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[Enter the PRINCESS, KATHARINE, ROSALINE, and MARIA]
PRINCESS
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Sweet hearts, we | shall be rich | ere we |
depart,
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If fair|ings come | thus^plent|iful|ly in:
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A lad|y walled | about | with di|amonds:
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Look you,/ what I | have from | the lov|ing king.
ROSALINE
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Madam,| came^noth|ing else | along | with that?
PRINCESS
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T T . T
Nothing | but this:| yes as | much love in rhyme,
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As would | be crammed | up in a | sheet of |
paper,
T . T
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Writ of both sides | the leaf,| margent | and
all,
,
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That he | was fain | to seal | on Cup|id's name.
ROSALINE
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T T T
That was the | way to | make his | godhead wax:
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T T T
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For he hath | been five thous|and years | a boy.
KATHARINE
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Aye, and a | shrewd unhap|py gal|lows too.
ROSALINE
You'll nere be friends with him, he killed your sister.
KATHARINE
He made her melancholy, sad, and heavy, and so she died: had she been light
like you, of such a merry nimble stirring spirit, she might have been a
grandam ere she died. And so may you: for a light heart lives long.
ROSALINE
What's your dark meaning mouse, of this light word?
KATHARINE
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A light | condi|tion in | a beaut|y dark.
ROSALINE
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We need | more* light | to find | your mean|ing
out.
KATHARINE
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You'll mar | the light | by tak|ing it | in
snuff:
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Therefore | I'll dark|ly end | the arg|ument.
ROSALINE
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Look^what | you do,| you do | it still | in the
dark.
KATHARINE
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So do | not you,| for you | are a / light wench.
ROSALINE
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Indeed | I weigh | not you,| and there|fore
light.
KATHARINE
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2
You weigh | me not,| O* that's | you care | not
for me.
ROSALINE
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T T . T
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Great reas/on: for | past care, is still |
past^cure.
PRINCESS
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, ,
Well* band|ied both,| a set | of wit | well*
played.
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But Ros|aline,| you have | a fav|or too?
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Who sent | it? And | what is it?
ROSALINE
, ,
I would | you knew.
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And if | my face | were but | as fair | as yours,
,
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My fav|or were | as great,| be wit|ness this.
,
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Nay, I | have ver|ses too,| I thank | Berowne,
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The num|bers true,| and were | the num|bering
too,
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I were | the fair|est god|dess on | the ground.
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,
I am | compared | to twen|ty thous|and fairs.
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O* he | hath drawn | my pic|ture in | his letter.
PRINCESS
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Any|thing like? \\
ROSALINE
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Much in | the let|ters, noth|ing in | the praise.
PRINCESS
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Beauteous | as ink:| a good | conclu|sion.
KATHARINE
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Fair | as a text | B in | a co|py-book.
ROSALINE
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'Ware* pen|cils, how?| Let me not^|die your |
debtor,
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My red | domi|nical,| my gold|en letter.
, ,
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,
O that | your face | were not | so full | of O's.
KATHARINE
,
2 , , 2
T T T
A pox | of that jest,| and I be|shrew all shrows.
PRINCESS
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But Kath|arine,| what was | sent to | you
, ,
From fair | Dumain? \\
KATHARINE
, ,
Madam,| this glove.
PRINCESS
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Did he | not send | you twain?
KATHARINE
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Yes | madam:| and more|over,|
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Some thous|and ver|ses of a | faithful | lover.
,
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A huge | transla|tion of | hypo|crisy,
,
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Vilely | compiled,| profound | simpli|city.
MARIA
T . T
T ,
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This and these pearls | to me | sent Long|aville:
, , ,
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The let|ter is / too long | by half | a mile.
PRINCESS
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, ,
I think | no less.| Dost thou | not wish | in
heart
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The chain | were long|er, and | the let|ter
short.
MARIA
,
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,
Aye, or | I would | these hands | might nev|er
part.
PRINCESS
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We are / wise girls | to mock | our lov|ers so.
ROSALINE
,
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,
They are / worse fools | to purch|ase mock|ing
so.
, ,
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That same | Berowne | I'll tor|ture ere | I go.
, ,
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2 ,
O* that | I knew | he were | but in | by the
week,
, , ,
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How I | would make | him fawn,| and beg,| and
seek,
, ,
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,
And wait | the seas|on, and | observe | the
times,
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And spend | his prodig|al wits | in boot|less
rhymes,
, ,
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,
And shape | his serv|ice whol|ly to | my hests,
, ,
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,
And make | him proud | to make | me proud | that
jests.
, ,
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,
So pert|aunt^like | would I | oresway | his
state,
, ,
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,
That he | should be | my fool,| and I | his fate.
PRINCESS
, ,
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None^are | so sure|ly caught,| when they | are
catched,
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T , ,
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As wit turned fool:| folly | in wis|dom hatched:
, ,
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,
Hath wis|dom's war|rant, and | the help | of
school,
, ,
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And wit's | own^grace | to grace | a learn|ed
fool?
ROSALINE
, ,
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,
The blood | of youth | burns^not | with such |
excess,
, ,
, , ,
As grav|ity's | revolt | to want|onness.
MARIA
, .
T T T ,
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Folly | in fools bears not | so strong | a note,
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As fool|ery in | the wise,| when wit | doth^dote:
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Since^all | the power | thereof | it doth |
apply,
, ,
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To prove | by wit,| worth in | simpli|city.
PRINCESS
T T T ,
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,
Here comes Boy|et, and | mirth in | his face.
BOYET
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O^I | am stabbed | with laugh|ter, where's | her
grace?
PRINCESS
, ,
Thy news | Boyet?
BOYET
, , ,
Prepare | madam,| prepare.
, ,
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Arm *wench|es arm,| encount|ers mount|ed are,
??
, ,
T T . T ,
Against | your peace,| love doth approach,|
disguised:
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Armed | in arg|uments,/ you'll be | surprised.
,
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, ,
Muster | your wits,| stand in | your own |
defense,
, ,
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Or hide | your heads | like^cow|ards, and / fly
hence.
PRINCESS
,
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,
Saint^Den|is to / Saint Cup|id: what | are they,
, ,
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That charge | their breath | against us?| Say
scout say.
BOYET
, ,
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Under | the cool | shade of | a syc|amore,
, ,
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I thought | to close | mine eyes | some half | an
hour:
,
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When lo | to int|errupt | my pur|posed rest,
, ,
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Toward | that shade | I might | behold |
addressed,
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The king | and his | compan|ions: war|ily
,
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I stole | into | a neigh|bor thick|et by,
, ,
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And ov|erheard | what you | shall ov|erhear,
,
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That by | and by | disguised | they will | be
here.
,
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Their her|ald is | a pret|ty knav|ish page:
,
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,
That well | by heart | hath conned | his
em|bassage:
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Action and | accent did | they teach | him there.
,
, ,
, ,
Thus must^|thou speak,| and thus | thy bo|dy
bear. ??
, , ,
, ,
And ev|er and | anon | they made | a doubt,
,
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Presence | majes|tical | would put | him out:
, ,
, , ,
For quoth | the king,| an ang|el shalt | thou
see:
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, ,
Yet fear | not thou,| but speak | auda|ciously.
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The boy | replied,| an ang|el is not | evil:
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I should | have feared | her, had | she been | a
devil.
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With that,| all laughed | and clapped | him on |
the shoul|der,
,
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o
Making | the bold | wag by | their prais|es
bold|er: (hex with prev)
T T .
T , ,
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One rubbed his el|bow thus,| and fleered,| and
swore,
,
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A bet|ter speech | was nev|er spoke | before.
,
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Anoth|er with | his fing|er and | his thumb,
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Cried vi|a, we will | do it, come what | will
come.
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T
The third | he cap|ered and cried,| all goes
well.
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The fourth | turned on | the toe,| and down | he
fell:
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With that | they all | did tum|ble on | the
ground,
,
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With such | a zeal|ous laugh|ter so | profound,
, ,
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That in | this spleen | ridi|culous | appears,
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, , ,
To check | their fol|ly pas|sion's sol|emn tears.
PRINCESS
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But what,| but what,| come* they | to vis|it us?
BOYET
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They do,| they do;| and are | appar|elled thus,
, ,
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Like Mus/covits,| or Rus|sians, as | I guess.
,
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Their pur|pose is | to parle,| to court,| and
dance,
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, ,
And eve|ry one | his love-|feat will | advance,
,
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Unto | his sev|eral mist|ress: which | they'll
know
,
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By fav|ors sev|eral, which | they did | bestow.
PRINCESS
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And will | they so?| The gal|lants shall | be
tasked:
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For lad|ies; we | shall eve|ry one | be masked,
, ,
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And not | a man | of them | shall have | the
grace
, ,
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Despite | of suit,| to see | a lad|y's face.
T T . T
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Hold Rosaline,| this^fav|or thou | shalt wear,
, ,
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And then | the king | will court | thee for | his
dear:
,
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Hold, take^|thou this | my sweet,| and give | me
thine, ??
,
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So shall | Berowne | take me | for Ros|aline.
. T T
T ,
, ,
And change your fav|ors too,| so shall | your
loves
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Woo con|trary,| deceived | by these | removes.
ROSALINE
, ,
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Come on | then, wear | the fav|ors most | in
sight.
KATHARINE
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But in | this chan|ging what | is your | intent?
PRINCESS
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The effect | of my | intent | is to / cross
theirs:
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They do | it but | in mock|ing mer|riment,
, ,
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And mock | for mock | is on|ly my | intent.
,
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Their sev|eral couns|els they | unbos|om shall,
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To loves | mistook,| and so | be mocked | withal.
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Upon | the next | occa|sion that | we meet,
, ,
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With^vis|ages | displayed | to talk | and greet.
ROSALINE
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But shall | we dance,| if they | desire | us to
it?
PRINCESS
,
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No, to | the death | we will | not move | a foot,
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T T , ,
Nor to their | penned speech rend|er we / no
grace,
, ,
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But while |'tis spoke | each^turn | away | her
face.
BOYET
,
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,
Why that | contempt | will kill | the speak|er's
heart,
,
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,
And quite | divorce | his mem|ory from | his
part.
PRINCESS
,
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, ,
Therefore | I do | it, and | I make | no doubt,
, ,
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The rest | will ere | come in,| if he | be out.
,
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There's^no | such^sport,| as sport | by sport |
orethrown,
. T T
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To make theirs ours,| and ours | none but | our
own.
, ,
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So shall | we stay | mocking | intend|ed game,
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T . T , ,
And they | well mocked depart | away | with
shame.
BOYET
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,
The trump|et sounds,| be masked,| the mask|ers
come.
[Enter with music MOTH; FERDINAND, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN, in
Russian habits, and masked]
MOTH
All hail, the richest beauties on the earth.
BOYET
Beauties no richer than rich taffeta.
MOTH
A holy parcel of the fairest dames that ever turned their backs to mortal
views.
[The ladies turn their backs to him]
BEROWNE
Their eyes villain, their eyes.
MOTH
That ever turned their eyes to mortal views. Out
BOYET
True, out indeed.
MOTH
Out of your favors heavenly spirits vouchsafe
Not to behold.
BEROWNE
Once to behold, rogue.
MOTH
Once to behold with your sun-beamed eyes,
With your sun-beamed eyes.
BOYET
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They will / not ans|wer to / that ep|ithet;
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You were / best call | it daught|er-beamed |
eyes.
MOTH
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They do | not mark | me, and / that brings | me
out.
BEROWNE
, ,
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,
Is this | your per|fectness?| Be gone | you
rogue.
[Exit MOTH]
ROSALINE
, ,
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,
What would | these strang|ers? Know | their minds
| Boyet.
, ,
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,
If they | do speak | our lang|uage, 'tis | our
will
, T
T . T ,
,
That some | plain man recount | their pur|poses.
, 2
,
Know what they | would?
BOYET
,
, ,
What | would you | with the | princess?
BEROWNE
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Nothing but | peace and | gentle | visi|tation.
ROSALINE
T T T
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What would they,| say | they?|
BOYET
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Nothing but | peace and | gentle | visi|tation.
ROSALINE
, ,
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Why that | they have,| and bid | them so | be
gone.
BOYET
, ,
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,
She says | you have | it, and | you may | be
gone.
FERDINAND
,
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Say to | her we | have meas|ured man|y miles
, ,
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To tread | a meas|ure with | her on | this^grass.
BOYET
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,
They say | that they | have meas|ured man|y a
mile
,
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, ,
To tread | a meas|ure with | you on | this^grass.
ROSALINE
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,
It is / not so.| Ask them | how many | inches
. T T T
, 2 ,
,
Is in one mile?| If they have | measured | many,
,
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The meas|ure then | of one | is ea|sily told.
BOYET
T . T T
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If to come hith|er you | have meas|ured miles,
, ,
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And man|y miles,| the prin|cess bids | you tell,
, 2
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T T T
How many | inches | doth fill^|up one mile.
BEROWNE
,
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, ,
Tell her | we meas|ure them | by wea|ry steps.
BOYET
, ,
She hears | herself.
ROSALINE
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How man|y wea|ry steps,
, ,
, ,
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Of man|y wea|ry miles | you have | oregone,
,
, ,
, ,
Are num|bered in | the trav|el of / one mile?
BEROWNE
, ,
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We num|ber noth|ing that | we spend | for you,
,
, , , ,
Our du|ty is / so rich,| so in/finite,
,
, ,
, ,
That we | may do | it still | without | accompt.
T T .
T , ,
,
Vouchsafe to show | the sun|shine of | your face,
, , ,
, ,
That we |(like sav/ages)| may wor|ship^it.
ROSALINE
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My face | is but | a moon,| and cloud|ed too.
FERDINAND
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T T T
Blessed are | clouds, to | do as | such clouds
do.
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Vouch^safe | bright moon, and these | thy stars |
to shine,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
(Those^clouds | removed)| upon | our wat|ery
eyne.
ROSALINE
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O vain | peti|tioner, beg | a great|er matter;
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Thou now | requests | but moon|shine in the |
water.
FERDINAND
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T T T
Then in our | measure | do but vouch|safe one
change.
,
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,
Thou bidst | me beg,| this beg|ging is / not
strange.
ROSALINE
, , ,
, ,
Play* mus|ic then:| nay you | must do | it soon.
,
, , T T
. T
Not yet | no dance:| Thus change | I like the
moon.
FERDINAND
, ,
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,
Will^you | not dance?| How come | you thus |
estranged?
ROSALINE
, ,
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,
You took | the moon | at full,| but now | she's
changed.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
Yet still | she is | the moon,| and I | the man.
ROSALINE
,
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x
The mus|ic plays,| vouch^safe | some mo|tion to
it:
, ,
Our ears | vouch^safe | it.
FERDINAND
, , x
But | your legs | should do it.
ROSALINE
,
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____
Since you are | strangers and | come here by |
chance,
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We'll not be nice*,| take hands,| we will not |
dance.
FERDINAND
, ,
Why take | you hands | then?
ROSALINE
, ,
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On|ly to / part friends:
, ,
, ,
,
Curtsy | sweet* hearts,| and so | the meas|ure
ends.
FERDINAND
, ,
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,
More meas/ure of | this^meas|ure, be | not nice.
ROSALINE
, ,
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We can | afford | no more | at such | a price.
FERDINAND
T T T
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Price yourselves:| what buys | your comp|any?
ROSALINE
, ,
Your ab|sence on|ly.
FERDINAND
, ,
,
That | can nev|er be.
ROSALINE
, ,
, , ,
Then can|not we | be bought:| and so | adieu,
,
, ,
, ,
Twice to | your vis|or, and / half once | to you.
FERDINAND
, 2 ,
, T T
T
If you de|ny to | dance, let's^|hold more chat.
ROSALINE
, ,
In priv|ate then.
FERDINAND
, ,
,
I am / best pleased | with that.
BEROWNE
T Tx T
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White-handed mist|ress, one | sweet* word | with
thee.
PRINCESS
, ,
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Honey,| and milk,| and sug|ar: there | is three.
BEROWNE
,
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T T
Nay then | two* treys,| and if you | grow so nice
, ,
, ,
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Metheg|lin, wort,| and malm|sey; well | run^dice:
,
, ,
There's half-|a-doz|en sweets. \\
PRINCESS
, ,
T T T ,
Seventh | sweet a|dieu, since you | can cog,
, ,
,
I'll play | no more | with you. \\
BEROWNE
T T . T
One word in sec|ret.
PRINCESS
, ,
,
Let | it not | be sweet.
BEROWNE
, ,
Thou grievst | my gall.
PRINCESS
, ,
Gall, bit/ter.
BEROWNE
,
There|fore* meet.
DUMAIN
,
, ,
, ,
Will you | vouch^safe | with me | to change | a
word?
MARIA
Tx
Name it.
DUMAIN
T T
Fair lad|y:
MARIA
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Say | you so?| Fair* lord:
T T T
2 , ,
Take you that | for your fair | lady.
DUMAIN
x
Please it you,
,
, ,
, ,
As much | in priv|ate, and | I'll bid | adieu.
KATHARINE
,
, ,
, ,
What, was | your viz|ard made | without | a
tongue?
LONGAVILLE
, ,
, ,
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I know | the reas|on lad|y why | you ask.
KATHARINE
, ,
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O for | your reas|on, quick|ly sir,| I long.
LONGAVILLE
,
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,
You have | a doub|le tongue | within | your mask,
, ,
, , ,
And would | afford | my speech|less viz|ard half.
KATHARINE
T T
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Veal quoth the Dutch|man: is | not veal | a calf?
LONGAVILLE
. T T T
A calf fair lad|y?
KATHARINE
, . T T T
No,| a fair lord calf.
LONGAVILLE
T T . T
Let's part the word.
KATHARINE
, ,
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No, I'll | not be | your half:
, ,
, ,
,
Take^all,| and wean | it, it | may prove | an ox.
LONGAVILLE
,
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T T
Look how | you butt | yourself | in these sharp
mocks.
, ,
, ,
,
Will^you | give^horns | chaste la/dy? Do | not
so.
KATHARINE
,
, , ,
,
Then die | a calf | before | your horns | do
grow.
LONGAVILLE
, ,
, ,
,
One word | in priv|ate with | you ere | I die.
KATHARINE
, ,
, ,
,
Bleat soft/ly then*,| the butch|er hears | you
cry.
BOYET
, ,
, ,
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The tongues | of mock|ing wench|es are | as keen
,
, ,
, ,
As is | the raz|or's edge,| invis|ible,
,
, , ,
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Cutting | a smal|ler hair | than may | be seen,
, ,
, , ,
Above | the sense | of sense | so sens|ible:
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, 2 ,
, ,
Seemeth | their con|ference, their | conceits |
have wings,
, 2
, Tx
T T
, ,
Fleeter than | arrows,| bullets, wind, thought,|
swifter || things. (overlapped?)
ROSALINE
, , ,
, ,
Not one | word^more | my maids;| break off,|
break off.
BEROWNE
x T T T
, ,
By heaven,| all dry-beat|en with / pure scoff.
FERDINAND
, , ,
, ,
Farewell | mad wench/es, you | have simp|le wits.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
,
Twenty | adieus | my froz|en Mus|covits.
, ,
, ,
,
Are these | the breed | of wits | so wond|ered
at?
[Exeunt FERDINAND and Lords]
BOYET
x
, , T
T T
Tapers they | are, with | your sweet | breaths
puffed out.
ROSALINE
, 2
, , T
T T
Well^liking | wits they | have*, gross,| gross,
fat, fat. ??
PRINCESS
, , , ,
,
O pov/erty | in wit,| kingly | poor* flout.
,
, , ,
,
Will they | not (think | you) hang | themselves |
tonight?
, x
, , ,
Or ev|er but in | vizards | show their | faces:
,
, ,
, ,
This pert | Berowne | was out | of counte|nance
quite.
ROSALINE
,
, , ,
,
They were | all in | lamen|table | cases.
,
, ,
, ,
The king | was weep|ing-ripe | for a / good word.
PRINCESS
, , ,
, ,
Berowne | did swear | himself | out of / all
suit.
MARIA
, ,
, ,
,
Dumain | was at | my serv|ice, and | his sword:
, ,
, , ,
No point |(quoth^I:)| my serv|ant straight | was
mute.
KATHARINE
, , ,
, ,
Lord^Long|aville | said^I | came^ore | his heart:
, ,
,
And trow | you what | he called | me?
PRINCESS
, ,
Qualm | perhaps.
KATHARINE
, 2 T
Yes in good*| faith.
PRINCESS
T T ,
,
Go sick|ness as | thou art.
ROSALINE
T Tx
T ,
, ,
Well, better wits | have worn | plain*
stat|ute-caps,
, , ,
, ,
But will | you hear,| the king | is my / love
sworn.
PRINCESS
, ,
, ,
,
And quick | Berowne | hath plight|ed faith | to
me.
KATHARINE
, ,
, , ,
And Long|aville | was for / my serv|ice born.
MARIA
, ,
, . T T T
Dumain | is mine | as sure | as bark on tree.
BOYET
, ,
, ,
,
Madam,| and pret|ty mist|resses | give^ear,
, 2 ,
, ,
,
immed|iately | they will | again | be here
, ,
, ,
,
In their / own shapes:| for it | can nev|er be,
,
, , ,
,
They will | digest | this harsh | indig|nity.
PRINCESS
,
,
Will they | return?
BOYET
, , ,
They will | they will,| God^knows,
, ,
, , ,
And leap | for joy,| though they | are lame |
with blows:
,
, ,
, ,
Therefore | change fav/ors; and | when they |
repair,
T T
T , 2
, ,
Blow like sweet | roses | in this sum|mer air.
PRINCESS
, ,
, , ,
How* blow?| How* blow?| Speak to | be
und|erstood.
BOYET
, ,
, ,
,
Fair* lad|ies masked | are ros|es in | their bud:
, ,
, ,
,
Dismasked,| their dam|ask-sweet | commix|ture
shown,
,
, , ,
,
Are ang|els vail|ing clouds,| or ros|es blown.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
,
Avaunt | perplex|ity:| What shall | we do,
, ,
, , ,
If^they | return | in their / own shapes | to
woo?
ROSALINE
, ,
, , ,
Good* mad|am, if | by me | you'll be | advised,
, ,
, , ,
Let's^mock | them still | as well | known as |
disguised:
,
, , ,
,
Let us | complain | to them | what fools | were
here,
,
, , ,
,
Disguised | like^Musc|ovits | in shape|less gear:
, ,
, ,
,
And wond|er what | they were | and to | what^end
,
, ,
, ,
Their shal|low shows,| and pro|logue vile|ly
penned:
. T T
T ,
, ,
And their rough car|riage so | ridi|culous,
, ,
, ,
,
Should be | present|ed at | our tent | to us.
BOYET
, ,
, ,
,
Ladies,| withdraw:| the gal|lants are | at hand.
PRINCESS
,
, , T
T T
Whip to | our tents,| as roes | run ore land.
[Exeunt PRINCESS, ROSALINE, KATHARINE, and MARIA. Enter FERDINAND, BEROWNE,
LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN, in their proper habits]
FERDINAND
, T
T T ,
,
Fair sir,| God save you.| Where's the | princess?
BOYET
Gone to her tent.
Please it your majesty command me any service to her?
FERDINAND
, ,
, 2 , ,
That she | vouch^safe | me aud|ience for / one
word.
BOYET
, ,
, ,
,
I will,| and so | will she,| I know | my lord.
[Exit]
BEROWNE
, ,
, ,
,
This fel|low pecks | up wit | as pig|eons pease,
, ,
, , ,
And ut|ters it | again,| when Jove | doth^please.
, , ,
, ,
He is / wit's ped|dler, and / retails | his
wares,
, , ,
, ,
At wakes | and was|sails, meet|ings, mark|ets,
fairs.
, ,
, , ,
And we | that sell | by gross,| the Lord |
doth^know,
, ,
, , ,
Have not | the grace | to grace | it with / such
show.
, ,
, ,
,
This gal|lant pins | the wench|es on | his
sleeve.
,
, ,
, ,
Had he | been^Ad|am, he | had tempt|ed Eve.
, ,
, , ,
He can / carve too,| and lisp:| why this | is he,
, ,
, ,
,
That kissed | his hand | away | in court|esy.
,
, ,
, ,
This is | the ape | of form,| monsieur | the
nice,
,
, ,
, ,
That when | he plays | at tab|les, chides | the
dice
, ,
, ,
,
In hon|ora|ble terms:| nay* he | can sing
. T T
T ,
, ,
A mean most mean|ly, and | in ush|ering
,
, ,
, ,
Mend him | who can:| the lad|ies call | him
sweet,
,
, , ,
,
The stairs | as he / treads on | them kiss | his
feet.
,
x ,
, ,
This is | the flower | that smiles | on eve|ry
one,
, ,
, , ,
To show | his teeth | as white | as wha|le's
bone.
, , ,
, ,
And con|sciences | that will | not die | in debt,
,
, ,
, ,
Pay him | the due | of hon|ey-tongued | Boyet.
FERDINAND
, , ,
, ,
A blist|er on his // sweet tongue with | my
heart,
,
, , ,
,
That put | Armad|o's page | out^of | his part.
BEROWNE
,
, ,
, ,
See where | it comes.| Behav|ior what | wert
thou,
,
, ,
2 ,
,
Till this | madman*| showed thee?| And what art |
thou now?
[Enter the PRINCESS, ushered by BOYET, ROSALINE, MARIA, and KATHARINE]
FERDINAND
,
, ,
, ,
All hail | sweet* mad|am, and / fair time | of
day.
PRINCESS
T . T
T ,
, ,
Fair in all hail | is foul,| as I | conceive.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
Construe | my speech|es bet|ter, if | you may.
PRINCESS
, ,
, ,
,
Then wish | me bet|ter, I | will give | you
leave.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
We came | to vis|it you,| and pur|pose now
,
, ,
, ,
To lead | you to | our court,| vouch^safe | it
then.
PRINCESS
, ,
, ,
,
This field | shall hold | me, and / so hold |
your vow:
, ,
, ,
,
Nor God,| nor I,| delights | in per|jured men.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
Rebuke | me not | for that | which you | provoke:
, ,
, ,
,
The vir|tue of | your eye | must break | my oath.
PRINCESS
T T T
, ,
2 ,
You nickname | virtue:| vice you | should have
spoke:
, ,
x T
T T
For vir|tue's of|fice never | breaks men's troth.
, , ,
, ,
Now* by | my maid|en hon|or, yet | as pure
, ,
, , ,
As the / unsul|lied li|ly, I | protest,
,
, , ,
,
A world | of tor|ments^though | I should |
endure,
, ,
, ,
,
I would / not yield | to be | your house|'s
guest:
, ,
, ,
,
So much | I hate | a break|ing cause | to be
, 2
, ,
, ,
Of heav|enly oaths,| vowed with | inte|grity.
FERDINAND
, ,
, , ,
O you | have lived | in des|ola|tion here,
,
, , ,
,
Unseen,| unvis|ited,| much to | our shame.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
,
Not so | my lord,| it is / not so | I swear,
, 2
T T T ,
,
We have had | pastimes here | and pleas|ant game,
,
, , ,
,
A mess | of Rus|sians left | us but | of late.
FERDINAND
, ,
How *mad|am? Rus|sians?
PRINCESS
, ,
,
Aye | in truth,| my lord.
, ,
, , ,
Trim gal/lants, full^|of court|ship and | of
state.
ROSALINE
,
, ,
, ,
Madam | speak true./ It is | not so | my lord:
, ,
, ,
,
My lad|y (to | the man|ner of | the days)
, ,
, , ,
In court|esy | gives^un|deserv|ing praise.
,
, ,
, ,
We four | indeed | confront|ed were | with four
,
, , ,
,
In Rus|sian hab|it: here | they stayed | an hour,
,
, , ,
,
And talked | apace:| and in | that hour |(my
lord)
, ,
, , ,
They did | not bless | us with / one hap|py word.
,
, , ,
,
I dare | not call | them fools;| but this | I
think,
, 2
, ,
T T T
When they are | thirsty,| fools would | fain have
drink.
BEROWNE
, ,
, , ___
This jest | is dry | to me.| Gentle | sweet,
,
, , ,
,
Your wit | makes^wise | things^fool|ish when | we
greet
,
, ,
, ,
With eyes | best^see|ing, heav|en's fie|ry eye:
, ,
, , ,
By* light | we lose | light: your | capa|city
,
, D D D
D
Is of that | nature that | to your | huge store
D D
D D ,
,
Wise things | seem fool|ish and rich | things^but
poor.
ROSALINE
, ,
, ,
,
This proves | you wise | and rich:| for in | my
eye
BEROWNE
, ,
, , ,
I am | a fool,| and full | of pov|erty.
ROSALINE
, ,
, ,
,
But that | you take | what doth | to you |
belong,
, 2
, T
T T ,
It were a | fault to | snatch words from | my
tongue.
BEROWNE
, ,
, __
O, I am | yours, and all*| that I pos|sess.
ROSALINE
, ,
All the fool*| mine.
BEROWNE
, __
I can|not give^you | less.
ROSALINE
,
, ,
__
Which of the | vizards was | it that you | wore?
(tetra with prev two)
BEROWNE
T T
T , 2
, ,
Where? When? What | vizard?| Why* demand | you
this?
ROSALINE
T T
T , 2
, 2 ,
There, then, that | vizard,| that super|fluous
case,
, ,
, ,
,
That hid | the worse,| and showed | the bet|ter
face.
FERDINAND
,
, x T
T T
We are | descried,| they'll mock us | now
downright.
DUMAIN
,
, , ,
,
Let us | confess | and turn | it to | a jest.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
,
Amazed | my lord?| Why looks | your high|ness
sad?
ROSALINE
T T .
T , ,
,
Help hold his brows,| he'll swoon:| why look |
you pale?
T T . T
, , ,
Sea-sick I think | coming | from Mus|covy.
BEROWNE
, . T
T T , ,
Thus^pour | the stars down plagues | for
per|jury.
, ,
, ,
,
Can an|y face | of brass | hold^long|er out?
,
, , ,
,
Here stand | I, lad|y dart | thy skill | at me,
,
, , ,
,
Bruise me | with scorn,| confound | me with | a
flout.
,
T T T
, , 2
Thrust thy | sharp wit quite | through my |
ignorance*.
, ,
, ,
,
Cut me | to pie|ces with | thy keen | conceit:
, , ,
, ,
And I | will wish | thee nev|er more | to dance,
, , ,
, ,
Nor nev|er more | in Rus|sian hab|it wait.
, , ,
, ,
O! Ne/ver will | I trust | to spee|ches penned,
,
, , ,
,
Nor to | the mo|tion of a // schoolboy's tongue,
,
, ,
, ,
Nor nev|er come | in viz|ard to | my friend,
,
, T . T T
,
Nor woo | in rhyme | like a blind harp|er's song.
, ,
, , ,
Taffe|ta phras|es, silk|en terms | precise,
,
, ,
, , o
Three*-piled | hyper|boles,|
spruce^af|fecta|tion;
, ,
, , ,
Figures* | pedan|tical,| these^sum|mer-flies,
, ,
, , ,
o
Have blown | me full | of mag|got os|tenta|tion:
(hex with above)
, ,
, ,
,
I do | forswear | them, and | I here | protest,
. T T
T , ,
,
By this white glove |(how white | the hand |
God^knows)
,
, , ,
,
Henceforth | my woo|ing mind | shall be |
expressed
, ,
, , ,
In rus|set yeas | and hon|est kers|ey nos.
, 2 T
T T
, ,
And to be|gin wench, so | God^help | me law,
,
, ,
T T . T
My love | to thee | is sound,| sans crack or
flaw.
ROSALINE
T T T
,
Sans, sans, I | pray you.
BEROWNE
, 2 ,
Yet I | have a trick
, ,
, ,
,
Of the / old rage:| bear with / me, I | am sick.
,
, ,
, ,
I'll leave | it by | degrees.| Soft, let | us
see,
T T
T , 2
, ,
Write Lord have | mercy | on us, on / those
three,
,
, , ,
,
They are | infect|ed, in | their hearts | it
lies:
,
, ,
, ,
They have | the plague,| and caught | it of |
your eyes:
, ,
, ,
,
These^lords | are vis|ited,| you are / not free:
2 ,
, ,
2 ,
For the Lords'| tokens | on you | do I see.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
x
No, they | are free | that gave | these tok|ens
to us.
BEROWNE
, ,
, ,
x
Our states | are for|feit: seek | not to | undo
us.
ROSALINE
, , ,
, ,
It is / not so;| for how | can this | be true,
, ,
, ,
,
That you | stand for/feit, be|ing those | that
sue?
BEROWNE
,
, , ,
,
Peace, for | I will / not have | to do | with
you.
ROSALINE
, ,
, , ,
Nor shall | not, if | I do | as I | intend.
BEROWNE
,
, ,
, ,
Speak for | yourselves,| my wit | is at | an end.
FERDINAND
T . T
T , ,
, ,
Teach us sweet mad|am, for / our rude |
transgres|sion,
T T . T
Some fair excuse.
PRINCESS
, ,
, ,
The fair|est is | confes|sion. (hex with prev)
, ,
, ,
,
Were not | you here | but ev|en now,| disguised?
FERDINAND
,
,
Madam,| I was.
PRINCESS
, , ,
And were | you well | advised?
FERDINAND
,
,
I was,| fair* mad|am.
PRINCESS
, , ,
When | you then | were here,
,
, ,
, ,
What did | you whis|per in | your lad|y's ear?
FERDINAND
, ,
, , 2
,
That more | than all | the world | I did re|spect
her.
PRINCESS
, , ,
, 2 ,
When she | shall chal|lenge this,| you will
re|ject her.
FERDINAND
x , T
Upon mine^|honor | no.
PRINCESS
T T
,
Peace, peace,| forbear:
,
, , ,
,
Your^oath | once^broke,| you force | not to |
forswear.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
Despise | me when | I break | this oath | of
mine.
PRINCESS
, ,
, ,
,
I will,| and there|fore keep | it. Ros|aline,
,
, ,
, ,
What did | the Rus|sian whisp|er in | your ear?
ROSALINE
, ,
, ,
,
Madam,| he swore | that he | did hold | me dear
,
, ,
, ,
As pre|cious eye|sight, and | did val|ue me
, ,
, , x
Above | this world:| adding | thereto | moreover,
, 2
, , ,
,
That he would | wed me,| or else | die my |
lover.
PRINCESS
, ,
, ,
,
God* give | thee joy | of him:| the nob|le lord
, ,
, ,
,
Most^hon|ora|bly doth | uphold | his word.
FERDINAND
,
, , ,
,
What mean | you mad|am? By | my life,| my troth,
,
, , ,
,
I nev|er swore | this lad|y such | an oath.
ROSALINE
x ,
, ,
,
By heaven | you did;| and to | confirm | it
plain,
,
, , ,
,
You gave | me this:| but take | it sir | again.
FERDINAND
, , ,
, ,
My faith | and this | the prin|cess I | did give,
, ,
, ,
,
I knew | her by | this jew|el on | her sleeve.
PRINCESS
,
T T T ,
,
Pardon me | sir, this jew|el did / she wear,
,
, ,
, ,
And Lord | Berowne |(I thank | him) is / my dear.
,
, ,
, ,
What? Will | you have | me, or | your pearl |
again?
BEROWNE
,
, , ,
,
Neither | of eith|er, I re//mit both twain.
, ,
2 , , ,
I see | the trick | on it: here | was a |
consent,
,
, , ,
,
Knowing | afore|hand of | our mer|riment,
,
, , ,
,
To dash | it like | a Christ|mas com|edy.
x
, , ,
,
Some* carry-|tale, some*| please-man*,| some
slight | zany,
, , , ,
,
Some^mumb|le-news,| some trench|er-knight,| some
Dick
, ,
, , ,
That smiles | his cheek | in years,| and knows |
the trick
,
, , ,
,
To make | my lad|y laugh,| when she's | disposed,
,
, ,
, ,
Told our | intents | before:| which^once |
disclosed,
,
, , , ,
The lad|ies did / change fav|ors, and / then we
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Following | the signs,| wooed but | the sign | of
she.
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Now to our | perju|ry to | add more*| terror,
, 2 ,
, , ,
We are a|gain for|sworn in | will and | error.
, ,
, T
T T
Much u|pon this | tis: and | might not you
, ,
, ,
,
Forestall | our sport,| to make | us thus |
untrue?
, ,
, , 2 x
Do not | you know | my lad|y's foot | by the
squier?
, ,
, ,
,
And laugh | upon | the ap|ple of | her eye?
,
, , ,
,
And stand | between | her back | sir, and | the
fire,
,
, ,
, ,
Holding | a trench|er, jest|ing mer|rily?
, , , ,
,
You put | our page | out: go,/ you are | allowed;
,
, ,
, ,
Die when | you will,| a smock | shall be | your
shroud.
, ,
, , ,
You leer | upon | me, do | you? There's | an eye
T T
. T ,
Wounds like a lead|en sword.
BOYET
, ,
Full mer/rily
, ,
, ,
,
Hath this / brave man|age, this | career | been
run.
BEROWNE
,
, , ,
,
Lo, he | is tilt|ing straight.| Peace, I | have
done.
,
T T T T .
T T
Welcome | pure wit, thou | partst a fair fray.
COSTARD
T T T T T
T oo
O Lord sir,| they would know,|
, 2
, ,
, ,
Whether the | three Worth/ies shall | come^in,|
or no.
BEROWNE
What, are there but three?
COSTARD
No sir, but it is vara fine,
For every one pursents three.
BEROWNE
And three times thrice is nine.
COSTARD
Not so sir, under correction sir, I hope it is not so. You cannot beg us
sir, I can assure you sir, we know what we know: I hope sir three times
thrice sir.
BEROWNE
Is not nine.
COSTARD
Under correction sir, we know whereuntil it doth amount.
BEROWNE
By Jove, I always took three threes for nine.
COSTARD
O Lord sir, it were pity you should get your living by reckoning sir.
BEROWNE
How much is it?
COSTARD
O Lord sir, the parties themselves, the actors sir will show whereuntil it
doth amount: for mine own part, I am (as they say, but to parfect one man in
one poor man) Pompion the Great sir.
BEROWNE
Art thou one of the Worthies?
COSTARD
It pleased them to think me worthy of Pompion the Great: for mine own part,
I know not the degree of the Worthy, but I am to stand for him.
BEROWNE
Go, bid them prepare.
COSTARD
We will turn it finely off sir, we will take some care.
[Exit]
FERDINAND
,
, ,
Berowne,| they will / shame us:
T T T
,
Let them not | approach. (tri with prev)
BEROWNE
2 ,
, ,
, , 2
We are shame-|proof my | lord: and | tis some |
policy
2 ,
, 2 ,
2 , ,
To have one | show^worse | than the king's | and
his comp|any.
FERDINAND
T T T ___ ___
__
I say they | shall | not | come.
PRINCESS
,
, , , ,
Nay my | good lord,| let me | orerule | you now:
, , ,
, ,
That sport | best pleas/es, that | doth least |
know* how.
, ,
, ,
,
Where zeal | strives to | content,| and the /
contents
,
, ,
, ,
Dies in | the zeal | of that | which it |
presents:
,
, ,
T T . T
Their form | confound|ed, makes | most form in
mirth,
, ,
, ,
2 ,
When great | things lab/oring | perish | in their
birth.
BEROWNE
, ,
, ,
,
A right | descrip|tion of | our sport | my lord.
[Enter ARMADO]
ARMADO
Anointed, I implore so much expense of thy royal sweet breath, as will utter
a brace of words.
[Converses apart with FERDINAND, and delivers him a paper]
PRINCESS
Doth this man serve God?
BEROWNE
Why ask you?
PRINCESS
He speaks not like a man of God's making.
ARMADO
That's all one, my fair sweet honey monarch: for I protest, the schoolmaster
is exceeding fantastical: too too vain, too too vain. But we will put it (as
they say) to fortuna de la guerra, I wish you the peace of mind, most royal
couplement.
[Exit]
FERDINAND
Here is like to be a good presence of Worthies; he presents Hector of Troy,
the swain Pompey the Great, the parish curate Alexander, Armado's page
Hercules, the pedant Judas Maccabaeus: And if these four Worthies in their
first show thrive, these four will change habits, and present the other
five.
BEROWNE
T T T
, ,
There is five | in the / first show.
FERDINAND
,
, T T T
You are | deceived,| 'tis not so. (tetra
with prev)
BEROWNE
The pedant, the braggart, the hedge-priest, the fool, and the boy,
,
, , ,
, ,
Abate | throw at | novum,| and the / whole world
| again,
,
, T T T
, 2 ,
Cannot | pick^out | five such, take | each^one |
in his vein.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
, ,
The ship | is und|er sail,| and here | she comes
| amain. (hex with prev two)
[Enter COSTARD, for Pompey]
COSTARD
,
,
I Pom|pey am.
BOYET
, ,
,
You lie,| you are / not he.
COSTARD
,
,
I Pom|pey am.
BOYET
, , ,
With lib|bard's head | on knee.
BEROWNE
,
x
Well said | old mocker,
2 ,
, ,
I must needs | be friends | with thee. ??
COSTARD
, , ,
T T . T
I Pom|pey am,| Pompey | surnamed the Big.
DUMAIN
The Great.
COSTARD
, ,
, T T . T
It is / great sir:| Pompey | surnamed the Great:
, ,
, ,
That oft | in field,| with targe | and shield,
,
, ,
Did make | my foe | to sweat: \\
, , ,
, ,
, ,
And trav|elling | along | this coast,| I here |
am come | by chance,
,
, , ,
, ,
,
And lay | my arms | before | the legs | of this |
sweet* lass | of France. (sept with prev)
If your ladyship would say thanks Pompey, I had done.
PRINCESS
Great thanks great Pompey.
COSTARD
Tis not so much worth: but I hope I was perfect. I made a little fault in
great.
BEROWNE
My hat to a halfpenny, Pompey proves the best Worthy.
[Enter SIR NATHANIEL, for Alexander]
NATHANIEL
, ,
, oo , ,
, o
When^in | the world | I lived,| | I was | the
world's | command|er;
, __
___ , ,
, 2 ,
oo
By east,| west,| north,| and south,| I spread |
my con|quering might:|
, , ,
oo , ,
, o
My scutch|eon plain | declares |
| that I | am Al|isan|der.
BOYET
, ,
2 , oo ,
, ___ oo
Your nose | says^no,| you are not:| | for it |
stands too | right.|
BEROWNE
, T
T . T oo
, ,
, oo
Your nose | smells no, in this |
| most tend|er-smel|ling knight.|
PRINCESS
, 2
, , oo
, , ,
o
The con|queror is | dismayed:| | Proceed |
good^Al|exan|der.
NATHANIEL
, ,
, oo , ,
, o
When in | the world | I lived,| | I was | the
world's | command|er,
BOYET
, oo ,
oo ,
, , o
Most^true,| |'tis right:| | you were | so,
Al|isan|der.
BEROWNE
Pompey the Great.
COSTARD
Your servant and Costard.
BEROWNE
Take away the conqueror, take away Alisander.
COSTARD
O sir, you have overthrown Alisander the conqueror: You will be scraped out
of the painted cloth for this: your lion that holds his poleaxe sitting on a
close stool, will be given to Ajax. He will be the ninth Worthy. A
conqueror, and afeard to speak? Run away for shame Alisander. There and it
shall please you: a foolish mild man, an honest man, look you, and soon
dashed. He is a marvellous good neighbor in sooth, and a very good bowler:
but for Alisander, alas you see, how 'tis a little oreparted. But there are
Worthies a-coming, will speak their mind in some other sort.
[Enter HOLOFERNES, for Judas; and MOTH, for Hercules]
HOLOFERNES
T T . T
2 , ,
,
Great Hercules | is presen|ted by | this imp,
, ,
, 2 T
Tx Tx
Whose^club | killed Cer/berus that | three-headed
canis;
,
, ,
, ,
And when | he was | a babe,| a child,| a shrimp,
,
, ,
, x
Thus did | he strang|le serp|ents in | his manus.
, 2 ,
, , ,
Quoniam,| he seem|eth in | minor|ity,
,
, , ,
,
Ergo,| I come | with this | apo|logy.
T T
T 2 ,
, ,
Keep some state | in thy ex|it, and | vanish.
Judas I am.
DUMAIN
A Judas?
HOLOFERNES
Not Iscariot sir.
Judas I am, ycliped Maccabaeus.
DUMAIN
Judas Maccabaeus clipt, is plain Judas.
BEROWNE
A kissing traitor. How art thou proved Judas?
HOLOFERNES
Judas I am.
DUMAIN
The more shame for you Judas.
HOLOFERNES
What mean you sir?
BOYET
To make Judas hang himself.
HOLOFERNES
Begin sir, you are my elder.
BEROWNE
Well followed, Judas was hanged on an elder.
HOLOFERNES
I will not be put out of countenance.
BEROWNE
Because thou hast no face.
HOLOFERNES
What is this?
BOYET
A cittern-head.
DUMAIN
The head of a bodkin.
BEROWNE
A Death's face in a ring.
LONGAVILLE
The face of an old Roman coin, scarce seen.
BOYET
The pommel of Caesar's falchion.
DUMAIN
The carved-bone face on a flask.
BEROWNE
Saint George's half-cheek in a brooch.
DUMAIN
Aye, and in a brooch of lead.
BEROWNE
Aye, and worn in the cap of a tooth-drawer. And now forward, for we have put
thee in countenance.
HOLOFERNES
You have put me out of countenance.
BEROWNE
False, we have given thee faces.
HOLOFERNES
But you have out-faced them all.
BEROWNE
And thou wert a lion, we would do so.
BOYET
Therefore as he is an ass, let him go: And so adieu sweet Jude. Nay, why
dost thou stay?
DUMAIN
For the latter end of his name.
BEROWNE
For the ass to the Jude: give it him. Jud-as away.
HOLOFERNES
This is not generous, not gentle, not humble.
BOYET
A light for Monsieur Judas, it grows dark, he may stumble.
[HOLOFERNES retires]
PRINCESS
Alas poor Maccabaeus, how hath he been baited.
[Enter ARMADO, for Hector]
BEROWNE
Hide thy head Achilles, here comes Hector in arms.
DUMAIN
Though my mocks come home by me, I will now be merry.
FERDINAND
Hector was but a Troyan in respect of this.
BOYET
But is this Hector?
FERDINAND
I think Hector was not so clean-timbered.
LONGAVILLE
His leg is too big for Hector's.
DUMAIN
More calf certain.
BOYET
No, he is best endued in the small.
BEROWNE
This cannot be Hector.
DUMAIN
He's a god or a painter, for he makes faces.
ARMADO
The armipotent Mars of lances the almighty,
Gave Hector a gift.
DUMAIN
A gilt nutmeg.
BEROWNE
A lemon.
LONGAVILLE
Stuck with cloves.
DUMAIN
No cloven.
ARMADO
2 , 2
, , 2
, ,
The armi|potent Mars | of lan|ces the al|mighty,
, 2 ,
, , ,
Gave^Hec|tor a gift,| the heir | of Il|ion;
, ,
, 2 ,
,
A man | so breathed,| that cert|ain he would /
fight; yea
, ,
, ,
,
From morn | till night,| out of | his pav|ilion.
, x
I am | that flower. \\
DUMAIN
That mint.
LONGAVILLE
That columbine.
ARMADO
Sweet Lord Longaville rein thy tongue.
LONGAVILLE
I must rather give it the rein: for it runs against Hector.
DUMAIN
Aye, and Hector's a greyhound.
ARMADO
, T
T . T , o
The sweet | war-man is dead | and rot|ten,
T T
T , ,
2 ,
Sweet chucks, beat | not the | bones of the |
buried:
,
, 2 ,
,
But I | will for|ward with my | device;
<- ,
, , , 2
, ,
Sweet* roy||alty | bestow | on me the | sense
of | hearing.
PRINCESS
Speak brave Hector, we are much delighted.
ARMADO
I do adore thy sweet grace's slipper.
BOYET
Loves her by the foot.
DUMAIN
He may not by the yard.
ARMADO
This Hector far surmounted Hannibal.
The party is gone.
COSTARD
Fellow Hector, she is gone; she is two months on her way.
ARMADO
What meanest thou?
COSTARD
Faith, unless you play the honest Troyan, the poor wench is cast away: she's
quick, the child brags in her belly already: tis yours.
ARMADO
Dost thou infamonize me among potentates? Thou shalt die.
COSTARD
Then shall Hector be whipped for Jaquenetta that is quick by him, and hanged
for Pompey, that is dead by him.
DUMAIN
Most rare Pompey.
BOYET
Renowned Pompey.
BEROWNE
Greater than great, great, great, great Pompey: Pompey the Huge.
DUMAIN
Hector trembles.
BEROWNE
Pompey is moved, More Ates more Ates stir them, or stir them on.
DUMAIN
Hector will challenge him.
BEROWNE
Aye, if he have no man's blood in his belly, than will sup a flea.
ARMADO
By the north pole I do challenge thee.
COSTARD
I will not fight with a pole like a northern man; I'll slash, I'll do it by
the sword: I bepray you let me borrow my arms again.
DUMAIN
Room for the incensed Worthies.
COSTARD
I'll do it in my shirt.
DUMAIN
Most resolute Pompey.
MOTH
Master, let me take you a buttonhole lower: Do you not see Pompey is
uncasing for the combat: What mean you? You will lose your reputation.
ARMADO
Gentlemen and soldiers pardon me. I will not combat in my shirt.
DUMAIN
You may not deny it, Pompey hath made the challenge.
ARMADO
Sweet bloods, I both may and will.
BEROWNE
What reason have you for it?
ARMADO
The naked truth of it is, I have no shirt, I go woolward for penance.
BOYET
True, and it was enjoined him in Rome for want of linen: since when, I'll be
sworn he wore none, but a dishclout of Jaquenetta's, and that he wears next
his heart for a favor.
MERCADE
God save you madam.
PRINCESS
Welcome Mercade, but that thou interruptst our merriment.
MERCADE
I am sorry madam, for the news I bring is heavy in my tongue. The king your
father
PRINCESS
Dead for my life.
MERCADE
Even so: my tale is told.
BEROWNE
Worthies away, the scene begins to cloud.
ARMADO
For mine own part, I breathe free breath: I have seen the day of wrong,
through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a
soldier.
[Exeunt Worthies]
FERDINAND
, , ,
How fares | your maj|esty? \\
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
,
Boyet | prepare,| I will | away | tonight.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
Madam | not so,| I do | beseech | you stay.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
,
Prepare | I say.| I thank | you gra|cious lords
, ,
, ,
,
For all | your fair | endeav|ors and | entreats:
, 2
T T T ,
,
Out of a | new sad soul,| that you | vouch^safe,
. T T T
, , ,
In your rich wis|dom to | excuse,| or hide
,
, , ,
x
The libe|ral op|posi|tion of | our spirits,
, ,
, , ,
If ov|er-bold|ly we | have borne | ourselves,
, ,
, , ,
In the / converse | of breath |(your gent|leness
,
x T T T
,
Was guilt|y of it.)| Farewell worth|y lord:
,
, , ,
,
A heav|y heart | bears^not | a nim|ble tongue.
, , ,
, ,
Excuse | me so,| coming | so short | of thanks,
, ,
, , ,
For my / great suit,| so eas|ily | obtained.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
The ex/treme parts | of time,| extreme|ly forms
, ,
, ,
,
All caus/es to | the pur|pose of | his speed,
, ,
, ,
,
And of|ten at | his ve|ry loose | decides
, , ,
, ,
That, which^|long pro/cess could |
not^ar|bitrate. ??
,
, ,
, ,
And though | the mourn|ing brow | of prog|eny
, ,
, , ,
Forbid | the smil|ing court|esy | of love:
, ,
, ,
,
The ho|ly suit | which fain | it would |
convince,
, ,
, ,
,
Yet since | love's arg/ument | was first | on
foot,
,
, ,
, ,
Let^not | the cloud | of sor|row just|le it
,
, ,
. T T T
From what | it pur|posed: since | to wail friends
lost,
, ,
, , 2 ,
Is not | by much | so whole|some-prof|itable
, ,
, ,
,
As to | rejoice | at friends | but new|ly found.
PRINCESS
,
, , ,
x
I und|erstand | you not,| my griefs | are double.
BEROWNE
, ,
, , , ,
,
Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief;
????
, ,
, , ,
And by | these bad|ges und|erstand | the king,
, ,
, ,
,
For your | fair* sakes | have we | neglect|ed
time,
T T
T 2 ,
, , 2->
Played foul play | with our oaths:| your beaut|y
la||dies
,
, , 2 ,
,
Hath much | deformed | us, fash|ioning our |
humors
x 2
, ,
, ,
Even to | the oppos|ed end | of our | intents.
,
, , ,
,
And what | in us | hath seemed | ridic|ulous:
, ,
, ,
,
As love | is full | of un|befit|ting strains,
, ,
, ,
,
All want|on as | a child,| skipping | and vain,
,
, ,
, ,
Formed by | the eye,| and there|fore like | the
eye.
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Full of | straying | shapes, of | habits,| and of
forms
, 2 ,
, 2 T T
T
Varying | in sub|jects as the | eye doth roll,
, ,
, , ,
To eve|ry var|ied ob|ject in | his glance:
,
, ,
, ,
Which^part|i-coat|ed pres|ence of / loose love
, ,
, X
,
Put^on | by us,| if in | your heaven|ly eyes,
, ,
, , ,
Have mis|becomed | our oaths | and grav|ities.
X
, , ,
,
Those heaven|ly eyes | that look | into | these
faults,
, ,
, ,
,
Suggest|ed us | to make:| therefore | ladies
, 2
, ,
, ,
Our love | being yours,| the er|ror that / love
makes
, ,
, 2 T T
T
Is like|wise^yours:| we to our|selves prove
false,
2 , ,
, , ,
By being / once false,| for ev|er to / be true
, ,
, ,
,
To those | that make | us both,| fair* lad|ies
you.
,
, , 2 ,
,
And ev|en that / falsehood | in itself | a sin,
, ,
, ,
,
Thus pur|ifies | itself,| and turns | to grace.
PRINCESS
,
, ,
, ,
We have | received | your let|ters, full | of
love:
,
, , ,
,
Your fav|ors, the | ambas|sadors | of love.
,
, , ,
,
And in | our maid|en coun|cil rat|ed them,
, ,
, , ,
At court|ship*, pleas|ant jest,| and court|esy,
, ,
, ,
,
As bom|bast and | as lin|ing to | the time:
,
, , ,
,
But more | devout | than this | in our | respects
, ,
, ,
,
Have we / not been,| and there|fore met | your
loves
, ,
, , ,
In their / own fash|ion, like | a mer|riment.
DUMAIN
,
, ,
, ,
Our let|ters mad|am, showed | much^more | than
jest.
LONGAVILLE
, ,
So did | our looks.
ROSALINE
, , ,
We did | not coat | them so.
FERDINAND
,
, ,
, ,
Now at | the lat|est min|ute of | the hour,
, 2
,
Grant us your | loves.
PRINCESS
, T
T T
A | time me|thinks too short,
, ,
, , ,
To make | a world-|without-|end bar/gain in;
T T . T
, ,
,
No, no my lord,| your grace | is per|jured much,
, , ,
, ,
Full of | dear guilt/iness,| and there|fore this:
,
, , 2 T
T T
If for | my love |(as there is | no such cause,
, ,
, ,
,
You will | do aught,| this shall | you do | for
me.
,
, , ,
,
Your oath | I will / not trust:| but go | with
speed
,
, , ,
,
To some | forlorn | and nak|ed herm|itage,
, ,
, ,
,
Remote | from all | the pleas|ures of | the
world:
T T
Tx , ,
2 ,
There stay, until | the twelve | celes|tial signs
,
, , 2
, ,
Have brought | about | the an|nual reck|oning.
, ,
, , ,
If this | austere | insoc|ia|ble life,
,
, ,
, ,
Change^not | your of|fer made | in heat | of
blood: ??
, ,
, ,
,
If frosts | and fasts,| hard lodg/ing, and |
thin^weeds ??
T T . T
, ,
,
Nip not the gaud|y blos|soms of | your love,
, 2 T
T Tx T T
T
But that it | bear this trial,| and last love:
, ,
, ,
,
Then^at | the ex|pira|tion of | the year,
, ,
, ,
2 ,
Come chal/lenge me*,| challenge | me* by | these
deserts,
,
, , ,
,
And by | this vir|gin palm,| now kiss|ing thine,
, ,
, , ,
I will | be thine:| and till | that inst|ant shut
,
, , ,
,
My woe|ful self | up in | a mourn|ing house,
,
, , ,
,
Raining | the tears | of la|menta|tion,
,
, , ,
,
For the | remem|brance of | my fath|er's death.
, ,
, , ,
If this | thou do | deny,| let our / hands part,
,
, ,
, ,
Neither | entit|led in | the oth|er's heart.
FERDINAND
, ,
, ,
,
If this,| or more | than this,| I would | deny,
, ,
x , ,
To flat|ter up | these powers | of mine | with
rest,
,
, ,
, ,
The sud|den hand | of death | close^up |
mine^eye.
, ,
, ,
,
Hence^ev|er then,| my heart | is in | thy breast.
BEROWNE
,
, ,
, ,
And what | to me | my love?| And what | to me?
ROSALINE
,
, ,
, ,
You must*| be pur|ged too,| your sins | are
racked.
,
, ,
, ,
You are | attaint | with faults | and per|jury:
,
, ,
, ,
Therefore | if you | my fav|or mean | to get,
,
, T T .
T ,
A twelve|month shall | you spend, and nev|er
rest,
,
, , ,
,
But seek | the wear|y beds | of peo|ple sick.
DUMAIN
, ,
, , ,
But what | to me,| my love?| But what | to me?
KATHARINE
, . T
T T , ,
A wife?| A beard, fair health,| and hon|esty,
, ,
, ,
,
With three-|fold^love,| I wish | you all |
these^three.
DUMAIN
,
, ,
, ,
O shall | I say,| I thank | you gent|le wife?
KATHARINE
, ,
, ,
,
Not so | my lord,| a twelve|month and | a day,
,
, , T
Tx T
I'll mark | no words | that smooth-|faced wooers
say:
,
, , ,
,
Come when | the king | doth^to | my lad|y come:
, 2
T T T ,
,
Then, if I | have much love,| I'll give | you
some.
DUMAIN
, ,
, ,
,
I'll serve | thee true | and faith|fully | till
then.
KATHARINE
, ,
, T T . T
Yet swear | not, lest / ye be | forsworn again.
LONGAVILLE
, ,
What says | Mari|a?
MARIA
, , ,
At the // twelvemonth's end
,
, ,
, ,
I'll change | my black | gown for | a faith|ful
friend.
LONGAVILLE
, ,
, ,
,
I'll stay | with pa|tience: but | the time | is
long.
MARIA
, , ,
, ,
The lik|er you,| few tal/ler are | so young.
BEROWNE
,
, , ,
,
Studies | my lad|y? Mist|ress, look | on me,
, ,
, , ,
Behold | the wind|ow of | my heart,| mine eye:
, ,
, , ,
What hum|ble suit | attends | thy ans|wer there,
, , ,
, ,
Impose | some serv|ice on | me for | thy love.
ROSALINE
,
, , ,
,
Oft have | I heard | of you,| my Lord | Berowne,
, ,
, 2 T
T T
Before | I saw | you: and the | world's large
tongue
, ,
, ,
,
Proclaims | you for | a man | replete | with
mocks,
,
, , ,
,
Full of | compa|risons,| and wound|ing flouts:
, ,
, , ,
Which you | on all | estates | will ex|ecute
,
, ,
, ,
That lie | within | the mer|cy of | your wit.
, ,
, ,
,
To weed | this worm|wood from | your fruit|ful
brain,
,
, ,
, ,
And there|withal | to win | me, if | you please,
, ,
, , ,
Without | the which | I am | not to | be won:
, ,
, , ,
You shall | this twelve|month^term | from day |
to day
, ,
, ,
,
Visit | the speech|less sick | and still |
converse
,
, , ,
,
With groan|ing wretch|es: and | your task | shall
be,
, ,
, ,
,
With all | the fierce | endeav|or of | your wit,
2 , ,
, ,
,
To enforce | the pain|ed imp|otent | to smile.
BEROWNE
, ,
, ,
,
To move | wild laugh/ter in | the throat | of
death?
,
, , ,
,
It can|not be,| it is | impos|sible.
,
T T . T , ,
Mirth can|not move a soul | in a|gony.
ROSALINE
, ,
, ,
x
Why that's | the way | to choke | a gib|ing
spirit,
,
, 2 , .
T T T
Whose^in|fluence | is begot | of that loose
grace,
, ,
, ,
,
Which^shal|low laugh|ing hear|ers give | to
fools:
, ,
, , ,
A jest's | prospe|rity,| lies in | the ear
, ,
, ,
,
Of him | that hears | it, nev|er in | the tongue
, ,
, ,
,
Of him | that makes | it: then,| if sick|ly ears,
,
, , , ,
Deafed with | the clam|ors of their // own dear
groans,
,
, ,
, ,
Will hear | your id|le scorns,| contin|ue then,
, ,
, ,
,
And I | will have | you, and | that fault |
withal.
, ,
, , x
But if | they will / not, throw | away | that
spirit,
, ,
, , ,
And I | shall find | you emp|ty of / that fault,
, ,
, , ,
Right joy/ful of | your re|forma|tion.
BEROWNE
, T
T . T ,
,
A twelve|month? Well: befall | what will |
befall,
,
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I'll jest | a twelve|month in | a hos|pital.
PRINCESS
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Aye* sweet | my lord,| and so | I take | my
leave.
FERDINAND
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No mad/am, we | will bring | you on | your way.
BEROWNE
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Our woo|ing doth | not end | like^an / old play:
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Jack^hath | not^Jill:| these lad|ies' court|esy
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Might^well | have made | our sport | a co|medy.
FERDINAND
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Come sir,| it wants | a twelve|month and | a day,
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And then |'twill end.
BEROWNE
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That's too | long for | a play.
[Enter ARMADO]
ARMADO
Sweet majesty vouchsafe me.
PRINCESS
Was not that Hector?
DUMAIN
The worthy knight of Troy.
ARMADO
I will kiss thy royal finger, and take leave. I am a votary, I have vowed to
Jaquenetta to hold the plough for her sweet love three years. But most
esteemed greatness, will you hear the dialogue that the two learned men have
compiled, in praise of the owl and the cuckoo: It should have followed in
the end of our show.
FERDINAND
Call them forth quickly, we will do so.
ARMADO
Holla, approach.
[Enter all]
This side is Hiems, Winter,
This Ver, the Spring: the one maintained by the owl,
The other by the cuckoo.
Ver, begin.
SPRING
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When dai|sies pied,| and vi|olets blue,
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And cuck|oo* buds | of yel|low hue:
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And lad|y-smocks | all silv|er-white,
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Do paint | the mead|ows with | delight.
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The cuck|oo* then | on eve|ry tree,
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Mocks^mar|ried men,| for thus | sings^he,
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cuck|oo! \\
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Cuckoo,| cuckoo:| O word | of fear,
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Unpleas|ing to | a mar|ried ear.
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When shep|herds pipe | on oat|en straws,
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And mer|ry larks | are plow|men's clocks,
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When turt|les tread,| and rooks | and daws,
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And maid|ens bleach | their sum|mer smocks:
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The cuck|oo* then,| on eve|ry tree,
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Mocks^mar|ried men,| for thus | sings^he,
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cuck|oo! \\
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Cuckoo,| cuckoo:| O word | of fear,
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Unpleas|ing to | a mar|ried ear.
WINTER.
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When ic|icles | hang by | the wall,
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And Dick | the shep|herd blows | his nail;
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And Tom bears logs | into | the hall,
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And milk comes froz|en home | in pail,
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When blood | is nipped,| and ways | be foul,
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Then night|ly sings | the star|ing owl
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Tu-whit | to-who,
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A mer|ry note,
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While greas|y Joan | doth keel | the pot.
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When all | aloud | the wind | doth^blow,
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And cough|ing drowns | the par|son's saw:
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And birds | sit broo|ding in | the snow,
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And Mar|ian's nose | looks^red | and raw:
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When roast|ed crabs | hiss^in | the bowl,
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Then night|ly sings | the star|ing owl,
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Tu-whit | to-who,
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A mer|ry note,
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While greas|y Joan | doth keel | the pot.
ARMADO
The words of Mercury,
Are harsh after the songs of Apollo:
You that way; we this way.
[Exeunt]