whipped out of the court: they cherish it, to make it stay there; and yet it will no more but abide. Aut. Vices I would say, sir. I know this man well: he hath been since an ape-bearer; then a process-server, a bailiff; then he compassed a motion of the prodigal son 2, and married a tinker's wife within a mile where my land and living lies; and, having flown over many knavish professions, he settled only in rogue: some call him Autolycus. Clo. Out upon him! Prig, for my life, prig3: he haunts wakes, fairs, and bearbaitings. Aut. Very true, sir; he, sir, he; that's the rogue that put me into this apparel. Clo. Not a more cowardly rogue in all Bohemia; if you had but looked big, and spit at him, he'd have run. Aut. I must confess to you, sir, I am no fighter; I am false of heart that way; and that he knew, I warrant him. Aut. Sweet sir, much better than I was; I can stand, and walk; I will even take my leave of you, and pace softly towards my kinsman's. Clo. Shall I bring thee on the way? Aut. No, good-faced sir; no, sweet sir. Clo. Then fare thee well; I must go buy spices for our sheep-shearing. - Aut. Prosper you, sweet sir! [Exit Clown.] Your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spice. I'll be with you at your sheep-shearing too: If I make not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove sheep, let me be enrolled, and my name put in the book of virtue ! 2 motion of the prodigal son,] i. e. the puppet-show, then, called motions. A term frequently occurring in our author. Prig, for my life, prig:] To prig is to filch. 3. Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, Your sad tires in a mile-a. [Exit. The same. SCENE III. A Shepherd's Cottage. Enter FLORIZEL and PERdita. Flo. These your unusual weeds to each part of you Do give a life: no shepherdess; but Flora, Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing And you the queen on't. Sir, my gracious lord, Per Flo. I bless the time, When my good falcon made her flight across Thy father's ground. Per. Now Jove afford you cause! To me, the differences forges dread; your greatness 5 4 hent the stile-a:] To hent the stile, is to take hold of it. your extremes,] That is, the extravagance of his conduct, in obscuring himself "in a swain's wearing," while he "pranked her up most goddess-like.” 6 The gracious mark-] The object of all men's notice. 7 prank'd up:] To prank is to dress with ostentation. • To me, the difference —] i, e. between his rank and hers. Hath not been used to fear. Even now I tremble Flo. Per. O but, dear sir,+ Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis Oppos'd, as it must be, by the power o' the king: Which then will speak; that you must change this Or I my life. With these forc'd thoughts, I pr'ythee, darken not 9 his work, so noble, Vilely bound up?] It is impossible for any man to rid his mind of his profession. The authorship of Shakspeare has supplied him with a metaphor, which, rather than he would lose it, he has put with no great propriety into the mouth of a country maid. Thinking of his own works, his mind passed naturally to the binder. I am glad that he has no hint at an editor. JOHNSON. †“O but, sir,” MALONE. Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine: to this I am most constant, Though destiny say, no. Be merry, gentle; Strangle such thoughts as these, with any thing Of celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. Per. Stand you auspicious! O lady fortune, Enter Shepherd, with POLIXENES and CAMILLO disguised; Clown, MOPSA, DORCAS, and Others. Flo. See, your guests approach: Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, Shep. Fye, daughter! when my old wife liv'd, upon This day, she was both pantler, butler, cook; Both dame and servant: welcom'd all: serv'd all: With labour; and the thing, she took to quench it, Per. It is Welcome, sir! [To POL. my father's will, I should take on me The hostess-ship o' the day: You're welcome, sir! Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. [Ta CAMILLO. Reverend sirs, |