I remember the trick you served me, when I took my leave of madam Silvia; did not I bid thee still mark me, and do as I do? When did'st thou see me heave up my leg, and make water against a gentlewoman's farthingale? didst thou ever see me do such a trick? Enter PROTEUS and JULIA. Pro. Sebastian is thy name? I like thee well, And will employ thee in some service presently. Jul. In what you please;-I will do what I can. Pro. I hope thou wilt.-How now, you whoreson peasant? (To Launce.) Where have you been these two days loitering? Laun. Marry, sir, I carried mistress Silvia the dog you bade me. Pro. And what says she to my little jewel? Laun. Marry, she says, your dog was a cur; and tells you, currish thanks is good enough for such a Pro. But she received my dog? [present. Laun. No, indeed, she did not: here have I brought him back again. Pro. What, didst thou offer her this from me? Laun. Ay, sir; the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place: and then I offered her mine own; who is a dog as big as ten of yours, and therefore the gift the greater. Pro. Go, get thee hence, and find my dog again, Or ne'er return again into my sight. Away, I say: Stay'st thou to vex me here? A slave, that, still an end, turns me to shame. [Exit Launce. Sebastian, I have entertained thee, She loved me well, deliver'd it to me. [token; As Pro. Jul. Alas! Not so; I think, she lives. Pro. Why dost thou cry, alas? She dreams on him, that has forgot her love; Pro. Well, give her that ring, and therewithal This ring I gave him, when he parted from me, To plead for that, which I would not obtain ; Το To praise his faith, which I would have disprais'd. Enter SILVIA, attended. Jul. From my master, sir Proteus, madam. Sil. Ursula, bring my picture there. (Picture brought.) Go, give your master this: tell him from me, Jul. Madam, please you peruse this letter.- Sil. I pray thee, let me look on that again. I will not look upon your master's lines: Jul. Madam, he sends your ladyship this ring. Sil. What say'st thou? Jul. I thank you, madam, that you tender her: Poor gentlewoman: my master wrongs her much. Sil. Dost thou know her? Jul. Almost as well as I do know myself: That I have wept an hundred several times. [her. Jul. She hath been fairer, madam, than she is: Sil. How tall was she? Jul. About my stature: for, at Pentecost, Sil. She is beholden to thee, gentle youth!-- I weep myself, to think upon thy words. Jul. And she shall thank you for't, if e'er you know her. A virtuous gentlewoman, mild, and beautiful. I hope my master's suit will be but cold, Since she respects my mistress' love so much. Alas, how love can trifle with itself! ACT V. SCENE 4.] TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Here is her picture: Let me see; I think, Her eyes are grey as glass; and so are mine: Thou shalt be worshipp'd, kiss'd, lov'd, and ador'd; My substance should be statue in thy stead. I should have scratch'd out your unseeing eyes, ACT V. SCENE I.-The same. An Abbey. Enter EGLAMOUR. [Exit. Egl. The sun begins to gild the western sky: Enter SILVIA. See where she comes: Lady, a happy evening! Egl. Fear not the forest is not three leagues off : Enter THURIO, PROTEUS, and JULIA. Pro. She says, it is a fair one. peace. Thu. What says she to my valour? Thu. What says she to my birth? Pro. That you are well deriv'd, (Aside.) Jul. True; from a gentleman to a fool. (Aside.) Pro. O, ay; and pities them. Tha. Wherefore? Thu. Not I. Pro, Nor I. Duke. Saw you my daughter? Neither. Pro. Duke. Why, then she's fled unto that peasant 'Tis true; for friar Laurence met them both, At Patrick's cell this even; and there she was not: Be patient, we must bring you to our captain. 1 Out. Where is the gentleman that was with her? [cave: The thicket is beset, he cannot 'scape. There is our captain: we'll follow him that's fled: 1 Out. Come, I must bring you to our captain's Sil. O Valentine, this I endure for thee. [Exeunt. Val. How use doth breed a habit in a man! Enter PROTEUS, SILVIA, and JULIA. Jul. That such an ass should owe them. (Aside.) Vouchsafe me, for my meed, but one fair look; A smaller boon than this I cannot beg, Pro. Unhappy were you, madam, ere I came; But, by my coming, I have made you happy. [py. Sil. By thy approach thou mak'st me most unhapJul. And me, when he approacheth to your pre(Aside.) sence. Sil. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, [death, Sil. When Proteus cannot love where he's beRead over Julia's heart, thy first best love, [lov'd. For whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith Into a thousand oaths; and all those oaths Descended into perjury, to love me. Thou hast no faith left now, unless thou had'st two, Pro. Who respects friends? Sil. In love, All men but Proteus. Pro. Nay, if the gentle spirit of moving words Can no way change you to a milder form, I'll woo you like a soldier, at arms' end; And love you 'gainst the nature of love, force you. Sil. O heaven! Pro. I'll force thee yield to my desire. Val. Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch; Thou friend of an ill fashion! Pro. Valentine! [love; I tender it here; I do as truly suffer, Val. Then I am paid; Is nor of heaven, nor earth; for these are pleas'd; O good sir, my master charg'd me Jul. Here 'tis; this is it. (Gives a ring.) Pro. How let me see : Why this is the ring I gave to Julia. Jul. O, cry you mercy, sir, I have mistook. This is the ring you sent to Silvia. (Shews another ring.) Pro. But how cam'st thou by this ring? at my I gave it unto Julia. [depart, Jul. And Julia herself did give it me; And Julia herself hath brought it hither. Pro. How! Julia! Jul. Behold her that gave aim to all thy oaths, And entertain'd them deeply in her heart: How oft hast thou with perjury cleft the root? O Proteus, let this habit make thee blush! Be thou asham'd, that I have took upon me Such an immodest raiment; if shame live In a disguise of love: It is the lesser blot, modesty finds, [minds. But constant, he were perfect: That one error [sins; Val. Come, come, a hand from either: Let me be blest to make this happy close; 'Twere pity two such friends should be long foes. Pro. Bear witness, heaven, I have my wish for Jul. And I have mine. [ever. Enter Out-laws, with DUKE and THURIO. Out. A prize, a prize, a prize! Val. Forbear, I say; it is my lord the duke. Your grace is welcome to a man disgrac'd, Banished Valentine. Thu. Yonder is Silvia; and Silvia's mine. Val. Thurio, give back, or else embrace thy death; Come not within the measure of my wrath: Do not name Silvia thine; if once again, Milan shall not behold thee. Here she stands, Take but possession of her with a touch;— I dare thee but to breathe upon my love. Thu. Sir Valentine, I care not for her, I; I now beseech you, for your daughter's sake, Duke. I grant it, for thine own, whate'er it be. Are men endued with worthy qualities; [boy. Val. And, as we walk along, I dare be bold With our discourse to make your grace to smile: What think you of this page, my lord? [blushes. Duke. I think the boy hath grace in him; he Val. I warrant you, my lord, more grace than Duke. What mean you by that saying? Val. Please you, I'll tell you as we pass along, That you will wonder what hath fortuned.Come, Proteus; 'tis your penance, but to hear The story of your loves discovered: That done, our day of marriage shall be yours; One feast, one house, one mutual happiness. [Exeunt. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. SHALLOW, a country Justice. SLENDER, Cousin to Shallow. PERSONS REPRESENTED. MR. FORD two Gentlemen dwelling at Windsor. MR. PAGE WILLIAM PAGE, a Boy, Son to Mr. Page. DR. CAIUS, a French Physician. Host of the Garter Inn. ACT I. BARDOLPH,-PISTOL,-NYM, Followers of Falstaff. SIMPLE, Servant to Slender. RUGBY, Servant to Dr. Caius. MRS. ANNE PAGE, her Daughter, in love with Fenton. MRS. QUICKLY, Servant to Dr. Caius. SCENE,-Windsor, and the Parts adjacent. SCENE I.-Windsor. Before Page's House. Eater Justice SHALLOW, SLENDER, and Sir HUGH EVANS. Shal. Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it: if he were twenty sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire. Slen. In the county of Gloster, justice of peace, and coram. Shal. Ay, cousin Slender, and Cust-alorum. Slen. Ay, and ratolorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself armigero; in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, armigero. Shal. Ay, that we do; and have done any time these three hundred years. Sten. All his successors, gone before him, have done't; and all his ancestors, that come after him, may: they may give the dozen white luces in their [coat. Shal. It is an old coat. Eva. The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant: it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies-love. Shal. The lace is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat. Slen. I may quarter, coz? Shal. You may, by marrying. Eva. It is marring, indeed, if he quarter it. Eva. Yes, py'r-lady; if he has a quarter of your coat, there is but three skirts for yourself, in my simple conjectures: but this is all one: If sir John Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you, I am of the church, and will be glad to do my be nevolence, to make atonements and compromises between you. Shal. The Council shall hear it; it is a riot. Eva. It is not meet the Council hear a riot; there is no fear of Got in a riot: the Council, look you, shall desire to hear the fear of Got, and not to hear a riot; take your vizaments in that. Shal. Ha! o' my life, if I were young again, the sword should end it. Eva. It is petter that friends is the sword, and end it: and there is another device in my prain, which, peradventure, prings goot discretions with There is Anne Page, which is daughter to it: master George Page, which is pretty virginity. Slen. Mistress Anne Page? She has brown hair, and speaks small like a woman. Eva. It is that fery verson for all the 'orld, as just as you will desire; and seven hundred pounds of moníes, and gold, and silver, is her grandsire, upon his death's-bed, (Got deliver to a joyful resurrections!) give, when she is able to overtake seventeen years old: it were a goot motion, if we leave our pribbles and prabbles, and desire a [pound? marriage between master Abraham, and mistress Anne Page. Shal. Did her grandsire leave her seven hundred Eva. Ay, and her father is make her a petter penny. Shal. I know the young gentlewoman; she has good gifts. Eva. Seven hundred pounds, and possibilities, is good gifts. Shal. Well, let us see honest master Page: Is Falstaff there? Eva. Shall I tell you a lie? I do despise a liar, as I do despise one that is false; or, as I despise The knight, sir John, is one that is not true. S3 Page. Who's there? Eva. Here is Got's plessing, and your friend, and justice Shallow and here young master Slender; that, peradventures, shall tell you another tale, if matters grow to your likings. Page. I am glad to see your worships well: I thank you for my venison, master Shallow. Shal. Master Page, I am glad to see you; much good do it your good heart! I wished your venison better; it was ill killed:-How doth good mistress Page? and I love you always with my heart, la; Page. Sir, I thank you. Shal. Sir, I thank you; by yea and no, I do. [with my heart. Page. I am glad to see you, good master Slender. Slen. How does your fallow greyhound, sir? I heard say, he was out-run on Cotsale. Page. It could not be judged, sir. Slen. You'll not confess, you'll not confess. Shal. That he will not;-'tis your fault, 'tis your fault:-'Tis a good dog. Page. A cur, sir. Shal. Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog; can there be more said? he is good, and fair.-Is sir John Falstaff here? Page. Sir, he is within; and I would I could do a good office between you. Eva. It is spoke as a Christians ought to speak. Shal. He hath wrong'd me, master Page. Page. Sir, he doth in some sort confess it. Shal. If it be confess'd, it is not redress'd; is not that so, master Page? He hath wrong'd me; indeed, he hath ;-at a word he hath ;-believe me; -Robert Shallow, esquire, saith, he is wrong'd. Page. Here comes sir John. Enter Sir JOHN FALSTAFF, BARDOLPH, NYM, and PISTOL. Fal. Now, master Shallow; you'll complain of me to the king? Shal. Knight, you have beaten my men, killed my deer, and broke open my lodge. Fal. But not kiss'd your keeper's daughter? Shal. Tut, a pin! this shall be answer❜d. Fal. I will answer it straight;-I have done all this:-That is now answer'd. Shal. The Council shall know this. Fal. "Twere better for you, if it were known in counsel: you'll be laugh'd at. Eva. Pauca verba, sir John, goot worts. Fal. Good worts! good cabbage.-Slender, I broke your head; What matter have you against me? Slen. Marry, sir, I have matter in my head against you; and against your coney-catching rascals, Bardolph, Nym, and Pistol. They carried me to the tavern, and made me drunk, and afterwards picked my pocket. Bard. You Banbury cheese! Pist. How now, Mephostophilus? Nym. Slice, I say! pauca, pauca; slice! that's my humour. Slen. Where's Simple, my man?—can you tell, [cousin? Eva. Peace: I pray you! Now let us understand: There is three umpires in this matter, as understand: that is-master Page, fidelicet, master Page; and there is myself, fidelicet, myself; and the three party is, lastly and finally, mine host of Page. We three, to hear it, and end it between [them. Eva. Ferry goot: I will make a prief of it in my note-book; and we will afterwards 'ork upon the cause, with as great discreetly as we can. the Garter. Fal. Pistol, Pist. He hears with ears. [ACT I. Eva. The tevil and his tam! what phrase is this, He hears with ears? Why, it is affectations. Fal. Pistol, did you pick master Slender's purse? Slen. Ay, by these gloves, did he, (or I would I might never come in mine own great chamber again else,) of seven groats in mill-sixpences, and two Edward shovel-boards, that cost me two shilling and two pence a-piece of Yead Miller, by these gloves. Fal. Is this true, Pistol? I Eva. No; it is false, if it is a pick-purse. combat challenge of this latten bilbo : Nym. Be advis'd, sir, and pass good humours; will say, marry trap, with you, if you run the nuthook's humour on me; that is the very note of it. I Slen. By this hat, then he in the red face had it : for though I cannot remember what I did when you made me drunk, yet I am not altogether an ass. Fal. What say you, Scarlet and John? Bard. Why, sir, for my part, I say, the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentences. Eva. It is his five senses: fie, what the ignorance is! Bard. And being fap, sir, was, as they say, cashier'd; and so conclusions pass'd the careires. Slen. Ay, you spake in Latin then too; but 'tis no matter: I'll ne'er be drunk whilst I live again, if I be drunk, I'll be drunk with those that have but in honest, civil, godly company, for this trick: the fear of God, and not with drunken knaves. Eva. So God 'udge me, that is a virtuous mind. Fal. You hear all these matters denied, gentlemen; you hear it. Enter Mistress ANNE PAGE with wine; Mistress FORD and Mistress PAGE following. Page. Nay, daughter, carry the wine in; we'll drink within. Slen. O heaven! this is mistress Anne Page. [Exit Anne Page. Page. How now, mistress Ford? Fal. Mistress Ford, by my troth, you are very well met: by your leave, good mistress. (kissing her.) Page. Wife, bid these gentlemen welcome :Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner; come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkind[Exeunt all but Shal. Slen, and Evans. Slen. I had rather than forty shillings, I had my book of Songs and Sonnets here : ness. Enter SIMPLE. wait on myself, must I? You have not The Book Sim. Book of Riddles! why, did you not lend it Shal. Come, coz; come, coz; we stay for you. be so, Slen. Ay, sir, you shall find me reasonable; if it Eva. Give ear to his motions, master Slender : Slen. Nay, I will do as my cousin Shallow says: is concerning your marriage. Shal. Ay, there's the point, sir. Eva. Marry, is it; the very point of it; to mistress Anne Page. Slen. Why, if it be so, I will marry her, upon any reasonable demands. 1 E |