_Clo._ No such matter, sir: I do live by the church; for I do live
at my house, and my house doth stand by the church.
_Vio._ Art not thou the Lady Olivia's fool?
_Clo._ No, indeed, sir; the Lady Olivia has no folly: she will keep
no fool, sir, till she be married; and fools are as like husbands, as
pilchards are to herrings, the husband's the bigger; I am, indeed, not
her fool, but her corrupter of words.
_Vio._ I saw thee late at the Duke Orsino's.
_Clo._ Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb, like the sun; it
shines every where. I would be sorry, sir, but the fool should be as oft
with your master, as with my mistress: I think, I saw your wisdom there.
_Vio._ Nay, an thou pass upon me, I'll no more with thee. Hold,
there's expences for thee.
[_Gives him money._
_Clo._ Now, Jove, in his next commodity of hair, send thee a beard!
_Vio._ By my troth, I'll tell thee; I am almost sick for one.--Is
thy lady within?
_Clo._ Would not a pair of these have bred, sir?
_Vio._ Yes, being kept together, and put to use.
_Clo._ I would play Lord Pandarus of Phrygia, sir, to bring a
Cressida to this Troilus.
_Vio._ I understand you, sir: [_Gives him more money._] 'tis well
begged.
_Clo._ My lady is within, sir. I will construe to them whence you
came: who you are, and what you would, are out of my welkin: I might
say, element; but the word is over-worn. [_Exit_ CLOWN.
_Vio._ This fellow's wise enough to play the fool;
And to do that well, craves a kind of wit:
He must observe their mood on whom he jests,
The quality of persons, and the time;
And, like the haggard, check at every feather
That comes before his eye. This is a practice,
As full of labour as a wise man's art.
_Enter_ SIR TOBY, _and_ SIR ANDREW.
_Sir To._ Save you, gentleman.
_Vio._ And you, sir.
_Sir To._ My niece is desirous you should enter, if your trade be to
her.
_Vio._ I am bound to your niece, sir: I mean, she is the list of my
voyage.
_Sir To._ Taste your legs, sir, put them to motion.
_Vio._ My legs do better understand me, sir, than I understand what
you mean by bidding me taste my legs.
_Sir To._ I mean,--to go, sir, to enter.
_Vio._ I will answer you with gait and entrance: But we are
prevented.
_Enter_ OLIVIA.
Most excellent accomplished lady, the heavens rain odours on you!
_Sir And._ That youth's a rare courtier!--_Rain odours!_--well.
_Vio._ My matter hath no voice, lady, but to your own most pregnant
and vouchsafed ear.
_Sir And._ _Odours_, _pregnant_, and _vouchsafed_!--I'll get 'em all
three ready.
_Oli._ Leave me to my hearing.
_Sir And._ _Odours--pregnant--vouchsafed._
[_Exeunt_ SIR TOBY _and_ SIR ANDREW.
_Oli._ Give me your hand, sir.
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