He knows, I am no maid, and he'll swear to't: [Pointing to LAfeu. King. She does abuse our ears; to prison with her. Dia. Good mother, fetch my bail.-Stay, royal sir; [Exit Widow. The jeweller, that owes the ring, is sent for, And he shall surety me. But for this lord, Who hath abus'd me, as he knows himself, Though yet he never harm'd me, here I quit him : He knows himself, my bed he hath defil'd; And at that time he got his wife with child : Dead though she be, she feels her young one kick; So there's my riddle, One, that's dead, is quick : And now behold the meaning. Re-enter Widow, with HELENA. King. Is there no exorcist Beguiles the truer office of mine eyes? Hel. No, my good lord; "Tis but the shadow of a wife you see, The name, and not the thing. Ber. Both, both; O, pardon! Hel. O, my good lord, when I was like this maid, I found you wond'rous kind. There is your ring, And, look you, here's your letter; This it says, When from my finger you can get this ring, And are by me with child, &c.-This is done: Will you be mine, now you are doubly won? Ber. If she, my liege, can make me know this clear ly, I'll love her dearly, ever, ever dearly. Hel. If it appear not plain, and prove untrue, Laf. Mine eyes smell onions, I shall weep anon :Good Tom Drum, [To PAROLLES.] lend me a handkerchief: So, I thank thee; wait on me home, I'll make sport with thee: Let thy courtesies alone, they are scurvy ones. King. Let us from point to point this story know, To make the even truth in pleasure flow :If thou be'st yet a fresh uncropped flower, [TO DIANA. Choose thou thy husband, and I'll pay thy dower; Advancing. [Flourish. The king's a beggar, now the play is done: [Exeunt. |