TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.

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IV.

PROTEUS' introduction to SILVIA.

"DUKE. Welcome him then according to his worth; Silvia, I speak to you; and you, Sir Thurio:For Valentine, I need not 'cite him to it.

VAL. Welcome, dear Proteus!—Mistress, I beseech you Confirm his welcome with some special favour.

SIL. His worth is warrant for his welcome hither,
If this be he you oft have wished to hear from.
VAL. Mistress, it is: sweet lady, entertain him
To be my fellow-servant to your ladyship.

SIL. Too low a mistress for so high a servant.
PRO. Not so, sweet lady; but too mean a servant
To have a look of such a worthy mistress."

ACT II. S. 4.

SPEED in the background is welcoming LAUNCE. "SPEED. Launce! by mine honesty, welcome to Milan.

But, sirrah, how did thy master part with madam Julia? How stands the matter with them?

LAUNCE. Marry, thus; when it stands well with him, it stands well with her.

SPEED. What an ass art thou! I understand thee not.

LAUNCE.

What a block art thou, that thou canst not!

My staff understands me.

SPEED. What thou say'st?

LAUNCE. Ay, and what I do, too: look thee, I'll but

lean, and my staff understands me.”

ACT II. S. 5.

"JUL.

JULIA preparing to follow

Lucetta, as thou lov'st m

What thou think'st meet, and is mos

VI.

VALENTINE detected by the Duke upon the treacherous information of PROTEUS.

"DUKE. How shall I best convey the ladder thither? VAL. It will be light, my lord, that you may bear it Under a cloak, that is of any length.

DUKE. How shall I fashion me to wear a cloak?

I pray thee, let me feel thy cloak upon me.
What letter is this same? What's here? to Silvia?

And here an engine fit for my proceeding!"

ACT III. S. 1.