SILVIA appears above, at her window. Pro. Madam, good evening to your ladyship. Sil. I thank you for your music, gentlemen: Who is that, that spake? Pro. One, lady, if you knew his pure heart's You'd quickly learn to know him by his voice. Pro. Sir Proteus, gentle lady, and your servant. Pro. That I may compass yours. Sil. You have your wish; my will is even this,- That hast deceived so many with thy vows? Jul. "Twere false, if I should speak it; For, I am sure, she is not buried. [aside. Sil. Say, that she be; yet Valentine, thy friend, Survives; to whom, thyself art witness, I am betrothed; and art thou not ashamed Pro. I likewise hear, that. Valentine is dead. Pro. Sweet lady, let me rake it from the earth. Sil. Go to thy lady's grave, and call her's thence; Or, at the least, in her's sepulchre thine. Jul. He heard not that. Pro. Madam, if your heart be so obdurate, And to your shadow will I make true love. [aside. Jul. If 'twere a substance, you would, sure, de ceive it, And make it but a shadow, as I am. Sil. I am very loath to be your idol, sir; [aside. But, since your falshood shall become you well 2 Pro. As wretches have o'er night, That wait for execution in the morn. [Exeunt Proteus; and Silvia, from above. Jul. Host, will you go? 1 With. 2 But, since your falshood, it shall become you well, &c. Host. By my halidom,1 I was fast asleep. Host. Marry, at my house: trust me, I think, 'tis almost day. Jul. Not so; but it hath been the longest night That e'er I watch'd, and the most heaviest.? [Exeunt. SCENE III. The same. Enter EGLAMOUR. Eg. This is the hour that madam Silvia Entreated me to call, and know her mind : There's some great matter she'd employ me in.— Madam, madam! SILVIA appears above, at her window. Sil. Who calls? Eg. Your servant, and your friend; One that attends your ladyship's command. Sil. Sir Eglamour, a thousand times good mor row. Eg. As many, worthy lady, to yourself. I am thus early come, to know what service 1 Holy dame. 2 This use of the double superlative is frequent in our author. 3 Injunction. Sil. O Eglamour, thou art a gentleman, To Mantua, where, I hear, he makes abode; As full of sorrows as the sea of sands, Eg. Madam, I pity much your grievances ;3 1 Compassionate. 2 Because. 3 Sorrows. I give consent to go along with you: Sil. This evening coming. Eg. Where shall I meet you? Sil. At friar Patrick's cell, Sil. Good morrow, kind sir Eglamour. [Exeunt. SCENE IV. The same. Enter LAUNCE, with his dog. Launce. When a man's servant shall play the cur with him, look you, it goes hard: one that I brought up of a puppy; one that I saved from drowning, when three or four of his blind brothers and sisters went to it! I have taught him—even as one would say precisely, thus I would teach a dog. I was sent to deliver him, as a present to mistress Silvia, from my master; and I came no sooner into the dining-chamber, but he steps me to her trencher, and steals her capon's leg. O, 'tis a foul thing, when a cur cannot keep himself in all companies! I would have, as one should say, one that takes upon him to be a dog in 'Caring. 2 Wooden plate. 3 Restrain himself. |