The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
[1385] _Pretty too!_] Pope, from (Q1). _Prates to_, Q2. _Pratest to_,
Q3 F1 F2. _Pratee to_, Q4. _Pratee too_: Q5. _Pratest too,_ F3 F4.
_Thou pratest too_: Collier (Collier MS.).
_James Soundpost_] _Samuel Sound-board_ Pope.
[1386] _O ... sounding_:] Prose in Pope. Three lines in Qq Ff.
[1387] _musicians_] _such fellows as you_ (Q1) Pope.
_no gold_] _seldom gold_ (Q1) Capell.
[1388] _Then ... redress._] Omitted by (Q1) Pope. Two lines by Johnson.
One in Q2 Q3 Q4. Prose in Ff Q5. _The music ... sound Doth lend
redress._ Theobald.
[1389] [Exit.] Exit, singing. Theobald.
[1390] First Mus.] 1. M. Capell. Min. Qq. Mu. Ff.
[1391] _him, Jack!_] Hanmer. _him Iacke,_ or _him Jack_, Qq Ff.
_him.--Jack_, Johnson.
[1392] [Exeunt.] (Q1) Q4 Q5. Exit. The rest.
ACT V.
SCENE I. _Mantua. A street._[1393]
_Enter_ ROMEO.
_Rom._ If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,[1394]
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand:
My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,[1395]
And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit[1396]
Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. 5
I dreamt my lady came and found me dead--
Strange dream, that gives a dead man leave to think!--[1397]
And breathed such life with kisses in my lips
That I revived and was an emperor.
Ah me! how sweet is love itself possess'd, 10
When but love's shadows are so rich in joy![1398]
_Enter_ BALTHASAR, _booted_.
News from Verona! How now, Balthasar!
Dost thou not bring me letters from the friar?
How doth my lady? Is my father well?
How fares my Juliet? that I ask again;[1399] 15
For nothing can be ill, if she be well.
_Bal._ Then she is well, and nothing can be ill:[1400]
Her body sleeps in Capels' monument,[1401]
And her immortal part with angels lives.[1402]
I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault, 20
And presently took post to tell it you:
O, pardon me for bringing these ill news,
Since you did leave it for my office, sir.[1403]
_Rom._ Is it e'en so? then I defy you, stars![1404]
Thou know'st my lodging: get me ink and paper,[1405] 25
And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night.
_Bal._ I do beseech you, sir, have patience:[1400][1406]
Your looks are pale and wild, and do import
Some misadventure.
_Rom._ Tush, thou art deceived:
Leave me, and do the thing I bid thee do. 30
Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?
_Bal._ No, my good lord.[1400][1407]
_Rom._ No matter: get thee gone,[1408]
And hire those horses; I'll be with thee straight.
[_Exit Balthasar._
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