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| <H3>SCENE V. OLIVIA's garden.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter SIR TOBY BELCH, SIR ANDREW, and FABIAN</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=1>Come thy ways, Signior Fabian.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech2><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=2>Nay, I'll come: if I lose a scruple of this sport,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>let me be boiled to death with melancholy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=4>Wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>rascally sheep-biter come by some notable shame?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=6>I would exult, man: you know, he brought me out o'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>favour with my lady about a bear-baiting here.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=8>To anger him we'll have the bear again; and we will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>fool him black and blue: shall we not, Sir Andrew?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=10>An we do not, it is pity of our lives.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=11>Here comes the little villain.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter MARIA</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=12>How now, my metal of India!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=13>Get ye all three into the box-tree: Malvolio's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>coming down this walk: he has been yonder i' the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>sun practising behavior to his own shadow this half</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>hour: observe him, for the love of mockery; for I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>know this letter will make a contemplative idiot of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>him. Close, in the name of jesting! Lie thou there,</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Throws down a letter</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=19>for here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter MALVOLIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=20>'Tis but fortune; all is fortune. Maria once told</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>me she did affect me: and I have heard herself come</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>thus near, that, should she fancy, it should be one</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>of my complexion. Besides, she uses me with a more</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>exalted respect than any one else that follows her.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>What should I think on't?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=26>Here's an overweening rogue!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=27>O, peace! Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>of him: how he jets under his advanced plumes!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=29>'Slight, I could so beat the rogue!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=30>Peace, I say.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=31>To be Count Malvolio!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=32>Ah, rogue!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=33>Pistol him, pistol him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Peace, peace!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>There is example for't; the lady of the Strachy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>married the yeoman of the wardrobe.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=37>Fie on him, Jezebel!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=38>O, peace! now he's deeply in: look how</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>imagination blows him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>Having been three months married to her, sitting in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>my state,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=42>O, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=43>Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>gown; having come from a day-bed, where I have left</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>Olivia sleeping,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=46>Fire and brimstone!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>O, peace, peace!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=48>And then to have the humour of state; and after a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>demure travel of regard, telling them I know my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>place as I would they should do theirs, to for my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>kinsman Toby,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=52>Bolts and shackles!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>O peace, peace, peace! now, now.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>Seven of my people, with an obedient start, make</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>out for him: I frown the while; and perchance wind</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>up watch, or play with my--some rich jewel. Toby</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>approaches; courtesies there to me,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=58>Shall this fellow live?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=59>Though our silence be drawn from us with cars, yet peace.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60>I extend my hand to him thus, quenching my familiar</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>smile with an austere regard of control,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=62>And does not Toby take you a blow o' the lips then?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>Saying, 'Cousin Toby, my fortunes having cast me on</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>your niece give me this prerogative of speech,'--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=65>What, what?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=66>'You must amend your drunkenness.'</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=67>Out, scab!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=68>Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=69>'Besides, you waste the treasure of your time with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>a foolish knight,'--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>That's me, I warrant you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=72>'One Sir Andrew,'--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=73>I knew 'twas I; for many do call me fool.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74>What employment have we here?</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Taking up the letter</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=75>Now is the woodcock near the gin.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=76>O, peace! and the spirit of humour intimate reading</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>aloud to him!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=78>By my life, this is my lady's hand these be her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>very C's, her U's and her T's and thus makes she her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>great P's. It is, in contempt of question, her hand.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=81>Her C's, her U's and her T's: why that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>[Reads] 'To the unknown beloved, this, and my good</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>wishes:'--her very phrases! By your leave, wax.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>Soft! and the impressure her Lucrece, with which she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>uses to seal: 'tis my lady. To whom should this be?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=86>This wins him, liver and all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>[Reads]</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>Jove knows I love: But who?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>Lips, do not move;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>No man must know.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>'No man must know.' What follows? the numbers</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>altered! 'No man must know:' if this should be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=93>thee, Malvolio?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=94>Marry, hang thee, brock!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>[Reads]</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>I may command where I adore;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>But silence, like a Lucrece knife,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>With bloodless stroke my heart doth gore:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>M, O, A, I, doth sway my life.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100>A fustian riddle!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=101>Excellent wench, say I.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=102>'M, O, A, I, doth sway my life.' Nay, but first, let</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>me see, let me see, let me see.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104>What dish o' poison has she dressed him!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=105>And with what wing the staniel cheques at it!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=106>'I may command where I adore.' Why, she may command</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>me: I serve her; she is my lady. Why, this is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>evident to any formal capacity; there is no</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>obstruction in this: and the end,--what should</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>that alphabetical position portend? If I could make</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>that resemble something in me,--Softly! M, O, A,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>I,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>O, ay, make up that: he is now at a cold scent.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=114>Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>rank as a fox.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=116>M,--Malvolio; M,--why, that begins my name.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=117>Did not I say he would work it out? the cur is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>excellent at faults.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>M,--but then there is no consonancy in the sequel;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>that suffers under probation A should follow but O does.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=121>And O shall end, I hope.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>Ay, or I'll cudgel him, and make him cry O!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=123>And then I comes behind.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>Ay, an you had any eye behind you, you might see</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>more detraction at your heels than fortunes before</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>MALVOLIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=127>M, O, A, I; this simulation is not as the former: and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>yet, to crush this a little, it would bow to me, for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>every one of these letters are in my name. Soft!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>here follows prose.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Reads</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=131>'If this fall into thy hand, revolve. In my stars I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>are born great, some achieve greatness, and some</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>have greatness thrust upon 'em. Thy Fates open</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>their hands; let thy blood and spirit embrace them;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>and, to inure thyself to what thou art like to be,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>cast thy humble slough and appear fresh. Be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>opposite with a kinsman, surly with servants; let</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>thy tongue tang arguments of state; put thyself into</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>the trick of singularity: she thus advises thee</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>that sighs for thee. Remember who commended thy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>yellow stockings, and wished to see thee ever</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>cross-gartered: I say, remember. Go to, thou art</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>made, if thou desirest to be so; if not, let me see</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>thee a steward still, the fellow of servants, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>not worthy to touch Fortune's fingers. Farewell.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>She that would alter services with thee,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>THE FORTUNATE-UNHAPPY.'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>Daylight and champaign discovers not more: this is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>open. I will be proud, I will read politic authors,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>acquaintance, I will be point-devise the very man.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>I do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>me; for every reason excites to this, that my lady</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>loves me. She did commend my yellow stockings of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>late, she did praise my leg being cross-gartered;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>and in this she manifests herself to my love, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>with a kind of injunction drives me to these habits</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=159>of her liking. I thank my stars I am happy. I will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>be strange, stout, in yellow stockings, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=161>cross-gartered, even with the swiftness of putting</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>on. Jove and my stars be praised! Here is yet a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>postscript.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Reads</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=164>'Thou canst not choose but know who I am. If thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>entertainest my love, let it appear in thy smiling;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>thy smiles become thee well; therefore in my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>presence still smile, dear my sweet, I prithee.'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>Jove, I thank thee: I will smile; I will do</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>everything that thou wilt have me.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=170>I will not give my part of this sport for a pension</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>of thousands to be paid from the Sophy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=172>I could marry this wench for this device.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=173>So could I too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>Nor I neither.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>FABIAN</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=176>Here comes my noble gull-catcher.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter MARIA</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech75><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=177>Wilt thou set thy foot o' my neck?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=178>Or o' mine either?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=179>Shall I play my freedom at traytrip, and become thy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>bond-slave?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=181>I' faith, or I either?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech79><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=182>Why, thou hast put him in such a dream, that when</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>the image of it leaves him he must run mad.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech80><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=184>Nay, but say true; does it work upon him?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=185>Like aqua-vitae with a midwife.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>MARIA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>If you will then see the fruits of the sport, mark</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=187>his first approach before my lady: he will come to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=188>her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>and he will smile upon her, which will now be so</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>unsuitable to her disposition, being addicted to a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>melancholy as she is, that it cannot but turn him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>into a notable contempt. If you will see it, follow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>me.</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech83><b>SIR TOBY BELCH</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=195>To the gates of Tartar, thou most excellent devil of wit!</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech84><b>SIR ANDREW</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=196>I'll make one too.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
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