but they looked; no sooner looked, but they loved; no sooner loved, but they sighed; no sooner sighed, but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason, but they sought the remedy: and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage, which they will climb incontinent, or else be incontinent before marriage: they are in the very wrath of love, and they will together; clubs cannot part them.

Orl. They shall be married to-morrow; and I will bid the duke to the nuptial. But, O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes! By so much the more shall I to-morrow be at the height of heart-heaviness, by how much I shall think my brother happy in having what he wishes for. Ros. Why then, to-morrow I cannot serve your turn for Rosalind?

Orl. I can live no longer by thinking.

And so am I for Phebe.

Phe. And I for Ganymede.
Orl. And I for Rosalind.
Ros. And I for no woman.

Sil. It is to be all made of fantasy,
All made of passion, and all made of wishes,
All adoration, duty, and observance ;
All humbleness, all patience, and impatience;
All purity, all trial, all observance ;
And so am I for Phebe.

Phe. And so am I for Ganymede.
Orl. And so am I for Rosalind.
Ros. And so am I for no woman,
Phe. [To Rosalind.] If this be so, why
blame you me to love you?
Sil. [To Phebe.] If this be so, why blame
you me to love you? [love you?

Orl. If this be so, why blame you me to
Ros. Whom do you speak to,-"why blame
[hear.

you me to love you?"

Ros. I will weary you, then, no longer with idle talking. Know of me, then, (for now I speak to some purpose,) that I know you are a gentleman of good conceit : I speak not this, [To Silvius.] I will help you if I can:that you should bear a good opinion of my [To Phebe.] I would love you, if I could.-knowledge, insomuch I say I know you are; To-morrow meet me all together.-[To Phebe.] neither do I labour for a greater esteem than I will marry you, if ever marry a woman, may in some little measure draw a belief from and I'll be married to-morrow :- [To Orlando.] you, to do yourself good, and not to grace me. I will satisfy you, if ever I satisfied man, and Believe then, if you please, that I can do you shall be married to-morrow :-[To Silstrange things: I have, since I was three years vius.]-I will content you, if what pleases you old, conversed with a magician, most pro- contents you, and you shall be married tofound in his art, and yet not damnable. If morrow.To Orlando.] As you love Rosayou do love Rosalind so near the heart as your gesture cries it out, when your brother marries Alena, shall you marry her: I know into what straits of fortune she is driven; and it is not impossible to me, if it appear not inconvenient to you, to set her before your eyes to-morrow, human as she is, and without any danger.

Orl. To her, that is not here, nor doth not Ros. Pray you, no more of this: 'tis like the howling of Irish wolves against the moon.

Ori. Speakest thou in sober meanings? Ros. By my life, I do; which I tender dearly, though I say I am a magician. Therefore, put you in your best array, bid your friends; for if you will be married to-morrow, you shall; and to Rosalind, if you will.-— Look, here comes a lover of mine, and a lover of hers.

Enter Silvius and Phebe.

Phe. Youth, you have done me much ungentleness,

To show the letter that I writ to you.

Rus. I care not, if I have: it is my study
To seem despiteful and ungentle to you:
You are there follow'd by a faithful shepherd;
Look upon him, love him; he worships you.
Phe. Good shepherd, tell this youth what
'tis to love.

lind, meet-To Silvius.] As you love Phebe,
meet and as I love no woman, I'll meet.-
So, fare you well: I have left you commands.
Sil. I'll not fail, if I live.
Phe.
Nor I.
Orl.

Nor I. [Exeunt.

1 Page. Well met, honest gentleman. Touch. By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and a song.

2 Page. We are for you: sit i' the middle. 1 Page. Shall we clap into 't roundly, without hawking, or spitting, or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?

Sil. It is to be all made of sighs and tears;- 2 Page. I' faith, i' faith; and both in a

And so am I for Phebe.

Phe. And I for Ganymede.

Orl. And I for Rosalind.

tune, like two gypsies on a horse.

That o'er the green corn-field did pass

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring.

Between the acres of the rye,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These pretty country folks would lie,
In the spring time, &c.

This carol they began that hour,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, How that a life was but a flower

In the spring time, &c.

And therefore take the present time,

With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino; For love is crowned with the prime,

In the spring time, &c.

Touch. Truly, young gentleman, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untuneable.

1 Page. You are deceived, sir: we kept time, we lost not our time.

Touch. By my troth, yes; I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi' you; and God mend your voices !-Come, Audrey. [Exeunt.

Can do all this that he hath promised?

Orl. I sometimes do believe, and sometimes do not;

[fear. As those that fear they hope, and know they Enter Rosalind, Silvius, and Phebe.

If she refuse me :-and from hence I go,
To make these doubts all even.

[Exeunt Rosalind and Celia.
Duke S. I do remember in this shepherd boy
Some lively touches of my daughter's favour.
Orl. My lord, the first time that I ever saw

him,
Methought he was a brother to your daughter:
But, my good lord, this boy is forest-born,
And hath been tutor'd in the rudiments
Of many desperate studies by his uncle,
Whom he reports to be a great magician,
Obscured in the circle of this forest.

Jaq. There is, sure, another flood toward,
and these couples are coming to the ark.
[Enter Touchstone and Audrey.] - Here
comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in
all
tongues are called fools.

Touch. Salutation and greeting to you all! Jaq. Good my lord, bid him welcome: have so often met in the forest: he hath been this is the motley-minded gentleman, that I a courtier, he swears.

Touch. If any man doubt that, let him put me to my purgation. I have trod a measure; I have flattered a lady; I have been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy;

have undone three tailors; I have had four quarrels, and like to have fought one.

Jaq. And how was that ta'en up? Touch. Faith, we met, and found the quarrel was upon the seventh cause.

Jaq. How seventh cause ?-Good my lord, like this fellow.

Duke S. I like him very well.

Touch. God 'ild you, sir; I desire you of the like. I press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country copulatives, to swear, and Ros. Patience once more, whiles our com- to forswear; according as marriage binds and

:

pact is urged :[Rosalind, [To the Duke. You say, if I bring in your You will bestow her on Orlando here? Duke S. That would I, had I kingdoms to give with her.

blood breaks :-- a poor virgin, sir, an ill-
favoured thing, sir, but mine own; a poor
humour of mine, sir, to take that that no man
else will: rich honesty dwells like a miser,
Įsir, in a poor house, as your pearl in your foul
oyster.
[sententious.

Duke S. By my faith, he is very swift and Touch. According to the fool's bolt, sir, and such dulcet diseases.

Ros. [To Orlando.] And you say, you will have her when I bring her? [king. Orl. That would I, were 1 of all kingdoms! Ros. [To Phebe.] You say, you'll marry me, if I be willing? [after. Jaq. But, for the seventh cause; how did Phe. That will I, should I die the hour you find the quarrel on the seventh cause? Ros. But if you do refuse to marry me, Touch. Upon a lie seven times removed :You'll give yourself to this most faithful bear your body more seeming, Audrey :-as Phe. So is the bargain. [shepherd? thus, sir. I did dislike the cut of a certain Ros. [To Silvius.] You say, that you ll have courtier's beard: he sent me word, if I said Phebe, if she will?

This beard was not cut well, he was in the

Sil. Though to have her and death were mind it was: this is called the Retort courtboth one thing. [ter even. eous. If I sent him word again, it was not Ros. I have promis'd to make all this mat- well cut, he would send me word, he cut it to Keep you your word, O duke, to give your please himself: this is called the Quip modest. daughter;If again, it was not well cut, he disabled my You yours, Orlando, to receive his daughter :-judgment: this is called the Reply churlish. Keep your word, Phebe, that you'll marry me, If again, it was not well cut, he would answer, Or else, refusing me, to wed this shepherd: I spake not true: this is called the Reproof Keep your word, Silvius, that you'll marry her, I valiant. If again, it was not well cut, he

:

would say, I lie: this is called the Counter-
check quarrelsome: and so to the Lie circum-
stantial, and the Lie direct.

Jag. And how oft did you say, his beard was not well cut?

[To Phebe.] You to his love must accord,
Or have a woman to your lord :-
[To Touchstone and Audrey.] You and
you are sure together,

As the winter to foul weather.
Whiles a wedlock hymn we sing,
Feed yourselves with questioning;
That reason wonder may diminish,
How thus we met, and these things finish.

SONG.

Wedding is great Juno's crown:
O blessed bond of board and bed!
'Tis Hymen peoples every town:

Touch. I durst go no farther than the Lie circumstantial, nor he durst not give me the Lie direct; and so we measured swords, and parted. [degrees of the lie? Jaq. Can you nominate in order now the Touch. O sir, we quarrel in print, by the book; as you have books for good manners: I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort courteous; the second, the Quip modest; the third, the Reply churlish; the fourth, the Reproof valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with circumstance; the seventh, the Lie direct. All these you may avoid, but the Lie direct; and you may avoid that too, with an "if." I knew when seven justices could not take up a quarrel; but when the parties were met themselves, one of them thought but of an "if," as "If Thy faith my fancy to thee doth combine. you said so, then I said so;" and they shook hands, and swore brothers. Your “if” is the only peace-maker; much virtue in "if."

faq. Is not this a rare fellow, my lord? I he's as good at anything, and yet a fool.

High wedlock, then, be honourèd :
Honour, high honour and renown,
To Hymen, god of every town.
Duke S. O my dear niece, welcome thou
art to me!

Even daughter, welcome in no less degree.
Phe. [To Silvius.] I will not eat my word,
now thou art mine;

Enter Jaques de Bois.

Jaq. de B. Let me have audience for a word or two;

am the second son of old Sir Rowland, That bring these tidings to this fair assembly:Duke S. He uses his folly like a stalking-Duke Frederick, hearing how that every day horse, and under the presentation of that, he shoots his wit.

Still music. Enter Hymen, leading Rosa-
lind in woman's clothes: and Celia.
Hym. Then is there mirth in heaven,
When earthly things made even
Atone together.

Good duke, receive thy daughter:
Hymen from heaven brought her;
Yea, brought her hither, [his.
That thou might'st join her hand with
Whose heart within her bosom is.
Res. [To Duke S.] To you I give myself,
for I am yours.-
[yours.
[To Orlando.] To you I give myself, for I am
Duke S. If there be truth in sight, you are
my daughter.

Orl. If there be truth in sight, you are my
Phe. If sight and shape be true, [Rosalind.
Why then, my love adieu !

Ros. [To Duke S.] I'll have no father, if
you be not he :

Men of great worth resorted to this forest,
Address'd a mighty power; which were on foot,
In his own conduct, purposely to take
His brother here, and put him to the sword:
And to the skirts of this wild wood he came ;
Where, meeting with an old religious man,
After some question with him, was converted
Both from his enterprise and from the world;
His crown bequeathing to his banish'd brother,
And all their lands restor'd to them again,
That were with him exil'd. This to be true,
I do engage my life.
Duke S.
Welcome, young man ;
Thou offer'st fairly to thy brothers' wedding:
To one, his lands withheld; and to the other,
A land itself at large, a potent dukedom.
First, in this forest, let us do those ends
That here were well begun, and well begot :
And after, every of this happy number,
That have endur'd shrewd days and nights
with us,

[not he-Shall share the good of our returned fortune,
According to the measure of their states.
Meantime, forget this new-fall'n dignity,
And fall into our rustic revelry.-

To Orlando.] I'll have no husband, if you be [To Phebe.] Nor ne'er wed woman, if you be

not she.

Play, music!-and you, brides and bridegrooms all,

[fall.

With measure heap'd in joy, to the measures
Jaq. Sir, by your patience :-if I heard you
rightly,

The duke hath put on a religious life,
And thrown into neglect the pompous court?
Jaq. de B. He hath.

Jaq. To him will I out of these convertites
There is much matter to be heard and learn'd.-

·

bequeath; [it Your patience, and your virtue, well deserve [To Orlando.] You to a love, that your true faith doth merit :

[To Duke S.] You to your former honour Iepilogue; but it is no more unhandsome, than to see the lord the prologue. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue: yet to good wine they do use good bushes; and good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. What a case am I in, then, that am neither a good epilogue, nor cannot insinuate with you in the behalf of a good play! I am not furnished [pleasures: like a beggar, therefore to beg will not become Is but for two months victual'd.-So, to your me my way is, to conjure you and I'll begin I am for other than for dancing measures. with the women. I charge you, O women, Duke S. Stay, Jaques, stay.

[To Oliver.] You to your land, and love, and
great allies:-
[bed:
[To Silvius.] You to a long and well deservèd
[To Touchstone.] And you to wrangling; for
thy loving voyage

Jaq. To see no pastime, I-what you would have,

I'll stay to know at your abandon'd cave.

[Exit. Duke S. Proceed, proceed: we will begin these rites,

As we do trust they'll end, in true delights.

EPILOGUE.

for the love you bear to men, to like as much of this play as please you and I charge you, O men, for the love you bear to women, (as I perceive by your simpering none of you hate them,) that between you and the women, the play may please. If I were a woman, I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me, and breaths that I defied not; and, I am sure, as many as have good beards, or good faces, or sweet breaths, will, for my kind offer, when I make

Ros. It is not the fashion to see the lady the court'sy, bid me farewell.

[Exeunt.

Petruchio, a Gentleman of Verona; suitor to Bianca,
Katharina.
Gremio,

Hortensio,

suitors to Bianca.

Tailor, Haberdasher, and Servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio.

SCENE, Sometimes in Padua; and sometimes in Petruchio's House in the Country.

INDUCTION.

SCENE I.-Before an Alehouse on a Heath.
Enter Hostess and Sly.

Sly. I'll pheese you, in faith.
Host. A pair of stocks, you rogue!

Sly. Y'are a baggage: the Slys are no rogues; look in the chronicles, we came in with Richard Conqueror. Therefore, paucas pallabris; let the world slide: Sessa!

Host. You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?

Sly. No, not a denier. Go by, Saint Jeronimy, Go to thy cold bed, and warm thee. Host. I know my remedy: I must go fetch the thirdborough.

[Exit.

Saw'st thou not, boy, how Silver made it good
At the hedge corner, in the coldest fault?
I would not lose the dog for twenty pound.
1 Hun. Why, Bellman is as good as he,
my lord;

He cried upon it at the merest loss,
Sly. Third, or fourth, or fifth borough, I'll And twice to-day pick'd out the dullest scent:

Trust me, I take him for the better dog.
Lord. Thou art a fool: if Echo were as fleet,
I would esteem him worth a dozen such.
But sup them well, and look unto them all:
To-morrow I intend to hunt again.

1 Hun. I will, my lord.
Lord. [Sees Sly.] What's here? one dead,
or drunk? See, doth he breathe?

2 Hun. He breathes, my lord: were he not
warm'd with ale,

This were a bed but cold to sleep so soundly.
Lord. O monstrous beast! how like a swine
he lies!
[image!
Grim death, how foul and loathsome is thine
Sirs, I will practise on this drunken man.-
What think you, if he were convey'd to bed,
Wrapp'd in sweet clothes, rings put upon his
fingers,

Re-enter Servant.
How now! who is it?
Serv.
An it please your honour,
Players that offer service to your lordship.
Lord. Bid them come near.
Enter Players.

Now, fellows, you are welcome.
Players. We thank your honour.
Lord. Do you intend to stay with me to-
night?
[our duty.

2 Play. So please your lordship to accept
Lord. With all my heart.-This fellow I
remember,

Since once he play'd a farmer's eldest son:
'Twas where you woo'd the gentlewoman so
well:

I have forgot your name; but, sure, that part
Was aptly fitted and naturally perform'd.
1 Play. I think 'twas Soto that your honour

means.

A most delicious banquet by his bed, And brave attendants near him when he wakes, [lent.Would not the beggar then forget himself? Lord. 'Tis very true: thou didst it excel1 Hun. Believe me, lord, I think he cannot Well, you are come to me in happy time; choose. [when he wak'd. The rather for I have some sport in hand, 2 Hun. It would seem strange unto him Wherein your cunning can assist me much. Lord. Even as a flattering dream, or worth-There is a lord will hear you play to-night : But I am doubtful of your modesties; Lest, over-eying of his odd behaviour, (For yet his honour never heard a play,) pic-You break into some merry passion, And so offend him; for I tell you, sirs, If you should smile, he grows impatient. i Play. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves,

less fancy.
Then take him up, and manage well the jest:
Carry him gently to my fairest chamber,
And hang it round with all my wanton

tures:

Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters,
And burn sweet wood to make the lodging

sweet:

Procure me music ready when he wakes,
To make a dulcet and a heavenly sound;
And if he chance to speak, be ready straight,
And, with a low submissive reverence,
Say,-What is it your honour will command?
Let one attend him with a silver basin
Full of rose-water, and bestrew'd with flowers;
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper,
And say,-Will't please your lordship cool
your hands.

Some one be ready with a costly suit,
And ask him what apparel he will wear;
Another tell him of his hounds and horse,
And that his lady mourns at his disease:
Persuade him that he hath been lunatic;
And, when he says he is-say that he dreams,
For he is nothing but a mighty lord.
This do, and do it kindly, gentle sirs :
It will be pastime passing excellent,
If it be husbanded with modesty.

1 Hun. My lord, I warrant you, we will
play our part,

As he shall think, by our true diligence,
He is no less than what we say he is. [him;
Lord. Take him up gently, and to bed with
And each one to his office when he wakes.

[Sly is borne out. A trumpet sounds. Surrah, go see what trumpet 'tis that sounds; [Exit Servant. Belike, some noble gentleman, that means, Travelling some journey, to repose him here.

And call him madam, do him obeisance.
Tell him from me, (as he will win my love,)
He bear himself with honourable action,
Such as he hath observ'd in noble ladies
Unto their lords, by them accomplished:
Such duty to the drunkard let him do,
With soft low tongue and lowly courtesy;
And say,-What is't your honour will com-
mand,

Wherein your lady and your humble wife
May show her duty, and make known her love?
And then,-with kind embracements, tempt-

ing kisses,

And with declining head into his bosom,
Bid him shed tears, as being overjoy'd
To see her noble lord restor'd to health,
Who for this seven years hath esteemed him
No better than a poor and loathsome beggar:
And if the boy have not a woman's gift
To rain a shower of commanded tears,
An onion will do well for such a shift;