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| <H3>SCENE I. The same.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter the PRINCESS of France, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET, Lords, and other Attendants</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>Now, madam, summon up your dearest spirits:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>Consider who the king your father sends,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>To whom he sends, and what's his embassy:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>Yourself, held precious in the world's esteem,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>To parley with the sole inheritor</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>Of all perfections that a man may owe,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>Matchless Navarre; the plea of no less weight</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>Than Aquitaine, a dowry for a queen.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>Be now as prodigal of all dear grace</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>As Nature was in making graces dear</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>When she did starve the general world beside</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>And prodigally gave them all to you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=13>Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>Needs not the painted flourish of your praise:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>I am less proud to hear you tell my worth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>Than you much willing to be counted wise</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>In spending your wit in the praise of mine.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>But now to task the tasker: good Boyet,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>You are not ignorant, all-telling fame</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>Doth noise abroad, Navarre hath made a vow,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>Till painful study shall outwear three years,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>No woman may approach his silent court:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>Therefore to's seemeth it a needful course,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>Before we enter his forbidden gates,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>To know his pleasure; and in that behalf,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>Bold of your worthiness, we single you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>As our best-moving fair solicitor.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>Tell him, the daughter of the King of France,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>On serious business, craving quick dispatch,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>Importunes personal conference with his grace:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>Haste, signify so much; while we attend,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>Like humble-visaged suitors, his high will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>Proud of employment, willingly I go.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>All pride is willing pride, and yours is so.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit BOYET</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=37>Who are the votaries, my loving lords,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>That are vow-fellows with this virtuous duke?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>First Lord</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=39>Lord Longaville is one.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>Know you the man?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=41>I know him, madam: at a marriage-feast,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>Between Lord Perigort and the beauteous heir</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>Of Jaques Falconbridge, solemnized</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>In Normandy, saw I this Longaville:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>A man of sovereign parts he is esteem'd;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>Well fitted in arts, glorious in arms:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=47>Nothing becomes him ill that he would well.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>The only soil of his fair virtue's gloss,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>If virtue's gloss will stain with any soil,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>Is a sharp wit matched with too blunt a will;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>Whose edge hath power to cut, whose will still wills</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>It should none spare that come within his power.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech8><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>Some merry mocking lord, belike; is't so?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech9><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>They say so most that most his humours know.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=55>Such short-lived wits do wither as they grow.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>Who are the rest?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>KATHARINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=57>The young Dumain, a well-accomplished youth,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>Of all that virtue love for virtue loved:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>Most power to do most harm, least knowing ill;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>For he hath wit to make an ill shape good,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>And shape to win grace though he had no wit.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>I saw him at the Duke Alencon's once;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=63>And much too little of that good I saw</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>Is my report to his great worthiness.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=65>Another of these students at that time</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>Was there with him, if I have heard a truth.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>Biron they call him; but a merrier man,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>Within the limit of becoming mirth,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>I never spent an hour's talk withal:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>His eye begets occasion for his wit;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>For every object that the one doth catch</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>The other turns to a mirth-moving jest,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>Delivers in such apt and gracious words</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>That aged ears play truant at his tales</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>And younger hearings are quite ravished;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>So sweet and voluble is his discourse.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=78>God bless my ladies! are they all in love,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>That every one her own hath garnished</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>With such bedecking ornaments of praise?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>First Lord</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=81>Here comes Boyet.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter BOYET</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>Now, what admittance, lord?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>Navarre had notice of your fair approach;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>And he and his competitors in oath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>Were all address'd to meet you, gentle lady,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>Before I came. Marry, thus much I have learnt:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>He rather means to lodge you in the field,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>Like one that comes here to besiege his court,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>Than seek a dispensation for his oath,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>To let you enter his unpeopled house.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>Here comes Navarre.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter FERDINAND, LONGAVILLE, DUMAIN, BIRON, and Attendants</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=92>Fair princess, welcome to the court of Navarre.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>'Fair' I give you back again; and 'welcome' I have</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>not yet: the roof of this court is too high to be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>yours; and welcome to the wide fields too base to be mine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=96>You shall be welcome, madam, to my court.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=97>I will be welcome, then: conduct me thither.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=98>Hear me, dear lady; I have sworn an oath.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>Our Lady help my lord! he'll be forsworn.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100>Not for the world, fair madam, by my will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=101>Why, will shall break it; will and nothing else.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>Your ladyship is ignorant what it is.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=103>Were my lord so, his ignorance were wise,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>Where now his knowledge must prove ignorance.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>I hear your grace hath sworn out house-keeping:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>Tis deadly sin to keep that oath, my lord,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>And sin to break it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>But pardon me. I am too sudden-bold:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>To teach a teacher ill beseemeth me.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>Vouchsafe to read the purpose of my coming,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>And suddenly resolve me in my suit.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=112>Madam, I will, if suddenly I may.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>You will the sooner, that I were away;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>For you'll prove perjured if you make me stay.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=115>Did not I dance with you in Brabant once?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=116>Did not I dance with you in Brabant once?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=117>I know you did.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=118>How needless was it then to ask the question!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>You must not be so quick.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=120>'Tis 'long of you that spur me with such questions.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=121>Your wit's too hot, it speeds too fast, 'twill tire.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>Not till it leave the rider in the mire.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=123>What time o' day?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>The hour that fools should ask.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=125>Now fair befall your mask!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>Fair fall the face it covers!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=127>And send you many lovers!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>Amen, so you be none.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>Nay, then will I be gone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>Madam, your father here doth intimate</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>The payment of a hundred thousand crowns;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>Being but the one half of an entire sum</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>Disbursed by my father in his wars.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>But say that he or we, as neither have,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>Received that sum, yet there remains unpaid</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>One part of Aquitaine is bound to us,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>Although not valued to the money's worth.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>If then the king your father will restore</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>But that one half which is unsatisfied,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>We will give up our right in Aquitaine,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>And hold fair friendship with his majesty.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>But that, it seems, he little purposeth,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>For here he doth demand to have repaid</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>A hundred thousand crowns; and not demands,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>On payment of a hundred thousand crowns,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>To have his title live in Aquitaine;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>Which we much rather had depart withal</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>And have the money by our father lent</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>Than Aquitaine so gelded as it is.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>Dear Princess, were not his requests so far</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>From reason's yielding, your fair self should make</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>A yielding 'gainst some reason in my breast</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>And go well satisfied to France again.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=155>You do the king my father too much wrong</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>And wrong the reputation of your name,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>In so unseeming to confess receipt</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>Of that which hath so faithfully been paid.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>I do protest I never heard of it;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>And if you prove it, I'll repay it back</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=161>Or yield up Aquitaine.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=162>We arrest your word.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>Boyet, you can produce acquittances</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>For such a sum from special officers</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>Of Charles his father.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=166>Satisfy me so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=167>So please your grace, the packet is not come</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>Where that and other specialties are bound:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>To-morrow you shall have a sight of them.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=170>It shall suffice me: at which interview</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>All liberal reason I will yield unto.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>Meantime receive such welcome at my hand</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>As honour without breach of honour may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>Make tender of to thy true worthiness:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=175>You may not come, fair princess, in my gates;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>But here without you shall be so received</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>As you shall deem yourself lodged in my heart,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=178>Though so denied fair harbour in my house.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=179>Your own good thoughts excuse me, and farewell:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>To-morrow shall we visit you again.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=181>Sweet health and fair desires consort your grace!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>Thy own wish wish I thee in every place!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=183>Lady, I will commend you to mine own heart.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=184>Pray you, do my commendations; I would be glad to see it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=185>I would you heard it groan.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>Is the fool sick?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=187>Sick at the heart.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Alack, let it blood.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>Would that do it good?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=190>My physic says 'ay.'</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=191>Will you prick't with your eye?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>No point, with my knife.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=193>Now, God save thy life!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=194>And yours from long living!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=195>I cannot stay thanksgiving.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Retiring</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>DUMAIN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=196>Sir, I pray you, a word: what lady is that same?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=197>The heir of Alencon, Katharine her name.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>DUMAIN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=198>A gallant lady. Monsieur, fare you well.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>LONGAVILLE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=199>I beseech you a word: what is she in the white?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=200>A woman sometimes, an you saw her in the light.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>LONGAVILLE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=201>Perchance light in the light. I desire her name.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=202>She hath but one for herself; to desire that were a shame.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>LONGAVILLE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>Pray you, sir, whose daughter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=204>Her mother's, I have heard.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>LONGAVILLE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=205>God's blessing on your beard!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=206>Good sir, be not offended.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>She is an heir of Falconbridge.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>LONGAVILLE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=208>Nay, my choler is ended.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>She is a most sweet lady.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=210>Not unlike, sir, that may be.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit LONGAVILLE</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=211>What's her name in the cap?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=212>Rosaline, by good hap.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=213>Is she wedded or no?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>To her will, sir, or so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>BIRON</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>You are welcome, sir: adieu.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=216>Farewell to me, sir, and welcome to you.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit BIRON</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=217>That last is Biron, the merry madcap lord:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>Not a word with him but a jest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=219>And every jest but a word.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>It was well done of you to take him at his word.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=221>I was as willing to grapple as he was to board.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=222>Two hot sheeps, marry.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech90><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=223>And wherefore not ships?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>No sheep, sweet lamb, unless we feed on your lips.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech91><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=225>You sheep, and I pasture: shall that finish the jest?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech92><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=226>So you grant pasture for me.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Offering to kiss her</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech93><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227>Not so, gentle beast:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>My lips are no common, though several they be.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech94><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=229>Belonging to whom?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech95><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230> To my fortunes and me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech96><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=231>Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>This civil war of wits were much better used</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>On Navarre and his book-men; for here 'tis abused.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech97><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>If my observation, which very seldom lies,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>By the heart's still rhetoric disclosed with eyes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>Deceive me not now, Navarre is infected.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech98><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=237>With what?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech99><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=238>With that which we lovers entitle affected.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech100><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=239>Your reason?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech101><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=240>Why, all his behaviors did make their retire</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>To the court of his eye, peeping thorough desire:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>His heart, like an agate, with your print impress'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=243>Proud with his form, in his eye pride express'd:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=244>His tongue, all impatient to speak and not see,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=245>Did stumble with haste in his eyesight to be;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>All senses to that sense did make their repair,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>To feel only looking on fairest of fair:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=248>Methought all his senses were lock'd in his eye,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=249>As jewels in crystal for some prince to buy;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=250>Who, tendering their own worth from where they were glass'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>Did point you to buy them, along as you pass'd:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=252>His face's own margent did quote such amazes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=253>That all eyes saw his eyes enchanted with gazes.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=254>I'll give you Aquitaine and all that is his,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=255>An you give him for my sake but one loving kiss.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech102><b>PRINCESS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=256>Come to our pavilion: Boyet is disposed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech103><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=257>But to speak that in words which his eye hath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=258>disclosed.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=259>I only have made a mouth of his eye,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=260>By adding a tongue which I know will not lie.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech104><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=261>Thou art an old love-monger and speakest skilfully.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech105><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262>He is Cupid's grandfather and learns news of him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech106><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=263>Then was Venus like her mother, for her father is but grim.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech107><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=264>Do you hear, my mad wenches?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech108><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=265>No.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech109><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=266>What then, do you see?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech110><b>ROSALINE</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=267>Ay, our way to be gone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech111><b>BOYET</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=268>You are too hard for me.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=269>LOVE'S LABOURS LOST</A><br> | |
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