And drop the liquor of it in her eyes: Enter Demetrius, Helena following him. Dem. I love thee not, therefore purfue me not. Thou told'it me, they were toll'n into this wood; Because I cannot meet my Hermia. I Hence, get the gone, and follow me no more. now not Dem. Do I entice you? do I fpeak you fair? Tell you, I do not, nor I cannot, love you? Hel. And ev'n for that do I love thee the more; I am your spanil; and, Demetrius, The more you beat me, I will fawn on you; +(8) I am invifible.] I thought proper here to obferve, that, as Oberon and Puck his Attendant, may be frequently obferved to fpeak, when there is no mention of their Entering; they are defigned by the Poet to be fuppos'd on the Stage during the greatest Part of the Remainder of the Play; and to mix, as they pleafe, as Spirits, with the other Actors; Y and embroil the Plot, by their Interpofition, without being feen, or heard, but when to their own Purpefe. (9) The one I'll stay, the other stayeth me.] Thus it has been in all the Editions hitherto: but Dr. Thirlby ingeniously faw, it must! be, as I have corrected in the Text. Ufe Ufe me but as your spaniel, fpurn me, ftrike me, What worfer place can I beg in your love, Dem. Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit; Hel. And I am fick, when I look not on you. Hel. Your virtue is my privilege; for that When all the world is here to look on me? Dem I'll run from thee and hide me in the brakes, And leave thee to the mercy of wild Beats. Hel. The wildeft hath not fuch a heart as you; Dem. I will not tay thy questions; let me go: Hel, Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field, Your wrongs do fet a fcandal on my fex: We cannot fight for love, as men may do; We fhou'd be woo'd, and were not made to woo. [Exeunt. Ob. Ob. Fare thee well, nymph; ere he doth leave this grove, Thou shalt fly him, and he fhall feek thy love. Enter Puck Puck. Ay, there it is. Ob. I pray thee, give it me; I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, And with the juice of this I'll ftreak her eyes, Take thou fome of it, and feek through this grove ; With a difdainful youth; anoint his eyes; And, look, you meet me ere the first cock crow. Enter Queen of fairies, with her train. Queen. Come, now a roundel, and a Fairy fong: Then, 'fore the third part of a minute, hence; (10) Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds, (10) Then for the third part of a Minute berce.] But the Queen fets them Work, that is to keep them employ'd for the Remainder of the Night; The Poet, undoubtedly, intended her to fay, Dance your Round, and fing your Song, and then inftantly (before the third part of a Minute) begone to your respective Duties. Some Some war with rear-mice for their leathern wing, Fairies fing, You Spotted Snakes with double tongue, Philomel, with melody, Sing in your Sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby sa i Come our lovely lady nigh; So good night with lullaby. Ob. What thou feeft, when thou doft wake, Do it for thy true love take; Love and languifh for his fake; [Exit Oberon, Enter Ly. Fair love, you faint with wandring in the wood; And, to speak troth, I have forgot our way: We'll reft us, Hermia, if thou think it good, And tarry for the comfort of the day. Her. Be't fo, Lysander; find you out a bed, For I upon this bank will reft my head. Lyf. One turf fhall ferve as pillow for us both, One heart, one bed, two bofoms, and one troth. Her. Nay, good Lyfander; for my fake, my dear, Lye further off yet, do not lye fo near. Lyf. O take the fenfe, fweet, of my innocences Her. Lafander riddles very prettily; Now mech befhrew my manners, and my pride, Enter Puck. Puck. Through the foreft have I gone, But Athenian found I none, } [They fleep. On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force in ftirring love: |