Iach. All of her, that is out of door, most rich! If she be furnish'd with a mind so rare, She is alone the Arabian bird; and I [Aside. Have lost the wager. Boldness be my friend! Or, like the Parthian, I shall flying fight; Imo. [Reads.] He is one of the noblest note, to whose kindnesses I am most infinitely tied. Reflect upon him accordingly, as you value your truest So far I read aloud: But even the very middle of my heart LEONATUS. Is warm'd by the rest, and takes it thankfully.- Have words to bid you; and shall find it so, In all that I can do. Iach. Thanks, fairest lady.What! are men mad? Hath nature given them eyes To see this vaulted arch, and the rich crop Of sea and land, which can distinguish 'twixt The fiery orbs above, and the twinn'd stones Upon the number'd beach? and can we not Partition make with spectacles so precious 'Twixt fair and foul? Imo. What makes your admiration? Jach. It cannot be i'the eye; for apes and monkeys, 'Twixt two such shes, would chatter this way, and Contemn with mows the other: Nor i'the judgment; For idiots, in this case of favour, would Be wisely definite: Nor i'the appetite; Not so allur'd to feed. Imo. What is the matter, trow? (That satiate yet unsatisfied desire, The cloyed will, That tub both fill'd and running,) ravening first Imo. Thus raps you? Are you well? What, dear sir, Iach. Thanks, madam; well :-'Beseech, you, sir, desire [TO PISANIO. My man's abode where I did leave him: he Is strange and peevish.2 Pis. To give him welcome. I was going, sir, Exit PISANIO. Imo. Continues well my lord? His health, 'be seech you? lach. Well, madam. Imo. Is he dispos'd to mirth? I hope, he is. Iach. Exceeding pleasant; none a stranger there So merry and so gamesome: he is call'd The Briton reveller. Imo. When he was here, He did incline to sadness; and oft-times Not knowing why. Iach. I never saw him sad. There is a Frenchman his companion, one The thick sighs from him; whiles the jolly Briton Is strange and peevish.] He is a foreigner and easily fretted: but strange may signify shy or backward; and peevish, anciently meant weak, silly. (Your lord, I mean,) laughs from's free lungs, cries, O! Can my sides hold, to think, that man,—who knows What woman is, yea, what she cannot choose Say so? Iach. Ay, madam; with his eyes in flood with laughter. It is a recreation to be by, And hear him mock the Frenchman: But, heavens know, Some men are much to blame. Imo. Not he, I hope. lach. Not he: But yet heaven's bounty towards him might Be us'd more thankfully. In himself, 'tis much To pity too. Imo. What do you pity, sir? Iach. Two creatures, heartily. Imo. Am I one, sir? You look on me; What wreck discern you in me, Deserves your pity? Iach. Lamentable! What! To hide me from the radiant sun, and solace I'the dungeon by a snuff? Imo. I pray you, sir, I was about to say, enjoy your-But Imo. You do seem to know Something of me, or what concerns me; 'Pray you, lach. Imo. Has forgot Britain. lach. My lord, I fear, And himself. Not I, Inclin'd to this intelligence, pronounce The beggary of his change; but 'tis your graces That, from my mutest conscience, to my tongue, Charms this report out. Imo. Let me hear no more. Iach. O dearest soul! your cause doth strike my heart With pity, that doth make me sick. A lady • What both you spur and stop.] What it is that at once incites you to speak, and restrains you from it. JOHNSON. 4 to an empery,] Empery is a word signifying sovereign command; now obsolete. Would make the great'st king double! to be part ner'd With tomboys, hir'd with that self-exhibition" Which rottenness can lend nature! such boil'd stuff, you Imo. Iach. In your despite, upon your purse? Revenge it. Imo. What ho, Pisanio! Iach. Let me my service tender on your lips. Imo. Away!-I do condemn mine ears, that have So long attended thee.-If thou wert honourable, Thou would'st have told this tale for virtue, not For such an end thou seek'st; as base, as strange. Thou wrong'st a gentleman, who is as far From thy report, as thou from honour; and Solicit'st here a lady, that disdains Thee and the devil alike.-What ho, Pisanio!The king my father shall be made acquainted ' With tomboys,] We still call a masculine, a forward girl, tomboy. — hir'd with that self-exhibition, &c.] Gross strumpets, hired with the very pension which you allow your husband. |