How he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, his fides, "Remain a pinch'd thing; yea, a very trick For them to play at will:-How came the pofterns ? Lord. By his great authority; Which often hath no lefs prevail'd than fo, On your command. Leo. I know't too well. Give me the boy; [To Hermione.] I am glad, you did not nurse him : Though he does bear fome figns of me, yet you Her. What is this? fport? Leo. Bear the boy hence, he shall not come about her; Away with him:-and let her sport herself With that fhe's big with; for 'tis Polixenes Has made thee fwell thus. Her. But I'd fay, he had not, And, I'll be fworn, you would believe my faying, Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Leo. You, my lords, Look on her, mark her well, be but about To fay, fhe is a goodly lady, and The juftice of your hearts will thereto add, 'Tis pity, fhe's not boneft, bonourable: 1 befts:]-heavings. m Remain a pinch'd thing; yea, a very trick]-Am reduced to a meer puppet rags, a baby or doll; nay a very toy. of Praise Praise her but for " this her without-door form, (Which, on my faith, deferves high speech) and straight The fhrug, the hum, or ha; these petty brands, That mercy does; for calumny will fear Virtue itself :-these shrugs, these hums, and ha's, Her. Should a villain say so, The most replenish'd villain in the world, Leo. You have mistook, my lady, Polixenes for Leontes: O thou thing, That vulgars give bold'ft titles; ay, and privy replenish'd]—confummate. CYMBELINE, A&t I, S. 7. Iach. a creature of thy place,]—a person of thy rank. But with her moft vile principal,]-Was that knowledge confin'd to herself and her paramour only. To To this their late escape. Her. No, by my life, Privy to none of this: How will this grieve you, Leo. No; if I mistake In those foundations which I build upon, A school-boy's top.-Away with her to prison : Her. There's fome ill planet reigns: I must be patient, till the heavens look With an afpect more favourable.-Good my lords, Commonly are; the want of which vain dew, Shall beft inftru&t you, measure me ;-and fo The king's will be perform'd ! Leo. Shall I be heard? [To the guards. Her. Who is't; that goes with me? 'beseech your high nefs, My women may be with me; for, you fee, My plight requires it. Do not weep, good fools; [To ber ladies. There is no caufe: when you fhall know, your mistress • The center]-Of the earth. is afar off guilty, but that he speaks.]—Is a partaker, in fome degree, of her guilt, though he but barely speak. Has u Has deferv'd prison, then abound in tears, I never wish'd to see you sorry; now, I truft, I fhall.My women, come; you have leave. Lord. For her, my lord, I dare my life lay down, and will do't, fir, In this which you accuse her. Ant. If it prove W She's otherwife, I'll keep my stable where I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her ; For every inch of woman in the world, Ay, every dram of woman's flesh is false, If fhe be. Leo. Hold your peaces. Lord. Good my lord, Ant. It is for you we fpeak, not for ourselves: You are abus'd, and by some putter-on, That will be damn'd for't; 'twould I knew the villain, I would land-damn him: Be fhe honour-flaw'd,— I have three daughters, the eldest is eleven ; The fecond, and the third, nine, and fome five; " this action, I now go on,]-the prefent committment. x land-damn him]-bury him alive, ftop him up with earth. Y and fome five ;]-the third about five. I'll geld them all; fourteen they shall not fee, Leo. Ceafe; no more. You smell this bufinefs with a fenfe as cold As is a dead man's nofe: but I do fee't, and feel't; As you feel doing thus, [Striking him.] and fee withal The inftruments that feel. Ant. If it be fo, We need no grave to bury honesty; There's not a grain of it, the face to sweeten Of the whole dungy earth. Leo. What? lack I credit? Lord. I had rather you did lack, than I, my lord, Upon this ground: and more it would content me To have her honour true, than your fufpicion; Be blam'd for't how you might. Leo. Why, what need we Commune with you of this? but rather follow Ant. And I wish, my liege, You had only in your filent judgment try'd it, Without more overture. Leo. How could that be? Z lib-caftrate. a fair iffue.]-a legitimate offspring. b that feel.]-that touch you. |