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Cymbeline

Act I, Scene 5

Britain. A room in Cymbeline's palace.
 
[Enter QUEEN, Ladies, and CORNELIUS]
 
QUEEN
              ,          ,           ,      ,                x
      Whiles^yet | the dew's | on ground,| gather | those flowers,
             ,      ,     2        ,    
      Make^haste.| Who has the | note of | them?
 
FIRST LADY
                                                 ,    ,
                                                 I | madam.
 
QUEEN
           ,
      Dispatch.   \\
            ,       ,         ,           ,              ,
      Now* mast|er doc|tor, have | you brought | those^drugs?
 
CORNELIUS
        ,               ,         ,                 ,     x
      Pleaseth | your high|ness, aye:| here they / are, madam:
       ,          ,            ,          ,        ,
      But I | beseech | your grace,| without | offense
           ,            ,        ,           ,          ,
      (My con|science bids | me ask)| wherefore | you have
          ,     2    ,           ,     ,          ,      ,   ->
      command|ed of me | those^most | poiso|nous com||pounds,
           2           ,        x      ,            ,
      Which are | the mov|ers of a | langui|shing death:  ??
       T     T     T     ,     2
      But though slow,| deadly.
 
QUEEN
                                      ,        ,
                                 I | wonder,| doctor,
             ,          ,        ,          ,     2      ,
      Thou askst | me such | a ques|tion. Have | I not been
           ,       ,           ,           ,          ,
      Thy pup|il long?| Hast thou | not learned | me how
           ,         ,         ,          ,      ,
      To make | perfumes?| Distill?| Preserve?| Yea, so
                   ,     ,         ,          ,        ,
      That our / great king | himself | doth woo | me oft
           ,       ,          ,     2      ,        ,      2->
      For my | confec|tions? Hav|ing thus^far | procee||ded
           ,            ,           x          x           ,
      (Unless | thou thinkst | me devil|ish) is it | not meet
           ,        ,     ,        ,    ,
      That I | did amp|lify | my judg|ment in
      ,           ,         ,         ,         ,      2->
      Other | conclu|sions? I | will try | the for||ces
           ,          ,     ,          ,    ,
      Of these | thy com|pounds on | such crea/tures as
           ,           ,           ,     2       ,     ,
      We count | not worth | the hang|ing (but none | human)
          ,         ,      ,          ,       ,
      To try | the vig|or of | them, and | apply
         ,         ,          ,         ,         ,      2->
      Allay|ments^to | their act,| and by | them gath|er
              ,       ,    ,      2     ,
      Their seve|ral vir|tues, and ef|fects.
 
CORNELIUS
                                                      ,
                                             Your | highness
        ,       2         ,         T    T    T           ,
      Shall from this | practise,| but make hard | your heart:
          ,          ,        ,         ,           ,
      Besides,| the see|ing these | effects | will be
             ,        ,       ,
      Both nois|ome, and | infec|tious.
 
QUEEN
                                        ,       ,           ->
                                        O | content || thee.
        ,      ,         ,   2       ,        2    ,
      Here | comes a | flattering | rascal,| upon^him
                 ,     ,      ,             ,
      Will I / first work:| he's for | his mast|er,
      <-  ,     ,    ,   2      ,          ,      ,  2
         And || ene|my to my | son. How | now Pi|sanio?
       ,             ,        ,           ,        ,      ->
      Doctor,| your serv|ice for | this time | is en||ded,
        ,        2     ,
      Take | your own^way.
 
CORNELIUS
                              ,       ,            x
                           I do | suspect | you, madam,
           ,           ,        ,
      But you | shall do | no harm.
 
QUEEN
                                      ,             ,
                                    Hark thee,| a word.
 
CORNELIUS
              ,    ,          ,           ,          ,
      I do / not like | her. She | doth think | she has
         ,     ,            ,         2     ,           x
      Strange lin/gering | poisons:| I do know | her spirit,
                  ,    ,      ,        ,   ,
      And will / not trust | one of | her ma/lice, with
          ,     .   T     T    T         ,          ,
      A drug | of such damned na|ture. Those | she has,
            ,     ,         ,          ,        ,
      Will stu|pefy | and dull | the sense | awhile,
              ,           ,              ,          ,          ,
      Which first |(perchance)| she'll prove | on cats | and dogs,
            ,            ,   ,       ,      ,
      Then aft|erward / up hig|her: but | there is
       ,  ,                  ,         ,          ,
      No dan/ger in | what show | of death | it makes,
        ,               ,       ,          x          ,
      More than | the lock|ing up | the spirits | a time,
                ,    ,        ,        ,          ,
      To be / more fresh,| revi|ving. She | is fooled
                 ,    ,         ,        ,         x
      With a / most false | effect:| and I,| the truer,
       ,   2       ,           ,
      So to be | false with | her.  (tri with next few)
 
QUEEN
      <-       ,         ,         ,
        No || further | service,| doctor,
         ,        ,          ,
      Until | I send | for thee.
 
CORNELIUS
         ,        ,         ,
      I hum|bly take | my leave.
 
[Exit]
 
QUEEN
        ,           T      T     T
      Weeps she | still (sayst thou)?
        ,           T    T   T
      Dost thou | think in time
            ,           ,          ,        ,           x
      She will | not quench,| and let | instruc|tions enter
             ,      ,        ,        ,          ,
      Where fol|ly now | posses|ses? Do | thou work:
             ,            ,          ,          ,         ,
      When thou | shalt bring | me word | she loves | my son,
             ,          ,        ,          ,          ,
      I'll tell | thee on | the inst|ant, thou | art then
           ,         ,        ,         ,        ,
      As great | as is | thy mast|er: great|er, for
           ,         ,           ,           ,          ,
      His for|tunes all | lie* speech|less, and | his name
                ,    ,        ,        ,        ,
      Is at / last gasp:| return | he can|not, nor
          ,       ,         ,        ,           x
      Contin|ue where | he is:| to shift | his being,
       ,   2      T    T   T   2    ,     x
      Is to ex|change one mis|ery with | another,
           ,      ,           ,       ,           ,
      And eve|ry day | that comes,| comes to | decay
          ,       ,              ,            ,        ,
      A day's | work in | him. What | shalt thou | expect
          ,      ,       ,       ,            ,
      To be | depen|der on | a thing | that leans?
             x      T  T    T          ,          ,
      Who cannot | be new built,| nor has | no friends
           ,        ,         ,           ,           ,
      So much,| as but | to prop | him? Thou | takst^up
              ,           ,          ,        ,         ,     ->
      Thou knowst | not what:| but take | it for | thy la||bor,
       ,     2    ,         ,            ,          ,
      It | is a thing | I made,| which hath | the king
        T    T    .   T            ,        ,         ,
      Five times redeemed | from death:| I do | not know
        ,             ,   2     ,       ,           x
      What is | more cor|dial. Nay,| I prith|ee take it,
       ,          ,        ,      ,         ,
      It is | an earn|est of | a furth|er good
        ,        ,               ,         ,         ,
      That I | mean to | thee. Tell | thy mist|ress how
            ,       ,                 x          ,         ,
      The case | stands with | her: do it | as from | thyself:
        ,               ,            ,        ,         ,
      Think what | a chance | thou chan|gest on,| but think
             ,         ,          ,          ,        ,
      Thou hast | thy mist|ress still,| to boot,| my son,
       ,            ,   ,     2                 ,          ,
      Who shall | take no/tice of thee.| I'll move | the king
          ,     ,         ,        ,          ,
      To an|y shape | of thy | prefer|ment, such
            ,          ,          ,        ,        ,      2->
      As thou'lt | desire:| and then | myself,| I chief||ly,
            ,          ,        ,        ,         ,
      That set | thee on | to this | desert,| am bound
           ,          x       ,        ,        ,
      To load | thy merit | richly.| Call my | women:
        ,             ,        ,         ,          ,
      Think on | my words.| A sly,| and const|ant knave,
       ,    2        ,          ,        ,         ,
      Not to be | shaked: the | agent | for his | master,
       ,           ,       ,        ,         ,
      And the | remem|brancer | of her,| to hold
            ,     ,             ,     2       x           ,
      The hand-|fast to | her lord.| I have given | him that,
             ,        ,            ,        ,       ,
      Which^if | he take,| shall quite | unpeo|ple her
          ,    ,     2        ,            ,           ,
      Of lie|gers for her | sweet, and | which, she | after
          ,          ,         ,        ,       2    ,
      Except | she bend | her hum|or, shall | be assured
           ,         ,
      To taste | of too.
 
[Enter Pisanio and Ladies]
                               ,          ,           ,
                         So*, so:| well^done,| well^done:
           x         ,    ,                ,   ,
      The vio|lets, cow|slips, and | the prim|roses
        ,    2      ,         ,           ,       , 2
      Bear to my | closet.| Fare thee | well, Pi|sanio.
        ,             ,
      Think on | my words.
 
[Exeunt QUEEN and Ladies]
 
PISANIO
            ,     __
      And shall | do:  (di with prev)
            ,        ,           ,        ,         ,
      But when | to my | good* lord | I prove | untrue,
             ,         ,             ,          ,        ,
      I'll choke | myself:| there's all | I'll do | for you.
 
[Exit]

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