Thu. What says she to my valour? Pro. O, sir, she makes no doubt of that. Jul. She needs not, when she knows it cowardice. [Asi. Thu. What says she to my birth ? Pro. That you are well deriv❜d. Jul. True; from a gentleman to a fool. [Aside. Thu. Considers she my possessions? Pro. O, ay; and pities them. Thu. Wherefore? Jul. That such an ass should owe them. [Aside. Duke. How now, sir Proteus? how now, Thurio Which of you saw sir Eglamour of late? Thu. Not I. Pro. Nor I. Duke. Why,then she's fled unto that peasant Valentine; And Eglamour is in her company. 'Tis true; for friar Laurence met them both, As he in penance wander'd through the forest : At Patrick's cell, this even, and there she was not: That leads towards Mantua, whither they are fled. Thu. Why, this it is to be a peevish girl, [Exit. [Exit. Pro. And I will follow, more for Silvia's love, Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her. [Exit. Jul. And I will follow, more to cross that love, Than hate for Silvia, that is gone for love. [Exit. SCENE III. Frontiers of Mantua. The Forest. Enter SILVIA, and Out-laws. Out. Come, come; Be patient, we must bring you to our captain. 1 Out. Where is the gentleman that was with her? 3 Out. Being nimble-footed, he hath out-run us, But Moyses, and Valerius, follow him. Go thou with her to the west end of the wood, 1 Out. Come, I must bring you to our captain's cave: Fear not; he bears an honourable mind, And will not use a woman lawlessly. Sil. O Valentine, this I endure for thee. SCENE IV. [Exeunt. Another part of the Forest. Enter VALENTINE. And, to the nightingale's complaining notes, Thou gentle nymph, cherish thy forlorn swain ! What halloing, and what stir, is this to-day? These are my mates, that make their wills their law, Have some unhappy passenger in chace: They love me well; yet I have much to do, To keep them from uncivil outrages. Withdraw thee, Valentine; who's this comes here ? [6] To record anciently signified to sing. [7] It is hardly possible to point out four lines speare, more remarkable for ease and elegance, 19* VOL. L. STEEV. [Steps aside. in any of the plays of ShakSTEEVENS. Enter PROTEUS, SILVIA, and JULIA. That would have forc'd your honour and your love. And less than this, I am sure, you cannot give. [Aside. Sil. O miserable, unhappy that I am! Sil. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, [Aside. Pro. What dangerous action, stood it next to death, Would I not undergo, for one calm look? O, 'tis the curse in love, and still approv'd, When women cannot love where they're belov❜d! Sil. When Proteus cannot love, where he's belov❜d. Read over Julia's heart, thy first best love, For whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith Thou hast no faith left now, unless thou hadst two, Pro. In love, Who respects friends? Sil. All men but Proteus. Pro. Nay, if the gentle spirit of moving words Can no way change you to a milder form, I'll woo you like a soldier, at arms' end; And love you 'gainst the nature of love, force you. |