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Subdued me to her rate: she got the ring,
And I had that, which any inferior might
At market-price have bought.

Dia.

I must be patient:
You, that turn'd' off a first so noble wife,
May justly diet me. I pray you yet,
(Since you lack virtue, I will lose a husband)
Send for your ring; I will return it home,
And give me mine again.

Ber.

I have it not.

King. What ring was yours, I pray you?

Dia.

The same upon your finger.

Sir, much like

King. Who lent it you?
Dia.

It was not lent me neither.

I found it not.

King. Where did you find it then?
Dia.

King. If it were yours by none of all these ways,
How could you give it him?
Dia.
I never gave it him.
Laf. This woman's an easy glove, my lord: she
goes off and on at pleasure.

King. This ring was mine: I gave it his first
wife.

Dia. It might be yours, or hers, for aught I know.
King. Take her away: I do not like her now.

King. Know you this ring? this ring was his of To prison with her; and away with him.—
late.

Dia. And this was it I gave him, being a-bed.
King. The story then goes false,-you threw it
him

Out of a casement.

Dia.

I have spoke the truth.

Enter PAROLLES.

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King. Take her away.
Dia.
I'll put in bail, my liege.
King. I think thee now some common customer.
Dia. By Jove, if ever I knew man, 't was you.
King. Wherefore hast thou accus'd him all this
while?

Dia. Because he 's guilty, and he is not guilty.
He knows I am no maid, and he 'll swear to 't:
I'll swear I am a maid, and he knows not.

King. Tell me, sirrah, but tell me true, I charge Great king, I am no strumpet, by my life!

you,

Not fearing the displeasure of your master,
(Which, on your just proceeding, I'll keep off)

By him, and by this woman here, what know you?
Par. So please your majesty, my master hath been
an honourable gentleman: tricks he hath had in him,
which gentlemen have.

I am either maid, or else this old man 's wife.

[Pointing to LAFEU, King. She does abuse our ears. To prison with her!

Dia. Good mother, fetch my bail.-[Exit Widow.]
Stay, royal sir:

King. Come, come; to the purpose. Did he love And he shall surety me. this woman?

Par. 'Faith, sir, he did love her; but how?

King. How, I pray you?

The jeweller that owes the ring, is sent for,
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,

Par. He did love her, sir, as a gentleman loves a And at that time he got his wife with child:

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Hel. No, my good lord: 'Tis but the shadow of a wife you see; Dia. Do you know, he promised me marriage? The name, and not the thing. Par. 'Faith, I know more than I'll speak. Ber. Both, both! O, pardon! [Kneeling." King. But wilt thou not speak all thou know'st? Hel. O! my good lord, when I was like this maid, Par. Yes, so please your majesty. I did go between | I found you wondrous kind. There is your ring; them, as I said; but more than that, he loved her,— And look you, here's your letter: this it says: for, indeed, he was mad for her, and talked of Satan, "When from my finger you can get this ring, and of limbo, and of furies, and I know not what: yet | I was in that credit with them at that time, that I knew of their going to bed, and of other motions, as promising her marriage, and things that would derive me ill will to speak of: therefore, I will not speak what I know.

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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
clearly,
[Rising.3

I'll love her dearly, ever, ever dearly.

Hel. If it appear not plain, and prove untrue,
Deadly divorce step between me and you !—
O!_my dear mother, do I see you living?

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.

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[To DIANA.] If thou be'st yet a fresh uncropped | Of that, and all the progress, more and less,

flower,

Choose thou thy husband, and I'll pay thy dower;
For I can guess, that by thy honest aid
Thou kept'st a wife herself, thyself a maid.-

Resolvedly more leisure shall express:
All yet seems well; and if it end so meet,
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.

[Flourish.

EPILOGUE

The king's a beggar, now the play is done.
All is well ended, if this suit be won,
That you express content; which we will pay,

1 This line is not in f. e.

BY THE KING.'

With strife to please you, day exceeding day:
Ours be your patience then, and yours our parts;
Your gentle hands lend us, and take our hearts.
[Exeunt omnes.

TWELFTH-NIGHT: OR, WHAT YOU WILL.

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SCENE I.—An Apartment in the DUKE's Palace.
Enter DUKE, CURIO, Lords. Music playing.1
Duke. If music be the food of love, play on:
Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again;-it had a dying fall:

O! it came o'er my ear like the sweet south,2
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing, and giving odour.-Enough! no more:
[Music ceases.3

'T is not so sweet now, as it was before.
O, spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou,
That, notwithstanding thy capacity

Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch soe'er,

But falls into abatement and low price,

Even in a minute! so full of shapes is fancy,

That it alone is high-fantastical.

Cur. Will you go hunt, my lord?
Duke.

What, Curio?

Cur.
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,

The hart.

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

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Vio. What country, friends, is this?
Cap.
This is Illyria, lady.
Vio. And what should I do in Illyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance, he is not drown'd:—what think you, sailors?
Cap. It is perchance that you yourself were sav'd.
Vio. O, my poor brother! and so, perchance, may
he be.

Cap. True, madam: and, to comfort you with chance,
Assure yourself, after our ship did split,
When you, and those poor number saved with you,
Hung on our driving boat, I saw your brother,
Most provident in peril, bind himself

(Courage and hope both teaching him the practice)
To a strong mast, that lived upon the sea;

E'er since pursue me."-How now! what news from her? Where, like Arion on the dolphin's back,

Enter VALENTINE.

Val. So please my lord, I might not be admitted,
But from her handmaid do return this answer :-
The element itself, till seven years' heat,
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,

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1 Musicians attending: in f. e. 2 The old copies read: sound; Pope made the change. 3 Not in f. e. 4 Value. 5 My thoughts, like hounds, pursue me to my death." Daniel's Delia,” 1592.

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Cap. A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count
That died some twelvemonth since; then leaving her
In the protection of his son, her brother,
Who shortly also died for whose dear love,
They say, she hath abjur'd the company,
And sight' of men.

Vio.
O! that I serv'd that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world,
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is.

Cap.
That were hard to compass,
Because she will admit no kind of suit,
No, not the duke's.

Vio. There is a fair behaviour in thee, captain,
And though that nature with a beauteous wall
Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee

I will believe, thou hast a mind that suits
With this thy fair and outward character.
I pr'ythee, (and I'll pay thee bounteously)
Conceal me what I am, and be my aid
For such disguise as haply shall become
The form of my intent. I'll serve this duke :
Thou shalt present me as an eunuch to him.
It may be worth thy pains; for I can sing,
And speak to him in many sorts of music,
That will allow me very worth his service.
What else may hap to time I will commit;
Only, shape thou thy silence to my wit.

Cap. Be you his eunuch, and your mute I'll be: When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes not see. Vio. I thank thee. Lead me on.

[Exeunt.

SCENE III.-A Room in OLIVIA'S House. Enter Sir TOBY BELCH, and MARIA. Sir To. What a plague means my niece, to take the death of her brother thus? I am sure care 's an enemy to life.

Mar. By my troth, sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights: your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours.

Sir To. Why, let her except before excepted. Mar. Ay, but you must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.

Sir To. Confine? I'll confine myself no finer than I am. These clothes are good enough to drink in, and so be these boots too: an they be not, let them hang themselves in their own straps.

Mar. That quaffing and drinking will undo you: I heard my lady talk of it yesterday, and of a foolish knight, that you brought in one night here to be her

wooer.

Sir. To. Who? Sir Andrew Ague-cheek?
Mar. Ay, he.

Sir To. He's as tall a man as any 's in Illyria.
Mar. What's that to the purpose?

Sir To. Why, he has three thousand ducats a

year.

1 Old eds. sight, and company.

or towns, for the use of the public. was considered a sign of debility.

Mar. Ay, but he'll have but a year in all these ducats: he's a very fool, and a prodigal.

Sir To. Fie, that you'll say so! he plays o' the viol-de-gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word without book, and hath all the good gifts of nature.

Mar. He hath, indeed,—all most natural; for, besides that he's a fool, he 's a great quarreller; and, but that he hath the gift of a coward to allay the gust he hath in quarrelling, 't is thought among the prudent he would quickly have the gift of a grave.

Sir To. By this hand, they are scoundrels, and substractors that say so of him. Who are they?

Mar. They that add, moreover, he 's drunk nightly in your company.

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Sir To. With drinking healths to my niece. I'll drink to her, as long as there is a passage in my throat, and drink in Illyria. He's a coward, and a coistril, that will not drink to my niece, till his brains turn o' the toe like a parish-top. What, wench! Castiliano vulgo, for here comes Sir Andrew Ague-face. Enter Sir ANDREW AGUE-CHEEK.

Sir. And. Sir Toby Belch! how now, sir Toby Belch? Sir To. Sweet sir Andrew.

Sir And. Bless you, fair shrew.

Mar. And you too, sir.

Sir To. Accost, sir Andrew, accost.

Sir. And. What's that?

Sir To. My niece's chamber-maid.

Sir And. Good mistress Accost, I desire better acquaintance.

Mar. My name is Mary, sir.

Sir And. Good mistress Mary Accost,

Sir To. You mistake, knight: accost is front her, board her, woo her, assail her.

Sir And. By my troth, I would not undertake her in this company. Is that the meaning of accost?

Mar. Fare you well, gentlemen.

Sir To. An thou let her part so, sir Andrew, would thou mightst never draw sword again!

Sir And. An you part so, mistress, I would I might never draw sword again. Fair lady, do you think you have fools in hand?

Mar. Sir, I have not you by the hand.

Sir And. Marry, but you shall have; and here's my hand.

Mar. Now, sir, thought is free. I pray you, bring your hand to the buttery-bar, and let it drink. Sir And. Wherefore, sweet heart? what's your metaphor ?

Mar. It's dry,' sir.

Sir And. Why, I think so: I am not such an ass, but I can keep my hand dry. But what 's your jest? Mar. A dry jest, sir.

Sir And. Are you full of them?

Mar. Ay, sir; I have them at my fingers' ends: marry, now I let go your hand, I am barren. [Exit MARIA. Sir To. O knight! thou lack'st a cup of canary. When did I see thee so put down?

Sir And. Never in your life, I think; unless you see canary put me down. Methinks, sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian, or an ordinary man has; but I am a great eater of beef, and, I believe, that does harm to my wit.

Sir To. No question.

Sir And. An I thought that, I'd forswear it. I'll ride home to-morrow, sir Toby.

2 Fine, brave. 3 From kestrel, a mongrel kind of hawk. 4 A large top was formerly kept in parishes Sir Toby's mistake, says Verplanck, for volto-Put on a grave face. 6 This word is not in f. e. 7 This

Sir To. Pourquoi, my dear knight ?

Sir And. What is pourquoi? do or not do? I would I had bestowed that time in the tongues, that I have in fencing, dancing, and bear-baiting. Ó, had I but followed the arts!

Sir To. Then hadst thou an excellent head of hair. Sir And. Why, would that have mended my hair? Sir To. Past question; for, thou seest, it will not curl by nature.

Sir And. But it becomes me well enough, does 't not? Sir To. Excellent: it hangs like flax on a distaff, and I hope to see a housewife take thee between her legs, and spin it off.

Sir And. 'Faith, I'll home to-morrow, Sir Toby: your niece will not be seen; or, if she be, it's four to one she 'll none of me. The count himself, here hard by, woos her.

Sir To. She'll none o' the count: she 'll not match above her degree, neither in estate, years, nor wit; I have heard her swear it. Tut, there 's life in 't, man. Sir And. I'll stay a month longer. I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' the world: I delight in masques and revels sometimes altogether.

Sir To. Art thou good at these kick-shaws, knight? Sir And. As any man in Illyria, whatsoever he be, under the degree of my betters: and yet I will not compare with an old man.

Sir To. What is thy excellence in a galliard,1 knight?
Sir And. 'Faith, I can cut a caper.
Sir To. And I can cut the mutton to 't.

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Sir And. And, I think, I have the back-trick, simply as strong as any man in Illyria. [Dances fantastically. Sir To. Wherefore are these things hid? wherefore have these gifts a curtain before them? are they like to take dust, like Mistress Mall's picture? why dost thou not go to church in a galliard, and come home in a coranto ? My very walk should be a jig: I would not so much as make water, but in a sink-a-pace. What dost thou mean? is it a world to hide virtues in? I did think, by the excellent constitution of thy leg, it was formed under the star of a galliard.

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Sir And. Ay, 't is strong, and it does indifferent well in a dun-coloured stock. Shall we set about some revels? Sir To. What shall we do else? were we not born under Taurus ?

Sir And. Taurus? that's sides and heart."

Sir To. No, sir, it is legs and thighs. Let me see thee caper. [Sir AND. dances again.] Ha! higher ha, ha!-excellent!

[Exeunt.

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SCENE IV.-A Room in the DUKE's Palace. Enter VALENTINE, and VIOLA in man's attire. Val. If the duke continue these favours towards you, Cesario, you are like to be much advanced: he hath known you but three days, and already you are no stranger.

Vio. You either fear his humour or my negligence, that you call in question the continuance of his love. Is he inconstant, sir, in his favours ?

Val. No, believe me.

Enter DUKE, CURIO, and Attendants.
Here comes the count.

Vio. I thank you.

Duke. Who saw Cesario, ho?

Vio. On your attendance, my lord; here.
Duke. Stand you awhile aloof.

Thou know'st no less but all: I have unclasp'd
To thee the book even of my secret soul;
Therefore, good youth, address thy gait unto her :
Be not denied access, stand at her doors,
And tell them, there thy fixed foot shall grow,
Till thou have audience.
Vio.

Sure, my noble lord,
If she be so abandon'd to her sorrow,
As it is spoke, she never will admit me.
Duke. Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
Rather than make unprofited return.

Vio. Say I do speak with her, my lord, what then?
Duke. O then unfold the passion of my love;
Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith:
It shall become thee well to act my woes
She will attend it better in thy youth,
Than in a nuncio of more grave aspect.
Vio. I think not so, my lord.
Duke.

Dear lad, believe it,
For they shall yet belie thy happy years,
That say thou art a man: Diana's lip
Is not more smooth, and rubious; thy small pipe
Is as the maiden's organ, shrill, and sound,
And all is semblative a woman's part.
I know, thy constellation is right apt
For this affair.-Some four, or five, attend him ;
All, if you will, for I myself am best,
When least in company.-Prosper well in this,
And thou shalt live as freely as thy lord
To call his fortunes thine.
Vio.
I'll do my best,
To woo your lady: [Aside.] yet, O,1o barful11 strife!
Whoe'er I woo, myself would be his wife. [Exeunt.
SCENE V.-A Room in OLIVIA'S House.

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Enter MARIA, and Clown.

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Mar. Nay; either tell me where thou hast been, or I will not open my lips so wide as a bristle may enter in way of thy excuse. My lady will hang thee for thy absence.

Clo. Let her hang me: he that is well hanged in
this world needs to fear no colours.
Mar. Make that good.

Clo. He shall see none to fear.
Mar. A good lenten answer. I can tell thee where
that saying was born, of, I fear no colours.
Clo. Where, good mistress Mary?

Mar. In the wars; and that may you be bold to say in your foolery.

Clo. Well, God give them wisdom, that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.

Mar. Yet you will be hanged for being so long absent: or, to be turned away, is not that as good as a hanging to you?

Clo. Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage; and for turning away, let summer bear it out. Mar. You are resolute, then?

Clo. Not so neither; but I am resolved on two points.12 Mar. That, if one break, the other will hold; or, if both break, your gaskins13 fall.

Clo. Apt, in good faith; very apt. Well, go thy way if sir Toby would leave drinking, thou wert as witty a piece of Eve's flesh as any in Illyria.

Mar. Peace, you rogue, no more o' that. Here [Curio, &c. retire.' comes my lady: make your excuse wisely; you were

best.

-Cesario,

1 A quick, lively dance. 2 Not in f. e. 3 Mary Frith, a great notoriety of the time, who went about in may be found prefixed to "The Roaring Girl," in Dodsley's Old Plays, Vol. VI., and in the Pictorial Shakspere. 89 Not in f. e. 10 a

5 The name of a dance, the measures whereof are regulated by the number five.-Sir John Hawkins.
allusion to the representation of man, and the signs of the zodiac in old almanacs.
pediments. 12 13 Points were strings to hold up the gaskins or hose,

[Exit.

male attire; a wood cut of her
4 Quick dance for two persons.
flame-coloured: in f. e.
7 An
in f. e. 11 Full of bars or im-

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