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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Act III, Scene 2

Another part of the wood.
 
[Enter OBERON]
 
OBERON
         ,       ,      ,      ,      ,
      I wond|er if | Titan|ia be | awaked;
             ,        ,           ,          ,        ,
      Then what | it was | that next | came^in | her eye,
             ,           ,         ,      ,     ,
      Which she | must dote | on, in | extre|mity.
 
[Enter PUCK]
             ,         ,      ,          ,            x
      Here comes | my mes|senger:| how* now | mad* spirit,
             ,          ,       ,           ,        ,
      What night-|rule^now | about | this haunt|ed grove?
 
PUCK
          ,          ,        ,       ,        ,
      My mist|ress with | a monst|er is | in love,
        ,             ,           ,     ,       x
      Near to | her close | and cons|ecrat|ed bower,
             ,         ,         ,          ,         x
      While she | was in | her dull | and sleep|ing hour,
          ,         ,         ,        ,     ,
      A crew | of patch|es, rude | mechan|icals,
             ,          ,        ,      ,         ,
      That work | for bread | upon | Athen|ian stalls,
            ,       ,       ,        ,         ,
      Were met | togeth|er to | rehearse | a play,
         ,              ,     ,        ,        ,
      intend|ed for / great Thes|eus' nup|tial-day:
            ,             ,     ,      2      ,        ,
      The shal|lowest / thick-skin | of that bar|ren sort,
           ,     ,        ,       ,           ,
      Who Pyr|amus | present|ed, in | their sport,
           ,          ,          ,        ,       ,
      Forsook | his scene,| and ent|ered in | a brake,
           ,        ,         ,        ,        ,
      When I | did him | at this | advant|age take,
          ,       ,       ,      ,         ,
      An ass|'s nole | I fix|ed on | his head.
         ,         ,       ,        ,      ,
      Anon | his This|be must | be ans|wered,
            ,         ,       ,            ,         ,
      And forth | my mim|ic comes:| When they | him spy,
           ,      ,                ,        ,       ,
      As wild | geese that | the cree|ping fow|ler eye,
          ,       ,        ,       ,          ,
      Or rus|set-pat|ed choughs,| many | in sort
        ,            ,       ,         ,         ,
      (Rising | and caw|ing at | the gun's | report)
       ,             ,          ,       ,          ,
      Sever | themselves,| and mad|ly sweep | the sky:
          ,         ,       ,         ,        ,
      So at | his light,| away | his fel|lows fly,
           ,         ,           ,     .   T   T    T
      And at | our stamp,| here^ore | and ore one falls;
           ,       ,           ,          ,        ,
      He murd|er cries,| and help | from Ath|ens calls.
              ,            ,      ,                 ,             ,
      Their sense | thus weak,| lost with | their fears | thus strong,
             ,           ,        ,        ,          ,
      Made sense|less things | begin | to do | them wrong.
           ,             ,          ,        ,        ,
      For bri|ers and thorns | at their | appar|el snatch,
              ,             ,           ,        ,             ,
      Some sleeves,| some hats,| from yield|ers all | things^catch,
         ,          ,        ,         ,        ,
      I led | them on | in this | distract|ed fear,
            ,           ,     ,         ,       ,
      And left | sweet Pyr|amus | translat|ed there:
            ,         ,        ,       ,         ,
      When in | that mom|ent (so |it came | to pass)
         ,       ,            ,           ,         ,
      Titan|ia waked,| and straight|way loved | an ass.
 
OBERON
             ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      This falls | out bet|ter than | I could | devise:
            ,          ,       ,             ,          ,
      But hast | thou yet | latched the | Athe|nian's eyes,
                   ,    ,        ,        ,          ,
      With the / love-juice,| as I | did bid | thee do?
 
PUCK
          ,          ,          ,        ,         ,
      I took | him sleep|ing (that | is fin|ished too)
       ,          ,    2   ,      ,         ,
      And the | Athen|ian wom|an by | his side,
             ,         ,          ,           ,         ,
      That when | he waked,| of force | she must | be eyed.
 
[Enter HERMIA and DEMETRIUS]
 
OBERON
        T     T      T      2      ,       ,    ,
      Stand close, this | is the same | Athen|ian.
 
PUCK
            ,        ,             ,    ,         ,
      This is | the wom|an, but / not this | the man.
 
DEMETRIUS
         ,        ,         ,           ,          ,
      O why | rebuke | you him | that loves | you so?
              ,         ,       ,         ,       ,
      Lay* breath | so bit|ter on | your bit|ter foe.
 
HERMIA
       ,            ,         ,           ,           ,
      Now I | but chide,| but I | should use | thee worse,
            ,        ,           x          ,          ,
      For thou |(I fear)| hast given | me cause | to curse,
           ,           ,         ,      ,         ,
      If thou | hast slain | Lysand|er in | his sleep,
       ,           ,          ,        ,              ,           T   T  T
      Being | oreshoes | in blood,| plunge in | the deep,|| and kill me too: \\
           ,         ,         ,       ,        ,
      The sun | was not | so true | unto | the day,
          ,       ,          ,           x       ,
      As he | to me.| Would he | have stolen | away,
             ,        ,   2     ,        ,          ,
      From sleep|ing Herm|ia? I'll | believe | as soon
             ,       ,              ,           ,          ,
      This whole | earth may*| be bored,| and that | the moon  ??
             ,           ,        ,          ,         ,
      May through | the cent|er creep,| and so | displease
            ,          ,    ,       2         ,    ,
      Her broth|er's noon|tide, with the | Antip|odes.
          ,       ,         ,           ,        ,
      It can|not be | but thou | hast murd|ered him,
            ,         ,   2     ,         ,         ,
      So should | a murd|erer look,| so dead,| so grim.
 
DEMETRIUS
            ,           ,         ,         ,          ,
      So should | the murd|erer look,| and so | should I,
         ,                    ,                   ,    ,     ,
      Pierced through | the heart | with your / stern cru|elty:
           ,          ,   2     ,          ,           ,
      Yet you | the murd|erer looks | as bright | as clear,
          ,       ,      ,         ,     2      ,
      As yond|er Ven|us in | her glim|mering sphere.
 
HERMIA
               ,        ,       ,        ,         ,
      What's this | to my | Lysand|er? Where | is he?
           ,       ,   2      ,           ,         ,
      Ah good | Demet|rius, wilt | thou give | him me?
 
DEMETRIUS
       2      ,       ,         ,        ,         ,
      I had rath|er give | his car|cass to | my hounds.
 
HERMIA
           ,         ,            ,          ,           ,
      Out dog,| out cur,| thou drivst | me past | the bounds
           ,        ,           ,           ,           ,
      Of maid|en's pa|tience. Hast | thou slain | him then?
             ,         ,      ,            ,   ,
      Henceforth | be nev|er num|bered a/mong men.
       T    T    T      T    Tx   T         ,
      Oh, once tell | true, even for | my sake,
              ,            ,       ,           x        ,
      Durst thou | have looked | upon | him, being | awake?
            ,            ,           ,              ,     ,
      And hast | thou killed | him sleep|ing? O*/ brave touch:
             ,        ,        ,      ,        ,
      Could not | a worm,| an ad|der do | so much?
          ,      ,         ,           ,         ,
      An ad|der did | it: for | with doub|ler tongue
             ,           ,         ,      ,       ,
      Than thine |(thou ser|pent) nev|er ad|der stung.
 
DEMETRIUS
            ,           ,        ,   .  T    T     T
      You spend | your pas|sion on | a misprised mood,
         ,         ,      ,       ,         ,
      I am | not guil|ty of | Lysand|er's blood:
           ,        ,          ,         ,         ,
      Nor is | he dead | for aught |that I | can tell.
 
HERMIA
          ,           ,         ,          ,        ,
      I pray | thee tell | me then | that he | is well.
 
DEMETRIUS
           ,       ,             ,        ,           ,
      And if | I could,| what should | I get | therefore?
 
HERMIA
          ,     ,     ,          ,         ,
      A priv|ilege,| never | to see | me more;
            ,         ,       ,         ,    _
      And from | thy hat|ed pres|ence part | I:
       ,    2       ,    ,                ,        ,
      See me no | more wheth/er he | be dead | or no.
 
[Exit]
 
DEMETRIUS
           2    ,    ,          ,                 ,     ,
      There is no | follow|ing her | in this / fierce vein,
        ,    ,                  ,         ,        ,
      Here there/fore for | a while | I will | remain.
          ,          ,     ,           ,   2    ,
      So sor|row's heav|iness | doth heav|ier grow:
            ,           ,          ,           ,       ,
      For debt | that bank|rupt* sleep | doth sor|row owe,
             ,     .   T     T     T       ,         ,
      Which now | in some slight meas|ure it | will pay,
          ,          ,       ,        ,           ,
      If for | his tend|er here | I make | some stay.
 
[Lies down and sleeps]
 
OBERON
             ,           ,           ,        ,       ,
      What hast | thou done?| Thou hast | mistak|en quite
            ,     .    T    T    T          ,             ,
      And laid | the love-juice on | some true | love's^sight:
          ,         ,         ,         ,        ,
      Of thy | mispris|ion, must | perforce | ensue
             ,            ,          ,        ,              ,
      Some true | love^turned,| and not | a false | turned^true.
 
PUCK
             ,          ,           ,          ,        ,
      Then fate | ore-rules,| that one | man hold|ing troth,
         ,         ,         ,         ,         ,
      A mil|lion fail,| confound|ing oath | on oath.
 
OBERON
         ,          ,         ,        ,          ,
      About | the wood,| go swift|er than | the wind,
           ,    ,       ,        ,           ,
      And Hel|ena | of Ath|ens look | thou find.
           ,       ,         ,         ,         ,
      All fan|cy-sick | she is,| and pale | of cheer,
             ,          ,           ,      .    T     T     T
      With sighs | of love,| that costs | the fresh blood dear,
           ,       ,       ,           ,           ,
      By some | illu|sion see | thou bring | her here,
             ,           ,        ,          ,       ,
      I'll charm | his eyes | against | she do | appear.
 
PUCK
         ,      ,         ,       ,
      I go,| I go,| look how | I go,
        ,    2        ,          2     ,         ,
      Swifter than | arrow | from the Tar|tar's bow.
 
[Exit]
 
OBERON
       ,        ,         ,       ___
      Flower | of this | purple | dye,
       ,          ,         ,    __
      Hit with | Cupid's | arche|ry,
        ,        ,       ,       ___
      Sink in | apple | of his | eye.
        ,          ,         ,    ___
      When his | love he | doth e|spy,
       ,          ,         ,  2    __
      Let her | shine as | glorious|ly
       ,        ,       ,       ___
      As the | Venus | of the | sky.
        ,           ,         ,       __
      When thou | wakst if | she be | by,
       ,        ,         ,   __
      Beg of | her for | reme|dy.
 
[Enter PUCK]
 
PUCK
       ,         ,         ,      __
      Captain | of our | fairy | band,
       ,    ,        ,        __
      Hele|na is | here at | hand,
       ,          ,          ,       __
      And the | youth, mis|took by | me,
        ,         ,       ,        ___
      Pleading | for a | lover's | fee.
        ,          ,           ,        ___
      Shall we | their fond*| pageant | see?
        ,            ,            ,        __
      Lord, what | fools these | mortals | be!
 
OBERON
        ,       ,           ,            ,
      Stand a|side: the | noise they | make,
      <-          ,       ,     ,         ,
        Will || cause De|metri|us to | awake.
 
PUCK
        ,          ,         T   T   T
      Then will | two at | once woo one,
        ,           ,          ,      __
      That must | needs be | sport a|lone:
       ,             ,          T     T    T
      And those | things do | best please me,
        ,       ,       ,         ,
      That be|fall pre|poster|ously.
 
[Enter LYSANDER and HELENA]
 
LYSANDER
             ,           ,          ,           ,         ,
      Why should | you think | that I | should woo | in scorn?
        ,            ,       ,       ,         ,
      Scorn and | deri|sion nev|er come | in tears:
        ,            ,        ,          ,         ,
      Look when | I vow | I weep;| and vows | so born,
           ,        ,    ,         ,         ,
      In their | nativ|ity | all truth | appears.
           ,             ,         ,          ,         ,
      How can | these things | in me,| seem scorn | to you?
        ,             ,          ,          ,            ,
      Bearing | the badge | of faith | to prove | them true.
 
HELENA
           ,       ,           ,         ,          ,
      You do | advance | your cun|ning more | and more,
             ,     ,     ,       ,        ,     ,
      When truth kills truth, O devilish holy fray!  ????
              ,         ,    2      ,          ,         ,
      These vows | are Herm|ia's. will | you give | her ore?
              ,           ,         ,          ,         ,
      Weigh^oath | with oath,| and you | will noth|ing weigh.
             ,        ,         ,        ,           ,
      Your vows | to her,| and me |(put^in | two* scales)
            ,      ,           ,         ,          ,
      Will ev|en weigh,| and both | as light | as tales.
 
LYSANDER
         ,         ,          ,        ,        ,
      I had | no judg|ment, when | to her | I swore.
 
HELENA
            ,     .  T   T    T          ,         ,
      Nor none | in my mind, now | you give | her ore.
 
LYSANDER
         ,           ,    ,       2     ,          ,
      Demet|rius / loves her,| and he loves | not you.
 
DEMETRIUS [Awaking]
         ,   2    ,          ,      ,            ,
      O Hel|ena, god|dess, nymph,| perfect,| divine,
           ,         ,          ,        ,            ,
      To what | my love,| shall I | compare | thine^eyne!
       ,            ,      ,         ,         ,
      Crystal | is mud|dy, O | how ripe | in show,
            ,            ,        ,          ,         ,
      Thy lips,| those kiss|ing cher|ries, tempt|ing grow!
             ,          ,       T      T    T       ,
      That pure | congealed | white, high Taur|us snow,
         ,                ,        ,      ,            ,
      Fanned with | the east|ern wind,| turns to | a crow,
             ,            ,         ,        ,         ,
      When thou | holdst^up | thy hand.| O* let | me kiss
             ,              ,    ,            ,         ,
      This prin|cess of / pure white,| this seal | of bliss.
 
HELENA
          ,         ,       ,         ,          ,
      O spite!| O hell!| I see | you all | are bent
          ,        ,          ,          ,      ,
      To set | against | me, for | your mer|riment:
          ,          ,       ,           ,     ,
      If you | were civ|il, and | knew court|esy,
            ,          ,        ,          ,    ,
      You would | not do | me thus | much in|jury.
           ,          ,         ,       ,         ,
      Can you | not hate | me, as | I know | you do,
           ,           ,         ,          ,        ,
      But you | must join | in souls | to mock | me too?
          ,         ,        ,         ,         ,
      If you | are men,| as men | you are | in show,
            ,          ,       ,       ,     ,
      You would | not use | a gent|le la|dy so;
          ,          ,          ,       ,          ,
      To vow,| and swear,| and sup|erpraise | my parts,
           ,        ,          ,         ,            ,
      When I | am sure | you hate | me with | your hearts.
            ,         ,               ,    ,   ,
      You both | are riv|als, and / love Herm|ia;
           ,          ,             ,   ,    ,
      And now | both riv|als to / mock Hel|ena.
          ,        ,        ,      ,      ,
      A trim | exploit,| a man|ly ent|erprise,
          ,         ,                  ,    ,      ,
      To con|jure tears | up in a // poor maid's eyes,
             ,       ,         ,        ,       ,
      With your | deri|sion; none | of nob|le sort,
             ,       ,       ,        ,        ,
      Would so | offend | a vir|gin, and | extort
      .   T     T    T          ,         ,          ,
      A poor soul's pa|tience, all | to make | you sport.
 
LYSANDER
           ,        ,       ,   2     ,        ,
      You are | unkind | Demet|rius; be | not so,
           ,           ,  2     ,          ,        ,
      For you | love^Herm|ia; this | you know | I know;
            ,          ,           ,          ,         ,
      And here | with all | good^will,| with all | my heart,
           ,   2     ,        ,          ,        ,
      In Herm|ia's love | I yield | you up | my part;
            ,         ,    ,       ,        ,
      And yours | of Hel|ena | to me | bequeath,
           ,        ,     .    T   T   T         ,
      Whom I | do love | and will do till | my death.
 
HELENA
       ,            ,        ,           ,       ,
      Never | did mock|ers waste | more id|le breath.
 
DEMETRIUS
          ,        ,          ,   2  ,          ,
      Lysand|er, keep | thy Herm|ia, I | will none:
          ,        ,           ,           ,         ,
      If ere | I loved | her, all | that love | is gone.
           ,         ,               ,     ,         ,
      My heart | to her | but as / guest-wise | sojourned,
           ,        ,      ,        ,         ,
      And now | to Hel|en is | it home | returned,
        ,            ,
      There to | remain.
 
LYSANDER
                              ,   ___   __
                          It is | not | so.
 
DEMETRIUS
          ,       ,          ,            ,          ,
      Dispar|age not | the faith | thou dost | not know,
            ,        ,       ,       ,         ,
      Lest^to | thy per|il thou | abide | it dear.
             ,           ,      ,     ,                 ,
      Look^where | thy love | comes, yon/der is | thy dear.
 
[Enter HERMIA]
 
HERMIA
        T    T      T        2     ,          ,         ,
      Dark night, that | from the eye | his func|tion takes,
           ,           ,         ,     ,         ,
      The ear | more quick | of ap|prehen|sion makes,
            ,        ,        ,         ,        ,
      Wherein | it doth | impair | the see|ing sense,
           ,          ,        ,      ,      ,
      It pays | the hear|ing doub|le rec|ompense.
            ,          ,         ,        ,       ,
      Thou art | not* by | mine^eye,| Lysand|er found,
            ,        ,            ,          ,         ,
      Mine^ear |(I thank | it) brought | me to | thy sound.
           ,        ,       ,            ,         ,
      But why | unkind|ly didst | thou leave | me so?
 
LYSANDER
             ,          ,           ,           ,         ,
      Why should | he stay | whom love | doth press | to go?
 
HERMIA
             ,            ,         ,       ,         ,
      What love | could press | Lysand|er from | my side?
 
LYSANDER
          ,         ,           ,          ,          ,
      Lysand|er's love |(that would | not let | him bide)
             ,    ,         ,        ,           ,
      Fair* Hel|ena,| who more | engilds | the night,
            ,         ,      ,          ,         ,
      Than all | you fie|ry oes,| and eyes | of light.
             ,           ,          ,           ,           ,
      Why seekst | thou me?| Could not | this make | thee know,
            ,        ,            ,         ,           ,
      The hate | I bear | thee, made | me leave | thee so?
 
HERMIA
            ,          ,         ,         ,       ,
      You speak | not as | you think;| it can|not be.
 
HELENA
       ,            ,         ,        ,   2  ,
      Lo, she | is one | of this | confed|eracy,
          ,        ,            ,          ,            ,
      Now I | perceive | they have | conjoined | all* three,
           ,               ,     ,          ,         ,
      To fash|ion this / false sport | in spite | of me.
         ,   2    ,   2     ,        ,         ,
      Injur|ious Herm|ia, most | ungrate|ful maid,
            ,          ,           ,           ,          ,
      Have you | conspired,| have you | with these | contrived
           ,          ,           ,       ,    ,
      To bait | me, with | this foul | deri|sion?
          ,          ,        ,        ,            ,
      Is all | the couns|el that | we two | have shared,
           ,          ,          ,           ,          ,
      The sis|ters' vows,| the hours | that we | have spent,
            ,          ,         ,       ,       ,
      When we | have chid | the has|ty-foot|ed time,
            ,       ,   ,        ,       ,
      For part|ing us;| O, is | all for|got?
      <-          T     T      T           ,         ,     ,
        All || school-days' friend|ship, child|hood in|nocence?
           ,  2     ,         ,    ,        ,
      We Herm|ia, like | two art|ifi|cial gods,
        ,               ,     2   ,       ,           x
      Have with | our need|les creat|ed both | one flower,
        ,             ,        ,      2    ,      ,
      Both on | one samp|ler, sit|ting on one | cushion,
             ,             ,    ,      T   .  T   T
      Both^warb|ling of / one song,| both in one key;
          ,         ,           ,      ,             ,
      As if | our hands,| our sides,| voices,| and minds
       ,      2    ,   2       ,        ,      ,
      Had been in|corporate.| So we | grow to|gether,
        ,    2     ,         ,       ,         ,
      Like to a | double | cherry,| seeming | parted,
           ,       ,      ,       ,    ,
      But yet | a un|ion in | parti|tion;
            ,      ,        ,            ,    ,
      Two love|ly ber|ries mol|ded on / one stem;
                 ,   ,        ,              ,    ,
      So with / two seem|ing bod|ies, but / one heart;
       ,             ,            ,         ,     ,
      Two of | the first | like coats | in her|aldry,
       ,            ,          ,              ,    ,
      Due but | to one | and crown|ed with / one crest.
       ,      2        ,         ,          ,     ,
      And will you | rent our | ancient | love a|sunder,
           ,          ,         ,                ,     ,
      To join | with men | in scorn|ing your / poor friend?
               ,    ,                ,    ,     ,
      It is / not friend|ly, 'tis / not maid|enly.
           ,         ,       ,         ,            x
      Our sex | as well | as I,| may chide | you for it,
             ,      ,         ,         ,    ,
      Though I | alone | do feel | the in|jury.
 
HERMIA
         ,     ,      ,         ,     2      ,
      I am | amaz|ed at | your pas|sionate words,
          ,          ,         ,           ,           ,
      I scorn | you not;| it seems | that you | scorn^me.
 
HELENA
            ,         ,        ,       ,        ,
      Have you | not set | Lysand|er, as | in scorn
          ,       ,          ,          ,          ,
      To fol|low me,| and praise | my eyes | and face?
            ,          ,       ,       ,     ,
      And made | your oth|er love,| Demet|rius
            ,   2     ,          ,          ,          ,
      (Who ev|en but now | did spurn | me with | his foot)
           ,        ,          ,         ,          ,
      To call | me god|dess, nymph,| divine,| and rare,
       ,            ,    2     ,           ,          ,
      Precious,| celes|tial? Where|fore speaks | he this
          ,         ,           ,          ,        ,     2->
      To her | he hates?| and where|fore doth | Lysand||er
         ,          ,         ,        ,          ,
      Deny | your love |(so rich | within | his soul)
           ,       ,        ,        ,     ,
      And tend|er me |(forsooth)| affec|tion,
           ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      But by | your set|ting on,| by your | consent?
              ,         ,        ,        ,         ,
      What thought | I be | not so | in grace | as you,
           ,      ,           ,        ,      ,
      So hung | upon | with love,| so for|tunate?
            ,    ,       ,         ,        ,
      (But mis|era|ble most,| to love | unloved)
            ,            ,      ,        ,        ,
      This^you | should pi|ty, rath|er than | despise.
 
HERMIA
         ,      ,      ,               ,         ,
      I und|erstand | not what | you mean | by this.
 
HELENA
       T    T   .  T        ,             ,    ,
      Aye, do, persev|er, count|erfeit / sad looks,
        T     T   . T         ,        ,         ,
      Make mouths upon | me when | I turn | my back;
        T    T   .  T        ,     .    T     T   T
      Wink each at oth|er, hold | the sweet jest up:
             ,       ,   ,                     ,      ,
      This sport | well car/ried, shall | be chron|icled.
       ,    2       ,      ,       ,          ,
      If you have | any | pity,| grace, or | manners,
                   ,    ,         ,        ,     ,
      You would / not make | me such | an arg|ument:
            ,         ,           ,           ,    ,
      But fare | ye well,| 'tis part|ly my / own fault,
              ,         ,         ,           ,    ,
      Which death | or ab|sence soon | shall rem|edy.
 
LYSANDER
        T    Tx    T    ,     ,           ,
      Stay gentle Hel|ena,| hear my | excuse,
           ,         ,         ,      ,   ,
      My love,| my life,| my soul,| fair Hel/ena*.
 
HELENA
         ,      ,
      O^ex|cellent!
 
HERMIA
                     ,               ,          ,
                   Sweet, do | not scorn | her so.
 
DEMETRIUS
           ,       ,        ,     ,           ,
      If she | cannot | entreat,| I can | compel.
 
LYSANDER
             ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      Thou canst | compel,| no more | than she | entreat.
             ,            ,             ,                   ,     ,
      Thy threats | have no | more* strength | than her / weak praise.
       ,          ,           ,        ,       ,
      Helen,| I love | thee, by | my life | I do;
          ,          ,          ,          ,          ,
      I swear | by that | which^I | will lose | for thee,
           ,           ,            ,        ,          ,
      To prove | him false,| that says | I love | thee not.
 
DEMETRIUS
         ,        ,           ,          ,        ,
      I say,| I love | thee more | than he | can do.
 
LYSANDER
           ,          ,         ,          ,         ,
      If thou | say* so,| withdraw | and prove | it too.
 
DEMETRIUS
               ,
      Quick,^come.
 
HERMIA
                     ,        ,        ,           ,
                 Lysand|er, where|to tends | all^this?
 
LYSANDER
         ,        ,    ,
      Away,| you Eth|iope.
 
DEMETRIUS
                           T   T   T       T   .   T     T   ->
                          No, no, sir,|| seem to break loose;
            ,    ,    2         ,
      Take^on | as you would | follow,
           ,      T   T    T       2    ,          ,
      But yet | come not: you | are a tame | man, go.
 
LYSANDER
            ,          ,           ,      ,                ,
      Hang^off | thou cat,| thou burr:| vile thing | let^loose,
       ,  2         ,            ,         ,       ,
      Or I will | shake thee | from me | like a | serpent.
 
HERMIA
       ,              ,          ,
      Why are | you grown | so rude?
             ,       .   T    T     T
      What change | is this sweet love?  (tri with prev)
 
LYSANDER
       T    T    T     ,       ,       ___
      Thy love? Out | tawny | Tartar,| out;
       ,    ,      ,           ,     ,       ,
      Out loathed medicine; O hated poison hence.  ????
 
HERMIA
       ,             ,
      Do you | not jest?
 
HELENA
                               ,          ,       ,
                         Yes^sooth;| and so | do you.
 
LYSANDER
         ,   2    ,          ,         ,           ,
      Demet|rius: I | will keep | my word | with thee.
 
DEMETRIUS
          ,        ,           ,        ,        ,
      I would | I had | your bond:| for I | perceive
      .   T    T    T            ,          ,            ,
      A weak bond holds | you; I'll | not trust | your word.
 
LYSANDER
        ,                ,            ,            ,          ,
      What, should | I hurt | her, strike | her, kill | her dead?
           ,         ,           ,          ,         ,
      Although | I hate | her, I'll | not harm | her so.
 
HERMIA
        ,              ,        ,        ,           ,
      What, can | you do | me great|er harm | than hate?
        ,              ,       ,          ,         ,
      Hate me,| wherefore?| O me,| what news | my love?
          ,        ,  2    ,         ,        ,      ->
      Am not | I Herm|ia? Are | not you | Lysand||er?
      ,             ,   ,      2   ,         ,
      I | am as / fair now,| as I was | erewhile.
              ,           ,          ,            ,           ,       ->
      Since^night | you loved | me; yet | since^night | you left || me.
       ,        2      ,        ,         ,        ,
      Why | then you left | me (O | the gods | forbid)
           ,         ,        ,
      In earn|est, shall | I say?
 
LYSANDER
                                   ,             ,
                                  Aye, by | my life;
           ,      ,        ,        ,           ,
      And nev|er did | desire | to see | thee more.
             ,     ,    2       ,          ,             ,
      Therefore | be out of | hope, of | question,| of doubt;
           ,         ,       ,        ,         ,
      Be cert|ain, noth|ing tru|er: 'tis | no jest,
           ,        ,      ,           ,   ,
      That I | do hate | thee, and | love Hel/ena.
 
HERMIA
         ,        ,         ,     ,        ,
      O me,| you jug|gler, you | canker-|blossom,
            ,          ,      ,                ,         ,
      You thief | of love:| what, have | you come | by night,
             x           ,       ,
      And stolen | my love's | heart from | him?
 
HELENA
                                                   ,         ,
                                                 Fine | in faith:
        ,            ,     ,       ,        ,
      Have you | no mod|esty,| no maid|en shame,
           ,          ,       ,      ,                ,
      No touch | of bash|fulness?| What, will | you tear
         ,        ,         ,        ,         ,
      Impa|tient ans|wers from | my gent|le tongue?
       T    T    T      ,    2           ,        ,
      Fie, fie, you | counterfeit,| you pup|pet, you.
 
HERMIA
       ,            ,           ,          ,          ,
      Puppet?| Why so?| Aye*, that | way goes | the game.
       ,           ,           ,           ,         ,
      Now I | perceive | that she | hath made | compare
          ,           ,         ,           ,            ,
      Between | our stat|ures, she | hath urged | her height,
            ,         ,      ,           ,     ,   2
      And with | her pers|onage, | her tall | personage,
              ,           ,       2             ,           ,         
      Her | height (for|sooth) she hath | prevailed | with him.
           ,          ,          ,        ,        ,
      And are | you grown | so high | in his | esteem,
          ,        ,        ,         ,        ,
      Because | I am | so dwarf|ish, and | so low?
           ,       ,            x      T   T     T
      How low | am I,| thou painted | maypole? Speak,
           ,       ,      ,        ,        ,
      How low | am I?| I am | not yet | so low,
            ,         ,           ,        ,           ,
      But that | my nails | can reach | unto | thine^eyes.
 
HELENA
          ,           ,           ,         ,      ,
      I pray | you though | you mock | me, gent|lemen,
       ,              ,        ,        ,       ,
      Let her | not^hurt | me; I | was nev|er cursed:
          ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
      I have | no gift | at all | in shrew|ishness;
         ,       ,       ,            ,      ,
      I am | a right | maid for | my cow|ardice;
       ,                ,          ,         ,          ,
      Let her | not* strike | me: you | perhaps | may think,
          ,      ,         ,          ,          2    ,
      Because | she is | something | lower | than myself,
           ,         ,
      That I | can match | her.
 
HERMIA
                                ,        ,       ,
                               Low|er? Hark | again.
 
HELENA
             ,   2   ,        ,       ,     2      ,
      Good Herm|ia, do | not be | so bit|ter with me.
         ,     ,          ,          ,   ,
      I ev|ermore | did love | you Herm|ia,
            x      ,           ,         ,         ,
      Did ever | keep your | counsels,| never | wronged you,
        ,              ,       ,      ,     ,
      Save that | in love | unto | Demet|rius,
          ,         ,           ,         ,          ,
      I told | him of | your stealth | unto | this wood.
          ,         ,          ,       ,         ,
      He fol|lowed you,| for love | I fol|lowed him,
           ,          ,         ,            ,         ,
      But he | hath chid | me hence,| and threat|ened me
            ,           ,          ,         ,        ,
      To strike | me, spurn | me, nay | to kill | me too:
           ,        ,          ,        ,      ,
      And now,| so you | will let | me qui|et go,
          ,        ,        ,        ,       ,
      To Ath|ens will | I bear | my fol|ly back,
           ,       ,         ,        ,        ,
      And fol|low you | no furth|er. Let | me go.
           ,         ,        ,          ,       ,
      You see | how simp|le, and | how fond | I am.
 
HERMIA
           ,          ,         ,     2      ,        ,
      Why get | you gone:| who is | it that hind|ers you?
 
HELENA
          ,        ,          ,           ,        ,
      A fool|ish heart,| that I | leave here | behind.
 
HERMIA
        ,              ,
      What, with | Lysand|er?
 
HELENA
                                ,       ,     ,
                              With | Demet|rius.
 
LYSANDER
       ,    2    ,            ,           ,          ,  2
      Be not a|fraid, she | shall not | harm thee | Helena.
 
DEMETRIUS
       ,        ,           ,                  ,          ,
      No sir,| she shall | not, though | you take | her part.
 
HELENA
          ,           ,       ,         ,           ,
      O when | she's ang|ry, she | is keen | and shrewd,
           ,       ,       ,          ,          ,
      She was | a vix|en when | she went | to school,
             ,          ,        ,        ,          ,
      And though | she be | but lit|tle, she | is fierce.
 
HERMIA
       ,          ,     ,             ,           x
      Little | again?| Nothing | but low | and little?
       ,              ,       ,         ,          ,
      Why will | you suf|fer her | to flout | me thus?
       ,         ,    2
      Let me | come to her.
 
LYSANDER
                            ,          ,          ,
                           Get you | gone you | dwarf,
      <-        ,    ,         ,    2       T    T     T
        You || mini|mus, of | hindering | knot-grass made,
            ,        ,   ,
      You bead,| you a|corn.
 
DEMETRIUS
                               2       ,      ,
                            You are | too of|ficious,
          ,        ,            ,           ,     ,
      In her | behalf | that scorns | your serv|ices.
       ,     2    T     T    T        ,    ,
      Let her a|lone, speak not | of Hel|ena,
            ,          ,         ,          ,        ,
      Take^not | her part.| For if | thou dost | intend
       ,          ,        ,         ,        ,
      Never | so lit|tle show | of love | to her,
             ,        ,
      Thou shalt | abide | it.
 
LYSANDER
                               ,          ,         ,
                              Now | she holds | me not,
           ,       ,          ,         ,            ,
      Now fol|low if | thou darst,| to try | whose right,
           ,          ,         ,        ,    ,
      Of thine | or mine | is most | in Hel|ena.
 
DEMETRIUS
       ,        ,           ,               ,          ,
      Follow?| Nay, I'll | go with | thee cheek | by jowl.
 
[Exeunt LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS]
 
HERMIA
           ,          ,           ,         ,        ,
      You mist|ress, all | this coil | is long | of you.
            ,         ,
      Nay, go | not back.
 
HELENA
                           ,          ,         ,
                       I will | not trust | you I,
            ,       ,                ,      ,    ,
      Nor long|er stay | in your / cursed comp|any.
             ,            ,          ,       ,        ,
      Your hands | than mine | are quick|er for | a fray,
           ,          ,        ,         ,       ,
      My legs | are long|er though | to run | away.
 
[Exit]
 
HERMIA
         ,       ,          ,          ,        ,
      I am | amazed | and know | not what | to say.
 
[Exit]
 
OBERON
        T   .  T   T      ,       ,               ,
      This is thy neg|ligence,| still thou | mistakst,
           ,         ,           ,         ,      ,
      Or else | commitst | thy knave|ries wil|fully.
 
PUCK
          ,           ,         ,       ,        ,
      Believe | me, king | of shad|ows, I | mistook,
           ,          ,       ,            ,         ,
      Did not | you tell | me I | should know | the man,
       ,          ,   2   ,        ,         ,
      By the | Athen|ian gar|ment he | hath on?
           ,         ,           ,         ,      ,
      And so | far blame|less proves | my ent|erprise,
        ,        ,      ,         2   ,   2      ,
      That I | have a|nointed | an Athen|ian's eyes,
           ,        ,       ,        ,         ,
      And so | far am | I glad,| it so | did sort
           ,            ,       ,       ,        ,
      As this | their jang|ling I | esteem | a sport.
 
OBERON
             ,            ,        ,        ,          ,
      Thou seest | these lov|ers seek | a place | to fight,
             ,         ,      ,     ,           ,
      Hie* there|fore Rob|in, ov|ercast | the night,
            ,       ,      ,       ,      ,
      The star|ry welk|in cov|er thou | anon,
             ,        ,         ,         ,    ,
      With droop|ing fog | as black | as Ach|eron,
            ,           ,      ,       ,       ,
      And lead | these tes|ty riv|als so | astray,
          ,          ,        ,       ,        ,
      As one | come not | within | anoth|er's way.
        ,    2    ,         T   T    T            ,
      Like to Ly|sander,| sometime frame | thy tongue,
             ,       ,   2    ,         ,        ,
      Then stir | Demet|rius up | with bit|ter wrong;
            ,         ,           ,       ,     ,
      And some|time rail | thou like | Demet|rius;
            ,          ,       ,           ,           ,
      And from | each oth|er look | thou lead | them thus,
        ,     2          T      T     T       ,         ,
      Till ore their | brows, death count|erfeit|ing, sleep
             ,       ,         ,       ,            ,
      With lead|en legs,| and bat|ty wings | doth creep;
             ,            ,       ,       ,        ,
      Then crush | this herb | into | Lysand|er's eye,
             ,        ,          ,    2    ,      ,
      Whose li|quor hath | this vir|tuous prop|erty,
           ,            ,          ,        ,          ,
      To take | from thence | all er|ror, with | his might,
            ,         ,          ,           ,       ,
      And make | his eye|balls^roll | with wont|ed sight.
             ,           ,           ,       ,    ,
      When they | next^wake,| all* this | deris|ion
              ,        ,           ,         ,    ,
      Shall seem | a dream | and fruit|less vis|ion,
            ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      And back | to Ath|ens shall | the lov|ers wend
              ,             ,           ,            ,      ,
      With league,| whose date | till death | shall nev|er end.
             ,        ,        ,         ,        ,
      Whiles^I | in this | affair | do thee | employ,
        ,            ,          ,         ,   2   ,
      I'll to | my queen,| and beg | her Ind|ian boy;
            ,        ,          ,       ,        ,
      And then | I will | her charm|ed eye | release
             ,          ,     .   T     T     T          ,
      From monst|er's view,| and all things shall | be peace.
 
PUCK
           ,      ,           ,         ,           ,
      My fair|y lord,| this must | be done | with haste,
       .     T      T     T       ,     .     T     T    T
      For night's swift drag|ons cut | the clouds full fast,
            ,        ,        ,       ,      ,
      And yond|er shines | Auro|ra's har|binger;
           ,      ,   T      T    T     2     ,          ,
      At whose | approach ghosts wand|ering here | and there,
        T     T   .    T     T      T      T       ,
      Troop home to church|yards; damned spir|its all,
                  ,    ,           ,           ,    ,
      That in / crossways | and floods | have bur|ial,
         ,      ,           ,      ,          ,
      Alrea|dy to | their worm|y beds | are gone;
            ,          ,             ,             ,        ,
      For fear | lest^day | should look | their shames | upon,
             ,      ,          ,        ,           ,
      They will|fully | themselves | exile | from light,
            ,         ,         ,      .    T      T     T
      And must | for aye | consort | with black-browed night.
 
OBERON
           ,         ,       ,     ,        ,
      But we | are spir|its of | anoth|er sort:
      ,               ,          ,          ,           ,
      I, with | the morn|ing's love | have oft | made sport,
            ,       ,     ,           ,           ,
      And like | a for|ester,| the groves | may tread,
        x               ,        ,         ,      ,
      Even till | the east|ern gate | all fie|ry-red,
      ,  2          ,    ,            T     T      T
      Opening | on Nep|tune, with | fair blessed beams,
        ,     2     ,         ,           T    T      T
      Turns into | yellow | gold, his | salt green streams.
           ,        ,         ,           ,      ,
      But not|withstand|ing haste,| make^no | delay:
          ,        ,          ,          ,         ,
      We may | effect | this bus|iness, yet | ere day.
 
[Exit]
 
PUCK
       ,        __     ,        __
      Up and | down,| up and | down,
      ,          ,          ,        __
      I will | lead them | up and | down:
      ,         ,          ,          __
      I am | feared in | field and | town.
       ,         ,          ,        __
      Goblin,| lead them | up and | down:
        T    T    T
      Here comes one.  \\
 
[Enter LYSANDER]
 
LYSANDER
             ,            ,        ,     ,   oo
      Where^art | thou, proud | Demet|rius?|
       ___     __    ___
      Speak | thou | now.  \\
 
PUCK
        T     Tx      T          ,        ,           ,
      Here villain; drawn | and rea|dy. Where | art thou?
 
LYSANDER
          ,         ,            ,
      I will | be with | thee straight. \\
 
PUCK
       ,            ,         ,         ,     oo
      Follow | me then | to plain|er ground.|
 
[Exit LYSANDER, as following the voice. Enter DEMETRIUS]
 
DEMETRIUS
          ,        ,        ,
      Lysand|er, speak | again; \\
            ,     ,         ,        ,           ,
      Thou run|away,| thou cow|ard, art | thou fled?
        T    .   T    T            ,           ,          ,
      Speak in some bush:| Where dost | thou hide | thy head?
 
PUCK
            ,        ,           ,        ,         ,
      Thou cow|ard, art | thou brag|ging to | the stars,
       ,              ,       ,            ,           ,
      Telling | the bush|es that | thou lookst | for wars,
       .    T   T    T          ,    2      ,           ,
      And wilt not come?| Come^rec|reant, come | thou child,
             ,           ,       ,        ,       ,
      I'll whip | thee with | a rod.| he is | defiled
             ,         ,          ,
      That draws | a sword | on thee.
 
DEMETRIUS
                                      ,                ,
                                     Yea, art | thou there?
 
PUCK
       ,            ,            ,        ,         ,
      Follow | my voice,| we'll try | no man|hood here.
 
[Exeunt. Enter LYSANDER]
 
LYSANDER
           ,        ,                ,     ,         ,
      He goes | before | me, and / still dares | me on,
          2    ,                 ,      ,           ,
      When I come | where he / calls, then | he's gone.
           ,              ,    ,         ,          ,
      The vil|lain is / much light|er-heeled | than I:
         ,          ,          ,      ,        ,
      I fol|lowed fast,| but fast|er he | did fly;
              x        ,        ,      ,      ,
      That fallen | am I | in dark | unev|en way,
            ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      And here | will rest | me. Come | thou gent|le day:
           ,         ,           ,               ,    ,
      For if | but once | thou show | me thy / grey light,
             ,       ,   2     ,        ,            ,
      I'll find | Demet|rius, and | revenge | this spite.
 
[Sleeps. Enter PUCK and DEMETRIUS]
 
PUCK
       T   T   T    ,             ,           ,
      Ho, ho, ho;| Coward,| why comst | thou not?
 
DEMETRIUS
         ,         ,          ,           ,       ,
      Abide | me, if | thou darst.| For well | I wot,
             ,         ,          ,        ,       ,
      Thou runst | before | me, shift|ing eve|ry place,
            ,           ,           ,        ,         ,
      And darst | not stand,| nor look | me in | the face.
             ,
      Where art | thou?
 
PUCK
                          ,     ,       ,       __
                        Come | hither,| I am | here.
 
DEMETRIUS
       ,                 ,           ,           ,           ,
      Nay then | thou mockst | me; Thou | shalt buy | this dear,
          ,    ,         ,        ,          ,
      If ev|er I | thy face | by day|light* see.
           ,        ,      ,               ,        ,
      Now go | thy way:| Faintness | constrain|eth me,
           ,       ,          ,      .   T    T   T
      To meas|ure out | my length | on this cold bed,
           ,         ,        ,           ,     ,
      By day's | approach | look to | be vis|ited.
 
[Lies down and sleeps.  Enter HELENA]
 
HELENA
          ,      ,         ,         ,   2     ,
      O wear|y night,| O long | and ted|ious night,
         ,          ,       ,    ,                     ,
      Abate | thy hours,| shine com/forts from | the east,
           ,         ,        ,            ,   ,
      That I | may back | to Ath|ens by / daylight,
             ,           ,           ,    ,       ,
      From these | that my | poor* comp|any | detest;
            ,            ,          ,         ,         ,
      And sleep | that some|times^shuts | up sor|row's eye,
        ,           ,            ,         ,     ,
      Steal me | awhile | from mine | own comp|any.
 
[Lies down and sleeps]
 
PUCK
       ,         ___      T   T    T
      Yet but | three?| Come one more,
       ,         T    T     T         ,
      Two of | both kinds make | up four.
        ,         ___       ,         ___
      Here she | comes,| cursed and | sad:
       ,       ,      ,        ___
      Cupid | is a | knavish | lad,
        ,         T    T   T        ,
      Thus to | make poor fe|males^mad.
 
[Enter HERMIA]
 
HERMIA
       ,          ,       ,      ,       ,
      Never | so wea|ry, nev|er so | in woe,
         ,         ,         ,          ,            ,
      Bedab|bled with | the dew,| and torn | with briars,
         ,         ,        ,          ,       ,
      I can | no furth|er crawl,| no furth|er go;
           ,          ,         ,          ,       ,
      My legs | can keep | no pace | with my | desires.
        ,             ,         ,          ,         ,
      Here will | I rest | me till | the break | of day.
       ,           ,       ,            ,        2    ,
      Heavens | shield Ly|sander,| if they | mean^a fray.
 
[Lies down and sleeps]
 
PUCK
       ,         __      ___     ___
      On the | ground | sleep | sound,
        ,     ___    __    ___
      I'll ap|ply | your | eye
       ,        ,       ,   __
      Gentle | lover,| reme|dy.
 
[Squeezing the juice on LYSANDER's eyes]
        ,          ___     __     ___
      When thou | wakst,| thou | takst
        ,      __      ,        ___
      True de|light | in the | sight
       ,        ,        ,       ___
      Of thy | former | lady's | eye:
       ,          ,        ,          ,
      And the | country | proverb | known,
      <-         ,       ,             ,        ___
        That || every | man should | take his | own.
       ,         ,         ,         ___
      In your | waking | shall be | shown.
        ,                 ,       ,               ,
      Jack shall | have Jill,| nought shall | go^ill;
           ,            ,          ,       ,
      The man | shall have | his mare | again,
           ,     ___    __    __
      And all | shall | be | well.
 
[Exit]

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