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Wall." Thus have I, wall, my part discharged fo; "And, being done, thus wall away doth go.”

[Exeunt Wall, PYRAMUS, and THISBE. The. Now is the mural down between the two neighbours.

Dem. No remedy, my lord, when walls are fo wilful to hear without warning.

Hip. This is the filliest stuff that ever I heard.

The. The best in this kind are but shadows: and the worst are no worfe, if imagination amend them.

Hip. It must be your imagination then, and not theirs. The. If we imagine no worse of them, than they of themselves, they may pass for excellent men. Here come two noble beasts in, a moon and a lion.

Enter Lion and Moonshine.

Lion. "You, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear "The fmalleft monftrous moufe that creeps on floor, "May now, perchance, both quake and tremble here, "When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar. "Then know, that I, one Snug the joiner, am "A lion fell, nor else no lion's dam:

"For if I fhould as lion come in ftrife

"Into this place, 'twere pity on my life.”

The. A very gentle beast, and of a good confcience.
Dem. The very best at a beast, my lord, that e'er I saw.
Lyf. This lion is a very fox for his valour.
The. True; and a goofe for his difcretion.

Dem. Not fo, my lord: for his valour cannot carry his difcretion; and the fox carries the goofe.

The. His difcretion, I am fure, cannot carry his valour; for the goofe carries not the fox. It is well: leave it to his difcretion, and let us liften to the moon.

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Moon. "This lantern doth the horned moon present:" Dem. He fhould have worn the horns on his head.

The. He is no crescent, and his horns are invisible within the circumference.

Moon. "This lantern doth the horned moon present; Myfelf the man i'th'moon do feem to be."

The. This is the greatest error of all the reft: the man fhould be put into the lantern: How is it elfe the man i'the moon?

Dem. He dares not come there for the candle: for, you fee, it is already in snuff.

Hip. I am aweary of this moon: Would, he would change!

The. It appears, by his fmall light of difcretion, that he is in the wane: but yet, in courtesy, in all reason, we muft ftay the time.

Lyf. Proceed, moon.

Moon. All that I have to fay, is, to tell you, that the lantern is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thornbufh, my thorn-buth; and this dog, my dog.

Dem. Why, all these should be in the lantern; for they are in the moon. But, filence; here comes Thisbe.

Enter THISBE.

This. "This is old Ninny's tomb: Where is my love?"

Lion. "Oh—.”

[The Lion roars.

Dem. Well roar'd, lion.

THISBE runs off.

The. Well run, Thisbe.

Hip. Well fhone, moon.-Truly, the moon fhines with

good grace.

The. Well mous'd, lion.

[The Lion tears THISBE's mantle, and exit.

Dem.

Dem. And fo comes Pyramus.

Lys. And then the moon vanishes. ·

Enter PYRAMUS.

Pyr. "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy funny beams; “I thank thee, moon, for thining now fo bright: "For, by thy gracious, golden, glittering ftreams, "I trust to taste of truest Thisby's sight. "But stay ;-0 spite!

"But mark ;-Poor knight,

"What dreadful dole is here?

"Eyes, do you fee?

"How can it be?

"O dainty duck! O dear!

"Thy mantle good,

"What, ftain'd with blood?

Approach, ye furies fell!

"O fates! come, come;

"Cut thread and thrum

"Quail, crush, conclude, and quell!"

The. This paffion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look fad.

Hip. Befhrew my heart, but I pity the man.

Pyr.

"O, wherefore, nature, didft thou lions frame? "Since lion vile hath here deflour'd my dear:

"Which is no, no-which was the fairest dame, "That liv'd, that lov'd, that lik'd, that look'd, with cheer. "Come, tears, confound;

"Out, fword, and wound

"The pap of Pyramus:

“Ay, that left pap,

"Where heart doth hop :

"Thus die I, thus, thus, thus.

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" Now

"Now am I dead,

"Now am I fied;

"My foul is in the sky:

"Tongue, lofe thy light!

"Moon, take thy flight!

"Now die, die, die, die, die.

[Dies. Exit Moonshine. Dem. No die, but an ace, for him; for he is but one. Lyf. Lefs than an ace, man; for he is dead; he is nothing.

The. With the help of a furgeon, he might yet recover, and prove an ass.

Hip. How chance moonshine is gone, before Thisbe comes back and finds her lover?

The. She will find him by ftar-light.-Here he comes; and her paffion ends the play.

Enter THISBE.

Hip. Methinks, she should not use a long one, for fuch a Pyramus: I hope, fhe will be brief.

Dem. A mote will turn the balance, which Pyramus, which Thisbe, is the better.

Lyf. She hath fpied him already, with those sweet eyes. Dem. And thus fhe moans, videlicet.

Thif. "Afleep, my love?

“What, dead, my dove?

"O Pyramus, arife,

"Speak, fpeak. Quite dumb?

"Dead, dead? A tomb

"Muft cover thy fweet eyes.

"Thefe lily brows,

"This cherry nose,

Thefe yellow cowflip cheeks,

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"Are gone, are gone:

"Lovers, make moan!

“His eyes were green as leeks.
"O filters three,

"Come, come, to me,
"With hands as pale as milk;
"Lay them in gore,

"Since you have fhore
"With fhears his thread of filk.

Tongue, not a word :—

"Come, trusty fword;

"Come, blade, my breast imbrue :

"And farewel, friends;

"Thus Thisby ends :

Adieu, adieu, adieu."

The. Moonshine and lion are left to bury the dead.

Dem. Ay, and wall too.

[Dies.

Bot. No, I affure you; the wall is down that parted their fathers. Will it please you to fee the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance, between two of our company?

The. No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excufe. Never excufe; for when the players are all dead, there need none to be blamed. Marry, if he that writ it, had play'd Pyramus, and hang'd himself in Thisbe's garter, it would have been a fine tragedy: and so it is, truly; and very notably discharg'd. But come, your Bergomask: let your epilogue alone, [Here a dance of Clowns. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve :— Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.

I fear, we shall out-fleep the coming morn,
As much as we this night have over-watch'd.
This palpable-grofs play hath well beguil'd

The heavy gait of night.-Sweet friends, to bed.- ·

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