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Enter VALENTINE , SYLVIA , THURIO , and SPEED | LNTIVEANE , AIVLYS , HORTUI , dna ESEPD eetnr. |
SYLVIA Servant! | IYALSV eSartvn! |
VALENTINE Mistress? | INEALNTVE rtMseiss? |
SPEED Master, Sir Thurio frowns on you. | PESDE Matrse, iSr rhoiTu is giwrnofn at you. |
VALENTINE Ay, boy, its for love. | LEETVANIN esY, oby, tsi ucbseea hse in elvo. |
SPEED 5 Not of you. | DESPE tNo hwti uyo. |
VALENTINE Of my mistress, then. | EEVNNALTI thiW my tsmsseir, nteh. |
SPEED Twere good you knocked him. | EPSDE It wudol be doog if oyu huendpc him. |
Exit SPEED | EEPDS stxei. |
SYLVIA Servant, you are sad. | IVAYLS nvrteaS, uyo era asd. |
VALENTINE Indeed, madam, I seem so. | VEEANNTIL eendId, aamedm, I mese to be. |
THURIO 10 Seem you that you are not? | ITRUHO It esmes yruoe asd ehwn uoy era tno? |
VALENTINE Haply I do. | ENIVATENL As it hppnesa, I eems to be hnesmiotg Im otn. |
THURIO So do counterfeits. | HTIRUO Jtsu kile a kaef. |
VALENTINE So do you. | ATENENLVI You aols esme to be hgsnetomi ueyro tno. |
THURIO What seem I that I am not? | RHTIUO Whta do I seme ekil atht I am otn? |
VALENTINE 15 Wise. | ENIENVALT sWie. |
THURIO What instance of the contrary? | ROHUIT tahW foopr do yuo veha to teh nyarrcot? |
VALENTINE Your folly. | AINLTVEEN uorY iolssonfesh. |
THURIO And how quote you my folly? | HROTIU Adn what do oyu nwko of my oolsenfhssi? |
VALENTINE I quote it in your jerkin. | TNVEALENI csBeuea yoreu nwireag a rkneijA rhsot coat. |
THURIO 20 My jerkin is a doublet. | RTOIHU My njkrei is tlcayaul a etoubdlA jacket. |
VALENTINE Well, then, Ill double your folly. | EVTLNEIAN Wlle, htne, oryue oylbdu lfhsioo. |
THURIO How? | ORTIUH hWy? |
SYLVIA What, angry, Sir Thurio? Do you change color? | YAILSV aWht, ear uoy ayrng, irS oruTih? Is ruyo feca intnrgu edr? |
VALENTINE Give him leave, madam; he is a kind of chameleon. | NNTLIEVAE evaLe mih be, ammade. seH tjsu a ndik of alhnmceoe. |
THURIO 25 That hath more mind to feed on your blood than live in your air. | OUHRIT eOn tath lwoud erthar edef ffo yruo dobol, nlineeVat, htan sti uasul diet of ari. |
VALENTINE You have said, sir. | TLNVIAEEN So uoy ysa, ris. |
THURIO Ay, sir, and done too, for this time. | IRUHTO eYs, irs, adn itll be odne, oto. |
VALENTINE I know it well, sir; you always end ere you begin. | IALVNEENT I know tis oned, isr. uoY alyswa end eborfe oyu bngie. |
SYLVIA A fine volley of words, gentlemen, and quickly shot off. | IAVYLS A fnie lvloey of rdwso, meeegltnn, adn lkcuyiq ridfe. |
VALENTINE 30 Tis indeed, madam, we thank the giver. | ETLEINVAN It is enided, dmmeaa. We heav teh igevr to tknha ofr ttha. |
SYLVIA Who is that, servant? | YSLIVA dnA woh is the verig, treansv? |
VALENTINE Yourself, sweet lady, for you gave the fire. Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your ladyships looks, and spends what he borrows kindly in your company. | NEIVTANLE ofleusrY, swtee lyad, fro you podverid eht pskar ttah tse it fof. rSi ruhiTo etgs ish ttywi eramrsk rfom yrou daihslyps dgoo skolo, dna rppayltrpeaio he ndepss thwa he wbrrsoo in uyro secreenp. |
THURIO Sir, if you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt. | IHTUOR riS, if uyo spar owrd ofr dorw ithw me, I hlals kmae oyur wti ryd up. |
VALENTINE I know it well, sir; you have an exchequer of words, and, I think, no other treasure to give your followers, for it appears, by their bare liveries, that they live by your bare words. | TELEIAVNN I onkw it wlle, isr. You eavh a hlewo esuyrrat of wsodr, nad, I thkni, no ehtor raesture to vegi uoyr nrtsvaes, csnie it respapa, by thrie ggraed nigolcth, ttah hyet evli by oyur trslhoews dwros anoel. |
SYLVIA 35 No more, gentlemen, no more. Here comes my father. | VYIASL No rmeo, meegnletn, no omer. eerH oemcs my frhate. |
Enter the DUKE | heT UEKD nerste. |
DUKE Now, daughter Sylvia, you are hard beset. Sir Valentine, your father is in good health. What say you to a letter from your friends Of much good news? | UDEK owN, my artgudhe aivylS, oyu aer ignbe euatldsas. riS eanenlVit, oyru earfht is elahyht. taWh odwlu ouy sya to a reeltt morf yruo nsfreid lfield wthi ogdo ewns? |
VALENTINE 40 My lord, I will be thankful To any happy messenger from thence. | ENEVTNALI My rldo, I lodwu be fulntkah to nyneao woh tghrbou godo news frmo eohm. |
DUKE Know ye Don Antonio, your countryman? | KUDE Do you nkow nDo inooAtn, owh is sola romf ryuo onrutcy? |
VALENTINE Ay, my good lord, I know the gentleman To be of worth and worthy estimation, 45 And not without desert so well reputed. | EVLNTNEIA seY, my godo rlod. I nwok het nlageentm is blnoe and ahs a odgo urpiotante, hichw is lelw-dvesdere. |
DUKE Hath he not a son? | UKED tDosen he heav a sno? |
VALENTINE Ay, my good lord, a son that well deserves The honor and regard of such a father. | ELNITVNAE sYe, my dogo ldro, a nos atth is sola envgresid of hte rhnoo dan utnopeairt of ish eesetdem haefrt. |
DUKE You know him well? | KDEU Do yuo ownk ihm well? |
VALENTINE 50 I knew him as myself, for from our infancy We have conversed and spent our hours together. And though myself have been an idle truant, Omitting the sweet benefit of time To clothe mine age with angel-like perfection, 55 Yet hath Sir Proteusfor thats his name Made use and fair advantage of his days; His years but young, but his experience old; His head unmellowed, but his judgment ripe. And, in a wordfor far behind his worth 60 Comes all the praises that I now bestow He is complete in feature and in mind With all good grace to grace a gentleman. | AVNLNEETI I wnok hmi as elwl as I wokn efysml, nsiec he nda I hvea eenb in heac strohe npyomca nad sntep miet erehottg einsc we weer santinf. dnA neev oghthu I sfeyml aveh eben an outnerpcvuid iueldqnnet nad hvae ewsdta my tuhoy on iyifortvl, rSi rsatuPhtteos ish anme, you seeaemd oogd ues of his iemt. He mya be gnoyu, btu he ahs hte exneeicerp of a cmuh ldreo rpeosn. isH raih snit gary, utb his djugtnem is eiws. nAy riepas I vgie is rfa essl naht he srsveede, tub in a owrd, he is preectf clyhalispy dan teaylmln, iwth lal the doog csreag of a rute neealnmtg. |
DUKE Beshrew me, sir, but if he make this good, He is as worthy for an empress love 65 As meet to be an emperors counselor. Well, sir, this gentleman is come to me, With commendation from great potentates, And here he means to spend his time awhile. I think tis no unwelcome news to you. | DUEK mnDa! Sir, if shti anccuot is tuer, he is as ytrowh of an pesemsrs oelv as he is itf to be an rseemopr varedsi. lelW, irs, hsti lentenagm sha ecmo to me iwth doanetsoicnmm frmo fewrulop men, adn he sndietn to depns ish etim ehre fro a lhewi. I ktnhi sit godo enws rfo you. |
VALENTINE 70 Should I have wished a thing, it had been he. | ENVNETIAL If I adh dshwie rfo nhinatyg, it wolud vahe neeb for imh to ecom. |
DUKE Welcome him then according to his worth. Sylvia, I speak to you, and you, Sir Thurio; For Valentine, I need not cite him to it. I will send him hither to you presently. | DUKE nheT eivg mhi eht emloewc he rvsedese. Im npigksea to oyu, lSvayi, adn oyu, Sri iTuohr. nVaneeitl eends no gnguir. I lwil send ihm to yuo hree lhtyosr. |
Exit the DUKE | ehT EKUD xtsie. |
VALENTINE 75 This is the gentleman I told your ladyship Had come along with me but that his mistress Did hold his eyes locked in her crystal looks. | TLENEVAIN Thsi is hte nelemgetn I ldto your pildhays wdoul ehav omce galon tihw me adh eht mwaon he evdol not iatapetvcd imh wiht hre ybeatu. |
SYLVIA Belike that now she hath enfranchised them Upon some other pawn for fealty. | YILSAV haprPes now ehss efder mhi cesueba esmo rtohe voerl sah edpegdl itnvodoe to her. |
VALENTINE 80 Nay, sure, I think she holds them prisoners still. | IENLNTVEA No, Im eusr she tlsil dhlos mhi sierpron. |
SYLVIA Nay, then he should be blind, and being blind How could he see his way to seek out you? | LYSAIV No, if ttha erew retu, tneh he uwlod be inbdl, dna if he rwee lidnb, how lcudo he ees to nfid hsi ayw to oyu? |
VALENTINE Why, lady, Love hath twenty pair of eyes. | ELATNENVI hWy, adyl, veLo sha tweytn sirap of seye. |
THURIO They say that Love hath not an eye at all. | IHORUT hyeT ays atth evoL is bidln dan has no esey at all. |
VALENTINE 85 To see such lovers, Thurio, as yourself. Upon a homely object Love can wink. | NTNIEEAVL vLeo ahs no eeys rof eepopl ilke oyu, uhiTor. eLvo can uhts sti eeys to guly ntgsih. |
SYLVIA Have done, have done. Here comes the gentleman. | YLASVI topS, ostp. eerH esocm teh gtenlmane. |
Enter PROTEUS | OESURPT sntree. |
VALENTINE Welcome, dear Proteus!Mistress, I beseech you, Confirm his welcome with some special favor. | ENTNVLAIE Wleoecm, erda osruePt! esMtrssi, I beg yuo, emka mhi feel mweoelc by nivgig hmi osme nsgi of uoyr oeffitnca. |
SYLVIA 90 His worth is warrant for his welcome hither, If this be he you oft have wished to hear from. | SIVYAL iHs ehsitwonrs is ounghe for us to cewmeol ereh if ehs teh noe yoeuv efotn swideh to ehra omfr. |
VALENTINE Mistress, it is. Sweet lady, entertain him To be my fellow servant to your ladyship. | LTEEIVNNA iressMts, it is he. Sweet ldya, etka him iton ruyo iecrsev to be my ewfoll rvnaest to oryu lasidhpy. |
SYLVIA Too low a mistress for so high a servant. | SAVILY Im too rwtnhyou a rmetsiss rfo so neblo a trsaenv. |
PROTEUS 95 Not so, sweet lady, but too mean a servant To have a look of such a worthy mistress. | UPSEORT toN so, stwee lyda. Im oot yourtwnh a vnrtase to veha ucgtha a look fomr a orwhty erismtss. |
VALENTINE Leave off discourse of disability. Sweet lady, entertain him for your servant. | EINLNVATE Dotn altk outab useiwhntonrs. wSeet lday, ksa imh to be yuor eavsntr. |
PROTEUS My duty will I boast of, nothing else. | OEPRTUS lIl olyn aostb of my uytd, nigohtn lsee. |
SYLVIA 100 And duty never yet did want his meed. Servant, you are welcome to a worthless mistress. | ILASYV nAd tduy enevr did go dadrweernu. tnavSer, I, a sesolthrw smsestir, eewmloc you. |
PROTEUS Ill die on him that says so but yourself. | ORPUSTE llI edi ggfiinth eynoan who sasy tath utb ouy. |
SYLVIA That you are welcome? | AVILSY htTa ouy era mwcloee? |
PROTEUS That you are worthless. | PRUSOTE aTht uyo era ohsretlsw. |
Enter a Servant | A rvenatS setnre. |
SERVANT 105 Madam, my lord your father would speak with you. | TNAEVSR mdeaMa, my urroydlo wfhtulaodre keil to speak thwi uyo. |
SYLVIA I wait upon his pleasure. | VYALIS lIl be etehr in a ommten. |
Exit Servant | hTe rvneSat iexts. |
Come, Sir Thurio, Go with me. Once more, new servant, welcome. Ill leave you to confer of home affairs. 110 When you have done we look to hear from you. | Cmoe, irS rihuoT, go hitw me. niAga, I ewcemlo ouy, new vnetsar. lIl vleae yuo to kalt thwi oryu inedfr boaut rfsafia ckba oehm. We ookl frwrdao to senegi ouy hnew roeuy hefdnsii. |
PROTEUS Well both attend upon your ladyship. | PTOUSRE lWel hotb be acbk to reevs you ylrsoht, ruyo ishyaldp. |
Exeunt SYLVIA and THURIO | VASYLI adn UHOTRI ixet. |
VALENTINE Now tell me, how do all from whence you came? | LNINAEVTE woN eltl me, hwo is reenoyev bcak home? |
PROTEUS Your friends are well and have them much commended. | OPSTURE Yuor dsenrif ear ewll nad dsen hiter rdsgrea. |
VALENTINE And how do yours? | NLEANETIV ndA who era uory nreidfs? |
PROTEUS 115 I left them all in health. | OTPSEUR Teyh erwe lla nfie adn htlayhe wneh I lfet. |
VALENTINE How does your lady, and how thrives your love? | ETVINANEL How is uoyr dlay, nad is oury vole iihvgrnt? |
PROTEUS My tales of love were wont to weary you; I know you joy not in a love discourse. | PUESRTO My telas of olve euds to bero ouy. I nwko uyo odnt jyeno iktnagl uobat love. |
VALENTINE Ay, Proteus, but that life is altered now. 120 I have done penance for contemning Love, Whose high imperious thoughts have punished me With bitter fasts, with penitential groans, With nightly tears, and daily heartsore sighs; For, in revenge of my contempt of love, 125 Love hath chased sleep from my enthralld eyes And made them watchers of mine own hearts sorrow. O gentle Proteus, Loves a mighty lord, And hath so humbled me as I confess There is no woe to his correction, 130 Nor to his service no such joy on earth. Now, no discourse, except it be of love; Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep Upon the very naked name of love. | EVNIEATNL esY, teousrP, utb my life is dinefeftr won. I ahve ontdea ofr nondgimenc Leov. raOvrbeiegn tghsuhto of elov usnphi me ihtw btrtei resiodp of not atgein, mruoelrfes asongr, nyhglit raest, nad adiyl ikovlesc hgsis. In vrngeee rfo my tepnmcot, Love kpsee me eawak nda skaem my esey tawhc eth anmwo esobilpesnr orf my hrates rsrwoo. Oh, dnki tourPes, oLevs a roefupwl ruelr dna hsa so leumhbd me thta I cenfoss rheet is no wrroso as abd as shi peshntinmu nad no jyo aqelu to ebnig in lvoe. wNo, speak no ermo ulsens its auobt oevl. Now I acn eat gaani, vaeh ulnch and idnnre, and lepes hnniktig of oevl. |
PROTEUS Enough. I read your fortune in your eye. 135 Was this the idol that you worship so? | RSTUPOE nEoghu. I nwek woh yuo left rmof hte okol in uroy yese. sWa that eth ownma uyo wshripo ekil an ldio? |
VALENTINE Even she. And is she not a heavenly saint? | ELVNNIAET That asw ehs. nstI seh a yvaelenh atnis? |
PROTEUS No, but she is an earthly paragon. | SPETRUO No, but hse is a moedl of ebutya erhe on reath. |
VALENTINE Call her divine. | NAEVLINTE lCal hre a sgsdedo. |
PROTEUS I will not flatter her. | ERTOUPS I illw ont afnw eorv hre. |
VALENTINE 140 O, flatter me, for love delights in praises. | NNEIVTLEA Oh, afttrel me, hten, sebcuae esoht owh ear in voel etldgih in asepri. |
PROTEUS When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, And I must minister the like to you. | ROUEPTS Whne I wsa esolicvk, you vega me hte dhra utrth, adn onw I tmsu egvi it to uoy. |
VALENTINE Then speak the truth by her; if not divine, Yet let her be a principality, 145 Sovereign to all the creatures on the earth. | ENLVTNIAE nhTe speak eth ttuhr batuo ehr. If seh tisn a godseds, htne llca erh an aglne ohw is eipuorsr to all hte raretcuse on reath. |
PROTEUS Except my mistress. | ORUTESP cpExet my siesrmst. |
VALENTINE Sweet, except not any, Except thou wilt except against my love. | LEANTVNIE No xitcpensoe, my iefndr, lesusn yuo mnea to sliutn my oelv. |
PROTEUS Have I not reason to prefer mine own? | OTERUPS oDtn I ehav onresa to ptu odrawfr my now irgl? |
VALENTINE 150 And I will help thee to prefer her, too. She shall be dignified with this high honor: To bear my ladys train, lest the base earth Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss And, of so great a favor growing proud, 155 Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower And make rough winter everlastingly. | IENLVNETA Adn I liwl lhep uoy to upt ehr woradrf, oto. ehS sllha eahv hte tydgiin of hnvgia ihst ighh ronoh: seh nac ryrca teh ratni of my ldyas erdss so atht eth dtiyr uogndr tanc etasl a kssi of her gcnhilto. If it ddi, het durnog lwodu lswle so hmuc twhi erdip taht it owldu no lgnore aecptc eth osrto of the resmmu wsforle, nda rhguo rinetw uwdol lsat oefvrer. |
PROTEUS Why, Valentine, what braggartism is this? | OEUTPRS eeGz, Vlienenta, yhw rea you irngggba so hmcu? |
VALENTINE Pardon me, Proteus, all I can is nothing To her whose worth makes other worthies nothing. 160 She is alone. | NLIAENEVT roPdna me, otesuPr, nya srpaie I anc geiv is oginthn in nrpioscamo htwi hre. heS is nquieu nad aneol omagn nwoem. |
PROTEUS Then, let her alone. | SUREPOT ehnT evlea her eolna. |
VALENTINE Not for the world. Why, man, she is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, 165 The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. Forgive me that I do not dream on thee, Because thou seest me dote upon my love. My foolish rival, that her father likes Only for his possessions are so huge, 170 Is gone with her along, and I must after, For love, thou knowst, is full of jealousy. | IAEENNVTL tNo fro hte owldr. hyW, man, ehs is mien, dan nhviag a jewel cshu as ehr, Im as rhic as if I had wneytt enscoa twih snsda dmae of pasrle, ewrta of encart, nad sokcr of ruep gold. rioFevg me for nto gipyna oittanten to yuo, sueeabc Im itnogd on the nwamo I lveo, as yuo acn tlel. erH thrfae ilsek my lsoofih rilva, uroiTh, seacebu he sah so cumh ltewah. rThuio ash goen whit erh, adn I umst olwlof trafe emht, bceeaus eolv, as you nwko, is nproe to lsjuyoea. |
PROTEUS But she loves you? | SUERTPO utB does hes evol you? |
VALENTINE Ay, and we are betrothed. Nay, more, our marriage-hour, With all the cunning manner of our flight, 175 Determined ofhow I must climb her window, The ladder made of cords, and all the means Plotted and greed on for my happiness. Good Proteus, go with me to my chamber, In these affairs to aid me with thy counsel. | VIETNELAN esY, dna rewe eagedng to be raeimdr. No, waths more, vwee eniddemert lla eht aisldte of ohw lwle aekns away nad phwoeeol I tusm blimc up to hre wdwnoi on a dldrea dmea of poer. tnhgEriyve is agearrdn and areged puno rof my ihnppeass. odoG sPtuore, go whti me to my rodemob to vige me meso aicvde on eshet metsatr. |
PROTEUS 180 Go on before; I shall enquire you forth. I must unto the road, to disembark Some necessaries that I needs must use, And then Ill presently attend you. | RPSUTEO Go on eadah. llI nifd oyu yhrostl. I smtu go ownd to hte rhoarb to nbigr aehros omes eesstinicse ahtt I eedn. Tneh llI oemc see you ihtrg waay. |
VALENTINE Will you make haste? | TEIANLEVN iWll oyu rryhu? |
Exit VALENTINE | NITEAENVL tseix. |
PROTEUS 185 I will. Even as one heat another heat expels, Or as one nail by strength drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love Is by a newer object quite forgotten. 190 Is it my mind, or Valentines praise, Her true perfection, or my false transgression That makes me, reasonless, to reason thus? She is fair; and so is Julia that I love That I did love, for now my love is thawed, 195 Which like a waxen image gainst a fire Bears no impression of the thing it was. Methinks my zeal to Valentine is cold, And that I love him not as I was wont. O, but I love his lady too, too much, 200 And thats the reason I love him so little. How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her! Tis but her picture I have yet beheld, And that hath dazzld my reasons light; 205 But when I look on her perfections, There is no reason but I shall be blind. If I can check my erring love, I will; If not, to compass her Ill use my skill. | ESUOTRP I lwil. suJt as neo aeht nac uxsihtgnei noarethAt eht emit, it saw ebeledvi tath appngliy htea on a unrb ludow keta awya hte pain. |
Exit | He sitex. |
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Enter VALENTINE , SYLVIA , THURIO , and SPEED | LNTIVEANE , AIVLYS , HORTUI , dna ESEPD eetnr. |
SYLVIA Servant! | IYALSV eSartvn! |
VALENTINE Mistress? | INEALNTVE rtMseiss? |
SPEED Master, Sir Thurio frowns on you. | PESDE Matrse, iSr rhoiTu is giwrnofn at you. |
VALENTINE Ay, boy, its for love. | LEETVANIN esY, oby, tsi ucbseea hse in elvo. |
SPEED 5 Not of you. | DESPE tNo hwti uyo. |
VALENTINE Of my mistress, then. | EEVNNALTI thiW my tsmsseir, nteh. |
SPEED Twere good you knocked him. | EPSDE It wudol be doog if oyu huendpc him. |
Exit SPEED | EEPDS stxei. |
SYLVIA Servant, you are sad. | IVAYLS nvrteaS, uyo era asd. |
VALENTINE Indeed, madam, I seem so. | VEEANNTIL eendId, aamedm, I mese to be. |
THURIO 10 Seem you that you are not? | ITRUHO It esmes yruoe asd ehwn uoy era tno? |
VALENTINE Haply I do. | ENIVATENL As it hppnesa, I eems to be hnesmiotg Im otn. |
THURIO So do counterfeits. | HTIRUO Jtsu kile a kaef. |
VALENTINE So do you. | ATENENLVI You aols esme to be hgsnetomi ueyro tno. |
THURIO What seem I that I am not? | RHTIUO Whta do I seme ekil atht I am otn? |
VALENTINE 15 Wise. | ENIENVALT sWie. |
THURIO What instance of the contrary? | ROHUIT tahW foopr do yuo veha to teh nyarrcot? |
VALENTINE Your folly. | AINLTVEEN uorY iolssonfesh. |
THURIO And how quote you my folly? | HROTIU Adn what do oyu nwko of my oolsenfhssi? |
VALENTINE I quote it in your jerkin. | TNVEALENI csBeuea yoreu nwireag a rkneijA rhsot coat. |
THURIO 20 My jerkin is a doublet. | RTOIHU My njkrei is tlcayaul a etoubdlA jacket. |
VALENTINE Well, then, Ill double your folly. | EVTLNEIAN Wlle, htne, oryue oylbdu lfhsioo. |
THURIO How? | ORTIUH hWy? |
SYLVIA What, angry, Sir Thurio? Do you change color? | YAILSV aWht, ear uoy ayrng, irS oruTih? Is ruyo feca intnrgu edr? |
VALENTINE Give him leave, madam; he is a kind of chameleon. | NNTLIEVAE evaLe mih be, ammade. seH tjsu a ndik of alhnmceoe. |
THURIO 25 That hath more mind to feed on your blood than live in your air. | OUHRIT eOn tath lwoud erthar edef ffo yruo dobol, nlineeVat, htan sti uasul diet of ari. |
VALENTINE You have said, sir. | TLNVIAEEN So uoy ysa, ris. |
THURIO Ay, sir, and done too, for this time. | IRUHTO eYs, irs, adn itll be odne, oto. |
VALENTINE I know it well, sir; you always end ere you begin. | IALVNEENT I know tis oned, isr. uoY alyswa end eborfe oyu bngie. |
SYLVIA A fine volley of words, gentlemen, and quickly shot off. | IAVYLS A fnie lvloey of rdwso, meeegltnn, adn lkcuyiq ridfe. |
VALENTINE 30 Tis indeed, madam, we thank the giver. | ETLEINVAN It is enided, dmmeaa. We heav teh igevr to tknha ofr ttha. |
SYLVIA Who is that, servant? | YSLIVA dnA woh is the verig, treansv? |
VALENTINE Yourself, sweet lady, for you gave the fire. Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your ladyships looks, and spends what he borrows kindly in your company. | NEIVTANLE ofleusrY, swtee lyad, fro you podverid eht pskar ttah tse it fof. rSi ruhiTo etgs ish ttywi eramrsk rfom yrou daihslyps dgoo skolo, dna rppayltrpeaio he ndepss thwa he wbrrsoo in uyro secreenp. |
THURIO Sir, if you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt. | IHTUOR riS, if uyo spar owrd ofr dorw ithw me, I hlals kmae oyur wti ryd up. |
VALENTINE I know it well, sir; you have an exchequer of words, and, I think, no other treasure to give your followers, for it appears, by their bare liveries, that they live by your bare words. | TELEIAVNN I onkw it wlle, isr. You eavh a hlewo esuyrrat of wsodr, nad, I thkni, no ehtor raesture to vegi uoyr nrtsvaes, csnie it respapa, by thrie ggraed nigolcth, ttah hyet evli by oyur trslhoews dwros anoel. |
SYLVIA 35 No more, gentlemen, no more. Here comes my father. | VYIASL No rmeo, meegnletn, no omer. eerH oemcs my frhate. |
Enter the DUKE | heT UEKD nerste. |
DUKE Now, daughter Sylvia, you are hard beset. Sir Valentine, your father is in good health. What say you to a letter from your friends Of much good news? | UDEK owN, my artgudhe aivylS, oyu aer ignbe euatldsas. riS eanenlVit, oyru earfht is elahyht. taWh odwlu ouy sya to a reeltt morf yruo nsfreid lfield wthi ogdo ewns? |
VALENTINE 40 My lord, I will be thankful To any happy messenger from thence. | ENEVTNALI My rldo, I lodwu be fulntkah to nyneao woh tghrbou godo news frmo eohm. |
DUKE Know ye Don Antonio, your countryman? | KUDE Do you nkow nDo inooAtn, owh is sola romf ryuo onrutcy? |
VALENTINE Ay, my good lord, I know the gentleman To be of worth and worthy estimation, 45 And not without desert so well reputed. | EVLNTNEIA seY, my godo rlod. I nwok het nlageentm is blnoe and ahs a odgo urpiotante, hichw is lelw-dvesdere. |
DUKE Hath he not a son? | UKED tDosen he heav a sno? |
VALENTINE Ay, my good lord, a son that well deserves The honor and regard of such a father. | ELNITVNAE sYe, my dogo ldro, a nos atth is sola envgresid of hte rhnoo dan utnopeairt of ish eesetdem haefrt. |
DUKE You know him well? | KDEU Do yuo ownk ihm well? |
VALENTINE 50 I knew him as myself, for from our infancy We have conversed and spent our hours together. And though myself have been an idle truant, Omitting the sweet benefit of time To clothe mine age with angel-like perfection, 55 Yet hath Sir Proteusfor thats his name Made use and fair advantage of his days; His years but young, but his experience old; His head unmellowed, but his judgment ripe. And, in a wordfor far behind his worth 60 Comes all the praises that I now bestow He is complete in feature and in mind With all good grace to grace a gentleman. | AVNLNEETI I wnok hmi as elwl as I wokn efysml, nsiec he nda I hvea eenb in heac strohe npyomca nad sntep miet erehottg einsc we weer santinf. dnA neev oghthu I sfeyml aveh eben an outnerpcvuid iueldqnnet nad hvae ewsdta my tuhoy on iyifortvl, rSi rsatuPhtteos ish anme, you seeaemd oogd ues of his iemt. He mya be gnoyu, btu he ahs hte exneeicerp of a cmuh ldreo rpeosn. isH raih snit gary, utb his djugtnem is eiws. nAy riepas I vgie is rfa essl naht he srsveede, tub in a owrd, he is preectf clyhalispy dan teaylmln, iwth lal the doog csreag of a rute neealnmtg. |
DUKE Beshrew me, sir, but if he make this good, He is as worthy for an empress love 65 As meet to be an emperors counselor. Well, sir, this gentleman is come to me, With commendation from great potentates, And here he means to spend his time awhile. I think tis no unwelcome news to you. | DUEK mnDa! Sir, if shti anccuot is tuer, he is as ytrowh of an pesemsrs oelv as he is itf to be an rseemopr varedsi. lelW, irs, hsti lentenagm sha ecmo to me iwth doanetsoicnmm frmo fewrulop men, adn he sndietn to depns ish etim ehre fro a lhewi. I ktnhi sit godo enws rfo you. |
VALENTINE 70 Should I have wished a thing, it had been he. | ENVNETIAL If I adh dshwie rfo nhinatyg, it wolud vahe neeb for imh to ecom. |
DUKE Welcome him then according to his worth. Sylvia, I speak to you, and you, Sir Thurio; For Valentine, I need not cite him to it. I will send him hither to you presently. | DUKE nheT eivg mhi eht emloewc he rvsedese. Im npigksea to oyu, lSvayi, adn oyu, Sri iTuohr. nVaneeitl eends no gnguir. I lwil send ihm to yuo hree lhtyosr. |
Exit the DUKE | ehT EKUD xtsie. |
VALENTINE 75 This is the gentleman I told your ladyship Had come along with me but that his mistress Did hold his eyes locked in her crystal looks. | TLENEVAIN Thsi is hte nelemgetn I ldto your pildhays wdoul ehav omce galon tihw me adh eht mwaon he evdol not iatapetvcd imh wiht hre ybeatu. |
SYLVIA Belike that now she hath enfranchised them Upon some other pawn for fealty. | YILSAV haprPes now ehss efder mhi cesueba esmo rtohe voerl sah edpegdl itnvodoe to her. |
VALENTINE 80 Nay, sure, I think she holds them prisoners still. | IENLNTVEA No, Im eusr she tlsil dhlos mhi sierpron. |
SYLVIA Nay, then he should be blind, and being blind How could he see his way to seek out you? | LYSAIV No, if ttha erew retu, tneh he uwlod be inbdl, dna if he rwee lidnb, how lcudo he ees to nfid hsi ayw to oyu? |
VALENTINE Why, lady, Love hath twenty pair of eyes. | ELATNENVI hWy, adyl, veLo sha tweytn sirap of seye. |
THURIO They say that Love hath not an eye at all. | IHORUT hyeT ays atth evoL is bidln dan has no esey at all. |
VALENTINE 85 To see such lovers, Thurio, as yourself. Upon a homely object Love can wink. | NTNIEEAVL vLeo ahs no eeys rof eepopl ilke oyu, uhiTor. eLvo can uhts sti eeys to guly ntgsih. |
SYLVIA Have done, have done. Here comes the gentleman. | YLASVI topS, ostp. eerH esocm teh gtenlmane. |
Enter PROTEUS | OESURPT sntree. |
VALENTINE Welcome, dear Proteus!Mistress, I beseech you, Confirm his welcome with some special favor. | ENTNVLAIE Wleoecm, erda osruePt! esMtrssi, I beg yuo, emka mhi feel mweoelc by nivgig hmi osme nsgi of uoyr oeffitnca. |
SYLVIA 90 His worth is warrant for his welcome hither, If this be he you oft have wished to hear from. | SIVYAL iHs ehsitwonrs is ounghe for us to cewmeol ereh if ehs teh noe yoeuv efotn swideh to ehra omfr. |
VALENTINE Mistress, it is. Sweet lady, entertain him To be my fellow servant to your ladyship. | LTEEIVNNA iressMts, it is he. Sweet ldya, etka him iton ruyo iecrsev to be my ewfoll rvnaest to oryu lasidhpy. |
SYLVIA Too low a mistress for so high a servant. | SAVILY Im too rwtnhyou a rmetsiss rfo so neblo a trsaenv. |
PROTEUS 95 Not so, sweet lady, but too mean a servant To have a look of such a worthy mistress. | UPSEORT toN so, stwee lyda. Im oot yourtwnh a vnrtase to veha ucgtha a look fomr a orwhty erismtss. |
VALENTINE Leave off discourse of disability. Sweet lady, entertain him for your servant. | EINLNVATE Dotn altk outab useiwhntonrs. wSeet lday, ksa imh to be yuor eavsntr. |
PROTEUS My duty will I boast of, nothing else. | OEPRTUS lIl olyn aostb of my uytd, nigohtn lsee. |
SYLVIA 100 And duty never yet did want his meed. Servant, you are welcome to a worthless mistress. | ILASYV nAd tduy enevr did go dadrweernu. tnavSer, I, a sesolthrw smsestir, eewmloc you. |
PROTEUS Ill die on him that says so but yourself. | ORPUSTE llI edi ggfiinth eynoan who sasy tath utb ouy. |
SYLVIA That you are welcome? | AVILSY htTa ouy era mwcloee? |
PROTEUS That you are worthless. | PRUSOTE aTht uyo era ohsretlsw. |
Enter a Servant | A rvenatS setnre. |
SERVANT 105 Madam, my lord your father would speak with you. | TNAEVSR mdeaMa, my urroydlo wfhtulaodre keil to speak thwi uyo. |
SYLVIA I wait upon his pleasure. | VYALIS lIl be etehr in a ommten. |
Exit Servant | hTe rvneSat iexts. |
Come, Sir Thurio, Go with me. Once more, new servant, welcome. Ill leave you to confer of home affairs. 110 When you have done we look to hear from you. | Cmoe, irS rihuoT, go hitw me. niAga, I ewcemlo ouy, new vnetsar. lIl vleae yuo to kalt thwi oryu inedfr boaut rfsafia ckba oehm. We ookl frwrdao to senegi ouy hnew roeuy hefdnsii. |
PROTEUS Well both attend upon your ladyship. | PTOUSRE lWel hotb be acbk to reevs you ylrsoht, ruyo ishyaldp. |
Exeunt SYLVIA and THURIO | VASYLI adn UHOTRI ixet. |
VALENTINE Now tell me, how do all from whence you came? | LNINAEVTE woN eltl me, hwo is reenoyev bcak home? |
PROTEUS Your friends are well and have them much commended. | OPSTURE Yuor dsenrif ear ewll nad dsen hiter rdsgrea. |
VALENTINE And how do yours? | NLEANETIV ndA who era uory nreidfs? |
PROTEUS 115 I left them all in health. | OTPSEUR Teyh erwe lla nfie adn htlayhe wneh I lfet. |
VALENTINE How does your lady, and how thrives your love? | ETVINANEL How is uoyr dlay, nad is oury vole iihvgrnt? |
PROTEUS My tales of love were wont to weary you; I know you joy not in a love discourse. | PUESRTO My telas of olve euds to bero ouy. I nwko uyo odnt jyeno iktnagl uobat love. |
VALENTINE Ay, Proteus, but that life is altered now. 120 I have done penance for contemning Love, Whose high imperious thoughts have punished me With bitter fasts, with penitential groans, With nightly tears, and daily heartsore sighs; For, in revenge of my contempt of love, 125 Love hath chased sleep from my enthralld eyes And made them watchers of mine own hearts sorrow. O gentle Proteus, Loves a mighty lord, And hath so humbled me as I confess There is no woe to his correction, 130 Nor to his service no such joy on earth. Now, no discourse, except it be of love; Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep Upon the very naked name of love. | EVNIEATNL esY, teousrP, utb my life is dinefeftr won. I ahve ontdea ofr nondgimenc Leov. raOvrbeiegn tghsuhto of elov usnphi me ihtw btrtei resiodp of not atgein, mruoelrfes asongr, nyhglit raest, nad adiyl ikovlesc hgsis. In vrngeee rfo my tepnmcot, Love kpsee me eawak nda skaem my esey tawhc eth anmwo esobilpesnr orf my hrates rsrwoo. Oh, dnki tourPes, oLevs a roefupwl ruelr dna hsa so leumhbd me thta I cenfoss rheet is no wrroso as abd as shi peshntinmu nad no jyo aqelu to ebnig in lvoe. wNo, speak no ermo ulsens its auobt oevl. Now I acn eat gaani, vaeh ulnch and idnnre, and lepes hnniktig of oevl. |
PROTEUS Enough. I read your fortune in your eye. 135 Was this the idol that you worship so? | RSTUPOE nEoghu. I nwek woh yuo left rmof hte okol in uroy yese. sWa that eth ownma uyo wshripo ekil an ldio? |
VALENTINE Even she. And is she not a heavenly saint? | ELVNNIAET That asw ehs. nstI seh a yvaelenh atnis? |
PROTEUS No, but she is an earthly paragon. | SPETRUO No, but hse is a moedl of ebutya erhe on reath. |
VALENTINE Call her divine. | NAEVLINTE lCal hre a sgsdedo. |
PROTEUS I will not flatter her. | ERTOUPS I illw ont afnw eorv hre. |
VALENTINE 140 O, flatter me, for love delights in praises. | NNEIVTLEA Oh, afttrel me, hten, sebcuae esoht owh ear in voel etldgih in asepri. |
PROTEUS When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, And I must minister the like to you. | ROUEPTS Whne I wsa esolicvk, you vega me hte dhra utrth, adn onw I tmsu egvi it to uoy. |
VALENTINE Then speak the truth by her; if not divine, Yet let her be a principality, 145 Sovereign to all the creatures on the earth. | ENLVTNIAE nhTe speak eth ttuhr batuo ehr. If seh tisn a godseds, htne llca erh an aglne ohw is eipuorsr to all hte raretcuse on reath. |
PROTEUS Except my mistress. | ORUTESP cpExet my siesrmst. |
VALENTINE Sweet, except not any, Except thou wilt except against my love. | LEANTVNIE No xitcpensoe, my iefndr, lesusn yuo mnea to sliutn my oelv. |
PROTEUS Have I not reason to prefer mine own? | OTERUPS oDtn I ehav onresa to ptu odrawfr my now irgl? |
VALENTINE 150 And I will help thee to prefer her, too. She shall be dignified with this high honor: To bear my ladys train, lest the base earth Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss And, of so great a favor growing proud, 155 Disdain to root the summer-swelling flower And make rough winter everlastingly. | IENLVNETA Adn I liwl lhep uoy to upt ehr woradrf, oto. ehS sllha eahv hte tydgiin of hnvgia ihst ighh ronoh: seh nac ryrca teh ratni of my ldyas erdss so atht eth dtiyr uogndr tanc etasl a kssi of her gcnhilto. If it ddi, het durnog lwodu lswle so hmuc twhi erdip taht it owldu no lgnore aecptc eth osrto of the resmmu wsforle, nda rhguo rinetw uwdol lsat oefvrer. |
PROTEUS Why, Valentine, what braggartism is this? | OEUTPRS eeGz, Vlienenta, yhw rea you irngggba so hmcu? |
VALENTINE Pardon me, Proteus, all I can is nothing To her whose worth makes other worthies nothing. 160 She is alone. | NLIAENEVT roPdna me, otesuPr, nya srpaie I anc geiv is oginthn in nrpioscamo htwi hre. heS is nquieu nad aneol omagn nwoem. |
PROTEUS Then, let her alone. | SUREPOT ehnT evlea her eolna. |
VALENTINE Not for the world. Why, man, she is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, 165 The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. Forgive me that I do not dream on thee, Because thou seest me dote upon my love. My foolish rival, that her father likes Only for his possessions are so huge, 170 Is gone with her along, and I must after, For love, thou knowst, is full of jealousy. | IAEENNVTL tNo fro hte owldr. hyW, man, ehs is mien, dan nhviag a jewel cshu as ehr, Im as rhic as if I had wneytt enscoa twih snsda dmae of pasrle, ewrta of encart, nad sokcr of ruep gold. rioFevg me for nto gipyna oittanten to yuo, sueeabc Im itnogd on the nwamo I lveo, as yuo acn tlel. erH thrfae ilsek my lsoofih rilva, uroiTh, seacebu he sah so cumh ltewah. rThuio ash goen whit erh, adn I umst olwlof trafe emht, bceeaus eolv, as you nwko, is nproe to lsjuyoea. |
PROTEUS But she loves you? | SUERTPO utB does hes evol you? |
VALENTINE Ay, and we are betrothed. Nay, more, our marriage-hour, With all the cunning manner of our flight, 175 Determined ofhow I must climb her window, The ladder made of cords, and all the means Plotted and greed on for my happiness. Good Proteus, go with me to my chamber, In these affairs to aid me with thy counsel. | VIETNELAN esY, dna rewe eagedng to be raeimdr. No, waths more, vwee eniddemert lla eht aisldte of ohw lwle aekns away nad phwoeeol I tusm blimc up to hre wdwnoi on a dldrea dmea of poer. tnhgEriyve is agearrdn and areged puno rof my ihnppeass. odoG sPtuore, go whti me to my rodemob to vige me meso aicvde on eshet metsatr. |
PROTEUS 180 Go on before; I shall enquire you forth. I must unto the road, to disembark Some necessaries that I needs must use, And then Ill presently attend you. | RPSUTEO Go on eadah. llI nifd oyu yhrostl. I smtu go ownd to hte rhoarb to nbigr aehros omes eesstinicse ahtt I eedn. Tneh llI oemc see you ihtrg waay. |
VALENTINE Will you make haste? | TEIANLEVN iWll oyu rryhu? |
Exit VALENTINE | NITEAENVL tseix. |
PROTEUS 185 I will. Even as one heat another heat expels, Or as one nail by strength drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love Is by a newer object quite forgotten. 190 Is it my mind, or Valentines praise, Her true perfection, or my false transgression That makes me, reasonless, to reason thus? She is fair; and so is Julia that I love That I did love, for now my love is thawed, 195 Which like a waxen image gainst a fire Bears no impression of the thing it was. Methinks my zeal to Valentine is cold, And that I love him not as I was wont. O, but I love his lady too, too much, 200 And thats the reason I love him so little. How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her! Tis but her picture I have yet beheld, And that hath dazzld my reasons light; 205 But when I look on her perfections, There is no reason but I shall be blind. If I can check my erring love, I will; If not, to compass her Ill use my skill. | ESUOTRP I lwil. suJt as neo aeht nac uxsihtgnei noarethAt eht emit, it saw ebeledvi tath appngliy htea on a unrb ludow keta awya hte pain. |
Exit | He sitex. |
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