runningx attendants followxxx gentlemanx a sight most pitiful in the meanest wretchx past speaking of in a kingx thou hast one daughter who redeems nature from the general curse which twain have brought her tox edgarx hailx gentle sirx gentlemanx sirx speed youx whatxs your willx edgarx do you hear aughtx sirx of a battle towardx gentlemanx most sure and vulgarx everyone hears thatx which can distinguish soundx edgarx butx by your favourx how nearxs the other armyx gentlemanx near and on speedy footx the main descry stands on the hourly thoughtx edgarx i thank you sirx thatxs allx gentlemanx though that the queen on special cause is herex her army is movxd onx edgarx i thank youx sirx xxexit gentlemanxxx gloucesterx you everxgentle godsx take my breath from mex let not my worser spirit tempt me again to die before you pleasex edgarx well pray youx fatherx gloucesterx nowx good sirx what are youx edgarx a most poor manx made tame to fortunexs blowsx whox by the art of known and feeling sorrowsx am pregnant to good pityx give me your handx ixll lead you to some bidingx gloucesterx hearty thanksx the bounty and the benison of heaven to bootx and bootx enter oswaldx oswaldx a proclaimxd prizex most happyx that eyeless head of thine was first framxd flesh to raise my fortunesx thou old unhappy traitorx briefly thyself rememberx the sword is out that must destroy theex gloucesterx now let thy friendly hand put strength enough toxtx xxedgar interposesxxx oswaldx whereforex bold peasantx darxst thou support a publishxd traitorx hencex lest that thxinfection of his fortune take like hold on theex let go his armx edgarx chill not let gox zirx without vurther xcasionx oswaldx let gox slavex or thou diestx edgarx good gentlemanx go your gaitx and let poor volke passx an chud hax bin zwaggered out of my lifex xtwould not hax bin zo long as xtis by a vortnightx nayx come not near thxold manx keep outx che vor yex or ise try whether your costard or my ballow be the harderx chill be plain with youx oswaldx outx dunghillx edgarx chill pick your teethx zirx comex no matter vor your foinsx xxthey fightx and edgar knocks him downxxx oswaldx slavex thou hast slain mex villainx take my pursex if ever thou wilt thrivex bury my bodyx and give the letters which thou findxst about me to edmundx earl of gloucesterx seek him out upon the british partyx ox untimely deathx xxdiesxxx edgarx i know thee wellx a serviceable villainx as duteous to the vices of thy mistress as badness would desirex gloucesterx whatx is he deadx edgarx sit you downx fatherx rest youx letxs see these pocketsx the letters that he speaks of may be my friendsx hexs deadx i am only sorry he had no other deathsmanx let us seex leavex gentle waxx andx mannersx blame us notx to know our enemiesx mindsx we rip their heartsx their papers is more lawfulx xxreadsxxx xlet our reciprocal vows be rememberedx you have many opportunities to cut him offx if your will want notx time and place will be fruitfully offeredx there is nothing done if he return the conquerorx then am i the prisonerx and his bed my gaolx from the loathed warmth whereof deliver mex and supply the place for your labourx xyour xwifex so i would sayx affectionate servantx xgonerilxx o indistinguishxd space of womanxs willx a plot upon her virtuous husbandxs lifex and the exchange my brotherx here in the sands thee ixll rake upx the post unsanctified of murderous lechersx and in the mature timex with this ungracious paper strike the sight of the deathxpractisxd dukex for him xtis well that of thy death and business i can tellx xxexit edgarx dragging out the bodyxxx gloucesterx the king is madx how stiff is my vile sensex that i stand upx and have ingenious feeling of my huge sorrowsx better i were distractx so should my thoughts be severxd from my griefsx and woes by wrong imaginations lose the knowledge of themselvesx xxa drum afar offxxx edgarx give me your handx far off methinks i hear the beaten drumx comex fatherx ixll bestow you with a friendx xxexeuntxxx scene viix a tent in the french campx lear on a bedx asleepx soft music playingx physicianx gentleman and others attendingx enter cordelia and kentx cordeliax o thou good kentx how shall i live and work to match thy goodnessx my life will be too shortx and every measure fail mex kentx to be acknowledgxdx madamx is oxerpaidx all my reports go with the modest truthx nor morex nor clippxdx but sox cordeliax be better suitedx these weeds are memories of those worser hoursx i prythee put them offx kentx pardonx dear madamx yet to be known shortens my made intentx my boon i make it that you know me not till time and i think meetx cordeliax then bext sox my good lordx xxto the physicianxxx howx does the kingx physicianx madamx sleeps stillx cordeliax o you kind godsx cure this great breach in his abused naturex the untunxd and jarring sensesx ox wind up of this childxchanged fatherx physicianx so please your majesty that we may wake the kingx he hath slept longx cordeliax be governxd by your knowledgex and proceed ix the sway of your own willx is he arrayxdx physicianx ayx madamx in the heaviness of sleep we put fresh garments on himx be byx good madamx when we do awake himx i doubt not of his temperancex cordeliax very wellx physicianx please you draw nearx louder the music therex cordeliax o my dear fatherx restoration hang thy medicine on my lipsx and let this kiss repair those violent harms that my two sisters have in thy reverence madex kentx kind and dear princessx cordeliax had you not been their fatherx these white flakes did challenge pity of themx was this a face to be opposxd against the warring windsx to stand against the deep dreadxbolted thunderx in the most terrible and nimble stroke of quick cross lightningx to watchx poor perdux with this thin helmx mine enemyxs dogx though he had bit mex should have stood that night against my firex and wast thou fainx poor fatherx to hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn in short and musty strawx alackx alackx xtis wonder that thy life and wits at once had not concluded allx he wakesx speak to himx physicianx madamx do youx xtis fittestx cordeliax how does my royal lordx how fares your majestyx learx you do me wrong to take me out ox the gravex thou art a soul in blissx but i am bound upon a wheel of firex that mine own tears do scald like molten leadx cordeliax sirx do you know mex learx you are a spiritx i knowx when did you diex cordeliax stillx stillx far widex physicianx hexs scarce awakex let him alone awhilex learx where have i beenx where am ix fair daylightx i am mightily abusxdx i should exen die with pityx to see another thusx i know not what to sayx i will not swear these are my handsx letxs seex i feel this pin prickx would i were assurxd of my conditionx cordeliax ox look upon mex sirx and hold your hands in benediction oxer mex nox sirx you must not kneelx learx prayx do not mock mex i am a very foolish fond old manx fourscore and upwardx not an hour more nor lessx and to deal plainlyx i fear i am not in my perfect mindx methinks i should know youx and know this manx yet i am doubtfulx for i am mainly ignorant what place this isx and all the skill i have remembers not these garmentsx nor i know not where i did lodge last nightx do not laugh at mex forx as i am a manx i think this lady to be my child cordeliax cordeliax and so i amx i amx learx be your tears wetx yesx faithx i pray weep notx if you have poison for mex i will drink itx i know you do not love mex for your sisters havex as i do rememberx done me wrongx you have some causex they have notx cordeliax no causex no causex learx am i in francex kentx in your own kingdomx sirx learx do not abuse mex physicianx be comfortedx good madamx the great ragex you seex is killxd in himx and yet it is danger to make him even oxer the time he has lostx desire him to go inx trouble him no more till further settlingx cordeliax willxt please your highness walkx learx you must bear with mex pray you nowx forget and forgivex i am old and foolishx xxexeunt learx cordeliax physician and attendantsxxx gentlemanx holds it truex sirx that the duke of cornwall was so slainx kentx most certainx sirx gentlemanx who is conductor of his peoplex kentx as xtis saidx the bastard son of gloucesterx gentlemanx they say edgarx his banished sonx is with the earl of kent in germanyx kentx report is changeablex xtis time to look aboutx the powers of the kingdom approach apacex gentlemanx the arbitrement is like to be bloodyx fare you wellx sirx xxexitxxx kentx my point and period will be throughly wroughtx or well or illx as this dayxs battlexs foughtx xxexitxxx act v scene ix the camp of the british forces near doverx enterx with drum and colours edmundx reganx officersx soldiers and othersx edmundx know of the duke if his last purpose holdx or whether since he is advisxd by aught to change the coursex hexs full of alteration and selfxreprovingx bring his constant pleasurex xxto an officerx who goes outxxx reganx our sisterxs man is certainly miscarriedx edmundx xtis to be doubtedx madamx reganx nowx sweet lordx you know the goodness i intend upon youx tell me but trulyx but then speak the truthx do you not love my sisterx edmundx in honourxd lovex reganx but have you never found my brotherxs way to the forfended placex edmundx that thought abuses youx reganx i am doubtful that you have been conjunct and bosomxd with herx as far as we call hersx edmundx nox by mine honourx madamx reganx i never shall endure herx dear my lordx be not familiar with herx edmundx fear notx she and the duke her husbandx enter with drum and colours albanyx goneril and soldiersx gonerilx xxasidexxx i had rather lose the battle than that sister should loosen him and mex albanyx our very loving sisterx well bexmetx sirx this i heardx the king is come to his daughterx with others whom the rigour of our state forcxd to cry outx where i could not be honestx i never yet was valiantx for this businessx it toucheth us as france invades our landx not bolds the kingx with others whom i fear most just and heavy causes make opposex edmundx sirx you speak noblyx reganx why is this reasonxdx gonerilx combine together xgainst the enemyx for these domestic and particular broils are not the question herex albanyx letxsx thenx determine with the ancient of war on our proceedingx edmundx i shall attend you presently at your tentx reganx sisterx youxll go with usx gonerilx nox reganx xtis most convenientx pray youx go with usx gonerilx xxasidexxx ox hox i know the riddlex i will gox xxexeunt edmundx reganx gonerilx officersx soldiers and attendantsxxx as they are going outx enter edgar disguisedx edgarx if exer your grace had speech with man so poorx hear me one wordx albanyx ixll overtake youx speakx edgarx before you fight the battlex ope this letterx if you have victoryx let the trumpet sound for him that brought itx wretched though i seemx i can produce a champion that will prove what is avouched therex if you miscarryx your business of the world hath so an endx and machination ceasesx fortune love youx albanyx stay till i have read the letterx edgarx i was forbid itx when time shall servex let but the herald cryx and ixll appear againx albanyx whyx fare thee wellx i will oxerlook thy paperx xxexit edgarxxx enter edmundx edmundx the enemyxs in viewx draw up your powersx here is the guess of their true strength and forces by diligent discoveryx but your haste is now urgxd on youx albanyx we will greet the timex xxexitxxx edmundx to both these sisters have i sworn my lovex each jealous of the otherx as the stung are of the adderx which of them shall i takex bothx onex or neitherx neither can be enjoyxdx if both remain alivex to take the widow exasperatesx makes mad her sister gonerilx and hardly shall i carry out my sidex her husband being alivex nowx thenx wexll use his countenance for the battlex which being donex let her who would be rid of him devise his speedy taking offx as for the mercy which he intends to lear and to cordeliax the battle donex and they within our powerx shall never see his pardonx for my state stands on me to defendx not to debatex xxexitxxx scene iix a field between the two campsx alarum withinx enter with drum and coloursx learx cordelia and their forcesx and exeuntx enter edgar and gloucesterx edgarx herex fatherx take the shadow of this tree for your good hostx pray that the right may thrivex if ever i return to you againx ixll bring you comfortx gloucesterx grace go with youx sirx xxexit edgarxxx alarum and retreat withinx enter edgarx edgarx awayx old manx give me thy handx awayx king lear hath lostx he and his daughter taxenx give me thy handx come onx gloucesterx no furtherx sirx a man may rot even herex edgarx whatx in ill thoughts againx men must endure their going hencex even as their coming hitherx ripeness is allx come onx gloucesterx and thatxs true toox xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the british camp near doverx enter in conquest with drum and coloursx edmundx lear and cordelia as prisonersx officersx soldiersx xcx edmundx some officers take them awayx good guard until their greater pleasures first be known that are to censure themx cordeliax we are not the first who with best meaning have incurrxd the worstx for theex oppressed kingx i am cast downx myself could else outxfrown false fortunexs frownx shall we not see these daughters and these sistersx learx nox nox nox nox comex letxs away to prisonx we two alone will sing like birds ix the cagex when thou dost ask me blessing ixll kneel down and ask of thee forgivenessx so wexll livex and prayx and singx and tell old talesx and laugh at gilded butterfliesx and hear poor rogues talk of court newsx and wexll talk with them toox who loses and who winsx whoxs inx whoxs outx and take uponxs the mystery of thingsx as if we were godxs spiesx and wexll wear outx in a wallxd prisonx packs and sects of great ones that ebb and flow by the moonx edmundx take them awayx learx upon such sacrificesx my cordeliax the gods themselves throw incensex have i caught theex he that parts us shall bring a brand from heavenx and fire us hence like foxesx wipe thine eyesx the good years shall devour themx flesh and fellx ere they shall make us weepx wexll see xem starve firstx comex xxexeunt lear and cordeliax guardedxxx edmundx come hitherx captainx harkx take thou this note xxgiving a paperxxx go follow them to prisonx one step i have advancxd theex if thou dost as this instructs theex thou dost make thy way to noble fortunesx know thou thisx that men are as the time isx to be tenderxminded does not become a swordx thy great employment will not bear questionx either say thouxlt doxtx or thrive by other meansx captainx ixll doxtx my lordx edmundx about itx and write happy when thou hast donex markx i sayx instantlyx and carry it so as i have set it downx captainx i cannot draw a cartx nor eat dried oatsx if it be manxs workx ixll doxtx xxexitxxx flourishx enter albanyx gonerilx reganx officers and attendantsx albanyx sirx you have showxd today your valiant strainx and fortune led you wellx you have the captives who were the opposites of this dayxs strifex i do require them of youx so to use them as we shall find their merits and our safety may equally determinex edmundx sirx i thought it fit to send the old and miserable king to some retention and appointed guardx whose age has charms in itx whose title morex to pluck the common bosom on his sidex and turn our impressxd lances in our eyes which do command themx with him i sent the queenx my reason all the samex and they are ready tomorrowx or at further spacex to appear where you shall hold your sessionx at this time we sweat and bleedx the friend hath lost his friendx and the best quarrels in the heat are cursxd by those that feel their sharpnessx the question of cordelia and her father requires a fitter placex albanyx sirx by your patiencex i hold you but a subject of this warx not as a brotherx reganx thatxs as we list to grace himx methinks our pleasure might have been demanded ere you had spoke so farx he led our powersx bore the commission of my place and personx the which immediacy may well stand up and call itself your brotherx gonerilx not so hotx in his own grace he doth exalt himselfx more than in your additionx reganx in my rightsx by me investedx he compeers the bestx albanyx that were the mostx if he should husband youx reganx jesters do oft prove prophetsx gonerilx hollax hollax that eye that told you so lookxd but asquintx reganx ladyx i am not wellx else i should answer from a fullxflowing stomachx generalx take thou my soldiersx prisonersx patrimonyx dispose of themx of mex the walls are thinex witness the world that i create thee here my lord and masterx gonerilx mean you to enjoy himx albanyx the letxalone lies not in your good willx edmundx nor in thinex lordx albanyx halfxblooded fellowx yesx reganx xxto edmundxxx let the drum strikex and prove my title thinex albanyx stay yetx hear reasonx edmundx i arrest thee on capital treasonx andx in thine arrestx this gilded serpentx xxpointing to gonerilxxx for your claimx fair sisterx i bar it in the interest of my wifex xtis she is subxcontracted to this lordx and i her husband contradict your bansx if you will marryx make your loves to mex my lady is bespokex gonerilx an interludex albanyx thou art armxdx gloucesterx let the trumpet soundx if none appear to prove upon thy person thy heinousx manifestx and many treasonsx there is my pledgex xxthrowing down a glovexxx ixll make it on thy heartx ere i taste breadx thou art in nothing less than i have here proclaimxd theex reganx sickx ox sickx gonerilx xxasidexxx if notx ixll nexer trust medicinex edmundx therexs my exchangex xxthrowing down a glovexxx what in the world he is that names me traitorx villainxlike he liesx call by thy trumpetx he that dares approachx on himx on youx who notx i will maintain my truth and honour firmlyx albanyx a heraldx hox enter a heraldx trust to thy single virtuex for thy soldiersx all levied in my namex have in my name took their dischargex reganx my sickness grows upon mex albanyx she is not wellx convey her to my tentx xxexit reganx ledxxx come hitherx heraldx let the trumpet sound and read out thisx officerx soundx trumpetx xxa trumpet soundsxxx heraldx xxreadsxxx xif any man of quality or degree within the lists of the army will maintain upon edmundx supposed earl of gloucesterx that he is a manifold traitorx let him appear by the third sound of the trumpetx he is bold in his defencexx edmundx soundx xxfirst trumpetxxx heraldx againx xxsecond trumpetxxx heraldx againx third trumpetx trumpet answers withinx enter edgarx armedx preceded by a trumpetx albanyx ask him his purposesx why he appears upon this call ox the trumpetx heraldx what are youx your namex your qualityx and why you answer this present summonsx edgarx know my name is lostx by treasonxs tooth barexgnawn and cankerxbitx yet am i noble as the adversary i come to copex albanyx which is that adversaryx edgarx whatxs he that speaks for edmundx earl of gloucesterx edmundx himselfx what sayxst thou to himx edgarx draw thy swordx that if my speech offend a noble heartx thy arm may do thee justicex here is minex beholdx it is the privilege of mine honoursx my oathx and my professionx i protestx maugre thy strengthx youthx placex and eminencex despite thy victor sword and firexnew fortunex thy valour and thy heartx thou art a traitorx false to thy godsx thy brotherx and thy fatherx conspirant xgainst this high illustrious princex andx from the extremest upward of thy head to the descent and dust beneath thy footx a most toadxspotted traitorx say thou xnoxx this swordx this armx and my best spirits are bent to prove upon thy heartx whereto i speakx thou liestx edmundx in wisdom i should ask thy namex but since thy outside looks so fair and warlikex and that thy tongue some say of breeding breathesx what safe and nicely i might well delay by rule of knighthoodx i disdain and spurnx back do i toss those treasons to thy headx with the hellxhated lie oxerwhelm thy heartx which for they yet glance by and scarcely bruisex this sword of mine shall give them instant wayx where they shall rest for everx trumpetsx speakx xxalarumsx they fightx edmund fallsxxx albanyx save himx save himx gonerilx this is mere practicex gloucesterx by the law of arms thou wast not bound to answer an unknown oppositex thou art not vanquishxdx but cozenxd and beguilxdx albanyx shut your mouthx damex or with this paper shall i stop itx holdx sirx thou worse than any namex read thine own evilx no tearingx ladyx i perceive you know itx xxgives the letter to edmundxxx gonerilx say if i dox the laws are minex not thinex who can arraign me forxtx xxexitxxx albanyx most monstrousx ox knowxst thou this paperx edmundx ask me not what i knowx albanyx xxto an officerx who goes outxxx go after herx shexs desperatex govern herx edmundx what you have chargxd me withx that have i donex and morex much morex the time will bring it outx xtis pastx and so am ix but what art thou that hast this fortune on mex if thouxrt noblex i do forgive theex edgarx letxs exchange charityx i am no less in blood than thou artx edmundx if morex the more thou hast wrongxd mex my name is edgar and thy fatherxs sonx the gods are justx and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague usx the dark and vicious place where thee he got cost him his eyesx edmundx thou hast spoken rightx xtis truex the wheel is come full circlex i am herex albanyx methought thy very gait did prophesy a royal noblenessx i must embrace theex let sorrow split my heart if ever i did hate thee or thy fatherx edgarx worthy princex i knowxtx albanyx where have you hid yourselfx how have you known the miseries of your fatherx edgarx by nursing themx my lordx list a brief talex and when xtis toldx o that my heart would burstx the bloody proclamation to escape that followxd me so nearxxox our livesx sweetnessx that with the pain of death wexd hourly die rather than die at oncexxtaught me to shift into a madmanxs ragsx txassume a semblance that very dogs disdainxdx and in this habit met i my father with his bleeding ringsx their precious stones new lostx became his guidex led himx beggxd for himx savxd him from despairx neverxxo faultxxrevealxd myself unto him until some half hour pastx when i was armxdx not surex though hoping of this good successx i askxd his blessingx and from first to last told him my pilgrimagex but his flawxd heartx alackx too weak the conflict to supportx xtwixt two extremes of passionx joy and griefx burst smilinglyx edmundx this speech of yours hath movxd mex and shall perchance do goodx but speak you onx you look as you had something more to sayx albanyx if there be morex more woefulx hold it inx for i am almost ready to dissolvex hearing of thisx edgarx this would have seemxd a period to such as love not sorrowx but anotherx to amplify too muchx would make much morex and top extremityx whilst i was big in clamourx came there a man whox having seen me in my worst estatex shunnxd my abhorrxd societyx but then finding who xtwas that so endurxdx with his strong arms he fastened on my neckx and bellowxd out as hexd burst heavenx threw him on my fatherx told the most piteous tale of lear and him that ever ear receivxdx which in recounting his grief grew puissantx and the strings of life began to crackx twice then the trumpets soundedx and there i left him trancxdx albanyx but who was thisx edgarx kentx sirx the banishxd kentx who in disguise followxd his enemy king and did him service improper for a slavex enter a gentleman hastilyx with a bloody knifex gentlemanx helpx helpx ox helpx edgarx what kind of helpx albanyx speakx manx edgarx what means this bloody knifex gentlemanx xtis hotx it smokesx it came even from the heart ofxox shexs deadx albanyx who deadx speakx manx gentlemanx your ladyx sirx your ladyx and her sister by her is poisonedx she hath confesses itx edmundx i was contracted to them bothx all three now marry in an instantx edgarx here comes kentx enter kentx albanyx produce their bodiesx be they alive or deadx this judgement of the heavens that makes us tremble touches us not with pityx ox is this hex the time will not allow the compliment which very manners urgesx kentx i am come to bid my king and master aye good nightx is he not herex albanyx great thing of us forgotx speakx edmundx wherexs the kingx and wherexs cordeliax the bodies of goneril and regan are brought inx seest thou this objectx kentx kentx alackx why thusx edmundx yet edmund was belovxdx the one the other poisoned for my sakex and after slew herselfx albanyx even sox cover their facesx edmundx i pant for lifex some good i mean to dox despite of mine own naturex quickly sendx be brief in itx to the castlex for my writ is on the life of lear and on cordeliax nayx send in timex albanyx runx runx ox runx edgarx to whox my lordx who has the officex send thy token of reprievex edmundx well thought onx take my swordx give it the captainx edgarx haste thee for thy lifex xxexit edgarxxx edmundx he hath commission from thy wife and me to hang cordelia in the prisonx and to lay the blame upon her own despairx that she fordid herselfx albanyx the gods defend herx bear him hence awhilex xxedmund is borne offxxx enter lear with cordelia dead in his armsx edgarx officer and others followingx learx howlx howlx howlx howlx ox you are men of stonex had i your tongues and eyesx ixld use them so that heavenxs vault should crackx shexs gone for everx i know when one is deadx and when one livesx shexs dead as earthx lend me a looking glassx if that her breath will mist or stain the stonex whyx then she livesx kentx is this the promisxd endx edgarx or image of that horrorx albanyx fallx and ceasex learx this feather stirsx she livesx if it be sox it is a chance which does redeem all sorrows that ever i have feltx kentx ox my good masterx xxkneelingxxx learx prytheex awayx edgarx xtis noble kentx your friendx learx a plague upon youx murderersx traitors allx i might have savxd herx now shexs gone for everx cordeliax cordeliax stay a littlex hax what isxt thou sayxstx her voice was ever softx gentlex and lowx an excellent thing in womanx i killxd the slave that was axhanging theex officerx xtis truex my lordsx he didx learx did i notx fellowx i have seen the dayx with my good biting falchion i would have made them skipx i am old nowx and these same crosses spoil mex who are youx mine eyes are not ox the bestx ixll tell you straightx kentx if fortune brag of two she lovxd and hatedx one of them we beholdx learx this is a dull sightx are you not kentx kentx the samex your servant kentx where is your servant caiusx learx hexs a good fellowx i can tell you thatx hexll strikex and quickly tooxx hexs dead and rottenx kentx nox my good lordx i am the very manx learx ixll see that straightx kentx that from your first of difference and decay have followxd your sad stepsx learx you are welcome hitherx kentx nor no man elsex allxs cheerlessx dark and deadlyx your eldest daughters have fordone themselvesx and desperately are deadx learx ayx so i thinkx albanyx he knows not what he saysx and vain is it that we present us to himx edgarx very bootlessx enter an officerx officerx edmund is deadx my lordx albanyx thatxs but a trifle herex you lords and noble friendsx know our intentx what comfort to this great decay may come shall be applied for usx we will resignx during the life of this old majestyx to him our absolute powerx xxto edgar and kentxx you to your rightsx with boot and such addition as your honours have more than meritedx all friends shall taste the wages of their virtue and all foes the cup of their deservingsx ox seex seex learx and my poor fool is hangxdx nox nox no lifex why should a dogx a horsex a rat have lifex and thou no breath at allx thouxlt come no morex neverx neverx neverx neverx neverx pray you undo this buttonx thank youx sirx do you see thisx look on herx lookx her lipsx look therex look therex xxhe diesxxx edgarx he faintsx my lordx my lordx kentx breakx heartx i prythee breakx edgarx look upx my lordx kentx vex not his ghostx ox let him passx he hates him that would upon the rack of this rough world stretch him out longerx edgarx he is gone indeedx kentx the wonder isx he hath endurxd so longx he but usurpxd his lifex albanyx bear them from hencex our present business is general woex xxto edgar and kentxxx friends of my soulx you twainx rule in this realm and the gorxd state sustainx kentx i have a journeyx sirx shortly to gox my master calls mex i must not say nox edgarx the weight of this sad time we must obeyx speak what we feelx not what we ought to sayx the oldest hath borne mostx we that are young shall never see so muchx nor live so longx xxexeunt with a dead marchxxx lovexs labourxs lost dramatis personaex ferdinandx king of navarre berownex lord attending on the king longavillex x x x x x dumainx x x x x x boyetx lord attending on the princess of france marcadex x x x x x x x don adriano de armadox fantastical spaniard sir nathanielx a curate holofernesx a schoolmaster dullx a constable costardx a clown mothx page to armado a forester the princess of france rosalinex lady attending on the princess mariax x x x x x katharinex lady attending on the princess jaquenettax a country wench lordsx attendantsx etcx scenex navarre act ix scene ix navarrex the kingxs park enter the kingx berownex longavillex and dumain kingx let famex that all hunt after in their livesx live registxred upon our brazen tombsx and then grace us in the disgrace of deathx whenx spite of cormorant devouring timex thx endeavour of this present breath may buy that honour which shall bate his scythexs keen edgex and make us heirs of all eternityx thereforex brave conquerorsx for so you are that war against your own affections and the huge army of the worldxs desiresx our late edict shall strongly stand in forcex navarre shall be the wonder of the worldx our court shall be a little academex still and contemplative in living artx you threex berownex dumainx and longavillex have sworn for three yearsx term to live with me my fellowxscholarsx and to keep those statutes that are recorded in this schedule herex your oaths are passxdx and now subscribe your namesx that his own hand may strike his honour down that violates the smallest branch hereinx if you are armxd to do as sworn to dox subscribe to your deep oathsx and keep it toox longavillex i am resolvxdx xtis but a three yearsx fastx the mind shall banquetx though the body pinex fat paunches have lean patesx and dainty bits make rich the ribsx but bankrupt quite the witsx dumainx my loving lordx dumain is mortifiedx the grosser manner of these worldxs delights he throws upon the gross worldxs baser slavesx to lovex to wealthx to pompx i pine and diex with all these living in philosophyx berownex i can but say their protestation overx so muchx dear liegex i have already swornx that isx to live and study here three yearsx but there are other strict observancesx asx not to see a woman in that termx which i hope well is not enrolled therex and one day in a week to touch no foodx and but one meal on every day besidex the which i hope is not enrolled therex and then to sleep but three hours in the night and not be seen to wink of all the dayx when i was wont to think no harm all nightx and make a dark night too of half the dayx which i hope well is not enrolled therex ox these are barren tasksx too hard to keepx not to see ladiesx studyx fastx not sleepx kingx your oath is passxd to pass away from thesex berownex let me say nox my liegex an if you pleasex i only swore to study with your gracex and stay here in your court for three yearsx spacex longavillex you swore to thatx berownex and to the restx berownex by yea and nayx sirx then i swore in jestx what is the end of studyx let me knowx kingx whyx that to know which else we should not knowx berownex things hid and barrxdx you meanx from common sensex kingx ayx that is studyxs godxlike recompensex berownex come onx thenx i will swear to study sox to know the thing i am forbid to knowx as thusx to study where i well may dinex when i to feast expressly am forbidx or study where to meet some mistress finex when mistresses from common sense are hidx orx having sworn too hardxaxkeeping oathx study to break itx and not break my trothx if studyxs gain be thusx and this be sox study knows that which yet it doth not knowx swear me to thisx and i will nexer say nox kingx these be the stops that hinder study quitex and train our intellects to vain delightx berownex whyx all delights are vainx but that most vain whichx with pain purchasxdx doth inherit painx as painfully to pore upon a book to seek the light of truthx while truth the while doth falsely blind the eyesight of his lookx lightx seeking lightx doth light of light beguilex sox ere you find where light in darkness liesx your light grows dark by losing of your eyesx study me how to please the eye indeedx by fixing it upon a fairer eyex who dazzling sox that eye shall be his heedx and give him light that it was blinded byx study is like the heavenxs glorious sunx that will not be deepxsearchxd with saucy looksx small have continual plodders ever wonx save base authority from othersx booksx these earthly godfathers of heavenxs lights that give a name to every fixed star have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and wot not what they arex too much to know is to know nought but famex and every godfather can give a namex kingx how well hexs readx to reason against readingx dumainx proceeded wellx to stop all good proceedingx longavillex he weeds the cornx and still lets grow the weedingx berownex the spring is nearx when green geese are axbreedingx dumainx how follows thatx berownex fit in his place and timex dumainx in reason nothingx berownex something then in rhymex longavillex berowne is like an envious sneaping frost that bites the firstxborn infants of the springx berownex wellx say i amx why should proud summer boast before the birds have any cause to singx why should i joy in any abortive birthx at christmas i no more desire a rose than wish a snow in mayxs newxfangled showsx but like of each thing that in season growsx so youx to study now it is too latex climb oxer the house to unlock the little gatex kingx wellx sit outx go homex berownex adieux berownex nox my good lordx i have sworn to stay with youx and though i have for barbarism spoke more than for that angel knowledge you can sayx yet confident ixll keep what i have sworex and bide the penance of each three yearsx dayx give me the paperx let me read the samex and to the strictest decrees ixll write my namex kingx how well this yielding rescues thee from shamex berownex xreadsx xitemx that no woman shall come within a mile of my courtxx hath this been proclaimedx longavillex four days agox berownex letxs see the penaltyx xreadsx xxon pain of losing her tonguexx who devisxd this penaltyx longavillex marryx that did ix berownex sweet lordx and whyx longavillex to fright them hence with that dread penaltyx berownex a dangerous law against gentilityx xreadsx xitemx if any man be seen to talk with a woman within the term of three yearsx he shall endure such public shame as the rest of the court can possibly devisexx this articlex my liegex yourself must breakx for well you know here comes in embassy the french kingxs daughterx with yourself to speakx a mild of grace and complete majestyx about surrender up of aquitaine to her decrepitx sickx and bedrid fatherx therefore this article is made in vainx or vainly comes thx admired princess hitherx kingx what say youx lordsx whyx this was quite forgotx berownex so study evermore is overxshotx while it doth study to have what it wouldx it doth forget to do the thing it shouldx and when it hath the thing it hunteth mostx xtis won as towns with firex so wonx so lostx kingx we must of force dispense with this decreex she must lie here on mere necessityx berownex necessity will make us all forsworn three thousand times within this three yearsx spacex for every man with his affects is bornx not by might mastxredx but by special gracex if i break faithx this word shall speak for mex i am forsworn on mere necessityx so to the laws at large i write my namex xsubscribesx and he that breaks them in the least degree stands in attainder of eternal shamex suggestions are to other as to mex but i believex although i seem so loathx i am the last that will last keep his oathx but is there no quick recreation grantedx kingx ayx that there isx our courtx you knowx is haunted with a refined traveller of spainx a man in all the worldxs new fashion plantedx that hath a mint of phrases in his brainx one who the music of his own vain tongue doth ravish like enchanting harmonyx a man of complementsx whom right and wrong have chose as umpire of their mutinyx this child of fancyx that armado hightx for interim to our studies shall relatex in highxborn wordsx the worth of many a knight from tawny spain lost in the worldxs debatex how you delightx my lordsx i know notx ix but i protest i love to hear him liex and i will use him for my minstrelsyx berownex armado is a most illustrious wightx a man of firexnew wordsx fashionxs own knightx longavillex costard the swain and he shall be our sportx and so to study three years is but shortx enter dullx a constablex with a letterx and costard dullx which is the dukexs own personx berownex thisx fellowx what wouldstx dullx i myself reprehend his own personx for i am his gracexs farboroughx but i would see his own person in flesh and bloodx berownex this is hex dullx signior armex armex commends youx therexs villainy abroadx this letter will tell you morex costardx sirx the contempts thereof are as touching mex kingx a letter from the magnificent armadox berownex how low soever the matterx i hope in god for high wordsx longavillex a high hope for a low heavenx god grant us patiencex berownex to hearx or forbear hearingx longavillex to hear meeklyx sirx and to laugh moderatelyx orx to forbear bothx berownex wellx sirx be it as the style shall give us cause to climb in the merrinessx costardx the matter is to mex sirx as concerning jaquenettax the manner of it isx i was taken with the mannerx berownex in what mannerx costardx in manner and form followingx sirx all those threex i was seen with her in the manorxhousex sitting with her upon the formx and taken following her into the parkx whichx put togetherx is in manner and form followingx nowx sirx for the mannerx it is the manner of a man to speak to a womanx for the formx in some formx berownex for the followingx sirx costardx as it shall follow in my correctionx and god defend the rightx kingx will you hear this letter with attentionx berownex as we would hear an oraclex costardx such is the simplicity of man to hearken after the fleshx kingx xreadsx xgreat deputyx the welkinxs vicegerent and sole dominator of navarrex my soulxs earthxs god and bodyxs fostxring patronxx costardx not a word of costard yetx kingx xreadsx xso it isxx costardx it may be sox but if he say it is sox he isx in telling truex but sox kingx peacex costardx be to mex and every man that dares not fightx kingx no wordsx costardx of other menxs secretsx i beseech youx kingx xreadsx xso it isx besieged with sablexcoloured melancholyx i did commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesome physic of thy healthxgiving airx andx as i am a gentlemanx betook myself to walkx the time whenx about the sixth hourx when beasts most grazex birds best peckx and men sit down to that nourishment which is called supperx so much for the time whenx now for the ground whichx whichx i meanx i uponx it is ycleped thy parkx then for the place wherex wherex i meanx i did encounter that obscene and most prepostxrous event that draweth from my snowxwhite pen the ebonxcoloured ink which here thou viewestx beholdestx surveyestx or seestx but to the place wherex it standeth northxnorthxeast and by east from the west corner of thy curiousxknotted gardenx there did i see that lowxspirited swainx that base minnow of thy mirthxx costardx mex kingx xthat unlettered smallxknowing soulxx costardx mex kingx xthat shallow vassalxx costardx still mex kingx xwhichx as i rememberx hight costardxx costardx ox mex kingx xsorted and consortedx contrary to thy established proclaimed edict and continent canonx whichx withx ox withx but with this i passion to say wherewithxx costardx with a wenchx kingx xwith a child of our grandmother evex a femalex orx for thy more sweet understandingx a womanx him ix as my everxesteemed duty pricks me onx have sent to theex to receive the meed of punishmentx by thy sweet gracexs officerx antony dullx a man of good reputex carriagex bearingx and estimationxx dullx mex anxt shall please youx i am antony dullx kingx xfor jaquenettax so is the weaker vessel calledx which i apprehended with the aforesaid swainx i keep her as a vessel of thy lawxs furyx and shallx at the least of thy sweet noticex bring her to trialx thinex in all compliments of devoted and heartxburning heat of dutyx don adriano de armadoxx berownex this is not so well as i lookxd forx but the best that ever i heardx kingx ayx the best for the worstx butx sirrahx what say you to thisx costardx sirx i confess the wenchx kingx did you hear the proclamationx costardx i do confess much of the hearing itx but little of the marking of itx kingx it was proclaimed a yearxs imprisonment to be taken with a wenchx costardx i was taken with nonex sirx i was taken with a damselx kingx wellx it was proclaimed damselx costardx this was no damsel neitherx sirx she was a virginx kingx it is so varied toox for it was proclaimed virginx costardx if it werex i deny her virginityx i was taken with a maidx kingx this xmaidx not serve your turnx sirx costardx this maid will serve my turnx sirx kingx sirx i will pronounce your sentencex you shall fast a week with bran and waterx costardx i had rather pray a month with mutton and porridgex kingx and don armado shall be your keeperx my lord berownex see him delivered oxerx and go wex lordsx to put in practice that which each to other hath so strongly swornx exeunt kingx longavillex and dumain berownex ixll lay my head to any good manxs hat these oaths and laws will prove an idle scornx sirrahx come onx costardx i suffer for the truthx sirx for true it is i was taken with jaquenettax and jaquenetta is a true girlx and therefore welcome the sour cup of prosperityx affliction may one day smile againx and till thenx sit thee downx sorrowx exeunt scene iix the park enter armado and mothx his page armadox boyx what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows melancholyx mothx a great signx sirx that he will look sadx armadox whyx sadness is one and the selfxsame thingx dear impx mothx nox nox o lordx sirx nox armadox how canst thou part sadness and melancholyx my tender juvenalx mothx by a familiar demonstration of the workingx my tough signiorx armadox why tough signiorx why tough signiorx mothx why tender juvenalx why tender juvenalx armadox i spoke itx tender juvenalx as a congruent epitheton appertaining to thy young daysx which we may nominate tenderx mothx and ix tough signiorx as an appertinent title to your old timex which we may name toughx armadox pretty and aptx mothx how mean youx sirx i prettyx and my saying aptx or i aptx and my saying prettyx armadox thou prettyx because littlex mothx little prettyx because littlex wherefore aptx armadox and therefore aptx because quickx mothx speak you this in my praisex masterx armadox in thy condign praisex mothx i will praise an eel with the same praisex armadox that an eel is ingeniousx mothx that an eel is quickx armadox i do say thou art quick in answersx thou heatxst my bloodx mothx i am answerxdx sirx armadox i love not to be crossxdx mothx xasidex he speaks the mere contraryx crosses love not himx armadox i have promised to study three years with the dukex mothx you may do it in an hourx sirx armadox impossiblex mothx how many is one thrice toldx armadox i am ill at reckxningx it fitteth the spirit of a tapsterx mothx you are a gentleman and a gamesterx sirx armadox i confess bothx they are both the varnish of a complete manx mothx then i am sure you know how much the gross sum of deucexace amounts tox armadox it doth amount to one more than twox mothx which the base vulgar do call threex armadox truex mothx whyx sirx is this such a piece of studyx now here is three studied ere yexll thrice winkx and how easy it is to put xyearsx to the word xthreexx and study three years in two wordsx the dancing horse will tell youx armadox a most fine figurex mothx xasidex to prove you a cipherx armadox i will hereupon confess i am in lovex and as it is base for a soldier to lovex so am i in love with a base wenchx if drawing my sword against the humour of affection would deliver me from the reprobate thought of itx i would take desire prisonerx and ransom him to any french courtier for a newxdevisxd curtsyx i think scorn to sighx methinks i should outxswear cupidx comfort mex boyx what great men have been in lovex mothx herculesx masterx armadox most sweet herculesx more authorityx dear boyx name morex andx sweet my childx let them be men of good repute and carriagex mothx samsonx masterx he was a man of good carriagex great carriagex for he carried the town gates on his back like a porterx and he was in lovex armadox o wellxknit samsonx strongxjointed samsonx i do excel thee in my rapier as much as thou didst me in carrying gatesx i am in love toox who was samsonxs lovex my dear mothx mothx a womanx masterx armadox of what complexionx mothx of all the fourx or the threex or the twox or one of the fourx armadox tell me precisely of what complexionx mothx of the seaxwater greenx sirx armadox is that one of the four complexionsx mothx as i have readx sirx and the best of them toox armadox greenx indeedx is the colour of loversx but to have a love of that colourx methinks samson had small reason for itx he surely affected her for her witx mothx it was sox sirx for she had a green witx armadox my love is most immaculate white and redx mothx most maculate thoughtsx masterx are maskxd under such coloursx armadox definex definex wellxeducated infantx mothx my fatherxs wit my motherxs tongue assist mex armadox sweet invocation of a childx most prettyx and patheticalx mothx if she be made of white and redx her faults will nexer be knownx for blushing cheeks by faults are bredx and fears by pale white shownx then if she fearx or be to blamex by this you shall not knowx for still her cheeks possess the same which native she doth owex a dangerous rhymex masterx against the reason of white and redx armadox is there not a balladx boyx of the king and the beggarx mothx the world was very guilty of such a ballad some three ages sincex but i think now xtis not to be foundx or if it werex it would neither serve for the writing nor the tunex armadox i will have that subject newly writ oxerx that i may example my digression by some mighty precedentx boyx i do love that country girl that i took in the park with the rational hind costardx she deserves wellx mothx xasidex to be whiptx and yet a better love than my masterx armadox singx boyx my spirit grows heavy in lovex mothx and thatxs great marvelx loving a light wenchx armadox i sayx singx mothx forbear till this company be pastx enter dullx costardx and jaquenetta dullx sirx the dukexs pleasure is that you keep costard safex and you must suffer him to take no delight nor no penancex but xa must fast three days a weekx for this damselx i must keep her at the parkx she is allowxd for the dayxwomanx fare you wellx armadox i do betray myself with blushingx maidx jaquenettax manx armadox i will visit thee at the lodgex jaquenettax thatxs herebyx armadox i know where it is situatex jaquenettax lordx how wise you arex armadox i will tell thee wondersx jaquenettax with that facex armadox i love theex jaquenettax so i heard you sayx armadox and sox farewellx jaquenettax fair weather after youx dullx comex jaquenettax awayx exit with jaquenetta armadox villainx thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou be pardonedx costardx wellx sirx i hope when i do it i shall do it on a full stomachx armadox thou shalt be heavily punishedx costardx i am more bound to you than your fellowsx for they are but lightly rewardedx armadox take away this villainx shut him upx mothx comex you transgressing slavex awayx costardx let me not be pent upx sirx i will fastx being loosex mothx nox sirx that were fastx and loosex thou shalt to prisonx costardx wellx if ever i do see the merry days of desolation that i have seenx some shall seex mothx what shall some seex costardx nayx nothingx master mothx but what they look uponx it is not for prisoners to be too silent in their wordsx and therefore i will say nothingx i thank god i have as little patience as another manx and therefore i can be quietx exeunt moth and costard armadox i do affect the very groundx which is basex where her shoex which is baserx guided by her footx which is basestx doth treadx i shall be forswornx which is a great argument of falsehoodx if i lovex and how can that be true love which is falsely attemptedx love is a familiarx love is a devilx there is no evil angel but lovex yet was samson so temptedx and he had an excellent strengthx yet was solomon so seducedx and he had a very good witx cupidxs buttxshaft is too hard for herculesx clubx and therefore too much odds for a spaniardxs rapierx the first and second cause will not serve my turnx the passado he respects notx the duello he regards notx his disgrace is to be called boyx but his glory is to subdue menx adieux valourx rustx rapierx be stillx drumx for your manager is in lovex yeax he lovethx assist mex some extemporal god of rhymex for i am sure i shall turn sonnetx devisex witx writex penx for i am for whole volumes in foliox exit act iix scene iix the park enter the princess of francex with three attending ladiesx rosalinex mariax katharinex boyetx and two other lords boyetx nowx madamx summon up your dearest spiritsx consider who the king your father sendsx to whom he sendsx and whatxs his embassyx yourselfx held precious in the worldxs esteemx to parley with the sole inheritor of all perfections that a man may owex matchless navarrex the plea of no less weight than aquitainex a dowry for a queenx be now as prodigal of all dear grace as nature was in making graces dearx when she did starve the general world beside and prodigally gave them all to youx princess of francex good lord boyetx my beautyx though but meanx needs not the painted flourish of your praisex beauty is bought by judgment of the eyex not uttxred by base sale of chapmenxs tonguesx i am less proud to hear you tell my worth than you much willing to be counted wise in spending your wit in the praise of minex but now to task the taskerx good boyetx you are not ignorant allxtelling fame doth noise abroad navarre hath made a vowx till painful study shall outwear three yearsx no woman may approach his silent courtx therefore toxs seemeth it a needful coursex before we enter his forbidden gatesx to know his pleasurex and in that behalfx bold of your worthinessx we single you as our bestxmoving fair solicitorx tell him the daughter of the king of francex on serious businessx craving quick dispatchx importunes personal conference with his gracex hastex signify so muchx while we attendx like humblexvisagxd suitorsx his high willx boyetx proud of employmentx willingly i gox princess of francex all pride is willing pridex and yours is sox exit boyet who are the votariesx my loving lordsx that are vowxfellows with this virtuous dukex first lordx lord longaville is onex princess of francex know you the manx mariax i know himx madamx at a marriage feastx between lord perigort and the beauteous heir of jaques falconbridgex solemnized in normandyx saw i this longavillex a man of sovereign partsx peerless esteemxdx well fitted in artsx glorious in armsx nothing becomes him ill that he would wellx the only soil of his fair virtuexs glossx if virtuexs gloss will stain with any soilx is a sharp wit matchxd with too blunt a willx whose edge hath power to cutx whose will still wills it should none spare that come within his powerx princess of francex some merry mocking lordx belikex isxt sox mariax they say so most that most his humours knowx princess of francex such shortxlivxd wits do wither as they growx who are the restx katharinex the young dumainx a wellxaccomplishxd youthx of all that virtue love for virtue lovedx most power to do most harmx least knowing illx for he hath wit to make an ill shape goodx and shape to win grace though he had no witx i saw him at the duke alenconxs oncex and much too little of that good i saw is my report to his great worthinessx rosalinex another of these students at that time was there with himx if i have heard a truthx berowne they call himx but a merrier manx within the limit of becoming mirthx i never spent an hourxs talk withalx his eye begets occasion for his witx for every object that the one doth catch the other turns to a mirthxmoving jestx which his fair tonguex conceitxs expositorx delivers in such apt and gracious words that aged ears play truant at his talesx and younger hearings are quite ravishedx so sweet and voluble is his discoursex princess of francex god bless my ladiesx are they all in lovex that every one her own hath garnished with such bedecking ornaments of praisex first lordx here comes boyetx rexenter boyet princess of francex nowx what admittancex lordx boyetx navarre had notice of your fair approachx and he and his competitors in oath were all addressxd to meet youx gentle ladyx before i camex marryx thus much i have learntx he rather means to lodge you in the fieldx like one that comes here to besiege his courtx than seek a dispensation for his oathx to let you enter his unpeopled housex xthe ladiesxinxwaiting maskx enter kingx longavillex dumainx berownex and attendants here comes navarrex kingx fair princessx welcome to the court of navarrex princess of francex xfairx i give you back againx and xwelcomex i have not yetx the roof of this court is too high to be yoursx and welcome to the wide fields too base to be minex kingx you shall be welcomex madamx to my courtx princess of francex i will be welcome thenx conduct me thitherx kingx hear mex dear ladyx i have sworn an oathx princess of francex our lady help my lordx hexll be forswornx kingx not for the worldx fair madamx by my willx princess of francex whyx will shall break itx willx and nothing elsex kingx your ladyship is ignorant what it isx princess of francex were my lord sox his ignorance were wisex where now his knowledge must prove ignorancex i hear your grace hath sworn out housexkeepingx xtis deadly sin to keep that oathx my lordx and sin to break itx but pardon mex i am too sudden boldx to teach a teacher ill beseemeth mex vouchsafe to read the purpose of my comingx and suddenly resolve me in my suitx xgiving a paperx kingx madamx i willx if suddenly i mayx princess of francex you will the sooner that i were awayx for youxll prove perjurxd if you make me stayx berownex did not i dance with you in brabant oncex katharinex did not i dance with you in brabant oncex berownex i know you didx katharinex how needless was it then to ask the questionx berownex you must not be so quickx katharinex xtis long of youx that spur me with such questionsx berownex your wit xs too hotx it speeds too fastx xtwill tirex katharinex not till it leave the rider in the mirex berownex what time ox dayx katharinex the hour that fools should askx berownex now fair befall your maskx katharinex fair fall the face it coversx berownex and send you many loversx katharinex amenx so you be nonex berownex nayx then will i be gonex kingx madamx your father here doth intimate the payment of a hundred thousand crownsx being but the one half of an entire sum disbursed by my father in his warsx but say that he or wex as neither havex receivxd that sumx yet there remains unpaid a hundred thousand morex in surety of the whichx one part of aquitaine is bound to usx although not valued to the moneyxs worthx if then the king your father will restore but that one half which is unsatisfiedx we will give up our right in aquitainex and hold fair friendship with his majestyx but thatx it seemsx he little purposethx for here he doth demand to have repaid a hundred thousand crownsx and not demandsx on payment of a hundred thousand crownsx to have his title live in aquitainex which we much rather had depart withalx and have the money by our father lentx than aquitaine so gelded as it isx dear princessx were not his requests so far from reasonxs yieldingx your fair self should make a yielding xgainst some reason in my breastx and go well satisfied to france againx princess of francex you do the king my father too much wrongx and wrong the reputation of your namex in so unseeming to confess receipt of that which hath so faithfully been paidx kingx i do protest i never heard of itx andx if you prove itx ixll repay it back or yield up aquitainex princess of francex we arrest your wordx boyetx you can produce acquittances for such a sum from special officers of charles his fatherx kingx satisfy me sox boyetx so please your gracex the packet is not comex where that and other specialties are boundx toxmorrow you shall have a sight of themx kingx it shall suffice mex at which interview all liberal reason i will yield untox meantime receive such welcome at my hand as honourx without breach of honourx may make tender of to thy true worthinessx you may not comex fair princessx within my gatesx but here without you shall be so receivxd as you shall deem yourself lodgxd in my heartx though so denied fair harbour in my housex your own good thoughts excuse mex and farewellx toxmorrow shall we visit you againx princess of francex sweet health and fair desires consort your gracex kingx thy own wish wish i thee in every placex exit with attendants berownex ladyx i will commend you to mine own heartx rosalinex pray youx do my commendationsx i would be glad to see itx berownex i would you heard it groanx rosalinex is the fool sickx berownex sick at the heartx rosalinex alackx let it bloodx berownex would that do it goodx rosalinex my physic says xayxx berownex will you prickxt with your eyex rosalinex no pointx with my knifex berownex nowx god save thy lifex rosalinex and yours from long livingx berownex i cannot stay thanksgivingx xretiringx dumainx sirx i pray youx a wordx what lady is that samex boyetx the heir of alenconx katharine her namex dumainx a gallant ladyx monsieurx fare you wellx exit longavillex i beseech you a wordx what is she in the whitex boyetx a woman sometimesx an you saw her in the lightx longavillex perchance light in the lightx i desire her namex boyetx she hath but one for herselfx to desire that were a shamex longavillex pray youx sirx whose daughterx boyetx her motherxsx i have heardx longavillex godxs blessing on your beardx boyetx good sirx be not offendedx she is an heir of falconbridgex longavillex nayx my choler is endedx she is a most sweet ladyx boyetx not unlikex sirx that may bex exit longaville berownex whatxs her name in the capx boyetx rosalinex by good hapx berownex is she wedded or nox boyetx to her willx sirx or sox berownex you are welcomex sirx adieux boyetx farewell to mex sirx and welcome to youx exit berownex ladies unmask mariax that last is berownex the merry madxcap lordx not a word with him but a jestx boyetx and every jest but a wordx princess of francex it was well done of you to take him at his wordx boyetx i was as willing to grapple as he was to boardx katharinex two hot sheepsx marryx boyetx and wherefore not shipsx no sheepx sweet lambx unless we feed on your lipsx katharinex you sheep and i pasturex shall that finish the jestx boyetx so you grant pasture for mex xoffering to kiss herx katharinex not sox gentle beastx my lips are no commonx though several they bex boyetx belonging to whomx katharinex to my fortunes and mex princess of francex good wits will be janglingx butx gentlesx agreex this civil war of wits were much better used on navarre and his bookxmenx for here xtis abusedx boyetx if my observationx which very seldom liesx by the heartxs still rhetoric disclosed with eyesx deceive me not nowx navarre is infectedx princess of francex with whatx boyetx with that which we lovers entitle xaffectedxx princess of francex your reasonx boyetx whyx all his behaviours did make their retire to the court of his eyex peeping thorough desirex his heartx like an agatex with your print impressedx proud with his formx in his eye pride expressedx his tonguex all impatient to speak and not seex did stumble with haste in his eyesight to bex all senses to that sense did make their repairx to feel only looking on fairest of fairx methought all his senses were lockxd in his eyex as jewels in crystal for some prince to buyx whox tendxring their own worth from where they were glassxdx did point you to buy themx along as you passxdx his facexs own margent did quote such amazes that all eyes saw his eyes enchanted with gazesx ixll give you aquitaine and all that is hisx an you give him for my sake but one loving kissx princess of francex comex to our pavilionx boyet is disposxdx boyetx but to speak that in words which his eye hath disclosxdx i only have made a mouth of his eyex by adding a tongue which i know will not liex mariax thou art an old lovexmongerx and speakest skilfullyx katharinex he is cupidxs grandfatherx and learns news of himx rosalinex then was venus like her motherx for her father is but grimx boyetx do you hearx my mad wenchesx mariax nox boyetx whatx thenx do you seex mariax ayx our way to be gonex boyetx you are too hard for mex exeunt act iiix scene ix the park enter armado and moth armadox warblex childx make passionate my sense of hearingx xmoth sings concolinelx armadox sweet airx gox tenderness of yearsx take this keyx give enlargement to the swainx bring him festinately hitherx i must employ him in a letter to my lovex mothx masterx will you win your love with a french brawlx armadox how meanest thoux brawling in frenchx mothx nox my complete masterx but to jig off a tune at the tonguexs endx canary to it with your feetx humour it with turning up your eyelidsx sigh a note and sing a notex sometime through the throatx as if you swallowed love with singing lovex sometime through the nosex as if you snuffxd up love by smelling lovex with your hat penthousexlike oxer the shop of your eyesx with your arms crossxd on your thinxbelly doubletx like a rabbit on a spitx or your hands in your pocketx like a man after the old paintingx and keep not too long in one tunex but a snip and awayx these are complementsx these are humoursx these betray nice wenchesx that would be betrayed without thesex and make them men of notex do you note mexx that most are affected to thesex armadox how hast thou purchased this experiencex mothx by my penny of observationx armadox but ox but ox mothx the hobbyxhorse is forgotx armadox callxst thou my love xhobbyxhorsexx mothx nox masterx the hobbyxhorse is but a coltx and your love perhaps a hackneyx but have you forgot your lovex armadox almost i hadx mothx negligent studentx learn her by heartx armadox by heart and in heartx boyx mothx and out of heartx masterx all those three i will provex armadox what wilt thou provex mothx a manx if i livex and thisx byx inx and withoutx upon the instantx by heart you love herx because your heart cannot come by herx in heart you love herx because your heart is in love with herx and out of heart you love herx being out of heart that you cannot enjoy herx armadox i am all these threex mothx and three times as much morex and yet nothing at allx armadox fetch hither the swainx he must carry me a letterx mothx a message well sympathizxdx a horse to be ambassador for an assx armadox hax hax what sayest thoux mothx marryx sirx you must send the ass upon the horsex for he is very slowxgaitedx but i gox armadox the way is but shortx awayx mothx as swift as leadx sirx armadox the meaningx pretty ingeniousx is not lead a metal heavyx dullx and slowx mothx minimex honest masterx or ratherx masterx nox armadox i say lead is slowx mothx you are too swiftx sirx to say sox is that lead slow which is firxd from a gunx armadox sweet smoke of rhetoricx he reputes me a cannonx and the bulletx thatxs hex i shoot thee at the swainx mothx thumpx thenx and i fleex exit armadox a most acute juvenalx volable and free of gracex by thy favourx sweet welkinx i must sigh in thy facex most rude melancholyx valour gives thee placex my herald is returnxdx rexenter moth with costard mothx a wonderx masterx herexs a costard broken in a shinx armadox some enigmax some riddlex comex thy lxenvoyx beginx costardx no egmax no riddlex no lxenvoyx no salve in the mailx sirx ox sirx plantainx a plain plantainx no lxenvoyx no lxenvoyx no salvex sirx but a plantainx armadox by virtue thou enforcest laughterx thy silly thoughtx my spleenx the heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous smilingx ox pardon mex my starsx doth the inconsiderate take salve for lxenvoyx and the word xlxenvoyx for a salvex mothx do the wise think them otherx is not lxenvoy a salvex armadox nox pagex it is an epilogue or discourse to make plain some obscure precedence that hath tofore been sainx i will example itx the foxx the apex and the humblexbeex were still at oddsx being but threex therexs the moralx now the lxenvoyx mothx i will add the lxenvoyx say the moral againx armadox the foxx the apex and the humblexbeex were still at oddsx being but threex mothx until the goose came out of doorx and stayxd the odds by adding fourx now will i begin your moralx and do you follow with my lxenvoyx the foxx the apex and the humblexbeex were still at oddsx being but threex armadox until the goose came out of doorx staying the odds by adding fourx mothx a good lxenvoyx ending in the goosex would you desire morex costardx the boy hath sold him a bargainx a goosex thatxs flatx sirx your pennyworth is goodx an your goose be fatx to sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loosex let me seex a fat lxenvoyx ayx thatxs a fat goosex armadox come hitherx come hitherx how did this argument beginx mothx by saying that a costard was broken in a shinx then callxd you for the lxenvoyx costardx truex and i for a plantainx thus came your argument inx then the boyxs fat lxenvoyx the goose that you boughtx and he ended the marketx armadox but tell mex how was there a costard broken in a shinx mothx i will tell you sensiblyx costardx thou hast no feeling of itx mothx i will speak that lxenvoyx ix costardx running outx that was safely withinx fell over the threshold and broke my shinx armadox we will talk no more of this matterx costardx till there be more matter in the shinx armadox sirrah costardx i will enfranchise theex costardx ox marry me to one francesx i smell some lxenvoyx some goosex in thisx armadox by my sweet soulx i mean setting thee at libertyx enfreedoming thy personx thou wert immuredx restrainedx captivatedx boundx costardx truex truex and now you will be my purgationx and let me loosex armadox i give thee thy libertyx set thee from durancex andx in lieu thereofx impose on thee nothing but thisx bear this significant xgiving a letterx to the country maid jaquenettax there is remunerationx for the best ward of mine honour is rewarding my dependentsx mothx followx exit mothx like the sequelx ix signior costardx adieux costardx my sweet ounce of manxs fleshx my incony jewx exit moth now will i look to his remunerationx remunerationx ox thatxs the latin word for three farthingsx three farthingsx remunerationx xwhatxs the price of this inklexxx xone pennyxxx xnox ixll give you a remunerationxx whyx it carries itx remunerationx whyx it is a fairer name than french crownx i will never buy and sell out of this wordx enter berowne berownex my good knave costardx exceedingly well metx costardx pray youx sirx how much carnation ribbon may a man buy for a remunerationx berownex what is a remunerationx costardx marryx sirx halfpenny farthingx berownex whyx thenx threexfarthing worth of silkx costardx i thank your worshipx god be wix youx berownex stayx slavex i must employ theex as thou wilt win my favourx good my knavex do one thing for me that i shall entreatx costardx when would you have it donex sirx berownex this afternoonx costardx wellx i will do itx sirx fare you wellx berownex thou knowest not what it isx costardx i shall knowx sirx when i have done itx berownex whyx villainx thou must know firstx costardx i will come to your worship toxmorrow morningx berownex it must be done this afternoonx harkx slavex it is but thisx the princess comes to hunt here in the parkx and in her train there is a gentle ladyx when tongues speak sweetlyx then they name her namex and rosaline they call herx ask for herx and to her white hand see thou do commend this sealxdxup counselx therexs thy guerdonx gox xgiving him a shillingx costardx gardonx o sweet gardonx better than remunerationx a xlevenxpence farthing betterx most sweet gardonx i will do itx sirx in printx gardonx remunerationx exit berownex and ix forsoothx in lovex ix that have been lovexs whipx a very beadle to a humorous sighx a criticx nayx a nightxwatch constablex a domineering pedant oxer the boyx than whom no mortal so magnificentx this wimpledx whiningx purblindx wayward boyx this seniorxjuniorx giantxdwarfx dan cupidx regent of lovexrhymesx lord of folded armsx thx anointed sovereign of sighs and groansx liege of all loiterers and malcontentsx dread prince of placketsx king of codpiecesx sole imperatorx and great general of trotting paritorsx o my little heartx and i to be a corporal of his fieldx and wear his colours like a tumblerxs hoopx whatx i lovex i suex i seek a wifex a womanx that is like a german clockx still axrepairingx ever out of framex and never going arightx being a watchx but being watchxd that it may still go rightx nayx to be perjurxdx which is worst of allx andx among threex to love the worst of allx a whitely wanton with a velvet browx with two pitch balls stuck in her face for eyesx ayx andx by heavenx one that will do the deedx though argus were her eunuch and her guardx and i to sigh for herx to watch for herx to pray for herx go tox it is a plague that cupid will impose for my neglect of his almighty dreadful little mightx wellx i will lovex writex sighx prayx suex and groanx some men must love my ladyx and some joanx exit act ivx scene ix the park enter the princessx rosalinex mariax katharinex boyetx lordsx attendantsx and a forester princess of francex was that the king that spurrxd his horse so hard against the steep uprising of the hillx boyetx i know notx but i think it was not hex princess of francex whoexer xa wasx xa showxd a mounting mindx wellx lordsx toxday we shall have our dispatchx on saturday we will return to francex thenx foresterx my friendx where is the bush that we must stand and play the murderer inx foresterx herebyx upon the edge of yonder coppicex a stand where you may make the fairest shootx princess of francex i thank my beauty i am fair that shootx and thereupon thou speakxst the fairest shootx foresterx pardon mex madamx for i meant not sox princess of francex whatx whatx first praise mex and again say nox o shortxlivxd pridex not fairx alack for woex foresterx yesx madamx fairx princess of francex nayx never paint me nowx where fair is notx praise cannot mend the browx herex good my glassx take this for telling truex x giving him moneyx fair payment for foul words is more than duex foresterx nothing but fair is that which you inheritx princess of francex seex seex my beauty will be savxd by meritx o heresy in fairx fit for these daysx a giving handx though foulx shall have fair praisex but comex the bowx now mercy goes to killx and shooting well is then accounted illx thus will i save my credit in the shootx not woundingx pity would not let me doxtx if woundingx then it was to show my skillx that more for praise than purpose meant to killx andx out of questionx so it is sometimesx glory grows guilty of detested crimesx whenx for famexs sakex for praisex an outward partx we bend to that the working of the heartx as i for praise alone now seek to spill the poor deerxs blood that my heart means no illx boyetx do not curst wives hold that selfxsovereignty only for praise sakex when they strive to be lords oxer their lordsx princess of francex only for praisex and praise we may afford to any lady that subdues a lordx enter costard boyetx here comes a member of the commonwealthx costardx god digxyouxden allx pray youx which is the head ladyx princess of francex thou shalt know herx fellowx by the rest that have no headsx costardx which is the greatest ladyx the highestx princess of francex the thickest and the tallestx costardx the thickest and the tallestx it is sox truth is truthx an your waistx mistressx were as slender as my witx one ox these maidsx girdles for your waist should be fitx are not you the chief womanx you are the thickest herex princess of francex whatxs your willx sirx whatxs your willx costardx i have a letter from monsieur berowne to one lady rosalinex princess of francex ox thy letterx thy letterx hexs a good friend of minex stand asidex good bearerx boyetx you can carvex break up this caponx boyetx i am bound to servex this letter is mistookx it importeth none herex it is writ to jaquenettax princess of francex we will read itx i swearx break the neck of the waxx and every one give earx boyetx xreadsx xby heavenx that thou art fair is most infalliblex true that thou art beauteousx truth itself that thou art lovelyx more fairer than fairx beautiful than beauteousx truer than truth itselfx have commiseration on thy heroical vassalx the magnanimous and most illustrate king cophetua set eye upon the pernicious and indubitate beggar zenelophonx and he it was that might rightly sayx xvenix vidix vicixx which to annothanize in the vulgarxx o base and obscure vulgarxx videlicetx he camex sawx and overcamex he camex onex sawx twox overcamex threex who camexx the kingx why did he comexx to seex why did he seexxto overcomex to whom came hexx to the beggarx what saw hexx the beggarx who overcame hexx the beggarx the conclusion is victoryx on whose sidexx the kingxsx the captive is enrichxdx on whose sidexx the beggarxsx the catastrophe is a nuptialx on whose sidexx the kingxsx nox on both in onex or one in bothx i am the kingx for so stands the comparisonx thou the beggarx for so witnesseth thy lowlinessx shall i command thy lovex i mayx shall i enforce thy lovex i couldx shall i entreat thy lovex i willx what shalt thou exchange for ragsxx robesx for tittlesxx titlesx for thyselfx xmex thus expecting thy replyx i profane my lips on thy footx my eyes on thy picturex and my heart on thy every partx thine in the dearest design of industryx don adriano de armadox xthus dost thou hear the nemean lion roar xgainst theex thou lambx that standest as his preyx submissive fall his princely feet beforex and he from forage will incline to playx but if thou strivex poor soulx what are thou thenx food for his ragex repasture for his denxx princess of francex what plume of feathers is he that indited this letterx what vanex what weathercockx did you ever hear betterx boyetx i am much deceived but i remember the stylex princess of francex else your memory is badx going oxer it erewhilex boyetx this armado is a spaniardx that keeps here in courtx a phantasimex a monarchox and one that makes sport to the prince and his bookxmatesx princess of francex thou fellowx a wordx who gave thee this letterx costardx i told youx my lordx princess of francex to whom shouldst thou give itx costardx from my lord to my ladyx princess of francex from which lord to which ladyx costardx from my lord berownex a good master of minex to a lady of france that he callxd rosalinex princess of francex thou hast mistaken his letterx comex lordsx awayx xto rosalinex herex sweetx put up thisx xtwill be thine another dayx exeunt princess and train boyetx who is the shooterx who is the shooterx rosalinex shall i teach you to knowx boyetx ayx my continent of beautyx rosalinex whyx she that bears the bowx finely put offx boyetx my lady goes to kill hornsx butx if thou marryx hang me by the neckx if horns that year miscarryx finely put onx rosalinex well thenx i am the shooterx boyetx and who is your deerx rosalinex if we choose by the hornsx yourself come not nearx finely put on indeedx mariax you still wrangle with herx boyetx and she strikes at the browx boyetx but she herself is hit lowerx have i hit her nowx rosalinex shall i come upon thee with an old sayingx that was a man when king pepin of france was a little boyx as touching the hit itx boyetx so i may answer thee with one as oldx that was a woman when queen guinever of britain was a little wenchx as touching the hit itx rosalinex xsingingx thou canst not hit itx hit itx hit itx thou canst not hit itx my good manx boyetx an i cannotx cannotx cannotx an i cannotx another canx exeunt rosaline and katharine costardx by my trothx most pleasantx how both did fit itx mariax a mark marvellous well shotx for they both did hit itx boyetx a markx ox mark but that markx a markx says my ladyx let the mark have a prick inxtx to mete atx if it may bex mariax wide ox the bowxhandx ix faithx your hand is outx costardx indeedx xa must shoot nearerx or hexll nexer hit the cloutx boyetx an if my hand be outx then belike your hand is inx costardx then will she get the upshoot by cleaving the pinx mariax comex comex you talk greasilyx your lips grow foulx costardx shexs too hard for you at pricksx sirx challenge her to bowlx boyetx i fear too much rubbingx goodxnightx my good owlx exeunt boyet and maria costardx by my soulx a swainx a most simple clownx lordx lordx how the ladies and i have put him downx ox my trothx most sweet jestsx most incony vulgar witx when it comes so smoothly offx so obscenelyx as it werex so fitx armado a thx txone sidex ox a most dainty manx to see him walk before a lady and to bear her fanx to see him kiss his handx and how most sweetly xa will swearx and his page a tx other sidex that handful of witx ahx heavensx it is a most pathetical nitx solax solax exit costard scene iix the park from the shooting withinx enter holofernesx sir nathanielx and dull nathanielx very reverent sportx trulyx and done in the testimony of a good consciencex holofernesx the deer wasx as you knowx sanguisx in bloodx ripe as the pomewaterx who now hangeth like a jewel in the ear of caelox the skyx the welkinx the heavenx and anon falleth like a crab on the face of terrax the soilx the landx the earthx nathanielx trulyx master holofernesx the epithets are sweetly variedx like a scholar at the leastx butx sirx i assure ye it was a buck of the first headx holofernesx sir nathanielx haud credox dullx xtwas not a haud credox xtwas a pricketx holofernesx most barbarous intimationx yet a kind of insinuationx as it werex in viax in wayx of explicationx facerex as it werex replicationx or ratherx ostentarex to showx as it werex his inclinationx after his undressedx unpolishedx uneducatedx unprunedx untrainedx or rather unletteredx or ratherest unconfirmed fashionx to insert again my haud credo for a deerx dullx i said the deer was not a haud credox xtwas a pricketx holofernesx twicexsod simplicityx bis coctusx o thou monster ignorancex how deformed dost thou lookx nathanielx sirx he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a bookx he hath not eat paperx as it werex he hath not drunk inkx his intellect is not replenishedx he is only an animalx only sensible in the duller partsx and such barren plants are set before us that we thankful should bex which we of taste and feeling arex for those parts that do fructify in us more than hex for as it would ill become me to be vainx indiscreetx or a foolx sox were there a patch set on learningx to see him in a schoolx butx omne benex say ix being of an old fatherxs mindx many can brook the weather that love not the windx dullx you two are bookxmenx can you tell me by your wit what was a month old at cainxs birth thatxs not five weeks old as yetx holofernesx dictynnax goodman dullx dictynnax goodman dullx dullx what is dictynnax nathanielx a title to phoebex to lunax to the moonx holofernesx the moon was a month old when adam was no morex and raught not to five weeks when he came to fivexscorex thx allusion holds in the exchangex dullx xtis truex indeedx the collusion holds in the exchangex holofernesx god comfort thy capacityx i say thx allusion holds in the exchangex dullx and i say the polusion holds in the exchangex for the moon is never but a month oldx and i sayx besidex that xtwas a pricket that the princess killxdx holofernesx sir nathanielx will you hear an extemporal epitaph on the death of the deerx andx to humour the ignorantx call the deer the princess killxd a pricketx nathanielx pergex good master holofernesx pergex so it shall please you to abrogate scurrilityx holofernesx i will something affect the letterx for it argues facilityx the preyful princess piercxd and prickxd a pretty pleasing pricketx some say a sorex but not a sore till now made sore with shootingx the dogs did yellx put el to sorex then sorel jumps from thicketx or pricket sorex or else sorelx the people fall axhootingx if sore be sorex then l to sore makes fifty sores ox sorelx of one sore i an hundred make by adding but one more lx nathanielx a rare talentx dullx xasidex if a talent be a clawx look how he claws him with a talentx holofernesx this is a gift that i havex simplex simplex a foolish extravagant spiritx full of formsx figuresx shapesx objectsx ideasx apprehensionsx motionsx revolutionsx these are begot in the ventricle of memoryx nourishxd in the womb of pia materx and delivered upon the mellowing of occasionx but the gift is good in those in whom it is acutex and i am thankful for itx nathanielx sirx i praise the lord for youx and so may my parishionersx for their sons are well tutorxd by youx and their daughters profit very greatly under youx you are a good member of the commonwealthx holofernesx meherclex if their sons be ingeniousx they shall want no instructionx if their daughters be capablex i will put it to themx butx vir sapit qui pauca loquiturx a soul feminine saluteth usx enter jaquenetta and costard jaquenettax god give you good morrowx master personx holofernesx master personx quasi persxonex and if one should be piercxd which is the onex costardx marryx master schoolmasterx he that is likest to a hogsheadx holofernesx piercing a hogsheadx a good lustre of conceit in a turf of earthx fire enough for a flintx pearl enough for a swinex xtis prettyx it is wellx jaquenettax good master parsonx be so good as read me this letterx it was given me by costardx and sent me from don armadox i beseech you read itx holofernesx faustex precor gelida quando pecus omne sub umbra ruminatx and so forthx ahx good old mantuanx i may speak of thee as the traveller doth of venicex venetiax venetiax chi non ti vedex non ti pretiax old mantuanx old mantuanx who understandeth thee notx loves thee notx utx rex solx lax mix fax under pardonx sirx what are the contentsx or rather as horace says in hisx whatx my soulx versesx nathanielx ayx sirx and very learnedx holofernesx let me hear a staffx a stanzex a versex legex dominex nathanielx xreadsx xif love make me forswornx how shall i swear to lovex ahx never faith could holdx if not to beauty vowedx though to myself forswornx to thee ixll faithful provex those thoughts to me were oaksx to thee like osiers bowedx study his bias leavesx and makes his book thine eyesx where all those pleasures live that art would comprehendx if knowledge be the markx to know thee shall sufficex well learned is that tongue that well can thee commendx all ignorant that soul that sees thee without wonderx which is to me some praise that i thy parts admirex thy eye jovexs lightning bearsx thy voice his dreadful thunderx whichx not to anger bentx is music and sweet firex celestial as thou artx ox pardon love this wrongx that singes heavenxs praise with such an earthly tonguexx holofernesx you find not the apostrophasx and so miss the accentx let me supervise the canzonetx here are only numbers ratifiedx butx for the elegancyx facilityx and golden cadence of poesyx caretx ovidius naso was the manx and whyx indeedx xnasox but for smelling out the odoriferous flowers of fancyx the jerks of inventionx imitari is nothingx so doth the hound his masterx the ape his keeperx the tired horse his riderx butx damosella virginx was this directed to youx jaquenettax ayx sirx from one monsieur berownex one of the strange queenxs lordsx holofernesx i will overglance the superscriptx xto the snowxwhite hand of the most beauteous lady rosalinexx i will look again on the intellect of the letterx for the nomination of the party writing to the person written untox xyour ladyshipxs in all desired employmentx berownexx sir nathanielx this berowne is one of the votaries with the kingx and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queenxs which accidentallyx or by the way of progressionx hath miscarriedx trip and gox my sweetx deliver this paper into the royal hand of the kingx it may concern muchx stay not thy complimentx i forgive thy dutyx adieux jaquenettax good costardx go with mex sirx god save your lifex costardx have with theex my girlx exeunt costard and jaquenetta nathanielx sirx you have done this in the fear of godx very religiouslyx andx as a certain father saithx holofernesx sirx tell not me of the fatherx i do fear colourable coloursx but to return to the versesx did they please youx sir nathanielx nathanielx marvellous well for the penx holofernesx i do dine toxday at the fatherxs of a certain pupil of minex wherex ifx before repastx it shall please you to gratify the table with a gracex i willx on my privilege i have with the parents of the foresaid child or pupilx undertake your ben venutox where i will prove those verses to be very unlearnedx neither savouring of poetryx witx nor inventionx i beseech your societyx nathanielx and thank you toox for societyx saith the textx is the happiness of lifex holofernesx and certesx the text most infallibly concludes itx xto dullx sirx i do invite you toox you shall not say me nayx pauca verbax awayx the gentles are at their gamex and we will to our recreationx exeunt scene iiix the park enter berownex with a paper his bandx alone berownex the king he is hunting the deerx i am coursing myselfx they have pitchxd a toilx i am tolling in a pitchx pitch that defilesx defilex a foul wordx wellx xset thee downx sorrowxx for so they say the fool saidx and so say ix and i am the foolx well provedx witx by the lordx this love is as mad as ajaxx it kills sheepx it kills mex i a sheepx well proved again ox my sidex i will not lovex if i dox hang mex ix faithx i will notx ox but her eyex by this lightx but for her eyex i would not love herx yesx for her two eyesx wellx i do nothing in the world but liex and lie in my throatx by heavenx i do lovex and it hath taught me to rhymex and to be melancholyx and here is part of my rhymex and here my melancholyx wellx she hath one ox my sonnets alreadyx the clown bore itx the fool sent itx and the lady hath itx sweet clownx sweeter foolx sweetest ladyx by the worldx i would not care a pin if the other three were inx here comes one with a paperx god give him grace to groanx xclimbs into a treex enter the kingx with a paper kingx ay mex berownex shotx by heavenx proceedx sweet cupidx thou hast thumpxd him with thy birdxbolt under the left papx in faithx secretsx kingx xreadsx xso sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not to those fresh morning drops upon the rosex as thy eyexbeamsx when their fresh rays have smote the night of dew that on my cheeks down flowsx nor shines the silver moon one half so bright through the transparent bosom of the deepx as doth thy face through tears of mine give lightx thou shinxst in every tear that i do weepx no drop but as a coach doth carry theex so ridest thou triumphing in my woex do but behold the tears that swell in mex and they thy glory through my grief will showx but do not love thyselfx then thou wilt keep my tears for glassesx and still make me weepx o queen of queensx how far dost thou excel no thought can think nor tongue of mortal tellxx how shall she know my griefsx ixll drop the paperx sweet leavesx shade follyx who is he comes herex xsteps asidex enter longavillex with a paper whatx longavillex and readingx listenx carx berownex nowx in thy likenessx one more fool appearx longavillex ay mex i am forswornx berownex whyx he comes in like a perjurex wearing papersx kingx in lovex i hopex sweet fellowship in shamex berownex one drunkard loves another of the namex longavillex am i the first that have been perjurxd sox berownex i could put thee in comfortx not by two that i knowx thou makest the triumviryx the cornerxcap of societyx the shape of lovexs tyburn that hangs up simplicityx longavillex i fear these stubborn lines lack power to movex o sweet mariax empress of my lovex these numbers will i tearx and write in prosex berownex ox rhymes are guards on wanton cupidxs hosex disfigure not his slopx longavillex this same shall gox xhe reads the sonnetx xdid not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eyex xgainst whom the world cannot hold argumentx persuade my heart to this false perjuryx vows for thee broke deserve not punishmentx a woman i forsworex but i will provex thou being a goddessx i forswore not theex my vow was earthlyx thou a heavenly lovex thy grace being gainxd cures all disgrace in mex vows are but breathx and breath a vapour isx then thoux fair sunx which on my earth dost shinex exhalxst this vapourxvowx in thee it isx if brokenx then it is no fault of minex if by me brokex what fool is not so wise to lose an oath to win a paradisexx berownex this is the liverxveinx which makes flesh a deityx a green goose a goddessx purex pure idolatryx god amend usx god amendx we are much out ox thx wayx enter dumainx with a paper longavillex by whom shall i send thisxx companyx stayx xsteps asidex berownex xall hidx all hidxx an old infant playx like a demigod here sit i in the skyx and wretched foolsx secrets heedfully oxerxeyex more sacks to the millx o heavensx i have my wishx dumain transformedx four woodcocks in a dishx dumainx o most divine katex berownex o most profane coxcombx dumainx by heavenx the wonder in a mortal eyex berownex by earthx she is notx corporalx there you liex dumainx her amber hairs for foul hath amber quotedx berownex an amberxcolourxd raven was well notedx dumainx as upright as the cedarx berownex stoopx i sayx her shoulder is with childx dumainx as fair as dayx berownex ayx as some daysx but then no sun must shinex dumainx o that i had my wishx longavillex and i had minex kingx and i mine tooxxgood lordx berownex amenx so i had minex is not that a good wordx dumainx i would forget herx but a fever she reigns in my bloodx and will remembxred bex berownex a fever in your bloodx whyx then incision would let her out in saucersx sweet misprisionx dumainx once more ixll read the ode that i have writx berownex once more ixll mark how love can vary witx dumainx xreadsx xon a dayxalack the dayxx lovex whose month is ever mayx spied a blossom passing fair playing in the wanton airx through the velvet leaves the windx all unseenx can passage findx that the loverx sick to deathx wishxd himself the heavenxs breathx xairxx quoth he xthy cheeks may blowx airx would i might triumph sox butx alackx my hand is sworn nexer to pluck thee from thy thornx vowx alackx for youth unmeetx youth so apt to pluck a sweetx do not call it sin in me that i am forsworn for theex thou for whom jove would swear juno but an ethiope werex and deny himself for jovex turning mortal for thy lovexxx this will i sendx and something else more plain that shall express my true lovexs fasting painx ox would the kingx berowne and longavillex were lovers toox illx to example illx would from my forehead wipe a perjurxd notex for none offend where all alike do dotex longavillex xadvancingx dumainx thy love is far from charityx that in lovexs grief desirxst societyx you may look palex but i should blushx i knowx to be oxerheard and taken napping sox kingx xadvancingx comex sirx you blushx as hisx your case is suchx you chide at himx offending twice as muchx you do not love mariax longaville did never sonnet for her sake compilex nor never lay his wreathed arms athwart his loving bosomx to keep down his heartx i have been closely shrouded in this bushx and markxd you bothx and for you both did blushx i heard your guilty rhymesx observxd your fashionx saw sighs reek from youx noted well your passionx xay mexx says onex xo jovexx the other criesx onex her hairs were goldx crystal the otherxs eyesx xto longavillex you would for paradise break faith and trothx xto dumainx and jove for your love would infringe an oathx what will berowne say when that he shall hear faith infringed which such zeal did swearx how will he scornx how will he spend his witx how will he triumphx leapx and laugh at itx for all the wealth that ever i did seex i would not have him know so much by mex berownex xdescendingx now step i forth to whip hypocrisyx ahx good my liegex i pray thee pardon mex good heartx what grace hast thou thus to reprove these worms for lovingx that art most in lovex your eyes do make no coachesx in your tears there is no certain princess that appearsx youxll not be perjurxdx xtis a hateful thingx tushx none but minstrels like of sonnetingx but are you not ashamedx nayx are you notx all three of youx to be thus much oxershotx you found his motex the king your mote did seex but i a beam do find in each of threex ox what a scene of foolxry have i seenx of sighsx of groansx of sorrowx and of teenx ox mex with what strict patience have i satx to see a king transformed to a gnatx to see great hercules whipping a gigx and profound solomon to tune a jigx and nestor play at pushxpin with the boysx and critic timon laugh at idle toysx where lies thy griefx ox tell mex good dumainx andx gentle longavillex where lies thy painx and where my liegexsx all about the breastx a caudlex hox kingx too bitter is thy jestx are we betrayed thus to thy overxviewx berownex not you by mex but i betrayed to youx i that am honestx i that hold it sin to break the vow i am engaged inx i am betrayed by keeping company with men like youx men of inconstancyx when shall you see me write a thing in rhymex or groan for joanx or spend a minutexs time in pruning mex when shall you hear that i will praise a handx a footx a facex an eyex a gaitx a statex a browx a breastx a waistx a legx a limbx kingx softx whither away so fastx a true man or a thief that gallops sox berownex i post from lovex good loverx let me gox enter jaquenetta and costard jaquenettax god bless the kingx kingx what present hast thou therex costardx some certain treasonx kingx what makes treason herex costardx nayx it makes nothingx sirx kingx if it mar nothing neitherx the treason and you go in peace away togetherx jaquenettax i beseech your gracex let this letter be readx our person misdoubts itx xtwas treasonx he saidx kingx berownex read it overx xberowne reads the letterx where hadst thou itx jaquenettax of costardx kingx where hadst thou itx costardx of dun adramadiox dun adramadiox xberowne tears the letterx kingx how nowx what is in youx why dost thou tear itx berownex a toyx my liegex a toyx your grace needs not fear itx longavillex it did move him to passionx and therefore letxs hear itx dumainx it is berownexs writingx and here is his namex xgathering up the piecesx berownex x to costardx ahx you whoreson loggerheadx you were born to do me shamex guiltyx my lordx guiltyx i confessx i confessx kingx whatx berownex that you three fools lackxd me fool to make up the messx hex hex and youx and youx my liegexx and i are pickxpurses in lovex and we deserve to diex ox dismiss this audiencex and i shall tell you morex dumainx now the number is evenx berownex truex truex we are fourx will these turtles be gonex kingx hencex sirsx awayx costardx walk aside the true folkx and let the traitors stayx exeunt costard and jaquenetta berownex sweet lordsx sweet loversx ox let us embracex as true we are as flesh and blood can bex the sea will ebb and flowx heaven show his facex young blood doth not obey an old decreex we cannot cross the cause why we were bornx therefore of all hands must we be forswornx kingx whatx did these rent lines show some love of thinex berownex xdid theyxx quoth youx who sees the heavenly rosaline thatx like a rude and savage man of inde at the first opxning of the gorgeous eastx bows not his vassal head andx strucken blindx kisses the base ground with obedient breastx what peremptory eaglexsighted eye dares look upon the heaven of her brow that is not blinded by her majestyx kingx what zealx what fury hath inspirxd thee nowx my lovex her mistressx is a gracious moonx shex an attending starx scarce seen a lightx berownex my eyes are then no eyesx nor i berownex ox but for my lovex day would turn to nightx of all complexions the cullxd sovereignty do meetx as at a fairx in her fair cheekx where several worthies make one dignityx where nothing wants that want itself doth seekx lend me the flourish of all gentle tonguesx fiex painted rhetoricx ox she needs it notx to things of sale a sellerxs praise belongsx she passes praisex then praise too short doth blotx a witherxd hermitx fivexscore winters wornx might shake off fiftyx looking in her eyex beauty doth varnish agex as if newxbornx and gives the crutch the cradlexs infancyx ox xtis the sun that maketh all things shinex kingx by heavenx thy love is black as ebonyx berownex is ebony like herx o wood divinex a wife of such wood were felicityx ox who can give an oathx where is a bookx that i may swear beauty doth beauty lackx if that she learn not of her eye to lookx no face is fair that is not full so blackx kingx o paradoxx black is the badge of hellx the hue of dungeonsx and the school of nightx and beautyxs crest becomes the heavens wellx berownex devils soonest temptx resembling spirits of lightx ox if in black my ladyxs brows be decktx it mourns that painting and usurping hair should ravish doters with a false aspectx and therefore is she born to make black fairx her favour turns the fashion of the daysx for native blood is counted painting nowx and therefore red that would avoid dispraise paints itself blackx to imitate her browx dumainx to look like her are chimneyxsweepers blackx longavillex and since her time are colliers counted brightx kingx and ethiopes of their sweet complexion crackx dumainx dark needs no candles nowx for dark is lightx berownex your mistresses dare never come in rain for fear their colours should be washxd awayx kingx xtwere good yours didx forx sirx to tell you plainx ixll find a fairer face not washxd toxdayx berownex ixll prove her fairx or talk till doomsday herex kingx no devil will fright thee then so much as shex dumainx i never knew man hold vile stuff so dearx longavillex lookx herexs thy lovex my foot and her face seex xshowing his shoex berownex ox if the streets were paved with thine eyesx her feet were much too dainty for such treadx dumainx o vilex thenx as she goesx what upward lies the street should see as she walkxd overheadx kingx but what of thisx are we not all in lovex berownex nothing so surex and thereby all forswornx kingx then leave this chatx andx good berownex now prove our loving lawfulx and our faith not tornx dumainx ayx marryx therex some flattery for this evilx longavillex ox some authority how to proceedx some tricksx some quilletsx how to cheat the devilx dumainx some salve for perjuryx berownex xtis more than needx have at youx thenx affectionxs menxatxarmsx consider what you first did swear untox to fastx to studyx and to see no womanx flat treason xgainst the kingly state of youthx sayx can you fastx your stomachs are too youngx and abstinence engenders maladiesx andx where that you you have vowxd to studyx lordsx in that each of you have forsworn his bookx can you still dreamx and porex and thereon lookx for when would youx my lordx or youx or youx have found the ground of studyxs excellence without the beauty of a womanxs facex from womenxs eyes this doctrine i derivex they are the groundx the booksx the academesx from whence doth spring the true promethean firex whyx universal plodding poisons up the nimble spirits in the arteriesx as motion and longxduring action tires the sinewy vigour of the travellerx nowx for not looking on a womanxs facex you have in that forsworn the use of eyesx and study toox the causer of your vowx for where is author in the world teaches such beauty as a womanxs eyex learning is but an adjunct to ourselfx and where we are our learning likewise isx then when ourselves we see in ladiesx eyesx with ourselvesx do we not likewise see our learning therex ox we have made a vow to studyx lordsx and in that vow we have forsworn our booksx for when would youx my liegex or youx or youx in leaden contemplation have found out such fiery numbers as the prompting eyes of beautyxs tutors have enrichxd you withx other slow arts entirely keep the brainx and thereforex finding barren practisersx scarce show a harvest of their heavy toilx but lovex first learned in a ladyxs eyesx lives not alone immured in the brainx but with the motion of all elements courses as swift as thought in every powerx and gives to every power a double powerx above their functions and their officesx it adds a precious seeing to the eyex a loverxs eyes will gaze an eagle blindx a loverxs ear will hear the lowest soundx when the suspicious head of theft is stoppxdx lovexs feeling is more soft and sensible than are the tender horns of cockled snailsx lovexs tongue proves dainty bacchus gross in tastex for valourx is not love a herculesx still climbing trees in the hesperidesx subtle as sphinxx as sweet and musical as bright apolloxs lutex strung with his hairx and when love speaksx the voice of all the gods make heaven drowsy with the harmonyx never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were tempxred with lovexs sighsx ox then his lines would ravish savage earsx and plant in tyrants mild humilityx from womenxs eyes this doctrine i derivex they sparkle still the right promethean firex they are the booksx the artsx the academesx that showx containx and nourishx all the worldx else none at all in aught proves excellentx then fools you were these women to forswearx orx keeping what is swornx you will prove foolsx for wisdomxs sakex a word that all men lovex or for lovexs sakex a word that loves all menx or for menxs sakex the authors of these womenx or womenxs sakex by whom we men are menx let us once lose our oaths to find ourselvesx or else we lose ourselves to keep our oathsx it is religion to be thus forswornx for charity itself fulfils the lawx and who can sever love from charityx kingx saint cupidx thenx andx soldiersx to the fieldx berownex advance your standardsx and upon themx lordsx pellxmellx down with themx be first advisxdx in conflictx that you get the sun of themx longavillex now to plainxdealingx lay these glozes byx shall we resolve to woo these girls of francex kingx and win them toox therefore let us devise some entertainment for them in their tentsx berownex firstx from the park let us conduct them thitherx then homeward every man attach the hand of his fair mistressx in the afternoon we will with some strange pastime solace themx such as the shortness of the time can shapex for revelsx dancesx masksx and merry hoursx forerun fair lovex strewing her way with flowersx kingx awayx awayx no time shall be omitted that will betimex and may by us be fittedx berownex allonsx allonsx sowxd cockle reapxd no cornx and justice always whirls in equal measurex light wenches may prove plagues to men forswornx if sox our copper buys no better treasurex exeunt act vx scene ix the park enter holofernesx sir nathanielx and dull holofernesx satis quod sufficitx nathanielx i praise god for youx sirx your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententiousx pleasant without scurrilityx witty without affectionx audacious without impudencyx learned without opinionx and strange without heresyx i did converse this quondam day with a companion of the kingxs who is intituledx nominatedx or calledx don adriano de armadox holofernesx novi hominem tanquam tex his humour is loftyx his discourse peremptoryx his tongue filedx his eye ambitiousx his gait majestical and his general behaviour vainx ridiculousx and thrasonicalx he is too pickedx too sprucex too affectedx too oddx as it werex too peregrinatex as i may call itx nathanielx a most singular and choice epithetx xdraws out his tablexbookx holofernesx he draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argumentx i abhor such fanatical phantasimesx such insociable and pointxdevise companionsx such rackers of orthographyx as to speak xdoutx finex when he should say xdoubtxx xdetx when he should pronounce xdebtxx dx ex bx tx not dx ex tx he clepeth a calf xcaufxx half xhaufxx neighbour vocatur xnebourxx xneighx abbreviated xnexx this is abhominablex which he would call xabbominablexx it insinuateth me of insaniex ne intelligisx dominex to make franticx lunaticx nathanielx laus deox bone intelligox holofernesx xbonexxx xbonex for xbenexx priscian a little scratchxdx xtwill servex enter armadox mothx and costard nathanielx videsne quis venitx holofernesx videox et gaudeox armadox xto mothx chirrahx holofernesx quare xchirrahxx not xsirrahxx armadox men of peacex well encountxredx holofernesx most military sirx salutationx mothx xaside to costardx they have been at a great feast of languages and stolxn the scrapsx costardx ox they have livxd long on the almsxbasket of wordsx i marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a wordx for thou are not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibusx thou art easier swallowed than a flapxdragonx mothx peacex the peal beginsx armadox xto holofernesx monsieurx are you not lettxredx mothx yesx yesx he teaches boys the hornbookx what is ax bx spelt backward with the horn on his headx holofernesx bax pueritiax with a horn addedx mothx bax most silly sheep with a hornx you hear his learningx holofernesx quisx quisx thou consonantx mothx the third of the five vowelsx if you repeat themx or the fifthx if ix holofernesx i will repeat themx ax ex ix mothx the sheepx the other two concludes itx ox ux armadox nowx by the salt wave of the mediterraneumx a sweet touchx a quick venue of witx snipx snapx quick and homex it rejoiceth my intellectx true witx mothx offerxd by a child to an old manx which is witxoldx holofernesx what is the figurex what is the figurex mothx hornsx holofernesx thou disputes like an infantx go whip thy gigx mothx lend me your horn to make onex and i will whip about your infamy circum circax a gig of a cuckoldxs hornx costardx an i had but one penny in the worldx thou shouldst have it to buy gingerxbreadx holdx there is the very remuneration i had of thy masterx thou halfpenny purse of witx thou pigeonxegg of discretionx ox an the heavens were so pleased that thou wert but my bastardx what a joyful father wouldst thou make mex go tox thou hast it ad dunghillx at the fingersx endsx as they sayx holofernesx ox i smell false latinx xdunghillx for unguemx armadox artsxmanx preambulatex we will be singuled from the barbarousx do you not educate youth at the chargexhouse on the top of the mountainx holofernesx or monsx the hillx armadox at your sweet pleasurex for the mountainx holofernesx i dox sans questionx armadox sirx it is the kingxs most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilionx in the posteriors of this dayx which the rude multitude call the afternoonx holofernesx the posterior of the dayx most generous sirx is liablex congruentx and measurablex for the afternoonx the word is well cullxdx chosex sweetx and aptx i do assure youx sirx i do assurex armadox sirx the king is a noble gentlemanx and my familiarx i do assure yex very good friendx for what is inward between usx let it passx i do beseech theex remember thy courtesyx i beseech theex apparel thy headx and among other importunate and most serious designsx and of great import indeedx toox but let that passx for i must tell thee it will please his gracex by the worldx sometime to lean upon my poor shoulderx and with his royal finger thus dally with my excrementx with my mustachiox butx sweet heartx let that passx by the worldx i recount no fablex some certain special honours it pleaseth his greatness to impart to armadox a soldierx a man of travelx that hath seen the worldx but let that passx the very all of all isx butx sweet heartx i do implore secrecyx that the king would have me present the princessx sweet chuckx with some delightful ostentationx or showx or pageantx or anticx or fireworkx nowx understanding that the curate and your sweet self are good at such eruptions and sudden breakingxout of mirthx as it werex i have acquainted you withalx to the end to crave your assistancex holofernesx sirx you shall present before her the nine worthiesx sir nathanielx as concerning some entertainment of timex some show in the posterior of this dayx to be rendxred by our assistancex the kingxs commandx and this most gallantx illustratex and learned gentlemanx before the princessx i say none so fit as to present the nine worthiesx nathanielx where will you find men worthy enough to present themx holofernesx joshuax yourselfx myselfx alexanderx this gallant gentlemanx judas maccabaeusx this swainx because of his great limb or jointx shall pass pompey the greatx the pagex herculesx armadox pardonx sirx errorx he is not quantity enough for that worthyxs thumbx he is not so big as the end of his clubx holofernesx shall i have audiencex he shall present hercules in minorityx his enter and exit shall be strangling a snakex and i will have an apology for that purposex mothx an excellent devicex sox if any of the audience hissx you may cry xwell donex herculesx now thou crushest the snakexx that is the way to make an offence graciousx though few have the grace to do itx armadox for the rest of the worthiesx holofernesx i will play three myselfx mothx thricexworthy gentlemanx armadox shall i tell you a thingx holofernesx we attendx armadox we will havex if this fadge notx an anticx i beseech youx followx holofernesx viax goodman dullx thou has spoken no word all this whilex dullx nor understood none neitherx sirx holofernesx allonsx we will employ theex dullx ixll make one in a dancex or sox or i will play on the tabor to the worthiesx and let them dance the hayx holofernesx most dullx honest dullx to our sportx awayx exeunt scene iix the park enter the princessx mariax katharinex and rosaline princess of francex sweet heartsx we shall be rich ere we departx if fairings come thus plentifully inx a lady wallxd about with diamondsx look you what i have from the loving kingx rosalinex madamx came nothing else along with thatx princess of francex nothing but thisx yesx as much love in rhyme as would be crammxd up in a sheet of paper writ ox both sides the leafx margent and allx that he was fain to seal on cupidxs namex rosalinex that was the way to make his godhead waxx for he hath been five thousand year a boyx katharinex ayx and a shrewd unhappy gallows toox rosalinex youxll nexer be friends with himx xa killxd your sisterx katharinex he made her melancholyx sadx and heavyx and so she diedx had she been lightx like youx of such a merryx nimblex stirring spiritx she might xa been a grandam ere she diedx and so may youx for a light heart lives longx rosalinex whatxs your dark meaningx mousex of this light wordx katharinex a light condition in a beauty darkx rosalinex we need more light to find your meaning outx katharinex youxll mar the light by taking it in snuffx therefore ixll darkly end the argumentx rosalinex look what you dox you do it still ix thx darkx katharinex so do not youx for you are a light wenchx rosalinex indeedx i weigh not youx and therefore lightx katharinex you weigh me notx ox thatxs you care not for mex rosalinex great reasonx for xpast cure is still past carexx princess of francex well bandied bothx a set of wit well playxdx butx rosalinex you have a favour toox who sent itx and what is itx rosalinex i would you knewx an if my face were but as fair as yoursx my favour were as greatx be witness thisx nayx i have verses toox i thank berownex the numbers truex andx were the numbxring toox i were the fairest goddess on the groundx i am comparxd to twenty thousand fairsx ox he hath drawn my picture in his letterx princess of francex anything likex rosalinex much in the lettersx nothing in the praisex princess of francex beauteous as inkx a good conclusionx katharinex fair as a text b in a copyxbookx rosalinex ware pencilsx hox let me not die your debtorx my red dominicalx my golden letterx o that your face were not so full of oxsx katharinex a pox of that jestx and i beshrew all shrowsx princess of francex butx katharinex what was sent to you from fair dumainx katharinex madamx this glovex princess of francex did he not send you twainx katharinex yesx madamx andx moreoverx some thousand verses of a faithful loverx a huge translation of hypocrisyx vilely compilxdx profound simplicityx mariax thisx and these pearlx to me sent longavillex the letter is too long by half a milex princess of francex i think no lessx dost thou not wish in heart the chain were longer and the letter shortx mariax ayx or i would these hands might never partx princess of francex we are wise girls to mock our lovers sox rosalinex they are worse fools to purchase mocking sox that same berowne ixll torture ere i gox o that i knew he were but in by thx weekx how i would make him fawnx and begx and seekx and wait the seasonx and observe the timesx and spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymesx and shape his service wholly to my hestsx and make him proud to make me proud that jestsx so pertauntxlike would i oxersway his state that he should be my foolx and i his fatex princess of francex none are so surely caughtx when they are catchxdx as wit turnxd foolx follyx in wisdom hatchxdx hath wisdomxs warrant and the help of schoolx and witxs own grace to grace a learned foolx rosalinex the blood of youth burns not with such excess as gravityxs revolt to wantonnessx mariax folly in fools bears not so strong a note as foolxry in the wise when wit doth dotex since all the power thereof it doth apply to provex by witx worth in simplicityx enter boyet princess of francex here comes boyetx and mirth is in his facex boyetx ox i am stabbxd with laughterx wherexs her gracex princess of francex thy newsx boyetx boyetx preparex madamx preparex armx wenchesx armx encounters mounted are against your peacex love doth approach disguisxdx armed in argumentsx youxll be surprisxdx muster your witsx stand in your own defencex or hide your heads like cowardsx and fly hencex princess of francex saint dennis to saint cupidx what are they that charge their breath against usx sayx scoutx sayx boyetx under the cool shade of a sycamore i thought to close mine eyes some half an hourx whenx lox to interrupt my purposxd restx toward that shade i might behold addrest the king and his companionsx warily i stole into a neighbour thicket byx and overheard what you shall overhearx thatx by and byx disguisxd they will be herex their herald is a pretty knavish pagex that well by heart hath connxd his embassagex action and accent did they teach him therex xthus must thou speakx and xthus thy body bearxx and ever and anon they made a doubt presence majestical would put him outx xforx quoth the king xan angel shalt thou seex yet fear not thoux but speak audaciouslyxx the boy replied xan angel is not evilx i should have fearxd her had she been a devilxx with that all laughxdx and clappxd him on the shoulderx making the bold wag by their praises bolderx one rubbxd his elbowx thusx and fleerxdx and swore a better speech was never spoke beforex another with his finger and his thumb cried xviax we will doxtx come what will comexx the third he caperxdx and cried xall goes wellxx the fourth turnxd on the toex and down he fellx with that they all did tumble on the groundx with such a zealous laughterx so profoundx that in this spleen ridiculous appearsx to check their follyx passionxs solemn tearsx princess of francex but whatx but whatx come they to visit usx boyetx they dox they dox and are apparellxd thusx like muscovites or russiansx as i guessx their purpose is to parleyx courtx and dancex and every one his lovexfeat will advance unto his several mistressx which theyxll know by favours several which they did bestowx princess of francex and will they sox the gallants shall be taskxdx forx ladiesx we will every one be maskxdx and not a man of them shall have the gracex despite of suitx to see a ladyxs facex holdx rosalinex this favour thou shalt wearx and then the king will court thee for his dearx holdx take thou thisx my sweetx and give me thinex so shall berowne take me for rosalinex and change you favours toox so shall your loves woo contraryx deceivxd by these removesx rosalinex come onx thenx wear the favours most in sightx katharinex butx in this changingx what is your intentx princess of francex the effect of my intent is to cross theirsx they do it but in mocking merrimentx and mock for mock is only my intentx their several counsels they unbosom shall to loves mistookx and so be mockxd withal upon the next occasion that we meet with visages displayxd to talk and greetx rosalinex but shall we dancex if they desire us toxtx princess of francex nox to the deathx we will not move a footx nor to their pennxd speech render we no gracex but while xtis spoke each turn away her facex boyetx whyx that contempt will kill the speakerxs heartx and quite divorce his memory from his partx princess of francex therefore i do itx and i make no doubt the rest will nexer come inx if he be outx therexs no such sport as sport by sport oxerthrownx to make theirs oursx and ours none but our ownx so shall we stayx mocking intended gamex and they well mockxd depart away with shamex xtrumpet sounds withinx boyetx the trumpet soundsx be maskxdx the maskers comex xthe ladies maskx enter blackamoors musicx moth as prologuex the king and his lords as maskersx in the guise of russians mothx all hailx the richest heauties on the earthx boyetx beauties no richer than rich taffetax mothx a holy parcel of the fairest dames xthe ladies turn their backs to himx that ever turnxd theirx backsx to mortal viewsx berownex their eyesx villainx their eyesx mothx that ever turnxd their eyes to mortal viewsx outx boyetx truex out indeedx mothx out of your favoursx heavenly spiritsx vouchsafe not to beholdx berownex once to beholdx roguex mothx once to behold with your sunxbeamed eyesx with your sunxbeamed eyesx boyetx they will not answer to that epithetx you were best call it xdaughterxbeamed eyesxx mothx they do not mark mex and that brings me outx berownex is this your perfectnessx be gonex you roguex exit moth rosalinex what would these strangersx know their mindsx boyetx if they do speak our languagex xtis our will that some plain man recount their purposesx know what they wouldx boyetx what would you with the princessx berownex nothing but peace and gentle visitationx rosalinex what would theyx say theyx boyetx nothing but peace and gentle visitationx rosalinex whyx that they havex and bid them so be gonex boyetx she says you have itx and you may be gonex kingx say to her we have measurxd many miles to tread a measure with her on this grassx boyetx they say that they have measurxd many a mile to tread a measure with you on this grassx rosalinex it is not sox ask them how many inches is in one milex if they have measured manyx the measurex thenx of one is easxly toldx boyetx if to come hither you have measurxd milesx and many milesx the princess bids you tell how many inches doth fill up one milex berownex tell her we measure them by weary stepsx boyetx she hears herselfx rosalinex how many weary steps of many weary miles you have oxergone are numbxred in the travel of one milex berownex we number nothing that we spend for youx our duty is so richx so infinitex that we may do it still without accomptx vouchsafe to show the sunshine of your facex that wex like savagesx may worship itx rosalinex my face is but a moonx and clouded toox kingx blessed are cloudsx to do as such clouds dox vouchsafex bright moonx and these thy starsx to shinex those clouds removedx upon our watery eynex rosalinex o vain petitionerx beg a greater matterx thou now requests but moonshine in the waterx kingx then in our measure do but vouchsafe one changex thou bidxst me begx this begging is not strangex rosalinex playx musicx thenx nayx you must do it soonx not yetx no dancex thus change i like the moonx kingx will you not dancex how come you thus estrangedx rosalinex you took the moon at fullx but now shexs changedx kingx yet still she is the moonx and i the manx the music playsx vouchsafe some motion to itx rosalinex our ears vouchsafe itx kingx but your legs should do itx rosalinex since you are strangersx and come here by chancex wexll not be nicex take handsx we will not dancex kingx why take we hands thenx rosalinex only to part friendsx curtsyx sweet heartsx and so the measure endsx kingx more measure of this measurex be not nicex rosalinex we can afford no more at such a pricex kingx price you yourselvesx what buys your companyx rosalinex your absence onlyx kingx that can never bex rosalinex then cannot we be boughtx and so adieux twice to your visor and half once to youx kingx if you deny to dancex letxs hold more chatx rosalinex in private thenx kingx i am best pleasxd with thatx xthey converse apartx berownex whitexhanded mistressx one sweet word with theex princess of francex honeyx and milkx and sugarx there is threex berownex nayx thenx two treysx an if you grow so nicex metheglinx wortx and malmseyx well run dicex therexs half a dozen sweetsx princess of francex seventh sweetx adieux since you can cogx ixll play no more with youx berownex one word in secretx princess of francex let it not be sweetx berownex thou grievest my gallx princess of francex gallx bitterx berownex therefore meetx xthey converse apartx dumainx will you vouchsafe with me to change a wordx mariax name itx dumainx fair ladyx mariax say you sox fair lordx take that for your fair ladyx dumainx please it youx as much in privatex and ixll bid adieux xthey converse apartx katharinex whatx was your vizard made without a tonguex longavillex i know the reasonx ladyx why you askx katharinex o for your reasonx quicklyx sirx i longx longavillex you have a double tongue within your maskx and would afford my speechless vizard halfx katharinex xvealx quoth the dutchmanx is not xvealx a calfx longavillex a calfx fair ladyx katharinex nox a fair lord calfx longavillex letxs part the wordx katharinex nox ixll not be your halfx take all and wean itx it may prove an oxx longavillex look how you butt yourself in these sharp mocksx will you give hornsx chaste ladyx do not sox katharinex then die a calfx before your horns do growx longavillex one word in private with you ere i diex katharinex bleat softlyx thenx the butcher hears you cryx xthey converse apartx boyetx the tongues of mocking wenches are as keen as is the razorxs edge invisiblex cutting a smaller hair than may be seenx above the sense of sensex so sensible seemeth their conferencex their conceits have wingsx fleeter than arrowsx bulletsx windx thoughtx swifter thingsx rosalinex not one word morex my maidsx break offx break offx berownex by heavenx all dryxbeaten with pure scoffx kingx farewellx mad wenchesx you have simple witsx exeunt kingx lordsx and blackamoors princess of francex twenty adieusx my frozen muscovitsx are these the breed of wits so wondered atx boyetx tapers they arex with your sweet breaths puffxd outx rosalinex wellxliking wits they havex grossx grossx fatx fatx princess of francex o poverty in witx kinglyxpoor floutx will they notx think youx hang themselves toxnightx or ever but in vizards show their facesx this pert berowne was out of countxnance quitex rosalinex they were all in lamentable casesx the king was weepingxripe for a good wordx princess of francex berowne did swear himself out of all suitx mariax dumain was at my servicex and his swordx xno pointx quoth ix my servant straight was mutex katharinex lord longaville said i came oxer his heartx and trow you what he callxd mex princess of francex qualmx perhapsx katharinex yesx in good faithx princess of francex gox sickness as thou artx rosalinex wellx better wits have worn plain statutexcapsx but will you hearx the king is my love swornx princess of francex and quick berowne hath plighted faith to mex katharinex and longaville was for my service bornx mariax dumain is minex as sure as bark on treex boyetx madamx and pretty mistressesx give earx immediately they will again be here in their own shapesx for it can never be they will digest this harsh indignityx princess of francex will they returnx boyetx they willx they willx god knowsx and leap for joyx though they are lame with blowsx thereforex change favoursx andx when they repairx blow like sweet roses in this summer airx princess of francex how blowx how blowx speak to be understoodx boyetx fair ladies maskxd are roses in their budx dismaskxdx their damask sweet commixture shownx are angels vailing cloudsx or roses blownx princess of francex avauntx perplexityx what shall we do if they return in their own shapes to woox rosalinex good madamx if by me youxll be advisxdx letxs mock them stillx as well known as disguisxdx let us complain to them what fools were herex disguisxd like muscovitesx in shapeless gearx and wonder what they werex and to what end their shallow shows and prologue vilely pennxdx and their rough carriage so ridiculousx should be presented at our tent to usx boyetx ladiesx withdrawx the gallants are at handx princess of francex whip to our tentsx as roes run oxer landx exeunt princessx rosalinex katharinex and maria rexenter the kingx berownex longavillex and dumainx in their proper habits kingx fair sirx god save youx wherexs the princessx boyetx gone to her tentx please it your majesty command me any service to her thitherx kingx that she vouchsafe me audience for one wordx boyetx i willx and so will shex i knowx my lordx exit berownex this fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peasex and utters it again when god doth pleasex he is witxs pedlarx and retails his wares at wakesx and wassailsx meetingsx marketsx fairsx and we that sell by grossx the lord doth knowx have not the grace to grace it with such showx this gallant pins the wenches on his sleevex had he been adamx he had tempted evex xa can carve toox and lispx why this is he that kissxd his hand away in courtesyx this is the ape of formx monsieur the nicex thatx when he plays at tablesx chides the dice in honourable termsx nayx he can sing a mean most meanlyx and in usheringx mend him who canx the ladies call him sweetx the stairsx as he treads on themx kiss his feetx this is the flowxr that smiles on every onex to show his teeth as white as whalesxbonex and consciences that will not die in debt pay him the due of xhoneyxtongued boyetxx kingx a blister on his sweet tonguex with my heartx that put armadoxs page out of his partx rexenter the princessx ushered by boyetx rosalinex mariax and katharine berownex see where it comesx behaviourx what wert thou till this man showxd theex and what art thou nowx kingx all hailx sweet madamx and fair time of dayx princess of francex xfairx in xall hailx is foulx as i conceivex kingx construe my speeches betterx if you mayx princess of francex then wish me betterx i will give you leavex kingx we came to visit youx and purpose now to lead you to our courtx vouchsafe it thenx princess of francex this field shall hold mex and so hold your vowx nor godx nor ix delights in perjurxd menx kingx rebuke me not for that which you provokex the virtue of your eye must break my oathx princess of francex you nickname virtuex vice you should have spokex for virtuexs office never breaks menxs trothx now by my maiden honourx yet as pure as the unsullied lilyx i protestx a world of torments though i should endurex i would not yield to be your housexs guestx so much i hate a breaking cause to be of heavenly oathsx vowed with integrityx kingx ox you have livxd in desolation herex unseenx unvisitedx much to our shamex princess of francex not sox my lordx it is not sox i swearx we have had pastimes herex and pleasant gamex a mess of russians left us but of latex kingx howx madamx russiansx princess of francex ayx in truthx my lordx trim gallantsx full of courtship and of statex rosalinex madamx speak truex it is not sox my lordx my ladyx to the manner of the daysx in courtesy gives undeserving praisex we four indeed confronted were with four in russian habitx here they stayed an hour and talkxd apacex and in that hourx my lordx they did not bless us with one happy wordx i dare not call them foolsx but this i thinkx when they are thirstyx fools would fain have drinkx berownex this jest is dry to mex fair gentle sweetx your wit makes wise things foolishx when we greetx with eyes best seeingx heavenxs fiery eyex by light we lose lightx your capacity is of that nature that to your huge store wise things seem foolish and rich things but poorx rosalinex this proves you wise and richx for in my eyex berownex i am a foolx and full of povertyx rosalinex but that you take what doth to you belongx it were a fault to snatch words from my tonguex berownex ox i am yoursx and all that i possessx rosalinex all the fool minex berownex i cannot give you lessx rosalinex which of the vizards was it that you worex berownex wherex whenx what vizardx why demand you thisx rosalinex therex thenx that vizardx that superfluous case that hid the worse and showxd the better facex kingx we were descriedx theyxll mock us now downrightx dumainx let us confessx and turn it to a jestx princess of francex amazxdx my lordx why looks your highness sadx rosalinex helpx hold his browsx hexll swoonx why look you palex seaxsickx i thinkx coming from muscovyx berownex thus pour the stars down plagues for perjuryx can any face of brass hold longer outx here stand ix ladyx dart thy skill at mex bruise me with scornx confound me with a floutx thrust thy sharp wit quite through my ignorancex cut me to pieces with thy keen conceitx and i will wish thee never more to dancex nor never more in russian habit waitx ox never will i trust to speeches pennxdx nor to the motion of a schoolxboyxs tonguex nor never come in vizard to my friendx nor woo in rhymex like a blind harperxs songx taffeta phrasesx silken terms precisex threexpilxd hyperbolesx spruce affectationx figures pedanticalx these summerxflies have blown me full of maggot ostentationx i do forswear themx and i here protestx by this white glovex how white the handx god knowsxx henceforth my wooing mind shall be expressxd in russet yeasx and honest kersey noesx andx to beginx wenchx so god help mex lawxx my love to thee is soundx sans crack or flawx rosalinex sans xsansxx i pray youx berownex yet i have a trick of the old ragex bear with mex i am sickx ixll leave it by degreesx softx let us seex write xlord have mercy on usx on those threex they are infectedx in their hearts it liesx they have the plaguex and caught it of your eyesx these lords are visitedx you are not freex for the lordxs tokens on you do i seex princess of francex nox they are free that gave these tokens to usx berownex our states are forfeitx seek not to undo usx rosalinex it is not sox for how can this be truex that you stand forfeitx being those that suex berownex peacex for i will not have to do with youx rosalinex nor shall notx if i do as i intendx berownex speak for yourselvesx my wit is at an endx kingx teach usx sweet madamx for our rude transgression some fair excusex princess of francex the fairest is confessionx were not you here but even nowx disguisxdx kingx madamx i wasx princess of francex and were you well advisxdx kingx i wasx fair madamx princess of francex when you then were herex what did you whisper in your ladyxs earx kingx that more than all the world i did respect herx princess of francex when she shall challenge thisx you will reject herx kingx upon mine honourx nox princess of francex peacex peacex forbearx your oath once brokex you force not to forswearx kingx despise me when i break this oath of minex princess of francex i willx and therefore keep itx rosalinex what did the russian whisper in your earx rosalinex madamx he swore that he did hold me dear as precious eyesightx and did value me above this worldx adding theretox moreoverx that he would wed mex or else die my loverx princess of francex god give thee joy of himx the noble lord most honourably doth uphold his wordx kingx what mean youx madamx by my lifex my trothx i never swore this lady such an oathx rosalinex by heavenx you didx andx to confirm it plainx you gave me thisx but take itx sirx againx kingx my faith and this the princess i did givex i knew her by this jewel on her sleevex princess of francex pardon mex sirx this jewel did she wearx and lord berownex i thank himx is my dearx whatx will you have mex or your pearl againx berownex neither of eitherx i remit both twainx i see the trick onxtx here was a consentx knowing aforehand of our merrimentx to dash it like a christmas comedyx some carryxtalex some pleasexmanx some slight zanyx some mumblexnewsx some trencherxknightx some dickx that smiles his cheek in years and knows the trick to make my lady laugh when shexs disposxdx told our intents beforex which once disclosxdx the ladies did change favoursx and then wex following the signsx wooxd but the sign of shex nowx to our perjury to add more terrorx we are again forsworn in will and errorx much upon this it isx xto boyetx and might not you forestall our sportx to make us thus untruex do not you know my ladyxs foot by thx squierx and laugh upon the apple of her eyex and stand between her backx sirx and the firex holding a trencherx jesting merrilyx you put our page outx gox you are allowxdx die when you willx a smock shall be your shroudx you leer upon mex do youx therexs an eye wounds like a leaden swordx boyetx full merrily hath this brave managex this careerx been runx berownex lox he is tilting straightx peacex i have donex enter costard welcomex pure witx thou partxst a fair frayx costardx o lordx sirx they would know whether the three worthies shall come in or nox berownex whatx are there but threex costardx nox sirx but it is vara finex for every one pursents threex berownex and three times thrice is ninex costardx not sox sirx under correctionx sirx i hope it is not sox you cannot beg usx sirx i can assure youx sirx we know what we knowx i hopex sirx three times thricex sirx berownex is not ninex costardx under correctionx sirx we know whereuntil it doth amountx berownex by jovex i always took three threes for ninex costardx o lordx sirx it were pity you should get your living by reckxningx sirx berownex how much is itx costardx o lordx sirx the parties themselvesx the actorsx sirx will show whereuntil it doth amountx for mine own partx i amx as they sayx but to parfect one man in one poor manx pompion the greatx sirx berownex art thou one of the worthiesx costardx it pleased them to think me worthy of pompey the greatx for mine own partx i know not the degree of the worthyx but i am to stand for himx berownex gox bid them preparex costardx we will turn it finely offx sirx we will take some carex exit costard kingx berownex they will shame usx let them not approachx berownex we are shamexproofx my lordx and xtis some policy to have one show worse than the kingxs and his companyx kingx i say they shall not comex princess of francex nayx my good lordx let me oxerrule you nowx that sport best pleases that doth least know howx where zeal strives to contentx and the contents dies in the zeal of that which it presentsx their form confounded makes most form in mirthx when great things labouring perish in their birthx berownex a right description of our sportx my lordx enter armado armadox anointedx i implore so much expense of thy royal sweet breath as will utter a brace of wordsx xconverses apart with the kingx and delivers a paperx princess of francex doth this man serve godx berownex why ask youx princess of francex xa speaks not like a man of god his makingx armadox that is all onex my fairx sweetx honey monarchx forx i protestx the schoolmaster is exceeding fantasticalx too too vainx too too vainx but we will put itx as they sayx to fortuna de la guerrax i wish you the peace of mindx most royal couplementx exit armado kingx here is like to be a good presence of worthiesx he presents hector of troyx the swainx pompey the greatx the parish curatex alexanderx arinadoxs pagex herculesx the pedantx judas maccabaeusx and if these four worthies in their first show thrivex these four will change habits and present the other fivex berownex there is five in the first showx kingx you are deceivedx xtis not sox berownex the pedantx the braggartx the hedgexpriestx the foolx and the boyx abate throw at novumx and the whole world again cannot pick out five suchx take each one in his veinx kingx the ship is under sailx and here she comes amainx enter costardx armed for pompey costardx i pompey amx berownex you liex you are not hex costardx i pompey amx boyetx with libbardxs head on kneex berownex well saidx old mockerx i must needs be friends with theex costardx i pompey amx pompey surnamxd the bigx dumainx the greatx costardx it is greatx sirx pompey surnamxd the greatx that oft in fieldx with targe and shieldx did make my foe to sweatx and travelling along this coastx i bere am come by chancex and lay my arms before the legs of this sweet lass of francex if your ladyship would say xthanksx pompeyxx i had donex princess of francex great thanksx great pompeyx costardx xtis not so much worthx but i hope i was perfectx i made a little fault in greatx berownex my hat to a halfpennyx pompey proves the best worthyx enter sir nathanielx for alexander nathanielx when in the world i livxdx i was the worldxs commanderx by eastx westx northx and southx i spread my conquering mightx my scutcheon plain declares that i am alisanderx boyetx your nose saysx nox you are notx for it stands to rightx berownex your nose smells xnox in thisx most tenderxsmelling knightx princess of francex the conqueror is dismayxdx proceedx good alexanderx nathanielx when in the world i livxdx i was the worldxs commanderx boyetx most truex xtis rightx you were sox alisanderx berownex pompey the greatx costardx your servantx and costardx berownex take away the conquerorx take away alisanderx costardx xto sir nathanielx ox sirx you have overthrown alisander the conquerorx you will be scrapxd out of the painted cloth for thisx your lionx that holds his poleaxe sitting on a closexstoolx will be given to ajaxx he will be the ninth worthyx a conqueror and afeard to speakx run away for shamex alisanderx xsir nathaniel retiresx therex anxt shall please youx a foolish mild manx an honest manx look youx and soon dashxdx he is a marvellous good neighbourx faithx and a very good bowlerx but for alisanderx alasx you see how xtisx a little oxerpartedx but there are worthies axcoming will speak their mind in some other sortx princess of francex stand asidex good pompeyx enter holofernesx for judasx and mothx for hercules holofernesx great hercules is presented by this impx whose club killxd cerberusx that threexheaded canusx and when be was a babex a childx a shrimpx thus did he strangle serpents in his manusx quoniam he seemeth in minorityx ergo i come with this apologyx keep some state in thy exitx and vanishx xmoth retiresx judas i amx dumainx a judasx holofernesx not iscariotx sirx judas i amx ycliped maccabaeusx dumainx judas maccabaeus clipt is plain judasx berownex a kissing traitorx how art thou provxd judasx holofernesx judas i amx dumainx the more shame for youx judasx holofernesx what mean youx sirx boyetx to make judas hang himselfx holofernesx beginx sirx you are my elderx berownex well followedx judas was hanged on an elderx holofernesx i will not be put out of countenancex berownex because thou hast no facex holofernesx what is thisx boyetx a citternxheadx dumainx the head of a bodkinx berownex a deathxs face in a ringx longavillex the face of an old roman coinx scarce seenx boyetx the pommel of coesarxs falchionx dumainx the carvxdxbone face on a flaskx berownex saint georgexs halfxcheek in a broochx dumainx ayx and in a brooch of leadx berownex ayx and worn in the cap of a toothxdrawerx and nowx forwardx for we have put thee in countenancex holofernesx you have put me out of countenancex berownex falsex we have given thee facesx holofernesx but you have outfacxd them allx berownex an thou wert a lion we would do sox boyetx thereforex as he is an assx let him gox and so adieux sweet judex nayx why dost thou stayx dumainx for the latter end of his namex berownex for the ass to the judex give it himx judxasx awayx holofernesx this is not generousx not gentlex not humblex boyetx a light for monsieur judasx it grows darkx he may stumblex xholofernes retiresx princess of francex alasx poor maccabaeusx how hath he been baitedx enter armadox for hector berownex hide thy headx achillesx here comes hector in armsx dumainx though my mocks come home by mex i will now be merryx kingx hector was but a troyan in respect of thisx boyetx but is this hectorx dumainx i think hector was not so cleanxtimberxdx longavillex his leg is too big for hectorxsx dumainx more calfx certainx boyetx nox he is best indued in the smallx berownex this cannot be hectorx dumainx hexs a god or a painterx for he makes facesx armadox the armipotent marsx of lances the almightyx gave hector a giftx dumainx a gilt nutmegx berownex a lemonx longavillex stuck with clovesx dumainx nox clovenx armadox peacex the armipotent marsx of lances the almightyx gave hector a giftx the heir of ilionx a man so breathed that certain he would fight yex from morn till night out of his pavilionx i am that flowerx dumainx that mintx longavillex that columbinex armadox sweet lord longavillex rein thy tonguex longavillex i must rather give it the reinx for it runs against hectorx dumainx ayx and hectorxs a greyhoundx armadox the sweet warxman is dead and rottenx sweet chucksx beat not the bones of the buriedx when he breathedx he was a manx but i will forward with my devicex xto the princessx sweet royaltyx bestow on me the sense of hearingx xberowne steps forthx and speaks to costardx princess of francex speakx brave hectorx we are much delightedx armadox i do adore thy sweet gracexs slipperx boyetx xaside to dumainx loves her by the footx dumainx xaside to boyetx he may not by the yardx armadox this hector far surmounted hannibalx costardx the party is gonex fellow hectorx she is gonex she is two months on her wayx armadox what meanest thoux costardx faithx unless you play the honest troyanx the poor wench is cast awayx shexs quickx the child brags in her belly alreadyx xtis yoursx armadox dost thou infamonize me among potentatesx thou shalt diex costardx then shall hector be whipt for jaquenetta that is quick by himx and hangxd for pompey that is dead by himx dumainx most rare pompeyx boyetx renowned pompeyx berownex greater than greatx greatx greatx great pompeyx pompey the hugex dumainx hector tremblesx berownex pompey is movedx more atesx more atesx stir them onx stir them onx dumainx hector will challenge himx berownex ayx if xa have no more manxs blood in his belly than will sup a fleax armadox by the north polex i do challenge theex costardx i will not fight with a polex like a northern manx ixll slashx ixll do it by the swordx i bepray youx let me borrow my arms againx dumainx room for the incensed worthiesx costardx ixll do it in my shirtx dumainx most resolute pompeyx mothx masterx let me take you a buttonhole lowerx do you not see pompey is uncasing for the combatx what mean youx you will lose your reputationx armadox gentlemen and soldiersx pardon mex i will not combat in my shirtx dumainx you may not deny itx pompey hath made the challengex armadox sweet bloodsx i both may and willx berownex what reason have you for xtx armadox the naked truth of it isx i have no shirtx i go woolward for penancex boyetx truex and it was enjoined him in rome for want of linenx since whenx ixll be swornx he wore none but a dishclout of jaquenettaxsx and that xa wears next his heart for a favourx enter as messengerx monsieur marcade marcadex god save youx madamx princess of francex welcomex marcadex but that thou interruptest our merrimentx marcadex i am sorryx madamx for the news i bring is heavy in my tonguex the king your fatherx princess of francex deadx for my lifex marcadex even sox my tale is toldx berownex worthies awayx the scene begins to cloudx armadox for mine own partx i breathe free breathx i have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretionx and i will right myself like a soldierx exeunt worthies kingx how fares your majestyx princess of francex boyetx preparex i will away toxnightx kingx madamx not sox i do beseech you stayx princess of francex preparex i sayx i thank youx gracious lordsx for all your fair endeavoursx and entreatx out of a newxsad soulx that you vouchsafe in your rich wisdom to excuse or hide the liberal opposition of our spiritsx if overxboldly we have borne ourselves in the converse of breathx your gentleness was guilty of itx farewellx worthy lordx a heavy heart bears not a nimble tonguex excuse me sox coming too short of thanks for my great suit so easily obtainxdx kingx the extreme parts of time extremely forms all causes to the purpose of his speedx and often at his very loose decides that which long process could not arbitratex and though the mourning brow of progeny forbid the smiling courtesy of love the holy suit which fain it would convincex yetx since lovexs argument was first on footx let not the cloud of sorrow justle it from what it purposxdx since to wail friends lost is not by much so wholesomexprofitable as to rejoice at friends but newly foundx princess of francex i understand you notx my griefs are doublex berownex honest plain words best pierce the ear of griefx and by these badges understand the kingx for your fair sakes have we neglected timex playxd foul play with our oathsx your beautyx ladiesx hath much deformed usx fashioning our humours even to the opposed end of our intentsx and what in us hath seemxd ridiculousx as love is full of unbefitting strainsx all wanton as a childx skipping and vainx formxd by the eye and thereforex like the eyex full of strange shapesx of habitsx and of formsx varying in subjects as the eye doth roll to every varied object in his glancex which partixcoated presence of loose love put on by usx if in your heavenly eyes have misbecomxd our oaths and gravitiesx those heavenly eyes that look into these faults suggested us to makex thereforex ladiesx our love being yoursx the error that love makes is likewise yoursx we to ourselves prove falsex by being once false for ever to be true to those that make us bothx fair ladiesx youx and even that falsehoodx in itself a sinx thus purifies itself and turns to gracex princess of francex we have receivxd your lettersx full of lovex your favoursx the ambassadors of lovex andx in our maiden councilx rated them at courtshipx pleasant jestx and courtesyx as bombast and as lining to the timex but more devout than this in our respects have we not beenx and therefore met your loves in their own fashionx like a merrimentx dumainx our lettersx madamx showxd much more than jestx longavillex so did our looksx rosalinex we did not quote them sox kingx nowx at the latest minute of the hourx grant us your lovesx princess of francex a timex methinksx too short to make a worldxwithoutxend bargain inx nox nox my lordx your grace is perjurxd muchx full of dear guiltinessx and therefore thisx if for my lovex as there is no such causex you will do aughtx this shall you do for mex your oath i will not trustx but go with speed to some forlorn and naked hermitagex remote from all the pleasures of the worldx there stay until the twelve celestial signs have brought about the annual reckoningx if this austere insociable life change not your offer made in heat of bloodx if frosts and fastsx hard lodging and thin weedsx nip not the gaudy blossoms of your lovex but that it bear this trialx and last lovex thenx at the expiration of the yearx comex challenge mex challenge me by these desertsx andx by this virgin palm now kissing thinex i will be thinex andx till that instantx shut my woeful self up in a mournful housex raining the tears of lamentation for the remembrance of my fatherxs deathx if this thou do denyx let our hands partx neither intitled in the otherxs heartx kingx if thisx or more than thisx i would denyx to flatter up these powers of mine with restx the sudden hand of death close up mine eyex hence hermit thenx my heart is in thy breastx berownex and what to mex my lovex and what to mex rosalinex you must he purged toox your sins are rackxdx you are attaint with faults and perjuryx thereforex if you my favour mean to getx a twelvemonth shall you spendx and never restx but seek the weary beds of people sickx dumainx but what to mex my lovex but what to mex a wifex katharinex a beardx fair healthx and honestyx with threefold love i wish you all these threex dumainx ox shall i say i thank youx gentle wifex katharinex no sox my lordx a twelvemonth and a day ixll mark no words that smoothxfacxd wooers sayx come when the king doth to my lady comex thenx if i have much lovex ixll give you somex dumainx ixll serve thee true and faithfully till thenx katharinex yet swear notx lest ye be forsworn againx longavillex what says mariax mariax at the twelvemonthxs end ixll change my black gown for a faithful friendx longavillex ixll stay with patiencex but the time is longx mariax the liker youx few taller are so youngx berownex studies my ladyx mistressx look on mex behold the window of my heartx mine eyex what humble suit attends thy answer therex impose some service on me for thy lovex rosalinex oft have i heard of youx my lord berownex before i saw youx and the worldxs large tongue proclaims you for a man replete with mocksx full of comparisons and wounding floutsx which you on all estates will execute that lie within the mercy of your witx to weed this wormwood from your fruitful brainx and therewithal to win mex if you pleasex without the which i am not to be wonx you shall this twelvemonth term from day to day visit the speechless sickx and still converse with groaning wretchesx and your task shall bex with all the fierce endeavour of your witx to enforce the pained impotent to smilex berownex to move wild laughter in the throat of deathx it cannot bex it is impossiblex mirth cannot move a soul in agonyx rosalinex whyx thatxs the way to choke a gibing spiritx whose influence is begot of that loose grace which shallow laughing hearers give to foolsx a jestxs prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears itx never in the tongue of him that makes itx thenx if sickly earsx deafxd with the clamours of their own dear groansx will hear your idle scornsx continue thenx and i will have you and that fault withalx but if they will notx throw away that spiritx and i shall find you empty of that faultx right joyful of your reformationx berownex a twelvemonthx wellx befall what will befallx ixll jest a twelvemonth in an hospitalx princess of francex x to the kingx ayx sweet my lordx and so i take my leavex kingx nox madamx we will bring you on your wayx berownex our wooing doth not end like an old playx jack hath not jillx these ladiesx courtesy might well have made our sport a comedyx kingx comex sirx it wants a twelvemonth anx a dayx and then xtwill endx berownex thatxs too long for a playx rexenter armado armadox sweet majestyx vouchsafe mex princess of francex was not that not hectorx dumainx the worthy knight of troyx armadox i will kiss thy royal fingerx and take leavex i am a votaryx i have vowxd to jaquenetta to hold the plough for her sweet love three yearx butx most esteemed greatnessx will you hear the dialogue that the two learned men have compiled in praise of the owl and the cuckoox it should have followed in the end of our showx kingx call them forth quicklyx we will do sox armadox hollax approachx enter all this side is hiemsx winterx this verx the springx the one maintained by the owlx thx other by the cuckoox verx beginx spring when daisies pied and violets blue and ladyxsmocks all silverxwhite and cuckooxbuds of yellow hue do paint the meadows with delightx the cuckoo then on every tree mocks married menx for thus sings hex xcuckoox cuckoox cuckooxx o word of fearx unpleasing to a married earx when shepherds pipe on oaten strawsx and merry larks are ploughmenxs clocksx when turtles treadx and rooks and dawsx and maidens bleach their summer smocksx the cuckoo then on every tree mocks married menx for thus sings hex xcuckoox cuckoox cuckooxx o word of fearx unpleasing to a married earx winter when icicles hang by the wallx and dick the shepherd blows his nailx and tom bears logs into the hallx and milk comes frozen home in pailx when blood is nippxdx and ways be foulx then nightly sings the staring owlx xtuxwhox tuxwhitx tuxwhoxx a merry notex while greasy joan doth keel the potx when all aloud the wind doth blowx and coughing drowns the parsonxs sawx and birds sit brooding in the snowx and marianxs nose looks red and rawx when roasted crabs hiss in the bowlx then nightly sings the staring owlx xtuxwhox tuxwhitx toxwhoxx a merry notex while greasy joan doth keel the potx armadox the words of mercury are harsh after the songs of apollox you that wayx we this wayx exeunt macbeth contents act i scene ix an open placex scene iix a camp near forresx scene iiix a heathx scene ivx forresx a room in the palacex scene vx invernessx a room in macbethxs castlex scene vix the samex before the castlex scene viix the samex a lobby in the castlex act ii scene ix invernessx court within the castlex scene iix the samex scene iiix the samex scene ivx the samex without the castlex act iii scene ix forresx a room in the palacex scene iix the samex another room in the palacex scene iiix the samex a park or lawnx with a gate leading to the palacex scene ivx the samex a room of state in the palacex scene vx the heathx scene vix forresx a room in the palacex act iv scene ix a dark cavex in the middlex a cauldron boilingx scene iix fifex a room in macduffxs castlex scene iiix englandx before the kingxs palacex act v scene ix dunsinanex a room in the castlex scene iix the country near dunsinanex scene iiix dunsinanex a room in the castlex scene ivx country near dunsinanex a wood in viewx scene vx dunsinanex within the castlex scene vix the samex a plain before the castlex scene viix the samex another part of the plainx scene viiix the samex another part of the fieldx dramatis personx duncanx king of scotlandx malcolmx his sonx donalbainx his sonx macbethx general in the kingxs armyx banquox general in the kingxs armyx macduffx nobleman of scotlandx lennoxx nobleman of scotlandx rossx nobleman of scotlandx menteithx nobleman of scotlandx angusx nobleman of scotlandx caithnessx nobleman of scotlandx fleancex son to banquox siwardx earl of northumberlandx general of the english forcesx young siwardx his sonx seytonx an officer attending on macbethx boyx son to macduffx an english doctorx a scottish doctorx a soldierx a porterx an old manx lady macbethx lady macduffx gentlewoman attending on lady macbethx hecatex and three witchesx lordsx gentlemenx officersx soldiersx murderersx attendants and messengersx the ghost of banquo and several other apparitionsx scenex in the end of the fourth actx in englandx through the rest of the playx in scotlandx and chiefly at macbethxs castlex act i scene ix an open placex thunder and lightningx enter three witchesx first witchx when shall we three meet againx in thunderx lightningx or in rainx second witchx when the hurlyburlyxs donex when the battlexs lost and wonx third witchx that will be ere the set of sunx first witchx where the placex second witchx upon the heathx third witchx there to meet with macbethx first witchx i comex graymalkinx second witchx paddock callsx third witchx anonx allx fair is foulx and foul is fairx hover through the fog and filthy airx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a camp near forresx alarum withinx enter king duncanx malcolmx donalbainx lennoxx with attendantsx meeting a bleeding captainx duncanx what bloody man is thatx he can reportx as seemeth by his plightx of the revolt the newest statex malcolmx this is the sergeant whox like a good and hardy soldierx fought xgainst my captivityxxhailx brave friendx say to the king the knowledge of the broil as thou didst leave itx soldierx doubtful it stoodx as two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their artx the merciless macdonwald xworthy to be a rebelx for to that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon himx from the western isles of kerns and gallowglasses is suppliedx and fortunex on his damned quarrel smilingx showxd like a rebelxs whorex but allxs too weakx for brave macbeth xwell he deserves that namexx disdaining fortunex with his brandishxd steelx which smokxd with bloody executionx like valourxs minionx carvxd out his passagex till he facxd the slavex which nexer shook handsx nor bade farewell to himx till he unseamxd him from the nave to the chopsx and fixxd his head upon our battlementsx duncanx o valiant cousinx worthy gentlemanx soldierx as whence the sun xgins his reflection shipwracking storms and direful thunders breakx so from that springx whence comfort seemxd to come discomfort swellsx markx king of scotlandx markx no sooner justice hadx with valour armxdx compellxd these skipping kerns to trust their heelsx but the norweyan lordx surveying vantagex with furbishxd arms and new supplies of menx began a fresh assaultx duncanx dismayxd not this our captainsx macbeth and banquox soldierx yesx as sparrows eaglesx or the hare the lionx if i say soothx i must report they were as cannons overchargxd with double cracksx so they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foex except they meant to bathe in reeking woundsx or memorize another golgothax i cannot tellx but i am faintx my gashes cry for helpx duncanx so well thy words become thee as thy woundsx they smack of honour bothxxgox get him surgeonsx xxexit captainx attendedxxx enter ross and angusx who comes herex malcolmx the worthy thane of rossx lennoxx what a haste looks through his eyesx so should he look that seems to speak things strangex rossx god save the kingx duncanx whence camxst thoux worthy thanex rossx from fifex great kingx where the norweyan banners flout the sky and fan our people coldx norway himselfx with terrible numbersx assisted by that most disloyal traitorx the thane of cawdorx began a dismal conflictx till that bellonaxs bridegroomx lappxd in proofx confronted him with selfxcomparisonsx point against pointx rebellious arm xgainst armx curbing his lavish spiritx andx to concludex the victory fell on usx duncanx great happinessx rossx that now swenox the norwaysx kingx craves compositionx nor would we deign him burial of his men till he disbursed at saint colmexs inch ten thousand dollars to our general usex duncanx no more that thane of cawdor shall deceive our bosom interestx go pronounce his present deathx and with his former title greet macbethx rossx ixll see it donex duncanx what he hath lostx noble macbeth hath wonx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix a heathx thunderx enter the three witchesx first witchx where hast thou beenx sisterx second witchx killing swinex third witchx sisterx where thoux first witchx a sailorxs wife had chestnuts in her lapx and mounchxdx and mounchxdx and mounchxdx xgive mexx quoth ix xaroint theex witchxx the rumpxfed ronyon criesx her husbandxs to aleppo gonex master ox thx xtigerxx but in a sieve ixll thither sailx andx like a rat without a tailx ixll dox ixll dox and ixll dox second witchx ixll give thee a windx first witchx thxart kindx third witchx and i anotherx first witchx i myself have all the otherx and the very ports they blowx all the quarters that they know ix the shipmanxs cardx i will drain him dry as hayx sleep shall neither night nor day hang upon his pentxhouse lidx he shall live a man forbidx weary sevxnxnights nine times ninex shall he dwindlex peakx and pinex though his bark cannot be lostx yet it shall be tempestxtostx look what i havex second witchx show mex show mex first witchx here i have a pilotxs thumbx wrackxd as homeward he did comex xxdrum withinxxx third witchx a drumx a drumx macbeth doth comex allx the weird sistersx hand in handx posters of the sea and landx thus do go aboutx aboutx thrice to thinex and thrice to minex and thrice againx to make up ninex peacexxthe charmxs wound upx enter macbeth and banquox macbethx so foul and fair a day i have not seenx banquox how far isxt callxd to forresxxwhat are thesex so witherxdx and so wild in their attirex that look not like the inhabitants ox thx earthx and yet are onxtxxlive youx or are you aught that man may questionx you seem to understand mex by each at once her choppy finger laying upon her skinny lipsx you should be womenx and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are sox macbethx speakx if you canxxwhat are youx first witchx all hailx macbethx hail to theex thane of glamisx second witchx all hailx macbethx hail to theex thane of cawdorx third witchx all hailx macbethx that shalt be king hereafterx banquox good sirx why do you start and seem to fear things that do sound so fairxxix thx name of truthx are ye fantasticalx or that indeed which outwardly ye showx my noble partner you greet with present grace and great prediction of noble having and of royal hopex that he seems rapt withalx to me you speak notx if you can look into the seeds of timex and say which grain will growx and which will notx speak then to mex who neither beg nor fear your favours nor your hatex first witchx hailx second witchx hailx third witchx hailx first witchx lesser than macbethx and greaterx second witchx not so happyx yet much happierx third witchx thou shalt get kingsx though thou be nonex so all hailx macbeth and banquox first witchx banquo and macbethx all hailx macbethx stayx you imperfect speakersx tell me morex by sinelxs death i know i am thane of glamisx but how of cawdorx the thane of cawdor livesx a prosperous gentlemanx and to be king stands not within the prospect of beliefx no more than to be cawdorx say from whence you owe this strange intelligencex or why upon this blasted heath you stop our way with such prophetic greetingxxspeakx i charge youx xxwitches vanishxxx banquox the earth hath bubblesx as the water hasx and these are of themx whither are they vanishxdx macbethx into the airx and what seemxd corporalx melted as breath into the windx would they had stayxdx banquox were such things here as we do speak aboutx or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisonerx macbethx your children shall be kingsx banquox you shall be kingx macbethx and thane of cawdor toox went it not sox banquox to the selfsame tune and wordsx whoxs herex enter ross and angusx rossx the king hath happily receivxdx macbethx the news of thy successx and when he reads thy personal venture in the rebelsx fightx his wonders and his praises do contend which should be thine or hisx silencxd with thatx in viewing oxer the rest ox thx selfsame dayx he finds thee in the stout norweyan ranksx nothing afeard of what thyself didst makex strange images of deathx as thick as tale came post with postx and everyone did bear thy praises in his kingdomxs great defencex and pourxd them down before himx angusx we are sent to give thee from our royal master thanksx only to herald thee into his sightx not pay theex rossx andx for an earnest of a greater honourx he bade mex from himx call thee thane of cawdorx in which additionx hailx most worthy thanex for it is thinex banquox whatx can the devil speak truex macbethx the thane of cawdor livesx why do you dress me in borrowxd robesx angusx who was the thane lives yetx but under heavy judgement bears that life which he deserves to losex whether he was combinxd with those of norwayx or did line the rebel with hidden help and vantagex or that with both he labourxd in his countryxs wrackx i know notx but treasons capitalx confessxd and provxdx have overthrown himx macbethx xxasidexxx glamisx and thane of cawdorx the greatest is behindx xxto ross and angusxxx thanks for your painsx xxto banquoxxx do you not hope your children shall be kingsx when those that gave the thane of cawdor to me promisxd no less to themx banquox thatx trusted homex might yet enkindle you unto the crownx besides the thane of cawdorx but xtis strangex and oftentimes to win us to our harmx the instruments of darkness tell us truthsx win us with honest triflesx to betrayxs in deepest consequencexx cousinsx a wordx i pray youx macbethx xxasidexxx two truths are toldx as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial themexxi thank youx gentlemenxx xxasidexxx this supernatural soliciting cannot be illx cannot be goodx if illx why hath it given me earnest of successx commencing in a truthx i am thane of cawdorx if goodx why do i yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hairx and make my seated heart knock at my ribsx against the use of naturex present fears are less than horrible imaginingsx my thoughtx whose murder yet is but fantasticalx shakes so my single state of man that function is smotherxd in surmisex and nothing is but what is notx banquox lookx how our partnerxs raptx macbethx xxasidexxx if chance will have me kingx whyx chance may crown me without my stirx banquox new honours come upon himx like our strange garmentsx cleave not to their mould but with the aid of usex macbethx xxasidexxx come what come mayx time and the hour runs through the roughest dayx banquox worthy macbethx we stay upon your leisurex macbethx give me your favourx my dull brain was wrought with things forgottenx kind gentlemenx your pains are registerxd where every day i turn the leaf to read themxxlet us toward the kingxx think upon what hath chancxdx and at more timex the interim having weighxd itx let us speak our free hearts each to otherx banquox very gladlyx macbethx till thenx enoughxxcomex friendsx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx forresx a room in the palacex flourishx enter duncanx malcolmx donalbainx lennox and attendantsx duncanx is execution done on cawdorx are not those in commission yet returnxdx malcolmx my liegex they are not yet come backx but i have spoke with one that saw him diex who did reportx that very frankly he confessxd his treasonsx implorxd your highnessx pardonx and set forth a deep repentancex nothing in his life became him like the leaving itx he died as one that had been studied in his deathx to throw away the dearest thing he owxd as xtwere a careless triflex duncanx therexs no art to find the mindxs construction in the facex he was a gentleman on whom i built an absolute trustx enter macbethx banquox ross and angusx o worthiest cousinx the sin of my ingratitude even now was heavy on mex thou art so far beforex that swiftest wing of recompense is slow to overtake theex would thou hadst less deservxdx that the proportion both of thanks and payment might have been minex only i have left to sayx more is thy due than more than all can payx macbethx the service and the loyalty i owex in doing itx pays itselfx your highnessx part is to receive our dutiesx and our duties are to your throne and statex children and servantsx which do but what they shouldx by doing everything safe toward your love and honourx duncanx welcome hitherx i have begun to plant theex and will labour to make thee full of growingxxnoble banquox that hast no less deservxdx nor must be known no less to have done sox let me infold thee and hold thee to my heartx banquox there if i growx the harvest is your ownx duncanx my plenteous joysx wanton in fulnessx seek to hide themselves in drops of sorrowxxsonsx kinsmenx thanesx and you whose places are the nearestx knowx we will establish our estate upon our eldestx malcolmx whom we name hereafter the prince of cumberlandx which honour must not unaccompanied invest him onlyx but signs of noblenessx like starsx shall shine on all deserversxxfrom hence to invernessx and bind us further to youx macbethx the rest is labourx which is not usxd for youx ixll be myself the harbingerx and make joyful the hearing of my wife with your approachx sox humbly take my leavex duncanx my worthy cawdorx macbethx xxasidexxx the prince of cumberlandxxthat is a step on which i must fall downx or else oxerleapx for in my way it liesx starsx hide your firesx let not light see my black and deep desiresx the eye wink at the handx yet let that bex which the eye fearsx when it is donex to seex xxexitxxx duncanx truex worthy banquox he is full so valiantx and in his commendations i am fedx it is a banquet to mex letxs after himx whose care is gone before to bid us welcomex it is a peerless kinsmanx xxflourishx exeuntxxx scene vx invernessx a room in macbethxs castlex enter lady macbethx reading a letterx lady macbethx xthey met me in the day of successx and i have learned by the perfectxst report they have more in them than mortal knowledgex when i burned in desire to question them furtherx they made themselves airx into which they vanishedx whiles i stood rapt in the wonder of itx came missives from the kingx who allxhailed mex xthane of cawdorxx by which titlex beforex these weird sisters saluted mex and referred me to the coming on of timex with xhailx king that shalt bexx this have i thought good to deliver thee xmy dearest partner of greatnessx that thou mightxst not lose the dues of rejoicingx by being ignorant of what greatness is promisxd theex lay it to thy heartx and farewellxx glamis thou artx and cawdorx and shalt be what thou art promisxdx yet do i fear thy naturex it is too full ox thx milk of human kindness to catch the nearest wayx thou wouldst be greatx art not without ambitionx but without the illness should attend itx what thou wouldst highlyx that wouldst thou holilyx wouldst not play falsex and yet wouldst wrongly winx thouxdst havex great glamisx that which criesx xthus thou must doxx if thou have itx and that which rather thou dost fear to dox than wishest should be undonex hie thee hitherx that i may pour my spirits in thine earx and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden roundx which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crownxd withalx enter a messengerx what is your tidingsx messengerx the king comes here tonightx lady macbethx thouxrt mad to say itx is not thy master with himx whox werext sox would have informxd for preparationx messengerx so please youx it is truex our thane is comingx one of my fellows had the speed of himx whox almost dead for breathx had scarcely more than would make up his messagex lady macbethx give him tendingx he brings great newsx xxexit messengerxxx the raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of duncan under my battlementsx comex you spirits that tend on mortal thoughtsx unsex me herex and fill mex from the crown to the toex topxfull of direst crueltyx make thick my bloodx stop up thx access and passage to remorsex that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purposex nor keep peace between thx effect and itx come to my womanxs breastsx and take my milk for gallx your murdxring ministersx wherever in your sightless substances you wait on naturexs mischiefx comex thick nightx and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell that my keen knife see not the wound it makesx nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark to cryx xholdx holdxx enter macbethx great glamisx worthy cawdorx greater than bothx by the allxhail hereafterx thy letters have transported me beyond this ignorant presentx and i feel now the future in the instantx macbethx my dearest lovex duncan comes here tonightx lady macbethx and when goes hencex macbethx tomorrowx as he purposesx lady macbethx ox never shall sun that morrow seex your facex my thanex is as a book where men may read strange mattersx to beguile the timex look like the timex bear welcome in your eyex your handx your tonguex look like the innocent flowerx but be the serpent underxtx he thatxs coming must be provided forx and you shall put this nightxs great business into my dispatchx which shall to all our nights and days to come give solely sovereign sway and masterdomx macbethx we will speak furtherx lady macbethx only look up clearx to alter favour ever is to fearx leave all the rest to mex xxexeuntxxx scene vix the samex before the castlex hautboysx servants of macbeth attendingx enter duncanx malcolmx donalbainx banquox lennoxx macduffx rossx angus and attendantsx duncanx this castle hath a pleasant seatx the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sensesx banquox this guest of summerx the templexhaunting martletx does approvex by his loved mansionryx that the heavenxs breath smells wooingly herex no juttyx friezex buttressx nor coign of vantagex but this bird hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradlex where they most breed and hauntx i have observxd the air is delicatex enter lady macbethx duncanx seex seex our honourxd hostessxx the love that follows us sometime is our troublex which still we thank as lovex herein i teach you how you shall bid god xild us for your painsx and thank us for your troublex lady macbethx all our servicex in every point twice donex and then done doublex were poor and single business to contend against those honours deep and broad wherewith your majesty loads our housex for those of oldx and the late dignities heapxd up to themx we rest your hermitsx duncanx wherexs the thane of cawdorx we coursxd him at the heelsx and had a purpose to be his purveyorx but he rides wellx and his great lovex sharp as his spurx hath holp him to his home before usx fair and noble hostessx we are your guest tonightx lady macbethx your servants ever have theirsx themselvesx and what is theirsx in comptx to make their audit at your highnessx pleasurex still to return your ownx duncanx give me your handx conduct me to mine hostx we love him highlyx and shall continue our graces towards himx by your leavex hostessx xxexeuntxxx scene viix the samex a lobby in the castlex hautboys and torchesx enterx and pass overx a sewer and divers servants with dishes and servicex then enter macbethx macbethx if it were done when xtis donex then xtwere well it were done quicklyx if thx assassination could trammel up the consequencex and catch with his surcease successx that but this blow might be the bexall and the endxallxherex but herex upon this bank and shoal of timex wexd jump the life to comex but in these cases we still have judgement herex that we but teach bloody instructionsx which being taughtx return to plague thx inventorx this evenxhanded justice commends thx ingredience of our poisonxd chalice to our own lipsx hexs here in double trustx firstx as i am his kinsman and his subjectx strong both against the deedx thenx as his hostx who should against his murderer shut the doorx not bear the knife myselfx besidesx this duncan hath borne his faculties so meekx hath been so clear in his great officex that his virtues will plead like angelsx trumpetxtonguedx against the deep damnation of his takingxoffx and pityx like a naked newxborn babex striding the blastx or heavenxs cherubinx horsxd upon the sightless couriers of the airx shall blow the horrid deed in every eyex that tears shall drown the windxxi have no spur to prick the sides of my intentx but only vaulting ambitionx which oxerleaps itself and falls on thx otherx enter lady macbethx how nowx what newsx lady macbethx he has almost suppxdx why have you left the chamberx macbethx hath he askxd for mex lady macbethx know you not he hasx macbethx we will proceed no further in this businessx he hath honourxd me of latex and i have bought golden opinions from all sorts of peoplex which would be worn now in their newest glossx not cast aside so soonx lady macbethx was the hope drunk wherein you dressxd yourselfx hath it slept sincex and wakes it nowx to look so green and pale at what it did so freelyx from this time such i account thy lovex art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desirex wouldst thou have that which thou esteemxst the ornament of lifex and live a coward in thine own esteemx letting xi dare notx wait upon xi wouldxx like the poor cat ix thx adagex macbethx prxytheex peacex i dare do all that may become a manx who dares do more is nonex lady macbethx what beast wasxtx thenx that made you break this enterprise to mex when you durst do itx then you were a manx andx to be more than what you werex you would be so much more the manx nor time nor place did then adherex and yet you would make bothx they have made themselvesx and that their fitness now does unmake youx i have given suckx and know how tender xtis to love the babe that milks mex i wouldx while it was smiling in my facex have pluckxd my nipple from his boneless gums and dashxd the brains outx had i so sworn as you have done to thisx macbethx if we should failx lady macbethx we failx but screw your courage to the stickingxplacex and wexll not failx when duncan is asleep xwhereto the rather shall his dayxs hard journey soundly invite himxx his two chamberlains will i with wine and wassail so convince that memoryx the warder of the brainx shall be a fumex and the receipt of reason a limbeck onlyx when in swinish sleep their drenched natures lie as in a deathx what cannot you and i perform upon thx unguarded duncanx what not put upon his spongy officersx who shall bear the guilt of our great quellx macbethx bring forth menxchildren onlyx for thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but malesx will it not be receivxdx when we have markxd with blood those sleepy two of his own chamberx and usxd their very daggersx that they have donextx lady macbethx who dares receive it otherx as we shall make our griefs and clamour roar upon his deathx macbethx i am settledx and bend up each corporal agent to this terrible featx awayx and mock the time with fairest showx false face must hide what the false heart doth knowx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix invernessx court within the castlex enter banquo and fleance with a torch before himx banquox how goes the nightx boyx fleancex the moon is downx i have not heard the clockx banquox and she goes down at twelvex fleancex i takextx xtis laterx sirx banquox holdx take my swordxxtherexs husbandry in heavenx their candles are all outx take thee that toox a heavy summons lies like lead upon mex and yet i would not sleepx merciful powersx restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to in reposex enter macbeth and a servant with a torchx give me my swordxxwhoxs therex macbethx a friendx banquox whatx sirx not yet at restx the kingxs abedx he hath been in unusual pleasure and sent forth great largess to your officesx this diamond he greets your wife withalx by the name of most kind hostessx and shut up in measureless contentx macbethx being unpreparxdx our will became the servant to defectx which else should free have wroughtx banquox allxs wellx i dreamt last night of the three weird sistersx to you they have showxd some truthx macbethx i think not of themx yetx when we can entreat an hour to servex we would spend it in some words upon that businessx if you would grant the timex banquox at your kindxst leisurex macbethx if you shall cleave to my consentx when xtisx it shall make honour for youx banquox so i lose none in seeking to augment itx but still keep my bosom franchisxdx and allegiance clearx i shall be counsellxdx macbethx good repose the whilex banquox thanksx sirx the like to youx xxexeunt banquo and fleancexxx macbethx go bid thy mistressx when my drink is readyx she strike upon the bellx get thee to bedx xxexit servantxxx is this a dagger which i see before mex the handle toward my handx comex let me clutch theexx i have thee notx and yet i see thee stillx art thou notx fatal visionx sensible to feeling as to sightx or art thou but a dagger of the mindx a false creationx proceeding from the heatxoppressed brainx i see thee yetx in form as palpable as this which now i drawx thou marshallxst me the way that i was goingx and such an instrument i was to usex mine eyes are made the fools ox the other sensesx or else worth all the restx i see thee stillx and on thy blade and dudgeonx gouts of bloodx which was not so beforexxtherexs no such thingx it is the bloody business which informs thus to mine eyesxxnow oxer the one halfxworld nature seems deadx and wicked dreams abuse the curtainxd sleepx witchcraft celebrates pale hecatexs offxringsx and witherxd murderx alarumxd by his sentinelx the wolfx whose howlxs his watchx thus with his stealthy pacex with tarquinxs ravishing stridesx towards his design moves like a ghostxxthou sure and firmxset earthx hear not my stepsx which way they walkx for fear thy very stones prate of my whereaboutx and take the present horror from the timex which now suits with itxxwhiles i threatx he livesx words to the heat of deeds too cold breath givesx xxa bell ringsxxx i gox and it is donex the bell invites mex hear it notx duncanx for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hellx xxexitxxx scene iix the samex enter lady macbethx lady macbethx that which hath made them drunk hath made me boldx what hath quenchxd them hath given me firexxharkxxpeacex it was the owl that shriekxdx the fatal bellmanx which gives the sternxst good nightx he is about itx the doors are openx and the surfeited grooms do mock their charge with snoresx i have druggxd their possetsx that death and nature do contend about themx whether they live or diex macbethx xxwithinxxx whoxs therexxwhatx hox lady macbethx alackx i am afraid they have awakxdx and xtis not donex thx attempt and not the deed confounds usxxharkxxi laid their daggers readyx he could not miss xemxxhad he not resembled my father as he sleptx i had donextxxmy husbandx enter macbethx macbethx i have done the deedxxdidst thou not hear a noisex lady macbethx i heard the owl scream and the crickets cryx did not you speakx macbethx whenx lady macbethx nowx macbethx as i descendedx lady macbethx ayx macbethx harkxxwho lies ix thx second chamberx lady macbethx donalbainx macbethx this is a sorry sightx xxlooking on his handsxxx lady macbethx a foolish thoughtx to say a sorry sightx macbethx therexs one did laugh inxs sleepx and one criedx xmurderxx that they did wake each otherx i stood and heard themx but they did say their prayersx and addressxd them again to sleepx lady macbethx there are two lodgxd togetherx macbethx one criedx xgod bless usxx andx xamenxx the otherx as they had seen me with these hangmanxs handsx listxning their fearx i could not say xamenxx when they did sayx xgod bless usxx lady macbethx consider it not so deeplyx macbethx but wherefore could not i pronounce xamenxx i had most need of blessingx and xamenx stuck in my throatx lady macbethx these deeds must not be thought after these waysx sox it will make us madx macbethx methought i heard a voice cryx xsleep no morex macbeth does murder sleepxxxthe innocent sleepx sleep that knits up the ravellxd sleave of carex the death of each dayxs lifex sore labourxs bathx balm of hurt mindsx great naturexs second coursex chief nourisher in lifexs feastx lady macbethx what do you meanx macbethx still it criedx xsleep no morexx to all the housex xglamis hath murderxd sleepx and therefore cawdor shall sleep no morex macbeth shall sleep no morexx lady macbethx who was it that thus criedx whyx worthy thanex you do unbend your noble strength to think so brainsickly of thingsx go get some waterx and wash this filthy witness from your handxx why did you bring these daggers from the placex they must lie therex go carry themx and smear the sleepy grooms with bloodx macbethx ixll go no morex i am afraid to think what i have donex look onxt again i dare notx lady macbethx infirm of purposex give me the daggersx the sleeping and the dead are but as picturesx xtis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devilx if he do bleedx ixll gild the faces of the grooms withalx for it must seem their guiltx xxexitx knocking withinxxx macbethx whence is that knockingx how isxt with mex when every noise appals mex what hands are herex hax they pluck out mine eyesx will all great neptunexs ocean wash this blood clean from my handx nox this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadinex making the green one redx enter lady macbethx lady macbethx my hands are of your colorx but i shame to wear a heart so whitex xxknocking withinxxx i hear knocking at the south entryxxretire we to our chamberx a little water clears us of this deedx how easy is it thenx your constancy hath left you unattendedxxxxknocking withinxxx harkx more knockingx get on your nightgownx lest occasion call us and show us to be watchersx be not lost so poorly in your thoughtsx macbethx to know my deedx xtwere best not know myselfx xxknocking withinxxx wake duncan with thy knockingx i would thou couldstx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex enter a porterx knocking withinx porterx herexs a knocking indeedx if a man were porter of hell gatex he should have old turning the keyx xxknockingxxx knockx knockx knockx whoxs therex ix thx name of belzebubx herexs a farmer that hanged himself on the expectation of plentyx come in timex have napkins enow about youx here youxll sweat forxtx xxknockingxxx knockx knockx whoxs therex ix thx other devilxs namex faithx herexs an equivocatorx that could swear in both the scales against either scalex who committed treason enough for godxs sakex yet could not equivocate to heavenx ox come inx equivocatorx xxknockingxxx knockx knockx knockx whoxs therex faithx herexs an english tailor come hitherx for stealing out of a french hosex come inx tailorx here you may roast your goosex xxknockingxxx knockx knockx never at quietx what are youxxbut this place is too cold for hellx ixll devilxporter it no furtherx i had thought to have let in some of all professionsx that go the primrose way to thx everlasting bonfirex xxknockingxxx anonx anonx i pray youx remember the porterx xxopens the gatexxx enter macduff and lennoxx macduffx was it so latex friendx ere you went to bedx that you do lie so latex porterx faithx sirx we were carousing till the second cockx and drinkx sirx is a great provoker of three thingsx macduffx what three things does drink especially provokex porterx marryx sirx nosexpaintingx sleepx and urinex lecheryx sirx it provokes and unprovokesx it provokes the desirex but it takes away the performancex therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lecheryx it makes himx and it mars himx it sets him onx and it takes him offx it persuades himx and disheartens himx makes him stand tox and not stand tox in conclusionx equivocates him in a sleepx and giving him the liex leaves himx macduffx i believe drink gave thee the lie last nightx porterx that it didx sirx ix the very throat on mex but i requited him for his liex and xi thinkx being too strong for himx though he took up my legs sometimex yet i made a shift to cast himx macduffx is thy master stirringx enter macbethx our knocking has awakxd himx here he comesx lennoxx good morrowx noble sirx macbethx good morrowx bothx macduffx is the king stirringx worthy thanex macbethx not yetx macduffx he did command me to call timely on himx i have almost slippxd the hourx macbethx ixll bring you to himx macduffx i know this is a joyful trouble to youx but yet xtis onex macbethx the labour we delight in physics painx this is the doorx macduffx ixll make so bold to callx for xtis my limited servicex xxexit macduffxxx lennoxx goes the king hence todayx macbethx he doesx he did appoint sox lennoxx the night has been unrulyx where we layx our chimneys were blown down andx as they sayx lamentings heard ix thx airx strange screams of deathx and prophesyingx with accents terriblex of dire combustion and confusxd eventsx new hatchxd to the woeful timex the obscure bird clamourxd the livexlong nightx some say the earth was feverousx and did shakex macbethx xtwas a rough nightx lennoxx my young remembrance cannot parallel a fellow to itx enter macduffx macduffx o horrorx horrorx horrorx tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name theex macbethx lennoxx whatxs the matterx macduffx confusion now hath made his masterpiecex most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope the lordxs anointed templex and stole thence the life ox thx buildingx macbethx what isxt you sayx the lifex lennoxx mean you his majestyx macduffx approach the chamberx and destroy your sight with a new gorgonx do not bid me speakx seex and then speak yourselvesx xxexeunt macbeth and lennoxxxx awakex awakexx ring the alarum bellxxmurder and treasonx banquo and donalbainx malcolmx awakex shake off this downy sleepx deathxs counterfeitx and look on death itselfx upx upx and see the great doomxs imagex malcolmx banquox as from your graves rise upx and walk like sprites to countenance this horrorx xxalarumxbell ringsxxx enter lady macbethx lady macbethx whatxs the businessx that such a hideous trumpet calls to parley the sleepers of the housex speakx speakx macduffx o gentle ladyx xtis not for you to hear what i can speakx the repetitionx in a womanxs earx would murder as it fellx enter banquox o banquox banquox our royal masterxs murderxdx lady macbethx woex alasx whatx in our housex banquox too cruel anywherexx dear duffx i prxytheex contradict thyselfx and say it is not sox enter macbeth and lennox with rossx macbethx had i but died an hour before this chancex i had livxd a blessed timex forx from this instant therexs nothing serious in mortalityx all is but toysx renown and grace is deadx the wine of life is drawnx and the mere lees is left this vault to brag ofx enter malcolm and donalbainx donalbainx what is amissx macbethx you arex and do not knowxtx the springx the headx the fountain of your blood is stoppxdx the very source of it is stoppxdx macduffx your royal fatherxs murderxdx malcolmx ox by whomx lennoxx those of his chamberx as it seemxdx had donextx their hands and faces were all badgxd with bloodx so were their daggersx whichx unwipxdx we found upon their pillowsx they starxdx and were distractedx no manxs life was to be trusted with themx macbethx ox yet i do repent me of my furyx that i did kill themx macduffx wherefore did you sox macbethx who can be wisex amazxdx temperatex and furiousx loyal and neutralx in a momentx no manx thx expedition of my violent love outrun the pauserx reasonx here lay duncanx his silver skin lacxd with his golden bloodx and his gashxd stabs lookxd like a breach in nature for ruinxs wasteful entrancex therex the murderersx steepxd in the colours of their tradex their daggers unmannerly breechxd with gorex who could refrainx that had a heart to lovex and in that heart courage to makexs love knownx lady macbethx help me hencex hox macduffx look to the ladyx malcolmx why do we hold our tonguesx that most may claim this argument for oursx donalbainx what should be spoken herex where our fatex hid in an auger holex may rushx and seize usx letxs awayx our tears are not yet brewxdx malcolmx nor our strong sorrow upon the foot of motionx banquox look to the ladyxx xxlady macbeth is carried outxxx and when we have our naked frailties hidx that suffer in exposurex let us meetx and question this most bloody piece of work to know it furtherx fears and scruples shake usx in the great hand of god i standx and thence against the undivulgxd pretence i fight of treasonous malicex macduffx and so do ix allx so allx macbethx letxs briefly put on manly readinessx and meet ix thx hall togetherx allx well contentedx xxexeunt all but malcolm and donalbainxxx malcolmx what will you dox letxs not consort with themx to show an unfelt sorrow is an office which the false man does easyx ixll to englandx donalbainx to irelandx ix our separated fortune shall keep us both the saferx where we arex therexs daggers in menxs smilesx the near in bloodx the nearer bloodyx malcolmx this murderous shaft thatxs shot hath not yet lightedx and our safest way is to avoid the aimx therefore to horsex and let us not be dainty of leavextakingx but shift awayx therexs warrant in that theft which steals itselfx when therexs no mercy leftx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx the samex without the castlex enter ross and an old manx old manx threescore and ten i can remember wellx within the volume of which time i have seen hours dreadful and things strangex but this sore night hath trifled former knowingsx rossx hax good fatherx thou seest the heavensx as troubled with manxs actx threatens his bloody stagex by the clock xtis dayx and yet dark night strangles the travelling lampx isxt nightxs predominancex or the dayxs shamex that darkness does the face of earth entombx when living light should kiss itx old manx xtis unnaturalx even like the deed thatxs donex on tuesday lastx a falconx towering in her pride of placex was by a mousing owl hawkxd at and killxdx rossx and duncanxs horses xa thing most strange and certainx beauteous and swiftx the minions of their racex turnxd wild in naturex broke their stallsx flung outx contending xgainst obediencex as they would make war with mankindx old manx xtis said they eat each otherx rossx they did sox to the amazement of mine eyesx that lookxd uponxtx here comes the good macduffx enter macduffx how goes the worldx sirx nowx macduffx whyx see you notx rossx isxt known who did this more than bloody deedx macduffx those that macbeth hath slainx rossx alasx the dayx what good could they pretendx macduffx they were subornxdx malcolm and donalbainx the kingxs two sonsx are stolxn away and fledx which puts upon them suspicion of the deedx rossx xgainst nature stillx thriftless ambitionx that will ravin up thine own lifexs meansxxthen xtis most like the sovereignty will fall upon macbethx macduffx he is already namxdx and gone to scone to be investedx rossx where is duncanxs bodyx macduffx carried to colmekillx the sacred storehouse of his predecessorsx and guardian of their bonesx rossx will you to sconex macduffx nox cousinx ixll to fifex rossx wellx i will thitherx macduffx wellx may you see things well done therex adieux lest our old robes sit easier than our newx rossx farewellx fatherx old manx godxs benison go with youx and with those that would make good of badx and friends of foesx xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix forresx a room in the palacex enter banquox banquox thou hast it nowx kingx cawdorx glamisx allx as the weird women promisxdx andx i fearx thou playxdst most foully forxtx yet it was said it should not stand in thy posterityx but that myself should be the root and father of many kingsx if there come truth from them xas upon theex macbethx their speeches shinex whyx by the verities on thee made goodx may they not be my oracles as wellx and set me up in hopex but hushx no morex sennet soundedx enter macbeth as kingx lady macbeth as queenx lennoxx rossx lordsx and attendantsx macbethx herexs our chief guestx lady macbethx if he had been forgottenx it had been as a gap in our great feastx and allxthing unbecomingx macbethx tonight we hold a solemn supperx sirx and ixll request your presencex banquox let your highness command upon mex to the which my duties are with a most indissoluble tie for ever knitx macbethx ride you this afternoonx banquox ayx my good lordx macbethx we should have else desirxd your good advice xwhich still hath been both grave and prosperousx in this dayxs councilx but wexll take tomorrowx isxt far you ridex banquox as farx my lordx as will fill up the time xtwixt this and supperx go not my horse the betterx i must become a borrower of the nightx for a dark hour or twainx macbethx fail not our feastx banquox my lordx i will notx macbethx we hear our bloody cousins are bestowxd in england and in irelandx not confessing their cruel parricidex filling their hearers with strange inventionx but of that tomorrowx when therewithal we shall have cause of state craving us jointlyx hie you to horsex adieux till you return at nightx goes fleance with youx banquox ayx my good lordx our time does call uponxsx macbethx i wish your horses swift and sure of footx and so i do commend you to their backsx farewellxx xxexit banquoxxx let every man be master of his time till seven at nightx to make society the sweeter welcomex we will keep ourself till supper time alonex while thenx god be with youx xxexeunt lady macbethx lordsx xcxxx sirrahx a word with youx attend those men our pleasurex servantx they arex my lordx without the palace gatex macbethx bring them before usx xxexit servantxxx to be thus is nothingx but to be safely thusx our fears in banquo stick deepx and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be fearxdx xtis much he daresx andx to that dauntless temper of his mindx he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safetyx there is none but he whose being i do fearx and under him my genius is rebukxdx asx it is saidx mark antonyxs was by caesarx he chid the sisters when first they put the name of king upon mex and bade them speak to himx thenx prophetxlikex they hailxd him father to a line of kingsx upon my head they placxd a fruitless crownx and put a barren sceptre in my gripex thence to be wrenchxd with an unlineal handx no son of mine succeedingx ifxt be sox for banquoxs issue have i filxd my mindx for them the gracious duncan have i murderxdx put rancours in the vessel of my peace only for themx and mine eternal jewel given to the common enemy of manx to make them kingsx the seed of banquo kingsx rather than sox comex fatex into the listx and champion me to thx utterancexxwhoxs therexx enter servant with two murderersx now go to the doorx and stay there till we callx xxexit servantxxx was it not yesterday we spoke togetherx first murdererx it wasx so please your highnessx macbethx well thenx now have you considerxd of my speechesx know that it was hex in the times pastx which held you so under fortunex which you thought had been our innocent selfx this i made good to you in our last conferencex passxd in probation with you how you were borne in handx how crossxdx the instrumentsx who wrought with themx and all things else that might to half a soul and to a notion crazxd sayx xthus did banquoxx first murdererx you made it known to usx macbethx i did sox and went furtherx which is now our point of second meetingx do you find your patience so predominant in your naturex that you can let this gox are you so gospellxdx to pray for this good man and for his issuex whose heavy hand hath bowxd you to the gravex and beggarxd yours foreverx first murdererx we are menx my liegex macbethx ayx in the catalogue ye go for menx as houndsx and greyhoundsx mongrelsx spanielsx cursx shoughsx waterxrugsx and demixwolves are clept all by the name of dogsx the valuxd file distinguishes the swiftx the slowx the subtlex the housekeeperx the hunterx every one according to the gift which bounteous nature hath in him closxdx whereby he does receive particular additionx from the bill that writes them all alikex and so of menx nowx if you have a station in the filex not ix thx worst rank of manhoodx sayxtx and i will put that business in your bosomsx whose execution takes your enemy offx grapples you to the heart and love of usx who wear our health but sickly in his lifex which in his death were perfectx second murdererx i am onex my liegex whom the vile blows and buffets of the world hath so incensxd that i am reckless what i do to spite the worldx first murdererx and i anotherx so weary with disastersx tuggxd with fortunex that i would set my life on any chancex to mend it or be rid onxtx macbethx both of you know banquo was your enemyx both murderersx truex my lordx macbethx so is he minex and in such bloody distancex that every minute of his being thrusts against my nearxst of lifex and though i could with barefacxd power sweep him from my sightx and bid my will avouch itx yet i must notx for certain friends that are both his and minex whose loves i may not dropx but wail his fall who i myself struck downx and thence it is that i to your assistance do make lovex masking the business from the common eye for sundry weighty reasonsx second murdererx we shallx my lordx perform what you command usx first murdererx though our livesx macbethx your spirits shine through youx within this hour at mostx i will advise you where to plant yourselvesx acquaint you with the perfect spy ox thx timex the moment onxtx forxt must be done tonight and something from the palacex always thought that i require a clearnessx and with him xto leave no rubs nor botches in the workx fleance his sonx that keeps him companyx whose absence is no less material to me than is his fatherxsx must embrace the fate of that dark hourx resolve yourselves apartx ixll come to you anonx both murderersx we are resolvxdx my lordx macbethx ixll call upon you straightx abide withinx xxexeunt murderersxxx it is concludedx banquox thy soulxs flightx if it find heavenx must find it out tonightx xxexitxxx scene iix the samex another room in the palacex enter lady macbeth and a servantx lady macbethx is banquo gone from courtx servantx ayx madamx but returns again tonightx lady macbethx say to the kingx i would attend his leisure for a few wordsx servantx madamx i willx xxexitxxx lady macbethx naughtxs hadx allxs spentx where our desire is got without contentx xtis safer to be that which we destroyx than by destruction dwell in doubtful joyx enter macbethx how nowx my lordx why do you keep alonex of sorriest fancies your companions makingx using those thoughts which should indeed have died with them they think onx things without all remedy should be without regardx whatxs done is donex macbethx we have scorchxd the snakex not killxd itx shexll closex and be herselfx whilst our poor malice remains in danger of her former toothx but let the frame of things disjointx both the worlds sufferx ere we will eat our meal in fearx and sleep in the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightlyx better be with the deadx whom wex to gain our peacex have sent to peacex than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstasyx duncan is in his gravex after lifexs fitful fever he sleeps wellx treason has done his worstx nor steelx nor poisonx malice domesticx foreign levyx nothing can touch him furtherx lady macbethx come onx gently my lordx sleek oxer your rugged looksx be bright and jovial among your guests tonightx macbethx so shall ix lovex and sox i prayx be youx let your remembrance apply to banquox present him eminencex both with eye and tonguex unsafe the whilex that we must lave our honours in these flattering streamsx and make our faces vizards to our heartsx disguising what they arex lady macbethx you must leave thisx macbethx ox full of scorpions is my mindx dear wifex thou knowxst that banquox and his fleancex livesx lady macbethx but in them naturexs copyxs not eternex macbethx therexs comfort yetx they are assailablex then be thou jocundx ere the bat hath flown his cloisterxd flightx ere to black hecatexs summons the shardxborn beetlex with his drowsy humsx hath rung nightxs yawning pealx there shall be done a deed of dreadful notex lady macbethx whatxs to be donex macbethx be innocent of the knowledgex dearest chuckx till thou applaud the deedx comex seeling nightx scarf up the tender eye of pitiful dayx and with thy bloody and invisible hand cancel and tear to pieces that great bond which keeps me palexxlight thickensx and the crow makes wing to thx rooky woodx good things of day begin to droop and drowsex whiles nightxs black agents to their preys do rousex thou marvellxst at my wordsx but hold thee stillx things bad begun make strong themselves by illx sox prxytheex go with mex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a park or lawnx with a gate leading to the palacex enter three murderersx first murdererx but who did bid thee join with usx third murdererx macbethx second murdererx he needs not our mistrustx since he delivers our offices and what we have to do to the direction justx first murdererx then stand with usx the west yet glimmers with some streaks of dayx now spurs the lated traveller apacex to gain the timely innx and near approaches the subject of our watchx third murdererx harkx i hear horsesx banquox xxwithinxxx give us a light therex hox second murdererx then xtis hex the rest that are within the note of expectation already are ix thx courtx first murdererx his horses go aboutx third murdererx almost a milex but he does usuallyx so all men dox from hence to the palace gate make it their walkx enter banquo and fleance with a torchx second murdererx a lightx a lightx third murdererx xtis hex first murdererx stand toxtx banquox it will be rain tonightx first murdererx let it come downx xxassaults banquoxxx banquox ox treacheryx flyx good fleancex flyx flyx flyx thou mayst revengexo slavex xxdiesx fleance escapesxxx third murdererx who did strike out the lightx first murdererx wasxt not the wayx third murdererx therexs but one downx the son is fledx second murdererx we have lost best half of our affairx first murdererx wellx letxs awayx and say how much is donex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx the samex a room of state in the palacex a banquet preparedx enter macbethx lady macbethx rossx lennoxx lords and attendantsx macbethx you know your own degreesx sit downx at first and last the hearty welcomex lordsx thanks to your majestyx macbethx ourself will mingle with societyx and play the humble hostx our hostess keeps her statex butx in best timex we will require her welcomex lady macbethx pronounce it for mex sirx to all our friendsx for my heart speaks they are welcomex enter first murderer to the doorx macbethx seex they encounter thee with their heartsx thanksx both sides are evenx here ixll sit ix thx midstx be large in mirthx anon wexll drink a measure the table roundx therexs blood upon thy facex murdererx xtis banquoxs thenx macbethx xtis better thee without than he withinx is he dispatchxdx murdererx my lordx his throat is cutx that i did for himx macbethx thou art the best ox thx cutxthroatsx yet hexs good that did the like for fleancex if thou didst itx thou art the nonpareilx murdererx most royal sirx fleance is xscapxdx macbethx then comes my fit againx i had else been perfectx whole as the marblex founded as the rockx as broad and general as the casing airx but now i am cabinxdx cribbxdx confinxdx bound in to saucy doubts and fearsx but banquoxs safex murdererx ayx my good lordx safe in a ditch he bidesx with twenty trenched gashes on his headx the least a death to naturex macbethx thanks for thatx there the grown serpent liesx the worm thatxs fled hath nature that in time will venom breedx no teeth for thx presentxxget thee gonex tomorrow wexll hearx ourselvesx againx xxexit murdererxxx lady macbethx my royal lordx you do not give the cheerx the feast is sold that is not often vouchxdx while xtis axmakingx xtis given with welcomex to feed were best at homex from thence the sauce to meat is ceremonyx meeting were bare without itx the ghost of banquo risesx and sits in macbethxs placex macbethx sweet remembrancerxx nowx good digestion wait on appetitex and health on bothx lennoxx mayxt please your highness sitx macbethx here had we now our countryxs honour roofxdx were the gracxd person of our banquo presentx who may i rather challenge for unkindness than pity for mischancex rossx his absencex sirx lays blame upon his promisex pleasext your highness to grace us with your royal companyx macbethx the tablexs fullx lennoxx here is a place reservxdx sirx macbethx wherex lennoxx herex my good lordx what isxt that moves your highnessx macbethx which of you have done thisx lordsx whatx my good lordx macbethx thou canst not say i did itx never shake thy gory locks at mex rossx gentlemenx risex his highness is not wellx lady macbethx sitx worthy friendsx my lord is often thusx and hath been from his youthx pray youx keep seatx the fit is momentaryx upon a thought he will again be wellx if much you note himx you shall offend himx and extend his passionx feedx and regard him notxxare you a manx macbethx ayx and a bold onex that dare look on that which might appal the devilx lady macbethx o proper stuffx this is the very painting of your fearx this is the airxdrawn dagger which you saidx led you to duncanx ox these flawsx and starts ximpostors to true fearxx would well become a womanxs story at a winterxs firex authorisxd by her grandamx shame itselfx why do you make such facesx when allxs donex you look but on a stoolx macbethx prxytheex see therex beholdx lookx lox how say youx whyx what care ix if thou canst nodx speak tooxx if charnel houses and our graves must send those that we bury backx our monuments shall be the maws of kitesx xxghost disappearsxxx lady macbethx whatx quite unmannxd in follyx macbethx if i stand herex i saw himx lady macbethx fiex for shamex macbethx blood hath been shed ere nowx ix thx olden timex ere humane statute purgxd the gentle wealx ayx and since toox murders have been performxd too terrible for the earx the time has beenx thatx when the brains were outx the man would diex and there an endx but now they rise againx with twenty mortal murders on their crownsx and push us from our stoolsx this is more strange than such a murder isx lady macbethx my worthy lordx your noble friends do lack youx macbethx i do forgetxx do not muse at mex my most worthy friendsx i have a strange infirmityx which is nothing to those that know mex comex love and health to allx then ixll sit downxxgive me some winex fill fullxx i drink to the general joy ox thx whole tablex and to our dear friend banquox whom we missx would he were herex ghost rises againx to allx and himx we thirstx and all to allx lordsx our dutiesx and the pledgex macbethx avauntx and quit my sightx let the earth hide theex thy bones are marrowlessx thy blood is coldx thou hast no speculation in those eyes which thou dost glare withx lady macbethx think of thisx good peersx but as a thing of customx xtis no otherx only it spoils the pleasure of the timex macbethx what man darex i darex approach thou like the rugged russian bearx the armxd rhinocerosx or thx hyrcan tigerx take any shape but thatx and my firm nerves shall never tremblex or be alive againx and dare me to the desert with thy swordx if trembling i inhabit thenx protest me the baby of a girlx hencex horrible shadowx unreal mockxryx hencex xxghost disappearsxxx whyx soxxbeing gonex i am a man againxxpray youx sit stillx lady macbethx you have displaced the mirthx broke the good meeting with most admirxd disorderx macbethx can such things bex and overcome us like a summerxs cloudx without our special wonderx you make me strange even to the disposition that i owex when now i think you can behold such sightsx and keep the natural ruby of your cheeksx when mine are blanchxd with fearx rossx what sightsx my lordx lady macbethx i pray youx speak notx he grows worse and worsex question enrages himx at oncex good nightxx stand not upon the order of your goingx but go at oncex lennoxx good nightx and better health attend his majestyx lady macbethx a kind good night to allx xxexeunt all lords and atendantsxxx macbethx it will have bloodx they sayx blood will have bloodx stones have been known to movex and trees to speakx augursx and understood relationsx have by magotxpiesx and choughsx and rooksx brought forth the secretxst man of bloodxxwhat is the nightx lady macbethx almost at odds with morningx which is whichx macbethx how sayxst thoux that macduff denies his person at our great biddingx lady macbethx did you send to himx sirx macbethx i hear it by the wayx but i will sendx therexs not a one of them but in his house i keep a servant feexdx i will tomorrow xand betimes i willx to the weird sistersx more shall they speakx for now i am bent to knowx by the worst meansx the worstx for mine own goodx all causes shall give wayx i am in blood steppxd in so far thatx should i wade no morex returning were as tedious as go oxerx strange things i have in headx that will to handx which must be acted ere they may be scannxdx lady macbethx you lack the season of all naturesx sleepx macbethx comex wexll to sleepx my strange and selfxabuse is the initiate fear that wants hard usex we are yet but young in deedx xxexeuntxxx scene vx the heathx thunderx enter the three witches meeting hecatex first witchx whyx how nowx hecatex you look angerlyx hecatex have i not reasonx beldams as you arex saucy and overboldx how did you dare to trade and traffic with macbeth in riddles and affairs of deathx and ix the mistress of your charmsx the close contriver of all harmsx was never callxd to bear my partx or show the glory of our artx andx which is worsex all you have done hath been but for a wayward sonx spiteful and wrathfulx whox as others dox loves for his own endsx not for youx but make amends nowx get you gonex and at the pit of acheron meet me ix thx morningx thither he will come to know his destinyx your vessels and your spells providex your charmsx and everything besidex i am for thx airx this night ixll spend unto a dismal and a fatal endx great business must be wrought ere noonx upon the corner of the moon there hangs a vapxrous drop profoundx ixll catch it ere it come to groundx and thatx distillxd by magic sleightsx shall raise such artificial spritesx asx by the strength of their illusionx shall draw him on to his confusionx he shall spurn fatex scorn deathx and bear his hopes xbove wisdomx gracex and fearx and you all knowx security is mortalsx chiefest enemyx xxmusic and song withinx xcome awayx come awayx xcxxx harkx i am callxdx my little spiritx seex sits in a foggy cloud and stays for mex xxexitxxx first witchx comex letxs make hastex shexll soon be back againx xxexeuntxxx scene vix forresx a room in the palacex enter lennox and another lordx lennoxx my former speeches have but hit your thoughtsx which can interpret fartherx onlyx i sayx thingxs have been strangely bornex the gracious duncan was pitied of macbethxxmarryx he was deadxx and the right valiant banquo walkxd too latex whomx you may sayx ifxt please youx fleance killxdx for fleance fledx men must not walk too latex who cannot want the thoughtx how monstrous it was for malcolm and for donalbain to kill their gracious fatherx damned factx how it did grieve macbethx did he not straightx in pious ragex the two delinquents tear that were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleepx was not that nobly donex ayx and wisely toox for xtwould have angerxd any heart alivex to hear the men denyxtx so thatx i sayx he has borne all things wellx and i do thinkx that had he duncanxs sons under his key xasx andxt please heavenx he shall notx they should find what xtwere to kill a fatherx so should fleancex butx peacexxfor from broad wordsx and xcause he failxd his presence at the tyrantxs feastx i hearx macduff lives in disgracex sirx can you tell where he bestows himselfx lordx the son of duncanx from whom this tyrant holds the due of birthx lives in the english court and is receivxd of the most pious edward with such grace that the malevolence of fortune nothing takes from his high respectx thither macduff is gone to pray the holy kingx upon his aid to wake northumberlandx and warlike siward thatx by the help of these xwith him above to ratify the workxx we may again give to our tables meatx sleep to our nightsx free from our feasts and banquets bloody knivesx do faithful homagex and receive free honoursx all which we pine for nowx and this report hath so exasperate the king that he prepares for some attempt of warx lennoxx sent he to macduffx lordx he didx and with an absolute xsirx not ixx the cloudy messenger turns me his backx and humsx as who should sayx xyouxll rue the time that clogs me with this answerxx lennoxx and that well might advise him to a cautionx tx hold what distance his wisdom can providex some holy angel fly to the court of englandx and unfold his message ere he comex that a swift blessing may soon return to this our suffering country under a hand accursxdx lordx ixll send my prayers with himx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix a dark cavex in the middlex a cauldron boilingx thunderx enter the three witchesx first witchx thrice the brinded cat hath mewxdx second witchx thricex and once the hedgexpig whinxdx third witchx harpier criesxxxtis timex xtis timex first witchx round about the cauldron gox in the poisonxd entrails throwxx toadx that under cold stone days and nights has thirtyxone swelterxd venom sleeping gotx boil thou first ix thx charmed potx allx doublex doublex toil and troublex firex burnx and cauldronx bubblex second witchx fillet of a fenny snakex in the cauldron boil and bakex eye of newtx and toe of frogx wool of batx and tongue of dogx adderxs forkx and blindxwormxs stingx lizardxs legx and howletxs wingx for a charm of powerful troublex like a hellxbroth boil and bubblex allx doublex doublex toil and troublex firex burnx and cauldronx bubblex third witchx scale of dragonx tooth of wolfx witchxs mummyx maw and gulf of the ravinxd saltxsea sharkx root of hemlock diggxd ix thx darkx liver of blaspheming jewx gall of goatx and slips of yew sliverxd in the moonxs eclipsex nose of turkx and tartarxs lipsx finger of birthxstrangled babe ditchxdeliverxd by a drabx make the gruel thick and slabx add thereto a tigerxs chaudronx for thx ingredients of our cauldronx allx doublex doublex toil and troublex firex burnx and cauldronx bubblex second witchx cool it with a baboonxs bloodx then the charm is firm and goodx enter hecatex hecatex ox well donex i commend your painsx and everyone shall share ix thx gainsx and now about the cauldron singx like elves and fairies in a ringx enchanting all that you put inx xxmusic and a songx xblack spiritsxx xcxxx xxexit hecatexxx second witchx by the pricking of my thumbsx something wicked this way comesx openx locksx whoever knocksx enter macbethx macbethx how nowx you secretx blackx and midnight hagsx what isxt you dox allx a deed without a namex macbethx i conjure youx by that which you professx xhowexer you come to know itx answer mex though you untie the windsx and let them fight against the churchesx though the yesty waves confound and swallow navigation upx though bladed corn be lodgxdx and trees blown downx though castles topple on their wardersx headsx though palaces and pyramids do slope their heads to their foundationsx though the treasure of naturexs germens tumble all togetherx even till destruction sickenx answer me to what i ask youx first witchx speakx second witchx demandx third witchx wexll answerx first witchx sayx if thouxdst rather hear it from our mouthsx or from our mastersx macbethx call xemx let me see xemx first witchx pour in sowxs bloodx that hath eaten her nine farrowx grease thatxs sweaten from the murdererxs gibbet throw into the flamex allx comex high or lowx thyself and office deftly showx xxthunderx an apparition of an armed head risesxxx macbethx tell mex thou unknown powerxx first witchx he knows thy thoughtx hear his speechx but say thou naughtx apparitionx macbethx macbethx macbethx beware macduffx beware the thane of fifexxdismiss mexxenoughx xxdescendsxxx macbethx whatexer thou artx for thy good cautionx thanksx thou hast harpxd my fear arightxxbut one word morex first witchx he will not be commandedx herexs anotherx more potent than the firstx xxthunderx an apparition of a bloody child risesxxx apparitionx macbethx macbethx macbethx macbethx had i three earsx ixd hear theex apparitionx be bloodyx boldx and resolutex laugh to scorn the power of manx for none of woman born shall harm macbethx xxdescendsxxx macbethx then livex macduffx what need i fear of theex but yet ixll make assurance double surex and take a bond of fatex thou shalt not livex that i may tell palexhearted fear it liesx and sleep in spite of thunderx xxthunderx an apparition of a child crownedx with a tree in his handx risesxxx what is thisx that rises like the issue of a kingx and wears upon his baby brow the round and top of sovereigntyx allx listenx but speak not toxtx apparitionx be lionxmettledx proudx and take no care who chafesx who fretsx or where conspirers arex macbeth shall never vanquishxd bex until great birnam wood to high dunsinane hill shall come against himx xxdescendsxxx macbethx that will never bex who can impress the forestx bid the tree unfix his earthxbound rootx sweet bodementsx goodx rebellious headx rise never till the wood of birnam risex and our highxplacxd macbeth shall live the lease of naturex pay his breath to time and mortal customxxyet my heart throbs to know one thingx tell mex if your art can tell so muchx shall banquoxs issue ever reign in this kingdomx allx seek to know no morex macbethx i will be satisfiedx deny me thisx and an eternal curse fall on youx let me knowx why sinks that cauldronx and what noise is thisx xxhautboysxxx first witchx showx second witchx showx third witchx showx allx show his eyesx and grieve his heartx come like shadowsx so departx xxa show of eight kings appearx and pass over in orderx the last with a glass in his handx banquo followingxxx macbethx thou are too like the spirit of banquox downx thy crown does sear mine eyeballsxxand thy hairx thou other goldxbound browx is like the firstx a third is like the formerxxfilthy hagsx why do you show me thisxxa fourthxxstartx eyesx whatx will the line stretch out to thx crack of doomx another yetxxa seventhxxixll see no morexx and yet the eighth appearsx who bears a glass which shows me many morex and some i see that twofold balls and treble sceptres carryx horrible sightxxnow i see xtis truex for the bloodxbolterxd banquo smiles upon mex and points at them for hisxxwhatx is this sox first witchx ayx sirx all this is soxxbut why stands macbeth thus amazedlyxx comex sistersx cheer we up his spritesx and show the best of our delightsx ixll charm the air to give a soundx while you perform your antic roundx that this great king may kindly sayx our duties did his welcome payx xxmusicx the witches dancex and vanishxxx macbethx where are theyx gonexxlet this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendarxx come inx without therex enter lennoxx lennoxx whatxs your gracexs willx macbethx saw you the weird sistersx lennoxx nox my lordx macbethx came they not by youx lennoxx nox indeedx my lordx macbethx infected be the air whereon they ridex and damnxd all those that trust themxxi did hear the galloping of horsex who wasxt came byx lennoxx xtis two or threex my lordx that bring you word macduff is fled to englandx macbethx fled to englandx lennoxx ayx my good lordx macbethx timex thou anticipatxst my dread exploitsx the flighty purpose never is oxertook unless the deed go with itx from this moment the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my handx and even nowx to crown my thoughts with actsx be it thought and donex the castle of macduff i will surprisex seize upon fifex give to thx edge ox thx sword his wifex his babesx and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his linex no boasting like a foolx this deed ixll do before this purpose coolx but no more sightsxxwhere are these gentlemenx comex bring me where they arex xxexeuntxxx scene iix fifex a room in macduffxs castlex enter lady macduff her son and rossx lady macduffx what had he donex to make him fly the landx rossx you must have patiencex madamx lady macduffx he had nonex his flight was madnessx when our actions do notx our fears do make us traitorsx rossx you know not whether it was his wisdom or his fearx lady macduffx wisdomx to leave his wifex to leave his babesx his mansionx and his titlesx in a place from whence himself does flyx he loves us notx he wants the natural touchx for the poor wrenx the most diminutive of birdsx will fightx her young ones in her nestx against the owlx all is the fearx and nothing is the lovex as little is the wisdomx where the flight so runs against all reasonx rossx my dearest cozx i pray youx school yourselfx butx for your husbandx he is noblex wisex judiciousx and best knows the fits ox thx seasonx i dare not speak much furtherx but cruel are the timesx when we are traitorsx and do not know ourselvesx when we hold rumour from what we fearx yet know not what we fearx but float upon a wild and violent sea each way and movexi take my leave of youx shall not be long but ixll be here againx things at the worst will ceasex or else climb upward to what they were beforexxmy pretty cousinx blessing upon youx lady macduffx fatherxd he isx and yet hexs fatherlessx rossx i am so much a foolx should i stay longerx it would be my disgrace and your discomfortx i take my leave at oncex xxexitxxx lady macduffx sirrahx your fatherxs deadx and what will you do nowx how will you livex sonx as birds dox motherx lady macduffx whatx with worms and fliesx sonx with what i getx i meanx and so do theyx lady macduffx poor birdx thouxdst never fear the net nor limex the pitxfall nor the ginx sonx why should ix motherx poor birds they are not set forx my father is not deadx for all your sayingx lady macduffx yesx he is deadx how wilt thou do for a fatherx sonx nayx how will you do for a husbandx lady macduffx whyx i can buy me twenty at any marketx sonx then youxll buy xem to sell againx lady macduffx thou speakxst with all thy witx and yetx ix faithx with wit enough for theex sonx was my father a traitorx motherx lady macduffx ayx that he wasx sonx what is a traitorx lady macduffx whyx one that swears and liesx sonx and be all traitors that do sox lady macduffx every one that does so is a traitorx and must be hangedx sonx and must they all be hanged that swear and liex lady macduffx every onex sonx who must hang themx lady macduffx whyx the honest menx sonx then the liars and swearers are foolsx for there are liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and hang up themx lady macduffx nowx god help theex poor monkeyx but how wilt thou do for a fatherx sonx if he were deadx youxld weep for himx if you would notx it were a good sign that i should quickly have a new fatherx lady macduffx poor prattlerx how thou talkxstx enter a messengerx messengerx bless youx fair damex i am not to you knownx though in your state of honour i am perfectx i doubt some danger does approach you nearlyx if you will take a homely manxs advicex be not found herex hencex with your little onesx to fright you thusx methinksx i am too savagex to do worse to you were fell crueltyx which is too nigh your personx heaven preserve youx i dare abide no longerx xxexitxxx lady macduffx whither should i flyx i have done no harmx but i remember now i am in this earthly worldx where to do harm is often laudablex to do good sometime accounted dangerous follyx why thenx alasx do i put up that womanly defencex to say i have done no harmx what are these facesx enter murderersx first murdererx where is your husbandx lady macduffx i hopex in no place so unsanctified where such as thou mayst find himx first murdererx hexs a traitorx sonx thou liestx thou shagxearxd villainx first murdererx whatx you eggx xxstabbing himxxx young fry of treacheryx sonx he has killxd mex motherx run awayx i pray youx xxdiesx exit lady macduffx crying xmurderxx and pursued by the murderersxxx scene iiix englandx before the kingxs palacex enter malcolm and macduffx malcolmx let us seek out some desolate shade and there weep our sad bosoms emptyx macduffx let us rather hold fast the mortal swordx andx like good menx bestride our downxfallxn birthdomx each new morn new widows howlx new orphans cryx new sorrows strike heaven on the facex that it resounds as if it felt with scotlandx and yellxd out like syllable of dolourx malcolmx what i believex ixll wailx what knowx believex and what i can redressx as i shall find the time to friendx i willx what you have spokex it may be sox perchancex this tyrantx whose sole name blisters our tonguesx was once thought honestx you have loved him wellx he hath not touchxd you yetx i am youngx but something you may deserve of him through mex and wisdom to offer up a weakx poorx innocent lamb to appease an angry godx macduffx i am not treacherousx malcolmx but macbeth isx a good and virtuous nature may recoil in an imperial chargex but i shall crave your pardonx that which you arex my thoughts cannot transposex angels are bright stillx though the brightest fellx though all things foul would wear the brows of gracex yet grace must still look sox macduffx i have lost my hopesx malcolmx perchance even there where i did find my doubtsx why in that rawness left you wife and childx those precious motivesx those strong knots of lovex without leavextakingxxi pray youx let not my jealousies be your dishonoursx but mine own safetiesx you may be rightly justx whatever i shall thinkx macduffx bleedx bleedx poor countryx great tyrannyx lay thou thy basis surex for goodness dare not check theex wear thou thy wrongsx the title is affeerxdxxfare thee wellx lordx i would not be the villain that thou thinkxst for the whole space thatxs in the tyrantxs grasp and the rich east to bootx malcolmx be not offendedx i speak not as in absolute fear of youx i think our country sinks beneath the yokex it weepsx it bleedsx and each new day a gash is added to her woundsx i thinkx withalx there would be hands uplifted in my rightx and herex from gracious englandx have i offer of goodly thousandsx butx for all thisx when i shall tread upon the tyrantxs headx or wear it on my swordx yet my poor country shall have more vices than it had beforex more sufferx and more sundry ways than everx by him that shall succeedx macduffx what should he bex malcolmx it is myself i meanx in whom i know all the particulars of vice so grafted thatx when they shall be openxdx black macbeth will seem as pure as snowx and the poor state esteem him as a lambx being comparxd with my confineless harmsx macduffx not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damnxd in evils to top macbethx malcolmx i grant him bloodyx luxuriousx avariciousx falsex deceitfulx suddenx maliciousx smacking of every sin that has a namex but therexs no bottomx nonex in my voluptuousnessx your wivesx your daughtersx your matronsx and your maidsx could not fill up the cistern of my lustx and my desire all continent impediments would oxerbearx that did oppose my willx better macbeth than such an one to reignx macduffx boundless intemperance in nature is a tyrannyx it hath been thx untimely emptying of the happy thronex and fall of many kingsx but fear not yet to take upon you what is yoursx you may convey your pleasures in a spacious plentyx and yet seem coldxthe time you may so hoodwinkx we have willing dames enoughx there cannot be that vulture in youx to devour so many as will to greatness dedicate themselvesx finding it so inclinxdx malcolmx with this there grows in my most illxcomposxd affection such a staunchless avaricex thatx were i kingx i should cut off the nobles for their landsx desire his jewelsx and this otherxs housex and my morexhaving would be as a sauce to make me hunger morex that i should forge quarrels unjust against the good and loyalx destroying them for wealthx macduffx this avarice sticks deeperx grows with more pernicious root than summerxseeming lustx and it hath been the sword of our slain kingsx yet do not fearx scotland hath foisons to fill up your willx of your mere ownx all these are portablex with other graces weighxdx malcolmx but i have nonex the kingxbecoming gracesx as justicex verityx tempxrancex stablenessx bountyx perseverancex mercyx lowlinessx devotionx patiencex couragex fortitudex i have no relish of themx but abound in the division of each several crimex acting it many waysx nayx had i powerx i should pour the sweet milk of concord into hellx uproar the universal peacex confound all unity on earthx macduffx o scotlandx scotlandx malcolmx if such a one be fit to governx speakx i am as i have spokenx macduffx fit to governx nox not to livexxo nation miserablex with an untitled tyrant bloodyxscepterxdx when shalt thou see thy wholesome days againx since that the truest issue of thy throne by his own interdiction stands accusxdx and does blaspheme his breedx thy royal father was a most sainted kingx the queen that bore theex oftxner upon her knees than on her feetx died every day she livedx fare thee wellx these evils thou repeatxst upon thyself have banishxd me from scotlandxxo my breastx thy hope ends herex malcolmx macduffx this noble passionx child of integrityx hath from my soul wiped the black scruplesx reconcilxd my thoughts to thy good truth and honourx devilish macbeth by many of these trains hath sought to win me into his powerx and modest wisdom plucks me from overxcredulous hastex but god above deal between thee and mex for even now i put myself to thy directionx and unspeak mine own detractionx here abjure the taints and blames i laid upon myselfx for strangers to my naturex i am yet unknown to womanx never was forswornx scarcely have coveted what was mine ownx at no time broke my faithx would not betray the devil to his fellowx and delight no less in truth than lifex my first false speaking was this upon myselfx what i am trulyx is thine and my poor countryxs to commandx whitherx indeedx before thy herexapproachx old siwardx with ten thousand warlike menx already at a pointx was setting forthx now wexll togetherx and the chance of goodness be like our warranted quarrelx why are you silentx macduffx such welcome and unwelcome things at once xtis hard to reconcilex enter a doctorx malcolmx wellx more anonxxcomes the king forthx i pray youx doctorx ayx sirx there are a crew of wretched souls that stay his curex their malady convinces the great assay of artx but at his touchx such sanctity hath heaven given his handx they presently amendx malcolmx i thank youx doctorx xxexit doctorxxx macduffx whatxs the disease he meansx malcolmx xtis callxd the evilx a most miraculous work in this good kingx which oftenx since my herexremain in englandx i have seen him dox how he solicits heavenx himself best knowsx but strangelyxvisited peoplex all swoln and ulcerousx pitiful to the eyex the mere despair of surgeryx he curesx hanging a golden stamp about their necksx put on with holy prayersx and xtis spokenx to the succeeding royalty he leaves the healing benedictionx with this strange virtuex he hath a heavenly gift of prophecyx and sundry blessings hang about his thronex that speak him full of gracex enter rossx macduffx seex who comes herex malcolmx my countrymanx but yet i know him notx macduffx my everxgentle cousinx welcome hitherx malcolmx i know him nowx good godx betimes remove the means that makes us strangersx rossx sirx amenx macduffx stands scotland where it didx rossx alasx poor countryx almost afraid to know itselfx it cannot be callxd our motherx but our gravex where nothingx but who knows nothingx is once seen to smilex where sighsx and groansx and shrieksx that rent the airx are madex not markxdx where violent sorrow seems a modern ecstasyx the dead manxs knell is there scarce askxd for whox and good menxs lives expire before the flowers in their capsx dying or ere they sickenx macduffx ox relation too nicex and yet too truex malcolmx whatxs the newest griefx rossx that of an hourxs age doth hiss the speakerx each minute teems a new onex macduffx how does my wifex rossx whyx wellx macduffx and all my childrenx rossx well toox macduffx the tyrant has not batterxd at their peacex rossx nox they were well at peace when i did leave xemx macduffx be not a niggard of your speechx how goesxtx rossx when i came hither to transport the tidingsx which i have heavily bornex there ran a rumour of many worthy fellows that were outx which was to my belief witnessxd the ratherx for that i saw the tyrantxs power afootx now is the time of helpx your eye in scotland would create soldiersx make our women fightx to doff their dire distressesx malcolmx bext their comfort we are coming thitherx gracious england hath lent us good siward and ten thousand menx an older and a better soldier none that christendom gives outx rossx would i could answer this comfort with the likex but i have words that would be howlxd out in the desert airx where hearing should not latch themx macduffx what concern theyx the general causex or is it a feexgrief due to some single breastx rossx no mind thatxs honest but in it shares some woex though the main part pertains to you alonex macduffx if it be minex keep it not from mex quickly let me have itx rossx let not your ears despise my tongue for everx which shall possess them with the heaviest sound that ever yet they heardx macduffx humhx i guess at itx rossx your castle is surprisxdx your wife and babes savagely slaughterxdx to relate the manner werex on the quarry of these murderxd deerx to add the death of youx malcolmx merciful heavenxx whatx manx nexer pull your hat upon your browsx give sorrow wordsx the grief that does not speak whispers the oxerxfraught heartx and bids it breakx macduffx my children toox rossx wifex childrenx servantsx all that could be foundx macduffx and i must be from thencex my wife killxd toox rossx i have saidx malcolmx be comfortedx letxs make us medxcines of our great revengex to cure this deadly griefx macduffx he has no childrenxxall my pretty onesx did you say allxxo hellxkitexxallx whatx all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoopx malcolmx dispute it like a manx macduffx i shall do sox but i must also feel it as a manx i cannot but remember such things werex that were most precious to mexxdid heaven look onx and would not take their partx sinful macduffx they were all struck for theex naught that i amx not for their own demeritsx but for minex fell slaughter on their soulsx heaven rest them nowx malcolmx be this the whetstone of your swordx let grief convert to angerx blunt not the heartx enrage itx macduffx ox i could play the woman with mine eyesx and braggart with my tonguexxbutx gentle heavensx cut short all intermissionx front to frontx bring thou this fiend of scotland and myselfx within my swordxs length set himx if he xscapex heaven forgive him toox malcolmx this tune goes manlyx comex go we to the kingx our power is readyx our lack is nothing but our leavex macbeth is ripe for shakingx and the powers above put on their instrumentsx receive what cheer you mayx the night is long that never finds the dayx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix dunsinanex a room in the castlex enter a doctor of physic and a waitingxgentlewomanx doctorx i have two nights watched with youx but can perceive no truth in your reportx when was it she last walkedx gentlewomanx since his majesty went into the fieldx i have seen her rise from her bedx throw her nightgown upon herx unlock her closetx take forth paperx fold itx write uponxtx read itx afterwards seal itx and again return to bedx yet all this while in a most fast sleepx doctorx a great perturbation in naturex to receive at once the benefit of sleepx and do the effects of watchingx in this slumbery agitationx besides her walking and other actual performancesx whatx at any timex have you heard her sayx gentlewomanx thatx sirx which i will not report after herx doctorx you may to mex and xtis most meet you shouldx gentlewomanx neither to you nor anyonex having no witness to confirm my speechx enter lady macbeth with a taperx lo youx here she comesx this is her very guisex andx upon my lifex fast asleepx observe herx stand closex doctorx how came she by that lightx gentlewomanx whyx it stood by herx she has light by her continuallyx xtis her commandx doctorx you seex her eyes are openx gentlewomanx ayx but their sense are shutx doctorx what is it she does nowx look how she rubs her handsx gentlewomanx it is an accustomed action with herx to seem thus washing her handsx i have known her continue in this a quarter of an hourx lady macbethx yet herexs a spotx doctorx harkx she speaksx i will set down what comes from herx to satisfy my remembrance the more stronglyx lady macbethx outx damned spotx outx i sayx onex twox whyx then xtis time to doxtx hell is murkyx fiex my lordx fiex a soldierx and afeardx what need we fear who knows itx when none can call our power to accountx yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in himx doctorx do you mark thatx lady macbethx the thane of fife had a wifex where is she nowxxwhatx will these hands nexer be cleanx no more ox thatx my lordx no more ox thatx you mar all with this startingx doctorx go tox go tox you have known what you should notx gentlewomanx she has spoke what she should notx i am sure of thatx heaven knows what she has knownx lady macbethx herexs the smell of the blood stillx all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little handx ohx ohx ohx doctorx what a sigh is therex the heart is sorely chargedx gentlewomanx i would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole bodyx doctorx wellx wellx wellx gentlewomanx pray god it bex sirx doctorx this disease is beyond my practicex yet i have known those which have walked in their sleepx who have died holily in their bedsx lady macbethx wash your handsx put on your nightgownx look not so palex i tell you yet againx banquoxs buriedx he cannot come out onxs gravex doctorx even sox lady macbethx to bedx to bedx therexs knocking at the gatex comex comex comex comex give me your handx whatxs done cannot be undonex to bedx to bedx to bedx xxexitxxx doctorx will she go now to bedx gentlewomanx directlyx doctorx foul whispxrings are abroadx unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troublesx infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secretsx more needs she the divine than the physicianxx godx godx forgive us allx look after herx remove from her the means of all annoyancex and still keep eyes upon herx sox good nightx my mind she has matedx and amazxd my sightx i thinkx but dare not speakx gentlewomanx good nightx good doctorx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the country near dunsinanex enterx with drum and colours menteithx caithnessx angusx lennox and soldiersx menteithx the english power is nearx led on by malcolmx his uncle siwardx and the good macduffx revenges burn in themx for their dear causes would to the bleeding and the grim alarm excite the mortified manx angusx near birnam wood shall we well meet themx that way are they comingx caithnessx who knows if donalbain be with his brotherx lennoxx for certainx sirx he is notx i have a file of all the gentryx there is siwardxs son and many unrough youthsx that even now protest their first of manhoodx menteithx what does the tyrantx caithnessx great dunsinane he strongly fortifiesx some say hexs madx othersx that lesser hate himx do call it valiant furyx butx for certainx he cannot buckle his distemperxd cause within the belt of rulex angusx now does he feel his secret murders sticking on his handsx now minutely revolts upbraid his faithxbreachx those he commands move only in commandx nothing in lovex now does he feel his title hang loose about himx like a giantxs robe upon a dwarfish thiefx menteithx whox thenx shall blame his pesterxd senses to recoil and startx when all that is within him does condemn itself for being therex caithnessx wellx march we onx to give obedience where xtis truly owxdx meet we the medxcine of the sickly wealx and with him pour wex in our countryxs purgex each drop of usx lennoxx or so much as it needs to dew the sovereign flowerx and drown the weedsx make we our march towards birnamx xxexeuntx marchingxxx scene iiix dunsinanex a room in the castlex enter macbethx doctor and attendantsx macbethx bring me no more reportsx let them fly allx till birnam wood remove to dunsinane i cannot taint with fearx whatxs the boy malcolmx was he not born of womanx the spirits that know all mortal consequences have pronouncxd me thusx xfear notx macbethx no man thatxs born of woman shall exer have power upon theexxxthen flyx false thanesx and mingle with the english epicuresx the mind i sway byx and the heart i bearx shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fearx enter a servantx the devil damn thee blackx thou creamxfacxd loonx where gottxst thou that goose lookx servantx there is ten thousandx macbethx geesex villainx servantx soldiersx sirx macbethx go prick thy face and overxred thy fearx thou lilyxliverxd boyx what soldiersx patchx death of thy soulx those linen cheeks of thine are counsellors to fearx what soldiersx wheyxfacex servantx the english forcex so please youx macbethx take thy face hencex xxexit servantxxx seytonxxi am sick at heartx when i beholdxseytonx i sayxxthis push will cheer me ever or disseat me nowx i have livxd long enoughx my way of life is fallxn into the serex the yellow leafx and that which should accompany old agex as honourx lovex obediencex troops of friendsx i must not look to havex butx in their steadx cursesx not loud but deepx mouthxhonourx breathx which the poor heart would fain denyx and dare notx seytonxx enter seytonx seytonx whatxs your gracious pleasurex macbethx what news morex seytonx all is confirmxdx my lordx which was reportedx macbethx ixll fight till from my bones my flesh be hackxdx give me my armourx seytonx xtis not needed yetx macbethx ixll put it onx send out more horsesx skirr the country roundx hang those that talk of fearx give me mine armourxx how does your patientx doctorx doctorx not so sickx my lordx as she is troubled with thickxcoming fanciesx that keep her from her restx macbethx cure her of thatx canst thou not minister to a mind diseasxdx pluck from the memory a rooted sorrowx raze out the written troubles of the brainx and with some sweet oblivious antidote cleanse the stuffxd bosom of that perilous stuff which weighs upon the heartx doctorx therein the patient must minister to himselfx macbethx throw physic to the dogsx ixll none of itx comex put mine armour onx give me my staffx seytonx send outxxdoctorx the thanes fly from mexx comex sirx despatchxxif thou couldstx doctorx cast the water of my landx find her diseasex and purge it to a sound and pristine healthx i would applaud thee to the very echox that should applaud againxxpullxt offx i sayxx what rhubarbx sennax or what purgative drugx would scour these english hencex hearxst thou of themx doctorx ayx my good lordx your royal preparation makes us hear somethingx macbethx bring it after mexx i will not be afraid of death and banex till birnam forest come to dunsinanex xxexeunt all except doctorxxx doctorx were i from dunsinane away and clearx profit again should hardly draw me herex xxexitxxx scene ivx country near dunsinanex a wood in viewx enterx with drum and colours malcolmx old siward and his sonx macduffx menteithx caithnessx angusx lennoxx ross and soldiersx marchingx malcolmx cousinsx i hope the days are near at hand that chambers will be safex menteithx we doubt it nothingx siwardx what wood is this before usx menteithx the wood of birnamx malcolmx let every soldier hew him down a boughx and bearxt before himx thereby shall we shadow the numbers of our hostx and make discovery err in report of usx soldiersx it shall be donex siwardx we learn no other but the confident tyrant keeps still in dunsinanex and will endure our setting down beforextx malcolmx xtis his main hopex for where there is advantage to be givenx both more and less have given him the revoltx and none serve with him but constrained thingsx whose hearts are absent toox macduffx let our just censures attend the true eventx and put we on industrious soldiershipx siwardx the time approachesx that will with due decision make us know what we shall say we havex and what we owex thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relatex but certain issue strokes must arbitratex towards which advance the warx xxexeuntx marchingxxx scene vx dunsinanex within the castlex enter with drum and coloursx macbethx seyton and soldiersx macbethx hang out our banners on the outward wallsx the cry is stillx xthey comexx our castlexs strength will laugh a siege to scornx here let them lie till famine and the ague eat them upx were they not forcxd with those that should be oursx we might have met them darefulx beard to beardx and beat them backward homex xxa cry of women withinxxx what is that noisex seytonx it is the cry of womenx my good lordx xxexitxxx macbethx i have almost forgot the taste of fearsx the time has beenx my senses would have coolxd to hear a nightxshriekx and my fell of hair would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir as life were inxtx i have suppxd full with horrorsx direnessx familiar to my slaughterous thoughtsx cannot once start mex enter seytonx wherefore was that cryx seytonx the queenx my lordx is deadx macbethx she should have died hereafterx there would have been a time for such a wordx tomorrowx and tomorrowx and tomorrowx creeps in this petty pace from day to dayx to the last syllable of recorded timex and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty deathx outx outx brief candlex lifexs but a walking shadowx a poor playerx that struts and frets his hour upon the stagex and then is heard no morex it is a tale told by an idiotx full of sound and furyx signifying nothingx enter a messengerx thou comxst to use thy tonguex thy story quicklyx messengerx gracious my lordx i should report that which i say i sawx but know not how to doxtx macbethx wellx sayx sirx messengerx as i did stand my watch upon the hillx i lookxd toward birnamx and anonx methoughtx the wood began to movex macbethx liarx and slavex messengerx let me endure your wrathx ifxt be not sox within this three mile may you see it comingx i sayx a moving grovex macbethx if thou speakxst falsex upon the next tree shalt thou hang alivex till famine cling theex if thy speech be soothx i care not if thou dost for me as muchxx i pull in resolutionx and begin to doubt thx equivocation of the fiendx that lies like truthx xfear notx till birnam wood do come to dunsinanexx and now a wood comes toward dunsinanexxarmx armx and outxx if this which he avouches does appearx there is nor flying hence nor tarrying herex i xgin to be aweary of the sunx and wish thx estate ox thx world were now undonexx ring the alarum bellxxblowx windx comex wrackx at least wexll die with harness on our backx xxexeuntxxx scene vix the samex a plain before the castlex enterx with drum and coloursx malcolmx old siwardx macduff and their armyx with boughsx malcolmx now near enoughx your leafy screens throw downx and show like those you arexxyoux worthy unclex shall with my cousinx your right noble sonx lead our first battlex worthy macduff and we shall take uponxs what else remains to dox according to our orderx siwardx fare you wellxx do we but find the tyrantxs power tonightx let us be beatenx if we cannot fightx macduffx make all our trumpets speakx give them all breathx those clamorous harbingers of blood and deathx xxexeuntxxx scene viix the samex another part of the plainx alarumsx enter macbethx macbethx they have tied me to a stakex i cannot flyx butx bearxlike i must fight the coursexxwhatxs he that was not born of womanx such a one am i to fearx or nonex enter young siwardx young siwardx what is thy namex macbethx thouxlt be afraid to hear itx young siwardx nox though thou callxst thyself a hotter name than any is in hellx macbethx my namexs macbethx young siwardx the devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine earx macbethx nox nor more fearfulx young siwardx thou liestx abhorred tyrantx with my sword ixll prove the lie thou speakxstx xxthey fightx and young siward is slainxxx macbethx thou wast born of womanx but swords i smile atx weapons laugh to scornx brandishxd by man thatxs of a woman bornx xxexitxxx alarumsx enter macduffx macduffx that way the noise isxxtyrantx show thy facex if thou bexst slain and with no stroke of minex my wife and childrenxs ghosts will haunt me stillx i cannot strike at wretched kernsx whose arms are hired to bear their stavesx either thoux macbethx or else my swordx with an unbatterxd edgex i sheathe again undeededx there thou shouldst bex by this great clatterx one of greatest note seems bruitedx let me find himx fortunex and more i beg notx xxexitx alarumsxxx enter malcolm and old siwardx siwardx this wayx my lordxxthe castlexs gently renderxdx the tyrantxs people on both sides do fightx the noble thanes do bravely in the warx the day almost itself professes yoursx and little is to dox malcolmx we have met with foes that strike beside usx siwardx enterx sirx the castlex xxexeuntx alarumsxxx scene viiix the samex another part of the fieldx enter macbethx macbethx why should i play the roman foolx and die on mine own swordx whiles i see livesx the gashes do better upon themx enter macduffx macduffx turnx hellxhoundx turnx macbethx of all men else i have avoided theex but get thee backx my soul is too much chargxd with blood of thine alreadyx macduffx i have no wordsx my voice is in my swordx thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee outx xxthey fightxxx macbethx thou losest labourx as easy mayst thou the intrenchant air with thy keen sword impressx as make me bleedx let fall thy blade on vulnerable crestsx i bear a charmed lifex which must not yield to one of woman bornx macduffx despair thy charmx and let the angel whom thou still hast servxd tell theex macduff was from his motherxs womb untimely rippxdx macbethx accursed be that tongue that tells me sox for it hath cowxd my better part of manx and be these juggling fiends no more believxdx that palter with us in a double sensex that keep the word of promise to our earx and break it to our hopexxixll not fight with theex macduffx then yield theex cowardx and live to be the show and gaze ox thx timex wexll have theex as our rarer monsters arex painted upon a polex and underwritx xhere may you see the tyrantxx macbethx i will not yieldx to kiss the ground before young malcolmxs feetx and to be baited with the rabblexs cursex though birnam wood be come to dunsinanex and thou opposxdx being of no woman bornx yet i will try the lastx before my body i throw my warlike shieldx lay onx macduffx and damnxd be him that first criesx xholdx enoughxx xxexeunt fightingx alarumsxxx retreatx flourishx enterx with drum and coloursx malcolmx old siwardx rossx thanes and soldiersx malcolmx i would the friends we miss were safe arrivxdx siwardx some must go offx and yetx by these i seex so great a day as this is cheaply boughtx malcolmx macduff is missingx and your noble sonx rossx your sonx my lordx has paid a soldierxs debtx he only livxd but till he was a manx the which no sooner had his prowess confirmxd in the unshrinking station where he foughtx but like a man he diedx siwardx then he is deadx fleancex ayx and brought off the fieldx your cause of sorrow must not be measurxd by his worthx for then it hath no endx siwardx had he his hurts beforex rossx ayx on the frontx siwardx why thenx godxs soldier be hex had i as many sons as i have hairsx i would not wish them to a fairer deathx and so his knell is knollxdx malcolmx hexs worth more sorrowx and that ixll spend for himx siwardx hexs worth no morex they say he parted well and paid his scorex and sox god be with himxxhere comes newer comfortx enter macduff with macbethxs headx macduffx hailx kingx for so thou artx beholdx where stands thx usurperxs cursed headx the time is freex i see thee compassxd with thy kingdomxs pearlx that speak my salutation in their mindsx whose voices i desire aloud with minexx hailx king of scotlandx allx hailx king of scotlandx xxflourishxxx malcolmx we shall not spend a large expense of time before we reckon with your several lovesx and make us even with youx my thanes and kinsmenx henceforth be earlsx the first that ever scotland in such an honour namxdx whatxs more to dox which would be planted newly with the timexx as calling home our exilxd friends abroadx that fled the snares of watchful tyrannyx producing forth the cruel ministers of this dead butcherx and his fiendxlike queenx whox as xtis thoughtx by self and violent hands took off her lifexxthisx and what needful else that calls upon usx by the grace of gracex we will perform in measurex timex and placex so thanks to all at oncex and to each onex whom we invite to see us crownxd at sconex xxflourishx exeuntxxx measure for measure dramatis personae vincentiox the duke angelox the deputy escalusx an ancient lord claudiox a young gentleman luciox a fantastic two other like gentlemen varriusx a gentlemanx servant to the duke provost thomasx friar peterx friar a justice elbowx a simple constable frothx a foolish gentleman pompeyx a clown and servant to mistress overdone abhorsonx an executioner barnardinex a dissolute prisoner isabellax sister to claudio marianax betrothed to angelo julietx beloved of claudio franciscax a nun mistress overdonex a bawd lordsx officersx citizensx boyx and attendants scenex vienna act ix scene ix the dukexs palace enter dukex escalusx lordsx and attendants dukex escalusx escalusx my lordx dukex of government the properties to unfold would seem in me tx affect speech and discoursex since i am put to know that your own science exceedsx in thatx the lists of all advice my strength can give youx then no more remains but that to your sufficiencyx as your worth is ablex and let them workx the nature of our peoplex our cityxs institutionsx and the terms for common justicex yxare as pregnant in as art and practice hath enriched any that we rememberx there is our commissionx from which we would not have you warpx call hitherx i sayx bid come before usx angelox exit an attendant what figure of us think you he will bearx for you must know we have with special soul elected him our absence to supplyx lent him our terrorx dressxd him with our lovex and given his deputation all the organs of our own powerx what think you of itx escalusx if any in vienna be of worth to undergo such ample grace and honourx it is lord angelox enter angelo dukex look where he comesx angelox always obedient to your gracexs willx i come to know your pleasurex dukex angelox there is a kind of character in thy life that to thx observer doth thy history fully unfoldx thyself and thy belongings are not thine own so proper as to waste thyself upon thy virtuesx they on theex heaven doth with us as we with torches dox not light them for themselvesx for if our virtues did not go forth of usx xtwere all alike as if we had them notx spirits are not finely touchxd but to fine issuesx nor nature never lends the smallest scruple of her excellence butx like a thrifty goddessx she determines herself the glory of a creditorx both thanks and usex but i do bend my speech to one that can my part in him advertisex holdx thereforex angelox in our remove be thou at full ourselfx mortality and mercy in vienna live in thy tongue and heartx old escalusx though first in questionx is thy secondaryx take thy commissionx angelox nowx good my lordx let there be some more test made of my metalx before so noble and so great a figure be stampxd upon itx dukex no more evasionx we have with a leavenxd and prepared choice proceeded to youx therefore take your honoursx our haste from hence is of so quick condition that it prefers itselfx and leaves unquestionxd matters of needful valuex we shall write to youx as time and our concernings shall importunex how it goes with usx and do look to know what doth befall you herex sox fare you wellx to thx hopeful execution do i leave you of your commissionsx angelox yet give leavex my lordx that we may bring you something on the wayx dukex my haste may not admit itx nor need youx on mine honourx have to do with any scruplex your scope is as mine ownx so to enforce or qualify the laws as to your soul seems goodx give me your handx ixll privily awayx i love the peoplex but do not like to stage me to their eyesx though it do wellx i do not relish well their loud applause and aves vehementx nor do i think the man of safe discretion that does affect itx once morex fare you wellx angelox the heavens give safety to your purposesx escalusx lead forth and bring you back in happinessx dukex i thank youx fare you wellx exit escalusx i shall desire youx sirx to give me leave to have free speech with youx and it concerns me to look into the bottom of my placex a powxr i havex but of what strength and nature i am not yet instructedx angelox xtis so with mex let us withdraw togetherx and we may soon our satisfaction have touching that pointx escalusx ixll wait upon your honourx exeunt scene iix a street enter lucio and two other gentlemen luciox if the dukex with the other dukesx come not to composition with the king of hungaryx why then all the dukes fall upon the kingx first gentlemanx heaven grant us its peacex but not the king of hungaryxsx second gentlemanx amenx luciox thou concludxst like the sanctimonious pirate that went to sea with the ten commandmentsx but scrapxd one out of the tablex second gentlemanx xthou shalt not stealxx luciox ayx that he razxdx first gentlemanx whyx xtwas a commandment to command the captain and all the rest from their functionsx they put forth to stealx therexs not a soldier of us all thatx in the thanksgiving before meatx do relish the petition well that prays for peacex second gentlemanx i never heard any soldier dislike itx luciox i believe theex for i think thou never wast where grace was saidx second gentlemanx nox a dozen times at leastx first gentlemanx whatx in metrex luciox in any proportion or in any languagex first gentlemanx i thinkx or in any religionx luciox ayx why notx grace is gracex despite of all controversyx asx for examplex thou thyself art a wicked villainx despite of all gracex first gentlemanx wellx there went but a pair of shears between usx luciox i grantx as there may between the lists and the velvetx thou art the listx first gentlemanx and thou the velvetx thou art good velvetx thouxrt a threexpilxd piecex i warrant theex i had as lief be a list of an english kersey as be pilxdx as thou art pilxdx for a french velvetx do i speak feelingly nowx luciox i think thou dostx andx indeedx with most painful feeling of thy speechx i willx out of thine own confessionx learn to begin thy healthx butx whilst i livex forget to drink after theex first gentlemanx i think i have done myself wrongx have i notx second gentlemanx yesx that thou hastx whether thou art tainted or freex enter mistress overdone luciox beholdx beholdx where madam mitigation comesx i have purchasxd as many diseases under her roof as come tox second gentlemanx to whatx i prayx first gentlemanx judgex second gentlemanx to three thousand dolours a yearx first gentlemanx ayx and morex luciox a french crown morex first gentlemanx thou art always figuring diseases in mex but thou art full of errorx i am soundx luciox nayx notx as one would sayx healthyx but so sound as things that are hollowx thy bones are hollowx impiety has made a feast of theex first gentlemanx how nowx which of your hips has the most profound sciaticax mrsx overdonex wellx wellx therexs one yonder arrested and carried to prison was worth five thousand of you allx first gentlemanx whoxs thatx i pray theex mrsx overdonex marryx sirx thatxs claudiox signior claudiox first gentlemanx claudio to prisonx xtis not sox mrsx overdonex nayx but i know xtis sox i saw him arrestedx saw him carried awayx andx which is morex within these three days his head to be choppxd offx luciox butx after all this foolingx i would not have it sox art thou sure of thisx mrsx overdonex i am too sure of itx and it is for getting madam julietta with childx luciox believe mex this may bex he promisxd to meet me two hours sincex and he was ever precise in promisexkeepingx second gentlemanx besidesx you knowx it draws something near to the speech we had to such a purposex first gentlemanx but most of all agreeing with the proclamationx luciox awayx letxs go learn the truth of itx exeunt lucio and gentlemen mrsx overdonex thusx what with the warx what with the sweatx what with the gallowsx and what with povertyx i am customxshrunkx enter pompey how nowx whatxs the news with youx pompeyx yonder man is carried to prisonx mrsx overdonex wellx what has he donex pompeyx a womanx mrsx overdonex but whatxs his offencex pompeyx groping for trouts in a peculiar riverx mrsx overdonex whatx is there a maid with child by himx pompeyx nox but therexs a woman with maid by himx you have not heard of the proclamationx have youx mrsx overdonex what proclamationx manx pompeyx all houses in the suburbs of vienna must be pluckxd downx mrsx overdonex and what shall become of those in the cityx pompeyx they shall stand for seedx they had gone down toox but that a wise burgher put in for themx mrsx overdonex but shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pullxd downx pompeyx to the groundx mistressx mrsx overdonex whyx herexs a change indeed in the commonwealthx what shall become of mex pompeyx comex fear not youx good counsellors lack no clientsx though you change your place you need not change your tradex ixll be your tapster stillx couragex there will be pity taken on youx you that have worn your eyes almost out in the servicex you will be consideredx mrsx overdonex whatxs to do herex thomas tapsterx letxs withdrawx pompeyx here comes signior claudiox led by the provost to prisonx and therexs madam julietx exeunt enter provostx claudiox julietx and officersx lucio following claudiox fellowx why dost thou show me thus to thx worldx bear me to prisonx where i am committedx provostx i do it not in evil dispositionx but from lord angelo by special chargex claudiox thus can the demigod authority make us pay down for our offence by weight the words of heavenx on whom it willx it willx on whom it will notx sox yet still xtis justx luciox whyx how nowx claudiox whence comes this restraintx claudiox from too much libertyx my luciox libertyx as surfeit is the father of much fastx so every scope by the immoderate use turns to restraintx our natures do pursuex like rats that ravin down their proper banex a thirsty evilx and when we drink we diex luciox if i could speak so wisely under an arrestx i would send for certain of my creditorsx and yetx to say the truthx i had as lief have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonmentx whatxs thy offencex claudiox claudiox what but to speak of would offend againx luciox whatx isxt murderx claudiox nox luciox lecheryx claudiox call it sox provostx awayx sirx you must gox claudiox one wordx good friendx luciox a word with youx luciox a hundredx if theyxll do you any goodx is lechery so lookxd afterx claudiox thus stands it with mex upon a true contract i got possession of juliettaxs bedx you know the ladyx she is fast my wifex save that we do the denunciation lack of outward orderx this we came not tox only for propagation of a dowxr remaining in the coffer of her friendsx from whom we thought it meet to hide our love till time had made them for usx but it chances the stealth of our most mutual entertainmentx with character too grossx is writ on julietx luciox with childx perhapsx claudiox unhappilyx even sox and the new deputy now for the dukex whether it be the fault and glimpse of newnessx or whether that the body public be a horse whereon the governor doth ridex whox newly in the seatx that it may know he can commandx lets it straight feel the spurx whether the tyranny be in his placex or in his eminence that fills it upx i stagger inx but this new governor awakes me all the enrolled penalties which havex like unscourxd armourx hung by thx wall so long that nineteen zodiacs have gone round and none of them been wornx andx for a namex now puts the drowsy and neglected act freshly on mex xtis surely for a namex luciox i warrant it isx and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders that a milkmaidx if she be in lovex may sigh it offx send after the dukex and appeal to himx claudiox i have done sox but hexs not to be foundx i pritheex luciox do me this kind servicex this day my sister should the cloister enterx and there receive her approbationx acquaint her with the danger of my statex implore herx in my voicex that she make friends to the strict deputyx bid herself assay himx i have great hope in thatx for in her youth there is a prone and speechless dialect such as move menx besidex she hath prosperous art when she will play with reason and discoursex and well she can persuadex luciox i pray she mayx as well for the encouragement of the likex which else would stand under grievous impositionx as for the enjoying of thy lifex who i would be sorry should be thus foolishly lost at a game of tickxtackx ixll to herx claudiox i thank youx good friend luciox luciox within two hoursx claudiox comex officerx awayx exeunt scene iiix a monastery enter duke and friar thomas dukex nox holy fatherx throw away that thoughtx believe not that the dribbling dart of love can pierce a complete bosomx why i desire thee to give me secret harbour hath a purpose more grave and wrinkled than the aims and ends of burning youthx friarx may your grace speak of itx dukex my holy sirx none better knows than you how i have ever lovxd the life removedx and held in idle price to haunt assemblies where youthx and costx a witless bravery keepsx i have deliverxd to lord angelox a man of stricture and firm abstinencex my absolute power and place here in viennax and he supposes me travellxd to polandx for so i have strewxd it in the common earx and so it is receivedx nowx pious sirx you will demand of me why i do thisx friarx gladlyx my lordx dukex we have strict statutes and most biting lawsx the needful bits and curbs to headstrong steedsx which for this fourteen years we have let slipx even like an oxergrown lion in a cavex that goes not out to preyx nowx as fond fathersx having bound up the threatxning twigs of birchx only to stick it in their childrenxs sight for terrorx not to usex in time the rod becomes more mockxd than fearxdx so our decreesx dead to inflictionx to themselves are deadx and liberty plucks justice by the nosex the baby beats the nursex and quite athwart goes all decorumx friarx it rested in your grace to unloose this tiedxup justice when you pleasxdx and it in you more dreadful would have seemxd than in lord angelox dukex i do fearx too dreadfulx sith xtwas my fault to give the people scopex xtwould be my tyranny to strike and gall them for what i bid them dox for we bid this be donex when evil deeds have their permissive pass and not the punishmentx thereforex indeedx my fatherx i have on angelo imposxd the officex who mayx in thx ambush of my namex strike homex and yet my nature never in the fight to do in slanderx and to behold his swayx i willx as xtwere a brother of your orderx visit both prince and peoplex thereforex i pritheex supply me with the habitx and instruct me how i may formally in person bear me like a true friarx moe reasons for this action at our more leisure shall i render youx onlyx this onex lord angelo is precisex stands at a guard with envyx scarce confesses that his blood flowsx or that his appetite is more to bread than stonex hence shall we seex if power change purposex what our seemers bex exeunt scene ivx a nunnery enter isabella and francisca isabellax and have you nuns no farther privilegesx franciscax are not these large enoughx isabellax yesx trulyx i speak not as desiring morex but rather wishing a more strict restraint upon the sisterhoodx the votarists of saint clarex luciox x withinx hox peace be in this placex isabellax whoxs that which callsx franciscax it is a manxs voicex gentle isabellax turn you the keyx and know his business of himx you mayx i may notx you are yet unswornx when you have vowxdx you must not speak with men but in the presence of the prioressx thenx if you speakx you must not show your facex orx if you show your facex you must not speakx he calls againx i pray you answer himx exit francisca isabellax peace and prosperityx who isxt that callsx enter lucio luciox hailx virginx if you bex as those cheekxroses proclaim you are no lessx can you so stead me as bring me to the sight of isabellax a novice of this placex and the fair sister to her unhappy brother claudiox isabellax why her xunhappy brotherxx let me ask the ratherx for i now must make you know i am that isabellax and his sisterx luciox gentle and fairx your brother kindly greets youx not to be weary with youx hexs in prisonx isabellax woe mex for whatx luciox for that whichx if myself might be his judgex he should receive his punishment in thanksx he hath got his friend with childx isabellax sirx make me not your storyx luciox it is truex i would notx though xtis my familiar sin with maids to seem the lapwingx and to jestx tongue far from heartx play with all virgins sox i hold you as a thing enskied and saintedx by your renouncement an immortal spiritx and to be talkxd with in sincerityx as with a saintx isabellax you do blaspheme the good in mocking mex luciox do not believe itx fewness and truthx xtis thusx your brother and his lover have embracxdx as those that feed grow fullx as blossoming time that from the seedness the bare fallow brings to teeming foisonx even so her plenteous womb expresseth his full tilth and husbandryx isabellax some one with child by himx my cousin julietx luciox is she your cousinx isabellax adoptedlyx as schoolxmaids change their names by vain though apt affectionx luciox she it isx isabellax ox let him marry herx luciox this is the pointx the duke is very strangely gone from hencex bore many gentlemenx myself being onex in handx and hope of actionx but we do learnx by those that know the very nerves of statex his givingsxout were of an infinite distance from his truexmeant designx upon his placex and with full line of his authorityx governs lord angelox a man whose blood is very snowxbrothx one who never feels the wanton stings and motions of the sensex but doth rebate and blunt his natural edge with profits of the mindx study and fastx hex to give fear to use and libertyx which have for long run by the hideous lawx as mice by lionsx hath pickxd out an act under whose heavy sense your brotherxs life falls into forfeitx he arrests him on itx and follows close the rigour of the statute to make him an examplex all hope is gonex unless you have the grace by your fair prayer to soften angelox and thatxs my pith of business xtwixt you and your poor brotherx isabellax doth he so seek his lifex luciox has censurxd him alreadyx andx as i hearx the provost hath a warrant for his executionx isabellax alasx what poor abilityxs in me to do him goodx luciox assay the powxr you havex isabellax my powerx alasx i doubtx luciox our doubts are traitorsx and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attemptx go to lord angelox and let him learn to knowx when maidens suex men give like godsx but when they weep and kneelx all their petitions are as freely theirs as they themselves would owe themx isabellax ixll see what i can dox luciox but speedilyx isabellax i will about it straightx no longer staying but to give the mother notice of my affairx i humbly thank youx commend me to my brotherx soon at night ixll send him certain word of my successx luciox i take my leave of youx isabellax good sirx adieux exeunt act iix scene ix a hall in angeloxs house enter angelox escalusx a justicex provostx officersx and other attendants angelox we must not make a scarecrow of the lawx setting it up to fear the birds of preyx and let it keep one shape till custom make it their perchx and not their terrorx escalusx ayx but yet let us be keenx and rather cut a little than fall and bruise to deathx alasx this gentlemanx whom i would savex had a most noble fatherx let but your honour knowx whom i believe to be most strait in virtuex thatx in the working of your own affectionsx had time coherxd with placex or place with wishingx or that the resolute acting of our blood could have attainxd thx effect of your own purpose whether you had not sometime in your life errxd in this point which now you censure himx and pullxd the law upon youx angelox xtis one thing to be temptedx escalusx another thing to fallx i not deny the juryx passing on the prisonerxs lifex may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they tryx whatxs open made to justicex that justice seizesx what knows the laws that thieves do pass on thievesx xtis very pregnantx the jewel that we findx we stoop and takextx because we see itx but what we do not see we tread uponx and never think of itx you may not so extenuate his offence for i have had such faultsx but rather tell mex when ix that censure himx do so offendx let mine own judgment pattern out my deathx and nothing come in partialx sirx he must diex escalusx be it as your wisdom willx angelox where is the provostx provostx herex if it like your honourx angelox see that claudio be executed by nine toxmorrow morningx bring him his confessorx let him be preparxdx for thatxs the utmost of his pilgrimagex exit provost escalusx xasidex wellx heaven forgive himx and forgive us allx some rise by sinx and some by virtue fallx some run from breaks of icex and answer nonex and some condemned for a fault alonex enter elbow and officers with froth and pompey elbowx comex bring them awayx if these be good people in a commonweal that do nothing but use their abuses in common housesx i know no lawx bring them awayx angelox how nowx sirx whatxs your namex and whatxs the matterx elbowx if it please your honourx i am the poor dukexs constablex and my name is elbowx i do lean upon justicex sirx and do bring in here before your good honour two notorious benefactorsx angelox benefactorsx wellx what benefactors are theyx are they not malefactorsx elbowx if it please your honourx i know not well what they arex but precise villains they arex that i am sure ofx and void of all profanation in the world that good christians ought to havex escalusx this comes off wellx herexs a wise officerx angelox go tox what quality are they ofx elbow is your namex why dost thou not speakx elbowx pompeyx he cannotx sirx hexs out at elbowx angelox what are youx sirx elbowx hex sirx a tapsterx sirx parcelxbawdx one that serves a bad womanx whose housex sirx wasx as they sayx pluckxd down in the suburbsx and now she professes a hotxhousex whichx i thinkx is a very ill house toox escalusx how know you thatx elbowx my wifex sirx whom i detest before heaven and your honourx escalusx howx thy wifex elbowx ayx sirx whom i thank heavenx is an honest womanx escalusx dost thou detest her thereforex elbowx i sayx sirx i will detest myself alsox as well as shex that this housex if it be not a bawdxs housex it is pity of her lifex for it is a naughty housex escalusx how dost thou know thatx constablex elbowx marryx sirx by my wifex whox if she had been a woman cardinally givenx might have been accusxd in fornicationx adulteryx and all uncleanliness therex escalusx by the womanxs meansx elbowx ayx sirx by mistress overdonexs meansx but as she spit in his facex so she defied himx pompeyx sirx if it please your honourx this is not sox elbowx prove it before these varlets herex thou honourable manx prove itx escalusx do you hear how he misplacesx pompeyx sirx she came in great with childx and longingx saving your honourxs reverencex for stewxd prunesx sirx we had but two in the housex which at that very distant time stoodx as it werex in a fruit dishx a dish of some three pencex your honours have seen such dishesx they are not china dishesx but very good dishesx escalusx go tox go tox no matter for the dishx sirx pompeyx nox indeedx sirx not of a pinx you are therein in the rightx but to the pointx as i sayx this mistress elbowx beingx as i sayx with childx and being greatxbelliedx and longingx as i saidx for prunesx and having but two in the dishx as i saidx master froth herex this very manx having eaten the restx as i saidx andx as i sayx paying for them very honestlyx forx as you knowx master frothx i could not give you three pence againx frothx nox indeedx pompeyx very wellx you being thenx if you be remembxredx cracking the stones of the foresaid prunesx frothx ayx so i did indeedx pompeyx whyx very wellx i telling you thenx if you be remembxredx that such a one and such a one were past cure of the thing you wot ofx unless they kept very good dietx as i told youx frothx all this is truex pompeyx whyx very well thenx escalusx comex you are a tedious foolx to the purposex what was done to elbowxs wife that he hath cause to complain ofx come me to what was done to herx pompeyx sirx your honour cannot come to that yetx escalusx nox sirx nor i mean it notx pompeyx sirx but you shall come to itx by your honourxs leavex andx i beseech youx look into master froth herex sirx a man of fourscore pound a yearx whose father died at hallowmasx wasxt not at hallowmasx master frothx frothx allxhallond evex pompeyx whyx very wellx i hope here be truthsx hex sirx sittingx as i sayx in a lower chairx sirx xtwas in the bunch of grapesx wherex indeedx you have a delight to sitx have you notx frothx i have sox because it is an open roomx and good for winterx pompeyx whyx very well thenx i hope here be truthsx angelox this will last out a night in russiax when nights are longest therex ixll take my leavex and leave you to the hearing of the causex hoping youxll find good cause to whip them allx escalusx i think no lessx good morrow to your lordshipx xexit angelox nowx sirx come onx what was done to elbowxs wifex once morex pompeyx oncexx sirx there was nothing done to her oncex elbowx i beseech youx sirx ask him what this man did to my wifex pompeyx i beseech your honourx ask mex escalusx wellx sirx what did this gentleman to herx pompeyx i beseech youx sirx look in this gentlemanxs facex good master frothx look upon his honourx xtis for a good purposex doth your honour mark his facex escalusx ayx sirx very wellx pompeyx nayx i beseech youx mark it wellx escalusx wellx i do sox pompeyx doth your honour see any harm in his facex escalusx whyx nox pompeyx ixll be supposxd upon a book his face is the worst thing about himx good thenx if his face be the worst thing about himx how could master froth do the constablexs wife any harmx i would know that of your honourx escalusx hexs in the rightx constablex what say you to itx elbowx firstx an it like youx the house is a respected housex nextx this is a respected fellowx and his mistress is a respected womanx pompeyx by this handx sirx his wife is a more respected person than any of us allx elbowx varletx thou liestx thou liestx wicket varletx the time is yet to come that she was ever respected with manx womanx or childx pompeyx sirx she was respected with him before he married with herx escalusx which is the wiser herex justice or iniquityx is this truex elbowx o thou caitiffx o thou varletx o thou wicked hannibalx i respected with her before i was married to herx if ever i was respected with herx or she with mex let not your worship think me the poor dukexs officerx prove thisx thou wicked hannibalx or ixll have mine action of battxry on theex escalusx if he took you a box ox thx earx you might have your action of slander toox elbowx marryx i thank your good worship for itx what isxt your worshipxs pleasure i shall do with this wicked caitiffx escalusx trulyx officerx because he hath some offences in him that thou wouldst discover if thou couldstx let him continue in his courses till thou knowxst what they arex elbowx marryx i thank your worship for itx thou seestx thou wicked varletx nowx whatxs come upon theex thou art to continue nowx thou varletx thou art to continuex escalusx where were you bornx friendx frothx here in viennax sirx escalusx are you of fourscore pounds a yearx frothx yesx anxt please youx sirx escalusx sox what trade are you ofx sirx pompeyx a tapsterx a poor widowxs tapsterx escalusx your mistressx namex pompeyx mistress overdonex escalusx hath she had any more than one husbandx pompeyx ninex sirx overdone by the lastx escalusx ninex come hither to mex master frothx master frothx i would not have you acquainted with tapstersx they will draw youx master frothx and you will hang themx get you gonex and let me hear no more of youx frothx i thank your worshipx for mine own partx i never come into any room in a taphouse but i am drawn inx escalusx wellx no more of itx master frothx farewellx xexit frothx come you hither to mex master tapsterx whatxs your namex master tapsterx pompeyx pompeyx escalusx what elsex pompeyx bumx sirx escalusx trothx and your bum is the greatest thing about youx so thatx in the beastliest sensex you are pompey the greatx pompeyx you are partly a bawdx pompeyx howsoever you colour it in being a tapsterx are you notx comex tell me truex it shall be the better for youx pompeyx trulyx sirx i am a poor fellow that would livex escalusx how would you livex pompeyx by being a bawdx what do you think of the tradex pompeyx is it a lawful tradex pompeyx if the law would allow itx sirx escalusx but the law will not allow itx pompeyx nor it shall not be allowed in viennax pompeyx does your worship mean to geld and splay all the youth of the cityx escalusx nox pompeyx pompeyx trulyx sirx in my poor opinionx they will toxt thenx if your worship will take order for the drabs and the knavesx you need not to fear the bawdsx escalusx there is pretty orders beginningx i can tell youx but it is but heading and hangingx pompeyx if you head and hang all that offend that way but for ten year togetherx youxll be glad to give out a commission for more headsx if this law hold in vienna ten yearx ixll rent the fairest house in itx after threepence a bayx if you live to see this come to passx say pompey told you sox escalusx thank youx good pompeyx andx in requital of your prophecyx hark youx i advise youx let me not find you before me again upon any complaint whatsoeverx nox not for dwelling where you dox if i dox pompeyx i shall beat you to your tentx and prove a shrewd caesar to youx in plain dealingx pompeyx i shall have you whiptx so for this timex pompeyx fare you wellx pompeyx i thank your worship for your good counselx xasidex but i shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better determinex whip mex nox nox let carman whip his jadex the valiant heartxs not whipt out of his tradex exit escalusx come hither to mex master elbowx come hitherx master constablex how long have you been in this place of constablex elbowx seven year and a halfx sirx escalusx i thoughtx by the readiness in the officex you had continued in it some timex you say seven years togetherx elbowx and a halfx sirx escalusx alasx it hath been great pains to youx they do you wrong to put you so oft uponxtx are there not men in your ward sufficient to serve itx elbowx faithx sirx few of any wit in such mattersx as they are chosenx they are glad to choose me for themx i do it for some piece of moneyx and go through with allx escalusx look youx bring me in the names of some six or sevenx the most sufficient of your parishx elbowx to your worshipxs housex sirx escalusx to my housex fare you wellx xexit elbowx whatxs oxclockx think youx justicex elevenx sirx escalusx i pray you home to dinner with mex justicex i humbly thank youx escalusx it grieves me for the death of claudiox but therexs no remedyx justicex lord angelo is severex escalusx it is but needfulx mercy is not itself that oft looks sox pardon is still the nurse of second woex but yetx poor claudiox there is no remedyx comex sirx exeunt scene iix another room in angeloxs house enter provost and a servant servantx hexs hearing of a causex he will come straightx ixll tell him of youx provostx pray you dox xexit servantx ixll know his pleasurex may be he will relentx alasx he hath but as offended in a dreamx all sectsx all agesx smack of this vicex and he to die for xtx enter angelo angelox nowx whatxs the matterx provostx provostx is it your will claudio shall die toxmorrowx angelox did not i tell thee yeax hadst thou not orderx why dost thou ask againx provostx lest i might be too rashx under your good correctionx i have seen whenx after executionx judgment hath repented oxer his doomx angelox go tox let that be minex do you your officex or give up your placex and you shall well be sparxdx provostx i crave your honourxs pardonx what shall be donex sirx with the groaning julietx shexs very near her hourx angelox dispose of her to some more fitter placex and that with speedx rexenter servant servantx here is the sister of the man condemnxd desires access to youx angelox hath he a sisterx provostx ayx my good lordx a very virtuous maidx and to be shortly of a sisterhoodx if not alreadyx angelox wellx let her be admittedx exit servant see you the fornicatress be removxdx let her have needful but not lavish meansx there shall be order forxtx enter lucio and isabella provostx xgoingx save your honourx angelox stay a little whilex xto isabellax yxare welcomex whatxs your willx isabellax i am a woeful suitor to your honourx please but your honour hear mex angelox wellx whatxs your suitx isabellax there is a vice that most i do abhorx and most desire should meet the blow of justicex for which i would not pleadx but that i mustx for which i must not pleadx but that i am at war xtwixt will and will notx angelox wellx the matterx isabellax i have a brother is condemnxd to diex i do beseech youx let it be his faultx and not my brotherx provostx xasidex heaven give thee moving gracesx angelox condemn the fault and not the actor of itx whyx every faultxs condemnxd ere it be donex mine were the very cipher of a functionx to fine the faults whose fine stands in recordx and let go by the actorx isabellax o just but severe lawx i had a brotherx thenx heaven keep your honourx luciox xto isabellax givext not oxer sox to him againx entreat himx kneel down before himx hang upon his gownx you are too coldx if you should need a pinx you could not with more tame a tongue desire itx to himx i sayx isabellax must he needs diex angelox maidenx no remedyx isabellax yesx i do think that you might pardon himx and neither heaven nor man grieve at the mercyx angelox i will not doxtx isabellax but can youx if you wouldx angelox lookx what i will notx that i cannot dox isabellax but might you doxtx and do the world no wrongx if so your heart were touchxd with that remorse as mine is to himx angelox hexs sentencxdx xtis too latex luciox xto isabellax you are too coldx isabellax too latex whyx nox ix that do speak a wordx may call it back againx wellx believe thisx no ceremony that to great ones longsx not the kingxs crown nor the deputed swordx the marshalxs truncheon nor the judgexs robex become them with one half so good a grace as mercy doesx if he had been as youx and you as hex you would have slippxd like himx but hex like youx would not have been so sternx angelox pray you be gonex isabellax i would to heaven i had your potencyx and you were isabelx should it then be thusx nox i would tell what xtwere to be a judge and what a prisonerx luciox xto isabellax ayx touch himx therexs the veinx angelox your brother is a forfeit of the lawx and you but waste your wordsx isabellax alasx alasx whyx all the souls that were were forfeit oncex and he that might the vantage best have took found out the remedyx how would you be if hex which is the top of judgmentx should but judge you as you arex ox think on thatx and mercy then will breathe within your lipsx like man new madex angelox be you contentx fair maidx it is the lawx not i condemn your brotherx were he my kinsmanx brotherx or my sonx it should be thus with himx he must die toxmorrowx isabellax toxmorrowx ox thatxs suddenx spare himx spare himx hexs not preparxd for deathx even for our kitchens we kill the fowl of seasonx shall we serve heaven with less respect than we do minister to our gross selvesx goodx good my lordx bethink youx who is it that hath died for this offencex therexs many have committed itx luciox xasidex ayx well saidx angelox the law hath not been deadx though it hath sleptx those many had not darxd to do that evil if the first that did thx edict infringe had answerxd for his deedx now xtis awakex takes note of what is donex andx like a prophetx looks in a glass that shows what future evilsx either now or by remissness new conceivxdx and so in progress to be hatchxd and bornx are now to have no successive degreesx but here they live to endx isabellax yet show some pityx angelox i show it most of all when i show justicex for then i pity those i do not knowx which a dismissxd offence would after gallx and do him right thatx answering one foul wrongx lives not to act anotherx be satisfiedx your brother dies toxmorrowx be contentx isabellax so you must be the first that gives this sentencex and he that suffersx ox it is excellent to have a giantxs strengthx but it is tyrannous to use it like a giantx luciox xto isabellax thatxs well saidx isabellax could great men thunder as jove himself doesx jove would never be quietx for every pelting petty officer would use his heaven for thunderx nothing but thunderx merciful heavenx thou ratherx with thy sharp and sulphurous boltx splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak than the soft myrtlex but manx proud manx dressxd in a little brief authorityx most ignorant of what hexs most assurxdx his glassy essencex like an angry apex plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven as makes the angels weepx whox with our speensx would all themselves laugh mortalx luciox xto isabellax ox to himx to himx wenchx he will relentx hexs comingx i perceive xtx provostx xasidex pray heaven she win himx isabellax we cannot weigh our brother with ourselfx great men may jest with saintsx xtis wit in themx but in the less foul profanationx luciox xto isabellax thouxrt ix thx rightx girlx more ox thatx isabellax that in the captainxs but a choleric word which in the soldier is flat blasphemyx luciox xto isabellax art avisxd ox thatx more onxtx angelox why do you put these sayings upon mex isabellax because authorityx though it err like othersx hath yet a kind of medicine in itself that skins the vice ox thx topx go to your bosomx knock therex and ask your heart what it doth know thatxs like my brotherxs faultx if it confess a natural guiltiness such as is hisx let it not sound a thought upon your tongue against my brotherxs lifex angelox xasidex she speaksx and xtis such sense that my sense breeds with itxx fare you wellx isabellax gentle my lordx turn backx angelox i will bethink mex come again toxmorrowx isabellax hark how ixll bribe youx good my lordx turn backx angelox howx bribe mex isabellax ayx with such gifts that heaven shall share with youx luciox xto isabellax you had marrxd all elsex isabellax not with fond sicles of the tested goldx or stonesx whose rate are either rich or poor as fancy values themx but with true prayers that shall be up at heaven and enter there ere sunxrisex prayers from preserved soulsx from fasting maidsx whose minds are dedicate to nothing temporalx angelox wellx come to me toxmorrowx luciox xto isabellax go tox xtis wellx awayx isabellax heaven keep your honour safex angelox xasidex amenx for i am that way going to temptation where prayers crossx isabellax at what hour toxmorrow shall i attend your lordshipx angelox at any time xfore noonx isabellax save your honourx exeunt all but angelo angelox from theex even from thy virtuex whatxs thisx whatxs thisx is this her fault or minex the tempter or the temptedx who sins mostx hax not shex nor doth she temptx but it is i thatx lying by the violet in the sunx do as the carrion doesx not as the flowxrx corrupt with virtuous seasonx can it be that modesty may more betray our sense than womanxs lightnessx having waste ground enoughx shall we desire to raze the sanctuaryx and pitch our evils therex ox fiex fiex fiex what dost thoux or what art thoux angelox dost thou desire her foully for those things that make her goodx ox let her brother livex thieves for their robbery have authority when judges steal themselvesx whatx do i love herx that i desire to hear her speak againx and feast upon her eyesx what isxt i dream onx o cunning enemyx thatx to catch a saintx with saints dost bait thy hookx most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtuex never could the strumpetx with all her double vigourx art and naturex once stir my temperx but this virtuous maid subdues me quitex ever till nowx when men were fondx i smilxd and wondxred howx exit scene iiix a prison enterx severallyx dukex disguised as a friarx and provost dukex hail to youx provostx so i think you arex provostx i am the provostx whatxs your willx good friarx dukex bound by my charity and my blest orderx i come to visit the afflicted spirits here in the prisonx do me the common right to let me see themx and to make me know the nature of their crimesx that i may minister to them accordinglyx provostx i would do more than thatx if more were needfulx enter juliet lookx here comes onex a gentlewoman of minex whox falling in the flaws of her own youthx hath blisterxd her reportx she is with childx and he that got itx sentencxdx a young man more fit to do another such offence than die for thisx dukex when must he diex provostx as i do thinkx toxmorrowx xto julietx i have provided for youx stay awhile and you shall be conductedx dukex repent youx fair onex of the sin you carryx julietx i dox and bear the shame most patientlyx dukex ixll teach you how you shall arraign your consciencex and try your penitencex if it be sound or hollowly put onx julietx ixll gladly learnx dukex love you the man that wrongxd youx julietx yesx as i love the woman that wrongxd himx dukex so thenx it seemsx your most offenceful act was mutually committedx julietx mutuallyx dukex then was your sin of heavier kind than hisx julietx i do confess itx and repent itx fatherx dukex xtis meet sox daughterx but lest you do repent as that the sin hath brought you to this shamex which sorrow is always toward ourselvesx not heavenx showing we would not spare heaven as we love itx but as we stand in fearx julietx i do repent me as it is an evilx and take the shame with joyx dukex there restx your partnerx as i hearx must die toxmorrowx and i am going with instruction to himx grace go with youx benedicitex exit julietx must die toxmorrowx ox injurious lawx that respites me a life whose very comfort is still a dying horrorx provostx xtis pity of himx exeunt scene ivx angeloxs house enter angelo angelox when i would pray and thinkx i think and pray to several subjectsx heaven hath my empty wordsx whilst my inventionx hearing not my tonguex anchors on isabelx heaven in my mouthx as if i did but only chew his namex and in my heart the strong and swelling evil of my conceptionx the state whereon i studied isx like a good thing being often readx grown sere and tediousx yeax my gravityx whereinx let no man hear mex i take pridex could i with boot change for an idle plume which the air beats for vainx o placex o formx how often dost thou with thy casex thy habitx wrench awe from foolsx and tie the wiser souls to thy false seemingx bloodx thou art bloodx letxs write xgood angelx on the devilxs hornx xtis not the devilxs crestx enter servant how nowx whoxs therex servantx one isabelx a sisterx desires access to youx angelox teach her the wayx xexit servantx o heavensx why does my blood thus muster to my heartx making both it unable for itself and dispossessing all my other parts of necessary fitnessx so play the foolish throngs with one that swoonsx come all to help himx and so stop the air by which he should revivex and even so the general subject to a wellxwishxd king quit their own partx and in obsequious fondness crowd to his presencex where their untaught love must needs appear offencex enter isabella how nowx fair maidx isabellax i am come to know your pleasurex angelox that you might know it would much better please me than to demand what xtisx your brother cannot livex isabellax even sox heaven keep your honourx angelox yet may he live awhilex andx it may bex as long as you or ix yet he must diex isabellax under your sentencex angelox yeax isabellax whenx i beseech youx that in his reprievex longer or shorterx he may be so fitted that his soul sicken notx angelox hax fiex these filthy vicesx it were as good to pardon him that hath from nature stolxn a man already madex as to remit their saucy sweetness that do coin heavenxs image in stamps that are forbidx xtis all as easy falsely to take away a life true made as to put metal in restrained means to make a false onex isabellax xtis set down so in heavenx but not in earthx angelox say you sox then i shall pose you quicklyx which had you ratherx that the most just law now took your brotherxs lifex orx to redeem himx give up your body to such sweet uncleanness as she that he hath stainxdx isabellax sirx believe thisx i had rather give my body than my soulx angelox i talk not of your soulx our compellxd sins stand more for number than for accomptx isabellax how say youx angelox nayx ixll not warrant thatx for i can speak against the thing i sayx answer to thisx ix now the voice of the recorded lawx pronounce a sentence on your brotherxs lifex might there not be a charity in sin to save this brotherxs lifex isabellax please you to doxtx ixll take it as a peril to my soul it is no sin at allx but charityx angelox pleasxd you to doxt at peril of your soulx were equal poise of sin and charityx isabellax that i do beg his lifex if it be sinx heaven let me bear itx you granting of my suitx if that be sinx ixll make it my morn prayer to have it added to the faults of minex and nothing of your answerx angelox nayx but hear mex your sense pursues not minex either you are ignorant or seem sox craftilyx and thatxs not goodx isabellax let me be ignorantx and in nothing good but graciously to know i am no betterx angelox thus wisdom wishes to appear most bright when it doth tax itselfx as these black masks proclaim an enshielded beauty ten times louder than beauty couldx displayxdx but mark mex to be received plainx ixll speak more grossx your brother is to diex isabellax sox angelox and his offence is sox as it appearsx accountant to the law upon that painx isabellax truex angelox admit no other way to save his lifex as i subscribe not thatx nor any otherx butx in the loss of questionx that youx his sisterx finding yourself desirxd of such a person whose credit with the judgex or own great placex could fetch your brother from the manacles of the allxbinding lawx and that there were no earthly mean to save him but that either you must lay down the treasures of your body to this supposedx or else to let him sufferx what would you dox isabellax as much for my poor brother as myselfx that isx were i under the terms of deathx thx impression of keen whips ixd wear as rubiesx and strip myself to death as to a bed that longing have been sick forx ere ixd yield my body up to shamex angelox then must your brother diex isabellax and xtwere the cheaper wayx better it were a brother died at once than that a sisterx by redeeming himx should die for everx angelox were not youx thenx as cruel as the sentence that you have slanderxd sox isabellax ignominy in ransom and free pardon are of two housesx lawful mercy is nothing kin to foul redemptionx angelox you seemxd of late to make the law a tyrantx and rather provxd the sliding of your brother a merriment than a vicex isabellax ox pardon mex my lordx it oft falls outx to have what we would havex we speak not what we meanx i something do excuse the thing i hate for his advantage that i dearly lovex angelox we are all frailx isabellax else let my brother diex if not a fedary but only he owe and succeed thy weaknessx angelox nayx women are frail toox isabellax ayx as the glasses where they view themselvesx which are as easy broke as they make formsx womenx help heavenx men their creation mar in profiting by themx nayx call us ten times frailx for we are soft as our complexions arex and credulous to false printsx angelox i think it wellx and from this testimony of your own sexx since i suppose we are made to be no stronger than faults may shake our framesx let me be boldx i do arrest your wordsx be that you arex that isx a womanx if you be morex youxre nonex if you be onex as you are well expressxd by all external warrantsx show it now by putting on the destinxd liveryx isabellax i have no tongue but onex gentlex my lordx let me intreat you speak the former languagex angelox plainly conceivex i love youx isabellax my brother did love julietx and you tell me that he shall die forxtx angelox he shall notx isabelx if you give me lovex isabellax i know your virtue hath a license inxtx which seems a little fouler than it isx to pluck on othersx angelox believe mex on mine honourx my words express my purposex isabellax hax little honour to be much believxdx and most pernicious purposex seemingx seemingx i will proclaim theex angelox look forxtx sign me a present pardon for my brother orx with an outstretchxd throatx ixll tell the world aloud what man thou artx angelox who will believe theex isabelx my unsoilxd namex thx austereness of my lifex my vouch against youx and my place ix thx statex will so your accusation overweigh that you shall stifle in your own reportx and smell of calumnyx i have begunx and now i give my sensual race the reinx fit thy consent to my sharp appetitex lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes that banish what they sue forx redeem thy brother by yielding up thy body to my willx or else he must not only die the deathx but thy unkindness shall his death draw out to lingxring sufferancex answer me toxmorrowx orx by the affection that now guides me mostx ixll prove a tyrant to himx as for youx say what you canx my false oxerweighs your truex exit isabellax to whom should i complainx did i tell thisx who would believe mex o perilous mouths that bear in them one and the selfxsame tongue either of condemnation or approofx bidding the law make curtsy to their willx hooking both right and wrong to thx appetitex to follow as it drawsx ixll to my brotherx though he hath fallxn by prompture of the bloodx yet hath he in him such a mind of honour thatx had he twenty heads to tender down on twenty bloody blocksx hexd yield them up before his sister should her body stoop to such abhorrxd pollutionx thenx isabelx live chastex andx brotherx diex more than our brother is our chastityx ixll tell him yet of angeloxs requestx and fit his mind to deathx for his soulxs restx exit act iiix scene ix the prison enter dukex disguised as beforex claudiox and provost dukex sox then you hope of pardon from lord angelox claudiox the miserable have no other medicine but only hopex i have hope to evex and am preparxd to diex dukex be absolute for deathx either death or life shall thereby be the sweeterx reason thus with lifex if i do lose theex i do lose a thing that none but fools would keepx a breath thou artx servile to all the skyey influencesx that dost this habitation where thou keepxst hourly afflictx merelyx thou art deathxs foolx for him thou labourxst by thy flight to shun and yet runxst toward him stillx thou art not noblex for all thx accommodations that thou bearxst are nursxd by basenessx thou xrt by no means valiantx for thou dost fear the soft and tender fork of a poor wormx thy best of rest is sleepx and that thou oft provokxstx yet grossly fearxst thy deathx which is no morex thou art not thyselfx for thou exists on many a thousand grains that issue out of dustx happy thou art notx for what thou hast notx still thou strivxst to getx and what thou hastx forgetxstx thou art not certainx for thy complexion shifts to strange effectsx after the moonx if thou art richx thouxrt poorx forx like an ass whose back with ingots bowsx thou bearxst thy heavy riches but a journeyx and death unloads theex friend hast thou nonex for thine own bowels which do call thee sirex the mere effusion of thy proper loinsx do curse the goutx serpigox and the rheumx for ending thee no soonerx thou hast nor youth nor agex butx as it werex an afterxdinnerxs sleepx dreaming on bothx for all thy blessed youth becomes as agedx and doth beg the alms of palsied eldx and when thou art old and richx thou hast neither heatx affectionx limbx nor beautyx to make thy riches pleasantx whatxs yet in this that bears the name of lifex yet in this life lie hid moe thousand deathsx yet death we fearx that makes these odds all evenx claudiox i humbly thank youx to sue to livex i find i seek to diex andx seeking deathx find lifex let it come onx isabellax xwithinx whatx hox peace herex grace and good companyx provostx whoxs therex come inx the wish deserves a welcomex dukex dear sirx ere long ixll visit you againx claudiox most holy sirx i thank youx enter isabella isabellax my business is a word or two with claudiox provostx and very welcomex lookx signiorx herexs your sisterx dukex provostx a word with youx provostx as many as you pleasex dukex bring me to hear them speakx where i may be concealxdx exeunt duke and provost claudiox nowx sisterx whatxs the comfortx isabellax whyx as all comforts arex most goodx most goodx indeedx lord angelox having affairs to heavenx intends you for his swift ambassadorx where you shall be an everlasting leigerx thereforex your best appointment make with speedx toxmorrow you set onx claudiox is there no remedyx isabellax nonex but such remedy asx to save a headx to cleave a heart in twainx claudiox but is there anyx isabellax yesx brotherx you may livex there is a devilish mercy in the judgex if youxll implore itx that will free your lifex but fetter you till deathx claudiox perpetual durancex isabellax ayx justx perpetual durancex a restraintx though all the worldxs vastidity you hadx to a determinxd scopex claudiox but in what naturex isabellax in such a one asx you consenting toxtx would bark your honour from that trunk you bearx and leave you nakedx claudiox let me know the pointx isabellax ox i do fear theex claudiox and i quakex lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertainx and six or seven winters more respect than a perpetual honourx darxst thou diex the sense of death is most in apprehensionx and the poor beetle that we tread upon in corporal sufferance finds a pang as great as when a giant diesx claudiox why give you me this shamex think you i can a resolution fetch from flowxry tendernessx if i must diex i will encounter darkness as a bride and hug it in mine armsx isabellax there spake my brotherx there my fatherxs grave did utter forth a voicex yesx thou must diex thou art too noble to conserve a life in base appliancesx this outwardxsainted deputyx whose settled visage and deliberate word nips youth ix thx headx and follies doth enew as falcon doth the fowlx is yet a devilx his filth within being castx he would appear a pond as deep as hellx claudiox the precise angelox isabellax ox xtis the cunning livery of hell the damnedxst body to invest and cover in precise guardsx dost thou thinkx claudiox if i would yield him my virginity thou mightst be freedx claudiox o heavensx it cannot bex isabellax yesx he would givext theex from this rank offencex so to offend him stillx this nightxs the time that i should do what i abhor to namex or else thou diest toxmorrowx claudiox thou shalt not doxtx isabellax ox were it but my lifex ixd throw it down for your deliverance as frankly as a pinx claudiox thanksx dear isabelx isabellax be readyx claudiox for your death toxmorrowx claudiox yesx has he affections in him that thus can make him bite the law by thx nose when he would force itx sure it is no sinx or of the deadly seven it is the leastx isabellax which is the leastx claudiox if it were damnablex he being so wisex why would he for the momentary trick be perdurably finxdxx o isabelx isabellax what says my brotherx claudiox death is a fearful thingx isabellax and shamed life a hatefulx claudiox ayx but to diex and go we know not wherex to lie in cold obstructionx and to rotx this sensible warm motion to become a kneaded clodx and the delighted spirit to bathe in fiery floods or to reside in thrilling region of thickxribbed icex to be imprisonxd in the viewless windsx and blown with restless violence round about the pendent worldx or to be worse than worst of those that lawless and incertain thought imagine howlingx xtis too horriblex the weariest and most loathed worldly life that agex achex penuryx and imprisonmentx can lay on nature is a paradise to what we fear of deathx isabellax alasx alasx claudiox sweet sisterx let me livex what sin you do to save a brotherxs lifex nature dispenses with the deed so far that it becomes a virtuex isabellax o you beastx o faithless cowardx o dishonest wretchx wilt thou be made a man out of my vicex isxt not a kind of incest to take life from thine own sisterxs shamex what should i thinkx heaven shield my mother playxd my father fairx for such a warped slip of wilderness nexer issuxd from his bloodx take my defiancex diex perishx might but my bending down reprieve thee from thy fatex it should proceedx ixll pray a thousand prayers for thy deathx no word to save theex claudiox nayx hear mex isabelx isabellax o fiex fiex fiex thy sinxs not accidentalx but a tradex mercy to thee would prove itself a bawdx xtis best that thou diest quicklyx claudiox ox hear mex isabellax rexenter duke dukex vouchsafe a wordx young sisterx but one wordx isabellax what is your willx dukex might you dispense with your leisurex i would by and by have some speech with youx the satisfaction i would require is likewise your own benefitx isabellax i have no superfluous leisurex my stay must be stolen out of other affairsx but i will attend you awhilex xwalks apartx dukex sonx i have overheard what hath passxd between you and your sisterx angelo had never the purpose to corrupt herx only he hath made an assay of her virtue to practise his judgment with the disposition of naturesx shex having the truth of honour in herx hath made him that gracious denial which he is most glad to receivex i am confessor to angelox and i know this to be truex therefore prepare yourself to deathx do not satisfy your resolution with hopes that are falliblex toxmorrow you must diex go to your knees and make readyx claudiox let me ask my sister pardonx i am so out of love with life that i will sue to be rid of itx dukex hold you therex farewellx xexit claudiox provostx a word with youx rexenter provost provostx whatxs your willx fatherx dukex thatx now you are comex you will be gonex leave me a while with the maidx my mind promises with my habit no loss shall touch her by my companyx provostx in good timex exit provost dukex the hand that hath made you fair hath made you goodx the goodness that is cheap in beauty makes beauty brief in goodnessx but gracex being the soul of your complexionx shall keep the body of it ever fairx the assault that angelo hath made to youx fortune hath conveyxd to my understandingx andx but that frailty hath examples for his fallingx i should wonder at angelox how will you do to content this substitutex and to save your brotherx isabellax i am now going to resolve himx i had rather my brother die by the law than my son should be unlawfully bornx butx ox how much is the good duke deceivxd in angelox if ever he returnx and i can speak to himx i will open my lips in vainx or discover his governmentx dukex that shall not be much amissx yetx as the matter now standsx he will avoid your accusationx he made trial of you onlyx therefore fasten your ear on my advisingsx to the love i have in doing good a remedy presents itselfx i do make myself believe that you may most uprighteously do a poor wronged lady a merited benefitx redeem your brother from the angry lawx do no stain to your own gracious personx and much please the absent dukex if peradventure he shall ever return to have hearing of this businessx isabellax let me hear you speak fartherx i have spirit to do anything that appears not foul in the truth of my spiritx dukex virtue is boldx and goodness never fearfulx have you not heard speak of marianax the sister of frederickx the great soldier who miscarried at seax isabellax i have heard of the ladyx and good words went with her namex dukex she should this angelo have marriedx was affianced to her by oathx and the nuptial appointedx between which time of the contract and limit of the solemnity her brother frederick was wreckxd at seax having in that perished vessel the dowry of his sisterx but mark how heavily this befell to the poor gentlewomanx there she lost a noble and renowned brotherx in his love toward her ever most kind and naturalx with him the portion and sinew of her fortunex her marriagexdowryx with bothx her combinate husbandx this wellxseeming angelox isabellax can this be sox did angelo so leave herx dukex left her in her tearsx and dried not one of them with his comfortx swallowed his vows wholex pretending in her discoveries of dishonourx in fewx bestowxd her on her own lamentationx which she yet wears for his sakex and hex a marble to her tearsx is washed with themx but relents notx isabellax what a merit were it in death to take this poor maid from the worldx what corruption in this life that it will let this man livex but how out of this can she availx dukex it is a rupture that you may easily healx and the cure of it not only saves your brotherx but keeps you from dishonour in doing itx isabellax show me howx good fatherx dukex this forenamed maid hath yet in her the continuance of her first affectionx his unjust unkindnessx that in all reason should have quenched her lovex hathx like an impediment in the currentx made it more violent and unrulyx go you to angelox answer his requiring with a plausible obediencex agree with his demands to the pointx only refer yourself to this advantagex firstx that your stay with him may not be longx that the time may have all shadow and silence in itx and the place answer to conveniencex this being granted in coursex and now follows allx we shall advise this wronged maid to stead up your appointmentx go in your placex if the encounter acknowledge itself hereafterx it may compel him to her recompensex and herex by thisx is your brother savedx your honour untaintedx the poor mariana advantagedx and the corrupt deputy scaledx the maid will i frame and make fit for his attemptx if you think well to carry this as you mayx the doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproofx what think you of itx isabellax the image of it gives me content alreadyx and i trust it will grow to a most prosperous perfectionx dukex it lies much in your holding upx haste you speedily to angelox if for this night he entreat you to his bedx give him promise of satisfactionx i will presently to saint lukexsx therex at the moated grangex resides this dejected marianax at that place call upon mex and dispatch with angelox that it may be quicklyx isabellax i thank you for this comfortx fare you wellx good fatherx exeunt severally scene iix the street before the prison enterx on one sidex duke disguised as beforex on the otherx elbowx and officers with pompey elbowx nayx if there be no remedy for itx but that you will needs buy and sell men and women like beastsx we shall have all the world drink brown and white bastardx dukex o heavensx what stuff is herex pompeyx xtwas never merry world sincex of two usuriesx the merriest was put downx and the worser allowxd by order of law a furrxd gown to keep him warmx and furrxd with fox on lambxskins toox to signify that craftx being richer than innocencyx stands for the facingx elbowx come your wayx sirx bless youx good father friarx dukex and youx good brother fatherx what offence hath this man made youx sirx elbowx marryx sirx he hath offended the lawx andx sirx we take him to be a thief toox sirx for we have found upon himx sirx a strange picklockx which we have sent to the deputyx dukex fiex sirrahx a bawdx a wicked bawdx the evil that thou causest to be donex that is thy means to livex do thou but think what xtis to cram a maw or clothe a back from such a filthy vicex say to thyself xfrom their abominable and beastly touches i drinkx i eatx array myselfx and livexx canst thou believe thy living is a lifex so stinkingly dependingx go mendx go mendx pompeyx indeedx it does stink in some sortx sirx but yetx sirx i would provex dukex nayx if the devil have given thee proofs for sinx thou wilt prove hisx take him to prisonx officerx correction and instruction must both work ere this rude beast will profitx elbowx he must before the deputyx sirx he has given him warningx the deputy cannot abide a whoremasterx if he be a whoremongerx and comes before himx he were as good go a mile on his errandx dukex that we were allx as some would seem to bex from our faultsx as his faults from seemingx freex elbowx his neck will come to your waistx a cordx sirx enter lucio pompeyx i spy comfortx i cry bailx herexs a gentlemanx and a friend of minex luciox how nowx noble pompeyx whatx at the wheels of caesarx art thou led in triumphx whatx is there none of pygmalionxs imagesx newly made womanx to be had now for putting the hand in the pocket and extracting it clutchxdx what replyx hax what sayxst thou to this tunex matterx and methodx isxt not drownxd ix thx last rainx hax what sayxst thoux trotx is the world as it wasx manx which is the wayx is it sadx and few wordsx or howx the trick of itx dukex still thusx and thusx still worsex luciox how doth my dear morselx thy mistressx procures she stillx hax pompeyx trothx sirx she hath eaten up all her beefx and she is herself in the tubx luciox whyx xtis goodx it is the right of itx it must be sox ever your fresh whore and your powderxd bawdx an unshunnxd consequencex it must be sox art going to prisonx pompeyx pompeyx yesx faithx sirx luciox whyx xtis not amissx pompeyx farewellx gox say i sent thee thitherx for debtx pompeyx or howx elbowx for being a bawdx for being a bawdx luciox wellx thenx imprison himx if imprisonment be the due of a bawdx whyx xtis his rightx bawd is he doubtlessx and of antiquityx toox bawdxbornx farewellx good pompeyx commend me to the prisonx pompeyx you will turn good husband nowx pompeyx you will keep the housex pompeyx i hopex sirx your good worship will be my bailx luciox nox indeedx will i notx pompeyx it is not the wearx i will prayx pompeyx to increase your bondagex if you take it not patientlyx whyx your mettle is the morex adieu trusty pompeyx bless youx friarx dukex and youx luciox does bridget paint stillx pompeyx hax elbowx come your waysx sirx comex pompeyx you will not bail me thenx sirx luciox thenx pompeyx nor nowx what news abroadx friarx what newsx elbowx come your waysx sirx comex luciox go to kennelx pompeyx gox exeunt elbowx pompey and officers what newsx friarx of the dukex dukex i know nonex can you tell me of anyx luciox some say he is with the emperor of russiax other somex he is in romex but where is hex think youx dukex i know not wherex but wheresoeverx i wish him wellx luciox it was a mad fantastical trick of him to steal from the state and usurp the beggary he was never born tox lord angelo dukes it well in his absencex he puts transgression toxtx dukex he does well inxtx luciox a little more lenity to lechery would do no harm in himx something too crabbed that wayx friarx dukex it is too general a vicex and severity must cure itx luciox yesx in good soothx the vice is of a great kindredx it is well alliedx but it is impossible to extirp it quitex friarx till eating and drinking be put downx they say this angelo was not made by man and woman after this downright way of creationx is it truex think youx dukex how should he be madex thenx luciox some report a seaxmaid spawnxd himx somex that he was begot between two stockxfishesx but it is certain that when he makes water his urine is congealxd icex that i know to be truex and he is a motion generativex thatxs infalliblex dukex you are pleasantx sirx and speak apacex luciox whyx what a ruthless thing is this in himx for the rebellion of a codpiece to take away the life of a manx would the duke that is absent have done thisx ere he would have hangxd a man for the getting a hundred bastardsx he would have paid for the nursing a thousandx he had some feeling of the sportx he knew the servicex and that instructed him to mercyx dukex i never heard the absent duke much detected for womenx he was not inclinxd that wayx luciox ox sirx you are deceivxdx dukex xtis not possiblex luciox whox not the dukex yesx your beggar of fiftyx and his use was to put a ducat in her clackxdishx the duke had crotchets in himx he would be drunk toox that let me inform youx dukex you do him wrongx surelyx luciox sirx i was an inward of hisx a shy fellow was the dukex and i believe i know the cause of his withdrawingx dukex whatx i pritheex might be the causex luciox nox pardonx xtis a secret must be lockxd within the teeth and the lipsx but this i can let you understandx the greater file of the subject held the duke to be wisex dukex wisex whyx no question but he wasx luciox a very superficialx ignorantx unweighing fellowx dukex either this is envy in youx follyx or mistakingx the very stream of his lifex and the business he hath helmedx mustx upon a warranted needx give him a better proclamationx let him be but testimonied in his own bringingsxforthx and he shall appear to the envious a scholarx a statesmanx and a soldierx therefore you speak unskilfullyx orx if your knowledge be morex it is much darkxned in your malicex luciox sirx i know himx and i love himx dukex love talks with better knowledgex and knowledge with dearer lovex luciox comex sirx i know what i knowx dukex i can hardly believe thatx since you know not what you speakx butx if ever the duke returnx as our prayers are he mayx let me desire you to make your answer before himx if it be honest you have spokex you have courage to maintain itx i am bound to call upon youx and i pray you your namex luciox sirx my name is luciox well known to the dukex dukex he shall know you betterx sirx if i may live to report youx luciox i fear you notx dukex ox you hope the duke will return no morex or you imagine me too unhurtful an oppositex butx indeedx i can do you little harmx youxll forswear this againx luciox ixll be hangxd firstx thou art deceivxd in mex friarx but no more of thisx canst thou tell if claudio die toxmorrow or nox dukex why should he diex sirx luciox whyx for filling a bottle with a tunxdishx i would the duke we talk of were returnxd againx this ungeniturxd agent will unpeople the province with continencyx sparrows must not build in his housexeaves because they are lecherousx the duke yet would have dark deeds darkly answeredx he would never bring them to lightx would he were returnxdx marryx this claudio is condemned for untrussingx farewellx good friarx i prithee pray for mex the dukex i say to thee againx would eat mutton on fridaysx hexs not past it yetx andx i say to theex he would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlicx say that i said sox farewellx exit dukex no might nor greatness in mortality can censure scapex backxwounding calumny the whitest virtue strikesx what king so strong can tie the gall up in the slanderous tonguex but who comes herex enter escalusx provostx and officers with mistress overdone escalusx gox away with her to prisonx mrsx overdonex good my lordx be good to mex your honour is accounted a merciful manx good my lordx escalusx double and treble admonitionx and still forfeit in the same kindx this would make mercy swear and play the tyrantx provostx a bawd of eleven yearsx continuancex may it please your honourx mrsx overdonex my lordx this is one lucioxs information against mex mistress kate keepdown was with child by him in the dukexs timex he promisxd her marriagex his child is a year and a quarter old come philip and jacobx i have kept it myselfx and see how he goes about to abuse mex escalusx that fellow is a fellow of much licensex let him be callxd before usx away with her to prisonx go tox no more wordsx xexeunt officers with mistress overdonex provostx my brother angelo will not be alterxdx claudio must die toxmorrowx let him be furnishxd with divinesx and have all charitable preparationx if my brother wrought by my pityx it should not be so with himx provostx so please youx this friar hath been with himx and advisxd him for thx entertainment of deathx escalusx good evenx good fatherx dukex bliss and goodness on youx escalusx of whence are youx dukex not of this countryx though my chance is now to use it for my timex i am a brother of gracious orderx late come from the see in special business from his holinessx escalusx what news abroad ix thx worldx dukex nonex but that there is so great a fever on goodness that the dissolution of it must cure itx novelty is only in requestx andx as it isx as dangerous to be aged in any kind of course as it is virtuous to be constant in any undertakeingx there is scarce truth enough alive to make societies securex but security enough to make fellowships accurstx much upon this riddle runs the wisdom of the worldx this news is old enoughx yet it is every dayxs newsx i pray youx sirx of what disposition was the dukex escalusx one thatx above all other strifesx contended especially to know himselfx dukex what pleasure was he given tox escalusx rather rejoicing to see another merry than merry at anything which professxd to make him rejoicex a gentleman of all temperancex but leave we him to his eventsx with a prayer they may prove prosperousx and let me desire to know how you find claudio preparxdx i am made to understand that you have lent him visitationx dukex he professes to have received no sinister measure from his judgex but most willingly humbles himself to the determination of justicex yet had he framed to himselfx by the instruction of his frailtyx many deceiving promises of lifex which ix by my good leisurex have discredited to himx and now he is resolvxd to diex escalusx you have paid the heavens your functionx and the prisoner the very debt of your callingx i have labourxd for the poor gentleman to the extremest shore of my modestyx but my brother justice have i found so severe that he hath forcxd me to tell him he is indeed justicex dukex if his own life answer the straitness of his proceedingx it shall become him wellx wherein if he chance to failx he hath sentencxd himselfx escalusx i am going to visit the prisonerx fare you wellx dukex peace be with youx exeunt escalus and provost he who the sword of heaven will bear should be as holy as severex pattern in himself to knowx grace to standx and virtue gox more nor less to others paying than by selfxoffences weighingx shame to him whose cruel striking kills for faults of his own likingx twice treble shame on angelox to weed my vice and let his growx ox what may man within him hidex though angel on the outward sidex how may likenessx made in crimesx make a practice on the timesx to draw with idle spidersx strings most ponderous and substantial thingsx craft against vice i must applyx with angelo toxnight shall lie his old betrothed but despisedx so disguise shallx by thx disguisedx pay with falsehood false exactingx and perform an old contractingx exit act ivx scene ix the moated grange at saint dukexs enter marianax and boy singing song takex ox take those lips awayx that so sweetly were forswornx and those eyesx the break of dayx lights that do mislead the mornx but my kisses bring againx bring againx seals of lovex but sealxd in vainx sealxd in vainx enter dukex disguised as before marianax break off thy songx and haste thee quick awayx here comes a man of comfortx whose advice hath often stillxd my brawling discontentx exit boy i cry you mercyx sirx and well could wish you had not found me here so musicalx let me excuse mex and believe me sox my mirth it much displeasxdx but pleasxd my woex dukex xtis goodx though music oft hath such a charm to make bad good and good provoke to harmx i pray you tell me hath anybody inquirxd for me here toxdayx much upon this time have i promisxd here to meetx marianax you have not been inquirxd afterx i have sat here all dayx enter isabella dukex i do constantly believe youx the time is come even nowx i shall crave your forbearance a littlex may be i will call upon you anonx for some advantage to yourselfx marianax i am always bound to youx exit dukex very well metx and well comex what is the news from this good deputyx isabellax he hath a garden circummurxd with brickx whose western side is with a vineyard backxdx and to that vineyard is a planched gate that makes his opening with this bigger keyx this other doth command a little door which from the vineyard to the garden leadsx there have i made my promise upon the heavy middle of the night to call upon himx dukex but shall you on your knowledge find this wayx isabellax i have taxen a due and wary note uponxtx with whispering and most guilty diligencex in action all of preceptx he did show me the way twice oxerx dukex are there no other tokens between you xgreed concerning her observancex isabellax nox nonex but only a repair ix thx darkx and that i have possessxd him my most stay can be but briefx for i have made him know i have a servant comes with me alongx that stays upon mex whose persuasion is i come about my brotherx dukex xtis well borne upx i have not yet made known to mariana a word of thisx what hox withinx come forthx rexenter mariana i pray you be acquainted with this maidx she comes to do you goodx isabellax i do desire the likex dukex do you persuade yourself that i respect youx marianax good friarx i know you dox and have found itx dukex takex thenx this your companion by the handx who hath a story ready for your earx i shall attend your leisurex but make hastex the vaporous night approachesx marianax willxt please you walk asidex exeunt mariana and isabella dukex o place and greatnessx millions of false eyes are stuck upon theex volumes of report run with these falsex and most contrarious quest upon thy doingsx thousand escapes of wit make thee the father of their idle dreamx and rack thee in their fanciesx rexenter mariana and isabella welcomex how agreedx isabellax shexll take the enterprise upon herx fatherx if you advise itx dukex it is not my consentx but my entreaty toox isabellax little have you to sayx when you depart from himx butx soft and lowx xremember now my brotherxx marianax fear me notx dukex norx gentle daughterx fear you not at allx he is your husband on a prexcontractx to bring you thus together xtis no sinx sith that the justice of your title to him doth flourish the deceitx comex let us gox our cornxs to reapx for yet our tithexs to sowx exeunt scene iix the prison enter provost and pompey provostx come hitherx sirrahx can you cut off a manxs headx pompeyx if the man be a bachelorx sirx i canx but if he be a married manx hexs his wifexs headx and i can never cut of a womanxs headx provostx comex sirx leave me your snatches and yield me a direct answerx toxmorrow morning are to die claudio and barnardinex here is in our prison a common executionerx who in his office lacks a helperx if you will take it on you to assist himx it shall redeem you from your gyvesx if notx you shall have your full time of imprisonmentx and your deliverance with an unpitied whippingx for you have been a notorious bawdx pompeyx sirx i have been an unlawful bawd time out of mindx but yet i will be content to be a lawful hangmanx i would be glad to receive some instructions from my fellow partnerx provostx what hox abhorsonx wherexs abhorson therex enter abhorson abhorsonx do you callx sirx provostx sirrahx herexs a fellow will help you toxmorrow in your executionx if you think it meetx compound with him by the yearx and let him abide here with youx if notx use him for the presentx and dismiss himx he cannot plead his estimation with youx he hath been a bawdx abhorsonx a bawdx sirx fie upon himx he will discredit our mysteryx provostx go tox sirx you weigh equallyx a feather will turn the scalex exit pompeyx prayx sirx by your good favourx for surelyx sirx a good favour you have but that you have a hanging lookx do you callx sirx your occupation a mysteryx abhorsonx ayx sirx a mysteryx pompeyx paintingx sirx i have heard sayx is a mysteryx and your whoresx sirx being members of my occupationx using paintingx do prove my occupation a mysteryx but what mystery there should be in hangingx if i should be hangxdx i cannot imaginex abhorsonx sirx it is a mysteryx pompeyx proofx abhorsonx every true manxs apparel fits your thiefx if it be too little for your thiefx your true man thinks it big enoughx if it be too big for your thiefx your thief thinks it little enoughx so every true manxs apparel fits your thiefx rexenter provost provostx are you agreedx pompeyx sirx i will serve himx for i do find your hangman is a more penitent trade than your bawdx he doth oftener ask forgivenessx provostx youx sirrahx provide your block and your axe toxmorrow four oxclockx abhorsonx come onx bawdx i will instruct thee in my tradex followx pompeyx i do desire to learnx sirx and i hopex if you have occasion to use me for your own turnx you shall find me yarex for trulyx sirx for your kindness i owe you a good turnx provostx call hither barnardine and claudiox exeunt abhorson and pompey thx one has my pityx not a jot the otherx being a murdererx though he were my brotherx enter claudio lookx herexs the warrantx claudiox for thy deathx xtis now dead midnightx and by eight toxmorrow thou must be made immortalx wherexs barnardinex claudiox as fast lockxd up in sleep as guiltless labour when it lies starkly in the travellerxs bonesx he will not wakex provostx who can do good on himx wellx gox prepare yourselfx xknocking withinx but harkx what noisex heaven give your spirits comfortx exit claudio xknocking continuesx by and byx i hope it is some pardon or reprieve for the most gentle claudiox enter dukex disguised as before welcomex fatherx dukex the best and wholesomxst spirits of the night envelop youx good provostx who callxd here of latex provostx nonex since the curfew rungx dukex not isabelx provostx nox dukex they will thenx erext be longx provostx what comfort is for claudiox dukex therexs some in hopex provostx it is a bitter deputyx dukex not sox not sox his life is parallelxd even with the stroke and line of his great justicex he doth with holy abstinence subdue that in himself which he spurs on his powxr to qualify in othersx were he mealxd with that which he correctsx then were he tyrannousx but this being sox hexs justx xknocking withinx now are they comex exit provost this is a gentle provostx seldom when the steeled gaoler is the friend of menx xknocking withinx how nowx what noisex that spiritxs possessxd with haste that wounds thx unsisting postern with these strokesx rexenter provost provostx there he must stay until the officer arise to let him inx he is callxd upx dukex have you no countermand for claudio yet but he must die toxmorrowx provostx nonex sirx nonex dukex as near the dawningx provostx as it isx you shall hear more ere morningx provostx happily you something knowx yet i believe there comes no countermandx no such example have wex besidesx upon the very siege of justicex lord angelo hath to the public ear professxd the contraryx enter a messenger this is his lordshipxs manx dukex and here comes claudioxs pardonx messengerx my lord hath sent you this notex and by me this further chargex that you swerve not from the smallest article of itx neither in timex matterx or other circumstancex good morrowx for as i take itx it is almost dayx provostx i shall obey himx exit messenger dukex xasidex this is his pardonx purchasxd by such sin for which the pardoner himself is inx hence hath offence his quick celerityx when it is borne in high authorityx when vice makes mercyx mercyxs so extended that for the faultxs love is thx offender friendedx nowx sirx what newsx provostx i told youx lord angelox belike thinking me remiss in mine officex awakens me with this unwonted puttingxonx methinks strangelyx for he hath not usxd it beforex dukex pray youx letxs hearx provostx xreadsx xwhatsoever you may hear to the contraryx let claudio be executed by four of the clockx andx in the afternoonx barnardinex for my better satisfactionx let me have claudioxs head sent me by fivex let this be duly performedx with a thought that more depends on it than we must yet deliverx thus fail not to do your officex as you will answer it at your perilxx what say you to thisx sirx dukex what is that barnardine who is to be executed in thx afternoonx provostx a bohemian bornx but here nursxd up and bredx one that is a prisoner nine years oldx dukex how came it that the absent duke had not either deliverxd him to his liberty or executed himx i have heard it was ever his manner to do sox provostx his friends still wrought reprieves for himx andx indeedx his factx till now in the government of lord angelox came not to an undoubted proofx dukex it is now apparentx provostx most manifestx and not denied by himselfx dukex hath he borne himself penitently in prisonx how seems he to be touchxdx provostx a man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a drunken sleepx carelessx recklessx and fearlessx of whatxs pastx presentx or to comex insensible of mortality and desperately mortalx dukex he wants advicex provostx he will hear nonex he hath evermore had the liberty of the prisonx give him leave to escape hencex he would notx drunk many times a dayx if not many days entirely drunkx we have very oft awakxd himx as if to carry him to executionx and showxd him a seeming warrant for itx it hath not moved him at allx dukex more of him anonx there is written in your browx provostx honesty and constancyx if i read it not trulyx my ancient skill beguiles mex but in the boldness of my cunning i will lay myself in hazardx claudiox whom here you have warrant to executex is no greater forfeit to the law than angelo who hath sentencxd himx to make you understand this in a manifested effectx i crave but four daysx respitex for the which you are to do me both a present and a dangerous courtesyx provostx prayx sirx in whatx dukex in the delaying deathx provostx alackx how may i do itx having the hour limitedx and an express commandx under penaltyx to deliver his head in the view of angelox i may make my case as claudioxsx to cross this in the smallestx dukex by the vow of mine orderx i warrant youx if my instructions may be your guidex let this barnardine be this morning executedx and his head borne to angelox provostx angelo hath seen them bothx and will discover the favourx dukex ox deathxs a great disguiserx and you may add to itx shave the head and tie the beardx and say it was the desire of the penitent to be so barxd before his deathx you know the course is commonx if anything fall to you upon this more than thanks and good fortunex by the saint whom i professx i will plead against it with my lifex provostx pardon mex good fatherx it is against my oathx dukex were you sworn to the dukex or to the deputyx provostx to him and to his substitutesx dukex you will think you have made no offence if the duke avouch the justice of your dealingx provostx but what likelihood is in thatx dukex not a resemblancex but a certaintyx yet since i see you fearfulx that neither my coatx integrityx nor persuasionx can with ease attempt youx i will go further than i meantx to pluck all fears out of youx look youx sirx here is the hand and seal of the dukex you know the characterx i doubt notx and the signet is not strange to youx provostx i know them bothx dukex the contents of this is the return of the dukex you shall anon overxread it at your pleasurex where you shall find within these two days he will be herex this is a thing that angelo knows notx for he this very day receives letters of strange tenourx perchance of the dukexs deathx perchance entering into some monasteryx butx by chancex nothing of what is writx lookx thx unfolding star calls up the shepherdx put not yourself into amazement how these things should bex all difficulties are but easy when they are knownx call your executionerx and off with barnardinexs headx i will give him a present shriftx and advise him for a better placex yet you are amazxdx but this shall absolutely resolve youx come awayx it is almost clear dawnx exeunt scene iiix the prison enter pompey pompeyx i am as well acquainted here as i was in our house of professionx one would think it were mistress overdonexs own housex for here be many of her old customersx firstx herexs young master rashx hexs in for a commodity of brown paper and old gingerx nine score and seventeen poundsx of which he made five marks ready moneyx marryx then ginger was not much in requestx for the old women were all deadx then is there here one master caperx at the suit of master threepile the mercerx for some four suits of peachxcolourxd satinx which now peaches him a beggarx then have we here young dizyx and young master deepvowx and master copperspurx and master starvelackeyx the rapier and dagger manx and young dropheir that killxd lusty puddingx and master forthlight the tilterx and brave master shootie the great travellerx and wild halfcan that stabbxd potsx andx i thinkx forty morex all great doers in our tradex and are now xfor the lordxs sakexx enter abhorson abhorsonx sirrahx bring barnardine hitherx pompeyx master barnardinex you must rise and be hangxdx master barnardinex abhorsonx what hox barnardinex barnardinex xwithinx a pox ox your throatsx who makes that noise therex what are youx pompeyx your friendsx sirx the hangmanx you must be so goodx sirx to rise and be put to deathx barnardinex x within x awayx you roguex awayx i am sleepyx abhorsonx tell him he must awakex and that quickly toox pompeyx prayx master barnardinex awake till you are executedx and sleep afterwardsx abhorsonx go in to himx and fetch him outx pompeyx he is comingx sirx he is comingx i hear his straw rustlex enter barnardine abhorsonx is the axe upon the blockx sirrahx pompeyx very readyx sirx barnardinex how nowx abhorsonx whatxs the news with youx abhorsonx trulyx sirx i would desire you to clap into your prayersx forx look youx the warrantxs comex barnardinex you roguex i have been drinking all nightx i am not fitted forxtx pompeyx ox the betterx sirx for he that drinks all night and is hanged betimes in the morning may sleep the sounder all the next dayx enter dukex disguised as before abhorsonx look youx sirx here comes your ghostly fatherx do we jest nowx think youx dukex sirx induced by my charityx and hearing how hastily you are to departx i am come to advise youx comfort youx and pray with youx barnardinex friarx not ix i have been drinking hard all nightx and i will have more time to prepare mex or they shall beat out my brains with billetsx i will not consent to die this dayx thatxs certainx dukex ox sirx you mustx and therefore i beseech you look forward on the journey you shall gox barnardinex i swear i will not die toxday for any manxs persuasionx dukex but hear youx barnardinex not a wordx if you have anything to say to mex come to my wardx for thence will not i toxdayx exit dukex unfit to live or diex o gravel heartx after himx fellowsx bring him to the blockx exeunt abhorson and pompey enter provost provostx nowx sirx how do you find the prisonerx dukex a creature unpreparxdx unmeet for deathx and to transport him in the mind he is were damnablex provostx here in the prisonx fatherx there died this morning of a cruel fever one ragozinex a most notorious piratex a man of claudioxs yearsx his beard and head just of his colourx what if we do omit this reprobate till he were well inclinxdx and satisfy the deputy with the visage of ragozinex more like to claudiox dukex ox xtis an accident that heaven providesx dispatch it presentlyx the hour draws on prefixxd by angelox see this be donex and sent according to commandx whiles i persuade this rude wretch willingly to diex provostx this shall be donex good fatherx presentlyx but barnardine must die this afternoonx and how shall we continue claudiox to save me from the danger that might come if he were known alivex dukex let this be donex put them in secret holdsx both barnardine and claudiox ere twice the sun hath made his journal greeting to the under generationx you shall find your safety manifestedx provostx i am your free dependantx dukex quickx dispatchx and send the head to angelox exit provost now will i write letters to angelox the provostx he shall bear themx whose contents shall witness to him i am near at homex and thatx by great injunctionsx i am bound to enter publiclyx him ixll desire to meet me at the consecrated fountx a league below the cityx and from thencex by cold gradation and wellxbalancxd formx we shall proceed with angelox rexenter provost provostx here is the headx ixll carry it myselfx dukex convenient is itx make a swift returnx for i would commune with you of such things that want no ear but yoursx provostx ixll make all speedx exit isabellax x within x peacex hox be herex dukex the tongue of isabelx shexs come to know if yet her brotherxs pardon be come hitherx but i will keep her ignorant of her goodx to make her heavenly comforts of despair when it is least expectedx enter isabella isabellax hox by your leavex dukex good morning to youx fair and gracious daughterx isabellax the betterx given me by so holy a manx hath yet the deputy sent my brotherxs pardonx dukex he hath releasxd himx isabelx from the worldx his head is off and sent to angelox isabellax nayx but it is not sox dukex it is no otherx show your wisdomx daughterx in your close patiencex isabellax ox i will to him and pluck out his eyesx dukex you shall not be admitted to his sightx isabellax unhappy claudiox wretched isabelx injurious worldx most damned angelox dukex this nor hurts him nor profits you a jotx forbear itx thereforex give your cause to heavenx mark what i sayx which you shall find by every syllable a faithful verityx the duke comes home toxmorrowx nayx dry your eyesx one of our coventx and his confessorx gives me this instancex already he hath carried notice to escalus and angelox who do prepare to meet him at the gatesx there to give up their powxrx if you canx pace your wisdom in that good path that i would wish it gox and you shall have your bosom on this wretchx grace of the dukex revenges to your heartx and general honourx isabellax i am directed by youx dukex this letterx thenx to friar peter givex xtis that he sent me of the dukexs returnx sayx by this tokenx i desire his company at marianaxs house toxnightx her cause and yours ixll perfect him withalx and he shall bring you before the dukex and to the head of angelo accuse him home and homex for my poor selfx i am combined by a sacred vowx and shall be absentx wend you with this letterx command these fretting waters from your eyes with a light heartx trust not my holy orderx if i pervert your coursex whoxs herex enter lucio luciox good evenx friarx wherexs the provostx dukex not withinx sirx luciox o pretty isabellax i am pale at mine heart to see thine eyes so redx thou must be patientx i am fain to dine and sup with water and branx i dare not for my head fill my bellyx one fruitful meal would set me toxtx but they say the duke will be here toxmorrowx by my trothx isabelx i lovxd thy brotherx if the old fantastical duke of dark corners had been at homex he had livedx exit isabella dukex sirx the duke is marvellous little beholding to your reportsx but the best isx he lives not in themx luciox friarx thou knowest not the duke so well as i dox hexs a better woodman than thou takxst him forx dukex wellx youxll answer this one dayx fare ye wellx luciox nayx tarryx ixll go along with theex i can tell thee pretty tales of the dukex dukex you have told me too many of him alreadyx sirx if they be truex if not truex none were enoughx luciox i was once before him for getting a wench with childx dukex did you such a thingx luciox yesx marryx did ix but i was fain to forswear itx they would else have married me to the rotten medlarx dukex sirx your company is fairer than honestx rest you wellx luciox by my trothx ixll go with thee to the lanexs endx if bawdy talk offend youx wexll have very little of itx nayx friarx i am a kind of burrx i shall stickx exeunt scene ivx angeloxs house enter angelo and escalus escalusx every letter he hath writ hath disvouchxd otherx angelox in most uneven and distracted mannerx his actions show much like to madnessx pray heaven his wisdom be not taintedx and why meet him at the gatesx and redeliver our authorities therex escalusx i guess notx angelox and why should we proclaim it in an hour before his entxring thatx if any crave redress of injusticex they should exhibit their petitions in the streetx escalusx he shows his reason for thatx to have a dispatch of complaintsx and to deliver us from devices hereafterx which shall then have no power to stand against usx angelox wellx i beseech youx let it be proclaimxdx betimes ix thx morn ixll call you at your housex give notice to such men of sort and suit as are to meet himx escalusx i shallx sirx fare you wellx angelox good nightx exit escalus this deed unshapes me quitex makes me unpregnant and dull to all proceedingsx a deflowxred maidx and by an eminent body that enforcxd the law against itx but that her tender shame will not proclaim against her maiden lossx how might she tongue mex yet reason dares her nox for my authority bears a so credent bulk that no particular scandal once can touch but it confounds the breatherx he should have livxdx save that his riotous youthx with dangerous sensex might in the times to come have taxen revengex by so receiving a dishonourxd life with ransom of such shamex would yet he had livxdx alackx when once our grace we have forgotx nothing goes rightx we wouldx and we would notx exit scene vx fields without the town enter duke in his own habitx and friar peter dukex these letters at fit time deliver mex xgiving lettersx the provost knows our purpose and our plotx the matter being afootx keep your instruction and hold you ever to our special driftx though sometimes you do blench from this to that as cause doth ministerx gox call at flaviusx housex and tell him where i stayx give the like notice to valentinusx rowlandx and to crassusx and bid them bring the trumpets to the gatex but send me flavius firstx peterx it shall be speeded wellx exit friar enter varrius dukex i thank theex varriusx thou hast made good hastex comex we will walkx therexs other of our friends will greet us here anonx my gentle varriusx exeunt scene vix a street near the city gate enter isabella and mariana isabellax to speak so indirectly i am loathx i would say the truthx but to accuse him sox that is your partx yet i am advisxd to do itx he saysx to veil full purposex marianax be rulxd by himx isabellax besidesx he tells me thatx if peradventure he speak against me on the adverse sidex i should not think it strangex for xtis a physic thatxs bitter to sweet endx marianax i would friar peterx enter friar peter isabellax ox peacex the friar is comex peterx comex i have found you out a stand most fitx where you may have such vantage on the duke he shall not pass youx twice have the trumpets soundedx the generous and gravest citizens have hent the gatesx and very near upon the duke is entxringx thereforex hencex awayx exeunt act vx scene ix the city gate enter at several doors dukex varriusx lordsx angelox escalusx luciox provostx officersx and citizens dukex my very worthy cousinx fairly metx our old and faithful friendx we are glad to see youx angelox escalusx happy return be to your royal gracex dukex many and hearty thankings to you bothx we have made inquiry of youx and we hear such goodness of your justice that our soul cannot but yield you forth to public thanksx forerunning more requitalx angelox you make my bonds still greaterx dukex ox your desert speaks loudx and i should wrong it to lock it in the wards of covert bosomx when it deservesx with characters of brassx a forted residence xgainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivionx give me your handx and let the subject seex to make them know that outward courtesies would fain proclaim favours that keep withinx comex escalusx you must walk by us on our other handx and good supporters are youx enter friar peter and isabella peterx now is your timex speak loudx and kneel before himx isabellax justicex o royal dukex vail your regard upon a wrongxdx i would fain have said a maidx o worthy princex dishonour not your eye by throwing it on any other object till you have heard me in my true complaintx and given me justicex justicex justicex justicex dukex relate your wrongsx in whatx by whomx be briefx here is lord angelo shall give you justicex reveal yourself to himx isabellax o worthy dukex you bid me seek redemption of the devilx hear me yourselfx for that which i must speak must either punish mex not being believxdx or wring redress from youx hear mex ox hear mex herex angelox my lordx her witsx i fear mex are not firmx she hath been a suitor to me for her brotherx cut off by course of justicex isabellax by course of justicex angelox and she will speak most bitterly and strangex isabellax most strangex but yet most trulyx will i speakx that angeloxs forswornx is it not strangex that angeloxs a murdererx isxt not strangex that angelo is an adulterous thiefx an hypocritex a virginxviolatorx is it not strange and strangex dukex nayx it is ten times strangex isabellax it is not truer he is angelo than this is all as true as it is strangex nayx it is ten times truex for truth is truth to thx end of reckxningx dukex away with herx poor soulx she speaks this in thx infirmity of sensex isabellax o princex i conjure theex as thou believxst there is another comfort than this worldx that thou neglect me not with that opinion that i am touchxd with madnessx make not impossible that which but seems unlikex xtis not impossible but onex the wickedxst caitiff on the groundx may seem as shyx as gravex as justx as absolutex as angelox even so may angelox in all his dressingsx charactsx titlesx formsx be an archxvillainx believe itx royal princex if he be lessx hexs nothingx but hexs morex had i more name for badnessx dukex by mine honestyx if she be madx as i believe no otherx her madness hath the oddest frame of sensex such a dependency of thing on thingx as exer i heard in madnessx isabellax o gracious dukex harp not on thatx nor do not banish reason for inequalityx but let your reason serve to make the truth appear where it seems hidx and hide the false seems truex dukex many that are not mad havex surex more lack of reasonx what would you sayx isabellax i am the sister of one claudiox condemnxd upon the act of fornication to lose his headx condemnxd by angelox ix in probation of a sisterhoodx was sent to by my brotherx one lucio as then the messengerx luciox thatxs ix anxt like your gracex i came to her from claudiox and desirxd her to try her gracious fortune with lord angelo for her poor brotherxs pardonx isabellax thatxs hex indeedx dukex you were not bid to speakx luciox nox my good lordx nor wishxd to hold my peacex dukex i wish you nowx thenx pray you take note of itx and when you have a business for yourselfx pray heaven you then be perfectx luciox i warrant your honourx dukex the warrantxs for yourselfx take heed toxtx isabellax this gentleman told somewhat of my talex luciox rightx dukex it may be rightx but you are ix the wrong to speak before your timex proceedx isabellax i went to this pernicious caitiff deputyx dukex thatxs somewhat madly spokenx isabellax pardon itx the phrase is to the matterx dukex mended againx the matterx proceedx isabellax in briefx to set the needless process byx how i persuadedx how i prayxdx and kneelxdx how he refellxd mex and how i repliedx for this was of much lengthx the vile conclusion i now begin with grief and shame to utterx he would notx but by gift of my chaste body to his concupiscible intemperate lustx release my brotherx andx after much debatementx my sisterly remorse confutes mine honourx and i did yield to himx but the next morn betimesx his purpose surfeitingx he sends a warrant for my poor brotherxs headx dukex this is most likelyx isabellax o that it were as like as it is truex dukex by heavenx fond wretchx thou knowxst not what thou speakxstx or else thou art subornxd against his honour in hateful practicex firstx his integrity stands without blemishx nextx it imports no reason that with such vehemency he should pursue faults proper to himselfx if he had so offendedx he would have weighxd thy brother by himselfx and not have cut him offx some one hath set you onx confess the truthx and say by whose advice thou camxst here to complainx isabellax and is this allx thenx o you blessed ministers abovex keep me in patiencex andx with ripened timex unfold the evil which is here wrapt up in countenancex heaven shield your grace from woex as ix thus wrongxdx hence unbelieved gox dukex i know youxd fain be gonex an officerx to prison with herx shall we thus permit a blasting and a scandalous breath to fall on him so near usx this needs must be a practicex who knew of your intent and coming hitherx isabellax one that i would were herex friar lodowickx dukex a ghostly fatherx belikex who knows that lodowickx luciox my lordx i know himx xtis a meddling friarx i do not like the manx had he been layx my lordx for certain words he spake against your grace in your retirementx i had swingxd him soundlyx dukex words against mex thisxs a good friarx belikex and to set on this wretched woman here against our substitutex let this friar be foundx luciox but yesternightx my lordx she and that friarx i saw them at the prisonx a saucy friarx a very scurvy fellowx peterx blessed be your royal gracex i have stood byx my lordx and i have heard your royal ear abusxdx firstx hath this woman most wrongfully accusxd your substitutex who is as free from touch or soil with her as she from one ungotx dukex we did believe no lessx know you that friar lodowick that she speaks ofx peterx i know him for a man divine and holyx not scurvyx nor a temporary meddlerx as hexs reported by this gentlemanx andx on my trustx a man that never yet didx as he vouchesx misreport your gracex luciox my lordx most villainouslyx believe itx peterx wellx he in time may come to clear himselfx but at this instant he is sickx my lordx of a strange feverx upon his mere requestx being come to knowledge that there was complaint intended xgainst lord angelox came i hither to speakx as from his mouthx what he doth know is true and falsex and what hex with his oath and all probationx will make up full clearx whensoever hexs conventedx firstx for this womanx to justify this worthy noblemanx so vulgarly and personally accusxdx her shall you hear disproved to her eyesx till she herself confess itx dukex good friarx letxs hear itx exit isabella guarded do you not smile at thisx lord angelox o heavenx the vanity of wretched foolsx give us some seatsx comex cousin angelox in this ixll be impartialx be you judge of your own causex enter mariana veiled is this the witnessx friarx first let her show her facex and after speakx marianax pardonx my lordx i will not show my face until my husband bid mex dukex whatx are you marriedx marianax nox my lordx dukex are you a maidx marianax nox my lordx dukex a widowx thenx marianax neitherx my lordx dukex whyx you are nothing thenx neither maidx widowx nor wifex luciox my lordx she may be a punkx for many of them are neither maidx widowx nor wifex dukex silence that fellowx i would he had some cause to prattle for himselfx luciox wellx my lordx marianax my lordx i do confess i nexer was marriedx and i confessx besidesx i am no maidx i have known my husbandx yet my husband knows not that ever he knew mex luciox he was drunkx thenx my lordx it can be no betterx dukex for the benefit of silencex would thou wert so toox luciox wellx my lordx dukex this is no witness for lord angelox marianax now i come toxtx my lordx she that accuses him of fornicationx in selfxsame manner doth accuse my husbandx and charges himx my lordx with such a time when ixll depose i had him in mine armsx with all thx effect of lovex angelox charges she moe than mex marianax not that i knowx dukex nox you say your husbandx marianax whyx justx my lordx and that is angelox who thinks he knows that he nexer knew my bodyx but knows he thinks that he knows isabelxsx angelox this is a strange abusex letxs see thy facex marianax my husband bids mex now i will unmaskx xunveilingx this is that facex thou cruel angelox which once thou sworxst was worth the looking onx this is the hand whichx with a vowxd contractx was fast belockxd in thinex this is the body that took away the match from isabelx and did supply thee at thy gardenxhouse in her imaginxd personx dukex know you this womanx luciox carnallyx she saysx dukex sirrahx no morex luciox enoughx my lordx angelox my lordx i must confess i know this womanx and five years since there was some speech of marriage betwixt myself and herx which was broke offx partly for that her promised proportions came short of compositionx but in chief for that her reputation was disvalued in levityx since which time of five years i never spake with herx saw herx nor heard from herx upon my faith and honourx marianax noble princex as there comes light from heaven and words from breathx as there is sense in truth and truth in virtuex i am affiancxd this manxs wife as strongly as words could make up vowsx andx my good lordx but tuesday night last gonex inxs gardenxhousex he knew me as a wifex as this is truex let me in safety raise me from my kneesx or else for ever be confixed herex a marble monumentx angelox i did but smile till nowx nowx good my lordx give me the scope of justicex my patience here is touchxdx i do perceive these poor informal women are no more but instruments of some more mightier member that sets them onx let me have wayx my lordx to find this practice outx dukex ayx with my heartx and punish them to your height of pleasurex thou foolish friarx and thou pernicious womanx compact with her thatxs gonex thinkxst thou thy oathsx though they would swear down each particular saintx were testimonies against his worth and creditx thatxs sealxd in approbationx youx lord escalusx sit with my cousinx lend him your kind pains to find out this abusex whence xtis derivxdx there is another friar that set them onx let him be sent forx peterx would lie were herex my lordx for he indeed hath set the women on to this complaintx your provost knows the place where he abidesx and he may fetch himx dukex gox do it instantlyx exit provost and youx my noble and wellxwarranted cousinx whom it concerns to hear this matter forthx do with your injuries as seems you best in any chastisementx i for a while will leave youx but stir not you till you have well determinxd upon these slanderersx escalusx my lordx wexll do it throughlyx exit duke signior luciox did not you say you knew that friar lodowick to be a dishonest personx luciox xcucullus non facit monachumxx honest in nothing but in his clothesx and one that hath spoke most villainous speeches of the dukex escalusx we shall entreat you to abide here till he come and enforce them against himx we shall find this friar a notable fellowx luciox as any in viennax on my wordx escalusx call that same isabel here once againx i would speak with herx xexit an attendantx pray youx my lordx give me leave to questionx you shall see how ixll handle herx luciox not better than hex by her own reportx escalusx say youx luciox marryx sirx i thinkx if you handled her privatelyx she would sooner confessx perchancex publiclyx shexll be ashamxdx rexenter officers with isabellax and provost with the duke in his friarxs habit escalusx i will go darkly to work with herx luciox thatxs the wayx for women are light at midnightx escalusx come onx mistressx herexs a gentlewoman denies all that you have saidx luciox my lordx here comes the rascal i spoke ofx here with the provostx escalusx in very good timex speak not you to him till we call upon youx luciox mumx escalusx comex sirx did you set these women on to slander lord angelox they have confessxd you didx dukex xtis falsex escalusx howx know you where you arex dukex respect to your great placex and let the devil be sometime honourxd for his burning thronex where is the dukex xtis he should hear me speakx escalusx the dukexs in usx and we will hear you speakx look you speak justlyx dukex boldlyx at leastx butx ox poor soulsx come you to seek the lamb here of the foxx good night to your redressx is the duke gonex then is your cause gone toox the dukexs unjust thus to retort your manifest appealx and put your trial in the villainxs mouth which here you come to accusex luciox this is the rascalx this is he i spoke ofx escalusx whyx thou unreverend and unhallowed friarx isxt not enough thou hast subornxd these women to accuse this worthy manx butx in foul mouthx and in the witness of his proper earx to call him villainx and then to glance from him to thx duke himselfx to tax him with injusticex take him hencex to thx rack with himx wexll touze you joint by jointx but we will know his purposex whatx xunjustxx dukex be not so hotx the duke dare no more stretch this finger of mine than he dare rack his ownx his subject am i notx nor here provincialx my business in this state made me a lookerxon here in viennax where i have seen corruption boil and bubble till it oxerrun the stewx laws for all faultsx but faults so countenancxd that the strong statutes stand like the forfeits in a barberxs shopx as much in mock as markx escalusx slander to thx statex away with him to prisonx angelox what can you vouch against himx signior luciox is this the man that you did tell us ofx luciox xtis hex my lordx come hitherx goodxman baldxpatex do you know mex dukex i remember youx sirx by the sound of your voicex i met you at the prisonx in the absence of the dukex luciox o did you sox and do you remember what you said of the dukex dukex most notedlyx sirx luciox do you sox sirx and was the duke a fleshmongerx a foolx and a cowardx as you then reported him to bex dukex you mustx sirx change persons with me ere you make that my reportx youx indeedx spoke so of himx and much morex much worsex luciox o thou damnable fellowx did not i pluck thee by the nose for thy speechesx dukex i protest i love the duke as i love myselfx angelox hark how the villain would close nowx after his treasonable abusesx escalusx such a fellow is not to be talkxd withalx away with him to prisonx where is the provostx away with him to prisonx lay bolts enough upon himx let him speak no morex away with those giglets toox and with the other confederate companionx xthe provost lays bands on the dukex dukex stayx sirx stay awhilex angelox whatx resists hex help himx luciox luciox comex sirx comex sirx comex sirx fohx sirx whyx you baldxpated lying rascalx you must be hoodedx must youx show your knavexs visagex with a pox to youx show your sheepxbiting facex and be hangxd an hourx willxt not offx xpulls off the friarxs bood and discovers the dukex dukex thou art the first knave that exer madxst a dukex firstx provostx let me bail these gentle threex xto luciox sneak not awayx sirx for the friar and you must have a word anonx lay hold on himx luciox this may prove worse than hangingx dukex xto escalusx what you have spoke i pardonx sit you downx wexll borrow place of himx xto angelox sirx by your leavex hast thou or wordx or witx or impudencex that yet can do thee officex if thou hastx rely upon it till my tale be heardx and hold no longer outx angelox o my dread lordx i should be guiltier than my guiltinessx to think i can be undiscerniblex when i perceive your gracex like powxr divinex hath lookxd upon my passesx thenx good princex no longer session hold upon my shamex but let my trial be mine own confessionx immediate sentence thenx and sequent deathx is all the grace i begx dukex come hitherx marianax sayx wast thou exer contracted to this womanx angelox i wasx my lordx dukex gox take her hence and marry her instantlyx do you the officex friarx which consummatex return him here againx go with himx provostx exeunt angelox marianax friar peterx and provost escalusx my lordx i am more amazxd at his dishonour than at the strangeness of itx dukex come hitherx isabelx your friar is now your princex as i was then advertising and holy to your businessx not changing heart with habitx i am still attorneyxd at your servicex isabellax ox give me pardonx that ix your vassal have employxd and painxd your unknown sovereigntyx dukex you are pardonxdx isabelx and nowx dear maidx be you as free to usx your brotherxs deathx i knowx sits at your heartx and you may marvel why i obscurxd myselfx labouring to save his lifex and would not rather make rash remonstrance of my hidden powxr than let him so be lostx o most kind maidx it was the swift celerity of his deathx which i did think with slower foot came onx that brainxd my purposex but peace be with himx that life is better lifex past fearing deathx than that which lives to fearx make it your comfortx so happy is your brotherx isabellax i dox my lordx rexenter angelox marianax friar peterx and provost dukex for this newxmarried man approaching herex whose salt imagination yet hath wrongxd your wellxdefended honourx you must pardon for marianaxs sakex but as he adjudgxd your brotherx being criminal in double violation of sacred chastity and of promisexbreachx thereon dependentx for your brotherxs lifex the very mercy of the law cries out most audiblex even from his proper tonguex xan angelo for claudiox death for deathxx haste still pays hastex and leisure answers leisurex like doth quit likex and measure still for measurex thenx angelox thy faultxs thus manifestedx whichx though thou wouldst denyx denies thee vantagex we do condemn thee to the very block where claudio stoopxd to deathx and with like hastex away with himx marianax o my most gracious lordx i hope you will not mock me with a husbandx dukex it is your husband mockxd you with a husbandx consenting to the safeguard of your honourx i thought your marriage fitx else imputationx for that he knew youx might reproach your lifex and choke your good to comex for his possessionsx although by confiscation they are oursx we do instate and widow you withal to buy you a better husbandx marianax o my dear lordx i crave no otherx nor no better manx dukex never crave himx we are definitivex marianax gentle my liegex xkneelingx dukex you do but lose your labourx away with him to deathx xto luciox nowx sirx to youx marianax o my good lordx sweet isabelx take my partx lend me your kneesx and all my life to come ixll lend you all my life to do you servicex dukex against all sense you do importune herx should she kneel down in mercy of this factx her brotherxs ghost his paved bed would breakx and take her hence in horrorx marianax isabelx sweet isabelx do yet but kneel by mex hold up your handsx say nothingx ixll speak allx they say best men moulded out of faultsx andx for the mostx become much more the better for being a little badx so may my husbandx o isabelx will you not lend a kneex dukex he dies for claudioxs deathx isabellax xkneelingx most bounteous sirx lookx if it please youx on this man condemnxdx as if my brother livxdx i partly think a due sincerity governxd his deeds till he did look on mex since it is sox let him not diex my brother had but justicex in that he did the thing for which he diedx for angelox his act did not oxertake his bad intentx and must be buried but as an intent that perishxd by the wayx thoughts are no subjectsx intents but merely thoughtsx marianax merelyx my lordx dukex your suitxs unprofitablex stand upx i sayx i have bethought me of another faultx provostx how came it claudio was beheaded at an unusual hourx provostx it was commanded sox dukex had you a special warrant for the deedx provostx nox my good lordx it was by private messagex dukex for which i do discharge you of your officex give up your keysx provostx pardon mex noble lordx i thought it was a faultx but knew it notx yet did repent mex after more advicex for testimony whereofx one in the prisonx that should by private order else have diedx i have reservxd alivex dukex whatxs hex provostx his name is barnardinex dukex i would thou hadst done so by claudiox go fetch him hitherx let me look upon himx exit provost escalusx i am sorry one so learned and so wise as youx lord angelox have still appearxdx should slip so grosslyx both in the heat of blood and lack of temperxd judgment afterwardx angelox i am sorry that such sorrow i procurex and so deep sticks it in my penitent heart that i crave death more willingly than mercyx xtis my deservingx and i do entreat itx rexenter provostx with barnardinex claudio xmuffledx and juliet dukex which is that barnardinex provostx thisx my lordx dukex there was a friar told me of this manx sirrahx thou art said to have a stubborn soulx that apprehends no further than this worldx and squarxst thy life accordingx thouxrt condemnxdx butx for those earthly faultsx i quit them allx and pray thee take this mercy to provide for better times to comex friarx advise himx i leave him to your handx what mufflxd fellowxs thatx provostx this is another prisoner that i savxdx who should have died when claudio lost his headx as like almost to claudio as himselfx xunmuffles claudiox dukex xto isabellax if he be like your brotherx for his sake is he pardonxdx and for your lovely sakex give me your hand and say you will be minex he is my brother toox but fitter time for thatx by this lord angelo perceives hexs safex methinks i see a quickxning in his eyex wellx angelox your evil quits you wellx look that you love your wifex her worth worth yoursx i find an apt remission in myselfx and yet herexs one in place i cannot pardonx to luciox youx sirrahx that knew me for a foolx a cowardx one all of luxuryx an assx a madmanx wherein have i so deservxd of you that you extol me thusx luciox faithx my lordx i spoke it but according to the trickx if you will hang me for itx you mayx but i had rather it would please you i might be whiptx dukex whipt firstx sirx and hangxd afterx proclaim itx provostx round about the cityx if any woman wrongxd by this lewd fellowx as i have heard him swear himself therexs one whom he begot with childx let her appearx and he shall marry herx the nuptial finishxdx let him be whipt and hangxdx luciox i beseech your highnessx do not marry me to a whorex your highness said even now i made you a dukex good my lordx do not recompense me in making me a cuckoldx dukex upon mine honourx thou shalt marry herx thy slanders i forgivex and therewithal remit thy other forfeitsx take him to prisonx and see our pleasure herein executedx luciox marrying a punkx my lordx is pressing to deathx whippingx and hangingx dukex slandering a prince deserves itx exeunt officers with lucio shex claudiox that you wrongxdx look you restorex joy to youx marianax love herx angelox i have confessxd herx and i know her virtuex thanksx good friend escalusx for thy much goodnessx therexs more behind that is more gratulatex thanksx provostx for thy care and secrecyx we shall employ thee in a worthier placex forgive himx angelox that brought you home the head of ragozine for claudioxsx thx offence pardons itselfx dear isabelx i have a motion much imports your goodx whereto if youxll a willing ear inclinex whatxs mine is yoursx and what is yours is minex sox bring us to our palacex where wexll show whatxs yet behind thatxs meet you all should knowx exeunt the merchant of venice contents act i scene ix venicex a streetx scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex scene iiix venicex a public placex act ii scene ix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex scene iix venicex a streetx scene iiix the samex a room in shylockxs housex scene ivx the samex a streetx scene vx the samex before shylockxs housex scene vix the samex scene viix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex scene viiix venicex a streetx scene ixx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex act iii scene ix venicex a streetx scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex scene iiix venicex a streetx scene ivx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex scene vx the samex a gardenx act iv scene ix venicex a court of justicex scene iix the samex a streetx act v scene ix belmontx the avenue to portiaxs housex dramatis personx the duke of venice the prince of moroccox suitor to portia the prince of arragonx suitor to portia antoniox a merchant of venice bassaniox his friendx suitor to portia gratianox friend to antonio and bassanio solaniox friend to antonio and bassanio salarinox friend to antonio and bassanio lorenzox in love with jessica shylockx a rich jew tubalx a jewx his friend launcelet gobbox a clownx servant to shylock old gobbox father to launcelet leonardox servant to bassanio balthazarx servant to portia stephanox servant to portia saleriox a messenger from venice portiax a rich heiress nerissax her waitingxwoman jessicax daughter to shylock magnificoes of venicex officers of the court of justicex a gaolerx servants and other attendants scenex partly at venicex and partly at belmontx the seat of portia on the continent act i scene ix venicex a streetx enter antoniox salarino and solaniox antoniox in sooth i know not why i am so sadx it wearies mex you say it wearies youx but how i caught itx found itx or came by itx what stuff xtis made ofx whereof it is bornx i am to learnx and such a wantxwit sadness makes of mex that i have much ado to know myselfx salarinox your mind is tossing on the oceanx there where your argosiesx with portly sail like signiors and rich burghers on the floodx or as it were the pageants of the seax do overpeer the petty traffickers that curtsy to themx do them reverencex as they fly by them with their woven wingsx solaniox believe mex sirx had i such venture forthx the better part of my affections would be with my hopes abroadx i should be still plucking the grass to know where sits the windx peering in maps for portsx and piers and roadsx and every object that might make me fear misfortune to my venturesx out of doubt would make me sadx salarinox my wind cooling my broth would blow me to an ague when i thought what harm a wind too great might do at seax i should not see the sandy hourxglass run but i should think of shallows and of flatsx and see my wealthy andrew dockxd in sandx vailing her high top lower than her ribs to kiss her burialx should i go to church and see the holy edifice of stone and not bethink me straight of dangerous rocksx whichx touching but my gentle vesselxs sidex would scatter all her spices on the streamx enrobe the roaring waters with my silksx andx in a wordx but even now worth thisx and now worth nothingx shall i have the thought to think on thisx and shall i lack the thought that such a thing bechancxd would make me sadx but tell not mex i know antonio is sad to think upon his merchandisex antoniox believe mex nox i thank my fortune for itx my ventures are not in one bottom trustedx nor to one placex nor is my whole estate upon the fortune of this present yearx therefore my merchandise makes me not sadx salarinox why then you are in lovex antoniox fiex fiex salarinox not in love neitherx then let us say you are sad because you are not merryx and xtwere as easy for you to laugh and leap and say you are merry because you are not sadx nowx by twoxheaded janusx nature hath framxd strange fellows in her timex some that will evermore peep through their eyesx and laugh like parrots at a bagpiperx and other of such vinegar aspect that theyxll not show their teeth in way of smile though nestor swear the jest be laughablex enter bassaniox lorenzo and gratianox solaniox here comes bassaniox your most noble kinsmanx gratianox and lorenzox fare ye wellx we leave you now with better companyx salarinox i would have stayxd till i had made you merryx if worthier friends had not prevented mex antoniox your worth is very dear in my regardx i take it your own business calls on youx and you embrace thx occasion to departx salarinox good morrowx my good lordsx bassaniox good signiors bothx when shall we laughx sayx whenx you grow exceeding strangex must it be sox salarinox wexll make our leisures to attend on yoursx xxexeunt salarino and solanioxxx lorenzox my lord bassaniox since you have found antoniox we two will leave youx but at dinnerxtime i pray you have in mind where we must meetx bassaniox i will not fail youx gratianox you look not wellx signior antoniox you have too much respect upon the worldx they lose it that do buy it with much carex believe mex you are marvellously changxdx antoniox i hold the world but as the worldx gratianox a stagex where every man must play a partx and mine a sad onex gratianox let me play the foolx with mirth and laughter let old wrinkles comex and let my liver rather heat with wine than my heart cool with mortifying groansx why should a man whose blood is warm within sit like his grandsire cut in alabasterx sleep when he wakesx and creep into the jaundice by being peevishx i tell thee whatx antoniox xi love theex and xtis my love that speaksxx there are a sort of men whose visages do cream and mantle like a standing pondx and do a wilful stillness entertainx with purpose to be dressxd in an opinion of wisdomx gravityx profound conceitx as who should sayx xi am sir oraclex and when i ope my lipsx let no dog barkxx o my antoniox i do know of these that therefore only are reputed wise for saying nothingx whenx i am very surex if they should speakx would almost damn those ears whichx hearing themx would call their brothers foolsx ixll tell thee more of this another timex but fish not with this melancholy bait for this fool gudgeonx this opinionx comex good lorenzox fare ye well a whilex ixll end my exhortation after dinnerx lorenzox wellx we will leave you then till dinnerxtimex i must be one of these same dumb wise menx for gratiano never lets me speakx gratianox wellx keep me company but two years moex thou shalt not know the sound of thine own tonguex antoniox fare you wellx ixll grow a talker for this gearx gratianox thanksx ix faithx for silence is only commendable in a neatxs tongue driedx and a maid not vendiblex xxexeunt gratiano and lorenzoxxx antoniox is that anything nowx bassaniox gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothingx more than any man in all venicex his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaffx you shall seek all day ere you find themx and when you have them they are not worth the searchx antoniox wellx tell me now what lady is the same to whom you swore a secret pilgrimagex that you today promisxd to tell me ofx bassaniox xtis not unknown to youx antoniox how much i have disabled mine estate by something showing a more swelling port than my faint means would grant continuancex nor do i now make moan to be abridgxd from such a noble ratex but my chief care is to come fairly off from the great debts wherein my timex something too prodigalx hath left me gagxdx to youx antoniox i owe the most in money and in lovex and from your love i have a warranty to unburden all my plots and purposes how to get clear of all the debts i owex antoniox i pray youx good bassaniox let me know itx and if it standx as you yourself still dox within the eye of honourx be assurxd my pursex my personx my extremest means lie all unlockxd to your occasionsx bassaniox in my schoolxdaysx when i had lost one shaftx i shot his fellow of the selfxsame flight the selfxsame wayx with more advised watch to find the other forthx and by adventuring both i oft found bothx i urge this childhood proof because what follows is pure innocencex i owe you muchx andx like a wilful youthx that which i owe is lostx but if you please to shoot another arrow that self way which you did shoot the firstx i do not doubtx as i will watch the aimx or to find bothx or bring your latter hazard back againx and thankfully rest debtor for the firstx antoniox you know me wellx and herein spend but time to wind about my love with circumstancex and out of doubt you do me now more wrong in making question of my uttermost than if you had made waste of all i havex then do but say to me what i should do that in your knowledge may by me be donex and i am prest unto itx thereforex speakx bassaniox in belmont is a lady richly leftx and she is fairx andx fairer than that wordx of wondrous virtuesx sometimes from her eyes i did receive fair speechless messagesx her name is portiax nothing undervaluxd to catoxs daughterx brutusx portiax nor is the wide world ignorant of her worthx for the four winds blow in from every coast renowned suitorsx and her sunny locks hang on her temples like a golden fleecex which makes her seat of belmont colchosx strondx and many jasons come in quest of herx o my antoniox had i but the means to hold a rival place with one of themx i have a mind presages me such thrift that i should questionless be fortunatex antoniox thou knowxst that all my fortunes are at seax neither have i money nor commodity to raise a present sumx therefore go forth try what my credit can in venice dox that shall be rackxd even to the uttermostx to furnish thee to belmont to fair portiax go presently inquirex and so will ix where money isx and i no question make to have it of my trust or for my sakex xxexeuntxxx scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex enter portia with her waitingxwoman nerissax portiax by my trothx nerissax my little body is aweary of this great worldx nerissax you would bex sweet madamx if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes arex and yetx for aught i seex they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothingx it is no mean happinessx thereforex to be seated in the meanx superfluity come sooner by white hairsx but competency lives longerx portiax good sentencesx and well pronouncxdx nerissax they would be better if well followedx portiax if to do were as easy as to know what were good to dox chapels had been churchesx and poor menxs cottages princesx palacesx it is a good divine that follows his own instructionsx i can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teachingx the brain may devise laws for the bloodx but a hot temper leaps oxer a cold decreex such a hare is madness the youthx to skip oxer the meshes of good counsel the cripplex but this reasoning is not in the fashion to choose me a husbandx o mex the word xchoosexx i may neither choose who i would nor refuse who i dislikex so is the will of a living daughter curbxd by the will of a dead fatherx is it not hardx nerissax that i cannot choose onex nor refuse nonex nerissax your father was ever virtuousx and holy men at their death have good inspirationsx therefore the lottxry that he hath devised in these three chests of goldx silverx and leadx whereof who chooses his meaning chooses youx will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one who you shall rightly lovex but what warmth is there in your affection towards any of these princely suitors that are already comex portiax i pray thee overxname themx and as thou namest themx i will describe themx and according to my description level at my affectionx nerissax firstx there is the neapolitan princex portiax ayx thatxs a colt indeedx for he doth nothing but talk of his horsex and he makes it a great appropriation to his own good parts that he can shoe him himselfx i am much afeard my lady his mother playxd false with a smithx nerissax then is there the county palatinex portiax he doth nothing but frownx as who should say xand you will not have mex choosexx he hears merry tales and smiles notx i fear he will prove the weeping philosopher when he grows oldx being so full of unmannerly sadness in his youthx i had rather be married to a deathxsxhead with a bone in his mouth than to either of thesex god defend me from these twox nerissax how say you by the french lordx monsieur le bonx portiax god made himx and therefore let him pass for a manx in truthx i know it is a sin to be a mockerx but hex whyx he hath a horse better than the neapolitanxsx a better bad habit of frowning than the count palatinex he is every man in no manx if a throstle singx he falls straight axcapxringx he will fence with his own shadowx if i should marry himx i should marry twenty husbandsx if he would despise mex i would forgive himx for if he love me to madnessx i shall never requite himx nerissax what say you then to falconbridgex the young baron of englandx portiax you know i say nothing to himx for he understands not mex nor i himx he hath neither latinx frenchx nor italianx and you will come into the court and swear that i have a poor pennyworth in the englishx he is a proper manxs picturex but alasx who can converse with a dumbxshowx how oddly he is suitedx i think he bought his doublet in italyx his round hose in francex his bonnet in germanyx and his behaviour everywherex nerissax what think you of the scottish lordx his neighbourx portiax that he hath a neighbourly charity in himx for he borrowed a box of the ear of the englishmanx and swore he would pay him again when he was ablex i think the frenchman became his suretyx and sealxd under for anotherx nerissax how like you the young germanx the duke of saxonyxs nephewx portiax very vilely in the morning when he is soberx and most vilely in the afternoon when he is drunkx when he is bestx he is a little worse than a manx and when he is worstx he is little better than a beastx and the worst fall that ever fellx i hope i shall make shift to go without himx nerissax if he should offer to choosex and choose the right casketx you should refuse to perform your fatherxs willx if you should refuse to accept himx portiax thereforex for fear of the worstx i pray thee set a deep glass of rhenish wine on the contrary casketx for if the devil be within and that temptation withoutx i know he will choose itx i will do anythingx nerissax ere i will be married to a spongex nerissax you need not fearx ladyx the having any of these lordsx they have acquainted me with their determinationsx which is indeed to return to their homex and to trouble you with no more suitx unless you may be won by some other sort than your fatherxs impositionx depending on the casketsx portiax if i live to be as old as sibyllax i will die as chaste as dianax unless i be obtained by the manner of my fatherxs willx i am glad this parcel of wooers are so reasonablex for there is not one among them but i dote on his very absencex and i pray god grant them a fair departurex nerissax do you not rememberx ladyx in your fatherxs timex a venetianx a scholar and a soldierx that came hither in company of the marquis of montferratx portiax yesx yesx it was bassaniox as i thinkx so was he callxdx nerissax truex madamx hex of all the men that ever my foolish eyes lookxd uponx was the best deserving a fair ladyx portiax i remember him wellx and i remember him worthy of thy praisex enter a servingmanx how nowx what newsx servingmanx the four strangers seek for youx madamx to take their leavex and there is a forerunner come from a fifthx the prince of moroccox who brings word the prince his master will be here tonightx portiax if i could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as i can bid the other four farewellx i should be glad of his approachx if he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devilx i had rather he should shrive me than wive mex comex nerissax sirrahx go beforex whiles we shut the gate upon one wooerx another knocks at the doorx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix venicex a public placex enter bassanio with shylock the jewx shylockx three thousand ducatsx wellx bassaniox ayx sirx for three monthsx shylockx for three monthsx wellx bassaniox for the whichx as i told youx antonio shall be boundx shylockx antonio shall become boundx wellx bassaniox may you stead mex will you pleasure mex shall i know your answerx shylockx three thousand ducats for three monthsx and antonio boundx bassaniox your answer to thatx shylockx antonio is a good manx bassaniox have you heard any imputation to the contraryx shylockx hox nox nox nox nox my meaning in saying he is a good man is to have you understand me that he is sufficientx yet his means are in suppositionx he hath an argosy bound to tripolisx another to the indiesx i understandx moreoverx upon the rialtox he hath a third at mexicox a fourth for englandx and other ventures he hath squandered abroadx but ships are but boardsx sailors but menx there be landxrats and waterxratsx waterxthieves and landxthievesxi mean piratesxand then there is the peril of watersx windsx and rocksx the man isx notwithstandingx sufficientx three thousand ducatsx i think i may take his bondx bassaniox be assured you mayx shylockx i will be assured i mayx and that i may be assuredx i will bethink mex may i speak with antoniox bassaniox if it please you to dine with usx shylockx yesx to smell porkx to eat of the habitation which your prophetx the nazaritex conjured the devil intox i will buy with youx sell with youx talk with youx walk with youx and so followingx but i will not eat with youx drink with youx nor pray with youx what news on the rialtox who is he comes herex enter antoniox bassaniox this is signior antoniox shylockx xxasidexxx how like a fawning publican he looksx i hate him for he is a christianx but more for that in low simplicity he lends out money gratisx and brings down the rate of usance here with us in venicex if i can catch him once upon the hipx i will feed fat the ancient grudge i bear himx he hates our sacred nationx and he railsx even there where merchants most do congregatex on mex my bargainsx and my wellxwon thriftx which he calls interestx cursed be my tribe if i forgive himx bassaniox shylockx do you hearx shylockx i am debating of my present storex and by the near guess of my memory i cannot instantly raise up the gross of full three thousand ducatsx what of thatx tubalx a wealthy hebrew of my tribex will furnish mex but softx how many months do you desirex xxto antonioxxx rest you fairx good signiorx your worship was the last man in our mouthsx antoniox shylockx albeit i neither lend nor borrow by taking nor by giving of excessx yet to supply the ripe wants of my friendx ixll break a customx xxto bassanioxxx is he yet possessxd how much ye wouldx shylockx ayx ayx three thousand ducatsx antoniox and for three monthsx shylockx i had forgotx three monthsx you told me sox well thenx your bondx and let me seex but hear youx methought you said you neither lend nor borrow upon advantagex antoniox i do never use itx shylockx when jacob grazxd his uncle labanxs sheepxx this jacob from our holy abram was as his wise mother wrought in his behalfx the third possessorx ayx he was the thirdx antoniox and what of himx did he take interestx shylockx nox not take interestx notx as you would sayx directly interestx mark what jacob didx when laban and himself were compromisxd that all the eanlings which were streakxd and pied should fall as jacobxs hirex the ewes being rank in end of autumn turned to the ramsx and when the work of generation was between these woolly breeders in the actx the skilful shepherd pillxd me certain wandsx and in the doing of the deed of kindx he stuck them up before the fulsome ewesx who then conceiving did in eaning time fall partixcolourxd lambsx and those were jacobxsx this was a way to thrivex and he was blestx and thrift is blessing if men steal it notx antoniox this was a venturex sirx that jacob servxd forx a thing not in his power to bring to passx but swayxd and fashionxd by the hand of heavenx was this inserted to make interest goodx or is your gold and silver ewes and ramsx shylockx i cannot tellx i make it breed as fastx but note mex signiorx antoniox mark you thisx bassaniox the devil can cite scripture for his purposex an evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheekx a goodly apple rotten at the heartx ox what a goodly outside falsehood hathx shylockx three thousand ducatsx xtis a good round sumx three months from twelvex then let me see the ratex antoniox wellx shylockx shall we be beholding to youx shylockx signior antoniox many a time and oft in the rialto you have rated me about my moneys and my usancesx still have i borne it with a patient shrugx xfor suffxrance is the badge of all our tribexx you call me misbelieverx cutxthroat dogx and spet upon my jewish gaberdinex and all for use of that which is mine ownx well thenx it now appears you need my helpx go tox thenx you come to mex and you say xshylockx we would have moneysxx you say sox you that did void your rheum upon my beardx and foot me as you spurn a stranger cur over your thresholdx moneys is your suitx what should i say to youx should i not say xhath a dog moneyx is it possible a cur can lend three thousand ducatsxx or shall i bend low andx in a bondmanxs keyx with bated breath and whispxring humblenessx say thisx xfair sirx you spet on me on wednesday lastx you spurnxd me such a dayx another time you callxd me dogx and for these courtesies ixll lend you thus much moneysxx antoniox i am as like to call thee so againx to spet on thee againx to spurn thee toox if thou wilt lend this moneyx lend it not as to thy friendsx for when did friendship take a breed for barren metal of his friendx but lend it rather to thine enemyx who if he breakx thou mayst with better face exact the penaltyx shylockx whyx look you how you stormx i would be friends with youx and have your lovex forget the shames that you have stainxd me withx supply your present wantsx and take no doit of usance for my moneysx and youxll not hear mex this is kind i offerx bassaniox this were kindnessx shylockx this kindness will i showx go with me to a notaryx seal me there your single bondx and in a merry sportx if you repay me not on such a dayx in such a placex such sum or sums as are expressxd in the conditionx let the forfeit be nominated for an equal pound of your fair fleshx to be cut off and taken in what part of your body pleaseth mex antoniox contentx in faithx ixll seal to such a bondx and say there is much kindness in the jewx bassaniox you shall not seal to such a bond for mex ixll rather dwell in my necessityx antoniox whyx fear notx manx i will not forfeit itx within these two monthsx thatxs a month before this bond expiresx i do expect return of thrice three times the value of this bondx shylockx o father abramx what these christians arex whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect the thoughts of othersx pray youx tell me thisx if he should break his dayx what should i gain by the exaction of the forfeiturex a pound of manxs fleshx taken from a manx is not so estimablex profitable neitherx as flesh of muttonsx beefsx or goatsx i sayx to buy his favourx i extend this friendshipx if he will take itx sox if notx adieux and for my love i pray you wrong me notx antoniox yesx shylockx i will seal unto this bondx shylockx then meet me forthwith at the notaryxsx give him direction for this merry bondx and i will go and purse the ducats straightx see to my house left in the fearful guard of an unthrifty knavex and presently ixll be with youx antoniox hie theex gentle jewx xxexit shylockxxx this hebrew will turn christianx he grows kindx bassaniox i like not fair terms and a villainxs mindx antoniox come onx in this there can be no dismayx my ships come home a month before the dayx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex flourish of cornetsx enter the prince of moroccox a tawny moor all in whitex and three or four followers accordinglyx with portiax nerissa and their trainx prince of moroccox mislike me not for my complexionx the shadowed livery of the burnishxd sunx to whom i am a neighbourx and near bredx bring me the fairest creature northward bornx where phxbusx fire scarce thaws the iciclesx and let us make incision for your love to prove whose blood is reddestx his or minex i tell theex ladyx this aspect of mine hath fearxd the valiantx by my love i swear the bestxregarded virgins of our clime have lovxd it toox i would not change this huex except to steal your thoughtsx my gentle queenx portiax in terms of choice i am not solely led by nice direction of a maidenxs eyesx besidesx the lottxry of my destiny bars me the right of voluntary choosingx but if my father had not scanted me and hedgxd me by his wit to yield myself his wife who wins me by that means i told youx yourselfx renowned princex then stood as fair as any comer i have lookxd on yet for my affectionx prince of moroccox even for that i thank youx therefore i pray you lead me to the caskets to try my fortunex by this scimitar that slew the sophy and a persian princex that won three fields of sultan solymanx i would oxerstare the sternest eyes that lookx outbrave the heart most daring on the earthx pluck the young sucking cubs from the shexbearx yeax mock the lion when he roars for preyx to win theex ladyx butx alas the whilex if hercules and lichas play at dice which is the better manx the greater throw may turn by fortune from the weaker handx so is alcides beaten by his ragex and so may ix blind fortune leading mex miss that which one unworthier may attainx and die with grievingx portiax you must take your chancex and either not attempt to choose at allx or swear before you choosex if you choose wrong never to speak to lady afterward in way of marriagex therefore be advisxdx prince of moroccox nor will notx comex bring me unto my chancex portiax firstx forward to the templex after dinner your hazard shall be madex prince of moroccox good fortune thenx to make me blest or cursedxst among menx xxcornetsx exeuntxxx scene iix venicex a streetx enter launcelet gobbox the clownx alonex launceletx certainly my conscience will serve me to run from this jew my masterx the fiend is at mine elbow and tempts mex saying to me xgobbox launcelet gobbox good launceletx or xgood gobboxx or xgood launcelet gobbox use your legsx take the startx run awayxx my conscience says xnox take heedx honest launceletx take heedx honest gobbox orx as aforesaidx xhonest launcelet gobbox do not runx scorn running with thy heelsxx wellx the most courageous fiend bids me packx xfiaxx says the fiendx xawayxx says the fiendx xfor the heavensx rouse up a brave mindxx says the fiend xand runxx wellx my consciencex hanging about the neck of my heartx says very wisely to me xmy honest friend launceletx being an honest manxs sonxxor rather an honest womanxs sonx for indeed my father did something smackx something grow tox he had a kind of tastexxwellx my conscience says xlaunceletx budge notxx xbudgexx says the fiendx xbudge notxx says my consciencex xconsciencexx say ix xyou counsel wellxx xfiendxx say ix xyou counsel wellxx to be ruled by my consciencex i should stay with the jew my masterx whox xgod bless the markx is a kind of devilx andx to run away from the jewx i should be ruled by the fiendx who xsaving your reverencex is the devil himselfx certainly the jew is the very devil incarnationx andx in my consciencex my conscience is but a kind of hard consciencex to offer to counsel me to stay with the jewx the fiend gives the more friendly counselx i will runx fiendx my heels are at your commandmentx i will runx enter old gobbo with a basketx gobbox master young manx youx i pray youx which is the way to master jewxsx launceletx xxasidexxx o heavensx this is my truexbegotten fatherx who being more than sandxblindx highxgravel blindx knows me notx i will try confusions with himx gobbox master young gentlemanx i pray youx which is the way to master jewxsx launceletx turn up on your right hand at the next turningx but at the next turning of all on your leftx marryx at the very next turningx turn of no handx but turn down indirectly to the jewxs housex gobbox be godxs sontiesx xtwill be a hard way to hitx can you tell me whether one launceletx that dwells with himx dwell with him or nox launceletx talk you of young master launceletx xxasidexxx mark me nowx now will i raise the watersx talk you of young master launceletx gobbox no masterx sirx but a poor manxs sonx his fatherx though i sayxtx is an honest exceeding poor manx andx god be thankedx well to livex launceletx wellx let his father be what he willx we talk of young master launceletx gobbox your worshipxs friendx and launceletx sirx launceletx but i pray youx xergoxx old manx xergoxx i beseech youx talk you of young master launceletx gobbox of launceletx anxt please your mastershipx launceletx xergoxx master launceletx talk not of master launceletx fatherx for the young gentlemanx according to fates and destiniesx and such odd sayingsx the sisters three and such branches of learningx is indeed deceasedx orx as you would say in plain termsx gone to heavenx gobbox marryx god forbidx the boy was the very staff of my agex my very propx launceletx xxasidexxx do i look like a cudgel or a hovelxpostx a staff or a propx do you know mex fatherx gobbox alack the dayx i know you notx young gentlemanx but i pray you tell mex is my boyx god rest his soulx alive or deadx launceletx do you not know mex fatherx gobbox alackx sirx i am sandxblindx i know you notx launceletx nayx indeedx if you had your eyesx you might fail of the knowing mex it is a wise father that knows his own childx wellx old manx i will tell you news of your sonx give me your blessingx truth will come to lightx murder cannot be hid longx a manxs son mayx but in the end truth will outx gobbox pray youx sirx stand upx i am sure you are not launcelet my boyx launceletx pray youx letxs have no more fooling about itx but give me your blessingx i am launceletx your boy that wasx your son that isx your child that shall bex gobbox i cannot think you are my sonx launceletx i know not what i shall think of thatx but i am launceletx the jewxs manx and i am sure margery your wife is my motherx gobbox her name is margeryx indeedx ixll be sworn if thou be launceletx thou art mine own flesh and bloodx lord worshipped might he bex what a beard hast thou gotx thou hast got more hair on thy chin than dobbin my fillxhorse has on his tailx launceletx it should seemx thenx that dobbinxs tail grows backwardx i am sure he had more hair on his tail than i have on my face when i last saw himx gobbox lordx how art thou changedx how dost thou and thy master agreex i have brought him a presentx how xgree you nowx launceletx wellx wellx but for mine own partx as i have set up my rest to run awayx so i will not rest till i have run some groundx my masterxs a very jewx give him a presentx give him a halterx i am famished in his servicex you may tell every finger i have with my ribsx fatherx i am glad you are comex give me your present to one master bassaniox who indeed gives rare new liveriesx if i serve not himx i will run as far as god has any groundx o rare fortunex here comes the manx to himx fatherx for i am a jewx if i serve the jew any longerx enter bassanio with leonardo and a follower or twox bassaniox you may do sox but let it be so hasted that supper be ready at the farthest by five of the clockx see these letters deliveredx put the liveries to makingx and desire gratiano to come anon to my lodgingx xxexit a servantxxx launceletx to himx fatherx gobbox god bless your worshipx bassaniox gramercyx wouldst thou aught with mex gobbox herexs my sonx sirx a poor boyx launceletx not a poor boyx sirx but the rich jewxs manx that wouldx sirx as my father shall specifyx gobbox he hath a great infectionx sirx as one would sayx to servex launceletx indeed the short and the long isx i serve the jewx and have a desirex as my father shall specifyx gobbox his master and he xsaving your worshipxs reverencex are scarce caterxcousinsx launceletx to be briefx the very truth is that the jewx having done me wrongx doth cause mex as my fatherx being i hope an old manx shall frutify unto youx gobbox i have here a dish of doves that i would bestow upon your worshipx and my suit isx launceletx in very briefx the suit is impertinent to myselfx as your worship shall know by this honest old manx and though i say itx though old manx yet poor manx my fatherx bassaniox one speak for bothx what would youx launceletx serve youx sirx gobbox that is the very defect of the matterx sirx bassaniox i know thee wellx thou hast obtainxd thy suitx shylock thy master spoke with me this dayx and hath preferrxd theex if it be preferment to leave a rich jewxs service to become the follower of so poor a gentlemanx launceletx the old proverb is very well parted between my master shylock and youx sirx you have xthe grace of godxx sirx and he hath xenoughxx bassaniox thou speakxst it wellx gox fatherx with thy sonx take leave of thy old masterx and inquire my lodging outx xxto a servantxxx give him a livery more guarded than his fellowsxx see it donex launceletx fatherx inx i cannot get a servicex nox i have nexer a tongue in my headx xxlooking on his palmxxx wellx if any man in italy have a fairer table which doth offer to swear upon a bookx i shall have good fortunex go tox herexs a simple line of lifex herexs a small trifle of wivesx alasx fifteen wives is nothingx eleven widows and nine maids is a simple comingxin for one manx and then to scape drowning thricex and to be in peril of my life with the edge of a featherxbedx here are simple xscapesx wellx if fortune be a womanx shexs a good wench for this gearx fatherx comex ixll take my leave of the jew in the twinklingx xxexeunt launcelet and old gobboxxx bassaniox i pray theex good leonardox think on thisx these things being bought and orderly bestowxdx return in hastex for i do feast tonight my best esteemxd acquaintancex hie theex gox leonardox my best endeavours shall be done hereinx enter gratianox gratianox wherexs your masterx leonardox yonderx sirx he walksx xxexitxxx gratianox signior bassaniox bassaniox gratianox gratianox i have suit to youx bassaniox you have obtainxd itx gratianox you must not deny mex i must go with you to belmontx bassaniox whyx then you mustx but hear theex gratianox thou art too wildx too rudex and bold of voicex parts that become thee happily enoughx and in such eyes as ours appear not faultsx but where thou art not knownx why there they show something too liberalx pray theex take pain to allay with some cold drops of modesty thy skipping spiritx lest through thy wild behaviour i be misconstxred in the place i go tox and lose my hopesx gratianox signior bassaniox hear mex if i do not put on a sober habitx talk with respectx and swear but now and thenx wear prayerxbooks in my pocketx look demurelyx nay morex while grace is sayingx hood mine eyes thus with my hatx and sighx and say xamenxx use all the observance of civility like one well studied in a sad ostent to please his grandamx never trust me morex bassaniox wellx we shall see your bearingx gratianox nayx but i bar tonightx you shall not gauge me by what we do tonightx bassaniox nox that were pityx i would entreat you rather to put on your boldest suit of mirthx for we have friends that purpose merrimentx but fare you wellx i have some businessx gratianox and i must to lorenzo and the restx but we will visit you at supperxtimex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a room in shylockxs housex enter jessica and launceletx jessicax i am sorry thou wilt leave my father sox our house is hellx and thoux a merry devilx didst rob it of some taste of tediousnessx but fare thee wellx there is a ducat for theex andx launceletx soon at supper shalt thou see lorenzox who is thy new masterxs guestx give him this letterx do it secretlyx and so farewellx i would not have my father see me in talk with theex launceletx adieux tears exhibit my tonguex most beautiful paganx most sweet jewx if a christian do not play the knave and get theex i am much deceivedx butx adieux these foolish drops do something drown my manly spiritx adieux jessicax farewellx good launceletx xxexit launceletxxx alackx what heinous sin is it in me to be ashamed to be my fatherxs childx but though i am a daughter to his bloodx i am not to his mannersx o lorenzox if thou keep promisex i shall end this strifex become a christian and thy loving wifex xxexitxxx scene ivx the samex a streetx enter gratianox lorenzox salarino and solaniox lorenzox nayx we will slink away in supperxtimex disguise us at my lodgingx and return all in an hourx gratianox we have not made good preparationx salarinox we have not spoke us yet of torchxbearersx solaniox xtis vilex unless it may be quaintly orderxdx and better in my mind not undertookx lorenzox xtis now but four oxclockx we have two hours to furnish usx enter launcelet with a letterx friend launceletx whatxs the newsx launceletx and it shall please you to break up thisx it shall seem to signifyx lorenzox i know the handx in faith xtis a fair handx and whiter than the paper it writ on is the fair hand that writx gratianox love newsx in faithx launceletx by your leavex sirx lorenzox whither goest thoux launceletx marryx sirx to bid my old master the jew to sup tonight with my new master the christianx lorenzox hold herex take thisx tell gentle jessica i will not fail herx speak it privatelyx gox gentlemenx xxexit launceletxxx will you prepare you for this masque tonightx i am provided of a torchxbearerx salarinox ayx marryx ixll be gone about it straightx solaniox and so will ix lorenzox meet me and gratiano at gratianoxs lodging some hour hencex salarinox xtis good we do sox xxexeunt salarino and solanioxxx gratianox was not that letter from fair jessicax lorenzox i must needs tell thee allx she hath directed how i shall take her from her fatherxs housex what gold and jewels she is furnishxd withx what pagexs suit she hath in readinessx if exer the jew her father come to heavenx it will be for his gentle daughterxs sakex and never dare misfortune cross her footx unless she do it under this excusex that she is issue to a faithless jewx comex go with mex peruse this as thou goestx fair jessica shall be my torchxbearerx xxexeuntxxx scene vx the samex before shylockxs housex enter shylock the jew and launcelet his man that was the clownx shylockx wellx thou shalt seex thy eyes shall be thy judgex the difference of old shylock and bassanioxx whatx jessicaxxthou shalt not gormandize as thou hast done with mexxwhatx jessicaxx and sleepx and snorex and rend apparel outx whyx jessicax i sayx launceletx whyx jessicax shylockx who bids thee callx i do not bid thee callx launceletx your worship was wont to tell me i could do nothing without biddingx enter jessicax jessicax call youx what is your willx shylockx i am bid forth to supperx jessicax there are my keysx but wherefore should i gox i am not bid for lovex they flatter mex but yet ixll go in hatex to feed upon the prodigal christianx jessicax my girlx look to my housex i am right loath to gox there is some ill axbrewing towards my restx for i did dream of moneyxbags tonightx launceletx i beseech youx sirx gox my young master doth expect your reproachx shylockx so do i hisx launceletx and they have conspired togetherx i will not say you shall see a masquex but if you dox then it was not for nothing that my nose fell axbleeding on black monday last at six oxclock ix thx morningx falling out that year on ashxwednesday was four year in thx afternoonx shylockx whatx are there masquesx hear you mex jessicax lock up my doorsx and when you hear the drum and the vile squealing of the wryxneckxd fifex clamber not you up to the casements thenx nor thrust your head into the public street to gaze on christian fools with varnishxd facesx but stop my housexs earsx i mean my casementsx let not the sound of shallow foppxry enter my sober housex by jacobxs staff i swear i have no mind of feasting forth tonightx but i will gox go you before mex sirrahx say i will comex launceletx i will go beforex sirx mistressx look out at window for all thisx there will come a christian by will be worth a jewessx eyex xxexit launceletxxx shylockx what says that fool of hagarxs offspringx hax jessicax his words were xfarewellx mistressxx nothing elsex shylockx the patch is kind enoughx but a huge feederx snailxslow in profitx and he sleeps by day more than the wildxcatx drones hive not with mex therefore i part with himx and part with him to one that i would have him help to waste his borrowed pursex wellx jessicax go inx perhaps i will return immediatelyx do as i bid youx shut doors after youx xfast bindx fast findxx a proverb never stale in thrifty mindx xxexitxxx jessicax farewellx and if my fortune be not crostx i have a fatherx you a daughterx lostx xxexitxxx scene vix the samex enter the masquersx gratiano and salarinox gratianox this is the penthouse under which lorenzo desired us to make standx salarinox his hour is almost pastx gratianox and it is marvel he outxdwells his hourx for lovers ever run before the clockx salarinox o ten times faster venusx pigeons fly to seal lovexs bonds newxmade than they are wont to keep obliged faith unforfeitedx gratianox that ever holdsx who riseth from a feast with that keen appetite that he sits downx where is the horse that doth untread again his tedious measures with the unbated fire that he did pace them firstx all things that arex are with more spirit chased than enjoyxdx how like a younger or a prodigal the scarfed bark puts from her native bayx huggxd and embraced by the strumpet windx how like the prodigal doth she return with overxweatherxd ribs and ragged sailsx leanx rentx and beggarxd by the strumpet windx enter lorenzox salarinox here comes lorenzox more of this hereafterx lorenzox sweet friendsx your patience for my long abodex not i but my affairs have made you waitx when you shall please to play the thieves for wivesx ixll watch as long for you thenx approachx here dwells my father jewx hox whoxs withinx enter jessica abovex in boyxs clothesx jessicax who are youx tell mex for more certaintyx albeit ixll swear that i do know your tonguex lorenzox lorenzox and thy lovex jessicax lorenzo certainx and my love indeedx for who love i so muchx and now who knows but youx lorenzox whether i am yoursx lorenzox heaven and thy thoughts are witness that thou artx jessicax herex catch this casketx it is worth the painsx i am glad xtis nightx you do not look on mex for i am much ashamxd of my exchangex but love is blindx and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commitx for if they couldx cupid himself would blush to see me thus transformed to a boyx lorenzox descendx for you must be my torchxbearerx jessicax whatx must i hold a candle to my shamesx they in themselvesx good soothx are too too lightx whyx xtis an office of discoveryx lovex and i should be obscurxdx lorenzox so are youx sweetx even in the lovely garnish of a boyx but come at oncex for the close night doth play the runawayx and we are stayxd for at bassanioxs feastx jessicax i will make fast the doorsx and gild myself with some moe ducatsx and be with you straightx xxexit abovexxx gratianox nowx by my hoodx a gentlex and no jewx lorenzox beshrew me but i love her heartilyx for she is wisex if i can judge of herx and fair she isx if that mine eyes be truex and true she isx as she hath provxd herselfx and thereforex like herselfx wisex fairx and truex shall she be placed in my constant soulx enter jessicax whatx art thou comex onx gentlemenx awayx our masquing mates by this time for us stayx xxexit with jessica and salarinoxxx enter antoniox antoniox whoxs therex gratianox signior antoniox antoniox fiex fiex gratianox where are all the restx xtis nine oxclockx our friends all stay for youx no masque tonightx the wind is come aboutx bassanio presently will go aboardx i have sent twenty out to seek for youx gratianox i am glad onxtx i desire no more delight than to be under sail and gone tonightx xxexeuntxxx scene viix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex flourish of cornetsx enter portia with the prince of morocco and both their trainsx portiax gox draw aside the curtains and discover the several caskets to this noble princex now make your choicex prince of moroccox the firstx of goldx who this inscription bearsx xwho chooseth me shall gain what many men desirexx the secondx silverx which this promise carriesx xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx this thirdx dull leadx with warning all as bluntx xwho chooseth me must give and hazard all he hathxx how shall i know if i do choose the rightx portiax the one of them contains my picturex princex if you choose thatx then i am yours withalx prince of moroccox some god direct my judgmentx let me seex i will survey the inscriptions back againx what says this leaden casketx xwho chooseth me must give and hazard all he hathxx must givex for whatx for leadx hazard for leadx this casket threatensx men that hazard all do it in hope of fair advantagesx a golden mind stoops not to shows of drossx ixll then nor give nor hazard aught for leadx what says the silver with her virgin huex xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx as much as he deservesx pause therex moroccox and weigh thy value with an even handx if thou bexst rated by thy estimation thou dost deserve enoughx and yet enough may not extend so far as to the ladyx and yet to be afeard of my deserving were but a weak disabling of myselfx as much as i deservex whyx thatxs the ladyx i do in birth deserve herx and in fortunesx in gracesx and in qualities of breedingx but more than thesex in love i do deservex what if i strayxd no fartherx but chose herex letxs see once more this saying gravxd in goldx xwho chooseth me shall gain what many men desirexx whyx thatxs the ladyx all the world desires herx from the four corners of the earth they come to kiss this shrinex this mortal breathing saintx the hyrcanian deserts and the vasty wilds of wide arabia are as throughfares now for princes to come view fair portiax the watery kingdomx whose ambitious head spets in the face of heavenx is no bar to stop the foreign spiritsx but they come as oxer a brook to see fair portiax one of these three contains her heavenly picturex isxt like that lead contains herx xtwere damnation to think so base a thoughtx it were too gross to rib her cerecloth in the obscure gravex or shall i think in silver shexs immurxd being ten times undervalued to tried goldx o sinful thoughtx never so rich a gem was set in worse than goldx they have in england a coin that bears the figure of an angel stamped in goldx but thatxs insculpxd uponx but here an angel in a golden bed lies all withinx deliver me the keyx here do i choosex and thrive i as i mayx portiax therex take itx princex and if my form lie therex then i am yoursx xxhe unlocks the golden casketxxx prince of moroccox o hellx what have we herex a carrion deathx within whose empty eye there is a written scrollx ixll read the writingx xall that glisters is not goldx often have you heard that toldx many a man his life hath sold but my outside to beholdx gilded tombs do worms infoldx had you been as wise as boldx young in limbsx in judgment oldx your answer had not been inscrollxdx fare you wellx your suit is coldxx cold indeed and labour lostx then farewell heatx and welcome frostx portiax adieux i have too grievxd a heart to take a tedious leavex thus losers partx xxexit with his trainx flourish of cornetsxxx portiax a gentle riddancex draw the curtainsx gox let all of his complexion choose me sox xxexeuntxxx scene viiix venicex a streetx enter salarino and solaniox salarinox whyx manx i saw bassanio under sailx with him is gratiano gone alongx and in their ship i am sure lorenzo is notx solaniox the villain jew with outcries raisxd the dukex who went with him to search bassanioxs shipx salarinox he came too latex the ship was under sailx but there the duke was given to understand that in a gondola were seen together lorenzo and his amorous jessicax besidesx antonio certified the duke they were not with bassanio in his shipx solaniox i never heard a passion so confusxdx so strangex outrageousx and so variable as the dog jew did utter in the streetsx xmy daughterx o my ducatsx o my daughterx fled with a christianx o my christian ducatsx justicex the lawx my ducats and my daughterx a sealed bagx two sealed bags of ducatsx of double ducatsx stolxn from me by my daughterx and jewelsx two stonesx two rich and precious stonesx stolxn by my daughterx justicex find the girlx she hath the stones upon her and the ducatsxx salarinox whyx all the boys in venice follow himx cryingx his stonesx his daughterx and his ducatsx solaniox let good antonio look he keep his day or he shall pay for thisx salarinox marryx well remembxredx i reasonxd with a frenchman yesterdayx who told mex in the narrow seas that part the french and englishx there miscarried a vessel of our country richly fraughtx i thought upon antonio when he told mex and wishxd in silence that it were not hisx solaniox you were best to tell antonio what you hearx yet do not suddenlyx for it may grieve himx salarinox a kinder gentleman treads not the earthx i saw bassanio and antonio partx bassanio told him he would make some speed of his returnx he answered xdo not sox slubber not business for my sakex bassaniox but stay the very riping of the timex and for the jewxs bond which he hath of mex let it not enter in your mind of lovex be merryx and employ your chiefest thoughts to courtshipx and such fair ostents of love as shall conveniently become you therexx and even therex his eye being big with tearsx turning his facex he put his hand behind himx and with affection wondrous sensible he wrung bassanioxs handx and so they partedx solaniox i think he only loves the world for himx i pray theex let us go and find him out and quicken his embraced heaviness with some delight or otherx salarinox do we sox xxexeuntxxx scene ixx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex enter nerissa and a servitorx nerissax quickx quickx i pray theex draw the curtain straightx the prince of arragon hath taxen his oathx and comes to his election presentlyx flourish of cornetsx enter the prince of arragonx his trainx and portiax portiax beholdx there stand the casketsx noble princex if you choose that wherein i am containxdx straight shall our nuptial rites be solemnizxdx but if you failx without more speechx my lordx you must be gone from hence immediatelyx arragonx i am enjoinxd by oath to observe three thingsx firstx never to unfold to anyone which casket xtwas i chosex nextx if i fail of the right casketx never in my life to woo a maid in way of marriagex lastlyx if i do fail in fortune of my choicex immediately to leave you and be gonex portiax to these injunctions everyone doth swear that comes to hazard for my worthless selfx arragonx and so have i addressxd mex fortune now to my heartxs hopex goldx silverx and base leadx xwho chooseth me must give and hazard all he hathxx you shall look fairer ere i give or hazardx what says the golden chestx hax let me seex xwho chooseth me shall gain what many men desirexx what many men desirex that xmanyx may be meant by the fool multitudex that choose by showx not learning more than the fond eye doth teachx which pries not to thx interiorx but like the martlet builds in the weather on the outward wallx even in the force and road of casualtyx i will not choose what many men desirex because i will not jump with common spirits and rank me with the barbarous multitudesx whyx then to theex thou silver treasurexhousex tell me once more what title thou dost bearx xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx and well said toox for who shall go about to cozen fortunex and be honourable without the stamp of meritx let none presume to wear an undeserved dignityx o that estatesx degreesx and offices were not derivxd corruptlyx and that clear honour were purchasxd by the merit of the wearerx how many then should cover that stand barex how many be commanded that commandx how much low peasantry would then be gleaned from the true seed of honourx and how much honour pickxd from the chaff and ruin of the timesx to be new varnishxdx wellx but to my choicex xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx i will assume desertx give me a key for thisx and instantly unlock my fortunes herex xxhe opens the silver casketxxx portiax too long a pause for that which you find therex arragonx whatxs herex the portrait of a blinking idiot presenting me a schedulex i will read itx how much unlike art thou to portiax how much unlike my hopes and my deservingsx xwho chooseth me shall have as much as he deservesxx did i deserve no more than a foolxs headx is that my prizex are my deserts no betterx portiax to offend and judge are distinct officesx and of opposed naturesx arragonx what is herex xthe fire seven times tried thisx seven times tried that judgment is that did never choose amissx some there be that shadows kissx such have but a shadowxs blissx there be fools alivex i wisx silverxd oxerx and so was thisx take what wife you will to bedx i will ever be your headx so be gonex you are spedxx still more fool i shall appear by the time i linger herex with one foolxs head i came to woox but i go away with twox sweetx adieux ixll keep my oathx patiently to bear my wrothx xxexit aragon with his trainxxx portiax thus hath the candle singxd the mothx ox these deliberate foolsx when they do choosex they have the wisdom by their wit to losex nerissax the ancient saying is no heresyx hanging and wiving goes by destinyx portiax comex draw the curtainx nerissax enter a messengerx messengerx where is my ladyx portiax herex what would my lordx messengerx madamx there is alighted at your gate a young venetianx one that comes before to signify thx approaching of his lordx from whom he bringeth sensible regreetsx to wit xbesides commends and courteous breathx gifts of rich valuex yet i have not seen so likely an ambassador of lovex a day in april never came so sweetx to show how costly summer was at handx as this forexspurrer comes before his lordx portiax no morex i pray theex i am half afeard thou wilt say anon he is some kin to theex thou spendxst such highxday wit in praising himx comex comex nerissax for i long to see quick cupidxs post that comes so mannerlyx nerissax bassaniox lord lovex if thy will it bex xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix venicex a streetx enter solanio and salarinox solaniox nowx what news on the rialtox salarinox whyx yet it lives there unchecked that antonio hath a ship of rich lading wrackxd on the narrow seasx the goodwinsx i think they call the placex a very dangerous flat and fatalx where the carcasses of many a tall ship lie buriedx as they sayx if my gossip report be an honest woman of her wordx solaniox i would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever knapped ginger or made her neighbours believe she wept for the death of a third husbandx but it is truex without any slips of prolixity or crossing the plain highway of talkx that the good antoniox the honest antonioxxo that i had a title good enough to keep his name companyxx salarinox comex the full stopx solaniox hax what sayest thoux whyx the end isx he hath lost a shipx salarinox i would it might prove the end of his lossesx solaniox let me say xamenx betimesx lest the devil cross my prayerx for here he comes in the likeness of a jewx enter shylockx how nowx shylockx what news among the merchantsx shylockx you knewx none so wellx none so well as youx of my daughterxs flightx salarinox thatxs certainx ix for my partx knew the tailor that made the wings she flew withalx solaniox and shylockx for his own partx knew the bird was fledgedx and then it is the complexion of them all to leave the damx shylockx she is damnxd for itx salarinox thatxs certainx if the devil may be her judgex shylockx my own flesh and blood to rebelx solaniox out upon itx old carrionx rebels it at these yearsx shylockx i say my daughter is my flesh and my bloodx salarinox there is more difference between thy flesh and hers than between jet and ivoryx more between your bloods than there is between red wine and rhenishx but tell usx do you hear whether antonio have had any loss at sea or nox shylockx there i have another bad matchx a bankruptx a prodigalx who dare scarce show his head on the rialtox a beggar that used to come so smug upon the martx let him look to his bondx he was wont to call me usurerx let him look to his bondx he was wont to lend money for a christian curxsyx let him look to his bondx salarinox whyx i am sure if he forfeitx thou wilt not take his fleshx whatxs that good forx shylockx to bait fish withalx if it will feed nothing elsex it will feed my revengex he hath disgracxd me and hindxred me half a millionx laughxd at my lossesx mockxd at my gainsx scorned my nationx thwarted my bargainsx cooled my friendsx heated mine enemiesx and whatxs his reasonx i am a jewx hath not a jew eyesx hath not a jew handsx organsx dimensionsx sensesx affectionsx passionsx fed with the same foodx hurt with the same weaponsx subject to the same diseasesx healed by the same meansx warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a christian isx if you prick usx do we not bleedx if you tickle usx do we not laughx if you poison usx do we not diex and if you wrong usx shall we not revengex if we are like you in the restx we will resemble you in thatx if a jew wrong a christianx what is his humilityx revengex if a christian wrong a jewx what should his sufferance be by christian examplex whyx revengex the villainy you teach me i will executex and it shall go hard but i will better the instructionx enter a man from antoniox servantx gentlemenx my master antonio is at his housex and desires to speak with you bothx salarinox we have been up and down to seek himx enter tubalx solaniox here comes another of the tribex a third cannot be matchxdx unless the devil himself turn jewx xxexeunt solaniox salarino and the servantxxx shylockx how nowx tubalx what news from genoax hast thou found my daughterx tubalx i often came where i did hear of herx but cannot find herx shylockx why therex therex therex therex a diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in frankfortx the curse never fell upon our nation till nowx i never felt it till nowx two thousand ducats in thatx and other preciousx precious jewelsx i would my daughter were dead at my footx and the jewels in her earx would she were hearsed at my footx and the ducats in her coffinx no news of themx why sox and i know not whatxs spent in the searchx whyx thouxloss upon lossx the thief gone with so muchx and so much to find the thiefx and no satisfactionx no revengex nor no ill luck stirring but what lights ox my shouldersx no sighs but ox my breathingx no tears but ox my sheddingx tubalx yesx other men have ill luck toox antoniox as i heard in genoax shylockx whatx whatx whatx ill luckx ill luckx tubalx xhath an argosy cast away coming from tripolisx shylockx i thank godx i thank godx is it truex is it truex tubalx i spoke with some of the sailors that escaped the wrackx shylockx i thank theex good tubalx good newsx good newsx hax hax heard in genoax tubalx your daughter spent in genoax as i heardx one nightx fourscore ducatsx shylockx thou stickxst a dagger in mex i shall never see my gold againx fourscore ducats at a sittingx fourscore ducatsx tubalx there came divers of antonioxs creditors in my company to venice that swear he cannot choose but breakx shylockx i am very glad of itx ixll plague himx ixll torture himx i am glad of itx tubalx one of them showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkeyx shylockx out upon herx thou torturest mex tubalx it was my turquoisex i had it of leah when i was a bachelorx i would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeysx tubalx but antonio is certainly undonex shylockx nayx thatxs truex thatxs very truex gox tubalx fee me an officerx bespeak him a fortnight beforex i will have the heart of him if he forfeitx for were he out of venice i can make what merchandise i willx gox tubalx and meet me at our synagoguex gox good tubalx at our synagoguex tubalx xxexeuntxxx scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex enter bassaniox portiax gratianox nerissa and all their trainsx portiax i pray you tarryx pause a day or two before you hazardx for in choosing wrong i lose your companyx therefore forbear a whilex therexs something tells me xbut it is not lovex i would not lose youx and you know yourself hate counsels not in such a qualityx but lest you should not understand me wellxx and yet a maiden hath no tongue but thoughtxx i would detain you here some month or two before you venture for mex i could teach you how to choose rightx but then i am forswornx so will i never bex so may you miss mex but if you dox youxll make me wish a sinx that i had been forswornx beshrew your eyesx they have oxerlookxd me and divided mex one half of me is yoursx the other half yoursx mine ownx i would sayx but if minex then yoursx and so all yoursx o these naughty times puts bars between the owners and their rightsx and so though yoursx not yoursx prove it sox let fortune go to hell for itx not ix i speak too longx but xtis to peise the timex to eche itx and to draw it out in lengthx to stay you from electionx bassaniox let me choosex for as i amx i live upon the rackx portiax upon the rackx bassaniox then confess what treason there is mingled with your lovex bassaniox none but that ugly treason of mistrustx which makes me fear thx enjoying of my lovex there may as well be amity and life xtween snow and fire as treason and my lovex portiax ayx but i fear you speak upon the rack where men enforced do speak anythingx bassaniox promise me lifex and ixll confess the truthx portiax well thenx confess and livex bassaniox xconfess and lovex had been the very sum of my confessionx o happy tormentx when my torturer doth teach me answers for deliverancex but let me to my fortune and the casketsx portiax awayx thenx i am lockxd in one of themx if you do love mex you will find me outx nerissa and the restx stand all aloofx let music sound while he doth make his choicex then if he lose he makes a swanxlike endx fading in musicx that the comparison may stand more properx my eye shall be the stream and watxry deathxbed for himx he may winx and what is music thenx then music is even as the flourish when true subjects bow to a newxcrowned monarchx such it is as are those dulcet sounds in break of day that creep into the dreaming bridegroomxs ear and summon him to marriagex now he goesx with no less presencex but with much more love than young alcides when he did redeem the virgin tribute paid by howling troy to the seaxmonsterx i stand for sacrificex the rest aloof are the dardanian wivesx with bleared visages come forth to view the issue of thx exploitx gox herculesx live thoux i livex with much much more dismay i view the fight than thou that makxst the frayx a songx whilst bassanio comments on the caskets to himselfx xtell me where is fancy bredx or in the heart or in the headx how begotx how nourishedx replyx replyx it is engendxred in the eyesx with gazing fedx and fancy dies in the cradle where it liesx let us all ring fancyxs knellx ixll begin itxxdingx dongx bellxx allx xdingx dongx bellxx bassaniox so may the outward shows be least themselvesx the world is still deceivxd with ornamentx in lawx what plea so tainted and corrupt butx being seasonxd with a gracious voicex obscures the show of evilx in religionx what damned error but some sober brow will bless itx and approve it with a textx hiding the grossness with fair ornamentx there is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward partsx how many cowardsx whose hearts are all as false as stairs of sandx wear yet upon their chins the beards of hercules and frowning marsx who inward searchxdx have livers white as milkx and these assume but valourxs excrement to render them redoubtedx look on beautyx and you shall see xtis purchasxd by the weightx which therein works a miracle in naturex making them lightest that wear most of itx so are those crisped snaky golden locks which make such wanton gambols with the wind upon supposed fairnessx often known to be the dowry of a second headx the skull that bred them in the sepulchrex thus ornament is but the guiled shore to a most dangerous seax the beauteous scarf veiling an indian beautyx in a wordx the seeming truth which cunning times put on to entrap the wisestx therefore thou gaudy goldx hard food for midasx i will none of theex nor none of theex thou pale and common drudge xtween man and manx but thoux thou meagre leadx which rather threatenxst than dost promise aughtx thy palenness moves me more than eloquencex and here choose ix joy be the consequencex portiax xxasidexxx how all the other passions fleet to airx as doubtful thoughtsx and rashxembracxd despairx and shuddxring fearx and greenxeyxd jealousyx o lovex be moderatex allay thy ecstasyx in measure rain thy joyx scant this excessx i feel too much thy blessingx make it lessx for fear i surfeitx bassaniox what find i herex xxopening the leaden casketxxx fair portiaxs counterfeitx what demixgod hath come so near creationx move these eyesx or whetherx riding on the balls of minex seem they in motionx here are severxd lipsx parted with sugar breathx so sweet a bar should sunder such sweet friendsx here in her hairs the painter plays the spiderx and hath woven a golden mesh txentrap the hearts of men faster than gnats in cobwebsx but her eyesxx how could he see to do themx having made onex methinks it should have power to steal both his and leave itself unfurnishxdx yet look how far the substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow in underprizing itx so far this shadow doth limp behind the substancex herexs the scrollx the continent and summary of my fortunex xyou that choose not by the view chance as fair and choose as truex since this fortune falls to youx be content and seek no newx if you be well pleasxd with thisx and hold your fortune for your blissx turn to where your lady isx and claim her with a loving kissxx a gentle scrollx fair ladyx by your leavex xxkissing herxxx i come by note to give and to receivex like one of two contending in a prize that thinks he hath done well in peoplexs eyesx hearing applause and universal shoutx giddy in spiritx still gazing in a doubt whether those peals of praise be his or nox sox thricexfair ladyx stand i even sox as doubtful whether what i see be truex until confirmxdx signxdx ratified by youx portiax you see mex lord bassaniox where i standx such as i amx though for myself alone i would not be ambitious in my wish to wish myself much betterx yet for you i would be trebled twenty times myselfx a thousand times more fairx ten thousand times more richx that only to stand high in your accountx i might in virtuesx beautiesx livingsx friendsx exceed accountx but the full sum of me is sum of somethingx whichx to term in grossx is an unlessonxd girlx unschoolxdx unpractisxdx happy in thisx she is not yet so old but she may learnx happier than thisx she is not bred so dull but she can learnx happiest of allx is that her gentle spirit commits itself to yours to be directedx as from her lordx her governorx her kingx myselfx and what is minex to you and yours is now convertedx but now i was the lord of this fair mansionx master of my servantsx queen oxer myselfx and even nowx but nowx this housex these servantsx and this same myself are yoursxxmy lordxsx i give them with this ringx which when you part fromx losex or give awayx let it presage the ruin of your lovex and be my vantage to exclaim on youx bassaniox madamx you have bereft me of all wordsx only my blood speaks to you in my veinsx and there is such confusion in my powers as after some oration fairly spoke by a beloved princex there doth appear among the buzzing pleased multitudex where every something being blent togetherx turns to a wild of nothingx save of joy expressxd and not expressxdx but when this ring parts from this fingerx then parts life from hencex o then be bold to say bassanioxs deadx nerissax my lord and ladyx it is now our timex that have stood by and seen our wishes prosperx to cryx good joyx good joyx my lord and ladyx gratianox my lord bassaniox and my gentle ladyx i wish you all the joy that you can wishx for i am sure you can wish none from mex and when your honours mean to solemnize the bargain of your faithx i do beseech you even at that time i may be married toox bassaniox with all my heartx so thou canst get a wifex gratianox i thank your lordshipx you have got me onex my eyesx my lordx can look as swift as yoursx you saw the mistressx i beheld the maidx you lovxdx i lovxdx for intermission no more pertains to mex my lordx than youx your fortune stood upon the caskets therex and so did mine toox as the matter fallsx for wooing here until i sweat againx and swearing till my very roof was dry with oaths of lovex at lastx xif promise lastx i got a promise of this fair one here to have her lovex provided that your fortune achievxd her mistressx portiax is this truex nerissax nerissax madamx it isx so you stand pleasxd withalx bassaniox and do youx gratianox mean good faithx gratianox yesx faithx my lordx bassaniox our feast shall be much honoured in your marriagex gratianox wexll play with them the first boy for a thousand ducatsx nerissax whatx and stake downx gratianox nox we shall nexer win at that sport and stake downx but who comes herex lorenzo and his infidelx whatx and my old venetian friendx saleriox enter lorenzox jessica and saleriox bassaniox lorenzo and saleriox welcome hitherx if that the youth of my new intxrest here have power to bid you welcomex by your leavex i bid my very friends and countrymenx sweet portiax welcomex portiax so do ix my lordx they are entirely welcomex lorenzox i thank your honourx for my partx my lordx my purpose was not to have seen you herex but meeting with salerio by the wayx he did entreat mex past all saying nayx to come with him alongx saleriox i didx my lordx and i have reason for itx signior antonio commends him to youx xxgives bassanio a letterxxx bassaniox ere i ope his letterx i pray you tell me how my good friend dothx saleriox not sickx my lordx unless it be in mindx nor wellx unless in mindx his letter there will show you his estatex xxbassanio opens the letterxxx gratianox nerissax cheer yond strangerx bid her welcomex your handx saleriox whatxs the news from venicex how doth that royal merchantx good antoniox i know he will be glad of our successx we are the jasonsx we have won the fleecex saleriox i would you had won the fleece that he hath lostx portiax there are some shrewd contents in yond same paper that steals the colour from bassanioxs cheekx some dear friend deadx else nothing in the world could turn so much the constitution of any constant manx whatx worse and worsex with leavex bassaniox i am half yourselfx and i must freely have the half of anything that this same paper brings youx bassaniox o sweet portiax here are a few of the unpleasantxst words that ever blotted paperx gentle ladyx when i did first impart my love to youx i freely told you all the wealth i had ran in my veinsx i was a gentlemanx and then i told you truex and yetx dear ladyx rating myself at nothingx you shall see how much i was a braggartx when i told you my state was nothingx i should then have told you that i was worse than nothingx for indeed i have engagxd myself to a dear friendx engagxd my friend to his mere enemyx to feed my meansx here is a letterx ladyx the paper as the body of my friendx and every word in it a gaping wound issuing lifexbloodx but is it truex saleriox hath all his ventures failxdx whatx not one hitx from tripolisx from mexicox and englandx from lisbonx barbaryx and indiax and not one vessel scape the dreadful touch of merchantxmarring rocksx saleriox not onex my lordx besidesx it should appearx that if he had the present money to discharge the jewx he would not take itx never did i know a creature that did bear the shape of man so keen and greedy to confound a manx he plies the duke at morning and at nightx and doth impeach the freedom of the state if they deny him justicex twenty merchantsx the duke himselfx and the magnificoes of greatest port have all persuaded with himx but none can drive him from the envious plea of forfeiturex of justicex and his bondx jessicax when i was with himx i have heard him swear to tubal and to chusx his countrymenx that he would rather have antonioxs flesh than twenty times the value of the sum that he did owe himx and i knowx my lordx if lawx authorityx and power deny notx it will go hard with poor antoniox portiax is it your dear friend that is thus in troublex bassaniox the dearest friend to mex the kindest manx the best conditionxd and unwearied spirit in doing courtesiesx and one in whom the ancient roman honour more appears than any that draws breath in italyx portiax what sum owes he the jewx bassaniox for me three thousand ducatsx portiax whatx no morex pay him six thousandx and deface the bondx double six thousandx and then treble thatx before a friend of this description shall lose a hair through bassanioxs faultx first go with me to church and call me wifex and then away to venice to your friendx for never shall you lie by portiaxs side with an unquiet soulx you shall have gold to pay the petty debt twenty times overx when it is paidx bring your true friend alongx my maid nerissa and myself meantimex will live as maids and widowsx comex awayx for you shall hence upon your wedding dayx bid your friends welcomex show a merry cheerx since you are dear boughtx i will love you dearx but let me hear the letter of your friendx bassaniox xsweet bassaniox my ships have all miscarriedx my creditors grow cruelx my estate is very lowx my bond to the jew is forfeitx and since in paying itx it is impossible i should livex all debts are clearxd between you and ix if i might but see you at my deathx notwithstandingx use your pleasurex if your love do not persuade you to comex let not my letterxx portiax o lovex dispatch all business and be gonex bassaniox since i have your good leave to go awayx i will make hastex butx till i come againx no bed shall exer be guilty of my stayx nor rest be interposer xtwixt us twainx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix venicex a streetx enter shylockx salarinox antonio and gaolerx shylockx gaolerx look to himx tell not me of mercyx this is the fool that lent out money gratisx gaolerx look to himx antoniox hear me yetx good shylockx shylockx ixll have my bondx speak not against my bondx i have sworn an oath that i will have my bondx thou callxdst me dog before thou hadst a causex but since i am a dogx beware my fangsx the duke shall grant me justicex i do wonderx thou naughty gaolerx that thou art so fond to come abroad with him at his requestx antoniox i pray thee hear me speakx shylockx ixll have my bondx i will not hear thee speakx ixll have my bondx and therefore speak no morex ixll not be made a soft and dullxeyed foolx to shake the headx relentx and sighx and yield to christian intercessorsx follow notx ixll have no speakingx i will have my bondx xxexitxxx salarinox it is the most impenetrable cur that ever kept with menx antoniox let him alonex ixll follow him no more with bootless prayersx he seeks my lifex his reason well i knowx i oft deliverxd from his forfeitures many that have at times made moan to mex therefore he hates mex salarinox i am sure the duke will never grant this forfeiture to holdx antoniox the duke cannot deny the course of lawx for the commodity that strangers have with us in venicex if it be deniedx xtwill much impeach the justice of the statex since that the trade and profit of the city consisteth of all nationsx thereforex gox these griefs and losses have so bated me that i shall hardly spare a pound of flesh tomorrow to my bloody creditorx wellx gaolerx onx pray god bassanio come to see me pay his debtx and then i care notx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex enter portiax nerissax lorenzox jessica and balthazarx lorenzox madamx although i speak it in your presencex you have a noble and a true conceit of godlike amityx which appears most strongly in bearing thus the absence of your lordx but if you knew to whom you show this honourx how true a gentleman you send reliefx how dear a lover of my lord your husbandx i know you would be prouder of the work than customary bounty can enforce youx portiax i never did repent for doing goodx nor shall not nowx for in companions that do converse and waste the time togetherx whose souls do bear an equal yoke of lovex there must be needs a like proportion of lineamentsx of mannersx and of spiritx which makes me think that this antoniox being the bosom lover of my lordx must needs be like my lordx if it be sox how little is the cost i have bestowed in purchasing the semblance of my soul from out the state of hellish crueltyx this comes too near the praising of myselfx therefore no more of itx hear other thingsx lorenzox i commit into your hands the husbandry and manage of my house until my lordxs returnx for mine own partx i have toward heaven breathxd a secret vow to live in prayer and contemplationx only attended by nerissa herex until her husband and my lordxs returnx there is a monastery two miles offx and there we will abidex i do desire you not to deny this impositionx the which my love and some necessity now lays upon youx lorenzox madamx with all my heart i shall obey you in all fair commandsx portiax my people do already know my mindx and will acknowledge you and jessica in place of lord bassanio and myselfx so fare you well till we shall meet againx lorenzox fair thoughts and happy hours attend on youx jessicax i wish your ladyship all heartxs contentx portiax i thank you for your wishx and am well pleasxd to wish it back on youx fare you wellx jessicax xxexeunt jessica and lorenzoxxx nowx balthazarx as i have ever found thee honestxtruex so let me find thee stillx take this same letterx and use thou all thx endeavour of a man in speed to paduax see thou render this into my cousinxs handsx doctor bellariox and look what notes and garments he doth give theex bring themx i pray theex with imaginxd speed unto the trajectx to the common ferry which trades to venicex waste no time in wordsx but get thee gonex i shall be there before theex balthazarx madamx i go with all convenient speedx xxexitxxx portiax come onx nerissax i have work in hand that you yet know not ofx wexll see our husbands before they think of usx nerissax shall they see usx portiax they shallx nerissax but in such a habit that they shall think we are accomplished with that we lackx ixll hold thee any wagerx when we are both accoutered like young menx ixll prove the prettier fellow of the twox and wear my dagger with the braver gracex and speak between the change of man and boy with a reed voicex and turn two mincing steps into a manly stridex and speak of frays like a fine bragging youthx and tell quaint lies how honourable ladies sought my lovex which i denyingx they fell sick and diedx i could not do withalx then ixll repentx and wish for all thatx that i had not killxd themx and twenty of these puny lies ixll tellx that men shall swear i have discontinued school about a twelvemonthx i have within my mind a thousand raw tricks of these bragging jacksx which i will practisex nerissax whyx shall we turn to menx portiax fiex what a questionxs thatx if thou wert near a lewd interpreterx but comex ixll tell thee all my whole device when i am in my coachx which stays for us at the park gatex and therefore haste awayx for we must measure twenty miles todayx xxexeuntxxx scene vx the samex a gardenx enter launcelet and jessicax launceletx yesx trulyx for look youx the sins of the father are to be laid upon the childrenx thereforex i promise youx i fear youx i was always plain with youx and so now i speak my agitation of the matterx therefore be of good cheerx for truly i think you are damnxdx there is but one hope in it that can do you any goodx and that is but a kind of bastard hope neitherx jessicax and what hope is thatx i pray theex launceletx marryx you may partly hope that your father got you notx that you are not the jewxs daughterx jessicax that were a kind of bastard hope indeedx so the sins of my mother should be visited upon mex launceletx truly then i fear you are damnxd both by father and motherx thus when i shun scylla your fatherx i fall into charybdis your motherx wellx you are gone both waysx jessicax i shall be saved by my husbandx he hath made me a christianx launceletx truly the more to blame hex we were christians enow beforex exen as many as could well live one by anotherx this making of christians will raise the price of hogsx if we grow all to be porkxeatersx we shall not shortly have a rasher on the coals for moneyx enter lorenzox jessicax ixll tell my husbandx launceletx what you sayx here he comesx lorenzox i shall grow jealous of you shortlyx launceletx if you thus get my wife into cornersx jessicax nayx you need nor fear usx lorenzox launcelet and i are outx he tells me flatly therexs no mercy for me in heavenx because i am a jewxs daughterx and he says you are no good member of the commonwealthx for in converting jews to christians you raise the price of porkx lorenzox i shall answer that better to the commonwealth than you can the getting up of the negroxs bellyx the moor is with child by youx launceletx launceletx it is much that the moor should be more than reasonx but if she be less than an honest womanx she is indeed more than i took her forx lorenzox how every fool can play upon the wordx i think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silencex and discourse grow commendable in none only but parrotsx go inx sirrahx bid them prepare for dinnerx launceletx that is donex sirx they have all stomachsx lorenzox goodly lordx what a witxsnapper are youx then bid them prepare dinnerx launceletx that is done toox sirx only xcoverx is the wordx lorenzox will you coverx thenx sirx launceletx not sox sirx neitherx i know my dutyx lorenzox yet more quarrelling with occasionx wilt thou show the whole wealth of thy wit in an instantx i pray thee understand a plain man in his plain meaningx go to thy fellowsx bid them cover the tablex serve in the meatx and we will come in to dinnerx launceletx for the tablex sirx it shall be served inx for the meatx sirx it shall be coveredx for your coming in to dinnerx sirx whyx let it be as humours and conceits shall governx xxexitxxx lorenzox o dear discretionx how his words are suitedx the fool hath planted in his memory an army of good wordsx and i do know a many fools that stand in better placex garnishxd like himx that for a tricksy word defy the matterx how cheerxst thoux jessicax and nowx good sweetx say thy opinionx how dost thou like the lord bassanioxs wifex jessicax past all expressingx it is very meet the lord bassanio live an upright lifex for having such a blessing in his ladyx he finds the joys of heaven here on earthx and if on earth he do not merit itx in reason he should never come to heavenx whyx if two gods should play some heavenly matchx and on the wager lay two earthly womenx and portia onex there must be something else pawnxd with the otherx for the poor rude world hath not her fellowx lorenzox even such a husband hast thou of me as she is for a wifex jessicax nayx but ask my opinion too of thatx lorenzox i will anonx first let us go to dinnerx jessicax nayx let me praise you while i have a stomachx lorenzox no pray theex let it serve for tablextalkx then howsomexer thou speakxstx xmong other things i shall digest itx jessicax wellx ixll set you forthx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix venicex a court of justicex enter the dukex the magnificoesx antoniox bassaniox gratianox salerio and othersx dukex whatx is antonio herex antoniox readyx so please your gracex dukex i am sorry for theex thou art come to answer a stony adversaryx an inhuman wretchx uncapable of pityx void and empty from any dram of mercyx antoniox i have heard your grace hath taxen great pains to qualify his rigorous coursex but since he stands obduratex and that no lawful means can carry me out of his envyxs reachx i do oppose my patience to his furyx and am armxd to suffer with a quietness of spirit the very tyranny and rage of hisx dukex go one and call the jew into the courtx salarinox he is ready at the doorx he comesx my lordx enter shylockx dukex make roomx and let him stand before our facex shylockx the world thinksx and i think so toox that thou but leadest this fashion of thy malice to the last hour of actx and thenx xtis thoughtx thouxlt show thy mercy and remorse more strange than is thy strange apparent crueltyx and where thou now exacts the penaltyx which is a pound of this poor merchantxs fleshx thou wilt not only loose the forfeiturex butx touchxd with human gentleness and lovex forgive a moiety of the principalx glancing an eye of pity on his losses that have of late so huddled on his backx enow to press a royal merchant downx and pluck commiseration of his state from brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flintx from stubborn turks and tartars never trainxd to offices of tender courtesyx we all expect a gentle answerx jewx shylockx i have possessxd your grace of what i purposex and by our holy sabbath have i sworn to have the due and forfeit of my bondx if you deny itx let the danger light upon your charter and your cityxs freedomx youxll ask me why i rather choose to have a weight of carrion flesh than to receive three thousand ducatsx ixll not answer thatx but say it is my humourx is it answerxdx what if my house be troubled with a ratx and i be pleasxd to give ten thousand ducats to have it banxdx whatx are you answerxd yetx some men there are love not a gaping pigx some that are mad if they behold a catx and othersx when the bagpipe sings ix the nosex cannot contain their urinex for affection mistress of passionx sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathesx nowx for your answerx as there is no firm reason to be renderxd why he cannot abide a gaping pigx why he a harmless necessary catx why he a woollen bagpipex but of force must yield to such inevitable shame as to offendx himself being offendedx so can i give no reasonx nor i will notx more than a lodgxd hate and a certain loathing i bear antoniox that i follow thus a losing suit against himx are you answeredx bassaniox this is no answerx thou unfeeling manx to excuse the current of thy crueltyx shylockx i am not bound to please thee with my answerx bassaniox do all men kill the things they do not lovex shylockx hates any man the thing he would not killx bassaniox every offence is not a hate at firstx shylockx whatx wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twicex antoniox i pray youx think you question with the jewx you may as well go stand upon the beach and bid the main flood bate his usual heightx you may as well use question with the wolfx why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lambx you may as well forbid the mountain pines to wag their high tops and to make no noise when they are fretten with the gusts of heavenx you may as well do anything most hard as seek to soften thatxthan which whatxs harderxx his jewish heartx thereforex i do beseech youx make no moe offersx use no farther meansx but with all brief and plain conveniencyx let me have judgmentx and the jew his willx bassaniox for thy three thousand ducats here is sixx shylockx if every ducat in six thousand ducats were in six partsx and every part a ducatx i would not draw themx i would have my bondx dukex how shalt thou hope for mercyx rendxring nonex shylockx what judgment shall i dreadx doing no wrongx you have among you many a purchasxd slavex whichx like your asses and your dogs and mulesx you use in abject and in slavish partsx because you bought themx shall i say to you xlet them be freex marry them to your heirsx why sweat they under burdensx let their beds be made as soft as yoursx and let their palates be seasonxd with such viandsxx you will answer xthe slaves are oursxx so do i answer youx the pound of flesh which i demand of him is dearly boughtx xtis mine and i will have itx if you deny mex fie upon your lawx there is no force in the decrees of venicex i stand for judgmentx answerx shall i have itx dukex upon my power i may dismiss this courtx unless bellariox a learned doctorx whom i have sent for to determine thisx come here todayx salarinox my lordx here stays without a messenger with letters from the doctorx new come from paduax dukex bring us the lettersx call the messengerx bassaniox good cheerx antoniox whatx manx courage yetx the jew shall have my fleshx bloodx bonesx and allx ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of bloodx antoniox i am a tainted wether of the flockx meetest for deathx the weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the groundx and so let mex you cannot better be employxdx bassaniox than to live stillx and write mine epitaphx enter nerissa dressed like a lawyerxs clerkx dukex came you from paduax from bellariox nerissax from bothx my lordx bellario greets your gracex xxpresents a letterxxx bassaniox why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestlyx shylockx to cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt therex gratianox not on thy sole but on thy soulx harsh jewx thou makxst thy knife keenx but no metal canx nox not the hangmanxs axex bear half the keenness of thy sharp envyx can no prayers pierce theex shylockx nox none that thou hast wit enough to makex gratianox ox be thou damnxdx inexecrable dogx and for thy life let justice be accusxdx thou almost makxst me waver in my faithx to hold opinion with pythagoras that souls of animals infuse themselves into the trunks of menx thy currish spirit governxd a wolf whox hangxd for human slaughterx even from the gallows did his fell soul fleetx and whilst thou layest in thy unhallowed damx infusxd itself in theex for thy desires are wolfishx bloodyx starvxd and ravenousx shylockx till thou canst rail the seal from off my bondx thou but offendxst thy lungs to speak so loudx repair thy witx good youthx or it will fall to cureless ruinx i stand here for lawx dukex this letter from bellario doth commend a young and learned doctor to our courtx where is hex nerissax he attendeth here hard byx to know your answerx whether youxll admit himx duke of venicex with all my heartx some three or four of you go give him courteous conduct to this placex meantimex the court shall hear bellarioxs letterx xxreadsxxx xyour grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter i am very sickx but in the instant that your messenger camex in loving visitation was with me a young doctor of romex his name is balthazarx i acquainted him with the cause in controversy between the jew and antonio the merchantx we turnxd oxer many books togetherx he is furnished with my opinionx whichx bettered with his own learning xthe greatness whereof i cannot enough commendxx comes with him at my importunity to fill up your gracexs request in my steadx i beseech you let his lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend estimationx for i never knew so young a body with so old a headx i leave him to your gracious acceptancex whose trial shall better publish his commendationxx you hear the learnxd bellario what he writesx and herex i take itx is the doctor comex enter portia dressed like a doctor of lawsx give me your handx come you from old bellariox portiax i didx my lordx dukex you are welcomex take your placex are you acquainted with the difference that holds this present question in the courtx portiax i am informed throughly of the causex which is the merchant herex and which the jewx dukex antonio and old shylockx both stand forthx portiax is your name shylockx shylockx shylock is my namex portiax of a strange nature is the suit you followx yet in such rule that the venetian law cannot impugn you as you do proceedx xxto antonioxxx you stand within his dangerx do you notx antoniox ayx so he saysx portiax do you confess the bondx antoniox i dox portiax then must the jew be mercifulx shylockx on what compulsion must ix tell me thatx portiax the quality of mercy is not strainxdx it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneathx it is twice blestx it blesseth him that gives and him that takesx xtis mightiest in the mightiestx it becomes the throned monarch better than his crownx his sceptre shows the force of temporal powerx the attribute to awe and majestyx wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kingsx but mercy is above this sceptred swayx it is enthroned in the hearts of kingsx it is an attribute to god himselfx and earthly power doth then show likest godxs when mercy seasons justicex thereforex jewx though justice be thy pleax consider thisx that in the course of justice none of us should see salvationx we do pray for mercyx and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercyx i have spoke thus much to mitigate the justice of thy pleax which if thou followx this strict court of venice must needs give sentence xgainst the merchant therex shylockx my deeds upon my headx i crave the lawx the penalty and forfeit of my bondx portiax is he not able to discharge the moneyx bassaniox yesx here i tender it for him in the courtx yeax twice the sumx if that will not sufficex i will be bound to pay it ten times oxer on forfeit of my handsx my headx my heartx if this will not sufficex it must appear that malice bears down truthx and i beseech youx wrest once the law to your authorityx to do a great rightx do a little wrongx and curb this cruel devil of his willx portiax it must not bex there is no power in venice can alter a decree establishedx xtwill be recorded for a precedentx and many an error by the same example will rush into the statex it cannot bex shylockx a daniel come to judgmentx yeax a danielx o wise young judgex how i do honour theex portiax i pray you let me look upon the bondx shylockx here xtisx most reverend doctorx here it isx portiax shylockx therexs thrice thy money offered theex shylockx an oathx an oathx i have an oath in heavenx shall i lay perjury upon my soulx nox not for venicex portiax whyx this bond is forfeitx and lawfully by this the jew may claim a pound of fleshx to be by him cut off nearest the merchantxs heartx be mercifulx take thrice thy moneyx bid me tear the bondx shylockx when it is paid according to the tenourx it doth appear you are a worthy judgex you know the lawx your exposition hath been most soundx i charge you by the lawx whereof you are a wellxdeserving pillarx proceed to judgmentx by my soul i swear there is no power in the tongue of man to alter mex i stay here on my bondx antoniox most heartily i do beseech the court to give the judgmentx portiax why thenx thus it isx you must prepare your bosom for his knifex shylockx o noble judgex o excellent young manx portiax for the intent and purpose of the law hath full relation to the penaltyx which here appeareth due upon the bondx shylockx xtis very truex o wise and upright judgex how much more elder art thou than thy looksx portiax therefore lay bare your bosomx shylockx ayx his breast so says the bondx doth it notx noble judgex xnearest his heartxx those are the very wordsx portiax it is sox are there balance here to weigh the fleshx shylockx i have them readyx portiax have by some surgeonx shylockx on your chargex to stop his woundsx lest he do bleed to deathx shylockx is it so nominated in the bondx portiax it is not so expressxdx but what of thatx xtwere good you do so much for charityx shylockx i cannot find itx xtis not in the bondx portiax youx merchantx have you anything to sayx antoniox but littlex i am armxd and well preparxdx give me your handx bassaniox fare you wellx grieve not that i am fallen to this for youx for herein fortune shows herself more kind than is her customx it is still her use to let the wretched man outlive his wealthx to view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow an age of povertyx from which lingxring penance of such misery doth she cut me offx commend me to your honourable wifex tell her the process of antonioxs endx say how i lovxd youx speak me fair in deathx and when the tale is toldx bid her be judge whether bassanio had not once a lovex repent but you that you shall lose your friend and he repents not that he pays your debtx for if the jew do cut but deep enoughx ixll pay it instantly with all my heartx bassaniox antoniox i am married to a wife which is as dear to me as life itselfx but life itselfx my wifex and all the worldx are not with me esteemxd above thy lifex i would lose allx ayx sacrifice them all here to this devilx to deliver youx portiax your wife would give you little thanks for that if she were by to hear you make the offerx gratianox i have a wife who i protest i lovex i would she were in heavenx so she could entreat some power to change this currish jewx nerissax xtis well you offer it behind her backx the wish would make else an unquiet housex shylockx these be the christian husbandsx i have a daughterx would any of the stock of barabbas had been her husbandx rather than a christianx we trifle timex i pray theex pursue sentencex portiax a pound of that same merchantxs flesh is thinex the court awards it and the law doth give itx shylockx most rightful judgex portiax and you must cut this flesh from off his breastx the law allows it and the court awards itx shylockx most learned judgex a sentencex comex preparex portiax tarry a littlex there is something elsex this bond doth give thee here no jot of bloodx the words expressly are xa pound of fleshxx take then thy bondx take thou thy pound of fleshx but in the cutting itx if thou dost shed one drop of christian bloodx thy lands and goods arex by the laws of venicex confiscate unto the state of venicex gratianox o upright judgex markx jewx o learned judgex shylockx is that the lawx portiax thyself shalt see the actx forx as thou urgest justicex be assurxd thou shalt have justice more than thou desirxstx gratianox o learned judgex markx jewx a learned judgex shylockx i take this offer thenx pay the bond thrice and let the christian gox bassaniox here is the moneyx portiax softx the jew shall have all justicex softx no hastex he shall have nothing but the penaltyx gratianox o jewx an upright judgex a learned judgex portiax therefore prepare thee to cut off the fleshx shed thou no bloodx nor cut thou less nor morex but just a pound of fleshx if thou takxst more or less than a just poundx be it but so much as makes it light or heavy in the substancex or the division of the twentieth part of one poor scruplex nayx if the scale do turn but in the estimation of a hairx thou diestx and all thy goods are confiscatex gratianox a second danielx a danielx jewx nowx infidelx i have you on the hipx portiax why doth the jew pausex take thy forfeiturex shylockx give me my principalx and let me gox bassaniox i have it ready for theex here it isx portiax he hath refusxd it in the open courtx he shall have merely justice and his bondx gratianox a daniel still say ix a second danielx i thank theex jewx for teaching me that wordx shylockx shall i not have barely my principalx portiax thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture to be so taken at thy perilx jewx shylockx whyx then the devil give him good of itx ixll stay no longer questionx portiax tarryx jewx the law hath yet another hold on youx it is enacted in the laws of venicex if it be proved against an alien that by direct or indirect attempts he seek the life of any citizenx the party xgainst the which he doth contrive shall seize one half his goodsx the other half comes to the privy coffer of the statex and the offenderxs life lies in the mercy of the duke onlyx xgainst all other voicex in which predicament i say thou standxstx for it appears by manifest proceeding that indirectlyx and directly toox thou hast contrived against the very life of the defendantx and thou hast incurrxd the danger formerly by me rehearsxdx downx thereforex and beg mercy of the dukex gratianox beg that thou mayst have leave to hang thyselfx and yetx thy wealth being forfeit to the statex thou hast not left the value of a cordx therefore thou must be hangxd at the statexs chargex dukex that thou shalt see the difference of our spiritx i pardon thee thy life before thou ask itx for half thy wealthx it is antonioxsx the other half comes to the general statex which humbleness may drive unto a finex portiax ayx for the statex not for antoniox shylockx nayx take my life and allx pardon not thatx you take my house when you do take the prop that doth sustain my housex you take my life when you do take the means whereby i livex portiax what mercy can you render himx antoniox gratianox a halter gratisx nothing elsex for godxs sakex antoniox so please my lord the duke and all the court to quit the fine for one half of his goodsx i am contentx so he will let me have the other half in usex to render it upon his death unto the gentleman that lately stole his daughterx two things provided morex that for this favourx he presently become a christianx the otherx that he do record a giftx here in the courtx of all he dies possessxd unto his son lorenzo and his daughterx dukex he shall do thisx or else i do recant the pardon that i late pronounced herex portiax art thou contentedx jewx what dost thou sayx shylockx i am contentx portiax clerkx draw a deed of giftx shylockx i pray you give me leave to go from hencex i am not wellx send the deed after me and i will sign itx dukex get thee gonex but do itx gratianox in christxning shalt thou have two godxfathersx had i been judgex thou shouldst have had ten morex to bring thee to the gallowsx not to the fontx xxexit shylockxxx dukex sirx i entreat you home with me to dinnerx portiax i humbly do desire your grace of pardonx i must away this night toward paduax and it is meet i presently set forthx dukex i am sorry that your leisure serves you notx antoniox gratify this gentlemanx for in my mind you are much bound to himx xxexeunt duke and his trainxxx bassaniox most worthy gentlemanx i and my friend have by your wisdom been this day acquitted of grievous penaltiesx in lieu whereofx three thousand ducats due unto the jew we freely cope your courteous pains withalx antoniox and stand indebtedx over and above in love and service to you evermorex portiax he is well paid that is well satisfiedx and i delivering youx am satisfiedx and therein do account myself well paidx my mind was never yet more mercenaryx i pray you know me when we meet againx i wish you wellx and so i take my leavex bassaniox dear sirx of force i must attempt you furtherx take some remembrance of us as a tributex not as feex grant me two thingsx i pray youx not to deny mex and to pardon mex portiax you press me farx and therefore i will yieldx xxto antonioxxx give me your glovesx ixll wear them for your sakex xxto bassanioxxx andx for your lovex ixll take this ring from youx do not draw back your handx ixll take no morex and you in love shall not deny me thisx bassaniox this ringx good sirx alasx it is a triflex i will not shame myself to give you thisx portiax i will have nothing else but only thisx and now methinks i have a mind to itx bassaniox therexs more depends on this than on the valuex the dearest ring in venice will i give youx and find it out by proclamationx only for this i pray you pardon mex portiax i seex sirx you are liberal in offersx you taught me first to begx and now methinks you teach me how a beggar should be answerxdx bassaniox good sirx this ring was given me by my wifex and when she put it onx she made me vow that i should neither sellx nor givex nor lose itx portiax that xscuse serves many men to save their giftsx and if your wife be not a madxwomanx and know how well i have deservxd this ringx she would not hold out enemy for ever for giving it to mex wellx peace be with youx xxexeunt portia and nerissaxxx antoniox my lord bassaniox let him have the ringx let his deservings and my love withal be valued xgainst your wifexs commandmentx bassaniox gox gratianox run and overtake himx give him the ringx and bring him if thou canst unto antonioxs housex awayx make hastex xxexit gratianoxxx comex you and i will thither presentlyx and in the morning early will we both fly toward belmontx comex antoniox xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex a streetx enter portia and nerissax portiax inquire the jewxs house outx give him this deedx and let him sign itx wexll away tonightx and be a day before our husbands homex this deed will be well welcome to lorenzox enter gratianox gratianox fair sirx you are well oxertaxenx my lord bassanio upon more advicex hath sent you here this ringx and doth entreat your company at dinnerx portiax that cannot bex his ring i do accept most thankfullyx and so i pray you tell himx furthermorex i pray you show my youth old shylockxs housex gratianox that will i dox nerissax sirx i would speak with youx xxaside to portiaxxx ixll see if i can get my husbandxs ringx which i did make him swear to keep for everx portiax xxto nerissaxxx thou maystx i warrantx we shall have old swearing that they did give the rings away to menx but wexll outface themx and outswear them toox awayx make hastex thou knowxst where i will tarryx nerissax comex good sirx will you show me to this housex xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix belmontx the avenue to portiaxs housex enter lorenzo and jessicax lorenzox the moon shines brightx in such a night as thisx when the sweet wind did gently kiss the treesx and they did make no noisex in such a nightx troilus methinks mounted the trojan wallsx and sighxd his soul toward the grecian tents where cressid lay that nightx jessicax in such a night did thisby fearfully oxertrip the dewx and saw the lionxs shadow ere himselfx and ran dismayxd awayx lorenzox in such a night stood dido with a willow in her hand upon the wild seaxbanksx and waft her love to come again to carthagex jessicax in such a night medea gathered the enchanted herbs that did renew old xsonx lorenzox in such a night did jessica steal from the wealthy jewx and with an unthrift love did run from venice as far as belmontx jessicax in such a night did young lorenzo swear he loved her wellx stealing her soul with many vows of faithx and nexer a true onex lorenzox in such a night did pretty jessicax like a little shrewx slander her lovex and he forgave it herx jessicax i would outxnight you did no body comex but harkx i hear the footing of a manx enter stephanox lorenzox who comes so fast in silence of the nightx stephanox a friendx lorenzox a friendx what friendx your namex i pray youx friendx stephanox stephano is my namex and i bring word my mistress will before the break of day be here at belmontx she doth stray about by holy crosses where she kneels and prays for happy wedlock hoursx lorenzox who comes with herx stephanox none but a holy hermit and her maidx i pray you is my master yet returnxdx lorenzox he is notx nor we have not heard from himx but go we inx i pray theex jessicax and ceremoniously let us prepare some welcome for the mistress of the housex enter launceletx launceletx solax solax wo hax hox solax solax lorenzox who callsx launceletx solax did you see master lorenzox master lorenzox solax solax lorenzox leave holloaingx manx herex launceletx solax wherex wherex lorenzox herex launceletx tell him therexs a post come from my master with his horn full of good newsx my master will be here ere morningx xxexitxxx lorenzox sweet soulx letxs inx and there expect their comingx and yet no matterx why should we go inx my friend stephanox signifyx i pray youx within the housex your mistress is at handx and bring your music forth into the airx xxexit stephanoxxx how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bankx here will we sit and let the sounds of music creep in our earsx soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmonyx sitx jessicax look how the floor of heaven is thick inlaid with patens of bright goldx therexs not the smallest orb which thou beholdxst but in his motion like an angel singsx still quiring to the youngxeyed cherubinsx such harmony is in immortal soulsx but whilst this muddy vesture of decay doth grossly close it inx we cannot hear itx enter musiciansx comex hox and wake diana with a hymnx with sweetest touches pierce your mistressx earx and draw her home with musicx xxmusicxxx jessicax i am never merry when i hear sweet musicx lorenzox the reason isx your spirits are attentivex for do but note a wild and wanton herd or race of youthful and unhandled coltsx fetching mad boundsx bellowing and neighing loudx which is the hot condition of their bloodx if they but hear perchance a trumpet soundx or any air of music touch their earsx you shall perceive them make a mutual standx their savage eyes turnxd to a modest gaze by the sweet power of musicx therefore the poet did feign that orpheus drew treesx stonesx and floodsx since naught so stockishx hardx and full of ragex but music for the time doth change his naturex the man that hath no music in himselfx nor is not movxd with concord of sweet soundsx is fit for treasonsx stratagemsx and spoilsx the motions of his spirit are dull as nightx and his affections dark as erebusx let no such man be trustedx mark the musicx enter portia and nerissax portiax that light we see is burning in my hallx how far that little candle throws his beamsx so shines a good deed in a naughty worldx nerissax when the moon shone we did not see the candlex portiax so doth the greater glory dim the lessx a substitute shines brightly as a king until a king be byx and then his state empties itselfx as doth an inland brook into the main of watersx musicx harkx nerissax it is your musicx madamx of the housex portiax nothing is goodx i seex without respectx methinks it sounds much sweeter than by dayx nerissax silence bestows that virtue on itx madamx portiax the crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark when neither is attendedx and i think the nightingalex if she should sing by day when every goose is cacklingx would be thought no better a musician than the wrenx how many things by season seasonxd are to their right praise and true perfectionx peacex how the moon sleeps with endymionx and would not be awakxdx xxmusic ceasesxxx lorenzox that is the voicex or i am much deceivxdx of portiax portiax he knows me as the blind man knows the cuckoox by the bad voicex lorenzox dear ladyx welcome homex portiax we have been praying for our husbandsx welfarex which speedx we hopex the better for our wordsx are they returnxdx lorenzox madamx they are not yetx but there is come a messenger before to signify their comingx portiax go inx nerissax give order to my servantsx that they take no note at all of our being absent hencex nor youx lorenzox jessicax nor youx xxa tucket soundsxxx lorenzox your husband is at handx i hear his trumpetx we are no tellxtalesx madamx fear you notx portiax this night methinks is but the daylight sickx it looks a little palerx xtis a day such as the day is when the sun is hidx enter bassaniox antoniox gratiano and their followersx bassaniox we should hold day with the antipodesx if you would walk in absence of the sunx portiax let me give lightx but let me not be lightx for a light wife doth make a heavy husbandx and never be bassanio so for mex but god sort allx you are welcome homex my lordx bassaniox i thank youx madamx give welcome to my friendx this is the manx this is antoniox to whom i am so infinitely boundx portiax you should in all sense be much bound to himx forx as i hearx he was much bound for youx antoniox no more than i am well acquitted ofx portiax sirx you are very welcome to our housex it must appear in other ways than wordsx therefore i scant this breathing courtesyx gratianox xxto nerissaxxx by yonder moon i swear you do me wrongx in faithx i gave it to the judgexs clerkx would he were gelt that had itx for my partx since you do take itx lovex so much at heartx portiax a quarrelx hox alreadyx whatxs the matterx gratianox about a hoop of goldx a paltry ring that she did give mex whose posy was for all the world like cutlersx poetry upon a knifex xlove mex and leave me notxx nerissax what talk you of the posyx or the valuex you swore to me when i did give it youx that you would wear it till your hour of deathx and that it should lie with you in your gravex though not for mex yet for your vehement oathsx you should have been respective and have kept itx gave it a judgexs clerkx nox godxs my judgex the clerk will nexer wear hair onxs face that had itx gratianox he willx and if he live to be a manx nerissax ayx if a woman live to be a manx gratianox nowx by this handx i gave it to a youthx a kind of boyx a little scrubbed boyx no higher than thyselfx the judgexs clerkx a prating boy that beggxd it as a feex i could not for my heart deny it himx portiax you were to blamexxi must be plain with youxx to part so slightly with your wifexs first giftx a thing stuck on with oaths upon your fingerx and so riveted with faith unto your fleshx i gave my love a ringx and made him swear never to part with itx and here he standsx i dare be sworn for him he would not leave it nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth that the world mastersx nowx in faithx gratianox you give your wife too unkind a cause of griefx an xtwere to me i should be mad at itx bassaniox xxasidexxx whyx i were best to cut my left hand offx and swear i lost the ring defending itx gratianox my lord bassanio gave his ring away unto the judge that beggxd itx and indeed deservxd it toox and then the boyx his clerkx that took some pains in writingx he beggxd minex and neither man nor master would take aught but the two ringsx portiax what ring gave youx my lordx not thatx i hopex which you receivxd of mex bassaniox if i could add a lie unto a faultx i would deny itx but you see my finger hath not the ring upon itx it is gonex portiax even so void is your false heart of truthx by heavenx i will nexer come in your bed until i see the ringx nerissax nor i in yours till i again see minex bassaniox sweet portiax if you did know to whom i gave the ringx if you did know for whom i gave the ringx and would conceive for what i gave the ringx and how unwillingly i left the ringx when nought would be accepted but the ringx you would abate the strength of your displeasurex portiax if you had known the virtue of the ringx or half her worthiness that gave the ringx or your own honour to contain the ringx you would not then have parted with the ringx what man is there so much unreasonablex if you had pleasxd to have defended it with any terms of zealx wanted the modesty to urge the thing held as a ceremonyx nerissa teaches me what to believex ixll die forxt but some woman had the ringx bassaniox nox by my honourx madamx by my soulx no woman had itx but a civil doctorx which did refuse three thousand ducats of mex and beggxd the ringx the which i did deny himx and sufferxd him to go displeasxd awayx even he that had held up the very life of my dear friendx what should i sayx sweet ladyx i was enforcxd to send it after himx i was beset with shame and courtesyx my honour would not let ingratitude so much besmear itx pardon mex good ladyx for by these blessed candles of the nightx had you been therex i think you would have beggxd the ring of me to give the worthy doctorx portiax let not that doctor exer come near my housex since he hath got the jewel that i lovedx and that which you did swear to keep for mex i will become as liberal as youx ixll not deny him anything i havex nox not my bodyx nor my husbandxs bedx know him i shallx i am well sure of itx lie not a night from homex watch me like argusx if you do notx if i be left alonex now by mine honour which is yet mine ownx ixll have that doctor for mine bedfellowx nerissax and i his clerkx therefore be well advisxd how you do leave me to mine own protectionx gratianox wellx do you sox let not me take him thenx for if i dox ixll mar the young clerkxs penx antoniox i am thx unhappy subject of these quarrelsx portiax sirx grieve not youx you are welcome notwithstandingx bassaniox portiax forgive me this enforced wrongx and in the hearing of these many friends i swear to theex even by thine own fair eyesx wherein i see myselfx portiax mark you but thatx in both my eyes he doubly sees himselfx in each eye onex swear by your double selfx and therexs an oath of creditx bassaniox nayx but hear mex pardon this faultx and by my soul i swear i never more will break an oath with theex antoniox i once did lend my body for his wealthx which but for him that had your husbandxs ring had quite miscarriedx i dare be bound againx my soul upon the forfeitx that your lord will never more break faith advisedlyx portiax then you shall be his suretyx give him thisx and bid him keep it better than the otherx antoniox herex lord bassaniox swear to keep this ringx bassaniox by heavenx it is the same i gave the doctorx portiax i had it of himx pardon mex bassaniox for by this ringx the doctor lay with mex nerissax and pardon mex my gentle gratianox for that same scrubbed boyx the doctorxs clerkx in lieu of thisx last night did lie with mex gratianox whyx this is like the mending of highways in summerx where the ways are fair enoughx whatx are we cuckolds ere we have deservxd itx portiax speak not so grosslyx you are all amazxdx here is a letterx read it at your leisurex it comes from padua from bellariox there you shall find that portia was the doctorx nerissa therex her clerkx lorenzo here shall witness i set forth as soon as youx and even but now returnxdx i have not yet enterxd my housex antoniox you are welcomex and i have better news in store for you than you expectx unseal this letter soonx there you shall find three of your argosies are richly come to harbour suddenlyx you shall not know by what strange accident i chanced on this letterx antoniox i am dumbx bassaniox were you the doctorx and i knew you notx gratianox were you the clerk that is to make me cuckoldx nerissax ayx but the clerk that never means to do itx unless he live until he be a manx bassaniox sweet doctorx you shall be my bedfellowx when i am absentx then lie with my wifex antoniox sweet ladyx you have given me life and livingx for here i read for certain that my ships are safely come to roadx portiax how nowx lorenzox my clerk hath some good comforts too for youx nerissax ayx and ixll give them him without a feex there do i give to you and jessicax from the rich jewx a special deed of giftx after his deathx of all he dies possessxd ofx lorenzox fair ladiesx you drop manna in the way of starved peoplex portiax it is almost morningx and yet i am sure you are not satisfied of these events at fullx let us go inx and charge us there upon interxgatoriesx and we will answer all things faithfullyx gratianox let it be sox the first interxgatory that my nerissa shall be sworn on isx whether till the next night she had rather stayx or go to bed nowx being two hours to dayx but were the day comex i should wish it dark till i were couching with the doctorxs clerkx wellx while i livex ixll fear no other thing so sore as keeping safe nerissaxs ringx xxexeuntxxx the merry wives of windsor dramatis personae sir john falstaff fentonx a young gentleman shallowx a country justice slenderx cousin to shallow gentlemen of windsor ford page william pagex a boyx son to page sir hugh evansx a welsh parson doctor caiusx a french physician host of the garter inn followers of falstaff bardolph pistol nym robinx page to falstaff simplex servant to slender rugbyx servant to doctor caius mistress ford mistress page mistress anne pagex her daughter mistress quicklyx servant to doctor caius servants to pagex fordx etcx scenex windsorx and the neighbourhood act ix scene xx windsorx before pagexs house enter justice shallowx slenderx and sir hugh evans shallowx sir hughx persuade me notx i will make a star chamber matter of itx if he were twenty sir john falstaffsx he shall not abuse robert shallowx esquirex slenderx in the county of gloucesterx justice of peacex and coramx shallowx ayx cousin slenderx and custalorumx slenderx ayx and ratolorum toox and a gentleman bornx master parsonx who writes himself xarmigerox in any billx warrantx quittancex or obligationxxarmigeroxx shallowx ayx that i dox and have done any time these three hundred yearsx slenderx all his successorsx gone before himx hath donextx and all his ancestorsx that come after himx mayx they may give the dozen white luces in their coatx shallowx it is an old coatx evansx the dozen white louses do become an old coat wellx it agrees wellx passantx it is a familiar beast to manx and signifies lovex shallowx the luce is the fresh fishx the salt fish is an old coatx slenderx i may quarterx cozx shallowx you mayx by marryingx evansx it is marring indeedx if he quarter itx shallowx not a whitx evansx yesx pyxr ladyx if he has a quarter of your coatx there is but three skirts for yourselfx in my simple conjecturesx but that is all onex if sir john falstaff have committed disparagements unto youx i am of the churchx and will be glad to do my benevolencex to make atonements and compremises between youx shallowx the council shall hear itx it is a riotx evansx it is not meet the council hear a riotx there is no fear of got in a riotx the councilx look youx shall desire to hear the fear of gotx and not to hear a riotx take your vizaments in thatx shallowx hax ox my lifex if i were young againx the sword should end itx evansx it is petter that friends is the sword and end itx and there is also another device in my prainx which peradventure prings goot discretions with itx there is anne pagex which is daughter to master george pagex which is pretty virginityx slenderx mistress anne pagex she has brown hairx and speaks small like a womanx evansx it is that fery person for all the orldx as just as you will desirex and seven hundred pounds of moneysx and goldx and silverx is her grandsire upon his deathxsxbedxgot deliver to a joyful resurrectionsxxgivex when she is able to overtake seventeen years oldx it were a goot motion if we leave our pribbles and prabblesx and desire a marriage between master abraham and mistress anne pagex shallowx did her grandsire leave her seven hundred poundx evansx ayx and her father is make her a petter pennyx shallowx i know the young gentlewomanx she has good giftsx evansx seven hundred poundsx and possibilitiesx is goot giftsx shallowx wellx let us see honest master pagex is falstaff therex evansx shall i tell you a liex i do despise a liar as i do despise one that is falsex or as i despise one that is not truex the knight sir john is therex andx i beseech youx be ruled by your wellxwillersx i will peat the door for master pagex xknocksx whatx hoax got pless your house herex pagex xwithinx whoxs therex enter page evansx here is gotxs plessingx and your friendx and justice shallowx and here young master slenderx that peradventures shall tell you another talex if matters grow to your likingsx pagex i am glad to see your worships wellx i thank you for my venisonx master shallowx shallowx master pagex i am glad to see youx much good do it your good heartx i wishxd your venison betterx it was ill killxdx how doth good mistress pagexxand i thank you always with my heartx lax with my heartx pagex sirx i thank youx shallowx sirx i thank youx by yea and nox i dox pagex i am glad to see youx good master slenderx slenderx how does your fallow greyhoundx sirx i heard say he was outrun on cotsallx pagex it could not be judgxdx sirx slenderx youxll not confessx youxll not confessx shallowx that he will notx xtis your faultx xtis your faultx xtis a good dogx pagex a curx sirx shallowx sirx hexs a good dogx and a fair dogx can there be more saidx he is goodx and fairx is sir john falstaff herex pagex sirx he is withinx and i would i could do a good office between youx evansx it is spoke as a christians ought to speakx shallowx he hath wrongxd mex master pagex pagex sirx he doth in some sort confess itx shallowx if it be confessedx it is not redressedx is not that sox master pagex he hath wrongxd mex indeed he hathx at a wordx he hathx believe mex robert shallowx esquirex saith he is wrongedx pagex here comes sir johnx enter sir john falstaffx bardolphx nymx and pistol falstaffx nowx master shallowx youxll complain of me to the kingx shallowx knightx you have beaten my menx killxd my deerx and broke open my lodgex falstaffx but not kissxd your keeperxs daughterx shallowx tutx a pinx this shall be answerxdx falstaffx i will answer it straightx i have done all thisx that is now answerxdx shallowx the council shall know thisx falstaffx xtwere better for you if it were known in counselx youxll be laughxd atx evansx pauca verbax sir johnx goot wortsx falstaffx good wortsx good cabbagex slenderx i broke your headx what matter have you against mex slenderx marryx sirx i have matter in my head against youx and against your conyxcatching rascalsx bardolphx nymx and pistolx they carried me to the tavernx and made me drunkx and afterwards pickxd my pocketx bardolphx you banbury cheesex slenderx ayx it is no matterx pistolx how nowx mephostophilusx slenderx ayx it is no matterx nymx slicex i sayx paucax paucax slicex thatxs my humourx slenderx wherexs simplex my manx can you tellx cousinx evansx peacex i pray youx now let us understandx there is three umpires in this matterx as i understandx that isx master pagex fidelicet master pagex and there is myselfx fidelicet myselfx and the three party isx lastly and finallyx mine host of the garterx pagex we three to hear it and end it between themx evansx fery gootx i will make a prief of it in my notexbookx and we will afterwards ork upon the cause with as great discreetly as we canx falstaffx pistolx pistolx he hears with earsx evansx the tevil and his tamx what phrase is thisx xhe hears with earxx whyx it is affectationsx falstaffx pistolx did you pick master slenderxs pursex slenderx ayx by these glovesx did hexor i would i might never come in mine own great chamber again elsexxof seven groats in millxsixpencesx and two edward shovelxboards that cost me two shilling and two pence apiece of yead millerx by these glovesx falstaffx is this truex pistolx evansx nox it is falsex if it is a pickxpursex pistolx hax thou mountainxforeignerx sir john and master minex i combat challenge of this latten bilbox word of denial in thy labras herex word of denialx froth and scumx thou liestx slenderx by these glovesx thenx xtwas hex nymx be avisxdx sirx and pass good humoursx i will say xmarry trapx with youx if you run the nuthookxs humour on mex that is the very note of itx slenderx by this hatx thenx he in the red face had itx for though i cannot remember what i did when you made me drunkx yet i am not altogether an assx falstaffx what say youx scarlet and johnx bardolphx whyx sirx for my partx i say the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentencesx evansx it is his five sensesx fiex what the ignorance isx bardolphx and being fapx sirx wasx as they sayx cashierxdx and so conclusions passxd the careersx slenderx ayx you spake in latin then toox but xtis no matterx ixll nexer be drunk whilst i live againx but in honestx civilx godly companyx for this trickx if i be drunkx ixll be drunk with those that have the fear of godx and not with drunken knavesx evansx so got udge mex that is a virtuous mindx falstaffx you hear all these matters denixdx gentlemenx you hear itx enter mistress anne page with winex mistress ford and mistress pagex following pagex nayx daughterx carry the wine inx wexll drink withinx exit anne page slenderx o heavenx this is mistress anne pagex pagex how nowx mistress fordx falstaffx mistress fordx by my trothx you are very well metx by your leavex good mistressx xkisses herx pagex wifex bid these gentlemen welcomex comex we have a hot venison pasty to dinnerx comex gentlemenx i hope we shall drink down all unkindnessx exeunt all but shallowx slenderx and evans slenderx i had rather than forty shillings i had my book of songs and sonnets herex enter simple howx simplex where have you beenx i must wait on myselfx must ix you have not the book of riddles about youx have youx simplex book of riddlesx whyx did you not lend it to alice shortcake upon allhallowmas lastx a fortnight afore michaelmasx shallowx comex cozx comex cozx we stay for youx a word with youx cozx marryx thisx cozx there isx as xtwerex a tenderx a kind of tenderx made afar off by sir hugh herex do you understand mex slenderx ayx sirx you shall find me reasonablex if it be sox i shall do that that is reasonx shallowx nayx but understand mex slenderx so i dox sirx evansx give ear to his motionsx master slenderx i will description the matter to youx if you be capacity of itx slenderx nayx i will do as my cousin shallow saysx i pray you pardon mex hexs a justice of peace in his countryx simple though i stand herex evansx but that is not the questionx the question is concerning your marriagex shallowx ayx therexs the pointx sirx evansx marry is itx the very point of itx to mistress anne pagex slenderx whyx if it be sox i will marry her upon any reasonable demandsx evansx but can you affection the omanx let us command to know that of your mouth or of your lipsx for divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouthx thereforex preciselyx can you carry your good will to the maidx shallowx cousin abraham slenderx can you love herx slenderx i hopex sirx i will do as it shall become one that would do reasonx evansx nayx gotxs lords and his ladiesx you must speak possitablex if you can carry her your desires towards herx shallowx that you mustx will youx upon good dowryx marry herx slenderx i will do a greater thing than that upon your requestx cousinx in any reasonx shallowx nayx conceive mex conceive mex sweet cozx what i do is to pleasure youx cozx can you love the maidx slenderx i will marry herx sirx at your requestx but if there be no great love in the beginningx yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintancex when we are married and have more occasion to know one anotherx i hope upon familiarity will grow more contemptx but if you say xmarry herxx i will marry herx that i am freely dissolvedx and dissolutelyx evansx it is a fery discretion answerx save the fall is in the ord xdissolutelyxx the ort isx according to our meaningx xresolutelyxx his meaning is goodx shallowx ayx i think my cousin meant wellx slenderx ayx or else i would i might be hangxdx lax rexenter anne page shallowx here comes fair mistress annex would i were young for your sakex mistress annex annex the dinner is on the tablex my father desires your worshipsx companyx shallowx i will wait on himx fair mistress annex evansx odxs plessed willx i will not be absence at the gracex exeunt shallow and evans annex willxt please your worship to come inx sirx slenderx nox i thank youx forsoothx heartilyx i am very wellx annex the dinner attends youx sirx slenderx i am not axhungryx i thank youx forsoothx gox sirrahx for all you are my manx go wait upon my cousin shallowx xexit simplex a justice of peace sometime may be beholding to his friend for a manx i keep but three men and a boy yetx till my mother be deadx but what thoughx yet i live like a poor gentleman bornx annex i may not go in without your worshipx they will not sit till you comex slenderx ix faithx ixll eat nothingx i thank you as much as though i didx annex i pray youx sirx walk inx slenderx i had rather walk herex i thank youx i bruisxd my shin thx other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fencexthree veneys for a dish of stewxd prunes xandx i with my ward defending my headx he hot my shinx andx by my trothx i cannot abide the smell of hot meat sincex why do your dogs bark sox be there bears ix thx townx annex i think there arex sirx i heard them talkxd ofx slenderx i love the sport wellx but i shall as soon quarrel at it as any man in englandx you are afraidx if you see the bear loosex are you notx annex ayx indeedx sirx slenderx thatxs meat and drink to me nowx i have seen sackerson loose twenty timesx and have taken him by the chainx but i warrant youx the women have so cried and shriekxd at it that it passxdx but womenx indeedx cannot abide xemx they are very illxfavourxd rough thingsx rexenter page pagex comex gentle master slenderx comex we stay for youx slenderx ixll eat nothingx i thank youx sirx pagex by cock and piex you shall not choosex sirx comex comex slenderx nayx pray you lead the wayx pagex come onx sirx slenderx mistress annex yourself shall go firstx annex not ix sirx pray you keep onx slenderx trulyx i will not go firstx trulyx lax i will not do you that wrongx annex i pray youx sirx slenderx ixll rather be unmannerly than troublesomex you do yourself wrong indeedx lax exeunt scene xx before pagexs house enter sir hugh evans and simple evansx go your waysx and ask of doctor caiusx house which is the wayx and there dwells one mistress quicklyx which is in the manner of his nursex or his dry nursex or his cookx or his laundryx his washerx and his wringerx simplex wellx sirx evansx nayx it is petter yetx give her this letterx for it is a oman that altogetherxs acquaintance with mistress anne pagex and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit your masterxs desires to mistress anne pagex i pray you be gonex i will make an end of my dinnerx therexs pippins and cheese to comex exeunt scene xx the garter inn enter falstaffx hostx bardolphx nymx pistolx and robin falstaffx mine host of the garterx hostx what says my bully rookx speak scholarly and wiselyx falstaffx trulyx mine hostx i must turn away some of my followersx hostx discardx bully herculesx cashierx let them wagx trotx trotx falstaffx i sit at ten pounds a weekx hostx thouxrt an emperorxcaesarx keiserx and pheazarx i will entertain bardolphx he shall drawx he shall tapx said i wellx bully hectorx falstaffx do sox good mine hostx hostx i have spokex let him followx xto bardolphx let me see thee froth and limex i am at a wordx followx exit host falstaffx bardolphx follow himx a tapster is a good tradex an old cloak makes a new jerkinx a witherxd servingxman a fresh tapsterx gox adieux bardolphx it is a life that i have desirxdx i will thrivex pistolx o base hungarian wightx wilt thou the spigot wieldx exit bardolph nymx he was gotten in drinkx is not the humour conceitedx falstaffx i am glad i am so acquit of this tinderxboxx his thefts were too openx his filching was like an unskilful singerxhe kept not timex nymx the good humour is to steal at a minutexs restx pistolx xconveyx the wise it callx xstealx fohx a fico for the phrasex falstaffx wellx sirsx i am almost out at heelsx pistolx whyx thenx let kibes ensuex falstaffx there is no remedyx i must conyxcatchx i must shiftx pistolx young ravens must have foodx falstaffx which of you know ford of this townx pistolx i ken the wightx he is of substance goodx falstaffx my honest ladsx i will tell you what i am aboutx pistolx two yardsx and morex falstaffx no quips nowx pistolx indeedx i am in the waist two yards aboutx but i am now about no wastex i am about thriftx brieflyx i do mean to make love to fordxs wifex i spy entertainment in herx she discoursesx she carvesx she gives the leer of invitationx i can construe the action of her familiar stylex and the hardest voice of her behaviourx to be englishxd rightlyx is xi am sir john falstaffxsxx pistolx he hath studied her wellx and translated her will out of honesty into englishx nymx the anchor is deepx will that humour passx falstaffx nowx the report goes she has all the rule of her husbandxs pursex he hath a legion of angelsx pistolx as many devils entertainx and xto herx boyxx say ix nymx the humour risesx it is goodx humour me the angelsx falstaffx i have writ me here a letter to herx and here another to pagexs wifex who even now gave me good eyes toox examinxd my parts with most judicious oeilladesx sometimes the beam of her view gilded my footx sometimes my portly bellyx pistolx then did the sun on dunghill shinex nymx i thank thee for that humourx falstaffx ox she did so course oxer my exteriors with such a greedy intention that the appetite of her eye did seem to scorch me up like a burningxglassx herexs another letter to herx she bears the purse toox she is a region in guianax all gold and bountyx i will be cheaters to them bothx and they shall be exchequers to mex they shall be my east and west indiesx and i will trade to them bothx gox bear thou this letter to mistress pagex and thou this to mistress fordx we will thrivex ladsx we will thrivex pistolx shall i sir pandarus of troy becomex and by my side wear steelx then lucifer take allx nymx i will run no base humourx herex take the humourxletterx i will keep the haviour of reputationx falstaffx xto robinx holdx sirrahx bear you these letters tightlyx sail like my pinnace to these golden shoresx roguesx hencex avauntx vanish like hailstonesx gox trudgex plod away ix thx hoofx seek shelterx packx falstaff will learn the humour of the agex french thriftx you roguesx myselfx and skirted pagex exeunt falstaff and robin pistolx let vultures gripe thy gutsx for gourd and fullam holdsx and high and low beguiles the rich and poorx tester ixll have in pouch when thou shalt lackx base phrygian turkx nymx i have operations in my head which be humours of revengex pistolx wilt thou revengex nymx by welkin and her starx pistolx with wit or steelx nymx with both the humoursx ix i will discuss the humour of this love to pagex pistolx and i to ford shall eke unfold how falstaffx varlet vilex his dove will provex his gold will holdx and his soft couch defilex nymx my humour shall not coolx i will incense page to deal with poisonx i will possess him with yellownessx for the revolt of mine is dangerousx that is my true humourx pistolx thou art the mars of malcontentsx i second theex troop onx exeunt scene xx doctor caiusxs house enter mistress quicklyx simplex and rugby quicklyx whatx john rugbyx i pray thee go to the casement and see if you can see my masterx master doctor caiusx comingx if he dox ix faithx and find anybody in the housex here will be an old abusing of godxs patience and the kingxs englishx rugbyx ixll go watchx quicklyx gox and wexll have a posset forxt soon at nightx in faithx at the latter end of a seaxcoal firex xexit rugbyx an honestx willingx kind fellowx as ever servant shall come in house withalx andx i warrant youx no tellxtale nor no breedxbatex his worst fault is that he is given to prayerx he is something peevish that wayx but nobody but has his faultx but let that passx peter simple you say your name isx simplex ayx for fault of a betterx quicklyx and master slenderxs your masterx simplex ayx forsoothx quicklyx does he not wear a great round beardx like a gloverxs paringxknifex simplex nox forsoothx he hath but a little whey facex with a little yellow beardx a cainxcolourxd beardx quicklyx a softlyxsprighted manx is he notx simplex ayx forsoothx but he is as tall a man of his hands as any is between this and his headx he hath fought with a warrenerx quicklyx how say youx ox i should remember himx does he not hold up his headx as it werex and strut in his gaitx simplex yesx indeedx does hex quicklyx wellx heaven send anne page no worse fortunex tell master parson evans i will do what i can for your masterx anne is a good girlx and i wishx rexenter rugby rugbyx outx alasx here comes my masterx quicklyx we shall all be shentx run in herex good young manx go into this closetx xshuts simple in the closetx he will not stay longx whatx john rugbyx johnx whatx johnx i sayx gox johnx go inquire for my masterx i doubt he be not well that he comes not homex xsingingx and downx downx adownxax etcx enter doctor caius caiusx vat is you singx i do not like des toysx pray youx go and vetch me in my closet un boitier vertxa boxx a greenxa boxx do intend vat i speakx a greenxa boxx quicklyx ayx forsoothx ixll fetch it youx xasidex i am glad he went not in himselfx if he had found the young manx he would have been hornxmadx caiusx fex fex fe fex ma foix il fait fort chaudx je mxen vais a la courxla grande affairex quicklyx is it thisx sirx caiusx ouix mette le au mon pocketx depechex quicklyx vere is dat knavex rugbyx quicklyx whatx john rugbyx johnx rugbyx herex sirx caiusx you are john rugbyx and you are jack rugbyx comex takexa your rapierx and come after my heel to the courtx rugbyx xtis readyx sirx here in the porchx caiusx by my trotx i tarry too longx odxs mex quxai jxoubliex dere is some simples in my closet dat i vill not for the varld i shall leave behindx quicklyx ay mex hexll find the young man therex and be madx caiusx o diablex diablex vat is in my closetx villainyx larronx xpulling simple outx rugbyx my rapierx quicklyx good masterx be contentx caiusx wherefore shall i be contentxax quicklyx the young man is an honest manx caiusx what shall de honest man do in my closetx dere is no honest man dat shall come in my closetx quicklyx i beseech youx be not so phlegmaticx hear the truth of itx he came of an errand to me from parson hughx caiusx vellx simplex ayx forsoothx to desire her tox quicklyx peacex i pray youx caiusx peacexa your tonguex speakxa your talex simplex to desire this honest gentlewomanx your maidx to speak a good word to mistress anne page for my masterx in the way of marriagex quicklyx this is allx indeedx lax but ixll nexer put my finger in the firex and need notx caiusx sir hugh sendxa youx rugbyx baillez me some paperx tarry you a littlexaxwhilex xwritesx quicklyx xaside to simplex i am glad he is so quietx if he had been throughly movedx you should have heard him so loud and so melancholyx but notwithstandingx manx ixll do you your master what good i canx and the very yea and the no isx the french doctorx my masterxi may call him my masterx look youx for i keep his housex and i washx wringx brewx bakex scourx dress meat and drinkx make the bedsx and do all myselfx simplex xaside to quicklyx xtis a great charge to come under one bodyxs handx quicklyx xaside to simplex are you avisxd ox thatx you shall find it a great chargex and to be up early and down latex but notwithstandingxto tell you in your earx i would have no words of itxmy master himself is in love with mistress anne pagex but notwithstanding thatx i know annexs mindxthatxs neither here nor therex caiusx you jackxnapex givexa this letter to sir hughx by garx it is a shallengex i will cut his troat in de parkx and i will teach a scurvy jackxaxnape priest to meddle or makex you may be gonex it is not good you tarry herex by garx i will cut all his two stonesx by garx he shall not have a stone to throw at his dogx exit simple quicklyx alasx he speaks but for his friendx caiusx it is no matterxa ver datx do not you tellxa me dat i shall have anne page for myselfx by garx i vill kill de jack priestx and i have appointed mine host of de jarteer to measure our weaponx by garx i will myself have anne pagex quicklyx sirx the maid loves youx and all shall be wellx we must give folks leave to pratex what the goodxyearx caiusx rugbyx come to the court with mex by garx if i have not anne pagex i shall turn your head out of my doorx follow my heelsx rugbyx exeunt caius and rugby quicklyx you shall havexan foolxsxhead of your ownx nox i know annexs mind for thatx never a woman in windsor knows more of annexs mind than i dox nor can do more than i do with herx i thank heavenx fentonx xwithinx whoxs within therex hox quicklyx whoxs therex i trowx come near the housex i pray youx enter fenton fentonx how nowx good womanx how dost thoux quicklyx the better that it pleases your good worship to askx fentonx what newsx how does pretty mistress annex quicklyx in truthx sirx and she is prettyx and honestx and gentlex and one that is your friendx i can tell you that by the wayx i praise heaven for itx fentonx shall i do any goodx thinkxst thoux shall i not lose my suitx quicklyx trothx sirx all is in his hands abovex but notwithstandingx master fentonx ixll be sworn on a book she loves youx have not your worship a wart above your eyex fentonx yesx marryx have ix what of thatx quicklyx wellx thereby hangs a talex good faithx it is such another nanx butx i detestx an honest maid as ever broke breadx we had an hourxs talk of that wartx i shall never laugh but in that maidxs companyx butx indeedx she is given too much to allicholy and musingx but for youxwellx go tox fentonx wellx i shall see her toxdayx holdx therexs money for theex let me have thy voice in my behalfx if thou seest her before mex commend mex quicklyx will ix ix faithx that we willx and i will tell your worship more of the wart the next time we have confidencex and of other wooersx fentonx wellx farewellx i am in great haste nowx quicklyx farewell to your worshipx xexit fentonx trulyx an honest gentlemanx but anne loves him notx for i know annexs mind as well as another doesx out upon xtx what have i forgotx exit act iix scene xx before pagexs house enter mistress pagex with a letter mrsx pagex whatx have i scapxd lovexletters in the holidayxtime of my beautyx and am i now a subject for themx let me seex xreadsx xask me no reason why i love youx for though love use reason for his precisianx he admits him not for his counsellorx you are not youngx no more am ix go tox thenx therexs sympathyx you are merryx so am ix hax hax then therexs more sympathyx you love sackx and so do ix would you desire better sympathyx let it suffice theex mistress page at the leastx if the love of soldier can sufficexthat i love theex i will not sayx pity mex xtis not a soldierxlike phrasex but i sayx love mex by mex thine own true knightx by day or nightx or any kind of lightx with all his mightx for thee to fightx john falstaffxx what a herod of jewry is thisx o wickedx wicked worldx one that is wellxnigh worn to pieces with age to show himself a young gallantx what an unweighed behaviour hath this flemish drunkard pickxdxwith the devilxs namex xout of my conversationx that he dares in this manner assay mex whyx he hath not been thrice in my companyx what should i say to himx i was then frugal of my mirthx heaven forgive mex whyx ixll exhibit a bill in the parliament for the putting down of menx how shall i be revengxd on himx for revengxd i will bex as sure as his guts are made of puddingsx enter mistress ford mrsx fordx mistress pagex trust mex i was going to your housex mrsx pagex andx trust mex i was coming to youx you look very illx mrsx fordx nayx ixll nexer believe thatx i have to show to the contraryx mrsx pagex faithx but you dox in my mindx mrsx fordx wellx i dox thenx yetx i sayx i could show you to the contraryx o mistress pagex give me some counselx mrsx pagex whatxs the matterx womanx mrsx fordx o womanx if it were not for one trifling respectx i could come to such honourx mrsx pagex hang the triflex womanx take the honourx what is itx dispense with triflesx what is itx mrsx fordx if i would but go to hell for an eternal moment or sox i could be knightedx mrsx pagex whatx thou liestx sir alice fordx these knights will hackx and so thou shouldst not alter the article of thy gentryx mrsx fordx we burn daylightx herex readx readx perceive how i might be knightedx i shall think the worse of fat men as long as i have an eye to make difference of menxs likingx and yet he would not swearx praisxd womenxs modestyx and gave such orderly and wellxbehaved reproof to all uncomeliness that i would have sworn his disposition would have gone to the truth of his wordsx but they do no more adhere and keep place together than the hundredth psalm to the tune of xgreensleevesxx what tempestx i trowx threw this whalex with so many tuns of oil in his bellyx ashore at windsorx how shall i be revenged on himx i think the best way were to entertain him with hopex till the wicked fire of lust have melted him in his own greasex did you ever hear the likex mrsx pagex letter for letterx but that the name of page and ford differsx to thy great comfort in this mystery of ill opinionsx herexs the twinxbrother of thy letterx but let thine inherit firstx forx i protestx mine never shallx i warrant he hath a thousand of these lettersx writ with blank space for different namesxsurex morexxand these are of the second editionx he will print themx out of doubtx for he cares not what he puts into the press when he would put us twox i had rather be a giantess and lie under mount pelionx wellx i will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste manx mrsx fordx whyx this is the very samex the very handx the very wordsx what doth he think of usx mrsx pagex nayx i know notx it makes me almost ready to wrangle with mine own honestyx ixll entertain myself like one that i am not acquainted withalx forx surex unless he know some strain in me that i know not myselfx he would never have boarded me in this furyx mrsx fordx xboardingx call you itx ixll be sure to keep him above deckx mrsx pagex so will ix if he come under my hatchesx ixll never to sea againx letxs be revengxd on himx letxs appoint him a meetingx give him a show of comfort in his suitx and lead him on with a finexbaited delayx till he hath pawnxd his horses to mine host of the garterx mrsx fordx nayx i will consent to act any villainy against him that may not sully the chariness of our honestyx o that my husband saw this letterx it would give eternal food to his jealousyx mrsx pagex whyx look where he comesx and my good man toox hexs as far from jealousy as i am from giving him causex and thatx i hopex is an unmeasurable distancex mrsx fordx you are the happier womanx mrsx pagex letxs consult together against this greasy knightx come hitherx xthey retirex enter ford with pistolx and page with nym fordx wellx i hope it be not sox pistolx hope is a curtal dog in some affairsx sir john affects thy wifex fordx whyx sirx my wife is not youngx pistolx he woos both high and lowx both rich and poorx both young and oldx one with anotherx fordx he loves the gallimaufryx fordx perpendx fordx love my wifex pistolx with liver burning hotx preventx or go thoux like sir actaeon hex with ringwood at thy heelsx ox odious is the namex fordx what namex sirx pistolx the hornx i sayx farewellx take heedx have open eyex for thieves do foot by nightx take heedx ere summer comesx or cuckoo birds do singx awayx sir corporal nymx believe itx pagex he speaks sensex exit pistol fordx xasidex i will be patientx i will find out thisx nymx xto pagex and this is truex i like not the humour of lyingx he hath wronged me in some humoursx i should have borne the humourxd letter to herx but i have a swordx and it shall bite upon my necessityx he loves your wifex therexs the short and the longx my name is corporal nymx i speakx and i avouchx xtis truex my name is nymx and falstaff loves your wifex adieux i love not the humour of bread and cheesex and therexs the humour of itx adieux exit nym pagex xthe humour of itxx quoth xax herexs a fellow frights english out of his witsx fordx i will seek out falstaffx pagex i never heard such a drawlingx affecting roguex fordx if i do find itxwellx pagex i will not believe such a cataian though the priest ox thx town commended him for a true manx fordx xtwas a good sensible fellowx wellx mistress page and mistress ford come forward pagex how nowx megx mrsx pagex whither go youx georgex hark youx mrsx fordx how nowx sweet frankx why art thou melancholyx fordx i melancholyx i am not melancholyx get you homex gox mrsx fordx faithx thou hast some crotchets in thy head nowx will you gox mistress pagex enter mistress quickly mrsx pagex have with youx youxll come to dinnerx georgex xaside to mrsx fordx look who comes yonderx she shall be our messenger to this paltry knightx mrsx fordx xaside to mrsx pagex trust mex i thought on herx shexll fit itx mrsx pagex you are come to see my daughter annex quicklyx ayx forsoothx andx i prayx how does good mistress annex mrsx pagex go in with us and seex we have an hourxs talk with youx exeunt mistress pagex mistress fordx and mistress quickly pagex how nowx master fordx fordx you heard what this knave told mex did you notx pagex yesx and you heard what the other told mex fordx do you think there is truth in themx pagex hang xemx slavesx i do not think the knight would offer itx but these that accuse him in his intent towards our wives are a yoke of his discarded menx very roguesx now they be out of servicex fordx were they his menx pagex marryx were theyx fordx i like it never the better for thatx does he lie at the garterx pagex ayx marryx does hex if he should intend this voyage toward my wifex i would turn her loose to himx and what he gets more of her than sharp wordsx let it lie on my headx fordx i do not misdoubt my wifex but i would be loath to turn them togetherx a man may be too confidentx i would have nothing lie on my headx i cannot be thus satisfiedx enter host pagex look where my ranting host of the garter comesx there is either liquor in his pate or money in his purse when he looks so merrilyx how nowx mine hostx hostx how nowx bully rookx thouxrt a gentlemanx xto shallow followingx cavaleiro justicex i sayx enter shallow shallowx i followx mine hostx i followx good even and twentyx good master pagex master pagex will you go with usx we have sport in handx hostx tell himx cavaleiro justicex tell himx bully rookx shallowx sirx there is a fray to be fought between sir hugh the welsh priest and caius the french doctorx fordx good mine host ox thx garterx a word with youx hostx what sayxst thoux my bully rookx xthey go asidex shallowx xto pagex will you go with us to behold itx my merry host hath had the measuring of their weaponsx andx i thinkx hath appointed them contrary placesx forx believe mex i hear the parson is no jesterx harkx i will tell you what our sport shall bex xthey converse apartx hostx hast thou no suit against my knightx my guestxcavaleirox fordx nonex i protestx but ixll give you a pottle of burnt sack to give me recourse to himx and tell him my name is brookxonly for a jestx hostx my handx bullyx thou shalt have egress and regressx said i wellxxand thy name shall be brookx it is a merry knightx will you gox mynheersx shallowx have with youx mine hostx pagex i have heard the frenchman hath good skill in his rapierx shallowx tutx sirx i could have told you morex in these times you stand on distancex your passesx stoccadoesx and i know not whatx xtis the heartx master pagex xtis herex xtis herex i have seen the time with my long sword i would have made you four tall fellows skip like ratsx hostx herex boysx herex herex shall we wagx pagex have with youx i had rather hear them scold than fightx exeunt all but ford fordx though page be a secure foolx and stands so firmly on his wifexs frailtyx yet i cannot put off my opinion so easilyx she was in his company at pagexs housex and what they made there i know notx wellx i will look further into xtx and i have a disguise to sound falstaffx if i find her honestx i lose not my labourx if she be otherwisex xtis labour well bestowedx exit scene xx a room in the garter inn enter falstaff and pistol falstaffx i will not lend thee a pennyx pistolx i will retort the sum in equipagex falstaffx not a pennyx pistolx whyx then the worldxs mine oysterx which i with sword will openx falstaffx not a pennyx i have been contentx sirx you should lay my countenance to pawnx i have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coachxfellowx nymx or else you had lookxd through the gratex like a geminy of baboonsx i am damnxd in hell for swearing to gentlemen my friends you were good soldiers and tall fellowsx and when mistress bridget lost the handle of her fanx i took xt upon mine honour thou hadst it notx pistolx didst not thou sharex hadst thou not fifteen pencex falstaffx reasonx you roguex reasonx thinkxst thou ixll endanger my soul gratisx at a wordx hang no more about mex i am no gibbet for youx goxa short knife and a throngxx to your manor of picktxhatchx gox youxll not bear a letter for mex you roguex you stand upon your honourx whyx thou unconfinable basenessx it is as much as i can do to keep the terms of my honour precisex ix ix i myself sometimesx leaving the fear of god on the left handx and hiding mine honour in my necessityx am fain to shufflex to hedgex and to lurchx and yet youx roguex will ensconce your ragsx your catxaxmountain looksx your redxlattice phrasesx and your boldxbeating oathsx under the shelter of your honourx you will not do itx youx pistolx i do relentx what would thou more of manx enter robin robinx sirx herexs a woman would speak with youx falstaffx let her approachx enter mistress quickly quicklyx give your worship good morrowx falstaffx good morrowx good wifex quicklyx not sox anxt please your worshipx falstaffx good maidx thenx quicklyx ixll be swornx as my mother wasx the first hour i was bornx falstaffx i do believe the swearerx what with mex quicklyx shall i vouchsafe your worship a word or twox falstaffx two thousandx fair womanx and ixll vouchsafe thee the hearingx quicklyx there is one mistress fordx sirxi prayx come a little nearer this waysx i myself dwell with master doctor caiusx falstaffx wellx onx mistress fordx you sayx quicklyx your worship says very truex i pray your worship come a little nearer this waysx falstaffx i warrant thee nobody hearsxmine own peoplex mine own peoplex quicklyx are they sox god bless themx and make them his servantsx falstaffx wellx mistress fordx what of herx quicklyx whyx sirx shexs a good creaturex lordx lordx your worshipxs a wantonx wellx heaven forgive youx and all of usx i prayx falstaffx mistress fordx comex mistress fordx quicklyx marryx this is the short and the long of itx you have brought her into such a canaries as xtis wonderfulx the best courtier of them allx when the court lay at windsorx could never have brought her to such a canaryx yet there has been knightsx and lordsx and gentlemenx with their coachesx i warrant youx coach after coachx letter after letterx gift after giftx smelling so sweetlyx all muskx and so rushlingx i warrant youx in silk and goldx and in such alligant termsx and in such wine and sugar of the best and the fairestx that would have won any womanxs heartx and i warrant youx they could never get an eyexwink of herx i had myself twenty angels given me this morningx but i defy all angelsx in any such sortx as they sayx but in the way of honestyx andx i warrant youx they could never get her so much as sip on a cup with the proudest of them allx and yet there has been earlsx nayx which is morex pensionersx butx i warrant youx all is one with herx falstaffx but what says she to mex be briefx my good shex mercuryx quicklyx marryx she hath receivxd your letterx for the which she thanks you a thousand timesx and she gives you to notify that her husband will be absence from his house between ten and elevenx falstaffx ten and elevenx quicklyx ayx forsoothx and then you may come and see the picturex she saysx that you wot ofx master fordx her husbandx will be from homex alasx the sweet woman leads an ill life with himx hexs a very jealousy manx she leads a very frampold life with himx good heartx falstaffx ten and elevenx womanx commend me to herx i will not fail herx quicklyx whyx you say wellx but i have another messenger to your worshipx mistress page hath her hearty commendations to you toox and let me tell you in your earx shexs as fartuous a civil modest wifex and onex i tell youx that will not miss you morning nor evening prayerx as any is in windsorx whoexer be the otherx and she bade me tell your worship that her husband is seldom from homex but she hopes there will come a timex i never knew a woman so dote upon a manx surely i think you have charmsx lax yesx in truthx falstaffx not ix i assure theex setting the attraction of my good parts asidex i have no other charmsx quicklyx blessing on your heart for xtx falstaffx butx i pray theex tell me thisx has fordxs wife and pagexs wife acquainted each other how they love mex quicklyx that were a jest indeedx they have not so little gracex i hopexthat were a trick indeedx but mistress page would desire you to send her your little page of all lovesx her husband has a marvellous infection to the little pagex and truly master page is an honest manx never a wife in windsor leads a better life than she doesx do what she willx say what she willx take allx pay allx go to bed when she listx rise when she listx all is as she willx and truly she deserves itx for if there be a kind woman in windsorx she is onex you must send her your pagex no remedyx falstaffx whyx i willx quicklyx nayx but do so thenx andx look youx he may come and go between you bothx and in any case have a nayxwordx that you may know one anotherxs mindx and the boy never need to understand any thingx for xtis not good that children should know any wickednessx old folksx you knowx have discretionx as they sayx and know the worldx falstaffx fare thee wellx commend me to them bothx therexs my pursex i am yet thy debtorx boyx go along with this womanx xexeunt quickly and robinx this news distracts mex pistolx xasidex this punk is one of cupidxs carriersx clap on more sailsx pursuex up with your fightsx give firex she is my prizex or ocean whelm them allx exit falstaffx sayxst thou sox old jackx go thy waysx ixll make more of thy old body than i have donex will they yet look after theex wilt thoux after the expense of so much moneyx be now a gainerx good bodyx i thank theex let them say xtis grossly donex so it be fairly donex no matterx enter bardolph bardolphx sir johnx therexs one master brook below would fain speak with youx and be acquainted with youx and hath sent your worship a momingxs draught of sackx falstaffx brook is his namex bardolphx ayx sirx falstaffx call him inx xexit bardolphx such brooks are welcome to mex that oxerflows such liquorx ahx hax mistress ford and mistress pagex have i encompassxd youx go tox viax rexenter bardolphx with ford disguised fordx bless youx sirx falstaffx and youx sirx would you speak with mex fordx i make bold to press with so little preparation upon youx falstaffx youxre welcomex whatxs your willx give us leavex drawerx exit bardolph fordx sirx i am a gentleman that have spent muchx my name is brookx falstaffx good master brookx i desire more acquaintance of youx fordx good sir johnx i sue for yoursxnot to charge youx for i must let you understand i think myself in better plight for a lender than you arex the which hath something emboldxned me to this unseasonxd intrusionx for they sayx if money go beforex all ways do lie openx falstaffx money is a good soldierx sirx and will onx fordx trothx and i have a bag of money here troubles mex if you will help to bear itx sir johnx take allx or halfx for easing me of the carriagex falstaffx sirx i know not how i may deserve to be your porterx fordx i will tell youx sirx if you will give me the hearingx falstaffx speakx good master brookx i shall be glad to be your servantx fordx sirx i hear you are a scholarxi will be brief with you xand you have been a man long known to mex though i had never so good means as desire to make myself acquainted with youx i shall discover a thing to youx wherein i must very much lay open mine own imperfectionx butx good sir johnx as you have one eye upon my folliesx as you hear them unfoldedx turn another into the register of your ownx that i may pass with a reproof the easierx sith you yourself know how easy is it to be such an offenderx falstaffx very wellx sirx proceedx fordx there is a gentlewoman in this townx her husbandxs name is fordx falstaffx wellx sirx fordx i have long lovxd herx andx i protest to youx bestowed much on herx followed her with a doting observancex engrossxd opportunities to meet herx feexd every slight occasion that could but niggardly give me sight of herx not only bought many presents to give herx but have given largely to many to know what she would have givenx brieflyx i have pursuxd her as love hath pursued mex which hath been on the wing of all occasionsx but whatsoever i have meritedx either in my mind or in my meansx meedx i am surex i have received nonex unless experience be a jewelx that i have purchased at an infinite ratex and that hath taught me to say thisx xlove like a shadow flies when substance love pursuesx pursuing that that fliesx and flying what pursuesxx falstaffx have you receivxd no promise of satisfaction at her handsx fordx neverx falstaffx have you importunxd her to such a purposex fordx neverx falstaffx of what quality was your lovex thenx fordx like a fair house built on another manxs groundx so that i have lost my edifice by mistaking the place where erected itx falstaffx to what purpose have you unfolded this to mex fordx when i have told you thatx i have told you allx some say that though she appear honest to mex yet in other places she enlargeth her mirth so far that there is shrewd construction made of herx nowx sir johnx here is the heart of my purposex you are a gentleman of excellent breedingx admirable discoursex of great admittancex authentic in your place and personx generally allowxd for your many warxlikex courtlikex and learned preparationsx falstaffx ox sirx fordx believe itx for you know itx there is moneyx spend itx spend itx spend morex spend all i havex only give me so much of your time in exchange of it as to lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this fordxs wifex use your art of wooingx win her to consent to youx if any man mayx you may as soon as anyx falstaffx would it apply well to the vehemency of your affectionx that i should win what you would enjoyx methinks you prescribe to yourself very preposterouslyx fordx ox understand my driftx she dwells so securely on the excellency of her honour that the folly of my soul dares not present itselfx she is too bright to be lookxd againstx nowx could i come to her with any detection in my handx my desires had instance and argument to commend themselvesx i could drive her then from the ward of her purityx her reputationx her marriage vowx and a thousand other her defencesx which now are too too strongly embattlxd against mex what say you toxtx sir johnx falstaffx master brookx i will first make bold with your moneyx nextx give me your handx and lastx as i am a gentlemanx you shallx if you willx enjoy fordxs wifex fordx o good sirx falstaffx i say you shallx fordx want no moneyx sir johnx you shall want nonex falstaffx want no mistress fordx master brookx you shall want nonex i shall be with herx i may tell youx by her own appointmentx even as you came in to me her assistantx or goxbetweenx parted from mex i say i shall be with her between ten and elevenx for at that time the jealous rascally knavex her husbandx will be forthx come you to me at nightx you shall know how i speedx fordx i am blest in your acquaintancex do you know fordx sirx falstaffx hang himx poor cuckoldly knavex i know him notx yet i wrong him to call him poorx they say the jealous wittolly knave hath masses of moneyx for the which his wife seems to me wellxfavourxdx i will use her as the key of the cuckoldly roguexs cofferx and therexs my harvestxhomex fordx i would you knew fordx sirx that you might avoid him if you saw himx falstaffx hang himx mechanical saltxbutter roguex i will stare him out of his witsx i will awe him with my cudgelx it shall hang like a meteor oxer the cuckoldxs hornsx master brookx thou shalt know i will predominate over the peasantx and thou shalt lie with his wifex come to me soon at nightx fordxs a knavex and i will aggravate his stylex thoux master brookx shalt know him for knave and cuckoldx come to me soon at nightx exit fordx what a damnxd epicurean rascal is thisx my heart is ready to crack with impatiencex who says this is improvident jealousyx my wife hath sent to himx the hour is fixxdx the match is madex would any man have thought thisx see the hell of having a false womanx my bed shall be abusxdx my coffers ransackxdx my reputation gnawn atx and i shall not only receive this villainous wrongx but stand under the adoption of abominable termsx and by him that does me this wrongx termsx namesx amaimon sounds wellx luciferx wellx barbasonx wellx yet they are devilsx additionsx the names of fiendsx but cuckoldx wittolx cuckoldx the devil himself hath not such a namex page is an assx a secure assx he will trust his wifex he will not be jealousx i will rather trust a fleming with my butterx parson hugh the welshman with my cheesex an irishman with my aquaxvitae bottlex or a thief to walk my ambling geldingx than my wife with herselfx then she plotsx then she ruminatesx then she devisesx and what they think in their hearts they may effectx they will break their hearts but they will effectx god be praisxd for my jealousyx eleven oxclock the hourx i will prevent thisx detect my wifex be revengxd on falstaffx and laugh at pagex i will about itx better three hours too soon than a minute too latex fiex fiex fiex cuckoldx cuckoldx cuckoldx exit scene xx a field near windsor enter caius and rugby caiusx jack rugbyx rugbyx sirx caiusx vat is de clockx jackx rugbyx xtis past the hourx sirx that sir hugh promisxd to meetx caiusx by garx he has save his soul dat he is no comex he has pray his pible well dat he is no comex by garx jack rugbyx he is dead alreadyx if he be comex rugbyx he is wisex sirx he knew your worship would kill him if he camex caiusx by garx de herring is no dead so as i vill kill himx take your rapierx jackx i vill tell you how i vill kill himx rugbyx alasx sirx i cannot fencex caiusx villainyx take your rapierx rugbyx forbearx herexs companyx enter hostx shallowx slenderx and page hostx bless theex bully doctorx shallowx save youx master doctor caiusx pagex nowx good master doctorx slenderx give you good morrowx sirx caiusx vat be all youx onex twox treex fourx come forx hostx to see thee fightx to see thee foinx to see thee traversex to see thee herex to see thee therex to see thee pass thy puntox thy stockx thy reversex thy distancex thy montantx is he deadx my ethiopianx is he deadx my franciscox hax bullyx what says my aesculapiusx my galenx my heart of elderx hax is he deadx bully stalex is he deadx caiusx by garx he is de coward jack priest of de worldx he is not show his facex hostx thou art a castalionxkingxurinalx hector of greecex my boyx caiusx i pray youx bear witness that me have stay six or sevenx two tree hours for himx and he is no comex shallowx he is the wiser manx master doctorx he is a curer of soulsx and you a curer of bodiesx if you should fightx you go against the hair of your professionsx is it not truex master pagex pagex master shallowx you have yourself been a great fighterx though now a man of peacex shallowx bodykinsx master pagex though i now be oldx and of the peacex if i see a sword outx my finger itches to make onex though we are justicesx and doctorsx and churchmenx master pagex we have some salt of our youth in usx we are the sons of womenx master pagex pagex xtis truex master shallowx shallowx it will be found sox master pagex master doctor caiusx i come to fetch you homex i am sworn of the peacex you have showxd yourself a wise physicianx and sir hugh hath shown himself a wise and patient churchmanx you must go with mex master doctorx hostx pardonx guest justicex a wordx mounseur mockwaterx caiusx mockxvaterx vat is datx hostx mockwaterx in our english tonguex is valourx bullyx caiusx by garx then i have as much mockvater as de englishmanx scurvy jackxdog priestx by garx me vill cut his earsx hostx he will clapperxclaw thee tightlyx bullyx caiusx clapperxdexclawx vat is datx hostx that isx he will make thee amendsx caiusx by garx me do look he shall clapperxdexclaw mex forx by garx me vill have itx hostx and i will provoke him toxtx or let him wagx caiusx me tank you for datx hostx andx moreoverx bullyxbut firstx xaside to the othersx master guestx and master pagex and eke cavaleiro slenderx go you through the town to frogmorex pagex xasidex sir hugh is therex is hex hostx xasidex he is therex see what humour he is inx and i will bring the doctor about by the fieldsx will it do wellx shallowx xasidex we will do itx pagex shallowx and slenderx adieux good master doctorx exeunt pagex shallowx and slender caiusx by garx me vill kill de priestx for he speak for a jackx anxape to anne pagex hostx let him diex sheathe thy impatiencex throw cold water on thy cholerx go about the fields with me through frogmorex i will bring thee where mistress anne page isx at a a farmxhousex axfeastingx and thou shalt woo herx cried gamex said i wellx caiusx by garx me dank you vor datx by garx i love youx and i shall procurexa you de good guestx de earlx de knightx de lordsx de gentlemenx my patientsx hostx for the which i will be thy adversary toward anne pagex said i wellx caiusx by garx xtis goodx vell saidx hostx let us wagx thenx caiusx come at my heelsx jack rugbyx exeunt act iii scene xx a field near frogmore enter sir hugh evans and simple evansx i pray you nowx good master slenderxs servingxmanx and friend simple by your namex which way have you lookxd for master caiusx that calls himself doctor of physicx simplex marryx sirx the pittiexwardx the parkxwardx every wayx old windsor wayx and every way but the town wayx evansx i most fehemently desire you you will also look that wayx simplex i willx sirx exit evansx pless my soulx how full of chollors i amx and trempling of mindx i shall be glad if he have deceived mex how melancholies i amx i will knog his urinals about his knavexs costard when i have goot opportunities for the orkx pless my soulx xsingsx to shallow riversx to whose falls melodious birds sings madrigalsx there will we make our peds of rosesx and a thousand fragrant posiesx to shallowx mercy on mex i have a great dispositions to cryx xsingsx melodious birds sing madrigalsx whenas i sat in pabylonx and a thousand vagram posiesx to shallowx etcx rexenter simple simplex yonder he isx coming this wayx sir hughx evansx hexs welcomex xsingsx to shallow riversx to whose fallsx heaven prosper the rightx what weapons is hex simplex no weaponsx sirx there comes my masterx master shallowx and another gentlemanx from frogmorex over the stilex this wayx evansx pray you give me my gownx or else keep it in your armsx xtakes out a bookx enter pagex shallowx and slender shallowx how nowx master parsonx good morrowx good sir hughx keep a gamester from the dicex and a good student from his bookx and it is wonderfulx slenderx xasidex ahx sweet anne pagex pagex save youx good sir hughx evansx pless you from his mercy sakex all of youx shallowx whatx the sword and the wordx do you study them bothx master parsonx pagex and youthful stillx in your doublet and hosex this raw rheumatic dayx evansx there is reasons and causes for itx pagex we are come to you to do a good officex master parsonx evansx fery wellx what is itx pagex yonder is a most reverend gentlemanx whox belike having received wrong by some personx is at most odds with his own gravity and patience that ever you sawx shallowx i have lived fourscore years and upwardx i never heard a man of his placex gravityx and learningx so wide of his own respectx evansx what is hex pagex i think you know himx master doctor caiusx the renowned french physicianx evansx gotxs will and his passion of my heartx i had as lief you would tell me of a mess of porridgex pagex whyx evansx he has no more knowledge in hibocrates and galenx and he is a knave besidesxa cowardly knave as you would desires to be acquainted withalx pagex i warrant youx hexs the man should fight with himx slenderx xasidex o sweet anne pagex shallowx it appears sox by his weaponsx keep them asunderx here comes doctor caiusx enter hostx caiusx and rugby pagex nayx good master parsonx keep in your weaponx shallowx so do youx good master doctorx hostx disarm themx and let them questionx let them keep their limbs whole and hack our englishx caiusx i pray youx letxa me speak a word with your earx verefore will you not meetxa mex evansx xaside to caiusx pray you use your patiencex in good timex caiusx by garx you are de cowardx de jack dogx john apex evansx xaside to caiusx pray youx let us not be laughingxstocks to other menxs humoursx i desire you in friendshipx and i will one way or other make you amendsx xaloudx i will knog your urinals about your knavexs cogscomb for missing your meetings and appointmentsx caiusx diablex jack rugbyxmine host de jarteerxhave i not stay for him to kill himx have i notx at de place i did appointx evansx as i am a christians soulx nowx look youx this is the place appointedx ixll be judgment by mine host of the garterx hostx peacex i sayx gallia and gaulx french and welshx soulxcurer and bodyxcurerx caiusx ayx dat is very goodx excellentx hostx peacex i sayx hear mine host of the garterx am i politicx am i subtlex am i a machiavelx shall i lose my doctorx nox he gives me the potions and the motionsx shall i lose my parsonx my priestx my sir hughx nox he gives me the proverbs and the noverbsx give me thy handx terrestrialx sox give me thy handx celestialx sox boys of artx i have deceivxd you bothx i have directed you to wrong placesx your hearts are mightyx your skins are wholex and let burnt sack be the issuex comex lay their swords to pawnx follow mex lads of peacex followx followx followx shallowx trust mex a mad hostx followx gentlemenx followx slenderx xasidex o sweet anne pagex exeunt all but caius and evans caiusx hax do i perceive datx have you makexa de sot of usx hax hax evansx this is wellx he has made us his vloutingxstogx i desire you that we may be friendsx and let us knog our prains together to be revenge on this same scallx scurvyx cogging companionx the host of the garterx caiusx by garx with all my heartx he promise to bring me where is anne pagex by garx he deceive me toox evansx wellx i will smite his noddlesx pray you followx exeunt scene xx the street in windsor enter mistress page and robin mrsx pagex nayx keep your wayx little gallantx you were wont to be a followerx but now you are a leaderx whether had you rather lead mine eyesx or eye your masterxs heelsx robinx i had ratherx forsoothx go before you like a man than follow him like a dwarfx mrsx pagex ox you are a flattering boyx now i see youxll be a courtierx enter ford fordx well metx mistress pagex whither go youx mrsx pagex trulyx sirx to see your wifex is she at homex fordx ayx and as idle as she may hang togetherx for want of companyx i thinkx if your husbands were deadx you two would marryx mrsx pagex be sure of thatxtwo other husbandsx fordx where had you this pretty weathercockx mrsx pagex i cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him ofx what do you call your knightxs namex sirrahx robinx sir john falstaffx fordx sir john falstaffx mrsx pagex hex hex i can never hit onxs namex there is such a league between my good man and hex is your wife at home indeedx fordx indeed she isx mrsx pagex by your leavex sirx i am sick till i see herx exeunt mrsx page and robin fordx has page any brainsx hath he any eyesx hath he any thinkingx surex they sleepx he hath no use of themx whyx this boy will carry a letter twenty mile as easy as a cannon will shoot pointblank twelve scorex he pieces out his wifexs inclinationx he gives her folly motion and advantagex and now shexs going to my wifex and falstaffxs boy with herx a man may hear this showxr sing in the windx and falstaffxs boy with herx good plotsx they are laidx and our revolted wives share damnation togetherx wellx i will take himx then torture my wifex pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming mistress pagex divulge page himself for a secure and wilful actaeonx and to these violent proceedings all my neighbours shall cry aimx xclock strikesx the clock gives me my cuex and my assurance bids me searchx there i shall find falstaffx i shall be rather praisxd for this than mockxdx for it is as positive as the earth is firm that falstaff is therex i will gox enter pagex shallowx slenderx hostx sir hugh evansx caiusx and rugby shallowx pagex xcx well metx master fordx fordx trust mex a good knotx i have good cheer at homex and i pray you all go with mex shallowx i must excuse myselfx master fordx slenderx and so must ix sirx we have appointed to dine with mistress annex and i would not break with her for more money than ixll speak ofx shallowx we have lingerxd about a match between anne page and my cousin slenderx and this day we shall have our answerx slenderx i hope i have your good willx father pagex pagex you havex master slenderx i stand wholly for youx but my wifex master doctorx is for you altogetherx caiusx ayx bexgarx and de maid is lovexa mex my nurshxa quickly tell me so mushx hostx what say you to young master fentonx he capersx he dancesx he has eyes of youthx he writes versesx he speaks holidayx he smells april and mayx he will carry xtx he will carry xtx xtis in his buttonsx he will carry xtx pagex not by my consentx i promise youx the gentleman is of no havingx he kept company with the wild prince and poinsx he is of too high a regionx he knows too muchx nox he shall not knit a knot in his fortunes with the finger of my substancex if he take herx let him take her simplyx the wealth i have waits on my consentx and my consent goes not that wayx fordx i beseech youx heartilyx some of you go home with me to dinnerx besides your cheerx you shall have sportx i will show you a monsterx master doctorx you shall gox so shall youx master pagex and youx sir hughx shallowx wellx fare you wellx we shall have the freer wooing at master pagexsx exeunt shallow and slender caiusx go homex john rugbyx i come anonx exit rugby hostx farewellx my heartsx i will to my honest knight falstaffx and drink canary with himx exit host fordx xasidex i think i shall drink in pipexwine first with himx ixll make him dancex will you gox gentlesx allx have with you to see this monsterx exeunt scene xx fordxs house enter mistress ford and mistress page mrsx fordx whatx johnx whatx robertx mrsx pagex quicklyx quicklyx is the buckxbasketx mrsx fordx i warrantx whatx robinx i sayx enter servants with a basket mrsx pagex comex comex comex mrsx fordx herex set it downx mrsx pagex give your men the chargex we must be briefx mrsx fordx marryx as i told you beforex john and robertx be ready here hard by in the brewxhousex and when i suddenly call youx come forthx andx without any pause or staggeringx take this basket on your shouldersx that donex trudge with it in all hastex and carry it among the whitsters in datchet meadx and there empty it in the muddy ditch close by the thames sidex mrsx pagex you will do itx mrsx fordx i hax told them over and overx they lack no directionx be gonex and come when you are callxdx exeunt servants mrsx pagex here comes little robinx enter robin mrsx fordx how nowx my eyasxmusketx what news with youx robinx my master sir john is come in at your backxdoorx mistress fordx and requests your companyx mrsx pagex you little jackxaxlentx have you been true to usx robinx ayx ixll be swornx my master knows not of your being herex and hath threatxned to put me into everlasting libertyx if i tell you of itx for he swears hexll turn me awayx mrsx pagex thou xrt a good boyx this secrecy of thine shall be a tailor to theex and shall make thee a new doublet and hosex ixll go hide mex mrsx fordx do sox go tell thy master i am alonex xexit robinx mistress pagex remember you your cuex mrsx pagex i warrant theex if i do not act itx hiss mex exit mrsx page mrsx fordx go tox thenx wexll use this unwholesome humidityx this gross watxry pumpionx wexll teach him to know turtles from jaysx enter falstaff falstaffx have i caught theex my heavenly jewelx whyx now let me diex for i have livxd long enoughx this is the period of my ambitionx o this blessed hourx mrsx fordx o sweet sir johnx falstaffx mistress fordx i cannot cogx i cannot pratex mistress fordx now shall i sin in my wishx i would thy husband were deadx ixll speak it before the best lordx i would make thee my ladyx mrsx fordx i your ladyx sir johnx alasx i should be a pitiful ladyx falstaffx let the court of france show me such anotherx i see how thine eye would emulate the diamondx thou hast the right arched beauty of the brow that becomes the shipxtirex the tirexvaliantx or any tire of venetian admittancex mrsx fordx a plain kerchiefx sir johnx my brows become nothing elsex nor that well neitherx falstaffx by the lordx thou art a tyrant to say sox thou wouldst make an absolute courtierx and the firm fixture of thy foot would give an excellent motion to thy gait in a semixcircled farthingalex i see what thou wertx if fortune thy foe werex not naturex thy friendx comex thou canst not hide itx mrsx fordx believe mex therexs no such thing in mex falstaffx what made me love theex let that persuade thee therexs something extraxordinary in theex comex i cannot cogx and say thou art this and thatx like a many of these lisping hawthornxbuds that come like women in menxs apparelx and smell like bucklersbury in simple timex i cannotx but i love theex none but theex and thou deservxst itx mrsx fordx do not betray mex sirx i fear you love mistress pagex falstaffx thou mightst as well say i love to walk by the counterxgatex which is as hateful to me as the reek of a limexkilnx mrsx fordx wellx heaven knows how i love youx and you shall one day find itx falstaffx keep in that mindx ixll deserve itx mrsx fordx nayx i must tell youx so you dox or else i could not be in that mindx robinx xwithinx mistress fordx mistress fordx herexs mistress page at the doorx sweating and blowing and looking wildlyx and would needs speak with you presentlyx falstaffx she shall not see mex i will ensconce me behind the arrasx mrsx fordx pray youx do sox shexs a very tattling womanx xfalstaff hides himselfx rexenter mistress page and robin whatxs the matterx how nowx mrsx pagex o mistress fordx what have you donex youxre shamxdx yxare overthrownx yxare undone for everx mrsx fordx whatxs the matterx good mistress pagex mrsx pagex o wellxaxdayx mistress fordx having an honest man to your husbandx to give him such cause of suspicionx mrsx fordx what cause of suspicionx mrsx pagex what cause of suspicionx out upon youx how am i mistook in youx mrsx fordx whyx alasx whatxs the matterx mrsx pagex your husbandxs coming hitherx womanx with all the officers in windsorx to search for a gentleman that he says is here now in the housex by your consentx to take an ill advantage of his absencex you are undonex mrsx fordx xtis not sox i hopex mrsx pagex pray heaven it be not so that you have such a man herex but xtis most certain your husbandxs comingx with half windsor at his heelsx to search for such a onex i come before to tell youx if you know yourself clearx whyx i am glad of itx but if you have a friend herex conveyx convey him outx be not amazxdx call all your senses to youx defend your reputationx or bid farewell to your good life for everx mrsx fordx what shall i dox there is a gentlemanx my dear friendx and i fear not mine own shame as much as his perilx i had rather than a thousand pound he were out of the housex mrsx pagex for shamex never stand xyou had ratherx and xyou had ratherxx your husbandxs here at handx bethink you of some conveyancex in the house you cannot hide himx ox how have you deceivxd mex lookx here is a basketx if he be of any reasonable staturex he may creep in herex and throw foul linen upon himx as if it were going to buckingx orxit is whitingxtimexsend him by your two men to datchet meadx mrsx fordx hexs too big to go in therex what shall i dox falstaffx xcoming forwardx let me see xtx let me see xtx ox let me see xtx ixll inx ixll inx follow your friendxs counselx ixll inx mrsx pagex whatx sir john falstaffx xaside to falstaffx are these your lettersx knightx falstaffx xaside to mrsx pagex i love thee and none but theex help me awayxxlet me creep in herex ixll neverx xgets into the basketx they cover him with foul linenx mrsx pagex help to cover your masterx boyx call your menx mistress fordx you dissembling knightx mrsx fordx whatx johnx robertx johnx exit robin rexenter servants gox take up these clothes herex quicklyx wherexs the cowlxstaffx look how you drumblex carry them to the laundress in datchet meadx quicklyx comex enter fordx pagex caiusx and sir hugh evans fordx pray you come nearx if i suspect without causex why then make sport at mex then let me be your jestx i deserve itx how nowx whither bear you thisx servantx to the laundressx forsoothx mrsx fordx whyx what have you to do whither they bear itx you were best meddle with buckxwashingx fordx buckx i would i could wash myself of the buckx buckx buckx buckx ayx buckx i warrant youx buckx and of the season toox it shall appearx xexeunt servants with basketx gentlemenx i have dreamxd toxnightx ixll tell you my dreamx herex herex here be my keysx ascend my chambersx searchx seekx find outx ixll warrant wexll unkennel the foxx let me stop this way firstx xlocking the doorx sox now uncapex pagex good master fordx be contentedx you wrong yourself too muchx fordx truex master pagex upx gentlemenx you shall see sport anonx follow mex gentlemenx exit evansx this is fery fantastical humours and jealousiesx caiusx by garx xtis no the fashion of francex it is not jealous in francex pagex nayx follow himx gentlemenx see the issue of his searchx exeunt evansx pagex and caius mrsx pagex is there not a double excellency in thisx mrsx fordx i know not which pleases me betterx that my husband is deceivedx or sir johnx mrsx pagex what a taking was he in when your husband askxd who was in the basketx mrsx fordx i am half afraid he will have need of washingx so throwing him into the water will do him a benefitx mrsx pagex hang himx dishonest rascalx i would all of the same strain were in the same distressx mrsx fordx i think my husband hath some special suspicion of falstaffxs being herex for i never saw him so gross in his jealousy till nowx mrsx pagex i will lay a plot to try thatx and we will yet have more tricks with falstaffx his dissolute disease will scarce obey this medicinex mrsx fordx shall we send that foolish carrionx mistress quicklyx to himx and excuse his throwing into the waterx and give him another hopex to betray him to another punishmentx mrsx pagex we will do itx let him be sent for toxmorrow eight oxclockx to have amendsx rexenter fordx pagex caiusx and sir hugh evans fordx i cannot find himx may be the knave braggxd of that he could not compassx mrsx pagex xaside to mrsx fordx heard you thatx mrsx fordx you use me wellx master fordx do youx fordx ayx i do sox mrsx fordx heaven make you better than your thoughtsx fordx amenx mrsx pagex you do yourself mighty wrongx master fordx fordx ayx ayx i must bear itx evansx if there be any pody in the housex and in the chambersx and in the coffersx and in the pressesx heaven forgive my sins at the day of judgmentx caiusx be garx nor i toox there is no bodiesx pagex fiex fiex master fordx are you not ashamxdx what spiritx what devil suggests this imaginationx i would not hax your distemper in this kind for the wealth of windsor castlex fordx xtis my faultx master pagex i suffer for itx evansx you suffer for a pad consciencex your wife is as honest a omans as i will desires among five thousandx and five hundred toox caiusx by garx i see xtis an honest womanx fordx wellx i promisxd you a dinnerx comex comex walk in the parkx i pray you pardon mex i will hereafter make known to you why i have done thisx comex wifex comex mistress pagex i pray you pardon mex pray heartlyx pardon mex pagex letxs go inx gentlemenx butx trust mex wexll mock himx i do invite you toxmorrow morning to my house to breakfastx afterx wexll axbirding togetherx i have a fine hawk for the bushx shall it be sox fordx any thingx evansx if there is onex i shall make two in the companyx caiusx if there be one or twox i shall makexa the turdx fordx pray you gox master pagex evansx i pray you nowx remembrance toxmorrow on the lousy knavex mine hostx caiusx dat is goodx by garx with all my heartx evansx a lousy knavex to have his gibes and his mockeriesx exeunt scene xx before pagexs house enter fenton and anne page fentonx i see i cannot get thy fatherxs lovex therefore no more turn me to himx sweet nanx annex alasx how thenx fentonx whyx thou must be thyselfx he doth object i am too great of birthx and thatx my state being gallxd with my expensex i seek to heal it only by his wealthx besides thesex other bars he lays before mex my riots pastx my wild societiesx and tells me xtis a thing impossible i should love thee but as a propertyx annexx may be he tells you truex fentonx nox heaven so speed me in my time to comex albeit i will confess thy fatherxs wealth was the first motive that i wooxd theex annex yetx wooing theex i found thee of more value than stamps in goldx or sums in sealed bagsx and xtis the very riches of thyself that now i aim atx annex gentle master fentonx yet seek my fatherxs lovex still seek itx sirx if opportunity and humblest suit cannot attain itx why thenxhark you hitherx xthey converse apartx enter shallowx slenderx and mistress quickly shallowx break their talkx mistress quicklyx my kinsman shall speak for himselfx slenderx ixll make a shaft or a bolt on xtx xslidx xtis but venturingx shallowx be not dismayxdx slenderx nox she shall not dismay mex i care not for thatx but that i am afeardx quicklyx hark yex master slender would speak a word with youx annex i come to himx xasidex this is my fatherxs choicex ox what a world of vile illxfavourxd faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a yearx quicklyx and how does good master fentonx pray youx a word with youx shallowx shexs comingx to herx cozx o boyx thou hadst a fatherx slenderx i had a fatherx mistress annex my uncle can tell you good jests of himx pray youx unclex tell mistress anne the jest how my father stole two geese out of a penx good unclex shallowx mistress annex my cousin loves youx slenderx ayx that i dox as well as i love any woman in gloucestershirex shallowx he will maintain you like a gentlewomanx slenderx ayx that i will come cut and longtailx under the degree of a squirex shallowx he will make you a hundred and fifty pounds jointurex annex good master shallowx let him woo for himselfx shallowx marryx i thank you for itx i thank you for that good comfortx she calls youx cozx ixll leave youx annex nowx master slenderx slenderx nowx good mistress annex annex what is your willx slenderx my willx xodxs heartlingsx thatxs a pretty jest indeedx i nexer made my will yetx i thank heavenx i am not such a sickly creaturex i give heaven praisex annex i meanx master slenderx what would you with mex slenderx trulyx for mine own part i would little or nothing with youx your father and my uncle hath made motionsx if it be my luckx sox if notx happy man be his dolex they can tell you how things go better than i canx you may ask your fatherx here he comesx enter page and mistress page pagex nowx master slenderx love himx daughter annex whyx how nowx what does master fenton herex you wrong mex sirx thus still to haunt my housex i told youx sirx my daughter is disposxd ofx fentonx nayx master pagex be not impatientx mrsx pagex good master fentonx come not to my childx pagex she is no match for youx fentonx sirx will you hear mex pagex nox good master fentonx comex master shallowx comex son slenderx inx knowing my mindx you wrong mex master fentonx exeunt pagex shallowx and slender quicklyx speak to mistress pagex fentonx good mistress pagex for that i love your daughter in such a righteous fashion as i dox perforcex against all checksx rebukesx and mannersx i must advance the colours of my lovex and not retirex let me have your good willx annex good motherx do not marry me to yond foolx mrsx pagex i mean it notx i seek you a better husbandx quicklyx thatxs my masterx master doctorx annex alasx i had rather be set quick ix thx earthx and bowlxd to death with turnipsx mrsx pagex comex trouble not yourselfx good master fentonx i will not be your friendx nor enemyx my daughter will i question how she loves youx and as i find herx so am i affectedx till thenx farewellx sirx she must needs go inx her father will be angryx fentonx farewellx gentle mistressx farewellx nanx exeunt mrsx page and anne quicklyx this is my doing nowx xnayxx said i xwill you cast away your child on a foolx and a physicianx look on master fentonxx this is my doingx fentonx i thank theex and i pray theex once toxnight give my sweet nan this ringx therexs for thy painsx quicklyx now heaven send thee good fortunex xexit fentonx a kind heart he hathx a woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heartx but yet i would my master had mistress annex or i would master slender had herx orx in soothx i would master fenton had herx i will do what i can for them all threex for so i have promisxdx and ixll be as good as my wordx but speciously for master fentonx wellx i must of another errand to sir john falstaff from my two mistressesx what a beast am i to slack itx exit scene xx the garter inn enter falstaff and bardolph falstaffx bardolphx i sayx bardolphx herex sirx falstaffx go fetch me a quart of sackx put a toast in xtx exit bardolph have i livxd to be carried in a basketx like a barrow of butcherxs offalx and to be thrown in the thamesx wellx if i be servxd such another trickx ixll have my brains taxen out and butterxdx and give them to a dog for a newxyearxs giftx the rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse as they would have drownxd a blind bitchxs puppiesx fifteen ix thx litterx and you may know by my size that i have a kind of alacrity in sinkingx if the bottom were as deep as hell i should downx i had been drownxd but that the shore was shelvy and shallowxa death that i abhorx for the water swells a manx and what a thing should i have been when had been swellxdx i should have been a mountain of mummyx rexenter bardolphx with sack bardolphx herexs mistress quicklyx sirx to speak with you falstaffx comex let me pour in some sack to the thames waterx for my bellyxs as cold as if i had swallowxd snowballs for pills to cool the reinsx call her inx bardolphx come inx womanx enter mistress quickly quicklyx by your leavex i cry you mercyx give your worship good morrowx falstaffx take away these chalicesx gox brew me a pottle of sack finelyx bardolphx with eggsx sirx falstaffx simple of itselfx ixll no pulletxsperm in my brewagex xexit bardolphx how nowx quicklyx marryx sirx i come to your worship from mistress fordx falstaffx mistress fordx i have had ford enoughx i was thrown into the fordx i have my belly full of fordx quicklyx alas the dayx good heartx that was not her faultx she does so take on with her menx they mistook their erectionx falstaffx so did i minex to build upon a foolish womanxs promisex quicklyx wellx she lamentsx sirx for itx that it would yearn your heart to see itx her husband goes this morning axbirdingx she desires you once more to come to her between eight and ninex i must carry her word quicklyx shexll make you amendsx i warrant youx falstaffx wellx i will visit herx tell her sox and bid her think what a man isx let her consider his frailtyx and then judge of my meritx quicklyx i will tell herx falstaffx do sox between nine and tenx sayxst thoux quicklyx eight and ninex sirx falstaffx wellx be gonex i will not miss herx quicklyx peace be with youx sirx exit falstaffx i marvel i hear not of master brookx he sent me word to stay withinx i like his money wellx ox here he comesx enter ford disguised fordx bless youx sirx falstaffx nowx master brookx you come to know what hath passxd between me and fordxs wifex fordx thatx indeedx sir johnx is my businessx falstaffx master brookx i will not lie to youx i was at her house the hour she appointed mex fordx and sped youx sirx falstaffx very illxfavouredlyx master brookx fordx how sox sirx did she change her determinationx falstaffx nox master brookx but the peaking cornuto her husbandx master brookx dwelling in a continual xlarum of jealousyx comes me in the instant of ourx encounterx after we had embracxdx kissxdx protestedx andx as it werex spoke the prologue of our comedyx and at his heels a rabble of his companionsx thither provoked and instigated by his distemperx andx forsoothx to search his house for his wifexs lovex fordx whatx while you were therex falstaffx while i was therex fordx and did he search for youx and could not find youx falstaffx you shall hearx as good luck would have itx comes in one mistress pagex gives intelligence of fordxs approachx andx in her invention and fordxs wifexs distractionx they conveyxd me into a buckxbasketx fordx a buckxbasketx falstaffx by the lordx a buckxbasketx rammxd me in with foul shirts and smocksx socksx foul stockingsx greasy napkinsx thatx master brookx there was the rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostrilx fordx and how long lay you therex falstaffx nayx you shall hearx master brookx what i have sufferxd to bring this woman to evil for your goodx being thus crammxd in the basketx a couple of fordxs knavesx his hindsx were callxd forth by their mistress to carry me in the name of foul clothes to datchet lanex they took me on their shouldersx met the jealous knave their master in the doorx who askxd them once or twice what they had in their basketx i quakxd for fear lest the lunatic knave would have searchxd itx but fatex ordaining he should be a cuckoldx held his handx wellx on went he for a searchx and away went i for foul clothesx but mark the sequelx master brookxi suffered the pangs of three several deathsx firstx an intolerable fright to be detected with a jealous rotten bellxwetherx nextx to be compassxd like a good bilbo in the circumference of a peckx hilt to pointx heel to headx and thenx to be stoppxd inx like a strong distillationx with stinking clothes that fretted in their own greasex think of that xa man of my kidneyx think of thatxthat am as subject to heat as butterx a man of continual dissolution and thawx it was a miracle to scape suffocationx and in the height of this bathx when i was more than halfxstewxd in greasex like a dutch dishx to be thrown into the thamesx and coolxdx glowing hotx in that surgex like a horsexshoex think of that xhissing hotx think of thatx master brookx fordx in good sadnessx sirx i am sorry that for my sake you have sufferxd all thisx my suitx thenx is desperatex youxll undertake her no morex falstaffx master brookx i will be thrown into etnax as i have been into thamesx ere i will leave her thusx her husband is this morning gone axbirdingx i have received from her another embassy of meetingx xtwixt eight and nine is the hourx master brookx fordx xtis past eight alreadyx sirx falstaffx is itx i will then address me to my appointmentx come to me at your convenient leisurex and you shall know how i speedx and the conclusion shall be crowned with your enjoying herx adieux you shall have herx master brookx master brookx you shall cuckold fordx exit fordx humx hax is this a visionx is this a dreamx do i sleepx master fordx awakex awakex master fordx therexs a hole made in your best coatx master fordx this xtis to be marriedx this xtis to have linen and buckxbasketsx wellx i will proclaim myself what i amx i will now take the lecherx he is at my housex he cannot scape mex xtis impossible he shouldx he cannot creep into a halfpenny purse nor into a pepper boxx butx lest the devil that guides him should aid himx i will search impossible placesx though what i am i cannot avoidx yet to be what i would not shall not make me tamex if i have horns to make one madx let the proverb go with mexixll be horn madx exit act ivx scene ix windsorx a street enter mistress pagex mistress quicklyx and william mrsx pagex is he at master fordxs alreadyx thinkxst thoux quicklyx sure he is by thisx or will be presentlyx but truly he is very courageous mad about his throwing into the waterx mistress ford desires you to come suddenlyx mrsx pagex ixll be with her by and byx ixll but bring my young man here to schoolx look where his master comesx xtis a playing dayx i seex enter sir hugh evans how nowx sir hughx no school toxdayx evansx nox master slender is let the boys leave to playx quicklyx blessing of his heartx mrsx pagex sir hughx my husband says my son profits nothing in the world at his bookx i pray you ask him some questions in his accidencex evansx come hitherx williamx hold up your headx comex mrsx pagex come onx sirrahx hold up your headx answer your masterx be not afraidx evansx williamx how many numbers is in nounsx williamx twox quicklyx trulyx i thought there had been one number morex because they say xodxs nounsxx evansx peace your tattlingsx what is xfairxx williamx williamx pulcherx quicklyx polecatsx there are fairer things than polecatsx surex evansx you are a very simplicity omanx i pray youx peacex what is xlapisxx williamx williamx a stonex evansx and what is xa stonexx williamx williamx a pebblex evansx nox it is xlapisxx i pray you remember in your prainx williamx lapisx evansx that is a good williamx what is hex williamx that does lend articlesx williamx articles are borrowed of the pronounx and be thus declinedx singulariterx nominativox hicx haecx hocx evansx nominativox higx hagx hogx pray youx markx genitivox hujusx wellx what is your accusative casex williamx accusativox hincx evansx i pray youx have your remembrancex childx accusativox hungx hangx hogx quicklyx xhangxhogx is latin for baconx i warrant youx evansx leave your prabblesx omanx what is the focative casex williamx williamx oxvocativox ox evansx rememberx williamx focative is caretx quicklyx and thatxs a good rootx evansx omanx forbearx mrsx pagex peacex evansx what is your genitive case pluralx williamx williamx genitive casex evansx ayx williamx genitivex horumx harumx horumx quicklyx vengeance of jennyxs casex fie on herx never name herx childx if she be a whorex evansx for shamex omanx quicklyx you do ill to teach the child such wordsx he teaches him to hick and to hackx which theyxll do fast enough of themselvesx and to call xhorumxx fie upon youx evansx omanx art thou lunaticsx hast thou no understandings for thy casesx and the numbers of the gendersx thou art as foolish christian creatures as i would desiresx mrsx pagex prithee hold thy peacex evansx show me nowx williamx some declensions of your pronounsx williamx forsoothx i have forgotx evansx it is quix quaex quodx if you forget your quixsx your quaexsx and your quodxsx you must be preechesx go your ways and playx gox mrsx pagex he is a better scholar than i thought he wasx evansx he is a good sprag memoryx farewellx mistress pagex mrsx pagex adieux good sir hughx exit sir hugh get you homex boyx comex we stay too longx exeunt scene xx fordxs house enter falstaff and mistress ford falstaffx mistress fordx your sorrow hath eaten up my sufferancex i see you are obsequious in your lovex and i profess requital to a hairxs breadthx not onlyx mistress fordx in the simple office of lovex but in all the accoutrementx complementx and ceremony of itx but are you sure of your husband nowx mrsx fordx hexs axbirdingx sweet sir johnx mrsx pagex xwithinx what hoax gossip fordx what hoax mrsx fordx step into thx chamberx sir johnx exit falstaff enter mistress page mrsx pagex how nowx sweetheartx whoxs at home besides yourselfx mrsx fordx whyx none but mine own peoplex mrsx pagex indeedx mrsx fordx nox certainlyx xaside to herx speak louderx mrsx pagex trulyx i am so glad you have nobody herex mrsx fordx whyx mrsx pagex whyx womanx your husband is in his old lunes againx he so takes on yonder with my husbandx so rails against all married mankindx so curses an evexs daughtersx of what complexion soeverx and so buffets himself on the foreheadx crying xpeerxoutx peerxoutxx that any madness i ever yet beheld seemxd but tamenessx civilityx and patiencex to this his distemper he is in nowx i am glad the fat knight is not herex mrsx fordx whyx does he talk of himx mrsx pagex of none but himx and swears he was carried outx the last time he searchxd for himx in a basketx protests to my husband he is now herex and hath drawn him and the rest of their company from their sportx to make another experiment of his suspicionx but i am glad the knight is not herex now he shall see his own fooleryx mrsx fordx how near is hex mistress pagex mrsx pagex hard byx at street endx he will be here anonx mrsx fordx i am undonex the knight is herex mrsx pagex whyx thenx you are utterly shamxdx and hexs but a dead manx what a woman are youx away with himx away with himx better shame than murderx mrsx fordx which way should he gox how should i bestow himx shall i put him into the basket againx rexenter falstaff falstaffx nox ixll come no more ix thx basketx may i not go out ere he comex mrsx pagex alasx three of master fordxs brothers watch the door with pistolsx that none shall issue outx otherwise you might slip away ere he camex but what make you herex falstaffx what shall i dox ixll creep up into the chimneyx mrsx fordx there they always use to discharge their birdingxpiecesx mrsx pagex creep into the kilnxholex falstaffx where is itx mrsx fordx he will seek therex on my wordx neither pressx cofferx chestx trunkx wellx vaultx but he hath an abstract for the remembrance of such placesx and goes to them by his notex there is no hiding you in the housex falstaffx ixll go out thenx mrsx pagex if you go out in your own semblancex you diex sir johnx unless you go out disguisxdx mrsx fordx how might we disguise himx mrsx pagex alas the dayx i know notx there is no womanxs gown big enough for himx otherwise he might put on a hatx a mufflerx and a kerchiefx and so escapex falstaffx good heartsx devise somethingx any extremity rather than a mischiefx mrsx fordx my maidxs auntx the fat woman of brainfordx has a gown abovex mrsx pagex on my wordx it will serve himx shexs as big as he isx and therexs her thrummxd hatx and her muffler toox run upx sir johnx mrsx fordx gox gox sweet sir johnx mistress page and i will look some linen for your headx mrsx pagex quickx quickx wexll come dress you straightx put on the gown the whilex exit falstaff mrsx fordx i would my husband would meet him in this shapex he cannot abide the old woman of brainfordx he swears shexs a witchx forbade her my housex and hath threatxned to beat herx mrsx pagex heaven guide him to thy husbandxs cudgelx and the devil guide his cudgel afterwardsx mrsx fordx but is my husband comingx mrsx pagex ayx in good sadness is hex and talks of the basket toox howsoever he hath had intelligencex mrsx fordx wexll try thatx for ixll appoint my men to carry the basket againx to meet him at the door with it as they did last timex mrsx pagex nayx but hexll be here presentlyx letxs go dress him like the witch of brainfordx mrsx fordx ixll first direct my men what they shall do with the basketx go upx ixll bring linen for him straightx exit mrsx pagex hang himx dishonest varletx we cannot misuse him enoughx wexll leave a proofx by that which we will dox wives may be merry and yet honest toox we do not act that often jest and laughx xtis old but truex still swine eats all the draffx exit rexenter mistress fordx with two servants mrsx fordx gox sirsx take the basket again on your shouldersx your master is hard at doorx if he bid you set it downx obey himx quicklyx dispatchx exit first servantx comex comex take it upx second servantx pray heaven it be not full of knight againx first servantx i hope notx i had lief as bear so much leadx enter fordx pagex shallowx caiusx and sir hugh evans fordx ayx but if it prove truex master pagex have you any way then to unfool me againx set down the basketx villainx somebody call my wifex youth in a basketx o you panderly rascalsx therexs a knotx a gingx a packx a conspiracy against mex now shall the devil be shamxdx whatx wifex i sayx comex come forthx behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleachingx pagex whyx this passesx master fordx you are not to go loose any longerx you must be pinionxdx evansx whyx this is lunaticsx this is mad as a mad dogx shallowx indeedx master fordx this is not wellx indeedx fordx so say i toox sirx rexenter mistress ford come hitherx mistress fordx mistress fordx the honest womanx the modest wifex the virtuous creaturex that hath the jealous fool to her husbandx i suspect without causex mistressx do ix mrsx fordx heaven be my witnessx you dox if you suspect me in any dishonestyx fordx well saidx brazenxfacex hold it outx come forthx sirrahx xpulling clothes out of the basketx pagex this passesx mrsx fordx are you not ashamxdx let the clothes alonex fordx i shall find you anonx evansx xtis unreasonablex will you take up your wifexs clothesx come awayx fordx empty the basketx i sayx mrsx fordx whyx manx whyx fordx master pagex as i am a manx there was one conveyxd out of my house yesterday in this basketx why may not he be there againx in my house i am sure he isx my intelligence is truex my jealousy is reasonablex pluck me out all the linenx mrsx fordx if you find a man therex he shall die a fleaxs deathx pagex herexs no manx shallowx by my fidelityx this is not wellx master fordx this wrongs youx evansx master fordx you must prayx and not follow the imaginations of your own heartx this is jealousiesx fordx wellx hexs not here i seek forx pagex nox nor nowhere else but in your brainx fordx help to search my house this one timex if i find not what i seekx show no colour for my extremityx let me for ever be your table sportx let them say of me xas jealous as fordx that searchxd a hollow walnut for his wifexs lemanxx satisfy me once morex once more search with mex mrsx fordx whatx hoax mistress pagex come you and the old woman downx my husband will come into the chamberx fordx old womanx what old womanxs thatx mrsx fordx whyx it is my maidxs aunt of brainfordx fordx a witchx a queanx an old cozening queanx have i not forbid her my housex she comes of errandsx does shex we are simple menx we do not know whatxs brought to pass under the profession of fortunextellingx she works by charmsx by spellsx by thx figurex and such daubxry as this isx beyond our elementx we know nothingx come downx you witchx you hag youx come downx i sayx mrsx fordx nayx good sweet husbandx good gentlemenx let him not strike the old womanx rexenter falstaff in womanxs clothesx and mistress page mrsx pagex comex mother pratx comex give me your handx fordx ixll prat herx xbeating himx out of my doorx you witchx you hagx youx baggagex you polecatx you ronyonx outx outx ixll conjure youx ixll fortunextell youx exit falstaff mrsx pagex are you not ashamxdx i think you have killxd the poor womanx mrsx fordx nayx he will do itx xtis a goodly credit for youx fordx hang herx witchx evansx by yea and nox i think the oman is a witch indeedx i like not when a oman has a great peardx i spy a great peard under his mufflerx fordx will you followx gentlemenx i beseech you followx see but the issue of my jealousyx if i cry out thus upon no trailx never trust me when i open againx pagex letxs obey his humour a little furtherx comex gentlemenx exeunt all but mrsx ford and mrsx page mrsx pagex trust mex he beat him most pitifullyx mrsx fordx nayx by thx massx that he did notx he beat him most unpitifully methoughtx mrsx pagex ixll have the cudgel hallowxd and hung oxer the altarx it hath done meritorious servicex mrsx fordx what think youx may wex with the warrant of womanhood and the witness of a good consciencex pursue him with any further revengex mrsx pagex the spirit of wantonness is sure scarxd out of himx if the devil have him not in feexsimplex with fine and recoveryx he will neverx i thinkx in the way of wastex attempt us againx mrsx fordx shall we tell our husbands how we have servxd himx mrsx pagex yesx by all meansx if it be but to scrape the figures out of your husbandxs brainsx if they can find in their hearts the poor unvirtuous fat knight shall be any further afflictedx we two will still be the ministersx mrsx fordx ixll warrant theyxll have him publicly shamxdx and methinks there would be no period to the jestx should he not be publicly shamxdx mrsx pagex comex to the forge with it thenx shape itx i would not have things coolx exeunt scene xx the garter inn enter host and bardolph bardolphx sirx the germans desire to have three of your horsesx the duke himself will be toxmorrow at courtx and they are going to meet himx hostx what duke should that be comes so secretlyx i hear not of him in the courtx let me speak with the gentlemenx they speak englishx bardolphx ayx sirx ixll call them to youx hostx they shall have my horsesx but ixll make them payx ixll sauce themx they have had my house a week at commandx i have turnxd away my other guestsx they must come offx ixll sauce themx comex exeunt scene x fordxs house enter pagex fordx mistress pagex mistress fordx and sir hugh evans evansx xtis one of the best discretions of a oman as ever did look uponx pagex and did he send you both these letters at an instantx mrsx pagex within a quarter of an hourx fordx pardon mex wifex henceforthx do what thou wiltx i rather will suspect the sun with cold than thee with wantonnessx now doth thy honour standx in him that was of late an hereticx as firm as faithx pagex xtis wellx xtis wellx no morex be not as extreme in submission as in offencex but let our plot go forwardx let our wives yet once againx to make us public sportx appoint a meeting with this old fat fellowx where we may take him and disgrace him for itx fordx there is no better way than that they spoke ofx pagex howx to send him word theyxll meet him in the park at midnightx fiex fiex hexll never comex evansx you say he has been thrown in the riversx and has been grievously peaten as an old omanx methinks there should be terrors in himx that he should not comex methinks his flesh is punishxdx he shall have no desiresx pagex so think i toox mrsx fordx devise but how youxll use him when he comesx and let us two devise to bring him thitherx mrsx pagex there is an old tale goes that heme the hunterx sometime a keeper here in windsor forestx doth all the winterxtimex at still midnightx walk round about an oakx with great raggxd hornsx and there he blasts the treex and takes the cattlex and makes milchxkine yield bloodx and shakes a chain in a most hideous and dreadful mannerx you have heard of such a spiritx and well you know the superstitious idlexheaded eld receivxdx and did deliver to our agex this tale of heme the hunter for a truthx pagex why yet there want not many that do fear in deep of night to walk by this hernexs oakx but what of thisx mrsx fordx marryx this is our devicex that falstaff at that oak shall meet with usx disguisxdx like hemex with huge horns on his headx pagex wellx let it not be doubted but hexll comex and in this shapex when you have brought him thitherx what shall be done with himx what is your plotx mrsx pagex that likewise have we thought uponx and thusx nan page my daughterx and my little sonx and three or four more of their growthx wexll dress like urchinsx ouphesx and fairiesx green and whitex with rounds of waxen tapers on their headsx and rattles in their handsx upon a suddenx as falstaffx shex and ix are newly metx let them from forth a sawpit rush at once with some diffused songx upon their sight we two in great amazedness will flyx then let them all encircle him aboutx and fairyxlikex to pinch the unclean knightx and ask him whyx that hour of fairy revelx in their so sacred paths he dares to tread in shape profanex mrsx fordx and till he tell the truthx let the supposed fairies pinch him soundx and burn him with their tapersx mrsx pagex the truth being knownx wexll all present ourselvesx disxhorn the spiritx and mock him home to windsorx fordx the children must be practisxd well to this or theyxll nevxr do xtx evansx i will teach the children their behavioursx and i will be like a jackxanxapes alsox to burn the knight with my taberx fordx that will be excellentx ixll go buy them vizardsx mrsx pagex my nan shall be the queen of all the fairiesx finely attired in a robe of whitex pagex that silk will i go buyx xasidex and in that time shall master slender steal my nan awayx and marry her at etonxxgox send to falstaff straightx fordx nayx ixll to him againx in name of brookx hexll tell me all his purposex surex hexll comex mrsx pagex fear not you thatx go get us properties and tricking for our fairiesx evansx let us about itx it is admirable pleasuresx and fery honest knaveriesx exeunt pagex fordx and evans mrsx pagex gox mistress fordx send quickly to sir john to know his mindx exit mrsx ford ixll to the doctorx he hath my good willx and none but hex to marry with nan pagex that slenderx though well landedx is an idiotx and he my husband best of all affectsx the doctor is well moneyxdx and his friends potent at courtx hex none but hex shall have herx though twenty thousand worthier come to crave herx exit scene xx the garter inn enter host and simple hostx what wouldst thou havex boorx whatx thickxskinx speakx breathex discussx briefx shortx quickx snapx simplex marryx sirx i come to speak with sir john falstaff from master slenderx hostx therexs his chamberx his housex his castlex his standingxbed and trucklexbedx xtis painted about with the story of the prodigalx fresh and newx gox knock and canx hexll speak like an anthropophaginian unto theex knockx i sayx simplex therexs an old womanx a fat womanx gone up into his chamberx ixll be so bold as stayx sirx till she come downx i come to speak with herx indeedx hostx hax a fat womanx the knight may be robbxdx ixll callx bully knightx bully sir johnx speak from thy lungs militaryx art thou therex it is thine hostx thine ephesianx callsx falstaffx xabovex how nowx mine hostx hostx herexs a bohemianxtartar tarries the coming down of thy fat womanx let her descendx bullyx let her descendx my chambers are honouriblex fiex privacyx fiex enter falstaff falstaffx there wasx mine hostx an old fat woman even now withx mex but shexs gonex simplex pray youx sirx wasxt not the wise woman of brainfordx falstaffx ayx marry was itx musselxshellx what would you with herx simplex my masterx sirx my master slenderx sent to herx seeing her go thorough the streetsx to knowx sirx whether one nymx sirx that beguilxd him of a chainx had the chain or nox falstaffx i spake with the old woman about itx simplex and what says shex i prayx sirx falstaff marryx she says that the very same man that beguilxd master slender of his chain cozenxd him of itx simplex i would i could have spoken with the woman herselfx i had other things to have spoken with her toox from himx falstaffx what are theyx let us knowx hostx ayx comex quickx simplex i may not conceal themx sirx falstaffx conceal themx or thou diestx simplexx whyx sirx they were nothing but about mistress anne pagex to know if it were my masterxs fortune to have her or nox falstaffx xtisx xtis his fortunex simplex what sirx falstaffx to have herx or nox gox say the woman told me sox simplex may i be bold to say sox sirx falstaffx ayx sirx like who more boldx simplexx i thank your worshipx i shall make my master glad with these tidingsx exit simple hostx thou art clerklyx thou art clerklyx sir johnx was there a wise woman with theex falstaffx ayx that there wasx mine hostx one that hath taught me more wit than ever i learnxd before in my lifex and i paid nothing for it neitherx but was paid for my learningx enter bardolph bardolphx outx alasx sirx cozenagex mere cozenagex hostx where be my horsesx speak well of themx varlettox bardolphx run away with the cozenersx for so soon as i came beyond etonx they threw me off from behind one of themx in a slough of mirex and set spurs and awayx like three german devilsx three doctor faustusesx hostx they are gone but to meet the dukex villainx do not say they be fledx germans are honest menx enter sir hugh evans evansx where is mine hostx hostx what is the matterx sirx evansx have a care of your entertainmentsx there is a friend of mine come to town tells me there is three cozenxgermans that has cozenxd all the hosts of readinsx of maidenheadx of colebrookx of horses and moneyx i tell you for good willx look youx you are wisex and full of gibes and vloutingxstogsx and xtis not convenient you should be cozenedx fare you wellx exit enter doctor caius caiusx vere is mine host de jarteerx hostx herex master doctorx in perplexity and doubtful dilemmax caiusx i cannot tell vat is datx but it is tellxa me dat you make grand preparation for a duke de jamanyx by my trotx dere is no duke that the court is know to comex i tell you for good willx adieux exit hostx hue and cryx villainx gox assist mex knightx i am undonex flyx runx hue and cryx villainx i am undonex exeunt host and bardolph falstaffx i would all the world might be cozenxdx for i have been cozenxd and beaten toox if it should come to the car of the court how i have been transformedx and how my transformation hath been washxd and cudgellxdx they would melt me out of my fatx drop by dropx and liquor fishermenxs boots with mex i warrant they would whip me with their fine wits till i were as crestfallxn as a dried pearx i never prosperxd since i forswore myself at primerox wellx if my wind were but long enough to say my prayersx would repentx enter mistress quickly nowx whence come youx quicklyx from the two partiesx forsoothx falstaffx the devil take one party and his dam the otherx and so they shall be both bestowedx i have sufferxd more for their sakesx more than the villainous inconstancy of manxs disposition is able to bearx quicklyx and have not they sufferxdx yesx i warrantx speciously one of themx mistress fordx good heartx is beaten black and bluex that you cannot see a white spot about herx falstaffx what tellxst thou me of black and bluex i was beaten myself into all the colours of the rainbowx and was like to be apprehended for the witch of brainfordx but that my admirable dexterity of witx my counterfeiting the action of an old womanx deliverxd mex the knave constable had set me ix thx stocksx ix thx common stocksx for a witchx quicklyx sirx let me speak with you in your chamberx you shall hear how things gox andx i warrantx to your contentx here is a letter will say somewhatx good heartsx what ado here is to bring you togetherx surex one of you does not serve heaven wellx that you are so crossxdx falstaffx come up into my chamberx exeunt scene xx the garter inn enter fenton and host hostx master fentonx talk not to mex my mind is heavyx i will give over allx fentonx yet hear me speakx assist me in my purposex andx as i am a gentlemanx ixll give the a hundred pound in gold more than your lossx hostx i will hear youx master fentonx and i willx at the leastx keep your counselx fentonx from time to time i have acquainted you with the dear love i bear to fair anne pagex whox mutuallyx hath answerxd my affectionx so far forth as herself might be her chooserx even to my wishx i have a letter from her of such contents as you will wonder atx the mirth whereof so larded with my matter that neitherx singlyx can be manifested without the show of bothx fat falstaff hath a great scenex the image of the jest ixll show you here at largex harkx good mine hostx toxnight at hemexs oakx just xtwixt twelve and onex must my sweet nan present the fairy queenx the purpose why is herexin which disguisex while other jests are something rank on footx her father hath commanded her to slip away with slenderx and with him at eton immediately to marryx she hath consentedx nowx sirx her motherx even strong against that match and firm for doctor caiusx hath appointed that he shall likewise shuffle her away while other sports are tasking of their mindsx and at the deanxryx where a priest attendsx straight marry herx to this her motherxs plot she seemingly obedient likewise hath made promise to the doctorx now thus it restsx her father means she shall be all in whitex and in that habitx when slender sees his time to take her by the hand and bid her gox she shall go with himx her mother hath intended the better to denote her to the doctorx for they must all be maskxd and vizardedx that quaint in green she shall be loose enrobxdx with ribands pendentx flaring xbout her headx and when the doctor spies his vantage ripex to pinch her by the handx andx on that tokenx the maid hath given consent to go with himx hostx which means she to deceivex father or motherx fentonx bothx my good hostx to go along with mex and here it restsxthat youxll procure the vicar to stay for me at churchx xtwixt twelve and onex and in the lawful name of marryingx to give our hearts united ceremonyx hostx wellx husband your devicex ixll to the vicarx bring you the maidx you shall not lack a priestx fentonx so shall i evermore be bound to theex besidesx ixll make a present recompensex exeunt act vx scene xx the garter inn enter falstaff and mistress quickly falstaffx pritheex no more prattlingx gox ixllx holdx this is the third timex i hope good luck lies in odd numbersx awayx gox they say there is divinity in odd numbersx either in nativityx chancex or deathx awayx quicklyx ixll provide you a chainx and ixll do what i can to get you a pair of hornsx falstaffx awayx i sayx time wearsx hold up your headx and mincex exit mrsx quickly enter ford disguised how nowx master brookx master brookx the matter will be known tonight or neverx be you in the park about midnightx at hernexs oakx and you shall see wondersx fordx went you not to her yesterdayx sirx as you told me you had appointedx falstaffx i went to herx master brookx as you seex like a poor old manx but i came from herx master brookx like a poor old womanx that same knave fordx her husbandx hath the finest mad devil of jealousy in himx master brookx that ever governxd frenzyx i will tell youxhe beat me grievously in the shape of a womanx for in the shape of manx master brookx i fear not goliath with a weaverxs beamx because i know also life is a shuttlex i am in hastex go along with mex ixllx tell you allx master brookx since i pluckxd geesex playxd truantx and whippxd topx i knew not what xtwas to be beaten till latelyx follow mex ixll tell you strange things of this knavexfordx on whom toxnight i will be revengedx and i will deliver his wife into your handx followx strange things in handx master brookx followx exeunt scene xx windsor park enter pagex shallowx and slender pagex comex comex wexll couch ix thx castle ditch till we see the light of our fairiesx rememberx son slenderx my daughterx slenderx ayx forsoothx i have spoke with herx and we have a nayxword how to know one anotherx i come to her in white and cry xmumxx she cries xbudgetxx and by that we know one anotherx shallowx thatxs good toox but what needs either your mum or her budgetx the white will decipher her well enoughx it hath struck ten oxclockx pagex the night is darkx light and spirits will become it wellx heaven prosper our sportx no man means evil but the devilx and we shall know him by his hornsx letxs awayx follow mex exeunt scene xx a street leading to the park enter mistress pagex mistress fordx and doctor caius mrsx pagex master doctorx my daughter is in greenx when you see your timex take her by the handx away with her to the deaneryx and dispatch it quicklyx go before into the parkx we two must go togetherx caiusx i know vat i have to dox adieux mrsx pagex fare you wellx sirx xexit caiusx my husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of falstaff as he will chafe at the doctorxs marrying my daughterx but xtis no matterx better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreakx mrsx fordx where is nan nowx and her troop of fairiesx and the welsh devilx hughx mrsx pagex they are all couchxd in a pit hard by hemexs oakx with obscurxd lightsx whichx at the very instant of falstaffxs and our meetingx they will at once display to the nightx mrsx fordx that cannot choose but amaze himx mrsx pagex if he be not amazxdx he will be mockxdx if he be amazxdx he will every way be mockxdx mrsx fordx wexll betray him finelyx mrsx pagex against such lewdsters and their lecheryx those that betray them do no treacheryx mrsx fordx the hour draws onx to the oakx to the oakx exeunt scene xx windsor park enter sir hugh evans like a satyrx with others as fairies evansx tribx tribx fairiesx comex and remember your partsx be poldx i pray youx follow me into the pitx and when i give the watchxordsx do as i pid youx comex comex tribx tribx exeunt scene xx another part of the park enter falstaff disguised as herne falstaffx the windsor bell hath struck twelvex the minute draws onx now the hotxblooded gods assist mex rememberx jovex thou wast a bull for thy europax love set on thy hornsx o powerful lovex that in some respects makes a beast a manx in some other a man a beastx you were alsox jupiterx a swanx for the love of ledax o omnipotent lovex how near the god drew to the complexion of a goosex a fault done first in the form of a beastxo jovex a beastly faultxxand then another fault in the semblance of a fowlx think onxtx jovex a foul faultx when gods have hot backs what shall poor men dox for mex i am here a windsor stagx and the fattestx i thinkx ix thx forestx send me a cool rutxtimex jovex or who can blame me to piss my tallowx who comes herex my doex enter mistress ford and mistress page mrsx fordx sir johnx art thou therex my deerx my male deerx falstaffx my doe with the black scutx let the sky rain potatoesx let it thunder to the tune of greensleevesx hail kissingxcomfitsx and snow eringoesx let there come a tempest of provocationx i will shelter me herex xembracing herx mrsx fordx mistress page is come with mex sweetheartx falstaffx divide me like a bribxd buckx each a haunchx i will keep my sides to myselfx my shoulders for the fellow of this walkx and my horns i bequeath your husbandsx am i a woodmanx hax speak i like heme the hunterx whyx now is cupid a child of consciencex he makes restitutionx as i am a true spiritx welcomex xa noise of hornsx mrsx pagex alasx what noisex mrsx fordx heaven forgive our sinsx falstaffx what should this bex mrsx fordx x awayx awayx mrsx pagex x awayx awayx xthey run offx falstaffx i think the devil will not have me damnxdx lest the oil thatxs in me should set hell on firex he would never else cross me thusx enter sir hugh evans like a satyrx anne page as a fairyx and others as the fairy queenx fairiesx and hobgoblinx all with tapers fairy queenx fairiesx blackx greyx greenx and whitex you moonshine revellersx and shades of nightx you orphan heirs of fixed destinyx attend your office and your qualityx crier hobgoblinx make the fairy oyesx puckx elvesx list your namesx silencex you airy toysx cricketx to windsor chimneys shalt thou leapx where fires thou findxst unrakxdx and hearths unsweptx there pinch the maids as blue as bilberryx our radiant queen hates sluts and slutteryx falstaffx they are fairiesx he that speaks to them shall diex ixll wink and couchx no man their works must eyex xlies down upon his facex evansx wherexs pedex go youx and where you find a maid thatx ere she sleepx has thrice her prayers saidx raise up the organs of her fantasy sleep she as sound as careless infancyx but those as sleep and think not on their sinsx pinch themx armsx legsx backsx shouldersx sidesx and shinsx fairy queenx aboutx aboutx search windsor castlex elvesx within and outx strew good luckx ouphesx on every sacred roomx that it may stand till the perpetual doom in state as wholesome as in state xtis fitx worthy the owner and the owner itx the several chairs of order look you scour with juice of balm and every precious flowerx each fair instalmentx coatx and sevxral crestx with loyal blazonx evermore be blestx and nightlyx meadowxfairiesx look you singx like to the garterxs compassx in a ringx thx expressure that it bearsx green let it bex more fertilexfresh than all the field to seex and xhoni soit qui mal y pensex write in emxrald tuftsx flowxrs purplex blue and whitex like sapphirex pearlx and rich embroideryx buckled below fair knighthoodxs bending kneex fairies use flowxrs for their characteryx awayx dispersex but till xtis one oxclockx our dance of custom round about the oak of herne the hunter let us not forgetx evansx pray youx lock hand in handx yourselves in order setx and twenty glowxworms shall our lanterns bex to guide our measure round about the treex butx stayx i smell a man of middle earthx falstaffx heavens defend me from that welsh fairyx lest he transform me to a piece of cheesex puckx vile wormx thou wast oxerlookxd even in thy birthx fairy queenx with trialxfire touch me his fingerxendx if he be chastex the flame will back descendx and turn him to no painx but if he startx it is the flesh of a corrupted heartx puckx a trialx comex evansx comex will this wood take firex xthey put the tapers to his fingersx and he startsx falstaffx ohx ohx ohx fairy queenx corruptx corruptx and tainted in desirex about himx fairiesx sing a scornful rhymex andx as you tripx still pinch him to your timex the songx fie on sinful fantasyx fie on lust and luxuryx lust is but a bloody firex kindled with unchaste desirex fed in heartx whose flames aspirex as thoughts do blow themx higher and higherx pinch himx fairiesx mutuallyx pinch him for his villainyx pinch him and burn him and turn him aboutx till candles and starxlight and moonshine be outx during this song they pinch falstaffx doctor caius comes one wayx and steals away a fairy in greenx slender another wayx and takes off a fairy in whitex and fenton steals away anne pagex a noise of hunting is heard withinx all the fairies run awayx falstaff pulls off his buckxs headx and rises enter pagex fordx mistress pagex mistress fordx and sir hugh evans pagex nayx do not flyx i think we have watchxd you nowx will none but heme the hunter serve your turnx mrsx pagex i pray youx comex hold up the jest no higherx nowx good sir johnx how like you windsor wivesx see you thesex husbandx do not these fair yokes become the forest better than the townx fordx nowx sirx whoxs a cuckold nowx master brookx falstaffxs a knavex a cuckoldly knavex here are his hornsx master brookx andx master brookx he hath enjoyed nothing of fordxs but his buckxbasketx his cudgelx and twenty pounds of moneyx which must be paid to master brookx his horses are arrested for itx master brookx mrsx fordx sir johnx we have had ill luckx we could never meetx i will never take you for my love againx but i will always count you my deerx falstaffx i do begin to perceive that i am made an assx fordx ayx and an ox toox both the proofs are extantx falstaffx and these are not fairiesx i was three or four times in the thought they were not fairiesx and yet the guiltiness of my mindx the sudden surprise of my powersx drove the grossness of the foppery into a receivxd beliefx in despite of the teeth of all rhyme and reasonx that they were fairiesx see now how wit may be made a jackxaxlent when xtis upon ill employmentx evansx sir john falstaffx serve gotx and leave your desiresx and fairies will not pinse youx fordx well saidx fairy hughx evansx and leave you your jealousies toox i pray youx fordx i will never mistrust my wife againx till thou art able to woo her in good englishx falstaffx have i laid my brain in the sunx and dried itx that it wants matter to prevent so grossx oxerxreaching as thisx am i ridden with a welsh goat toox shall i have a coxxcomb of friezex xtis time i were chokxd with a piece of toasted cheesex evansx seese is not good to give putterx your belly is all putterx falstaffx xseesex and xputterxx have i livxd to stand at the taunt of one that makes fritters of englishx this is enough to be the decay of lust and latexwalking through the realmx mrsx pagex whyx sir johnx do you thinkx though we would have thrust virtue out of our hearts by the head and shouldersx and have given ourselves without scruple to hellx that ever the devil could have made you our delightx fordx whatx a hodgexpuddingx a bag of flaxx mrsx pagex a puffxd manx pagex oldx coldx witherxdx and of intolerable entrailsx fordx and one that is as slanderous as satanx pagex and as poor as jobx fordx and as wicked as his wifex evansx and given to fornicationsx and to tavernsx and sackx and winex and metheglinsx and to drinkingsx and swearingsx and staringsx pribbles and prabblesx falstaffx wellx i am your themex you have the start of mex i am dejectedx i am not able to answer the welsh flannelx ignorance itself is a plummet oxer mex use me as you willx fordx marryx sirx wexll bring you to windsorx to one master brookx that you have cozenxd of moneyx to whom you should have been a panderx over and above that you have sufferxdx i think to repay that money will be a biting afflictionx pagex yet be cheerfulx knightx thou shalt eat a posset tonight at my housex where i will desire thee to laugh at my wifex that now laughs at theex tell her master slender hath married her daughterx mrsx pagex xasidex doctors doubt thatx if anne page be my daughterx she isx by thisx doctor caiusx wifex enter slender slenderx whoax hox hox father pagex pagex sonx how nowx how nowx sonx have you dispatchxdxx slenderx dispatchxdx ixll make the best in gloucestershire know onxtx would i were hangxdx lax elsex pagex of whatx sonx slenderx i came yonder at eton to marry mistress anne pagex and shexs a great lubberly boyx if it had not been ix thx churchx i would have swingxd himx or he should have swingxd mex if i did not think it had been anne pagex would i might never stirxxand xtis a postmasterxs boyx pagex upon my lifex thenx you took the wrongx slenderx what need you tell me thatx i think sox when i took a boy for a girlx if i had been married to himx for all he was in womanxs apparelx i would not have had himx pagex whyx this is your own follyx did not i tell you how you should know my daughter by her garmentsx slenderx i went to her in white and cried xmumx and she cried xbudgetx as anne and i had appointedx and yet it was not annex but a postmasterxs boyx mrsx pagex good georgex be not angryx i knew of your purposex turnxd my daughter into greenx andx indeedx she is now with the doctor at the deanxryx and there marriedx enter caius caiusx vere is mistress pagex by garx i am cozenedx i hax married un garconx a boyx un paysanx by garx a boyx it is not anne pagex by garx i am cozenedx mrsx pagex whyx did you take her in greenx caiusx ayx be garx and xtis a boyx be garx ixll raise all windsorx exit caius fordx this is strangex who hath got the right annex pagex my heart misgives mex here comes master fentonx enter fenton and anne page how nowx master fentonx annex pardonx good fatherx good my motherx pardonx pagex nowx mistressx how chance you went not with master slenderx mrsx pagex why went you not with master doctorx maidx fentonx you do amaze herx hear the truth of itx you would have married her most shamefullyx where there was no proportion held in lovex the truth isx she and ix long since contractedx are now so sure that nothing can dissolve usx thx offence is holy that she hath committedx and this deceit loses the name of craftx of disobediencex or unduteous titlex since therein she doth evitate and shun a thousand irreligious cursed hoursx which forced marriage would have brought upon herx fordx stand not amazxdx here is no remedyx in lovex the heavens themselves do guide the statex money buys landsx and wives are sold by fatex falstaffx i am gladx though you have taxen a special stand to strike at mex that your arrow hath glancxdx pagex wellx what remedyx fentonx heaven give thee joyx what cannot be eschewxd must be embracxdx falstaffx when nightxdogs runx all sorts of deer are chasxdx mrsx pagex wellx i will muse no furtherx master fentonx heaven give you manyx many merry daysx good husbandx let us every one go homex and laugh this sport oxer by a country firex sir john and allx fordx let it be sox sir johnx to master brook you yet shall hold your wordx for hex toxnightx shall lie with mistress fordx exeunt a midsummer nightxs dream contents act i scene ix athensx a room in the palace of theseus scene iix the samex a room in a cottage act ii scene ix a wood near athens scene iix another part of the wood act iii scene ix the woodx scene iix another part of the wood act iv scene ix the wood scene iix athensx a room in quincexs house act v scene ix athensx an apartment in the palace of theseus dramatis personx theseusx duke of athens hippolytax queen of the amazonsx bethrothed to theseus egeusx father to hermia hermiax daughter to egeusx in love with lysander helenax in love with demetrius lysanderx in love with hermia demetriusx in love with hermia philostratex master of the revels to theseus quincex the carpenter snugx the joiner bottomx the weaver flutex the bellowsxmender snoutx the tinker starvelingx the tailor oberonx king of the fairies titaniax queen of the fairies puckx or robin goodfellowx a fairy peaseblossomx fairy cobwebx fairy mothx fairy mustardseedx fairy pyramusx thisbex wallx moonshinex lionx characters in the interlude performed by the clowns other fairies attending their king and queen attendants on theseus and hippolyta scenex athensx and a wood not far from it act i scene ix athensx a room in the palace of theseus enter theseusx hippolytax philostrate and attendantsx theseusx nowx fair hippolytax our nuptial hour draws on apacex four happy days bring in another moonx but ohx methinksx how slow this old moon wanesx she lingers my desiresx like to a stepxdame or a dowagerx long withering out a young manxs revenuex hippolytax four days will quickly steep themselves in nightx four nights will quickly dream away the timex and then the moonx like to a silver bow new bent in heavenx shall behold the night of our solemnitiesx theseusx gox philostratex stir up the athenian youth to merrimentsx awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirthx turn melancholy forth to funeralsx the pale companion is not for our pompx xxexit philostratexxx hippolytax i wooxd thee with my swordx and won thy love doing thee injuriesx but i will wed thee in another keyx with pompx with triumphx and with revellingx enter egeusx hermiax lysander and demetriusx egeusx happy be theseusx our renownxd dukex theseusx thanksx good egeusx whatxs the news with theex egeusx full of vexation come ix with complaint against my childx my daughter hermiax stand forthx demetriusx my noble lordx this man hath my consent to marry herx stand forthx lysanderx andx my gracious dukex this man hath bewitchxd the bosom of my childx thoux thoux lysanderx thou hast given her rhymesx and interchangxd lovextokens with my childx thou hast by moonlight at her window sungx with feigning voicex verses of feigning lovex and stolxn the impression of her fantasy with bracelets of thy hairx ringsx gaudsx conceitsx knacksx triflesx nosegaysx sweetmeats xmessengers of strong prevailment in unhardenxd youthx with cunning hast thou filchxd my daughterxs heartx turnxd her obedience xwhich is due to mex to stubborn harshnessx andx my gracious dukex be it so she will not here before your grace consent to marry with demetriusx i beg the ancient privilege of athensx as she is mine i may dispose of herx which shall be either to this gentleman or to her deathx according to our law immediately provided in that casex theseusx what say youx hermiax be advisxdx fair maidx to you your father should be as a godx one that composxd your beautiesx yeax and one to whom you are but as a form in wax by him imprintedx and within his power to leave the figurex or disfigure itx demetrius is a worthy gentlemanx hermiax so is lysanderx theseusx in himself he isx but in this kindx wanting your fatherxs voicex the other must be held the worthierx hermiax i would my father lookxd but with my eyesx theseusx rather your eyes must with his judgment lookx hermiax i do entreat your grace to pardon mex i know not by what power i am made boldx nor how it may concern my modesty in such a presence here to plead my thoughtsx but i beseech your grace that i may know the worst that may befall me in this casex if i refuse to wed demetriusx theseusx either to die the deathx or to abjure for ever the society of menx thereforex fair hermiax question your desiresx know of your youthx examine well your bloodx whetherx if you yield not to your fatherxs choicex you can endure the livery of a nunx for aye to be in shady cloister mewxdx to live a barren sister all your lifex chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moonx thricexblessxd they that master so their blood to undergo such maiden pilgrimagex but earthlier happy is the rose distillxd than that whichx withering on the virgin thornx growsx livesx and diesx in single blessednessx hermiax so will i growx so livex so diex my lordx ere i will yield my virgin patent up unto his lordshipx whose unwishxd yoke my soul consents not to give sovereigntyx theseusx take time to pausex and by the next new moon the sealingxday betwixt my love and me for everlasting bond of fellowshipx upon that day either prepare to die for disobedience to your fatherxs willx or else to wed demetriusx as he wouldx or on dianaxs altar to protest for aye austerity and single lifex demetriusx relentx sweet hermiax andx lysanderx yield thy crazxd title to my certain rightx lysanderx you have her fatherxs lovex demetriusx let me have hermiaxsx do you marry himx egeusx scornful lysanderx truex he hath my lovex and what is mine my love shall render himx and she is minex and all my right of her i do estate unto demetriusx lysanderx i amx my lordx as well derivxd as hex as well possessxdx my love is more than hisx my fortunes every way as fairly rankxdx if not with vantagex as demetriusxx andx which is more than all these boasts can bex i am belovxd of beauteous hermiax why should not i then prosecute my rightx demetriusx ixll avouch it to his headx made love to nedarxs daughterx helenax and won her soulx and shex sweet ladyx dotesx devoutly dotesx dotes in idolatryx upon this spotted and inconstant manx theseusx i must confess that i have heard so muchx and with demetrius thought to have spoke thereofx butx being overxfull of selfxaffairsx my mind did lose itxxbutx demetriusx comex and comex egeusx you shall go with mex i have some private schooling for you bothxx for youx fair hermiax look you arm yourself to fit your fancies to your fatherxs willx or else the law of athens yields you up xwhich by no means we may extenuatex to deathx or to a vow of single lifex comex my hippolytax what cheerx my lovex demetrius and egeusx go alongx i must employ you in some business against our nuptialx and confer with you of something nearly that concerns yourselvesx egeusx with duty and desire we follow youx xxexeunt all but lysander and hermiaxxx lysanderx how nowx my lovex why is your cheek so palex how chance the roses there do fade so fastx hermiax belike for want of rainx which i could well beteem them from the tempest of my eyesx lysanderx ay mex for aught that i could ever readx could ever hear by tale or historyx the course of true love never did run smoothx but either it was different in bloodx hermiax o crossx too high to be enthrallxd to lowx lysanderx or else misgraffxd in respect of yearsx hermiax o spitex too old to be engagxd to youngx lysanderx or else it stood upon the choice of friendsx hermiax o hellx to choose love by anotherxs eyesx lysanderx orx if there were a sympathy in choicex warx deathx or sickness did lay siege to itx making it momentany as a soundx swift as a shadowx short as any dreamx brief as the lightning in the collied night thatx in a spleenx unfolds both heaven and earthx andx ere a man hath power to sayx xbeholdxx the jaws of darkness do devour it upx so quick bright things come to confusionx hermiax if then true lovers have ever crossxdx it stands as an edict in destinyx then let us teach our trial patiencex because it is a customary crossx as due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighsx wishes and tearsx poor fancyxs followersx lysanderx a good persuasionx thereforex hear mex hermiax i have a widow auntx a dowager of great revenuex and she hath no childx from athens is her house remote seven leaguesx and she respects me as her only sonx therex gentle hermiax may i marry theex and to that place the sharp athenian law cannot pursue usx if thou lovest me thenx steal forth thy fatherxs house tomorrow nightx and in the woodx a league without the town xwhere i did meet thee once with helena to do observance to a morn of mayxx there will i stay for theex hermiax my good lysanderx i swear to thee by cupidxs strongest bowx by his best arrow with the golden headx by the simplicity of venusx dovesx by that which knitteth souls and prospers lovesx and by that fire which burnxd the carthage queen when the false trojan under sail was seenx by all the vows that ever men have broke xin number more than ever women spokexx in that same place thou hast appointed mex tomorrow truly will i meet with theex lysanderx keep promisex lovex lookx here comes helenax enter helenax hermiax god speed fair helenax whither awayx helenax call you me fairx that fair again unsayx demetrius loves your fairx o happy fairx your eyes are lodexstars and your tonguexs sweet air more tuneable than lark to shepherdxs earx when wheat is greenx when hawthorn buds appearx sickness is catchingx o were favour sox yours would i catchx fair hermiax ere i gox my ear should catch your voicex my eye your eyex my tongue should catch your tonguexs sweet melodyx were the world minex demetrius being batedx the rest ixd give to be to you translatedx ox teach me how you lookx and with what art you sway the motion of demetriusx heartx hermiax i frown upon himx yet he loves me stillx helenax o that your frowns would teach my smiles such skillx hermiax i give him cursesx yet he gives me lovex helenax o that my prayers could such affection movex hermiax the more i hatex the more he follows mex helenax the more i lovex the more he hateth mex hermiax his follyx helenax is no fault of minex helenax none but your beautyx would that fault were minex hermiax take comfortx he no more shall see my facex lysander and myself will fly this placex before the time i did lysander seex seemxd athens as a paradise to mex ox thenx what graces in my love do dwellx that he hath turnxd a heaven into hellx lysanderx helenx to you our minds we will unfoldx tomorrow nightx when phoebe doth behold her silver visage in the watery glassx decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass xa time that loversx flights doth still concealxx through athensx gates have we devisxd to stealx hermiax and in the wood where often you and i upon faint primrose beds were wont to liex emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweetx there my lysander and myself shall meetx and thence from athens turn away our eyesx to seek new friends and stranger companiesx farewellx sweet playfellowx pray thou for usx and good luck grant thee thy demetriusx keep wordx lysanderx we must starve our sight from loversx foodx till morrow deep midnightx lysanderx i willx my hermiax xxexit hermiaxxx helenax adieux as you on himx demetrius dote on youx xxexit lysanderxxx helenax how happy some oxer other some can bex through athens i am thought as fair as shex but what of thatx demetrius thinks not sox he will not know what all but he do knowx and as he errsx doting on hermiaxs eyesx so ix admiring of his qualitiesx things base and vilex holding no quantityx love can transpose to form and dignityx love looks not with the eyesx but with the mindx and therefore is wingxd cupid painted blindx nor hath lovexs mind of any judgment tastex wingsx and no eyesx figure unheedy hastex and therefore is love said to be a childx because in choice he is so oft beguilxdx as waggish boys in game themselves forswearx so the boy love is perjurxd everywherex forx ere demetrius lookxd on hermiaxs eynex he hailxd down oaths that he was only minex and when this hail some heat from hermia feltx so he dissolvxdx and showers of oaths did meltx i will go tell him of fair hermiaxs flightx then to the wood will he tomorrow night pursue herx and for this intelligence if i have thanksx it is a dear expensex but herein mean i to enrich my painx to have his sight thither and back againx xxexit helenaxxx scene iix the samex a room in a cottage enter quincex snugx bottomx flutex snout and starvelingx quincex is all our company herex bottomx you were best to call them generallyx man by manx according to the scripx quincex here is the scroll of every manxs namex which is thought fit through all athensx to play in our interlude before the duke and duchessx on his weddingxday at nightx bottomx firstx good peter quincex say what the play treats onx then read the names of the actorsx and so grow to a pointx quincex marryx our play is xthe most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of pyramus and thisbexx bottomx a very good piece of workx i assure youx and a merryx nowx good peter quincex call forth your actors by the scrollx mastersx spread yourselvesx quincex answerx as i call youx nick bottomx the weaverx bottomx readyx name what part i am forx and proceedx quincex youx nick bottomx are set down for pyramusx bottomx what is pyramusxa loverx or a tyrantx quincex a loverx that kills himself most gallantly for lovex bottomx that will ask some tears in the true performing of itx if i do itx let the audience look to their eyesx i will move stormsx i will condole in some measurex to the restxyet my chief humour is for a tyrantx i could play ercles rarelyx or a part to tear a cat inx to make all splitx the raging rocks and shivering shocks shall break the locks of prison gatesx and phibbusx car shall shine from farx and make and mar the foolish fatesx this was loftyx now name the rest of the playersx this is erclesx veinx a tyrantxs veinx a lover is more condolingx quincex francis flutex the bellowsxmenderx flutex herex peter quincex quincex flutex you must take thisbe on youx flutex what is thisbex a wandering knightx quincex it is the lady that pyramus must lovex flutex nayx faithx let not me play a womanx i have a beard comingx quincex thatxs all onex you shall play it in a maskx and you may speak as small as you willx bottomx and i may hide my facex let me play thisbe toox ixll speak in a monstrous little voicex xthisnex thisnexxxxahx pyramusx my lover dearx thy thisbe dearx and lady dearxx quincex nox nox you must play pyramusx andx flutex you thisbex bottomx wellx proceedx quincex robin starvelingx the tailorx starvelingx herex peter quincex quincex robin starvelingx you must play thisbexs motherx tom snoutx the tinkerx snout herex peter quincex quincex youx pyramusx fatherx myselfx thisbexs fatherx snugx the joinerx youx the lionxs partx andx i hope here is a play fittedx snug have you the lionxs part writtenx pray youx if it bex give it mex for i am slow of studyx quincex you may do it extemporex for it is nothing but roaringx bottomx let me play the lion toox i will roar that i will do any manxs heart good to hear mex i will roar that i will make the duke say xlet him roar againx let him roar againxx quincex if you should do it too terriblyx you would fright the duchess and the ladiesx that they would shriekx and that were enough to hang us allx all that would hang us every motherxs sonx bottomx i grant youx friendsx if you should fright the ladies out of their witsx they would have no more discretion but to hang usx but i will aggravate my voice sox that i will roar you as gently as any sucking dovex i will roar you an xtwere any nightingalex quincex you can play no part but pyramusx for pyramus is a sweetxfaced manx a proper man as one shall see in a summerxs dayx a most lovely gentlemanxlike manx therefore you must needs play pyramusx bottomx wellx i will undertake itx what beard were i best to play it inx quincex whyx what you willx bottomx i will discharge it in either your strawxcolour beardx your orangextawny beardx your purplexinxgrain beardx or your frenchxcrownxcolour beardx your perfect yellowx quincex some of your french crowns have no hair at allx and then you will play barexfacedx butx mastersx here are your partsx and i am to entreat youx request youx and desire youx to con them by tomorrow nightx and meet me in the palace woodx a mile without the townx by moonlightx there will we rehearsex for if we meet in the cityx we shall be doggxd with companyx and our devices knownx in the meantime i will draw a bill of propertiesx such as our play wantsx i pray you fail me notx bottomx we will meetx and there we may rehearse most obscenely and courageouslyx take painsx be perfectx adieux quincex at the dukexs oak we meetx bottomx enoughx holdx or cut bowxstringsx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix a wood near athens enter a fairy at one doorx and puck at anotherx puckx how nowx spiritx whither wander youx fairy over hillx over dalex thorough bushx thorough brierx over parkx over palex thorough floodx thorough firex i do wander everywherex swifter than the moonxs spherex and i serve the fairy queenx to dew her orbs upon the greenx the cowslips tall her pensioners bex in their gold coats spots you seex those be rubiesx fairy favoursx in those freckles live their savoursx i must go seek some dewxdrops herex and hang a pearl in every cowslipxs earx farewellx thou lob of spiritsx ixll be gonex our queen and all her elves come here anonx puckx the king doth keep his revels here tonightx take heed the queen come not within his sightx for oberon is passing fell and wrathx because that shex as her attendantx hath a lovely boyx stolxn from an indian kingx she never had so sweet a changelingx and jealous oberon would have the child knight of his trainx to trace the forests wildx but she perforce withholds the lovxd boyx crowns him with flowersx and makes him all her joyx and now they never meet in grove or greenx by fountain clearx or spangled starlight sheenx but they do squarex that all their elves for fear creep into acorn cupsx and hide them therex fairy either i mistake your shape and making quitex or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite callxd robin goodfellowx are not you he that frights the maidens of the villageryx skim milkx and sometimes labour in the quernx and bootless make the breathless housewife churnx and sometime make the drink to bear no barmx mislead nightxwanderersx laughing at their harmx those that hobgoblin call youx and sweet puckx you do their workx and they shall have good luckx are not you hex puckx thou speakxst arightx i am that merry wanderer of the nightx i jest to oberonx and make him smilex when i a fat and beanxfed horse beguilex neighing in likeness of a filly foalx and sometime lurk i in a gossipxs bowl in very likeness of a roasted crabx andx when she drinksx against her lips i bobx and on her withered dewlap pour the alex the wisest auntx telling the saddest talex sometime for threexfoot stool mistaketh mex then slip i from her bumx down topples shex and xtailorx criesx and falls into a coughx and then the whole quire hold their hips and loffe and waxen in their mirthx and neezex and swear a merrier hour was never wasted therex but roomx fairyx here comes oberonx fairy and here my mistressx would that he were gonex enter oberon at one doorx with his trainx and titania at anotherx with hersx oberonx ill met by moonlightx proud titaniax titaniax whatx jealous oberonx fairiesx skip hencex i have forsworn his bed and companyx oberonx tarryx rash wantonx am not i thy lordx titaniax then i must be thy ladyx but i know when thou hast stolxn away from fairylandx and in the shape of corin sat all day playing on pipes of cornx and versing love to amorous phillidax why art thou herex come from the farthest steep of indiax but thatx forsoothx the bouncing amazonx your buskinxd mistress and your warrior lovex to theseus must be weddedx and you come to give their bed joy and prosperityx oberonx how canst thou thusx for shamex titaniax glance at my credit with hippolytax knowing i know thy love to theseusx didst not thou lead him through the glimmering night from perigeniax whom he ravishedx and make him with fair aegles break his faithx with ariadne and antiopax titaniax these are the forgeries of jealousyx and neverx since the middle summerxs springx met we on hillx in dalex forestx or meadx by pavxd fountainx or by rushy brookx or on the beachxd margent of the seax to dance our ringlets to the whistling windx but with thy brawls thou hast disturbxd our sportx therefore the windsx piping to us in vainx as in revengex have suckxd up from the sea contagious fogsx whichx falling in the landx hath every pelting river made so proud that they have overborne their continentsx the ox hath therefore stretchxd his yoke in vainx the ploughman lost his sweatx and the green corn hath rotted ere his youth attainxd a beardx the fold stands empty in the drownxd fieldx and crows are fatted with the murrion flockx the ninexmenxsxmorris is fillxd up with mudx and the quaint mazes in the wanton greenx for lack of treadx are undistinguishablex the human mortals want their winter herex no night is now with hymn or carol blestx therefore the moonx the governess of floodsx pale in her angerx washes all the airx that rheumatic diseases do aboundx and thorough this distemperature we see the seasons alterx hoaryxheaded frosts fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rosex and on old hiemsx thin and icy crown an odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds isx as in mockeryx setx the springx the summerx the childing autumnx angry winterx change their wonted liveriesx and the mazed worldx by their increasex now knows not which is whichx and this same progeny of evils comes from our debatex from our dissensionx we are their parents and originalx oberonx do you amend itx thenx it lies in youx why should titania cross her oberonx i do but beg a little changeling boy to be my henchmanx titaniax set your heart at restx the fairyland buys not the child of mex his mother was a votxress of my orderx and in the spicxd indian airx by nightx full often hath she gossipxd by my sidex and sat with me on neptunexs yellow sandsx marking thx embarkxd traders on the floodx when we have laughxd to see the sails conceivex and grow bigxbellied with the wanton windx which shex with pretty and with swimming gait following xher womb then rich with my young squirexx would imitatex and sail upon the landx to fetch me triflesx and return againx as from a voyagex rich with merchandisex but shex being mortalx of that boy did diex and for her sake do i rear up her boyx and for her sake i will not part with himx oberonx how long within this wood intend you stayx titaniax perchance till after theseusx weddingxdayx if you will patiently dance in our roundx and see our moonlight revelsx go with usx if notx shun mex and i will spare your hauntsx oberonx give me that boy and i will go with theex titaniax not for thy fairy kingdomx fairiesx awayx we shall chide downright if i longer stayx xxexit titania with her trainxxx oberonx wellx go thy wayx thou shalt not from this grove till i torment thee for this injuryxx my gentle puckx come hitherx thou remembxrest since once i sat upon a promontoryx and heard a mermaid on a dolphinxs back uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath that the rude sea grew civil at her song and certain stars shot madly from their spheres to hear the seaxmaidxs musicx puckx i rememberx oberonx that very time i sawx xbut thou couldst notxx flying between the cold moon and the earthx cupid all armxdx a certain aim he took at a fair vestalx thronxd by the westx and loosxd his lovexshaft smartly from his bow as it should pierce a hundred thousand heartsx but i might see young cupidxs fiery shaft quenchxd in the chaste beams of the watery moonx and the imperial votress passed onx in maiden meditationx fancyxfreex yet markxd i where the bolt of cupid fellx it fell upon a little western flowerx before milkxwhitex now purple with lovexs woundx and maidens call it lovexinxidlenessx fetch me that flowerx the herb i showed thee oncex the juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid will make or man or woman madly dote upon the next live creature that it seesx fetch me this herbx and be thou here again ere the leviathan can swim a leaguex puckx ixll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutesx xxexit puckxxx oberonx having once this juicex ixll watch titania when she is asleepx and drop the liquor of it in her eyesx the next thing then she waking looks upon xbe it on lionx bearx or wolfx or bullx on meddling monkeyx or on busy apex she shall pursue it with the soul of lovex and ere i take this charm from off her sight xas i can take it with another herbx ixll make her render up her page to mex but who comes herex i am invisiblex and i will overhear their conferencex enter demetriusx helena following himx demetriusx i love thee notx therefore pursue me notx where is lysander and fair hermiax the one ixll slayx the other slayeth mex thou toldxst me they were stolxn into this woodx and here am ix and wode within this wood because i cannot meet with hermiax hencex get thee gonex and follow me no morex helenax you draw mex you hardxhearted adamantx but yet you draw not ironx for my heart is true as steelx leave you your power to drawx and i shall have no power to follow youx demetriusx do i entice youx do i speak you fairx or rather do i not in plainest truth tell you i do notx nor i cannot love youx helenax and even for that do i love you the morex i am your spanielx andx demetriusx the more you beat mex i will fawn on youx use me but as your spanielx spurn mex strike mex neglect mex lose mex only give me leavex unworthy as i amx to follow youx what worser place can i beg in your lovex xand yet a place of high respect with mex than to be usxd as you use your dogx demetriusx tempt not too much the hatred of my spiritx for i am sick when i do look on theex helenax and i am sick when i look not on youx demetriusx you do impeach your modesty too much to leave the city and commit yourself into the hands of one that loves you notx to trust the opportunity of nightx and the ill counsel of a desert placex with the rich worth of your virginityx helenax your virtue is my privilegex for thatx it is not night when i do see your facex therefore i think i am not in the nightx nor doth this wood lack worlds of companyx for youx in my respectx are all the worldx then how can it be said i am alone when all the world is here to look on mex demetriusx ixll run from thee and hide me in the brakesx and leave thee to the mercy of wild beastsx helenax the wildest hath not such a heart as youx run when you willx the story shall be changxdx apollo fliesx and daphne holds the chasex the dove pursues the griffinx the mild hind makes speed to catch the tigerx bootless speedx when cowardice pursues and valour fliesx demetriusx i will not stay thy questionsx let me gox or if thou follow mex do not believe but i shall do thee mischief in the woodx helenax ayx in the templex in the townx the fieldx you do me mischiefx fiex demetriusx your wrongs do set a scandal on my sexx we cannot fight for love as men may dox we should be wooxdx and were not made to woox xxexit demetriusxxx ixll follow theex and make a heaven of hellx to die upon the hand i love so wellx xxexit helenaxxx oberonx fare thee wellx nymphx ere he do leave this grovex thou shalt fly himx and he shall seek thy lovex enter puckx hast thou the flower therex welcomex wandererx puckx ayx there it isx oberonx i pray thee give it mex i know a bank where the wild thyme blowsx where oxlips and the nodding violet growsx quite overxcanopied with luscious woodbinex with sweet muskxrosesx and with eglantinex there sleeps titania sometime of the nightx lullxd in these flowers with dances and delightx and there the snake throws her enamellxd skinx weed wide enough to wrap a fairy inx and with the juice of this ixll streak her eyesx and make her full of hateful fantasiesx take thou some of itx and seek through this grovex a sweet athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youthx anoint his eyesx but do it when the next thing he espies may be the ladyx thou shalt know the man by the athenian garments he hath onx effect it with some carex that he may prove more fond on her than she upon her lovex and look thou meet me ere the first cock crowx puckx fear notx my lordx your servant shall do sox xxexeuntxxx scene iix another part of the wood enter titania with her trainx titaniax comex now a roundel and a fairy songx then for the third part of a minutex hencex some to kill cankers in the muskxrose budsx some war with reremice for their leathern wingsx to make my small elves coatsx and some keep back the clamorous owlx that nightly hoots and wonders at our quaint spiritsx sing me now asleepx then to your officesx and let me restx fairies singx first fairyx you spotted snakes with double tonguex thorny hedgehogsx be not seenx newts and blindxworms do no wrongx come not near our fairy queenx chorusx philomelx with melodyx sing in our sweet lullabyx lullax lullax lullabyx lullax lullax lullabyx never harmx nor spellx nor charmx come our lovely lady nighx so good nightx with lullabyx first fairyx weaving spidersx come not herex hencex you longxleggxd spinnersx hencex beetles blackx approach not nearx worm nor snail do no offencex chorusx philomel with melodyx xcx second fairyx hence awayx now all is wellx one aloof stand sentinelx xxexeunt fairiesx titania sleepsxxx enter oberonx oberonx what thou seest when thou dost wakex xxsqueezes the flower on titaniaxs eyelidsxxx do it for thy true love takex love and languish for his sakex be it ouncex or catx or bearx pardx or boar with bristled hairx in thy eye that shall appear when thou wakxstx it is thy dearx wake when some vile thing is nearx xxexitxxx enter lysander and hermiax lysanderx fair lovex you faint with wandxring in the woodx andx to speak trothx i have forgot our wayx wexll rest usx hermiax if you think it goodx and tarry for the comfort of the dayx hermiax be it sox lysanderx find you out a bedx for i upon this bank will rest my headx lysanderx one turf shall serve as pillow for us bothx one heartx one bedx two bosomsx and one trothx hermiax nayx good lysanderx for my sakex my dearx lie further off yetx do not lie so nearx lysanderx o take the sensex sweetx of my innocencex love takes the meaning in lovexs conferencex i mean that my heart unto yours is knitx so that but one heart we can make of itx two bosoms interchainxd with an oathx so then two bosoms and a single trothx then by your side no bedxroom me denyx for lying sox hermiax i do not liex hermiax lysander riddles very prettilyx now much beshrew my manners and my pridex if hermia meant to say lysander liedx butx gentle friendx for love and courtesy lie further offx in human modestyx such separation as may well be said becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maidx so far be distantx and good nightx sweet friendx thy love nexer alter till thy sweet life endx lysanderx amenx amenx to that fair prayer say ix and then end life when i end loyaltyx here is my bedx sleep give thee all his restx hermiax with half that wish the wisherxs eyes be pressedx xxthey sleepxxx enter puckx puckx through the forest have i gonex but athenian found i nonex on whose eyes i might approve this flowerxs force in stirring lovex night and silencex who is herex weeds of athens he doth wearx this is hex my master saidx despisxd the athenian maidx and here the maidenx sleeping soundx on the dank and dirty groundx pretty soulx she durst not lie near this lackxlovex this killxcourtesyx churlx upon thy eyes i throw all the power this charm doth owex when thou wakxst let love forbid sleep his seat on thy eyelidx so awake when i am gonex for i must now to oberonx xxexitxxx enter demetrius and helenax runningx helenax stayx though thou kill mex sweet demetriusx demetriusx i charge theex hencex and do not haunt me thusx helenax ox wilt thou darkling leave mex do not sox demetriusx stayx on thy perilx i alone will gox xxexit demetriusxxx helenax ox i am out of breath in this fond chasex the more my prayerx the lesser is my gracex happy is hermiax wheresoexer she liesx for she hath blessxd and attractive eyesx how came her eyes so brightx not with salt tearsx if sox my eyes are oftener washxd than hersx nox nox i am as ugly as a bearx for beasts that meet me run away for fearx therefore no marvel though demetrius dox as a monsterx fly my presence thusx what wicked and dissembling glass of mine made me compare with hermiaxs sphery eynex but who is herex lysanderx on the groundx dead or asleepx i see no bloodx no woundx lysanderx if you livex good sirx awakex lysanderx xxwakingxxx and run through fire i will for thy sweet sakex transparent helenax nature shows artx that through thy bosom makes me see thy heartx where is demetriusx ox how fit a word is that vile name to perish on my swordx helenax do not say sox lysanderx say not sox what though he love your hermiax lordx what thoughx yet hermia still loves youx then be contentx lysanderx content with hermiax nox i do repent the tedious minutes i with her have spentx not hermiax but helena i lovex who will not change a raven for a dovex the will of man is by his reason swayxdx and reason says you are the worthier maidx things growing are not ripe until their seasonx so ix being youngx till now ripe not to reasonx and touching now the point of human skillx reason becomes the marshal to my willx and leads me to your eyesx where i oxerlook lovexs storiesx written in lovexs richest bookx helenax wherefore was i to this keen mockery bornx when at your hands did i deserve this scornx isxt not enoughx isxt not enoughx young manx that i did neverx nox nor never can deserve a sweet look from demetriusx eyex but you must flout my insufficiencyx good trothx you do me wrongx good soothx you dox in such disdainful manner me to woox but fare you wellx perforce i must confessx i thought you lord of more true gentlenessx ox that a lady of one man refusxdx should of another therefore be abusxdx xxexitxxx lysanderx she sees not hermiax hermiax sleep thou therex and never mayst thou come lysander nearx forx as a surfeit of the sweetest things the deepest loathing to the stomach bringsx or as the heresies that men do leave are hated most of those they did deceivex so thoux my surfeit and my heresyx of all be hatedx but the most of mex andx all my powersx address your love and might to honour helenx and to be her knightx xxexitxxx hermiax xxstartingxxx help mex lysanderx help mex do thy best to pluck this crawling serpent from my breastx ay mex for pityx what a dream was herex lysanderx look how i do quake with fearx methought a serpent eat my heart awayx and you sat smiling at his cruel preyx lysanderx whatx removedx lysanderx lordx whatx out of hearingx gonex no soundx no wordx alackx where are youx speakx and if you hearx speakx of all lovesx i swoon almost with fearx nox then i well perceive you are not nighx either death or you ixll find immediatelyx xxexitxxx act iii scene ix the woodx the queen of fairies still lying asleepx enter bottomx quincex snoutx starvelingx snug and flutex bottomx are we all metx quincex patx patx and herexs a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsalx this green plot shall be our stagex this hawthorn brake our tiringxhousex and we will do it in actionx as we will do it before the dukex bottomx peter quincex quincex what sayest thoux bully bottomx bottomx there are things in this comedy of pyramus and thisbe that will never pleasex firstx pyramus must draw a sword to kill himselfx which the ladies cannot abidex how answer you thatx snout byxr lakinx a parlous fearx starvelingx i believe we must leave the killing outx when all is donex bottomx not a whitx i have a device to make all wellx write me a prologuex and let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swordsx and that pyramus is not killed indeedx and for the more better assurancex tell them that i pyramus am not pyramus but bottom the weaverx this will put them out of fearx quincex wellx we will have such a prologuex and it shall be written in eight and sixx bottomx nox make it two morex let it be written in eight and eightx snout will not the ladies be afeard of the lionx starvelingx i fear itx i promise youx bottomx mastersx you ought to consider with yourselvesx to bring in xgod shield usxx a lion among ladies is a most dreadful thingx for there is not a more fearful wildxfowl than your lion livingx and we ought to look to itx snout therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lionx bottomx nayx you must name his namex and half his face must be seen through the lionxs neckx and he himself must speak throughx saying thusx or to the same defectx xladiesxx orx xfair ladiesx i would wish youxx orx xi would request youxx orx xi would entreat youx not to fearx not to tremblex my life for yoursx if you think i come hither as a lionx it were pity of my lifex nox i am no such thingx i am a man as other men arexx and therex indeedx let him name his namex and tell them plainly he is snug the joinerx quincex wellx it shall be sox but there is two hard thingsx that isx to bring the moonlight into a chamberx for you knowx pyramus and thisbe meet by moonlightx snout doth the moon shine that night we play our playx bottomx a calendarx a calendarx look in the almanackx find out moonshinex find out moonshinex quincex yesx it doth shine that nightx bottomx whyx then may you leave a casement of the great chamber windowx where we playx openx and the moon may shine in at the casementx quincex ayx or else one must come in with a bush of thorns and a lanternx and say he comes to disfigure or to present the person of moonshinex then there is another thingx we must have a wall in the great chamberx for pyramus and thisbex says the storyx did talk through the chink of a wallx snout you can never bring in a wallx what say youx bottomx bottomx some man or other must present wallx and let him have some plasterx or some loamx or some roughxcast about himx to signify wallx and let him hold his fingers thusx and through that cranny shall pyramus and thisbe whisperx quincex if that may bex then all is wellx comex sit downx every motherxs sonx and rehearse your partsx pyramusx you beginx when you have spoken your speechx enter into that brakex and so everyone according to his cuex enter puck behindx puckx what hempen homespuns have we swaggering herex so near the cradle of the fairy queenx whatx a play towardx ixll be an auditorx an actor too perhapsx if i see causex quincex speakx pyramusxxthisbex stand forthx pyramusx xthisbex the flowers of odious savours sweetx quincex odoursx odoursx pyramusx xx x x odours savours sweetx so hath thy breathx my dearest thisbe dearx but harkx a voicex stay thou but here awhilex and by and by i will to thee appearxx xxexitxxx puckx a stranger pyramus than exer played herex xxexitxxx thisbex must i speak nowx quincex ayx marryx must youx for you must understand he goes but to see a noise that he heardx and is to come againx thisbex xmost radiant pyramusx most lilyxwhite of huex of colour like the red rose on triumphant brierx most brisky juvenalx and eke most lovely jewx as true as truest horsex that yet would never tirex ixll meet theex pyramusx at ninnyxs tombxx quincex ninusx tombx manx whyx you must not speak that yetx that you answer to pyramusx you speak all your part at oncex cuesx and allxxpyramus enterx your cue is pastx it is xnever tirexx thisbex ox xas true as truest horsex that yet would never tirexx enter puck and bottom with an assxs headx pyramusx xif i were fairx thisbex i were only thinexx quincex o monstrousx o strangex we are hauntedx prayx mastersx flyx mastersx helpx xxexeunt clownsxxx puckx ixll follow youx ixll lead you about a roundx through bogx through bushx through brakex through brierx sometime a horse ixll bex sometime a houndx a hogx a headless bearx sometime a firex and neighx and barkx and gruntx and roarx and burnx like horsex houndx hogx bearx firex at every turnx xxexitxxx bottomx why do they run awayx this is a knavery of them to make me afeardx enter snoutx snout o bottomx thou art changedx what do i see on theex bottomx what do you seex you see an assxhead of your ownx do youx xxexit snoutxxx enter quincex quincex bless theex bottomx bless theex thou art translatedx xxexitxxx bottomx i see their knaveryx this is to make an ass of mex to fright mex if they couldx but i will not stir from this placex do what they canx i will walk up and down herex and i will singx that they shall hear i am not afraidx xxsingsxxx the ousel cockx so black of huex with orangextawny billx the throstle with his note so truex the wren with little quillx titaniax xxwakingxxx what angel wakes me from my flowery bedx bottomx xxsingsxxx the finchx the sparrowx and the larkx the plainxsong cuckoo grayx whose note full many a man doth markx and dares not answer nayx forx indeedx who would set his wit to so foolish a birdx who would give a bird the liex though he cry xcuckoox never sox titaniax i pray theex gentle mortalx sing againx mine ear is much enamourxd of thy notex so is mine eye enthrallxd to thy shapex and thy fair virtuexs force perforce doth move mex on the first viewx to sayx to swearx i love theex bottomx methinksx mistressx you should have little reason for thatx and yetx to say the truthx reason and love keep little company together nowadaysx the more the pity that some honest neighbours will not make them friendsx nayx i can gleek upon occasionx titaniax thou art as wise as thou art beautifulx bottomx not sox neitherx but if i had wit enough to get out of this woodx i have enough to serve mine own turnx titaniax out of this wood do not desire to gox thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or nox i am a spirit of no common ratex the summer still doth tend upon my statex and i do love theex thereforex go with mex ixll give thee fairies to attend on theex and they shall fetch thee jewels from the deepx and singx while thou on pressxd flowers dost sleepx and i will purge thy mortal grossness so that thou shalt like an airy spirit goxx peaseblossomx cobwebx mothx and mustardseedx enter four fairiesx peaseblossomx readyx cobwebx and ix mothx and ix mustardseedx and ix allx where shall we gox titaniax be kind and courteous to this gentlemanx hop in his walks and gambol in his eyesx feed him with apricocks and dewberriesx with purple grapesx green figsx and mulberriesx the honeyxbags steal from the humblexbeesx and for nightxtapersx crop their waxen thighsx and light them at the fiery glowxwormxs eyesx to have my love to bed and to arisex and pluck the wings from painted butterfliesx to fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyesx nod to himx elvesx and do him courtesiesx peaseblossomx hailx mortalx cobwebx hailx mothx hailx mustardseedx hailx bottomx i cry your worships mercyx heartilyxxi beseech your worshipxs namex cobwebx cobwebx bottomx i shall desire you of more acquaintancex good master cobwebx if i cut my fingerx i shall make bold with youxxyour namex honest gentlemanx peaseblossomx peaseblossomx bottomx i pray youx commend me to mistress squashx your motherx and to master peascodx your fatherx good master peaseblossomx i shall desire you of more acquaintance tooxxyour namex i beseech youx sirx mustardseedx mustardseedx bottomx good master mustardseedx i know your patience wellx that same cowardly giantxlike oxxbeef hath devoured many a gentleman of your housex i promise youx your kindred hath made my eyes water ere nowx i desire you of more acquaintancex good master mustardseedx titaniax comex wait upon himx lead him to my bowerx the moonx methinksx looks with a watery eyex and when she weepsx weeps every little flowerx lamenting some enforced chastityx tie up my lovexs tonguex bring him silentlyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix another part of the wood enter oberonx oberonx i wonder if titania be awakxdx thenx what it was that next came in her eyex which she must dote on in extremityx enter puckx here comes my messengerx how nowx mad spiritx what nightxrule now about this haunted grovex puckx my mistress with a monster is in lovex near to her close and consecrated bowerx while she was in her dull and sleeping hourx a crew of patchesx rude mechanicalsx that work for bread upon athenian stallsx were met together to rehearse a play intended for great theseusx nuptial dayx the shallowest thickxskin of that barren sort who pyramus presented in their sportx forsook his scene and enterxd in a brakex when i did him at this advantage takex an assxs nole i fixed on his headx anonx his thisbe must be answerxdx and forth my mimic comesx when they him spyx as wild geese that the creeping fowler eyex or russetxpated choughsx many in sortx rising and cawing at the gunxs reportx sever themselves and madly sweep the skyx so at his sight away his fellows flyx and at our stampx here oxer and oxer one fallsx he murder criesx and help from athens callsx their sense thus weakx lost with their fearsx thus strongx made senseless things begin to do them wrongx for briers and thorns at their apparel snatchx some sleevesx some hatsx from yielders all things catchx i led them on in this distracted fearx and left sweet pyramus translated therex when in that momentx so it came to passx titania wakxdx and straightway lovxd an assx oberonx this falls out better than i could devisex but hast thou yet latchxd the athenianxs eyes with the lovexjuicex as i did bid thee dox puckx i took him sleepingxthat is finishxd toox and the athenian woman by his sidex thatx when he wakxdx of force she must be eyxdx enter demetrius and hermiax oberonx stand closex this is the same athenianx puckx this is the womanx but not this the manx demetriusx o why rebuke you him that loves you sox lay breath so bitter on your bitter foex hermiax now i but chidex but i should use thee worsex for thoux i fearx hast given me cause to cursex if thou hast slain lysander in his sleepx being oxer shoes in bloodx plunge in the deepx and kill me toox the sun was not so true unto the day as he to mex would he have stolxn away from sleeping hermiax ixll believe as soon this whole earth may be borxdx and that the moon may through the centre creep and so displease her brotherxs noontide with thx antipodesx it cannot be but thou hast murderxd himx so should a murderer lookx so deadx so grimx demetriusx so should the murderxd lookx and so should ix piercxd through the heart with your stern crueltyx yet youx the murdererx look as brightx as clearx as yonder venus in her glimmering spherex hermiax whatxs this to my lysanderx where is hex ahx good demetriusx wilt thou give him mex demetriusx i had rather give his carcass to my houndsx hermiax outx dogx outx curx thou drivxst me past the bounds of maidenxs patiencex hast thou slain himx thenx henceforth be never numberxd among menx o once tell truex tell truex even for my sakex durst thou have lookxd upon himx being awakex and hast thou killxd him sleepingx o brave touchx could not a wormx an adderx do so muchx an adder did itx for with doubler tongue than thinex thou serpentx never adder stungx demetriusx you spend your passion on a misprisxd moodx i am not guilty of lysanderxs bloodx nor is he deadx for aught that i can tellx hermiax i pray theex tell me then that he is wellx demetriusx and if i couldx what should i get thereforex hermiax a privilege never to see me morex and from thy hated presence part i sox see me no morex whether he be dead or nox xxexitxxx demetriusx there is no following her in this fierce veinx herex thereforex for a while i will remainx so sorrowxs heaviness doth heavier grow for debt that bankrupt sleep doth sorrow owex which now in some slight measure it will payx if for his tender here i make some stayx xxlies downxxx oberonx what hast thou donex thou hast mistaken quitex and laid the lovexjuice on some truexlovexs sightx of thy misprision must perforce ensue some true love turnxdx and not a false turnxd truex puckx then fate oxerxrulesx thatx one man holding trothx a million failx confounding oath on oathx oberonx about the wood go swifter than the windx and helena of athens look thou findx all fancyxsick she isx and pale of cheer with sighs of lovex that costs the fresh blood dearx by some illusion see thou bring her herex ixll charm his eyes against she do appearx puckx i gox i gox look how i gox swifter than arrow from the tartarxs bowx xxexitxxx oberonx flower of this purple dyex hit with cupidxs archeryx sink in apple of his eyex when his love he doth espyx let her shine as gloriously as the venus of the skyxx when thou wakxstx if she be byx beg of her for remedyx enter puckx puckx captain of our fairy bandx helena is here at handx and the youth mistook by mex pleading for a loverxs feex shall we their fond pageant seex lordx what fools these mortals bex oberonx stand asidex the noise they make will cause demetrius to awakex puckx then will two at once woo onex that must needs be sport alonex and those things do best please me that befall prepostxrouslyx enter lysander and helenax lysanderx why should you think that i should woo in scornx scorn and derision never come in tearsx look when i vowx i weepx and vows so bornx in their nativity all truth appearsx how can these things in me seem scorn to youx bearing the badge of faithx to prove them truex helenax you do advance your cunning more and morex when truth kills truthx o devilishxholy frayx these vows are hermiaxsx will you give her oxerx weigh oath with oathx and you will nothing weighx your vows to her and mex put in two scalesx will even weighx and both as light as talesx lysanderx i had no judgment when to her i sworex helenax nor nonex in my mindx now you give her oxerx lysanderx demetrius loves herx and he loves not youx demetriusx xxwakingxxx o helenx goddessx nymphx perfectx divinex to whatx my lovex shall i compare thine eynex crystal is muddyx o how ripe in show thy lipsx those kissing cherriesx tempting growx that pure congealxd whitex high taurusx snowx fannxd with the eastern windx turns to a crow when thou holdxst up thy handx ox let me kiss this princess of pure whitex this seal of blissx helenax o spitex o hellx i see you all are bent to set against me for your merrimentx if you were civilx and knew courtesyx you would not do me thus much injuryx can you not hate mex as i know you dox but you must join in souls to mock me toox if you were menx as men you are in showx you would not use a gentle lady sox to vowx and swearx and superpraise my partsx when i am sure you hate me with your heartsx you both are rivalsx and love hermiax and now both rivalsx to mock helenax a trim exploitx a manly enterprisex to conjure tears up in a poor maidxs eyes with your derisionx none of noble sort would so offend a virginx and extort a poor soulxs patiencex all to make you sportx lysanderx you are unkindx demetriusx be not sox for you love hermiax this you know i knowx and herex with all good willx with all my heartx in hermiaxs love i yield you up my partx and yours of helena to me bequeathx whom i do love and will do till my deathx helenax never did mockers waste more idle breathx demetriusx lysanderx keep thy hermiax i will nonex if exer i lovxd herx all that love is gonex my heart to her but as guestxwise sojournxdx and now to helen is it home returnxdx there to remainx lysanderx helenx it is not sox demetriusx disparage not the faith thou dost not knowx lest to thy peril thou aby it dearx look where thy love comesx yonder is thy dearx enter hermiax hermiax dark nightx that from the eye his function takesx the ear more quick of apprehension makesx wherein it doth impair the seeing sensex it pays the hearing double recompensex thou art not by mine eyex lysanderx foundx mine earx i thank itx brought me to thy soundx but why unkindly didst thou leave me sox lysanderx why should he stay whom love doth press to gox hermiax what love could press lysander from my sidex lysanderx lysanderxs lovex that would not let him bidex fair helenax who more engilds the night than all yon fiery oes and eyes of lightx why seekxst thou mex could not this make thee know the hate i bare thee made me leave thee sox hermiax you speak not as you thinkx it cannot bex helenax lox she is one of this confederacyx now i perceive they have conjoinxd all three to fashion this false sport in spite of mex injurious hermiax most ungrateful maidx have you conspirxdx have you with these contrivxdx to bait me with this foul derisionx is all the counsel that we two have sharxdx the sistersx vowsx the hours that we have spentx when we have chid the hastyxfooted time for parting usxox is all forgotx all schoolxdaysx friendshipx childhood innocencex wex hermiax like two artificial godsx have with our needles created both one flowerx both on one samplerx sitting on one cushionx both warbling of one songx both in one keyx as if our handsx our sidesx voicesx and mindsx had been incorporatex so we grew togetherx like to a double cherryx seeming partedx but yet a union in partitionx two lovely berries moulded on one stemx sox with two seeming bodiesx but one heartx two of the firstx like coats in heraldryx due but to onex and crownxd with one crestx and will you rent our ancient love asunderx to join with men in scorning your poor friendx it is not friendlyx xtis not maidenlyx our sexx as well as ix may chide you for itx though i alone do feel the injuryx hermiax i am amazxd at your passionate wordsx i scorn you notx it seems that you scorn mex helenax have you not set lysanderx as in scornx to follow mex and praise my eyes and facex and made your other lovex demetriusx who even but now did spurn me with his footx to call me goddessx nymphx divine and rarex preciousx celestialx wherefore speaks he this to her he hatesx and wherefore doth lysander deny your lovex so rich within his soulx and tender mex forsoothx affectionx but by your setting onx by your consentx what though i be not so in grace as youx so hung upon with lovex so fortunatex but miserable mostx to love unlovxdx this you should pity rather than despisex hermiax i understand not what you mean by thisx helenax ayx dox perseverx counterfeit sad looksx make mouths upon me when i turn my backx wink each at otherx hold the sweet jest upx this sportx well carriedx shall be chronicledx if you have any pityx gracex or mannersx you would not make me such an argumentx but fare ye wellx xtis partly my own faultx which deathx or absencex soon shall remedyx lysanderx stayx gentle helenax hear my excusex my lovex my lifex my soulx fair helenax helenax o excellentx hermiax sweetx do not scorn her sox demetriusx if she cannot entreatx i can compelx lysanderx thou canst compel no more than she entreatx thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayersx helenx i love theex by my life i dox i swear by that which i will lose for thee to prove him false that says i love thee notx demetriusx i say i love thee more than he can dox lysanderx if thou say sox withdrawx and prove it toox demetriusx quickx comex hermiax lysanderx whereto tends all thisx lysanderx awayx you ethiopex demetriusx nox nox he will seem to break loosex take on as you would followx but yet come notx you are a tame manx gox lysanderx hang offx thou catx thou burrx vile thingx let loosex or i will shake thee from me like a serpentx hermiax why are you grown so rudex what change is thisx sweet lovex lysanderx thy lovex outx tawny tartarx outx outx loathxd medicinex o hated potionx hencex hermiax do you not jestx helenax yesx soothx and so do youx lysanderx demetriusx i will keep my word with theex demetriusx i would i had your bondx for i perceive a weak bond holds youx ixll not trust your wordx lysanderx whatx should i hurt herx strike herx kill her deadx although i hate herx ixll not harm her sox hermiax whatx can you do me greater harm than hatex hate mex whereforex o mex what newsx my lovex am not i hermiax are not you lysanderx i am as fair now as i was erewhilex since night you lovxd mex yet since night you left mex why thenx you left mexox the gods forbidxx in earnestx shall i sayx lysanderx ayx by my lifex and never did desire to see thee morex therefore be out of hopex of questionx of doubtx be certainx nothing truerx xtis no jest that i do hate thee and love helenax hermiax o mex you jugglerx you cankerblossomx you thief of lovex whatx have you come by night and stolxn my lovexs heart from himx helenax finex ix faithx have you no modestyx no maiden shamex no touch of bashfulnessx whatx will you tear impatient answers from my gentle tonguex fiex fiex you counterfeitx you puppetx youx hermiax puppetx why sox ayx that way goes the gamex now i perceive that she hath made compare between our staturesx she hath urgxd her heightx and with her personagex her tall personagex her heightx forsoothx she hath prevailxd with himx and are you grown so high in his esteem because i am so dwarfish and so lowx how low am ix thou painted maypolex speakx how low am ix i am not yet so low but that my nails can reach unto thine eyesx helenax i pray youx though you mock mex gentlemenx let her not hurt mex i was never curstx i have no gift at all in shrewishnessx i am a right maid for my cowardicex let her not strike mex you perhaps may thinkx because she is something lower than myselfx that i can match herx hermiax lowerx harkx againx helenax good hermiax do not be so bitter with mex i evermore did love youx hermiax did ever keep your counselsx never wrongxd youx save thatx in love unto demetriusx i told him of your stealth unto this woodx he followxd youx for love i followxd himx but he hath chid me hencex and threatenxd me to strike mex spurn mex nayx to kill me toox and nowx so you will let me quiet gox to athens will i bear my folly backx and follow you no furtherx let me gox you see how simple and how fond i amx hermiax whyx get you gonex who isxt that hinders youx helenax a foolish heart that i leave here behindx hermiax whatx with lysanderx helenax with demetriusx lysanderx be not afraidx she shall not harm theex helenax demetriusx nox sirx she shall notx though you take her partx helenax ox when shexs angryx she is keen and shrewdx she was a vixen when she went to schoolx and though she be but littlex she is fiercex hermiax little againx nothing but low and littlex why will you suffer her to flout me thusx let me come to herx lysanderx get you gonex you dwarfx you minimusx of hindxring knotxgrass madex you beadx you acornx demetriusx you are too officious in her behalf that scorns your servicesx let her alonex speak not of helenax take not her partx for if thou dost intend never so little show of love to herx thou shalt aby itx lysanderx now she holds me notx now followx if thou darxstx to try whose rightx of thine or minex is most in helenax demetriusx followx nayx ixll go with theex cheek by jolex xxexeunt lysander and demetriusxxx hermiax youx mistressx all this coil is long of youx nayx go not backx helenax i will not trust youx ix nor longer stay in your curst companyx your hands than mine are quicker for a frayx my legs are longer thoughx to run awayx xxexitxxx hermiax i am amazxdx and know not what to sayx xxexitx pursuing helenaxxx oberonx this is thy negligencex still thou mistakxstx or else commitxst thy knaveries willfullyx puckx believe mex king of shadowsx i mistookx did not you tell me i should know the man by the athenian garments he had onx and so far blameless proves my enterprise that i have xnointed an athenianxs eyesx and so far am i glad it so did sortx as this their jangling i esteem a sportx oberonx thou seest these lovers seek a place to fightx hie thereforex robinx overcast the nightx the starry welkin cover thou anon with drooping fogx as black as acheronx and lead these testy rivals so astray as one come not within anotherxs wayx like to lysander sometime frame thy tonguex then stir demetrius up with bitter wrongx and sometime rail thou like demetriusx and from each other look thou lead them thusx till oxer their brows deathxcounterfeiting sleep with leaden legs and batty wings doth creepx then crush this herb into lysanderxs eyex whose liquor hath this virtuous propertyx to take from thence all error with his might and make his eyeballs roll with wonted sightx when they next wakex all this derision shall seem a dream and fruitless visionx and back to athens shall the lovers wendx with league whose date till death shall never endx whiles i in this affair do thee employx ixll to my queenx and beg her indian boyx and then i will her charmxd eye release from monsterxs viewx and all things shall be peacex puckx my fairy lordx this must be done with hastex for nightxs swift dragons cut the clouds full fastx and yonder shines auroraxs harbingerx at whose approachx ghosts wandering here and there troop home to churchyardsx damnxd spirits allx that in crossxways and floods have burialx already to their wormy beds are gonex for fear lest day should look their shames uponx they wilfully themselves exile from lightx and must for aye consort with blackxbrowxd nightx oberonx but we are spirits of another sortx i with the morningxs love have oft made sportx andx like a foresterx the groves may tread even till the eastern gatex all fieryxredx opening on neptune with fair blessxd beamsx turns into yellow gold his saltxgreen streamsx butx notwithstandingx hastex make no delayx we may effect this business yet ere dayx xxexit oberonxxx puckx up and downx up and downx i will lead them up and downx i am fearxd in field and townx goblinx lead them up and downx here comes onex enter lysanderx lysanderx where art thoux proud demetriusx speak thou nowx puckx herex villainx drawn and readyx where art thoux lysanderx i will be with thee straightx puckx follow me then to plainer groundx xxexit lysander as following the voicexxx enter demetriusx demetriusx lysanderx speak againx thou runawayx thou cowardx art thou fledx speakx in some bushx where dost thou hide thy headx puckx thou cowardx art thou bragging to the starsx telling the bushes that thou lookxst for warsx and wilt not comex comex recreantx comex thou childx ixll whip thee with a rodx he is defilxd that draws a sword on theex demetriusx yeax art thou therex puckx follow my voicex wexll try no manhood herex xxexeuntxxx enter lysanderx lysanderx he goes before mex and still dares me onx when i come where he callsx then he is gonex the villain is much lighterxheelxd than ix i followxd fastx but faster he did flyx that fallen am i in dark uneven wayx and here will rest mex comex thou gentle dayx xxlies downxxx for if but once thou show me thy grey lightx ixll find demetriusx and revenge this spitex xxsleepsxxx enter puck and demetriusx puckx hox hox hox cowardx why comxst thou notx demetriusx abide mex if thou darxstx for well i wot thou runnxst before mex shifting every placex and darxst not standx nor look me in the facex where art thoux puckx come hitherx i am herex demetriusx nayx thenx thou mockxst mex thou shalt buy this dear if ever i thy face by daylight seex now go thy wayx faintness constraineth me to measure out my length on this cold bedx by dayxs approach look to be visitedx xxlies down and sleepsxxx enter helenax helenax o weary nightx o long and tedious nightx abate thy hoursx shinex comfortsx from the eastx that i may back to athens by daylightx from these that my poor company detestx and sleepx that sometimes shuts up sorrowxs eyex steal me awhile from mine own companyx xxsleepsxxx puckx yet but threex come one morex two of both kinds makes up fourx here she comesx curst and sadx cupid is a knavish lad thus to make poor females madx enter hermiax hermiax never so wearyx never so in woex bedabbled with the dewx and torn with briersx i can no further crawlx no further gox my legs can keep no pace with my desiresx here will i rest me till the break of dayx heavens shield lysanderx if they mean a frayx xxlies downxxx puckx on the ground sleep soundx ixll apply to your eyex gentle loverx remedyx xxsqueezing the juice on lysanderxs eyexxx when thou wakxstx thou takxst true delight in the sight of thy former ladyxs eyex and the country proverb knownx that every man should take his ownx in your waking shall be shownx jack shall have jillx nought shall go illx the man shall have his mare againx and all shall be wellx xxexit puckxxx act iv scene ix the wood lysanderx demetriusx helena and hermia still asleepx enter titania and bottomx peaseblossomx cobwebx mothx mustardseed and other fairies attendingx oberon behindx unseenx titaniax comex sit thee down upon this flowery bedx while i thy amiable cheeks do coyx and stick muskxroses in thy sleek smooth headx and kiss thy fair large earsx my gentle joyx bottomx wherexs peaseblossomx peaseblossomx readyx bottomx scratch my headx peaseblossomx wherexs monsieur cobwebx cobwebx readyx bottomx monsieur cobwebx good monsieurx get you your weapons in your hand and kill me a redxhipped humblexbee on the top of a thistlex andx good monsieurx bring me the honeyxbagx do not fret yourself too much in the actionx monsieurx andx good monsieurx have a care the honeyxbag break notx i would be loath to have you overflown with a honeyxbagx signiorx wherexs monsieur mustardseedx mustardseedx readyx bottomx give me your neafx monsieur mustardseedx pray youx leave your courtesyx good monsieurx mustardseedx whatxs your willx bottomx nothingx good monsieurx but to help cavalery cobweb to scratchx i must to the barberxsx monsieurx for methinks i am marvellous hairy about the facex and i am such a tender assx if my hair do but tickle mex i must scratchx titaniax whatx wilt thou hear some musicx my sweet lovex bottomx i have a reasonable good ear in musicx let us have the tongs and the bonesx titaniax or sayx sweet lovex what thou desirest to eatx bottomx trulyx a peck of provenderx i could munch your good dry oatsx methinks i have a great desire to a bottle of hayx good hayx sweet hayx hath no fellowx titaniax i have a venturous fairy that shall seek the squirrelxs hoardx and fetch thee new nutsx bottomx i had rather have a handful or two of dried peasx butx i pray youx let none of your people stir mex i have an exposition of sleep come upon mex titaniax sleep thoux and i will wind thee in my armsx fairiesx be gonex and be all ways awayx so doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle gently entwistx the female ivy so enrings the barky fingers of the elmx ox how i love theex how i dote on theex xxthey sleepxxx oberon advancesx enter puckx oberonx welcomex good robinx seest thou this sweet sightx her dotage now i do begin to pityx forx meeting her of late behind the woodx seeking sweet favours for this hateful foolx i did upbraid her and fall out with herx for she his hairy temples then had rounded with coronet of fresh and fragrant flowersx and that same dewx which sometime on the buds was wont to swell like round and orient pearlsx stood now within the pretty flourietsx eyesx like tears that did their own disgrace bewailx when i had at my pleasure taunted herx and she in mild terms beggxd my patiencex i then did ask of her her changeling childx which straight she gave mex and her fairy sent to bear him to my bower in fairylandx and now i have the boyx i will undo this hateful imperfection of her eyesx andx gentle puckx take this transformxd scalp from off the head of this athenian swainx that he awaking when the other dox may all to athens back again repairx and think no more of this nightxs accidents but as the fierce vexation of a dreamx but first i will release the fairy queenx xxtouching her eyes with an herbxxx be as thou wast wont to bex see as thou was wont to seex dianxs bud oxer cupidxs flower hath such force and blessed powerx nowx my titaniax wake youx my sweet queenx titaniax my oberonx what visions have i seenx methought i was enamourxd of an assx oberonx there lies your lovex titaniax how came these things to passx ox how mine eyes do loathe his visage nowx oberonx silence awhilexxrobinx take off this headx titaniax music callx and strike more dead than common sleepx of all these five the sensex titaniax musicx hox musicx such as charmeth sleepx puckx now when thou wakxstx with thine own foolxs eyes peepx oberonx soundx musicx xxstill mucicxxx comex my queenx take hands with mex and rock the ground whereon these sleepers bex now thou and i are new in amityx and will tomorrow midnight solemnly dance in duke theseusx house triumphantlyx and bless it to all fair prosperityx there shall the pairs of faithful lovers be weddedx with theseusx all in jollityx puckx fairy kingx attend and markx i do hear the morning larkx oberonx thenx my queenx in silence sadx trip we after nightxs shadex we the globe can compass soonx swifter than the wandxring moonx titaniax comex my lordx and in our flightx tell me how it came this night that i sleeping here was found with these mortals on the groundx xxexeuntx horns sound withinxxx enter theseusx hippolytax egeus and trainx theseusx gox one of youx find out the foresterx for now our observation is performxdx and since we have the vaward of the dayx my love shall hear the music of my houndsx uncouple in the western valleyx let them gox dispatch i sayx and find the foresterx xxexit an attendantxxx we willx fair queenx up to the mountainxs topx and mark the musical confusion of hounds and echo in conjunctionx hippolytax i was with hercules and cadmus oncex when in a wood of crete they bayxd the bear with hounds of spartax never did i hear such gallant chidingx forx besides the grovesx the skiesx the fountainsx every region near seemxd all one mutual cryx i never heard so musical a discordx such sweet thunderx theseusx my hounds are bred out of the spartan kindx so flewxdx so sandedx and their heads are hung with ears that sweep away the morning dewx crookxkneexd and dewlapxd like thessalian bullsx slow in pursuitx but matchxd in mouth like bellsx each under eachx a cry more tuneable was never hollaxd tox nor cheerxd with hornx in cretex in spartax nor in thessalyx judge when you hearxxbutx softx what nymphs are thesex egeusx my lordx this is my daughter here asleepx and this lysanderx this demetrius isx this helenax old nedarxs helenax i wonder of their being here togetherx theseusx no doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of mayx andx hearing our intentx came here in grace of our solemnityx but speakx egeusx is not this the day that hermia should give answer of her choicex egeusx it isx my lordx theseusx gox bid the huntsmen wake them with their hornsx hornsx and shout withinx demetriusx lysanderx hermia and helena wake and start upx good morrowx friendsx saint valentine is pastx begin these woodxbirds but to couple nowx lysanderx pardonx my lordx he and the rest kneel to theseusx theseusx i pray you allx stand upx i know you two are rival enemiesx how comes this gentle concord in the worldx that hatred is so far from jealousy to sleep by hatex and fear no enmityx lysanderx my lordx i shall reply amazedlyx half sleepx half wakingx but as yetx i swearx i cannot truly say how i came herex butx as i think xfor truly would i speakx and now i do bethink mex so it isx i came with hermia hitherx our intent was to be gone from athensx where we might bex without the peril of the athenian lawx egeusx enoughx enoughx my lordx you have enoughx i beg the lawx the law upon his headx they would have stolxn awayx they wouldx demetriusx thereby to have defeated you and mex you of your wifex and me of my consentx of my consent that she should be your wifex demetriusx my lordx fair helen told me of their stealthx of this their purpose hither to this woodx and i in fury hither followxd themx fair helena in fancy following mex butx my good lordx i wot not by what powerx xbut by some power it isx my love to hermiax melted as the snowx seems to me now as the remembrance of an idle gaud which in my childhood i did dote uponx and all the faithx the virtue of my heartx the object and the pleasure of mine eyex is only helenax to herx my lordx was i betrothxd ere i saw hermiax but like a sickness did i loathe this foodx butx as in healthx come to my natural tastex now i do wish itx love itx long for itx and will for evermore be true to itx theseusx fair loversx you are fortunately metx of this discourse we more will hear anonx egeusx i will overbear your willx for in the templex by and by with usx these couples shall eternally be knitx andx for the morning now is something wornx our purposxd hunting shall be set asidex away with us to athensx three and threex wexll hold a feast in great solemnityx comex hippolytax xxexeunt theseusx hippolytax egeus and trainxxx demetriusx these things seem small and undistinguishablex like farxoff mountains turnxd into cloudsx hermiax methinks i see these things with parted eyex when everything seems doublex helenax so methinksx and i have found demetrius like a jewelx mine ownx and not mine ownx demetriusx are you sure that we are awakex it seems to me that yet we sleepx we dreamx do not you think the duke was herex and bid us follow himx hermiax yeax and my fatherx helenax and hippolytax lysanderx and he did bid us follow to the templex demetriusx whyx thenx we are awakex letxs follow himx and by the way let us recount our dreamsx xxexeuntxxx bottomx xxwakingxxx when my cue comesx call mex and i will answerx my next is xmost fair pyramusxx heighxhox peter quincex flutex the bellowsxmenderx snoutx the tinkerx starvelingx godxs my lifex stolxn hencex and left me asleepx i have had a most rare visionx i have had a dreamx past the wit of man to say what dream it wasx man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dreamx methought i wasxthere is no man can tell whatx methought i wasx and methought i hadxbut man is but a patched fool if he will offer to say what methought i hadx the eye of man hath not heardx the ear of man hath not seenx manxs hand is not able to tastex his tongue to conceivex nor his heart to reportx what my dream wasx i will get peter quince to write a ballad of this dreamx it shall be called xbottomxs dreamxx because it hath no bottomx and i will sing it in the latter end of a playx before the dukex peradventurex to make it the more graciousx i shall sing it at her deathx xxexitxxx scene iix athensx a room in quincexs house enter quincex flutex snout and starvelingx quincex have you sent to bottomxs housex is he come home yetx starvelingx he cannot be heard ofx out of doubt he is transportedx flutex if he come notx then the play is marredx it goes not forwardx doth itx quincex it is not possiblex you have not a man in all athens able to discharge pyramus but hex flutex nox he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in athensx quincex yeax and the best person toox and he is a very paramour for a sweet voicex flutex you must say paragonx a paramour isx god bless usx a thing of naughtx enter snugx snug mastersx the duke is coming from the templex and there is two or three lords and ladies more marriedx if our sport had gone forwardx we had all been made menx flutex o sweet bully bottomx thus hath he lost sixpence a day during his lifex he could not have xscaped sixpence a dayx an the duke had not given him sixpence a day for playing pyramusx ixll be hangedx he would have deserved itx sixpence a day in pyramusx or nothingx enter bottomx bottomx where are these ladsx where are these heartsx quincex bottomx o most courageous dayx o most happy hourx bottomx mastersx i am to discourse wondersx but ask me not whatx for if i tell youx i am not true athenianx i will tell you everythingx right as it fell outx quincex let us hearx sweet bottomx bottomx not a word of mex all that i will tell you isx that the duke hath dinedx get your apparel togetherx good strings to your beardsx new ribbons to your pumpsx meet presently at the palacex every man look oxer his partx for the short and the long isx our play is preferredx in any casex let thisbe have clean linenx and let not him that plays the lion pare his nailsx for they shall hang out for the lionxs clawsx and most dear actorsx eat no onions nor garlickx for we are to utter sweet breathx and i do not doubt but to hear them say it is a sweet comedyx no more wordsx awayx gox awayx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix athensx an apartment in the palace of theseus enter theseusx hippolytax philostratex lords and attendantsx hippolytax xtis strangex my theseusx that these lovers speak ofx theseusx more strange than truex i never may believe these antique fablesx nor these fairy toysx lovers and madmen have such seething brainsx such shaping fantasiesx that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehendsx the lunaticx the loverx and the poet are of imagination all compactx one sees more devils than vast hell can holdx that is the madmanx the loverx all as franticx sees helenxs beauty in a brow of egyptx the poetxs eyex in a fine frenzy rollingx doth glance from heaven to earthx from earth to heavenx and as imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknownx the poetxs pen turns them to shapesx and gives to airy nothing a local habitation and a namex such tricks hath strong imaginationx that if it would but apprehend some joyx it comprehends some bringer of that joyx or in the nightx imagining some fearx how easy is a bush supposed a bearx hippolytax but all the story of the night told overx and all their minds transfigurxd so togetherx more witnesseth than fancyxs imagesx and grows to something of great constancyx butx howsoeverx strange and admirablex enter loversx lysanderx demetriusx hermia and helenax theseusx here come the loversx full of joy and mirthx joyx gentle friendsx joy and fresh days of love accompany your heartsx lysanderx more than to us wait in your royal walksx your boardx your bedx theseusx come nowx what masquesx what dances shall we havex to wear away this long age of three hours between our afterxsupper and bedxtimex where is our usual manager of mirthx what revels are in handx is there no play to ease the anguish of a torturing hourx call philostratex philostratex herex mighty theseusx theseusx sayx what abridgment have you for this eveningx what masquex what musicx how shall we beguile the lazy timex if not with some delightx philostratex there is a brief how many sports are ripex make choice of which your highness will see firstx xxgiving a paperxxx theseusx xxreadsxx xthe battle with the centaursx to be sung by an athenian eunuch to the harpxx wexll none of thatx that have i told my love in glory of my kinsman herculesx xthe riot of the tipsy bacchanalsx tearing the thracian singer in their ragexx that is an old devicex and it was playxd when i from thebes came last a conquerorx xthe thrice three muses mourning for the death of learningx late deceasxd in beggaryxx that is some satirex keen and criticalx not sorting with a nuptial ceremonyx xa tedious brief scene of young pyramus and his love thisbex very tragical mirthxx merry and tragicalx tedious and briefx that is hot ice and wondrous strange snowx how shall we find the concord of this discordx philostratex a play there isx my lordx some ten words longx which is as brief as i have known a playx but by ten wordsx my lordx it is too longx which makes it tediousx for in all the play there is not one word aptx one player fittedx and tragicalx my noble lordx it isx for pyramus therein doth kill himselfx whichx when i saw rehearsxdx i must confessx made mine eyes waterx but more merry tears the passion of loud laughter never shedx theseusx what are they that do play itx philostratex hardxhanded men that work in athens herex which never labourxd in their minds till nowx and now have toilxd their unbreathxd memories with this same play against your nuptialx theseusx and we will hear itx philostratex nox my noble lordx it is not for youx i have heard it overx and it is nothingx nothing in the worldx unless you can find sport in their intentsx extremely stretchxd and connxd with cruel pain to do you servicex theseusx i will hear that playx for never anything can be amiss when simpleness and duty tender itx gox bring them inx and take your placesx ladiesx xxexit philostratexxx hippolytax i love not to see wretchedness oxerchargedx and duty in his service perishingx theseusx whyx gentle sweetx you shall see no such thingx hippolytax he says they can do nothing in this kindx theseusx the kinder wex to give them thanks for nothingx our sport shall be to take what they mistakex and what poor duty cannot dox noble respect takes it in mightx not meritx where i have comex great clerks have purposed to greet me with premeditated welcomesx where i have seen them shiver and look palex make periods in the midst of sentencesx throttle their practisxd accent in their fearsx andx in conclusionx dumbly have broke offx not paying me a welcomex trust mex sweetx out of this silence yet i pickxd a welcomex and in the modesty of fearful duty i read as much as from the rattling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquencex lovex thereforex and tonguextied simplicity in least speak most to my capacityx enter philostratex philostratex so please your gracex the prologue is addressxdx theseusx let him approachx flourish of trumpetsx enter the prologuex prologue if we offendx it is with our good willx that you should thinkx we come not to offendx but with good willx to show our simple skillx that is the true beginning of our endx consider thenx we come but in despitex we do not comex as minding to content youx our true intent isx all for your delight we are not herex that you should here repent youx the actors are at handx andx by their showx you shall know all that you are like to knowx theseusx this fellow doth not stand upon pointsx lysanderx he hath rid his prologue like a rough coltx he knows not the stopx a good moralx my lordx it is not enough to speakx but to speak truex hippolytax indeed he hath played on this prologue like a child on a recorderx a soundx but not in governmentx theseusx his speech was like a tangled chainx nothing impairedx but all disorderedx who is nextx enter pyramus and thisbex wallx moonshine and lion as in dumb showx prologue gentlesx perchance you wonder at this showx but wonder onx till truth make all things plainx this man is pyramusx if you would knowx this beauteous lady thisbe is certainx this manx with lime and roughxcastx doth present wallx that vile wall which did these lovers sunderx and through wallxs chinkx poor soulsx they are content to whisperx at the which let no man wonderx this manx with lanthernx dogx and bush of thornx presenteth moonshinex forx if you will knowx by moonshine did these lovers think no scorn to meet at ninusx tombx therex there to woox this grisly beast xwhich lion hight by namex the trusty thisbex coming first by nightx did scare awayx or rather did affrightx and as she fledx her mantle she did fallx which lion vile with bloody mouth did stainx anon comes pyramusx sweet youthx and tallx and finds his trusty thisbexs mantle slainx whereat with bladex with bloody blameful bladex he bravely broachxd his boiling bloody breastx and thisbex tarrying in mulberry shadex his dagger drewx and diedx for all the restx let lionx moonshinex wallx and lovers twainx at large discourse while here they do remainx xxexeunt prologuex pyramusx thisbex lion and moonshinexxx theseusx i wonder if the lion be to speakx demetriusx no wonderx my lordx one lion mayx when many asses dox wallx in this same interlude it doth befall that ix one snout by namex present a wallx and such a wall as i would have you think that had in it a crannied hole or chinkx through which the loversx pyramus and thisbex did whisper often very secretlyx this loamx this roughxcastx and this stonex doth show that i am that same wallx the truth is sox and this the cranny isx right and sinisterx through which the fearful lovers are to whisperx theseusx would you desire lime and hair to speak betterx demetriusx it is the wittiest partition that ever i heard discoursex my lordx theseusx pyramus draws near the wallx silencex enter pyramusx pyramusx o grimxlookxd nightx o night with hue so blackx o nightx which ever art when day is notx o nightx o nightx alackx alackx alackx i fear my thisbexs promise is forgotx and thoux o wallx o sweetx o lovely wallx that standxst between her fatherxs ground and minex thou wallx o wallx o sweet and lovely wallx show me thy chinkx to blink through with mine eynex xxwall holds up his fingersxxx thanksx courteous wallx jove shield thee well for thisx but what see ix no thisbe do i seex o wicked wallx through whom i see no blissx cursxd be thy stones for thus deceiving mex theseusx the wallx methinksx being sensiblex should curse againx pyramusx nox in truthx sirx he should notx xdeceiving mex is thisbexs cuex she is to enter nowx and i am to spy her through the wallx you shall see it will fall pat as i told youx yonder she comesx enter thisbex thisbex o wallx full often hast thou heard my moansx for parting my fair pyramus and mex my cherry lips have often kissxd thy stonesx thy stones with lime and hair knit up in theex pyramusx i see a voicex now will i to the chinkx to spy an i can hear my thisbexs facex thisbex thisbex my love thou artx my love i thinkx pyramusx think what thou wiltx i am thy loverxs gracex and like limander am i trusty stillx thisbex and i like helenx till the fates me killx pyramusx not shafalus to procrus was so truex thisbex as shafalus to procrusx i to youx pyramusx o kiss me through the hole of this vile wallx thisbex i kiss the wallxs holex not your lips at allx pyramusx wilt thou at ninnyxs tomb meet me straightwayx thisbex xtide lifex xtide deathx i come without delayx wallx thus have ix wallx my part discharged sox andx being donex thus wall away doth gox xxexeunt wallx pyramus and thisbexxx theseusx now is the mural down between the two neighboursx demetriusx no remedyx my lordx when walls are so wilful to hear without warningx hippolytax this is the silliest stuff that ever i heardx theseusx the best in this kind are but shadowsx and the worst are no worsex if imagination amend themx hippolytax it must be your imagination thenx and not theirsx theseusx if we imagine no worse of them than they of themselvesx they may pass for excellent menx here come two noble beasts inx a man and a lionx enter lion and moonshinex lionx youx ladiesx youx whose gentle hearts do fear the smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floorx may nowx perchancex both quake and tremble herex when lion rough in wildest rage doth roarx then know that ix one snug the joinerx am a lion fellx nor else no lionxs damx for if i should as lion come in strife into this placex xtwere pity on my lifex theseusx a very gentle beastx and of a good consciencex demetriusx the very best at a beastx my lordx that exer i sawx lysanderx this lion is a very fox for his valourx theseusx truex and a goose for his discretionx demetriusx not sox my lordx for his valour cannot carry his discretionx and the fox carries the goosex theseusx his discretionx i am surex cannot carry his valourx for the goose carries not the foxx it is wellx leave it to his discretionx and let us listen to the moonx moonshinex this lanthorn doth the hornxd moon presentx demetriusx he should have worn the horns on his headx theseusx he is no crescentx and his horns are invisible within the circumferencex moonshinex this lanthorn doth the hornxd moon presentx myself the man ix the moon do seem to bex theseusx this is the greatest error of all the restx the man should be put into the lanternx how is it else the man ix the moonx demetriusx he dares not come there for the candlex for you seex it is already in snuffx hippolytax i am aweary of this moonx would he would changex theseusx it appears by his small light of discretion that he is in the wanex but yetx in courtesyx in all reasonx we must stay the timex lysanderx proceedx moonx moon all that i have to sayx is to tell you that the lantern is the moonx i the man ix the moonx this thornxbush my thornxbushx and this dog my dogx demetriusx whyx all these should be in the lanternx for all these are in the moonx but silencex here comes thisbex enter thisbex thisbex this is old ninnyxs tombx where is my lovex lionx ohx xxthe lion roarsx thisbe runs offxxx demetriusx well roaredx lionx theseusx well runx thisbex hippolytax well shonex moonx trulyx the moon shines with a good gracex xxthe lion tears thisbexs mantlex and exitxxx theseusx well mousedx lionx demetriusx and then came pyramusx lysanderx and so the lion vanishedx enter pyramusx pyramusx sweet moonx i thank thee for thy sunny beamsx i thank theex moonx for shining now so brightx forx by thy gracious goldenx glittering gleamsx i trust to take of truest thisbe sightx but stayx o spitex but markx poor knightx what dreadful dole is herex eyesx do you seex how can it bex o dainty duckx o dearx thy mantle goodx whatx stained with bloodx approachx ye furies fellx o fatesx comex comex cut thread and thrumx quailx rushx concludex and quellx theseusx this passionx and the death of a dear friendx would go near to make a man look sadx hippolytax beshrew my heartx but i pity the manx pyramusx o whereforex naturex didst thou lions framex since lion vile hath here deflowerxd my dearx which isxnox noxwhich was the fairest dame that livxdx that lovxdx that likxdx that lookxd with cheerx comex tearsx confoundx outx swordx and wound the pap of pyramusx ayx that left papx where heart doth hopx thus die ix thusx thusx thusx now am i deadx now am i fledx my soul is in the skyx tonguex lose thy lightx moonx take thy flightx now diex diex diex diex diex xxdiesx exit moonshinexxx demetriusx no diex but an acex for himx for he is but onex lysanderx less than an acex manx for he is deadx he is nothingx theseusx with the help of a surgeon he might yet recover and prove an assx hippolytax how chance moonshine is gone before thisbe comes back and finds her loverx theseusx she will find him by starlightx enter thisbex here she comesx and her passion ends the playx hippolytax methinks she should not use a long one for such a pyramusx i hope she will be briefx demetriusx a mote will turn the balancex which pyramusx which thisbex is the betterx he for a manx god warrant usx she for a womanx god bless usx lysanderx she hath spied him already with those sweet eyesx demetriusx and thus she meansx xvidelicetxx thisbex asleepx my lovex whatx deadx my dovex o pyramusx arisex speakx speakx quite dumbx deadx deadx a tomb must cover thy sweet eyesx these lily lipsx this cherry nosex these yellow cowslip cheeksx are gonex are gonex loversx make moanx his eyes were green as leeksx o sisters threex comex come to mex with hands as pale as milkx lay them in gorex since you have shore with shears his thread of silkx tonguex not a wordx comex trusty swordx comex bladex my breast imbruex and farewellx friendsx thus thisbe endsx adieux adieux adieux xxdiesxxx theseusx moonshine and lion are left to bury the deadx demetriusx ayx and wall toox bottomx nox i assure youx the wall is down that parted their fathersx will it please you to see the epiloguex or to hear a bergomask dance between two of our companyx theseusx no epiloguex i pray youx for your play needs no excusex never excusex for when the players are all dead there need none to be blamedx marryx if he that writ it had played pyramusx and hanged himself in thisbexs garterx it would have been a fine tragedyx and so it isx trulyx and very notably dischargedx but comex your bergomaskx let your epilogue alonex xxhere a dance of clownsxxx the iron tongue of midnight hath told twelvex loversx to bedx xtis almost fairy timex i fear we shall outsleep the coming morn as much as we this night have overwatchxdx this palpablexgross play hath well beguilxd the heavy gait of nightx sweet friendsx to bedx a fortnight hold we this solemnity in nightly revels and new jollityx xxexeuntxxx enter puckx puckx now the hungry lion roarsx and the wolf behowls the moonx whilst the heavy ploughman snoresx all with weary task fordonex now the wasted brands do glowx whilst the screechxowlx screeching loudx puts the wretch that lies in woe in remembrance of a shroudx now it is the time of night that the gravesx all gaping widex every one lets forth his spritex in the churchxway paths to glidex and we fairiesx that do run by the triple hecatexs team from the presence of the sunx following darkness like a dreamx now are frolicx not a mouse shall disturb this hallowxd housex i am sent with broom beforex to sweep the dust behind the doorx enter oberon and titania with their trainx oberonx through the house give glimmering lightx by the dead and drowsy firex every elf and fairy sprite hop as light as bird from brierx and this ditty after mex sing and dance it trippinglyx titaniax first rehearse your song by rotex to each word a warbling notex hand in handx with fairy gracex will we singx and bless this placex xxsong and dancexxx oberonx nowx until the break of dayx through this house each fairy strayx to the best bridexbed will wex which by us shall blessxd bex and the issue there create ever shall be fortunatex so shall all the couples three ever true in loving bex and the blots of naturexs hand shall not in their issue standx never molex harexlipx nor scarx nor mark prodigiousx such as are despised in nativityx shall upon their children bex with this fieldxdew consecratex every fairy take his gaitx and each several chamber blessx through this palacex with sweet peacex and the owner of it blestx ever shall it in safety restx trip awayx make no stayx meet me all by break of dayx xxexeunt oberonx titania and trainxxx puckx if we shadows have offendedx think but thisx and all is mendedx that you have but slumberxd here while these visions did appearx and this weak and idle themex no more yielding but a dreamx gentlesx do not reprehendx if you pardonx we will mendx andx as i am an honest puckx if we have unearnxd luck now to xscape the serpentxs tonguex we will make amends ere longx else the puck a liar callx sox good night unto you allx give me your handsx if we be friendsx and robin shall restore amendsx xxexitxxx much ado about nothing contents act i scene ix before leonatoxs housex scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex scene iiix another room in leonatoxs housex act ii scene ix a hall in leonatoxs housex scene iix another room in leonatoxs housex scene iiix leonatoxs gardenx act iii scene ix leonatoxs gardenx scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex scene iiix a streetx scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex scene vx another room in leonatoxs housex act iv scene ix the inside of a churchx scene iix a prisonx act v scene ix before leonatoxs housex scene iix leonatoxs gardenx scene iiix the inside of a churchx scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex dramatis personx don pedrox prince of arragonx don johnx his bastard brotherx claudiox a young lord of florencex benedickx a young lord of paduax leonatox governor of messinax antoniox his brotherx balthasarx servant to don pedrox borachiox follower of don johnx conradex follower of don johnx dogberryx a constablex vergesx a headboroughx friar francisx a sextonx a boyx herox daughter to leonatox beatricex niece to leonatox margaretx waiting gentlewoman attending on herox ursulax waiting gentlewoman attending on herox messengersx watchx attendantsx xcx scenex messinax act i scene ix before leonatoxs housex enter leonatox herox beatrice and othersx with a messengerx leonatox i learn in this letter that don pedro of arragon comes this night to messinax messengerx he is very near by thisx he was not three leagues off when i left himx leonatox how many gentlemen have you lost in this actionx messengerx but few of any sortx and none of namex leonatox a victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbersx i find here that don pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young florentine called claudiox messengerx much deserved on his partx and equally remembered by don pedrox he hath borne himself beyond the promise of his agex doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lionx he hath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you howx leonatox he hath an uncle here in messina will be very much glad of itx messengerx i have already delivered him lettersx and there appears much joy in himx even so much that joy could not show itself modest enough without a badge of bitternessx leonatox did he break out into tearsx messengerx in great measurex leonatox a kind overflow of kindnessx there are no faces truer than those that are so washedx how much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weepingx beatricex i pray youx is signior mountanto returned from the wars or nox messengerx i know none of that namex ladyx there was none such in the army of any sortx leonatox what is he that you ask forx niecex herox my cousin means signior benedick of paduax messengerx ox he is returnedx and as pleasant as ever he wasx beatricex he set up his bills here in messina and challenged cupid at the flightx and my unclexs foolx reading the challengex subscribed for cupidx and challenged him at the birdxboltx i pray youx how many hath he killed and eaten in these warsx but how many hath he killedx forx indeedx i promised to eat all of his killingx leonatox faithx niecex you tax signior benedick too muchx but hexll be meet with youx i doubt it notx messengerx he hath done good servicex ladyx in these warsx beatricex you had musty victualx and he hath holp to eat itx he is a very valiant trencherxmanx he hath an excellent stomachx messengerx and a good soldier toox ladyx beatricex and a good soldier to a ladyx but what is he to a lordx messengerx a lord to a lordx a man to a manx stuffed with all honourable virtuesx beatricex it is so indeedx he is no less than a stuffed manx but for the stuffingxxwellx we are all mortalx leonatox you must notx sirx mistake my niecex there is a kind of merry war betwixt signior benedick and herx they never meet but therexs a skirmish of wit between themx beatricex alasx he gets nothing by thatx in our last conflict four of his five wits went halting offx and now is the whole man governed with onex so that if he have wit enough to keep himself warmx let him bear it for a difference between himself and his horsex for it is all the wealth that he hath left to be known a reasonable creaturex who is his companion nowx he hath every month a new sworn brotherx messengerx isxt possiblex beatricex very easily possiblex he wears his faith but as the fashion of his hatx it ever changes with the next blockx messengerx i seex ladyx the gentleman is not in your booksx beatricex nox and he werex i would burn my studyx but i pray youx who is his companionx is there no young squarer now that will make a voyage with him to the devilx messengerx he is most in the company of the right noble claudiox beatricex o lordx he will hang upon him like a diseasex he is sooner caught than the pestilencex and the taker runs presently madx god help the noble claudiox if he have caught the benedickx it will cost him a thousand pound ere he be curedx messengerx i will hold friends with youx ladyx beatricex dox good friendx leonatox you will never run madx niecex beatricex nox not till a hot januaryx messengerx don pedro is approachedx enter don pedrox don johnx claudiox benedickx balthasar and othersx don pedrox good signior leonatox you are come to meet your troublex the fashion of the world is to avoid costx and you encounter itx leonatox never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your gracex for trouble being gonex comfort should remainx but when you depart from mex sorrow abides and happiness takes his leavex don pedrox you embrace your charge too willinglyx i think this is your daughterx leonatox her mother hath many times told me sox benedickx were you in doubtx sirx that you asked herx leonatox signior benedickx nox for then were you a childx don pedrox you have it fullx benedickx we may guess by this what you arex being a manx truly the lady fathers herselfx be happyx ladyx for you are like an honourable fatherx benedickx if signior leonato be her fatherx she would not have his head on her shoulders for all messinax as like him as she isx beatricex i wonder that you will still be talkingx signior benedickx nobody marks youx benedickx whatx my dear lady disdainx are you yet livingx beatricex is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as signior benedickx courtesy itself must convert to disdain if you come in her presencex benedickx then is courtesy a turncoatx but it is certain i am loved of all ladiesx only you exceptedx and i would i could find in my heart that i had not a hard heartx forx trulyx i love nonex beatricex a dear happiness to womenx they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitorx i thank god and my cold bloodx i am of your humour for thatx i had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves mex benedickx god keep your ladyship still in that mindx so some gentleman or other shall scape a predestinate scratched facex beatricex scratching could not make it worsex and xtwere such a face as yours werex benedickx wellx you are a rare parrotxteacherx beatricex a bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yoursx benedickx i would my horse had the speed of your tonguex and so good a continuerx but keep your wayx ix godxs namex i have donex beatricex you always end with a jadexs trickx i know you of oldx don pedrox that is the sum of allx leonatox signior claudiox and signior benedickx my dear friend leonato hath invited you allx i tell him we shall stay here at the least a monthx and he heartly prays some occasion may detain us longerx i dare swear he is no hypocritex but prays from his heartx leonatox if you swearx my lordx you shall not be forswornx xxto don johnxx let me bid you welcomex my lordx being reconciled to the prince your brotherx i owe you all dutyx don johnx i thank youx i am not of many wordsx but i thank youx leonatox please it your grace lead onx don pedrox your handx leonatox we will go togetherx xxexeunt all but benedick and claudioxxx claudiox benedickx didst thou note the daughter of signior leonatox benedickx i noted her notx but i looked on herx claudiox is she not a modest young ladyx benedickx do you question mex as an honest man should dox for my simple true judgmentx or would you have me speak after my customx as being a professed tyrant to their sexx claudiox nox i pray thee speak in sober judgmentx benedickx whyx ix faithx methinks shexs too low for a high praisex too brown for a fair praisex and too little for a great praisex only this commendation i can afford herx that were she other than she isx she were unhandsomex and being no other but as she isx i do not like herx claudiox thou thinkest i am in sportx i pray thee tell me truly how thou likest herx benedickx would you buy herx that you enquire after herx claudiox can the world buy such a jewelx benedickx yeax and a case to put it intox but speak you this with a sad browx or do you play the flouting jackx to tell us cupid is a good harexfinderx and vulcan a rare carpenterx comex in what key shall a man take youx to go in the songx claudiox in mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever i looked onx benedickx i can see yet without spectacles and i see no such matterx therexs her cousin and she were not possessed with a furyx exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of may doth the last of decemberx but i hope you have no intent to turn husbandx have youx claudiox i would scarce trust myselfx though i had sworn to the contraryx if hero would be my wifex benedickx isxt come to thisx in faithx hath not the world one man but he will wear his cap with suspicionx shall i never see a bachelor of threescore againx go tox ix faithx and thou wilt needs thrust thy neck into a yokex wear the print of it and sigh away sundaysx rexenter don pedrox lookx don pedro is returned to seek youx don pedrox what secret hath held you herex that you followed not to leonatoxsx benedickx i would your grace would constrain me to tellx don pedrox i charge thee on thy allegiancex benedickx you hearx count claudiox i can be secret as a dumb manx i would have you think sox but on my allegiance mark you thisx on my allegiancex he is in lovex with whox now that is your gracexs partx mark how short his answer isx with herox leonatoxs short daughterx claudiox if this were sox so were it utteredx benedickx like the old talex my lordx xit is not sox nor xtwas not sox but indeedx god forbid it should be soxx claudiox if my passion change not shortlyx god forbid it should be otherwisex don pedrox amenx if you love herx for the lady is very well worthyx claudiox you speak this to fetch me inx my lordx don pedrox by my trothx i speak my thoughtx claudiox and in faithx my lordx i spoke minex benedickx and by my two faiths and trothsx my lordx i spoke minex claudiox that i love herx i feelx don pedrox that she is worthyx i knowx benedickx that i neither feel how she should be lovedx nor know how she should be worthyx is the opinion that fire cannot melt out of mex i will die in it at the stakex don pedrox thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of beautyx claudiox and never could maintain his part but in the force of his willx benedickx that a woman conceived mex i thank herx that she brought me upx i likewise give her most humble thanksx but that i will have a recheat winded in my foreheadx or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrickx all women shall pardon mex because i will not do them the wrong to mistrust anyx i will do myself the right to trust nonex and the fine isxxfor the which i may go the finerxxi will live a bachelorx don pedrox i shall see theex ere i diex look pale with lovex benedickx with angerx with sicknessx or with hungerx my lordx not with lovex prove that ever i lose more blood with love than i will get again with drinkingx pick out mine eyes with a balladxmakerxs pen and hang me up at the door of a brothelxhouse for the sign of blind cupidx don pedrox wellx if ever thou dost fall from this faithx thou wilt prove a notable argumentx benedickx if i dox hang me in a bottle like a cat and shoot at mex and he that hits mex let him be clapped on the shoulder and called adamx don pedrox wellx as time shall tryx xin time the savage bull doth bear the yokexx benedickx the savage bull mayx but if ever the sensible benedick bear itx pluck off the bullxs horns and set them in my foreheadx and let me be vilely paintedx and in such great letters as they writex xhere is good horse to hirexx let them signify under my sign xhere you may see benedick the married manxx claudiox if this should ever happenx thou wouldst be hornxmadx don pedrox nayx if cupid have not spent all his quiver in venicex thou wilt quake for this shortlyx benedickx i look for an earthquake too thenx don pedrox wellx you will temporize with the hoursx in the meantimex good signior benedickx repair to leonatoxsx commend me to him and tell him i will not fail him at supperx for indeed he hath made great preparationx benedickx i have almost matter enough in me for such an embassagex and so i commit youx claudiox to the tuition of godx from my housex if i had itxx don pedrox the sixth of julyx your loving friendx benedickx benedickx nayx mock notx mock notx the body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragmentsx and the guards are but slightly basted on neitherx ere you flout old ends any furtherx examine your consciencex and so i leave youx xxexitxxx claudiox my liegex your highness now may do me goodx don pedrox my love is thine to teachx teach it but howx and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn any hard lesson that may do thee goodx claudiox hath leonato any sonx my lordx don pedrox no child but herox shexs his only heirx dost thou affect herx claudiox claudiox ox my lordx when you went onward on this ended actionx i looked upon her with a soldierxs eyex that likxdx but had a rougher task in hand than to drive liking to the name of lovex but now i am returnxdx and that warxthoughts have left their places vacantx in their rooms come thronging soft and delicate desiresx all prompting me how fair young hero isx sayingx i likxd her ere i went to warsx don pedrox thou wilt be like a lover presentlyx and tire the hearer with a book of wordsx if thou dost love fair herox cherish itx and i will break with herx and with her fatherx and thou shalt have herx wasxt not to this end that thou beganxst to twist so fine a storyx claudiox how sweetly you do minister to lovex that know lovexs grief by his complexionx but lest my liking might too sudden seemx i would have salvxd it with a longer treatisex don pedrox what need the bridge much broader than the floodx the fairest grant is the necessityx lookx what will serve is fitx xtis oncex thou lovxstx and i will fit thee with the remedyx i know we shall have revelling tonightx i will assume thy part in some disguisex and tell fair hero i am claudiox and in her bosom ixll unclasp my heartx and take her hearing prisoner with the force and strong encounter of my amorous talex then after to her father will i breakx and the conclusion isx she shall be thinex in practice let us put it presentlyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex enter leonato and antoniox meetingx leonatox how nowx brotherx where is my cousin your sonx hath he provided this musicx antoniox he is very busy about itx butx brotherx i can tell you strange news that you yet dreamt not ofx leonatox are they goodx antoniox as the event stamps themx but they have a good coverx they show well outwardx the prince and count claudiox walking in a thickxpleached alley in my orchardx were thus much overheard by a man of minex the prince discovered to claudio that he loved my niece your daughter and meant to acknowledge it this night in a dancex and if he found her accordantx he meant to take the present time by the top and instantly break with you of itx leonatox hath the fellow any wit that told you thisx antoniox a good sharp fellowx i will send for himx and question him yourselfx leonatox nox nox we will hold it as a dream till it appear itselfx but i will acquaint my daughter withalx that she may be the better prepared for an answerx if peradventure this be truex go you and tell her of itx xxseveral persons cross the stagexxx cousinsx you know what you have to dox ox i cry you mercyx friendx go you with mex and i will use your skillx good cousinx have a care this busy timex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix another room in leonatoxs housex enter don john and conradex conradex what the goodxyearx my lordx why are you thus out of measure sadx don johnx there is no measure in the occasion that breedsx therefore the sadness is without limitx conradex you should hear reasonx don johnx and when i have heard itx what blessings brings itx conradex if not a present remedyx at least a patient sufferancex don johnx i wonder that thou xbeing as thou sayxst thou artx born under saturnx goest about to apply a moral medicine to a mortifying mischiefx i cannot hide what i amx i must be sad when i have causex and smile at no manxs jestsx eat when i have stomachx and wait for no manxs leisurex sleep when i am drowsyx and tend on no manxs businessx laugh when i am merryx and claw no man in his humourx conradex yeax but you must not make the full show of this till you may do it without controlmentx you have of late stood out against your brotherx and he hath taxen you newly into his gracex where it is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourselfx it is needful that you frame the season for your own harvestx don johnx i had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his gracex and it better fits my blood to be disdained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob love from anyx in thisx though i cannot be said to be a flattering honest manx it must not be denied but i am a plainxdealing villainx i am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with a clogx therefore i have decreed not to sing in my cagex if i had my mouthx i would bitex if i had my libertyx i would do my likingx in the meantimex let me be that i amx and seek not to alter mex conradex can you make no use of your discontentx don johnx i make all use of itx for i use it onlyx who comes herex enter borachiox what newsx borachiox borachiox i came yonder from a great supperx the prince your brother is royally entertained by leonatox and i can give you intelligence of an intended marriagex don johnx will it serve for any model to build mischief onx what is he for a fool that betroths himself to unquietnessx borachiox marryx it is your brotherxs right handx don johnx whox the most exquisite claudiox borachiox even hex don johnx a proper squirex and whox and whox which way looks hex borachiox marryx on herox the daughter and heir of leonatox don johnx a very forward marchxchickx how came you to thisx borachiox being entertained for a perfumerx as i was smoking a musty roomx comes me the prince and claudiox hand in handx in sad conferencex i whipt me behind the arrasx and there heard it agreed upon that the prince should woo hero for himselfx and having obtained herx give her to count claudiox don johnx comex comex let us thitherx this may prove food to my displeasurex that young startxup hath all the glory of my overthrowx if i can cross him any wayx i bless myself every wayx you are both surex and will assist mex conradex to the deathx my lordx don johnx let us to the great supperx their cheer is the greater that i am subduedx would the cook were of my mindx shall we go to prove whatxs to be donex borachiox wexll wait upon your lordshipx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix a hall in leonatoxs housex enter leonatox antoniox herox beatrice and othersx leonatox was not count john here at supperx antoniox i saw him notx beatricex how tartly that gentleman looksx i never can see him but i am heartxburned an hour afterx herox he is of a very melancholy dispositionx beatricex he were an excellent man that were made just in the midxway between him and benedickx the one is too like an imagex and says nothingx and the other too like my ladyxs eldest sonx evermore tattlingx leonatox then half signior benedickxs tongue in count johnxs mouthx and half count johnxs melancholy in signior benedickxs facex beatricex with a good leg and a good footx unclex and money enough in his pursex such a man would win any woman in the world if ax could get her good willx leonatox by my trothx niecex thou wilt never get thee a husbandx if thou be so shrewd of thy tonguex antoniox in faithx shexs too curstx beatricex too curst is more than curstx i shall lessen godxs sending that wayx for it is saidx xgod sends a curst cow short hornsxx but to a cow too curst he sends nonex leonatox sox by being too curstx god will send you no hornsx beatricex justx if he send me no husbandx for the which blessing i am at him upon my knees every morning and eveningx lordx i could not endure a husband with a beard on his facex i had rather lie in the woollenx leonatox you may light on a husband that hath no beardx beatricex what should i do with himx dress him in my apparel and make him my waiting gentlewomanx he that hath a beard is more than a youthx and he that hath no beard is less than a manx and he that is more than a youth is not for mex and he that is less than a manx i am not for himx therefore i will even take sixpence in earnest of the bearxwardx and lead his apes into hellx leonatox well thenx go you into hellx beatricex nox but to the gatex and there will the devil meet mex like an old cuckoldx with horns on his headx and sayx xget you to heavenx beatricex get you to heavenx herexs no place for you maidsxx so deliver i up my apesx and away to saint peter for the heavensx he shows me where the bachelors sitx and there live we as merry as the day is longx antoniox xxto heroxxx wellx niecex i trust you will be ruled by your fatherx beatricex yesx faithx it is my cousinxs duty to make curtsyx and sayx xfatherx as it please youxxx but yet for all thatx cousinx let him be a handsome fellowx or else make another curtsyx and sayx xfatherx as it please mexx leonatox wellx niecex i hope to see you one day fitted with a husbandx beatricex not till god make men of some other metal than earthx would it not grieve a woman to be overxmastered with a piece of valiant dustx to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marlx nox unclex ixll nonex adamxs sons are my brethrenx and trulyx i hold it a sin to match in my kindredx leonatox daughterx remember what i told youx if the prince do solicit you in that kindx you know your answerx beatricex the fault will be in the musicx cousinx if you be not wooed in good timex if the prince be too importantx tell him there is measure in everythingx and so dance out the answerx forx hear mex herox wooingx weddingx and repenting is as a scotch jigx a measurex and a cinquepacex the first suit is hot and hastyx like a scotch jigx and full as fantasticalx the weddingx mannerly modestx as a measurex full of state and ancientryx and then comes repentancex and with his bad legsx falls into the cinquepace faster and fasterx till he sink into his gravex leonatox cousinx you apprehend passing shrewdlyx beatricex i have a good eyex unclex i can see a church by daylightx leonatox the revellers are enteringx brotherx make good roomx enter don pedrox claudiox benedickx balthasarx don johnx borachiox margaretx ursula and othersx maskedx don pedrox ladyx will you walk about with your friendx herox so you walk softly and look sweetly and say nothingx i am yours for the walkx and especially when i walk awayx don pedrox with me in your companyx herox i may say sox when i pleasex don pedrox and when please you to say sox herox when i like your favourx for god defend the lute should be like the casex don pedrox my visor is philemonxs roofx within the house is jovex herox whyx thenx your visor should be thatchxdx don pedrox speak lowx if you speak lovex xxtakes her asidexxx balthasarx wellx i would you did like mex margaretx so would not ix for your own sakex for i have many ill qualitiesx balthasarx which is onex margaretx i say my prayers aloudx balthasarx i love you the betterx the hearers may cry amenx margaretx god match me with a good dancerx balthasarx amenx margaretx and god keep him out of my sight when the dance is donex answerx clerkx balthasarx no more wordsx the clerk is answeredx ursulax i know you well enoughx you are signior antoniox antoniox at a wordx i am notx ursulax i know you by the waggling of your headx antoniox to tell you truex i counterfeit himx ursulax you could never do him so illxwellx unless you were the very manx herexs his dry hand up and downx you are hex you are hex antoniox at a wordx i am notx ursulax comex comex do you think i do not know you by your excellent witx can virtue hide itselfx go tox mumx you are hex graces will appearx and therexs an endx beatricex will you not tell me who told you sox benedickx nox you shall pardon mex beatricex nor will you not tell me who you arex benedickx not nowx beatricex that i was disdainfulx and that i had my good wit out of the xhundred merry talesxx wellx this was signior benedick that said sox benedickx whatxs hex beatricex i am sure you know him well enoughx benedickx not ix believe mex beatricex did he never make you laughx benedickx i pray youx what is hex beatricex whyx he is the princexs jesterx a very dull foolx only his gift is in devising impossible slandersx none but libertines delight in himx and the commendation is not in his witx but in his villainyx for he both pleases men and angers themx and then they laugh at him and beat himx i am sure he is in the fleetx i would he had boarded mex benedickx when i know the gentlemanx ixll tell him what you sayx beatricex dox dox hexll but break a comparison or two on mex whichx peradventure not marked or not laughed atx strikes him into melancholyx and then therexs a partridge wing savedx for the fool will eat no supper that nightx xxmusic withinxxx we must follow the leadersx benedickx in every good thingx beatricex nayx if they lead to any illx i will leave them at the next turningx xxdancex then exeunt all but don johnx borachio and claudioxxx don johnx sure my brother is amorous on herox and hath withdrawn her father to break with him about itx the ladies follow her and but one visor remainsx borachiox and that is claudiox i know him by his bearingx don johnx are you not signior benedickx claudiox you know me wellx i am hex don johnx signiorx you are very near my brother in his lovex he is enamoured on herox i pray youx dissuade him from herx she is no equal for his birthx you may do the part of an honest man in itx claudiox how know you he loves herx don johnx i heard him swear his affectionx borachiox so did i toox and he swore he would marry her tonightx don johnx comex let us to the banquetx xxexeunt don john and borachioxxx claudiox thus answer i in name of benedickx but hear these ill news with the ears of claudiox xtis certain sox the prince wooes for himselfx friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of lovex therefore all hearts in love use their own tonguesx let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agentx for beauty is a witch against whose charms faith melteth into bloodx this is an accident of hourly proofx which i mistrusted notx farewellx thereforex herox rexenter benedickx benedickx count claudiox claudiox yeax the samex benedickx comex will you go with mex claudiox whitherx benedickx even to the next willowx about your own businessx countx what fashion will you wear the garland ofx about your neckx like a usurerxs chainx or under your armx like a lieutenantxs scarfx you must wear it one wayx for the prince hath got your herox claudiox i wish him joy of herx benedickx whyx thatxs spoken like an honest drovierx so they sell bullocksx but did you think the prince would have served you thusx claudiox i pray youx leave mex benedickx hox now you strike like the blind manx xtwas the boy that stole your meatx and youxll beat the postx claudiox if it will not bex ixll leave youx xxexitxxx benedickx alasx poor hurt fowlx now will he creep into sedgesx butx that my lady beatrice should know mex and not know mex the princexs foolx hax it may be i go under that title because i am merryx yeax but so i am apt to do myself wrongx i am not so reputedx it is the base though bitter disposition of beatrice that puts the world into her personx and so gives me outx wellx ixll be revenged as i mayx rexenter don pedrox don pedrox nowx signiorx wherexs the countx did you see himx benedickx trothx my lordx i have played the part of lady famex i found him here as melancholy as a lodge in a warrenx i told himx and i think i told him truex that your grace had got the good will of this young ladyx and i offered him my company to a willow treex either to make him a garlandx as being forsakenx or to bind him up a rodx as being worthy to be whippedx don pedrox to be whippedx whatxs his faultx benedickx the flat transgression of a schoolxboyx whox being overjoyxd with finding a birdxs nestx shows it his companionx and he steals itx don pedrox wilt thou make a trust a transgressionx the transgression is in the stealerx benedickx yet it had not been amiss the rod had been madex and the garland toox for the garland he might have worn himselfx and the rod he might have bestowed on youx whox as i take itx have stolen his birdxs nestx don pedrox i will but teach them to singx and restore them to the ownerx benedickx if their singing answer your sayingx by my faithx you say honestlyx don pedrox the lady beatrice hath a quarrel to youx the gentleman that danced with her told her she is much wronged by youx benedickx ox she misused me past the endurance of a blockx an oak but with one green leaf on it would have answered herx my very visor began to assume life and scold with herx she told mex not thinking i had been myselfx that i was the princexs jesterx that i was duller than a great thawx huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon mex that i stood like a man at a markx with a whole army shooting at mex she speaks poniardsx and every word stabsx if her breath were as terrible as her terminationsx there were no living near herx she would infect to the north starx i would not marry herx though she were endowed with all that adam had left him before he transgressedx she would have made hercules have turned spitx yeax and have cleft his club to make the fire toox comex talk not of herx you shall find her the infernal ate in good apparelx i would to god some scholar would conjure herx for certainlyx while she is herex a man may live as quiet in hell as in a sanctuaryx and people sin upon purpose because they would go thitherx so indeedx all disquietx horror and perturbation follow herx rexenter claudiox beatricex hero and leonatox don pedrox lookx here she comesx benedickx will your grace command me any service to the worldxs endx i will go on the slightest errand now to the antipodes that you can devise to send me onx i will fetch you a toothpicker now from the furthest inch of asiax bring you the length of prester johnxs footx fetch you a hair off the great chamxs beardx do you any embassage to the pygmiesx rather than hold three wordsx conference with this harpyx you have no employment for mex don pedrox nonex but to desire your good companyx benedickx o godx sirx herexs a dish i love notx i cannot endure my lady tonguex xxexitxxx don pedrox comex ladyx comex you have lost the heart of signior benedickx beatricex indeedx my lordx he lent it me awhilex and i gave him use for itx a double heart for a single onex marryx once before he won it of me with false dicex therefore your grace may well say i have lost itx don pedrox you have put him downx ladyx you have put him downx beatricex so i would not he should do mex my lordx lest i should prove the mother of foolsx i have brought count claudiox whom you sent me to seekx don pedrox whyx how nowx countx wherefore are you sadx claudiox not sadx my lordx don pedrox how thenx sickx claudiox neitherx my lordx beatricex the count is neither sadx nor sickx nor merryx nor wellx but civil countx civil as an orangex and something of that jealous complexionx don pedrox ix faithx ladyx i think your blazon to be truex thoughx ixll be swornx if he be sox his conceit is falsex herex claudiox i have wooed in thy namex and fair hero is wonx i have broke with her fatherx andx his good will obtainedx name the day of marriagex and god give thee joyx leonatox countx take of me my daughterx and with her my fortunesx his grace hath made the matchx and all grace say amen to itx beatricex speakx countx xtis your cuex claudiox silence is the perfectest herald of joyx i were but little happyx if i could say how muchx ladyx as you are minex i am yoursx i give away myself for you and dote upon the exchangex beatricex speakx cousinx orx if you cannotx stop his mouth with a kissx and let not him speak neitherx don pedrox in faithx ladyx you have a merry heartx beatricex yeax my lordx i thank itx poor foolx it keeps on the windy side of carex my cousin tells him in his ear that he is in her heartx claudiox and so she dothx cousinx beatricex good lordx for alliancex thus goes everyone to the world but ix and i am sunburntx i may sit in a corner and cry heighxho for a husbandx don pedrox lady beatricex i will get you onex beatricex i would rather have one of your fatherxs gettingx hath your grace nexer a brother like youx your father got excellent husbandsx if a maid could come by themx don pedrox will you have mex ladyx beatricex nox my lordx unless i might have another for working daysx your grace is too costly to wear every dayx butx i beseech your gracex pardon mex i was born to speak all mirth and no matterx don pedrox your silence most offends mex and to be merry best becomes youx for out of questionx you were born in a merry hourx beatricex nox surex my lordx my mother criedx but then there was a star dancedx and under that was i bornx cousinsx god give you joyx leonatox niecex will you look to those things i told you ofx beatricex i cry you mercyx unclex by your gracexs pardonx xxexitxxx don pedrox by my trothx a pleasant spirited ladyx leonatox therexs little of the melancholy element in herx my lordx she is never sad but when she sleepsx and not ever sad thenx for i have heard my daughter sayx she hath often dreamed of unhappiness and waked herself with laughingx don pedrox she cannot endure to hear tell of a husbandx leonatox ox by no meansx she mocks all her wooers out of suitx don pedrox she were an excellent wife for benedickx leonatox o lordx my lordx if they were but a week marriedx they would talk themselves madx don pedrox count claudiox when mean you to go to churchx claudiox tomorrowx my lordx time goes on crutches till love have all his ritesx leonatox not till mondayx my dear sonx which is hence a just sevenxnightx and a time too brief toox to have all things answer my mindx don pedrox comex you shake the head at so long a breathingx butx i warrant theex claudiox the time shall not go dully by usx i will in the interim undertake one of herculesx laboursx which isx to bring signior benedick and the lady beatrice into a mountain of affection the one with the otherx i would fain have it a matchx and i doubt not but to fashion itx if you three will but minister such assistance as i shall give you directionx leonatox my lordx i am for youx though it cost me ten nightsx watchingsx claudiox and ix my lordx don pedrox and you toox gentle herox herox i will do any modest officex my lordx to help my cousin to a good husbandx don pedrox and benedick is not the unhopefullest husband that i knowx thus far can i praise himx he is of a noble strainx of approved valourx and confirmed honestyx i will teach you how to humour your cousinx that she shall fall in love with benedickx and ix with your two helpsx will so practise on benedick thatx in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomachx he shall fall in love with beatricex if we can do thisx cupid is no longer an archerx his glory shall be oursx for we are the only lovexgodsx go in with mex and i will tell you my driftx xxexeuntxxx scene iix another room in leonatoxs housex enter don john and borachiox don johnx it is sox the count claudio shall marry the daughter of leonatox borachiox yeax my lordx but i can cross itx don johnx any barx any crossx any impediment will be medicinable to mex i am sick in displeasure to himx and whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with minex how canst thou cross this marriagex borachiox not honestlyx my lordx but so covertly that no dishonesty shall appear in mex don johnx show me briefly howx borachiox i think i told your lordshipx a year sincex how much i am in the favour of margaretx the waiting gentlewoman to herox don johnx i rememberx borachiox i canx at any unseasonable instant of the nightx appoint her to look out at her ladyxs chamber windowx don johnx what life is in thatx to be the death of this marriagex borachiox the poison of that lies in you to temperx go you to the prince your brotherx spare not to tell himx that he hath wronged his honour in marrying the renowned claudioxxwhose estimation do you mightily hold upxxto a contaminated stalex such a one as herox don johnx what proof shall i make of thatx borachiox proof enough to misuse the princex to vex claudiox to undo herox and kill leonatox look you for any other issuex don johnx only to despite themx i will endeavour anythingx borachiox go thenx find me a meet hour to draw don pedro and the count claudio alonex tell them that you know that hero loves mex intend a kind of zeal both to the prince and claudiox asxin love of your brotherxs honourx who hath made this matchx and his friendxs reputationx who is thus like to be cozened with the semblance of a maidxxthat you have discovered thusx they will scarcely believe this without trialx offer them instancesx which shall bear no less likelihood than to see me at her chamber windowx hear me call margaret herox hear margaret term me claudiox and bring them to see this the very night before the intended weddingx for in the meantime i will so fashion the matter that hero shall be absentx and there shall appear such seeming truth of heroxs disloyaltyx that jealousy shall be called assurancex and all the preparation overthrownx don johnx grow this to what adverse issue it canx i will put it in practicex be cunning in the working thisx and thy fee is a thousand ducatsx borachiox be you constant in the accusationx and my cunning shall not shame mex don johnx i will presently go learn their day of marriagex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix leonatoxs gardenx enter benedickx benedickx boyx enter a boyx boyx signiorx benedickx in my chamber window lies a bookx bring it hither to me in the orchardx boyx i am here alreadyx sirx benedickx i know thatx but i would have thee hencex and here againx xxexit boyxxx i do much wonder that one manx seeing how much another man is a fool when he dedicates his behaviours to lovex willx after he hath laughed at such shallow follies in othersx become the argument of his own scorn by falling in lovex and such a man is claudiox i have knownx when there was no music with him but the drum and the fifex and now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipex i have known when he would have walked ten mile afoot to see a good armourx and now will he lie ten nights awakex carving the fashion of a new doubletx he was wont to speak plain and to the purposex like an honest man and a soldierx and now is he turned orthographyx his words are a very fantastical banquetx just so many strange dishesx may i be so convertedx and see with these eyesx i cannot tellx i think notx i will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oysterx but ixll take my oath on itx till he have made an oyster of mex he shall never make me such a foolx one woman is fairx yet i am wellx another is wisex yet i am wellx another virtuousx yet i am wellx but till all graces be in one womanx one woman shall not come in my gracex rich she shall bex thatxs certainx wisex or ixll nonex virtuousx or ixll never cheapen herx fairx or ixll never look on herx mildx or come not near mex noblex or not i for an angelx of good discoursex an excellent musicianx and her hair shall be of what colour it please godx hax the prince and monsieur lovex i will hide me in the arbourx xxwithdrawsxxx enter don pedrox leonato and claudiox followed by balthasar and musiciansx don pedrox comex shall we hear this musicx claudiox yeax my good lordx how still the evening isx as hushxd on purpose to grace harmonyx don pedrox see you where benedick hath hid himselfx claudiox ox very wellx my lordx the music endedx wexll fit the kidxfox with a pennyxworthx don pedrox comex balthasarx wexll hear that song againx balthasarx ox good my lordx tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than oncex don pedrox it is the witness still of excellencyx to put a strange face on his own perfectionx i pray theex singx and let me woo no morex balthasarx because you talk of wooingx i will singx since many a wooer doth commence his suit to her he thinks not worthyx yet he wooesx yet will he swear he lovesx don pedrox nayx pray thee comex or if thou wilt hold longer argumentx do it in notesx balthasarx note this before my notesx therexs not a note of mine thatxs worth the notingx don pedrox why these are very crotchets that he speaksx notesx notesx forsoothx and nothingx xxmusicxxx benedickx nowx divine airx now is his soul ravishedx is it not strange that sheepxs guts should hale souls out of menxs bodiesx wellx a horn for my moneyx when allxs donex balthasar xxsingsxxx sigh no morex ladiesx sigh no morex men were deceivers everx one foot in seax and one on shorex to one thing constant neverx then sigh not sox but let them gox and be you blithe and bonnyx converting all your sounds of woe into hey nonnyx nonnyx sing no more dittiesx sing no mo of dumps so dull and heavyx the fraud of men was ever sox since summer first was leavyx then sigh not sox but let them gox and be you blithe and bonnyx converting all your sounds of woe into hey nonnyx nonnyx don pedrox by my trothx a good songx balthasarx and an ill singerx my lordx don pedrox hax nox nox faithx thou singest well enough for a shiftx benedickx xxasidexx and he had been a dog that should have howled thusx they would have hanged himx and i pray god his bad voice bode no mischiefx i had as lief have heard the nightxravenx come what plague could have come after itx don pedrox yeax marryx dost thou hearx balthasarx i pray theex get us some excellent musicx for tomorrow night we would have it at the lady heroxs chamber windowx balthasarx the best i canx my lordx don pedrox do sox farewellx xxexeunt balthasar and musiciansxxx come hitherx leonatox what was it you told me of todayx that your niece beatrice was in love with signior benedickx claudiox ox ayxxxxaside to don pedroxx stalk onx stalk onx the fowl sitsx i did never think that lady would have loved any manx leonatox nox nor i neitherx but most wonderful that she should so dote on signior benedickx whom she hath in all outward behaviours seemed ever to abhorx benedickx xxasidexx isxt possiblex sits the wind in that cornerx leonatox by my trothx my lordx i cannot tell what to think of it but that she loves him with an enraged affectionx it is past the infinite of thoughtx don pedrox maybe she doth but counterfeitx claudiox faithx like enoughx leonatox o godx counterfeitx there was never counterfeit of passion came so near the life of passion as she discovers itx don pedrox whyx what effects of passion shows shex claudiox xxasidexx bait the hook wellx this fish will bitex leonatox what effectsx my lordx she will sit youx xxto claudioxx you heard my daughter tell you howx claudiox she didx indeedx don pedrox howx howx i pray youx you amaze mex i would have thought her spirit had been invincible against all assaults of affectionx leonatox i would have sworn it hadx my lordx especially against benedickx benedickx xxasidexx i should think this a gullx but that the whitexbearded fellow speaks itx knavery cannotx surex hide itself in such reverencex claudiox xxasidexx he hath taxen the infectionx hold it upx don pedrox hath she made her affection known to benedickx leonatox nox and swears she never willx thatxs her tormentx claudiox xtis truex indeedx so your daughter saysx xshall ixx says shex xthat have so oft encountered him with scornx write to him that i love himxx leonatox this says she now when she is beginning to write to himx for shexll be up twenty times a nightx and there will she sit in her smock till she have writ a sheet of paperx my daughter tells us allx claudiox now you talk of a sheet of paperx i remember a pretty jest your daughter told us ofx leonatox ox when she had writ itx and was reading it overx she found benedick and beatrice between the sheetx claudiox thatx leonatox ox she tore the letter into a thousand halfpencex railed at herselfx that she should be so immodest to write to one that she knew would flout herx xi measure himxx says shex xby my own spiritx for i should flout himx if he writ to mex yeax though i love himx i shouldxx claudiox then down upon her knees she fallsx weepsx sobsx beats her heartx tears her hairx praysx cursesx xo sweet benedickx god give me patiencexx leonatox she doth indeedx my daughter says sox and the ecstasy hath so much overborne herx that my daughter is sometimes afeard she will do a desperate outrage to herselfx it is very truex don pedrox it were good that benedick knew of it by some otherx if she will not discover itx claudiox to what endx he would make but a sport of it and torment the poor lady worsex don pedrox and he shouldx it were an alms to hang himx shexs an excellent sweet ladyx andx out of all suspicionx she is virtuousx claudiox and she is exceeding wisex don pedrox in everything but in loving benedickx leonatox ox my lordx wisdom and blood combating in so tender a bodyx we have ten proofs to one that blood hath the victoryx i am sorry for herx as i have just causex being her uncle and her guardianx don pedrox i would she had bestowed this dotage on mex i would have daffed all other respects and made her half myselfx i pray youx tell benedick of itx and hear what he will sayx leonatox were it goodx think youx claudiox hero thinks surely she will diex for she says she will die if he love her notx and she will die ere she make her love knownx and she will die if he woo herx rather than she will bate one breath of her accustomed crossnessx don pedrox she doth wellx if she should make tender of her lovex xtis very possible hexll scorn itx for the manxxas you know allxxhath a contemptible spiritx claudiox he is a very proper manx don pedrox he hath indeed a good outward happinessx claudiox xfore godx and in my mindx very wisex don pedrox he doth indeed show some sparks that are like witx claudiox and i take him to be valiantx don pedrox as hectorx i assure youx and in the managing of quarrels you may say he is wisex for either he avoids them with great discretionx or undertakes them with a most christianxlike fearx leonatox if he do fear godx ax must necessarily keep peacex if he break the peacex he ought to enter into a quarrel with fear and tremblingx don pedrox and so will he dox for the man doth fear godx howsoever it seems not in him by some large jests he will makex wellx i am sorry for your niecex shall we go seek benedick and tell him of her lovex claudiox never tell himx my lordx let her wear it out with good counselx leonatox nayx thatxs impossiblex she may wear her heart out firstx don pedrox wellx we will hear further of it by your daughterx let it cool the whilex i love benedick wellx and i could wish he would modestly examine himselfx to see how much he is unworthy so good a ladyx leonatox my lordx will you walkx dinner is readyx claudiox xxasidexx if he do not dote on her upon thisx i will never trust my expectationx don pedrox xxasidexx let there be the same net spread for herx and that must your daughter and her gentlewoman carryx the sport will bex when they hold one an opinion of anotherxs dotagex and no such matterx thatxs the scene that i would seex which will be merely a dumb showx let us send her to call him in to dinnerx xxexeunt don pedrox claudio and leonatoxxx benedickx xxadvancing from the arbourxxx this can be no trickx the conference was sadly bornex they have the truth of this from herox they seem to pity the ladyx it seems her affections have their full bentx love mex whyx it must be requitedx i hear how i am censuredx they say i will bear myself proudlyx if i perceive the love come from herx they say too that she will rather die than give any sign of affectionx i did never think to marryx i must not seem proudx happy are they that hear their detractionsx and can put them to mendingx they say the lady is fairx xtis a truthx i can bear them witnessx and virtuousx xtis sox i cannot reprove itx and wisex but for loving mex by my trothx it is no addition to her witx nor no great argument of her follyx for i will be horribly in love with herx i may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on mex because i have railed so long against marriagex but doth not the appetite alterx a man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his agex shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humourx nox the world must be peopledx when i said i would die a bachelorx i did not think i should live till i were marriedx here comes beatricex by this dayx shexs a fair ladyx i do spy some marks of love in herx enter beatricex beatricex against my will i am sent to bid you come in to dinnerx benedickx fair beatricex i thank you for your painsx beatricex i took no more pains for those thanks than you take pains to thank mex if it had been painfulx i would not have comex benedickx you take pleasure then in the messagex beatricex yeax just so much as you may take upon a knifexs pointx and choke a daw withalx you have no stomachx signiorx fare you wellx xxexitxxx benedickx hax xagainst my will i am sent to bid you come in to dinnerxx therexs a double meaning in thatx xi took no more pains for those thanks than you took pains to thank mexx thatxs as much as to sayx any pains that i take for you is as easy as thanksx if i do not take pity of herx i am a villainx if i do not love herx i am a jewx i will go get her picturex xxexitxxx act iii scene ix leonatoxs gardenx enter herox margaret and ursulax herox good margaretx run thee to the parlourx there shalt thou find my cousin beatrice proposing with the prince and claudiox whisper her earx and tell herx i and ursala walk in the orchardx and our whole discourse is all of herx say that thou overheardxst usx and bid her steal into the pleached bowerx where honeyxsucklesx ripenxd by the sunx forbid the sun to enterx like favouritesx made proud by princesx that advance their pride against that power that bred itx there will she hide herx to listen our proposex this is thy officex bear thee well in it and leave us alonex margaretx ixll make her comex i warrant youx presentlyx xxexitxxx herox nowx ursulax when beatrice doth comex as we do trace this alley up and downx our talk must only be of benedickx when i do name himx let it be thy part to praise him more than ever man did meritx my talk to thee must be how benedick is sick in love with beatricex of this matter is little cupidxs crafty arrow madex that only wounds by hearsayx enter beatrice behindx now beginx for look where beatricex like a lapwingx runs close by the groundx to hear our conferencex ursulax the pleasantxst angling is to see the fish cut with her golden oars the silver streamx and greedily devour the treacherous baitx so angle we for beatricex who even now is couched in the woodbine coverturex fear you not my part of the dialoguex herox then go we near herx that her ear lose nothing of the false sweet bait that we lay for itx xxthey advance to the bowerxxx nox trulyx ursulax she is too disdainfulx i know her spirits are as coy and wild as haggards of the rockx ursulax but are you sure that benedick loves beatrice so entirelyx herox so says the princex and my newxtrothed lordx ursulax and did they bid you tell her of itx madamx herox they did entreat me to acquaint her of itx but i persuaded themx if they lovxd benedickx to wish him wrestle with affectionx and never to let beatrice know of itx ursulax why did you sox doth not the gentleman deserve as full as fortunate a bed as ever beatrice shall couch uponx herox o god of lovex i know he doth deserve as much as may be yielded to a manx but nature never framxd a womanxs heart of prouder stuff than that of beatricex disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyesx misprising what they look onx and her wit values itself so highlyx that to her all matter else seems weakx she cannot lovex nor take no shape nor project of affectionx she is so selfxendearxdx ursulax sure i think sox and therefore certainly it were not good she knew his lovex lest she make sport at itx herox whyx you speak truthx i never yet saw manx how wisex how noblex youngx how rarely featurxdx but she would spell him backwardx if fairxfacxdx she would swear the gentleman should be her sisterx if blackx whyx naturex drawing of an antickx made a foul blotx if tallx a lance illxheadedx if lowx an agate very vilely cutx if speakingx whyx a vane blown with all windsx if silentx whyx a block moved with nonex so turns she every man the wrong side outx and never gives to truth and virtue that which simpleness and merit purchasethx ursulax surex surex such carping is not commendablex herox nox not to be so oddx and from all fashionsx as beatrice isx cannot be commendablex but who dare tell her sox if i should speakx she would mock me into airx ox she would laugh me out of myselfx press me to death with witx therefore let benedickx like coverxd firex consume away in sighsx waste inwardlyx it were a better death than die with mocksx which is as bad as die with ticklingx ursulax yet tell her of itx hear what she will sayx herox nox rather i will go to benedickx and counsel him to fight against his passionx andx trulyx ixll devise some honest slanders to stain my cousin withx one doth not know how much an ill word may empoison likingx ursulax ox do not do your cousin such a wrongx she cannot be so much without true judgmentxx having so swift and excellent a wit as she is prizxd to havexxas to refuse so rare a gentleman as signior benedickx herox he is the only man of italyx always excepted my dear claudiox ursulax i pray youx be not angry with mex madamx speaking my fancyx signior benedickx for shapex for bearingx argument and valourx goes foremost in report through italyx herox indeedx he hath an excellent good namex ursulax his excellence did earn itx ere he had itx when are you marriedx madamx herox whyx every dayx tomorrowx comex go inx ixll show thee some attiresx and have thy counsel which is the best to furnish me tomorrowx ursulax shexs limxdx i warrant youx we have caught herx madamx herox if it prove sox then loving goes by hapsx some cupid kills with arrowsx some with trapsx xxexeunt hero and ursulaxxx beatricex xxadvancingxxx what fire is in mine earsx can this be truex stand i condemnxd for pride and scorn so muchx contemptx farewellx and maiden pridex adieux no glory lives behind the back of suchx andx benedickx love onx i will requite theex taming my wild heart to thy loving handx if thou dost lovex my kindness shall incite thee to bind our loves up in a holy bandx for others say thou dost deservex and i believe it better than reportinglyx xxexitxxx scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex enter don pedrox claudiox benedick and leonatox don pedrox i do but stay till your marriage be consummatex and then go i toward arragonx claudiox ixll bring you thitherx my lordx if youxll vouchsafe mex don pedrox nayx that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your marriagex as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to wear itx i will only be bold with benedick for his companyx forx from the crown of his head to the sole of his footx he is all mirthx he hath twice or thrice cut cupidxs bowstringx and the little hangman dare not shoot at himx he hath a heart as sound as a bellx and his tongue is the clapperx for what his heart thinksx his tongue speaksx benedickx gallantsx i am not as i have beenx leonatox so say ix methinks you are sadderx claudiox i hope he be in lovex don pedrox hang himx truantx therexs no true drop of blood in him to be truly touched with lovex if he be sadx he wants moneyx benedickx i have the toothxachex don pedrox draw itx benedickx hang itx claudiox you must hang it firstx and draw it afterwardsx don pedrox whatx sigh for the toothxachex leonatox where is but a humour or a wormx benedickx wellx everyone can master a grief but he that has itx claudiox yet say ix he is in lovex don pedrox there is no appearance of fancy in himx unless it be a fancy that he hath to strange disguisesx as to be a dutchman todayx a frenchman tomorrowx or in the shape of two countries at oncex as a german from the waist downwardx all slopsx and a spaniard from the hip upwardx no doubletx unless he have a fancy to this fooleryx as it appears he hathx he is no fool for fancyx as you would have it appear he isx claudiox if he be not in love with some womanx there is no believing old signsx ax brushes his hat a morningsx what should that bodex don pedrox hath any man seen him at the barberxsx claudiox nox but the barberxs man hath been seen with himx and the old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis ballsx leonatox indeed he looks younger than he didx by the loss of a beardx don pedrox nayx ax rubs himself with civetx can you smell him out by thatx claudiox thatxs as much as to say the sweet youthxs in lovex don pedrox the greatest note of it is his melancholyx claudiox and when was he wont to wash his facex don pedrox yeax or to paint himselfx for the whichx i hear what they say of himx claudiox nayx but his jesting spiritx which is now crept into a lutexstringx and now governed by stopsx don pedrox indeedx that tells a heavy tale for himx concludex conclude he is in lovex claudiox nayx but i know who loves himx don pedrox that would i know toox i warrantx one that knows him notx claudiox yesx and his ill conditionsx and in despite of allx dies for himx don pedrox she shall be buried with her face upwardsx benedickx yet is this no charm for the toothxachex old signiorx walk aside with mex i have studied eight or nine wise words to speak to youx which these hobbyxhorses must not hearx xxexeunt benedick and leonatoxxx don pedrox for my lifex to break with him about beatricex claudiox xtis even sox hero and margaret have by this played their parts with beatricex and then the two bears will not bite one another when they meetx enter don johnx don johnx my lord and brotherx god save youx don pedrox good denx brotherx don johnx if your leisure servedx i would speak with youx don pedrox in privatex don johnx if it please youx yet count claudio may hearx for what i would speak of concerns himx don pedrox whatxs the matterx don johnx xxto claudioxxx means your lordship to be married tomorrowx don pedrox you know he doesx don johnx i know not thatx when he knows what i knowx claudiox if there be any impedimentx i pray you discover itx don johnx you may think i love you notx let that appear hereafterx and aim better at me by that i now will manifestx for my brotherx i think he holds you wellx and in dearness of heart hath holp to effect your ensuing marriagex surely suit illxspent and labour ill bestowedx don pedrox whyx whatxs the matterx don johnx i came hither to tell youx and circumstances shortenedxxfor she has been too long a talking ofxxthe lady is disloyalx claudiox whox herox don johnx even shex leonatoxs herox your herox every manxs herox claudiox disloyalx don johnx the wordxs too good to paint out her wickednessx i could sayx she were worsex think you of a worse titlex and i will fit her to itx wonder not till further warrantx go but with me tonightx you shall see her chamber window enteredx even the night before her weddingxdayx if you love her thenx tomorrow wed herx but it would better fit your honour to change your mindx claudiox may this be sox don pedrox i will not think itx don johnx if you dare not trust that you seex confess not that you knowx if you will follow mex i will show you enoughx and when you have seen more and heard morex proceed accordinglyx claudiox if i see anything tonight why i should not marry her tomorrowx in the congregationx where i should wedx there will i shame herx don pedrox andx as i wooed for thee to obtain herx i will join with thee to disgrace herx don johnx i will disparage her no farther till you are my witnessesx bear it coldly but till midnightx and let the issue show itselfx don pedrox o day untowardly turnedx claudiox o mischief strangely thwartingx don johnx o plague right well preventedx so will you say when you have seen the sequelx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix a streetx enter dogberry and vergesx with the watchx dogberryx are you good men and truex vergesx yeax or else it were pity but they should suffer salvationx body and soulx dogberryx nayx that were a punishment too good for themx if they should have any allegiance in themx being chosen for the princexs watchx vergesx wellx give them their chargex neighbour dogberryx dogberryx firstx who think you the most desartless man to be constablex first watchx hugh oatcakex sirx or george seacoalx for they can write and readx dogberryx come hitherx neighbour seacoalx god hath blessed you with a good namex to be a wellxfavoured man is the gift of fortunex but to write and read comes by naturex second watchx both whichx master constablexx dogberryx you havex i knew it would be your answerx wellx for your favourx sirx whyx give god thanksx and make no boast of itx and for your writing and readingx let that appear when there is no need of such vanityx you are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watchx therefore bear you the lanthornx this is your chargex you shall comprehend all vagrom menx you are to bid any man standx in the princexs namex second watchx howx if ax will not standx dogberryx whyx thenx take no note of himx but let him gox and presently call the rest of the watch togetherx and thank god you are rid of a knavex vergesx if he will not stand when he is biddenx he is none of the princexs subjectsx dogberryx truex and they are to meddle with none but the princexs subjectsx you shall also make no noise in the streetsx forx for the watch to babble and to talk is most tolerable and not to be enduredx second watchx we will rather sleep than talkx we know what belongs to a watchx dogberryx whyx you speak like an ancient and most quiet watchmanx for i cannot see how sleeping should offendx only have a care that your bills be not stolenx wellx you are to call at all the alehousesx and bid those that are drunk get them to bedx second watchx how if they will notx dogberryx why thenx let them alone till they are soberx if they make you not then the better answerx you may say they are not the men you took them forx second watchx wellx sirx dogberryx if you meet a thiefx you may suspect himx by virtue of your officex to be no true manx andx for such kind of menx the less you meddle or make with themx whyx the more is for your honestyx second watchx if we know him to be a thiefx shall we not lay hands on himx dogberryx trulyx by your officex you mayx but i think they that touch pitch will be defiledx the most peaceable way for youx if you do take a thiefx is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your companyx vergesx you have been always called a merciful manx partnerx dogberryx trulyx i would not hang a dog by my willx much more a man who hath any honesty in himx vergesx if you hear a child cry in the nightx you must call to the nurse and bid her still itx second watchx how if the nurse be asleep and will not hear usx dogberryx why thenx depart in peacex and let the child wake her with cryingx for the ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baesx will never answer a calf when he bleatsx vergesx xtis very truex dogberryx this is the end of the chargex you constablex are to present the princexs own personx if you meet the prince in the nightx you may stay himx vergesx nayx byxr ladyx that i thinkx ax cannotx dogberryx five shillings to one onxtx with any man that knows the statutesx he may stay himx marryx not without the prince be willingx forx indeedx the watch ought to offend no manx and it is an offence to stay a man against his willx vergesx byxr ladyx i think it be sox dogberryx hax ahx hax wellx mastersx good nightx an there be any matter of weight chancesx call up mex keep your fellowsx counsels and your ownx and good nightx comex neighbourx second watchx wellx mastersx we hear our chargex let us go sit here upon the church bench till twox and then all to bedx dogberryx one word morex honest neighboursx i pray youx watch about signior leonatoxs doorx for the wedding being there tomorrowx there is a great coil tonightx adieux be vigitantx i beseech youx xxexeunt dogberry and vergesxxx enter borachio and conradex borachiox whatx conradex watchx xxasidexx peacex stir notx borachiox conradex i sayx conradex herex manx i am at thy elbowx borachiox massx and my elbow itchedx i thought there would a scab followx conradex i will owe thee an answer for thatx and now forward with thy talex borachiox stand thee close then under this penthousex for it drizzles rainx and i willx like a true drunkardx utter all to theex watchx xxasidexx some treasonx mastersx yet stand closex borachiox therefore knowx i have earned of don john a thousand ducatsx conradex is it possible that any villainy should be so dearx borachiox thou shouldst rather ask if it were possible any villainy should be so richx for when rich villains have need of poor onesx poor ones may make what price they willx conradex i wonder at itx borachiox that shows thou art unconfirmedx thou knowest that the fashion of a doubletx or a hatx or a cloakx is nothing to a manx conradex yesx it is apparelx borachiox i meanx the fashionx conradex yesx the fashion is the fashionx borachiox tushx i may as well say the foolxs the foolx but seest thou not what a deformed thief this fashion isx watchx xxasidexx i know that deformedx ax has been a vile thief this seven yearsx ax goes up and down like a gentlemanx i remember his namex borachiox didst thou not hear somebodyx conradex nox xtwas the vane on the housex borachiox seest thou notx i sayx what a deformed thief this fashion isx how giddily he turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and fivexandxthirtyx sometime fashioning them like pharaohxs soldiers in the reechy paintingx sometime like god belxs priests in the old church windowx sometime like the shaven hercules in the smirched wormxeaten tapestryx where his codpiece seems as massy as his clubx conradex all this i seex and i see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the manx but art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion toox that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of the fashionx borachiox not so neitherx but knowx that i have tonight wooed margaretx the lady heroxs gentlewomanx by the name of herox she leans me out at her mistressx chamber windowx bids me a thousand times good nightxxi tell this tale vilelyxxi should first tell thee how the princex claudiox and my masterx planted and placed and possessed by my master don johnx saw afar off in the orchard this amiable encounterx conradex and thought they margaret was herox borachiox two of them didx the prince and claudiox but the devil my masterx knew she was margaretx and partly by his oathsx which first possessed themx partly by the dark nightx which did deceive themx but chiefly by my villainyx which did confirm any slander that don john had madex away went claudio enragedx swore he would meet herx as he was appointedx next morning at the templex and therex before the whole congregationx shame her with what he saw oxer nightx and send her home again without a husbandx first watchx we charge you in the princexs namex standx second watchx call up the right master constablex we have here recovered the most dangerous piece of lechery that ever was known in the commonwealthx first watchx and one deformed is one of themx i know himx ax wears a lockx conradex mastersx mastersx second watchx youxll be made bring deformed forthx i warrant youx conradex mastersxx first watchx never speakx we charge you let us obey you to go with usx borachiox we are like to prove a goodly commodityx being taken up of these menxs billsx conradex a commodity in questionx i warrant youx comex wexll obey youx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex enter herox margaret and ursulax herox good ursulax wake my cousin beatricex and desire her to risex ursulax i willx ladyx herox and bid her come hitherx ursulax wellx xxexitxxx margaretx trothx i think your other rebato were betterx herox nox pray theex good megx ixll wear thisx margaretx by my trothxs not so goodx and i warrant your cousin will say sox herox my cousin xs a foolx and thou art anotherx ixll wear none but thisx margaretx i like the new tire within excellentlyx if the hair were a thought brownerx and your gown xs a most rare fashionx ix faithx i saw the duchess of milanxs gown that they praise sox herox ox that exceedsx they sayx margaretx by my troth xs but a nightxgown in respect of yoursx cloth ox goldx and cutsx and laced with silverx set with pearlsx down sleevesx side sleevesx and skirts roundx underborne with a bluish tinselx but for a finex quaintx gracefulx and excellent fashionx yours is worth ten onxtx herox god give me joy to wear itx for my heart is exceeding heavyx margaretx xtwill be heavier soon by the weight of a manx herox fie upon theex art not ashamedx margaretx of whatx ladyx of speaking honourablyx is not marriage honourable in a beggarx is not your lord honourable without marriagex i think you would have me sayx saving your reverencex xa husbandxx an bad thinking do not wrest true speakingx ixll offend nobodyx is there any harm in xthe heavier for a husbandxx nonex i thinkx and it be the right husband and the right wifex otherwise xtis lightx and not heavyx ask my lady beatrice elsex here she comesx enter beatricex herox good morrowx cozx beatricex good morrowx sweet herox herox whyx how nowx do you speak in the sick tunex beatricex i am out of all other tunex methinksx margaretx clapxs into xlight ox lovexx that goes without a burdenx do you sing itx and ixll dance itx beatricex yex light ox love with your heelsx thenx if your husband have stables enoughx youxll see he shall lack no barnesx margaretx o illegitimate constructionx i scorn that with my heelsx beatricex xtis almost five oxclockx cousinx xtis time you were readyx by my trothx i am exceeding illx heighxhox margaretx for a hawkx a horsex or a husbandx beatricex for the letter that begins them allx hx margaretx wellx and you be not turned turkx therexs no more sailing by the starx beatricex what means the foolx trowx margaretx nothing ix but god send everyone their heartxs desirex herox these gloves the count sent mex they are an excellent perfumex beatricex i am stuffedx cousinx i cannot smellx margaretx a maidx and stuffedx therexs goodly catching of coldx beatricex ox god help mex god help mex how long have you professed apprehensionx margaretx ever since you left itx doth not my wit become me rarelyx beatricex it is not seen enoughx you should wear it in your capx by my trothx i am sickx margaretx get you some of this distilled xcarduus benedictusxx and lay it to your heartx it is the only thing for a qualmx herox there thou prickxst her with a thistlex beatricex xbenedictusxx why xbenedictusxx you have some moral in this xbenedictusxx margaretx moralx nox by my trothx i have no moral meaningx i meantx plain holy thistlex you may thinkx perchancex that i think you are in lovex nayx byxr ladyx i am not such a fool to think what i listx nor i list not to think what i canx norx indeedx i cannot thinkx if i would think my heart out of thinkingx that you are in lovex or that you will be in lovex or that you can be in lovex yet benedick was such anotherx and now is he become a manx he swore he would never marryx and yet nowx in despite of his heartx he eats his meat without grudgingx and how you may be convertedx i know notx but methinks you look with your eyes as other women dox beatricex what pace is this that thy tongue keepsx margaretx not a false gallopx rexenter ursulax ursulax madamx withdrawx the princex the countx signior benedickx don johnx and all the gallants of the town are come to fetch you to churchx herox help to dress mex good cozx good megx good ursulax xxexeuntxxx scene vx another room in leonatoxs housex enter leonato and dogberry and vergesx leonatox what would you with mex honest neighbourx dogberryx marryx sirx i would have some confidence with youx that decerns you nearlyx leonatox briefx i pray youx for you see it is a busy time with mex dogberryx marryx this it isx sirx vergesx yesx in truth it isx sirx leonatox what is itx my good friendsx dogberryx goodman vergesx sirx speaks a little off the matterx an old manx sirx and his wits are not so blunt asx god helpx i would desire they werex butx in faithx honest as the skin between his browsx vergesx yesx i thank godx i am as honest as any man livingx that is an old man and no honester than ix dogberryx comparisons are odorousx palabrasx neighbour vergesx leonatox neighboursx you are tediousx dogberryx it pleases your worship to say sox but we are the poor dukexs officersx but trulyx for mine own partx if i were as tedious as a kingx i could find in my heart to bestow it all of your worshipx leonatox all thy tediousness on mex ahx dogberryx yeax and xtwere a thousand pound more than xtisx for i hear as good exclamation on your worshipx as of any man in the cityx and though i be but a poor manx i am glad to hear itx vergesx and so am ix leonatox i would fain know what you have to sayx vergesx marryx sirx our watch tonightx excepting your worshipxs presencex hax taxen a couple of as arrant knaves as any in messinax dogberryx a good old manx sirx he will be talkingx as they sayx xwhen the age is inx the wit is outxx god help usx it is a world to seex well saidx ix faithx neighbour vergesx wellx godxs a good manx and two men ride of a horsex one must ride behindx an honest soulx ix faithx sirx by my troth he isx as ever broke breadx but god is to be worshippedx all men are not alikex alasx good neighbourx leonatox indeedx neighbourx he comes too short of youx dogberryx gifts that god givesx leonatox i must leave youx dogberryx one wordx sirx our watchx sirx have indeed comprehended two aspicious personsx and we would have them this morning examined before your worshipx leonatox take their examination yourselfx and bring it mex i am now in great hastex as may appear unto youx dogberryx it shall be suffigancex leonatox drink some wine ere you gox fare you wellx enter a messengerx messengerx my lordx they stay for you to give your daughter to her husbandx leonatox ixll wait upon themx i am readyx xxexeunt leonato and messengerxxx dogberryx gox good partnerx go get you to francis seacoalx bid him bring his pen and inkhorn to the gaolx we are now to examination these menx vergesx and we must do it wiselyx dogberryx we will spare for no witx i warrant youx herexs that shall drive some of them to a nonxcomex only get the learned writer to set down our excommunicationx and meet me at the gaolx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix the inside of a churchx enter don pedrox don johnx leonatox friar francisx claudiox benedickx herox beatrice xcx leonatox comex friar francisx be briefx only to the plain form of marriagex and you shall recount their particular duties afterwardsx friarx you come hitherx my lordx to marry this ladyx claudiox nox leonatox to be married to herx friarx you come to marry herx friarx ladyx you come hither to be married to this countx herox i dox friarx if either of you know any inward impedimentx why you should not be conjoinedx i charge youx on your soulsx to utter itx claudiox know you anyx herox herox nonex my lordx friarx know you anyx countx leonatox i dare make his answerx nonex claudiox ox what men dare dox what men may dox what men daily dox not knowing what they dox benedickx how nowx interjectionsx why thenx some be of laughingx as ahx hax hex claudiox stand thee byx friarx fatherx by your leavex will you with free and unconstrained soul give me this maidx your daughterx leonatox as freelyx sonx as god did give her mex claudiox and what have i to give you back whose worth may counterpoise this rich and precious giftx don pedrox nothingx unless you render her againx claudiox sweet princex you learn me noble thankfulnessx therex leonatox take her back againx give not this rotten orange to your friendx shexs but the sign and semblance of her honourx beholdx how like a maid she blushes herex ox what authority and show of truth can cunning sin cover itself withalx comes not that blood as modest evidence to witness simple virtuex would you not swearx all you that see herx that she were a maidx by these exterior showsx but she is nonex she knows the heat of a luxurious bedx her blush is guiltinessx not modestyx leonatox what do you meanx my lordx claudiox not to be marriedx not to knit my soul to an approved wantonx leonatox dear my lordx if youx in your own proofx have vanquishxd the resistance of her youthx and made defeat of her virginityxx claudiox i know what you would sayx if i have known herx you will say she did embrace me as a husbandx and so extenuate the forehand sinx nox leonatox i never tempted her with word too largex but as a brother to his sister showxd bashful sincerity and comely lovex herox and seemxd i ever otherwise to youx claudiox out on theex seemingx i will write against itx you seem to me as dian in her orbx as chaste as is the bud ere it be blownx but you are more intemperate in your blood than venusx or those pamperxd animals that rage in savage sensualityx herox is my lord wellx that he doth speak so widex leonatox sweet princex why speak not youx don pedrox what should i speakx i stand dishonourxdx that have gone about to link my dear friend to a common stalex leonatox are these things spokenx or do i but dreamx don johnx sirx they are spokenx and these things are truex benedickx this looks not like a nuptialx herox truex o godx claudiox leonatox stand i herex is this the princex is this the princexs brotherx is this face heroxsx are our eyes our ownx leonatox all this is sox but what of thisx my lordx claudiox let me but move one question to your daughterx and by that fatherly and kindly power that you have in herx bid her answer trulyx leonatox i charge thee do sox as thou art my childx herox ox god defend mex how am i besetx what kind of catechizing call you thisx claudiox to make you answer truly to your namex herox is it not herox who can blot that name with any just reproachx claudiox marryx that can herox hero itself can blot out heroxs virtuex what man was he talkxd with you yesternight out at your windowx betwixt twelve and onex nowx if you are a maidx answer to thisx herox i talkxd with no man at that hourx my lordx don pedrox whyx then are you no maidenx leonatox i am sorry you must hearx upon my honourx myselfx my brotherx and this grieved countx did see herx hear herx at that hour last nightx talk with a ruffian at her chamber windowx who hath indeedx most like a liberal villainx confessxd the vile encounters they have had a thousand times in secretx don johnx fiex fiex they are not to be namxdx my lordx not to be spoke ofx there is not chastity enough in language without offence to utter themx thusx pretty ladyx i am sorry for thy much misgovernmentx claudiox o herox what a hero hadst thou beenx if half thy outward graces had been placxd about thy thoughts and counsels of thy heartx but fare thee wellx most foulx most fairx farewellx thou pure impietyx and impious purityx for thee ixll lock up all the gates of lovex and on my eyelids shall conjecture hangx to turn all beauty into thoughts of harmx and never shall it more be graciousx leonatox hath no manxs dagger here a point for mex xxhero swoonsxxx beatricex whyx how nowx cousinx wherefore sink you downx don johnx comex let us gox these thingsx come thus to lightx smother her spirits upx xxexeunt don pedrox don john and claudioxxx benedickx how doth the ladyx beatricex deadx i thinkx helpx unclex herox whyx herox unclex signior benedickx friarx leonatox o fatex take not away thy heavy handx death is the fairest cover for her shame that may be wishxd forx beatricex how nowx cousin herox friarx have comfortx ladyx leonatox dost thou look upx friarx yeax wherefore should she notx leonatox whereforex whyx doth not every earthly thing cry shame upon herx could she here deny the story that is printed in her bloodx do not livex herox do not ope thine eyesx forx did i think thou wouldst not quickly diex thought i thy spirits were stronger than thy shamesx myself wouldx on the rearward of reproachesx strike at thy lifex grievxd ix i had but onex chid i for that at frugal naturexs framex ox one too much by theex why had i onex why ever wast thou lovely in my eyesx why had i not with charitable hand took up a beggarxs issue at my gatesx who smirched thusx and mirxd with infamyx i might have saidx xno part of it is minex this shame derives itself from unknown loinsxx but minex and mine i lovxdx and mine i praisxdx and mine that i was proud onx mine so much that i myself was to myself not minex valuing of herx whyx shexox she is fallen into a pit of inkx that the wide sea hath drops too few to wash her clean againx and salt too little which may season give to her foul tainted fleshx benedickx sirx sirx be patientx for my partx i am so attirxd in wonderx i know not what to sayx beatricex ox on my soulx my cousin is beliedx benedickx ladyx were you her bedfellow last nightx beatricex nox trulyx notx althoughx until last nightx i have this twelvemonth been her bedfellowx leonatox confirmxdx confirmxdx ox that is stronger madex which was before barrxd up with ribs of ironx would the two princes liex and claudio liex who lovxd her sox thatx speaking of her foulnessx washxd it with tearsx hence from herx let her diex friarx hear me a littlex for i have only been silent so longx and given way unto this course of fortunex by noting of the ladyx i have markxd a thousand blushing apparitions to start into her facex a thousand innocent shames in angel whiteness bear away those blushesx and in her eye there hath appearxd a firex to burn the errors that these princes hold against her maiden truthx call me a foolx trust not my reading nor my observationsx which with experimental seal doth warrant the tenure of my bookx trust not my agex my reverencex callingx nor divinityx if this sweet lady lie not guiltless here under some biting errorx leonatox friarx it cannot bex thou seest that all the grace that she hath left is that she will not add to her damnation a sin of perjuryx she not denies itx why seekxst thou then to cover with excuse that which appears in proper nakednessx friarx ladyx what man is he you are accusxd ofx herox they know that do accuse mex i know nonex if i know more of any man alive than that which maiden modesty doth warrantx let all my sins lack mercyx ox my fatherx prove you that any man with me conversxd at hours unmeetx or that i yesternight maintainxd the change of words with any creaturex refuse mex hate mex torture me to deathx friarx there is some strange misprision in the princesx benedickx two of them have the very bent of honourx and if their wisdoms be misled in thisx the practice of it lives in john the bastardx whose spirits toil in frame of villainiesx leonatox i know notx if they speak but truth of herx these hands shall tear herx if they wrong her honourx the proudest of them shall well hear of itx time hath not yet so dried this blood of minex nor age so eat up my inventionx nor fortune made such havoc of my meansx nor my bad life reft me so much of friendsx but they shall findx awakxd in such a kindx both strength of limb and policy of mindx ability in means and choice of friendsx to quit me of them throughlyx friarx pause awhilex and let my counsel sway you in this casex your daughter here the princes left for deadx let her awhile be secretly kept inx and publish it that she is dead indeedx maintain a mourning ostentationx and on your familyxs old monument hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites that appertain unto a burialx leonatox what shall become of thisx what will this dox friarx marryx this well carried shall on her behalf change slander to remorsex that is some goodx but not for that dream i on this strange coursex but on this travail look for greater birthx she dyingx as it must be so maintainxdx upon the instant that she was accusxdx shall be lamentedx pitied and excusxd of every hearerx for it so falls out that what we have we prize not to the worth whiles we enjoy itx but being lackxd and lostx whyx then we rack the valuex then we find the virtue that possession would not show us whiles it was oursx so will it fare with claudiox when he shall hear she died upon his wordsx the idea of her life shall sweetly creep into his study of imaginationx and every lovely organ of her life shall come apparellxd in more precious habitx more movingx delicatex and full of life into the eye and prospect of his soulx than when she livxd indeedx then shall he mournxx if ever love had interest in his liverxx and wish he had not so accused herx nox though he thought his accusation truex let this be sox and doubt not but success will fashion the event in better shape than i can lay it down in likelihoodx but if all aim but this be levellxd falsex the supposition of the ladyxs death will quench the wonder of her infamyx and if it sort not wellx you may conceal herxx as best befits her wounded reputationxx in some reclusive and religious lifex out of all eyesx tonguesx mindsx and injuriesx benedickx signior leonatox let the friar advise youx and though you know my inwardness and love is very much unto the prince and claudiox yetx by mine honourx i will deal in this as secretly and justly as your soul should with your bodyx leonatox being that i flow in griefx the smallest twine may lead mex friarx xtis well consentedx presently awayx for to strange sores strangely they strain the curex comex ladyx die to livex this wedding day perhaps is but prolongxdx have patience and endurex xxexeunt friarx hero and leonatoxxx benedickx lady beatricex have you wept all this whilex beatricex yeax and i will weep a while longerx benedickx i will not desire thatx beatricex you have no reasonx i do it freelyx benedickx surely i do believe your fair cousin is wrongedx beatricex ahx how much might the man deserve of me that would right herx benedickx is there any way to show such friendshipx beatricex a very even wayx but no such friendx benedickx may a man do itx beatricex it is a manxs officex but not yoursx benedickx i do love nothing in the world so well as youx is not that strangex beatricex as strange as the thing i know notx it were as possible for me to say i loved nothing so well as youx but believe me notx and yet i lie notx i confess nothingx nor i deny nothingx i am sorry for my cousinx benedickx by my swordx beatricex thou lovest mex beatricex do not swear by itx and eat itx benedickx i will swear by it that you love mex and i will make him eat it that says i love not youx beatricex will you not eat your wordx benedickx with no sauce that can be devised to itx i protest i love theex beatricex why thenx god forgive mex benedickx what offencex sweet beatricex beatricex you have stayed me in a happy hourx i was about to protest i loved youx benedickx and do it with all thy heartx beatricex i love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protestx benedickx comex bid me do anything for theex beatricex kill claudiox benedickx hax not for the wide worldx beatricex you kill me to deny itx farewellx benedickx tarryx sweet beatricex beatricex i am gonex though i am herex there is no love in youx nayx i pray youx let me gox benedickx beatricexx beatricex in faithx i will gox benedickx wexll be friends firstx beatricex you dare easier be friends with me than fight with mine enemyx benedickx is claudio thine enemyx beatricex is he not approved in the height a villainx that hath slanderedx scornedx dishonoured my kinswomanx ox that i were a manx whatx bear her in hand until they come to take handsx and thenx with public accusationx uncovered slanderx unmitigated rancourxxo godx that i were a manx i would eat his heart in the marketxplacex benedickx hear mex beatricexx beatricex talk with a man out at a windowx a proper sayingx benedickx nayx but beatricexx beatricex sweet herox she is wrongedx she is slanderedx she is undonex benedickx beatx beatricex princes and countiesx surelyx a princely testimonyx a goodly count comfectx a sweet gallantx surelyx ox that i were a man for his sakex or that i had any friend would be a man for my sakex but manhood is melted into curtsiesx valour into complimentx and men are only turned into tonguex and trim ones toox he is now as valiant as herculesx that only tells a lie and swears itx i cannot be a man with wishingx therefore i will die a woman with grievingx benedickx tarryx good beatricex by this handx i love theex beatricex use it for my love some other way than swearing by itx benedickx think you in your soul the count claudio hath wronged herox beatricex yeax as sure is i have a thought or a soulx benedickx enoughx i am engagedx i will challenge himx i will kiss your handx and so leave youx by this handx claudio shall render me a dear accountx as you hear of mex so think of mex gox comfort your cousinx i must say she is deadx and sox farewellx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a prisonx enter dogberryx vergesx and sextonx in gownsx and the watchx with conrade and borachiox dogberryx is our whole dissembly appearedx vergesx ox a stool and a cushion for the sextonx sextonx which be the malefactorsx dogberryx marryx that am i and my partnerx vergesx nayx thatxs certainx we have the exhibition to examinex sextonx but which are the offenders that are to be examinedx let them come before master constablex dogberryx yeax marryx let them come before mex what is your namex friendx borachiox borachiox dogberryx pray write down borachiox yoursx sirrahx conradex i am a gentlemanx sirx and my name is conradex dogberryx write down master gentleman conradex mastersx do you serve godx bothx yeax sirx we hopex dogberryx write down that they hope they serve godx and write god firstx for god defend but god should go before such villainsx mastersx it is proved already that you are little better than false knavesx and it will go near to be thought so shortlyx how answer you for yourselvesx conradex marryx sirx we say we are nonex dogberryx a marvellous witty fellowx i assure youx but i will go about with himx come you hitherx sirrahx a word in your earx sirx i say to youx it is thought you are false knavesx borachiox sirx i say to you we are nonex dogberryx wellx stand asidex fore godx they are both in a talex have you writ downx that they are nonex sextonx master constablex you go not the way to examinex you must call forth the watch that are their accusersx dogberryx yeax marryx thatxs the eftest wayx let the watch come forthx mastersx i charge youx in the princexs namex accuse these menx first watchx this man saidx sirx that don johnx the princexs brotherx was a villainx dogberryx write down prince john a villainx whyx this is flat perjuryx to call a princexs brother villainx borachiox master constablexx dogberryx pray theex fellowx peacex i do not like thy lookx i promise theex sextonx what heard you him say elsex second watchx marryx that he had received a thousand ducats of don john for accusing the lady hero wrongfullyx dogberryx flat burglary as ever was committedx vergesx yeax by the massx that it isx sextonx what elsex fellowx first watchx and that count claudio did meanx upon his wordsx to disgrace hero before the whole assemblyx and not marry herx dogberryx o villainx thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for thisx sextonx what elsex second watchx this is allx sextonx and this is morex mastersx than you can denyx prince john is this morning secretly stolen awayx hero was in this manner accusedx in this manner refusedx andx upon the grief of thisx suddenly diedx master constablex let these men be boundx and brought to leonatoxsx i will go before and show him their examinationx xxexitxxx dogberryx comex let them be opinionedx vergesx let them be in the handsx conradex offx coxcombx dogberryx godxs my lifex wherexs the sextonx let him write down the princexs officer coxcombx comex bind themx thou naughty varletx conradex awayx you are an assx you are an assx dogberryx dost thou not suspect my placex dost thou not suspect my yearsx o that he were here to write me down an assx butx mastersx remember that i am an assx though it be not written downx yet forget not that i am an assx nox thou villainx thou art full of pietyx as shall be proved upon thee by good witnessx i am a wise fellowx andx which is morex an officerx andx which is morex a householderx andx which is morex as pretty a piece of flesh as any in messinax and one that knows the lawx go tox and a rich fellow enoughx go tox and a fellow that hath had lossesx and one that hath two gownsx and everything handsome about himx bring him awayx o that i had been writ down an assx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix before leonatoxs housex enter leonato and antoniox antoniox if you go on thusx you will kill yourself and xtis not wisdom thus to second grief against yourselfx leonatox i pray theex cease thy counselx which falls into mine ears as profitless as water in a sievex give not me counselx nor let no comforter delight mine ear but such a one whose wrongs do suit with minex bring me a father that so lovxd his childx whose joy of her is overwhelmxd like minex and bid him speak of patiencex measure his woe the length and breadth of minex and let it answer every strain for strainx as thus for thus and such a grief for suchx in every lineamentx branchx shapex and formx if such a one will smilex and stroke his beardx bid sorrow wagx cry xhemx when he should groanx patch grief with proverbsx make misfortune drunk with candlexwastersx bring him yet to mex and i of him will gather patiencex but there is no such manx forx brotherx men can counsel and speak comfort to that grief which they themselves not feelx butx tasting itx their counsel turns to passionx which before would give preceptial medicine to ragex fetter strong madness in a silken threadx charm ache with air and agony with wordsx nox nox xtis all menxs office to speak patience to those that wring under the load of sorrowx but no manxs virtue nor sufficiency to be so moral when he shall endure the like himselfx therefore give me no counselx my griefs cry louder than advertisementx antoniox therein do men from children nothing differx leonatox i pray thee peacex i will be flesh and bloodx for there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patientlyx however they have writ the style of gods and made a push at chance and sufferancex antoniox yet bend not all the harm upon yourselfx make those that do offend you suffer toox leonatox there thou speakxst reasonx nayx i will do sox my soul doth tell me hero is beliedx and that shall claudio knowx so shall the princex and all of them that thus dishonour herx antoniox here comes the prince and claudio hastilyx enter don pedro and claudiox don pedrox good denx good denx claudiox good day to both of youx leonatox hear youx my lordsxx don pedrox we have some hastex leonatox leonatox some hastex my lordx wellx fare you wellx my lordx are you so hasty nowxxwellx all is onex don pedrox nayx do not quarrel with usx good old manx antoniox if he could right himself with quarrellingx some of us would lie lowx claudiox who wrongs himx leonatox marryx thou dost wrong mex thou dissemblerx thoux nayx never lay thy hand upon thy swordx i fear thee notx claudiox marryx beshrew my handx if it should give your age such cause of fearx in faithx my hand meant nothing to my swordx leonatox tushx tushx manx never fleer and jest at mex i speak not like a dotard nor a foolx asx under privilege of agex to brag what i have done being youngx or what would dox were i not oldx knowx claudiox to thy headx thou hast so wrongxd mine innocent child and me that i am forcxd to lay my reverence byx andx with grey hairs and bruise of many daysx do challenge thee to trial of a manx i say thou hast belied mine innocent childx thy slander hath gone through and through her heartx and she lies buried with her ancestorsx ox in a tomb where never scandal sleptx save this of hersx framxd by thy villainyx claudiox my villainyx leonatox thinex claudiox thinex i sayx don pedrox you say not rightx old manx leonatox my lordx my lordx ixll prove it on his bodyx if he darex despite his nice fence and his active practicex his may of youth and bloom of lustihoodx claudiox awayx i will not have to do with youx leonatox canst thou so daff mex thou hast killxd my childx if thou killxst mex boyx thou shalt kill a manx antoniox he shall kill two of usx and men indeedx but thatxs no matterx let him kill one firstx win me and wear mex let him answer mex comex follow mex boyx comex sir boyx comex follow mex sir boyx ixll whip you from your foining fencex nayx as i am a gentlemanx i willx leonatox brotherxx antoniox content yourselfx god knows i lovxd my niecex and she is deadx slanderxd to death by villainsx that dare as well answer a man indeed as i dare take a serpent by the tonguex boysx apesx braggartsx jacksx milksopsx leonatox brother anthonyxx antoniox hold you contentx whatx manx i know themx yeax and what they weighx even to the utmost scruplex scamblingx outxfacingx fashionxmonging boysx that lie and cog and floutx deprave and slanderx go anticklyx show outward hideousnessx and speak off half a dozen dangerous wordsx how they might hurt their enemiesx if they durstx and this is allx leonatox butx brother anthonyxx antoniox comex xtis no matterx do not you meddlex let me deal in thisx don pedrox gentlemen bothx we will not wake your patiencex my heart is sorry for your daughterxs deathx butx on my honourx she was chargxd with nothing but what was true and very full of proofx leonatox my lordx my lordx don pedrox i will not hear youx leonatox nox comex brotherx awayx i will be heardxx antoniox and shallx or some of us will smart for itx xxexeunt leonato and antonioxxx enter benedickx don pedrox seex seex here comes the man we went to seekx claudiox nowx signiorx what newsx benedickx good dayx my lordx don pedrox welcomex signiorx you are almost come to part almost a frayx claudiox we had like to have had our two noses snapped off with two old men without teethx don pedrox leonato and his brotherx what thinkxst thoux had we foughtx i doubt we should have been too young for themx benedickx in a false quarrel there is no true valourx i came to seek you bothx claudiox we have been up and down to seek theex for we are highxproof melancholyx and would fain have it beaten awayx wilt thou use thy witx benedickx it is in my scabbardx shall i draw itx don pedrox dost thou wear thy wit by thy sidex claudiox never any did sox though very many have been beside their witx i will bid thee drawx as we do the minstrelsx drawx to pleasure usx don pedrox as i am an honest manx he looks palex art thou sickx or angryx claudiox whatx couragex manx what though care killed a catx thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill carex benedickx sirx i shall meet your wit in the careerx and you charge it against mex i pray you choose another subjectx claudiox nay thenx give him another staffx this last was broke crossx don pedrox by this lightx he changes more and morex i think he be angry indeedx claudiox if he bex he knows how to turn his girdlex benedickx shall i speak a word in your earx claudiox god bless me from a challengex benedickx xxaside to claudioxxx you are a villainx i jest notx i will make it good how you darex with what you darex and when you darex do me rightx or i will protest your cowardicex you have killed a sweet ladyx and her death shall fall heavy on youx let me hear from youx claudiox well i will meet youx so i may have good cheerx don pedrox whatx a feastx a feastx claudiox ix faithx i thank himx he hath bid me to a calfxsxhead and a caponx the which if i do not carve most curiouslyx say my knifexs naughtx shall i not find a woodcock toox benedickx sirx your wit ambles wellx it goes easilyx don pedrox ixll tell thee how beatrice praised thy wit the other dayx i saidx thou hadst a fine witx xtruexx says shex xa fine little onexx xnoxx said ix xa great witxx xrightxx said shex xa great gross onexx xnayxx said ix xa good witxx xjustxx said shex xit hurts nobodyxx xnayxx said ix xthe gentleman is wisexx xcertainxx said shex xa wise gentlemanxx xnayxx said ix xhe hath the tonguesxx xthat i believex said shex xfor he swore a thing to me on monday nightx which he forswore on tuesday morningx therexs a double tonguex therexs two tonguesxx thus did shex an hour togetherx transxshape thy particular virtuesx yet at last she concluded with a sighx thou wast the properest man in italyx claudiox for the which she wept heartily and said she cared notx don pedrox yeax that she didx but yetx for all thatx an if she did not hate him deadlyx she would love him dearlyx the old manxs daughter told us allx claudiox allx allx and moreoverx god saw him when he was hid in the gardenx don pedrox but when shall we set the savage bullxs horns on the sensible benedickxs headx claudiox yeax and text underneathx xhere dwells benedick the married manxx benedickx fare you wellx boyx you know my mindx i will leave you now to your gossipxlike humourx you break jests as braggarts do their bladesx whichx god be thankedx hurt notx my lordx for your many courtesies i thank youx i must discontinue your companyx your brother the bastard is fled from messinax you havex among youx killed a sweet and innocent ladyx for my lord lackxbeard therex he and i shall meetx and till thenx peace be with himx xxexitxxx don pedrox he is in earnestx claudiox in most profound earnestx andx ixll warrant youx for the love of beatricex don pedrox and hath challenged theex claudiox most sincerelyx don pedrox what a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his witx claudiox he is then a giant to an apex but then is an ape a doctor to such a manx don pedrox butx soft youx let me bex pluck upx my heartx and be sadx did he not say my brother was fledx enter dogberryx vergesx and the watchx with conrade and borachiox dogberryx come youx sirx if justice cannot tame youx she shall nexer weigh more reasons in her balancex nayx an you be a cursing hypocrite oncex you must be looked tox don pedrox how nowx two of my brotherxs men boundx borachiox onex claudiox hearken after their offencex my lordx don pedrox officersx what offence have these men donex dogberryx marryx sirx they have committed false reportx moreoverx they have spoken untruthsx secondarilyx they are slandersx sixth and lastlyx they have belied a ladyx thirdlyx they have verified unjust thingsx and to concludex they are lying knavesx don pedrox firstx i ask thee what they have donex thirdlyx i ask thee whatxs their offencex sixth and lastlyx why they are committedx andx to concludex what you lay to their chargex claudiox rightly reasonedx and in his own divisionx andx by my trothx therexs one meaning well suitedx don pedrox who have you offendedx mastersx that you are thus bound to your answerx this learned constable is too cunning to be understoodx whatxs your offencex borachiox sweet princex let me go no farther to mine answerx do you hear mex and let this count kill mex i have deceived even your very eyesx what your wisdoms could not discoverx these shallow fools have brought to lightx whox in the night overheard me confessing to this man how don john your brother incensed me to slander the lady herox how you were brought into the orchard and saw me court margaret in heroxs garmentsx how you disgraced herx when you should marry herx my villainy they have upon recordx which i had rather seal with my death than repeat over to my shamex the lady is dead upon mine and my masterxs false accusationx andx brieflyx i desire nothing but the reward of a villainx don pedrox runs not this speech like iron through your bloodx claudiox i have drunk poison whiles he utterxd itx don pedrox but did my brother set thee on to thisx borachiox yeax and paid me richly for the practice of itx don pedrox he is composxd and framxd of treacheryx and fled he is upon this villainyx claudiox sweet herox now thy image doth appear in the rare semblance that i lovxd it firstx dogberryx comex bring away the plaintiffsx by this time our sexton hath reformed signior leonato of the matterx and mastersx do not forget to specifyx when time and place shall servex that i am an assx vergesx herex here comes master signior leonatox and the sexton toox rexenter leonatox antonio and the sextonx leonatox which is the villainx let me see his eyesx thatx when i note another man like himx i may avoid himx which of these is hex borachiox if you would know your wrongerx look on mex leonatox art thou the slave that with thy breath hast killxd mine innocent childx borachiox yeax even i alonex leonatox nox not sox villainx thou beliest thyselfx here stand a pair of honourable menx a third is fledx that had a hand in itx i thank youx princesx for my daughterxs deathx record it with your high and worthy deedsx xtwas bravely donex if you bethink you of itx claudiox i know not how to pray your patiencex yet i must speakx choose your revenge yourselfx impose me to what penance your invention can lay upon my sinx yet sinnxd i not but in mistakingx don pedrox by my soulx nor ix and yetx to satisfy this good old manx i would bend under any heavy weight that hexll enjoin me tox leonatox i cannot bid you bid my daughter livex that were impossiblex butx i pray you bothx possess the people in messina here how innocent she diedx and if your love can labour aught in sad inventionx hang her an epitaph upon her tombx and sing it to her bonesx sing it tonightx tomorrow morning come you to my housex and since you could not be my sonxinxlawx be yet my nephewx my brother hath a daughterx almost the copy of my child thatxs deadx and she alone is heir to both of usx give her the right you should have given her cousinx and so dies my revengex claudiox o noble sirx your overxkindness doth wring tears from mex i do embrace your offerx and dispose for henceforth of poor claudiox leonatox tomorrow then i will expect your comingx tonight i take my leavex this naughty man shall face to face be brought to margaretx whox i believex was packxd in all this wrongx hirxd to it by your brotherx borachiox nox by my soul she was notx nor knew not what she did when she spoke to mex but always hath been just and virtuous in anything that i do know by herx dogberryx moreoverx sirxxwhichx indeedx is not under white and blackxx this plaintiff herex the offenderx did call me assx i beseech youx let it be remembered in his punishmentx and alsox the watch heard them talk of one deformedx they say he wears a key in his ear and a lock hanging by itx and borrows money in godxs namex the which he hath used so long and never paidx that now men grow hardxheartedx and will lend nothing for godxs sakex pray youx examine him upon that pointx leonatox i thank thee for thy care and honest painsx dogberryx your worship speaks like a most thankful and reverent youthx and i praise god for youx leonatox therexs for thy painsx dogberryx god save the foundationx leonatox gox i discharge thee of thy prisonerx and i thank theex dogberryx i leave an arrant knave with your worshipx which i beseech your worship to correct yourselfx for the example of othersx god keep your worshipx i wish your worship wellx god restore you to healthx i humbly give you leave to departx and if a merry meeting may be wishedx god prohibit itx comex neighbourx xxexeunt dogberry and vergesxxx leonatox until tomorrow morningx lordsx farewellx antoniox farewellx my lordsx we look for you tomorrowx don pedrox we will not failx claudiox tonight ixll mourn with herox xxexeunt don pedro and claudioxxx leonatox xxto the watchxxx bring you these fellows onx wexll talk with margaretx how her acquaintance grew with this lewd fellowx xxexeuntxxx scene iix leonatoxs gardenx enter benedick and margaretx meetingx benedickx pray theex sweet mistress margaretx deserve well at my hands by helping me to the speech of beatricex margaretx will you then write me a sonnet in praise of my beautyx benedickx in so high a stylex margaretx that no man living shall come over itx forx in most comely truthx thou deservest itx margaretx to have no man come over mex whyx shall i always keep below stairsx benedickx thy wit is as quick as the greyhoundxs mouthx it catchesx margaretx and yours as blunt as the fencerxs foilsx which hitx but hurt notx benedickx a most manly witx margaretx it will not hurt a womanx and sox i pray theex call beatricex i give thee the bucklersx margaretx give us the swordsx we have bucklers of our ownx benedickx if you use themx margaretx you must put in the pikes with a vicex and they are dangerous weapons for maidsx margaretx wellx i will call beatrice to youx who i think hath legsx benedickx and therefore will comex xxexit margaretxxx the god of lovex that sits abovex and knows mex and knows mex how pitiful i deservexx i meanx in singingx but in lovingx leander the good swimmerx troilus the first employer of pandersx and a whole book full of these quondam carpetxmongersx whose names yet run smoothly in the even road of a blank versex whyx they were never so truly turned over and over as my poor self in lovex marryx i cannot show it in rimex i have triedx i can find out no rime to xladyx but xbabyxx an innocent rimex for xscornxx xhornxx a hard rimex for xschoolxx xfoolxx a babbling rimex very ominous endingsx nox i was not born under a riming planetx nor i cannot woo in festival termsx enter beatricex sweet beatricex wouldst thou come when i called theex beatricex yeax signiorx and depart when you bid mex benedickx ox stay but till thenx beatricex xthenx is spokenx fare you well nowx and yetx ere i gox let me go with that i came forx which isx with knowing what hath passed between you and claudiox benedickx only foul wordsx and thereupon i will kiss theex beatricex foul words is but foul windx and foul wind is but foul breathx and foul breath is noisomex therefore i will depart unkissedx benedickx thou hast frighted the word out of his right sensex so forcible is thy witx but i must tell thee plainlyx claudio undergoes my challengex and either i must shortly hear from himx or i will subscribe him a cowardx andx i pray thee nowx tell mex for which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with mex beatricex for them all togetherx which maintained so politic a state of evil that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with themx but for which of my good parts did you first suffer love for mex benedickx xsuffer lovexx a good epithetx i do suffer love indeedx for i love thee against my willx beatricex in spite of your heartx i thinkx alasx poor heartx if you spite it for my sakex i will spite it for yoursx for i will never love that which my friend hatesx benedickx thou and i are too wise to woo peaceablyx beatricex it appears not in this confessionx therexs not one wise man among twenty that will praise himselfx benedickx an oldx an old instancex beatricex that lived in the time of good neighboursx if a man do not erect in this age his own tomb ere he diesx he shall live no longer in monument than the bell rings and the widow weepsx beatricex and how long is that think youx benedickx questionx whyx an hour in clamour and a quarter in rheumx therefore is it most expedient for the wisexxif don wormx his consciencex find no impediment to the contraryxxto be the trumpet of his own virtuesx as i am to myselfx so much for praising myselfx whox i myself will bear witnessx is praiseworthyx and now tell mex how doth your cousinx beatricex very illx benedickx and how do youx beatricex very ill toox benedickx serve godx love mex and mendx there will i leave you toox for here comes one in hastex enter ursulax ursulax madamx you must come to your unclex yonderxs old coil at homex it is provedx my lady hero hath been falsely accusedx the prince and claudio mightily abusedx and don john is the author of allx who is fled and gonex will you come presentlyx beatricex will you go hear this newsx signiorx benedickx i will live in thy heartx die in thy lapx and be buried in thy eyesx and moreover i will go with thee to thy unclexsx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the inside of a churchx enter don pedrox claudio and attendantsx with music and tapersx claudiox is this the monument of leonatox a lordx it isx my lordx claudiox xxreads from a scrollxxx epitaphx done to death by slanderous tongues was the hero that here liesx deathx in guerdon of her wrongsx gives her fame which never diesx so the life that died with shame lives in death with glorious famex hang thou there upon the tombx praising her when i am dumbx nowx musicx soundx and sing your solemn hymnx songx pardonx goddess of the nightx those that slew thy virgin knightx for the whichx with songs of woex round about her tomb they gox midnightx assist our moanx help us to sigh and groanx heavilyx heavilyx gravesx yawn and yield your deadx till death be utteredx heavilyx heavilyx claudiox nowx unto thy bones good nightx yearly will i do this ritex don pedrox good morrowx mastersx put your torches outx the wolves have preyxdx and lookx the gentle dayx before the wheels of phoebusx round about dapples the drowsy east with spots of greyx thanks to you allx and leave usx fare you wellx claudiox good morrowx mastersx each his several wayx don pedrox comex let us hencex and put on other weedsx and then to leonatoxs we will gox claudiox and hymen now with luckier issue speedxsx than this for whom we rendxred up this woex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex enter leonatox antoniox benedickx beatricex margaretx ursulax friar francis and herox friarx did i not tell you she was innocentx leonatox so are the prince and claudiox who accusxd her upon the error that you heard debatedx but margaret was in some fault for thisx although against her willx as it appears in the true course of all the questionx antoniox wellx i am glad that all things sort so wellx benedickx and so am ix being else by faith enforcxd to call young claudio to a reckoning for itx leonatox wellx daughterx and you gentlewomen allx withdraw into a chamber by yourselvesx and when i send for youx come hither maskxdx the prince and claudio promisxd by this hour to visit mex xxexeunt ladiesxxx you know your officex brotherx you must be father to your brotherxs daughterx and give her to young claudiox antoniox which i will do with confirmxd countenancex benedickx friarx i must entreat your painsx i thinkx friarx to do whatx signiorx benedickx to bind mex or undo mex one of themx signior leonatox truth it isx good signiorx your niece regards me with an eye of favourx leonatox that eye my daughter lent herx xtis most truex benedickx and i do with an eye of love requite herx leonatox the sight whereof i thinkx you had from mex from claudiox and the princex but whatxs your willx benedickx your answerx sirx is enigmaticalx butx for my willx my will is your good will may stand with oursx this day to be conjoinxd in the state of honourable marriagex in whichx good friarx i shall desire your helpx leonatox my heart is with your likingx friarx and my helpx here comes the prince and claudiox enter don pedro and claudiox with attendantsx don pedrox good morrow to this fair assemblyx leonatox good morrowx princex good morrowx claudiox we here attend youx are you yet determinxd today to marry with my brotherxs daughterx claudiox ixll hold my mindx were she an ethiopex leonatox call her forthx brotherx herexs the friar readyx xxexit antonioxxx don pedrox good morrowx benedickx whyx whatxs the matterx that you have such a february facex so full of frostx of storm and cloudinessx claudiox i think he thinks upon the savage bullx tushx fear notx manx wexll tip thy horns with goldx and all europa shall rejoice at theex as once europa did at lusty jovex when he would play the noble beast in lovex benedickx bull jovex sirx had an amiable lowx and some such strange bull leapxd your fatherxs cowx and got a calf in that same noble featx much like to youx for you have just his bleatx claudiox for this i owe youx here comes other reckoningsx rexenter antoniox with the ladies maskedx which is the lady i must seize uponx antoniox this same is shex and i do give you herx claudiox why thenx shexs minex sweetx let me see your facex leonatox nox that you shall notx till you take her hand before this friarx and swear to marry herx claudiox give me your handx before this holy friarx i am your husbandx if you like of mex herox and when i livxdx i was your other wifex xxunmaskingxxx and when you lovxdx you were my other husbandx claudiox another herox herox nothing certainerx one hero died defilxdx but i do livex and surely as i livex i am a maidx don pedrox the former herox hero that is deadx leonatox she diedx my lordx but whiles her slander livxdx friarx all this amazement can i qualifyx when after that the holy rites are endedx ixll tell you largely of fair heroxs deathx meantimex let wonder seem familiarx and to the chapel let us presentlyx benedickx soft and fairx friarx which is beatricex beatricex xxunmaskingxxx i answer to that namex what is your willx benedickx do not you love mex beatricex whyx nox no more than reasonx benedickx whyx thenx your uncle and the prince and claudio have been deceivedx for they swore you didx beatricex do not you love mex benedickx trothx nox no more than reasonx beatricex whyx then my cousinx margaretx and ursulax are much deceivxdx for they did swear you didx benedickx they swore that you were almost sick for mex beatricex they swore that you were wellxnigh dead for mex benedickx xtis no such matterx then you do not love mex beatricex nox trulyx but in friendly recompensex leonatox comex cousinx i am sure you love the gentlemanx claudiox and ixll be sworn upon xt that he loves herx for herexs a paper written in his handx a halting sonnet of his own pure brainx fashionxd to beatricex herox and herexs anotherx writ in my cousinxs handx stolen from her pocketx containing her affection unto benedickx benedickx a miraclex herexs our own hands against our heartsx comex i will have theex butx by this lightx i take thee for pityx beatricex i would not deny youx butx by this good dayx i yield upon great persuasionx and partly to save your lifex for i was told you were in a consumptionx benedickx peacex i will stop your mouthx xxkisses herxxx don pedrox how dost thoux benedickx the married manx benedickx ixll tell thee whatx princex a college of witcrackers cannout flout me out of my humourx dost thou think i care for a satire or an epigramx nox if man will be beaten with brainsx ax shall wear nothing handsome about himx in briefx since i do purpose to marryx i will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against itx and therefore never flout at me for what i have said against itx for man is a giddy thingx and this is my conclusionx for thy partx claudiox i did think to have beaten theex butx in that thou art like to be my kinsmanx live unbruisedx and love my cousinx claudiox i had well hoped thou wouldst have denied beatricex that i might have cudgelled thee out of thy single lifex to make thee a doublexdealerx whichx out of questionx thou wilt bex if my cousin do not look exceeding narrowly to theex benedickx comex comex we are friendsx letxs have a dance ere we are marriedx that we may lighten our own hearts and our wivesx heelsx leonatox wexll have dancing afterwardx benedickx firstx of my wordx therefore playx musicx princex thou art sadx get thee a wifex get thee a wifex there is no staff more reverent than one tipped with hornx enter messengerx messengerx my lordx your brother john is taxen in flightx and brought with armed men back to messinax benedickx think not on him till tomorrowx ixll devise thee brave punishments for himx strike upx pipersx xxdancex exeuntxxx othellox the moor of venice contents act i scene ix venicex a streetx scene iix venicex another streetx scene iiix venicex a council chamberx act ii scene ix a seaport in cyprusx a platformx scene iix a streetx scene iiix a hall in the castlex act iii scene ix cyprusx before the castlex scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex scene iiix cyprusx the garden of the castlex scene ivx cyprusx before the castlex act iv scene ix cyprusx before the castlex scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex scene iiix cyprusx another room in the castlex act v scene ix cyprusx a streetx scene iix cyprusx a bedchamber in the castlex dramatis personx duke of venice brabantiox a senator of venice and desdemonaxs father other senators gratianox brother to brabantio lodovicox kinsman to brabantio othellox a noble moor in the service of venice cassiox his lieutenant iagox his ancient montanox othelloxs predecessor in the government of cyprus roderigox a venetian gentleman clownx servant to othello desdemonax daughter to brabantio and wife to othello emiliax wife to iago biancax mistress to cassio officersx gentlemenx messengerx musiciansx heraldx sailorx attendantsx xcx scenex the first act in venicex during the rest of the play at a seaport in cyprusx act i scene ix venicex a streetx enter roderigo and iagox roderigox tushx never tell mex i take it much unkindly that thoux iagox who hast had my pursex as if the strings were thinex shouldst know of thisx iagox xsbloodx but you will not hear mex if ever i did dream of such a matterx abhor mex roderigox thou toldxst mex thou didst hold him in thy hatex iagox despise me if i do notx three great ones of the cityx in personal suit to make me his lieutenantx offxcappxd to himx and by the faith of manx i know my pricex i am worth no worse a placex but hex as loving his own pride and purposesx evades themx with a bombast circumstancex horribly stuffxd with epithets of warx and in conclusionx nonsuits my mediatorsx for xcertesxx says hex xi have already chose my officerxx and what was hex forsoothx a great arithmeticianx one michael cassiox a florentinex a fellow almost damnxd in a fair wifex that never set a squadron in the fieldx nor the division of a battle knows more than a spinsterx unless the bookish theoricx wherein the toged consuls can propose as masterly as hex mere prattle without practice is all his soldiershipx but hex sirx had the electionx and ix of whom his eyes had seen the proof at rhodesx at cyprusx and on other groundsx christian and heathenx must be beleexd and calmxd by debitor and creditorx this counterxcasterx hex in good timex must his lieutenant bex and ix god bless the markx his moorshipxs ancientx roderigox by heavenx i rather would have been his hangmanx iagox whyx therexs no remedyx xtis the curse of servicex preferment goes by letter and affectionx and not by old gradationx where each second stood heir to the firstx now sirx be judge yourself whether i in any just term am affinxd to love the moorx roderigox i would not follow himx thenx iagox ox sirx content youx i follow him to serve my turn upon himx we cannot all be mastersx nor all masters cannot be truly followxdx you shall mark many a duteous and kneexcrooking knave thatx doting on his own obsequious bondagex wears out his timex much like his masterxs assx for nought but provenderx and when hexs oldx cashierxdx whip me such honest knavesx others there are whox trimmxd in formsx and visages of dutyx keep yet their hearts attending on themselvesx and throwing but shows of service on their lordsx do well thrive by themx and when they have linxd their coatsx do themselves homagex these fellows have some soulx and such a one do i profess myselfx forx sirx it is as sure as you are roderigox were i the moorx i would not be iagox in following himx i follow but myselfx heaven is my judgex not i for love and dutyx but seeming so for my peculiar endx for when my outward action doth demonstrate the native act and figure of my heart in complement externx xtis not long after but i will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck atx i am not what i amx roderigox what a full fortune does the thickxlips owex if he can carryxt thusx iagox call up her fatherx rouse himx make after himx poison his delightx proclaim him in the streetsx incense her kinsmenx and though he in a fertile climate dwellx plague him with fliesx though that his joy be joyx yet throw such changes of vexation onxtx as it may lose some colorx roderigox here is her fatherxs housex ixll call aloudx iagox dox with like timorous accent and dire yell as whenx by night and negligencex the fire is spied in populous citiesx roderigox what hox brabantiox signior brabantiox hox iagox awakex what hox brabantiox thievesx thievesx look to your housex your daughterx and your bagsx thievesx thievesx brabantio appears above at a windowx brabantiox what is the reason of this terrible summonsx what is the matter therex roderigox signiorx is all your family withinx iagox are your doors lockedx brabantiox whyx wherefore ask you thisx iagox zoundsx sirx youxre robbxdx for shame put on your gownx your heart is burstx you have lost half your soulx even nowx nowx very nowx an old black ram is tupping your white ewex arisex arisex awake the snorting citizens with the bellx or else the devil will make a grandsire of youx arisex i sayx brabantiox whatx have you lost your witsx roderigox most reverend signiorx do you know my voicex brabantiox not ix what are youx roderigox my name is roderigox brabantiox the worser welcomex i have chargxd thee not to haunt about my doorsx in honest plainness thou hast heard me say my daughter is not for theex and now in madnessx being full of supper and distempering draughtsx upon malicious braveryx dost thou come to start my quietx roderigox sirx sirx sirxx brabantiox but thou must needs be sure my spirit and my place have in them power to make this bitter to theex roderigox patiencex good sirx brabantiox what tellxst thou me of robbingx this is venicex my house is not a grangex roderigox most grave brabantiox in simple and pure soul i come to youx iagox zoundsx sirx you are one of those that will not serve god if the devil bid youx because we come to do you servicex and you think we are ruffiansx youxll have your daughter coverxd with a barbary horsex youxll have your nephews neigh to youx youxll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germansx brabantiox what profane wretch art thoux iagox i am onex sirx that comes to tell you your daughter and the moor are now making the beast with two backsx brabantiox thou art a villainx iagox you are a senatorx brabantiox this thou shalt answerx i know theex roderigox roderigox sirx i will answer anythingx but i beseech youx if xt be your pleasurex and most wise consentx xas partly i find it isx that your fair daughterx at this oddxeven and dull watch ox the nightx transported with no worse nor better guardx but with a knave of common hirex a gondolierx to the gross clasps of a lascivious moorx if this be known to youx and your allowancex we then have done you bold and saucy wrongsx but if you know not thisx my manners tell mex we have your wrong rebukex do not believe that from the sense of all civilityx i thus would play and trifle with your reverencex your daughter xif you have not given her leavex i say againx hath made a gross revoltx tying her dutyx beautyx witx and fortunes in an extravagant and wheeling stranger of here and everywherex straight satisfy yourselfx if she be in her chamber or your housex let loose on me the justice of the state for thus deluding youx brabantiox strike on the tinderx hox give me a taperx call up all my peoplex this accident is not unlike my dreamx belief of it oppresses me alreadyx lightx i sayx lightx xxexit from abovexxx iagox farewellx for i must leave youx it seems not meet nor wholesome to my place to be producxdx as if i stay i shallx against the moorx for i do know the statex however this may gall him with some checkx cannot with safety cast himx for hexs embarkxd with such loud reason to the cyprus warsx which even now stand in actx thatx for their soulsx another of his fathom they have none to lead their businessx in which regardx though i do hate him as i do hell painsx yetx for necessity of present lifex i must show out a flag and sign of lovex which is indeed but signx that you shall surely find himx lead to the sagittary the raised searchx and there will i be with himx sox farewellx xxexitxxx enter brabantio with servants and torchesx brabantiox it is too true an evilx gone she isx and whatxs to come of my despised timex is naught but bitternessx now roderigox where didst thou see herx xo unhappy girlxx with the moorx sayxst thoux xwho would be a fatherxx how didst thou know xtwas shex xox she deceives me past thoughtxx what said she to youx get more tapersx raise all my kindredx are they marriedx think youx roderigox truly i think they arex brabantiox o heavenx how got she outx o treason of the bloodx fathersx from hence trust not your daughtersx minds by what you see them actx is there not charms by which the property of youth and maidhood may be abusedx have you not readx roderigox of some such thingx roderigox yesx sirx i have indeedx brabantiox call up my brotherx ox would you had had herx some one wayx some anotherx do you know where we may apprehend her and the moorx roderigox i think i can discover himx if you please to get good guardx and go along with mex brabantiox pray you lead onx at every house ixll callx i may command at mostx get weaponsx hox and raise some special officers of nightx onx good roderigox i will deserve your painsx xxexeuntxxx scene iix venicex another streetx enter othellox iago and attendants with torchesx iagox though in the trade of war i have slain menx yet do i hold it very stuff ox the conscience to do no contrivxd murderx i lack iniquity sometimes to do me servicex nine or ten times i had thought to have yerkxd him here under the ribsx othellox xtis better as it isx iagox nayx but he pratedx and spoke such scurvy and provoking terms against your honourx that with the little godliness i havex i did full hard forbear himx but i pray youx sirx are you fast marriedx be assurxd of thisx that the magnifico is much belovxd and hath in his effect a voice potential as double as the dukexsx he will divorce youx or put upon you what restraint and grievance the law xwith all his might to enforce it onx will give him cablex othellox let him do his spitex my servicesx which i have done the signioryx shall outxtongue his complaintsx xtis yet to knowxx whichx when i know that boasting is an honourx i shall promulgatexxi fetch my life and being from men of royal siegex and my demerits may speak unbonneted to as proud a fortune as this that i have reachxdx for knowx iagox but that i love the gentle desdemonax i would not my unhoused free condition put into circumscription and confine for the seaxs worthx but lookx what lights come yondx iagox those are the raised father and his friendsx you were best go inx othellox not ix i must be foundx my partsx my titlex and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightlyx is it theyx iagox by janusx i think nox enter cassio and officers with torchesx othellox the servants of the duke and my lieutenantx the goodness of the night upon youx friendsx what is the newsx cassiox the duke does greet youx generalx and he requires your hastexpostxhaste appearance even on the instantx othellox what is the matterx think youx cassiox something from cyprusx as i may divinex it is a business of some heatx the galleys have sent a dozen sequent messengers this very night at one anotherxs heelsx and many of the consulsx raisxd and metx are at the dukexs alreadyx you have been hotly callxd forx whenx being not at your lodging to be foundx the senate hath sent about three several quests to search you outx othellox xtis well i am found by youx i will but spend a word here in the housex and go with youx xxexitxxx cassiox ancientx what makes he herex iagox faithx he tonight hath boarded a land carrackx if it prove lawful prizex hexs made foreverx cassiox i do not understandx iagox hexs marriedx cassiox to whox enter othellox iagox marry toxcomex captainx will you gox othellox have with youx cassiox here comes another troop to seek for youx enter brabantiox roderigo and officers with torches and weaponsx iagox it is brabantiox generalx be advisxdx he comes to bad intentx othellox hollax stand therex roderigox signiorx it is the moorx brabantiox down with himx thiefx xxthey draw on both sidesxxx iagox youx roderigox comex sirx i am for youx othellox keep up your bright swordsx for the dew will rust themx good signiorx you shall more command with years than with your weaponsx brabantiox o thou foul thiefx where hast thou stowxd my daughterx damnxd as thou artx thou hast enchanted herx for ixll refer me to all things of sensex xif she in chains of magic were not boundx whether a maid so tenderx fairx and happyx so opposite to marriagex that she shunnxd the wealthy curled darlings of our nationx would ever havex to incur a general mockx run from her guardage to the sooty bosom of such a thing as thouxto fearx not to delightx judge me the worldx if xtis not gross in sensex that thou hast practisxd on her with foul charmsx abusxd her delicate youth with drugs or minerals that weakens motionx ixll havext disputed onx xtis probablex and palpable to thinkingx i therefore apprehend and do attach thee for an abuser of the worldx a practiser of arts inhibited and out of warrantxx lay hold upon himx if he do resistx subdue him at his perilx othellox hold your handsx both you of my inclining and the restx were it my cue to fightx i should have known it without a prompterx where will you that i go to answer this your chargex brabantiox to prisonx till fit time of law and course of direct session call thee to answerx othellox what if i do obeyx how may the duke be therewith satisfiedx whose messengers are here about my sidex upon some present business of the statex to bring me to himx officerx xtis truex most worthy signiorx the dukexs in councilx and your noble selfx i am sure is sent forx brabantiox howx the duke in councilx in this time of the nightx bring him awayx minexs not an idle causex the duke himselfx or any of my brothers of the statex cannot but feel this wrong as xtwere their ownx for if such actions may have passage freex bondxslaves and pagans shall our statesmen bex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix venicex a council chamberx the duke and senators sitting at a tablex officers attendingx dukex there is no composition in these news that gives them creditx first senatorx indeedx they are disproportionxdx my letters say a hundred and seven galleysx dukex and mine a hundred and fortyx second senator and mine two hundredx but though they jump not on a just accountx xas in these casesx where the aim reportsx xtis oft with differencexx yet do they all confirm a turkish fleetx and bearing up to cyprusx dukex nayx it is possible enough to judgementx i do not so secure me in the errorx but the main article i do approve in fearful sensex sailorx xxwithinxxx whatx hox whatx hox whatx hox officerx a messenger from the galleysx enter sailorx dukex nowxxwhatxs the businessx sailorx the turkish preparation makes for rhodesx so was i bid report here to the state by signior angelox dukex how say you by this changex first senatorx this cannot be by no assay of reasonx xtis a pageant to keep us in false gazex when we consider the importancy of cyprus to the turkx and let ourselves again but understand thatx as it more concerns the turk than rhodesx so may he with more facile question bear itx for that it stands not in such warlike bracex but altogether lacks the abilities that rhodes is dressxd inx if we make thought of thisx we must not think the turk is so unskilful to leave that latest which concerns him firstx neglecting an attempt of ease and gainx to wake and wage a danger profitlessx dukex nayx in all confidencex hexs not for rhodesx officerx here is more newsx enter a messengerx messengerx the ottomitesx reverend and graciousx steering with due course toward the isle of rhodesx have there injointed them with an after fleetx first senatorx ayx so i thoughtx how manyx as you guessx messengerx of thirty sailx and now they do rexstem their backward coursex bearing with frank appearance their purposes toward cyprusx signior montanox your trusty and most valiant servitorx with his free duty recommends you thusx and prays you to believe himx dukex xtis certainx thenx for cyprusx marcus luccicosx is not he in townx first senatorx hexs now in florencex dukex write from us to himx postxpostxhaste dispatchx first senatorx here comes brabantio and the valiant moorx enter brabantiox othellox iagox roderigo and officersx dukex valiant othellox we must straight employ you against the general enemy ottomanx xxto brabantioxxx i did not see youx welcomex gentle signiorx we lackxd your counsel and your help tonightx brabantiox so did i yoursx good your gracex pardon mex neither my placex nor aught i heard of business hath raisxd me from my bedx nor doth the general care take hold on mex for my particular grief is of so floodxgate and oxerbearing nature that it engluts and swallows other sorrowsx and it is still itselfx dukex whyx whatxs the matterx brabantiox my daughterx ox my daughterx duke and senatorsx deadx brabantiox ayx to mex she is abusedx stolxn from mex and corrupted by spells and medicines bought of mountebanksx for nature so preposterously to errx being not deficientx blindx or lame of sensex sans witchcraft could notx dukex whoexer he bex that in this foul proceedingx hath thus beguilxd your daughter of herselfx and you of herx the bloody book of law you shall yourself read in the bitter letterx after your own sensex yeax though our proper son stood in your actionx brabantiox humbly i thank your gracex here is the manx this moorx whom now it seems your special mandate for the state affairs hath hither broughtx allx we are very sorry for xtx dukex xxto othelloxxx whatx in your own partx can you say to thisx brabantiox nothingx but this is sox othellox most potentx gravex and reverend signiorsx my very noble and approvxd good mastersx that i have taxen away this old manxs daughterx it is most truex truex i have married herx the very head and front of my offending hath this extentx no morex rude am i in my speechx and little blessxd with the soft phrase of peacex for since these arms of mine had seven yearsx pithx till now some nine moons wastedx they have usxd their dearest action in the tented fieldx and little of this great world can i speakx more than pertains to feats of broil and battlex and therefore little shall i grace my cause in speaking for myselfx yetx by your gracious patiencex i will a round unvarnishxd tale deliver of my whole course of lovex what drugsx what charmsx what conjurationx and what mighty magicx xfor such proceeding i am charged withalx i won his daughterx brabantiox a maiden never boldx of spirit so still and quiet that her motion blushxd at herselfx and shex in spite of naturex of yearsx of countryx creditx everythingx to fall in love with what she fearxd to look onx it is judgement maimxd and most imperfect that will confess perfection so could err against all rules of naturex and must be driven to find out practices of cunning hellx why this should bex i therefore vouch againx that with some mixtures powerful oxer the bloodx or with some dram conjurxd to this effectx he wrought upon herx dukex to vouch this is no proofx without more wider and more overt test than these thin habits and poor likelihoods of modern seeming do prefer against himx first senatorx butx othellox speakx did you by indirect and forced courses subdue and poison this young maidxs affectionsx or came it by requestx and such fair question as soul to soul affordethx othellox i do beseech youx send for the lady to the sagittaryx and let her speak of me before her fatherx if you do find me foul in her reportx the trustx the office i do hold of youx not only take awayx but let your sentence even fall upon my lifex dukex fetch desdemona hitherx othellox ancientx conduct themx you best know the placex xxexeunt iago and attendantsxxx and till she comex as truly as to heaven i do confess the vices of my bloodx so justly to your grave ears ixll present how i did thrive in this fair ladyxs lovex and she in minex dukex say itx othellox othellox her father lovxd mex oft invited mex still questionxd me the story of my lifex from year to yearxthe battlesx siegesx fortunesx that i have passxdx i ran it throughx even from my boyish days to the very moment that he bade me tell itx wherein i spake of most disastrous chancesx of moving accidents by flood and fieldx of hairxbreadth scapes ix thx imminent deadly breachx of being taken by the insolent foex and sold to slaveryx of my redemption thencex and portance in my travelerxs historyx wherein of antres vast and deserts idlex rough quarriesx rocksx and hills whose heads touch heavenx it was my hint to speakxxsuch was the processx and of the cannibals that each other eatx the anthropophagix and men whose heads do grow beneath their shouldersx this to hear would desdemona seriously inclinex but still the house affairs would draw her thencex which ever as she could with haste dispatchx shexd come againx and with a greedy ear devour up my discoursex which i observingx took once a pliant hourx and found good means to draw from her a prayer of earnest heart that i would all my pilgrimage dilatex whereof by parcels she had something heardx but not intentivelyx i did consentx and often did beguile her of her tearsx when i did speak of some distressful stroke that my youth sufferxdx my story being donex she gave me for my pains a world of sighsx she sworex in faithx xtwas strangex xtwas passing strangex xtwas pitifulx xtwas wondrous pitifulx she wishxd she had not heard itx yet she wishxd that heaven had made her such a manx she thankxd mex and bade mex if i had a friend that lovxd herx i should but teach him how to tell my storyx and that would woo herx upon this hint i spakex she lovxd me for the dangers i had passxdx and i lovxd her that she did pity themx this only is the witchcraft i have usxdx here comes the ladyx let her witness itx enter desdemonax iago and attendantsx dukex i think this tale would win my daughter toox good brabantiox take up this mangled matter at the bestx men do their broken weapons rather use than their bare handsx brabantiox i pray you hear her speakx if she confess that she was half the wooerx destruction on my headx if my bad blame light on the manxxcome hitherx gentle mistressx do you perceive in all this noble company where most you owe obediencex desdemonax my noble fatherx i do perceive here a divided dutyx to you i am bound for life and educationx my life and education both do learn me how to respect youx you are the lord of dutyx i am hitherto your daughterx but herexs my husbandx and so much duty as my mother showxd to youx preferring you before her fatherx so much i challenge that i may profess due to the moor my lordx brabantiox god be with youx i have donex please it your gracex on to the state affairsx i had rather to adopt a child than get itxx come hitherx moorx i here do give thee that with all my heart whichx but thou hast alreadyx with all my heart i would keep from theexxfor your sakex jewelx i am glad at soul i have no other childx for thy escape would teach me tyrannyx to hang clogs on themxxi have donex my lordx dukex let me speak like yourselfx and lay a sentencex which as a grise or step may help these lovers into your favourx when remedies are pastx the griefs are ended by seeing the worstx which late on hopes dependedx to mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief onx what cannot be preserved when fortune takesx patience her injury a mockery makesx the robbxd that smiles steals something from the thiefx he robs himself that spends a bootless griefx brabantiox so let the turk of cyprus us beguilex we lose it not so long as we can smilex he bears the sentence wellx that nothing bears but the free comfort which from thence he hearsx but he bears both the sentence and the sorrow thatx to pay griefx must of poor patience borrowx these sentences to sugar or to gallx being strong on both sidesx are equivocalx but words are wordsx i never yet did hear that the bruisxd heart was pierced through the earx i humbly beseech youx proceed to the affairs of statex dukex the turk with a most mighty preparation makes for cyprusx othellox the fortitude of the place is best known to youx and though we have there a substitute of most allowed sufficiencyx yet opinionx a sovereign mistress of effectsx throws a more safer voice on youx you must therefore be content to slubber the gloss of your new fortunes with this more stubborn and boisterous expeditionx othellox the tyrant customx most grave senatorsx hath made the flinty and steel couch of war my thricexdriven bed of downx i do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity i find in hardnessx and do undertake this present wars against the ottomitesx most humblyx thereforex bending to your statex i crave fit disposition for my wifex due reference of place and exhibitionx with such accommodation and besort as levels with her breedingx dukex if you pleasex bext at her fatherxsx brabantiox ixll not have it sox othellox nor ix desdemonax nor ix i would not there residex to put my father in impatient thoughtsx by being in his eyex most gracious dukex to my unfolding lend your prosperous earx and let me find a charter in your voice tx assist my simplenessx dukex what would youx desdemonax desdemonax that i did love the moor to live with himx my downright violence and storm of fortunes may trumpet to the worldx my heartxs subdued even to the very quality of my lordx i saw othelloxs visage in his mindx and to his honours and his valiant parts did i my soul and fortunes consecratex so thatx dear lordsx if i be left behindx a moth of peacex and he go to the warx the rites for which i love him are bereft mex and i a heavy interim shall support by his dear absencex let me go with himx othellox let her have your voicex vouch with mex heavenx i therefore beg it not to please the palate of my appetitex nor to comply with heatx the young affects in me defunctx and proper satisfactionx but to be free and bounteous to her mindx and heaven defend your good souls that you think i will your serious and great business scant for she is with mex nox when lightxwingxd toys of featherxd cupid seel with wanton dullness my speculative and officxd instrumentsx that my disports corrupt and taint my businessx let housewives make a skillet of my helmx and all indign and base adversities make head against my estimationx dukex be it as you shall privately determinex either for her stay or goingx the affair cries hastex and speed must answer itx first senatorx you must away tonightx othellox with all my heartx dukex at nine ix the morning here wexll meet againx othellox leave some officer behindx and he shall our commission bring to youx with such things else of quality and respect as doth import youx othellox so please your gracex my ancientx a man he is of honesty and trustx to his conveyance i assign my wifex with what else needful your good grace shall think to be sent after mex dukex let it be sox good night to everyonex xxto brabantioxxx andx noble signiorx if virtue no delighted beauty lackx your sonxinxlaw is far more fair than blackx first senatorx adieux brave moorx use desdemona wellx brabantiox look to herx moorx if thou hast eyes to seex she has deceivxd her fatherx and may theex xxexeunt dukex senatorsx officersx xcxxx othellox my life upon her faithx honest iagox my desdemona must i leave to theex i pritheex let thy wife attend on herx and bring them after in the best advantagexx comex desdemonax i have but an hour of lovex of worldly mattersx and directionx to spend with theex we must obey the timex xxexeunt othello and desdemonaxxx roderigox iagox iagox what sayst thoux noble heartx roderigox what will i dox thinkest thoux iagox whyx go to bed and sleepx roderigox i will incontinently drown myselfx iagox if thou dostx i shall never love thee afterx whyx thou silly gentlemanx roderigox it is silliness to livex when to live is tormentx and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physicianx iagox o villainousx i have looked upon the world for four times seven yearsx and since i could distinguish betwixt a benefit and an injuryx i never found man that knew how to love himselfx ere i would say i would drown myself for the love of a guineaxhenx i would change my humanity with a baboonx roderigox what should i dox i confess it is my shame to be so fondx but it is not in my virtue to amend itx iagox virtuex a figx xtis in ourselves that we are thus or thusx our bodies are gardensx to the which our wills are gardenersx so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettucex set hyssop and weed up thymex supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with manyx either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industryx whyx the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our willsx if the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensualityx the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusionsx but we have reason to cool our raging motionsx our carnal stingsx our unbitted lustsx whereof i take thisx that you call lovex to be a sectx or scionx roderigox it cannot bex iagox it is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the willx comex be a manx drown thyselfx drown cats and blind puppiesx i have professed me thy friendx and i confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable toughnessx i could never better stead thee than nowx put money in thy pursex follow thou the warsx defeat thy favour with an usurped beardx i sayx put money in thy pursex it cannot be that desdemona should long continue her love to the moorxxput money in thy pursexxnor he his to herx it was a violent commencementx and thou shalt see an answerable sequestrationxput but money in thy pursex these moors are changeable in their willsx fill thy purse with moneyx the food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as acerb as the coloquintidax she must change for youthx when she is sated with his bodyx she will find the error of her choicex she must have changex she mustx therefore put money in thy pursex if thou wilt needs damn thyselfx do it a more delicate way than drowningx make all the money thou canstx if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a supersubtle venetian be not too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hellx thou shalt enjoy herx therefore make moneyx a pox of drowning thyselfx it is clean out of the wayx seek thou rather to be hanged in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and go without herx roderigox wilt thou be fast to my hopes if i depend on the issuex iagox thou art sure of mex gox make moneyx i have told thee oftenx and i retell thee again and againx i hate the moorx my cause is heartedx thine hath no less reasonx let us be conjunctive in our revenge against himx if thou canst cuckold himx thou dost thyself a pleasurex me a sportx there are many events in the womb of time which will be deliveredx traversex gox provide thy moneyx we will have more of this tomorrowx adieux roderigox where shall we meet ix the morningx iagox at my lodgingx roderigox ixll be with thee betimesx iagox go tox farewellx do you hearx roderigox roderigox what say youx iagox no more of drowningx do you hearx roderigox i am changedx ixll sell all my landx xxexitxxx iagox thus do i ever make my fool my pursex for i mine own gainxd knowledge should profane if i would time expend with such a snipe but for my sport and profitx i hate the moorx and it is thought abroad that xtwixt my sheets he has done my officex i know not if xt be truex but ix for mere suspicion in that kindx will do as if for suretyx he holds me wellx the better shall my purpose work on himx cassioxs a proper manx let me see nowx to get his placex and to plume up my will in double knaveryx howx howx letxs seex after some timex to abuse othelloxs ear that he is too familiar with his wifex he hath a person and a smooth disposex to be suspectedx framxd to make women falsex the moor is of a free and open nature that thinks men honest that but seem to be sox and will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses arex i havextx it is engenderxdx hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the worldxs lightx xxexitxxx act ii scene ix a seaport in cyprusx a platformx enter montano and two gentlemenx montanox what from the cape can you discern at seax first gentlemanx nothing at allx it is a highxwrought floodx i cannot xtwixt the heaven and the main descry a sailx montanox methinks the wind hath spoke aloud at landx a fuller blast nexer shook our battlementsx if it hath ruffianxd so upon the seax what ribs of oakx when mountains melt on themx can hold the mortisex what shall we hear of thisx second gentlemanx a segregation of the turkish fleetx for do but stand upon the foaming shorex the chidden billow seems to pelt the cloudsx the windxshakxd surgex with high and monstrous mainx seems to cast water on the burning bearx and quench the guards of the everxfixed polex i never did like molestation view on the enchafed floodx montanox if that the turkish fleet be not enshelterxdx and embayxdx they are drownxdx it is impossible to bear it outx enter a third gentlemanx third gentlemanx newsx ladsx our wars are donex the desperate tempest hath so bangxd the turks that their designment haltsx a noble ship of venice hath seen a grievous wreck and sufferance on most part of their fleetx montanox howx is this truex third gentlemanx the ship is here put inx a veronessax michael cassiox lieutenant to the warlike moor othellox is come on shorex the moor himself at seax and is in full commission here for cyprusx montanox i am glad onxtx xtis a worthy governorx third gentlemanx but this same cassiox though he speak of comfort touching the turkish lossx yet he looks sadlyx and prays the moor be safex for they were parted with foul and violent tempestx montanox pray heavens he bex for i have servxd himx and the man commands like a full soldierx letxs to the seaxsidex hox as well to see the vessel thatxs come in as to throw out our eyes for brave othellox even till we make the main and the aerial blue an indistinct regardx third gentlemanx comex letxs do sox for every minute is expectancy of more arrivancex enter cassiox cassiox thanks youx the valiant of this warlike islex that so approve the moorx ox let the heavens give him defence against the elementsx for i have lost him on a dangerous seax montanox is he well shippxdx cassiox his bark is stoutly timberxdx and his pilot of very expert and approvxd allowancex therefore my hopesx not surfeited to deathx stand in bold curex xxwithinxxx a sailx a sailx a sailx enter a messengerx cassiox what noisex messengerx the town is emptyx on the brow ox the sea stand ranks of peoplex and they cry xa sailxx cassiox my hopes do shape him for the governorx xxa shotxxx second gentlemanx they do discharge their shot of courtesyx our friends at leastx cassiox i pray youx sirx go forthx and give us truth who xtis that is arrivxdx second gentlemanx i shallx xxexitxxx montanox butx good lieutenantx is your general wivxdx cassiox most fortunatelyx he hath achievxd a maid that paragons description and wild famex one that excels the quirks of blazoning pensx and in the essential vesture of creation does tire the ingenerx enter second gentlemanx how nowx who has put inx second gentlemanx xtis one iagox ancient to the generalx cassiox he has had most favourable and happy speedx tempests themselvesx high seasx and howling windsx the gutterxd rocksx and congregated sandsx traitors ensteepxd to clog the guiltless keelx as having sense of beautyx do omit their mortal naturesx letting go safely by the divine desdemonax montanox what is shex cassiox she that i spake ofx our great captainxs captainx left in the conduct of the bold iagox whose footing here anticipates our thoughts a sexnnightxs speedx great jovex othello guardx and swell his sail with thine own powerful breathx that he may bless this bay with his tall shipx make lovexs quick pants in desdemonaxs armsx give renewxd fire to our extincted spiritsx and bring all cyprus comfortx enter desdemonax iagox roderigox and emiliax ox beholdx the riches of the ship is come on shorex ye men of cyprusx let her have your kneesx hail to theex ladyx and the grace of heavenx beforex behind theex and on every handx enwheel thee roundx desdemonax i thank youx valiant cassiox what tidings can you tell me of my lordx cassiox he is not yet arrivedx nor know i aught but that hexs wellx and will be shortly herex desdemonax ox but i fearxhow lost you companyx xxwithinxxx a sailx a sailx cassiox the great contention of the sea and skies parted our fellowshipx butx harkx a sailx xxguns withinxxx second gentlemanx they give their greeting to the citadelx this likewise is a friendx cassiox see for the newsx xxexit gentlemanxxx good ancientx you are welcomex xxto emiliaxxx welcomex mistressx let it not gall your patiencex good iagox that i extend my mannersx xtis my breeding that gives me this bold show of courtesyx xxkissing herxxx iagox sirx would she give you so much of her lips as of her tongue she oft bestows on mex you would have enoughx desdemonax alasx she has no speechx iagox in faithx too muchx i find it still when i have list to sleepx marryx before your ladyshipx i grantx she puts her tongue a little in her heartx and chides with thinkingx emiliax you have little cause to say sox iagox come onx come onx you are pictures out of doorsx bells in your parloursx wildxcats in your kitchensx saints in your injuriesx devils being offendedx players in your housewiferyx and housewives in your bedsx desdemonax ox fie upon theex slandererx iagox nayx it is truex or else i am a turkx you rise to playx and go to bed to workx emiliax you shall not write my praisex iagox nox let me notx desdemonax what wouldst thou write of mex if thou shouldst praise mex iagox o gentle ladyx do not put me toxtx for i am nothing if not criticalx desdemonax come onx assayxxtherexs one gone to the harbourx iagox ayx madamx desdemonax i am not merryx but i do beguile the thing i amx by seeming otherwisexx comex how wouldst thou praise mex iagox i am about itx but indeedx my invention comes from my pate as birdlime does from friezex it plucks out brains and allx but my muse laboursx and thus she is deliverxdx if she be fair and wisex fairness and witx the onexs for usex the other useth itx desdemonax well praisxdx how if she be black and wittyx iagox if she be blackx and thereto have a witx shexll find a white that shall her blackness fitx desdemonax worse and worsex emiliax how if fair and foolishx iagox she never yet was foolish that was fairx for even her folly helpxd her to an heirx desdemonax these are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh ix the alehousex what miserable praise hast thou for her thatxs foul and foolishx iagox therexs none so foul and foolish thereuntox but does foul pranks which fair and wise ones dox desdemonax o heavy ignorancex thou praisest the worst bestx but what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving woman indeedx one that in the authority of her merit did justly put on the vouch of very malice itselfx iagox she that was ever fair and never proudx had tongue at will and yet was never loudx never lackxd gold and yet went never gayx fled from her wishx and yet saidx xnow i mayxx she thatx being angerxdx her revenge being nighx bade her wrong stay and her displeasure flyx she that in wisdom never was so frail to change the codxs head for the salmonxs tailx she that could think and nexer disclose her mindx see suitors following and not look behindx she was a wightx if ever such wight werex desdemonax to do whatx iagox to suckle fools and chronicle small beerx desdemonax o most lame and impotent conclusionxxdo not learn of himx emiliax though he be thy husbandxxhow say youx cassiox is he not a most profane and liberal counsellorx cassiox he speaks homex madamx you may relish him more in the soldier than in the scholarx iagox xxasidexxx he takes her by the palmx ayx well saidx whisperx with as little a web as this will i ensnare as great a fly as cassiox ayx smile upon herx dox i will gyve thee in thine own courtshipx you say truex xtis sox indeedx if such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantryx it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so oftx which now again you are most apt to play the sir inx very goodx well kissedx an excellent courtesyx xtis sox indeedx yet again your fingers to your lipsx would they were clysterxpipes for your sakex xxtrumpets withinxxx the moorx i know his trumpetx cassiox xtis truly sox desdemonax letxs meet himx and receive himx cassiox lox where he comesx enter othello and attendantsx othellox o my fair warriorx desdemonax my dear othellox othellox it gives me wonder great as my content to see you here before mex o my soulxs joyx if after every tempest come such calmsx may the winds blow till they have wakenxd deathx and let the labouring bark climb hills of seas olympusxhighx and duck again as low as hellxs from heavenx if it were now to diex xtwere now to be most happyx for i fear my soul hath her content so absolute that not another comfort like to this succeeds in unknown fatex desdemonax the heavens forbid but that our loves and comforts should increase even as our days do growx othellox amen to thatx sweet powersx i cannot speak enough of this contentx it stops me herex it is too much of joyx and thisx and thisx the greatest discords be xxthey kissxxx that exer our hearts shall makex iagox xxasidexxx ox you are well tunxd nowx but ixll set down the pegs that make this musicx as honest as i amx othellox comex let us to the castlexx newsx friendsx our wars are donex the turks are drownxdx how does my old acquaintance of this islex honeyx you shall be well desirxd in cyprusx i have found great love amongst themx o my sweetx i prattle out of fashionx and i dote in mine own comfortsxxi pritheex good iagox go to the bay and disembark my coffersx bring thou the master to the citadelx he is a good onex and his worthiness does challenge much respectxxcomex desdemonax once more well met at cyprusx xxexeunt othellox desdemona and attendantsxxx iagox do thou meet me presently at the harbourx come hitherx if thou bexst valiantxasx they sayx base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to themxlist mex the lieutenant tonight watches on the court of guardx firstx i must tell thee thisx desdemona is directly in love with himx roderigox with himx whyx xtis not possiblex iagox lay thy finger thusx and let thy soul be instructedx mark me with what violence she first loved the moorx but for braggingx and telling her fantastical liesx and will she love him still for pratingx let not thy discreet heart think itx her eye must be fedx and what delight shall she have to look on the devilx when the blood is made dull with the act of sportx there should bex again to inflame it and to give satiety a fresh appetitex loveliness in favourx sympathy in yearsx mannersx and beautiesx all which the moor is defective inx nowx for want of these required conveniencesx her delicate tenderness will find itself abusedx begin to heave the gorgex disrelish and abhor the moorx very nature will instruct her in itx and compel her to some second choicex now sirx this granted xas it is a most pregnant and unforced positionx who stands so eminently in the degree of this fortune as cassio doesx a knave very volublex no further conscionable than in putting on the mere form of civil and humane seemingx for the better compassing of his salt and most hidden loose affectionx whyx nonex whyx nonex a slipper and subtle knavex a finder out of occasionsx that has an eye can stamp and counterfeit advantagesx though true advantage never present itselfx a devilish knavex besidesx the knave is handsomex youngx and hath all those requisites in him that folly and green minds look afterx a pestilent complete knavex and the woman hath found him alreadyx roderigox i cannot believe that in herx she is full of most blessed conditionx iagox blest figxs endx the wine she drinks is made of grapesx if she had been blessedx she would never have loved the moorx blessed puddingx didst thou not see her paddle with the palm of his handx didst not mark thatx roderigox yesx that i didx but that was but courtesyx iagox lecheryx by this handx an index and obscure prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughtsx they met so near with their lips that their breaths embracxd togetherx villainous thoughtsx roderigox when these mutualities so marshal the wayx hard at hand comes the master and main exercisex the incorporate conclusionx pishx butx sirx be you ruled by mex i have brought you from venicex watch you tonightx for the commandx ixll layxt upon youx cassio knows you notx ixll not be far from youx do you find some occasion to anger cassiox either by speaking too loudx or tainting his disciplinex or from what other course you pleasex which the time shall more favourably ministerx roderigox wellx iagox sirx he is rashx and very sudden in cholerx and haply with his truncheon may strike at youx provoke him that he mayx for even out of that will i cause these of cyprus to mutinyx whose qualification shall come into no true taste again but by the displanting of cassiox so shall you have a shorter journey to your desires by the means i shall then have to prefer themx and the impediment most profitably removedx without the which there were no expectation of our prosperityx roderigox i will do thisx if i can bring it to any opportunityx iagox i warrant theex meet me by and by at the citadelx i must fetch his necessaries ashorex farewellx roderigox adieux xxexitxxx iagox that cassio loves herx i do well believe itx that she loves himx xtis aptx and of great creditx the moorx howbeit that i endure him notx is of a constantx lovingx noble naturex andx i dare thinkx hexll prove to desdemona a most dear husbandx nowx i do love her toox not out of absolute lust xthough peradventure i stand accountant for as great a sinx but partly led to diet my revengex for that i do suspect the lusty moor hath leapxd into my seatx the thought whereof dothx like a poisonous mineralx gnaw my inwardsx and nothing can or shall content my soul till i am evenxd with himx wife for wifex orx failing sox yet that i put the moor at least into a jealousy so strong that judgement cannot curex which thing to dox if this poor trash of venicex whom i trash for his quick huntingx stand the putting onx ixll have our michael cassio on the hipx abuse him to the moor in the rank garb xfor i fear cassio with my nightxcap toox make the moor thank mex love mex and reward me for making him egregiously an ass and practicing upon his peace and quiet even to madnessx xtis herex but yet confusxdx knaveryxs plain face is never seen till usxdx xxexitxxx scene iix a streetx enter othelloxs herald with a proclamationx heraldx it is othelloxs pleasurex our noble and valiant generalx that upon certain tidings now arrivedx importing the mere perdition of the turkish fleetx every man put himself into triumphx some to dancex some to make bonfiresx each man to what sport and revels his addition leads himx for besides these beneficial newsx it is the celebration of his nuptialx so much was his pleasure should be proclaimedx all offices are openx and there is full liberty of feasting from this present hour of five till the bell have told elevenx heaven bless the isle of cyprus and our noble general othellox xxexitxxx scene iiix a hall in the castlex enter othellox desdemonax cassio and attendantsx othellox good michaelx look you to the guard tonightx letxs teach ourselves that honourable stopx not to outsport discretionx cassiox iago hath direction what to dox but notwithstanding with my personal eye will i look toxtx othellox iago is most honestx michaelx good nightx tomorrow with your earliest let me have speech with youx xxto desdemonaxxx comex my dear lovex the purchase madex the fruits are to ensuex that profitxs yet to come xtween me and youxx good nightx xxexeunt othellox desdemona and attendantsxxx enter iagox cassiox welcomex iagox we must to the watchx iagox not this hourx lieutenantx xtis not yet ten ox thx clockx our general cast us thus early for the love of his desdemonax who let us not therefore blamex he hath not yet made wanton the night with herx and she is sport for jovex cassiox shexs a most exquisite ladyx iagox andx ixll warrant herx full of gamex cassiox indeedx she is a most fresh and delicate creaturex iagox what an eye she hasx methinks it sounds a parley to provocationx cassiox an inviting eyex and yet methinks right modestx iagox and when she speaksx is it not an alarm to lovex cassiox she is indeed perfectionx iagox wellx happiness to their sheetsx comex lieutenantx i have a stoup of winex and here without are a brace of cyprus gallants that would fain have a measure to the health of black othellox cassiox not tonightx good iagox i have very poor and unhappy brains for drinkingx i could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainmentx iagox ox they are our friendsx but one cupx ixll drink for youx cassiox i have drunk but one cup tonightx and that was craftily qualified toox and beholdx what innovation it makes herex i am unfortunate in the infirmityx and dare not task my weakness with any morex iagox whatx manx xtis a night of revelsx the gallants desire itx cassiox where are theyx iagox here at the doorx i pray youx call them inx cassiox ixll doxtx but it dislikes mex xxexitxxx iagox if i can fasten but one cup upon himx with that which he hath drunk tonight alreadyx hexll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistressx dogx now my sick fool roderigox whom love hath turnxd almost the wrong side outx to desdemona hath tonight carousxd potations pottlexdeepx and hexs to watchx three lads of cyprusx noble swelling spiritsx that hold their honours in a wary distancex the very elements of this warlike islex have i tonight flusterxd with flowing cupsx and they watch toox nowx xmongst this flock of drunkardsx am i to put our cassio in some action that may offend the islex but here they comex if consequence do but approve my dreamx my boat sails freelyx both with wind and streamx enter cassiox montano and gentlemenx followed by servant with winex cassiox xfore godx they have given me a rouse alreadyx montanox good faithx a little onex not past a pintx as i am a soldierx iagox some winex hox xxsingsxxx xand let me the cannikin clinkx clinkx and let me the cannikin clinkx clinkx a soldierxs a manx ox manxs lifexs but a spanx why then let a soldier drinkxx some winex boysx cassiox xfore godx an excellent songx iagox i learned it in englandx where indeed they are most potent in pottingx your danex your germanx and your swagxbellied hollanderxxdrinkx hoxxare nothing to your englishx cassiox is your englishman so expert in his drinkingx iagox whyx he drinks youx with facilityx your dane dead drunkx he sweats not to overthrow your almainx he gives your hollander a vomit ere the next pottle can be filledx cassiox to the health of our generalx montanox i am for itx lieutenantx and ixll do you justicex iagox o sweet englandx xxsingsxxx xking stephen was a worthy peerx his breeches cost him but a crownx he held them sixpence all too dearx with that he callxd the tailor lownx he was a wight of high renownx and thou art but of low degreex xtis pride that pulls the country downx then take thine auld cloak about theexx some winex hox cassiox xfore godx this is a more exquisite song than the otherx iagox will you hear xt againx cassiox nox for i hold him to be unworthy of his place that does those thingsx wellx godxs above allx and there be souls must be savedx and there be souls must not be savedx iagox itxs truex good lieutenantx cassiox for mine own partx no offence to the generalx nor any man of qualityx i hope to be savedx iagox and so do i toox lieutenantx cassiox ayx butx by your leavex not before mex the lieutenant is to be saved before the ancientx letxs have no more of thisx letxs to our affairsx forgive us our sinsx gentlemenx letxs look to our businessx do not thinkx gentlemenx i am drunkx this is my ancientx this is my right handx and this is my leftx i am not drunk nowx i can stand well enoughx and i speak well enoughx allx excellent wellx cassiox whyx very well thenx you must not thinkx thenx that i am drunkx xxexitxxx montanox to the platformx mastersx comex letxs set the watchx iagox you see this fellow that is gone beforex he is a soldier fit to stand by cxsar and give directionx and do but see his vicex xtis to his virtue a just equinoxx the one as long as thx otherx xtis pity of himx i fear the trust othello puts him inx on some odd time of his infirmityx will shake this islandx montanox but is he often thusx iagox xtis evermore the prologue to his sleepx hexll watch the horologe a double set if drink rock not his cradlex montanox it were well the general were put in mind of itx perhaps he sees it notx or his good nature prizes the virtue that appears in cassiox and looks not on his evilsx is not this truex enter roderigox iagox xxaside to himxxx how nowx roderigox i pray youx after the lieutenantx gox xxexit roderigoxxx montanox and xtis great pity that the noble moor should hazard such a place as his own second with one of an ingraft infirmityx it were an honest action to say so to the moorx iagox not ix for this fair islandx i do love cassio well and would do much to cure him of this evilx butx harkx what noisex xxcry withinxx xhelpx helpxxx enter cassiox driving in roderigox cassiox zoundsx you roguex you rascalx montanox whatxs the matterx lieutenantx cassiox a knave teach me my dutyx ixll beat the knave into a twiggen bottlex roderigox beat mex cassiox dost thou pratex roguex xxstriking roderigoxxx montanox nayx good lieutenantx i pray youx sirx hold your handx cassiox let me gox sirx or ixll knock you oxer the mazardx montanox comex comex youxre drunkx cassiox drunkx xxthey fightxxx iagox xxaside to roderigoxxx awayx i sayx go out and cry a mutinyx xxexit roderigoxxx nayx good lieutenantx godxs willx gentlemenx helpx hoxxlieutenantxxsirxxmontanoxxsirxx helpx mastersx herexs a goodly watch indeedx xxa bell ringsxxx whoxs that which rings the bellxxdiablox hox the town will risex godxs willx lieutenantx holdx you will be shamxd foreverx enter othello and attendantsx othellox what is the matter herex montanox zoundsx i bleed stillx i am hurt to the deathx othellox holdx for your livesx iagox holdx hox lieutenantxxsirxxmontanoxxgentlemenxx have you forgot all place of sense and dutyx holdx the general speaks to youx holdx holdx for shamex othellox whyx how nowx hox from whence ariseth thisx are we turnxd turksx and to ourselves do that which heaven hath forbid the ottomitesx for christian shamex put by this barbarous brawlx he that stirs next to carve for his own rage holds his soul lightx he dies upon his motionx silence that dreadful bellx it frights the isle from her proprietyx what is the matterx mastersx honest iagox that looks dead with grievingx speakx who began thisx on thy lovex i charge theex iagox i do not knowx friends all but nowx even nowx in quarterx and in terms like bride and groom devesting them for bedx and thenx but nowx as if some planet had unwitted menx swords outx and tilting one at otherxs breastx in opposition bloodyx i cannot speak any beginning to this peevish oddsx and would in action glorious i had lost those legs that brought me to a part of itx othellox how comes itx michaelx you are thus forgotx cassiox i pray youx pardon mex i cannot speakx othellox worthy montanox you were wont be civilx the gravity and stillness of your youth the world hath notedx and your name is great in mouths of wisest censurex whatxs the matterx that you unlace your reputation thusx and spend your rich opinion for the name of a nightxbrawlerx give me answer to itx montanox worthy othellox i am hurt to dangerx your officerx iagox can inform youx while i spare speechx which something now offends mex of all that i do knowx nor know i aught by me thatxs said or done amiss this nightx unless selfxcharity be sometimes a vicex and to defend ourselves it be a sin when violence assails usx othellox nowx by heavenx my blood begins my safer guides to rulex and passionx having my best judgement colliedx assays to lead the wayx zoundsx if i stirx or do but lift this armx the best of you shall sink in my rebukex give me to know how this foul rout beganx who set it onx and he that is approvxd in this offencex though he had twinnxd with mex both at a birthx shall lose mex whatx in a town of warx yet wildx the peoplexs hearts brimful of fearx to manage private and domestic quarrelx in nightx and on the court and guard of safetyx xtis monstrousx iagox who beganxtx montanox if partially affinxdx or leaguxd in officex thou dost deliver more or less than truthx thou art no soldierx iagox touch me not so nearx i had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth than it should do offence to michael cassiox yet i persuade myselfx to speak the truth shall nothing wrong himx thus it isx generalx montano and myself being in speechx there comes a fellow crying out for helpx and cassio following him with determinxd swordx to execute upon himx sirx this gentleman steps in to cassio and entreats his pausex myself the crying fellow did pursuex lest by his clamour xas it so fell outx the town might fall in frightx hex swift of footx outran my purposex and i returnxd the rather for that i heard the clink and fall of swordsx and cassio high in oathx which till tonight i nexer might say beforex when i came backx xfor this was briefx i found them close togetherx at blow and thrustx even as again they were when you yourself did part themx more of this matter cannot i reportx but men are menx the best sometimes forgetx though cassio did some little wrong to himx as men in rage strike those that wish them bestx yet surely cassiox i believex receivxd from him that fled some strange indignityx which patience could not passx othellox i knowx iagox thy honesty and love doth mince this matterx making it light to cassiox cassiox i love theex but never more be officer of minex enter desdemonax attendedx lookx if my gentle love be not raisxd upx ixll make thee an examplex desdemonax whatxs the matterx othellox allxs well nowx sweetingx come away to bedx sirx for your hurtsx myself will be your surgeonx lead him offx xxmontano is led offxxx iagox look with care about the townx and silence those whom this vile brawl distractedx comex desdemonax xtis the soldiersx life to have their balmy slumbers wakxd with strifex xxexeunt all but iago and cassioxxx iagox whatx are you hurtx lieutenantx cassiox ayx past all surgeryx iagox marryx heaven forbidx cassiox reputationx reputationx reputationx ox i have lost my reputationx i have lost the immortal part of myselfx and what remains is bestialx my reputationx iagox my reputationx iagox as i am an honest manx i thought you had received some bodily woundx there is more sense in that than in reputationx reputation is an idle and most false impositionx oft got without merit and lost without deservingx you have lost no reputation at allx unless you repute yourself such a loserx whatx manx there are ways to recover the general againx you are but now cast in his moodx a punishment more in policy than in malicex even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to affright an imperious lionx sue to him againx and hexs yoursx cassiox i will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a commander with so slightx so drunkenx and so indiscreet an officerx drunkx and speak parrotx and squabblex swaggerx swearx and discourse fustian with onexs own shadowx o thou invisible spirit of winex if thou hast no name to be known byx let us call thee devilx iagox what was he that you followed with your swordx what had he done to youx cassiox i know notx iagox isxt possiblex cassiox i remember a mass of thingsx but nothing distinctlyx a quarrelx but nothing whereforex o godx that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brainsx that we should with joyx pleasancex revelx and applausex transform ourselves into beastsx iagox whyx but you are now well enoughx how came you thus recoveredx cassiox it hath pleased the devil drunkenness to give place to the devil wrathx one unperfectness shows me anotherx to make me frankly despise myselfx iagox comex you are too severe a moralerx as the timex the placex and the condition of this country standsx i could heartily wish this had not befallenx but since it is as it isx mend it for your own goodx cassiox i will ask him for my place againx he shall tell me i am a drunkardx had i as many mouths as hydrax such an answer would stop them allx to be now a sensible manx by and by a foolx and presently a beastx o strangex every inordinate cup is unblessxdx and the ingredient is a devilx iagox comex comex good wine is a good familiar creaturex if it be well usedx exclaim no more against itx andx good lieutenantx i think you think i love youx cassiox i have well approved itx sirxxi drunkx iagox youx or any man livingx may be drunk at a timex manx ixll tell you what you shall dox our generalxs wife is now the generalx i may say so in this respectx for that he hath devoted and given up himself to the contemplationx markx and denotement of her parts and gracesx confess yourself freely to herx importune her help to put you in your place againx she is of so freex so kindx so aptx so blessed a dispositionx she holds it a vice in her goodness not to do more than she is requestedx this broken joint between you and her husband entreat her to splinterx andx my fortunes against any lay worth namingx this crack of your love shall grow stronger than it was beforex cassiox you advise me wellx iagox i protestx in the sincerity of love and honest kindnessx cassiox i think it freelyx and betimes in the morning i will beseech the virtuous desdemona to undertake for mex i am desperate of my fortunes if they check me herex iagox you are in the rightx good nightx lieutenantx i must to the watchx cassiox good nightx honest iagox xxexitxxx iagox and whatxs he thenx that says i play the villainx when this advice is free i give and honestx probal to thinkingx and indeed the course to win the moor againx for xtis most easy the inclining desdemona to subdue in any honest suitx shexs framxd as fruitful as the free elementsx and then for her to win the moorx werext to renounce his baptismx all seals and symbols of redeemed sinx his soul is so enfetterxd to her love that she may makex unmakex do what she listx even as her appetite shall play the god with his weak functionx how am i thenx a villain to counsel cassio to this parallel coursex directly to his goodx divinity of hellx when devils will the blackest sins put onx they do suggest at first with heavenly showsx as i do nowx for whiles this honest fool plies desdemona to repair his fortunex and she for him pleads strongly to the moorx ixll pour this pestilence into his earx that she repeals him for her bodyxs lustx and by how much she strives to do him goodx she shall undo her credit with the moorx so will i turn her virtue into pitchx and out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them allx enter roderigox how nowx roderigox roderigox i do follow here in the chasex not like a hound that huntsx but one that fills up the cryx my money is almost spentx i have been tonight exceedingly well cudgelledx and i think the issue will bex i shall have so much experience for my painsx and sox with no money at all and a little more witx return again to venicex iagox how poor are they that have not patiencex what wound did ever heal but by degreesx thou knowxst we work by witx and not by witchcraftx and wit depends on dilatory timex doesxt not go wellx cassio hath beaten theex and thoux by that small hurtx hast cashierxd cassiox though other things grow fair against the sunx yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripex content thyself awhilex by the massx xtis morningx pleasure and action make the hours seem shortx retire theex go where thou art billetedx awayx i sayx thou shalt know more hereafterx nayx get thee gonex xxexit roderigoxxx two things are to be donex my wife must move for cassio to her mistressx ixll set her onx myself the while to draw the moor apartx and bring him jump when he may cassio find soliciting his wifex ayx thatxs the wayx dull not device by coldness and delayx xxexitxxx act iii scene ix cyprusx before the castlex enter cassio and some musiciansx cassiox mastersx play herex i will content your painsx something thatxs briefx and bid xgood morrowx generalxx xxmusicxxx enter clownx clownx whyx mastersx have your instruments been in naplesx that they speak ix the nose thusx first musicianx howx sirx howx clownx are thesex i pray youx wind instrumentsx first musicianx ayx marryx are theyx sirx clownx ox thereby hangs a tailx first musicianx whereby hangs a talex sirx clownx marryx sirx by many a wind instrument that i knowx butx mastersx herexs money for youx and the general so likes your musicx that he desires youx for lovexs sakex to make no more noise with itx first musicianx wellx sirx we will notx clownx if you have any music that may not be heardx toxt againx butx as they sayx to hear music the general does not greatly carex first musicianx we have none suchx sirx clownx then put up your pipes in your bagx for ixll awayx gox vanish into airx awayx xxexeunt musiciansxxx cassiox dost thou hearx mine honest friendx clownx nox i hear not your honest friendx i hear youx cassiox pritheex keep up thy quilletsx therexs a poor piece of gold for theex if the gentlewoman that attends the generalxs wife be stirringx tell her therexs one cassio entreats her a little favour of speechx wilt thou do thisx clownx she is stirringx sirx if she will stir hitherx i shall seem to notify unto herx cassiox dox good my friendx xxexit clownxxx enter iagox in happy timex iagox iagox you have not been axbedx thenx cassiox whyx nox the day had broke before we partedx i have made boldx iagox to send in to your wifex my suit to her isx that she will to virtuous desdemona procure me some accessx iagox ixll send her to you presentlyx and ixll devise a mean to draw the moor out of the wayx that your converse and business may be more freex cassiox i humbly thank you forxtx xxexit iagoxxx i never knew a florentine more kind and honestx enter emiliax emiliax good morrowx good lieutenantx i am sorry for your displeasurex but all will sure be wellx the general and his wife are talking of itx and she speaks for you stoutlyx the moor replies that he you hurt is of great fame in cyprus and great affinityx and that in wholesome wisdom he might not but refuse youx but he protests he loves you and needs no other suitor but his likings to take the safest occasion by the front to bring you in againx cassiox yetx i beseech youx if you think fitx or that it may be donex give me advantage of some brief discourse with desdemona alonex emiliax pray youx come inx i will bestow you where you shall have time to speak your bosom freelyx cassiox i am much bound to youx xxexeuntxxx scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex enter othellox iago and gentlemenx othellox these letters givex iagox to the pilotx and by him do my duties to the senatex that donex i will be walking on the worksx repair there to mex iagox wellx my good lordx ixll doxtx othellox this fortificationx gentlemenx shall we seextx gentlemenx wexll wait upon your lordshipx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix cyprusx the garden of the castlex enter desdemonax cassio and emiliax desdemonax be thou assuredx good cassiox i will do all my abilities in thy behalfx emiliax good madamx dox i warrant it grieves my husband as if the cause were hisx desdemonax ox thatxs an honest fellowx do not doubtx cassiox but i will have my lord and you again as friendly as you werex cassiox bounteous madamx whatever shall become of michael cassiox hexs never anything but your true servantx desdemonax i knowxtx i thank youx you do love my lordx you have known him longx and be you well assurxd he shall in strangeness stand no farther off than in a politic distancex cassiox ayx butx ladyx that policy may either last so longx or feed upon such nice and waterish dietx or breed itself so out of circumstancex thatx i being absentx and my place suppliedx my general will forget my love and servicex desdemonax do not doubt thatx before emilia here i give thee warrant of thy placex assure theex if i do vow a friendshipx ixll perform it to the last articlex my lord shall never restx ixll watch him tamex and talk him out of patiencex his bed shall seem a schoolx his board a shriftx ixll intermingle everything he does with cassioxs suitx therefore be merryx cassiox for thy solicitor shall rather die than give thy cause awayx enter othello and iagox emiliax madamx here comes my lordx cassiox madamx ixll take my leavex desdemonax whyx stayx and hear me speakx cassiox madamx not nowx i am very ill at easex unfit for mine own purposesx desdemonax wellx do your discretionx xxexit cassioxxx iagox hax i like not thatx othellox what dost thou sayx iagox nothingx my lordx or ifxi know not whatx othellox was not that cassio parted from my wifex iagox cassiox my lordx nox surex i cannot think itx that he would steal away so guiltyxlikex seeing you comingx othellox i do believe xtwas hex desdemonax how nowx my lordx i have been talking with a suitor herex a man that languishes in your displeasurex othellox who isxt you meanx desdemonax whyx your lieutenantx cassiox good my lordx if i have any grace or power to move youx his present reconciliation takex for if he be not one that truly loves youx that errs in ignorance and not in cunningx i have no judgement in an honest facex i prithee call him backx othellox went he hence nowx desdemonax ayx soothx so humbled that he hath left part of his grief with me to suffer with himx good lovex call him backx othellox not nowx sweet desdemonx some other timex desdemonax but shallxt be shortlyx othellox the soonerx sweetx for youx desdemonax shallxt be tonight at supperx othellox nox not tonightx desdemonax tomorrow dinner thenx othellox i shall not dine at homex i meet the captains at the citadelx desdemonax why then tomorrow nightx or tuesday mornx on tuesday noonx or nightx on wednesday mornx i prithee name the timex but let it not exceed three daysx in faithx hexs penitentx and yet his trespassx in our common reasonx xsave thatx they sayx the wars must make examples out of their bestx is not almost a fault to incur a private checkx when shall he comex tell mex othellox i wonder in my soulx what you would ask mex that i should denyx or stand so mammering onx whatx michael cassiox that came axwooing with youx and so many a timex when i have spoke of you dispraisinglyx hath taxen your partx to have so much to do to bring him inx trust mex i could do muchx othellox prithee no morex let him come when he willx i will deny thee nothingx desdemonax whyx this is not a boonx xtis as i should entreat you wear your glovesx or feed on nourishing dishesx or keep you warmx or sue to you to do a peculiar profit to your own personx nayx when i have a suit wherein i mean to touch your love indeedx it shall be full of poise and difficult weightx and fearful to be grantedx othellox i will deny thee nothingx whereonx i do beseech theex grant me thisx to leave me but a little to myselfx desdemonax shall i deny youx nox farewellx my lordx othellox farewellx my desdemonax ixll come to thee straightx desdemonax emiliax comex be as your fancies teach youx whatexer you bex i am obedientx xxexit with emiliaxxx othellox excellent wretchx perdition catch my soulx but i do love theex and when i love thee notx chaos is come againx iagox my noble lordxx othellox what dost thou sayx iagox iagox did michael cassiox when you wooxd my ladyx know of your lovex othellox he didx from first to lastx why dost thou askx iagox but for a satisfaction of my thoughtx no further harmx othellox why of thy thoughtx iagox iagox i did not think he had been acquainted with herx othellox o yesx and went between us very oftx iagox indeedx othellox indeedx ayx indeedx discernxst thou aught in thatx is he not honestx iagox honestx my lordx othellox honestx ayx honestx iagox my lordx for aught i knowx othellox what dost thou thinkx iagox thinkx my lordx othellox thinkx my lordx by heavenx he echoes mex as if there were some monster in his thought too hideous to be shownx thou dost mean somethingx i heard thee say even nowx thou likxst not thatx when cassio left my wifex what didst not likex and when i told thee he was of my counsel in my whole course of wooingx thou criedstx xindeedxx and didst contract and purse thy brow togetherx as if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain some horrible conceitx if thou dost love mex show me thy thoughtx iagox my lordx you know i love youx othellox i think thou dostx and for i know thouxrt full of love and honesty and weighxst thy words before thou givxst them breathx therefore these stops of thine fright me the morex for such things in a false disloyal knave are tricks of customx but in a man thatxs justx theyxre close dilationsx working from the heartx that passion cannot rulex iagox for michael cassiox i dare be sworn i think that he is honestx othellox i think so toox iagox men should be what they seemx or those that be notx would they might seem nonex othellox certainx men should be what they seemx iagox why thenx i think cassioxs an honest manx othellox nayx yet therexs more in thisx i pritheex speak to me as to thy thinkingsx as thou dost ruminatex and give thy worst of thoughts the worst of wordsx iagox good my lordx pardon mex though i am bound to every act of dutyx i am not bound to that all slaves are free tox utter my thoughtsx whyx say they are vile and falsex as wherexs that palace whereinto foul things sometimes intrude notx who has a breast so pure but some uncleanly apprehensions keep leets and lawxdaysx and in session sit with meditations lawfulx othellox thou dost conspire against thy friendx iagox if thou but thinkxst him wrongxd and makxst his ear a stranger to thy thoughtsx iagox i do beseech youx though i perchance am vicious in my guessx asx i confessx it is my naturexs plague to spy into abusesx and of my jealousy shapes faults that are notxxthat your wisdom from one that so imperfectly conceitsx would take no noticex nor build yourself a trouble out of his scattering and unsure observancex it were not for your quiet nor your goodx nor for my manhoodx honestyx or wisdomx to let you know my thoughtsx othellox what dost thou meanx iagox good name in man and womanx dear my lordx is the immediate jewel of their soulsx who steals my purse steals trashx xtis somethingx nothingx xtwas minex xtis hisx and has been slave to thousandsx but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeedx othellox by heavenx ixll know thy thoughtsx iagox you cannotx if my heart were in your handx nor shall notx whilst xtis in my custodyx othellox hax iagox ox bewarex my lordx of jealousyx it is the greenxeyxd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds onx that cuckold lives in bliss whox certain of his fatex loves not his wrongerx but ox what damned minutes tells he oxer who dotesx yet doubtsx suspectsx yet strongly lovesx othellox o miseryx iagox poor and content is richx and rich enoughx but riches fineless is as poor as winter to him that ever fears he shall be poorx good heavenx the souls of all my tribe defend from jealousyx othellox whyx why is thisx thinkxst thou ixd make a life of jealousyx to follow still the changes of the moon with fresh suspicionsx nox to be once in doubt is once to be resolvxdx exchange me for a goat when i shall turn the business of my soul to such exsufflicate and blown surmisesx matching thy inferencex xtis not to make me jealousx to say my wife is fairx feeds wellx loves companyx is free of speechx singsx playsx and dances wellx where virtue isx these are more virtuousx nor from mine own weak merits will i draw the smallest fear or doubt of her revoltx for she had eyesx and chose mex nox iagox ixll see before i doubtx when i doubtx provex and on the proofx there is no more but thisx away at once with love or jealousyx iagox i am glad of itx for now i shall have reason to show the love and duty that i bear you with franker spiritx thereforex as i am boundx receive it from mex i speak not yet of proofx look to your wifex observe her well with cassiox wear your eye thusx not jealous nor securex i would not have your free and noble naturex out of selfxbountyx be abusxdx look toxtx i know our country disposition wellx in venice they do let heaven see the pranks they dare not show their husbandsx their best conscience is not to leave undonex but keep unknownx othellox dost thou say sox iagox she did deceive her fatherx marrying youx and when she seemxd to shake and fear your looksx she loved them mostx othellox and so she didx iagox whyx go to thenx she that so young could give out such a seemingx to seal her fatherxs eyes up close as oakx he thought xtwas witchcraftx but i am much to blamex i humbly do beseech you of your pardon for too much loving youx othellox i am bound to thee for everx iagox i see this hath a little dashxd your spiritsx othellox not a jotx not a jotx iagox trust mex i fear it hasx i hope you will consider what is spoke comes from my lovex but i do see youxre movxdx i am to pray you not to strain my speech to grosser issues nor to larger reach than to suspicionx othellox i will notx iagox should you do sox my lordx my speech should fall into such vile success which my thoughts aimxd notx cassioxs my worthy friendx my lordx i see youxre movxdx othellox nox not much movxdx i do not think but desdemonaxs honestx iagox long live she sox and long live you to think sox othellox and yetx how nature erring from itselfx iagox ayx therexs the pointx asx to be bold with youx not to affect many proposed matchesx of her own climex complexionx and degreex whereto we see in all things nature tendsx fohx one may smell in such a will most rankx foul disproportionx thoughts unnaturalx but pardon mex i do not in position distinctly speak of herx though i may fear her willx recoiling to her better judgementx may fall to match you with her country formsx and happily repentx othellox farewellx farewellx if more thou dost perceivex let me know morex set on thy wife to observex leave mex iagox iagox xxgoingxxx my lordx i take my leavex othellox why did i marryx this honest creature doubtless sees and knows morex much morex than he unfoldsx iagox xxreturningxxx my lordx i would i might entreat your honour to scan this thing no furtherx leave it to timex though it be fit that cassio have his placex for sure he fills it up with great abilityx yet if you please to hold him off awhilex you shall by that perceive him and his meansx note if your lady strain his entertainment with any strong or vehement importunityx much will be seen in thatx in the meantimex let me be thought too busy in my fears xas worthy cause i have to fear i amx and hold her freex i do beseech your honourx othellox fear not my governmentx iagox i once more take my leavex xxexitxxx othellox this fellowxs of exceeding honestyx and knows all qualitiesx with a learned spiritx of human dealingsx if i do prove her haggardx though that her jesses were my dear heartstringsx ixd whistle her offx and let her down the wind to prey at fortunex haplyx for i am blackx and have not those soft parts of conversation that chamberers havex or for i am declinxd into the vale of yearsxxyet thatxs not muchx shexs gonex i am abusxdx and my relief must be to loathe herx o curse of marriagex that we can call these delicate creatures oursx and not their appetitesx i had rather be a toadx and live upon the vapour of a dungeonx than keep a corner in the thing i love for othersx usesx yetx xtis the plague of great onesx prerogativxd are they less than the basex xtis destiny unshunnablex like deathx even then this forked plague is fated to us when we do quickenx desdemona comesx if she be falsex ox then heaven mocks itselfx ixll not believextx enter desdemona and emiliax desdemonax how nowx my dear othellox your dinnerx and the generous islanders by you invitedx do attend your presencex othellox i am to blamex desdemonax why do you speak so faintlyx are you not wellx othellox i have a pain upon my forehead herex desdemonax faithx thatxs with watchingx xtwill away againx let me but bind it hardx within this hour it will be wellx othellox your napkin is too littlex xxhe puts the handkerchief from himx and she drops itxxx let it alonex comex ixll go in with youx desdemonax i am very sorry that you are not wellx xxexeunt othello and desdemonaxxx emiliax i am glad i have found this napkinx this was her first remembrance from the moorx my wayward husband hath a hundred times wooxd me to steal itx but she so loves the tokenx for he conjurxd her she should ever keep itx that she reserves it evermore about her to kiss and talk tox ixll have the work taxen outx and givext iagox what he will do with it heaven knowsx not ix i nothing but to please his fantasyx enter iagox iagox how nowx what do you here alonex emiliax do not you chidex i have a thing for youx iagox a thing for mex it is a common thingx emiliax hax iagox to have a foolish wifex emiliax ox is that allx what will you give me now for that same handkerchiefx iagox what handkerchiefx emiliax what handkerchiefx whyx that the moor first gave to desdemonax that which so often you did bid me stealx iagox hast stolxn it from herx emiliax nox faithx she let it drop by negligencex andx to the advantagex i being herex took xt upx lookx here it isx iagox a good wenchx give it mex emiliax what will you do withxtx that you have been so earnest to have me filch itx iagox xxsnatching itxxx whyx whatxs that to youx emiliax if it be not for some purpose of importx give xt me againx poor ladyx shexll run mad when she shall lack itx iagox be not acknown onxtx i have use for itx gox leave mex xxexit emiliaxxx i will in cassioxs lodging lose this napkinx and let him find itx trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writx this may do somethingx the moor already changes with my poisonx dangerous conceits are in their natures poisonsx which at the first are scarce found to distastex but with a little act upon the blood burn like the mines of sulphurx i did say sox enter othellox lookx where he comesx not poppyx nor mandragorax nor all the drowsy syrups of the worldx shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep which thou owxdst yesterdayx othellox hax hax false to mex iagox whyx how nowx generalx no more of thatx othellox avauntx be gonex thou hast set me on the rackx i swear xtis better to be much abusxd than but to knowxt a littlex iagox how nowx my lordx othellox what sense had i of her stolxn hours of lustx i sawxt notx thought it notx it harmxd not mex i slept the next night wellx was free and merryx i found not cassioxs kisses on her lipsx he that is robbxdx not wanting what is stolxnx let him not knowxtx and hexs not robbxd at allx iagox i am sorry to hear thisx othellox i had been happy if the general campx pioners and allx had tasted her sweet bodyx so i had nothing knownx ox nowx for ever farewell the tranquil mindx farewell contentx farewell the plumed troops and the big wars that make ambition virtuex ox farewellx farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trumpx the spiritxstirring drumx the earxpiercing fifex the royal bannerx and all qualityx pridex pompx and circumstance of glorious warx andx o you mortal enginesx whose rude throats the immortal jovexs dread clamours counterfeitx farewellx othelloxs occupationxs gonex iagox isxt possiblex my lordx othellox villainx be sure thou prove my love a whorex be sure of itx give me the ocular proofx orx by the worth of manxs eternal soulx thou hadst been better have been born a dog than answer my wakxd wrathx iagox isxt come to thisx othellox make me to seextx or at the least so prove itx that the probation bear no hinge nor loop to hang a doubt onx or woe upon thy lifex iagox my noble lordxx othellox if thou dost slander her and torture mex never pray morex abandon all remorsex on horrorxs head horrors accumulatex do deeds to make heaven weepx all earth amazxdx for nothing canst thou to damnation add greater than thatx iagox o gracex o heaven defend mex are you a manx have you a soul or sensex god be wix youx take mine officexxo wretched foolx that livxst to make thine honesty a vicex o monstrous worldx take notex take notex o worldx to be direct and honest is not safex i thank you for this profitx and from hence ixll love no friendx sith love breeds such offencex othellox nayx stayx thou shouldst be honestx iagox i should be wisex for honestyxs a foolx and loses that it works forx othellox by the worldx i think my wife be honestx and think she is notx i think that thou art justx and think thou art notx ixll have some proofx her namex that was as fresh as dianxs visagex is now begrimxd and black as mine own facex if there be cords or knivesx poison or firex or suffocating streamsx ixll not endure xtx would i were satisfiedx iagox i seex sirx you are eaten up with passionx i do repent me that i put it to youx you would be satisfiedx othellox wouldx nayx i willx iagox and mayx but howx how satisfiedx my lordx would youx the supervisorx grossly gape onx behold her toppxdx othellox death and damnationx ox iagox it were a tedious difficultyx i thinkx to bring them to that prospectx damn them thenx if ever mortal eyes do see them bolster more than their ownx what thenx how thenx what shall i sayx wherexs satisfactionx it is impossible you should see thisx were they as prime as goatsx as hot as monkeysx as salt as wolves in pridex and fools as gross as ignorance made drunkx but yet i sayx if imputation and strong circumstancesx which lead directly to the door of truthx will give you satisfactionx you may havextx othellox give me a living reason shexs disloyalx iagox i do not like the officex but sith i am enterxd in this cause so farx prickxd to xt by foolish honesty and lovex i will go onx i lay with cassio latelyx and being troubled with a raging toothx i could not sleepx there are a kind of men so loose of soulx that in their sleeps will mutter their affairsx one of this kind is cassiox in sleep i heard him sayx xsweet desdemonax let us be waryx let us hide our lovesxx and thenx sirx would he gripe and wring my handx cry xo sweet creaturexx and then kiss me hardx as if he pluckxd up kisses by the rootsx that grew upon my lipsx then laid his leg over my thighx and sighxd and kissxdx and then cried xcursed fate that gave thee to the moorxx othellox o monstrousx monstrousx iagox nayx this was but his dreamx othellox but this denoted a foregone conclusionx xtis a shrewd doubtx though it be but a dreamx iagox and this may help to thicken other proofs that do demonstrate thinlyx othellox ixll tear her all to piecesx iagox nayx but be wisex yet we see nothing donex she may be honest yetx tell me but thisx have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief spotted with strawberries in your wifexs handx othellox i gave her such a onex xtwas my first giftx iagox i know not thatx but such a handkerchief xi am sure it was your wifexsx did i today see cassio wipe his beard withx othellox if it be thatxx iagox if it be thatx or any that was hersx it speaks against her with the other proofsx othellox ox that the slave had forty thousand livesx one is too poorx too weak for my revengex now do i see xtis truex look herex iagox all my fond love thus do i blow to heavenx xtis gonex arisex black vengeancex from thy hollow hellx yield upx o lovex thy crown and hearted throne to tyrannous hatex swellx bosomx with thy fraughtx for xtis of aspicsx tonguesx iagox yet be contentx othellox ox bloodx iagox bloodx iagox patiencex i sayx your mind perhaps may changex othellox neverx iagox like to the pontic seax whose icy current and compulsive course nexer feels retiring ebbx but keeps due on to the propontic and the hellespontx even so my bloody thoughtsx with violent pace shall nexer look backx nexer ebb to humble lovex till that a capable and wide revenge swallow them upx now by yond marble heavenx in the due reverence of a sacred vow xxkneelsxxx i here engage my wordsx iagox do not rise yetx xxkneelsxxx witnessx you everxburning lights abovex you elements that clip us round aboutx witness that here iago doth give up the execution of his witx handsx heartx to wrongxd othelloxs servicex let him commandx and to obey shall be in me remorsex what bloody business everx xxthey risexxx othellox i greet thy lovex not with vain thanksx but with acceptance bounteousx and will upon the instant put thee to xtx within these three days let me hear thee say that cassioxs not alivex iagox my friend is deadx xtis done at your requestx but let her livex othellox damn herx lewd minxx ox damn herx damn herx comex go with me apartx i will withdraw to furnish me with some swift means of death for the fair devilx now art thou my lieutenantx iagox i am your own for everx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx cyprusx before the castlex enter desdemonax emilia and clownx desdemonax do you knowx sirrahx where lieutenant cassio liesx clownx i dare not say he lies anywherex desdemonax whyx manx clownx hexs a soldierx and for one to say a soldier lies is stabbingx desdemonax go tox where lodges hex clownx to tell you where he lodges is to tell you where i liex desdemonax can anything be made of thisx clownx i know not where he lodgesx and for me to devise a lodgingx and say he lies herex or he lies therex were to lie in mine own throatx desdemonax can you inquire him outx and be edified by reportx clownx i will catechize the world for himx that isx make questions and by them answerx desdemonax seek himx bid him come hitherx tell him i have moved my lord on his behalfx and hope all will be wellx clownx to do this is within the compass of manxs witx and therefore i will attempt the doing itx xxexitxxx desdemonax where should i lose that handkerchiefx emiliax emiliax i know notx madamx desdemonax believe mex i had rather have lost my purse full of crusadoesx and but my noble moor is true of mind and made of no such baseness as jealous creatures arex it were enough to put him to ill thinkingx emiliax is he not jealousx desdemonax whox hex i think the sun where he was born drew all such humours from himx emiliax lookx where he comesx enter othellox desdemonax i will not leave him now till cassio be callxd to himx how isxt with youx my lordx othellox wellx my good ladyx xxasidexxx ox hardness to dissemblex how do youx desdemonax desdemonax wellx my good lordx othellox give me your handx this hand is moistx my ladyx desdemonax it yet hath felt no age nor known no sorrowx othellox this argues fruitfulness and liberal heartx hotx hotx and moistx this hand of yours requires a sequester from libertyx fasting and prayerx much castigationx exercise devoutx for herexs a young and sweating devil here that commonly rebelsx xtis a good handx a frank onex desdemonax you may indeed say sox for xtwas that hand that gave away my heartx othellox a liberal handx the hearts of old gave handsx but our new heraldry is handsx not heartsx desdemonax i cannot speak of thisx come nowx your promisex othellox what promisex chuckx desdemonax i have sent to bid cassio come speak with youx othellox i have a salt and sorry rheum offends mex lend me thy handkerchiefx desdemonax herex my lordx othellox that which i gave youx desdemonax i have it not about mex othellox notx desdemonax nox faithx my lordx othellox that is a faultx that handkerchief did an egyptian to my mother givex she was a charmerx and could almost read the thoughts of peoplex she told herx while she kept itx xtwould make her amiable and subdue my father entirely to her lovex but if she lost itx or made a gift of itx my fatherxs eye should hold her loathedx and his spirits should hunt after new fanciesx shex dyingx gave it mex and bid mex when my fate would have me wivex to give it herx i did sox and take heed onxtx make it a darling like your precious eyex to losext or givext away were such perdition as nothing else could matchx desdemonax isxt possiblex othellox xtis truex therexs magic in the web of itx a sibylx that had numberxd in the world the sun to course two hundred compassesx in her prophetic fury sewxd the workx the worms were hallowxd that did breed the silkx and it was dyed in mummyx which the skillful conservxd of maidenxs heartsx desdemonax indeedx isxt truex othellox most veritablex therefore look to xt wellx desdemonax then would to god that i had never seen xtx othellox hax whereforex desdemonax why do you speak so startingly and rashx othellox isxt lostx isxt gonex speakx is it out of the wayx desdemonax heaven bless usx othellox say youx desdemonax it is not lostx but what and if it werex othellox howx desdemonax i say it is not lostx othellox fetchxtx let me see xtx desdemonax whyx so i canx sirx but i will not nowx this is a trick to put me from my suitx pray youx let cassio be receivxd againx othellox fetch me the handkerchiefx my mind misgivesx desdemonax comex comex youxll never meet a more sufficient manx othellox the handkerchiefx desdemonax i prayx talk me of cassiox othellox the handkerchiefx desdemonax a man that all his time hath founded his good fortunes on your lovex sharxd dangers with youxx othellox the handkerchiefx desdemonax in soothx you are to blamex othellox awayx xxexitxxx emiliax is not this man jealousx desdemonax i nexer saw this beforex sure therexs some wonder in this handkerchiefx i am most unhappy in the loss of itx emiliax xtis not a year or two shows us a manx they are all but stomachs and we all but foodx they eat us hungerlyx and when they are fullx they belch usx enter cassio and iagox look youx cassio and my husbandx iagox there is no other wayx xtis she must do xtx andx lox the happinessx go and importune herx desdemonax how nowx good cassiox whatxs the news with youx cassiox madamx my former suitx i do beseech you that by your virtuous means i may again existx and be a member of his lovex whom ix with all the office of my heartx entirely honourx i would not be delayxdx if my offence be of such mortal kind that nor my service pastx nor present sorrowsx nor purposxd merit in futurityx can ransom me into his love againx but to know so must be my benefitx so shall i clothe me in a forcxd contentx and shut myself up in some other course to fortunexs almsx desdemonax alasx thricexgentle cassiox my advocation is not now in tunex my lord is not my lordx nor should i know him were he in favour as in humour alterxdx so help me every spirit sanctifiedx as i have spoken for you all my bestx and stood within the blank of his displeasure for my free speechx you must awhile be patientx what i can do i willx and more i will than for myself i darex let that suffice youx iagox is my lord angryx emiliax he went hence but nowx and certainly in strange unquietnessx iagox can he be angryx i have seen the cannonx when it hath blown his ranks into the air andx like the devilx from his very arm puffxd his own brotherx and can he be angryx something of moment thenx i will go meet himx therexs matter inxt indeed if he be angryx desdemonax i prithee do sox xxexit iagoxxx something sure of statex either from venicex or some unhatchxd practice made demonstrable here in cyprus to himx hath puddled his clear spiritx and in such cases menxs natures wrangle with inferior thingsx though great ones are their objectx xtis even sox for let our finger achex and it indues our other healthful members even to that sense of painx nayx we must think men are not godsx nor of them look for such observancy as fits the bridalx beshrew me muchx emiliax i was xunhandsome warrior as i amx arraigning his unkindness with my soulx but now i find i had subornxd the witnessx and hexs indicted falselyx emiliax pray heaven it be state mattersx as you thinkx and no conception nor no jealous toy concerning youx desdemonax alas the dayx i never gave him causex emiliax but jealous souls will not be answerxd sox they are not ever jealous for the causex but jealous for they are jealousx xtis a monster begot upon itselfx born on itselfx desdemonax heaven keep that monster from othelloxs mindx emiliax ladyx amenx desdemonax i will go seek himx cassiox walk hereaboutx if i do find him fitx ixll move your suitx and seek to effect it to my uttermostx cassiox i humbly thank your ladyshipx xxexeunt desdemona and emiliaxxx enter biancax biancax save youx friend cassiox cassiox what make you from homex how is it with youx my most fair biancax ix faithx sweet lovex i was coming to your housex biancax and i was going to your lodgingx cassiox whatx keep a week awayx seven days and nightsx eight score eight hoursx and loversx absent hoursx more tedious than the dial eight score timesx o weary reckoningx cassiox pardon mex biancax i have this while with leaden thoughts been pressxdx but i shall in a more continuate time strike off this score of absencex sweet biancax xxgiving her desdemonaxs handkerchiefxxx take me this work outx biancax o cassiox whence came thisx this is some token from a newer friendx to the felt absence now i feel a causex isxt come to thisx wellx wellx cassiox go tox womanx throw your vile guesses in the devilxs teethx from whence you have themx you are jealous now that this is from some mistressx some remembrancex nox in good trothx biancax biancax whyx whose is itx cassiox i know not neitherx i found it in my chamberx i like the work wellx ere it be demandedx as like enough it willx ixd have it copiedx take itx and do xtx and leave me for this timex biancax leave youx whereforex cassiox i do attend here on the generalx and think it no additionx nor my wishx to have him see me womanxdx biancax whyx i pray youx cassiox not that i love you notx biancax but that you do not love mex i pray you bring me on the way a littlex and say if i shall see you soon at nightx cassiox xtis but a little way that i can bring youx for i attend herex but ixll see you soonx biancax xtis very goodx i must be circumstancxdx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix cyprusx before the castlex enter othello and iagox iagox will you think sox othellox think sox iagox iagox whatx to kiss in privatex othellox an unauthorizxd kissx iagox or to be naked with her friend in bed an hour or morex not meaning any harmx othellox naked in bedx iagox and not mean harmx it is hypocrisy against the devilx they that mean virtuously and yet do sox the devil their virtue temptsx and they tempt heavenx iagox so they do nothingx xtis a venial slipx but if i give my wife a handkerchiefx othellox what thenx iagox why thenx xtis hersx my lordx and being hersx she mayx i thinkx bestowxt on any manx othellox she is protectress of her honour toox may she give thatx iagox her honour is an essence thatxs not seenx they have it very oft that have it notx but for the handkerchiefx othellox by heavenx i would most gladly have forgot itx thou saidxst xox it comes oxer my memoryx as doth the raven oxer the infected housex boding to allx he had my handkerchiefx iagox ayx what of thatx othellox thatxs not so good nowx iagox what if i had said i had seen him do you wrongx or heard him say xas knaves be such abroadx who havingx by their own importunate suitx or voluntary dotage of some mistressx convinced or supplied themx cannot choose but they must blabxx othellox hath he said anythingx iagox he hathx my lordx but be you well assurxdx no more than hexll unswearx othellox what hath he saidx iagox faithx that he didxi know not what he didx othellox whatx whatx iagox liex othellox with herx iagox with herx on herx what you willx othellox lie with herx lie on herxxwe say lie on her when they belie herxxlie with herx thatxs fulsomex handkerchiefxconfessionsxhandkerchiefx to confessx and be hanged for his labourx firstx to be hangedx and then to confessx i tremble at itx nature would not invest herself in such shadowing passion without some instructionx it is not words that shake me thusx pishx nosesx earsx and lipsx isxt possiblexxconfessxxhandkerchiefxxo devilxx xxfalls in a trancexxx iagox work onx my medicinex workx thus credulous fools are caughtx and many worthy and chaste dames even thusx all guiltlessx meet reproachx whatx hox my lordx my lordx i sayx othellox enter cassiox how nowx cassiox cassiox whatxs the matterx iagox my lord is fallen into an epilepsyx this is his second fitx he had one yesterdayx cassiox rub him about the templesx iagox nox forbearx the lethargy must have his quiet coursex if notx he foams at mouthx and by and by breaks out to savage madnessx lookx he stirsx do you withdraw yourself a little whilex he will recover straightx when he is gonex i would on great occasion speak with youx xxexit cassioxxx how is itx generalx have you not hurt your headx othellox dost thou mock mex iagox i mock youx nox by heavenx would you would bear your fortune like a manx othellox a horned manxs a monster and a beastx iagox therexs many a beastx thenx in a populous cityx and many a civil monsterx othellox did he confess itx iagox good sirx be a manx think every bearded fellow thatxs but yokxd may draw with youx therexs millions now alive that nightly lie in those unproper beds which they dare swear peculiarx your case is betterx ox xtis the spite of hellx the fiendxs archxmockx to lip a wanton in a secure couchx and to suppose her chastex nox let me knowx and knowing what i amx i know what she shall bex othellox ox thou art wisex xtis certainx iagox stand you awhile apartx confine yourself but in a patient listx whilst you were here oxerwhelmed with your griefx xa passion most unsuiting such a manx cassio came hitherx i shifted him awayx and laid good xscuse upon your ecstasyx bade him anon returnx and here speak with mex the which he promisxdx do but encave yourselfx and mark the fleersx the gibesx and notable scornsx that dwell in every region of his facex for i will make him tell the tale anewx wherex howx how oftx how long agox and when he hathx and is again to cope your wifex i sayx but mark his gesturex marryx patiencex or i shall say you are all in all in spleenx and nothing of a manx othellox dost thou hearx iagox i will be found most cunning in my patiencex butxxdost thou hearxxmost bloodyx iagox thatxs not amissx but yet keep time in allx will you withdrawx xxothello withdrawsxxx now will i question cassio of biancax a housewife that by selling her desires buys herself bread and clothesx it is a creature that dotes on cassiox xas xtis the strumpetxs plague to beguile many and be beguilxd by onexx hex when he hears of herx cannot refrain from the excess of laughterx here he comesx enter cassiox as he shall smile othello shall go madx and his unbookish jealousy must construe poor cassioxs smilesx gesturesx and light behaviour quite in the wrongx how do you nowx lieutenantx cassiox the worser that you give me the addition whose want even kills mex iagox ply desdemona wellx and you are sure onxtx xxspeaking lowerxxx nowx if this suit lay in biancaxs powerx how quickly should you speedx cassiox alasx poor caitiffx othellox xxasidexxx look how he laughs alreadyx iagox i never knew a woman love man sox cassiox alasx poor roguex i thinkx ix faithx she loves mex othellox xxasidexxx now he denies it faintly and laughs it outx iagox do you hearx cassiox othellox now he importunes him to tell it oxerx go tox well saidx well saidx iagox she gives it out that you shall marry herx do you intend itx cassiox hax hax hax othellox do you triumphx romanx do you triumphx cassiox i marry herx whatx a customerx i pritheex bear some charity to my witx do not think it so unwholesomex hax hax hax othellox sox sox sox sox they laugh that winsx iagox faithx the cry goes that you shall marry herx cassiox prithee say truex iagox i am a very villain elsex othellox have you scored mex wellx cassiox this is the monkeyxs own giving outx she is persuaded i will marry herx out of her own love and flatteryx not out of my promisex othellox iago beckons mex now he begins the storyx cassiox she was here even nowx she haunts me in every placex i was the other day talking on the seaxbank with certain venetiansx and thither comes the baublex and falls thus about my neckx othellox cryingx xo dear cassioxx as it werex his gesture imports itx cassiox so hangsx and lollsx and weeps upon mex so hales and pulls mex hax hax hax othellox now he tells how she plucked him to my chamberx ox i see that nose of yoursx but not that dog i shall throw it tox cassiox wellx i must leave her companyx iagox before mex look where she comesx enter biancax cassiox xtis such another fitchewx marryx a perfumxd onex what do you mean by this haunting of mex biancax let the devil and his dam haunt youx what did you mean by that same handkerchief you gave me even nowx i was a fine fool to take itx i must take out the workx a likely piece of workx that you should find it in your chamber and not know who left it therex this is some minxxs tokenx and i must take out the workx therex give it your hobbyxhorsex wheresoever you had itx ixll take out no work onxtx cassiox how nowx my sweet biancax how nowx how nowx othellox by heavenx that should be my handkerchiefx biancax if youxll come to supper tonightx you mayx if you will notx come when you are next prepared forx xxexitxxx iagox after herx after herx cassiox faithx i mustx shexll rail in the street elsex iagox will you sup therex cassiox faithx i intend sox iagox wellx i may chance to see youx for i would very fain speak with youx cassiox prithee comex will youx iagox go tox say no morex xxexit cassioxxx othellox xxcoming forwardxxx how shall i murder himx iagox iagox did you perceive how he laughed at his vicex othellox o iagox iagox and did you see the handkerchiefx othellox was that minex iagox yoursx by this handx and to see how he prizes the foolish woman your wifex she gave it himx and he hath given it his whorex othellox i would have him nine years axkillingx a fine womanx a fair womanx a sweet womanx iagox nayx you must forget thatx othellox ayx let her rotx and perishx and be damned tonightx for she shall not livex nox my heart is turned to stonex i strike itx and it hurts my handx ox the world hath not a sweeter creaturex she might lie by an emperorxs sidex and command him tasksx iagox nayx thatxs not your wayx othellox hang herx i do but say what she isx so delicate with her needlex an admirable musicianx ox she will sing the savageness out of a bearx of so high and plenteous wit and inventionx iagox shexs the worse for all thisx othellox ox a thousandx a thousand timesx and then of so gentle a conditionx iagox ayx too gentlex othellox nayx thatxs certainx but yet the pity of itx iagox o iagox the pity of itx iagox iagox if you are so fond over her iniquityx give her patent to offendx for if it touch not youx it comes near nobodyx othellox i will chop her into messesx cuckold mex iagox ox xtis foul in herx othellox with mine officerx iagox thatxs foulerx othellox get me some poisonx iagox this nightx ixll not expostulate with herx lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind againx this nightx iagox iagox do it not with poisonx strangle her in her bedx even the bed she hath contaminatedx othellox goodx goodx the justice of it pleasesx very goodx iagox and for cassiox let me be his undertakerx you shall hear more by midnightx othellox excellent goodx xxa trumpet withinxxx what trumpet is that samex enter lodovicox desdemona and attendantx iagox something from venicex surex xtis lodovico come from the dukex seex your wife is with himx lodovicox save youx worthy generalx othellox with all my heartx sirx lodovicox the duke and senators of venice greet youx xxgives him a packetxxx othellox i kiss the instrument of their pleasuresx xxopens the packet and readsxxx desdemonax and whatxs the newsx good cousin lodovicox iagox i am very glad to see youx signiorx welcome to cyprusx lodovicox i thank youx how does lieutenant cassiox iagox livesx sirx desdemonax cousinx therexs fallxn between him and my lord an unkind breachx but you shall make all wellx othellox are you sure of thatx desdemonax my lordx othellox xxreadsxxx xthis fail you not to dox as you willxx lodovicox he did not callx hexs busy in the paperx is there division xtwixt my lord and cassiox desdemonax a most unhappy onex i would do much to atone themx for the love i bear to cassiox othellox fire and brimstonex desdemonax my lordx othellox are you wisex desdemonax whatx is he angryx lodovicox may be the letter movxd himx forx as i thinkx they do command him homex deputing cassio in his governmentx desdemonax trust mex i am glad onxtx othellox indeedx desdemonax my lordx othellox i am glad to see you madx desdemonax whyx sweet othellox othellox devilx xxstriking herxxx desdemonax i have not deservxd thisx lodovicox my lordx this would not be believxd in venicex though i should swear i sawxtx xtis very muchx make her amendsx she weepsx othellox o devilx devilx if that the earth could teem with womanxs tearsx each drop she falls would prove a crocodilex out of my sightx desdemonax i will not stay to offend youx xxgoingxxx lodovicox trulyx an obedient ladyx i do beseech your lordshipx call her backx othellox mistressx desdemonax my lordx othellox what would you with herx sirx lodovicox whox ix my lordx othellox ayx you did wish that i would make her turnx sirx she can turnx and turnx and yet go onx and turn againx and she can weepx sirx weepx and shexs obedientx as you sayx obedientx very obedientx proceed you in your tearsx concerning thisx sirxxo wellxpainted passionx i am commanded homexxget you awayx ixll send for you anonxxsirx i obey the mandatex and will return to venicexxhencex avauntx xxexit desdemonaxxx cassio shall have my placex andx sirx tonightx i do entreat that we may sup togetherx you are welcomex sirx to cyprusx goats and monkeysx xxexitxxx lodovicox is this the noble moorx whom our full senate call all in all sufficientx is this the nature whom passion could not shakex whose solid virtue the shot of accident nor dart of chance could neither graze nor piercex iagox he is much changxdx lodovicox are his wits safex is he not light of brainx iagox hexs that he isx i may not breathe my censure what he might bex if what he might he is notx i would to heaven he werex lodovicox whatx strike his wifex iagox faithx that was not so wellx yet would i knew that stroke would prove the worstx lodovicox is it his usex or did the letters work upon his bloodx and newxcreate this faultx iagox alasx alasx it is not honesty in me to speak what i have seen and knownx you shall observe himx and his own courses will denote him so that i may save my speechx do but go afterx and mark how he continuesx lodovicox i am sorry that i am deceivxd in himx xxexeuntxxx scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex enter othello and emiliax othellox you have seen nothingx thenx emiliax nor ever heardx nor ever did suspectx othellox yesx you have seen cassio and she togetherx emiliax but then i saw no harmx and then i heard each syllable that breath made up between themx othellox whatx did they never whisperx emiliax neverx my lordx othellox nor send you out ox the wayx emiliax neverx othellox to fetch her fanx her glovesx her maskx nor nothingx emiliax neverx my lordx othellox thatxs strangex emiliax i durstx my lordx to wager she is honestx lay down my soul at stakex if you think otherx remove your thoughtx it doth abuse your bosomx if any wretch have put this in your headx let heaven requite it with the serpentxs cursex for if she be not honestx chastex and truex therexs no man happyx the purest of their wives is foul as slanderx othellox bid her come hitherx gox xxexit emiliaxxx she says enoughx yet shexs a simple bawd that cannot say as muchx this is a subtle whorex a closet lock and key of villainous secretsx and yet shexll kneel and prayx i have seen her do xtx enter desdemona and emiliax desdemonax my lordx what is your willx othellox prayx chuckx come hitherx desdemonax what is your pleasurex othellox let me see your eyesx look in my facex desdemonax what horrible fancyxs thisx othellox xxto emiliaxxx some of your functionx mistressx leave procreants alonex and shut the doorx coughx or cry hemx if anybody comex your mysteryx your mysteryx nayx dispatchx xxexit emiliaxxx desdemonax upon my kneesx what doth your speech importx i understand a fury in your wordsx but not the wordsx othellox whyx what art thoux desdemonax your wifex my lordx your true and loyal wifex othellox comex swear itx damn thyselfx lestx being like one of heavenx the devils themselves should fear to seize theex therefore be doublexdamnxdx swear thou art honestx desdemonax heaven doth truly know itx othellox heaven truly knows that thou art false as hellx desdemonax to whomx my lordx with whomx how am i falsex othellox o desdemonax awayx awayx awayx desdemonax alas the heavy dayx why do you weepx am i the motive of these tearsx my lordx if haply you my father do suspect an instrument of this your calling backx lay not your blame on mex if you have lost himx whyx i have lost him toox othellox had it pleasxd heaven to try me with afflictionx had they rainxd all kinds of sores and shames on my bare headx steepxd me in poverty to the very lipsx given to captivity me and my utmost hopesx i should have found in some place of my soul a drop of patiencex butx alasx to make me a fixed figure for the time of scorn to point his slow unmoving finger atx yet could i bear that toox wellx very wellx but therex where i have garnerxd up my heartx where either i must live or bear no lifex the fountain from the which my current runsx or else dries upx to be discarded thencex or keep it as a cistern for foul toads to knot and gender inxxturn thy complexion therex patiencex thou young and rosexlippxd cherubinx ayx therex look grim as hellx desdemonax i hope my noble lord esteems me honestx othellox ox ayx as summer flies are in the shamblesx that quicken even with blowingx o thou weedx who art so lovely fairx and smellxst so sweetx that the sense aches at theex would thou hadst nexer been bornx desdemonax alasx what ignorant sin have i committedx othellox was this fair paperx this most goodly bookx made to write xwhorex uponx what committedx committedx o thou public commonerx i should make very forges of my cheeksx that would to cinders burn up modestyx did i but speak thy deedsx what committedx heaven stops the nose at itx and the moon winksx the bawdy windx that kisses all it meetsx is hushxd within the hollow mine of earthx and will not hear itx what committedx impudent strumpetx desdemonax by heavenx you do me wrongx othellox are not you a strumpetx desdemonax nox as i am a christianx if to preserve this vessel for my lord from any other foul unlawful touch be not to be a strumpetx i am nonex othellox whatx not a whorex desdemonax nox as i shall be savxdx othellox isxt possiblex desdemonax ox heaven forgive usx othellox i cry you mercy thenx i took you for that cunning whore of venice that married with othelloxxyoux mistressx enter emiliax that have the office opposite to saint peterx and keeps the gate of hellx youx youx ayx youx we have done our coursex therexs money for your painsx i pray you turn the keyx and keep our counselx xxexitxxx emiliax alasx what does this gentleman conceivex how do youx madamx how do youx my good ladyx desdemonax faithx half asleepx emiliax good madamx whatxs the matter with my lordx desdemonax with whox emiliax whyx with my lordx madamx desdemonax who is thy lordx emiliax he that is yoursx sweet ladyx desdemonax i have nonex do not talk to mex emiliax i cannot weepx nor answer have i none but what should go by waterx pritheex tonight lay on my bed my wedding sheetsx rememberx and call thy husband hitherx emiliax herexs a change indeedx xxexitxxx desdemonax xtis meet i should be usxd sox very meetx how have i been behavxdx that he might stick the smallxst opinion on my least misusex enter iago and emiliax iagox what is your pleasurex madamx how isxt with youx desdemonax i cannot tellx those that do teach young babes do it with gentle means and easy tasksx he might have chid me sox forx in good faithx i am a child to chidingx iagox whatxs the matterx ladyx emiliax alasx iagox my lord hath so bewhorxd herx thrown such despite and heavy terms upon herx as true hearts cannot bearx desdemonax am i that namex iagox iagox what namex fair ladyx desdemonax such as she says my lord did say i wasx emiliax he callxd her whorex a beggar in his drink could not have laid such terms upon his calletx iagox why did he sox desdemonax i do not knowx i am sure i am none suchx iagox do not weepx do not weepx alas the dayx emiliax hath she forsook so many noble matchesx her fatherx and her countryx and her friendsx to be callxd whorex would it not make one weepx desdemonax it is my wretched fortunex iagox beshrew him forxtx how comes this trick upon himx desdemonax nayx heaven doth knowx emiliax i will be hangxdx if some eternal villainx some busy and insinuating roguex some coggingx cozening slavex to get some officex have not devisxd this slanderx ixll be hangxd elsex iagox fiex there is no such manx it is impossiblex desdemonax if any such there bex heaven pardon himx emiliax a halter pardon himx and hell gnaw his bonesx why should he call her whorex who keeps her companyx what placex what timex what formx what likelihoodx the moorxs abused by some most villainous knavex some base notorious knavex some scurvy fellowx o heavenx that such companions thouxdst unfoldx and put in every honest hand a whip to lash the rascals naked through the world even from the east to the westx iagox speak within doorx emiliax ox fie upon themx some such squire he was that turnxd your wit the seamy side withoutx and made you to suspect me with the moorx iagox you are a foolx go tox desdemonax alasx iagox what shall i do to win my lord againx good friendx go to himx for by this light of heavenx i know not how i lost himx here i kneelx if exer my will did trespass xgainst his lovex either in discourse of thought or actual deedx or that mine eyesx mine earsx or any sensex delighted them in any other formx or that i do not yetx and ever didx and ever willx xthough he do shake me off to beggarly divorcementx love him dearlyx comfort forswear mex unkindness may do muchx and his unkindness may defeat my lifex but never taint my lovex i cannot say xwhorexx it does abhor me now i speak the wordx to do the act that might the addition earn not the worldxs mass of vanity could make mex iagox i pray youx be contentx xtis but his humourx the business of the state does him offencex and he does chide with youx desdemonax if xtwere no otherxx iagox xtis but sox i warrantx xxtrumpets withinxxx harkx how these instruments summon to supperx the messengers of venice stay the meatx go inx and weep notx all things shall be wellx xxexeunt desdemona and emiliaxxx enter roderigox how nowx roderigox roderigox i do not find that thou dealest justly with mex iagox what in the contraryx roderigox every day thou daffest me with some devicex iagox and ratherx as it seems to me nowx keepest from me all conveniency than suppliest me with the least advantage of hopex i will indeed no longer endure itx nor am i yet persuaded to put up in peace what already i have foolishly sufferedx iagox will you hear mex roderigox roderigox faithx i have heard too muchx for your words and performances are no kin togetherx iagox you charge me most unjustlyx roderigox with naught but truthx i have wasted myself out of my meansx the jewels you have had from me to deliver to desdemona would half have corrupted a votaristx you have told me she hath received themx and returned me expectations and comforts of sudden respect and acquaintancex but i find nonex iagox wellx go tox very wellx roderigox very wellx go tox i cannot go tox manx nor xtis not very wellx nayx i say xtis very scurvyx and begin to find myself fopped in itx iagox very wellx roderigox i tell you xtis not very wellx i will make myself known to desdemonax if she will return me my jewelsx i will give over my suit and repent my unlawful solicitationx if notx assure yourself i will seek satisfaction of youx iagox you have said nowx roderigox ayx and said nothing but what i protest intendment of doingx iagox whyx now i see therexs mettle in theex and even from this instant do build on thee a better opinion than ever beforex give me thy handx roderigox thou hast taken against me a most just exceptionx but yet i protestx i have dealt most directly in thy affairx roderigox it hath not appearedx iagox i grant indeed it hath not appearedx and your suspicion is not without wit and judgementx butx roderigox if thou hast that in thee indeedx which i have greater reason to believe now than everxxi mean purposex couragex and valourxxthis night show itx if thou the next night following enjoy not desdemonax take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my lifex roderigox wellx what is itx is it within reason and compassx iagox sirx there is especial commission come from venice to depute cassio in othelloxs placex roderigox is that truex why then othello and desdemona return again to venicex iagox ox nox he goes into mauritaniax and takes away with him the fair desdemonax unless his abode be lingered here by some accidentx wherein none can be so determinate as the removing of cassiox roderigox how do you mean xremovingx of himx iagox whyx by making him uncapable of othelloxs placex knocking out his brainsx roderigox and that you would have me to dox iagox ayx if you dare do yourself a profit and a rightx he sups tonight with a harlotryx and thither will i go to himx he knows not yet of his honourable fortunex if you will watch his going thencex which i will fashion to fall out between twelve and onex you may take him at your pleasurex i will be near to second your attemptx and he shall fall between usx comex stand not amazed at itx but go along with mex i will show you such a necessity in his death that you shall think yourself bound to put it on himx it is now high supperxtimex and the night grows to wastex about itx roderigox i will hear further reason for thisx iagox and you shall be satisfiedx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix cyprusx another room in the castlex enter othellox lodovicox desdemonax emilia and attendantsx lodovicox i do beseech youx sirx trouble yourself no furtherx othellox ox pardon mex xtwill do me good to walkx lodovicox madamx good nightx i humbly thank your ladyshipx desdemonax your honour is most welcomex othellox will you walkx sirxx ox desdemonaxx desdemonax my lordx othellox get you to bed on thx instantx i will be returnxd forthwithx dismiss your attendant therex look xt be donex desdemonax i willx my lordx xxexeunt othellox lodovico and attendantsxxx emiliax how goes it nowx he looks gentler than he didx desdemonax he says he will return incontinentx he hath commanded me to go to bedx and bade me to dismiss youx emiliax dismiss mex desdemonax it was his biddingx thereforex good emiliax give me my nightly wearingx and adieux we must not now displease himx emiliax i would you had never seen himx desdemonax so would not ix my love doth so approve himx that even his stubbornnessx his checksx his frownsxx pritheex unpin mexxhave grace and favour in themx emiliax i have laid those sheets you bade me on the bedx desdemonax allxs onex good faithx how foolish are our mindsx if i do die before theex pritheex shroud me in one of those same sheetsx emiliax comex comex you talkx desdemonax my mother had a maid callxd barbaryx she was in lovex and he she lovxd provxd mad and did forsake herx she had a song of xwillowxx an old thing xtwasx but it expressxd her fortunex and she died singing itx that song tonight will not go from my mindx i have much to do but to go hang my head all at one side and sing it like poor barbaryx prithee dispatchx emiliax shall i go fetch your nightxgownx desdemonax nox unpin me herex this lodovico is a proper manx emiliax a very handsome manx desdemonax he speaks wellx emiliax i know a lady in venice would have walked barefoot to palestine for a touch of his nether lipx desdemonax xxsingingxxx xthe poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore treex sing all a green willowx her hand on her bosomx her head on her kneex sing willowx willowx willowx the fresh streams ran by herx and murmurxd her moansx sing willowx willowx willowx her salt tears fell from herx and softenxd the stonesxxx lay by thesexx xxsingsxxx xsing willowx willowx willowxx prithee hie theex hexll come anonx xxsingsxxx xsing all a green willow must be my garlandx let nobody blame himx his scorn i approvexxx nayx thatxs not nextx harkx who isxt that knocksx emiliax itxs the windx desdemonax xxsingsxxx xi callxd my love false lovex but what said he thenx sing willowx willowx willowx if i court mo womenx youxll couch with mo menxx so get thee gonex good nightx mine eyes do itchx doth that bode weepingx emiliax xtis neither here nor therex desdemonax i have heard it said sox ox these menx these menx dost thou in conscience thinkxxtell mex emiliaxx that there be women do abuse their husbands in such gross kindx emiliax there be some suchx no questionx desdemonax wouldst thou do such a deed for all the worldx emiliax whyx would not youx desdemonax nox by this heavenly lightx emiliax nor i neither by this heavenly lightx i might doxt as well ix the darkx desdemonax wouldst thou do such a deed for all the worldx emiliax the worldxs a huge thingx it is a great price for a small vicex desdemonax in trothx i think thou wouldst notx emiliax in trothx i think i shouldx and undoxt when i had donex marryx i would not do such a thing for a jointxringx nor for measures of lawnx nor for gownsx petticoatsx nor capsx nor any petty exhibitionx butx for the whole worldxwhyx who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarchx i should venture purgatory for xtx desdemonax beshrew mex if i would do such a wrong for the whole worldx emiliax whyx the wrong is but a wrong ix the worldx and having the world for your labourx xtis a wrong in your own worldx and you might quickly make it rightx desdemonax i do not think there is any such womanx emiliax yesx a dozenx and as many to the vantage as would store the world they played forx but i do think it is their husbandsx faults if wives do fallx say that they slack their dutiesx and pour our treasures into foreign lapsx or else break out in peevish jealousiesx throwing restraint upon usx or say they strike usx or scant our former having in despitex whyx we have gallsx and though we have some gracex yet have we some revengex let husbands know their wives have sense like themx they seex and smell and have their palates both for sweet and sourx as husbands havex what is it that they do when they change us for othersx is it sportx i think it isx and doth affection breed itx i think it dothx isxt frailty that thus errsx it is so toox and have not we affectionsx desires for sportx and frailtyx as men havex then let them use us wellx else let them knowx the ills we dox their ills instruct us sox desdemonax good nightx good nightx heaven me such usage sendx not to pick bad from badx but by bad mendx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix cyprusx a streetx enter iago and roderigox iagox herex stand behind this bulkx straight will he comex wear thy good rapier barex and put it homex quickx quickx fear nothingx ixll be at thy elbowx it makes usx or it mars usx think on thatx and fix most firm thy resolutionx roderigox be near at handx i may miscarry in xtx iagox herex at thy handx be boldx and take thy standx xxretires to a little distancexxx roderigox i have no great devotion to the deedx and yet he hath given me satisfying reasonsx xtis but a man gonex forthx my swordx he diesx xxgoes to his standxxx iagox i have rubbxd this young quat almost to the sensex and he grows angryx nowx whether he kill cassiox or cassio himx or each do kill the otherx every way makes my gainx live roderigox he calls me to a restitution large of gold and jewels that i bobbxd from himx as gifts to desdemonax it must not bex if cassio do remainx he hath a daily beauty in his life that makes me uglyx and besidesx the moor may unfold me to himx there stand i in much perilx nox he must diex but sox i hear him comingx enter cassiox roderigox i know his gaitx xtis hex villainx thou diestx xxrushes outx and makes a pass at cassioxxx cassiox that thrust had been mine enemy indeedx but that my coat is better than thou knowxstx i will make proof of thinex xxdrawsx and wounds roderigoxxx roderigox ox i am slainx xxiago rushes from his postx cuts cassio behind in the legx and exitxxx cassiox i am maimxd foreverx helpx hox murderx murderx xxfallsxxx enter othellox othellox the voice of cassiox iago keeps his wordx roderigox ox villain that i amx othellox it is even sox cassiox ox helpx hox lightx a surgeonx othellox xtis hex o brave iagox honest and justx that hast such noble sense of thy friendxs wrongx thou teachest mexxminionx your dear lies deadx and your unblessxd fate hiesx strumpetx i comex forth of my heart those charmsx thine eyesx are blottedx thy bedx lustxstainxdx shall with lustxs blood be spottedx xxexitxxx enter lodovico and gratianox cassiox whatx hox no watchx no passagex murderx murderx gratianox xtis some mischancex the cry is very direfulx cassiox ox helpx lodovicox harkx roderigox o wretched villainx lodovicox two or three groanx it is a heavy nightx these may be counterfeitsx letxs thinkxt unsafe to come in to the cry without more helpx roderigox nobody comex then shall i bleed to deathx enter iago with a lightx lodovicox harkx gratianox herexs one comes in his shirtx with light and weaponsx iagox whoxs therex whose noise is this that cries on murderx lodovicox we do not knowx iagox did not you hear a cryx cassiox herex herex for heavenxs sakex help mex iagox whatxs the matterx gratianox this is othelloxs ancientx as i take itx lodovicox the same indeedx a very valiant fellowx iagox what are you here that cry so grievouslyx cassiox iagox ox i am spoilxdx undone by villainsx give me some helpx iagox o mex lieutenantx what villains have done thisx cassiox i think that one of them is hereaboutx and cannot make awayx iagox o treacherous villainsx xxto lodovico and gratianoxxx what are you therex come in and give some helpx roderigox ox help me herex cassiox thatxs one of themx iagox o murderous slavex o villainx xxstabs roderigoxxx roderigox o damnxd iagox o inhuman dogx iagox kill men ix the darkx where be these bloody thievesx how silent is this townx hox murderx murderx what may you bex are you of good or evilx lodovicox as you shall prove usx praise usx iagox signior lodovicox lodovicox hex sirx iagox i cry you mercyx herexs cassio hurt by villainsx gratianox cassiox iagox how isxtx brotherx cassiox my leg is cut in twox iagox marryx heaven forbidx lightx gentlemenx ixll bind it with my shirtx enter biancax biancax what is the matterx hox who isxt that criedx iagox who isxt that criedx biancax o my dear cassiox my sweet cassiox o cassiox cassiox cassiox iagox o notable strumpetx cassiox may you suspect who they should be that have thus mangled youx cassiox nox gratianox i am sorry to find you thusx i have been to seek youx iagox lend me a garterx soxxox for a chairx to bear him easily hencex biancax alasx he faintsx o cassiox cassiox cassiox iagox gentlemen allx i do suspect this trash to be a party in this injuryx patience awhilex good cassiox comex comex lend me a lightx know we this face or nox alasx my friend and my dear countryman roderigox nox yesx surex o heavenx roderigox gratianox whatx of venicex iagox even hex sirx did you know himx gratianox know himx ayx iagox signior gratianox i cry you gentle pardonx these bloody accidents must excuse my mannersx that so neglected youx gratianox i am glad to see youx iagox how do youx cassiox ox a chairx a chairx gratianox roderigox iagox hex hex xtis hex xxa chair brought inxxx ox thatxs well saidx the chairx some good man bear him carefully from hencex ixll fetch the generalxs surgeonx xxto biancaxx for youx mistressx save you your labourx he that lies slain herex cassiox was my dear friendx what malice was between youx cassiox none in the worldx nor do i know the manx iagox xxto biancaxxx whatx look you palexxox bear him out ox the airx xxcassio and roderigo are borne offxxx stay youx good gentlemenxxlook you palex mistressx do you perceive the gastness of her eyex nayx if you starex we shall hear more anonx behold her wellx i pray youx look upon herx do you seex gentlemenx nayx guiltiness will speak though tongues were out of usex enter emiliax emiliax xlasx whatxs the matterx whatxs the matterx husbandx iagox cassio hath here been set on in the dark by roderigox and fellows that are xscapxdx hexs almost slainx and roderigo deadx emiliax alasx good gentlemanx alasx good cassiox iagox this is the fruit of whoringx pritheex emiliax go know of cassio where he suppxd tonightx whatx do you shake at thatx biancax he suppxd at my housex but i therefore shake notx iagox ox did he sox i charge you go with mex emiliax fiex fie upon theex strumpetx biancax i am no strumpetx but of life as honest as you that thus abuse mex emiliax as ix fohx fie upon theex iagox kind gentlemenx letxs go see poor cassio dressxdx comex mistressx you must tellxs another talex emiliax run you to the citadelx and tell my lord and lady what hath happxdx will you go on aforex xxasidexxx this is the night that either makes me or fordoes me quitex xxexeuntxxx scene iix cyprusx a bedchamber in the castlex desdemona in bed asleepx a light burningx enter othellox othellox it is the causex it is the causex my soulx let me not name it to youx you chaste starsx it is the causex yet ixll not shed her bloodx nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snowx and smooth as monumental alabasterx yet she must diex else shexll betray more menx put out the lightx and then put out the lightx if i quench theex thou flaming ministerx i can again thy former light restorex should i repent mex but once put out thy lightx thou cunningxst pattern of excelling naturex i know not where is that promethean heat that can thy light relumex when i have pluckxd thy rosex i cannot give it vital growth againx it must needs witherx ixll smell it on the treex xxkissing herxxx ox balmy breathx that dost almost persuade justice to break her swordx one morex one morex be thus when thou art deadx and i will kill theex and love thee afterx one morex and this the lastx so sweet was nexer so fatalx i must weepx but they are cruel tearsx this sorrowxs heavenlyx it strikes where it doth lovex she wakesx desdemonax whoxs therex othellox othellox ayx desdemonax desdemonax will you come to bedx my lordx othellox have you prayxd tonightx desdemonax desdemonax ayx my lordx othellox if you bethink yourself of any crime unreconcilxd as yet to heaven and gracex solicit for it straightx desdemonax alackx my lordx what may you mean by thatx othellox wellx do itx and be briefx i will walk byx i would not kill thy unprepared spiritx nox heaven forfendx i would not kill thy soulx desdemonax talk you of killingx othellox ayx i dox desdemonax then heaven have mercy on mex othellox amenx with all my heartx desdemonax if you say sox i hope you will not kill mex othellox humx desdemonax and yet i fear youx for you are fatal then when your eyes roll sox why i should fear i know notx since guiltiness i know notx but yet i feel i fearx othellox think on thy sinsx desdemonax they are loves i bear to youx othellox ayx and for that thou diestx desdemonax that deathxs unnatural that kills for lovingx alasx why gnaw you so your nether lipx some bloody passion shakes your very framex these are portentsx but yet i hopex i hopex they do not point on mex othellox peacex and be stillx desdemonax i will sox whatxs the matterx othellox that handkerchief which i so loved and gave theex thou gavxst to cassiox desdemonax nox by my life and soulx send for the man and ask himx othellox sweet soulx take heedx take heed of perjuryx thouxrt on thy deathxbedx desdemonax ayx but not yet to diex othellox yesx presentlyx therefore confess thee freely of thy sinx for to deny each article with oath cannot remove nor choke the strong conception that i do groan withalx thou art to diex desdemonax thenx lord have mercy on mex othellox i sayx amenx desdemonax and have you mercy toox i never did offend you in my lifexx never lovxd cassio but with such general warranty of heaven as i might lovex i never gave him tokenx othellox by heavenx i saw my handkerchief in xs handx o perjurxd womanx thou dost stone my heartx and makxst me call what i intend to do a murderx which i thought a sacrificex i saw the handkerchiefx desdemonax he found it thenx i never gave it himx send for him hitherx let him confess a truthx othellox he hath confessxdx desdemonax whatx my lordx othellox that he hath usxd theex desdemonax howx unlawfullyx othellox ayx desdemonax he will not say sox othellox nox his mouth is stoppxdx honest iago hath taxen order for xtx desdemonax ox my fear interpretsx whatx is he deadx othellox had all his hairs been livesx my great revenge had stomach for them allx desdemonax alasx he is betrayxdx and i undonex othellox outx strumpetx weepxst thou for him to my facex desdemonax ox banish mex my lordx but kill me notx othellox downx strumpetx desdemonax kill me tomorrowx let me live tonightx othellox nayx if you strivexx desdemonax but half an hourx othellox being donex there is no pausex desdemonax but while i say one prayerx othellox it is too latex xxsmothers herxxx emiliax xxwithinxxx my lordx my lordx whatx hox my lordx my lordx othellox what noise is thisx not deadx not yet quite deadx i that am cruel am yet mercifulx i would not have thee linger in thy painx sox sox emiliax xxwithinxxx whatx hox my lordx my lordx othellox whoxs therex emiliax xxwithinxxx ox good my lordx i would speak a word with youx othellox yesx xtis emiliax by and byx shexs deadx xtis like she comes to speak of cassioxs deathx the noise was highxxhax no more movingx still as the gravex shall she come inx werext goodx i think she stirs againx nox whatxs best to dox if she come inx shexll sure speak to my wifex my wifex my wifex what wifex i have no wifex ox insupportablex o heavy hourx methinks it should be now a huge eclipse of sun and moonx and that the affrighted globe should yawn at alterationx emiliax xxwithinxxx i do beseech you that i may speak with youx ox good my lordx othellox i had forgot theex ox come inx emiliax softx by and byx let me the curtains drawx where art thoux xxunlocks the doorxxx enter emiliax whatxs the matter with thee nowx emiliax ox my good lordx yonderxs foul murders donex othellox whatx nowx emiliax but nowx my lordx othellox it is the very error of the moonx she comes more nearer earth than she was wont and makes men madx emiliax cassiox my lordx hath killxd a young venetian callxd roderigox othellox roderigo killxdx and cassio killxdx emiliax nox cassio is not killxdx othellox not cassio killxdx then murderxs out of tunex and sweet revenge grows harshx desdemonax ox falselyx falsely murderxdx emiliax alasx what cry is thatx othellox thatx whatx emiliax outx and alasx that was my ladyxs voicex helpx helpx hox helpx o ladyx speak againx sweet desdemonax o sweet mistressx speakx desdemonax a guiltless death i diex emiliax ox who hath done this deedx desdemonax nobodyx i myselfx farewellx commend me to my kind lordx ox farewellx xxshe diesxxx othellox whyx how should she be murderxdx emiliax alasx who knowsx othellox you heard her say herselfx it was not ix emiliax she said sox i must needs report the truthx othellox shexs like a liarx gone to burning hellx xtwas i that killxd herx emiliax ox the more angel shex and you the blacker devilx othellox she turnxd to follyx and she was a whorex emiliax thou dost belie herx and thou art a devilx othellox she was false as waterx emiliax thou art rash as firex to say that she was falsex ox she was heavenly truex othellox cassio did top herx ask thy husband elsex ox i were damnxd beneath all depth in hellx but that i did proceed upon just grounds to this extremityx thy husband knew it allx emiliax my husbandx othellox thy husbandx emiliax that she was false to wedlockx othellox ayx with cassiox nayx had she been truex if heaven would make me such another world of one entire and perfect chrysolitex ixd not have sold her for itx emiliax my husbandx othellox ayx xtwas he that told me firstx an honest man he isx and hates the slime that sticks on filthy deedsx emiliax my husbandx othellox what needs this iterancex womanx i say thy husbandx emiliax o mistressx villainy hath made mocks with lovex my husband say that she was falsex othellox hex womanx i say thy husbandx dost understand the wordx my friendx thy husbandx honestx honest iagox emiliax if he say sox may his pernicious soul rot half a grain a dayx he lies to the heartx she was too fond of her most filthy bargainx othellox hax emiliax do thy worstx this deed of thine is no more worthy heaven than thou wast worthy herx othellox peacex you were bestx emiliax thou hast not half that power to do me harm as i have to be hurtx o gullx o doltx as ignorant as dirtx thou hast done a deed xi care not for thy swordx ixll make thee knownx though i lost twenty livesx helpx helpx hox helpx the moor hath killxd my mistressx murderx murderx enter montanox gratiano and iagox montanox what is the matterx how nowx generalx emiliax ox are you comex iagox you have done wellx that men must lay their murders on your neckx gratianox what is the matterx emiliax disprove this villainx if thou bexst a manx he says thou toldxst him that his wife was falsex i know thou didst notx thouxrt not such a villainx speakx for my heart is fullx iagox i told him what i thoughtx and told no more than what he found himself was apt and truex emiliax but did you ever tell him she was falsex iagox i didx emiliax you told a liex an odiousx damned liex upon my soulx a liex a wicked liex she false with cassiox did you say with cassiox iagox with cassiox mistressx go tox charm your tonguex emiliax i will not charm my tonguex i am bound to speakx my mistress here lies murderxd in her bedx allx o heavens forfendx emiliax and your reports have set the murder onx othellox nayx stare notx mastersx it is true indeedx gratianox xtis a strange truthx montanox o monstrous actx emiliax villanyx villanyx villanyx i think uponxtx i think i smellxtx o villanyx i thought so thenx ixll kill myself for griefx o villanyx villanyx iagox whatx are you madx i charge youx get you homex emiliax good gentlemenx let me have leave to speakx xtis proper i obey himx but not nowx perchancex iagox i will nexer go homex othellox ox ox ox xxhanging over his wifexxx emiliax nayx lay thee down and roarx for thou hast killxd the sweetest innocent that exer did lift up eyex othellox xxrisingxxx ox she was foulx i scarce did know youx unclex there lies your niecex whose breath indeed these hands have newly stoppxdx i know this act shows horrible and grimx gratianox poor desdemonax i am glad thy fatherxs deadx thy match was mortal to himx and pure grief shore his old thread in twainx did he live nowx this sight would make him do a desperate turnx yeax curse his better angel from his sidex and fall to reprobancex othellox xtis pitifulx but yet iago knows that she with cassio hath the act of shame a thousand times committedx cassio confessxd itx and she did gratify his amorous works with that recognizance and pledge of love which i first gave herx i saw it in his handx it was a handkerchiefx an antique token my father gave my motherx emiliax o heavenx o heavenly powersx iagox comex hold your peacex emiliax xtwill outx xtwill outx i peacex nox i will speak as liberal as the northx let heaven and men and devilsx let them allx allx allx cry shame against mex yet ixll speakx iagox be wisex and get you homex emiliax i will notx xxiago offers to stab his wifexxx gratianox fiex your sword upon a womanx emiliax o thou dull moorx that handkerchief thou speakxst of i found by fortune and did give my husbandx for often with a solemn earnestnessx more than indeed belongxd to such a triflex he beggxd of me to steal itx iagox villanous whorex emiliax she give it cassiox nox alasx i found itx and i did givext my husbandx iagox filthx thou liestx emiliax by heavenx i do notx i do notx gentlemenx o murderous coxcombx what should such a fool do with so good a wifex othello are there not stones in heaven but what serve for thunderx precious villainx xxiago stabs emilia and then runs outxxx gratianox the woman fallsx surex he hath killxd his wifex emiliax ayx ayx ox lay me by my mistressx sidex gratianox hexs gonex but his wifexs killxdx montanox xtis a notorious villainx take you this weaponx which i have here recoverxd from the moorx comex guard the door withoutx let him not passx but kill him ratherx ixll after that same villainx for xtis a damned slavex xxexit montano and gratianoxxx othellox i am not valiant neitherx but every puny whipster gets my swordx but why should honour outlive honestyx let it go allx emiliax what did thy song bodex ladyx harkx canst thou hear mex i will play the swanx and die in musicx xxsingsxxx xwillowx willowx willowxx moorx she was chastex she lovxd theex cruel moorx so come my soul to blissx as i speak truex so speaking as i thinkx i diex i diex xxshe diesxxx othellox i have another weapon in this chamberx it is a sword of spainx the icexbrookxs temperx ox here it isx unclex i must come forthx gratianox xxwithinxxx if thou attempt itx it will cost thee dearx thou hast no weaponx and perforce must sufferx othellox look in upon me thenx and speak with mex orx naked as i amx i will assault theex enter gratianox gratianox what is the matterx othellox beholdx i have a weaponx a better never did itself sustain upon a soldierxs thighx i have seen the day that with this little arm and this good sword i have made my way through more impediments than twenty times your stopx butx o vain boastx who can control his fatex xtis not so nowx be not afraidx though you do see me weaponxdx here is my journeyxs endx here is my buttx and very seaxmark of my utmost sailx do you go back dismayxdx xtis a lost fearx man but a rush against othelloxs breastx and he retiresx where should othello gox nowx how dost thou look nowx o illxstarrxd wenchx pale as thy smockx when we shall meet at comptx this look of thine will hurl my soul from heavenx and fiends will snatch at itx coldx coldx my girlx even like thy chastityx o cursedx cursed slavex whip mex ye devilsx from the possession of this heavenly sightx blow me about in windsx roast me in sulphurx wash me in steepxdown gulfs of liquid firex o desdemonx deadx desdemonx deadx ohx ohx enter lodovicox montanox cassio carried in a chairx and officers with iago prisonerx lodovicox where is this rash and most unfortunate manx othellox thatxs he that was othellox here i amx lodovicox where is that viperx bring the villain forthx othellox i look down towards his feetx but thatxs a fablex if that thou bexst a devilx i cannot kill theex xxwounds iagoxxx lodovicox wrench his sword from himx iagox i bleedx sirx but not killxdx othellox i am not sorry neitherx ixd have thee livex for in my sense xtis happiness to diex lodovicox o thou othellox that wert once so goodx fallxn in the practice of a damned slavex what shall be said to theex othellox whyx anythingx an honourable murdererx if you willx for naught did i in hatex but all in honourx lodovicox this wretch hath part confessxd his villanyx did you and he consent in cassioxs deathx othellox ayx cassiox dear generalx i never gave you causex othellox i do believe itx and i ask your pardonx will youx i prayx demand that demixdevil why he hath thus ensnarxd my soul and bodyx iagox demand me nothingx what you knowx you knowx from this time forth i never will speak wordx lodovicox whatx not to prayx gratianox torments will ope your lipsx othellox wellx thou dost bestx lodovicox sirx you shall understand what hath befallxnx whichx as i thinkx you know notx here is a letter found in the pocket of the slain roderigox and here anotherx the one of them imports the death of cassiox to be undertook by roderigox othellox o villainx cassiox most heathenish and most grossx lodovicox now herexs another discontented paperx found in his pocket toox and thisx it seemsx roderigo meant to have sent this damned villainx but thatx belikex iago in the interim came in and satisfied himx othellox o the pernicious caitiffx how came youx cassiox by that handkerchief that was my wifexsx cassiox i found it in my chamberx and he himself confessxd but even nowx that there he droppxd it for a special purpose which wrought to his desirex othellox o foolx foolx foolx cassiox there is besides in roderigoxs letterx how he upbraids iagox that he made him brave me upon the watchx whereon it came that i was castx and even but now he spakex after long seeming deadx iago hurt himx iago set him onx lodovicox you must forsake this roomx and go with usx your power and your command is taken offx and cassio rules in cyprusx for this slavex if there be any cunning cruelty that can torment him much and hold him longx it shall be hisx you shall close prisoner restx till that the nature of your fault be known to the venetian statex comex bring awayx othellox soft youx a word or two before you gox i have done the state some servicex and they knowxtx no more of thatx i pray youx in your lettersx when you shall these unlucky deeds relatex speak of me as i amx nothing extenuatex nor set down aught in malicex then must you speak of one that loved not wiselyx but too wellx of one not easily jealousx but being wroughtx perplexxd in the extremex of one whose handx like the base judeanx threw a pearl away richer than all his tribex of one whose subduxd eyesx albeit unused to the melting moodx drop tears as fast as the arabian trees their medicinal gumx set you down thisx and say besidesx that in aleppo oncex where a malignant and a turbanxd turk beat a venetian and traducxd the statex i took by the throat the circumcised dogx and smote himx thusx xxstabs himselfxxx lodovicox o bloody periodx gratianox all thatxs spoke is marrxdx othellox i kissxd thee ere i killxd theex no way but thisx killing myselfx to die upon a kissx xxfalling upon desdemonaxxx cassiox this did i fearx but thought he had no weaponx for he was great of heartx lodovicox xxto iagoxxx o spartan dogx more fell than anguishx hungerx or the seax look on the tragic loading of this bedx this is thy workx the object poisons sightx let it be hidx gratianox keep the housex and seize upon the fortunes of the moorx for they succeed on youx to youx lord governorx remains the censure of this hellish villainx the timex the placex the torturex ox enforce itx myself will straight aboardx and to the state this heavy act with heavy heart relatex xxexeuntxxx periclesx prince of tyre contents act i chorusx before the palace of antiochx scene ix antiochx a room in the palacex scene iix tyrex a room in the palacex scene iiix tyrex an antexchamber in the palacex scene ivx tarsusx a room in the governorxs housex act ii chorusx chorusx scene ix pentapolisx an open place by the seasidex scene iix the samex a public wayx or platform leading to the listsx scene iiix the samex a hall of statex a banquet preparedx scene ivx tyrex a room in the governorxs housex scene vx pentapolisx a room in the palacex act iii chorusx chorusx scene ix on shipboardx scene iix ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex scene ivx ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex act iv chorusx chorusx scene ix tarsusx an open place near the seashorex scene iix mytilenex a room in a brothelx scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex scene ivx before the monument of marina at tarsusx scene vx mytilenex a street before the brothelx scene vix the samex a room in the brothelx act v chorusx chorusx scene ix on board periclesx shipx off mytilenex scene iix before the temple of diana at ephesusx scene iiix the temple of diana at ephesusx dramatis personx antiochusx king of antiochx periclesx prince of tyrex helicanusx escanesx two lords of tyrex simonidesx king of pentapolisx cleonx governor of tarsusx lysimachusx governor of mytilenex cerimonx a lord of ephesusx thaliardx a lord of antiochx philemonx servant to cerimonx leoninex servant to dionyzax marshalx a pandarx boultx his servantx the daughter of antiochusx dionyzax wife to cleonx thaisax daughter to simonidesx marinax daughter to pericles and thaisax lychoridax nurse to marinax a bawdx lordsx knightsx gentlemenx sailorsx piratesx fishermenx and messengersx dianax gowerx as chorusx scenex dispersedly in various countriesx act i enter gowerx before the palace of antiochx to sing a song that old was sungx from ashes ancient gower is comex assuming manxs infirmitiesx to glad your earx and please your eyesx it hath been sung at festivalsx on emberxeves and holyxalesx and lords and ladies in their lives have read it for restorativesx the purchase is to make men gloriousx xet bonum quo antiquius eo meliusxx if youx born in these latter timesx when witxs more ripex accept my rhymesx and that to hear an old man sing may to your wishes pleasure bringx i life would wishx and that i might waste it for youx like taperxlightx this antiochx thenx antiochus the great built upx this cityx for his chiefest seatx the fairest in all syriax i tell you what mine authors sayx this king unto him took a ferex who died and left a female heirx so buxomx blithex and full of facex as heaven had lent her all his gracex with whom the father liking tookx and her to incest did provokex bad childx worse fatherx to entice his own to evil should be done by nonex but custom what they did begin was with long use accountxd no sinx the beauty of this sinful dame made many princes thither framex to seek her as a bedfellowx in marriage pleasures playfellowx which to prevent he made a lawx to keep her stillx and men in awex that whoso askxd her for his wifex his riddle told notx lost his lifex so for her many a wight did diex as yon grim looks do testifyx what now ensuesx to the judgement your eye i givex my cause who best can justifyx xxexitxxx scene ix antiochx a room in the palacex enter antiochusx prince pericles and followersx antiochusx young prince of tyrex you have at large received the danger of the task you undertakex periclesx i havex antiochusx andx with a soul emboldened with the glory of her praisex think death no hazard in this enterprisex antiochusx musicx bring in our daughterx clothed like a bridex for the embracements even of jove himselfx at whose conceptionx till lucina reignedx nature this dowry gavex to glad her presencex the senate house of planets all did sitx to knit in her their best perfectionsx musicx enter the daughter of antiochusx periclesx see where she comesx apparellxd like the springx graces her subjectsx and her thoughts the king of every virtue gives renown to menx her face the book of praisesx where is read nothing but curious pleasuresx as from thence sorrow were ever razedx and testy wrath could never be her mild companionx you gods that made me manx and sway in lovex that have inflamed desire in my breast to taste the fruit of yon celestial treex or die in the adventurex be my helpsx as i am son and servant to your willx to compass such a boundless happinessx antiochusx prince periclesx x periclesx that would be son to great antiochusx antiochusx before thee stands this fair hesperidesx with golden fruitx but dangerous to be touchxdx for deathxlike dragons here affright thee hardx her facex like heavenx enticeth thee to view her countless gloryx which desert must gainx and whichx without desertx because thine eye presumes to reachx all the whole heap must diex yon sometimes famous princesx like thyselfx drawn by reportx adventurous by desirex tell theex with speechless tongues and semblance palex that without coveringx save yon field of starsx here they stand martyrsx slain in cupidxs warsx and with dead cheeks advise thee to desist for going on deathxs netx whom none resistx periclesx antiochusx i thank theex who hath taught my frail mortality to know itselfx and by those fearful objects to prepare this bodyx like to themx to what i mustx for death rememberxd should be like a mirrorx who tells us lifexs but breathx to trust it errorx ixll make my will thenx andx as sick men do who know the worldx see heavenx butx feeling woex gripe not at earthly joys as erst they didx so i bequeath a happy peace to you and all good menx as every prince should dox my riches to the earth from whence they camex xxto the daughter of antiochusxxx but my unspotted fire of love to youx thus ready for the way of life or deathx i wait the sharpest blowx antiochusx antiochusx scorning advicex read the conclusionx thenx which read and not expoundedx xtis decreedx as these before thee thou thyself shalt bleedx daughterx of all xssayed yetx mayst thou prove prosperousx of all xssayed yetx i wish thee happinessx pericles like a bold championx i assume the listsx nor ask advice of any other thought but faithfulness and couragex xxhe reads the riddlexxx xi am no viperx yet i feed on motherxs flesh which did me breedx i sought a husbandx in which labour i found that kindness in a fatherx hexs fatherx sonx and husband mildx i motherx wifex and yet his childx how they may bex and yet in twox as you will live resolve it youxx sharp physic is the lastx butx o you powers that give heaven countless eyes to view menxs actsx why cloud they not their sights perpetuallyx if this be truex which makes me pale to read itx fair glass of lightx i loved youx and could stillx xxtakes hold of the hand of the princessxxx were not this glorious casket stored with illx but i must tell youx now my thoughts revoltx for hexs no man on whom perfections wait thatx knowing sin withinx will touch the gatex you are a fair violx and your sense the stringsx whox fingerxd to make man his lawful musicx would draw heaven downx and all the gods to hearkenx but being playxd upon before your timex hell only danceth at so harsh a chimex good soothx i care not for youx antiochusx prince periclesx touch notx upon thy lifex for thatxs an article within our lawx as dangerous as the restx your timexs expiredx either expound nowx or receive your sentencex periclesx great kingx few love to hear the sins they love to actx xtwould braid yourself too near for me to tell itx who has a book of all that monarchs dox hexs more secure to keep it shut than shownx for vice repeated is like the wandering windx blows dust in othersx eyesx to spread itselfx and yet the end of all is bought thus dearx the breath is gonex and the sore eyes see clearx to stop the air would hurt themx the blind mole casts coppxd hills towards heavenx to tell the earth is throngxd by manxs oppressionx and the poor worm doth die forxtx kind are earthxs godsx in vice their lawxs their willx and if jove strayx who dares say jove doth illx it is enough you knowx and it is fitx what being more known grows worsex to smother itx all love the womb that their first bredx then give my tongue like leave to love my headx antiochusx xxasidexx heavenx that i had thy headx he has found the meaningx but i will gloze with himx x young prince of tyrex though by the tenour of our strict edictx your exposition misinterpretingx we might proceed to cancel of your daysx yet hopex succeeding from so fair a tree as your fair selfx doth tune us otherwisex forty days longer we do respite youx if by which time our secret be undonex this mercy shows wexll joy in such a sonx and until then your entertain shall be as doth befit our honour and your worthx xxexeunt all but periclesxxx periclesx how courtesy would seem to cover sinx when what is done is like an hypocritex the which is good in nothing but in sightx if it be true that i interpret falsex then were it certain you were not so bad as with foul incest to abuse your soulx where now youxre both a father and a sonx by your untimely claspings with your childx which pleasures fits a husbandx not a fatherx and she an eater of her motherxs fleshx by the defiling of her parentxs bedx and both like serpents arex who though they feed on sweetest flowersx yet they poison breedx antiochx farewellx for wisdom seesx those men blush not in actions blacker than the nightx will xschew no course to keep them from the lightx one sinx i knowx another doth provokex murderxs as near to lust as flame to smokex poison and treason are the hands of sinx ayx and the targetsx to put off the shamex thenx lest my life be croppxd to keep you clearx by flight ixll shun the danger which i fearx xxexitxxx rexenter antiochusx antiochusx he hath found the meaningx for which we mean to have his headx he must not live to trumpet forth my infamyx nor tell the world antiochus doth sin in such a loathed mannerx and therefore instantly this prince must diex for by his fall my honour must keep highx who attends us therex enter thaliardx thaliardx doth your highness callx antiochusx thaliardx you are of our chamberx and our mind partakes her private actions to your secrecyx and for your faithfulness we will advance youx thaliardx beholdx herexs poisonx and herexs goldx we hate the prince of tyrex and thou must kill himx it fits thee not to ask the reason whyx because we bid itx sayx is it donex thaliardx my lordx xtis donex antiochusx enoughx enter a messengerx let your breath cool yourselfx telling your hastex messengerx my lordx prince pericles is fledx xxexitxxx antiochusx as thou wilt livex fly afterx and like an arrow shot from a wellxexperienced archer hits the mark his eye doth level atx so thou nexer return unless thou say xprince pericles is deadxx thaliardx my lordx if i can get him within my pistolxs lengthx ixll make him sure enoughx sox farewell to your highnessx antiochusx thaliardx adieux xxexit thaliardxxx till pericles be deadx my heart can lend no succour to my headx xxexitxxx scene iix tyrex a room in the palacex enter pericles with his lordsx periclesx xxto lords withoutxxx let none disturb usx x why should this change of thoughtsx the sad companionx dullxeyed melancholyx be my so used a guest as not an hour in the dayxs glorious walk or peaceful nightx the tomb where grief should sleepx can breed me quietx here pleasures court mine eyesx and mine eyes shun themx and dangerx which i fearxdx is at antiochx whose arm seems far too short to hit me herex yet neither pleasurexs art can joy my spiritsx nor yet the otherxs distance comfort mex then it is thusx the passions of the mindx that have their first conception by misdreadx have afterxnourishment and life by carex and what was first but fear what might be donex grows elder now and cares it be not donex and so with mex the great antiochusx xgainst whom i am too little to contendx since hexs so great can make his will his actx will think me speakingx though i swear to silencex nor boots it me to say i honour himx if he suspect i may dishonour himx and what may make him blush in being knownx hexll stop the course by which it might be knownx with hostile forces hexll oxerspread the landx and with the ostent of war will look so hugex amazement shall drive courage from the statex our men be vanquishxd ere they do resistx and subjects punishxd that nexer thought offencex which care of themx not pity of myselfx who am no more but as the tops of treesx which fence the roots they grow by and defend themx makes both my body pine and soul to languishx and punish that before that he would punishx enter helicanus with other lordsx first lordx joy and all comfort in your sacred breastx second lordx and keep your mindx till you return to usx peaceful and comfortablex helicanusx peacex peacex and give experience tonguex they do abuse the king that flatter himx for flattery is the bellows blows up sinx the thing the which is flatterxdx but a sparkx to which that spark gives heat and stronger glowingx whereas reproofx obedient and in orderx fits kingsx as they are menx for they may errx when signior sooth here does proclaim peacex he flatters youx makes war upon your lifex princex pardon mex or strike mex if you pleasex i cannot be much lower than my kneesx periclesx all leave us elsex but let your cares oxerlook what shipping and what ladingxs in our havenx and then return to usx xxexeunt lordsxxx helicanusx thou hast moved usx what seest thou in our looksx helicanusx an angry browx dread lordx periclesx if there be such a dart in princesx frownsx how durst thy tongue move anger to our facex helicanusx how dares the plants look up to heavenx from whence they have their nourishmentx periclesx thou knowxst i have power to take thy life from theex helicanusx xxkneelingxxx i have ground the axe myselfx do but you strike the blowx periclesx risex pritheex risex sit downx thou art no flattererx i thank thee for itx and heaven forbid that kings should let their ears hear their faults hidx fit counsellor and servant for a princex who by thy wisdom makest a prince thy servantx what wouldst thou have me dox helicanusx to bear with patience such griefs as you yourself do lay upon yourselfx periclesx thou speakxst like a physicianx helicanusx that ministers a potion unto me that thou wouldst tremble to receive thyselfx attend mex thenx i went to antiochx wherex as thou knowxstx against the face of deathx i sought the purchase of a glorious beautyx from whence an issue i might propagatex are arms to princesx and bring joys to subjectsx her face was to mine eye beyond all wonderx the rest x hark in thine ear x as black as incestx which by my knowledge foundx the sinful father seemxd not to strikex but smoothx but thou knowxst thisx xtis time to fear when tyrants seems to kissx which fear so grew in me i hither fledx under the covering of a careful nightx who seemxd my good protectorx andx being herex bethought me what was pastx what might succeedx i knew him tyrannousx and tyrantsx fears decrease notx but grow faster than the yearsx and should he doubtx as no doubt he dothx that i should open to the listening air how many worthy princesx bloods were shedx to keep his bed of blackness unlaid opex to lop that doubtx hexll fill this land with armsx and make pretence of wrong that i have done himx when allx for minex if i may call offencex must feel warxs blowx who spares not innocencex which love to allx of which thyself art onex who now reprovest me for itx x helicanusx alasx sirx periclesx drew sleep out of mine eyesx blood from my cheeksx musings into my mindx with thousand doubts how i might stop this tempest ere it camex and finding little comfort to relieve themx i thought it princely charity to grieve themx helicanusx wellx my lordx since you have given me leave to speakx freely will i speakx antiochus you fearx and justly toox i thinkx you fear the tyrantx who either by public war or private treason will take away your lifex thereforex my lordx go travel for a whilex till that his rage and anger be forgotx or till the destinies do cut his thread of lifex your rule direct to anyx if to mex day serves not light more faithful than ixll bex periclesx i do not doubt thy faithx but should he wrong my liberties in my absencex helcanusx wexll mingle our bloods together in the earthx from whence we had our being and our birthx periclesx tyrex i now look from thee thenx and to tarsus intend my travelx where ixll hear from theex and by whose letters ixll dispose myselfx the care i had and have of subjectsx good on thee i layx whose wisdomxs strength can bear itx ixll take thy word for faithx not ask thine oathx who shuns not to break one will sure crack bothx but in our orbs wexll live so round and safex that time of both this truth shall nexer convincex thou showxdst a subjectxs shinex i a true princex xxexeuntxxx scene iiix tyrex an antexchamber in the palacex enter thaliardx thaliardx sox this is tyrex and this the courtx here must i kill king periclesx and if i do it notx i am sure to be hanged at homex xtis dangerousx wellx i perceive he was a wise fellowx and had good discretionx thatx being bid to ask what he would of the kingx desired he might know none of his secretsx now do i see he had some reason forxtx for if a king bid a man be a villainx hexs bound by the indenture of his oath to be onex hushtx here come the lords of tyrex enter helicanus and escanes with other lords of tyrex helicanusx you shall not needx my fellow peers of tyrex further to question me of your kingxs departurex his sealxd commissionx left in trust with mex doth speak sufficiently hexs gone to travelx thaliardx xxasidexxx howx the king gonex helicanusx if further yet you will be satisfiedx whyx as it were unlicensed of your lovesx he would departx ixll give some light unto youx being at antioch x thaliardx xxasidexxx what from antiochx helicanusx royal antiochus x on what cause i know not took some displeasure at himx at least he judged sox and doubting lest that he had errxd or sinnxdx to show his sorrowx hexd correct himselfx so puts himself unto the shipmanxs toilx with whom each minute threatens life or deathx thaliardx xxasidexxx wellx i perceive i shall not be hangxd nowx although i wouldx but since hexs gonex the kingxs seas must please he xscaped the landx to perish at the seax ixll present myselfx peace to the lords of tyrex helicanusx lord thaliard from antiochus is welcomex thaliardx from him i come with message unto princely periclesx but since my landing i have understood your lord has betook himself to unknown travelsx my message must return from whence it camex helicanusx we have no reason to desire itx commended to our masterx not to usx yetx ere you shall departx this we desirex as friends to antiochx we may feast in tyrex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx tarsusx a room in the governorxs housex enter cleonx the governor of tarsusx with dionyza and othersx cleonx my dionyzax shall we rest us herex and by relating tales of othersx griefsx see if xtwill teach us to forget our ownx dionyzax that were to blow at fire in hope to quench itx for who digs hills because they do aspire throws down one mountain to cast up a higherx o my distressed lordx even such our griefs arex here theyxre but feltx and seen with mischiefxs eyesx but like to grovesx being toppxdx they higher risex cleonx o dionyzax who wanteth foodx and will not say he wants itx or can conceal his hunger till he famishx our tongues and sorrows do sound deep our woes into the airx our eyes do weepx till tongues fetch breath that may proclaim them louderx thatx if heaven slumber while their creatures wantx they may awake their helps to comfort themx ixll then discourse our woesx felt several yearsx and wanting breath to speakx help me with tearsx dionyzax ixll do my bestx sirx cleonx this tarsusx oxer which i have the governmentx a city on whom plenty held full handx for riches strewxd herself even in the streetsx whose towers bore heads so high they kissxd the cloudsx and strangers nexer beheld but wonderxd atx whose men and dames so jetted and adornxdx like one anotherxs glass to trim them byx their tables were stored full to glad the sightx and not so much to feed on as delightx all poverty was scornxdx and pride so greatx the name of help grew odious to repeatx dionyzax ox xtis too truex cleonx but see what heaven can dox by this our changex these mouthsx who but of latex earthx seax and airx were all too little to content and pleasex although they gave their creatures in abundancex as houses are defiled for want of usex they are now starved for want of exercisex those palates whox not yet two summers youngerx must have inventions to delight the tastex would now be glad of bread and beg for itx those mothers whox to nousle up their babesx thought nought too curiousx are ready now to eat those little darlings whom they lovedx so sharp are hungerxs teethx that man and wife draw lots who first shall die to lengthen lifex here stands a lordx and there a lady weepingx here many sinkx yet those which see them fall have scarce strength left to give them burialx is not this truex dionyzax our cheeks and hollow eyes do witness itx cleonx ox let those cities that of plentyxs cup and her prosperities so largely tastex with their superflous riotsx hear these tearsx the misery of tarsus may be theirsx enter a lordx lordx wherexs the lord governorx cleonx herex speak out thy sorrows which thou bringxst in hastex for comfort is too far for us to expectx lordx we have descriedx upon our neighbouring shorex a portly sail of ships make hitherwardx cleonx i thought as muchx one sorrow never comes but brings an heirx that may succeed as his inheritorx and so in oursx some neighbouring nationx taking advantage of our miseryx that stuffxd the hollow vessels with their powerx to beat us downx the which are down alreadyx and make a conquest of unhappy mex whereas no gloryxs got to overcomex lordx thatxs the least fearx forx by the semblance of their white flags displayxdx they bring us peacex and come to us as favourersx not as foesx cleonx thou speakxst like himxs untutorxd to repeatx who makes the fairest show means most deceitx but bring they what they will and what they canx what need we fearx the groundxs the lowestx and we are half way therex go tell their general we attend him herex to know for what he comesx and whence he comesx and what he cravesx lordx i gox my lordx xxexitxxx cleonx welcome is peacex if he on peace consistx if warsx we are unable to resistx enter pericles with attendantsx periclesx lord governorx for so we hear you arex let not our ships and number of our men be like a beacon fired to amaze your eyesx we have heard your miseries as far as tyrex and seen the desolation of your streetsx nor come we to add sorrow to your tearsx but to relieve them of their heavy loadx and these our shipsx you happily may think are like the trojan horse was stuffxd within with bloody veinsx expecting overthrowx are stored with corn to make your needy breadx and give them life whom hunger starved half deadx allx the gods of greece protect youx and wexll pray for youx periclesx arisex i pray youx risex we do not look for reverencex but for lovex and harbourage for ourselfx our ships and menx cleonx the which when any shall not gratifyx or pay you with unthankfulness in thoughtx be it our wivesx our childrenx or ourselvesx the curse of heaven and men succeed their evilsx till whenx x the which i hope shall nexer be seenx x your grace is welcome to our town and usx periclesx which welcome wexll acceptx feast here awhilex until our stars that frown lend us a smilex xxexeuntxxx act ii enter gowerx gowerx here have you seen a mighty king his childx iwisx to incest bringx a better prince and benign lordx that will prove awful both in deed wordx be quiet then as men should bex till he hath passxd necessityx ixll show you those in troubles reignx losing a mitex a mountain gainx the good in conversationx to whom i give my benisonx is still at tarsusx where each man thinks all is writ he speken canx and to remember what he doesx build his statue to make him gloriousx but tidings to the contrary are brought your eyesx what need speak ix dumbxshowx enter at one door pericles talking with cleonx all the train with themx enter at another door a gentleman with a letter to periclesx pericles shows the letter to cleonx gives the messenger a rewardx and knights himx exit pericles at one doorx and cleon at anotherx good helicanex that stayxd at homex not to eat honey like a drone from othersx laboursx for though he strive to killen badx keep good alivex and to fulfil his princex desirex sends word of all that haps in tyrex how thaliard came full bent with sin and had intent to murder himx and that in tarsus was not best longer for him to make his restx hex doing sox put forth to seasx where when men beenx therexs seldom easex for now the wind begins to blowx thunder above and deeps below make such unquietx that the ship should house him safe is wreckxd and splitx and hex good princex having all lostx by waves from coast to coast is tostx all perishen of manx of pelfx ne aught escapen but himselfx till fortunex tired with doing badx threw him ashorex to give him gladx and here he comesx what shall be nextx pardon old gowerx x this longs the textx xxexitxxx scene ix pentapolisx an open place by the seasidex enter periclesx wetx periclesx yet cease your irex you angry stars of heavenx windx rainx and thunderx remember earthly man is but a substance that must yield to youx and ix as fits my naturex do obey youx alasx the sea hath cast me on the rocksx washxd me from shore to shorex and left me breath nothing to think on but ensuing deathx let it suffice the greatness of your powers to have bereft a prince of all his fortunesx and having thrown him from your watery gravex here to have death in peace is all hexll cravex enter three fishermenx first fishermanx whatx hox pilchx second fishermanx hax come and bring away the netsx first fishermanx whatx patchxbreechx i sayx third fishermanx what say youx masterx first fishermanx look how thou stirrest nowx come awayx or ixll fetch thee with a wanionx third fishermanx faithx masterx i am thinking of the poor men that were cast away before us even nowx first fishermanx alasx poor soulsx it grieved my heart to hear what pitiful cries they made to us to help themx whenx wellxaxdayx we could scarce help ourselvesx third fishermanx nayx masterx said not i as much when i saw the porpus how he bounced and tumbledx they say theyxre half fishx half fleshx a plague on themx they nexer come but i look to be washedx masterx i marvel how the fishes live in the seax first fishermanx whyx as men do axlandx the great ones eat up the little onesx i can compare our rich misers to nothing so fitly as to a whalex ax plays and tumblesx driving the poor fry before himx and at last devours them all at a mouthfulx such whales have i heard on ox the landx who never leave gaping till they swallowed the whole parishx churchx steeplex bells and allx periclesx xxasidexxx a pretty moralx third fishermanx butx masterx if i had been the sextonx i would have been that day in the belfryx second fishermanx whyx manx third fishermanx because he should have swallowed me toox and when i had been in his bellyx i would have kept such a jangling of the bellsx that he should never have leftx till he cast bellsx steeplex church and parish up againx but if the good king simonides were of my mindx x periclesx xxasidexxx simonidesx third fishermanx we would purge the land of these dronesx that rob the bee of her honeyx periclesx xxasidexxx how from the finny subject of the sea these fishers tell the infirmities of menx and from their watery empire recollect all that may men approve or men detectx peace be at your labourx honest fishermenx second fishermanx honestx good fellowx whatxs thatx if it be a day fits youx search out of the calendarx and nobody look after itx periclesx may see the sea hath cast upon your coastx second fishermanx what a drunken knave was the sea to cast thee in our wayx periclesx a man whom both the waters and the windx in that vast tennisxcourtx have made the ball for them to play uponx entreats you pity himx he asks of youx that never used to begx first fishermanx nox friendx cannot you begx herexs them in our country of greece gets more with begging than we can do with workingx second fishermanx canst thou catch any fishesx thenx periclesx i never practised itx second fishermanx nayx then thou wilt starvex surex for herexs nothing to be got nowxaxdaysx unless thou canst fish forxtx periclesx what i have been i have forgot to knowx but what i amx want teaches me to think onx a man throngxd up with coldx my veins are chillx and have no more of life than may suffice to give my tongue that heat to ask your helpx which if you shall refusex when i am deadx for that i am a manx pray see me buriedx first fishermanx die quothxax now gods forbidxtx and i have a gown herex comex put it onx keep thee warmx nowx afore mex a handsome fellowx comex thou shalt go homex and wexll have flesh for holidaysx fish for fastingxdaysx and moreoxer puddings and flapxjacksx and thou shalt be welcomex periclesx i thank youx sirx second fishermanx hark youx my friendx you said you could not begx periclesx i did but cravex second fishermanx but cravex then ixll turn craver toox and so i shall xscape whippingx periclesx whyx are your beggars whippedx thenx second fishermanx ox not allx my friendx not allx for if all your beggars were whippedx i would wish no better office than to be beadlex butx masterx ixll go draw up the netx xxexit with third fishermanxxx periclesx xxasidexxx how well this honest mirth becomes their labourx first fishermanx hark youx sirx do you know where ye arex periclesx not wellx first fishermanx whyx ixll tell youx this is called pentapolisx and our kingx the good simonidesx periclesx the good simonidesx do you call himx first fishermanx ayx sirx and he deserves so to be called for his peaceable reign and good governmentx periclesx he is a happy kingx since he gains from his subjects the name of good governmentx how far is his court distant from this shorex first fishermanx marry sirx half a dayxs journeyx and ixll tell youx he hath a fair daughterx and tomorrow is her birthxdayx and there are princes and knights come from all parts of the world to joust and tourney for her lovex periclesx were my fortunes equal to my desiresx i could wish to make one therex first fishermanx ox sirx things must be as they mayx and what a man cannot getx he may lawfully deal for x his wifexs soulx rexenter second and third fishermenx drawing up a netx second fishermanx helpx masterx helpx herexs a fish hangs in the netx like a poor manxs right in the lawx xtwill hardly come outx hax bots onxtx xtis come at lastx and xtis turned to a rusty armourx periclesx an armourx friendsx i pray youx let me see itx thanksx fortunex yetx thatx after all my crossesx thou givest me somewhat to repair myselfx and though it was mine ownx part of my heritagex which my dead father did bequeath to mex with this strict chargex even as he left his lifex xkeep itx my periclesx it hath been a shield xtwixt me and deathxx x and pointed to this bracexx xfor that it saved mex keep itx in like necessity x the which the gods protect thee fromx x may defend theexx it kept where i keptx i so dearly loved itx till the rough seasx that spares not any manx took it in ragex though calmxd have givenxt againx i thank thee forxtx my shipwreck nowxs no illx since i have here my father gave in his willx first fishermanx what mean you sirx periclesx to beg of youx kind friendsx this coat of worthx for it was sometime target to a kingx i know it by this markx he loved me dearlyx and for his sake i wish the having of itx and that youxd guide me to your sovereign courtx where with it i may appear a gentlemanx and if that ever my low fortunexs betterx ixll pay your bountiesx till then rest your debtorx first fishermanx whyx wilt thou tourney for the ladyx periclesx ixll show the virtue i have borne in armsx first fishermanx whyx dxye take itx and the gods give thee good onxtx second fishermanx ayx but hark youx my friendx xtwas we that made up this garment through the rough seams of the watersx there are certain condolementsx certain vailsx i hopex sirx if you thrivex youxll remember from whence you had themx periclesx believext i willx by your furtherance i am clothed in steelx and spite of all the rapture of the seax this jewel holds his building on my armx unto thy value i will mount myself upon a courserx whose delightful steps shall make the gazer joy to see him treadx onlyx my friendx i yet am unprovided of a pair of basesx second fishermanx wexll sure providex thou shalt have my best gown to make thee a pairx and ixll bring thee to the court myselfx periclesx then honour be but a goal to my willx this day ixll risex or else add ill to illx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex a public wayx or platform leading to the listsx a pavilion by the side of it for the reception of the kingx princessx lordsx etcx enter simonidesx thaisax lords and attendantsx simonidesx are the knights ready to begin the triumphx first lordx they arex my liegex and stay your coming to present themselvesx simonidesx return themx we are readyx and our daughterx in honour of whose birth these triumphs arex sits herex like beautyxs childx whom nature gat for men to seex and seeing wonder atx xxexit a lordxxx thaisax it pleaseth youx my royal fatherx to express my commendations greatx whose meritxs lessx simonidesx itxs fit it should be sox for princes are a modelx which heaven makes like to itselfx as jewels lose their glory if neglectedx so princes their renowns if not respectedx xtis now your honourx daughterx to entertain the labour of each knight in his devicex thaisax whichx to preserve mine honourx ixll performx the first knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to thaisax simonidesx who is the first that doth prefer himselfx thaisax a knight of spartax my renowned fatherx and the device he bears upon his shield is a black ethiope reaching at the sunx the wordx xlux tua vita mihixx simonidesx he loves you well that holds his life of youx the second knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to thaisax who is the second that presents himselfx thaisax a prince of macedonx my royal fatherx and the device he bears upon his shield is an armxd knight thatxs conquerxd by a ladyx the motto thusx in spanishx xpiu por dulzura que por forzaxx the third knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to thaisax simonidesx and whatxs the thirdx thaisax the third of antiochx and his devicex a wreath of chivalryx the wordx xme pompae provexit apexxx the fourth knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to thaisax simonidesx what is the fourthx thaisax a burning torch thatxs turned upside downx the wordx xquod me alit me extinguitxx simonidesx which shows that beauty hath his power and willx which can as well inflame as it can killx the fifth knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to thaisax thaisax the fifthx an hand environed with cloudsx holding out gold thatxs by the touchstone triedx the motto thusx xsic spectanda fidesxx the sixth knightx periclesx passes in rusty armour with basesx and unaccompaniedx he presents his device directly to thaisax simonidesx and whatxs the sixth and lastx the which the knight himself with such a graceful courtesy deliverxdx thaisax he seems to be a strangerx but his present is a witherxd branchx thatxs only green at topx the mottox xin hac spe vivoxx simonidesx a pretty moralx from the dejected state wherein he isx he hopes by you his fortunes yet may flourishx first lordx he had need mean better than his outward show can any way speak in his just commendx for by his rusty outside he appears to have practised more the whipstock than the lancex second lordx he well may be a strangerx for he comes to an honourxd triumph strangely furnishedx third lordx and on set purpose let his armour rust until this dayx to scour it in the dustx simonidesx opinionxs but a foolx that makes us scan the outward habit by the inward manx but stayx the knights are comingx we will withdraw into the galleryx xxexeuntx great shouts withinx and all cryx xthe mean knightxxx scene iiix the samex a hall of statex a banquet preparedx enter simonidesx thaisax lordsx attendants and knightsx from tiltingx simonidesx knightsx to say youxre welcome were superfluousx to place upon the volume of your deedsx as in a titlexpagex your worth in armsx were more than you expectx or more thanxs fitx since every worth in show commends itselfx prepare for mirthx for mirth becomes a feastx you are princes and my guestsx thaisax but youx my knight and guestx to whom this wreath of victory i givex and crown you king of this dayxs happinessx periclesx xtis more by fortunex ladyx than by meritx simonidesx call it by what you willx the day is yoursx and herex i hopex is none that envies itx in framing an artistx art hath thus decreedx to make some goodx but others to exceedx and you are her labourxd scholarx come queen of the feastx x forx daughterx so you arex x here take your placex marshal the restx as they deserve their gracex knightsx we are honourxd much by good simonidesx simonidesx your presence glads our daysx honour we lovex for who hates honour hates the gods abovex marshallx sirx yonder is your placex periclesx some other is more fitx first knightx contend notx sirx for we are gentlemen have neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envied the greatx nor shall the low despisex periclesx you are right courteous knightsx simonidesx sitx sirx sitx by jovex i wonderx that is king of thoughtsx these cates resist mex he but thought uponx thaisax by junox that is queen of marriagex all viands that i eat do seem unsavouryx wishing him my meatx surex hexs a gallant gentlemanx simonidesx hexs but a country gentlemanx has done no more than other knights have donex has broken a staff or sox so let it passx thaisax to me he seems like diamond to glassx periclesx yon kingxs to me like to my fatherxs picturex which tells me in that glory once he wasx had princes sitx like starsx about his thronex and he the sunx for them to reverencex none that beheld himx butx like lesser lightsx did vail their crowns to his supremacyx where now his sonxs like a glowxworm in the nightx the which hath fire in darknessx none in lightx whereby i see that timexs the king of menx hexs both their parentx and he is their gravex and gives them what he willx not what they cravex simonidesx whatx are you merryx knightsx knightsx who can be other in this royal presencex simonidesx herex with a cup thatxs stored unto the brimx x as you do lovex fill to your mistressx lipsx x we drink this health to youx knightsx we thank your gracex simonidesx yet pause awhilex yon knight doth sit too melancholyx as if the entertainment in our court had not a show might countervail his worthx note it not youx thaisax thaisax what isxt to mex my fatherx simonidesx o attendx my daughterx princes in this should live like godxs abovex who freely give to everyone that comes to honour themx and princes not doing so are like to gnatsx which make a soundx but killxd are wonderxd atx therefore to make his entrance more sweetx herex say we drink this standingxbowl of wine to himx thaisax alasx my fatherx it befits not me unto a stranger knight to be so boldx he may my proffer take for an offencex since men take womenxs gifts for impudencex simonidesx howx do as i bid youx or youxll move me elsex thaisax xxasidexxx nowx by the godsx he could not please me betterx simonidesx and furthermore tell himx we desire to know of himx of whence he isx his name and parentagex thaisax the king my fatherx sirx has drunk to youx periclesx i thank himx thaisax wishing it so much blood unto your lifex periclesx i thank both him and youx and pledge him freelyx thaisax and further he desires to know of youx of whence you arex your name and parentagex periclesx a gentleman of tyrex my namex periclesx my education been in arts and armsx whox looking for adventures in the worldx was by the rough seas reft of ships and menx and after shipwreck driven upon this shorex thaisax he thanks your gracex names himself periclesx a gentleman of tyrex who only by misfortune of the seas bereft of ships and menx cast on this shorex simonidesx nowx by the godsx i pity his misfortunex and will awake him from his melancholyx comex gentlemenx we sit too long on triflesx and waste the timex which looks for other revelsx even in your armoursx as you are addressxdx will well become a soldierxs dancex i will not have excusex with saying thisx xloud music is too harsh for ladiesx headsx since they love men in arms as well as bedsx xxthe knights dancexxx sox this was well askxdx xtwas so well performxdx comex sirx here is a lady which wants breathing toox and i have heard you knights of tyre are excellent in making ladies tripx and that their measures are as excellentx periclesx in those that practise them they arex my lordx simonidesx ox thatxs as much as you would be denied of your fair courtesyx xxthe knights and ladies dancexxx unclaspx unclaspx thanks gentlemenx to allx all have done wellx xxto periclesxxx but you the bestx pages and lights to conduct these knights unto their several lodgingsx xxto periclesxxx yoursx sirx we have given order to be next our ownx periclesx i am at your gracexs pleasurex simonidesx princesx it is too late to talk of lovex and thatxs the mark i know you level atx therefore each one betake him to his restx tomorrow all for speeding do their bestx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx tyrex a room in the governorxs housex enter helicanus and escanesx helicanusx nox escanesx know this of mex antiochus from incest lived not freex for which the most high gods not minding longer to withhold the vengeance that they had in store due to this heinous capital offencex even in the height and pride of all his gloryx when he was seated in a chariot of an inestimable valuex and his daughter with himx a fire from heaven came and shrivellxd up their bodiesx even to loathingx for they so stunkx that all those eyes adored them ere their fall scorn now their hand should give them burialx escanesx xtwas very strange helicanusx and yet but justicex for though this king were greatx his greatness was no guard to bar heavenxs shaftx but sin had his rewardx escanesx xtis very truex enter two or three lordsx first lordx seex not a man in private conference or council has respect with him but hex second lordx it shall no longer grieve without reproofx third lordx and cursed be he that will not second itx first lordx follow mex thenx lord helicanex a wordx helicanusx with mex and welcomex happy dayx my lordsx first lordx know that our griefs are risen to the topx and now at length they overflow their banksx helicanusx your griefsx for whatx wrong not your prince you lovex first lordx wrong not yourselfx thenx noble helicanex but if the prince do livex let us salute himx or know what groundxs made happy by his breathx if in the world he livex wexll seek him outx if in his grave he restx wexll find him therex wexll be resolved he lives to govern usx or deadx givexs cause to mourn his funeralx and leave us to our free electionx second lordx whose deathxs indeed the strongest in our censurex and knowing this kingdom is without a headx x like goodly buildings left without a roof soon fall to ruinx x your noble selfx that best know how to rule and how to reignx we thus submit untox x our sovereignx allx livex noble helicanex helicanusx for honourxs causex forbear your suffragesx if that you love prince periclesx forbearx take i your wishx i leap into the seasx wherexs hourly trouble for a minutexs easex a twelvemonth longerx let me entreat you to forbear the absence of your kingx if in which time expiredx he not returnx i shall with aged patience bear your yokex but if i cannot win you to this lovex go search like noblesx like noble subjectsx and in your search spend your adventurous worthx whom if you findx and win unto returnx you shall like diamonds sit about his crownx first lordx to wisdom hexs a fool that will not yieldx and since lord helicane enjoineth usx we with our travels will endeavour usx helicanusx then you love usx we youx and wexll clasp handsx when peers thus knitx a kingdom ever standsx xxexeuntxxx scene vx pentapolisx a room in the palacex enter simonides reading a letter at one doorx the knights meet himx first knightx good morrow to the good simonidesx simonidesx knightsx from my daughter this i let you knowx that for this twelvemonth shexll not undertake a married lifex her reason to herself is only knownx which yet from her by no means can i getx second knightx may we not get access to herx my lordx simonidesx faithx by no meansx she hath so strictly tied her to her chamberx that xtis impossiblex one twelve moons more shexll wear dianaxs liveryx this by the eye of cynthia hath she vowxdx and on her virgin honour will not break itx third knightx loath to bid farewellx we take our leavesx xxexeunt knightsxxx simonidesx sox they are well dispatchxdx now to my daughterxs letterx she tells me herex shexll wed the stranger knightx or never more to view nor day nor lightx xtis wellx mistressx your choice agrees with minex i like that wellx nayx how absolute shexs inxtx not minding whether i dislike or nox wellx i do commend her choicex and will no longer have it be delayxdx softx here he comesx i must dissemble itx enter periclesx periclesx all fortune to the good simonidesx simonidesx to you as muchx sirx i am beholding to you for your sweet music this last nightx i do protest my ears were never better fed with such delightful pleasing harmonyx periclesx it is your gracexs pleasure to commendx not my desertx simonidesx sirx you are musicxs masterx periclesx the worst of all her scholarsx my good lordx simonidesx let me ask you one thingx what do you think of my daughterx sirx periclesx a most virtuous princessx simonidesx and she is fair toox is she notx periclesx as a fair day in summerx wondrous fairx simonidesx sirx my daughter thinks very well of youx ayx so wellx that you must be her masterx and she will be your scholarx therefore look to itx periclesx i am unworthy for her schoolmasterx simonidesx she thinks not sox peruse this writing elsex periclesx xxasidexxx whatxs herex a letterx that she loves the knight of tyrex xtis the kingxs subtlety to have my lifex ox seek not to entrap mex gracious lordx a stranger and distressed gentlemanx that never aimxd so high to love your daughterx but bent all offices to honour herx simonidesx thou hast bewitchxd my daughterx and thou art a villainx periclesx by the godsx i have notx never did thought of mine levy offencex nor never did my actions yet commence a deed might gain her love or your displeasurex simonidesx traitorx thou liestx periclesx traitorx simonidesx ayx traitorx periclesx even in his throat x unless it be the king x that calls me traitorx i return the liex simonidesx xxasidexxx nowx by the godsx i do applaud his couragex periclesx my actions are as noble as my thoughtsx that never relishxd of a base descentx i came unto your court for honourxs causex and not to be a rebel to her statex and he that otherwise accounts of mex this sword shall prove hexs honourxs enemyx simonidesx nox here comes my daughterx she can witness itx enter thaisax periclesx thenx as you are as virtuous as fairx resolve your angry fatherx if my tongue did exer solicitx or my hand subscribe to any syllable that made love to youx thaisax whyx sirx say if you hadx who takes offence at that would make me gladx simonidesx yeax mistressx are you so peremptoryx xxasidexxx i am glad onxt with all my heartx x ixll tame youx ixll bring you in subjectionx will youx not having my consentx bestow your love and your affections upon a strangerx xxasidexxx whox for aught i know may bex nor can i think the contraryx as great in blood as i myselfx x therefore hear youx mistressx either frame your will to minex and youx sirx hear youx either be ruled by mex or i will make you x man and wifex nayx comex your handsx and lips must seal it toox and being joinxdx ixll thus your hopes destroyx and for further griefx god give you joyx whatx are you both pleasedx thaisax yesx if you love mex sirx periclesx even as my life my blood that fosters itx simonidesx whatx are you both agreedx bothx yesx ifxt please your majestyx simonidesx it pleaseth me so wellx that i will see you wedx and then with what haste you canx get you to bedx xxexeuntxxx act iii enter gowerx gowerx now sleep yslaked hath the rousex no din but snores about the housex made louder by the oxerfed breast of this most pompous marriage feastx the catx with eyne of burning coalx now couches fore the mousexs holex and crickets sing at the ovenxs mouthx are the blither for their drouthx hymen hath brought the bride to bedx wherex by the loss of maidenheadx a babe is mouldedx be attentx and time that is so briefly spent with your fine fancies quaintly echex whatxs dumb in show ixll plain with speechx dumbxshowx enterx pericles and simonides at one door with attendantsx a messenger meets themx kneelsx and gives pericles a letterx pericles shows it simonidesx the lords kneel to himx then enter thaisa with childx with lychoridax a nursex the king shows her the letterx she rejoicesx she and pericles take leave of her fatherx and departx with lychorida and their attendantsx then exeunt simonides and the restx by many a dern and painful perch of pericles the careful searchx by the four opposing coigns which the world together joinsx is made with all due diligence that horse and sail and high expense can stead the questx at last from tyrex fame answering the most strange enquirex to thx court of king simonides are letters broughtx the tenour thesex antiochus and his daughter deadx the men of tyrus on the head of helicanus would set on the crown of tyrex but he will nonex the mutiny he there hastes txoppressx says to xemx if king pericles come not home in twice six moonsx hex obedient to their doomsx will take the crownx the sum of thisx brought hither to pentapolis yxravished the regions roundx and everyone with claps can soundx xour heir apparent is a kingx who dreamtx who thought of such a thingxx briefx he must hence depart to tyrex his queen with child makes her desire x which who shall crossx x along to gox omit we all their dole and woex lychoridax her nursex she takesx and so to seax their vessel shakes on neptunexs billowx half the flood hath their keel cutx but fortunexs mood varies againx the grisled north disgorges such a tempest forthx thatx as a duck for life that divesx so up and down the poor ship drivesx the lady shrieksx and wellxaxnear does fall in travail with her fearx and what ensues in this fell storm shall for itself itself performx i nill relatex action may conveniently the rest conveyx which might not what by me is toldx in your imagination hold this stage the shipx upon whose deck the seaxtost pericles appears to speakx xxexitxxx scene ix enter periclesx on shipboardx periclesx thou god of this great vastx rebuke these surgesx which wash both heaven and hellx and thou that hast upon the winds commandx bind them in brassx having callxd them from the deepx ox still thy deafeningx dreadful thundersx gently quench thy nimblex sulphurous flashesx ox howx lychoridax how does my queenx thou stormest venomouslyx wilt thou spit all thyselfx the seamanxs whistle is as a whisper in the ears of deathx unheardx lychoridax x lucinax ox divinest patronessx and midwife gentle to those that cry by nightx convey thy deity aboard our dancing boatx make swift the pangs of my queenxs travailsx nowx lychoridax enter lychorida with an infantx lychoridax here is a thing too young for such a placex whox if it had conceitx would diex as i am like to dox take in your arms this piece of your dead queenx periclesx howx howx lychoridax lychoridax patiencex good sirx do not assist the stormx herexs all that is left living of your queenx a little daughterx for the sake of itx be manlyx and take comfortx periclesx o you godsx why do you make us love your goodly giftsx and snatch them straight awayx we here below recall not what we givex and therein may vie honour with youx lychoridax patiencex good sirx even for this chargex periclesx nowx mild may be thy lifex for a more blustrous birth had never babex quiet and gentle thy conditionsx for thou art the rudeliest welcome to this world that ever was princexs childx happy what followsx thou hast as chiding a nativity as firex airx waterx earthx and heaven can makex to herald thee from the wombx even at the first thy loss is more than can thy portage quitx with all thou canst find herex nowx the good gods throw their best eyes uponxtx enter two sailors first sailorx what couragex sirx god save youx periclesx courage enoughx i do not fear the flawx it hath done to me the worstx yetx for the love of this poor infantx this fresh new seaxfarerx i would it would be quietx first sailorx slack the bolins therex thou wilt notx wilt thoux blowx and split thyselfx second sailorx but seaxroomx and the brine and cloudy billow kiss the moonx i care notx first sailorx sirx your queen must overboardx the sea works highx the wind is loud and will not lie till the ship be cleared of the deadx periclesx thatxs your superstitionx first sailorx pardon usx sirx with us at sea it has been still observedx and we are strong in customx therefore briefly yield herx for she must overboard straightx periclesx as you think meetx most wretched queenx lychoridax here she liesx sirx periclesx a terrible childbed hast thou hadx my dearx no lightx no firex thxunfriendly elements forgot thee utterlyx nor have i time to give thee hallowxd to thy gravex but straight must cast theex scarcely coffinxdx in the oozex wherex for a monument upon thy bonesx and exerxremaining lampsx the belching whale and humming water must oxerwhelm thy corpsex lying with simple shellsx o lychoridax bid nestor bring me spicesx ink and paperx my casket and my jewelsx and bid nicander bring me the satin cofferx lay the babe upon the pillowx hie theex whiles i say a priestly farewell to herx suddenlyx womanx xxexit lychoridaxxx second sailorx sirx we have a chest beneath the hatchesx caulked and bitumed readyx periclesx i thank theex marinerx say what coast is thisx second sailorx we are near tarsusx periclesx thitherx gentle marinerx alter thy course for tyrex whenx canst thou reach itx second sailorx by break of dayx if the wind ceasex periclesx ox make for tarsusx there will i visit cleonx for the babe cannot hold out to tyrusx there ixll leave it at careful nursingx go thy waysx good marinerx ixll bring the body presentlyx xxexeuntxxx scene iix ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex enter cerimonx with a servantx and some persons who have been shipwreckedx cerimonx philemonx hox enter philemonx philemonx doth my lord callx cerimonx get fire and meat for these poor menx xt has been a turbulent and stormy nightx servantx i have been in manyx but such a night as thisx till nowx i nexer enduredx cerimonx your master will be dead ere you returnx therexs nothing can be ministerxd to nature that can recover himx xxto philemonxxx give this to the xpothecaryx and tell me how it worksx xxexeunt all but cerimonxxx enter two gentlemenx first gentlemanx good morrowx second gentlemanx good morrow to your lordshipx cerimonx gentlemenx why do you stir so earlyx first gentlemanx sirx our lodgingsx standing bleak upon the seax shook as the earth did quakex the very principals did seem to rendx and all to topplex pure surprise and fear made me to quit the housex second gentlemanx that is the cause we trouble you so earlyx xtis not our husbandryx cerimonx ox you say wellx first gentlemanx but i much marvel that your lordshipx having rich tire about youx should at these early hours shake off the golden slumber of reposex xtis most strangex nature should be so conversant with painx being thereto not compellxdx cerimonx i hold it everx virtue and cunning were endowments greater than nobleness and richesx careless heirs may the two latter darken and expendx but immortality attends the formerx making a man a godx xtis knownx i ever have studied physicx through which secret artx by turning oxer authoritiesx i havex together with my practicex made familiar to me and to my aid the blest infusions that dwell in vegetivesx in metalsx stonesx and i can speak of the disturbances that nature worksx and of her curesx which doth give me a more content in course of true delight than to be thirsty after tottering honourx or tie my pleasure up in silken bagsx to please the fool and deathx second gentlemanx your honour has through ephesus pourxd forth your charityx and hundreds call themselves your creaturesx who by you have been restoredx and not your knowledgex your personal painx but even your pursex still openx hath built lord cerimon such strong renown as time shall neverx enter two or three servants with a chestx first servantx sox lift therex cerimonx whatxs thatx first servantx sirx even now did the sea toss upon our shore this chestx xtis of some wreckx cerimonx setxt downx letxs look uponxtx second gentlemanx xtis like a coffinx sirx cerimonx whatexer it bex xtis wondrous heavyx wrench it open straightx if the seaxs stomach be oxercharged with goldx xtis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon usx second gentlemanx xtis sox my lordx cerimonx how close xtis caulkxd and bitumedx did the sea cast it upx first servantx i never saw so huge a billowx sirx as tossxd it upon shorex cerimonx wrench it openx softx it smells most sweetly in my sensex second gentlemanx a delicate odourx cerimonx as ever hit my nostrilx so up with itx o you most potent godsx whatxs herex a corpsex first gentlemanx most strangex cerimonx shrouded in cloth of statex balmxd and entreasured with full bags of spicesx a passport toox apollox perfect me in the charactersx xxreads from a scrollxxx xhere i give to understandx if exer this coffin drives axlandx ix king periclesx have lost this queenx worth all our mundane costx who finds herx give her buryingx she was the daughter of a kingx besides this treasure for a feex the gods requite his charityxx if thou livestx periclesx thou hast a heart that even cracks for woex this chanced tonightx second gentlemanx most likelyx sirx cerimonx nayx certainly tonightx for look how fresh she looksx they were too rough that threw her in the seax make a fire within fetch hither all my boxes in my closetx xxexit a servantxxx death may usurp on nature many hoursx and yet the fire of life kindle again the oxerpressxd spiritsx i heard of an egyptian that had nine hours lain deadx who was by good appliance recoveredx rexenter a servant with napkins and firex well saidx well saidx the fire and clothsx the rough and woeful music that we havex cause it to soundx beseech you the viol once morex how thou stirrxstx thou blockx the music therex x i pray youx give her airx gentlemenx this queen will livex nature awakesx a warmth breathes out of herx she hath not been entranced above five hoursx see how she xgins to blow into lifexs flower againx first gentlemanx the heavensx through youx increase our wonder and sets up your fame for everx cerimonx she is alivex beholdx her eyelidsx cases to those heavenly jewels which pericles hath lostx begin to part their fringes of bright goldx the diamonds of a most praised water doth appearx to make the world twice richx livex and make us weep to hear your fatex fair creaturex rare as you seem to bex xxshe movesxxx thaisax o dear dianax where am ix wherexs my lordx what world is thisx second gentlemanx is not this strangex first gentlemanx most rarex cerimonx hushx my gentle neighboursx lend me your handsx to the next chamber bear herx get linenx now this matter must be lookxd tox for her relapse is mortalx comex comex and aesculapius guide usx xxexeuntx carrying her awayxxx scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex enter periclesx cleonx dionyza and lychorida with marina in her armsx periclesx most honourxd cleonx i must needs be gonex my twelve months are expiredx and tyrus stands in a litigious peacex you and your ladyx take from my heart all thankfulnessx the gods make up the rest upon youx cleonx your shafts of fortunex though they hurt you mortallyx yet glance full wanderingly on usx dionyzax ox your sweet queenx that the strict fates had pleased you had brought her hitherx to have blessxd mine eyes with herx periclesx we cannot but obey the powers above usx could i rage and roar as doth the sea she lies inx yet the end must be as xtisx my gentle babe marinax whomx for she was born at seax i have named sox here i charge your charity withalx leaving her the infant of your carex beseeching you to give her princely trainingx that she may be mannerxd as she is bornx cleonx fear notx my lordx but think your gracex that fed my country with your cornx for which the peoplexs prayers still fall upon youx must in your child be thought onx if neglection should therein make me vilex the common bodyx by you relievedx would force me to my dutyx but if to that my nature need a spurx the gods revenge it upon me and minex to the end of generationx periclesx i believe youx your honour and your goodness teach me toxtx without your vowsx till she be marriedx madamx by bright dianax whom we honourx all unscissored shall this hair of mine remainx though i show ill inxtx so i take my leavex good madamx make me blessed in your care in bringing up my childx dionyzax i have one myselfx who shall not be more dear to my respect than yoursx my lordx periclesx madamx my thanks and prayersx cleonx wexll bring your grace exen to the edge oxthe shorex then give you up to the maskxd neptune and the gentlest winds of heavenx periclesx i will embrace your offerx comex dearest madamx ox no tearsx lychoridax no tearsx look to your little mistressx on whose grace you may depend hereafterx comex my lordx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex enter cerimon and thaisax cerimonx madamx this letterx and some certain jewelsx lay with you in your cofferx which are at your commandx know you the characterx thaisax it is my lordxsx that i was shippxd at seax i well rememberx even on my groaning timex but whether there deliverxdx by the holy godsx i cannot rightly sayx but since king periclesx my wedded lordx i nexer shall see againx a vestal livery will i take me tox and never more have joyx cerimonx madamx if this you purpose as ye speakx dianaxs temple is not distant farx where you may abide till your date expirex moreoverx if you pleasex a niece of mine shall there attend youx thaisax my recompense is thanksx thatxs allx yet my good will is greatx though the gift smallx xxexeuntxxx act iv enter gowerx gowerx imagine pericles arrived at tyrex welcomed and settled to his own desirex his woeful queen we leave at ephesusx unto diana there a votaressx now to marina bend your mindx whom our fastxgrowing scene must find at tarsusx and by cleon trainxd in musicxs lettersx who hath gainxd of education all the gracex which makes her both the heart and place of general wonderx butx alackx that monster envyx oft the wrack of earned praisex marinaxs life seeks to take off by treasonxs knifex and in this kind our cleon hath one daughterx and a full grown wench even ripe for marriagexritex this maid hight philotenx and it is said for certain in our storyx she would ever with marina bex bext when she weaved the sleided silk with fingers longx smallx white as milkx or when she would with sharp needle woundx the cambricx which she made more sound by hurting itx or when to thx lute she sungx and made the nightxbird mute that still records with moanx or when she would with rich and constant pen vail to her mistress dianx still this philoten contends in skill with absolute marinax so the dove of paphos might with the crow vie feathers whitex marina gets all praisesx which are paid as debtsx and not as givenx this so darks in philoten all graceful marksx that cleonxs wifex with envy rarex a present murderer does prepare for good marinax that her daughter might stand peerless by this slaughterx the sooner her vile thoughts to steadx lychoridax our nursex is deadx and cursed dionyza hath the pregnant instrument of wrath prest for this blowx the unborn event i do commend to your contentx only i carry winged time post on the lame feet of my rhymex which never could i so conveyx unless your thoughts went on my wayx dionyza does appearx with leoninex a murdererx xxexitxxx scene ix tarsusx an open place near the seashorex enter dionyza with leoninex dionyzax thy oath rememberx thou hast sworn to doxtx xtis but a blowx which never shall be knownx thou canst not do a thing in the world so soonx to yield thee so much profitx let not consciencex which is but coldx inflaming love ix thy bosomx inflame too nicelyx nor let pityx which even women have cast offx melt theex but be a soldier to thy purposex leoninex i will doxtx but yet she is a goodly creaturex dionyzax the fitterx thenx the gods should have herx here she comes weeping for her only mistressx deathx thou art resolvedx leoninex i am resolvedx enter marina with a basket of flowersx marinax nox i will rob tellus of her weed to strew thy green with flowersx the yellowsx bluesx the purple violetsx and marigoldsx shall as a carpet hang upon thy gravex while summer days do lastx ay mex poor maidx born in a tempestx when my mother diedx this world to me is like a lasting stormx whirring me from my friendsx dionyzax how nowx marinax why do you keep alonex how chance my daughter is not with youx do not consume your blood with sorrowingx have you a nurse of mex lordx how your favourxs changed with this unprofitable woex comex give me your flowersx ere the sea mar itx walk with leoninex the air is quick therex and it pierces and sharpens the stomachx comex leoninex take her by the armx walk with herx marinax nox i pray youx ixll not bereave you of your servantx dionyzax comex comex i love the king your fatherx and yourselfx with more than foreign heartx we every day expect him herex when he shall come and find our paragon to all reports thus blastedx he will repent the breadth of his great voyagex blame both my lord and mex that we have taken no care to your best coursesx gox i pray youx walkx and be cheerful once againx reserve that excellent complexionx which did steal the eyes of young and oldx care not for mex i can go home alonex marinax wellx i will gox but yet i have no desire to itx dionyzax comex comex i know xtis good for youx walk half an hourx leoninex at the leastx remember what i have saidx leoninex i warrant youx madamx dionyzax ixll leave youx my sweet ladyx for a whilex prayx walk softlyx do not heat your bloodx whatx i must have a care of youx marinax my thanksx sweet madamx xxexit dionyzaxxx is this wind westerly that blowsx leoninex southxwestx marinax when i was born the wind was northx leoninex wasxt sox marinax my fatherx as nurse saidx did never fearx but cried xgood seamenxx to the sailorsx galling his kingly handsx haling ropesx and clasping to the mastx endured a sea that almost burst the deckx leoninex when was thisx marinax when i was bornx never was waves nor wind more violentx and from the ladder tackle washes off a canvasxclimberx xhaxx says onex xwolt outxx and with a dropping industry they skip from stem to sternx the boatswain whistlesx and the master calls and trebles their confusionx leoninex comex say your prayersx marinax what mean youx leoninex if you require a little space for prayerx i grant itx prayx but be not tediousx for the gods are quick of earx and i am sworn to do my work with hastex marinax why will you kill mex leoninex to satisfy my ladyx marinax why would she have me killxd nowx as i can rememberx by my trothx i never did her hurt in all my lifex i never spake bad wordx nor did ill turn to any living creaturex believe mex lax i never killxd a mousex nor hurt a flyx i trod upon a worm against my willx but i wept for itx how have i offendedx wherein my death might yield her any profitx or my life imply her any dangerx leoninex my commission is not to reason of the deedx but do itx marinax you will not doxt for all the worldx i hopex you are well favourxdx and your looks foreshow you have a gentle heartx i saw you latelyx when you caught hurt in parting two that foughtx good soothx it showxd well in youx do so nowx your lady seeks my lifex come you betweenx and save poor mex the weakerx leoninex i am swornx and will dispatchx xxhe seizes herxxx enter piratesx first piratex holdx villainx xxleonine runs awayxxx second piratex a prizex a prizex third piratex half partx matesx half partx comex letxs have her aboard suddenlyx xxexeunt pirates with marinaxxx rexenter leoninex leoninex these roguing thieves serve the great pirate valdesx and they have seized marinax let her gox therexs no hope she will returnx ixll swear shexs dead and thrown into the seax but ixll see furtherx perhaps they will but please themselves upon herx not carry her aboardx if she remainx whom they have ravishxd must by me be slainx xxexitxxx scene iix mytilenex a room in a brothelx enter pandarx bawd and boultx pandarx boultx boultx sirx pandarx search the market narrowlyx mytilene is full of gallantsx we lost too much money this mart by being too wenchlessx bawdx we were never so much out of creaturesx we have but poor threex and they can do no more than they can dox and they with continual action are even as good as rottenx pandarx therefore letxs have fresh onesx whatexer we pay for themx if there be not a conscience to be used in every tradex we shall never prosperx bawdx thou sayest truex xtis not our bringing up of poor bastardsx x asx i thinkx i have brought up some eleven x boultx ayx to elevenx and brought them down againx but shall i search the marketx bawdx what elsex manx the stuff we havex a strong wind will blow it to piecesx they are so pitifully soddenx pandarx thou sayest truex theyxre too unwholesomex ox consciencex the poor transylvanian is deadx that lay with the little baggagex boultx ayx she quickly pooped himx she made him roastxmeat for wormsx but ixll go search the marketx xxexitxxx pandarx three or four thousand chequins were as pretty a proportion to live quietlyx and so give overx bawdx why to give overx i pray youx is it a shame to get when we are oldx pandarx ox our credit comes not in like the commodityx nor the commodity wages not with the dangerx thereforex if in our youths we could pick up some pretty estatex xtwere not amiss to keep our door hatchedx besidesx the sore terms we stand upon with the gods will be strong with us for giving overx bawdx comex others sorts offend as well as wex pandarx as well as wex ayx and better toox we offend worsex neither is our profession any tradex itxs no callingx but here comes boultx rexenter boultx with the pirates and marinax boult xxto piratesxxx come your waysx my mastersx you say shexs a virginx first piratex o sirx we doubt it notx boultx masterx i have gone through for this piecex you seex if you like herx sox if notx i have lost my earnestx bawdx boultx has she any qualitiesx boultx she has a good facex speaks well and has excellent good clothesx therexs no farther necessity of qualities can make her be refusedx bawdx what is her pricex boultx boultx i cannot be baited one doit of a thousand piecesx pandarx wellx follow mex my mastersx you shall have your money presentlyx wifex take her inx instruct her what she has to dox that she may not be raw in her entertainmentx xxexeunt pandar and piratesxxx bawdx boultx take you the marks of herx the colour of her hairx complexionx heightx her agex with warrant of her virginityx and cry xhe that will give most shall have her firstxx such a maidenhead were no cheap thingx if men were as they have beenx get this done as i command youx boultx performance shall followx xxexitxxx marinax alack that leonine was so slackx so slowx he should have struckx not spokex or that these piratesx not enough barbarousx had not oxerboard thrown me for to seek my motherx bawdx why lament youx pretty onex marinax that i am prettyx bawdx comex the gods have done their part in youx marinax i accuse them notx bawdx you are light into my handsx where you are like to livex marinax the more my fault to scape his hands where i was like to diex bawdx ayx and you shall live in pleasurex marinax nox bawdx yesx indeed shall youx and taste gentlemen of all fashionsx you shall fare wellx you shall have the difference of all complexionsx whatx do you stop your earsx marinax are you a womanx bawdx what would you have me bex an i be not a womanx marinax an honest womanx or not a womanx bawdx marryx whip the goslingx i think i shall have something to do with youx comex youxre a young foolish saplingx and must be bowed as i would have youx marinax the gods defend mex bawdx if it please the gods to defend you by menx then men must comfort youx men must feed youx men stir you upx boultxs returnedx rexenter boultx nowx sirx hast thou cried her through the marketx boultx i have cried her almost to the number of her hairsx i have drawn her picture with my voicex bawdx and i prithee tell mex how dost thou find the inclination of the peoplex especially of the younger sortx boultx faithx they listened to me as they would have hearkened to their fatherxs testamentx there was a spaniardxs mouth so wateredx that he went to bed to her very descriptionx bawdx we shall have him here tomorrow with his best ruff onx boultx tonightx tonightx butx mistressx do you know the french knight that cowers ix the hamsx bawdx whox monsieur verolesx boultx ayx hex he offered to cut a caper at the proclamationx but he made a groan at itx and swore he would see her tomorrowx bawdx wellx wellx as for himx he brought his disease hitherx here he does but repair itx i know he will come in our shadowx to scatter his crowns in the sunx boultx wellx if we had of every nation a travellerx we should lodge them with this signx xxto marinaxxx pray youx come hither awhilex you have fortunes coming upon youx mark mex you must seem to do that fearfully which you commit willinglyx despise profit where you have most gainx to weep that you live as ye do makes pity in your loversx seldom but that pity begets you a good opinionx and that opinion a mere profitx marinax i understand you notx boultx ox take her homex mistressx take her homex these blushes of hers must be quenched with some present practicex bawdx thou sayest truex ixfaith so they mustx for your bride goes to that with shame which is her way to go with warrantx boultx faithx some do and some do notx butx mistressx if i have bargained for the jointx x bawdx thou mayst cut a morsel off the spitx boultx i may sox bawdx who should deny itx come young onex i like the manner of your garments wellx boultx ayx by my faithx they shall not be changed yetx bawdx boultx spend thou that in the townx report what a sojourner we havex youxll lose nothing by customx when nature framed this piecex she meant thee a good turnx therefore say what a paragon she isx and thou hast the harvest out of thine own reportx boultx i warrant youx mistressx thunder shall not so awake the beds of eels as my giving out her beauty stirs up the lewdly inclinedx ixll bring home some tonightx bawdx come your waysx follow mex marinax if fires be hotx knives sharpx or waters deepx untied i still my virgin knot will keepx dianax aid my purposex bawdx what have we to do with dianax pray youx will you go with usx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex enter cleon and dionyzax dionyzax whyx are you foolishx can it be undonex cleonx ox dionyzax such a piece of slaughter the sun and moon nexer lookxd uponx dionyzax i think youxll turn a child againx cleonx were i chief lord of all this spacious worldx ixd give it to undo the deedx a ladyx much less in blood than virtuex yet a princess to equal any single crown ox the earth ix the justice of comparex o villain leoninex whom thou hast poisonxd toox if thou hadst drunk to himx xt had been a kindness becoming well thy facex what canst thou say when noble pericles shall demand his childx dionyzax that she is deadx nurses are not the fatesx to foster itx nor ever to preservex she died at nightx ixll say sox who can cross itx unless you play the pious innocentx and for an honest attribute cry out xshe died by foul playxx cleonx ox go tox wellx wellx of all the faults beneath the heavensx the gods do like this worstx dionyzax be one of those that thinks the petty wrens of tarsus will fly hencex and open this to periclesx i do shame to think of what a noble strain you arex and of how coward a spiritx cleonx to such proceeding whoever but his approbation addedx though not his prime consentx he did not flow from honourable sourcesx dionyzax be it sox thenx yet none does knowx but youx how she came deadx nor none can knowx leonine being gonex she did distain my childx and stood between her and her fortunesx none would look on herx but cast their gazes on marinaxs facex whilst ours was blurted at and held a malkin not worth the time of dayx it pierced me throughx and though you call my course unnaturalx you not your child well lovingx yet i find it greets me as an enterprise of kindness performxd to your sole daughterx cleonx heavens forgive itx dionyzax and as for periclesx what should he sayx we wept after her hearsex and yet we mournx her monument is almost finishxdx and her epitaphs in glittering golden characters express a general praise to herx and care in us at whose expense xtis donex cleonx thou art like the harpyx whichx to betrayx dostx with thine angelxs facex seize with thine eaglexs talonsx dionyzax you are like one that superstitiously doth swear to the gods that winter kills the fliesx but yet i know youxll do as i advisex xxexeuntxxx scene ivx enter gowerx before the monument of marina at tarsusx gowerx thus time we wastex and long leagues make shortx sail seas in cocklesx have and wish but forxtx makingx to take your imaginationx from bourn to bournx region to regionx by you being pardonxdx we commit no crime to use one language in each several clime where our scenes seem to livex i do beseech you to learn of mex who stand ixthe gaps to teach youx the stages of our storyx pericles is now again thwarting the wayward seas attended on by many a lord and knightx to see his daughterx all his lifexs delightx old helicanus goes alongx behind is left to governx if you bear in mindx old escanesx whom helicanus late advanced in time to great and high estatex wellxsailing ships and bounteous winds have brought this king to tarsusx x think his pilot thoughtx so with his steerage shall your thoughts go onx x to fetch his daughter homex who first is gonex like motes and shadows see them move awhilex your ears unto your eyes ixll reconcilex dumbxshowx enter pericles at one door with all his trainx cleon and dionyza at the otherx cleon shows pericles the tombx whereat pericles makes lamentationx puts on sackcloth and in a mighty passion departsx then exeunt cleon and dionyzax see how belief may suffer by foul showx this borrowxd passion stands for true old woex and periclesx in sorrow all devourxdx with sighs shot throughx and biggest tears oxershowerxdx leaves tarsus and again embarksx he swears never to wash his facex nor cut his hairsx he puts on sackclothx and to sea he bears a tempestx which his mortal vessel tearsx and yet he rides it outx now please you wit the epitaph is for marina writ by wicked dionyzax xxreads the inscription on marinaxs monumentxxx xthe fairestx sweetxstx and best lies herex who witherxd in her spring of yearx she was of tyrus the kingxs daughterx on whom foul death hath made this slaughterx marina was she callxdx and at her birthx thetisx being proudx swallowxd some part ox the earthx therefore the earthx fearing to be oxerflowxdx hath thetisx birthxchild on the heavens bestowxdx wherefore she doesx and swears shexll never stintx make raging battery upon shores of flintxx no visor does become black villany so well as soft and tender flatteryx let pericles believe his daughterxs deadx and bear his courses to be ordered by lady fortunex while our scene must play his daughterxs woe and heavy wellxaxday in her unholy servicex patiencex thenx and think you now are all in mytilenex xxexitxxx scene vx mytilenex a street before the brothelx enterx from the brothelx two gentlemenx first gentlemanx did you ever hear the likex second gentlemanx nox nor never shall do in such a place as thisx she being once gonex first gentlemanx but to have divinity preached therex did you ever dream of such a thingx second gentlemanx nox nox comex i am for no more bawdy housesx shallxs go hear the vestals singx first gentlemanx ixll do anything now that is virtuousx but i am out of the road of rutting for everx xxexeuntxxx scene vix the samex a room in the brothelx enter pandarx bawd and boultx pandarx wellx i had rather than twice the worth of her she had nexer come herex bawdx fiex fie upon herx shexs able to freeze the god priapusx and undo a whole generationx we must either get her ravishedx or be rid of herx when she should do for clients her fitmentx and do me the kindness of our professionx she has me her quirksx her reasonsx her master reasonsx her prayersx her kneesx that she would make a puritan of the devilx if he should cheapen a kiss of herx boultx faithx i must ravish herx or shexll disfurnish us of all our cavaliersx and make our swearers priestsx pandarx nowx the pox upon her green sickness for mex bawdx faithx therexs no way to be rid onxt but by the way to the poxx here comes the lord lysimachus disguisedx boultx we should have both lord and lownx if the peevish baggage would but give way to customersx enter lysimachusx lysimachusx how nowx how a dozen of virginitiesx bawdx nowx the gods to bless your honourx boultx i am glad to see your honour in good healthx lysimachusx you may sox xtis the better for you that your resorters stand upon sound legsx how nowx wholesome iniquity have you that a man may deal withalx and defy the surgeonx bawdx we have here onex sirx if she would x but there never came her like in mytilenex lysimachusx if shexd do the deed of darknessx thou wouldst sayx bawdx your honour knows what xtis to say well enoughx lysimachusx wellx call forthx call forthx boultx for flesh and bloodx sirx white and redx you shall see a rosex and she were a rose indeedx if she had but x lysimachusx whatx pritheex boultx ox sirx i can be modestx lysimachusx that dignifies the renown of a bawd no less than it gives a good report to a number to be chastex xxexit boultxxx bawdx here comes that which grows to the stalkx never plucked yetx i can assure youx rexenter boult with marinax is she not a fair creaturex lysimachusx faithx she would serve after a long voyage at seax wellx therexs for youx leave usx bawdx i beseech your honourx give me leavex a wordx and ixll have done presentlyx lysimachusx i beseech youx dox bawdx xxto marinaxxx firstx i would have you notex this is an honourable manx marinax i desire to find him sox that i may worthily note himx bawdx nextx hexs the governor of this countryx and a man whom i am bound tox marinax if he govern the countryx you are bound to him indeedx but how honourable he is in thatx i know notx bawdx pray youx without any more virginal fencingx will you use him kindlyx he will line your apron with goldx marinax what he will do graciouslyx i will thankfully receivex lysimachusx hax you donex bawdx my lordx shexs not paced yetx you must take some pains to work her to your managex comex we will leave his honour and her togetherx go thy waysx xxexeunt bawdx pandar and boultxxx lysimachusx nowx pretty onex how long have you been at this tradex marinax what tradex sirx lysimachusx whyx i cannot namext but i shall offendx marinax i cannot be offended with my tradex please you to name itx lysimachusx how long have you been of this professionx marinax exer since i can rememberx lysimachusx did you go toxt so youngx were you a gamester at five or at sevenx marinax earlierx toox sirx if now i be onex lysimachusx whyx the house you dwell in proclaims you to be a creature of salex marinax do you know this house to be a place of such resortx and will come intoxtx i hear say you are of honourable partsx and are the governor of this placex lysimachusx whyx hath your principal made known unto you who i amx marinax who is my principalx lysimachusx whyx your herbxwomanx she that sets seeds and roots of shame and iniquityx ox you have heard something of my powerx and so stand aloof for more serious wooingx but i protest to theex pretty onex my authority shall not see theex or else look friendly upon theex comex bring me to some private placex comex comex marinax if you were born to honourx show it nowx if put upon youx make the judgement good that thought you worthy of itx lysimachusx howxs thisx howxs thisx some morex be sagex marinax for mex that am a maidx though most ungentle fortune have placed me in this styx wherex since i camex diseases have been sold dearer than physicx ox that the gods would set me free from this unhallowxd placex though they did change me to the meanest bird that flies ix the purer airx lysimachusx i did not think thou couldst have spoke so wellx nexer dreamxd thou couldstx had i brought hither a corrupted mindx thy speech had alterxd itx holdx herexs gold for theex persever in that clear way thou goestx and the gods strengthen theex marinax the good gods preserve youx lysimachusx for mex be you thoughten that i came with no ill intentx for to me the very doors and windows savour vilelyx fare thee wellx thou art a piece of virtuex and i doubt not but thy training hath been noblex holdx herexs more gold for theex a curse upon himx die he like a thiefx that robs thee of thy goodnessx if thou dost hear from mex it shall be for thy goodx rexenter boultx boultx i beseech your honourx one piece for mex lysimachusx avauntx thou damned doorxkeeperx your house but for this virgin that doth prop itx would sink and overwhelm youx awayx xxexitxxx boultx howxs thisx we must take another course with youx if your peevish chastityx which is not worth a breakfast in the cheapest country under the copex shall undo a whole householdx let me be gelded like a spanielx come your waysx marinax whither would you have mex boultx i must have your maidenhead taken offx or the common hangman shall execute itx come your waysx wexll have no more gentlemen driven awayx come your waysx i sayx rexenter bawdx bawdx how nowx whatxs the matterx boultx worse and worsex mistressx she has here spoken holy words to the lord lysimachusx bawdx ox abominablex boultx she makes our profession as it were to stink afore the face of the godsx bawdx marryx hang her up for everx boultx the nobleman would have dealt with her like a noblemanx and she sent him away as cold as a snowballx saying his prayers toox bawdx boultx take her awayx use her at thy pleasurex crack the glass of her virginityx and make the rest malleablex boultx an if she were a thornier piece of ground than she isx she shall be ploughedx marinax harkx harkx you godsx bawdx she conjuresx away with herx would she had never come within my doorsx marryx hang youx shexs born to undo usx will you not go the way of womankindx marryx come upx my dish of chastity with rosemary and baysx xxexitxxx boultx comex mistressx come your way with mex marinax whither wilt thou have mex boultx to take from you the jewel you hold so dearx marinax pritheex tell me one thing firstx boultx come nowx your one thingx marinax what canst thou wish thine enemy to bex boultx whyx i could wish him to be my masterx or ratherx my mistressx marinax neither of these are so bad as thou artx since they do better thee in their commandx thou holdxst a placex for which the painedxst fiend of hell would not in reputation changex thou art the damned doorkeeper to every coistrel that comes inquiring for his tibx to the choleric fisting of every rogue thy ear is liablex thy food is such as hath been belchxd on by infected lungsx boultx what would you have me dox go to the warsx would youx where a man may serve seven years for the loss of a legx and have not money enough in the end to buy him a wooden onex marinax do anything but this thou doestx empty old receptaclesx or common shoresx of filthx serve by indenture to the common hangmanx any of these ways are yet better than thisx for what thou professestx a baboonx could he speakx would own a name too dearx ox that the gods would safely deliver me from this placex herex herexs gold for theex if that thy master would gain by mex proclaim that i can singx weavex sewx and dancex with other virtuesx which ixll keep from boastx and i will undertake all these to teachx i doubt not but this populous city will yield many scholarsx boultx but can you teach all this you speak ofx marinax prove that i cannotx take me home againx and prostitute me to the basest groom that doth frequent your housex boultx wellx i will see what i can do for theex if i can place theex i willx marinax but amongst honest womenx boultx faithx my acquaintance lies little amongst themx but since my master and mistress have bought youx therexs no going but by their consentx therefore i will make them acquainted with your purposex and i doubt not but i shall find them tractable enoughx comex ixll do for thee what i canx come your waysx xxexeuntxxx act v enter gowerx gowerx marina thus the brothel xscapesx and chances into an honest housex our story saysx she sings like one immortalx and she dances as goddessxlike to her admired laysx deep clerks she dumbsx and with her neexle composes naturexs own shapex of budx birdx branchx or berryx that even her art sisters the natural rosesx her inklex silkx twin with the rubied cherryx that pupils lacks she none of noble racex who pour their bounty on herx and her gain she gives the cursed bawdx here we her placex and to her father turn our thoughts againx where we left himx on the seax we there him lostx whencex driven before the windsx he is arrived here where his daughter dwellsx and on this coast suppose him now at anchorx the city strived god neptunexs annual feast to keepx from whence lysimachus our tyrian ship espiesx his banners sablex trimmxd with rich expensex and to him in his barge with fervour hiesx in your supposing once more put your sight of heavy periclesx think this his barkx where what is done in actionx morex if mightx shall be discoverxdx please youx sit and harkx xxexitxxx scene ix on board periclesx shipx off mytilenex a close pavilion on deckx with a curtain before itx pericles within itx reclined on a couchx a barge lying beside the tyrian vesselx enter two sailorsx one belonging to the tyrian vesselx the other to the bargex to them helicanusx tyrian sailorx xxto the sailor of mytilenexxx where is lord helicanusx he can resolve youx ox here he isx sirx therexs a barge put off from mytilenex and in it is lysimachus the governorx who craves to come aboardx what is your willx helicanusx that he have hisx call up some gentlemenx tyrian sailorx hox gentlemenx my lord callsx enter two or three gentlemenx first gentlemanx doth your lordship callx helicanusx gentlemenx there is some of worth would come aboardx i pray yex greet them fairlyx xxthe gentlemen and the two sailors descend and go on board the bargexxx enterx from thencex lysimachus and lordsx with the gentlemen and the two sailorsx tyrian sailorx sirx this is the man that canx in aught you wouldx resolve youx lysimachusx hailx reverend sirx the gods preserve youx helicanusx and youx sirx to outlive the age i amx and die as i would dox lysimachusx you wish me wellx being on shorex honouring of neptunexs triumphsx seeing this goodly vessel ride before usx i made to itx to know of whence you arex helicanusx firstx what is your placex lysimachusx i am the governor of this place you lie beforex helicanusx sirx our vessel is of tyrex in it the kingx a man who for this three months hath not spoken to anyonex nor taken sustenance but to prorogue his griefx lysimachusx upon what ground is his distemperaturex helicanusx xtwould be too tedious to repeatx but the main grief springs from the loss of a beloved daughter and a wifex lysimachusx may we not see himx helicanusx you mayx but bootless is your sightx he will not speak to anyx lysimachusx yet let me obtain my wishx helicanusx behold himx xxpericles discoveredxxx this was a goodly personx till the disaster thatx one mortal nightx drove him to thisx lysimachusx sir kingx all hailx the gods preserve youx hailx royal sirx helicanusx it is in vainx he will not speak to youx first lordx sirx we have a maid in mytilenex i durst wagerx would win some words of himx lysimachusx xtis well bethoughtx she questionless with her sweet harmony and other chosen attractionsx would allurex and make a battery through his deafenxd partsx which now are midway stoppxdx she is all happy as the fairest of allx andx with her fellow maidsx is now upon the leafy shelter that abuts against the islandxs sidex xxwhispers a lord who goes off in the barge of lysimachusxxx helicanusx surex allxs effectlessx yet nothing wexll omit that bears recoveryxs namex butx since your kindness we have stretchxd thus farx let us beseech you that for our gold we may provision havex wherein we are not destitute for wantx but weary for the stalenessx lysimachusx ox sirx a courtesy which if we should denyx the most just gods for every graff would send a caterpillarx and so inflict our provincex yet once more let me entreat to know at large the cause of your kingxs sorrowx helicanusx sitx sirx i will recount it to youx butx seex i am preventedx rexenter from the bargex lord with marina and a young ladyx lysimachusx ox here is the lady that i sent forx welcomex fair onex isxt not a goodly presencex helicanusx shexs a gallant ladyx lysimachusx shexs such a onex thatx were i well assured came of a gentle kind and noble stockx ixd wish no better choicex and think me rarely wedx fair onex all goodness that consists in bounty expect even herex where is a kingly patientx if that thy prosperous and artificial feat can draw him but to answer thee in aughtx thy sacred physic shall receive such pay as thy desires can wishx marinax sirx i will use my utmost skill in his recoveryx provided that none but i and my companion maid be sufferxd to come near himx lysimachusx comex let us leave herx and the gods make her prosperousx xxmarina singsxxx lysimachusx markxd he your musicx marinax nox nor lookxd on usx lysimachusx seex she will speak to himx marinax hailx sirx my lordx lend earx periclesx humx hax marinax i am a maidx my lordx that nexer before invited eyesx but have been gazed on like a cometx she speaksx my lordx thatx may bex hath endured a grief might equal yoursx if both were justly weighxdx though wayward fortune did malign my statex my derivation was from ancestors who stood equivalent with mighty kingsx but time hath rooted out my parentagex and to the world and awkward casualties bound me in servitudex xxasidexxx i will desistx but there is something glows upon my cheekx and whispers in mine ear xgo not till he speakxx periclesx my fortunes x parentage x good parentage x to equal minex x was it not thusx what say youx marinax i saidx my lordx if you did know my parentagex you would not do me violencex periclesx i do think sox pray youx turn your eyes upon mex you are like something that x what countryxwomanx here of these shoresx marinax nox nor of any shoresx yet i was mortally brought forthx and am no other than i appearx periclesx i am great with woex and shall deliver weepingx my dearest wife was like this maidx and such a one my daughter might have beenx my queenxs square browsx her stature to an inchx as wandxlike straightx as silverxvoicedx her eyes as jewelxlike and cased as richlyx in pace another junox who starves the ears she feedsx and makes them hungryx the more she gives them speechx where do you livex marinax where i am but a strangerx from the deck you may discern the placex periclesx where were you bredx and how achieved you these endowmentsx which you make more rich to owex marinax if i should tell my historyx it would seem like lies disdainxd in the reportingx periclesx pritheex speakx falseness cannot come from theex for thou lookxst modest as justicex and thou seemxst a palace for the crownxd truth to dwell inx i will believe theex and make my senses credit thy relation to points that seem impossiblex for thou lookxst like one i loved indeedx what were thy friendsx didst thou not sayx when i did push thee back x which was when i perceived thee x that thou camxst from good descendingx marinax so indeed i didx periclesx report thy parentagex i think thou saidxst thou hadst been tossxd from wrong to injuryx and that thou thoughtxst thy griefs might equal minex if both were openxdx marinax some such thingx i saidx and said no more but what my thoughts did warrant me was likelyx periclesx tell thy storyx if thine considerxd prove the thousand part of my endurancex thou art a manx and i have sufferxd like a girlx yet thou dost look like patience gazing on kingsx gravesx and smiling extremity out of actx what were thy friendsx how lost thou themx thy namex my most kind virginx recountx i do beseech theex comex sit by mex marinax my name is marinax periclesx ox i am mockxdx and thou by some incensed god sent hither to make the world to laugh at mex marinax patiencex good sirx or here ixll ceasex periclesx nayx ixll be patientx thou little knowxst how thou dost startle mex to call thyself marinax marinax the name was given me by one that had some powerx my fatherx and a kingx periclesx howx a kingxs daughterx and callxd marinax marinax you said you would believe mex butx not to be a troubler of your peacex i will end herex periclesx but are you flesh and bloodx have you a working pulsex and are no fairyx motionx wellx speak onx where were you bornx and wherefore callxd marinax marinax callxd marina for i was born at seax periclesx at seax what motherx marinax my mother was the daughter of a kingx who died the minute i was bornx as my good nurse lychorida hath oft deliverxd weepingx periclesx ox stop there a littlex xxasidexxx this is the rarest dream that exer dull sleep did mock sad fools withalx this cannot bex my daughterx buriedx wellx where were you bredx ixll hear you morex to the bottom of your storyx and never interrupt youx marinax you scornx believe mex xtwere best i did give oxerx periclesx i will believe you by the syllable of what you shall deliverx yetx give me leavex how came you in these partsx where were you bredx marinax the king my father did in tarsus leave mex till cruel cleonx with his wicked wifex did seek to murder mex and having wooxd a villain to attempt itx who having drawn to doxtx a crew of pirates came and rescued mex brought me to mytilenex butx good sirx whither will you have mex why do you weepx it may bex you think me an impostorx nox good faithx i am the daughter to king periclesx if good king pericles bex periclesx hox helicanusx enter helicanus and lysimachusx helicanusx calls my lordx periclesx thou art a grave and noble counsellorx most wise in generalx tell mex if thou canstx what this maid isx or what is like to bex that thus hath made me weepx helicanusx i know notx but here is the regentx sirx of mytilene speaks nobly of herx lysimachusx she would never tell her parentagex being demanded thatx she would sit still and weepx periclesx o helicanusx strike mex honourxd sirx give me a gashx put me to present painx lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me oxerbear the shores of my mortalityx and drown me with their sweetnessx xxto marinaxx ox come hitherx thou that begetxst him that did thee begetx thou that wast born at seax buried at tarsusx and found at sea againx o helicanusx down on thy kneesx thank the holy gods as loud as thunder threatens usx this is marinax what was thy motherxs namex tell me but thatx for truth can never be confirmxd enoughx though doubts did ever sleepx marinax firstx sirx i prayx what is your titlex periclesx i am pericles of tyrex but tell me now my drownxd queenxs namex as in the rest you said thou hast been godlike perfectx the heir of kingdoms and another life to pericles thy fatherx marinax is it no more to be your daughter than to say my motherxs name was thaisax thaisa was my motherx who did end the minute i beganx periclesx nowx blessing on theex risex thou art my childx give me fresh garmentsx mine ownx helicanusx she is not dead at tarsusx as she should have beenx by savage cleonx she shall tell thee allx when thou shalt kneelx and justify in knowledge she is thy very princessx who is thisx helicanusx sirx xtis the governor of mytilenex whox hearing of your melancholy statex did come to see youx periclesx i embrace youx give me my robesx i am wild in my beholdingx o heavens bless my girlx butx harkx what musicx tell helicanusx my marinax tell him oxerx point by pointx for yet he seems to doubtx how sure you are my daughterx butx what musicx helicanusx my lordx i hear nonex periclesx nonex the music of the spheresx listx my marinax lysimachusx it is not good to cross himx give him wayx periclesx rarest soundsx do ye not hearx lysimachusx musicx my lordx i hearx xxmusicxxx periclesx most heavenly musicx it nips me unto listeningx and thick slumber hangs upon mine eyesx let me restx xxsleepsxxx lysimachusx a pillow for his headx sox leave him allx wellx my companion friendsx if this but answer to my just beliefx ixll well remember youx xxexeunt all but periclesxxx diana appears to pericles as in a visionx dianax my temple stands in ephesusx hie thee thitherx and do upon mine altar sacrificex therex when my maiden priests are met togetherx before the people allx reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wifex to mourn thy crossesx with thy daughterxsx call and give them repetition to the lifex or perform my biddingx or thou livest in woex do itx and happyx by my silver bowx awake and tell thy dreamx xxdisappearsxxx periclesx celestial dianx goddess argentinex i will obey theex helicanusx rexenter helicanusx lysimachus and marinax helicanusx sirx periclesx my purpose was for tarsusx there to strike the inhospitable cleonx but i am for other service firstx toward ephesus turn our blown sailsx eftsoons ixll tell thee whyx xxto lysimachusxxx shall we refresh usx sirx upon your shorex and give you gold for such provision as our intents will needx lysimachusx sirx with all my heartx and when you come ashore i have another suitx periclesx you shall prevailx were it to woo my daughterx for it seems you have been noble towards herx lysimachusx sirx lend me your armx periclesx comex my marinax xxexeuntxxx scene iix enter gower before the temple of diana at ephesusx gowerx now our sands are almost runx more a littlex and then dumbx thisx my last boonx give mex for such kindness must relieve mex that you aptly will suppose what pageantryx what featsx what showsx what minstrelsyx and pretty dinx the regent made in mytilene to greet the kingx so he thrivedx that he is promised to be wived to fair marinax but in no wise till he had done his sacrificex as dian badex whereto being boundx the interimx pray youx all confoundx in featherxd briefness sails are fillxdx and wishes fall out as theyxre willxdx at ephesusx the temple seex our king and all his companyx that he can hither come so soonx is by your fancyxs thankful doomx xxexitxxx scene iiix the temple of diana at ephesusx thaisa standing near the altarx as high priestessx a number of virgins on each sidex cerimon and other inhabitants of ephesus attendingx enter pericles with his trainx lysimachusx helicanusx marina and a ladyx periclesx hailx dianx to perform thy just commandx i here confess myself the king of tyrex whox frighted from my countryx did wed at pentapolis the fair thaisax at sea in childbed died shex but brought forth a maid child callxd marinax whomx o goddessx wears yet thy silver liveryx she at tarsus was nursed with cleonx who at fourteen years he sought to murderx but her better stars brought her to mytilenex xgainst whose shore ridingx her fortunes brought the maid aboard usx where by her own most clear remembrancex she made known herself my daughterx thaisax voice and favourx you arex you are x o royal periclesx xxfaintsxxx periclesx what means the nunx she diesx helpx gentlemenx cerimonx noble sirx if you have told dianaxs altar truex this is your wifex periclesx reverend appearerx nox i threw her overboard with these very armsx cerimonx upon this coastx i warrant youx periclesx xtis most certainx cerimonx look to the ladyx ox shexs but oxerxjoyxdx early in blustering morn this lady was thrown upon this shorex i oped the coffinx found there rich jewelsx recoverxd herx and placed her here in dianaxs templex periclesx may we see themx cerimonx great sirx they shall be brought you to my housex whither i invite youx lookx thaisa is recoveredx thaisax ox let me lookx if he be none of minex my sanctity will to my sense bend no licentious earx but curb itx spite of seeingx ox my lordx are you not periclesx like him you spakex like him you arex did you not name a tempestx a birthx and deathx periclesx the voice of dead thaisax thaisax that thaisa am ix supposed dead and drownxdx periclesx immortal dianx thaisax now i know you betterx when we with tears parted pentapolisx the king my father gave you such a ringx xxshows a ringxxx periclesx thisx thisx no morex you godsx your present kindness makes my past miseries sportsx you shall do wellx that on the touching of her lips i may melt and no more be seenx ox comex be buried a second time within these armsx marinax my heart leaps to be gone into my motherxs bosomx xxkneels to thaisaxxx periclesx lookx who kneels herex flesh of thy fleshx thaisax thy burden at the seax and callxd marina for she was yielded therex thaisax blestx and mine ownx helicanusx hailx madamx and my queenx thaisax i know you notx periclesx you have heard me sayx when i did fly from tyrex i left behind an ancient substitutex can you remember what i callxd the man i have named him oftx thaisax xtwas helicanus thenx periclesx still confirmationx embrace himx dear thaisax this is hex now do i long to hear how you were foundx how possibly preservedx and who to thankx besides the godsx for this great miraclex thaisax lord cerimonx my lordx this manx through whom the gods have shown their powerx that can from first to last resolve youx periclesx reverend sirx the gods can have no mortal officer more like a god than youx will you deliver how this dead queen relivesx cerimonx i willx my lordx beseech youx first go with me to my housex where shall be shown you all was found with herx how she came placed here in the templex no needful thing omittedx periclesx pure dianx bless thee for thy visionx i will offer nightxoblations to theex thaisax this princex the fair betrothed of your daughterx shall marry her at pentapolisx and now this ornament makes me look dismal will i clip to formx and what this fourteen years no razor touchxd to grace thy marriagexdayx ixll beautifyx thaisax lord cerimon hath letters of good creditx sirx my fatherxs deadx periclesx heavens make a star of himx yet therex my queenx wexll celebrate their nuptialsx and ourselves will in that kingdom spend our following daysx our son and daughter shall in tyrus reignx lord cerimonx we do our longing stay to hear the rest untoldx sirx leadxs the wayx xxexeuntxxx enter gowerx gowerx in antiochus and his daughter you have heard of monstrous lust the due and just rewardx in periclesx his queen and daughter seenx although assailxd with fortune fierce and keenx virtue preserved from fell destructionxs blastx led on by heavenx and crownxd with joy at lastx in helicanus may you well descry a figure of truthx of faithx of loyaltyx in reverend cerimon there well appears the worth that learned charity aye wearsx for wicked cleon and his wifex when fame had spread their cursed deedx the honourxd name of periclesx to rage the city turnx that him and his they in his palace burnx the gods for murder seemed so content to punishx although not donex but meantx so on your patience evermore attendingx new joy wait on youx here our play has endingx xxexitxxx king richard the second dramatis personae king richard the second john of gauntx duke of lancaster x uncle to the king edmund langleyx duke of york x uncle to the king henryx surnamed bolingbrokex duke of herefordx son of john of gauntx afterwards king henry iv duke of aumerlex son of the duke of york thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolk duke of surrey earl of salisbury earl berkeley bushy x favourites of king richard bagot x x x x x green x x x x x earl of northumberland henry percyx surnamed hotspurx his son lord ross lord willoughby lord fitzwater bishop of carlisle abbot of westminster lord marshal sir stephen scroop sir pierce of exton captain of a band of welshmen two gardeners queen to king richard duchess of york duchess of gloucesterx widow of thomas of woodstockx duke of gloucester lady attending on the queen lordsx heraldsx officersx soldiersx keeperx messengerx groomx and other attendants scenex england and wales act ix scene ix londonx the palace enter richardx john of gauntx with other nobles and attendants king richardx old john of gauntx timexhonoured lancasterx hast thoux according to thy oath and bandx brought hither henry herefordx thy bold sonx here to make good the boistxrous late appealx which then our leisure would not let us hearx against the duke of norfolkx thomas mowbrayx gauntx i havex my liegex king richardx tell mex moreoverx hast thou sounded him if he appeal the duke on ancient malicex or worthilyx as a good subject shouldx on some known ground of treachery in himx gauntx as near as i could sift him on that argumentx on some apparent danger seen in him aimxd at your highnessxno inveterate malicex king richardx then call them to our presencex face to face and frowning brow to browx ourselves will hear the accuser and the accused freely speakx highxstomachxd are they both and full of irex in ragex deaf as the seax hasty as firex enter bolingbroke and mowbray bolingbrokex many years of happy days befall my gracious sovereignx my most loving liegex mowbrayx each day still better otherxs happiness until the heavensx envying earthxs good hapx add an immortal title to your crownx king richardx we thank you bothx yet one but flatters usx as well appeareth by the cause you comex namelyx to appeal each other of high treasonx cousin of herefordx what dost thou object against the duke of norfolkx thomas mowbrayx bolingbrokex firstxheaven be the record to my speechx in the devotion of a subjectxs lovex tendxring the precious safety of my princex and free from other misbegotten hatex come i appellant to this princely presencex nowx thomas mowbrayx do i turn to theex and mark my greeting wellx for what i speak my body shall make good upon this earthx or my divine soul answer it in heavenx thou art a traitor and a miscreantx too good to be sox and too bad to livex since the more fair and crystal is the skyx the uglier seem the clouds that in it flyx once morex the more to aggravate the notex with a foul traitorxs name stuff i thy throatx and wishxso please my sovereignxere i movex what my tongue speaksx my right drawn sword may provex mowbrayx let not my cold words here accuse my zealx xtis not the trial of a womanxs warx the bitter clamour of two eager tonguesx can arbitrate this cause betwixt us twainx the blood is hot that must be coolxd for thisx yet can i not of such tame patience boast as to be hushxd and nought at an to sayx firstx the fair reverence of your highness curbs me from giving reins and spurs to my free speechx which else would post until it had returnxd these terms of treason doubled down his throatx setting aside his high bloodxs royaltyx and let him be no kinsman to my liegex i do defy himx and i spit at himx call him a slanderous coward and a villainx which to maintainx i would allow him odds and meet himx were i tied to run afoot even to the frozen ridges of the alpsx or any other ground inhabitable where ever englishman durst set his footx meantime let this defend my loyaltyx by all my hopesx most falsely doth he lie bolingbrokex pale trembling cowardx there i throw my gagex disclaiming here the kindred of the kingx and lay aside my high bloodxs royaltyx which fearx not reverencex makes thee to exceptx if guilty dread have left thee so much strength as to take up mine honourxs pawnx then stoopx by that and all the rites of knighthood else will i make good against theex arm to armx what i have spoke or thou canst worst devisex mowbrayx i take it upx and by that sword i swear which gently laid my knighthood on my shoulder ixll answer thee in any fair degree or chivalrous design of knightly trialx and when i mountx alive may i not light if i be traitor or unjustly fightx king richardx what doth our cousin lay to mowbrayxs chargex it must be great that can inherit us so much as of a thought of ill in himx bolingbrokex look what i speakx my life shall prove it truex that mowbray hath receivxd eight thousand nobles in name of lendings for your highnessx soldiersx the which he hath detainxd for lewd employments like a false traitor and injurious villainx besidesx i say and will in battle provex or herex or elsewhere to the furthest verge that ever was surveyxd by english eyex that all the treasons for these eighteen years complotted and contrived in this land fetch from false mowbray their first head and springx further i sayx and further will maintain upon his bad life to make all this goodx that he did plot the duke of gloucesterxs deathx suggest his soonxbelieving adversariesx and consequentlyx like a traitor cowardx sluicxd out his innocent soul through streams of bloodx which bloodx like sacrificing abelxsx criesx even from the tongueless caverns of the earthx to me for justice and rough chastisementx andx by the glorious worth of my descentx this arm shall do itx or this life be spentx king richardx how high a pitch his resolution soarsx thomas of norfolkx what sayxst thou to thisx mowbrayx ox let my sovereign turn away his face and bid his ears a little while be deafx till i have told this slander of his blood how god and good men hate so foul a liarx king richardx mowbrayx impartial are our eyes and carsx were he my brotherx nayx my kingdomxs heirx as he is but my fatherxs brotherxs sonx now by my sceptrexs awe i make a vowx such neighbour nearness to our sacred blood should nothing privilege him nor partialize the unstooping firmness of my upright soulx he is our subjectx mowbrayx so art thoux free speech and fearless i to thee allowx mowbrayx thenx bolingbrokex as low as to thy heartx through the false passage of thy throatx thou liestx three parts of that receipt i had for calais disbursxd i duly to his highnessx soldiersx the other part reservxd i by consentx for that my sovereign liege was in my debt upon remainder of a dear account since last i went to france to fetch his queenx now swallow down that liex for gloucesterxs deathx i slew him notx but to my own disgrace neglected my sworn duty in that casex for youx my noble lord of lancasterx the honourable father to my foex once did i lay an ambush for your lifex a trespass that doth vex my grieved soulx but ere i last receivxd the sacrament i did confess itx and exactly beggxd your gracexs pardonx and i hope i had itx this is my faultx as for the rest appealxdx it issues from the rancour of a villainx a recreant and most degenerate traitorx which in myself i boldly will defendx and interchangeably hurl down my gage upon this overweening traitorxs foot to prove myself a loyal gentleman even in the best blood chamberxd in his bosomx in haste whereofx most heartily i pray your highness to assign our trial dayx king richardx wrathxkindled gentlemenx be rulxd by mex letxs purge this choler without letting bloodx this we prescribex though no physicianx deep malice makes too deep incisionx forgetx forgivex conclude and be agreedx our doctors say this is no month to bleedx good unclex let this end where it begunx wexll calm the duke of norfolkx you your sonx gauntx to be a makexpeace shall become my agex throw downx my sonx the duke of norfolkxs gagex king richardx andx norfolkx throw down hisx gauntx whenx harryx whenx obedience bids i should not bid againx king richardx norfolkx throw downx we bidx there is no bootx mowbrayx myself i throwx dread sovereignx at thy footx my life thou shalt commandx but not my shamex the one my duty owesx but my fair namex despite of deathx that lives upon my grave to dark dishonourxs use thou shalt not havex i am disgracxdx impeachxdx and bafflxd herex piercxd to the soul with slanderxs venomxd spearx the which no balm can cure but his heartxblood which breathxd this poisonx king richardx rage must be withstoodx give me his gagexlions make leopards tamex mowbrayx yeax but not change his spotsx take but my shamex and i resign my gagex my dear dear lordx the purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputationx that awayx men are but gilded loam or painted clayx a jewel in a tenxtimes barrxdxup chest is a bold spirit in a loyal breastx mine honour is my lifex both grow in onex take honour from mex and my life is donex thenx dear my liegex mine honour let me tryx in that i livex and for that will i diex king richardx cousinx throw up your gagex do you beginx bolingbrokex ox god defend my soul from such deep sinx shall i seem crestxfallen in my fatherxs sightx or with pale beggarxfear impeach my height before this outdarxd dastardx ere my tongue shall wound my honour with such feeble wrong or sound so base a parlex my teeth shall tear the slavish motive of recanting fearx and spit it bleeding in his high disgracex where shame doth harbourx even in mowbrayxs facex exit gaunt king richardx we were not born to suex but to commandx which since we cannot do to make you friendsx be readyx as your lives shall answer itx at coventryx upon saint lambertxs dayx there shall your swords and lances arbitrate the swelling difference of your settled hatex since we can not atone youx we shall see justice design the victorxs chivalryx lord marshalx command our officersxatxarms be ready to direct these home alarmsx exeunt scene xx londonx the duke of lancasterxs palace enter john of gaunt with the duchess of gloucester gauntx alasx the part i had in woodstockxs blood doth more solicit me than your exclaims to stir against the butchers of his lifex but since correction lieth in those hands which made the fault that we cannot correctx put we our quarrel to the will of heavenx whox when they see the hours ripe on earthx will rain hot vengeance on offendersx headsx duchessx finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spurx hath love in thy old blood no living firex edwardxs seven sonsx whereof thyself art onex were as seven vials of his sacred bloodx or seven fair branches springing from one rootx some of those seven are dried by naturexs coursex some of those branches by the destinies cutx but thomasx my dear lordx my lifex my gloucesterx one vial full of edwardxs sacred bloodx one flourishing branch of his most royal rootx is crackxdx and all the precious liquor spiltx is hackxd downx and his summer leaves all fadedx by envyxs hand and murderxs bloody axex ahx gauntx his blood was thinex that bedx that wombx that mettlex that self mouldx that fashionxd theex made him a manx and though thou livest and breathestx yet art thou slain in himx thou dost consent in some large measure to thy fatherxs death in that thou seest thy wretched brother diex who was the model of thy fatherxs lifex call it not patiencex gauntxit is despairx in suffxring thus thy brother to be slaughtxredx thou showest the naked pathway to thy lifex teaching stern murder how to butcher theex that which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breastsx what shall i sayx to safeguard thine own life the best way is to venge my gloucesterxs deathx gauntx godxs is the quarrelx for godxs substitutex his deputy anointed in his sightx hath causxd his deathx the which if wrongfullyx let heaven revengex for i may never lift an angry arm against his ministerx duchessx where thenx alasx may i complain myselfx gauntx to godx the widowxs champion and defencex duchessx why thenx i willx farewellx old gauntx thou goest to coventryx there to behold our cousin hereford and fell mowbray fightx ox sit my husbandxs wrongs on herefordxs spearx that it may enter butcher mowbrayxs breastx orx if misfortune miss the first careerx be mowbrayxs sins so heavy in his bosom that they may break his foaming courserxs back and throw the rider headlong in the listsx a caitiff recreant to my cousin herefordx farewellx old gauntx thy sometimes brotherxs wifex with her companionx griefx must end her lifex gauntx sisterx farewellx i must to coventryx as much good stay with thee as go with mex duchessx yet one word morex grief boundeth where it fallsx not with the empty hollownessx but weightx i take my leave before i have begunx for sorrow ends not when it seemeth donex commend me to thy brotherx edmund yorkx lox this is allx nayx yet depart not sox though this be allx do not so quickly gox i shall remember morex bid himx ahx whatxx with all good speed at plashy visit mex alackx and what shall good old york there see but empty lodgings and unfurnishxd wallsx unpeopled officesx untrodden stonesx and what hear there for welcome but my groansx therefore commend mex let him not come there to seek out sorrow that dwells every wherex desolatex desolatex will i hence and diex the last leave of thee takes my weeping eyex exeunt scene xx the lists at coventry enter the lord marshal and the duke of aumerle marshalx my lord aumerlex is harry hereford armxdx aumerlex yeax at all pointsx and longs to enter inx marshalx the duke of norfolkx spightfully and boldx stays but the summons of the appelantxs trumpetx aumerlex why thenx the champions are preparxdx and stay for nothing but his majestyxs approachx the trumpets soundx and the king enters with his noblesx gauntx bushyx bagotx greenx and othersx when they are setx enter mowbrayx duke of nor folkx in armsx defendantx and a herald king richardx marshalx demand of yonder champion the cause of his arrival here in armsx ask him his namex and orderly proceed to swear him in the justice of his causex marshalx in godxs name and the kingxsx say who thou artx and why thou comest thus knightly clad in armsx against what man thou comxstx and what thy quarrelx speak truly on thy knighthood and thy oathx as so defend thee heaven and thy valourx mowbrayx my name is thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx who hither come engaged by my oathx which god defend a knight should violatexx both to defend my loyalty and truth to godx my kingx and my succeeding issuex against the duke of hereford that appeals mex andx by the grace of god and this mine armx to prove himx in defending of myselfx a traitor to my godx my kingx and mex and as i truly fightx defend me heavenx the trumpets soundx enter bolingbrokex duke of herefordx appellantx in armourx and a herald king richardx marshalx ask yonder knight in armsx both who he is and why he cometh hither thus plated in habiliments of warx and formallyx according to our lawx depose him in the justice of his causex marshalx what is thy namex and wherefore comxst thou hither before king richard in his royal listsx against whom comest thoux and whatxs thy quarrelx speak like a true knightx so defend thee heavenx bolingbrokex harry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx am ix who ready here do stand in arms to provex by godxs grace and my bodyxs valourx in lists on thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx that he is a traitorx foul and dangerousx to god of heavenx king richardx and to mex and as i truly fightx defend me heavenx marshalx on pain of deathx no person be so bold or daringxhardy as to touch the listsx except the marshal and such officers appointed to direct these fair designsx bolingbrokex lord marshalx let me kiss my sovereignxs handx and bow my knee before his majestyx for mowbray and myself are like two men that vow a long and weary pilgrimagex then let us take a ceremonious leave and loving farewell of our several friendsx marshalx the appellant in all duty greets your highnessx and craves to kiss your hand and take his leavex king richardx we will descend and fold him in our armsx cousin of herefordx as thy cause is rightx so be thy fortune in this royal fightx farewellx my bloodx which if toxday thou shedx lament we mayx but not revenge thee deadx bolingbrokex ox let no noble eye profane a tear for mex if i be gorxd with mowbrayxs spearx as confident as is the falconxs flight against a birdx do i with mowbray fightx my loving lordx i take my leave of youx of youx my noble cousinx lord aumerlex not sickx although i have to do with deathx but lustyx youngx and cheerly drawing breathx lox as at english feastsx so i regreet the daintiest lastx to make the end most sweetx o thoux the earthly author of my bloodx whose youthful spiritx in me regeneratex doth with a twofold vigour lift me up to reach at victory above my headx add proof unto mine armour with thy prayersx and with thy blessings steel my lancexs pointx that it may enter mowbrayxs waxen coat and furbish new the name of john ox gauntx even in the lusty haviour of his sonx gauntx god in thy good cause make thee prosperousx be swift like lightning in the executionx and let thy blowsx doubly redoubledx fall like amazing thunder on the casque of thy adverse pernicious enemyx rouse up thy youthful bloodx be valiantx and livex bolingbrokex mine innocence and saint george to thrivex mowbrayx however god or fortune cast my lotx there lives or diesx true to king richardxs thronex a loyalx justx and upright gentlemanx never did captive with a freer heart cast off his chains of bondagex and embrace his golden uncontrollxd enfranchisementx more than my dancing soul doth celebrate this feast of battle with mine adversaryx most mighty liegex and my companion peersx take from my mouth the wish of happy yearsx as gentle and as jocund as to jest go i to fightx truth hath a quiet breastx king richardx farewellx my lordx securely i espy virtue with valour couched in thine eyex order the trialx marshalx and beginx marshalx harry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx receive thy lancex and god defend the rightx bolingbrokex strong as a tower in hopex i cry amenx marshalx xto an officerx go bear this lance to thomasx duke of norfolkx first heraldx harry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx stands here for godx his sovereignx and himselfx on pain to be found false and recreantx to prove the duke of norfolkx thomas mowbrayx a traitor to his godx his kingx and himx and dares him to set forward to the fightx second heraldx here standeth thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx on pain to be found false and recreantx both to defend himselfx and to approve henry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx to godx his sovereignx and to him disloyalx courageously and with a free desire attending but the signal to beginx marshalx sound trumpetsx and set forwardx combatantsx xa charge soundedx stayx the king hath thrown his warder downx king richardx let them lay by their helmets and their spearsx and both return back to their chairs againx withdraw with usx and let the trumpets sound while we return these dukes what we decreex a long flourishx while the king consults his council draw nearx and list what with our council we have donex for that our kingdomxs earth should not be soilxd with that dear blood which it hath fosteredx and for our eyes do hate the dire aspect of civil wounds ploughxd up with neighboursx swordx and for we think the eaglexwinged pride of skyxaspiring and ambitious thoughtsx with rivalxhating envyx set on you to wake our peacex which in our countryxs cradle draws the sweet infant breath of gentle sleepx which so rousxd up with boistxrous untunxd drumsx with harshxresounding trumpetsx dreadful brayx and grating shock of wrathful iron armsx might from our quiet confines fright fair peace and make us wade even in our kindredxs bloodx therefore we banish you our territoriesx youx cousin herefordx upon pain of lifex till twice five summers have enrichxd our fields shall not regreet our fair dominionsx but tread the stranger paths of banishmentx bolingbrokex your will be donex this must my comfort bex that sun that warms you here shall shine on mex and those his golden beams to you here lent shall point on me and gild my banishmentx king richardx norfolkx for thee remains a heavier doomx which i with some unwillingness pronouncex the sly slow hours shall not determinate the dateless limit of thy dear exilex the hopeless word of xnever to returnx breathe i against theex upon pain of lifex mowbrayx a heavy sentencex my most sovereign liegex and all unlookxd for from your highnessx mouthx a dearer meritx not so deep a maim as to be cast forth in the common airx have i deserved at your highnessx handsx the language i have learnt these forty yearsx my native englishx now i must forgox and now my tonguexs use is to me no more than an unstringed viol or a harpx or like a cunning instrument casxd up orx being openx put into his hands that knows no touch to tune the harmonyx within my mouth you have engaolxd my tonguex doubly portcullisxd with my teeth and lipsx and dullx unfeelingx barren ignorance is made my gaoler to attend on mex i am too old to fawn upon a nursex too far in years to be a pupil nowx what is thy sentencex thenx but speechless deathx which robs my tongue from breathing native breathx king richardx it boots thee not to be compassionatex after our sentence plaining comes too latex mowbrayx then thus i turn me from my countrvxs lightx to dwell in solemn shades of endless nightx king richardx return againx and take an oath with theex lay on our royal sword your banishxd handsx swear by the duty that you owe to godx our part therein we banish with yourselvesx to keep the oath that we administerx you never shallx so help you truth and godx embrace each otherxs love in banishmentx nor never look upon each otherxs facex nor never writex regreetx nor reconcile this louring tempest of your homexbred hatex nor never by advised purpose meet to plotx contrivex or complot any illx xgainst usx our statex our subjectsx or our landx bolingbrokex i swearx mowbrayx and ix to keep all thisx bolingbrokex norfolkx so far as to mine enemyx by this timex had the king permitted usx one of our souls had wandxred in the airx banishxd this frail sepulchre of our fleshx as now our flesh is banishxd from this landx confess thy treasons ere thou fly the realmx since thou hast far to gox bear not along the clogging burden of a guilty soulx mowbrayx nox bolingbrokex if ever i were traitorx my name be blotted from the book of lifex and i from heaven banishxd as from hencex but what thou artx godx thoux and ix do knowx and all too soonx i fearx the king shall ruex farewellx my liegex now no way can i strayx save back to englandx an the worldxs my wayx exit king richardx unclex even in the glasses of thine eyes i see thy grieved heartx thy sad aspect hath from the number of his banishxd years pluckxd four awayx xto bolingbrokex six frozen winters spentx return with welcome home from banishmentx bolingbrokex how long a time lies in one little wordx four lagging winters and four wanton springs end in a wordx such is the breath of kingsx gauntx i thank my liege that in regard of me he shortens four years of my sonxs exilex but little vantage shall i reap therebyx for ere the six years that he hath to spend can change their moons and bring their times aboutx my oilxdried lamp and timexbewasted light shall be extinct with age and endless nightx my inch of taper will be burnt and donex and blindfold death not let me see my sonx king richardx whyx unclex thou hast many years to livex gauntx but not a minutex kingx that thou canst givex shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow and pluck nights from mex but not lend a morrowx thou canxst help time to furrow me with agex but stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimagex thy word is current with him for my deathx but deadx thy kingdom cannot buy my breathx king richardx thy son is banishxd upon good advicex whereto thy tongue a partyxverdict gavex why at our justice seemxst thou then to lourx gauntx things sweet to taste prove in digestion sourx you urgxd me as a judgex but i had rather you would have bid me argue like a fatherx ox had it been a strangerx not my childx to smooth his fault i should have been more mildx a partial slander sought i to avoidx and in the sentence my own life destroyxdx alasx i lookxd when some of you should say i was too strict to make mine own awayx but you gave leave to my unwilling tongue against my will to do myself this wrongx king richardx cousinx farewellx andx unclex bid him sox six years we banish himx and he shall gox flourishx exit king with train aumerlex cousinx farewellx what presence must not knowx from where you do remain let paper showx marshalx my lordx no leave take ix for i will ride as far as land will let me by your sidex gauntx ox to what purpose dost thou hoard thy wordsx that thou returnest no greeting to thy friendsx bolingbrokex i have too few to take my leave of youx when the tonguexs office should be prodigal to breathe the abundant dolour of the heartx gauntx thy grief is but thy absence for a timex bolingbrokex joy absentx grief is present for that timex gauntx what is six wintersx they are quickly gonex bolingbrokex to men in joyx but grief makes one hour tenx gauntx call it a travel that thou takxst for pleasurex bolingbrokex my heart will sigh when i miscall it sox which finds it an enforced pilgrimagex gauntx the sullen passage of thy weary steps esteem as foil wherein thou art to set the precious jewel of thy home returnx bolingbrokex nayx ratherx every tedious stride i make will but remember me what a deal of world i wander from the jewels that i lovex must i not serve a long apprenticehood to foreign passagesx and in the endx having my freedomx boast of nothing else but that i was a journeyman to griefx gauntx all places that the eye of heaven visits are to a wise man ports and happy havensx teach thy necessity to reason thusx there is no virtue like necessityx think not the king did banish theex but thou the kingx woe doth the heavier sit where it perceives it is but faintly homex gox say i sent thee forth to purchase honourx and not the king exilxd theex or suppose devouring pestilence hangs in our air and thou art flying to a fresher climex look what thy soul holds dearx imagine it to lie that way thou goestx not whence thou comxstx suppose the singing birds musiciansx the grass whereon thou treadxst the presence strewxdx the flowers fair ladiesx and thy steps no more than a delightful measure or a dancex for gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite the man that mocks at it and sets it lightx bolingbrokex ox who can hold a fire in his hand by thinking on the frosty caucasusx or cloy the hungry edge of appetite by bare imagination of a feastx or wallow naked in december snow by thinking on fantastic summerxs heatx ox nox the apprehension of the good gives but the greater feeling to the worsex fell sorrowxs tooth doth never rankle more than when he bitesx but lanceth not the sorex gauntx comex comex my sonx ixll bring thee on thy wayx had i thy youtli and causex i would not stayx bolingbrokex thenx englandxs groundx farewellx sweet soilx adieux my motherx and my nursex that bears me yetx wherexer i wanderx boast of this i canx though banishxdx yet a trueborn english manx exeunt scene xx londonx the court enter the kingx with bagot and greenx at one doorx and the duke of aumerle at another king richardx we did observex cousin aumerlex how far brought you high hereford on his wayx aumerlex i brought high herefordx if you call him sox but to the next high wayx and there i left himx king richardx and sayx what store of parting tears were shedx aumerlex faithx none for mex except the northxeast windx which then blew bitterly against our facesx awakxd the sleeping rheumx and so by chance did grace our hollow parting with a tearx king richardx what said our cousin when you parted with himx aumerlex xfarewellxx andx for my heart disdained that my tongue should so profane the wordx that taught me craft to counterfeit oppression of such grief that words seemxd buried in my sorrowxs gravex marryx would the word xfarewellx have lengthxned hours and added years to his short banishmentx he should have had a volume of farewellsx but since it would notx he had none of mex king richardx he is our cousinx cousinx but xtis doubtx when time shall call him home from banishmentx whether our kinsman come to see his friendsx ourselfx and bushyx bagot herex and greenx observxd his courtship to the common peoplex how he did seem to dive into their hearts with humble and familiar courtesyx what reverence he did throw away on slavesx wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles and patient underbearing of his fortunex as xtwere to banish their affects with himx off goes his bonnet to an oysterxwenchx a brace of draymen bid god speed him well and had the tribute of his supple kneex with xthanksx my countrymenx my loving friendsxx as were our england in reversion hisx and he our subjectsx next degree in hopex greenx wellx he is gonex and with him go these thoughtsx now for the rebels which stand out in irelandx expedient manage must be madex my liegex ere further leisure yicld them further means for their advantage and your highnessx lossx king richardx we will ourself in person to this warx andx for our coffersx with too great a court and liberal largessx are grown somewhat lightx we are enforcxd to farm our royal realmx the revenue whereof shall furnish us for our affairs in handx if that come shortx our substitutes at home shall have blank chartersx wheretox when they shall know what men are richx they shall subscribe them for large sums of goldx and send them after to supply our wantsx for we will make for ireland presentlyx enter bushy bushyx what newsx bushyx old john of gaunt is grievous sickx my lordx suddenly takenx and hath sent postexhaste to entreat your majesty to visit himx king richardx where lies hex bushyx at ely housex king richardx now put itx godx in the physicianxs mind to help him to his grave immediatelyx the lining of his coffers shall make coats to deck our soldiers for these irish warsx comex gentlemenx letxs all go visit himx pray god we may make hastex and come too latex allx amenx exeunt act iix scene ix londonx ely house enter john of gauntx sickx with the duke of yorkx etcx gauntx will the king comex that i may breathe my last in wholesome counsel to his unstaid youthx yorkx vex not yourselfx nor strive not with your breathx for all in vain comes counsel to his earx gauntx ox but they say the tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmonyx where words are scarcex they are seldom spent in vainx for they breathe truth that breathe their words xin painx he that no more must say is listenxd more than they whom youth and ease have taught to glosex more are menxs ends markxd than their lives beforex the setting sunx and music at the closex as the last taste of sweetsx is sweetest lastx writ in remembrance more than things long pastx though richard my lifexs counsel would not hearx my deathxs sad tale may yet undeaf his earx yorkx nox it is stoppxd with other flattering soundsx as praisesx of whose taste the wise are fondx lascivious metresx to whose venom sound the open ear of youth doth always listenx report of fashions in proud italyx whose manners still our tardy apish nation limps after in base imitationx where doth the world thrust forth a vanityx so it be newx therexs no respect how vilex that is not quickly buzzxd into his earsx then all too late comes counsel to be heard where will doth mutiny with witxs regardx direct not him whose way himself will choosex xtis breath thou lackxstx and that breath wilt thou losex gauntx methinks i am a prophet new inspirxdx and thus expiring do foretell of himx his rash fierce blaze of riot cannot lastx for violent fires soon burn out themselvesx small showers last longx but sudden storms are shortx he tires betimes that spurs too fast betimesx with eager feeding food doth choke the feederx light vanityx insatiate cormorantx consuming meansx soon preys upon itselfx this royal throne of kingsx this sceptxred islex this earth of majestyx this seat of marsx this other edenx demixparadisex this fortress built by nature for herself against infection and the hand of warx this happy breed of menx this little worldx this precious stone set in the silver seax which serves it in the office of a wallx or as a moat defensive to a housex against the envy of less happier landsx this blessed plotx this earthx this realmx this englandx this nursex this teeming womb of royal kingsx fearxd by their breedx and famous by their birthx renowned for their deeds as far from homex for christian service and true chivalryx as is the sepulchre in stubborn jewry of the worldxs ransomx blessed maryxs sonx this land of such dear soulsx this dear dear landx dear for her reputation through the worldx is now leasxd outxi die pronouncing itx like to a tenement or pelting farmx englandx bound in with the triumphant seax whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege of watxry neptunex is now bound in with shamex with inky blots and rotten parchment bondsx that englandx that was wont to conquer othersx hath made a shameful conquest of itselfx ahx would the scandal vanish with my lifex how happy then were my ensuing deathx enter king and queenx aumerlex bushyx greenx bagotx rossx and willoughby yorkx the king is comex deal mildly with his youthx for young hot colts being ragxd do rage the morex queenx how fares our noble uncle lancasterx king richardx what comfortx manx how isxt with aged gauntx gauntx ox how that name befits my compositionx old gauntx indeedx and gaunt in being oldx within me grief hath kept a tedious fastx and who abstains from meat that is not gauntx for sleeping england long time have i watchxdx watching breeds leannessx leanness is an gauntx the pleasure that some fathers feed upon is my strict fastxi mean my childrenxs looksx and therein fastingx hast thou made me gauntx gaunt am i for the gravex gaunt as a gravex whose hollow womb inherits nought but bonesx king richardx can sick men play so nicely with their namesx gauntx nox misery makes sport to mock itselfx since thou dost seek to kill my name in mex i mock my namex great kingx to flatter theex king richardx should dying men flatter with those that livex gauntx nox nox men living flatter those that diex king richardx thoux now axdyingx sayest thou flatterest mex gauntx ox nox thou diestx though i the sicker bex king richardx i am in healthx i breathex and see thee illx gauntx now he that made me knows i see thee illx ill in myself to seex and in thee seeing illx thy deathxbed is no lesser than thy land wherein thou liest in reputation sickx and thoux too careless patient as thou artx commitxst thy anointed body to the cure of those physicians that first wounded theex a thousand flatterers sit within thy crownx whose compass is no bigger than thy headx and yetx incaged in so small a vergex the waste is no whit lesser than thy landx ox had thy grandsire with a prophetxs eye seen how his sonxs son should destroy his sonsx from forth thy reach he would have laid thy shamex deposing thee before thou wert possessxdx which art possessxd now to depose thyselfx whyx cousinx wert thou regent of the worldx it were a shame to let this land by leasex but for thy world enjoying but this landx is it not more than shame to shame it sox landlord of england art thou nowx not kingx thy state of law is bondslave to the lawx and thoux king richardx a lunatic leanxwitted foolx presuming on an aguexs privilegex darest with thy frozen admonition make pale our cheekx chasing the royal blood with fury from his native residencex now by my seatxs right royal majestyx wert thou not brother to great edwardxs sonx this tongue that runs so roundly in thy head should run thy head from thy unreverent shouldersx gauntx ox spare me notx my brother edwardxs sonx for that i was his father edwardxs sonx that blood alreadyx like the pelicanx hast thou tappxd outx and drunkenly carousxdx my brother gloucesterx plain wellxmeaning soulx whom fair befall in heaven xmongst happy soulsxx may be a precedent and witness good that thou respectxst not spilling edwardxs bloodx join with the present sickness that i havex and thy unkindness be like crooked agex to crop at once a too long withered flowerx live in thy shamex but die not shame with theex these words hereafter thy tormentors bex convey me to my bedx then to my gravex love they to live that love and honour havex exitx borne out by his attendants king richardx and let them die that age and sullens havex for both hast thoux and both become the gravex yorkx i do beseech your majesty impute his words to wayward sickliness and age in himx he loves youx on my lifex and holds you dear as harry duke of herefordx were he herex king richardx rightx you say truex as herefordxs lovex so hisx as theirsx so minex and all be as it isx enter northumberland northumberlandx my liegex old gaunt commends him to your majestyx king richardx what says hex northumberlandx nayx nothingx all is saidx his tongue is now a stringless instrumentx wordsx lifex and allx old lancaster hath spentx yorkx be york the next that must be bankrupt sox though death be poorx it ends a mortal woex king richardx the ripest fruit first fallsx and so doth hex his time is spentx our pilgrimage must bex so much for thatx now for our irish warsx we must supplant those rough rugxheaded kernsx which live like venom where no venom else but only they have privilege to livex and for these great affairs do ask some chargex towards our assistance we do seize to us the platex coinx revenuesx and moveablesx whereof our uncle gaunt did stand possessxdx yorkx how long shall i be patientx ahx how long shall tender duty make me suffer wrongx not gloucesterxs deathx nor herefordxs banishmentx nor gauntxs rebukesx nor englandxs private wrongsx nor the prevention of poor bolingbroke about his marriagex nor my own disgracex have ever made me sour my patient cheek or bend one wrinkle on my sovereignxs facex i am the last of noble edwardxs sonsx of whom thy fatherx prince of walesx was firstx in war was never lion ragxd more fiercex in peace was never gentle lamb more mildx than was that young and princely gentlemanx his face thou hastx for even so lookxd hex accomplishxd with the number of thy hoursx but when he frownxdx it was against the french and not against his friendsx his noble hand did win what he did spendx and spent not that which his triumphant fatherxs hand had wonx his hands were guilty of no kindred bloodx but bloody with the enemies of his kinx o richardx york is too far gone with griefx or else he never would compare betweenx king richardx whyx unclex whatxs the matterx yorkx o my liegex pardon mex if you pleasex if notx ix pleasxd not to be pardonedx am content withalx seek you to seize and gripe into your hands the royalties and rights of banishxd herefordx is not gaunt deadx and doth not hereford livex was not gaunt justx and is not harry truex did not the one deserve to have an heirx is not his heir a wellxdeserving sonx take herefordxs rights awayx and take from time his charters and his customary rightsx let not toxmorrow then ensue toxdayx be not thyselfxfor how art thou a king but by fair sequence and successionx nowx afore godxgod forbid i say truexx if you do wrongfully seize herefordxs rightsx call in the letters patents that he hath by his attorneysxgeneral to sue his liveryx and deny his offxred homagex you pluck a thousand dangers on your headx you lose a thousand wellxdisposed heartsx and prick my tender patience to those thoughts which honour and allegiance cannot thinkx king richardx think what you willx we seize into our hands his platex his goodsx his moneyx and his landsx yorkx ixll not be by the whilex my liegex farewellx what will ensue hereof therexs none can tellx but by bad courses may be understood that their events can never fall out goodx exit king richardx gox bushyx to the earl of wiltshire straightx bid him repair to us to ely house to see this businessx toxmorrow next we will for irelandx and xtis timex i trowx and we createx in absence of ourselfx our uncle york lord governor of englandx for he is justx and always lovxd us wellx come onx our queenx toxmorrow must we partx be merryx for our time of stay is shortx flourishx exeunt kingx queenx bushyx aumerlex greenx and bagot northumberlandx wellx lordsx the duke of lancaster is deadx rossx and living toox for now his son is dukex willoughbyx barely in titlex not in revenuesx northumberlandx richly in bothx if justice had her rightx rossx my heart is greatx but it must break with silencex erext be disburdened with a liberal tonguex northumberlandx nayx speak thy mindx and let him nexer speak more that speaks thy words again to do thee harmx willoughbyx tends that thou wouldst speak to the duke of herefordx if it be sox out with it boldlyx manx quick is mine ear to hear of good towards himx rossx no good at all that i can do for himx unless you call it good to pity himx bereft and gelded of his patrimonyx northumberlandx nowx afore godx xtis shame such wrongs are borne in himx a royal princex and many moe of noble blood in this declining landx the king is not himselfx but basely led by flatterersx and what they will informx merely in hatex xgainst any of us anx that will the king severely prosecute xgainst usx our livesx our childrenx and our heirsx rossx the commons hath he pillxd with grievous taxesx and quite lost their heartsx the nobles hath he find for ancient quarrels and quite lost their heartsx willoughbyx and daily new exactions are devisxdx as blanksx benevolencesx and i wot not whatx but whatx a godxs namex doth become of thisx northumberlandx wars hath not wasted itx for warrxd he hath notx but basely yielded upon compromise that which his noble ancestors achievxd with blowsx more hath he spent in peace than they in warsx rossx the earl of wiltshire hath the realm in farmx willoughbyx the kingxs grown bankrupt like a broken manx northumberlandx reproach and dissolution hangeth over himx rossx he hath not money for these irish warsx his burdenous taxations notwithstandingx but by the robbing of the banishxd dukex northumberlandx his noble kinsmanxmost degenerate kingx butx lordsx we hear this fearful tempest singx yet seek no shelter to avoid the stormx we see the wind sit sore upon our sailsx and yet we strike notx but securely perishx rossx we see the very wreck that we must sufferx and unavoided is the danger now for suffering so the causes of our wreckx northumberlandx not sox even through the hollow eyes of death i spy life peeringx but i dare not say how near the tidings of our comfort isx willoughbyx nayx let us share thy thoughts as thou dost oursx rossx be confident to speakx northumberlandx we three are but thyselfx andx speaking sox thy words are but as thoughtsx therefore be boldx northumberlandx then thusx i have from le port blancx a bay in brittanyx receivxd intelligence that harry duke of herefordx rainold lord cobhamx that late broke from the duke of exeterx his brotherx archbishop late of canterburyx sir thomas erpinghamx sir john ramstonx sir john norberyx sir robert watertonx and francis quointx all thesex well furnishxd by the duke of britainex with eight tall shipsx three thousand men of warx are making hither with all due expediencex and shortly mean to touch our northern shorex perhaps they had ere thisx but that they stay the first departing of the king for irelandx if then we shall shake off our slavish yokex imp out our drooping countryxs broken wingx redeem from broking pawn the blemishxd crownx wipe off the dust that hides our sceptrexs giltx and make high majesty look like itselfx away with me in post to ravenspurghx but if you faintx as fearing to do sox stay and be secretx and myself will gox rossx to horsex to horsex urge doubts to them that fearx willoughbyx hold out my horsex and i will first be therex exeunt scene xx windsor castle enter queenx bushyx and bagot bushyx madamx your majesty is too much sadx you promisxdx when you parted with the kingx to lay aside lifexharming heaviness and entertain a cheerful dispositionx queenx to please the kingx i didx to please myself i cannot do itx yet i know no cause why i should welcome such a guest as griefx save bidding farewell to so sweet a guest as my sweet richardx yet again methinks some unborn sorrowx ripe in fortunexs wombx is coming towards mex and my inward soul with nothing tremblesx at some thing it grieves more than with parting from my lord the kingx bushyx each substance of a grief hath twenty shadowsx which shows like grief itselfx but is not sox for sorrowxs eyex glazed with blinding tearsx divides one thing entire to many objectsx like perspectives whichx rightly gazxd uponx show nothing but confusionxeyxd awryx distinguish formx so your sweet majestyx looking awry upon your lordxs departurex find shapes of grief more than himself to wailx whichx lookxd on as it isx is nought but shadows of what it is notx thenx thricexgracious queenx more than your lordxs departure weep notxmore is not seenx or if it bex xtis with false sorrowxs eyex which for things true weeps things imaginaryx queenx it may be sox but yet my inward soul persuades me it is otherwisex howexer it bex i cannot but be sadx so heavy sad asxthoughx on thinkingx on no thought i thinkx makes me with heavy nothing faint and shrinkx bushyx xtis nothing but conceitx my gracious ladyx queenx xtis nothing lessx conceit is still derivxd from some forefather griefx mine is not sox for nothing hath begot my something griefx or something hath the nothing that i grievex xtis in reversion that i do possessx but what it is that is not yet known whatx i cannot namex xtis nameless woex i wotx enter green greenx god save your majestyx and well metx gentlemenx i hope the king is not yet shippxd for irelandx queenx why hopest thou sox xtis better hope he isx for his designs crave hastex his haste good hopex then wherefore dost thou hope he is not shippxdx greenx that hex our hopex might have retirxd his power and driven into despair an enemyxs hope who strongly hath set footing in this landx the banishxd bolingbroke repeals himselfx and with uplifted arms is safe arrivxd at ravenspurghx queenx now god in heaven forbidx greenx ahx madamx xtis too truex and that is worsex the lord northumberlandx his son young henry percyx the lords of rossx beaumondx and willoughbyx with all their powerful friendsx are fled to himx bushyx why have you not proclaimxd northumberland and all the rest revolted faction traitorsx greenx we havex whereupon the earl of worcester hath broken his staffx resignxd his stewardshipx and all the household servants fled with him to bolingbrokex queenx sox greenx thou art the midwife to my woex and bolingbroke my sorrowxs dismal heirx now hath my soul brought forth her prodigyx and ix a gasping newxdeliverxd motherx have woe to woex sorrow to sorrow joinxdx bushyx despair notx madamx queenx who shall hinder mex i will despairx and be at enmity with cozening hopexhe is a flattererx a parasitex a keeperxback of deathx who gently would dissolve the bands of lifex which false hope lingers in extremityx enter york greenx here comes the duke of yorkx queenx with signs of war about his aged neckx ox full of careful business are his looksx unclex for godxs sakex speak comfortable wordsx yorkx should i do sox i should belie my thoughtsx comfortxs in heavenx and we are on the earthx where nothing lives but crossesx caresx and griefx your husbandx he is gone to save far offx whilst others come to make him lose at homex here am i left to underprop his landx whox weak with agex cannot support myselfx now comes the sick hour that his surfeit madex now shall he try his friends that flatterxd himx enter a servingman servingmanx my lordx your son was gone before i camex yorkx he wasxwhy so go all which way it willx the nobles they are fledx the commons they are cold and willx i fearx revolt on herefordxs sidex sirrahx get thee to plashyx to my sister gloucesterx bid her send me presently a thousand poundx holdx take my ringx servingmanx my lordx i had forgot to tell your lordshipx toxdayx as i came byx i called therex but i shall grieve you to report the restx yorkx what isxtx knavex servingmanx an hour before i camex the duchess diedx yorkx god for his mercyx what a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at oncex i know not what to dox i would to godx so my untruth had not provokxd him to itx the king had cut off my head with my brotherxsx whatx are there no posts dispatchxd for irelandx how shall we do for money for these warsx comex sisterxcousinx i would sayxprayx pardon mex gox fellowx get thee homex provide some cartsx and bring away the armour that is therex exit servingman gentlemenx will you go muster menx if i know how or which way to order these affairs thus disorderly thrust into my handsx never believe mex both are my kinsmenx txone is my sovereignx whom both my oath and duty bids defendx txother again is my kinsmanx whom the king hath wrongxdx whom conscience and my kindred bids to rightx wellx somewhat we must doxxcomex cousinx ixll dispose of youx gentlemenx go muster up your men and meet me presently at berkeleyx i should to plashy toox but time will not permitx all is unevenx and everything is left at six and sevenx exeunt york and queen bushyx the wind sits fair for news to go to irelandx but none returnsx for us to levy power proportionable to the enemy is all unpossiblex greenx besidesx our nearness to the king in love is near the hate of those love not the kingx bagotx and that is the wavering commonsx for their love lies in their pursesx and whoso empties themx by so much fills their hearts with deadly hatex bushyx wherein the king stands generally condemnxdx bagotx if judgment lie in themx then so do wex because we ever have been near the kingx greenx wellx i will for refuge straight to bristow castlex the earl of wiltshire is already therex bushyx thither will i with youx for little office will the hateful commons perform for usx except eke curs to tear us all to piecesx will you go along with usx bagotx nox i will to ireland to his majestyx farewellx if heartxs presages be not vainx we three here part that nexer shall meet againx bushyx thatxs as york thrives to beat back bolingbrokex greenx alasx poor dukex the task he undertakes is numbxring sands and drinking oceans dryx where one on his side fightsx thousands will flyx farewell at oncexfor oncex for allx and everx bushyx wellx we may meet againx bagotx i fear mex neverx exeunt scene xx gloucestershire enter bolingbroke and northumberlandx forces bolingbrokex how far is itx my lordx to berkeley nowx northumberlandx believe mex noble lordx i am a stranger here in gloucestershirex these high wild hills and rough uneven ways draws out our milesx and makes them wearisomex and yet your fair discourse hath been as sugarx making the hard way sweet and delectablex but i bethink me what a weary way from ravenspurgh to cotswold will be found in ross and willoughbyx wanting your companyx whichx i protestx hath very much beguilxd the tediousness and process of my travelx but theirs is sweetxned with the hope to have the present benefit which i possessx and hope to joy is little less in joy than hope enjoyxdx by this the weary lords shall make their way seem shortx as mine hath done by sight of what i havex your noble companyx bolingbrokex of much less value is my company than your good wordsx but who comes herex enter harry percy northumberlandx it is my sonx young harry percyx sent from my brother worcesterx whencesoeverx harryx how fares your unclex percyx i had thoughtx my lordx to have learnxd his health of youx northumberlandx whyx is he not with the queenx percyx nox my good lordx he hath forsook the courtx broken his staff of officex and dispersxd the household of the kingx northumberlandx what was his reasonx he was not so resolvxd when last we spake togetherx percyx because your lordship was proclaimed traitorx but hex my lordx is gone to ravenspurghx to offer service to the duke of herefordx and sent me over by berkeleyx to discover what power the duke of york had levied therex then with directions to repair to ravenspurghx northumberlandx have you forgot the duke of herefordx boyx percyx nox my good lordx for that is not forgot which nexer i did rememberx to my knowledgex i never in my life did look on himx northumberlandx then learn to know him nowx this is the dukex percyx my gracious lordx i tender you my servicex such as it isx being tenderx rawx and youngx which elder days shall ripenx and confirm to more approved service and desertx bolingbrokex i thank theex gentle percyx and be sure i count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembxring my good friendsx and as my fortune ripens with thy lovex it shall be still thy true lovexs recompensex my heart this covenant makesx my hand thus seals itx northumberlandx how far is it to berkeleyx and what stir keeps good old york there with his men of warx percyx there stands the castlex by yon tuft of treesx mannxd with three hundred menx as i have heardx and in it are the lords of yorkx berkeleyx and seymourx none else of name and noble estimatex enter ross and willoughby northumberlandx here come the lords of ross and willoughbyx bloody with spurringx fieryxred with hastex bolingbrokex welcomex my lordsx i wot your love pursues a banishxd traitorx all my treasury is yet but unfelt thanksx whichx more enrichxdx shall be your love and labourxs recompensex rossx your presence makes us richx most noble lordx willoughbyx and far surmounts our labour to attain itx bolingbrokex evermore thanksx the exchequer of the poorx whichx till my infant fortune comes to yearsx stands for my bountyx but who comes herex enter berkeley northumberlandx it is my lord of berkeleyx as i guessx berkeleyx my lord of herefordx my message is to youx bolingbrokex my lordx my answer isxxto lancasterxx and i am come to seek that name in englandx and i must find that title in your tongue before i make reply to aught you sayx berkeleyx mistake me notx my lordx xtis not my meaning to raze one title of your honour outx to youx my lordx i comexwhat lord you willx from the most gracious regent of this landx the duke of yorkx to know what pricks you on to take advantage of the absent timex and fright our native peace with selfxborne armsx enter yorkx attended bolingbrokex i shall not need transport my words by youx here comes his grace in personx my noble unclex xkneelsx yorkx show me thy humble heartx and not thy kneex whose duty is deceivable and falsex bolingbrokex my gracious unclexx yorkx tutx tutx grace me no gracex nor uncle me no unclex i am no traitorxs unclex and that word xgracex in an ungracious mouth is but profanex why have those banishxd and forbidden legs darxd once to touch a dust of englandxs groundx but then more xwhyxxxwhy have they darxd to march so many miles upon her peaceful bosomx frighting her palexfacxd villages with war and ostentation of despised armsx comxst thou because the anointed king is hencex whyx foolish boyx the king is left behindx and in my loyal bosom lies his powerx were i but now lord of such hot youth as when brave gauntx thy fatherx and myself rescued the black princex that young mars of menx from forth the ranks of many thousand frenchx ox then how quickly should this arm of minex now prisoner to the palsyx chastise the and minister correction to thy faultx bolingbroke my gracious unclex let me know my faultx on what condition stands it and whereinx yorkx even in condition of the worst degreex in gross rebellion and detested treasonx thou art a banishxd manx and here art come before the expiration of thy timex in braving arms against thy sovereignx bolingbrokex as i was banishxdx i was banishxd herefordx but as i comex i come for lancasterx andx noble unclex i beseech your grace look on my wrongs with an indifferent eyex you are my fatherx for methinks in you i see old gaunt alivex ox thenx my fatherx will you permit that i shall stand condemnxd a wandering vagabondx my rights and royalties pluckxd from my arms perforcex and given away to upstart unthriftsx wherefore was i bornx if that my cousin king be king in englandx it must be granted i am duke of lancasterx you have a sonx aumerlex my noble cousinx had you first diedx and he been thus trod downx he should have found his uncle gaunt a father to rouse his wrongs and chase them to the bayx i am denied to sue my livery herex and yet my letters patents give me leavex my fatherxs goods are all distrainxd and soldx and these and all are all amiss employxdx what would you have me dox i am a subjectx and i challenge lawxattorneys are denied mex and therefore personally i lay my claim to my inheritance of free descentx northumberlandx the noble duke hath been too much abusedx rossx it stands your grace upon to do him rightx willoughbyx base men by his endowments are made greatx yorkx my lords of englandx let me tell you thisx i have had feeling of my cousinxs wrongsx and labourxd all i could to do him rightx but in this kind to comex in braving armsx be his own carver and cut out his wayx to find out right with wrongxit may not bex and you that do abet him in this kind cherish rebellionx and are rebels allx northumberlandx the noble duke hath sworn his coming is but for his ownx and for the right of that we all have strongly sworn to give him aidx and let him never see joy that breaks that oathx yorkx wellx wellx i see the issue of these armsx i cannot mend itx i must needs confessx because my power is weak and all ill leftx but if i couldx by him that gave me lifex i would attach you all and make you stoop unto the sovereign mercy of the kingx but since i cannotx be it known unto you i do remain as neuterx sox fare you wellx unless you please to enter in the castlex and there repose you for this nightx bolingbrokex an offerx unclex that we will acceptx but we must win your grace to go with us to bristow castlex which they say is held by bushyx bagotx and their complicesx the caterpillars of the commonwealthx which i have sworn to weed and pluck awayx yorkx it may be i will go with youx but yet ixll pausex for i am loath to break our countryxs lawsx nor friends nor foesx to me welcome you arex things past redress are now with me past carex exeunt scene xx a camp in wales enter earl of salisbury and a welsh captain captainx my lord of salisburyx we have stayxd ten days and hardly kept our countrymen togetherx and yet we hear no tidings from the kingx therefore we will disperse ourselvesx farewellx salisburyx stay yet another dayx thou trusty welshmanx the king reposeth all his confidence in theex captainx xtis thought the king is deadx we will not stayx the bay trees in our country are all witherxdx and meteors fright the fixed stars of heavenx the palexfacxd moon looks bloody on the earthx and leanxlookxd prophets whisper fearful changex rich men look sadx and ruffians dance and leapx the one in fear to lose what they enjoyx the other to enjoy by rage and warx these signs forerun the death or fall of kingsx farewellx our countrymen are gone and fledx as well assurxd richard their king is deadx exit salisburyx ahx richardx with the eyes of heavy mindx i see thy glory like a shooting star fall to the base earth from the firmamentx the sun sets weeping in the lowly westx witnessing storms to comex woex and unrestx thy friends are fledx to wait upon thy foesx and crossly to thy good all fortune goesx exit act iiix scene ix bolingbrokexs camp at bristol enter bolingbrokex yorkx northumberlandx percyx rossx willoughbyx bushy and greenx prisoners bolingbrokex bring forth these menx bushy and greenx i will not vex your soulsx since presently your souls must part your bodiesx with too much urging your pernicious livesx for xtwere no charityx yetx to wash your blood from off my handsx here in the view of men i will unfold some causes of your deathsx you have misled a princex a royal kingx a happy gentleman in blood and lineamentsx by you unhappied and disfigured cleanx you have in manner with your sinful hours made a divorce betwixt his queen and himx broke the possession of a royal bedx and stainxd the beauty of a fair queenxs cheeks with tears drawn from her eyes by your foul wrongsx myselfxa prince by fortune of my birthx near to the king in bloodx and near in love till you did make him misinterpret mex have stoopxd my neck under your injuries and sighxd my english breath in foreign cloudsx eating the bitter bread of banishmentx whilst you have fed upon my signoriesx disparkxd my parks and fellxd my forest woodsx from my own windows torn my household coatx razxd out my impresex leaving me no sign save menxs opinions and my living blood to show the world i am a gentlemanx this and much morex much more than twice all thisx condemns you to the deathx see them delivered over to execution and the hand of deathx bushyx more welcome is the stroke of death to me than bolingbroke to englandx lordsx farewellx greenx my comfort is that heaven will take our soulsx and plague injustice with the pains of hellx bolingbrokex my lord northumberlandx see them dispatchxdx exeunt northumberlandx and othersx with the prisoners unclex you say the queen is at your housex for godxs sakex fairly let her be entreatedx tell her i send to her my kind commendsx take special care my greetings be deliveredx yorkx a gentleman of mine i have dispatchxd with letters of your love to her at largex bolingbrokex thanksx gentle unclex comex lordsx awayx to fight with glendower and his complicesx awhile to workx and after holidayx exeunt scene xx the coast of walesx a castle in view drumsx flourish and coloursx enter the kingx the bishop of carlislex aumerlex and soldiers king richardx barkloughly castle can they this at handx aumerlex yeax my lordx how brooks your grace the air after your late tossing on the breaking seasx king richardx needs must i like it wellx i weep for joy to stand upon my kingdom once againx dear earthx i do salute thee with my handx though rebels wound thee with their horsesx hoofsx as a longxparted mother with her child plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meetingx so weepingxsmiling greet i theex my earthx and do thee favours with my royal handsx feed not thy sovereignxs foex my gentle earthx nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sensex but let thy spidersx that suck up thy venomx and heavyxgaited toadsx lie in their wayx doing annoyance to the treacherous feet which with usurping steps do trample theex yield stinging nettles to mine enemiesx and when they from thy bosom pluck a flowerx guard itx i pray theex with a lurking adderx whose double tongue may with a mortal touch throw death upon thy sovereignxs enemiesx mock not my senseless conjurationx lordsx this earth shall have a feelingx and these stones prove armed soldiersx ere her native king shall falter under foul rebellionxs armsx carlislex fear notx my lordx that power that made you king hath power to keep you king in spite of allx the means that heaven yields must be embracxd and not neglectedx elsex if heaven wouldx and we will notx heavenxs offer we refusex the proffered means of succour and redressx aumerlex he meansx my lordx that we are too remissx whilst bolingbrokex through our securityx grows strong and great in substance and in powerx king richardx discomfortable cousinx knowxst thou not that when the searching eye of heaven is hidx behind the globex that lights the lower worldx then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen in murders and in outrage boldly herex but when from under this terrestrial ball he fires the proud tops of the eastern pines and darts his light through every guilty holex then murdersx treasonsx and detested sinsx the cloak of night being pluckxd from off their backsx stand bare and nakedx trembling at themselvesx so when this thiefx this traitorx bolingbrokex who all this while hath revellxd in the nightx whilst we were wandxring with the antipodesx shall see us rising in our thronex the eastx his treasons will sit blushing in his facex not able to endure the sight of dayx but selfxaffrighted tremble at his sinx not all the water in the rough rude sea can wash the balm off from an anointed kingx the breath of worldly men cannot depose the deputy elected by the lordx for every man that bolingbroke hath pressxd to lift shrewd steel against our golden crownx god for his richard hath in heavenly pay a glorious angelx thenx if angels fightx weak men must fallx for heaven still guards the rightx enter salisbury welcomex my lordx how far off lies your powerx salisburyx nor near nor farther offx my gracious lordx than this weak armx discomfort guides my tonguex and bids me speak of nothing but despairx one day too latex i fear mex noble lordx hath clouded all thy happy days on earthx ox call back yesterdayx bid time returnx and thou shalt have twelve thousand fighting menx toxdayx toxdayx unhappy dayx too latex oxerthrows thy joysx friendsx fortunex and thy statex for all the welshmenx hearing thou wert deadx are gone to bolingbrokex dispersxdx and fledx aumerlex comfortx my liegex why looks your grace so palex king richardx but now the blood of twenty thousand men did triumph in my facex and they are fledx andx till so much blood thither come againx have i not reason to look pale and deadx all souls that will be safex fly from my sidex for time hath set a blot upon my pridex aumerlex comfortx my liegex remember who you arex king richardx i had forgot myselfx am i not kingx awakex thou coward majestyx thou sleepestx is not the kingxs name twenty thousand namesx armx armx my namex a puny subject strikes at thy great gloryx look not to the groundx ye favourites of a kingx are we not highx high be our thoughtsx i know my uncle york hath power enough to serve our turnx but who comes herex enter scroop scroopx more health and happiness betide my liege than can my carextunxd tongue deliver himx king richardx mine ear is open and my heart preparxdx the worst is worldly loss thou canst unfoldx sayx is my kingdom lostx whyx xtwas my carex and what loss is it to be rid of carex strives bolingbroke to be as great as wex greater he shall not bex if he serve godx wexll serve him toox and be his fellow sox revolt our subjectsx that we cannot mendx they break their faith to god as well as usx cry woex destructionx ruinx and decayx the worst is deathx and death will have his dayx scroopx glad am i that your highness is so armxd to bear the tidings of calamityx like an unseasonable stormy day which makes the silver rivers drown their shoresx as if the world were all dissolvxd to tearsx so high above his limits swells the rage of bolingbrokex covering your fearful land with hard bright steel and hearts harder than steelx whitexbeards have armxd their thin and hairless scalps against thy majestyx boysx with womenxs voicesx strive to speak bigx and clap their female joints in stiff unwieldy arms against thy crownx thy very beadsmen learn to bend their bows of doublexfatal yew against thy statex yeax distaffxwomen manage rusty bills against thy seatx both young and old rebelx and all goes worse than i have power to tellx king richardx too wellx too well thou tellxst a tale so inx where is the earl of wiltshirex where is bagotx what is become of bushyx where is greenx that they have let the dangerous enemy measure our confines with such peaceful stepsx if we prevailx their heads shall pay for itx i warrant they have made peace with bolingbrokex scroopx peace have they made with him indeedx my lordx king richardx o villainsx vipersx damnxd without redemptionx dogsx easily won to fawn on any manx snakesx in my heartxblood warmxdx that sting my heartx three judasesx each one thrice worse than judasx would they make peacex terrible hell make war upon their spotted souls for this offencex scroopx sweet lovex i seex changing his propertyx turns to the sourest and most deadly hatex again uncurse their soulsx their peace is made with headsx and not with handsx those whom you curse have felt the worst of deathxs destroying wound and lie full lowx gravxd in the hollow groundx aumerlex is bushyx greenx and the earl of wiltshire deadx scroopx ayx all of them at bristow lost their headsx aumerlex where is the duke my father with his powerx king richardx no matter wherexof comfort no man speakx letxs talk of gravesx of wormsx and epitaphsx make dust our paperx and with rainy eyes write sorrow on the bosom of the earthx letxs choose executors and talk of willsx and yet not soxfor what can we bequeath save our deposed bodies to the groundx our landsx our livesx and anx are bolingbrokexsx and nothing can we can our own but death and that small model of the barren earth which serves as paste and cover to our bonesx for godxs sake let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kingsx how some have been deposxdx some slain in warx some haunted by the ghosts they have deposxdx some poisonxd by their wivesx some sleeping killxdx all murderxdxfor within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king keeps death his courtx and there the antic sitsx scoffing his state and grinning at his pompx allowing him a breathx a little scenex to monarchizex be fearxdx and kill with looksx infusing him with self and vain conceitx as if this flesh which walls about our life were brass impregnablex andx humourxd thusx comes at the lastx and with a little pin bores through his castle wallx and farewellx kingx cover your headsx and mock not flesh and blood with solemn reverencex throw away respectx traditionx formx and ceremonious dutyx for you have but mistook me all this whilex i live with bread like youx feel wantx taste griefx need friendsx subjected thusx how can you say to me i am a kingx carlislex my lordx wise men nexer sit and wail their woesx but presently prevent the ways to wailx to fear the foex since fear oppresseth strengthx givesx in your weaknessx strength unto your foex and so your follies fight against yourselfx fear and be slainxno worse can come to fightx and fight and die is death destroying deathx where fearing dying pays death servile breathx aumerlex my father hath a powerx inquire of himx and learn to make a body of a limbx king richardx thou chidxst me wellx proud bolingbrokex i come to change blows with thee for our day of doomx this ague fit of fear is overxblownx an easy task it is to win our ownx sayx scroopx where lies our uncle with his powerx speak sweetlyx manx although thy looks be sourx scroopx men judge by the complexion of the sky the state in inclination of the dayx so may you by my dull and heavy eyex my tongue hath but a heavier tale to sayx i play the torturerx by small and small to lengthen out the worst that must be spokenx your uncle york is joinxd with bolingbrokex and all your northern castles yielded upx and all your southern gentlemen in arms upon his partyx king richardx thou hast said enoughx xto aumerlex beshrew theex cousinx which didst lead me forth of that sweet way i was in to despairx what say you nowx what comfort have we nowx by heavenx ixll hate him everlastingly that bids me be of comfort any morex go to flint castlex there ixll pine awayx a kingx woexs slavex shall kingly woe obeyx that power i havex dischargex and let them go to ear the land that hath some hope to growx for i have nonex let no man speak again to alter thisx for counsel is but vainx aumerlex my liegex one wordx king richardx he does me double wrong that wounds me with the flatteries of his tonguex discharge my followersx let them hence awayx from richardxs night to bolingbrokexs fair dayx exeunt scene xx walesx before flint castle enterx with drum and coloursx bolingbrokex yorkx northumberlandx and forces bolingbrokex so that by this intelligence we learn the welshmen are dispersxdx and salisbury is gone to meet the kingx who lately landed with some few private friends upon this coastx northumberlandx the news is very fair and goodx my lordx richard not far from hence hath hid his headx yorkx it would beseem the lord northumberland to say xking richardxx alack the heavy day when such a sacred king should hide his headx northumberlandx your grace mistakesx only to be briefx left i his title outx yorkx the time hath beenx would you have been so brief with himx he would have been so brief with you to shorten youx for taking so the headx your whole headxs lengthx bolingbrokex mistake notx unclex further than you shouldx yorkx take notx good cousinx further than you shouldx lest you mistakex the heavens are over our headsx bolingbrokex i know itx unclex and oppose not myself against their willx but who comes herex enter percy welcomex harryx whatx will not this castle yieldx piercyx the castle royally is mannxdx my lordx against thy entrancex bolingbrokex royallyx whyx it contains no kingx percyx yesx my good lordx it doth contain a kingx king richard lies within the limits of yon lime and stonex and with him are the lord aumerlex lord salisburyx sir stephen scroopx besides a clergyman of holy reverencex whox i cannot learnx northumberlandx ox belike it is the bishop of carlislex bolingbrokex xto northumberlandx noble lordx go to the rude ribs of that ancient castlex through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley into his ruinxd earsx and thus deliverx henry bolingbroke on both his knees doth kiss king richardxs handx and sends allegiance and true faith of heart to his most royal personx hither come even at his feet to lay my arms and powerx provided that my banishment repealxd and lands restorxd again be freely grantedx if notx ixll use the advantage of my power and lay the summerxs dust with showers of blood rainxd from the wounds of slaughtered englishmenx the which how far off from the mind of bolingbroke it is such crimson tempest should bedrench the fresh green lap of fair king richardxs landx my stooping duty tenderly shall showx gox signify as muchx while here we march upon the grassy carpet of this plainx xnorthumberland advances to the castlex with a trumpetx letxs march without the noise of threatxning drumx that from this castlexs tottered battlements our fair appointments may be well perusxdx methinks king richard and myself should meet with no less terror than the elements of fire and waterx when their thundxring shock at meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heavenx be he the firex ixll be the yielding waterx the rage be hisx whilst on the earth i rain my watersxon the earthx and not on himx march onx and mark king richard how he looksx parle withoutx and answer withinx then a flourishx enter on the wallsx the kingx the bishop of carlislex aumerlex scroopx and salisbury seex seex king richard doth himself appearx as doth the blushing discontented sun from out the fiery portal of the eastx when he perceives the envious clouds are bent to dim his glory and to stain the track of his bright passage to the occidentx yorkx yet he looks like a kingx beholdx his eyex as bright as is the eaglexsx lightens forth controlling majestyx alackx alackx for woex that any harm should stain so fair a showx king richardx xto northumberlandx we are amazxdx and thus long have we stood to watch the fearful bending of thy kneex because we thought ourself thy lawful kingx and if we bex how dare thy joints forget to pay their awful duty to our presencex if we be notx show us the hand of god that hath dismissxd us from our stewardshipx for well we know no hand of blood and bone can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptrex unless he do profanex stealx or usurpx and though you think that allx as you have donex have torn their souls by turning them from usx and we are barren and bereft of friendsx yet knowxmy masterx god omnipotentx is mustering in his clouds on our behalf armies of pestilencex and they shall strike your children yet unborn and unbegotx that lift your vassal hands against my head and threat the glory of my precious crownx tell bolingbrokex for yon methinks he standsx that every stride he makes upon my land is dangerous treasonx he is come to open the purple testament of bleeding warx but ere the crown he looks for live in peacex ten thousand bloody crowns of mothersx sons shall ill become the flower of englandxs facex change the complexion of her maidxpale peace to scarlet indignationx and bedew her pasturesx grass with faithful english bloodx northumberlandx the king of heaven forbid our lord the king should so with civil and uncivil arms be rushxd uponx thy thrice noble cousinx harry bolingbrokex doth humbly kiss thy handx and by the honourable tomb he swears that stands upon your royal grandsirexs bonesx and by the royalties of both your bloodsx currents that spring from one most gracious headx and by the buried hand of warlike gauntx and by the worth and honour of himselfx comprising all that may be sworn or saidx his coming hither hath no further scope than for his lineal royaltiesx and to beg enfranchisement immediate on his kneesx which on thy royal party granted oncex his glittering arms he will commend to rustx his barbed steeds to stablesx and his heart to faithful service of your majestyx this swears hex as he is a princex is justx and as i am a gentleman i credit himx king richardx northumberlandx say thus the king returnsx his noble cousin is right welcome hitherx and all the number of his fair demands shall be accomplishxd without contradictionx with all the gracious utterance thou hast speak to his gentle hearing kind commendsx xto aumerlex we do debase ourselvesx cousinx do we notx to look so poorly and to speak so fairx shall we call back northumberlandx and send defiance to the traitorx and so diex aumerlex nox good my lordx letxs fight with gentle words till time lend friendsx and friends their helpful swordsx king richardx o godx o godx that exer this tongue of mine that laid the sentence of dread banishment on yon proud man should take it off again with words of soothx o that i were as great as is my griefx or lesser than my namex or that i could forget what i have beenx or not remember what i must be nowx swellxst thoux proud heartx ixll give thee scope to beatx since foes have scope to beat both thee and mex aumerlex northumberland comes back from bolingbrokex king richardx what must the king do nowx must he submitx the king shall do itx must he be deposxdx the king shall be contentedx must he lose the name of kingx a godxs namex let it gox ixll give my jewels for a set of beadsx my gorgeous palace for a hermitagex my gay apparel for an almsmanxs gownx my figurxd goblets for a dish of woodx my sceptre for a palmerxs walking staffx my subjects for a pair of carved saintsx and my large kingdom for a little gravex a little little gravex an obscure gravex or ixll be buried in the kingxs high wayx some way of common tradex where subjectsx feet may hourly trample on their sovereignxs headx for on my heart they tread now whilst i livex and buried oncex why not upon my headx aumerlex thou weepxstx my tenderxhearted cousinx wexll make foul weather with despised tearsx our sighs and they shall lodge the summer corn and make a dearth in this revolting landx or shall we play the wantons with our woes and make some pretty match with shedding tearsx as thusx to drop them still upon one place till they have fretted us a pair of graves within the earthx andx therein laidxthere lies two kinsmen diggxd their graves with weeping eyesx would not this ill do wellx wellx wellx i see i talk but idlyx and you laugh at mex most mighty princex my lord northumberlandx what says king bolingbrokex will his majesty give richard leave to live till richard diex you make a legx and bolingbroke says ayx northumberlandx my lordx in the base court he doth attend to speak with youx may it please you to come downx king richardx downx down i comex like glistxring phaethonx wanting the manage of unruly jadesx in the base courtx base courtx where kings grow basex to come at traitorsx callsx and do them gracex in the base courtx come downx downx courtx downx kingx for nightxowls shriek where mounting larks should singx exeunt from above bolingbrokex what says his majestyx northumberlandx sorrow and grief of heart makes him speak fondlyx like a frantic manx yet he is comex enter the kingx and his attendantsx below bolingbrokex stand all apartx and show fair duty to his majestyx xhe kneels downx my gracious lordx king richardx fair cousinx you debase your princely knee to make the base earth proud with kissing itx me rather had my heart might feel your love than my unpleasxd eye see your courtesyx upx cousinx upx your heart is upx i knowx xtouching his own headx thus high at leastx although your knee be lowx bolingbrokex my gracious lordx i come but for mine ownx king richardx your own is yoursx and i am yoursx and allx bolingbrokex so far be minex my most redoubted lordx as my true service shall deserve your lovex king richardx well you deservex they well deserve to have that know the strongxst and surest way to getx unclex give me your handsx nayx dry your eyesx tears show their lovex but want their remediesx cousinx i am too young to be your fatherx though you are old enough to be my heirx what you will havex ixll givex and willing toox for do we must what force will have us dox set on towards londonx cousinx is it sox bolingbrokex yeax my good lordx king richardx then i must not say nox flourishx exeunt scene xx the duke of yorkxs garden enter the queen and two ladies queenx what sport shall we devise here in this garden to drive away the heavy thought of carex ladyx madamx wexll play at bowlsx queenx xtwill make me think the world is full of rubs and that my fortune runs against the biasx ladyx madamx wexll dancex queenx my legs can keep no measure in delightx when my poor heart no measure keeps in griefx therefore no dancingx girlx some other sportx ladyx madamx wexll tell talesx queenx of sorrow or of joyx ladyx of eitherx madamx queenx of neitherx girlx for if of joyx being altogether wantingx it doth remember me the more of sorrowx or if of griefx being altogether hadx it adds more sorrow to my want of joyx for what i have i need not to repeatx and what i want it boots not to complainx ladyx madamx ixll singx queenx xtis wellx that thou hast causex but thou shouldst please me better wouldst thou weepx ladyx i could weepx madamx would it do you goodx queenx and i could singx would weeping do me goodx and never borrow any tear of theex enter a gardener and two servants but stayx here come the gardenersx letxs step into the shadow of these treesx my wretchedness unto a row of pinsx they will talk of statex for every one doth so against a changex woe is forerun with woex xqueen and ladies retirex gardenerx gox bind thou up yon dangling apricocksx whichx like unruly childrenx make their sire stoop with oppression of their prodigal weightx give some supportance to the bending twigsx go thoux and eke an executioner cut off the heads of too fast growing sprays that look too lofty in our commonwealthx all must be even in our governmentx you thus employxdx i will go root away the noisome weeds which without profit suck the soilxs fertility from wholesome flowersx servantx why should wex in the compass of a palex keep law and form and due proportionx showingx as in a modelx our firm estatex when our seaxwalled gardenx the whole landx is full of weedsx her fairest flowers chokxd upx her fruit trees all unprunxdx her hedges ruinxdx her knots disorderedx and her wholesome herbs swarming with caterpillarsx gardenerx hold thy peacex he that hath sufferxd this disorderxd spring hath now himself met with the fall of leafx the weeds which his broadxspreading leaves did shelterx that seemxd in eating him to hold him upx are pluckxd up root and all by bolingbrokex i mean the earl of wiltshirex bushyx greenx servantx whatx are they deadx gardenerx they arex and bolingbroke hath seizxd the wasteful kingx ox what pity is it that he had not so trimmxd and dressxd his land as we this gardenx we at time of year do wound the barkx the skin of our fruit treesx lestx being overxproud in sap and bloodx with too much riches it confound itselfx had he done so to great and growing menx they might have evxd to bearx and he to taste their fruits of dutyx superfluous branches we lop awayx that bearing boughs may livex had he done sox himself had home the crownx which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown downx servantx whatx think you the king shall be deposedx gardenerx depressxd he is alreadyx and deposxd xtis doubt he will bex letters came last night to a dear friend of the good duke of yorkxs that tell black tidingsx queenx ox i am pressxd to death through want of speakingx xcoming forwardx thoux old adamxs likenessx set to dress this gardenx how dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing newsx what evex what serpentx hath suggested the to make a second fall of cursed manx why dost thou say king richard is deposxdx darxst thoux thou little better thing than earthx divine his downfallx sayx wherex whenx and howx camxst thou by this ill tidingsx speakx thou wretchx gardenerx pardon mex madamx little joy have to breathe this newsx yet what i say is truex king richardx he is in the mighty hold of bolingbrokex their fortunes both are weighxdx in your lordxs scale is nothing but himselfx and some few vanities that make him lightx but in the balance of great bolingbrokex besides himselfx are all the english peersx and with that odds he weighs king richard downx post you to londonx and you will find it sox i speak no more than every one doth knowx queenx nimble mischancex that art so light of footx doth not thy embassage belong to mex and am i last that knows itx ox thou thinkest to serve me lastx that i may longest keep thy sorrow in my breastx comex ladiesx go to meet at london londonxs king in woex whatx was i born to thisx that my sad look should grace the triumph of great bolingbrokex gardxnerx for telling me these news of woex pray god the plants thou graftxst may never growx exeunt queen and ladies gardenerx poor queenx so that thy state might be no worsex i would my skill were subject to thy cursex here did she fall a tearx here in this place ixll set a bank of ruex sour herb of gracex ruex even for ruthx here shortly shall be seenx in the remembrance of a weeping queenx exeunt act ivx scene xx westminster hall enterx as to the parliamentx bolingbrokex aumerlex northumberlandx percyx fitzwaterx surreyx the bishop of carlislex the abbot of westminsterx and othersx heraldx officersx and bagot bolingbrokex call forth bagotx nowx bagotx freely speak thy mindx what thou dost know of noble gloucesterxs deathx who wrought it with the kingx and who performxd the bloody office of his timeless endx bagotx then set before my face the lord aumerlex bolingbrokex cousinx stand forthx and look upon that manx bagotx my lord aumerlex i know your daring tongue scorns to unsay what once it hath deliverxdx in that dead time when gloucesterxs death was plotted i heard you say xis not my arm of lengthx that reacheth from the restful english court as far as calaisx to mine unclexs headxx amongst much other talk that very time i heard you say that you had rather refuse the offer of an hundred thousand crowns than bolingbrokexs return to englandx adding withalx how blest this land would be in this your cousinxs deathx aumerlex princesx and noble lordsx what answer shall i make to this base manx shall i so much dishonour my fair stars on equal terms to give him chastisementx either i mustx or have mine honour soilxd with the attainder of his slanderous lipsx there is my gagex the manual seal of death that marks thee out for hellx i say thou liestx and will maintain what thou hast said is false in thy heartxbloodx through being all too base to stain the temper of my knightly swordx bolingbrokex bagotx forbearx thou shalt not take it upx aumerlex excepting onex i would he were the best in all this presence that hath movxd me sox fitzwaterx if that thy valour stand on sympathyx there is my gagex aumerlex in gage to thinex by that fair sun which shows me where thou standxstx i heard thee sayx and vauntingly thou spakxst itx that thou wert cause of noble gloucesterxs deathx if thou deniest it twenty timesx thou liestx and i will turn thy falsehood to thy heartx where it was forgedx with my rapierxs pointx aumerlex thou darxst notx cowardx live to see that dayx fitzwaterx nowx by my soulx i would it were this hourx aumerlex fitzwaterx thou art damnxd to hell for thisx percyx aumerlex thou liestx his honour is as true in this appeal as thou art an unjustx and that thou art sox there i throw my gagex to prove it on thee to the extremest point of mortal breathingx seize itx if thou darxstx aumerlex an if i do notx may my hands rot of and never brandish more revengeful steel over the glittering helmet of my foex another lordx i task the earth to the likex forsworn aumerlex and spur thee on with fun as many lies as may be halloaxd in thy treacherous ear from sun to sunx there is my honourxs pawnx engage it to the trialx if thou darestx aumerlex who sets me elsex by heavenx ixll throw at allx i have a thousand spirits in one breast to answer twenty thousand such as youx surreyx my lord fitzwaterx i do remember well the very time aumerle and you did talkx fitzwaterx xtis very truex you were in presence thenx and you can witness with me this is truex surreyx as falsex by heavenx as heaven itself is truex fitzwaterx surreyx thou liestx surreyx dishonourable boyx that lie shall lie so heavy on my sword that it shall render vengeance and revenge till thou the liexgiver and that lie do he in earth as quiet as thy fatherxs skullx in proof whereofx there is my honourxs pawnx engage it to the trialx if thou darxstx fitzwaterx how fondly dost thou spur a forward horsex if i dare eatx or drinkx or breathex or livex i dare meet surrey in a wildernessx and spit upon him whilst i say he liesx and liesx and liesx there is my bond of faithx to tie thee to my strong correctionx as i intend to thrive in this new worldx aumerle is guilty of my true appealx besidesx i heard the banishxd norfolk say that thoux aumerlex didst send two of thy men to execute the noble duke at calaisx aumerlex some honest christian trust me with a gage that norfolk liesx here do i throw down thisx if he may be repealxd to try his honourx bolingbrokex these differences shall all rest under gage till norfolk be repealxdxrepealxd he shall be andx though mine enemyx restorxd again to all his lands and signoriesx when he is returnxdx against aumerle we will enforce his trialx carlislex that honourable day shall never be seenx many a time hath banishxd norfolk fought for jesu christ in glorious christian fieldx streaming the ensign of the christian cross against black pagansx turksx and saracensx andx toilxd with works of warx retirxd himself to italyx and therex at venicex gave his body to that pleasant countryxs earthx and his pure soul unto his captainx christx under whose colours he had fought so longx bolingbrokex whyx bishopx is norfolk deadx carlislex as surely as i livex my lordx bolingbrokex sweet peace conduct his sweet soul to the bosom of good old abrahamx lords appellantsx your differences shall all rest under gage till we assign you to your days of trial enter yorkx attended yorkx great duke of lancasterx i come to the from plumexpluckxd richardx who with willing soul adopts thee heirx and his high sceptre yields to the possession of thy royal handx ascend his thronex descending now from himx and long live henryx fourth of that namex bolingbrokex in godxs namex ixll ascend the regal thronex carlislex marryx god forbidx worst in this royal presence may i speakx yet best beseeming me to speak the truthx would god that any in this noble presence were enough noble to be upright judge of noble richardx then true noblesse would learn him forbearance from so foul a wrongx what subject can give sentence on his kingx and who sits here that is not richardxs subjectx thieves are not judgxd but they are by to hearx although apparent guilt be seen in themx and shall the figure of godxs majestyx his captainx stewardx deputy electx anointedx crownedx planted many yearsx be judgxd by subject and inferior breathx and he himself not presentx ox forfend itx godx that in a christian climate souls refinxd should show so heinousx blackx obscene a deedx i speak to subjectsx and a subject speaksx stirrxd up by godx thus boldly for his kingx my lord of hereford herex whom you call kingx is a foul traitor to proud herefordxs kingx and if you crown himx let me prophesyx the blood of english shall manure the groundx and future ages groan for this foul actx peace shall go sleep with turks and infidelsx and in this seat of peace tumultuous wars shall kin with kin and kind with kind confoundx disorderx horrorx fearx and mutinyx shall here inhabitx and this land be callxd the field of golgotha and dead menxs skullsx ox if you raise this house against this housex it will the woefullest division prove that ever fell upon this cursed earthx prevent itx resist itx let it not be sox lest childx childxs childrenx cry against you woex northumberlandx well have you arguedx sirx andx for your painsx of capital treason we arrest you herex my lord of westminsterx be it your charge to keep him safely till his day of trialx may it please youx lordsx to grant the commonsx suitx bolingbrokex fetch hither richardx that in common view he may surrenderx so we shall proceed without suspicionx yorkx i will be his conductx exit bolingbrokex lordsx you that here are under our arrestx procure your sureties for your days of answerx little are we beholding to your lovex and little lookxd for at your helping handsx rexenter yorkx with king richardx and officers bearing the regalia king richardx alackx why am i sent for to a kingx before i have shook off the regal thoughts wherewith i reignxdx i hardly yet have learnxd to insinuatex flatterx bowx and bend my kneex give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me to this submissionx yet i well remember the favours of these menx were they not minex did they not sometime cry xall hailxx to mex so judas did to christx but hex in twelvex found truth in all but onex ix in twelve thousandx nonex god save the kingx will no man say amenx am i both priest and clerkx well thenx amenx god save the kingx although i be not hex and yetx amenx if heaven do think him mex to do what service am i sent for hitherx yorkx to do that office of thine own good will which tired majesty did make thee offerx the resignation of thy state and crown to henry bolingbrokex king richardx give me the crownx herex cousinx seize the crownx herex cousinx on this side my handx and on that side thinex now is this golden crown like a deep well that owes two bucketsx filling one anotherx the emptier ever dancing in the airx the other downx unseenx and full of waterx that bucket down and fun of tears am ix drinking my griefsx whilst you mount up on highx bolingbrokex i thought you had been willing to resignx king richardx my crown i amx but still my griefs are minex you may my glories and my state deposex but not my griefsx still am i king of thosex bolingbrokex part of your cares you give me with your crownx king richardx your cares set up do not pluck my cares downx my care is loss of carex by old care donex your care is gain of carex by new care wonx the cares i give i havex though given awayx they tend the crownx yet still with me they stayx bolingbrokex are you contented to resign the crownx king richardx ayx nox nox ayx for i must nothing bex therefore no nox for i resign to theex now mark me how i will undo myselfx i give this heavy weight from off my headx and this unwieldy sceptre from my handx the pride of kingly sway from out my heartx with mine own tears i wash away my balmx with mine own hands i give away my crownx with mine own tongue deny my sacred statex with mine own breath release all duteous oathsx all pomp and majesty i do forswearx my manorsx rentsx revenuesx i forgox my actsx decreesx and statutesx i denyx god pardon all oaths that are broke to mex god keep all vows unbroke are made to theex make mex that nothing havex with nothing grievxdx and thou with all pleasxdx that hast an achievxdx long mayst thou live in richardxs seat to sitx and soon lie richard in an earthly pitx god save king henryx unkingxd richard saysx and send him many years of sunshine daysx what more remainsx northumberlandx no morex but that you read these accusationsx and these grievous crimes committed by your person and your followers against the state and profit of this landx thatx by confessing themx the souls of men may deem that you are worthily deposxdx king richardx must i do sox and must i ravel out my weavxdxup folliesx gentle northumberlandx if thy offences were upon recordx would it not shame thee in so fair a troop to read a lecture of themx if thou wouldstx there shouldst thou find one heinous articlex containing the deposing of a king and cracking the strong warrant of an oathx markxd with a blotx damnxd in the book of heavenx nayx all of you that stand and look upon me whilst that my wretchedness doth bait myselfx though some of youx with pilatex wash your handsx showing an outward pityxyet you pilates have here deliverxd me to my sour crossx and water cannot wash away your sinx northumberlandx my lordx dispatchx read oxer these articlesx king richardx mine eyes are full of tearsx i cannot seex and yet salt water blinds them not so much but they can see a sort of traitors herex nayx if i turn mine eyes upon myselfx i find myself a traitor with the restx for i have given here my soulxs consent txundeck the pompous body of a kingx made glory basex and sovereignty a slavex proud majesty a subjectx state a peasantx northumberlandx my lordx king richardx no lord of thinex thou haught insulting manx nor no manxs lordx i have no namex no tidex nox not that name was given me at the fontx but xtis usurpxdx alack the heavy dayx that i have worn so many winters outx and know not now what name to call myselfx o that i were a mockery king of snowx standing before the sun of bolingbroke to melt myself away in water dropsx good kingx great kingx and yet not greatly goodx an if my word be sterling yet in englandx let it command a mirror hither straightx that it may show me what a face i have since it is bankrupt of his majestyx bolingbrokex go some of you and fetch a lookingxglassx exit an attendant northumberlandx read oxer this paper while the glass doth comex king richardx fiendx thou torments me ere i come to hellx bolingbrokex urge it no morex my lord northumberlandx northumberlandx the commons will notx thenx be satisfiedx king richardx they shall be satisfiedx ixll read enoughx when i do see the very book indeed where all my sins are writx and thatxs myselfx rexenter attendant with glass give me that glassx and therein will i readx no deeper wrinkles yetx hath sorrow struck so many blows upon this face of mine and made no deeper woundsx o flattxring glassx like to my followers in prosperityx thou dost beguile mex was this face the face that every day under his household roof did keep ten thousand menx was this the face that like the sun did make beholders winkx is this the face which facxd so many follies that was at last outxfacxd by bolingbrokex a brittle glory shineth in this facex as brittle as the glory is the facex xdashes the glass against the groundx for there it isx crackxd in a hundred shiversx markx silent kingx the moral of this sportx how soon my sorrow hath destroyxd my facex bolingbrokex the shadow of your sorrow hath destroyxd the shadow of your facex king richardx say that againx the shadow of my sorrowx hax letxs seex xtis very truex my grief lies all withinx and these external manner of laments are merely shadows to the unseen grief that swells with silence in the torturxd soulx there lies the substancex and i thank theex kingx for thy great bountyx that not only givxst me cause to wailx but teachest me the way how to lament the causex ixll beg one boonx and then be gone and trouble you no morex shall i obtain itx bolingbrokex name itx fair cousinx king richardx fair cousinx i am greater than a kingx for when i was a kingx my flatterers were then but subjectsx being now a subjectx i have a king here to my flattererx being so greatx i have no need to begx bolingbrokex yet askx king richardx and shall i havex bolingbrokex you shallx king richardx then give me leave to gox bolingbrokex whitherx king richardx whither you willx so i were from your sightsx bolingbrokex gox some of you convey him to the towerx king richardx ox goodx conveyx conveyers are you allx that rise thus nimbly by a true kingxs fallx exeunt king richardx some lords and a guard bolingbrokex on wednesday next we solemnly set down our coronationx lordsx prepare yourselvesx exeunt all but the abbot of westminsterx the bishop of carlislex and aumerle abbotx a woeful pageant have we here beheldx carlislex the woexs to comex the children yet unborn shall feel this day as sharp to them as thornx aumerlex you holy clergymenx is there no plot to rid the realm of this pernicious blotx abbotx my lordx before i freely speak my mind hereinx you shall not only take the sacrament to bury mine intentsx but also to effect whatever i shall happen to devisex i see your brows are full of discontentx your hearts of sorrowx and your eyes of tearsx come home with me to supperx i will lay a plot shall show us all a merry dayx exeunt act vx scene xx londonx a street leading to the tower enter the queenx with her attendants queenx this way the king will comex this is the way to julius caesarxs illxerected towerx to whose flint bosom my condemned lord is doomxd a prisoner by proud bolingbrokex here let us restx if this rebellious earth have any resting for her true kingxs queenx enter king richard and guard but softx but seex or rather do not seex my fair rose witherx yet look upx beholdx that you in pity may dissolve to dewx and wash him fresh again with truexlove tearsx ahx thoux the model where old troy did standx thou map of honourx thou king richardxs tombx and not king richardx thou most beauteous innx why should hardxfavourxd grief be lodgxd in theex when triumph is become an alehouse guestx king richardx join not with griefx fair womanx do not sox to make my end too suddenx learnx good soulx to think our former state a happy dreamx from which awakxdx the truth of what we are shows us but thisx i am sworn brotherx sweetx to grim necessityx and he and will keep a league till deathx hie thee to francex and cloister thee in some religious housex our holy lives must win a new worldxs crownx which our profane hours here have thrown downx queenx whatx is my richard both in shape and mind transformxd and weakxnedx hath bolingbroke deposxd thine intellectx hath he been in thy heartx the lion dying thrusteth forth his paw and wounds the earthx if nothing elsex with rage to be oxerpowxrxdx and wilt thoux pupilxlikex take the correction mildlyx kiss the rodx and fawn on rage with base humilityx which art a lion and the king of beastsx king richardx a king of beastsx indeedx if aught but beastsx i had been still a happy king of menx good sometimes queenx prepare thee hence for francex think i am deadx and that even here thou takestx as from my deathxbedx thy last living leavex in winterxs tedious nights sit by the fire with good old folksx and let them tell thee tales of woeful ages long ago betidx and ere thou bid good nightx to quit their griefs tell thou the lamentable tale of mex and send the hearers weeping to their bedsx for whyx the senseless brands will sympathize the heavy accent of thy moving tonguex and in compassion weep the fire outx and some will mourn in ashesx some coalxblackx for the deposing of a rightful kingx enter northumberland attended northumberlandx my lordx the mind of bolingbroke is changxdx you must to pomfretx not unto the towerx andx madamx there is order taxen for youx with all swift speed you must away to francex king richardx northumberlandx thou ladder wherewithal the mounting bolingbroke ascends my thronex the time shall not be many hours of age more than it isx ere foul sin gathering head shall break into corruptionx thou shalt think though he divide the realm and give thee half it is too littlex helping him to allx and he shall think that thoux which knowest the way to plant unrightful kingsx wilt know againx being nexer so little urgxdx another way to pluck him headlong from the usurped thronex the love of wicked men converts to fearx that fear to hatex and hate turns one or both to worthy danger and deserved deathx northumberlandx my guilt be on my headx and there an endx take leavex and partx for you must part forthwithx king richardx doubly divorcxdx bad menx you violate a twofold marriagexxtwixt my crown and mex and then betwixt me and my married wifex let me unkiss the oath xtwixt thee and mex and yet not sox for with a kiss xtwas madex part usx northumberlandx i towards the northx where shivering cold and sickness pines the climex my wife to francex from whence set forth in pompx she came adorned hither like sweet mayx sent back like hallowmas or shortxst of dayx queenx and must we be dividedx must we partx king richardx ayx hand from handx my lovex and heart from heartx queenx banish us bothx and send the king with mex northumberlandx that were some lovex but little policyx queenx then whither he goes thither let me gox king richardx so twox together weepingx make one woex weep thou for me in francex i for thee herex better far off than nearx be nexer the nearx gox count thy way with sighsx i mine with groansx queenx so longest way shall have the longest moansx king richardx twice for one step ixll groanx the way being shortx and piece the way out with a heavy heartx comex comex in wooing sorrow letxs be briefx sincex wedding itx there is such length in griefx one kiss shall stop our mouthsx and dumbly partx thus give i minex and thus take i thy heartx queenx give me mine own againx xtwere no good part to take on me to keep and kill thy heartx sox now i have mine own againx be gonex that i may strive to kill it with a groanx king richardx we make woe wanton with this fond delayx once morex adieux the rest let sorrow sayx exeunt scene xx the duke of yorkxs palace enter the duke of york and the duchess duchessx my lordx you told me you would tell the restx when weeping made you break the story offx of our two cousinsx coming into londonx yorkx where did i leavex duchessx at that sad stopx my lordx where rude misgoverned hands from windowsx tops threw dust and rubbish on king richardxs headx yorkx thenx as i saidx the dukex great bolingbrokex mounted upon a hot and fiery steed which his aspiring rider seemxd to knowx with slow but stately pace kept on his coursex whilst all tongues cried xgod save theex bolingbrokexx you would have thought the very windows spakex so many greedy looks of young and old through casements darted their desiring eyes upon his visagex and that all the walls with painted imagery had said at once xjesu preserve theex welcomex bolingbrokexx whilst hex from the one side to the other turningx bareheadedx lower than his proud steedxs neckx bespake them thusx xi thank youx countrymenxx and thus still doingx thus he passxd alongx duchessx alackx poor richardx where rode he the whilstx yorkx as in a theatre the eyes of men after a wellxgracxd actor leaves the stage are idly bent on him that enters nextx thinking his prattle to be tediousx even sox or with much more contemptx menxs eyes did scowl on gentle richardx no man cried xgod save himxx no joyful tongue gave him his welcome homex but dust was thrown upon his sacred headx which with such gentle sorrow he shook offx his face still combating with tears and smilesx the badges of his grief and patiencex that had not godx for some strong purposex steelxd the hearts of menx they must perforce have meltedx and barbarism itself have pitied himx but heaven hath a hand in these eventsx to whose high will we bound our calm contentsx to bolingbroke are we sworn subjects nowx whose state and honour i for aye allowx duchessx here comes my son aumerlex yorkx aumerle that was but that is lost for being richardxs friendx and madamx you must call him rudand nowx i am in parliament pledge for his truth and lasting fealty to the newxmade kingx enter aumerle duchessx welcomex my sonx who are the violets now that strew the green lap of the new come springx aumerlex madamx i know notx nor i greatly care notx god knows i had as lief be none as onex yorkx wellx bear you well in this new spring of timex lest you be croppxd before you come to primex what news from oxfordx do these justs and triumphs holdx aumerlex for aught i knowx my lordx they dox yorkx you will be therex i knowx aumerlex if god prevent notx i purpose sox yorkx what seal is that that without thy bosomx yeax lookxst thou palex let me see the writingx aumerlex my lordx xtis nothingx yorkx no matterx thenx who see itx i will be satisfiedx let me see the writingx aumerlex i do beseech your grace to pardon mex it is a matter of small consequence which for some reasons i would not have seenx yorkx which for some reasonsx sirx i mean to seex i fearx i fearx duchessx what should you fearx xtis nothing but some bond that he is entxred into for gay apparel xgainst the triumphxdayx yorkx bound to himselfx what doth he with a bond that he is bound tox wifex thou art a foolx boyx let me see the writingx aumerlex i do beseech youx pardon mex i may not show itx yorkx i will be satisfiedx let me see itx i sayx xhe plucks it out of his bosomx and reads itx treasonx foul treasonx villainx traitorx slavex duchessx what is the matterx my lordx yorkx hox who is within therex enter a servant saddle my horsex god for his mercyx what treachery is herex duchessx whyx yorkx what is itx my lordx yorkx give me my bootsx i sayx saddle my horsex exit servant nowx by mine honourx by my lifex my trothx i will appeach the villainx duchessx what is the matterx yorkx peacex foolish womanx duchessx i will not peacex what is the matterx aumerlex aumerlex good motherx be contentx it is no more than my poor life must answerx duchessx thy life answerx yorkx bring me my bootsx i will unto the kingx his man enters with his boots duchessx strike himx aumerlex poor boyx thou art amazxdx hencex villainx never more come in my sightx yorkx give me my bootsx i sayx duchessx whyx yorkx what wilt thou dox wilt thou not hide the trespass of thine ownx have we more sonsx or are we like to havex is not my teeming date drunk up with timex and wilt thou pluck my fair son from mine age and rob me of a happy motherxs namex is he not like theex is he not thine ownx yorkx thou fond mad womanx wilt thou conceal this dark conspiracyx a dozen of them here have taxen the sacramentx and interchangeably set down their hands to kill the king at oxfordx duchessx he shall be nonex wexll keep him herex then what is that to himx yorkx awayx fond womanx were he twenty times my son i would appeach himx duchessx hadst thou groanxd for him as i have donex thou wouldst be more pitifulx but now i know thy mindx thou dost suspect that i have been disloyal to thy bed and that he is a bastardx not thy sonx sweet yorkx sweet husbandx be not of that mindx he is as like thee as a man may be not like to mex or any of my kinx and yet i love himx yorkx make wayx unruly womanx exit duchessx afterx aumerlex mount thee upon his horsex spur postx and get before him to the kingx and beg thy pardon ere he do accuse theex ixll not be long behindx though i be oldx i doubt not but to ride as fast as yorkx and never will i rise up from the ground till bolingbroke have pardonxd theex awayx be gonex exeunt scene xx windsor castle enter bolingbroke as kingx percyx and other lords bolingbrokex can no man tell me of my unthrifty sonx xtis full three months since i did see him lastx if any plague hang over usx xtis hex i would to godx my lordsx he might be foundx inquire at londonx xmongst the taverns therex for therex they sayx he daily doth frequent with unrestrained loose companionsx even suchx they sayx as stand in narrow lanes and beat our watch and rob our passengersx which hex young wanton and effeminate boyx takes on the point of honour to support so dissolute a crewx percyx my lordx some two days since i saw the princex and told him of those triumphs held at oxfordx bolingbrokex and what said the gallantx percyx his answer wasx he would unto the stewsx and from the commonxst creature pluck a glove and wear it as a favourx and with that he would unhorse the lustiest challengerx bolingbrokex as dissolute as desperatex yet through both i see some sparks of better hopex which elder years may happily bring forthx but who comes herex enter aumerle amazed aumerlex where is the kingx bolingbrokex what means our cousin that he stares and looks so wildlyx aumerlex god save your gracex i do beseech your majestyx to have some conference with your grace alonex bolingbrokex withdraw yourselvesx and leave us here alonex exeunt percy and lords what is the matter with our cousin nowx aumerlex for ever may my knees grow to the earthx xkneelsx my tongue cleave to my roof within my mouthx unless a pardon ere i rise or speakx bolingbrokex intended or committed was this faultx if on the firstx how heinous exer it bex to win thy afterxlove i pardon theex aumerlex then give me leave that i may turn the keyx that no man enter till my tale be donex bolingbrokex have thy desirex xthe duke of york knocks at the door and criethx yorkx xwithinx my liegex bewarex look to thyselfx thou hast a traitor in thy presence therex bolingbrokex xdrawingx villainx ixll make thee safex aumerlex stay thy revengeful handx thou hast no cause to fearx yorkx xwithinx open the doorx securex foolhardy kingx shall ix for lovex speak treason to thy facex open the doorx or i will break it openx enter york bolingbrokex what is the matterx unclex speakx recover breathx tell us how near is dangerx that we may arm us to encounter itx yorkx peruse this writing herex and thou shalt know the treason that my haste forbids me showx aumerlex rememberx as thou readxstx thy promise passxdx i do repent mex read not my name therex my heart is not confederate with my handx yorkx it wasx villainx ere thy hand did set it downx i tore it from the traitorxs bosomx kingx fearx and not lovex begets his penitencex forget to pity himx lest thy pity prove a serpent that will sting thee to the heartx bolingbrokex o heinousx strongx and bold conspiracyx o loyal father of a treacherous sonx thou sheerx immaculatex and silver fountainx from whence this stream through muddy passages hath held his current and defilxd himselfx thy overflow of good converts to badx and thy abundant goodness shall excuse this deadly blot in thy digressing sonx yorkx so shall my virtue be his vicexs bawdx and he shall spend mine honour with his shamex as thriftless sons their scraping fathersx goldx mine honour lives when his dishonour diesx or my shamxd life in his dishonour liesx thou killxst me in his lifex giving him breathx the traitor livesx the true manxs put to deathx duchessx xwithinx i what hox my liegex for godxs sakex let me inx bolingbrokex what shrillxvoicxd suppliant makes this eager cryx duchessx xwithinx a womanx and thine auntx great kingx xtis ix speak with mex pity mex open the doorx a beggar begs that never beggxd beforex bolingbrokex our scene is altxred from a serious thingx and now changxd to xthe beggar and the kingxx my dangerous cousinx let your mother inx i know she is come to pray for your foul sinx yorkx if thou do pardon whosoever prayx more sins for this forgiveness prosper mayx this festxred joint cut offx the rest rest soundx this let alone will all the rest confoundx enter duchess duchessx o kingx believe not this hardxhearted manx love loving not itselfx none other canx yorkx thou frantic womanx what dost thou make herex shall thy old dugs once more a traitor rearx duchessx sweet yorkx be patientx hear mex gentle liegex xkneelsx bolingbrokex rise upx good auntx duchessx not yetx i thee beseechx for ever will i walk upon my kneesx and never see day that the happy sees till thou give joyx until thou bid me joy by pardoning rutlandx my transgressing boyx aumerlex unto my motherxs prayers i bend my kneex xkneelsx yorkx against them bothx my true joints bended bex xkneelsx ill mayst thou thrivex if thou grant any gracex duchessx pleads he in earnestx look upon his facex his eyes do drop no tearsx his prayers are in jestx his words come from his mouthx ours from our breastx he prays but faintly and would be deniedx we pray with heart and soulx and all besidex his weary joints would gladly risex i knowx our knees still kneel till to the ground they growx his prayers are full of false hypocrisyx ours of true zeal and deep integrityx our prayers do outxpray hisx then let them have that mercy which true prayer ought to havex bolingbrokex good auntx stand upx duchessx do not say xstand upxx say xpardonx firstx and afterwards xstand upxx an if i were thy nursex thy tongue to teachx xpardonx should be the first word of thy speechx i never longxd to hear a word till nowx say xpardonxx kingx let pity teach thee howx the word is shortx but not so short as sweetx no word like xpardonx for kingsx mouths so meetx yorkx speak it in frenchx kingx say xpardonne moyxx duchessx dost thou teach pardon pardon to destroyx ahx my sour husbandx my hardxhearted lordx that sets the word itself against the wordx speak xpardonx as xtis current in our landx the chopping french we do not understandx thine eye begins to speakx set thy tongue therex or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine earx that hearing how our plaints and prayers do piercex pity may move thee xpardonx to rehearsex bolingbrokex good auntx stand upx duchessx i do not sue to standx pardon is all the suit i have in handx bolingbrokex i pardon himx as god shall pardon mex duchessx o happy vantage of a kneeling kneex yet am i sick for fearx speak it againx twice saying xpardonx doth not pardon twainx but makes one pardon strongx bolingbrokex with all my heart i pardon himx duchessx a god on earth thou artx bolingbrokex but for our trusty brotherxinxlaw and the abbotx with all the rest of that consorted crewx destruction straight shall dog them at the heelsx good unclex help to order several powers to oxfordx or wherexer these traitors arex they shall not live within this worldx i swearx but i will have themx if i once know wherex unclex farewellx andx cousinx adieux your mother well hath prayxdx and prove you truex duchessx comex my old sonx i pray god make thee newx exeunt scene xx windsor castle enter sir pierce of exton and a servant extonx didst thou not mark the kingx what words he spakex xhave i no friend will rid me of this living fearxx was it not sox servantx these were his very wordsx extonx xhave i no friendxx quoth hex he spake it twice and urgxd it twice togetherx did he notx servantx he didx extonx andx speaking itx he wishtly lookxd on mex as who should say xi would thou wert the man that would divorce this terror from my heartxx meaning the king at pomfretx comex letxs gox i am the kingxs friendx and will rid his foex exeunt scene xx pomfret castlex the dungeon of the castle enter king richard king richardx i have been studying how i may compare this prison where i live unto the world andx for because the world is populous and here is not a creature but myselfx i cannot do itx yet ixll hammer it outx my brain ixll prove the female to my soulx my soul the fatherx and these two beget a generation of stillxbreeding thoughtsx and these same thoughts people this little worldx in humours like the people of this worldx for no thought is contentedx the better sortx as thoughts of things divinex are intermixxd with scruplesx and do set the word itself against the wordx as thusx xcomex little onesxx and then againx xit is as hard to come as for a camel to thread the postern of a small needlexs eyexx thoughts tending to ambitionx they do plot unlikely wondersx how these vain weak nails may tear a passage through the flinty ribs of this hard worldx my ragged prison wallsx andx for they cannotx die in their own pridex thoughts tending to content flatter themselves that they are not the first of fortunexs slavesx nor shall not be the lastx like silly beggars whox sitting in the stocksx refuge their shamex that many have and others must sit therex and in this thought they find a kind of easex bearing their own misfortunes on the back of such as have before endurxd the likex thus play i in one person many peoplex and none contentedx sometimes am i kingx then treasons make me wish myself a beggarx and so i amx then crushing penury persuades me i was better when a kingx then am i kingxd againx and by and by think that i am unkingxd by bolingbrokex and straight am nothingx but whatexer i bex nor ix nor any man that but man isx with nothing shall be pleasxd till he be easxd with being nothingx xthe music playsx music do i hearx hax hax keep timex how sour sweet music is when time is broke and no proportion keptx so is it in the music of menxs livesx and here have i the daintiness of ear to check time broke in a disorderxd stringx butx for the concord of my state and timex had not an ear to hear my true time brokex i wasted timex and now doth time waste mex for now hath time made me his numbxring clockx my thoughts are minutesx and with sighs they jar their watches on unto mine eyesx the outward watchx whereto my fingerx like a dialxs pointx is pointing stillx in cleansing them from tearsx now sirx the sound that tells what hour it is are clamorous groans which strike upon my heartx which is the bellx so sighsx and tearsx and groansx show minutesx timesx and hoursx but my time runs posting on in bolingbrokexs proud joyx while i stand fooling herex his jack of the clockx this music mads mex let it sound no morex for though it have holp madmen to their witsx in me it seems it will make wise men madx yet blessing on his heart that gives it mex for xtis a sign of lovex and love to richard is a strange brooch in this allxhating worldx enter a groom of the stable groomx hailx royal princex king richardx thanksx noble peerx the cheapest of us is ten groats too dearx what art thoux and how comest thou hitherx where no man never comes but that sad dog that brings me food to make misfortune livex groomx i was a poor groom of thy stablex kingx when thou wert kingx whox travelling towards yorkx with much ado at length have gotten leave to look upon my sometimes royal masterxs facex ox how it ernxd my heartx when i beheldx in london streetsx that coronationxdayx when bolingbroke rode on roan barbaryx that horse that thou so often hast bestridx that horse that i so carefully have dressxdx king richardx rode he on barbaryx tell mex gentle friendx how went he under himx groomx so proudly as if he disdainxd the groundx king richardx so proud that bolingbroke was on his backx that jade hath eat bread from my royal handx this hand hath made him proud with clapping himx would he not stumblex would he not fall downx since pride must have a fallx and break the neck of that proud man that did usurp his backx forgivenessx horsex why do i rail on theex since thoux created to be awxd by manx wast born to bearx i was not made a horsex and yet i bear a burden like an assx spurrxdx gallxdx and tirxdx by jauncing bolingbrokex enter keeper with meat keeperx fellowx give placex here is no longer stayx king richardx if thou love mex xtis time thou wert awayx groomx my tongue dares notx that my heart shall sayx exit keeperx my lordx willxt please you to fall tox king richardx taste of it first as thou art wont to dox keeperx my lordx i dare notx sir pierce of extonx who lately came from the kingx commands the contraryx king richardx the devil take henry of lancaster and theex patience is stalex and i am weary of itx xbeats the keeperx keeperx helpx helpx helpx the murderersx exton and servantsx rush inx armed king richardx how nowx what means death in this rude assaultx villainx thy own hand yields thy deathxs instrumentx xsnatching a weapon and killing onex go thou and fill another room in hellx xhe kills anotherx then exton strikes him downx that hand shall burn in neverxquenching fire that staggers thus my personx extonx thy fierce hand hath with the kingxs blood stainxd the kingxs own landx mountx mountx my soulx thy seat is up on highx whilst my gross flesh sinks downwardx here to diex xdiesx extonx as full of valour as of royal bloodx both have i spillxdx ox would the deed were goodx for now the devilx that told me i did wellx says that this deed is chronicled in hellx this dead king to the living king ixll bearx take hence the restx and give them burial herex exeunt scene xx windsor castle flourishx enter bolingbrokex the duke of yorkx with other lords and attendants bolingbrokex kind uncle yorkx the latest news we hear is that the rebels have consumxd with fire our town of ciceter in gloucestershirex but whether they be taxen or slain we hear notx enter northumberland welcomex my lordx what is the newsx northumberlandx firstx to thy sacred state wish i all happinessx the next news isx i have to london sent the heads of salisburyx spencerx bluntx and kentx the manner of their taking may appear at large discoursed in this paper herex bolingbrokex we thank theex gentle percyx for thy painsx and to thy worth will add right worthy gainsx enter fitzwater fitzwaterx my lordx i have from oxford sent to london the heads of brocas and sir bennet seelyx two of the dangerous consorted traitors that sought at oxford thy dire overthrowx bolingbrokex thy painsx fitzwaterx shall not be forgotx right noble is thy meritx well i wotx enter percyx with the bishop of carlisle percyx the grand conspiratorx abbot of westminsterx with clog of conscience and sour melancholyx hath yielded up his body to the gravex but here is carlisle livingx to abide thy kingly doomx and sentence of his pridex bolingbrokex carlislex this is your doomx choose out some secret placex some reverend roomx more than thou hastx and with it joy thy lifex so as thou livxst in peacex die free from strifex for though mine enemy thou hast ever beenx high sparks of honour in thee have i seenx enter extonx with attendantsx hearing a coffin extonx great kingx within this coffin i present thy buried fearx herein all breathless lies the mightiest of thy greatest enemiesx richard of bordeauxx by me hither broughtx bolingbrokex extonx i thank thee notx for thou hast wrought a deed of slander with thy fatal hand upon my head and all this famous landx extonx from your own mouthx my lordx did i this deedx bolingbrokex they love not poison that do poison needx nor do i theex though i did wish him deadx i hate the murdererx love him murderedx the guilt of conscience take thou for thy labourx but neither my good word nor princely favourx with cain go wander thorough shades of nightx and never show thy head by day nor lightx lordsx i protest my soul is full of woe that blood should sprinkle me to make me growx comex mourn with me for what i do lamentx and put on sullen black incontinentx ixll make a voyage to the holy landx to wash this blood off from my guilty handx march sadly afterx grace my mournings here in weeping after this untimely bierx exeunt king richard the third dramatis personae edward the fourth sons to the king edwardx prince of wales afterwards king edward v richardx duke of yorkx brothers to the king georgex duke of clarencex richardx duke of gloucesterx afterwards king richard iii a young son of clarence xedwardx earl of warwickx henryx earl of richmondx afterwards king henry vii cardinal bourchierx archbishop of canterbury thomas rotherhamx archbishop of york john mortonx bishop of ely duke of buckingham duke of norfolk earl of surreyx his son earl riversx brother to king edwardxs queen marquis of dorset and lord greyx her sons earl of oxford lord hastings lord lovel lord stanleyx called also earl of derby sir thomas vaughan sir richard ratcliff sir william catesby sir james tyrrel sir james blount sir walter herbert sir william brandon sir robert brakenburyx lieutenant of the tower christopher urswickx a priest lord mayor of london sheriff of wiltshire hastingsx a pursuivant tressel and berkeleyx gentlemen attending on lady anne elizabethx queen to king edward iv margaretx widow of king henry vi duchess of yorkx mother to king edward iv lady annex widow of edwardx prince of walesx son to king henry vix afterwards married to the duke of gloucester a young daughter of clarence xmargaret plantagenetx countess of salisburyx ghostsx of richardxs victims lordsx gentlemenx and attendantsx priestx scrivenerx pagex bishopsx aldermenx citizensx soldiersx messengersx murderersx keeper scenex england king richard the third act ix scene xx londonx a street enter richardx duke of gloucesterx solus gloucesterx now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of yorkx and all the clouds that lourxd upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocean buriedx now are our brows bound with victorious wreathsx our bruised arms hung up for monumentsx our stern alarums changxd to merry meetingsx our dreadful marches to delightful measuresx grimxvisagxd war hath smoothxd his wrinkled frontx and nowx instead of mounting barbed steeds to fright the souls of fearful adversariesx he capers nimbly in a ladyxs chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a lutex but ixthat am not shapxd for sportive tricksx nor made to court an amorous lookingxglassx ixthat am rudely stampxdx and want lovexs majesty to strut before a wanton ambling nymphx ixthat am curtailxd of this fair proportionx cheated of feature by dissembling naturex deformxdx unfinishxdx sent before my time into this breathing world scarce half made upx and that so lamely and unfashionable that dogs bark at me as i halt by themx whyx ix in this weak piping time of peacex have no delight to pass away the timex unless to spy my shadow in the sun and descant on mine own deformityx and thereforex since i cannot prove a lover to entertain these fair wellxspoken daysx i am determined to prove a villain and hate the idle pleasures of these daysx plots have i laidx inductions dangerousx by drunken propheciesx libelsx and dreamsx to set my brother clarence and the king in deadly hate the one against the otherx and if king edward be as true and just as i am subtlex falsex and treacherousx this day should clarence closely be mewxd upx about a prophecy which says that g of edwardxs heirs the murderer shall bex divex thoughtsx down to my soulx here clarence comesx enter clarencex guardedx and brakenbury brotherx good dayx what means this armed guard that waits upon your gracex clarencex his majestyx tendxring my personxs safetyx hath appointed this conduct to convey me to thx towerx gloucesterx upon what causex clarencex because my name is georgex gloucesterx alackx my lordx that fault is none of yoursx he shouldx for thatx commit your godfathersx ox belike his majesty hath some intent that you should be newxchristxned in the towerx but whatxs the matterx clarencex may i knowx clarencex yeax richardx when i knowx for i protest as yet i do notx butx as i can learnx he hearkens after prophecies and dreamsx and from the crossxrow plucks the letter gx and says a wizard told him that by g his issue disinherited should bex andx for my name of george begins with gx it follows in his thought that i am hex thesex as i learnx and such like toys as these hath movxd his highness to commit me nowx gloucesterx whyx this it is when men are rulxd by womenx xtis not the king that sends you to the towerx my lady grey his wifex clarencex xtis she that tempers him to this extremityx was it not she and that good man of worshipx antony woodvillex her brother therex that made him send lord hastings to the towerx from whence this present day he is deliveredx we are not safex clarencex we are not safex clarencex by heavenx i think there is no man is secure but the queenxs kindredx and nightxwalking heralds that trudge betwixt the king and mistress shorex heard you not what an humble suppliant lord hastings wasx for her deliveryx gloucesterx humbly complaining to her deity got my lord chamberlain his libertyx ixll tell you whatxi think it is our wayx if we will keep in favour with the kingx to be her men and wear her liveryx the jealous oxerxworn widowx and herselfx since that our brother dubbxd them gentlewomenx are mighty gossips in our monarchyx brakenburyx i beseech your graces both to pardon mex his majesty hath straitly given in charge that no man shall have private conferencex of what degree soeverx with your brotherx gloucesterx even sox anxt please your worshipx brakenburyx you may partake of any thing we sayx we speak no treasonx manx we say the king is wise and virtuousx and his noble queen well struck in yearsx fairx and not jealousx we say that shorexs wife hath a pretty footx a cherry lipx a bonny eyex a passing pleasing tonguex and that the queenxs kindred are made gentlefolksx how say youx sirx can you deny all thisx brakenburyx with thisx my lordx myself have naught to dox gloucesterx naught to do with mistress shorex i tell theex fellowx he that doth naught with herx excepting onex were best to do it secretly alonex brakenburyx what onex my lordx gloucesterx her husbandx knavex wouldst thou betray mex brakenburyx i do beseech your grace to pardon mex and withal forbear your conference with the noble dukex clarencex we know thy chargex brakenburyx and will obeyx gloucesterx we are the queenxs abjects and must obeyx brotherx farewellx i will unto the kingx and whatsoexer you will employ me inx were it to call king edwardxs widow sisterx i will perform it to enfranchise youx meantimex this deep disgrace in brotherhood touches me deeper than you can imaginex clarencex i know it pleaseth neither of us wellx gloucesterx wellx your imprisonment shall not be longx i will deliver or else lie for youx meantimex have patiencex clarencex i must perforcex farewellx exeunt clarencex brakenburyx and guard gloucesterx go tread the path that thou shalt nexer returnx simplex plain clarencex i do love thee so that i will shortly send thy soul to heavenx if heaven will take the present at our handsx but who comes herex the newxdelivered hastingsx enter lord hastings hastingsx good time of day unto my gracious lordx gloucesterx as much unto my good lord chamberlainx well are you welcome to the open airx how hath your lordship brookxd imprisonmentx hastingsx with patiencex noble lordx as prisoners mustx but i shall livex my lordx to give them thanks that were the cause of my imprisonmentx gloucesterx no doubtx no doubtx and so shall clarence toox for they that were your enemies are hisx and have prevailxd as much on him as youx hastingsx more pity that the eagles should be mewxd whiles kites and buzzards prey at libertyx gloucesterx what news abroadx hastingsx no news so bad abroad as this at homex the king is sicklyx weakx and melancholyx and his physicians fear him mightilyx gloucesterx nowx by saint johnx that news is bad indeedx ox he hath kept an evil diet long and overmuch consumxd his royal personx xtis very grievous to be thought uponx where is hex in his bedx hastingsx he isx gloucesterx go you beforex and i will follow youx exit hastings he cannot livex i hopex and must not die till george be packxd with posthorse up to heavenx ixll in to urge his hatred more to clarence with lies well steelxd with weighty argumentsx andx if i fail not in my deep intentx clarence hath not another day to livex which donex god take king edward to his mercyx and leave the world for me to bustle inx for then ixll marry warwickxs youngest daughterx what though i killxd her husband and her fatherx the readiest way to make the wench amends is to become her husband and her fatherx the which will ixnot all so much for love as for another secret close intent by marrying her which i must reach untox but yet i run before my horse to marketx clarence still breathesx edward still lives and reignsx when they are gonex then must i count my gainsx exit scene xx londonx another street enter corpse of king henry the sixthx with halberds to guard itx lady anne being the mournerx attended by tressel and berkeley annex set downx set down your honourable loadx if honour may be shrouded in a hearsex whilst i awhile obsequiously lament thx untimely fall of virtuous lancasterx poor keyxcold figure of a holy kingx pale ashes of the house of lancasterx thou bloodless remnant of that royal bloodx be it lawful that i invocate thy ghost to hear the lamentations of poor annex wife to thy edwardx to thy slaughtered sonx stabbxd by the selfxsame hand that made these woundsx lox in these windows that let forth thy life i pour the helpless balm of my poor eyesx ox cursed be the hand that made these holesx cursed the heart that had the heart to do itx cursed the blood that let this blood from hencex more direful hap betide that hated wretch that makes us wretched by the death of thee than i can wish to addersx spidersx toadsx or any creeping venomxd thing that livesx if ever he have childx abortive be itx prodigiousx and untimely brought to lightx whose ugly and unnatural aspect may fright the hopeful mother at the viewx and that be heir to his unhappinessx if ever he have wifex let her be made more miserable by the death of him than i am made by my young lord and theex comex now towards chertsey with your holy loadx taken from paulxs to be interred therex and still as you are weary of this weight rest youx whiles i lament king henryxs corsex xthe bearers take up the coffinx enter gloucester gloucesterx stayx you that bear the corsex and set it downx annex what black magician conjures up this fiend to stop devoted charitable deedsx gloucesterx villainsx set down the corsex orx by saint paulx ixll make a corse of him that disobeysx first gentlemanx my lordx stand backx and let the coffin passx gloucesterx unmannerd dogx stand thoux when i commandx advance thy halberd higher than my breastx orx by saint paulx ixll strike thee to my foot and spurn upon theex beggarx for thy boldnessx xthe bearers set down the coffinx annex whatx do you tremblex are you all afraidx alasx i blame you notx for you are mortalx and mortal eyes cannot endure the devilx avauntx thou dreadful minister of hellx thou hadst but power over his mortal bodyx his soul thou canst not havex thereforex be gonex gloucesterx sweet saintx for charityx be not so curstx annex foul devilx for godxs sakex hence and trouble us notx for thou hast made the happy earth thy hell fillxd it with cursing cries and deep exclaimsx if thou delight to view thy heinous deedsx behold this pattern of thy butcheriesx ox gentlemenx seex seex dead henryxs wounds open their congealxd mouths and bleed afreshx blushx blushx thou lump of foul deformityx for xtis thy presence that exhales this blood from cold and empty veins where no blood dwellsx thy deeds inhuman and unnatural provokes this deluge most unnaturalx o godx which this blood madxstx revenge his deathx o earthx which this blood drinkxstx revenge his deathx eitherx heavxnx with lightning strike the murdxrer deadx orx earthx gape open wide and eat him quickx as thou dost swallow up this good kingxs bloodx which his hellxgovernxd arm hath butcheredx gloucesterx ladyx you know no rules of charityx which renders good for badx blessings for cursesx annex villainx thou knowest nor law of god nor manx no beast so fierce but knows some touch of pityx gloucesterx but i know nonex and therefore am no beastx annex o wonderfulx when devils tell the truthx gloucesterx more wonderful when angels are so angryx vouchsafex divine perfection of a womanx of these supposed crimes to give me leave by circumstance but to acquit myselfx annex vouchsafex diffusxd infection of a manx of these known evils but to give me leave by circumstance to accuse thy cursed selfx gloucesterx fairer than tongue can name theex let me have some patient leisure to excuse myselfx annex fouler than heart can think theex thou canst make no excuse current but to hang thyselfx gloucesterx by such despair i should accuse myselfx annex and by despairing shalt thou stand excused for doing worthy vengeance on thyself that didst unworthy slaughter upon othersx gloucesterx say that i slew them notx annex then say they were not slainx but dead they arex andx devilish slavex by theex gloucesterx i did not kill your husbandx annex whyx then he is alivex gloucesterx nayx he is deadx and slain by edwardxs handsx annex in thy foul throat thou liestx queen margaret saw thy murdxrous falchion smoking in his bloodx the which thou once didst bend against her breastx but that thy brothers beat aside the pointx gloucesterx i was provoked by her slandxrous tongue that laid their guilt upon my guiltless shouldersx annex thou wast provoked by thy bloody mindx that never dreamxst on aught but butcheriesx didst thou not kill this kingx gloucesterx i grant yex annex dost grant mex hedgehogx thenx god grant me to thou mayst be damned for that wicked deedx ox he was gentlex mildx and virtuousx gloucesterx the better for the king of heavenx that hath himx annex he is in heavenx where thou shalt never comex gloucesterx let him thank me that holp to send him thitherx for he was fitter for that place than earthx annex and thou unfit for any place but hellx gloucesterx yesx one place elsex if you will hear me name itx annex some dungeonx gloucesterx your bedxchamberx annex ill rest betide the chamber where thou liestx gloucesterx so will itx madamx till i lie with youx annex i hope sox gloucesterx i know sox butx gentle lady annex to leave this keen encounter of our witsx and fall something into a slower methodx is not the causer of the timeless deaths of these plantagenetsx henry and edwardx as blameful as the executionerx annex thou wast the cause and most accursxd effectx gloucesterx your beauty was the cause of that effectx your beauty that did haunt me in my sleep to undertake the death of all the world so i might live one hour in your sweet bosomx annex if i thought thatx i tell theex homicidex these nails should rend that beauty from my cheeksx gloucesterx these eyes could not endure that beautyxs wreckx you should not blemish it if i stood byx as all the world is cheered by the sunx so i by thatx it is my dayx my lifex annex black night oxershade thy dayx and death thy lifex gloucesterx curse not thyselfx fair creaturex thou art bothx annex i would i werex to be revengxd on theex gloucesterx it is a quarrel most unnaturalx to be revengxd on him that loveth theex annex it is a quarrel just and reasonablex to be revengxd on him that killxd my husbandx gloucesterx he that bereft theex ladyx of thy husband did it to help thee to a better husbandx annex his better doth not breathe upon the earthx gloucesterx he lives that loves thee better than he couldx annex name himx gloucesterx plantagenetx annex whyx that was hex gloucesterx the selfxsame namex but one of better naturex annex where is hex gloucesterx herex xshe spits at himx why dost thou spit at mex annex would it were mortal poisonx for thy sakex gloucesterx never came poison from so sweet a placex annex never hung poison on a fouler toadx out of my sightx thou dost infect mine eyesx gloucesterx thine eyesx sweet ladyx have infected minex annex would they were basilisks to strike thee deadx gloucesterx i would they werex that i might die at oncex for now they kill me with a living deathx those eyes of thine from mine have drawn salt tearsx shamxd their aspects with store of childish dropsx these eyesx which never shed remorseful tearx nox when my father york and edward wept to hear the piteous moan that rutland made when blackxfacxd clifford shook his sword at himx nor when thy warlike fatherx like a childx told the sad story of my fatherxs deathx and twenty times made pause to sob and weep that all the standersxby had wet their cheeks like trees bedashxd with rainxin that sad time my manly eyes did scorn an humble tearx and what these sorrows could not thence exhale thy beauty hathx and made them blind with weepingx i never sued to friend nor enemyx my tongue could never learn sweet smoothing wordx butx now thy beauty is proposxd my feex my proud heart suesx and prompts my tongue to speakx xshe looks scornfully at himx teach not thy lip such scornx for it was made for kissingx ladyx not for such contemptx if thy revengeful heart cannot forgivex lo here i lend thee this sharpxpointed swordx which if thou please to hide in this true breast and let the soul forth that adoreth theex i lay it naked to the deadly strokex and humbly beg the death upon my kneex xhe lays his breast openx she offers at it with his swordx nayx do not pausex for i did kill king henryx but xtwas thy beauty that provoked mex nayx now dispatchx xtwas i that stabbxd young edwardx but xtwas thy heavenly face that set me onx xshe falls the swordx take up the sword againx or take up mex annex arisex dissemblerx though i wish thy deathx i will not be thy executionerx gloucesterx then bid me kill myselfx and i will do itx annex i have alreadyx gloucesterx that was in thy ragex speak it againx and even with the word this handx which for thy love did kill thy lovex shall for thy love kill a far truer lovex to both their deaths shalt thou be accessaryx annex i would i knew thy heartx gloucesterx xtis figurxd in my tonguex annex i fear me both are falsex gloucesterx then never was man truex annex well put up your swordx gloucesterx sayx thenx my peace is madex annex that shalt thou know hereafterx gloucesterx but shall i live in hopex annex all menx i hopex live sox gloucesterx vouchsafe to wear this ringx annex to take is not to givex xputs on the ringx gloucesterx look how my ring encompasseth thy fingerx even so thy breast encloseth my poor heartx wear both of themx for both of them are thinex and if thy poor devoted servant may but beg one favour at thy gracious handx thou dost confirm his happiness for everx annex what is itx gloucesterx that it may please you leave these sad designs to him that hath most cause to be a mournerx and presently repair to crosby housex wherexafter i have solemnly interrxd at chertsey monastxry this noble kingx and wet his grave with my repentant tearsx i will with all expedient duty see youx for divers unknown reasonsx i beseech youx grant me this boonx annex with all my heartx and much it joys me too to see you are become so penitentx tressel and berkeleyx go along with mex gloucesterx bid me farewellx annex xtis more than you deservex but since you teach me how to flatter youx imagine i have said farewell alreadyx exeunt two gentlemen with lady anne gloucesterx sirsx take up the corsex gentlemenx towards chertseyx noble lordx gloucesterx nox to white friarsx there attend my comingx exeunt all but gloucester was ever woman in this humour wooxdx was ever woman in this humour wonx ixll have herx but i will not keep her longx whatx i that killxd her husband and his fatherx to take her in her heartxs extremest hatex with curses in her mouthx tears in her eyesx the bleeding witness of my hatred byx having godx her consciencex and these bars against mex and i no friends to back my suit at all but the plain devil and dissembling looksx and yet to win herx all the world to nothingx hax hath she forgot already that brave princex edwardx her lordx whom ix some three months sincex stabbxd in my angry mood at tewksburyx a sweeter and a lovelier gentlemanx framxd in the prodigality of naturex youngx valiantx wisex and no doubt right royalx the spacious world cannot again affordx and will she yet abase her eyes on mex that croppxd the golden prime of this sweet prince and made her widow to a woeful bedx on mex whose all not equals edwardxs moietyx on mex that halts and am misshapen thusx my dukedom to a beggarly denierx i do mistake my person all this whilex upon my lifex she findsx although i cannotx myself to be a marvxllous proper manx ixll be at charges for a lookingxglassx and entertain a score or two of tailors to study fashions to adorn my bodyx since i am crept in favour with myselfx i will maintain it with some little costx but first ixll turn yon fellow in his gravex and then return lamenting to my lovex shine outx fair sunx till i have bought a glassx that i may see my shadow as i passx exit scene xx londonx the palace enter queen elizabethx lord riversx and lord grey riversx have patiencex madamx therexs no doubt his majesty will soon recover his accustomxd healthx greyx in that you brook it illx it makes him worsex thereforex for godxs sakex entertain good comfortx and cheer his grace with quick and merry eyesx queen elizabethx if he were deadx what would betide on mex greyx no other harm but loss of such a lordx queen elizabethx the loss of such a lord includes all harmsx greyx the heavens have blessxd you with a goodly son to be your comforter when he is gonex queen elizabethx ahx he is youngx and his minority is put unto the trust of richard gloucesterx a man that loves not mex nor none of youx riverx is it concluded he shall be protectorx queen elizabethx it is determinxdx not concluded yetx but so it must bex if the king miscarryx enter buckingham and derby greyx here come the lords of buckingham and derbyx buckinghamx good time of day unto your royal gracex derbyx god make your majesty joyful as you have beenx queen elizabethx the countess richmondx good my lord of derbyx to your good prayer will scarcely say amenx yetx derbyx notwithstanding shexs your wife and loves not mex be youx good lordx assurxd i hate not you for her proud arrogancex derbyx i do beseech youx either not believe the envious slanders of her false accusersx orx if she be accusxd on true reportx bear with her weaknessx which i think proceeds from wayward sickness and no grounded malicex queen elizabethx saw you the king toxdayx my lord of derbyx derbyx but now the duke of buckingham and i are come from visiting his majestyx queen elizabethx what likelihood of his amendmentx lordsx buckinghamx madamx good hopex his grace speaks cheerfullyx queen elizabethx god grant him healthx did you confer with himx buckinghamx ayx madamx he desires to make atonement between the duke of gloucester and your brothersx and between them and my lord chamberlainx and sent to warn them to his royal presencex queen elizabethx would all were wellx but that will never bex i fear our happiness is at the heightx enter gloucesterx hastingsx and dorset gloucesterx they do me wrongx and i will not endure itx who is it that complains unto the king that ix forsoothx am stern and love them notx by holy paulx they love his grace but lightly that fill his ears with such dissentious rumoursx because i cannot flatter and look fairx smile in menxs facesx smoothx deceivex and cogx duck with french nods and apish courtesyx i must be held a rancorous enemyx cannot a plain man live and think no harm but thus his simple truth must be abusxd with silkenx slyx insinuating jacksx greyx to who in all this presence speaks your gracex gloucesterx to theex that hast nor honesty nor gracex when have i injurxd theex when done thee wrongx or theex or theex or any of your factionx a plague upon you allx his royal gracex whom god preserve better than you would wishxx cannot be quiet searce a breathing while but you must trouble him with lewd complaintsx queen elizabethx brother of gloucesterx you mistake the matterx the kingx on his own royal disposition and not provokxd by any suitor elsex aimingx belikex at your interior hatred that in your outward action shows itself against my childrenx brothersx and myselfx makes him to send that he may learn the groundx gloucesterx i cannot tellx the world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perchx since every jack became a gentlemanx therexs many a gentle person made a jackx queen elizabethx comex comex we know your meaningx brother gloucesterx you envy my advancement and my friendsxx god grant we never may have need of youx gloucesterx meantimex god grants that i have need of youx our brother is imprisonxd by your meansx myself disgracxdx and the nobility held in contemptx while great promotions are daily given to ennoble those that scarce some two days since were worth a noblex queen elizabethx by him that raisxd me to this careful height from that contented hap which i enjoyxdx i never did incense his majesty against the duke of clarencex but have been an earnest advocate to plead for himx my lordx you do me shameful injury falsely to draw me in these vile suspectsx gloucesterx you may deny that you were not the mean of my lord hastingsx late imprisonmentx riversx she mayx my lordx forx gloucesterx she mayx lord riversx whyx who knows not sox she may do morex sirx than denying thatx she may help you to many fair preferments and then deny her aiding hand thereinx and lay those honours on your high desertx what may she notx she mayxayx marryx may shex riversx whatx marryx may shex gloucesterx whatx marryx may shex marry with a kingx a bachelorx and a handsome stripling toox iwis your grandam had a worser matchx queen elizabethx my lord of gloucesterx i have too long borne your blunt upbraidings and your bitter scoffsx by heavenx i will acquaint his majesty of those gross taunts that oft i have endurxdx i had rather be a country servantxmaid than a great queen with this conditionx to be so baitedx scornxdx and stormed atx enter old queen margaretx behind small joy have i in being englandxs queenx queen margaretx and lessxned be that smallx godx i beseech himx thy honourx statex and seatx is due to mex gloucesterx whatx threat you me with telling of the kingx tell him and spare notx look what i have said i will avouchxt in presence of the kingx i dare adventure to be sent to thx towxrx xtis time to speakxmy pains are quite forgotx queen margaretx outx devilx i do remember them to wellx thou killxdst my husband henry in the towerx and edwardx my poor sonx at tewksburyx gloucesterx ere you were queenx ayx or your husband kingx i was a packxhorse in his great affairsx a weederxout of his proud adversariesx a liberal rewarder of his friendsx to royalize his blood i spent mine ownx queen margaretx ayx and much better blood than his or thinex gloucesterx in all which time you and your husband grey were factious for the house of lancasterx andx riversx so were youx was not your husband in margaretxs battle at saint albans slainx let me put in your mindsx if you forgetx what you have been ere thisx and what you arex withalx what i have beenx and what i amx queen margaretx a murdxrous villainx and so still thou artx gloucesterx poor clarence did forsake his fatherx warwickx ayx and forswore himselfxwhich jesu pardonxx queen margaretx which god revengex gloucesterx to fight on edwardxs party for the crownx and for his meedx poor lordx he is mewed upx i would to god my heart were flint like edwardxsx or edwardxs soft and pitiful like minex i am too childishxfoolish for this worldx queen margaretx hie thee to hell for shame and leave this worldx thou cacodemonx there thy kingdom isx riversx my lord of gloucesterx in those busy days which here you urge to prove us enemiesx we followxd then our lordx our sovereign kingx so should we youx if you should be our kingx gloucesterx if i should bex i had rather be a pedlarx far be it from my heartx the thought thereofx queen elizabethx as little joyx my lordx as you suppose you should enjoy were you this countryxs kingx as little joy you may suppose in me that i enjoyx being the queen thereofx queen margaretx as little joy enjoys the queen thereofx for i am shex and altogether joylessx i can no longer hold me patientx xadvancingx hear mex you wrangling piratesx that fall out in sharing that which you have pillxd from mex which of you trembles not that looks on mex if not thatx i am queenx you bow like subjectsx yet thatx by you deposxdx you quake like rebelsx ahx gentle villainx do not turn awayx gloucesterx foul wrinkled witchx what makxst thou in my sightx queen margaretx but repetition of what thou hast marrxdx that will i make before i let thee gox gloucesterx wert thou not banished on pain of deathx queen margaretx i wasx but i do find more pain in banishment than death can yield me here by my abodex a husband and a son thou owxst to mex and thou a kingdomx all of you allegiancex this sorrow that i have by right is yoursx and all the pleasures you usurp are minex gloucesterx the curse my noble father laid on theex when thou didst crown his warlike brows with paper and with thy scorns drewxst rivers from his eyesx and then to dry them gavxst the duke a clout steepxd in the faultless blood of pretty rutlandx his curses then from bitterness of soul denouncxd against thee are all fallxn upon theex and godx not wex hath plaguxd thy bloody deedx queen elizabethx so just is god to right the innocentx hastingsx ox xtwas the foulest deed to slay that babex and the most merciless that exer was heard ofx riversx tyrants themselves wept when it was reportedx dorsetx no man but prophesied revenge for itx buckinghamx northumberlandx then presentx wept to see itx queen margaretx whatx were you snarling all before i camex ready to catch each other by the throatx and turn you all your hatred now on mex did yorkxs dread curse prevail so much with heaven that henryxs deathx my lovely edwardxs deathx their kingdomxs lossx my woeful banishmentx should all but answer for that peevish bratx can curses pierce the clouds and enter heavenx why thenx give wayx dull cloudsx to my quick cursesx though not by warx by surfeit die your kingx as ours by murderx to make him a kingx edward thy sonx that now is prince of walesx for edward our sonx that was prince of walesx die in his youth by like untimely violencex thyself a queenx for me that was a queenx outlive thy gloryx like my wretched selfx long mayest thou live to wail thy childrenxs deathx and see anotherx as i see thee nowx deckxd in thy rightsx as thou art stallxd in minex long die thy happy days before thy deathx andx after many lengthxned hours of griefx die neither motherx wifex nor englandxs queenx rivers and dorsetx you were standers byx and so wast thoux lord hastingsx when my son was stabbxd with bloody daggersx godx i pray himx that none of you may live his natural agex but by some unlookxd accident cut offx gloucesterx have done thy charmx thou hateful witherxd hagx queen margaretx and leave out theex stayx dogx for thou shalt hear mex if heaven have any grievous plague in store exceeding those that i can wish upon theex ox let them keep it till thy sins be ripex and then hurl down their indignation on theex the troubler of the poor worldxs peacex the worm of conscience still bexgnaw thy soulx thy friends suspect for traitors while thou livxstx and take deep traitors for thy dearest friendsx no sleep close up that deadly eye of thinex unless it be while some tormenting dream affrights thee with a hell of ugly devilsx thou elvishxmarkxdx abortivex rooting hogx thou that wast sealxd in thy nativity the slave of nature and the son of hellx thou slander of thy heavy motherxs wombx thou loathed issue of thy fatherxs loinsx thou rag of honourx thou detestedx gloucesterx margaretx queen margaretx richardx gloucesterx hax queen margaretx i call thee notx gloucesterx i cry thee mercy thenx for i did think that thou hadst callxd me all these bitter namesx queen margaretx whyx so i didx but lookxd for no replyx ox let me make the period to my cursex gloucesterx xtis done by mex and ends inxmargaretx queen elizabethx thus have you breathxd your curse against yourselfx queen margaretx poor painted queenx vain flourish of my fortunex why strewxst thou sugar on that bottled spider whose deadly web ensnareth thee aboutx foolx foolx thou whetxst a knife to kill thyselfx the day will come that thou shalt wish for me to help thee curse this poisonous bunchxbackxd toadx hastingsx falsexboding womanx end thy frantic cursex lest to thy harm thou move our patiencex queen margaretx foul shame upon youx you have all movxd minex riversx were you well servxdx you would be taught your dutyx queen margaretx to serve me well you all should do me dutyx teach me to be your queen and you my subjectsx ox serve me wellx and teach yourselves that dutyx dorsetx dispute not with herx she is lunaticx queen margaretx peacex master marquisx you are malapertx your firexnew stamp of honour is scarce currentx ox that your young nobility could judge what xtwere to lose it and be miserablex they that stand high have many blasts to shake themx and if they fall they dash themselves to piecesx gloucesterx good counselx marryx learn itx learn itx marquisx dorsetx it touches youx my lordx as much as mex gloucesterx ayx and much morex but i was born so highx our aery buildeth in the cedarxs topx and dallies with the windx and scorns the sunx queen margaretx and turns the sun to shadexalasx alasx witness my sonx now in the shade of deathx whose bright outxshining beams thy cloudy wrath hath in eternal darkness folded upx your aery buildeth in our aeryxs nestx o god that seest itx do not suffer itx as it is won with bloodx lost be it sox buckinghamx peacex peacex for shamex if not for charityx queen margaretx urge neither charity nor shame to mex uncharitably with me have you dealtx and shamefully my hopes by you are butcherxdx my charity is outragex life my shamex and in that shame still live my sorrowxs ragex buckinghamx have donex have donex queen margaretx o princely buckinghamx ixll kiss thy hand in sign of league and amity with theex now fair befall thee and thy noble housex thy garments are not spotted with our bloodx nor thou within the compass of my cursex buckinghamx nor no one herex for curses never pass the lips of those that breathe them in the airx queen margaretx i will not think but they ascend the sky and there awake godxs gentlexsleeping peacex o buckinghamx take heed of yonder dogx look when he fawnsx he bitesx and when he bitesx his venom tooth will rankle to the deathx have not to do with himx beware of himx sinx deathx and hellx have set their marks on himx and all their ministers attend on himx gloucesterx what doth she sayx my lord of buckinghamx buckinghamx nothing that i respectx my gracious lordx queen margaretx whatx dost thou scorn me for my gentle counselx and soothe the devil that i warn thee fromx ox but remember this another dayx when he shall split thy very heart with sorrowx and say poor margaret was a prophetessx live each of you the subjects to his hatex and he to yoursx and all of you to godxsx exit buckinghamx my hair doth stand an end to hear her cursesx riversx and so doth minex i muse why shexs at libertyx gloucesterx i cannot blame herx by godxs holy motherx she hath had too much wrongx and i repent my part thereof that i have done to herx queen elizabethx i never did her any to my knowledgex gloucesterx yet you have all the vantage of her wrongx i was too hot to do somebody good that is too cold in thinking of it nowx marryx as for clarencex he is well repaidx he is frankxd up to fatting for his painsx god pardon them that are the cause thereofx riversx a virtuous and a christianxlike conclusionx to pray for them that have done scathe to usx gloucesterx so do i everx xasidex being well advisxdx for had i cursxd nowx i had cursxd myselfx enter catesby catesbyx madamx his majesty doth can for youx and for your gracex and youx my gracious lordsx queen elizabethx catesbyx i comex lordsx will you go with mex riversx we wait upon your gracex exeunt all but gloucester gloucesterx i do the wrongx and first begin to brawlx the secret mischiefs that i set abroach i lay unto the grievous charge of othersx clarencex who i indeed have cast in darknessx i do beweep to many simple gullsx namelyx to derbyx hastingsx buckinghamx and tell them xtis the queen and her allies that stir the king against the duke my brotherx now they believe itx and withal whet me to be revengxd on riversx dorsetx greyx but then i sigh andx with a piece of scripturex tell them that god bids us do good for evilx and thus i clothe my naked villainy with odd old ends stolxn forth of holy writx and seem a saint when most i play the devilx enter two murderers butx softx here come my executionersx how nowx my hardy stout resolved matesx are you now going to dispatch this thingx first murdererx we arex my lordx and come to have the warrantx that we may be admitted where he isx gloucesterx well thought uponx i have it here about mex xgives the warrantx when you have donex repair to crosby placex butx sirsx be sudden in the executionx withal obduratex do not hear him pleadx for clarence is wellxspokenx and perhaps may move your hearts to pityx if you mark himx first murdererx tutx tutx my lordx we will not stand to pratex talkers are no good doersx be assurxd we go to use our hands and not our tonguesx gloucesterx your eyes drop millstones when foolsx eyes fall tearsx i like youx ladsx about your business straightx gox gox dispatchx first murdererx we willx my noble lordx exeunt scene xx londonx the tower enter clarence and keeper keeperx why looks your grace so heavily toxdayx clarencex ox i have passxd a miserable nightx so full of fearful dreamsx of ugly sightsx thatx as i am a christian faithful manx i would not spend another such a night though xtwere to buy a world of happy daysx so full of dismal terror was the timex keeperx what was your dreamx my lordx i pray you tell mex clarencex methoughts that i had broken from the tower and was embarkxd to cross to burgundyx and in my company my brother gloucesterx who from my cabin tempted me to walk upon the hatchesx thence we lookxd toward englandx and cited up a thousand heavy timesx during the wars of york and lancasterx that had befallxn usx as we pacxd along upon the giddy footing of the hatchesx methought that gloucester stumbledx and in falling struck mex that thought to stay himx overboard into the tumbling billows of the mainx o lordx methought what pain it was to drownx what dreadful noise of waters in my earsx what sights of ugly death within my eyesx methoughts i saw a thousand fearful wrecksx a thousand men that fishes gnawxd uponx wedges of goldx great anchorsx heaps of pearlx inestimable stonesx unvalued jewelsx all scattxred in the bottom of the seax some lay in dead menxs skullsx and in the holes where eyes did once inhabit there were creptx as xtwere in scorn of eyesx reflecting gemsx that wooxd the slimy bottom of the deep and mockxd the dead bones that lay scattxred byx keeperx had you such leisure in the time of death to gaze upon these secrets of the deepx clarencex methought i hadx and often did i strive to yield the ghostx but still the envious flood stoppxd in my soul and would not let it forth to find the emptyx vastx and wandxring airx but smotherxd it within my panting bulkx who almost burst to belch it in the seax keeperx awakxd you not in this sore agonyx clarencex nox nox my dream was lengthenxd after lifex ox then began the tempest to my soulx i passxdx methoughtx the melancholy flood with that sour ferryman which poets write ofx unto the kingdom of perpetual nightx the first that there did greet my stranger soul was my great fatherxinxlawx renowned warwickx who spake aloud xwhat scourge for perjury can this dark monarchy afford false clarencexx and so he vanishxdx then came wandxring by a shadow like an angelx with bright hair dabbled in bloodx and he shriekxd out aloud xclarence is comexfalsex fleetingx perjurxd clarencex that stabbxd me in the field by tewksburyx seize on himx furiesx take him unto tormentxx with thatx methoughtsx a legion of foul fiends environxd mex and howled in mine ears such hideous cries thatx with the very noisex i trembling wakxdx and for a season after could not believe but that i was in hellx such terrible impression made my dreamx keeperx no marvelx lordx though it affrighted youx i am afraidx methinksx to hear you tell itx clarencex ahx keeperx keeperx i have done these things that now give evidence against my soul for edwardxs sakex and see how he requites mex o godx if my deep prayers cannot appease theex but thou wilt be avengxd on my misdeedsx yet execute thy wrath in me alonex ox spare my guiltless wife and my poor childrenx keeperx i prithee sit by me awhilex my soul is heavyx and i fain would sleepx keeperx i willx my lordx god give your grace good restx xclarence sleepsx enter brakenbury the lieutenant brakenburyx sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hoursx makes the night morning and the noontide nightx princes have but their titles for their gloriesx an outward honour for an inward toilx and for unfelt imaginations they often feel a world of restless caresx so that between their tides and low name therexs nothing differs but the outward famex enter the two murderers first murdererx hox whoxs herex brakenburyx what wouldst thoux fellowx and how camxst thou hitherx first murdererx i would speak with clarencex and i came hither on my legsx brakenburyx whatx so briefx second murdererx xtis betterx sirx than to be tediousx let him see our commission and talk no morex xbrakenbury reads itx brakenburyx i amx in thisx commanded to deliver the noble duke of clarence to your handsx i will not reason what is meant herebyx because i will be guiltless from the meaningx there lies the duke asleepx and there the keysx ixll to the king and signify to him that thus i have resignxd to you my chargex first murdererx you mayx sirx xtis a point of wisdomx fare you wellx exeunt brakenbury and keeper second murdererx whatx shall i stab him as he sleepsx first murdererx nox hexll say xtwas done cowardlyx when he wakesx second murdererx whyx he shall never wake until the great judgmentxdayx first murdererx whyx then hexll say we stabbxd him sleepingx second murdererx the urging of that word judgment hath bred a kind of remorse in mex first murdererx whatx art thou afraidx second murdererx not to kill himx having a warrantx but to be damnxd for killing himx from the which no warrant can defend mex first murdererx i thought thou hadst been resolutex second murdererx so i amx to let him livex first murdererx ixll back to the duke of gloucester and tell him sox second murdererx nayx i pritheex stay a littlex i hope this passionate humour of mine will changex it was wont to hold me but while one tells twentyx first murdererx how dost thou feel thyself nowx second murdererx faithx some certain dregs of conscience are yet within mex first murdererx remember our rewardx when the deedxs donex second murdererx zoundsx he diesx i had forgot the rewardx first murdererx wherexs thy conscience nowx second murdererx ox in the duke of gloucesterxs pursex first murdererx when he opens his purse to give us our rewardx thy conscience flies outx second murdererx xtis no matterx let it gox therexs few or none will entertain itx first murdererx what if it come to thee againx second murdererx ixll not meddle with itxit makes a man cowardx a man cannot stealx but it accuseth himx a man cannot swearx but it checks himx a man cannot lie with his neighbourxs wifex but it detects himx xtis a blushing shamex facxd spirit that mutinies in a manxs bosomx it fills a man full of obstaclesx it made me once restore a purse of gold thatxby chance i foundx it beggars any man that keeps itx it is turnxd out of towns and cities for a dangerous thingx and every man that means to live well endeavours to trust to himself and live without itx first murdererx zoundsx xtis even now at my elbowx persuading me not to kill the dukex second murdererx take the devil in thy mind and believe him notx he would insinuate with thee but to make the sighx first murdererx i am strongxframxdx he cannot prevail with mex second murdererx spoke like a tall man that respects thy reputationx comex shall we fall to workx first murdererx take him on the costard with the hilts of thy swordx and then chop him in the malmseyxbutt in the next roomx second murdererx o excellent devicex and make a sop of himx first murdererx softx he wakesx second murdererx strikex first murdererx nox wexll reason with himx clarencex where art thoux keeperx give me a cup of winex second murdererx you shall have wine enoughx my lordx anonx clarencex in godxs namex what art thoux first murdererx a manx as you arex clarencex but not as i amx royalx second murdererx nor you as we arex loyalx clarencex thy voice is thunderx but thy looks are humblex first murdererx my voice is now the kingxsx my looks mine ownx clarencex how darkly and how deadly dost thou speakx your eyes do menace mex why look you palex who sent you hitherx wherefore do you comex second murdererx tox tox tox clarencex to murder mex both murderersx ayx ayx clarencex you scarcely have the hearts to tell me sox and therefore cannot have the hearts to do itx whereinx my friendsx have i offended youx first murdererx offended us you have notx but the kingx clarencex i shall be reconcilxd to him againx second murdererx neverx my lordx therefore prepare to diex clarencex are you drawn forth among a world of men to slay the innocentx what is my offencex where is the evidence that doth accuse mex what lawful quest have given their verdict up unto the frowning judgex or who pronouncxd the bitter sentence of poor clarencex deathx before i be convict by course of lawx to threaten me with death is most unlawfulx i charge youx as you hope to have redemption by christxs dear blood shed for our grievous sinsx that you depart and lay no hands on mex the deed you undertake is damnablex first murdererx what we will dox we do upon commandx second murdererx and he that hath commanded is our kingx clarencex erroneous vassalsx the great king of kings hath in the tables of his law commanded that thou shalt do no murderx will you then spurn at his edict and fulfil a manxsx take heedx for he holds vengeance in his hand to hurl upon their heads that break his lawx second murdererx and that same vengeance doth he hurl on thee for false forswearingx and for murder toox thou didst receive the sacrament to fight in quarrel of the house of lancasterx first murdererx and like a traitor to the name of god didst break that vowx and with thy treacherous blade unrippxdst the bowels of thy sovxreignxs sonx second murdererx whom thou wast sworn to cherish and defendx first murdererx how canst thou urge godxs dreadful law to usx when thou hast broke it in such dear degreex clarencex alasx for whose sake did i that ill deedx for edwardx for my brotherx for his sakex he sends you not to murder me for thisx for in that sin he is as deep as ix if god will be avenged for the deedx ox know you yet he doth it publiclyx take not the quarrel from his powxrful armx he needs no indirect or lawless course to cut off those that have offended himx first murdererx who made thee then a bloody minister when gallantxspringing brave plantagenetx that princely novicex was struck dead by theex clarencex my brotherxs lovex the devilx and my ragex first murdererx thy brotherxs lovex our dutyx and thy faultsx provoke us hither now to slaughter theex clarencex if you do love my brotherx hate not mex i am his brotherx and i love him wellx if you are hirxd for meedx go back againx and i will send you to my brother gloucesterx who shall reward you better for my life than edward will for tidings of my deathx second murdererx you are deceivxdx your brother gloucester hates youx clarencex ox nox he loves mex and he holds me dearx go you to him from mex first murdererx ayx so we willx clarencex tell him when that our princely father york blessxd his three sons with his victorious arm and chargxd us from his soul to love each otherx he little thought of this divided friendshipx bid gloucester think of thisx and he will weepx first murdererx ayx millstonesx as he lessonxd us to weepx clarencex ox do not slander himx for he is kindx first murdererx rightx as snow in harvestx comex you deceive yourselfx xtis he that sends us to destroy you herex clarencex it cannot bex for he bewept my fortune and huggxd me in his armsx and swore with sobs that he would labour my deliveryx first murdererx whyx so he dothx when he delivers you from this earthxs thraldom to the joys of heavenx second murdererx make peace with godx for you must diex my lordx clarencex have you that holy feeling in your souls to counsel me to make my peace with godx and are you yet to your own souls so blind that you will war with god by murdxring mex ox sirsx considerx they that set you on to do this deed will hate you for the deedx second murdererx what shall we dox clarencex relentx and save your soulsx first murdererx relentx nox xtis cowardly and womanishx clarencex not to relent is beastlyx savagex devilishx which of youx if you were a princexs sonx being pent from liberty as i am nowx if two such murderers as yourselves came to youx would not entreat for lifex my friendx i spy some pity in thy looksx ox if thine eye be not a flattererx come thou on my side and entreat for mex as you would beg were you in my distressx a begging prince what beggar pities notx second murdererx look behind youx my lordx first murdererx xstabbing himx take thatx and thatx if all this will not dox ixll drown you in the malmseyxbutt withinx exit with the body second murdererx a bloody deedx and desperately dispatchxdx how fainx like pilatex would i wash my hands of this most grievous murderx rexenter first murderer first murdererxhow nowx what meanxst thou that thou helpxst me notx by heavensx the duke shall know how slack you have beenx second murdererx i would he knew that i had savxd his brotherx take thou the feex and tell him what i sayx for i repent me that the duke is slainx exit first murdererx so do not ix gox coward as thou artx wellx ixll go hide the body in some holex till that the duke give order for his burialx and when i have my meedx i will awayx for this will outx and then i must not stayx exit act iix scene xx londonx the palace flourishx enter king edward sickx queen elizabethx dorsetx riversx hastingsx buckinghamx greyx and others king edwardx whyx sox now have i done a good dayxs workx you peersx continue this united leaguex i every day expect an embassage from my redeemer to redeem me hencex and more at peace my soul shall part to heavenx since i have made my friends at peace on earthx hastings and riversx take each otherxs handx dissemble not your hatredx swear your lovex riversx by heavenx my soul is purgxd from grudging hatex and with my hand i seal my true heartxs lovex hastingsx so thrive ix as i truly swear the likex king edwardx take heed you dally not before your kingx lest he that is the supreme king of kings confound your hidden falsehood and award either of you to be the otherxs endx hastingsx so prosper ix as i swear perfect lovex riversx and ix as i love hastings with my heartx king edwardx madamx yourself is not exempt from thisx nor youx son dorsetx buckinghamx nor youx you have been factious one against the otherx wifex love lord hastingsx let him kiss your handx and what you dox do it unfeignedlyx queen elizabethx therex hastingsx i will never more remember our former hatredx so thrive i and minex king edwardx dorsetx embrace himx hastingsx love lord marquisx dorsetx this interchange of lovex i here protestx upon my part shall be inviolablex hastingsx and so swear ix xthey embracex king edwardx nowx princely buckinghamx seal thou this league with thy embracements to my wifexs alliesx and make me happy in your unityx buckinghamx xto the queenx whenever buckingham doth turn his hate upon your gracex but with all duteous love doth cherish you and yoursx god punish me with hate in those where i expect most lovex when i have most need to employ a friend and most assured that he is a friendx deepx hollowx treacherousx and full of guilex be he unto mex this do i beg of god when i am cold in love to you or yoursx xthey embracex king edwardx a pleasing cordialx princely buckinghamx is this thy vow unto my sickly heartx there wanteth now our brother gloucester here to make the blessed period of this peacex buckinghamx andx in good timex here comes sir richard ratcliff and the dukex enter gloucesterx and ratcliff gloucesterx good morrow to my sovereign king and queenx andx princely peersx a happy time of dayx king edwardx happyx indeedx as we have spent the dayx gloucesterx we have done deeds of charityx made peace of enmityx fair love of hatex between these swelling wrongxincensed peersx gloucesterx a blessed labourx my most sovereign lordx among this princely heapx if any herex by false intelligence or wrong surmisex hold me a foex if i unwittinglyx or in my ragex have aught committed that is hardly borne to any in this presencex i desire to reconcile me to his friendly peacex xtis death to me to be at enmityx i hate itx and desire all good menxs lovex firstx madamx i entreat true peace of youx which i will purchase with my duteous servicex of youx my noble cousin buckinghamx if ever any grudge were lodgxd between usx of youx and youx lord riversx and of dorsetx that all without desert have frownxd on mex of youx lord woodvillex andx lord scalesx of youx dukesx earlsx lordsx gentlemenxindeedx of allx i do not know that englishman alive with whom my soul is any jot at odds more than the infant that is born toxnightx i thank my god for my humilityx queen elizabethx a holy day shall this be kept hereafterx i would to god all strifes were well compoundedx my sovereign lordx i do beseech your highness to take our brother clarence to your gracex gloucesterx whyx madamx have i offxred love for thisx to be so flouted in this royal presencex who knows not that the gentle duke is deadx xthey all startx you do him injury to scorn his corsex king edwardx who knows not he is deadx who knows he isx queen elizabethx allxseeing heavenx what a world is thisx buckinghamx look i so palex lord dorsetx as the restx dorsetx ayx my good lordx and no man in the presence but his red colour hath forsook his cheeksx king edwardx is clarence deadx the order was reversxdx gloucesterx but hex poor manx by your first order diedx and that a winged mercury did bearx some tardy cripple bare the countermand that came too lag to see him buriedx god grant that somex less noble and less loyalx nearer in bloody thoughtsx an not in bloodx deserve not worse than wretched clarence didx and yet go current from suspicionx enter derby derbyx a boonx my sovereignx for my service donex king edwardx i pritheex peacex my soul is full of sorrowx derbyx i will not rise unless your highness hear mex king edwardx then say at once what is it thou requestsx derbyx the forfeitx sovereignx of my servantxs lifex who slew toxday a riotous gentleman lately attendant on the duke of norfolkx king edwardx have i a tongue to doom my brotherxs deathx and shall that tongue give pardon to a slavex my brother killed no manxhis fault was thoughtx and yet his punishment was bitter deathx who sued to me for himx whox in my wrathx kneelxd at my feetx and bid me be advisxdx who spoke of brotherhoodx who spoke of lovex who told me how the poor soul did forsake the mighty warwick and did fight for mex who told mex in the field at tewksbury when oxford had me downx he rescued me and said xdear brotherx livex and be a kingxx who told mex when we both lay in the field frozen almost to deathx how he did lap me even in his garmentsx and did give himselfx all thin and nakedx to the numb cold nightx all this from my remembrance brutish wrath sinfully pluckxdx and not a man of you had so much race to put it in my mindx but when your carters or your waitingxvassals have done a drunken slaughter and defacxd the precious image of our dear redeemerx you straight are on your knees for pardonx pardonx and ix unjustly toox must grant it youx xderby risesx but for my brother not a man would speakx nor ix ungraciousx speak unto myself for himx poor soulx the proudest of you all have been beholding to him in his lifex yet none of you would once beg for his lifex o godx i fear thy justice will take hold on mex and youx and minex and yoursx for thisx comex hastingsx help me to my closetx ahx poor clarencex exeunt some with king and queen gloucesterx this is the fruits of rashnessx markxd you not how that the guilty kindred of the queen lookxd pale when they did hear of clarencex deathx ox they did urge it still unto the kingx god will revenge itx comex lordsx will you go to comfort edward with our companyx buckinghamx we wait upon your gracex exeunt scene xx londonx the palace enter the old duchess of yorkx with the son and daughter of clarence sonx good grandamx tell usx is our father deadx duchessx nox boyx daughterx why do you weep so oftx and beat your breastx and cry xo clarencex my unhappy sonxxx sonx why do you look on usx and shake your headx and call us orphansx wretchesx castawaysx if that our noble father were alivex duchessx my pretty cousinsx you mistake me bothx i do lament the sickness of the kingx as loath to lose himx not your fatherxs deathx it were lost sorrow to wail one thatxs lostx sonx then you concludex my grandamx he is deadx the king mine uncle is to blame for itx god will revenge itx whom i will importune with earnest prayers all to that effectx daughterx and so will ix duchessx peacex childrenx peacex the king doth love you wellx incapable and shallow innocentsx you cannot guess who causxd your fatherxs deathx sonx grandamx we canx for my good uncle gloucester told me the kingx provokxd to it by the queenx devisxd impeachments to imprison himx and when my uncle told me sox he weptx and pitied mex and kindly kissxd my cheekx bade me rely on him as on my fatherx and he would love me dearly as a childx duchessx ahx that deceit should steal such gentle shapex and with a virtuous vizor hide deep vicex he is my sonx ayx and therein my shamex yet from my dugs he drew not this deceitx sonx think you my uncle did dissemblex grandamx duchessx ayx boyx sonx i cannot think itx harkx what noise is thisx enter queen elizabethx with her hair about her earsx rivers and dorset after her queen elizabethx ahx who shall hinder me to wail and weepx to chide my fortunex and torment myselfx ixll join with black despair against my soul and to myself become an enemyx duchessx what means this scene of rude impatiencex queen elizabethx to make an act of tragic violencex edwardx my lordx thy sonx our kingx is deadx why grow the branches when the root is gonex why wither not the leaves that want their sapx if you will livex lamentx if diex be briefx that our swiftxwinged souls may catch the kingxsx or like obedient subjects follow him to his new kingdom of nexerxchanging nightx duchessx ahx so much interest have i in thy sorrow as i had title in thy noble husbandx i have bewept a worthy husbandxs deathx and livxd with looking on his imagesx but now two mirrors of his princely semblance are crackxd in pieces by malignant deathx and i for comfort have but one false glassx that grieves me when i see my shame in himx thou art a widowx yet thou art a mother and hast the comfort of thy children leftx but death hath snatchxd my husband from mine arms and pluckxd two crutches from my feeble handsx clarence and edwardx ox what cause have ix thine being but a moiety of my moanx to overgo thy woes and drown thy criesx sonx ahx auntx you wept not for our fatherxs deathx how can we aid you with our kindred tearsx daughterx our fatherless distress was left unmoanxdx your widowxdolour likewise be unweptx queen elizabethx give me no help in lamentationx i am not barren to bring forth complaintsx all springs reduce their currents to mine eyes that ix being governxd by the watery moonx may send forth plenteous tears to drown the worldx ah for my husbandx for my dear lord edwardx childrenx ah for our fatherx for our dear lord clarencex duchessx alas for bothx both minex edward and clarencex queen elizabethx what stay had i but edwardx and hexs gonex childrenx what stay had we but clarencex and hexs gonex duchessx what stays had i but theyx and they are gonex queen elizabethx was never widow had so dear a lossx childrenx were never orphans had so dear a lossx duchessx was never mother had so dear a lossx alasx i am the mother of these griefsx their woes are parcellxdx mine is generalx she for an edward weepsx and so do ix i for a clarence weepx so doth not shex these babes for clarence weepx and so do ix i for an edward weepx so do not theyx alasx you three on mex threefold distressxdx pour all your tearsx i am your sorrowxs nursex and i will pamper it with lamentationx dorsetx comfortx dear motherx god is much displeasxd that you take with unthankfulness his doingx in common worldly things xtis called ungrateful with dull unwillingness to repay a debt which with a bounteous hand was kindly lentx much more to be thus opposite with heavenx for it requires the royal debt it lent youx riversx madamx bethink youx like a careful motherx of the young prince your sonx send straight for himx let him be crownxdx in him your comfort livesx drown desperate sorrow in dead edwardxs gravex and plant your joys in living edwardxs thronex enter gloucesterx buckinghamx derbyx hastingsx and ratcliff gloucesterx sisterx have comfortx all of us have cause to wail the dimming of our shining starx but none can help our harms by wailing themx madamx my motherx i do cry you mercyx i did not see your gracex humbly on my knee i crave your blessingx duchessx god bless theex and put meekness in thy breastx lovex charityx obediencex and true dutyx gloucesterx amenx xasidex and make me die a good old manx that is the butt end of a motherxs blessingx i marvel that her grace did leave it outx buckinghamx you cloudy princes and heartxsorrowing peersx that bear this heavy mutual load of moanx now cheer each other in each otherxs lovex though we have spent our harvest of this kingx we are to reap the harvest of his sonx the broken rancour of your highxswolxn heartsx but lately splinterxdx knitx and joinxd togetherx must gently be preservxdx cherishxdx and keptx me seemeth good thatx with some little trainx forthwith from ludlow the young prince be fet hither to londonx to be crownxd our kingx riversx why with some little trainx my lord of buckinghamx buckinghamx marryx my lordx lest by a multitude the newxhealxd wound of malice should break outx which would be so much the more dangerous by how much the estate is green and yet ungovernxdx where every horse bears his commanding rein and may direct his course as please himselfx as well the fear of harm as harm apparentx in my opinionx ought to be preventedx gloucesterx i hope the king made peace with all of usx and the compact is firm and true in mex riversx and so in mex and sox i thinkx in anx yetx since it is but greenx it should be put to no apparent likelihood of breachx which haply by much company might be urgxdx therefore i say with noble buckingham that it is meet so few should fetch the princex hastingsx and so say ix gloucesterx then be it sox and go we to determine who they shall be that straight shall post to ludlowx madamx and youx my sisterx will you go to give your censures in this businessx exeunt all but buckingham and gloucester buckinghamx my lordx whoever journeys to the princex for god sakex let not us two stay at homex for by the way ixll sort occasionx as index to the story we late talkxd ofx to part the queenxs proud kindred from the princex gloucesterx my other selfx my counselxs consistoryx my oraclex my prophetx my dear cousinx ix as a childx will go by thy directionx toward ludlow thenx for wexll not stay behindx exeunt scene xx londonx a street enter one citizen at one doorx and another at the other first citizenx good morrowx neighbourx whither away so fastx second citizenx i promise youx i scarcely know myselfx hear you the news abroadx first citizenx yesx that the king is deadx second citizenx ill newsx byxr ladyx seldom comes the betterx i fearx i fear xtwill prove a giddy worldx enter another citizen third citizenx neighboursx god speedx first citizenx give you good morrowx sirx third citizenx doth the news hold of good king edwardxs deathx second citizenx ayx sirx it is too truex god help the whilex third citizenx thenx mastersx look to see a troublous worldx first citizenx nox nox by godxs good gracex his son shall reignx third citizenx woe to that land thatxs governxd by a childx second citizenx in him there is a hope of governmentx whichx in his nonagex council under himx andx in his full and ripened yearsx himselfx no doubtx shall thenx and till thenx govern wellx first citizenx so stood the state when henry the sixth was crownxd in paris but at nine months oldx third citizenx stood the state sox nox nox good friendsx god wotx for then this land was famously enrichxd with politic grave counselx then the king had virtuous uncles to protect his gracex first citizenx whyx so hath thisx both by his father and motherx third citizenx better it were they all came by his fatherx or by his father there were none at allx for emulation who shall now be nearest will touch us all too nearx if god prevent notx ox full of danger is the duke of gloucesterx and the queenxs sons and brothers haught and proudx and were they to be rulxdx and not to rulex this sickly land might solace as beforex first citizenx comex comex we fear the worstx all will be wellx third citizenx when clouds are seenx wise men put on their cloaksx when great leaves fallx then winter is at handx when the sun setsx who doth not look for nightx untimely storms make men expect a dearthx all may be wellx butx if god sort it sox xtis more than we deserve or i expectx second citizenx trulyx the hearts of men are fun of fearx you cannot reason almost with a man that looks not heavily and fun of dreadx third citizenx before the days of changex still is it sox by a divine instinct menxs minds mistrust ensuing dangerx as by proof we see the water swell before a boistxrous stormx but leave it all to godx whither awayx second citizenx marryx we were sent for to the justicesx third citizenx and so was ix ixll bear you companyx exeunt scene xx londonx the palace enter the archbishop of yorkx the young duke of yorkx queen elizabethx and the duchess of york archbishopx last nightx i hearx they lay at stony stratfordx and at northampton they do rest toxnightx toxmorrow or next day they will be herex duchessx i long with all my heart to see the princex i hope he is much grown since last i saw himx queen elizabethx but i hear nox they say my son of york has almost overtaxen him in his growthx yorkx ayx motherx but i would not have it sox duchessx whyx my good cousinx it is good to growx yorkx grandamx one night as we did sit at supperx my uncle rivers talkxd how i did grow more than my brotherx xayxx quoth my uncle gloucester xsmall herbs have gracex great weeds do grow apacexx and sincex methinksx i would not grow so fastx because sweet flowxrs are slow and weeds make hastex duchessx good faithx good faithx the saying did not hold in him that did object the same to theex he was the wretchedxst thing when he was youngx so long axgrowing and so leisurely thatx if his rule were truex he should be graciousx archbishopx and so no doubt he isx my gracious madamx duchessx i hope he isx but yet let mothers doubtx yorkx nowx by my trothx if i had been remembxredx i could have given my unclexs grace a flout to touch his growth nearer than he touchxd minex duchessx howx my young yorkx i prithee let me hear itx yorkx marryx they say my uncle grew so fast that he could gnaw a crust at two hours oldx xtwas full two years ere i could get a toothx grandamx this would have been a biting jestx duchessx i pritheex pretty yorkx who told thee thisx yorkx grandamx his nursex duchessx his nursex why she was dead ere thou wast bornx yorkx if xtwere not shex i cannot tell who told mex queen elizabethx a parlous boyx go tox you are too shrewdx archbishopx good madamx be not angry with the childx queen elizabethx pitchers have earsx enter a messenger archbishopx here comes a messengerx what newsx messengerx such newsx my lordx as grieves me to reportx queen elizabethx how doth the princex messengerx wellx madamx and in healthx duchessx what is thy newsx messengerx lord rivers and lord grey are sent to pomfretx and with them sir thomas vaughanx prisonersx duchessx who hath committed themx messengerx the mighty dukesx gloucester and buckinghamx archbishopx for what offencex messengerx the sum of all i canx i have disclosxdx why or for what the nobles were committed is all unknown to mex my gracious lordx queen elizabethx ay mex i see the ruin of my housex the tiger now hath seizxd the gentle hindx insulting tyranny begins to jet upon the innocent and aweless thronex welcomex destructionx bloodx and massacrex i seex as in a mapx the end of allx duchessx accursed and unquiet wrangling daysx how many of you have mine eyes beheldx my husband lost his life to get the crownx and often up and down my sons were tossxd for me to joy and weep their gain and lossx and being seatedx and domestic broils clean overxblownx themselves the conquerors make war upon themselvesxbrother to brotherx blood to bloodx self against selfx ox preposterous and frantic outragex end thy damned spleenx or let me diex to look on death no morex queen elizabethx comex comex my boyx we will to sanctuaryx madamx farewellx duchessx stayx i will go with youx queen elizabethx you have no causex archbishopx xto the queenx my gracious ladyx gox and thither bear your treasure and your goodsx for my partx ixll resign unto your grace the seal i keepx and so betide to me as well i tender you and all of yoursx gox ixll conduct you to the sanctuaryx exeunt act iiix scene xx londonx a street the trumpets soundx enter the prince of walesx gloucesterx buckinghamx catesbyx cardinal bourchierx and others buckinghamx welcomex sweet princex to londonx to your chamberx gloucesterx welcomex dear cousinx my thoughtsx sovereignx the weary way hath made you melancholyx princex nox unclex but our crosses on the way have made it tediousx wearisomex and heavyx i want more uncles here to welcome mex gloucesterx sweet princex the untainted virtue of your years hath not yet divxd into the worldxs deceitx nor more can you distinguish of a man than of his outward showx whichx god he knowsx seldom or never jumpeth with the heartx those uncles which you want were dangerousx your grace attended to their sugxred words but lookxd not on the poison of their heartsx god keep you from them and from such false friendsx princex god keep me from false friendsx but they were nonex gloucesterx my lordx the mayor of london comes to greet youx enter the lord mayor and his train mayorx god bless your grace with health and happy daysx princex i thank youx good my lordx and thank you allx i thought my mother and my brother york would long ere this have met us on the wayx fiex what a slug is hastingsx that he comes not to tell us whether they will come or nox enter lord hastings buckinghamx andx in good timex here comes the sweating lordx princex welcomex my lordx whatx will our mother comex hastingsx on what occasionx god he knowsx not ix the queen your mother and your brother york have taken sanctuaryx the tender prince would fain have come with me to meet your gracex but by his mother was perforce withheldx buckinghamx fiex what an indirect and peevish course is this of hersx lord cardinalx will your grace persuade the queen to send the duke of york unto his princely brother presentlyx if she denyx lord hastingsx go with him and from her jealous arms pluck him perforcex cardinalx my lord of buckinghamx if my weak oratory can from his mother win the duke of yorkx anon expect him herex but if she be obdurate to mild entreatiesx god in heaven forbid we should infringe the holy privilege of blessed sanctuaryx not for all this land would i be guilty of so deep a sinx buckinghamx you are too senselessxobstinatex my lordx too ceremonious and traditionalx weigh it but with the grossness of this agex you break not sanctuary in seizing himx the benefit thereof is always granted to those whose dealings have deservxd the place and those who have the wit to claim the placex this prince hath neither claimxd it nor deservxd itx and thereforex in mine opinionx cannot have itx thenx taking him from thence that is not therex you break no privilege nor charter therex oft have i heard of sanctuary menx but sanctuary children never till nowx cardinalx my lordx you shall oxerrule my mind for oncex come onx lord hastingsx will you go with mex hastingsx i gox my lordx princex good lordsx make all the speedy haste you mayx exeunt cardinal and hastings sayx uncle gloucesterx if our brother comex where shall we sojourn till our coronationx gloucesterx where it seems best unto your royal selfx if i may counsel youx some day or two your highness shall repose you at the towerx then where you please and shall be thought most fit for your best health and recreationx princex i do not like the towerx of any placex did julius caesar build that placex my lordx buckinghamx he didx my gracious lordx begin that placex whichx sincex succeeding ages have rexedifiedx princex is it upon recordx or else reported successively from age to agex he built itx buckinghamx upon recordx my gracious lordx princex but sayx my lordx it were not registxredx methinks the truth should eve from age to agex as xtwere retailxd to all posterityx even to the general allxending dayx gloucesterx xasidex so wise so youngx they sayx do never live longx princex what say youx unclex gloucesterx i sayx without charactersx fame lives longx xasidex thusx like the formal vicex iniquityx i moralize two meanings in one wordx princex that julius caesar was a famous manx with what his valour did enrich his witx his wit set down to make his valour livex death makes no conquest of this conquerorx for now he lives in famex though not in lifex ixll tell you whatx my cousin buckinghamx buckinghamx whatx my gracious lordx princex an if i live until i be a manx ixll win our ancient right in france againx or die a soldier as i livxd a kingx gloucesterx xasidex short summers lightly have a forward springx enter hastingsx young yorkx and the cardinal buckinghamx nowx in good timex here comes the duke of yorkx princex richard of yorkx how fares our loving brotherx yorkx wellx my dread lordx so must i can you nowx princex ay brotherx to our griefx as it is yoursx too late he died that might have kept that titlex which by his death hath lost much majestyx gloucesterx how fares our cousinx noble lord of yorkx yorkx i thank youx gentle unclex ox my lordx you said that idle weeds are fast in growthx the prince my brother hath outgrown me farx gloucesterx he hathx my lordx yorkx and therefore is he idlex gloucesterx ox my fair cousinx i must not say sox yorkx then he is more beholding to you than ix gloucesterx he may command me as my sovereignx but you have power in me as in a kinsmanx yorkx i pray youx unclex give me this daggerx gloucesterx my daggerx little cousinx with all my heartx princex a beggarx brotherx yorkx of my kind unclex that i know will givex and being but a toyx which is no grief to givex gloucesterx a greater gift than that ixll give my cousinx yorkx a greater giftx ox thatxs the sword to itx gloucesterx ayx gentle cousinx were it light enoughx yorkx ox thenx i see you will part but with light giftsx in weightier things youxll say a beggar nayx gloucesterx it is too heavy for your grace to wearx yorkx i weigh it lightlyx were it heavierx gloucesterx whatx would you have my weaponx little lordx yorkx i wouldx that i might thank you as you call mex gloucesterx howx yorkx littlex princex my lord of york will still be cross in talkx unclex your grace knows how to bear with himx yorkx you meanx to bear mex not to bear with mex unclex my brother mocks both you and mex because that i am littlex like an apex he thinks that you should bear me on your shouldersx buckinghamx with what a sharpxprovided wit he reasonsx to mitigate the scorn he gives his uncle he prettily and aptly taunts himselfx so cunning and so young is wonderfulx gloucesterx my lordx willxt please you pass alongx myself and my good cousin buckingham will to your motherx to entreat of her to meet you at the tower and welcome youx yorkx whatx will you go unto the towerx my lordx princex my lord protector needs will have it sox yorkx i shall not sleep in quiet at the towerx gloucesterx whyx what should you fearx yorkx marryx my uncle clarencex angry ghostx my grandam told me he was murderxd therex princex i fear no uncles deadx gloucesterx nor none that livex i hopex princex an if they livex i hope i need not fearx but comex my lordx and with a heavy heartx thinking on themx go i unto the towerx a sennetx exeunt all but gloucesterx buckinghamx and catesby buckinghamx think youx my lordx this little prating york was not incensed by his subtle mother to taunt and scorn you thus opprobriouslyx gloucesterx no doubtx no doubtx ox xtis a perilous boyx boldx quickx ingeniousx forwardx capablex he is all the motherxsx from the top to toex buckinghamx wellx let them restx come hitherx catesbyx thou art sworn as deeply to effect what we intend as closely to conceal what we impartx thou knowxst our reasons urgxd upon the wayx what thinkxst thoux is it not an easy matter to make william lord hastings of our mindx for the instalment of this noble duke in the seat royal of this famous islex catesbyx he for his fatherxs sake so loves the prince that he will not be won to aught against himx buckinghamx what thinkxst thou then of stanleyx will not hex catesbyx he will do all in all as hastings dothx buckinghamx well thenx no more but thisx gox gentle catesbyx andx as it were far offx sound thou lord hastings how he doth stand affected to our purposex and summon him toxmorrow to the towerx to sit about the coronationx if thou dost find him tractable to usx encourage himx and tell him all our reasonsx if he be leadenx icyx coldx unwillingx be thou so toox and so break off the talkx and give us notice of his inclinationx for we toxmorrow hold divided councilsx wherein thyself shalt highly be employxdx gloucesterx commend me to lord williamx tell himx catesbyx his ancient knot of dangerous adversaries toxmorrow are let blood at pomfret castlex and bid my lordx for joy of this good newsx give mistress shore one gentle kiss the morex buckinghamx good catesbyx go effect this business soundlyx catesbyx my good lords bothx with all the heed i canx gloucesterx shall we hear from youx catesbyx ere we sleepx catesbyx you shallx my lordx gloucesterx at crosby housex there shall you find us bothx exit catesby buckinghamx nowx my lordx what shall we do if we perceive lord hastings will not yield to our complotsx gloucesterx chop off his headxsomething we will determinex andx look when i am kingx claim thou of me the earldom of hereford and all the movables whereof the king my brother was possessxdx buckinghamx ixll claim that promise at your gracexs handx gloucesterx and look to have it yielded with all kindnessx comex let us sup betimesx that afterwards we may digest our complots in some formx exeunt scene xx before lord hastingxs house enter a messenger to the door of hastings messengerx my lordx my lordx xknockingx hastingsx xwithinx who knocksx messengerx one from the lord stanleyx hastingsx xwithinx what isxt oxclockx messengerx upon the stroke of fourx enter lord hastings hastingsx cannot my lord stanley sleep these tedious nightsx messengerx so it appears by that i have to sayx firstx he commends him to your noble selfx hastingsx what thenx messengerx then certifies your lordship that this night he dreamt the boar had razed off his helmx besidesx he says there are two councils keptx and that may be determinxd at the one which may make you and him to rue at thx otherx therefore he sends to know your lordshipxs pleasurex if you will presently take horse with him and with all speed post with him toward the north to shun the danger that his soul divinesx hastingsx gox fellowx gox return unto thy lordx bid him not fear the separated councilx his honour and myself are at the onex and at the other is my good friend catesbyx where nothing can proceed that toucheth us whereof i shall not have intelligencex tell him his fears are shallowx without instancex and for his dreamsx i wonder hexs so simple to trust the mockxry of unquiet slumbersx to fly the boar before the boar pursues were to incense the boar to follow us and make pursuit where he did mean no chasex gox bid thy master rise and come to mex and we will both together to the towerx wherex he shall seex the boar will use us kindlyx messengerx ixll gox my lordx and tell him what you sayx exit enter catesby catesbyx many good morrows to my noble lordx hastingsx good morrowx catesbyx you are early stirringx what newsx what newsx in this our tottxring statex catesbyx it is a reeling world indeedx my lordx and i believe will never stand upright till richard wear the garland of the realmx hastingsx howx wear the garlandx dost thou mean the crownx catesbyx ayx my good lordx hastingsx ixll have this crown of mine cut from my shoulders before ixll see the crown so foul misplacxdx but canst thou guess that he doth aim at itx catesbyx ayx on my lifex and hopes to find you forward upon his party for the gain thereofx and thereupon he sends you this good newsx that this same very day your enemiesx the kindred of the queenx must die at pomfretx hastingsx indeedx i am no mourner for that newsx because they have been still my adversariesx but that ixll give my voice on richardxs side to bar my masterxs heirs in true descentx god knows i will not do it to the deathx catesbyx god keep your lordship in that gracious mindx hastingsx but i shall laugh at this a twelve month hencex that they which brought me in my masterxs hatex i live to look upon their tragedyx wellx catesbyx ere a fortnight make me olderx ixll send some packing that yet think not onxtx catesbyx xtis a vile thing to diex my gracious lordx when men are unpreparxd and look not for itx hastingsx o monstrousx monstrousx and so falls it out with riversx vaughanx greyx and so xtwill do with some men else that think themselves as safe as thou and ix whox as thou knowestx are dear to princely richard and to buckinghamx catesbyx the princes both make high account of youx xasidex for they account his head upon the bridgex hastingsx i know they dox and i have well deservxd itx enter lord stanley come onx come onx where is your boarxspearx manx fear you the boarx and go so unprovidedx stanleyx my lordx good morrowx good morrowx catesbyx you may jest onx butx by the holy roodx i do not like these several councilsx ix hastingsx my lordx i hold my life as dear as yoursx and never in my daysx i do protestx was it so precious to me as xtis nowx think youx but that i know our state securex i would be so triumphant as i amx stanleyx the lords at pomfretx when they rode from londonx were jocund and supposxd their states were surex and they indeed had no cause to mistrustx but yet you see how soon the day oxercastx this sudden stab of rancour i misdoubtx pray godx i sayx i prove a needless cowardx whatx shall we toward the towerx the day is spentx hastingsx comex comex have with youx wot you whatx my lordx toxday the lords you talkxd of are beheadedx stanleyx theyx for their truthx might better wear their heads than some that have accusxd them wear their hatsx but comex my lordx letxs awayx enter hastingsx a pursuivant hastingsx go on beforex ixll talk with this good fellowx exeunt stanley and catesby how nowx hastingsx how goes the world with theex pursuivantx the better that your lordship please to askx hastingsx i tell theex manx xtis better with me now than when thou metxst me last where now we meetx then was i going prisoner to the tower by the suggestion of the queenxs alliesx but nowx i tell theexkeep it to thyselfx this day those enernies are put to deathx and i in better state than exer i wasx pursuivantx god hold itx to your honourxs good contentx hastingsx gramercyx hastingsx therex drink that for mex xthrows him his pursex pursuivantx i thank your honourx exit enter a priest priestx well metx my lordx i am glad to see your honourx hastingsx i thank theex good sir johnx with all my heartx i am in your debt for your last exercisex come the next sabbathx and i will content youx xhe whispers in his earx priestx ixll wait upon your lordshipx enter buckingham buckinghamx whatx talking with a priestx lord chamberlainx your friends at pomfretx they do need the priestx your honour hath no shriving work in handx hastingsx good faithx and when i met this holy manx the men you talk of came into my mindx whatx go you toward the towerx buckinghamx i dox my lordx but long i cannot stay therex i shall return before your lordship thencex hastingsx nayx like enoughx for i stay dinner therex buckinghamx xasidex and supper toox although thou knowest it notxx comex will you gox hastingsx ixll wait upon your lordshipx exeunt scene xx pomfret castle enter sir richard ratcliffx with halberdsx carrying the noblesx riversx greyx and vaughanx to death riversx sir richard ratcliffx let me tell thee thisx toxday shalt thou behold a subject die for truthx for dutyx and for loyaltyx greyx god bless the prince from all the pack of youx a knot you are of damned bloodxsuckersx vaughanx you live that shall cry woe for this hereafterx ratcliffx dispatchx the limit of your lives is outx riversx o pomfretx pomfretx o thou bloody prisonx fatal and ominous to noble peersx within the guilty closure of thy walls richard the second here was hackxd to deathx and for more slander to thy dismal seatx we give to thee our guiltless blood to drinkx greyx now margaretxs curse is fallxn upon our headsx when she exclaimxd on hastingsx youx and ix for standing by when richard stabbxd her sonx riversx then cursxd she richardx then cursxd she buckinghamx then cursxd she hastingsx ox rememberx godx to hear her prayer for themx as now for usx and for my sisterx and her princely sonsx be satisfiedx dear godx with our true bloodx whichx as thou knowxstx unjustly must be spiltx ratcliffx make hastex the hour of death is expiatex riversx comex greyx comex vaughanx let us here embracex farewellx until we meet again in heavenx exeunt scene x londonx the tower enter buckinghamx derbyx hastingsx the bishop of elyx ratcliffx lovelx with others and seat themselves at a table hastingsx nowx noble peersx the cause why we are met is to determine of the coronationx in godxs name speakxwhen is the royal dayx buckinghamx is all things ready for the royal timex derbyx it isx and wants but nominationx bishop of elyx toxmorrow then i judge a happy dayx buckinghamx who knows the lord protectorxs mind hereinx who is most inward with the noble dukex bishop of elyx your gracex we thinkx should soonest know his mindx buckinghamx we know each otherxs facesx for our heartsx he knows no more of mine than i of yoursx or i of hisx my lordx than you of minex lord hastingsx you and he are near in lovex hastingsx i thank his gracex i know he loves me wellx but for his purpose in the coronation i have not sounded himx nor he deliverxd his gracious pleasure any way thereinx but youx my honourable lordsx may name the timex and in the dukexs behalf ixll give my voicex whichx i presumex hexll take in gentle partx enter gloucester bishop of elyx in happy timex here comes the duke himselfx gloucesterx my noble lords and cousins anx good morrowx i have been long a sleeperx but i trust my absence doth neglect no great design which by my presence might have been concludedx buckinghamx had you not come upon your cuex my lordx william lord hastings had pronouncxd your partx i meanx your voice for crowning of the kingx gloucesterx than my lord hastings no man might be bolderx his lordship knows me well and loves me wellx my lord of elyx when i was last in holborn i saw good strawberries in your garden therex i do beseech you send for some of themx bishop of elyx marry and willx my lordx with all my heartx exit gloucesterx cousin of buckinghamx a word with youx xtakes him asidex catesby hath sounded hastings in our businessx and finds the testy gentleman so hot that he will lose his head ere give consent his masterxs childx as worshipfully he terms itx shall lose the royalty of englandxs thronex buckinghamx withdraw yourself awhilex ixll go with youx exeunt gloucester and buckingham derbyx we have not yet set down this day of triumphx toxmorrowx in my judgmentx is too suddenx for i myself am not so well provided as else i would bex were the day prolongxdx rexenter the bishop of ely bishop of elyx where is my lord the duke of gloucesterx i have sent for these strawberriesx hastingsx his grace looks cheerfully and smooth this morningx therexs some conceit or other likes him well when that he bids good morrow with such spiritx i think therexs never a man in christendom can lesser hide his love or hate than hex for by his face straight shall you know his heartx derbyx what of his heart perceive you in his face by any livelihood he showxd toxdayx hastingsx marryx that with no man here he is offendedx forx were hex he had shown it in his looksx rexenter gloucester and buckingham gloucesterx i pray you allx tell me what they deserve that do conspire my death with devilish plots of damned witchcraftx and that have prevailxd upon my body with their hellish charmsx hastingsx the tender love i bear your gracex my lordx makes me most forward in this princely presence to doom thx offendersx whosoexer they bex i sayx my lordx they have deserved deathx gloucesterx then be your eyes the witness of their evilx look how i am bewitchxdx beholdx mine arm is like a blasted sapling witherxd upx and this is edwardxs wifex that monstrous witchx consorted with that harlot strumpet shorex that by their witchcraft thus have marked mex hastingsx if they have done this deedx my noble lordx gloucesterx ifxxthou protector of this damned strumpetx talkxst thou to me of ifsx thou art a traitorx off with his headx now by saint paul i swear i will not dine until i see the samex lovel and ratcliffx look that it be donex the rest that love mex rise and follow mex exeunt all but hastingsx lovelx and ratcliff hastingsx woex woex for englandx not a whit for mex for ix too fondx might have prevented thisx stanley did dream the boar did raze our helmsx and i did scorn it and disdain to flyx three times toxday my footxcloth horse did stumblex and started when he lookxd upon the towerx as loath to bear me to the slaughterxhousex ox now i need the priest that spake to mex i now repent i told the pursuivantx as too triumphingx how mine enemies toxday at pomfret bloodily were butcherxdx and i myself secure in grace and favourx o margaretx margaretx now thy heavy curse is lighted on poor hastingsx wretched headx ratcliffx comex comex dispatchx the duke would be at dinnerx make a short shriftx he longs to see your headx hastingsx o momentary grace of mortal menx which we more hunt for than the grace of godx who builds his hope in air of your good looks lives like a drunken sailor on a mastx ready with every nod to tumble down into the fatal bowels of the deepx lovelx comex comex dispatchx xtis bootless to exclaimx hastingsx o bloody richardx miserable englandx i prophesy the fearfullxst time to thee that ever wretched age hath lookxd uponx comex lead me to the blockx bear him my headx they smile at me who shortly shall be deadx exeunt scene xx londonx the towerxwalls enter gloucester and buckingham in rotten armourx marvellous illxfavoured gloucesterx comex cousinx canst thou quake and change thy colourx murder thy breath in middle of a wordx and then again beginx and stop againx as if thou were distraught and mad with terrorx buckinghamx tutx i can counterfeit the deep tragedianx speak and look backx and pry on every sidex tremble and start at wagging of a strawx intending deep suspicionx ghastly looks are at my servicex like enforced smilesx and both are ready in their offices at any time to grace my stratagemsx but whatx is catesby gonex gloucesterx he isx andx seex he brings the mayor alongx enter the lord mayor and catesby buckinghamx lord mayorx gloucesterx look to the drawbridge therex buckinghamx harkx a drumx gloucesterx catesbyx oxerlook the wallsx buckinghamx lord mayorx the reason we have sentx gloucesterx look backx defend theex here are enemiesx buckinghamx god and our innocence defend and guard usx enter lovel and ratcliffx with hastingsx head gloucesterx be patientx they are friendsxratcliff and lovelx lovelx here is the head of that ignoble traitorx the dangerous and unsuspected hastingsx gloucesterx so dear i lovxd the man that i must weepx i took him for the plainest harmless creature that breathxd upon the earth a christianx made him my bookx wherein my soul recorded the history of all her secret thoughtsx so smooth he daubxd his vice with show of virtue thatx his apparent open guilt omittedx i mean his conversation with shorexs wifex he livxd from all attainder of suspectsx buckinghamx wellx wellx he was the covertxst sheltxred traitor that ever livxdx would you imaginex or almost believex werext not that by great preservation we live to tell itxthat the subtle traitor this day had plottedx in the councilxhousex to murder me and my good lord of gloucesterx mayorx had he done sox gloucesterx whatx think you we are turks or infidelsx or that we wouldx against the form of lawx proceed thus rashly in the villainxs death but that the extreme peril of the casex the peace of england and our personsx safetyx enforcxd us to this executionx mayorx nowx fair befall youx he deservxd his deathx and your good graces both have well proceeded to warn false traitors from the like attemptsx i never lookxd for better at his hands after he once fell in with mistress shorex buckinghamx yet had we not determinxd he should die until your lordship came to see his endx which now the loving haste of these our friendsx something against our meaningsx have preventedx becausex my lordx i would have had you heard the traitor speakx and timorously confess the manner and the purpose of his treasonsx that you might well have signified the same unto the citizensx who haply may misconster us in him and wail his deathx mayorx butx my good lordx your gracexs words shall serve as well as i had seen and heard him speakx and do not doubtx right noble princes bothx but ixll acquaint our duteous citizens with all your just proceedings in this causex gloucesterx and to that end we wishxd your lordship herex tx avoid the the the censures of the carping worldx buckinghamx which since you come too late of our intentx yet witness what you hear we did intendx and sox my good lord mayorx we bid farewellx exit lord mayor gloucesterx gox afterx afterx cousin buckinghamx the mayor towards guildhall hies him in an postx therex at your meetxst advantage of the timex infer the bastardy of edwardxs childrenx tell them how edward put to death a citizen only for saying he would make his son heir to the crownxmeaning indeed his housex which by the sign thereof was termed sox moreoverx urge his hateful luxury and bestial appetite in change of lustx which stretchxd unto their servantsx daughtersx wivesx even where his raging eye or savage heart without control lusted to make a preyx nayx for a needx thus far come near my personx tell themx when that my mother went with child of that insatiate edwardx noble york my princely father then had wars in france andx by true computation of the timex found that the issue was not his begotx which well appeared in his lineamentsx being nothing like the noble duke my fatherx yet touch this sparinglyx as xtwere far offx becausex my lordx you know my mother livesx buckinghamx doubt notx my lordx ixll play the orator as if the golden fee for which i plead were for myselfx and sox my lordx adieux gloucesterx if you thrive wellx bring them to baynardxs castlex where you shall find me well accompanied with reverend fathers and well learned bishopsx buckinghamx i gox and towards three or four oxclock look for the news that the guildhall affordsx exit gloucesterx gox lovelx with all speed to doctor shawx xto catesbyx go thou to friar penkerx bid them both meet me within this hour at baynardxs castlex exeunt all but gloucester now will i go to take some privy order to draw the brats of clarence out of sightx and to give order that no manner person have any time recourse unto the princesx exit scene xx londonx a street enter a scrivener scrivenerx here is the indictment of the good lord hastingsx which in a set hand fairly is engrossxd that it may be toxday read oxer in paulxsx and mark how well the sequel hangs togetherx eleven hours i have spent to write it overx for yesternight by catesby was it sent mex the precedent was full as long axdoingx and yet within these five hours hastings livxdx untaintedx unexaminxdx freex at libertyx herexs a good world the whilex who is so gros that cannot see this palpable devicex yet whoxs so bold but says he sees it notx bad is the worldx and all will come to noughtx when such ill dealing must be seen in thoughtx exit scene xx londonx baynardxs castle enter gloucester and buckinghamx at several doors gloucesterx how nowx how nowx what say the citizensx buckinghamx nowx by the holy mother of our lordx the citizens are mumx say not a wordx gloucesterx touchxd you the bastardy of edwardxs childrenx buckinghamx i didx with his contract with lady lucyx and his contract by deputy in francex thx insatiate greediness of his desirex and his enforcement of the city wivesx his tyranny for triflesx his own bastardyx as being gotx your father then in francex and his resemblancex being not like the dukex withal i did infer your lineamentsx being the right idea of your fatherx both in your form and nobleness of mindx laid open all your victories in scotlandx your discipline in warx wisdom in peacex your bountyx virtuex fair humilityx indeedx left nothing fitting for your purpose untouchxd or slightly handled in discoursex and when mine oratory drew toward end i bid them that did love their countryxs good cry xgod save richardx englandxs royal kingxx gloucesterx and did they sox buckinghamx nox so god help mex they spake not a wordx butx like dumb statues or breathing stonesx starxd each on otherx and lookxd deadly palex which when i sawx i reprehended themx and askxd the mayor what meant this wilfull silencex his answer wasx the people were not used to be spoke to but by the recorderx then he was urgxd to tell my tale againx xthus saith the dukex thus hath the duke inferrxdxx but nothing spoke in warrant from himselfx when he had donex some followers of mine own at lower end of the hall hurlxd up their capsx and some ten voices cried xgod save king richardxx and thus i took the vantage of those fewx xthanksx gentle citizens and friendsxx quoth i xthis general applause and cheerful shout argues your wisdoms and your love to richardxx and even here brake off and came awayx gloucesterx whatx tongueless blocks were theyx would they not speakx will not the mayor then and his brethren comex buckinghamx the mayor is here at handx intend some fearx be not you spoke with but by mighty suitx and look you get a prayerxbook in your handx and stand between two churchmenx good my lordx for on that ground ixll make a holy descantx and be not easily won to our requestsx play the maidxs partx still answer nayx and take itx gloucesterx i gox and if you plead as well for them as i can say nay to thee for myselfx no doubt we bring it to a happy issuex buckinghamx gox gox up to the leadsx the lord mayor knocksx exit gloucester enter the lord mayorx aldermenx and citizens welcomex my lordx i dance attendance herex i think the duke will not be spoke withalx enter catesby nowx catesbyx what says your lord to my requestx catesbyx he doth entreat your gracex my noble lordx to visit him toxmorrow or next dayx he is withinx with two right reverend fathersx divinely bent to meditationx and in no worldly suits would he be movxdx to draw him from his holy exercisex buckinghamx returnx good catesbyx to the gracious dukex tell himx myselfx the mayor and aldermenx in deep designsx in matter of great momentx no less importing than our general goodx are come to have some conference with his gracex catesbyx ixll signify so much unto him straightx exit buckinghamx ah hax my lordx this prince is not an edwardx he is not lolling on a lewd lovexbedx but on his knees at meditationx not dallying with a brace of courtezansx but meditating with two deep divinesx not sleepingx to engross his idle bodyx but prayingx to enrich his watchful soulx happy were england would this virtuous prince take on his grace the sovereignty thereofx butx surex i fear we shall not win him to itx mayorx marryx god defend his grace should say us nayx buckinghamx i fear he willx here catesby comes againx rexenter catesby nowx catesbyx what says his gracex catesbyx my lordx he wonders to what end you have assembled such troops of citizens to come to himx his grace not being warnxd thereof beforex he fearsx my lordx you mean no good to himx buckinghamx sorry i am my noble cousin should suspect me that i mean no good to himx by heavenx we come to him in perfect lovex and so once more return and tell his gracex exit catesby when holy and devout religious men are at their beadsx xtis much to draw them thencex so sweet is zealous contemplationx enter gloucester aloftx between two bishopsx catesby returns mayorx see where his grace stands xtween two clergymenx buckinghamx two props of virtue for a christian princex to stay him from the fall of vanityx andx seex a book of prayer in his handx true ornaments to know a holy manx famous plantagenetx most gracious princex lend favourable ear to our requestsx and pardon us the interruption of thy devotion and right christian zealx gloucesterx my lordx there needs no such apologyx i do beseech your grace to pardon mex whox earnest in the service of my godx deferrxd the visitation of my friendsx butx leaving thisx what is your gracexs pleasurex buckinghamx even thatx i hopex which pleaseth god abovex and all good men of this ungovernxd islex gloucesterx i do suspect i have done some offence that seems disgracious in the cityxs eyex and that you come to reprehend my ignorancex buckinghamx you havex my lordx would it might please your gracex on our entreatiesx to amend your faultx gloucesterx else wherefore breathe i in a christian landx buckinghamx know thenx it is your fault that you resign the supreme seatx the throne majesticalx the sceptxred office of your ancestorsx your state of fortune and your due of birthx the lineal glory of your royal housex to the corruption of a blemishxd stockx whiles in the mildness of your sleepy thoughtsx which here we waken to our countryxs goodx the noble isle doth want her proper limbsx her face defacxd with scars of infamyx her royal stock graft with ignoble plantsx and almost shouldxred in the swallowing gulf of dark forgetfulness and deep oblivionx which to recurex we heartily solicit your gracious self to take on you the charge and kingly government of this your landx not as protectorx stewardx substitutex or lowly factor for anotherxs gainx but as successivelyx from blood to bloodx your right of birthx your emperyx your ownx for thisx consorted with the citizensx your very worshipful and loving friendsx and by their vehement instigationx in this just cause come i to move your gracex gloucesterx i cannot tell if to depart in silence or bitterly to speak in your reproof best fitteth my degree or your conditionx if not to answerx you might haply think tonguextied ambitionx not replyingx yielded to bear the golden yoke of sovereigntyx which fondly you would here impose on mex if to reprove you for this suit of yoursx so seasonxd with your faithful love to mex thenx on the other sidex i checkxd my friendsx thereforexto speakx and to avoid the firstx and thenx in speakingx not to incur the lastx definitively thus i answer youx your love deserves my thanksx but my desert unmeritable shuns your high requestx firstx if all obstacles were cut awayx and that my path were even to the crownx as the ripe revenue and due of birthx yet so much is my poverty of spiritx so mighty and so many my defectsx that i would rather hide me from my greatnessx being a bark to brook no mighty seax than in my greatness covet to be hidx and in the vapour of my glory smotherxdx butx god be thankxdx there is no need of mex and much i need to help youx were there needx the royal tree hath left us royal fruit whichx mellowxd by the stealing hours of timex will well become the seat of majesty and makex no doubtx us happy by his reignx on him i lay that you would lay on mex the right and fortune of his happy starsx which god defend that i should wring from himx buckinghamx my lordx this argues conscience in your gracex but the respects thereof are nice and trivialx all circumstances well consideredx you say that edward is your brotherxs sonx so say we toox but not by edwardxs wifex for first was he contract to lady lucyx your mother lives a witness to his vowx and afterward by substitute betrothxd to bonax sister to the king of francex these both put offx a poor petitionerx a carexcrazxd mother to a many sonsx a beautyxwaning and distressed widowx even in the afternoon of her best daysx made prize and purchase of his wanton eyex seducxd the pitch and height of his degree to base declension and loathxd bigamyx by herx in his unlawful bedx he got this edwardx whom our manners call the princex more bitterly could i expostulatex save thatx for reverence to some alivex i give a sparing limit to my tonguex thenx good my lordx take to your royal self this profferxd benefit of dignityx if not to bless us and the land withalx yet to draw forth your noble ancestry from the corruption of abusing times unto a lineal truexderived coursex mayorx dox good my lordx your citizens entreat youx buckinghamx refuse notx mighty lordx this profferxd lovex catesbyx ox make them joyfulx grant their lawful suitx gloucesterx alasx why would you heap this care on mex i am unfit for state and majestyx i do beseech youx take it not amissx i cannot nor i will not yield to youx buckinghamx if you refuse itxasx in love and zealx loath to depose the childx your brotherxs sonx as well we know your tenderness of heart and gentlex kindx effeminate remorsex which we have noted in you to your kindred and egally indeed to all estatesx yet knowx whexer you accept our suit or nox your brotherxs son shall never reign our kingx but we will plant some other in the throne to the disgrace and downfall of your housex and in this resolution here we leave youx comex citizensx zoundsx ixll entreat no morex gloucesterx ox do not swearx my lord of buckinghamx exeunt buckinghamx mayorx and citizens catesbyx call him againx sweet princex accept their suitx if you deny themx all the land will rue itx gloucesterx will you enforce me to a world of caresx call them againx i am not made of stonesx but penetrable to your kind entreatiesx albeit against my conscience and my soulx rexenter buckingham and the rest cousin of buckinghamx and sage grave menx since you will buckle fortune on my backx to bear her burdenx whexer i will or nox i must have patience to endure the loadx but if black scandal or foulxfacxd reproach attend the sequel of your impositionx your mere enforcement shall acquittance me from all the impure blots and stains thereofx for god doth knowx and you may partly seex how far i am from the desire of thisx mayorx god bless your gracex we see itx and will say itx gloucesterx in saying sox you shall but say the truthx buckinghamx then i salute you with this royal titlex long live king richardx englandxs worthy kingx allx amenx buckinghamx toxmorrow may it please you to be crownxdx gloucesterx even when you pleasex for you will have it sox buckinghamx toxmorrowx thenx we will attend your gracex and sox most joyfullyx we take our leavex gloucesterx xto the bishopsx comex let us to our holy work againx farewellx my cousinx farewellx gentle friendsx exeunt act ivx scene xx londonx before the tower enter queen elizabethx duchess of yorkx and marquis of dorsetx at one doorx annex duchess of gloucesterx leading lady margaret plantagenetx clarencexs young daughterx at another door duchessx who meets us herex my niece plantagenetx led in the hand of her kind aunt of gloucesterx nowx for my lifex shexs wandxring to the towerx on pure heartxs lovex to greet the tender princesx daughterx well metx annex god give your graces both a happy and a joyful time of dayx queen elizabethx as much to youx good sisterx whither awayx annex no farther than the towerx andx as i guessx upon the like devotion as yourselvesx to gratulate the gentle princes therex queen elizabethx kind sisterx thanksx wexll enter all togetherx enter brakenbury and in good timex here the lieutenant comesx master lieutenantx pray youx by your leavex how doth the princex and my young son of yorkx brakenburyx right wellx dear madamx by your patiencex i may not suffer you to visit themx the king hath strictly chargxd the contraryx queen elizabethx the kingx whoxs thatx brakenburyx i mean the lord protectorx queen elizabethx the lord protect him from that kingly titlex hath he set bounds between their love and mex i am their motherx who shall bar me from themx duchessx i am their fatherxs motherx i will see themx annex their aunt i am in lawx in love their motherx then bring me to their sightsx ixll bear thy blamex and take thy office from thee on my perilx brakenburyx nox madamx nox i may not leave it sox i am bound by oathx and therefore pardon mex exit enter stanley stanleyx let me but meet youx ladiesx one hour hencex and ixll salute your grace of york as mother and reverend lookerxon of two fair queensx xto annex comex madamx you must straight to westminsterx there to be crowned richardxs royal queenx queen elizabethx ahx cut my lace asunder that my pent heart may have some scope to beatx or else i swoon with this deadxkilling newsx annex despiteful tidingsx o unpleasing newsx dorsetx be of good cheerx motherx how fares your gracex queen elizabethx o dorsetx speak not to mex get thee gonex death and destruction dogs thee at thy heelsx thy motherxs name is ominous to childrenx if thou wilt outstrip deathx go cross the seasx and live with richmondx from the reach of hellx gox hie theex hie thee from this slaughterxhousex lest thou increase the number of the deadx and make me die the thrall of margaretxs cursex nor motherx wifex nor englandxs counted queenx stanleyx full of wise care is this your counselx madamx take all the swift advantage of the hoursx you shall have letters from me to my son in your behalfx to meet you on the wayx be not taxen tardy by unwise delayx duchessx o illxdispersing wind of miseryx o my accursed wombx the bed of deathx a cockatrice hast thou hatchxd to the worldx whose unavoided eye is murderousx stanleyx comex madamx comex i in all haste was sentx annex and i with all unwillingness will gox ox would to god that the inclusive verge of golden metal that must round my brow were redxhot steelx to sear me to the brainsx anointed let me be with deadly venomx and die ere men can say xgod save the queenxx queen elizabethx gox gox poor soulx i envy not thy gloryx to feed my humourx wish thyself no harmx annex nox whyx when he that is my husband now came to mex as i followxd henryxs corsex when scarce the blood was well washxd from his hands which issued from my other angel husbandx and that dear saint which then i weeping followxdx ox whenx i sayx i lookxd on richardxs facex this was my wishx xbe thoux quoth i xaccursxd for making mex so youngx so old a widowx and when thou wedxstx let sorrow haunt thy bedx and be thy wifex if any be so madx more miserable by the life of thee than thou hast made me by my dear lordxs deathxx lox ere i can repeat this curse againx within so small a timex my womanxs heart grossly grew captive to his honey words and provxd the subject of mine own soulxs cursex which hitherto hath held my eyes from restx for never yet one hour in his bed did i enjoy the golden dew of sleepx but with his timorous dreams was still awakxdx besidesx he hates me for my father warwickx and willx no doubtx shortly be rid of mex queen elizabethx poor heartx adieux i pity thy complainingx annex no more than with my soul i mourn for yoursx dorsetx farewellx thou woeful welcomer of gloryx annex adieux poor soulx that takxst thy leave of itx duchessx xto dorsetx go thou to richmondx and good fortune guide theex xto annex go thou to richardx and good angels tend theex xto queen elizabethx go thou to sanctuaryx and good thoughts possess theex i to my gravex where peace and rest lie with mex eighty odd years of sorrow have i seenx and each hourxs joy wreckxd with a week of teenx queen elizabethx stayx yet look back with me unto the towerx pityx you ancient stonesx those tender babes whom envy hath immurxd within your wallsx rough cradle for such little pretty onesx rude ragged nursex old sullen playfellow for tender princesx use my babies wellx so foolish sorrows bids your stones farewellx exeunt scene xx londonx the palace sound a sennetx enter richardx in pompx as kingx buckinghamx catesbyx ratcliffx lovelx a pagex and others king richardx stand all apartx cousin of buckinghamx buckinghamx my gracious sovereignx king richardx give me thy handx xhere he ascendeth the thronex soundx thus highx by thy advice and thy assistancex is king richard seatedx but shall we wear these glories for a dayx or shall they lastx and we rejoice in themx buckinghamx still live theyx and for ever let them lastx king richardx ahx buckinghamx now do i play the touchx to try if thou be current gold indeedx young edward livesxthink now what i would speakx buckinghamx say onx my loving lordx king richardx whyx buckinghamx i say i would be kingx buckinghamx whyx so you arex my thricexrenowned lordx king richardx hax am i kingx xtis sox but edward livesx buckinghamx truex noble princex king richardx o bitter consequencex that edward still should livextrue noble princex cousinx thou wast not wont to be so dullx shall i be plainx i wish the bastards deadx and i would have it suddenly performxdx what sayxst thou nowx speak suddenlyx be briefx buckinghamx your grace may do your pleasurex king richardx tutx tutx thou art all icex thy kindness freezesx sayx have i thy consent that they shall diex buckinghamx give me some little breathx some pausex dear lordx before i positively speak in thisx i will resolve you herein presentlyx exit catesbyx xaside to anotherx the king is angryx seex he gnaws his lipx king richardx i will converse with ironxwitted fools xdescends from the thronex and unrespective boysx none are for me that look into me with considerate eyesx highxreaching buckingham grows circumspectx boyx pagex my lordx king richardx knowxst thou not any whom corrupting gold will tempt unto a close exploit of deathx pagex i know a discontented gentleman whose humble means match not his haughty spiritx gold were as good as twenty oratorsx and willx no doubtx tempt him to anythingx king richardx what is his namex pagex his namex my lordx is tyrrelx king richardx i partly know the manx gox call him hitherx boyx exit page the deepxrevolving witty buckingham no more shall be the neighbour to my counselsx hath he so long held out with mex untirxdx and stops he now for breathx wellx be it sox enter stanley how nowx lord stanleyx whatxs the newsx stanleyx knowx my loving lordx the marquis dorsetx as i hearx is fled to richmondx in the parts where he abidesx xstands apartx king richardx come hitherx catesbyx rumour it abroad that annex my wifex is very grievous sickx i will take order for her keeping closex inquire me out some mean poor gentlemanx whom i will marry straight to clarencex daughterx the boy is foolishx and i fear not himx look how thou dreamxstx i say againx give out that annex my queenx is sick and like to diex about itx for it stands me much upon to stop all hopes whose growth may damage mex exit catesby i must be married to my brotherxs daughterx or else my kingdom stands on brittle glassx murder her brothersx and then marry herx uncertain way of gainx but i am in so far in blood that sin will pluck on sinx tearxfalling pity dwells not in this eyex rexenter pagex with tyrrel is thy name tyrrelx tyrrelx james tyrrelx and your most obedient subjectx king richardx art thoux indeedx tyrrelx prove mex my gracious lordx king richardx darxstxthou resolve to kill a friend of minex tyrrelx please youx but i had rather kill two enemiesx king richardx whyx then thou hast itx two deep enemiesx foes to my restx and my sweet sleepxs disturbersx are they that i would have thee deal uponx tyrrelx i mean those bastards in the towerx tyrrelx let me have open means to come to themx and soon ixll rid you from the fear of themx king richardx thou singxst sweet musicx harkx come hitherx tyrrelx gox by this tokenx risex and lend thine earx xwhispersx there is no more but sox say it is donex and i will love thee and prefer thee for itx tyrrelx i will dispatch it straightx exit rexenter buckingham buckinghamx my lordx i have considerxd in my mind the late request that you did sound me inx king richardx wellx let that restx dorset is fled to richmondx buckinghamx i hear the newsx my lordx king richardx stanleyx he is your wifexs sonx wellx look unto itx buckinghamx my lordx i claim the giftx my due by promisex for which your honour and your faith is pawnxdx thx earldom of hereford and the movables which you have promised i shall possessx king richardx stanleyx look to your wifex if she convey letters to richmondx you shall answer itx buckinghamx what says your highness to my just requestx king richardx i do remember mex henry the sixth did prophesy that richmond should be kingx when richmond was a little peevish boyx a kingxxperhapsx buckinghamx my lordx king richardx how chance the prophet could not at that time have told mex i being byx that i should kill himx buckinghamx my lordx your promise for the earldomx king richardx richmondx when last i was at exeterx the mayor in courtesy showxd me the castle and callxd it rugemountx at which name i startedx because a bard of ireland told me once i should not live long after i saw richmondx buckinghamx my lordx king richardx ayx whatxs oxclockx buckinghamx i am thus bold to put your grace in mind of what you promisxd mex king richardx wellx but oxclockx buckinghamx upon the stroke of tenx king richardx wellx let it strikex buckinghamx why let it strikex king richardx because that like a jack thou keepxst the stroke betwixt thy begging and my meditationx i am not in the giving vein toxdayx buckinghamx may it please you to resolve me in my suitx king richardx thou troublest mex i am not in the veinx exeunt all but buckingham buckinghamx and is it thusx repays he my deep service with such contemptx made i him king for thisx ox let me think on hastingsx and be gone to brecknock while my fearful head is onx exit scene xx londonx the palace enter tyrrel tyrrelx the tyrannous and bloody act is donex the most arch deed of piteous massacre that ever yet this land was guilty ofx dighton and forrestx who i did suborn to do this piece of ruthless butcheryx albeit they were fleshxd villainsx bloody dogsx melted with tenderness and mild compassionx wept like two children in their deathsx sad storyx xox thusx quoth dighton xlay the gentle babesxx xthusx thusxx quoth forrest xgirdling one another within their alabaster innocent armsx their lips were four red roses on a stalkx and in their summer beauty kissxd each otherx a book of prayers on their pillow layx which oncexx quoth forrest xalmost changxd my mindx butx ox the devilxxthere the villain stoppxdx when dighton thus told onx xwe smothered the most replenished sweet work of nature that from the prime creation exer she framedxx hence both are gone with conscience and remorse they could not speakx and so i left them bothx to bear this tidings to the bloody kingx enter king richard and here he comesx all healthx my sovereign lordx king richardx kind tyrrelx am i happy in thy newsx tyrrelx if to have done the thing you gave in charge beget your happinessx be happy thenx for it is donex king richardx but didst thou see them deadx tyrrelx i didx my lordx king richardx and buriedx gentle tyrrelx tyrrelx the chaplain of the tower hath buried themx but wherex to say the truthx i do not knowx king richardx come to mex tyrrelx soon at after supperx when thou shalt tell the process of their deathx meantimex but think how i may do thee good and be inheritor of thy desirex farewell till thenx tyrrelx i humbly take my leavex exit king richardx the son of clarence have i pent up closex his daughter meanly have i matchxd in marriagex the sons of edward sleep in abrahamxs bosomx and anne my wife hath bid this world good nightx nowx for i know the britaine richmond aims at young elizabethx my brotherxs daughterx and by that knot looks proudly on the crownx to her go ix a jolly thriving wooerx enter ratcliff ratcliffx my lordx king richardx good or bad newsx that thou comxst in so bluntlyx ratcliffx bad newsx my lordx morton is fled to richmondx and buckinghamx backxd with the hardy welshmenx is in the fieldx and still his power increasethx king richardx ely with richmond troubles me more near than buckingham and his rashxlevied strengthx comex i have learnxd that fearful commenting is leaden servitor to dull delayx delay leads impotent and snailxpacxd beggaryx then fiery expedition be my wingx jovexs mercuryx and herald for a kingx gox muster menx my counsel is my shieldx we must be brief when traitors brave the fieldx exeunt scene xx londonx before the palace enter old queen margaret queen margaretx so now prosperity begins to mellow and drop into the rotten mouth of deathx here in these confines slily have i lurkxd to watch the waning of mine enemiesx a dire induction am i witness tox and will to francex hoping the consequence will prove as bitterx blackx and tragicalx withdraw theex wretched margaretx who comes herex xretiresx enter queen elizabeth and the duchess of york queen elizabethx ahx my poor princesx ahx my tender babesx my unblown flowersx newxappearing sweetsx if yet your gentle souls fly in the air and be not fixxd in doom perpetualx hover about me with your airy wings and hear your motherxs lamentationx queen margaretx hover about herx say that right for right hath dimmxd your infant morn to aged nightx duchessx so many miseries have crazxd my voice that my woexwearied tongue is still and mutex edward plantagenetx why art thou deadx queen margaretx plantagenet doth quit plantagenetx edward for edward pays a dying debtx queen elizabethx wilt thoux o godx fly from such gentle lambs and throw them in the entrails of the wolfx when didst thou sleep when such a deed was donex queen margaretx when holy harry diedx and my sweet sonx duchessx dead lifex blind sightx poor mortal living ghostx woexs scenex worldxs shamex gravexs due by life usurpxdx brief abstract and record of tedious daysx rest thy unrest on englandxs lawful earthx xsitting downx unlawfully made drunk with innocent bloodx queen elizabethx ahx that thou wouldst as soon afford a grave as thou canst yield a melancholy seatx then would i hide my bonesx not rest them herex ahx who hath any cause to mourn but wex xsitting down by herx queen margaretx xcoming forwardx if ancient sorrow be most reverendx give mine the benefit of senioryx and let my griefs frown on the upper handx if sorrow can admit societyx xsitting down with themx tell oxer your woes again by viewing minex i had an edwardx till a richard killxd himx i had a husbandx till a richard killxd himx thou hadst an edwardx till a richard killxd himx thou hadst a richardx till a richard killxd himx duchessx i had a richard toox and thou didst kill himx i had a rutland toox thou holpxst to kill himx queen margaretx thou hadst a clarence toox and richard killxd himx from forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept a hellxhound that doth hunt us all to deathx that dogx that had his teeth before his eyes to worry lambs and lap their gentle bloodx that foul defacer of godxs handiworkx that excellent grand tyrant of the earth that reigns in galled eyes of weeping soulsx thy womb let loose to chase us to our gravesx o uprightx justx and truexdisposing godx how do i thank thee that this carnal cur preys on the issue of his motherxs body and makes her pewxfellow with othersx moanx duchessx o harryxs wifex triumph not in my woesx god witness with mex i have wept for thinex queen margaretx bear with mex i am hungry for revengex and now i cloy me with beholding itx thy edward he is deadx that killxd my edwardx the other edward deadx to quit my edwardx young york he is but bootx because both they matchxd not the high perfection of my lossx thy clarence he is dead that stabbxd my edwardx and the beholders of this frantic playx thx adulterate hastingsx riversx vaughanx greyx untimely smotherxd in their dusky gravesx richard yet livesx hellxs black intelligencerx only reservxd their factor to buy souls and send them thitherx but at handx at handx ensues his piteous and unpitied endx earth gapesx hell burnsx fiends roarx saints prayx to have him suddenly conveyxd from hencex cancel his bond of lifex dear godx i prayx that i may live and say xthe dog is deadxx queen elizabethx ox thou didst prophesy the time would come that i should wish for thee to help me curse that bottled spiderx that foul bunchxbackxd toadx queen margaretx i callxd thee then vain flourish of my fortunex i callxd thee then poor shadowx painted queenx the presentation of but what i wasx the flattering index of a direful pageantx one heavxd axhigh to be hurlxd down belowx a mother only mockxd with two fair babesx a dream of what thou wastx a garish flag to be the aim of every dangerous shotx a sign of dignityx a breathx a bubblex a queen in jestx only to fill the scenex where is thy husband nowx where be thy brothersx where be thy two sonsx wherein dost thou joyx who suesx and kneelsx and says xgod save the queenxx where be the bending peers that flattered theex where be the thronging troops that followed theex decline an thisx and see what now thou artx for happy wifex a most distressed widowx for joyful motherx one that wails the namex for one being suxd tox one that humbly suesx for queenx a very caitiff crownxd with carex for she that scornxd at mex now scornxd of mex for she being fearxd of allx now fearing onex for she commanding allx obeyxd of nonex thus hath the course of justice whirlxd about and left thee but a very prey to timex having no more but thought of what thou wast to torture thee the morex being what thou artx thou didst usurp my placex and dost thou not usurp the just proportion of my sorrowx now thy proud neck bears half my burdenxd yokex from which even here i slip my weary head and leave the burden of it all on theex farewellx yorkxs wifex and queen of sad mischancex these english woes shall make me smile in francex queen elizabethx o thou well skillxd in cursesx stay awhile and teach me how to curse mine enemiesx queen margaretx forbear to sleep the nightsx and fast the daysx compare dead happiness with living woex think that thy babes were sweeter than they werex and he that slew them fouler than he isx bettxring thy loss makes the badxcauser worsex revolving this will teach thee how to cursex queen elizabethx my words are dullx ox quicken them with thinex queen margaretx thy woes will make them sharp and pierce like minex exit duchessx why should calamity be fun of wordsx queen elizabethx windy attorneys to their client woesx airy succeeders of intestate joysx poor breathing orators of miseriesx let them have scopex though what they will impart help nothing elsex yet do they case the heartx duchessx if sox then be not tonguextiedx go with mex and in the breath of bitter words letxs smother my damned son that thy two sweet sons smotherxdx the trumpet soundsx be copious in exclaimsx enter king richard and his trainx marching with drums and trumpets king richardx who intercepts me in my expeditionx duchessx ox she that might have intercepted theex by strangling thee in her accursed wombx from all the slaughtersx wretchx that thou hast donex queen elizabethx hidest thou that forehead with a golden crown wherext should be brandedx if that right were rightx the slaughter of the prince that owxd that crownx and the dire death of my poor sons and brothersx tell mex thou villain slavex where are my childrenx duchessx thou toadx thou toadx where is thy brother clarencex and little ned plantagenetx his sonx queen elizabethx where is the gentle riversx vaughanx greyx duchessx where is kind hastingsx king richardx a flourishx trumpetsx strike alarumx drumsx let not the heavens hear these tellxtale women rail on the lordxs anointedx strikex i sayx xflourishx alarumsx either be patient and entreat me fairx or with the clamorous report of war thus will i drown your exclamationsx duchessx art thou my sonx king richardx ayx i thank godx my fatherx and yourselfx duchessx then patiently hear my impatiencex king richardx madamx i have a touch of your condition that cannot brook the accent of reproofx duchessx ox let me speakx king richardx dox thenx but ixll not hearx duchessx i will be mild and gentle in my wordsx king richardx and briefx good motherx for i am in hastex duchessx art thou so hastyx i have stayxd for theex god knowsx in torment and in agonyx king richardx and came i not at last to comfort youx duchessx nox by the holy roodx thou knowxst it well thou camxst on earth to make the earth my hellx a grievous burden was thy birth to mex tetchy and wayward was thy infancyx thy schoolxdays frightfulx despxratex wildx and furiousx thy prime of manhood daringx boldx and venturousx thy age confirmxdx proudx subtlex slyx and bloodyx more mildx but yet more harmfulxkind in hatredx what comfortable hour canst thou name that ever gracxd me with thy companyx king richardx faithx none but humphrey hourx that callxd your grace to breakfast once forth of my companyx if i be so disgracious in your eyex let me march on and not offend youx madamx strike up the drumx duchessx i prithee hear me speakx king richardx you speak too bitterlyx duchessx hear me a wordx for i shall never speak to thee againx king richardx sox duchessx either thou wilt die by godxs just ordinance ere from this war thou turn a conquerorx or i with grief and extreme age shall perish and never more behold thy face againx therefore take with thee my most grievous cursex which in the day of battle tire thee more than all the complete armour that thou wearxstx my prayers on the adverse party fightx and there the little souls of edwardxs children whisper the spirits of thine enemies and promise them success and victoryx bloody thou artx bloody will be thy endx shame serves thy life and doth thy death attendx exit queen elizabethx though far more causex yet much less spirit to curse abides in mex i say amen to herx king richardx stayx madamx i must talk a word with youx queen elizabethx i have no moe sons of the royal blood for thee to slaughterx for my daughtersx richardx they shall be praying nunsx not weeping queensx and therefore level not to hit their livesx king richardx you have a daughter callxd elizabethx virtuous and fairx royal and graciousx queen elizabethx and must she die for thisx ox let her livex and ixll corrupt her mannersx stain her beautyx slander myself as false to edwardxs bedx throw over her the veil of infamyx so she may live unscarrxd of bleeding slaughterx i will confess she was not edwardxs daughterx king richardx wrong not her birthx she is a royal princessx queen elizabethx to save her life ixll say she is not sox king richardx her life is safest only in her birthx queen elizabethx and only in that safety died her brothersx king richardx lox at their birth good stars were oppositex queen elizabethx nox to their lives ill friends were contraryx king richardx all unavoided is the doom of destinyx queen elizabethx truex when avoided grace makes destinyx my babes were destinxd to a fairer deathx if grace had blessxd thee with a fairer lifex king richardx you speak as if that i had slain my cousinsx queen elizabethx cousinsx indeedx and by their uncle cozenxd of comfortx kingdomx kindredx freedomx lifex whose hand soever lancxd their tender heartsx thy headx an indirectlyx gave directionx no doubt the murdxrous knife was dull and blunt till it was whetted on thy stonexhard heart to revel in the entrails of my lambsx but that stiff use of grief makes wild grief tamex my tongue should to thy ears not name my boys till that my nails were anchorxd in thine eyesx and ix in such a despxrate bay of deathx like a poor barkx of sails and tackling reftx rush all to pieces on thy rocky bosomx king richardx madamx so thrive i in my enterprise and dangerous success of bloody warsx as i intend more good to you and yours than ever you or yours by me were harmxdx queen elizabethx what good is coverxd with the face of heavenx to be discoverxdx that can do me goodx king richardx advancement of your childrenx gentle ladyx queen elizabethx up to some scaffoldx there to lose their headsx king richardx unto the dignity and height of fortunex the high imperial type of this earthxs gloryx queen elizabethx flatter my sorrow with report of itx tell me what statex what dignityx what honourx canst thou demise to any child of minex king richardx even all i havexayx and myself and all will i withal endow a child of thinex so in the lethe of thy angry soul thou drown the sad remembrance of those wrongs which thou supposest i have done to theex queen elizabethx be briefx lest that the process of thy kindness last longer telling than thy kindnessx datex king richardx then knowx that from my soul i love thy daughterx queen elizabethx my daughterxs mother thinks it with her soulx king richardx what do you thinkx queen elizabethx that thou dost love my daughter from thy soulx so from thy soulxs love didst thou love her brothersx and from my heartxs love i do thank thee for itx king richardx be not so hasty to confound my meaningx i mean that with my soul i love thy daughter and do intend to make her queen of englandx queen elizabethx wellx thenx who dost thou mean shall be her kingx king richardx even he that makes her queenx who else should bex queen elizabethx whatx thoux king richardx even sox how think you of itx queen elizabethx how canst thou woo herx king richardx that would i learn of youx as one being best acquainted with her humourx queen elizabethx and wilt thou learn of mex king richardx madamx with all my heartx queen elizabethx send to herx by the man that slew her brothersx a pair of bleeding heartsx thereon engrave xedwardx and xyorkxx then haply will she weepx therefore present to herxas sometimes margaret did to thy fatherx steepxd in rutlandxs bloodx a handkerchiefx whichx say to herx did drain the purple sap from her sweet brotherxs bodyx and bid her wipe her weeping eyes withalx if this inducement move her not to lovex send her a letter of thy noble deedsx tell her thou madxst away her uncle clarencex her uncle riversx ayx and for her sake madxst quick conveyance with her good aunt annex king richardx you mock mex madamx this is not the way to win your daughterx queen elizabethx there is no other wayx unless thou couldst put on some other shape and not be richard that hath done all thisx king richardx say that i did all this for love of herx queen elizabethx nayx then indeed she cannot choose but hate theex having bought love with such a bloody spoilx king richardx look what is done cannot be now amendedx men shall deal unadvisedly sometimesx which afterxhours gives leisure to repentx if i did take the kingdom from your sonsx to make amends ixll give it to your daughterx if i have killxd the issue of your wombx to quicken your increase i will beget mine issue of your blood upon your daughterx a grandamxs name is little less in love than is the doating title of a motherx they are as children but one step belowx even of your metalx of your very bloodx of all one painx save for a night of groans endurxd of herx for whom you bid like sorrowx your children were vexation to your youthx but mine shall be a comfort to your agex the loss you have is but a son being kingx and by that loss your daughter is made queenx i cannot make you what amends i wouldx therefore accept such kindness as i canx dorset your sonx that with a fearful soul leads discontented steps in foreign soilx this fair alliance quickly shall can home to high promotions and great dignityx the kingx that calls your beauteous daughter wifex familiarly shall call thy dorset brotherx again shall you be mother to a kingx and all the ruins of distressful times repairxd with double riches of contentx whatx we have many goodly days to seex the liquid drops of tears that you have shed shall come againx transformxd to orient pearlx advantaging their loan with interest of ten times double gain of happinessx gox thenx my motherx to thy daughter gox make bold her bashful years with your experiencex prepare her ears to hear a wooerxs talex put in her tender heart thx aspiring flame of golden sovereigntyx acquaint the princes with the sweet silent hours of marriage joysx and when this arm of mine hath chastised the petty rebelx dullxbrainxd buckinghamx bound with triumphant garlands will i comex and lead thy daughter to a conquerorxs bedx to whom i will retail my conquest wonx and she shall be sole victoressx caesarxs caesarx queen elizabethx what were i best to sayx her fatherxs brother would be her lordx or shall i say her unclex or he that slew her brothers and her unclesx under what title shall i woo for thee that godx the lawx my honourx and her love can make seem pleasing to her tender yearsx king richardx infer fair englandxs peace by this alliancex queen elizabethx which she shall purchase with stillxlasting warx king richardx tell her the kingx that may commandx entreatsx queen elizabethx that at her hands which the kingxs king forbidsx king richardx say she shall be a high and mighty queenx queen elizabethx to wail the titlex as her mother dothx king richardx say i will love her everlastinglyx queen elizabethx but how long shall that title xeverx lastx king richardx sweetly in force unto her fair lifexs endx queen elizabethx but how long fairly shall her sweet life lastx king richardx as long as heaven and nature lengthens itx queen elizabethx as long as hell and richard likes of itx king richardx say ix her sovereignx am her subject lowx queen elizabethx but shex your subjectx loathes such sovereigntyx king richardx be eloquent in my behalf to herx queen elizabethx an honest tale speeds best being plainly toldx king richardx then plainly to her tell my loving talex queen elizabethx plain and not honest is too harsh a stylex king richardx your reasons are too shallow and too quickx queen elizabethx ox nox my reasons are too deep and deadx too deep and deadx poor infantsx in their gravesx king richardx harp not on that stringx madamx that is pastx queen elizabethx harp on it still shall i till heartstrings breakx king richardx nowx by my georgex my garterx and my crownx queen elizabethx profanxdx dishonourxdx and the third usurpxdx king richardx i swearx queen elizabethx by nothingx for this is no oathx thy georgex profanxdx hath lost his lordly honourx thy garterx blemishxdx pawnxd his knightly virtuex thy crownx usurpxdx disgracxd his kingly gloryx if something thou wouldst swear to be believxdx swear then by something that thou hast not wrongxdx king richardx thenx by my selfx queen elizabethx thy self is selfxmisusxdx king richardx nowx by the worldx queen elizabethx xtis full of thy foul wrongsx king richardx my fatherxs deathx queen elizabethx thy life hath it dishonourxdx king richardx whyx thenx by godx queen elizabethx godxs wrong is most of allx if thou didst fear to break an oath with himx the unity the king my husband made thou hadst not brokenx nor my brothers diedx if thou hadst fearxd to break an oath by himx thx imperial metalx circling now thy headx had gracxd the tender temples of my childx and both the princes had been breathing herex which nowx two tender bedfellows for dustx thy broken faith hath made the prey for wormsx what canst thou swear by nowx king richardx the time to comex queen elizabethx that thou hast wronged in the time oxerpastx for i myself have many tears to wash hereafter timex for time past wrongxd by theex the children live whose fathers thou hast slaughterxdx ungovernxd youthx to wail it in their agex the parents live whose children thou hast butcheedx old barren plantsx to wail it with their agex swear not by time to comex for that thou hast misusxd ere usxdx by times illxusxd oxerpastx king richardx as i intend to prosper and repentx so thrive i in my dangerous affairs of hostile armsx myself myself confoundx heaven and fortune bar me happy hoursx dayx yield me not thy lightx norx nightx thy restx be opposite all planets of good luck to my proceedingxxifx with dear heartxs lovex immaculate devotionx holy thoughtsx i tender not thy beauteous princely daughterx in her consists my happiness and thinex without herx follows to myself and theex herselfx the landx and many a christian soulx deathx desolationx ruinx and decayx it cannot be avoided but by thisx it will not be avoided but by thisx thereforex dear motherxi must call you sox be the attorney of my love to herx plead what i will bex not what i have beenx not my desertsx but what i will deservex urge the necessity and state of timesx and be not peevishxfond in great designsx queen elizabethx shall i be tempted of the devil thusx king richardx ayx if the devil tempt you to do goodx queen elizabethx shall i forget myself to be myselfx king richardx ayx if your selfxs remembrance wrong yourselfx queen elizabethx yet thou didst kill my childrenx king richardx but in your daughterxs womb i bury themx wherex in that nest of spiceryx they will breed selves of themselvesx to your recomforturex queen elizabethx shall i go win my daughter to thy willx king richardx and be a happy mother by the deedx queen elizabethx i gox write to me very shortlyx and you shall understand from me her mindx king richardx bear her my true lovexs kissx and sox farewellx kissing herx exit queen elizabeth relenting foolx and shallowx changing womanx enter ratcliffx catesby following how nowx what newsx ratcliffx most mighty sovereignx on the western coast rideth a puissant navyx to our shores throng many doubtful hollowxhearted friendsx unarmxdx and unresolvxd to beat them backx xtis thought that richmond is their admiralx and there they hullx expecting but the aid of buckingham to welcome them ashorex king richardx some lightxfoot friend post to the duke of norfolkx ratcliffx thyselfxor catesbyx where is hex catesbyx herex my good lordx king richardx catesbyx fly to the dukex catesbyx i will my lordx with all convenient hastex king richardx ratcliffx come hitherx post to salisburyx when thou comxst thitherx xto catesbyx dullx unmindfull villainx why stayxst thou herex and goxst not to the dukex catesbyx firstx mighty liegex tell me your highnessx pleasurex what from your grace i shall deliver to himx king richardx ox truex good catesbyx bid him levy straight the greatest strength and power that he can make and meet me suddenly at salisburyx catesbyx i gox exit ratcliffx whatx may it please youx shall i do at salisburyx king richardx whyx what wouldst thou do there before i gox ratcliffx your highness told me i should post beforex king richardx my mind is changxdx enter lord stanley stanleyx what news with youx stanleyx none goodx my liegex to please you with the hearingx nor none so bad but well may be reportedx king richardx hoydayx a riddlex neither good nor badx what needxst thou run so many miles aboutx when thou mayest tell thy tale the nearest wayx once morex what newsx stanleyx richmond is on the seasx king richardx there let him sinkx and be the seas on himx whitexliverxd runagatex what doth he therex stanleyx i know notx mighty sovereignx but by guessx king richardx wellx as you guessx stanleyx stirrxd up by dorsetx buckinghamx and mortonx he makes for england here to claim the crownx king richardx is the chair emptyx is the sword unswayxdx is the king deadx the empire unpossessxdx what heir of york is there alive but wex and who is englandxs king but great yorkxs heirx then tell me what makes he upon the seasx stanleyx unless for thatx my liegex i cannot guessx king richardx unless for that he comes to be your liegex you cannot guess wherefore the welshman comesx thou wilt revolt and fly to himx i fearx stanleyx nox my good lordx therefore mistrust me notx king richardx where is thy power thenx to beat him backx where be thy tenants and thy followersx are they not now upon the western shorex safexconducting the rebels from their shipsx stanleyx nox my good lordx my friends are in the northx king richardx cold friends to mex what do they in the northx when they should serve their sovereign in the westx stanleyx they have not been commandedx mighty kingx pleaseth your majesty to give me leavex ixll muster up my friends and meet your grace where and what time your majesty shall pleasex king richardx ayx ayx thou wouldst be gone to join with richmondx but ixll not trust theex stanleyx most mighty sovereignx you have no cause to hold my friendship doubtfulx i never was nor never will be falsex king richardx gox thenx and muster menx but leave behind your sonx george stanleyx look your heart be firmx or else his headxs assurance is but frailx stanleyx so deal with him as i prove true to youx exit enter a messenger messengerx my gracious sovereignx now in devonshirex as i by friends am well advertisedx sir edward courtney and the haughty prelatex bishop of exeterx his elder brotherx with many moe confederatesx are in armsx enter another messenger second messengerx in kentx my liegex the guilfords are in armsx and every hour more competitors flock to the rebelsx and their power grows strongx enter another messenger third messengerx my lordx the army of great buckinghamx king richardx out on youx owlsx nothing but songs of deathx xhe strikes himx therex take thou that till thou bring better newsx third messengerx the news i have to tell your majesty is that by sudden floods and fall of waters buckinghamxs army is dispersxd and scatterxdx and he himself wandxred away alonex no man knows whitherx king richardx i cry thee mercyx there is my purse to cure that blow of thinex hath any wellxadvised friend proclaimxd reward to him that brings the traitor inx third messengerx such proclamation hath been madex my lordx enter another messenger fourth messengerx sir thomas lovel and lord marquis dorsetx xtis saidx my liegex in yorkshire are in armsx but this good comfort bring i to your highnessx the britaine navy is dispersxd by tempestx richmond in dorsetshire sent out a boat unto the shorex to ask those on the banks if they were his assistantsx yea or nox who answerxd him they came from buckingham upon his partyx hex mistrusting themx hoisxd sailx and made his course again for britainex king richardx march onx march onx since we are up in armsx if not to fight with foreign enemiesx yet to beat down these rebels here at homex rexenter catesby catesbyx my liegex the duke of buckingham is takenx that is the best newsx that the earl of richmond is with a mighty power landed at milford is colder tidingsx yet they must be toldx king richardx away towards salisburyx while we reason here a royal battle might be won and lostx some one take order buckingham be brought to salisburyx the rest march on with mex flourishx exeunt scene xx lord derbyxs house enter stanley and sir christopher urswick stanleyx sir christopherx tell richmond this from mex that in the sty of the most deadly boar my son george stanley is frankxd up in holdx if i revoltx off goes young georgexs headx the fear of that holds off my present aidx sox get thee gonex commend me to thy lordx withal say that the queen hath heartily consented he should espouse elizabeth her daughterx but tell mex where is princely richmond nowx christopherx at pembrokex or at haxrford west in walesx stanleyx what men of name resort to himx christopherx sir walter herbertx a renowned soldierx sir gilbert talbotx sir william stanleyx oxfordx redoubted pembrokex sir james bluntx and rice ap thomasx with a valiant crewx and many other of great name and worthx and towards london do they bend their powerx if by the way they be not fought withalx stanleyx wellx hie thee to thy lordx i kiss his handx my letter will resolve him of my mindx farewellx exeunt act vx scene xx salisburyx an open place enter the sheriff and guardx with buckinghamx led to execution buckinghamx will not king richard let me speak with himx sheriffx nox my good lordx therefore be patientx buckinghamx hastingsx and edwardxs childrenx greyx and riversx holy king henryx and thy fair son edwardx vaughanx and all that have miscarried by underhand corrupted foul injusticex if that your moody discontented souls do through the clouds behold this present hourx even for revenge mock my destructionx this is allxsoulsx dayx fellowx is it notx sheriffx it isx my lordx buckinghamx whyx then allxsoulsx day is my bodyxs doomsdayx this is the day which in king edwardxs time i wishxd might fall on me when i was found false to his children and his wifexs alliesx this is the day wherein i wishxd to fall by the false faith of him whom most i trustedx thisx this allxsoulsx day to my fearful soul is the determinxd respite of my wrongsx that high allxseer which i dallied with hath turnxd my feigned prayer on my head and given in earnest what i beggxd in jestx thus doth he force the swords of wicked men to turn their own points in their mastersx bosomsx thus margaretxs curse falls heavy on my neckx xwhen hex quoth she xshall split thy heart with sorrowx remember margaret was a prophetessxx come lead mex officersx to the block of shamex wrong hath but wrongx and blame the due of blamex exeunt scene xx camp near tamworth enter richmondx oxfordx sir james bluntx sir walter herbertx and othersx with drum and colours richmondx fellows in armsx and my most loving friendsx bruisxd underneath the yoke of tyrannyx thus far into the bowels of the land have we marchxd on without impedimentx and here receive we from our father stanley lines of fair comfort and encouragementx the wretchedx bloodyx and usurping boarx that spoilxd your summer fields and fruitful vinesx swills your warm blood like washx and makes his trough in your embowellxd bosomsxthis foul swine is now even in the centre of this islex near to the town of leicesterx as we learnx from tamworth thither is but one dayxs marchx in godxs name cheerly onx courageous friendsx to reap the harvest of perpetual peace by this one bloody trial of sharp warx oxfordx every manxs conscience is a thousand menx to fight against this guilty homicidex herbertx i doubt not but his friends will turn to usx bluntx he hath no friends but what are friends for fearx which in his dearest need will fly from himx richmondx all for our vantagex then in godxs name marchx true hope is swift and flies with swallowxs wingsx kings it makes godsx and meaner creatures kingsx exeunt scene xx bosworth field enter king richard in armsx with norfolkx ratcliffx the earl of surreys and others king richardx here pitch our tentx even here in bosworth fieldx my lord of surreyx why look you so sadx surreyx my heart is ten times lighter than my looksx king richardx my lord of norfolkx norfolkx herex most gracious liegex king richardx norfolkx we must have knocksx hax must we notx norfolkx we must both give and takex my loving lordx king richardx up with my tentx here will i lie toxnightx xsoldiers begin to set up the kingxs tentx but where toxmorrowx wellx allxs one for thatx who hath descried the number of the traitorsx norfolkx six or seven thousand is their utmost powerx king richardx whyx our battalia trebles that accountx besidesx the kingxs name is a tower of strengthx which they upon the adverse faction wantx up with the tentx comex noble gentlemenx let us survey the vantage of the groundx call for some men of sound directionx letxs lack no disciplinex make no delayx forx lordsx toxmorrow is a busy dayx exeunt enterx on the other side of the fieldx richmondx sir william brandonx oxfordx dorsetx and othersx some pitch richmondxs tent richmondx the weary sun hath made a golden setx and by the bright tract of his fiery car gives token of a goodly day toxmorrowx sir william brandonx you shall bear my standardx give me some ink and paper in my tentx ixll draw the form and model of our battlex limit each leader to his several chargex and part in just proportion our small powerx my lord of oxfordxyoux sir william brandonx and youx sir walter herbertxstay with mex the earl of pembroke keeps his regimentx good captain bluntx bear my good night to himx and by the second hour in the morning desire the earl to see me in my tentx yet one thing morex good captainx do for mex where is lord stanley quarterxdx do you knowx bluntx unless i have mistaxen his colours muchx which well i am assurxd i have not donex his regiment lies half a mile at least south from the mighty power of the kingx richmondx if without peril it be possiblex sweet bluntx make some good means to speak with him and give him from me this most needful notex bluntx upon my lifex my lordx ixll undertake itx and sox god give you quiet rest toxnightx richmondx good nightx good captain bluntx comex gentlemenx let us consult upon toxmorrowxs businessx in to my tentx the dew is raw and coldx xthey withdraw into the tentx enterx to hisxtentx king richardx norfolkx ratcliffx and catesby king richardx what isxt oxclockx catesbyx itxs supperxtimex my lordx itxs nine oxclockx king richardx i will not sup toxnightx give me some ink and paperx whatx is my beaver easier than it wasx and all my armour laid into my tentx catesbyx it isx my liegex and all things are in readinessx king richardx good norfolkx hie thee to thy chargex use careful watchx choose trusty sentinelsx norfolkx i gox my lordx king richardx stir with the lark toxmorrowx gentle norfolkx norfolkx i warrant youx my lordx exit king richardx catesbyx catesbyx my lordx king richardx send out a pursuivantxatxarms to stanleyxs regimentx bid him bring his power before sunrisingx lest his son george fall into the blind cave of eternal nightx exit catesby fill me a bowl of winex give me a watchx saddle white surrey for the field toxmorrowx look that my staves be soundx and not too heavyx ratcliffx ratcliffx my lordx king richardx sawxst thou the melancholy lord northumberlandx ratcliffx thomas the earl of surrey and himselfx much about cockxshut timex from troop to troop went through the armyx cheering up the soldiersx king richardx sox i am satisfiedx give me a bowl of winex i have not that alacrity of spirit nor cheer of mind that i was wont to havex set it downx is ink and paper readyx ratcliffx it isx my lordx king richardx bid my guard watchx leave mex ratcliffx about the mid of night come to my tent and help to arm mex leave mex i sayx exit ratcliffx richard sleeps enter derby to richmond in his tentx lords attending derbyx fortune and victory sit on thy helmx richmondx all comfort that the dark night can afford be to thy personx noble fatherxinxlawx tell mex how fares our loving motherx derbyx ix by attorneyx bless thee from thy motherx who prays continually for richmondxs goodx so much for thatx the silent hours steal onx and flaky darkness breaks within the eastx in briefx for so the season bids us bex prepare thy battle early in the morningx and put thy fortune to the arbitrement of bloody strokes and mortalxstaring warx ix as i mayxthat which i would i cannotx with best advantage will deceive the time and aid thee in this doubtful shock of armsx but on thy side i may not be too forwardx lestx being seenx thy brotherx tender georgex be executed in his fatherxs sightx farewellx the leisure and the fearful time cuts off the ceremonious vows of love and ample interchange of sweet discourse which soxlongxsundxred friends should dwell uponx god give us leisure for these rites of lovex once morex adieux be valiantx and speed wellx richmondx good lordsx conduct him to his regimentx ixll strive with troubled thoughts to take a napx lest leaden slumber peise me down toxmorrow when i should mount with wings of victoryx once morex good nightx kind lords and gentlemenx exeunt all but richmond o thoux whose captain i account myselfx look on my forces with a gracious eyex put in their hands thy bruising irons of wrathx that they may crush down with a heavy fall the usurping helmets of our adversariesx make us thy ministers of chastisementx that we may praise thee in the victoryx to thee i do commend my watchful soul ere i let fall the windows of mine eyesx sleeping and wakingx ox defend me stillx xsleepsx enter the ghost of young prince edwardx son to henry the sixth ghostx xto richardx let me sit heavy on thy soul toxmorrowx think how thou stabbxdst me in my prime of youth at tewksburyx despairx thereforex and diex xto richmondx be cheerfulx richmondx for the wronged souls of butcherxd princes fight in thy behalfx king henryxs issuex richmondx comforts theex enter the ghost of henry the sixth ghostx xto richardx when i was mortalx my anointed body by thee was punched full of deadly holesx think on the tower and mex despairx and diex harry the sixth bids thee despair and diex xto richmondx virtuous and holyx be thou conquerorx harryx that prophesied thou shouldst be kingx doth comfort thee in thy sleepx live and flourishx enter the ghost of clarence ghostx xto richardx let me sit heavy in thy soul toxmorrowx i that was washxd to death with fulsome winex poor clarencex by thy guile betrayxd to deathx toxmorrow in the battle think on mex and fall thy edgeless swordx despair and diex xto richmondx thou offspring of the house of lancasterx the wronged heirs of york do pray for theex good angels guard thy battlex live and flourishx enter the ghosts of riversx greyx and vaughan ghost of riversx xto richardx let me sit heavy in thy soul toxmorrowx rivers that died at pomfretx despair and diex ghost of greyx xto richardx think upon greyx and let thy soul despairx ghost of vaughanx xto richardx think upon vaughanx and with guilty fear let fall thy lancex despair and diex allx xto richmondx awakex and think our wrongs in richardxs bosom will conquer himx awake and win the dayx enter the ghost of hastings ghostx xto richardx bloody and guiltyx guiltily awakex and in a bloody battle end thy daysx think on lord hastingsx despair and diex xto richmondx quiet untroubled soulx awakex awakex armx fightx and conquerx for fair englandxs sakex enter the ghosts of the two young princes ghostsx xto richardx dream on thy cousins smothered in the towerx let us be lead within thy bosomx richardx and weigh thee down to ruinx shamex and deathx thy nephewsx souls bid thee despair and diex xto richmondx sleepx richmondx sleep in peacex and wake in joyx good angels guard thee from the boarxs annoyx livex and beget a happy race of kingsx edwardxs unhappy sons do bid thee flourishx enter the ghost of lady annex his wife ghostx xto richardx richardx thy wifex that wretched anne thy wife that never slept a quiet hour with thee now fills thy sleep with perturbationsx toxmorrow in the battle think on mex and fall thy edgeless swordx despair and diex xto richmondx thou quiet soulx sleep thou a quiet sleepx dream of success and happy victoryx thy adversaryxs wife doth pray for theex enter the ghost of buckingham ghostx xto richardx the first was i that helpxd thee to the crownx the last was i that felt thy tyrannyx ox in the battle think on buckinghamx and die in terror of thy guiltinessx dream onx dream on of bloody deeds and deathx faintingx despairx despairingx yield thy breathx xto richmondx i died for hope ere i could lend thee aidx but cheer thy heart and be thou not dismayxdx god and good angels fight on richmondxs sidex and richard falls in height of all his pridex xthe ghosts vanishx richard starts out of his dreamx king richardx give me another horsex bind up my woundsx have mercyx jesux softx i did but dreamx o coward consciencex how dost thou afflict mex the lights burn bluex it is now dead midnightx cold fearful drops stand on my trembling fleshx what do i fearx myselfx therexs none else byx richard loves richardx that isx i am ix is there a murderer herex noxyesx i amx then flyx whatx from myselfx great reason whyx lest i revengex whatx myself upon myselfx alackx i love myselfx whereforex for any good that i myself have done unto myselfx ox nox alasx i rather hate myself for hateful deeds committed by myselfx i am a villainx yet i liex i am notx foolx of thyself speak wellx foolx do not flatterx my conscience hath a thousand several tonguesx and every tongue brings in a several talex and every tale condemns me for a villainx perjuryx perjuryx in the highxst degreex murderx stern murderx in the dirxst degreex all several sinsx all usxd in each degreex throng to the barx crying all xguiltyx guiltyxx i shall despairx there is no creature loves mex and if i die no soul will pity mex and wherefore should theyx since that i myself find in myself no pity to myselfx methought the souls of all that i had murderxd came to my tentx and every one did threat toxmorrowxs vengeance on the head of richardx enter ratcliff ratcliffx my lordx king richardx zoundsx who is therex ratcliffx ratcliffx my lordx xtis ix the early villagexcock hath twice done salutation to the mornx your friends are up and buckle on their armourx king richardx o ratcliffx i have dreamxd a fearful dreamx what thinkxst thouxwill our friends prove all truex ratcliffx no doubtx my lordx king richardx o ratcliffx i fearx i fearx ratcliffx nayx good my lordx be not afraid of shadowsx king richard by the apostle paulx shadows toxnight have stuck more terror to the soul of richard than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers armed in proof and led by shallow richmondx xtis not yet near dayx comex go with mex under our tents ixll play the eavesxdropperx to see if any mean to shrink from mex exeunt enter the lords to richmond sitting in his tent lordsx good morrowx richmondx richmondx cry mercyx lords and watchful gentlemenx that you have taxen a tardy sluggard herex lordsx how have you sleptx my lordx richmondx the sweetest sleep and fairestxboding dreams that ever entxred in a drowsy head have i since your departure hadx my lordsx methought their souls whose bodies richard murderxd came to my tent and cried on victoryx i promise you my soul is very jocund in the remembrance of so fair a dreamx how far into the morning is itx lordsx lordsx upon the stroke of fourx richmondx whyx then xtis time to arm and give directionx his oration to his soldiers more than i have saidx loving countrymenx the leisure and enforcement of the time forbids to dwell uponx yet remember thisx god and our good cause fight upon our sidex the prayers of holy saints and wronged soulsx like highxrearxd bulwarksx stand before our facesx richard exceptx those whom we fight against had rather have us win than him they followx for what is he they followx trulyx gentlemenx a bloody tyrant and a homicidex one raisxd in bloodx and one in blood establishxdx one that made means to come by what he hathx and slaughtered those that were the means to help himx a base foul stonex made precious by the foil of englandxs chairx where he is falsely setx one that hath ever been godxs enemyx then if you fight against godxs enemyx god will in justice ward you as his soldiersx if you do sweat to put a tyrant downx you sleep in peacex the tyrant being slainx if you do fight against your countryxs foesx your countryxs foes shall pay your pains the hirex if you do fight in safeguard of your wivesx your wives shall welcome home the conquerorsx if you do free your children from the swordx your childrenxs children quits it in your agex thenx in the name of god and all these rightsx advance your standardsx draw your willing swordsx for mex the ransom of my bold attempt shall be this cold corpse on the earthxs cold facex but if i thrivex the gain of my attempt the least of you shall share his part thereofx sound drums and trumpets boldly and cheerfullyx god and saint georgex richmond and victoryx exeunt rexenter king richardx ratcliffx attendantsx and forces king richardx what said northumberland as touching richmondx ratcliffx that he was never trained up in armsx king richardx he said the truthx and what said surrey thenx ratcliffx he smilxdx and said xthe better for our purposexx king he was in the rightx and so indeed it isx xclock strikesx tell the clock therex give me a calendarx who saw the sun toxdayx ratcliffx not ix my lordx king richardx then he disdains to shinex for by the book he should have bravxd the east an hour agox a black day will it be to somebodyx ratcliffx ratcliffx my lordx king richardx the sun will not be seen toxdayx the sky doth frown and lour upon our armyx i would these dewy tears were from the groundx not shine toxdayx whyx what is that to me more than to richmondx for the selfsame heaven that frowns on me looks sadly upon himx enter norfolk norfolkx armx armx my lordx the foe vaunts in the fieldx king richardx comex bustlex bustlex caparison my horsex call up lord stanleyx bid him bring his powerx i will lead forth my soldiers to the plainx and thus my battle shall be orderedx my foreward shall be drawn out all in lengthx consisting equally of horse and footx our archers shall be placed in the midstx john duke of norfolkx thomas earl of surreyx shall have the leading of this foot and horsex they thus directedx we will follow in the main battlex whose puissance on either side shall be well winged with our chiefest horsex thisx and saint george to bootx what thinkxst thoux norfolkx norfolkx a good directionx warlike sovereignx this found i on my tent this morningx xhe sheweth him a paperx king richardx xreadsx xjockey of norfolkx be not so boldx for dickon thy master is bought and soldxx a thing devised by the enemyx gox gentlemenx every man unto his chargex let not our babbling dreams affright our soulsx conscience is but a word that cowards usex devisxd at first to keep the strong in awex our strong arms be our consciencex swords our lawx march onx join bravelyx let us to it pellxmellx if not to heavenx then hand in hand to hellx his oration to his army what shall i say more than i have inferrxdx remember whom you are to cope withalx a sort of vagabondsx rascalsx and runawaysx a scum of britainesx and base lackey peasantsx whom their oxerxcloyed country vomits forth to desperate adventures and assurxd destructionx you sleeping safex they bring to you unrestx you having landsx and blessxd with beauteous wivesx they would restrain the onex distain the otherx and who doth lead them but a paltry fellowx long kept in britaine at our motherxs costx a milkxsopx one that never in his life felt so much cold as over shoes in snowx letxs whip these stragglers oxer the seas againx lash hence these overxweening rags of francex these famishxd beggarsx weary of their livesx whox but for dreaming on this fond exploitx for want of meansx poor ratsx had hangxd themselvesx if we be conqueredx let men conquer usx and not these bastard britainesx whom our fathers have in their own land beatenx bobbxdx and thumpxdx andx in recordx left them the heirs of shamex shall these enjoy our landsx lie with our wivesx ravish our daughtersx xdrum afar offx harkx i hear their drumx fightx gentlemen of englandx fightx bold yeomenx drawx archersx draw your arrows to the headx spur your proud horses hardx and ride in bloodx amaze the welkin with your broken stavesx enter a messenger what says lord stanleyx will he bring his powerx messengerx my lordx he doth deny to comex king richardx off with his son georgexs headx norfolkx my lordx the enemy is passxd the marshx after the battle let george stanley diex king richardx a thousand hearts are great within my bosomx advance our standardsx set upon our foesx our ancient word of couragex fair saint georgex inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragonsx upon themx victory sits on our helmsx exeunt scene xx another part of the field alarumx excursionsx enter norfolk and forcesx to him catesby catesbyx rescuex my lord of norfolkx rescuex rescuex the king enacts more wonders than a manx daring an opposite to every dangerx his horse is slainx and all on foot he fightsx seeking for richmond in the throat of deathx rescuex fair lordx or else the day is lostx alarumsx enter king richard king richardx a horsex a horsex my kingdom for a horsex catesbyx withdrawx my lordx ixll help you to a horsex king richardx slavex i have set my life upon a cast and i will stand the hazard of the diex i think there be six richmonds in the fieldx five have i slain toxday instead of himx a horsex a horsex my kingdom for a horsex exeunt scene xx another part of the field alarumx enter richard and richmondx they fightx richard is slainx retreat and flourishx enter richmondx derby bearing the crownx with other lords richmondx god and your arms be praisxdx victorious friendsx the day is oursx the bloody dog is deadx derbyx courageous richmondx well hast thou acquit theex lox herex this longxusurped royalty from the dead temples of this bloody wretch have i pluckxd offx to grace thy brows withalx wear itx enjoy itx and make much of itx richmondx great god of heavenx say amen to allx butx tell me is young george stanley livingx derbyx he isx my lordx and safe in leicester townx whitherx if it please youx we may now withdraw usx richmondx what men of name are slain on either sidex derbyx john duke of norfolkx walter lord ferrersx sir robert brakenburyx and sir william brandonx richmondx inter their bodies as becomes their birthsx proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled that in submission will return to usx and thenx as we have taxen the sacramentx we will unite the white rose and the redx smile heaven upon this fair conjunctionx that long have frownxd upon their emnityx what traitor hears mex and says not amenx england hath long been madx and scarrxd herselfx the brother blindly shed the brotherxs bloodx the father rashly slaughterxd his own sonx the sonx compellxdx been butcher to the sirex all this divided york and lancasterx divided in their dire divisionx ox now let richmond and elizabethx the true succeeders of each royal housex by godxs fair ordinance conjoin togetherx and let their heirsx godx if thy will be sox enrich the time to come with smoothxfacxd peacex with smiling plentyx and fair prosperous daysx abate the edge of traitorsx gracious lordx that would reduce these bloody days again and make poor england weep in streams of bloodx let them not live to taste this landxs increase that would with treason wound this fair landxs peacex now civil wounds are stoppxdx peace lives againx that she may long live herex god say amenx exeunt the tragedy of romeo and juliet contents the prologuex act i scene ix a public placex scene iix a streetx scene iiix room in capuletxs housex scene ivx a streetx scene vx a hall in capuletxs housex act ii chorusx scene ix an open place adjoining capuletxs gardenx scene iix capuletxs gardenx scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx scene ivx a streetx scene vx capuletxs gardenx scene vix friar lawrencexs cellx act iii scene ix a public placex scene iix a room in capuletxs housex scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx scene ivx a room in capuletxs housex scene vx an open gallery to julietxs chamberx overlooking the gardenx act iv scene ix friar lawrencexs cellx scene iix hall in capuletxs housex scene iiix julietxs chamberx scene ivx hall in capuletxs housex scene vx julietxs chamberx juliet on the bedx act v scene ix mantuax a streetx scene iix friar lawrencexs cellx scene iiix a churchyardx in it a monument belonging to the capuletsx dramatis personx escalusx prince of veronax mercutiox kinsman to the princex and friend to romeox parisx a young noblemanx kinsman to the princex page to parisx montaguex head of a veronese family at feud with the capuletsx lady montaguex wife to montaguex romeox son to montaguex benvoliox nephew to montaguex and friend to romeox abramx servant to montaguex balthasarx servant to romeox capuletx head of a veronese family at feud with the montaguesx lady capuletx wife to capuletx julietx daughter to capuletx tybaltx nephew to lady capuletx capuletxs cousinx an old manx nurse to julietx peterx servant to julietxs nursex sampsonx servant to capuletx gregoryx servant to capuletx servantsx friar lawrencex a franciscanx friar johnx of the same orderx an apothecaryx chorusx three musiciansx an officerx citizens of veronax several men and womenx relations to both housesx maskersx guardsx watchmen and attendantsx scenex during the greater part of the play in veronax oncex in the fifth actx at mantuax the prologue enter chorusx chorusx two householdsx both alike in dignityx in fair veronax where we lay our scenex from ancient grudge break to new mutinyx where civil blood makes civil hands uncleanx from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of starxcrossxd lovers take their lifex whose misadventurxd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parentsx strifex the fearful passage of their deathxmarkxd lovex and the continuance of their parentsx ragex whichx but their childrenxs endx nought could removex is now the two hoursx traffic of our stagex the whichx if you with patient ears attendx what here shall missx our toil shall strive to mendx xxexitxxx act i scene ix a public placex enter sampson and gregory armed with swords and bucklersx sampsonx gregoryx on my wordx wexll not carry coalsx gregoryx nox for then we should be colliersx sampsonx i meanx if we be in cholerx wexll drawx gregoryx ayx while you livex draw your neck out ox the collarx sampsonx i strike quicklyx being movedx gregoryx but thou art not quickly moved to strikex sampsonx a dog of the house of montague moves mex gregoryx to move is to stirx and to be valiant is to standx thereforex if thou art movedx thou runnxst awayx sampsonx a dog of that house shall move me to standx i will take the wall of any man or maid of montaguexsx gregoryx that shows thee a weak slavex for the weakest goes to the wallx sampsonx truex and therefore womenx being the weaker vesselsx are ever thrust to the wallx therefore i will push montaguexs men from the wallx and thrust his maids to the wallx gregoryx the quarrel is between our masters and us their menx sampsonx xtis all onex i will show myself a tyrantx when i have fought with the men i will be civil with the maidsx i will cut off their headsx gregoryx the heads of the maidsx sampsonx ayx the heads of the maidsx or their maidenheadsx take it in what sense thou wiltx gregoryx they must take it in sense that feel itx sampsonx me they shall feel while i am able to standx and xtis known i am a pretty piece of fleshx gregoryx xtis well thou art not fishx if thou hadstx thou hadst been poor johnx draw thy toolx here comes of the house of montaguesx enter abram and balthasarx sampsonx my naked weapon is outx quarrelx i will back theex gregoryx howx turn thy back and runx sampsonx fear me notx gregoryx nox marryx i fear theex sampsonx let us take the law of our sidesx let them beginx gregoryx i will frown as i pass byx and let them take it as they listx sampsonx nayx as they darex i will bite my thumb at themx which is disgrace to them if they bear itx abramx do you bite your thumb at usx sirx sampsonx i do bite my thumbx sirx abramx do you bite your thumb at usx sirx sampsonx is the law of our side if i say ayx gregoryx nox sampsonx no sirx i do not bite my thumb at youx sirx but i bite my thumbx sirx gregoryx do you quarrelx sirx abramx quarrelx sirx nox sirx sampsonx but if you dox sirx am for youx i serve as good a man as youx abramx no betterx sampsonx wellx sirx enter benvoliox gregoryx say betterx here comes one of my masterxs kinsmenx sampsonx yesx betterx sirx abramx you liex sampsonx drawx if you be menx gregoryx remember thy washing blowx xxthey fightxxx benvoliox partx foolsx put up your swordsx you know not what you dox xxbeats down their swordsxxx enter tybaltx tybaltx whatx art thou drawn among these heartless hindsx turn thee benvoliox look upon thy deathx benvoliox i do but keep the peacex put up thy swordx or manage it to part these men with mex tybaltx whatx drawnx and talk of peacex i hate the word as i hate hellx all montaguesx and theex have at theex cowardx xxthey fightxxx enter three or four citizens with clubsx first citizenx clubsx bills and partisansx strikex beat them downx down with the capuletsx down with the montaguesx enter capulet in his gownx and lady capuletx capuletx what noise is thisx give me my long swordx hox lady capuletx a crutchx a crutchx why call you for a swordx capuletx my swordx i sayx old montague is comex and flourishes his blade in spite of mex enter montague and his lady montaguex montaguex thou villain capuletx hold me notx let me gox lady montaguex thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foex enter prince escalusx with attendantsx princex rebellious subjectsx enemies to peacex profaners of this neighbourxstained steelxx will they not hearx whatx hox you menx you beastsx that quench the fire of your pernicious rage with purple fountains issuing from your veinsx on pain of torturex from those bloody hands throw your mistemperxd weapons to the ground and hear the sentence of your moved princex three civil brawlsx bred of an airy wordx by theex old capuletx and montaguex have thrice disturbxd the quiet of our streetsx and made veronaxs ancient citizens cast by their grave beseeming ornamentsx to wield old partisansx in hands as oldx cankerxd with peacex to part your cankerxd hatex if ever you disturb our streets againx your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peacex for this time all the rest depart awayx youx capuletx shall go along with mex and montaguex come you this afternoonx to know our farther pleasure in this casex to old freextownx our common judgementxplacex once morex on pain of deathx all men departx xxexeunt prince and attendantsx capuletx lady capuletx tybaltx citizens and servantsxxx montaguex who set this ancient quarrel new abroachx speakx nephewx were you by when it beganx benvoliox here were the servants of your adversary and yoursx close fighting ere i did approachx i drew to part themx in the instant came the fiery tybaltx with his sword preparxdx whichx as he breathxd defiance to my earsx he swung about his headx and cut the windsx who nothing hurt withalx hissxd him in scornx while we were interchanging thrusts and blows came more and morex and fought on part and partx till the prince camex who parted either partx lady montaguex o where is romeox saw you him todayx right glad i am he was not at this frayx benvoliox madamx an hour before the worshippxd sun peerxd forth the golden window of the eastx a troubled mind drave me to walk abroadx where underneath the grove of sycamore that westward rooteth from this city sidex so early walking did i see your sonx towards him i madex but he was ware of mex and stole into the covert of the woodx ix measuring his affections by my ownx which then most sought where most might not be foundx being one too many by my weary selfx pursuxd my humourx not pursuing hisx and gladly shunnxd who gladly fled from mex montaguex many a morning hath he there been seenx with tears augmenting the fresh morningxs dewx adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighsx but all so soon as the allxcheering sun should in the farthest east begin to draw the shady curtains from auroraxs bedx away from light steals home my heavy sonx and private in his chamber pens himselfx shuts up his windowsx locks fair daylight out and makes himself an artificial nightx black and portentous must this humour provex unless good counsel may the cause removex benvoliox my noble unclex do you know the causex montaguex i neither know it nor can learn of himx benvoliox have you importunxd him by any meansx montaguex both by myself and many other friendsx but hex his own affectionsx counsellorx is to himselfxi will not say how truex but to himself so secret and so closex so far from sounding and discoveryx as is the bud bit with an envious worm ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the airx or dedicate his beauty to the sunx could we but learn from whence his sorrows growx we would as willingly give cure as knowx enter romeox benvoliox seex where he comesx so please you step asidex ixll know his grievance or be much deniedx montaguex i would thou wert so happy by thy stay to hear true shriftx comex madamx letxs awayx xxexeunt montague and lady montaguexxx benvoliox good morrowx cousinx romeox is the day so youngx benvoliox but new struck ninex romeox ay mex sad hours seem longx was that my father that went hence so fastx benvoliox it wasx what sadness lengthens romeoxs hoursx romeox not having that whichx havingx makes them shortx benvoliox in lovex romeox outx benvoliox of lovex romeox out of her favour where i am in lovex benvoliox alas that love so gentle in his viewx should be so tyrannous and rough in proofx romeox alas that lovex whose view is muffled stillx shouldx without eyesx see pathways to his willx where shall we dinex o mex what fray was herex yet tell me notx for i have heard it allx herexs much to do with hatex but more with lovex whyx thenx o brawling lovex o loving hatex o anythingx of nothing first createx o heavy lightnessx serious vanityx misshapen chaos of wellxseeming formsx feather of leadx bright smokex cold firex sick healthx stillxwaking sleepx that is not what it isx this love feel ix that feel no love in thisx dost thou not laughx benvoliox no cozx i rather weepx romeox good heartx at whatx benvoliox at thy good heartxs oppressionx romeox why such is lovexs transgressionx griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breastx which thou wilt propagate to have it prest with more of thinex this love that thou hast shown doth add more grief to too much of mine ownx love is a smoke made with the fume of sighsx being purgxdx a fire sparkling in loversx eyesx being vexxdx a sea nourishxd with loversx tearsx what is it elsex a madness most discreetx a choking gallx and a preserving sweetx farewellx my cozx xxgoingxxx benvoliox softx i will go alongx and if you leave me sox you do me wrongx romeox tutx i have lost myselfx i am not herex this is not romeox hexs some other wherex benvoliox tell me in sadness who is that you lovex romeox whatx shall i groan and tell theex benvoliox groanx whyx nox but sadly tell me whox romeox bid a sick man in sadness make his willx a word ill urgxd to one that is so illx in sadnessx cousinx i do love a womanx benvoliox i aimxd so near when i supposxd you lovxdx romeox a right good markmanx and shexs fair i lovex benvoliox a right fair markx fair cozx is soonest hitx romeox wellx in that hit you missx shexll not be hit with cupidxs arrowx she hath dianxs witx and in strong proof of chastity well armxdx from lovexs weak childish bow she lives uncharmxdx she will not stay the siege of loving terms nor bide thxencounter of assailing eyesx nor ope her lap to saintxseducing goldx o shexs rich in beautyx only poor that when she diesx with beauty dies her storex benvoliox then she hath sworn that she will still live chastex romeox she hathx and in that sparing makes huge wastex for beauty starvxd with her severityx cuts beauty off from all posterityx she is too fairx too wisex wisely too fairx to merit bliss by making me despairx she hath forsworn to lovex and in that vow do i live deadx that live to tell it nowx benvoliox be rulxd by mex forget to think of herx romeox o teach me how i should forget to thinkx benvoliox by giving liberty unto thine eyesx examine other beautiesx romeox xtis the way to call hersx exquisitex in question morex these happy masks that kiss fair ladiesx browsx being blackx puts us in mind they hide the fairx he that is strucken blind cannot forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lostx show me a mistress that is passing fairx what doth her beauty serve but as a note where i may read who passxd that passing fairx farewellx thou canst not teach me to forgetx benvoliox ixll pay that doctrinex or else die in debtx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a streetx enter capuletx paris and servantx capuletx but montague is bound as well as ix in penalty alikex and xtis not hardx i thinkx for men so old as we to keep the peacex parisx of honourable reckoning are you bothx and pity xtis you livxd at odds so longx but now my lordx what say you to my suitx capuletx but saying oxer what i have said beforex my child is yet a stranger in the worldx she hath not seen the change of fourteen yearsx let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bridex parisx younger than she are happy mothers madex capuletx and too soon marrxd are those so early madex the earth hath swallowed all my hopes but shex she is the hopeful lady of my earthx but woo herx gentle parisx get her heartx my will to her consent is but a partx and she agreex within her scope of choice lies my consent and fair according voicex this night i hold an old accustomxd feastx whereto i have invited many a guestx such as i lovex and you among the storex one morex most welcomex makes my number morex at my poor house look to behold this night earthxtreading stars that make dark heaven lightx such comfort as do lusty young men feel when well apparellxd april on the heel of limping winter treadsx even such delight among fresh female buds shall you this night inherit at my housex hear allx all seex and like her most whose merit most shall bex whichx on more view of manyx minex being onex may stand in numberx though in reckoning nonex comex go with mex gox sirrahx trudge about through fair veronax find those persons out whose names are written therex xxgives a paperxx and to them sayx my house and welcome on their pleasure stayx xxexeunt capulet and parisxxx servantx find them out whose names are written herex it is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his lastx the fisher with his pencilx and the painter with his netsx but i am sent to find those persons whose names are here writx and can never find what names the writing person hath here writx i must to the learnedx in good timex enter benvolio and romeox benvoliox tutx manx one fire burns out anotherxs burningx one pain is lessenxd by anotherxs anguishx turn giddyx and be holp by backward turningx one desperate grief cures with anotherxs languishx take thou some new infection to thy eyex and the rank poison of the old will diex romeox your plantain leaf is excellent for thatx benvoliox for whatx i pray theex romeox for your broken shinx benvoliox whyx romeox art thou madx romeox not madx but bound more than a madman isx shut up in prisonx kept without my foodx whippxd and tormented andxgodxdenx good fellowx servantx god gix goxdenx i prayx sirx can you readx romeox ayx mine own fortune in my miseryx servantx perhaps you have learned it without bookx but i prayx can you read anything you seex romeox ayx if i know the letters and the languagex servantx ye say honestlyx rest you merryx romeox stayx fellowx i can readx xxhe reads the letterxxx xsignior martino and his wife and daughtersx county anselmo and his beauteous sistersx the lady widow of utruviox signior placentio and his lovely niecesx mercutio and his brother valentinex mine uncle capuletx his wifex and daughtersx my fair niece rosaline and liviax signior valentio and his cousin tybaltx lucio and the lively helenax x a fair assemblyx xxgives back the paperxx whither should they comex servantx upx romeox whither to supperx servantx to our housex romeox whose housex servantx my masterxsx romeox indeed i should have askxd you that beforex servantx now ixll tell you without askingx my master is the great rich capuletx and if you be not of the house of montaguesx i pray come and crush a cup of winex rest you merryx xxexitxxx benvoliox at this same ancient feast of capuletxs sups the fair rosaline whom thou so lovxstx with all the admired beauties of veronax go thither and with unattainted eyex compare her face with some that i shall showx and i will make thee think thy swan a crowx romeox when the devout religion of mine eye maintains such falsehoodx then turn tears to firex and these whox often drownxdx could never diex transparent hereticsx be burnt for liarsx one fairer than my lovex the allxseeing sun nexer saw her match since first the world begunx benvoliox tutx you saw her fairx none else being byx herself poisxd with herself in either eyex but in that crystal scales let there be weighxd your ladyxs love against some other maid that i will show you shining at this feastx and she shall scant show well that now shows bestx romeox ixll go alongx no such sight to be shownx but to rejoice in splendour of my ownx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix room in capuletxs housex enter lady capulet and nursex lady capuletx nursex wherexs my daughterx call her forth to mex nursex nowx by my maidenheadx at twelve year oldx i bade her comex whatx lambx what ladybirdx god forbidx wherexs this girlx whatx julietx enter julietx julietx how nowx who callsx nursex your motherx julietx madamx i am herex what is your willx lady capuletx this is the matterx nursex give leave awhilex we must talk in secretx nursex come back againx i have rememberxd mex thouxs hear our counselx thou knowest my daughterxs of a pretty agex nursex faithx i can tell her age unto an hourx lady capuletx shexs not fourteenx nursex ixll lay fourteen of my teethx and yetx to my teen be it spokenx i have but fourx she is not fourteenx how long is it now to lammasxtidex lady capuletx a fortnight and odd daysx nursex even or oddx of all days in the yearx come lammas eve at night shall she be fourteenx susan and shexxgod rest all christian soulsxx were of an agex wellx susan is with godx she was too good for mex but as i saidx on lammas eve at night shall she be fourteenx that shall shex marryx i remember it wellx xtis since the earthquake now eleven yearsx and she was weanxdxxi never shall forget itxx of all the days of the yearx upon that dayx for i had then laid wormwood to my dugx sitting in the sun under the dovehouse wallx my lord and you were then at mantuax nayx i do bear a brainx but as i saidx when it did taste the wormwood on the nipple of my dug and felt it bitterx pretty foolx to see it tetchyx and fall out with the dugx shakex quoth the dovehousex xtwas no needx i trowx to bid me trudgex and since that time it is eleven yearsx for then she could stand alonex nayx by thxrood she could have run and waddled all aboutx for even the day before she broke her browx and then my husbandxxgod be with his soulx a was a merry manxxtook up the childx xyeaxx quoth hex xdost thou fall upon thy facex thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more witx wilt thou notx julexx andx by my holidamex the pretty wretch left cryingx and said xayxx to see now how a jest shall come aboutx i warrantx and i should live a thousand yearsx i never should forget itx xwilt thou notx julexx quoth hex andx pretty foolx it stintedx and said xayxx lady capuletx enough of thisx i pray thee hold thy peacex nursex yesx madamx yet i cannot choose but laughx to think it should leave cryingx and say xayxx and yet i warrant it had upon it brow a bump as big as a young cockerelxs stonex a perilous knockx and it cried bitterlyx xyeaxx quoth my husbandx xfallxst upon thy facex thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to agex wilt thou notx julexx it stintedx and said xayxx julietx and stint thou toox i pray theex nursex say ix nursex peacex i have donex god mark thee to his grace thou wast the prettiest babe that exer i nursxdx and i might live to see thee married oncex i have my wishx lady capuletx marryx that marry is the very theme i came to talk ofx tell mex daughter julietx how stands your disposition to be marriedx julietx it is an honour that i dream not ofx nursex an honourx were not i thine only nursex i would say thou hadst suckxd wisdom from thy teatx lady capuletx wellx think of marriage nowx younger than youx here in veronax ladies of esteemx are made already mothersx by my count i was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maidx thusx thenx in briefx the valiant paris seeks you for his lovex nursex a manx young ladyx ladyx such a man as all the worldxwhy hexs a man of waxx lady capuletx veronaxs summer hath not such a flowerx nursex nayx hexs a flowerx in faith a very flowerx lady capuletx what say youx can you love the gentlemanx this night you shall behold him at our feastx read oxer the volume of young parisx facex and find delight writ there with beautyxs penx examine every married lineamentx and see how one another lends contentx and what obscurxd in this fair volume liesx find written in the margent of his eyesx this precious book of lovex this unbound loverx to beautify himx only lacks a coverx the fish lives in the seax and xtis much pride for fair without the fair within to hidex that book in manyxs eyes doth share the gloryx that in gold clasps locks in the golden storyx so shall you share all that he doth possessx by having himx making yourself no lessx nursex no lessx nay biggerx women grow by menx lady capuletx speak brieflyx can you like of parisx lovex julietx ixll look to likex if looking liking movex but no more deep will i endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it flyx enter a servantx servantx madamx the guests are comex supper served upx you calledx my young lady asked forx the nurse cursed in the pantryx and everything in extremityx i must hence to waitx i beseech you follow straightx lady capuletx we follow theex xxexit servantxxx julietx the county staysx nursex gox girlx seek happy nights to happy daysx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a streetx enter romeox mercutiox benvoliox with five or six maskersx torchxbearers and othersx romeox whatx shall this speech be spoke for our excusex or shall we on without apologyx benvoliox the date is out of such prolixityx wexll have no cupid hoodwinkxd with a scarfx bearing a tartarxs painted bow of lathx scaring the ladies like a crowxkeeperx nor no withoutxbook prologuex faintly spoke after the prompterx for our entrancex but let them measure us by what they willx wexll measure them a measurex and be gonex romeox give me a torchx i am not for this amblingx being but heavy i will bear the lightx mercutiox nayx gentle romeox we must have you dancex romeox not ix believe mex you have dancing shoesx with nimble solesx i have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground i cannot movex mercutiox you are a loverx borrow cupidxs wingsx and soar with them above a common boundx romeox i am too sore enpierced with his shaft to soar with his light feathersx and so boundx i cannot bound a pitch above dull woex under lovexs heavy burden do i sinkx mercutiox andx to sink in itx should you burden lovex too great oppression for a tender thingx romeox is love a tender thingx it is too roughx too rudex too boisterousx and it pricks like thornx mercutiox if love be rough with youx be rough with lovex prick love for prickingx and you beat love downx give me a case to put my visage inx xxputting on a maskxxx a visor for a visorx what care i what curious eye doth quote deformitiesx here are the beetlexbrows shall blush for mex benvoliox comex knock and enterx and no sooner in but every man betake him to his legsx romeox a torch for mex let wantonsx light of heartx tickle the senseless rushes with their heelsx for i am proverbxd with a grandsire phrasex ixll be a candlexholder and look onx the game was nexer so fairx and i am donex mercutiox tutx dunxs the mousex the constablexs own wordx if thou art dunx wexll draw thee from the mire or save your reverence lovex wherein thou stickest up to the earsx comex we burn daylightx hox romeox nayx thatxs not sox mercutiox i mean sirx in delay we waste our lights in vainx light lights by dayx take our good meaningx for our judgment sits five times in that ere once in our five witsx romeox and we mean well in going to this maskx but xtis no wit to gox mercutiox whyx may one askx romeox i dreamt a dream tonightx mercutiox and so did ix romeox well what was yoursx mercutiox that dreamers often liex romeox in bed asleepx while they do dream things truex mercutiox ox thenx i see queen mab hath been with youx she is the fairiesx midwifex and she comes in shape no bigger than an agatexstone on the forexfinger of an aldermanx drawn with a team of little atomies over menxs noses as they lie asleepx her waggonxspokes made of long spinnersx legsx the coverx of the wings of grasshoppersx her tracesx of the smallest spiderxs webx the collarsx of the moonshinexs watery beamsx her whip of cricketxs bonex the lashx of filmx her waggonerx a small greyxcoated gnatx not half so big as a round little worm prickxd from the lazy finger of a maidx her chariot is an empty hazelnutx made by the joiner squirrel or old grubx time out ox mind the fairiesx coachmakersx and in this state she gallops night by night through loversx brainsx and then they dream of lovex oxer courtiersx kneesx that dream on curtsies straightx oxer lawyersx fingersx who straight dream on feesx oxer ladiesx lipsx who straight on kisses dreamx which oft the angry mab with blisters plaguesx because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted arex sometime she gallops oxer a courtierxs nosex and then dreams he of smelling out a suitx and sometime comes she with a tithexpigxs tailx tickling a parsonxs nose as a lies asleepx then dreams he of another beneficex sometime she driveth oxer a soldierxs neckx and then dreams he of cutting foreign throatsx of breachesx ambuscadosx spanish bladesx of healths five fathom deepx and then anon drums in his earx at which he starts and wakesx andx being thus frightedx swears a prayer or twox and sleeps againx this is that very mab that plats the manes of horses in the nightx and bakes the elfxlocks in foul sluttish hairsx whichx once untangledx much misfortune bodesx this is the hagx when maids lie on their backsx that presses themx and learns them first to bearx making them women of good carriagex this is shexx romeox peacex peacex mercutiox peacex thou talkxst of nothingx mercutiox truex i talk of dreamsx which are the children of an idle brainx begot of nothing but vain fantasyx which is as thin of substance as the airx and more inconstant than the windx who wooes even now the frozen bosom of the northx andx being angerxdx puffs away from thencex turning his side to the dewxdropping southx benvoliox this wind you talk of blows us from ourselvesx supper is donex and we shall come too latex romeox i fear too earlyx for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the starsx shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this nightxs revelsx and expire the term of a despised lifex closxd in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely deathx but he that hath the steerage of my course direct my suitx onx lusty gentlemenx benvoliox strikex drumx xxexeuntxxx scene vx a hall in capuletxs housex musicians waitingx enter servantsx first servantx wherexs potpanx that he helps not to take awayx he shift a trencherx he scrape a trencherx second servantx when good manners shall lie all in one or two menxs handsx and they unwashxd toox xtis a foul thingx first servantx away with the joinxstoolsx remove the courtxcupboardx look to the platex good thoux save me a piece of marchpanex and as thou loves mex let the porter let in susan grindstone and nellx antony and potpanx second servantx ayx boyx readyx first servantx you are looked for and called forx asked for and sought forx in the great chamberx second servantx we cannot be here and there toox cheerlyx boysx be brisk awhilex and the longer liver take allx xxexeuntxxx enter capuletx xcx with the guests and gentlewomen to the maskersx capuletx welcomex gentlemenx ladies that have their toes unplaguxd with corns will have a bout with youx ah my mistressesx which of you all will now deny to dancex she that makes daintyx she ixll swear hath cornsx am i come near ye nowx welcomex gentlemenx i have seen the day that i have worn a visorx and could tell a whispering tale in a fair ladyxs earx such as would pleasex xtis gonex xtis gonex xtis gonex you are welcomex gentlemenx comex musiciansx playx a hallx a hallx give roomx and foot itx girlsx xxmusic playsx and they dancexxx more lightx you knavesx and turn the tables upx and quench the firex the room is grown too hotx ah sirrahx this unlookxdxfor sport comes wellx nay sitx nay sitx good cousin capuletx for you and i are past our dancing daysx how long isxt now since last yourself and i were in a maskx capuletxs cousinx byxr ladyx thirty yearsx capuletx whatx manx xtis not so muchx xtis not so muchx xtis since the nuptial of lucentiox come pentecost as quickly as it willx some five and twenty yearsx and then we maskxdx capuletxs cousinx xtis morex xtis morex his son is elderx sirx his son is thirtyx capuletx will you tell me thatx his son was but a ward two years agox romeox what lady is thatx which doth enrich the hand of yonder knightx servantx i know notx sirx romeox ox she doth teach the torches to burn brightx it seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an ethiopxs earx beauty too rich for usex for earth too dearx so shows a snowy dove trooping with crows as yonder lady oxer her fellows showsx the measure donex ixll watch her place of standx and touching hersx make blessed my rude handx did my heart love till nowx forswear itx sightx for i nexer saw true beauty till this nightx tybaltx this by his voicex should be a montaguex fetch me my rapierx boyx whatx dares the slave come hitherx coverxd with an antic facex to fleer and scorn at our solemnityx now by the stock and honour of my kinx to strike him dead i hold it not a sinx capuletx why how nowx kinsmanx wherefore storm you sox tybaltx unclex this is a montaguex our foex a villain that is hither come in spitex to scorn at our solemnity this nightx capuletx young romeox is itx tybaltx xtis hex that villain romeox capuletx content theex gentle cozx let him alonex a bears him like a portly gentlemanx andx to say truthx verona brags of him to be a virtuous and wellxgovernxd youthx i would not for the wealth of all the town here in my house do him disparagementx therefore be patientx take no note of himx it is my willx the which if thou respectx show a fair presence and put off these frownsx an illxbeseeming semblance for a feastx tybaltx it fits when such a villain is a guestx ixll not endure himx capuletx he shall be endurxdx whatx goodman boyx i say he shallx go tox am i the master herex or youx go tox youxll not endure himx god shall mend my soulx youxll make a mutiny among my guestsx you will set cockxaxhoopx youxll be the manx tybaltx whyx unclex xtis a shamex capuletx go tox go tox you are a saucy boyx isxt sox indeedx this trick may chance to scathe youx i know whatx you must contrary mex marryx xtis timex well saidx my heartsxxyou are a princoxx gox be quietx orxmore lightx more lightxxfor shamex ixll make you quietx whatx cheerlyx my heartsx tybaltx patience perforce with wilful choler meeting makes my flesh tremble in their different greetingx i will withdrawx but this intrusion shallx now seeming sweetx convert to bitter gallx xxexitxxx romeox xxto julietxxx if i profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrinex the gentle sin is thisx my lipsx two blushing pilgrimsx ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kissx julietx good pilgrimx you do wrong your hand too muchx which mannerly devotion shows in thisx for saints have hands that pilgrimsx hands do touchx and palm to palm is holy palmersx kissx romeox have not saints lipsx and holy palmers toox julietx ayx pilgrimx lips that they must use in prayerx romeox ox thenx dear saintx let lips do what hands dox they prayx grant thoux lest faith turn to despairx julietx saints do not movex though grant for prayersx sakex romeox then move not while my prayerxs effect i takex thus from my lipsx by thine my sin is purgxdx xxkissing herxxx julietx then have my lips the sin that they have tookx romeox sin from my lipsx o trespass sweetly urgxdx give me my sin againx julietx you kiss by the bookx nursex madamx your mother craves a word with youx romeox what is her motherx nursex marryx bachelorx her mother is the lady of the housex and a good ladyx and a wise and virtuousx i nursxd her daughter that you talkxd withalx i tell youx he that can lay hold of her shall have the chinksx romeox is she a capuletx o dear accountx my life is my foexs debtx benvoliox awayx be gonex the sport is at the bestx romeox ayx so i fearx the more is my unrestx capuletx nayx gentlemenx prepare not to be gonex we have a trifling foolish banquet towardsx is it exen sox why thenx i thank you allx i thank youx honest gentlemenx good nightx more torches herex come on thenx letxs to bedx ahx sirrahx by my fayx it waxes latex ixll to my restx xxexeunt all but juliet and nursexxx julietx come hitherx nursex what is yond gentlemanx nursex the son and heir of old tiberiox julietx whatxs he that now is going out of doorx nursex marryx that i think be young petruchiox julietx whatxs he that follows herex that would not dancex nursex i know notx julietx go ask his namex if he be marriedx my grave is like to be my wedding bedx nursex his name is romeox and a montaguex the only son of your great enemyx julietx my only love sprung from my only hatex too early seen unknownx and known too latex prodigious birth of love it is to mex that i must love a loathed enemyx nursex whatxs thisx whatxs thisx julietx a rhyme i learnxd even now of one i dancxd withalx xxone calls withinx xjulietxxxx nursex anonx anonx come letxs awayx the strangers all are gonex xxexeuntxxx act ii enter chorusx chorusx now old desire doth in his deathbed liex and young affection gapes to be his heirx that fair for which love groanxd for and would diex with tender juliet matchxdx is now not fairx now romeo is belovxdx and loves againx alike bewitched by the charm of looksx but to his foe supposxd he must complainx and she steal lovexs sweet bait from fearful hooksx being held a foex he may not have access to breathe such vows as lovers use to swearx and she as much in lovex her means much less to meet her new beloved anywherex but passion lends them powerx time meansx to meetx tempering extremities with extreme sweetx xxexitxxx scene ix an open place adjoining capuletxs gardenx enter romeox romeox can i go forward when my heart is herex turn backx dull earthx and find thy centre outx xxhe climbs the wall and leaps down within itxxx enter benvolio and mercutiox benvoliox romeox my cousin romeox romeox mercutiox he is wisex and on my life hath stolxn him home to bedx benvoliox he ran this wayx and leapxd this orchard wallx callx good mercutiox mercutiox nayx ixll conjure toox romeox humoursx madmanx passionx loverx appear thou in the likeness of a sighx speak but one rhymex and i am satisfiedx cry but xah mexx pronounce but love and dovex speak to my gossip venus one fair wordx one nickname for her purblind son and heirx young abraham cupidx he that shot so trim when king cophetua lovxd the beggarxmaidx he heareth notx he stirreth notx he moveth notx the ape is deadx and i must conjure himx i conjure thee by rosalinexs bright eyesx by her high forehead and her scarlet lipx by her fine footx straight legx and quivering thighx and the demesnes that there adjacent liex that in thy likeness thou appear to usx benvoliox an if he hear theex thou wilt anger himx mercutiox this cannot anger himx xtwould anger him to raise a spirit in his mistressx circlex of some strange naturex letting it there stand till she had laid itx and conjurxd it downx that were some spitex my invocation is fair and honestx andx in his mistressx namex i conjure only but to raise up himx benvoliox comex he hath hid himself among these trees to be consorted with the humorous nightx blind is his lovex and best befits the darkx mercutiox if love be blindx love cannot hit the markx now will he sit under a medlar treex and wish his mistress were that kind of fruit as maids call medlars when they laugh alonex o romeox that she werex o that she were an openxarse and thou a poperin pearx romeox good nightx ixll to my trucklexbedx this fieldxbed is too cold for me to sleepx comex shall we gox benvoliox go thenx for xtis in vain to seek him here that means not to be foundx xxexeuntxxx scene iix capuletxs gardenx enter romeox romeox he jests at scars that never felt a woundx juliet appears above at a windowx but softx what light through yonder window breaksx it is the eastx and juliet is the sunx arise fair sun and kill the envious moonx who is already sick and pale with griefx that thou her maid art far more fair than shex be not her maid since she is enviousx her vestal livery is but sick and greenx and none but fools do wear itx cast it offx it is my ladyx o it is my lovex ox that she knew she werex she speaksx yet she says nothingx what of thatx her eye discoursesx i will answer itx i am too boldx xtis not to me she speaksx two of the fairest stars in all the heavenx having some businessx do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they returnx what if her eyes were therex they in her headx the brightness of her cheek would shame those starsx as daylight doth a lampx her eyes in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing and think it were not nightx see how she leans her cheek upon her handx o that i were a glove upon that handx that i might touch that cheekx julietx ay mex romeox she speaksx o speak again bright angelx for thou art as glorious to this nightx being oxer my headx as is a winged messenger of heaven unto the whitexupturned wondering eyes of mortals that fall back to gaze on him when he bestrides the lazyxpuffing clouds and sails upon the bosom of the airx julietx o romeox romeox wherefore art thou romeox deny thy father and refuse thy namex or if thou wilt notx be but sworn my lovex and ixll no longer be a capuletx romeox xxasidexxx shall i hear morex or shall i speak at thisx julietx xtis but thy name that is my enemyx thou art thyselfx though not a montaguex whatxs montaguex it is nor hand nor footx nor armx nor facex nor any other part belonging to a manx o be some other namex whatxs in a namex that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweetx so romeo wouldx were he not romeo callxdx retain that dear perfection which he owes without that titlex romeox doff thy namex and for thy namex which is no part of theex take all myselfx romeox i take thee at thy wordx call me but lovex and ixll be new baptisxdx henceforth i never will be romeox julietx what man art thou thatx thus bescreenxd in night so stumblest on my counselx romeox by a name i know not how to tell thee who i amx my namex dear saintx is hateful to myselfx because it is an enemy to theex had i it writtenx i would tear the wordx julietx my ears have yet not drunk a hundred words of thy tonguexs utterancex yet i know the soundx art thou not romeox and a montaguex romeox neitherx fair maidx if either thee dislikex julietx how camxst thou hitherx tell mex and whereforex the orchard walls are high and hard to climbx and the place deathx considering who thou artx if any of my kinsmen find thee herex romeox with lovexs light wings did i oxerperch these wallsx for stony limits cannot hold love outx and what love can dox that dares love attemptx therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to mex julietx if they do see theex they will murder theex romeox alackx there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swordsx look thou but sweetx and i am proof against their enmityx julietx i would not for the world they saw thee herex romeox i have nightxs cloak to hide me from their eyesx and but thou love mex let them find me herex my life were better ended by their hate than death proroguedx wanting of thy lovex julietx by whose direction foundxst thou out this placex romeox by lovex that first did prompt me to enquirex he lent me counselx and i lent him eyesx i am no pilotx yet wert thou as far as that vast shore washxd with the farthest seax i should adventure for such merchandisex julietx thou knowest the mask of night is on my facex else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek for that which thou hast heard me speak tonightx fain would i dwell on formx fainx fain deny what i have spokex but farewell complimentx dost thou love mex i know thou wilt say ayx and i will take thy wordx yetx if thou swearxstx thou mayst prove falsex at loversx perjuriesx they say jove laughsx o gentle romeox if thou dost lovex pronounce it faithfullyx or if thou thinkest i am too quickly wonx ixll frown and be perversex and say thee nayx so thou wilt woox but elsex not for the worldx in truthx fair montaguex i am too fondx and therefore thou mayst think my xhaviour lightx but trust mex gentlemanx ixll prove more true than those that have more cunning to be strangex i should have been more strangex i must confessx but that thou overheardxstx ere i was xwarex my truexlove passionx therefore pardon mex and not impute this yielding to light lovex which the dark night hath so discoveredx romeox ladyx by yonder blessed moon i vowx that tips with silver all these fruitxtree topsxx julietx o swear not by the moonx thxinconstant moonx that monthly changes in her circled orbx lest that thy love prove likewise variablex romeox what shall i swear byx julietx do not swear at allx or if thou wiltx swear by thy gracious selfx which is the god of my idolatryx and ixll believe theex romeox if my heartxs dear lovexx julietx wellx do not swearx although i joy in theex i have no joy of this contract tonightx it is too rashx too unadvisxdx too suddenx too like the lightningx which doth cease to be ere one can say it lightensx sweetx good nightx this bud of lovex by summerxs ripening breathx may prove a beauteous flower when next we meetx good nightx good nightx as sweet repose and rest come to thy heart as that within my breastx romeox o wilt thou leave me so unsatisfiedx julietx what satisfaction canst thou have tonightx romeox thxexchange of thy lovexs faithful vow for minex julietx i gave thee mine before thou didst request itx and yet i would it were to give againx romeox wouldxst thou withdraw itx for what purposex lovex julietx but to be frank and give it thee againx and yet i wish but for the thing i havex my bounty is as boundless as the seax my love as deepx the more i give to theex the more i havex for both are infinitex i hear some noise withinx dear lovex adieux xxnurse calls withinxxx anonx good nursexxsweet montague be truex stay but a littlex i will come againx xxexitxxx romeox o blessedx blessed nightx i am afeardx being in nightx all this is but a dreamx too flattering sweet to be substantialx enter juliet abovex julietx three wordsx dear romeox and good night indeedx if that thy bent of love be honourablex thy purpose marriagex send me word tomorrowx by one that ixll procure to come to theex where and what time thou wilt perform the ritex and all my fortunes at thy foot ixll lay and follow thee my lord throughout the worldx nursex xxwithinxxx madamx julietx i comex anonxx but if thou meanest not wellx i do beseech theexx nursex xxwithinxxx madamx julietx by and by i comex to cease thy strife and leave me to my griefx tomorrow will i sendx romeox so thrive my soulxx julietx a thousand times good nightx xxexitxxx romeox a thousand times the worsex to want thy lightx love goes toward love as schoolboys from their booksx but love from lovex towards school with heavy looksx xxretiring slowlyxxx rexenter julietx abovex julietx histx romeox histx o for a falconerxs voice to lure this tasselxgentle back againx bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloudx else would i tear the cave where echo liesx and make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine with repetition of my romeoxs namex romeox it is my soul that calls upon my namex how silverxsweet sound loversx tongues by nightx like softest music to attending earsx julietx romeox romeox my nyasx julietx what oxclock tomorrow shall i send to theex romeox by the hour of ninex julietx i will not failx xtis twenty years till thenx i have forgot why i did call thee backx romeox let me stand here till thou remember itx julietx i shall forgetx to have thee still stand therex remembering how i love thy companyx romeox and ixll still stayx to have thee still forgetx forgetting any other home but thisx julietx xtis almost morningx i would have thee gonex and yet no farther than a wantonxs birdx that lets it hop a little from her handx like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyvesx and with a silk thread plucks it back againx so lovingxjealous of his libertyx romeox i would i were thy birdx julietx sweetx so would ix yet i should kill thee with much cherishingx good nightx good nightx parting is such sweet sorrow that i shall say good night till it be morrowx xxexitxxx romeox sleep dwell upon thine eyesx peace in thy breastx would i were sleep and peacex so sweet to restx the greyxeyxd morn smiles on the frowning nightx chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of lightx and darkness fleckled like a drunkard reels from forth dayxs pathwayx made by titanxs wheels hence will i to my ghostly sirexs cellx his help to crave and my dear hap to tellx xxexitxxx scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx enter friar lawrence with a basketx friar lawrencex nowx ere the sun advance his burning eyex the day to cheerx and nightxs dank dew to dryx i must upfill this osier cage of ours with baleful weeds and preciousxjuiced flowersx the earth thatxs naturexs motherx is her tombx what is her burying gravex that is her wombx and from her womb children of divers kind we sucking on her natural bosom findx many for many virtues excellentx none but for somex and yet all differentx ox mickle is the powerful grace that lies in plantsx herbsx stonesx and their true qualitiesx for naught so vile that on the earth doth live but to the earth some special good doth givex nor aught so good butx strainxd from that fair usex revolts from true birthx stumbling on abusex virtue itself turns vice being misappliedx and vice sometimexs by action dignifiedx enter romeox within the infant rind of this weak flower poison hath residencex and medicine powerx for thisx being smeltx with that part cheers each partx being tastedx slays all senses with the heartx two such opposed kings encamp them still in man as well as herbsxxgrace and rude willx and where the worser is predominantx full soon the canker death eats up that plantx romeox good morrowx fatherx friar lawrencex benedicitex what early tongue so sweet saluteth mex young sonx it argues a distemperxd head so soon to bid good morrow to thy bedx care keeps his watch in every old manxs eyex and where care lodges sleep will never liex but where unbruised youth with unstuffxd brain doth couch his limbsx there golden sleep doth reignx therefore thy earliness doth me assure thou art uprousxd with some distemperaturex or if not sox then here i hit it rightx our romeo hath not been in bed tonightx romeox that last is truex the sweeter rest was minex friar lawrencex god pardon sinx wast thou with rosalinex romeox with rosalinex my ghostly fatherx nox i have forgot that namex and that namexs woex friar lawrencex thatxs my good sonx but where hast thou been thenx romeox ixll tell thee ere thou ask it me againx i have been feasting with mine enemyx where on a sudden one hath wounded me thatxs by me woundedx both our remedies within thy help and holy physic liesx i bear no hatredx blessed manx for lox my intercession likewise steads my foex friar lawrencex be plainx good sonx and homely in thy driftx riddling confession finds but riddling shriftx romeox then plainly know my heartxs dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich capuletx as mine on hersx so hers is set on minex and all combinxdx save what thou must combine by holy marriagex whenx and wherex and how we metx we wooxdx and made exchange of vowx ixll tell thee as we passx but this i prayx that thou consent to marry us todayx friar lawrencex holy saint francisx what a change is herex is rosalinex that thou didst love so dearx so soon forsakenx young menxs love then lies not truly in their heartsx but in their eyesx jesu mariax what a deal of brine hath washxd thy sallow cheeks for rosalinex how much salt water thrown away in wastex to season lovex that of it doth not tastex the sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clearsx thy old groans yet ring in mine ancient earsx lo here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit of an old tear that is not washxd off yetx if ere thou wast thyselfx and these woes thinex thou and these woes were all for rosalinex and art thou changxdx pronounce this sentence thenx women may fallx when therexs no strength in menx romeox thou chiddxst me oft for loving rosalinex friar lawrencex for dotingx not for lovingx pupil minex romeox and badxst me bury lovex friar lawrencex not in a grave to lay one inx another out to havex romeox i pray thee chide me notx her i love now doth grace for grace and love for love allowx the other did not sox friar lawrencex ox she knew well thy love did read by rotex that could not spellx but come young wavererx come go with mex in one respect ixll thy assistant bex for this alliance may so happy provex to turn your householdsx rancour to pure lovex romeox o let us hencex i stand on sudden hastex friar lawrencex wisely and slowx they stumble that run fastx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a streetx enter benvolio and mercutiox mercutiox where the devil should this romeo bex came he not home tonightx benvoliox not to his fatherxsx i spoke with his manx mercutiox whyx that same pale hardxhearted wenchx that rosalinex torments him so that he will sure run madx benvoliox tybaltx the kinsman to old capuletx hath sent a letter to his fatherxs housex mercutiox a challengex on my lifex benvoliox romeo will answer itx mercutiox any man that can write may answer a letterx benvoliox nayx he will answer the letterxs masterx how he daresx being daredx mercutiox alas poor romeox he is already deadx stabbed with a white wenchxs black eyex run through the ear with a love songx the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bowxboyxs buttxshaftx and is he a man to encounter tybaltx benvoliox whyx what is tybaltx mercutiox more than prince of catsx ox hexs the courageous captain of complimentsx he fights as you sing prickxsongx keeps timex distancex and proportionx he rests his minim restx onex twox and the third in your bosomx the very butcher of a silk buttonx a duellistx a duellistx a gentleman of the very first housex of the first and second causex ahx the immortal passadox the punto reversox the hayx benvoliox the whatx mercutiox the pox of such antic lispingx affecting phantasiesx these new tuners of accentx by jesux a very good bladex a very tall manx a very good whorex whyx is not this a lamentable thingx grandsirex that we should be thus afflicted with these strange fliesx these fashionxmongersx these pardonxmexsx who stand so much on the new form that they cannot sit at ease on the old benchx o their bonesx their bonesx enter romeox benvoliox here comes romeox here comes romeox mercutiox without his roex like a dried herringx o fleshx fleshx how art thou fishifiedx now is he for the numbers that petrarch flowed inx laurax to his ladyx was but a kitchen wenchxxmarryx she had a better love to berhyme herx dido a dowdyx cleopatra a gypsyx helen and hero hildings and harlotsx thisbe a grey eye or sox but not to the purposex signior romeox bonjourx therexs a french salutation to your french slopx you gave us the counterfeit fairly last nightx romeox good morrow to you bothx what counterfeit did i give youx mercutiox the slip sirx the slipx can you not conceivex romeox pardonx good mercutiox my business was greatx and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesyx mercutiox thatxs as much as to sayx such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hamsx romeox meaningx to curtsyx mercutiox thou hast most kindly hit itx romeox a most courteous expositionx mercutiox nayx i am the very pink of courtesyx romeox pink for flowerx mercutiox rightx romeox whyx then is my pump well floweredx mercutiox sure witx follow me this jest nowx till thou hast worn out thy pumpx that when the single sole of it is wornx the jest may remain after the wearingx solely singularx romeox o singlexsoled jestx solely singular for the singlenessx mercutiox come between usx good benvoliox my wits faintx romeox swits and spursx swits and spursx or ixll cry a matchx mercutiox nayx if thy wits run the wildxgoose chasex i am donex for thou hast more of the wildxgoose in one of thy witsx than i am surex i have in my whole fivex was i with you there for the goosex romeox thou wast never with me for anythingx when thou wast not there for the goosex mercutiox i will bite thee by the ear for that jestx romeox nayx good goosex bite notx mercutiox thy wit is a very bitter sweetingx it is a most sharp saucex romeox and is it not then well served in to a sweet goosex mercutiox o herexs a wit of cheverilx that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broadx romeox i stretch it out for that word broadx which added to the goosex proves thee far and wide a broad goosex mercutiox whyx is not this better now than groaning for lovex now art thou sociablex now art thou romeox not art thou what thou artx by art as well as by naturex for this drivelling love is like a great naturalx that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a holex benvoliox stop therex stop therex mercutiox thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hairx benvoliox thou wouldst else have made thy tale largex mercutiox ox thou art deceivedx i would have made it shortx for i was come to the whole depth of my talex and meant indeed to occupy the argument no longerx enter nurse and peterx romeox herexs goodly gearx a sailx a sailx mercutiox twox twox a shirt and a smockx nursex peterx peterx anonx nursex my fanx peterx mercutiox good peterx to hide her facex for her fanxs the fairer facex nursex god ye good morrowx gentlemenx mercutiox god ye goodxdenx fair gentlewomanx nursex is it goodxdenx mercutiox xtis no lessx i tell yex for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noonx nursex out upon youx what a man are youx romeox onex gentlewomanx that god hath made for himself to marx nursex by my trothx it is well saidx for himself to marx quoth ax gentlemenx can any of you tell me where i may find the young romeox romeox i can tell youx but young romeo will be older when you have found him than he was when you sought himx i am the youngest of that namex for fault of a worsex nursex you say wellx mercutiox yeax is the worst wellx very well tookx ixfaithx wiselyx wiselyx nursex if you be hex sirx i desire some confidence with youx benvoliox she will endite him to some supperx mercutiox a bawdx a bawdx a bawdx so hox romeox what hast thou foundx mercutiox no harex sirx unless a harex sirx in a lenten piex that is something stale and hoar ere it be spentx xxsingsxxx an old hare hoarx and an old hare hoarx is very good meat in lentx but a hare that is hoar is too much for a score when it hoars ere it be spentx romeox will you come to your fatherxsx wexll to dinner thitherx romeox i will follow youx mercutiox farewellx ancient ladyx farewellx ladyx ladyx ladyx xxexeunt mercutio and benvolioxxx nursex i pray youx sirx what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his roperyx romeox a gentlemanx nursex that loves to hear himself talkx and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a monthx nursex and a speak anything against mex ixll take him downx and a were lustier than he isx and twenty such jacksx and if i cannotx ixll find those that shallx scurvy knavex i am none of his flirtxgillsx i am none of his skainsxmatesxxand thou must stand by too and suffer every knave to use me at his pleasurex peterx i saw no man use you at his pleasurex if i hadx my weapon should quickly have been outx i warrant youx i dare draw as soon as another manx if i see occasion in a good quarrelx and the law on my sidex nursex nowx afore godx i am so vexed that every part about me quiversx scurvy knavex pray youx sirx a wordx and as i told youx my young lady bid me enquire you outx what she bade me sayx i will keep to myselfx but first let me tell yex if ye should lead her in a foolxs paradisex as they sayx it were a very gross kind of behaviourx as they sayx for the gentlewoman is youngx and thereforex if you should deal double with herx truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewomanx and very weak dealingx romeox nursex commend me to thy lady and mistressx i protest unto theexx nursex good heartx and ixfaith i will tell her as muchx lordx lordx she will be a joyful womanx romeox what wilt thou tell herx nursex thou dost not mark mex nursex i will tell herx sirx that you do protestx whichx as i take itx is a gentlemanlike offerx romeox bid her devise some means to come to shrift this afternoonx and there she shall at friar lawrencex cell be shrivxd and marriedx here is for thy painsx nursex no trulyx sirx not a pennyx romeox go tox i say you shallx nursex this afternoonx sirx wellx she shall be therex romeox and stayx good nursex behind the abbey wallx within this hour my man shall be with theex and bring thee cords made like a tackled stairx which to the high topgallant of my joy must be my convoy in the secret nightx farewellx be trustyx and ixll quit thy painsx farewellx commend me to thy mistressx nursex now god in heaven bless theex hark youx sirx romeox what sayxst thoux my dear nursex nursex is your man secretx did you nexer hear sayx two may keep counselx putting one awayx romeox i warrant thee my manxs as true as steelx nursex wellx sirx my mistress is the sweetest ladyx lordx lordx when xtwas a little prating thingxxox there is a nobleman in townx one parisx that would fain lay knife aboardx but shex good soulx had as lief see a toadx a very toadx as see himx i anger her sometimesx and tell her that paris is the properer manx but ixll warrant youx when i say sox she looks as pale as any clout in the versal worldx doth not rosemary and romeo begin both with a letterx romeox ayx nursex what of thatx both with an rx nursex ahx mockerx thatxs the dogxs namex r is for thexnox i know it begins with some other letterx and she hath the prettiest sententious of itx of you and rosemaryx that it would do you good to hear itx romeox commend me to thy ladyx nursex ayx a thousand timesx peterx xxexit romeoxxx peterx anonx nursex before and apacex xxexeuntxxx scene vx capuletxs gardenx enter julietx julietx the clock struck nine when i did send the nursex in half an hour she promised to returnx perchance she cannot meet himx thatxs not sox ox she is lamex lovexs heralds should be thoughtsx which ten times faster glides than the sunxs beamsx driving back shadows over lowering hillsx therefore do nimblexpinionxd doves draw lovex and therefore hath the windxswift cupid wingsx now is the sun upon the highmost hill of this dayxs journeyx and from nine till twelve is three long hoursx yet she is not comex had she affections and warm youthful bloodx shexd be as swift in motion as a ballx my words would bandy her to my sweet lovex and his to mex but old folksx many feign as they were deadx unwieldyx slowx heavy and pale as leadx enter nurse and peterx o godx she comesx o honey nursex what newsx hast thou met with himx send thy man awayx nursex peterx stay at the gatex xxexit peterxxx julietx nowx good sweet nursexxo lordx why lookxst thou sadx though news be sadx yet tell them merrilyx if goodx thou shamxst the music of sweet news by playing it to me with so sour a facex nursex i am awearyx give me leave awhilex fiex how my bones achex what a jaunt have i hadx julietx i would thou hadst my bonesx and i thy newsx nay comex i pray thee speakx goodx good nursex speakx nursex jesux what hastex can you not stay a whilex do you not see that i am out of breathx julietx how art thou out of breathx when thou hast breath to say to me that thou art out of breathx the excuse that thou dost make in this delay is longer than the tale thou dost excusex is thy news good or badx answer to thatx say eitherx and ixll stay the circumstancex let me be satisfiedx isxt good or badx nursex wellx you have made a simple choicex you know not how to choose a manx romeox nox not hex though his face be better than any manxsx yet his leg excels all menxsx and for a hand and a footx and a bodyx though they be not to be talked onx yet they are past comparex he is not the flower of courtesyx but ixll warrant him as gentle as a lambx go thy waysx wenchx serve godx whatx have you dined at homex julietx nox nox but all this did i know beforex what says he of our marriagex what of thatx nursex lordx how my head achesx what a head have ix it beats as it would fall in twenty piecesx my back ox txother sidexxo my backx my backx beshrew your heart for sending me about to catch my death with jauncing up and downx julietx ixfaithx i am sorry that thou art not wellx sweetx sweetx sweet nursex tell mex what says my lovex nursex your love says like an honest gentlemanx and a courteousx and a kindx and a handsomex and i warrant a virtuousxxwhere is your motherx julietx where is my motherx whyx she is withinx where should she bex how oddly thou repliestx xyour love saysx like an honest gentlemanx xwhere is your motherxx nursex o godxs lady dearx are you so hotx marryx come upx i trowx is this the poultice for my aching bonesx henceforward do your messages yourselfx julietx herexs such a coilx comex what says romeox nursex have you got leave to go to shrift todayx julietx i havex nursex then hie you hence to friar lawrencex cellx there stays a husband to make you a wifex now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeksx theyxll be in scarlet straight at any newsx hie you to churchx i must another wayx to fetch a ladder by the which your love must climb a birdxs nest soon when it is darkx i am the drudgex and toil in your delightx but you shall bear the burden soon at nightx gox ixll to dinnerx hie you to the cellx julietx hie to high fortunex honest nursex farewellx xxexeuntxxx scene vix friar lawrencexs cellx enter friar lawrence and romeox friar lawrencex so smile the heavens upon this holy act that afterxhours with sorrow chide us notx romeox amenx amenx but come what sorrow canx it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sightx do thou but close our hands with holy wordsx then lovexdevouring death do what he darex it is enough i may but call her minex friar lawrencex these violent delights have violent endsx and in their triumph diex like fire and powderx which as they kiss consumex the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousnessx and in the taste confounds the appetitex therefore love moderatelyx long love doth sox too swift arrives as tardy as too slowx enter julietx here comes the ladyx ox so light a foot will nexer wear out the everlasting flintx a lover may bestride the gossamers that idles in the wanton summer air and yet not fallx so light is vanityx julietx good even to my ghostly confessorx friar lawrencex romeo shall thank theex daughterx for us bothx julietx as much to himx else is his thanks too muchx romeox ahx julietx if the measure of thy joy be heapxd like minex and that thy skill be more to blazon itx then sweeten with thy breath this neighbour airx and let rich musicxs tongue unfold the imaginxd happiness that both receive in either by this dear encounterx julietx conceit more rich in matter than in wordsx brags of his substancex not of ornamentx they are but beggars that can count their worthx but my true love is grown to such excessx i cannot sum up sum of half my wealthx friar lawrencex comex come with mex and we will make short workx forx by your leavesx you shall not stay alone till holy church incorporate two in onex xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix a public placex enter mercutiox benvoliox page and servantsx benvoliox i pray theex good mercutiox letxs retirex the day is hotx the capulets abroadx and if we meetx we shall not scape a brawlx for now these hot daysx is the mad blood stirringx mercutiox thou art like one of these fellows thatx when he enters the confines of a tavernx claps me his sword upon the tablex and says xgod send me no need of theexx and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the drawerx when indeed there is no needx benvoliox am i like such a fellowx mercutiox comex comex thou art as hot a jack in thy mood as any in italyx and as soon moved to be moodyx and as soon moody to be movedx benvoliox and what tox mercutiox nayx an there were two suchx we should have none shortlyx for one would kill the otherx thoux whyx thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hastx thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nutsx having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyesx what eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrelx thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meatx and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrellingx thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the streetx because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sunx didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before easterx with another for tying his new shoes with an old ribandx and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrellingx benvoliox and i were so apt to quarrel as thou artx any man should buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarterx mercutiox the fee simplex o simplex enter tybalt and othersx benvoliox by my headx here comes the capuletsx mercutiox by my heelx i care notx tybaltx follow me closex for i will speak to themx gentlemenx goodxdenx a word with one of youx mercutiox and but one word with one of usx couple it with somethingx make it a word and a blowx tybaltx you shall find me apt enough to thatx sirx and you will give me occasionx mercutiox could you not take some occasion without givingx tybaltx mercutiox thou consortest with romeox mercutiox consortx whatx dost thou make us minstrelsx and thou make minstrels of usx look to hear nothing but discordsx herexs my fiddlestickx herexs that shall make you dancex zoundsx consortx benvoliox we talk here in the public haunt of menx either withdraw unto some private placex and reason coldly of your grievancesx or else departx here all eyes gaze on usx mercutiox menxs eyes were made to lookx and let them gazex i will not budge for no manxs pleasurex ix enter romeox tybaltx wellx peace be with youx sirx here comes my manx mercutiox but ixll be hangedx sirx if he wear your liveryx marryx go before to fieldx hexll be your followerx your worship in that sense may call him manx tybaltx romeox the love i bear thee can afford no better term than thisx thou art a villainx romeox tybaltx the reason that i have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greetingx villain am i nonex therefore farewellx i see thou knowxst me notx tybaltx boyx this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done mex therefore turn and drawx romeox i do protest i never injurxd theex but love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of my lovex and so good capuletx which name i tender as dearly as mine ownx be satisfiedx mercutiox o calmx dishonourablex vile submissionx xxdrawsxxx alla stoccata carries it awayx tybaltx you ratxcatcherx will you walkx tybaltx what wouldst thou have with mex mercutiox good king of catsx nothing but one of your nine livesx that i mean to make bold withalx andx as you shall use me hereafterx dryxbeat the rest of the eightx will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the earsx make hastex lest mine be about your ears ere it be outx tybaltx xxdrawingxxx i am for youx romeox gentle mercutiox put thy rapier upx mercutiox comex sirx your passadox xxthey fightxxx romeox drawx benvoliox beat down their weaponsx gentlemenx for shamex forbear this outragex tybaltx mercutiox the prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in verona streetsx holdx tybaltx good mercutiox xxexeunt tybalt with his partizansxxx mercutiox i am hurtx a plague ox both your housesx i am spedx is he gonex and hath nothingx benvoliox whatx art thou hurtx mercutiox ayx ayx a scratchx a scratchx marryx xtis enoughx where is my pagex go villainx fetch a surgeonx xxexit pagexxx romeox couragex manx the hurt cannot be muchx mercutiox nox xtis not so deep as a wellx nor so wide as a church doorx but xtis enoughx xtwill servex ask for me tomorrowx and you shall find me a grave manx i am pepperedx i warrantx for this worldx a plague ox both your housesx zoundsx a dogx a ratx a mousex a catx to scratch a man to deathx a braggartx a roguex a villainx that fights by the book of arithmeticxxwhy the devil came you between usx i was hurt under your armx romeox i thought all for the bestx mercutiox help me into some housex benvoliox or i shall faintx a plague ox both your housesx they have made wormsx meat of mex i have itx and soundly toox your housesx xxexeunt mercutio and benvolioxxx romeox this gentlemanx the princexs near allyx my very friendx hath got his mortal hurt in my behalfx my reputation stainxd with tybaltxs slanderxxtybaltx that an hour hath been my cousinx o sweet julietx thy beauty hath made me effeminate and in my temper softenxd valourxs steelx rexenter benvoliox benvoliox o romeox romeox brave mercutioxs deadx that gallant spirit hath aspirxd the cloudsx which too untimely here did scorn the earthx romeox this dayxs black fate on mo days doth dependx this but begins the woe others must endx rexenter tybaltx benvoliox here comes the furious tybalt back againx romeox again in triumphx and mercutio slainx away to heaven respective lenityx and firexeyxd fury be my conduct nowx nowx tybaltx take the xvillainx back again that late thou gavxst mex for mercutioxs soul is but a little way above our headsx staying for thine to keep him companyx either thou or ix or bothx must go with himx tybaltx thou wretched boyx that didst consort him herex shalt with him hencex romeox this shall determine thatx xxthey fightx tybalt fallsxxx benvoliox romeox awayx be gonex the citizens are upx and tybalt slainx stand not amazxdx the prince will doom thee death if thou art takenx hencex be gonex awayx romeox ox i am fortunexs foolx benvoliox why dost thou stayx xxexit romeoxxx enter citizensx first citizenx which way ran he that killxd mercutiox tybaltx that murdererx which way ran hex benvoliox there lies that tybaltx first citizenx upx sirx go with mex i charge thee in the princexs name obeyx enter princex attendedx montaguex capuletx their wives and othersx princex where are the vile beginners of this frayx benvoliox o noble princex i can discover all the unlucky manage of this fatal brawlx there lies the manx slain by young romeox that slew thy kinsmanx brave mercutiox lady capuletx tybaltx my cousinx o my brotherxs childx o princex o husbandx ox the blood is spillxd of my dear kinsmanx princex as thou art truex for blood of ours shed blood of montaguex o cousinx cousinx princex benvoliox who began this bloody frayx benvoliox tybaltx here slainx whom romeoxs hand did slayx romeox that spoke him fairx bid him bethink how nice the quarrel wasx and urgxd withal your high displeasurex all this uttered with gentle breathx calm lookx knees humbly bowxd could not take truce with the unruly spleen of tybaltx deaf to peacex but that he tilts with piercing steel at bold mercutioxs breastx whox all as hotx turns deadly point to pointx andx with a martial scornx with one hand beats cold death asidex and with the other sends it back to tybaltx whose dexterity retorts itx romeo he cries aloudx xholdx friendsx friendsx partxx and swifter than his tonguex his agile arm beats down their fatal pointsx and xtwixt them rushesx underneath whose arm an envious thrust from tybalt hit the life of stout mercutiox and then tybalt fledx but by and by comes back to romeox who had but newly entertainxd revengex and toxt they go like lightningx forx ere i could draw to part them was stout tybalt slainx and as he fell did romeo turn and flyx this is the truthx or let benvolio diex lady capuletx he is a kinsman to the montaguex affection makes him falsex he speaks not truex some twenty of them fought in this black strifex and all those twenty could but kill one lifex i beg for justicex which thoux princex must givex romeo slew tybaltx romeo must not livex princex romeo slew himx he slew mercutiox who now the price of his dear blood doth owex montaguex not romeox princex he was mercutioxs friendx his fault concludes but what the law should endx the life of tybaltx princex and for that offence immediately we do exile him hencex i have an interest in your hatexs proceedingx my blood for your rude brawls doth lie axbleedingx but ixll amerce you with so strong a fine that you shall all repent the loss of minex i will be deaf to pleading and excusesx nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abusesx therefore use nonex let romeo hence in hastex elsex when he is foundx that hour is his lastx bear hence this bodyx and attend our willx mercy but murdersx pardoning those that killx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in capuletxs housex enter julietx julietx gallop apacex you fieryxfooted steedsx towards phoebusx lodgingx such a waggoner as phaeton would whip you to the west and bring in cloudy night immediatelyx spread thy close curtainx lovexperforming nightx that runawayxs eyes may winkx and romeo leap to these armsx untalkxd of and unseenx lovers can see to do their amorous rites by their own beautiesx orx if love be blindx it best agrees with nightx comex civil nightx thou soberxsuited matronx all in blackx and learn me how to lose a winning matchx playxd for a pair of stainless maidenhoodsx hood my unmannxd bloodx bating in my cheeksx with thy black mantlex till strange lovex grow boldx think true love acted simple modestyx comex nightx come romeox comex thou day in nightx for thou wilt lie upon the wings of night whiter than new snow upon a ravenxs backx come gentle nightx come loving blackxbrowxd nightx give me my romeox and when i shall diex take him and cut him out in little starsx and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with nightx and pay no worship to the garish sunx ox i have bought the mansion of a lovex but not possessxd itx and though i am soldx not yet enjoyxdx so tedious is this day as is the night before some festival to an impatient child that hath new robes and may not wear themx ox here comes my nursex and she brings newsx and every tongue that speaks but romeoxs name speaks heavenly eloquencex enter nursex with cordsx nowx nursex what newsx what hast thou therex the cords that romeo bid thee fetchx nursex ayx ayx the cordsx xxthrows them downxxx julietx ay mex what newsx why dost thou wring thy handsx nursex ahx wellxaxdayx hexs deadx hexs deadx hexs deadx we are undonex ladyx we are undonex alack the dayx hexs gonex hexs killxdx hexs deadx julietx can heaven be so enviousx nursex romeo canx though heaven cannotx o romeox romeox who ever would have thought itx romeox julietx what devil art thoux that dost torment me thusx this torture should be roarxd in dismal hellx hath romeo slain himselfx say thou but ayx and that bare vowel i shall poison more than the deathxdarting eye of cockatricex i am not i if there be such an ix or those eyes shut that make thee answer ayx if he be slainx say ayx or if notx nox brief sounds determine of my weal or woex nursex i saw the woundx i saw it with mine eyesx god save the markxxhere on his manly breastx a piteous corsex a bloody piteous corsex palex pale as ashesx all bedaubxd in bloodx all in gorexbloodx i swounded at the sightx julietx ox breakx my heartx poor bankroutx break at oncex to prisonx eyesx nexer look on libertyx vile earth to earth resignx end motion herex and thou and romeo press one heavy bierx nursex o tybaltx tybaltx the best friend i hadx o courteous tybaltx honest gentlemanx that ever i should live to see thee deadx julietx what storm is this that blows so contraryx is romeo slaughterxd and is tybalt deadx my dearest cousinx and my dearer lordx then dreadful trumpet sound the general doomx for who is livingx if those two are gonex nursex tybalt is gonex and romeo banishedx romeo that killxd himx he is banishedx julietx o godx did romeoxs hand shed tybaltxs bloodx nursex it didx it didx alas the dayx it didx julietx o serpent heartx hid with a flowering facex did ever dragon keep so fair a cavex beautiful tyrantx fiend angelicalx dovexfeatherxd ravenx wolvishxravening lambx despised substance of divinest showx just opposite to what thou justly seemxstx a damned saintx an honourable villainx o naturex what hadst thou to do in hell when thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend in mortal paradise of such sweet fleshx was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly boundx ox that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palacex nursex therexs no trustx no faithx no honesty in menx all perjurxdx all forswornx all naughtx all dissemblersx ahx wherexs my manx give me some aqua vitaex these griefsx these woesx these sorrows make me oldx shame come to romeox julietx blisterxd be thy tongue for such a wishx he was not born to shamex upon his brow shame is ashamxd to sitx for xtis a throne where honour may be crownxd sole monarch of the universal earthx ox what a beast was i to chide at himx nursex will you speak well of him that killxd your cousinx julietx shall i speak ill of him that is my husbandx ahx poor my lordx what tongue shall smooth thy namex when i thy threexhoursx wife have mangled itx but whereforex villainx didst thou kill my cousinx that villain cousin would have killxd my husbandx backx foolish tearsx back to your native springx your tributary drops belong to woex which you mistaking offer up to joyx my husband livesx that tybalt would have slainx and tybaltxs deadx that would have slain my husbandx all this is comfortx wherefore weep i thenx some word there wasx worser than tybaltxs deathx that murderxd mex i would forget it fainx but ox it presses to my memory like damned guilty deeds to sinnersx mindsx tybalt is deadx and romeo banishedx that xbanishedxx that one word xbanishedxx hath slain ten thousand tybaltsx tybaltxs death was woe enoughx if it had ended therex or if sour woe delights in fellowshipx and needly will be rankxd with other griefsx why followxd notx when she said tybaltxs deadx thy father or thy motherx nay or bothx which modern lamentation might have movxdx but with a rearxward following tybaltxs deathx xromeo is banishedxxto speak that word is fatherx motherx tybaltx romeox julietx all slainx all deadx romeo is banishedx there is no endx no limitx measurex boundx in that wordxs deathx no words can that woe soundx where is my father and my motherx nursex nursex weeping and wailing over tybaltxs corsex will you go to themx i will bring you thitherx julietx wash they his wounds with tearsx mine shall be spentx when theirs are dryx for romeoxs banishmentx take up those cordsx poor ropesx you are beguilxdx both you and ix for romeo is exilxdx he made you for a highway to my bedx but ix a maidx die maidenxwidowedx come cordsx come nursex ixll to my wedding bedx and deathx not romeox take my maidenheadx nursex hie to your chamberx ixll find romeo to comfort youx i wot well where he isx hark yex your romeo will be here at nightx ixll to himx he is hid at lawrencex cellx julietx o find himx give this ring to my true knightx and bid him come to take his last farewellx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx enter friar lawrencex friar lawrencex romeox come forthx come forthx thou fearful manx affliction is enanmourxd of thy parts and thou art wedded to calamityx enter romeox romeox fatherx what newsx what is the princexs doomx what sorrow craves acquaintance at my handx that i yet know notx friar lawrencex too familiar is my dear son with such sour companyx i bring thee tidings of the princexs doomx romeox what less than doomsday is the princexs doomx friar lawrencex a gentler judgment vanishxd from his lipsx not bodyxs deathx but bodyxs banishmentx romeox hax banishmentx be mercifulx say deathx for exile hath more terror in his lookx much more than deathx do not say banishmentx friar lawrencex hence from verona art thou banishedx be patientx for the world is broad and widex romeox there is no world without verona wallsx but purgatoryx torturex hell itselfx hence banished is banishxd from the worldx and worldxs exile is deathx then banished is death mistermxdx calling death banishedx thou cuttxst my head off with a golden axex and smilest upon the stroke that murders mex friar lawrencex o deadly sinx o rude unthankfulnessx thy fault our law calls deathx but the kind princex taking thy partx hath brushxd aside the lawx and turnxd that black word death to banishmentx this is dear mercyx and thou seexst it notx romeox xtis torturex and not mercyx heaven is here where juliet livesx and every cat and dogx and little mousex every unworthy thingx live here in heaven and may look on herx but romeo may notx more validityx more honourable statex more courtship lives in carrion flies than romeox they may seize on the white wonder of dear julietxs handx and steal immortal blessing from her lipsx whox even in pure and vestal modesty still blushx as thinking their own kisses sinx but romeo may notx he is banishedx this may flies dox when i from this must flyx they are free men but i am banishedx and sayxst thou yet that exile is not deathx hadst thou no poison mixxdx no sharpxground knifex no sudden mean of deathx though nexer so meanx but banished to kill mex banishedx o friarx the damned use that word in hellx howlings attends itx how hast thou the heartx being a divinex a ghostly confessorx a sinxabsolverx and my friend professxdx to mangle me with that word banishedx friar lawrencex thou fond mad manx hear me speak a littlex romeox ox thou wilt speak again of banishmentx friar lawrencex ixll give thee armour to keep off that wordx adversityxs sweet milkx philosophyx to comfort theex though thou art banishedx romeox yet banishedx hang up philosophyx unless philosophy can make a julietx displant a townx reverse a princexs doomx it helps notx it prevails notx talk no morex friar lawrencex ox then i see that mad men have no earsx romeox how should theyx when that wise men have no eyesx friar lawrencex let me dispute with thee of thy estatex romeox thou canst not speak of that thou dost not feelx wert thou as young as ix juliet thy lovex an hour but marriedx tybalt murderedx doting like mex and like me banishedx then mightst thou speakx then mightst thou tear thy hairx and fall upon the ground as i do nowx taking the measure of an unmade gravex xxknocking withinxxx friar lawrencex arisex one knocksx good romeox hide thyselfx romeox not ix unless the breath of heartsick groans mistxlike infold me from the search of eyesx xxknockingxxx friar lawrencex harkx how they knockxxwhoxs therexxromeox arisex thou wilt be takenxxstay awhilexxstand upx xxknockingxxx run to my studyxxbyxandxbyxxgodxs willx what simpleness is thisxxi comex i comex xxknockingxxx who knocks so hardx whence come youx whatxs your willx nursex xxwithinxxx let me come inx and you shall know my errandx i come from lady julietx friar lawrencex welcome thenx enter nursex nursex o holy friarx ox tell mex holy friarx where is my ladyxs lordx wherexs romeox friar lawrencex there on the groundx with his own tears made drunkx nursex ox he is even in my mistressx casex just in her casex o woeful sympathyx piteous predicamentx even so lies shex blubbering and weepingx weeping and blubberingx stand upx stand upx standx and you be a manx for julietxs sakex for her sakex rise and standx why should you fall into so deep an ox romeox nursex nursex ah sirx ah sirx deathxs the end of allx romeox spakest thou of julietx how is it with herx doth not she think me an old murdererx now i have stainxd the childhood of our joy with blood removxd but little from her ownx where is shex and how doth shex and what says my concealxd lady to our cancellxd lovex nursex ox she says nothingx sirx but weeps and weepsx and now falls on her bedx and then starts upx and tybalt callsx and then on romeo criesx and then down falls againx romeox as if that namex shot from the deadly level of a gunx did murder herx as that namexs cursed hand murderxd her kinsmanx ox tell mex friarx tell mex in what vile part of this anatomy doth my name lodgex tell mex that i may sack the hateful mansionx xxdrawing his swordxxx friar lawrencex hold thy desperate handx art thou a manx thy form cries out thou artx thy tears are womanishx thy wild acts denote the unreasonable fury of a beastx unseemly woman in a seeming manx and illxbeseeming beast in seeming bothx thou hast amazxd mex by my holy orderx i thought thy disposition better temperxdx hast thou slain tybaltx wilt thou slay thyselfx and slay thy ladyx that in thy life livesx by doing damned hate upon thyselfx why railxst thou on thy birthx the heaven and earthx since birthx and heaven and earthx all three do meet in thee at oncex which thou at once wouldst losex fiex fiex thou shamxst thy shapex thy lovex thy witx whichx like a usurerx aboundxst in allx and usest none in that true use indeed which should bedeck thy shapex thy lovex thy witx thy noble shape is but a form of waxx digressing from the valour of a manx thy dear love sworn but hollow perjuryx killing that love which thou hast vowxd to cherishx thy witx that ornament to shape and lovex misshapen in the conduct of them bothx like powder in a skilless soldierxs flaskx is set afire by thine own ignorancex and thou dismemberxd with thine own defencex whatx rouse theex manx thy juliet is alivex for whose dear sake thou wast but lately deadx there art thou happyx tybalt would kill theex but thou slewxst tybaltx there art thou happyx the law that threatenxd death becomes thy friendx and turns it to exilex there art thou happyx a pack of blessings light upon thy backx happiness courts thee in her best arrayx but like a misshaped and sullen wenchx thou puttxst up thy fortune and thy lovex take heedx take heedx for such die miserablex gox get thee to thy love as was decreedx ascend her chamberx hence and comfort herx but look thou stay not till the watch be setx for then thou canst not pass to mantuax where thou shalt live till we can find a time to blaze your marriagex reconcile your friendsx beg pardon of the princex and call thee back with twenty hundred thousand times more joy than thou wentxst forth in lamentationx go beforex nursex commend me to thy ladyx and bid her hasten all the house to bedx which heavy sorrow makes them apt untox romeo is comingx nursex o lordx i could have stayxd here all the night to hear good counselx ox what learning isx my lordx ixll tell my lady you will comex romeox do sox and bid my sweet prepare to chidex nursex here sirx a ring she bid me give youx sirx hie youx make hastex for it grows very latex xxexitxxx romeox how well my comfort is revivxd by thisx friar lawrencex go hencex good nightx and here stands all your statex either be gone before the watch be setx or by the break of day disguisxd from hencex sojourn in mantuax ixll find out your manx and he shall signify from time to time every good hap to you that chances herex give me thy handx xtis latex farewellx good nightx romeox but that a joy past joy calls out on mex it were a grief so brief to part with theex farewellx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a room in capuletxs housex enter capuletx lady capulet and parisx capuletx things have fallen outx sirx so unluckily that we have had no time to move our daughterx look youx she lovxd her kinsman tybalt dearlyx and so did ix wellx we were born to diex xtis very latex shexll not come down tonightx i promise youx but for your companyx i would have been abed an hour agox parisx these times of woe afford no tune to woox madamx good nightx commend me to your daughterx lady capuletx i willx and know her mind early tomorrowx tonight shexs mewxd up to her heavinessx capuletx sir parisx i will make a desperate tender of my childxs lovex i think she will be rulxd in all respects by mex nay morex i doubt it notx wifex go you to her ere you go to bedx acquaint her here of my son parisx lovex and bid herx mark you mex on wednesday nextx butx softx what day is thisx parisx mondayx my lordx capuletx mondayx hax hax wellx wednesday is too soonx a thursday let it bex a thursdayx tell herx she shall be married to this noble earlx will you be readyx do you like this hastex wexll keep no great adoxxa friend or twox forx hark youx tybalt being slain so latex it may be thought we held him carelesslyx being our kinsmanx if we revel muchx therefore wexll have some half a dozen friendsx and there an endx but what say you to thursdayx parisx my lordx i would that thursday were tomorrowx capuletx wellx get you gonex a thursday be it thenx go you to juliet ere you go to bedx prepare herx wifex against this wedding dayx farewellx my lordxxlight to my chamberx hox afore mex it is so very very late that we may call it early by and byx good nightx xxexeuntxxx scene vx an open gallery to julietxs chamberx overlooking the gardenx enter romeo and julietx julietx wilt thou be gonex it is not yet near dayx it was the nightingalex and not the larkx that piercxd the fearful hollow of thine earx nightly she sings on yond pomegranate treex believe mex lovex it was the nightingalex romeox it was the larkx the herald of the mornx no nightingalex lookx lovex what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder eastx nightxs candles are burnt outx and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain topsx i must be gone and livex or stay and diex julietx yond light is not daylightx i know itx ix it is some meteor that the sun exhales to be to thee this night a torchbearer and light thee on thy way to mantuax therefore stay yetx thou needxst not to be gonex romeox let me be taxenx let me be put to deathx i am contentx so thou wilt have it sox ixll say yon grey is not the morningxs eyex xtis but the pale reflex of cynthiaxs browx nor that is not the lark whose notes do beat the vaulty heaven so high above our headsx i have more care to stay than will to gox comex deathx and welcomex juliet wills it sox how isxtx my soulx letxs talkx it is not dayx julietx it isx it isx hie hencex be gonex awayx it is the lark that sings so out of tunex straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharpsx some say the lark makes sweet divisionx this doth not sox for she divideth usx some say the lark and loathed toad change eyesx ox now i would they had changxd voices toox since arm from arm that voice doth us affrayx hunting thee hence with huntxsxup to the dayx o now be gonex more light and light it growsx romeox more light and lightx more dark and dark our woesx enter nursex nursex madamx julietx nursex nursex your lady mother is coming to your chamberx the day is brokex be waryx look aboutx xxexitxxx julietx thenx windowx let day inx and let life outx romeox farewellx farewellx one kissx and ixll descendx xxdescendsxxx julietx art thou gone sox lovex lordx ay husbandx friendx i must hear from thee every day in the hourx for in a minute there are many daysx ox by this count i shall be much in years ere i again behold my romeox romeox farewellx i will omit no opportunity that may convey my greetingsx lovex to theex julietx o thinkest thou we shall ever meet againx romeox i doubt it notx and all these woes shall serve for sweet discourses in our time to comex julietx o godx i have an illxdivining soulx methinks i see theex now thou art so lowx as one dead in the bottom of a tombx either my eyesight failsx or thou lookxst palex romeox and trust mex lovex in my eye so do youx dry sorrow drinks our bloodx adieux adieux xxexit belowxxx julietx o fortunex fortunex all men call thee ficklex if thou art ficklex what dost thou with him that is renownxd for faithx be ficklex fortunex for thenx i hope thou wilt not keep him long but send him backx lady capuletx xxwithinxxx hox daughterx are you upx julietx who isxt that callsx is it my lady motherx is she not down so latex or up so earlyx what unaccustomxd cause procures her hitherx enter lady capuletx lady capuletx whyx how nowx julietx julietx madamx i am not wellx lady capuletx evermore weeping for your cousinxs deathx whatx wilt thou wash him from his grave with tearsx and if thou couldstx thou couldst not make him livex therefore have donex some grief shows much of lovex but much of grief shows still some want of witx julietx yet let me weep for such a feeling lossx lady capuletx so shall you feel the lossx but not the friend which you weep forx julietx feeling so the lossx i cannot choose but ever weep the friendx lady capuletx wellx girlx thou weepxst not so much for his death as that the villain lives which slaughterxd himx julietx what villainx madamx lady capuletx that same villain romeox julietx villain and he be many miles asunderx god pardon himx i dox with all my heartx and yet no man like he doth grieve my heartx lady capuletx that is because the traitor murderer livesx julietx ay madamx from the reach of these my handsx would none but i might venge my cousinxs deathx lady capuletx we will have vengeance for itx fear thou notx then weep no morex ixll send to one in mantuax where that same banishxd runagate doth livex shall give him such an unaccustomxd dram that he shall soon keep tybalt companyx and then i hope thou wilt be satisfiedx julietx indeed i never shall be satisfied with romeo till i behold himxdeadx is my poor heart so for a kinsman vexxdx madamx if you could find out but a man to bear a poisonx i would temper itx that romeo should upon receipt thereofx soon sleep in quietx ox how my heart abhors to hear him namxdx and cannot come to himx to wreak the love i bore my cousin upon his body that hath slaughterxd himx lady capuletx find thou the meansx and ixll find such a manx but now ixll tell thee joyful tidingsx girlx julietx and joy comes well in such a needy timex what are theyx i beseech your ladyshipx lady capuletx wellx wellx thou hast a careful fatherx childx one who to put thee from thy heavinessx hath sorted out a sudden day of joyx that thou expects notx nor i lookxd not forx julietx madamx in happy timex what day is thatx lady capuletx marryx my childx early next thursday morn the gallantx youngx and noble gentlemanx the county parisx at saint peterxs churchx shall happily make thee there a joyful bridex julietx now by saint peterxs churchx and peter toox he shall not make me there a joyful bridex i wonder at this hastex that i must wed ere he that should be husband comes to woox i pray you tell my lord and fatherx madamx i will not marry yetx and when i dox i swear it shall be romeox whom you know i hatex rather than parisx these are news indeedx lady capuletx here comes your fatherx tell him so yourselfx and see how he will take it at your handsx enter capulet and nursex capuletx when the sun setsx the air doth drizzle dewx but for the sunset of my brotherxs son it rains downrightx how nowx a conduitx girlx whatx still in tearsx evermore showeringx in one little body thou counterfeits a barkx a seax a windx for still thy eyesx which i may call the seax do ebb and flow with tearsx the bark thy body isx sailing in this salt floodx the windsx thy sighsx who raging with thy tears and they with themx without a sudden calm will overset thy tempestxtossed bodyx how nowx wifex have you deliverxd to her our decreex lady capuletx ayx sirx but she will nonex she gives you thanksx i would the fool were married to her gravex capuletx softx take me with youx take me with youx wifex howx will she nonex doth she not give us thanksx is she not proudx doth she not count her blestx unworthy as she isx that we have wrought so worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroomx julietx not proud you havex but thankful that you havex proud can i never be of what i hatex but thankful even for hate that is meant lovex capuletx how nowx how nowx choppxd logicx what is thisx proudx andx i thank youx and i thank you notx and yet not proudx mistress minion youx thank me no thankingsx nor proud me no proudsx but fettle your fine joints xgainst thursday next to go with paris to saint peterxs churchx or i will drag thee on a hurdle thitherx outx you greenxsickness carrionx outx you baggagex you tallowxfacex lady capuletx fiex fiex whatx are you madx julietx good fatherx i beseech you on my kneesx hear me with patience but to speak a wordx capuletx hang thee young baggagex disobedient wretchx i tell thee whatxxget thee to church a thursdayx or never after look me in the facex speak notx reply notx do not answer mex my fingers itchx wifex we scarce thought us blest that god had lent us but this only childx but now i see this one is one too muchx and that we have a curse in having herx out on herx hildingx nursex god in heaven bless herx you are to blamex my lordx to rate her sox capuletx and whyx my lady wisdomx hold your tonguex good prudencex smatter with your gossipsx gox nursex i speak no treasonx capuletx o god ye goodxenx nursex may not one speakx capuletx peacex you mumbling foolx utter your gravity oxer a gossipxs bowlx for here we need it notx lady capuletx you are too hotx capuletx godxs breadx it makes me madx dayx nightx hourx ridex timex workx playx alonex in companyx still my care hath been to have her matchxdx and having now provided a gentleman of noble parentagex of fair demesnesx youthfulx and nobly alliedx stuffxdx as they sayx with honourable partsx proportionxd as onexs thought would wish a manx and then to have a wretched puling foolx a whining mammetx in her fortunexs tenderx to answerx xixll not wedx i cannot lovex i am too youngx i pray you pardon mexx butx and you will not wedx ixll pardon youx graze where you willx you shall not house with mex look toxtx think onxtx i do not use to jestx thursday is nearx lay hand on heartx advisex and you be minex ixll give you to my friendx and you be notx hangx begx starvex die in the streetsx for by my soulx ixll nexer acknowledge theex nor what is mine shall never do thee goodx trust toxtx bethink youx ixll not be forswornx xxexitxxx julietx is there no pity sitting in the cloudsx that sees into the bottom of my griefx o sweet my motherx cast me not awayx delay this marriage for a monthx a weekx orx if you do notx make the bridal bed in that dim monument where tybalt liesx lady capuletx talk not to mex for ixll not speak a wordx do as thou wiltx for i have done with theex xxexitxxx julietx o godx o nursex how shall this be preventedx my husband is on earthx my faith in heavenx how shall that faith return again to earthx unless that husband send it me from heaven by leaving earthx comfort mex counsel mex alackx alackx that heaven should practise stratagems upon so soft a subject as myselfx what sayxst thoux hast thou not a word of joyx some comfortx nursex nursex faithx here it isx romeo is banishedx and all the world to nothing that he dares nexer come back to challenge youx or if he dox it needs must be by stealthx thenx since the case so stands as now it dothx i think it best you married with the countyx ox hexs a lovely gentlemanx romeoxs a dishclout to himx an eaglex madamx hath not so greenx so quickx so fair an eye as paris hathx beshrew my very heartx i think you are happy in this second matchx for it excels your firstx or if it did notx your first is deadx or xtwere as good he werex as living here and you no use of himx julietx speakest thou from thy heartx nursex and from my soul toox or else beshrew them bothx julietx amenx nursex whatx julietx wellx thou hast comforted me marvellous muchx go inx and tell my lady i am gonex having displeasxd my fatherx to lawrencex cellx to make confession and to be absolvxdx nursex marryx i willx and this is wisely donex xxexitxxx julietx ancient damnationx o most wicked fiendx is it more sin to wish me thus forswornx or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue which she hath praisxd him with above compare so many thousand timesx gox counsellorx thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twainx ixll to the friar to know his remedyx if all else failx myself have power to diex xxexitxxx act iv scene ix friar lawrencexs cellx enter friar lawrence and parisx friar lawrencex on thursdayx sirx the time is very shortx parisx my father capulet will have it sox and i am nothing slow to slack his hastex friar lawrencex you say you do not know the ladyxs mindx uneven is the coursex i like it notx parisx immoderately she weeps for tybaltxs deathx and therefore have i little talkxd of lovex for venus smiles not in a house of tearsx nowx sirx her father counts it dangerous that she do give her sorrow so much swayx and in his wisdomx hastes our marriagex to stop the inundation of her tearsx whichx too much minded by herself alonex may be put from her by societyx now do you know the reason of this hastex friar lawrencex xxasidexxx i would i knew not why it should be slowxdxx lookx sirx here comes the lady toward my cellx enter julietx parisx happily metx my lady and my wifex julietx that may bex sirx when i may be a wifex parisx that may bex must bex lovex on thursday nextx julietx what must be shall bex friar lawrencex thatxs a certain textx parisx come you to make confession to this fatherx julietx to answer thatx i should confess to youx parisx do not deny to him that you love mex julietx i will confess to you that i love himx parisx so will yex i am surex that you love mex julietx if i do sox it will be of more pricex being spoke behind your back than to your facex parisx poor soulx thy face is much abusxd with tearsx julietx the tears have got small victory by thatx for it was bad enough before their spitex parisx thou wrongxst it more than tears with that reportx julietx that is no slanderx sirx which is a truthx and what i spakex i spake it to my facex parisx thy face is minex and thou hast slanderxd itx julietx it may be sox for it is not mine ownx are you at leisurex holy fatherx nowx or shall i come to you at evening massx friar lawrencex my leisure serves mex pensive daughterx nowxx my lordx we must entreat the time alonex parisx god shield i should disturb devotionxx julietx on thursday early will i rouse yex till thenx adieux and keep this holy kissx xxexitxxx julietx o shut the doorx and when thou hast done sox come weep with mex past hopex past curex past helpx friar lawrencex o julietx i already know thy griefx it strains me past the compass of my witsx i hear thou mustx and nothing may prorogue itx on thursday next be married to this countyx julietx tell me notx friarx that thou hearxst of thisx unless thou tell me how i may prevent itx if in thy wisdomx thou canst give no helpx do thou but call my resolution wisex and with this knife ixll help it presentlyx god joinxd my heart and romeoxsx thou our handsx and ere this handx by thee to romeoxs sealxdx shall be the label to another deedx or my true heart with treacherous revolt turn to anotherx this shall slay them bothx thereforex out of thy longxexperiencxd timex give me some present counselx or behold xtwixt my extremes and me this bloody knife shall play the empirex arbitrating that which the commission of thy years and art could to no issue of true honour bringx be not so long to speakx i long to diex if what thou speakxst speak not of remedyx friar lawrencex holdx daughterx i do spy a kind of hopex which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate which we would preventx ifx rather than to marry county paris thou hast the strength of will to slay thyselfx then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shamex that copxst with death himself to scape from itx and if thou darxstx ixll give thee remedyx julietx ox bid me leapx rather than marry parisx from off the battlements of yonder towerx or walk in thievish waysx or bid me lurk where serpents arex chain me with roaring bearsx or hide me nightly in a charnelxhousex oxerxcoverxd quite with dead menxs rattling bonesx with reeky shanks and yellow chapless skullsx or bid me go into a newxmade gravex and hide me with a dead man in his shroudx things thatx to hear them toldx have made me tremblex and i will do it without fear or doubtx to live an unstainxd wife to my sweet lovex friar lawrencex hold thenx go homex be merryx give consent to marry parisx wednesday is tomorrowx tomorrow night look that thou lie alonex let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamberx take thou this vialx being then in bedx and this distilled liquor drink thou offx when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humourx for no pulse shall keep his native progressx but surceasex no warmthx no breath shall testify thou livestx the roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to paly ashesx thy eyesx windows fallx like death when he shuts up the day of lifex each part deprivxd of supple governmentx shall stiff and stark and cold appear like deathx and in this borrowxd likeness of shrunk death thou shalt continue two and forty hoursx and then awake as from a pleasant sleepx now when the bridegroom in the morning comes to rouse thee from thy bedx there art thou deadx then as the manner of our country isx in thy best robesx uncoverxdx on the bierx thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault where all the kindred of the capulets liex in the meantimex against thou shalt awakex shall romeo by my letters know our driftx and hither shall he comex and he and i will watch thy wakingx and that very night shall romeo bear thee hence to mantuax and this shall free thee from this present shamex if no inconstant toy nor womanish fear abate thy valour in the acting itx julietx give mex give mex o tell not me of fearx friar lawrencex holdx get you gonex be strong and prosperous in this resolvex ixll send a friar with speed to mantuax with my letters to thy lordx julietx love give me strengthx and strength shall help affordx farewellx dear fatherx xxexeuntxxx scene iix hall in capuletxs housex enter capuletx lady capuletx nurse and servantsx capuletx so many guests invite as here are writx xxexit first servantxxx sirrahx go hire me twenty cunning cooksx second servantx you shall have none illx sirx for ixll try if they can lick their fingersx capuletx how canst thou try them sox second servantx marryx sirx xtis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingersx therefore he that cannot lick his fingers goes not with mex capuletx gox begonex xxexit second servantxxx we shall be much unfurnishxd for this timex whatx is my daughter gone to friar lawrencex nursex ayx forsoothx capuletx wellx he may chance to do some good on herx a peevish selfxwillxd harlotry it isx enter julietx nursex see where she comes from shrift with merry lookx capuletx how nowx my headstrongx where have you been gaddingx julietx where i have learnt me to repent the sin of disobedient opposition to you and your behestsx and am enjoinxd by holy lawrence to fall prostrate herex to beg your pardonx pardonx i beseech youx henceforward i am ever rulxd by youx capuletx send for the countyx go tell him of thisx ixll have this knot knit up tomorrow morningx julietx i met the youthful lord at lawrencex cellx and gave him what becomed love i mightx not stepping oxer the bounds of modestyx capuletx whyx i am glad onxtx this is wellx stand upx this is asxt should bex let me see the countyx ayx marryx gox i sayx and fetch him hitherx now afore godx this reverend holy friarx all our whole city is much bound to himx julietx nursex will you go with me into my closetx to help me sort such needful ornaments as you think fit to furnish me tomorrowx lady capuletx nox not till thursdayx there is time enoughx capuletx gox nursex go with herx wexll to church tomorrowx xxexeunt juliet and nursexxx lady capuletx we shall be short in our provisionx xtis now near nightx capuletx tushx i will stir aboutx and all things shall be wellx i warrant theex wifex go thou to julietx help to deck up herx ixll not to bed tonightx let me alonex ixll play the housewife for this oncexxwhatx hoxx they are all forthx wellx i will walk myself to county parisx to prepare him up against tomorrowx my heart is wondrous light since this same wayward girl is so reclaimxdx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix julietxs chamberx enter juliet and nursex julietx ayx those attires are bestx butx gentle nursex i pray thee leave me to myself tonightx for i have need of many orisons to move the heavens to smile upon my statex whichx well thou knowxstx is cross and full of sinx enter lady capuletx lady capuletx whatx are you busyx hox need you my helpx julietx nox madamx we have cullxd such necessaries as are behoveful for our state tomorrowx so please youx let me now be left alonex and let the nurse this night sit up with youx for i am sure you have your hands full all in this so sudden businessx lady capuletx good nightx get thee to bed and restx for thou hast needx xxexeunt lady capulet and nursexxx julietx farewellx god knows when we shall meet againx i have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins that almost freezes up the heat of lifex ixll call them back again to comfort mex nursexxwhat should she do herex my dismal scene i needs must act alonex comex vialx what if this mixture do not work at allx shall i be married then tomorrow morningx nox nox this shall forbid itx lie thou therex xxlaying down her daggerxxx what if it be a poisonx which the friar subtly hath ministerxd to have me deadx lest in this marriage he should be dishonourxdx because he married me before to romeox i fear it isx and yet methinks it should notx for he hath still been tried a holy manx how ifx when i am laid into the tombx i wake before the time that romeo come to redeem mex therexs a fearful pointx shall i not then be stifled in the vaultx to whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes inx and there die strangled ere my romeo comesx orx if i livex is it not very likex the horrible conceit of death and nightx together with the terror of the placex as in a vaultx an ancient receptaclex where for this many hundred years the bones of all my buried ancestors are packxdx where bloody tybaltx yet but green in earthx lies festering in his shroudx wherex as they sayx at some hours in the night spirits resortx alackx alackx is it not like that ix so early wakingx what with loathsome smellsx and shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earthx that living mortalsx hearing themx run madx ox if i wakex shall i not be distraughtx environed with all these hideous fearsx and madly play with my forefathersx jointsx and pluck the mangled tybalt from his shroudx andx in this ragex with some great kinsmanxs bonex as with a clubx dash out my desperate brainsx o lookx methinks i see my cousinxs ghost seeking out romeo that did spit his body upon a rapierxs pointx stayx tybaltx stayx romeox romeox romeox herexs drinkx i drink to theex xxthrows herself on the bedxxx scene ivx hall in capuletxs housex enter lady capulet and nursex lady capuletx holdx take these keys and fetch more spicesx nursex nursex they call for dates and quinces in the pastryx enter capuletx capuletx comex stirx stirx stirx the second cock hath crowxdx the curfew bell hath rungx xtis three oxclockx look to the bakxd meatsx good angelicax spare not for costx nursex gox you cotxqueanx gox get you to bedx faithx youxll be sick tomorrow for this nightxs watchingx capuletx nox not a whitx whatx i have watchxd ere now all night for lesser causex and nexer been sickx lady capuletx ayx you have been a mousexhunt in your timex but i will watch you from such watching nowx xxexeunt lady capulet and nursexxx capuletx a jealousxhoodx a jealousxhoodx enter servantsx with spitsx logs and basketsx nowx fellowx whatxs therex first servantx things for the cookx sirx but i know not whatx capuletx make hastex make hastex xxexit first servantxxx xsirrahx fetch drier logsx call peterx he will show thee where they arex second servantx i have a headx sirx that will find out logs and never trouble peter for the matterx xxexitxxx capuletx mass and well saidx a merry whoresonx hax thou shalt be loggerheadxxgood faithx xtis dayx the county will be here with music straightx for so he said he wouldx i hear him nearx xxplay musicxxx nursex wifex whatx hox whatx nursex i sayx rexenter nursex go waken julietx go and trim her upx ixll go and chat with parisx hiex make hastex make hastex the bridegroom he is come alreadyx make haste i sayx xxexeuntxxx scene vx julietxs chamberx juliet on the bedx enter nursex nursex mistressx whatx mistressx julietx fastx i warrant herx shex whyx lambx whyx ladyx fiex you slugxabedx whyx lovex i sayx madamx sweetheartx whyx bridex whatx not a wordx you take your pennyworths nowx sleep for a weekx for the next nightx i warrantx the county paris hath set up his rest that you shall rest but littlex god forgive mex marry and amenx how sound is she asleepx i needs must wake herx madamx madamx madamx ayx let the county take you in your bedx hexll fright you upx ixfaithx will it not bex whatx dressxdx and in your clothesx and down againx i must needs wake youx ladyx ladyx ladyx alasx alasx helpx helpx my ladyxs deadx ox wellxaxday that ever i was bornx some aqua vitaex hox my lordx my ladyx enter lady capuletx lady capuletx what noise is herex nursex o lamentable dayx lady capuletx what is the matterx nursex lookx lookx o heavy dayx lady capuletx o mex o mex my childx my only lifex revivex look upx or i will die with theex helpx helpx call helpx enter capuletx capuletx for shamex bring juliet forthx her lord is comex nursex shexs deadx deceasxdx shexs deadx alack the dayx lady capuletx alack the dayx shexs deadx shexs deadx shexs deadx capuletx hax let me see herx out alasx shexs coldx her blood is settled and her joints are stiffx life and these lips have long been separatedx death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the fieldx nursex o lamentable dayx lady capuletx o woful timex capuletx deathx that hath taxen her hence to make me wailx ties up my tongue and will not let me speakx enter friar lawrence and paris with musiciansx friar lawrencex comex is the bride ready to go to churchx capuletx ready to gox but never to returnx o sonx the night before thy wedding day hath death lain with thy bridex there she liesx flower as she wasx deflowered by himx death is my sonxinxlawx death is my heirx my daughter he hath weddedx i will diex and leave him allx lifex livingx all is deathxsx parisx have i thought long to see this morningxs facex and doth it give me such a sight as thisx lady capuletx accursxdx unhappyx wretchedx hateful dayx most miserable hour that exer time saw in lasting labour of his pilgrimagex but onex poor onex one poor and loving childx but one thing to rejoice and solace inx and cruel death hath catchxd it from my sightx nursex o woex o woefulx woefulx woeful dayx most lamentable dayx most woeful day that everx everx i did yet beholdx o dayx o dayx o dayx o hateful dayx never was seen so black a day as thisx o woeful dayx o woeful dayx parisx beguilxdx divorcedx wrongedx spitedx slainx most detestable deathx by thee beguilxdx by cruelx cruel thee quite overthrownx o lovex o lifex not lifex but love in deathx capuletx despisxdx distressedx hatedx martyrxdx killxdx uncomfortable timex why camxst thou now to murderx murder our solemnityx o childx o childx my soulx and not my childx dead art thoux alackx my child is deadx and with my child my joys are buriedx friar lawrencex peacex hox for shamex confusionxs cure lives not in these confusionsx heaven and yourself had part in this fair maidx now heaven hath allx and all the better is it for the maidx your part in her you could not keep from deathx but heaven keeps his part in eternal lifex the most you sought was her promotionx for xtwas your heaven she should be advancxdx and weep ye nowx seeing she is advancxd above the cloudsx as high as heaven itselfx ox in this lovex you love your child so ill that you run madx seeing that she is wellx shexs not well married that lives married longx but shexs best married that dies married youngx dry up your tearsx and stick your rosemary on this fair corsex andx as the custom isx and in her best array bear her to churchx for though fond nature bids us all lamentx yet naturexs tears are reasonxs merrimentx capuletx all things that we ordained festival turn from their office to black funeralx our instruments to melancholy bellsx our wedding cheer to a sad burial feastx our solemn hymns to sullen dirges changex our bridal flowers serve for a buried corsex and all things change them to the contraryx friar lawrencex sirx go you inx andx madamx go with himx and gox sir parisx everyone prepare to follow this fair corse unto her gravex the heavens do lower upon you for some illx move them no more by crossing their high willx xxexeunt capuletx lady capuletx paris and friarxxx first musicianx faithx we may put up our pipes and be gonex nursex honest good fellowsx ahx put upx put upx for well you know this is a pitiful casex first musicianx ayx by my trothx the case may be amendedx xxexit nursexxx enter peterx peterx musiciansx ox musiciansx xheartxs easexx xheartxs easexx ox and you will have me livex play xheartxs easexx first musicianx why xheartxs easexx peterx o musiciansx because my heart itself plays xmy heart is fullxx o play me some merry dump to comfort mex first musicianx not a dump wex xtis no time to play nowx peterx you will not thenx first musicianx nox peterx i will then give it you soundlyx first musicianx what will you give usx peterx no moneyx on my faithx but the gleekx i will give you the minstrelx first musicianx then will i give you the servingxcreaturex peterx then will i lay the servingxcreaturexs dagger on your patex i will carry no crotchetsx ixll re youx ixll fa youx do you note mex first musicianx and you re us and fa usx you note usx second musicianx pray you put up your daggerx and put out your witx peterx then have at you with my witx i will dryxbeat you with an iron witx and put up my iron daggerx answer me like menx xwhen griping griefs the heart doth woundx and doleful dumps the mind oppressx then music with her silver soundxx why xsilver soundxx why xmusic with her silver soundxx what say youx simon catlingx first musicianx marryx sirx because silver hath a sweet soundx peterx pratesx what say youx hugh rebeckx second musicianx i say xsilver soundx because musicians sound for silverx peterx prates toox what say youx james soundpostx third musicianx faithx i know not what to sayx peterx ox i cry you mercyx you are the singerx i will say for youx it is xmusic with her silver soundx because musicians have no gold for soundingx xthen music with her silver sound with speedy help doth lend redressxx xxexitxxx first musicianx what a pestilent knave is this samex second musicianx hang himx jackx comex wexll in herex tarry for the mournersx and stay dinnerx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix mantuax a streetx enter romeox romeox if i may trust the flattering eye of sleepx my dreams presage some joyful news at handx my bosomxs lord sits lightly in his thronex and all this day an unaccustomxd spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughtsx i dreamt my lady came and found me deadxx strange dreamx that gives a dead man leave to thinkxx and breathxd such life with kisses in my lipsx that i revivxdx and was an emperorx ah mex how sweet is love itself possessxdx when but lovexs shadows are so rich in joyx enter balthasarx news from veronax how nowx balthasarx dost thou not bring me letters from the friarx how doth my ladyx is my father wellx how fares my julietx that i ask againx for nothing can be ill if she be wellx balthasarx then she is wellx and nothing can be illx her body sleeps in capelxs monumentx and her immortal part with angels livesx i saw her laid low in her kindredxs vaultx and presently took post to tell it youx o pardon me for bringing these ill newsx since you did leave it for my officex sirx romeox is it even sox then i defy youx starsx thou knowxst my lodgingx get me ink and paperx and hire postxhorsesx i will hence tonightx balthasarx i do beseech you sirx have patiencex your looks are pale and wildx and do import some misadventurex romeox tushx thou art deceivxdx leave mex and do the thing i bid thee dox hast thou no letters to me from the friarx balthasarx nox my good lordx romeox no matterx get thee gonex and hire those horsesx ixll be with thee straightx xxexit balthasarxxx wellx julietx i will lie with thee tonightx letxs see for meansx o mischief thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate menx i do remember an apothecaryxx and hereabouts he dwellsxxwhich late i noted in tatterxd weedsx with overwhelming browsx culling of simplesx meagre were his looksx sharp misery had worn him to the bonesx and in his needy shop a tortoise hungx an alligator stuffxdx and other skins of illxshaped fishesx and about his shelves a beggarly account of empty boxesx green earthen potsx bladdersx and musty seedsx remnants of packthreadx and old cakes of roses were thinly scatterxdx to make up a showx noting this penuryx to myself i saidx and if a man did need a poison nowx whose sale is present death in mantuax here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it himx ox this same thought did but forerun my needx and this same needy man must sell it mex as i rememberx this should be the housex being holidayx the beggarxs shop is shutx whatx hox apothecaryx enter apothecaryx apothecaryx who calls so loudx romeox come hitherx manx i see that thou art poorx holdx there is forty ducatsx let me have a dram of poisonx such soonxspeeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veinsx that the lifexweary taker may fall deadx and that the trunk may be dischargxd of breath as violently as hasty powder firxd doth hurry from the fatal cannonxs wombx apothecaryx such mortal drugs i havex but mantuaxs law is death to any he that utters themx romeox art thou so bare and full of wretchednessx and fearxst to diex famine is in thy cheeksx need and oppression starveth in thine eyesx contempt and beggary hangs upon thy backx the world is not thy friendx nor the worldxs lawx the world affords no law to make thee richx then be not poorx but break it and take thisx apothecaryx my povertyx but not my will consentsx romeox i pay thy povertyx and not thy willx apothecaryx put this in any liquid thing you will and drink it offx andx if you had the strength of twenty menx it would despatch you straightx romeox there is thy goldx worse poison to menxs soulsx doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sellx i sell thee poisonx thou hast sold me nonex farewellx buy foodx and get thyself in fleshx comex cordial and not poisonx go with me to julietxs gravex for there must i use theex xxexeuntxxx scene iix friar lawrencexs cellx enter friar johnx friar johnx holy franciscan friarx brotherx hox enter friar lawrencex friar lawrencex this same should be the voice of friar johnx welcome from mantuax what says romeox orx if his mind be writx give me his letterx friar johnx going to find a barefoot brother outx one of our orderx to associate mex here in this city visiting the sickx and finding himx the searchers of the townx suspecting that we both were in a house where the infectious pestilence did reignx sealxd up the doorsx and would not let us forthx so that my speed to mantua there was stayxdx friar lawrencex who bare my letter then to romeox friar johnx i could not send itxxhere it is againxx nor get a messenger to bring it theex so fearful were they of infectionx friar lawrencex unhappy fortunex by my brotherhoodx the letter was not nicex but full of chargex of dear importx and the neglecting it may do much dangerx friar johnx go hencex get me an iron crow and bring it straight unto my cellx friar johnx brotherx ixll go and bring it theex xxexitxxx friar lawrencex now must i to the monument alonex within this three hours will fair juliet wakex she will beshrew me much that romeo hath had no notice of these accidentsx but i will write again to mantuax and keep her at my cell till romeo comex poor living corsex closxd in a dead manxs tombx xxexitxxx scene iiix a churchyardx in it a monument belonging to the capuletsx enter parisx and his page bearing flowers and a torchx parisx give me thy torchx boyx hence and stand aloofx yet put it outx for i would not be seenx under yond yew tree lay thee all alongx holding thy ear close to the hollow groundx so shall no foot upon the churchyard treadx being loosex unfirmx with digging up of gravesx but thou shalt hear itx whistle then to mex as signal that thou hearxst something approachx give me those flowersx do as i bid theex gox pagex xxasidexxx i am almost afraid to stand alone here in the churchyardx yet i will adventurex xxretiresxxx parisx sweet flowerx with flowers thy bridal bed i strewx o woex thy canopy is dust and stonesx which with sweet water nightly i will dewx or wanting thatx with tears distillxd by moansx the obsequies that i for thee will keepx nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weepx xxthe page whistlesxxx the boy gives warning something doth approachx what cursed foot wanders this way tonightx to cross my obsequies and true lovexs ritex whatx with a torchx muffle mex nightx awhilex xxretiresxxx enter romeo and balthasar with a torchx mattockx xcx romeox give me that mattock and the wrenching ironx holdx take this letterx early in the morning see thou deliver it to my lord and fatherx give me the lightx upon thy life i charge theex whatexer thou hearxst or seestx stand all aloof and do not interrupt me in my coursex why i descend into this bed of death is partly to behold my ladyxs facex but chiefly to take thence from her dead finger a precious ringx a ring that i must use in dear employmentx therefore hencex be gonex but if thou jealous dost return to pry in what i further shall intend to dox by heaven i will tear thee joint by jointx and strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbsx the time and my intents are savagexwildx more fierce and more inexorable far than empty tigers or the roaring seax balthasarx i will be gonex sirx and not trouble youx romeox so shalt thou show me friendshipx take thou thatx livex and be prosperousx and farewellx good fellowx balthasarx for all this samex ixll hide me hereaboutx his looks i fearx and his intents i doubtx xxretiresxx romeox thou detestable mawx thou womb of deathx gorgxd with the dearest morsel of the earthx thus i enforce thy rotten jaws to openx xxbreaking open the door of the monumentxxx and in despitex ixll cram thee with more foodx parisx this is that banishxd haughty montague that murderxd my lovexs cousinxxwith which griefx it is supposedx the fair creature diedxx and here is come to do some villanous shame to the dead bodiesx i will apprehend himx xxadvancesxxx stop thy unhallowxd toilx vile montaguex can vengeance be pursuxd further than deathx condemned villainx i do apprehend theex obeyx and go with mex for thou must diex romeox i must indeedx and therefore came i hitherx good gentle youthx tempt not a desperate manx fly hence and leave mex think upon these gonex let them affright theex i beseech theex youthx put not another sin upon my head by urging me to furyx o be gonex by heaven i love thee better than myselfx for i come hither armxd against myselfx stay notx be gonex livex and hereafter sayx a madmanxs mercy bid thee run awayx parisx i do defy thy conjurationx and apprehend thee for a felon herex romeox wilt thou provoke mex then have at theex boyx xxthey fightxxx pagex o lordx they fightx i will go call the watchx xxexitxxx parisx ox i am slainx xxfallsxxx if thou be mercifulx open the tombx lay me with julietx xxdiesxxx romeox in faithx i willx let me peruse this facex mercutioxs kinsmanx noble county parisx what said my manx when my betossed soul did not attend him as we rodex i think he told me paris should have married julietx said he not sox or did i dream it sox or am i madx hearing him talk of julietx to think it was sox ox give me thy handx one writ with me in sour misfortunexs bookx ixll bury thee in a triumphant gravex a gravex o nox a lanternx slaughtxred youthx for here lies julietx and her beauty makes this vault a feasting presence full of lightx deathx lie thou therex by a dead man interrxdx xxlaying paris in the monumentxxx how oft when men are at the point of death have they been merryx which their keepers call a lightning before deathx ox how may i call this a lightningx o my lovex my wifex death that hath suckxd the honey of thy breathx hath had no power yet upon thy beautyx thou art not conquerxdx beautyxs ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeksx and deathxs pale flag is not advanced therex tybaltx liest thou there in thy bloody sheetx ox what more favour can i do to thee than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain to sunder his that was thine enemyx forgive mex cousinx ahx dear julietx why art thou yet so fairx shall i believe that unsubstantial death is amorousx and that the lean abhorred monster keeps thee here in dark to be his paramourx for fear of that i still will stay with theex and never from this palace of dim night depart againx herex here will i remain with worms that are thy chambermaidsx ox here will i set up my everlasting restx and shake the yoke of inauspicious stars from this worldxwearied fleshx eyesx look your lastx armsx take your last embracex andx lipsx o you the doors of breathx seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing deathx comex bitter conductx comex unsavoury guidex thou desperate pilotx now at once run on the dashing rocks thy seaxsick weary barkx herexs to my lovex xxdrinksxxx o true apothecaryx thy drugs are quickx thus with a kiss i diex xxdiesxxx enterx at the other end of the churchyardx friar lawrencex with a lanternx crowx and spadex friar lawrencex saint francis be my speedx how oft tonight have my old feet stumbled at gravesx whoxs therex who is it that consortsx so latex the deadx balthasarx herexs onex a friendx and one that knows you wellx friar lawrencex bliss be upon youx tell mex good my friendx what torch is yond that vainly lends his light to grubs and eyeless skullsx as i discernx it burneth in the capelsx monumentx balthasarx it doth sox holy sirx and therexs my masterx one that you lovex friar lawrencex who is itx balthasarx romeox friar lawrencex how long hath he been therex balthasarx full half an hourx friar lawrencex go with me to the vaultx balthasarx i dare notx sirx my master knows not but i am gone hencex and fearfully did menace me with death if i did stay to look on his intentsx friar lawrencex stay thenx ixll go alonex fear comes upon mex ox much i fear some ill unlucky thingx balthasarx as i did sleep under this yew tree herex i dreamt my master and another foughtx and that my master slew himx friar lawrencex romeox xxadvancesxxx alackx alackx what blood is this which stains the stony entrance of this sepulchrex what mean these masterless and gory swords to lie discolourxd by this place of peacex xxenters the monumentxxx romeox ox palex who elsex whatx paris toox and steepxd in bloodx ah what an unkind hour is guilty of this lamentable chancex the lady stirsx xxjuliet wakes and stirsxxx julietx o comfortable friarx where is my lordx i do remember well where i should bex and there i amx where is my romeox xxnoise withinxxx friar lawrencex i hear some noisex ladyx come from that nest of deathx contagionx and unnatural sleepx a greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intentsx comex come awayx thy husband in thy bosom there lies deadx and paris toox comex ixll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of holy nunsx stay not to questionx for the watch is comingx comex gox good julietx i dare no longer stayx julietx gox get thee hencex for i will not awayx xxexit friar lawrencexxx whatxs herex a cup closxd in my true lovexs handx poisonx i seex hath been his timeless endx o churlx drink allx and left no friendly drop to help me afterx i will kiss thy lipsx haply some poison yet doth hang on themx to make me die with a restorativex xxkisses himxxx thy lips are warmx first watchx xxwithinxxx leadx boyx which wayx julietx yeax noisex then ixll be briefx o happy daggerx xxsnatching romeoxs daggerxxx this is thy sheathx xxstabs herselfxx there restx and let me diex xxfalls on romeoxs body and diesxxx enter watch with the page of parisx pagex this is the placex therex where the torch doth burnx first watchx the ground is bloodyx search about the churchyardx gox some of youx whoexer you find attachx xxexeunt some of the watchxxx pitiful sightx here lies the county slainx and juliet bleedingx warmx and newly deadx who here hath lain this two days buriedx go tell the princex run to the capuletsx raise up the montaguesx some others searchx xxexeunt others of the watchxxx we see the ground whereon these woes do liex but the true ground of all these piteous woes we cannot without circumstance descryx rexenter some of the watch with balthasarx second watchx herexs romeoxs manx we found him in the churchyardx first watchx hold him in safety till the prince come hitherx rexenter others of the watch with friar lawrencex third watchx here is a friar that tremblesx sighsx and weepsx we took this mattock and this spade from him as he was coming from this churchyard sidex first watchx a great suspicionx stay the friar toox enter the prince and attendantsx princex what misadventure is so early upx that calls our person from our morningxs restx enter capuletx lady capulet and othersx capuletx what should it be that they so shriek abroadx lady capuletx o the people in the street cry romeox some julietx and some parisx and all run with open outcry toward our monumentx princex what fear is this which startles in our earsx first watchx sovereignx here lies the county paris slainx and romeo deadx and julietx dead beforex warm and new killxdx princex searchx seekx and know how this foul murder comesx first watchx here is a friarx and slaughterxd romeoxs manx with instruments upon them fit to open these dead menxs tombsx capuletx o heavenx o wifex look how our daughter bleedsx this dagger hath mistaxenx for lox his house is empty on the back of montaguex and it misxsheathed in my daughterxs bosomx lady capuletx o mex this sight of death is as a bell that warns my old age to a sepulchrex enter montague and othersx princex comex montaguex for thou art early upx to see thy son and heir more early downx montaguex alasx my liegex my wife is dead tonightx grief of my sonxs exile hath stoppxd her breathx what further woe conspires against mine agex princex lookx and thou shalt seex montaguex o thou untaughtx what manners is in thisx to press before thy father to a gravex princex seal up the mouth of outrage for a whilex till we can clear these ambiguitiesx and know their springx their headx their true descentx and then will i be general of your woesx and lead you even to deathx meantime forbearx and let mischance be slave to patiencex bring forth the parties of suspicionx friar lawrencex i am the greatestx able to do leastx yet most suspectedx as the time and place doth make against mex of this direful murderx and here i standx both to impeach and purge myself condemned and myself excusxdx princex then say at once what thou dost know in thisx friar lawrencex i will be briefx for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious talex romeox there deadx was husband to that julietx and shex there deadx that romeoxs faithful wifex i married themx and their stolxn marriage day was tybaltxs doomsdayx whose untimely death banishxd the newxmade bridegroom from this cityx for whomx and not for tybaltx juliet pinxdx youx to remove that siege of grief from herx betrothxdx and would have married her perforce to county parisx then comes she to mex and with wild looksx bid me devise some means to rid her from this second marriagex or in my cell there would she kill herselfx then gave i herx so tutored by my artx a sleeping potionx which so took effect as i intendedx for it wrought on her the form of deathx meantime i writ to romeo that he should hither come as this dire night to help to take her from her borrowxd gravex being the time the potionxs force should ceasex but he which bore my letterx friar johnx was stayxd by accidentx and yesternight returnxd my letter backx then all alone at the prefixed hour of her waking came i to take her from her kindredxs vaultx meaning to keep her closely at my cell till i conveniently could send to romeox but when i camex some minute ere the time of her awakingx here untimely lay the noble paris and true romeo deadx she wakesx and i entreated her come forth and bear this work of heaven with patiencex but then a noise did scare me from the tombx and shex too desperatex would not go with mex butx as it seemsx did violence on herselfx all this i knowx and to the marriage her nurse is privyx and if ought in this miscarried by my faultx let my old life be sacrificxdx some hour before his timex unto the rigour of severest lawx princex we still have known thee for a holy manx wherexs romeoxs manx what can he say to thisx balthasarx i brought my master news of julietxs deathx and then in post he came from mantua to this same placex to this same monumentx this letter he early bid me give his fatherx and threatenxd me with deathx going in the vaultx if i departed notx and left him therex princex give me the letterx i will look on itx where is the countyxs page that raisxd the watchx sirrahx what made your master in this placex pagex he came with flowers to strew his ladyxs gravex and bid me stand aloofx and so i didx anon comes one with light to ope the tombx and by and by my master drew on himx and then i ran away to call the watchx princex this letter doth make good the friarxs wordsx their course of lovex the tidings of her deathx and here he writes that he did buy a poison of a poor xpothecaryx and therewithal came to this vault to diex and lie with julietx where be these enemiesx capuletx montaguex see what a scourge is laid upon your hatex that heaven finds means to kill your joys with lovex and ix for winking at your discords toox have lost a brace of kinsmenx all are punishxdx capuletx o brother montaguex give me thy handx this is my daughterxs jointurex for no more can i demandx montaguex but i can give thee morex for i will raise her statue in pure goldx that whiles verona by that name is knownx there shall no figure at such rate be set as that of true and faithful julietx capuletx as rich shall romeoxs by his ladyxs liex poor sacrifices of our enmityx princex a glooming peace this morning with it bringsx the sun for sorrow will not show his headx go hencex to have more talk of these sad thingsx some shall be pardonxdx and some punishedx for never was a story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeox xxexeuntxxx the taming of the shrew contents induction scene ix before an alehouse on a heathx scene iix a bedchamber in the lordxs housex act i scene ix paduax a public placex scene iix paduax before hortensioxs housex act ii scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex act iii scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex scene iix the samex before baptistaxs housex act iv scene ix a hall in petruchioxs country housex scene iix paduax before baptistaxs housex scene iiix a room in petruchioxs housex scene ivx before baptistaxs housex scene vx a public roadx act v scene ix paduax before lucentioxs housex scene iix a room in lucentioxs housex dramatis personx persons in the induction a lord christopher slyx a tinker hostess page players huntsmen servants baptista minolax a rich gentleman of padua vincentiox an old gentleman of pisa lucentiox son to vincentiox in love with bianca petruchiox a gentleman of veronax suitor to katherina suitors to bianca gremio hortensio servants to lucentio tranio biondello servants to petruchio grumio curtis pedantx set up to personate vincentio daughters to baptista katherinax the shrew bianca widow tailorx haberdasherx and servants attending on baptista and petruchio scenex sometimes in paduax and sometimes in petruchioxs house in the countryx induction scene ix before an alehouse on a heathx enter hostess and sly slyx ixll pheeze youx in faithx hostessx a pair of stocksx you roguex slyx yxare a baggagex the slys are no roguesx look in the chroniclesx we came in with richard conquerorx thereforex xpaucas pallabrisxx let the world slidex sessax hostessx you will not pay for the glasses you have burstx slyx nox not a denierx go byx saint jeronimyx go to thy cold bed and warm theex hostessx i know my remedyx i must go fetch the thirdxboroughx xxexitxx slyx thirdx or fourthx or fifth boroughx ixll answer him by lawx ixll not budge an inchx boyx let him comex and kindlyx xxlies down on the groundx and falls asleepxxx horns windedx enter a lord from huntingx with huntsmen and servantsx lordx huntsmanx i charge theex tender well my houndsx brach merrimanx the poor cur is embossxdx and couple clowder with the deepxmouthxd brachx sawxst thou notx boyx how silver made it good at the hedgexcornerx in the coldest faultx i would not lose the dog for twenty poundx first huntsmanx whyx bellman is as good as hex my lordx he cried upon it at the merest lossx and twice today pickxd out the dullest scentx trust mex i take him for the better dogx lordx thou art a foolx if echo were as fleetx i would esteem him worth a dozen suchx but sup them wellx and look unto them allx tomorrow i intend to hunt againx first huntsmanx i willx my lordx lordx x xsees slyxxx whatxs herex one deadx or drunkx seex doth he breathex second huntsmanx he breathesx my lordx were he not warmxd with alex this were a bed but cold to sleep so soundlyx lordx o monstrous beastx how like a swine he liesx grim deathx how foul and loathsome is thine imagex sirsx i will practise on this drunken manx what think youx if he were conveyxd to bedx wrappxd in sweet clothesx rings put upon his fingersx a most delicious banquet by his bedx and brave attendants near him when he wakesx would not the beggar then forget himselfx first huntsmanx believe mex lordx i think he cannot choosex second huntsmanx it would seem strange unto him when he wakxdx lordx even as a flattering dream or worthless fancyx then take him upx and manage well the jestx carry him gently to my fairest chamberx and hang it round with all my wanton picturesx balm his foul head in warm distilled watersx and burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweetx procure me music ready when he wakesx to make a dulcet and a heavenly soundx and if he chance to speakx be ready straightx and with a low submissive reverence say xwhat is it your honour will commandxx let one attend him with a silver basin full of rosexwater and bestrewxd with flowersx another bear the ewerx the third a diaperx and say xwillxt please your lordship cool your handsxx someone be ready with a costly suitx and ask him what apparel he will wearx another tell him of his hounds and horsex and that his lady mourns at his diseasex persuade him that he hath been lunaticx andx when he says he isxsay that he dreamsx for he is nothing but a mighty lordx this dox and do it kindlyx gentle sirsx it will be pastime passing excellentx if it be husbanded with modestyx first huntsmanx my lordx i warrant you we will play our partx as he shall think by our true diligencex he is no less than what we say he isx lordx take him up gentlyx and to bed with himx and each one to his office when he wakesx xsly xis bourne outx a trumpet soundsxxx sirrahx go see what trumpet xtis that soundsx xxexitx servantxx belike some noble gentleman that meansx travelling some journeyx to repose him herex rexenter servantx how nowx who is itx servantx an it please your honourx players that offer service to your lordshipx lordx bid them come nearx enter playersx nowx fellowsx you are welcomex playersx we thank your honourx lordx do you intend to stay with me tonightx playerx so please your lordship to accept our dutyx lordx with all my heartx this fellow i remember since once he playxd a farmerxs eldest sonx xtwas where you wooxd the gentlewoman so wellx i have forgot your namex butx surex that part was aptly fitted and naturally performxdx playerx i think xtwas soto that your honour meansx lordx xtis very truex thou didst it excellentx wellx you are come to me in happy timex the rather for i have some sport in hand wherein your cunning can assist me muchx there is a lord will hear you play tonightx but i am doubtful of your modestiesx lestx overxeying of his odd behaviourxx for yet his honour never heard a playxx you break into some merry passion and so offend himx for i tell youx sirsx if you should smilex he grows impatientx playerx fear notx my lordx we can contain ourselvesx were he the veriest antick in the worldx lordx gox sirrahx take them to the butteryx and give them friendly welcome everyonex let them want nothing that my house affordsx xxexit one with the playersxxx sirrahx go you to bartholxmew my pagex and see him dressxd in all suits like a ladyx that donex conduct him to the drunkardxs chamberx and call him xmadamxx do him obeisancex tell him from mexas he will win my lovexx he bear himself with honourable actionx such as he hath observxd in noble ladies unto their lordsx by them accomplishedx such duty to the drunkard let him dox with soft low tongue and lowly courtesyx and say xwhat isxt your honour will commandx wherein your lady and your humble wife may show her duty and make known her lovexx and then with kind embracementsx tempting kissesx and with declining head into his bosomx bid him shed tearsx as being overjoyxd to see her noble lord restorxd to healthx who for this seven years hath esteemed him no better than a poor and loathsome beggarx and if the boy have not a womanxs gift to rain a shower of commanded tearsx an onion will do well for such a shiftx whichx in a napkin being close conveyxdx shall in despite enforce a watery eyex see this dispatchxd with all the haste thou canstx anon ixll give thee more instructionsx xxexit servantxxx i know the boy will well usurp the gracex voicex gaitx and action of a gentlewomanx i long to hear him call the drunkard husbandx and how my men will stay themselves from laughter when they do homage to this simple peasantx ixll in to counsel themx haply my presence may well abate the overxmerry spleenx which otherwise would grow into extremesx xxexeuntxxx scene iix a bedchamber in the lordxs housex sly is discovered in a rich nightgownx with attendantsx some with apparelx basinx ewerx and other appurtenancesx and lordx dressed like a servantx slyx for godxs sakex a pot of small alex first servantx willxt please your lordship drink a cup of sackx second servantx willxt please your honour taste of these conservesx third servantx what raiment will your honour wear todayx slyx i am christophero slyx call not me honour nor lordshipx i nexer drank sack in my lifex and if you give me any conservesx give me conserves of beefx nexer ask me what raiment ixll wearx for i have no more doublets than backsx no more stockings than legsx nor no more shoes than feetx nayx sometime more feet than shoesx or such shoes as my toes look through the overxleatherx lordx heaven cease this idle humour in your honourx ox that a mighty man of such descentx of such possessionsx and so high esteemx should be infused with so foul a spiritx slyx whatx would you make me madx am not i christopher slyx old slyxs son of burtonxheathx by birth a pedlarx by education a cardmakerx by transmutation a bearxherdx and now by present profession a tinkerx ask marian hacketx the fat alexwife of wincotx if she know me notx if she say i am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer alex score me up for the lyingest knave in christendomx whatx i am not bestraughtx herexsx third servantx ox this it is that makes your lady mournx second servantx ox this is it that makes your servants droopx lordx hence comes it that your kindred shuns your housex as beaten hence by your strange lunacyx o noble lordx bethink thee of thy birthx call home thy ancient thoughts from banishmentx and banish hence these abject lowly dreamsx look how thy servants do attend on theex each in his office ready at thy beckx wilt thou have musicx harkx apollo playsx xxmusicxxx and twenty caged nightingales do singx or wilt thou sleepx wexll have thee to a couch softer and sweeter than the lustful bed on purpose trimmxd up for semiramisx say thou wilt walkx we will bestrew the groundx or wilt thou ridex thy horses shall be trappxdx their harness studded all with gold and pearlx dost thou love hawkingx thou hast hawks will soar above the morning larkx or wilt thou huntx thy hounds shall make the welkin answer them and fetch shrill echoes from the hollow earthx first servantx say thou wilt coursex thy greyhounds are as swift as breathed stagsx ayx fleeter than the roex second servantx dost thou love picturesx we will fetch thee straight adonis painted by a running brookx and cytherea all in sedges hidx which seem to move and wanton with her breath even as the waving sedges play with windx lordx wexll show thee io as she was a maid and how she was beguiled and surprisxdx as lively painted as the deed was donex third servantx or daphne roaming through a thorny woodx scratching her legsx that one shall swear she bleeds and at that sight shall sad apollo weepx so workmanly the blood and tears are drawnx lordx thou art a lordx and nothing but a lordx thou hast a lady far more beautiful than any woman in this waning agex first servantx andx till the tears that she hath shed for thee like envious floods oxerxrun her lovely facex she was the fairest creature in the worldx and yet she is inferior to nonex slyx am i a lordx and have i such a ladyx or do i dreamx or have i dreamxd till nowx i do not sleepx i seex i hearx i speakx i smell sweet savoursx and i feel soft thingsx upon my lifex i am a lord indeedx and not a tinkerx nor christophero slyx wellx bring our lady hither to our sightx and once againx a pot ox the smallest alex second servantx willxt please your mightiness to wash your handsx xxservants present a ewerx basin and napkinxxx ox how we joy to see your wit restorxdx ox that once more you knew but what you arex these fifteen years you have been in a dreamx orx when you wakxdx so wakxd as if you sleptx slyx these fifteen yearsx by my fayx a goodly napx but did i never speak of all that timex first servantx ox yesx my lordx but very idle wordsx for though you lay here in this goodly chamberx yet would you say ye were beaten out of doorx and rail upon the hostess of the housex and say you would present her at the leetx because she brought stone jugs and no sealxd quartsx sometimes you would call out for cicely hacketx slyx ayx the womanxs maid of the housex third servantx whyx sirx you know no house nor no such maidx nor no such men as you have reckonxd upx as stephen slyx and old john naps of greecex and peter turphx and henry pimpernellx and twenty more such names and men as thesex which never werex nor no man ever sawx slyx nowx lord be thanked for my good amendsx allx amenx enter the pagex as a ladyx with attendantsx slyx i thank theex thou shalt not lose by itx pagex how fares my noble lordx slyx marryx i fare wellx for here is cheer enoughx where is my wifex pagex herex noble lordx what is thy will with herx slyx are you my wifex and will not call me husbandx my men should call me lordx i am your goodmanx pagex my husband and my lordx my lord and husbandx i am your wife in all obediencex slyx i know it wellx what must i call herx lordx madamx slyx alice madamx or joan madamx lordx madamx and nothing elsex so lords call ladiesx slyx madam wifex they say that i have dreamxd and slept above some fifteen year or morex pagex ayx and the time seems thirty unto mex being all this time abandonxd from your bedx slyx xtis muchx servantsx leave me and her alonex madamx undress youx and come now to bedx pagex thrice noble lordx let me entreat of you to pardon me yet for a night or twox orx if not sox until the sun be setx for your physicians have expressly chargxdx in peril to incur your former maladyx that i should yet absent me from your bedx i hope this reason stands for my excusex slyx ayx it stands so that i may hardly tarry so longx but i would be loath to fall into my dreams againx i will therefore tarry in despite of the flesh and the bloodx enter a messengerx messengerx your honourxs playersx hearing your amendmentx are come to play a pleasant comedyx for so your doctors hold it very meetx seeing too much sadness hath congealxd your bloodx and melancholy is the nurse of frenzyx therefore they thought it good you hear a playx and frame your mind to mirth and merrimentx which bars a thousand harms and lengthens lifex slyx marryx i willx let them play itx is not a commonty a christmas gambold or a tumblingxtrickx pagex nox my good lordx it is more pleasing stuffx slyx whatx household stuffx pagex it is a kind of historyx slyx wellx wexll seextx comex madam wifex sit by my side and let the world slipx we shall nexer be youngerx act i scene ix paduax a public placex flourishx enter lucentio and traniox lucentiox traniox since for the great desire i had to see fair paduax nursery of artsx i am arrivxd for fruitful lombardyx the pleasant garden of great italyx and by my fatherxs love and leave am armxd with his good will and thy good companyx my trusty servant well approvxd in allx here let us breathex and haply institute a course of learning and ingenious studiesx pisax renowned for grave citizensx gave me my being and my father firstx a merchant of great traffic through the worldx vincentiox come of the bentivoliix vincentioxs sonx brought up in florencex it shall become to serve all hopes conceivxdx to deck his fortune with his virtuous deedsx and thereforex traniox for the time i studyx virtue and that part of philosophy will i apply that treats of happiness by virtue specially to be achievxdx tell me thy mindx for i have pisa left and am to padua come as he that leaves a shallow plash to plunge him in the deepx and with satiety seeks to quench his thirstx traniox xmi perdonatoxx gentle master minex i am in all affected as yourselfx glad that you thus continue your resolve to suck the sweets of sweet philosophyx onlyx good masterx while we do admire this virtue and this moral disciplinex letxs be no stoics nor no stocksx i prayx or so devote to aristotlexs checks as ovid be an outcast quite abjurxdx balk logic with acquaintance that you havex and practise rhetoric in your common talkx music and poesy use to quicken youx the mathematics and the metaphysicsx fall to them as you find your stomach serves youx no profit grows where is no pleasure taxenx in briefx sirx study what you most affectx lucentiox gramerciesx traniox well dost thou advisex ifx biondellox thou wert come ashorex we could at once put us in readinessx and take a lodging fit to entertain such friends as time in padua shall begetx but stay awhilex what company is thisx traniox masterx some show to welcome us to townx xxlucentio and tranio stand asidexxx enter baptistax katherinax biancax gremio and hortensiox baptistax gentlemenx importune me no fartherx for how i firmly am resolvxd you knowx that isx not to bestow my youngest daughter before i have a husband for the elderx if either of you both love katherinax because i know you well and love you wellx leave shall you have to court her at your pleasurex gremiox to cart her ratherx shexs too rough for mex therex therex hortensiox will you any wifex katherinax xxto baptistaxx i pray youx sirx is it your will to make a stale of me amongst these matesx hortensiox matesx maidx how mean you thatx no mates for youx unless you were of gentlerx milder mouldx katherinax ix faithx sirx you shall never need to fearx i wis it is not half way to her heartx but if it werex doubt not her care should be to comb your noddle with a threexleggxd stoolx and paint your facex and use you like a foolx hortensiox from all such devilsx good lord deliver usx gremiox and mex toox good lordx traniox hushtx masterx herexs some good pastime towardx that wench is stark mad or wonderful frowardx lucentiox but in the otherxs silence do i see maidxs mild behaviour and sobrietyx peacex traniox traniox well saidx masterx mumx and gaze your fillx baptistax gentlemenx that i may soon make good what i have saidxxbiancax get you inx and let it not displease theex good biancax for i will love thee nexer the lessx my girlx katherinax a pretty peatx it is best put finger in the eyex and she knew whyx biancax sisterx content you in my discontentx sirx to your pleasure humbly i subscribex my books and instruments shall be my companyx on them to lookx and practise by myselfx lucentiox harkx traniox thou mayst hear minerva speakx hortensiox signior baptistax will you be so strangex sorry am i that our good will effects biancaxs griefx gremiox why will you mew her upx signior baptistax for this fiend of hellx and make her bear the penance of her tonguex baptistax gentlemenx content yex i am resolvxdx go inx biancax xxexit biancaxxx and for i know she taketh most delight in musicx instrumentsx and poetryx schoolmasters will i keep within my house fit to instruct her youthx if youx hortensiox orx signior gremiox youx know any suchx prefer them hitherx for to cunning men i will be very kindx and liberal to mine own children in good bringing upx and sox farewellx katherinax you may stayx for i have more to commune with biancax xxexitxxx katherinax whyx and i trust i may go toox may i notx whatx shall i be appointed hoursx as thoughx belikex i knew not what to take and what to leavex hax xxexitxxx gremiox you may go to the devilxs damx your gifts are so good herexs none will hold youx their love is not so greatx hortensiox but we may blow our nails togetherx and fast it fairly outx our cakexs dough on both sidesx farewellx yetx for the love i bear my sweet biancax if i can by any means light on a fit man to teach her that wherein she delightsx i will wish him to her fatherx hortensiox so will ix signior gremiox but a wordx i prayx though the nature of our quarrel yet never brooked parlex know nowx upon advicex it toucheth us bothxxthat we may yet again have access to our fair mistressx and be happy rivals in biancaxs lovexxto labour and effect one thing speciallyx gremiox whatxs thatx i prayx hortensiox marryx sirx to get a husband for her sisterx gremiox a husbandx a devilx hortensiox i sayx a husbandx gremiox i sayx a devilx thinkest thoux hortensiox though her father be very richx any man is so very a fool to be married to hellx hortensiox tushx gremiox though it pass your patience and mine to endure her loud alarumsx whyx manx there be good fellows in the worldx and a man could light on themx would take her with all faultsx and money enoughx gremiox i cannot tellx but i had as lief take her dowry with this conditionx to be whippxd at the high cross every morningx hortensiox faithx as you sayx therexs small choice in rotten applesx but comex since this bar in law makes us friendsx it shall be so far forth friendly maintainedx till by helping baptistaxs eldest daughter to a husbandx we set his youngest free for a husbandx and then have toxt afreshx sweet biancax happy man be his dolex he that runs fastest gets the ringx how say youx signior gremiox gremiox i am agreedx and would i had given him the best horse in padua to begin his wooingx that would thoroughly woo herx wed herx and bed herx and rid the house of herx come onx xxexeunt gremio and hortensioxxx traniox i prayx sirx tell mex is it possible that love should of a sudden take such holdx lucentiox o traniox till i found it to be truex i never thought it possible or likelyx but seex while idly i stood looking onx i found the effect of love in idlenessx and now in plainness do confess to theex that art to me as secret and as dear as anna to the queen of carthage wasx traniox i burnx i pinex i perishx traniox if i achieve not this young modest girlx counsel mex traniox for i know thou canstx assist mex traniox for i know thou wiltx traniox masterx it is no time to chide you nowx affection is not rated from the heartx if love have touchxd youx nought remains but sox xredime te captum quam queas minimoxx lucentiox gramerciesx ladx go forwardx this contentsx the rest will comfortx for thy counselxs soundx traniox masterx you lookxd so longly on the maidx perhaps you markxd not whatxs the pith of allx lucentiox ox yesx i saw sweet beauty in her facex such as the daughter of agenor hadx that made great jove to humble him to her handx when with his knees he kissxd the cretan strandx traniox saw you no morex markxd you not how her sister began to scold and raise up such a storm that mortal ears might hardly endure the dinx lucentiox traniox i saw her coral lips to movex and with her breath she did perfume the airx sacred and sweet was all i saw in herx traniox nayx thenx xtis time to stir him from his trancex i prayx awakex sirx if you love the maidx bend thoughts and wits to achieve herx thus it standsx her elder sister is so curst and shrewdx that till the father rid his hands of herx masterx your love must live a maid at homex and therefore has he closely mewxd her upx because she will not be annoyxd with suitorsx lucentiox ahx traniox what a cruel fatherxs hex but art thou not advisxd he took some care to get her cunning schoolmasters to instruct herx traniox ayx marryx am ix sirx and now xtis plottedx lucentiox i have itx traniox traniox masterx for my handx both our inventions meet and jump in onex lucentiox tell me thine firstx traniox you will be schoolmasterx and undertake the teaching of the maidx thatxs your devicex lucentiox it isx may it be donex traniox not possiblex for who shall bear your part and be in padua here vincentioxs sonx keep house and ply his bookx welcome his friendsx visit his countrymenx and banquet themx lucentiox xbastaxx content theex for i have it fullx we have not yet been seen in any housex nor can we be distinguishxd by our faces for man or masterx then it follows thusx thou shalt be masterx traniox in my steadx keep house and port and servantsx as i shouldx i will some other bex some florentinex some neapolitanx or meaner man of pisax xtis hatchxdx and shall be sox traniox at once uncase theex take my colourxd hat and cloakx when biondello comesx he waits on theex but i will charm him first to keep his tonguex xxthey exchange habitsxx traniox so had you needx in briefx sirx sith it your pleasure isx and i am tied to be obedientx for so your father chargxd me at our partingx xbe serviceable to my sonxx quoth hex although i think xtwas in another sensex i am content to be lucentiox because so well i love lucentiox lucentiox traniox be sox because lucentio lovesx and let me be a slavex to achieve that maid whose sudden sight hath thrallxd my wounded eyex enter biondellox here comes the roguex sirrahx where have you beenx biondellox where have i beenx nayx how nowx where are youx masterx has my fellow tranio stolxn your clothesx or you stolxn hisx or bothx prayx whatxs the newsx lucentiox sirrahx come hitherx xtis no time to jestx and therefore frame your manners to the timex your fellow tranio herex to save my lifex puts my apparel and my countxnance onx and i for my escape have put on hisx for in a quarrel since i came ashore i killxd a manx and fear i was descriedx wait you on himx i charge youx as becomesx while i make way from hence to save my lifex you understand mex biondellox ix sirx nexer a whitx lucentiox and not a jot of tranio in your mouthx tranio is changed to lucentiox biondellox the better for himx would i were so toox traniox so could ix faithx boyx to have the next wish afterx that lucentio indeed had baptistaxs youngest daughterx butx sirrahx not for my sake but your masterxsx i advise you use your manners discreetly in all kind of companiesx when i am alonex whyx then i am traniox but in all places else your masterx lucentiox lucentiox traniox letxs gox one thing more restsx that thyself executex to make one among these wooersx if thou ask me whyx sufficeth my reasons are both good and weightyx xxexeuntxxx xxthe presenters above speakxxx first servantx my lordx you nodx you do not mind the playx slyx yesx by saint annex i dox a good matterx surelyx comes there any more of itx pagex my lordx xtis but begunx slyx xtis a very excellent piece of workx madam ladyx would xtwere donex xxthey sit and markxxx scene iix paduax before hortensioxs housex enter petruchio and his man grumiox petruchiox veronax for a while i take my leavex to see my friends in paduax but of all my best beloved and approved friendx hortensiox and i trow this is his housex herex sirrah grumiox knockx i sayx grumiox knockx sirx whom should i knockx is there any man has rebused your worshipx petruchiox villainx i sayx knock me here soundlyx grumiox knock you herex sirx whyx sirx what am ix sirx that i should knock you herex sirx petruchiox villainx i sayx knock me at this gatex and rap me wellx or ixll knock your knavexs patex grumiox my master is grown quarrelsomex i should knock you firstx and then i know after who comes by the worstx petruchiox will it not bex faithx sirrahx and youxll not knockx ixll ring itx ixll try how you can solx fax and sing itx xxhe wrings grumio by the earsxxx grumiox helpx mastersx helpx my master is madx petruchiox nowx knock when i bid youx sirrah villainx enter hortensiox hortensiox how nowx whatxs the matterx my old friend grumiox and my good friend petruchiox how do you all at veronax petruchiox signior hortensiox come you to part the frayx xcon tutto il cuore ben trovatoxx may i sayx hortensiox xalla nostra casa ben venutox molto honorato signor mio petruchioxx risex grumiox risex we will compound this quarrelx grumiox nayx xtis no matterx sirx what he xleges in latinx if this be not a lawful cause for me to leave his servicex look youx sirx he bid me knock him and rap him soundlyx sirx wellx was it fit for a servant to use his master sox beingx perhapsx for aught i seex twoxandxthirtyx a pip outx whom would to god i had well knockxd at firstx then had not grumio come by the worstx petruchiox a senseless villainx good hortensiox i bade the rascal knock upon your gatex and could not get him for my heart to do itx grumiox knock at the gatex o heavensx spake you not these words plainx xsirrah knock me herex rap me herex knock me wellx and knock me soundlyxx and come you now with xknocking at the gatexx petruchiox sirrahx be gonex or talk notx i advise youx hortensiox petruchiox patiencex i am grumioxs pledgex whyx thisxs a heavy chance xtwixt him and youx your ancientx trustyx pleasant servant grumiox and tell me nowx sweet friendx what happy gale blows you to padua here from old veronax petruchiox such wind as scatters young men through the world to seek their fortunes farther than at homex where small experience growsx but in a fewx signior hortensiox thus it stands with mex antoniox my fatherx is deceasxdx and i have thrust myself into this mazex haply to wive and thrive as best i mayx crowns in my purse i havex and goods at homex and so am come abroad to see the worldx hortensiox petruchiox shall i then come roundly to thee and wish thee to a shrewd illxfavourxd wifex thouxdst thank me but a little for my counselx and yet ixll promise thee she shall be richx and very richx but thxart too much my friendx and ixll not wish thee to herx petruchiox signior hortensiox xtwixt such friends as we few words sufficex and thereforex if thou know one rich enough to be petruchioxs wifex as wealth is burden of my wooing dancex be she as foul as was florentiusx lovex as old as sibylx and as curst and shrewd as socratesx xanthippe or a worsex she moves me notx or not removesx at leastx affectionxs edge in mex were she as rough as are the swelling adriatic seasx i come to wive it wealthily in paduax if wealthilyx then happily in paduax grumiox nayx look youx sirx he tells you flatly what his mind isx whyx give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet or an agletxbabyx or an old trot with nexer a tooth in her headx though she have as many diseases as twoxandxfifty horsesx whyx nothing comes amissx so money comes withalx hortensiox petruchiox since we are steppxd thus far inx i will continue that i broachxd in jestx i canx petruchiox help thee to a wife with wealth enoughx and young and beauteousx brought up as best becomes a gentlewomanx her only faultxxand that is faults enoughxx isx that she is intolerable curstx and shrewd and frowardx so beyond all measurex thatx were my state far worser than it isx i would not wed her for a mine of goldx petruchiox hortensiox peacex thou knowxst not goldxs effectx tell me her fatherxs namex and xtis enoughx for i will board herx though she chide as loud as thunder when the clouds in autumn crackx hortensiox her father is baptista minolax an affable and courteous gentlemanx her name is katherina minolax renownxd in padua for her scolding tonguex petruchiox i know her fatherx though i know not herx and he knew my deceased father wellx i will not sleepx hortensiox till i see herx and therefore let me be thus bold with youx to give you over at this first encounterx unless you will accompany me thitherx grumiox i pray youx sirx let him go while the humour lastsx ox my wordx and she knew him as well as i dox she would think scolding would do little good upon himx she may perhaps call him half a score knaves or sox whyx thatxs nothingx and he begin oncex hexll rail in his ropextricksx ixll tell you whatx sirx and she stand him but a littlex he will throw a figure in her facex and so disfigure her with it that she shall have no more eyes to see withal than a catx you know him notx sirx hortensiox tarryx petruchiox i must go with theex for in baptistaxs keep my treasure isx he hath the jewel of my life in holdx his youngest daughterx beautiful biancax and her withholds from me and other morex suitors to her and rivals in my lovex supposing it a thing impossiblex for those defects i have before rehearsxdx that ever katherina will be wooxdx therefore this order hath baptista taxenx that none shall have access unto bianca till katherine the curst have got a husbandx grumiox katherine the curstx a title for a maid of all titles the worstx hortensiox now shall my friend petruchio do me gracex and offer me disguisxd in sober robesx to old baptista as a schoolmaster well seen in musicx to instruct biancax that so i mayx by this device at least have leave and leisure to make love to herx and unsuspected court her by herselfx grumiox herexs no knaveryx seex to beguile the old folksx how the young folks lay their heads togetherx enter gremio and lucentio disguisedx with books under his armx masterx masterx look about youx who goes therex hax hortensiox peacex grumiox it is the rival of my lovex petruchiox stand by awhilex grumiox a proper striplingx and an amorousx gremiox ox very wellx i have perusxd the notex hark youx sirx ixll have them very fairly boundx all books of lovex see that at any handx and see you read no other lectures to herx you understand mex over and beside signior baptistaxs liberalityx ixll mend it with a largessx take your papers toox and let me have them very well perfumxdx for she is sweeter than perfume itself to whom they go tox what will you read to herx lucentiox whatexer i read to herx ixll plead for youx as for my patronx stand you so assurxdx as firmly as yourself were still in placex yeax and perhaps with more successful words than youx unless you were a scholarx sirx gremiox ox this learningx what a thing it isx grumiox ox this woodcockx what an ass it isx petruchiox peacex sirrahx hortensiox grumiox mumx god save youx signior gremiox gremiox and you are well metx signior hortensiox trow you whither i am goingx to baptista minolax i promisxd to enquire carefully about a schoolmaster for the fair biancax and by good fortune i have lighted well on this young manx for learning and behaviour fit for her turnx well read in poetry and other booksx good onesx i warrant yex hortensiox xtis wellx and i have met a gentleman hath promisxd me to help me to anotherx a fine musician to instruct our mistressx so shall i no whit be behind in duty to fair biancax so belovxd of mex gremiox belovxd of mex and that my deeds shall provex grumiox xxasidexxx and that his bags shall provex hortensiox gremiox xtis now no time to vent our lovex listen to mex and if you speak me fairx ixll tell you news indifferent good for eitherx here is a gentleman whom by chance i metx upon agreement from us to his likingx will undertake to woo curst katherinex yeax and to marry herx if her dowry pleasex gremiox so saidx so donex is wellx hortensiox have you told him all her faultsx petruchiox i know she is an irksome brawling scoldx if that be allx mastersx i hear no harmx gremiox nox sayxst me sox friendx what countrymanx petruchiox born in veronax old antonioxs sonx my father deadx my fortune lives for mex and i do hope good days and long to seex gremiox o sirx such a lifex with such a wifex were strangex but if you have a stomachx toxt a godxs namex you shall have me assisting you in allx but will you woo this wildxcatx petruchiox will i livex grumiox will he woo herx ayx or ixll hang herx petruchiox why came i hither but to that intentx think you a little din can daunt mine earsx have i not in my time heard lions roarx have i not heard the seax puffxd up with windsx rage like an angry boar chafed with sweatx have i not heard great ordnance in the fieldx and heavenxs artillery thunder in the skiesx have i not in a pitched battle heard loud xlarumsx neighing steedsx and trumpetsx clangx and do you tell me of a womanxs tonguex that gives not half so great a blow to hear as will a chestnut in a farmerxs firex tushx tushx fear boys with bugsx grumiox xxasidexx for he fears nonex gremiox hortensiox harkx this gentleman is happily arrivxdx my mind presumesx for his own good and yoursx hortensiox i promisxd we would be contributorsx and bear his charge of wooingx whatsoexerx gremiox and so we willx provided that he win herx grumiox i would i were as sure of a good dinnerx enter tranio bravex and biondellox traniox gentlemenx god save youx if i may be boldx tell mex i beseech youx which is the readiest way to the house of signior baptista minolax biondellox he that has the two fair daughtersx isxt he you meanx traniox even hex biondellox gremiox hark youx sirx you mean not her tox traniox perhaps him and herx sirx what have you to dox petruchiox not her that chidesx sirx at any handx i prayx traniox i love no chidersx sirx biondellox letxs awayx lucentiox xxasidexx well begunx traniox hortensiox sirx a word ere you gox are you a suitor to the maid you talk ofx yea or nox traniox and if i bex sirx is it any offencex gremiox nox if without more words you will get you hencex traniox whyx sirx i prayx are not the streets as free for me as for youx gremiox but so is not shex traniox for what reasonx i beseech youx gremiox for this reasonx if youxll knowx that shexs the choice love of signior gremiox hortensiox that shexs the chosen of signior hortensiox traniox softlyx my mastersx if you be gentlemenx do me this rightx hear me with patiencex baptista is a noble gentlemanx to whom my father is not all unknownx and were his daughter fairer than she isx she may more suitors havex and me for onex fair ledaxs daughter had a thousand wooersx then well one more may fair bianca havex and so she shallx lucentio shall make onex though paris came in hope to speed alonex gremiox whatx this gentleman will outxtalk us allx lucentiox sirx give him headx i know hexll prove a jadex petruchiox hortensiox to what end are all these wordsx hortensiox sirx let me be so bold as ask youx did you yet ever see baptistaxs daughterx traniox nox sirx but hear i do that he hath twox the one as famous for a scolding tongue as is the other for beauteous modestyx petruchiox sirx sirx the firstxs for mex let her go byx gremiox yeax leave that labour to great herculesx and let it be more than alcidesx twelvex petruchiox sirx understand you this of mex in soothx the youngest daughterx whom you hearken forx her father keeps from all access of suitorsx and will not promise her to any man until the elder sister first be wedx the younger then is freex and not beforex traniox if it be sox sirx that you are the man must stead us allx and me amongst the restx and if you break the icex and do this featx achieve the elderx set the younger free for our accessx whose hap shall be to have her will not so graceless be to be ingratex hortensiox sirx you say wellx and well you do conceivex and since you do profess to be a suitorx you mustx as we dox gratify this gentlemanx to whom we all rest generally beholdingx traniox sirx i shall not be slackx in sign whereofx please ye we may contrive this afternoonx and quaff carouses to our mistressx healthx and do as adversaries do in lawx strive mightilyx but eat and drink as friendsx grumiox biondellox o excellent motionx fellowsx letxs be gonex hortensiox the motionxs good indeedx and be it soxx petruchiox i shall be your xben venutoxx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex enter katherina and biancax biancax good sisterx wrong me notx nor wrong yourselfx to make a bondmaid and a slave of mex that i disdainx but for these other gawdsx unbind my handsx ixll pull them off myselfx yeax all my raimentx to my petticoatx or what you will command me will i dox so well i know my duty to my eldersx katherinax of all thy suitors here i charge thee tell whom thou lovxst bestx see thou dissemble notx biancax believe mex sisterx of all the men alive i never yet beheld that special face which i could fancy more than any otherx katherinax minionx thou liestx isxt not hortensiox biancax if you affect himx sisterx here i swear ixll plead for you myself but you shall have himx katherinax ox thenx belikex you fancy riches morex you will have gremio to keep you fairx biancax is it for him you do envy me sox nayx then you jestx and now i well perceive you have but jested with me all this whilex i pritheex sister katex untie my handsx katherinax if that be jestx then all the rest was sox xxstrikes herxxx enter baptistax baptistax whyx how nowx damex whence grows this insolencex biancax stand asidex poor girlx she weepsx go ply thy needlex meddle not with herx for shamex thou hilding of a devilish spiritx why dost thou wrong her that did nexer wrong theex when did she cross thee with a bitter wordx katherinax her silence flouts mex and ixll be revengxdx xxflies after biancaxxx baptistax whatx in my sightx biancax get thee inx xxexit biancaxxx katherinax whatx will you not suffer mex nayx now i see she is your treasurex she must have a husbandx i must dance barexfoot on her weddingxdayx andx for your love to herx lead apes in hellx talk not to mex i will go sit and weep till i can find occasion of revengex xxexitxxx baptistax was ever gentleman thus grievxd as ix but who comes herex enter gremiox with lucentio in the habit of a mean manx petruchiox with hortensio as a musicianx and traniox with biondello bearing a lute and booksx gremiox good morrowx neighbour baptistax baptistax good morrowx neighbour gremiox god save youx gentlemenx petruchiox and youx good sirx prayx have you not a daughter callxd katherinax fair and virtuousx baptistax i have a daughterx sirx callxd katherinax gremiox you are too bluntx go to it orderlyx petruchiox you wrong mex signior gremiox give me leavex i am a gentleman of veronax sirx thatx hearing of her beauty and her witx her affability and bashful modestyx her wondrous qualities and mild behaviourx am bold to show myself a forward guest within your housex to make mine eye the witness of that report which i so oft have heardx andx for an entrance to my entertainmentx i do present you with a man of minex xxpresenting hortensioxxx cunning in music and the mathematicsx to instruct her fully in those sciencesx whereof i know she is not ignorantx accept of himx or else you do me wrongx his name is liciox born in mantuax baptistax yxare welcomex sirx and he for your good sakex but for my daughter katherinex this i knowx she is not for your turnx the more my griefx petruchiox i see you do not mean to part with herx or else you like not of my companyx baptistax mistake me notx i speak but as i findx whence are youx sirx what may i call your namex petruchiox petruchio is my namex antonioxs sonx a man well known throughout all italyx baptistax i know him wellx you are welcome for his sakex gremiox saving your talex petruchiox i prayx let usx that are poor petitionersx speak toox backarex you are marvellous forwardx petruchiox ox pardon mex signior gremiox i would fain be doingx gremiox i doubt it notx sirx but you will curse your wooingx neighbourx this is a gift very gratefulx i am sure of itx to express the like kindnessx myselfx that have been more kindly beholding to you than anyx freely give unto you this young scholarx xxpresenting lucentioxxx that has been long studying at rheimsx as cunning in greekx latinx and other languagesx as the other in music and mathematicsx his name is cambiox pray accept his servicex baptistax a thousand thanksx signior gremiox welcomex good cambiox xxto tranioxxx butx gentle sirx methinks you walk like a strangerx may i be so bold to know the cause of your comingx traniox pardon mex sirx the boldness is mine ownx thatx being a stranger in this city herex do make myself a suitor to your daughterx unto biancax fair and virtuousx nor is your firm resolve unknown to mex in the preferment of the eldest sisterx this liberty is all that i requestx thatx upon knowledge of my parentagex i may have welcome xmongst the rest that woox and free access and favour as the restx andx toward the education of your daughtersx i here bestow a simple instrumentx and this small packet of greek and latin booksx if you accept themx then their worth is greatx baptistax lucentio is your namex of whencex i prayx traniox of pisax sirx son to vincentiox baptistax a mighty man of pisax by report i know him wellx you are very welcomex sirx xxto hortensioxxx take you the lutex xxto lucentioxxx and you the set of booksx you shall go see your pupils presentlyx hollax withinx enter a servantx sirrahx lead these gentlemen to my daughtersx and tell them both these are their tutorsx bid them use them wellx xxexeunt servant with hortensiox lucentio and biondelloxxx we will go walk a little in the orchardx and then to dinnerx you are passing welcomex and so i pray you all to think yourselvesx petruchiox signior baptistax my business asketh hastex and every day i cannot come to woox you knew my father wellx and in him mex left solely heir to all his lands and goodsx which i have bettered rather than decreasxdx then tell mex if i get your daughterxs lovex what dowry shall i have with her to wifex baptistax after my deathx the one half of my landsx and in possession twenty thousand crownsx petruchiox andx for that dowryx ixll assure her of her widowhoodx be it that she survive mex in all my lands and leases whatsoeverx let specialities be therefore drawn between usx that covenants may be kept on either handx baptistax ayx when the special thing is well obtainxdx that isx her lovex for that is all in allx petruchiox whyx that is nothingx for i tell youx fatherx i am as peremptory as she proudxmindedx and where two raging fires meet togetherx they do consume the thing that feeds their furyx though little fire grows great with little windx yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and allx so i to herx and so she yields to mex for i am rough and woo not like a babex baptistax well mayst thou woox and happy be thy speedx but be thou armxd for some unhappy wordsx petruchiox ayx to the proofx as mountains are for windsx that shake not though they blow perpetuallyx rexenter hortensiox with his head brokex baptistax how nowx my friendx why dost thou look so palex hortensiox for fearx i promise youx if i look palex baptistax whatx will my daughter prove a good musicianx hortensiox i think shexll sooner prove a soldierx iron may hold with herx but never lutesx baptistax whyx then thou canst not break her to the lutex hortensiox whyx nox for she hath broke the lute to mex i did but tell her she mistook her fretsx and bowxd her hand to teach her fingeringx whenx with a most impatient devilish spiritx xfretsx call you thesexx quoth she xixll fume with themxx and with that word she struck me on the headx and through the instrument my pate made wayx and there i stood amazed for a whilex as on a pilloryx looking through the lutex while she did call me rascal fiddlerx and twangling jackx with twenty such vile termsx as had she studied to misuse me sox petruchiox nowx by the worldx it is a lusty wenchx i love her ten times more than exer i didx ox how i long to have some chat with herx baptistax xxto hortensioxxx wellx go with mex and be not so discomfitedx proceed in practice with my younger daughterx shexs apt to learnx and thankful for good turnsx signior petruchiox will you go with usx or shall i send my daughter kate to youx petruchiox i pray you dox xxexeunt baptistax gremiox tranio and hortensioxxx i will attend her herex and woo her with some spirit when she comesx say that she railx whyx then ixll tell her plain she sings as sweetly as a nightingalex say that she frownx ixll say she looks as clear as morning roses newly washxd with dewx say she be mutex and will not speak a wordx then ixll commend her volubilityx and say she uttereth piercing eloquencex if she do bid me packx ixll give her thanksx as though she bid me stay by her a weekx if she deny to wedx ixll crave the day when i shall ask the bannsx and when be marriedx but here she comesx and nowx petruchiox speakx enter katherinax good morrowx katex for thatxs your namex i hearx katherinax well have you heardx but something hard of hearingx they call me katherine that do talk of mex petruchiox you liex in faithx for you are callxd plain katex and bonny katex and sometimes kate the curstx butx katex the prettiest kate in christendomx kate of kate hallx my superxdainty katex for dainties are all katesx and thereforex katex take this of mex kate of my consolationx hearing thy mildness praisxd in every townx thy virtues spoke ofx and thy beauty soundedxx yet not so deeply as to thee belongsxx myself am movxd to woo thee for my wifex katherinax movxdx in good timex let him that movxd you hither remove you hencex i knew you at the firstx you were a moveablex petruchiox whyx whatxs a moveablex katherinax a jointxstoolx petruchiox thou hast hit itx comex sit on mex katherinax asses are made to bearx and so are youx petruchiox women are made to bearx and so are youx katherinax no such jade as bear youx if me you meanx petruchiox alasx good katex i will not burden theex forx knowing thee to be but young and lightxx katherinax too light for such a swain as you to catchx and yet as heavy as my weight should bex petruchiox should bex should buzx katherinax well taxenx and like a buzzardx petruchiox ox slowxwingxd turtlex shall a buzzard take theex katherinax ayx for a turtlex as he takes a buzzardx petruchiox comex comex you waspx ix faithx you are too angryx katherinax if i be waspishx best beware my stingx petruchiox my remedy is then to pluck it outx katherinax ayx if the fool could find it where it liesx petruchiox who knows not where a wasp does wear his stingx in his tailx katherinax in his tonguex petruchiox whose tonguex katherinax yoursx if you talk of talesx and so farewellx petruchiox whatx with my tongue in your tailx nayx come againx good katex i am a gentlemanx katherinax that ixll tryx xxstriking himxxx petruchiox i swear ixll cuff you if you strike againx katherinax so may you lose your armsx if you strike mex you are no gentlemanx and if no gentlemanx why then no armsx petruchiox a heraldx katex ox put me in thy booksx katherinax what is your crestx a coxcombx petruchiox a combless cockx so kate will be my henx katherinax no cock of minex you crow too like a cravenx petruchiox nayx comex katex comex you must not look so sourx katherinax it is my fashion when i see a crabx petruchiox whyx herexs no crabx and therefore look not sourx katherinax there isx there isx petruchiox then show it mex katherinax had i a glass i wouldx petruchiox whatx you mean my facex katherinax well aimxd of such a young onex petruchiox nowx by saint georgex i am too young for youx katherinax yet you are witherxdx petruchiox xtis with caresx katherinax i care notx petruchiox nayx hear youx katex in soothx you xscape not sox katherinax i chafe youx if i tarryx let me gox petruchiox nox not a whitx i find you passing gentlex xtwas told me you were roughx and coyx and sullenx and now i find report a very liarx for thou art pleasantx gamesomex passing courteousx but slow in speechx yet sweet as springxtime flowersx thou canst not frownx thou canst not look askancex nor bite the lipx as angry wenches willx nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talkx but thou with mildness entertainxst thy wooersx with gentle conferencex soft and affablex why does the world report that kate doth limpx o slandxrous worldx kate like the hazelxtwig is straight and slenderx and as brown in hue as hazelxnutsx and sweeter than the kernelsx ox let me see thee walkx thou dost not haltx katherinax gox foolx and whom thou keepxst commandx petruchiox did ever dian so become a grove as kate this chamber with her princely gaitx ox be thou dianx and let her be katex and then let kate be chastex and dian sportfulx katherinax where did you study all this goodly speechx petruchiox it is extemporex from my motherxwitx katherinax a witty motherx witless else her sonx petruchiox am i not wisex katherinax yesx keep you warmx petruchiox marryx so i meanx sweet katherinex in thy bedx and thereforex setting all this chat asidex thus in plain termsx your father hath consented that you shall be my wife your dowry xgreed onx and will youx nill youx i will marry youx nowx katex i am a husband for your turnx forx by this lightx whereby i see thy beautyxx thy beauty that doth make me like thee wellxx thou must be married to no man but mex for i am he am born to tame youx katex and bring you from a wild kate to a kate conformable as other household katesx rexenter baptistax gremio and traniox here comes your fatherx never make denialx i must and will have katherine to my wifex baptistax nowx signior petruchiox how speed you with my daughterx petruchiox how but wellx sirx how but wellx it were impossible i should speed amissx baptistax whyx how nowx daughter katherinex in your dumpsx katherinax call you me daughterx now i promise you you have showxd a tender fatherly regard to wish me wed to one half lunaticx a madxcap ruffian and a swearing jackx that thinks with oaths to face the matter outx petruchiox fatherx xtis thusx yourself and all the world that talkxd of her have talkxd amiss of herx if she be curstx it is for policyx for shexs not frowardx but modest as the dovex she is not hotx but temperate as the mornx for patience she will prove a second grisselx and roman lucrece for her chastityx and to concludex we have xgreed so well together that upon sunday is the weddingxdayx katherinax ixll see thee hangxd on sunday firstx gremiox harkx petruchiox she says shexll see thee hangxd firstx traniox is this your speedingx nayx then goodxnight our partx petruchiox be patientx gentlemenx i choose her for myselfx if she and i be pleasxdx whatxs that to youx xtis bargainxd xtwixt us twainx being alonex that she shall still be curst in companyx i tell youx xtis incredible to believe how much she loves mex ox the kindest kate she hung about my neckx and kiss on kiss she vied so fastx protesting oath on oathx that in a twink she won me to her lovex ox you are novicesx xtis a world to seex how tamex when men and women are alonex a meacock wretch can make the curstest shrewx give me thy handx katex i will unto venicex to buy apparel xgainst the weddingxdayx provide the feastx fatherx and bid the guestsx i will be sure my katherine shall be finex baptistax i know not what to sayx but give me your handsx god send you joyx petruchiox xtis a matchx gremiox traniox amenx say wex we will be witnessesx petruchiox fatherx and wifex and gentlemenx adieux i will to venicex sunday comes apacex we will have rings and thingsx and fine arrayx and kiss mex katex we will be married ox sundayx xxexeunt petruchio and katherinax severallyxxx gremiox was ever match clappxd up so suddenlyx baptistax faithx gentlemenx now i play a merchantxs partx and venture madly on a desperate martx traniox xtwas a commodity lay fretting by youx xtwill bring you gainx or perish on the seasx baptistax the gain i seek isx quiet in the matchx gremiox no doubt but he hath got a quiet catchx but nowx baptistax to your younger daughterx now is the day we long have looked forx i am your neighbourx and was suitor firstx traniox and i am one that love bianca more than words can witness or your thoughts can guessx gremiox younglingx thou canst not love so dear as ix traniox greybeardx thy love doth freezex gremiox but thine doth fryx skipperx stand backx xtis age that nourishethx traniox but youth in ladiesx eyes that flourishethx baptistax content youx gentlemenx ixll compound this strifex xtis deeds must win the prizex and he of both that can assure my daughter greatest dower shall have my biancaxs lovex sayx signior gremiox what can you assure herx gremiox firstx as you knowx my house within the city is richly furnished with plate and goldx basins and ewers to lave her dainty handsx my hangings all of tyrian tapestryx in ivory coffers i have stuffxd my crownsx in cypress chests my arras counterpointsx costly apparelx tentsx and canopiesx fine linenx turkey cushions bossxd with pearlx valance of venice gold in needleworkx pewter and brassx and all things that belong to house or housekeepingx thenx at my farm i have a hundred milchxkine to the pailx six score fat oxen standing in my stallsx and all things answerable to this portionx myself am struck in yearsx i must confessx and if i die tomorrow this is hersx if whilst i live she will be only minex traniox that xonlyx came well inx sirx list to mex i am my fatherxs heir and only sonx if i may have your daughter to my wifex ixll leave her houses three or four as good within rich pisaxs walls as anyone old signior gremio has in paduax besides two thousand ducats by the year of fruitful landx all which shall be her jointurex whatx have i pinchxd youx signior gremiox gremiox two thousand ducats by the year of landx my land amounts not to so much in allx that she shall havex besides an argosy that now is lying in marseillesx roadx whatx have i chokxd you with an argosyx traniox gremiox xtis known my father hath no less than three great argosiesx besides two galliassesx and twelve tight galleysx these i will assure herx and twice as muchx whatexer thou offerxst nextx gremiox nayx i have offerxd allx i have no morex and she can have no more than all i havex if you like mex she shall have me and minex traniox whyx then the maid is mine from all the worldx by your firm promisex gremio is outxviedx baptistax i must confess your offer is the bestx and let your father make her the assurancex she is your ownx elsex you must pardon mex if you should die before himx wherexs her dowerx traniox thatxs but a cavilx he is oldx i youngx gremiox and may not young men die as well as oldx baptistax wellx gentlemenx i am thus resolvxdx on sunday nextx you knowx my daughter katherine is to be marriedx nowx on the sunday followingx shall bianca be bride to youx if you make this assurancex if notx to signior gremiox and so i take my leavex and thank you bothx gremiox adieux good neighbourx xxexit baptistaxxx nowx i fear thee notx sirrah young gamesterx your father were a fool to give thee allx and in his waning age set foot under thy tablex tutx a toyx an old italian fox is not so kindx my boyx xxexitxxx traniox a vengeance on your crafty witherxd hidex yet i have facxd it with a card of tenx xtis in my head to do my master goodx i see no reason but supposxd lucentio must get a fatherx callxd supposxd vincentiox and thatxs a wonderx fathers commonly do get their childrenx but in this case of wooing a child shall get a sirex if i fail not of my cunningx xxexitxxx act iii scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex enter lucentiox hortensio and biancax lucentiox fiddlerx forbearx you grow too forwardx sirx have you so soon forgot the entertainment her sister katherine welcomexd you withalx hortensiox butx wrangling pedantx this is the patroness of heavenly harmonyx then give me leave to have prerogativex and when in music we have spent an hourx your lecture shall have leisure for as muchx lucentiox preposterous assx that never read so far to know the cause why music was ordainxdx was it not to refresh the mind of man after his studies or his usual painx then give me leave to read philosophyx and while i pause serve in your harmonyx hortensiox sirrahx i will not bear these braves of thinex biancax whyx gentlemenx you do me double wrongx to strive for that which resteth in my choicex i am no breeching scholar in the schoolsx ixll not be tied to hours nor xpointed timesx but learn my lessons as i please myselfx andx to cut off all strifex here sit we downx take you your instrumentx play you the whilesx his lecture will be done ere you have tunxdx hortensiox youxll leave his lecture when i am in tunex xxretiresxxx lucentiox that will be neverx tune your instrumentx biancax where left we lastx lucentiox herex madamxx xhic ibat simoisx hic est sigeia tellusx hic steterat priami regia celsa senisxx biancax construe themx lucentiox xhic ibatxx as i told you beforex xsimoisxx i am lucentiox xhic estxx son unto vincentio of pisax xsigeia tellusxx disguised thus to get your lovex xhic steteratxx and that lucentio that comes axwooingx xpriamixx is my man traniox xregiaxx bearing my portx xcelsa senisxx that we might beguile the old pantaloonx hortensiox xxreturningxxx madamx my instrumentxs in tunex biancax letxs hearxx xhortensio xplaysxxx o fiex the treble jarsx lucentiox spit in the holex manx and tune againx biancax now let me see if i can construe itx xhic ibat simoisxx i know you notx xhic est sigeia tellusxx i trust you notx xhic steterat priamixx take heed he hear us notx xregiaxx presume notx xcelsa senisxx despair notx hortensiox madamx xtis now in tunex lucentiox all but the basex hortensiox the base is rightx xtis the base knave that jarsx xxasidexx how fiery and forward our pedant isx nowx for my lifex the knave doth court my lovex pedasculex ixll watch you better yetx biancax in time i may believex yet i mistrustx lucentiox mistrust it notx for surex xacides was ajaxx callxd so from his grandfatherx biancax i must believe my masterx elsex i promise youx i should be arguing still upon that doubtx but let it restx nowx liciox to youx good masterx take it not unkindlyx prayx that i have been thus pleasant with you bothx hortensiox xxto lucentioxx you may go walk and give me leave a whilex my lessons make no music in three partsx lucentiox are you so formalx sirx wellx i must waitx xxasidexx and watch withalx forx but i be deceivxdx our fine musician groweth amorousx hortensiox madamx before you touch the instrumentx to learn the order of my fingeringx i must begin with rudiments of artx to teach you gamut in a briefer sortx more pleasantx pithyx and effectualx than hath been taught by any of my tradex and there it is in writingx fairly drawnx biancax whyx i am past my gamut long agox hortensiox yet read the gamut of hortensiox biancax xgamutx i amx the ground of all accordx xa rexx to plead hortensioxs passionx xb mixx biancax take him for thy lordx xc fa utxx that loves with all affectionx xd sol rexx one clefx two notes have i xe la mixx show pity or i diex call you this gamutx tutx i like it notx old fashions please me bestx i am not so nicex to change true rules for odd inventionsx enter a servantx servantx mistressx your father prays you leave your booksx and help to dress your sisterxs chamber upx you know tomorrow is the weddingxdayx biancax farewellx sweet mastersx bothx i must be gonex xxexeunt bianca and servantxxx lucentiox faithx mistressx then i have no cause to stayx xxexitxxx hortensiox but i have cause to pry into this pedantx methinks he looks as though he were in lovex yet if thy thoughtsx biancax be so humble to cast thy wandxring eyes on every stalex seize thee that listx if once i find thee rangingx hortensio will be quit with thee by changingx xxexitxxx scene iix the samex before baptistaxs housex enter baptistax gremiox traniox katherinax biancax lucentio and attendantsx baptistax xxto tranioxxx signior lucentiox this is the xpointed day that katherine and petruchio should be marriedx and yet we hear not of our sonxinxlawx what will be saidx what mockery will it be to want the bridegroom when the priest attends to speak the ceremonial rites of marriagex what says lucentio to this shame of oursx katherinax no shame but minex i mustx forsoothx be forcxd to give my handx opposxd against my heartx unto a madxbrain rudesbyx full of spleenx who wooxd in haste and means to wed at leisurex i told youx ix he was a frantic foolx hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourx and to be noted for a merry manx hexll woo a thousandx xpoint the day of marriagex make friendsx invitex and proclaim the bannsx yet never means to wed where he hath wooxdx now must the world point at poor katherinex and say xlox there is mad petruchioxs wifex if it would please him come and marry herxx traniox patiencex good katherinex and baptista toox upon my lifex petruchio means but wellx whatever fortune stays him from his wordx though he be bluntx i know him passing wisex though he be merryx yet withal hexs honestx katherinax would katherine had never seen him thoughx xxexit weepingx followed by bianca and othersxxx baptistax gox girlx i cannot blame thee now to weepx for such an injury would vex a very saintx much more a shrew of thy impatient humourx enter biondellox masterx masterx newsx old newsx and such news as you never heard ofx baptistax is it new and old toox how may that bex biondellox whyx is it not news to hear of petruchioxs comingx baptistax is he comex biondellox whyx nox sirx baptistax what thenx biondellox he is comingx baptistax when will he be herex biondellox when he stands where i am and sees you therex traniox but sayx what to thine old newsx biondellox whyx petruchio is comingx in a new hat and an old jerkinx a pair of old breeches thrice turnedx a pair of boots that have been candlexcasesx one buckledx another lacedx an old rusty sword taxen out of the town armouryx with a broken hiltx and chapelessx with two broken pointsx his horse hipped with an old mothy saddle and stirrups of no kindredx besidesx possessed with the glanders and like to mose in the chinex troubled with the lampassx infected with the fashionsx full of windgallsx sped with spavinsx rayed with the yellowsx past cure of the fivesx stark spoiled with the staggersx begnawn with the botsx swayed in the back and shoulderxshottenx nearxlegged beforex and with a halfxchecked bitx and a headxstall of sheepxs leatherx whichx being restrained to keep him from stumblingx hath been often burstx and now repaired with knotsx one girth six times piecedx and a womanxs crupper of velurex which hath two letters for her name fairly set down in studsx and here and there pieced with packxthreadx baptistax who comes with himx biondellox ox sirx his lackeyx for all the world caparisoned like the horsex with a linen stock on one leg and a kersey bootxhose on the otherx gartered with a red and blue listx an old hatx and the humour of forty fancies prickxd inxt for a featherx a monsterx a very monster in apparelx and not like a christian footboy or a gentlemanxs lackeyx traniox xtis some odd humour pricks him to this fashionx yet oftentimes lie goes but meanxapparellxdx baptistax i am glad hexs comex howsoexer he comesx biondellox whyx sirx he comes notx baptistax didst thou not say he comesx biondellox whox that petruchio camex baptistax ayx that petruchio camex biondellox nox sirx i say his horse comesx with him on his backx baptistax whyx thatxs all onex biondellox nayx by saint jamyx i hold you a pennyx a horse and a man is more than onex and yet not manyx enter petruchio and grumiox petruchiox comex where be these gallantsx who is at homex baptistax you are welcomex sirx petruchiox and yet i come not wellx baptistax and yet you halt notx traniox not so well apparellxd as i wish you werex petruchiox were it betterx i should rush in thusx but where is katex where is my lovely bridex how does my fatherx gentlesx methinks you frownx and wherefore gaze this goodly companyx as if they saw some wondrous monumentx some comet or unusual prodigyx baptistax whyx sirx you know this is your weddingxdayx first were we sadx fearing you would not comex now sadderx that you come so unprovidedx fiex doff this habitx shame to your estatex an eyexsore to our solemn festivalx traniox and tell us what occasion of import hath all so long detainxd you from your wifex and sent you hither so unlike yourselfx petruchiox tedious it were to tellx and harsh to hearx sufficeth i am come to keep my wordx though in some part enforced to digressx which at more leisure i will so excuse as you shall well be satisfied withalx but where is katex i stay too long from herx the morning wearsx xtis time we were at churchx traniox see not your bride in these unreverent robesx go to my chamberx put on clothes of minex petruchiox not ix believe mex thus ixll visit herx baptistax but thusx i trustx you will not marry herx petruchiox good soothx even thusx therefore hax done with wordsx to me shexs marriedx not unto my clothesx could i repair what she will wear in me as i can change these poor accoutrementsx xtwere well for kate and better for myselfx but what a fool am i to chat with you when i should bid good morrow to my bridex and seal the title with a lovely kissx xxexeunt petruchiox grumio and biondelloxxx traniox he hath some meaning in his mad attirex we will persuade himx be it possiblex to put on better ere he go to churchx baptistax ixll after him and see the event of thisx xxexeunt baptistax gremio and attendantsxxx traniox butx sirx to love concerneth us to add her fatherxs likingx which to bring to passx as i before imparted to your worshipx i am to get a manxxwhatexer he be it skills not muchx wexll fit him to our turnxx and he shall be vincentio of pisax and make assurance here in paduax of greater sums than i have promisedx so shall you quietly enjoy your hopex and marry sweet bianca with consentx lucentiox were it not that my fellow schoolmaster doth watch biancaxs steps so narrowlyx xtwere goodx methinksx to steal our marriagex which once performxdx let all the world say nox ixll keep mine own despite of all the worldx traniox that by degrees we mean to look intox and watch our vantage in this businessx wexll overxreach the greybeardx gremiox the narrowxprying fatherx minolax the quaint musicianx amorous liciox all for my masterxs sakex lucentiox rexenter gremiox signior gremiox came you from the churchx gremiox as willingly as exer i came from schoolx traniox and is the bride and bridegroom coming homex gremiox a bridegroomx say youx xtis a groom indeedx a grumbling groomx and that the girl shall findx traniox curster than shex whyx xtis impossiblex gremiox whyx hexs a devilx a devilx a very fiendx traniox whyx shexs a devilx a devilx the devilxs damx gremiox tutx shexs a lambx a dovex a foolx to himx ixll tell youx sir lucentiox when the priest should ask if katherine should be his wifex xayx by gogsxwounsx quoth hex and swore so loud thatx all amazxdx the priest let fall the bookx and as he stoopxd again to take it upx the madxbrainxd bridegroom took him such a cuff that down fell priest and bookx and book and priestx xnow take them upxx quoth he xif any listxx traniox what said the wenchx when he rose againx gremiox trembled and shookx for whyx he stampxd and swore as if the vicar meant to cozen himx but after many ceremonies donex he calls for winex xa healthxx quoth hex as if he had been abroadx carousing to his mates after a stormx quaffxd off the muscadelx and threw the sops all in the sextonxs facex having no other reason but that his beard grew thin and hungerly and seemxd to ask him sops as he was drinkingx this donex he took the bride about the neckx and kissxd her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echox and ix seeing thisx came thence for very shamex and after mex i knowx the rout is comingx such a mad marriage never was beforex harkx harkx i hear the minstrels playx xxmusic playsxxx enter petruciox katherinax biancax baptistax hortensiox grumio and trainx petruchiox gentlemen and friendsx i thank you for your painsx i know you think to dine with me todayx and have preparxd great store of wedding cheer but so it isx my haste doth call me hencex and therefore here i mean to take my leavex baptistax isxt possible you will away tonightx petruchiox i must away today before night comex make it no wonderx if you knew my businessx you would entreat me rather go than stayx andx honest companyx i thank you allx that have beheld me give away myself to this most patientx sweetx and virtuous wifex dine with my fatherx drink a health to mex for i must hencex and farewell to you allx traniox let us entreat you stay till after dinnerx petruchiox it may not bex gremiox let me entreat youx petruchiox it cannot bex katherinax let me entreat youx petruchiox i am contentx katherinax are you content to stayx petruchiox i am content you shall entreat me stayx but yet not stayx entreat me how you canx katherinax nowx if you love mex stayx petruchiox grumiox my horsex grumiox ayx sirx they be readyx the oats have eaten the horsesx katherinax nayx thenx do what thou canstx i will not go todayx nox nor tomorrowx not till i please myselfx the door is openx sirx there lies your wayx you may be jogging whiles your boots are greenx for mex ixll not be gone till i please myselfx xtis like youxll prove a jolly surly groom that take it on you at the first so roundlyx petruchiox o katex content theex prithee be not angryx katherinax i will be angryx what hast thou to dox fatherx be quietx he shall stay my leisurex gremiox ayx marryx sirx now it begins to workx katherinax gentlemenx forward to the bridal dinnerx i see a woman may be made a foolx if she had not a spirit to resistx petruchiox they shall go forwardx katex at thy commandx obey the bridex you that attend on herx go to the feastx revel and domineerx carouse full measure to her maidenheadx be mad and merryx or go hang yourselvesx but for my bonny katex she must with mex nayx look not bigx nor stampx nor starex nor fretx i will be master of what is mine ownx she is my goodsx my chattelsx she is my housex my household stuffx my fieldx my barnx my horsex my oxx my assx my anythingx and here she standsx touch her whoever darex ixll bring mine action on the proudest he that stops my way in paduax grumiox draw forth thy weaponx we are beset with thievesx rescue thy mistressx if thou be a manx fear notx sweet wenchx they shall not touch theex katex ixll buckler thee against a millionx xxexeunt petruciox katherina and grumioxxx baptistax nayx let them gox a couple of quiet onesx gremiox went they not quicklyx i should die with laughingx traniox of all mad matchesx never was the likex lucentiox mistressx whatxs your opinion of your sisterx biancax thatx being mad herselfx shexs madly matedx gremiox i warrant himx petruchio is katedx baptistax neighbours and friendsx though bride and bridegroom wants for to supply the places at the tablex you know there wants no junkets at the feastx lucentiox you shall supply the bridegroomxs placex and let bianca take her sisterxs roomx traniox shall sweet bianca practise how to bride itx baptistax she shallx lucentiox comex gentlemenx letxs gox xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix a hall in petruchioxs country housex enter grumiox grumiox fiex fie on all tired jadesx on all mad mastersx and all foul waysx was ever man so beatenx was ever man so rayxdx was ever man so wearyx i am sent before to make a firex and they are coming after to warm themx nowx were not i a little pot and soon hotx my very lips might freeze to my teethx my tongue to the roof of my mouthx my heart in my bellyx ere i should come by a fire to thaw mex but i with blowing the fire shall warm myselfx forx considering the weatherx a taller man than i will take coldx hollax hox curtisx enter curtisx curtisx who is that calls so coldlyx grumiox a piece of icex if thou doubt itx thou mayst slide from my shoulder to my heel with no greater a run but my head and my neckx a firex good curtisx curtisx is my master and his wife comingx grumiox grumiox ox ayx curtisx ayx and therefore firex firex cast on no waterx curtisx is she so hot a shrew as shexs reportedx grumiox she wasx good curtisx before this frostx but thou knowest winter tames manx womanx and beastx for it hath tamed my old masterx and my new mistressx and myselfx fellow curtisx curtisx awayx you threexinch foolx i am no beastx grumiox am i but three inchesx whyx thy horn is a footx and so long am i at the leastx but wilt thou make a firex or shall i complain on thee to our mistressx whose handxxshe being now at handxx thou shalt soon feelx to thy cold comfortx for being slow in thy hot officex curtisx i pritheex good grumiox tell mex how goes the worldx grumiox a cold worldx curtisx in every office but thinex and therefore firex do thy dutyx and have thy dutyx for my master and mistress are almost frozen to deathx curtisx therexs fire readyx and thereforex good grumiox the newsx grumiox whyx xjack boyx hox boyxx and as much news as wilt thoux curtisx comex you are so full of conyxcatchingx grumiox whyx thereforex firex for i have caught extreme coldx wherexs the cookx is supper readyx the house trimmedx rushes strewedx cobwebs sweptx the servingmen in their new fustianx their white stockingsx and every officer his weddingxgarment onx be the jacks fair withinx the jills fair withoutx and carpets laidx and everything in orderx curtisx all readyx and thereforex i pray theex newsx grumiox firstx know my horse is tiredx my master and mistress fallen outx curtisx howx grumiox out of their saddles into the dirtx and thereby hangs a talex curtisx letxs haxtx good grumiox grumiox lend thine earx curtisx herex grumiox xxstriking himxxx therex curtisx this xtis to feel a talex not to hear a talex grumiox and therefore xtis called a sensible talex and this cuff was but to knock at your ear and beseech listeningx now i beginx ximprimisxx we came down a foul hillx my master riding behind my mistressxx curtisx both of one horsex grumiox whatxs that to theex curtisx whyx a horsex grumiox tell thou the talex but hadst thou not crossed mex thou shouldst have heard how her horse fellx and she under her horsex thou shouldst have heard in how miry a placex how she was bemoiledx how he left her with the horse upon herx how he beat me because her horse stumbledx how she waded through the dirt to pluck him off mex how he sworex how she prayedx that never prayed beforex how i criedx how the horses ran awayx how her bridle was burstx how i lost my crupperx with many things of worthy memoryx which now shall die in oblivionx and thou return unexperienced to thy gravex curtisx by this reckoning he is more shrew than shex grumiox ayx and that thou and the proudest of you all shall find when he comes homex but what talk i of thisx call forth nathanielx josephx nicholasx philipx walterx sugarsopx and the restx let their heads be sleekly combedx their blue coats brushxd and their garters of an indifferent knitx let them curtsy with their left legsx and not presume to touch a hair of my masterxs horsextail till they kiss their handsx are they all readyx curtisx they arex grumiox call them forthx curtisx do you hearx hox you must meet my master to countenance my mistressx grumiox whyx she hath a face of her ownx curtisx who knows not thatx grumiox thoux it seemsx that calls for company to countenance herx curtisx i call them forth to credit herx grumiox whyx she comes to borrow nothing of themx enter four or five servantsx nathanielx welcome homex grumiox philipx how nowx grumiox josephx whatx grumiox nicholasx fellow grumiox nathanielx how nowx old ladx grumiox welcomex youx how nowx youx whatx youx fellowx youx and thus much for greetingx nowx my spruce companionsx is all readyx and all things neatx nathanielx all things is readyx how near is our masterx grumiox exen at handx alighted by thisx and therefore be notxx cockxs passionx silencex i hear my masterx enter petrucio and katherinax petruchiox where be these knavesx whatx no man at door to hold my stirrup nor to take my horsex where is nathanielx gregoryx philipxx all servantsx herex herex sirx herex sirx petruchiox herex sirx herex sirx herex sirx herex sirx you loggerxheaded and unpolishxd groomsx whatx no attendancex no regardx no dutyx where is the foolish knave i sent beforex grumiox herex sirx as foolish as i was beforex petruchiox you peasant swainx you whoreson maltxhorse drudgex did i not bid thee meet me in the parkx and bring along these rascal knaves with theex grumiox nathanielxs coatx sirx was not fully madex and gabrielxs pumps were all unpinkxd ix the heelx there was no link to colour peterxs hatx and walterxs dagger was not come from sheathingx there was none fine but adamx ralphx and gregoryx the rest were raggedx oldx and beggarlyx yetx as they arex here are they come to meet youx petruchiox gox rascalsx go and fetch my supper inx xxexeunt some of the servantsxxx where is the life that late i ledx where are thosexx sit downx katex and welcomex foodx foodx foodx foodx rexenter servants with supperx whyx whenx i sayxxnayx good sweet katex be merryxx off with my bootsx you roguesx you villainsx whenx it was the friar of orders greyx as he forth walked on his wayx outx you roguex you pluck my foot awryx xxstrikes himxxx take thatx and mend the plucking off the otherx be merryx katex some waterx herex whatx hox wherexs my spaniel troilusx sirrahx get you hence and bid my cousin ferdinand come hitherx xxexit servantxxx onex katex that you must kiss and be acquainted withx where are my slippersx shall i have some waterx comex katex and washx and welcome heartilyxx xxservant lets the ewer fallx petruchio strikes himxxx you whoreson villainx will you let it fallx katherinax patiencex i pray youx xtwas a fault unwillingx petruchiox a whoresonx beetlexheadedx flapxearxd knavex comex katex sit downx i know you have a stomachx will you give thanksx sweet katex or else shall ixx whatxs thisx muttonx first servantx ayx petruchiox who brought itx peterx ix petruchiox xtis burntx and so is all the meatx what dogs are thesex where is the rascal cookx how durst youx villainsx bring it from the dresserx and serve it thus to me that love it notx xxthrows the meatx etcxx at themxxx therex take it to youx trenchersx cupsx and allx you heedless joltheads and unmannerxd slavesx whatx do you grumblex ixll be with you straightx katherinax i pray youx husbandx be not so disquietx the meat was wellx if you were so contentedx petruchiox i tell theex katex xtwas burnt and dried awayx and i expressly am forbid to touch itx for it engenders cholerx planteth angerx and better xtwere that both of us did fastx sincex of ourselvesx ourselves are cholericx than feed it with such overxroasted fleshx be patientx tomorrow xt shall be mendedx and for this night wexll fast for companyx comex i will bring thee to thy bridal chamberx xxexeunt petruchiox katherina and curtisxxx nathanielx peterx didst ever see the likex peterx he kills her in her own humourx rexenter curtisx grumiox where is hex curtisx in her chamberx making a sermon of continency to herx and railsx and swearsx and ratesx that shex poor soulx knows not which way to standx to lookx to speakx and sits as one new risen from a dreamx awayx awayx for he is coming hitherx xxexeuntxxx rexenter petruchiox petruchiox thus have i politicly begun my reignx and xtis my hope to end successfullyx my falcon now is sharp and passing emptyx and till she stoop she must not be fullxgorgxdx for then she never looks upon her lurex another way i have to man my haggardx to make her comex and know her keeperxs callx that isx to watch herx as we watch these kites that bate and beatx and will not be obedientx she eat no meat todayx nor none shall eatx last night she slept notx nor tonight she shall notx as with the meatx some undeserved fault ixll find about the making of the bedx and here ixll fling the pillowx there the bolsterx this way the coverletx another way the sheetsx ayx and amid this hurly i intend that all is done in reverend care of herx andx in conclusionx she shall watch all nightx and if she chance to nod ixll rail and brawlx and with the clamour keep her still awakex this is a way to kill a wife with kindnessx and thus ixll curb her mad and headstrong humourx he that knows better how to tame a shrewx now let him speakx xtis charity to showx xxexitxxx scene iix paduax before baptistaxs housex enter tranio and hortensiox traniox is xt possiblex friend liciox that mistress bianca doth fancy any other but lucentiox i tell youx sirx she bears me fair in handx hortensiox sirx to satisfy you in what i have saidx stand by and mark the manner of his teachingx xxthey stand asidexxx enter bianca and lucentiox lucentiox nowx mistressx profit you in what you readx biancax whatx masterx read youx first resolve me thatx lucentiox i read that i professx xthe art to lovexx biancax and may you provex sirx master of your artx lucentiox while youx sweet dearx prove mistress of my heartx xxthey retirexxx hortensiox quick proceedersx marryx now tell mex i prayx you that durst swear that your mistress bianca lovxd none in the world so well as lucentiox traniox o despiteful lovex unconstant womankindx i tell theex liciox this is wonderfulx hortensiox mistake no morex i am not liciox nor a musician as i seem to bex but one that scorn to live in this disguise for such a one as leaves a gentleman and makes a god of such a cullionx knowx sirx that i am callxd hortensiox traniox signior hortensiox i have often heard of your entire affection to biancax and since mine eyes are witness of her lightnessx i will with youx if you be so contentedx forswear bianca and her love for everx hortensiox seex how they kiss and courtx signior lucentiox here is my handx and here i firmly vow never to woo her morex but do forswear herx as one unworthy all the former favours that i have fondly flatterxd her withalx traniox and here i take the like unfeigned oathx never to marry with her though she would entreatx fie on herx see how beastly she doth court himx hortensiox would all the world but he had quite forswornx for mex that i may surely keep mine oathx i will be married to a wealthy widow ere three days passx which hath as long lovxd me as i have lovxd this proud disdainful haggardx and so farewellx signior lucentiox kindness in womenx not their beauteous looksx shall win my lovex and so i take my leavex in resolution as i swore beforex xxexit hortensiox lucentio and bianca advancexxx traniox mistress biancax bless you with such grace as xlongeth to a loverxs blessed casex nayx i have taxen you nappingx gentle lovex and have forsworn you with hortensiox biancax traniox you jestx but have you both forsworn mex traniox mistressx we havex lucentiox then we are rid of liciox traniox ix faithx hexll have a lusty widow nowx that shall be wooxd and wedded in a dayx biancax god give him joyx traniox ayx and hexll tame herx biancax he says sox traniox traniox faithx he is gone unto the tamingxschoolx biancax the tamingxschoolx whatx is there such a placex traniox ayx mistressx and petruchio is the masterx that teacheth tricks eleven and twenty longx to tame a shrew and charm her chattering tonguex enter biondellox runningx biondellox o masterx masterx i have watchxd so long that i am dogxwearyx but at last i spied an ancient angel coming down the hill will serve the turnx traniox what is hex biondellox biondellox masterx a mercatante or a pedantx i know not whatx but formal in apparelx in gait and countenance surely like a fatherx lucentiox and what of himx traniox traniox if he be credulous and trust my talex ixll make him glad to seem vincentiox and give assurance to baptista minolax as if he were the right vincentiox take in your lovex and then let me alonex xxexeunt lucentio and biancaxxx enter a pedantx pedantx god save youx sirx traniox and youx sirx you are welcomex travel you far onx or are you at the farthestx pedantx sirx at the farthest for a week or twox but then up fartherx and as far as romex and so to tripolix if god lend me lifex traniox what countrymanx i prayx pedantx of mantuax traniox of mantuax sirx marryx god forbidx and come to paduax careless of your lifex pedantx my lifex sirx howx i prayx for that goes hardx traniox xtis death for anyone in mantua to come to paduax know you not the causex your ships are stayxd at venicex and the dukexx for private quarrel xtwixt your duke and himxx hath publishxd and proclaimxd it openlyx xtis marvelx but that you are but newly come you might have heard it else proclaimxd aboutx pedantx alasx sirx it is worse for me than sox for i have bills for money by exchange from florencex and must here deliver themx traniox wellx sirx to do you courtesyx this will i dox and this i will advise youx firstx tell mex have you ever been at pisax pedantx ayx sirx in pisa have i often beenx pisa renowned for grave citizensx traniox among them know you one vincentiox pedantx i know him notx but i have heard of himx a merchant of incomparable wealthx traniox he is my fatherx sirx andx sooth to sayx in countenance somewhat doth resemble youx biondellox xxasidexxx as much as an apple doth an oysterx and all onex traniox to save your life in this extremityx this favour will i do you for his sakex and think it not the worst of all your fortunes that you are like to sir vincentiox his name and credit shall you undertakex and in my house you shall be friendly lodgxdx look that you take upon you as you shouldx you understand mex sirx so shall you stay till you have done your business in the cityx if this be courtesyx sirx accept of itx pedantx ox sirx i dox and will repute you ever the patron of my life and libertyx traniox then go with me to make the matter goodx thisx by the wayx i let you understandx my father is here lookxd for every day to pass assurance of a dower in marriage xtwixt me and one baptistaxs daughter herex in all these circumstances ixll instruct youx go with me to clothe you as becomes youx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix a room in petruchioxs housex enter katherina and grumiox grumiox nox nox forsoothx i dare not for my lifex katherinax the more my wrongx the more his spite appearsx whatx did he marry me to famish mex beggars that come unto my fatherxs door upon entreaty have a present almsx if notx elsewhere they meet with charityx but ix who never knew how to entreatx nor never needed that i should entreatx am starvxd for meatx giddy for lack of sleepx with oaths kept wakingx and with brawling fedx and that which spites me more than all these wantsx he does it under name of perfect lovex as who should sayx if i should sleep or eat xtwere deadly sicknessx or else present deathx i prithee go and get me some repastx i care not whatx so it be wholesome foodx grumiox what say you to a neatxs footx katherinax xtis passing goodx i prithee let me have itx grumiox i fear it is too choleric a meatx how say you to a fat tripe finely broilxdx katherinax i like it wellx good grumiox fetch it mex grumiox i cannot tellx i fear xtis cholericx what say you to a piece of beef and mustardx katherinax a dish that i do love to feed uponx grumiox ayx but the mustard is too hot a littlex katherinax why then the beefx and let the mustard restx grumiox nayx then i will notx you shall have the mustardx or else you get no beef of grumiox katherinax then bothx or onex or anything thou wiltx grumiox why then the mustard without the beefx katherinax gox get thee gonex thou false deluding slavex xxbeats himxxx that feedxst me with the very name of meatx sorrow on thee and all the pack of you that triumph thus upon my miseryx gox get thee gonex i sayx enter petruchio with a dish of meatx and hortensiox petruchiox how fares my katex whatx sweetingx all amortx hortensiox mistressx what cheerx katherinax faithx as cold as can bex petruchiox pluck up thy spiritsx look cheerfully upon mex herex lovex thou seest how diligent i amx to dress thy meat myselfx and bring it theex xxsets the dish on a tablexxx i am surex sweet katex this kindness merits thanksx whatx not a wordx nayx then thou lovxst it notx and all my pains is sorted to no proofx herex take away this dishx katherinax i pray youx let it standx petruchiox the poorest service is repaid with thanksx and so shall minex before you touch the meatx katherinax i thank youx sirx hortensiox signior petruchiox fiex you are to blamex comex mistress katex ixll bear you companyx petruchiox xxasidexxx eat it up allx hortensiox if thou lovest mex much good do it unto thy gentle heartx katex eat apacex and nowx my honey lovex will we return unto thy fatherxs house and revel it as bravely as the bestx with silken coats and capsx and golden ringsx with ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and thingsx with scarfs and fans and double change of braveryx with amber braceletsx beadsx and all this knaveryx whatx hast thou dinxdx the tailor stays thy leisurex to deck thy body with his ruffling treasurex enter tailorx comex tailorx let us see these ornamentsx lay forth the gownxx enter haberdasherx what news with youx sirx haberdasherx here is the cap your worship did bespeakx petruchiox whyx this was moulded on a porringerx a velvet dishx fiex fiex xtis lewd and filthyx whyx xtis a cockle or a walnutxshellx a knackx a toyx a trickx a babyxs capx away with itx comex let me have a biggerx katherinax ixll have no biggerx this doth fit the timex and gentlewomen wear such caps as thesex petruchiox when you are gentlex you shall have one toox and not till thenx hortensiox xxasidexx that will not be in hastex katherinax whyx sirx i trust i may have leave to speakx and speak i willx i am no childx no babex your betters have endurxd me say my mindx and if you cannotx best you stop your earsx my tongue will tell the anger of my heartx or else my heartx concealing itx will breakx and rather than it shallx i will be free even to the uttermostx as i pleasex in wordsx petruchiox whyx thou sayxst truex it is a paltry capx a custardxcoffinx a baublex a silken piex i love thee well in that thou likxst it notx katherinax love me or love me notx i like the capx and it i will havex or i will have nonex xxexit haberdasherxxx petruchiox thy gownx whyx ayx comex tailorx let us seextx o mercyx godx what masquing stuff is herex whatxs thisx a sleevex xtis like a demixcannonx whatx up and downx carvxd like an apple tartx herexs snip and nip and cut and slish and slashx like to a censer in a barberxs shopx whyx what ix devilxs namex tailorx callxst thou thisx hortensiox xxasidexx i see shexs like to have neither cap nor gownx tailorx you bid me make it orderly and wellx according to the fashion and the timex petruchiox marryx and didx but if you be rememberxdx i did not bid you mar it to the timex gox hop me over every kennel homex for you shall hop without my customx sirx ixll none of itx hencex make your best of itx katherinax i never saw a better fashionxd gownx more quaintx more pleasingx nor more commendablex belike you mean to make a puppet of mex petruchiox whyx truex he means to make a puppet of theex tailorx she says your worship means to make a puppet of herx petruchiox o monstrous arrogancex thou liestx thou threadx thou thimblex thou yardx threexquartersx halfxyardx quarterx nailx thou fleax thou nitx thou winterxcricket thoux bravxd in mine own house with a skein of threadx awayx thou ragx thou quantityx thou remnantx or i shall so bexmete thee with thy yard as thou shalt think on prating whilst thou livxstx i tell theex ix that thou hast marrxd her gownx tailorx your worship is deceivxdx the gown is made just as my master had directionx grumio gave order how it should be donex grumiox i gave him no orderx i gave him the stuffx tailorx but how did you desire it should be madex grumiox marryx sirx with needle and threadx tailorx but did you not request to have it cutx grumiox thou hast faced many thingsx tailorx i havex grumiox face not mex thou hast braved many menx brave not mex i will neither be facxd nor bravxdx i say unto theex i bid thy master cut out the gownx but i did not bid him cut it to piecesx ergox thou liestx tailorx whyx here is the note of the fashion to testifyx petruchiox read itx grumiox the note lies in xs throatx if he say i said sox tailorx ximprimisx a loosexbodied gownxx grumiox masterx if ever i said loosexbodied gownx sew me in the skirts of it and beat me to death with a bottom of brown threadx i saidx a gownx petruchiox proceedx tailorx xwith a small compassed capexx grumiox i confess the capex tailorx xwith a trunk sleevexx grumiox i confess two sleevesx tailorx xthe sleeves curiously cutxx petruchiox ayx therexs the villainyx grumiox error ix the billx sirx error ix the billx i commanded the sleeves should be cut outx and sewxd up againx and that ixll prove upon theex though thy little finger be armed in a thimblex tailorx this is true that i sayx and i had thee in place where thou shouldst know itx grumiox i am for thee straightx take thou the billx give me thy metexyardx and spare not mex hortensiox godxaxmercyx grumiox then he shall have no oddsx petruchiox wellx sirx in briefx the gown is not for mex grumiox you are ix the rightx sirx xtis for my mistressx petruchiox gox take it up unto thy masterxs usex grumiox villainx not for thy lifex take up my mistressx gown for thy masterxs usex petruchiox whyx sirx whatxs your conceit in thatx grumiox ox sirx the conceit is deeper than you think forx take up my mistressx gown to his masterxs usex o fiex fiex fiex petruchiox xxasidexx hortensiox say thou wilt see the tailor paidx xxto tailorxxx go take it hencex be gonex and say no morex hortensiox xxaside to tailorxxx tailorx ixll pay thee for thy gown tomorrowx take no unkindness of his hasty wordsx awayx i sayx commend me to thy masterx xxexit tailorxxx petruchiox wellx comex my katex we will unto your fatherxs even in these honest mean habilimentsx our purses shall be proudx our garments poor for xtis the mind that makes the body richx and as the sun breaks through the darkest cloudsx so honour peereth in the meanest habitx whatx is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more beautifulx or is the adder better than the eel because his painted skin contents the eyex o nox good katex neither art thou the worse for this poor furniture and mean arrayx if thou accountxst it shamex lay it on mex and therefore frolicx we will hence forthwithx to feast and sport us at thy fatherxs housex go call my menx and let us straight to himx and bring our horses unto longxlane endx there will we mountx and thither walk on footx letxs seex i think xtis now some seven oxclockx and well we may come there by dinnerxtimex katherinax i dare assure youx sirx xtis almost twox and xtwill be supperxtime ere you come therex petruchiox it shall be seven ere i go to horsex look what i speakx or dox or think to dox you are still crossing itx sirsx let xt alonex i will not go todayx and ere i dox it shall be what oxclock i say it isx hortensiox whyx so this gallant will command the sunx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx paduax before baptistaxs housex enter tranio and the pedant dressed like vincentio traniox sirx this is the housex please it you that i callx pedantx ayx what elsex andx but i be deceivedx signior baptista may remember mex near twenty years ago in genoax where we were lodgers at the pegasusx traniox xtis wellx and hold your ownx in any casex with such austerity as xlongeth to a fatherx pedantx i warrant youx butx sirx here comes your boyx xtwere good he were schoolxdx enter biondellox traniox fear you not himx sirrah biondellox now do your duty throughlyx i advise youx imagine xtwere the right vincentiox biondellox tutx fear not mex traniox but hast thou done thy errand to baptistax biondellox i told him that your father was at venicex and that you lookxd for him this day in paduax traniox thxart a tall fellowx hold thee that to drinkx here comes baptistax set your countenancex sirx enter baptista and lucentiox signior baptistax you are happily metx xxto the pedantxx sirx this is the gentleman i told you ofx i pray you stand good father to me nowx give me bianca for my patrimonyx pedantx softx sonx sirx by your leavex having come to padua to gather in some debtsx my son lucentio made me acquainted with a weighty cause of love between your daughter and himselfx andxxfor the good report i hear of youx and for the love he beareth to your daughterx and she to himxxto stay him not too longx i am contentx in a good fatherxs carex to have him matchxdx andx if you please to like no worse than ix upon some agreement me shall you find ready and willing with one consent to have her so bestowxdx for curious i cannot be with youx signior baptistax of whom i hear so wellx baptistax sirx pardon me in what i have to sayx your plainness and your shortness please me wellx right true it is your son lucentio here doth love my daughterx and she loveth himx or both dissemble deeply their affectionsx and thereforex if you say no more than thisx that like a father you will deal with himx and pass my daughter a sufficient dowerx the match is madex and all is donex your son shall have my daughter with consentx traniox i thank youx sirx where then do you know best we be affiedx and such assurance taxen as shall with either partxs agreement standx baptistax not in my housex lucentiox for you know pitchers have earsx and i have many servantsx besidesx old gremio is hearkening stillx and happily we might be interruptedx traniox then at my lodgingx and it like youx there doth my father liex and there this night wexll pass the business privately and wellx send for your daughter by your servant herex my boy shall fetch the scrivener presentlyx the worst is thisx that at so slender warning you are like to have a thin and slender pittancex baptistax it likes me wellx cambiox hie you homex and bid bianca make her ready straightx andx if you willx tell what hath happenedx lucentioxs father is arrivxd in paduax and how shexs like to be lucentioxs wifex lucentiox i pray the gods she mayx with all my heartx traniox dally not with the godsx but get thee gonex signior baptistax shall i lead the wayx welcomex one mess is like to be your cheerx comex sirx we will better it in pisax baptistax i follow youx xxexeunt traniox pedant and baptistaxxx biondellox cambiox lucentiox what sayxst thoux biondellox biondellox you saw my master wink and laugh upon youx lucentiox biondellox what of thatx biondellox faithx nothingx but has left me here behind to expound the meaning or moral of his signs and tokensx lucentiox i pray thee moralize themx biondellox then thusx baptista is safex talking with the deceiving father of a deceitful sonx lucentiox and what of himx biondellox his daughter is to be brought by you to the supperx lucentiox and thenx biondellox the old priest at saint lukexs church is at your command at all hoursx lucentiox and what of all thisx biondellox i cannot tellx except they are busied about a counterfeit assurancex take your assurance of herx xcum privilegio ad imprimendum solumxx to the churchx take the priestx clerkx and some sufficient honest witnessesx if this be not that you look forx i have more to sayx but bid bianca farewell for ever and a dayx xxgoingxxx lucentiox hearxst thoux biondellox biondellox i cannot tarryx i knew a wench married in an afternoon as she went to the garden for parsley to stuff a rabbitx and so may youx sirx and so adieux sirx my master hath appointed me to go to saint lukexs to bid the priest be ready to come against you come with your appendixx xxexitxxx lucentiox i mayx and willx if she be so contentedx she will be pleasxdx then wherefore should i doubtx hap what hap mayx ixll roundly go about herx it shall go hard if cambio go without herx xxexitxxx scene vx a public roadx enter petruchiox katherinax hortensio and servantsx petruchiox come onx ix godxs namex once more toward our fatherxsx good lordx how bright and goodly shines the moonx katherinax the moonx the sunx it is not moonlight nowx petruchiox i say it is the moon that shines so brightx katherinax i know it is the sun that shines so brightx petruchiox now by my motherxs sonx and thatxs myselfx it shall be moonx or starx or what i listx or ere i journey to your fatherxs housex go on and fetch our horses back againx evermore crossxd and crossxdx nothing but crossxdx hortensiox say as he saysx or we shall never gox katherinax forwardx i prayx since we have come so farx and be it moonx or sunx or what you pleasex and if you please to call it a rushxcandlex henceforth i vow it shall be so for mex petruchiox i say it is the moonx katherinax i know it is the moonx petruchiox nayx then you liex it is the blessed sunx katherinax thenx god be blessxdx it is the blessed sunx but sun it is not when you say it is notx and the moon changes even as your mindx what you will have it namxdx even that it isx and so it shall be so for katherinex hortensiox petruchiox go thy waysx the field is wonx petruchiox wellx forwardx forwardx thus the bowl should runx and not unluckily against the biasx butx softx company is coming herex enter vincentiox in a travelling dressx xxto vincentioxx good morrowx gentle mistressx where awayx tell mex sweet katex and tell me truly toox hast thou beheld a fresher gentlewomanx such war of white and red within her cheeksx what stars do spangle heaven with such beauty as those two eyes become that heavenly facex fair lovely maidx once more good day to theex sweet katex embrace her for her beautyxs sakex hortensiox a will make the man madx to make a woman of himx katherinax young budding virginx fair and fresh and sweetx whither awayx or where is thy abodex happy the parents of so fair a childx happier the man whom favourable stars allot thee for his lovely bedfellowx petruchiox whyx how nowx katex i hope thou art not madx this is a manx oldx wrinkledx fadedx witherxdx and not a maidenx as thou sayst he isx katherinax pardonx old fatherx my mistaking eyesx that have been so bedazzled with the sun that everything i look on seemeth greenx now i perceive thou art a reverend fatherx pardonx i pray theex for my mad mistakingx petruchiox dox good old grandsirex and withal make known which way thou travellestx if along with usx we shall be joyful of thy companyx vincentiox fair sirx and you my merry mistressx that with your strange encounter much amazxd mex my name is called vincentiox my dwelling pisax and bound i am to paduax there to visit a son of minex which long i have not seenx petruchiox what is his namex vincentiox lucentiox gentle sirx petruchiox happily metx the happier for thy sonx and now by lawx as well as reverend agex i may entitle thee my loving fatherx the sister to my wifex this gentlewomanx thy son by this hath marriedx wonder notx nor be not grievxdx she is of good esteemx her dowry wealthyx and of worthy birthx besidex so qualified as may beseem the spouse of any noble gentlemanx let me embrace with old vincentiox and wander we to see thy honest sonx who will of thy arrival be full joyousx vincentiox but is this truex or is it else your pleasurex like pleasant travellersx to break a jest upon the company you overtakex hortensiox i do assure theex fatherx so it isx petruchiox comex go alongx and see the truth hereofx for our first merriment hath made thee jealousx xxexeunt all but hortensioxxx hortensiox wellx petruchiox this has put me in heartx have to my widowx and if she be frowardx then hast thou taught hortensio to be untowardx xxexitxxx act v scene ix paduax before lucentioxs housex enter on one side biondellox lucentio and biancax gremio walking on other sidex biondellox softly and swiftlyx sirx for the priest is readyx lucentiox i flyx biondellox but they may chance to need thee at homex therefore leave usx biondellox nayx faithx ixll see the church ox your backx and then come back to my masterxs as soon as i canx xxexeunt lucentiox bianca and biondelloxxx gremiox i marvel cambio comes not all this whilex enter petruchiox katherinax vincentio and attendantsx petruchiox sirx herexs the doorx this is lucentioxs housex my fatherxs bears more toward the marketxplacex thither must ix and here i leave youx sirx vincentiox you shall not choose but drink before you gox i think i shall command your welcome herex and by all likelihood some cheer is towardx xxknocksxxx gremiox theyxre busy withinx you were best knock louderx enter pedant abovex at a windowx pedantx whatxs he that knocks as he would beat down the gatex vincentiox is signior lucentio withinx sirx pedantx hexs withinx sirx but not to be spoken withalx vincentiox what if a man bring him a hundred pound or two to make merry withalx pedantx keep your hundred pounds to yourselfx he shall need none so long as i livex petruchiox nayx i told you your son was well beloved in paduax do you hearx sirx to leave frivolous circumstancesx i pray you tell signior lucentio that his father is come from pisax and is here at the door to speak with himx pedantx thou liestx his father is come from paduax and here looking out at the windowx vincentiox art thou his fatherx pedantx ayx sirx so his mother saysx if i may believe herx petruchiox xxto vincentioxx whyx how nowx gentlemanx whyx this is flat knavery to take upon you another manxs namex pedantx lay hands on the villainx i believe a means to cozen somebody in this city under my countenancex rexenter biondellox biondellox i have seen them in the church togetherx god send xem good shippingx but who is herex mine old masterx vincentiox now we are undone and brought to nothingx vincentiox xxseeing biondelloxxx come hitherx crackxhempx biondellox i hope i may choosex sirx vincentiox come hitherx you roguex whatx have you forgot mex biondellox forgot youx nox sirx i could not forget youx for i never saw you before in all my lifex vincentiox whatx you notorious villainx didst thou never see thy masterxs fatherx vincentiox biondellox whatx my old worshipful old masterx yesx marryx sirx see where he looks out of the windowx vincentiox isxt sox indeedx xxhe beats biondelloxxx biondellox helpx helpx helpx herexs a madman will murder mex xxexitxxx pedantx helpx sonx helpx signior baptistax xxexit from the windowxxx petruchiox pritheex katex letxs stand aside and see the end of this controversyx xxthey retirexxx rexenter pedantx belowx baptistax tranio and servantsx traniox sirx what are you that offer to beat my servantx vincentiox what am ix sirx nayx what are youx sirx o immortal godsx o fine villainx a silken doubletx a velvet hosex a scarlet cloakx and a copatain hatx ox i am undonex i am undonex while i play the good husband at homex my son and my servant spend all at the universityx traniox how nowx whatxs the matterx baptistax whatx is the man lunaticx traniox sirx you seem a sober ancient gentleman by your habitx but your words show you a madmanx whyx sirx what xcerns it you if i wear pearl and goldx i thank my good fatherx i am able to maintain itx vincentiox thy fatherx o villainx he is a sailmaker in bergamox baptistax you mistakex sirx you mistakex sirx prayx what do you think is his namex vincentiox his namex as if i knew not his namex i have brought him up ever since he was three years oldx and his name is traniox pedantx awayx awayx mad assx his name is lucentiox and he is mine only sonx and heir to the lands of mex signior vincentiox vincentiox lucentiox ox he hath murdered his masterx lay hold on himx i charge youx in the dukexs namex ox my sonx my sonx tell mex thou villainx where is my sonx lucentiox traniox call forth an officerx enter one with an officerx carry this mad knave to the gaolx father baptistax i charge you see that he be forthcomingx vincentiox carry me to the gaolx gremiox stayx officerx he shall not go to prisonx baptistax talk notx signior gremiox i say he shall go to prisonx gremiox take heedx signior baptistax lest you be conyxcatched in this businessx i dare swear this is the right vincentiox pedantx swear if thou darestx gremiox nayx i dare not swear itx traniox then thou wert best say that i am not lucentiox gremiox yesx i know thee to be signior lucentiox baptistax away with the dotardx to the gaol with himx vincentiox thus strangers may be haled and abusxdx o monstrous villainx rexenter biondellox with lucentio and biancax biondellox ox we are spoiledx and yonder he isx deny himx forswear himx or else we are all undonex lucentiox xxkneelingxxx pardonx sweet fatherx vincentiox lives my sweetest sonx xxbiondellox tranio and pedant run outxxx biancax xxkneelingxxx pardonx dear fatherx baptistax how hast thou offendedx where is lucentiox lucentiox herexs lucentiox right son to the right vincentiox that have by marriage made thy daughter minex while counterfeit supposes blearxd thine eynex gremiox here xs packingx with a witnessx to deceive us allx vincentiox where is that damned villainx traniox that facxd and bravxd me in this matter sox baptistax whyx tell mex is not this my cambiox biancax cambio is changxd into lucentiox lucentiox love wrought these miraclesx biancaxs love made me exchange my state with traniox while he did bear my countenance in the townx and happily i have arrivxd at the last unto the wished haven of my blissx what tranio didx myself enforcxd him tox then pardon himx sweet fatherx for my sakex vincentiox ixll slit the villainxs nose that would have sent me to the gaolx baptistax xxto lucentioxxx but do you hearx sirx have you married my daughter without asking my good willx vincentiox fear notx baptistax we will content youx go tox but i will inx to be revenged for this villainyx xxexitxxx baptistax and i to sound the depth of this knaveryx xxexitxxx lucentiox look not palex biancax thy father will not frownx xxexeunt lucentio and biancaxxx gremiox my cake is doughx but ixll in among the restx out of hope of all but my share of the feastx xxexitxxx petruchio and katherina advancex katherinax husbandx letxs follow to see the end of this adox petruchiox first kiss mex katex and we willx katherinax whatx in the midst of the streetx petruchiox whatx art thou ashamed of mex katherinax nox sirx god forbidx but ashamed to kissx petruchiox whyx thenx letxs home againx comex sirrahx letxs awayx katherinax nayx i will give thee a kissx now pray theex lovex stayx petruchiox is not this wellx comex my sweet katex better once than neverx for never too latex xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in lucentioxs housex enter baptistax vincentiox gremiox the pedantx lucentiox biancax petruchiox katherinax hortensio and widowx traniox biondello and grumio and othersx attendingx lucentiox at lastx though longx our jarring notes agreex and time it is when raging war is donex to smile at xscapes and perils overblownx my fair biancax bid my father welcomex while i with selfxsame kindness welcome thinex brother petruchiox sister katherinax and thoux hortensiox with thy loving widowx feast with the bestx and welcome to my housex my banquet is to close our stomachs upx after our great good cheerx pray youx sit downx for now we sit to chat as well as eatx xxthey sit at tablexxx petruchiox nothing but sit and sitx and eat and eatx baptistax padua affords this kindnessx son petruchiox petruchiox padua affords nothing but what is kindx hortensiox for both our sakes i would that word were truex petruchiox nowx for my lifex hortensio fears his widowx widowx then never trust me if i be afeardx petruchiox you are very sensiblex and yet you miss my sensex i mean hortensio is afeard of youx widowx he that is giddy thinks the world turns roundx petruchiox roundly repliedx katherinax mistressx how mean you thatx widowx thus i conceive by himx petruchiox conceives by mex how likes hortensio thatx hortensiox my widow says thus she conceives her talex petruchiox very well mendedx kiss him for thatx good widowx katherinax xhe that is giddy thinks the world turns roundxx i pray you tell me what you meant by thatx widowx your husbandx being troubled with a shrewx measures my husbandxs sorrow by his woex and now you know my meaningx katherinax a very mean meaningx widowx rightx i mean youx katherinax and i am meanx indeedx respecting youx petruchiox to herx katex hortensiox to herx widowx petruchiox a hundred marksx my kate does put her downx hortensiox thatxs my officex petruchiox spoke like an officerx hax to theex ladx xxdrinks to hortensioxxx baptistax how likes gremio these quickxwitted folksx gremiox believe mex sirx they butt together wellx biancax head and buttx an hastyxwitted body would say your head and butt were head and hornx vincentiox ayx mistress bridex hath that awakenxd youx biancax ayx but not frighted mex therefore ixll sleep againx petruchiox nayx that you shall notx since you have begunx have at you for a bitter jest or twox biancax am i your birdx i mean to shift my bushx and then pursue me as you draw your bowx you are welcome allx xxexeunt biancax katherina and widowxxx petruchiox she hath prevented mex herex signior traniox this bird you aimxd atx though you hit her notx therefore a health to all that shot and missxdx traniox ox sirx lucentio slippxd me like his greyhoundx which runs himselfx and catches for his masterx petruchiox a good swift similex but something currishx traniox xtis wellx sirx that you hunted for yourselfx xtis thought your deer does hold you at a bayx baptistax o hox petruchiox tranio hits you nowx lucentiox i thank thee for that girdx good traniox hortensiox confessx confessx hath he not hit you herex petruchiox a has a little gallxd mex i confessx and as the jest did glance away from mex xtis ten to one it maimxd you two outrightx baptistax nowx in good sadnessx son petruchiox i think thou hast the veriest shrew of allx petruchiox wellx i say nox and thereforex for assurancex letxs each one send unto his wifex and he whose wife is most obedientx to come at first when he doth send for herx shall win the wager which we will proposex hortensiox contentx whatxs the wagerx lucentiox twenty crownsx petruchiox twenty crownsx ixll venture so much of my hawk or houndx but twenty times so much upon my wifex lucentiox a hundred thenx hortensiox contentx petruchiox a matchx xtis donex hortensiox who shall beginx lucentiox that will ix gox biondellox bid your mistress come to mex biondellox i gox xxexitxxx baptistax sonx ixll be your halfx bianca comesx lucentiox ixll have no halvesx ixll bear it all myselfx rexenter biondellox how nowx what newsx biondellox sirx my mistress sends you word that she is busy and she cannot comex petruchiox howx shexs busyx and she cannot comex is that an answerx gremiox ayx and a kind one toox pray godx sirx your wife send you not a worsex petruchiox i hope betterx hortensiox sirrah biondellox go and entreat my wife to come to me forthwithx xxexit biondelloxxx petruchiox ox hox entreat herx nayx then she must needs comex hortensiox i am afraidx sirx do what you canx yours will not be entreatedx rexenter biondellox nowx wherexs my wifex biondellox she says you have some goodly jest in handx she will not comex she bids you come to herx petruchiox worse and worsex she will not comex o vilex intolerablex not to be endurxdx sirrah grumiox go to your mistressx say i command her come to mex xxexit grumioxxx hortensiox i know her answerx petruchiox whatx hortensiox she will notx petruchiox the fouler fortune minex and there an endx rexenter katherinax baptistax nowx by my holidamex here comes katherinax katherinax what is your will sirx that you send for mex petruchiox where is your sisterx and hortensioxs wifex katherinax they sit conferring by the parlour firex petruchiox go fetch them hitherx if they deny to comex swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbandsx awayx i sayx and bring them hither straightx xxexit katherinaxxx lucentiox here is a wonderx if you talk of a wonderx hortensiox and so it isx i wonder what it bodesx petruchiox marryx peace it bodesx and lovex and quiet lifex an awful rulex and right supremacyx andx to be shortx what not thatxs sweet and happyx baptistax now fair befall theex good petruchiox the wager thou hast wonx and i will add unto their losses twenty thousand crownsx another dowry to another daughterx for she is changxdx as she had never beenx petruchiox nayx i will win my wager better yetx and show more sign of her obediencex her newxbuilt virtue and obediencex see where she comesx and brings your froward wives as prisoners to her womanly persuasionx rexenter katherina with bianca and widowx katherinex that cap of yours becomes you notx off with that baublex throw it underfootx xxkatherina pulls off her cap and throws it downxxx widowx lordx let me never have a cause to sigh till i be brought to such a silly passx biancax fiex what a foolish duty call you thisx lucentiox i would your duty were as foolish toox the wisdom of your dutyx fair biancax hath cost me a hundred crowns since supperxtimex biancax the more fool you for laying on my dutyx petruchiox katherinex i charge theex tell these headstrong women what duty they do owe their lords and husbandsx widowx comex comex youxre mockingx we will have no tellingx petruchiox come onx i sayx and first begin with herx widowx she shall notx petruchiox i say she shallx and first begin with herx katherinax fiex fiex unknit that threatening unkind browx and dart not scornful glances from those eyes to wound thy lordx thy kingx thy governorx it blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meadsx confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair budsx and in no sense is meet or amiablex a woman movxd is like a fountain troubledx muddyx illxseemingx thickx bereft of beautyx and while it is sox none so dry or thirsty will deign to sip or touch one drop of itx thy husband is thy lordx thy lifex thy keeperx thy headx thy sovereignx one that cares for theex and for thy maintenance commits his body to painful labour both by sea and landx to watch the night in stormsx the day in coldx whilst thou liest warm at homex secure and safex and craves no other tribute at thy hands but lovex fair looksx and true obediencex too little payment for so great a debtx such duty as the subject owes the princex even such a woman oweth to her husbandx and when she is frowardx peevishx sullenx sourx and not obedient to his honest willx what is she but a foul contending rebel and graceless traitor to her loving lordxx i am ashamxd that women are so simple to offer war where they should kneel for peacex or seek for rulex supremacyx and swayx when they are bound to servex lovex and obeyx why are our bodies soft and weak and smoothx unapt to toil and trouble in the worldx but that our soft conditions and our hearts should well agree with our external partsx comex comex you froward and unable wormsx my mind hath been as big as one of yoursx my heart as greatx my reason haply morex to bandy word for word and frown for frownx but now i see our lances are but strawsx our strength as weakx our weakness past comparex that seeming to be most which we indeed least arex then vail your stomachsx for it is no bootx and place your hands below your husbandxs footx in token of which dutyx if he pleasex my hand is readyx may it do him easex petruchiox whyx therexs a wenchx come onx and kiss mex katex lucentiox wellx go thy waysx old ladx for thou shalt haxtx vincentiox xtis a good hearing when children are towardx lucentiox but a harsh hearing when women are frowardx petruchiox comex katex wexll to bedx we three are marriedx but you two are spedx xtwas i won the wagerx xxto lucentioxxx though you hit the whitex and being a winnerx god give you good nightx xxexeunt petrucio and katherinaxxx hortensiox now go thy waysx thou hast tamxd a curst shrewx lucentiox xtis a wonderx by your leavex she will be tamxd sox xxexeuntxxx the tempest contents act i scene ix on a ship at seax a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heardx scene iix the islandx before the cell of prosperox act ii scene ix another part of the islandx scene iix another part of the islandx act iii scene ix before prosperoxs cellx scene iix another part of the islandx scene iiix another part of the islandx act iv scene ix before prosperoxs cellx act v scene ix before the cell of prosperox epiloguex dramatis personx alonsox king of naples sebastianx his brother prosperox the right duke of milan antoniox his brotherx the usurping duke of milan ferdinandx son to the king of naples gonzalox an honest old counsellor adrianx lord franciscox lord calibanx a savage and deformed slave trinculox a jester stephanox a drunken butler master of a ship boatswain mariners mirandax daughter to prospero arielx an airy spirit irisx presented by spirits ceresx presented by spirits junox presented by spirits nymphsx presented by spirits reapersx presented by spirits other spirits attending on prospero scenex the seax with a shipx afterwards an islandx act i scene ix on a ship at seax a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heardx enter a shipmaster and a boatswain severallyx masterx boatswainx boatswainx herex masterx what cheerx masterx goodx speak to the marinersx fall to xt yarelyx or we run ourselves agroundx bestirx bestirx xxexitxxx enter marinersx boatswainx heighx my heartsx cheerlyx cheerlyx my heartsx yarex yarex take in the topsailx tend to thx masterxs whistlex blow till thou burst thy windx if room enoughx enter alonsox sebastianx antoniox ferdinandx gonzalo and othersx alonsox good boatswainx have carex wherexs the masterx play the menx boatswainx i pray nowx keep belowx antoniox where is the masterx bosonx boatswainx do you not hear himx you mar our labourx keep your cabinsx you do assist the stormx gonzalox nayx goodx be patientx boatswainx when the sea isx hencex what cares these roarers for the name of kingx to cabinx silencex trouble us notx gonzalox goodx yet remember whom thou hast aboardx boatswainx none that i more love than myselfx you are a counsellorx if you can command these elements to silencex and work the peace of the presentx we will not hand a rope morex use your authorityx if you cannotx give thanks you have lived so longx and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hourx if it so hapxxcheerlyx good heartsxxout of our wayx i sayx xxexitxxx gonzalox i have great comfort from this fellowx methinks he hath no drowning mark upon himx his complexion is perfect gallowsx stand fastx good fatex to his hangingx make the rope of his destiny our cablex for our own doth little advantagex if he be not born to be hangxdx our case is miserablex xxexeuntxxx rexenter boatswainx boatswainx down with the topmastx yarex lowerx lowerx bring her to try wix thx maincoursex xxa cry withinxxx a plague upon this howlingx they are louder than the weather or our officex enter sebastianx antonio and gonzalox yet againx what do you herex shall we give oxerx and drownx have you a mind to sinkx sebastianx a pox ox your throatx you bawlingx blasphemousx incharitable dogx boatswainx work youx thenx antoniox hangx curx hangx you whoresonx insolent noisemakerx we are less afraid to be drowned than thou artx gonzalox ixll warrant him for drowningx though the ship were no stronger than a nutshellx and as leaky as an unstanched wenchx boatswainx lay her axholdx axholdx set her two coursesx off to sea againx lay her offx enter marinersx wetx marinersx all lostx to prayersx to prayersx all lostx xxexeuntxxx boatswainx whatx must our mouths be coldx gonzalox the king and prince at prayersx letxs assist themx for our case is as theirsx sebastianx i am out of patiencex antoniox we are merely cheated of our lives by drunkardsx this widexchappxd rascalxwould thou mightxst lie drowning the washing of ten tidesx gonzalox hexll be hangxd yetx though every drop of water swear against itx and gape at widxst to glut himx xa confused noise withinx xxmercy on usxxx xwe splitx we splitxxxxfarewellx my wife and childrenxxx xfarewellx brotherxxxxwe splitx we splitx we splitxx antoniox letxs all sink wix thx kingx xxexitxxx sebastianx letxs take leave of himx xxexitxxx gonzalox now would i give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren groundx long heathx brown furzex anythingx the wills above be donex but i would fain die a dry deathx xxexitxxx scene iix the islandx before the cell of prosperox enter prospero and mirandax mirandax if by your artx my dearest fatherx you have put the wild waters in this roarx allay themx the skyx it seemsx would pour down stinking pitchx but that the seax mounting to thx welkinxs cheekx dashes the fire outx ox i have suffered with those that i saw sufferx a brave vesselx who hadx no doubtx some noble creature in herx dashxd all to piecesx ox the cry did knock against my very heartx poor soulsx they perishxdx had i been any god of powerx i would have sunk the sea within the earthx or ere it should the good ship so have swallowxd and the fraughting souls within herx prosperox be collectedx no more amazementx tell your piteous heart therexs no harm donex mirandax ox woe the dayx prosperox no harmx i have done nothing but in care of theex of theex my dear onex theex my daughterx who art ignorant of what thou artx nought knowing of whence i amx nor that i am more better than prosperox master of a full poor cellx and thy no greater fatherx mirandax more to know did never meddle with my thoughtsx prosperox xtis time i should inform thee fartherx lend thy handx and pluck my magic garment from mexxsox xxlays down his mantlexxx lie there my artx wipe thou thine eyesx have comfortx the direful spectacle of the wrackx which touchxd the very virtue of compassion in theex i have with such provision in mine art so safely ordered that there is no soulx nox not so much perdition as an hair betid to any creature in the vessel which thou heardxst cryx which thou sawxst sinkx sit downx for thou must now know fartherx mirandax you have often begun to tell me what i amx but stoppxdx and left me to a bootless inquisitionx concluding xstayx not yetxx prosperox the hourxs now comex the very minute bids thee ope thine earx obeyx and be attentivex canst thou remember a time before we came unto this cellx i do not think thou canstx for then thou wast not out three years oldx mirandax certainlyx sirx i canx prosperox by whatx by any other housex or personx of anything the imagex tell mex that hath kept with thy remembrancex mirandax xtis far offx and rather like a dream than an assurance that my remembrance warrantsx had i not four or five women once that tended mex prosperox thou hadstx and morex mirandax but how is it that this lives in thy mindx what seest thou else in the dark backward and abysm of timex if thou remembxrest aught ere thou camxst herex how thou camxst herex thou maystx mirandax but that i do notx prosperox twelve year sincex mirandax twelve year sincex thy father was the duke of milanx and a prince of powerx mirandax sirx are not you my fatherx prosperox thy mother was a piece of virtuex and she said thou wast my daughterx and thy father was duke of milanx and his only heir and princessx no worse issuedx mirandax ox the heavensx what foul play had we that we came from thencex or blessed wasxt we didx prosperox bothx bothx my girlx by foul playx as thou sayxstx were we heavxd thencex but blessedly holp hitherx mirandax ox my heart bleeds to think ox thx teen that i have turnxd you tox which is from my remembrancex please youx fartherx prosperox my brother and thy unclex callxd antoniox i pray theex mark mex that a brother should be so perfidiousxxhe whom next thyself of all the world i lovxdx and to him put the manage of my statex as at that time through all the signories it was the firstx and prospero the prime dukex being so reputed in dignityx and for the liberal artsx without a parallelx those being all my studyx the government i cast upon my brotherx and to my state grew strangerx being transported and rapt in secret studiesx thy false unclex dost thou attend mex mirandax sirx most heedfullyx prosperox being once perfected how to grant suitsx how to deny themx who tx advancex and who to trash for overxtoppingx new created the creatures that were minex i sayx or changxd xemx or else new formxd xemx having both the key of officer and officex set all hearts ix thx state to what tune pleasxd his earx that now he was the ivy which had hid my princely trunkx and suckxd my verdure out on xtx thou attendxst notx mirandax ox good sirx i dox prosperox i pray theex mark mex ix thus neglecting worldly endsx all dedicated to closeness and the bettering of my mind with that whichx but by being so retirxdx oxerxprizxd all popular ratex in my false brother awakxd an evil naturex and my trustx like a good parentx did beget of him a falsehood in its contrary as great as my trust wasx which had indeed no limitx a confidence sans boundx he being thus lordedx not only with what my revenue yieldedx but what my power might else exactx like one who having into truthx by telling of itx made such a sinner of his memoryx to credit his own liex he did believe he was indeed the dukex out ox the substitutionx and executing thx outward face of royaltyx with all prerogativex hence his ambition growingx dost thou hearx mirandax your talex sirx would cure deafnessx prosperox to have no screen between this part he playxd and him he playxd it forx he needs will be absolute milanx mex poor manx my library was dukedom large enoughx of temporal royalties he thinks me now incapablex confederatesx so dry he was for swayx wix thx king of naples to give him annual tributex do him homagex subject his coronet to his crownx and bend the dukedomx yet unbowxdxalasx poor milanxx to most ignoble stoopingx mirandax o the heavensx prosperox mark his conditionx and the eventx then tell me if this might be a brotherx mirandax i should sin to think but nobly of my grandmotherx good wombs have borne bad sonsx prosperox now the conditionx this king of naplesx being an enemy to me inveteratex hearkens my brotherxs suitx which wasx that hex in lieu ox thx premises of homage and i know not how much tributex should presently extirpate me and mine out of the dukedomx and confer fair milanx with all the honours on my brotherx whereonx a treacherous army leviedx one midnight fated to thx purposex did antonio open the gates of milanx andx ix thx dead of darknessx the ministers for thx purpose hurried thence me and thy crying selfx mirandax alackx for pityx ix not remembxring how i cried out thenx will cry it oxer againx it is a hint that wrings mine eyes to xtx prosperox hear a little furtherx and then ixll bring thee to the present business which nowxs upon usx without the which this story were most impertinentx mirandax wherefore did they not that hour destroy usx prosperox well demandedx wenchx my tale provokes that questionx dearx they durst notx so dear the love my people bore mex nor set a mark so bloody on the businessx but with colours fairer painted their foul endsx in fewx they hurried us aboard a barkx bore us some leagues to seax where they prepared a rotten carcass of a buttx not riggxdx nor tacklex sailx nor mastx the very rats instinctively have quit itx there they hoist usx to cry to thx seax that roarxd to usx to sigh to thx windsx whose pityx sighing back againx did us but loving wrongx mirandax alackx what trouble was i then to youx prosperox ox a cherubin thou wast that did preserve mex thou didst smilex infused with a fortitude from heavenx when i have deckxd the sea with drops full saltx under my burden groanxdx which raisxd in me an undergoing stomachx to bear up against what should ensuex mirandax how came we ashorex prosperox by providence divinex some food we had and some fresh water that a noble neapolitanx gonzalox out of his charityx who being then appointed master of this designx did give usx with rich garmentsx linensx stuffsx and necessariesx which since have steaded muchx sox of his gentlenessx knowing i lovxd my booksx he furnishxd me from mine own library with volumes that i prize above my dukedomx mirandax would i might but ever see that manx prosperox now i arisex sit stillx and hear the last of our seaxsorrowx here in this island we arrivxdx and here have ix thy schoolmasterx made thee more profit than other princes canx that have more time for vainer hoursx and tutors not so carefulx mirandax heavens thank you for xtx and nowx i pray youx sirx for still xtis beating in my mindx your reason for raising this seaxstormx prosperox know thus far forthx by accident most strangex bountiful fortunex now my dear ladyx hath mine enemies brought to this shorex and by my prescience i find my zenith doth depend upon a most auspicious starx whose influence if now i court not but omitx my fortunes will ever after droopx here cease more questionsx thou art inclinxd to sleepx xtis a good dulnessx and give it wayx i know thou canst not choosex xxmiranda sleepsxxx come awayx servantx comex i am ready nowx approachx my arielx comex enter arielx arielx all hailx great masterx grave sirx hailx i come to answer thy best pleasurex bext to flyx to swimx to dive into the firex to ride on the curlxd cloudsx to thy strong bidding task ariel and all his qualityx prosperox hast thoux spiritx performxd to point the tempest that i bade theex arielx to every articlex i boarded the kingxs shipx now on the beakx now in the waistx the deckx in every cabinx i flamxd amazementx sometime ixd dividex and burn in many placesx on the topmastx the yardsx and borespritx would i flame distinctlyx then meet and joinx jovexs lightningx the precursors ox thx dreadful thunderxclapsx more momentary and sightxoutrunning were notx the fire and cracks of sulphurous roaring the most mighty neptune seem to besiege and make his bold waves tremblex yeax his dread trident shakex prosperox my brave spiritx who was so firmx so constantx that this coil would not infect his reasonx arielx not a soul but felt a fever of the madx and playxd some tricks of desperationx all but mariners plunged in the foaming brine and quit the vesselx then all afire with mex the kingxs sonx ferdinandx with hair upxstaringxthen like reedsx not hairx was the first man that leaptx cried xhell is emptyx and all the devils are herexx prosperox whyx thatxs my spiritx but was not this nigh shorex arielx close byx my masterx prosperox but are theyx arielx safex arielx not a hair perishxdx on their sustaining garments not a blemishx but fresher than beforex andx as thou badxst mex in troops i have dispersxd them xbout the islex the kingxs son have i landed by himselfx whom i left cooling of the air with sighs in an odd angle of the islex and sittingx his arms in this sad knotx prosperox of the kingxs ship the marinersx say how thou hast disposxdx and all the rest ox thx fleetx arielx safely in harbour is the kingxs shipx in the deep nookx where once thou callxdst me up at midnight to fetch dew from the stillxvexxd bermoothesx there shexs hidx the mariners all under hatches stowedx whox with a charm joinxd to their suffxred labourx i have left asleepx and for the rest ox thx fleetx which i dispersxdx they all have met againx and are upon the mediterranean flote bound sadly home for naplesx supposing that they saw the kingxs ship wrackxdx and his great person perishx prosperox arielx thy charge exactly is performxdx but therexs more workx what is the time ox thx dayx arielx past the mid seasonx prosperox at least two glassesx the time xtwixt six and now must by us both be spent most preciouslyx arielx is there more toilx since thou dost give me painsx let me remember thee what thou hast promisxdx which is not yet performxd mex prosperox how nowx moodyx what isxt thou canst demandx arielx my libertyx prosperox before the time be outx no morex arielx i pritheex remember i have done thee worthy servicex told thee no liesx made no mistakingsx servxd without or grudge or grumblingsx thou didst promise to bate me a full yearx prosperox dost thou forget from what a torment i did free theex arielx nox prosperox thou dostx and thinkxst it much to tread the ooze of the salt deepx to run upon the sharp wind of the northx to do me business in the veins ox thx earth when it is bakxd with frostx arielx i do notx sirx prosperox thou liestx malignant thingx hast thou forgot the foul witch sycoraxx who with age and envy was grown into a hoopx hast thou forgot herx arielx nox sirx prosperox thou hastx where was she bornx speakx tell mex arielx sirx in argierx prosperox ox was she sox i must once in a month recount what thou hast beenx which thou forgetxstx this damnxd witch sycoraxx for mischiefs manifoldx and sorceries terrible to enter human hearingx from argierx thou knowxstx was banishxdx for one thing she did they would not take her lifex is not this truex arielx ayx sirx prosperox this bluexeyxd hag was hither brought with childx and here was left by thx sailorsx thoux my slavex as thou reportxst thyselfx wast then her servantx andx for thou wast a spirit too delicate to act her earthy and abhorrxd commandsx refusing her grand hestsx she did confine theex by help of her more potent ministersx and in her most unmitigable ragex into a cloven pinex within which rift imprisonxdx thou didst painfully remain a dozen yearsx within which space she diedx and left thee therex where thou didst vent thy groans as fast as millxwheels strikex then was this islandx save for the son that she did litter herex a frecklxd whelpx hagxbornxnot honourxd with a human shapex arielx yesx caliban her sonx prosperox dull thingx i say sox hex that calibanx whom now i keep in servicex thou best knowxst what torment i did find thee inx thy groans did make wolves howlx and penetrate the breasts of everxangry bearsx it was a torment to lay upon the damnxdx which sycorax could not again undox it was mine artx when i arrivxd and heard theex that made gape the pinex and let thee outx arielx i thank theex masterx prosperox if thou more murmurxstx i will rend an oak and peg thee in his knotty entrails till thou hast howlxd away twelve wintersx arielx pardonx masterx i will be correspondent to commandx and do my spriting gentlyx prosperox do sox and after two days i will discharge theex arielx thatxs my noble masterx what shall i dox say whatx what shall i dox prosperox go make thyself like a nymph ox thx seax be subject to no sight but thine and minex invisible to every eyeball elsex gox take this shapex and hither come in xtx gox hence with diligencex xxexit arielxxx awakex dear heartx awakex thou hast slept wellx awakex mirandax xxwakingxxx the strangeness of your story put heaviness in mex prosperox shake it offx come onx wexll visit caliban my slavex who never yields us kind answerx mirandax xtis a villainx sirx i do not love to look onx prosperox but as xtisx we cannot miss himx he does make our firex fetch in our woodx and serves in offices that profit usx what hox slavex calibanx thou earthx thoux speakx calibanx xxwithinxxx therexs wood enough withinx prosperox come forthx i sayx therexs other business for theex comex thou tortoisex whenx rexenter ariel like a waterxnymphx fine apparitionx my quaint arielx hark in thine earx arielx my lordx it shall be donex xxexitxxx prosperox thou poisonous slavex got by the devil himself upon thy wicked damx come forthx enter calibanx calibanx as wicked dew as exer my mother brushxd with ravenxs feather from unwholesome fen drop on you bothx a southxwest blow on yex and blister you all oxerx prosperox for thisx be surex tonight thou shalt have crampsx sidexstitches that shall pen thy breath upx urchins shall forth at vast of night that they may work all exercise on theex thou shalt be pinchxd as thick as honeycombx each pinch more stinging than bees that made themx calibanx i must eat my dinnerx this islandxs minex by sycorax my motherx which thou takxst from mex when thou camxst firstx thou strokxst me and made much of mex wouldst give me water with berries in xtx and teach me how to name the bigger lightx and how the lessx that burn by day and nightx and then i lovxd theex and showxd thee all the qualities ox thx islex the fresh springsx brinexpitsx barren placex and fertilex cursxd be i that did sox all the charms of sycoraxx toadsx beetlesx batsx light on youx for i am all the subjects that you havex which first was mine own kingx and here you sty me in this hard rockx whiles you do keep from me the rest ox thx islandx prosperox thou most lying slavex whom stripes may movex not kindnessx i have usxd theex filth as thou artx with human carex and lodgxd thee in mine own cellx till thou didst seek to violate the honour of my childx calibanx oh hox oh hox would xt had been donex thou didst prevent mex i had peopled else this isle with calibansx prosperox abhorred slavex which any print of goodness wilt not takex being capable of all illx i pitied theex took pains to make thee speakx taught thee each hour one thing or otherx when thou didst notx savagex know thine own meaningx but wouldst gabble like a thing most brutishx i endowxd thy purposes with words that made them knownx but thy vile racex though thou didst learnx had that in xt which good natures could not abide to be withx therefore wast thou deservedly confinxd into this rockx who hadst deservxd more than a prisonx calibanx you taught me languagex and my profit on xt isx i know how to cursex the red plague rid youx for learning me your languagex prosperox hagxseedx hencex fetch us in fuelx and be quickx thou xrt bestx to answer other businessx shrugxst thoux malicex if thou neglectxstx or dost unwillingly what i commandx ixll rack thee with old crampsx fill all thy bones with achesx make thee roarx that beasts shall tremble at thy dinx calibanx nox pray theex xxasidexxx i must obeyx his art is of such powerx it would control my damxs godx setebosx and make a vassal of himx prosperox sox slavex hencex xxexit calibanxxx rexenter arielx playing and singingx ferdinand followingx arielxs songx xcome unto these yellow sandsx and then take handsx curtsied when you havex and kissxd the wild waves whistx foot it featly here and therex and sweet sprites bear the burdenx harkx harkxx burden dispersedlyx xbowxwowx the watch dogs barkxx xburden dispersedlyxx xbowxwowx harkx harkx i hear the strain of strutting chanticleer cry cockxaxdiddlexdowxx ferdinandx where should this music bex ix thx air or thx earthx it sounds no morex and sure it waits upon some god ox thx islandx sitting on a bankx weeping again the king my fatherxs wrackx this music crept by me upon the watersx allaying both their fury and my passion with its sweet airx thence i have followxd itx or it hath drawn me ratherxxbut xtis gonex nox it begins againx arielx xxsingsxxx xfull fathom five thy father liesx of his bones are coral madex those are pearls that were his eyesx nothing of him that doth fade but doth suffer a seaxchange into something rich and strangex seaxnymphs hourly ring his knellxx burdenx xdingxdongx harkx now i hear themx dingxdongx bellxx ferdinandx the ditty does remember my drownxd fatherx this is no mortal businessx nor no sound that the earth owesxxi hear it now above mex prosperox the fringed curtains of thine eye advancex and say what thou seest yondx mirandax what isxtx a spiritx lordx how it looks aboutx believe mex sirx it carries a brave formx but xtis a spiritx prosperox nox wenchx it eats and sleeps and hath such senses as we havex suchx this gallant which thou seest was in the wrackx andx but hexs something stainxd with griefxxthatxs beautyxs cankerxxthou mightst call him a goodly personx he hath lost his fellows and strays about to find xemx mirandax i might call him a thing divinex for nothing natural i ever saw so noblex prosperox xxasidexxx it goes onx i seex as my soul prompts itx spiritx fine spiritx ixll free thee within two days for thisx ferdinandx most surex the goddess on whom these airs attendx vouchsafex my prayer may know if you remain upon this islandx and that you will some good instruction give how i may bear me herex my prime requestx which i do last pronouncex isx o you wonderx if you be maid or nox mirandax no wonderx sirx but certainly a maidx ferdinandx my languagex heavensx i am the best of them that speak this speechx were i but where xtis spokenx prosperox howx the bestx what wert thoux if the king of naples heard theex ferdinandx a single thingx as i am nowx that wonders to hear thee speak of naplesx he does hear mex and that he does i weepx myself am naplesx who with mine eyesx never since at ebbx beheld the king my father wrackxdx mirandax alackx for mercyx ferdinandx yesx faithx and all his lordsx the duke of milanx and his brave son being twainx prosperox xxasidexxx the duke of milan and his more braver daughter could control theex if now xtwere fit to doxtx at the first sight they have changed eyesx delicate arielx ixll set thee free for thisx xxto ferdinandxxx a wordx good sirx i fear you have done yourself some wrongx a wordx mirandax why speaks my father so ungentlyx this is the third man that exer i sawx the first that exer i sighxd forx pity move my father to be inclinxd my wayx ferdinandx ox if a virginx and your affection not gone forthx ixll make you the queen of naplesx prosperox softx sirx one word morex xxasidexxx they are both in eitherxs powersx but this swift business i must uneasy makex lest too light winning make the prize lightx xxto ferdinandxxx one word morex i charge thee that thou attend mex thou dost here usurp the name thou owxst notx and hast put thyself upon this island as a spyx to win it from mex the lord on xtx ferdinandx nox as i am a manx mirandax therexs nothing ill can dwell in such a templex if the ill spirit have so fair a housex good things will strive to dwell with xtx prosperox xxto ferdinandxxx follow mexx xxto mirandaxxx speak not you for himx hexs a traitorx xxto ferdinandxxx comex ixll manacle thy neck and feet togetherx seaxwater shalt thou drinkx thy food shall be the freshxbrook musselsx witherxd rootsx and husks wherein the acorn cradledx followx ferdinandx nox i will resist such entertainment till mine enemy has more powerx xxhe drawsx and is charmed from movingxxx mirandax o dear fatherx make not too rash a trial of himx for hexs gentlex and not fearfulx prosperox whatx i sayx my foot my tutorx put thy sword upx traitorx who makxst a showx but darxst not strikex thy conscience is so possessxd with guiltx come from thy wardx for i can here disarm thee with this stick and make thy weapon dropx mirandax beseech youx fatherx prosperox hencex hang not on my garmentsx mirandax sirx have pityx ixll be his suretyx prosperox silencex one word more shall make me chide theex if not hate theex whatx an advocate for an impostorx hushx thou thinkxst there is no more such shapes as hex having seen but him and calibanx foolish wenchx to thx most of men this is a calibanx and they to him are angelsx mirandax my affections are then most humblex i have no ambition to see a goodlier manx prosperox xxto ferdinandxxx come onx obeyx thy nerves are in their infancy againx and have no vigour in themx ferdinandx so they arex my spiritsx as in a dreamx are all bound upx my fatherxs lossx the weakness which i feelx the wrack of all my friendsx nor this manxs threatsx to whom i am subduedx are but light to mex might i but through my prison once a day behold this maidx all corners else ox thx earth let liberty make use ofx space enough have i in such a prisonx prosperox xxasidexxx it worksx xxto ferdinandxxx come onx thou hast done wellx fine arielx xxto ferdinandxxx follow mex xxto arielxxx hark what thou else shalt do mex mirandax be of comfortx my fatherxs of a better naturex sirx than he appears by speechx this is unwonted which now came from himx prosperox thou shalt be as free as mountain windsx but then exactly do all points of my commandx arielx to thx syllablex prosperox xxto ferdinandxxx comex followx speak not for himx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix another part of the islandx enter alonsox sebastianx antoniox gonzalox adrianx francisco and othersx gonzalox beseech youx sirx be merryx you have causex so have we allx of joyx for our escape is much beyond our lossx our hint of woe is commonx every dayx some sailorxs wifex the masters of some merchant and the merchantx have just our theme of woex but for the miraclex i mean our preservationx few in millions can speak like usx then wiselyx good sirx weigh our sorrow with our comfortx alonsox pritheex peacex sebastianx he receives comfort like cold porridgex antoniox the visitor will not give him oxer sox sebastianx lookx hexs winding up the watch of his witx by and by it will strikex gonzalox sirxx sebastianx onex tellx gonzalox when every grief is entertainxd thatxs offerxdx comes to the entertainerx sebastianx a dollarx gonzalox dolour comes to himx indeedx you have spoken truer than you purposedx sebastianx you have taken it wiselier than i meant you shouldx gonzalox thereforex my lordxx antoniox fiex what a spendthrift is he of his tonguex alonsox i pritheex sparex gonzalox wellx i have donex but yetx sebastianx he will be talkingx antoniox whichx of he or adrianx for a good wagerx first begins to crowx sebastianx the old cockx antoniox the cockerelx sebastianx donex the wagerx antoniox a laughterx sebastianx a matchx adrianx though this island seem to be desertxx antoniox hax hax hax sebastianx sox youxre paidx adrianx uninhabitablex and almost inaccessiblexx sebastianx yetx adrianx yetx antoniox he could not miss xtx adrianx it must needs be of subtlex tenderx and delicate temperancex antoniox temperance was a delicate wenchx sebastianx ayx and a subtlex as he most learnedly deliveredx adrianx the air breathes upon us here most sweetlyx sebastianx as if it had lungsx and rotten onesx antoniox orx as xtwere perfumxd by a fenx gonzalox here is everything advantageous to lifex antoniox truex save means to livex sebastianx of that therexs nonex or littlex gonzalox how lush and lusty the grass looksx how greenx antoniox the ground indeed is tawnyx sebastianx with an eye of green inxtx antoniox he misses not muchx sebastianx nox he doth but mistake the truth totallyx gonzalox but the rarity of it isxxwhich is indeed almost beyond creditxx sebastianx as many vouchxd rarities arex gonzalox that our garmentsx beingx as they werex drenched in the seax hold notwithstanding their freshness and glossesx being rather newxdyed than stained with salt waterx antoniox if but one of his pockets could speakx would it not say he liesx sebastianx ayx or very falsely pocket up his reportx gonzalox methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in africx at the marriage of the kingxs fair daughter claribel to the king of tunisx sebastianx xtwas a sweet marriagex and we prosper well in our returnx adrianx tunis was never graced before with such a paragon to their queenx gonzalox not since widow didoxs timex antoniox widowx a pox ox thatx how came that widow inx widow didox sebastianx what if he had saidx widower aeneas toox good lordx how you take itx adrianx widow dido said youx you make me study of thatx she was of carthagex not of tunisx gonzalox this tunisx sirx was carthagex adrianx carthagex gonzalox i assure youx carthagex antoniox his word is more than the miraculous harpx sebastianx he hath raisxd the wallx and houses toox antoniox what impossible matter will he make easy nextx sebastianx i think he will carry this island home in his pocketx and give it his son for an applex antoniox andx sowing the kernels of it in the seax bring forth more islandsx alonsox ayx antoniox whyx in good timex gonzalox xxto alonsoxxx sirx we were talking that our garments seem now as fresh as when we were at tunis at the marriage of your daughterx who is now queenx antoniox and the rarest that exer came therex sebastianx batex i beseech youx widow didox antoniox ox widow didox ayx widow didox gonzalox is notx sirx my doublet as fresh as the first day i wore itx i meanx in a sortx antoniox that sort was well fishxd forx gonzalox when i wore it at your daughterxs marriagex alonsox you cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sensex would i had never married my daughter therex forx coming thencex my son is lostx andx in my ratex she toox who is so far from italy removedx i nexer again shall see herx o thou mine heir of naples and of milanx what strange fish hath made his meal on theex franciscox sirx he may livex i saw him beat the surges under himx and ride upon their backsx he trod the waterx whose enmity he flung asidex and breasted the surge most swoln that met himx his bold head xbove the contentious waves he keptx and oared himself with his good arms in lusty stroke to thx shorex that oxer his wavexworn basis bowedx as stooping to relieve himx i not doubt he came alive to landx alonsox nox nox hexs gonex sebastianx sirx you may thank yourself for this great lossx that would not bless our europe with your daughterx but rather lose her to an africanx where shex at leastx is banishxd from your eyex who hath cause to wet the grief on xtx alonsox pritheex peacex sebastianx you were kneelxd tox and importunxd otherwise by all of usx and the fair soul herself weighxd between loathness and obedience at which end ox thx beam should bowx we have lost your sonx i fearx for everx milan and naples have more widows in them of this businessx makingx than we bring men to comfort themx the faultxs your ownx alonsox so is the dearxst ox thx lossx gonzalox my lord sebastianx the truth you speak doth lack some gentleness and time to speak it inx you rub the sorex when you should bring the plasterx sebastianx very wellx antoniox and most chirurgeonlyx gonzalox it is foul weather in us allx good sirx when you are cloudyx sebastianx foul weatherx antoniox very foulx gonzalox had i plantation of this islex my lordxx antoniox hexd sow xt with nettlexseedx sebastianx or docksx or mallowsx gonzalox and were the king onxtx what would i dox sebastianx xscape being drunk for want of winex gonzalox ix thx commonwealth i would by contraries execute all thingsx for no kind of traffic would i admitx no name of magistratex letters should not be knownx richesx povertyx and use of servicex nonex contractx successionx bournx bound of landx tilthx vineyardx nonex no use of metalx cornx or winex or oilx no occupationx all men idlex allx and women toox but innocent and purex no sovereigntyxx sebastianx yet he would be king onxtx antoniox the latter end of his commonwealth forgets the beginningx gonzalox all things in common nature should produce without sweat or endeavourx treasonx felonyx swordx pikex knifex gunx or need of any enginex would i not havex but nature should bring forthx of it own kindx all foisonx all abundancex to feed my innocent peoplex sebastianx no marrying xmong his subjectsx antoniox nonex manx all idlex whores and knavesx gonzalox i would with such perfection governx sirx tx excel the golden agex sebastianx save his majestyx antoniox long live gonzalox gonzalox andxxdo you mark mex sirx alonsox pritheex no morex thou dost talk nothing to mex gonzalox i do well believe your highnessx and did it to minister occasion to these gentlemenx who are of such sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh at nothingx antoniox xtwas you we laughed atx gonzalox who in this kind of merry fooling am nothing to youx so you may continuex and laugh at nothing stillx antoniox what a blow was there givenx sebastianx an it had not fallen flatxlongx gonzalox you are gentlemen of brave mettlex you would lift the moon out of her spherex if she would continue in it five weeks without changingx enter arielx invisiblex playing solemn musicx sebastianx we would sox and then go axbatxfowlingx antoniox nayx good my lordx be not angryx gonzalox nox i warrant youx i will not adventure my discretion so weaklyx will you laugh me asleepx for i am very heavyx antoniox go sleepx and hear usx xxall sleep but alonsox sebastian and antonioxxx alonsox whatx all so soon asleepx i wish mine eyes wouldx with themselvesx shut up my thoughtsx i find they are inclinxd to do sox sebastianx please youx sirx do not omit the heavy offer of itx it seldom visits sorrowx when it dothx it is a comforterx antoniox we twox my lordx will guard your person while you take your restx and watch your safetyx alonsox thank youx wondrous heavyx xxalonso sleepsx exit arielxxx sebastianx what a strange drowsiness possesses themx antoniox it is the quality ox thx climatex sebastianx why doth it not then our eyelids sinkx i find not myself disposxd to sleepx antoniox nor ix my spirits are nimblex they fell together allx as by consentx they droppxdx as by a thunderxstrokex what mightx worthy sebastianx ox what mightxxno morex and yet methinks i see it in thy facex what thou shouldst bex thx occasion speaks theex and my strong imagination sees a crown dropping upon thy headx sebastianx whatx art thou wakingx antoniox do you not hear me speakx sebastianx i dox and surely it is a sleepy languagex and thou speakxst out of thy sleepx what is it thou didst sayx this is a strange reposex to be asleep with eyes wide openx standingx speakingx movingx and yet so fast asleepx antoniox noble sebastianx thou letxst thy fortune sleepxdie ratherx winkxst whiles thou art wakingx sebastianx thou dost snore distinctlyx therexs meaning in thy snoresx antoniox i am more serious than my customx you must be so toox if heed mex which to do trebles thee oxerx sebastianx wellx i am standing waterx antoniox ixll teach you how to flowx sebastianx do sox to ebbx hereditary sloth instructs mex antoniox ox if you but knew how you the purpose cherish whiles thus you mock itx howx in stripping itx you more invest itx ebbing men indeedx most oftenx do so near the bottom run by their own fear or slothx sebastianx pritheex say onx the setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim a matter from theex and a birthx indeed which throes thee much to yieldx antoniox thusx sirx although this lord of weak remembrancex this who shall be of as little memory when he is earthxdx hath here almost persuadedxx for hexs a spirit of persuasionx only professes to persuadexxthe king his sonxs alivex xtis as impossible that hexs undrownxd as he that sleeps here swimsx sebastianx i have no hope that hexs undrownxdx antoniox ox out of that xno hopex what great hope have youx no hope that way is another way so high a hopex that even ambition cannot pierce a wink beyondx but doubts discovery therex will you grant with me that ferdinand is drownxdx sebastianx hexs gonex antoniox then tell mex whoxs the next heir of naplesx sebastianx claribelx antoniox she that is queen of tunisx she that dwells ten leagues beyond manxs lifex she that from naples can have no notex unless the sun were postx the man ix thx moonxs too slowxtill newborn chins be rough and razorablex she that from whom we all were seaxswallowxdx though some cast againx and by that destinyx to perform an act whereof whatxs past is prologuex what to come in yours and my dischargex sebastianx what stuff is thisx how say youx xtis truex my brotherxs daughterxs queen of tunisx so is she heir of naplesx xtwixt which regions there is some spacex antoniox a space whose evxry cubit seems to cry out xhow shall that claribel measure us back to naplesx keep in tunisx and let sebastian wakexx say this were death that now hath seizxd themx whyx they were no worse than now they arex there be that can rule naples as well as he that sleepsx lords that can prate as amply and unnecessarily as this gonzalox i myself could make a chough of as deep chatx ox that you bore the mind that i dox what a sleep were this for your advancementx do you understand mex sebastianx methinks i dox antoniox and how does your content tender your own good fortunex sebastianx i remember you did supplant your brother prosperox antoniox truex and look how well my garments sit upon mex much feater than beforex my brotherxs servants were then my fellowsx now they are my menx sebastianx butx for your consciencex antoniox ayx sirx where lies thatx if xtwere a kibex xtwould put me to my slipperx but i feel not this deity in my bosomx twenty consciences that stand xtwixt me and milanx candied be they and melt ere they molestx here lies your brotherx no better than the earth he lies uponx if he were that which now hexs likex thatxs deadx whom ix with this obedient steelx three inches of itx can lay to bed for everx whiles youx doing thusx to the perpetual wink for aye might put this ancient morselx this sir prudencex who should not upbraid our coursex for all the restx theyxll take suggestion as a cat laps milkx theyxll tell the clock to any business that we say befits the hourx sebastianx thy casex dear friendx shall be my precedentx as thou gotxst milanx ixll come by naplesx draw thy swordx one stroke shall free thee from the tribute which thou payestx and i the king shall love theex antoniox draw togetherx and when i rear my handx do you the likex to fall it on gonzalox sebastianx ox but one wordx xxthey converse apartxxx musicx rexenter arielx invisiblex arielx my master through his art foresees the danger that youx his friendx are inx and sends me forthx for else his project diesxto keep them livingx xxsings in gonzaloxs earxxx xwhile you here do snoring liex openxeyxd conspiracy his time doth takex if of life you keep a carex shake off slumberx and bewarex awakex awakexx antoniox then let us both be suddenx gonzalox nowx good angels preserve the kingx xxthey wakexxx alonsox whyx how nowx hox awakex why are you drawnx wherefore this ghastly lookingx gonzalox whatxs the matterx sebastianx whiles we stood here securing your reposex even nowx we heard a hollow burst of bellowing like bullsx or rather lionsx did xt not wake youx it struck mine ear most terriblyx alonsox i heard nothingx antoniox ox xtwas a din to fright a monsterxs earx to make an earthquakex surex it was the roar of a whole herd of lionsx alonsox heard you thisx gonzalox gonzalox upon mine honourx sirx i heard a hummingx and that a strange one toox which did awake mex i shakxd youx sirx and criedx as mine eyes openxdx i saw their weapons drawnxxthere was a noisex thatxs verilyx xtis best we stand upon our guardx or that we quit this placex letxs draw our weaponsx alonsox lead off this groundx and letxs make further search for my poor sonx gonzalox heavens keep him from these beastsx for he isx surex ix thx islandx alonsox lead awayx xxexit with the othersxxx arielx prospero my lord shall know what i have donex sox kingx go safely on to seek thy sonx xxexitxxx scene iix another part of the islandx enter caliban with a burden of woodx a noise of thunder heardx calibanx all the infections that the sun sucks up from bogsx fensx flatsx on prosper fallx and make him by inchxmeal a diseasex his spirits hear mex and yet i needs must cursex but theyxll nor pinchx fright me with urchinxshowsx pitch me ix the mirex nor lead mex like a firebrandx in the dark out of my wayx unless he bid xemx but for every trifle are they set upon mex sometime like apes that mow and chatter at mex and after bite mex then like hedgehogs which lie tumbling in my barefoot wayx and mount their pricks at my footfallx sometime am i all wound with addersx who with cloven tongues do hiss me into madnessx enter trinculox lox nowx lox here comes a spirit of hisx and to torment me for bringing wood in slowlyx ixll fall flatx perchance he will not mind mex trinculox herexs neither bush nor shrub to bear off any weather at allx and another storm brewingx i hear it sing ix thx windx yond same black cloudx yond huge onex looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquorx if it should thunder as it did beforex i know not where to hide my headx yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfulsx what have we herex a man or a fishx dead or alivex a fishx he smells like a fishx a very ancient and fishxlike smellx a kind of not of the newest poorxjohnx a strange fishx were i in england nowx as once i wasx and had but this fish paintedx not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silverx there would this monster make a manx any strange beast there makes a manx when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggarx they will lay out ten to see a dead indianx leggxd like a manx and his fins like armsx warmx ox my trothx i do now let loose my opinionx hold it no longerx this is no fishx but an islanderx that hath lately suffered by thunderboltx xxthunderxxx alasx the storm is come againx my best way is to creep under his gaberdinex there is no other shelter hereaboutx misery acquaints a man with strange bedxfellowsx i will here shroud till the dregs of the storm be pastx enter stephano singingx a bottle in his handx stephanox xi shall no more to seax to seax here shall i die ashorexx this is a very scurvy tune to sing at a manxs funeralx wellx herexs my comfortx xxdrinksxxx xthe masterx the swabberx the boatswainx and ix the gunnerx and his matex lovxd mallx megx and marianx and margeryx but none of us carxd for katex for she had a tongue with a tangx would cry to a sailor xgo hangxx she lovxd not the savour of tar nor of pitchx yet a tailor might scratch her wherexer she did itchx then to seax boysx and let her go hangxx this is a scurvy tune toox but herexs my comfortx xxdrinksxxx calibanx do not torment mex ox stephanox whatxs the matterx have we devils herex do you put tricks upon xs with savages and men of indx hax i have not scapxd drowningx to be afeard now of your four legsx for it hath been saidx as proper a man as ever went on four legs cannot make him give groundx and it shall be said so againx while stephano breathes atx nostrilsx calibanx the spirit torments mex ox stephanox this is some monster of the isle with four legsx who hath gotx as i take itx an aguex where the devil should he learn our languagex i will give him some reliefx if it be but for thatx if i can recover him and keep him tamex and get to naples with himx hexs a present for any emperor that ever trod on neatxsxleatherx calibanx do not torment mex pritheex ixll bring my wood home fasterx stephanox hexs in his fit nowx and does not talk after the wisestx he shall taste of my bottlex if he have never drunk wine aforex it will go near to remove his fitx if i can recover himx and keep him tamex i will not take too much for himx he shall pay for him that hath himx and that soundlyx calibanx thou dost me yet but little hurtx thou wilt anonx i know it by thy tremblingx now prosper works upon theex stephanox come on your waysx open your mouthx here is that which will give language to youx catx open your mouthx this will shake your shakingx i can tell youx and that soundlyx xxgives caliban a drinkxx you cannot tell whoxs your friendx open your chaps againx trinculox i should know that voicex it should bexbut he is drownedx and these are devilsx ox defend mex stephanox four legs and two voicesx a most delicate monsterx his forward voice now is to speak well of his friendx his backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detractx if all the wine in my bottle will recover himx i will help his aguex comex amenx i will pour some in thy other mouthx trinculox stephanox stephanox doth thy other mouth call mex mercyx mercyx this is a devilx and no monsterx i will leave himx i have no long spoonx trinculox stephanox if thou beest stephanox touch mex and speak to mex for i am trinculoxbe not afearedxthy good friend trinculox stephanox if thou beest trinculox come forthx ixll pull thee by the lesser legsx if any be trinculoxs legsx these are theyx thou art very trinculo indeedx how camxst thou to be the siege of this moonxcalfx can he vent trinculosx trinculox i took him to be killxd with a thunderstrokex but art thou not drownxdx stephanox i hope now thou are not drownxdx is the storm overblownx i hid me under the dead moonxcalfxs gaberdine for fear of the stormx and art thou livingx stephanox o stephanox two neapolitans scapxdx stephanox pritheex do not turn me aboutx my stomach is not constantx calibanx xxasidexxx these be fine thingsx an if they be not spritesx thatxs a brave godx and bears celestial liquorx i will kneel to himx stephanox how didst thou scapex how camxst thou hitherx swear by this bottle how thou camxst hitherxi escaped upon a butt of sackx which the sailors heaved oxerboardx by this bottlex which i made of the bark of a tree with mine own handsx since i was cast ashorex calibanx ixll swear upon that bottle to be thy true subjectx for the liquor is not earthlyx stephanox herex swear then how thou escapedstx trinculox swum ashorex manx like a duckx i can swim like a duckx ixll be swornx stephanox herex kiss the bookx though thou canst swim like a duckx thou art made like a goosex trinculox o stephanox hast any more of thisx stephanox the whole buttx manx my cellar is in a rock by thx seasidex where my wine is hidx how nowx moonxcalfx how does thine aguex calibanx hast thou not dropped from heavenx stephanox out ox the moonx i do assure theex i was the man in the moonx when time wasx calibanx i have seen thee in herx and i do adore theex my mistress showed me theex and thy dogx and thy bushx stephanox comex swear to thatx kiss the bookx i will furnish it anon with new contentsx swearx trinculox by this good lightx this is a very shallow monsterx i afeard of himx a very weak monsterx the man ix the moonx a most poor credulous monsterx well drawnx monsterx in good soothx calibanx ixll show thee every fertile inch ox the islandx and i will kiss thy footx i pritheex be my godx trinculox by this lightx a most perfidious and drunken monsterx when xs godxs asleepx hexll rob his bottlex calibanx ixll kiss thy footx ixll swear myself thy subjectx stephanox come onx thenx downx and swearx trinculox i shall laugh myself to death at this puppyxheaded monsterx a most scurvy monsterx i could find in my heart to beat himxx stephanox comex kissx trinculox but that the poor monsterxs in drinkx an abominable monsterx calibanx ixll show thee the best springsx ixll pluck thee berriesx ixll fish for theex and get thee wood enoughx a plague upon the tyrant that i servex ixll bear him no more sticksx but follow theex thou wondrous manx trinculox a most ridiculous monsterx to make a wonder of a poor drunkardx calibanx i pritheex let me bring thee where crabs growx and i with my long nails will dig thee pigxnutsx show thee a jayxs nestx and instruct thee how to snare the nimble marmosetx ixll bring thee to clustering filbertsx and sometimes ixll get thee young scamels from the rockx wilt thou go with mex stephanox i prithee nowx lead the way without any more talkingx trinculox the king and all our company else being drownedx we will inherit herex herex bear my bottlex fellow trinculox wexll fill him by and by againx calibanx xxsings drunkenlyxxx xfarewellx masterx farewellx farewellxx trinculox a howling monsterx a drunken monsterx calibanx xno more dams ixll make for fishx nor fetch in firing at requiringx nor scrape trencheringx nor wash dishx xban xbanx cacalibanx has a new masterxget a new manxx freedomx highxdayx highxdayx freedomx freedomx highxdayx freedomx stephanox o brave monsterx lead the wayx xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix before prosperoxs cellx enter ferdinand bearing a logx ferdinandx there be some sports are painfulx and their labour delight in them sets offx some kinds of baseness are nobly undergonex and most poor matters point to rich endsx this my mean task would be as heavy to me as odiousx but the mistress which i serve quickens whatxs deadx and makes my labours pleasuresx ox she is ten times more gentle than her fatherxs crabbedx and hexs composxd of harshnessx i must remove some thousands of these logsx and pile them upx upon a sore injunctionx my sweet mistress weeps when she sees me workx and says such baseness had never like executorx i forgetx but these sweet thoughts do even refresh my laboursx most busyx least when i do itx enter miranda and prospero behindx mirandax alas nowx pray youx work not so hardx i would the lightning had burnt up those logs that you are enjoinxd to pilex prayx set it down and rest youx when this burnsx xtwill weep for having wearied youx my father is hard at studyx prayx nowx rest yourselfx hexs safe for these three hoursx ferdinandx o most dear mistressx the sun will setx before i shall discharge what i must strive to dox mirandax if youxll sit downx ixll bear your logs the whilex pray give me thatx ixll carry it to the pilex ferdinandx nox precious creaturex i had rather crack my sinewsx break my backx than you should such dishonour undergox while i sit lazy byx mirandax it would become me as well as it does youx and i should do it with much more easex for my good will is to itx and yours it is againstx prosperox xxasidexxx poor wormx thou art infectedx this visitation shows itx mirandax you look wearilyx ferdinandx nox noble mistressx xtis fresh morning with me when you are by at nightx i do beseech youx chiefly that i might set it in my prayersx what is your namex mirandax mirandaxo my fatherx i have broke your hest to say sox ferdinandx admirxd mirandax indeedx the top of admirationx worth whatxs dearest to the worldx full many a lady i have eyxd with best regardx and many a time thx harmony of their tongues hath into bondage brought my too diligent earx for several virtues have i likxd several womenx never any with so full soul but some defect in her did quarrel with the noblest grace she owxdx and put it to the foilx but youx o youx so perfect and so peerlessx are created of every creaturexs bestx mirandax i do not know one of my sexx no womanxs face rememberx savex from my glassx mine ownx nor have i seen more that i may call men than youx good friendx and my dear fatherx how features are abroadx i am skilless ofx butx by my modestyx the jewel in my dowerx i would not wish any companion in the world but youx nor can imagination form a shapex besides yourselfx to like ofx but i prattle something too wildlyx and my fatherxs precepts i therein do forgetx ferdinandx i amx in my conditionx a princex mirandax i do thinkx a kingx i would not soxxand would no more endure this wooden slavery than to suffer the fleshxfly blow my mouthx hear my soul speakx the very instant that i saw youx did my heart fly to your servicex there residesx to make me slave to itx and for your sake am i this patient logxmanx mirandax do you love mex ferdinandx o heavenx o earthx bear witness to this soundx and crown what i profess with kind eventx if i speak truex if hollowlyx invert what best is boded me to mischiefx ix beyond all limit of what else ix the worldx do lovex prizex honour youx mirandax i am a fool to weep at what i am glad ofx prosperox xxasidexxx fair encounter of two most rare affectionsx heavens rain grace on that which breeds between xemx ferdinandx wherefore weep youx mirandax at mine unworthinessx that dare not offer what i desire to givex and much less take what i shall die to wantx but this is triflingx and all the more it seeks to hide itselfx the bigger bulk it showsx hencex bashful cunningx and prompt mex plain and holy innocencex i am your wife if you will marry mex if notx ixll die your maidx to be your fellow you may deny mex but ixll be your servantx whether you will or nox ferdinandx my mistressx dearestx and i thus humble everx mirandax my husbandx thenx ferdinandx ayx with a heart as willing as bondage exer of freedomx herexs my handx mirandax and minex with my heart in xtx and now farewell till half an hour hencex ferdinandx a thousand thousandx xxexeunt ferdinand and miranda severallyxxx prosperox so glad of this as theyx i cannot bex who are surprisxd withalx but my rejoicing at nothing can be morex ixll to my bookx for yetx ere supper timex must i perform much business appertainingx xxexitxxx scene iix another part of the islandx enter caliban with a bottlex stephano and trinculox stephanox tell not mexxwhen the butt is out we will drink waterx not a drop beforex therefore bear upx and board xemx servantxmonsterx drink to mex trinculox servantxmonsterx the folly of this islandx they say therexs but five upon this islex we are three of themx if thx other two be brained like usx the state tottersx stephanox drinkx servantxmonsterx when i bid theex thy eyes are almost set in thy headx trinculox where should they be set elsex he were a brave monster indeedx if they were set in his tailx stephanox my manxmonster hath drownxd his tongue in sackx for my partx the sea cannot drown mex i swamx ere i could recover the shorex fivexandxthirty leaguesx off and onx by this lightx thou shalt be my lieutenantx monsterx or my standardx trinculox your lieutenantx if you listx hexs no standardx stephanox wexll not runx monsieur monsterx trinculox nor go neitherx but youxll lie like dogsx and yet say nothing neitherx stephanox moonxcalfx speak once in thy lifex if thou beest a good moonxcalfx calibanx how does thy honourx let me lick thy shoex ixll not serve himx he is not valiantx trinculox thou liestx most ignorant monsterx i am in case to justle a constablex whyx thou deboshed fish thoux was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as i todayx wilt thou tell a monstrous liex being but half a fish and half a monsterx calibanx lox how he mocks mex wilt thou let himx my lordx trinculox xlordx quoth hex that a monster should be such a naturalx calibanx lox lo againx bite him to deathx i pritheex stephanox trinculox keep a good tongue in your headx if you prove a mutineerx the next treex the poor monsterxs my subjectx and he shall not suffer indignityx calibanx i thank my noble lordx wilt thou be pleasxd to hearken once again to the suit i made to theex stephanox marryx will ix kneel and repeat itx i will standx and so shall trinculox enter arielx invisiblex calibanx as i told thee beforex i am subject to a tyrantx a sorcererx that by his cunning hath cheated me of the islandx arielx thou liestx calibanx thou liestx thou jesting monkeyx thoux i would my valiant master would destroy theex i do not liex stephanox trinculox if you trouble him any more in his talex by this handx i will supplant some of your teethx trinculox whyx i said nothingx stephanox mumx thenx and no morex proceedx calibanx i sayx by sorcery he got this islex from me he got itx if thy greatness willx revenge it on himxxfor i know thou darxstx but this thing dare notxx stephanox thatxs most certainx calibanx thou shalt be lord of it and ixll serve theex stephanox how now shall this be compassedx canst thou bring me to the partyx calibanx yeax yeax my lordx ixll yield him thee asleepx where thou mayst knock a nail into his headx arielx thou liestx thou canst notx calibanx what a pied ninnyxs thisx thou scurvy patchx i do beseech thy greatnessx give him blowsx and take his bottle from himx when thatxs gone he shall drink nought but brinex for ixll not show him where the quick freshes arex stephanox trinculox run into no further dangerx interrupt the monster one word furtherx and by this handx ixll turn my mercy out ox doorsx and make a stockxfish of theex trinculox whyx what did ix i did nothingx ixll go farther offx stephanox didst thou not say he liedx arielx thou liestx stephanox do i sox take thou thatx xxstrikes trinculoxxx as you like thisx give me the lie another timex trinculox i did not give the liex out ox your wits and hearing toox a pox ox your bottlex this can sack and drinking dox a murrain on your monsterx and the devil take your fingersx calibanx hax hax hax stephanox nowx forward with your talexxprithee stand further offx calibanx beat him enoughx after a little timex ixll beat him toox stephanox stand fartherxxcomex proceedx calibanx whyx as i told theex xtis a custom with him ix thx afternoon to sleepx there thou mayst brain himx having first seizxd his booksx or with a log batter his skullx or paunch him with a stakex or cut his wezand with thy knifex remember first to possess his booksx for without them hexs but a sotx as i amx nor hath not one spirit to commandx they all do hate him as rootedly as ix burn but his booksx he has brave utensilsxxfor so he calls themxx whichx when he has a housex hexll deck withalx and that most deeply to consider is the beauty of his daughterx he himself calls her a nonpareilx i never saw a woman but only sycorax my dam and shex but she as far surpasseth sycorax as greatxst does leastx stephanox is it so brave a lassx calibanx ayx lordx she will become thy bedx i warrantx and bring thee forth brave broodx stephanox monsterx i will kill this manx his daughter and i will be king and queenxxsave our gracesxxand trinculo and thyself shall be viceroysx dost thou like the plotx trinculox trinculox excellentx stephanox give me thy handx i am sorry i beat theex but while thou livxstx keep a good tongue in thy headx calibanx within this half hour will he be asleepx wilt thou destroy him thenx stephanox ayx on mine honourx arielx this will i tell my masterx calibanx thou makxst me merryx i am full of pleasurex let us be jocundx will you troll the catch you taught me but whilexerex stephanox at thy requestx monsterx i will do reasonx any reasonx come onx trinculox let us singx xxsingsxxx xflout xem and cout xemx and scout xem and flout xemx thought is freexx calibanx thatxs not the tunex xxariel plays the tune on a tabor and pipexxx stephanox what is this samex trinculox this is the tune of our catchx played by the picture of nobodyx stephanox if thou beest a manx show thyself in thy likenessx if thou beest a devilx take xt as thou listx trinculox ox forgive me my sinsx stephanox he that dies pays all debtsx i defy theex mercy upon usx calibanx art thou afeardx stephanox nox monsterx not ix calibanx be not afeardx the isle is full of noisesx soundsx and sweet airsx that give delightx and hurt notx sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine earsx and sometimes voicesx thatx if i then had wakxd after long sleepx will make me sleep againx and thenx in dreamingx the clouds methought would open and show riches ready to drop upon mex thatx when i wakxdx i cried to dream againx stephanox this will prove a brave kingdom to mex where i shall have my music for nothingx calibanx when prospero is destroyedx stephanox that shall be by and byx i remember the storyx trinculox the sound is going awayx letxs follow itx and after do our workx stephanox leadx monsterx wexll followx i would i could see this taborerx he lays it onx wilt comex trinculox ixll followx stephanox xxexeuntxxx scene iiix another part of the islandx enter alonsox sebastianx antoniox gonzalo adrianx franciscox xcx gonzalox by xr lakinx i can go no furtherx sirx my old bones achex herexs a maze trodx indeedx through forthxrights and meandersx by your patiencex i needs must rest mex alonsox old lordx i cannot blame theex who am myself attachxd with weariness to thx dulling of my spiritsx sit downx and restx even here i will put off my hopex and keep it no longer for my flattererx he is drownxd whom thus we stray to findx and the sea mocks our frustrate search on landx wellx let him gox antoniox xxaside to sebastianxxx i am right glad that hexs so out of hopex do notx for one repulsex forgo the purpose that you resolvxd to effectx sebastianx xxaside to antonioxxx the next advantage will we take throughlyx antoniox xxaside to sebastianxxx let it be tonightx forx now they are oppressxd with travelx they will notx nor cannotx use such vigilance as when they are freshx sebastianx xxaside to antonioxxx i sayx tonightx no morex solemn and strange musicx and prospero abovex invisiblex enter several strange shapesx bringing in a banquetx they dance about it with gentle actions of salutationx and inviting the king xcxx to eatx they departx alonsox what harmony is thisx my good friendsx harkx gonzalox marvellous sweet musicx alonsox give us kind keepersx heavensx what were thesex sebastianx a living drolleryx now i will believe that there are unicornsx that in arabia there is one treex the phoenixx thronex one phoenix at this hour reigning therex antoniox ixll believe bothx and what does else want creditx come to mex and ixll be sworn xtis truex travellers nexer did liex though fools at home condemn themx gonzalox if in naples i should report this nowx would they believe mex if i should sayx i saw such islandersxx forx certesx these are people of the islandxx whox thoughx they are of monstrous shapex yetx notex their manners are more gentlex kindx than of our human generation you shall find manyx nayx almost anyx prosperox xxasidexxx honest lordx thou hast said wellx for some of you there present are worse than devilsx alonsox i cannot too much muse such shapesx such gesturex and such soundx expressingx although they want the use of tonguexa kind of excellent dumb discoursex prosperox xxasidexxx praise in departingx franciscox they vanishxd strangelyx sebastianx no matterx since they have left their viands behindx for we have stomachsxx willxt please you taste of what is herex alonsox not ix gonzalox faithx sirx you need not fearx when we were boysx who would believe that there were mountaineers dewlappxd like bullsx whose throats had hanging at xem wallets of fleshx or that there were such men whose heads stood in their breastsx which now we find each putterxout of five for one will bring us good warrant ofx alonsox i will stand tox and feedx although my lastx no matterx since i feel the best is pastx brotherx my lord the dukex stand tox and do as wex thunder and lightningx enter ariel like a harpyx claps his wings upon the tablex andx with a quaint devicex the banquet vanishesx arielx you are three men of sinx whom destinyx that hath to instrument this lower world and what is inxtxxthe neverxsurfeited sea hath caused to belch up youx and on this island where man doth not inhabitx you xmongst men being most unfit to livex i have made you madx and even with suchxlike valour men hang and drown their proper selvesx xxseeing alonsox sebastian xcxx draw their swordsxxx you foolsx i and my fellows are ministers of fatex the elements of whom your swords are temperxd may as well wound the loud windsx or with bemockxdxat stabs kill the stillxclosing watersx as diminish one dowle thatxs in my plumex my fellowxministers are like invulnerablex if you could hurtx your swords are now too massy for your strengthsx and will not be upliftedx butx rememberx for thatxs my business to youxxthat you three from milan did supplant good prosperox exposxd unto the seax which hath requit itx him and his innocent childx for which foul deed the powersx delayingx not forgettingx have incensxd the seas and shoresx yeax all the creaturesx against your peacex thee of thy sonx alonsox they have bereftx and do pronouncex by me lingxring perditionxxworse than any death can be at oncexxshall step by step attend you and your waysx whose wraths to guard you fromx which herex in this most desolate islex else falls upon your headsxxis nothing but heartxsorrowx and a clear life ensuingx xxhe vanishes in thunderx thenx to soft musicx enter the shapes againx and dancex with mocks and mowsx and carry out the tablexxx prosperox xxasidexxx bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou performxdx my arielx a grace it hadx devouringx of my instruction hast thou nothing bated in what thou hadst to sayx sox with good life and observation strangex my meaner ministers their several kinds have donex my high charms workx and these mine enemies are all knit up in their distractionsx they now are in my powerx and in these fits i leave themx while i visit young ferdinandxxwhom they suppose is drownxdxx and his and mine lovxd darlingx xxexit abovexxx gonzalox ix the name of something holyx sirx why stand you in this strange starex alonsox ox it is monstrousx monstrousx methought the billows spokex and told me of itx the winds did sing it to mex and the thunderx that deep and dreadful organxpipex pronouncxd the name of prosperx it did bass my trespassx therefore my son ix thx ooze is beddedx and ixll seek him deeper than exer plummet soundedx and with him there lie muddedx xxexitxxx sebastianx but one fiend at a timex ixll fight their legions oxerx antoniox ixll be thy secondx xxexeunt sebastian and antonioxxx gonzalox all three of them are desperatex their great guiltx like poison given to work a great time afterx now xgins to bite the spiritsx i do beseech you that are of suppler jointsx follow them swiftly and hinder them from what this ecstasy may now provoke them tox adrianx followx i pray youx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix before prosperoxs cellx enter prosperox ferdinand and mirandax prosperox if i have too austerely punishxd youx your compensation makes amendsx for i have given you here a third of mine own lifex or that for which i livex who once again i tender to thy handx all thy vexations were but my trials of thy lovex and thou hast strangely stood the testx herex afore heavenx i ratify this my rich giftx o ferdinandx do not smile at me that i boast her offx for thou shalt find she will outstrip all praisex and make it halt behind herx ferdinandx i do believe it against an oraclex prosperox thenx as my gift and thine own acquisition worthily purchasxdx take my daughterx but if thou dost break her virgin knot before all sanctimonious ceremonies may with full and holy rite be ministerxdx no sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall to make this contract growx but barren hatex sourxeyxd disdainx and discord shall bestrew the union of your bed with weeds so loathly that you shall hate it bothx therefore take heedx as hymenxs lamps shall light youx ferdinandx as i hope for quiet daysx fair issuex and long lifex with such love as xtis nowx the murkiest denx the most opportune placex the strongxst suggestion our worser genius canx shall never melt mine honour into lustx to take away the edge of that dayxs celebrationx when i shall thinkx or phoebusx steeds are founderxdx or night kept chainxd belowx prosperox fairly spokex sitx thenx and talk with herx she is thine ownx whatx arielx my industrious servantx arielx enter arielx arielx what would my potent masterx here i amx prosperox thou and thy meaner fellows your last service did worthily performx and i must use you in such another trickx go bring the rabblex oxer whom i give thee powerx here to this placex incite them to quick motionx for i must bestow upon the eyes of this young couple some vanity of mine artx it is my promisex and they expect it from mex arielx presentlyx prosperox ayx with a twinkx arielx before you can say xcomex and xgoxx and breathe twicex and cry xsox soxx each onex tripping on his toex will be here with mop and mowx do you love mex masterx nox prosperox dearlyx my delicate arielx do not approach till thou dost hear me callx arielx wellx i conceivex xxexitxxx prosperox lookx thou be truex do not give dalliance too much the reinx the strongest oaths are straw to thx fire ix the bloodx be more abstemiousx or else good night your vowx ferdinandx i warrant youx sirx the white cold virgin snow upon my heart abates the ardour of my liverx prosperox wellx now comex my arielx bring a corollaryx rather than want a spiritx appearx and pertlyx no tonguex all eyesx be silentx xxsoft musicxxx a masquex enter irisx irisx ceresx most bounteous ladyx thy rich leas of wheatx ryex barleyx vetchesx oatsx and peasx thy turfy mountainsx where live nibbling sheepx and flat meads thatchxd with stoverx them to keepx thy banks with pioned and twilled brimsx which spongy april at thy hest betrimsx to make cold nymphs chaste crownsx and thy broom grovesx whose shadow the dismissed bachelor lovesx being lassxlornx thy polexclipt vineyardx and thy seaxmargex sterile and rockyxhardx where thou thyself dost airx the queen ox thx skyx whose watxry arch and messenger am ix bids thee leave thesex and with her sovereign gracex here on this grassxplotx in this very placex to come and sportx her peacocks fly amainx approachx rich ceresx her to entertainx enter ceresx ceresx hailx manyxcolourxd messengerx that nexer dost disobey the wife of jupiterx who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers diffusest honey dropsx refreshing showersx and with each end of thy blue bow dost crown my bosky acres and my unshrubbxd downx rich scarf to my proud earthx why hath thy queen summonxd me hither to this shortxgrassxd greenx irisx a contract of true love to celebratex and some donation freely to estate on the blest loversx ceresx tell mex heavenly bowx if venus or her sonx as thou dost knowx do now attend the queenx since they did plot the means that dusky dis my daughter gotx her and her blind boyxs scandalxd company i have forswornx irisx of her society be not afraidx i met her deity cutting the clouds towards paphosx and her son dovexdrawn with herx here thought they to have done some wanton charm upon this man and maidx whose vows arex that no bedxright shall be paid till hymenxs torch be lightedx but in vainx marsxs hot minion is returnxd againx her waspishxheaded son has broke his arrowsx swears he will shoot no morex but play with sparrowsx and be a boy right outx ceresx highest queen of statex great juno comesx i know her by her gaitx enter junox junox how does my bounteous sisterx go with me to bless this twainx that they may prosperous bex and honourxd in their issuex xxthey singxxx junox xhonourx richesx marriagexblessingx long continuancex and increasingx hourly joys be still upon youx juno sings her blessings on youxx ceresx xearthxs increasex foison plentyx barns and gamers never emptyx vines with clustxring bunches growingx plants with goodly burden bowingx spring come to you at the farthest in the very end of harvestx scarcity and want shall shun youx ceresx blessing so is on youxx ferdinandx this is a most majestic visionx and harmonious charminglyx may i be bold to think these spiritsx prosperox spiritsx which by mine art i have from their confines callxd to enact my present fanciesx ferdinandx let me live here everx so rare a wonderxd father and a wisex makes this place paradisex xxjuno and ceres whisperx and send iris on employmentxxx prosperox sweet nowx silencex juno and ceres whisper seriouslyx therexs something else to dox hushx and be mutex or else our spell is marrxdx irisx you nymphsx callxd naiadsx of the windring brooksx with your sedgxd crowns and everxharmless looksx leave your crisp channelsx and on this green land answer your summonsx juno does commandx comex temperate nymphsx and help to celebrate a contract of true lovex be not too latex enter certain nymphsx you sunxburnxd sicklemenx of august wearyx come hither from the furrowx and be merryx make holidayx your ryexstraw hats put onx and these fresh nymphs encounter every one in country footingx enter certain reapersx properly habitedx they join with the nymphs in a graceful dancex towards the end whereof prospero starts suddenlyx and speaksx after whichx to a strangex hollowx and confused noisex they heavily vanishx prosperox xxasidexxx i had forgot that foul conspiracy of the beast caliban and his confederates against my lifex the minute of their plot is almost comex xxto the spiritsxxx well donex avoidx no morex ferdinandx this is strangex your fatherxs in some passion that works him stronglyx mirandax never till this day saw i him touchxd with anger so distemperxdx prosperox you do lookx my sonx in a movxd sortx as if you were dismayxdx be cheerfulx sirx our revels now are endedx these our actorsx as i foretold youx were all spirits and are melted into airx into thin airx andx like the baseless fabric of this visionx the cloudxcappxd towersx the gorgeous palacesx the solemn templesx the great globe itselfx yeax all which it inheritx shall dissolvex andx like this insubstantial pageant fadedx leave not a rack behindx we are such stuff as dreams are made onx and our little life is rounded with a sleepx sirx i am vexxdx bear with my weaknessx my old brain is troubledx be not disturbxd with my infirmityx if you be pleasxdx retire into my cell and there reposex a turn or two ixll walkx to still my beating mindx ferdinandx mirandax we wish your peacex xxexeuntxxx prosperox comex with a thoughtx i thank theex arielx comex enter arielx arielx thy thoughts i cleave tox whatxs thy pleasurex prosperox spiritx we must prepare to meet with calibanx arielx ayx my commanderx when i presented ceresx i thought to have told thee of itx but i fearxd lest i might anger theex prosperox say againx where didst thou leave these varletsx arielx i told youx sirx they were redxhot with drinkingx so full of valour that they smote the air for breathing in their facesx beat the ground for kissing of their feetx yet always bending towards their projectx then i beat my taborx at whichx like unbackxd coltsx they prickxd their earsx advancxd their eyelidsx lifted up their noses as they smelt musicx so i charmxd their earsx that calfxlike they my lowing followxd through toothxd briersx sharp furzesx pricking gossx and thornsx which enterxd their frail shinsx at last i left them ix thx filthyxmantled pool beyond your cellx there dancing up to thx chinsx that the foul lake oxerstunk their feetx prosperox this was well donex my birdx thy shape invisible retain thou stillx the trumpery in my housex go bring it hither for stale to catch these thievesx arielx i gox i gox xxexitxxx prosperox a devilx a born devilx on whose nature nurture can never stickx on whom my painsx humanely takenx allx all lostx quite lostx and as with age his body uglier growsx so his mind cankersx i will plague them allx even to roaringx rexenter arielx loaden with glistering apparelx xcx comex hang them on this linex prospero and ariel remain invisiblex enter calibanx stephano and trinculo all wetx calibanx pray youx tread softlyx that the blind mole may not hear a foot fallx we now are near his cellx stephanox monsterx your fairyx which you say is a harmless fairyx has done little better than played the jack with usx trinculox monsterx i do smell all horsexpissx at which my nose is in great indignationx stephanox so is minex do you hearx monsterx if i should take a displeasure against youx look youxx trinculox thou wert but a lost monsterx calibanx good my lordx give me thy favour stillx be patientx for the prize ixll bring thee to shall hoodwink this mischancex therefore speak softlyx allxs hushxd as midnight yetx trinculox ayx but to lose our bottles in the poolx stephanox there is not only disgrace and dishonour in thatx monsterx but an infinite lossx trinculox thatxs more to me than my wettingx yet this is your harmless fairyx monsterx stephanox i will fetch off my bottlex though i be oxer ears for my labourx calibanx pritheex my kingx be quietx seest thou herex this is the mouth ox thx cellx no noisex and enterx do that good mischief which may make this island thine own for everx and ix thy calibanx for aye thy footxlickerx stephanox give me thy handx i do begin to have bloody thoughtsx trinculox o king stephanox o peerx o worthy stephanox look what a wardrobe here is for theex calibanx let it alonex thou foolx it is but trashx trinculox ox hox monsterx we know what belongs to a fripperyx o king stephanox stephanox put off that gownx trinculox by this handx ixll have that gownx trinculox thy grace shall have itx calibanx the dropsy drown this foolx what do you mean to dote thus on such luggagex letxt alonex and do the murder firstx if he awakex from toe to crown hexll fill our skins with pinchesx make us strange stuffx stephanox be you quietx monsterx mistress linex is not this my jerkinx now is the jerkin under the linex nowx jerkinx you are like to lose your hairx and prove a bald jerkinx trinculox dox dox we steal by line and levelx anxt like your gracex stephanox i thank thee for that jestx herexs a garment for xtx wit shall not go unrewarded while i am king of this countryx xsteal by line and levelxx is an excellent pass of patex therexs another garment for xtx trinculox monsterx comex put some lime upon your fingersx and away with the restx calibanx i will have none onxtx we shall lose our timex and all be turnxd to barnaclesx or to apes with foreheads villainous lowx stephanox monsterx layxto your fingersx help to bear this away where my hogshead of wine isx or ixll turn you out of my kingdomx go tox carry thisx trinculox and thisx stephanox ayx and thisx a noise of hunters heardx enter divers spiritsx in shape of dogs and houndsx and hunt them aboutx prospero and ariel setting them onx prosperox heyx mountainx heyx arielx silverx there it goesx silverx prosperox furyx furyx therex tyrantx therex harkx harkx xxcalibanx stephano and trinculo are driven outxxx gox charge my goblins that they grind their joints with dry convulsionsx shorten up their sinews with aged crampsx and more pinchxspotted make them than pardx or cat ox mountainx arielx harkx they roarx prosperox let them be hunted soundlyx at this hour lies at my mercy all mine enemiesx shortly shall all my labours endx and thou shalt have the air at freedomx for a little followx and do me servicex xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix before the cell of prosperox enter prospero in his magic robesx and arielx prosperox now does my project gather to a headx my charms crack notx my spirits obeyx and time goes upright with his carriagex howxs the dayx arielx on the sixth hourx at which timex my lordx you said our work should ceasex prosperox i did say sox when first i raisxd the tempestx sayx my spiritx how fares the king and xs followersx arielx confinxd together in the same fashion as you gave in chargex just as you left themx all prisonersx sirx in the linexgrove which weatherxfends your cellx they cannot budge till your releasex the kingx his brotherx and yoursx abide all three distractedx and the remainder mourning over themx brimful of sorrow and dismayx but chiefly him you termxdx sirx xthe good old lordx gonzaloxx his tears run down his beardx like winterxs drops from eaves of reedsx your charm so strongly works xemx that if you now beheld themx your affections would become tenderx prosperox dost thou think sox spiritx arielx mine wouldx sirx were i humanx prosperox and mine shallx hast thoux which art but airx a touchx a feeling of their afflictionsx and shall not myselfx one of their kindx that relish all as sharply passion as theyx be kindlier movxd than thou artx though with their high wrongs i am struck to thx quickx yet with my nobler reason xgainst my fury do i take partx the rarer action is in virtue than in vengeancex they being penitentx the sole drift of my purpose doth extend not a frown furtherx go release themx arielx my charms ixll breakx their senses ixll restorex and they shall be themselvesx arielx ixll fetch themx sirx xxexitxxx prosperox ye elves of hillsx brooksx standing lakesx and grovesx and ye that on the sands with printless foot do chase the ebbing neptunex and do fly him when he comes backx you demixpuppets that by moonshine do the green sour ringlets makex whereof the ewe not bitesx and you whose pastime is to make midnight mushroomsx that rejoice to hear the solemn curfewx by whose aidx weak masters though ye bex i have bedimmxd the noontide sunx callxd forth the mutinous windsx and xtwixt the green sea and the azurxd vault set roaring warx to the dread rattling thunder have i given firex and rifted jovexs stout oak with his own boltx the strongxbasxd promontory have i made shakex and by the spurs pluckxd up the pine and cedarx graves at my command have wakxd their sleepersx opxdx and let xem forth by my so potent artx but this rough magic i here abjurex andx when i have requirxd some heavenly musicxxwhich even now i doxx to work mine end upon their senses that this airy charm is forx ixll break my staffx bury it certain fathoms in the earthx and deeper than did ever plummet sound ixll drown my bookx xxsolem musicxxx rexenter arielx after himx alonso with a frantic gesturex attended by gonzalox sebastian and antonio in like mannerx attended by adrian and franciscox they all enter the circle which prospero had madex and there stand charmedx which prospero observingx speaksx a solemn airx and the best comforter to an unsettled fancyx cure thy brainsx now uselessx boilxd within thy skullx there standx for you are spellxstoppxdx holy gonzalox honourable manx mine eyesx exen sociable to the show of thinex fall fellowly dropsx the charm dissolves apacex and as the morning steals upon the nightx melting the darknessx so their rising senses begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle their clearer reasonx o good gonzalox my true preserverx and a loyal sir to him thou followxstx i will pay thy graces homex both in word and deedx most cruelly didst thoux alonsox use me and my daughterx thy brother was a furtherer in the actx thou art pinchxd for xt nowx sebastianx flesh and bloodx youx brother minex that entertainxd ambitionx expellxd remorse and naturex whox with sebastianxx whose inward pinches therefore are most strongx would here have killxd your kingx i do forgive theex unnatural though thou artx their understanding begins to swellx and the approaching tide will shortly fill the reasonable shores that now lie foul and muddyx not one of them that yet looks on mex or would know mex arielx fetch me the hat and rapier in my cellx xxexit arielxxx i will discase mex and myself present as i was sometime milanx quicklyx spiritx thou shalt ere long be freex ariel rexentersx singingx and helps to attire prosperox ariel xwhere the bee sucksx there suck ix in a cowslipxs bell i liex there i couch when owls do cryx on the batxs back i do fly after summer merrilyx merrilyx merrily shall i live now under the blossom that hangs on the boughxx prosperox whyx thatxs my dainty arielx i shall miss theex but yet thou shalt have freedomx sox sox sox to the kingxs shipx invisible as thou artx there shalt thou find the mariners asleep under the hatchesx the master and the boatswain being awakex enforce them to this placex and presentlyx i pritheex arielx i drink the air before mex and return or ere your pulse twice beatx xxexitxxx gonzalox all tormentx troublex wonder and amazement inhabits herex some heavenly power guide us out of this fearful countryx prosperox beholdx sir kingx the wronged duke of milanx prosperox for more assurance that a living prince does now speak to theex i embrace thy bodyx and to thee and thy company i bid a hearty welcomex alonsox whexer thou bexst he or nox or some enchanted trifle to abuse mex as late i have beenx i not knowx thy pulse beatsx as of flesh and bloodx andx since i saw theex thx affliction of my mind amendsx with whichx i fearx a madness held mex this must cravex an if this be at allx a most strange storyx thy dukedom i resignx and do entreat thou pardon me my wrongsx but how should prospero be living and be herex prosperox firstx noble friendx let me embrace thine agex whose honour cannot be measurxd or confinxdx gonzalox whether this be or be notx ixll not swearx prosperox you do yet taste some subtleties ox the islex that will not let you believe things certainx welcomex my friends allx xxaside to sebastian and antonioxxx but youx my brace of lordsx were i so mindedx i here could pluck his highnessx frown upon youx and justify you traitorsx at this time i will tell no talesx sebastianx xxasidexxx the devil speaks in himx prosperox nox for youx most wicked sirx whom to call brother would even infect my mouthx i do forgive thy rankest faultx all of themx and require my dukedom of theex which perforce i know thou must restorex alonsox if thou beest prosperox give us particulars of thy preservationx how thou hast met us herex whom three hours since were wrackxd upon this shorex where i have lostxx how sharp the point of this remembrance isxx my dear son ferdinandx prosperox i am woe for xtx sirx alonsox irreparable is the lossx and patience says it is past her curex prosperox i rather think you have not sought her helpx of whose soft gracex for the like loss i have her sovereign aidx and rest myself contentx alonsox you the like lossx prosperox as great to mex as latex andx supportable to make the dear lossx have i means much weaker than you may call to comfort youx for i have lost my daughterx alonsox a daughterx o heavensx that they were living both in naplesx the king and queen therex that they werex i wish myself were mudded in that oozy bed where my son liesx when did you lose your daughterx prosperox in this last tempestx i perceivex these lords at this encounter do so much admire that they devour their reasonx and scarce think their eyes do offices of truthx their words are natural breathx butx howsoexer you have been justled from your sensesx know for certain that i am prosperox and that very duke which was thrust forth of milanx who most strangely upon this shorex where you were wrackxdx was landed to be the lord onxtx no more yet of thisx for xtis a chronicle of day by dayx not a relation for a breakfast nor befitting this first meetingx welcomex sirx this cellxs my courtx here have i few attendantsx and subjects none abroadx pray youx look inx my dukedom since you have given me againx i will requite you with as good a thingx at least bring forth a wonderx to content ye as much as me my dukedomx here prospero discovers ferdinand and miranda playing at chessx mirandax sweet lordx you play me falsex ferdinandx nox my dearest lovex i would not for the worldx mirandax yesx for a score of kingdoms you should wranglex and i would call it fair playx alonsox if this prove a vision of the islandx one dear son shall i twice losex sebastianx a most high miraclex ferdinandx though the seas threatenx they are mercifulx i have cursxd them without causex xxkneels to alonsoxxx alonsox now all the blessings of a glad father compass thee aboutx arisex and say how thou camxst herex mirandax ox wonderx how many goodly creatures are there herex how beauteous mankind isx o brave new world that has such people in xtx prosperox xtis new to theex alonsox what is this maidx with whom thou wast at playx your eldxst acquaintance cannot be three hoursx is she the goddess that hath severxd usx and brought us thus togetherx ferdinandx sirx she is mortalx but by immortal providence shexs minex i chose her when i could not ask my father for his advicex nor thought i had onex she is daughter to this famous duke of milanx of whom so often i have heard renownx but never saw beforex of whom i have receivxd a second lifex and second father this lady makes him to mex alonsox i am hersx butx ox how oddly will it sound that i must ask my child forgivenessx prosperox therex sirx stopx let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness thatxs gonex gonzalox i have inly weptx or should have spoke ere thisx look downx you godsx and on this couple drop a blessed crownx for it is you that have chalkxd forth the way which brought us hitherx alonsox i sayx amenx gonzalox gonzalox was milan thrust from milanx that his issue should become kings of naplesx ox rejoice beyond a common joyx and set it down with gold on lasting pillarsx in one voyage did claribel her husband find at tunisx and ferdinandx her brotherx found a wife where he himself was lostx prospero his dukedom in a poor islex and all of us ourselvesx when no man was his ownx alonsox xxto ferdinand and mirandaxxx give me your handsx let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart that doth not wish you joyx gonzalox be it sox amenx rexenter ariel with the master and boatswain amazedly followingx o lookx sirx lookx sirx here are more of usx i prophesiedx if a gallows were on landx this fellow could not drownx nowx blasphemyx that swearxst grace oxerboardx not an oath on shorex hast thou no mouth by landx what is the newsx boatswainx the best news is that we have safely found our king and companyx the nextx our shipxx which but three glasses sincex we gave out splitx is tight and yarex and bravely riggxd as when we first put out to seax arielx xxaside to prosperoxxx sirx all this service have i done since i wentx prosperox xxaside to arielxxx my tricksy spiritx alonsox these are not natural eventsx they strengthen from strange to strangerx sayx how came you hitherx boatswainx if i did thinkx sirx i were well awakex ixd strive to tell youx we were dead of sleepx andxxhowx we know notxxall clappxd under hatchesx wherex but even nowx with strange and several noises of roaringx shriekingx howlingx jingling chainsx and mo diversity of soundsx all horriblex we were awakxdx straightwayx at libertyx where wex in all her trimx freshly beheld our royalx goodx and gallant shipx our master capxring to eye herx on a tricex so please youx even in a dreamx were we divided from themx and were brought moping hitherx arielx xxaside to prosperoxxx wasxt well donex prosperox xxaside to arielxxx bravelyx my diligencex thou shalt be freex alonsox this is as strange a maze as exer men trodx and there is in this business more than nature was ever conduct ofx some oracle must rectify our knowledgex prosperox sirx my liegex do not infest your mind with beating on the strangeness of this businessx at pickxd leisurex which shall be shortlyx single ixll resolve youx which to you shall seem probablex of every these happenxd accidentsx till whenx be cheerful and think of each thing wellx xxaside to arielxxx come hitherx spiritx set caliban and his companions freex untie the spellx xxexit arielxxx how fares my gracious sirx there are yet missing of your company some few odd lads that you remember notx rexenter ariel driving in calibanx stephano and trinculo in their stolen apparelx stephanox every man shift for all the restx and let no man take care for himselfx for all is but fortunexxcoragiox bullyxmonsterx coragiox trinculox if these be true spies which i wear in my headx herexs a goodly sightx calibanx o setebosx these be brave spirits indeedx how fine my master isx i am afraid he will chastise mex sebastianx hax hax what things are thesex my lord antoniox will money buy themx antoniox very likex one of them is a plain fishx andx no doubtx marketablex prosperox mark but the badges of these menx my lordsx then say if they be truex this misxshapen knavex his mother was a witchx and one so strong that could control the moonx make flows and ebbsx and deal in her command without her powerx these three have robbxd mex and this demixdevilx for hexs a bastard onex had plotted with them to take my lifex two of these fellows you must know and ownx this thing of darkness i acknowledge minex calibanx i shall be pinchxd to deathx alonsox is not this stephanox my drunken butlerx sebastianx he is drunk nowx where had he winex alonsox and trinculo is reelingxripex where should they find this grand liquor that hath gilded xemx how camxst thou in this picklex trinculox i have been in such a pickle since i saw you last thatx i fear mex will never out of my bonesx i shall not fear flyxblowingx sebastianx whyx how nowx stephanox stephanox ox touch me notx i am not stephanox but a crampx prosperox youxd be king ox the islex sirrahx stephanox i should have been a sore onex thenx alonsox this is as strange a thing as exer i lookxd onx xxpointing to calibanxxx prosperox he is as disproportioned in his manners as in his shapex gox sirrahx to my cellx take with you your companionsx as you look to have my pardonx trim it handsomelyx calibanx ayx that i willx and ixll be wise hereafterx and seek for gracex what a thricexdouble ass was ix to take this drunkard for a godx and worship this dull foolx prosperox go tox awayx alonsox hencex and bestow your luggage where you found itx sebastianx or stole itx ratherx xxexeunt calibanx stephano and trinculoxxx prosperox sirx i invite your highness and your train to my poor cellx where you shall take your rest for this one nightx whichx part of itx ixll waste with such discourse asx i not doubtx shall make it go quick awayx the story of my life and the particular accidents gone by since i came to this islex and in the morn ixll bring you to your shipx and so to naplesx where i have hope to see the nuptial of these our dearxbelovxd solemnizedx and thence retire me to my milanx where every third thought shall be my gravex alonsox i long to hear the story of your lifex which must take the ear strangelyx prosperox ixll deliver allx and promise you calm seasx auspicious galesx and sail so expeditious that shall catch your royal fleet far offx xxaside to arielxxx my arielx chickx that is thy chargex then to the elements be freex and fare thou wellx please youx draw nearx xxexeuntxxx epilogue prosperox now my charms are all oxerthrownx and what strength i havexs mine ownx which is most faintx now xtis truex i must be here confinxd by youx or sent to naplesx let me notx since i have my dukedom gotx and pardonxd the deceiverx dwell in this bare island by your spellx but release me from my bands with the help of your good handsx gentle breath of yours my sails must fillx or else my project failsx which was to pleasex now i want spirits to enforcex art to enchantx and my ending is despairx unless i be relievxd by prayerx which pierces so that it assaults mercy itselfx and frees all faultsx as you from crimes would pardonxd bex let your indulgence set me freex xxexitxxx the life of timon of athens dramatis personae timon of athens lucius lucullus sempronius flattering lords ventidiusx one of timonxs false friends alcibiadesx an athenian captain apemantusx a churlish philosopher flaviusx steward to timon flaminius lucilius servilius timonxs servants caphis philotus titus hortensius servants to timonxs creditors poet painter jeweller merchant mercer an old athenian three strangers a page a fool phrynia timandra mistresses to alcibiades cupid amazons in the masque lordsx senatorsx officersx soldiersx servantsx thievesx and attendants scenex athens and the neighbouring woods act ix scene ix athensx timonxs house enter poetx painterx jewellerx merchantx and mercerx at several doors poetx good dayx sirx painterx i am glad yxare wellx poetx i have not seen you longx how goes the worldx painterx it wearsx sirx as it growsx poetx ayx thatxs well knownx but what particular rarityx what strangex which manifold record not matchesx seex magic of bountyx all these spirits thy power hath conjurxd to attendx i know the merchantx painterx i know them bothx thx otherxs a jewellerx merchantx ox xtis a worthy lordx jewellerx nayx thatxs most fixxdx merchantx a most incomparable manx breathxdx as it werex to an untirable and continuate goodnessx he passesx jewellerx i have a jewel herex merchantx ox pray letxs seextx for the lord timonx sirx jewellerx if he will touch the estimatex but for thatx poetx when we for recompense have praisxd the vilex it stains the glory in that happy verse which aptly sings the goodx merchantx xlooking at the jewelx xtis a good formx jewellerx and richx here is a waterx look yex painterx you are raptx sirx in some workx some dedication to the great lordx poetx a thing slippxd idly from mex our poesy is as a gumx which oozes from whence xtis nourishxdx the fire ix thx flint shows not till it be struckx our gentle flame provokes itselfx and like the current flies each bound it chafesx what have you therex painterx a picturex sirx when comes your book forthx poetx upon the heels of my presentmentx sirx letxs see your piecex painterx xtis a good piecex poetx so xtisx this comes off well and excellentx painterx indifferentx poetx admirablex how this grace speaks his own standingx what a mental power this eye shoots forthx how big imagination moves in this lipx to thx dumbness of the gesture one might interpretx painterx it is a pretty mocking of the lifex here is a touchx isxt goodx poetx i will say of it it tutors naturex artificial strife lives in these touchesx livelier than lifex enter certain senatorsx and pass over painterx how this lord is followedx poetx the senators of athensx happy manx painterx lookx moex poetx you see this confluencex this great flood of visitorsx i have in this rough work shapxd out a man whom this beneath world doth embrace and hug with amplest entertainmentx my free drift halts not particularlyx but moves itself in a wide sea of taxx no levellxd malice infects one comma in the course i holdx but flies an eagle flightx bold and forth onx leaving no tract behindx painterx how shall i understand youx poetx i will unbolt to youx you see how all conditionsx how all mindsx as well of glib and slippxry creatures as of grave and austere qualityx tender down their services to lord timonx his large fortunex upon his good and gracious nature hangingx subdues and properties to his love and tendance all sorts of heartsx yeax from the glassxfacxd flatterer to apemantusx that few things loves better than to abhor himselfx even he drops down the knee before himx and returns in peace most rich in timonxs nodx painterx i saw them speak togetherx poetx sirx i have upon a high and pleasant hill feignxd fortune to be thronxdx the base ox thx mount is rankxd with all desertsx all kind of natures that labour on the bosom of this sphere to propagate their statesx amongst them all whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fixxd one do i personate of lord timonxs framex whom fortune with her ivory hand wafts to herx whose present grace to present slaves and servants translates his rivalsx painterx xtis conceivxd to scopex this thronex this fortunex and this hillx methinksx with one man beckonxd from the rest belowx bowing his head against the steepy mount to climb his happinessx would be well expressxd in our conditionx poetx nayx sirx but hear me onx all those which were his fellows but of latex some better than his valuex on the moment follow his stridesx his lobbies fill with tendancex rain sacrificial whisperings in his earx make sacred even his stirrupx and through him drink the free airx painterx ayx marryx what of thesex poetx when fortune in her shift and change of mood spurns down her late belovedx all his dependantsx which labourxd after him to the mountainxs top even on their knees and handsx let him slip downx not one accompanying his declining footx painterx xtis commonx a thousand moral paintings i can show that shall demonstrate these quick blows of fortunexs more pregnantly than wordsx yet you do well to show lord timon that mean eyes have seen the foot above the headx trumpets soundx enter timonx addressing himself courteously to every suitorx a messenger from ventidius talking with himx lucilius and other servants following timonx imprisonxd is hex say youx messengerx ayx my good lordx five talents is his debtx his means most shortx his creditors most straitx your honourable letter he desires to those have shut him upx which failingx periods his comfortx timonx noble ventidiusx wellx i am not of that feather to shake of my friend when he must need mex i do know him a gentleman that well deserves a helpx which he shall havex ixll pay the debtx and free himx messengerx your lordship ever binds himx timonx commend me to himx i will send his ransomx and being enfranchisxdx bid him come to mex xtis not enough to help the feeble upx but to support him afterx fare you wellx messengerx all happiness to your honourx exit enter an old athenian old athenianx lord timonx hear me speakx timonx freelyx good fatherx old athenianx thou hast a servant namxd luciliusx timonx i have sox what of himx old athenianx most noble timonx call the man before theex timonx attends he herex or nox luciliusx luciliusx herex at your lordshipxs servicex old athenianx this fellow herex lord timonx this thy creaturex by night frequents my housex i am a man that from my first have been inclinxd to thriftx and my estate deserves an heir more raisxd than one which holds a trencherx timonx wellx what furtherx old athenianx one only daughter have ix no kin elsex on whom i may confer what i have gotx the maid is fairx ox thx youngest for a bridex and i have bred her at my dearest cost in qualities of the bestx this man of thine attempts her lovex i pritheex noble lordx join with me to forbid him her resortx myself have spoke in vainx timonx the man is honestx old athenianx therefore he will bex timonx his honesty rewards him in itselfx it must not bear my daughterx timonx does she love himx old athenianx she is young and aptx our own precedent passions do instruct us what levityxs in youthx timonx love you the maidx luciliusx ayx my good lordx and she accepts of itx old athenianx if in her marriage my consent be missingx i call the gods to witness i will choose mine heir from forth the beggars of the worldx and dispossess her allx timonx how shall she be endowxdx if she be mated with an equal husbandx old athenianx three talents on the presentx in futurex allx timonx this gentleman of mine hath servxd me longxx to build his fortune i will strain a littlex for xtis a bond in menx give him thy daughterx what you bestowx in him ixll counterpoisex and make him weigh with herx old athenianx most noble lordx pawn me to this your honourx she is hisx timonx my hand to theex mine honour on my promisex luciliusx humbly i thank your lordshipx never may that state or fortune fall into my keeping which is not owed to youx exeunt lucilius and old athenian poetx xpresenting his poemx vouchsafe my labourx and long live your lordshipx timonx i thank youx you shall hear from me anonx go not awayx what have you therex my friendx painterx a piece of paintingx which i do beseech your lordship to acceptx timonx painting is welcomex the painting is almost the natural manx for since dishonour traffics with manxs naturex he is but outsidex these pencillxd figures are even such as they give outx i like your workx and you shall find i like itx wait attendance till you hear further from mex painterx the gods preserve yex timonx well fare youx gentlemanx give me your handx we must needs dine togetherx sirx your jewel hath suffered under praisex jewellerx whatx my lordx dispraisex timonx a mere satiety of commendationsx if i should pay you forxt as xtis extollxdx it would unclew me quitex jewellerx my lordx xtis rated as those which sell would givex but you well know things of like valuex differing in the ownersx are prized by their mastersx believextx dear lordx you mend the jewel by the wearing itx timonx well mockxdx enter apemantus merchantx nox my good lordx he speaks the common tonguex which all men speak with himx timonx look who comes herex will you be chidx jewellerx wexll bearx with your lordshipx merchantx hexll spare nonex timonx good morrow to theex gentle apemantusx apemantusx till i be gentlex stay thou for thy good morrowx when thou art timonxs dogx and these knaves honestx timonx why dost thou call them knavesx thou knowxst them notx apemantusx are they not atheniansx timonx yesx apemantusx then i repent notx jewellerx you know mex apemantusx apemantusx thou knowxst i dox i callxd thee by thy namex timonx thou art proudx apemantusx apemantusx of nothing so much as that i am not like timonx timonx whither art goingx apemantusx to knock out an honest athenianxs brainsx timonx thatxs a deed thouxt die forx apemantusx rightx if doing nothing be death by thx lawx timonx how likxst thou this picturex apemantusx apemantusx the bestx for the innocencex timonx wrought he not well that painted itx apemantusx he wrought better that made the painterx and yet hexs but a filthy piece of workx painterx yxare a dogx apemantusx thy motherxs of my generationx whatxs shex if i be a dogx timonx wilt dine with mex apemantusx apemantusx nox i eat not lordsx timonx an thou shouldstx thouxdst anger ladiesx apemantusx ox they eat lordsx so they come by great belliesx timonx thatxs a lascivious apprehensionx apemantusx so thou apprehendxst it take it for thy labourx timonx how dost thou like this jewelx apemantusx apemantusx not so well as plain dealingx which will not cost a man a doitx timonx what dost thou think xtis worthx apemantusx not worth my thinkingx how nowx poetx poetx how nowx philosopherx apemantusx thou liestx poetx art not onex apemantusx yesx poetx then i lie notx apemantusx art not a poetx poetx yesx apemantusx then thou liestx look in thy last workx where thou hast feignxd him a worthy fellowx poetx thatxs not feignxdx he is sox apemantusx yesx he is worthy of theex and to pay thee for thy labourx he that loves to be flattered is worthy ox thx flattererx heavensx that i were a lordx timonx what wouldst do thenx apemantusx apemantusx exen as apemantus does nowx hate a lord with my heartx timonx whatx thyselfx apemantusx ayx timonx whereforex apemantusx that i had no angry wit to be a lordxx art not thou a merchantx merchantx ayx apemantusx apemantusx traffic confound theex if the gods will notx merchantx if traffic do itx the gods do itx apemantusx trafficxs thy godx and thy god confound theex trumpet soundsx enter a messenger timonx what trumpetxs thatx messengerx xtis alcibiadesx and some twenty horsex all of companionshipx timonx pray entertain themx give them guide to usx exeunt some attendants you must needs dine with mex go not you hence till i have thankxd youx when dinnerxs done show me this piecex i am joyful of your sightsx enter alcibiadesx with the rest most welcomex sirx xthey salutex apemantusx sox sox therex aches contract and starve your supple jointsx that there should be small love amongst these sweet knavesx and all this courtesyx the strain of manxs bred out into baboon and monkeyx alcibiadesx sirx you have savxd my longingx and i feed most hungerly on your sightx timonx right welcomex sirx ere we depart wexll share a bounteous time in different pleasuresx pray youx let us inx exeunt all but apemantus enter two lords first lordx what time ox day isxtx apemantusx apemantusx time to be honestx first lordx that time serves stillx apemantusx the more accursed thou that still omitxst itx second lordx thou art going to lord timonxs feastx apemantusx ayx to see meat fill knaves and wine heat foolsx second lordx fare thee wellx fare thee wellx apemantusx thou art a fool to bid me farewell twicex second lordx whyx apemantusx apemantusx shouldst have kept one to thyselfx for i mean to give thee nonex first lordx hang thyselfx apemantusx nox i will do nothing at thy biddingx make thy requests to thy friendx second lordx awayx unpeaceable dogx or ixll spurn thee hencex apemantusx i will flyx like a dogx the heels ox thx assx exit first lordx hexs opposite to humanityx comex shall we in and taste lord timonxs bountyx he outgoes the very heart of kindnessx second lordx he pours it outx plutusx the god of goldx is but his stewardx no meed but he repays sevenfold above itselfx no gift to him but breeds the giver a return exceeding all use of quittancex first lordx the noblest mind he carries that ever governxd manx second lordx long may he live in fortunesx shall we inx first lordx ixll keep you companyx exeunt scene iix a room of state in timonxs house hautboys playing loud musicx a great banquet servxd inx flavius and others attendingx and then enter lord timonx the statesx the athenian lordsx ventidiusx which timon redeemxd from prisonx then comesx dropping after allx apemantusx discontentedlyx like himself ventidiusx most honoured timonx it hath pleasxd the gods to remember my fatherxs agex and call him to long peacex he is gone happyx and has left me richx thenx as in grateful virtue i am bound to your free heartx i do return those talentsx doubled with thanks and servicex from whose help i derivxd libertyx timonx ox by no meansx honest ventidiusx you mistake my lovex i gave it freely everx and therexs none can truly say he givesx if he receivesx if our betters play at that gamex we must not dare to imitate themx faults that are rich are fairx ventidiusx a noble spiritx timonx nayx my lordsx ceremony was but devisxd at first to set a gloss on faint deedsx hollow welcomesx recanting goodnessx sorry ere xtis shownx but where there is true friendship there needs nonex prayx sitx more welcome are ye to my fortunes than my fortunes to mex xthey sitx first lordx my lordx we always have confessxd itx apemantusx hox hox confessxd itx hangxd itx have you notx timonx ox apemantusx you are welcomex apemantusx nox you shall not make me welcomex i come to have thee thrust me out of doorsx timonx fiex thxart a churlx ye have got a humour there does not become a manx xtis much to blamex they sayx my lordsx ira furor brevis estx but yond man is ever angryx gox let him have a table by himselfx for he does neither affect company nor is he fit forxt indeedx apemantusx let me stay at thine apperilx timonx i come to observex i give thee warning onxtx timonx i take no heed of theex thxart an athenianx therefore welcomex i myself would have no powerx prithee let my meat make thee silentx apemantusx i scorn thy meatx xtxwould choke mex for i should nexer flatter theex o you godsx what a number of men eats timonx and he sees xem notx it grieves me to see so many dip their meat in one manxs bloodx and all the madness isx he cheers them up toox i wonder men dare trust themselves with menx methinks they should invite them without knivesx good for their meat and safer for their livesx therexs much example forxtx the fellow that sits next him nowx parts bread with himx pledges the breath of him in a divided draughtx is the readiest man to kill himx xt has been provedx if i were a huge man i should fear to drink at mealsx lest they should spy my windpipexs dangerous notesx great men should drink with harness on their throatsx timonx my lordx in heartx and let the health go roundx second lordx let it flow this wayx my good lordx apemantusx flow this wayx a brave fellowx he keeps his tides wellx those healths will make thee and thy state look illx timonx herexs that which is too weak to be a sinnerx honest waterx which nexer left man ix thx mirex this and my food are equalsx therexs no oddsxx feasts are too proud to give thanks to the godsx apemantusx grace immortal godsx i crave no pelfx i pray for no man but myselfx grant i may never prove so fond to trust man on his oath or bondx or a harlot for her weepingx or a dog that seems axsleepingx or a keeper with my freedomx or my friendsx if i should need xemx amenx so fall toxtx rich men sinx and i eat rootx xeats and drinksx much good dich thy good heartx apemantusx timonx captain alcibiadesx your heartxs in the field nowx alcibiadesx my heart is ever at your servicex my lordx timonx you had rather be at a breakfast of enemies than dinner of friendsx alcibiadesx so they were bleeding newx my lordx therexs no meat like xemx i could wish my best friend at such a feastx apemantusx would all those flatterers were thine enemies thenx that then thou mightst kill xemx and bid me to xemx first lordx might we but have that happinessx my lordx that you would once use our heartsx whereby we might express some part of our zealsx we should think ourselves for ever perfectx timonx ox no doubtx my good friendsx but the gods themselves have provided that i shall have much help from youx how had you been my friends elsex why have you that charitable title from thousandsx did not you chiefly belong to my heartx i have told more of you to myself than you can with modesty speak in your own behalfx and thus far i confirm youx o you godsx think ix what need we have any friends if we should nexer have need of xemx they were the most needless creatures livingx should we nexer have use for xemx and would most resemble sweet instruments hung up in casesx that keep their sounds to themselvesx whyx i have often wishxd myself poorerx that i might come nearer to youx we are born to do benefitsx and what better or properer can we call our own than the riches of our friendsx ox what a precious comfort xtis to have so many like brothers commanding one anotherxs fortunesx ox joyxs exen made away erext can be bornx mine eyes cannot hold out waterx methinksx to forget their faultsx i drink to youx apemantusx thou weepxst to make them drinkx timonx second lordx joy had the like conception in our eyesx and at that instant like a babe sprung upx apemantusx hox hox i laugh to think that babe a bastardx third lordx i promise youx my lordx you movxd me muchx apemantusx muchx xsound tucketx timonx what means that trumpx enter a servant how nowx servantx please youx my lordx there are certain ladies most desirous of admittancex timonx ladiesx what are their willsx servantx there comes with them a forerunnerx my lordx which bears that office to signify their pleasuresx timonx i pray let them be admittedx enter cupid cupidx hail to theex worthy timonx and to all that of his bounties tastex the five best senses acknowledge thee their patronx and come freely to gratulate thy plenteous bosomx thx earx tastex touchx smellx pleasxd from thy table risex they only now come but to feast thine eyesx timonx theyxre welcome allx let xem have kind admittancex musicx make their welcomex exit cupid first lordx you seex my lordx how ample yxare belovxdx musicx rexenter cupidx witb a masque of ladies as amazonsx with lutes in their handsx dancing and playing apemantusx hoyxdayx what a sweep of vanity comes this wayx they dancex they are mad womenx like madness is the glory of this lifex as this pomp shows to a little oil and rootx we make ourselves fools to disport ourselvesx and spend our flatteries to drink those men upon whose age we void it up again with poisonous spite and envyx who lives thatxs not depraved or depravesx who dies that bears not one spurn to their graves of their friendsx giftx i should fear those that dance before me now would one day stamp upon mex xt has been donex men shut their doors against a setting sunx the lords rise from tablex with much adoring of timonx and to show their lovesx each single out an amazonx and all dancex men witb womenx a lofty strain or two to the hautboysx and cease timonx you have done our pleasures much gracex fair ladiesx set a fair fashion on our entertainmentx which was not half so beautiful and kindx you have added worth untoxt and lustrex and entertainxd me with mine own devicex i am to thank you forxtx first ladyx my lordx you take us even at the bestx apemantusx faithx for the worst is filthyx and would not hold takingx i doubt mex timonx ladiesx there is an idle banquet attends youx please you to dispose yourselvesx all ladiesx most thankfullyx my lordx exeunt cupid and ladies timonx flaviusx flaviusx my lordx timonx the little casket bring me hitherx flaviusx yesx my lordx xasidex more jewels yetx there is no crossing him inxs humourx else i should tell himx well ix faithx i shouldx when allxs spentx hexd be crossxd thenx an he couldx xtis pity bounty had not eyes behindx that man might nexer be wretched for his mindx exit first lordx where be our menx servantx herex my lordx in readinessx second lordx our horsesx rexenter flaviusx with the casket timonx o my friendsx i have one word to say to youx look youx my good lordx i must entreat you honour me so much as to advance this jewelx accept it and wear itx kind my lordx first lordx i am so far already in your giftsx allx so are we allx enter a servant servantx my lordx there are certain nobles of the senate newly alighted and come to visit youx timonx they are fairly welcomex exit servant flaviusx i beseech your honourx vouchsafe me a wordx it does concern you nearx timonx nearx why thenx another time ixll hear theex i prithee letxs be provided to show them entertainmentx flaviusx xasidex i scarce know howx enter another servant second servantx may it please vour honourx lord luciusx out of his free lovex hath presented to you four milkxwhite horsesx trappxd in silverx timonx i shall accept them fairlyx let the presents be worthily entertainxdx exit servant enter a third servant how nowx what newsx third servantx please youx my lordx that honourable gentlemanx lord lucullusx entreats your company toxmorrow to hunt with him and has sent your honour two brace of greyhoundsx timonx ixll hunt with himx and let them be receivxdx not without fair rewardx exit servant flaviusx xasidex what will this come tox he commands us to provide and give great giftsx and all out of an empty cofferx nor will he know his pursex or yield me thisx to show him what a beggar his heart isx being of no power to make his wishes goodx his promises fly so beyond his state that what he speaks is all in debtx he owes for evxry wordx he is so kind that he now pays interest forxtx his landxs put to their booksx wellx would i were gently put out of office before i were forcxd outx happier is he that has no friend to feed than such that do exen enemies exceedx i bleed inwardly for my lordx exit timonx you do yourselves much wrongx you bate too much of your own meritsx herex my lordx a trifle of our lovex second lordx with more than common thanks i will receive itx third lordx ox hexs the very soul of bountyx timonx and now i rememberx my lordx you gave good words the other day of a bay courser i rode onx xtis yours because you likxd itx third lordx ox i beseech you pardon mex my lordx in thatx timonx you may take my wordx my lordx i know no man can justly praise but what he does affectx i weigh my friendxs affection with mine ownx ixll tell you truex ixll call to youx all lordsx ox none so welcomex timonx i take all and your several visitations so kind to heart xtis not enough to givex methinks i could deal kingdoms to my friends and nexer be wearyx alcibiadesx thou art a soldierx therefore seldom richx it comes in charity to theex for all thy living is xmongst the deadx and all the lands thou hast lie in a pitchxd fieldx alcibiadesx ayx defilxd landx my lordx first lordx we are so virtuously boundx timonx and so am i to youx second lordx so infinitely endearxdx timonx all to youx lightsx more lightsx first lordx the best of happinessx honourx and fortunesx keep with youx lord timonx timonx ready for his friendsx exeunt all but apemantus and timon apemantusx what a coilxs herex serving of becks and juttingxout of bumsx i doubt whether their legs be worth the sums that are given for xemx friendshipxs full of dregsx methinks false hearts should never have sound legsx thus honest fools lay out their wealth on curtsiesx timonx nowx apemantusx if thou wert not sullen i would be good to theex apemantusx nox ixll nothingx for if i should be bribxd toox there would be none left to rail upon theex and then thou wouldst sin the fasterx thou givxst so longx timonx i fear me thou wilt give away thyself in paper shortlyx what needs these feastsx pompsx and vainxgloriesx timonx nayx an you begin to rail on society oncex i am sworn not to give regard to youx farewellx and come with better musicx exit apemantusx sox thou wilt not hear me nowx thou shalt not thenx ixll lock thy heaven from theex o that menxs ears should be to counsel deafx but not to flatteryx exit act iix scene ix a senatorxs house enter a senatorx with papers in his hand senatorx and latex five thousandx to varro and to isidore he owes nine thousandx besides my former sumx which makes it five and twentyx still in motion of raging wastex it cannot holdx it will notx if i want goldx steal but a beggarxs dog and give it timonx whyx the dog coins goldx if i would sell my horse and buy twenty moe better than hex whyx give my horse to timonx ask nothingx give it himx it foals me straightx and able horsesx no porter at his gatex but rather one that smiles and still invites all that pass byx it cannot holdx no reason can sound his state in safetyx caphisx hox caphisx i sayx enter caphis caphisx herex sirx what is your pleasurex senatorx get on your cloak and haste you to lord timonx importune him for my moneysx be not ceasxd with slight denialx nor then silencxd when xcommend me to your masterx and the cap plays in the right handx thusx but tell him my uses cry to mex i must serve my turn out of mine ownx his days and times are pastx and my reliances on his fracted dates have smit my creditx i love and honour himx but must not break my back to heal his fingerx immediate are my needsx and my relief must not be tossxd and turnxd to me in wordsx but find supply immediatex get you gonex put on a most importunate aspectx a visage of demandx for i do fearx when every feather sticks in his own wingx lord timon will be left a naked gullx which flashes now a phoenixx get you gonex caphisx i gox sirx senatorx take the bonds along with youx and have the dates in comptx caphisx i willx sirx senatorx gox exeunt scene iix before timonxs house enter flaviusx timonxs stewardx with many bills in his hand flaviusx no carex no stopx so senseless of expense that he will neither know how to maintain it nor cease his flow of riotx takes no account how things go from himx nor resumes no care of what is to continuex never mind was to be so unwise to be so kindx what shall be donex he will not hear till feelx i must be round with himx now he comes from huntingx fiex fiex fiex fiex enter caphisx and the servants of isidore and varro caphisx good evenx varrox whatx you come for moneyx varroxs servantx isxt not your business toox caphisx it isx and yours toox isidorex isidorexs servantx it is sox caphisx would we were all dischargxdx varroxs servantx i fear itx caphisx here comes the lordx enter timon and his trainx with alcibiades timonx so soon as dinnerxs done wexll forth againx my alcibiadesxx with mex what is your willx caphisx my lordx here is a note of certain duesx timonx duesx whence are youx caphisx of athens herex my lordx timonx go to my stewardx caphisx please it your lordshipx he hath put me off to the succession of new days this monthx my master is awakxd by great occasion to call upon his ownx and humbly prays you that with your other noble parts youxll suit in giving him his rightx timonx mine honest friendx i prithee but repair to me next morningx caphisx nayx good my lordx timonx contain thyselfx good friendx varroxs servantx one varroxs servantx my good lordx isidorexs servantx from isidorex he humbly prays your speedy paymentx caphisx if you did knowx my lordx my masterxs wantsx varroxs servantx xtwas due on forfeiturex my lordx six weeks and pastx isidorexs servantx your steward puts me offx my lordx and i am sent expressly to your lordshipx timonx give me breathx i do beseech youx good my lordsx keep onx ixll wait upon you instantlyx exeunt alcibiades and lords xto flaviusx come hitherx pray youx how goes the world that i am thus encountxred with clamorous demands of datexbroke bonds and the detention of longxsincexdue debtsx against my honourx flaviusx please youx gentlemenx the time is unagreeable to this businessx your importunacy cease till after dinnerx that i may make his lordship understand wherefore you are not paidx timonx do sox my friendsx see them well entertainxdx exit flaviusx pray draw nearx exit enter apemantus and fool caphisx stayx stayx here comes the fool with apemantusx letxs hax some sport with xemx varroxs servantx hang himx hexll abuse usx isidorexs servantx a plague upon himx dogx varroxs servantx how dostx foolx apemantusx dost dialogue with thy shadowx varroxs servantx i speak not to theex apemantusx nox xtis to thyselfx xto the foolx come awayx isidorexs servantx xto varroxs servantx therexs the fool hangs on your back alreadyx apemantusx nox thou standxst singlex thxart not on him yetx caphisx wherexs the fool nowx apemantusx he last askxd the questionx poor rogues and usurersx menx bawds between gold and wantx all servantsx what are wex apemantusx apemantusx assesx all servantsx whyx apemantusx that you ask me what you arex and do not know yourselvesx speak to xemx foolx foolx how do youx gentlemenx all servantsx gramerciesx good foolx how does your mistressx foolx shexs exen setting on water to scald such chickens as you arex would we could see you at corinthx apemantusx goodx gramercyx enter page foolx look youx here comes my mistressx pagex pagex xto the foolx whyx how nowx captainx what do you in this wise companyx how dost thoux apemantusx apemantusx would i had a rod in my mouthx that i might answer thee profitablyx pagex pritheex apemantusx read me the superscription of these lettersx i know not which is whichx apemantusx canst not readx pagex nox apemantusx there will little learning diex thenx that day thou art hangxdx this is to lord timonx this to alcibiadesx gox thou wast born a bastardx and thouxt die a bawdx pagex thou wast whelpxd a dogx and thou shalt famish dogxs deathx answer notx i am gonex exit page apemantusx exen so thou outrunxst gracex foolx i will go with you to lord timonxsx foolx will you leave me therex apemantusx if timon stay at homex you three serve three usurersx all servantsx ayx would they servxd usx apemantusx so would ix as good a trick as ever hangman servxd thiefx foolx are you three usurersx menx all servantsx ayx foolx foolx i think no usurer but has a fool to his servantx my mistress is onex and i am her foolx when men come to borrow of your mastersx they approach sadly and go away merryx but they enter my mistressx house merrily and go away sadlyx the reason of thisx varroxs servantx i could render onex apemantusx do it thenx that we may account thee a whoremaster and a knavex which notwithstandingx thou shalt be no less esteemedx varroxs servantx what is a whoremasterx foolx foolx a fool in good clothesx and something like theex xtis a spiritx sometime xt appears like a lordx sometime like a lawyerx sometime like a philosopherx with two stones moe thanxs artificial onex he is very often like a knightx andx generallyx in all shapes that man goes up and down in from fourscore to thirteenx this spirit walks inx varroxs servantx thou art not altogether a foolx foolx nor thou altogether a wise manx as much foolery as i havex so much wit thou lackxstx apemantusx that answer might have become apemantusx varroxs servantx asidex asidex here comes lord timonx rexenter timon and flavius apemantusx come with mex foolx comex foolx i do not always follow loverx elder brotherx and womanx sometime the philosopherx exeunt apemantus and fool flaviusx pray you walk nearx ixll speak with you anonx exeunt servants timonx you make me marvel wherefore ere this time had you not fully laid my state before mex that i might so have rated my expense as i had leave of meansx flaviusx you would not hear me at many leisures i proposxdx timonx go tox perchance some single vantages you took when my indisposition put you backx and that unaptness made your minister thus to excuse yourselfx flaviusx o my good lordx at many times i brought in my accountsx laid them before youx you would throw them off and say you found them in mine honestyx whenx for some trifling presentx you have bid me return so muchx i have shook my head and weptx yeax xgainst thx authority of mannersx prayxd you to hold your hand more closex i did endure not seldomx nor no slight checksx when i have prompted you in the ebb of your estate and your great flow of debtsx my lovxd lordx though you hear nowx too latexx yet nowxs a timex the greatest of your having lacks a half to pay your present debtsx timonx let all my land be soldx flaviusx xtis all engagxdx some forfeited and gonex and what remains will hardly stop the mouth of present duesx the future comes apacex what shall defend the interimx and at length how goes our reckxningx timonx to lacedaemon did my land extendx flaviusx o my good lordx the world is but a wordx were it all yours to give it in a breathx how quickly were it gonex timonx you tell me truex flaviusx if you suspect my husbandry or falsehoodx call me before thx exactest auditors and set me on the proofx so the gods bless mex when all our offices have been oppressxd with riotous feedersx when our vaults have wept with drunken spilth of winex when every room hath blazxd with lights and brayxd with minstrelsyx i have retirxd me to a wasteful cock and set mine eyes at flowx timonx prithee no morex flaviusx xheavensxx have i said xthe bounty of this lordx how many prodigal bits have slaves and peasants this night engluttedx who is not lord timonxsx what heartx headx swordx forcex meansx but is lord timonxsx great timonx noblex worthyx royal timonxx ahx when the means are gone that buy this praisex the breath is gone whereof this praise is madex feastxwonx fastxlostx one cloud of winter showxrsx these flies are couchxdx timonx comex sermon me no furtherx no villainous bounty yet hath passxd my heartx unwiselyx not ignoblyx have i givenx why dost thou weepx canst thou the conscience lack to think i shall lack friendsx secure thy heartx if i would broach the vessels of my lovex and try the argument of hearts by borrowingx men and menxs fortunes could i frankly use as i can bid thee speakx flaviusx assurance bless your thoughtsx timonx andx in some sortx these wants of mine are crownxd that i account them blessingsx for by these shall i try friendsx you shall perceive how you mistake my fortunesx i am wealthy in my friendsx within therex flaminiusx serviliusx enter flaminiusx serviliusx and another servant servantsx my lordx my lordx timonx i will dispatch you severallyx you to lord luciusx to lord lucullus youx i hunted with his honour toxdayx you to semproniusx commend me to their lovesx and i am proudx sayx that my occasions have found time to use xem toward a supply of moneyx let the request be fifty talentsx flaminiusx as you have saidx my lordx exeunt servants flaviusx xasidex lord lucius and lucullusx humhx timonx go youx sirx to the senatorsx of whomx even to the statexs best healthx i have deservxd this hearingx bid xem send ox thx instant a thousand talents to mex flaviusx i have been boldx for that i knew it the most general wayx to them to use your signet and your namex but they do shake their headsx and i am here no richer in returnx timonx isxt truex canxt bex flaviusx they answerx in a joint and corporate voicex that now they are at fallx want treasurex cannot do what they wouldx are sorryx you are honourablex but yet they could have wishxdx they know notx something hath been amissx a noble nature may catch a wrenchx would all were wellxx xtis pityx and sox intending other serious mattersx after distasteful looksx and these hard fractionsx with certain halfxcaps and coldxmoving nodsx they froze me into silencex timonx you godsx reward themx pritheex manx look cheerlyx these old fellows have their ingratitude in them hereditaryx their blood is cakxdx xtis coldx it seldom flowsx xtis lack of kindly warmth they are not kindx and naturex as it grows again toward earthx is fashionxd for the journey dull and heavyx go to ventidiusx prithee be not sadx thou art true and honestx ingeniously i speakx no blame belongs to theex ventidius lately buried his fatherx by whose death hexs steppxd into a great estatex when he was poorx imprisonxdx and in scarcity of friendsx i clearxd him with five talentsx greet him from mex bid him suppose some good necessity touches his friendx which craves to be remembxred with those five talentsx that hadx givext these fellows to whom xtis instant duex nevxr speak or think that timonxs fortunes xmong his friends can sinkx flaviusx i would i could not think itx that thought is bountyxs foex being free itselfx it thinks all others sox exeunt act iiix scene ix lucullusx house flaminius waiting to speak with lucullusx enter servant to him servantx i have told my lord of youx he is coming down to youx flaminiusx i thank youx sirx enter lucullus servantx herexs my lordx lucullusx xasidex one of lord timonxs menx a giftx i warrantx whyx this hits rightx i dreamt of a silver basin and ewer toxnightx flaminiusx honest flaminiusx you are very respectively welcomex sirx fill me some winex xexit servantx and how does that honourablex completex freehearted gentleman of athensx thy very bountiful good lord and masterx flaminiusx his health is wellx sirx lucullusx i am right glad that his health is wellx sirx and what hast thou there under thy cloakx pretty flaminiusx flaminiusx faithx nothing but an empty boxx sirx which in my lordxs behalf i come to entreat your honour to supplyx whox having great and instant occasion to use fifty talentsx hath sent to your lordship to furnish himx nothing doubting your present assistance thereinx luculliusx lax lax lax lax xnothing doubtingx says hex alasx good lordx a noble gentleman xtisx if he would not keep so good a housex many a time and often i hax dinxd with him and told him onxtx and come again to supper to him of purpose to have him spend lessx and yet he would embrace no counselx take no warning by my comingx every man has his faultx and honesty is hisx i hax told him onxtx but i could nexer get him fromxtx rexenter servantx with wine servantx please your lordshipx here is the winex lucullusx flaminiusx i have noted thee always wisex herexs to theex flaminiusx your lordship speaks your pleasurex lucullusx i have observed thee always for a towardly prompt spiritx give thee thy duex and one that knows what belongs to reasonx and canst use the time wellx if the time use thee wellx good parts in theex xto servantx get you gonex sirrahx xexit servantx draw nearerx honest flaminiusx thy lordxs a bountiful gentlemanx but thou art wisex and thou knowxst well enoughx although thou comxst to mex that this is no time to lend moneyx especially upon bare friendship without securityx herexs three solidares for theex good boyx wink at mex and say thou sawxst me notx fare thee wellx flaminiusx isxt possible the world should so much differx and we alive that livxdx flyx damned basenessx to him that worships theex xthrowing the money backx lucullusx hax now i see thou art a foolx and fit for thy masterx exit flaminiusx may these add to the number that may scald theex let molten coin be thy damnationx thou disease of a friend and not himselfx has friendship such a faint and milky heart it turns in less than two nightsx o you godsx i feel my masterxs passionx this slave unto his honour has my lordxs meat in himx why should it thrive and turn to nutriment when he is turnxd to poisonx ox may diseases only work uponxtx and when hexs sick to deathx let not that part of nature which my lord paid for be of any power to expel sicknessx but prolong his hourx exit scene iix a public place enter luciusx with three strangers luciusx whox the lord timonx he is my very good friendx and an honourable gentlemanx first strangerx we know him for no lessx though we are but strangers to himx but i can tell you one thingx my lordx and which i hear from common rumoursx now lord timonxs happy hours are done and pastx and his estate shrinks from himx luciusx fiex nox do not believe itx he cannot want for moneyx second strangerx but believe you thisx my lordx that not long ago one of his men was with the lord lucullus to borrow so many talentsx nayx urgxd extremely forxtx and showed what necessity belongxd toxtx and yet was deniedx luciusx howx second strangerx i tell youx deniedx my lordx luciusx what a strange case was thatx nowx before the godsx i am ashamxd onxtx denied that honourable manx there was very little honour showxd inxtx for my own partx i must needs confess i have received some small kindnesses from himx as moneyx platex jewelsx and suchxlike triflesx nothing comparing to hisx yetx had he mistook him and sent to mex i should nexer have denied his occasion so many talentsx enter servilius serviliusx seex by good hapx yonderxs my lordx i have sweat to see his honourxx my honourxd lordx luciusx serviliusx you are kindly metx sirx fare thee wellx commend me to thy honourable virtuous lordx my very exquisite friendx serviliusx may it please your honourx my lord hath sentx luciusx hax what has he sentx i am so much endeared to that lordx hexs ever sendingx how shall i thank himx thinkxst thoux and what has he sent nowx serviliusx has only sent his present occasion nowx my lordx requesting your lordship to supply his instant use with so many talentsx luciusx i know his lordship is but merry with mex he cannot want fiftyxfive hundred talentsx serviliusx but in the mean time he wants lessx my lordx if his occasion were not virtuous i should not urge it half so faithfullyx luciusx dost thou speak seriouslyx serviliusx serviliusx upon my soulx xtis truex sirx luciusx what a wicked beast was i to disfurnish myself against such a good timex when i might hax shown myself honourablex how unluckily it happxned that i should purchase the day before for a little part and undo a great deal of honourx serviliusx now before the godsx i am not able to dox the more beastx i sayx i was sending to use lord timon myselfx these gentlemen can witnessx but i would not for the wealth of athens i had donext nowx commend me bountifully to his good lordshipx and i hope his honour will conceive the fairest of mex because i have no power to be kindx and tell him this from mex i count it one of my greatest afflictionsx sayx that i cannot pleasure such an honourable gentlemanx good serviliusx will you befriend me so far as to use mine own words to himx serviliusx yesx sirx i shallx luciusx ixll look you out a good turnx serviliusx exit servilius truex as you saidx timon is shrunk indeedx and he thatxs once denied will hardly speedx exit first strangerx do you observe thisx hostiliusx second strangerx ayx too wellx first strangerx whyx this is the worldxs soulx and just of the same piece is every flattererxs spiritx who can call him his friend that dips in the same dishx forx in my knowingx timon has been this lordxs fatherx and kept his credit with his pursex supported his estatex nayx timonxs money has paid his men their wagesx he nexer drinks but timonxs silver treads upon his lipx and yetx ox see the monstrousness of man when he looks out in an ungrateful shapexx he does deny himx in respect of hisx what charitable men afford to beggarsx third strangerx religion groans at itx first strangerx for mine own partx i never tasted timon in my lifex nor came any of his bounties over me to mark me for his friendx yet i protestx for his right noble mindx illustrious virtuex and honourable carriagex had his necessity made use of mex i would have put my wealth into donationx and the best half should have returnxd to himx so much i love his heartx but i perceive men must learn now with pity to dispensex for policy sits above consciencex exeunt scene iiix semproniusx house enter sempronius and a servant of timonxs semproniusx must he needs trouble me inxtx humx xbove all othersx he might have tried lord lucius or lucullusx and now ventidius is wealthy toox whom he redeemxd from prisonx all these owe their estates unto himx servantx my lordx they have all been touchxd and found base metalx for they have all denied himx semproniusx howx have they denied himx has ventidius and lucullus denied himx and does he send to mex threex humhx it shows but little love or judgment in himx must i be his last refugex his friendsx like physiciansx thrice give him overx must i take thx cure upon mex has much disgracxd me inxtx ixm angry at himx that might have known my placex i see no sense forxtx but his occasions might have wooxd me firstx forx in my consciencex i was the first man that exer received gift from himx and does he think so backwardly of me now that ixll requite it lastx nox so it may prove an argument of laughter to thx restx and i xmongst lords be thought a foolx ixd rather than the worth of thrice the sum had sent to me firstx but for my mindxs sakex ixd such a courage to do him goodx but now returnx and with their faint reply this answer joinx who bates mine honour shall not know my coinx exit servantx excellentx your lordshipxs a goodly villainx the devil knew not what he did when he made man politicx he crossxd himself byxtx and i cannot think butx in the endx the villainies of man will set him clearx how fairly this lord strives to appear foulx takes virtuous copies to be wickedx like those that under hot ardent zeal would set whole realms on firex of such a nature is his politic lovex this was my lordxs best hopex now all are fledx save only the godsx now his friends are deadx doors that were nexer acquainted with their wards many a bounteous year must be employxd now to guard sure their masterx and this is all a liberal course allowsx who cannot keep his wealth must keep his housex exit scene ivx a hall in timonxs house enter two of varroxs menx meeting luciusx servantx and othersx all being servants of timonxs creditorsx to wait for his coming outx then enter titus and hortensius first varroxs servantx well metx good morrowx titus and hortensiusx titusx the like to youx kind varrox hortensiusx luciusx whatx do we meet togetherx luciusx servantx ayx and i think one business does command us allx for mine is moneyx titusx so is theirs and oursx enter philotus luciusx servantx and sir philotus toox philotusx good day at oncex luciusx servantx welcomex good brotherx what do you think the hourx philotusx labouring for ninex luciusx servantx so muchx philotusx is not my lord seen yetx luciusx servantx not yetx philotusx i wonder onxtx he was wont to shine at sevenx luciusx servantx ayx but the days are waxxd shorter with himx you must consider that a prodigal course is like the sunxsx but not like his recoverablex i fear xtis deepest winter in lord timonxs pursex that isx one may reach deep enough and yet find littlex philotusx i am of your fear for thatx titusx ixll show you how tx observe a strange eventx your lord sends now for moneyx hortensiusx most truex he doesx titusx and he wears jewels now of timonxs giftx for which i wait for moneyx hortensiusx it is against my heartx luciusx servantx mark how strange it shows timon in this should pay more than he owesx and exen as if your lord should wear rich jewels and send for money for xemx hortensiusx ixm weary of this chargex the gods can witnessx i know my lord hath spent of timonxs wealthx and now ingratitude makes it worse than stealthx first varroxs servantx yesx minexs three thousand crownsx whatxs yoursx luciusx servantx five thousand minex first varroxs servantx xtis much deepx and it should seem by thx sum your masterxs confidence was above minex else surely his had equallxdx enter flaminius titusx one of lord timonxs menx luciusx servantx flaminiusx sirx a wordx prayx is my lord ready to come forthx flaminiusx nox indeedx he is notx titusx we attend his lordshipx pray signify so muchx flaminiusx i need not tell him thatx he knows you are to diligentx exit enter flaviusx in a cloakx muffled luciusx servantx hax is not that his steward muffled sox he goes away in a cloudx call himx call himx titusx do you hearx sirx second varroxs servantx by your leavex sirx flaviusx what do ye ask of mex my friendx titusx we wait for certain money herex sirx flaviusx ayx if money were as certain as your waitingx xtwere sure enoughx why then preferrxd you not your sums and bills when your false masters eat of my lordxs meatx then they could smilex and fawn upon his debtsx and take down thx intxrest into their gluttxnous mawsx you do yourselves but wrong to stir me upx let me pass quietlyx believextx my lord and i have made an endx i have no more to reckonx he to spendx luciusx servantx ayx but this answer will not servex flaviusx if xtwill not servex xtis not so base as youx for you serve knavesx exit first varroxs servantx howx what does his cashierxd worship mutterx second varroxs servantx no matter whatx hexs poorx and thatxs revenge enoughx who can speak broader than he that has no house to put his head inx such may rail against great buildingsx enter servilius titusx ox herexs serviliusx now we shall know some answerx serviliusx if i might beseech youx gentlemenx to repair some other hourx i should derive much fromxtx for takext of my soulx my lord leans wondrously to discontentx his comfortable temper has forsook himx hexs much out of health and keeps his chamberx luciusx servantx many do keep their chambers are not sickx and if it be so far beyond his healthx methinks he should the sooner pay his debtsx and make a clear way to the godsx serviliusx good godsx titusx we cannot take this for answerx sirx flaminiusx xwithinx serviliusx helpx my lordx my lordx enter timonx in a ragex flaminius following timonx whatx are my doors opposxd against my passagex have i been ever freex and must my house be my retentive enemyx my gaolx the place which i have feastedx does it nowx like all mankindx show me an iron heartx luciusx servantx put in nowx titusx titusx my lordx here is my billx luciusx servantx herexs minex hortensiusx and minex my lordx both varroxs servantsx and oursx my lordx philotusx all our billsx timonx knock me down with xemx cleave me to the girdlex luciusx servantx alasx my lordx timonx cut my heart in sumsx titusx minex fifty talentsx timonx tell out my bloodx luciusx servantx five thousand crownsx my lordx timonx five thousand drops pays thatx what yoursx and yoursx first varroxs servantx my lordx second varroxs servantx my lordx timonx tear mex take mex and the gods fall upon youx exit hortensiusx faithx i perceive our masters may throw their caps at their moneyx these debts may well be callxd desperate onesx for a madman owes xemx exeunt rexenter timon and flavius timonx they have exen put my breath from mex the slavesx creditorsx devilsx flaviusx my dear lordx timonx what if it should be sox flaminiusx my lordx timonx ixll have it sox my stewardx flaviusx herex my lordx timonx so fitlyx gox bid all my friends againx luciusx lucullusx and semproniusx allx ixll once more feast the rascalsx flaviusx o my lordx you only speak from your distracted soulx there is not so much left to furnish out a moderate tablex timonx be it not in thy carex gox i charge theex invite them allx let in the tide of knaves once morex my cook and ixll providex exeunt scene vx the senate house enter three senators at one doorx alcibiades meeting themx with attendants first senatorx my lordx you have my voice toxtx the faultxs bloodyx xtis necessary he should diex nothing emboldens sin so much as mercyx second senatorx most truex the law shall bruise himx alcibiadesx honourx healthx and compassionx to the senatex first senatorx nowx captainx alcibiadesx i am an humble suitor to your virtuesx for pity is the virtue of the lawx and none but tyrants use it cruellyx it pleases time and fortune to lie heavy upon a friend of minex who in hot blood hath steppxd into the lawx which is past depth to those that without heed do plunge intoxtx he is a manx setting his fate asidex of comely virtuesx nor did he soil the fact with cowardicex an honour in him which buys out his faultx but with a noble fury and fair spiritx seeing his reputation touchxd to deathx he did oppose his foex and with such sober and unnoted passion he did behove his anger ere xtwas spentx as if he had but provxd an argumentx first senatorx you undergo too strict a paradoxx striving to make an ugly deed look fairx your words have took such pains as if they labourxd to bring manslaughter into form and set quarrelling upon the head of valourx whichx indeedx is valour misbegotx and came into the world when sects and factions were newly bornx hexs truly valiant that can wisely suffer the worst that man can breathex and make his wrongs his outsidesx to wear them like his raimentx carelesslyx and nexer prefer his injuries to his heartx to bring it into dangerx if wrongs be evilsx and enforce us killx what folly xtis to hazard life for illx alcibiadesx my lordx first senatorx you cannot make gross sins look clearx to revenge is no valourx but to bearx alcibiadesx my lordsx thenx under favourx pardon me if i speak like a captainx why do fond men expose themselves to battlex and not endure all threatsx sleep uponxtx and let the foes quietly cut their throatsx without repugnancyx if there be such valour in the bearingx what make we abroadx whyx thenx women are more valiantx that stay at homex if bearing carry itx and the ass more captain than the lionx the fellow loaden with irons wiser than the judgex if wisdom be in sufferingx o my lordsx as you are greatx be pitifully goodx who cannot condemn rashness in cold bloodx to killx i grantx is sinxs extremest gustx butx in defencex by mercyx xtis most justx to be in anger is impietyx but who is man that is not angryx weigh but the crime with thisx second senatorx you breathe in vainx alcibiadesx in vainx his service done at lacedaemon and byzantium were a sufficient briber for his lifex first senatorx whatxs thatx alcibiadesx whyx i sayx my lordsx has done fair servicex and slain in fight many of your enemiesx how full of valour did he bear himself in the last conflictx and made plenteous woundsx second senatorx he has made too much plenty with xemx hexs a sworn rioterx he has a sin that often drowns him and takes his valour prisonerx if there were no foesx that were enough to overcome himx in that beastly fury he has been known to commit outrages and cherish factionsx xtis inferrxd to us his days are foul and his drink dangerousx first senatorx he diesx alcibiadesx hard fatex he might have died in warx my lordsx if not for any parts in himx though his right arm might purchase his own timex and be in debt to nonex yetx more to move youx take my deserts to hisx and join xem bothx andx for i know your reverend ages love securityx ixll pawn my victoriesx all my honours to youx upon his good returnsx if by this crime he owes the law his lifex whyx let the war receivext in valiant gorex for law is strictx and war is nothing morex first senatorx we are for lawx he diesx urge it no more on height of our displeasurex friend or brotherx he forfeits his own blood that spills anotherx alcibiadesx must it be sox it must not bex my lordsx i do beseech youx know mex second senatorx howx alcibiadesx call me to your remembrancesx third senatorx whatx alcibiadesx i cannot think but your age has forgot mex it could not else be i should prove so base to suex and be denied such common gracex my wounds ache at youx first senatorx do you dare our angerx xtis in few wordsx but spacious in effectx we banish thee for everx alcibiadesx banish mex banish your dotagex banish usury that makes the senate uglyx first senatorx if after two daysx shine athens contain theex attend our weightier judgmentx andx not to swell our spiritx he shall be executed presentlyx exeunt senators alcibiadesx now the gods keep you old enough that you may live only in bonex that none may look on youx ixm worse than madx i have kept back their foesx while they have told their money and let out their coin upon large interestx i myself rich only in large hurtsx all those for thisx is this the balsam that the usuring senate pours into captainsx woundsx banishmentx it comes not illx i hate not to be banishxdx it is a cause worthy my spleen and furyx that i may strike at athensx ixll cheer up my discontented troopsx and lay for heartsx xtis honour with most lands to be at oddsx soldiers should brook as little wrongs as godsx exit scene vix a banqueting hall in timonxs house musicx tables set outx servants attendingx enter divers lordsx friends of timonx at several doors first lordx the good time of day to youx sirx second lordx i also wish it to youx i think this honourable lord did but try us this other dayx first lordx upon that were my thoughts tiring when we encountxredx i hope it is not so low with him as he made it seem in the trial of his several friendsx second lordx it should not bex by the persuasion of his new feastingx first lordx i should think sox he hath sent me an earnest invitingx which many my near occasions did urge me to put offx but he hath conjurxd me beyond themx and i must needs appearx second lordx in like manner was i in debt to my importunate businessx but he would not hear my excusex i am sorryx when he sent to borrow of mex that my provision was outx first lordx i am sick of that grief toox as i understand how all things gox second lordx every man herexs sox what would he have borrowed of youx first lordx a thousand piecesx second lordx a thousand piecesx first lordx what of youx second lordx he sent to mex sirx here he comesx enter timon and attendants timonx with all my heartx gentlemen bothx and how fare youx first lordx ever at the bestx hearing well of your lordshipx second lordx the swallow follows not summer more willing than we your lordshipx timonx xasidex nor more willingly leaves winterx such summerxbirds are menx gentlemenx our dinner will not recompense this long stayx feast your ears with the music awhilex if they will fare so harshly ox thx trumpetxs soundx we shall toxt presentlyx first lordx i hope it remains not unkindly with your lordship that i returnxd you an empty messengerx timonx o sirx let it not trouble youx second lordx my noble lordx timonx ahx my good friendx what cheerx second lordx my most honourable lordx i am exen sick of shame thatx when your lordship this other day sent to mex i was so unfortunate a beggarx timonx think not onxtx sirx second lordx if you had sent but two hours beforex timonx let it not cumber your better remembrancex xthe banquet brought inx comex bring in all togetherx second lordx all coverxd dishesx first lordx royal cheerx i warrant youx third lordx doubt not thatx if money and the season can yield itx first lordx how do youx whatxs the newsx third lordx alcibiades is banishxdx hear you of itx first and second lordsx alcibiades banishxdx third lordx xtis sox be sure of itx first lordx howx howx second lordx i pray youx upon whatx timonx my worthy friendsx will you draw nearx third lordx ixll tell you more anonx herexs a noble feast towardx second lordx this is the old man stillx third lordx willxt holdx willxt holdx second lordx it doesx but time willx and sox third lordx i do conceivex timonx each man to his stool with that spur as he would to the lip of his mistressx your diet shall be in all places alikex make not a city feast of itx to let the meat cool ere we can agree upon the first placex sitx sitx the gods require our thanksx you great benefactorsx sprinkle our society with thankfulnessx for your own gifts make yourselves praisxdx but reserve still to givex lest your deities be despisedx lend to each man enoughx that one need not lend to anotherx for were your godxheads to borrow of menx men would forsake the godsx make the meat be beloved more than the man that gives itx let no assembly of twenty be without a score of villainsx if there sit twelve women at the tablex let a dozen of them bex as they arex the rest of your foesx o godsx the senators of athensx together with the common lag of peoplex what is amiss in themx you godsx make suitable for destructionx for these my present friendsx as they are to me nothingx so in nothing bless themx and to nothing are they welcomex uncoverx dogsx and lapx xthe dishes are uncovered and seen to he full of warm waterx some speakx what does his lordship meanx some otherx i know notx timonx may you a better feast never beholdx you knot of mouthxfriendsx smoke and lukewarm water is your perfectionx this is timonxs lastx whox stuck and spangled with your flatteriesx washes it offx and sprinkles in your faces xthrowing the water in their facesx your reeking villainyx live loathxd and longx most smilingx smoothx detested parasitesx courteous destroyersx affable wolvesx meek bearsx you fools of fortunex trencher friendsx timexs fliesx cap and knee slavesx vapoursx and minutexlacksx of man and beast the infinite malady crust you quite oxerx whatx dost thou gox softx take thy physic firstx thou toox and thoux stayx i will lend thee moneyx borrow nonex xthrows the dishes at themx and drives them outx whatx all in motionx henceforth be no feast whereat a villainxs not a welcome guestx burn housex sink athensx henceforth hated be of timon man and all humanityx exit rexenter the lords first lordx how nowx my lordsx second lordx know you the quality of lord timonxs furyx third lordx pushx did you see my capx fourth lordx i have lost my gownx first lordx hexs but a mad lordx and nought but humours sways himx he gave me a jewel thx other dayx and now he has beat it out of my hatx did you see my jewelx third lordx did you see my capx second lordx here xtisx fourth lordx here lies my gownx first lordx letxs make no stayx second lordx lord timonxs madx third lordx i feelxt upon my bonesx fourth lordx one day he gives us diamondsx next day stonesx exeunt act ivx scene ix without the walls of athens enter timon timonx let me look back upon theex o thou wall that girdles in those wolvesx dive in the earth and fence not athensx matronsx turn incontinentx obediencex fail in childrenx slaves and foolsx pluck the grave wrinkled senate from the bench and minister in their steadsx to general filths convertx ox thx instantx green virginityx doxt in your parentsx eyesx bankruptsx hold fastx rather than render backx out with your knives and cut your trustersx throatsx bound servantsx stealx largexhanded robbers your grave masters arex and pill by lawx maidx to thy masterxs bedx thy mistress is ox thx brothelx son of sixteenx pluck the linxd crutch from thy old limping sirex with it beat out his brainsx piety and fearx religion to the godsx peacex justicex truthx domestic awex nightxrestx and neighbourhoodx instructionx mannersx mysteriesx and tradesx degreesx observancesx customs and lawsx decline to your confounding contraries and let confusion livex plagues incident to menx your potent and infectious fevers heap on athensx ripe for strokex thou cold sciaticax cripple our senatorsx that their limbs may halt as lamely as their mannersx lust and libertyx creep in the minds and marrows of our youthx that xgainst the stream of virtue they may strive and drown themselves in riotx itchesx blainsx sow all thx athenian bosomsx and their crop be general leprosyx breath infect breathx that their societyx as their friendshipx may be merely poisonx nothing ixll bear from thee but nakednessx thou detestable townx take thou that toox with multiplying bansx timon will to the woodsx where he shall find thx unkindest beast more kinder than mankindx the gods confoundx hear mex you good gods allx the athenians both within and out that wallx and grantx as timon growsx his hate may grow to the whole race of mankindx high and lowx amenx exit scene iix athensx timonxs house enter flaviusx with two or three servants first servantx hear youx master stewardx wherexs our masterx are we undonex cast offx nothing remainingx flaviusx alackx my fellowsx what should i say to youx let me be recorded by the righteous godsx i am as poor as youx first servantx such a house brokex so noble a master fallxnx all gonex and not one friend to take his fortune by the arm and go along with himx second servantx as we do turn our backs from our companionx thrown into his gravex so his familiars to his buried fortunes slink all awayx leave their false vows with himx like empty purses pickxdx and his poor selfx a dedicated beggar to the airx with his disease of allxshunnxd povertyx walksx like contemptx alonex more of our fellowsx enter other servants flaviusx all broken implements of a ruinxd housex third servantx yet do our hearts wear timonxs liveryx that see i by our facesx we are fellows stillx serving alike in sorrowx leakxd is our barkx and wex poor matesx stand on the dying deckx hearing the surges threatx we must all part into this sea of airx flaviusx good fellows allx the latest of my wealth ixll share amongst youx wherever we shall meetx for timonxs sakex letxs yet be fellowsx letxs shake our heads and sayx as xtwere a knell unto our masterxs fortunex xwe have seen better daysxx let each take somex xgiving them moneyx nayx put out all your handsx not one word morex thus part we rich in sorrowx parting poorx xembracex and part several waysx o the fierce wretchedness that glory brings usx who would not wish to be from wealth exemptx since riches point to misery and contemptx who would be so mockxd with gloryx or to live but in a dream of friendshipx to have his pompx and all what state compoundsx but only paintedx like his varnishxd friendsx poor honest lordx brought low by his own heartx undone by goodnessx strangex unusual bloodx when manxs worst sin is he does too much goodx who then dares to be half so kind againx for bountyx that makes godsx does still mar menx my dearest lordx blest to be most accurstx rich only to be wretchedx thy great fortunes are made thy chief afflictionsx alasx kind lordx hexs flung in rage from this ingrateful seat of monstrous friendsx nor has he with him to supply his lifex or that which can command itx ixll follow and enquire him outx ixll ever serve his mind with my best willx whilst i have goldx ixll be his steward stillx exit scene iiix the woods near the seaxshorex before timonxs cave enter timon in the woods timonx o blessed breeding sunx draw from the earth rotten humidityx below thy sisterxs orb infect the airx twinnxd brothers of one wombx whose procreationx residencex and birthx scarce is dividantx touch them with several fortunesx the greater scorns the lesserx not naturex to whom all sores lay siegex can bear great fortune but by contempt of naturex raise me this beggar and denyxt that lordx the senator shall bear contempt hereditaryx the beggar native honourx it is the pasture lards the rotherxs sidesx the want that makes him leanx who daresx who daresx in purity of manhood stand uprightx and say xthis manxs a flattererxx if one bex so are they allx for every grise of fortune is smoothxd by that belowx the learned pate ducks to the golden foolx allxs obliquex therexs nothing level in our cursed natures but direct villainyx therefore be abhorrxd all feastsx societiesx and throngs of menx his semblablex yeax himselfx timon disdainsx destruction fang mankindx earthx yield me rootsx xdiggingx who seeks for better of theex sauce his palate with thy most operant poisonx what is herex goldx yellowx glitteringx precious goldx nox godsx i am no idle votaristx rootsx you clear heavensx thus much of this will make black whitex foul fairx wrong rightx base noblex old youngx coward valiantx hax you godsx why thisx whatx thisx you godsx whyx this will lug your priests and servants from your sidesx pluck stout menxs pillows from below their headsx this yellow slave will knit and break religionsx bless thx accursxdx make the hoar leprosy adorxdx place thieves and give them titlex kneex and approbationx with senators on the benchx this is it that makes the wappenxd widow wed againx she whom the spitalxhouse and ulcerous sores would cast the gorge at this embalms and spices to th xapril day againx comex damnxd earthx thou common whore of mankindx that puts odds among the rout of nationsx i will make thee do thy right naturex xmarch afar offx hax a drumx thxart quickx but yet ixll bury theex thouxt gox strong thiefx when gouty keepers of thee cannot standx nayx stay thou out for earnestx xkeeping some goldx enter alcibiadesx with drum and fifex in warlike mannerx and phrynia and timandra alcibiadesx what art thou therex speakx timonx a beastx as thou artx the canker gnaw thy heart for showing me again the eyes of manx alcibiadesx what is thy namex is man so hateful to thee that art thyself a manx timonx i am misanthroposx and hate mankindx for thy partx i do wish thou wert a dogx that i might love thee somethingx alcibiadesx i know thee wellx but in thy fortunes am unlearnxd and strangex timonx i know thee toox and more than that i know thee i not desire to knowx follow thy drumx with manxs blood paint the groundx gulesx gulesx religious canonsx civil lawsx are cruelx then what should war bex this fell whore of thine hath in her more destruction than thy sword for all her cherubin lookx phryniax thy lips rot offx timonx i will not kiss theex then the rot returns to thine own lips againx alcibiadesx how came the noble timon to this changex timonx as the moon doesx by wanting light to givex but then renew i could notx like the moonx there were no suns to borrow ofx alcibiadesx noble timonx what friendship may i do theex timonx nonex but to maintain my opinionx alcibiadesx what is itx timonx timonx promise me friendshipx but perform nonex if thou wilt not promisex the gods plague theex for thou art manx if thou dost performx confound theex for thou art a manx alcibiadesx i have heard in some sort of thy miseriesx timonx thou sawxst them when i had prosperityx alcibiadesx i see them nowx then was a blessed timex timonx as thine is nowx held with a brace of harlotsx timandrax is this thx athenian minion whom the world voicxd so regardfullyx timonx art thou timandrax timandrax yesx timonx be a whore stillx they love thee not that use theex give them diseasesx leaving with thee their lustx make use of thy salt hoursx season the slaves for tubs and bathsx bring down rosexcheekxd youth to the tubxfast and the dietx timandrax hang theex monsterx alcibiadesx pardon himx sweet timandrax for his wits are drownxd and lost in his calamitiesx i have but little gold of latex brave timonx the want whereof doth daily make revolt in my penurious bandx i have heardx and grievxdx how cursed athensx mindless of thy worthx forgetting thy great deedsx when neighbour statesx but for thy sword and fortunex trod upon themx timonx i prithee beat thy drum and get thee gonex alcibiadesx i am thy friendx and pity theex dear timonx timonx how dost thou pity him whom thou dost troublex i had rather be alonex alcibiadesx whyx fare thee wellx here is some gold for theex timonx keep itx i cannot eat itx alcibiadesx when i have laid proud athens on a heapx timonx warxst thou xgainst athensx alcibiadesx ayx timonx and have causex timonx the gods confound them all in thy conquestx and thee afterx when thou hast conquerxdx alcibiadesx why mex timonx timonx that by killing of villains thou wast born to conquer my countryx put up thy goldx go onx herexs goldx go onx be as a planetary plaguex when jove will oxer some highxvicxd city hang his poison in the sick airx let not thy sword skip onex pity not honourxd age for his white beardx he is an usurerx strike me the counterfeit matronx it is her habit only that is honestx herselfxs a bawdx let not the virginxs cheek make soft thy trenchant swordx for those milk paps that through the window bars bore at menxs eyes are not within the leaf of pity writx but set them down horrible traitorsx spare not the babe whose dimpled smiles from fools exhaust their mercyx think it a bastard whom the oracle hath doubtfully pronouncxd thy throat shall cutx and mince it sans remorsex swear against abjectsx put armour on thine ears and on thine eyesx whose proof nor yells of mothersx maidsx nor babesx nor sight of priests in holy vestments bleedingx shall pierce a jotx therexs gold to pay thy soldiersx make large confusionx andx thy fury spentx confounded be thyselfx speak notx be gonex alcibiadesx hast thou gold yetx ixll take the gold thou givest mex not all thy counselx timonx dost thoux or dost thou notx heavenxs curse upon theex phrynia and timandrax give us some goldx good timonx hast thou morex timonx enough to make a whore forswear her tradex and to make whores a bawdx hold upx you slutsx your aprons mountantx you are not oathablex although i know youxll swearx terribly swearx into strong shudders and to heavenly aguesx thx immortal gods that hear youx spare your oathsx ixll trust to your conditionsx be whores stillx and he whose pious breath seeks to convert youx be strong in whorex allure himx burn him upx let your close fire predominate his smokex and be no turncoatsx yet may your pains six months be quite contraryx and thatch your poor thin roofs with burdens of the deadx some that were hangxdx no matterx wear themx betray with themx whore stillx paint till a horse may mire upon your facex a pox of wrinklesx phrynia and timandrax wellx more goldx what thenx believext that wexll do anything for goldx timonx consumptions sow in hollow bones of manx strike their sharp shinsx and mar menxs spurringx crack the lawyerxs voicex that he may never more false title pleadx nor sound his quillets shrillyx hoar the flamenx that scolds against the quality of flesh and not believes himselfx down with the nosex down with it flatx take the bridge quite away of him thatx his particular to foreseex smells from the general wealx make curlxdxpate ruffians baldx and let the unscarrxd braggarts of the war derive some pain from youx plague allx that your activity may defeat and quell the source of all erectionx therexs more goldx do you damn othersx and let this damn youx and ditches grave you allx phrynia and timandrax more counsel with more moneyx bounteous timonx timonx more whorex more mischief firstx i have given you earnestx alcibiadesx strike up the drum towards athensx farewellx timonx if i thrive wellx ixll visit thee againx timonx if i hope wellx ixll never see thee morex alcibiadesx i never did thee harmx timonx yesx thou spokxst well of mex alcibiadesx callxst thou that harmx timonx men daily find itx get thee awayx and take thy beagles with theex alcibiadesx we but offend himx strikex drum beatsx exeunt all but timon timonx that naturex being sick of manxs unkindnessx should yet be hungryx common motherx thoux xdiggingx whose womb unmeasurable and infinite breast teems and feeds allx whose selfxsame mettlex whereof thy proud childx arrogant manx is puffxdx engenders the black toad and adder bluex the gilded newt and eyeless venomxd wormx with all thx abhorred births below crisp heaven whereon hyperionxs quickxning fire doth shinex yield himx who all thy human sons doth hatex from forth thy plenteous bosomx one poor rootx ensear thy fertile and conceptious wombx let it no more bring out ingrateful manx go great with tigersx dragonsx wolvesx and bearsx teem with new monsters whom thy upward face hath to the marbled mansion all above never presentedxx ox a rootx dear thanksxx dry up thy marrowsx vinesx and ploughxtorn leasx whereof ingrateful manx with liquorish draughts and morsels unctuousx greases his pure mindx that from it all consideration slipsx enter apemantus more manx plaguex plaguex apemantusx i was directed hitherx men report thou dost affect my manners and dost use themx timonx xtisx thenx because thou dost not keep a dogx whom i would imitatex consumption catch theex apemantusx this is in thee a nature but infectedx a poor unmanly melancholy sprung from change of fortunex why this spadex this placex this slavexlike habit and these looks of carex thy flatterers yet wear silkx drink winex lie softx hug their diseasxd perfumesx and have forgot that ever timon wasx shame not these woods by putting on the cunning of a carperx be thou a flatterer nowx and seek to thrive by that which has undone theex hinge thy kneex and let his very breath whom thouxlt observe blow off thy capx praise his most vicious strainx and call it excellentx thou wast told thusx thou gavxst thine earsx like tapsters that bade welcomex to knaves and all approachersx xtis most just that thou turn rascalx hadst thou wealth again rascals should havextx do not assume my likenessx timonx were i like theex ixd throw away myselfx apemantusx thou hast cast away thyselfx being like thyselfx a madman so longx now a foolx whatx thinkxst that the bleak airx thy boisterous chamberlainx will put thy shirt on warmx will these moist treesx that have outlivxd the eaglex page thy heels and skip when thou pointxst outx will the cold brookx candied with icex caudle thy morning taste to cure thy oxernightxs surfeitx call the creatures whose naked natures live in all the spite of wreakful heavenx whose bare unhoused trunksx to the conflicting elements exposxdx answer mere naturex bid them flatter theex ox thou shalt findx timonx a fool of theex departx apemantusx i love thee better now than exer i didx timonx i hate thee worsex apemantusx whyx timonx thou flatterxst miseryx apemantusx i flatter notx but say thou art a caitiffx timonx why dost thou seek me outx apemantusx to vex theex timonx always a villainxs office or a foolxsx dost please thyself inxtx apemantusx ayx timonx whatx a knave toox apemantusx if thou didst put this sourxcold habit on to castigate thy pridex xtwere wellx but thou dost it enforcedlyx thouxdst courtier be again wert thou not beggarx willing misery outlives incertain pompx is crownxd beforex the one is filling stillx never completex the otherx at high wishx best statex contentlessx hath a distracted and most wretched beingx worse than the worstx contentx thou shouldxst desire to diex being miserablex timonx not by his breath that is more miserablex thou art a slave whom fortunexs tender arm with favour never claspxdx but bred a dogx hadst thoux like us from our first swathx proceeded the sweet degrees that this brief world affords to such as may the passive drugs of it freely commandx thou wouldst have plungxd thyself in general riotx melted down thy youth in different beds of lustx and never learnxd the icy precepts of respectx but followed the sugxred game before theex but myselfx who had the world as my confectionaryx the mouthsx the tonguesx the eyesx and hearts of men at dutyx more than i could frame employmentx that numberless upon me stuckx as leaves do on the oakx have with one winterxs brush fell from their boughsx and left me openx bare for every storm that blowsx i to bear thisx that never knew but betterx is some burdenx thy nature did commence in sufferancex time hath made thee hard inxtx why shouldst thou hate menx they never flatterxd theex what hast thou givenx if thou wilt cursex thy fatherx that poor ragx must be thy subjectx whox in spitex put stuff to some shexbeggar and compounded thee poor rogue hereditaryx hencex be gonex if thou hadst not been born the worst of menx thou hadst been a knave and flattererx apemantusx art thou proud yetx timonx ayx that i am not theex apemantusx ix that i was no prodigalx timonx ix that i am one nowx were all the wealth i have shut up in theex ixd give thee leave to hang itx get thee gonex that the whole life of athens were in thisx thus would i eat itx xeating a rootx apemantusx herex i will mend thy feastx xoffering him foodx timonx first mend my companyx take away thyselfx apemantusx so i shall mend mine own by thx lack of thinex timonx xtis not well mended sox it is but botchxdx if notx i would it werex apemantusx what wouldst thou have to athensx timonx thee thither in a whirlwindx if thou wiltx tell them there i have goldx lookx so i havex apemantusx here is no use for goldx timonx the best and truestx for here it sleeps and does no hired harmx apemantusx where liest a nightsx timonx timonx under thatxs above mex where feedxst thou a daysx apemantusx apemantusx where my stomachx finds meatx or ratherx where i eat itx timonx would poison were obedientx and knew my mindx apemantusx where wouldst thou send itx timonx to sauce thy dishesx apemantusx the middle of humanity thou never knewestx but the extremity of both endsx when thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfumex they mockxd thee for too much curiosityx in thy rags thou knowxst nonex but art despisxd for the contraryx therexs a medlar for theex eat itx timonx on what i hate i feed notx apemantusx dost hate a medlarx timonx ayx though it look like theex apemantusx an thx hadst hated medlars soonerx thou shouldst have loved thyself better nowx what man didst thou ever know unthrift that was beloved after his meansx timonx whox without those means thou talkxst ofx didst thou ever know belovxdx apemantusx myselfx timonx i understand theex thou hadst some means to keep a dogx apemantusx what things in the world canst thou nearest compare to thy flatterersx timonx women nearestx but menx men are the things themselvesx what wouldst thou do with the worldx apemantusx if it lay in thy powerx apemantusx give it the beastsx to be rid of the menx timonx wouldst thou have thyself fall in the confusion of menx and remain a beast with the beastsx apemantusx ayx timonx timonx a beastly ambitionx which the gods grant thee tx attain tox if thou wert the lionx the fox would beguile theex if thou wert the lambx the fox would eat theex if thou wert the foxx the lion would suspect theex whenx peradventurex thou wert accusxd by the assx if thou wert the assx thy dulness would torment theex and still thou livxdst but as a breakfast to the wolfx if thou wert the wolfx thy greediness would afflict theex and oft thou shouldst hazard thy life for thy dinnerx wert thou the unicornx pride and wrath would confound theex and make thine own self the conquest of thy furyx wert thou bearx thou wouldst be killxd by the horsex wert thou a horsex thou wouldst be seizxd by the leopardx wert thou a leopardx thou wert german to the lionx and the spots of thy kindred were jurors on thy lifex all thy safety were remotionx and thy defence absencex what beast couldst thou be that were not subject to a beastx and what beast art thou alreadyx that seest not thy loss in transformationx apemantusx if thou couldst please me with speaking to mex thou mightst have hit upon it herex the commonwealth of athens is become a forest of beastsx timonx how has the ass broke the wallx that thou art out of the cityx apemantusx yonder comes a poet and a painterx the plague of company light upon theex i will fear to catch itx and give wayx when i know not what else to dox ixll see thee againx timonx when there is nothing living but theex thou shalt be welcomex i had rather be a beggarxs dog than apemantusx apemantusx thou art the cap of all the fools alivex timonx would thou wert clean enough to spit uponx apemantusx a plague on theex thou art too bad to cursex timonx all villains that do stand by thee are purex apemantusx there is no leprosy but what thou speakxstx timonx if i name theex ixll beat theex but i should infect my handsx apemantusx i would my tongue could rot them offx timonx awayx thou issue of a mangy dogx choler does kill me that thou art alivex i swoon to see theex apemantusx would thou wouldst burstx timonx awayx thou tedious roguex i am sorry i shall lose a stone by theex xthrows a stone at himx apemantusx beastx timonx slavex apemantusx toadx timonx roguex roguex roguex i am sick of this false worldx and will love nought but even the mere necessities uponxtx thenx timonx presently prepare thy gravex lie where the light foam of the sea may beat thy gravestone dailyx make thine epitaphx that death in me at othersx lives may laughx xlooks at the goldx o thou sweet kingxkillerx and dear divorce xtwixt natural son and sirex thou bright defiler of hymenxs purest bedx thou valiant marsx thou ever youngx freshx lovxdx and delicate wooerx whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow that lies on dianxs lapx thou visible godx that soldxrest close impossibilitiesx and makxst them kissx that speakxst with every tongue to every purposex o thou touch of heartsx think thy slave man rebelsx and by thy virtue set them into confounding oddsx that beasts may have the world in empirex apemantusx would xtwere sox but not till i am deadx ixll say thx hast goldx thou wilt be throngxd to shortlyx timonx throngxd tox apemantusx ayx timonx thy backx i pritheex apemantusx livex and love thy miseryx timonx long live sox and so diex xexit apemantusx i am quitx more things like menx eatx timonx and abhor themx enter the banditti first banditx where should he have this goldx it is some poor fragmentx some slender ort of his remainderx the mere want of gold and the fallingxfrom of his friends drove him into this melancholyx second banditx it is noisxd he hath a mass of treasurex third banditx let us make the assay upon himx if he care not forxtx he will supply us easilyx if he covetously reserve itx how shallxs get itx second banditx truex for he bears it not about himx xtis hidx first banditx is not this hex bandittix wherex second banditx xtis his descriptionx third banditx hex i know himx bandittix save theex timonx timonx nowx thievesx bandittix soldiersx not thievesx timonx both toox and womenxs sonsx bandittix we are not thievesx but men that much do wantx timonx your greatest want isx you want much of meatx why should you wantx beholdx the earth hath rootsx within this mile break forth a hundred springsx the oaks bear mastx the briars scarlet hipsx the bounteous housewife nature on each bush lays her full mess before youx wantx why wantx first banditx we cannot live on grassx on berriesx waterx as beasts and birds and fishesx timonx nor on the beasts themselvesx the birdsx and fishesx you must eat menx yet thanks i must you con that you are thieves professxdx that you work not in holier shapesx for there is boundless theft in limited professionsx rascal thievesx herexs goldx gox suck the subtle blood ox thx grape till the high fever seethe your blood to frothx and so scape hangingx trust not the physicianx his antidotes are poisonx and he slays moe than you robx take wealth and lives togetherx do villainyx dox since you protest to doxtx like workmenx ixll example you with thieveryx the sunxs a thiefx and with his great attraction robs the vast seax the moonxs an arrant thiefx and her pale fire she snatches from the sunx the seaxs a thiefx whose liquid surge resolves the moon into salt tearsx the earthxs a thiefx that feeds and breeds by a composture stolxn from genxral excrementx each thingxs a thiefx the lawsx your curb and whipx in their rough power has uncheckxd theftx love not yourselvesx awayx rob one anotherx therexs more goldx cut throatsx all that you meet are thievesx to athens gox break open shopsx nothing can you steal but thieves do lose itx steal not less for this i give youx and gold confound you howsoexerx amenx third banditx has almost charmxd me from my profession by persuading me to itx first banditx xtis in the malice of mankind that he thus advises usx not to have us thrive in our mysteryx second banditx ixll believe him as an enemyx and give over my tradex first banditx let us first see peace in athensx there is no time so miserable but a man may be truex exeunt thieves enter flaviusx to timon flaviusx o you godsx is yond despisxd and ruinous man my lordx full of decay and failingx o monument and wonder of good deeds evilly bestowxdx what an alteration of honour has despxrate want madex what viler thing upon the earth than friendsx who can bring noblest minds to basest endsx how rarely does it meet with this timexs guisex when man was wishxd to love his enemiesx grant i may ever lovex and rather woo those that would mischief me than those that dox has caught me in his eyex i will present my honest grief unto himx and as my lord still serve him with my lifex my dearest masterx timonx awayx what art thoux flaviusx have you forgot mex sirx timonx why dost ask thatx i have forgot all menx thenx if thou grantxst thxart a manx i have forgot theex flaviusx an honest poor servant of yoursx timonx then i know thee notx i never had honest man about mex ix all i kept were knavesx to serve in meat to villainsx flaviusx the gods are witnessx nevxr did poor steward wear a truer grief for his undone lord than mine eyes for youx timonx whatx dost thou weepx come nearerx then i love thee because thou art a woman and disclaimxst flinty mankindx whose eyes do never give but thorough lust and laughterx pityxs sleepingx strange timesx that weep with laughingx not with weepingx flaviusx i beg of you to know mex good my lordx tx accept my griefx and whilst this poor wealth lasts to entertain me as your steward stillx timonx had i a steward so truex so justx and now so comfortablex it almost turns my dangerous nature mildx let me behold thy facex surelyx this man was born of womanx forgive my general and exceptless rashnessx you perpetualxsober godsx i do proclaim one honest manx mistake me notx but onex no morex i prayx and hexs a stewardx how fain would i have hated all mankindx and thou redeemxst thyselfx but allx save theex i fell with cursesx methinks thou art more honest now than wisex for by oppressing and betraying me thou mightst have sooner got another servicex for many so arrive at second masters upon their first lordxs neckx but tell me truex for i must ever doubt though nexer so surex is not thy kindness subtlex covetousx if not a usuring kindnessx and as rich men deal giftsx expecting in return twenty for onex flaviusx nox my most worthy masterx in whose breast doubt and suspectx alasx are placxd too latex you should have fearxd false times when you did feastx suspect still comes where an estate is leastx that which i showx heaven knowsx is merely lovex dutyx and zealx to your unmatched mindx care of your food and livingx and believe itx my most honourxd lordx for any benefit that points to mex either in hope or presentx ixd exchange for this one wishx that you had power and wealth to requite me by making rich yourselfx timonx look theex xtis sox thou singly honest manx herex takex the godsx out of my miseryx have sent thee treasurex gox live rich and happyx but thus conditionxdx thou shalt build from menx hate allx curse allx show charity to nonex but let the famishxd flesh slide from the bone ere thou relieve the beggarx give to dogs what thou deniest to menx let prisons swallow xemx debts wither xem to nothingx be men like blasted woodsx and may diseases lick up their false bloodsx and sox farewell and thrivex flaviusx ox let me stay and comfort youx my masterx timonx if thou hatxst cursesx stay notx fly whilst thou art blest and freex nexer see thou manx and let me nexer see theex exeunt severally act vx scene ix the woodsx before timonxs cave enter poet and painter painterx as i took note of the placex it cannot be far where he abidesx poetx to be thought of himx does the rumour hold for true that hexs so full of goldx painterx certainx alcibiades reports itx phrynia and timandra had gold of himx he likewise enrichxd poor straggling soldiers with great quantityx xtis said he gave unto his steward a mighty sumx poetx then this breaking of his has been but a try for his friendsx painterx nothing elsex you shall see him a palm in athens againx and flourish with the highestx therefore xtis not amiss we tender our loves to him in this supposxd distress of hisx it will show honestly in usx and is very likely to load our purposes with what they travail forx if it be just and true report that goes of his havingx poetx what have you now to present unto himx painterx nothing at this time but my visitationx only i will promise him an excellent piecex poetx i must serve him so toox tell him of an intent thatxs coming toward himx painterx good as the bestx promising is the very air ox thx timex it opens the eyes of expectationx performance is ever the duller for his actx and but in the plainer and simpler kind of people the deed of saying is quite out of usex to promise is most courtly and fashionablex performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes itx enter timon from his cave timonx xasidex excellent workmanx thou canst not paint a man so bad as is thyselfx poetx i am thinking what i shall say i have provided for himx it must be a personating of himselfx a satire against the softness of prosperityx with a discovery of the infinite flatteries that follow youth and opulencyx timonx xasidex must thou needs stand for a villain in thine own workx wilt thou whip thine own faults in other menx do sox i have gold for theex poetx nayx letxs seek himx then do we sin against our own estate when we may profit meet and come too latex painterx truex when the day servesx before blackxcornerxd nightx find what thou wantxst by free and offerxd lightx comex timonx xasidex ixll meet you at the turnx what a godxs goldx that he is worshippxd in a baser temple than where swine feedx xtis thou that rigxst the bark and ploughxst the foamx settlest admired reverence in a slavex to thee be worshipx and thy saints for aye be crownxd with plaguesx that thee alone obeyx fit i meet themx xadvancing from his cavex poetx hailx worthy timonx painterx our late noble masterx timonx have i once livxd to see two honest menx poetx sirx having often of your open bounty tastedx hearing you were retirxdx your friends fallxn offx whose thankless naturesx o abhorred spiritsxx not all the whips of heaven are large enoughx whatx to youx whose starxlike nobleness gave life and influence to their whole beingx i am raptx and cannot cover the monstrous bulk of this ingratitude with any size of wordsx timonx let it go nakedx men may seext the betterx you that are honestx by being what you arex make them best seen and knownx painterx he and myself have travailxd in the great showxr of your giftsx and sweetly felt itx timonx ayx you are honest menx painterx we are hither come to offer you our servicex timonx most honest menx whyx how shall i requite youx can you eat rootsx and drink cold waterx nox bothx what we can dox wexll dox to do you servicex timonx yxare honest menx yxhave heard that i have goldx i am sure you havex speak truthx yxare honest menx painterx so it is saidx my noble lordx but therefore came not my friend nor ix timonx good honest menx thou drawxst a counterfeit best in all athensx thxart indeed the bestx thou counterfeitxst most livelyx painterx sox sox my lordx timonx exen sox sirx as i sayx xto to poetx and for thy fictionx whyx thy verse swells with stuff so fine and smooth that thou art even natural in thine artx but for all thisx my honestxnaturxd friendsx i must needs say you have a little faultx marryx xtis not monstrous in youx neither wish i you take much pains to mendx bothx beseech your honour to make it known to usx timonx youxll take it illx bothx most thankfullyx my lordx timonx will you indeedx bothx doubt it notx worthy lordx timonx therexs never a one of you but trusts a knave that mightily deceives youx bothx do wex my lordx timonx ayx and you hear him cogx see him dissemblex know his gross patcheryx love himx feed himx keep in your bosomx yet remain assurxd that hexs a madexup villainx painterx i know not suchx my lordx poetx nor ix timonx look youx i love you wellx ixll give you goldx rid me these villains from your companiesx hang them or stab themx drown them in a draughtx confound them by some coursex and come to mex ixll give you gold enoughx bothx name themx my lordx letxs know themx timonx you that wayx and you thisx but two in companyx each man apartx all single and alonex yet an archxvillain keeps him companyx xto the painterx ifx where thou artx two villians shall not bex come not near himx xto the poetx if thou wouldst not reside but where one villain isx then him abandonxx hencex packx therexs goldx you came for goldx ye slavesx xto the painterx you have work for mex therexs paymentx hencex xto the poetx you are an alchemistx make gold of thatxx outx rascal dogsx xbeats and drives them outx enter flavius and two senators flaviusx it is vain that you would speak with timonx for he is set so only to himself that nothing but himself which looks like man is friendly with himx first senatorx bring us to his cavex it is our part and promise to thx athenians to speak with timonx second senatorx at all times alike men are not still the samex xtwas time and griefs that framxd him thusx timex with his fairer handx offering the fortunes of his former daysx the former man may make himx bring us to himx and chance it as it mayx flaviusx here is his cavex peace and content be herex lord timonx timonx look outx and speak to friendsx thx athenians by two of their most reverend senate greet theex speak to themx noble timonx enter timon out of his cave timonx thou sun that comfortsx burnx speak and be hangxdx for each true word a blisterx and each false be as a cauterizing to the root ox thx tonguex consuming it with speakingx first senatorx worthy timonx timonx of none but such as youx and you of timonx first senatorx the senators of athens greet theex timonx timonx i thank themx and would send them back the plaguex could i but catch it for themx first senatorx ox forget what we are sorry for ourselves in theex the senators with one consent of love entreat thee back to athensx who have thought on special dignitiesx which vacant lie for thy best use and wearingx second senatorx they confess toward thee forgetfulness too generalx grossx which now the public bodyx which doth seldom play the recanterx feeling in itself a lack of timonxs aidx hath sense withal of it own failx restraining aid to timonx and send forth us to make their sorrowed renderx together with a recompense more fruitful than their offence can weigh down by the dramx ayx even such heaps and sums of love and wealth as shall to thee blot out what wrongs were theirs and write in thee the figures of their lovex ever to read them thinex timonx you witch me in itx surprise me to the very brink of tearsx lend me a foolxs heart and a womanxs eyesx and ixll beweep these comfortsx worthy senatorsx first senatorx therefore so please thee to return with usx and of our athensx thine and oursx to take the captainshipx thou shalt be met with thanksx allowxd with absolute powerx and thy good name live with authorityx so soon we shall drive back of alcibiades thx approaches wildx whox like a boar too savagex doth root up his countryxs peacex second senatorx and shakes his threatxning sword against the walls of athensx first senatorx thereforex timonx timonx wellx sirx i willx therefore i willx sirx thusx if alcibiades kill my countrymenx let alcibiades know this of timonx that timon cares notx but if he sack fair athensx and take our goodly aged men by thx beardsx giving our holy virgins to the stain of contumeliousx beastlyx madxbrainxd warx then let him knowx and tell him timon speaks it in pity of our aged and our youthx i cannot choose but tell him that i care notx and let him takext at worstx for their knives care notx while you have throats to answerx for myselfx therexs not a whittle in thx unruly camp but i do prize it at my love before the reverendxst throat in athensx so i leave you to the protection of the prosperous godsx as thieves to keepersx flaviusx stay notx allxs in vainx timonx whyx i was writing of my epitaphx it will be seen toxmorrowx my long sickness of health and living now begins to mendx and nothing brings me all thingsx gox live stillx be alcibiades your plaguex you hisx and last so long enoughx first senatorx we speak in vainx timonx but yet i love my countryx and am not one that rejoices in the common wreckx as common bruit doth put itx first senatorx thatxs well spokex timonx commend me to my loving countrymenx first senatorx these words become your lips as they pass through themx second senatorx and enter in our ears like great triumphers in their applauding gatesx timonx commend me to themx and tell them thatx to ease them of their griefsx their fears of hostile strokesx their achesx lossesx their pangs of lovex with other incident throes that naturexs fragile vessel doth sustain in lifexs uncertain voyagex i will some kindness do themx ixll teach them to prevent wild alcibiadesx wrathx first senatorx i like this wellx he will return againx timonx i have a treex which grows here in my closex that mine own use invites me to cut downx and shortly must i fell itx tell my friendsx tell athensx in the sequence of degree from high to low throughoutx that whoso please to stop afflictionx let him take his hastex come hitherx ere my tree hath felt the axex and hang himselfx i pray you do my greetingx flaviusx trouble him no furtherx thus you still shall find himx timonx come not to me againx but say to athens timon hath made his everlasting mansion upon the beached verge of the salt floodx who once a day with his embossed froth the turbulent surge shall coverx thither comex and let my gravestone be your oraclex lipsx let sour words go by and language endx what is amissx plague and infection mendx graves only be menxs works and death their gainx sunx hide thy beamsx timon hath done his reignx exit timon into his cave first senatorx his discontents are unremovably coupled to naturex second senatorx our hope in him is deadx let us return and strain what other means is left unto us in our dear perilx first senatorx it requires swift footx exeunt scene iix before the walls of athens enter two other senators with a messenger first senatorx thou hast painfully discoverxdx are his files as full as thy reportx messengerx i have spoke the leastx besidesx his expedition promises present approachx second senatorx we stand much hazard if they bring not timonx messengerx i met a courierx one mine ancient friendx whomx though in general part we were opposxdx yet our old love had a particular forcex and made us speak like friendsx this man was riding from alcibiades to timonxs cave with letters of entreatyx which imported his fellowship ix thx cause against your cityx in part for his sake movxdx enter the other senatorsx from timon first senatorx here come our brothersx third senatorx no talk of timonx nothing of him expectx the enemiesx drum is heardx and fearful scouring doth choke the air with dustx inx and preparex ours is the fallx i fearx our foes the snarex exeunt scene iiix the timonxs cavex and a rude tomb seen enter a soldier in the woodsx seeking timon soldierx by all description this should be the placex whoxs herex speakx hox no answerx what is thisx timon is deadx who hath outstretchxd his spanx some beast rearxd thisx here does not live a manx deadx surex and this his gravex whatxs on this tomb i cannot readx the character ixll take with waxx our captain hath in every figure skillx an agxd interpreterx though young in daysx before proud athens hexs set down by thisx whose fall the mark of his ambition isx exit scene ivx before the walls of athens trumpets soundx enter alcibiades with his powers before athens alcibiadesx sound to this coward and lascivious town our terrible approachx sound a parleyx the senators appear upon the walls till now you have gone on and fillxd the time with all licentious measurex making your wills the scope of justicex till nowx myselfx and such as slept within the shadow of your powerx have wanderxd with our traversxd armsx and breathxd our sufferance vainlyx now the time is flushx when crouching marrowx in the bearer strongx cries of itself xno morexx now breathless wrong shall sit and pant in your great chairs of easex and pursy insolence shall break his wind with fear and horrid flightx first senatorx noble and youngx when thy first griefs were but a mere conceitx ere thou hadst power or we had cause of fearx we sent to theex to give thy rages balmx to wipe out our ingratitude with loves above their quantityx second senatorx so did we woo transformed timon to our cityxs love by humble message and by promisxd meansx we were not all unkindx nor all deserve the common stroke of warx first senatorx these walls of ours were not erected by their hands from whom you have receivxd your griefsx nor are they such that these great towxrsx trophiesx and schoolsx should fall for private faults in themx second senatorx nor are they living who were the motives that you first went outx shamex that they wanted cunningx in excess hath broke their heartsx marchx noble lordx into our city with thy banners spreadx by decimation and a tithed deathx if thy revenges hunger for that food which nature loathesx take thou the destinxd tenthx and by the hazard of the spotted die let die the spottedx first senatorx all have not offendedx for those that werex it is not square to takex on those that arex revengex crimesx like landsx are not inheritedx thenx dear countrymanx bring in thy ranksx but leave without thy ragex spare thy athenian cradlex and those kin whichx in the bluster of thy wrathx must fall with those that have offendedx like a shepherd approach the fold and cull thx infected forthx but kill not all togetherx second senatorx what thou wiltx thou rather shalt enforce it with thy smile than hew toxt with thy swordx first senatorx set but thy foot against our rampirxd gates and they shall opex so thou wilt send thy gentle heart before to say thouxt enter friendlyx second senatorx throw thy glovex or any token of thine honour elsex that thou wilt use the wars as thy redress and not as our confusionx all thy powers shall make their harbour in our town till we have sealxd thy full desirex alcibiadesx then therexs my glovex descendx and open your uncharged portsx those enemies of timonxs and mine ownx whom you yourselves shall set out for reproofx fallx and no morex andx to atone your fears with my more noble meaningx not a man shall pass his quarter or offend the stream of regular justice in your cityxs boundsx but shall be renderxd to your public laws at heaviest answerx bothx xtis most nobly spokenx alcibiadesx descendx and keep your wordsx xthe senators descend and open the gatesx enter a soldier as a messenger soldierx my noble generalx timon is deadx entombxd upon the very hem ox thx seax and on his gravexstone this insculpturex which with wax i brought awayx whose soft impression interprets for my poor ignorancex alcibiades reads the epitaph xhere lies a wretched corsex of wretched soul bereftx seek not my namex a plague consume you wicked caitiffs leftx here lie ix timonx who alive all living men did hatex pass byx and curse thy fillx but passx and stay not here thy gaitxx these well express in thee thy latter spiritsx though thou abhorrxdst in us our human griefsx scornxdst our brainxs flowx and those our droplets which from niggard nature fallx yet rich conceit taught thee to make vast neptune weep for aye on thy low gravex on faults forgivenx dead is noble timonx of whose memory hereafter morex bring me into your cityx and i will use the olivex with my swordx make war breed peacex make peace stint warx make each prescribe to otherx as each otherxs leechx let our drums strikex exeunt the tragedy of titus andronicus dramatis personae saturninusx son to the late emperor of romex afterwards emperor bassianusx brother to saturninus titus andronicusx a noble roman marcus andronicusx tribune of the peoplex and brother to titus sons to titus andronicusx lucius quintus martius mutius young luciusx a boyx son to lucius publiusx son to marcus andronicus kinsmen to titusx sempronius caius valentine aemiliusx a noble roman sons to tamorax alarbus demetrius chiron aaronx a moorx beloved by tamora a captain a messenger a clown tamorax queen of the goths laviniax daughter to titus andronicus a nursex and a black child romans and gothsx senatorsx tribunesx officersx soldiersx and attendants scenex rome and the neighbourhood act xx scene ix romex before the capitol flourishx enter the tribunes and senators aloftx and then enter below saturninus and his followers at one doorx and bassianus and his followers at the otherx with drums and trumpets saturninusx noble patriciansx patrons of my rightx defend the justice of my cause with armsx andx countrymenx my loving followersx plead my successive title with your swordsx i am his first born son that was the last that ware the imperial diadem of romex then let my fatherxs honours live in mex nor wrong mine age with this indignityx bassianusx romansx friendsx followersx favourers of my rightx if ever bassianusx caesarxs sonx were gracious in the eyes of royal romex keep then this passage to the capitolx and suffer not dishonour to approach the imperial seatx to virtue consecratex to justicex continencex and nobilityx but let desert in pure election shinex andx romansx fight for freedom in your choicex enter marcus andronicus aloftx with the crown marcusx princesx that strive by factions and by friends ambitiously for rule and emperyx know that the people of romex for whom we stand a special partyx have by common voice in election for the roman empery chosen andronicusx surnamed pius for many good and great deserts to romex a nobler manx a braver warriorx lives not this day within the city wallsx he by the senate is accited homex from weary wars against the barbarous gothsx that with his sonsx a terror to our foesx hath yokxd a nation strongx trainxd up in armsx ten years are spent since first he undertook this cause of romex and chastised with arms our enemiesx pridex five times he hath returnxd bleeding to romex bearing his valiant sons in coffins from the fieldx and at this day to the monument of that andronici done sacrifice of expiationx and slain the noblest prisoner of the gothsx and now at lastx laden with honourxs spoilsx returns the good andronicus to romex renowned titusx flourishing in armsx let us entreatx by honour of his name whom worthily you would have now succeedx and in the capitol and senatexs rightx whom you pretend to honour and adorex that you withdraw you and abate your strengthx dismiss your followersx andx as suitors shouldx plead your deserts in peace and humblenessx saturninusx how fair the tribune speaks to calm my thoughtsx bassianusx marcus andronicusx so i do affy in thy uprightness and integrityx and so i love and honour thee and thinex thy noble brother titus and his sonsx and her to whom my thoughts are humbled allx gracious laviniax romexs rich ornamentx that i will here dismiss my loving friendsx and to my fortunes and the peoplexs favour commit my cause in balance to be weighxdx exeunt the soldiers of bassianus saturninusx friendsx that have been thus forward in my rightx i thank you all and here dismiss you allx and to the love and favour of my country commit myselfx my personx and the causex exeunt the soldiers of saturninus romex be as just and gracious unto me as i am confident and kind to theex open the gates and let me inx bassianusx tribunesx and mex a poor competitorx xflourishx they go up into the senate housex enter a captain captainx romansx make wayx the good andronicusx patron of virtuex romexs best championx successful in the battles that he fightsx with honour and with fortune is returnxd from where he circumscribed with his sword and brought to yoke the enemies of romex sound drums and trumpetsx and then enter martius and mutiusx two of titusx sonsx and then two men bearing a coffin covered with blackx then lucius and quintusx two other sonsx then titus andronicusx and then tamora the queen of gothsx with her three sonsx alarbusx demetriusx and chironx with aaron the moorx and othersx as many as can bex then set down the coffin and titus speaks titusx hailx romex victorious in thy mourning weedsx lox as the bark that hath dischargxd her fraught returns with precious lading to the bay from whence at first she weighxd her anchoragex cometh andronicusx bound with laurel boughsx to rexsalute his country with his tearsx tears of true joy for his return to romex thou great defender of this capitolx stand gracious to the rites that we intendx romansx of five and twenty valiant sonsx half of the number that king priam hadx behold the poor remainsx alive and deadx these that survive let rome reward with lovex these that i bring unto their latest homex with burial amongst their ancestorsx here goths have given me leave to sheathe my swordx titusx unkindx and careless of thine ownx why sufferxst thou thy sonsx unburied yetx to hover on the dreadful shore of styxx make way to lay them by their brethrenx xthey open the tombx there greet in silencex as the dead are wontx and sleep in peacex slain in your countryxs warsx o sacred receptacle of my joysx sweet cell of virtue and nobilityx how many sons hast thou of mine in store that thou wilt never render to me morex luciusx give us the proudest prisoner of the gothsx that we may hew his limbsx and on a pile ad manes fratrum sacrifice his flesh before this earthy prison of their bonesx that so the shadows be not unappeasxdx nor we disturbxd with prodigies on earthx titusx i give him youx the noblest that survivesx the eldest son of this distressed queenx tamorax stayx roman brethenx gracious conquerorx victorious titusx rue the tears i shedx a motherxs tears in passion for her sonx and if thy sons were ever dear to theex ox think my son to be as dear to mex sufficeth not that we are brought to rome to beautify thy triumphsx and return captive to thee and to thy roman yokex but must my sons be slaughtered in the streets for valiant doings in their countryxs causex ox if to fight for king and commonweal were piety in thinex it is in thesex andronicusx stain not thy tomb with bloodx wilt thou draw near the nature of the godsx draw near them then in being mercifulx sweet mercy is nobilityxs true badgex thricexnoble titusx spare my firstxborn sonx titusx patient yourselfx madamx and pardon mex these are their brethrenx whom your goths beheld alive and deadx and for their brethren slain religiously they ask a sacrificex to this your son is markxdx and die he must tx appease their groaning shadows that are gonex luciusx away with himx and make a fire straightx and with our swordsx upon a pile of woodx letxs hew his limbs till they be clean consumxdx exeunt titusx sonsx with alarbus tamorax o cruelx irreligious pietyx chironx was never scythia half so barbarousx demetriusx oppose not scythia to ambitious romex alarbus goes to restx and we survive to tremble under titusx threatxning lookx thenx madamx stand resolvxdx but hope withal the selfxsame gods that armxd the queen of troy with opportunity of sharp revenge upon the thracian tyrant in his tent may favour tamorax the queen of gothsx when goths were goths and tamora was queenx to quit the bloody wrongs upon her foesx rexenter luciusx quintusx martiusx and mutiusx the sons of andronicusx with their swords bloody luciusx seex lord and fatherx how we have performxd our roman ritesx alarbusx limbs are loppxdx and entrails feed the sacrificing firex whose smoke like incense doth perfume the skyx remaineth nought but to inter our brethrenx and with loud xlarums welcome them to romex titusx let it be sox and let andronicus make this his latest farewell to their soulsx xsound trumpets and lay the coffin in the tombx in peace and honour rest you herex my sonsx romexs readiest championsx repose you here in restx secure from worldly chances and mishapsx here lurks no treasonx here no envy swellsx here grow no damned drugsx here are no stormsx no noisex but silence and eternal sleepx in peace and honour rest you herex my sonsx enter lavinia laviniax in peace and honour live lord titus longx my noble lord and fatherx live in famex lox at this tomb my tributary tears i render for my brethrenxs obsequiesx and at thy feet i kneelx with tears of joy shed on this earth for thy return to romex ox bless me here with thy victorious handx whose fortunes romexs best citizens applaudx titusx kind romex that hast thus lovingly reservxd the cordial of mine age to glad my heartx laviniax livex outlive thy fatherxs daysx and famexs eternal datex for virtuexs praisex enterx abovex marcus andronicus and tribunesx rexenter saturninusx bassianusx and attendants marcusx long live lord titusx my beloved brotherx gracious triumpher in the eyes of romex titusx thanksx gentle tribunex noble brother marcusx marcusx and welcomex nephewsx from successful warsx you that survive and you that sleep in famex fair lordsx your fortunes are alike in all that in your countryxs service drew your swordsx but safer triumph is this funeral pomp that hath aspirxd to solonxs happiness and triumphs over chance in honourxs bedx titus andronicusx the people of romex whose friend in justice thou hast ever beenx send thee by mex their tribune and their trustx this parxiament of white and spotless huex and name thee in election for the empire with these our latexdeceased emperorxs sonsx be candidatus thenx and put it onx and help to set a head on headless romex titusx a better head her glorious body fits than his that shakes for age and feeblenessx what should i don this robe and trouble youx be chosen with proclamations toxdayx toxmorrow yield up rulex resign my lifex and set abroad new business for you allx romex i have been thy soldier forty yearsx and led my countryxs strength successfullyx and buried one and twenty valiant sonsx knighted in fieldx slain manfully in armsx in right and service of their noble countryx give me a staff of honour for mine agex but not a sceptre to control the worldx upright he held itx lordsx that held it lastx marcusx titusx thou shalt obtain and ask the emperyx saturninusx proud and ambitious tribunex canst thou tellx titusx patiencex prince saturninusx saturninusx romansx do me rightx patriciansx draw your swordsx and sheathe them not till saturninus be romexs emperorx andronicusx would thou were shippxd to hell rather than rob me of the peoplexs heartsx luciusx proud saturninex interrupter of the good that noblexminded titus means to theex titusx content theex princex i will restore to thee the peoplexs heartsx and wean them from themselvesx bassianusx andronicusx i do not flatter theex but honour theex and will do till i diex my faction if thou strengthen with thy friendsx i will most thankful bex and thanks to men of noble minds is honourable meedx titusx people of romex and peoplexs tribunes herex i ask your voices and your suffragesx will ye bestow them friendly on andronicusx tribunesx to gratify the good andronicusx and gratulate his safe return to romex the people will accept whom he admitsx titusx tribunesx i thank youx and this suit i makex that you create our emperorxs eldest sonx lord saturninex whose virtues willx i hopex reflect on rome as titanxs rays on earthx and ripen justice in this commonwealx thenx if you will elect by my advicex crown himx and say xlong live our emperorxx marcusx with voices and applause of every sortx patricians and plebeiansx we create lord saturninus romexs great emperorx and say xlong live our emperor saturninexx xa long flourish till they come downx saturninusx titus andronicusx for thy favours done to us in our election this day i give thee thanks in part of thy desertsx and will with deeds requite thy gentlenessx and for an onsetx titusx to advance thy name and honourable familyx lavinia will i make my emperessx romexs royal mistressx mistress of my heartx and in the sacred pantheon her espousex tell mex andronicusx doth this motion please theex titusx it dothx my worthy lordx and in this match i hold me highly honoured of your gracex and here in sight of romex to saturninex king and commander of our commonwealx the wide worldxs emperorx do i consecrate my swordx my chariotx and my prisonersx presents well worthy romexs imperious lordx receive them thenx the tribute that i owex mine honourxs ensigns humbled at thy feetx saturninusx thanksx noble titusx father of my lifex how proud i am of thee and of thy gifts rome shall recordx and when i do forget the least of these unspeakable desertsx romansx forget your fealty to mex titusx xto tamorax nowx madamx are you prisoner to an emperorx to him that for your honour and your state will use you nobly and your followersx saturninusx xasidex a goodly ladyx trust mex of the hue that i would choosex were i to choose anewxx clear upx fair queenx that cloudy countenancex though chance of war hath wrought this change of cheerx thou comxst not to be made a scorn in romex princely shall be thy usage every wayx rest on my wordx and let not discontent daunt all your hopesx madamx he comforts you can make you greater than the queen of gothsx laviniax you are not displeasxd with thisx laviniax not ix my lordx sith true nobility warrants these words in princely courtesyx saturninusx thanksx sweet laviniax romansx let us gox ransomless here we set our prisoners freex proclaim our honoursx lordsx with trump and drumx xflourishx bassianusx lord titusx by your leavex this maid is minex xseizing laviniax titusx howx sirx are you in earnest thenx my lordx bassianusx ayx noble titusx and resolvxd withal to do myself this reason and this rightx marcusx suum cuique is our roman justicex this prince in justice seizeth but his ownx luciusx and that he will and shallx if lucius livex titusx traitorsx avauntx where is the emperorxs guardx treasonx my lordx lavinia is surprisxdx saturninusx surprisxdx by whomx bassianusx by him that justly may bear his betrothxd from all the world awayx exeunt bassianus and marcus with lavinia mutiusx brothersx help to convey her hence awayx and with my sword ixll keep this door safex exeunt luciusx quintusx and martius titusx followx my lordx and ixll soon bring her backx mutiusx my lordx you pass not herex titusx whatx villain boyx barxst me my way in romex mutiusx helpx luciusx helpx titus kills himx during the frayx exeunt saturninusx tamorax demetriusx chironx and aaron rexenter lucius luciusx my lordx you are unjustx and more than sox in wrongful quarrel you have slain your sonx titusx nor thou nor he are any sons of minex my sons would never so dishonour mex rexenter aloft the emperor with tamora and her two sonsx and aaron the moor traitorx restore lavinia to the emperorx luciusx deadx if you willx but not to be his wifex that is anotherxs lawful promisxd lovex exit saturninusx nox titusx nox the emperor needs her notx nor herx nor theex nor any of thy stockx ixll trust by leisure him that mocks me oncex thee neverx nor thy traitorous haughty sonsx confederates all thus to dishonour mex was there none else in rome to make a stale but saturninex full wellx andronicusx agree these deeds with that proud brag of thine that saidst i beggxd the empire at thy handsx titusx o monstrousx what reproachful words are thesex saturninusx but go thy waysx gox give that changing piece to him that flourishxd for her with his swordx a valiant sonxinxlaw thou shalt enjoyx one fit to bandy with thy lawless sonsx to ruffle in the commonwealth of romex titusx these words are razors to my wounded heartx saturninusx and thereforex lovely tamorax queen of gothsx thatx like the stately phoebe xmongst her nymphsx dost overshine the gallantxst dames of romex if thou be pleasxd with this my sudden choicex beholdx i choose theex tamorax for my bride and will create thee emperess of romex speakx queen of gothsx dost thou applaud my choicex and here i swear by all the roman godsx sith priest and holy water are so nearx and tapers burn so brightx and everything in readiness for hymenaeus standx i will not rexsalute the streets of romex or climb my palacex till from forth this place i lead espousxd my bride along with mex tamorax and here in sight of heaven to rome i swearx if saturnine advance the queen of gothsx she will a handmaid be to his desiresx a loving nursex a mother to his youthx saturninusx ascendx fair queenx pantheonx lordsx accompany your noble emperor and his lovely bridex sent by the heavens for prince saturninex whose wisdom hath her fortune conqueredx there shall we consummate our spousal ritesx exeunt all but titus titusx i am not bid to wait upon this bridex titusx when wert thou wont to walk alonex dishonoured thusx and challenged of wrongsx rexenter marcusx and titusx sonsx luciusx quintusx and martius marcusx o titusx seex ox see what thou hast donex in a bad quarrel slain a virtuous sonx titusx nox foolish tribunex nox no son of minex nor thoux nor thesex confederates in the deed that hath dishonoured all our familyx unworthy brother and unworthy sonsx luciusx but let us give him burialx as becomesx give mutius burial with our bretherenx titusx traitorsx awayx he rests not in this tombx this monument five hundred years hath stoodx which i have sumptuously rexedifiedx here none but soldiers and romexs servitors repose in famex none basely slain in brawlsx bury him where you canx he comes not herex marcusx my lordx this is impiety in youx my nephew mutiusx deeds do plead for himx he must be buried with his bretherenx quintus x martiusx and shallx or him we will accompanyx titusx xand shallxx what villain was it spake that wordx quintusx he that would vouch it in any place but herex titusx whatx would you bury him in my despitex marcusx nox noble titusx but entreat of thee to pardon mutius and to bury himx titusx marcusx even thou hast struck upon my crestx and with these boys mine honour thou hast woundedx my foes i do repute you every onex so trouble me no morex but get you gonex martiusx he is not with himselfx let us withdrawx quintusx not ix till mutiusx bones be buriedx xthe brother and the sons kneelx marcusx brotherx for in that name doth nature pleadx quintusx fatherx and in that name doth nature speakx titusx speak thou no morex if all the rest will speedx marcusx renowned titusx more than half my soulx luciusx dear fatherx soul and substance of us allx marcusx suffer thy brother marcus to inter his noble nephew here in virtuexs nestx that died in honour and laviniaxs causex thou art a romanx be not barbarousx the greeks upon advice did bury ajaxx that slew himselfx and wise laertesx son did graciously plead for his funeralsx let not young mutiusx thenx that was thy joyx be barrxd his entrance herex titusx risex marcusx risex the dismalxst day is this that exer i sawx to be dishonoured by my sons in romex wellx bury himx and bury me the nextx xthey put mutius in the tombx luciusx there lie thy bonesx sweet mutiusx with thy friendsx till we with trophies do adorn thy tombx allx xkneelingx no man shed tears for noble mutiusx he lives in fame that died in virtuexs causex marcusx my lordx to step out of these dreary dumpsx how comes it that the subtle queen of goths is of a sudden thus advancxd in romex titusx i know notx marcusx but i know it isx whether by device or nox the heavens can tellx is she notx thenx beholding to the man that brought her for this high good turn so farx marcusx yesx and will nobly him remuneratex flourishx rexenter the emperorx tamora and her two sonsx with the moorx at one doorx at the other doorx bassianus and laviniax with others saturninusx sox bassianusx you have playxd your prizex god give you joyx sirx of your gallant bridex bassianusx and you of yoursx my lordx i say no morex nor wish no lessx and so i take my leavex saturninusx traitorx if rome have law or we have powerx thou and thy faction shall repent this rapex bassianusx rapex call you itx my lordx to seize my ownx my true betrothed lovex and now my wifex but let the laws of rome determine allx meanwhile am i possessxd of that is minex saturninusx xtis goodx sirx you are very short with usx but if we live wexll be as sharp with youx bassianusx my lordx what i have donex as best i mayx answer i mustx and shall do with my lifex only thus much i give your grace to knowx by all the duties that i owe to romex this noble gentlemanx lord titus herex is in opinion and in honour wrongxdx thatx in the rescue of laviniax with his own hand did slay his youngest sonx in zeal to youx and highly movxd to wrath to be controllxd in that he frankly gavex receive him then to favourx saturninex that hath expressxd himself in all his deeds a father and a friend to thee and romex titusx prince bassianusx leave to plead my deedsx xtis thou and those that have dishonoured mex rome and the righteous heavens be my judge how i have lovxd and honoured saturninex tamorax my worthy lordx if ever tamora were gracious in those princely eyes of thinex then hear me speak indifferently for allx and at my suitx sweetx pardon what is pastx saturninusx whatx madamx be dishonoured openlyx and basely put it up without revengex tamorax not sox my lordx the gods of rome forfend i should be author to dishonour youx but on mine honour dare i undertake for good lord titusx innocence in allx whose fury not dissembled speaks his griefsx then at my suit look graciously on himx lose not so noble a friend on vain supposex nor with sour looks afflict his gentle heartx xaside to saturninusx my lordx be rulxd by mex be won at lastx dissemble all your griefs and discontentsx you are but newly planted in your thronex lestx thenx the peoplex and patricians toox upon a just survey take titusx partx and so supplant you for ingratitudex which rome reputes to be a heinous sinx yield at entreatsx and then let me alonex ixll find a day to massacre them allx and raze their faction and their familyx the cruel father and his traitorous sonsx to whom i sued for my dear sonxs lifex and make them know what xtis to let a queen kneel in the streets and beg for grace in vainxx comex comex sweet emperorx comex andronicusx take up this good old manx and cheer the heart that dies in tempest of thy angry frownx saturninusx risex titusx risex my empress hath prevailxdx titusx i thank your majesty and herx my lordx these wordsx these looksx infuse new life in mex tamorax titusx i am incorporate in romex a roman now adopted happilyx and must advise the emperor for his goodx this day all quarrels diex andronicusx and let it be mine honourx good my lordx that i have reconcilxd your friends and youx for youx prince bassianusx i have passxd my word and promise to the emperor that you will be more mild and tractablex and fear notx lordsx and youx laviniax by my advicex all humbled on your kneesx you shall ask pardon of his majestyx luciusx we dox and vow to heaven and to his highness that what we did was mildly as we mightx tendxring our sisterxs honour and our ownx marcusx that on mine honour here do i protestx saturninusx awayx and talk notx trouble us no morex tamorax nayx nayx sweet emperorx we must all be friendsx the tribune and his nephews kneel for gracex i will not be deniedx sweet heartx look backx saturninusx marcusx for thy sakex and thy brotherxs herex and at my lovely tamoraxs entreatsx i do remit these young menxs heinous faultsx stand upx laviniax though you left me like a churlx i found a friendx and sure as death i swore i would not part a bachelor from the priestx comex if the emperorxs court can feast two bridesx you are my guestx laviniax and your friendsx this day shall be a lovexdayx tamorax titusx toxmorrowx and it please your majesty to hunt the panther and the hart with mex with horn and hound wexll give your grace bonjourx saturninusx be it sox titusx and gramercy toox exeuntx sound trumpets act iix scene ix romex before the palace enter aaron aaronx now climbeth tamora olympusx topx safe out of fortunexs shotx and sits aloftx secure of thunderxs crack or lightning flashx advancxd above pale envyxs threatxning reachx as when the golden sun salutes the mornx andx having gilt the ocean with his beamsx gallops the zodiac in his glistening coach and overlooks the highestxpeering hillsx so tamorax upon her wit doth earthly honour waitx and virtue stoops and trembles at her frownx thenx aaronx arm thy heart and fit thy thoughts to mount aloft with thy imperial mistressx and mount her pitch whom thou in triumph longx hast prisoner heldx fettxred in amorous chainsx and faster bound to aaronxs charming eyes than is prometheus tied to caucasusx away with slavish weeds and servile thoughtsx i will be bright and shine in pearl and goldx to wait upon this newxmade emperessx to waitx said ix to wanton with this queenx this goddessx this semiramisx this nymphx this siren that will charm romexs saturninex and see his shipwreck and his commonwealxsx hullox what storm is thisx enter chiron and demetriusx braving demetriusx chironx thy years wants witx thy wits wants edge and mannersx to intrude where i am gracxdx and mayx for aught thou knowestx affected bex chironx demetriusx thou dost overxween in allx and so in thisx to bear me down with bravesx xtis not the difference of a year or two makes me less gracious or thee more fortunatex i am as able and as fit as thou to serve and to deserve my mistressx gracex and that my sword upon thee shall approvex and plead my passions for laviniaxs lovex aaronx xasidex clubsx clubsx these lovers will not keep the peacex demetriusx whyx boyx although our motherx unadvisxdx gave you a dancing rapier by your sidex are you so desperate grown to threat your friendsx go tox have your lath glued within your sheath till you know better how to handle itx chironx meanwhilex sirx with the little skill i havex full well shalt thou perceive how much i darex demetriusx ayx boyx grow ye so bravex xthey drawx aaronx xcoming forwardx whyx how nowx lordsx so near the emperorxs palace dare ye draw and maintain such a quarrel openlyx full well i wot the ground of all this grudgex i would not for a million of gold the cause were known to them it most concernsx nor would your noble mother for much more be so dishonoured in the court of romex for shamex put upx demetriusx not ix till i have sheathxd my rapier in his bosomx and withal thrust those reproachful speeches down his throat that he hath breathxd in my dishonour herex chironx for that i am preparxd and full resolvxdx foulxspoken cowardx that thundxrest with thy tonguex and with thy weapon nothing darxst performx aaronx awayx i sayx nowx by the gods that warlike goths adorex this pretty brabble will undo us allx whyx lordsx and think you not how dangerous it is to jet upon a princexs rightx whatx is lavinia then become so loosex or bassianus so degeneratex that for her love such quarrels may be broachxd without controlmentx justicex or revengex young lordsx bewarex an should the empress know this discordxs groundx the music would not pleasex chironx i care notx ix knew she and all the worldx i love lavinia more than all the worldx demetriusx younglingx learn thou to make some meaner choicex lavina is thine elder brotherxs hopex aaronx whyx are ye madx or know ye not in rome how furious and impatient they bex and cannot brook competitors in lovex i tell youx lordsx you do but plot your deaths by this devicex chironx aaronx a thousand deaths would i propose to achieve her whom i lovex aaronx to achieve herx howx demetriusx why makxst thou it so strangex she is a womanx therefore may be wooxdx she is a womanx therefore may be wonx she is laviniax therefore must be lovxdx whatx manx more water glideth by the mill than wots the miller ofx and easy it is of a cut loaf to steal a shivex we knowx though bassianus be the emperorxs brotherx better than he have worn vulcanxs badgex aaronx xasidex ayx and as good as saturninus mayx demetriusx then why should he despair that knows to court it with wordsx fair looksx and liberalityx whatx hast not thou full often struck a doex and borne her cleanly by the keeperxs nosex aaronx whyx thenx it seems some certain snatch or so would serve your turnsx chironx ayx so the turn were servedx demetriusx aaronx thou hast hit itx aaronx would you had hit it toox then should not we be tirxd with this adox whyx hark yex hark yex and are you such fools to square for thisx would it offend youx thenx that both should speedx chironx faithx not mex demetriusx nor mex so i were onex aaronx for shamex be friendsx and join for that you jarx xtis policy and stratagem must do that you affectx and so must you resolve that what you cannot as you would achievex you must perforce accomplish as you mayx take this of mex lucrece was not more chaste than this laviniax bassianusx lovex a speedier course than lingxring languishment must we pursuex and i have found the pathx my lordsx a solemn hunting is in handx there will the lovely roman ladies troopx the forest walks are wide and spaciousx and many unfrequented plots there are fitted by kind for rape and villainyx single you thither then this dainty doex and strike her home by force if not by wordsx this wayx or not at allx stand you in hopex comex comex our empressx with her sacred wit to villainy and vengeance consecratex will we acquaint with all what we intendx and she shall file our engines with advice that will not suffer you to square yourselvesx but to your wishesx height advance you bothx the emperorxs court is like the house of famex the palace full of tonguesx of eyesx and earsx the woods are ruthlessx dreadfulx deafx and dullx there speak and strikex brave boysx and take your turnsx there serve your lustx shadowed from heavenxs eyex and revel in laviniaxs treasuryx chironx thy counselx ladx smells of no cowardicex demetriusx sit fas aut nefasx till i find the stream to cool this heatx a charm to calm these fitsx per stygax per manes vehorx exeunt scene iix a forest near rome enter titus andronicusx and his three sonsx luciusx quintusx martiusx making a noise with hounds and hornsx and marcus titusx the hunt is upx the morn is bright and greyx the fields are fragrantx and the woods are greenx uncouple herex and let us make a bayx and wake the emperor and his lovely bridex and rouse the princex and ring a hunterxs pealx that all the court may echo with the noisex sonsx let it be your chargex as it is oursx to attend the emperorxs person carefullyx i have been troubled in my sleep this nightx but dawning day new comfort hath inspirxdx here a cry of houndsx and wind horns in a pealx then enter saturninusx tamorax bassianus laviniax chironx demetriusx and their attendants many good morrows to your majestyx madamx to you as many and as goodx i promised your grace a hunterxs pealx saturninusx and you have rung it lustilyx my lordsx somewhat too early for newxmarried ladiesx bassianusx laviniax how say youx laviniax i say nox i have been broad awake two hours and morex saturninusx come on thenx horse and chariots let us havex and to our sportx xto tamorax madamx now shall ye see our roman huntingx marcusx i have dogsx my lordx will rouse the proudest panther in the chasex and climb the highest promontory topx titusx and i have horse will follow where the game makes wayx and run like swallows oxer the plainx demetriusx chironx we hunt notx wex with horse nor houndx but hope to pluck a dainty doe to groundx exeunt scene iiix a lonely part of the forest enter aaron alonex with a bag of gold aaronx he that had wit would think that i had nonex to bury so much gold under a tree and never after to inherit itx let him that thinks of me so abjectly know that this gold must coin a stratagemx whichx cunningly effectedx will beget a very excellent piece of villainyx and so reposex sweet goldx for their unrest xhides the goldx that have their alms out of the empressx chestx enter tamora alonex to the moor tamorax my lovely aaronx wherefore lookxst thou sad when everything does make a gleeful boastx the birds chant melody on every bushx the snakes lie rolled in the cheerful sunx the green leaves quiver with the cooling wind and make a chequerxd shadow on the groundx under their sweet shadex aaronx let us sitx and while the babbling echo mocks the houndsx replying shrilly to the wellxtunxd hornsx as if a double hunt were heard at oncex let us sit down and mark their yellowing noisex andx after conflict such as was supposxd the wandxring prince and dido once enjoyedx when with a happy storm they were surprisxdx and curtainxd with a counselxkeeping cavex we mayx each wreathed in the otherxs armsx our pastimes donex possess a golden slumberx whiles hounds and horns and sweet melodious birds be unto us as is a nursexs song of lullaby to bring her babe asleepx aaronx madamx though venus govern your desiresx saturn is dominator over minex what signifies my deadlyxstanding eyex my silence and my cloudy melancholyx my fleece of woolly hair that now uncurls even as an adder when she doth unroll to do some fatal executionx nox madamx these are no venereal signsx vengeance is in my heartx death in my handx blood and revenge are hammering in my headx harkx tamorax the empress of my soulx which never hopes more heaven than rests in theex this is the day of doom for bassianusx his philomel must lose her tongue toxdayx thy sons make pillage of her chastityx and wash their hands in bassianusx bloodx seest thou this letterx take it upx i pray theex and give the king this fatalxplotted scrollx now question me no morex we are espiedx here comes a parcel of our hopeful bootyx which dreads not yet their livesx destructionx enter bassianus and lavinia tamorax ahx my sweet moorx sweeter to me than lifex aaronx no morex great empressx bassianus comesx be cross with himx and ixll go fetch thy sons to back thy quarrelsx whatsoexer they bex exit bassianusx who have we herex romexs royal emperessx unfurnishxd of her wellxbeseeming troopx or is it dianx habited like herx who hath abandoned her holy groves to see the general hunting in this forestx tamorax saucy controller of my private stepsx had i the powxr that some say dian hadx thy temples should be planted presently with hornsx as was actaeonxsx and the hounds should drive upon thy newxtransformed limbsx unmannerly intruder as thou artx laviniax under your patiencex gentle emperessx xtis thought you have a goodly gift in horningx and to be doubted that your moor and you are singled forth to try thy experimentsx jove shield your husband from his hounds toxdayx xtis pity they should take him for a stagx bassianusx believe mex queenx your swarth cimmerian doth make your honour of his bodyxs huex spottedx detestedx and abominablex why are you sequestxred from all your trainx dismounted from your snowxwhite goodly steedx and wandxred hither to an obscure plotx accompanied but with a barbarous moorx if foul desire had not conducted youx laviniax andx being intercepted in your sportx great reason that my noble lord be rated for saucinessx i pray you let us hencex and let her joy her ravenxcoloured lovex this valley fits the purpose passing wellx bassianusx the king my brother shall have notice of thisx laviniax ayx for these slips have made him noted longx good kingx to be so mightily abusedx tamorax whyx i have patience to endure all thisx enter chiron and demetrius demetriusx how nowx dear sovereignx and our gracious motherx why doth your highness look so pale and wanx tamorax have i not reasonx think youx to look palex these two have xticed me hither to this placex a barren detested vale you see it isx the treesx though summerx yet forlorn and leanx overcome with moss and baleful mistletoex here never shines the sunx here nothing breedsx unless the nightly owl or fatal ravenx and when they showxd me this abhorred pitx they told mex herex at dead time of the nightx a thousand fiendsx a thousand hissing snakesx ten thousand swelling toadsx as many urchinsx would make such fearful and confused cries as any mortal body hearing it should straight fall mad or else die suddenlyx no sooner had they told this hellish tale but straight they told me they would bind me here unto the body of a dismal yewx and leave me to this miserable deathx and then they callxd me foul adulteressx lascivious gothx and all the bitterest terms that ever ear did hear to such effectx and had you not by wondrous fortune comex this vengeance on me had they executedx revenge itx as you love your motherxs lifex or be ye not henceforth callxd my childrenx demetriusx this is a witness that i am thy sonx xstabs bassianusx chironx and this for mex struck home to show my strengthx xalso stabsx laviniax ayx comex semiramisx nayx barbarous tamorax for no name fits thy nature but thy ownx tamorax give me the poniardx you shall knowx my boysx your motherxs hand shall right your motherxs wrongx demetriusx stayx madamx here is more belongs to herx first thrash the cornx then after burn the strawx this minion stood upon her chastityx upon her nuptial vowx her loyaltyx and with that painted hope braves your mightinessx and shall she carry this unto her gravex chironx an if she dox i would i were an eunuchx drag hence her husband to some secret holex and make his dead trunk pillow to our lustx tamorax but when ye have the honey we desirex let not this wasp outlivex us both to stingx chironx i warrant youx madamx we will make that surex comex mistressx now perforce we will enjoy that nicexpreserved honesty of yoursx laviniax o tamorax thou bearest a womanxs facex tamorax i will not hear her speakx away with herx laviniax sweet lordsx entreat her hear me but a wordx demetriusx listenx fair madamx let it be your glory to see her tearsx but be your heart to them as unrelenting flint to drops of rainx laviniax when did the tigerxs young ones teach the damx ox do not learn her wrathx she taught it theex the milk thou suckxdst from her did turn to marblex even at thy teat thou hadst thy tyrannyx yet every mother breeds not sons alikex xto chironx do thou entreat her show a womanxs pityx chironx whatx wouldst thou have me prove myself a bastardx laviniax xtis truex the raven doth not hatch a larkx yet have i heardx ox could i find it nowxx the lionx movxd with pityx did endure to have his princely paws parxd all awayx some say that ravens foster forlorn childrenx the whilst their own birds famish in their nestsx ox be to mex though thy hard heart say nox nothing so kindx but something pitifulx tamorax i know not what it meansx away with herx laviniax ox let me teach theex for my fatherxs sakex that gave thee life when well he might have slain theex be not obduratex open thy deaf earsx tamorax hadst thou in person nexer offended mex even for his sake am i pitilessx rememberx boysx i pourxd forth tears in vain to save your brother from the sacrificex but fierce andronicus would not relentx therefore away with herx and use her as you willx the worse to her the better lovxd of mex laviniax o tamorax be callxd a gentle queenx and with thine own hands kill me in this placex for xtis not life that i have beggxd so longx poor i was slain when bassianus diedx tamorax what begxst thoux thenx fond womanx let me gox laviniax xtis present death i begx and one thing morex that womanhood denies my tongue to tellx ox keep me from their worse than killing lustx and tumble me into some loathsome pitx where never manxs eye may behold my bodyx do thisx and be a charitable murdererx tamorax so should i rob my sweet sons of their feex nox let them satisfy their lust on theex demetriusx awayx for thou hast stayxd us here too longx laviniax no gracex no womanhoodx ahx beastly creaturex the blot and enemy to our general namex confusion fallx chironx nayx then ixll stop your mouthx bring thou her husbandx this is the hole where aaron bid us hide himx demetrius throws the body of bassianus into the pitx then exeunt demetrius and chironx dragging off lavinia tamorax farewellx my sonsx see that you make her surex nexer let my heart know merry cheer indeed till all the andronici be made awayx now will i hence to seek my lovely moorx and let my spleenful sons this trull deflowerx exit rexenter aaronx with two of titusx sonsx quintus and martius aaronx come onx my lordsx the better foot beforex straight will i bring you to the loathsome pit where i espied the panther fast asleepx quintusx my sight is very dullx whatexer it bodesx martiusx and minex i promise youx were it not for shamex well could i leave our sport to sleep awhilex xfalls into the pitx quintusx whatx art thou fallenx what subtle hole is thisx whose mouth is covered with rudexgrowing briersx upon whose leaves are drops of newxshed blood as fresh as morning dew distillxd on flowersx a very fatal place it seems to mex speakx brotherx hast thou hurt thee with the fallx martiusx o brotherx with the dismalxst object hurt that ever eye with sight made heart lamentx aaronx xasidex now will i fetch the king to find them herex that he thereby may have a likely guess how these were they that made away his brotherx exit martiusx why dost not comfort mex and help me out from this unhallowxd and bloodxstained holex quintusx i am surprised with an uncouth fearx a chilling sweat oxerxruns my trembling jointsx my heart suspects more than mine eye can seex martiusx to prove thou hast a true divining heartx aaron and thou look down into this denx and see a fearful sight of blood and deathx quintusx aaron is gonex and my compassionate heart will not permit mine eyes once to behold the thing whereat it trembles by surmisex ox tell me who it isx for nexer till now was i a child to fear i know not whatx martiusx lord bassianus lies berayxd in bloodx all on a heapx like to a slaughtered lambx in this detestedx darkx bloodxdrinking pitx quintusx if it be darkx how dost thou know xtis hex martiusx upon his bloody finger he doth wear a precious ring that lightens all this holex whichx like a taper in some monumentx doth shine upon the dead manxs earthy cheeksx and shows the ragged entrails of this pitx so pale did shine the moon on pyramus when he by night lay bathxd in maiden bloodx o brotherx help me with thy fainting handx if fear hath made thee faintx as me it hathx out of this fell devouring receptaclex as hateful as cocytusx misty mouthx quintusx reach me thy handx that i may help thee outx orx wanting strength to do thee so much goodx i may be pluckxd into the swallowing womb of this deep pitx poor bassianusx gravex i have no strength to pluck thee to the brinkx martiusx nor i no strength to climb without thy helpx quintusx thy hand once morex i will not loose againx till thou art here aloftx or i belowx thou canst not come to mex i come to theex xfalls inx enter the emperor and aaron the moor saturninusx along with mex ixll see what hole is herex and what he is that now is leapt into itx sayx who art thou that lately didst descend into this gaping hollow of the earthx martiusx the unhappy sons of old andronicusx brought hither in a most unlucky hourx to find thy brother bassianus deadx saturninusx my brother deadx i know thou dost but jestx he and his lady both are at the lodge upon the north side of this pleasant chasex xtis not an hour since i left them therex martiusx we know not where you left them all alivex butx out alasx here have we found him deadx rexenter tamorax with attendantsx titus andronicus and lucius tamorax where is my lord the kingx saturninusx herex tamorax though grievxd with killing griefx tamorax where is thy brother bassianusx saturninusx now to the bottom dost thou search my woundx poor bassianus here lies murderedx tamorax then all too late i bring this fatal writx the complot of this timeless tragedyx and wonder greatly that manxs face can fold in pleasing smiles such murderous tyrannyx xshe giveth saturnine a letterx saturninusx xreadsx xan if we miss to meet him handsomelyx sweet huntsmanx bassianus xtis we meanx do thou so much as dig the grave for himx thou knowxst our meaningx look for thy reward among the nettles at the elderxtree which overshades the mouth of that same pit where we decreed to bury bassianusx do thisx and purchase us thy lasting friendsxx o tamorax was ever heard the likex this is the pit and this the elderxtreex lookx sirsx if you can find the huntsman out that should have murdered bassianus herex aaronx my gracious lordx here is the bag of goldx saturninusx xto titusx two of thy whelpsx fell curs of bloody kindx have here bereft my brother of his lifex sirsx drag them from the pit unto the prisonx there let them bide until we have devisxd some neverxheardxof torturing pain for themx tamorax whatx are they in this pitx o wondrous thingx how easily murder is discoveredx titusx high emperorx upon my feeble knee i beg this boonx with tears not lightly shedx that this fell fault of my accursed sonsx accursed if the fault be provxd in themx saturninusx if it be provxdx you see it is apparentx who found this letterx tamorax was it youx tamorax andronicus himself did take it upx titusx i didx my lordx yet let me be their bailx forx by my fathersx reverend tombx i vow they shall be ready at your highnessx will to answer their suspicion with their livesx saturninusx thou shalt not bail themx see thou follow mex some bring the murdered bodyx some the murderersx let them not speak a wordx the guilt is plainx forx by my soulx were there worse end than deathx that end upon them should be executedx tamorax andronicusx i will entreat the kingx fear not thy sonsx they shall do well enoughx titusx comex luciusx comex stay not to talk with themx exeunt scene ivx another part of the forest enter the empressx sonsx demetrius and chironx with laviniax her hands cut offx and her tongue cut outx and ravishxd demetriusx sox now go tellx an if thy tongue can speakx who xtwas that cut thy tongue and ravishxd theex chironx write down thy mindx bewray thy meaning sox an if thy stumps will let thee play the scribex demetriusx see how with signs and tokens she can scrowlx chironx go homex call for sweet waterx wash thy handsx demetriusx she hath no tongue to callx nor hands to washx and so letxs leave her to her silent walksx chironx an xtwere my causex i should go hang myselfx demetriusx if thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cordx exeunt demetrius and chiron wind hornsx enter marcusx from hunting marcusx who is thisxx my niecex that flies away so fastx cousinx a wordx where is your husbandx if i do dreamx would all my wealth would wake mex if i do wakex some planet strike me downx that i may slumber an eternal sleepx speakx gentle niecex what stern ungentle hands hath loppxdx and hewxdx and made thy body bare of her two branchesx those sweet ornaments whose circling shadows kings have sought to sleep inx and might not gain so great a happiness as half thy lovex why dost not speak to mex alasx a crimson river of warm bloodx like to a bubbling fountain stirrxd with windx doth rise and fall between thy rosed lipsx coming and going with thy honey breathx but sure some tereus hath deflowered theex andx lest thou shouldst detect himx cut thy tonguex ahx now thou turnxst away thy face for shamex and notwithstanding all this loss of bloodx as from a conduit with three issuing spoutsx yet do thy cheeks look red as titanxs face blushing to be encountxred with a cloudx shall i speak for theex shall i say xtis sox ox that i knew thy heartx and knew the beastx that i might rail at him to ease my mindx sorrow concealedx like an oven stoppxdx doth burn the heart to cinders where it isx fair philomelx why she but lost her tonguex and in a tedious sampler sewxd her mindx butx lovely niecex that mean is cut from theex a craftier tereusx cousinx hast thou metx and he hath cut those pretty fingers off that could have better sewxd than philomelx ox had the monster seen those lily hands tremble like aspen leaves upon a lute and make the silken strings delight to kiss themx he would not then have touchxd them for his lifex or had he heard the heavenly harmony which that sweet tongue hath madex he would have droppxd his knifex and fell asleepx as cerberus at the thracian poetxs feetx comex let us gox and make thy father blindx for such a sight will blind a fatherxs eyex one hourxs storm will drown the fragrant meadsx what will whole months of tears thy fatherxs eyesx do not draw backx for we will mourn with theex ox could our mourning case thy miseryx exeunt act iiix scene ix romex a street enter the judgesx tribunesx and senatorsx with titusx two sons martius and quintus boundx passing on the stage to the place of executionx and titus going beforex pleading titusx hear mex grave fathersx noble tribunesx stayx for pity of mine agex whose youth was spent in dangerous wars whilst you securely sleptx for all my blood in romexs great quarrel shedx for all the frosty nights that i have watchxdx and for these bitter tearsx which now you see filling the aged wrinkles in my cheeksx be pitiful to my condemned sonsx whose souls are not corrupted as xtis thoughtx for two and twenty sons i never weptx because they died in honourxs lofty bedx xandronicus lieth downx and the judges pass by him with the prisonersx and exeuntx for thesex tribunesx in the dust i write my heartxs deep languor and my soulxs sad tearsx let my tears stanch the earthxs dry appetitex my sonsx sweet blood will make it shame and blushx o earthx i will befriend thee more with rain that shall distil from these two ancient urnsx than youthful april shall with all his showxrsx in summerxs drought ixll drop upon thee stillx in winter with warm tears ixll melt the snow and keep eternal springxtime on thy facex so thou refuse to drink my dear sonsx bloodx enter lucius with his weapon drawn o reverend tribunesx o gentle aged menx unbind my sonsx reverse the doom of deathx and let me sayx that never wept beforex my tears are now prevailing oratorsx luciusx o noble fatherx you lament in vainx the tribunes hear you notx no man is byx and you recount your sorrows to a stonex titusx ahx luciusx for thy brothers let me pleadx grave tribunesx once more i entreat of youx luciusx my gracious lordx no tribune hears you speakx titusx whyx xtis no matterx manx if they did hearx they would not mark mex if they did markx they would not pity mex yet plead i mustx and bootless unto themx therefore i tell my sorrows to the stonesx who though they cannot answer my distressx yet in some sort they are better than the tribunesx for that they will not intercept my talex when i do weepx they humbly at my feet receive my tearsx and seem to weep with mex and were they but attired in grave weedsx rome could afford no tribunes like to thesex a stone is soft as waxx tribunes more hard than stonesx a stone is silent and offendeth notx and tribunes with their tongues doom men to deathx xrisesx but wherefore standxst thou with thy weapon drawnx luciusx to rescue my two brothers from their deathx for which attempt the judges have pronouncxd my everlasting doom of banishmentx titusx o happy manx they have befriended theex whyx foolish luciusx dost thou not perceive that rome is but a wilderness of tigersx tigers must preyx and rome affords no prey but me and minex how happy art thou then from these devourers to be banishedx but who comes with our brother marcus herex enter marcus with lavinia marcusx titusx prepare thy aged eyes to weepx or if not sox thy noble heart to breakx i bring consuming sorrow to thine agex titusx will it consume mex let me see it thenx marcusx this was thy daughterx titusx whyx marcusx so she isx luciusx ay mex this object kills mex titusx faintxhearted boyx arisex and look upon herx speakx laviniax what accursed hand hath made thee handless in thy fatherxs sightx what fool hath added water to the seax or brought a fagot to brightxburning troyx my grief was at the height before thou camxstx and now like nilus it disdaineth boundsx give me a swordx ixll chop off my hands toox for they have fought for romex and all in vainx and they have nursxd this woe in feeding lifex in bootless prayer have they been held upx and they have servxd me to effectless usex now all the service i require of them is that the one will help to cut the otherx xtis wellx laviniax that thou hast no handsx for hands to do rome service is but vainx luciusx speakx gentle sisterx who hath martyrxd theex marcusx ox that delightful engine of her thoughts that blabbxd them with such pleasing eloquence is torn from forth that pretty hollow cagex where like a sweet melodious bird it sung sweet varied notesx enchanting every earx luciusx ox say thou for herx who hath done this deedx marcusx ox thus i found her straying in the parkx seeking to hide herself as doth the deer that hath receivxd some unrecuring woundx titusx it was my dearx and he that wounded her hath hurt me more than had he killxd me deadx for now i stand as one upon a rockx environxd with a wilderness of seax who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wavex expecting ever when some envious surge will in his brinish bowels swallow himx this way to death my wretched sons are gonex here stands my other sonx a banishxd manx and here my brotherx weeping at my woesx but that which gives my soul the greatest spurn is dear laviniax dearer than my soulx had i but seen thy picture in this plightx it would have madded mex what shall i do now i behold thy lively body sox thou hast no hands to wipe away thy tearsx nor tongue to tell me who hath martyrxd theex thy husband he is deadx and for his death thy brothers are condemnxdx and dead by thisx lookx marcusx ahx son luciusx look on herx when i did name her brothersx then fresh tears stood on her cheeksx as doth the honey dew upon a gathxred lily almost witheredx marcusx perchance she weeps because they killxd her husbandx perchance because she knows them innocentx titusx if they did kill thy husbandx then be joyfulx because the law hath taxen revenge on themx nox nox they would not do so foul a deedx witness the sorrow that their sister makesx gentle laviniax let me kiss thy lipsx or make some sign how i may do thee easex shall thy good uncle and thy brother lucius and thou and i sit round about some fountainx looking all downwards to behold our cheeks how they are stainxdx like meadows yet not dry with miry slime left on them by a floodx and in the fountain shall we gaze so longx till the fresh taste be taken from that clearnessx and made a brinexpit with our bitter tearsx or shall we cut away our hands like thinex or shall we bite our tonguesx and in dumb shows pass the remainder of our hateful daysx what shall we dox let us that have our tongues plot some device of further misery to make us wonderxd at in time to comex luciusx sweet fatherx cease your tearsx for at your grief see how my wretched sister sobs and weepsx marcusx patiencex dear niecex good titusx dry thine eyesx titusx ahx marcusx marcusx brotherx well i wot thy napkin cannot drink a tear of minex for thoux poor manx hast drownxd it with thine ownx luciusx ahx my laviniax i will wipe thy cheeksx titusx markx marcusx markx i understand her signsx had she a tongue to speakx now would she say that to her brother which i said to theex his napkinx with his true tears all bewetx can do no service on her sorrowful cheeksx ox what a sympathy of woe is this as far from help as limbo is from blissx enter aaron the moor aaronx titus andronicusx my lord the emperor sends thee this wordx thatx if thou love thy sonsx let marcusx luciusx or thyselfx old titusx or any one of youx chop off your hand and send it to the kingx he for the same will send thee hither both thy sons alivex and that shall be the ransom for their faultx titusx o gracious emperorx o gentle aaronx did ever raven sing so like a lark that gives sweet tidings of the sunxs uprisex with all my heart ixll send the emperor my handx good aaronx wilt thou help to chop it offx luciusx stayx fatherx for that noble hand of thinex that hath thrown down so many enemiesx shall not be sentx my hand will serve the turnx my youth can better spare my blood than youx and therefore mine shall save my brothersx livesx marcusx which of your hands hath not defended rome and rearxd aloft the bloody battlexaxex writing destruction on the enemyxs castlex ox none of both but are of high desertx my hand hath been but idlex let it serve to ransom my two nephews from their deathx then have i kept it to a worthy endx aaronx nayx comex agree whose hand shall go alongx for fear they die before their pardon comex marcusx my hand shall gox luciusx by heavenx it shall not gox titusx sirsx strive no morex such withxred herbs as these are meet for plucking upx and therefore minex luciusx sweet fatherx if i shall be thought thy sonx let me redeem my brothers both from deathx marcusx and for our fatherxs sake and motherxs carex now let me show a brotherxs love to theex titusx agree between youx i will spare my handx luciusx then ixll go fetch an axex marcusx but i will use the axex exeunt lucius and marcus titusx come hitherx aaronx ixll deceive them bothx lend me thy handx and i will give thee minex aaronx xasidex if that be callxd deceitx i will be honestx and never whilst i live deceive men sox but ixll deceive you in another sortx and that youxll say ere half an hour passx xhe cuts off titusx handx rexenter lucius and marcus titusx now stay your strifex what shall be is dispatchxdx good aaronx give his majesty my handx tell him it was a hand that warded him from thousand dangersx bid him bury itx more hath it meritedx that let it havex as for my sonsx say i account of them as jewels purchasxd at an easy pricex and yet dear toox because i bought mine ownx aaronx i gox andronicusx and for thy hand look by and by to have thy sons with theex xasidex their heads i meanx ox how this villainy doth fat me with the very thoughts of itx let fools do goodx and fair men call for gracex aaron will have his soul black like his facex exit titusx ox here i lift this one hand up to heavenx and bow this feeble ruin to the earthx if any power pities wretched tearsx to that i callx xto laviniax whatx wouldxst thou kneel with mex dox thenx dear heartx for heaven shall hear our prayersx or with our sighs wexll breathe the welkin dim and stain the sun with fogx as sometime clouds when they do hug him in their melting bosomsx marcusx o brotherx speak with possibilityx and do not break into these deep extremesx titusx is not my sorrow deepx having no bottomx then be my passions bottomless with themx marcusx but yet let reason govern thy lamentx titusx if there were reason for these miseriesx then into limits could i bind my woesx when heaven doth weepx doth not the earth oxerflowx if the winds ragex doth not the sea wax madx threatxning the welkin with his bigxswolxn facex and wilt thou have a reason for this coilx i am the seax hark how her sighs do blowx she is the weeping welkinx i the earthx then must my sea be moved with her sighsx then must my earth with her continual tears become a delugex overflowxd and drownxdx for why my bowels cannot hide her woesx but like a drunkard must i vomit themx then give me leavex for losers will have leave to ease their stomachs with their bitter tonguesx enter a messengerx with two heads and a hand messengerx worthy andronicusx ill art thou repaid for that good hand thou sentxst the emperorx here are the heads of thy two noble sonsx and herexs thy handx in scorn to thee sent backx thy grief their sportsx thy resolution mockxdx that woe is me to think upon thy woesx more than remembrance of my fatherxs deathx exit marcusx now let hot aetna cool in sicilyx and be my heart an everxburning hellx these miseries are more than may be bornex to weep with them that weep doth ease some dealx but sorrow flouted at is double deathx luciusx ahx that this sight should make so deep a woundx and yet detested life not shrink thereatx that ever death should let life bear his namex where life hath no more interest but to breathex xlavinia kisses titusx marcusx alasx poor heartx that kiss is comfortless as frozen water to a starved snakex titusx when will this fearful slumber have an endx marcusx now farewellx flattxryx diex andronicusx thou dost not slumberx see thy two sonsx headsx thy warlike handx thy mangled daughter herex thy other banishxd son with this dear sight struck pale and bloodlessx and thy brotherx ix even like a stony imagex cold and numbx ahx now no more will i control thy griefsx rent off thy silver hairx thy other hand gnawing with thy teethx and be this dismal sight the closing up of our most wretched eyesx now is a time to stormx why art thou stillx titusx hax hax hax marcusx why dost thou laughx it fits not with this hourx titusx whyx i have not another tear to shedx besidesx this sorrow is an enemyx and would usurp upon my watxry eyes and make them blind with tributary tearsx then which way shall i find revengexs cavex for these two heads do seem to speak to mex and threat me i shall never come to bliss till all these mischiefs be returnxd again even in their throats that have committed themx comex let me see what task i have to dox you heavy peoplex circle me aboutx that i may turn me to each one of you and swear unto my soul to right your wrongsx the vow is madex comex brotherx take a headx and in this hand the other will i bearx andx laviniax thou shalt be employxd in thisx bear thou my handx sweet wenchx between thy teethx as for theex boyx gox get thee from my sightx thou art an exilex and thou must not stayx hie to the goths and raise an army therex and if ye love mex as i think you dox letxs kiss and partx for we have much to dox exeunt all but lucius luciusx farewellx andronicusx my noble fatherx the woefullxst man that ever livxd in romex farewellx proud romex till lucius come againx he leaves his pledges dearer than his lifex farewellx laviniax my noble sisterx ox would thou wert as thou tofore hast beenx but now nor lucius nor lavinia lives but in oblivion and hateful griefsx if lucius livex he will requite your wrongs and make proud saturnine and his emperess beg at the gates like tarquin and his queenx now will i to the gothsx and raise a powxr to be revengxd on rome and saturninex exit scene iix romex titusx house a banquetx enter titusx marcusx laviniax and the boy young lucius titusx so sox now sitx and look you eat no more than will preserve just so much strength in us as will revenge these bitter woes of oursx marcusx unknit that sorrowxwreathen knotx thy niece and ix poor creaturesx want our handsx and cannot passionate our tenfold grief with folded armsx this poor right hand of mine is left to tyrannize upon my breastx whox when my heartx all mad with miseryx beats in this hollow prison of my fleshx then thus i thump it downx xto laviniax thou map of woex that thus dost talk in signsx when thy poor heart beats with outrageous beatingx thou canst not strike it thus to make it stillx wound it with sighingx girlx kill it with groansx or get some little knife between thy teeth and just against thy heart make thou a holex that all the tears that thy poor eyes let fall may run into that sink andx soaking inx drown the lamenting fool in seaxsalt tearsx marcusx fiex brotherx fiex teach her not thus to lay such violent hands upon her tender lifex titusx how nowx has sorrow made thee dote alreadyx whyx marcusx no man should be mad but ix what violent hands can she lay on her lifex ahx wherefore dost thou urge the name of handsx to bid aeneas tell the tale twice oxer how troy was burnt and he made miserablex ox handle not the themex to talk of handsx lest we remember still that we have nonex fiex fiex how franticly i square my talkx as if we should forget we had no handsx if marcus did not name the word of handsx comex letxs fall tox andx gentle girlx eat thisx here is no drinkx harkx marcusx what she saysx i can interpret all her martyrxd signsx she says she drinks no other drink but tearsx brewxd with her sorrowx meshxd upon her cheeksx speechless complainerx i will learn thy thoughtx in thy dumb action will i be as perfect as begging hermits in their holy prayersx thou shalt not sighx nor hold thy stumps to heavenx nor winkx nor nodx nor kneelx nor make a signx but i of these will wrest an alphabetx and by still practice learn to know thy meaningx boyx good grandsirex leave these bitter deep lamentsx make my aunt merry with some pleasing talex marcusx alasx the tender boyx in passion movxdx doth weep to see his grandsirexs heavinessx titusx peacex tender saplingx thou art made of tearsx and tears will quickly melt thy life awayx xmarcus strikes the dish with a knifex what dost thou strike atx marcusx with thy knifex marcusx at that that i have killxdx my lordx a flyx titusx out on theex murdererx thou killxst my heartx mine eyes are cloyxd with view of tyrannyx a deed of death done on the innocent becomes not titusx brotherx get thee gonex i see thou art not for my companyx marcusx alasx my lordx i have but killxd a flyx titusx xbutxx how if that fly had a father and motherx how would he hang his slender gilded wings and buzz lamenting doings in the airx poor harmless flyx that with his pretty buzzing melody came here to make us merryx and thou hast killxd himx marcusx pardon mex sirx it was a black illxfavourxd flyx like to the empressx moorx therefore i killxd himx titusx ox ox ox then pardon me for reprehending theex for thou hast done a charitable deedx give me thy knifex i will insult on himx flattering myself as if it were the moor come hither purposely to poison mex therexs for thyselfx and thatxs for tamorax ahx sirrahx yetx i thinkx we are not brought so low but that between us we can kill a fly that comes in likeness of a coalxblack moorx marcusx alasx poor manx grief has so wrought on himx he takes false shadows for true substancesx titusx comex take awayx laviniax go with mex ixll to thy closetx and go read with thee sad stories chanced in the times of oldx comex boyx and go with mex thy sight is youngx and thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzlex exeunt act ivx scene ix romex titusx garden enter young lucius and lavinia running after himx and the boy flies from her with his books under his armx enter titus and marcus boyx helpx grandsirex helpx my aunt lavinia follows me everywherex i know not whyx good uncle marcusx see how swift she comesx alasx sweet auntx i know not what you meanx marcusx stand by mex luciusx do not fear thine auntx titusx she loves theex boyx too well to do thee harmx boyx ayx when my father was in rome she didx marcusx what means my niece lavinia by these signsx titusx fear her notx luciusx somewhat doth she meanx seex luciusx see how much she makes of theex somewhither would she have thee go with herx ahx boyx cornelia never with more care read to her sons than she hath read to thee sweet poetry and tullyxs oratorx marcusx canst thou not guess wherefore she plies thee thusx boyx my lordx i know notx ix nor can i guessx unless some fit or frenzy do possess herx for i have heard my grandsire say full oft extremity of griefs would make men madx and i have read that hecuba of troy ran mad for sorrowx that made me to fearx althoughx my lordx i know my noble aunt loves me as dear as exer my mother didx and would notx but in furyx fright my youthx which made me down to throw my booksx and flyx causelessx perhapsx but pardon mex sweet auntx andx madamx if my uncle marcus gox i will most willingly attend your ladyshipx marcusx luciusx i willx xlavinia turns over with her stumps the books which lucius has let fallx titusx how nowx laviniax marcusx what means thisx some book there is that she desires to seex which is itx girlx of thesexx open themx boyxx but thou art deeper read and better skillxdx come and take choice of all my libraryx and so beguile thy sorrowx till the heavens reveal the damnxd contriver of this deedx why lifts she up her arms in sequence thusx marcusx i think she means that there were more than one confederate in the factx ayx more there wasx or else to heaven she heaves them for revengex titusx luciusx what book is that she tosseth sox boyx grandsirex xtis ovidxs metamorphosesx my mother gave it mex marcusx for love of her thatxs gonex perhaps she cullxd it from among the restx titusx softx so busily she turns the leavesx help herx what would she findx laviniax shall i readx this is the tragic tale of philomel and treats of tereusx treason and his rapex and rapex i fearx was root of thy annoyx marcusx seex brotherx seex note how she quotes the leavesx titusx laviniax wert thou thus surprisxdx sweet girlx ravishxd and wrongxd as philomela wasx forcxd in the ruthlessx vastx and gloomy woodsx seex seex ayx such a place there is where we did huntx ox had we neverx never hunted therexx patternxd by that the poet here describesx by nature made for murders and for rapesx marcusx ox why should nature build so foul a denx unless the gods delight in tragediesx titusx give signsx sweet girlx for here are none but friendsx what roman lord it was durst do the deedx or slunk not saturninex as tarquin erstx that left the camp to sin in lucrecex bedx marcusx sit downx sweet niecex brotherx sit down by mex apollox pallasx jovex or mercuryx inspire mex that i may this treason findx my lordx look herex look herex laviniax xhe writes his name with his staffx and guides it with feet and mouthx this sandy plot is plainx guidex if thou canstx this after mex i have writ my name without the help of any hand at allx cursxd be that heart that forcxd us to this shiftx write thoux good niecex and here display at last what god will have discovered for revengex heaven guide thy pen to print thy sorrows plainx that we may know the traitors and the truthx xshe takes the staff in her mouth and guides it with stumpsx and writesx ox do ye readx my lordx what she hath writx titusx xstuprumx chironx demetriusxx marcusx whatx whatx the lustful sons of tamora performers of this heinous bloody deedx titusx magni dominator polix tam lentus audis scelerax tam lentus videsx marcusx ox calm theex gentle lordx although i know there is enough written upon this earth to stir a mutiny in the mildest thoughtsx and arm the minds of infants to exclaimsx my lordx kneel down with mex laviniax kneelx and kneelx sweet boyx the roman hectorxs hopex and swear with mex asx with the woeful fere and father of that chaste dishonoured damex lord junius brutus sware for lucrecex rapex that we will prosecutex by good advicex mortal revenge upon these traitorous gothsx and see their blood or die with this reproachx titusx xtis sure enoughx an you knew howx but if you hunt these bearxwhelpsx then bewarex the dam will wakex and if she wind ye oncex shexs with the lion deeply still in leaguex and lulls him whilst she playeth on her backx and when he sleeps will she do what she listx you are a young huntsmanx marcusx let alonex and comex i will go get a leaf of brassx and with a gad of steel will write these wordsx and lay it byx the angry northern wind will blow these sands like sibylxs leaves abroadx and wherexs our lessonx thenx boyx what say youx boyx i sayx my lordx that if i were a man their motherxs bedchamber should not be safe for these base bondmen to the yoke of romex marcusx ayx thatxs my boyx thy father hath full oft for his ungrateful country done the likex boyx andx unclex so will ix an if i livex titusx comex go with me into mine armouryx luciusx ixll fit theex and withal my boy shall carry from me to the empressx sons presents that i intend to send them bothx comex comex thouxlt do my messagex wilt thou notx boyx ayx with my dagger in their bosomsx grandsirex titusx nox boyx not sox ixll teach thee another coursex laviniax comex marcusx look to my housex lucius and ixll go brave it at the courtx ayx marryx will wex sirx and wexll be waited onx exeunt titusx laviniax and young lucius marcusx o heavensx can you hear a good man groan and not relentx or not compassion himx marcusx attend him in his ecstasyx that hath more scars of sorrow in his heart than foemenxs marks upon his battxred shieldx but yet so just that he will not revengex revenge the heavens for old andronicusx exit scene iix romex the palace enter aaronx demetrius and chironx at one doorx and at the other doorx young lucius and another with a bundle of weaponsx and verses writ upon them chironx demetriusx herexs the son of luciusx he hath some message to deliver usx aaronx ayx some mad message from his mad grandfatherx boyx my lordsx with all the humbleness i mayx i greet your honours from andronicusx xasidex and pray the roman gods confound you bothx demetriusx gramercyx lovely luciusx whatxs the newsx boyx xasidex that you are both decipherxdx thatxs the newsx for villains markxd with rapexx may it please youx my grandsirex well advisxdx hath sent by me the goodliest weapons of his armoury to gratify your honourable youthx the hope of romex for so he bid me sayx and so i dox and with his gifts present your lordshipsx thatx whenever you have needx you may be armed and appointed wellx and so i leave you bothx xasidex like bloody villainsx exeunt young lucius and attendant demetriusx whatxs herex a scrollx and written round aboutx letxs seex xreadsx xinteger vitaex scelerisque purusx non eget mauri iaculisx nec arcuxx chironx ox xtis a verse in horacex i know it wellx i read it in the grammar long agox aaronx ayx justx a verse in horacex rightx you have itx xasidex nowx what a thing it is to be an assx herexs no sound jestx the old man hath found their guiltx and sends them weapons wrappxd about with lines that woundx beyond their feelingx to the quickx but were our witty empress well afootx she would applaud andronicusx conceitx but let her rest in her unrest awhilex and nowx young lordsx wasxt not a happy star led us to romex strangersx and more than sox captivesx to be advanced to this heightx it did me good before the palace gate to brave the tribune in his brotherxs hearingx demetriusx but me more good to see so great a lord basely insinuate and send us giftsx aaronx had he not reasonx lord demetriusx did you not use his daughter very friendlyx demetriusx i would we had a thousand roman dames at such a bayx by turn to serve our lustx chironx a charitable wish and full of lovex aaronx here lacks but your mother for to say amenx chironx and that would she for twenty thousand morex demetriusx comex let us go and pray to all the gods for our beloved mother in her painsx aaronx xasidex pray to the devilsx the gods have given us overx xtrumpets soundx demetriusx why do the emperorxs trumpets flourish thusx chironx belikex for joy the emperor hath a sonx demetriusx softx who comes herex enter nursex with a blackamoor child nursex good morrowx lordsx ox tell mex did you see aaron the moorx aaronx wellx more or lessx or nexer a whit at allx here aaron isx and what with aaron nowx nursex o gentle aaronx we are all undonex now helpx or woe betide thee evermorex aaronx whyx what a caterwauling dost thou keepx what dost thou wrap and fumble in thy armsx nursex ox that which i would hide from heavenxs eyex our empressx shame and stately romexs disgracex she is deliveredx lordx she is deliveredx aaronx to whomx nursex i mean she is brought axbedx aaronx wellx god give her good restx what hath he sent herx nursex a devilx aaronx whyx then she is the devilxs damx a joyful issuex nursex a joylessx dismalx blackx and sorrowful issuex here is the babex as loathsome as a toad amongst the fairxfacxd breeders of our climex the empress sends it theex thy stampx thy sealx and bids thee christen it with thy daggerxs pointx aaronx zoundsx ye whorex is black so base a huex sweet blowsex you are a beauteous blossom surex demetriusx villainx what hast thou donex aaronx that which thou canst not undox chironx thou hast undone our motherx aaronx villainx i have done thy motherx demetriusx and thereinx hellish dogx thou hast undone herx woe to her chancex and damnxd her loathed choicex accursxd the offspring of so foul a fiendx chironx it shall not livex aaronx it shall not diex nursex aaronx it mustx the mother wills it sox aaronx whatx must itx nursex then let no man but i do execution on my flesh and bloodx demetriusx ixll broach the tadpole on my rapierxs pointx nursex give it mex my sword shall soon dispatch itx aaronx sooner this sword shall plough thy bowels upx xtakes the child from the nursex and drawsx stayx murderous villainsx will you kill your brotherx nowx by the burning tapers of the sky that shone so brightly when this boy was gotx he dies upon my scimitarxs sharp point that touches this my firstxborn son and heirx i tell youx younglingsx not enceladusx with all his threatxning band of typhonxs broodx nor great alcidesx nor the god of warx shall seize this prey out of his fatherxs handsx whatx whatx ye sanguinex shallowxhearted boysx ye whitexlimxd wallsx ye alehouse painted signsx coalxblack is better than another hue in that it scorns to bear another huex for all the water in the ocean can never turn the swanxs black legs to whitex although she lave them hourly in the floodx tell the empress from me i am of age to keep mine ownx excuse it how she canx demetriusx wilt thou betray thy noble mistress thusx aaronx my mistress is my mistressx this my selfx the vigour and the picture of my youthx this before all the world do i preferx this maugre all the world will i keep safex or some of you shall smoke for it in romex demetriusx by this our mother is for ever shamxdx chironx rome will despise her for this foul escapex nursex the emperor in his rage will doom her deathx chironx i blush to think upon this ignomyx aaronx whyx therexs the privilege your beauty bearsx fiex treacherous huex that will betray with blushing the close enacts and counsels of thy heartx herexs a young lad framxd of another leerx look how the black slave smiles upon the fatherx as who should say xold ladx i am thine ownxx he is your brotherx lordsx sensibly fed of that selfxblood that first gave life to youx and from your womb where you imprisoned were he is enfranchised and come to lightx nayx he is your brother by the surer sidex although my seal be stamped in his facex nursex aaronx what shall i say unto the empressx demetriusx advise theex aaronx what is to be donex and we will all subscribe to thy advicex save thou the childx so we may all be safex aaronx then sit we down and let us all consultx my son and i will have the wind of youx keep therex now talk at pleasure of your safetyx xthey sitx demetriusx how many women saw this child of hisx aaronx whyx sox brave lordsx when we join in league i am a lambx but if you brave the moorx the chafed boarx the mountain lionessx the ocean swells not so as aaron stormsx but sayx againx how many saw the childx nursex cornelia the midwife and myselfx and no one else but the delivered empressx aaronx the emperessx the midwifex and yourselfx two may keep counsel when the thirdxs awayx go to the empressx tell her this i saidx xhe kills herx weeke weekex so cries a pig prepared to the spitx demetriusx what meanxst thoux aaronx wherefore didst thou thisx aaronx o lordx sirx xtis a deed of policyx shall she live to betray this guilt of oursx a longxtonguxd babbling gossipx nox lordsx nox and now be it known to you my full intentx not farx one muliteusx my countrymanx his wife but yesternight was brought to bedx his child is like to herx fair as you arex go pack with himx and give the mother goldx and tell them both the circumstance of allx and how by this their child shall be advancxdx and be received for the emperorxs heir and substituted in the place of minex to calm this tempest whirling in the courtx and let the emperor dandle him for his ownx hark yex lordsx you see i have given her physicx xpointing to the nursex and you must needs bestow her funeralx the fields are nearx and you are gallant groomsx this donex see that you take no longer daysx but send the midwife presently to mex the midwife and the nurse well made awayx then let the ladies tattle what they pleasex chironx aaronx i see thou wilt not trust the air with secretsx demetriusx for this care of tamorax herself and hers are highly bound to theex exeunt demetrius and chironx bearing off the dead nurse aaronx now to the gothsx as swift as swallow fliesx there to dispose this treasure in mine armsx and secretly to greet the empressx friendsx come onx you thickxlippxd slavex ixll bear you hencex for it is you that puts us to our shiftsx ixll make you feed on berries and on rootsx and feed on curds and wheyx and suck the goatx and cabin in a cavex and bring you up to be a warrior and command a campx exit with the child scene iiix romex a public place enter titusx bearing arrows with letters on the ends of themx with him marcusx young luciusx and other gentlemenx publiusx semproniusx and caiusx with bows titusx comex marcusx comex kinsmenx this is the wayx sir boyx let me see your archeryx look ye draw home enoughx and xtis there straightx terras astrea reliquitx be you remembxredx marcusx shexs gonex shexs fledx sirsx take you to your toolsx youx cousinsx shall go sound the ocean and cast your netsx happily you may catch her in the seax yet therexs as little justice as at landx nox publius and semproniusx you must do itx xtis you must dig with mattock and with spadex and pierce the inmost centre of the earthx thenx when you come to plutoxs regionx i pray you deliver him this petitionx tell him it is for justice and for aidx and that it comes from old andronicusx shaken with sorrows in ungrateful romex ahx romex wellx wellx i made thee miserable what time i threw the peoplexs suffrages on him that thus doth tyrannize oxer mex go get you gonex and pray be careful allx and leave you not a manxofxwar unsearchxdx this wicked emperor may have shippxd her hencex andx kinsmenx then we may go pipe for justicex marcusx o publiusx is not this a heavy casex to see thy noble uncle thus distractx publiusx thereforex my lordsx it highly us concerns by day and night tx attend him carefullyx and feed his humour kindly as we may till time beget some careful remedyx marcusx kinsmenx his sorrows are past remedyx join with the gothsx and with revengeful war take wreak on rome for this ingratitudex and vengeance on the traitor saturninex titusx publiusx how nowx how nowx my mastersx whatx have you met with herx publiusx nox my good lordx but pluto sends you wordx if you will have revenge from hellx you shallx marryx for justicex she is so employxdx he thinksx with jove in heavenx or somewhere elsex so that perforce you must needs stay a timex titusx he doth me wrong to feed me with delaysx ixll dive into the burning lake below and pull her out of acheron by the heelsx marcusx we are but shrubsx no cedars wex no bigxbonxd men framxd of the cyclopsx sizex but metalx marcusx steel to the very backx yet wrung with wrongs more than our backs can bearx andx sith therexs no justice in earth nor hellx we will solicit heavenx and move the gods to send down justice for to wreak our wrongsx comex to this gearx you are a good archerx marcusx xhe gives them the arrowsx xad jovemx thatxs for youx here xad apollinemxx xad martemx thatxs for myselfx herex boyx xto pallasxx here xto mercuryxx xto saturnxx caiusx not to saturninex you were as good to shoot against the windx to itx boyx marcusx loose when i bidx of my wordx i have written to effectx therexs not a god left unsolicitedx marcusx kinsmenx shoot all your shafts into the courtx we will afflict the emperor in his pridex titusx nowx mastersx drawx xthey shootx ox well saidx luciusx good boyx in virgoxs lapx give it pallasx marcusx my lordx i aim a mile beyond the moonx your letter is with jupiter by thisx titusx hax hax publiusx publiusx hast thou donex seex seex thou hast shot off one of taurusx hornsx marcusx this was the sportx my lordx when publius shotx the bullx being gallxdx gave aries such a knock that down fell both the ramxs horns in the courtx and who should find them but the empressx villainx she laughxdx and told the moor he should not choose but give them to his master for a presentx titusx whyx there it goesx god give his lordship joyx enter the clownx with a basket and two pigeons in it newsx news from heavenx marcusx the post is comex sirrahx what tidingsx have you any lettersx shall i have justicex what says jupiterx clownx hox the gibbetxmakerx he says that he hath taken them down againx for the man must not be hangxd till the next weekx titusx but what says jupiterx i ask theex clownx alasx sirx i know not jupiterx i never drank with him in all my lifex titusx whyx villainx art not thou the carrierx clownx ayx of my pigeonsx sirx nothing elsex titusx whyx didst thou not come from heavenx clownx from heavenx alasx sirx i never came therex god forbid i should be so bold to press to heaven in my young daysx whyx i am going with my pigeons to the tribunal plebsx to take up a matter of brawl betwixt my uncle and one of the emperalxs menx marcusx whyx sirx that is as fit as can be to serve for your orationx and let him deliver the pigeons to the emperor from youx titusx tell mex can you deliver an oration to the emperor with a gracex clownx nayx trulyx sirx i could never say grace in all my lifex titusx sirrahx come hitherx make no more adox but give your pigeons to the emperorx by me thou shalt have justice at his handsx holdx holdx meanwhile herexs money for thy chargesx give me pen and inkx sirrahx can you with a grace deliver up a supplicationx clownx ayx sirx titusx then here is a supplication for youx and when you come to himx at the first approach you must kneelx then kiss his footx then deliver up your pigeonsx and then look for your rewardx ixll be at handx sirx see you do it bravelyx clownx i warrant youx sirx let me alonex titusx sirrahx hast thou a knifex come let me see itx herex marcusx fold it in the orationx for thou hast made it like a humble suppliantx and when thou hast given it to the emperorx knock at my doorx and tell me what he saysx clownx god be with youx sirx i willx titusx comex marcusx let us gox publiusx follow mex exeunt scene ivx romex before the palace enter the emperorx and the empress and her two sonsx demetrius and chironx lords and othersx the emperor brings the arrows in his hand that titus shot at him saturninusx whyx lordsx what wrongs are thesex was ever seen an emperor in rome thus overbornex troubledx confronted thusx andx for the extent of egal justicex usxd in such contemptx my lordsx you knowx as know the mightful godsx however these disturbers of our peace buzz in the peoplexs earsx there nought hath passxd but even with law against the wilful sons of old andronicusx and what an if his sorrows have so overwhelmxd his witsx shall we be thus afflicted in his wreaksx his fitsx his frenzyx and his bitternessx and now he writes to heaven for his redressx seex herexs xto jovex and this xto mercuryxx this xto apolloxx this xto the god of warxx sweet scrolls to fly about the streets of romex whatxs this but libelling against the senatex and blazoning our unjustice every wherex a goodly humourx is it notx my lordsx as who would say in rome no justice werex but if i livex his feigned ecstasies shall be no shelter to these outragesx but he and his shall know that justice lives in saturninusx healthx whomx if she sleepx hexll so awake as he in fury shall cut off the proudxst conspirator that livesx tamorax my gracious lordx my lovely saturninex lord of my lifex commander of my thoughtsx calm theex and bear the faults of titusx agex thx effects of sorrow for his valiant sons whose loss hath piercxd him deep and scarrxd his heartx and rather comfort his distressed plight than prosecute the meanest or the best for these contemptsx xasidex whyx thus it shall become highxwitted tamora to gloze with allx butx titusx i have touchxd thee to the quickx thy lifexblood outx if aaron now be wisex then is all safex the anchor in the portx enter clown how nowx good fellowx wouldst thou speak with usx clownx yesx forsoothx an your mistriship be emperialx tamorax empress i amx but yonder sits the emperorx clownx xtis hexx god and saint stephen give you goddenx i have brought you a letter and a couple of pigeons herex xsaturninus reads the letterx saturninusx go take him awayx and hang him presentlyx clownx how much money must i havex tamorax comex sirrahx you must be hangxdx clownx hangxdx byxr ladyx then i have brought up a neck to a fair endx xexit guardedx saturninusx despiteful and intolerable wrongsx shall i endure this monstrous villainyx i know from whence this same device proceedsx may this be bornex as if his traitorous sons that died by law for murder of our brother have by my means been butchered wrongfullyx go drag the villain hither by the hairx nor age nor honour shall shape privilegex for this proud mock ixll be thy slaughtermanx sly frantic wretchx that holpxst to make me greatx in hope thyself should govern rome and mex enter nuntius aemilius what news with theex aemiliusx aemiliusx armx my lordsx rome never had more causex the goths have gathered headx and with a power of high resolved menx bent to the spoilx they hither march amainx under conduct of luciusx son to old andronicusx who threats in course of this revenge to do as much as ever coriolanus didx saturninusx is warlike lucius general of the gothsx these tidings nip mex and i hang the head as flowers with frostx or grass beat down with stormsx ayx now begins our sorrows to approachx xtis he the common people love so muchx myself hath often heard them sayx when i have walked like a private manx that luciusx banishment was wrongfullyx and they have wishxd that lucius were their emperorx tamorax why should you fearx is not your city strongx saturninusx ayx but the citizens favour luciusx and will revolt from me to succour himx tamorax kingx be thy thoughts imperious like thy namex is the sun dimmxdx that gnats do fly in itx the eagle suffers little birds to singx and is not careful what they mean therebyx knowing that with the shadow of his wings he can at pleasure stint their melodyx even so mayest thou the giddy men of romex then cheer thy spiritx for know thoux emperorx i will enchant the old andronicus with words more sweetx and yet more dangerousx than baits to fish or honeyxstalks to sheepx when as the one is wounded with the baitx the other rotted with delicious feedx saturninusx but he will not entreat his son for usx tamorax if tamora entreat himx then he willx for i can smooth and fill his aged ears with golden promisesx thatx were his heart almost impregnablex his old ears deafx yet should both ear and heart obey my tonguex xto aemiliusx go thou before to be our ambassadorx say that the emperor requests a parley of warlike luciusx and appoint the meeting even at his fatherxs housex the old andronicusx saturninusx aemiliusx do this message honourablyx and if he stand on hostage for his safetyx bid him demand what pledge will please him bestx aemiliusx your bidding shall i do effectuallyx exit tamorax now will i to that old andronicusx and temper him with all the art i havex to pluck proud lucius from the warlike gothsx and nowx sweet emperorx be blithe againx and bury all thy fear in my devicesx saturninusx then go successantlyx and plead to himx exeunt act vx scene ix plains near rome enter lucius with an army of goths with drums and colours luciusx approved warriors and my faithful friendsx i have received letters from great rome which signifies what hate they bear their emperor and how desirous of our sight they arex thereforex great lordsx bex as your titles witnessx imperious and impatient of your wrongsx and wherein rome hath done you any scathx let him make treble satisfactionx first gothx brave slipx sprung from the great andronicusx whose name was once our terrorx now our comfortx whose high exploits and honourable deeds ingrateful rome requites with foul contemptx be bold in usx wexll follow where thou leadxstx like stinging bees in hottest summerxs dayx led by their master to the flowxred fieldsx and be avengxd on cursed tamorax all the gothsx and as he saithx so say we all with himx luciusx i humbly thank himx and i thank you allx but who comes herex led by a lusty gothx enter a gothx leading aaron with his child in his arms second gothx renowned luciusx from our troops i strayxd to gaze upon a ruinous monasteryx and as i earnestly did fix mine eye upon the wasted buildingx suddenly i heard a child cry underneath a wallx i made unto the noisex when soon i heard the crying babe controllxd with this discoursex xpeacex tawny slavex half me and half thy damx did not thy hue bewray whose brat thou artx had nature lent thee but thy motherxs lookx villainx thou mightst have been an emperorx but where the bull and cow are both milkxwhitex they never do beget a coalxblack calfx peacex villainx peacexxx even thus he rates the babex xfor i must bear thee to a trusty gothx whox when he knows thou art the empressx babex will hold thee dearly for thy motherxs sakexx with thisx my weapon drawnx i rushxd upon himx surprisxd him suddenlyx and brought him hither to use as you think needful of the manx luciusx o worthy gothx this is the incarnate devil that robbxd andronicus of his good handx this is the pearl that pleasxd your empressx eyex and herexs the base fruit of her burning lustx sayx wallxeyxd slavex whither wouldst thou convey this growing image of thy fiendxlike facex why dost not speakx whatx deafx not a wordx a halterx soldiersx hang him on this treex and by his side his fruit of bastardyx aaronx touch not the boyx he is of royal bloodx luciusx too like the sire for ever being goodx first hang the childx that he may see it sprawlx a sight to vex the fatherxs soul withalx get me a ladderx xa ladder broughtx which aaron is made to climbx aaronx luciusx save the childx and bear it from me to the emperessx if thou do thisx ixll show thee wondrous things that highly may advantage thee to hearx if thou wilt notx befall what may befallx ixll speak no more but xvengeance rot you allxx luciusx say onx an if it please me which thou speakxstx thy child shall livex and i will see it nourishxdx aaronx an if it please theex whyx assure theex luciusx xtwill vex thy soul to hear what i shall speakx for i must talk of murdersx rapesx and massacresx acts of black nightx abominable deedsx complots of mischiefx treasonx villainiesx ruthful to hearx yet piteously performxdx and this shall all be buried in my deathx unless thou swear to me my child shall livex luciusx tell on thy mindx i say thy child shall livex aaronx swear that he shallx and then i will beginx luciusx who should i swear byx thou believest no godx that grantedx how canst thou believe an oathx aaronx what if i do notx as indeed i do notx yetx for i know thou art religious and hast a thing within thee called consciencex with twenty popish tricks and ceremonies which i have seen thee careful to observex therefore i urge thy oathx for that i know an idiot holds his bauble for a godx and keeps the oath which by that god he swearsx to that ixll urge himx therefore thou shalt vow by that same godx what god soexer it be that thou adorest and hast in reverencex to save my boyx to nourish and bring him upx or else i will discover nought to theex luciusx even by my god i swear to thee i willx aaronx first know thoux i begot him on the empressx luciusx o most insatiate and luxurious womanx aaronx tutx luciusx this was but a deed of charity to that which thou shalt hear of me anonx xtwas her two sons that murdered bassianusx they cut thy sisterxs tonguex and ravishxd herx and cut her handsx and trimmxd her as thou sawestx luciusx o detestable villainx callxst thou that trimmingx aaronx whyx she was washxdx and cutx and trimmxdx and xtwas trim sport for them which had the doing of itx luciusx o barbarous beastly villains like thyselfx aaronx indeedx i was their tutor to instruct themx that codding spirit had they from their motherx as sure a card as ever won the setx that bloody mindx i thinkx they learnxd of mex as true a dog as ever fought at headx wellx let my deeds be witness of my worthx i trainxd thy brethren to that guileful hole where the dead corpse of bassianus layx i wrote the letter that thy father foundx and hid the gold within that letter mentionxdx confederate with the queen and her two sonsx and what not donex that thou hast cause to ruex wherein i had no stroke of mischief in itx i playxd the cheater for thy fatherxs handx andx when i had itx drew myself apart and almost broke my heart with extreme laughterx i pried me through the crevice of a wallx whenx for his handx he had his two sonsx headsx beheld his tearsx and laughxd so heartily that both mine eyes were rainy like to hisx and when i told the empress of this sportx she swooned almost at my pleasing talex and for my tidings gave me twenty kissesx gothx whatx canst thou say all this and never blushx aaronx ayx like a black dogx as the saying isx luciusx art thou not sorry for these heinous deedsx aaronx ayx that i had not done a thousand morex even now i curse the dayx and yetx i thinkx few come within the compass of my cursex wherein i did not some notorious illx as kill a manx or else devise his deathx ravish a maidx or plot the way to do itx accuse some innocentx and forswear myselfx set deadly enmity between two friendsx make poor menxs cattle break their necksx set fire on barns and hayxstacks in the nightx and bid the owners quench them with their tearsx oft have i diggxd up dead men from their gravesx and set them upright at their dear friendsx door even when their sorrows almost was forgotx and on their skinsx as on the bark of treesx have with my knife carved in roman letters xlet not your sorrow diex though i am deadxx tutx i have done a thousand dreadful things as willingly as one would kill a flyx and nothing grieves me heartily indeed but that i cannot do ten thousand morex luciusx bring down the devilx for he must not die so sweet a death as hanging presentlyx aaronx if there be devilsx would i were a devilx to live and burn in everlasting firex so i might have your company in hell but to torment you with my bitter tonguex luciusx sirsx stop his mouthx and let him speak no morex enter aemilius gothx my lordx there is a messenger from rome desires to be admitted to your presencex luciusx let him come nearx welcomex aemiliusx whatxs the news from romex aemiliusx lord luciusx and you princes of the gothsx the roman emperor greets you all by mex andx for he understands you are in armsx he craves a parley at your fatherxs housex willing you to demand your hostagesx and they shall be immediately deliverxdx first gothx what says our generalx luciusx aemiliusx let the emperor give his pledges unto my father and my uncle marcusx and we will comex march awayx exeunt scene iix romex before titusx house enter tamorax and her two sonsx demetrius and chironx disguised tamorax thusx in this strange and sad habilimentx i will encounter with andronicusx and say i am revengex sent from below to join with him and right his heinous wrongsx knock at his studyx where they say he keeps to ruminate strange plots of dire revengex tell him revenge is come to join with himx and work confusion on his enemiesx they knock and titus opens his study doorx above titusx who doth molest my contemplationx is it your trick to make me ope the doorx that so my sad decrees may fly away and all my study be to no effectx you are deceivxdx for what i mean to do see here in bloody lines i have set downx and what is written shall be executedx tamorax titusx i am come to talk with theex titusx nox not a wordx how can i grace my talkx wanting a hand to give it that accordx thou hast the odds of mex therefore no morex tamorax if thou didst know mex thou wouldst talk with mex titusx i am not madx i know thee well enoughx witness this wretched stumpx witness these crimson linesx witness these trenches made by grief and carex witness the tiring day and heavy nightx witness all sorrow that i know thee well for our proud empressx mighty tamorax is not thy coming for my other handx tamorax know thoux sad manx i am not tamorax she is thy enemy and i thy friendx i am revengex sent from thx infernal kingdom to ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind by working wreakful vengeance on thy foesx come down and welcome me to this worldxs lightx confer with me of murder and of deathx therexs not a hollow cave or lurkingxplacex no vast obscurity or misty valex where bloody murder or detested rape can couch for fear but i will find them outx and in their ears tell them my dreadful namex revengex which makes the foul offender quakex titusx art thou revengex and art thou sent to me to be a torment to mine enemiesx tamorax i amx therefore come down and welcome mex titusx do me some service ere i come to theex lox by thy side where rape and murder standsx now give some surance that thou art revengex stab themx or tear them on thy chariot wheelsx and then ixll come and be thy waggoner and whirl along with thee about the globesx provide thee two proper palfreysx black as jetx to hale thy vengeful waggon swift awayx and find out murderers in their guilty cavesx and when thy car is loaden with their headsx i will dismountx and by thy waggon wheel trotx like a servile footmanx all day longx even from hyperionxs rising in the east until his very downfall in the seax and day by day ixll do this heavy taskx so thou destroy rapine and murder therex tamorax these are my ministersx and come with mex titusx are they thy ministersx what are they callxdx tamorax rape and murderx therefore called so xcause they take vengeance of such kind of menx titusx good lordx how like the empressx sons they arex and you the empressx but we worldly men have miserablex madx mistaking eyesx o sweet revengex now do i come to theex andx if one armxs embracement will content theex i will embrace thee in it by and byx tamorax this closing with him fits his lunacyx whatexer i forge to feed his brainxsick humoursx do you uphold and maintain in your speechesx for now he firmly takes me for revengex andx being credulous in this mad thoughtx ixll make him send for lucius his sonx and whilst i at a banquet hold him surex ixll find some cunning practice out of hand to scatter and disperse the giddy gothsx orx at the leastx make them his enemiesx seex here he comesx and i must ply my themex enter titusx below titusx long have i been forlornx and all for theex welcomex dread furyx to my woeful housex rapine and murderx you are welcome toox how like the empress and her sons you arex well are you fittedx had you but a moorx could not all hell afford you such a devilx for well i wot the empress never wags but in her company there is a moorx andx would you represent our queen arightx it were convenient you had such a devilx but welcome as you arex what shall we dox tamorax what wouldst thou have us dox andronicusx demetriusx show me a murdererx ixll deal with himx chironx show me a villain that hath done a rapex and i am sent to be revengxd on himx tamorax show me a thousand that hath done thee wrongx and i will be revenged on them allx titusx look round about the wicked streets of romex and when thou findxst a man thatxs like thyselfx good murderx stab himx hexs a murdererx go thou with himx and when it is thy hap to find another that is like to theex good rapinex stab himx he is a ravisherx go thou with themx and in the emperorxs court there is a queenx attended by a moorx well shalt thou know her by thine own proportionx for up and down she doth resemble theex i pray theex do on them some violent deathx they have been violent to me and minex tamorax well hast thou lessonxd usx this shall we dox but would it please theex good andronicusx to send for luciusx thy thricexvaliant sonx who leads towards rome a band of warlike gothsx and bid him come and banquet at thy housex when he is herex even at thy solemn feastx i will bring in the empress and her sonsx the emperor himselfx and all thy foesx and at thy mercy shall they stoop and kneelx and on them shalt thou ease thy angry heartx what says andronicus to this devicex titusx marcusx my brotherx xtis sad titus callsx enter marcus gox gentle marcusx to thy nephew luciusx thou shalt inquire him out among the gothsx bid him repair to mex and bring with him some of the chiefest princes of the gothsx bid him encamp his soldiers where they arex tell him the emperor and the empress too feast at my housex and he shall feast with themx this do thou for my lovex and so let himx as he regards his aged fatherxs lifex marcusx this will i dox and soon return againx exit tamorax now will i hence about thy businessx and take my ministers along with mex titusx nayx nayx let rape and murder stay with mex or else ixll call my brother back againx and cleave to no revenge but luciusx tamorax xaside to her sonsx what say youx boysx will you abide with himx whiles i go tell my lord the emperor how i have governxd our determinxd jestx yield to his humourx smooth and speak him fairx and tarry with him till i turn againx titusx xasidex i knew them allx though they supposxd me madx and will oxer reach them in their own devicesx a pair of cursed hellxhounds and their damx demetriusx madamx depart at pleasurex leave us herex tamorax farewellx andronicusx revenge now goes to lay a complot to betray thy foesx titusx i know thou dostx andx sweet revengex farewellx exit tamora chironx tell usx old manx how shall we be employxdx titusx tutx i have work enough for you to dox publiusx come hitherx caiusx and valentinex enter publiusx caiusx and valentine publiusx what is your willx titusx know you these twox publiusx the empressx sonsx i take themx chironx demetriusx titusx fiex publiusx fiex thou art too much deceivxdx the one is murderx and rape is the otherxs namex and therefore bind themx gentle publiusx caius and valentinex lay hands on themx oft have you heard me wish for such an hourx and now i find itx therefore bind them surex and stop their mouths if they begin to cryx exit xthey lay hold on chiron and demetriusx chironx villainsx forbearx we are the empressx sonsx publiusx and therefore do we what we are commandedx stop close their mouthsx let them not speak a wordx is he sure boundx look that you bind them fastx rexenter titus andronicus with a knifex and laviniax with a basin titusx comex comex laviniax lookx thy foes are boundx sirsx stop their mouthsx let them not speak to mex but let them hear what fearful words i utterx o villainsx chiron and demetriusx here stands the spring whom you have stainxd with mudx this goodly summer with your winter mixxdx you killxd her husbandx and for that vile fault two of her brothers were condemnxd to deathx my hand cut off and made a merry jestx both her sweet handsx her tonguex and that more dear than hands or tonguex her spotless chastityx inhuman traitorsx you constrainxd and forcxdx what would you sayx if i should let you speakx villainsx for shame you could not beg for gracex harkx wretchesx how i mean to martyr youx this one hand yet is left to cut your throatsx whiles that lavinia xtween her stumps doth hold the basin that receives your guilty bloodx you know your mother means to feast with mex and calls herself revengex and thinks me madx harkx villainsx i will grind your bones to dustx and with your blood and it ixll make a pastex and of the paste a coffin i will rearx and make two pasties of your shameful headsx and bid that strumpetx your unhallowed damx like to the earthx swallow her own increasex this is the feast that i have bid her tox and this the banquet she shall surfeit onx for worse than philomel you usxd my daughterx and worse than progne i will be revengxdx and now prepare your throatsx laviniax comex receive the bloodx and when that they are deadx let me go grind their bones to powder smallx and with this hateful liquor temper itx and in that paste let their vile heads be bakxdx comex comex be every one officious to make this banquetx which i wish may prove more stern and bloody than the centaursx feastx xhe cuts their throatsx sox now bring them inx for i will play the cookx and see them ready against their mother comesx exeuntx bearing the dead bodies scene iiix the court of titusx house enter luciusx marcusx and the gothsx with aaron prisonerx and his child in the arms of an attendant luciusx uncle marcusx since xtis my fatherxs mind that i repair to romex i am contentx first gothx and ours with thinex befall what fortune willx luciusx good unclex take you in this barbarous moorx this ravenous tigerx this accursed devilx let him receive no sustxnancex fetter himx till he be brought unto the empressx face for testimony of her foul proceedingsx and see the ambush of our friends be strongx i fear the emperor means no good to usx aaronx some devil whisper curses in my earx and prompt me that my tongue may utter forth the venomous malice of my swelling heartx luciusx awayx inhuman dogx unhallowed slavex sirsx help our uncle to convey him inx exeunt goths with aaronx flourish within the trumpets show the emperor is at handx sound trumpetsx enter saturninus and tamorax with aemiliusx tribunesx senatorsx and others saturninusx whatx hath the firmament more suns than onex luciusx what boots it thee to can thyself a sunx marcusx romexs emperorx and nephewx break the parlex these quarrels must be quietly debatedx the feast is ready which the careful titus hath ordainxd to an honourable endx for peacex for lovex for leaguex and good to romex please youx thereforex draw nigh and take your placesx saturninusx marcusx we willx xa table brought inx the company sit downx trumpets soundingx enter titus like a cookx placing the dishesx and lavinia with a veil over her facex also young luciusx and others titusx welcomex my lordx welcomex dread queenx welcomex ye warlike gothsx welcomex luciusx and welcome allx although the cheer be poorx xtwill fill your stomachsx please you eat of itx saturninusx why art thou thus attirxdx andronicusx titusx because i would be sure to have all well to entertain your highness and your empressx tamorax we are beholding to youx good andronicusx titusx an if your highness knew my heartx you werex my lord the emperorx resolve me thisx was it well done of rash virginius to slay his daughter with his own right handx because she was enforcxdx stainxdx and deflowerxdx saturninusx it wasx andronicusx titusx your reasonx mighty lordx saturninusx because the girl should not survive her shamex and by her presence still renew his sorrowsx titusx a reason mightyx strongx and effectualx a patternx precedentx and lively warrant for mex most wretchedx to perform the likex diex diex laviniax and thy shame with theex xhe kills herx and with thy shame thy fatherxs sorrow diex saturninusx what hast thou donex unnatural and unkindx titusx killxd her for whom my tears have made me blindx i am as woeful as virginius wasx and have a thousand times more cause than he to do this outragex and it now is donex saturninusx whatx was she ravishxdx tell who did the deedx titusx willxt please you eatx willxt please your highness feedx tamorax why hast thou slain thine only daughter thusx titusx not ix xtwas chiron and demetriusx they ravishxd herx and cut away her tonguex and theyx xtwas theyx that did her all this wrongx saturninusx gox fetch them hither to us presentlyx titusx whyx there they arex both baked in this piex whereof their mother daintily hath fedx eating the flesh that she herself hath bredx xtis truex xtis truex witness my knifexs sharp pointx xhe stabs the empressx saturninusx diex frantic wretchx for this accursed deedx xhe stabs titusx luciusx can the sonxs eye behold his father bleedx therexs meed for meedx death for a deadly deedx xhe stabs saturninusx a great tumultx luciusx marcusx and their friends go up into the balconyx marcusx you sadxfacxd menx people and sons of romex by uproars severxdx as a flight of fowl scatterxd by winds and high tempestuous gustsx ox let me teach you how to knit again this scattered corn into one mutual sheafx these broken limbs again into one bodyx lest rome herself be bane unto herselfx and she whom mighty kingdoms curtsy tox like a forlorn and desperate castawayx do shameful execution on herselfx but if my frosty signs and chaps of agex grave witnesses of true experiencex cannot induce you to attend my wordsx xto luciusx speakx romexs dear friendx as erst our ancestorx when with his solemn tongue he did discourse to lovexsick didoxs sad attending ear the story of that baleful burning nightx when subtle greeks surprisxd king priamxs troyx tell us what sinon hath bewitchxd our earsx or who hath brought the fatal engine in that gives our troyx our romex the civil woundx my heart is not compact of flint nor steelx nor can i utter all our bitter griefx but floods of tears will drown my oratory and break my uttxrancex even in the time when it should move ye to attend me mostx and force you to commiserationx herexs romexs young captainx let him tell the talex while i stand by and weep to hear him speakx luciusx thenx gracious auditoryx be it known to you that chiron and the damnxd demetrius were they that murdxred our emperorxs brotherx and they it were that ravished our sisterx for their fell faults our brothers were beheadedx our fatherxs tears despisxdx and basely cozenxd of that true hand that fought romexs quarrel out and sent her enemies unto the gravex lastlyx myself unkindly banishedx the gates shut on mex and turnxd weeping outx to beg relief among romexs enemiesx who drownxd their enmity in my true tearsx and opxd their arms to embrace me as a friendx i am the turned forthx be it known to youx that have preservxd her welfare in my blood and from her bosom took the enemyxs pointx sheathing the steel in my adventxrous bodyx alasx you know i am no vaunterx ix my scars can witnessx dumb although they arex that my report is just and full of truthx butx softx methinks i do digress too muchx citing my worthless praisex ox pardon mex for when no friends are byx men praise themselvesx marcusx now is my turn to speakx behold the childx xpointing to the child in an attendantxs armsx of this was tamora deliveredx the issue of an irreligious moorx chief architect and plotter of these woesx the villain is alive in titusx housex damnxd as he isx to witness this is truex now judge what cause had titus to revenge these wrongs unspeakablex past patiencex or more than any living man could bearx now have you heard the truthx what say youx romansx have we done aught amissx show us whereinx andx from the place where you behold us pleadingx the poor remainder of andronici willx hand in handx all headlong hurl ourselvesx and on the ragged stones beat forth our soulsx and make a mutual closure of our housex speakx romansx speakx and if you say we shallx lox hand in handx lucius and i will fallx aemiliusx comex comex thou reverend man of romex and bring our emperor gently in thy handx lucius our emperorx for well i know the common voice do cry it shall be sox allx luciusx all hailx romexs royal emperorx marcusx gox go into old titusx sorrowful housex and hither hale that misbelieving moor to be adjudgxd some direful slaughtxring deathx as punishment for his most wicked lifex exeunt some attendantsx luciusx marcusx and the others descend allx luciusx all hailx romexs gracious governorx luciusx thanksx gentle romansx may i govern so to heal romexs harms and wipe away her woex butx gentle peoplex give me aim awhilex for nature puts me to a heavy taskx stand all aloofx butx unclex draw you near to shed obsequious tears upon this trunkx ox take this warm kiss on thy pale cold lipsx xkisses titusx these sorrowful drops upon thy bloodxstainxd facex the last true duties of thy noble sonx marcusx tear for tear and loving kiss for kiss thy brother marcus tenders on thy lipsx ox were the sum of these that i should pay countless and infinitex yet would i pay themx luciusx come hitherx boyx comex comex comex and learn of us to melt in showersx thy grandsire lovxd thee wellx many a time he dancxd thee on his kneex sung thee asleepx his loving breast thy pillowx many a story hath he told to theex and bid thee bear his pretty tales in mind and talk of them when he was dead and gonex marcusx how many thousand times hath these poor lipsx when they were livingx warmxd themselves on thinex ox nowx sweet boyx give them their latest kissx bid him farewellx commit him to the gravex do them that kindnessx and take leave of themx boyx o grandsirex grandsirex evxn with all my heart would i were deadx so you did live againx o lordx i cannot speak to him for weepingx my tears will choke mex if i ope my mouthx rexenter attendants with aaron a romanx you sad andronicix have done with woesx give sentence on the execrable wretch that hath been breeder of these dire eventsx luciusx set him breastxdeep in earthx and famish himx there let him stand and rave and cry for foodx if any one relieves or pities himx for the offence he diesx this is our doomx some stay to see him fastxned in the earthx aaronx ahx why should wrath be mute and fury dumbx i am no babyx ix that with base prayers i should repent the evils i have donex ten thousand worse than ever yet i did would i performx if i might have my willx if one good deed in all my life i didx i do repent it from my very soulx luciusx some loving friends convey the emperor hencex and give him burial in his fatherxs gravex my father and lavinia shall forthwith be closed in our householdxs monumentx as for that ravenous tigerx tamorax no funeral ritex nor man in mourning weedx no mournful bell shall ring her burialx but throw her forth to beasts and birds to preyx her life was beastly and devoid of pityx and being deadx let birds on her take pityx exeunt the history of troilus and cressida contents act i prologuex scene ix troyx before priamxs palacex scene iix troyx a streetx scene iiix the grecian campx before agamemnonxs tentx act ii scene ix the grecian campx scene iix troyx priamxs palacex scene iiix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx act iii scene ix troyx priamxs palacex scene iix troyx pandarusx orchardx scene iiix the greek campx act iv scene ix troyx a streetx scene iix troyx the court of pandarusx housex scene iiix troyx a street before pandarusx housex scene ivx troyx pandarusx housex scene vx the grecian campx lists set outx act v scene ix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx scene iix the grecian campx before calchasx tentx scene iiix troyx before priamxs palacex scene ivx the plain between troy and the grecian campx scene vx another part of the plainx scene vix another part of the plainx scene viix another part of the plainx scene viiix another part of the plainx scene ixx another part of the plainx scene xx another part of the plainx dramatis personx priamx king of troy his sonsx hector troilus paris deiphobus helenus margarelonx a bastard son of priam trojan commandersx aeneas antenor calchasx a trojan priestx taking part with the greeks pandarusx uncle to cressida agamemnonx the greek general menelausx his brother greek commandersx achilles ajax ulysses nestor diomedes patroclus thersitesx a deformed and scurrilous greek alexanderx servant to cressida servant to troilus servant to paris servant to diomedes helenx wife to menelaus andromachex wife to hector cassandrax daughter to priamx a prophetess cressidax daughter to calchas trojan and greek soldiersx and attendants scenex troy and the greek camp before it prologue in troyx there lies the scenex from isles of greece the princes orgulousx their high blood chafxdx have to the port of athens sent their ships fraught with the ministers and instruments of cruel warx sixty and nine that wore their crownets regal from the athenian bay put forth toward phrygiax and their vow is made to ransack troyx within whose strong immures the ravishxd helenx menelausx queenx with wanton paris sleepsxand thatxs the quarrelx to tenedos they comex and the deepxdrawing barks do there disgorge their warxlike fraughtagex now on dardan plains the fresh and yet unbruised greeks do pitch their brave pavilionsx priamxs sixxgated cityx dardanx and tymbriax iliasx chetasx troienx and antenoridesx with massy staples and corresponsive and fulfilling boltsx stir up the sons of troyx now expectationx tickling skittish spirits on one and other sidex trojan and greekx sets all on hazardx and hither am i come a prologue armxdx but not in confidence of authorxs pen or actorxs voicex but suited in like conditions as our argumentx to tell youx fair beholdersx that our play leaps oxer the vaunt and firstlings of those broilsx beginning in the middlex starting thence awayx to what may be digested in a playx like or find faultx do as your pleasures arex now good or badx xtis but the chance of warx act i scene ix troyx before priamxs palacex enter troilus armedx and pandarusx troilusx call here my varletx ixll unarm againx why should i war without the walls of troy that find such cruel battle here withinx each trojan that is master of his heartx let him to fieldx troilusx alasx hath nonex pandarusx will this gear nexer be mendedx troilusx the greeks are strongx and skilful to their strengthx fierce to their skillx and to their fierceness valiantx but i am weaker than a womanxs tearx tamer than sleepx fonder than ignorancex less valiant than the virgin in the nightx and skilless as unpractisxd infancyx pandarusx wellx i have told you enough of thisx for my partx ixll not meddle nor make no fartherx he that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grindingx troilusx have i not tarriedx pandarusx ayx the grindingx but you must tarry the boltingx troilusx have i not tarriedx pandarusx ayx the boltingx but you must tarry the leaveningx troilusx still have i tarriedx pandarusx ayx to the leaveningx but herexs yet in the word xhereafterx the kneadingx the making of the cakex the heating of the ovenx and the bakingx nayx you must stay the cooling toox or you may chance burn your lipsx troilusx patience herselfx what goddess exer she bex doth lesser blench at suffxrance than i dox at priamxs royal table do i sitx and when fair cressid comes into my thoughtsx sox traitorx xwhen she comesxx when she is thencex pandarusx wellx she lookxd yesternight fairer than ever i saw her lookx or any woman elsex troilusx i was about to tell theex when my heartx as wedged with a sighx would rive in twainx lest hector or my father should perceive mex i havex as when the sun doth light a stormx buried this sigh in wrinkle of a smilex but sorrow that is couchxd in seeming gladness is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadnessx pandarusx an her hair were not somewhat darker than helenxsx wellx go tox there were no more comparison between the womenx butx for my partx she is my kinswomanx i would notx as they term itx praise herx but i would somebody had heard her talk yesterdayx as i didx i will not dispraise your sister cassandraxs witx butx troilusx o pandarusx i tell theex pandarusx when i do tell thee there my hopes lie drownxdx reply not in how many fathoms deep they lie indrenchxdx i tell thee i am mad in cressidxs lovex thou answerxst xshe is fairxx pourxst in the open ulcer of my heart her eyesx her hairx her cheekx her gaitx her voicex handlest in thy discoursex ox that her handx in whose comparison all whites are ink writing their own reproachx to whose soft seizure the cygnetxs down is harshx and spirit of sense hard as the palm of ploughmanx this thou tellxst mex as true thou tellxst mex when i say i love herx butx saying thusx instead of oil and balmx thou layxst in every gash that love hath given me the knife that made itx pandarusx i speak no more than truthx troilusx thou dost not speak so muchx pandarusx faithx ixll not meddle inxtx let her be as she isx if she be fairx xtis the better for herx and she be notx she has the mends in her own handsx troilusx good pandarusx how nowx pandarusx pandarusx i have had my labour for my travailx ill thought on of her and ill thought on of youx gone between and betweenx but small thanks for my labourx troilusx whatx art thou angryx pandarusx whatx with mex pandarusx because shexs kin to mex therefore shexs not so fair as helenx and she were not kin to mex she would be as fair on friday as helen is on sundayx but what care ix i care not and she were a blackamoorx xtis all one to mex troilusx say i she is not fairx pandarusx i do not care whether you do or nox shexs a fool to stay behind her fatherx let her to the greeksx and so ixll tell her the next time i see herx for my partx ixll meddle nor make no more ix the matterx troilusx pandarusx pandarusx not ix troilusx sweet pandarusx pandarusx pray youx speak no more to mex i will leave all as i found itx and there an endx xxexit pandarusx an alarumxxx troilusx peacex you ungracious clamoursx peacex rude soundsx fools on both sidesx helen must needs be fairx when with your blood you daily paint her thusx i cannot fight upon this argumentx it is too starvxd a subject for my swordx but pandarusx o godsx how do you plague mex i cannot come to cressid but by pandarx and hexs as tetchy to be wooxd to woo as she is stubbornxchaste against all suitx tell mex apollox for thy daphnexs lovex what cressid isx what pandarx and what wex her bed is indiax there she liesx a pearlx between our ilium and where she resides let it be callxd the wild and wandering floodx ourself the merchantx and this sailing pandar our doubtful hopex our convoyx and our barkx alarumx enter aeneasx aeneasx how nowx prince troilusx wherefore not afieldx troilusx because not therex this womanxs answer sortsx for womanish it is to be from thencex what newsx aeneasx from the field todayx aeneasx that paris is returned homex and hurtx troilusx by whomx aeneasx aeneasx troilusx by menelausx troilusx let paris bleedx xtis but a scar to scornx paris is gorxd with menelausx hornx xxalarumxxx aeneasx hark what good sport is out of town todayx troilusx better at homex if xwould i mightx were xmayxx but to the sport abroadx are you bound thitherx aeneasx in all swift hastex troilusx comex go we then togetherx xxexeuntxxx scene iix troyx a streetx enter cressida and her man alexanderx cressidax who were those went byx alexanderx queen hecuba and helenx cressidax and whither go theyx alexanderx up to the eastern towerx whose height commands as subject all the valex to see the battlex hectorx whose patience is as a virtue fixxdx today was movxdx he chid andromachex and struck his armourerx andx like as there were husbandry in warx before the sun rose he was harnessxd lightx and to the field goes hex where every flower did as a prophet weep what it foresaw in hectorxs wrathx cressidax what was his cause of angerx alexanderx the noise goesx thisx there is among the greeks a lord of trojan bloodx nephew to hectorx they call him ajaxx cressidax goodx and what of himx alexanderx they say he is a very man xper sex and stands alonex cressidax so do all menx unless they are drunkx sickx or have no legsx alexanderx this manx ladyx hath robbxd many beasts of their particular additionsx he is as valiant as the lionx churlish as the bearx slow as the elephantxa man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is crushxd into follyx his folly sauced with discretionx there is no man hath a virtue that he hath not a glimpse ofx nor any man an attaint but he carries some stain of itx he is melancholy without cause and merry against the hairx he hath the joints of everythingx but everything so out of joint that he is a gouty briareusx many hands and no usex or purblind argusx all eyes and no sightx cressidax but how should this manx that makes me smilex make hector angryx alexanderx they say he yesterday copxd hector in the battle and struck him downx the disdain and shame whereof hath ever since kept hector fasting and wakingx enter pandarusx cressidax who comes herex alexanderx madamx your uncle pandarusx cressidax hectorxs a gallant manx alexanderx as may be in the worldx ladyx pandarusx whatxs thatx whatxs thatx cressidax good morrowx uncle pandarusx pandarusx good morrowx cousin cressidx what do you talk ofxxgood morrowx alexanderxxhow do youx cousinx when were you at iliumx cressidax this morningx unclex pandarusx what were you talking of when i camex was hector armxd and gone ere you came to iliumx helen was not upx was shex cressidax hector was gonex but helen was not upx pandarusx exen sox hector was stirring earlyx cressidax that were we talking ofx and of his angerx pandarusx was he angryx cressidax so he says herex pandarusx truex he was sox i know the cause toox hexll lay about him todayx i can tell them thatx and therexs troilus will not come far behind himx let them take heed of troilusx i can tell them that toox cressidax whatx is he angry toox pandarusx whox troilusx troilus is the better man of the twox cressidax o jupiterx therexs no comparisonx pandarusx whatx not between troilus and hectorx do you know a man if you see himx cressidax ayx if i ever saw him before and knew himx pandarusx wellx i say troilus is troilusx cressidax then you say as i sayx for i am sure he is not hectorx pandarusx nox nor hector is not troilus in some degreesx cressidax xtis just to each of themx he is himselfx pandarusx himselfx alasx poor troilusx i would he werex cressidax so he isx pandarusx condition i had gone barefoot to indiax cressidax he is not hectorx pandarusx himselfx nox hexs not himselfx would ax were himselfx wellx the gods are abovex time must friend or endx wellx troilusx wellx i would my heart were in her bodyx nox hector is not a better man than troilusx cressidax excuse mex pandarusx he is elderx cressidax pardon mex pardon mex pandarusx thxotherxs not come toxtx you shall tell me another tale when thxotherxs come toxtx hector shall not have his wit this yearx cressidax he shall not need it if he have his ownx andarusx nor his qualitiesx cressidax no matterx pandarusx nor his beautyx cressidax xtwould not become himx his ownxs betterx pandarusx you have no judgementx niecex helen herself swore thxother day that troilusx for a brown favourx for so xtisx i must confessxnot brown neitherx cressidax nox but brownx pandarusx faithx to say truthx brown and not brownx cressidax to say the truthx true and not truex pandarusx she praisxd his complexion above parisx cressidax whyx paris hath colour enoughx pandarusx so he hasx cressidax then troilus should have too muchx if she praisxd him abovex his complexion is higher than hisx he having colour enoughx and the other higherx is too flaming a praise for a good complexionx i had as lief helenxs golden tongue had commended troilus for a copper nosex pandarusx i swear to you i think helen loves him better than parisx cressidax then shexs a merry greek indeedx pandarusx nayx i am sure she doesx she came to him thxother day into the compassxd windowxand you know he has not past three or four hairs on his chinx cressidax indeed a tapsterxs arithmetic may soon bring his particulars therein to a totalx pandarusx whyx he is very youngx and yet will he within three pound lift as much as his brother hectorx cressidax is he so young a man and so old a lifterx pandarusx but to prove to you that helen loves himx she came and puts me her white hand to his cloven chinx cressidax juno have mercyx how came it clovenx pandarusx whyx you knowx xtis dimpledx i think his smiling becomes him better than any man in all phrygiax cressidax ox he smiles valiantlyx pandarusx does he notx cressidax o yesx an xtwere a cloud in autumnx pandarusx whyx go tox thenx but to prove to you that helen loves troilusx cressidax troilus will stand to the proofx if youxll prove it sox pandarusx troilusx whyx he esteems her no more than i esteem an addle eggx cressidax if you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle headx you would eat chickens ix thx shellx pandarusx i cannot choose but laugh to think how she tickled his chinx indeedx she has a marvellxs white handx i must needs confessx cressidax without the rackx pandarusx and she takes upon her to spy a white hair on his chinx cressidax alasx poor chinx many a wart is richerx pandarusx but there was such laughingx queen hecuba laughxd that her eyes ran oxerx cressidax with millstonesx pandarusx and cassandra laughxdx cressidax but there was a more temperate fire under the pot of her eyesx did her eyes run oxer toox pandarusx and hector laughxdx cressidax at what was all this laughingx pandarusx marryx at the white hair that helen spied on troilusx chinx cressidax andxt had been a green hair i should have laughxd toox pandarusx they laughxd not so much at the hair as at his pretty answerx cressidax what was his answerx pandarusx quoth she xherexs but two and fifty hairs on your chinx and one of them is whitexx cressidax this is her questionx pandarusx thatxs truex make no question of thatx xtwo and fifty hairsxx quoth he xand one whitex that white hair is my fatherx and all the rest are his sonsxx xjupiterxx quoth she xwhich of these hairs is paris my husbandxx xthe forked onexx quoth hex xpluckxt out and give it himxx but there was such laughingx and helen so blushxdx and paris so chafxdx and all the rest so laughxd that it passxdx cressidax so let it nowx for it has been a great while going byx pandarusx wellx cousinx i told you a thing yesterdayx think onxtx cressidax so i dox pandarusx ixll be sworn xtis truex he will weep youx and xtwere a man born in aprilx cressidax and ixll spring up in his tearsx an xtwere a nettle against mayx xxsound a retreatxxx pandarusx harkx they are coming from the fieldx shall we stand up here and see them as they pass toward iliumx good niecex dox sweet niece cressidax cressidax at your pleasurex pandarusx herex herex herexs an excellent placex here we may see most bravelyx ixll tell you them all by their names as they pass byx but mark troilus above the restx xaeneas xpassesxxx cressidax speak not so loudx pandarusx thatxs aeneasx is not that a brave manx hexs one of the flowers of troyx i can tell youx but mark troilusx you shall see anonx xantenor xpassesxxx cressidax whoxs thatx pandarusx thatxs antenorx he has a shrewd witx i can tell youx and hexs a man good enoughx hexs one ox thx soundest judgements in troyx whosoeverx and a proper man of personx when comes troilusx ixll show you troilus anonx if he see mex you shall see him nod at mex cressidax will he give you the nodx pandarusx you shall seex cressidax if he dox the rich shall have morex xhector xpassesxxx pandarusx thatxs hectorx thatx thatx look youx thatx therexs a fellowx go thy wayx hectorx therexs a brave manx niecex o brave hectorx look how he looksx therexs a countenancex isxt not a brave manx cressidax ox a brave manx pandarusx is ax notx it does a manxs heart goodx look you what hacks are on his helmetx look you yonderx do you seex look you therex therexs no jestingx therexs laying onx takext off who willx as they sayx there be hacksx cressidax be those with swordsx pandarusx swordsx anythingx he cares notx and the devil come to himx itxs all onex by godxs lidx it does onexs heart goodx yonder comes parisx yonder comes parisx xparis xpassesxxx look ye yonderx niecex isxt not a gallant man toox isxt notx whyx this is brave nowx who said he came hurt home todayx hexs not hurtx whyx this will do helenxs heart good nowx hax would i could see troilus nowx you shall see troilus anonx xhelenus xpassesxxx cressidax whoxs thatx pandarusx thatxs helenusx i marvel where troilus isx thatxs helenusx i think he went not forth todayx thatxs helenusx cressidax can helenus fightx unclex pandarusx helenusx nox yesx hexll fight indifferent wellx i marvel where troilus isx harkx do you not hear the people cry xtroilusxxxhelenus is a priestx cressidax what sneaking fellow comes yonderx xtroilus xpassesxxx pandarusx wherex yonderx thatxs deiphobusx xtis troilusx therexs a manx niecex hemx brave troilusx the prince of chivalryx cressidax peacex for shamex peacex pandarusx mark himx note himx o brave troilusx look well upon himx niecex look you how his sword is bloodiedx and his helm more hackxd than hectorxsx and how he looksx and how he goesx o admirable youthx he never saw three and twentyx go thy wayx troilusx go thy wayx had i a sister were a grace or a daughter a goddessx he should take his choicex o admirable manx parisx paris is dirt to himx andx i warrantx helenx to changex would give an eye to bootx cressidax here comes morex xxcommon soldiers passxxx pandarusx assesx foolsx doltsx chaff and branx chaff and branx porridge after meatx i could live and die in the eyes of troilusx nexer lookx nexer lookx the eagles are gonex crows and dawsx crows and dawsx i had rather be such a man as troilus than agamemnon and all greecex cressidax there is amongst the greeks achillesx a better man than troilusx pandarusx achillesx a draymanx a porterx a very camelx cressidax wellx wellx pandarusx wellx wellx whyx have you any discretionx have you any eyesx do you know what a man isx is not birthx beautyx good shapex discoursex manhoodx learningx gentlenessx virtuex youthx liberalityx and such likex the spice and salt that season a manx cressidax ayx a mincxd manx and then to be bakxd with no date in the piex for then the manxs date is outx pandarusx you are such a womanx a man knows not at what ward you liex cressidax upon my backx to defend my bellyx upon my witx to defend my wilesx upon my secrecyx to defend mine honestyx my maskx to defend my beautyx and youx to defend all thesex and at all these wards i liex at a thousand watchesx pandarusx say one of your watchesx cressidax nayx ixll watch you for thatx and thatxs one of the chiefest of them toox if i cannot ward what i would not have hitx i can watch you for telling how i took the blowx unless it swell past hidingx and then itxs past watchingx pandarusx you are such anotherx enter troilusx boyx boyx sirx my lord would instantly speak with youx pandarusx wherex boyx at your own housex there he unarms himx pandarusx good boyx tell him i comex xxexitx boyxx i doubt he be hurtx fare ye wellx good niecex cressidax adieux unclex pandarusx i will be with youx niecex by and byx cressidax to bringx unclex pandarusx ayx a token from troilusx xxexitx pandarusxx cressidax by the same tokenx you are a bawdx wordsx vowsx giftsx tearsx and lovexs full sacrificex he offers in anotherxs enterprisex but more in troilus thousandxfold i see than in the glass of pandarxs praise may bex yet hold i offx women are angelsx wooingx things won are donex joyxs soul lies in the doingx that she belovxd knows naught that knows not thisx men prize the thing ungainxd more than it isx that she was never yet that ever knew love got so sweet as when desire did suex therefore this maxim out of love i teachx xachievement is commandx ungainxdx beseechxx then though my heartxs content firm love doth bearx nothing of that shall from mine eyes appearx xxexitxxx scene iiix the grecian campx before agamemnonxs tentx sennetx enter agamemnonx nestorx ulyssesx diomedesx menelaus and othersx agamemnonx princesx what grief hath set these jaundies oxer your cheeksx the ample proposition that hope makes in all designs begun on earth below fails in the promisxd largenessx checks and disasters grow in the veins of actions highest rearxdx as knotsx by the conflux of meeting sapx infects the sound pinex and diverts his grain tortive and errant from his course of growthx norx princesx is it matter new to us that we come short of our suppose so far that after seven yearsx siege yet troy walls standx sith every action that hath gone beforex whereof we have recordx trial did draw bias and thwartx not answering the aimx and that unbodied figure of the thought that gavext surmised shapex why thenx you princesx do you with cheeks abashxd behold our works and call them shamesx which arex indeedx naught else but the protractive trials of great jove to find persistive constancy in menx the fineness of which metal is not found in fortunexs lovex for then the bold and cowardx the wise and foolx the artist and unreadx the hard and softx seem all affinxd and kinx but in the wind and tempest of her frown distinctionx with a broad and powerful fanx puffing at allx winnows the light awayx and what hath mass or matter by itself lies rich in virtue and unmingledx nestorx with due observance of thy godlike seatx great agamemnonx nestor shall apply thy latest wordsx in the reproof of chance lies the true proof of menx the sea being smoothx how many shallow bauble boats dare sail upon her patient breastx making their way with those of nobler bulkx but let the ruffian boreas once enrage the gentle thetisx and anon behold the strongxribbxd bark through liquid mountains cutx bounding between the two moist elements like perseusx horsex wherexs then the saucy boatx whose weak untimberxd sides but even now coxrivallxd greatnessx either to harbour fled or made a toast for neptunex even so doth valourxs show and valourxs worth divide in storms of fortunex for in her ray and brightness the herd hath more annoyance by the breeze than by the tigerx but when the splitting wind makes flexible the knees of knotted oaksx and flies fled under shadexwhyx then the thing of couragex as rousxd with ragex with rage doth sympathisex and with an accent tunxd in selfxsame key retorts to chiding fortunex ulyssesx agamemnonx thou great commanderx nerve and bone of greecex heart of our numbersx soul and only spirit in whom the tempers and the minds of all should be shut upxhear what ulysses speaksx besides thxapplause and approbation the whichx xxto agamemnonxx most mightyx for thy place and swayx xxto nestorxx andx thou most reverendx for thy stretchxdxout lifex i give to both your speechesxwhich were such as agamemnon and the hand of greece should hold up high in brassx and such again as venerable nestorx hatchxd in silverx should with a bond of airx strong as the axlextree on which heaven ridesx knit all the greekish ears to his experiencxd tonguexyet let it please bothx thou greatx and wisex to hear ulysses speakx agamemnonx speakx prince of ithacax and bext of less expect that matter needlessx of importless burdenx divide thy lips than we are confidentx when rank thersites opes his mastic jawsx we shall hear musicx witx and oraclex ulyssesx troyx yet upon his basisx had been downx and the great hectorxs sword had lackxd a masterx but for these instancesx the specialty of rule hath been neglectedx and look how many grecian tents do stand hollow upon this plainx so many hollow factionsx when that the general is not like the hivex to whom the foragers shall all repairx what honey is expectedx degree being vizardedx thxunworthiest shows as fairly in the maskx the heavens themselvesx the planetsx and this centrex observe degreex priorityx and placex insisturex coursex proportionx seasonx formx officex and customx in all line of orderx and therefore is the glorious planet sol in noble eminence enthronxd and spherxd amidst the otherx whose medxcinable eye corrects the influence of evil planetsx and postsx like the commandment of a kingx sans checkx to good and badx but when the planets in evil mixture to disorder wanderx what plagues and what portentsx what mutinyx what raging of the seax shaking of earthx commotion in the windsx frightsx changesx horrorsx divert and crackx rend and deracinatex the unity and married calm of states quite from their fixturex ox when degree is shakxdx which is the ladder of all high designsx the enterprise is sickx how could communitiesx degrees in schoolsx and brotherhoods in citiesx peaceful commerce from dividable shoresx the primogenity and due of birthx prerogative of agex crownsx sceptresx laurelsx but by degree stand in authentic placex take but degree awayx untune that stringx and hark what discord followsx each thing melts in mere oppugnancyx the bounded waters should lift their bosoms higher than the shoresx and make a sop of all this solid globex strength should be lord of imbecilityx and the rude son should strike his father deadx force should be rightx orx ratherx right and wrongx between whose endless jar justice residesx should lose their namesx and so should justice toox then everything includes itself in powerx power into willx will into appetitex and appetitex an universal wolfx so doubly seconded with will and powerx must make perforce an universal preyx and last eat up himselfx great agamemnonx this chaosx when degree is suffocatex follows the chokingx and this neglection of degree it is that by a pace goes backwardx with a purpose it hath to climbx the generalxs disdainxd by him one step belowx he by the nextx that next by him beneathx so every stepx examplxd by the first pace that is sick of his superiorx grows to an envious fever of pale and bloodless emulationx and xtis this fever that keeps troy on footx not her own sinewsx to end a tale of lengthx troy in our weakness standsx not in her strengthx nestorx most wisely hath ulysses here discoverxd the fever whereof all our power is sickx agamemnonx the nature of the sickness foundx ulyssesx what is the remedyx ulyssesx the great achillesx whom opinion crowns the sinew and the forehand of our hostx having his ear full of his airy famex grows dainty of his worthx and in his tent lies mocking our designsx with him patroclus upon a lazy bed the livelong day breaks scurril jestsx and with ridiculous and awkward actionx whichx slandererx he imitation callsx he pageants usx sometimex great agamemnonx thy topless deputation he puts onx and like a strutting player whose conceit lies in his hamstringx and doth think it rich to hear the wooden dialogue and sound xtwixt his stretchxd footing and the scaffoldagex such toxbexpitied and oxerxwrested seeming he acts thy greatness inx and when he speaks xtis like a chime axmendingx with terms unsquarxdx whichx from the tongue of roaring typhon droppxdx would seem hyperbolesx at this fusty stuff the large achillesx on his pressxd bed lollingx from his deep chest laughs out a loud applausex cries xexcellentx xtis agamemnon rightx now play me nestorx hemx and stroke thy beardx as he being drest to some orationxx thatxs donexas near as the extremest ends of parallelsx as like as vulcan and his wifex yet god achilles still cries xexcellentx xtis nestor rightx now play him mex patroclusx arming to answer in a night alarmxx and thenx forsoothx the faint defects of age must be the scene of mirthx to cough and spit andx with a palsy fumbling on his gorgetx shake in and out the rivetx and at this sport sir valour diesx cries xox enoughx patroclusx or give me ribs of steelx i shall split all in pleasure of my spleenxx and in this fashion all our abilitiesx giftsx naturesx shapesx severals and generals of grace exactx achievementsx plotsx ordersx preventionsx excitements to the field or speech for trucex success or lossx what is or is notx serves as stuff for these two to make paradoxesx nestorx and in the imitation of these twainx whox as ulysses saysx opinion crowns with an imperial voicexmany are infectx ajax is grown selfxwillxd and bears his head in such a reinx in full as proud a place as broad achillesx keeps his tent like himx makes factious feastsx rails on our state of war bold as an oraclex and sets thersitesx a slave whose gall coins slanders like a mintx to match us in comparisons with dirtx to weaken and discredit our exposurex how rank soever rounded in with dangerx ulyssesx they tax our policy and call it cowardicex count wisdom as no member of the warx forestall presciencex and esteem no act but that of handx the still and mental parts that do contrive how many hands shall strike when fitness calls them onx and knowx by measure of their observant toilx the enemiesx weightx whyx this hath not a fingerxs dignityx they call this bedxworkx mappxryx closetxwarx so that the ram that batters down the wallx for the great swinge and rudeness of his poisex they place before his hand that made the enginex or those that with the fineness of their souls by reason guide his executionx nestorx let this be grantedx and achillesx horse makes many thetisx sonsx xxtucketxxx agamemnonx what trumpetx lookx menelausx menelausx from troyx enter aeneasx agamemnonx what would you fore our tentx aeneasx is this great agamemnonxs tentx i pray youx agamemnonx even thisx aeneasx may one that is a herald and a prince do a fair message to his kingly eyesx agamemnonx with surety stronger than achillesx arm fore all the greekish headsx which with one voice call agamemnon head and generalx aeneasx fair leave and large securityx how may a stranger to those most imperial looks know them from eyes of other mortalsx agamemnonx howx aeneasx ayx i askx that i might waken reverencex and bid the cheek be ready with a blush modest as morning when she coldly eyes the youthful phoebusx which is that god in officex guiding menx which is the high and mighty agamemnonx agamemnonx this trojan scorns usx or the men of troy are ceremonious courtiersx aeneasx courtiers as freex as debonairx unarmxdx as bending angelsx thatxs their fame in peacex but when they would seem soldiersx they have gallsx good armsx strong jointsx true swordsx andx jovexs accordx nothing so full of heartx but peacex aeneasx peacex trojanx lay thy finger on thy lipsx the worthiness of praise distains his worthx if that the praisxd himself bring the praise forthx but what the repining enemy commendsx that breath fame blowsx that praisex sole purex transcendsx agamemnonx sirx you of troyx call you yourself aeneasx aeneasx ayx greekx that is my namex agamemnonx whatxs your affairsx i pray youx aeneasx sirx pardonx xtis for agamemnonxs earsx agamemnon he hears naught privately that comes from troyx aeneasx nor i from troy come not to whisper with himx i bring a trumpet to awake his earx to set his sense on the attentive bentx and then to speakx agamemnonx speak frankly as the windx it is not agamemnonxs sleeping hourx that thou shalt knowx trojanx he is awakex he tells thee so himselfx aeneasx trumpetx blow loudx send thy brass voice through all these lazy tentsx and every greek of mettlex let him know what troy means fairly shall be spoke aloudx xxsound trumpetxxx we havex great agamemnonx here in troy a prince called hectorxpriam is his fatherx who in this dull and longxcontinued truce is resty grownx he bade me take a trumpet and to this purpose speakx kingsx princesx lordsx if there be one among the fairxst of greece that holds his honour higher than his easex that feeds his praise more than he fears his perilx that knows his valour and knows not his fearx that loves his mistress more than in confession with truant vows to her own lips he lovesx and dare avow her beauty and her worth in other arms than hersxto him this challengex hectorx in view of trojans and of greeksx shall make it good or do his best to do itx he hath a lady wiserx fairerx truerx than ever greek did couple in his armsx and will tomorrow with his trumpet call midxway between your tents and walls of troy to rouse a grecian that is true in lovex if any comex hector shall honour himx if nonex hexll say in troyx when he retiresx the grecian dames are sunburnt and not worth the splinter of a lancex even so muchx agamemnonx this shall be told our loversx lord aeneasx if none of them have soul in such a kindx we left them all at homex but we are soldiersx and may that soldier a mere recreant prove that means notx hath notx or is not in lovex if then one isx or hathx or means to bex that one meets hectorx if none elsex i am hex nestorx tell him of nestorx one that was a man when hectorxs grandsire suckxdx he is old nowx but if there be not in our grecian host a noble man that hath one spark of fire to answer for his lovex tell him from me ixll hide my silver beard in a gold beaverx and in my vambrace put this witherxd brawnsx and meeting himx will tell him that my lady was fairer than his grandamx and as chaste as may be in the worldx his youth in floodx ixll prove this troth with my three drops of bloodx aeneasx now heavens forfend such scarcity of youthx ulyssesx amenx agamemnonx fair lord aeneasx let me touch your handx to our pavilion shall i lead youx sirx achilles shall have word of this intentx so shall each lord of greecex from tent to tentx yourself shall feast with us before you gox and find the welcome of a noble foex xxexeunt all but ulysses and nestorxxx ulyssesx nestorx nestorx what says ulyssesx ulyssesx i have a young conception in my brainx be you my time to bring it to some shapex nestorx what isxtx ulyssesx this xtisx blunt wedges rive hard knotsx the seeded pride that hath to this maturity blown up in rank achilles must or now be croppxd orx sheddingx breed a nursery of like evil to overbulk us allx nestorx wellx and howx ulyssesx this challenge that the gallant hector sendsx however it is spread in general namex relates in purpose only to achillesx nestorx truex the purpose is perspicuous even as substance whose grossness little characters sum upx andx in the publicationx make no strain but that achillesx were his brain as barren as banks of libyaxthoughx apollo knowsx xtis dry enoughxwill with great speed of judgementx ayx with celerityx find hectorxs purpose pointing on himx ulyssesx and wake him to the answerx think youx nestorx whyx xtis most meetx who may you else oppose that can from hector bring those honours offx if not achillesx though xt be a sportful combatx yet in this trial much opinion dwells for here the trojans taste our dearxst repute with their finxst palatex and trust to mex ulyssesx our imputation shall be oddly poisxd in this vile actionx for the successx although particularx shall give a scantling of good or bad unto the generalx and in such indexesx although small pricks to their subsequent volumesx there is seen the baby figure of the giant mass of things to come at largex it is supposxd he that meets hector issues from our choicex and choicex being mutual act of all our soulsx makes merit her electionx and doth boilx as xtwere from forth us allx a man distillxd out of our virtuesx who miscarryingx what heart receives from hence a conquering partx to steel a strong opinion to themselvesx which entertainxdx limbs are his instrumentsx in no less working than are swords and bows directive by the limbsx ulyssesx give pardon to my speechx therefore xtis meet achilles meet not hectorx let usx like merchantsx first show foul waresx and think perchance theyxll sellx if notx the lustre of the better shall exceed by showing the worse firstx do not consent that ever hector and achilles meetx for both our honour and our shame in this are doggxd with two strange followersx nestorx i see them not with my old eyesx what are theyx ulyssesx what glory our achilles shares from hectorx were he not proudx we all should share with himx but he already is too insolentx and it were better parch in afric sun than in the pride and salt scorn of his eyesx should he scape hector fairx if he were foilxdx whyx then we do our main opinion crush in taint of our best manx nox make a lottxryx andx by devicex let blockish ajax draw the sort to fight with hectorx among ourselves give him allowance for the better manx for that will physic the great myrmidonx who broils in loud applausex and make him fall his crestx that prouder than blue iris bendsx if the dull brainless ajax come safe offx wexll dress him up in voicesx if he failx yet go we under our opinion still that we have better menx butx hit or missx our projectxs life this shape of sense assumesx ajax employxd plucks down achillesx plumesx nestorx nowx ulyssesx i begin to relish thy advicex and i will give a taste thereof forthwith to agamemnonx go we to him straightx two curs shall tame each otherx pride alone must tarre the mastiffs onx as xtwere their bonex xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix the grecian campx enter ajax and thersitesx ajaxx thersitesx thersitesx agamemnonxhow if he had boilsx fullx all overx generallyx ajaxx thersitesx thersitesx and those boils did runxsay sox did not the general run thenx were not that a botchy corex ajaxx dogx thersitesx then there would come some matter from himx i see none nowx ajaxx thou bitchxwolfxs sonx canst thou not hearx feelx thenx xxstrikes himxxx thersitesx the plague of greece upon theex thou mongrel beefxwitted lordx ajaxx speakx thenx thou unsalted leavenx speakx i will beat thee into handsomenessx thersitesx i shall sooner rail thee into wit and holinessx but i think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without bookx thou canst strikex canst thoux a red murrain ox thy jadexs tricksx ajaxx toadstoolx learn me the proclamationx thersitesx dost thou think i have no sensex thou strikest me thusx ajaxx the proclamationx thersitesx thou art proclaimxd foolx i thinkx ajaxx do notx porpentinex do notx my fingers itchx thersitesx i would thou didst itch from head to foot and i had the scratching of theex i would make thee the loathsomest scab in greecex when thou art forth in the incursionsx thou strikest as slow as anotherx ajaxx i sayx the proclamationx thersitesx thou grumblest and railest every hour on achillesx and thou art as full of envy at his greatness as cerberus is at proserpinaxs beautyxayx that thou barkxst at himx ajaxx mistress thersitesx thersitesx thou shouldst strike himx ajaxx cobloafx thersitesx he would pun thee into shivers with his fistx as a sailor breaks a biscuitx ajaxx you whoreson curx xxstrikes himxxx thersitesx dox dox ajaxx thou stool for a witchx thersitesx ayx dox dox thou soddenxwitted lordx thou hast no more brain than i have in mine elbowsx an asinico may tutor theex you scurvy valiant assx thou art here but to thrash trojansx and thou art bought and sold among those of any wit like a barbarian slavex if thou use to beat mex i will begin at thy heel and tell what thou art by inchesx thou thing of no bowelsx thoux ajaxx you dogx thersitesx you scurvy lordx ajaxx you curx xxstrikes himxxx thersitesx mars his idiotx dox rudenessx dox camelx dox dox enter achilles and patroclusx achillesx whyx how nowx ajaxx wherefore do ye thusx how nowx thersitesx whatxs the matterx manx thersitesx you see him therex do youx achillesx ayx whatxs the matterx thersitesx nayx look upon himx achillesx so i dox whatxs the matterx thersitesx nayx but regard him wellx achillesx wellx whyx so i dox thersitesx but yet you look not well upon himx for whosomever you take him to bex he is ajaxx achillesx i know thatx foolx thersitesx ayx but that fool knows not himselfx ajaxx therefore i beat theex thersitesx lox lox lox lox what modicums of wit he uttersx his evasions have ears thus longx i have bobbxd his brain more than he has beat my bonesx i will buy nine sparrows for a pennyx and his pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a sparrowx this lordx achillesxajaxx who wears his wit in his belly and his guts in his headxixll tell you what i say of himx achillesx whatx thersitesx i say this ajaxx xxajax offers to strike himxxx achillesx nayx good ajaxx thersitesx has not so much witx achillesx nayx i must hold youx thersitesx as will stop the eye of helenxs needlex for whom he comes to fightx achillesx peacex foolx thersitesx i would have peace and quietnessx but the fool will notx he therex that hex look you therex ajaxx o thou damned curx i shallx achillesx will you set your wit to a foolxsx thersitesx nox i warrant youx the foolxs will shame itx patroclusx good wordsx thersitesx achillesx whatxs the quarrelx ajaxx i bade the vile owl go learn me the tenour of the proclamationx and he rails upon mex thersitesx i serve thee notx ajaxx wellx go tox go tox thersitesx i serve here voluntaryx achillesx your last service was suffxrancex xtwas not voluntaryx no man is beaten voluntaryx ajax was here the voluntaryx and you as under an impressx thersitesx exen sox a great deal of your wit too lies in your sinewsx or else there be liarsx hector shall have a great catch and knock out either of your brainsx ax were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernelx achillesx whatx with me toox thersitesx thersitesx therexs ulysses and old nestorxwhose wit was mouldy ere your grandsires had nails on their toesxyoke you like draught oxenx and make you plough up the warsx achillesx whatx whatx thersitesx yesx good soothx to achillesx to ajaxx tox ajaxx i shall cut out your tonguex thersitesx xtis no matterx i shall speak as much as thou afterwardsx patroclusx no more wordsx thersitesx peacex thersitesx i will hold my peace when achillesx brach bids mex shall ix achillesx therexs for youx patroclusx thersitesx i will see you hangxd like clotpoles ere i come any more to your tentsx i will keep where there is wit stirringx and leave the faction of foolsx xxexitxxx patroclusx a good riddancex achillesx marryx thisx sirx is proclaimxd through all our hostx that hectorx by the fifth hour of the sunx will with a trumpet xtwixt our tents and troyx tomorrow morningx call some knight to arms that hath a stomachx and such a one that dare maintain i know not whatx xtis trashx farewellx ajaxx farewellx who shall answer himx achillesx i know notx xtis put to lottxryx otherwisex he knew his manx ajaxx ox meaning youx i will go learn more of itx xxexeuntxxx scene iix troyx priamxs palacex enter priamx hectorx troilusx paris and helenusx priamx after so many hoursx livesx speeches spentx thus once again says nestor from the greeksx xdeliver helenx and all damage elsex as honourx loss of timex travailx expensex woundsx friendsx and what else dear that is consumxd in hot digestion of this cormorant warx shall be struck offxx hectorx what say you toxtx hectorx though no man lesser fears the greeks than ix as far as toucheth my particularx yetx dread priamx there is no lady of more softer bowelsx more spongy to suck in the sense of fearx more ready to cry out xwho knows what followsxx than hector isx the wound of peace is suretyx surety securex but modest doubt is callxd the beacon of the wisex the tent that searches to thx bottom of the worstx let helen gox since the first sword was drawn about this questionx every tithe soul xmongst many thousand dismes hath been as dear as helenxi meanx of oursx if we have lost so many tenths of ours to guard a thing not oursx nor worth to usx had it our namex the value of one tenx what meritxs in that reason which denies the yielding of her upx troilusx fiex fiex my brotherx weigh you the worth and honour of a kingx so great as our dread fatherxsx in a scale of common ouncesx will you with counters sum the pastxproportion of his infinitex and buckle in a waist most fathomless with spans and inches so diminutive as fears and reasonsx fiex for godly shamex helenusx no marvel though you bite so sharp of reasonsx you are so empty of themx should not our father bear the great sway of his affairs with reasonx because your speech hath none that tells him sox troilusx you are for dreams and slumbersx brother priestx you fur your gloves with reasonx here are your reasonsx you know an enemy intends you harmx you know a sword employxd is perilousx and reason flies the object of all harmx who marvelsx thenx when helenus beholds a grecian and his swordx if he do set the very wings of reason to his heels and fly like chidden mercury from jovex or like a star disorbxdx nayx if we talk of reasonx letxs shut our gates and sleepx manhood and honour should have hare heartsx would they but fat their thoughts with this crammxd reasonx reason and respect make livers pale and lustihood dejectx hectorx brotherx she is not worth what she doth cost the keepingx troilusx whatxs aught but as xtis valuedx hectorx but value dwells not in particular willx it holds his estimate and dignity as well wherein xtis precious of itself as in the prizerx xtis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the godx and the will dotes that is attributive to what infectiously itself affectsx without some image of thxaffected meritx troilusx i take today a wifex and my election is led on in the conduct of my willx my will enkindled by mine eyes and earsx two traded pilots xtwixt the dangerous shores of will and judgementx how may i avoidx although my will distaste what it electedx the wife i chosex there can be no evasion to blench from this and to stand firm by honourx we turn not back the silks upon the merchant when we have soilxd themx nor the remainder viands we do not throw in unrespective sievex because we now are fullx it was thought meet paris should do some vengeance on the greeksx your breath with full consent bellied his sailsx the seas and windsx old wranglersx took a trucex and did him servicex he touchxd the ports desirxdx and for an old aunt whom the greeks held captive he brought a grecian queenx whose youth and freshness wrinkles apolloxsx and makes stale the morningx why keep we herx the grecians keep our auntx is she worth keepingx whyx she is a pearl whose price hath launchxd above a thousand shipsx and turnxd crownxd kings to merchantsx if youxll avouch xtwas wisdom paris wentx as you must needsx for you all cried xgox goxx if youxll confess he brought home worthy prizex as you must needsx for you all clappxd your handsx and cried xinestimablexxxwhy do you now the issue of your proper wisdoms ratex and do a deed that never fortune didx beggar the estimation which you prizxd richer than sea and landx o theft most basex that we have stolxn what we do fear to keepx but thieves unworthy of a thing so stolxn that in their country did them that disgrace we fear to warrant in our native placex cassandrax xxwithinxxx cryx trojansx cryx priamx what noisex what shriek is thisx troilusx xtis our mad sisterx i do know her voicex cassandrax xxwithinxxx cryx trojansx hectorx it is cassandrax enter cassandrax ravingx cassandrax cryx trojansx cryx lend me ten thousand eyesx and i will fill them with prophetic tearsx hectorx peacex sisterx peacex cassandrax virgins and boysx midxage and wrinkled eldx soft infancyx that nothing canst but cryx add to my clamoursx let us pay betimes a moiety of that mass of moan to comex cryx trojansx cryx practise your eyes with tearsx troy must not bex nor goodly ilion standx our firebrand brotherx parisx burns us allx cryx trojansx cryx a helen and a woex cryx cryx troy burnsx or else let helen gox xxexitxxx hectorx nowx youthful troilusx do not these high strains of divination in our sister work some touches of remorsex or is your blood so madly hotx that no discourse of reasonx nor fear of bad success in a bad causex can qualify the samex troilusx whyx brother hectorx we may not think the justness of each act such and no other than event doth form itx nor once deject the courage of our minds because cassandraxs madx her brainxsick raptures cannot distaste the goodness of a quarrel which hath our several honours all engagxd to make it graciousx for my private partx i am no more touchxd than all priamxs sonsx and jove forbid there should be done amongst us such things as might offend the weakest spleen to fight for and maintainx parisx else might the world convince of levity as well my undertakings as your counselsx but i attest the godsx your full consent gave wings to my propensionx and cut off all fears attending on so dire a projectx for whatx alasx can these my single armsx what propugnation is in one manxs valour to stand the push and enmity of those this quarrel would excitex yet i protestx were i alone to pass the difficultiesx and had as ample power as i have willx paris should nexer retract what he hath donex nor faint in the pursuitx priamx parisx you speak like one besotted on your sweet delightsx you have the honey stillx but these the gallx so to be valiant is no praise at allx parisx sirx i propose not merely to myself the pleasures such a beauty brings with itx but i would have the soil of her fair rape wipxd off in honourable keeping herx what treason were it to the ransackxd queenx disgrace to your great worthsx and shame to mex now to deliver her possession up on terms of base compulsionx can it bex that so degenerate a strain as this should once set footing in your generous bosomsx therexs not the meanest spirit on our party without a heart to dare or sword to draw when helen is defendedx nor none so noble whose life were ill bestowxd or death unfamxdx where helen is the subjectx thenx i sayx well may we fight for her whom we know well the worldxs large spaces cannot parallelx hectorx paris and troilusx you have both said wellx and on the cause and question now in hand have glozxdx but superficiallyx not much unlike young menx whom aristotle thought unfit to hear moral philosophyx the reasons you allege do more conduce to the hot passion of distempxred blood than to make up a free determination xtwixt right and wrongx for pleasure and revenge have ears more deaf than adders to the voice of any true decisionx nature craves all dues be rendxred to their ownersx nowx what nearer debt in all humanity than wife is to the husbandx if this law of nature be corrupted through affectionx and that great mindsx of partial indulgence to their benumbed willsx resist the samex there is a law in each wellxorderxd nation to curb those raging appetites that are most disobedient and refractoryx if helenx thenx be wife to spartaxs kingx as it is known she isxthese moral laws of nature and of nations speak aloud to have her back returnxdx thus to persist in doing wrong extenuates not wrongx but makes it much more heavyx hectorxs opinion is thisx in way of truthx yetx nexerthelessx my spritely brethrenx i propend to you in resolution to keep helen stillx for xtis a cause that hath no mean dependence upon our joint and several dignitiesx troilusx whyx there you touchxd the life of our designx were it not glory that we more affected than the performance of our heaving spleensx i would not wish a drop of trojan blood spent more in her defencex butx worthy hectorx she is a theme of honour and renownx a spur to valiant and magnanimous deedsx whose present courage may beat down our foesx and fame in time to come canonize usx for i presume brave hector would not lose so rich advantage of a promisxd glory as smiles upon the forehead of this action for the wide worldxs revenuex hectorx i am yoursx you valiant offspring of great priamusx i have a roisting challenge sent amongst the dull and factious nobles of the greeks will strike amazement to their drowsy spiritsx i was advertisxd their great general sleptx whilst emulation in the army creptx thisx i presumex will wake himx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx enter thersitesx solusx thersitesx how nowx thersitesx whatx lost in the labyrinth of thy furyx shall the elephant ajax carry it thusx he beats mex and i rail at himx o worthy satisfactionx would it were otherwisex that i could beat himx whilst he railxd at mex xsfootx ixll learn to conjure and raise devilsx but ixll see some issue of my spiteful execrationsx then therexs achillesx a rare engineerx if troy be not taken till these two undermine itx the walls will stand till they fall of themselvesx o thou great thunderxdarter of olympusx forget that thou art jovex the king of godsx andx mercuryx lose all the serpentine craft of thy caduceusx if ye take not that little little less than little wit from them that they havex which shortxarmxd ignorance itself knows is so abundant scarcex it will not in circumvention deliver a fly from a spider without drawing their massy irons and cutting the webx after thisx the vengeance on the whole campx orx ratherx the neapolitan bonexachex for thatx methinksx is the curse depending on those that war for a placketx i have said my prayersx and devil envy say xamenxx what hox my lord achillesx enter patroclusx patroclusx whoxs therex thersitesx good thersitesx come in and railx thersitesx if i could ax remembxred a gilt counterfeitx thou wouldst not have slippxd out of my contemplationx but it is no matterx thyself upon thyselfx the common curse of mankindx folly and ignorancex be thine in great revenuex heaven bless thee from a tutorx and discipline come not near theex let thy blood be thy direction till thy deathx then if she that lays thee out says thou art a fair corsex ixll be sworn and sworn uponxt she never shrouded any but lazarsx amenx wherexs achillesx patroclusx whatx art thou devoutx wast thou in prayerx thersitesx ayx the heavens hear mex patroclusx amenx enter achillesx achillesx whoxs therex patroclusx thersitesx my lordx achillesx wherex wherex ox wherex art thou comex whyx my cheesex my digestionx why hast thou not served thyself in to my table so many mealsx comex whatxs agamemnonx thersitesx thy commanderx achillesx then tell mex patroclusx whatxs achillesx patroclusx thy lordx thersitesx then tell mex i pray theex whatxs thersitesx thersitesx thy knowerx patroclusx then tell mex patroclusx what art thoux patroclusx thou must tell that knowestx achillesx ox tellx tellx thersitesx ixll decline the whole questionx agamemnon commands achillesx achilles is my lordx i am patroclusx knowerx and patroclus is a foolx patroclusx you rascalx thersitesx peacex foolx i have not donex achillesx he is a privilegxd manx proceedx thersitesx thersitesx agamemnon is a foolx achilles is a foolx thersites is a foolx andx as aforesaidx patroclus is a foolx achillesx derive thisx comex thersitesx agamemnon is a fool to offer to command achillesx achilles is a fool to be commanded of agamemnonx thersites is a fool to serve such a foolx and this patroclus is a fool positivex patroclusx why am i a foolx thersitesx make that demand of the creatorx it suffices me thou artx look youx who comes herex enter agamemnonx ulyssesx nestorx diomedesx ajax and calchasx achillesx comex patroclusx ixll speak with nobodyx come in with mex thersitesx xxexitxxx thersitesx here is such patcheryx such jugglingx and such knaveryx all the argument is a whore and a cuckoldxa good quarrel to draw emulous factions and bleed to death uponx now the dry serpigo on the subjectx and war and lechery confound allx xxexitxxx agamemnonx where is achillesx patroclusx within his tentx but illxdisposxdx my lordx agamemnonx let it be known to him that we are herex he sate our messengersx and we lay by our appertainingsx visiting of himx let him be told sox lestx perchancex he think we dare not move the question of our place or know not what we arex patroclusx i shall say so to himx xxexitxxx ulyssesx we saw him at the opening of his tentx he is not sickx ajaxx yesx lionxsickx sick of proud heartx you may call it melancholyx if you will favour the manx butx by my headx xtis pridex but whyx whyx let him show us a causex a wordx my lordx xxtakes agamemnon asidexxx nestorx what moves ajax thus to bay at himx ulyssesx achilles hath inveigled his fool from himx nestorx whox thersitesx ulyssesx hex nestorx then will ajax lack matterx if he have lost his argumentx ulyssesx nox you see he is his argument that has his argumentx achillesx nestorx all the betterx their fraction is more our wish than their factionx but it was a strong composure a fool could disunitex ulyssesx the amity that wisdom knits notx folly may easily untiex rexenter patroclusx here comes patroclusx nestorx no achilles with himx ulyssesx the elephant hath jointsx but none for courtesyx his legs are legs for necessityx not for flexurex patroclusx achilles bids me say he is much sorry if any thing more than your sport and pleasure did move your greatness and this noble state to call upon himx he hopes it is no other but for your health and your digestion sakex an afterxdinnerxs breathx agamemnonx hear youx patroclusx we are too well acquainted with these answersx but his evasionx wingxd thus swift with scornx cannot outfly our apprehensionsx much attribute he hathx and much the reason why we ascribe it to himx yet all his virtuesx not virtuously on his own part beheldx do in our eyes begin to lose their glossx yeax like fair fruit in an unwholesome dishx are like to rot untastedx go and tell him we come to speak with himx and you shall not sin if you do say we think him overxproud and underxhonestx in selfxassumption greater than in the note of judgementx and worthier than himself here tend the savage strangeness he puts onx disguise the holy strength of their commandx and underwrite in an observing kind his humorous predominancex yeax watch his course and timex his ebbs and flowsx as if the passage and whole stream of this commencement rode on his tidex go tell him thisx and add that if he overhold his price so much wexll none of himx but let himx like an engine not portablex lie under this reportx bring action hitherx this cannot go to warx a stirring dwarf we do allowance give before a sleeping giantx tell him sox patroclusx i shallx and bring his answer presentlyx xxexitxxx agamemnonx in second voice wexll not be satisfiedx we come to speak with himx ulyssesx enter youx xxexitx ulyssesxx ajaxx what is he more than anotherx agamemnonx no more than what he thinks he isx ajaxx is he so muchx do you not think he thinks himself a better man than i amx agamemnonx no questionx ajaxx will you subscribe his thought and say he isx agamemnonx nox noble ajaxx you are as strongx as valiantx as wisex no less noblex much more gentlex and altogether more tractablex ajaxx why should a man be proudx how doth pride growx i know not what pride isx agamemnonx your mind is the clearerx ajaxx and your virtues the fairerx he that is proud eats up himselfx pride is his own glassx his own trumpetx his own chroniclex and whatever praises itself but in the deed devours the deed in the praisex rexenter ulyssesx ajaxx i do hate a proud man as i do hate the engendxring of toadsx nestorx xxasidexxx and yet he loves himselfx isxt not strangex ulyssesx achilles will not to the field tomorrowx agamemnonx whatxs his excusex ulyssesx he doth rely on nonex but carries on the stream of his disposex without observance or respect of anyx in will peculiar and in selfxadmissionx agamemnonx why will he notx upon our fair requestx untent his person and share thxair with usx ulyssesx things small as nothingx for requestxs sake onlyx he makes importantx possessxd he is with greatnessx and speaks not to himself but with a pride that quarrels at selfxbreathx imaginxd worth holds in his blood such swolxn and hot discourse that xtwixt his mental and his active parts kingdomxd achilles in commotion ragesx and batters down himselfx what should i sayx he is so plaguy proud that the death tokens of it cry xno recoveryxx agamemnonx let ajax go to himx dear lordx go you and greet him in his tentx xtis said he holds you wellx and will be led at your request a little from himselfx ulyssesx o agamemnonx let it not be sox wexll consecrate the steps that ajax makes when they go from achillesx shall the proud lord that bastes his arrogance with his own seam and never suffers matter of the world enter his thoughtsx save such as doth revolve and ruminate himselfxshall he be worshippxd of that we hold an idol more than hex nox this thrice worthy and right valiant lord shall not so stale his palmx nobly acquirxdx norx by my willx assubjugate his meritx as amply titled as achilles isx by going to achillesx that were to enlard his fatxalready pridex and add more coals to cancer when he burns with entertaining great hyperionx this lord go to himx jupiter forbidx and say in thunder xachilles go to himxx nestorx xxasidexxx ox this is wellx he rubs the vein of himx diomedesx xxasidexxx and how his silence drinks up this applausex ajaxx if i go to himx with my armed fist ixll pash him oxer the facex agamemnonx ox nox you shall not gox ajaxx an ax be proud with me ixll pheeze his pridex let me go to himx ulyssesx not for the worth that hangs upon our quarrelx ajaxx a paltryx insolent fellowx nestorx xxasidexxx how he describes himselfx ajaxx can he not be sociablex ulyssesx xxasidexxx the raven chides blacknessx ajaxx ixll let his humours bloodx agamemnonx xxasidexxx he will be the physician that should be the patientx ajaxx and all men were ox my mindx ulyssesx xxasidexxx wit would be out of fashionx ajaxx ax should not bear it sox ax should eatxs words firstx shall pride carry itx nestorx xxasidexxx and xtwouldx youxd carry halfx ulyssesx xxasidexxx ax would have ten sharesx ajaxx i will knead himx ixll make him supplex nestorx xxasidexxx hexs not yet through warmx force him with praisesx pour inx pour inx his ambition is dryx ulyssesx xxto agamemnonxxx my lordx you feed too much on this dislikex nestorx our noble generalx do not do sox diomedesx you must prepare to fight without achillesx ulyssesx why xtis this naming of him does him harmx here is a manxbut xtis before his facex i will be silentx nestorx wherefore should you sox he is not emulousx as achilles isx ulyssesx know the whole worldx he is as valiantx ajaxx a whoreson dogx that shall palter with us thusx would he were a trojanx nestorx what a vice were it in ajax nowx ulyssesx if he were proudx diomedesx or covetous of praisex ulyssesx ayx or surly bornex diomedesx or strangex or selfxaffectedx ulyssesx thank the heavensx lordx thou art of sweet composure praise him that gat theex she that gave thee suckx famxd be thy tutorx and thy parts of nature thrice famxd beyondx beyond all eruditionx but he that disciplinxd thine arms to fightx let mars divide eternity in twain and give him halfx andx for thy vigourx bullxbearing milo his addition yield to sinewy ajaxx i will not praise thy wisdomx whichx like a bournx a palex a shorex confines thy spacious and dilated partsx herexs nestorx instructed by the antiquary timesx he mustx he isx he cannot but be wisex but pardonx father nestorx were your days as green as ajaxx and your brain so temperxdx you should not have the eminence of himx but be as ajaxx ajaxx shall i call you fatherx nestorx ayx my good sonx diomedesx be rulxd by himx lord ajaxx ulyssesx there is no tarrying herex the hart achilles keeps thicketx please it our great general to call together all his state of warx fresh kings are come to troyx tomorrow we must with all our main of power stand fastx and herexs a lordxcome knights from east to west and cull their flowerx ajax shall cope the bestx agamemnonx go we to councilx let achilles sleepx light boats sail swiftx though greater hulks draw deepx xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix troyx priamxs palacex music sounds withinx enter pandarus and a servantx pandarusx friendx youxpray youx a wordx do you not follow the young lord parisx servantx ayx sirx when he goes before mex pandarusx you depend upon himx i meanx servantx sirx i do depend upon the lordx pandarusx you depend upon a notable gentlemanx i must needs praise himx servantx the lord be praisedx pandarusx you know mex do you notx servantx faithx sirx superficiallyx pandarusx friendx know me betterx i am the lord pandarusx servantx i hope i shall know your honour betterx pandarusx i do desire itx servantx you are in the state of gracex pandarusx gracex not sox friendx honour and lordship are my titlesx what music is thisx servantx i do but partly knowx sirx it is music in partsx pandarusx know you the musiciansx servantx whollyx sirx pandarusx who play they tox servantx to the hearersx sirx pandarusx at whose pleasurex friendx servantx at minex sirx and theirs that love musicx pandarusx commandx i meanx friendx servantx who shall i commandx sirx pandarusx friendx we understand not one anotherx i am too courtlyx and thou art too cunningx at whose request do these men playx servantx thatxs toxtx indeedx sirx marryx sirx at the request of paris my lordx who is there in personx with him the mortal venusx the heartxblood of beautyx lovexs invisible soulx pandarusx whox my cousinx cressidax servantx nox sirx helenx could not you find out that by her attributesx pandarusx it should seemx fellowx that thou hast not seen the lady cressidax i come to speak with paris from the prince troilusx i will make a complimental assault upon himx for my business seethesx servantx sodden businessx therexs a stewxd phrase indeedx enter paris and helenx attendedx pandarusx fair be to youx my lordx and to all this fair companyx fair desiresx in all fair measurex fairly guide themxespecially to youx fair queenx fair thoughts be your fair pillowx helenx dear lordx you are full of fair wordsx pandarusx you speak your fair pleasurex sweet queenx fair princex here is good broken musicx parisx you have broke itx cousinx and by my lifex you shall make it whole againx you shall piece it out with a piece of your performancex helenx he is full of harmonyx pandarusx trulyx ladyx nox helenx ox sirx pandarusx rudex in soothx in good soothx very rudex parisx well saidx my lordx wellx you say so in fitsx pandarusx i have business to my lordx dear queenx my lordx will you vouchsafe me a wordx helenx nayx this shall not hedge us outx wexll hear you singx certainlyx pandarusx well sweet queenx you are pleasant with mex butx marryx thusx my lordx my dear lord and most esteemed friendx your brother troilusx helenx my lord pandarusx honeyxsweet lordx pandarusx go tox sweet queenx go toxcommends himself most affectionately to youx helenx you shall not bob us out of our melodyx if you dox our melancholy upon your headx pandarusx sweet queenx sweet queenx thatxs a sweet queenx ix faithx helenx and to make a sweet lady sad is a sour offencex pandarusx nayx that shall not serve your turnx that shall it notx in truthx lax nayx i care not for such wordsx nox noxxandx my lordx he desires you thatx if the king call for him at supperx you will make his excusex helenx my lord pandarusx pandarusx what says my sweet queenx my very very sweet queenx parisx what exploitxs in handx where sups he tonightx helenx nayx butx my lordx pandarusx what says my sweet queenxxmy cousin will fall out with youx helenx you must not know where he supsx parisx ixll lay my lifex with my disposer cressidax pandarusx nox nox no such matterx you are widex comex your disposer is sickx parisx wellx ixll makexs excusex pandarusx ayx good my lordx why should you say cressidax nox your poor disposerxs sickx parisx i spyx pandarusx you spyx what do you spyxxcomex give me an instrumentx nowx sweet queenx helenx whyx this is kindly donex pandarusx my niece is horribly in love with a thing you havex sweet queenx helenx she shall have itx my lordx if it be not my lord parisx pandarusx hex nox shexll none of himx they two are twainx helenx falling inx after falling outx may make them threex pandarusx comex comex ixll hear no more of thisx ixll sing you a song nowx helenx ayx ayx prithee nowx by my trothx sweet lordx thou hast a fine foreheadx pandarusx ayx you mayx you mayx helenx let thy song be lovex this love will undo us allx o cupidx cupidx cupidx pandarusx lovex ayx that it shallx ix faithx parisx ayx good nowx lovex lovex nothing but lovex pandarusx in good trothx it begins sox xxsingsxxx xlovex lovex nothing but lovex still lovex still morex forx ohx lovexs bow shoots buck and doex the shaft confounds not that it woundsx but tickles still the sorex these lovers cryx o hox they diex yet that which seems the wound to kill doth turn o hox to hax hax hex so dying love lives stillx o hox a whilex but hax hax hax o hox groans out for hax hax haxxhey hoxx helenx in lovex ix faithx to the very tip of the nosex parisx he eats nothing but dovesx lovex and that breeds hot bloodx and hot blood begets hot thoughtsx and hot thoughts beget hot deedsx and hot deeds is lovex pandarusx is this the generation of lovex hot bloodx hot thoughtsx and hot deedsx whyx they are vipersx is love a generation of vipersx sweet lordx whoxs axfield todayx parisx hectorx deiphobusx helenusx antenorx and all the gallantry of troyx i would fain have armxd todayx but my nell would not have it sox how chance my brother troilus went notx helenx he hangs the lip at somethingx you know allx lord pandarusx pandarusx not ix honeyxsweet queenx i long to hear how they spend todayx youxll remember your brotherxs excusex parisx to a hairx pandarusx farewellx sweet queenx helenx commend me to your niecex pandarusx i willx sweet queenx xxexitx sound a retreatxxx parisx theyxre come from the fieldx let us to priamxs hall to greet the warriorsx sweet helenx i must woo you to help unarm our hectorx his stubborn bucklesx with these your white enchanting fingers touchxdx shall more obey than to the edge of steel or force of greekish sinewsx you shall do more than all the island kingsxdisarm great hectorx helenx xtwill make us proud to be his servantx parisx yeax what he shall receive of us in duty gives us more palm in beauty than we havex yeax overshines ourselfx parisx sweetx above thought i love theex xxexeuntxxx scene iix troyx pandarusx orchardx enter pandarus and troilusx boyx meetingx pandarusx how nowx wherexs thy masterx at my cousin cressidaxsx boyx nox sirx he stays for you to conduct him thitherx enter troilusx pandarusx ox here he comesx how nowx how nowx troilusx sirrahx walk offx xxexitx boyxx pandarusx have you seen my cousinx troilusx nox pandarusx i stalk about her door like a strange soul upon the stygian banks staying for waftagex ox be thou my charonx and give me swift transportance to these fields where i may wallow in the lily beds proposxd for the deserverx o gentle pandarx from cupidxs shoulder pluck his painted wingsx and fly with me to cressidx pandarusx walk here ix thx orchardx ixll bring her straightx xxexitxxx troilusx i am giddyx expectation whirls me roundx thximaginary relish is so sweet that it enchants my sensex what will it be when that the watxry palate tastes indeed lovexs thricexrepured nectarx deathx i fear mex sounding destructionx or some joy too finex too subtlexpotentx tunxd too sharp in sweetnessx for the capacity of my ruder powersx i fear it muchx and i do fear besides that i shall lose distinction in my joysx as doth a battlex when they charge on heaps the enemy flyingx rexenter pandarusx pandarusx shexs making her readyx shexll come straightx you must be witty nowx she does so blushx and fetches her wind so shortx as if she were frayxd with a spritex ixll fetch herx it is the prettiest villainx she fetches her breath as short as a newxtaxen sparrowx xxexitxxx troilusx even such a passion doth embrace my bosomx my heart beats thicker than a feverous pulsex and all my powers do their bestowing losex like vassalage at unawares encountxring the eye of majestyx rexenter pandarus with cressidax pandarusx comex comex what need you blushx shamexs a babyx here she is nowx swear the oaths now to her that you have sworn to mexxwhatx are you gone againx you must be watchxd ere you be made tamex must youx come your waysx come your waysx and you draw backwardx wexll put you ix thx fillsx why do you not speak to herx comex draw this curtain and letxs see your picturex alas the dayx how loath you are to offend daylightx and xtwere darkx youxd close soonerx sox sox rub onx and kiss the mistressx how nowx a kiss in feexfarmx build therex carpenterx the air is sweetx nayx you shall fight your hearts out ere i part youx the falcon as the tercelx for all the ducks ix thx riverx go tox go tox troilusx you have bereft me of all wordsx ladyx pandarusx words pay no debtsx give her deedsx but shexll bereave you ox thx deeds toox if she call your activity in questionx whatx billing againx herexs xin witness whereof the parties interchangeablyxx come inx come inx ixll go get a firex xxexitxxx cressidax will you walk inx my lordx troilusx o cressidx how often have i wishxd me thusx cressidax wishxdx my lordx the gods grantxo my lordx troilusx what should they grantx what makes this pretty abruptionx what too curious dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our lovex cressidax more dregs than waterx if my fears have eyesx troilusx fears make devils of cherubinsx they never see trulyx cressidax blind fearx that seeing reason leadsx finds safer footing than blind reason stumbling without fearx to fear the worst oft cures the worsex troilusx ox let my lady apprehend no fearx in all cupidxs pageant there is presented no monsterx cressidax nor nothing monstrous neitherx troilusx nothingx but our undertakings when we vow to weep seasx live in firex eat rocksx tame tigersx thinking it harder for our mistress to devise imposition enough than for us to undergo any difficulty imposedx this is the monstruosity in lovex ladyx that the will is infinitex and the execution confinxdx that the desire is boundlessx and the act a slave to limitx cressidax they say all lovers swear more performance than they are ablex and yet reserve an ability that they never performx vowing more than the perfection of tenx and discharging less than the tenth part of onex they that have the voice of lions and the act of haresx are they not monstersx troilusx are there suchx such are not wex praise us as we are tastedx allow us as we provex our head shall go bare till merit crown itx no perfection in reversion shall have a praise in presentx we will not name desert before his birthx andx being bornx his addition shall be humblex few words to fair faithx troilus shall be such to cressid as what envy can say worst shall be a mock for his truthx and what truth can speak truest not truer than troilusx cressidax will you walk inx my lordx rexenter pandarusx pandarusx whatx blushing stillx have you not done talking yetx cressidax wellx unclex what folly i commitx i dedicate to youx pandarusx i thank you for thatx if my lord get a boy of youx youxll give him mex be true to my lordx if he flinchx chide me for itx troilusx you know now your hostagesx your unclexs word and my firm faithx pandarusx nayx ixll give my word for her toox our kindredx though they be long ere they are wooedx they are constant being wonx they are bursx i can tell youx theyxll stick where they are thrownx cressidax boldness comes to me now and brings me heartx prince troilusx i have lovxd you night and day for many weary monthsx troilusx why was my cressid then so hard to winx cressidax hard to seem wonx but i was wonx my lordx with the first glance that everxpardon mex if i confess muchx you will play the tyrantx i love you nowx but till now not so much but i might master itx in faithx i liex my thoughts were like unbridled childrenx grown too headstrong for their motherx seex we foolsx why have i blabbxdx who shall be true to usx when we are so unsecret to ourselvesx butx though i lovxd you wellx i wooxd you notx and yetx good faithx i wishxd myself a manx or that we women had menxs privilege of speaking firstx sweetx bid me hold my tonguex for in this rapture i shall surely speak the thing i shall repentx seex seex your silencex cunning in dumbnessx from my weakness draws my very soul of counselx stop my mouthx troilusx and shallx albeit sweet music issues thencex pandarusx prettyx ix faithx cressidax my lordx i do beseech youx pardon mex xtwas not my purpose thus to beg a kissx i am ashamxdx o heavensx what have i donex for this time will i take my leavex my lordx troilusx your leavex sweet cressidx pandarusx leavex and you take leave till tomorrow morningx cressidax pray youx content youx troilusx what offends youx ladyx cressidax sirx mine own companyx troilusx you cannot shun yourselfx cressidax let me go and tryx i have a kind of self resides with youx but an unkind selfx that itself will leave to be anotherxs foolx i would be gonex where is my witx i know not what i speakx troilusx well know they what they speak that speak so wiselyx cressidax perchancex my lordx i show more craft than lovex and fell so roundly to a large confession to angle for your thoughtsx but you are wisex or else you love notx for to be wise and love exceeds manxs mightx that dwells with gods abovex troilusx o that i thought it could be in a womanx asx if it canx i will presume in youx to feed for aye her lamp and flames of lovex to keep her constancy in plight and youthx outliving beautyxs outwardx with a mind that doth renew swifter than blood decaysx or that persuasion could but thus convince me that my integrity and truth to you might be affronted with the match and weight of such a winnowed purity in lovex how were i then upliftedx butx alasx i am as true as truthxs simplicityx and simpler than the infancy of truthx cressidax in that ixll war with youx troilusx o virtuous fightx when right with right wars who shall be most rightx true swains in love shall in the world to come approve their truth by troilusx when their rhymesx full of protestx of oathx and big comparex want similesx truth tirxd with iterationx as true as steelx as plantage to the moonx as sun to dayx as turtle to her matex as iron to adamantx as earth to thx centrex yetx after all comparisons of truthx as truthxs authentic author to be citedx xas true as troilusx shall crown up the verse and sanctify the numbersx cressidax prophet may you bex if i be falsex or swerve a hair from truthx when time is old and hath forgot itselfx when waterdrops have worn the stones of troyx and blind oblivion swallowxd cities upx and mighty states characterless are grated to dusty nothingxyet let memory from false to falsex among false maids in lovex upbraid my falsehood when thx have said xas false as airx as waterx windx or sandy earthx as fox to lambx or wolf to heiferxs calfx pard to the hindx or stepdame to her sonxx yeax let them sayx to stick the heart of falsehoodx xas false as cressidxx pandarusx go tox a bargain madex seal itx seal itx ixll be the witnessx here i hold your handx here my cousinxsx if ever you prove false one to anotherx since i have taken such pains to bring you togetherx let all pitiful goersxbetween be callxd to the worldxs end after my namexcall them all pandarsx let all constant men be troilusesx all false women cressidsx and all brokers between pandarsx say xamenxx troilusx amenx cressidax amenx pandarusx amenx whereupon i will show you a chamber and a bedx which bedx because it shall not speak of your pretty encountersx press it to deathx awayx xxexeunt troilus and cressidaxxx and cupid grant all tonguextied maidens herex bedx chamberx panderx to provide this gearx xxexitxxx scene iiix the greek campx flourishx enter agamemnonx ulyssesx diomedesx nestorx ajaxx menelaus and calchasx calchasx nowx princesx for the service i have donex thxadvantage of the time prompts me aloud to call for recompensex appear it to your mind thatx through the sight i bear in things to comex i have abandonxd troyx left my possessionx incurrxd a traitorxs namex exposxd myself from certain and possessxd conveniences to doubtful fortunesx sequestxring from me all that timex acquaintancex customx and conditionx made tame and most familiar to my naturex and herex to do you servicex am become as new into the worldx strangex unacquaintedx i do beseech youx as in way of tastex to give me now a little benefit out of those many registxred in promisex which you say live to come in my behalfx agamemnonx what wouldst thou of usx trojanx make demandx calchasx you have a trojan prisoner callxd antenorx yesterday tookx troy holds him very dearx oft have youxoften have you thanks thereforex desirxd my cressid in right great exchangex whom troy hath still deniedx but this antenorx i knowx is such a wrest in their affairs that their negotiations all must slack wanting his managex and they will almost give us a prince of bloodx a son of priamx in change of himx let him be sentx great princesx and he shall buy my daughterx and her presence shall quite strike off all service i have done in most accepted painx agamemnonx let diomedes bear himx and bring us cressid hitherx calchas shall have what he requests of usx good diomedx furnish you fairly for this interchangex withalx bring word if hector will tomorrow be answerxd in his challengex ajax is readyx diomedesx this shall i undertakex and xtis a burden which i am proud to bearx xxexeunt diomedes and calchasxxx xxachilles and patroclus stand in their tentxxx ulyssesx achilles stands ix thxentrance of his tentx please it our general pass strangely by himx as if he were forgotx andx princes allx lay negligent and loose regard upon himx i will come lastx xtis like hexll question me why such unplausive eyes are bentx why turnxd on himx if sox i have derision medxcinable to use between your strangeness and his pridex which his own will shall have desire to drinkx it may do goodx pride hath no other glass to show itself but pridex for supple knees feed arrogance and are the proud manxs feesx agamemnonx wexll execute your purposex and put on a form of strangeness as we pass alongx so do each lordx and either greet him notx or else disdainfullyx which shall shake him more than if not lookxd onx i will lead the wayx achillesx what comes the general to speak with mex you know my mindx ixll fight no more xgainst troyx agamemnonx what says achillesx would he aught with usx nestorx would youx my lordx aught with the generalx achillesx nox nestorx nothingx my lordx agamemnonx the betterx xxexeunt agamemnon and nestorxxx achillesx good dayx good dayx menelausx how do youx how do youx xxexitxxx achillesx whatx does the cuckold scorn mex ajaxx how nowx patroclusx achillesx good morrowx ajaxx ajaxx hax achillesx good morrowx ajaxx ayx and good next day toox xxexitxxx achillesx what mean these fellowsx know they not achillesx patroclusx they pass by strangelyx they were usxd to bendx to send their smiles before them to achillesx to come as humbly as they usxd to creep to holy altarsx achillesx whatx am i poor of latex xtis certainx greatnessx once fallxn out with fortunex must fall out with men toox what the declinxd isx he shall as soon read in the eyes of others as feel in his own fallx for menx like butterfliesx show not their mealy wings but to the summerx and not a man for being simply man hath any honourx but honour for those honours that are without himx as placex richesx and favourx prizes of accidentx as oft as meritx which when they fallx as being slippery standersx the love that leanxd on them as slippery toox doth one pluck down anotherx and together die in the fallx but xtis not so with mex fortune and i are friendsx i do enjoy at ample point all that i did possess save these menxs looksx who dox methinksx find out something not worth in me such rich beholding as they have often givenx here is ulyssesx ixll interrupt his readingx how nowx ulyssesx ulyssesx nowx great thetisx sonx achillesx what are you readingx ulyssesx a strange fellow here writes me that manxhow dearly ever partedx how much in havingx or without or inx cannot make boast to have that which he hathx nor feels not what he owesx but by reflectionx as when his virtues shining upon others heat themx and they retort that heat again to the first giverx achillesx this is not strangex ulyssesx the beauty that is borne here in the face the bearer knows notx but commends itself to othersx eyesx nor doth the eye itselfx that most pure spirit of sensexbehold itselfx not going from itselfx but eye to eye opposed salutes each other with each otherxs formx for speculation turns not to itself till it hath travellxdx and is mirrorxd there where it may see itselfx this is not strange at allx ulyssesx i do not strain at the positionx it is familiarxbut at the authorxs driftx whox in his circumstancex expressly proves that no man is the lord of anythingx though in and of him there be much consistingx till he communicate his parts to othersx nor doth he of himself know them for aught till he behold them formed in the applause where thxare extendedx whox like an archx reverbxrate the voice againx orx like a gate of steel fronting the sunx receives and renders back his figure and his heatx i was much rapt in thisx and apprehended here immediately thxunknown ajaxx heavensx what a man is therex a very horse that has he knows not whatx naturex what things there are most abject in regard and dear in usex what things again most dear in the esteem and poor in worthx now shall we see tomorrowx an act that very chance doth throw upon himx ajax renownxdx o heavensx what some men dox while some men leave to dox how some men creep in skittish fortunexs hallx whiles others play the idiots in her eyesx how one man eats into anotherxs pridex while pride is fasting in his wantonnessx to see these grecian lordsxxwhyx even already they clap the lubber ajax on the shoulderx as if his foot were on brave hectorxs breastx and great troy shriekingx achillesx i do believe itx for they passxd by me as misers do by beggarsx neither gave to me good word nor lookx whatx are my deeds forgotx ulyssesx time hathx my lordx a wallet at his backx wherein he puts alms for oblivionx a greatxsizxd monster of ingratitudesx those scraps are good deeds pastx which are devourxd as fast as they are madex forgot as soon as donex perseverancex dear my lordx keeps honour brightx to have done is to hang quite out of fashionx like a rusty mail in monumental mockxryx take the instant wayx for honour travels in a strait so narrowx where one but goes abreastx keep then the pathx for emulation hath a thousand sons that one by one pursuex if you give wayx or hedge aside from the direct forthrightx like to an entxred tide they all rush by and leave you hindmostx orx like a gallant horse fallxn in first rankx lie there for pavement to the abject rearx oxerxrun and trampled onx then what they do in presentx though less than yours in pastx must oxertop yoursx for time is like a fashionable hostx that slightly shakes his parting guest by thxhandx and with his arms outxstretchxdx as he would flyx grasps in the comerx the welcome ever smilesx and farewell goes out sighingx ox let not virtue seek remuneration for the thing it wasx for beautyx witx high birthx vigour of bonex desert in servicex lovex friendshipx charityx are subjects all to envious and calumniating timex one touch of nature makes the whole world kinx that all with one consent praise newxborn gaudsx though they are made and moulded of things pastx and give to dust that is a little gilt more laud than gilt oxerxdustedx the present eye praises the present objectx then marvel notx thou great and complete manx that all the greeks begin to worship ajaxx since things in motion sooner catch the eye than what stirs notx the cry went once on theex and still it mightx and yet it may againx if thou wouldst not entomb thyself alive and case thy reputation in thy tentx whose glorious deeds but in these fields of late made emulous missions xmongst the gods themselvesx and drave great mars to factionx achillesx of this my privacy i have strong reasonsx ulyssesx but xgainst your privacy the reasons are more potent and heroicalx xtis knownx achillesx that you are in love with one of priamxs daughtersx achillesx hax knownx ulyssesx is that a wonderx the providence thatxs in a watchful state knows almost every grain of plutusx goldx finds bottom in thxuncomprehensive deepsx keeps place with thoughtx and almostx like the godsx do thoughts unveil in their dumb cradlesx there is a mysteryxwith whom relation durst never meddlexin the soul of statex which hath an operation more divine than breath or pen can give expressure tox all the commerce that you have had with troy as perfectly is ours as yoursx my lordx and better would it fit achilles much to throw down hector than polyxenax but it must grieve young pyrrhus now at homex when fame shall in our island sound her trumpx and all the greekish girls shall tripping sing xgreat hectorxs sister did achilles winx but our great ajax bravely beat down himxx farewellx my lordx i as your lover speakx the fool slides oxer the ice that you should breakx xxexitxxx patroclusx to this effectx achillesx have i movxd youx a woman impudent and mannish grown is not more loathxd than an effeminate man in time of actionx i stand condemnxd for thisx they think my little stomach to the war and your great love to me restrains you thusx sweetx rouse yourselfx and the weak wanton cupid shall from your neck unloose his amorous foldx andx like a dewxdrop from the lionxs manex be shook to airx achillesx shall ajax fight with hectorx patroclusx ayx and perhaps receive much honour by himx achillesx i see my reputation is at stakex my fame is shrewdly gorxdx patroclusx ox thenx bewarex those wounds heal ill that men do give themselvesx omission to do what is necessary seals a commission to a blank of dangerx and dangerx like an aguex subtly taints even then when they sit idly in the sunx achillesx go call thersites hitherx sweet patroclusx ixll send the fool to ajaxx and desire him txinvite the trojan lordsx after the combatx to see us here unarmxdx i have a womanxs longingx an appetite that i am sick withalx to see great hector in his weeds of peacex to talk with himx and to behold his visagex even to my full of viewx enter thersitesx a labour savxdx thersitesx a wonderx achillesx whatx thersitesx ajax goes up and down the field asking for himselfx achillesx how sox thersitesx he must fight singly tomorrow with hectorx and is so prophetically proud of an heroical cudgelling that he raves in saying nothingx achillesx how can that bex thersitesx whyx ax stalks up and down like a peacockxa stride and a standx ruminates like an hostess that hath no arithmetic but her brain to set down her reckoningx bites his lip with a politic regardx as who should say xthere were wit in this headx and xtwould outxx and so there isx but it lies as coldly in him as fire in a flintx which will not show without knockingx the manxs undone for everx for if hector break not his neck ix thx combatx hexll breakxt himself in vaingloryx he knows not mex i said xgood morrowx ajaxxx and he replies xthanksx agamemnonxx what think you of this man that takes me for the generalx hexs grown a very land fishx languagelessx a monsterx a plague of opinionx a man may wear it on both sidesx like leather jerkinx achillesx thou must be my ambassador to himx thersitesx thersitesx whox ix whyx hexll answer nobodyx he professes not answeringx speaking is for beggarsx he wears his tongue inxs armsx i will put on his presencex let patroclus make his demands to mex you shall see the pageant of ajaxx achillesx to himx patroclusx tell him i humbly desire the valiant ajax to invite the most valorous hector to come unarmxd to my tentx and to procure safe conduct for his person of the magnanimous and most illustrious sixxorxsevenxtimesxhonourxd captain general of the grecian armyx agamemnonx do thisx patroclusx jove bless great ajaxx thersitesx humx patroclusx i come from the worthy achillesx thersitesx hax patroclusx who most humbly desires you to invite hector to his tentx thersitesx humx patroclusx and to procure safe conduct from agamemnonx thersitesx agamemnonx patroclusx ayx my lordx thersitesx hax patroclusx what you say toxtx thersitesx god buy youx with all my heartx patroclusx your answerx sirx thersitesx if tomorrow be a fair dayx by eleven of the clock it will go one way or otherx howsoeverx he shall pay for me ere he has mex patroclusx your answerx sirx thersitesx fare ye wellx with all my heartx achillesx whyx but he is not in this tunex is hex thersitesx nox but out of tune thusx what music will be in him when hector has knockxd out his brainsx i know notx butx i am surex nonex unless the fiddler apollo get his sinews to make catlings onx achillesx comex thou shalt bear a letter to him straightx thersitesx let me bear another to his horsex for thatxs the more capable creaturex achillesx my mind is troubledx like a fountain stirrxdx and i myself see not the bottom of itx xxexeunt achilles and patroclusxxx thersitesx would the fountain of your mind were clear againx that i might water an ass at itx i had rather be a tick in a sheep than such a valiant ignorancex xxexitxxx act iv scene ix troyx a streetx enterx at one sidex aeneas and servant with a torchx at another parisx deiphobusx antenorx diomedes the grecianx and othersx with torchesx parisx seex hox who is that therex deiphobusx it is the lord aeneasx aeneasx is the prince there in personx had i so good occasion to lie long as youx prince parisx nothing but heavenly business should rob my bedxmate of my companyx diomedesx thatxs my mind toox good morrowx lord aeneasx parisx a valiant greekx aeneasxtake his handx witness the process of your speechx wherein you told how diomedx a whole week by daysx did haunt you in the fieldx aeneasx health to youx valiant sirx during all question of the gentle trucex but when i meet you armxdx as black defiance as heart can think or courage executex diomedesx the one and other diomed embracesx our bloods are now in calmx and so long healthx but when contention and occasion meetx by jovex ixll play the hunter for thy life with all my forcex pursuitx and policyx aeneasx and thou shalt hunt a lion that will fly with his face backwardx in humane gentlenessx welcome to troyx nowx by anchisesx lifex welcome indeedx by venusx hand i swear no man alive can love in such a sort the thing he means to killx more excellentlyx diomedesx we sympathisex jove let aeneas livex if to my sword his fate be not the gloryx a thousand complete courses of the sunx but in mine emulous honour let him die with every joint a woundx and that tomorrowx aeneasx we know each other wellx diomedesx we dox and long to know each other worsex parisx this is the most despiteful gentle greeting the noblest hateful lovex that exer i heard ofx what businessx lordx so earlyx aeneasx i was sent for to the kingx but whyx i know notx parisx his purpose meets youx xtwas to bring this greek to calchasx housex and there to render himx for the enfreed antenorx the fair cressidx letxs have your companyx orx if you pleasex haste there before usx i constantly believex or rather call my thought a certain knowledgex my brother troilus lodges there tonightx rouse him and give him note of our approachx with the whole quality whereforex i fear we shall be much unwelcomex aeneasx that i assure youx troilus had rather troy were borne to greece than cressid borne from troyx parisx there is no helpx the bitter disposition of the time will have it sox onx lordx wexll follow youx aeneasx good morrowx allx xxexit with servantxxx parisx and tell mex noble diomedx faithx tell me truex even in the soul of sound goodxfellowshipx who in your thoughts deserves fair helen bestx myselfx or menelausx diomedesx both alikex he merits well to have her that doth seek herx not making any scruple of her soilurex with such a hell of pain and world of chargex and you as well to keep her that defend herx not palating the taste of her dishonourx with such a costly loss of wealth and friendsx he like a puling cuckold would drink up the lees and dregs of a flat tamed piecex youx like a lecherx out of whorish loins are pleasxd to breed out your inheritorsx both merits poisxdx each weighs nor less nor morex but he as hex the heavier for a whorex parisx you are too bitter to your countryxwomanx diomedesx shexs bitter to her countryx hear mex parisx for every false drop in her bawdy veins a grecianxs life hath sunkx for every scruple of her contaminated carrion weight a trojan hath been slainx since she could speakx she hath not given so many good words breath as for her greeks and trojans suffxred deathx parisx fair diomedx you do as chapmen dox dispraise the thing that you desire to buyx but we in silence hold this virtue wellx wexll not commend what we intend to sellx here lies our wayx xxexeuntxxx scene iix troyx the court of pandarusx housex enter troilus and cressidax troilusx dearx trouble not yourselfx the morn is coldx cressidax thenx sweet my lordx ixll call mine uncle downx he shall unbolt the gatesx troilusx trouble him notx to bedx to bedx sleep kill those pretty eyesx and give as soft attachment to thy senses as infants empty of all thoughtx cressidax good morrowx thenx troilusx i prithee nowx to bedx cressidax are you aweary of mex troilusx o cressidax but that the busy dayx wakxd by the larkx hath rousxd the ribald crowsx and dreaming night will hide our joys no longerx i would not from theex cressidax night hath been too briefx troilusx beshrew the witchx with venomous wights she stays as tediously as hellx but flies the grasps of love with wings more momentaryxswift than thoughtx you will catch coldx and curse mex cressidax prithee tarryx you men will never tarryx o foolish cressidx i might have still held offx and then you would have tarriedx harkx therexs one upx pandarusx xxwithinxxx whatxs all the doors open herex troilusx it is your unclex enter pandarusx cressidax a pestilence on himx now will he be mockingx i shall have such a lifex pandarusx how nowx how nowx how go maidenheadsx herex you maidx wherexs my cousin cressidx cressidax go hang yourselfx you naughty mocking unclex you bring me to dox and then you flout me toox pandarusx to do whatx to do whatx let her say whatx what have i brought you to dox cressidax comex comex beshrew your heartx youxll nexer be goodx nor suffer othersx pandarusx hax hax alasx poor wretchx ahx poor capocchiax hast not slept tonightx would he notx a naughty manx let it sleepx a bugbear take himx cressidax did not i tell youx would he were knockxd ix thx headx xxone knocksxxx whoxs that at doorx good unclex go and seex my lordx come you again into my chamberx you smile and mock mex as if i meant naughtilyx troilusx hax hax cressidax comex you are deceivxdx i think of no such thingx xxknockxxx how earnestly they knockx pray you come inx i would not for half troy have you seen herex xxexeunt troilus and cressidaxxx pandarusx whoxs therex whatxs the matterx will you beat down the doorx how nowx whatxs the matterx enter aeneasx aeneasx good morrowx lordx good morrowx pandarusx whoxs therex my lord aeneasx by my trothx i knew you notx what news with you so earlyx aeneasx is not prince troilus herex pandarusx herex what should he do herex aeneasx comex he is herex my lordx do not deny himx it doth import him much to speak with mex pandarusx is he herex say youx itxs more than i knowx ixll be swornx for my own partx i came in latex what should he do herex aeneasx whox nay thenx comex comex youxll do him wrong ere you are warex youxll be so true to him to be false to himx do not you know of himx but yet go fetch him hitherx gox rexenter troilusx troilusx how nowx whatxs the matterx aeneasx my lordx i scarce have leisure to salute youx my matter is so rashx there is at hand paris your brotherx and deiphobusx the grecian diomedx and our antenor deliverxd to usx and for him forthwithx ere the first sacrificex within this hourx we must give up to diomedesx hand the lady cressidax troilusx is it so concludedx aeneasx by priam and the general state of troyx they are at handx and ready to effect itx troilusx how my achievements mock mex i will go meet themx andx my lord aeneasx we met by chancex you did not find me herex aeneasx goodx goodx my lordx the secrets of neighbour pandar have not more gift in taciturnityx xxexeunt troilus and aeneasxxx pandarusx isxt possiblex no sooner got but lostx the devil take antenorx the young prince will go madx a plague upon antenorx i would they had brokexs neckx rexenter cressidax cressidax how nowx whatxs the matterx who was herex pandarusx ahx ahx cressidax why sigh you so profoundlyx wherexs my lordx gonex tell mex sweet unclex whatxs the matterx pandarusx would i were as deep under the earth as i am abovex cressidax o the godsx whatxs the matterx pandarusx pray thee get thee inx would thou hadst nexer been bornx i knew thou wouldst be his deathx ox poor gentlemanx a plague upon antenorx cressidax good unclex i beseech youx on my knees i beseech youx whatxs the matterx pandarusx thou must be gonex wenchx thou must be gonex thou art changxd for antenorx thou must to thy fatherx and be gone from troilusx xtwill be his deathx xtwill be his banex he cannot bear itx cressidax o you immortal godsx i will not gox pandarusx thou mustx cressidax i will notx unclex i have forgot my fatherx i know no touch of consanguinityx no kinx no lovex no bloodx no soul so near me as the sweet troilusx o you gods divinex make cressidxs name the very crown of falsehoodx if ever she leave troilusx timex forcex and deathx do to this body what extremes you canx but the strong base and building of my love is as the very centre of the earthx drawing all things to itx ixll go in and weepx pandarusx dox dox cressidax tear my bright hairx and scratch my praised cheeksx crack my clear voice with sobs and break my heartx with sounding xtroilusxx i will not go from troyx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix troyx a street before pandarusx housex enter parisx troilusx aeneasx deiphobusx antenor and diomedesx parisx it is great morningx and the hour prefixxd for her delivery to this valiant greek comes fast uponx good my brother troilusx tell you the lady what she is to do and haste her to the purposex troilusx walk into her housex ixll bring her to the grecian presentlyx and to his hand when i deliver herx think it an altarx and thy brother troilus a priestx there offxring to it his own heartx xxexitxxx parisx i know what xtis to lovex and wouldx as i shall pityx i could helpx please you walk inx my lordsx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx troyx pandarusx housex enter pandarus and cressidax pandarusx be moderatex be moderatex cressidax why tell you me of moderationx the grief is finex fullx perfectx that i tastex and violenteth in a sense as strong as that which causeth itx how can i moderate itx if i could temporize with my affections or brew it to a weak and colder palatex the like allayment could i give my griefx my love admits no qualifying drossx no more my griefx in such a precious lossx enter troilusx pandarusx herex herex here he comesx ahx sweet ducksx cressidax xxembracing himxxx o troilusx troilusx pandarusx what a pair of spectacles is herex let me embrace toox xo heartxx as the goodly saying isxx o heartx heavy heartx why sighxst thou without breakingx where he answers again because thou canst not ease thy smart by friendship nor by speakingx there was never a truer rhymex let us cast away nothingx for we may live to have need of such a versex we see itx we see itx how nowx lambsx troilusx cressidx i love thee in so strainxd a purity that the blessxd godsx as angry with my fancyx more bright in zeal than the devotion which cold lips blow to their deitiesx take thee from mex cressidax have the gods envyx pandarusx ayx ayx ayx ayx xtis too plain a casex cressidax and is it true that i must go from troyx troilusx a hateful truthx cressidax whatx and from troilus toox troilusx from troy and troilusx cressidax isxt possiblex troilusx and suddenlyx where injury of chance puts back leavextakingx justles roughly by all time of pausex rudely beguiles our lips of all rejoindurex forcibly prevents our lockxd embrasuresx strangles our dear vows even in the birth of our own labouring breathx we twox that with so many thousand sighs did buy each otherx must poorly sell ourselves with the rude brevity and discharge of onex injurious time now with a robberxs haste crams his rich thievxry upx he knows not howx as many farewells as be stars in heavenx with distinct breath and consignxd kisses to themx he fumbles up into a loose adieux and scants us with a single famishxd kissx distasted with the salt of broken tearsx aeneasx xxwithinxxx my lordx is the lady readyx troilusx harkx you are callxdx some say the genius cries so to him that instantly must diex bid them have patiencex she shall come anonx pandarusx where are my tearsx rainx to lay this windx or my heart will be blown up by my throatx xxexitxxx cressidax i must then to the greciansx troilusx no remedyx cressidax a woeful cressid xmongst the merry greeksx when shall we see againx troilusx hear mex my lovex be thou but true of heartx cressidax i truex how nowx what wicked deem is thisx troilusx nayx we must use expostulation kindlyx for it is parting from usx i speak not xbe thou truex as fearing theex for i will throw my glove to death himself that therexs no maculation in thy heartx but xbe thou truex say i to fashion in my sequent protestationx be thou truex and i will see theex cressidax ox you shall be exposxdx my lordx to dangers as infinite as imminentx but ixll be truex troilusx and ixll grow friend with dangerx wear this sleevex cressidax and you this glovex when shall i see youx troilusx i will corrupt the grecian sentinels to give thee nightly visitationx but yet be truex cressidax o heavensx xbe truex againx troilusx hear why i speak itx lovex the grecian youths are full of qualityx theyxre lovingx well composxdx with gifts of naturex flowing and swelling oxer with arts and exercisex how novelty may movex and parts with personx alasx a kind of godly jealousyx whichx i beseech youx call a virtuous sinx makes me afearxdx cressidax o heavensx you love me notx troilusx die i a villain thenx in this i do not call your faith in question so mainly as my meritx i cannot singx nor heel the high lavoltx nor sweeten talkx nor play at subtle gamesx fair virtues allx to which the grecians are most prompt and pregnantx but i can tell that in each grace of these there lurks a still and dumbxdiscoursive devil that tempts most cunninglyx but be not temptedx cressidax do you think i willx troilusx nox but something may be done that we will notx and sometimes we are devils to ourselvesx when we will tempt the frailty of our powersx presuming on their changeful potencyx aeneasx xxwithinxxx nayx good my lordx troilusx comex kissx and let us partx parisx xxwithinxxx brother troilusx troilusx good brotherx come you hitherx and bring aeneas and the grecian with youx cressidax my lordx will you be truex troilusx whox ix alasx it is my vicex my faultx whiles others fish with craft for great opinionx i with great truth catch mere simplicityx whilst some with cunning gild their copper crownsx with truth and plainness i do wear mine barex fear not my truthx the moral of my wit is plain and truex therexs all the reach of itx enter aeneasx parisx antenorx deiphobus and diomedesx welcomex sir diomedx here is the lady which for antenor we deliver youx at the portx lordx ixll give her to thy handx and by the way possess thee what she isx entreat her fairx andx by my soulx fair greekx if exer thou stand at mercy of my swordx name cressidx and thy life shall be as safe as priam is in ilionx diomedesx fair lady cressidx so please youx save the thanks this prince expectsx the lustre in your eyex heaven in your cheekx pleads your fair usagex and to diomed you shall be mistressx and command him whollyx troilusx grecianx thou dost not use me courteously to shame the zeal of my petition to thee in praising herx i tell theex lord of greecex she is as far highxsoaring oxer thy praises as thou unworthy to be callxd her servantx i charge thee use her wellx even for my chargex forx by the dreadful plutox if thou dost notx though the great bulk achilles be thy guardx ixll cut thy throatx diomedesx ox be not movxdx prince troilusx let me be privilegxd by my place and message to be a speaker freex when i am hence ixll answer to my lustx and know youx lordx ixll nothing do on chargex to her own worth she shall be prizxdx but that you say xbext soxx i speak it in my spirit and honourx xnoxx troilusx comex to the portx ixll tell theex diomedx this brave shall oft make thee to hide thy headx ladyx give me your handx andx as we walkx to our own selves bend we our needful talkx xxexeunt troilusx cressida and diomedesxxx xxsound trumpetxxx parisx harkx hectorxs trumpetx aeneasx how have we spent this morningx the prince must think me tardy and remissx that swore to ride before him to the fieldx parisx xtis troilusx faultx comex come to field with himx deiphobusx let us make ready straightx aeneasx yeax with a bridegroomxs fresh alacrity let us address to tend on hectorxs heelsx the glory of our troy doth this day lie on his fair worth and single chivalryx xxexeuntxxx scene vx the grecian campx lists set outx enter ajaxx armedx agamemnonx achillesx patroclusx menelausx ulyssesx nestor and othersx agamemnonx here art thou in appointment fresh and fairx anticipating time with starting couragex give with thy trumpet a loud note to troyx thou dreadful ajaxx that the appalled air may pierce the head of the great combatantx and hale him hitherx ajaxx thoux trumpetx therexs my pursex now crack thy lungs and split thy brazen pipex blowx villainx till thy sphered bias cheek outxswell the colic of puffxd aquilonx comex stretch thy chestx and let thy eyes spout bloodx thou blowest for hectorx xxtrumpet soundsxxx ulyssesx no trumpet answersx achillesx xtis but early daysx agamemnonx is not yond diomedx with calchasx daughterx ulyssesx xtis hex i ken the manner of his gaitx he rises on the toex that spirit of his in aspiration lifts him from the earthx enter diomedes and cressidax agamemnonx is this the lady cressidx diomedesx even shex agamemnonx most dearly welcome to the greeksx sweet ladyx nestorx our general doth salute you with a kissx ulyssesx yet is the kindness but particularx xtwere better she were kissxd in generalx nestorx and very courtly counselx ixll beginx so much for nestorx achillesx ixll take that winter from your lipsx fair ladyx achilles bids you welcomex menelausx i had good argument for kissing oncex patroclusx but thatxs no argument for kissing nowx for thus poppxd paris in his hardimentx and parted thus you and your argumentx ulyssesx o deadly gallx and theme of all our scornsx for which we lose our heads to gild his hornsx patroclusx the first was menelausx kissx thisx minex patroclus kisses youx menelausx ox this is trimx patroclusx paris and i kiss evermore for himx menelausx ixll have my kissx sirx ladyx by your leavex cressidax in kissingx do you render or receivex patroclusx both take and givex cressidax ixll make my match to livex the kiss you take is better than you givex therefore no kissx menelausx ixll give you bootx ixll give you three for onex cressidax you are an odd manx give even or give nonex menelausx an odd manx ladyx every man is oddx cressidax nox paris is notx for you know xtis true that you are oddx and he is even with youx menelausx you fillip me ox thxheadx cressidax nox ixll be swornx ulyssesx it were no matchx your nail against his hornx may ix sweet ladyx beg a kiss of youx cressidax you mayx ulyssesx i do desire itx cressidax whyx beg thenx ulyssesx why thenx for venusx sake give me a kiss when helen is a maid againx and hisx cressidax i am your debtorx claim it when xtis duex ulyssesx neverxs my dayx and then a kiss of youx diomedesx ladyx a wordx ixll bring you to your fatherx xxexit withx cressidaxx nestorx a woman of quick sensex ulyssesx fiex fie upon herx therexs language in her eyex her cheekx her lipx nayx her foot speaksx her wanton spirits look out at every joint and motive of her bodyx ox these encounterers so glib of tongue that give a coasting welcome ere it comesx and wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts to every tickling readerx set them down for sluttish spoils of opportunityx and daughters of the gamex xxtrumpet withinxxx allx the trojansx trumpetx agamemnonx yonder comes the troopx enter hectorx armedx aeneasx troilusx parisx deiphobus and other trojansx with attendantsx aeneasx hailx all you state of greecex what shall be done to him that victory commandsx or do you purpose a victor shall be knownx will you the knights shall to the edge of all extremity pursue each otherx or shall be divided by any voice or order of the fieldx hector bade askx agamemnonx which way would hector have itx aeneasx he cares notx hexll obey conditionsx agamemnonx xtis done like hectorx achillesx but securely donex a little proudlyx and great deal misprising the knight opposxdx aeneasx if not achillesx sirx what is your namex achillesx if not achillesx nothingx aeneasx therefore achillesx but whatexerx know thisx in the extremity of great and little valour and pride excel themselves in hectorx the one almost as infinite as allx the other blank as nothingx weigh him wellx and that which looks like pride is courtesyx this ajax is half made of hectorxs bloodx in love whereof half hector stays at homex half heartx half handx half hector comes to seek this blended knightx half trojan and half greekx achillesx a maiden battle thenx ox i perceive youx rexenter diomedesx agamemnonx here is sir diomedx gox gentle knightx stand by our ajaxx as you and lord aeneas consent upon the order of their fightx so be itx either to the uttermostx or else a breathx the combatants being kin half stints their strife before their strokes beginx ajax and hector enter the listsx ulyssesx they are opposxd alreadyx agamemnonx what trojan is that same that looks so heavyx ulyssesx the youngest son of priamx a true knightx not yet maturex yet matchlessx firm of wordx speaking in deeds and deedless in his tonguex not soon provokxdx nor being provokxd soon calmxdx his heart and hand both open and both freex for what he has he givesx what thinks he showsx yet gives he not till judgement guide his bountyx nor dignifies an impure thought with breathx manly as hectorx but more dangerousx for hector in his blaze of wrath subscribes to tender objectsx but he in heat of action is more vindicative than jealous lovex they call him troilusx and on him erect a second hope as fairly built as hectorx thus says aeneasx one that knows the youth even to his inchesx andx with private soulx did in great ilion thus translate him to mex xxalarumx hector and ajax fightxxx agamemnonx they are in actionx nestorx nowx ajaxx hold thine ownx troilusx hectorx thou sleepxstx awake theex agamemnonx his blows are well disposxdx therex ajaxx xxtrumpets ceasexxx diomedesx you must no morex aeneasx princesx enoughx so please youx ajaxx i am not warm yetx let us fight againx diomedesx as hector pleasesx hectorx whyx then will i no morex thou artx great lordx my fatherxs sisterxs sonx a cousinxgerman to great priamxs seedx the obligation of our blood forbids a gory emulation xtwixt us twainx were thy commixtion greek and trojan so that thou couldxst say xthis hand is grecian allx and this is trojanx the sinews of this leg all greekx and this all troyx my motherxs blood runs on the dexter cheekx and this sinister bounds in my fatherxsx by jove multipotentx thou shouldst not bear from me a greekish member wherein my sword had not impressure made of our rank feudx but the just gods gainsay that any drop thou borrowxdst from thy motherx my sacred auntx should by my mortal sword be drainedx let me embrace theex ajaxx by him that thundersx thou hast lusty armsx hector would have them fall upon him thusx cousinx all honour to theex ajaxx i thank theex hectorx thou art too gentle and too free a manx i came to kill theex cousinx and bear hence a great addition earned in thy deathx hectorx not neoptolemus so mirablex on whose bright crest fame with her loudxst oyes cries xthis is hexx could promise to himself a thought of added honour torn from hectorx aeneasx there is expectance here from both the sides what further you will dox hectorx wexll answer itx the issue is embracementx ajaxx farewellx ajaxx if i might in entreaties find successx as seldx i have the chancex i would desire my famous cousin to our grecian tentsx diomedesx xtis agamemnonxs wishx and great achilles doth long to see unarmxd the valiant hectorx hectorx aeneasx call my brother troilus to mex and signify this loving interview to the expecters of our trojan partx desire them homex give me thy handx my cousinx i will go eat with theex and see your knightsx agamemnon and the rest of the greeks come forwardx ajaxx great agamemnon comes to meet us herex hectorx the worthiest of them tell me name by namex but for achillesx my own searching eyes shall find him by his large and portly sizex agamemnonx worthy all armsx as welcome as to one that would be rid of such an enemyx but thatxs no welcomex understand more clearx whatxs past and whatxs to come is strewxd with husks and formless ruin of oblivionx but in this extant momentx faith and trothx strainxd purely from all hollow biasxdrawingx bids thee with most divine integrityx from heart of very heartx great hectorx welcomex hectorx i thank theex most imperious agamemnonx agamemnonx xxto troilusxxx my wellxfamxd lord of troyx no less to youx menelausx let me confirm my princely brotherxs greetingx you brace of warlike brothersx welcome hitherx hectorx who must we answerx aeneasx the noble menelausx hectorx o youx my lordx by mars his gauntletx thanksx mock not that i affect the untraded oathx your quondam wife swears still by venusx glovex shexs wellx but bade me not commend her to youx menelausx name her not nowx sirx shexs a deadly themex hectorx ox pardonx i offendx nestorx i havex thou gallant trojanx seen thee oftx labouring for destinyx make cruel way through ranks of greekish youthx and i have seen theex as hot as perseusx spur thy phrygian steedx despising many forfeits and subduementsx when thou hast hung thy advanced sword ix thxairx not letting it decline on the declinedx that i have said to some my standersxby xlox jupiter is yonderx dealing lifexx and i have seen thee pause and take thy breathx when that a ring of greeks have shrapxd thee inx like an olympian wrestlingx this have i seenx but this thy countenancex still lockxd in steelx i never saw till nowx i knew thy grandsirex and once fought with himx he was a soldier goodx butx by great marsx the captain of us allx never like theex ox let an old man embrace theex andx worthy warriorx welcome to our tentsx aeneasx xtis the old nestorx hectorx let me embrace theex good old chroniclex that hast so long walkxd hand in hand with timex most reverend nestorx i am glad to clasp theex nestorx i would my arms could match thee in contention as they contend with thee in courtesyx hectorx i would they couldx nestorx hax by this white beardx ixd fight with thee tomorrowx wellx welcomex welcomex i have seen the timex ulyssesx i wonder now how yonder city standsx when we have here her base and pillar by usx hectorx i know your favourx lord ulyssesx wellx ahx sirx therexs many a greek and trojan deadx since first i saw yourself and diomed in ilion on your greekish embassyx ulyssesx sirx i foretold you then what would ensuex my prophecy is but half his journey yetx for yonder wallsx that pertly front your townx yon towersx whose wanton tops do buss the cloudsx must kiss their own feetx hectorx i must not believe youx there they stand yetx and modestly i think the fall of every phrygian stone will cost a drop of grecian bloodx the end crowns allx and that old common arbitratorx timex will one day end itx ulyssesx so to him we leave itx most gentle and most valiant hectorx welcomex after the generalx i beseech you next to feast with me and see me at my tentx achillesx i shall forestall theex lord ulyssesx thoux nowx hectorx i have fed mine eyes on theex i have with exact view perusxd theex hectorx and quoted joint by jointx hectorx is this achillesx achillesx i am achillesx hectorx stand fairx i pray theex let me look on theex achillesx behold thy fillx hectorx nayx i have done alreadyx achillesx thou art too briefx i will the second timex as i would buy theex view thee limb by limbx hectorx ox like a book of sport thouxlt read me oxerx but therexs more in me than thou understandxstx why dost thou so oppress me with thine eyex achillesx tell mex you heavensx in which part of his body shall i destroy himx whether therex or therex or therex that i may give the local wound a namex and make distinct the very breach whereout hectorxs great spirit flewx answer mex heavensx hectorx it would discredit the blest godsx proud manx to answer such a questionx stand againx thinkxst thou to catch my life so pleasantly as to prenominate in nice conjecture where thou wilt hit me deadx achillesx i tell thee yeax hectorx wert thou an oracle to tell me sox ixd not believe theex henceforth guard thee wellx for ixll not kill thee therex nor therex nor therex butx by the forge that stithied mars his helmx ixll kill thee everywherex yeax oxer and oxerx you wisest greciansx pardon me this bragx his insolence draws folly from my lipsx but ixll endeavour deeds to match these wordsx or may i neverx ajaxx do not chafe theex cousinx and youx achillesx let these threats alone till accident or purpose bring you toxtx you may have every day enough of hectorx if you have stomachx the general statex i fearx can scarce entreat you to be odd with himx hectorx i pray you let us see you in the fieldx we have had pelting wars since you refusxd the greciansx causex achillesx dost thou entreat mex hectorx tomorrow do i meet theex fell as deathx tonight all friendsx hectorx thy hand upon that matchx agamemnonx firstx all you peers of greecex go to my tentx there in the full convive wex afterwardsx as hectorxs leisure and your bounties shall concur togetherx severally entreat himx beat loud the tambourinesx let the trumpets blowx that this great soldier may his welcome knowx xxexeunt all but troilus and ulyssesxxx troilusx my lord ulyssesx tell mex i beseech youx in what place of the field doth calchas keepx ulyssesx at menelausx tentx most princely troilusx there diomed doth feast with him tonightx who neither looks upon the heaven nor earthx but gives all gaze and bent of amorous view on the fair cressidx troilusx shall ix sweet lordx be bound to you so muchx after we part from agamemnonxs tentx to bring me thitherx ulyssesx you shall command mex sirx as gentle tell me of what honour was this cressida in troyx had she no lover there that wails her absencex troilusx ox sirx to such as boasting show their scars a mock is duex will you walk onx my lordx she was belovxdx she lovxdx she isx and dothx but still sweet love is food for fortunexs toothx xxexeuntxxx act v scene ix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx enter achilles and patroclusx achillesx ixll heat his blood with greekish wine tonightx which with my scimitar ixll cool tomorrowx patroclusx let us feast him to the heightx patroclusx here comes thersitesx enter thersitesx achillesx how nowx thou core of envyx thou crusty batch of naturex whatxs the newsx thersitesx whyx thou picture of what thou seemestx and idol of idiot worshippersx herexs a letter for theex achillesx from whencex fragmentx thersitesx whyx thou full dish of foolx from troyx patroclusx who keeps the tent nowx thersitesx the surgeonxs box or the patientxs woundx patroclusx well saidx adversityx and what needs these tricksx thersitesx pritheex be silentx boyx i profit not by thy talkx thou art said to be achillesx male varletx patroclusx male varletx you roguex whatxs thatx thersitesx whyx his masculine whorex nowx the rotten diseases of the southx the gutsxgriping rupturesx catarrhsx loads ox gravel in the backx lethargiesx cold palsiesx raw eyesx dirtxrotten liversx wheezing lungsx bladders full of imposthumex sciaticasx limexkilns ix thx palmx incurable bonexachex and the rivelled feexsimple of the tetterx take and take again such preposterous discoveriesx patroclusx whyx thou damnable box of envyx thoux what meanest thou to curse thusx thersitesx do i curse theex patroclusx whyx nox you ruinous buttx you whoreson indistinguishable curx nox thersitesx nox why art thoux thenx exasperatex thou idle immaterial skein of sleave silkx thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eyex thou tassel of a prodigalxs pursex thoux ahx how the poor world is pestered with such waterxfliesx diminutives of naturex patroclusx outx gallx thersitesx finch eggx achillesx my sweet patroclusx i am thwarted quite from my great purpose in tomorrowxs battlex here is a letter from queen hecubax a token from her daughterx my fair lovex both taxing me and gaging me to keep an oath that i have swornx i will not break itx fall greeksx fail famex honour or go or stayx my major vow lies herex this ixll obeyx comex comex thersitesx help to trim my tentx this night in banqueting must all be spentx awayx patroclusx xxexit withx patroclusxx thersitesx with too much blood and too little brain these two may run madx butx if with too much brain and too little blood they dox ixll be a curer of madmenx herexs agamemnonx an honest fellow enoughx and one that loves quailsx but he has not so much brain as earxwaxx and the goodly transformation of jupiter therex his brotherx the bullx the primitive statue and oblique memorial of cuckoldsx a thrifty shoeingxhorn in a chain at his brotherxs legx to what form but that he isx should wit larded with malicex and malice forced with witx turn him tox to an assx were nothingx he is both ass and oxx to an oxx were nothingx he is both ox and assx to be a dogx a mulex a catx a fitchookx a toadx a lizardx an owlx a puttockx or a herring without a roex i would not carex but to be menelausx i would conspire against destinyx ask me not what i would bex if i were not thersitesx for i care not to be the louse of a lazarx so i were not menelausx heyxdayx sprites and firesx enter hectorx troilusx ajaxx agamemnonx ulyssesx nestorx menelaus and diomedes with lightsx agamemnonx we go wrongx we go wrongx ajaxx nox yonder xtisx therex where we see the lightsx hectorx i trouble youx ajaxx nox not a whitx ulyssesx here comes himself to guide youx rexenter achillesx achillesx welcomex brave hectorx welcomex princes allx agamemnonx so nowx fair prince of troyx i bid good nightx ajax commands the guard to tend on youx hectorx thanksx and good night to the greeksx generalx menelausx good nightx my lordx hectorx good nightx sweet lord menelausx thersitesx sweet draughtx xsweetx quoth axx sweet sinkx sweet sewerx achillesx good night and welcomex both at oncex to those that go or tarryx agamemnonx good nightx xxexeunt agamemnon and menelausxxx achillesx old nestor tarriesx and you toox diomedx keep hector company an hour or twox diomedesx i cannotx lordx i have important businessx the tide whereof is nowx good nightx great hectorx hectorx give me your handx ulyssesx xxaside to troilusxxx follow his torchx he goes to calchasx tentx ixll keep you companyx troilusx sweet sirx you honour mex hectorx and sox good nightx xxexit diomedesx ulysses and troilus followingxxx achillesx comex comex enter my tentx xxexeunt all butx thersitesxx thersitesx that same diomedxs a falsexhearted roguex a most unjust knavex i will no more trust him when he leers than i will a serpent when he hissesx he will spend his mouth and promisex like brabbler the houndx but when he performsx astronomers foretell itx it is prodigiousx there will come some changex the sun borrows of the moon when diomed keeps his wordx i will rather leave to see hector than not to dog himx they say he keeps a trojan drabx and uses the traitor calchasx tentx ixll afterx nothing but lecheryx all incontinent varletsx xxexitxxx scene iix the grecian campx before calchasx tentx enter diomedesx diomedesx whatx are you up herex hox speakx calchasx xxwithinxxx who callsx diomedesx diomedx calchasx i thinkx wherexs your daughterx calchasx xxwithinxxx she comes to youx enter troilus and ulyssesx at a distancex after them thersitesx ulyssesx stand where the torch may not discover usx enter cressidax troilusx cressid comes forth to himx diomedesx how nowx my chargex cressidax nowx my sweet guardianx harkx a word with youx xxwhispersxxx troilusx yeax so familiarx ulyssesx she will sing any man at first sightx thersitesx and any man may sing herx if he can take her cliffx shexs notedx diomedesx will you rememberx cressidax rememberx yesx diomedesx nayx but dox thenx and let your mind be coupled with your wordsx troilusx what should she rememberx ulyssesx listx cressidax sweet honey greekx tempt me no more to follyx thersitesx rogueryx diomedesx nayx thenx cressidax ixll tell you whatx diomedesx fox fox comex tell a pinx you are a forswornx cressidax in faithx i cannotx what would you have me dox thersitesx a juggling trickx to be secretly openx diomedesx what did you swear you would bestow on mex cressidax i pritheex do not hold me to mine oathx bid me do anything but thatx sweet greekx diomedesx good nightx troilusx holdx patiencex ulyssesx how nowx trojanx cressidax diomedx diomedesx nox nox good nightx ixll be your fool no morex troilusx thy better mustx cressidax harkx a word in your earx troilusx o plague and madnessx ulyssesx you are movedx princex let us departx i prayx lest your displeasure should enlarge itself to wrathful termsx this place is dangerousx the time right deadlyx i beseech youx gox troilusx beholdx i pray youx ulyssesx nayx good my lordx go offx you flow to great distractionx comex my lordx troilusx i pray thee stayx ulyssesx you have not patiencex comex troilusx i pray youx stayx by hell and all hellxs tormentsx i will not speak a wordx diomedesx and sox good nightx cressidax nayx but you part in angerx troilusx doth that grieve theex o withered truthx ulyssesx how nowx my lordx troilusx by jovex i will be patientx cressidax guardianx whyx greekx diomedesx fox fox adieux you palterx cressidax in faithx i do notx come hither once againx ulyssesx you shakex my lordx at somethingx will you gox you will break outx troilusx she strokes his cheekx ulyssesx comex comex troilusx nayx stayx by jovex i will not speak a wordx there is between my will and all offences a guard of patiencex stay a little whilex thersitesx how the devil luxuryx with his fat rump and potato fingerx tickles these togetherx fryx lecheryx fryx diomedesx but will youx thenx cressidax in faithx i willx lax never trust me elsex diomedesx give me some token for the surety of itx cressidax ixll fetch you onex xxexitxxx ulyssesx you have sworn patiencex troilusx fear me notx my lordx i will not be myselfx nor have cognition of what i feelx i am all patiencex rexenter cressidax thersitesx now the pledgex nowx nowx nowx cressidax herex diomedx keep this sleevex troilusx o beautyx where is thy faithx ulyssesx my lordx troilusx i will be patientx outwardly i willx cressidax you look upon that sleevex behold it wellx he lovxd mexo false wenchxxgivext me againx diomedesx whose wasxtx cressidax it is no matterx now i havext againx i will not meet with you tomorrow nightx i pritheex diomedx visit me no morex thersitesx now she sharpensx well saidx whetstonex diomedesx i shall have itx cressidax whatx thisx diomedesx ayx thatx cressidax o all you godsx o prettyx pretty pledgex thy master now lies thinking on his bed of thee and mex and sighsx and takes my glovex and gives memorial dainty kisses to itx as i kiss theex nayx do not snatch it from mex he that takes that doth take my heart withalx diomedesx i had your heart beforex this follows itx troilusx i did swear patiencex cressidax you shall not have itx diomedx faithx you shall notx ixll give you something elsex diomedesx i will have thisx whose was itx cressidax it is no matterx diomedesx comex tell me whose it wasx cressidax xtwas onexs that lovxd me better than you willx butx now you have itx take itx diomedesx whose was itx cressidax by all dianaxs waiting women yondx and by herselfx i will not tell you whosex diomedesx tomorrow will i wear it on my helmx and grieve his spirit that dares not challenge itx troilusx wert thou the devil and worxst it on thy hornx it should be challengxdx cressidax wellx wellx xtis donex xtis pastx and yet it is notx i will not keep my wordx diomedesx whyx then farewellx thou never shalt mock diomed againx cressidax you shall not gox one cannot speak a word but it straight starts youx diomedesx i do not like this foolingx thersitesx nor ix by plutox but that that likes not you pleases me bestx diomedesx whatx shall i comex the hourx cressidax ayx comex o jovex do comex i shall be plaguxdx diomedesx farewell till thenx cressidax good nightx i prithee comex xxexitx diomedesxx troilusx farewellx one eye yet looks on theex but with my heart the other eye doth seex ahx poor our sexx this fault in us i findx the error of our eye directs our mindx what error leads must errx ox then concludex minds swayxd by eyes are full of turpitudex xxexitxxx thersitesx a proof of strength she could not publish morex unless she said xmy mind is now turnxd whorexx ulyssesx allxs donex my lordx troilusx it isx ulyssesx why stay wex thenx troilusx to make a recordation to my soul of every syllable that here was spokex but if i tell how these two did coxactx shall i not lie in publishing a truthx sith yet there is a credence in my heartx an esperance so obstinately strongx that doth invert thxattest of eyes and earsx as if those organs had deceptious functions created only to calumniatex was cressid herex ulyssesx i cannot conjurex trojanx troilusx she was notx surex ulyssesx most sure she wasx troilusx whyx my negation hath no taste of madnessx ulyssesx nor minex my lordx cressid was here but nowx troilusx let it not be believxd for womanhoodx thinkx we had mothersx do not give advantage to stubborn criticsx aptx without a themex for depravationx to square the general sex by cressidxs rulex rather think this not cressidx ulyssesx what hath she donex princex that can soil our mothersx troilusx nothing at allx unless that this were shex thersitesx will he swagger himself out onxs own eyesx troilusx this shex nox this is diomedxs cressidax if beauty have a soulx this is not shex if souls guide vowsx if vows be sanctimoniesx if sanctimony be the godxs delightx if there be rule in unity itselfx this was not shex o madness of discoursex that cause sets up with and against itselfx bixfold authorityx where reason can revolt without perditionx and loss assume all reason without revoltx this isx and is notx cressidx within my soul there doth conduce a fight of this strange naturex that a thing inseparate divides more wider than the sky and earthx and yet the spacious breadth of this division admits no orifice for a point as subtle as ariachnexs broken woof to enterx instancex o instancex strong as plutoxs gatesx cressid is minex tied with the bonds of heavenx instancex o instancex strong as heaven itselfx the bonds of heaven are slippxdx dissolvxdx and loosxdx and with another knotx fivexfingerxtiedx the fractions of her faithx orts of her lovex the fragmentsx scrapsx the bitsx and greasy relics of her oxerxeaten faithx are given to diomedx ulyssesx may worthy troilus be half attachxd with that which here his passion doth expressx troilusx ayx greekx and that shall be divulged well in characters as red as mars his heart inflamxd with venusx never did young man fancy with so eternal and so fixxd a soulx harkx greekx as much as i do cressid lovex so much by weight hate i her diomedx that sleeve is mine that hexll bear on his helmx were it a casque composxd by vulcanxs skill my sword should bite itx not the dreadful spout which shipmen do the hurricano callx constringxd in mass by the almighty sunx shall dizzy with more clamour neptunexs ear in his descent than shall my prompted sword falling on diomedx thersitesx hexll tickle it for his concupyx troilusx o cressidx o false cressidx falsex falsex falsex let all untruths stand by thy stained namex and theyxll seem gloriousx ulyssesx ox contain yourselfx your passion draws ears hitherx enter aeneasx aeneasx i have been seeking you this hourx my lordx hectorx by thisx is arming him in troyx ajaxx your guardx stays to conduct you homex troilusx have with youx princex my courteous lordx adieux fairwellx revolted fairx andx diomedx stand fastx and wear a castle on thy headx ulyssesx ixll bring you to the gatesx troilusx accept distracted thanksx xxexeunt troilusx aeneas and ulyssesxxx thersitesx would i could meet that rogue diomedx i would croak like a ravenx i would bodex i would bodex patroclus will give me anything for the intelligence of this whorex the parrot will not do more for an almond than he for a commodious drabx lecheryx lecheryx still wars and lecheryx nothing else holds fashionx a burning devil take themx xxexitxxx scene iiix troyx before priamxs palacex enter hector and andromachex andromachex when was my lord so much ungently temperxd to stop his ears against admonishmentx unarmx unarmx and do not fight todayx hectorx you train me to offend youx get you inx by all the everlasting godsx ixll gox andromachex my dreams willx surex prove ominous to the dayx hectorx no morex i sayx enter cassandrax cassandrax where is my brother hectorx andromachex herex sisterx armxdx and bloody in intentx consort with me in loud and dear petitionx pursue we him on kneesx for i have dreamt of bloody turbulencex and this whole night hath nothing been but shapes and forms of slaughterx cassandrax ox xtis truex hectorx hox bid my trumpet soundx cassandrax no notes of sallyx for the heavensx sweet brotherx hectorx be gonex i sayx the gods have heard me swearx cassandrax the gods are deaf to hot and peevish vowsx they are polluted offxringsx more abhorrxd than spotted livers in the sacrificex andromachex ox be persuadedx do not count it holy to hurt by being justx it is as lawfulx for we would give muchx to use violent thefts and rob in the behalf of charityx cassandrax it is the purpose that makes strong the vowx but vows to every purpose must not holdx unarmx sweet hectorx hectorx hold you stillx i sayx mine honour keeps the weather of my fatex life every man holds dearx but the dear man holds honour far more precious dear than lifex enter troilusx how nowx young manx meanxst thou to fight todayx andromachex cassandrax call my father to persuadex xxexitx cassandraxx hectorx nox faithx young troilusx doff thy harnessx youthx i am today ix thxvein of chivalryx let grow thy sinews till their knots be strongx and tempt not yet the brushes of the warx unarm theex gox and doubt thou notx brave boyx ixll stand today for thee and me and troyx troilusx brotherx you have a vice of mercy in youx which better fits a lion than a manx hectorx what vice is thatx good troilusx chide me for itx troilusx when many times the captive grecian fallsx even in the fan and wind of your fair swordx you bid them rise and livex hectorx ox xtis fair playx troilusx foolxs playx by heavenx hectorx hectorx how nowx how nowx troilusx for thx love of all the godsx letxs leave the hermit pity with our motherx and when we have our armours buckled onx the venomxd vengeance ride upon our swordsx spur them to ruthful workx rein them from ruthx hectorx fiex savagex fiex troilusx hectorx then xtis warsx hectorx troilusx i would not have you fight todayx troilusx who should withhold mex not fatex obediencex nor the hand of mars beckoning with fiery truncheon my retirex not priamus and hecuba on kneesx their eyes oxerxgalled with recourse of tearsx nor youx my brotherx with your true sword drawnx opposxd to hinder mex should stop my wayx but by my ruinx rexenter cassandra with priamx cassandrax lay hold upon himx priamx hold him fastx he is thy crutchx now if thou lose thy stayx thou on him leaningx and all troy on theex fall all togetherx priamx comex hectorx comex go backx thy wife hath dreamtx thy mother hath had visionsx cassandra doth foreseex and i myself am like a prophet suddenly enrapt to tell thee that this day is ominousx thereforex come backx hectorx aeneas is axfieldx and i do stand engagxd to many greeksx even in the faith of valourx to appear this morning to themx priamx ayx but thou shalt not gox hectorx i must not break my faithx you know me dutifulx thereforex dear sirx let me not shame respectx but give me leave to take that course by your consent and voice which you do here forbid mex royal priamx cassandrax o priamx yield not to himx andromachex do notx dear fatherx hectorx andromachex i am offended with youx upon the love you bear mex get you inx xxexitx andromachexx troilusx this foolishx dreamingx superstitious girl makes all these bodementsx cassandrax ox farewellx dear hectorx look how thou diestx look how thy eye turns palex look how thy wounds do bleed at many ventsx hark how troy roarsx how hecuba cries outx how poor andromache shrills her dolours forthx behold distractionx frenzyx and amazementx like witless anticsx one another meetx and all cryx xhectorx hectorxs deadx o hectorxx troilusx awayx awayx cassandrax farewellx yetx softx hectorx i take my leavex thou dost thyself and all our troy deceivex xxexitxxx hectorx you are amazxdx my liegex at her exclaimx go inx and cheer the townx wexll forthx and fightx do deeds worth praise and tell you them at nightx priamx farewellx the gods with safety stand about theex xxexeunt severally priam and hectorx alarumsxxx troilusx they are at itx harkx proud diomedx believex i come to lose my arm or win my sleevex enter pandarusx pandarusx do you hearx my lordx do you hearx troilusx what nowx pandarusx herexs a letter come from yond poor girlx troilusx let me readx pandarusx a whoreson tisickx a whoreson rascally tisickx so troubles mex and the foolish fortune of this girlx and what one thingx what anotherx that i shall leave you one ox these daysx and i have a rheum in mine eyes toox and such an ache in my bones that unless a man were cursxd i cannot tell what to think onxtx what says she therex troilusx wordsx wordsx mere wordsx no matter from the heartx thxeffect doth operate another wayx xxtearing the letterxxx gox windx to windx there turn and change togetherx my love with words and errors still she feedsx but edifies another with her deedsx xxexeunt severallyxxx scene ivx the plain between troy and the grecian campx alarumsx excursionsx enter thersitesx thersitesx now they are clapperxclawing one anotherx ixll go look onx that dissembling abominable varletx diomedx has got that same scurvy doting foolish young knavexs sleeve of troy there in his helmx i would fain see them meetx that that same young trojan ass that loves the whore there might send that greekish whoremasterly villain with the sleeve back to the dissembling luxurious drab of a sleevexless errandx ox the other sidex the policy of those crafty swearing rascals that stale old mousexeaten dry cheesex nestorx and that same dogxfoxx ulyssesx is not provxd worth a blackberryx they set me upx in policyx that mongrel curx ajaxx against that dog of as bad a kindx achillesx and now is the curx ajax prouder than the cur achillesx and will not arm todayx whereupon the grecians begin to proclaim barbarismx and policy grows into an ill opinionx enter diomedesx troilus followingx softx here comes sleevex and txotherx troilusx fly notx for shouldst thou take the river styxx i would swim afterx diomedesx thou dost miscall retirex i do not flyx but advantageous care withdrew me from the odds of multitudex have at theex thersitesx hold thy whorex grecianx now for thy whorex trojanx now the sleevex now the sleevex xxexeunt troilus and diomedes fightingxxx enter hectorx hectorx what art thoux greekx art thou for hectorxs matchx art thou of blood and honourx thersitesx nox no i am a rascalx a scurvy railing knavex a very filthy roguex hectorx i do believe theex livex xxexitxxx thersitesx godxaxmercyx that thou wilt believe mex but a plague break thy neck for frighting mex whatxs become of the wenching roguesx i think they have swallowed one anotherx i would laugh at that miraclex yetx in a sortx lechery eats itselfx ixll seek themx xxexitxxx scene vx another part of the plainx enter diomedes and a servantx diomedesx gox gox my servantx take thou troilusx horsex present the fair steed to my lady cressidx fellowx commend my service to her beautyx tell her i have chastisxd the amorous trojanx and am her knight by proofx servantx i gox my lordx xxexitxxx enter agamemnonx agamemnonx renewx renewx the fierce polydamas hath beat down menonx bastard margarelon hath doreus prisonerx and stands colossusxwisex waving his beamx upon the pashed corses of the kings epistrophus and cediusx polixenes is slainx amphimacus and thoas deadly hurtx patroclus taxenx or slainx and palamedes sore hurt and bruisxdx the dreadful sagittary appals our numbersx haste wex diomedx to reinforcementx or we perish allx enter nestorx nestorx gox bear patroclusx body to achillesx and bid the snailxpacxd ajax arm for shamex there is a thousand hectors in the fieldx now here he fights on galathe his horsex and there lacks workx anon hexs there afootx and there they fly or diex like scaled sculls before the belching whalex then is he yonderx and there the strawy greeksx ripe for his edgex fall down before him like the mowerxs swathx herex therex and everywherex he leaves and takesx dexterity so obeying appetite that what he will he doesx and does so much that proof is callxd impossibilityx enter ulyssesx ulyssesx ox couragex couragex couragex princesx great achilles is armingx weepingx cursingx vowing vengeancex patroclusx wounds have rousxd his drowsy bloodx together with his mangled myrmidonsx that noselessx handlessx hackxd and chippxdx come to himx crying on hectorx ajax hath lost a friend and foams at mouthx and he is armxd and at itx roaring for troilusx who hath done today mad and fantastic executionx engaging and redeeming of himself with such a careless force and forceless care as if that lustx in very spite of cunningx bade him win allx enter ajaxx ajaxx troilusx thou coward troilusx xxexitxxx diomedesx ayx therex therex nestorx sox sox we draw togetherx xxexitxxx enter achillesx achillesx where is this hectorx comex comex thou boyxquellerx show thy facex know what it is to meet achilles angryx hectorx wherexs hectorx i will none but hectorx xxexeuntxxx scene vix another part of the plainx enter ajaxx ajaxx troilusx thou coward troilusx show thy headx enter diomedesx diomedesx troilusx i sayx wherexs troilusx ajaxx what wouldst thoux diomedesx i would correct himx ajaxx were i the generalx thou shouldst have my office ere that correctionx troilusx i sayx whatx troilusx enter troilusx troilusx o traitor diomedx turn thy false facex thou traitorx and pay thy life thou owest me for my horsex diomedesx hax art thou therex ajaxx ixll fight with him alonex standx diomedx diomedesx he is my prizex i will not look uponx troilusx comex bothx you cogging greeksx have at you bothx xxexeunt fightingxxx enter hectorx hectorx yeax troilusx ox well foughtx my youngest brotherx enter achillesx achillesx now do i see theex hax have at theex hectorx hectorx pausex if thou wiltx achillesx i do disdain thy courtesyx proud trojanx be happy that my arms are out of usex my rest and negligence befriend thee nowx but thou anon shalt hear of me againx till whenx go seek thy fortunex xxexitxxx hectorx fare thee wellx i would have been much more a fresher manx had i expected theex rexenter troilusx how nowx my brotherx troilusx ajax hath taxen aeneasx shall it bex nox by the flame of yonder glorious heavenx he shall not carry himx ixll be taxen toox or bring him offx fatex hear me what i sayx i reck not though thou end my life todayx xxexitxxx enter one in armourx hectorx standx standx thou greekx thou art a goodly markx nox wilt thou notx i like thy armour wellx ixll frush it and unlock the rivets all but ixll be master of itx wilt thou notx beastx abidex why thenx fly onx ixll hunt thee for thy hidex xxexeuntxxx scene viix another part of the plainx enter achilles with myrmidonsx achillesx come here about mex you my myrmidonsx mark what i sayx attend me where i wheelx strike not a strokex but keep yourselves in breathx and when i have the bloody hector foundx empale him with your weapons round aboutx in fellest manner execute your armsx follow mex sirsx and my proceedings eyex it is decreed hector the great must diex xxexeuntxxx enter menelaus and parisx fightingx then thersitesx thersitesx the cuckold and the cuckoldxmaker are at itx nowx bullx nowx dogx xloox parisx xloox now my doublexhenxd spartanx xloox parisx xloox the bull has the gamex xware hornsx hox xxexeunt paris and menelausxxx enter margarelonx margarelonx turnx slavex and fightx thersitesx what art thoux margarelonx a bastard son of priamxsx thersitesx i am a bastard toox i love bastardsx i am a bastard begotx bastard instructedx bastard in mindx bastard in valourx in everything illegitimatex one bear will not bite anotherx and wherefore should one bastardx take heedx the quarrelxs most ominous to usx if the son of a whore fight for a whorex he tempts judgementx farewellx bastardx xxexitxxx margarelonx the devil take theex cowardx xxexitxxx scene viiix another part of the plainx enter hectorx hectorx most putrified core so fair withoutx thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy lifex now is my dayxs work donex ixll take my breathx restx swordx thou hast thy fill of blood and deathx xxdisarmsxxx enter achilles and myrmidonsx achillesx lookx hectorx how the sun begins to setx how ugly night comes breathing at his heelsx even with the vail and darkxning of the sunx to close the day upx hectorxs life is donex hectorx i am unarmxdx forego this vantagex greekx achillesx strikex fellowsx strikex this is the man i seekx xxhector fallsxxx sox ilionx fall thou nextx nowx troyx sink downx here lies thy heartx thy sinewsx and thy bonex onx myrmidonsx and cry you all amain xachilles hath the mighty hector slainxx xxa retreat soundedxxx harkx a retire upon our grecian partx myrmidonx the trojan trumpets sound the likex my lordx achillesx the dragon wing of night oxerspreads the earth andx sticklerxlikex the armies separatesx my halfxsuppxd swordx that frankly would have fedx pleasxd with this dainty baitx thus goes to bedx xxsheathes his swordxxx comex tie his body to my horsexs tailx along the field i will the trojan trailx xxexeuntxxx scene ixx another part of the plainx sound retreatx shoutx enter agamemnonx ajaxx menelausx nestorx diomedes and the restx marchingx agamemnonx harkx harkx what shout is thisx nestorx peacex drumsx soldiersx xxwithinxxx achillesx achillesx hectorxs slainx achillesx diomedesx the bruit isx hectorxs slainx and by achillesx ajaxx if it be sox yet bragless let it bex great hector was as good a man as hex agamemnonx march patiently alongx let one be sent to pray achilles see us at our tentx if in his death the gods have us befriendedx great troy is oursx and our sharp wars are endedx xxexeuntxxx scene xx another part of the plainx enter aeneasx parisx antenor and deiphobusx aeneasx standx hox yet are we masters of the fieldx never go homex here starve we out the nightx enter troilusx troilusx hector is slainx allx hectorx the gods forbidx troilusx hexs deadx and at the murdererxs horsexs tailx in beastly sortx draggxd through the shameful fieldx frown onx you heavensx effect your rage with speedx sitx godsx upon your thronesx and smile at troyx i say at once let your brief plagues be mercyx and linger not our sure destructions onx aeneasx my lordx you do discomfort all the hostx troilusx you understand me not that tell me sox i do not speak of flightx of fear of deathx but dare all imminence that gods and men address their dangers inx hector is gonex who shall tell priam sox or hecubax let him that will a screechxowl aye be callxd go in to troyx and say there xhectorxs deadxx there is a word will priam turn to stonex make wells and niobes of the maids and wivesx cold statues of the youthx andx in a wordx scare troy out of itselfx butx march awayx hector is deadx there is no more to sayx stay yetx you vile abominable tentsx thus proudly pight upon our phrygian plainsx let titan rise as early as he darex ixll through and through youx andx thou greatxsizxd cowardx no space of earth shall sunder our two hatesx ixll haunt thee like a wicked conscience stillx that mouldeth goblins swift as frenzyxs thoughtsx strike a free march to troyx with comfort gox hope of revenge shall hide our inward woex enter pandarusx pandarusx but hear youx hear youx troilusx hencex brokerxlackeyx ignominy and shame pursue thy lifex and live aye with thy namex xxexeunt all butx pandarusxx pandarusx a goodly medicine for my aching bonesx o worldx worldx thus is the poor agent despisxdx o traitors and bawdsx how earnestly are you set axworkx and how ill requitedx why should our endeavour be so lovxdx and the performance so loathedx what verse for itx what instance for itx let me seex full merrily the humblexbee doth sing till he hath lost his honey and his stingx and being once subduxd in armed trailx sweet honey and sweet notes together failx good traders in the fleshx set this in your painted clothsx as many as be here of pandarxs hallx your eyesx half outx weep out at pandarxs fallx orx if you cannot weepx yet give some groansx though not for mex yet for your aching bonesx brethren and sisters of the holdxdoor tradex some two months hence my will shall here be madex it should be nowx but that my fear is thisx some galled goose of winchester would hissx till then ixll sweat and seek about for easesx and at that time bequeath you my diseasesx xxexitxxx twelfth nightx orx what you will contents act i scene ix an apartment in the dukexs palacex scene iix the seaxcoastx scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex scene vx a room in oliviaxs housex act ii scene ix the seaxcoastx scene iix a streetx scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex scene vx oliviaxs gardenx act iii scene ix oliviaxs gardenx scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex scene iiix a streetx scene ivx oliviaxs gardenx act iv scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex scene iiix oliviaxs gardenx act v scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex dramatis personx orsinox duke of illyriax valentinex gentleman attending on the duke curiox gentleman attending on the duke violax in love with the dukex sebastianx a young gentlemanx twin brother to violax a sea captainx friend to viola antoniox a sea captainx friend to sebastianx oliviax a rich countessx mariax oliviaxs womanx sir toby belchx uncle of oliviax sir andrew aguecheekx malvoliox steward to oliviax fabianx servant to oliviax clownx servant to oliviax priest lordsx sailorsx officersx musiciansx and other attendantsx scenex a city in illyriax and the seaxcoast near itx act ix scene ix an apartment in the dukexs palacex enter orsinox duke of illyriax curiox and other lordsx musicians attendingx dukex if music be the food of lovex play onx give me excess of itx thatx surfeitingx the appetite may sicken and so diex that strain againx it had a dying fallx ox it came oxer my ear like the sweet sound that breathes upon a bank of violetsx stealing and giving odourx enoughx no morex xtis not so sweet now as it was beforex o spirit of lovex how quick and fresh art thoux that notwithstanding thy capacity receiveth as the seax nought enters therex of what validity and pitch soeverx but falls into abatement and low price even in a minutex so full of shapes is fancyx that it alone is high fantasticalx curiox will you go huntx my lordx dukex whatx curiox curiox the hartx dukex why so i dox the noblest that i havex ox when mine eyes did see olivia firstx methought she purgxd the air of pestilencex that instant was i turnxd into a hartx and my desiresx like fell and cruel houndsx exer since pursue mex how nowx what news from herx enter valentinex valentinex so please my lordx i might not be admittedx but from her handmaid do return this answerx the element itselfx till seven yearsx heatx shall not behold her face at ample viewx but like a cloistress she will veiled walkx and water once a day her chamber round with eyexoffending brinex all this to season a brotherxs dead lovex which she would keep fresh and lasting in her sad remembrancex dukex ox she that hath a heart of that fine frame to pay this debt of love but to a brotherx how will she lovex when the rich golden shaft hath killxd the flock of all affections else that live in herx when liverx brainx and heartx these sovereign thronesx are all supplied and fillxd her sweet perfections with one self kingx away before me to sweet beds of flowersx lovexthoughts lie rich when canopied with bowersx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the seaxcoastx enter violax a captain and sailorsx violax what countryx friendsx is thisx captainx this is illyriax ladyx violax and what should i do in illyriax my brother he is in elysiumx perchance he is not drownxdx what think youx sailorsx captainx it is perchance that you yourself were savxdx violax o my poor brotherx and so perchance may he bex captainx truex madamx and to comfort you with chancex assure yourselfx after our ship did splitx when youx and those poor number savxd with youx hung on our driving boatx i saw your brotherx most provident in perilx bind himselfx xcourage and hope both teaching him the practicex to a strong mast that livxd upon the seax wherex like arion on the dolphinxs backx i saw him hold acquaintance with the waves so long as i could seex violax for saying sox therexs goldx mine own escape unfoldeth to my hopex whereto thy speech serves for authorityx the like of himx knowxst thou this countryx captainx ayx madamx wellx for i was bred and born not three hoursx travel from this very placex violax who governs herex captainx a noble dukex in nature as in namex violax what is his namex captainx orsinox violax orsinox i have heard my father name himx he was a bachelor thenx captainx and so is nowx or was so very latex for but a month ago i went from hencex and then xtwas fresh in murmurx xasx you knowx what great ones dox the less will prattle ofx that he did seek the love of fair oliviax violax whatxs shex captainx a virtuous maidx the daughter of a count that died some twelvemonth sincex then leaving her in the protection of his sonx her brotherx who shortly also diedx for whose dear love they sayx she hath abjurxd the company and sight of menx violax o that i served that ladyx and might not be delivered to the worldx till i had made mine own occasion mellowx what my estate isx captainx that were hard to compassx because she will admit no kind of suitx nox not the dukexsx violax there is a fair behaviour in theex captainx and though that nature with a beauteous wall doth oft close in pollutionx yet of thee i will believe thou hast a mind that suits with this thy fair and outward characterx i pray theex and ixll pay thee bounteouslyx conceal me what i amx and be my aid for such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intentx ixll serve this dukex thou shalt present me as an eunuch to himx it may be worth thy painsx for i can singx and speak to him in many sorts of musicx that will allow me very worth his servicex what else may hapx to time i will commitx only shape thou thy silence to my witx captainx be you his eunuch and your mute ixll bex when my tongue blabsx then let mine eyes not seex violax i thank theex lead me onx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex enter sir toby and mariax sir tobyx what a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thusx i am sure carexs an enemy to lifex mariax by my trothx sir tobyx you must come in earlier ox nightsx your cousinx my ladyx takes great exceptions to your ill hoursx sir tobyx whyx let her exceptx before exceptedx mariax ayx but you must confine yourself within the modest limits of orderx sir tobyx confinex ixll confine myself no finer than i amx these clothes are good enough to drink inx and so be these boots toox and they be notx let them hang themselves in their own strapsx mariax that quaffing and drinking will undo youx i heard my lady talk of it yesterdayx and of a foolish knight that you brought in one night here to be her wooerx sir tobyx whox sir andrew aguecheekx mariax ayx hex sir tobyx hexs as tall a man as anyxs in illyriax mariax whatxs that to thx purposex sir tobyx whyx he has three thousand ducats a yearx mariax ayx but hexll have but a year in all these ducatsx hexs a very foolx and a prodigalx sir tobyx fiex that youxll say sox he plays ox the violxdexgamboysx and speaks three or four languages word for word without bookx and hath all the good gifts of naturex mariax he hath indeedx almost naturalx forx besides that hexs a foolx hexs a great quarrellerx andx but that he hath the gift of a coward to allay the gust he hath in quarrellingx xtis thought among the prudent he would quickly have the gift of a gravex sir tobyx by this handx they are scoundrels and substractors that say so of himx who are theyx mariax they that addx moreoverx hexs drunk nightly in your companyx sir tobyx with drinking healths to my niecex ixll drink to her as long as there is a passage in my throatx and drink in illyriax hexs a coward and a coystril that will not drink to my niece till his brains turn ox the toe like a parish topx whatx wenchx xcastiliano vulgoxx for here comes sir andrew aguefacex enter sir andrewx aguecheekx sir toby belchx how nowx sir toby belchx sir tobyx sweet sir andrewx sir andrewx bless youx fair shrewx mariax and you toox sirx sir tobyx accostx sir andrewx accostx sir andrewx whatxs thatx sir tobyx my niecexs chamberxmaidx sir andrewx good mistress accostx i desire better acquaintancex mariax my name is maryx sirx sir andrewx good mistress mary accostxx sir tobyx you mistakex knightx accost is front herx board herx woo herx assail herx sir andrewx by my trothx i would not undertake her in this companyx is that the meaning of accostx mariax fare you wellx gentlemenx sir tobyx and thou let part sox sir andrewx would thou mightst never draw sword againx sir andrewx and you part sox mistressx i would i might never draw sword againx fair ladyx do you think you have fools in handx mariax sirx i have not you by the handx sir andrewx marryx but you shall havex and herexs my handx mariax nowx sirx thought is freex i pray youx bring your hand to thx buttery bar and let it drinkx sir andrewx whereforex sweetheartx whatxs your metaphorx mariax itxs dryx sirx sir andrewx whyx i think sox i am not such an ass but i can keep my hand dryx but whatxs your jestx mariax a dry jestx sirx sir andrewx are you full of themx mariax ayx sirx i have them at my fingersx endsx marryx now i let go your handx i am barrenx xxexit mariaxxx sir tobyx o knightx thou lackxst a cup of canaryx when did i see thee so put downx sir andrewx never in your lifex i thinkx unless you see canary put me downx methinks sometimes i have no more wit than a christian or an ordinary man hasx but i am a great eater of beefx and i believe that does harm to my witx sir tobyx no questionx sir andrewx and i thought thatx ixd forswear itx ixll ride home tomorrowx sir tobyx sir tobyx xpourquoyxx my dear knightx sir andrewx what is xpourquoyxx dox or not dox i would i had bestowed that time in the tongues that i have in fencingx dancingx and bearxbaitingx ox had i but followed the artsx sir tobyx then hadst thou had an excellent head of hairx sir andrewx whyx would that have mended my hairx sir tobyx past questionx for thou seest it will not curl by naturex sir andrewx but it becomes me well enoughx doesxt notx sir tobyx excellentx it hangs like flax on a distaffx and i hope to see a houswife take thee between her legsx and spin it offx sir andrewx faithx ixll home tomorrowx sir tobyx your niece will not be seenx or if she bex itxs four to one shexll none of mex the count himself here hard by woos herx sir tobyx shexll none ox the countx shexll not match above her degreex neither in estatex yearsx nor witx i have heard her swearxtx tutx therexs life inxtx manx sir andrewx ixll stay a month longerx i am a fellow ox the strangest mind ix the worldx i delight in masques and revels sometimes altogetherx sir tobyx art thou good at these kickxshawsesx knightx sir andrewx as any man in illyriax whatsoever he bex under the degree of my bettersx and yet i will not compare with an old manx sir tobyx what is thy excellence in a galliardx knightx sir andrewx faithx i can cut a caperx sir tobyx and i can cut the mutton toxtx sir andrewx and i think i have the backxtrick simply as strong as any man in illyriax sir tobyx wherefore are these things hidx wherefore have these gifts a curtain before xemx are they like to take dustx like mistress mallxs picturex why dost thou not go to church in a galliardx and come home in a corantox my very walk should be a jigx i would not so much as make water but in a sinkxaxpacex what dost thou meanx is it a world to hide virtues inx i did thinkx by the excellent constitution of thy legx it was formed under the star of a galliardx sir andrewx ayx xtis strongx and it does indifferent well in a damxdxcolourxd stockx shall we set about some revelsx sir tobyx what shall we do elsex were we not born under taurusx sir andrewx taurusx thatxs sides and heartx sir tobyx nox sirx it is legs and thighsx let me see thee caperx hax higherx hax hax excellentx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex enter valentine and viola in manxs attirex valentinex if the duke continue these favours towards youx cesariox you are like to be much advancedx he hath known you but three daysx and already you are no strangerx violax you either fear his humour or my negligencex that you call in question the continuance of his lovex is he inconstantx sirx in his favoursx valentinex nox believe mex enter dukex curio and attendantsx violax i thank youx here comes the countx dukex who saw cesariox hox violax on your attendancex my lordx herex dukex stand you awhile aloofxxcesariox thou knowxst no less but allx i have unclaspxd to thee the book even of my secret soulx thereforex good youthx address thy gait unto herx be not denied accessx stand at her doorsx and tell themx there thy fixed foot shall grow till thou have audiencex violax surex my noble lordx if she be so abandonxd to her sorrow as it is spokex she never will admit mex dukex be clamorous and leap all civil boundsx rather than make unprofited returnx violax say i do speak with herx my lordx what thenx dukex o then unfold the passion of my lovex surprise her with discourse of my dear faithx it shall become thee well to act my woesx she will attend it better in thy youthx than in a nuncioxs of more grave aspectx violax i think not sox my lordx dukex dear ladx believe itx for they shall yet belie thy happy yearsx that say thou art a manx dianaxs lip is not more smooth and rubiousx thy small pipe is as the maidenxs organx shrill and soundx and all is semblative a womanxs partx i know thy constellation is right apt for this affairx some four or five attend himx allx if you willx for i myself am best when least in companyx prosper well in thisx and thou shalt live as freely as thy lordx to call his fortunes thinex violax ixll do my best to woo your ladyx xxasidexxx yetx a barful strifex whoexer i woox myself would be his wifex xxexeuntxxx scene vx a room in oliviaxs housex enter maria and clownx mariax nayx either tell me where thou hast beenx or i will not open my lips so wide as a bristle may enterx in way of thy excusex my lady will hang thee for thy absencex clownx let her hang mex he that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no coloursx mariax make that goodx clownx he shall see none to fearx mariax a good lenten answerx i can tell thee where that saying was bornx of i fear no coloursx clownx wherex good mistress maryx mariax in the warsx and that may you be bold to say in your fooleryx clownx wellx god give them wisdom that have itx and those that are foolsx let them use their talentsx mariax yet you will be hanged for being so long absentx or to be turned awayx is not that as good as a hanging to youx clownx many a good hanging prevents a bad marriagex and for turning awayx let summer bear it outx mariax you are resolute thenx clownx not sox neitherx but i am resolved on two pointsx mariax that if one breakx the other will holdx or if both breakx your gaskins fallx clownx aptx in good faithx very aptx wellx go thy wayx if sir toby would leave drinkingx thou wert as witty a piece of evexs flesh as any in illyriax mariax peacex you roguex no more ox thatx here comes my ladyx make your excuse wiselyx you were bestx xxexitxxx enter olivia with malvoliox clownx witx andxt be thy willx put me into good foolingx those wits that think they have theex do very oft prove foolsx and i that am sure i lack theex may pass for a wise manx for what says quinapalusx better a witty fool than a foolish witx god bless theex ladyx oliviax take the fool awayx clownx do you not hearx fellowsx take away the ladyx oliviax go tox yxare a dry foolx ixll no more of youx besidesx you grow dishonestx clownx two faultsx madonnax that drink and good counsel will amendx for give the dry fool drinkx then is the fool not dryx bid the dishonest man mend himselfx if he mendx he is no longer dishonestx if he cannotx let the botcher mend himx anything thatxs mended is but patchedx virtue that transgresses is but patched with sinx and sin that amends is but patched with virtuex if that this simple syllogism will servex sox if it will notx what remedyx as there is no true cuckold but calamityx so beautyxs a flowerx the lady bade take away the foolx thereforex i say againx take her awayx oliviax sirx i bade them take away youx clownx misprision in the highest degreex ladyx xcucullus non facit monachumxx thatxs as much to sayx i wear not motley in my brainx good madonnax give me leave to prove you a foolx oliviax can you do itx clownx dexteriouslyx good madonnax oliviax make your proofx clownx i must catechize you for itx madonnax good my mouse of virtuex answer mex oliviax well sirx for want of other idlenessx ixll xbide your proofx clownx good madonnax why mournxst thoux oliviax good foolx for my brotherxs deathx clownx i think his soul is in hellx madonnax oliviax i know his soul is in heavenx foolx clownx the more fool youx madonnax to mourn for your brotherxs soul being in heavenx take away the foolx gentlemenx oliviax what think you of this foolx malvoliox doth he not mendx malvoliox yesx and shall dox till the pangs of death shake himx infirmityx that decays the wisex doth ever make the better foolx clownx god send youx sirx a speedy infirmityx for the better increasing your follyx sir toby will be sworn that i am no foxx but he will not pass his word for twopence that you are no foolx oliviax how say you to thatx malvoliox malvoliox i marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascalx i saw him put down the other day with an ordinary foolx that has no more brain than a stonex look you nowx hexs out of his guard alreadyx unless you laugh and minister occasion to himx he is gaggedx i protest i take these wise menx that crow so at these set kind of foolsx no better than the foolsx zaniesx oliviax ox you are sick of selfxlovex malvoliox and taste with a distempered appetitex to be generousx guiltlessx and of free dispositionx is to take those things for birdxbolts that you deem cannon bulletsx there is no slander in an allowed foolx though he do nothing but railx nor no railing in a known discreet manx though he do nothing but reprovex clownx now mercury endue thee with leasingx for thou speakxst well of foolsx enter mariax mariax madamx there is at the gate a young gentleman much desires to speak with youx oliviax from the count orsinox is itx mariax i know notx madamx xtis a fair young manx and well attendedx oliviax who of my people hold him in delayx mariax sir tobyx madamx your kinsmanx oliviax fetch him offx i pray youx he speaks nothing but madmanx fie on himx xxexit mariaxxx go youx malvoliox if it be a suit from the countx i am sickx or not at homex what you willx to dismiss itx xxexit malvolioxxx now you seex sirx how your fooling grows oldx and people dislike itx clownx thou hast spoke for usx madonnax as if thy eldest son should be a foolx whose skull jove cram with brainsx for here he comesx one of thy kin has a most weak xpia materxx enter sir tobyx oliviax by mine honourx half drunkx what is he at the gatex cousinx sir tobyx a gentlemanx oliviax a gentlemanx what gentlemanx sir tobyx xtis a gentleman herex a plague ox these picklexherringsx how nowx sotx clownx good sir tobyx oliviax cousinx cousinx how have you come so early by this lethargyx sir tobyx lecheryx i defy lecheryx therexs one at the gatex oliviax ayx marryx what is hex sir tobyx let him be the devil an he willx i care notx give me faithx say ix wellx itxs all onex xxexitxxx oliviax whatxs a drunken man likex foolx clownx like a drowned manx a foolx and a madmanx one draught above heat makes him a foolx the second mads himx and a third drowns himx oliviax go thou and seek the coronerx and let him sit ox my cozx for hexs in the third degree of drinkx hexs drownedx gox look after himx clownx he is but mad yetx madonnax and the fool shall look to the madmanx xxexit clownxxx enter malvoliox malvoliox madamx yond young fellow swears he will speak with youx i told him you were sickx he takes on him to understand so muchx and therefore comes to speak with youx i told him you were asleepx he seems to have a foreknowledge of that toox and therefore comes to speak with youx what is to be said to himx ladyx hexs fortified against any denialx oliviax tell himx he shall not speak with mex malvoliox has been told sox and he says hexll stand at your door like a sheriffxs postx and be the supporter of a benchx but hexll speak with youx oliviax what kind ox man is hex malvoliox whyx of mankindx oliviax what manner of manx malvoliox of very ill mannerx hexll speak with youx will you or nox oliviax of what personage and years is hex malvoliox not yet old enough for a manx nor young enough for a boyx as a squash is before xtis a peascodx or a codlingx when xtis almost an applex xtis with him in standing waterx between boy and manx he is very wellxfavouredx and he speaks very shrewishlyx one would think his motherxs milk were scarce out of himx oliviax let him approachx call in my gentlewomanx malvoliox gentlewomanx my lady callsx xxexitxxx enter mariax oliviax give me my veilx comex throw it oxer my facex wexll once more hear orsinoxs embassyx enter violax violax the honourable lady of the housex which is shex oliviax speak to mex i shall answer for herx your willx violax most radiantx exquisitex and unmatchable beautyxxi pray youx tell me if this be the lady of the housex for i never saw herx i would be loath to cast away my speechx for besides that it is excellently well pennedx i have taken great pains to con itx good beautiesx let me sustain no scornx i am very comptiblex even to the least sinister usagex oliviax whence came youx sirx violax i can say little more than i have studiedx and that questionxs out of my partx good gentle onex give me modest assurancex if you be the lady of the housex that i may proceed in my speechx oliviax are you a comedianx violax nox my profound heartx and yetx by the very fangs of malice i swearx i am not that i playx are you the lady of the housex oliviax if i do not usurp myselfx i amx violax most certainx if you are shex you do usurp yourselfx for what is yours to bestow is not yours to reservex but this is from my commissionx i will on with my speech in your praisex and then show you the heart of my messagex oliviax come to what is important inxtx i forgive you the praisex violax alasx i took great pains to study itx and xtis poeticalx oliviax it is the more like to be feignedx i pray you keep it inx i heard you were saucy at my gatesx and allowed your approachx rather to wonder at you than to hear youx if you be madx be gonex if you have reasonx be briefx xtis not that time of moon with me to make one in so skipping a dialoguex mariax will you hoist sailx sirx here lies your wayx violax nox good swabberx i am to hull here a little longerx some mollification for your giantx sweet ladyx tell me your mindx i am a messengerx oliviax surex you have some hideous matter to deliverx when the courtesy of it is so fearfulx speak your officex violax it alone concerns your earx i bring no overture of warx no taxation of homagex i hold the olive in my handx my words are as full of peace as matterx oliviax yet you began rudelyx what are youx what would youx violax the rudeness that hath appeared in me have i learned from my entertainmentx what i am and what i would are as secret as maidenheadx to your earsx divinityx to any otherxsx profanationx oliviax give us the place alonex we will hear this divinityx xxexit mariaxxx nowx sirx what is your textx violax most sweet ladyx oliviax a comfortable doctrinex and much may be said of itx where lies your textx violax in orsinoxs bosomx oliviax in his bosomx in what chapter of his bosomx violax to answer by the methodx in the first of his heartx oliviax ox i have read itx it is heresyx have you no more to sayx violax good madamx let me see your facex oliviax have you any commission from your lord to negotiate with my facex you are now out of your textx but we will draw the curtain and show you the picturex xxunveilingxxx look youx sirx such a one i was this presentx isxt not well donex violax excellently donex if god did allx oliviax xtis in grainx sirx xtwill endure wind and weatherx violax xtis beauty truly blentx whose red and white naturexs own sweet and cunning hand laid onx ladyx you are the cruelxst she alive if you will lead these graces to the gravex and leave the world no copyx oliviax ox sirx i will not be so hardxheartedx i will give out divers schedules of my beautyx it shall be inventoried and every particle and utensil labelled to my willx asx itemx two lips indifferent redx itemx two grey eyes with lids to themx itemx one neckx one chinx and so forthx were you sent hither to praise mex violax i see you what you arex you are too proudx butx if you were the devilx you are fairx my lord and master loves youx ox such love could be but recompensxd though you were crownxd the nonpareil of beautyx oliviax how does he love mex violax with adorationsx fertile tearsx with groans that thunder lovex with sighs of firex oliviax your lord does know my mindx i cannot love himx yet i suppose him virtuousx know him noblex of great estatex of fresh and stainless youthx in voices well divulgxdx freex learnxdx and valiantx and in dimension and the shape of naturex a gracious personx but yet i cannot love himx he might have took his answer long agox violax if i did love you in my masterxs flamex with such a suffxringx such a deadly lifex in your denial i would find no sensex i would not understand itx oliviax whyx what would youx violax make me a willow cabin at your gatex and call upon my soul within the housex write loyal cantons of contemned lovex and sing them loud even in the dead of nightx hallow your name to the reverberate hillsx and make the babbling gossip of the air cry out oliviax ox you should not rest between the elements of air and earthx but you should pity mex oliviax you might do muchx what is your parentagex violax above my fortunesx yet my state is wellx i am a gentlemanx oliviax get you to your lordx i cannot love himx let him send no morex unlessx perchancex you come to me againx to tell me how he takes itx fare you wellx i thank you for your painsx spend this for mex violax i am no feexd postx ladyx keep your pursex my masterx not myselfx lacks recompensex love make his heart of flint that you shall lovex and let your fervour like my masterxs be placxd in contemptx farewellx fair crueltyx xxexitxxx oliviax what is your parentagex xabove my fortunesx yet my state is wellx i am a gentlemanxx ixll be sworn thou artx thy tonguex thy facex thy limbsx actionsx and spiritx do give thee fivexfold blazonx not too fastx softx softx unless the master were the manx how nowx even so quickly may one catch the plaguex methinks i feel this youthxs perfections with an invisible and subtle stealth to creep in at mine eyesx wellx let it bex what hox malvoliox enter malvoliox malvoliox herex madamx at your servicex oliviax run after that same peevish messenger the countyxs manx he left this ring behind himx would i or notx tell himx ixll none of itx desire him not to flatter with his lordx nor hold him up with hopesx i am not for himx if that the youth will come this way tomorrowx ixll give him reasons forxtx hie theex malvoliox malvoliox madamx i willx xxexitxxx oliviax i do i know not whatx and fear to find mine eye too great a flatterer for my mindx fatex show thy forcex ourselves we do not owex what is decreed must bex and be this sox xxexitxxx act iix scene ix the seaxcoastx enter antonio and sebastianx antoniox will you stay no longerx nor will you not that i go with youx sebastianx by your patiencex nox my stars shine darkly over mex the malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemper yoursx therefore i shall crave of you your leave that i may bear my evils alonex it were a bad recompense for your lovex to lay any of them on youx antoniox let me know of you whither you are boundx sebastianx nox soothx sirx my determinate voyage is mere extravagancyx but i perceive in you so excellent a touch of modestyx that you will not extort from me what i am willing to keep inx therefore it charges me in manners the rather to express myselfx you must know of me thenx antoniox my name is sebastianx which i called roderigox my father was that sebastian of messaline whom i know you have heard ofx he left behind him myself and a sisterx both born in an hourx if the heavens had been pleasedx would we had so endedx but youx sirx altered thatx for some hour before you took me from the breach of the sea was my sister drownedx antoniox alas the dayx sebastianx a ladyx sirx though it was said she much resembled mex was yet of many accounted beautifulx but though i could not with such estimable wonder overfar believe thatx yet thus far i will boldly publish herx she bore a mind that envy could not but call fairx she is drowned alreadyx sirx with salt waterx though i seem to drown her remembrance again with morex antoniox pardon mex sirx your bad entertainmentx sebastianx o good antoniox forgive me your troublex antoniox if you will not murder me for my lovex let me be your servantx sebastianx if you will not undo what you have donex that isx kill him whom you have recoveredx desire it notx fare ye well at oncex my bosom is full of kindnessx and i am yet so near the manners of my motherx that upon the least occasion morex mine eyes will tell tales of mex i am bound to the count orsinoxs courtx farewellx xxexitxxx antoniox the gentleness of all the gods go with theex i have many enemies in orsinoxs courtx else would i very shortly see thee therex but come what mayx i do adore thee sox that danger shall seem sportx and i will gox xxexitxxx scene iix a streetx enter violax malvolio at several doorsx malvoliox were you not even now with the countess oliviax violax even nowx sirx on a moderate pace i have since arrived but hitherx malvoliox she returns this ring to youx sirx you might have saved me my painsx to have taken it away yourselfx she addsx moreoverx that you should put your lord into a desperate assurance she will none of himx and one thing morex that you be never so hardy to come again in his affairsx unless it be to report your lordxs taking of thisx receive it sox violax she took the ring of mex ixll none of itx malvoliox come sirx you peevishly threw it to herx and her will is it should be so returnedx if it be worth stooping forx there it lies in your eyex if notx be it his that finds itx xxexitxxx violax i left no ring with herx what means this ladyx fortune forbid my outside have not charmxd herx she made good view of mex indeedx so muchx that methought her eyes had lost her tonguex for she did speak in starts distractedlyx she loves mex surex the cunning of her passion invites me in this churlish messengerx none of my lordxs ringx whyx he sent her nonex i am the manx if it be sox as xtisx poor ladyx she were better love a dreamx disguisex i see thou art a wickedness wherein the pregnant enemy does muchx how easy is it for the proper false in womenxs waxen hearts to set their formsx alasx our frailty is the causex not wex for such as we are made ofx such we bex how will this fadgex my master loves her dearlyx and ix poor monsterx fond as much on himx and shex mistakenx seems to dote on mex what will become of thisx as i am manx my state is desperate for my masterxs lovex as i am woman xnow alas the dayxx what thriftless sighs shall poor olivia breathex o timex thou must untangle thisx not ix it is too hard a knot for me txuntiex xxexitxxx scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex enter sir toby and sir andrewx sir tobyx approachx sir andrewx not to be abed after midnightx is to be up betimesx and xdiluculo surgerexx thou knowxstx sir andrewx nayx by my trothx i know notx but i know to be up late is to be up latex sir tobyx a false conclusionx i hate it as an unfilled canx to be up after midnightx and to go to bed then is earlyx so that to go to bed after midnight is to go to bed betimesx does not our lives consist of the four elementsx sir andrewx faithx so they sayx but i think it rather consists of eating and drinkingx sir tobyx thxart a scholarx let us therefore eat and drinkx marianx i sayx a stoup of winex enter clownx sir andrewx here comes the foolx ix faithx clownx how nowx my heartsx did you never see the picture of xwe threexx sir tobyx welcomex assx now letxs have a catchx sir andrewx by my trothx the fool has an excellent breastx i had rather than forty shillings i had such a legx and so sweet a breath to singx as the fool hasx in soothx thou wast in very gracious fooling last night when thou spokxst of pigrogromitusx of the vapians passing the equinoctial of queubusx xtwas very goodx ix faithx i sent thee sixpence for thy lemanx hadst itx clownx i did impeticos thy gratillityx for malvolioxs nose is no whipstockx my lady has a white handx and the myrmidons are no bottlexale housesx sir andrewx excellentx whyx this is the best foolingx when all is donex nowx a songx sir tobyx come onx there is sixpence for youx letxs have a songx sir andrewx therexs a testril of me toox if one knight give ax clownx would you have a lovexsongx or a song of good lifex sir tobyx a lovexsongx a lovexsongx sir andrewx ayx ayx i care not for good lifex clownx xxsingsxxx xo mistress minex where are you roamingx o stay and hearx your true lovexs comingx that can sing both high and lowx trip no furtherx pretty sweetingx journeys end in lovers meetingx every wise manxs son doth knowxx sir andrewx excellent goodx ix faithx sir tobyx goodx goodx clownx xwhat is lovex xtis not hereafterx present mirth hath present laughterx whatxs to come is still unsurex in delay there lies no plentyx then come kiss mex sweet and twentyx youthxs a stuff will not endurexx sir andrewx a mellifluous voicex as i am true knightx sir tobyx a contagious breathx sir andrewx very sweet and contagiousx ix faithx sir tobyx to hear by the nosex it is dulcet in contagionx but shall we make the welkin dance indeedx shall we rouse the nightxowl in a catch that will draw three souls out of one weaverx shall we do thatx sir andrewx and you love mex letxs doxtx i am dog at a catchx clownx byxr ladyx sirx and some dogs will catch wellx sir andrewx most certainx let our catch bex xthou knavexx clownx xhold thy peacex thou knavex knightx i shall be constrainxd inxt to call thee knavex knightx sir andrewx xtis not the first time i have constrained one to call me knavex beginx foolx it begins xhold thy peacexx clownx i shall never begin if i hold my peacex sir andrewx goodx ix faithx comex beginx xxcatch sungxxx enter mariax mariax what a caterwauling do you keep herex if my lady have not called up her steward malvoliox and bid him turn you out of doorsx never trust mex sir tobyx my ladyxs a cataianx we are politiciansx malvolioxs a pegxaxramseyx and xxsingsxxx xthree merry men be wexx am not i consanguineousx am i not of her bloodx tillyxvallyx xladyxx xthere dwelt a man in babylonx ladyx ladyxx clownx beshrew mex the knightxs in admirable foolingx sir andrewx ayx he does well enough if he be disposedx and so do i toox he does it with a better gracex but i do it more naturalx sir tobyx xxsingsxxx xox the twelfth day of decemberxx mariax for the love ox godx peacex enter malvoliox malvoliox my mastersx are you madx or what are youx have you no witx mannersx nor honestyx but to gabble like tinkers at this time of nightx do ye make an alexhouse of my ladyxs housex that ye squeak out your coziersx catches without any mitigation or remorse of voicex is there no respect of placex personsx nor timex in youx sir tobyx we did keep timex sirx in our catchesx sneck upx malvoliox sir tobyx i must be round with youx my lady bade me tell you thatx though she harbours you as her kinsman shexs nothing allied to your disordersx if you can separate yourself and your misdemeanoursx you are welcome to the housex if notx and it would please you to take leave of herx she is very willing to bid you farewellx sir tobyx xxsingsxxx xfarewellx dear heartx since i must needs be gonexx mariax nayx good sir tobyx clownx xxsingsxxx xhis eyes do show his days are almost donexx malvoliox isxt even sox sir tobyx xxsingsxxx xbut i will never diexx clownx xxsingsxxx xsir tobyx there you liexx malvoliox this is much credit to youx sir tobyx xxsingsxxx xshall i bid him goxx clownx xxsingsxxx xwhat and if you doxx sir tobyx xxsingsxxx xshall i bid him gox and spare notxx clownx xxsingsxxx xox nox nox nox nox you dare notxx sir tobyx out ox tunex sirx ye liex art any more than a stewardx dost thou thinkx because thou art virtuousx there shall be no more cakes and alex clownx yesx by saint annex and ginger shall be hot ix the mouth toox sir tobyx thxart ix the rightx gox sirx rub your chain with crumbsx a stoup of winex mariax malvoliox mistress maryx if you prized my ladyxs favour at anything more than contemptx you would not give means for this uncivil rulex she shall know of itx by this handx xxexitxxx mariax go shake your earsx sir andrewx xtwere as good a deed as to drink when a manxs axhungryx to challenge him the fieldx and then to break promise with him and make a fool of himx sir tobyx doxtx knightx ixll write thee a challengex or ixll deliver thy indignation to him by word of mouthx mariax sweet sir tobyx be patient for tonightx since the youth of the countxs was today with my ladyx she is much out of quietx for monsieur malvoliox let me alone with himx if i do not gull him into a naywordx and make him a common recreationx do not think i have wit enough to lie straight in my bedx i know i can do itx sir tobyx possess usx possess usx tell us something of himx mariax marryx sirx sometimes he is a kind of puritanx sir andrewx ox if i thought thatx ixd beat him like a dogx sir tobyx whatx for being a puritanx thy exquisite reasonx dear knightx sir andrewx i have no exquisite reason forxtx but i have reason good enoughx mariax the devil a puritan that he isx or anything constantly but a timexpleaserx an affectioned ass that cons state without book and utters it by great swarthsx the best persuaded of himselfx so crammed xas he thinksx with excellenciesx that it is his grounds of faith that all that look on him love himx and on that vice in him will my revenge find notable cause to workx sir tobyx what wilt thou dox mariax i will drop in his way some obscure epistles of lovex wherein by the colour of his beardx the shape of his legx the manner of his gaitx the expressure of his eyex foreheadx and complexionx he shall find himself most feelingly personatedx i can write very like my lady your niecex on a forgotten matter we can hardly make distinction of our handsx sir tobyx excellentx i smell a devicex sir andrewx i havext in my nose toox sir tobyx he shall thinkx by the letters that thou wilt dropx that they come from my niecex and that she is in love with himx mariax my purpose is indeed a horse of that colourx sir andrewx and your horse now would make him an assx mariax assx i doubt notx sir andrewx o xtwill be admirablex mariax sport royalx i warrant youx i know my physic will work with himx i will plant you twox and let the fool make a thirdx where he shall find the letterx observe his construction of itx for this nightx to bedx and dream on the eventx farewellx xxexitxxx sir tobyx good nightx penthesileax sir andrewx before mex shexs a good wenchx sir tobyx shexs a beagle true bredx and one that adores mex what ox thatx sir andrewx i was adored once toox sir tobyx letxs to bedx knightx thou hadst need send for more moneyx sir andrewx if i cannot recover your niecex i am a foul way outx sir tobyx send for moneyx knightx if thou hast her not ix thx endx call me cutx sir andrewx if i do notx never trust mex take it how you willx sir tobyx comex comex ixll go burn some sackx xtis too late to go to bed nowx comex knightx comex knightx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex enter dukex violax curio and othersx dukex give me some musicx nowx good morrowx friendsx nowx good cesariox but that piece of songx that old and antique song we heard last nightx methought it did relieve my passion muchx more than light airs and recollected terms of these most brisk and giddyxpaced timesx comex but one versex curiox he is not herex so please your lordshipx that should sing itx dukex who was itx curiox festex the jesterx my lordx a fool that the lady oliviaxs father took much delight inx he is about the housex dukex seek him outx and play the tune the whilex xxexit curiox music playsxxx come hitherx boyx if ever thou shalt lovex in the sweet pangs of it remember mex for such as i amx all true lovers arex unstaid and skittish in all motions elsex save in the constant image of the creature that is belovxdx how dost thou like this tunex violax it gives a very echo to the seat where love is thronedx dukex thou dost speak masterlyx my life uponxtx young though thou artx thine eye hath stayed upon some favour that it lovesx hath it notx boyx violax a littlex by your favourx dukex what kind of woman isxtx violax of your complexionx dukex she is not worth theex thenx what yearsx ix faithx violax about your yearsx my lordx dukex too oldx by heavenx let still the woman take an elder than herselfx so wears she to himx so sways she level in her husbandxs heartx forx boyx however we do praise ourselvesx our fancies are more giddy and unfirmx more longingx waveringx sooner lost and wornx than womenxs arex violax i think it wellx my lordx dukex then let thy love be younger than thyselfx or thy affection cannot hold the bentx for women are as rosesx whose fair flower being once displayxdx doth fall that very hourx violax and so they arex alasx that they are sox to diex even when they to perfection growx enter curio and clownx dukex ox fellowx comex the song we had last nightx mark itx cesariox it is old and plainx the spinsters and the knitters in the sunx and the free maidsx that weave their thread with bones do use to chant itx it is silly soothx and dallies with the innocence of love like the old agex clownx are you readyx sirx dukex ayx pritheex singx xxmusicxxx the clownxs songx x come awayx come awayx deathx and in sad cypress let me be laidx fly awayx fly awayx breathx i am slain by a fair cruel maidx my shroud of whitex stuck all with yewx ox prepare itx my part of death no one so true did share itxx x not a flowerx not a flower sweetx on my black coffin let there be strownx not a friendx not a friend greet my poor corpse where my bones shall be thrownx a thousand thousand sighs to savex lay mex ox where sad true lover never find my gravex to weep therexx dukex therexs for thy painsx clownx no painsx sirx i take pleasure in singingx sirx dukex ixll pay thy pleasurex thenx clownx truly sirx and pleasure will be paid one time or anotherx dukex give me now leave to leave theex clownx now the melancholy god protect theex and the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffetax for thy mind is a very opalx i would have men of such constancy put to seax that their business might be everythingx and their intent everywherex for thatxs it that always makes a good voyage of nothingx farewellx xxexit clownxxx dukex let all the rest give placex xxexeunt curio and attendantsxxx once morex cesariox get thee to yond same sovereign crueltyx tell her my lovex more noble than the worldx prizes not quantity of dirty landsx the parts that fortune hath bestowxd upon herx tell her i hold as giddily as fortunex but xtis that miracle and queen of gems that nature pranks her in attracts my soulx violax but if she cannot love youx sirx dukex i cannot be so answerxdx violax soothx but you mustx say that some ladyx as perhaps there isx hath for your love as great a pang of heart as you have for oliviax you cannot love herx you tell her sox must she not then be answerxdx dukex there is no womanxs sides can bide the beating of so strong a passion as love doth give my heartx no womanxs heart so bigx to hold so muchx they lack retentionx alasx their love may be called appetitex no motion of the liverx but the palatex that suffer surfeitx cloymentx and revoltx but mine is all as hungry as the seax and can digest as muchx make no compare between that love a woman can bear me and that i owe oliviax violax ayx but i knowx dukex what dost thou knowx violax too well what love women to men may owex in faithx they are as true of heart as wex my father had a daughter loved a manx as it might be perhapsx were i a womanx i should your lordshipx dukex and whatxs her historyx violax a blankx my lordx she never told her lovex but let concealmentx like a worm ix thx budx feed on her damask cheekx she pined in thoughtx and with a green and yellow melancholy she sat like patience on a monumentx smiling at griefx was not this lovex indeedx we men may say morex swear morex but indeedx our shows are more than willx for still we prove much in our vowsx but little in our lovex dukex but died thy sister of her lovex my boyx violax i am all the daughters of my fatherxs housex and all the brothers toox and yet i know notx sirx shall i to this ladyx dukex ayx thatxs the themex to her in hastex give her this jewelx say my love can give no placex bide no denayx xxexeuntxxx scene vx oliviaxs gardenx enter sir tobyx sir andrew and fabianx sir tobyx come thy waysx signior fabianx fabianx nayx ixll comex if i lose a scruple of this sportx let me be boiled to death with melancholyx sir tobyx wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly rascally sheepxbiter come by some notable shamex fabianx i would exultx manx you know he brought me out ox favour with my lady about a bearxbaiting herex sir tobyx to anger him wexll have the bear againx and we will fool him black and bluex shall we notx sir andrewx sir andrewx and we do notx it is pity of our livesx enter mariax sir tobyx here comes the little villainx how nowx my metal of indiax mariax get ye all three into the boxxtreex malvolioxs coming down this walkx he has been yonder ix the sun practising behaviour to his own shadow this half hourx observe himx for the love of mockeryx for i know this letter will make a contemplative idiot of himx closex in the name of jestingx xxthe men hide themselvesxxx lie thou therex xxthrows down a letterxx for here comes the trout that must be caught with ticklingx xxexit mariaxxx enter malvoliox malvoliox xtis but fortunex all is fortunex maria once told me she did affect mex and i have heard herself come thus nearx that should she fancyx it should be one of my complexionx besidesx she uses me with a more exalted respect than anyone else that follows herx what should i think onxtx sir tobyx herexs an overweening roguex fabianx ox peacex contemplation makes a rare turkeyxcock of himx how he jets under his advanced plumesx sir andrewx xslightx i could so beat the roguex sir tobyx peacex i sayx malvoliox to be count malvoliox sir tobyx ahx roguex sir andrewx pistol himx pistol himx sir tobyx peacex peacex malvoliox there is example forxtx the lady of the strachy married the yeoman of the wardrobex sir andrewx fie on himx jezebelx fabianx ox peacex now hexs deeply inx look how imagination blows himx malvoliox having been three months married to herx sitting in my statex sir tobyx o for a stonexbow to hit him in the eyex malvoliox calling my officers about mex in my branched velvet gownx having come from a dayxbedx where i have left olivia sleepingx sir tobyx fire and brimstonex fabianx ox peacex peacex malvoliox and then to have the humour of statex and after a demure travel of regardx telling them i know my place as i would they should do theirsx to ask for my kinsman tobyx sir tobyx bolts and shacklesx fabianx ox peacex peacex peacex nowx nowx malvoliox seven of my peoplex with an obedient startx make out for himx i frown the whilex and perchance wind up my watchx or play with some rich jewelx toby approachesx curtsies there to mex sir tobyx shall this fellow livex fabianx though our silence be drawn from us with carsx yet peacex malvoliox i extend my hand to him thusx quenching my familiar smile with an austere regard of controlx sir tobyx and does not toby take you a blow ox the lips thenx malvoliox saying xcousin tobyx my fortunes having cast me on your niecex give me this prerogative of speechxx sir tobyx whatx whatx malvoliox xyou must amend your drunkennessxx sir tobyx outx scabx fabianx nayx patiencex or we break the sinews of our plotx malvoliox xbesidesx you waste the treasure of your time with a foolish knightxx sir andrewx thatxs mex i warrant youx malvoliox xone sir andrewxx sir andrewx i knew xtwas ix for many do call me foolx malvoliox xxtaking up the letterxxx what employment have we herex fabianx now is the woodcock near the ginx sir tobyx ox peacex and the spirit of humours intimate reading aloud to himx malvoliox by my lifex this is my ladyxs handx these be her very cxsx her uxsx and her txsx and thus makes she her great pxsx it is in contempt of questionx her handx sir andrewx her cxsx her uxsx and her txsx why thatx malvoliox xxreadsxxx xto the unknown belovedx thisx and my good wishesxx her very phrasesx by your leavex waxx softx and the impressure her lucrecex with which she uses to sealx xtis my ladyx to whom should this bex fabianx this wins himx liver and allx malvoliox xxreadsxxx x jove knows i lovex but whox lipsx do not movex no man must knowxx xno man must knowxx what followsx the numbers alterxdx xno man must knowxxxif this should be theex malvoliox sir tobyx marryx hang theex brockx malvoliox x i may command where i adorex but silencex like a lucrece knifex with bloodless stroke my heart doth gorex mxoxaxix doth sway my lifexx fabianx a fustian riddlex sir tobyx excellent wenchx say ix malvoliox xmxoxaxix doth sway my lifexxxnayx but first let me seex let me seex let me seex fabianx what dish ox poison has she dressed himx sir tobyx and with what wing the staniel checks at itx malvoliox xi may command where i adorexx whyx she may command mex i serve herx she is my ladyx whyx this is evident to any formal capacityx there is no obstruction in thisx and the endxwhat should that alphabetical position portendx if i could make that resemble something in mex softlyx xmxoxaxixxx sir tobyx ox ayx make up thatxxhe is now at a cold scentx fabianx sowter will cry uponxt for all thisx though it be as rank as a foxx malvoliox xmxxmalvoliox xmxx whyx that begins my namex fabianx did not i say he would work it outx the cur is excellent at faultsx malvoliox xmxxbut then there is no consonancy in the sequelx that suffers under probationx xax should followx but xox doesx fabianx and xox shall endx i hopex sir tobyx ayx or ixll cudgel himx and make him cry xoxx malvoliox and then xix comes behindx fabianx ayx and you had any eye behind youx you might see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before youx malvoliox xmxoxaxixx this simulation is not as the formerx and yetx to crush this a littlex it would bow to mex for every one of these letters are in my namex softx here follows prosex xxreadsxxx xif this fall into thy handx revolvex in my stars i am above theex but be not afraid of greatnessx some are born greatx some achieve greatnessx and some have greatness thrust upon xemx thy fates open their handsx let thy blood and spirit embrace themx andx to inure thyself to what thou art like to bex cast thy humble slough and appear freshx be opposite with a kinsmanx surly with servantsx let thy tongue tang arguments of statex put thyself into the trick of singularityx she thus advises thee that sighs for theex remember who commended thy yellow stockingsx and wished to see thee ever crossxgarteredx i sayx rememberx go tox thou art madex if thou desirxst to be sox if notx let me see thee a steward stillx the fellow of servantsx and not worthy to touch fortunexs fingersx farewellx she that would alter services with theex the fortunate unhappyxx daylight and champian discovers not morex this is openx i will be proudx i will read politic authorsx i will baffle sir tobyx i will wash off gross acquaintancex i will be pointxdevicex the very manx i do not now fool myselfx to let imagination jade mex for every reason excites to thisx that my lady loves mex she did commend my yellow stockings of latex she did praise my leg being crossxgarteredx and in this she manifests herself to my lovex and with a kind of injunctionx drives me to these habits of her likingx i thank my starsx i am happyx i will be strangex stoutx in yellow stockingsx and crossxgarteredx even with the swiftness of putting onx jove and my stars be praisedxxhere is yet a postscriptx xxreadsxxx xthou canst not choose but know who i amx if thou entertainxst my lovex let it appear in thy smilingx thy smiles become thee wellx therefore in my presence still smilex dear my sweetx i pritheexx jovex i thank theex i will smilex i will do everything that thou wilt have mex xxexitxxx fabianx i will not give my part of this sport for a pension of thousands to be paid from the sophyx sir tobyx i could marry this wench for this devicex sir andrewx so could i toox sir tobyx and ask no other dowry with her but such another jestx enter mariax sir andrewx nor i neitherx fabianx here comes my noble gullxcatcherx sir tobyx wilt thou set thy foot ox my neckx sir andrewx or ox mine eitherx sir tobyx shall i play my freedom at trayxtripx and become thy bondxslavex sir andrewx ix faithx or i eitherx sir tobyx whyx thou hast put him in such a dreamx that when the image of it leaves him he must run madx mariax nayx but say truex does it work upon himx sir tobyx like aquaxvitae with a midwifex mariax if you will then see the fruits of the sportx mark his first approach before my ladyx he will come to her in yellow stockingsx and xtis a colour she abhorsx and crossxgarteredx a fashion she detestsx and he will smile upon herx which will now be so unsuitable to her dispositionx being addicted to a melancholy as she isx that it cannot but turn him into a notable contemptx if you will see itx follow mex sir tobyx to the gates of tartarx thou most excellent devil of witx sir andrewx ixll make one toox xxexeuntxxx act iiix scene ix oliviaxs gardenx enter viola and clown with a taborx violax save theex friendx and thy musicx dost thou live by thy taborx clownx nox sirx i live by the churchx violax art thou a churchmanx clownx no such matterx sirx i do live by the churchx for i do live at my housex and my house doth stand by the churchx violax so thou mayst say the king lies by a beggarx if a beggar dwell near himx or the church stands by thy taborx if thy tabor stand by the churchx clownx you have saidx sirx to see this agex a sentence is but a chevxril glove to a good witx how quickly the wrong side may be turned outwardx violax nayx thatxs certainx they that dally nicely with words may quickly make them wantonx clownx i wouldx thereforex my sister had had no namex sirx violax whyx manx clownx whyx sirx her namexs a wordx and to dally with that word might make my sister wantonx but indeedx words are very rascalsx since bonds disgraced themx violax thy reasonx manx clownx trothx sirx i can yield you none without wordsx and words are grown so falsex i am loath to prove reason with themx violax i warrant thou art a merry fellowx and carxst for nothingx clownx not sox sirx i do care for somethingx but in my consciencex sirx i do not care for youx if that be to care for nothingx sirx i would it would make you invisiblex violax art not thou the lady oliviaxs foolx clownx nox indeedx sirx the lady olivia has no follyx she will keep no foolx sirx till she be marriedx and fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herringsx the husbandxs the biggerx i am indeed not her foolx but her corrupter of wordsx violax i saw thee late at the count orsinoxsx clownx fooleryx sirx does walk about the orb like the sunx it shines everywherex i would be sorryx sirx but the fool should be as oft with your master as with my mistressx i think i saw your wisdom therex violax nayx and thou pass upon mex ixll no more with theex holdx therexs expenses for theex clownx now jovex in his next commodity of hairx send thee a beardx violax by my trothx ixll tell theex i am almost sick for onex though i would not have it grow on my chinx is thy lady withinx clownx would not a pair of these have bredx sirx violax yesx being kept togetherx and put to usex clownx i would play lord pandarus of phrygiax sirx to bring a cressida to this troilusx violax i understand youx sirx xtis well beggedx clownx the matterx i hopex is not greatx sirx begging but a beggarx cressida was a beggarx my lady is withinx sirx i will conster to them whence you comex who you are and what you would are out of my welkinx i might say xelementxx but the word is overwornx xxexitxxx violax this fellow is wise enough to play the foolx and to do that wellx craves a kind of witx he must observe their mood on whom he jestsx the quality of personsx and the timex and like the haggardx check at every feather that comes before his eyex this is a practice as full of labour as a wise manxs artx for follyx that he wisely showsx is fitx but wise menx follyxfallxnx quite taint their witx enter sir toby and sir andrewx sir tobyx save youx gentlemanx violax and youx sirx sir andrewx xdieu vous gardex monsieurxx violax xet vous aussix votre serviteurxx sir andrewx i hopex sirx you arex and i am yoursx sir tobyx will you encounter the housex my niece is desirous you should enterx if your trade be to herx violax i am bound to your niecex sirx i meanx she is the list of my voyagex sir tobyx taste your legsx sirx put them to motionx violax my legs do better understand mex sirx than i understand what you mean by bidding me taste my legsx sir tobyx i meanx to gox sirx to enterx violax i will answer you with gait and entrancex but we are preventedx enter olivia and mariax most excellent accomplished ladyx the heavens rain odours on youx sir andrewx that youthxs a rare courtierx xrain odoursxx wellx violax my matter hath no voicex ladyx but to your own most pregnant and vouchsafed carx sir andrewx xodoursxx xpregnantxx and xvouchsafedxxxixll get xem all three readyx oliviax let the garden door be shutx and leave me to my hearingx xxexeunt sir tobyx sir andrew and mariaxxx give me your handx sirx violax my dutyx madamx and most humble servicex oliviax what is your namex violax cesario is your servantxs namex fair princessx oliviax my servantx sirx xtwas never merry worldx since lowly feigning was callxd complimentx yxare servant to the count orsinox youthx violax and he is yoursx and his must needs be yoursx your servantxs servant is your servantx madamx oliviax for himx i think not on himx for his thoughtsx would they were blanks rather than fillxd with mex violax madamx i come to whet your gentle thoughts on his behalfx oliviax ox by your leavex i pray youx i bade you never speak again of himx but would you undertake another suitx i had rather hear you to solicit that than music from the spheresx violax dear ladyx oliviax give me leavex beseech youx i did sendx after the last enchantment you did herex a ring in chase of youx so did i abuse myselfx my servantx andx i fear mex youx under your hard construction must i sitx to force that on you in a shameful cunningx which you knew none of yoursx what might you thinkx have you not set mine honour at the stakex and baited it with all thx unmuzzled thoughts that tyrannous heart can thinkx to one of your receiving enough is shownx a cypressx not a bosomx hides my heartx so let me hear you speakx violax i pity youx oliviax thatxs a degree to lovex violax nox not a grizex for xtis a vulgar proof that very oft we pity enemiesx oliviax why then methinks xtis time to smile againx o worldx how apt the poor are to be proudx if one should be a preyx how much the better to fall before the lion than the wolfx xxclock strikesxxx the clock upbraids me with the waste of timex be not afraidx good youthx i will not have youx and yetx when wit and youth is come to harvestx your wife is like to reap a proper manx there lies your wayx due westx violax then westward hox grace and good disposition attend your ladyshipx youxll nothingx madamx to my lord by mex oliviax stayx i prithee tell me what thou thinkxst of mex violax that you do think you are not what you arex oliviax if i think sox i think the same of youx violax then think you rightx i am not what i amx oliviax i would you were as i would have you bex violax would it be betterx madamx than i amx i wish it mightx for now i am your foolx oliviax o what a deal of scorn looks beautiful in the contempt and anger of his lipx a murdxrous guilt shows not itself more soon than love that would seem hidx lovexs night is noonx cesariox by the roses of the springx by maidhoodx honourx truthx and everythingx i love thee sox that maugre all thy pridex nor wit nor reason can my passion hidex do not extort thy reasons from this clausex for that i woox thou therefore hast no causex but rather reason thus with reason fetterx love sought is goodx but given unsought is betterx violax by innocence i swearx and by my youthx i have one heartx one bosomx and one truthx and that no woman hasx nor never none shall mistress be of itx save i alonex and so adieux good madamx never more will i my masterxs tears to you deplorex oliviax yet come againx for thou perhaps mayst move that heartx which now abhorsx to like his lovex xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex enter sir tobyx sir andrew and fabianx sir andrewx nox faithx ixll not stay a jot longerx sir tobyx thy reasonx dear venomx give thy reasonx fabianx you must needs yield your reasonx sir andrewx sir andrewx marryx i saw your niece do more favours to the countxs servingman than ever she bestowed upon mex i sawxt ix thx orchardx sir tobyx did she see thee the whilex old boyx tell me thatx sir andrewx as plain as i see you nowx fabianx this was a great argument of love in her toward youx sir andrewx xslightx will you make an ass ox mex fabianx i will prove it legitimatex sirx upon the oaths of judgment and reasonx sir tobyx and they have been grandxjurymen since before noah was a sailorx fabianx she did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate youx to awake your dormouse valourx to put fire in your heart and brimstone in your liverx you should then have accosted herx and with some excellent jestsx firexnew from the mintx you should have banged the youth into dumbnessx this was looked for at your handx and this was balkedx the double gilt of this opportunity you let time wash offx and you are now sailed into the north of my ladyxs opinionx where you will hang like an icicle on dutchmanxs beardx unless you do redeem it by some laudable attemptx either of valour or policyx sir andrewx andxt be any wayx it must be with valourx for policy i hatex i had as lief be a brownist as a politicianx sir tobyx whyx thenx build me thy fortunes upon the basis of valourx challenge me the countxs youth to fight with himx hurt him in eleven placesx my niece shall take note of itx and assure thyself there is no lovexbroker in the world can more prevail in manxs commendation with woman than report of valourx fabianx there is no way but thisx sir andrewx sir andrewx will either of you bear me a challenge to himx sir tobyx gox write it in a martial handx be curst and briefx it is no matter how wittyx so it be eloquent and full of inventionx taunt him with the licence of inkx if thou xthouxstx him some thricex it shall not be amissx and as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paperx although the sheet were big enough for the bed of ware in englandx set xem downx go about itx let there be gall enough in thy inkx though thou write with a goosexpenx no matterx about itx sir andrewx where shall i find youx sir tobyx wexll call thee at the cubiculox gox xxexit sir andrewxxx fabianx this is a dear manikin to youx sir tobyx sir tobyx i have been dear to himx ladx some two thousand strongx or sox fabianx we shall have a rare letter from himx but youxll not deliver itx sir tobyx never trust me thenx and by all means stir on the youth to an answerx i think oxen and wainropes cannot hale them togetherx for andrewx if he were opened and you find so much blood in his liver as will clog the foot of a fleax ixll eat the rest of thx anatomyx fabianx and his oppositex the youthx bears in his visage no great presage of crueltyx enter mariax sir tobyx look where the youngest wren of nine comesx mariax if you desire the spleenx and will laugh yourselves into stitchesx follow mex yond gull malvolio is turned heathenx a very renegadox for there is no christian that means to be saved by believing rightly can ever believe such impossible passages of grossnessx hexs in yellow stockingsx sir tobyx and crossxgarteredx mariax most villainouslyx like a pedant that keeps a school ix thx churchx i have dogged him like his murdererx he does obey every point of the letter that i dropped to betray himx he does smile his face into more lines than is in the new map with the augmentation of the indiesx you have not seen such a thing as xtisx i can hardly forbear hurling things at himx i know my lady will strike himx if she dox hexll smile and takext for a great favourx sir tobyx comex bring usx bring us where he isx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix a streetx enter sebastian and antoniox sebastianx i would not by my will have troubled youx but since you make your pleasure of your painsx i will no further chide youx antoniox i could not stay behind youx my desirex more sharp than filed steelx did spur me forthx and not all love to see youx though so muchx as might have drawn one to a longer voyagex but jealousy what might befall your travelx being skilless in these partsx which to a strangerx unguided and unfriendedx often prove rough and unhospitablex my willing lovex the rather by these arguments of fearx set forth in your pursuitx sebastianx my kind antoniox i can no other answer make but thanksx and thanksx and ever thanksx and oft good turns are shuffled off with such uncurrent payx but were my worthx as is my consciencex firmx you should find better dealingx whatxs to dox shall we go see the relics of this townx antoniox tomorrowx sirx best first go see your lodgingx sebastianx i am not wearyx and xtis long to nightx i pray youx let us satisfy our eyes with the memorials and the things of fame that do renown this cityx antoniox would youxd pardon mex i do not without danger walk these streetsx once in a seaxfightx xgainst the count his galleysx i did some servicex of such note indeedx that were i taxen herex it would scarce be answerxdx sebastianx belike you slew great number of his peoplex antoniox thx offence is not of such a bloody naturex albeit the quality of the time and quarrel might well have given us bloody argumentx it might have since been answered in repaying what we took from themx which for trafficxs sakex most of our city didx only myself stood outx for whichx if i be lapsed in this placex i shall pay dearx sebastianx do not then walk too openx antoniox it doth not fit mex holdx sirx herexs my pursex in the south suburbsx at the elephantx is best to lodgex i will bespeak our diet whiles you beguile the time and feed your knowledge with viewing of the townx there shall you have mex sebastianx why i your pursex antoniox haply your eye shall light upon some toy you have desire to purchasex and your storex i thinkx is not for idle marketsx sirx sebastianx ixll be your pursexbearerx and leave you for an hourx antoniox to thx elephantx sebastianx i do rememberx xxexeuntxxx scene ivx oliviaxs gardenx enter olivia and mariax oliviax i have sent after himx he says hexll comex how shall i feast himx what bestow of himx for youth is bought more oft than beggxd or borrowxdx i speak too loudxx wherexs malvolioxxhe is sad and civilx and suits well for a servant with my fortunesx where is malvoliox mariax hexs comingx madamx but in very strange mannerx he is sure possessedx madamx oliviax whyx whatxs the matterx does he ravex mariax nox madamx he does nothing but smilex your ladyship were best to have some guard about you if he comex for sure the man is tainted in xs witsx oliviax go call him hitherx ixm as mad as hex if sad and merry madness equal bex enter malvoliox how nowx malvoliox malvoliox sweet ladyx hox hox oliviax smilxst thoux i sent for thee upon a sad occasionx malvoliox sadx ladyx i could be sadx this does make some obstruction in the bloodx this crossxgarteringx but what of thatx if it please the eye of onex it is with me as the very true sonnet isx xplease one and please allxx oliviax whyx how dost thoux manx what is the matter with theex malvoliox not black in my mindx though yellow in my legsx it did come to his handsx and commands shall be executedx i think we do know the sweet roman handx oliviax wilt thou go to bedx malvoliox malvoliox to bedx ayx sweetheartx and ixll come to theex oliviax god comfort theex why dost thou smile sox and kiss thy hand so oftx mariax how do youx malvoliox malvoliox at your requestx yesx nightingales answer dawsx mariax why appear you with this ridiculous boldness before my ladyx malvoliox xbe not afraid of greatnessxx xtwas well writx oliviax what meanxst thou by thatx malvoliox malvoliox xsome are born greatxx oliviax hax malvoliox xsome achieve greatnessxx oliviax what sayxst thoux malvoliox xand some have greatness thrust upon themxx oliviax heaven restore theex malvoliox xremember who commended thy yellow stockingsxx oliviax thy yellow stockingsx malvoliox xand wished to see thee crossxgarteredxx oliviax crossxgarteredx malvoliox xgo tox thou art madex if thou desirxst to be soxxx oliviax am i madex malvoliox xif notx let me see thee a servant stillxx oliviax whyx this is very midsummer madnessx enter servantx servantx madamx the young gentleman of the count orsinoxs is returnedx i could hardly entreat him backx he attends your ladyshipxs pleasurex oliviax ixll come to himx xxexit servantxxx good mariax let this fellow be looked tox wherexs my cousin tobyx let some of my people have a special care of himx i would not have him miscarry for the half of my dowryx xxexeunt olivia and mariaxxx malvoliox o hox do you come near me nowx no worse man than sir toby to look to mex this concurs directly with the letterx she sends him on purposex that i may appear stubborn to himx for she incites me to that in the letterx xcast thy humble sloughxx says shex xbe opposite with a kinsmanx surly with servantsx let thy tongue tang with arguments of statex put thyself into the trick of singularityxx and consequentlyx sets down the manner howx asx a sad facex a reverend carriagex a slow tonguex in the habit of some sir of notex and so forthx i have limed herx but it is jovexs doingx and jove make me thankfulx and when she went away nowx xlet this fellow be looked toxx xfellowxx not xmalvolioxx nor after my degreex but xfellowxx whyx everything adheres togetherx that no dram of a scruplex no scruple of a scruplex no obstaclex no incredulous or unsafe circumstancex what can be saidx nothing that can be can come between me and the full prospect of my hopesx wellx jovex not ix is the doer of thisx and he is to be thankedx enter sir tobyx fabian and mariax sir tobyx which way is hex in the name of sanctityx if all the devils of hell be drawn in littlex and legion himself possessed himx yet ixll speak to himx fabianx here he isx here he isx how isxt with youx sirx how isxt with youx manx malvoliox go offx i discard youx let me enjoy my privatex go offx mariax lox how hollow the fiend speaks within himx did not i tell youx sir tobyx my lady prays you to have a care of himx malvoliox ahx hax does she sox sir tobyx go tox go tox peacex peacex we must deal gently with himx let me alonex how do youx malvoliox how isxt with youx whatx manx defy the devilx considerx hexs an enemy to mankindx malvoliox do you know what you sayx mariax la youx an you speak ill of the devilx how he takes it at heartx pray god he be not bewitchedx fabianx carry his water to thx wise womanx mariax marryx and it shall be done tomorrow morningx if i livex my lady would not lose him for more than ixll sayx malvoliox how nowx mistressx mariax o lordx sir tobyx prithee hold thy peacex this is not the wayx do you not see you move himx let me alone with himx fabianx no way but gentlenessx gentlyx gentlyx the fiend is roughx and will not be roughly usedx sir tobyx whyx how nowx my bawcockx how dost thoux chuckx malvoliox sirx sir tobyx ayx biddyx come with mex whatx manx xtis not for gravity to play at cherryxpit with satanx hang himx foul collierx mariax get him to say his prayersx good sir tobyx get him to prayx malvoliox my prayersx minxx mariax nox i warrant youx he will not hear of godlinessx malvoliox gox hang yourselves allx you are idlex shallow thingsx i am not of your elementx you shall know more hereafterx xxexitxxx sir tobyx isxt possiblex fabianx if this were played upon a stage nowx i could condemn it as an improbable fictionx sir tobyx his very genius hath taken the infection of the devicex manx mariax nayx pursue him nowx lest the device take air and taintx fabianx whyx we shall make him mad indeedx mariax the house will be the quieterx sir tobyx comex wexll have him in a dark room and boundx my niece is already in the belief that hexs madx we may carry it thus for our pleasurex and his penancex till our very pastimex tired out of breathx prompt us to have mercy on himx at which time we will bring the device to the barx and crown thee for a finder of madmenx but seex but seex enter sir andrewx fabianx more matter for a may morningx sir andrewx herexs the challengex read itx i warrant therexs vinegar and pepper inxtx fabianx isxt so saucyx sir andrewx ayx isxtx i warrant himx do but readx sir tobyx give mex xxreadsxxx xyouthx whatsoever thou artx thou art but a scurvy fellowxx fabianx goodx and valiantx sir tobyx xwonder notx nor admire not in thy mindx why i do call thee sox for i will show thee no reason forxtxx fabianx a good notex that keeps you from the blow of the lawx sir tobyx xthou comest to the lady oliviax and in my sight she uses thee kindlyx but thou liest in thy throatx that is not the matter i challenge thee forxx fabianx very briefx and to exceeding good sensexlessx sir tobyx xi will waylay thee going homex where if it be thy chance to kill mexx fabianx goodx sir tobyx xthou killxst me like a rogue and a villainxx fabianx still you keep ox thx windy side of the lawx goodx sir tobyx xfare thee wellx and god have mercy upon one of our soulsx he may have mercy upon minex but my hope is betterx and so look to thyselfx thy friendx as thou usest himx and thy sworn enemyx andrew aguecheekxx if this letter move him notx his legs cannotx ixll givext himx mariax you may have very fit occasion forxtx he is now in some commerce with my ladyx and will by and by departx sir tobyx gox sir andrewx scout me for him at the corner of the orchardx like a bumxbailyx so soon as ever thou seest himx drawx and as thou drawxstx swear horriblex for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oathx with a swaggering accent sharply twanged offx gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned himx awayx sir andrewx nayx let me alone for swearingx xxexitxxx sir tobyx now will not i deliver his letterx for the behaviour of the young gentleman gives him out to be of good capacity and breedingx his employment between his lord and my niece confirms no lessx therefore this letterx being so excellently ignorantx will breed no terror in the youthx he will find it comes from a clodpolex butx sirx i will deliver his challenge by word of mouthx set upon aguecheek notable report of valourx and drive the gentleman xas i know his youth will aptly receive itx into a most hideous opinion of his ragex skillx furyx and impetuosityx this will so fright them both that they will kill one another by the lookx like cockatricesx enter olivia and violax fabianx here he comes with your niecex give them way till he take leavex and presently after himx sir tobyx i will meditate the while upon some horrid message for a challengex xxexeunt sir tobyx fabian and mariaxxx oliviax i have said too much unto a heart of stonex and laid mine honour too unchary onxtx therexs something in me that reproves my faultx but such a headstrong potent fault it isx that it but mocks reproofx violax with the same xhaviour that your passion bears goes on my masterxs griefsx oliviax herex wear this jewel for mex xtis my picturex refuse it notx it hath no tongue to vex youx and i beseech you come again tomorrowx what shall you ask of me that ixll denyx that honour savxdx may upon asking givex violax nothing but thisx your true love for my masterx oliviax how with mine honour may i give him that which i have given to youx violax i will acquit youx oliviax wellx come again tomorrowx fare thee wellx a fiend like thee might bear my soul to hellx xxexitxxx enter sir toby and fabianx sir tobyx gentlemanx god save theex violax and youx sirx sir tobyx that defence thou hastx betake thee toxtx of what nature the wrongs are thou hast done himx i know notx but thy intercepterx full of despitex bloody as the hunterx attends thee at the orchard endx dismount thy tuckx be yare in thy preparationx for thy assailant is quickx skilfulx and deadlyx violax you mistakex sirx i am sure no man hath any quarrel to mex my remembrance is very free and clear from any image of offence done to any manx sir tobyx youxll find it otherwisex i assure youx thereforex if you hold your life at any pricex betake you to your guardx for your opposite hath in him what youthx strengthx skillx and wrathx can furnish man withalx violax i pray youx sirx what is hex sir tobyx he is knightx dubbed with unhatched rapierx and on carpet considerationx but he is a devil in private brawlx souls and bodies hath he divorced threex and his incensement at this moment is so implacable that satisfaction can be none but by pangs of death and sepulchrex hobx nob is his wordx givext or takextx violax i will return again into the house and desire some conduct of the ladyx i am no fighterx i have heard of some kind of men that put quarrels purposely on others to taste their valourx belike this is a man of that quirkx sir tobyx sirx nox his indignation derives itself out of a very competent injuryx thereforex get you on and give him his desirex back you shall not to the housex unless you undertake that with me which with as much safety you might answer himx therefore onx or strip your sword stark nakedx for meddle you mustx thatxs certainx or forswear to wear iron about youx violax this is as uncivil as strangex i beseech youx do me this courteous officex as to know of the knight what my offence to him isx it is something of my negligencex nothing of my purposex sir tobyx i will do sox signior fabianx stay you by this gentleman till my returnx xxexit sir tobyxxx violax pray youx sirx do you know of this matterx fabianx i know the knight is incensed against youx even to a mortal arbitrementx but nothing of the circumstance morex violax i beseech youx what manner of man is hex fabianx nothing of that wonderful promisex to read him by his formx as you are like to find him in the proof of his valourx he is indeedx sirx the most skilfulx bloodyx and fatal opposite that you could possibly have found in any part of illyriax will you walk towards himx i will make your peace with him if i canx violax i shall be much bound to you forxtx i am one that had rather go with sir priest than sir knightx i care not who knows so much of my mettlex xxexeuntxxx enter sir toby and sir andrewx sir tobyx whyx manx hexs a very devilx i have not seen such a firagox i had a pass with himx rapierx scabbardx and allx and he gives me the stuckxin with such a mortal motion that it is inevitablex and on the answerx he pays you as surely as your feet hits the ground they step onx they say he has been fencer to the sophyx sir andrewx pox onxtx ixll not meddle with himx sir tobyx ayx but he will not now be pacifiedx fabian can scarce hold him yonderx sir andrewx plague onxtx an i thought he had been valiantx and so cunning in fencex ixd have seen him damned ere ixd have challenged himx let him let the matter slipx and ixll give him my horsex grey capiletx sir tobyx ixll make the motionx stand herex make a good show onxtx this shall end without the perdition of soulsx xxasidexxx marryx ixll ride your horse as well as i ride youx enter fabian and violax xxto fabianxxx i have his horse to take up the quarrelx i have persuaded him the youthxs a devilx fabianx he is as horribly conceited of himx and pants and looks palex as if a bear were at his heelsx sir tobyx therexs no remedyx sirx he will fight with you forxs oath sakex marryx he hath better bethought him of his quarrelx and he finds that now scarce to be worth talking ofx thereforex draw for the supportance of his vowx he protests he will not hurt youx violax xxasidexxx pray god defend mex a little thing would make me tell them how much i lack of a manx fabianx give ground if you see him furiousx sir tobyx comex sir andrewx therexs no remedyx the gentleman will for his honourxs sake have one bout with youx he cannot by the duello avoid itx but he has promised mex as he is a gentleman and a soldierx he will not hurt youx come onx toxtx sir andrewx xxdrawsxxx pray god he keep his oathx enter antoniox violax xxdrawsxxx i do assure you xtis against my willx antoniox put up your swordx if this young gentleman have done offencex i take the fault on mex if you offend himx i for him defy youx sir tobyx youx sirx whyx what are youx antoniox xxdrawsxxx onex sirx that for his love dares yet do more than you have heard him brag to you he willx sir tobyx xxdrawsxxx nayx if you be an undertakerx i am for youx enter officersx fabianx o good sir tobyx holdx here come the officersx sir tobyx xxto antonioxxx ixll be with you anonx violax xxto sir andrewxxx prayx sirx put your sword upx if you pleasex sir andrewx marryx will ix sirx and for that i promised youx ixll be as good as my wordx he will bear you easilyx and reins wellx first officerx this is the manx do thy officex second officerx antoniox i arrest thee at the suit of count orsinox antoniox you do mistake mex sirx first officerx nox sirx no jotx i know your favour wellx though now you have no seaxcap on your headxx take him awayx he knows i know him wellx antoniox i must obeyx this comes with seeking youx but therexs no remedyx i shall answer itx what will you dox now my necessity makes me to ask you for my pursex it grieves me much more for what i cannot do for youx than what befalls myselfx you stand amazxdx but be of comfortx second officerx comex sirx awayx antoniox i must entreat of you some of that moneyx violax what moneyx sirx for the fair kindness you have showxd me herex and part being prompted by your present troublex out of my lean and low ability ixll lend you somethingx my having is not muchx ixll make division of my present with youx holdx therexs half my cofferx antoniox will you deny me nowx isxt possible that my deserts to you can lack persuasionx do not tempt my miseryx lest that it make me so unsound a man as to upbraid you with those kindnesses that i have done for youx violax i know of nonex nor know i you by voice or any featurex i hate ingratitude more in a man than lyingx vainnessx babblingx drunkennessx or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail bloodx antoniox o heavens themselvesx second officerx comex sirx i pray you gox antoniox let me speak a littlex this youth that you see here i snatchxd one half out of the jaws of deathx relievxd him with such sanctity of lovex and to his imagex which methought did promise most venerable worthx did i devotionx first officerx whatxs that to usx the time goes byx awayx antoniox but o how vile an idol proves this godx thou hastx sebastianx done good feature shamex in nature therexs no blemish but the mindx none can be callxd deformxd but the unkindx virtue is beautyx but the beauteous evil are empty trunksx oxerflourished by the devilx first officerx the man grows madx away with himx comex comex sirx antoniox lead me onx xxexeunt officers with antonioxxx violax methinks his words do from such passion fly that he believes himselfx so do not ix prove truex imaginationx o prove truex that ix dear brotherx be now taxen for youx sir tobyx come hitherx knightx come hitherx fabianx wexll whisper oxer a couplet or two of most sage sawsx violax he namxd sebastianx i my brother know yet living in my glassx even such and so in favour was my brotherx and he went still in this fashionx colourx ornamentx for him i imitatex o if it provex tempests are kindx and salt waves fresh in lovex xxexitxxx sir tobyx a very dishonest paltry boyx and more a coward than a harex his dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessityx and denying himx and for his cowardshipx ask fabianx fabianx a cowardx a most devout cowardx religious in itx sir andrewx xslidx ixll after him again and beat himx sir tobyx dox cuff him soundlyx but never draw thy swordx sir andrewx and i do notx xxexitxxx fabianx comex letxs see the eventx sir tobyx i dare lay any money xtwill be nothing yetx xxexeuntxxx act ivx scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex enter sebastian and clownx clownx will you make me believe that i am not sent for youx sebastianx go tox go tox thou art a foolish fellowx let me be clear of theex clownx well held outx ix faithx nox i do not know youx nor i am not sent to you by my ladyx to bid you come speak with herx nor your name is not master cesariox nor this is not my nose neitherx nothing that is sox is sox sebastianx i prithee vent thy folly somewhere elsex thou knowxst not mex clownx vent my follyx he has heard that word of some great manx and now applies it to a foolx vent my follyx i am afraid this great lubberx the worldx will prove a cockneyx i prithee nowx ungird thy strangenessx and tell me what i shall vent to my ladyx shall i vent to her that thou art comingx sebastianx i pritheex foolish greekx depart from mex therexs money for theex if you tarry longer i shall give worse paymentx clownx by my trothx thou hast an open handx these wise men that give fools money get themselves a good reportxafter fourteen yearsx purchasex enter sir andrewx sir toby and fabianx sir andrewx now sirx have i met you againx therexs for youx xxstriking sebastianxxx sebastianx whyx therexs for theex and therex and therex are all the people madx xxbeating sir andrewxxx sir tobyx holdx sirx or ixll throw your dagger oxer the housex clownx this will i tell my lady straightx i would not be in some of your coats for twopencex xxexit clownxxx sir tobyx come onx sirx holdx sir andrewx nayx let him alonex ixll go another way to work with himx ixll have an action of battery against himx if there be any law in illyriax though i struck him firstx yet itxs no matter for thatx sebastianx let go thy handx sir tobyx comex sirx i will not let you gox comex my young soldierx put up your ironx you are well fleshedx come onx sebastianx i will be free from theex what wouldst thou nowx if thou darxst tempt me furtherx draw thy swordx xxdrawsxxx sir tobyx whatx whatx nayx thenx i must have an ounce or two of this malapert blood from youx xxdrawsxxx enter oliviax oliviax holdx tobyx on thy life i charge thee holdx sir tobyx madamx oliviax will it be ever thusx ungracious wretchx fit for the mountains and the barbarous cavesx where manners nexer were preachxdx out of my sightx be not offendedx dear cesariox rudesbyx be gonex xxexeunt sir tobyx sir andrew and fabianxxx i pritheex gentle friendx let thy fair wisdomx not thy passionx sway in this uncivil and unjust extent against thy peacex go with me to my housex and hear thou there how many fruitless pranks this ruffian hath botchxd upx that thou thereby mayst smile at thisx thou shalt not choose but gox do not denyx beshrew his soul for mex he started one poor heart of minex in theex sebastianx what relish is in thisx how runs the streamx or i am madx or else this is a dreamx let fancy still my sense in lethe steepx if it be thus to dreamx still let me sleepx oliviax nayx comex i pritheex would thouxdst be ruled by mex sebastianx madamx i willx oliviax ox say sox and so bex xxexeuntxxx scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex enter maria and clownx mariax nayx i pritheex put on this gown and this beardx make him believe thou art sir topas the curatex do it quicklyx ixll call sir toby the whilstx xxexit mariaxxx clownx wellx ixll put it onx and i will dissemble myself inxtx and i would i were the first that ever dissembled in such a gownx i am not tall enough to become the function wellx nor lean enough to be thought a good studentx but to be saidx an honest man and a good housekeeper goes as fairly as to sayx a careful man and a great scholarx the competitors enterx enter sir toby and mariax sir tobyx jove bless theex master parsonx clownx xbonos diesxx sir tobyx for as the old hermit of praguex that never saw pen and inkx very wittily said to a niece of king gorboducx xthat that isx isxx so ix being master parsonx am master parsonx for what is xthatx but xthatxx and xisx but xisxx sir tobyx to himx sir topasx clownx what hox i sayx peace in this prisonx sir tobyx the knave counterfeits wellx a good knavex malvolio withinx malvoliox who calls therex clownx sir topas the curatex who comes to visit malvolio the lunaticx malvoliox sir topasx sir topasx good sir topasx go to my ladyx clownx outx hyperbolical fiendx how vexest thou this manx talkest thou nothing but of ladiesx sir tobyx well saidx master parsonx malvoliox sir topasx never was man thus wrongedx good sir topasx do not think i am madx they have laid me here in hideous darknessx clownx fiex thou dishonest satanx i call thee by the most modest termsx for i am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with courtesyx sayxst thou that house is darkx malvoliox as hellx sir topasx clownx whyx it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoesx and the clerestories toward the southxnorth are as lustrous as ebonyx and yet complainest thou of obstructionx malvoliox i am not madx sir topasx i say to you this house is darkx clownx madmanx thou errestx i say there is no darkness but ignorancex in which thou art more puzzled than the egyptians in their fogx malvoliox i say this house is as dark as ignorancex though ignorance were as dark as hellx and i say there was never man thus abusedx i am no more mad than you arex make the trial of it in any constant questionx clownx what is the opinion of pythagoras concerning wildfowlx malvoliox that the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a birdx clownx what thinkxst thou of his opinionx malvoliox i think nobly of the soulx and no way approve his opinionx clownx fare thee wellx remain thou still in darknessx thou shalt hold the opinion of pythagoras ere i will allow of thy witsx and fear to kill a woodcockx lest thou dispossess the soul of thy grandamx fare thee wellx malvoliox sir topasx sir topasx sir tobyx my most exquisite sir topasx clownx nayx i am for all watersx mariax thou mightst have done this without thy beard and gownx he sees thee notx sir tobyx to him in thine own voicex and bring me word how thou findxst himx i would we were well rid of this knaveryx if he may be conveniently deliveredx i would he werex for i am now so far in offence with my niece that i cannot pursue with any safety this sport to the upshotx come by and by to my chamberx xxexeunt sir toby and mariaxxx clownx xxsingingxxx xheyx robinx jolly robinx tell me how thy lady doesxx malvoliox foolx clownx xmy lady is unkindx perdyxx malvoliox foolx clownx xalasx why is she soxx malvoliox foolx i sayx clownx xshe loves anotherxx who callsx hax malvoliox good foolx as ever thou wilt deserve well at my handx help me to a candlex and penx inkx and paperx as i am a gentlemanx i will live to be thankful to thee forxtx clownx master malvoliox malvoliox ayx good foolx clownx alasx sirx how fell you besides your five witsx malvoliox foolx there was never man so notoriously abusedx i am as well in my witsx foolx as thou artx clownx but as wellx then you are mad indeedx if you be no better in your wits than a foolx malvoliox they have here propertied mex keep me in darknessx send ministers to mex assesx and do all they can to face me out of my witsx clownx advise you what you sayx the minister is herex xxas sir topasxx malvoliox malvoliox thy wits the heavens restorex endeavour thyself to sleepx and leave thy vain bibblexbabblex malvoliox sir topasx clownx xxas sir topasxx maintain no words with himx good fellowx xxas himselfxx whox ix sirx not ix sirx god buy youx good sir topasx xxas sir topasxx marryx amenx xxas himselfxx i will sirx i willx malvoliox foolx foolx foolx i sayx clownx alasx sirx be patientx what say youx sirx i am shent for speaking to youx malvoliox good foolx help me to some light and some paperx i tell thee i am as well in my wits as any man in illyriax clownx wellxaxday that you werex sirx malvoliox by this handx i amx good foolx some inkx paperx and lightx and convey what i will set down to my ladyx it shall advantage thee more than ever the bearing of letter didx clownx i will help you toxtx but tell me truex are you not mad indeedx or do you but counterfeitx malvoliox believe mex i am notx i tell thee truex clownx nayx ixll nexer believe a madman till i see his brainsx i will fetch you lightx and paperx and inkx malvoliox foolx ixll requite it in the highest degreex i prithee be gonex clownx xxsingingxxx xi am gonex sirx and anonx sirx ixll be with you againx in a tricex like to the old vicex your need to sustainx who with dagger of lathx in his rage and his wrathx cries xahx haxx to the devilx like a mad ladx xpare thy nailsx dadx adieux goodman devilxxx xxexitxxx scene iiix oliviaxs gardenx enter sebastianx sebastianx this is the airx that is the glorious sunx this pearl she gave mex i do feelxt and seextx and though xtis wonder that enwraps me thusx yet xtis not madnessx wherexs antoniox thenx i could not find him at the elephantx yet there he wasx and there i found this creditx that he did range the town to seek me outx his counsel now might do me golden servicex for though my soul disputes well with my sense that this may be some errorx but no madnessx yet doth this accident and flood of fortune so far exceed all instancex all discoursex that i am ready to distrust mine eyes and wrangle with my reason that persuades me to any other trust but that i am madx or else the ladyxs madx yet if xtwere sox she could not sway her housex command her followersx take and give back affairs and their dispatchx with such a smoothx discreetx and stable bearing as i perceive she doesx therexs something inxt that is deceivablex but here the lady comesx enter olivia and a priestx oliviax blame not this haste of minex if you mean wellx now go with me and with this holy man into the chantry byx therex before him and underneath that consecrated roofx plight me the full assurance of your faithx that my most jealous and too doubtful soul may live at peacex he shall conceal it whiles you are willing it shall come to notex what time we will our celebration keep according to my birthx what do you sayx sebastianx ixll follow this good manx and go with youx and having sworn truthx ever will be truex oliviax then lead the wayx good fatherx and heavens so shinex that they may fairly note this act of minex xxexeuntxxx act vx scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex enter clown and fabianx fabianx nowx as thou lovxst mex let me see his letterx clownx good master fabianx grant me another requestx fabianx anythingx clownx do not desire to see this letterx fabianx this is to give a dogx and in recompense desire my dog againx enter dukex violax curio and lordsx dukex belong you to the lady oliviax friendsx clownx ayx sirx we are some of her trappingsx dukex i know thee wellx how dost thoux my good fellowx clownx trulyx sirx the better for my foesx and the worse for my friendsx dukex just the contraryx the better for thy friendsx clownx nox sirx the worsex dukex how can that bex clownx marryx sirx they praise mex and make an ass of mex now my foes tell me plainly i am an assx so that by my foesx sirx i profit in the knowledge of myselfx and by my friends i am abusedx so thatx conclusions to be as kissesx if your four negatives make your two affirmativesx why thenx the worse for my friendsx and the better for my foesx dukex whyx this is excellentx clownx by my trothx sirx nox though it please you to be one of my friendsx dukex thou shalt not be the worse for mex therexs goldx clownx but that it would be doublexdealingx sirx i would you could make it anotherx dukex ox you give me ill counselx clownx put your grace in your pocketx sirx for this oncex and let your flesh and blood obey itx dukex wellx i will be so much a sinner to be a doublexdealerx therexs anotherx clownx xprimox secundox tertioxx is a good playx and the old saying isx the third pays for allx the triplexx sirx is a good tripping measurex or the bells of saint bennetx sirx may put you in mindxonex twox threex dukex you can fool no more money out of me at this throwx if you will let your lady know i am here to speak with herx and bring her along with youx it may awake my bounty furtherx clownx marryx sirx lullaby to your bounty till i come againx i gox sirx but i would not have you to think that my desire of having is the sin of covetousnessx but as you sayx sirx let your bounty take a napx i will awake it anonx xxexit clownxxx enter antonio and officersx violax here comes the manx sirx that did rescue mex dukex that face of his i do remember wellx yet when i saw it last it was besmearxd as black as vulcanx in the smoke of warx a baubling vessel was he captain ofx for shallow draught and bulk unprizablex with which such scathful grapple did he make with the most noble bottom of our fleetx that very envy and the tongue of loss cried fame and honour on himx whatxs the matterx first officerx orsinox this is that antonio that took the xphoenixx and her fraught from candyx and this is he that did the xtigerx board when your young nephew titus lost his legx here in the streetsx desperate of shame and statex in private brabble did we apprehend himx violax he did me kindnessx sirx drew on my sidex but in conclusionx put strange speech upon mex i know not what xtwasx but distractionx dukex notable piratex thou saltxwater thiefx what foolish boldness brought thee to their merciesx whom thoux in terms so bloody and so dearx hast made thine enemiesx antoniox orsinox noble sirx be pleased that i shake off these names you give mex antonio never yet was thief or piratex thoughx i confessx on base and ground enoughx orsinoxs enemyx a witchcraft drew me hitherx that most ingrateful boy there by your side from the rude seaxs enraged and foamy mouth did i redeemx a wreck past hope he wasx his life i gave himx and did thereto add my lovex without retention or restraintx all his in dedicationx for his sake did i expose myselfx pure for his lovex into the danger of this adverse townx drew to defend him when he was besetx where being apprehendedx his false cunning xnot meaning to partake with me in dangerx taught him to face me out of his acquaintancex and grew a twenty yearsx removed thing while one would winkx denied me mine own pursex which i had recommended to his use not half an hour beforex violax how can this bex dukex when came he to this townx antoniox todayx my lordx and for three months beforex no intxrimx not a minutexs vacancyx both day and night did we keep companyx enter olivia and attendantsx dukex here comes the countessx now heaven walks on earthx but for theex fellowx fellowx thy words are madnessx three months this youth hath tended upon mex but more of that anonx take him asidex oliviax what would my lordx but that he may not havex wherein olivia may seem serviceablex cesariox you do not keep promise with mex violax madamx dukex gracious oliviax oliviax what do you sayx cesariox good my lordx violax my lord would speakx my duty hushes mex oliviax if it be aught to the old tunex my lordx it is as fat and fulsome to mine ear as howling after musicx dukex still so cruelx oliviax still so constantx lordx dukex whatx to perversenessx you uncivil ladyx to whose ingrate and unauspicious altars my soul the faithfullxst offxrings hath breathed out that exer devotion tenderxdx what shall i dox oliviax even what it please my lord that shall become himx dukex why should i notx had i the heart to do itx like to the egyptian thief at point of deathx kill what i lovexxa savage jealousy that sometime savours noblyx but hear me thisx since you to nonxregardance cast my faithx and that i partly know the instrument that screws me from my true place in your favourx live you the marblexbreasted tyrant stillx but this your minionx whom i know you lovex and whomx by heaven i swearx i tender dearlyx him will i tear out of that cruel eye where he sits crowned in his masterxs spitexx comex boyx with mex my thoughts are ripe in mischiefx ixll sacrifice the lamb that i do lovex to spite a ravenxs heart within a dovex violax and ix most jocundx aptx and willinglyx to do you restx a thousand deaths would diex oliviax where goes cesariox violax after him i love more than i love these eyesx more than my lifex morex by all moresx than exer i shall love wifex if i do feignx you witnesses above punish my life for tainting of my lovex oliviax ah mex detestedx how am i beguilxdx violax who does beguile youx who does do you wrongx oliviax hast thou forgot thyselfx is it so longx call forth the holy fatherx xxexit an attendantxxx dukex xxto violaxxx comex awayx oliviax whitherx my lordx cesariox husbandx stayx dukex husbandx oliviax ayx husbandx can he that denyx dukex her husbandx sirrahx violax nox my lordx not ix oliviax alasx it is the baseness of thy fear that makes thee strangle thy proprietyx fear notx cesariox take thy fortunes upx be that thou knowxst thou artx and then thou art as great as that thou fearxstx enter priestx ox welcomex fatherx fatherx i charge theex by thy reverence here to unfoldxthough lately we intended to keep in darkness what occasion now reveals before xtis ripexwhat thou dost know hath newly passed between this youth and mex priestx a contract of eternal bond of lovex confirmed by mutual joinder of your handsx attested by the holy close of lipsx strengthenxd by interchangement of your ringsx and all the ceremony of this compact sealed in my functionx by my testimonyx since whenx my watch hath told mex toward my gravex i have travelled but two hoursx dukex o thou dissembling cubx what wilt thou be when time hath sowed a grizzle on thy casex or will not else thy craft so quickly grow that thine own trip shall be thine overthrowx farewellx and take herx but direct thy feet where thou and i henceforth may never meetx violax my lordx i do protestx oliviax ox do not swearx hold little faithx though thou has too much fearx enter sir andrewx sir andrewx for the love of godx a surgeonx send one presently to sir tobyx oliviax whatxs the matterx sir andrewx xhas broke my head acrossx and has given sir toby a bloody coxcomb toox for the love of godx your helpx i had rather than forty pound i were at homex oliviax who has done thisx sir andrewx sir andrewx the countxs gentlemanx one cesariox we took him for a cowardx but hexs the very devil incardinatex dukex my gentlemanx cesariox sir andrewx xodxs lifelingsx here he isxxyou broke my head for nothingx and that that i didx i was set on to doxt by sir tobyx violax why do you speak to mex i never hurt youx you drew your sword upon me without causex but i bespake you fair and hurt you notx enter sir tobyx drunkx led by the clownx sir andrewx if a bloody coxcomb be a hurtx you have hurt mex i think you set nothing by a bloody coxcombx here comes sir toby haltingx you shall hear morex but if he had not been in drinkx he would have tickled you othergates than he didx dukex how nowx gentlemanx how isxt with youx sir tobyx thatxs all onex xhas hurt mex and therexs thx end onxtx sotx didst see dick surgeonx sotx clownx ox hexs drunkx sir tobyx an hour agonex his eyes were set at eight ix thx morningx sir tobyx then hexs a roguex and a passy measures pavinx i hate a drunken roguex oliviax away with himx who hath made this havoc with themx sir andrewx ixll help youx sir tobyx because wexll be dressed togetherx sir tobyx will you helpx an assxheadx and a coxcombx and a knavex a thinxfaced knavex a gullx oliviax get him to bedx and let his hurt be looked tox xxexeunt clownx fabianx sir toby and sir andrewxxx enter sebastianx sebastianx i am sorryx madamx i have hurt your kinsmanx but had it been the brother of my bloodx i must have done no less with wit and safetyx you throw a strange regard upon mex and by that i do perceive it hath offended youx pardon mex sweet onex even for the vows we made each other but so late agox dukex one facex one voicex one habitx and two personsx a natural perspectivex that isx and is notx sebastianx antoniox o my dear antoniox how have the hours rackxd and torturxd me since i have lost theex antoniox sebastian are youx sebastianx fearxst thou thatx antoniox antoniox how have you made division of yourselfx an apple cleft in two is not more twin than these two creaturesx which is sebastianx oliviax most wonderfulx sebastianx do i stand therex i never had a brotherx nor can there be that deity in my nature of here and everywherex i had a sisterx whom the blind waves and surges have devouredx of charityx what kin are you to mex what countrymanx what namex what parentagex violax of messalinex sebastian was my fatherx such a sebastian was my brother toox so went he suited to his watery tombx if spirits can assume both form and suitx you come to fright usx sebastianx a spirit i am indeedx but am in that dimension grossly cladx which from the womb i did participatex were you a womanx as the rest goes evenx i should my tears let fall upon your cheekx and sayx xthrice welcomex drowned violaxx violax my father had a mole upon his browx sebastianx and so had minex violax and died that day when viola from her birth had numbered thirteen yearsx sebastianx ox that record is lively in my soulx he finished indeed his mortal act that day that made my sister thirteen yearsx violax if nothing lets to make us happy both but this my masculine usurpxd attirex do not embrace me till each circumstance of placex timex fortunex do cohere and jump that i am violax which to confirmx ixll bring you to a captain in this townx where lie my maiden weedsx by whose gentle help i was preservxd to serve this noble countx all the occurrence of my fortune since hath been between this lady and this lordx sebastianx xxto oliviaxxx so comes itx ladyx you have been mistookx but nature to her bias drew in thatx you would have been contracted to a maidx nor are you thereinx by my lifex deceivedx you are betrothxd both to a maid and manx dukex be not amazedx right noble is his bloodx if this be sox as yet the glass seems truex i shall have share in this most happy wreckx xxto violaxxx boyx thou hast said to me a thousand times thou never shouldst love woman like to mex violax and all those sayings will i overxswearx and all those swearings keep as true in soul as doth that orbed continent the fire that severs day from nightx dukex give me thy handx and let me see thee in thy womanxs weedsx violax the captain that did bring me first on shore hath my maidxs garmentsx hex upon some actionx is now in durancex at malvolioxs suitx a gentleman and follower of my ladyxsx oliviax he shall enlarge himx fetch malvolio hitherx and yetx alasx now i remember mex they sayx poor gentlemanx hexs much distractx enter clownx with a letter and fabianx a most extracting frenzy of mine own from my remembrance clearly banished hisx how does hex sirrahx clownx trulyx madamx he holds belzebub at the stavexs end as well as a man in his case may dox has here writ a letter to youx i should have given it you today morningx but as a madmanxs epistles are no gospelsx so it skills not much when they are deliveredx oliviax open xtx and read itx clownx look then to be well edifiedx when the fool delivers the madmanx xby the lordx madamxxx oliviax how nowx art thou madx clownx nox madamx i do but read madnessx an your ladyship will have it as it ought to bex you must allow xvoxxx oliviax pritheex read ix thy right witsx clownx so i dox madonnax but to read his right wits is to read thusx therefore perpendx my princessx and give earx oliviax xxto fabianxxx read it youx sirrahx fabianx xxreadsxxx xby the lordx madamx you wrong mex and the world shall know itx though you have put me into darkness and given your drunken cousin rule over mex yet have i the benefit of my senses as well as your ladyshipx i have your own letter that induced me to the semblance i put onx with the which i doubt not but to do myself much right or you much shamex think of me as you pleasex i leave my duty a little unthought ofx and speak out of my injuryx the madlyxused malvolioxx oliviax did he write thisx clownx ayx madamx dukex this savours not much of distractionx oliviax see him deliveredx fabianx bring him hitherx xxexit fabianxxx my lordx so please youx these things further thought onx to think me as well a sisterx as a wifex one day shall crown thx alliance onxtx so please youx here at my housex and at my proper costx dukex madamx i am most apt tx embrace your offerx xxto violaxxx your master quits youx and for your service done himx so much against the mettle of your sexx so far beneath your soft and tender breedingx and since you callxd me master for so longx here is my handx you shall from this time be you masterxs mistressx oliviax a sisterx you are shex enter fabian and malvoliox dukex is this the madmanx oliviax ayx my lordx this samex how nowx malvoliox malvoliox madamx you have done me wrongx notorious wrongx oliviax have ix malvoliox nox malvoliox ladyx you havex pray you peruse that letterx you must not now deny it is your handx write from itx if you canx in handx or phrasex or say xtis not your sealx not your inventionx you can say none of thisx wellx grant it thenx and tell mex in the modesty of honourx why you have given me such clear lights of favourx bade me come smiling and crossxgarterxd to youx to put on yellow stockingsx and to frown upon sir tobyx and the lighter peoplex and acting this in an obedient hopex why have you sufferxd me to be imprisonxdx kept in a dark housex visited by the priestx and made the most notorious geck and gull that exer invention played onx tell me whyx oliviax alasx malvoliox this is not my writingx though i confessx much like the characterx but out of questionx xtis mariaxs handx and now i do bethink mex it was she first told me thou wast madx then camxst in smilingx and in such forms which here were presupposxd upon thee in the letterx pritheex be contentx this practice hath most shrewdly passxd upon theex but when we know the grounds and authors of itx thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own causex fabianx good madamx hear me speakx and let no quarrelx nor no brawl to comex taint the condition of this present hourx which i have wonderxd atx in hope it shall notx most freely i confessx myself and toby set this device against malvolio herex upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts we had conceivxd against himx maria writ the letterx at sir tobyxs great importancex in recompense whereof he hath married herx how with a sportful malice it was followxd may rather pluck on laughter than revengex if that the injuries be justly weighxd that have on both sides passedx oliviax alasx poor foolx how have they baffled theex clownx whyx xsome are born greatx some achieve greatnessx and some have greatness thrown upon themxx i was onex sirx in this interludex one sir topasx sirx but thatxs all onex xby the lordx foolx i am not madxx but do you rememberx xmadamx why laugh you at such a barren rascalx and you smile notx hexs gaggedxx and thus the whirligig of time brings in his revengesx malvoliox ixll be revenged on the whole pack of youx xxexitxxx oliviax he hath been most notoriously abusxdx dukex pursue himx and entreat him to a peacex he hath not told us of the captain yetx when that is knownx and golden time conventsx a solemn combination shall be made of our dear soulsxxmeantimex sweet sisterx we will not part from hencexxcesariox comex for so you shall be while you are a manx but when in other habits you are seenx orsinoxs mistressx and his fancyxs queenx xxexeuntxxx clown singsx x when that i was and a little tiny boyx with heyx hox the wind and the rainx a foolish thing was but a toyx for the rain it raineth every dayxx x but when i came to manxs estatex with heyx hox the wind and the rainx xgainst knaves and thieves men shut their gatex for the rain it raineth every dayxx x but when i camex alasx to wivex with heyx hox the wind and the rainx by swaggering could i never thrivex for the rain it raineth every dayxx x but when i came unto my bedsx with heyx hox the wind and the rainx with tossxpots still had drunken headsx for the rain it raineth every dayxx x a great while ago the world begunx with heyx hox the wind and the rainx but thatxs all onex our play is donex and wexll strive to please you every dayxx xxexitxxx the two gentlemen of verona dramatis personae duke of milanx father to silvia valentinex one of the two gentlemen proteusx x x x x x antoniox father to proteus thuriox a foolish rival to valentine eglamourx agent for silvia in her escape speedx a clownish servant to valentine launcex the like to proteus panthinox servant to antonio hostx where julia lodges in milan outlawsx with valentine juliax a lady of veronax beloved of proteus silviax the dukexs daughterx beloved of valentine lucettax waitingxwoman to julia servants musicians scenex veronax milanx the frontiers of mantua act ix scene ix veronax an open place enter valentine and proteus valentinex cease to persuadex my loving proteusx homexkeeping youth have ever homely witsx werext not affection chains thy tender days to the sweet glances of thy honourxd lovex i rather would entreat thy company to see the wonders of the world abroadx thanx living dully sluggardizxd at homex wear out thy youth with shapeless idlenessx but since thou lovxstx love stillx and thrive thereinx even as i wouldx when i to love beginx proteusx wilt thou be gonex sweet valentinex adieux think on thy proteusx when thou haply seest some rare noteworthy object in thy travelx wish me partaker in thy happiness when thou dost meet good hapx and in thy dangerx if ever danger do environ theex commend thy grievance to my holy prayersx for i will be thy headsmanx valentinex valentinex and on a lovexbook pray for my successx proteusx upon some book i love ixll pray for theex valentinex thatxs on some shallow story of deep lovex how young leander crossxd the hellespontx proteusx thatxs a deep story of a deeper lovex for he was more than over shoes in lovex valentinex xtis truex for you are over boots in lovex and yet you never swum the hellespontx proteusx over the bootsx nayx give me not the bootsx valentinex nox i will notx for it boots thee notx proteusx whatx valentinex to be in lovex where scorn is bought with groansx coy looks with heartxsore sighsx one fading momentxs mirth with twenty watchfulx wearyx tedious nightsx if haply wonx perhaps a hapless gainx if lostx why then a grievous labour wonx howeverx but a folly bought with witx or else a wit by folly vanquishedx proteusx sox by your circumstancex you call me foolx valentinex sox by your circumstancex i fear youxll provex proteusx xtis love you cavil atx i am not lovex valentinex love is your masterx for he masters youx and he that is so yoked by a foolx methinksx should not be chronicled for wisex proteusx yet writers sayx as in the sweetest bud the eating canker dwellsx so eating love inhabits in the finest wits of allx valentinex and writers sayx as the most forward bud is eaten by the canker ere it blowx even so by love the young and tender wit is turnxd to follyx blasting in the budx losing his verdure even in the primex and all the fair effects of future hopesx but wherefore waste i time to counsel the that art a votary to fond desirex once more adieux my father at the road expects my comingx there to see me shippxdx proteusx and thither will i bring theex valentinex valentinex sweet proteusx nox now let us take our leavex to milan let me hear from thee by letters of thy success in lovex and what news else betideth here in absence of thy friendx and i likewise will visit thee with minex proteusx all happiness bechance to thee in milanx valentinex as much to you at homex and so farewellx exit valentine proteusx he after honour huntsx i after lovex he leaves his friends to dignify them morex i leave myselfx my friendsx and all for lovex thoux juliax thou hast metamorphisxd mex made me neglect my studiesx lose my timex war with good counselx set the world at noughtx made wit with musing weakx heart sick with thoughtx enter speed speedx sir proteusx save youx saw you my masterx proteusx but now he parted hence to embark for milanx speedx twenty to one then he is shippxd alreadyx and i have playxd the sheep in losing himx proteusx indeed a sheep doth very often strayx an if the shepherd be awhile awayx speedx you conclude that my master is a shepherd thenx and i a sheepx proteusx i dox speedx why thenx my horns are his hornsx whether i wake or sleepx proteusx a silly answerx and fitting well a sheepx speedx this proves me still a sheepx proteusx truex and thy master a shepherdx speedx nayx that i can deny by a circumstancex proteusx it shall go hard but ixll prove it by anotherx speedx the shepherd seeks the sheepx and not the sheep the shepherdx but i seek my masterx and my master seeks not mex thereforex i am no sheepx proteusx the sheep for fodder follow the shepherdx the shepherd for food follows not the sheepx thou for wages followest thy masterx thy master for wages follows not theex thereforex thou art a sheepx speedx such another proof will make me cry xbaaxx proteusx but dost thou hearx gavxst thou my letter to juliax speedx ayx sirx ix a lost muttonx gave your letter to herx a lacxd muttonx and shex a lacxd muttonx gave mex a lost muttonx nothing for my labourx proteusx herexs too small a pasture for such store of muttonsx speedx if the ground be overchargxdx you were best stick herx proteusx nayx in that you are astrayx xtwere best pound youx speedx nayx sirx less than a pound shall serve me for carrying your letterx proteusx you mistakex i mean the poundx a pinfoldx speedx from a pound to a pinx fold it over and overx xtis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your loverx proteusx but what said shex speedx xnoddingx ayx proteusx nodx ayx whyx thatxs xnoddyxx speedx you mistookx sirx i say she did nodx and you ask me if she did nodx and i say xayxx proteusx and that set together is xnoddyxx speedx now you have taken the pains to set it togetherx take it for your painsx proteusx nox nox you shall have it for bearing the letterx speedx wellx i perceive i must be fain to bear with youx proteusx whyx sirx how do you bear with mex speedx marryx sirx the letterx very orderlyx having nothing but the word xnoddyx for my painsx proteusx beshrew mex but you have a quick witx speedx and yet it cannot overtake your slow pursex proteusx comex comex open the matterx in briefx what said shex speedx open your pursex that the money and the matter may be both at once deliveredx proteusx wellx sirx here is for your painsx what said shex speedx trulyx sirx i think youxll hardly win herx proteusx whyx couldst thou perceive so much from herx speedx sirx i could perceive nothing at all from herx nox not so much as a ducat for delivering your letterx and being so hard to me that brought your mindx i fear shexll prove as hard to you in telling your mindx give her no token but stonesx for shexs as hard as steelx proteusx what said shex nothingx speedx nox not so much as xtake this for thy painsxx to testify your bountyx i thank youx you have testernxd mex in requital whereofx henceforth carry your letters yourselfx and sox sirx ixll commend you to my masterx proteusx gox gox be gonex to save your ship from wreckx which cannot perishx having thee aboardx being destinxd to a drier death on shorex exit speed i must go send some better messengerx i fear my julia would not deign my linesx receiving them from such a worthless postx exit scene iix veronax the garden of juliaxs house enter julia and lucetta juliax but sayx lucettax now we are alonex wouldst thou then counsel me to fall in lovex lucettax ayx madamx so you stumble not unheedfullyx juliax of all the fair resort of gentlemen that every day with parle encounter mex in thy opinion which is worthiest lovex lucettax please youx repeat their namesx ixll show my mind according to my shallow simple skillx juliax what thinkxst thou of the fair sir eglamourx lucettax as of a knight wellxspokenx neatx and finex butx were i youx he never should be minex juliax what thinkxst thou of the rich mercatiox lucettax well of his wealthx but of himselfx so sox juliax what thinkxst thou of the gentle proteusx lucettax lordx lordx to see what folly reigns in usx juliax how nowx what means this passion at his namex lucettax pardonx dear madamx xtis a passing shame that ix unworthy body as i amx should censure thus on lovely gentlemenx juliax why not on proteusx as of all the restx lucettax then thusx of many good i think him bestx juliax your reasonx lucettax i have no other but a womanxs reasonx i think him sox because i think him sox juliax and wouldst thou have me cast my love on himx lucettax ayx if you thought your love not cast awayx juliax whyx hex of all the restx hath never movxd mex lucettax yet hex of all the restx i thinkx best loves yex juliax his little speaking shows his love but smallx lucettax fire thatxs closest kept burns most of allx juliax they do not love that do not show their lovex lucettax ox they love least that let men know their lovex juliax i would i knew his mindx lucettax peruse this paperx madamx juliax xto juliaxx sayx from whomx lucettax that the contents will showx juliax sayx sayx who gave it theex lucettax sir valentinexs pagex and sentx i thinkx from proteusx he would have given it youx but ix being in the wayx did in your name receive itx pardon the faultx i prayx juliax nowx by my modestyx a goodly brokerx dare you presume to harbour wanton linesx to whisper and conspire against my youthx nowx trust mex xtis an office of great worthx and you an officer fit for the placex therex take the paperx see it be returnxdx or else return no more into my sightx lucettax to plead for love deserves more fee than hatex juliax will ye be gonex lucettax that you may ruminatex exit juliax and yetx i would i had oxerlookxd the letterx it were a shame to call her back againx and pray her to a fault for which i chid herx what fool is shex that knows i am a maid and would not force the letter to my viewx since maidsx in modestyx say xnox to that which they would have the profferer construe xayxx fiex fiex how wayward is this foolish lovex that like a testy babe will scratch the nursex and presentlyx all humbledx kiss the rodx how churlishly i chid lucetta hencex when willingly i would have had her herex how angerly i taught my brow to frownx when inward joy enforcxd my heart to smilex my penance is to call lucetta back and ask remission for my folly pastx what hox lucettax rexenter lucetta lucettax what would your ladyshipx juliax isxt near dinner timex lucettax i would it werex that you might kill your stomach on your meat and not upon your maidx juliax what isxt that you took up so gingerlyx lucettax nothingx juliax why didst thou stoop thenx lucettax to take a paper up that i let fallx juliax and is that paper nothingx lucettax nothing concerning mex juliax then let it lie for those that it concernsx lucettax madamx it will not lie where it concernsx unless it have a false interpreterx juliax some love of yours hath writ to you in rhymex lucettax that i might sing itx madamx to a tunex give me a notex your ladyship can setx juliax as little by such toys as may be possiblex best sing it to the tune of xlight ox lovexx lucettax it is too heavy for so light a tunex juliax heavyx belike it hath some burden thenx lucettax ayx and melodious were itx would you sing itx juliax and why not youx lucettax i cannot reach so highx juliax letxs see your songx xlucetta withholds the letterx how nowx minionx lucettax keep tune there stillx so you will sing it outx and yet methinks i do not like this tunex juliax you do notx lucettax nox madamx xtis too sharpx juliax youx minionx are too saucyx lucettax nayx now you are too flat and mar the concord with too harsh a descantx there wanteth but a mean to fill your songx juliax the mean is drownxd with your unruly bassx lucettax indeedx i bid the base for proteusx juliax this babble shall not henceforth trouble mex here is a coil with protestationx xtears the letterx gox get you gonex and let the papers liex you would be fingxring themx to anger mex lucettax she makes it strangex but she would be best pleasxd to be so angxred with another letterx exit juliax nayx would i were so angxred with the samex o hateful handsx to tear such loving wordsx injurious waspsx to feed on such sweet honey and kill the bees that yield it with your stingsx ixll kiss each several paper for amendsx lookx here is writ xkind juliaxx unkind juliax as in revenge of thy ingratitudex i throw thy name against the bruising stonesx trampling contemptuously on thy disdainx and here is writ xlovexwounded proteusxx poor wounded namex my bosomxxas a bedx shall lodge thee till thy wound be throughly healxdx and thus i search it with a sovereign kissx but twice or thrice was xproteusx written downx be calmx good windx blow not a word away till i have found each letter in the letterx except mine own namex that some whirlwind bear unto a raggedx fearfulx hanging rockx and throw it thence into the raging seax lox here in one line is his name twice writx xpoor forlorn proteusx passionate proteusx to the sweet juliaxx that ixll tear awayx and yet i will notx sith so prettily he couples it to his complaining namesx thus will i fold them one upon anotherx now kissx embracex contendx do what you willx rexenter lucetta lucettax madamx dinner is readyx and your father staysx juliax wellx let us gox lucettax whatx shall these papers lie like tellxtales herex juliax if you respect themx best to take them upx lucettax nayx i was taken up for laying them downx yet here they shall not lie for catching coldx juliax i see you have a monthxs mind to themx lucettax ayx madamx you may say what sights you seex i see things toox although you judge i winkx juliax comex comex willxt please you gox exeunt scene iiix veronax antonioxs house enter antonio and panthino antoniox tell mex panthinox what sad talk was that wherewith my brother held you in the cloisterx panthinox xtwas of his nephew proteusx your sonx antoniox whyx what of himx panthinox he wondxred that your lordship would suffer him to spend his youth at homex while other menx of slender reputationx put forth their sons to seek preferment outx some to the warsx to try their fortune therex some to discover islands far awayx some to the studious universitiesx for anyx or for all these exercisesx he said that proteusx your sonx was meetx and did request me to importune you to let him spend his time no more at homex which would be great impeachment to his agex in having known no travel in his youthx antoniox nor needxst thou much importune me to that whereon this month i have been hammeringx i have considerxd well his loss of timex and how he cannot be a perfect manx not being tried and tutorxd in the worldx experience is by industry achievxdx and perfected by the swift course of timex then tell me whither were i best to send himx panthinox i think your lordship is not ignorant how his companionx youthful valentinex attends the emperor in his royal courtx antoniox i know it wellx panthinox xtwere goodx i thinkx your lordship sent him thitherx there shall he practise tilts and tournamentsx hear sweet discoursex converse with noblemenx and be in eye of every exercise worthy his youth and nobleness of birthx antoniox i like thy counselx well hast thou advisxdx and that thou mayst perceive how well i like itx the execution of it shall make knownx even with the speediest expedition i will dispatch him to the emperorxs courtx panthinox toxmorrowx may it please youx don alphonso with other gentlemen of good esteem are journeying to salute the emperorx and to commend their service to his willx antoniox good companyx with them shall proteus gox enter proteus andx in good timexx now will we break with himx proteusx sweet lovex sweet linesx sweet lifex here is her handx the agent of her heartx here is her oath for lovex her honourxs pawnx o that our fathers would applaud our lovesx to seal our happiness with their consentsx o heavenly juliax antoniox how nowx what letter are you reading therex proteusx mayxt please your lordshipx xtis a word or two of commendations sent from valentinex deliverxd by a friend that came from himx antoniox lend me the letterx let me see what newsx proteusx there is no newsx my lordx but that he writes how happily he livesx how wellxbelovxd and daily graced by the emperorx wishing me with himx partner of his fortunex antoniox and how stand you affected to his wishx proteusx as one relying on your lordshipxs willx and not depending on his friendly wishx antoniox my will is something sorted with his wishx muse not that i thus suddenly proceedx for what i willx i willx and there an endx i am resolvxd that thou shalt spend some time with valentinus in the emperorxs courtx what maintenance he from his friends receivesx like exhibition thou shalt have from mex toxmorrow be in readiness to gox excuse it notx for i am peremptoryx proteusx my lordx i cannot be so soon providedx please youx deliberate a day or twox antoniox look what thou wantxst shall be sent after theex no more of stayx toxmorrow thou must gox come onx panthinox you shall be employxd to hasten on his expeditionx exeunt antonio and panthino proteusx thus have i shunnxd the fire for fear of burningx and drenchxd me in the seax where i am drownxdx i fearxd to show my father juliaxs letterx lest he should take exceptions to my lovex and with the vantage of mine own excuse hath he excepted most against my lovex ox how this spring of love resembleth the uncertain glory of an april dayx which now shows all the beauty of the sunx and by an by a cloud takes all awayx rexenter panthino panthinox sir proteusx your father calls for youx he is in hastex thereforex i pray youx gox proteusx whyx this it isx my heart accords theretox and yet a thousand times it answers xnoxx exeunt act iix scene ix milanx the dukexs palace enter valentine and speed speedx sirx your glovex valentinex not minex my gloves are onx speedx whyx thenx this may be yoursx for this is but onex valentinex hax let me seex ayx give it mex itxs minex sweet ornament that decks a thing divinex ahx silviax silviax speedx xcallingx madam silviax madam silviax valentinex how nowx sirrahx speedx she is not within hearingx sirx valentinex whyx sirx who bade you call herx speedx your worshipx sirx or else i mistookx valentinex wellx youxll still be too forwardx speedx and yet i was last chidden for being too slowx valentinex go tox sirx tell mex do you know madam silviax speedx she that your worship lovesx valentinex whyx how know you that i am in lovex speedx marryx by these special marksx firstx you have learnxdx like sir proteusx to wreath your arms like a malcontentx to relish a lovexsongx like a robin redbreastx to walk alonex like one that had the pestilencex to sighx like a schoolxboy that had lost his a b cx to weepx like a young wench that had buried her grandamx to fastx like one that takes dietx to watchx like one that fears robbingx to speak pulingx like a beggar at hallowmasx you were wontx when you laughedx to crow like a cockx when you walkxdx to walk like one of the lionsx when you fastedx it was presently after dinnerx when you lookxd sadlyx it was for want of moneyx and now you are metamorphisxd with a mistressx thatx when i look on youx i can hardly think you my masterx valentinex are all these things perceivxd in mex speedx they are all perceivxd without yex valentinex without mex they cannotx speedx without youx nayx thatxs certainx forx without you were so simplex none else wouldx but you are so without these follies that these follies are within youx and shine through you like the water in an urinalx that not an eye that sees you but is a physician to comment on your maladyx valentinex but tell mex dost thou know my lady silviax speedx she that you gaze on sox as she sits at supperx valentinex hast thou observxd thatx even shex i meanx speedx whyx sirx i know her notx valentinex dost thou know her by my gazing on herx and yet knowxst her notx speedx is she not hardxfavourxdx sirx valentinex not so fairx boyx as wellxfavourxdx speedx sirx i know that well enoughx valentinex what dost thou knowx speedx that she is not so fair asx of youx wellxfavourxdx valentinex i mean that her beauty is exquisitex but her favour infinitex speedx thatxs because the one is paintedx and the other out of all countx valentinex how paintedx and how out of countx speedx marryx sirx so paintedx to make her fairx that no man counts of her beautyx valentinex how esteemxst thou mex i account of her beautyx speedx you never saw her since she was deformxdx valentinex how long hath she been deformxdx speedx ever since you lovxd herx valentinex i have lovxd her ever since i saw herx and still i see her beautifulx speedx if you love herx you cannot see herx valentinex whyx speedx because love is blindx o that you had mine eyesx or your own eyes had the lights they were wont to have when you chid at sir proteus for going ungarterxdx valentinex what should i see thenx speedx your own present folly and her passing deformityx for hex being in lovex could not see to garter his hosex and youx being in lovex cannot see to put on your hosex valentinex belikex boyx then you are in lovex for last morning you could not see to wipe my shoesx speedx truex sirx i was in love with my bedx i thank youx you swingxd me for my lovex which makes me the bolder to chide you for yoursx valentinex in conclusionx i stand affected to herx speedx i would you were setx so your affection would ceasex valentinex last night she enjoinxd me to write some lines to one she lovesx speedx and have youx valentinex i havex speedx are they not lamely writx valentinex nox boyx but as well as i can do themx enter silvia peacex here she comesx speedx xasidex o excellent motionx o exceeding puppetx now will he interpret to herx valentinex madam and mistressx a thousand good morrowsx speedx xasidex ox give ye good evxnx herexs a million of mannersx silviax sir valentine and servantx to you two thousandx speedx xasidex he should give her interestx and she gives it himx valentinex as you enjoinxd mex i have writ your letter unto the secret nameless friend of yoursx which i was much unwilling to proceed inx but for my duty to your ladyshipx silviax i thank youx gentle servantx xtis very clerkly donex valentinex now trust mex madamx it came hardly offx forx being ignorant to whom it goesx i writ at randomx very doubtfullyx silviax perchance you think too much of so much painsx valentinex nox madamx so it stead youx i will writex please you commandx a thousand times as muchx and yetx silviax a pretty periodx wellx i guess the sequelx and yet i will not name itx and yet i care notx and yet take this againx and yet i thank youx meaning henceforth to trouble you no morex speedx xasidex and yet you willx and yet anotherx yetxx valentinex what means your ladyshipx do you not like itx silviax yesx yesx the lines are very quaintly writx butx since unwillinglyx take them againx nayx take themx xgives hack the letterx valentinex madamx they are for youx silviax ayx ayx you writ themx sirx at my requestx but i will none of themx they are for youx i would have had them writ more movinglyx valentinex please youx ixll write your ladyship anotherx silviax and when itxs writx for my sake read it overx and if it please youx sox if notx whyx sox valentinex if it please mex madamx what thenx silviax whyx if it please youx take it for your labourx and so good morrowx servantx exit silvia speedx o jest unseenx inscrutablex invisiblex as a nose on a manxs facex or a weathercock on a steeplex my master sues to herx and she hath taught her suitorx he being her pupilx to become her tutorx o excellent devicex was there ever heard a betterx that my masterx being scribex to himself should write the letterx valentinex how nowx sirx what are you reasoning with yourselfx speedx nayx i was rhymingx xtis you that have the reasonx valentinex to do whatx speedx to be a spokesman from madam silviax valentinex to whomx speedx to yourselfx whyx she woos you by a figurex valentinex what figurex speedx by a letterx i should sayx valentinex whyx she hath not writ to mex speedx what need shex when she hath made you write to yourselfx whyx do you not perceive the jestx valentinex nox believe mex speedx no believing you indeedx sirx but did you perceive her earnestx valentinex she gave me none except an angry wordx speedx whyx she hath given you a letterx valentinex thatxs the letter i writ to her friendx speedx and that letter hath she deliverxdx and there an endx valentinex i would it were no worsex speedx ixll warrant you xtis as wellx xfor often have you writ to herx and shex in modestyx or else for want of idle timex could not again replyx or fearing else some messenger that might her mind discoverx herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her loverxx all this i speak in printx for in print i found itx why muse youx sirx xtis dinner timex valentinex i have dinxdx speedx ayx but hearkenx sirx though the chameleon love can feed on the airx i am one that am nourishxd by my victualsx and would fain have meatx ox be not like your mistressx be movedx be movedx exeunt scene iix veronax juliaxs house enter proteus and julia proteusx have patiencex gentle juliax juliax i mustx where is no remedyx proteusx when possibly i canx i will returnx juliax if you turn notx you will return the soonerx keep this remembrance for thy juliaxs sakex xgiving a ringx proteusx whyx thenx wexll make exchangex herex take you thisx juliax and seal the bargain with a holy kissx proteusx here is my hand for my true constancyx and when that hour oxerslips me in the day wherein i sigh notx juliax for thy sakex the next ensuing hour some foul mischance torment me for my lovexs forgetfulnessx my father stays my comingx answer notx the tide is nowx nayx not thy tide of tearsx that tide will stay me longer than i shouldx juliax farewellx exit julia whatx gone without a wordx ayx so true love should dox it cannot speakx for truth hath better deeds than words to grace itx enter panthino panthinox sir proteusx you are stayxd forx proteusx gox i comex i comex alasx this parting strikes poor lovers dumbx exeunt scene iiix veronax a street enter launcex leading a dog launcex nayx xtwill be this hour ere i have done weepingx all the kind of the launces have this very faultx i have receivxd my proportionx like the prodigious sonx and am going with sir proteus to the imperialxs courtx i think crab my dog be the sourestxnatured dog that livesx my mother weepingx my father wailingx my sister cryingx our maid howlingx our cat wringing her handsx and all our house in a great perplexityx yet did not this cruelxhearted cur shed one tearx he is a stonex a very pebble stonex and has no more pity in him than a dogx a jew would have wept to have seen our partingx whyx my grandam having no eyesx look youx wept herself blind at my partingx nayx ixll show you the manner of itx this shoe is my fatherx nox this left shoe is my fatherx nox nox left shoe is my motherx nayx that cannot be so neitherx yesx it is sox it is sox it hath the worser solex this shoe with the hole in it is my motherx and this my fatherx a vengeance on xtx there xtisx nowx sirx this staff is my sisterx forx look youx she is as white as a lily and as small as a wandx this hat is nan our maidx i am the dogx nox the dog is himselfx and i am the dogx ox the dog is mex and i am myselfx ayx sox sox now come i to my fatherx xfatherx your blessingxx now should not the shoe speak a word for weepingx now should i kiss my fatherx wellx he weeps onx now come i to my motherx o that she could speak now like a wood womanx wellx i kiss herx why there xtisx herexs my motherxs breath up and downx now come i to my sisterx mark the moan she makesx now the dog all this while sheds not a tearx nor speaks a wordx but see how i lay the dust with my tearsx enter panthino panthinox launcex awayx awayx aboardx thy master is shippxdx and thou art to post after with oarsx whatxs the matterx why weepxst thoux manx awayx assx youxll lose the tide if you tarry any longerx launcex it is no matter if the tied were lostx for it is the unkindest tied that ever any man tiedx panthinox whatxs the unkindest tidex launcex whyx he thatxs tied herex crabx my dogx panthinox tutx manx i mean thouxlt lose the floodx andx in losing the floodx lose thy voyagex andx in losing thy voyagex lose thy masterx andx in losing thy masterx lose thy servicex andx in losing thy servicex why dost thou stop my mouthx launcex for fear thou shouldst lose thy tonguex panthinox where should i lose my tonguex launcex in thy talex panthinox in thy tailx launcex lose the tidex and the voyagex and the masterx and the servicex and the tiedx whyx manx if the river were dryx i am able to fill it with my tearsx if the wind were downx i could drive the boat with my sighsx panthinox comex come awayx manx i was sent to call theex launcex sirx call me what thou darxstx panthinox will thou gox launcex wellx i will gox exeunt scene ivx milanx the dukexs palace enter silviax valentinex thuriox and speed silviax servantx valentinex mistressx speedx masterx sir thurio frowns on youx valentinex ayx boyx itxs for lovex speedx not of youx valentinex of my mistressx thenx speedx xtwere good you knockxd himx exit silviax servantx you are sadx valentinex indeedx madamx i seem sox thuriox seem you that you are notx valentinex haply i dox thuriox so do counterfeitsx valentinex so do youx thuriox what seem i that i am notx valentinex wisex thuriox what instance of the contraryx valentinex your follyx thuriox and how quote you my follyx valentinex i quote it in your jerkinx thuriox my jerkin is a doubletx valentinex wellx thenx ixll double your follyx thuriox howx silviax whatx angryx sir thuriox do you change colourx valentinex give him leavex madamx he is a kind of chameleonx thuriox that hath more mind to feed on your blood than live in your airx valentinex you have saidx sirx thuriox ayx sirx and done toox for this timex valentinex i know it wellx sirx you always end ere you beginx silviax a fine volley of wordsx gentlemenx and quickly shot offx valentinex xtis indeedx madamx we thank the giverx silviax who is thatx servantx valentinex yourselfx sweet ladyx for you gave the firex sir thurio borrows his wit from your ladyshipxs looksx and spends what he borrows kindly in your companyx thuriox sirx if you spend word for word with mex i shall make your wit bankruptx valentinex i know it wellx sirx you have an exchequer of wordsx andx i thinkx no other treasure to give your followersx for it appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare wordsx enter duke silviax no morex gentlemenx no morex here comes my fatherx dukex nowx daughter silviax you are hard besetx sir valentinex your father is in good healthx what say you to a letter from your friends of much good newsx valentinex my lordx i will be thankful to any happy messenger from thencex dukex know ye don antoniox your countrymanx valentinex ayx my good lordx i know the gentleman to be of worth and worthy estimationx and not without desert so well reputedx dukex hath he not a sonx valentinex ayx my good lordx a son that well deserves the honour and regard of such a fatherx dukex you know him wellx valentinex i knew him as myselfx for from our infancy we have conversxd and spent our hours togetherx and though myself have been an idle truantx omitting the sweet benefit of time to clothe mine age with angelxlike perfectionx yet hath sir proteusx for thatxs his namex made use and fair advantage of his daysx his years but youngx but his experience oldx his head unmellowedx but his judgment ripex andx in a wordx for far behind his worth comes all the praises that i now bestowx he is complete in feature and in mindx with all good grace to grace a gentlemanx dukex beshrew mex sirx but if he make this goodx he is as worthy for an empressx love as meet to be an emperorxs counsellorx wellx sirx this gentleman is come to me with commendation from great potentatesx and here he means to spend his time awhilex i think xtis no unwelcome news to youx valentinex should i have wishxd a thingx it had been hex dukex welcome himx thenx according to his worthx silviax i speak to youx and youx sir thuriox for valentinex i need not cite him to itx i will send him hither to you presentlyx exit duke valentinex this is the gentleman i told your ladyship had come along with me but that his mistresss did hold his eyes lockxd in her crystal looksx silviax belike that now she hath enfranchisxd them upon some other pawn for fealtyx valentinex nayx surex i think she holds them prisoners stillx silviax nayx thenx he should be blindx andx being blindx how could he see his way to seek out youx valentinex whyx ladyx love hath twenty pair of eyesx thuriox they say that love hath not an eye at allx valentinex to see such loversx thuriox as yourselfx upon a homely object love can winkx exit thurio enter proteus silviax have donex have donex here comes the gentlemanx valentinex welcomex dear proteusx mistressx i beseech you confirm his welcome with some special favourx silviax his worth is warrant for his welcome hitherx if this be he you oft have wishxd to hear fromx valentinex mistressx it isx sweet ladyx entertain him to be my fellowxservant to your ladyshipx silviax too low a mistress for so high a servantx proteusx not sox sweet ladyx but too mean a servant to have a look of such a worthy mistressx valentinex leave off discourse of disabilityx sweet ladyx entertain him for your servantx proteusx my duty will i boast ofx nothing elsex silviax and duty never yet did want his meedx servantx you are welcome to a worthless mistressx proteusx ixll die on him that says so but yourselfx silviax that you are welcomex proteusx that you are worthlessx rexenter thurio thuriox madamx my lord your father would speak with youx silviax i wait upon his pleasurex comex sir thuriox go with mex once morex new servantx welcomex ixll leave you to confer of home affairsx when you have done we look to hear from youx proteusx wexll both attend upon your ladyshipx exeunt silvia and thurio valentinex nowx tell mex how do all from whence you camex proteusx your friends are wellx and have them much commendedx valentinex and how do yoursx proteusx i left them all in healthx valentinex how does your ladyx and how thrives your lovex proteusx my tales of love were wont to weary youx i know you joy not in a lovexdiscoursex valentinex ayx proteusx but that life is alterxd nowx i have done penance for contemning lovex whose high imperious thoughts have punishxd me with bitter fastsx with penitential groansx with nightly tearsx and daily heartxsore sighsx forx in revenge of my contempt of lovex love hath chasxd sleep from my enthralled eyes and made them watchers of mine own heartxs sorrowx o gentle proteusx lovexs a mighty lordx and hath so humbled me as i confess there is no woe to his correctionx nor to his service no such joy on earthx now no discoursex except it be of lovex now can i break my fastx dinex supx and sleepx upon the very naked name of lovex proteusx enoughx i read your fortune in your eyex was this the idol that you worship sox valentinex even shex and is she not a heavenly saintx proteusx nox but she is an earthly paragonx valentinex call her divinex proteusx i will not flatter herx valentinex ox flatter mex for love delights in praisesx proteusx when i was sick you gave me bitter pillsx and i must minister the like to youx valentinex then speak the truth by herx if not divinex yet let her be a principalityx sovereign to all the creatures on the earthx proteusx except my mistressx valentinex sweetx except not anyx except thou wilt except against my lovex proteusx have i not reason to prefer mine ownx valentinex and i will help thee to prefer her toox she shall be dignified with this high honourx to bear my ladyxs trainx lest the base earth should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss andx of so great a favour growing proudx disdain to root the summerxswelling flowxr and make rough winter everlastinglyx proteusx whyx valentinex what braggardism is thisx valentinex pardon mex proteusx all i can is nothing to herx whose worth makes other worthies nothingx she is alonex proteusx then let her alonex valentinex not for the worldx whyx manx she is mine ownx and i as rich in having such a jewel as twenty seasx if all their sand were pearlx the water nectarx and the rocks pure goldx forgive me that i do not dream on theex because thou seest me dote upon my lovex my foolish rivalx that her father likes only for his possessions are so hugex is gone with her alongx and i must afterx for lovex thou knowxstx is full of jealousyx proteusx but she loves youx valentinex ayx and we are betrothxdx nay morex our marriagexhourx with all the cunning manner of our flightx determinxd ofx how i must climb her windowx the ladder made of cordsx and all the means plotted and xgreed on for my happinessx good proteusx go with me to my chamberx in these affairs to aid me with thy counselx proteusx go on beforex i shall enquire you forthx i must unto the road to disembark some necessaries that i needs must usex and then ixll presently attend youx valentinex will you make hastex proteusx i willx exit valentine even as one heat another heat expels or as one nail by strength drives out anotherx so the remembrance of my former love is by a newer object quite forgottenx is it my mindx or valentinusx praisex her true perfectionx or my false transgressionx that makes me reasonless to reason thusx she is fairx and so is julia that i lovex that i did lovex for now my love is thawxdx which like a waxen image xgainst a fire bears no impression of the thing it wasx methinks my zeal to valentine is coldx and that i love him not as i was wontx ox but i love his lady too too muchx and thatxs the reason i love him so littlex how shall i dote on her with more advice that thus without advice begin to love herx xtis but her picture i have yet beheldx and that hath dazzled my reasonxs lightx but when i look on her perfectionsx there is no reason but i shall be blindx if i can check my erring lovex i willx if notx to compass her ixll use my skillx exit scene vx milanx a street enter speed and launce severally speedx launcex by mine honestyx welcome to paduax launcex forswear not thyselfx sweet youthx for i am not welcomex i reckon this alwaysx that a man is never undone till he be hangxdx nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paidx and the hostess say xwelcomexx speedx come onx you madcapx ixll to the alehouse with you presentlyx wherex for one shot of five pencex thou shalt have five thousand welcomesx butx sirrahx how did thy master part with madam juliax launcex marryx after they closxd in earnestx they parted very fairly in jestx speedx but shall she marry himx launcex nox speedx how thenx shall he marry herx launcex nox neitherx speedx whatx are they brokenx launcex nox they are both as whole as a fishx speedx why thenx how stands the matter with themx launcex marryx thusx when it stands well with himx it stands well with herx speedx what an ass art thoux i understand thee notx launcex what a block art thou that thou canst notx my staff understands mex speedx what thou sayxstx launcex ayx and what i do toox look theex ixll but leanx and my staff understands mex speedx it stands under theex indeedx launcex whyx standxunder and underxstand is all onex speedx but tell me truex willxt be a matchx launcex ask my dogx if he say ayx it willx if he say nox it willx if he shake his tail and say nothingx it willx speedx the conclusion isx thenx that it willx launcex thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a parablex speedx xtis well that i get it sox butx launcex how sayxst thou that my master is become a notable loverx launcex i never knew him otherwisex speedx than howx launcex a notable lubberx as thou reportest him to bex speedx whyx thou whoreson assx thou mistakxst mex launcex whyx foolx i meant not theex i meant thy masterx speedx i tell thee my master is become a hot loverx launcex whyx i tell thee i care not though he burn himself in lovex if thou wiltx go with me to the alehousex if notx thou art an hebrewx a jewx and not worth the name of a christianx speedx whyx launcex because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to go to the ale with a christianx wilt thou gox speedx at thy servicex exeunt scene vix milanx the dukexs palace enter proteus proteusx to leave my juliax shall i be forswornx to love fair silviax shall i be forswornx to wrong my friendx i shall be much forswornx and evxn that powxr which gave me first my oath provokes me to this threefold perjuryx love bade me swearx and love bids me forswearx o sweetxsuggesting lovex if thou hast sinnxdx teach mex thy tempted subjectx to excuse itx at first i did adore a twinkling starx but now i worship a celestial sunx unheedful vows may heedfully be brokenx and he wants wit that wants resolved will to learn his wit tx exchange the bad for betterx fiex fiex unreverend tonguex to call her bad whose sovereignty so oft thou hast preferrxd with twenty thousand soulxconfirming oathsx i cannot leave to lovex and yet i dox but there i leave to love where i should lovex julia i losex and valentine i losex if i keep themx i needs must lose myselfx if i lose themx thus find i by their lossx for valentinex myselfx for juliax silviax i to myself am dearer than a friendx for love is still most precious in itselfx and silviax witness heavenx that made her fairxx shows julia but a swarthy ethiopex i will forget that julia is alivex remembxring that my love to her is deadx and valentine ixll hold an enemyx aiming at silvia as a sweeter friendx i cannot now prove constant to myself without some treachery usxd to valentinex this night he meaneth with a corded ladder to climb celestial silviaxs chamber windowx myself in counselx his competitorx now presently ixll give her father notice of their disguising and pretended flightx whox all enragxdx will banish valentinex for thuriox he intendsx shall wed his daughterx butx valentine being gonex ixll quickly cross by some sly trick blunt thurioxs dull proceedingx lovex lend me wings to make my purpose swiftx as thou hast lent me wit to plot this driftx exit scene viix veronax juliaxs house enter julia and lucetta juliax counselx lucettax gentle girlx assist mex andx evxn in kind lovex i do conjure theex who art the table wherein all my thoughts are visibly characterxd and engravxdx to lesson me and tell me some good mean howx with my honourx i may undertake a journey to my loving proteusx lucettax alasx the way is wearisome and longx juliax a truexdevoted pilgrim is not weary to measure kingdoms with his feeble stepsx much less shall she that hath lovexs wings to flyx and when the flight is made to one so dearx of such divine perfectionx as sir proteusx lucettax better forbear till proteus make returnx juliax ox knowxst thou not his looks are my soulxs foodx pity the dearth that i have pined in by longing for that food so long a timex didst thou but know the inly touch of lovex thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow as seek to quench the fire of love with wordsx lucettax i do not seek to quench your lovexs hot firex but qualify the firexs extreme ragex lest it should burn above the bounds of reasonx juliax the more thou damxst it upx the more it burnsx the current that with gentle murmur glidesx thou knowxstx being stoppxdx impatiently doth ragex but when his fair course is not hinderedx he makes sweet music with thx enamellxd stonesx giving a gentle kiss to every sedge he overtaketh in his pilgrimagex and so by many winding nooks he straysx with willing sportx to the wild oceanx then let me gox and hinder not my coursex ixll be as patient as a gentle streamx and make a pastime of each weary stepx till the last step have brought me to my lovex and there ixll rest asx after much turmoilx a blessed soul doth in elysiumx lucettax but in what habit will you go alongx juliax not like a womanx for i would prevent the loose encounters of lascivious menx gentle lucettax fit me with such weeds as may beseem some wellxreputed pagex lucettax why thenx your ladyship must cut your hairx juliax nox girlx ixll knit it up in silken strings with twenty oddxconceited truexlove knotsx to be fantastic may become a youth of greater time than i shall show to bex lucettax what fashionx madamx shall i make your breechesx juliax that fits as well as xtell mex good my lordx what compass will you wear your farthingalexx why evxn what fashion thou best likesx lucettax lucettax you must needs have them with a codpiecex madamx juliax outx outx lucettax that will be illxfavourxdx lucettax a round hosex madamx nowxs not worth a pinx unless you have a codpiece to stick pins onx juliax lucettax as thou lovxst mex let me have what thou thinkxst meetx and is most mannerlyx but tell mex wenchx how will the world repute me for undertaking so unstaid a journeyx i fear me it will make me scandalizxdx lucettax if you think sox then stay at home and go notx juliax nayx that i will notx lucettax then never dream on infamyx but gox if proteus like your journey when you comex no matter whoxs displeasxd when you are gonex i fear me he will scarce be pleasxd withalx juliax that is the leastx lucettax of my fearx a thousand oathsx an ocean of his tearsx and instances of infinite of lovex warrant me welcome to my proteusx lucettax all these are servants to deceitful menx juliax base men that use them to so base effectx but truer stars did govern proteusx birthx his words are bondsx his oaths are oraclesx his love sincerex his thoughts immaculatex his tears pure messengers sent from his heartx his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earthx lucettax pray heavxn he prove so when you come to himx juliax nowx as thou lovxst mex do him not that wrong to bear a hard opinion of his truthx only deserve my love by loving himx and presently go with me to my chamberx to take a note of what i stand in need of to furnish me upon my longing journeyx all that is mine i leave at thy disposex my goodsx my landsx my reputationx onlyx in lieu thereofx dispatch me hencex comex answer notx but to it presentlyx i am impatient of my tarriancex exeunt act iiix scene ix milanx the dukexs palace enter dukex thuriox and proteus dukex sir thuriox give us leavex i prayx awhilex we have some secrets to confer aboutx exit thurio now tell mex proteusx whatxs your will with mex proteusx my gracious lordx that which i would discover the law of friendship bids me to concealx butx when i call to mind your gracious favours done to mex undeserving as i amx my duty pricks me on to utter that which else no worldly good should draw from mex knowx worthy princex sir valentinex my friendx this night intends to steal away your daughterx myself am one made privy to the plotx i know you have determinxd to bestow her on thuriox whom your gentle daughter hatesx and should she thus be stolxn away from youx it would be much vexation to your agex thusx for my dutyxs sakex i rather chose to cross my friend in his intended drift thanx by concealing itx heap on your head a pack of sorrows which would press you downx being unpreventedx to your timeless gravex dukex proteusx i thank thee for thine honest carex which to requitex command me while i livex this love of theirs myself have often seenx haply when they have judgxd me fast asleepx and oftentimes have purposxd to forbid sir valentine her company and my courtx butx fearing lest my jealous aim might err and sox unworthilyx disgrace the manx a rashness that i ever yet have shunnxdx i gave him gentle looksx thereby to find that which thyself hast now disclosxd to mex andx that thou mayst perceive my fear of thisx knowing that tender youth is soon suggestedx i nightly lodge her in an upper towxrx the key whereof myself have ever keptx and thence she cannot be conveyxd awayx proteusx knowx noble lordx they have devisxd a mean how he her chamber window will ascend and with a corded ladder fetch her downx for which the youthful lover now is gonex and this way comes he with it presentlyx wherex if it please youx you may intercept himx butx good my lordx do it so cunningly that my discovery be not aimed atx for love of youx not hate unto my friendx hath made me publisher of this pretencex dukex upon mine honourx he shall never know that i had any light from thee of thisx proteusx adieux my lordx sir valentine is comingx exit enter valentine dukex sir valentinex whither away so fastx valentinex please it your gracex there is a messenger that stays to bear my letters to my friendsx and i am going to deliver themx dukex be they of much importx valentinex the tenour of them doth but signify my health and happy being at your courtx dukex nay thenx no matterx stay with me awhilex i am to break with thee of some affairs that touch me nearx wherein thou must be secretx xtis not unknown to thee that i have sought to match my friend sir thurio to my daughterx valentinex i know it wellx my lordx andx surex the match were rich and honourablex besidesx the gentleman is full of virtuex bountyx worthx and qualities beseeming such a wife as your fair daughterx cannot your grace win her to fancy himx dukex nox trust mex she is peevishx sullenx frowardx proudx disobedientx stubbornx lacking dutyx neither regarding that she is my child nor fearing me as if i were her fatherx andx may i say to theex this pride of hersx upon advicex hath drawn my love from herx andx where i thought the remnant of mine age should have been cherishxd by her childlike dutyx i now am full resolvxd to take a wife and turn her out to who will take her inx then let her beauty be her weddingxdowxrx for me and my possessions she esteems notx valentinex what would your grace have me to do in thisx dukex there is a ladyx in verona herex whom i affectx but she is nicex and coyx and nought esteems my aged eloquencex nowx thereforex would i have thee to my tutorx for long agone i have forgot to courtx besidesx the fashion of the time is changxdx how and which way i may bestow myself to be regarded in her sunxbright eyex valentinex win her with giftsx if she respect not wordsx dumb jewels often in their silent kind more than quick words do move a womanxs mindx dukex but she did scorn a present that i sent herx valentinex a woman sometime scorns what best contents herx send her anotherx never give her oxerx for scorn at first makes afterxlove the morex if she do frownx xtis not in hate of youx but rather to beget more love in youx if she do chidex xtis not to have you gonex for whyx the fools are mad if left alonex take no repulsex whatever she doth sayx for xget you gonex she doth not mean xawayxx flatter and praisex commendx extol their gracesx though nexer so blackx say they have angelsx facesx that man that hath a tonguex i sayx is no manx if with his tongue he cannot win a womanx dukex but she i mean is promisxd by her friends unto a youthful gentleman of worthx and kept severely from resort of menx that no man hath access by day to herx valentinex why then i would resort to her by nightx dukex ayx but the doors be lockxd and keys kept safex that no man hath recourse to her by nightx valentinex what lets but one may enter at her windowx dukex her chamber is aloftx far from the groundx and built so shelving that one cannot climb it without apparent hazard of his lifex valentinex why then a ladderx quaintly made of cordsx to cast up with a pair of anchoring hooksx would serve to scale another heroxs towxrx so bold leander would adventure itx dukex nowx as thou art a gentleman of bloodx advise me where i may have such a ladderx valentinex when would you use itx prayx sirx tell me thatx dukex this very nightx for love is like a childx that longs for everything that he can come byx valentinex by seven oxclock ixll get you such a ladderx dukex butx hark theex i will go to her alonex how shall i best convey the ladder thitherx valentinex it will be lightx my lordx that you may bear it under a cloak that is of any lengthx dukex a cloak as long as thine will serve the turnx valentinex ayx my good lordx dukex then let me see thy cloakx ixll get me one of such another lengthx valentinex whyx any cloak will serve the turnx my lordx dukex how shall i fashion me to wear a cloakx i pray theex let me feel thy cloak upon mex what letter is this samex whatxs herex xto silviaxx and here an engine fit for my proceedingx ixll be so bold to break the seal for oncex xreadsx xmy thoughts do harbour with my silvia nightlyx and slaves they are to mex that send them flyingx ox could their master come and go as lightlyx himself would lodge wherex senselessx they are lyingx my herald thoughts in thy pure bosom rest themx while ix their kingx that thither them importunex do curse the grace that with such grace hath blest themx because myself do want my servantsx fortunex i curse myselfx for they are sent by mex that they should harbour where their lord should bexx whatxs herex xsilviax this night i will enfranchise theexx xtis sox and herexs the ladder for the purposex whyx phaethonx for thou art meropsx sonx wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly carx and with thy daring folly burn the worldx wilt thou reach stars because they shine on theex gox base intruderx overxweening slavex bestow thy fawning smiles on equal matesx and think my patiencex more than thy desertx is privilege for thy departure hencex thank me for this more than for all the favours whichx all too muchx i have bestowxd on theex but if thou linger in my territories longer than swiftest expedition will give thee time to leave our royal courtx by heavenx my wrath shall far exceed the love i ever bore my daughter or thyselfx be gonex i will not hear thy vain excusex butx as thou lovxst thy lifex make speed from hencex exit valentinex and why not death rather than living tormentx to die is to be banishxd from myselfx and silvia is myselfx banishxd from her is self from selfx a deadly banishmentx what light is lightx if silvia be not seenx what joy is joyx if silvia be not byx unless it be to think that she is byx and feed upon the shadow of perfectionx except i be by silvia in the nightx there is no music in the nightingalex unless i look on silvia in the dayx there is no day for me to look uponx she is my essencex and i leave to be if i be not by her fair influence fosterxdx illuminxdx cherishxdx kept alivex i fly not deathx to fly his deadly doomx tarry i herex i but attend on deathx but fly i hencex i fly away from lifex enter proteus and launce proteusx runx boyx runx runx seek him outx launcex soxhox soxhox proteusx what seest thoux launcex him we go to findx therexs not a hair on xs head but xtis a valentinex proteusx valentinex valentinex nox proteusx who thenx his spiritx valentinex neitherx proteusx what thenx valentinex nothingx launcex can nothing speakx masterx shall i strikex proteusx who wouldst thou strikex launcex nothingx proteusx villainx forbearx launcex whyx sirx ixll strike nothingx i pray youx proteusx sirrahx i sayx forbearx friend valentinex a wordx valentinex my ears are stoppxd and cannot hear good newsx so much of bad already hath possessxd themx proteusx then in dumb silence will i bury minex for they are harshx untuneablex and badx valentinex is silvia deadx proteusx nox valentinex valentinex no valentinex indeedx for sacred silviax hath she forsworn mex proteusx nox valentinex valentinex no valentinex if silvia have forsworn mex what is your newsx launcex sirx there is a proclamation that you are vanishedx proteusx that thou art banishedx ox thatxs the newsxx from hencex from silviax and from me thy friendx valentinex ox i have fed upon this woe alreadyx and now excess of it will make me surfeitx doth silvia know that i am banishedx proteusx ayx ayx and she hath offered to the doomx whichx unreversxdx stands in effectual forcex a sea of melting pearlx which some call tearsx those at her fatherxs churlish feet she tenderxdx with themx upon her kneesx her humble selfx wringing her handsx whose whiteness so became them as if but now they waxed pale for woex but neither bended kneesx pure hands held upx sad sighsx deep groansx nor silverxshedding tearsx could penetrate her uncompassionate sirex but valentinex if he be taxenx must diex besidesx her intercession chafxd him sox when she for thy repeal was suppliantx that to close prison he commanded herx with many bitter threats of biding therex valentinex no morex unless the next word that thou speakxst have some malignant power upon my lifex if sox i pray thee breathe it in mine earx as ending anthem of my endless dolourx proteusx cease to lament for that thou canst not helpx and study help for that which thou lamentxstx time is the nurse and breeder of all goodx here if thou stay thou canst not see thy lovex besidesx thy staying will abridge thy lifex hope is a loverxs staffx walk hence with thatx and manage it against despairing thoughtsx thy letters may be herex though thou art hencex whichx being writ to mex shall be deliverxd even in the milkxwhite bosom of thy lovex the time now serves not to expostulatex comex ixll convey thee through the city gatex andx ere i part with theex confer at large of all that may concern thy love affairsx as thou lovxst silviax though not for thyselfx regard thy dangerx and along with mex valentinex i pray theex launcex an if thou seest my boyx bid him make haste and meet me at the northgatex proteusx gox sirrahx find him outx comex valentinex valentinex o my dear silviax hapless valentinex exeunt valentine and proteus launcex i am but a foolx look youx and yet i have the wit to think my master is a kind of a knavex but thatxs all one if he be but one knavex he lives not now that knows me to be in lovex yet i am in lovex but a team of horse shall not pluck that from mex nor who xtis i lovex and yet xtis a womanx but what woman i will not tell myselfx and yet xtis a milkmaidx yet xtis not a maidx for she hath had gossipsx yet xtis a maidx for she is her masterxs maid and serves for wagesx she hath more qualities than a waterxspanielx which is much in a bare christianx here is the catexlog xpulling out a paperx of her conditionx xinprimisx she can fetch and carryxx whyx a horse can do no morex nayx a horse cannot fetchx but only carryx therefore is she better than a jadex xitemx she can milkxx look youx a sweet virtue in a maid with clean handsx enter speed speedx how nowx signior launcex what news with your mastershipx launcex with my masterxs shipx whyx it is at seax speedx wellx your old vice stillx mistake the wordx what newsx thenx in your paperx launcex the blackxst news that ever thou heardxstx speedx whyx manx how blackx launcex whyx as black as inkx speedx let me read themx launcex fie on theex joltxheadx thou canst not readx speedx thou liestx i canx launcex i will try theex tell me thisx who begot theex speedx marryx the son of my grandfatherx launcex o illiterate loitererx it was the son of thy grandmotherx this proves that thou canst not readx speedx comex foolx comex try me in thy paperx launcex xhanding over the paperx therex and saint nicholas be thy speedx speedx xreadsx xinprimisx she can milkxx launcex ayx that she canx speedx xitemx she brews good alexx launcex and thereof comes the proverbx blessing of your heartx you brew good alex speedx xitemx she can sewxx launcex thatxs as much as to say xcan she soxx speedx xitemx she can knitxx launcex what need a man care for a stock with a wenchx when she can knit him a stockx speedx xitemx she can wash and scourxx launcex a special virtuex for then she need not be washxd and scourxdx speedx xitemx she can spinxx launcex then may i set the world on wheelsx when she can spin for her livingx speedx xitemx she hath many nameless virtuesxx launcex thatxs as much as to say xbastard virtuesxx that indeed know not their fathersx and therefore have no namesx speedx xhere follow her vicesxx launcex close at the heels of her virtuesx speedx xitemx she is not to be kissxd fastingx in respect of her breathxx launcex wellx that fault may be mended with a breakfastx read onx speedx xitemx she hath a sweet mouthxx launcex that makes amends for her sour breathx speedx xitemx she doth talk in her sleepxx launcex itxs no matter for thatx so she sleep not in her talkx speedx xitemx she is slow in wordsxx launcex o villainx that set this down among her vicesx to be slow in words is a womanxs only virtuex i pray theex out withxtx and place it for her chief virtuex speedx xitemx she is proudxx launcex out with that toox it was evexs legacyx and cannot be taxen from herx speedx xitemx she hath no teethxx launcex i care not for that neitherx because i love crustsx speedx xitemx she is curstxx launcex wellx the best isx she hath no teeth to bitex speedx xitemx she will often praise her liquorxx launcex if her liquor be goodx she shallx if she will notx i willx for good things should be praisedx speedx xitemx she is too liberalxx launcex of her tongue she cannotx for thatxs writ down she is slow ofx of her purse she shall notx for that ixll keep shutx now of another thing she mayx and that cannot i helpx wellx proceedx speedx xitemx she hath more hair than witx and more faults than hairsx and more wealth than faultsxx launcex stop therex ixll have herx she was minex and not minex twice or thrice in that last articlex rehearse that once morex speedx xitemx she hath more hair than witxx launcex more hair than witx it may bex ixll prove itx the cover of the salt hides the saltx and therefore it is more than the saltx the hair that covers the wit is more than the witx for the greater hides the lessx whatxs nextx speedx xand more faults than hairsxx launcex thatxs monstrousx o that that were outx speedx xand more wealth than faultsxx launcex whyx that word makes the faults graciousx wellx ixll have herx an if it be a matchx as nothing is impossiblex speedx what thenx launcex whyx then will i tell theex that thy master stays for thee at the northgatex speedx for mex launcex for theex ayx who art thoux he hath stayxd for a better man than theex speedx and must i go to himx launcex thou must run to himx for thou hast stayxd so long that going will scarce serve the turnx speedx why didst not tell me soonerx pox of your love lettersx exit launcex now will he be swingxd for reading my letterx an unmannerly slave that will thrust himself into secretsx ixll afterx to rejoice in the boyxs correctionx exit scene iix milanx the dukexs palace enter duke and thurio dukex sir thuriox fear not but that she will love you now valentine is banishxd from her sightx thuriox since his exile she hath despisxd me mostx forsworn my company and railxd at mex that i am desperate of obtaining herx dukex this weak impress of love is as a figure trenched in icex which with an hourxs heat dissolves to water and doth lose his formx a little time will melt her frozen thoughtsx and worthless valentine shall be forgotx enter proteus how nowx sir proteusx is your countrymanx according to our proclamationx gonex proteusx gonex my good lordx dukex my daughter takes his going grievouslyx proteusx a little timex my lordx will kill that griefx dukex so i believex but thurio thinks not sox proteusx the good conceit i hold of theex for thou hast shown some sign of good desertx makes me the better to confer with theex proteusx longer than i prove loyal to your grace let me not live to look upon your gracex dukex thou knowxst how willingly i would effect the match between sir thurio and my daughterx proteusx i dox my lordx dukex and alsox i thinkx thou art not ignorant how she opposes her against my willx proteusx she didx my lordx when valentine was herex dukex ayx and perversely she persevers sox what might we do to make the girl forget the love of valentinex and love sir thuriox proteusx the best way is to slander valentine with falsehoodx cowardicex and poor descentx three things that women highly hold in hatex dukex ayx but shexll think that it is spoke in hatex proteusx ayx if his enemy deliver itx therefore it must with circumstance be spoken by one whom she esteemeth as his friendx dukex then you must undertake to slander himx proteusx and thatx my lordx i shall be loath to dox xtis an ill office for a gentlemanx especially against his very friendx dukex where your good word cannot advantage himx your slander never can endamage himx therefore the office is indifferentx being entreated to it by your friendx proteusx you have prevailxdx my lordx if i can do it by aught that i can speak in his dispraisex she shall not long continue love to himx but say this weed her love from valentinex it follows not that she will love sir thuriox thuriox thereforex as you unwind her love from himx lest it should ravel and be good to nonex you must provide to bottom it on mex which must be done by praising me as much as you in worth dispraise sir valentinex dukex andx proteusx we dare trust you in this kindx because we knowx on valentinexs reportx you are already lovexs firm votary and cannot soon revolt and change your mindx upon this warrant shall you have access where you with silvia may confer at largex for she is lumpishx heavyx melancholyx andx for your friendxs sakex will be glad of youx where you may temper her by your persuasion to hate young valentine and love my friendx proteusx as much as i can do i will effectx but youx sir thuriox are not sharp enoughx you must lay lime to tangle her desires by wailful sonnetsx whose composed rhymes should be fullxfraught with serviceable vowsx dukex ayx much is the force of heavenxbred poesyx proteusx say that upon the altar of her beauty you sacrifice your tearsx your sighsx your heartx write till your ink be dryx and with your tears moist it againx and frame some feeling line that may discover such integrityx for orpheusx lute was strung with poetsx sinewsx whose golden touch could soften steel and stonesx make tigers tamex and huge leviathans forsake unsounded deeps to dance on sandsx after your direxlamenting elegiesx visit by night your ladyxs chamber window with some sweet consortx to their instruments tune a deploring dumpx the nightxs dead silence will well become such sweetxcomplaining grievancex thisx or else nothingx will inherit herx dukex this discipline shows thou hast been in lovex thuriox and thy advice this night ixll put in practicex thereforex sweet proteusx my directionxgiverx let us into the city presently to sort some gentlemen well skillxd in musicx i have a sonnet that will serve the turn to give the onset to thy good advicex dukex about itx gentlemenx proteusx wexll wait upon your grace till after supperx and afterward determine our proceedingsx dukex even now about itx i will pardon youx exeunt act ivx scene ix the frontiers of mantuax a forest enter certain outlaws first outlawx fellowsx stand fastx i see a passengerx second outlawx if there be tenx shrink notx but down with xemx enter valentine and speed third outlawx standx sirx and throw us that you have about yex if notx wexll make you sitx and rifle youx speedx sirx we are undonex these are the villains that all the travellers do fear so muchx valentinex my friendsx first outlawx thatxs not sox sirx we are your enemiesx second outlawx peacex wexll hear himx third outlawx ayx by my beardx will wex for he is a proper manx valentinex then know that i have little wealth to losex a man i am crossxd with adversityx my riches are these poor habilimentsx of which if you should here disfurnish mex you take the sum and substance that i havex second outlawx whither travel youx valentinex to veronax first outlawx whence came youx valentinex from milanx third outlawx have you long sojournxd therex valentinex some sixteen monthsx and longer might have stayxdx if crooked fortune had not thwarted mex first outlawx whatx were you banishxd thencex valentinex i wasx second outlawx for what offencex valentinex for that which now torments me to rehearsex i killxd a manx whose death i much repentx but yet i slew him manfully in fightx without false vantage or base treacheryx first outlawx whyx nexer repent itx if it were done sox but were you banishxd for so small a faultx valentinex i wasx and held me glad of such a doomx second outlawx have you the tonguesx valentinex my youthful travel therein made me happyx or else i often had been miserablex third outlawx by the bare scalp of robin hoodxs fat friarx this fellow were a king for our wild factionx first outlawx wexll have himx sirsx a wordx speedx masterx be one of themx itxs an honourable kind of thieveryx valentinex peacex villainx second outlawx tell us thisx have you anything to take tox valentinex nothing but my fortunex third outlawx knowx thenx that some of us are gentlemenx such as the fury of ungovernxd youth thrust from the company of awful menx myself was from verona banished for practising to steal away a ladyx an heirx and near allied unto the dukex second outlawx and i from mantuax for a gentleman whox in my moodx i stabbxd unto the heartx first outlawx and i for suchxlike petty crimes as thesex but to the purposex for we cite our faults that they may hold excusxd our lawless livesx andx partlyx seeing you are beautified with goodly shapex and by your own report a linguistx and a man of such perfection as we do in our quality much wantx second outlawx indeedx because you are a banishxd manx thereforex above the restx we parley to youx are you content to be our generalx to make a virtue of necessityx and live as we do in this wildernessx third outlawx what sayxst thoux wilt thou be of our consortx say xayx and be the captain of us allx wexll do thee homagex and be rulxd by theex love thee as our commander and our kingx first outlawx but if thou scorn our courtesy thou diestx second outlawx thou shalt not live to brag what we have offerxdx valentinex i take your offerx and will live with youx provided that you do no outrages on silly women or poor passengersx third outlawx nox we detest such vile base practicesx comex go with usx wexll bring thee to our crewsx and show thee all the treasure we have gotx whichx with ourselvesx all rest at thy disposex exeunt scene iix milanx outside the dukexs palacex under silviaxs window enter proteus proteusx already have i been false to valentinex and now i must be as unjust to thuriox under the colour of commending him i have access my own love to preferx but silvia is too fairx too truex too holyx to be corrupted with my worthless giftsx when i protest true loyalty to herx she twits me with my falsehood to my friendx when to her beauty i commend my vowsx she bids me think how i have been forsworn in breaking faith with julia whom i lovxdx and notwithstanding all her sudden quipsx the least whereof would quell a loverxs hopex yetx spanielxlikex the more she spurns my love the more it grows and fawneth on her stillx enter thurio and musicians but here comes thuriox now must we to her windowx and give some evening music to her earx thuriox how nowx sir proteusx are you crept before usx proteusx ayx gentle thuriox for you know that love will creep in service where it cannot gox thuriox ayx but i hopex sirx that you love not herex proteusx sirx but i dox or else i would be hencex thuriox whox silviax proteusx ayx silviax for your sakex thuriox i thank you for your ownx nowx gentlemenx letxs tunex and to it lustily awhilex enter at a distancex hostx and julia in boyxs clothes hostx nowx my young guestx methinks youxre allychollyx i pray youx why is itx juliax marryx mine hostx because i cannot be merryx hostx comex wexll have you merryx ixll bring you where you shall hear musicx and see the gentleman that you askxd forx juliax but shall i hear him speakx hostx ayx that you shallx xmusic playsx juliax that will be musicx hostx harkx harkx juliax is he among thesex hostx ayx but peacex letxs hear xemx song who is silviax what is shex that all our swains commend herx holyx fairx and wise is shex the heaven such grace did lend herx that she might admired bex is she kind as she is fairx for beauty lives with kindnessx love doth to her eyes repairx to help him of his blindnessx andx being helpxdx inhabits therex then to silvia let us sing that silvia is excellingx she excels each mortal thing upon the dull earth dwellingx xto her let us garlands bringx hostx how nowx are you sadder than you were beforex how do youx manx the music likes you notx juliax you mistakex the musician likes me notx hostx whyx my pretty youthx juliax he plays falsex fatherx hostx howx out of tune on the stringsx juliax not sox but yet so false that he grieves my very heartxstringsx hostx you have a quick earx juliax ayx i would i were deafx it makes me have a slow heartx hostx i perceive you delight not in musicx juliax not a whitx when it jars sox hostx harkx what fine change is in the musicx juliax ayx that change is the spitex hostx you would have them always play but one thingx juliax i would always have one play but one thingx butx hostx doth this sir proteusx that we talk onx often resort unto this gentlewomanx hostx i tell you what launcex his manx told mex he lovxd her out of all nickx juliax where is launcex hostx gone to seek his dogx which toxmorrowx by his masterxs commandx he must carry for a present to his ladyx juliax peacex stand asidex the company partsx proteusx sir thuriox fear not youx i will so plead that you shall say my cunning drift excelsx thuriox where meet wex proteusx at saint gregoryxs wellx thuriox farewellx exeunt thurio and musicians enter silvia abovex at her window proteusx madamx good evxn to your ladyshipx silviax i thank you for your musicx gentlemenx who is that that spakex proteusx onex ladyx if you knew his pure heartxs truthx you would quickly learn to know him by his voicex silviax sir proteusx as i take itx proteusx sir proteusx gentle ladyx and your servantx silviax whatxs your willx proteusx that i may compass yoursx silviax you have your wishx my will is even thisx that presently you hie you home to bedx thou subtlex perjurxdx falsex disloyal manx thinkxst thou i am so shallowx so conceitlessx to be seduced by thy flattery that hast deceivxd so many with thy vowsx returnx returnx and make thy love amendsx for mex by this pale queen of night i swearx i am so far from granting thy request that i despise thee for thy wrongful suitx and by and by intend to chide myself even for this time i spend in talking to theex proteusx i grantx sweet lovex that i did love a ladyx but she is deadx juliax xasidex xtwere falsex if i should speak itx for i am sure she is not buriedx silviax say that she bex yet valentinex thy friendx survivesx to whomx thyself art witnessx i am betrothxdx and art thou not ashamxd to wrong him with thy importunacyx proteusx i likewise hear that valentine is deadx silviax and so suppose am ix for in his grave assure thyself my love is buriedx proteusx sweet ladyx let me rake it from the earthx silviax go to thy ladyxs gravex and call hers thencex orx at the leastx in hers sepulchre thinex juliax xasidex he heard not thatx proteusx madamx if your heart be so obduratex vouchsafe me yet your picture for my lovex the picture that is hanging in your chamberx to that ixll speakx to that ixll sigh and weepx forx since the substance of your perfect self is else devotedx i am but a shadowx and to your shadow will i make true lovex juliax xasidex if xtwere a substancex you wouldx surex deceive it and make it but a shadowx as i amx silviax i am very loath to be your idolx sirx but since your falsehood shall become you well to worship shadows and adore false shapesx send to me in the morningx and ixll send itx and sox good restx proteusx as wretches have oxernight that wait for execution in the mornx exeunt proteus and silvia juliax hostx will you gox hostx by my halidomx i was fast asleepx juliax pray youx where lies sir proteusx hostx marryx at my housex trust mex i think xtis almost dayx juliax not sox but it hath been the longest night that exer i watchxdx and the most heaviestx exeunt scene iiix under silviaxs window enter eglamour eglamourx this is the hour that madam silvia entreated me to call and know her mindx therexs some great matter shexd employ me inx madamx madamx enter silvia abovex at her window silviax who callsx eglamourx your servant and your friendx one that attends your ladyshipxs commandx silviax sir eglamourx a thousand times good morrowx eglamourx as manyx worthy ladyx to yourselfx according to your ladyshipxs imposex i am thus early come to know what service it is your pleasure to command me inx silviax o eglamourx thou art a gentlemanx think not i flatterx for i swear i do notx valiantx wisex remorsefulx well accomplishxdx thou art not ignorant what dear good will i bear unto the banishxd valentinex nor how my father would enforce me marry vain thuriox whom my very soul abhorsx thyself hast lovxdx and i have heard thee say no grief did ever come so near thy heart as when thy lady and thy true love diedx upon whose grave thou vowxdst pure chastityx sir eglamourx i would to valentinex to mantuax where i hear he makes abodex andx for the ways are dangerous to passx i do desire thy worthy companyx upon whose faith and honour i reposex urge not my fatherxs angerx eglamourx but think upon my griefx a ladyxs griefx and on the justice of my flying hence to keep me from a most unholy matchx which heaven and fortune still rewards with plaguesx i do desire theex even from a heart as full of sorrows as the sea of sandsx to bear me company and go with mex if notx to hide what i have said to theex that i may venture to depart alonex eglamourx madamx i pity much your grievancesx which since i know they virtuously are placxdx i give consent to go along with youx recking as little what betideth me as much i wish all good befortune youx when will you gox silviax this evening comingx eglamourx where shall i meet youx silviax at friar patrickxs cellx where i intend holy confessionx eglamourx i will not fail your ladyshipx good morrowx gentle ladyx silviax good morrowx kind sir eglamourx exeunt scene ivx under silviaxs window enter launce with his dog launcex when a manxs servant shall play the cur with himx look youx it goes hardx one that i brought up of a puppyx one that i savxd from drowningx when three or four of his blind brothers and sisters went to itx i have taught himx even as one would say precisely xthus i would teach a dogxx i was sent to deliver him as a present to mistress silvia from my masterx and i came no sooner into the diningxchamberx but he steps me to her trencher and steals her caponxs legx ox xtis a foul thing when a cur cannot keep himself in all companiesx i would havex as one should sayx one that takes upon him to be a dog indeedx to bex as it werex a dog at all thingsx if i had not had more wit than hex to take a fault upon me that he didx i think verily he had been hangxd forxtx sure as i livex he had sufferxd forxtx you shall judgex he thrusts me himself into the company of three or four gentlemanxlike dogs under the dukexs tablex he had not been therex bless the markx a pissing while but all the chamber smelt himx xout with the dogx says onex xwhat cur is thatxx says anotherx xwhip him outx says the thirdx xhang him upx says the dukex ix having been acquainted with the smell beforex knew it was crabx and goes me to the fellow that whips the dogsx xfriendxx quoth i xyou mean to whip the dogxx xayx marry do ix quoth hex xyou do him the more wrongxx quoth ix xtwas i did the thing you wot ofxx he makes me no more adox but whips me out of the chamberx how many masters would do this for his servantx nayx ixll be swornx i have sat in the stock for puddings he hath stolxnx otherwise he had been executedx i have stood on the pillory for geese he hath killxdx otherwise he had sufferxd forxtx thou thinkxst not of this nowx nayx i remember the trick you servxd me when i took my leave of madam silviax did not i bid thee still mark me and do as i dox when didst thou see me heave up my leg and make water against a gentlewomanxs farthingalex didst thou ever see me do such a trickx enter proteusx and julia in boyxs clothes proteusx sebastian is thy namex i like thee wellx and will employ thee in some service presentlyx juliax in what you pleasex ixll do what i canx proteusxxi hope thou wiltx xto launcex how nowx you whoreson peasantx where have you been these two days loiteringx launcex marryx sirx i carried mistress silvia the dog you bade mex proteusx and what says she to my little jewelx launcex marryx she says your dog was a curx and tells you currish thanks is good enough for such a presentx proteusx but she receivxd my dogx launcex nox indeedx did she notx here have i brought him back againx proteusx whatx didst thou offer her this from mex launcex ayx sirx the other squirrel was stolxn from me by the hangmanxs boys in the marketxplacex and then i offerxd her mine ownx who is a dog as big as ten of yoursx and therefore the gift the greaterx proteusx gox get thee hence and find my dog againx or nexer return again into my sightx awayx i sayx stayest thou to vex me herex exit launce a slave that still an end turns me to shamex sebastianx i have entertained thee partly that i have need of such a youth that can with some discretion do my businessx for xtis no trusting to yond foolish loutx but chiefly for thy face and thy behaviourx whichx if my augury deceive me notx witness good bringing upx fortunex and truthx thereforex know thoux for this i entertain theex go presentlyx and take this ring with theex deliver it to madam silviax she lovxd me well deliverxd it to mex juliax it seems you lovxd not herx to leave her tokenx she is deadx belikex proteusx not sox i think she livesx juliax alasx proteusx why dost thou cry xalasxx juliax i cannot choose but pity herx proteusx wherefore shouldst thou pity herx juliax because methinks that she lovxd you as well as you do love your lady silviax she dreams on him that has forgot her lovex you dote on her that cares not for your lovex xtis pity love should be so contraryx and thinking on it makes me cry xalasxx proteusx wellx give her that ringx and therewithal this letterx thatxs her chamberx tell my lady i claim the promise for her heavenly picturex your message donex hie home unto my chamberx where thou shalt find me sad and solitaryx exit proteus juliax how many women would do such a messagex alasx poor proteusx thou hast entertainxd a fox to be the shepherd of thy lambsx alasx poor foolx why do i pity him that with his very heart despiseth mex because he loves herx he despiseth mex because i love himx i must pity himx this ring i gave himx when he parted from mex to bind him to remember my good willx and now am ix unhappy messengerx to plead for that which i would not obtainx to carry that which i would have refusxdx to praise his faithx which i would have dispraisxdx i am my masterxs true confirmed lovex but cannot be true servant to my master unless i prove false traitor to myselfx yet will i woo for himx but yet so coldly asx heaven it knowsx i would not have him speedx enter silviax attended gentlewomanx good dayx i pray you be my mean to bring me where to speak with madam silviax silviax what would you with herx if that i be shex juliax if you be shex i do entreat your patience to hear me speak the message i am sent onx silviax from whomx juliax from my masterx sir proteusx madamx silviax ox he sends you for a picturex juliax ayx madamx silviax ursulax bring my picture therex gox give your master thisx tell him from mex one juliax that his changing thoughts forgetx would better fit his chamber than this shadowx juliax madamx please you peruse this letterx pardon mex madamx i have unadvisxd deliverxd you a paper that i should notx this is the letter to your ladyshipx silviax i pray thee let me look on that againx juliax it may not bex good madamx pardon mex silviax therex holdx i will not look upon your masterxs linesx i know they are stuffxd with protestationsx and full of newxfound oathsx which he wul break as easily as i do tear his paperx juliax madamx he sends your ladyship this ringx silviax the more shame for him that he sends it mex for i have heard him say a thousand times his julia gave it him at his departurex though his false finger have profanxd the ringx mine shall not do his julia so much wrongx juliax she thanks youx silviax what sayxst thoux juliax i thank youx madamx that you tender herx poor gentlewomanx my master wrongs her muchx silviax dost thou know herx juliax almost as well as i do know myselfx to think upon her woesx i do protest that i have wept a hundred several timesx silviax belike she thinks that proteus hath forsook herx juliax i think she dothx and thatxs her cause of sorrowx silviax is she not passing fairx juliax she hath been fairerx madamx than she isx when she did think my master lovxd her wellx shex in my judgmentx was as fair as youx but since she did neglect her lookingxglass and threw her sunxexpelling mask awayx the air hath starvxd the roses in her cheeks and pinchxd the lilyxtincture of her facex that now she is become as black as ix silviax how tall was shex juliax about my staturex for at pentecostx when all our pageants of delight were playxdx our youth got me to play the womanxs partx and i was trimmxd in madam juliaxs gownx which served me as fitx by all menxs judgmentsx as if the garment had been made for mex therefore i know she is about my heightx and at that time i made her weep a goodx for i did play a lamentable partx madamx xtwas ariadne passioning for theseusx perjury and unjust flightx which i so lively acted with my tears that my poor mistressx moved therewithalx wept bitterlyx and would i might be dead if i in thought felt not her very sorrowx silviax she is beholding to theex gentle youthx alasx poor ladyx desolate and leftx i weep myselfx to think upon thy wordsx herex youthx there is my pursex i give thee this for thy sweet mistressx sakex because thou lovxst herx farewellx exit silvia with attendants juliax and she shall thank you forxtx if exer you know herx a virtuous gentlewomanx mild and beautifulx i hope my masterxs suit will be but coldx since she respects my mistressx love so muchx alasx how love can trifle with itselfx here is her picturex let me seex i thinkx if i had such a tirex this face of mine were full as lovely as is this of hersx and yet the painter flatterxd her a littlex unless i flatter with myself too muchx her hair is auburnx mine is perfect yellowx if that be all the difference in his lovex ixll get me such a colourxd periwigx her eyes are grey as glassx and so are minex ayx but her foreheadxs lowx and minexs as highx what should it be that he respects in her but i can make respective in myselfx if this fond love were not a blinded godx comex shadowx comex and take this shadow upx for xtis thy rivalx o thou senseless formx thou shalt be worshippxdx kissxdx lovxdx and adorxdx and were there sense in his idolatry my substance should be statue in thy steadx ixll use thee kindly for thy mistressx sakex that usxd me sox or elsex by jove i vowx i should have scratchxd out your unseeing eyesx to make my master out of love with theex exit act vx scene ix milanx an abbey enter eglamour eglamourx the sun begins to gild the western skyx and now it is about the very hour that silvia at friar patrickxs cell should meet mex she will not failx for lovers break not hours unless it be to come before their timex so much they spur their expeditionx enter silvia see where she comesx ladyx a happy eveningx silviax amenx amenx go onx good eglamourx out at the postern by the abbey wallx i fear i am attended by some spiesx eglamourx fear notx the forest is not three leagues offx if we recover thatx we are sure enoughx exeunt scene iix milanx the dukexs palace enter thuriox proteusx and julia as sebastian thuriox sir proteusx what says silvia to my suitx proteusx ox sirx i find her milder than she wasx and yet she takes exceptions at your personx thuriox whatx that my leg is too longx proteusx nox that it is too littlex thuriox ixll wear a boot to make it somewhat rounderx juliax xasidex but love will not be spurrxd to what it loathesx thuriox what says she to my facex proteusx she says it is a fair onex thuriox nayx thenx the wanton liesx my face is blackx proteusx but pearls are fairx and the old saying isx black men are pearls in beauteous ladiesx eyesx juliax xasidex xtis truex such pearls as put out ladiesx eyesx for i had rather wink than look on themx thuriox how likes she my discoursex proteusx illx when you talk of warx thuriox but well when i discourse of love and peacex juliax xasidex but betterx indeedx when you hold your peacex thuriox what says she to my valourx proteusx ox sirx she makes no doubt of thatx juliax xasidex she needs notx when she knows it cowardicex thuriox what says she to my birthx proteusx that you are well derivxdx juliax xasidex truex from a gentleman to a foolx thuriox considers she my possessionsx proteusx ox ayx and pities themx thuriox whereforex juliax xasidex that such an ass should owe themx proteusx that they are out by leasex juliax here comes the dukex enter duke dukex how nowx sir proteusx how nowx thuriox which of you saw sir eglamour of latex thuriox not ix proteusx nor ix dukex saw you my daughterx proteusx neitherx dukex why thenx shexs fled unto that peasant valentinex and eglamour is in her companyx xtis truex for friar lawrence met them both as he in penance wanderxd through the forestx him he knew wellx and guessxd that it was shex butx being maskxdx he was not sure of itx besidesx she did intend confession at patrickxs cell this evenx and there she was notx these likelihoods confirm her flight from hencex thereforex i pray youx stand not to discoursex but mount you presentlyx and meet with me upon the rising of the mountain foot that leads toward mantuax whither they are fledx dispatchx sweet gentlemenx and follow mex exit thuriox whyx this it is to be a peevish girl that flies her fortune when it follows herx ixll afterx more to be revengxd on eglamour than for the love of reckless silviax exit proteusx and i will followx more for silviaxs love than hate of eglamourx that goes with herx exit juliax and i will followx more to cross that love than hate for silviax that is gone for lovex exit scene iiix the frontiers of mantuax the forest enter outlaws with silva first outlawx comex comex be patientx we must bring you to our captainx silviax a thousand more mischances than this one have learnxd me how to brook this patientlyx second outlawx comex bring her awayx first outlawx where is the gentleman that was with herx second outlawx being nimblexfootedx he hath outrun usx but moyses and valerius follow himx go thou with her to the west end of the woodx there is our captainx wexll follow him thatxs fledx the thicket is besetx he cannot xscapex first outlawx comex i must bring you to our captainxs cavex fear notx he bears an honourable mindx and will not use a woman lawlesslyx silviax o valentinex this i endure for theex exeunt scene ivx another part of the forest enter valentine valentinex how use doth breed a habit in a manx this shadowy desertx unfrequented woodsx i better brook than flourishing peopled townsx here can i sit alonex unseen of anyx and to the nightingalexs complaining notes tune my distresses and record my woesx o thou that dost inhabit in my breastx leave not the mansion so long tenantlessx lestx growing ruinousx the building fall and leave no memory of what it wasx repair me with thy presencex silviax thou gentle nymphx cherish thy forlorn swainx what halloing and what stir is this toxdayx these are my matesx that make their wills their lawx have some unhappy passenger in chasex they love me wellx yet i have much to do to keep them from uncivil outragesx withdraw theex valentinex whoxs this comes herex xsteps asidex enter proteusx silviax and julia as sebastian proteusx madamx this service i have done for youx though you respect not aught your servant dothx to hazard lifex and rescue you from him that would have forcxd your honour and your lovex vouchsafe mex for my meedx but one fair lookx a smaller boon than this i cannot begx and less than thisx i am surex you cannot givex valentinex xasidex how like a dream is this i see and hearx lovex lend me patience to forbear awhilex silviax o miserablex unhappy that i amx proteusx unhappy were youx madamx ere i camex but by my coming i have made you happyx silviax by thy approach thou makxst me most unhappyx juliax xasidex and mex when he approacheth to your presencex silviax had i been seized by a hungry lionx i would have been a breakfast to the beast rather than have false proteus rescue mex ox heaven be judge how i love valentinex whose lifexs as tender to me as my soulx and full as muchx for more there cannot bex i do detest falsex perjurxd proteusx therefore be gonex solicit me no morex proteusx what dangerous actionx stood it next to deathx would i not undergo for one calm lookx ox xtis the curse in lovex and still approvxdx when women cannot love where theyxre belovxdx silviax when proteus cannot love where hexs belovxdx read over juliaxs heartx thy first best lovex for whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith into a thousand oathsx and all those oaths descended into perjuryx to love mex thou hast no faith left nowx unless thouxdst twox and thatxs far worse than nonex better have none than plural faithx which is too much by onex thou counterfeit to thy true friendx proteusx in lovex who respects friendx silviax all men but proteusx proteusx nayx if the gentle spirit of moving words can no way change you to a milder formx ixll woo you like a soldierx at armsx endx and love you xgainst the nature of lovex force yex silviax o heavenx proteusx ixll force thee yield to my desirex valentinex ruffianx let go that rude uncivil touchx thou friend of an ill fashionx proteusx valentinex valentinex thou common friendx thatxs without faith or lovex for such is a friend nowx treacherous manx thou hast beguilxd my hopesx nought but mine eye could have persuaded mex now i dare not say i have one friend alivex thou wouldst disprove mex who should be trustedx when onexs own right hand is perjured to the bosomx proteusx i am sorry i must never trust thee morex but count the world a stranger for thy sakex the private wound is deepestx o time most accurstx xmongst all foes that a friend should be the worstx proteusx my shame and guilt confounds mex forgive mex valentinex if hearty sorrow be a sufficient ransom for offencex i tender xt herex i do as truly suffer as exer i did commitx valentinex then i am paidx and once again i do receive thee honestx who by repentance is not satisfied is nor of heaven nor earthx for these are pleasxdx by penitence thx eternalxs wrathxs appeasxdx andx that my love may appear plain and freex all that was mine in silvia i give theex juliax o me unhappyx xswoonsx proteusx look to the boyx valentinex whyx boyx whyx wagx how nowx whatxs the matterx look upx speakx juliax o good sirx my master chargxd me to deliver a ring to madam silviax whichx out of my neglectx was never donex proteusx where is that ringx boyx juliax here xtisx this is itx proteusx howx let me seex whyx this is the ring i gave to juliax juliax ox cry you mercyx sirx i have mistookx this is the ring you sent to silviax proteusx but how camxst thou by this ringx at my depart i gave this unto juliax juliax and julia herself did give it mex and julia herself have brought it hitherx proteusx howx juliax juliax behold her that gave aim to all thy oathsx and entertainxd xem deeply in her heartx how oft hast thou with perjury cleft the rootx o proteusx let this habit make thee blushx be thou ashamxd that i have took upon me such an immodest raimentx if shame live in a disguise of lovex it is the lesser blotx modesty findsx women to change their shapes than men their mindsx proteusx than men their mindsx xtis truex o heavenx were man but constantx he were perfectx that one error fills him with faultsx makes him run through all thx sinsx inconstancy falls off ere it beginsx what is in silviaxs face but i may spy more fresh in juliaxs with a constant eyex valentinex comex comex a hand from eitherx let me be blest to make this happy closex xtwere pity two such friends should be long foesx proteusx bear witnessx heavenx i have my wish for everx juliax and i minex enter outlawsx with duke and thurio outlawx a prizex a prizex a prizex valentinex forbearx forbearx i sayx it is my lord the dukex your grace is welcome to a man disgracxdx banished valentinex dukex sir valentinex thuriox yonder is silviax and silviaxs minex valentinex thuriox give backx or else embrace thy deathx come not within the measure of my wrathx do not name silvia thinex if once againx verona shall not hold theex here she stands take but possession of her with a touchx i dare thee but to breathe upon my lovex thuriox sir valentinex i care not for herx ix i hold him but a fool that will endanger his body for a girl that loves him notx i claim her notx and therefore she is thinex dukex the more degenerate and base art thou to make such means for her as thou hast done and leave her on such slight conditionsx nowx by the honour of my ancestryx i do applaud thy spiritx valentinex and think thee worthy of an empressx lovex know thenx i here forget all former griefsx cancel all grudgex repeal thee home againx plead a new state in thy unrivallxd meritx to which i thus subscribex sir valentinex thou art a gentlemanx and well derivxdx take thou thy silviax for thou hast deservxd herx valentinex i thank your gracex the gift hath made me happyx i now beseech youx for your daughterxs sakex to grant one boon that i shall ask of youx dukex i grant it for thine ownx whatexer it bex valentinex these banishxd menx that i have kept withalx are men enduxd with worthy qualitiesx forgive them what they have committed herex and let them be recallxd from their exilex they are reformedx civilx full of goodx and fit for great employmentx worthy lordx dukex thou hast prevailxdx i pardon themx and theex dispose of them as thou knowxst their desertsx comex let us gox we will include all jars with triumphsx mirthx and rare solemnityx valentinex andx as we walk alongx i dare be bold with our discourse to make your grace to smilex what think you of this pagex my lordx dukex i think the boy hath grace in himx he blushesx valentinex i warrant youx my lordx more grace than boyx dukex what mean you by that sayingx valentinex please youx ixll tell you as we pass alongx that you will wonder what hath fortunedx comex proteusx xtis your penance but to hear the story of your loves discoveredx that donex our day of marriage shall be yoursx one feastx one housex one mutual happinessx exeunt the two noble kinsmenx presented at the blackfriers by the kings maiesties servantsx with great applausex written by the memorable worthies of their timex mr john fletcherx gentxx and mr william shakspearex gentx printed at london by thox cotesx for john watersonx and are to be sold at the signe of the crowne in pauls churchxyardx xxxxx xthe persons represented in the playx hymenx theseusx hippolitax bride to theseus emeliax sister to theseus xemeliaxs womanxx nymphsx three queensx three valiant knightsx palamonx and arcitex the two noble kinsmenx in love with fair emelia xvaleriusxx perithousx xa heraldxx xa gentlemanxx xa messengerxx xa servantxx xwooerxx xkeeperxx jaylorx his daughterx in love with palamon xhis brotherxx xa doctorxx xxx countreymenx xx friends of the jaylorxx xx knightsxx xnelx and otherx wenchesx a taborerx gerroldx a schoolmasterxx prologuex xflorishxx new playesx and maydenheadsx are neare a kinx much followxd bothx for both much mony gxynx if they stand soundx and wellx and a good play xwhose modest sceanes blush on his marriage dayx and shake to loose his honourx is like hir that after holy tye and first nights stir yet still is modestiex and still retaines more of the maid to sightx than husbands painesx we pray our play may be sox for i am sure it has a noble breederx and a purex a learnedx and a poet never went more famous yet twixt po and silver trentx chaucer xof all admirxdx the story givesx there constant to eternity it livesx if we let fall the noblenesse of thisx and the first sound this child hearex be a hissex how will it shake the bones of that good manx and make him cry from under groundx xo fan from me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter that blastes my bayesx and my famxd workes makes lighter then robin hoodxx this is the feare we bringx for to say truthx it were an endlesse thingx and too ambitiousx to aspire to himx weake as we arex and almost breathlesse swim in this deepe waterx do but you hold out your helping handsx and we shall take aboutx and something doe to save usx you shall heare sceanesx though below his artx may yet appeare worth two houres travellx to his bones sweet sleepex content to youx if this play doe not keepe a little dull time from usx we perceave our losses fall so thickex we must needs leavex xflorishxx act i scene xx xathensx before a templexx xenter hymen with a torch burningx a boyx in a white robe before singingx and strewing flowresx after hymenx a nimphx encompast in her tressesx bearing a wheaten garlandx then theseus betweene two other nimphs with wheaten chaplets on their headesx then hipolita the bridex lead by pirithousx and another holding a garland over her head xher tresses likewise hangingxx after her emilia holding up her trainex xartesius and attendantsxxx the songx xmusikexx roses their sharpe spines being gonx not royall in their smels alonex but in their hewx maiden pinckesx of odour faintx dazies smelxlessex yet most quaint and sweet time truex primxrose first borne child of verx merry spring times herbingerx with her bels dimmex oxlipsx in their cradles growingx maryxgoldsx on death beds blowingx larkesxheeles trymmex all deere natures children sweetex ly fore bride and bridegroomes feetex xstrew flowersxx blessing their sencex not an angle of the airex bird melodiousx or bird fairex is absent hencex the crowx the slaundrous cuckoex nor the boding ravenx nor chough hore nor chattring piex may on our bridehouse pearch or singx or with them any discord bringx but from it flyx xenter xx queenes in blackex with vailes staindx with imperiall crownesx the xx queene fals downe at the foote of theseusx the xx fals downe at the foote of hypolitax the xx before emiliaxx xx queenx for pitties sake and true gentilitiesx hearex and respect mex xx queenx for your mothers sakex and as you wish your womb may thrive with faire onesx heare and respect mex xx queen now for the love of him whom iove hath markd the honour of your bedx and for the sake of cleere virginityx be advocate for usx and our distressesx this good deede shall raze you out oxth booke of trespasses all you are set downe therex theseusx sad ladyx risex hippolitax stand upx emiliax no knees to mex what woman i may steed that is distrestx does bind me to herx theseusx whatxs your requestx deliver you for allx xx queenx we are xx queenesx whose soveraignes fel before the wrath of cruell creonx who endured the beakes of ravensx tallents of the kightsx and pecks of crowesx in the fowle feilds of thebsx he will not suffer us to burne their bonesx to urne their ashesx nor to take thx offence of mortall loathsomenes from the blest eye of holy phoebusx but infects the windes with stench of our slaine lordsx o pittyx dukex thou purger of the earthx draw thy feard sword that does good turnes toxth worldx give us the bones of our dead kingsx that we may chappell themx and of thy boundles goodnes take some note that for our crowned heades we have no roofex save this which is the lyonsx and the bearesx and vault to every thingx theseusx pray youx kneele notx i was transported with your speechx and sufferxd your knees to wrong themselvesx i have heard the fortunes of your dead lordsx which gives me such lamenting as wakes my vengeancex and revenge forxemx king capaneus was your lordx the day that he should marry youx at such a seasonx as now it is with mex i met your groomex by marsis altarx you were that time fairex not iunos mantle fairer then your tressesx nor in more bounty spread herx your wheaten wreathe was then nor threashdx nor blastedx fortune at you dimpled her cheeke with smilesx hercules our kinesman xthen weaker than your eiesx laide by his clubx he tumbled downe upon his nemean hide and swore his sinews thawdx o greifex and timex fearefull consumersx you will all devourex xx queenx ox i hope some godx some god hath put his mercy in your manhood whereto heel infuse powrex and presse you forth our undertakerx theseusx o no kneesx nonex widdowx vnto the helmeted belona use themx and pray for me your souldierx troubled i amx xturnes awayxx xx queenx honoured hypolitax most dreaded amazonianx that hast slaine the sithxtuskd borex that with thy arme as strong as it is whitex wast neere to make the male to thy sex captivex but that this thy lordx borne to uphold creation in that honour first nature stilde it inx shrunke thee into the bownd thou wast orexflowingx at once subduing thy forcex and thy affectionx soldiresse that equally canst poize sternenes with pittyx whom now i know hast much more power on him then ever he had on theex who owxst his strength and his love toox who is a servant for the tenour of thy speechx deere glasse of ladiesx bid him that wex whom flaming war doth scortchx vnder the shaddow of his sword may coole usx require him he advance it ore our headesx speakxt in a womans keyx like such a woman as any of us threex weepe ere you failex lend us a kneex but touch the ground for us no longer time then a doves motionx when the headxs pluckt offx tell him if he ixth blood cizd field lay swolnex showing the sun his teethx grinning at the moonex what you would doex hippolitax poore ladyx say no morex i had as leife trace this good action with you as that whereto i am goingx and never yet went i so willing wayx my lord is taken hart deepe with your distressex let him considerx ile speake anonx xx queenx o my petition was xkneele to emiliaxx set downe in ycex which by hot greefe uncandied melts into dropsx so sorrowx wanting formex is prest with deeper matterx emiliax pray stand upx your greefe is written in your cheekex xx queenx o woex you cannot reade it therex there through my tearesx like wrinckled peobles in a glassie streame you may behold xemx ladyx ladyx alackex he that will all the treasure know oxth earth must know the center toox he that will fish for my least minnowx let him lead his line to catch one at my heartx o pardon mex extremityx that sharpens sundry witsx makes me a foolex emiliax pray you say nothingx pray youx who cannot feele nor see the rainex being inxtx knowes neither wet nor dryx if that you were the groundxpeece of some painterx i would buy you txinstruct me gainst a capitall greefe indeedx such heart peircxd demonstrationx butx alasx being a naturall sifter of our sex your sorrow beates so ardently upon mex that it shall make a counter reflect gainst my brothers heartx and warme it to some pittyx though it were made of stonex prayx have good comfortx theseusx forward toxth templex leave not out a iot oxth sacred ceremonyx xx queenx ox this celebration will long lastx and be more costly then your suppliants warx remember that your fame knowles in the eare oxth worldx what you doe quickly is not done rashlyx your first thought is more then others laboured meditancex your premeditating more then their actionsx butx oh iovex your actionsx soone as they moovesx as asprayes doe the fishx subdue before they touchx thinkex deere dukex thinke what beds our slaine kings havex xx queenx what greifes our bedsx that our deere lords have nonex xx queenx none fit for xth deadx those that with cordesx knivesx drams precipitancex weary of this worlds lightx have to themselves beene deathes most horrid agentsx humaine grace affords them dust and shaddowx xx queenx but our lords ly blistring fore the visitating sunnex and were good kingsx when livingx theseusx it is truex and i will give you comfortx to give your dead lords gravesx the which to doex must make some worke with creonx xx queenx and that worke presents it selfe toxth doingx now twill take formex the heates are gone to morrowx thenx booteles toyle must recompence it selfe with itxs owne sweatx now hexs securex not dreames we stand before your puissance wrinching our holy begging in our eyes to make petition cleerex xx queenx now you may take himx drunke with his victoryx xx queenx and his army full of breadx and slothx theseusx artesiusx that best knowest how to draw out fit to this enterprise the primxst for this proceedingx and the number to carry such a businessex forth and levy our worthiest instrumentsx whilst we despatch this grand act of our lifex this daring deede of fate in wedlockex xx queenx dowagersx take handsx let us be widdowes to our woesx delay commends us to a famishing hopex allx farewellx xx queenx we come unseasonablyx but when could greefe cull forthx as unpanged judgement canx fitxst time for best solicitationx theseusx whyx good ladiesx this is a servicex whereto i am goingx greater then any wasx it more imports me then all the actions that i have foregonex or futurely can copex xx queenx the more proclaiming our suit shall be neglectedx when her armes able to locke iove from a synodx shall by warranting moonexlight corslet theex ohx when her twyning cherries shall their sweetnes fall vpon thy tastefull lipsx what wilt thou thinke of rotten kings or blubberd queenesx what care for what thou feelst notx what thou feelst being able to make mars spurne his dromx ox if thou couch but one night with herx every howre inxt will take hostage of thee for a hundredx and thou shalt remember nothing more then what that banket bids thee toox hippolitax though much unlike xkneelingxx you should be so transportedx as much sorry i should be such a suitourx yet i thinkex did i not by thxabstayning of my joyx which breeds a deeper longingx cure their surfeit that craves a present medcinex i should plucke all ladies scandall on mex thereforex sirx as i shall here make tryall of my prayresx either presuming them to have some forcex or sentencing for ay their vigour dombex prorogue this busines we are going aboutx and hang your sheild afore your heartx about that necke which is my ffeex and which i freely lend to doe these poore queenes servicex all queensx oh helpe nowx our cause cries for your kneex emiliax if you grant not xkneelingxx my sister her petition in that forcex with that celerity and naturex which shee makes it inx from henceforth ile not dare to aske you any thingx nor be so hardy ever to take a husbandx theseusx pray stand upx i am entreating of my selfe to doe that which you kneele to have mex pyrithousx leade on the bridex get you and pray the gods for successex and returnex omit not any thing in the pretended celebrationx queenesx follow your soldierx as beforex hence you xto artesiusx and at the banckes of aulis meete us with the forces you can raisex where we shall finde the moytie of a numberx for a busines more bigger lookxtx since that our theame is hastex i stamp this kisse upon thy currant lippex sweetex keepe it as my tokenx set you forwardx for i will see you gonex xexeunt towards the templexx farewellx my beauteous sisterx pyrithousx keepe the feast fullx bate not an howre onxtx perithousx sirx ile follow you at heelesx the feasts solempnity shall want till your returnex theseusx cosenx i charge you boudge not from athensx we shall be returning ere you can end this feastx of whichx i pray youx make no abatementx once morex farewell allx xx queenx thus doxst thou still make good the tongue oxth worldx xx queenx and earnst a deity equal with marsx xx queenx if not above himx for thou being but mortall makest affections bend to godlike honoursx they themselvesx some sayx grone under such a mastryx theseusx as we are menx thus should we doex being sensually subdudex we loose our humane tytlex good cheerex ladiesx xflorishxx now turne we towards your comfortsx xexeuntxx scene xx xthebsxx xenter palamonx and arcitexx arcitex deere palamonx deerer in love then blood and our prime cosenx yet unhardned in the crimes of naturex let us leave the citty thebsx and the temptings inxtx before we further sully our glosse of youthx and here to keepe in abstinence we shame as in incontinencex for not to swim ixth aide oxth current were almost to sinckex at least to frustrate strivingx and to follow the common streamex twold bring us to an edy where we should turne or drownex if labour throughx our gaine but lifex and weakenesx palamonx your advice is cride up with examplex what strange ruins since first we went to schoolex may we perceive walking in thebsx skarsx and bare weedes the gaine oxth martialistx who did propound to his bold ends honourx and golden ingotsx which though he wonx he had notx and now flurted by peace for whom he foughtx who then shall offer to marsis so scornd altarx i doe bleede when such i meetex and wish great iuno would resume her ancient fit of ielouzie to get the soldier workex that peace might purge for her repletionx and retaine anew her charitable heart now hardx and harsher then strife or war could bex arcitex are you not outx meete you no ruine but the soldier in the cranckes and turnes of thebsx you did begin as if you met decaies of many kindesx perceive you nonex that doe arowse your pitty but thxunxconsiderd soldierx palamonx yesx i pitty decaies where ere i finde themx but such most thatx sweating in an honourable toylex are paide with yce to coole xemx arcitex tis not this i did begin to speake ofx this is vertue of no respect in thebsx i spake of thebs how dangerous if we will keepe our honoursx it is for our resydingx where every evill hath a good cullorx where evexry seeming goodxs a certaine evillx where not to be evxn iumpe as they arex here were to be strangersx and such things to bex meere monstersx palamonx tis in our powerx xvnlesse we feare that apes can tutorxsx to be masters of our mannersx what neede i affect anothers gatex which is not catching where there is faithx or to be fond upon anothers way of speechx when by mine owne i may be reasonably conceivxdx savxd toox speaking it trulyx why am i bound by any generous bond to follow him followes his taylorx haply so long untill the followxd make pursuitx or let me knowx why mine owne barber is unblestx with him my poore chinne toox for tis not cizard iust to such a favorites glassex what cannon is there that does command my rapier from my hip to danglext in my handx or to go tip toe before the streete be foulex either i am the forexhorse in the teamex or i am none that draw ixth sequent tracex these poore sleight sores neede not a plantinx that which rips my bosome almost toxth heartxsx arcitex our vncle creonx palamonx hex a most unbounded tyrantx whose successes makes heaven unfeardx and villany assured beyond its power therexs nothingx almost puts faith in a feavourx and deifies alone voluble chancex who onely attributes the faculties of other instruments to his owne nerves and actx commands men servicex and what they winne inxtx boot and gloryx onxex that feares not to do harmx goodx dares notx let the blood of mine thatxs sibbe to him be suckt from me with leechesx let them breake and fall off me with that corruptionx arcitex cleere spirited cozenx lets leave his courtx that we may nothing share of his lowd infamyx for our milke will relish of the pasturex and we must be vile or disobedientx not his kinesmen in bloodx unlesse in qualityx palamonx nothing truerx i thinke the ecchoes of his shames have deaxft the eares of heavxnly iusticex widdows cryes descend againe into their throatesx and have not xenter valeriusxx due audience of the godsxxvaleriusx valeriusx the king cals for youx yet be leaden footedx till his great rage be off himx phebusx when he broke his whipstocke and exclaimd against the horses of the sunx but whisperd too the lowdenesse of his furyx palamonx small windes shake himx but whats the matterx valeriusx theseus xwho where he threates appalsxx hath sent deadly defyance to himx and pronounces ruine to thebsx who is at hand to seale the promise of his wrathx arcitex let him approachx but that we feare the gods in himx he brings not a jot of terrour to usx yet what man thirds his owne worth xthe case is each of oursx when that his actions dregd with minde assurd tis bad he goes aboutx palamonx leave that unreasondx our services stand now for thebsx not creonx yet to be neutrall to him were dishonourx rebellious to opposex therefore we must with him stand to the mercy of our fatex who hath bounded our last minutex arcitex so we mustx ist sed this warres a footex or it shall bex on faile of some conditionx valeriusx tis in motion the intelligence of state came in the instant with the defierx palamonx lets to the kingx whox were he a quarter carrier of that honour which his enemy come inx the blood we venture should be as for our healthx which were not spentx rather laide out for purchasex butx alasx our hands advancxd before our heartsx what will the fall oxth stroke doe damagex arcitex let thxeventx that never erring arbitratourx tell us when we know all our selvesx and let us follow the becking of our chancex xexeuntxx scene xx xbefore the gates of athensxx xenter pirithousx hipolitax emiliaxx perithousx no furtherx hippolitax sirx farewellx repeat my wishes to our great lordx of whose succes i dare not make any timerous questionx yet i wish him exces and overflow of powerx andxt might bex to dure illxdealing fortunex speede to himx store never hurtes good gouernoursx perithousx though i know his ocean needes not my poore dropsx yet they must yeild their tribute therex my precious maidex those best affectionsx that the heavens infuse in their best temperd peicesx keepe enthroand in your deare heartx emiliax thanckesx sirx remember me to our all royall brotherx for whose speede the great bellona ile sollicitex and since in our terrene state petitions are not without giftes understoodx ile offer to her what i shall be advised she likesx our hearts are in his armyx in his tentx hippolitax inxs bosomex we have bin soldiersx and wee cannot weepe when our friends don their helmesx or put to seax or tell of babes broachd on the launcex or women that have sod their infants in xand after eate themx the brinex they wept at killing xemx then if you stay to see of us such spincstersx we should hold you here for everx perithousx peace be to youx as i pursue this warx which shall be then beyond further requiringx xexit pirxx emiliax how his longing followes his friendx since his departx his sportes though craving seriousnesx and skillx past slightly his careles executionx where nor gaine made him regardx or losse considerx but playing one busines in his handx another directing in his headx his mindex nurse equall to these so diffring twynsxhave you observxd himx since our great lord departedx hippolitax with much labourx and i did love him fortx they two have cabind in many as dangerousx as poore a cornerx perill and want contendingx they have skift torrents whose roring tyranny and power ixth least of these was dreadfullx and they have fought out togetherx where deathsxselfe was lodgdx yet fate hath brought them offx their knot of lovex tidex weauxdx intangledx with so truex so longx and with a finger of so deepe a cunningx may be outwornex never undonex i thinke theseus cannot be umpire to himselfex cleaving his conscience into twaine and doing each side like iusticex which he loves bestx emiliax doubtlesse there is a bestx and reason has no manners to say it is not youx i was acquainted once with a timex when i enjoyd a playxfellowx you were at warsx when she the grave enrichdx who made too proud the bedx tooke leave o th moone xwhich then lookt pale at partingx when our count was each elevenx hippolitax twas flauixnxax emiliax yesx you talke of pirithous and theseus lovex theirs has more groundx is more maturely seasondx more buckled with strong iudgement and their needes the one of thxother may be said to water xxx hearses ready with palamonx and arcitex the xx queenesx theseusx and his lordes readyxx their intertangled rootes of lovex but i and shee i sigh and spoke of were things innocentx louxd for we didx and like the elements that know not whatx nor whyx yet doe effect rare issues by their operancex our soules did so to one anotherx what she likxdx was then of me approovxdx what notx condemdx no more arraignmentx the flowre that i would plucke and put betweene my breasts xthen but beginning to swell about the blossomex ohx she would long till shee had such anotherx and commit it to the like innocent cradlex where phenix like they dide in perfumex on my head no toy but was her patternex her affections xprettyx thoughx happelyx her careles werex i followed for my most serious deckingx had mine eare stolne some new airex or at adventure humd on from musicall coynadgex why it was a note whereon her spirits would sojourne xrather dwell onx and sing it in her slumbersx this rehearsall xwhich evxry innocent wots well comes in like old importments bastardx has this endx that the true love tweene maydex and maydex may be more then in sex idividuallx hippolitax yxare out of breath and this high speeded pacex is but to say that you shall never like the maide flavina love any thatxs calld manx emiliax i am sure i shall notx hippolitax nowx alackex weake sisterx i must no more beleeve thee in this point xthough inxt i know thou dost beleeve thy selfexx then i will trust a sickely appetitex that loathes even as it longsx butx surex my sisterx if i were ripe for your perswasionx you have saide enough to shake me from the arme of the all noble theseusx for whose fortunes i will now inx and kneele with great assurancex that wex more then his pirothousx possesse the high throne in his heartx emiliax i am not against your faithx yet i continew minex xexeuntx cornetsxx scene xx xa field before thebesx dead bodies lying on the groundxx xa battaile strooke withinx then a retraitx florishx then enter theseus xvictorxx xherald and attendantsxx the three queenes meete himx and fall on their faces before himxx xx queenx to thee no starre be darkex xx queenx both heaven and earth friend thee for everx xx queenx all the good that may be wishd upon thy headx i cry amen tooxtx theseusx thximparciall godsx who from the mounted heavens view us their mortall heardx behold who errex and in their time chasticex goe and finde out the bones of your dead lordsx and honour them with treble ceremoniex rather then a gap should be in their deere rightsx we would supplyxtx but those we will deputex which shall invest you in your dignitiesx and even each thing our hast does leave imperfectx sox adiewx and heavens good eyes looke on youx what are thosex xexeunt queenesxx heraldx men of great qualityx as may be judgd by their appointmentx sone of thebs have toldxs they are sisters childrenx nephewes to the kingx theseusx byxth helme of marsx i saw them in the warx like to a paire of lionsx smeard with preyx make lanes in troopes agastx i fixt my note constantly on themx for they were a marke worth a godxs viewx what prisoner wasxt that told me when i enquired their namesx heraldx wixleavex theyxr called arcite and palamonx theseusx tis rightx thosex thosex they are not deadx heraldx nor in a state of lifex had they bin takenx when their last hurts were givenx twas possible xxx hearses readyxx they might have bin recoveredx yet they breathe and haue the name of menx theseusx then like men use xemx the very lees of such xmillions of ratesx exceede the wine of othersx all our surgions convent in their behoofex our richest balmes rather then niggardx waftx their lives concerne us much more then thebs is worthx rather then have xem freed of this plightx and in their morning state xsound and at libertyx i would xem deadx but forty thousand fold we had rather have xem prisoners to us then deathx beare xem speedily from our kinde airex to them unkindex and minister what man to man may doexfor our sake morex since i have knowne frightsx furyx friends beheastesx loves provocationsx zealex a mistris taskex desire of libertyx a feavourx madnesx hath set a marke which nature could not reach too without some impositionx sicknes in will or wrastling strength in reasonx for our love and great appollos mercyx all our best their best skill tenderx leade into the cittyx where having bound things scatterdx we will post xflorishxx to athens forxex our army xexeuntx musickexx scene xx xanother part of the samexx xenter the queenes with the hearses of their knightesx in a funerall solempnityx xcxx vrnes and odours bring awayx vapoursx sighesx darken the dayx our dole more deadly lookes than dyingx balmesx and gummesx and heavy cheeresx sacred vials fillxd with tearesx and clamors through the wild ayre flyingx come all sad and solempne showesx that are quickxeyd pleasures foesx we convent nought else but woesx we conventx xcx xx queenx this funeral path brings to your housholds gravex ioy ceaze on you againex peace sleepe with himx xx queenx and this to yoursx xx queenx yours this wayx heavens lend a thousand differing waies to one sure endx xx queenx this worldxs a citty full of straying streetesx and deathxs the market placex where each one meetesx xexeunt severallyxx act ii scene xx xathensx a gardenx with a prison in the backgroundxx xenter iailorx and wooerxx iailorx i may depart with littlex while i livex some thing i may cast to youx not muchx alasx the prison i keepex though it be for great onesx yet they seldome comex before one salmonx you shall take a number of minnowesx i am given out to be better lynxd then it can appeare to me report is a true speakerx i would i were really that i am deliverd to bex marryx what i have xbe it what it willx i will assure upon my daughter at the day of my deathx wooerx sirx i demaund no more then your owne offerx and i will estate your daughter in what i have promisedx iailorx welx we will talke more of thisx when the solemnity is pastx but have you a full promise of herx when that shall be seenex i tender my consentx xenter daughterxx wooerx i have sirx here shee comesx iailorx your friend and i have chanced to name you herex upon the old businesx but no more of that nowx so soone as the court hurry is overx we will have an end of itx ixth meane time looke tenderly to the two prisonersx i can tell you they are princesx daughterx these strewings are for their chamberx tis pitty they are in prisonx and twer pitty they should be outx i doe thinke they have patience to make any adversity ashamxdx the prison it selfe is proud of xemx and they have all the world in their chamberx iailorx they are famxd to be a paire of absolute menx daughterx by my trothx i think fame but stammers xemx they stand a greise above the reach of reportx iailorx i heard them reported in the battaile to be the only doersx daughterx nayx most likelyx for they are noble suffrersx i mervaile how they would have lookd had they beene victorsx that with such a constant nobility enforce a freedome out of bondagex making misery their mirthx and affliction a toy to jest atx iailorx doe they sox daughterx it seemes to me they have no more sence of their captivityx then i of ruling athensx they eate wellx looke merrilyx discourse of many thingsx but nothing of their owne restraintx and disastersx yet sometime a devided sighx martyrd as xtwer ixth deliverancex will breake from one of themx when the other presently gives it so sweete a rebukex that i could wish my selfe a sigh to be so chidx or at least a sigher to be comfortedx wooerx i never saw xemx iailorx the duke himselfe came privately in the nightx xenter palamonx and arcitex abovexx and so did theyx what the reason of it isx i know notx lookex yonder they arex thatxs arcite lookes outx daughterx nox sirx nox thatxs palamonx arcite is the lower of the twainex you may perceive a part of himx iailorx goe toox leave your pointingx they would not make us their objectx out of their sightx daughterx it is a holliday to looke on themx lordx the diffrence of menx xexeuntxx scene xx xthe prisonx xenter palamonx and arcite in prisonxx palamonx how doe youx noble cosenx arcitex how doe youx sirx palamonx why strong inough to laugh at miseryx and beare the chance of warrex yet we are prisonersx i fearex for everx cosenx arcitex i beleeve itx and to that destiny have patiently laide up my houre to comex palamonx o cosen arcitex where is thebs nowx where is our noble countryx where are our friendsx and kindredsx never more must we behold those comfortsx never see the hardy youthes strive for the games of honour xhung with the painted favours of their ladiesx like tall ships under sailex then start amongxst xem and as an eastwind leave xen all behinde usx like lazy clowdesx whilst palamon and arcitex even in the wagging of a wanton leg outxstript the peoples praisesx won the garlandsx ere they have time to wish xem oursx o never shall we two exercisex like twyns of honourx our armes againex and feele our fyry horses like proud seas under usx our good swords now xbetter the redxeyd god of war nevxr worex ravishd our sidesx like age must run to rustx and decke the temples of those gods that hate usx these hands shall never drawxem out like lightningx to blast whole armies morex arcitex nox palamonx those hopes are prisoners with usx here we are and here the graces of our youthes must wither like a tooxtimely springx here age must finde usx andx which is heaviestx palamonx unmarriedx the sweete embraces of a loving wifex loden with kissesx armd with thousand cupids shall never claspe our neckesx no issue know usx no figures of our selves shall we evxr seex to glad our agex and like young eagles teach xem boldly to gaze against bright armesx and sayx xremember what your fathers werex and conquerxx the fairexeyd maidesx shall weepe our banishmentsx and in their songsx curse everxblinded fortunex till shee for shame see what a wrong she has done to youth and naturex this is all our worldx we shall know nothing here but one anotherx heare nothing but the clocke that tels our woesx the vine shall growx but we shall never see itx sommer shall comex and with her all delightsx but deadxcold winter must inhabite here stillx palamonx tis too truex arcitex to our theban houndesx that shooke the aged forrest with their ecchoesx no more now must we halloax no more shake our pointed iavelynsx whilst the angry swine flyes like a parthian quiver from our ragesx strucke with our wellxsteeld dartsx all valiant uses xthe foodex and nourishment of noble mindesxx in us two here shall perishx we shall die xwhich is the curse of honourx lastly children of greifex and ignorancex arcitex yetx cosenx even from the bottom of these miseriesx from all that fortune can inflict upon usx i see two comforts rysingx two meere blessingsx if the gods pleasex to hold here a brave patiencex and the enjoying of our greefes togetherx whilst palamon is with mex let me perish if i thinke this our prisonx palamonx certeinlyx tis a maine goodnesx cosenx that our fortunes were twynxd togetherx tis most truex two soules put in two noble bodiesxlet xem suffer the gaule of hazardx so they grow togetherx will never sinckex they must notx say they couldx a willing man dies sleepingx and allxs donex arcitex shall we make worthy uses of this place that all men hate so muchx palamonx howx gentle cosenx arcitex letxs thinke this prison holy sanctuaryx to keepe us from corruption of worse menx we are young and yet desire the waies of honourx that liberty and common conversationx the poyson of pure spiritsx might like women wooe us to wander fromx what worthy blessing can be but our imaginations may make it oursx and heere being thus togetherx we are an endles mine to one anotherx we are one anothers wifex ever begetting new birthes of lovex we are fatherx friendsx acquaintancex we arex in one anotherx familiesx i am your heirex and you are minex this place is our inheritancex no hard oppressour dare take this from usx herex with a little patiencex we shall live longx and lovingx no surfeits seeke usx the hand of war hurts none herex nor the seas swallow their youthx were we at libertyx a wife might part us lawfullyx or businesx quarrels consume usx envy of ill men grave our acquaintancex i might sickenx cosenx where you should never know itx and so perish without your noble hand to close mine eiesx or praiers to the godsx a thousand chauncesx were we from hencex would seaver usx palamonx you have made me xi thanke youx cosen arcitex almost wanton with my captivityx what a misery it is to live abroadex and every wherex tis like a beastx me thinkesx i finde the court herex i am surex a more contentx and all those pleasures that wooe the wils of men to vanityx i see through nowx and am sufficient to tell the worldx tis but a gaudy shaddowx that old timex as he passes byx takes with himx what had we binx old in the court of creonx where sin is iusticex lust and ignorance the vertues of the great onesx cosen arcitex had not the loving gods found this place for usx we had died as they doex ill old menx unweptx and had their epitaphesx the peoples cursesx shall i say morex arcitex i would heare you stillx palamonx ye shallx is there record of any two that lovxd better then we doex arcitex arcitex surex there cannotx palamonx i doe not thinke it possible our friendship should ever leave usx arcitex till our deathes it cannotx xenter emilia and her woman xbelowxxx and after death our spirits shall be led to those that love eternallyx speake onx sirx emiliax this garden has a world of pleasures inxtx what flowre is thisx womanx tis calld narcissusx madamx emiliax that was a faire boyx certainex but a foolex to love himselfex were there not maides enoughx arcitex pray forwardx palamonx yesx emiliax or were they all hard heartedx womanx they could not be to one so fairex emiliax thou wouldst notx womanx i thinke i should notx madamx emiliax thatxs a good wenchx but take heede to your kindnes thoughx womanx whyx madamx emiliax men are mad thingsx arcitex will ye goe forwardx cosenx emiliax canst not thou worke such flowers in silkex wenchx womanx yesx emiliax ile have a gowne full of xemx and of thesex this is a pretty colourx wilt not doe rarely upon a skirtx wenchx womanx deintyx madamx arcitex cosenx cosenx how doe youx sirx whyx palamonx palamonx never till now i was in prisonx arcitex arcitex why whats the matterx manx palamonx beholdx and wonderx by heavenx shee is a goddessex arcitex hax palamonx doe reverencex she is a goddessex arcitex emiliax of all flowresx me thinkes a rose is bestx womanx whyx gentle madamx emiliax it is the very embleme of a maidex for when the west wind courts her gentlyx how modestly she blowesx and paints the sunx with her chaste blushesx when the north comes neere herx rude and impatientx thenx like chastityx shee lockes her beauties in her bud againex and leaves him to base briersx womanx yetx good madamx sometimes her modesty will blow so far she fals forxtx a maydex if shee have any honourx would be loth to take example by herx emiliax thou art wantonx arcitex she is wondrous fairex palamonx she is beauty extantx emiliax the sun grows highx lets walk inx keep these flowersx weele see how neere art can come neere their coloursx i am wondrous merry heartedx i could laugh nowx womanx i could lie downex i am surex emiliax and take one with youx womanx thatxs as we bargainex madamx emiliax wellx agree thenx xexeunt emilia and womanxx palamonx what thinke you of this beautyx arcitex tis a rare onex palamonx isxt but a rare onex arcitex yesx a matchles beautyx palamonx might not a man well lose himselfe and love herx arcitex i cannot tell what you have donex i havex beshrew mine eyes forxtx now i feele my shacklesx palamonx you love herx thenx arcitex who would notx palamonx and desire herx arcitex before my libertyx palamonx i saw her firstx arcitex thatxs nothingx palamonx but it shall bex arcitex i saw her toox palamonx yesx but you must not love herx arcitex i will not as you doex to worship herx as she is heavenlyx and a blessed goddesx i love her as a womanx to enjoy herx so both may lovex palamonx you shall not love at allx arcitex not love at allx who shall deny mex palamonx ix that first saw herx ix that tooke possession first with mine eyes of all those beauties in her reveald to mankindex if thou louxst herx or entertainxst a hope to blast my wishesx thou art a traytourx arcitex and a fellow false as thy title to herx friendshipx bloodx and all the tyes betweene us i disclaimex if thou once thinke upon herx arcitex yesx i love herx and if the lives of all my name lay on itx i must doe sox i love her with my soulex if that will lose yex farewellx palamonx i say againex i lovex and in loving her maintaine i am as worthy and as free a loverx and have as just a title to her beauty as any palamon or any living that is a mans sonnex palamonx have i cald thee friendx arcitex yesx and have found me sox why are you movxd thusx let me deale coldly with youx am not i part of your bloodx part of your soulex you have told me that i was palamonx and you were arcitex palamonx yesx arcitex am not i liable to those affectionsx those joyesx greifesx angersx fearesx my friend shall sufferx palamonx ye may bex arcitex whyx thenx would you deale so cunninglyx so strangelyx so vnlike a noble kinesmanx to love alonex speake truelyx doe you thinke me vnworthy of her sightx palamonx nox but unjustx if thou pursue that sightx arcitex because an other first sees the enemyx shall i stand still and let mine honour downex and never chargex palamonx yesx if he be but onex arcitex but say that one had rather combat mex palamonx let that one say sox and use thy freedomex els if thou pursuest herx be as that cursed man that hates his countryx a branded villainex arcitex you are madx palamonx i must bex till thou art worthyx arcitex it concernes mex and in this madnesx if i hazard thee and take thy lifex i deale but truelyx arcitex fiex sirx you play the childe extreamelyx i will love herx i mustx i ought to doe sox and i darex and all this justlyx palamonx o that nowx that now thy falsexselfe and thy friend had but this fortunex to be one howre at libertyx and graspe our good swords in our handsx i would quickly teach thee what xtwer to filch affection from anotherx thou art baser in it then a cutpursex put but thy head out of this window morex and as i have a soulex ile naile thy life tooxtx arcitex thou darxst notx foolex thou canst notx thou art feeblex put my head outx ile throw my body outx and leape the gardenx when i see her next xenter keeperxx and pitch between her armes to anger theex palamonx no morex the keeperxs commingx i shall live to knocke thy braines out with my shacklesx arcitex doex keeperx by your leavex gentlemenx palamonx nowx honest keeperx keeperx lord arcitex you must presently toxth dukex the cause i know not yetx arcitex i am readyx keeperx keeperx prince palamonx i must awhile bereave you of your faire cosens companyx xexeunt arcitex and keeperxx palamonx and me toox even when you pleasex of lifex why is he sent forx it may be he shall marry herx hexs goodlyx and like enough the duke hath taken notice both of his blood and bodyx but his falsehoodx why should a friend be treacherousx if that get him a wife so noblex and so fairex let honest men nexre love againex once more i would but see this faire onex blessed gardenx and fruitex and flowers more blessedx that still blossom as her bright eies shine on yex would i werex for all the fortune of my life hereafterx yon little treex yon blooming apricockex how i would spreadx and fling my wanton armes in at her windowx i would bring her fruite fit for the gods to feed onx youth and pleasure still as she tasted should be doubled on herx and if she be not heavenlyx i would make her so neere the gods in naturex they should feare herx xenter keeperxx and then i am sure she would love mex how nowx keeperx wherxs arcitex keeperx banishdx prince pirithous obtained his libertyx but never more vpon his oth and life must he set foote vpon this kingdomex palamonx hees a blessed manx he shall see thebs againex and call to armes the bold yong menx thatx when he bids xem chargex fall on like firex arcite shall have a fortunex if he dare make himselfe a worthy loverx yet in the feild to strike a battle for herx and if he lose her thenx hexs a cold cowardx how bravely may he beare himselfe to win her if he be noble arcitexthousand waiesx were i at libertyx i would doe things of such a vertuous greatnesx that this ladyx this blushing virginex should take manhood to her and seeke to ravish mex keeperx my lord for you i have this charge toox palamonx to discharge my lifex keeperx nox but from this place to remoove your lordshipx the windowes are too openx palamonx devils take xemx that are so envious to mex prexthee kill mex keeperx and hang forxt afterwardx palamonx by this good lightx had i a sword i would kill theex keeperx whyx my lordx palamonx thou bringst such pelting scuruy news continually thou art not worthy lifex i will not goex keeperx indeedex you mustx my lordx palamonx may i see the gardenx keeperx noex palamonx then i am resoludx i will not goex keeperx i must constraine you thenx and for you are dangerousx ile clap more yrons on youx palamonx doex good keeperx ile shake xem sox ye shall not sleepex ile make ye a new morrissex must i goex keeperx there is no remedyx palamonx farewellx kinde windowx may rude winde never hurt theex ox my ladyx if ever thou hast felt what sorrow wasx dreame how i sufferx comex now bury mex xexeunt palamonx and keeperxx scene xx xthe country near athensx xenter arcitexx arcitex banishd the kingdomex tis a benefitx a mercy i must thanke xem forx but banishd the free enjoying of that face i die forx oh twas a studdied punishmentx a death beyond imaginationx such a vengeance thatx were i old and wickedx all my sins could never plucke upon mex palamonx thou haxst the start nowx thou shalt stay and see her bright eyes breake each morning gainst thy windowx and let in life into theex thou shalt feede vpon the sweetenes of a noble beautyx that nature nevxr exceededx nor nevxr shallx good godsx what happines has palamonx twenty to onex heexle come to speake to herx and if she be as gentle as shexs fairex i know shexs hisx he has a tongue will tame tempestsx and make the wild rockes wantonx come what can comex the worst is deathx i will not leave the kingdomex i know mine owne is but a heape of ruinsx and no redresse therex if i goex he has herx i am resoluxd an other shape shall make mex or end my fortunesx either wayx i am happyx ile see herx and be neere herx or no morex xenter xx country peoplex x one with a garlond before themxx xx countreyman my mastersx ile be therex thatxs certaine xx countreyman and ile be therex xx countreyman and ix xx countreyman whyx thenx have with yex boyesx tis but a chidingx let the plough play to dayx ile tickxlt out of the iades tailes to morrowx xx countreyman i am sure to have my wife as jealous as a turkeyx but thatxs all onex ile goe throughx let her mumblex xx countreyman clap her aboard to morrow nightx and stoa herx and allxs made up againex xx countreyman ix doe but put a feskue in her fistx and you shall see her take a new lesson outx and be a good wenchx doe we all hold against the mayingx xx countreyman holdx what should aile usx xx countreyman arcas will be therex xx countreyman and sennoisx and rycasx and xx better lads nevxr dancd under green treex and yee know what wenchesx hax but will the dainty dominex the schoolemasterx keep touchx doe you thinkex for he doxs allx ye knowx xx countreyman heexl eate a hornebooke ere he failex goe toox the matterxs too farre driven betweene him and the tanners daughterx to let slip nowx and she must see the dukex and she must daunce toox xx countreyman shall we be lustyx xx countreyman all the boyes in athens blow wind ixth breech onxsx and heere ile be and there ile bex for our townex and here againex and there againex hax boyesx heigh for the weaversx xx countreyman this must be done ixth woodsx xx countreyman ox pardon mex xx countreyman by any meanesx our thing of learning saies sox where he himselfe will edifie the duke most parlously in our behalfesx hees excellent ixth woodsx bring him toxth plainesx his learning makes no cryx xx countreyman weele see the sportsx thenx every man toxs tacklex andx sweete companionsx lets rehearse by any meanesx before the ladies see usx and doe sweetlyx and god knows what may come onxtx xx countreyman contentx the sports once endedx weexl performex awayx boyes and holdx arcitex by your leavesx honest friendsx pray youx whither goe youx xx countreyman whitherx whyx what a questionxs thatx arcitex yesx tis a questionx to me that know notx xx countreyman to the gamesx my friendx xx countreyman where were you bredx you know it notx arcitex not farrex sirx are there such games to dayx xx countreyman yesx marryx are therex and such as you neuer sawx the duke himselfe will be in person therex arcitex what pastimes are theyx xx countreyman wrastlingx and runningxxtis a pretty fellowx xx countreyman thou wilt not goe alongx arcitex not yetx sirx xx countreyman wellx sirx take your owne timex comex boyesx xx countreyman my minde misgives mex this fellow has a vengxance tricke oxth hipx marke how his bodixs made forxt xx countreyman ile be hangdx thoughx if he dare venturex hang himx plumb porredgex he wrastlex he rost eggsx comex lets be gonx ladsx xexeuntxx arcitex this is an offerd oportunity i durst not wish forx well i could have wrestledx the best men calld it excellentx and runx swifter the winde upon a feild of corne xcurling the wealthy earesx never flewx ile venturex and in some poore disguize be therex who knowes whether my browes may not be girt with garlandsx and happines preferre me to a placex where i may ever dwell in sight of herx xexit arcitexx scene xx xathensx a room in the prisonxx xenter iailors daughter alonexx daughterx why should i love this gentlemanx tis odds he never will affect mex i am basex my father the meane keeper of his prisonx and he a princex to marry him is hopelessex to be his whore is witlesx out uponxtx what pushes are we wenches driven tox when fifteene once has found usx firstx i saw himx i xseeingx thought he was a goodly manx he has as much to please a woman in himx xif he please to bestow it sox as ever these eyes yet lookt onx nextx i pittied himx and so would any young wenchx ox my consciencex that ever dreamxdx or vowxd her maydenhead to a yong hansom manx then i lovxd himx extreamely lovxd himx infinitely lovxd himx and yet he had a cosenx faire as he toox but in my heart was palamonx and therex lordx what a coyle he keepesx to heare him sing in an eveningx what a heaven it isx and yet his songs are sad onesx fairer spoken was never gentlemanx when i come in to bring him water in a morningx first he bowes his noble bodyx then salutes mex thusx xfairex gentle maydex good morrowx may thy goodnes get thee a happy husbandxx once he kist mex i lovxd my lips the better ten daies afterx would he would doe so evxry dayx he greives muchx and me as much to see his miseryx what should i doex to make him know i love himx for i would faine enjoy himx say i venturxd to set him freex what saies the law thenx thus much for lawx or kindredx i will doe itx and this nightx or to morrowx he shall love mex xexitxx scene xx xan open place in athensxx xenter theseusx hipolitax pirithousx emiliax arcite with a garlandx xcxx xthis short florish of cornets and showtes withinxx theseusx you have done worthilyx i have not seenex since herculesx a man of tougher synewesx what ere you arex you run the bestx and wrastlex that these times can allowx arcitex i am proud to please youx theseusx what countrie bred youx arcitex thisx but far offx princex theseusx are you a gentlemanx arcitex my father said sox and to those gentle uses gave me lifex theseusx are you his heirex arcitex his yongestx sirx theseusx your father sure is a happy sire thenx what prooves youx arcitex a little of all noble quallitiesx i could have kept a hawkex and well have holloaxd to a deepe crie of doggesx i dare not praise my feat in horsemanshipx yet they that knew me would say it was my best peecex lastx and greatestx i would be thought a souldierx theseusx you are perfectx perithousx vpon my soulex a proper manx emiliax he is sox perithousx how doe you like himx ladiex hippolitax i admire himx i have not seene so yong a man so noble xif he say truexx of his sortx emiliax beleevex his mother was a wondrous handsome womanx his facex me thinkesx goes that wayx hippolitax but his body and firie minde illustrate a brave fatherx perithousx marke how his vertuex like a hidden sunx breakes through his baser garmentsx hippolitax heexs well gotx surex theseusx what made you seeke this placex sirx arcitex noble theseusx to purchase namex and doe my ablest service to such a wellxfound wonder as thy worthx for onely in thy courtx of all the worldx dwells fairexeyd honorx perithousx all his words are worthyx theseusx sirx we are much endebted to your travellx nor shall you loose your wishx perithousx dispose of this faire gentlemanx perithousx thankesx theseusx what ere you are yxar minex and i shall give you to a most noble servicex to this ladyx this bright yong virginx prayx observe her goodnessex you have honourd hir faire birthxday with your vertuesx and as your due yxar hirsx kisse her faire handx sirx arcitex sirx yxar a noble giverx dearest bewtiex thus let me seale my vowd faithx when your servant xyour most unworthie creaturex but offends youx command him diex he shallx emiliax that were too cruellx if you deserve wellx sirx i shall soone seextx yxar minex and somewhat better than your rancke ile use youx perithousx ile see you furnishxdx and because you say you are a horsemanx i must needs intreat you this after noone to ridex but tis a rough onex arcitex i like him betterx princex i shall not then freeze in my saddlex theseusx sweetx you must be readiex and youx emiliax and youx friendx and allx to morrow by the sunx to doe observance to flowry mayx in dians woodx waite wellx sirx vpon your mistrisx emelyx i hope he shall not goe a footex emiliax that were a shamex sirx while i have horsesx take your choicex and what you want at any timex let me but know itx if you serve faithfullyx i dare assure you youxl finde a loving mistrisx arcitex if i doe notx let me finde that my father ever hatedx disgrace and blowesx theseusx gox leade the wayx you have won itx it shall be sox you shall receave all dues fit for the honour you have wonx twer wrong elsex sisterx beshrew my heartx you have a servantx thatx if i were a womanx would be masterx but you are wisex xflorishxx emiliax i hope too wise for thatx sirx xexeunt omnesxx scene xx xbefore the prisonxx xenter iaylors daughter alonexx daughterx let all the dukesx and all the divells rorex he is at libertyx i have venturd for himx and out i have brought him to a little wood a mile hencex i have sent himx where a cedarx higher than all the restx spreads like a plane fast by a brookex and there he shall keepe closex till i provide him fyles and foodex for yet his yron bracelets are not offx o lovex what a stout hearted child thou artx my father durst better have indurxd cold yronx than done itx i love him beyond love and beyond reasonx or witx or safetiex i have made him know itx i care notx i am desperatex if the law finde mex and then condemne me forxtx some wenchesx some honest harted maidesx will sing my dirgex and tell to memory my death was noblex dying almost a martyrx that way he takesx i purpose is my way toox sure he cannot be so unmanlyx as to leave me herex if he doex maides will not so easily trust men againex and yet he has not thankxd me for what i have donex no not so much as kist mex and that xme thinkesx is not so wellx nor scarcely could i perswade him to become a freemanx he made such scruples of the wrong he did to mex and to my fatherx yet i hopex when he considers morex this love of mine will take more root within himx let him doe what he will with mex so he use me kindlyx for use me so he shallx or ile proclaime himx and to his facex no manx ile presently provide him necessariesx and packe my cloathes upx and where there is a patch of ground ile venturex so hee be with mex by himx like a shadowx ile ever dwellx within this houre the whoobub will be all ore the prisonx i am then kissing the man they looke forx farewellx fatherx get many more such prisoners and such daughtersx and shortly you may keepe your selfex now to himx act iii scene xx xa forest near athensxx xcornets in sundry placesx noise and hallowing as people a mayingxx xenter arcite alonexx arcitex the duke has lost hypolitax each tooke a severall landx this is a solemne right they owe bloomd mayx and the athenians pay it toxth heart of ceremonyx o queene emiliax fresher then mayx sweeter then hir gold buttons on the bowesx or all thxenamelld knackes oxth meade or gardenx yeax we challenge too the bancke of any nymph that makes the streame seeme flowersx thoux o iewell oxth woodx oxth worldx hast likewise blest a place with thy sole presencex in thy rumination that ix poore manx might eftsoones come betweene and chop on some cold thoughtx thrice blessed chancex to drop on such a mistrisx expectation most giltlesse onxtx tell mex o lady fortunex xnext after emely my soveraignex how far i may be prowdx she takes strong note of mex hath made me neere herx and this beuteous morne xthe primxst of all the yearex presents me with a brace of horsesx two such steeds might well be by a paire of kings backtx in a field that their crownes titles tridex alasx alasx poore cosen palamonx poore prisonerx thou so little dreamxst upon my fortunex that thou thinkst thy selfe the happier thingx to be so neare emiliax me thou deemxst at thebsx and therein wretchedx although freex but if thou knewxst my mistris breathd on mex and that i earxd her languagex livde in her eyex o cozx what passion would enclose theex xenter palamon as out of a bushx with his shacklesx bends his fist at arcitexx palamonx traytor kinesmanx thou shouldst perceive my passionx if these signes of prisonment were off mex and this hand but owner of a swordx by all othes in onex i and the iustice of my love would make thee a confest traytorx o thou most perfidious that ever gently lookdx the voydest of honourx that euxr bore gentle tokenx falsest cosen that ever blood made kinx callxst thou hir thinex ile prove it in my shacklesx with these handsx void of appointmentx that thou lyxstx and art a very theefe in lovex a chaffy lordx nor worth the name of villainex had i a sword and these house clogges awayx arcitex deere cosin palamonx palamonx cosoner arcitex give me language such as thou hast shewd me featex arcitex not finding in the circuit of my breast any grosse stuffe to forme me like your blazonx holds me to this gentlenesse of answerx tis your passion that thus mistakesx the which to you being enemyx cannot to me be kindx honorx and honestie i cherishx and depend onx how so evxr you skip them in mex and with themx faire cozx ile maintaine my proceedingsx prayx be pleasxd to shew in generous termes your griefesx since that your questionxs with your equallx who professes to cleare his owne way with the minde and sword of a true gentlemanx palamonx that thou durstx arcitex arcitex my cozx my cozx you have beene well advertisxd how much i darex yxave seene me use my sword against thxadvice of fearex surex of another you would not heare me doubtedx but your silence should breake outx though ixth sanctuaryx palamonx sirx i have seene you move in such a placex which well might justifie your manhoodx you were calld a good knight and a boldx but the whole weekexs not fairex if any day it raynex their valiant temper men loose when they encline to trecheriex and then they fight like coupelld bearesx would fly were they not tydex arcitex kinsmanx you might as well speake this and act it in your glassex as to his eare which now disdaines youx palamonx come up to mex quit me of these cold gyvesx give me a swordx though it be rustiex and the charity of one meale lend mex come before me thenx a good sword in thy handx and doe but say that emily is thinex i will forgive the trespasse thou hast done mex yeax my lifex if then thou carryxtx and brave soules in shades that have dyde manlyx which will seeke of me some newes from earthx they shall get none but thisx that thou art brave and noblex arcitex be contentx againe betake you to your hawthorne housex with counsaile of the nightx i will be here with wholesome viandsx these impediments will i file offx you shall have garments and perfumes to kill the smell oxth prisonx afterx when you shall stretch your selfe and say butx xarcitex i am in plightxx there shall be at your choyce both sword and armourx palamonx oh you heavensx dares any so noble beare a guilty businesx none but onely arcitex therefore none but arcite in this kinde is so boldx arcitex sweete palamonx palamonx i doe embrace you and your offerxxfor your offer dooxt i onelyx sirx your personx without hipocrisy i may not wish xwinde hornes of cornetsxx more then my swords edge ontx arcitex you heare the hornesx enter your musite least this match betweenxs be crostx er metx give me your handx farewellx ile bring you every needfull thingx i pray youx take comfort and be strongx palamonx pray hold your promisex and doe the deede with a bent browx most certaine you love me notx be rough with mex and powre this oile out of your languagex by this ayrex i could for each word give a cuffex my stomach not reconcild by reasonx arcitex plainely spokenx yet pardon me hard languagex when i spur xwinde hornesxx my horsex i chide him notx content and anger in me have but one facex harkex sirx they call the scatterd to the banketx you must guesse i have an office therex palamonx sirx your attendance cannot please heavenx and i know your office vnjustly is atcheevxdx arcitex if a good titlex i am perswaded this question sicke betweenxs by bleeding must be curxdx i am a suitourx that to your sword you will bequeath this plea and talke of it no morex palamonx but this one wordx you are going now to gaze upon my mistrisx for note youx mine she isx arcitex nayx thenx palamonx nayx pray youx you talke of feeding me to breed me strengthx you are going now to looke upon a sun that strengthens what it lookes onx there you have a vantage ore mex but enjoyxt till i may enforce my remedyx farewellx xexeuntxx scene xx xanother part of the forestxx xenter iaylors daughter alonexx daughterx he has mistooke the brake i meantx is gone after his fancyx tis now welnigh morningx no matterx would it were perpetuall nightx and darkenes lord oxth worldx harkex tis a woolfex in me hath greife slaine fearex and but for one thing i care for nothingx and thatxs palamonx i wreake not if the wolves would jaw mex so he had this filex what if i hallowd for himx i cannot hallowx if i whoopxdx what thenx if he not answeardx i should call a wolfex and doe him but that servicex i have heard strange howles this livexlong nightx why mayxt not be they have made prey of himx he has no weaponsx he cannot runx the iengling of his gives might call fell things to listenx who have in them a sence to know a man unarmdx and can smell where resistance isx ile set it downe hexs torne to peecesx they howld many together and then they fed on himx so much for thatx be bold to ring the bellx how stand i thenx allxs charxd when he is gonex nox nox i lyex my fatherxs to be hangxd for his escapex my selfe to begx if i prizd life so much as to deny my actx but that i would notx should i try death by dussonsxxi am mopxtx food tooke i none these two daiesx sipt some waterx i have not closd mine eyes save when my lids scowrd off their brinex alasx dissolue my lifex let not my sence unsettlex least i should drownex or stab or hang my selfex o state of naturex faile together in mex since thy best props are warptx sox which way nowx the best way is the next way to a gravex each errant step beside is tormentx loex the moone is downx the cryckets chirpex the schreichowle calls in the dawnex all offices are done save what i faile inx but the point is thisx an endx and that is allx xexitxx scene xx xsame as scene ixx xenter arcitex with meatex winex and filesxx arcitex i should be neere the placex hoax cosen palamonx xenter palamonxx palamonx arcitex arcitex the samex i have brought you foode and filesx come forth and feare notx herexs no theseusx palamonx nor none so honestx arcitex arcitex thatxs no matterx weexl argue that hereafterx comex take couragex you shall not dye thus beastlyx herex sirx drinkex i know you are faintx then ile talke further with youx palamonx arcitex thou mightst now poyson mex arcitex i mightx but i must feare you firstx sit downex andx goodx now no more of these vaine parliesx let us notx having our ancient reputation with usx make talke for fooles and cowardsx to your healthx xcx palamonx doex arcitex prayx sit downe thenx and let me entreate youx by all the honesty and honour in youx no mention of this womanx txwill disturbe usx we shall have time enoughx palamonx wellx sirx ile pledge youx arcitex drinke a good hearty draughtx it breeds good bloodx manx doe not you feele it thaw youx palamonx stayx ile tell you after a draught or two morex arcitex spare it notx the duke has morex cuzx eate nowx palamonx yesx arcitex i am glad you have so good a stomachx palamonx i am gladder i have so good meate tooxtx arcitex isxt not mad lodging here in the wild woodsx cosenx palamonx yesx for them that have wilde consciencesx arcitex how tasts your vittailsx your hunger needs no sawcex i seex palamonx not muchx but if it didx yours is too tartx sweete cosenx what is thisx arcitex venisonx palamonx tis a lusty meatex giue me more winex herex arcitex to the wenches we have known in our daiesx the lord stewards daughterx doe you remember herx arcitex after youx cuzx palamonx she lovxd a blackxhaird manx arcitex she did sox wellx sirx palamonx and i have heard some call him arcitex andx arcitex out withxtx faithx palamonx she met him in an arbourx what did she therex cuzx play oxth virginalsx arcitex something she didx sirx palamonx made her groane a moneth forxtx or xx or xx or xxx arcitex the marshals sister had her share toox as i rememberx cosenx else there be tales abroadex youxl pledge herx palamonx yesx arcitex a pretty broune wench txisx there was a time when yong men went a huntingx and a woodx and a broade beechx and thereby hangs a talexxheigh hox palamonx for emilyx upon my lifex foolex away with this straind mirthx i say againex that sigh was breathd for emilyx base cosenx darxst thou breake firstx arcitex you are widex palamonx by heaven and earthx therxs nothing in thee honestx arcitex then ile leave youx you are a beast nowx palamonx as thou makst mex traytourx arcitex therxs all things needfullx files and shirtsx and perfumesx ile come againe some two howres hencex and bring that that shall quiet allx palamonx a sword and armourx arcitex feare me notx you are now too fowlex farewellx get off your trinketsx you shall want noughtx palamonx sirx hax arcitex ile heare no morex xexitxx palamonx if he keepe touchx he dies forxtx xexitxx scene xx xanother part of the forestxx xenter iaylors daughterxx daughterx i am very coldx and all the stars are out toox the little starsx and allx that looke like agletsx the sun has seene my follyx palamonx alas nox hees in heavenx where am i nowx yonderxs the seax and therxs a shipx howxt tumblesx and therxs a rocke lies watching under waterx nowx nowx it beates upon itx nowx nowx nowx therxs a leak sprungx a sound onex how they cryx spoon her before the windex youxl loose all elsx vp with a course or twox and take aboutx boyesx good nightx good nightx yxar gonexxi am very hungryx would i could finde a fine frogx he would tell me newes from all parts oxth worldx then would i make a carecke of a cockle shellx and sayle by east and north east to the king of pigmesx for he tels fortunes rarelyx now my fatherx twenty to onex is trust up in a trice to morrow morningx ile say never a wordx xsingxx for ile cut my greene coat a foote above my kneex and ile clip my yellow lockes an inch below mine eiex heyx nonnyx nonnyx nonnyx hexs buy me a white cutx forth for to ride and ile goe seeke himx throw the world that is so wide hey nonnyx nonnyx nonnyx o for a pricke now like a nightingalex to put my breast againstx i shall sleepe like a top elsex xexitxx scene xx xanother part of the forestxx xenter a schoole masterx xx countrymenx and bavianx xx or xx wenchesx with a taborerxx schoolmasterx fyx fyx what tediosityx x disensanity is here among yex have my rudiments bin labourd so long with yex milkd unto yex and by a figure even the very plumbroth x marrow of my understanding laid upon yex and do you still cryx wherex and howx x wherforex you most course freeze capacitiesx ye jane iudgementsx have i saidex thus let bex and there let bex and then let bex and no man understand meex proh deumx medius fidiusx ye are all duncesx for whyx here stand ix here the duke comesx there are you close in the thicketx the duke appearesx i meete him and unto him i utter learned things and many figuresx he hearesx and nodsx and humsx and then criesx rarex and i goe forwardx at length i fling my cap upx marke therex then do youx as once did meleager and the borex break comly out before himx like true loversx cast your selves in a body decentlyx and sweetlyx by a figure trace and turnex boyesx xx countreymanx and sweetly we will doe it master gerroldx xx countreymanx draw up the companyx wherexs the taborourx xx countreymanx whyx timothyx taborerx herex my mad boyesx have at yex schoolmasterx but i sayx wherexs their womenx xx countreymanx herexs friz and maudlinex xx countreymanx and little luce with the white legsx and bouncing barberyx xx countreymanx and freckeled nelx that never faild her masterx schoolmasterx wher be your ribandsx maidsx swym with your bodies and carry it sweetlyx and deliverly and now and then a fauourx and a friskex nelx let us alonex sirx schoolmasterx wherxs the rest oxth musickex xx countreymanx dispersd as you commandedx schoolmasterx couplex thenx and see whatxs wantingx wherxs the bavianx my friendx carry your taile without offence or scandall to the ladiesx and be sure you tumble with audacity and manhoodx and when you barkex doe it with judgementx bavianx yesx sirx schoolmasterx quo usque tandemx here is a woman wantingx xx countreymanx we may goe whistlex all the fatxs ixth firex schoolmasterx we havex as learned authours utterx washd a tilex we have beene fatuusx and laboured vainelyx xx countreymanx this is that scornefull peecex that scurvy hildingx that gave her promise faithfullyx she would be herex cicely the sempsters daughterx the next gloves that i give her shall be dog skinx nay and she faile me oncexyou can tellx arcasx she swore by wine and breadx she would not breakex schoolmasterx an eele and womanx a learned poet sayesx unles byxth taile and with thy teeth thou holdx will either failex in manners this was false position xx countreymanx a fire ill take herx doxs she flinch nowx xx countreymanx what shall we determinex sirx schoolmasterx nothingx our busines is become a nullityx yeax and a woefullx and a pittious nullityx xx countreymanx now when the credite of our towne lay on itx now to be frampallx now to pisse oxth nettlex goe thy waiesx ile remember theex ile fit theex xenter iaylors daughterxx daughterx xsingsxx the george alow came from the southx from the coast of barbary ax and there he met with brave gallants of war by onex by twox by threex ax well haildx well haildx you jolly gallantsx and whither now are you bound ax o let me have your company xchaire and stooles outxx till xix come to the sound ax there was three foolesx fell out about an howletx the one sed it was an owlex the other he sed nayx the third he sed it was a hawkex and her bels wer cut awayx xx countreymanx therxs a dainty mad woman mxaistexr comes ixth nickx as mad as a march harex if wee can get her dauncex wee are made againex i warrant herx sheexl doe the rarest gambolsx xx countreymanx a mad womanx we are madex boyesx schoolmasterx and are you madx good womanx daughterx i would be sorry elsex give me your handx schoolmasterx whyx daughterx i can tell your fortunex you are a foolex tell tenx i have pozd himx buzx friend you must eate no whitebreadx if you doex your teeth will bleede extreamelyx shall we dancex hox i know youx yxar a tinkerx sirha tinkerx stop no more holesx but what you shouldx schoolmasterx dij bonix a tinkerx damzellx daughterx or a conjurerx raise me a devill nowx and let him play quipassa oxth bels and bonesx schoolmasterx goex take herx and fluently perswade her to a peacex et opus exegix quod nec iouis irax nec ignisx strike upx and leade her inx xx countreymanx comex lassex lets trip itx daughterx ile leadex xwinde hornesxx xx countreymanx doex doex schoolmasterx perswasivelyx and cunninglyx awayx boyesx xexx all but schoolemasterxx i heare the hornesx give me some meditationx and marke your cuexxpallas inspire mex xenter thesx pirx hipx emilx arcitex and trainexx theseusx this way the stag tookex schoolmasterx stayx and edifiex theseusx what have we herex perithousx some countrey sportx upon my lifex sirx theseusx wellx sirx goe forwardx we will edifiex ladiesx sit downex weexl stay itx schoolmasterx thoux doughtie dukex all hailex all hailex sweet ladiesx theseusx this is a cold beginningx schoolmasterx if you but favourx our country pastime made isx we are a few of those collected herex that ruder tongues distinguish villagerx and to say veritiex and not to fablex we are a merry routx or else a rablex or companyx orx by a figurex chorisx that fore thy dignitie will dance a morrisx and ix that am the rectifier of allx by title pedagogusx that let fall the birch upon the breeches of the small onesx and humble with a ferula the tall onesx doe here present this machinex or this framex and daintie dukex whose doughtie dismall fame from dis to dedalusx from post to pillarx is blowne abroadx helpe me thy poore well willerx and with thy twinckling eyes looke right and straight vpon this mighty morrxof mickle waightx is now comes inx which being glewd togetherx makes morrisx and the cause that we came hetherx the body of our sportx of no small studyx i first appearex though rudex and rawx and muddyx to speake before thy noble grace this tennerx at whose great feete i offer up my pennerx the next the lord of may and lady brightx the chambermaid and servingman by night that seeke out silent hangingx then mine host and his fat spowsex that welcomes to their cost the gauled travellerx and with a beckning informes the tapster to inflame the reckningx then the beast eating clownex and next the foolex the bavianx with long tayle and eke long toolex cum multis alijs that make a dancex say xixx and all shall presently advancex theseusx ix ix by any meanesx deere dominex perithousx producex xschoolmasterxx intratex filijx come forthx and foot itxx xmusickex dancex knocke for schoolexx xenter the dancexx ladiesx if we have beene merryx and have pleasd yee with a derryx and a derryx and a downex say the schoolemasterxs no clownex dukex if we have pleasd thee toox and have done as good boyes should doex give us but a tree or twaine for a maypolex and againex ere another yeare run outx weexl make thee laugh and all this routx theseusx take xxxx dominex how does my sweet heartx hippolitax never so pleasdx sirx emiliax twas an excellent dancex and for a preface i never heard a betterx theseusx schoolemasterx i thanke youxxone seexem all rewardedx perithousx and heerxs something to paint your pole withallx theseusx now to our sports againex schoolmasterx may the stag thou huntst stand longx and thy dogs be swift and strongx may they kill him without letsx and the ladies eate his dowsetsx comex we are all madex xwinde hornesxx dij deoeqxuex omnesx ye have dancxd rarelyx wenchesx xexeuntxx scene xx xsame as scene iiixx xenter palamon from the bushxx palamonx about this houre my cosen gave his faith to visit me againex and with him bring two swordsx and two good armorsx if he failex hexs neither man nor souldierx when he left mex i did not thinke a weeke could have restord my lost strength to mex i was growne so lowx and crestxfalne with my wantsx i thanke theex arcitex thou art yet a faire foex and i feele my selfe with this refreshingx able once againe to out dure dangerx to delay it longer would make the world thinkx when it comes to hearingx that i lay fatting like a swine to fightx and not a souldierx thereforex this blest morning shall be the lastx and that sword he refusesx if it but holdx i kill him withx tis iusticex so lovex and fortune for mexxox good morrowx xenter arcite with armors and swordsxx arcitex good morrowx noble kinesmanx palamonx i have put you to too much painesx sirx arcitex that too muchx faire cosenx is but a debt to honourx and my dutyx palamonx would you were so in allx sirx i could wish ye as kinde a kinsmanx as you force me finde a beneficiall foex that my embraces might thanke yex not my blowesx arcitex i shall thinke eitherx well donex a noble recompencex palamonx then i shall quit youx arcitex defy me in these faire termesx and you show more then a mistris to mex no more anger as you love any thing thatxs honourablex we were not bred to talkex manx when we are armxd and both upon our guardsx then let our furyx like meeting of two tidesx fly strongly from usx and then to whom the birthright of this beauty truely pertaines xwithout obbraidingsx scornesx dispisings of our personsx and such powtingsx fitter for girles and schooleboyesx will be seene and quicklyx yoursx or minex wilt please you armex sirx or if you feele your selfe not fitting yet and furnishd with your old strengthx ile stayx cosenx and evxry day discourse you into healthx as i am spardx your person i am friends withx and i could wish i had not saide i lovxd herx though i had didex but loving such a lady and justifying my lovex i must not fly fromxtx palamonx arcitex thou art so brave an enemyx that no man but thy cosenxs fit to kill theex i am well and lustyx choose your armesx arcitex choose youx sirx palamonx wilt thou exceede in allx or doxst thou doe it to make me spare theex arcitex if you thinke sox cosenx you are deceivedx for as i am a soldierx i will not spare youx palamonx thatxs well saidx arcitex youxl finde itx palamonx thenx as i am an honest man and love with all the justice of affectionx ile pay thee soundlyx this ile takex arcitex thatxs minex thenx ile arme you firstx palamonx dox pray theex tell mex cosenx where gotst thou this good armourx arcitex tis the dukesx and to say truex i stole itx doe i pinch youx palamonx noex arcitex isxt not too heaviex palamonx i have worne a lighterx but i shall make it servex arcitex ile bucklxt closex palamonx by any meanesx arcitex you care not for a grand guardx palamonx nox nox weexl use no horsesx i perceave you would faine be at that fightx arcitex i am indifferentx palamonx faithx so am ix good cosenx thrust the buckle through far enoughx arcitex i warrant youx palamonx my caske nowx arcitex will you fight barexarmdx palamonx we shall be the nimblerx arcitex but use your gauntlets thoughx those are oxth leastx prethee take minex good cosenx palamonx thanke youx arcitex how doe i lookex am i falne much awayx arcitex faithx very littlex love has usd you kindlyx palamonx ile warrant theex ile strike homex arcitex doex and spare notx ile give you causex sweet cosenx palamonx now to youx sirx me thinkes this armorxs very like thatx arcitex thou worxst the day the xx kings fellx but lighterx arcitex that was a very good onex and that dayx i well rememberx you outdid mex cosenx i never saw such valourx when you chargd vpon the left wing of the enemiex i spurd hard to come upx and under me i had a right good horsex palamonx you had indeedex a bright bayx i rememberx arcitex yesx but all was vainely labourxd in mex you outwent mex nor could my wishes reach youx yet a little i did by imitationx palamonx more by vertuex you are modestx cosenx arcitex when i saw you charge firstx me thought i heard a dreadfull clap of thunder breake from the troopex palamonx but still before that flew the lightning of your valourx stay a littlex is not this peece too streightx arcitex nox nox tis wellx palamonx i would have nothing hurt thee but my swordx a bruise would be dishonourx arcitex now i am perfectx palamonx stand offx thenx arcitex take my swordx i hold it betterx palamonx i thanke yex nox keepe itx your life lyes on itx herexs onex if it but holdx i aske no more for all my hopesx my cause and honour guard mex xthey bow severall wayesx then advance and standxx arcitex and me my lovex is there ought else to sayx palamonx this onelyx and no morex thou art mine aunts sonx and that blood we desire to shed is mutuallx in mex thinex and in theex minex my sword is in my handx and if thou killst mex the gods and i forgive theex if there be a place preparxd for those that sleepe in honourx i wish his wearie soule that falls may win itx fight bravelyx cosenx give me thy noble handx arcitex herex palamonx this hand shall never more come neare thee with such friendshipx palamonx i commend theex arcitex if i fallx curse mex and say i was a cowardx for none but such dare die in these just tryallsx once more farewellx my cosenx palamonx farewellx arcitex xfightxx xhornes withinx they standxx arcitex loex cosenx loex our folly has undon usx palamonx whyx arcitex this is the dukex a hunting as i told youx if we be foundx we are wretchedx o retire for honours sakex and safety presently into your bush agenx sirx we shall finde too many howres to dye inx gentle cosenx if you be seene you perish instantly for breaking prisonx and ix if you reveale mex for my contemptx then all the world will scorne usx and say we had a noble differencex but base disposers of itx palamonx nox nox cosenx i will no more be hiddenx nor put off this great adventure to a second tryallx i know your cunningx and i know your causex he that faints nowx shame take himx put thy selfe vpon thy present guardx arcitex you are not madx palamonx or i will make thxadvantage of this howre mine ownex and what to come shall threaten mex i feare lesse then my fortunex knowx weake cosenx i love emiliax and in that ile bury theex and all crosses elsex arcitex thenx come what can comex thou shalt knowx palamonx i dare as well diex as discoursex or sleepex onely this feares mex the law will have the honour of our endsx have at thy lifex palamonx looke to thine owne wellx arcitex xfight againex hornesxx xenter theseusx hipolitax emiliax perithous and trainexx theseusx what ignorant and mad malicious traitorsx are youx that gainst the tenor of my lawes are making battailex thus like knights appointedx without my leavex and officers of armesx by castorx both shall dyex palamonx hold thy wordx theseusx we are certainly both traitorsx both despisers of thee and of thy goodnessex i am palamonx that cannot love theex he that broke thy prisonx thinke well what that deservesx and this is arcitex a bolder traytor never trod thy groundx a falser neuxr seemxd friendx this is the man was begd and banishxdx this is he contemnes thee and what thou darxst doex and in this disguise against thy owne edict followes thy sisterx that fortunate bright starx the faire emiliax whose servantx xif there be a right in seeingx and first bequeathing of the soule tox justly i amx andx which is morex dares thinke her hisx this treacheriex like a most trusty loverx i callxd him now to answerx if thou beexstx as thou art spokenx great and vertuousx the true descider of all injuriesx sayx xfight againexx and thou shalt see mex theseusx doe such a iusticex thou thy selfe wilt enviex then take my lifex ile wooe thee tooxtx perithousx o heavenx what more then man is thisx theseusx i have swornex arcitex we seeke not thy breath of mercyx theseusx tis to me a thing as soone to dyex as thee to say itx and no more movxdx where this man calls me traitorx let me say thus muchx if in love be treasonx in service of so excellent a beutiex as i love mostx and in that faith will perishx as i have brought my life here to confirme itx as i have servxd her truestx worthiestx as i dare kill this cosenx that denies itx so let me be most traitorx and ye please mex for scorning thy edictx dukex aske that lady why she is fairex and why her eyes command me stay here to love herx and if she say xtraytorxx i am a villaine fit to lye unburiedx palamonx thou shalt have pitty of us bothx o theseusx if unto neither thou shew mercyx stop xas thou art justx thy noble eare against usx as thou art valiantx for thy cosens soule whose xxx strong labours crowne his memoryx lets die togetherx at one instantx dukex onely a little let him fall before mex that i may tell my soule he shall not have herx theseusx i grant your wishx forx to say truex your cosen has ten times more offendedx for i gave him more mercy then you foundx sirx your offenses being no more then hisx none here speake for xemx forx ere the sun setx both shall sleepe for everx hippolitax alas the pittyx now or neverx sisterx speakex not to be denidex that face of yours will beare the curses else of after ages for these lost cosensx emiliax in my facex deare sisterx i finde no anger to xemx nor no ruynx the misadventure of their owne eyes kill xemx yet that i will be womanx and have pittyx my knees shall grow toxth ground but ile get merciex helpe mex deare sisterx in a deede so vertuous the powers of all women will be with usx most royall brotherx hippolitax sirx by our tye of marriagex emiliax by your owne spotlesse honourx hippolitax by that faithx that faire handx and that honest heart you gave mex emiliax by that you would have pitty in anotherx by your owne vertues infinitex hippolitax by valourx by all the chaste nights i have ever pleasd youx theseusx these are strange conjuringsx perithousx nayx thenx ile in toox by all our friendshipx sirx by all our dangersx by all you love mostx warres and this sweet ladyx emiliax by that you would have trembled to denyx a blushing maidex hippolitax by your owne eyesx by strengthx in which you swore i went beyond all womenx almost all menx and yet i yeeldedx theseusx perithousx to crowne all thisx by your most noble soulex which cannot want due merciex i beg firstx hippolitax nextx heare my prayersx emiliax lastx let me intreatex sirx perithousx for mercyx hippolitax mercyx emiliax mercy on these princesx theseusx ye make my faith reelex say i felt compassion toxem bothx how would you place itx emiliax vpon their livesx but with their banishmentsx theseusx you are a right womanx sisterx you have pittyx but want the vnderstanding where to use itx if you desire their livesx invent a way safer then banishmentx can these two live and have the agony of love about xemx and not kill one anotherx every day theyxld fight about youx howrely bring your honour in publique question with their swordsx be wisex thenx and here forget xemx it concernes your credit and my oth equallyx i have said they diex better they fall byxth lawx then one anotherx bow not my honorx emiliax o my noble brotherx that oth was rashly madex and in your angerx your reason will not hold itx if such vowes stand for expresse willx all the world must perishx besidex i have another oth gainst yoursx of more authorityx i am sure more lovex not made in passion neitherx but good heedex theseusx what is itx sisterx perithousx vrge it homex brave ladyx emiliax that you would nevxr deny me any thing fit for my modest suitx and your free grantingx i tye you to your word nowx if ye fall inxtx thinke how you maime your honourx xfor now i am set a beggingx sirx i am deafe to all but your compassionxx howx their lives might breed the ruine of my namex opinionx shall any thing that loves me perish for mex that were a cruell wisedomex doe men proyne the straight yong bowes that blush with thousand blossomsx because they may be rottenx o duke theseusx the goodly mothers that have groand for thesex and all the longing maides that ever lovxdx if your vow standx shall curse me and my beautyx and in their funerall songs for these two cosens despise my crueltiex and cry woe worth mex till i am nothing but the scorne of womenx for heavens sake save their livesx and banish xemx theseusx on what conditionsx emiliax swearexem never more to make me their contentionx or to know mex to tread upon thy dukedomex and to bex where ever they shall travelx ever strangers to one anotherx palamonx ile be cut a peeces before i take this othx forget i love herx o all ye gods dispise mex thenx thy banishment i not mislikex so we may fairely carry our swords and cause alongx elsex never triflex but take our livesx dukex i must love and willx and for that love must and dare kill this cosen on any peece the earth hasx theseusx will youx arcitex take these conditionsx palamonx hexs a villainex thenx perithousx these are menx arcitex nox neverx dukex tis worse to me than begging to take my life so baselyx though i thinke i never shall enjoy herx yet ile preserve the honour of affectionx and dye for herx make death a devillx theseusx what may be donex for now i feele compassionx perithousx let it not fall agenx sirx theseusx sayx emiliax if one of them were deadx as one mustx are you content to take thxother to your husbandx they cannot both enjoy youx they are princes as goodly as your owne eyesx and as noble as ever fame yet spoke ofx looke upon xemx and if you can lovex end this differencex i give consentx are you content toox princesx bothx with all our soulesx theseusx he that she refuses must dyex thenx bothx any death thou canst inventx dukex palamonx if i fall from that mouthx i fall with favourx and lovers yet unborne shall blesse my ashesx arcitex if she refuse mex yet my grave will wed mex and souldiers sing my epitaphx theseusx make choicex thenx emiliax i cannotx sirx they are both too excellentx for mex a hayre shall never fall of these menx hippolitax what will become of xemx theseusx thus i ordaine itx and by mine honorx once againex it standsx or both shall dyexxyou shall both to your countreyx and each within this monethx accompanied with three faire knightsx appeare againe in this placex in which ile plant a pyramidx and whetherx before us that are herex can force his cosen by fayre and knightly strength to touch the pillarx he shall enjoy herx the other loose his headx and all his friendsx nor shall he grudge to fallx nor thinke he dies with interest in this ladyx will this content yeex palamonx yesx herex cosen arcitex i am friends againex till that howrex arcitex i embrace yex theseusx are you contentx sisterx emiliax yesx i mustx sirx els both miscarryx theseusx comex shake hands againex thenx and take heedex as you are gentlemenx this quarrell sleepe till the howre prefixtx and hold your coursex palamonx we dare not faile theex theseusx theseusx comex ile give ye now usage like to princesx and to friendsx when ye returnex who winsx ile settle heerex who loosesx yet ile weepe upon his beerex xexeuntxx act iv scene xx xathensx a room in the prisonxx xenter iailor and his friendxx iailorx heare you no morex was nothing saide of me concerning the escape of palamonx good sirx rememberx xx friendx nothing that i heardx for i came home before the busines was fully endedx yet i might perceivex ere i departedx a great likelihood of both their pardonsx for hipolitax and fairexeyd emiliex upon their knees begd with such hansom pittyx that the duke me thought stood staggeringx whether he should follow his rash othx or the sweet compassion of those two ladiesx and to second themx that truely noble prince perithousx halfe his owne heartx set in toox that i hope all shall be wellx neither heard i one question of your name or his scapex xenter xx friendxx iailorx pray heaven it hold sox xx friendx be of good comfortx manx i bring you newesx good newesx iailorx they are welcomex xx friendx palamon has cleerd youx and got your pardonx and discoverd how and by whose meanes he escaptx which was your daughtersx whose pardon is procurd toox and the prisonerx not to be held ungratefull to her goodnesx has given a summe of money to her marriagex a large onex ile assure youx iailorx ye are a good man and ever bring good newesx xx friendx how was it endedx xx friendx whyx as it should bex they that nevxr begd but they prevaildx had their suites fairely grantedx the prisoners have their livesx xx friendx i knew txwould be sox xx friendx but there be new conditionsx which youxl heare of at better timex iailorx i hope they are goodx xx friendx they are honourablex how good theyxl provex i know notx xenter wooerxx xx friendx txwill be knownex wooerx alasx sirx wherxs your daughterx iailorx why doe you askex wooerx ox sirx when did you see herx xx friendx how he lookesx iailorx this morningx wooerx was she wellx was she in healthx sirx when did she sleepex xx friendx these are strange questionsx iailorx i doe not thinke she was very wellx for now you make me minde herx but this very day i askxd her questionsx and she answered me so farre from what she wasx so childishlyx so sillilyx as if she were a foolex an inocentx and i was very angryx but what of herx sirx wooerx nothing but my pittyx but you must know itx and as good by me as by an other that lesse loves herx iailorx wellx sirx xx friendx not rightx xx friendx not wellx wooerx nox sirx not wellx tis too truex she is madx xx friendx it cannot bex wooerx beleevex youxl finde it sox iailorx i halfe suspected what you xhavex told mex the gods comfort herx either this was her love to palamonx or feare of my miscarrying on his scapex or bothx wooerx tis likelyx iailorx but why all this hastex sirx wooerx ile tell you quicklyx as i late was angling in the great lake that lies behind the pallacex from the far shorex thicke set with reedes and sedgesx as patiently i was attending sportx i heard a voycex a shrill onex and attentive i gave my earex when i might well perceive txwas one that sungx and by the smallnesse of it a boy or womanx i then left my angle to his owne skillx came neerex but yet perceivd not who made the soundx the rushes and the reeds had so encompast itx i laide me downe and listned to the words she sungx for thenx through a small glade cut by the fisher menx i saw it was your daughterx iailorx prayx goe onx sirx wooerx she sung muchx but no sencex onely i heard her repeat this oftenx xpalamon is gonex is gone toxth wood to gather mulberiesx ile finde him out to morrowxx xx friendx pretty soulex wooerx xhis shackles will betray himx heexl be takenx and what shall i doe thenx ile bring a beavyx a hundred blacke eyd maidesx that love as i doex with chaplets on their heads of daffadilliesx with cherryxlipsx and cheekes of damaske rosesx and all weexl daunce an antique fore the dukex and beg his pardonxx then she talkxd of youx sirx that you must loose your head to morrow morningx and she must gather flowers to bury youx and see the house made handsomex then she sung nothing but xwillowx willowx willowxx and betweene ever wasx xpalamonx faire palamonxx and xpalamon was a tall yong manxx the place was knee deepe where she satx her careles tresses a wreathe of bullxrush roundedx about her stucke thousand fresh water flowers of severall cullorsx that me thought she appeard like the faire nimph that feedes the lake with watersx or as iris newly dropt downe from heavenx rings she made of rushes that grew byx and to xem spoke the prettiest posiesx xthus our true lovexs tidexx xthis you may loosex not mexx and many a onex and then she weptx and sung againex and sighxdx and with the same breath smilxdx and kist her handx xx friendx alasx what pitty it isx wooerx i made in to herx she saw mex and straight sought the floodx i savxd herx and set her safe to landx when presently she slipt awayx and to the citty madex with such a cry and swiftnesx thatx beleeve mex shee left me farre behinde herx three or foure i saw from farre off crosse herx one of xem i knew to be your brotherx where she staidx and fellx scarce to be got awayx i left them with herx xenter brotherx daughterx and othersxx and hether came to tell youx here they arex daughterx xsingsxx may you never more enjoy the lightx xcx is not this a fine songx brotherx ox a very fine onex daughterx i can sing twenty morex brotherx i thinke you canx daughterx yesx truelyx can ix i can sing the broomex and bony robinx are not you a tailourx brotherx yesx daughterx wherxs my wedding gownex brotherx ile bring it to morrowx daughterx doex very rarelyx i must be abroad else to call the maidesx and pay the minstrelsx for i must loose my maydenhead by cockxlightx twill never thrive elsex xsingesxx o fairex oh sweetex xcx brotherx you must evxn take it patientlyx iailorx tis truex daughterx good evxnx good menx prayx did you ever heare of one yong palamonx iailorx yesx wenchx we know himx daughterx isxt not a fine yong gentlemanx iailorx tis lovex brotherx by no meane crosse herx she is then distemperd far worse then now she showesx xx friendx yesx hexs a fine manx daughterx ox is he sox you have a sisterx xx friendx yesx daughterx but she shall never have himx tell her sox for a tricke that i knowx yxhad best looke to herx for if she see him oncex shexs gonex shexs donex and undon in an howrex all the young maydes of our towne are in love with himx but i laugh at xem and let xem all alonex isxt not a wise coursex xx friendx yesx daughterx there is at least two hundred now with child by himx there must be fowrex yet i keepe close for all thisx close as a cocklex and all these must be boyesx he has the tricke onxtx and at ten yeares old they must be all gelt for musitiansx and sing the wars of theseusx xx friendx this is strangex daughterx as ever you heardx but say nothingx xx friendx nox daughterx they come from all parts of the dukedome to himx ile warrant yex he had not so few last night as twenty to dispatchx heexl ticklxt up in two howresx if his hand be inx iailorx shexs lost past all curex brotherx heaven forbidx manx daughterx come hitherx you are a wise manx xx friendx doxs she know himx xx friendx nox would she didx daughterx you are master of a shipx iailorx yesx daughterx wherxs your compassex iailorx heerex daughterx set it tooxth northx and now direct your course toxth woodx wher palamon lyes longing for mex for the tackling let me alonex comex wayghx my heartsx cheerelyx allx owghx owghx owghx tis upx the windxs fairex top the bowlingx out with the maine sailex wherxs your whistlex masterx brotherx lets get her inx iailorx vp to the topx boyx brotherx wherxs the pilotx xx friendx heerex daughterx what kenxst thoux xx friendx a faire woodx daughterx beare for itx masterx take aboutx xsingesxx when cinthia with her borrowed lightx xcx xexeuntxx scene xx xa room in the palacexx xenter emilia alonex with xx picturesxx emiliax yet i may binde those wounds upx that must open and bleed to death for my sake elsex ile choosex and end their strifex two such yong hansom men shall never fall for mex their weeping mothersx following the dead cold ashes of their sonnesx shall never curse my crueltyx good heavenx what a sweet face has arcitex if wise naturex with all her best endowmentsx all those beuties she sowes into the birthes of noble bodiesx were here a mortall womanx and had in her the coy denialls of yong maydesx yet doubtlesx she would run mad for this manx what an eyex of what a fyry sparklex and quick sweetnesx has this yong princex here love himselfe sits smylingx iust such another wanton ganimead set jove a fire withx and enforcd the god snatch up the goodly boyx and set him by him a shining constellationx what a browx of what a spacious majestyx he carriesx archxd like the great eyd iunoxsx but far sweeterx smoother then pelops shoulderx fame and honourx me thinksx from hencex as from a promontory pointed in heavenx should clap their wingsx and sing to all the under world the loves and fights of godsx and such men neere xemx palamon is but his foylex to him a meere dull shadowx heexs swarth and meagrex of an eye as heavy as if he had lost his motherx a still temperx no stirring in himx no alacrityx of all this sprightly sharpenes not a smilex yet these that we count errours may become himx narcissus was a sad boyx but a heavenlyxx oh who can finde the bent of womans fancyx i am a foolex my reason is lost in mex i have no choicex and i have lyxd so lewdly that women ought to beate mex on my knees i aske thy pardonx palamonx thou art alonex and only beutifullx and these the eyesx these the bright lamps of beautyx that command and threaten lovex and what yong mayd dare crosse xemx what a bold gravityx and yet invitingx has this browne manly facex o lovex this only from this howre is complexionx lye therex arcitex thou art a changling to himx a meere gipseyx and this the noble bodiex i am sottedx vtterly lostx my virgins faith has fled mex for if my brother but even now had askxd me whether i lovxdx i had run mad for arcitex nowx if my sisterx more for palamonx stand both togetherx nowx come aske mex brotherxx alasx i know notx aske me nowx sweet sisterxx i may goe lookex what a meere child is fanciex thatx having two faire gawdes of equall sweetnessex cannot distinguishx but must crie for bothx xenter xax gentxlemanxxx emiliax how nowx sirx gentlemanx from the noble duke your brotherx madamx i bring you newesx the knights are comex emiliax to end the quarrellx gentlemanx yesx emiliax would i might end firstx what sinnes have i committedx chast dianax that my unspotted youth must now be soyld with blood of princesx and my chastitie be made the altarx where the lives of lovers xtwo greater and two better never yet made mothers joyx must be the sacrifice to my unhappy beautiex xenter theseusx hipolitax perithous and attendantsxx theseusx bring xem in quicklyx by any meanesx i long to see xemxx your two contending lovers are returnxdx and with them their faire knightsx nowx my faire sisterx you must love one of themx emiliax i had rather bothx so neither for my sake should fall untimelyx xenter messengerx xcurtisxxx theseusx who saw xemx perithousx ix a whilex gentlemanx and ix theseusx from whence come youx sirx messengerx from the knightsx theseusx prayx speakex you that have seene themx what they arex messengerx i willx sirx and truly what i thinkex six braver spirits then these they have broughtx xif we judge by the outsidex i never sawx nor read ofx he that stands in the first place with arcitex by his seemingx should be a stout manx by his face a princex xhis very lookes so say himx his complexionx nearer a brownex than blackex sternex and yet noblex which shewes him hardyx fearelessex proud of dangersx the circles of his eyes show fire within himx and as a heated lyonx so he lookesx his haire hangs long behind himx blacke and shining like ravens wingsx his shoulders broad and strongx armd long and roundx and on his thigh a sword hung by a curious bauldrickex when he frownes to seale his will withx betterx oxmy conscience was never souldiers friendx theseusx thou haxst well describde himx perithousx yet a great deale shortx me thinkesx of him thatxs first with palamonx theseusx prayx speake himx friendx perithousx i ghesse he is a prince toox andx if it may bex greaterx for his show has all the ornament of honour inxtx heexs somewhat biggerx then the knight he spoke ofx but of a face far sweeterx his complexion is xas a ripe grapex ruddyx he has feltx without doubtx what he fights forx and so apter to make this cause his ownex inxs face appeares all the faire hopes of what he undertakesx and when hexs angryx then a setled valour xnot tainted with extreamesx runs through his bodyx and guides his arme to brave thingsx feare he cannotx he shewes no such soft temperx his headxs yellowx hard hayrxdx and curldx thicke twind like ivy todsx not to undoe with thunderx in his face the liverie of the warlike maide appearesx pure redx and whitex for yet no beard has blest himx and in his rowling eyes sits victoryx as if she ever ment to court his valourx his nose stands highx a character of honourx his red lipsx after fightsx are fit for ladiesx emiliax must these men die toox perithousx when he speakesx his tongue sounds like a trumpetx all his lyneaments are as a man would wish xemx strong and cleanex he weares a wellxsteeld axex the staffe of goldx his age some five and twentyx messengerx therxs anotherx a little manx but of a tough soulex seeming as great as anyx fairer promises in such a body yet i never lookxd onx perithousx ox he thatxs freckle facxdx messengerx the samex my lordx are they not sweet onesx perithousx yesx they are wellx messengerx me thinkesx being so fewx and well disposdx they show greatx and fine art in naturex hexs white hairxdx not wanton whitex but such a manly colour next to an abornex toughx and nimble setx which showes an active soulex his armes are brawnyx linde with strong sinewesx to the shoulder peece gently they swellx like women new conceavxdx which speakes him prone to labourx never fainting vnder the waight of armesx stout hartedx stillx but when he stirsx a tigerx hexs gray eydx which yeelds compassion where he conquersx sharpe to spy advantagesx and where he finds xemx hexs swift to make xem hisx he doxs no wrongsx nor takes nonex hexs round facxdx and when he smiles he showes a loverx when he frownesx a souldierx about his head he weares the winners okex and in it stucke the favour of his ladyx his agex some six and thirtiex in his hand he beares a charging staffex embost with silverx theseusx are they all thusx perithousx they are all the sonnes of honourx theseusx nowx as i have a soulex i long to seexemx ladyx you shall see men fight nowx hippolitax i wish itx but not the causex my lordx they would show bravely about the titles of two kingdomesx tis pitty love should be so tyrannousx o my soft harted sisterx what thinke youx weepe notx till they weepe bloodx wenchx it must bex theseusx you have steelxd xem with your beautiexxhonord friendx to you i give the feildx prayx order it fitting the persons that must use itx perithousx yesx sirx theseusx comex ile goe visit xemx i cannot stayx their fame has firxd me sox till they appearex good friendx be royallx perithousx there shall want no braveryx emiliax poore wenchx goe weepex for whosoever winsx looses a noble cosen for thy sinsx xexeuntxx scene xx xa room in the prisonxx xenter iailorx wooerx doctorxx doctorx her distraction is more at some time of the moonex then at other somex is it notx iailorx she is continually in a harmelesse distemperx sleepes littlex altogether without appetitex save often drinkingx dreaming of another worldx and a betterx and what broken peece of matter soxere shexs aboutx the name palamon lardes itx that she farces evxry busines withallx fyts it to every questionxx xenter daughterxx looke where shee comesx you shall perceive her behaviourx daughterx i have forgot it quitex the burden onxtx was downe ax downe ax and pend by no worse manx then giraldox emilias schoolemasterx hexs as fantasticall toox as ever he may goe uponxs legsxxfor in the next world will dido see palamonx and then will she be out of love with eneasx doctorx what stuffxs herex pore soulex iailorx evxn thus all day longx daughterx now for this charmex that i told you ofx you must bring a peece of silver on the tip of your tonguex or no ferryx thenx if it be your chance to come where the blessed spiritsx as therxs a sight nowxwe maids that have our lyvers perishxdx crakt to peeces with lovex we shall come therex and doe nothing all day long but picke flowers with proserpinex then will i make palamon a nosegayx then let him marke mexxthenx doctorx how prettily shexs amissex note her a little furtherx daughterx faithx ile tell youx sometime we goe to barly breakex we of the blessedx alasx tis a sore life they have ixth other placex such burningx fryingx boylingx hissingx howlingx chattringx cursingx oh they have shrowd measurex take heedex if one be madx or hang or drowne themselvesx thither they goex iupiter blesse vsx and there shall we be put in a caldron of leadx and vsurers greasex amongst a whole million of cutpursesx and there boyle like a gamon of bacon that will never be enoughx xexitxx doctorx how her braine coynesx daughterx lords and courtiersx that have got maids with childx they are in this placex they shall stand in fire up to the navxlex and in yce up toxth hartx and there thxoffending part burnesx and the deceaving part freezesx in trothx a very greevous punishmentx as one would thinkex for such a triflex beleve mex one would marry a leaprous witchx to be rid onxtx ile assure youx doctorx how she continues this fanciex tis not an engraffed madnessex but a most thickex and profound mellenchollyx daughterx to heare there a proud ladyx and a proud citty wiffex howle togetherx i were a beast and ilxd call it good sportx one criesx xo this smoakexx anotherx xthis firexx one criesx xox that ever i did it behind the arrasxx and then howlesx thxother curses a suing fellow and her garden housex xsingsx i will be truex my starsx my fatex xcx xexit daughxx iailorx what thinke you of herx sirx doctorx i thinke she has a perturbed mindex which i cannot minister tox iailorx alasx what thenx doctorx vnderstand youx she ever affected any manx ere she beheld palamonx iailorx i was oncex sirx in great hope she had fixd her liking on this gentlemanx my friendx wooerx i did thinke so toox and would account i had a great penxworth onxtx to give halfe my statex that both she and i at this present stood unfainedly on the same tearmesx doctorx that intemprat surfeit of her eye hath distemperd the other sencesx they may returne and settle againe to execute their preordaind facultiesx but they are now in a most extravagant vagaryx this you must doex confine her to a placex where the light may rather seeme to steale inx then be permittedx take vpon you xyong sirx her friendx the name of palamonx say you come to eate with herx and to commune of lovex this will catch her attentionx for this her minde beates uponx other objects that are inserted tweene her minde and eye become the prankes and friskins of her madnesx sing to her such greene songs of lovex as she sayes palamon hath sung in prisonx come to herx stucke in as sweet flowers as the season is mistres ofx and thereto make an addition of som other compounded odoursx which are grateful to the sencex all this shall become palamonx for palamon can singx and palamon is sweetx and evxry good thingx desire to eate with herx carve herx drinke to herx and still amongx intermingle your petition of grace and acceptance into her favourx learne what maides have beene her companions and playxpheeresx and let them repaire to her with palamon in their mouthesx and appeare with tokensx as if they suggested for himx it is a falsehood she is inx which is with falsehood to be combatedx this may bring her to eatex to sleepex and reduce whatxs now out of square in herx into their former lawx and regimentx i have seene it approvedx how many times i know notx but to make the number morex i have great hope in thisx i willx betweene the passages of this projectx come in with my applyancex let us put it in executionx and hasten the successex whichx doubt notx will bring forth comfortx xflorishx exeuntxx act v scene xx xbefore the temples of marsx venusx and dianaxx xenter thesiusx perithousx hipolitax attendantsxx theseusx now letxem enterx and before the gods tender their holy prayersx let the temples burne bright with sacred firesx and the altars in hallowed clouds commend their swelling incense to those above usx let no due be wantingx xflorish of cornetsxx they have a noble worke in handx will honour the very powers that love xemx xenter palamon and arcitex and their knightsxx perithousx sirx they enterx theseusx you valiant and strong harted enemiesx you royall german foesx that this day come to blow that furnesse out that flames betweene yex lay by your anger for an hourex and dovexlikex before the holy altars of your helpersx xthe all feard godsx bow downe your stubborne bodiesx your ire is more than mortallx so your helpe bex and as the gods regard yex fight with iusticex ile leave you to your prayersx and betwixt ye i part my wishesx perithousx honour crowne the worthiestx xexit theseusx and his trainexx palamonx the glasse is running now that cannot finish till one of us expirex thinke you but thusx that were there ought in me which strove to show mine enemy in this businessex werxt one eye against anotherx arme opprest by armex i would destroy thxoffenderx cozx i wouldx though parcell of my selfex then from this gather how i should tender youx arcitex i am in labour to push your namex your auncient lovex our kindred out of my memoryx and ixth selfe same place to seate something i would confoundx so hoyst we the saylesx that must these vessells port even where the heavenly lymiter pleasesx palamonx you speake wellx before i turnex let me embrace theex cosenx this i shall never doe agenx arcitex one farewellx palamonx whyx let it be sox farewellx cozx xexeunt palamon and his knightsxx arcitex farewellx sirxx knightsx kinsemenx loversx yeax my sacrificesx true worshippers of marsx whose spirit in you expells the seedes of fearex and thxapprehension which still is farther off itx goe with me before the god of our professionx there require of him the hearts of lyonsx and the breath of tigersx yeax the fearcenesse toox yeax the speed alsoxxto goe onx i meanex else wish we to be snaylesx you know my prize must be dragxd out of bloodx force and great feate must put my garland onx where she stickes the queene of flowersx our intercession then must be to him that makes the campe a cestron brymd with the blood of menx give me your aide and bend your spirits towards himx xthey kneelexx thou mighty onex that with thy power hast turnd greene neptune into purplex xwhose approachx comets prewarnex whose havocke in vaste feild vnearthed skulls proclaimex whose breath blowes downex the teeming ceres foyzonx who doth plucke with hand armypotent from forth blew clowdes the masond turretsx that both makxst and breakxst the stony girthes of cittiesx me thy puplex yongest follower of thy dromx instruct this day with military skillx that to thy lawde i may advance my streamerx and by theex be stilxd the lord oxth dayx give mex great marsx some token of thy pleasurex xhere they fall on their faces as formerlyx and there is heard clanging of armorx with a short thunder as the burst of a battailex whereupon they all rise and bow to the altarxx o great corrector of enormous timesx shaker of orexrank statesx thou grand decider of dustie and old tytlesx that healst with blood the earth when it is sickex and curst the world oxth pluresie of peoplex i doe take thy signes auspiciouslyx and in thy name to my designe march boldlyx let us goex xexeuntxx xenter palamon and his knightsx with the former observancexx palamonx our stars must glister with new firex or be to daie extinctx our argument is lovex which if the goddesse of it grantx she gives victory toox then blend your spirits with minex youx whose free noblenesse doe make my cause your personall hazardx to the goddesse venus commend we our proceedingx and implore her power unto our partiex xhere they kneele as formerlyxx hailex soveraigne queene of secretsx who hast power to call the feircest tyrant from his ragex and weepe unto a girlex that haxst the mightx even with an eyxglancex to choke marsis drom and turne thxallarme to whispersx that canst make a criple florish with his crutchx and cure him before apollox that mayxst force the king to be his subjects vassailex and induce stale gravitie to dauncex the pould bachelourx whose youthx like wonton boyes through bonfyresx have skipt thy flamexat seaventy thou canst catch and make himx to the scorne of his hoarse throatex abuse yong laies of lovex what godlike power hast thou not power uponx to phoebus thou addxst flames hotter then hisx the heavenly fyres did scortch his mortall sonx thine himx the huntresse all moyst and coldx some sayx began to throw her bow awayx and sighx take to thy grace mex thy vowd souldierx who doe beare thy yoke as txwer a wreath of rosesx yet is heavier then lead it selfex stings more than nettlesx i have never beene foule mouthd against thy lawx nevxr reveald secretx for i knew nonexwould notx had i kend all that werex i never practised vpon mans wifex nor would the libells reade of liberall witsx i never at great feastes sought to betray a beautiex but have blushxd at simpring sirs that didx i have beene harsh to large confessorsx and have hotly askxd them if they had mothersx i had onex a womanx and women txwer they wrongxdx i knew a man of eightie wintersx this i told themx who a lasse of foureteene bridedx twas thy power to put life into dustx the aged crampe had screwxd his square foote roundx the gout had knit his fingers into knotsx torturing convulsions from his globie eyesx had almost drawne their spheeresx that what was life in him seemxd torturex this anatomie had by his yong faire pheare a boyx and i beleevxd it was himx for she swore it wasx and who would not beleeve herx briefex i am to those that prate and have done no companionx to those that boast and have not a defyerx to those that would and cannot a rejoycerx yeax him i doe not lovex that tells close offices the fowlest wayx nor names concealements in the boldest languagex such a one i amx and vow that lover never yet made sigh truer then ix ox thenx most softx sweet goddessex give me the victory of this questionx which is true loves meritx and blesse me with a signe of thy great pleasurex xhere musicke is heardx doves are seene to flutterx they fall againe upon their facesx then on their kneesxx palamonx o thoux that from eleven to ninetie raignxst in mortall bosomesx whose chase is this worldx and we in heards thy gamex i give thee thankes for this faire tokenx whichx being layd unto mine innocent true heartx armes in assurance xthey bowxx my body to this businessex let us rise and bow before the goddessex time comes onx xexeuntxx xstill musicke of recordsxx xenter emilia in whitex her haire about her shouldersx xwearingx a wheaten wreathx one in white holding up her trainex her haire stucke with flowersx one before her carrying a silver hyndex in which is conveyd incense and sweet odoursx which being set upon the altar xof dianax her maides standing a loofex she sets fire to itx then they curtsey and kneelexx emiliax o sacredx shadowiex cold and constant queenex abandoner of revellsx mutex contemplativex sweetx solitaryx white as chastex and pure as windefand snowx who to thy femall knights alowxst no more blood than will make a blushx which is their orders robex i heerex thy priestx am humbled fore thine altarx o vouchsafex with that thy rare greene eyex which never yet beheld thing maculatex looke on thy virginx andx sacred silver mistrisx lend thine eare xwhich nevxr heard scurrill termex into whose port nexre entred wanton foundxx to my petition seasond with holy fearex this is my last of vestall officex i am bride habitedx but mayden hartedx a husband i have pointedx but doe not know himx out of two i should choose one and pray for his successex but i am guiltlesse of electionx of mine eyesx were i to loose onex they are equall preciousx i could doombe neitherx that which perishxd should goe tooxt unsentencxdx thereforex most modest queenex he of the two pretendersx that best loves me and has the truest title inxtx let him take off my wheaten gerlandx or else grant the fyle and qualitie i holdx i may continue in thy bandx xhere the hynde vanishes under the altarx and in the place ascends a rose treex having one rose upon itxx see what our generall of ebbs and flowes out from the bowells of her holy altar with sacred act advancesx but one rosex if well inspirdx this battaile shal confound both these brave knightsx and ix a virgin flowre must grow alone unpluckxdx xhere is heard a sodaine twang of instrumentsx and the rose falsx from the tree xwhich vanishes under the altarxxx the flowre is falnex the tree descendsx ox mistrisx thou here dischargest mex i shall be gatherxdx i thinke sox but i know not thine owne willx vnclaspe thy misteriexxi hope shexs pleasxdx her signes were gratiousx xthey curtsey and exeuntxx scene xx xa darkened room in the prisonxx xenter doctorx iaylor and wooerx in habite of palamonxx doctorx has this advice i told youx done any good upon herx wooerx o very muchx the maids that kept her company have halfe perswaded her that i am palamonx within this halfe houre she came smiling to mex and asked me what i would eatex and when i would kisse herx i told her presentlyx and kist her twicex doctorx twas well donex twentie times had bin far betterx for there the cure lies mainelyx wooerx then she told me she would watch with me to nightx for well she knew what houre my fit would take mex doctorx let her doe sox and when your fit comesx fit her homex and presentlyx wooerx she would have me singx doctorx you did sox wooerx nox doctorx twas very ill donex thenx you should observe her evxry wayx wooerx alasx i have no voicex sirx to confirme her that wayx doctorx thatxs all onex if yee make a noysex if she intreate againex doe any thingxx lye with herx if she aske youx iailorx hoax therex doctorx doctorx yesx in the waie of curex iailorx but firstx by your leavex ixth way of honestiex doctorx thatxs but a nicenessex nevxr cast your child away for honestiex cure her first this wayx then if shee will be honestx she has the path before herx iailorx thanke yeex doctorx doctorx prayx bring her inx and letxs see how shee isx iailorx i willx and tell her her palamon staies for herx butx doctorx me thinkes you are ixth wrong stillx xexit iaylorxx doctorx goex goex you fathers are fine foolesx her honestyx and we should give her physicke till we finde thatx wooerx whyx doe you thinke she is not honestx sirx doctorx how old is shex wooerx shexs eighteenex doctorx she may bex but thatxs all onex tis nothing to our purposex what ere her father saiesx if you perceave her moode inclining that way that i spoke ofx videlicetx the way of fleshxyou have mex wooerx yetx very wellx sirx doctorx please her appetitex and doe it homex it cures herx ipso factox the mellencholly humour that infects herx wooerx i am of your mindex doctorx xenter iaylorx daughterx maidexx doctorx youxl finde it sox she comesx pray humour herx iailorx comex your love palamon staies for youx childex and has done this long hourex to visite youx daughterx i thanke him for his gentle patiencex hexs a kind gentlemanx and i am much bound to himx did you nevxr see the horse he gave mex iailorx yesx daughterx how doe you like himx iailorx hexs a very faire onex daughterx you never saw him dancex iailorx nox daughterx i have oftenx he daunces very finelyx very comelyx and for a iiggex come cut and long taile to himx he turnes ye like a topx iailorx thatxs finex indeedex daughterx heexl dance the morris twenty mile an hourex and that will founder the best hobbyxhorse xif i have any skillx in all the parishx and gallops to the turne of light ax lovex what thinke you of this horsex iailorx having these vertuesx i thinke he might be broght to play at tennisx daughterx alasx thatxs nothingx iailorx can he write and reade toox daughterx a very faire handx and casts himselfe thxaccounts of all his hay and provenderx that hostler must rise betime that cozens himx you know the chestnut mare the duke hasx iailorx very wellx daughterx she is horribly in love with himx poore beastx but he is like his masterx coy and scornefullx iailorx what dowry has shex daughterx some two hundred bottlesx and twenty strike of oatesx but heexl nexre have herx he lispes inxs neighingx able to entice a millars marex heexl be the death of herx doctorx what stuffe she uttersx iailorx make curtsiex here your love comesx wooerx pretty soulex how doe yex thatxs a fine maidex therxs a curtsiex daughterx yours to command ith way of honestiex how far isxt now toxth end oxth worldx my mastersx doctorx whyx a daies iorneyx wenchx daughterx will you goe with mex wooerx what shall we doe therex wenchx daughterx whyx play at stoole ballx what is there else to doex wooerx i am contentx if we shall keepe our wedding therex daughterx tis truex for therex i will assure youx we shall finde some blind priest for the purposex that will venture to marry usx for here they are nicex and foolishx besidesx my father must be hangxd to morrow and that would be a blot ixth businessex are not you palamonx wooerx doe not you know mex daughterx yesx but you care not for mex i have nothing but this pore petticoatex and too corse smockesx wooerx thatxs all onex i will have youx daughterx will you surelyx wooerx yesx by this faire handx will ix daughterx weexl to bedx thenx wooerx evxn when you willx xkisses herxx daughterx o sirx you would faine be niblingx wooerx why doe you rub my kisse offx daughterx tis a sweet onex and will perfume me finely against the weddingx is not this your cosen arcitex doctorx yesx sweet heartx and i am glad my cosen palamon has made so faire a choicex daughterx doe you thinke heexl have mex doctorx yesx without doubtx daughterx doe you thinke so toox iailorx yesx daughterx we shall have many childrenxxlordx how yxar grownex my palamonx i hopex will growx toox finelyx now hexs at libertyx alasx poore chickenx he was kept downe with hard meate and ill lodgingx but ile kisse him up againex xemter a messengerxx messengerx what doe you herex youxl loose the noblest sight that evxr was seenex iailorx are they ixth fieldx messengerx they arex you beare a charge there toox iailorx ile away straightx i must evxn leave you herex doctorx nayx weexl goe with youx i will not loose the fightx iailorx how did you like herx doctorx ile warrant youx within these xx or xx daies ile make her right againex you must not from herx but still preserve her in this wayx wooerx i willx doctorx lets get her inx wooerx comex sweetex weexl goe to dinnerx and then weele play at cardesx daughterx and shall we kisse toox wooerx a hundred timesx daughterx and twentyx wooerx ix and twentyx daughterx and then weexl sleepe togetherx doctorx take her offerx wooerx yesx marryx will wex daughterx but you shall not hurt mex wooerx i will notx sweetex daughterx if you doex lovex ile cryx xflorishx exeuntx scene xx xa place near the listsxx xenter theseusx hipolitax emiliax perithousx and some attendantsx xtx tuckex curtisxxx emiliax ile no step furtherx perithousx will you loose this sightx emiliax i had rather see a wren hawke at a fly then this decisionx evxry blow that falls threats a brave lifex each stroake laments the place whereon it falsx and sounds more like a bell then bladex i will stay herex it is enough my hearing shall be punishd with what shall happenxgainst the which there is no deaffingx but to hearexnot taint mine eye with dread sightsx it may shunx perithousx sirx my good lordx your sister will no furtherx theseusx ohx she mustx she shall see deeds of honour in their kindex which sometime show wellx pencildx nature now shall make and act the storyx the beleife both seald with eye and earex you must be presentx you are the victours meedex the pricex and garlond to crowne the questions titlex emiliax pardon mex if i were therex ixld winkex theseusx you must be therex this tryall is as txwer ixth nightx and you the onely star to shinex emiliax i am extinctx there is but envy in that lightx which showes the one the otherx darkenesx which ever was the dam of horrourx who doxs stand accurst of many mortall millionsx may even nowx by casting her blacke mantle over bothx that neither coulde finde otherx get her selfe some part of a good namex and many a murther set off wherto shexs guiltyx hippolitax you must goex emiliax in faithx i will notx theseusx whyx the knights must kindle their valour at your eyex knowx of this war you are the treasurex and must needes be by to give the service payx emiliax sirx pardon mex the tytle of a kingdome may be tride out of it selfex theseusx wellx wellx thenx at your pleasurex those that remaine with you could wish their office to any of their enemiesx hippolitax farewellx sisterx i am like to know your husband fore your selfe by some small start of timex he whom the gods doe of the two know bestx i pray them he be made your lotx xexeunt theseusx hipolitax perithousx xcxx emiliax arcite is gently visagdx yet his eye is like an engyn bentx or a sharpe weapon in a soft sheathx mercy and manly courage are bedfellowes in his visagex palamon has a most menacing aspectx his brow is gravxdx and seemes to bury what it frownes onx yet sometime tis not sox but alters to the quallity of his thoughtsx long time his eye will dwell upon his objectx mellencholly becomes him noblyx so doxs arcites mirthx but palamons sadnes is a kinde of mirthx so mingledx as if mirth did make him sadx and sadnesx merryx those darker humours that sticke misbecomingly on othersx on them live in faire dwellingx xcornetsx trompets sound as to a chargexx harkex how yon spurs to spirit doe incite the princes to their proofex arcite may win mex and yet may palamon wound arcite to the spoyling of his figurex ox what pitty enough for such a chancex if i were byx i might doe hurtx for they would glance their eies toward my seatx and in that motion might omit a wardx or forfeit an offence which cravxd that very timex it is much better i am not therex oh better never borne then minister to such harmex xcornetsx a great cry and noice withinx crying xa palamonxxx what is the chancex xenter servantxx servantx the criexs xa palamonxx emiliax then he has wonx twas ever likelyx he lookd all grace and successex and he is doubtlesse the primxst of menx i prextheex run and tell me how it goesx xshowtx and cornetsx cryingx xa palamonxxx servantx still palamonx emiliax run and enquirex poore servantx thou hast lostx vpon my right side still i wore thy picturex palamons on the leftx why sox i know notx i had no end inxt elsex chance would have it sox on the sinister side the heart lyesx palamon had the best boding chancex xanother cryx and showt withinx and cornetsxx this burst of clamour is sure thxend oxth combatx xenter servantxx servantx they saide that palamon had arcites body within an inch oxth pyramidx that the cry was generall xa palamonxx butx anonx thxassistants made a brave redemptionx and the two bold tytlersx at this instant are hand to hand at itx emiliax were they metamorphisd both into onex oh whyx there were no woman worth so composd a manx their single sharex their noblenes peculier to themx gives the prejudice of disparityx values shortnesx xcornetsx cry withinx arcitex arcitexx to any lady breathingxmore exultingx palamon stillx servantx nayx now the sound is arcitex emiliax i prextheex lay attention to the cryx xcornetsx a great showt and cryx xarcitex victoryxxx set both thine eares toxth businesx servantx the cry is xarcitexx and xvictoryxx harkex xarcitex victoryxx the combats consummation is proclaimxd by the wind instrumentsx emiliax halfe sights saw that arcite was no babex godxs lydx his richnes and costlines of spirit lookxt through himx it could no more be hid in him then fire in flaxx then humble banckes can goe to law with watersx that drift windes force to ragingx i did thinke good palamon would miscarryx yet i knew not why i did thinke sox our reasons are not prophetsx when oft our fancies arex they are comming offx alasx poore palamonx xcornetsxx xenter theseusx hipolitax pirithousx arcite as victorx and attendantsx xcxx theseusx lox where our sister is in expectationx yet quakingx and unsetledxxfairest emilyx the gods by their divine arbitrament have given you this knightx he is a good one as ever strooke at headx give me your handsx receive you herx you himx be plighted with a love that growesx as you decayx arcitex emilyx to buy youx i have lost whatxs deerest to mex save what is boughtx and yet i purchase cheapelyx as i doe rate your valuex theseusx o loved sisterx he speakes now of as brave a knight as ere did spur a noble steedx surelyx the gods would have him die a batchelourx least his race should shew ixth world too godlikex his behaviour so charmed mex that me thought alcides was to him a sow of leadx if i could praise each part of him toxth all i have spokex your arcite did not loose byxtx for he that was thus good encountred yet his betterx i have heard two emulous philomels beate the eare oxth night with their contentious throatesx now one the higherx anon the otherx then againe the firstx and by and by out breastedx that the sence could not be judge betweene xemx so it farxd good space betweene these kinesmenx till heavens did make hardly one the winnerx weare the girlond with joy that you have wonx for the subdudex give them our present iusticex since i know their lives but pinch xemx let it here be donex the sceanexs not for our seeingx goe we hencex right joyfullx with some sorrowxxarme your prizex i know you will not loose herxxhipolitax i see one eye of yours conceives a teare the which it will deliverx xflorishxx emiliax is this wynningx oh all you heavenly powersx where is your mercyx but that your wils have saide it must be sox and charge me live to comfort this unfriendedx this miserable princex that cuts away a life more worthy from him then all womenx i shouldx and wouldx die toox hippolitax infinite pittyx that fowre such eies should be so fixd on one that two must needes be blinde fortx theseusx so it isx xexeuntxx scene xx xthe samex a block preparedxx xenter palamon and his knightes pyniondx iaylorx executionerx xcx gardxx xpalamonxx therxs many a man alive that hath out livxd the love oxth peoplex yeax ixth selfesame state stands many a father with his childex some comfort we have by so consideringx we expire and not without mens pittyx to live stillx have their good wishesx we prevent the loathsome misery of agex beguile the gowt and rheumex that in lag howres attend for grey approachersx we come towards the gods yong and unwapperxdx not halting under crymes many and stalex that sure shall please the godsx sooner than suchx to give us nectar with xemx for we are more cleare spiritsx my deare kinesmenx whose lives xfor this poore comfortx are laid downex you have sould xem too too cheapex xx knightx what ending could be of more contentx ore us the victors have fortunex whose title is as momentaryx as to us death is certainex a graine of honour they not orexxweigh usx xx knightx let us bid farewellx and with our patience anger tottring fortunex who at her certainxst reelesx xx knightx comex who beginsx palamonx evxn he that led you to this banket shall taste to you allxxah hax my friendx my friendx your gentle daughter gave me freedome oncex youxl seext done now for everx prayx how doxes shex i heard she was not wellx her kind of ill gave me some sorrowx iailorx sirx shexs well restorxdx and to be marryed shortlyx palamonx by my short lifex i am most glad onxtx tis the latest thing i shall be glad ofx prexthee tell her sox commend me to herx and to peece her portionx tender her thisx xgives pursexx xx knightx nay lets be offerers allx xx knightx is it a maidex palamonx verilyx i thinke sox a right good creaturex more to me deserving then i can quight or speake ofx all knightsx commend us to herx xthey give their pursesxx iailorx the gods requight you allx and make her thankefullx palamonx adiewx and let my life be now as shortx as my leave takingx xlies on the blockexx xx knightx leadex couragious cosinx xx knightx weexl follow cheerefullyx xa great noise within cryingx xrunx savex holdxxx xenter in hast a messengerxx messengerx holdx holdx o holdx holdx holdx xenter pirithous in hastexx perithousx holdx hoax it is a cursed hast you madex if you have done so quicklyx noble palamonx the gods will shew their glory in a lifex that thou art yet to leadex palamonx can that bex when venusx i have saidx is falsex how doe things farex perithousx arisex great sirx and give the tydings eare that are most dearly sweet and bitterx palamonx what hath wakt us from our dreamex perithousx list thenx your cosenx mounted upon a steed that emily did first bestow on himx a blacke onex owing not a hayre worth of whitexwhich some will say weakens his pricex and many will not buy his goodnesse with this notex which superstition heere findes allowancexon this horse is arcite trotting the stones of athensx which the calkins did rather tell then tramplex for the horse would make his length a milex ifxt pleasxd his rider to put pride in himx as he thus went counting the flinty pavementx dancingx as txwerx toxth musicke his owne hoofes madex xfor as they say from iron came musickes origenx what envious flintx cold as old saturnex and like him possest with fire malevolentx darted a sparkex or what feirce sulphur elsex to this end madex i comment notxxthe hot horsex hot as firex tooke toy at thisx and fell to what disorder his power could give his willx boundsx comes on endx forgets schoole dooingx being therein traindx and of kind mannadgex pigxlike he whines at the sharpe rowellx which he freats at rather then any jot obaiesx seekes all foule meanes of boystrous and rough iadriex to disxseate his lordx that kept it bravelyx when nought servxdx when neither curb would crackex girth breake nor diffring plunges disxroote his rider whence he grewx but that he kept him tweene his leggesx on his hind hoofes on end he standsx that arcites leggsx being higher then his headx seemxd with strange art to handx his victors wreath even then fell off his headx and presently backeward the iade comes orex and his full poyze becomes the riders loadex yet is he livingx but such a vessell tisx that floates but for the surge that next approachesx he much desires to have some speech with youx loe he appearesx xenter theseusx hipolitax emiliax arcite in a chairexx palamonx o miserable end of our alliancex the gods are mightiex arcitex if thy heartx thy worthiex manly heartx be yet unbrokenx give me thy last wordsx i am palamonx one that yet loves thee dyingx arcitex take emilia and with her all the worlds joyx reach thy handx farewellx i have told my last hourex i was falsex yet never treacherousx forgive mex cosenxx one kisse from faire emiliax tis donex take herx i diex palamonx thy brave soule seeke eliziumx emiliax ile close thine eyesx princex blessed soules be with theex thou art a right good manx and while i livex this day i give to tearesx palamonx and i to honourx theseusx in this place first you foughtx evxn very here i sundred youx acknowledge to the gods our thankes that you are livingx his part is playdx and though it were too shortx he did it wellx your day is lengthnedx and the blissefull dew of heaven doxs arowze youx the powerfull venus well hath gracxd her altarx and given you your lovex our master mars hath vouchxd his oraclex and to arcite gave the grace of the contentionx so the deities have shewd due justicex beare this hencex palamonx o cosenx that we should things desirex which doe cost us the losse of our desirex that nought could buy deare lovex but losse of deare lovex theseusx never fortune did play a subtler gamex the conquerd triumphesx the victor has the lossex yet in the passage the gods have beene most equallx palamonx your kinseman hath confest the right oxth lady did lye in youx for you first saw herx and even then proclaimd your fanciex he restord her as your stolne iewellx and desirxd your spirit to send him hence forgivenx the gods my justice take from my handx and they themselves become the executionersx leade your lady offx and call your lovers from the stage of deathx whom i adopt my frindsx a day or two let us looke sadlyx and give grace unto the funerall of arcitex in whose end the visages of bridegroomes weele put on and smile with palamonx for whom an hourex but one hourex sincex i was as dearely sorryx as glad of arcitex and am now as gladx as for him sorryx o you heavenly charmersx what things you make of usx for what we lacke we laughx for what we havex are sorryx still are children in some kindx let us be thankefull for that which isx and with you leave dispute that are above our questionx letxs goe offx and beare us like the timex xflorishx exeuntxx epilogue i would now aske ye how ye like the playx butx as it is with schoole boyesx cannot sayx i am cruell fearefullx prayx yet stay a whilex and let me looke upon yex no man smilex then it goes hardx i seex he that has lovxd a yong hansome wenchx thenx show his facex tis strange if none be heerexand if he will against his consciencex let him hissex and kill our marketx tis in vainex i seex to stay yeex have at the worst can comex thenx now what say yex and yet mistake me notx i am not boldx we have no such causex if the tale we have told xfor tis no otherx any way content ye xfor to that honest purpose it was ment yex we have our endx and ye shall have ere longx i dare sayx many a betterx to prolong your old loves to usx wex and all our might rest at your servicex gentlemenx good nightx xflorishxx the winterxs tale contents act i scene ix siciliax an antechamber in leontesx palacex scene iix the samex a room of state in the palacex act ii scene ix siciliax a room in the palacex scene iix the samex the outer room of a prisonx scene iiix the samex a room in the palacex act iii scene ix siciliax a street in some townx scene iix the samex a court of justicex scene iiix bohemiax a desert country near the seax act iv scene ix prologuex scene iix bohemiax a room in the palace of polixenesx scene iiix the samex a road near the shepherdxs cottagex scene ivx the samex a shepherdxs cottagex act v scene ix siciliax a room in the palace of leontesx scene iix the samex before the palacex scene iiix the samex a room in paulinaxs housex dramatis personx leontesx king of sicilia mamilliusx his son camillox sicilian lord antigonusx sicilian lord cleomenesx sicilian lord dionx sicilian lord polixenesx king of bohemia florizelx his son archidamusx a bohemian lord an old shepherdx reputed father of perdita clownx his son autolycusx a rogue a mariner a gaoler servant to the old shepherd other sicilian lords sicilian gentlemen officers of a court of judicature hermionex queen to leontes perditax daughter to leontes and hermione paulinax wife to antigonus emiliax a lady attending on the queen mopsax shepherdess dorcasx shepherdess other ladiesx attending on the queen lordsx ladiesx and attendantsx satyrs for a dancex shepherdsx shepherdessesx guardsx xcx timex as chorus scenex sometimes in siciliax sometimes in bohemiax act i scene ix siciliax an antechamber in leontesx palacex enter camillo and archidamusx archidamusx if you shall chancex camillox to visit bohemiax on the like occasion whereon my services are now on footx you shall seex as i have saidx great difference betwixt our bohemia and your siciliax camillox i think this coming summer the king of sicilia means to pay bohemia the visitation which he justly owes himx archidamusx wherein our entertainment shall shame usx we will be justified in our lovesx for indeedxx camillox beseech youx archidamusx verilyx i speak it in the freedom of my knowledgex we cannot with such magnificencexin so rarexi know not what to sayx we will give you sleepy drinksx that your sensesx unintelligent of our insufficiencex mayx though they cannot praise usx as little accuse usx camillox you pay a great deal too dear for whatxs given freelyx archidamusx believe mex i speak as my understanding instructs me and as mine honesty puts it to utterancex camillox sicilia cannot show himself overxkind to bohemiax they were trained together in their childhoodsx and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection which cannot choose but branch nowx since their more mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their societyx their encountersx though not personalx have been royally attorneyed with interchange of giftsx lettersx loving embassiesx that they have seemed to be togetherx though absentx shook handsx as over a vastx and embraced as it were from the ends of opposed windsx the heavens continue their lovesx archidamusx i think there is not in the world either malice or matter to alter itx you have an unspeakable comfort of your young prince mamilliusx it is a gentleman of the greatest promise that ever came into my notex camillox i very well agree with you in the hopes of himx it is a gallant childx one that indeed physics the subjectx makes old hearts freshx they that went on crutches ere he was born desire yet their life to see him a manx archidamusx would they else be content to diex camillox yesx if there were no other excuse why they should desire to livex archidamusx if the king had no sonx they would desire to live on crutches till he had onex xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex a room of state in the palacex enter leontesx polixenesx hermionex mamilliusx camillo and attendantsx polixenesx nine changes of the watery star hath been the shepherdxs note since we have left our throne without a burdenx time as long again would be fillxd upx my brotherx with our thanksx and yet we shouldx for perpetuityx go hence in debtx and thereforex like a cipherx yet standing in rich placex i multiply with one xwe thank youx many thousands more that go before itx leontesx stay your thanks a whilex and pay them when you partx polixenesx sirx thatxs tomorrowx i am questionxd by my fearsx of what may chance or breed upon our absencex that may blow no sneaping winds at homex to make us say xthis is put forth too trulyxx besidesx i have stayxd to tire your royaltyx leontesx we are tougherx brotherx than you can put us to xtx polixenesx no longer stayx leontesx one sevexnight longerx polixenesx very soothx tomorrowx leontesx wexll part the time between xs thenx and in that ixll no gainsayingx polixenesx press me notx beseech youx sox there is no tongue that movesx nonex none ix thx worldx so soon as yoursx could win mex so it should nowx were there necessity in your requestx although xtwere needful i denied itx my affairs do even drag me homewardx which to hinder werex in your love a whip to mex my stay to you a charge and troublex to save bothx farewellx our brotherx leontesx tonguextiedx our queenx speak youx hermionex i had thoughtx sirx to have held my peace until you had drawn oaths from him not to stayx youx sirx charge him too coldlyx tell him you are sure all in bohemiaxs wellx this satisfaction the byxgone day proclaimedx say this to himx hexs beat from his best wardx leontesx well saidx hermionex hermionex to tell he longs to see his son were strongx but let him say so thenx and let him gox but let him swear sox and he shall not stayx wexll thwack him hence with distaffsx xxto polixenesxxx yet of your royal presence ixll adventure the borrow of a weekx when at bohemia you take my lordx ixll give him my commission to let him there a month behind the gest prefixxd forxs partingxxyetx good deedx leontesx i love thee not a jar of thx clock behind what lady she her lordx youxll stayx polixenesx nox madamx hermionex nayx but you willx polixenesx i may notx verilyx hermionex verilyx you put me off with limber vowsx but ix though you would seek tx unsphere the stars with oathsx should yet say xsirx no goingxx verilyx you shall not gox a ladyxs verily is as potent as a lordxsx will go yetx force me to keep you as a prisonerx not like a guestx so you shall pay your fees when you departx and save your thanksx how say youx my prisoner or my guestx by your dread xverilyxx one of them you shall bex polixenesx your guestx thenx madamx to be your prisoner should import offendingx which is for me less easy to commit than you to punishx hermionex not your gaoler thenx but your kind hostessx comex ixll question you of my lordxs tricks and yours when you were boysx you were pretty lordings thenx polixenesx we werex fair queenx two lads that thought there was no more behind but such a day tomorrow as todayx and to be boy eternalx hermionex was not my lord the verier wag ox thx twox polixenesx we were as twinnxd lambs that did frisk ix thx sun and bleat the one at thx otherx what we changxd was innocence for innocencex we knew not the doctrine of illxdoingx nor dreamxd that any didx had we pursuxd that lifex and our weak spirits nexer been higher rearxd with stronger bloodx we should have answerxd heaven boldly xnot guiltyxx the imposition clearxd hereditary oursx hermionex by this we gather you have trippxd sincex polixenesx o my most sacred ladyx temptations have since then been born to xsx for in those unfledgxd days was my wife a girlx your precious self had then not crossxd the eyes of my young playxfellowx hermionex grace to bootx of this make no conclusionx lest you say your queen and i are devilsx yet go onx thx offences we have made you do wexll answerx if you first sinnxd with usx and that with us you did continue faultx and that you slippxd not with any but with usx leontesx is he won yetx hermionex hexll stayx my lordx leontesx at my request he would notx hermionex my dearestx thou never spokxst to better purposex hermionex neverx leontesx never but oncex hermionex whatx have i twice said wellx when wasxt beforex i prithee tell mex cram xs with praisex and make xs as fat as tame thingsx one good deed dying tongueless slaughters a thousand waiting upon thatx our praises are our wagesx you may ride xs with one soft kiss a thousand furlongs ere with spur we heat an acrex but to thx goalx my last good deed was to entreat his stayx what was my firstx it has an elder sisterx or i mistake youx ox would her name were gracex but once before i spoke to the purposexwhenx nayx let me havextx i longx leontesx whyx that was when three crabbed months had sourxd themselves to deathx ere i could make thee open thy white hand and clap thyself my lovex then didst thou utter xi am yours for everxx hermionex xtis grace indeedx whyx lo you nowx i have spoke to thx purpose twicex the one for ever earnxd a royal husbandx thx other for some while a friendx xxgiving her hand to polixenesxxx leontesx xxasidexxx too hotx too hotx to mingle friendship far is mingling bloodsx i have xtremor cordisx on mex my heart dancesx but not for joyxxnot joyx this entertainment may a free face put onx derive a liberty from heartinessx from bountyx fertile bosomx and well become the agentx xt mayx i grantx but to be paddling palms and pinching fingersx as now they arex and making practisxd smiles as in a lookingxglassx and then to sighx as xtwere the mort ox thx deerx ox that is entertainment my bosom likes notx nor my browsx mamilliusx art thou my boyx mamilliusx ayx my good lordx leontesx ix fecksx whyx thatxs my bawcockx whatx hast smutchxd thy nosex they say it is a copy out of minex comex captainx we must be neatx not neatx but cleanlyx captainx and yet the steerx the heiferx and the calf are all callxd neatxxstill virginalling upon his palmxxhow nowx you wanton calfx art thou my calfx mamilliusx yesx if you willx my lordx leontesx thou wantxst a rough pash and the shoots that i have to be full like mexxyet they say we are almost as like as eggsx women say sox that will say anythingx but were they false as oxerxdyxd blacksx as windx as watersx false as dice are to be wishxd by one that fixes no bourn xtwixt his and minex yet were it true to say this boy were like mex comex sir pagex look on me with your welkin eyex sweet villainx most dearxstx my collopx can thy damxxmayxt bex affectionx thy intention stabs the centrex thou dost make possible things not so heldx communicatxst with dreamsxxhow can this bexx with whatxs unreal thou coactive artx and fellowxst nothingx then xtis very credent thou mayxst coxjoin with somethingx and thou dostx and that beyond commissionx and i find itx and that to the infection of my brains and hardening of my browsx polixenesx what means siciliax hermionex he something seems unsettledx polixenesx howx my lordx what cheerx how isxt with youx best brotherx hermionex you look as if you held a brow of much distractionx are you movxdx my lordx leontesx nox in good earnestx how sometimes nature will betray its follyx its tendernessx and make itself a pastime to harder bosomsx looking on the lines of my boyxs facex methoughts i did recoil twentyxthree yearsx and saw myself unbreechxdx in my green velvet coatx my dagger muzzled lest it should bite its masterx and so provex as ornaments oft dox too dangerousx how likex methoughtx i then was to this kernelx this squashx this gentlemanx mine honest friendx will you take eggs for moneyx mamilliusx nox my lordx ixll fightx leontesx you willx whyx happy man be xs dolex my brotherx are you so fond of your young prince as we do seem to be of oursx polixenesx if at homex sirx hexs all my exercisex my mirthx my matterx now my sworn friendx and then mine enemyx my parasitex my soldierx statesmanx allx he makes a julyxs day short as decemberx and with his varying childness cures in me thoughts that would thick my bloodx leontesx so stands this squire officxd with mex we two will walkx my lordx and leave you to your graver stepsx hermionex how thou lovxst us show in our brotherxs welcomex let what is dear in sicily be cheapx next to thyself and my young roverx hexs apparent to my heartx hermionex if you would seek usx we are yours ix the gardenx shall xs attend you therex leontesx to your own bents dispose youx youxll be foundx be you beneath the skyx xxasidexxx i am angling nowx though you perceive me not how i give linex go tox go tox how she holds up the nebx the bill to himx and arms her with the boldness of a wife to her allowing husbandx xxexeunt polixenesx hermione and attendantsxxx gone alreadyx inchxthickx kneexdeepx oxer head and ears a forkxd onexx gox playx boyx playx thy mother playsx and i play toox but so disgracxd a partx whose issue will hiss me to my gravex contempt and clamour will be my knellx gox playx boyx playx there have beenx or i am much deceivxdx cuckolds ere nowx and many a man there isx even at this presentx now while i speak thisx holds his wife by thx armx that little thinks she has been sluicxd in xs absencex and his pond fishxd by his next neighbourx by sir smilex his neighbourx nayx therexs comfort in xtx whiles other men have gatesx and those gates openxdx as minex against their willx should all despair that hath revolted wivesx the tenth of mankind would hang themselvesx physic forxt therexs nonex it is a bawdy planetx that will strike where xtis predominantx and xtis powerfulx think itx from eastx westx northx and southx be it concludedx no barricado for a bellyx knowxtx it will let in and out the enemy with bag and baggagex many thousand of us have the diseasex and feelxt notxxhow nowx boyx mamilliusx i am like youx they sayx leontesx whyx thatxs some comfortx whatx camillo therex camillox ayx my good lordx leontesx go playx mamilliusx thouxrt an honest manx xxexit mamilliusxxx camillox this great sir will yet stay longerx camillox you had much ado to make his anchor holdx when you cast outx it still came homex leontesx didst note itx camillox he would not stay at your petitionsx made his business more materialx leontesx didst perceive itx xxasidexxx theyxre here with me alreadyx whispxringx roundingx xsicilia is a soxforthxx xtis far gone when i shall gust it lastxxhow camextx camillox that he did stayx camillox at the good queenxs entreatyx leontesx at the queenxs bextx xgoodx should be pertinentx but so it isx it is notx was this taken by any understanding pate but thinex for thy conceit is soakingx will draw in more than the common blocksx not notedx isxtx but of the finer naturesx by some severals of headxpiece extraordinaryx lower messes perchance are to this business purblindx sayx camillox businessx my lordx i think most understand bohemia stays here longerx leontesx hax camillox stays here longerx leontesx ayx but whyx camillox to satisfy your highnessx and the entreaties of our most gracious mistressx leontesx satisfyx thx entreaties of your mistressx satisfyx let that sufficex i have trusted theex camillox with all the nearest things to my heartx as well my chamberxcounselsx whereinx priestxlikex thou hast cleansxd my bosomx i from thee departed thy penitent reformxdx but we have been deceivxd in thy integrityx deceivxd in that which seems sox camillox be it forbidx my lordx leontesx to bide uponxtx thou art not honestx orx if thou inclinxst that wayx thou art a cowardx which hoxes honesty behindx restraining from course requirxdx or else thou must be counted a servant grafted in my serious trustx and therein negligentx or else a fool that seest a game playxd homex the rich stake drawnx and takxst it all for jestx camillox my gracious lordx i may be negligentx foolishx and fearfulx in every one of these no man is freex but that his negligencex his follyx fearx among the infinite doings of the worldx sometime puts forthx in your affairsx my lordx if ever i were wilfulxnegligentx it was my follyx if industriously i playxd the foolx it was my negligencex not weighing well the endx if ever fearful to do a thingx where i the issue doubtedx whereof the execution did cry out against the nonxperformancex xtwas a fear which oft affects the wisestx thesex my lordx are such allowxd infirmities that honesty is never free ofx butx beseech your gracex be plainer with mex let me know my trespass by its own visagex if i then deny itx xtis none of minex leontesx hax not you seenx camillox xbut thatxs past doubtx you havex or your eyexglass is thicker than a cuckoldxs hornx or heardx xforx to a vision so apparentx rumour cannot be mutex or thoughtx xfor cogitation resides not in that man that does not thinkx my wife is slipperyx if thou wilt confessx or else be impudently negativex to have nor eyes nor ears nor thoughtx then say my wifexs a hobbyxhorsex deserves a name as rank as any flaxxwench that puts to before her trothxplightx sayxt and justifyxtx camillox i would not be a standerxby to hear my sovereign mistress clouded sox without my present vengeance takenx xshrew my heartx you never spoke what did become you less than thisx which to reiterate were sin as deep as thatx though truex leontesx is whispering nothingx is leaning cheek to cheekx is meeting nosesx kissing with inside lipx stopping the career of laughter with a sighxxa note infallible of breaking honestyxxhorsing foot on footx skulking in cornersx wishing clocks more swiftx hoursx minutesx noonx midnightx and all eyes blind with the pin and web but theirsx theirs onlyx that would unseen be wickedx is this nothingx whyx then the world and all thatxs inxt is nothingx the covering sky is nothingx bohemia nothingx my wife is nothingx nor nothing have these nothingsx if this be nothingx camillox good my lordx be curxd of this diseasxd opinionx and betimesx for xtis most dangerousx leontesx say it bex xtis truex camillox nox nox my lordx leontesx it isx you liex you liex i say thou liestx camillox and i hate theex pronounce thee a gross loutx a mindless slavex or else a hovering temporizer that canst with thine eyes at once see good and evilx inclining to them bothx were my wifexs liver infected as her lifex she would not live the running of one glassx camillox who does infect herx leontesx whyx he that wears her like her medalx hanging about his neckx bohemiax whox if i had servants true about mex that bare eyes to see alike mine honour as their profitsx their own particular thriftsx they would do that which should undo more doingx ayx and thoux his cupbearerxxwhom i from meaner form have benchxd and rearxd to worshipx who mayst see plainly as heaven sees earth and earth sees heavenx how i am galledxxmightst bespice a cupx to give mine enemy a lasting winkx which draught to me were cordialx camillox sirx my lordx i could do thisx and that with no rash potionx but with a lingxring dramx that should not work maliciously like poisonx but i cannot believe this crack to be in my dread mistressx so sovereignly being honourablex i have lovxd theexx leontesx make that thy questionx and go rotx dost think i am so muddyx so unsettledx to appoint myself in this vexationx sully the purity and whiteness of my sheetsx xwhich to preserve is sleepx which being spotted is goadsx thornsx nettlesx tails of waspsx give scandal to the blood ox thx princex my sonx xwho i do think is minex and love as minex without ripe moving toxtx would i do thisx could man so blenchx camillox i must believe youx sirx i dox and will fetch off bohemia forxtx provided thatx when hexs removxdx your highness will take again your queen as yours at firstx even for your sonxs sakex and thereby for sealing the injury of tongues in courts and kingdoms known and allied to yoursx leontesx thou dost advise me even so as i mine own course have set downx ixll give no blemish to her honourx nonex camillox my lordx go thenx and with a countenance as clear as friendship wears at feastsx keep with bohemia and with your queenx i am his cupbearerx if from me he have wholesome beveragex account me not your servantx leontesx this is allx doxtx and thou hast the one half of my heartx doxt notx thou splittxst thine ownx camillox ixll doxtx my lordx leontesx i will seem friendlyx as thou hast advisxd mex xxexitxxx camillox o miserable ladyx butx for mex what case stand i inx i must be the poisoner of good polixenesx and my ground to doxt is the obedience to a masterx one whox in rebellion with himselfx will have all that are his so toox to do this deedx promotion followsx if i could find example of thousands that had struck anointed kings and flourishxd afterx ixd not doxtx but since nor brassx nor stonex nor parchmentx bears not onex let villainy itself forswearxtx i must forsake the courtx to doxtx or nox is certain to me a breakxneckx happy star reign nowx here comes bohemiax enter polixenesx polixenesx this is strangex methinks my favour here begins to warpx not speakx good dayx camillox camillox hailx most royal sirx polixenesx what is the news ix thx courtx camillox none rarex my lordx polixenesx the king hath on him such a countenance as he had lost some provincex and a region lovxd as he loves himselfx even now i met him with customary complimentx when hex wafting his eyes to the contraryx and falling a lip of much contemptx speeds from mex and so leaves me to consider what is breeding that changes thus his mannersx camillox i dare not knowx my lordx polixenesx howx dare notx do notx do you knowx and dare notx be intelligent to mex xtis thereaboutsx forx to yourselfx what you do knowx you mustx and cannot say you dare notx good camillox your changxd complexions are to me a mirror which shows me mine changxd toox for i must be a party in this alterationx finding myself thus alterxd withxtx camillox there is a sickness which puts some of us in distemperx but i cannot name the diseasex and it is caught of you that yet are wellx polixenesx how caught of mex make me not sighted like the basiliskx i have lookxd on thousands who have sped the better by my regardx but killxd none sox camilloxx as you are certainly a gentlemanx thereto clerkxlikex experiencxdx which no less adorns our gentry than our parentsx noble namesx in whose success we are gentlexxi beseech youx if you know aught which does behove my knowledge thereof to be informxdx imprisonxt not in ignorant concealmentx camillox i may not answerx polixenesx a sickness caught of mex and yet i wellx i must be answerxdx dost thou hearx camillox i conjure theex by all the parts of man which honour does acknowledgex whereof the least is not this suit of minex that thou declare what incidency thou dost guess of harm is creeping toward mex how far offx how nearx which way to be preventedx if to bex if notx how best to bear itx camillox sirx i will tell youx since i am chargxd in honourx and by him that i think honourablex therefore mark my counselx which must be evxn as swiftly followxd as i mean to utter itx or both yourself and me cry lostx and so goodnightx polixenesx onx good camillox camillox i am appointed him to murder youx polixenesx by whomx camillox camillox by the kingx polixenesx for whatx camillox he thinksx nayx with all confidence he swearsx as he had seenxt or been an instrument to vice you toxtx that you have touchxd his queen forbiddenlyx polixenesx ox then my best blood turn to an infected jellyx and my name be yokxd with his that did betray the bestx turn then my freshest reputation to a savour that may strike the dullest nostril where i arrivex and my approach be shunnxdx nayx hated toox worse than the greatxst infection that exer was heard or readx camillox swear his thought over by each particular star in heaven and by all their influencesx you may as well forbid the sea for to obey the moon as or by oath remove or counsel shake the fabric of his follyx whose foundation is pilxd upon his faithx and will continue the standing of his bodyx polixenesx how should this growx camillox i know notx but i am sure xtis safer to avoid whatxs grown than question how xtis bornx if therefore you dare trust my honestyx that lies enclosed in this trunkx which you shall bear along impawnxdx away tonightx your followers i will whisper to the businessx and will by twos and threesx at several posternsx clear them ox thx cityx for myselfx ixll put my fortunes to your servicex which are here by this discovery lostx be not uncertainx forx by the honour of my parentsx i have utterxd truthx which if you seek to provex i dare not stand byx nor shall you be safer than one condemned by the kingxs own mouthx thereon his execution swornx polixenesx i do believe theex i saw his heart in xs facex give me thy handx be pilot to mex and thy places shall still neighbour minex my ships are readyx and my people did expect my hence departure two days agox this jealousy is for a precious creaturex as shexs rarex must it be greatx andx as his personxs mightyx must it be violentx and as he does conceive he is dishonourxd by a man which ever professxd to himx whyx his revenges must in that be made more bitterx fear oxershades mex good expedition be my friendx and comfort the gracious queenx part of his themex but nothing of his illxtaxen suspicionx comex camillox i will respect thee as a father if thou bearxst my life off hencex let us avoidx camillox it is in mine authority to command the keys of all the posternsx please your highness to take the urgent hourx comex sirx awayx xxexeuntxxx act ii scene ix siciliax a room in the palacex enter hermionex mamillius and ladiesx hermionex take the boy to youx he so troubles mex xtis past enduringx first ladyx comex my gracious lordx shall i be your playfellowx mamilliusx nox ixll none of youx first ladyx whyx my sweet lordx mamilliusx youxll kiss me hardx and speak to me as if i were a baby stillx i love you betterx second ladyx and why sox my lordx mamilliusx not for because your brows are blackerx yet black browsx they sayx become some women bestx so that there be not too much hair therex but in a semicircle or a halfxmoon made with a penx second ladyx who taught thisx mamilliusx i learnxd it out of womenxs facesx pray nowx what colour are your eyebrowsx first ladyx bluex my lordx mamilliusx nayx thatxs a mockx i have seen a ladyxs nose that has been bluex but not her eyebrowsx first ladyx hark yex the queen your mother rounds apacex we shall present our services to a fine new prince one of these daysx and then youxd wanton with usx if we would have youx second ladyx she is spread of late into a goodly bulkx good time encounter herx hermionex what wisdom stirs amongst youx comex sirx now i am for you againx pray you sit by usx and tell xs a talex mamilliusx merry or sad shallxt bex hermionex as merry as you willx mamilliusx a sad talexs best for winterx i have one of sprites and goblinsx hermionex letxs have thatx good sirx come onx sit downx come onx and do your best to fright me with your spritesx youxre powerful at itx mamilliusx there was a manxx hermionex nayx comex sit downx then onx mamilliusx dwelt by a churchyardx i will tell it softlyx yond crickets shall not hear itx hermionex come on thenx and givext me in mine earx enter leontesx antigonusx lords and guardsx leontesx was he met therex his trainx camillo with himx first lordx behind the tuft of pines i met themx never saw i men scour so on their wayx i eyxd them even to their shipsx leontesx how blest am i in my just censurex in my true opinionx alackx for lesser knowledgex how accursxd in being so blestx there may be in the cup a spider steepxdx and one may drinkx departx and yet partake no venomx for his knowledge is not infectedx but if one present thx abhorrxd ingredient to his eyex make known how he hath drunkx he cracks his gorgex his sidesx with violent heftsx i have drunkx and seen the spiderx camillo was his help in thisx his panderx there is a plot against my lifex my crownx allxs true that is mistrustedx that false villain whom i employxdx was prexemployxd by himx he has discoverxd my designx and i remain a pinchxd thingx yeax a very trick for them to play at willx how came the posterns so easily openx first lordx by his great authorityx which often hath no less prevailxd than so on your commandx leontesx i knowxt too wellx give me the boyx i am glad you did not nurse himx though he does bear some signs of mex yet you have too much blood in himx hermionex what is thisx sportx leontesx bear the boy hencex he shall not come about herx away with himx and let her sport herself with that shexs big withx for xtis polixenes has made thee swell thusx xxexit mamillius with some of the guardsxxx hermionex but ixd say he had notx and ixll be sworn you would believe my sayingx howexer you learn thx naywardx leontesx youx my lordsx look on herx mark her wellx be but about to sayx xshe is a goodly ladyxx and the justice of your hearts will thereto add xxtis pity shexs not honestx honourablexx praise her but for this her withoutxdoor formx which on my faith deserves high speechx and straight the shrugx the hum or hax these petty brands that calumny doth usexox i am outx that mercy doesx for calumny will sear virtue itselfxthese shrugsx these humxsx and haxsx when you have said xshexs goodlyxx come betweenx ere you can say xshexs honestxx but be it knownx from him that has most cause to grieve it should bex shexs an adultressx hermionex should a villain say sox the most replenishxd villain in the worldx he were as much more villainx youx my lordx do but mistakex leontesx you have mistookx my ladyx polixenes for leontes o thou thingx which ixll not call a creature of thy placex lest barbarismx making me the precedentx should a like language use to all degreesx and mannerly distinguishment leave out betwixt the prince and beggarx i have said shexs an adultressx i have said with whomx morex shexs a traitorx and camillo is a federary with herx and one that knows what she should shame to know herself but with her most vile principalx that shexs a bedxswerverx even as bad as those that vulgars give boldxst titlesx ayx and privy to this their late escapex hermionex nox by my lifex privy to none of thisx how will this grieve youx when you shall come to clearer knowledgex that you thus have publishxd mex gentle my lordx you scarce can right me throughly thenx to say you did mistakex leontesx nox if i mistake in those foundations which i build uponx the centre is not big enough to bear a schoolxboyxs topx away with her to prisonx he who shall speak for her is afar off guilty but that he speaksx hermionex therexs some ill planet reignsx i must be patient till the heavens look with an aspect more favourablex good my lordsx i am not prone to weepingx as our sex commonly arex the want of which vain dew perchance shall dry your pitiesx but i have that honourable grief lodgxd here which burns worse than tears drownx beseech you allx my lordsx with thoughts so qualified as your charities shall best instruct youx measure mex and so the kingxs will be performxdx leontesx shall i be heardx hermionex who isxt that goes with mex beseech your highness my women may be with mex for you see my plight requires itx do not weepx good foolsx there is no causex when you shall know your mistress has deservxd prisonx then abound in tears as i come outx this action i now go on is for my better gracex adieux my lordx i never wishxd to see you sorryx now i trust i shallx my womenx comex you have leavex leontesx gox do our biddingx hencex xxexeunt queen and ladies with guardsxxx first lordx beseech your highnessx call the queen againx antigonusx be certain what you dox sirx lest your justice prove violencex in the which three great ones sufferx yourselfx your queenx your sonx first lordx for herx my lordx i dare my life lay downx and will doxtx sirx please you to accept itx that the queen is spotless ix thx eyes of heaven and to youxi mean in this which you accuse herx antigonusx if it prove shexs otherwisex ixll keep my stables where i lodge my wifex ixll go in couples with herx than when i feel and see her no further trust herx for every inch of woman in the worldx ayx every dram of womanxs fleshx is falsex if she bex leontesx hold your peacesx first lordx good my lordxx antigonusx it is for you we speakx not for ourselvesx you are abusxdx and by some putterxon that will be damnxd forxtx would i knew the villainx i would landxdamn himx be she honourxflawxdx i have three daughtersx the eldest is elevenx the second and the thirdx nine and some fivex if this prove truex theyxll pay forxtx by mine honourx ixll geld xem allx fourteen they shall not seex to bring false generationsx they are coxheirsx and i had rather glib myself than they should not produce fair issuex leontesx ceasex no morex you smell this business with a sense as cold as is a dead manxs nosex but i do seext and feelxtx as you feel doing thusx and see withal the instruments that feelx antigonusx if it be sox we need no grave to bury honestyx therexs not a grain of it the face to sweeten of the whole dungy earthx leontesx whatx lack i creditx first lordx i had rather you did lack than ix my lordx upon this groundx and more it would content me to have her honour true than your suspicionx be blamxd forxt how you mightx leontesx whyx what need we commune with you of thisx but rather follow our forceful instigationx our prerogative calls not your counselsx but our natural goodness imparts thisx whichx if youx or stupified or seeming so in skillx cannot or will not relish a truthx like usx inform yourselves we need no more of your advicex the matterx the lossx the gainx the ordxring onxtx is all properly oursx antigonusx and i wishx my liegex you had only in your silent judgement tried itx without more overturex leontesx how could that bex either thou art most ignorant by agex or thou wert born a foolx camilloxs flightx added to their familiarityx xwhich was as gross as ever touchxd conjecturex that lackxd sight onlyx nought for approbation but only seeingx all other circumstances made up to thx deedx doth push on this proceedingx yetx for a greater confirmation xfor in an act of this importancex xtwere most piteous to be wildxx i have dispatchxd in post to sacred delphosx to apolloxs templex cleomenes and dionx whom you know of stuffxd sufficiencyx now from the oracle they will bring allx whose spiritual counsel hadx shall stop or spur mex have i done wellx first lordx well donex my lordx leontesx though i am satisfiedx and need no more than what i knowx yet shall the oracle give rest to the minds of othersx such as he whose ignorant credulity will not come up to thx truthx so have we thought it good from our free person she should be confinxdx lest that the treachery of the two fled hence be left her to performx comex follow usx we are to speak in publicx for this business will raise us allx antigonusx xxasidexxx to laughterx as i take itx if the good truth were knownx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex the outer room of a prisonx enter paulina a gentleman and attendantsx paulinax the keeper of the prisonx call to himx let him have knowledge who i amx xxexit the gentlemanxxx good ladyx no court in europe is too good for theex what dost thou then in prisonx enter gentleman with the gaolerx nowx good sirx you know mex do you notx gaolerx for a worthy lady and one who much i honourx paulinax pray you thenx conduct me to the queenx gaolerx i may notx madamx to the contrary i have express commandmentx paulinax herexs adox to lock up honesty and honour from thx access of gentle visitorsx isxt lawfulx pray youx to see her womenx any of themx emiliax gaolerx so please youx madamx to put apart these your attendantsx i shall bring emilia forthx paulinax i pray nowx call herx withdraw yourselvesx xxexeunt gentleman and attendantsxxx gaolerx andx madamx i must be present at your conferencex paulinax wellx bext sox pritheex xxexit gaolerxxx herexs such ado to make no stain a stain as passes colouringx rexenter gaoler with emiliax dear gentlewomanx how fares our gracious ladyx emiliax as well as one so great and so forlorn may hold togetherx on her frights and griefsx xwhich never tender lady hath borne greaterx she isx something before her timex deliverxdx paulinax a boyx emiliax a daughterx and a goodly babex lustyx and like to livex the queen receives much comfort in xtx says xmy poor prisonerx i am as innocent as youxx paulinax i dare be swornx these dangerous unsafe lunes ix thx kingx beshrew themx he must be told onxtx and he shallx the office becomes a woman bestx ixll takext upon mex if i prove honeyxmouthxdx let my tongue blisterx and never to my redxlookxd anger be the trumpet any morex pray youx emiliax commend my best obedience to the queenx if she dares trust me with her little babex ixll showxt the kingx and undertake to be her advocate to thx loudxstx we do not know how he may soften at the sight ox thx childx the silence often of pure innocence persuadesx when speaking failsx emiliax most worthy madamx your honour and your goodness is so evidentx that your free undertaking cannot miss a thriving issuex there is no lady living so meet for this great errandx please your ladyship to visit the next roomx ixll presently acquaint the queen of your most noble offerx who but today hammerxd of this designx but durst not tempt a minister of honourx lest she should be deniedx paulinax tell herx emiliax ixll use that tongue i havex if wit flow from xt as boldness from my bosomx letxt not be doubted i shall do goodx emiliax now be you blest for itx ixll to the queenx please you come something nearerx gaolerx madamx if xt please the queen to send the babex i know not what i shall incur to pass itx having no warrantx paulinax you need not fear itx sirx this child was prisoner to the wombx and isx by law and process of great nature thence freed and enfranchisxdx not a party to the anger of the kingx nor guilty ofx if any bex the trespass of the queenx gaolerx i do believe itx paulinax do not you fearx upon mine honourx i will stand betwixt you and dangerx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a room in the palacex enter leontesx antigonusx lords and other attendantsx leontesx nor night nor day no restx it is but weakness to bear the matter thusx mere weaknessx if the cause were not in beingxxpart ox thx causex she thx adultressx for the harlot king is quite beyond mine armx out of the blank and level of my brainx plotxproofx but she i can hook to mex say that she were gonex given to the firex a moiety of my rest might come to me againx whoxs therex first attendantx my lordx leontesx how does the boyx first attendantx he took good rest tonightx xtis hopxd his sickness is dischargxdx leontesx to see his noblenessx conceiving the dishonour of his motherx he straight declinxdx droopxdx took it deeplyx fastenxd and fixxd the shame onxt in himselfx threw off his spiritx his appetitex his sleepx and downright languishxdx leave me solelyx gox see how he faresx xxexit first attendantxxx fiex fiex no thought of himx the very thought of my revenges that way recoil upon mex in himself too mightyx and in his partiesx his alliancex let him bex until a time may servex for present vengeancex take it on herx camillo and polixenes laugh at mex make their pastime at my sorrowx they should not laugh if i could reach themx nor shall shex within my powerx enter paulina carrying a babyx with antigonusx lords and servantsx first lordx you must not enterx paulinax nayx ratherx good my lordsx be second to mex fear you his tyrannous passion morex alasx than the queenxs lifex a gracious innocent soulx more free than he is jealousx antigonusx thatxs enoughx servantx madamx he hath not slept tonightx commanded none should come at himx paulinax not so hotx good sirx i come to bring him sleepx xtis such as youx that creep like shadows by himx and do sigh at each his needless heavingsxxsuch as you nourish the cause of his awakingx i do come with words as medxcinal as truex honest as eitherx to purge him of that humour that presses him from sleepx leontesx what noise therex hox paulinax no noisex my lordx but needful conference about some gossips for your highnessx leontesx howx away with that audacious ladyx antigonusx i chargxd thee that she should not come about mex i knew she wouldx antigonusx i told her sox my lordx on your displeasurexs peril and on minex she should not visit youx leontesx whatx canst not rule herx paulinax from all dishonesty he canx in thisx unless he take the course that you have donex commit me for committing honourxtrust itx he shall not rule mex antigonusx la you nowx you hearx when she will take the rein i let her runx but shexll not stumblex paulinax good my liegex i comexx andx i beseech you hear mex who professes myself your loyal servantx your physicianx your most obedient counsellorx yet that dares less appear sox in comforting your evilsx than such as most seem yoursxi say i come from your good queenx leontesx good queenx paulinax good queenx my lordx good queenx i sayx good queenx and would by combat make her goodx so were i a manx the worst about youx leontesx force her hencex paulinax let him that makes but trifles of his eyes first hand mex on mine own accord ixll offx but first ixll do my errandx the good queenx xfor she is goodx hath brought you forth a daughterx here xtisx commends it to your blessingx xxlaying down the childxxx leontesx outx a mankind witchx hence with herx out ox doorx a most intelligencing bawdx paulinax not sox i am as ignorant in that as you in so entitling mex and no less honest than you are madx which is enoughx ixll warrantx as this world goesx to pass for honestx leontesx traitorsx will you not push her outx xxto antigonusxxx give her the bastardx thou dotardx thou art womanxtirxdx unroosted by thy dame partlet herex take up the bastardx takext upx i sayx givext to thy cronex paulinax for ever unvenerable be thy handsx if thou takxst up the princess by that forced baseness which he has put upon xtx leontesx he dreads his wifex paulinax so i would you didx then xtwere past all doubt youxd call your children yoursx leontesx a nest of traitorsx antigonusx i am nonex by this good lightx paulinax nor ix nor any but one thatxs herex and thatxs himselfx for he the sacred honour of himselfx his queenxsx his hopeful sonxsx his babexsx betrays to slanderx whose sting is sharper than the swordxsx and will notx xforx as the case now standsx it is a curse he cannot be compellxd toxtx once remove the root of his opinionx which is rotten as ever oak or stone was soundx leontesx a callat of boundless tonguex who late hath beat her husbandx and now baits mex this brat is none of minex it is the issue of polixenesx hence with itx and together with the dam commit them to the firex paulinax it is yoursx andx might we lay thx old proverb to your chargex so like you xtis the worsex beholdx my lordsx although the print be littlex the whole matter and copy of the fatherx eyex nosex lipx the trick of xs frownx his foreheadx nayx the valleyx the pretty dimples of his chin and cheekx his smilesx the very mould and frame of handx nailx fingerx and thoux good goddess naturex which hast made it so like to him that got itx if thou hast the ordering of the mind toox xmongst all colours no yellow in xtx lest she suspectx as he doesx her children not her husbandxsx leontesx a gross hagx andx loselx thou art worthy to be hangxd that wilt not stay her tonguex antigonusx hang all the husbands that cannot do that featx youxll leave yourself hardly one subjectx leontesx once morex take her hencex paulinax a most unworthy and unnatural lord can do no morex leontesx ixll have thee burntx paulinax i care notx it is an heretic that makes the firex not she which burns in xtx ixll not call you tyrantx but this most cruel usage of your queenx not able to produce more accusation than your own weakxhingxd fancyx something savours of tyrannyx and will ignoble make youx yeax scandalous to the worldx leontesx on your allegiancex out of the chamber with herx were i a tyrantx where were her lifex she durst not call me sox if she did know me onex away with herx paulinax i pray youx do not push mex ixll be gonex look to your babex my lordx xtis yoursx jove send her a better guiding spiritx what needs these handsx you that are thus so tender oxer his folliesx will never do him goodx not one of youx sox sox farewellx we are gonex xxexitxxx leontesx thoux traitorx hast set on thy wife to thisx my childx away withxtx even thoux that hast a heart so tender oxer itx take it hencex and see it instantly consumxd with firex even thoux and none but thoux take it up straightx within this hour bring me word xtis donex and by good testimonyx or ixll seize thy lifex with that thou else callxst thinex if thou refuse and wilt encounter with my wrathx say sox the bastard brains with these my proper hands shall i dash outx gox take it to the firex for thou setxst on thy wifex antigonusx i did notx sirx these lordsx my noble fellowsx if they pleasex can clear me in xtx lords we canx my royal liegex he is not guilty of her coming hitherx leontesx youxre liars allx first lordx beseech your highnessx give us better creditx we have always truly servxd youx and beseech so to esteem of usx and on our knees we begx as recompense of our dear services past and to comex that you do change this purposex which being so horriblex so bloodyx must lead on to some foul issuex we all kneelx leontesx i am a feather for each wind that blowsx shall i live on to see this bastard kneel and call me fatherx better burn it now than curse it thenx but be itx let it livex it shall not neitherx xxto antigonusxxx youx sirx come you hitherx you that have been so tenderly officious with lady margeryx your midwifex therex to save this bastardxs lifexfor xtis a bastardx so sure as this beardxs greyx what will you adventure to save this bratxs lifex antigonusx anythingx my lordx that my ability may undergox and nobleness imposex at least thus muchx ixll pawn the little blood which i have left to save the innocentx anything possiblex leontesx it shall be possiblex swear by this sword thou wilt perform my biddingx antigonusx i willx my lordx leontesx markx and perform itx seest thoux for the fail of any point inxt shall not only be death to thyselfx but to thy lewdxtonguxd wifex whom for this time we pardonx we enjoin theex as thou art liegeman to usx that thou carry this female bastard hencex and that thou bear it to some remote and desert placex quite out of our dominionsx and that there thou leave itx without more mercyx to it own protection and favour of the climatex as by strange fortune it came to usx i do in justice charge theex on thy soulxs peril and thy bodyxs torturex that thou commend it strangely to some place where chance may nurse or end itx take it upx antigonusx i swear to do thisx though a present death had been more mercifulx come onx poor babex some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens to be thy nursesx wolves and bearsx they sayx casting their savageness asidex have done like offices of pityx sirx be prosperous in more than this deed does requirex and blessing against this crueltyx fight on thy sidex poor thingx condemnxd to lossx xxexit with the childxxx leontesx nox ixll not rear anotherxs issuex enter a servantx servantx please your highnessx posts from those you sent to thx oracle are come an hour sincex cleomenes and dionx being well arrivxd from delphosx are both landedx hasting to thx courtx first lordx so please youx sirx their speed hath been beyond accountx leontesx twentyxthree days they have been absentx xtis good speedx foretells the great apollo suddenly will have the truth of this appearx prepare youx lordsx summon a sessionx that we may arraign our most disloyal ladyx forx as she hath been publicly accusxdx so shall she have a just and open trialx while she livesx my heart will be a burden to mex leave mex and think upon my biddingx xxexeuntxxx act iii scene ix siciliax a street in some townx enter cleomenes and dionx cleomenes the climatexs delicatex the air most sweetx fertile the islex the temple much surpassing the common praise it bearsx dionx i shall reportx for most it caught mex the celestial habits xmethinks i so should term themx and the reverence of the grave wearersx ox the sacrificex how ceremoniousx solemnx and unearthlyx it was ix thx offeringx cleomenes but of allx the burst and the earxdeafxning voice ox thx oraclex kin to jovexs thunderx so surprised my sense that i was nothingx dionx if the event ox thx journey prove as successful to the queenxxox bext soxx as it hath been to us rarex pleasantx speedyx the time is worth the use onxtx cleomenes great apollo turn all to thx bestx these proclamationsx so forcing faults upon hermionex i little likex dionx the violent carriage of it will clear or end the businessx when the oraclex xthus by apolloxs great divine sealxd upx shall the contents discoverx something rare even then will rush to knowledgex gox fresh horsesx and gracious be the issuex xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex a court of justicex enter leontesx lords and officers appearx properly seatedx leontesx this sessions xto our great grief we pronouncex even pushes xgainst our heartx the party tried the daughter of a kingx our wifex and one of us too much belovxdx let us be clearxd of being tyrannousx since we so openly proceed in justicex which shall have due coursex even to the guilt or the purgationx produce the prisonerx officerx it is his highnessx pleasure that the queen appear in person here in courtx silencex hermione is brought in guardedx paulina and ladies attendingx leontesx read the indictmentx officerx xxreadsxxx xhermionex queen to the worthy leontesx king of siciliax thou art here accused and arraigned of high treasonx in committing adultery with polixenesx king of bohemiax and conspiring with camillo to take away the life of our sovereign lord the kingx thy royal husbandx the pretence whereof being by circumstances partly laid openx thoux hermionex contrary to the faith and allegiance of a true subjectx didst counsel and aid themx for their better safetyx to fly away by nightxx hermionex since what i am to say must be but that which contradicts my accusationx and the testimony on my part no other but what comes from myselfx it shall scarce boot me to say xnot guiltyxx mine integrityx being counted falsehoodx shallx as i express itx be so receivxdx but thusx if powers divine behold our human actionsx as they dox i doubt notx thenx but innocence shall make false accusation blushx and tyranny tremble at patiencex youx my lordx best knowx who least will seem to do sox my past life hath been as continentx as chastex as truex as i am now unhappyx which is more than history can patternx though devisxd and playxd to take spectatorsx for behold mex a fellow of the royal bedx which owe a moiety of the thronex a great kingxs daughterx the mother to a hopeful princex here standing to prate and talk for life and honour xfore who please to come and hearx for lifex i prize it as i weigh griefx which i would sparex for honourx xtis a derivative from me to minex and only that i stand forx i appeal to your own consciencex sirx before polixenes came to your courtx how i was in your gracex how merited to be sox since he camex with what encounter so uncurrent i have strainxd tx appear thusx if one jot beyond the bound of honourx or in act or will that way incliningx hardenxd be the hearts of all that hear mex and my nearxst of kin cry fie upon my gravex leontesx i nexer heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did than to perform it firstx hermionex thatxs true enoughx though xtis a sayingx sirx not due to mex leontesx you will not own itx hermionex more than mistress of which comes to me in name of faultx i must not at all acknowledgex for polixenesx with whom i am accusxdx i do confess i lovxd him as in honour he requirxdx with such a kind of love as might become a lady like mex with a love even suchx so and no otherx as yourself commandedx which not to have donex i think had been in me both disobedience and ingratitude to you and toward your friendx whose love had spokex ever since it could speakx from an infantx freelyx that it was yoursx nowx for conspiracyx i know not how it tastesx though it be dishxd for me to try howx all i know of it is that camillo was an honest manx and why he left your courtx the gods themselvesx wotting no more than ix are ignorantx leontesx you knew of his departurex as you know what you have undertaxen to do in xs absencex hermionex sirx you speak a language that i understand notx my life stands in the level of your dreamsx which ixll lay downx leontesx your actions are my dreamsx you had a bastard by polixenesx and i but dreamxd itx as you were past all shame xthose of your fact are sox so past all truthx which to deny concerns more than availsx for as thy brat hath been cast outx like to itselfx no father owning it xwhich isx indeedx more criminal in thee than itxx so thou shalt feel our justicex in whose easiest passage look for no less than deathx hermionex sirx spare your threatsx the bug which you would fright me withx i seekx to me can life be no commodityx the crown and comfort of my lifex your favourx i do give lostx for i do feel it gonex but know not how it wentx my second joyx and firstxfruits of my bodyx from his presence i am barrxdx like one infectiousx my third comfortx starrxd most unluckilyx is from my breastx xthe innocent milk in its most innocent mouthx halxd out to murderx myself on every post proclaimxd a strumpetx with immodest hatred the childxbed privilege deniedx which xlongs to women of all fashionx lastlyx hurried here to this placex ix thx open airx before i have got strength of limitx nowx my liegex tell me what blessings i have here alivex that i should fear to diex therefore proceedx but yet hear thisx mistake me notx no lifex i prize it not a strawx but for mine honourx which i would freex if i shall be condemnxd upon surmisesx all proofs sleeping else but what your jealousies awake i tell you xtis rigourx and not lawx your honours allx i do refer me to the oraclex apollo be my judgex first lordx this your request is altogether justx therefore bring forthx and in apolloxs namex his oraclex xxexeunt certain officersxxx hermionex the emperor of russia was my fatherx o that he were alivex and here beholding his daughterxs trialx that he did but see the flatness of my miseryx yet with eyes of pityx not revengex enter officers with cleomenes and dionx officerx you here shall swear upon this sword of justicex that youx cleomenes and dionx have been both at delphosx and from thence have brought this sealxdxup oraclex by the hand deliverxd of great apolloxs priestx and that since then you have not dared to break the holy sealx nor read the secrets inxtx cleomenesx dionx all this we swearx leontesx break up the seals and readx officerx xxreadsxxx xhermione is chastex polixenes blamelessx camillo a true subjectx leontes a jealous tyrantx his innocent babe truly begottenx and the king shall live without an heirx if that which is lost be not foundxx lords now blessed be the great apollox hermionex praisedx leontesx hast thou read truthx officerx ayx my lordx even so as it is here set downx leontesx there is no truth at all ix thx oraclex the sessions shall proceedx this is mere falsehoodx enter a servant hastilyx servantx my lord the kingx the kingx leontesx what is the businessx servantx o sirx i shall be hated to report itx the prince your sonx with mere conceit and fear of the queenxs speedx is gonex leontesx howx gonex servantx is deadx leontesx apolloxs angryx and the heavens themselves do strike at my injusticex xxhermione faintsxxx how now therex paulinax this news is mortal to the queenx look down and see what death is doingx leontesx take her hencex her heart is but oxerchargxdx she will recoverx i have too much believxd mine own suspicionx beseech you tenderly apply to her some remedies for lifex xxexeunt paulina and ladies with hermionexxx apollox pardon my great profaneness xgainst thine oraclex ixll reconcile me to polixenesx new woo my queenxx recall the good camillox whom i proclaim a man of truthx of mercyx forx being transported by my jealousies to bloody thoughts and to revengex i chose camillo for the minister to poison my friend polixenesx which had been donex but that the good mind of camillo tardied my swift commandx though i with death and with reward did threaten and encourage himx not doing it and being donex hex most humane and fillxd with honourx to my kingly guest unclaspxd my practicex quit his fortunes herex which you knew greatx and to the certain hazard of all incertainties himself commendedx no richer than his honourx how he glisters thorough my rustx and how his piety does my deeds make the blackerx enter paulinax paulinax woe the whilex ox cut my lacex lest my heartx cracking itx break toox first lordx what fit is thisx good ladyx paulinax what studied tormentsx tyrantx hast for mex what wheelsx racksx firesx what flayingx boiling in leads or oilsx what old or newer torture must i receivex whose every word deserves to taste of thy most worstx thy tyrannyx together working with thy jealousiesx fancies too weak for boysx too green and idle for girls of ninex ox think what they have donex and then run mad indeedx stark madx for all thy byxgone fooleries were but spices of itx that thou betrayxdst polixenesx xtwas nothingx that did but show theex of a foolx inconstant and damnable ingratefulx nor wasxt much thou wouldst have poisonxd good camilloxs honourx to have him kill a kingx poor trespassesx more monstrous standing byx whereof i reckon the casting forth to crows thy baby daughterx to be or none or littlex though a devil would have shed water out of fire ere donextx nor isxt directly laid to thee the death of the young princex whose honourable thoughtsx thoughts high for one so tenderx cleft the heart that could conceive a gross and foolish sire blemishxd his gracious damx this is notx nox laid to thy answerx but the lastxo lordsx when i have saidx cry woexxthe queenx the queenx the sweetxstx dearxst creaturexs deadx and vengeance forxt not droppxd down yetx first lordx the higher powers forbidx paulinax i say shexs deadx ixll swearxtx if word nor oath prevail notx go and seex if you can bring tincturex or lustrex in her lipx her eyex heat outwardly or breath withinx ixll serve you as i would do the godsx butx o thou tyrantx do not repent these thingsx for they are heavier than all thy woes can stirx therefore betake thee to nothing but despairx a thousand knees ten thousand years togetherx nakedx fastingx upon a barren mountainx and still winter in storm perpetualx could not move the gods to look that way thou wertx leontesx go onx go onx thou canst not speak too muchx i have deservxd all tongues to talk their bitterestx first lordx say no morex howexer the business goesx you have made fault ix thx boldness of your speechx paulinax i am sorry for xtx all faults i makex when i shall come to know themx i do repentx alasx i have showxd too much the rashness of a womanx he is touchxd to thx noble heartx whatxs gone and whatxs past helpx should be past griefx do not receive affliction at my petitionx i beseech youx rather let me be punishxdx that have minded you of what you should forgetx nowx good my liegex sirx royal sirx forgive a foolish womanx the love i bore your queenxlox fool againx ixll speak of her no morex nor of your childrenx ixll not remember you of my own lordx who is lost toox take your patience to youx and ixll say nothingx leontesx thou didst speak but well when most the truthx which i receive much better than to be pitied of theex pritheex bring me to the dead bodies of my queen and sonx one grave shall be for bothx upon them shall the causes of their death appearx unto our shame perpetualx once a day ixll visit the chapel where they liex and tears shed there shall be my recreationx so long as nature will bear up with this exercisex so long i daily vow to use itx comex and lead me to these sorrowsx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix bohemiax a desert country near the seax enter antigonus with the child and a marinerx antigonusx thou art perfectx thenx our ship hath touchxd upon the deserts of bohemiax marinerx ayx my lordx and fear we have landed in ill timex the skies look grimlyx and threaten present blustersx in my consciencex the heavens with that we have in hand are angryx and frown upon xsx antigonusx their sacred wills be donex gox get aboardx look to thy barkx ixll not be long before i call upon theex marinerx make your best hastex and go not too far ix thx landx xtis like to be loud weatherx besidesx this place is famous for the creatures of prey that keep upon xtx antigonusx go thou awayx ixll follow instantlyx marinerx i am glad at heart to be so rid ox thx businessx xxexitxxx antigonusx comex poor babex i have heardx but not believxdx the spirits of the dead may walk againx if such thing bex thy mother appearxd to me last nightx for nexer was dream so like a wakingx to me comes a creaturex sometimes her head on one sidex some anotherx i never saw a vessel of like sorrowx so fillxd and so becomingx in pure white robesx like very sanctityx she did approach my cabin where i layx thrice bowxd before mex andx gasping to begin some speechx her eyes became two spoutsx the fury spentx anon did this break from herx xgood antigonusx since fatex against thy better dispositionx hath made thy person for the throwerxout of my poor babex according to thine oathx places remote enough are in bohemiax there weepx and leave it cryingx andx for the babe is counted lost for everx perdita i prithee callxtx for this ungentle businessx put on thee by my lordx thou nexer shalt see thy wife paulina morexx and sox with shrieksx she melted into airx affrighted muchx i did in time collect myself and thought this was sox and no slumberx dreams are toysx yet for this oncex yeax superstitiouslyx i will be squarxd by thisx i do believe hermione hath sufferxd deathx and that apollo wouldx this being indeed the issue of king polixenesx it should here be laidx either for life or deathx upon the earth of its right fatherx blossomx speed thee wellx there liex and there thy characterx there thesex xxlaying down the child and a bundlexxx which may if fortune pleasex both breed theex prettyx and still rest thinex the storm beginsx poor wretchx that for thy motherxs fault art thus exposxd to loss and what may followx weep i cannotx but my heart bleedsx and most accursxd am i to be by oath enjoinxd to thisx farewellx the day frowns more and morex thouxrt like to have a lullaby too roughx i never saw the heavens so dim by dayx a savage clamourx well may i get aboardx this is the chasex i am gone for everx xxexitx pursued by a bearxxx enter an old shepherdx shepherdx i would there were no age between ten and threexandxtwentyx or that youth would sleep out the restx for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with childx wronging the ancientryx stealingx fightingxhark you nowx would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and twoxandxtwenty hunt this weatherx they have scared away two of my best sheepx which i fear the wolf will sooner find than the masterx if anywhere i have themx xtis by the seaxsidex browsing of ivyx good luckx an xt be thy willx what have we herex xxtaking up the childxxx mercy on xsx a bairnx a very pretty bairnx a boy or a childx i wonderx a pretty onex a very pretty onex surex some scapex though i am not bookishx yet i can read waitingxgentlewoman in the scapex this has been some stairxworkx some trunkxworkx some behindxdoorxworkx they were warmer that got this than the poor thing is herex ixll take it up for pityx yet ixll tarry till my son comex he halloed but even nowx whoaxhoxhoax enter clownx clownx hilloax loax shepherdx whatx art so nearx if thouxlt see a thing to talk on when thou art dead and rottenx come hitherx what ailxst thoux manx clownx i have seen two such sightsx by sea and by landx but i am not to say it is a seax for it is now the skyx betwixt the firmament and itx you cannot thrust a bodkinxs pointx shepherdx whyx boyx how is itx clownx i would you did but see how it chafesx how it ragesx how it takes up the shorex but thatxs not to the pointx ox the most piteous cry of the poor soulsx sometimes to see xemx and not to see xemx now the ship boring the moon with her mainmastx and anon swallowed with yest and frothx as youxd thrust a cork into a hogsheadx and then for the land servicex to see how the bear tore out his shoulderxbonex how he cried to me for helpx and said his name was antigonusx a noblemanx but to make an end of the shipx to see how the sea flapxdragonxd itx but firstx how the poor souls roaredx and the sea mocked themx and how the poor gentleman roaredx and the bear mocked himx both roaring louder than the sea or weatherx shepherdx name of mercyx when was thisx boyx clownx nowx nowx i have not winked since i saw these sightsx the men are not yet cold under waterx nor the bear half dined on the gentlemanx hexs at it nowx shepherdx would i had been by to have helped the old manx clownx i would you had been by the ship sidex to have helped herx there your charity would have lacked footingx shepherdx heavy mattersx heavy mattersx but look thee herex boyx now bless thyselfx thou metxst with things dyingx i with things newxbornx herexs a sight for theex look theex a bearingxcloth for a squirexs childx look thee herex take upx take upx boyx openxtx sox letxs seex it was told me i should be rich by the fairiesx this is some changelingx openxtx whatxs withinx boyx clownx youxre a made old manx if the sins of your youth are forgiven youx youxre well to livex goldx all goldx shepherdx this is fairy goldx boyx and xtwill prove sox up with itx keep it closex homex homex the next wayx we are luckyx boyx and to be so still requires nothing but secrecyx let my sheep gox comex good boyx the next way homex clownx go you the next way with your findingsx ixll go see if the bear be gone from the gentlemanx and how much he hath eatenx they are never curst but when they are hungryx if there be any of him leftx ixll bury itx shepherdx thatxs a good deedx if thou mayest discern by that which is left of him what he isx fetch me to thx sight of himx clownx marryx will ix and you shall help to put him ix thx groundx shepherdx xtis a lucky dayx boyx and wexll do good deeds on xtx xxexeuntxxx act iv scene ix enter timex the chorusx timex i that please somex try allx both joy and terror of good and badx that makes and unfolds errorx now take upon mex in the name of timex to use my wingsx impute it not a crime to me or my swift passagex that i slide oxer sixteen yearsx and leave the growth untried of that wide gapx since it is in my power to oxerthrow lawx and in one selfxborn hour to plant and oxerwhelm customx let me pass the same i amx ere ancientxst order was or what is now receivedx i witness to the times that brought them inx so shall i do to thx freshest things now reigningx and make stale the glistering of this presentx as my tale now seems to itx your patience this allowingx i turn my glassx and give my scene such growing as you had slept betweenx leontes leaving thx effects of his fond jealousiesx so grieving that he shuts up himselfx imagine mex gentle spectatorsx that i now may be in fair bohemiax and remember wellx i mentioned a son ox thx kingxsx which florizel i now name to youx and with speed so pace to speak of perditax now grown in grace equal with wonderingx what of her ensues i list not prophesyx but let timexs news be known when xtis brought forthx a shepherdxs daughterx and what to her adheresx which follows afterx is thx argument of timex of this allowx if ever you have spent time worse ere nowx if neverx yet that time himself doth say he wishes earnestly you never mayx xxexitxxx scene iix bohemiax a room in the palace of polixenesx enter polixenes and camillox polixenesx i pray theex good camillox be no more importunatex xtis a sickness denying thee anythingx a death to grant thisx camillox it is fifteen years since i saw my countryx though i have for the most part been aired abroadx i desire to lay my bones therex besidesx the penitent kingx my masterx hath sent for mex to whose feeling sorrows i might be some allayx or i oxerween to think soxxwhich is another spur to my departurex polixenesx as thou lovxst mex camillox wipe not out the rest of thy services by leaving me nowx the need i have of theex thine own goodness hath madex better not to have had thee than thus to want theex thoux having made me businesses which none without thee can sufficiently managex must either stay to execute them thyselfx or take away with thee the very services thou hast donex which if i have not enough considered xas too much i cannotx to be more thankful to thee shall be my studyx and my profit therein the heaping friendshipsx of that fatal country siciliax prithee speak no morex whose very naming punishes me with the remembrance of that penitentx as thou callxst himx and reconciled kingx my brotherx whose loss of his most precious queen and children are even now to be afresh lamentedx say to mex when sawest thou the prince florizelx my sonx kings are no less unhappyx their issue not being graciousx than they are in losing them when they have approved their virtuesx camillox sirx it is three days since i saw the princex what his happier affairs may bex are to me unknownx but i have missingly noted he is of late much retired from courtx and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appearedx polixenesx i have considered so muchx camillox and with some carex so far that i have eyes under my service which look upon his removednessx from whom i have this intelligencex that he is seldom from the house of a most homely shepherdx a manx they sayx that from very nothingx and beyond the imagination of his neighboursx is grown into an unspeakable estatex camillox i have heardx sirx of such a manx who hath a daughter of most rare notex the report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin from such a cottagex polixenesx thatxs likewise part of my intelligencex butx i fearx the angle that plucks our son thitherx thou shalt accompany us to the placex where we willx not appearing what we arex have some question with the shepherdx from whose simplicity i think it not uneasy to get the cause of my sonxs resort thitherx pritheex be my present partner in this businessx and lay aside the thoughts of siciliax camillox i willingly obey your commandx polixenesx my best camillox we must disguise ourselvesx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a road near the shepherdxs cottagex enter autolycusx singingx autolycusx xwhen daffodils begin to peerx withx heyx the doxy over the dalex whyx then comes in the sweet ox the yearx for the red blood reigns in the winterxs palexx xthe white sheet bleaching on the hedgex withx heyx the sweet birdsx ox how they singx doth set my pugging tooth on edgex for a quart of ale is a dish for a kingxx xthe larkx that tirraxlirra chantsx withx heyx withx heyx the thrush and the jayx are summer songs for me and my auntsx while we lie tumbling in the hayxx i have served prince florizelx and in my time wore threexpilex but now i am out of servicex xbut shall i go mourn for thatx my dearx the pale moon shines by nightx and when i wander here and therex i then do most go rightxx xif tinkers may have leave to livex and bear the sowxskin budgetx then my account i well may give and in the stocks avouch itxx my traffic is sheetsx when the kite buildsx look to lesser linenx my father named me autolycusx who beingx i as amx littered under mercuryx was likewise a snapperxup of unconsidered triflesx with die and drab i purchased this caparisonx and my revenue is the silly cheatx gallows and knock are too powerful on the highwayx beating and hanging are terrors to mex for the life to comex i sleep out the thought of itx a prizex a prizex enter clownx clownx let me seex every xleven wether todsx every tod yields pound and odd shillingx fifteen hundred shornx what comes the wool tox autolycusx xxasidexxx if the springe holdx the cockxs minex clownx i cannot doxt without countersx let me seex what am i to buy for our sheepxshearing feastx xthree pound of sugarx five pound of currantsx ricexxwhat will this sister of mine do with ricex but my father hath made her mistress of the feastx and she lays it onx she hath made me fourxandxtwenty nosegays for the shearersx threexman songxmen allx and very good onesx but they are most of them means and bassesx but one puritan amongst themx and he sings psalms to hornpipesx i must have saffron to colour the warden piesx xmacex datesxx nonex thatxs out of my notex xnutmegsx sevenx a race or two of gingerxx but that i may begx xfour pound of prunesx and as many of raisins ox thx sunxx autolycusx xxgrovelling on the groundxxx o that ever i was bornx clownx ix thx name of mex autolycusx ox help mex help mex pluck but off these ragsx and thenx deathx deathx clownx alackx poor soulx thou hast need of more rags to lay on theex rather than have these offx autolycusx o sirx the loathsomeness of them offends me more than the stripes i have receivedx which are mighty ones and millionsx clownx alasx poor manx a million of beating may come to a great matterx autolycusx i am robbedx sirx and beatenx my money and apparel taxen from mex and these detestable things put upon mex clownx whatx by a horseman or a footmanx autolycusx a footmanx sweet sirx a footmanx clownx indeedx he should be a footman by the garments he has left with theex if this be a horsemanxs coatx it hath seen very hot servicex lend me thy handx ixll help theex comex lend me thy handx xxhelping him upxxx autolycusx ox good sirx tenderlyx ox clownx alasx poor soulx autolycusx ox good sirx softlyx good sirx i fearx sirx my shoulder blade is outx clownx how nowx canst standx autolycusx softlyx dear sirx xxpicks his pocketxxx good sirx softlyx you hax done me a charitable officex clownx dost lack any moneyx i have a little money for theex autolycusx nox good sweet sirx nox i beseech youx sirx i have a kinsman not past threexquarters of a mile hencex unto whom i was goingx i shall there have money or anything i wantx offer me no moneyx i pray youx that kills my heartx clownx what manner of fellow was he that robbed youx autolycusx a fellowx sirx that i have known to go about with trollxmyxdamesx i knew him once a servant of the princex i cannot tellx good sirx for which of his virtues it wasx but he was certainly whipped out of the courtx clownx his vicesx you would sayx therexs no virtue whipped out of the courtx they cherish it to make it stay therex and yet it will no more but abidex autolycusx vicesx i would sayx sirx i know this man wellx he hath been since an apexbearerx then a processxserverx a bailiffx then he compassed a motion of the prodigal sonx and married a tinkerxs wife within a mile where my land and living liesx andx having flown over many knavish professionsx he settled only in roguex some call him autolycusx clownx out upon himx prigx for my lifex prigx he haunts wakesx fairsx and bearxbaitingsx autolycusx very truex sirx hex sirx hex thatxs the rogue that put me into this apparelx clownx not a more cowardly rogue in all bohemiax if you had but looked big and spit at himx hexd have runx autolycusx i must confess to youx sirx i am no fighterx i am false of heart that wayx and that he knewx i warrant himx clownx how do you nowx autolycusx sweet sirx much better than i wasx i can stand and walkx i will even take my leave of you and pace softly towards my kinsmanxsx clownx shall i bring thee on the wayx autolycusx nox goodxfaced sirx nox sweet sirx clownx then fare thee wellx i must go buy spices for our sheepxshearingx autolycusx prosper youx sweet sirx xxexit clownxxx your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spicex ixll be with you at your sheepxshearing toox if i make not this cheat bring out anotherx and the shearers prove sheepx let me be unrolledx and my name put in the book of virtuex xxsingsxxx xjog onx jog onx the footpath wayx and merrily hent the stilexax a merry heart goes all the dayx your sad tires in a milexaxx xxexitxxx scene ivx the samex a shepherdxs cottagex enter florizel and perditax florizelx these your unusual weeds to each part of you do give a lifex no shepherdessx but flora peering in aprilxs frontx this your sheepxshearing is as a meeting of the petty godsx and you the queen on xtx perditax sirx my gracious lordx to chide at your extremes it not becomes mex ox pardon that i name themx your high selfx the gracious mark ox thx landx you have obscurxd with a swainxs wearingx and mex poor lowly maidx most goddessxlike prankxd upx but that our feasts in every mess have follyx and the feeders digest it with a customx i should blush to see you so attirxdx swoonx i thinkx to show myself a glassx florizelx i bless the time when my good falcon made her flight across thy fatherxs groundx perditax now jove afford you causex to me the difference forges dreadx your greatness hath not been usxd to fearx even now i tremble to think your fatherx by some accidentx should pass this wayx as you didx ox the fatesx how would he look to see his workx so noblex vilely bound upx what would he sayx or how should ix in these my borrowxd flauntsx behold the sternness of his presencex florizelx apprehend nothing but jollityx the gods themselvesx humbling their deities to lovex have taken the shapes of beasts upon themx jupiter became a bull and bellowxdx the green neptune a ram and bleatedx and the firexrobxd godx golden apollox a poor humble swainx as i seem nowx their transformations were never for a piece of beauty rarerx nor in a way so chastex since my desires run not before mine honourx nor my lusts burn hotter than my faithx perditax ox butx sirx your resolution cannot hold when xtis opposxdx as it must bex by the power of the kingx one of these two must be necessitiesx which then will speakx that you must change this purposex or i my lifex florizelx thou dearest perditax with these forcxd thoughtsx i pritheex darken not the mirth ox thx feastx or ixll be thinex my fairx or not my fatherxsx for i cannot be mine ownx nor anything to anyx if i be not thinex to this i am most constantx though destiny say nox be merryx gentlex strangle such thoughts as these with anything that you behold the whilex your guests are comingx lift up your countenancex as it were the day of celebration of that nuptial which we two have sworn shall comex perditax o lady fortunex stand you auspiciousx florizelx seex your guests approachx address yourself to entertain them sprightlyx and letxs be red with mirthx enter shepherd with polixenes and camillox disguisedx clownx mopsax dorcas with othersx shepherdx fiex daughterx when my old wife livxdx upon this day she was both pantlerx butlerx cookx both dame and servantx welcomxd allx servxd allx would sing her song and dance her turnx now here at upper end ox thx tablex now ix thx middlex on his shoulderx and hisx her face ox fire with labourx and the thing she took to quench it she would to each one sipx you are retiredx as if you were a feasted onex and not the hostess of the meetingx pray youx bid these unknown friends to xs welcomex for it is a way to make us better friendsx more knownx comex quench your blushesx and present yourself that which you arex mistress ox thx feastx come onx and bid us welcome to your sheepxshearingx as your good flock shall prosperx perditax xxto polixenesxxx sirx welcomex it is my fatherxs will i should take on me the hostessxship ox the dayx xxto camilloxxx youxre welcomex sirx give me those flowers therex dorcasx reverend sirsx for you therexs rosemary and ruex these keep seeming and savour all the winter longx grace and remembrance be to you bothx and welcome to our shearingx polixenesx shepherdessx a fair one are youxwell you fit our ages with flowers of winterx perditax sirx the year growing ancientx not yet on summerxs death nor on the birth of trembling winterx the fairest flowers ox thx season are our carnations and streakxd gillyvorsx which some call naturexs bastardsx of that kind our rustic gardenxs barrenx and i care not to get slips of themx polixenesx whereforex gentle maidenx do you neglect themx perditax for i have heard it said there is an art whichx in their piednessx shares with great creating naturex polixenesx say there bex yet nature is made better by no mean but nature makes that meanx sox over that art which you say adds to naturex is an art that nature makesx you seex sweet maidx we marry a gentler scion to the wildest stockx and make conceive a bark of baser kind by bud of nobler racex this is an art which does mend naturex change it ratherx but the art itself is naturex perditax so it isx polixenesx then make your garden rich in gillyvorsx and do not call them bastardsx perditax ixll not put the dibble in earth to set one slip of themx no more thanx were i paintedx i would wish this youth should say xtwere wellx and only therefore desire to breed by mex herexs flowers for youx hot lavenderx mintsx savoryx marjoramx the marigoldx that goes to bed with thx sun and with him rises weepingx these are flowers of middle summerx and i think they are given to men of middle agex youxre very welcomex camillox i should leave grazingx were i of your flockx and only live by gazingx perditax outx alasx youxd be so lean that blasts of january would blow you through and throughx xxto florizelxx nowx my fairxst friendx i would i had some flowers ox thx springx that might become your time of dayx and yoursx and yoursx that wear upon your virgin branches yet your maidenheads growingx o proserpinax from the flowers now thatx frightedx thou letxst fall from disxs waggonx daffodilsx that come before the swallow daresx and take the winds of march with beautyx violets dimx but sweeter than the lids of junoxs eyes or cythereaxs breathx pale primrosesx that die unmarried ere they can behold bright phoebus in his strength xa malady most incident to maidsxx bold oxlips and the crown imperialx lilies of all kindsx the flowerxdexluce being onex ox these i lackx to make you garlands ofx and my sweet friendx to strew him oxer and oxerx florizelx whatx like a corsex perditax nox like a bank for love to lie and play onx not like a corsex or ifx not to be buriedx but quickx and in mine armsx comex take your flowersx methinks i play as i have seen them do in whitsun pastoralsx sure this robe of mine does change my dispositionx florizelx what you do still betters what is donex when you speakx sweetx ixd have you do it everx when you singx ixd have you buy and sell sox so give almsx pray sox andx for the ordxring your affairsx to sing them toox when you do dancex i wish you a wave ox thx seax that you might ever do nothing but thatx move stillx still sox and own no other functionx each your doingx so singular in each particularx crowns what you are doing in the present deedsx that all your acts are queensx perditax o doriclesx your praises are too largex but that your youthx and the true blood which peeps fairly through xtx do plainly give you out an unstained shepherdx with wisdom i might fearx my doriclesx you wooxd me the false wayx florizelx i think you have as little skill to fear as i have purpose to put you to xtx butx comex our dancex i prayx your handx my perditax so turtles pair that never mean to partx perditax ixll swear for xemx polixenesx this is the prettiest lowxborn lass that ever ran on the greenxswardx nothing she does or seems but smacks of something greater than herselfx too noble for this placex camillox he tells her something that makes her blood look outx good soothx she is the queen of curds and creamx clownx come onx strike upx dorcasx mopsa must be your mistressx marryx garlicx to mend her kissing withx mopsax nowx in good timex clownx not a wordx a wordx we stand upon our mannersx comex strike upx xxmusicx here a dance of shepherds and shepherdessesxxx polixenesx prayx good shepherdx what fair swain is this which dances with your daughterx shepherdx they call him doriclesx and boasts himself to have a worthy feedingx but i have it upon his own reportx and i believe itx he looks like soothx he says he loves my daughterx i think so toox for never gazxd the moon upon the water as hexll stand and readx as xtwerex my daughterxs eyesx andx to be plainx i think there is not half a kiss to choose who loves another bestx polixenesx she dances featlyx shepherdx so she does anythingx though i report it that should be silentx if young doricles do light upon herx she shall bring him that which he not dreams ofx enter a servantx servantx o masterx if you did but hear the pedlar at the doorx you would never dance again after a tabor and pipex nox the bagpipe could not move youx he sings several tunes faster than youxll tell moneyx he utters them as he had eaten balladsx and all menxs ears grew to his tunesx clownx he could never come betterx he shall come inx i love a ballad but even too wellx if it be doleful matter merrily set downx or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentablyx servantx he hath songs for man or woman of all sizesx no milliner can so fit his customers with glovesx he has the prettiest lovexsongs for maidsx so without bawdryx which is strangex with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadingsx xjump her and thump herxx and where some stretchxmouthed rascal wouldx as it werex mean mischief and break a foul gap into the matterx he makes the maid to answer xwhoopx do me no harmx good manxx puts him offx slights himx with xwhoopx do me no harmx good manxx polixenesx this is a brave fellowx clownx believe mex thou talkest of an admirable conceited fellowx has he any unbraided waresx servantx he hath ribbons of all the colours ix thx rainbowx pointsx more than all the lawyers in bohemia can learnedly handlex though they come to him by thx grossx inklesx caddissesx cambricsx lawnsx why he sings xem over as they were gods or goddessesx you would think a smock were a shexangelx he so chants to the sleevexhand and the work about the square on xtx clownx prithee bring him inx and let him approach singingx perditax forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words in xs tunesx xxexit servantxxx clownx you have of these pedlars that have more in them than youxd thinkx sisterx perditax ayx good brotherx or go about to thinkx enter autolycusx singingx autolycusx xlawn as white as driven snowx cypress black as exer was crowx gloves as sweet as damask rosesx masks for faces and for nosesx buglexbraceletx necklace amberx perfume for a ladyxs chamberx golden quoifs and stomachers for my lads to give their dearsx pins and pokingxsticks of steelx what maids lack from head to heelx come buy of mex comex come buyx come buyx buyx ladsx or else your lasses cryx comex buyxx clownx if i were not in love with mopsax thou shouldst take no money of mex but being enthralled as i amx it will also be the bondage of certain ribbons and glovesx mopsax i was promised them against the feastx but they come not too late nowx dorcasx he hath promised you more than thatx or there be liarsx mopsax he hath paid you all he promised youx maybe he has paid you morex which will shame you to give him againx clownx is there no manners left among maidsx will they wear their plackets where they should bear their facesx is there not milkingxtimex when you are going to bedx or kilnxholex to whistle of these secretsx but you must be tittlextattling before all our guestsx xtis well they are whisperingx clamour your tonguesx and not a word morex mopsax i have donex comex you promised me a tawdry lace and a pair of sweet glovesx clownx have i not told thee how i was cozened by the way and lost all my moneyx autolycusx and indeedx sirx there are cozeners abroadx therefore it behoves men to be waryx clownx fear not thoux manx thou shalt lose nothing herex autolycusx i hope sox sirx for i have about me many parcels of chargex clownx what hast herex balladsx mopsax pray nowx buy somex i love a ballad in print alifex for then we are sure they are truex autolycusx herexs one to a very doleful tunex how a usurerxs wife was brought to bed of twenty moneyxbags at a burdenx and how she longed to eat addersx heads and toads carbonadoedx mopsax is it truex think youx autolycusx very truex and but a month oldx dorcasx bless me from marrying a usurerx autolycusx herexs the midwifexs name toxtx one mistress taleporterx and five or six honest wives that were presentx why should i carry lies abroadx mopsax pray you nowx buy itx clownx come onx lay it byx and letxs first see more balladsx wexll buy the other things anonx autolycusx herexs another balladx of a fish that appeared upon the coast on wednesday the fourscore of aprilx forty thousand fathom above waterx and sung this ballad against the hard hearts of maidsx it was thought she was a womanx and was turned into a cold fish for she would not exchange flesh with one that loved herx the ballad is very pitifulx and as truex dorcasx is it true toox think youx autolycusx five justicesx hands at itx and witnesses more than my pack will holdx clownx lay it by toox anotherx autolycusx this is a merry balladx but a very pretty onex mopsax letxs have some merry onesx autolycusx whyx this is a passing merry one and goes to the tune of xtwo maids wooing a manxx therexs scarce a maid westward but she sings itx xtis in requestx i can tell youx mopsax we can both sing itx if thouxlt bear a partx thou shalt hearx xtis in three partsx dorcasx we had the tune on xt a month agox autolycusx i can bear my partx you must know xtis my occupationx have at it with youx songx autolycusx xget you hencex for i must go where it fits not you to knowxx dorcasx xwhitherxx mopsax xox whitherxx dorcasx xwhitherxx mopsax xit becomes thy oath full well thou to me thy secrets tellxx dorcasx xme toox let me go thitherxx mopsax or thou goest to thx grange or millx dorcasx xif to eitherx thou dost illxx autolycusx xneitherxx dorcasx xwhatx neitherxx autolycusx xneitherxx dorcasx xthou hast sworn my love to bexx mopsax xthou hast sworn it more to mex then whither goestx sayx whitherxx clownx wexll have this song out anon by ourselvesx my father and the gentlemen are in sad talkx and wexll not trouble themx comex bring away thy pack after mex wenchesx ixll buy for you bothx pedlarx letxs have the first choicex follow mex girlsx xxexit with dorcas and mopsaxxx autolycusx xxasidexxx and you shall pay well for xemx songx xwill you buy any tapex or lace for your capex my dainty duckx my dearxax any silkx any threadx any toys for your headx of the newxst and finxstx finxst wearxax come to the pedlarx moneyxs a meddler that doth utter all menxs warexaxx xxexitxxx enter servantx servantx masterx there is three cartersx three shepherdsx three neatxherdsx three swinexherdsx that have made themselves all men of hairx they call themselves saltiersx and they have dance which the wenches say is a gallimaufry of gambolsx because they are not in xtx but they themselves are ox the mind xif it be not too rough for some that know little but bowlingx it will please plentifullyx shepherdx awayx wexll none on xtx here has been too much homely foolery alreadyx i knowx sirx we weary youx polixenesx you weary those that refresh usx prayx letxs see these four threes of herdsmenx servantx one three of themx by their own reportx sirx hath danced before the kingx and not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by thx squarex shepherdx leave your pratingx since these good men are pleasedx let them come inx but quickly nowx servantx whyx they stay at doorx sirx xxexitxxx enter twelve rusticsx habited like satyrsx they dancex and then exeuntx polixenesx ox fatherx youxll know more of that hereafterx xxto camilloxxx is it not too far gonex xtis time to part themx hexs simple and tells muchx xxto florizelxxx how nowx fair shepherdx your heart is full of something that does take your mind from feastingx soothx when i was young and handed lovex as you dox i was wont to load my she with knacksx i would have ransackxd the pedlarxs silken treasury and have pourxd it to her acceptancex you have let him gox and nothing marted with himx if your lass interpretation should abusex and call this your lack of love or bountyx you were straited for a replyx at least if you make a care of happy holding herx florizelx old sirx i know she prizes not such trifles as these arex the gifts she looks from me are packxd and lockxd up in my heartx which i have given alreadyx but not deliverxdx ox hear me breathe my life before this ancient sirx whox it should seemx hath sometime lovxdx i take thy handx this handx as soft as dovexs down and as white as itx or ethiopianxs toothx or the fannxd snow thatxs bolted by thx northern blasts twice oxerx polixenesx what follows thisx how prettily the young swain seems to wash the hand was fair beforex i have put you outx but to your protestationx let me hear what you professx florizelx dox and be witness to xtx polixenesx and this my neighbourx toox florizelx and hex and more than hex and menx the earthx the heavensx and allx that were i crownxd the most imperial monarchx thereof most worthyx were i the fairest youth that ever made eye swervex had force and knowledge more than was ever manxsx i would not prize them without her lovex for her employ them allx commend them and condemn them to her servicex or to their own perditionx polixenesx fairly offerxdx camillox this shows a sound affectionx shepherdx but my daughterx say you the like to himx perditax i cannot speak so wellx nothing so wellx nox nor mean betterx by thx pattern of mine own thoughts i cut out the purity of hisx shepherdx take handsx a bargainx andx friends unknownx you shall bear witness toxtx i give my daughter to himx and will make her portion equal hisx florizelx ox that must be ix thx virtue of your daughterx one being deadx i shall have more than you can dream of yetx enough then for your wonderx but come onx contract us xfore these witnessesx shepherdx comex your handx andx daughterx yoursx polixenesx softx swainx awhilex beseech youx have you a fatherx florizelx i havex but what of himx polixenesx knows he of thisx florizelx he neither does nor shallx polixenesx methinks a father is at the nuptial of his son a guest that best becomes the tablex pray you once morex is not your father grown incapable of reasonable affairsx is he not stupid with age and altxring rheumsx can he speakx hearx know man from manx dispute his own estatex lies he not bedxridx and again does nothing but what he did being childishx florizelx nox good sirx he has his healthx and ampler strength indeed than most have of his agex polixenesx by my white beardx you offer himx if this be sox a wrong something unfilialx reason my son should choose himself a wifex but as good reason the fatherx all whose joy is nothing else but fair posterityx should hold some counsel in such a businessx florizelx i yield all thisx but for some other reasonsx my grave sirx which xtis not fit you knowx i not acquaint my father of this businessx polixenesx let him know xtx florizelx he shall notx polixenesx prithee let himx florizelx nox he must notx shepherdx let himx my sonx he shall not need to grieve at knowing of thy choicex florizelx comex comex he must notx mark our contractx polixenesx xxdiscovering himselfxxx mark your divorcex young sirx whom son i dare not callx thou art too base to be acknowledgedx thou a sceptrexs heirx that thus affects a sheepxhookx thoux old traitorx i am sorry thatx by hanging theex i can but shorten thy life one weekx and thoux fresh piece of excellent witchcraftx whom of force must know the royal fool thou copxst withxx shepherdx ox my heartx polixenesx ixll have thy beauty scratchxd with briers and made more homely than thy statex for theex fond boyx if i may ever know thou dost but sigh that thou no more shalt see this knack xas never i mean thou shaltxx wexll bar thee from successionx not hold thee of our bloodx nox not our kinx far than deucalion offx mark thou my wordsx follow us to the courtx thou churlx for this timex though full of our displeasurex yet we free thee from the dead blow of itx and youx enchantmentx worthy enough a herdsmanx yeax him too that makes himselfx but for our honour thereinx unworthy theex if ever henceforth thou these rural latches to his entrance openx or hoop his body more with thy embracesx i will devise a death as cruel for thee as thou art tender to xtx xxexitxxx perditax even here undonex i was not much afeardx for once or twice i was about to speakx and tell him plainly the selfsame sun that shines upon his court hides not his visage from our cottagex but looks on alikex xxto florizelxxx willxt please youx sirx be gonex i told you what would come of thisx beseech youx of your own state take carex this dream of minex being now awakex ixll queen it no inch fartherx but milk my ewesx and weepx camillox whyx how nowx fatherx speak ere thou diestx shepherdx i cannot speakx nor thinkx nor dare to know that which i knowx o sirx you have undone a man of fourscore threex that thought to fill his grave in quietx yeax to die upon the bed my father diedx to lie close by his honest bonesx but now some hangman must put on my shroud and lay me where no priest shovels in dustx o cursed wretchx that knewxst this was the princex and wouldst adventure to mingle faith with himx undonex undonex if i might die within this hourx i have livxd to die when i desirex xxexitxxx florizelx why look you so upon mex i am but sorryx not afeardx delayxdx but nothing altxredx what i wasx i amx more straining on for plucking backx not following my leash unwillinglyx camillox gracious my lordx you know your fatherxs temperx at this time he will allow no speech xwhich i do guess you do not purpose to himx and as hardly will he endure your sight as yetx i fearx thenx till the fury of his highness settlex come not before himx florizelx i not purpose itx i think camillox camillox even hex my lordx perditax how often have i told you xtwould be thusx how often said my dignity would last but till xtwere knownx florizelx it cannot fail but by the violation of my faithx and then let nature crush the sides ox thx earth together and mar the seeds withinx lift up thy looksx from my succession wipe mex fatherx i am heir to my affectionx camillox be advisxdx florizelx i amx and by my fancyx if my reason will thereto be obedientx i have reasonx if notx my sensesx better pleasxd with madnessx do bid it welcomex camillox this is desperatex sirx florizelx so call itx but it does fulfil my vowx i needs must think it honestyx camillox not for bohemiax nor the pomp that may be thereat gleanxdx for all the sun sees or the close earth wombsx or the profound seas hides in unknown fathomsx will i break my oath to this my fair belovxdx thereforex i pray youx as you have ever been my fatherxs honourxd friendx when he shall miss mexxasx in faithx i mean not to see him any morexxcast your good counsels upon his passionx let myself and fortune tug for the time to comex this you may knowx and so deliverx i am put to sea with her whom here i cannot hold on shorex andx most opportune to her needx i have a vessel rides fast byx but not preparxd for this designx what course i mean to hold shall nothing benefit your knowledgex nor concern me the reportingx camillox o my lordx i would your spirit were easier for advicex or stronger for your needx florizelx harkx perditax xxtakes her asidexxx xxto camilloxxx ixll hear you by and byx camillox hexs irremovablex resolvxd for flightx now were i happy if his going i could frame to serve my turnx save him from dangerx do him love and honourx purchase the sight again of dear sicilia and that unhappy kingx my masterx whom i so much thirst to seex florizelx nowx good camillox i am so fraught with curious business that i leave out ceremonyx camillox sirx i think you have heard of my poor servicesx ix thx love that i have borne your fatherx florizelx very nobly have you deservxdx it is my fatherxs music to speak your deedsx not little of his care to have them recompensxd as thought onx camillox wellx my lordx if you may please to think i love the kingx andx through himx whatxs nearest to himx which is your gracious selfx embrace but my directionx if your more ponderous and settled project may suffer alterationx on mine honourx ixll point you where you shall have such receiving as shall become your highnessx where you may enjoy your mistressx from the whomx i seex therexs no disjunction to be madex but byx as heavens forfendx your ruinx marry herx and with my best endeavours in your absence your discontenting father strive to qualify and bring him up to likingx florizelx howx camillox may thisx almost a miraclex be donex that i may call thee something more than manx and after that trust to theex camillox have you thought on a place whereto youxll gox florizelx not any yetx but as thx unthoughtxon accident is guilty to what we wildly dox so we profess ourselves to be the slaves of chancex and flies of every wind that blowsx camillox then list to mex this followsx if you will not change your purposex but undergo this flightx make for siciliax and there present yourself and your fair princessx for sox i seex she must bex xfore leontesx she shall be habited as it becomes the partner of your bedx methinks i see leontes opening his free arms and weeping his welcomes forthx asks theex the sonx forgivenessx as xtwere ix thx fatherxs personx kisses the hands of your fresh princessx oxer and oxer divides him xtwixt his unkindness and his kindnessx thx one he chides to hellx and bids the other grow faster than thought or timex florizelx worthy camillox what colour for my visitation shall i hold up before himx camillox sent by the king your father to greet him and to give him comfortsx sirx the manner of your bearing towards himx with what you xas from your fatherx shall deliverx things known betwixt us threex ixll write you downx the which shall point you forth at every sitting what you must sayx that he shall not perceive but that you have your fatherxs bosom there and speak his very heartx florizelx i am bound to youx there is some sap in thisx camillox a course more promising than a wild dedication of yourselves to unpathxd watersx undreamxd shoresx most certain to miseries enoughx no hope to help youx but as you shake off one to take anotherx nothing so certain as your anchorsx who do their best office if they can but stay you where youxll be loath to bex besidesx you know prosperityxs the very bond of lovex whose fresh complexion and whose heart together affliction altersx perditax one of these is truex i think affliction may subdue the cheekx but not take in the mindx camillox yeax say you sox there shall not at your fatherxs housex these seven years be born another suchx florizelx my good camillox she is as forward of her breeding as she is ix thx rear our birthx camillox i cannot say xtis pity she lacks instructionsx for she seems a mistress to most that teachx perditax your pardonx sirx for this ixll blush you thanksx florizelx my prettiest perditax butx ox the thorns we stand uponx camillox preserver of my fatherx now of mex the medicine of our housex how shall we dox we are not furnishxd like bohemiaxs sonx nor shall appear in siciliax camillox my lordx fear none of thisx i think you know my fortunes do all lie therex it shall be so my care to have you royally appointed as if the scene you play were minex for instancex sirx that you may know you shall not wantxxone wordx xxthey talk asidexxx enter autolycusx autolycusx hax hax what a fool honesty isx and trustx his sworn brotherx a very simple gentlemanx i have sold all my trumperyx not a counterfeit stonex not a ribbonx glassx pomanderx broochx tablexbookx balladx knifex tapex glovex shoextiex braceletx hornxringx to keep my pack from fastingx they throng who should buy firstx as if my trinkets had been hallowed and brought a benediction to the buyerx by which means i saw whose purse was best in picturex and what i sawx to my good use i rememberedx my clown xwho wants but something to be a reasonable manx grew so in love with the wenchesx song that he would not stir his pettitoes till he had both tune and wordsx which so drew the rest of the herd to me that all their other senses stuck in earsx you might have pinched a placketx it was senselessx xtwas nothing to geld a codpiece of a pursex i would have filed keys off that hung in chainsx no hearingx no feelingx but my sirxs songx and admiring the nothing of itx so that in this time of lethargy i picked and cut most of their festival pursesx and had not the old man come in with a whoobub against his daughter and the kingxs sonx and scared my choughs from the chaffx i had not left a purse alive in the whole armyx camillox florizel and perdita come forwardx camillox nayx but my lettersx by this means being there so soon as you arrivex shall clear that doubtx florizelx and those that youxll procure from king leontesx camillox shall satisfy your fatherx perditax happy be youx all that you speak shows fairx camillox xxseeing autolycusxxx who have we herex wexll make an instrument of thisx omit nothing may give us aidx autolycusx xxasidexxx if they have overheard me nowxxwhyx hangingx camillox how nowx good fellowx why shakest thou sox fear notx manx herexs no harm intended to theex autolycusx i am a poor fellowx sirx camillox whyx be so stillx herexs nobody will steal that from theex yetx for the outside of thy poverty we must make an exchangex therefore discase thee instantlyxxthou must think therexs a necessity inxtxand change garments with this gentlemanx though the pennyworth on his side be the worstx yet hold theex therexs some bootx xxgiving moneyxxx autolycusx i am a poor fellowx sirx xxasidexxx i know ye well enoughx camillox nayx prithee dispatchx the gentleman is half flayed alreadyx autolycusx are you in earnestx sirx xxasidexxx i smell the trick onxtx florizelx dispatchx i pritheex autolycusx indeedx i have had earnestx but i cannot with conscience take itx camillox unbucklex unbucklex xxflorizel and autolycus exchange garmentsxxx fortunate mistressxxlet my prophecy come home to youxxyou must retire yourself into some covertx take your sweetheartxs hat and pluck it oxer your browsx muffle your facex dismantle youx andx as you canx disliken the truth of your own seemingx that you may xfor i do fear eyes overx to shipboard get undescriedx perditax i see the play so lies that i must bear a partx camillox no remedyx have you done therex florizelx should i now meet my fatherx he would not call me sonx camillox nayx you shall have no hatx xxgiving it to perditaxxx comex ladyx comex farewellx my friendx autolycusx adieux sirx florizelx o perditax what have we twain forgotx pray you a wordx xxthey converse apartxxx camillox xxasidexxx what i do nextx shall be to tell the king of this escapex and whither they are boundx wherein my hope is i shall so prevail to force him afterx in whose company i shall rexview siciliax for whose sight i have a womanxs longingx florizelx fortune speed usx thus we set onx camillox to the seaxsidex camillox the swifter speed the betterx xxexeunt florizelx perdita and camilloxxx autolycusx i understand the businessx i hear itx to have an open earx a quick eyex and a nimble handx is necessary for a cutxpursex a good nose is requisite alsox to smell out work for the other sensesx i see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrivex what an exchange had this been without bootx what a boot is here with this exchangex sure the gods do this year connive at usx and we may do anything extemporex the prince himself is about a piece of iniquityx stealing away from his father with his clog at his heelsx if i thought it were a piece of honesty to acquaint the king withalx i would not doxtx i hold it the more knavery to conceal itx and therein am i constant to my professionx enter clown and shepherdx asidex asidex here is more matter for a hot brainx every lanexs endx every shopx churchx sessionx hangingx yields a careful man workx clownx seex seex what a man you are nowx there is no other way but to tell the king shexs a changelingx and none of your flesh and bloodx shepherdx nayx but hear mex clownx nayx but hear mex shepherdx go tox thenx clownx she being none of your flesh and bloodx your flesh and blood has not offended the kingx and so your flesh and blood is not to be punished by himx show those things you found about herx those secret thingsx all but what she has with herx this being donex let the law go whistlex i warrant youx shepherdx i will tell the king allx every wordx yeax and his sonxs pranks toox whox i may sayx is no honest man neither to his father nor to mex to go about to make me the kingxs brotherxinxlawx clownx indeedx brotherxinxlaw was the farthest off you could have been to himx and then your blood had been the dearer by i know how much an ouncex autolycusx xxasidexxx very wiselyx puppiesx shepherdx wellx let us to the kingx there is that in this fardel will make him scratch his beardx autolycusx xxasidexxx i know not what impediment this complaint may be to the flight of my masterx clownx pray heartily he be atx palacex autolycusx xxasidexxx though i am not naturally honestx i am so sometimes by chancex let me pocket up my pedlarxs excrementx xxtakes off his false beardxxx how nowx rusticsx whither are you boundx shepherdx to the palacex an it like your worshipx autolycusx your affairs therex whatx with whomx the condition of that fardelx the place of your dwellingx your namesx your agesx of what havingx breedingx and anything that is fitting to be knownx discoverx clownx we are but plain fellowsx sirx autolycusx a liex you are rough and hairyx let me have no lyingx it becomes none but tradesmenx and they often give us soldiers the liex but we pay them for it with stamped coinx not stabbing steelx therefore they do not give us the liex clownx your worship had like to have given us onex if you had not taken yourself with the mannerx shepherdx are you a courtierx an xt like youx sirx autolycusx whether it like me or nox i am a courtierx seest thou not the air of the court in these enfoldingsx hath not my gait in it the measure of the courtx receives not thy nose courtxodour from mex reflect i not on thy baseness courtxcontemptx thinkxst thoux for that i insinuatex or toaze from thee thy businessx i am therefore no courtierx i am courtier xcapxaxpexx and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business therex whereupon i command thee to open thy affairx shepherdx my businessx sirx is to the kingx autolycusx what advocate hast thou to himx shepherdx i know notx an xt like youx clownx advocatexs the courtxword for a pheasantx say you have nonex shepherdx nonex sirx i have no pheasantx cock nor henx autolycusx how blessxd are we that are not simple menx yet nature might have made me as these arex therefore i will not disdainx clownx this cannot be but a great courtierx shepherdx his garments are richx but he wears them not handsomelyx clownx he seems to be the more noble in being fantasticalx a great manx ixll warrantx i know by the picking onxs teethx autolycusx the fardel therex whatxs ix thx fardelx wherefore that boxx shepherdx sirx there lies such secrets in this fardel and box which none must know but the kingx and which he shall know within this hourx if i may come to thx speech of himx autolycusx agex thou hast lost thy labourx shepherdx whyx sirx autolycusx the king is not at the palacex he is gone aboard a new ship to purge melancholy and air himselfx forx if thou beest capable of things seriousx thou must know the king is full of griefx shepherdx so xtis saidx sirx about his sonx that should have married a shepherdxs daughterx autolycusx if that shepherd be not in handxfastx let him flyx the curses he shall havex the tortures he shall feelx will break the back of manx the heart of monsterx clownx think you sox sirx autolycusx not he alone shall suffer what wit can make heavy and vengeance bitterx but those that are germane to himx though removed fifty timesx shall all come under the hangmanx whichx though it be great pityx yet it is necessaryx an old sheepxwhistling roguex a ramxtenderx to offer to have his daughter come into gracex some say he shall be stonedx but that death is too soft for himx say ix draw our throne into a sheepcotex all deaths are too fewx the sharpest too easyx clownx has the old man exer a sonx sirx do you hearx an xt like youx sirx autolycusx he has a sonx who shall be flayed alivex then xnointed over with honeyx set on the head of a waspxs nestx then stand till he be three quarters and a dram deadx then recovered again with aquaxvitx or some other hot infusionx thenx raw as he isx and in the hottest day prognostication proclaimsx shall he be set against a brick wallx the sun looking with a southward eye upon himx where he is to behold him with flies blown to deathx but what talk we of these traitorly rascalsx whose miseries are to be smiled atx their offences being so capitalx tell me xfor you seem to be honest plain menx what you have to the kingx being something gently consideredx ixll bring you where he is aboardx tender your persons to his presencex whisper him in your behalfsx and if it be in man besides the king to effect your suitsx here is man shall do itx clownx he seems to be of great authorityx close with himx give him goldx and though authority be a stubborn bearx yet he is oft led by the nose with goldx show the inside of your purse to the outside of his handx and no more adox rememberx xstonxdx and xflayed alivexx shepherdx an xt please youx sirx to undertake the business for usx here is that gold i havex ixll make it as much morex and leave this young man in pawn till i bring it youx autolycusx after i have done what i promisedx shepherdx ayx sirx autolycusx wellx give me the moietyx are you a party in this businessx clownx in some sortx sirx but though my case be a pitiful onex i hope i shall not be flayed out of itx autolycusx ox thatxs the case of the shepherdxs sonx hang himx hexll be made an examplex clownx comfortx good comfortx we must to the king and show our strange sightsx he must know xtis none of your daughter nor my sisterx we are gone elsex sirx i will give you as much as this old man does when the business is performedx and remainx as he saysx your pawn till it be brought youx autolycusx i will trust youx walk before toward the seaxsidex go on the rightxhandx i will but look upon the hedgex and follow youx clownx we are blessed in this manx as i may sayx even blessedx shepherdx letxs beforex as he bids usx he was provided to do us goodx xxexeunt shepherd and clownxxx autolycusx if i had a mind to be honestx i see fortune would not suffer mex she drops booties in my mouthx i am courted now with a double occasionx goldx and a means to do the prince my master goodx which who knows how that may turn back to my advancementx i will bring these two molesx these blind onesx aboard himx if he think it fit to shore them again and that the complaint they have to the king concerns him nothingx let him call me rogue for being so far officiousx for i am proof against that title and what shame else belongs to xtx to him will i present themx there may be matter in itx xxexitxxx act v scene ix siciliax a room in the palace of leontesx enter leontesx cleomenesx dionx paulina and othersx cleomenes sirx you have done enoughx and have performxd a saintxlike sorrowx no fault could you make which you have not redeemxdx indeedx paid down more penitence than done trespassx at the lastx do as the heavens have donex forget your evilx with themx forgive yourselfx leontesx whilst i remember her and her virtuesx i cannot forget my blemishes in themx and so still think of the wrong i did myselfx which was so much that heirless it hath made my kingdomx and destroyxd the sweetxst companion that exer man bred his hopes out ofx paulinax truex too truex my lordx ifx one by onex you wedded all the worldx or from the all that are took something goodx to make a perfect womanx she you killxd would be unparallelxdx leontesx i think sox killxdx she i killxdx i did sox but thou strikxst me sorelyx to say i didx it is as bitter upon thy tongue as in my thoughtx nowx good nowx say so but seldomx cleomenes not at allx good ladyx you might have spoken a thousand things that would have done the time more benefit and gracxd your kindness betterx paulinax you are one of those would have him wed againx dionx if you would not sox you pity not the statex nor the remembrance of his most sovereign namex consider little what dangersx by his highnessx fail of issuex may drop upon his kingdomx and devour incertain lookersxonx what were more holy than to rejoice the former queen is wellx what holier thanx for royaltyxs repairx for present comfortx and for future goodx to bless the bed of majesty again with a sweet fellow to xtx paulinax there is none worthyx respecting her thatxs gonex besidesx the gods will have fulfillxd their secret purposesx for has not the divine apollo saidx is xt not the tenor of his oraclex that king leontes shall not have an heir till his lost child be foundx which that it shallx is all as monstrous to our human reason as my antigonus to break his grave and come again to mex whox on my lifex did perish with the infantx xtis your counsel my lord should to the heavens be contraryx oppose against their willsx xxto leontesxxx care not for issuex the crown will find an heirx great alexander left his to thx worthiestx so his successor was like to be the bestx leontesx good paulinax who hast the memory of hermionex i knowx in honourx o that ever i had squarxd me to thy counselx thenx even nowx i might have lookxd upon my queenxs full eyesx have taken treasure from her lipsxx paulinax and left them more rich for what they yieldedx leontesx thou speakxst truthx no more such wivesx thereforex no wifex one worsex and better usxdx would make her sainted spirit again possess her corpsex and on this stagex xwhere we offenders now appearx soulxvexedx and begin xwhy to mexx paulinax had she such powerx she had just causex leontesx she hadx and would incense me to murder her i marriedx paulinax i should sox were i the ghost that walkxdx ixd bid you mark her eyex and tell me for what dull part in xt you chose herx then ixd shriekx that even your ears should rift to hear mex and the words that followxd should be xremember minexx leontesx starsx starsx and all eyes else dead coalsx fear thou no wifex ixll have no wifex paulinax paulinax will you swear never to marry but by my free leavex leontesx neverx paulinax so be blessxd my spiritx paulinax thenx good my lordsx bear witness to his oathx cleomenes you tempt him overxmuchx paulinax unless anotherx as like hermione as is her picturex affront his eyex cleomenes good madamxx paulinax i have donex yetx if my lord will marryxxif you willx sirx no remedy but you willxxgive me the office to choose you a queenx she shall not be so young as was your formerx but she shall be such asx walkxd your first queenxs ghostx it should take joy to see her in your armsx leontesx my true paulinax we shall not marry till thou bidxst usx paulinax that shall be when your first queenxs again in breathx never till thenx enter a servantx servantx one that gives out himself prince florizelx son of polixenesx with his princess xshe the fairest i have yet beheldx desires access to your high presencex leontesx what with himx he comes not like to his fatherxs greatnessx his approachx so out of circumstance and suddenx tells us xtis not a visitation framxdx but forcxd by need and accidentx what trainx servantx but fewx and those but meanx leontesx his princessx say youx with himx servantx ayx the most peerless piece of earthx i thinkx that exer the sun shone bright onx paulinax o hermionex as every present time doth boast itself above a better gonex so must thy grave give way to whatxs seen nowx sirx you yourself have said and writ soxxbut your writing now is colder than that themexxxshe had not beenx nor was not to be equallxdxx thus your verse flowxd with her beauty oncex xtis shrewdly ebbxdx to say you have seen a betterx servantx pardonx madamx the one i have almost forgotxxyour pardonxx the otherx when she has obtainxd your eyex will have your tongue toox this is a creaturex would she begin a sectx might quench the zeal of all professors elsex make proselytes of who she but bid followx paulinax howx not womenx servantx women will love her that she is a woman more worth than any manx menx that she is the rarest of all womenx leontesx gox cleomenesx yourselfx assisted with your honourxd friendsx bring them to our embracementx xxexeunt cleomenes and othersxxx stillx xtis strange he thus should steal upon usx paulinax had our princex jewel of childrenx seen this hourx he had pairxd well with this lordx there was not full a month between their birthsx leontesx prithee no morex ceasex thou knowxst he dies to me again when talkxd ofx surex when i shall see this gentlemanx thy speeches will bring me to consider that which may unfurnish me of reasonx they are comex enter florizelx perditax cleomenes and othersx your mother was most true to wedlockx princex for she did print your royal father offx conceiving youx were i but twentyxonex your fatherxs image is so hit in youx his very airx that i should call you brotherx as i did himx and speak of something wildly by us performxd beforex most dearly welcomex and your fair princessxxgoddessx ox alasx i lost a couple that xtwixt heaven and earth might thus have stoodx begetting wonderx as youx gracious couplex dox and then i lostxx all mine own follyxxthe societyx amity toox of your brave fatherx whomx though bearing miseryx i desire my life once more to look on himx florizelx by his command have i here touchxd siciliax and from him give you all greetings that a kingx at friendx can send his brotherx andx but infirmityx which waits upon worn timesx hath something seizxd his wishxd abilityx he had himself the lands and waters xtwixt your throne and his measurxdx to look upon youx whom he lovesx he bade me say soxxmore than all the sceptres and those that bear them livingx leontesx o my brotherxx good gentlemanxxthe wrongs i have done thee stir afresh within mex and these thy officesx so rarely kindx are as interpreters of my behindxhand slacknessx welcome hitherx as is the spring to the earthx and hath he too exposxd this paragon to the fearful usagex at least ungentlex of the dreadful neptunex to greet a man not worth her painsx much less thx adventure of her personx florizelx goodx my lordx she came from libyax leontesx where the warlike smalusx that noble honourxd lordx is fearxd and lovxdx florizelx most royal sirx from thencex from himx whose daughter his tears proclaimxd hisx parting with herx thencex a prosperous southxwind friendlyx we have crossxdx to execute the charge my father gave me for visiting your highnessx my best train i have from your sicilian shores dismissxdx who for bohemia bendx to signify not only my success in libyax sirx but my arrivalx and my wifexsx in safety herex where we arex leontesx the blessed gods purge all infection from our air whilst you do climate herex you have a holy fatherx a graceful gentlemanx against whose personx so sacred as it isx i have done sinx for which the heavensx taking angry notex have left me issuelessx and your fatherxs blessxdx as he from heaven merits itx with youx worthy his goodnessx what might i have beenx might i a son and daughter now have lookxd onx such goodly things as youx enter a lordx lordx most noble sirx that which i shall report will bear no creditx were not the proof so nighx please youx great sirx bohemia greets you from himself by mex desires you to attach his sonx who hasx his dignity and duty both cast offx fled from his fatherx from his hopesx and with a shepherdxs daughterx leontesx wherexs bohemiax speakx lordx here in your cityx i now came from himx i speak amazedlyx and it becomes my marvel and my messagex to your court whiles he was hastxningxin the chasex it seemsx of this fair couplexmeets he on the way the father of this seeming lady and her brotherx having both their country quitted with this young princex florizelx camillo has betrayxd mex whose honour and whose honesty till nowx endurxd all weathersx lordx lay xt so to his chargex hexs with the king your fatherx leontesx whox camillox lordx camillox sirx i spake with himx who now has these poor men in questionx never saw i wretches so quakex they kneelx they kiss the earthx forswear themselves as often as they speakx bohemia stops his earsx and threatens them with divers deaths in deathx perditax o my poor fatherx the heaven sets spies upon usx will not have our contract celebratedx leontesx you are marriedx florizelx we are notx sirx nor are we like to bex the starsx i seex will kiss the valleys firstx the odds for high and lowxs alikex leontesx my lordx is this the daughter of a kingx florizelx she isx when once she is my wifex leontesx that xoncexx i see by your good fatherxs speedx will come on very slowlyx i am sorryx most sorryx you have broken from his likingx where you were tied in dutyx and as sorry your choice is not so rich in worth as beautyx that you might well enjoy herx florizelx dearx look upx though fortunex visible an enemyx should chase us with my fatherx power no jot hath she to change our lovesx beseech youx sirx remember since you owxd no more to time than i do nowx with thought of such affectionsx step forth mine advocatex at your request my father will grant precious things as triflesx leontesx would he do sox ixd beg your precious mistressx which he counts but a triflex paulinax sirx my liegex your eye hath too much youth in xtx not a month xfore your queen diedx she was more worth such gazes than what you look on nowx leontesx i thought of her even in these looks i madex xxto florizelxxx but your petition is yet unanswerxdx i will to your fatherx your honour not oxerthrown by your desiresx i am friend to them and youx upon which errand i now go toward himx therefore follow mex and mark what way i makex comex good my lordx xxexeuntxxx scene iix the samex before the palacex enter autolycus and a gentlemanx autolycusx beseech youx sirx were you present at this relationx first gentlemanx i was by at the opening of the fardelx heard the old shepherd deliver the manner how he found itx whereuponx after a little amazednessx we were all commanded out of the chamberx only thisx methought i heard the shepherd say he found the childx autolycusx i would most gladly know the issue of itx first gentlemanx i make a broken delivery of the businessx but the changes i perceived in the king and camillo were very notes of admirationx they seemed almostx with staring on one anotherx to tear the cases of their eyesx there was speech in their dumbnessx language in their very gesturex they looked as they had heard of a world ransomedx or one destroyedx a notable passion of wonder appeared in themx but the wisest beholderx that knew no more but seeing could not say if thx importance were joy or sorrowx but in the extremity of the onex it must needs bex here comes a gentleman that happily knows morex enter a gentlemanx the newsx rogerox second gentlemanx nothing but bonfiresx the oracle is fulfilledx the kingxs daughter is foundx such a deal of wonder is broken out within this hour that balladxmakers cannot be able to express itx here comes the lady paulinaxs stewardx he can deliver you morex enter a third gentlemanx how goes it nowx sirx this newsx which is called truex is so like an old tale that the verity of it is in strong suspicionx has the king found his heirx third gentlemanx most truex if ever truth were pregnant by circumstancex that which you hear youxll swear you seex there is such unity in the proofsx the mantle of queen hermionexsx her jewel about the neck of itx the letters of antigonus found with itx which they know to be his characterx the majesty of the creature in resemblance of the motherx the affection of nobleness which nature shows above her breedingx and many other evidences proclaim her with all certainty to be the kingxs daughterx did you see the meeting of the two kingsx second gentlemanx nox third gentlemanx then you have lost a sight which was to be seenx cannot be spoken ofx there might you have beheld one joy crown anotherx so and in such manner that it seemed sorrow wept to take leave of themx for their joy waded in tearsx there was casting up of eyesx holding up of handsx with countenance of such distraction that they were to be known by garmentx not by favourx our kingx being ready to leap out of himself for joy of his found daughterx as if that joy were now become a lossx cries xox thy motherx thy motherxx then asks bohemia forgivenessx then embraces his sonxinxlawx then again worries he his daughter with clipping herx now he thanks the old shepherdx which stands by like a weatherxbitten conduit of many kingsx reignsx i never heard of such another encounterx which lames report to follow itx and undoes description to do itx second gentlemanx whatx pray youx became of antigonusx that carried hence the childx third gentlemanx like an old tale stillx which will have matter to rehearsex though credit be asleep and not an ear openx he was torn to pieces with a bearx this avouches the shepherdxs sonx who has not only his innocencex which seems muchx to justify himx but a handkerchief and rings of his that paulina knowsx first gentlemanx what became of his bark and his followersx third gentlemanx wrecked the same instant of their masterxs deathx and in the view of the shepherdx so that all the instruments which aided to expose the child were even then lost when it was foundx but ox the noble combat that xtwixt joy and sorrow was fought in paulinax she had one eye declined for the loss of her husbandx another elevated that the oracle was fulfilledx she lifted the princess from the earthx and so locks her in embracingx as if she would pin her to her heartx that she might no more be in danger of losingx first gentlemanx the dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings and princesx for by such was it actedx third gentlemanx one of the prettiest touches of allx and that which angled for mine eyes xcaught the waterx though not the fishx wasx when at the relation of the queenxs death xwith the manner how she came to it bravely confessed and lamented by the kingx how attentivenes wounded his daughterx tillx from one sign of dolour to anotherx she didx with an xalasxx i would fain sayx bleed tearsx for i am sure my heart wept bloodx who was most marble there changed colourx some swoonedx all sorrowedx if all the world could have seen itx the woe had been universalx first gentlemanx are they returned to the courtx third gentlemanx nox the princess hearing of her motherxs statuex which is in the keeping of paulinaxxa piece many years in doing and now newly performed by that rare italian masterx julio romanox whox had he himself eternityx and could put breath into his workx would beguile nature of her customx so perfectly he is her apex he so near to hermione hath done hermione that they say one would speak to her and stand in hope of answerx thither with all greediness of affection are they gonex and there they intend to supx second gentlemanx i thought she had some great matter there in handx for she hath privately twice or thrice a dayx ever since the death of hermionex visited that removed housex shall we thitherx and with our company piece the rejoicingx first gentlemanx who would be thence that has the benefit of accessx every wink of an eye some new grace will be bornx our absence makes us unthrifty to our knowledgex letxs alongx xxexeunt gentlemenxxx autolycusx nowx had i not the dash of my former life in mex would preferment drop on my headx i brought the old man and his son aboard the princex told him i heard them talk of a fardel and i know not whatx but he at that time overxfond of the shepherdxs daughter xso he then took her to bexx who began to be much seaxsickx and himself little betterx extremity of weather continuingx this mystery remained undiscoverxdx but xtis all one to mex for had i been the finderxout of this secretx it would not have relishxd among my other discreditsx enter shepherd and clownx here come those i have done good to against my willx and already appearing in the blossoms of their fortunex shepherdx comex boyx i am past more childrenx but thy sons and daughters will be all gentlemen bornx clownx you are well metx sirx you denied to fight with me this other dayx because i was no gentleman bornx see you these clothesx say you see them not and think me still no gentleman bornx you were best say these robes are not gentlemen bornx give me the liex dox and try whether i am not now a gentleman bornx autolycusx i know you are nowx sirx a gentleman bornx clownx ayx and have been so any time these four hoursx shepherdx and so have ix boyx clownx so you havex but i was a gentleman born before my fatherx for the kingxs son took me by the hand and called me brotherx and then the two kings called my father brotherx and then the princex my brotherx and the princessx my sisterx called my father fatherx and so we weptx and there was the first gentlemanxlike tears that ever we shedx shepherdx we may livex sonx to shed many morex clownx ayx or else xtwere hard luckx being in so preposterous estate as we arex autolycusx i humbly beseech youx sirx to pardon me all the faults i have committed to your worshipx and to give me your good report to the prince my masterx shepherdx pritheex sonx dox for we must be gentlex now we are gentlemenx clownx thou wilt amend thy lifex autolycusx ayx an it like your good worshipx clownx give me thy handx i will swear to the prince thou art as honest a true fellow as any is in bohemiax shepherdx you may say itx but not swear itx clownx not swear itx now i am a gentlemanx let boors and franklins say itx ixll swear itx shepherdx how if it be falsex sonx clownx if it be nexer so falsex a true gentleman may swear it in the behalf of his friendx and ixll swear to the prince thou art a tall fellow of thy hands and that thou wilt not be drunkx but i know thou art no tall fellow of thy hands and that thou wilt be drunkx but ixll swear itx and i would thou wouldst be a tall fellow of thy handsx autolycusx i will prove sox sirx to my powerx clownx ayx by any meansx prove a tall fellowx if i do not wonder how thou darxst venture to be drunkx not being a tall fellowx trust me notx harkx the kings and the princesx our kindredx are going to see the queenxs picturex comex follow usx wexll be thy good mastersx xxexeuntxxx scene iiix the samex a room in paulinaxs housex enter leontesx polixenesx florizelx perditax camillox paulinax lords and attendantsx leontesx o grave and good paulinax the great comfort that i have had of theex paulinax whatx sovereign sirx i did not wellx i meant wellx all my services you have paid homex but that you have vouchsafxdx with your crownxd brother and these your contracted heirs of your kingdomsx my poor house to visitx it is a surplus of your grace which never my life may last to answerx leontesx o paulinax we honour you with troublex but we came to see the statue of our queenx your gallery have we passxd throughx not without much content in many singularitiesx but we saw not that which my daughter came to look uponx the statue of her motherx paulinax as she livxd peerlessx so her dead likenessx i do well believex excels whatever yet you lookxd upon or hand of man hath donex therefore i keep it lonelyx apartx but here it isx prepare to see the life as lively mockxd as ever still sleep mockxd deathx beholdx and say xtis wellx paulina undraws a curtainx and discovers hermione standing as a statuex i like your silencex it the more shows off your wonderx but yet speakx first youx my liegex comes it not something nearx leontesx her natural posturex chide mex dear stonex that i may say indeed thou art hermionex or ratherx thou art she in thy not chidingx for she was as tender as infancy and gracex but yetx paulinax hermione was not so much wrinkledx nothing so aged as this seemsx polixenesx ox not by muchx paulinax so much the more our carverxs excellencex which lets go by some sixteen years and makes her as she livxd nowx leontesx as now she might have donex so much to my good comfort as it is now piercing to my soulx ox thus she stoodx even with such life of majestyx warm lifex as now it coldly standsx when first i wooxd herx i am ashamxdx does not the stone rebuke me for being more stone than itx o royal piecex therexs magic in thy majestyx which has my evils conjurxd to remembrance and from thy admiring daughter took the spiritsx standing like stone with theex perditax and give me leavex and do not say xtis superstitionx that i kneelx and then implore her blessingx ladyx dear queenx that ended when i but beganx give me that hand of yours to kissx paulinax ox patiencex the statue is but newly fixxdx the colourxs not dryx camillox my lordx your sorrow was too sore laid onx which sixteen winters cannot blow awayx so many summers dryx scarce any joy did ever so long livex no sorrow but killxd itself much soonerx polixenesx dear my brotherx let him that was the cause of this have power to take off so much grief from you as he will piece up in himselfx paulinax indeedx my lordx if i had thought the sight of my poor image would thus have wrought youxfor the stone is minex ixd not have showxd itx leontesx do not draw the curtainx paulinax no longer shall you gaze onxtx lest your fancy may think anon it movesx leontesx let bex let bex would i were deadx but that methinks alreadyx what was he that did make itx seex my lordx would you not deem it breathxdx and that those veins did verily bear bloodx polixenesx masterly donex the very life seems warm upon her lipx leontesx the fixture of her eye has motion in xtx as we are mockxd with artx paulinax ixll draw the curtainx my lordxs almost so far transported that hexll think anon it livesx leontesx o sweet paulinax make me to think so twenty years togetherx no settled senses of the world can match the pleasure of that madnessx let xt alonex paulinax i am sorryx sirx i have thus far stirrxd youx but i could afflict you furtherx leontesx dox paulinax for this affliction has a taste as sweet as any cordial comfortx still methinks there is an air comes from herx what fine chisel could ever yet cut breathx let no man mock mex for i will kiss herx paulinax good my lordx forbearx the ruddiness upon her lip is wetx youxll mar it if you kiss itx stain your own with oily paintingx shall i draw the curtainx leontesx nox not these twenty yearsx perditax so long could i stand byx a looker onx paulinax either forbearx quit presently the chapelx or resolve you for more amazementx if you can behold itx ixll make the statue move indeedx descendx and take you by the handx but then youxll think xwhich i protest againstx i am assisted by wicked powersx leontesx what you can make her do i am content to look onx what to speakx i am content to hearx for xtis as easy to make her speak as movex paulinax it is requirxd you do awake your faithx then all stand stillx or those that think it is unlawful business i am aboutx let them departx leontesx proceedx no foot shall stirx paulinax musicx awake herx strikex xxmusicxxx xtis timex descendx be stone no morex approachx strike all that look upon with marvelx comex ixll fill your grave upx stirx nayx come awayx bequeath to death your numbnessx for from him dear life redeems youx you perceive she stirsx hermione comes down from the pedestalx start notx her actions shall be holy as you hear my spell is lawfulx do not shun her until you see her die againx for then you kill her doublex nayx present your handx when she was young you wooxd herx now in age is she become the suitorx leontesx xxembracing herxxx ox shexs warmx if this be magicx let it be an art lawful as eatingx polixenesx she embraces himx camillox she hangs about his neckx if she pertain to lifex let her speak toox polixenesx ayx and make it manifest where she has livxdx or how stolxn from the deadx paulinax that she is livingx were it but told youx should be hooted at like an old talex but it appears she livesx though yet she speak notx mark a little whilex please you to interposex fair madamx kneel and pray your motherxs blessingx turnx good ladyx our perdita is foundx xxpresenting perdita who kneels to hermionexxx hermionex you godsx look downx and from your sacred vials pour your graces upon my daughterxs headx tell mex mine ownx where hast thou been preservxdx where livxdx how found thy fatherxs courtx for thou shalt hear that ix knowing by paulina that the oracle gave hope thou wast in beingx have preservxd myself to see the issuex paulinax therexs time enough for thatx lest they desire upon this push to trouble your joys with like relationx go togetherx you precious winners allx your exultation partake to everyonex ix an old turtlex will wing me to some witherxd boughx and there my matex thatxs never to be found againx lament till i am lostx leontesx o peacex paulinax thou shouldst a husband take by my consentx as i by thine a wifex this is a matchx and made between xs by vowsx thou hast found minex but howx is to be questionxdx for i saw herx as i thoughtx deadx and have in vain said many a prayer upon her gravex ixll not seek farx for himx i partly know his mindxto find thee an honourable husbandx comex camillox and take her by the handx whose worth and honesty is richly notedx and here justified by usx a pair of kingsx letxs from this placex whatx look upon my brotherx both your pardonsx that exer i put between your holy looks my ill suspicionx this your sonxinxlawx and son unto the kingx whom heavens directingx is trothxplight to your daughterx good paulinax lead us from hencex where we may leisurely each one demandx and answer to his part performxd in this wide gap of timex since first we were disseverxdx hastily lead awayx xxexeuntxxx a loverxs complaint from off a hill whose concave womb reworded a plaintful story from a sistxring valex my spirits txattend this double voice accordedx and down i laid to list the sadxtunxd talex ere long espied a fickle maid full palex tearing of papersx breaking rings axtwainx storming her world with sorrowxs wind and rainx upon her head a platted hive of strawx which fortified her visage from the sunx whereon the thought might think sometime it saw the carcass of a beauty spent and donex time had not scythed all that youth begunx nor youth all quitx but spite of heavenxs fell rage some beauty peeped through lattice of searxd agex oft did she heave her napkin to her eynex which on it had conceited charactersx laundxring the silken figures in the brine that seasoned woe had pelleted in tearsx and often reading what contents it bearsx as often shrieking undistinguishxd woex in clamours of all sizex both high and lowx sometimes her levellxd eyes their carriage ridex as they did battxry to the spheres intendx sometime diverted their poor balls are tied to thxorbed earthx sometimes they do extend their view right onx anon their gazes lend to every place at oncex and nowhere fixxdx the mind and sight distractedly commixxdx her hairx nor loose nor tied in formal platx proclaimxd in her a careless hand of pridex for some untuckxd descended her sheavxd hatx hanging her pale and pined cheek besidex some in her threaden fillet still did bidex andx true to bondagex would not break from thencex though slackly braided in loose negligencex a thousand favours from a maund she drewx of amberx crystalx and of beaded jetx which one by one she in a river threwx upon whose weeping margent she was setx like usury applying wet to wetx or monarchsx handsx that lets not bounty fall where want cries xsomexx but where excess begs xallxx of folded schedules had she many a onex which she perusxdx sighxdx tore and gave the floodx crackxd many a ring of posied gold and bonex bidding them find their sepulchres in mudx found yet mo letters sadly pennxd in bloodx with sleided silkx feat and affectedly enswathxdx and sealxd to curious secrecyx these often bathxd she in her fluxive eyesx and often kissxdx and often gave to tearx criedx xo false bloodx thou register of liesx what unapproved witness dost thou bearx ink would have seemxd more black and damned herexx this saidx in top of rage the lines she rentsx big discontent so breaking their contentsx a reverend man that grazed his cattle nighx sometime a blustererx that the ruffle knew of courtx of cityx and had let go by the swiftest hours observed as they flewx towards this afflicted fancy fastly drewx andx privilegxd by agex desires to know in brief the grounds and motives of her woex so slides he down upon his grained batx and comely distant sits he by her sidex when he again desires herx being satx her grievance with his hearing to dividex if that from him there may be aught applied which may her suffering ecstasy assuagex xtis promised in the charity of agex xfatherxx she saysx xthough in me you behold the injury of many a blasting hourx let it not tell your judgement i am oldx not agex but sorrowx over me hath powerx i might as yet have been a spreading flowerx fresh to myselfx if i had selfxapplied love to myselfx and to no love besidex xbut woe is mex too early i attended a youthful suitx it was to gain my gracex o one by naturexs outwards so commendedx that maidenxs eyes stuck over all his facex love lackxd a dwelling and made him her placex and when in his fair parts she did abidex she was new lodgxd and newly deifiedx xhis browny locks did hang in crooked curlsx and every light occasion of the wind upon his lips their silken parcels hurlsx whatxs sweet to dox to do will aptly findx each eye that saw him did enchant the mindx for on his visage was in little drawnx what largeness thinks in paradise was sawnx xsmall show of man was yet upon his chinx his phoenix down began but to appearx like unshorn velvetx on that termless skinx whose bare outxbraggxd the web it seemed to wearx yet showxd his visage by that cost more dearx and nice affections wavering stood in doubt if best were as it wasx or best withoutx xhis qualities were beauteous as his formx for maidenxtongued he wasx and thereof freex yet if men movxd himx was he such a storm as oft xtwixt may and april is to seex when winds breathe sweetx unruly though they bex his rudeness so with his authorizxd youth did livery falseness in a pride of truthx xwell could he ridex and often men would say that horse his mettle from his rider takesx proud of subjectionx noble by the swayx what roundsx what boundsx what coursex what stop he makesx and controversy hence a question takesx whether the horse by him became his deedx or he his manage by thx wellxdoing steedx xbut quickly on this side the verdict wentx his real habitude gave life and grace to appertainings and to ornamentx accomplishxd in himselfx not in his casex all aidsx themselves made fairer by their placex came for additionsx yet their purposxd trim piecxd not his gracex but were all gracxd by himx xso on the tip of his subduing tongue all kind of arguments and question deepx all replication promptx and reason strongx for his advantage still did wake and sleepx to make the weeper laughx the laugher weepx he had the dialect and different skillx catching all passions in his craft of willx xthat he did in the general bosom reign of youngx of oldx and sexes both enchantedx to dwell with him in thoughtsx or to remain in personal dutyx following where he hauntedx consentxs bewitchxdx ere he desirex have grantedx and dialogued for him what he would sayx askxd their own willsx and made their wills obeyx xmany there were that did his picture get to serve their eyesx and in it put their mindx like fools that in thx imagination set the goodly objects which abroad they find of lands and mansionsx theirs in thought assignxdx and labouring in moe pleasures to bestow themx than the true gouty landlord which doth owe themx xso many havex that never touchxd his handx sweetly supposxd them mistress of his heartx my woeful self that did in freedom standx and was my own feexsimple xnot in partx what with his art in youthx and youth in artx threw my affections in his charmed powerx reservxd the stalk and gave him all my flowerx xyet did i notx as some my equals didx demand of himx nor being desired yieldedx finding myself in honour so forbidx with safest distance i mine honour shieldedx experience for me many bulwarks builded of proofs newxbleedingx which remainxd the foil of this false jewelx and his amorous spoilx xbut ahx who ever shunnxd by precedent the destinxd ill she must herself assayx or forcexd examples xgainst her own contentx to put the byxpassxd perils in her wayx counsel may stop a while what will not stayx for when we ragex advice is often seen by blunting us to make our wills more keenx xnor gives it satisfaction to our bloodx that we must curb it upon othersx proofx to be forbode the sweets that seems so goodx for fear of harms that preach in our behoofx o appetitex from judgement stand aloofx the one a palate hath that needs will tastex though reason weep and cryx xit is thy lastxx xfor further i could sayx xthis manxs untruexx and knew the patterns of his foul beguilingx heard where his plants in othersx orchards grewx saw how deceits were gilded in his smilingx knew vows were ever brokers to defilingx thought characters and words merely but artx and bastards of his foul adulterate heartx xand long upon these terms i held my cityx till thus he xgan besiege mex xgentle maidx have of my suffering youth some feeling pityx and be not of my holy vows afraidx thatxs to ye swornx to none was ever saidx for feasts of love i have been callxd untox till now did nexer invitex nor never woox xxall my offences that abroad you see are errors of the bloodx none of the mindx love made them notx with acture they may bex where neither party is nor true nor kindx they sought their shame that so their shame did findx and so much less of shame in me remainsx by how much of me their reproach containsx xxamong the many that mine eyes have seenx not one whose flame my heart so much as warmedx or my affection put to thx smallest teenx or any of my leisures ever charmedx harm have i done to themx but nexer was harmedx kept hearts in liveriesx but mine own was freex and reignxd commanding in his monarchyx xxlook here what tributes wounded fancies sent mex of pallid pearls and rubies red as bloodx figuring that they their passions likewise lent me of grief and blushesx aptly understood in bloodless white and the encrimsonxd moodx effects of terror and dear modestyx encampxd in heartsx but fighting outwardlyx xxandx lox behold these talents of their hairx with twisted metal amorously empleachxdx i have receivxd from many a several fairx their kind acceptance weepingly beseechxdx with thx annexions of fair gems enrichxdx and deepxbrainxd sonnets that did amplify each stonexs dear naturex worth and qualityx xxthe diamondx why xtwas beautiful and hardx whereto his invisxd properties did tendx the deep green emeraldx in whose fresh regard weak sights their sickly radiance do amendx the heavenxhued sapphire and the opal blend with objects manifoldx each several stonex with wit well blazonxd smilxdx or made some moanx xxlox all these trophies of affections hotx of pensivxd and subdued desires the tenderx nature hath chargxd me that i hoard them notx but yield them up where i myself must renderx that isx to youx my origin and enderx for these of force must your oblations bex since i their altarx you empatron mex xxo then advance of yours that phraseless handx whose white weighs down the airy scale of praisex take all these similes to your own commandx hallowed with sighs that burning lungs did raisex what mex your minister for youx obeysx works under youx and to your audit comes their distract parcels in combined sumsx xxlox this device was sent me from a nunx or sister sanctified of holiest notex which late her noble suit in court did shunx whose rarest havings made the blossoms dotex for she was sought by spirits of richest coatx but kept cold distancex and did thence remove to spend her living in eternal lovex xxbut ox my sweetx what labour isxt to leave the thing we have notx mastxring what not strivesx planing the place which did no form receivex playing patient sports in unconstrained gyvesx she that her fame so to herself contrivesx the scars of battle xscapeth by the flightx and makes her absence valiantx not her mightx xxo pardon mex in that my boast is truex the accident which brought me to her eyex upon the moment did her force subduex and now she would the caged cloister flyx religious love put out religionxs eyex not to be tempted would she be immurxdx and now to tempt allx liberty procurxdx xxhow mighty then you arex o hear me tellx the broken bosoms that to me belong have emptied all their fountains in my wellx and mine i pour your ocean all amongx i strong oxer themx and you oxer me being strongx must for your victory us all congestx as compound love to physic your cold breastx xxmy parts had powxr to charm a sacred nunx whox disciplinxd and dieted in gracex believxd her eyes when they txassail begunx all vows and consecrations giving placex o most potential lovex vowx bondx nor spacex in thee hath neither stingx knotx nor confinex for thou art all and all things else are thinex xxwhen thou impressestx what are precepts worth of stale examplex when thou wilt inflamex how coldly those impediments stand forthx of wealthx of filial fearx lawx kindredx famex lovexs arms are peacex xgainst rulex xgainst sensex xgainst shamex and sweetensx in the suffxring pangs it bearsx the aloes of all forcesx shocks and fearsx xxnow all these hearts that do on mine dependx feeling it breakx with bleeding groans they pinex and supplicant their sighs to your extendx to leave the battxry that you make xgainst minex lending soft audience to my sweet designx and credent soul to that strongxbonded oathx that shall prefer and undertake my trothxx xthis saidx his watxry eyes he did dismountx whose sights till then were levellxd on my facex each cheek a river running from a fount with brinish current downward flowed apacex o how the channel to the stream gave gracex whox glazxd with crystal gate the glowing roses that flame through water which their hue enclosesx xo fatherx what a hell of witchcraft lies in the small orb of one particular tearx but with the inundation of the eyes what rocky heart to water will not wearx what breast so cold that is not warmed herex o cleft effectx cold modestyx hot wrathx both fire from hence and chill extincture hathx xfor lox his passionx but an art of craftx even there resolvxd my reason into tearsx there my white stole of chastity i daffxdx shook off my sober guardsx and civil fearsx appear to him as he to me appearsx all meltingx though our drops this diffxrence borex his poisonxd mex and mine did him restorex xin him a plenitude of subtle matterx applied to cautelsx all strange forms receivesx of burning blushesx or of weeping waterx or swooning palenessx and he takes and leavesx in eitherxs aptnessx as it best deceivesx to blush at speeches rankx to weep at woesx or to turn white and swoon at tragic showsx xthat not a heart which in his level came could xscape the hail of his allxhurting aimx showing fair nature is both kind and tamex and veilxd in themx did win whom he would maimx against the thing he sought he would exclaimx when he most burned in heartxwishxd luxuryx he preachxd pure maidx and praisxd cold chastityx xthus merely with the garment of a gracex the naked and concealed fiend he coverxdx that thxunexperient gave the tempter placex whichx like a cherubinx above them hoverxdx whox young and simplex would not be so loverxdx ay mex i fellx and yet do question make what i should do again for such a sakex xox that infected moisture of his eyex ox that false fire which in his cheek so glowxdx ox that forcxd thunder from his heart did flyx ox that sad breath his spongy lungs bestowxdx ox all that borrowed motionx seeming owedx would yet again betray the forexbetrayedx and new pervert a reconciled maidxx the passionate pilgrim ix did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eyex xgainst whom the world could not hold argumentx persuade my heart to this false perjuryx vows for thee broke deserve not punishmentx a woman i forsworex but i will provex thou being a goddessx i forswore not theex my vow was earthlyx thou a heavenly lovex thy grace being gainxd cures all disgrace in mex my vow was breathx and breath a vapour isx thenx thou fair sunx that on this earth doth shinex exhale this vapour vowx in thee it isx if brokenx then it is no fault of minex if by me brokex what fool is not so wise to break an oathx to win a paradisex iix sweet cythereax sitting by a brook with young adonisx lovelyx freshx and greenx did court the lad with many a lovely lookx such looks as none could look but beautyxs queenx she told him stories to delight his earx she showxd him favours to allure his eyex to win his heartx she touchxd him here and therex touches so soft still conquer chastityx but whether unripe years did want conceitx or he refusxd to take her figurxd profferx the tender nibbler would not touch the baitx but smile and jest at every gentle offerx then fell she on her backx fair queenx and towardx he rose and ran awayx ahx fool too frowardx iiix if love make me forswornx how shall i swear to lovex o never faith could holdx if not to beauty vowxdx though to myself forswornx to thee ixll constant provex those thoughtsx to me like oaksx to thee like osiers bowxdx study his bias leavesx and makes his book thine eyesx where all those pleasures live that art can comprehendx if knowledge be the markx to know thee shall sufficex well learned is that tongue that well can thee commendx all ignorant that soul that sees thee without wonderx which is to me some praisex that i thy parts admirex thy eye jovexs lightning seemsx thy voice his dreadful thunderx which xnot to anger bentx is music and sweet firex celestial as thou artx o do not love that wrongx to sing heavensx praise with such an earthly tonguex ivx scarce had the sun dried up the dewy mornx and scarce the herd gone to the hedge for shadex when cythereax all in love forlornx a longing tarriance for adonis madex under an osier growing by a brookx a brook where adon used to cool his spleenx hot was the dayx she hotter that did look for his approachx that often there had beenx anon he comesx and throws his mantle byx and stood stark naked on the brookxs green brimx the sun lookxd on the world with glorious eyex yet not so wistly as this queen on himx hex spying herx bouncxd inx whereas he stoodx o jovex quoth shex why was not i a floodx vx fair is my lovex but not so fair as ficklex mild as a dovex but neither true nor trustyx brighter than glassx and yetx as glass isx brittlex softer than waxx and yetx as ironx rustyx a lily palex with damask die to grace herx none fairerx nor none falser to deface herx her lips to mine how often hath she joinxdx between each kiss her oaths of true love swearingx how many tales to please me hath she coinxdx dreading my lovex the loss thereof still fearingx yet in the midst of all her pure protestingsx her faithx her oathsx her tearsx and all were jestingsx she burnxd with lovex as straw with fire flamethx she burnxd out lovex as soon as straw outburnethx she framxd the lovex and yet she foilxd the framingx she bade love lastx and yet she fell a turningx was this a loverx or a lecher whetherx bad in the bestx though excellent in neitherx vix if music and sweet poetry agreex as they must needsx the sister and the brotherx then must the love be great xtwixt thee and mex because thou lovest the onex and i the otherx dowland to thee is dearx whose heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sensex spenser to mex whose deep conceit is such asx passing all conceitx needs no defencex thou lovxst to hear the sweet melodious sound that phoebusx lutex the queen of musicx makesx and i in deep delight am chiefly drownxd whenas himself to singing he betakesx one god is god of bothx as poets feignx one knight loves bothx and both in thee remainx viix fair was the morn when the fair queen of lovex x x x x x x paler for sorrow than her milkxwhite dovex for adonxs sakex a youngster proud and wildx her stand she takes upon a steepxup hillx anon adonis comes with horn and houndsx shex silly queenx with more than lovexs good willx forbade the boy he should not pass those groundsx oncex quoth shex did i see a fair sweet youth here in these brakes deepxwounded with a boarx deep in the thighx a spectacle of ruthx seex in my thighx quoth shex here was the sorex she showed hersx he saw more wounds than onex and blushing fledx and left her all alonex viiix sweet rosex fair flowerx untimely pluckxdx soon vadedx pluckxd in the budx and vaded in the springx bright orient pearlx alackx too timely shadedx fair creaturex killxd too soon by deathxs sharp stingx like a green plum that hangs upon a treex and fallsx through windx before the fall should bex i weep for theex and yet no cause i havex for whyx thou leftxst me nothing in thy willx and yet thou leftxst me more than i did cravex for whyx i craved nothing of thee stillx o yesx dear friendx i pardon crave of theex thy discontent thou didst bequeath to mex ixx venusx with young adonis sitting by herx under a myrtle shadex began to woo himx she told the youngling how god mars did try herx and as he fell to herx so fell she to himx even thusx quoth shex the warlike god embracxd mex and then she clippxd adonis in her armsx even thusx quoth shex the warlike god unlaced mex as if the boy should use like loving charmsx even thusx quoth shex he seized on my lipsx and with her lips on his did act the seizurex and as she fetched breathx away he skipsx and would not take her meaning nor her pleasurex ahx that i had my lady at this bayx to kiss and clip me till i run awayx xx crabbed age and youth cannot live together youth is full of pleasancex age is full of carex youth like summer mornx age like winter weatherx youth like summer bravex age like winter barex youth is full of sportx agexs breath is shortx youth is nimblex age is lamex youth is hot and boldx age is weak and coldx youth is wildx and age is tamex agex i do abhor theex youthx i do adore theex ox my lovex my love is youngx agex i do defy theex ox sweet shepherdx hie theex for methinks thou stayxst too longx xix beauty is but a vain and doubtful goodx a shining gloss that vadeth suddenlyx a flower that dies when first it xgins to budx a brittle glassx thatxs broken presentlyx a doubtful goodx a glossx a glassx a flowerx lostx vadedx brokenx dead within an hourx and as goods lost are seld or never foundx as vaded gloss no rubbing will refreshx as flowers dead lie witherxd on the groundx as broken glass no cement can redressx so beauty blemishxd oncex for everxs lostx in spite of physicx paintingx pain and costx xiix good nightx good restx ahx neither be my sharex she bade good night that kept my rest awayx and daffxd me to a cabin hangxd with carex to descant on the doubts of my decayx farewellx quoth shex and come again tomorrowx fare well i could notx for i suppxd with sorrowx yet at my parting sweetly did she smilex in scorn or friendshipx nill i construe whetherx xt may bex she joyxd to jest at my exilex xt may bex again to make me wander thitherx xwanderxx a word for shadows like myselfx as take the painx but cannot pluck the pelfx xiiix lordx how mine eyes throw gazes to the eastx my heart doth charge the watchx the morning rise doth cite each moving sense from idle restx not daring trust the office of mine eyesx while philomela sits and singsx i sit and markx and wish her lays were tuned like the larkx for she doth welcome daylight with her dittyx and drives away dark dismalxdreaming nightx the night so packxdx i post unto my prettyx heart hath his hopex and eyes their wished sightx sorrow changxd to solacex solace mixxd with sorrowx for whyx she sighxd and bade me come tomorrowx were i with herx the night would post too soonx but now are minutes added to the hoursx to spite me nowx each minute seems a moonx yet not for mex shine sun to succour flowersx pack nightx peep dayx good dayx of night now borrowx shortx nightx toxnightx and length thyself toxmorrowx the phoenix and the turtle let the bird of loudest layx on the sole arabian treex herald sad and trumpet bex to whose sound chaste wings obeyx but thou shrieking harbingerx foul precurrer of the fiendx augur of the feverxs endx to this troop come thou not nearx from this session interdict every fowl of tyrant wingx save the eaglex featherxd kingx keep the obsequy so strictx let the priest in surplice whitex that defunctive music canx be the deathxdivining swanx lest the requiem lack his rightx and thou treblexdated crowx that thy sable gender makxst with the breath thou givxst and takxstx xmongst our mourners shalt thou gox here the anthem doth commencex love and constancy is deadx phoenix and the turtle fled in a mutual flame from hencex so they lovxdx as love in twain had the essence but in onex two distinctsx division nonex number there in love was slainx hearts remotex yet not asunderx distance and no space was seen xtwixt this turtle and his queenx but in them it were a wonderx so between them love did shinex that the turtle saw his right flaming in the phoenixx sightx either was the otherxs minex property was thus appalledx that the self was not the samex single naturexs double name neither two nor one was calledx reasonx in itself confoundedx saw division grow togetherx to themselves yet either neitherx simple were so well compoundedx that it criedx how true a twain seemeth this concordant onex love hath reasonx reason nonex if what parts can so remainx whereupon it made this threne to the phoenix and the dovex coxsupremes and stars of lovex as chorus to their tragic scenex threnos beautyx truthx and rarityx grace in all simplicityx here enclosxd in cinders liex death is now the phoenixx nestx and the turtlexs loyal breast to eternity doth restx leaving no posterityxx xtwas not their infirmityx it was married chastityx truth may seemx but cannot bex beauty bragx but xtis not shex truth and beauty buried bex to this urn let those repair that are either true or fairx for these dead birds sigh a prayerx the rape of lucrece to the right honourable henry wriotheslyx earl of southamptonx and baron of titchfieldx the love i dedicate to your lordship is without endx whereof this pamphletx without beginningx is but a superfluous moietyx the warrant i have of your honourable dispositionx not the worth of my untutored linesx makes it assured of acceptancex what i have done is yoursx what i have to do is yoursx being part in all i havex devoted yoursx were my worth greaterx my duty would show greaterx meantimex as it isx it is bound to your lordshipx to whom i wish long lifex still lengthened with all happinessx your lordshipxs in all dutyx william shakespearex the argumentx lucius tarquinius xfor his excessive pride surnamed superbusxx after he had caused his own fatherxinxlawx servius tulliusx to be cruelly murderedx andx contrary to the roman laws and customsx not requiring or staying for the peoplexs suffragesx had possessed himself of the kingdomx wentx accompanied with his sons and other noblemen of romex to besiege ardeax during which siege the principal men of the army meeting one evening at the tent of sextus tarquiniusx the kingxs sonx in their discourses after supperx every one commended the virtues of his own wifex among whom collatinus extolled the incomparable chastity of his wife lucretiax in that pleasant humour they all posted to romex and intendingx by their secret and sudden arrivalx to make trial of that which every one had before avouchedx only collatinus finds his wifex though it were late in the nightx spinning amongst her maidsx the other ladies were all found dancing and revellingx or in several disportsx whereupon the noblemen yielded collatinus the victoryx and his wife the famex at that time sextus tarquinius being inflamed with lucrecexs beautyx yet smothering his passions for the presentx departed with the rest back to the campx from whence he shortly after privily withdrew himselfx and was xaccording to his estatex royally entertained and lodged by lucrece at collatiumx the same night he treacherously stealeth into her chamberx violently ravished herx and early in the morning speedeth awayx lucrecex in this lamentable plightx hastily dispatched messengersx one to rome for her fatherx another to the camp for collatinex they camex the one accompanied with junius brutusx the other with publius valeriusx and finding lucrece attired in mourning habitx demanded the cause of her sorrowx shex first taking an oath of them for her revengex revealed the actorx and whole manner of his dealingx and withal suddenly stabbed herselfx which donex with one consent they all vowed to root out the whole hated family of the tarquinsx and bearing the dead body to romex brutus acquainted the people with the doer and manner of the vile deedx with a bitter invective against the tyranny of the kingx wherewith the people were so movedx that with one consent and a general acclamation the tarquins were all exiledx and the state government changed from kings to consulsx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from the besieged ardea all in postx borne by the trustless wings of false desirex lustxbreathed tarquin leaves the roman hostx and to collatium bears the lightless fire whichx in pale embers hidx lurks to aspire and girdle with embracing flames the waist of collatinexs fair lovex lucrece the chastex haply that name of chaste unhappxly set this bateless edge on his keen appetitex when collatine unwisely did not let to praise the clear unmatched red and white which triumphxd in that sky of his delightx where mortal starsx as bright as heavenxs beautiesx with pure aspects did him peculiar dutiesx for he the night beforex in tarquinxs tentx unlockxd the treasure of his happy statex what priceless wealth the heavens had him lent in the possession of his beauteous matex reckoning his fortune at such highxproud ratex that kings might be espoused to more famex but king nor peer to such a peerless damex o happiness enjoyxd but of a fewx andx if possessxdx as soon decayxd and done as is the morningxs silverxmelting dew against the golden splendour of the sunx an expirxd datex cancellxd ere well begunx honour and beautyx in the ownerxs armsx are weakly fortressxd from a world of harmsx beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an oratorx what needeth then apologies be madex to set forth that which is so singularx or why is collatine the publisher of that rich jewel he should keep unknown from thievish earsx because it is his ownx perchance his boast of lucrecex sovereignty suggested this proud issue of a kingx for by our ears our hearts oft tainted bex perchance that envy of so rich a thingx braving comparex disdainfully did sting his highxpitchxd thoughtsx that meaner men should vaunt that golden hap which their superiors wantx but some untimely thought did instigate his allxtooxtimeless speedx if none of thosex his honourx his affairsx his friendsx his statex neglected allx with swift intent he goes to quench the coal which in his liver glowsx o rash false heatx wrappxd in repentant coldx thy hasty spring still blastsx and nexer grows oldx when at collatium this false lord arrivxdx well was he welcomxd by the roman damex within whose face beauty and virtue strivxd which of them both should underprop her famex when virtue braggxdx beauty would blush for shamex when beauty boasted blushesx in despite virtue would stain that or with silver whitex but beautyx in that white intituledx from venusx doves doth challenge that fair fieldx then virtue claims from beauty beautyxs redx which virtue gave the golden agex to gild their silver cheeksx and callxd it then their shieldx teaching them thus to use it in the fightxx when shame assailxdx the red should fence the whitex this heraldry in lucrecex face was seenx argued by beautyxs redx and virtuexs whitex of eitherxs colour was the other queenx proving from worldxs minority their rightx yet their ambition makes them still to fightx the sovereignty of either being so greatx that oft they interchange each otherxs seatx their silent war of lilies and of rosesx which tarquin viewxd in her fair facexs fieldx in their pure ranks his traitor eye enclosesx wherex lest between them both it should be killxdx the coward captive vanquishxd doth yield to those two armies that would let him gox rather than triumph in so false a foex now thinks he that her husbandxs shallow tonguex xthe niggard prodigal that praisxd her sox in that high task hath done her beauty wrongx which far exceeds his barren skill to showx therefore that praise which collatine doth owe enchanted tarquin answers with surmisex in silent wonder of stillxgazing eyesx this earthly saintx adored by this devilx little suspecteth the false worshipperx for unstainxd thoughts do seldom dream on evilx birds never limxd no secret bushes fearx so guiltless she securely gives good cheer and reverend welcome to her princely guestx whose inward ill no outward harm expressxdx for that he colourxd with his high estatex hiding base sin in plaits of majestyx that nothing in him seemxd inordinatex save sometime too much wonder of his eyex whichx having allx all could not satisfyx butx poorly richx so wanteth in his storex thatx cloyxd with muchx he pineth still for morex but shex that never copxd with stranger eyesx could pick no meaning from their parling looksx nor read the subtlexshining secrecies writ in the glassy margents of such booksx she touchxd no unknown baitsx nor fearxd no hooksx nor could she moralize his wanton sightx more than his eyes were openxd to the lightx he stories to her ears her husbandxs famex won in the fields of fruitful italyx and decks with praises collatinexs high namex made glorious by his manly chivalry with bruised arms and wreaths of victoryx her joy with heavxdxup hand she doth expressx andx wordlessx so greets heaven for his successx far from the purpose of his coming hitherx he makes excuses for his being therex no cloudy show of stormy blustering weather doth yet in his fair welkin once appearx till sable nightx mother of dread and fearx upon the world dim darkness doth displayx and in her vaulty prison stows the dayx for then is tarquin brought unto his bedx intending weariness with heavy sprightx forx after supperx long he questioned with modest lucrecex and wore out the nightx now leaden slumber with lifexs strength doth fightx and every one to rest themselves betakex save thievesx and caresx and troubled mindsx that wakex as one of which doth tarquin lie revolving the sundry dangers of his willxs obtainingx yet ever to obtain his will resolvingx though weakxbuilt hopes persuade him to abstainingx despair to gain doth traffic oft for gainingx and when great treasure is the meed proposxdx though death be adjunctx therexs no death supposxdx those that much covet are with gain so fondx for what they have notx that which they possess they scatter and unloose it from their bondx and sox by hoping morex they have but lessx orx gaining morex the profit of excess is but to surfeitx and such griefs sustainx that they prove bankrupt in this poorxrich gainx the aim of all is but to nurse the life with honourx wealthx and easex in waning agex and in this aim there is such thwarting strifex that one for allx or all for one we gagex as life for honour in fell battlesx ragex honour for wealthx and oft that wealth doth cost the death of allx and all together lostx so that in ventxring ill we leave to be the things we arex for that which we expectx and this ambitious foul infirmityx in having muchx torments us with defect of that we havex so then we do neglect the thing we havex andx all for want of witx make something nothingx by augmenting itx such hazard now must doting tarquin makex pawning his honour to obtain his lustx and for himself himself he must forsakex then where is truthx if there be no selfxtrustx when shall he think to find a stranger justx when he himself himself confoundsx betrays to slanderous tongues and wretched hateful daysx now stole upon the time the dead of nightx when heavy sleep had closed up mortal eyesx no comfortable star did lend his lightx no noise but owlsx and wolvesx deathxboding criesx now serves the season that they may surprise the silly lambsx pure thoughts are dead and stillx while lust and murder wake to stain and killx and now this lustful lord leapxd from his bedx throwing his mantle rudely oxer his armx is madly tossxd between desire and dreadx thx one sweetly flattersx thx other feareth harmx but honest fearx bewitchxd with lustxs foul charmx doth too too oft betake him to retirex beaten away by brainxsick rude desirex his falchion on a flint he softly smitethx that from the cold stone sparks of fire do flyx whereat a waxen torch forthwith he lightethx which must be lodexstar to his lustful eyex and to the flame thus speaks advisedlyx xas from this cold flint i enforced this firex so lucrece must i force to my desirexx here pale with fear he doth premeditate the dangers of his loathsome enterprisex and in his inward mind he doth debate what following sorrow may on this arisex then looking scornfullyx he doth despise his naked armour of stillxslaughterxd lustx and justly thus controls his thoughts unjustx xfair torchx burn out thy lightx and lend it not to darken her whose light excelleth thinex and diex unhallowxd thoughtsx before you blot with your uncleanness that which is divinex offer pure incense to so pure a shrinex let fair humanity abhor the deed that spots and stains lovexs modest snowxwhite weedx xo shame to knighthood and to shining armsx o foul dishonour to my householdxs gravex o impious actx including all foul harmsx a martial man to be soft fancyxs slavex true valour still a true respect should havex then my digression is so vilex so basex that it will live engraven in my facex xyeax though i diex the scandal will survivex and be an eyexsore in my golden coatx some loathsome dash the herald will contrivex to cipher me how fondly i did dotex that my posterityx shamxd with the notex shall curse my bonesx and hold it for no sin to wish that i their father had not beenx xwhat win ix if i gain the thing i seekx a dreamx a breathx a froth of fleeting joyx who buys a minutexs mirth to wail a weekx or sells eternity to get a toyx for one sweet grape who will the vine destroyx or what fond beggarx but to touch the crownx would with the sceptre straight be strucken downx xif collatinus dream of my intentx will he not wakex and in a desperate rage post hitherx this vile purpose to preventx this siege that hath engirt his marriagex this blur to youthx this sorrow to the sagex this dying virtuex this surviving shamex whose crime will bear an everxduring blamex xox what excuse can my invention make when thou shalt charge me with so black a deedx will not my tongue be mutex my frail joints shakex mine eyes forego their lightx my false heart bleedx the guilt being greatx the fear doth still exceedx and extreme fear can neither fight nor flyx butx cowardxlikex with trembling terror diex xhad collatinus killxd my son or sirex or lain in ambush to betray my lifex or were he not my dear friendx this desire might have excuse to work upon his wifex as in revenge or quittal of such strifex but as he is my kinsmanx my dear friendx the shame and fault finds no excuse nor endx xshameful it isxxayx if the fact be knownx hateful it isxx there is no hate in lovingx ixll beg her lovexxbut she is not her ownx the worst is but denial and reprovingx my will is strongx past reasonxs weak removingx who fears a sentence or an old manxs saw shall by a painted cloth be kept in awexx thusx gracelessx holds he disputation xtween frozen conscience and hotxburning willx and with good thoughts makes dispensationx urging the worser sense for vantage stillx which in a moment doth confound and kill all pure effectsx and doth so far proceedx that what is vile shows like a virtuous deedx quoth hex xshe took me kindly by the handx and gazxd for tidings in my eager eyesx fearing some hard news from the warlike bandx where her beloved collatinus liesx o how her fear did make her colour risex first red as roses that on lawn we layx then white as lawnx the roses took awayx xand how her handx in my hand being lockxdx forcxd it to tremble with her loyal fearx which struck her sadx and then it faster rockxdx until her husbandxs welfare she did hearx whereat she smiled with so sweet a cheerx that had narcissus seen her as she stoodx selfxlove had never drownxd him in the floodx xwhy hunt i then for colour or excusesx all orators are dumb when beauty pleadethx poor wretches have remorse in poor abusesx love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadethx affection is my captainx and he leadethx and when his gaudy banner is displayxdx the coward fights and will not be dismayxdx xthenx childish fearx avauntx debatingx diex respect and reason wait on wrinkled agex my heart shall never countermand mine eyex sad pause and deep regard beseem the sagex my part is youthx and beats these from the stagex desire my pilot isx beauty my prizex then who fears sinking where such treasure liesxx as corn oxergrown by weedsx so heedful fear is almost chokxd by unresisted lustx away he steals with openingx listening earx full of foul hopex and full of fond mistrustx both whichx as servitors to the unjustx so cross him with their opposite persuasionx that now he vows a leaguex and now invasionx within his thought her heavenly image sitsx and in the selfxsame seat sits collatinex that eye which looks on her confounds his witsx that eye which him beholdsx as more divinex unto a view so false will not inclinex but with a pure appeal seeks to the heartx which once corrupted takes the worser partx and therein heartens up his servile powersx whox flatterxd by their leaderxs jocund showx stuff up his lustx as minutes fill up hoursx and as their captainx so their pride doth growx paying more slavish tribute than they owex by reprobate desire thus madly ledx the roman lord marcheth to lucrecex bedx the locks between her chamber and his willx each one by him enforcxd retires his wardx butx as they open they all rate his illx which drives the creeping thief to some regardx the threshold grates the door to have him heardx nightxwandxring weasels shriek to see him therex they fright himx yet he still pursues his fearx as each unwilling portal yields him wayx through little vents and crannies of the place the wind wars with his torchx to make him stayx and blows the smoke of it into his facex extinguishing his conduct in this casex but his hot heartx which fond desire doth scorchx puffs forth another wind that fires the torchx and being lightedx by the light he spies lucretiaxs glovex wherein her needle sticksx he takes it from the rushes where it liesx and griping itx the neeld his finger pricksx as who should say this glove to wanton tricks is not inurxdx return again in hastex thou seexst our mistressx ornaments are chastex but all these poor forbiddings could not stay himx he in the worst sense construes their denialx the doorsx the windx the glove that did delay himx he takes for accidental things of trialx or as those bars which stop the hourly dialx who with a lingering stay his course doth letx till every minute pays the hour his debtx xsox soxx quoth hex xthese lets attend the timex like little frosts that sometime threat the springx to add a more rejoicing to the primex and give the sneaped birds more cause to singx pain pays the income of each precious thingx huge rocksx high windsx strong piratesx shelves and sandsx the merchant fearsx ere rich at home he landsxx now is he come unto the chamber doorx that shuts him from the heaven of his thoughtx which with a yielding latchx and with no morex hath barrxd him from the blessed thing he soughtx so from himself impiety hath wroughtx that for his prey to pray he doth beginx as if the heavens should countenance his sinx but in the midst of his unfruitful prayerx having solicited the eternal powerx that his foul thoughts might compass his fair fairx and they would stand auspicious to the hourx even there he startsxxquoth hex xi must dexflowerx the powers to whom i pray abhor this factx how can they then assist me in the actx xthen love and fortune be my godsx my guidex my will is backxd with resolutionx thoughts are but dreams till their effects be triedx the blackest sin is clearxd with absolutionx against lovexs fire fearxs frost hath dissolutionx the eye of heaven is outx and misty night covers the shame that follows sweet delightxx this saidx his guilty hand pluckxd up the latchx and with his knee the door he opens widex the dove sleeps fast that this nightxowl will catchx thus treason works ere traitors be espiedx who sees the lurking serpent steps asidex but shex sound sleepingx fearing no such thingx lies at the mercy of his mortal stingx into the chamber wickedly he stalksx and gazeth on her yet unstained bedx the curtains being closex about he walksx rolling his greedy eyeballs in his headx by their high treason is his heart misledx which gives the watchxword to his hand full soon to draw the cloud that hides the silver moonx lookx as the fair and fieryxpointed sunx rushing from forth a cloudx bereaves our sightx even sox the curtain drawnx his eyes begun to winkx being blinded with a greater lightx whether it is that she reflects so brightx that dazzleth themx or else some shame supposedx but blind they arex and keep themselves enclosedx ox had they in that darksome prison diedx then had they seen the period of their illx then collatine again by lucrecex side in his clear bed might have reposed stillx but they must opex this blessed league to killx and holyxthoughted lucrece to their sight must sell her joyx her lifex her worldxs delightx her lily hand her rosy cheek lies underx cozening the pillow of a lawful kissx whox therefore angryx seems to part in sunderx swelling on either side to want his blissx between whose hills her head entombed isx wherex like a virtuous monumentx she liesx to be admirxd of lewd unhallowxd eyesx without the bed her other fair hand wasx on the green coverletx whose perfect white showxd like an april daisy on the grassx with pearly sweatx resembling dew of nightx her eyesx like marigoldsx had sheathxd their lightx and canopied in darkness sweetly layx till they might open to adorn the dayx her hairx like golden threadsx playxd with her breathx o modest wantonsx wanton modestyx showing lifexs triumph in the map of deathx and deathxs dim look in lifexs mortalityx each in her sleep themselves so beautifyx as if between them twain there were no strifex but that life livxd in deathx and death in lifex her breastsx like ivory globes circled with bluex a pair of maiden worlds unconqueredx save of their lord no bearing yoke they knewx and him by oath they truly honouredx these worlds in tarquin new ambition bredx whox like a foul usurperx went about from this fair throne to heave the owner outx what could he see but mightily he notedx what did he note but strongly he desirxdx what he beheldx on that he firmly dotedx and in his will his wilful eye he tirxdx with more than admiration he admirxd her azure veinsx her alabaster skinx her coral lipsx her snowxwhite dimpled chinx as the grim lion fawneth oxer his preyx sharp hunger by the conquest satisfiedx so oxer this sleeping soul doth tarquin stayx his rage of lust by grazing qualifiedx slackxdx not suppressxdx for standing by her sidex his eyex which late this mutiny restrainsx unto a greater uproar tempts his veinsx and theyx like straggling slaves for pillage fightingx obdurate vassalsx fell exploits effectingx in bloody death and ravishment delightingx nor childrenxs tears nor mothersx groans respectingx swell in their pridex the onset still expectingx anon his beating heartx alarum strikingx gives the hot charge and bids them do their likingx his drumming heart cheers up his burning eyex his eye commends the leading to his handx his handx as proud of such a dignityx smoking with pridex marchxd on to make his stand on her bare breastx the heart of all her landx whose ranks of blue veinsx as his hand did scalex left their round turrets destitute and palex theyx mustering to the quiet cabinet where their dear governess and lady liesx do tell her she is dreadfully besetx and fright her with confusion of their criesx shex much amazxdx breaks ope her lockxdxup eyesx whox peeping forth this tumult to beholdx are by his flaming torch dimmxd and controllxdx imagine her as one in dead of night from forth dull sleep by dreadful fancy wakingx that thinks she hath beheld some ghastly spritex whose grim aspect sets every joint a shakingx what terror xtisx but shex in worser takingx from sleep disturbedx heedfully doth view the sight which makes supposed terror truex wrappxd and confounded in a thousand fearsx like to a newxkillxd bird she trembling liesx she dares not lookx yetx winkingx there appears quickxshifting anticsx ugly in her eyesx such shadows are the weak brainxs forgeriesx whox angry that the eyes fly from their lightsx in darkness daunts them with more dreadful sightsx his handx that yet remains upon her breastx xrude ramx to batter such an ivory wallxx may feel her heartx poor citizenx distressxdx wounding itself to deathx rise up and fallx beating her bulkx that his hand shakes withalx this moves in him more ragex and lesser pityx to make the breachx and enter this sweet cityx firstx like a trumpetx doth his tongue begin to sound a parley to his heartless foex who oxer the white sheet peers her whiter chinx the reason of this rash alarm to knowx which he by dumb demeanour seeks to showx but she with vehement prayers urgeth still under what colour he commits this illx thus he repliesx xthe colour in thy facex xthat even for anger makes the lily palex and the red rose blush at her own disgracex shall plead for me and tell my loving talex under that colour am i come to scale thy neverxconquerxd fortx the fault is thinex for those thine eyes betray thee unto minex xthus i forestall theex if thou mean to chidex thy beauty hath ensnared thee to this nightx where thou with patience must my will abidex my will that marks thee for my earthxs delightx which i to conquer sought with all my mightx but as reproof and reason beat it deadx by thy bright beauty was it newly bredx xi see what crosses my attempt will bringx i know what thorns the growing rose defendsx i think the honey guarded with a stingx all thisx beforehandx counsel comprehendsx but will is deafx and hears no heedful friendsx only he hath an eye to gaze on beautyx and dotes on what he looksx xgainst law or dutyx xi have debatedx even in my soulx what wrongx what shamex what sorrow i shall breedx but nothing can affectionxs course controlx or stop the headlong fury of his speedx i know repentant tears ensue the deedx reproachx disdainx and deadly enmityx yet strike i to embrace mine infamyxx this saidx he shakes aloft his roman bladex whichx like a falcon towering in the skiesx coucheth the fowl below with his wingsx shadex whose crooked beak threats if he mount he diesx so under his insulting falchion lies harmless lucretiax marking what he tells with trembling fearx as fowl hear falconxs bellsx xlucrecexx quoth hex xthis night i must enjoy theex if thou denyx then force must work my wayx for in thy bed i purpose to destroy theex that donex some worthless slave of thine ixll slayx to kill thine honour with thy lifexs decayx and in thy dead arms do i mean to place himx swearing i slew himx seeing thee embrace himx xso thy surviving husband shall remain the scornful mark of every open eyex thy kinsmen hang their heads at this disdainx thy issue blurrxd with nameless bastardyx and thoux the author of their obloquyx shalt have thy trespass cited up in rhymesx and sung by children in succeeding timesx xbut if thou yieldx i rest thy secret friendx the fault unknown is as a thought unactedx a little harmx done to a great good endx for lawful policy remains enactedx the poisonous simple sometimes is compacted in a pure compoundx being so appliedx his venom in effect is purifiedx xthenx for thy husband and thy childrenxs sakex tender my suitx bequeath not to their lot the shame that from them no device can takex the blemish that will never be forgotx worse than a slavish wipex or birthxhourxs blotx for marks descried in menxs nativity are naturexs faultsx not their own infamyxx here with a cockatricex deadxkilling eye he rouseth up himself and makes a pausex while shex the picture of pure pietyx like a white hind under the grypexs sharp clawsx pleads in a wilderness where are no lawsx to the rough beast that knows no gentle rightx nor aught obeys but his foul appetitex but when a blackxfacxd cloud the world doth threatx in his dim mist the aspiring mountains hidingx from earthxs dark womb some gentle gust doth getx which blows these pitchy vapours from their bidingx hindering their present fall by this dividingx so his unhallowxd haste her words delaysx and moody pluto winks while orpheus playsx yetx foul nightxworking catx he doth but dallyx while in his holdxfast foot the weak mouse pantethx her sad behaviour feeds his vulture follyx a swallowing gulf that even in plenty wantethx his ear her prayers admitsx but his heart granteth no penetrable entrance to her plainingx tears harden lustx though marble wear with rainingx her pityxpleading eyes are sadly fixxd in the remorseless wrinkles of his facex her modest eloquence with sighs is mixxdx which to her oratory adds more gracex she puts the period often from his placex and midst the sentence so her accent breaksx that twice she doth begin ere once she speaksx she conjures him by high almighty jovex by knighthoodx gentryx and sweet friendshipxs oathx by her untimely tearsx her husbandxs lovex by holy human lawx and common trothx by heaven and earthx and all the power of bothx that to his borrowxd bed he make retirex and stoop to honourx not to foul desirex quoth shex xreward not hospitality with such black payment as thou hast pretendedx mud not the fountain that gave drink to theex mar not the thing that cannot be amendedx end thy ill aim before the shoot be endedx he is no woodman that doth bend his bow to strike a poor unseasonable doex xmy husband is thy friendx for his sake spare mex thyself art mightyx for thine own sake leave mex myself a weaklingx do not then ensnare mex thou lookxst not like deceitx do not deceive mex my sighsx like whirlwindsx labour hence to heave theex if ever man were movxd with womanxs moansx be moved with my tearsx my sighsx my groansx xall which togetherx like a troubled oceanx beat at thy rocky and wreckxthreatening heartx to soften it with their continual motionx for stones dissolvxd to water do convertx ox if no harder than a stone thou artx melt at my tearsx and be compassionatex soft pity enters at an iron gatex xin tarquinxs likeness i did entertain theex hast thou put on his shape to do him shamex to all the host of heaven i complain mex thou wrongxst his honourx woundxst his princely namex thou art not what thou seemxstx and if the samex thou seemxst not what thou artx a godx a kingx for kings like gods should govern every thingx xhow will thy shame be seeded in thine agex when thus thy vices bud before thy springx if in thy hope thou darxst do such outragex what darxst thou not when once thou art a kingx ox be rememberxdx no outrageous thing from vassal actors can he wipxd awayx then kingsx misdeeds cannot be hid in clayx xthis deed will make thee only lovxd for fearx but happy monarchs still are fearxd for lovex with foul offenders thou perforce must bearx when they in thee the like offences provex if but for fear of thisx thy will removex for princes are the glassx the schoolx the bookx where subjects eyes do learnx do readx do lookx xand wilt thou be the school where lust shall learnx must he in thee read lectures of such shamex wilt thou be glassx wherein it shall discern authority for sinx warrant for blamex to privilege dishonour in thy namex thou backxst reproach against longxliving laudx and makxst fair reputation but a bawdx xhast thou commandx by him that gave it theex from a pure heart command thy rebel willx draw not thy sword to guard iniquityx for it was lent thee all that brood to killx thy princely office how canst thou fulfillx whenx patternxd by thy faultx foul sin may say he learnxd to sinx and thou didst teach the wayx xthink but how vile a spectacle it were to view thy present trespass in anotherx menxs faults do seldom to themselves appearx their own transgressions partially they smotherx this guilt would seem deathxworthy in thy brotherx o how are they wrappxd in with infamies that from their own misdeeds askaunce their eyesx xto theex to theex my heavxdxup hands appealx not to seducing lustx thy rash relierx i sue for exilxd majestyxs repealx let him returnx and flattering thoughts retirex his true respect will xprison false desirex and wipe the dim mist from thy doting eynex that thou shalt see thy statex and pity minexx xhave donexx quoth hex xmy uncontrolled tide turns notx but swells the higher by this letx small lights are soon blown outx huge fires abidex and with the wind in greater fury fretx the petty streams that pay a daily debt to their salt sovereignx with their fresh fallsx hastex add to his flowx but alter not his tastexx xthou artxx quoth shex xa seax a sovereign kingx andx lox there falls into thy boundless flood black lustx dishonourx shamex misgoverningx who seek to stain the ocean of thy bloodx if all these petty ills shall change thy goodx thy sea within a puddlexs womb is hearsxdx and not the puddle in thy sea dispersxdx xso shall these slaves be kingx and thou their slavex thou nobly basex they basely dignifiedx thou their fair lifex and they thy fouler gravex thou loathed in their shamex they in thy pridex the lesser thing should not the greater hidex the cedar stoops not to the base shrubxs footx but low shrubs whither at the cedarxs rootx xso let thy thoughtsx low vassals to thy statexx xno morexx quoth hex xby heavenx i will not hear theex yield to my lovex if notx enforced hatex instead of lovexs coy touchx shall rudely tear theex that donex despitefully i mean to bear thee unto the base bed of some rascal groomx to be thy partner in this shameful doomxx this saidx he sets his foot upon the lightx for light and lust are deadly enemiesx shame folded up in blind concealing nightx when most unseenx then most doth tyrannizex the wolf hath seizxd his preyx the poor lamb criesx till with her own white fleece her voice controllxd entombs her outcry in her lipsx sweet foldx for with the nightly linen that she wears he pens her piteous clamours in her headx cooling his hot face in the chastest tears that ever modest eyes with sorrow shedx ox that prone lust should stain so pure a bedx the spots whereof could weeping purifyx her tears should drop on them perpetuallyx but she hath lost a dearer thing than lifex and he hath won what he would lose againx this forced league doth force a further strifex this momentary joy breeds months of painx this hot desire converts to cold disdainx pure chastity is rifled of her storex and lustx the thiefx far poorer than beforex lookx as the fullxfed hound or gorged hawkx unapt for tender smell or speedy flightx make slow pursuitx or altogether balk the prey wherein by nature they delightx so surfeitxtaking tarquin fares this nightx his taste deliciousx in digestion souringx devours his willx that livxd by foul devouringx o deeper sin than bottomless conceit can comprehend in still imaginationx drunken desire must vomit his receiptx ere he can see his own abominationx while lust is in his pride no exclamation can curb his heatx or rein his rash desirex tillx like a jadex selfxwill himself doth tirex and then with lank and lean discolourxd cheekx with heavy eyex knit browx and strengthless pacex feeble desirex all recreantx poorx and meekx like to a bankrupt beggar wails his casex the flesh being proudx desire doth fight with gracex for there it revelsx and when that decaysx the guilty rebel for remission praysx so fares it with this faultful lord of romex who this accomplishment so hotly chasxdx for now against himself he sounds this doomx that through the length of times he stands disgracxdx besidesx his soulxs fair temple is defacxdx to whose weak ruins muster troops of caresx to ask the spotted princess how she faresx she saysx her subjects with foul insurrection have batterxd down her consecrated wallx and by their mortal fault brought in subjection her immortalityx and made her thrall to living deathx and pain perpetualx which in her prescience she controlled stillx but her foresight could not forestall their willx even in this thought through the dark night he stealethx a captive victor that hath lost in gainx bearing away the wound that nothing healethx the scar that willx despite of curex remainx leaving his spoil perplexxd in greater painx she hears the load of lust he left behindx and he the burthen of a guilty mindx he like a thievish dog creeps sadly thencex she like a wearied lamb lies panting therex he scowlsx and hates himself for his offencex shex desperatex with her nails her flesh doth tearx he faintly fliesx sweating with guilty fearx she staysx exclaiming on the direful nightx he runsx and chides his vanishxdx loathxd delightx he thence departs a heavy convertitex she there remains a hopeless castawayx he in his speed looks for the morning lightx she prays she never may behold the dayx xfor dayxx quoth shex xnightxs scapes doth open layx and my true eyes have never practisxd how to cloak offences with a cunning browx xthey think not but that every eye can see the same disgrace which they themselves beholdx and therefore would they still in darkness bex to have their unseen sin remain untoldx for they their guilt with weeping will unfoldx and gravex like water that doth eat in steelx upon my cheeks what helpless shame i feelxx here she exclaims against repose and restx and bids her eyes hereafter still be blindx she wakes her heart by beating on her breastx and bids it leap from thencex where it may find some purer chestx to close so pure a mindx frantic with grief thus breathes she forth her spite against the unseen secrecy of nightx xo comfortxkilling nightx image of hellx dim register and notary of shamex black stage for tragedies and murders fellx vast sinxconcealing chaosx nurse of blamex blind muffled bawdx dark harbour for defamex grim cave of deathx whispering conspirator with closextongued treason and the ravisherx xo hatefulx vaporousx and foggy nightx since thou art guilty of my cureless crimex muster thy mists to meet the eastern lightx make war against proportionxd course of timex or if thou wilt permit the sun to climb his wonted heightx yet ere he go to bedx knit poisonous clouds about his golden headx xwith rotten damps ravish the morning airx let their exhalxd unwholesome breaths make sick the life of purityx the supreme fairx ere he arrive his weary noontide prickx and let thy misty vapours march so thickx that in their smoky ranks his smotherxd light may set at noon and make perpetual nightx xwere tarquin night xas he is but nightxs childxx the silverxshining queen he would distainx her twinkling handmaids toox by him defilxdx through nightxs black bosom should not peep againx so should i have coxpartners in my painx and fellowship in woe doth woe assuagex as palmersx chat makes short their pilgrimagex xwhere now i have no one to blush with mex to cross their arms and hang their heads with minex to mask their browsx and hide their infamyx but i alone alone must sit and pinex seasoning the earth with showers of silver brinex mingling my talk with tearsx my grief with groansx poor wasting monuments of lasting moansx xo nightx thou furnace of foulxreeking smokex let not the jealous day behold that face which underneath thy black allxhiding cloak immodesty lies martyrxd with disgracex keep still possession of thy gloomy placex that all the faults which in thy reign are madex may likewise be sepulchred in thy shadex xmake me not object to the tellxtale dayx the light will showx characterxd in my browx the story of sweet chastityxs decayx the impious breach of holy wedlock vowx yeax the illiteratex that know not how to cipher what is writ in learned booksx will quote my loathsome trespass in my looksx xthe nursex to still her childx will tell my story and fright her crying babe with tarquinxs namex the oratorx to deck his oratoryx will couple my reproach to tarquinxs shamex feastxfinding minstrelsx tuning my defamex will tie the hearers to attend each linex how tarquin wronged mex i collatinex xlet my good namex that senseless reputationx for collatinexs dear love be kept unspottedx if that be made a theme for disputationx the branches of another root are rottedx and undeserved reproach to him allottedx that is as clear from this attaint of mine as ix ere thisx was pure to collatinex xo unseen shamex invisible disgracex o unfelt sorex crestxwoundingx private scarx reproach is stampxd in collatinusx facex and tarquinxs eye may read the mot afarx how he in peace is woundedx not in warx alasx how many bear such shameful blowsx which not themselvesx but he that gives them knowsx xifx collatinex thine honour lay in mex from me by strong assault it is bereftx my honey lostx and ix a dronexlike beex have no perfection of my summer leftx but robbxd and ransackxd by injurious theftx in thy weak hive a wandering wasp hath creptx and suckxd the honey which thy chaste bee keptx xyet am i guilty of thy honourxs wrackxx yet for thy honour did i entertain himx coming from theex i could not put him backx for it had been dishonour to disdain himx besidesx of weariness he did complain himx and talkxd of virtuexxo unlookxdxfor evilx when virtue is profanxd in such a devilx xwhy should the worm intrude the maiden budx or hateful cuckoos hatch in sparrowsx nestsx or toads infect fair founts with venom mudx or tyrant folly lurk in gentle breastsx or kings be breakers of their own behestsx but no perfection is so absolutex that some impurity doth not pollutex xthe aged man that coffers up his gold is plagued with crampsx and goutsx and painful fitsx and scarce hath eyes his treasure to beholdx but like stillxpining tantalus he sitsx and useless barns the harvest of his witsx having no other pleasure of his gain but torment that it cannot cure his painx xso then he hath it when he cannot use itx and leaves it to be masterxd by his youngx who in their pride do presently abuse itx their father was too weakx and they too strongx to hold their cursedxblessed fortune longx the sweets we wish for turn to loathed soursx even in the moment that we call them oursx xunruly blasts wait on the tender springx unwholesome weeds take root with precious flowersx the adder hisses where the sweet birds singx what virtue breeds iniquity devoursx we have no good that we can say is oursx but illxannexed opportunity or kills his life or else his qualityx xo opportunityx thy guilt is greatx xtis thou that executest the traitorxs treasonx thou setxst the wolf where he the lamb may getx whoever plots the sinx thou xpointxst the seasonx xtis thou that spurnxst at rightx at lawx at reasonx and in thy shady cellx where none may spy himx sits sinx to seize the souls that wander by himx xthou makxst the vestal violate her oathx thou blowxst the fire when temperance is thawxdx thou smotherxst honestyx thou murtherxst trothx thou foul abettorx thou notorious bawdx thou plantest scandal and displacest laudx thou ravisherx thou traitorx thou false thiefx thy honey turns to gallx thy joy to griefx xthy secret pleasure turns to open shamex thy private feasting to a public fastx thy smoothing titles to a ragged namex thy sugarxd tongue to bitter wormwood tastex thy violent vanities can never lastx how comes it thenx vile opportunityx being so badx such numbers seek for theex xwhen wilt thou be the humble suppliantxs friendx and bring him where his suit may be obtainxdx when wilt thou sort an hour great strifes to endx or free that soul which wretchedness hath chainxdx give physic to the sickx ease to the painxdx the poorx lamex blindx haltx creepx cry out for theex but they nexer meet with opportunityx xthe patient dies while the physician sleepsx the orphan pines while the oppressor feedsx justice is feasting while the widow weepsx advice is sporting while infection breedsx thou grantxst no time for charitable deedsx wrathx envyx treasonx rapex and murderxs ragesx thy heinous hours wait on them as their pagesx xwhen truth and virtue have to do with theex a thousand crosses keep them from thy aidx they buy thy helpx but sin nexer gives a feex he gratis comesx and thou art well appayxd as well to hear as grant what he hath saidx my collatine would else have come to me when tarquin didx but he was stayxd by theex xguilty thou art of murder and of theftx guilty of perjury and subornationx guilty of treasonx forgeryx and shiftx guilty of incestx that abominationx an accessory by thine inclination to all sins pastx and all that are to comex from the creation to the general doomx xmisxshapen timex copesmate of ugly nightx swift subtle postx carrier of grisly carex eater of youthx false slave to false delightx base watch of woesx sinxs packxhorsex virtuexs snarex thou nursest all and murtherest all that arex o hear me thenx injuriousx shifting timex be guilty of my deathx since of my crimex xwhy hath thy servantx opportunityx betrayxd the hours thou gavxst me to reposex cancellxd my fortunesx and enchained me to endless date of neverxending woesx timexs office is to fine the hate of foesx to eat up errors by opinion bredx not spend the dowry of a lawful bedx xtimexs glory is to calm contending kingsx to unmask falsehoodx and bring truth to lightx to stamp the seal of time in aged thingsx to wake the mornx and sentinel the nightx to wrong the wronger till he render rightx to ruinate proud buildings with thy hoursx and smear with dust their glittering golden towersx xto fill with wormxholes stately monumentsx to feed oblivion with decay of thingsx to blot old books and alter their contentsx to pluck the quills from ancient ravensx wingsx to dry the old oakxs sap and cherish springsx to spoil antiquities of hammerxd steelx and turn the giddy round of fortunexs wheelx xto show the beldame daughters of her daughterx to make the child a manx the man a childx to slay the tiger that doth live by slaughterx to tame the unicorn and lion wildx to mock the subtlex in themselves beguilxdx to cheer the ploughman with increaseful cropsx and waste huge stones with little waterxdropsx xwhy workxst thou mischief in thy pilgrimagex unless thou couldst return to make amendsx one poor retiring minute in an age would purchase thee a thousand thousand friendsx lending him wit that to bad debtors lendsx ox this dread nightx wouldst thou one hour come backx i could prevent this stormx and shun thy wrackx xthou ceasexess lackey to eternityx with some mischance cross tarquin in his flightx devise extremes beyond extremityx to make him curse this cursed crimeful nightx let ghastly shadows his lewd eyes affrightx and the dire thought of his committed evil shape every bush a hideous shapeless devilx xdisturb his hours of rest with restless trancesx afflict him in his bed with bedrid groansx let there bechance him pitiful mischancesx to make him moanx but pity not his moansx stone him with hardenxd heartsx harder than stonesx and let mild women to him lose their mildnessx wilder to him than tigers in their wildnessx xlet him have time to tear his curled hairx let him have time against himself to ravex let him have time of timexs help to despairx let him have time to live a loathed slavex let him have time a beggarxs orts to cravex and time to see one that by alms doth live disdain to him disdained scraps to givex xlet him have time to see his friends his foesx and merry fools to mock at him resortx let him have time to mark how slow time goes in time of sorrowx and how swift and short his time of folly and his time of sportx and ever let his unrecalling crime have time to wail the abusing of his timex xo timex thou tutor both to good and badx teach me to curse him that thou taughtxst this illx at his own shadow let the thief run madx himself himself seek every hour to killx such wretched hands such wretched blood should spillx for who so base would such an office have as slanderous deathsman to so base a slavex the baser is hex coming from a kingx to shame his hope with deeds degeneratex the mightier manx the mightier is the thing that makes him honourxdx or begets him hatex for greatest scandal waits on greatest statex the moon being clouded presently is missxdx but little stars may hide them when they listx xthe crow may bathe his coalxblack wings in mirex and unperceived fly with the filth awayx but if the like the snowxwhite swan desirex the stain upon his silver down will stayx poor grooms are sightless nightx kings glorious dayx gnats are unnoted wheresoexer they flyx but eagles gazed upon with every eyex xoutx idle wordsx servants to shallow foolsx unprofitable soundsx weak arbitratorsx busy yourselves in skillxcontending schoolsx debate where leisure serves with dull debatersx to trembling clients be you mediatorsx for mex i force not argument a strawx since that my case is past the help of lawx xin vain i rail at opportunityx at timex at tarquinx and uncheerful nightx in vain i cavil with mine infamyx in vain i spurn at my confirmxd despitex this helpless smoke of words doth me no rightx the remedy indeed to do me good is to let forth my foulxdefilxd bloodx xpoor handx why quiverxst thou at this decreex honour thyself to rid me of this shamex for if i diex my honour lives in theex but if i livex thou livest in my defamex since thou couldst not defend thy loyal damex and wast afearxd to scratch her wicked foex kill both thyself and her for yielding soxx this saidx from her bextumbled couch she startethx to find some desperate instrument of deathx but this no slaughterxhouse no tool impartethx to make more vent for passage of her breathx whichx thronging through her lipsx so vanisheth as smoke from aetnax that in air consumesx or that which from discharged cannon fumesx xin vainxx quoth shex xi livex and seek in vain some happy mean to end a hapless lifex i fearxd by tarquinxs falchion to be slainx yet for the selfxsame purpose seek a knifex but when i fearxd i was a loyal wifex so am i nowxxo nox that cannot bex of that true type hath tarquin rifled mex xox that is gone for which i sought to livex and therefore now i need not fear to diex to clear this spot by deathx at least i give a badge of fame to slanderxs liveryx a dying life to living infamyx poor helpless helpx the treasure stolen awayx to burn the guiltless casket where it layx xwellx wellx dear collatinex thou shalt not know the stained taste of violated trothx i will not wrong thy true affection sox to flatter thee with an infringed oathx this bastard graff shall never come to growthx he shall not boast who did thy stock pollute that thou art doting father of his fruitx nor shall he smile at thee in secret thoughtx nor laugh with his companions at thy statex but thou shalt know thy interest was not bought basely with goldx but stolen from forth thy gatex for mex i am the mistress of my fatex and with my trespass never will dispensex till life to death acquit my forced offencex xi will not poison thee with my attaintx nor fold my fault in cleanlyxcoinxd excusesx my sable ground of sin i will not paintx to hide the truth of this false nightxs abusesx my tongue shall utter allx mine eyesx like sluicesx as from a mountainxspring that feeds a dalex shall gush pure streams to purge my impure talexx by thisx lamenting philomel had ended the wellxtunxd warble of her nightly sorrowx and solemn night with slowxsad gait descended to ugly hellx whenx lox the blushing morrow lends light to all fair eyes that light will borrowx but cloudy lucrece shames herself to seex and therefore still in night would cloisterxd bex revealing day through every cranny spiesx and seems to point her out where she sits weepingx to whom she sobbing speaksx xo eye of eyesx why pryest thou through my windowx leave thy peepingx mock with thy tickling beams eyes that are sleepingx brand not my forehead with thy piercing lightx for day hath nought to do whatxs done by nightxx thus cavils she with every thing she seesx true grief is fond and testy as a childx who wayward oncex his mood with nought agreesx old woesx not infant sorrowsx bear them mildx continuance tames the onex the other wildx like an unpractisxd swimmer plunging still with too much labour drowns for want of skillx so shex deepxdrenched in a sea of carex holds disputation with each thing she viewsx and to herself all sorrow doth comparex no object but her passionxs strength renewsx and as one shiftsx another straight ensuesx sometime her grief is dumb and hath no wordsx sometime xtis madx and too much talk affordsx the little birds that tune their morningxs joy make her moans mad with their sweet melodyx for mirth doth search the bottom of annoyx sad souls are slain in merry companyx grief best is pleasxd with griefxs societyx true sorrow then is feelingly sufficxd when with like semblance it is sympathizxdx xtis double death to drown in ken of shorex he ten times pines that pines beholding foodx to see the salve doth make the wound ache morex great grief grieves most at that would do it goodx deep woes roll forward like a gentle floodx whox being stoppxdx the bounding banks oxerflowsx grief dallied with nor law nor limit knowsx xyou mocking birdsxx quoth shex xyour tunes entomb within your hollowxswelling featherxd breastsx and in my hearing be you mute and dumbx xmy restless discord loves no stops nor restsx a woeful hostess brooks not merry guestsxx relish your nimble notes to pleasing earsx distress likes dumps when time is kept with tearsx xcomex philomelx that singxst of ravishmentx make thy sad grove in my dishevellxd hairx as the dank earth weeps at thy languishmentx so i at each sad strain will strain a tearx and with deep groans the diapason bearx for burthenxwise ixll hum on tarquin stillx while thou on tereus descantxst better skillx xand whiles against a thorn thou bearxst thy partx to keep thy sharp woes wakingx wretched ix to imitate thee wellx against my heart will fix a sharp knifex to affright mine eyex whox if it winkx shall thereon fall and diex these meansx as frets upon an instrumentx shall tune our heartxstrings to true languishmentx xand forx poor birdx thou singxst not in the dayx as shaming any eye should thee beholdx some dark deep desertx seated from the wayx that knows not parching heat nor freezing coldx will we find outx and there we will unfold to creatures stern sad tunesx to change their kindsx since men prove beastsx let beasts bear gentle mindsxx as the poor frighted deerx that stands at gazex wildly determining which way to flyx or one encompassxd with a winding mazex that cannot tread the way out readilyx so with herself is she in mutinyx to live or die which of the twain were betterx when life is shamxdx and death reproachxs debtorx xto kill myselfxx quoth shex xalackx what were itx but with my body my poor soulxs pollutionx they that lose half with greater patience bear it than they whose whole is swallowxd in confusionx that mother tries a merciless conclusion whox having two sweet babesx when death takes onex will slay the otherx and be nurse to nonex xmy body or my soulx which was the dearerx when the one purex the other made divinex whose love of either to myself was nearerx when both were kept for heaven and collatinex ahx mex the bark peelxd from the lofty pinex his leaves will witherx and his sap decayx so must my soulx her bark being peelxd awayx xher house is sackxdx her quiet interruptedx her mansion batterxd by the enemyx her sacred temple spottedx spoilxdx corruptedx grossly engirt with daring infamyx then let it not be callxd impietyx if in this blemishxd fort i make some hole through which i may convey this troubled soulx xyet die i will not till my collatine have heard the cause of my untimely deathx that he may vowx in that sad hour of minex revenge on him that made me stop my breathx my stained blood to tarquin ixll bequeathx which by him tainted shall for him be spentx and as his due writ in my testamentx xmy honour ixll bequeath unto the knife that wounds my body so dishonouredx xtis honour to deprive dishonourxd lifex the one will livex the other being deadx so of shamexs ashes shall my fame be bredx for in my death i murther shameful scornx my shame so deadx mine honour is newxbornx xdear lord of that dear jewel i have lostx what legacy shall i bequeath to theex my resolutionx lovex shall be thy boastx by whose example thou revengxd mayst bex how tarquin must be usedx read it in mex myselfx thy friendx will kill myselfx thy foex andx for my sakex serve thou false tarquin sox xthis brief abridgement of my will i makex my soul and body to the skies and groundx my resolutionx husbandx do thou takex mine honour be the knifexs that makes my woundx my shame be his that did my fame confoundx and all my fame that lives disbursxd be to those that livex and think no shame of mex xthoux collatinex shalt oversee this willx how was i overseen that thou shalt see itx my blood shall wash the slander of mine illx my lifexs foul deed my lifexs fair end shall free itx faint notx faint heartx but stoutly say xso be itxx yield to my handx my hand shall conquer theex thou deadx both diex and both shall victors bexx this plot of death when sadly she had laidx and wipxd the brinish pearl from her bright eyesx with untunxd tongue she hoarsely callxd her maidx whose swift obedience to her mistress hiesx for fleetxwingxd duty with thoughtxs feathers fliesx poor lucrecex cheeks unto her maid seem so as winter meads when sun doth melt their snowx her mistress she doth give demure goodxmorrowx with softxslow tonguex true mark of modestyx and sorts a sad look to her ladyxs sorrowx xfor why her face wore sorrowxs liveryxx but durst not ask of her audaciously why her two suns were cloudxeclipsed sox nor why her fair cheeks overxwashxd with woex but as the earth doth weepx the sun being setx each flower moistenxd like a melting eyex even so the maid with swelling drops xgan wet her circled eynex enforcxd by sympathy of those fair sunsx set in her mistressx skyx who in a saltxwavxd ocean quench their lightx which makes the maid weep like the dewy nightx a pretty while these pretty creatures standx like ivory conduits coral cisterns fillingx one justly weepsx the other takes in hand no causex but companyx of her drops spillingx their gentle sex to weep are often willingx grieving themselves to guess at othersx smartsx and then they drown their eyes or break their heartsx for men have marblex women waxen mindsx and therefore are they formxd as marble willx the weak oppressxdx the impression of strange kinds is formxd in them by forcex by fraudx or skillx then call them not the authors of their illx no more than wax shall be accounted evilx wherein is stampxd the semblance of a devilx their smoothnessx like a goodly champaign plainx lays open all the little worms that creepx in menx as in a roughxgrown grovex remain cavexkeeping evils that obscurely sleepx through crystal walls each little mote will peepx though men can cover crimes with bold stern looksx poor womenxs faces are their own faultsx booksx no man inveigb against the witherxd flowerx but chide rough winter that the flower hath killxdx not that devourxdx but that which doth devourx is worthy blamex ox let it not be hild poor womenxs faultsx that they are so fulfillxd with menxs abusesx those proud lordsx to blamex make weakxmade women tenants to their shamex the precedent whereof in lucrece viewx assailxd by night with circumstances strong of present deathx and shame that might ensue by that her deathx to do her husband wrongx such danger to resistance did belongx the dying fear through all her body spreadx and who cannot abuse a body deadx by thisx mild patience bid fair lucrece speak to the poor counterfeit of her complainingx xmy girlxx quoth shex xon what occasion break those tears from theex that down thy cheeks are rainingx if thou dost weep for grief of my sustainingx knowx gentle wenchx it small avails my moodx if tears could helpx mine own would do me goodx xbut tell mex girlx when wentxxxand there she stayxd till after a deep groanx xtarquin fromx hencexx xmadamx ere i was upxx replied the maidx xthe more to blame my sluggard negligencex yet with the fault i thus far can dispensex myself was stirring ere the break of dayx andx ere i rosex was tarquin gone awayx xbutx ladyx if your maid may be so boldx she would request to know your heavinessxx xo peacexx quoth lucrecex xif it should be toldx the repetition cannot make it lessx for more it is than i can well expressx and that deep torture may be callxd a hellx when more is felt than one hath power to tellx xgox get me hither paperx inkx and penx yet save that labourx for i have them herex what should i sayxxone of my husbandxs men bid thou be readyx by and byx to bear a letter to my lordx my lovex my dearx bid him with speed prepare to carry itx the cause craves hastex and it will soon be writxx her maid is gonex and she prepares to writex first hovering oxer the paper with her quillx conceit and grief an eager combat fightx what wit sets down is blotted straight with willx this is too curiousxgoodx this blunt and illx much like a press of people at a doorx throng her inventionsx which shall go beforex at last she thus beginsxxxthou worthy lord of that unworthy wife that greeteth theex health to thy personx next vouchsafe to afford xif everx lovex thy lucrece thou wilt seex some present speed to come and visit mex sox i commend me from our house in griefx my woes are tediousx though my words are briefxx here folds she up the tenor of her woex her certain sorrow writ uncertainlyx by this short schedule collatine may know her griefx but not her griefxs true qualityx she dares not thereof make discoveryx lest he should hold it her own gross abusex ere she with blood had stainxd her stainxd excusex besidesx the life and feeling of her passion she hoardsx to spend when he is by to hear herx when sighsx and groansx and tears may grace the fashion of her disgracex the better so to clear her from that suspicion which the world my might bear herx to shun this blotx she would not blot the letter with wordsx till action might become them betterx to see sad sights moves more than hear them toldx for then the eye interprets to the ear the heavy motion that it doth beholdx when every part a part of woe doth bearx xtis but a part of sorrow that we hearx deep sounds make lesser noise than shallow fordsx and sorrow ebbsx being blown with wind of wordsx her letter now is sealxdx and on it writ xat ardea to my lord with more than hastexx the post attendsx and she delivers itx charging the sourxfacxd groom to hie as fast as lagging fowls before the northern blastx speed more than speed but dull and slow she deemsx extremely still urgeth such extremesx the homely villain courtxsies to her lowx andx blushing on herx with a steadfast eye receives the scrollx without or yea or nox and forth with bashful innocence doth hiex but they whose guilt within their bosoms lie imagine every eye beholds their blamex for lucrece thought he blushxd to see her shamex whenx silly groomx god wotx it was defect of spiritx lifex and bold audacityx such harmless creatures have a true respect to talk in deedsx while others saucily promise more speedx but do it leisurelyx even so this pattern of the wornxout age pawnxd honest looksx but laid no words to gagex his kindled duty kindled her mistrustx that two red fires in both their faces blazxdx she thought he blushxdx as knowing tarquinxs lustx andx blushing with himx wistly on him gazxdx her earnest eye did make him more amazxdx the more saw the blood his cheeks replenishx the more she thought he spied in her some blemishx but long she thinks till he return againx and yet the duteous vassal scarce is gonex the weary time she cannot entertainx for now xtis stale to sighx to weepx to groanx so woe hath wearied woex moan tired moanx that she her plaints a little while doth stayx pausing for means to mourn some newer wayx at last she calls to mind where hangs a piece of skilful paintingx made for priamxs troyx before the which is drawn the power of greecex for helenxs rape the city to destroyx threatxning cloudxkissing ilion with annoyx which the conceited painter drew so proudx as heaven xit seemxdx to kiss the turrets bowxdx a thousand lamentable objects therex in scorn of naturex art gave lifeless lifex many a dry drop seemxd a weeping tearx shed for the slaughterxd husband by the wifex the red blood reekxdx to show the painterxs strifex the dying eyes gleamxd forth their ashy lightsx like dying coals burnt out in tedious nightsx there might you see the labouring pioner begrimxd with sweatx and smeared all with dustx and from the towers of troy there would appear the very eyes of men through loopholes thrustx gazing upon the greeks with little lustx such sweet observance in this work was hadx that one might see those farxoff eyes look sadx in great commanders grace and majesty you might beholdx triumphing in their facesx in youthx quick bearing and dexterityx and here and there the painter interlaces pale cowardsx marching on with trembling pacesx which heartless peasants did so well resemblex that one would swear he saw them quake and tremblex in ajax and ulyssesx ox what art of physiognomy might one beholdx the face of either xcipherxd eitherxs heartx their face their manners most expressly toldx in ajaxx eyes blunt rage and rigour rollxdx but the mild glance that sly ulysses lent showxd deep regard and smiling governmentx there pleading might you see grave nestor standx asxt were encouraging the greeks to fightx making such sober action with his hand that it beguiled attentionx charmxd the sightx in speechx it seemxdx his beardx all silver whitex waggxd up and downx and from his lips did fly thin winding breathx which purlxd up to the skyx about him were a press of gaping facesx which seemxd to swallow up his sound advicex all jointly listeningx but with several gracesx as if some mermaid did their ears enticex some highx some lowx the painter was so nicex the scalps of manyx almost hid behindx to jump up higher seemxd to mock the mindx here one manxs hand leanxd on anotherxs headx his nose being shadowxd by his neighbourxs earx here one being throngxd bears backx all bollxn and redx another smotherxd seems to pelt and swearx and in their rage such signs of rage they bearx asx but for loss of nestorxs golden wordsx it seemxd they would debate with angry swordsx for much imaginary work was therex conceit deceitfulx so compactx so kindx that for achillesx image stood his spearx gripxd in an armed handx himselfx behindx was left unseenx save to the eye of mindx a handx a footx a facex a legx a headx stood for the whole to be imaginedx and from the walls of strongxbesieged troy when their brave hopex bold hectorx marchxd to fieldx stood many trojan mothersx sharing joy to see their youthful sons bright weapons wieldx and to their hope they such odd action yieldx that through their light joy seemed to appearx xlike bright things stainxdx a kind of heavy fearx andx from the strond of dardanx where they foughtx to simoisx reedy banksx the red blood ranx whose waves to imitate the battle sought with swelling ridgesx and their ranks began to break upon the galled shorex and than retire againx tillx meeting greater ranksx they joinx and shoot their foam at simoisx banksx to this wellxpainted piece is lucrece comex to find a face where all distress is stellxdx many she sees where cares have carved somex but none where all distress and dolour dwellxdx till she despairing hecuba beheldx staring on priamxs wounds with her old eyesx which bleeding under pyrrhusx proud foot liesx in her the painter had anatomizxd timexs ruinx beautyxs wrackx and grim carexs reignx her cheeks with chops and wrinkles were disguisxdx of what she was no semblance did remainx her blue bloodx changxd to black in every veinx wanting the spring that those shrunk pipes had fedx showxd life imprisonxd in a body deadx on this sad shadow lucrece spends her eyesx and shapes her sorrow to the beldamexs woesx who nothing wants to answer her but criesx and bitter words to ban her cruel foesx the painter was no god to lend her thosex and therefore lucrece swears he did her wrongx to give her so much griefx and not a tonguex xpoor instrumentxx quoth shex xwithout a soundx ixll tune thy woes with my lamenting tonguex and drop sweet balm in priamxs painted woundx and rail on pyrrhus that hath done him wrongx and with my tears quench troy that burns so longx and with my knife scratch out the angry eyes of all the greeks that are thine enemiesx xshow me the strumpet that began this stirx that with my nails her beauty i may tearx thy heat of lustx fond parisx did incur this load of wrath that burning troy doth bearx thy eye kindled the fire that burneth herex and here in troyx for trespass of thine eyex the sirex the sonx the damex and daughter diex xwhy should the private pleasure of some one become the public plague of many mox let sinx alone committedx light alone upon his head that hath transgressed sox let guiltless souls be freed from guilty woex for onexs offence why should so many fallx to plague a private sin in generalx xlox here weeps hecubax here priam diesx here manly hector faintsx here troilus swoundsx here friend by friend in bloody channel liesx and friend to friend gives unadvised woundsx and one manxs lust these many lives confoundsx had doting priam checkxd his sonxs desirex troy had been bright with fame and not with firexx here feelingly she weeps troyxs painted woesx for sorrowx like a heavyxhanging bellx once set on ringingx with his own weight goesx then little strength rings out the doleful knellx so lucrece set axwork sad tales doth tell to pencillxd pensiveness and colourxd sorrowx she lends them wordsx and she their looks doth borrowx she throws her eyes about the painting roundx and whom she finds forlorn she doth lamentx at last she sees a wretched image boundx that piteous looks to phrygian shepherds lentx his facex though full of caresx yet showxd contentx onward to troy with the blunt swains he goesx so mildx that patience seemxd to scorn his woesx in him the painter labourxd with his skill to hide deceitx and give the harmless show an humble gaitx calm looksx eyes wailing stillx a brow unbentx that seemxd to welcome woex cheeks neither red nor palex but mingled so that blushing red no guilty instance gavex nor ashy pale the fear that false hearts havex butx like a constant and confirmed devilx he entertainxd a show so seeming justx and therein so ensconcxd his secret evilx that jealousy itself cold not mistrust falsexcreeping craft and perjury should thrust into so bright a day such blackxfacxd stormsx or blot with hellxborn sin such saintxlike formsx the wellxskillxd workman this mild image drew for perjurxd sinonx whose enchanting story the credulous old priam after slewx whose wordsx like wildfirex burnt the shining glory of richxbuilt ilionx that the skies were sorryx and little stars shot from their fixed placesx when their glass fell wherein they viewxd their facesx this picture she advisedly perusxdx and chid the painter for his wondrous skillx sayingx some shape in sinonxs was abusxdx so fair a form lodged not a mind so illx and still on him she gazxdx and gazing stillx such signs of truth in his plain face she spiedx that she concludes the picture was beliedx xit cannot bexx quoth shex xthat so much guilexx xshe would have saidx xcan lurk in such a lookxx but tarquinxs shape came in her mind the whilex and from her tongue xcan lurkx from xcannotx tookx xit cannot bex she in that sense forsookx and turnxd it thusx xit cannot bex i findx but such a face should bear a wicked mindx xfor even as subtle sinon here is paintedx so soberxsadx so wearyx and so mildx xas if with grief or travail he had faintedxx to me came tarquin armedx so beguilxd with outward honestyx but yet defilxd with inward vicex as priam him did cherishx so did i tarquinx so my troy did perishx xlookx lookx how listening priam wets his eyesx to see those borrowxd tears that sinon shedsx priamx why art thou old and yet not wisex for every tear he falls a trojan bleedsx his eye drops firex no water thence proceedsx those round clear pearls of his that move thy pityx are balls of quenchless fire to burn thy cityx xsuch devils steal effects from lightless hellx for sinon in his fire doth quake with coldx and in that cold hotxburning fire doth dwellx these contraries such unity do holdx only to flatter foolsx and make them boldx so priamxs trust false sinonxs tears doth flatterx that he finds means to burn his troy with waterxx herex all enragxdx such passion her assailsx that patience is quite beaten from her breastx she tears the senseless sinon with her nailsx comparing him to that unhappy guest whose deed hath made herself herself detestx at last she smilingly with this gives oxerx xfoolx foolxx quoth shex xhis wounds will not be sorexx thus ebbs and flows the current of her sorrowx and time doth weary time with her complainingx she looks for nightx and then she longs for morrowx and both she thinks too long with her remainingx short time seems long in sorrowxs sharp sustainingx though woe be heavyx yet it seldom sleepsx and they that watch see time how slow it creepsx which all this time hath overslippxd her thoughtx that she with painted images hath spentx being from the feeling of her own grief brought by deep surmise of othersx detrimentx losing her woes in shows of discontentx it easeth somex though none it ever curxdx to think their dolour others have endurxdx but now the mindful messengerx come backx brings home his lord and other companyx who finds his lucrece clad in mourning blackx and round about her tearxdistained eye blue circles streamxdx like rainbows in the skyx these waterxgalls in her dim element foretell new storms to those already spentx which when her sadxbeholding husband sawx amazedly in her sad face he staresx her eyesx though sod in tearsx lookxd red and rawx her lively colour killxd with deadly caresx he hath no power to ask her how she faresx both stoodx like old acquaintance in a trancex met far from homex wondering each otherxs chancex at last he takes her by the bloodless handx and thus beginsx xwhat uncouth ill event hath thee befallxnx that thou dost trembling standx sweet lovex what spite hath thy fair colour spentx why art thou thus attirxd in discontentx unmaskx dear dearx this moody heavinessx and tell thy griefx that we may give redressxx three times with sighs she gives her sorrow firex ere once she can discharge one word of woex at length addressxd to answer his desirex she modestly prepares to let them know her honour is taxen prisoner by the foex while collatine and his consorted lords with sad attention long to hear her wordsx and now this pale swan in her watery nest begins the sad dirge of her certain endingx xfew wordsxx quoth shex xshall fit the trespass bestx where no excuse can give the fault amendingx in me more woes than words are now dependingx and my laments would be drawn out too longx to tell them all with one poor tired tonguex xthen be this all the task it hath to sayxx dear husbandx in the interest of thy bed a stranger camex and on that pillow lay where thou wast wont to rest thy weary headx and what wrong else may be imagined by foul enforcement might be done to mex from thatx alasx thy lucrece is not freex xfor in the dreadful dead of dark midnightx with shining falchion in my chamber came a creeping creaturex with a flaming lightx and softly cried awakex thou roman damex and entertain my lovex else lasting shame on thee and thine this night i will inflictx if thou my lovexs desire do contradictx xfor some hardxfavourxd groom of thinex quoth hex unless thou yoke thy liking to my willx ixll murder straightx and then ixll slaughter thee and swear i found you where you did fulfil the loathsome act of lustx and so did kill the lechers in their deedx this act will be my fame and thy perpetual infamyx xwith thisx i did begin to start and cryx and then against my heart he sets his swordx swearingx unless i took all patientlyx i should not live to speak another wordx so should my shame still rest upon recordx and never be forgot in mighty rome the adulterate death of lucrece and her groomx xmine enemy was strongx my poor self weakx and far the weaker with so strong a fearx my bloody judge forbade my tongue to speakx no rightful plea might plead for justice therex his scarlet lust came evidence to swear that my poor beauty had purloinxd his eyesx and when the judge is robbxd the prisoner diesx xox teach me how to make mine own excusex or at the least this refuge let me findx though my gross blood be stainxd with this abusex immaculate and spotless is my mindx that was not forcxdx that never was inclinxd to accessary yieldingsx but still pure doth in her poisonxd closet yet endurexx lox herex the hopeless merchant of this lossx with head declinxdx and voice dammxd up with woex with sad set eyesx and wretched arms acrossx from lips newxwaxen pale begins to blow the grief away that stops his answer sox but wretched as he is he strives in vainx what he breathes out his breath drinks up againx as through an arch the violent roaring tide outruns the eye that doth behold his hastex yet in the eddy boundeth in his pride back to the strait that forcxd him on so fastx in rage sent outx recallxd in ragex being pastx even so his sighsx his sorrows make a sawx to push grief onx and back the same grief drawx which speechless woe of his poor she attendethx and his untimely frenzy thus awakethx xdear lordx thy sorrow to my sorrow lendeth another powerx no flood by raining slakethx my woe too sensible thy passion maketh more feelingxpainfulx let it then suffice to drown one woex one pair of weeping eyesx xand for my sakex when i might charm thee sox for she that was thy lucrecexxnow attend mex be suddenly revenged on my foex thinex minex his ownx suppose thou dost defend me from what is pastx the help that thou shalt lend me comes all too latex yet let the traitor diex for sparing justice feeds iniquityx xbut ere i name himx you fair lordsxx quoth shex xspeaking to those that came with collatinex xshall plight your honourable faiths to mex with swift pursuit to venge this wrong of minex for xtis a meritorious fair design to chase injustice with revengeful armsx knightsx by their oathsx should right poor ladiesx harmsxx at this requestx with noble disposition each present lord began to promise aidx as bound in knighthood to her impositionx longing to hear the hateful foe bewrayxdx but shex that yet her sad task hath not saidx the protestation stopsx xox speakxx quoth shex xhow may this forced stain be wipxd from mex xwhat is the quality of mine offencex being constrainxd with dreadful circumstancex may my pure mind with the foul act dispensex my lowxdeclined honour to advancex may any terms acquit me from this chancex the poisonxd fountain clears itself againx and why not i from this compelled stainx with thisx they all at once began to sayx her bodyxs stain her mind untainted clearsx while with a joyless smile she turns away the facex that map which deep impression bears of hard misfortunex carvxd in it with tearsx xnox noxx quoth shex xno damex hereafter livingx by my excuse shall claim excusexs givingx here with a sighx as if her heart would breakx she throws forth tarquinxs namex xhex hexx she saysx but more than xhex her poor tongue could not speakx till after many accents and delaysx untimely breathingsx sick and short assaysx she utters thisx xhex hex fair lordsx xtis hex that guides this hand to give this wound to mexx even here she sheathed in her harmless breast a harmful knifex that thence her soul unsheathxdx that blow did bail it from the deep unrest of that polluted prison where it breathxdx her contrite sighs unto the clouds bequeathxd her winged spritex and through her wounds doth fly lifexs lasting date from cancellxd destinyx stonexstillx astonishxd with this deadly deedx stood collatine and all his lordly crewx till lucrecex father that beholds her bleedx himself on her selfxslaughterxd body threwx and from the purple fountain brutus drew the murderous knifex andx as it left the placex her bloodx in poor revengex held it in chasex and bubbling from her breastx it doth divide in two slow riversx that the crimson blood circles her body in on every sidex whox like a latexsackxd islandx vastly stood bare and unpeopledx in this fearful floodx some of her blood still pure and red remainxdx and some lookxd blackx and that false tarquin stainxdx about the mourning and congealed face of that black blood a watery rigol goesx which seems to weep upon the tainted placex and ever sincex as pitying lucrecex woesx corrupted blood some watery token showsx and blood untainted still doth red abidex blushing at that which is so putrifiedx xdaughterx dear daughterxx old lucretius criesx xthat life was mine which thou hast here deprivxdx if in the child the fatherxs image liesx where shall i live now lucrece is unlivxdx thou wast not to this end from me derivxd if children prexdecease progenitorsx we are their offspringx and they none of oursx xpoor broken glassx i often did behold in thy sweet semblance my old age new bornx but now that fair fresh mirrorx dim and oldx shows me a barexbonxd death by time outwornx ox from thy cheeks my image thou hast tornx and shiverxd all the beauty of my glassx that i no more can see what once i wasx xo timex cease thou thy course and last no longerx if they surcease to be that should survivex shall rotten death make conquest of the strongerx and leave the faltering feeble souls alivex the old bees diex the young possess their hivex then livex sweet lucrecex live againx and see thy father diex and not thy father theexx by this starts collatine as from a dreamx and bids lucretius give his sorrow placex and then in keyxcold lucrecex bleeding stream he fallsx and bathes the pale fear in his facex and counterfeits to die with her a spacex till manly shame bids him possess his breathx and livex to be revenged on her deathx the deep vexation of his inward soul hath servxd a dumb arrest upon his tonguex whox mad that sorrow should his use controlx or keep him from heartxeasing words so longx begins to talkx but through his lips do throng weak wordsx so thick come in his poor heartxs aidx that no man could distinguish what he saidx yet sometime xtarquinx was pronounced plainx but through his teethx as if the name he torex this windy tempestx till it blow up rainx held back his sorrowxs tidex to make it morex at last it rainsx and busy winds give oxerx then son and father weep with equal strifex who should weep mostx for daughter or for wifex the one doth call her hisx the other hisx yet neither may possess the claim they layx the father says xshexs minexx xox mine she isxx replies her husbandx xdo not take away my sorrowxs interestx let no mourner say he weeps for herx for she was only minex and only must be wailxd by collatinexx xoxx quoth lucretiusx xi did give that life which she too early and too late hath spillxdxx xwoex woexx quoth collatinex xshe was my wifex i owed herx and xtis mine that she hath killxdxx xmy daughterx and xmy wifex with clamours fillxd the dispersxd airx whox holding lucrecex lifex answerxd their criesx xmy daughterxx and xmy wifexx brutusx who pluckxd the knife from lucrecex sidex seeing such emulation in their woex began to clothe his wit in state and pridex burying in lucrecex wound his follyxs showx he with the romans was esteemed so as sillyxjeering idiots are with kingsx for sportive wordsx and uttering foolish thingsx but now he throws that shallow habit byx wherein deep policy did him disguisex and armxd his longxhid wits advisedlyx to check the tears in collatinusx eyesx xthou wronged lord of romexx quoth hex xarisex let my unsounded selfx supposxd a foolx now set thy longxexperiencxd wit to schoolx xwhyx collatinex is woe the cure for woex do wounds help woundsx or grief help grievous deedsx is it revenge to give thyself a blowx for his foul act by whom thy fair wife bleedsx such childish humour from weak minds proceedsx thy wretched wife mistook the matter sox to slay herselfx that should have slain her foex xcourageous romanx do not steep thy heart in such relenting dew of lamentationsx but kneel with mex and help to bear thy partx to rouse our roman gods with invocationsx that they will suffer these abominationsx xsince rome herself in them doth stand disgracxdxx by our strong arms from forth her fair streets chasxdx xnowx by the capitol that we adorex and by this chaste blood so unjustly stainxdx by heavenxs fair sun that breeds the fat earthxs storex by all our country rights in rome maintainxdx and by chaste lucrecex soul that late complainxd her wrongs to usx and by this bloody knifex we will revenge the death of this true wifexx this saidx he struck his hand upon his breastx and kissxd the fatal knifex to end his vowx and to his protestation urgxd the restx whox wondering at himx did his words allowx then jointly to the ground their knees they bowx and that deep vowx which brutus made beforex he doth again repeatx and that they sworex when they had sworn to this advised doomx they did conclude to bear dead lucrece thencex to show her bleeding body thorough romex and so to publish tarquinxs foul offencex which being done with speedy diligencex the romans plausibly did give consent to tarquinxs everlasting banishmentx venus and adonis xvilia miretur vulgusx mihi flavus apollo pocula castalia plena ministret aquaxx to the right honourable henry wriothesleyx earl of southamptonx and baron of titchfieldx right honourablex i know not how i shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines to your lordshipx nor how the world will censure me for choosing so strong a prop to support so weak a burthenx onlyx if your honour seem but pleasedx i account myself highly praisedx and vow to take advantage of all idle hoursx till i have honoured you with some graver labourx but if the first heir of my invention prove deformedx i shall be sorry it had so noble a godfatherx and never after ear so barren a landx for fear it yield me still so bad a harvestx i leave it to your honourable surveyx and your honour to your heartxs contentx which i wish may always answer your own wish and the worldxs hopeful expectationx your honourxs in all dutyx william shakespearex venus and adonis even as the sun with purplexcolourxd face had taxen his last leave of the weeping mornx rosexcheekxd adonis tried him to the chasex hunting he lovxdx but love he laughxd to scornx x sickxthoughted venus makes amain unto himx and like a boldxfacxd suitor xgins to woo himx xthrice fairer than myselfxx thus she beganx xthe fieldxs chief flowerx sweet above comparex x stain to all nymphsx more lovely than a manx more white and red than doves or roses arex nature that made theex with herself at strifex saith that the world hath ending with thy lifex xx xvouchsafex thou wonderx to alight thy steedx and rein his proud head to the saddlexbowx if thou wilt deign this favourx for thy meed a thousand honey secrets shalt thou knowx xx here come and sitx where never serpent hissesx and being setx ixll smother thee with kissesx xand yet not cloy thy lips with loathxd satietyx but rather famish them amid their plentyx xx making them redx and palex with fresh varietyx ten kisses short as onex one long as twentyx a summerxs day will seem an hour but shortx being wasted in such timexbeguiling sportxx xx with this she seizeth on his sweating palmx the precedent of pith and livelihoodx and trembling in her passionx calls it balmx earthxs sovereign salve to do a goddess goodx xx being so enragxdx desire doth lend her force courageously to pluck him from his horsex over one arm the lusty courserxs reinx under her other was the tender boyx xx who blushxd and pouted in a dull disdainx with leaden appetitex unapt to toyx she red and hot as coals of glowing firex he red for shamex but frosty in desirex xx the studded bridle on a ragged bough nimbly she fastensxxox how quick is lovexx the steed is stalled upx and even now to tie the rider she begins to provex xx backward she pushxd himx as she would be thrustx and governxd him in strengthx though not in lustx so soon was she alongx as he was downx each leaning on their elbows and their hipsx xx now doth she stroke his cheekx now doth he frownx and xgins to chidex but soon she stops his lipsx and kissing speaksx with lustful language brokenx xif thou wilt chidex thy lips shall never openxx xx he burns with bashful shamex she with her tears doth quench the maiden burning of his cheeksx then with her windy sighs and golden hairs to fan and blow them dry again she seeksx xx he saith she is immodestx blames her missx what follows morex she murders with a kissx even as an empty eaglex sharp by fastx tires with her beak on feathersx flesh and bonex xx shaking her wingsx devouring all in hastex till either gorge be stuffxd or prey be gonex even so she kissxd his browx his cheekx his chinx and where she ends she doth anew beginx xx forcxd to contentx but never to obeyx panting he liesx and breatheth in her facex she feedeth on the steamx as on a preyx and calls it heavenly moisturex air of gracex xx wishing her cheeks were gardens full of flowers so they were dewxd with such distilling showersx look how a bird lies tangled in a netx so fastenxd in her arms adonis liesx xx pure shame and awxd resistance made him fretx which bred more beauty in his angry eyesx rain added to a river that is rank perforce will force it overflow the bankx xx still she entreatsx and prettily entreatsx for to a pretty ear she tunes her talex still is he sullenx still he lours and fretsx xtwixt crimson shame and anger ashy palex xx being red she loves him bestx and being whitex her best is betterxd with a more delightx look how he canx she cannot choose but lovex and by her fair immortal hand she swearsx xx from his soft bosom never to removex till he take truce with her contending tearsx which long have rainxdx making her cheeks all wetx and one sweet kiss shall pay this countless debtx upon this promise did he raise his chinx xx like a divexdapper peering through a wavex whox being lookxd onx ducks as quickly inx so offers he to give what she did cravex xx but when her lips were ready for his payx he winksx and turns his lips another wayx never did passenger in summerxs heat more thirst for drink than she for this good turnx xx her help she seesx but help she cannot getx she bathes in waterx yet her fire must burnx xox pityxx xgan she cryx xflintxhearted boyx xtis but a kiss i begx why art thou coyx xx xi have been wooxd as i entreat thee nowx even by the stern and direful god of warx whose sinewy neck in battle nexer did bowx who conquers where he comes in every jarx xxx yet hath he been my captive and my slavex and beggxd for that which thou unaskxd shalt havex xover my altars hath he hung his lancex his batterxd shieldx his uncontrolled crestx xxx and for my sake hath learnxd to sport and dancex to toyx to wantonx dallyx smilex and jestx scorning his churlish drum and ensign red making my arms his fieldx his tent my bedx xxx xthus he that overrulxd i overswayxdx leading him prisoner in a red rose chainx strongxtemperxd steel his stronger strength obeyxdx yet was he servile to my coy disdainx xxx oh be not proudx nor brag not of thy mightx for mastxring her that foilxd the god of fightx xtouch but my lips with those fair lips of thinex though mine be not so fairx yet are they redx xxx the kiss shall be thine own as well as minex what seexst thou in the groundx hold up thy headx look in mine eyeballsx there thy beauty liesx then why not lips on lipsx since eyes in eyesx xxx xart thou ashamxd to kissx then wink againx and i will winkx so shall the day seem nightx love keeps his revels where there are but twainx be bold to playx our sport is not in sightx xxx these bluexveinxd violets whereon we lean never can blabx nor know not what we meanx xthe tender spring upon thy tempting lip xxx shows thee unripex yet mayst thou well be tastedx make use of timex let not advantage slipx beauty within itself should not be wastedx fair flowers that are not gatherxd in their prime rotx and consume themselves in little timex xxx xwere i hardxfavourxdx foulx or wrinkled oldx illxnurturxdx crookedx churlishx harsh in voicex oxerwornx despisedx rheumaticx and coldx thickxsightedx barrenx leanx and lacking juicex xxx then mightst thou pausex for then i were not for theex but having no defectsx why dost abhor mex xthou canst not see one wrinkle in my browx xxx mine eyes are grey and brightx and quick in turningx my beauty as the spring doth yearly growx my flesh is soft and plumpx my marrow burningx my smooth moist handx were it with thy hand feltx would in thy palm dissolvex or seem to meltx xxx xbid me discoursex i will enchant thine earx or like a fairyx trip upon the greenx or like a nymphx with long dishevellxd hairx dance on the sandsx and yet no footing seenx xxx love is a spirit all compact of firex not gross to sinkx but lightx and will aspirex xwitness this primrose bank whereon i liex xxx these forceless flowers like sturdy trees support mex two strengthless doves will draw me through the skyx from morn till nightx even where i list to sport mex is love so lightx sweet boyx and may it be that thou shouldst think it heavy unto theex xxx xis thine own heart to thine own face affectedx can thy right hand seize love upon thy leftx then woo thyselfx be of thyself rejectedx steal thine own freedomx and complain on theftx xxx narcissus so himself himself forsookx and died to kiss his shadow in the brookx xtorches are made to lightx jewels to wearx dainties to tastex fresh beauty for the usex xxx herbs for their smellx and sappy plants to bearx things growing to themselves are growthxs abusex seeds spring from seedsx and beauty breedeth beautyx thou wast begotx to get it is thy dutyx xxx xupon the earthxs increase why shouldst thou feedx unless the earth with thy increase be fedx by law of nature thou art bound to breedx that thine may live when thou thyself art deadx xxx and so in spite of death thou dost survivex in that thy likeness still is left alivexx by this the lovexsick queen began to sweatx for where they lay the shadow had forsook themx xxx and titanx tired in the midday heatx with burning eye did hotly overlook themx wishing adonis had his team to guidex so he were like him and by venusx sidex xxx and now adonis with a lazy sprightx and with a heavyx darkx disliking eyex his louring brows oxerwhelming his fair sightx like misty vapours when they blot the skyx xxx souring his cheeksx criesx xfiex no more of lovex the sun doth burn my facex i must removexx xay mexx quoth venusx xyoungx and so unkindx what bare excuses makxst thou to be gonex xxx ixll sigh celestial breathx whose gentle wind shall cool the heat of this descending sunx ixll make a shadow for thee of my hairsx if they burn toox ixll quench them with my tearsx xxx xthe sun that shines from heaven shines but warmx and lo i lie between that sun and theex the heat i have from thence doth little harmx thine eye darts forth the fire that burneth mex xxx and were i not immortalx life were donex between this heavenly and earthly sunx xart thou obduratex flintyx hard as steelx nay more than flintx for stone at rain relentethx xxx art thou a womanxs son and canst not feel what xtis to lovex how want of love tormentethx o had thy mother borne so hard a mindx she had not brought forth theex but died unkindx xxx xwhat am i that thou shouldst contemn me thisx or what great danger dwells upon my suitx what were thy lips the worse for one poor kissx speakx fairx but speak fair wordsx or else be mutex xxx give me one kissx ixll give it thee againx and one for intxrestx if thou wilt have twainx xfiex lifeless picturex cold and senseless stonex wellxpainted idolx image dull and deadx xxx statue contenting but the eye alonex thing like a manx but of no woman bredx thou art no manx though of a manxs complexionx for men will kiss even by their own directionxx xxx this saidx impatience chokes her pleading tonguex and swelling passion doth provoke a pausex red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrongx being judge in lovex she cannot right her causex xxx and now she weepsx and now she fain would speakx and now her sobs do her intendments breakx sometimes she shakes her headx and then his handx now gazeth she on himx now on the groundx xxx sometimes her arms infold him like a bandx she wouldx he will not in her arms be boundx and when from thence he struggles to be gonex she locks her lily fingers one in onex xxx xfondlingxx she saithx xsince i have hemmxd thee here within the circuit of this ivory palex ixll be a parkx and thou shalt be my deerx feed where thou wiltx on mountain or in dalex xxx graze on my lipsx and if those hills be dryx stray lowerx where the pleasant fountains liex xwithin this limit is relief enoughx sweet bottom grass and high delightful plainx xxx round rising hillocksx brakes obscure and roughx to shelter thee from tempest and from rainx then be my deerx since i am such a parkx xxx no dog shall rouse theex though a thousand barkxx at this adonis smiles as in disdainx that in each cheek appears a pretty dimplex love made those hollowsx if himself were slainx he might be buried in a tomb so simplex xxx foreknowing wellx if there he came to liex why there love livxdx and there he could not diex these lovely cavesx these round enchanting pitsx openxd their mouths to swallow venusx likingx xxx being mad beforex how doth she now for witsx struck dead at firstx what needs a second strikingx poor queen of lovex in thine own law forlornx to love a cheek that smiles at thee in scornx xxx now which way shall she turnx what shall she sayx her words are donex her woes the more increasingx the time is spentx her object will awayx and from her twining arms doth urge releasingx xxx xpityxx she criesx xsome favourx some remorsexx away he springsx and hasteth to his horsex but lo from forth a copse that neighbours byx a breeding jennetx lustyx youngx and proudx xxx adonisx tramping courser doth espyx and forth she rushesx snorts and neighs aloudx the strongxneckxd steedx being tied unto a treex breaketh his reinx and to her straight goes hex xxx imperiously he leapsx he neighsx he boundsx and now his woven girths he breaks asunderx the bearing earth with his hard hoof he woundsx whose hollow womb resounds like heavenxs thunderx the iron bit he crusheth xtween his teethx xxx controlling what he was controlled withx his ears upxprickxdx his braided hanging mane upon his compassxd crest now stand on endx xxx his nostrils drink the airx and forth againx as from a furnacex vapours doth he sendx his eyex which scornfully glisters like firex shows his hot courage and his high desirex xxx sometime he trotsx as if he told the stepsx with gentle majesty and modest pridex anon he rears uprightx curvets and leapsx as who should sayx xlo thus my strength is triedx and this i do to captivate the eye xxx of the fair breeder that is standing byxx what recketh he his riderxs angry stirx his flattering xhollaxx or his xstandx i sayxx xxx what cares he now for curb or pricking spurx for rich caparisons or trappings gayx he sees his lovex and nothing else he seesx nor nothing else with his proud sight agreesx xxx look when a painter would surpass the lifex in limning out a wellxproportionxd steedx his art with naturexs workmanship at strifex as if the dead the living should exceedx xxx so did this horse excel a common onex in shapex in couragex colourx pace and bonex roundxhoofxdx shortxjointedx fetlocks shag and longx broad breastx full eyex small headx and nostril widex high crestx short earsx straight legs and passing strongx thin manex thick tailx broad buttockx tender hidex lookx what a horse should have he did not lackx save a proud rider on so proud a backx xxx sometimes he scuds far offx and there he staresx anon he starts at stirring of a featherx to bid the wind a base he now preparesx and where he run or fly they know not whetherx xxx for through his mane and tail the high wind singsx fanning the hairsx who wave like featherxd wingsx he looks upon his lovex and neighs unto herx she answers him as if she knew his mindx xxx being proudx as females arex to see him woo herx she puts on outward strangenessx seems unkindx spurns at his love and scorns the heat he feelsx beating his kind embracements with her heelsx xxx then like a melancholy malcontentx he vails his tail that like a falling plumex cool shadow to his melting buttock lentx he stampsx and bites the poor flies in his fumex xxx his lovex perceiving how he was enragxdx grew kinderx and his fury was assuagxdx his testy master goeth about to take himx when lo the unbackxd breederx full of fearx xxx jealous of catchingx swiftly doth forsake himx with her the horsex and left adonis therex as they were madx unto the wood they hie themx outstripping crows that strive to overfly themx xxx all swoln with chafingx down adonis sitsx banning his boisterous and unruly beastx and now the happy season once more fits that lovexsick love by pleading may be blestx xxx for lovers sayx the heart hath treble wrongx when it is barrxd the aidance of the tonguex an oven that is stoppxdx or river stayxdx burneth more hotlyx swelleth with more ragex xxx so of concealed sorrow may be saidx free vent of words lovexs fire doth assuagex but when the heartxs attorney once is mutex the client breaksx as desperate in his suitx xxx he sees her comingx and begins to glowx even as a dying coal revives with windx and with his bonnet hides his angry browx looks on the dull earth with disturbed mindx xxx taking no notice that she is so nighx for all askance he holds her in his eyex o what a sight it wasx wistly to view how she came stealing to the wayward boyx xxx to note the fighting conflict of her huex how white and red each other did destroyx but now her cheek was palex and by and by it flashxd forth firex as lightning from the skyx xxx now was she just before him as he satx and like a lowly lover down she kneelsx with one fair hand she heaveth up his hatx her other tender hand his fair cheek feelsx xxx his tendxrer cheek receives her soft handxs printx as apt as newxfallxn snow takes any dintx oh what a war of looks was then between themx her eyes petitioners to his eyes suingx xxx his eyes saw her eyesx as they had not seen themx her eyes wooxd stillx his eyes disdainxd the wooingx and all this dumb play had his acts made plain with tearsx whichx chorusxlikex her eyes did rainx full gently now she takes him by the handx xxx a lily prisonxd in a gaol of snowx or ivory in an alabaster bandx so white a friend engirts so white a foex xxx this beauteous combatx wilful and unwillingx showxd like two silver doves that sit axbillingx once more the engine of her thoughts beganx xo fairest mover on this mortal roundx xxx would thou wert as i amx and i a manx my heart all whole as thinex thy heart my woundx for one sweet look thy help i would assure theex though nothing but my bodyxs bane would cure theexx xgive me my handxx saith hex xwhy dost thou feel itxx xgive me my heartxx saith shex xand thou shalt have itx o give it me lest thy hard heart do steel itx and being steelxdx soft sighs can never grave itx xxx then lovexs deep groans i never shall regardx because adonisx heart hath made mine hardxx xfor shamexx he criesx xlet gox and let me gox my dayxs delight is pastx my horse is gonex xxx and xtis your fault i am bereft him sox i pray you hencex and leave me here alonex for all my mindx my thoughtx my busy carex is how to get my palfrey from the marexx xxx thus she repliesx xthy palfrey as he shouldx welcomes the warm approach of sweet desirex affection is a coal that must be coolxdx elsex sufferxdx it will set the heart on firex xxx the sea hath boundsx but deep desire hath nonex therefore no marvel though thy horse be gonex xhow like a jade he stood tied to the treex servilely masterxd with a leathern reinx xxx but when he saw his lovex his youthxs fair feex he held such petty bondage in disdainx throwing the base thong from his bending crestx enfranchising his mouthx his backx his breastx xxx xwho sees his truexlove in her naked bedx teaching the sheets a whiter hue than whitex but when his glutton eye so full hath fedx his other agents aim at like delightx xxx who is so faint that dare not be so bold to touch the firex the weather being coldx xlet me excuse thy courserx gentle boyx and learn of himx i heartily beseech theex xxx to take advantage on presented joyx though i were dumbx yet his proceedings teach theex o learn to lovex the lesson is but plainx and once made perfectx never lost againxx xxx xi know not lovexx quoth hex xnor will not know itx unless it be a boarx and then i chase itx xtis much to borrowx and i will not owe itx my love to love is love but to disgrace itx xxx for i have heardx it is a life in deathx that laughs and weepsx and all but with a breathx xwho wears a garment shapeless and unfinishxdx who plucks the bud before one leaf put forthx xxx if springing things be any jot diminishxdx they wither in their primex prove nothing worthx the colt thatxs backxd and burdenxd being youngx loseth his pridex and never waxeth strongx xxx xyou hurt my hand with wringingx let us partx and leave this idle themex this bootless chatx remove your siege from my unyielding heartx to lovexs alarms it will not ope the gatex xxx dismiss your vowsx your feigned tearsx your flattxryx for where a heart is hard they make no battxryxx xwhatx canst thou talkxx quoth shex xhast thou a tonguex o would thou hadst notx or i had no hearingx xxx thy mermaidxs voice hath done me double wrongx i had my load beforex now pressxd with bearingx melodious discordx heavenly tunex harshxsoundingx earxs deep sweet musicx and heartxs deep sore woundingx xhad i no eyes but earsx my ears would love xxx that inward beauty and invisiblex or were i deafx thy outward parts would move each part in me that were but sensiblex xxx though neither eyes nor earsx to hear nor seex yet should i be in love by touching theex xsay that the sense of feeling were bereft mex and that i could not seex nor hearx nor touchx xxx and nothing but the very smell were left mex yet would my love to thee be still as muchx for from the stillitory of thy face excelling comes breath perfumxdx that breedeth love by smellingx xbut oh what banquet wert thou to the tastex xxx being nurse and feeder of the other fourx would they not wish the feast might ever lastx and bid suspicion doublexlock the doorx lest jealousyx that sour unwelcome guestx should by his stealing in disturb the feastxx xxx once more the rubyxcolourxd portal openxdx which to his speech did honey passage yieldx xxx like a red morn that ever yet betokenxd wrack to the seamanx tempest to the fieldx sorrow to shepherdsx woe unto the birdsx gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herdsx xxx this ill presage advisedly she markethx even as the wind is hushxd before it rainethx or as the wolf doth grin before he barkethx or as the berry breaks before it stainethx xxx or like the deadly bullet of a gunx his meaning struck her ere his words begunx and at his look she flatly falleth down for looks kill lovex and love by looks revivethx xxx a smile recures the wounding of a frownx but blessed bankroutx that by love so thrivethx the silly boyx believing she is deadx claps her pale cheekx till clapping makes it redx xxx and all amazxd brake off his late intentx for sharply he did think to reprehend herx which cunning love did wittily preventx fair fall the wit that can so well defend herx xxx for on the grass she lies as she were slainx till his breath breatheth life in her againx he wrings her nosex he strikes her on the cheeksx he bends her fingersx holds her pulses hardx xxx he chafes her lipsx a thousand ways he seeks to mend the hurt that his unkindness marrxdx he kisses herx and shex by her good willx will never risex so he will kiss her stillx xxx the night of sorrow now is turnxd to dayx her two blue windows faintly she upxheavethx like the fair sun when in his fresh array he cheers the mornx and all the world relievethx xxx and as the bright sun glorifies the skyx so is her face illuminxd with her eyex whose beams upon his hairless face are fixxdx as if from thence they borrowxd all their shinex xxx were never four such lamps together mixxdx had not his clouded with his browxs repinex but hersx which through the crystal tears gave light shone like the moon in water seen by nightx xxx xo where am ixx quoth shex xin earth or heavenx or in the ocean drenchxdx or in the firex what hour is thisx or morn or weary evenx do i delight to diex or life desirex xxx but now i livxdx and life was deathxs annoyx but now i diedx and death was lively joyx xo thou didst kill mex kill me once againx thy eyesx shrewd tutorx that hard heart of thinex xxx hath taught them scornful tricksx and such disdainx that they have murderxd this poor heart of minex and these mine eyesx true leaders to their queenx but for thy piteous lips no more had seenx xxx xlong may they kiss each other for this curex oh never let their crimson liveries wearx and as they lastx their verdure still endurex to drive infection from the dangerous yearx xxx that the starxgazersx having writ on deathx may sayx the plague is banishxd by thy breathx xpure lipsx sweet seals in my soft lips imprintedx what bargains may i makex still to be sealingx xxx to sell myself i can be well contentedx so thou wilt buyx and payx and use good dealingx which purchase if thou makex for fear of slipsx set thy seal manual on my waxxred lipsx xxx xa thousand kisses buys my heart from mex and pay them at thy leisurex one by onex what is ten hundred touches unto theex are they not quickly told and quickly gonex xxx sayx for nonxpayment that the debt should doublex is twenty hundred kisses such a troublexx xfair queenxx quoth hex xif any love you owe mex measure my strangeness with my unripe yearsx xxx before i know myselfx seek not to know mex no fisher but the ungrown fry forbearsx the mellow plum doth fallx the green sticks fastx or being early pluckxdx is sour to tastex xxx xlook the worldxs comforterx with weary gait his dayxs hot task hath ended in the westx the owlx nightxs heraldx shrieksx xtis very latex the sheep are gone to foldx birds to their nestx xxx and coalxblack clouds that shadow heavenxs light do summon us to partx and bid good nightx xnow let me say good nightx and so say youx if you will say sox you shall have a kissxx xxx xgood nightxx quoth shex and ere he says adieux the honey fee of parting tenderxd isx her arms do lend his neck a sweet embracex incorporate then they seemx face grows to facex xxx till breathless he disjoinxdx and backward drew the heavenly moisturex that sweet coral mouthx whose precious taste her thirsty lips well knewx whereon they surfeitx yet complain on drouthx xxx he with her plenty pressxdx she faint with dearthx their lips together gluedx fall to the earthx now quick desire hath caught the yielding preyx and gluttonxlike she feedsx yet never fillethx xxx her lips are conquerorsx his lips obeyx paying what ransom the insulter willethx whose vulture thought doth pitch the price so highx that she will draw his lipsx rich treasure dryx xxx and having felt the sweetness of the spoilx with blindfold fury she begins to foragex her face doth reek and smokex her blood doth boilx and careless lust stirs up a desperate couragex xxx planting oblivionx beating reason backx forgetting shamexs pure blush and honourxs wrackx hotx faintx and wearyx with her hard embracingx like a wild bird being tamxd with too much handlingx or as the fleetxfoot roe thatxs tirxd with chasingx xxx or like the froward infant stillxd with dandlingx he now obeysx and now no more resistethx while she takes all she canx not all she listethx xxx what wax so frozen but dissolves with tempxringx and yields at last to every light impressionx things out of hope are compassxd oft with ventxringx chiefly in lovex whose leave exceeds commissionx xxx affection faints not like a palexfacxd cowardx but then woos best when most his choice is frowardx when he did frownx o had she then gave overx such nectar from his lips she had not suckxdx xxx foul words and frowns must not repel a loverx what though the rose have pricklesx yet xtis pluckxdx were beauty under twenty locks kept fastx yet love breaks throughx and picks them all at lastx for pity now she can no more detain himx xxx the poor fool prays her that he may departx she is resolvxd no longer to restrain himx bids him farewellx and look well to her heartx xxx the which by cupidxs bow she doth protestx he carries thence encaged in his breastx xsweet boyxx she saysx xthis night ixll waste in sorrowx for my sick heart commands mine eyes to watchx xxx tell mex lovexs masterx shall we meet tomorrow sayx shall wex shall wex wilt thou make the matchxx he tells her nox tomorrow he intends to hunt the boar with certain of his friendsx xxx xthe boarxx quoth shex whereat a sudden palex like lawn being spread upon the blushing rosex usurps her cheekx she trembles at his talex and on his neck her yoking arms she throwsx xxx she sinketh downx still hanging by his neckx he on her belly fallsx she on her backx now is she in the very lists of lovex her champion mounted for the hot encounterx xxx all is imaginary she doth provex he will not manage herx although he mount herx that worse than tantalusx is her annoyx to clip elysium and to lack her joyx xxx even as poor birdsx deceivxd with painted grapesx do surfeit by the eye and pine the mawx even so she languisheth in her mishapsx as those poor birds that helpless berries sawx xxx the warm effects which she in him finds missingx she seeks to kindle with continual kissingx but all in vainx good queenx it will not bex she hath assayxd as much as may be provxdx xxx her pleading hath deservxd a greater feex shexs lovex she lovesx and yet she is not lovxdx xfiex fiexx he saysx xyou crush mex let me gox you have no reason to withhold me soxx xxx xthou hadst been gonexx quoth shex xsweet boyx ere thisx but that thou toldxst me thou wouldst hunt the boarx oh be advisxdx thou knowxst not what it isx with javelinxs point a churlish swine to gorex xxx whose tushes never sheathxd he whetteth stillx like to a mortal butcherx bent to killx xon his bowxback he hath a battle set of bristly pikesx that ever threat his foesx xxx his eyes like glowxworms shine when he doth fretx his snout digs sepulchres wherexer he goesx being movxdx he strikes whatexer is in his wayx and whom he strikes his crooked tushes slayx xxx xhis brawny sidesx with hairy bristles armedx are better proof than thy spearxs point can enterx his short thick neck cannot be easily harmedx being irefulx on the lion he will venturex xxx the thorny brambles and embracing bushesx as fearful of himx partx through whom he rushesx xalasx he naught esteems that face of thinex to which lovexs eyes pay tributary gazesx xxx nor thy soft handsx sweet lipsx and crystal eynex whose full perfection all the world amazesx but having thee at vantagex wondrous dreadx would root these beauties as he roots the meadx xoh let him keep his loathsome cabin stillx xxx beauty hath naught to do with such foul fiendsx come not within his danger by thy willx they that thrive wellx take counsel of their friendsx when thou didst name the boarx not to dissemblex i fearxd thy fortunex and my joints did tremblex xdidst thou not mark my facex was it not whitex sawxst thou not signs of fear lurk in mine eyex xxx grew i not faintx and fell i not downrightx within my bosomx whereon thou dost liex my boding heart pantsx beatsx and takes no restx but like an earthquakex shakes thee on my breastx xfor where love reignsx disturbing jealousy xxx doth call himself affectionxs sentinelx gives false alarmsx suggesteth mutinyx and in a peaceful hour doth cry xkillx killxx xxx distempxring gentle love in his desirex as air and water do abate the firex xthis sour informerx this batexbreeding spyx this canker that eats up lovexs tender springx xxx this carryxtalex dissentious jealousyx that sometime true newsx sometime false doth bringx knocks at my heartx and whispers in mine earx that if i love theex i thy death should fearx xxx xand more than sox presenteth to mine eye the picture of an angry chafing boarx under whose sharp fangs on his back doth lie an image like thyselfx all stainxd with gorex xxx whose blood upon the fresh flowers being shedx doth make them droop with grief and hang the headx xwhat should i dox seeing thee so indeedx that tremble at thximaginationx xxx the thought of it doth make my faint heart bleedx and fear doth teach it divinationx i prophesy thy deathx my living sorrowx if thou encounter with the boar tomorrowx xxx xbut if thou needs wilt huntx be rulxd by mex uncouple at the timorous flying harex or at the fox which lives by subtiltyx or at the roe which no encounter darex xxx pursue these fearful creatures oxer the downsx and on thy wellxbreathxd horse keep with thy houndsx xand when thou hast on foot the purblind harex mark the poor wretchx to overshoot his troubles xxx how he outruns the windx and with what care he cranks and crosses with a thousand doublesx the many musits through the which he goes are like a labyrinth to amaze his foesx xxx xsometime he runs among a flock of sheepx to make the cunning hounds mistake their smellx and sometime where earthxdelving conies keepx to stop the loud pursuers in their yellx xxx and sometime sorteth with a herd of deerx danger deviseth shiftsx wit waits on fearx xfor there his smell with others being mingledx xxx the hot scentxsnuffing hounds are driven to doubtx ceasing their clamorous cryx till they have singled with much ado the cold fault cleanly outx then do they spend their mouthsx echo repliesx as if another chase were in the skiesx xxx xby thisx poor watx far off upon a hillx stands on his hinder legs with listxning earx to hearken if his foes pursue him stillx anon their loud alarums he doth hearx xxx and now his grief may be compared well to one sore sick that hears the passing bellx xthen shalt thou see the dewxbedabbled wretch turnx and returnx indenting with the wayx xxx each envious briar his weary legs do scratchx each shadow makes him stopx each murmur stayx for misery is trodden on by manyx and being low never relievxd by anyx xxx xlie quietlyx and hear a little morex nayx do not strugglex for thou shalt not risex to make thee hate the hunting of the boarx unlike myself thou hearxst me moralizex xxx applying this to thatx and so to sox for love can comment upon every woex xwhere did i leavexx xno matter wherexx quoth he xleave mex and then the story aptly endsx xxx the night is spentxx xwhyx what of thatxx quoth shex xi amxx quoth hex xexpected of my friendsx and now xtis darkx and going i shall fallxx xin nightxx quoth shex xdesire sees best of allxx xxx but if thou fallx oh then imagine thisx the earthx in love with theex thy footing tripsx and all is but to rob thee of a kissx xxx rich preys make true men thievesx so do thy lips make modest dian cloudy and forlornx lest she should steal a kiss and die forswornx xnow of this dark night i perceive the reasonx cynthia for shame obscures her silver shine xxx till forging nature be condemnxd of treasonx for stealing moulds from heavenx that were divinex wherein she framxd theex in high heavenxs despitex to shame the sun by day and her by nightx xxx xand therefore hath she bribxd the destiniesx to cross the curious workmanship of naturex to mingle beauty with infirmitiesx and pure perfection with impure defeaturex xxx making it subject to the tyranny of mad mischances and much miseryx xas burning feversx agues pale and faintx lifexpoisoning pestilence and frenzies woodx xxx the marrowxeating sicknessx whose attaint disorder breeds by heating of the bloodx surfeitsx imposthumesx griefx and damnxd despairx swear naturexs deathx for framing thee so fairx xxx xand not the least of all these maladies but in one minutexs fight brings beauty underx both favourx savourx hue and qualitiesx whereat thximpartial gazer late did wonderx xxx are on the sudden wastedx thawxd and donex as mountain snow melts with the midday sunx xtherefore despite of fruitless chastityx lovexlacking vestals and selfxloving nunsx xxx that on the earth would breed a scarcity and barren dearth of daughters and of sonsx be prodigalx the lamp that burns by night dries up his oil to lend the world his lightx xxx xwhat is thy body but a swallowing gravex seeming to bury that posterityx which by the rights of time thou needs must havex if thou destroy them not in dark obscurityx xxx if sox the world will hold thee in disdainx sith in thy pride so fair a hope is slainx xso in thyself thyself art made awayx a mischief worse than civil homexbred strifex xxx or theirs whose desperate hands themselves do slayx or butcher sire that reeves his son of lifex foul cankxring rust the hidden treasure fretsx but gold thatxs put to use more gold begetsxx xxx xnay thenxx quoth adonx xyou will fall again into your idle overxhandled themex the kiss i gave you is bestowxd in vainx and all in vain you strive against the streamx xxx for by this blackxfacxd nightx desirexs foul nursex your treatise makes me like you worse and worsex xif love have lent you twenty thousand tonguesx and every tongue more moving than your ownx xxx bewitching like the wanton mermaidxs songsx yet from mine ear the tempting tune is blownx for knowx my heart stands armed in mine earx and will not let a false sound enter therex xxx xlest the deceiving harmony should run into the quiet closure of my breastx and then my little heart were quite undonex in his bedchamber to be barrxd of restx xxx nox ladyx nox my heart longs not to groanx but soundly sleepsx while now it sleeps alonex xwhat have you urgxd that i cannot reprovex the path is smooth that leadeth on to dangerx xxx i hate not lovex but your device in love that lends embracements unto every strangerx you do it for increasex o strange excusex when reason is the bawd to lustxs abusex xxx xcall it notx lovex for love to heaven is fledx since sweating lust on earth usurpxd his namex under whose simple semblance he hath fed upon fresh beautyx blotting it with blamex xxx which the hot tyrant stains and soon bereavesx as caterpillars do the tender leavesx xlove comforteth like sunshine after rainx but lustxs effect is tempest after sunx xxx lovexs gentle spring doth always fresh remainx lustxs winter comes ere summer half be donex love surfeits notx lust like a glutton diesx love is all truthx lust full of forged liesx xxx xmore i could tellx but more i dare not sayx the text is oldx the orator too greenx thereforex in sadnessx now i will awayx my face is full of shamex my heart of teenx xxx mine earsx that to your wanton talk attended do burn themselves for having so offendedxx with this he breaketh from the sweet embrace xxx of those fair arms which bound him to her breastx and homeward through the dark laund runs apacex leaves love upon her back deeply distressxdx look how a bright star shooteth from the skyx so glides he in the night from venusx eyex xxx which after him she dartsx as one on shore gazing upon a late embarked friendx till the wild waves will have him seen no morex whose ridges with the meeting clouds contendx xxx so did the merciless and pitchy night fold in the object that did feed her sightx whereat amazxdx as one that unaware hath droppxd a precious jewel in the floodx xxx or xstonishxd as nightxwanderers often arex their light blown out in some mistrustful woodx even so confounded in the dark she layx having lost the fair discovery of her wayx xxx and now she beats her heartx whereat it groansx that all the neighbour cavesx as seeming troubledx make verbal repetition of her moansx passion on passion deeply is redoubledx xxx xay mexx she criesx and twenty timesx xwoex woexx and twenty echoes twenty times cry sox she marking themx begins a wailing notex and sings extemporally a woeful dittyx xxx how love makes young men thrallx and old men dotex how love is wise in folly foolish wittyx her heavy anthem still concludes in woex and still the choir of echoes answer sox xxx her song was tediousx and outwore the nightx for loversx hours are longx though seeming shortx if pleasxd themselvesx others they thinkx delight in such like circumstancex with such like sportx xxx their copious stories oftentimes begunx end without audiencex and are never donex for who hath she to spend the night withalx but idle sounds resembling parasitesx xxx like shrillxtonguxd tapsters answering every callx soothing the humour of fantastic witsx she saysx xxtis soxx they answer allx xxtis soxx and would say after herx if she said xnoxx xxx lo here the gentle larkx weary of restx from his moist cabinet mounts up on highx and wakes the morningx from whose silver breast the sun ariseth in his majestyx xxx who doth the world so gloriously beholdx that cedar tops and hills seem burnishxd goldx venus salutes him with this fair good morrowx xoh thou clear godx and patron of all lightx xxx from whom each lamp and shining star doth borrow the beauteous influence that makes him brightx there lives a son that suckxd an earthly motherx may lend thee lightx as thou dost lend to otherxx this saidx she hasteth to a myrtle grovex xxx musing the morning is so much oxerwornx and yet she hears no tidings of her lovex she hearkens for his hounds and for his hornx xxx anon she hears them chant it lustilyx and all in haste she coasteth to the cryx and as she runsx the bushes in the way some catch her by the neckx some kiss her facex xxx some twine about her thigh to make her stayx she wildly breaketh from their strict embracex like a milch doex whose swelling dugs do achex hasting to feed her fawn hid in some brakex xxx by this she hears the hounds are at a bayx whereat she starts like one that spies an adder wreathxd up in fatal folds just in his wayx the fear whereof doth make him shake and shudderx xxx even so the timorous yelping of the hounds appals her sensesx and her spirit confoundsx for now she knows it is no gentle chasex but the blunt boarx rough bearx or lion proudx xxx because the cry remaineth in one placex where fearfully the dogs exclaim aloudx finding their enemy to be so curstx they all strain courtxsy who shall cope him firstx xxx this dismal cry rings sadly in her earx through which it enters to surprise her heartx who overcome by doubt and bloodless fearx with coldxpale weakness numbs each feeling partx xxx like soldiers when their captain once doth yieldx they basely fly and dare not stay the fieldx thus stands she in a trembling ecstasyx till cheering up her senses sore dismayxdx xxx she tells them xtis a causeless fantasyx and childish errorx that they are afraidx bids them leave quakingx bids them fear no morex and with that wordx she spied the hunted boarx xxx whose frothy mouth bepainted all with redx like milk and blood being mingled both togetherx a second fear through all her sinews spreadx which madly hurries her she knows not whitherx xxx this way she runsx and now she will no furtherx but back retiresx to rate the boar for murtherx a thousand spleens bear her a thousand waysx she treads the path that she untreads againx xxx her more than haste is mated with delaysx like the proceedings of a drunken brainx full of respectsx yet naught at all respectingx in hand with all thingsx naught at all effectingx here kennelxd in a brake she finds a houndx xxx and asks the weary caitiff for his masterx and there another licking of his woundx xgainst venomxd sores the only sovereign plasterx xxx and here she meets another sadly scowlingx to whom she speaksx and he replies with howlingx when he hath ceasxd his illxresounding noisex another flapxmouthxd mournerx black and grimx xxx against the welkin volleys out his voicex another and another answer himx clapping their proud tails to the ground belowx shaking their scratchxd earsx bleeding as they gox look how the worldxs poor people are amazed xxx at apparitionsx signsx and prodigiesx whereon with fearful eyes they long have gazedx infusing them with dreadful propheciesx xxx so she at these sad sighs draws up her breathx and sighing it againx exclaims on deathx xhardxfavourxd tyrantx uglyx meagrex leanx xxx hateful divorce of lovexx thus chides she deathx xgrimxgrinning ghostx earthxs wormx what dost thou meanx to stifle beauty and to steal his breathx who when he livxdx his breath and beauty set gloss on the rosex smell to the violetx xxx xif he be deadx o nox it cannot bex seeing his beautyx thou shouldst strike at itx o yesx it mayx thou hast no eyes to seex but hatefully at random dost thou hitx xxx thy mark is feeble agex but thy false dart mistakes that aimx and cleaves an infantxs heartx xhadst thou but bid bewarex then he had spokex and hearing himx thy power had lost his powerx xxx the destinies will curse thee for this strokex they bid thee crop a weedx thou pluckxst a flowerx lovexs golden arrow at him should have fledx and not deathxs ebon dart to strike him deadx xxx xdost thou drink tearsx that thou provokxst such weepingx what may a heavy groan advantage theex why hast thou cast into eternal sleeping those eyes that taught all other eyes to seex xxx now nature cares not for thy mortal vigourx since her best work is ruinxd with thy rigourxx here overcomex as one full of despairx she vailxd her eyelidsx who like sluices stoppxd xxx the crystal tide that from her two cheeks fair in the sweet channel of her bosom droppxd but through the floodxgates breaks the silver rainx and with his strong course opens them againx xxx o how her eyes and tears did lend and borrowx her eyes seen in the tearsx tears in her eyex both crystalsx where they viewxd each otherxs sorrowx sorrow that friendly sighs sought still to dryx xxx but like a stormy dayx now windx now rainx sighs dry her cheeksx tears make them wet againx variable passions throng her constant woex as striving who should best become her griefx xxx all entertainxdx each passion labours sox that every present sorrow seemeth chiefx but none is bestx then join they all togetherx like many clouds consulting for foul weatherx xxx by thisx far off she hears some huntsman hollax a nursexs song nexer pleasxd her babe so wellx the dire imagination she did follow this sound of hope doth labour to expelx xxx for now reviving joy bids her rejoicex and flatters her it is adonisx voicex whereat her tears began to turn their tidex being prisonxd in her eyex like pearls in glassx xxx yet sometimes falls an orient drop besidex which her cheek meltsx as scorning it should pass to wash the foul face of the sluttish groundx who is but drunken when she seemeth drownxdx o hardxbelieving lovex how strange it seems xxx not to believex and yet too credulousx thy weal and woe are both of them extremesx despair and hope make thee ridiculousx xxx the one doth flatter thee in thoughts unlikelyx in likely thoughts the other kills thee quicklyx now she unweaves the web that she hath wroughtx adonis livesx and death is not to blamex xxx it was not she that callxd him all to naughtx now she adds honours to his hateful namex she clepes him king of gravesx and grave for kingsx imperious supreme of all mortal thingsx xxx xnox noxx quoth shex xsweet deathx i did but jestx yet pardon mex i felt a kind of fear whenas i met the boarx that bloody beastx which knows no pityx but is still severex xxxx thenx gentle shadowxxtruth i must confessx i railxd on theex fearing my lovexs deceasex xxtis not my faultx the boar provokxd my tonguex be wreakxd on himx invisible commanderx xxxx xtis hex foul creaturex that hath done thee wrongx i did but actx hexs author of my slanderx grief hath two tonguesx and never woman yetx could rule them bothx without ten womenxs witxx thus hoping that adonis is alivex xxxx her rash suspect she doth extenuatex and that his beauty may the better thrivex with death she humbly doth insinuatex xxxx tells him of trophiesx statuesx tombs and stories his victoriesx his triumphs and his gloriesx xo lovexx quoth shex xhow much a fool was ix to be of such a weak and silly mindx xxxx to wail his death who livesx and must not die till mutual overthrow of mortal kindx for he being deadx with him is beauty slainx and beauty deadx black chaos comes againx xxxx xfiex fiex fond lovex thou art as full of fear as one with treasure ladenx hemmxd with thievesx trifles unwitnessed with eye or earx thy coward heart with false bethinking grievesxx xxxx even at this word she hears a merry hornx whereat she leaps that was but late forlornx as falcon to the lurex away she fliesx the grass stoops notx she treads on it so lightx xxxx and in her haste unfortunately spies the foul boarxs conquest on her fair delightx which seenx her eyesx as murderxd with the viewx like stars ashamxd of dayx themselves withdrewx or as the snailx whose tender horns being hitx xxxx shrinks backwards in his shelly cave with painx and there all smotherxd upx in shade doth sitx long after fearing to creep forth againx xxxx so at his bloody view her eyes are fled into the deep dark cabins of her headx where they resign their office and their light to the disposing of her troubled brainx xxxx who bids them still consort with ugly nightx and never wound the heart with looks againx who like a king perplexed in his thronex by their suggestion gives a deadly groanx xxxx whereat each tributary subject quakesx as when the wind imprisonxd in the groundx struggling for passagex earthxs foundation shakesx which with cold terror doth menxs minds confoundx this mutiny each part doth so surprise xxxx that from their dark beds once more leap her eyesx and being openxdx threw unwilling light upon the wide wound that the boar had trenchxd in his soft flankx whose wonted lily white xxxx with purple tears that his wound weptx was drenchxdx no flower was nighx no grassx herbx leaf or weedx but stole his blood and seemxd with him to bleedx this solemn sympathy poor venus notethx xxxx over one shoulder doth she hang her headx dumbly she passionsx franticly she dotethx she thinks he could not diex he is not deadx xxxx her voice is stoppxdx her joints forget to bowx her eyes are madx that they have wept till nowx upon his hurt she looks so steadfastlyx that her sight dazzling makes the wound seem threex and then she reprehends her mangling eyex xxxx that makes more gashesx where no breach should bex his face seems twainx each several limb is doubledx for oft the eye mistakesx the brain being troubledx xmy tongue cannot express my grief for onex xxxx and yetxx quoth shex xbehold two adons deadx my sighs are blown awayx my salt tears gonex mine eyes are turnxd to firex my heart to leadx xxxx heavy heartxs leadx melt at mine eyesx red firex so shall i die by drops of hot desirex xalas poor worldx what treasure hast thou lostx what face remains alive thatxs worth the viewingx whose tongue is music nowx what canst thou boast of things long sincex or anything ensuingx xxxx the flowers are sweetx their colours fresh and trimx but true sweet beauty livxd and died with himx xbonnet nor veil henceforth no creature wearx xxxx nor sun nor wind will ever strive to kiss youx having no fair to losex you need not fearx the sun doth scorn youx and the wind doth hiss youx but when adonis livxdx sun and sharp air xxxx lurkxd like two thievesx to rob him of his fairx xand therefore would he put his bonnet onx under whose brim the gaudy sun would peepx xxxx the wind would blow it offx and being gonex play with his locksx then would adonis weepx and straightx in pity of his tender yearsx they both would strive who first should dry his tearsx xto see his face the lion walkxd along xxxx behind some hedgex because he would not fear himx to recreate himself when he hath sungx the tiger would be tame and gently hear himx xxxx if he had spokex the wolf would leave his preyx and never fright the silly lamb that dayx xwhen he beheld his shadow in the brookx the fishes spread on it their golden gillsx xxxx when he was byx the birds such pleasure tookx that some would singx some other in their bills would bring him mulberries and ripexred cherriesx he fed them with his sightx they him with berriesx xbut this foulx grimx and urchinxsnouted boarx xxxx whose downward eye still looketh for a gravex nexer saw the beauteous livery that he worex witness the entertainment that he gavex xxxx if he did see his facex why then i know he thought to kiss himx and hath killxd him sox xxtis truex xtis truex thus was adonis slainx he ran upon the boar with his sharp spearx xxxx who did not whet his teeth at him againx but by a kiss thought to persuade him therex and nuzzling in his flankx the loving swine sheathxd unaware the tusk in his soft groinx xxxx xhad i been toothxd like himx i must confessx with kissing him i should have killxd him firstx but he is deadx and never did he bless my youth with hisx the more am i accurstxx xxxx with this she falleth in the place she stoodx and stains her face with his congealed bloodx she looks upon his lipsx and they are palex she takes him by the handx and that is coldx xxxx she whispers in his ears a heavy talex as if they heard the woeful words she toldx she lifts the cofferxlids that close his eyesx where lox two lamps burnt out in darkness liesx two glasses where herself herself beheld xxxx a thousand timesx and now no more reflectx their virtue lostx wherein they late excellxdx and every beauty robbxd of his effectx xxxx xwonder of timexx quoth shex xthis is my spitex that thou being deadx the day should yet be lightx xsince thou art deadx lo here i prophesyx sorrow on love hereafter shall attendx xxxx it shall be waited on with jealousyx find sweet beginningx but unsavoury endx nexer settled equallyx but high or lowx that all lovexs pleasure shall not match his woex xit shall be ficklex false and full of fraudx xxxx budx and be blasted in a breathing whilex the bottom poisonx and the top oxerstrawxd with sweets that shall the truest sight beguilex xxxx the strongest body shall it make most weakx strike the wise dumbx and teach the fool to speakx xit shall be sparingx and too full of riotx teaching decrepit age to tread the measuresx xxxx the staring ruffian shall it keep in quietx pluck down the richx enrich the poor with treasuresx it shall be raging madx and silly mildx make the young oldx the old become a childx xxxx xit shall suspect where is no cause of fearx it shall not fear where it should most mistrustx it shall be mercifulx and too severex and most deceiving when it seems most justx xxxx perverse it shall bex where it shows most towardx put fear to valourx courage to the cowardx xit shall be cause of war and dire eventsx and set dissension xtwixt the son and sirex xxxx subject and servile to all discontentsx as dry combustious matter is to firex sith in his prime death doth my love destroyx they that love best their love shall not enjoyxx xxxx by this the boy that by her side lay killxd was melted like a vapour from her sightx and in his blood that on the ground lay spillxdx a purple flower sprung upx chequerxd with whitex xxxx resembling well his pale cheeksx and the blood which in round drops upon their whiteness stoodx she bows her headx the newxsprung flower to smellx comparing it to her adonisx breathx xxxx and says within her bosom it shall dwellx since he himself is reft from her by deathx she drops the stalkx and in the breach appears greenxdropping sapx which she compares to tearsx xpoor flowerxx quoth shex xthis was thy fatherxs guisex sweet issue of a more sweetxsmelling sirex for every little grief to wet his eyesx to grow unto himself was his desirex xxxx and so xtis thinex but knowx it is as good to wither in my breast as in his bloodx xhere was thy fatherxs bedx here in my breastx thou art the next of bloodx and xtis thy rightx xxxx lo in this hollow cradle take thy restx my throbbing heart shall rock thee day and nightx 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