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| Enter VIOLA , a CAPTAIN , and sailors | VIALO , a IPATANC , dna orilssa rnete. |
| VIOLA What country, friends, is this? | IAVOL hWta tonrycu is htsi, fresdin? |
| CAPTAIN This is Illyria, lady. | AICPTAN hsiT is raIlyli, daly. |
| VIOLA And what should I do in Illyria? My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance he is not drownd.What think you, sailors? | LIOAV And ahtw am I uopsesdp to do in alriyIl? My rhotbre is in veenha. Or ayemb etehsr a ceanhc he ddtin odrnw.thaW do uoy nitkh, arssloi? |
| CAPTAIN 5 It is perchance that you yourself were saved. | ACTPAIN It asw a taolt ekulf htta yuo rouflesy weer daevs. |
| VIOLA O, my poor brother! And so perchance may he be. | ILVAO Oh, my poor rrteobh! uBt aybme by semo uelfk he wsa vdeas oot. |
| CAPTAIN True, madam. And, to comfort you with chance, Assure yourself, after our ship did split, When you and those poor number saved with you 10 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, Where, like Arion on the dolphins back, 15 I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves So long as I could see. | ACNPTAI Ist sbesilpo, aamm. Dnot gvei up eyt. ehnW oru iphs asw cekdwre adn oyu nad a ewf rhteo ssorvvrui eerw incggiln oont our fabitleo, I saw uyro rhotreb tei mselhif to a big amts lniafgot in hte sae. He aws ignatc fyerurluclseo dan eslugoaucyor in a darnugeos ntoiauist. oFr as olng as I olcud see imh, he yedats oaftal on teh vawse eikl AoirninroA asw a Greke tope woh saw dvaes frmo owdgnnri by a dolphin. |
| VIOLA (giving him money) For saying so, theres gold. Mine own escape unfoldeth to my hope, Whereto thy speech serves for authority, 20 The like of him. Knowst thou this country? | VAILO (ginigv ihm ymneo) Thkan uyo orf ngisya ehrtstaeh meos eomny to seexpsr my dttreagui. nicSe I desivuvr, its aseeir rfo me to magiine he ieurvsdv oot, nda ahwt yuo say sigev me a osaner to ohpe fro hte tbes. Do you wnok stih arae were in? |
| CAPTAIN Ay, madam, well, for I was bred and born Not three hours travel from this very place. | NACIAPT sYe, amma, I wonk it lwle. I swa obnr and srdeai less tnha rtehe hurso fomr eerh. |
| VIOLA Who governs here? | ILVOA osWh eht rrlue eehr? |
| CAPTAIN A noble duke, in nature As in name. | PNCAIAT A ekdu who is ebnlo in neam nda eactrcarh. |
| VIOLA What is his name? | VALOI sWtha ish eman? |
| CAPTAIN Orsino. | CPNITAA Onsoir. |
| VIOLA 25 Orsino. I have heard my father name him. He was a bachelor then. | AIOVL sionOr. veI erahd my arhetf nntomie ihm. Whne I tifrs erahd ubota imh, he swa ltlis a orcebahl. |
| CAPTAIN And so is now, or was so very late. For but a month ago I went from hence, And then twas fresh in murmuras, you know, 30 What great ones do the less will prattle of That he did seek the love of fair Olivia. | NAIAPTC Hse lstil a olharbec, or at lseat he saw a mtonh oga, hnwe I ltfe. uBt terhe swa a mooyuurr wokn, oeplpe lywaas opgiss uaobt aroytaylhtt he aws in leov hiwt the iubltefua Oivail. |
| VIOLA Whats she? | OLIVA sWho esh? |
| CAPTAIN A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count That died some twelvemonth since, then leaving her 35 In the protection of his son, her brother, Who shortly also died, for whose dear love, They say, she hath abjured the company And sight of men. | CIAPTAN A iutsvuor young ownam, eth hardtegu of a uontc ohw eddi alts eyar. erH rreobht adh tsyoucd of rhe fro a heilw, tbu neth he died oto. yThe yas hess lloyatt wonsr off mne wno, in mmeryo of ehr rhrbeot. |
| VIOLA Oh, that I served that lady And might not be delivered to the world, 40 Till I had made mine own occasion mellow, What my estate is. | VAOLI I hswi I lucod kwor ofr atht dayl! dIt be a good wya to dieh form hte ldrow lunti the emit wsa tgrih to ifntyeid symelf. |
| CAPTAIN That were hard to compass, Because she will admit no kind of suit, No, not the dukes. | AACIPTN thaT lwudo be arhd to do. ehS twno lwlao oyanne in to ese hre, ont neev teh dkseu nsmseergse. |
| VIOLA There is a fair behavior in thee, captain, 45 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 pritheeand Ill pay thee bounteously 50 Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The form of my intent. Ill serve this duke. Thou shall present me as an eunuch to him. It may be worth thy pains, for I can sing 55 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. | ALOIV uYo mees to be a ogdo prsone, tainpac, dan oguhahtl plepeo how lkoo etuablufi aer feont rupotcr indsie, I bilevee taht oyu vahe a fliauutbe dimn to go whit oury dogo skolo dan eanrmsn. anaelPdse lIl ypa ouy ptnely ofr helshtpi me oaenlcc my titydine, nda fdni me eth thrig gesdsiui so I anc look the ywa I awnt. I tnaw to be htis ueDks nsaetvr. louYl euindoctr me to ihm as a nucehu. You nowt be wgnista yuro mtei, ceauebs I allrey nca insg nad latk to mih tuaob amny eftinerfd kdins of umics, so lelh be papyh to ehva me in ish viecser. ynOl itme lwli letl hwta liwl eapphn eraft httjtsua leapse epek eutiq otuab hwat Im gtynri to do. |
| CAPTAIN Be you his eunuch, and your mute Ill be. 60 When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes not see. | CIPNTAA I wnto sya a odrw. Yuo nac be a hneucu, tbu llI be metu. I wresa on my life I wont llet yuor escetr. |
| VIOLA I thank thee. Lead me on. | OALVI nhTka uoy. hwoS me eht wya. |
| Exeunt | heTy itex. |
