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
_Oli._ Get you to your lord;
I cannot love him: let him send no more;
Unless, perchance, you come to me again,
To tell me how he takes it. Fare you well:
I thank you for your pains: spend this for me. 265
_Vio._ I am no fee'd post, lady; keep your purse:
My master, not myself, lacks recompense.
Love make his heart of flint that you shall love;
And let your fervour, like my master's, be
Placed in contempt! Farewell, fair cruelty. [_Exit._ 270
_Oli._ 'What is your parentage?'
'Above my fortunes, yet my state is well:
I am a gentleman.' I'll be sworn thou art;
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit,
Do give thee five-fold blazon: not too fast: soft, soft! 275
Unless the master were the man. How now!
Even so quickly may one catch the plague?
Methinks I feel this youth's perfections
With an invisible and subtle stealth
To creep in at mine eyes. Well, let it be. 280
What ho, Malvolio!
_Re-enter_ MALVOLIO.
_Mal._ Here, madam, at your service.
_Oli._ Run after that same peevish messenger,
The county's man: he left this ring behind him,
Would I or not: tell him I'll none of it.
Desire him not to flatter with his lord, 285
Nor hold him up with hopes; I am not for him:
If that the youth will come this way to-morrow,
I'll give him reasons for't: hie thee, Malvolio.
_Mal._ Madam, I will. [_Exit._
_Oli._ I do I know not what, and fear to find 290
Mine eye too great a flatterer for my mind.
Fate, show thy force: ourselves we do not owe;
What is decreed must be, and be this so. [_Exit_.
LINENOTES:
SCENE V.] SCENE VI. Pope.
OLIVIA'S house.] Rowe.
[5] _to fear_] _fear_ F3 F4.
_colours_] _collars_ Anon. conj.
[8] _lenten_] Rowe. _lenton_ Ff.
[16] _to be_] F1. _be_ F2 F3 F4.
[18] _Many_] _Marry_, Theobald.
[19] _turning away_] _turning o' hay_ Smith conj. _turning of whey_
Letherland conj.
[20, 28] _You_] _Your_ F2.
[23] _gaskins_] _gaskings_ F4.
[28] [Exit.] Pope. om. Ff.
[29] SCENE VII. Pope.
_an't_] Hanmer. _and 't_ Ff.
_good_] _a good_ Warburton.
[34] Enter ...] Ff (after line 28). Enter O. attended. Capell.
[37] _you're_] _y'are_ Ff.
[39] _madonna_] _Madona_ Ff., and passim.
[46] _cuckold_] _counsellor_ Hanmer.
[51] _to say as I wear_] _to say, as I were_ F4. _as to say, as I
were_ Rowe (ed. 1). _as to say, I wear_ Id. (ed. 2).
[55] _Dexteriously_] _Dexterously_ F4.
[58] _mouse_] _muse_ Anon. conj.
_answer me_] _answer_ F3 F4.
[59] _bide_] _abide_ Steevens (1785).
[65] _fool_] F1 F2. _fool you_ F3 F4.
[71, 72] _the better_] Ff. _better the_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[80] _brain_] _brains_ F3 F4.
[83] _these_] _those_ Hanmer.
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