Young gentlemen would be as sad as night,
Only for wantonness. By my christendom,
So I were out of prison, and kept sheep,
I should be merry as the day is long;
And so would I be here, but that I doubt
My uncle practices more harm to me:
He is afraid of me, and I of him:

Is it my fault that I were Geoffrey's son?
No, indeed, is 't not; and I would to heaven
I were your son, so you would love me, Hubert.
Hub. If I talk to him, with his innocent prate

He will awake my mercy, which lies dead:
Therefore I will be sudden, and dispatch.

Arth. Are you sick, Hubert? You look pale today.
In sooth, I would you were a little sick,
That I might sit all night, and watch with you.
I warrant I love you more than you do me.

Hub. His words do take possession of my bosom.

(Aside.)

Read here, young Arthur. (Showing a paper.) How now,
foolish rheum? (Aside.)

Turning dispiteous torture out the door!
I must be brief; lest resolution drop
Out at mine eyes, in tender womanish tears.
Can you not read it? Is it not fair writ?

Arth. Too fairly, Hubert, for so foul effect:

Must you with hot irons burn out both mine eyes?

Hub. Young boy, I must.

Arth. And will you?

Hub. And I will.

Arth Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkerchief about your brows,

head,

(The best I had, a princess wrought it me),
And I did never ask it you again :
And with my hand at midnight held your
And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
Still and anon cheered up the heavy time;
Saying, What lack you? and, Where lies your grief?
Or, What good love may I perform for you?
Many a poor man's son would have lain still,
And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you;
But you at your sick service had a prince.
Nay, you may think my love was crafty love,
And call it cunning: do, and if you will:
If heaven be pleased that you should use me ill,

Why, then you must. Will you put out mine eyes?
These eyes, that never did, nor never shall,
So much as frown on you?

Hub. I have sworn to do it;

And with hot irons must I burn them out.

Arth. Ah, none but in this iron age would do it:
The iron of itself, though heat red-hot,

Hub.

Approaching near these eyes, would drink my tears,
And quench its fiery indignation,

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Even in the matter of mine innocence:

Nay, after that, consume away in rust,
But for containing fire to harm mine eye.

Are you more stubborn-hard than hammered iron?
And if an angel should have come to me,

And told me Hubert should put out mine eyes,

I would not have believed no tongue but Hubert's.

Come forth. (Stamps.) (Reënter Attendants, with cord,
Do as I bid you.

[irons, &c.)

Arth. Oh, save me, Hubert, save me! My eyes are out
Even with the fierce looks of these bloody men.

Hub. Give me the iron, I say, and bind him here.
Arth. Alas! what need you be so boisterous-rough?
I will not struggle, I will stand stone-still.
For heaven's sake, Hubert! let me not be bound!
Nay, hear me, Hubert! drive these men away,
And I will sit as quiet as a lamb:

I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word,

Nor look upon the irons angrily;

Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you,

Whatever torment you do put me to.

Hub. Go stand within; let me alone with him.

1st At. I am best pleased to be from such a deed. (Ex. Atten.)

Arth. Alas! I then have chid away my friend:

He hath a stern look, but a gentle heart:

Let him come back, that his compassion may
Give life to yours.

Hub. Come, boy, prepare yourself.

Arth. Is there no remedy?

Hub. None, but to lose your eyes.

Arth. Oh heaven! that there were but a mote in yours,
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,

Any annoyance in that precious sense!

Then, feeling what small things are boisterous there,
Your vile intent must needs seem horrible.

Hub. Is this your promise? Go to, hold your tongue.
Arth. Hubert, the utterance of a brace of tongues

Must needs want pleading for a pair of eyes:
Let me not hold my tongue! let me not, Hubert!
Or, Hubert, if you will, cut out my tongue,
So I may keep mine eyes. Oh, spare mine eyes,
Though to no use, but still to look on you!
Lo, by my troth, the instrument is cold,
And would not harm me.

Hub. I can heat it, boy.

Arth. No, in good sooth, the fire is dead with grief —
Being create for comfort- to be used

In undeserved extremes. See else yourself.
There is no malice in this burning coal;
The breath of heaven hath blown its spirit out,
And strewed repentant ashes on its head.

Hub. But with my breath I can revive it, boy.
Arth. And if you do, you will but make it blush

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And glow with shame of your proceedings, Hubert;
Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes,
And, like a dog, that is compelled to fight,
Snatch at his master that does tarre him on.
All things, that you should use to do me wrong,
Deny their office; only you do lack

That mercy, which fierce fire and iron extend,
Creatures of note, for mercy-lacking uses.

Hub. Well, see to live; I will not touch thine eyes
For all the treasure that thy uncle owns;

Yet I am sworn, and I did purpose, boy,
With this same very iron to burn them out.
Arth. Oh, now you look like Hubert! all this while
You were disguised.

Hub. Peace: no more: Adieu!

Your uncle must not know but you are dead:
I'll fill these dogged spies with false +reports.
And, pretty child, sleep doubtless, and secure
That Hubert, for the wealth of all the world,
Will not offend thee.

Arth. Oh heaven! I thank

Hub.

you, Hubert

Silence: no more. Go closely in with me:
Much danger do I undergo for thee.

SHAKSPEARE.

QUESTIONS.-Who was Prince Arthur? Where did he live? Who desired to destroy him? For what purpose? What does Hubert mean by saying, "How now, foolish rhéum?” Enumerate the motives by which the Prince induces Hubert to spare him.

ARTICULATION.

Thrill'd, thrifty, threaded, streets, prospers.

The tale thrill'd his heart. The thrifty man prospers. They threaded the narrow streets with scarcely a ray of light. Youths' thoughtlessness heeds not the truths which the experience of age teaches.

LESSON XCI.

UTTER each SOUND correctly and distinctly.-Ap-pall-ing, not ap-påling: con-victs, not con-vics: weap-'ns, not wee-pons; in-fa-mous, not in-fer-mous: sub-or-di-nate, not sub-or-dun-it: a-gainst, pro. a-genst: at-tempt, not at-temp: in-stant-ly, not in-stunt-ly ter-min-a-tion, not term'na-tion.

2 Con'-victs, n. persons found guilty of crime.

[guards.
who

War'-den, n. a keeper, one

4. Brig'-ands, n. robbers, those who live by plunder.

8. Rat-an', n. a small cane which grows in India.

Par'-ley, n. conversation or conference with an enemy.

[for evil. [colors. 11. Im-pre-ca'-tions, n. curses, prayers 12. In-dom'-i-ta-ble, a. that can not be subdued or tamed.

5. Mot'-ley, a. composed of various De-mo'-ni-ac, a. devil-like.

6. Sub-or'-di-nate, a. inferior.

Per'-il, n. danger.

16. Quell, v. to subdue, to crush.
17. Blench'-ed, v. gave way, shrunk.
19. Car'-nage, n. slaughter.

7. Ma-rines', n. (pro. ma-reens') soldiers that serve on board of ships. Re-prieve', n. a delay of punishment De-mean'-or, n. behavior, deportment. 20. Ex'-it, n. passage out of a place.

REBELLION IN MASSACHUSETTS STATE PRISON.

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1. A MORE impressive exhibition of moral courage, opposed to the wildest ferocity, under the most appalling circumstances, was never seen, than that which was witnessed, by the officers of our State Prison, in the rebellion which occurred about five years since.

2. Three convicts had been sentenced under the rules of the prison to be whipped in the yard, and by some effort of one of the other prisoners, a door had been opened at midday, communicating with the great dining hall, and through the warden's lodge with the street.

3. The dining hall is long, dark, and damp, from its situation near the surface of the ground; and in this all the prisoners assembled, with clubs, and such tools as they could seize in passing through the workshops.

4. Knives, hammers, and chisels, with every variety of such weapons, were in the hands of the ferocious spirits, who are drawn away from their encroachments on society, forming a congregation of strength, vileness, and talent, that can hardly be equaled on earth, even among the famed brigands of Italy.

5. Men of all ages and characters, guilty of every variety of +infamous crime, dressed in the motley and peculiar garb of the institution, and displaying the wild and demoniac appearance that always pertains to imprisoned wretches, were gathered together for the single purpose of preventing the punishment which was to be inflicted on the morrow, upon their comrades.

6. The warden, the surgeon, and some other officers of the prison, were there at the time, and were alarmed at the consequences likely to ensue from the conflict necessary to restore order. They huddled together, and could scarcely be said to consult, as the stoutest among them lost all presence of mind in overwhelming fear. The news rapidly spread through the town, and a subordinate officer, of most mild and kind disposition, hurried to the scene, and came calm and collected into the midst of the officers. The most equable-tempered and the mildest man in the government, was in this hour of peril the firmest.

7. He instantly dispatched a request to Major Wainright, commander of the marines stationed at the navy yard, for assistance, and declared his purpose to enter into the hall and try the force of firm demeanor and persuasion upon the enraged multitude.

8. All his brethren exclaimed against an attempt so full of hazard: but in vain. They offered him arms, a sword and pistols, but he refused them, and said, that he had no fear, and in case of danger, arms would do him no service: and alone, with only a little ratan, which was his usual walking stick, he advanced into the hall, to hold parley with the selected, congregated, and enraged villains of the whole + commonwealth.

9. He demanded their purpose, in thus coming together with arms, in violation of the prison laws. They replied, that they