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| <H3>SCENE II. A public place.</h3> | |
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| <i>Enter ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse</i> | |
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| <A NAME=1>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=2>The gold I gave to Dromio is laid up</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>Safe at the Centaur; and the heedful slave</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>Is wander'd forth, in care to seek me out</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>By computation and mine host's report.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>I could not speak with Dromio since at first</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>I sent him from the mart. See, here he comes.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter DROMIO of Syracuse</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=8>How now sir! is your merry humour alter'd?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>As you love strokes, so jest with me again.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>You know no Centaur? you received no gold?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>Your mistress sent to have me home to dinner?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>My house was at the Phoenix? Wast thou mad,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>That thus so madly thou didst answer me?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=14>What answer, sir? when spake I such a word?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=16>Even now, even here, not half an hour since.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=17>I did not see you since you sent me hence,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>Home to the Centaur, with the gold you gave me.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=20>Villain, thou didst deny the gold's receipt,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>And told'st me of a mistress and a dinner;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>For which, I hope, thou felt'st I was displeased.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=23>I am glad to see you in this merry vein:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>What means this jest? I pray you, master, tell me.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=26>Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>Think'st thou I jest? Hold, take thou that, and that.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Beating him</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=28>Hold, sir, for God's sake! now your jest is earnest:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>Upon what bargain do you give it me?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=31>Because that I familiarly sometimes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>Do use you for my fool and chat with you,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>Your sauciness will jest upon my love</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>And make a common of my serious hours.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>But creep in crannies when he hides his beams.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>If you will jest with me, know my aspect,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>And fashion your demeanor to my looks,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>Or I will beat this method in your sconce.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech10><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=40>Sconce call you it? so you would leave battering, I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>had rather have it a head: an you use these blows</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>long, I must get a sconce for my head and ensconce</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>it too; or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>But, I pray, sir why am I beaten?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech11><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=46>Dost thou not know?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=47>Nothing, sir, but that I am beaten.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=49>Shall I tell you why?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=50>Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>a wherefore.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>Why, first,--for flouting me; and then, wherefore--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>For urging it the second time to me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=55>Was there ever any man thus beaten out of season,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>When in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>nor reason?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>Well, sir, I thank you.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60>Thank me, sir, for what?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=61>Marry, sir, for this something that you gave me for nothing.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=63>I'll make you amends next, to give you nothing for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>something. But say, sir, is it dinner-time?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=65>No, sir; I think the meat wants that I have.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=67>In good time, sir; what's that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=68>Basting.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=70>Well, sir, then 'twill be dry.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>If it be, sir, I pray you, eat none of it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=73>Your reason?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>Lest it make you choleric and purchase me another</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>dry basting.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=77>Well, sir, learn to jest in good time: there's a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>time for all things.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=79>I durst have denied that, before you were so choleric.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=81>By what rule, sir?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as the plain bald</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>pate of father Time himself.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>Let's hear it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=86>There's no time for a man to recover his hair that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>grows bald by nature.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=89>May he not do it by fine and recovery?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=90>Yes, to pay a fine for a periwig and recover the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>lost hair of another man.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Why is Time such a niggard of hair, being, as it is,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>so plentiful an excrement?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>Because it is a blessing that he bestows on beasts;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>and what he hath scanted men in hair he hath given them in wit.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=98>Why, but there's many a man hath more hair than wit.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>Not a man of those but he hath the wit to lose his hair.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=101>Why, thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without wit.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>The plainer dealer, the sooner lost: yet he loseth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>it in a kind of jollity.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=105>For what reason?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=106>For two; and sound ones too.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=108>Nay, not sound, I pray you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=109>Sure ones, then.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=111>Nay, not sure, in a thing falsing.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=112>Certain ones then.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=114>Name them.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=115>The one, to save the money that he spends in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>trimming; the other, that at dinner they should not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>drop in his porridge.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>You would all this time have proved there is no</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>time for all things.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=121>Marry, and did, sir; namely, no time to recover hair</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>lost by nature.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>But your reason was not substantial, why there is no</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>time to recover.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>Thus I mend it: Time himself is bald and therefore</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>to the world's end will have bald followers.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>I knew 'twould be a bald conclusion:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>But, soft! who wafts us yonder?</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter ADRIANA and LUCIANA</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>ADRIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=131>Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>I am not Adriana nor thy wife.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>The time was once when thou unurged wouldst vow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>That never words were music to thine ear,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>That never object pleasing in thine eye,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>That never touch well welcome to thy hand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>That never meat sweet-savor'd in thy taste,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>Unless I spake, or look'd, or touch'd, or carved to thee.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>How comes it now, my husband, O, how comes it,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>That thou art thus estranged from thyself?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>Thyself I call it, being strange to me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>That, undividable, incorporate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>Am better than thy dear self's better part.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Ah, do not tear away thyself from me!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>For know, my love, as easy mayest thou fall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>A drop of water in the breaking gulf,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>And take unmingled that same drop again,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>Without addition or diminishing,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>As take from me thyself and not me too.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>How dearly would it touch me to the quick,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>Shouldst thou but hear I were licentious</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>And that this body, consecrate to thee,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>By ruffian lust should be contaminate!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>Wouldst thou not spit at me and spurn at me</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>And hurl the name of husband in my face</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>And tear the stain'd skin off my harlot-brow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>And from my false hand cut the wedding-ring</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>And break it with a deep-divorcing vow?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>I know thou canst; and therefore see thou do it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=161>I am possess'd with an adulterate blot;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>My blood is mingled with the crime of lust:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>For if we too be one and thou play false,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>I do digest the poison of thy flesh,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>Being strumpeted by thy contagion.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>Keep then far league and truce with thy true bed;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>I live unstain'd, thou undishonoured.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=169>Plead you to me, fair dame? I know you not:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>In Ephesus I am but two hours old,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>As strange unto your town as to your talk;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>Who, every word by all my wit being scann'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>Want wit in all one word to understand.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>LUCIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>Fie, brother! how the world is changed with you!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=175>When were you wont to use my sister thus?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>By Dromio?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>By me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>ADRIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=180>By thee; and this thou didst return from him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>That he did buffet thee, and, in his blows,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=182>Denied my house for his, me for his wife.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=184>Did you converse, sir, with this gentlewoman?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>What is the course and drift of your compact?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>I, sir? I never saw her till this time.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Villain, thou liest; for even her very words</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>Didst thou deliver to me on the mart.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=190>I never spake with her in all my life.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>How can she thus then call us by our names,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>Unless it be by inspiration.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>ADRIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=194>How ill agrees it with your gravity</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>To counterfeit thus grossly with your slave,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>Abetting him to thwart me in my mood!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>Be it my wrong you are from me exempt,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>But wrong not that wrong with a more contempt.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>Whose weakness, married to thy stronger state,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>Makes me with thy strength to communicate:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=203>If aught possess thee from me, it is dross,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>Usurping ivy, brier, or idle moss;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>Who, all for want of pruning, with intrusion</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>Infect thy sap and live on thy confusion.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=208>To me she speaks; she moves me for her theme:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>What, was I married to her in my dream?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>Or sleep I now and think I hear all this?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>What error drives our eyes and ears amiss?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>Until I know this sure uncertainty,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>I'll entertain the offer'd fallacy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>LUCIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>Dromio, go bid the servants spread for dinner.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>O, for my beads! I cross me for a sinner.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>This is the fairy land: O spite of spites!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>We talk with goblins, owls and sprites:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>If we obey them not, this will ensue,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>They'll suck our breath, or pinch us black and blue.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>LUCIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>Why pratest thou to thyself and answer'st not?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>Dromio, thou drone, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=222>I am transformed, master, am I not?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=224>I think thou art in mind, and so am I.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=225>Nay, master, both in mind and in my shape.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227>Thou hast thine own form.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=228>No, I am an ape.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>LUCIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=229>If thou art changed to aught, 'tis to an ass.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>'Tis true; she rides me and I long for grass.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=231>'Tis so, I am an ass; else it could never be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>But I should know her as well as she knows me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>ADRIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=233>Come, come, no longer will I be a fool,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=234>To put the finger in the eye and weep,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>Whilst man and master laugh my woes to scorn.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>Come, sir, to dinner. Dromio, keep the gate.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>Husband, I'll dine above with you to-day</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=238>And shrive you of a thousand idle pranks.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=239>Sirrah, if any ask you for your master,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>Say he dines forth, and let no creature enter.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>Come, sister. Dromio, play the porter well.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>ANTIPHOLUS</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=243>Am I in earth, in heaven, or in hell?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=244>Sleeping or waking? mad or well-advised?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=245>Known unto these, and to myself disguised!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>I'll say as they say and persever so,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>And in this mist at all adventures go.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>DROMIO OF SYRACUSE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=248>Master, shall I be porter at the gate?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>ADRIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=249>Ay; and let none enter, lest I break your pate.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>LUCIANA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=250>Come, come, Antipholus, we dine too late.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
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