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
_Cam._ Why, be so still; here's nobody will steal that
from thee: yet for the outside of thy poverty we must
make an exchange; therefore discase thee instantly,--thou
must think there's a necessity in't,--and change garments
with this gentleman: though the pennyworth on his side be 620
the worst, yet hold thee, there's some boot.
_Aut._ I am a poor fellow, sir. [_Aside_] I know ye well
enough.
_Cam._ Nay, prithee, dispatch: the gentleman is half
flayed already. 625
_Aut._ Are you in earnest, sir? [_Aside_] I smell the
trick on't.
_Flo._ Dispatch, I prithee.
_Aut._ Indeed, I have had earnest; but I cannot with
conscience take it. 630
_Cam._ Unbuckle, unbuckle.
[_Florizel and Autolycus exchange garments._
Fortunate mistress,--let my prophecy
Come home to ye!--you must retire yourself
Into some covert: take your sweetheart's hat
And pluck it o'er your brows, muffle your face, 635
Dismantle you, and, as you can, disliken
The truth of your own seeming; that you may--
For I do fear eyes over--to shipboard
Get undescried.
_Per._ I see the play so lies
That I must bear a part. 640
_Cam._ No remedy.
Have you done there?
_Flo._ Should I now meet my father,
He would not call me son.
_Cam._ Nay, you shall have no hat.
[_Giving it to Perdita._
Come, lady, come. Farewell, my friend.
_Aut._ Adieu, sir.
_Flo._ O Perdita, what have we twain forgot!
Pray you, a word. 645
_Cam._ [_Aside_] What I do next, shall be to tell the king
Of this escape and whither they are bound;
Wherein my hope is I shall so prevail
To force him after: in whose company
I shall review Sicilia, for whose sight 650
I have a woman's longing.
_Flo._ Fortune speed us!
Thus we set on, Camillo, to the sea-side.
_Cam._ The swifter speed the better.
[_Exeunt Florizel, Perdita, and Camillo._
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