Arm. I give thee thy liberty, set thee from durance; and, in lieu thereof, impose on thee nothing but this: Bear this significant to the country maid Jaquenetta: there is remuneration; [giving him money;] for the best ward of mine honour, is, rewarding my dependents. Moth, follow. [Exit. Moth. Like the sequel, I.—Signior Costard, adieu. Cost. My sweet ounce of man's flesh ! my incony Jew!7 [Exit MOTH. Remuneration! Now will I look to his remuneration. O, that's the Latin word for three farthings: three farthings - remuneration.- What's the price of this inkle? a penny:-No, I'll give you a remuneration: why, it carries it. Remuneration!—why, it is a fairer name than French crown. I will never buy and sell out of this word. Enter BIRON. Biron. O, my good knave Costard! exceedingly well met. Cost. Pray you, sir, how much carnation ribbon may a man buy for a remuneration? Biron. What is a remuneration? Cost. Marry, sir, half-penny farthing. Biron. O, why then, three-farthings-worth of silk. Cost. When would you have it done, sir? Cost. Well, I will do it, sir: Fare you well. 6 Like the sequel, I.] Alluding to the sequel of any story. 7 - my incony Jew!] Incony or kony in the North, signifies, fine, delicate—as a kony thing, a fine thing. Biron. Why, villain, thou must know first. it is but this; The princess comes to hunt here in the park, And in her train there is a gentle lady; When tongues speak sweetly, then they name her name, And Rosaline they call her: ask for her; And to her white hand see thou do commend This seal'd-up counsel. There's thy guerdon; go. [Gives him money. Cost. Guerdon,—O sweet guerdon! better than remuneration; eleven-pence farthing better: Most sweet guerdon!- I will do it, sir, in print.-Guerdonremuneration. [Exit. Biron. O!- And I, forsooth, in love! I, that have been love's whip; A very beadle to a humorous sigh; A critick: nay, a night-watch constable; This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy; Of trotting paritors*, O my little heart! 8 9 guerdon ;] i. e. reward. in print.] i. e. exactly, with the utmost nicety. 2 This wimpled,] The wimple was a hood or veil which fell over the face. 3 Dread prince of plackets,] A placket is a petticoat. Of trotting paritors,] An apparitor, or paritor, is an officer of the Bishop's court, who carries out citations; as citations are most frequently issued for fornication, the paritor is put under Cupid's government. And I to be a corporal of his field, 5 And wear his colours like a tumbler's hoop!" With two pitch balls stuck in her face for eyes; Well, I will love, write, sigh, pray, sue, and groan; [Exit. ACT IV. SCENE I.-Another part of the same. Enter the Princess, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHArine, BOYET, Lords, Attendants, and a Forester. Prin. Was that the king, that spurr'd his horse so hard Against the steep uprising of the hill? 5 And I to be a corporal of his field,] A corporal of the field was employed as an aide-de-camp is now, in taking and carrying to and fro the directions of the general, or other the higher officers of the field. 6 And wear his colours like a tumbler's hoop!] Tumbler's hoops are to this day bound round with ribbands of various colours. |