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Dem. You are too officious,

In her behalf that fcorns your fervices.

Let her alone, fpeak not of Helena,

Take not her part: for if thou dost intend
Newer fo little fhew of love to her,
Thou shalt aby it.

Lys. Now he holds me not;

Now follow, if thou dar'ft; to try whofe right,
Or thine, or mine, is moft in Helena.

Dem. Follow? nay, I'll go with thee cheek by jowl.

[Exeunt Lyfander and Demetrius.

Her. You, miftrefs, all this coyl is long of you Nay, go not back.

Hel. I will not truft you, I;

Nor longer ftay in your curft company.

Your hands, than mine, are quicker for a fray;
My legs are longer, though, to run away.

[Exeunt Hermia pursuing Helena.

Enter Oberon and Puck.

Ob. This is thy negligence: ftill thou miftak'ft,
Or elfe committ't thy knaveries willingly.

Puck. Believe me, King of fhadows, I miftook.
Did not you tell me, I fhould know the man
By the Athenian garments he had on?
And fo far blameless proves my enterprize,
That I have 'nointed an Athenian's eyes;
And fo far am I glad it did fo fort,

As this their jangling I efteem a fport.

Ob. Thou feeft, thefe lovers feek a place to fight s

Hie therefore, Robin, overcaft the night;

The starry welkin cover thou anon
With drooping fog, as black as Acheron ;
And lead thefe tefty rivals fo aftray,
As one come not within another's way.

i. e. You diminutive of the creation, you reptile.

In this fenfe, to ufe a more recent authority, Milton ufes the word

in the 7th book of Paradife Loft.

Thefe as a line their long dimenfion drew,
Streaking the ground with finuous trace; not all
Minims of nature

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Like to Lysander, fometime, frame thy tongue,
Then fir Demetrius up with bitter wrong;
And fometime rail thou, like Demetrius;

And from each other, look, thou lead them thus ;
'Till o'er their brows death-counterfeiting fleep
With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep;
Then crush this herb into Lyfander's eye,
Whofe liquor hath this virtuous property,
To take from thence all error with its might:
And make his eye-balls roll with wonted fight.
When they next wake, all this derifion
Shall feem a dream, and fruitless vision;
And back to Athens fhall the lovers wend
With league, whose date 'till death fhall never end.
Whiles I in this affair do thee employ,
I'll to my Queen, and beg her Indian boy :
And then I will her charmed eye release

From monfter's view, and all things fhall be peace.
Puck. My fairy Lord, this must be done with haste,
For night's fwift dragons cut the clouds full fast,
And yonder fhines Aurora's harbinger;

At whofe approach, ghofts wandering here and there
Troop home to church-yards; damned fpirits all,
That in crofs-ways and floods have burial,
Already to their wormy beds are gone;
For fear left day fhould look their shames upon,
They wilfully exile themfelves from light;.
And muft for aye confort with black-brow'd night.
Ob. But we are fpirits of another fort;

I with the morning-light have oft made sport;
And, like a forefter, the groves may tread,
Ev'n till the eastern gate, all fiery red,
Opening on Neptune with fair bleffed beams,
Turns into yellow gold his falt green streams.
But, notwithstanding, hafte; make no delay;
We may effect this bufinefs yet ere day. [Exit Oberon.
Puck. Up and down, up and down,

I will lead them up and down:

I am fear'd in field and town.

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Puck. Follow my voice, we'll try no manhood here.

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Hel. O weary night, Olong and tedious night, Abate thy hours; fhine, comforts, from the Eaft; That I may back to Athens by day-light, Sos From thefe, that my poor company dete And fleep, that fometimes fhuts up forrow's eye, a Steal me a while from mine own company,

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Her. Never fo weary, never fo in woe,
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