You would have been contracted to a maid;
Nor are you therein, by my life, deceiv'd,
You are betroth'd both to a maid and man.
Duke. Be not amaz'd; right noble is his
If this be so,as yet the glass seems true,[blood.—
I shall have share in this most happy wreck:
Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times,
[TO VIOLA.
Thou never should'st love woman like to me.
Vio. And all those sayings will I over-swear;
And all those swearings keep as ture in soul,
As doth that orbed continent the fire
That severs day from night.

Duke.
Give me thy hand;
And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds.
Vio. The captain, that did bring me first on

shore, [action, Hath my maid's garments: he, upon some Is now in durance; at Malvolio's suit, A gentleman, and follower of my lady's.

One day shall crown the alliance on't, so please you,

Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Duke. Madam, I am most apt to embrace

your offer. [your service done him, Your master quits you; [TO VIOLA.] and, for So much against the mettle of your sex, So far beneath your soft and tender breeding, And since you call'd me master for so long, Here is my hand; you shall from this time be Your master's mistress. A sister?-you are she. Re-enter FABIAN, with MALVOLIO. Duke. Is this the madman? Oli.

Oli.

How now, Malvolio?

Ay, my lord, this same :

Mal. Madam, you have done me wrong, Notorious wrong. Oli.

Clo. Truly, madam, he holds Belzebub at the stave's end, as well as a man in his case may do he has here writ a letter to you, I should have given it you to-day morning; but as a madman's epistles are no gospels, so it skills not much, when they are delivered.

Oli. Open it, and read it.

Clo. Look then to be well edified, when the fool delivers the madman:-By the lord, madam,

Oli. How now! art thou mad?

Clo. No, madam, I do but read madness: an your ladyship will have it as it ought to be, you must allow vor*.

Oli. Pr'ythee, read i'thy right wits. Clo. So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits, is to read thus: therefore perpend†, my princess, and give ear.

Oli. Read it you, sirrah. [TO FABIAN. Fab. [reads.] By the Lord, madam, you wrong me, and the world shall know it: though you have put me into darkness, and given your drunken cousin rule over me, yet have I the benefit of my senses as well as your ladyship. I have your own letter that induced me to the semblance I put on; with the which I doubt not but to do myself much right,or you much shame. Think of me as you please. I leave my duty a little unthought of, and speak out of my injury. The madly-used Malvolio. Oli. Did he write this? Clo. Ay, madam.

Duke. This savours not much of distraction. Oli. See him deliver'd, Fabian; bring him hither. [Exit FABIAN. My lord, so please you, these things further To think me as well a sister as awife,[thought on,

Or say, 'tis not your real, nor your invention:
You can say none of this: Well, grant it then,
And tell me, in the modesty of honour, [favour;
Why you have given me such clear lights of
Bade me come smiling, and cross-garter'd to
To put on yellow stockings, and to frown [you,
Upon sir Toby, and the lighterý people;
And, acting this in an obedient hope,
Why have you suffer'd me to be imprison'd,
Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest,
And made the most notorious geck, and gnil,
That e'er invention play'd on? tell me why.

Oli. Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing,
Though, I confess, much like the character:
But, out of question, 'tis Maria's hand.
And now I do bethink me, it was she [smiling,
First told me, thou wast mad; then cam❜st in
And in such forms which here were pre-
suppos'd

Upon thee in the letter. Pr'ythee, be content: This practice hath most shrewdly pass'd upon thee; [of it, But, when we know the grounds and authors Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge Of thine own cause.

Fab. Good madam, hear me speak; And let no quarrel, nor no brawl to come, Taint the condition of this present hour, [not, Which I have wonder'd at. In hope it shall Most freely I confess, myself, and Toby, Set this device against Malvolio here, Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts We had conceiv'd against him: Maria writ The letter, at sir Toby's great importance¶; In recompense whereof, he hath married her. How with a sportful malice it was follow'd, May rather pluck on laughter than revenge; If that the injuries be justly weigh'd, That have on both sides past.

[thee!

||Fool

interlude; one sir Topas, sir; but that's all one:-By the Lord, jool, I am not mud;But do you remember? Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal? an you smile not, he's gagg'd: And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

Mal. I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you. [Exit. Oli. He hath been most notoriously abus'd. Duke. Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace :

He hath not told us of the captain yet;

When that is known and golden time convents,

A solemn combination shall be made

Of our dear souls-Mean time, sweet sister, We will not part from hence.--Cesario, come, For so you shall be, while you are a man; But, when in other habits you are seen, Orsino's mistress, and his faucy's queen.

[cueunt.

Clo.

SONG.

When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy,

For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came to man's estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knave and thief men shut their gate,

For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, alas! to wive,

With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came unto my bed,

With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, With toss-pots still had drunken head, For the rain it raineth every day. A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day. [Exit.

Shall serve.

K

VINCENTIO, duke of Vienna.
ANGELO, lord deputy in the duke's absence.
ESCALUS, an ancient lord, joined with
Angelo in the deputation.
CLAUDIO, a young gentleman.

LUCIO, a fantastic.

Two other like gentlemen.

A JUSTICE.

ELBOW, a simple constable.
FROTH, a foolish gentleman.
CLOWN, Servant to Mrs. Over-done.
ABHORSON, an executioner.

BARNARDINE, a dissolute prisoner. ISABELLA, sister to Claudio.

THOMAS, two friars.

PETER,

Duke. Escalus,Escal. My lord.

Duke. Of government the properties to unfold, [course; Would seem in me to affect speech and disSince I am put to know, that your own science, Exceeds, in that, the lists of all advice My strength can give you: Then no more remains [able, But that to your sufficiency, as your worth is And let them work. The nature of our people Our city's institutions, and the terms For common justice, you are as pregnant † in, As art and practice hath enriched any That we remember: There is our commission, From which we would not have you warp. I say,bid come before us Angelo.~[Call hither, [Exit an Attendant. What figure of us think you he will bear? For you must know, we have with special soul! Elected him our absence to supply; Lent him our terror, drest him with our iove : And given his deputation all the organs Of our own power: What think you of it? Escal. If any in Vienna be of worth To undergo such ample grace and honour, It is lord Angelo.

Duke.

Enter ANGELO.

Look, where he comes. Ang. Always obedient to your grace's will, I come to know your pleasure. Duke.

Angelo,

There is a kind of character in thy life,
That, to the observer, doth thy history
Fully unfold: Thyself and thy belongings t
Are not thine own so propers, as to waste
Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee.
Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do;
Not light them for themselves: for if our
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike [virtues
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely
touch'd,

But to fine issues : nor nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence,
But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself the glory of a creditor, [speech
Both thanks and use ¶. But I do bend my
To one that can my part in him advértise;
Hold therefore, Angelo;

In our remove, be thou at full ourself;
Mortality and mercy in Vienna
Live in thy tongue and heart: Old Escalus,
Though first in question, is thy secondary :
Take thy commission.
Ang.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my metal,
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamp'd upon it.

Duke.
No more evasion :
We have with a leaven'd and prepared choice
Proceeded to you; therefore take your honours.
Our haste from hence is of so quick condition,
That it prefers itself, and leaves unquestion'd
Matters of needful value. We shall write to you,
As time and our concernings shall impórtune,
How it goes with us; and do look to know
What doth befall you here. So, fare you well:
To the hopeful execution do I leave you
Of your commissions.

So much thy own property. ¶ Interest.

Ang. Yet, give leave, my lord, That we may bring you something on the way. Duke. My haste may not admit it; Nor need you, on mine honour, have to do With any scruple: your scope is as mine So to enforce, or qualify the laws, [own; As to your soul seems good. Give me your I'll privily away: I love the people, [hand; But do not like to stage me to their eyes: Though it do well, I do not relish well Their loud applause, and avest vehement; Nor do I think the man of safe discretion, That does affect it. Once more, fare you well. Ang. The heavens give safety to your purposes! [happiness. Escal. Lead forth, and bring you back in Duke. I thank you: Fare you well. [Exit, Escal. I shall desire you, sir, to give me leave [me To have free speech with you; and it concerns To look into the bottom of my place: [nature A power I have; but of what strength and I am not yet instructed. [together, Ang. 'Tis so with me :-Let us withdraw And we may soon our satisfaction have Touching that point. Escal.

I'll wait upon your honour. [Exeunt.

SCENE II. A Street. Enter LUCIO and two Gentlemen. Lucio. If the duke, with the other dukes, come not to composition with the king of Hungary, why, then all the dukes fall upon the king.

1 Gent. Heaven grant us its peace, but not the king of Hungary's!

2 Gent. Amen.

Lucio. Thou concludest like the sanctimo- | nious pirate, that went to sea with the ten commandments, but scraped one out of the

table.

2 Gent. Thou shalt not steal? Lucio. Ay, that he razed.

1 Gent. Why, 'twas a commandment to command the captain and all the rest from their functions; they put forth to steal: There's not a soldier of us all, that, in the thanksgiving before meat, doth relish the petition well that prays for peace.

2 Gent. I never heard any soldier dislike it. Lucio. I believe thee; for, I think, thou never wast where grace was said.

2 Gent. No? a dozen times at least. 1 Gent. What? in metre?

1 Gent. And thou the velvet: thou art good velvet; thou art a three-pil'd piece, I warrant thee: I had as lief be a list of an English kersey, as be pil'd, as thou art pil'd, for a French velvet. Do I speak feelingly now?

Lucio. I think thou dost; and, indeed, with most painful feeling of thy speech: I will, out of thine own confession, learn to begin thy health; but, whilst I live, forget to drink after thee.

1 Gent. I think, I have done myself wrong; have I not?

2 Gent. Yes, that thou hast; whether thou art tainted, or free.

Lucio. Behold, behold, where madam Mitigation comes! I have purchased as many diseases under her roof, as come to2 Gent. To what, I pray? 1 Gent. Judge.

2 Gent. To three thousand dollars a-year. 1 Gent. Ay, and more. Lucio. A French crown

more.

1 Gent. Thou art always figuring diseases in me; but thou art full of error; I am sound. Lucio. Nay, not as one would say, healthy; but so sound, as things that are hollow: thy bones are hollow; impiety has made a feast of thee. Enter Bawd.

1 Gent. How now? Which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?

Bawd. Well, well; there's one yonder arrested, and carried to prison, was worth five thousand of you all.

1 Gent. Who's that, I pray thee? Bawd. Marry, sir, that's Claudio, signior Claudio.

1 Gent. Claudio to prison! 'tis not so.

Bawd. Nay, but I know, 'tis so: I saw him arrested; saw him carried away; and, which is more, within these three days his head's to be chopped off.

Lucio. But, after all this fooling, I would not have it so: Art thou sure of this? Bawd. I am too sure of it: and it is for getting madam Julietta with child.

Lucio. Believe me, this may be he promised to meet me two hours since; and he was ever precise in promise-keeping.

2 Gent. Besides, you know, it draws something near to the speech we had to such a purpose.

I Gent. But most of all, agreeing with the

Lucio. Away; let's go learn the truth of it. [Exeunt Lucio and Gentlemen. Bawd. Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat **, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom-shrunk. How now? what's the news with you? Enter Clown.

Clo. Yonder man is carried to prison.
Bawd. Well; what has he done?
Clo. A woman.

A cut of the same cloth. Corona Veneris.