_Sir And._ What is _pourquoy_? do, or not do? I would I had bestow'd
that time in the tongues, that I have in fencing, dancing, and
bear-baiting: O, had I but follow'd the arts!
_Sir To._ Then hadst thou had an excellent head of hair.
_Sir And._ Why, would that have mended my hair?
_Sir To._ Past question; for, thou seest, it will not curl by
nature.
_Sir And._ But it becomes me well enough, does't not?
_Sir To._ Excellent; it hangs like flax on a distaff; and I hope to
see a housewife take thee between her legs, and spin it off.
_Sir And._ 'Faith, I'll home to-morrow, Sir Toby: your niece will
not be seen; or, if she be, it's four to one she'll none of me: the duke
himself, here hard by, wooes her.
_Sir To._ She'll none o' the duke; she'll not match above her
degree, neither in estate, years, nor wit; I have heard her swear it.
Tut, there's life in't, man.
_Sir And._ I'll stay a month longer. I am a fellow o' the strangest
mind i' the world; I delight in masques and revels sometimes altogether.
_Sir To._ Art thou good at these kick-shaws, knight?
_Sir And._ As any man in Illyria, whatsoever he be, under the degree
of my betters; and yet I'll not compare with an old man.
_Sir To._ What is thy excellence in a galliard, knight?
_Sir And._ 'Faith, I can cut a caper.
_Sir To._ And I can cut the mutton to't.
_Sir And._ And, I think, I have the back-trick, simply as strong as
any man in Illyria.
_Sir To._ Wherefore are these things hid? wherefore have these gifts
a curtain before them? why dost thou not go to church in a galliard, and
come home in a coranto? My very walk should be a jig. What dost thou
mean? is it a world to hide virtues in?--I did think, by the excellent
constitution of thy leg, it was form'd under the star of a galliard.
_Sir And._ Ay, 'tis strong, and it does indifferent well in a
flame-colour'd stock. Shall we set about some revels?
_Sir To._ What shall we do else? were we not born under Taurus?
_Sir And._ Taurus? that's sides and heart.
_Sir To._ No, sir; it is legs and thighs. Let me see thee
caper:--Ha! higher:--Ha, ha!--excellent!
[_Exeunt._
SCENE IV.
_A Room in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.
_Enter_ VALENTINE, _and_ VIOLA _in Man's Attire_.
_Val._ If the duke continue these favors towards you, Cesario, you
are like to be much advanced.
_Vio._ You either fear his humour, or my negligence, that you call
in question the continuance of his love: Is he inconstant, sir, in his
favours?
_Val._ No, believe me.
_Vio._ I thank you.--Here comes the duke.
_Enter_ DUKE, CURIO, _and Gentlemen_.
_Duke._ Who saw Cesario, ho?
_Vio._ On your attendance, my lord; here.
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