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Why, how now, father! |
Speak ere thou diest. |
Shepherd: |
I cannot speak, nor think |
Nor dare to know that which I know. O sir! |
You have undone a man of fourscore three, |
That thought to fill his grave in quiet, yea, |
To die upon the bed my father died, |
To lie close by his honest bones: but now |
Some hangman must put on my shroud and lay me |
Where no priest shovels in dust. O cursed wretch, |
That knew'st this was the prince, |
and wouldst adventure |
To mingle faith with him! Undone! undone! |
If I might die within this hour, I have lived |
To die when I desire. |
FLORIZEL: |
Why look you so upon me? |
I am but sorry, not afeard; delay'd, |
But nothing alter'd: what I was, I am; |
More straining on for plucking back, not following |
My leash unwillingly. |
CAMILLO: |
Gracious my lord, |
You know your father's temper: at this time |
He will allow no speech, which I do guess |
You do not purpose to him; and as hardly |
Will he endure your sight as yet, I fear: |
Then, till the fury of his highness settle, |
Come not before him. |
FLORIZEL: |
I not purpose it. |
I think, Camillo? |
CAMILLO: |
Even he, my lord. |
PERDITA: |
How often have I told you 'twould be thus! |
How often said, my dignity would last |
But till 'twere known! |
FLORIZEL: |
It cannot fail but by |
The violation of my faith; and then |
Let nature crush the sides o' the earth together |
And mar the seeds within! Lift up thy looks: |
From my succession wipe me, father; I |
Am heir to my affection. |
CAMILLO: |
Be advised. |
FLORIZEL: |
I am, and by my fancy: if my reason |
Will thereto be obedient, I have reason; |
If not, my senses, better pleased with madness, |
Do bid it welcome. |
CAMILLO: |
This is desperate, sir. |
FLORIZEL: |
So call it: but it does fulfil my vow; |
I needs must think it honesty. Camillo, |
Not for Bohemia, nor the pomp that may |
Be thereat glean'd, for all the sun sees or |
The close earth wombs or the profound sea hides |
In unknown fathoms, will I break my oath |
To this my fair beloved: therefore, I pray you, |
As you have ever been my father's honour'd friend, |
When he shall miss me,--as, in faith, I mean not |
To see him any more,--cast your good counsels |
Upon his passion; let myself and fortune |
Tug for the time to come. This you may know |
And so deliver, I am put to sea |
With her whom here I cannot hold on shore; |
And most opportune to our need I have |
A vessel rides fast by, but not prepared |
For this design. What course I mean to hold |
Shall nothing benefit your knowledge, nor |
Concern me the reporting. |
CAMILLO: |
O my lord! |
I would your spirit were easier for advice, |
Or stronger for your need. |
FLORIZEL: |
Hark, Perdita |
I'll hear you by and by. |
CAMILLO: |
He's irremoveable, |
Resolved for flight. Now were I happy, if |
His going I could frame to serve my turn, |
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