Dem. Ay, and wall too. Bot. No, I affure you; the wall is down that parted their fathers. Will it please you to fee the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance, between two of our company. The. No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excufe. Never excufe; for when the players are all dead, there need none to be blamed. Marry, if he that writ it, had play'd Pyramus, and hang'd himself in Thisbe's garter, it would have been a fine tragedy: and fo it is, truly; and very notably discharg'd. But come, your Bergomask: let your epilogue alone. [Here a dance of Clowns. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve ;Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. I fear, we fhall out-fleep the coming morn, As much as we this night have overwatch'd. This palpable-grofs play hath well beguil'd The heavy gait of night.-Sweet friends, to bed. A fortnight hold we this folemnity, In nightly revels, and new jollity. SCENE II. Enter PUCK. Puck. Now the hungry lion roars, [Exeunt Whilst the fcritch-owl, fcritching loud, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his fpright, Enter OBERON and TITANIA, with their Train. Hop as light as bird from brier; Sing, and dance it trippingly. Tita. First, rehearse this fong by rote: SONG, and DANCE. Ob. Now, until the break of day Shall not in their issue stand; Never mole, hare-lip, nor fcar, Shall upon their children be.— And each feveral chamber bless, And the owner of it blest. Make no stay; Meet me all by break of day. [Exeunt OBERON, TITANIA, and Train, Puck. If we fhadows have offended, Elfe the Puck a liar call. So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin fhall reftore amends. [Exit |