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JULIA. And Julia herself did give it me; |
And Julia herself have brought it hither. |
PROTEUS. How! Julia! |
JULIA. Behold her that gave aim to all thy oaths, |
And entertain'd 'em deeply in her heart. |
How oft hast thou with perjury cleft the root! |
O Proteus, let this habit make thee blush! |
Be thou asham'd that I have took upon me |
Such an immodest raiment- if shame live |
In a disguise of love. |
It is the lesser blot, modesty finds, |
Women to change their shapes than men their minds. |
PROTEUS. Than men their minds! 'tis true. O heaven, were man |
But constant, he were perfect! That one error |
Fills him with faults; makes him run through all th' sins: |
Inconstancy falls off ere it begins. |
What is in Silvia's face but I may spy |
More fresh in Julia's with a constant eye? |
VALENTINE. Come, come, a hand from either. |
Let me be blest to make this happy close; |
'Twere pity two such friends should be long foes. |
PROTEUS. Bear witness, heaven, I have my wish for ever. |
JULIA. And I mine. |
Enter OUTLAWS, with DUKE and THURIO |
OUTLAW. A prize, a prize, a prize! |
VALENTINE. Forbear, forbear, I say; it is my lord the Duke. |
Your Grace is welcome to a man disgrac'd, |
Banished Valentine. |
DUKE. Sir Valentine! |
THURIO. Yonder is Silvia; and Silvia's mine. |
VALENTINE. Thurio, give back, or else embrace thy death; |
Come not within the measure of my wrath; |
Do not name Silvia thine; if once again, |
Verona shall not hold thee. Here she stands |
Take but possession of her with a touch- |
I dare thee but to breathe upon my love. |
THURIO. Sir Valentine, I care not for her, I; |
I hold him but a fool that will endanger |
His body for a girl that loves him not. |
I claim her not, and therefore she is thine. |
DUKE. The more degenerate and base art thou |
To make such means for her as thou hast done |
And leave her on such slight conditions. |
Now, by the honour of my ancestry, |
I do applaud thy spirit, Valentine, |
And think thee worthy of an empress' love. |
Know then, I here forget all former griefs, |
Cancel all grudge, repeal thee home again, |
Plead a new state in thy unrivall'd merit, |
To which I thus subscribe: Sir Valentine, |
Thou art a gentleman, and well deriv'd; |
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserv'd her. |
VALENTINE. I thank your Grace; the gift hath made me happy. |
I now beseech you, for your daughter's sake, |
To grant one boon that I shall ask of you. |
DUKE. I grant it for thine own, whate'er it be. |
VALENTINE. These banish'd men, that I have kept withal, |
Are men endu'd with worthy qualities; |
Forgive them what they have committed here, |
And let them be recall'd from their exile: |
They are reformed, civil, full of good, |
And fit for great employment, worthy lord. |
DUKE. Thou hast prevail'd; I pardon them, and thee; |
Dispose of them as thou know'st their deserts. |
Come, let us go; we will include all jars |
With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. |
VALENTINE. And, as we walk along, I dare be bold |
With our discourse to make your Grace to smile. |
What think you of this page, my lord? |
DUKE. I think the boy hath grace in him; he blushes. |
VALENTINE. I warrant you, my lord- more grace than boy. |
DUKE. What mean you by that saying? |
VALENTINE. Please you, I'll tell you as we pass along, |
That you will wonder what hath fortuned. |
Come, Proteus, 'tis your penance but to hear |
The story of your loves discovered. |
That done, our day of marriage shall be yours; |
One feast, one house, one mutual happiness! Exeunt |
THE END |
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1611 |
THE WINTER'S TALE |
by William Shakespeare |
Dramatis Personae |
LEONTES, King of Sicilia |
MAMILLIUS, his son, the young Prince of Sicilia |
CAMILLO, lord of Sicilia |
ANTIGONUS, " " " |
CLEOMENES, " " " |
DION, " " " |
POLIXENES, King of Bohemia |
FLORIZEL, his son, Prince of Bohemia |
ARCHIDAMUS, a lord of Bohemia |
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