They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain and nourish all the world: Else none at all in ought proves excellent. 350 Then fools you were these women to forswear; Or keeping what is sworn, you will prove fools. For wisdom’s sake, a word that all men love; Or for love’s sake, a word that loves all men; Or for men’s sake, the authors of these women; 355 Or women’s sake, by whom we men are men; Let us once lose our oaths to find ourselves, Or else we lose ourselves to keep our oaths. It is religion to be thus forsworn, For charity itself fulfils the law, 360 And who can sever love from charity? _King._ Saint Cupid, then! and, soldiers, to the field! _Biron._ Advance your standards, and upon them, lords; Pell-mell, down with them! but be first advised, In conflict that you get the sun of them. 365 _Long._ Now to plain-dealing; lay these glozes by: Shall we resolve to woo these girls of France? _King._ And win them too: therefore let us devise Some entertainment for them in their tents. _Biron._ First, from the park let us conduct them thither; 370 Then homeward every man attach the hand Of his fair mistress: in the afternoon We will with some strange pastime solace them, Such as the shortness of the time can shape; For revels, dances, masks and merry hours 375 Forerun fair Love, strewing her way with flowers. _King._ Away, away! no time shall be omitted That will betime, and may by us be fitted. _Biron._ Allons! allons! Sow’d cockle reap’d no corn; And justice always whirls in equal measure: 380 Light wenches may prove plagues to men forsworn; If so, our copper buys no better treasure. [_Exeunt._ ~~~~~ Linenotes: _Love’s Labour’s Lost_, IV, 3. SCENE III.] SCENE IV. Pope. ACT IV. Capell. 1: _he_] om. Rowe (ed. 2). 2: _a pitch_] _pitch_ Hanmer. 3: _set_] Qq Ff. _sit_ Hanmer. 5: _and I the fool_] _and ay the fool_ Grant White, _am I the fool_ Anon. conj. 6: _I a sheep_] _ay a sheep_ Grant White. 9: _love her_] _love_ Rowe (ed. 2). 12, 13: _melancholy_] _mallichollie_ Qq Ff. 17: [Stands aside.] [retiring. Capell, and at line 21 [Gets up into a tree. id. 24: _smote_] _smot_ Qq Ff. 25: _night of dew_] Qq Ff. _dew of night_ Singer (Musgrave conj.). 34: _wilt_] _will_ Q1. 36: _dost thou_] Qq Ff. _thou dost_ Singer (Collier MS.). 43: _perjure_] _perjurd_ F2. 49: _triumviry_] Rowe (ed. 2). _triumphery_ Qq F1 F2. _triumphry_ F3 F4. _triumvirate_ Rowe (ed. 1). 55: _slop_] Theobald. _shop_ Qq Ff. _shape_ Egerton MS. 57: _cannot_] _could not_ ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’ 59: _deserve_] _deserves_ Q2. 62: _earthly_] _earthy_ F3 F4. 64: _Vows are but breath_] _My vow was breath_ ‘Passionate Pilgrim.’ 65: _which on my earth dost_] _that on this earth doth_ Ib. 66: _Exhalest_] _Exhale_ Ib.