350 Bade me come smiling and cross-garter'd to you, First told me thou wast mad; then camest in smiling, And in such forms which here were presupposed Upon thee in the letter. Prithee, be content: This practice hath most shrewdly pass'd upon thee; 360 But when we know the grounds and authors of it, Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge Of thine own cause. Fab. Good madam, hear me speak, And let no quarrel nor no brawl to come Taint the condition of this present hour, Which I have wonder'd at. In hope it shall not, Most freely I confess, myself and Toby Set this device against Malvolio here, Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts We had conceived against him: Maria writ 370 The letter at Sir Toby's great importance; In recompense whereof he hath married her. How with a sportful malice it was follow'd, May rather pluck on laughter than revenge; If that the injuries be justly weigh'd That have on both sides pass'd. Oli. Alas, poor fool, how have they baffled thee! Clo. Why, 'some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrown upon them.' I was one, sir, in this interlude; one Sir Topas, sir; but that's all one. 'By the Lord, fool, I am not mad.' But do you remember? 'Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal? an you smile not, he's gagged:' and thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. Mal. I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you. [Exit. Oli. He hath been most notoriously abused. Duke. Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace: He hath not told us of the captain yet: 390 When that is known and golden time convents, A solemn combination shall be made Of our dear souls. Meantime, sweet sister, We will not part from hence. Cesario, come; For so you shall be, while you are a man; But when in other habits you are seen, Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen. [Exeunt all, except Clown. Clo. [Sings] For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came to man's estate, 400 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their SCENE I. Antechamber in LEONTES' palace. Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS. Arch. If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great difference betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia. Cam. I think, this coming summer, the King of Sicilia means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly owes him. Arch. Wherein our entertainment shall shame us we will be justified in our loves; for indeedCam. Beseech you, II Arch. Verily, speak it in the freedom of my knowledge: we cannot with such magnificence-in so rare-I know not what to say. We will give you sleepy drinks, that your senses, unintelligent of our insufficience, may, though they cannot praise us, as little accuse us. Cam. You pay a great deal too dear for what's given freely. 19 Arch. Believe me, I speak as my understanding instructs me and as mine honesty puts it to utterance. Cam. Sicilia cannot show himself over-kind to Bohemia. They were trained together in their childhoods; and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection, which cannot choose but branch now. Since their more mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their society, their encounters, though not personal, have been royally attorneyed with interchange of gifts, letters, loving embassies; that they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds. The heavens continue their loves! Arch. I think there is not in the world either malice or matter to alter it. You have an unspeakable comfort of your young prince Mamil A Gaoler. HERMIONE, queen to Leontes. PERDITA, daughter to Leontes and Hermione. EMILIA, a lady attending on Hermione. DORCAS, } Shepherdesses. Other Lords and Gentlemen, Ladies, Officers, and Servants, Shepherds, and Shepherdesses. Time, as Chorus. SCENE: Sicilia, and Bohemia. lius: it is a gentleman of the greatest promise that ever came into my note. 40 Leon. We'll part the time between's then; And bleat the one at the other: what we changed and in that I'll no gainsaying. Press me not, beseech you, so. There is no tongue that moves, none, none i' the world, 20 So soon as yours could win me: so it should now, Do even drag me homeward: which to hinder Leon. Tongue-tied our queen? speak you. You had drawn oaths from him not to stay. Charge him too coldly. Tell him, you are sure 30 Leon. You put me off with limber vows; but I, 70 Was innocence for innocence; we knew not Boldly 'not guilty;' the imposition clear'd Her. Her. 80 Grace to boot! Leon. At my request he would not. Leon. Never? Never, but once. Her. What have I twice said well? when was't before? 90 I prithee tell me; cram's with praise, and make's Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Though you would seek to unsphere the stars Or I mistake you: O, would her name were Your guest, then, madam: To be your prisoner should import offending; Which is for me less easy to commit Than you to punish. 59 Her. We were, fair queen, Her. Was not my lord The verier wag o' the two? Ere I could make thee open thy white hand And clap thyself my love: then didst thou utter 'I am yours for ever.' Her. 'Tis grace indeed. Why, lo you now, I have spoke to the purpose twice: The one for ever earn'd a royal husband; Leon. Pol. We were as twinn'd lambs that did frisk My bosom likes not, nor my brows! Mamillius, Mam. Ay, my good lord. Leon. I' fecks! 120 Why, that's my bawcock. What, hast smutch'd thy nose? They say it is a copy out of mine. Come, captain, We must be neat; not neat, but cleanly, captain: And yet the steer, the heifer and the calf Upon his palm!-How now, you wanton calf! Yes, if you will, my lord. How thou lovest us, show in our brother's welcome; Let what is dear in Sicily be cheap: If you would seek us, We are yours i' the garden: shall's attend you there? Leon. To your own bents dispose you: you'll be found, Be you beneath the sky. [Aside] I am angling now, Though you perceive me not how I give line. Mam. Leon. Thou want'st a rough pash and the Go to, go to! shoots that I have, 130 To be full like me: yet they say we are 141 Affection! thy intention stabs the centre: And that beyond commission, and I find it, Pol. How, my lord! 161 Leon. You will! why, happy man be's dole! Are you so fond of your young prince as we Pol. 170 How she holds up the neb, the bill to him! And arms her with the boldness of a wife To her allowing husband! 180 [Exeunt Polixenes, Hermione, and Attendants. Gone already! Inch-thick, knee-deep, o'er head and ears a fork'd one! Go, play, boy, play: thy mother plays, and I Play too, but so disgraced a part, whose issue Will hiss me to my grave: contempt and clamour Will be my knell. Go, play, boy, play. There have been, 190 Or I am much deceived, cuckolds ere now; And his pond fish'd by his next neighbour, by As mine, against their will. Should all despair Leon. At the queen's be't: 'good' should be Before her troth-plight: say't and justify't. My gracious lord, But that his negligence, his folly, fear, 250 Sometime puts forth. In your affairs, my lord, If ever I were wilful-negligent, It was my folly; if industriously I play'd the fool, it was my negligence, 260 But that's past doubt, you have, or your eyeglass Is thicker than a cuckold's horn,-or heard,- 270 To have nor eyes nor ears nor thought, then say 280 Cam. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken: 'shrew my heart, You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin As deep as that, though true. Leon. Is whispering nothing? Is leaning cheek to cheek? is meeting noses? Kissing with inside lip? stopping the career Of laughing with a sigh?-a note infallible Of breaking honesty-horsing foot on foot? Skulking in corners? wishing clocks more swift? Hours, minutes? noon, midnight? and all eyes Blind with the pin and web but theirs, theirs only, That would unseen be wicked? is this nothing? Why, then the world and all that's in't is nothing; The covering sky is nothing; Bohemia nothing; My wife is nothing; nor nothing have these nothings, If this be nothing. Cam. Good my lord, be cured Of this diseased opinion, and betimes; For 'tis most dangerous. Had servants true about me, that bare eyes 321 I could do this, and that with no rash potion, Leon. Make that thy question, and go rot! 331 |