I will respect thee as a father if Thou bear'st my life off hence: let us avoid.

It is in mine authority to command The keys of all the posterns: please your highness To take the urgent hour. Come, sir, away.


It is in mine authority to command The keys of all the posterns: please your highness To take the urgent hour. Come, sir, away.

Take the boy to you: he so troubles me, 'Tis past enduring.


Take the boy to you: he so troubles me, 'Tis past enduring.

Come, my gracious lord, Shall I be your playfellow?


Come, my gracious lord, Shall I be your playfellow?


You'll kiss me hard and speak to me as if I were a baby still. I love you better.


Not for because Your brows are blacker; yet black brows, they say, Become some women best, so that there be not Too much hair there, but in a semicircle Or a half-moon made with a pen.


I learnt it out of women's faces. Pray now What colour are your eyebrows?


Nay, that's a mock: I have seen a lady's nose That has been blue, but not her eyebrows.


Nay, that's a mock: I have seen a lady's nose That has been blue, but not her eyebrows.

Hark ye; The queen your mother rounds apace: we shall Present our services to a fine new prince One of these days; and then you'ld wanton with us, If we would have you.


Hark ye; The queen your mother rounds apace: we shall Present our services to a fine new prince One of these days; and then you'ld wanton with us, If we would have you.

She is spread of late Into a goodly bulk: good time encounter her!


She is spread of late Into a goodly bulk: good time encounter her!

What wisdom stirs amongst you? Come, sir, now I am for you again: pray you, sit by us, And tell 's a tale.


What wisdom stirs amongst you? Come, sir, now I am for you again: pray you, sit by us, And tell 's a tale.


A sad tale's best for winter: I have one Of sprites and goblins.


A sad tale's best for winter: I have one Of sprites and goblins.

Let's have that, good sir. Come on, sit down: come on, and do your best To fright me with your sprites; you're powerful at it.


Let's have that, good sir. Come on, sit down: come on, and do your best To fright me with your sprites; you're powerful at it.


Dwelt by a churchyard: I will tell it softly; Yond crickets shall not hear it.


Dwelt by a churchyard: I will tell it softly; Yond crickets shall not hear it.

Come on, then, And give't me in mine ear.


Come on, then, And give't me in mine ear.

Was he met there? his train? Camillo with him?


Was he met there? his train? Camillo with him?

Behind the tuft of pines I met them; never Saw I men scour so on their way: I eyed them Even to their ships.


Behind the tuft of pines I met them; never Saw I men scour so on their way: I eyed them Even to their ships.

How blest am I In my just censure, in my true opinion! Alack, for lesser knowledge! how accursed In being so blest!


How blest am I In my just censure, in my true opinion! Alack, for lesser knowledge! how accursed In being so blest!

There may be in the cup A spider steep'd, and one may drink, depart, And yet partake no venom, for his knowledge Is not infected:


There may be in the cup A spider steep'd, and one may drink, depart, And yet partake no venom, for his knowledge Is not infected:

but if one present The abhorr'd ingredient to his eye, make known How he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. I have drunk, and seen the spider.


but if one present The abhorr'd ingredient to his eye, make known How he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. I have drunk, and seen the spider.

Camillo was his help in this, his pander: There is a plot against my life, my crown; All's true that is mistrusted: that false villain Whom I employ'd was pre-employ'd by him:


Camillo was his help in this, his pander: There is a plot against my life, my crown; All's true that is mistrusted: that false villain Whom I employ'd was pre-employ'd by him:

He has discover'd my design, and I Remain a pinch'd thing; yea, a very trick For them to play at will. How came the posterns So easily open?


He has discover'd my design, and I Remain a pinch'd thing; yea, a very trick For them to play at will. How came the posterns So easily open?

By his great authority; Which often hath no less prevail'd than so On your command.


By his great authority; Which often hath no less prevail'd than so On your command.

I know't too well. Give me the boy: I am glad you did not nurse him: Though he does bear some signs of me, yet you Have too much blood in him.


I know't too well. Give me the boy: I am glad you did not nurse him: Though he does bear some signs of me, yet you Have too much blood in him.


Bear the boy hence; he shall not come about her; Away with him! and let her sport herself With that she's big with; for 'tis Polixenes Has made thee swell thus.


Bear the boy hence; he shall not come about her; Away with him! and let her sport herself With that she's big with; for 'tis Polixenes Has made thee swell thus.

But I'ld say he had not, And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying, Howe'er you lean to the nayward.


But I'ld say he had not, And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying, Howe'er you lean to the nayward.

You, my lords, Look on her, mark her well; be but about To say 'she is a goodly lady,' and The justice of your bearts will thereto add 'Tis pity she's not honest, honourable:


You, my lords, Look on her, mark her well; be but about To say 'she is a goodly lady,' and The justice of your bearts will thereto add 'Tis pity she's not honest, honourable:

these shrugs, these hums and ha's, When you have said 'she's goodly,' come between Ere you can say 'she's honest:


these shrugs, these hums and ha's, When you have said 'she's goodly,' come between Ere you can say 'she's honest:

' but be 't known, From him that has most cause to grieve it should be, She's an adulteress.


' but be 't known, From him that has most cause to grieve it should be, She's an adulteress.

Should a villain say so, The most replenish'd villain in the world, He were as much more villain: you, my lord, Do but mistake.


Should a villain say so, The most replenish'd villain in the world, He were as much more villain: you, my lord, Do but mistake.

You have mistook, my lady, Polixenes for Leontes: O thou thing!


You have mistook, my lady, Polixenes for Leontes: O thou thing!

Which I'll not call a creature of thy place, Lest barbarism, making me the precedent, Should a like language use to all degrees And mannerly distinguishment leave out Betwixt the prince and beggar:


Which I'll not call a creature of thy place, Lest barbarism, making me the precedent, Should a like language use to all degrees And mannerly distinguishment leave out Betwixt the prince and beggar:

I have said She's an adulteress; I have said with whom:


I have said She's an adulteress; I have said with whom:

No, by my life. Privy to none of this. How will this grieve you, When you shall come to clearer knowledge, that You thus have publish'd me!


No, by my life. Privy to none of this. How will this grieve you, When you shall come to clearer knowledge, that You thus have publish'd me!

Gentle my lord, You scarce can right me throughly then to say You did mistake.


Gentle my lord, You scarce can right me throughly then to say You did mistake.

No; if I mistake In those foundations which I build upon, The centre is not big enough to bear A school-boy's top. Away with her! to prison!


No; if I mistake In those foundations which I build upon, The centre is not big enough to bear A school-boy's top. Away with her! to prison!

He who shall speak for her is afar off guilty But that he speaks.


He who shall speak for her is afar off guilty But that he speaks.

There's some ill planet reigns: I must be patient till the heavens look With an aspect more favourable. Good my lords, I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are;


There's some ill planet reigns: I must be patient till the heavens look With an aspect more favourable. Good my lords, I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are;

the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities: but I have That honourable grief lodged here which burns Worse than tears drown:


the want of which vain dew Perchance shall dry your pities: but I have That honourable grief lodged here which burns Worse than tears drown:

beseech you all, my lords, With thoughts so qualified as your charities Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so The king's will be perform'd!


beseech you all, my lords, With thoughts so qualified as your charities Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so The king's will be perform'd!


Who is't that goes with me? Beseech your highness, My women may be with me; for you see My plight requires it. Do not weep, good fools; There is no cause:


Who is't that goes with me? Beseech your highness, My women may be with me; for you see My plight requires it. Do not weep, good fools; There is no cause:

when you shall know your mistress Has deserved prison, then abound in tears As I come out: this action I now go on Is for my better grace. Adieu, my lord: I never wish'd to see you sorry;


when you shall know your mistress Has deserved prison, then abound in tears As I come out: this action I now go on Is for my better grace. Adieu, my lord: I never wish'd to see you sorry;

now I trust I shall. My women, come; you have leave.


now I trust I shall. My women, come; you have leave.


Beseech your highness, call the queen again.


Beseech your highness, call the queen again.

Be certain what you do, sir, lest your justice Prove violence; in the which three great ones suffer, Yourself, your queen, your son.


Be certain what you do, sir, lest your justice Prove violence; in the which three great ones suffer, Yourself, your queen, your son.

For her, my lord, I dare my life lay down and will do't, sir, Please you to accept it, that the queen is spotless I' the eyes of heaven and to you; I mean, In this which you accuse her.


For her, my lord, I dare my life lay down and will do't, sir, Please you to accept it, that the queen is spotless I' the eyes of heaven and to you; I mean, In this which you accuse her.

If it prove She's otherwise, I'll keep my stables where I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her; Than when I feel and see her no farther trust her;


If it prove She's otherwise, I'll keep my stables where I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her; Than when I feel and see her no farther trust her;

For every inch of woman in the world, Ay, every dram of woman's flesh is false, If she be.


For every inch of woman in the world, Ay, every dram of woman's flesh is false, If she be.


It is for you we speak, not for ourselves: You are abused and by some putter-on That will be damn'd for't; would I knew the villain, I would land-damn him.


It is for you we speak, not for ourselves: You are abused and by some putter-on That will be damn'd for't; would I knew the villain, I would land-damn him.

Be she honour-flaw'd, I have three daughters; the eldest is eleven The second and the third, nine, and some five; If this prove true, they'll pay for't: by mine honour, I'll geld 'em all;


Be she honour-flaw'd, I have three daughters; the eldest is eleven The second and the third, nine, and some five; If this prove true, they'll pay for't: by mine honour, I'll geld 'em all;

fourteen they shall not see, To bring false generations: they are co-heirs; And I had rather glib myself than they Should not produce fair issue.


fourteen they shall not see, To bring false generations: they are co-heirs; And I had rather glib myself than they Should not produce fair issue.

Cease; no more. You smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose: but I do see't and feel't As you feel doing thus; and see withal The instruments that feel.


Cease; no more. You smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose: but I do see't and feel't As you feel doing thus; and see withal The instruments that feel.

If it be so, We need no grave to bury honesty: There's not a grain of it the face to sweeten Of the whole dungy earth.


If it be so, We need no grave to bury honesty: There's not a grain of it the face to sweeten Of the whole dungy earth.


I had rather you did lack than I, my lord, Upon this ground; and more it would content me To have her honour true than your suspicion, Be blamed for't how you might.


I had rather you did lack than I, my lord, Upon this ground; and more it would content me To have her honour true than your suspicion, Be blamed for't how you might.

Why, what need we Commune with you of this, but rather follow Our forceful instigation? Our prerogative Calls not your counsels, but our natural goodness Imparts this;


Why, what need we Commune with you of this, but rather follow Our forceful instigation? Our prerogative Calls not your counsels, but our natural goodness Imparts this;

which if you, or stupefied Or seeming so in skill, cannot or will not Relish a truth like us, inform yourselves We need no more of your advice:


which if you, or stupefied Or seeming so in skill, cannot or will not Relish a truth like us, inform yourselves We need no more of your advice:

the matter, The loss, the gain, the ordering on't, is all Properly ours.


the matter, The loss, the gain, the ordering on't, is all Properly ours.

And I wish, my liege, You had only in your silent judgment tried it, Without more overture.


And I wish, my liege, You had only in your silent judgment tried it, Without more overture.

How could that be? Either thou art most ignorant by age, Or thou wert born a fool. now from the oracle They will bring all; whose spiritual counsel had, Shall stop or spur me. Have I done well?


How could that be? Either thou art most ignorant by age, Or thou wert born a fool. now from the oracle They will bring all; whose spiritual counsel had, Shall stop or spur me. Have I done well?


Though I am satisfied and need no more Than what I know, yet shall the oracle Give rest to the minds of others, such as he Whose ignorant credulity will not Come up to the truth.


Though I am satisfied and need no more Than what I know, yet shall the oracle Give rest to the minds of others, such as he Whose ignorant credulity will not Come up to the truth.

So have we thought it good From our free person she should be confined, Lest that the treachery of the two fled hence Be left her to perform. Come, follow us; We are to speak in public;


So have we thought it good From our free person she should be confined, Lest that the treachery of the two fled hence Be left her to perform. Come, follow us; We are to speak in public;


The keeper of the prison, call to him; let him have knowledge who I am. Good lady, No court in Europe is too good for thee; What dost thou then in prison? Now, good sir, You know me, do you not?


The keeper of the prison, call to him; let him have knowledge who I am. Good lady, No court in Europe is too good for thee; What dost thou then in prison? Now, good sir, You know me, do you not?

For a worthy lady And one whom much I honour.


For a worthy lady And one whom much I honour.


I may not, madam: To the contrary I have express commandment.


I may not, madam: To the contrary I have express commandment.

Here's ado, To lock up honesty and honour from The access of gentle visitors! Is't lawful, pray you, To see her women? any of them? Emilia?


Here's ado, To lock up honesty and honour from The access of gentle visitors! Is't lawful, pray you, To see her women? any of them? Emilia?

So please you, madam, To put apart these your attendants, I Shall bring Emilia forth.


So please you, madam, To put apart these your attendants, I Shall bring Emilia forth.

I pray now, call her. Withdraw yourselves.


I pray now, call her. Withdraw yourselves.

And, madam, I must be present at your conference.


And, madam, I must be present at your conference.

Well, be't so, prithee. Here's such ado to make no stain a stain As passes colouring. Dear gentlewoman, How fares our gracious lady?


Well, be't so, prithee. Here's such ado to make no stain a stain As passes colouring. Dear gentlewoman, How fares our gracious lady?

As well as one so great and so forlorn May hold together: on her frights and griefs, Which never tender lady hath born greater, She is something before her time deliver'd.


As well as one so great and so forlorn May hold together: on her frights and griefs, Which never tender lady hath born greater, She is something before her time deliver'd.


A daughter, and a goodly babe, Lusty and like to live: the queen receives Much comfort in't; says 'My poor prisoner, I am innocent as you.'


A daughter, and a goodly babe, Lusty and like to live: the queen receives Much comfort in't; says 'My poor prisoner, I am innocent as you.'

I dare be sworn These dangerous unsafe lunes i' the king, beshrew them! He must be told on't, and he shall: the office Becomes a woman best; I'll take't upon me:


I dare be sworn These dangerous unsafe lunes i' the king, beshrew them! He must be told on't, and he shall: the office Becomes a woman best; I'll take't upon me:

If I prove honey-mouth'd let my tongue blister And never to my red-look'd anger be The trumpet any more. Pray you, Emilia, Commend my best obedience to the queen:


If I prove honey-mouth'd let my tongue blister And never to my red-look'd anger be The trumpet any more. Pray you, Emilia, Commend my best obedience to the queen:

If she dares trust me with her little babe, I'll show't the king and undertake to be Her advocate to the loud'st. We do not know How he may soften at the sight o' the child:


If she dares trust me with her little babe, I'll show't the king and undertake to be Her advocate to the loud'st. We do not know How he may soften at the sight o' the child:

The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails.


The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails.

Most worthy madam, Your honour and your goodness is so evident That your free undertaking cannot miss A thriving issue: there is no lady living So meet for this great errand.


Most worthy madam, Your honour and your goodness is so evident That your free undertaking cannot miss A thriving issue: there is no lady living So meet for this great errand.

Please your ladyship To visit the next room, I'll presently Acquaint the queen of your most noble offer;


Please your ladyship To visit the next room, I'll presently Acquaint the queen of your most noble offer;

Who but to-day hammer'd of this design, But durst not tempt a minister of honour, Lest she should be denied.


Who but to-day hammer'd of this design, But durst not tempt a minister of honour, Lest she should be denied.

Tell her, Emilia. I'll use that tongue I have: if wit flow from't As boldness from my bosom, let 't not be doubted I shall do good.


Tell her, Emilia. I'll use that tongue I have: if wit flow from't As boldness from my bosom, let 't not be doubted I shall do good.

Now be you blest for it! I'll to the queen: please you, come something nearer.


Now be you blest for it! I'll to the queen: please you, come something nearer.

Madam, if't please the queen to send the babe, I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant.


Madam, if't please the queen to send the babe, I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant.


This child was prisoner to the womb and is By law and process of great nature thence Freed and enfranchised, not a party to The anger of the king nor guilty of, If any be, the trespass of the queen.


Do not you fear: upon mine honour, I will stand betwixt you and danger.


Do not you fear: upon mine honour, I will stand betwixt you and danger.

Nor night nor day no rest: it is but weakness To bear the matter thus; mere weakness. If The cause were not in being,--part o' the cause, She the adulteress;


Nor night nor day no rest: it is but weakness To bear the matter thus; mere weakness. If The cause were not in being,--part o' the cause, She the adulteress;

for the harlot king Is quite beyond mine arm, out of the blank And level of my brain, plot-proof; but she I can hook to me:


for the harlot king Is quite beyond mine arm, out of the blank And level of my brain, plot-proof; but she I can hook to me:

say that she were gone, Given to the fire, a moiety of my rest Might come to me again. Who's there?


say that she were gone, Given to the fire, a moiety of my rest Might come to me again. Who's there?


He took good rest to-night; 'Tis hoped his sickness is discharged.


He took good rest to-night; 'Tis hoped his sickness is discharged.

To see his nobleness! Leave me solely: go, See how he fares. Fie, fie! no thought of him: The thought of my revenges that way Recoil upon me: in himself too mighty, And in his parties, his alliance;


To see his nobleness! Leave me solely: go, See how he fares. Fie, fie! no thought of him: The thought of my revenges that way Recoil upon me: in himself too mighty, And in his parties, his alliance;

let him be Until a time may serve: for present vengeance, Take it on her. Camillo and Polixenes Laugh at me, make their pastime at my sorrow:


let him be Until a time may serve: for present vengeance, Take it on her. Camillo and Polixenes Laugh at me, make their pastime at my sorrow:

They should not laugh if I could reach them, nor Shall she within my power.


They should not laugh if I could reach them, nor Shall she within my power.


Nay, rather, good my lords, be second to me: Fear you his tyrannous passion more, alas, Than the queen's life? a gracious innocent soul, More free than he is jealous.


Madam, he hath not slept tonight; commanded None should come at him.


Madam, he hath not slept tonight; commanded None should come at him.

Not so hot, good sir: I come to bring him sleep. 'Tis such as you, That creep like shadows by him and do sigh At each his needless heavings, such as you Nourish the cause of his awaking:


Not so hot, good sir: I come to bring him sleep. 'Tis such as you, That creep like shadows by him and do sigh At each his needless heavings, such as you Nourish the cause of his awaking:

I Do come with words as medicinal as true, Honest as either, to purge him of that humour That presses him from sleep.


I Do come with words as medicinal as true, Honest as either, to purge him of that humour That presses him from sleep.


No noise, my lord; but needful conference About some gossips for your highness.


No noise, my lord; but needful conference About some gossips for your highness.

How! Away with that audacious lady! Antigonus, I charged thee that she should not come about me: I knew she would.


How! Away with that audacious lady! Antigonus, I charged thee that she should not come about me: I knew she would.

I told her so, my lord, On your displeasure's peril and on mine, She should not visit you.


I told her so, my lord, On your displeasure's peril and on mine, She should not visit you.


From all dishonesty he can: in this, Unless he take the course that you have done, Commit me for committing honour, trust it, He shall not rule me.


From all dishonesty he can: in this, Unless he take the course that you have done, Commit me for committing honour, trust it, He shall not rule me.

La you now, you hear: When she will take the rein I let her run; But she'll not stumble.


La you now, you hear: When she will take the rein I let her run; But she'll not stumble.


And, I beseech you, hear me, who profess Myself your loyal servant, your physician, Your most obedient counsellor, yet that dare Less appear so in comforting your evils, Than such as most seem yours:


Good queen, my lord, Good queen; I say good queen; And would by combat make her good, so were I A man, the worst about you.


Let him that makes but trifles of his eyes First hand me: on mine own accord I'll off; But first I'll do my errand. The good queen, For she is good, hath brought you forth a daughter; Here 'tis;


Out! A mankind witch! Hence with her, out o' door: A most intelligencing bawd!


Out! A mankind witch! Hence with her, out o' door: A most intelligencing bawd!

Not so: I am as ignorant in that as you In so entitling me, and no less honest Than you are mad; which is enough, I'll warrant, As this world goes, to pass for honest.


Not so: I am as ignorant in that as you In so entitling me, and no less honest Than you are mad; which is enough, I'll warrant, As this world goes, to pass for honest.

Traitors! Will you not push her out? Give her the bastard. Thou dotard! thou art woman-tired, unroosted By thy dame Partlet here. Take up the bastard; Take't up, I say; give't to thy crone.


Traitors! Will you not push her out? Give her the bastard. Thou dotard! thou art woman-tired, unroosted By thy dame Partlet here. Take up the bastard; Take't up, I say; give't to thy crone.

For ever Unvenerable be thy hands, if thou Takest up the princess by that forced baseness Which he has put upon't!


For ever Unvenerable be thy hands, if thou Takest up the princess by that forced baseness Which he has put upon't!


So I would you did; then 'twere past all doubt You'ld call your children yours.


Nor I, nor any But one that's here, and that's himself, for he The sacred honour of himself, his queen's, His hopeful son's, his babe's, betrays to slander, Whose sting is sharper than the sword's;


Nor I, nor any But one that's here, and that's himself, for he The sacred honour of himself, his queen's, His hopeful son's, his babe's, betrays to slander, Whose sting is sharper than the sword's;

and will not-- For, as the case now stands, it is a curse He cannot be compell'd to't--once remove The root of his opinion, which is rotten As ever oak or stone was sound.


and will not-- For, as the case now stands, it is a curse He cannot be compell'd to't--once remove The root of his opinion, which is rotten As ever oak or stone was sound.

A callat Of boundless tongue, who late hath beat her husband And now baits me! This brat is none of mine; It is the issue of Polixenes:


A callat Of boundless tongue, who late hath beat her husband And now baits me! This brat is none of mine; It is the issue of Polixenes:

Hence with it, and together with the dam Commit them to the fire!


Hence with it, and together with the dam Commit them to the fire!

It is yours; And, might we lay the old proverb to your charge, So like you, 'tis the worse.


It is yours; And, might we lay the old proverb to your charge, So like you, 'tis the worse.

A gross hag And, lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd, That wilt not stay her tongue.


A gross hag And, lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd, That wilt not stay her tongue.

Hang all the husbands That cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourself Hardly one subject.


Hang all the husbands That cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourself Hardly one subject.


A most unworthy and unnatural lord Can do no more.


I care not: It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't. I'll not call you tyrant;


I care not: It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't. I'll not call you tyrant;

But this most cruel usage of your queen, Not able to produce more accusation Than your own weak-hinged fancy, something savours Of tyranny and will ignoble make you, Yea, scandalous to the world.


But this most cruel usage of your queen, Not able to produce more accusation Than your own weak-hinged fancy, something savours Of tyranny and will ignoble make you, Yea, scandalous to the world.

On your allegiance, Out of the chamber with her! Were I a tyrant, Where were her life? she durst not call me so, If she did know me one. Away with her!


On your allegiance, Out of the chamber with her! Were I a tyrant, Where were her life? she durst not call me so, If she did know me one. Away with her!

I pray you, do not push me; I'll be gone. Look to your babe, my lord; 'tis yours: Jove send her A better guiding spirit! What needs these hands?


I pray you, do not push me; I'll be gone. Look to your babe, my lord; 'tis yours: Jove send her A better guiding spirit! What needs these hands?

You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good, not one of you. So, so: farewell; we are gone.


You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, Will never do him good, not one of you. So, so: farewell; we are gone.

Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this. My child? away with't! Even thou, that hast A heart so tender o'er it, take it hence And see it instantly consumed with fire; Even thou and none but thou.


Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this. My child? away with't! Even thou, that hast A heart so tender o'er it, take it hence And see it instantly consumed with fire; Even thou and none but thou.

Take it up straight: Within this hour bring me word 'tis done, And by good testimony, or I'll seize thy life, With what thou else call'st thine.


Take it up straight: Within this hour bring me word 'tis done, And by good testimony, or I'll seize thy life, With what thou else call'st thine.

If thou refuse And wilt encounter with my wrath, say so; The bastard brains with these my proper hands Shall I dash out. Go, take it to the fire; For thou set'st on thy wife.


If thou refuse And wilt encounter with my wrath, say so; The bastard brains with these my proper hands Shall I dash out. Go, take it to the fire; For thou set'st on thy wife.

I did not, sir: These lords, my noble fellows, if they please, Can clear me in't.


I did not, sir: These lords, my noble fellows, if they please, Can clear me in't.

We can: my royal liege, He is not guilty of her coming hither.


We can: my royal liege, He is not guilty of her coming hither.


Beseech your highness, give us better credit: we all kneel.


Beseech your highness, give us better credit: we all kneel.

I am a feather for each wind that blows: Shall I live on to see this bastard kneel And call me father? better burn it now Than curse it then. But be it; let it live. It shall not neither.


I am a feather for each wind that blows: Shall I live on to see this bastard kneel And call me father? better burn it now Than curse it then. But be it; let it live. It shall not neither.


Any thing, my lord, That my ability may undergo And nobleness impose: at least thus much: I'll pawn the little blood which I have left To save the innocent: any thing possible.


Any thing, my lord, That my ability may undergo And nobleness impose: at least thus much: I'll pawn the little blood which I have left To save the innocent: any thing possible.

It shall be possible. Swear by this sword Thou wilt perform my bidding.


It shall be possible. Swear by this sword Thou wilt perform my bidding.


Mark and perform it, see'st thou! for the fail Of any point in't shall not only be Death to thyself but to thy lewd-tongued wife, Whom for this time we pardon.


Mark and perform it, see'st thou! for the fail Of any point in't shall not only be Death to thyself but to thy lewd-tongued wife, Whom for this time we pardon.

As by strange fortune It came to us, I do in justice charge thee, On thy soul's peril and thy body's torture, That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it.


As by strange fortune It came to us, I do in justice charge thee, On thy soul's peril and thy body's torture, That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it.


I swear to do this, though a present death Had been more merciful. Come on, poor babe: Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens To be thy nurses!


I swear to do this, though a present death Had been more merciful. Come on, poor babe: Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens To be thy nurses!

Wolves and bears, they say Casting their savageness aside have done Like offices of pity. Sir, be prosperous In more than this deed does require!


Wolves and bears, they say Casting their savageness aside have done Like offices of pity. Sir, be prosperous In more than this deed does require!

And blessing Against this cruelty fight on thy side, Poor thing, condemn'd to loss!


And blessing Against this cruelty fight on thy side, Poor thing, condemn'd to loss!


Please your highness, posts From those you sent to the oracle are come An hour since: Cleomenes and Dion, Being well arrived from Delphos, are both landed, Hasting to the court.


Please your highness, posts From those you sent to the oracle are come An hour since: Cleomenes and Dion, Being well arrived from Delphos, are both landed, Hasting to the court.

So please you, sir, their speed Hath been beyond account.


So please you, sir, their speed Hath been beyond account.

Twenty-three days They have been absent: 'tis good speed; foretells The great Apollo suddenly will have The truth of this appear. Prepare you, lords;


Twenty-three days They have been absent: 'tis good speed; foretells The great Apollo suddenly will have The truth of this appear. Prepare you, lords;

Summon a session, that we may arraign Our most disloyal lady, for, as she hath Been publicly accused, so shall she have A just and open trial. While she lives My heart will be a burthen to me.


Summon a session, that we may arraign Our most disloyal lady, for, as she hath Been publicly accused, so shall she have A just and open trial. While she lives My heart will be a burthen to me.


The climate's delicate, the air most sweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common praise it bears.


The climate's delicate, the air most sweet, Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing The common praise it bears.

I shall report, For most it caught me, the celestial habits, Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice!


I shall report, For most it caught me, the celestial habits, Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice!

How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly It was i' the offering!


How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly It was i' the offering!

But of all, the burst And the ear-deafening voice o' the oracle, Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense. That I was nothing.


But of all, the burst And the ear-deafening voice o' the oracle, Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense. That I was nothing.

If the event o' the journey Prove as successful to the queen,--O be't so!-- As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, The time is worth the use on't.


If the event o' the journey Prove as successful to the queen,--O be't so!-- As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, The time is worth the use on't.

Great Apollo Turn all to the best! These proclamations, So forcing faults upon Hermione, I little like.


Great Apollo Turn all to the best! These proclamations, So forcing faults upon Hermione, I little like.

The violent carriage of it Will clear or end the business: when the oracle, Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up, Shall the contents discover, something rare Even then will rush to knowledge. Go:


The violent carriage of it Will clear or end the business: when the oracle, Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up, Shall the contents discover, something rare Even then will rush to knowledge. Go:

fresh horses! And gracious be the issue!


fresh horses! And gracious be the issue!

This sessions, to our great grief we pronounce, Even pushes 'gainst our heart: the party tried The daughter of a king, our wife, and one Of us too much beloved.


This sessions, to our great grief we pronounce, Even pushes 'gainst our heart: the party tried The daughter of a king, our wife, and one Of us too much beloved.

Let us be clear'd Of being tyrannous, since we so openly Proceed in justice, which shall have due course, Even to the guilt or the purgation. Produce the prisoner.


Let us be clear'd Of being tyrannous, since we so openly Proceed in justice, which shall have due course, Even to the guilt or the purgation. Produce the prisoner.

It is his highness' pleasure that the queen Appear in person here in court. Silence!


It is his highness' pleasure that the queen Appear in person here in court. Silence!


Since what I am to say must be but that Which contradicts my accusation and The testimony on my part no other But what comes from myself, it shall scarce boot me To say 'not guilty:


Since what I am to say must be but that Which contradicts my accusation and The testimony on my part no other But what comes from myself, it shall scarce boot me To say 'not guilty:

' mine integrity Being counted falsehood, shall, as I express it, Be so received. But thus:


' mine integrity Being counted falsehood, shall, as I express it, Be so received. But thus:

if powers divine Behold our human actions, as they do, I doubt not then but innocence shall make False accusation blush and tyranny Tremble at patience.


if powers divine Behold our human actions, as they do, I doubt not then but innocence shall make False accusation blush and tyranny Tremble at patience.

You, my lord, best know, Who least will seem to do so, my past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy;


You, my lord, best know, Who least will seem to do so, my past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy;

which is more Than history can pattern, though devised And play'd to take spectators. For life, I prize it As I weigh grief, which I would spare:


which is more Than history can pattern, though devised And play'd to take spectators. For life, I prize it As I weigh grief, which I would spare:

for honour, 'Tis a derivative from me to mine, And only that I stand for. I appeal To your own conscience, sir, before Polixenes Came to your court, how I was in your grace, How merited to be so;


for honour, 'Tis a derivative from me to mine, And only that I stand for. I appeal To your own conscience, sir, before Polixenes Came to your court, how I was in your grace, How merited to be so;

since he came, With what encounter so uncurrent I Have strain'd to appear thus:


since he came, With what encounter so uncurrent I Have strain'd to appear thus:

if one jot beyond The bound of honour, or in act or will That way inclining, harden'd be the hearts Of all that hear me, and my near'st of kin Cry fie upon my grave!


if one jot beyond The bound of honour, or in act or will That way inclining, harden'd be the hearts Of all that hear me, and my near'st of kin Cry fie upon my grave!

I ne'er heard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perform it first.


I ne'er heard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perform it first.

That's true enough; Through 'tis a saying, sir, not due to me.


That's true enough; Through 'tis a saying, sir, not due to me.


More than mistress of Which comes to me in name of fault, I must not At all acknowledge. Now, for conspiracy, I know not how it tastes; though it be dish'd For me to try how:


More than mistress of Which comes to me in name of fault, I must not At all acknowledge. Now, for conspiracy, I know not how it tastes; though it be dish'd For me to try how:

all I know of it Is that Camillo was an honest man; And why he left your court, the gods themselves, Wotting no more than I, are ignorant.


all I know of it Is that Camillo was an honest man; And why he left your court, the gods themselves, Wotting no more than I, are ignorant.

You knew of his departure, as you know What you have underta'en to do in's absence.


You knew of his departure, as you know What you have underta'en to do in's absence.

Sir, You speak a language that I understand not: My life stands in the level of your dreams, Which I'll lay down.


Sir, You speak a language that I understand not: My life stands in the level of your dreams, Which I'll lay down.

Your actions are my dreams; You had a bastard by Polixenes, And I but dream'd it. As you were past all shame,-- Those of your fact are so--so past all truth: Which to deny concerns more than avails;


Your actions are my dreams; You had a bastard by Polixenes, And I but dream'd it. As you were past all shame,-- Those of your fact are so--so past all truth: Which to deny concerns more than avails;

Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. To me can life be no commodity: The crown and comfort of my life, your favour, I do give lost;


Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek. To me can life be no commodity: The crown and comfort of my life, your favour, I do give lost;

for I do feel it gone, But know not how it went. My second joy And first-fruits of my body, from his presence I am barr'd, like one infectious.


for I do feel it gone, But know not how it went. My second joy And first-fruits of my body, from his presence I am barr'd, like one infectious.

My third comfort Starr'd most unluckily, is from my breast, The innocent milk in its most innocent mouth, Haled out to murder: myself on every post Proclaimed a strumpet:


My third comfort Starr'd most unluckily, is from my breast, The innocent milk in its most innocent mouth, Haled out to murder: myself on every post Proclaimed a strumpet:

with immodest hatred The child-bed privilege denied, which 'longs To women of all fashion; lastly, hurried Here to this place, i' the open air, before I have got strength of limit.


with immodest hatred The child-bed privilege denied, which 'longs To women of all fashion; lastly, hurried Here to this place, i' the open air, before I have got strength of limit.

Now, my liege, Tell me what blessings I have here alive, That I should fear to die? Therefore proceed. But yet hear this: mistake me not; Your honours all, I do refer me to the oracle:


Now, my liege, Tell me what blessings I have here alive, That I should fear to die? Therefore proceed. But yet hear this: mistake me not; Your honours all, I do refer me to the oracle:


This your request Is altogether just: therefore bring forth, And in Apollos name, his oracle.


This your request Is altogether just: therefore bring forth, And in Apollos name, his oracle.

The Emperor of Russia was my father: O that he were alive, and here beholding His daughter's trial! that he did but see The flatness of my misery, yet with eyes Of pity, not revenge!


The Emperor of Russia was my father: O that he were alive, and here beholding His daughter's trial! that he did but see The flatness of my misery, yet with eyes Of pity, not revenge!

and that, since then, You have not dared to break the holy seal Nor read the secrets in't.


and that, since then, You have not dared to break the holy seal Nor read the secrets in't.


Ay, my lord; even so As it is here set down.


Ay, my lord; even so As it is here set down.

There is no truth at all i' the oracle: The sessions shall proceed: this is mere falsehood.


There is no truth at all i' the oracle: The sessions shall proceed: this is mere falsehood.


O sir, I shall be hated to report it! The prince your son, with mere conceit and fear Of the queen's speed, is gone.


Apollo's angry; and the heavens themselves Do strike at my injustice. How now there!


Apollo's angry; and the heavens themselves Do strike at my injustice. How now there!

This news is mortal to the queen: look down And see what death is doing.


This news is mortal to the queen: look down And see what death is doing.

Take her hence: Her heart is but o'ercharged; she will recover: I have too much believed mine own suspicion: Beseech you, tenderly apply to her Some remedies for life.


Take her hence: Her heart is but o'ercharged; she will recover: I have too much believed mine own suspicion: Beseech you, tenderly apply to her Some remedies for life.

Apollo, pardon My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle! I'll reconcile me to Polixenes, New woo my queen, recall the good Camillo, Whom I proclaim a man of truth, of mercy;


Apollo, pardon My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle! I'll reconcile me to Polixenes, New woo my queen, recall the good Camillo, Whom I proclaim a man of truth, of mercy;

For, being transported by my jealousies To bloody thoughts and to revenge, I chose Camillo for the minister to poison My friend Polixenes:


For, being transported by my jealousies To bloody thoughts and to revenge, I chose Camillo for the minister to poison My friend Polixenes:

which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command, though I with death and with Reward did threaten and encourage him, Not doing 't and being done:


which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command, though I with death and with Reward did threaten and encourage him, Not doing 't and being done:

how he glisters Thorough my rust! and how his pity Does my deeds make the blacker!


how he glisters Thorough my rust! and how his pity Does my deeds make the blacker!

Woe the while! O, cut my lace, lest my heart, cracking it, Break too.


Woe the while! O, cut my lace, lest my heart, cracking it, Break too.


What studied torments, tyrant, hast for me? What wheels? racks? fires? what flaying? boiling? In leads or oils?


What studied torments, tyrant, hast for me? What wheels? racks? fires? what flaying? boiling? In leads or oils?

what old or newer torture Must I receive, whose every word deserves To taste of thy most worst?


what old or newer torture Must I receive, whose every word deserves To taste of thy most worst?

Thy tyranny Together working with thy jealousies, Fancies too weak for boys, too green and idle For girls of nine, O, think what they have done And then run mad indeed, stark mad!


Thy tyranny Together working with thy jealousies, Fancies too weak for boys, too green and idle For girls of nine, O, think what they have done And then run mad indeed, stark mad!

for all Thy by-gone fooleries were but spices of it. That thou betray'dst Polixenes,'twas nothing; That did but show thee, of a fool, inconstant And damnable ingrateful:


for all Thy by-gone fooleries were but spices of it. That thou betray'dst Polixenes,'twas nothing; That did but show thee, of a fool, inconstant And damnable ingrateful:

nor was't much, Thou wouldst have poison'd good Camillo's honour, To have him kill a king: poor trespasses, More monstrous standing by:


nor was't much, Thou wouldst have poison'd good Camillo's honour, To have him kill a king: poor trespasses, More monstrous standing by:

whereof I reckon The casting forth to crows thy baby-daughter To be or none or little; though a devil Would have shed water out of fire ere done't: this is not, no, Laid to thy answer:


whereof I reckon The casting forth to crows thy baby-daughter To be or none or little; though a devil Would have shed water out of fire ere done't: this is not, no, Laid to thy answer:

but the last,--O lords, When I have said, cry 'woe!' the queen, the queen, The sweet'st, dear'st creature's dead, and vengeance for't Not dropp'd down yet.


but the last,--O lords, When I have said, cry 'woe!' the queen, the queen, The sweet'st, dear'st creature's dead, and vengeance for't Not dropp'd down yet.


I say she's dead; I'll swear't. If word nor oath Prevail not, go and see:


I say she's dead; I'll swear't. If word nor oath Prevail not, go and see:

if you can bring Tincture or lustre in her lip, her eye, Heat outwardly or breath within, I'll serve you As I would do the gods. But, O thou tyrant!


if you can bring Tincture or lustre in her lip, her eye, Heat outwardly or breath within, I'll serve you As I would do the gods. But, O thou tyrant!

Do not repent these things, for they are heavier Than all thy woes can stir; therefore betake thee To nothing but despair.


Do not repent these things, for they are heavier Than all thy woes can stir; therefore betake thee To nothing but despair.

A thousand knees Ten thousand years together, naked, fasting, Upon a barren mountain and still winter In storm perpetual, could not move the gods To look that way thou wert.


A thousand knees Ten thousand years together, naked, fasting, Upon a barren mountain and still winter In storm perpetual, could not move the gods To look that way thou wert.

Go on, go on Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.


Go on, go on Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved All tongues to talk their bitterest.

Say no more: Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault I' the boldness of your speech.


Say no more: Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault I' the boldness of your speech.

I am sorry for't: All faults I make, when I shall come to know them, I do repent. Alas! I have show'd too much The rashness of a woman: he is touch'd To the noble heart.


I am sorry for't: All faults I make, when I shall come to know them, I do repent. Alas! I have show'd too much The rashness of a woman: he is touch'd To the noble heart.

What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief: do not receive affliction At my petition; I beseech you, rather Let me be punish'd, that have minded you Of what you should forget.


What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief: do not receive affliction At my petition; I beseech you, rather Let me be punish'd, that have minded you Of what you should forget.

Now, good my liege Sir, royal sir, forgive a foolish woman: The love I bore your queen--lo, fool again!-- I'll speak of her no more, nor of your children;


Now, good my liege Sir, royal sir, forgive a foolish woman: The love I bore your queen--lo, fool again!-- I'll speak of her no more, nor of your children;

I'll not remember you of my own lord, Who is lost too: take your patience to you, And I'll say nothing.


I'll not remember you of my own lord, Who is lost too: take your patience to you, And I'll say nothing.

Thou didst speak but well When most the truth; which I receive much better Than to be pitied of thee. Prithee, bring me To the dead bodies of my queen and son: One grave shall be for both:


Thou didst speak but well When most the truth; which I receive much better Than to be pitied of thee. Prithee, bring me To the dead bodies of my queen and son: One grave shall be for both:

upon them shall The causes of their death appear, unto Our shame perpetual. Once a day I'll visit The chapel where they lie, and tears shed there Shall be my recreation:


upon them shall The causes of their death appear, unto Our shame perpetual. Once a day I'll visit The chapel where they lie, and tears shed there Shall be my recreation:

so long as nature Will bear up with this exercise, so long I daily vow to use it. Come and lead me Unto these sorrows.


so long as nature Will bear up with this exercise, so long I daily vow to use it. Come and lead me Unto these sorrows.

Thou art perfect then, our ship hath touch'd upon The deserts of Bohemia?


Thou art perfect then, our ship hath touch'd upon The deserts of Bohemia?

Ay, my lord: and fear We have landed in ill time: the skies look grimly And threaten present blusters. In my conscience, The heavens with that we have in hand are angry And frown upon 's.


Ay, my lord: and fear We have landed in ill time: the skies look grimly And threaten present blusters. In my conscience, The heavens with that we have in hand are angry And frown upon 's.

Their sacred wills be done! Go, get aboard; Look to thy bark: I'll not be long before I call upon thee.


Their sacred wills be done! Go, get aboard; Look to thy bark: I'll not be long before I call upon thee.

Make your best haste, and go not Too far i' the land: 'tis like to be loud weather; Besides, this place is famous for the creatures Of prey that keep upon't.


Make your best haste, and go not Too far i' the land: 'tis like to be loud weather; Besides, this place is famous for the creatures Of prey that keep upon't.


I am glad at heart To be so rid o' the business.


I am glad at heart To be so rid o' the business.

Come, poor babe: I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o' the dead May walk again: if such thing be, thy mother Appear'd to me last night, for ne'er was dream So like a waking.


Come, poor babe: I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o' the dead May walk again: if such thing be, thy mother Appear'd to me last night, for ne'er was dream So like a waking.

To me comes a creature, Sometimes her head on one side, some another; I never saw a vessel of like sorrow, So fill'd and so becoming:


To me comes a creature, Sometimes her head on one side, some another; I never saw a vessel of like sorrow, So fill'd and so becoming:

in pure white robes, Like very sanctity, she did approach My cabin where I lay; thrice bow'd before me, And gasping to begin some speech, her eyes Became two spouts:


in pure white robes, Like very sanctity, she did approach My cabin where I lay; thrice bow'd before me, And gasping to begin some speech, her eyes Became two spouts:

the fury spent, anon Did this break-from her: and, for the babe Is counted lost for ever, Perdita, I prithee, call't.


the fury spent, anon Did this break-from her: and, for the babe Is counted lost for ever, Perdita, I prithee, call't.

For this ungentle business Put on thee by my lord, thou ne'er shalt see Thy wife Paulina more.' And so, with shrieks She melted into air.


For this ungentle business Put on thee by my lord, thou ne'er shalt see Thy wife Paulina more.' And so, with shrieks She melted into air.

Affrighted much, I did in time collect myself and thought This was so and no slumber. Dreams are toys: Yet for this once, yea, superstitiously, I will be squared by this.


Affrighted much, I did in time collect myself and thought This was so and no slumber. Dreams are toys: Yet for this once, yea, superstitiously, I will be squared by this.

I do believe Hermione hath suffer'd death, and that Apollo would, this being indeed the issue Of King Polixenes, it should here be laid, Either for life or death, upon the earth Of its right father.


I do believe Hermione hath suffer'd death, and that Apollo would, this being indeed the issue Of King Polixenes, it should here be laid, Either for life or death, upon the earth Of its right father.

Blossom, speed thee well! There lie, and there thy character: there these; Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty, And still rest thine. The storm begins;


Blossom, speed thee well! There lie, and there thy character: there these; Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty, And still rest thine. The storm begins;

poor wretch, That for thy mother's fault art thus exposed To loss and what may follow! Weep I cannot, But my heart bleeds; and most accursed am I To be by oath enjoin'd to this. Farewell!


poor wretch, That for thy mother's fault art thus exposed To loss and what may follow! Weep I cannot, But my heart bleeds; and most accursed am I To be by oath enjoin'd to this. Farewell!

The day frowns more and more: thou'rt like to have A lullaby too rough: I never saw The heavens so dim by day. A savage clamour! Well may I get aboard! This is the chase: I am gone for ever.


The day frowns more and more: thou'rt like to have A lullaby too rough: I never saw The heavens so dim by day. A savage clamour! Well may I get aboard! This is the chase: I am gone for ever.

I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest;


I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest;

for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting--Hark you now!


for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting--Hark you now!

Would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty hunt this weather? They have scared away two of my best sheep, which I fear the wolf will sooner find than the master:


Would any but these boiled brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty hunt this weather? They have scared away two of my best sheep, which I fear the wolf will sooner find than the master:

if any where I have them, 'tis by the seaside, browsing of ivy. Good luck, an't be thy will what have we here! Mercy on 's, a barne a very pretty barne! A boy or a child, I wonder? A pretty one;


if any where I have them, 'tis by the seaside, browsing of ivy. Good luck, an't be thy will what have we here! Mercy on 's, a barne a very pretty barne! A boy or a child, I wonder? A pretty one;

a very pretty one: sure, some 'scape: though I am not bookish, yet I can read waiting-gentlewoman in the 'scape. This has been some stair-work, some trunk-work, some behind-door-work:


a very pretty one: sure, some 'scape: though I am not bookish, yet I can read waiting-gentlewoman in the 'scape. This has been some stair-work, some trunk-work, some behind-door-work:

they were warmer that got this than the poor thing is here. I'll take it up for pity: yet I'll tarry till my son come; he hallooed but even now. Whoa, ho, hoa!


they were warmer that got this than the poor thing is here. I'll take it up for pity: yet I'll tarry till my son come; he hallooed but even now. Whoa, ho, hoa!


What, art so near? If thou'lt see a thing to talk on when thou art dead and rotten, come hither. What ailest thou, man?


What, art so near? If thou'lt see a thing to talk on when thou art dead and rotten, come hither. What ailest thou, man?

I have seen two such sights, by sea and by land! but I am not to say it is a sea, for it is now the sky: betwixt the firmament and it you cannot thrust a bodkin's point.


I have seen two such sights, by sea and by land! but I am not to say it is a sea, for it is now the sky: betwixt the firmament and it you cannot thrust a bodkin's point.


I would you did but see how it chafes, how it rages, how it takes up the shore! but that's not the point. O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls! sometimes to see 'em, and not to see 'em;


I would you did but see how it chafes, how it rages, how it takes up the shore! but that's not the point. O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls! sometimes to see 'em, and not to see 'em;

now the ship boring the moon with her main-mast, and anon swallowed with yest and froth, as you'ld thrust a cork into a hogshead.


now the ship boring the moon with her main-mast, and anon swallowed with yest and froth, as you'ld thrust a cork into a hogshead.

And then for the land-service, to see how the bear tore out his shoulder-bone; how he cried to me for help and said his name was Antigonus, a nobleman.


And then for the land-service, to see how the bear tore out his shoulder-bone; how he cried to me for help and said his name was Antigonus, a nobleman.

But to make an end of the ship, to see how the sea flap-dragoned it: but, first, how the poor souls roared, and the sea mocked them;


But to make an end of the ship, to see how the sea flap-dragoned it: but, first, how the poor souls roared, and the sea mocked them;

and how the poor gentleman roared and the bear mocked him, both roaring louder than the sea or weather.


and how the poor gentleman roared and the bear mocked him, both roaring louder than the sea or weather.


Now, now: I have not winked since I saw these sights: the men are not yet cold under water, nor the bear half dined on the gentleman: he's at it now.


Now, now: I have not winked since I saw these sights: the men are not yet cold under water, nor the bear half dined on the gentleman: he's at it now.

Would I had been by, to have helped the old man!


Would I had been by, to have helped the old man!

I would you had been by the ship side, to have helped her: there your charity would have lacked footing.


I would you had been by the ship side, to have helped her: there your charity would have lacked footing.

Heavy matters! heavy matters! but look thee here, boy. Now bless thyself: thou mettest with things dying, I with things newborn. Here's a sight for thee;


Heavy matters! heavy matters! but look thee here, boy. Now bless thyself: thou mettest with things dying, I with things newborn. Here's a sight for thee;

look thee, a bearing-cloth for a squire's child! look thee here; take up, take up, boy; open't. So, let's see: it was told me I should be rich by the fairies. This is some changeling: open't.


look thee, a bearing-cloth for a squire's child! look thee here; take up, take up, boy; open't. So, let's see: it was told me I should be rich by the fairies. This is some changeling: open't.


You're a made old man: if the sins of your youth are forgiven you, you're well to live. Gold! all gold!


You're a made old man: if the sins of your youth are forgiven you, you're well to live. Gold! all gold!

This is fairy gold, boy, and 'twill prove so: up with't, keep it close: home, home, the next way. We are lucky, boy; and to be so still requires nothing but secrecy. Let my sheep go:


This is fairy gold, boy, and 'twill prove so: up with't, keep it close: home, home, the next way. We are lucky, boy; and to be so still requires nothing but secrecy. Let my sheep go:


Go you the next way with your findings. I'll go see if the bear be gone from the gentleman and how much he hath eaten: they are never curst but when they are hungry:


Go you the next way with your findings. I'll go see if the bear be gone from the gentleman and how much he hath eaten: they are never curst but when they are hungry:

if there be any of him left, I'll bury it.


if there be any of him left, I'll bury it.

That's a good deed. If thou mayest discern by that which is left of him what he is, fetch me to the sight of him.


That's a good deed. If thou mayest discern by that which is left of him what he is, fetch me to the sight of him.

Marry, will I; and you shall help to put him i' the ground.


Marry, will I; and you shall help to put him i' the ground.

'Tis a lucky day, boy, and we'll do good deeds on't.


'Tis a lucky day, boy, and we'll do good deeds on't.

I, that please some, try all, both joy and terror Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error, Now take upon me, in the name of Time, To use my wings.


I, that please some, try all, both joy and terror Of good and bad, that makes and unfolds error, Now take upon me, in the name of Time, To use my wings.

Let me pass The same I am, ere ancient'st order was Or what is now received: I witness to The times that brought them in;


Let me pass The same I am, ere ancient'st order was Or what is now received: I witness to The times that brought them in;

so shall I do To the freshest things now reigning and make stale The glistering of this present, as my tale Now seems to it.


so shall I do To the freshest things now reigning and make stale The glistering of this present, as my tale Now seems to it.

Your patience this allowing, I turn my glass and give my scene such growing As you had slept between: and with speed so pace To speak of Perdita, now grown in grace Equal with wondering:


Your patience this allowing, I turn my glass and give my scene such growing As you had slept between: and with speed so pace To speak of Perdita, now grown in grace Equal with wondering:

what of her ensues I list not prophecy; but let Time's news Be known when 'tis brought forth. A shepherd's daughter, And what to her adheres, which follows after, Is the argument of Time.


what of her ensues I list not prophecy; but let Time's news Be known when 'tis brought forth. A shepherd's daughter, And what to her adheres, which follows after, Is the argument of Time.

Of this allow, If ever you have spent time worse ere now; If never, yet that Time himself doth say He wishes earnestly you never may.


Of this allow, If ever you have spent time worse ere now; If never, yet that Time himself doth say He wishes earnestly you never may.

I pray thee, good Camillo, be no more importunate: 'tis a sickness denying thee any thing; a death to grant this.


I pray thee, good Camillo, be no more importunate: 'tis a sickness denying thee any thing; a death to grant this.

It is fifteen years since I saw my country: though I have for the most part been aired abroad, I desire to lay my bones there. Besides, the penitent king, my master, hath sent for me;


It is fifteen years since I saw my country: though I have for the most part been aired abroad, I desire to lay my bones there. Besides, the penitent king, my master, hath sent for me;

to whose feeling sorrows I might be some allay, or I o'erween to think so, which is another spur to my departure.


to whose feeling sorrows I might be some allay, or I o'erween to think so, which is another spur to my departure.

As thou lovest me, Camillo, wipe not out the rest of thy services by leaving me now: the need I have of thee thine own goodness hath made; better not to have had thee than thus to want thee:


As thou lovest me, Camillo, wipe not out the rest of thy services by leaving me now: the need I have of thee thine own goodness hath made; better not to have had thee than thus to want thee:

thou, having made me businesses which none without thee can sufficiently manage, must either stay to execute them thyself or take away with thee the very services thou hast done;


thou, having made me businesses which none without thee can sufficiently manage, must either stay to execute them thyself or take away with thee the very services thou hast done;

which if I have not enough considered, as too much I cannot, to be more thankful to thee shall be my study, and my profit therein the heaping friendships.


which if I have not enough considered, as too much I cannot, to be more thankful to thee shall be my study, and my profit therein the heaping friendships.

Of that fatal country, Sicilia, prithee speak no more; whose very naming punishes me with the remembrance of that penitent, as thou callest him, and reconciled king, my brother;


Of that fatal country, Sicilia, prithee speak no more; whose very naming punishes me with the remembrance of that penitent, as thou callest him, and reconciled king, my brother;

whose loss of his most precious queen and children are even now to be afresh lamented. Say to me, when sawest thou the Prince Florizel, my son?


whose loss of his most precious queen and children are even now to be afresh lamented. Say to me, when sawest thou the Prince Florizel, my son?

Kings are no less unhappy, their issue not being gracious, than they are in losing them when they have approved their virtues.


Kings are no less unhappy, their issue not being gracious, than they are in losing them when they have approved their virtues.

Sir, it is three days since I saw the prince. What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown:


Sir, it is three days since I saw the prince. What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown:

but I have missingly noted, he is of late much retired from court and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared.


but I have missingly noted, he is of late much retired from court and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared.

I have considered so much, Camillo, and with some care; so far that I have eyes under my service which look upon his removedness;


I have considered so much, Camillo, and with some care; so far that I have eyes under my service which look upon his removedness;

from whom I have this intelligence, that he is seldom from the house of a most homely shepherd;


from whom I have this intelligence, that he is seldom from the house of a most homely shepherd;

a man, they say, that from very nothing, and beyond the imagination of his neighbours, is grown into an unspeakable estate.


a man, they say, that from very nothing, and beyond the imagination of his neighbours, is grown into an unspeakable estate.

I have heard, sir, of such a man, who hath a daughter of most rare note: the report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage.


I have heard, sir, of such a man, who hath a daughter of most rare note: the report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage.

That's likewise part of my intelligence; but, I fear, the angle that plucks our son thither. Thou shalt accompany us to the place;


That's likewise part of my intelligence; but, I fear, the angle that plucks our son thither. Thou shalt accompany us to the place;

where we will, not appearing what we are, have some question with the shepherd; from whose simplicity I think it not uneasy to get the cause of my son's resort thither.


where we will, not appearing what we are, have some question with the shepherd; from whose simplicity I think it not uneasy to get the cause of my son's resort thither.

Prithee, be my present partner in this business, and lay aside the thoughts of Sicilia.


Prithee, be my present partner in this business, and lay aside the thoughts of Sicilia.


My best Camillo! We must disguise ourselves.


My best Camillo! We must disguise ourselves.

When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale.


When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale.

The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.


The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.

The lark, that tirra-lyra chants, With heigh! with heigh! the thrush and the jay, Are summer songs for me and my aunts, While we lie tumbling in the hay.


The lark, that tirra-lyra chants, With heigh! with heigh! the thrush and the jay, Are summer songs for me and my aunts, While we lie tumbling in the hay.

I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile; but now I am out of service: But shall I go mourn for that, my dear? The pale moon shines by night:


I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile; but now I am out of service: But shall I go mourn for that, my dear? The pale moon shines by night:

And when I wander here and there, I then do most go right. If tinkers may have leave to live, And bear the sow-skin budget, Then my account I well may, give, And in the stocks avouch it.


And when I wander here and there, I then do most go right. If tinkers may have leave to live, And bear the sow-skin budget, Then my account I well may, give, And in the stocks avouch it.

My traffic is sheets; when the kite builds, look to lesser linen. My father named me Autolycus; who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.


My traffic is sheets; when the kite builds, look to lesser linen. My father named me Autolycus; who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.

With die and drab I purchased this caparison, and my revenue is the silly cheat. Gallows and knock are too powerful on the highway: beating and hanging are terrors to me:


With die and drab I purchased this caparison, and my revenue is the silly cheat. Gallows and knock are too powerful on the highway: beating and hanging are terrors to me:

for the life to come, I sleep out the thought of it. A prize! a prize!


for the life to come, I sleep out the thought of it. A prize! a prize!

Let me see: every 'leven wether tods; every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn. what comes the wool to?


Let me see: every 'leven wether tods; every tod yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn. what comes the wool to?


I cannot do't without counters. Let me see; what am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound of sugar, five pound of currants, rice,--what will this sister of mine do with rice?


I cannot do't without counters. Let me see; what am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound of sugar, five pound of currants, rice,--what will this sister of mine do with rice?

But my father hath made her mistress of the feast, and she lays it on. She hath made me four and twenty nose-gays for the shearers, three-man-song-men all, and very good ones;


But my father hath made her mistress of the feast, and she lays it on. She hath made me four and twenty nose-gays for the shearers, three-man-song-men all, and very good ones;

but they are most of them means and bases; but one puritan amongst them, and he sings psalms to horn-pipes. I must have saffron to colour the warden pies; mace; dates?--none, that's out of my note;


but they are most of them means and bases; but one puritan amongst them, and he sings psalms to horn-pipes. I must have saffron to colour the warden pies; mace; dates?--none, that's out of my note;

nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pound of prunes, and as many of raisins o' the sun.


nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pound of prunes, and as many of raisins o' the sun.


O, help me, help me! pluck but off these rags; and then, death, death!


O, help me, help me! pluck but off these rags; and then, death, death!

Alack, poor soul! thou hast need of more rags to lay on thee, rather than have these off.


Alack, poor soul! thou hast need of more rags to lay on thee, rather than have these off.

O sir, the loathsomeness of them offends me more than the stripes I have received, which are mighty ones and millions.


O sir, the loathsomeness of them offends me more than the stripes I have received, which are mighty ones and millions.

Alas, poor man! a million of beating may come to a great matter.


Alas, poor man! a million of beating may come to a great matter.

I am robbed, sir, and beaten; my money and apparel ta'en from me, and these detestable things put upon me.


I am robbed, sir, and beaten; my money and apparel ta'en from me, and these detestable things put upon me.


Indeed, he should be a footman by the garments he has left with thee: if this be a horseman's coat, it hath seen very hot service. Lend me thy hand, I'll help thee: come, lend me thy hand.


O, good sir, softly, good sir! I fear, sir, my shoulder-blade is out.


Dost lack any money? I have a little money for thee.


Dost lack any money? I have a little money for thee.

No, good sweet sir; no, I beseech you, sir: I have a kinsman not past three quarters of a mile hence, unto whom I was going; I shall there have money, or any thing I want:


No, good sweet sir; no, I beseech you, sir: I have a kinsman not past three quarters of a mile hence, unto whom I was going; I shall there have money, or any thing I want:

offer me no money, I pray you; that kills my heart.


offer me no money, I pray you; that kills my heart.

What manner of fellow was he that robbed you?


What manner of fellow was he that robbed you?

A fellow, sir, that I have known to go about with troll-my-dames; I knew him once a servant of the prince:


A fellow, sir, that I have known to go about with troll-my-dames; I knew him once a servant of the prince:

I cannot tell, good sir, for which of his virtues it was, but he was certainly whipped out of the court.


I cannot tell, good sir, for which of his virtues it was, but he was certainly whipped out of the court.

His vices, you would say; there's no virtue whipped out of the court: they cherish it to make it stay there; and yet it will no more but abide.


His vices, you would say; there's no virtue whipped out of the court: they cherish it to make it stay there; and yet it will no more but abide.

Vices, I would say, sir. I know this man well: he hath been since an ape-bearer; then a process-server, a bailiff;


Vices, I would say, sir. I know this man well: he hath been since an ape-bearer; then a process-server, a bailiff;

then he compassed a motion of the Prodigal Son, and married a tinker's wife within a mile where my land and living lies; and, having flown over many knavish professions, he settled only in rogue:


then he compassed a motion of the Prodigal Son, and married a tinker's wife within a mile where my land and living lies; and, having flown over many knavish professions, he settled only in rogue:


Out upon him! prig, for my life, prig: he haunts wakes, fairs and bear-baitings.


Out upon him! prig, for my life, prig: he haunts wakes, fairs and bear-baitings.

Very true, sir; he, sir, he; that's the rogue that put me into this apparel.


Very true, sir; he, sir, he; that's the rogue that put me into this apparel.

Not a more cowardly rogue in all Bohemia: if you had but looked big and spit at him, he'ld have run.


Not a more cowardly rogue in all Bohemia: if you had but looked big and spit at him, he'ld have run.

I must confess to you, sir, I am no fighter: I am false of heart that way; and that he knew, I warrant him.


I must confess to you, sir, I am no fighter: I am false of heart that way; and that he knew, I warrant him.


Sweet sir, much better than I was; I can stand and walk: I will even take my leave of you, and pace softly towards my kinsman's.


Then fare thee well: I must go buy spices for our sheep-shearing.


Then fare thee well: I must go buy spices for our sheep-shearing.

Prosper you, sweet sir! Your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spice. I'll be with you at your sheep-shearing too:


Prosper you, sweet sir! Your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spice. I'll be with you at your sheep-shearing too:

if I make not this cheat bring out another and the shearers prove sheep, let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a:


if I make not this cheat bring out another and the shearers prove sheep, let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a:

A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.


A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.

These your unusual weeds to each part of you Do give a life: no shepherdess, but Flora Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing Is as a meeting of the petty gods, And you the queen on't.


These your unusual weeds to each part of you Do give a life: no shepherdess, but Flora Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing Is as a meeting of the petty gods, And you the queen on't.

Sir, my gracious lord, To chide at your extremes it not becomes me: O, pardon, that I name them!


Sir, my gracious lord, To chide at your extremes it not becomes me: O, pardon, that I name them!

Your high self, The gracious mark o' the land, you have obscured With a swain's wearing, and me, poor lowly maid, Most goddess-like prank'd up:


Your high self, The gracious mark o' the land, you have obscured With a swain's wearing, and me, poor lowly maid, Most goddess-like prank'd up:

but that our feasts In every mess have folly and the feeders Digest it with a custom, I should blush To see you so attired, sworn, I think, To show myself a glass.


but that our feasts In every mess have folly and the feeders Digest it with a custom, I should blush To see you so attired, sworn, I think, To show myself a glass.

I bless the time When my good falcon made her flight across Thy father's ground.


I bless the time When my good falcon made her flight across Thy father's ground.

Now Jove afford you cause! To me the difference forges dread; your greatness Hath not been used to fear. Even now I tremble To think your father, by some accident, Should pass this way as you did:


Now Jove afford you cause! To me the difference forges dread; your greatness Hath not been used to fear. Even now I tremble To think your father, by some accident, Should pass this way as you did:

O, the Fates! How would he look, to see his work so noble Vilely bound up? What would he say? Or how Should I, in these my borrow'd flaunts, behold The sternness of his presence?


O, the Fates! How would he look, to see his work so noble Vilely bound up? What would he say? Or how Should I, in these my borrow'd flaunts, behold The sternness of his presence?

Apprehend Nothing but jollity. The gods themselves, Humbling their deities to love, have taken The shapes of beasts upon them: Jupiter Became a bull, and bellow'd;


Apprehend Nothing but jollity. The gods themselves, Humbling their deities to love, have taken The shapes of beasts upon them: Jupiter Became a bull, and bellow'd;

the green Neptune A ram, and bleated; and the fire-robed god, Golden Apollo, a poor humble swain, As I seem now.


the green Neptune A ram, and bleated; and the fire-robed god, Golden Apollo, a poor humble swain, As I seem now.

Their transformations Were never for a piece of beauty rarer, Nor in a way so chaste, since my desires Run not before mine honour, nor my lusts Burn hotter than my faith.


Their transformations Were never for a piece of beauty rarer, Nor in a way so chaste, since my desires Run not before mine honour, nor my lusts Burn hotter than my faith.

O, but, sir, Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis Opposed, as it must be, by the power of the king:


O, but, sir, Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis Opposed, as it must be, by the power of the king:

One of these two must be necessities, Which then will speak, that you must change this purpose, Or I my life.


One of these two must be necessities, Which then will speak, that you must change this purpose, Or I my life.

Thou dearest Perdita, With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth o' the feast. Or I'll be thine, my fair, Or not my father's.


Thou dearest Perdita, With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth o' the feast. Or I'll be thine, my fair, Or not my father's.

For I cannot be Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine. To this I am most constant, Though destiny say no. Be merry, gentle;


For I cannot be Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine. To this I am most constant, Though destiny say no. Be merry, gentle;

Strangle such thoughts as these with any thing That you behold the while. Your guests are coming:


Strangle such thoughts as these with any thing That you behold the while. Your guests are coming:

Lift up your countenance, as it were the day Of celebration of that nuptial which We two have sworn shall come.


Lift up your countenance, as it were the day Of celebration of that nuptial which We two have sworn shall come.


See, your guests approach: Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth.


See, your guests approach: Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth.

Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon This day she was both pantler, butler, cook, Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all; Would sing her song and dance her turn;


Fie, daughter! when my old wife lived, upon This day she was both pantler, butler, cook, Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all; Would sing her song and dance her turn;

now here, At upper end o' the table, now i' the middle; On his shoulder, and his; her face o' fire With labour and the thing she took to quench it, She would to each one sip.


now here, At upper end o' the table, now i' the middle; On his shoulder, and his; her face o' fire With labour and the thing she took to quench it, She would to each one sip.

You are retired, As if you were a feasted one and not The hostess of the meeting: pray you, bid These unknown friends to's welcome; for it is A way to make us better friends, more known.


You are retired, As if you were a feasted one and not The hostess of the meeting: pray you, bid These unknown friends to's welcome; for it is A way to make us better friends, more known.

Come, quench your blushes and present yourself That which you are, mistress o' the feast: come on, And bid us welcome to your sheep-shearing, As your good flock shall prosper.


Come, quench your blushes and present yourself That which you are, mistress o' the feast: come on, And bid us welcome to your sheep-shearing, As your good flock shall prosper.


Shepherdess, A fair one are you--well you fit our ages With flowers of winter.


Shepherdess, A fair one are you--well you fit our ages With flowers of winter.

of that kind Our rustic garden's barren; and I care not To get slips of them.


of that kind Our rustic garden's barren; and I care not To get slips of them.

Wherefore, gentle maiden, Do you neglect them?


Wherefore, gentle maiden, Do you neglect them?

For I have heard it said There is an art which in their piedness shares With great creating nature.


For I have heard it said There is an art which in their piedness shares With great creating nature.

Say there be; Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes.


Say there be; Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes.

You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race:


You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race:

this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.


this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.


Then make your garden rich in gillyvors, And do not call them bastards.


Then make your garden rich in gillyvors, And do not call them bastards.

I'll not put The dibble in earth to set one slip of them; No more than were I painted I would wish This youth should say 'twere well and only therefore Desire to breed by me. Here's flowers for you;


I'll not put The dibble in earth to set one slip of them; No more than were I painted I would wish This youth should say 'twere well and only therefore Desire to breed by me. Here's flowers for you;

Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.


Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age.


I should leave grazing, were I of your flock, And only live by gazing.


I should leave grazing, were I of your flock, And only live by gazing.

Out, alas! You'd be so lean, that blasts of January Would blow you through and through. Now, my fair'st friend, I would I had some flowers o' the spring that might Become your time of day;


Out, alas! You'd be so lean, that blasts of January Would blow you through and through. Now, my fair'st friend, I would I had some flowers o' the spring that might Become your time of day;

and yours, and yours, That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing: O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon!


and yours, and yours, That wear upon your virgin branches yet Your maidenheads growing: O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon!

daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath;


daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath;

pale primroses That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bight Phoebus in his strength--a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown imperial;


pale primroses That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bight Phoebus in his strength--a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The crown imperial;

lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one! O, these I lack, To make you garlands of, and my sweet friend, To strew him o'er and o'er!


lilies of all kinds, The flower-de-luce being one! O, these I lack, To make you garlands of, and my sweet friend, To strew him o'er and o'er!


No, like a bank for love to lie and play on; Not like a corse; or if, not to be buried, But quick and in mine arms. Come, take your flowers:


No, like a bank for love to lie and play on; Not like a corse; or if, not to be buried, But quick and in mine arms. Come, take your flowers:

Methinks I play as I have seen them do In Whitsun pastorals: sure this robe of mine Does change my disposition.


Methinks I play as I have seen them do In Whitsun pastorals: sure this robe of mine Does change my disposition.

What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet. I'ld have you do it ever: when you sing, I'ld have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so;


What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet. I'ld have you do it ever: when you sing, I'ld have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so;

and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that; move still, still so, And own no other function:


and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that; move still, still so, And own no other function:

each your doing, So singular in each particular, Crowns what you are doing in the present deed, That all your acts are queens.


each your doing, So singular in each particular, Crowns what you are doing in the present deed, That all your acts are queens.


but that your youth, And the true blood which peepeth fairly through't, Do plainly give you out an unstain'd shepherd, With wisdom I might fear, my Doricles, You woo'd me the false way.


but that your youth, And the true blood which peepeth fairly through't, Do plainly give you out an unstain'd shepherd, With wisdom I might fear, my Doricles, You woo'd me the false way.

I think you have As little skill to fear as I have purpose To put you to't. But come; our dance, I pray: Your hand, my Perdita: so turtles pair, That never mean to part.


I think you have As little skill to fear as I have purpose To put you to't. But come; our dance, I pray: Your hand, my Perdita: so turtles pair, That never mean to part.


This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward: nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.


This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward: nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.

He tells her something That makes her blood look out: good sooth, she is The queen of curds and cream.


He tells her something That makes her blood look out: good sooth, she is The queen of curds and cream.


Mopsa must be your mistress: marry, garlic, To mend her kissing with!


Not a word, a word; we stand upon our manners. Come, strike up!


Not a word, a word; we stand upon our manners. Come, strike up!

Pray, good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter?


Pray, good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter?

They call him Doricles; and boasts himself To have a worthy feeding: but I have it Upon his own report and I believe it; He looks like sooth. He says he loves my daughter: I think so too;


They call him Doricles; and boasts himself To have a worthy feeding: but I have it Upon his own report and I believe it; He looks like sooth. He says he loves my daughter: I think so too;

for never gazed the moon Upon the water as he'll stand and read As 'twere my daughter's eyes: and, to be plain. I think there is not half a kiss to choose Who loves another best.


for never gazed the moon Upon the water as he'll stand and read As 'twere my daughter's eyes: and, to be plain. I think there is not half a kiss to choose Who loves another best.


So she does any thing; though I report it, That should be silent: if young Doricles Do light upon her, she shall bring him that Which he not dreams of.


So she does any thing; though I report it, That should be silent: if young Doricles Do light upon her, she shall bring him that Which he not dreams of.

O master, if you did but hear the pedlar at the door, you would never dance again after a tabour and pipe; no, the bagpipe could not move you: he sings several tunes faster than you'll tell money;


O master, if you did but hear the pedlar at the door, you would never dance again after a tabour and pipe; no, the bagpipe could not move you: he sings several tunes faster than you'll tell money;

he utters them as he had eaten ballads and all men's ears grew to his tunes.


he utters them as he had eaten ballads and all men's ears grew to his tunes.

He could never come better; he shall come in. I love a ballad but even too well, if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.


He could never come better; he shall come in. I love a ballad but even too well, if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.

He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes; no milliner can so fit his customers with gloves: he has the prettiest love-songs for maids; so without bawdry, which is strange;


He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes; no milliner can so fit his customers with gloves: he has the prettiest love-songs for maids; so without bawdry, which is strange;

with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings, 'jump her and thump her;


with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings, 'jump her and thump her;

' and where some stretch-mouthed rascal would, as it were, mean mischief and break a foul gap into the matter, he makes the maid to answer 'Whoop, do me no harm, good man;


' and where some stretch-mouthed rascal would, as it were, mean mischief and break a foul gap into the matter, he makes the maid to answer 'Whoop, do me no harm, good man;

' puts him off, slights him, with 'Whoop, do me no harm, good man.'


' puts him off, slights him, with 'Whoop, do me no harm, good man.'


Believe me, thou talkest of an admirable conceited fellow. Has he any unbraided wares?


Believe me, thou talkest of an admirable conceited fellow. Has he any unbraided wares?

He hath ribbons of an the colours i' the rainbow; points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can learnedly handle, though they come to him by the gross: inkles, caddisses, cambrics, lawns:


He hath ribbons of an the colours i' the rainbow; points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can learnedly handle, though they come to him by the gross: inkles, caddisses, cambrics, lawns:

why, he sings 'em over as they were gods or goddesses; you would think a smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleeve-hand and the work about the square on't.


why, he sings 'em over as they were gods or goddesses; you would think a smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleeve-hand and the work about the square on't.

Prithee bring him in; and let him approach singing.


Prithee bring him in; and let him approach singing.

Forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words in 's tunes.


Forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words in 's tunes.

You have of these pedlars, that have more in them than you'ld think, sister.


You have of these pedlars, that have more in them than you'ld think, sister.


Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask roses; Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber;


Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask roses; Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber;

Golden quoifs and stomachers, For my lads to give their dears: Pins and poking-sticks of steel, What maids lack from head to heel: Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy;


Golden quoifs and stomachers, For my lads to give their dears: Pins and poking-sticks of steel, What maids lack from head to heel: Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy;

Buy lads, or else your lasses cry: Come buy.


Buy lads, or else your lasses cry: Come buy.

If I were not in love with Mopsa, thou shouldst take no money of me; but being enthralled as I am, it will also be the bondage of certain ribbons and gloves.


If I were not in love with Mopsa, thou shouldst take no money of me; but being enthralled as I am, it will also be the bondage of certain ribbons and gloves.

I was promised them against the feast; but they come not too late now.


I was promised them against the feast; but they come not too late now.

He hath promised you more than that, or there be liars.


He hath promised you more than that, or there be liars.

He hath paid you all he promised you; may be, he has paid you more, which will shame you to give him again.


He hath paid you all he promised you; may be, he has paid you more, which will shame you to give him again.

Is there no manners left among maids? will they wear their plackets where they should bear their faces?


Is there no manners left among maids? will they wear their plackets where they should bear their faces?

Is there not milking-time, when you are going to bed, or kiln-hole, to whistle off these secrets, but you must be tittle-tattling before all our guests? 'tis well they are whispering:


Is there not milking-time, when you are going to bed, or kiln-hole, to whistle off these secrets, but you must be tittle-tattling before all our guests? 'tis well they are whispering:

clamour your tongues, and not a word more.


clamour your tongues, and not a word more.

I have done. Come, you promised me a tawdry-lace and a pair of sweet gloves.


I have done. Come, you promised me a tawdry-lace and a pair of sweet gloves.

Have I not told thee how I was cozened by the way and lost all my money?


Have I not told thee how I was cozened by the way and lost all my money?

And indeed, sir, there are cozeners abroad; therefore it behoves men to be wary.


And indeed, sir, there are cozeners abroad; therefore it behoves men to be wary.

Fear not thou, man, thou shalt lose nothing here.


Fear not thou, man, thou shalt lose nothing here.

I hope so, sir; for I have about me many parcels of charge.


I hope so, sir; for I have about me many parcels of charge.


Pray now, buy some: I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true.


Pray now, buy some: I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true.

Here's one to a very doleful tune, how a usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money-bags at a burthen and how she longed to eat adders' heads and toads carbonadoed.


Here's one to a very doleful tune, how a usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money-bags at a burthen and how she longed to eat adders' heads and toads carbonadoed.


Here's the midwife's name to't, one Mistress Tale-porter, and five or six honest wives that were present. Why should I carry lies abroad?


Come on, lay it by: and let's first see moe ballads; we'll buy the other things anon.


Come on, lay it by: and let's first see moe ballads; we'll buy the other things anon.

Here's another ballad of a fish, that appeared upon the coast on Wednesday the four-score of April, forty thousand fathom above water, and sung this ballad against the hard hearts of maids: