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The same. ANTONIO's house.
[Enter ANTONIO and PANTHINO]
ANTONIO
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Tell me | Panthin|o, what / sad talk | was that,
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Wherewith | my broth|er held | you in the |
cloister?
PANTHINO
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'Twas of | his neph|ew Prot|eus,| your son.
ANTONIO
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Why? What | of him?
PANTHINO
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He wond|ered that | your lord||ship
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Would suf|fer him,| to spend | his youth | at
home,
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While oth|er men,| of slend|er rep|uta||tion
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Put forth | their sons,| to seek | prefer|ment
out.
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Some to | the wars,| to try | their for|tune
there;
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Some, to | discov|er is|lands far | away:
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Some, to | the stud|ious un|ivers|ities;
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For an/y, or for | all these | exer|cises,
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He said,| that Prot|eus,| your son,| was meet;
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And did | request | me, to | impor|tune you
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To let | him spend | his time | no more | at
home;
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Which would | be great | impeach|ment to | his
age,
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In hav|ing known | no trav/el in | his youth.
ANTONIO
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Nor needst | thou much | impor|tune me | to that
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Whereon,| this month | I have | been ham|mering.
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I have | consid|ered well,| his loss | of time,
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And how | he can|not be | a per|fect man,
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Not be|ing tried,| and tutored in | the world:
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Exper|ience is | by ind|ustry | achieved,
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And per|fected | by the / swift course | of time:
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Then tell | me, whith|er were | I best | to send
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PANTHINO
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I think | your lord|ship is | not ig/norant
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How his | compan|ion, youth|ful Val|entine,
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Attends | the emp|eror | in his roy|al court.
ANTONIO
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I know | it well. \\
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'Twere good,| I think,| your lord|ship sent | him
thith||er,
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There | shall he prac|tice tilts,| and
tourn|aments;
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Hear sweet | discourse,| converse | with
nob|lemen,
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And be | in eye | of eve|ry ex|ercise
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Worthy | his youth,| and nob|leness | of birth.
ANTONIO
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I like | thy couns|el: well | hast thou |
advised:
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And that | thou mayst | perceive | how well | I
like it,
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The ex|ecu|tion of it | shall make known;
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Even | with the | speediest | expe|dition,
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I will | dispatch | him to the | empe|ror's
court.
PANTHINO
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Tomor|row, may it | please you,| Don Al|phonso,
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With oth|er gent|lemen | of good | esteem
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Are journ|eying,| to salute | the emp|eror,
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And to | commend | their serv|ice to | his will.
ANTONIO
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Good comp/any: with | them shall | Prote|us go:
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And in | good^time:| now will | we break | with
him.
[Enter PROTEUS]
PROTEUS
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Sweet love, sweet | lines, sweet life,|
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Here is | her hand,| the ag|ent of | her heart;
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Here is | her oath | for love,| her hon|or's
pawn;
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O that | our fath|ers would | applaud | our loves
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To seal | our hap|piness | with their | consents.
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O heav|enly Jul|ia. \\
ANTONIO
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How now?| What let|ter are | you read|ing there?
PROTEUS
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May it please | your lord|ship, 'tis | a word |
or two
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Of com|menda|tions sent | from Val|entine;
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Deliv|ered by | a friend,| that came | from him.
ANTONIO
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Lend me | the let|ter: let | me see | what news.
PROTEUS
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There is | no news |(my lord)| but that | he
writes
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How hap|pily | he lives,| how well-|beloved,
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And dai|ly grac|ed by | the emp|eror;
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Wishing me | with him,| partner | of his
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ANTONIO
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And how | stand you | affec|ted to | his wish?
PROTEUS
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As one | rely|ing on | your lord|ship's^will,
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And not | depend|ing on | his friend|ly wish.
ANTONIO
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My will | is some|thing sort|ed with | his wish:
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Muse not / that I | thus^sud|denly | proceed;
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For what | I will,| I will,| and there | an end:
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I am | resolved,| that thou | shalt spend | some
time
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With Val|entin|us, in | the emp|eror's court:
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What maint|enance | he from | his friends |
receives,
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Like^ex|hibi|tion thou | shalt have | from me,
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Tomor|row be | in read|iness,| to go,
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Excuse | it not:| for I | am peremp|tory.
PROTEUS
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My lord | I cannot | be so | soon pro|vided,
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Please you | delib|erate | a day | or two.
ANTONIO
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Look what | thou wantst | shall be | sent aft|er
thee:
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No more | of stay:| tomor|row thou | must go;
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Come on | Panthin|o: you | shall be | employed,
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To hast|en on | his ex|pedi|tion.
[Exeunt ANTONIO and PANTHINO]
PROTEUS
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Thus have I | shunned the | fire, for | fear of |
burning,
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And drenched | me in | the sea,| where I | am
drowned.
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I feared | to show | my fath|er Jul|ia's
letter,
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Lest he | should take | excep|tions to | my love,
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And with | the vant|age of | mine own | excuse
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Hath he | excep|ted most | against | my love.
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Oh, how this | spring of | love re|sembleth
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The uncert|ain glo|ry of | an Ap|ril day,
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Which now | shows^all | the beaut|y of | the sun,
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And by | and by | a cloud | takes^all | away.
PANTHINO
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Sir Prot|eus,| your fath|er calls | for you,
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He is | in haste,| therefore | I pray | you go.
PROTEUS
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Why this | it is:| my heart | accords | thereto,
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And yet | a thous|and times | it ans|wers no.
[Exeunt]