The anger of the king; nor guilty of, Paul. Do not you fear: upon Mine honour, I will stand 'twixt you and danger. SCENE III. The same. A Room in the Palace. [Exeunt. Enter LEONTES, ANTIGONUS, Lords, and other Leon. Nor night, nor day, no rest: It is but To bear the matter thus; mere weakness, if 1 Atten. of rest Who's there? My lord? [Advancing. He took good rest to-night; Leon. How does the boy? 1 Atten. 'Tis hop'd, his sickness is discharg'd. Leon. His nobleness! To see, Conceiving the dishonour of his mother, sofely:❞—go, And downright languish'd.-Leave me fye! no The very thought of my revenges that way Laugh at me; make their pastime at my sorrow: 1 Lord. Enter PAULINA, with a Child. You must not enter. Paul. Nay, rather, good my lords, be second to me: Fear you his tyrannous passion more, alas, Than the queen's life? a gracious innocent soul; Ant. That's enough. 1 Atten. Madam, he hath not slept to-night; commanded None should come at him. Paul. Do come with words as med'cinal as true; Leon. What noise there, ho? Paul. No noise, my lord; but needful conference, About some gossips for your highness. Leon. How? 9 Leave me solely:] That is, leave me alone. Away with that audacious lady: Antigonus, I charg'd thee, that she should not come about me; I knew, she would. Ant. I told her so, my lord, On your displeasure's peril, and on mine, She should not visit you. Leon. Ant. Paul. Good my liege, I come, And, I beseech you, hear me, who profess Leon. Good queen! Paul. Good queen, my lord, good queen: I say, good queen; And would by combat make her good, so were I Leon. Force her hence. Paul. Let him, that makes but trifles of his eyes, First hand me: on mine own accord, I'll off; But, first, I'll do my errand.-The good queen, For she is good, hath brought you forth a daughter; Here 'tis; commends it to your blessing. [Laying down the Child. in comforting your evils,] Comforting is here used in the legal sense of comforting and abetting in a criminal action. 2. the worst about you.] Were I the weakest of your servants, I would yet claim the combat against any accuser. VOL. IV. N Leon. Out! A mankind witch!3 Hence with her, out o' door: A most intelligencing bawd! Paul. Not so: I am as ignorant in that, as you In so entitling me: and no less honest Than you are mad; which is enough, I'll warrant, As this world goes, to pass for honest. Leon. Traitors! Will you not push her out? Give her the bastard:Thou, dotard, [To ANTIGONUS.] thou art womantir'd, unroosted By thy dame Partlet here,-take up the bastard; Paul. Unvenerable be thy hands, if thou For ever Tak'st up the princess, by that forced baseness" Leon. He dreads his wife. Paul. So, I would, you did; then 'twere past all You'd call Leon. doubt, your children yours. A nest of traitors! Nor I; nor any, Ant. I am none, by this good light. A mankind witch!] i. e. masculine. 4-thou art woman-tir'd,] Woman-tir'd, is peck'd by a woman; hen-pecked. 5 thy crone.] i. e. thy old-worn out woman. A croan is an old toothless sheep: thence an old woman. 6 Unvenerable be thy hands, if thou Tak'st up the princess, by that forced baseness-] Leontes had ordered Antigonus to take up the bastard; touch the Princess under that appellation. with violence to truth. JOHNSON. Paulina forbids him to Whose sting is sharper than the sword's; and will not (For, as the case now stands, it is a curse Leon. A callat, Of boundless tongue; who late hath beat her hus band, And now baits me!-This brat is none of mine; Hence with it; and, together with the dam, Paul. It is yours; And, might we lay the old proverb to your charge, The trick of his frown, his forehead; nay, the val ley, The pretty dimples of his chin, and cheek; his smiles; The very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger:- The ordering of the mind too, 'mongst all colours Leon. A gross hag!And, lozel, thou art worthy to be hang'd, That wilt not stay her tongue. Ant. Hang all the husbands, That cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourself 7 No yellow in't;] Yellow is the colour of jealousy. 8 And, lozel,] A term of contempt, meaning worthless, dishonest. |