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Enter THURIO , PROTEUS , and JULIA disguised in page’s attire
Enter THURIO , PROTEUS , and JULIA disguised in page’s attire

THURIO

Sir Proteus, what says Sylvia to my suit?

THURIO

Sir Proteus, what says Sylvia to my suit?

PROTEUS

O, sir, I find her milder than she was,
And yet she takes exceptions at your person.

PROTEUS

O, sir, I find her milder than she was,
And yet she takes exceptions at your person.

THURIO

What, that my leg is too long?

THURIO

What, that my leg is too long?

PROTEUS

5 No, that it is too little.

PROTEUS

No, that it is too little.

THURIO

I’ll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder.

THURIO

I’ll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder.

JULIA

[Aside] But love will not be spurred to what it loathes.

JULIA

[Aside] But love will not be spurred to what it loathes.

THURIO

What says she to my face?

THURIO

What says she to my face?

PROTEUS

She says it is a fair one.

PROTEUS

She says it is a fair one.

THURIO

10 Nay, then, the wanton lies; my face is black.

THURIO

Nay, then, the wanton lies; my face is black.

PROTEUS

But pearls are fair, and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.

PROTEUS

But pearls are fair, and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.

JULIA

[Aside] ’Tis true, such pearls as put out ladies’ eyes,
For I had rather wink than look on them.

JULIA

[Aside] ’Tis true, such pearls as put out ladies’ eyes,
For I had rather wink than look on them.

THURIO

15 How likes she my discourse?

THURIO

How likes she my discourse?

PROTEUS

Ill, when you talk of war.

PROTEUS

Ill, when you talk of war.

THURIO

But well when I discourse of love and peace?

THURIO

But well when I discourse of love and peace?

JULIA

[Aside] But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.

JULIA

[Aside] But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.

THURIO

What says she to my valor?

THURIO

What says she to my valor?

PROTEUS

20 O, sir, she makes no doubt of that.

PROTEUS

O, sir, she makes no doubt of that.

JULIA

[Aside] She needs not, when she knows it cowardice.

JULIA

[Aside] She needs not, when she knows it cowardice.

THURIO

What says she to my birth?

THURIO

What says she to my birth?

PROTEUS

That you are well derived.

PROTEUS

That you are well derived.

JULIA

[Aside] True; from a gentleman to a fool.

JULIA

[Aside] True; from a gentleman to a fool.

THURIO

25 Considers she my possessions?

THURIO

Considers she my possessions?

PROTEUS

O, ay, and pities them.

PROTEUS

O, ay, and pities them.

THURIO

Wherefore?

THURIO

Wherefore?

JULIA

[Aside] That such an ass should owe them.

JULIA

[Aside] That such an ass should owe them.

PROTEUS

That they are out by lease.

PROTEUS

That they are out by lease.
Enter DUKE
Enter DUKE

JULIA

30 Here comes the Duke.

JULIA

Here comes the Duke.

DUKE

How now, Sir Proteus? how now, Thurio?
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?

DUKE

How now, Sir Proteus? how now, Thurio?
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?

THURIO

Not I.

THURIO

Not I.

PROTEUS

Nor I.

PROTEUS

Nor I.

DUKE

35 Saw you my daughter?

DUKE

Saw you my daughter?

PROTEUS

Neither.

PROTEUS

Neither.

DUKE

Why then,
She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine,
And Eglamour is in her company.
40 ’Tis true, for Friar Lawrence met them both
As he in penance wandered through the forest.
Him he knew well, and guessed that it was she,
But, being masked, he was not sure of it.
Besides, she did intend confession
45 At Patrick’s cell this even, and there she was not.
These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently, and meet with me
Upon the rising of the mountain foot
50 That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled.
Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me.

DUKE

Why then,
She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine,
And Eglamour is in her company.
’Tis true, for Friar Lawrence met them both
As he in penance wandered through the forest.
Him he knew well, and guessed that it was she,
But, being masked, he was not sure of it.
Besides, she did intend confession
At Patrick’s cell this even, and there she was not.
These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently, and meet with me
Upon the rising of the mountain foot
That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled.
Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me.
Exit DUKE
Exit DUKE

THURIO

Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,
That flies her fortune when it follows her.
I’ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
55 Than for the love of reckless Sylvia.

THURIO

Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,
That flies her fortune when it follows her.
I’ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
Than for the love of reckless Sylvia.
Exit THURIO
Exit THURIO

PROTEUS

And I will follow, more for Sylvia’s love
Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her.

PROTEUS

And I will follow, more for Sylvia’s love
Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her.
Exit PROTEUS
Exit PROTEUS

JULIA

And I will follow, more to cross that love
Than hate for Sylvia, that is gone for love.

JULIA

And I will follow, more to cross that love
Than hate for Sylvia, that is gone for love.
Exit
Exit

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Modern Text

Enter THURIO , PROTEUS , and JULIA disguised in page’s attire
Enter THURIO , PROTEUS , and JULIA disguised in page’s attire

THURIO

Sir Proteus, what says Sylvia to my suit?

THURIO

Sir Proteus, what says Sylvia to my suit?

PROTEUS

O, sir, I find her milder than she was,
And yet she takes exceptions at your person.

PROTEUS

O, sir, I find her milder than she was,
And yet she takes exceptions at your person.

THURIO

What, that my leg is too long?

THURIO

What, that my leg is too long?

PROTEUS

5 No, that it is too little.

PROTEUS

No, that it is too little.

THURIO

I’ll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder.

THURIO

I’ll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder.

JULIA

[Aside] But love will not be spurred to what it loathes.

JULIA

[Aside] But love will not be spurred to what it loathes.

THURIO

What says she to my face?

THURIO

What says she to my face?

PROTEUS

She says it is a fair one.

PROTEUS

She says it is a fair one.

THURIO

10 Nay, then, the wanton lies; my face is black.

THURIO

Nay, then, the wanton lies; my face is black.

PROTEUS

But pearls are fair, and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.

PROTEUS

But pearls are fair, and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.

JULIA

[Aside] ’Tis true, such pearls as put out ladies’ eyes,
For I had rather wink than look on them.

JULIA

[Aside] ’Tis true, such pearls as put out ladies’ eyes,
For I had rather wink than look on them.

THURIO

15 How likes she my discourse?

THURIO

How likes she my discourse?

PROTEUS

Ill, when you talk of war.

PROTEUS

Ill, when you talk of war.

THURIO

But well when I discourse of love and peace?

THURIO

But well when I discourse of love and peace?

JULIA

[Aside] But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.

JULIA

[Aside] But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.

THURIO

What says she to my valor?

THURIO

What says she to my valor?

PROTEUS

20 O, sir, she makes no doubt of that.

PROTEUS

O, sir, she makes no doubt of that.

JULIA

[Aside] She needs not, when she knows it cowardice.

JULIA

[Aside] She needs not, when she knows it cowardice.

THURIO

What says she to my birth?

THURIO

What says she to my birth?

PROTEUS

That you are well derived.

PROTEUS

That you are well derived.

JULIA

[Aside] True; from a gentleman to a fool.

JULIA

[Aside] True; from a gentleman to a fool.

THURIO

25 Considers she my possessions?

THURIO

Considers she my possessions?

PROTEUS

O, ay, and pities them.

PROTEUS

O, ay, and pities them.

THURIO

Wherefore?

THURIO

Wherefore?

JULIA

[Aside] That such an ass should owe them.

JULIA

[Aside] That such an ass should owe them.

PROTEUS

That they are out by lease.

PROTEUS

That they are out by lease.
Enter DUKE
Enter DUKE

JULIA

30 Here comes the Duke.

JULIA

Here comes the Duke.

DUKE

How now, Sir Proteus? how now, Thurio?
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?

DUKE

How now, Sir Proteus? how now, Thurio?
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?

THURIO

Not I.

THURIO

Not I.

PROTEUS

Nor I.

PROTEUS

Nor I.

DUKE

35 Saw you my daughter?

DUKE

Saw you my daughter?

PROTEUS

Neither.

PROTEUS

Neither.

DUKE

Why then,
She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine,
And Eglamour is in her company.
40 ’Tis true, for Friar Lawrence met them both
As he in penance wandered through the forest.
Him he knew well, and guessed that it was she,
But, being masked, he was not sure of it.
Besides, she did intend confession
45 At Patrick’s cell this even, and there she was not.
These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently, and meet with me
Upon the rising of the mountain foot
50 That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled.
Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me.

DUKE

Why then,
She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine,
And Eglamour is in her company.
’Tis true, for Friar Lawrence met them both
As he in penance wandered through the forest.
Him he knew well, and guessed that it was she,
But, being masked, he was not sure of it.
Besides, she did intend confession
At Patrick’s cell this even, and there she was not.
These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently, and meet with me
Upon the rising of the mountain foot
That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled.
Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me.
Exit DUKE
Exit DUKE

THURIO

Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,
That flies her fortune when it follows her.
I’ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
55 Than for the love of reckless Sylvia.

THURIO

Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,
That flies her fortune when it follows her.
I’ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
Than for the love of reckless Sylvia.
Exit THURIO
Exit THURIO

PROTEUS

And I will follow, more for Sylvia’s love
Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her.

PROTEUS

And I will follow, more for Sylvia’s love
Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her.
Exit PROTEUS
Exit PROTEUS

JULIA

And I will follow, more to cross that love
Than hate for Sylvia, that is gone for love.

JULIA

And I will follow, more to cross that love
Than hate for Sylvia, that is gone for love.
Exit
Exit

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