_Pyr._ O wherefore, Nature, didst thou lions frame? Since lion vile hath here deflower’d my dear: Which is—no, no—which was the fairest dame 285 That lived, that loved, that liked, that look’d with cheer. Come, tears, confound; Out, sword, and wound The pap of Pyramus; Ay, that left pap, 290 Where heart doth hop: [_Stabs himself._ Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. Now am I dead, Now am I fled; My soul is in the sky: 295 Tongue, lose thy light; Moon, take thy flight: [_Exit Moonshine._ Now die, die, die, die, die. [_Dies._ _Dem._ No die, but an ace, for him; for he is but one. _Lys._ Less than an ace, man; for he is dead; he is nothing. 300 _The._ With the help of a surgeon he might yet recover, and prove an ass. _Hip._ How chance Moonshine is gone before Thisbe comes back and finds her lover? 305 _The._ She will find him by starlight. Here she comes; and her passion ends the play. _Re-enter_ THISBE. _Hip._ Methinks she should not use a long one for such a Pyramus: I hope she will be brief. _Dem._ A mote will turn the balance, which Pyramus, 310 which Thisbe, is the better; he for a man, God warrant us; she for a woman, God bless us. _Lys._ She hath spied him already with those sweet eyes. _Dem._ And thus she means, videlicet:— _This._ Asleep, my love? 315 What, dead, my dove? O Pyramus, arise! Speak, speak. Quite dumb? Dead, dead? A tomb Must cover thy sweet eyes. 320 These lily lips, This cherry nose, These yellow cowslip cheeks, Are gone, are gone: Lovers, make moan: 325 His eyes were green as leeks. O Sisters Three, Come, come to me, With hands as pale as milk; Lay them in gore, 330 Since you have shore With shears his thread of silk. Tongue, not a word: Come, trusty sword; Come, blade, my breast imbrue: [_Stabs herself._ 335 And, farewell, friends; Thus Thisby ends: Adieu, adieu, adieu. [_Dies._ _The._ Moonshine and Lion are left to bury the dead. _Dem._ Ay, and Wall too. 340 _Bot._ [_Starting up_] No, I assure you; the wall is down that parted their fathers. Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?