The thicket is beset, he cannot 'scape. I Out. Come, I must bring you to our captain's cave; Sil. O Valentine, this I endure for thee. [Exeunt. Val. SCENE IV. Another part of the Forest. How use doth breed a habit in a man! 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, They love me well; yet I have much to do, Withdraw thee, Valentine; who's this comes here? Enter PROTEUS, SILVIA, and JULIA. Pro. Madam, this service I have done for you, [Steps aside. Love, lend me patience to forbear a while. [Aside. But, by my coming, I have made you happy. Sil. By thy approach thou mak'st me most unhappy. ful. And me, when he approacheth to your presence. Sil. Had I been seized by a hungry lion, [Aside. I would have been a breakfast to the beast, Therefore be gone, solicit me no more. Pro. What dangerous action, stood it next to death, Would I not undergo for one calm look? O, 't is the curse in love, and still approv'd, Sil. When Proteus cannot love where he 's belov'd. For whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith Thou hast no faith left now, unless thou hadst two, Pro. Who respects friend? Sil. In love, 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. Sil. Pro. O heaven! I'll force thee yield to my desire. Val. Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch; Thou friend of an ill fashion! Val. Thou common friend, that's without faith or love; (For such is a friend now;) treacherous man! Thou hast beguil'd my hopes; nought but mine eye I have one friend alive; thou would'st disprove me. I am sorry I must never trust thee more, Bat count the world a stranger for thy sake. The private wound is deepest: O time most accurs'd! Be a sufficient ransom for offence, I render it here; I do as truly suffer As e'er I did commit. Val. Then I am paid; And once again I do receive thee honest: Who by repentance is not satisfied Is nor of heaven, nor earth; for these are pleas'd; By penitence the Eternal's wrath's appeas'd: And, that my love may appear plain and free, All that was mine in Silvia, I give thee. Jul. O me, unhappy! Pro. Look to the boy. [Faints. Val. Why, boy! why, wag! how now? what's the matter? Look up; speak. Jul. O good sir, my master charged me to deliver a ring to madam Silvia; which, out of my neglect, was never done. VOL. I. D Pro. Where is that ring, boy? Jul. Here't is: this is it. [Gives a ring. Pro. How! let me see why this is the ring I gave to Julia. This is the ring you sent to Silvia. [Shews another ring. Pro. But how cam'st thou by this ring? at my depart, I gave this unto Julia. Ful. And Julia herself did give it me; And Julia herself hath brought it hither. Pro. How! Julia! Jul. Behold her that gave aim to all thy oaths, How oft hast thou with perjury cleft the root? Be thou asham'd, that I have took upon me It is the lesser blot, modesty finds, Women to change their shapes, than men their minds. Pro. Than men their minds! 't is true; O heaven! were man But constant, he were perfect: that one error Fills him with faults; makes him run through all sins: What is in Silvia's face, but I may spy More fresh in Julia's with a constant eye? Let me be blest to make this happy close; 'T were pity two such friends should be long foes. Pro. Bear witness, Heaven, I have my wish for ever. Enter Outlaws, with DUKE and THURIO. Out. A prize, a prize, a prize! Val. Forbear, forbear, I say; it is my lord the duke. Your grace is welcome to a man disgrac'd, Banish'd Valentine, Thu. Yonder is Silvia; and Silvia 's mine. Val. Thurio, give back, or else embrace thy death; Come not within the measure of my wrath: ; Do not name Silvia thine; if once again, Duke. The more degenerate and base art thou I do applaud thy spirit, Valentine, And think thee worthy of an empress' love. Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserv'd her. Val. I thank your grace; the gift hath made me happy. I now beseech you, for your daughter's sake, To grant one boon that I shall ask of you. Duke. I grant it for thine own, whate'er it be. Val. These banish'd men, that I have kept withal, Are men endued with worthy qualities; Forgive them what they have committed here, They are reformed, civil, full of good, And fit for great employment, worthy lord. Duke. Thou hast prevail'd; I pardon them, and thee; Dispose of them, as thou know'st their deserts. Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Val. And, as we walk along, I dare be bold With our discourse to make your grace to smile: What think you of this page, my lord? Duke. I think the boy hath grace in him; he blushes. Val. Please you, I'll tell you as we pass along, That done, our day of marriage shall be yours; [Exeunt. SCENE I.-Windsor. Garden Front of Page's House. Enter Justice SHallow, SlendeR, and Sir HUGH EVANS. Shal. Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it: if he were twenty sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire. Slen. In the county of Gloster, justice of peace, and coram. Slen. Ay, and ratolorum, too; and a gentleman born, master parson; who writes himself armigero; in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, armigero. Shal. Ay, that I do; and have done any time these three hundred years. Slen. All his successors, gone before him, have don't; and all his ancestors, that come after him, may: they may give the dozen white luces in their coat. Shal. Eva. It is an old coat. The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant: it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. Shal. The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat. Slen. I may quarter, coz? Shal. You may, by marrying. Eva. It is marring, indeed, if he quarter it. Shal. Not a whit. Eva. Yes, py'r-lady; if he has a quarter of your coat there is but three skirts for yourself, in my simple conjectures: but that is all one: If sir John Falstaff have committed disparagements unto |