The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Count._ Not so, but as we change our courtesies. 95
Will you draw near? [_Exeunt Countess and Gentlemen._
_Hel._ 'Till I have no wife, I have nothing in France.'
Nothing in France, until he has no wife!
Thou shalt have none, Rousillon, none in France;
Then hast thou all again. Poor lord! is 't I 100
That chase thee from thy country and expose
Those tender limbs of thine to the event
Of the none-sparing war? and is it I
That drive thee from the sportive court, where thou
Wast shot at with fair eyes, to be the mark 105
Of smoky muskets? O you leaden messengers,
That ride upon the violent speed of fire,
Fly with false aim; move the still-peering air,
That sings with piercing; do not touch my lord.
Whoever shoots at him, I set him there; 110
Whoever charges on his forward breast,
I am the caitiff that do hold him to 't;
And, though I kill him not, I am the cause
His death was so effected: better 'twere
I met the ravin lion when he roar'd 115
With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere
That all the miseries which nature owes
Were mine at once. No, come thou home, Rousillon,
Whence honour but of danger wins a scar,
As oft it loses all: I will be gone; 120
My being here it is that holds thee hence:
Shall I stay here to do't? no, no, although
The air of paradise did fan the house,
And angels officed all: I will be gone,
That pitiful rumour may report my flight, 125
To consolate thine ear. Come, night; end, day!
For with the dark, poor thief, I'll steal away. [_Exit._
LINENOTES:
[7] _the ruff_] _his ruff_ Rowe. _the ruffle_ Whalley conj.
[8] _know_] _knew_ Rowe.
[9] _sold_] F3 F4. _hold_ F1 F2.
_sold ... manor for_] _holds ... manner for_ Harness conj. _hold ...
manor by_ Collier conj.
[11] [Reads the letter. Theobald.
[13] _ling_] F2 F3 F4. _lings_ F1.
[14] _old ling_] _youngling_ S. Walker conj.
_brains_] _brain_ Pope.
[18] _E'en_] Theobald. _In_ Ff.
[19] Count. [reads] A letter. Ff.
[30] _contempt_] F1 F2 F3. _content_ F4.
[41] _hear_] _heard_ Hanmer.
[42] SCENE III. Pope.
First Gent.] 1 Gen. Rowe. French E. Ff. See note (VI).
[44] Sec. Gent.] 2 Gen. Rowe. French G. F1 F3 F4. Fren. G. F2. See
note (VI).
[45] _patience. Pray you,_] _patience, pray you_ F1 F2. _patience;
pray you_ F3. _patience: pray you_ F4. _patience, 'pray you:_ Hanmer.
[46] _I have_] _I've_ Pope.
[48] _I pray you_] om. Theobald.
[50] _for_] _from_ Rowe.
[53] _his_] _this_ Rowe.
[54] [reads.] Capell.
[54, 55] _upon my ... off_] _from my ... off_ Hanmer. _upon thy ...
off mine_ Johnson conj. (withdrawn).
[59] First Gent.] 1 G. F1 F2 F3. 1 Gen. F4.
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