Enter SILVIA. Gentlewoman, good day! I pray you, be my mean To bring me where to speak with madam Silvia. Sil. What would you with her, if that I be she? Jul. From my master, Sir Protheus, madam. Sil. Ursula, bring my picture there. 390 [Picture brought. Go, give your master this: tell him from me, One Julia, that his changing thoughts forget, Would better fit his chamber, than this shadow. Jul. Madam, please you peruse this letter. -Pardon me, madam; I have unadvis'd Deliver'd you a paper that I should not; This is the letter to your ladyship. Sil. I pray thee, let me look on that again. Jul. It may not be; good madam, pardon me. I will not look upon your master's lines: { I know, they are stuff'd with protestations, 400 And full of new-found oaths; which he will break, As easily as I do tear this paper..... 1 Jul. Madam, he sends your ladyship this ring. Sil. The more 'shame for him, that he sends it me; For, I have heard him say a thousand times, His Julia gave it him at his departure : Though his false finger hath profan'd the ring, Jul. She thanks you. Sil. What say'st thou ? 410 Jul. I thank you, madam, that you tender her i Poor gentlewoman! my master wrongs her much. Sil. Dost thou know her? Jul. Almost as well as I do know myself: To think upon her woes, I do protest, That I have wept an hundred several times.. 420 Sil. Belike, she thinks, that Protheus hath forsook her. Jul. I think she doth; and that's her cause of .sorrow.'! Sil. Is she not passing fair? Jul. She hath been fairer, madam, than she is: When she did think my master lov'd her well, She, in my judgment, was as fair as you; But since she did neglect her looking-glass, And threw her sun-expelling mask away, The air hath starv'd the roses in her cheeks, And pinch'd the lily-tincture of her face, That now she is become as black as I.. Sil. How tall was she? Jul. About my stature: for, at Pentecost, When all our pageants of delight were play'd, Our youth got me to play the woman's part, And I was trimm'd in madam Julia's gown ; Which served me as fit, by all men's judgment, 430 As As if the garment had been made for me: 440 Sil. She is beholden to thee, gentle youth: NA Alas, poor lady! desolate and left ! 450 I weep myself, to think upon thy words. her. A virtuous gentlewoman, mild, and beautiful. 460 I'll get me such a colour'd periwig. Her eyes are grey as glass; and so are mine: If this fond love were not a blinded god? Come, shadow, come, and take this shadow up, 470 Thou shalt be worshipp'd, kiss'd, lov'd, and ador'd; [Exit. ACT V. SCENE 1. Near the Friar's Cell, in Milan. Enter EGLAMOUR. Eglamour. THE sun begins to gild the western sky; And now it is about the very hour That Silvia, at friar Patrick's cell, should meet me. She will not fail; for lovers break not hours, So much they spur their expedition. See, where she comes: Lady, a happy evening. Enter Enter SILVIA. Sil. Amen, amen! go on, good Eglamour, Out at the postern by the abbey-wall; I fear, I am attended by some spies. Egl. Fear not the forest is not three leagues off If we recover that, we are sure enough. SCENE II. 10 [Exeunt. An Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter THURIO PROTHEUS, and JULIA. Thu. Sir Protheus, what says Silvia to my suit Pro. Oh, sir, I find her milder than she was; And yet she takes exceptions at your person. Thu. What, that my leg is too long? Pro. No; that it is too little. Thu. I'll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder. Pro. But love will not be spurr'd to what it loaths. Thu. What says she to my face? Pro. She says, it is a fair one. 20 Thu. Nay, then the wanton lies; my face is black. Pro. But pearls are fair; and the old saying is, "Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies' eyes.” Jul. 'Tis true, such pearls as put out ladies' eyes; For I had rather wink, than look on them. Thu. How likes she my discourse? Pro. Ill, when you talk of war. [Aside. Thu. But well, when I discourse of love, and peace? нії 29 Jul. |