PERSONS REPRESENTED. Orsino, duke of Illyria. Sebastian, a young gentleman, brother to Viola. Antonio, a sea-captain, friend to Sebustian. A sea-captain, friend to Viola. Valentine, Curio, '} gentlemen attending on the duke. Sir Toby Belch, uncle of Olivia. Sir Andrew Ague-cheek. Malvolio, steward to Olivia. Lords, priests, sailors, officers, musicians, and other attendants. Scene, a city in Illyria; and the sea-coast near it. TWELFTH-NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL. ACT I. SCENE I. An apartment in the Duke's palace. Enter Duke, Curio, Lords; musicians attending. IF Duke.. F music be the food of love, play on, Stealing, and giving odour.Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou! Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there, Of what validity* and pitch soever, * Value. But falls into abatement and low price, Even in a minute! so full of shapes is fancy, Cur. Will you go hunt, my lord? Duke. Cur. What, Curio? The hart. Duke. Why, so I do, the noblest that I have: O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Methought, she purg'd the air of pestilence; That instant was I turn'd into a hart; And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E'er since pursue me.-How now? what news from her? Enter Valentine. Val. Soplease my lord, I might not be admitted, But from her handmaid do return this answer: The element itself, till seven years heatt, Shall not behold her face at ample view; But, like a cloistress, she will veiled walk, And water once a day her chamber round, With eye-offending brine: all this, to season A brother's dead love, which she would keep fresh, And lasting, in her sad remembrance. Duke. O, she that hath a heart of that fine frame, Το pay this debt of love but to a brother, How will she love, when the rich golden shaft That live in her! when liver, brain, and heart, * Fantastical to the height. [Exeunt. + Heated. |