Pro. Than men their minds! 'tis true. were man O heaven, 110 But constant, he were perfect! That one error Fills him with faults; makes him run through all the sins: Inconstancy falls off ere it begins. What is in Silvia's face, but I may spy More fresh in Julia's with a constant eye? Val. Come, come, a hand from either: Let me be blest to make this happy close; 'Twere pity two such friends should be long foes. Pro. Bear witness, Heaven, I have my wish for ever. Jul. And I mine. Enter Outlaws, with Duke and Thurio. Outlaws. A prize, a prize, a prize! 120 Val. Forbear, forbear, I say! it is my lord the duke. Your Grace is welcome to a man disgraced, Banished Valentine. Duke. Sir Valentine! Thu. Yonder is Silvia; and Silvia's mine. Val. Thurio, give back, or else embrace thy death; 140 I claim her not, and therefore she is thine. Duke. The more degenerate and base art thou, To make such means for her as thou hast done, And leave her on such slight conditions. Now, by the honor of my ancestry, I do applaud thy spirit, Valentine, And think thee worthy of an empress' love: Know, then, I here forget all former griefs, Cancel all grudge, repeal thee home again, Plead a new state in thy unrival'd merit, To which I thus subscribe: Sir Valentine, Thou art a gentleman, and well derived; Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserved her. Val. I thank your grace; the gift hath made me happy. you. 150 I now beseech you, for your daughter's sake, To grant one boon that I shall ask of Duke. I grant it, for thine own, whate'er it be. Val. These banish'd men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities: Forgive them what they have committed here, And let them be recall'd from their exile: They are reformed, civil, full of good, And fit for great employment, worthy lord. Duke. Thou hast prevail'd; I pardon them and thee: Dispose of them as thou know'st their deserts. 137. "To make such means for her," to make such interest for, to take such disingenuous pains about her.-H. N. H. 143. "Repeal thee home," that is, repeal the sentence of banishment.-H. N. H. 152. "That I have kept withal," that is, that I have been living with.-H. N. H. 160 Come, let us go: we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Val. And, as we walk along, I dare be bold With our discourse to make your Grace to smile. What think you of this page, my lord? Duke. I think the boy hath grace in him; he blushes. Val. I warrant you, my lord, more grace than boy. Duke. What mean you by that saying? Val. Please you, I'll tell you as we pass along, That you will wonder what hath fortuned. Come, Proteus; 'tis your penance but to hear The story of your loves discovered: 171 That done, our day of marriage shall be yours; [Exeunt. 160. "Include," is here used for conclude. This is another of Shakespeare's Latinisms.-H. N. H. GLOSSARY By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. ACCOUNT OF, appreciates; II. i. 68. ADVICE, "more advice," i. e. "further knowledge"; II. iv. 208; consideration; III. i. 73. AGOOD, in good earnest; IV. iv 176. AIM, conjecture; III. i. 28. AIMED AT, guessed; III. i. 45. ALE, ale-house (with perhaps an allusion to church-ale, or rural festival); II. v. 63. ALLYCHOLLY, corrupted "melancholy"; IV. ii. 27. from APPARENT, manifest; III. i. 116. APPLAUD, approve; I. iii. 48. APPROVED, proved by experience; V. iv. 43. AUBURN, flaxen; IV. iv. 200. AWFUL, filled with reverence for authority; IV. i. 46. BARE, mere, (with a quibble on the other sense of naked); III. i. 273. BASE, in the game of "prisoner's base" "to bid the base" was to challenge to a contest of speed; I. ii. 97. Beadsman, one who prays on behalf of another; I. i. 18. BEFORTUNE, betide; IV. iii. 41. BEHOLDING, beholden; IV. iv. 184. BESHREW, evil befall; I. i. 133. BESTOW, deport (one's self); III. i. 87. Boots, "to give one the boots"= "to make a laughing-stock of one" (an allusion, perhaps, to the torture known as "the boots," or to a Warwickshire sport in which the victim was belabored with boots); I. i. 27. Boors, profits, avails; I. i. 28. BOTTOM, to wind thread; III. ii. 53. BREAK, broach a matter; III. i. 59. BROKEN, fallen out; II. v. 20. BROKER, matchmaker, go-between; I. ii. 41. BURDEN, undersong, (with a quibble on ordinary sense of the word); I. ii. 85. CANKER, canker-worm; I. i. 43. CATE-LOG (Launce's blunder for "catalogue"); III. i. 274. CENSURE, pass judgment; I. ii. 19. CHARACTER'D, written; II. vii. 4. CIRCUMSTANCE, circumstantial de duction; I. i. 36; I. i. 84; the position in which one has placed one's self, conduct; I. i. 37; detail, particulars; III. ii. 36. CITE, incite; II. iv. 86. CLOSE, union; V. iv. 117. CLERKLY, scholarly; II. i. 117. CODPIECE, "a part of the male attire, indelicately conspicuous in the poet's time”; II. vii. 53. COIL, fuss, ado; I. ii. 99. CONCEIT, Opinion; III. ii. 17. CONCEITLESS, devoid of understanding; IV. ii. 96. CONDITION, quality; III. i. 275. CONSORT, a company; IV. i. 64; a company of musicians playing together; III. ii. 84. CONVERSED, associated; II. iv. 64. DESCANT, "counterpoint, or the EARNEST, pledge, token of future bestowal (with a quibble on "earnest" as opposed to “jest"); II. i. 168. ELSE, elsewhere; IV. ii. 125. ENGINE, instrument; III. i. 138. ENTERTAIN, take into service; II. iv. 104; IV. iv. 68. |