The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Dem._ I will not stay thy questions; let me go: 235
Or, if thou follow me, do not believe
But I shall do thee mischief in the wood.
_Hel._ Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field,
You do me mischief. Fie, Demetrius!
Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex: 240
We cannot fight for love, as men may do;
We should be woo’d, and were not made to woo. [_Exit Dem._
I’ll follow thee, and make a heaven of hell,
To die upon the hand I love so well. [_Exit._
_Obe._ Fare thee well, nymph: ere he do leave this grove, 245
Thou shalt fly him, and he shall seek thy love.
_Re-enter_ PUCK.
Hast thou the flower there? Welcome, wanderer.
_Puck._ Ay, there it is.
_Obe._ I pray thee, give it me.
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows; 250
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lull’d in these flowers with dances and delight;
And there the snake throws her enamell’d skin, 255
Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in:
And with the juice of this I’ll streak her eyes,
And make her full of hateful fantasies.
Take thou some of it, and seek through this grove:
A sweet Athenian lady is in love 260
With a disdainful youth: anoint his eyes;
But do it when the next thing he espies
May be the lady: thou shalt know the man
By the Athenian garments he hath on.
Effect it with some care that he may prove 265
More fond on her than she upon her love:
And look thou meet me ere the first cock crow.
_Puck._ Fear not, my lord, your servant shall do so.
[_Exeunt._
~~~~~
Linenotes: _A Midsummer-Night’s Dream_, II, 1.
[_Scene i._ Enter...] Enter a Fairie at one doore, and Robin
goodfellow at another. Qq Ff.
3, 5: _Thorough...thorough, Thorough...thorough_] Q1.
_Through...through, Through...through_ Q2 Ff.
7: _moon’s sphere_] _moony sphere_ Grant White (Steevens conj.).
9: _orbs_] _herbs_ Grey conj.
10: _tall_] _all_ Collier MS.
11: _coats_] _cups_ Collier MS.
14: _here_] _here and there_ Capell.
30: _square_] _jar_ Peck conj. _sparre_ Id. conj.
32: _Either_] _Or_ Pope.
33: _sprite_] Q1. _spirit_ Q2 Ff.
34: _not you_] Q1. _you not_ Q2 Ff.
35: _frights_] _fright_ F3 F4.
_villagery_] _villageree_ Q1. _villagree_ Q2 F1 F2 F3.
_vilagree_ F4.
36–39. _Skim...labour...make...make...Mislead_] Qq Ff.
_Skims...labours...makes...makes...Misleads_ Collier.
42: _Thou_] _I am—thou_ Johnson. _Fairy, thou_ Collier (Collier
MS.).
_speak’st_] _speakest_ Q1. _speakest me_ Capell.
46: _filly_] Q1. _silly_ Q2 Ff.
50: _dewlap_] Rowe (ed. 2). _dewlop_ Qq Ff.
54: _tailor_] _rails or_ Capell. _tail-sore_ Anon. ap. Capell conj.
54, 55: _cough...laugh_] _coffe...loffe_ Qq Ff.
56: _waxen_] _yexen_ Singer (Farmer conj.).
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