T ACT II. SCENE I. The Palace. Enter Hermione, Mamillius, and Ladies. HERMIONE. AKE the boy to you; he fo troubles me, 1 Lady. Come, my gracious Lord, Shall I be your play-fellow? Mam. No, I'll none of you. 1 Lady. Why, my sweet Lord? Mam. You'll kifs me hard, and speak to me as if I were a baby ftill. I love you better. 2 Lady. And why so, my Lord? Mam. Not for because Your brows are blacker; (yet black brows, they fay, 2 Lady. Who taught you this? Mam. I learn'd it out of women's faces: pray now, What colour be your eye-brows? 1 Lady. Blue, my Lord. Mam. Nay, that's a mock: I've seen a lady's nose That has been blue, but not her eye-brows. 1 Lady. Hark ye, The Queen, your mother, rounds apace: we fhall Present our services to a fine new prince One of these days; and then you'll wanton with us, If we would have you. 2 Lady. She is spread of late Into a goodly bulk; good time encounter her! Her. Her. What wisdom ftirs amongst you? come, Sir, now I am for you again. Pray you fit by us, And tell's a tale. Mam. Merry, or fad, fhall't be? Mam. A fad tale's beft for winter. Come on, fit down. Come on, and do your best Her. Nay, come fit down; then on. Mam. Dwelt by a church-yard;-I will tell it foftly: Yond crickets fhall not hear it. Her. Come on then, and give't me in mine ear. SCENE II. Enter Leontes, Antigonus, and Lords. Leo. Was he met there? his train? Camillo with him? Lord. Behind the tuft of pines I met them; never Saw I men fcowr fo on their way: Iey'd them Even to their fhips. Leo. How bleft am I In my just cenfure! in my true opinion! Th' abhorr'd ingredient to his eye, make known Alack, for leffer knowledge-] That is, O that my knowledge were less. How How he hath drunk, he cracks his gorge, his fides With violent hefts-I have drunk, and seen the spider. Camillo was his help in this, his Pander: 2 Remain a pinch'd thing; yea, a very trick For them to play at will: how came the posterns Lord. By his great authority, Which often hath no lefs prevail'd than fo Leo. I know too well. Give me the boy; [To Herm.] I'm glad, you did not nurfe him: Though he does bear fome figns of me, yet you Her. What is this, fport? Leo. Bear the boy hence, he fhall not come about her; Away with him, and let her fport herself With that she's big with: for it is Polixenes Her. But I'd fay, he had not; And, I'll be fworn, you would believe my faying, Leo. You, my Lords, Look on her, mark her well; be but about To fay, fhe is a goodly lady, and The juftice of your hearts will thereto add, 2 He hath difcover'd my defign, and I Remain a pinch'd thing:] Alluding to the fuperftition of the vulgar, concerning those who were enchanted, and fastened to the spot, by charms fuperior to their own. WARBURTON. (Which on my faith deferves high speech), and ftraight The shrug, the hum, or ha,-thefe petty brands, That calumny doth ufe: oh, I am out, That mercy does; for calumny will fear Her. Should a villain fay fo, The most replenish'd villain in the world, Leo. You have miftook, my Lady, O thou thing, Betwixt the prince and beggar.I have said, A federary with her, and one that knows That vulgars give bold'st titles; ay, and privy Her. No, by my life, Privy to none of this. How will this grieve you, Leo. No, if I mistake3 3-if I miftake The center, &c.] That is, If the proofs which I can offer VOL. II. will not fupport the opinion I have formed, no foundation can be trusted. S In In these foundations which I build upon, A fchool-boy's top. Away with her to prison: Her. There's fome ill planet reigns; I must be patient, 'till the heavens look Leo. Shall I be heard? Her. Who is't, that goes with me? 'beseech your Highness, My women may be with me, for, you see, My plight requires it. Do not weep, good fools, mistress [To ber Ladies. There is no cause; when you fhall know, your Has deferv'd prifon, then abound in tears, As I come out; this action', I now go on, Is for my better grace. Adieu, my Lord, I never wish'd to see you forry; now, I trust, I fhall. My women,-come, you've leave. He who fhall Speak for her, But that be Speaks- He, who fhall fpeak for her, is far of guilty, &c. i. e. partakes far, deeply, of her Guilt. THEOBALD. It is ftrange that Mr. Theobald could not find out that far off guilty, fignifies, guilty in a remote degree. 5 this action, ] The word action is here taken in the lawyer's fenfe, for indictment, charge, or accufation. Leo. |