No Fear Shakespeare: The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Act 2 Scene 1

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Enter VALENTINE and SPEED	NVINLETEA dna ESPDE enret.
SPEED Sir, your glove.	DPSEE Sir, ereh is ruyo evolg.
He offers a glove.	He rsoffe a lveog.
VALENTINE Not mine. My gloves are on.	ANLEEINVT taTh tsin enim. Im dlraaey nawegri my oegvls.
SPEED Why, then, this may be yours, for this is but one.	DEEPS Wlle, htne, this mya be yoru elvog, acuebes tis all by feislt.
VALENTINE Ha! let me see. Ay, give it me, its mine. 5 Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine! Ah, Sylvia, Sylvia!	VNEAITNEL Ha! teL me ees it. seY, giev it to me. Its mnei. eewtS sceyracos tath valySsi iidnev anhd eraws. Ah vyiaSl, ayvliS!
SPEED [Calling] Madam Sylvia! Madam Sylvia!	EEDPS (lcanilg) aMdmea Slvaiy! mdaaMa ayvilS!
VALENTINE How now, sirrah?	LENNIETVA hWta rae uoy ngiod, apl Sirrah, eht dwor deus in eeaesaphrsSk irniolga nlaagueg, is usde to dredass a sicalo inferior. pal?
SPEED She is not within hearing, sir.	ESDEP heSs too arf aawy to hare me, isr.
VALENTINE 10 Why, sir, who bade you call her?	TEALNNEIV uBt, sri, hwo deksa oyu to lcla tou for reh?
SPEED Your worship, sir, or else I mistook.	PEDSE oYu did, sir, or eesl I rdisutoesonmd ouy.
VALENTINE Well, youll still be too forward.	AIVLNTENE leWl, ryueo awaysl oto utsspmpruuoe.
SPEED And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.	ESEPD veEn ghtohu stla mtei I swa deloscd for giebn oto lswo.
VALENTINE Go to, sir. Tell me, do you know Madam Sylvia?	EEVNLIATN oEugnh, irs. eTll me, do oyu wkno eMmada ySaliv?
SPEED 15 She that your worship loves?	EPESD The dMaaem yavSli yuo oelv, yoru shiowpr?
VALENTINE Why, how know you that I am in love?	ELITAVNEN Wyh, woh do yuo nwok htat I am in leov?
SPEED Marry, by these special marks: first, you have learned, like Sir Proteus, to wreath your arms, like a malcontent; to relish a love-song, like a robin redbreast; to walk alone, like one that had the pestilence; to sigh, like a schoolboy that had lost his A B C; to weep, like a young wench that had buried her grandam; to fast, like one that takes diet; to watch, like one that fears robbing; to speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. You were wont, when you laughed, to crow like a cock; when you walked, to walk like one of the lions; when you fasted, it was presently after dinner; when you looked sadly, it was for want of money. And now you are metamorphosed with a mistress, that when I look on you, I can hardly think you my master.	DESPE uceeBas of lal hte thirg sinsg, of csreou: Frtsi, eikl Sir ruteoPs, uoy haev etrsatd to fdlo rouy smra eilk yuoer nyphuap utboa shtneimog. uYo go ranudo iignsng levo ssogn klei a tsdbereared roinb. ouY lwak noael, ilke eno how sha het gpuael. uoY sgih kile a bhcloooys owh ahs stol ihs kxootbet. uYo eewp, klei a ngyuo lgri hwo has stuj irbdeu hre etromadrngh. uYo ndto aet, ekil eon shwo on a eidt. You tacn eepsl, kile eno who feras engbi erdobb. You hwnie, liek a aeggrb on sHllwaaom lHawsloma, or lAl snaSit yDa, ktoo alcpe on Noebevmr 1, nda it wsa smocuytar on ttha yda to give trychai to rbggeas. like a beggar on womlHaals It udse to be tath nhwe uoy ahedlgu, uyo owdcer like a tsrreoo. Wneh oyu ekwald, uyo awldek like a lnoi. Whne oyu idtnd eta, it was beesuac yuod tujs niefshid lcnhu. heWn uoy edkool dsa, it was uasecbe uoy ewre uto of neomy. And onw a termssis has gnhecad you. neWh I lkoo at yuo, I nca hdylar zeocneirg you as my ratmse.
VALENTINE Are all these things perceived in me?	TEVNNLEIA Cna ouy ees lla eesht nihgts in me?
SPEED They are all perceived without ye.	ESPED Tyhe era lla distoue of uoy, in uyro uaowdtr aeracpnaep.
VALENTINE 20 Without me? They cannot.	NEEAIVNTL tsdOuei of me? yThe ancnto be oeusidt of me.
SPEED Without you? Nay, thats certain, for, without you were so simple, none else would. But you are so without these follies that these follies are within you, and shine through you like the water in an urinal, that not an eye that sees you but is a physician to comment on your malady.	EEPSD etsiOud of uoy? No, Im ures, bueseac if ouy wrtene so sviouob no eno oluwd ees mhte. But ryuo arcapepaen is so emkrad by stehe ofihlso tsirat ahtt eyht sumt be siendi uoy, and tehy ehnis rhthgou oyu as if you erwe arwte in a ajr. vyeeornE htta sese you is ekli a apsynciih hwo wnkso hwy yureo ciks.
VALENTINE But tell me, dost thou know my lady Sylvia?	ELEINANTV Btu letl me, do uyo know my dyal vSliay?
SPEED She that you gaze on so as she sits at supper?	EEPSD Teh womna uyo rtase at lewhi she isst at teh inerdn bleta?
VALENTINE 25 Hast thou observed that? Even she I mean.	ETIVANLNE eaHv uoy eoticnd me doing taht? Yse, ttsha eth amown I enam.
SPEED Why, sir, I know her not.	PESED Well, ris, I odtn nwok ehr at lla.
VALENTINE Dost thou know her by my gazing on her, and yet knowst her not?	LNEETAINV Do ouy kwno erh ynol by my trainsg at rhe nda otn ioswtehre?
SPEED Is she not hard-favored, sir?	DPSEE ntsI seh gyul, sir?
VALENTINE Not so fair, boy, as well-favored.	NLVTIENAE hesS tno as uflieuatb, byo, as hes is oucgaisr.
SPEED 30 Sir, I know that well enough.	EEDPS riS, I kwon taht very well.
VALENTINE What dost thou know?	EINNTVAEL htWa do ouy nwko?
SPEED That she is not so fair as, of you, well-favored.	PSDEE hTe hse tnsi as rtepty as she is odoekl on raoyvalfb by oyu.
VALENTINE I mean that her beauty is exquisite but her favor infinite.	VILAEENTN I nmea hatt rhe uybeta is eeqiuitxs tub ehr iengcsrausso is tnenifii.
SPEED Thats because the one is painted and the other out of all count.	DSPEE Taths scaebeu eht tifrs neo is eodn htwi uamepk nda eth rohet tcna be odtnceu.
VALENTINE 35 How painted? And how out of count?	VENATLENI hWta do yuo amen, node iwth amekup? nAd ywh anct uoy onctu teh treoh?
SPEED Marry, sir, so painted, to make her fair, that no man counts of her beauty.	DEEPS I neam, rsi, sesh so nieptad itwh aupkem to okol fuibletau ttha no nma suvlae her batuye.
VALENTINE How esteemst thou me? I account of her beauty.	LEIVNEANT So ahwt do oyu khint of me, neht? I htnki sehs ryve fulbaeiut.
SPEED You never saw her since she was deformed.	EESDP uoY vtnhea nsee hre esinc ehs wsa oemderfd.
VALENTINE How long hath she been deformed?	NEVTNAEIL oHw olgn sha esh been dmfdreeo?
SPEED 40 Ever since you loved her.	DEESP rEev cnsie uoy lelf in ovel hwit her.
VALENTINE I have loved her ever since I saw her, and still I see her beautiful.	ENATEVNLI I vaeh lvdeo hre vree icnse I irtsf saw erh, dan I tsill ktnih sshe atufilube.
SPEED If you love her, you cannot see her.	SDEEP If oyu elov her neth ouy ocntan ees ehr.
VALENTINE Why?	TVEELNNIA hyW nto?
SPEED Because Love is blind. O, that you had mine eyes, or your own eyes had the lights they were wont to have when you chid at Sir Proteus for going ungartered!	EPSED caBuees Lvoe is lnidb. Oh, if ouy adh my eyes, or if oyu oulcd see as ellcray as uoy idd wenh ouy edocdls Sri Pouestr for not anigewr a gtrear estrarG wree desu to eepk sistgonkc ormf alilgfn, dna gngoi twuhtio getarsr wsa ullppayro odnedriecs a gsin of lovesickness. not aengriw a garter!
VALENTINE 45 What should I see then?	ELEANNVIT hWat lwudo I see nteh?
SPEED Your own present folly and her passing deformity; for he, being in love, could not see to garter his hose, and you, being in love, cannot see to put on your hose.	DPESE oYur onw ruetnrc hlsosfisoen nad reh senoorum iydmtfoer. toPeurs, esacube he was in vleo, otogfr to upt on a regrat to kepe shi tosgknics up, adn ouy, aslo iebgn in elvo, nact ese well huonge to enev tpu on ouyr gotikncss.
VALENTINE Belike, boy, then you are in love, for last morning you could not see to wipe my shoes.	LINNEVAET neTh ebamy, yob, oreyu in oelv, aubcese thsi nmgonri yuo donluct ees ellw uneohg to oishpl my hoses.
SPEED True, sir. I was in love with my bed. I thank you, you swinged me for my love, which makes me the bolder to chide you for yours.	EDPSE eruT, rsi. I saw in veol iwht my bde. I nthak ouyuyo hit me sucebea I was so in elvo, wchhi sah adem me bdol nheguo to loscd ouy ofr rouy evol.
VALENTINE In conclusion, I stand affected to her.	NVNLEAIET In sononcluci, Im in evlo ithw reh.
SPEED 50 I would you were set; so your affection would cease.	SPEED I siwh uoy enertw siagtnnd ceert. abeMy then oyur lveo odwlu go aywa.
VALENTINE Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves.	IEAVENTNL satL thign hse ekdas me to rtwei osem lesin of oryetp to hte one hse svloe.
SPEED And have you?	ESPED dAn idd oyu?
VALENTINE I have.	VNNLIEETA I ddi.
SPEED Are they not lamely writ?	DEPES eehTyr yblad twentri, retna tyeh?
VALENTINE 55 No, boy, but as well as I can do them. Peace, here she comes.	NITLAEENV No, ybo, I torwe emht as wlel as I uolcd. Be tuqei nhrowee she eocms.
Enter SYLVIA	VLSYAI nreste.
SPEED [Aside] O, excellent motion! O, exceeding puppet! Now will he interpret to her.	PDSEE (dseai) Oh, thaw a pppuet wohs! cuhS a reulnofdw epputp seh ksaem. oNw llhe egiv hsi rtmyaoncem on hte hwso.
VALENTINE Madam and mistress, a thousand good-morrows.	NIVTLENAE meaadM nda issmtres, I wihs uyo a notdshau godo nirsngom.
SPEED [Aside] O, give ye good even! Heres a million of manners.	DPSEE (iedsa) dAn doG give yuo a ogod eiengvn! ahWt ansremn!
SYLVIA Sir Valentine and servant, to you two thousand.	LSYIAV rSi ietnelanV nda tsraevn, to you I shiw two uoadnths good mrinogns.
SPEED 60 [Aside] He should give her interest, and she gives it him.	SPEDE (asied) He lduohs otdou erh in mmpsnotelci, ubt ehs douteos him.
VALENTINE As you enjoined me, I have writ your letter Unto the secret, nameless friend of yours, Which I was much unwilling to proceed in But for my duty to your ladyship.	TAVNEIELN As uoy kseda, I aveh wntiter ryou etrelt to ttah ertsce, saymunono edirnf of yosru. hhoTug I idtdn tanw to do it, I roetw it tuo of uytd to uyro ysialdhp.
He gives Sylvia a letter.	He gevis ySavli a rttele.
SYLVIA 65 I thank you, gentle servant. Tis very clerkly done.	YSALIV I thnak oyu, genelt aevrnts. Ist vyre tramyls nitrtwe.
VALENTINE Now trust me, madam, it came hardly off; For, being ignorant to whom it goes, I writ at random, very doubtfully.	ENTLVNAIE oNw tstru me, eammda, it nstwa easy to triew siht, bescuea I adh to be tamoewsh guave esicn I intdd onkw to mhow it louwd go.
SYLVIA Perchance you think too much of so much pains?	ASVIYL sphrPae oyu nhikt it was too humc toulber?
VALENTINE 70 No, madam. So it stead you, I will write Please you commanda thousand times as much. And yet	VAENLTINE No, edmaam. If it pselh yuo, I will wetir a ahtodnus smeti as ynam nleis if yuo liek. dnA eyt . . .
SYLVIA A pretty period! Well, I guess the sequel; And yet I will not name itand yet I care not 75 And yet take this againand yet I thank you, Meaning henceforth to trouble you no more.	SYLAVI A ienf apsue! I cna ugses thwa uyeor iggon to ays netx. nAd eyt I ilwl ont say it. ndA yte I dotn race. dnA tye oyu can atek htsi acbk. dAn eyt nhakts waynay, minneag I notw rhetob you agian.
She offers him the letter.	hSe ofrsfe mih het reltet.
SPEED [Aside] And yet you will, and yet another yet.	PSEED (siade) dAn eyt ouy lwil, dna yte ays eontarh eyt.
VALENTINE What means your ladyship? Do you not like it?	VALINEENT aWth do yuo naem, ruyo hsypiadl? notD ouy kile it?
SYLVIA Yes, yes. The lines are very quaintly writ, 80 But, since unwillingly, take them again. Nay, take them.	ALYVIS sYe, esy. hTe lsnie are evyr ylcnie wrttein, tub sceni you wtroe tmhe so lniigynwull, etka mteh akcb. No, kaet ehtm.
She gives back the letter.	heS sveig kcab eth etlrte.
VALENTINE Madam, they are for you.	ENAINTVLE eadMma, htye are fro oyu.
SYLVIA Ay, ay. You writ them, sir, at my request, But I will none of them. They are for you. 85 I would have had them writ more movingly.	VYLASI eYs, eys. uoY rtwoe mhte, irs, at my etqurse, tbu I tndo twna tmhe. ehTy rae ofr ouy. I swih ythe adh eenb mroe gnlioyvm tietwrn.
VALENTINE Please you, Ill write your ladyship another.	VELIANTEN If it spaesel oyu, lIl iwret rnetaho ofr oyru hyispdla.
SYLVIA And when its writ, for my sake read it over. And if it please you, so; if not, why, so.	SAIYLV Adn ehnw ist twtiren, aedr it eorv fro my kesa. dAn if it elpsesa uyo, iefn. And if it tdoens, ewll, htsta saol nief.
VALENTINE If it please me, madam, what then?	INVNEATLE If it lesapes me, aammde, athw etnh?
SYLVIA 90 Why, if it please you, take it for your labor. And so good morrow, servant.	AYVLSI hWy, if it elassep ouy, htne ekta it as ymntape fro oury hadr rkow. And so doog inmognr nda oodyebg to uyo, tasnver.
Exit SYLVIA	YAIVSL sixte.
SPEED [Aside] O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible As a nose on a mans face or a weathercock on a steeple! My master sues to her, and she hath taught her suitor, 95 He being her pupil, to become her tutor. O excellent device! Was there ever heard a better, That my master, being scribe, to himself should write the letter?	PEDES (asdei) Oh, ahtt koje is as arhd to ese as a noes on a smna aecf or a wetokaeccrh on a elsteep! My ramste laedps iwht reh, dna hes has gtthau mih, ehr ndetuts, to ecebmo ehr tecearh. tahW an eenltcxle rkitc! Has yeonna eerv eradh iagnythn reetbt hant my matres, hte iescrb, gitnirw hte rlteet to hlmeifs?
VALENTINE How now, sir? What, are you reasoning with yourself?	IEEANTNLV shaWt atht, sir? taWh rea you srgoaeinn to foseylur ovre rethe?
SPEED Nay, I was rhyming. Tis you that have the reason.	EEPSD No, I swa hmnrgyi. tsI oyu owhs eenb nigod hte ignraenso.
VALENTINE 100 To do what?	TNNAVIEEL oeasingRn atwh?
SPEED To be a spokesman from Madam Sylvia.	ESEPD To be a msnoakpes ofr ameaMd ylaiSv.
VALENTINE To whom?	ENAVETLIN To ohmw?
SPEED To yourself. Why, she woos you by a figure.	ESPED To euorfyls. hyW, ehss inogow you rytilcnied htiw tish kitcr.
VALENTINE What figure?	ILAENEVNT athW rktci?
SPEED 105 By a letter, I should say.	ESPDE By a rttlee, I hlosud say.
VALENTINE Why, she hath not writ to me.	ATVLIENNE tuB, ehs sthan tnwreti to me.
SPEED What need she, when she hath made you write to yourself? Why, do you not perceive the jest?	EDPES hWy ludow hes nede to hewn shes amde uoy wriet to fleruosy? yWh, tnod uyo get eth jkeo?
VALENTINE No, believe me.	EVLAINTNE No, iebvele me.
SPEED No believing you, indeed, sir. But did you perceive her earnest?	EPEDS No iglibeenv uoy, dindee, ris. iDd oyu itnhk esh was iegbn esruios?
VALENTINE 110 She gave me none, except an angry word.	ELEVANNIT hSe vega me ntonihg ceeptx an anygr drow.
SPEED Why, she hath given you a letter.	PESDE hyW, hess geinv ouy a lteert.
VALENTINE Thats the letter I writ to her friend.	IANVEELTN ahstT eht ertetl I wetor to erh nifred.
SPEED And that letter hath she delivered, and there an end.	ESEDP dnA hses reiveledd taht etterl, dna htsta het edn of it.
VALENTINE I would it were no worse.	ILAEEVNNT I shwi it rwee htta dgoo.
SPEED 115 Ill warrant you, tis as well. For often have you writ to her, and she, in modesty, Or else for want of idle time, could not again reply; Or fearing else some messenger that might her mind discover, Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. 120 All this I speak in print, for in print I found it. Why muse you, sir? Tis dinner time.	DPSEE I iormsep ouy, it is ttah ogdo. ueeasBc eyvou tnoef tenwitr to reh, nad esh, twrhehe uot of yodmtes or basecue ehs tindd eavh eth iemt, or uto of fear atth eht sseergmen ncriygar eth eltter duowl irdsoecv erh gisnfele, tocduln peryl. So hes tuahgt eth amn ehs sevol to rewti to milhfse. I ays all ihts ryve ercaylful, sbaecue I erad it in reh as if it ewre itnepdr on a eapg. yWh do uoy look so sipveen, sri? stI cniehlmtu.
VALENTINE I have dined.	INNEALETV eIv aealrdy eaten.
SPEED Ay, but hearken, sir: though the chameleon Love can feed on the air, I am one that am nourished by my victuals, and would fain have meat. O, be not like your mistress; be moved, be moved!	ESPDE Yse, tbu islten, sri: enve houthg teh acmhnleeo oLev laChesomen ewer thohtug to efde on rai secni eyth anc go onlg oderpsi thtuiow gietan. Hree it loas sfeerr to vlose csnefilesk, sniec ceaelhsomn cna hnegac tirhe color. eth nlomhceea evLo nca deef off the air, I deen aerl ofod rof nsmuhroenti, dna Im eraeg to evah maet. Oh, dnto be ilke uryo mstehviasres a terah!
Exeunt	eThy exit.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter VALENTINE and SPEED	NVINLETEA dna ESPDE enret.
SPEED Sir, your glove.	DPSEE Sir, ereh is ruyo evolg.
He offers a glove.	He rsoffe a lveog.
VALENTINE Not mine. My gloves are on.	ANLEEINVT taTh tsin enim. Im dlraaey nawegri my oegvls.
SPEED Why, then, this may be yours, for this is but one.	DEEPS Wlle, htne, this mya be yoru elvog, acuebes tis all by feislt.
VALENTINE Ha! let me see. Ay, give it me, its mine. 5 Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine! Ah, Sylvia, Sylvia!	VNEAITNEL Ha! teL me ees it. seY, giev it to me. Its mnei. eewtS sceyracos tath valySsi iidnev anhd eraws. Ah vyiaSl, ayvliS!
SPEED [Calling] Madam Sylvia! Madam Sylvia!	EEDPS (lcanilg) aMdmea Slvaiy! mdaaMa ayvilS!
VALENTINE How now, sirrah?	LENNIETVA hWta rae uoy ngiod, apl Sirrah, eht dwor deus in eeaesaphrsSk irniolga nlaagueg, is usde to dredass a sicalo inferior. pal?
SPEED She is not within hearing, sir.	ESDEP heSs too arf aawy to hare me, isr.
VALENTINE 10 Why, sir, who bade you call her?	TEALNNEIV uBt, sri, hwo deksa oyu to lcla tou for reh?
SPEED Your worship, sir, or else I mistook.	PEDSE oYu did, sir, or eesl I rdisutoesonmd ouy.
VALENTINE Well, youll still be too forward.	AIVLNTENE leWl, ryueo awaysl oto utsspmpruuoe.
SPEED And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.	ESEPD veEn ghtohu stla mtei I swa deloscd for giebn oto lswo.
VALENTINE Go to, sir. Tell me, do you know Madam Sylvia?	EEVNLIATN oEugnh, irs. eTll me, do oyu wkno eMmada ySaliv?
SPEED 15 She that your worship loves?	EPESD The dMaaem yavSli yuo oelv, yoru shiowpr?
VALENTINE Why, how know you that I am in love?	ELITAVNEN Wyh, woh do yuo nwok htat I am in leov?
SPEED Marry, by these special marks: first, you have learned, like Sir Proteus, to wreath your arms, like a malcontent; to relish a love-song, like a robin redbreast; to walk alone, like one that had the pestilence; to sigh, like a schoolboy that had lost his A B C; to weep, like a young wench that had buried her grandam; to fast, like one that takes diet; to watch, like one that fears robbing; to speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. You were wont, when you laughed, to crow like a cock; when you walked, to walk like one of the lions; when you fasted, it was presently after dinner; when you looked sadly, it was for want of money. And now you are metamorphosed with a mistress, that when I look on you, I can hardly think you my master.	DESPE uceeBas of lal hte thirg sinsg, of csreou: Frtsi, eikl Sir ruteoPs, uoy haev etrsatd to fdlo rouy smra eilk yuoer nyphuap utboa shtneimog. uYo go ranudo iignsng levo ssogn klei a tsdbereared roinb. ouY lwak noael, ilke eno how sha het gpuael. uoY sgih kile a bhcloooys owh ahs stol ihs kxootbet. uYo eewp, klei a ngyuo lgri hwo has stuj irbdeu hre etromadrngh. uYo ndto aet, ekil eon shwo on a eidt. You tacn eepsl, kile eno who feras engbi erdobb. You hwnie, liek a aeggrb on sHllwaaom lHawsloma, or lAl snaSit yDa, ktoo alcpe on Noebevmr 1, nda it wsa smocuytar on ttha yda to give trychai to rbggeas. like a beggar on womlHaals It udse to be tath nhwe uoy ahedlgu, uyo owdcer like a tsrreoo. Wneh oyu ekwald, uyo awldek like a lnoi. Whne oyu idtnd eta, it was beesuac yuod tujs niefshid lcnhu. heWn uoy edkool dsa, it was uasecbe uoy ewre uto of neomy. And onw a termssis has gnhecad you. neWh I lkoo at yuo, I nca hdylar zeocneirg you as my ratmse.
VALENTINE Are all these things perceived in me?	TEVNNLEIA Cna ouy ees lla eesht nihgts in me?
SPEED They are all perceived without ye.	ESPED Tyhe era lla distoue of uoy, in uyro uaowdtr aeracpnaep.
VALENTINE 20 Without me? They cannot.	NEEAIVNTL tsdOuei of me? yThe ancnto be oeusidt of me.
SPEED Without you? Nay, thats certain, for, without you were so simple, none else would. But you are so without these follies that these follies are within you, and shine through you like the water in an urinal, that not an eye that sees you but is a physician to comment on your malady.	EEPSD etsiOud of uoy? No, Im ures, bueseac if ouy wrtene so sviouob no eno oluwd ees mhte. But ryuo arcapepaen is so emkrad by stehe ofihlso tsirat ahtt eyht sumt be siendi uoy, and tehy ehnis rhthgou oyu as if you erwe arwte in a ajr. vyeeornE htta sese you is ekli a apsynciih hwo wnkso hwy yureo ciks.
VALENTINE But tell me, dost thou know my lady Sylvia?	ELEINANTV Btu letl me, do uyo know my dyal vSliay?
SPEED She that you gaze on so as she sits at supper?	EEPSD Teh womna uyo rtase at lewhi she isst at teh inerdn bleta?
VALENTINE 25 Hast thou observed that? Even she I mean.	ETIVANLNE eaHv uoy eoticnd me doing taht? Yse, ttsha eth amown I enam.
SPEED Why, sir, I know her not.	PESED Well, ris, I odtn nwok ehr at lla.
VALENTINE Dost thou know her by my gazing on her, and yet knowst her not?	LNEETAINV Do ouy kwno erh ynol by my trainsg at rhe nda otn ioswtehre?
SPEED Is she not hard-favored, sir?	DPSEE ntsI seh gyul, sir?
VALENTINE Not so fair, boy, as well-favored.	NLVTIENAE hesS tno as uflieuatb, byo, as hes is oucgaisr.
SPEED 30 Sir, I know that well enough.	EEDPS riS, I kwon taht very well.
VALENTINE What dost thou know?	EINNTVAEL htWa do ouy nwko?
SPEED That she is not so fair as, of you, well-favored.	PSDEE hTe hse tnsi as rtepty as she is odoekl on raoyvalfb by oyu.
VALENTINE I mean that her beauty is exquisite but her favor infinite.	VILAEENTN I nmea hatt rhe uybeta is eeqiuitxs tub ehr iengcsrausso is tnenifii.
SPEED Thats because the one is painted and the other out of all count.	DSPEE Taths scaebeu eht tifrs neo is eodn htwi uamepk nda eth rohet tcna be odtnceu.
VALENTINE 35 How painted? And how out of count?	VENATLENI hWta do yuo amen, node iwth amekup? nAd ywh anct uoy onctu teh treoh?
SPEED Marry, sir, so painted, to make her fair, that no man counts of her beauty.	DEEPS I neam, rsi, sesh so nieptad itwh aupkem to okol fuibletau ttha no nma suvlae her batuye.
VALENTINE How esteemst thou me? I account of her beauty.	LEIVNEANT So ahwt do oyu khint of me, neht? I htnki sehs ryve fulbaeiut.
SPEED You never saw her since she was deformed.	EESDP uoY vtnhea nsee hre esinc ehs wsa oemderfd.
VALENTINE How long hath she been deformed?	NEVTNAEIL oHw olgn sha esh been dmfdreeo?
SPEED 40 Ever since you loved her.	DEESP rEev cnsie uoy lelf in ovel hwit her.
VALENTINE I have loved her ever since I saw her, and still I see her beautiful.	ENATEVNLI I vaeh lvdeo hre vree icnse I irtsf saw erh, dan I tsill ktnih sshe atufilube.
SPEED If you love her, you cannot see her.	SDEEP If oyu elov her neth ouy ocntan ees ehr.
VALENTINE Why?	TVEELNNIA hyW nto?
SPEED Because Love is blind. O, that you had mine eyes, or your own eyes had the lights they were wont to have when you chid at Sir Proteus for going ungartered!	EPSED caBuees Lvoe is lnidb. Oh, if ouy adh my eyes, or if oyu oulcd see as ellcray as uoy idd wenh ouy edocdls Sri Pouestr for not anigewr a gtrear estrarG wree desu to eepk sistgonkc ormf alilgfn, dna gngoi twuhtio getarsr wsa ullppayro odnedriecs a gsin of lovesickness. not aengriw a garter!
VALENTINE 45 What should I see then?	ELEANNVIT hWat lwudo I see nteh?
SPEED Your own present folly and her passing deformity; for he, being in love, could not see to garter his hose, and you, being in love, cannot see to put on your hose.	DPESE oYur onw ruetnrc hlsosfisoen nad reh senoorum iydmtfoer. toPeurs, esacube he was in vleo, otogfr to upt on a regrat to kepe shi tosgknics up, adn ouy, aslo iebgn in elvo, nact ese well huonge to enev tpu on ouyr gotikncss.
VALENTINE Belike, boy, then you are in love, for last morning you could not see to wipe my shoes.	LINNEVAET neTh ebamy, yob, oreyu in oelv, aubcese thsi nmgonri yuo donluct ees ellw uneohg to oishpl my hoses.
SPEED True, sir. I was in love with my bed. I thank you, you swinged me for my love, which makes me the bolder to chide you for yours.	EDPSE eruT, rsi. I saw in veol iwht my bde. I nthak ouyuyo hit me sucebea I was so in elvo, wchhi sah adem me bdol nheguo to loscd ouy ofr rouy evol.
VALENTINE In conclusion, I stand affected to her.	NVNLEAIET In sononcluci, Im in evlo ithw reh.
SPEED 50 I would you were set; so your affection would cease.	SPEED I siwh uoy enertw siagtnnd ceert. abeMy then oyur lveo odwlu go aywa.
VALENTINE Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves.	IEAVENTNL satL thign hse ekdas me to rtwei osem lesin of oryetp to hte one hse svloe.
SPEED And have you?	ESPED dAn idd oyu?
VALENTINE I have.	VNNLIEETA I ddi.
SPEED Are they not lamely writ?	DEPES eehTyr yblad twentri, retna tyeh?
VALENTINE 55 No, boy, but as well as I can do them. Peace, here she comes.	NITLAEENV No, ybo, I torwe emht as wlel as I uolcd. Be tuqei nhrowee she eocms.
Enter SYLVIA	VLSYAI nreste.
SPEED [Aside] O, excellent motion! O, exceeding puppet! Now will he interpret to her.	PDSEE (dseai) Oh, thaw a pppuet wohs! cuhS a reulnofdw epputp seh ksaem. oNw llhe egiv hsi rtmyaoncem on hte hwso.
VALENTINE Madam and mistress, a thousand good-morrows.	NIVTLENAE meaadM nda issmtres, I wihs uyo a notdshau godo nirsngom.
SPEED [Aside] O, give ye good even! Heres a million of manners.	DPSEE (iedsa) dAn doG give yuo a ogod eiengvn! ahWt ansremn!
SYLVIA Sir Valentine and servant, to you two thousand.	LSYIAV rSi ietnelanV nda tsraevn, to you I shiw two uoadnths good mrinogns.
SPEED 60 [Aside] He should give her interest, and she gives it him.	SPEDE (asied) He lduohs otdou erh in mmpsnotelci, ubt ehs douteos him.
VALENTINE As you enjoined me, I have writ your letter Unto the secret, nameless friend of yours, Which I was much unwilling to proceed in But for my duty to your ladyship.	TAVNEIELN As uoy kseda, I aveh wntiter ryou etrelt to ttah ertsce, saymunono edirnf of yosru. hhoTug I idtdn tanw to do it, I roetw it tuo of uytd to uyro ysialdhp.
He gives Sylvia a letter.	He gevis ySavli a rttele.
SYLVIA 65 I thank you, gentle servant. Tis very clerkly done.	YSALIV I thnak oyu, genelt aevrnts. Ist vyre tramyls nitrtwe.
VALENTINE Now trust me, madam, it came hardly off; For, being ignorant to whom it goes, I writ at random, very doubtfully.	ENTLVNAIE oNw tstru me, eammda, it nstwa easy to triew siht, bescuea I adh to be tamoewsh guave esicn I intdd onkw to mhow it louwd go.
SYLVIA Perchance you think too much of so much pains?	ASVIYL sphrPae oyu nhikt it was too humc toulber?
VALENTINE 70 No, madam. So it stead you, I will write Please you commanda thousand times as much. And yet	VAENLTINE No, edmaam. If it pselh yuo, I will wetir a ahtodnus smeti as ynam nleis if yuo liek. dnA eyt . . .
SYLVIA A pretty period! Well, I guess the sequel; And yet I will not name itand yet I care not 75 And yet take this againand yet I thank you, Meaning henceforth to trouble you no more.	SYLAVI A ienf apsue! I cna ugses thwa uyeor iggon to ays netx. nAd eyt I ilwl ont say it. ndA yte I dotn race. dnA tye oyu can atek htsi acbk. dAn eyt nhakts waynay, minneag I notw rhetob you agian.
She offers him the letter.	hSe ofrsfe mih het reltet.
SPEED [Aside] And yet you will, and yet another yet.	PSEED (siade) dAn eyt ouy lwil, dna yte ays eontarh eyt.
VALENTINE What means your ladyship? Do you not like it?	VALINEENT aWth do yuo naem, ruyo hsypiadl? notD ouy kile it?
SYLVIA Yes, yes. The lines are very quaintly writ, 80 But, since unwillingly, take them again. Nay, take them.	ALYVIS sYe, esy. hTe lsnie are evyr ylcnie wrttein, tub sceni you wtroe tmhe so lniigynwull, etka mteh akcb. No, kaet ehtm.
She gives back the letter.	heS sveig kcab eth etlrte.
VALENTINE Madam, they are for you.	ENAINTVLE eadMma, htye are fro oyu.
SYLVIA Ay, ay. You writ them, sir, at my request, But I will none of them. They are for you. 85 I would have had them writ more movingly.	VYLASI eYs, eys. uoY rtwoe mhte, irs, at my etqurse, tbu I tndo twna tmhe. ehTy rae ofr ouy. I swih ythe adh eenb mroe gnlioyvm tietwrn.
VALENTINE Please you, Ill write your ladyship another.	VELIANTEN If it spaesel oyu, lIl iwret rnetaho ofr oyru hyispdla.
SYLVIA And when its writ, for my sake read it over. And if it please you, so; if not, why, so.	SAIYLV Adn ehnw ist twtiren, aedr it eorv fro my kesa. dAn if it elpsesa uyo, iefn. And if it tdoens, ewll, htsta saol nief.
VALENTINE If it please me, madam, what then?	INVNEATLE If it lesapes me, aammde, athw etnh?
SYLVIA 90 Why, if it please you, take it for your labor. And so good morrow, servant.	AYVLSI hWy, if it elassep ouy, htne ekta it as ymntape fro oury hadr rkow. And so doog inmognr nda oodyebg to uyo, tasnver.
Exit SYLVIA	YAIVSL sixte.
SPEED [Aside] O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible As a nose on a mans face or a weathercock on a steeple! My master sues to her, and she hath taught her suitor, 95 He being her pupil, to become her tutor. O excellent device! Was there ever heard a better, That my master, being scribe, to himself should write the letter?	PEDES (asdei) Oh, ahtt koje is as arhd to ese as a noes on a smna aecf or a wetokaeccrh on a elsteep! My ramste laedps iwht reh, dna hes has gtthau mih, ehr ndetuts, to ecebmo ehr tecearh. tahW an eenltcxle rkitc! Has yeonna eerv eradh iagnythn reetbt hant my matres, hte iescrb, gitnirw hte rlteet to hlmeifs?
VALENTINE How now, sir? What, are you reasoning with yourself?	IEEANTNLV shaWt atht, sir? taWh rea you srgoaeinn to foseylur ovre rethe?
SPEED Nay, I was rhyming. Tis you that have the reason.	EEPSD No, I swa hmnrgyi. tsI oyu owhs eenb nigod hte ignraenso.
VALENTINE 100 To do what?	TNNAVIEEL oeasingRn atwh?
SPEED To be a spokesman from Madam Sylvia.	ESEPD To be a msnoakpes ofr ameaMd ylaiSv.
VALENTINE To whom?	ENAVETLIN To ohmw?
SPEED To yourself. Why, she woos you by a figure.	ESPED To euorfyls. hyW, ehss inogow you rytilcnied htiw tish kitcr.
VALENTINE What figure?	ILAENEVNT athW rktci?
SPEED 105 By a letter, I should say.	ESPDE By a rttlee, I hlosud say.
VALENTINE Why, she hath not writ to me.	ATVLIENNE tuB, ehs sthan tnwreti to me.
SPEED What need she, when she hath made you write to yourself? Why, do you not perceive the jest?	EDPES hWy ludow hes nede to hewn shes amde uoy wriet to fleruosy? yWh, tnod uyo get eth jkeo?
VALENTINE No, believe me.	EVLAINTNE No, iebvele me.
SPEED No believing you, indeed, sir. But did you perceive her earnest?	EPEDS No iglibeenv uoy, dindee, ris. iDd oyu itnhk esh was iegbn esruios?
VALENTINE 110 She gave me none, except an angry word.	ELEVANNIT hSe vega me ntonihg ceeptx an anygr drow.
SPEED Why, she hath given you a letter.	PESDE hyW, hess geinv ouy a lteert.
VALENTINE Thats the letter I writ to her friend.	IANVEELTN ahstT eht ertetl I wetor to erh nifred.
SPEED And that letter hath she delivered, and there an end.	ESEDP dnA hses reiveledd taht etterl, dna htsta het edn of it.
VALENTINE I would it were no worse.	ILAEEVNNT I shwi it rwee htta dgoo.
SPEED 115 Ill warrant you, tis as well. For often have you writ to her, and she, in modesty, Or else for want of idle time, could not again reply; Or fearing else some messenger that might her mind discover, Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. 120 All this I speak in print, for in print I found it. Why muse you, sir? Tis dinner time.	DPSEE I iormsep ouy, it is ttah ogdo. ueeasBc eyvou tnoef tenwitr to reh, nad esh, twrhehe uot of yodmtes or basecue ehs tindd eavh eth iemt, or uto of fear atth eht sseergmen ncriygar eth eltter duowl irdsoecv erh gisnfele, tocduln peryl. So hes tuahgt eth amn ehs sevol to rewti to milhfse. I ays all ihts ryve ercaylful, sbaecue I erad it in reh as if it ewre itnepdr on a eapg. yWh do uoy look so sipveen, sri? stI cniehlmtu.
VALENTINE I have dined.	INNEALETV eIv aealrdy eaten.
SPEED Ay, but hearken, sir: though the chameleon Love can feed on the air, I am one that am nourished by my victuals, and would fain have meat. O, be not like your mistress; be moved, be moved!	ESPDE Yse, tbu islten, sri: enve houthg teh acmhnleeo oLev laChesomen ewer thohtug to efde on rai secni eyth anc go onlg oderpsi thtuiow gietan. Hree it loas sfeerr to vlose csnefilesk, sniec ceaelhsomn cna hnegac tirhe color. eth nlomhceea evLo nca deef off the air, I deen aerl ofod rof nsmuhroenti, dna Im eraeg to evah maet. Oh, dnto be ilke uryo mstehviasres a terah!
Exeunt	eThy exit.