What? Bap. Now, by my holidame, here comes Katha- Kath. What is your will, sir, that you send for Pet. Where is your sister, and Hortensio's wife? come, [Exit Grumio. Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, Swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbands: An awful rule, and right supremacy; Re-enter Katharina, with Bianca, and Widow. wives As prisoners to her womanly persuasion.— [Katharina pulls off her cap, and throws it down. Wid. Lord, let me never have a cause to sigh, Till I be brought to such a silly pass! Bian. Fie! what a foolish duty call you this? Pet. Katharine, I charge thee, tell these head-| What duty they do owe their lords and husbands. Pet. Come on, I say; and first begin with her. Pet. I say, she shall;-and first begin with her. brow; And dart not scornful glances from those eyes, Vin. 'Tis a good hearing, when children are toward. Luc. But a harsh hearing, when women are froward. Pet. Come, Kate, we'll to bed : We three are married, but you two are sped. And, being a winner, God give you good night! Luc. 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great difference betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia. Cam. I think, this coming summer, the king of Sicilia means to pay Bohemia the visitation which ne justly owes him. Clown, his son. Servant to the old shepher wo Hermione, queen to Leontes. Perdita, daughter to Leontes and Hermione. Emilia, a ladies, attending the queen. Mopsa, Dorcas, Shepherdesses. Lords, ladies, and attendants; satyrs for a dance, shepherds, shepherdesses, guards, &c. Scene, sometimes in Sicilia, sometimes in Bohemia. malice, or matter, to alter it. You have an unspeakable comfort of your young prince Mamillius; it is a gentleman of the greatest promise, that ever came into my note. Cam. I very well agree with you in the hopes of him: it is a gallant child; one that, indeed, phywent on crutches ere he was born, desire yet their sics the subject,3 makes old hearts fresh: they, that life, to see him a man. Arch. Would they else be content to die? Cam. Yes; if there were no other excuse why they should desire to live. Arch. If the king had no son, they would desire to live on crutches till he had one. [Exeunt. Arch. Wherein our entertainment shall shame us, we will be justified in our loves: for, indeed,-SCENE II.-The same. A room of state in the Cam. 'Beseech you,palace. Enter Leontes, Polixenes, Hermione, Mamillius, Camillo, and attendants. Arch. Verily, I speak it in the freedom of my knowledge: we cannot with such magnificence Pol. Nine changes of the wat'ry star have been in so rare-I know not what to say.We will The shepherd's note, since we have left our throne give you sleepy drinks; that your senses, unintelli- Without a burden: time as long again gent of our insufficience, may, though they can- Would be fill'd up, my brother, with our thanks : not praise us, as little accuse us. And yet we should, for perpetuity, Cam. You pay a great deal too dear, for what's Go hence in debt: And therefore, like a cipher, given freely. Yet standing in rich place, I multiply, Arch. Believe me, I speak as my understanding With one we-thank-you, many thousands more instructs me, and as mine honesty puts it to utter-That go before it. ance. Leon. Stay your thanks awhile; Cam. Sicilia cannot show himself over-kind to And pay them when you part. Bohemia. They were trained together in their Pol. Sir, that's to-morrow. childhoods; and there rooted betwixt them then I am question'd by my fears, of what may chance, such an affection, which cannot choose but branch Or breed upon our absence: That may blow now. Since their more mature dignities, and royal No sneaping winds at home, to make us say, necessities, made separation of their society, their This is put forth too truly! Besides, I have stay'd encounters, though not personal, have been royally To tire your royalty. attornied' with interchange of gifts, letters, loving embassies; that they have seemed to be together, though absent; shook hands, as over a vast ; and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds. The heavens continue their loves! Arch. I think, there is not in the world either (1) Nobly supplied by substitution of embassies. (2) Wide waste of country. Leon. We are tougher, brother No longer stay. longer. Than you can put us to't. (3) Affords a cordial to the state. (4) Nipping. I'll no gain-saying. Sesoon as yours, could win me: so it should now, Do even drag me homeward: which to hinder, Leon. Tongue-tied, our queen? speak you. Her. I had thought, sir, to have held my peace, until You had drawn oaths from him, not to stay. You, sir, Leon. Well said, Hermione. Her. To tell, he longs to see his son, were strong: But let him say so then, and let him go; But let him swear so, and he shall not stay, We'll thwack him hence with distaffs. Yet of your royal presence [To Polixenes.] I'll adventure The borrow of a week. When at Bohemia Her. Nay, but you will? Pol. Her. Verily! No, madam. I may not, verily. You put me off with limber' vows: But I, With stronger blood, we should have answer'd heaven Boldly, Not guilty; the imposition clear'd, Her. Is he won yet? At my request, he would not. I Her. Leon. Never? Never, but once. Her. What? have I twice said well? when was't before? pr'ythee, tell me : Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things: One good deed, dying tongueless, Slaughters a thousand, waiting upon that. Though you would seek to unsphere the stars with Or I mistake you: 0, would her name were Grace! oaths, Should yet say, Sir, no going. Verily, You shall not go; a lady's verily is As potent as a lord's. Will you go yet? Not like a guest; so you shall pay your fees, When you depart, and save your thanks. How say you? My prisoner? or my guest? by your dread verily, One of them you shall be. Pol. Your guest then, madam: To be your prisoner, should import offending; Which is for me less easy to commit, Than you to punish. Her. Not your gaoler then, But your kind hostess. Come, I'll question you Of my lord's tricks, and yours, when you were boys; You were pretty lordings' then. Her. Was not my lord the verier wag o' the two? i' the sun, And bleat the one at the other: what we chang'd, (1) Gests were the names of the stages where the king appointed to lie, during a royal progress. (2) Indeed. (3) Tick. (4) Flimsy. (5) A diminutive of lords. It is Grace, indeed. [Giving her hand to Polixenes. |