Of here and every where. I had a Sifter, [To Viola Seb. A Spirit I am indeed, But am in that Dimenfion grofly clad, Vio. My Father had a Moal upon his Brow. Vio. And dy'd that day when Viola from her Birth Seb. O that Record is lively in my Soul, He finished indeed his mortal A& That day that made my Sifter thirteen Years. I'll bring you a Captain in this Town Where lye my Maiden Weeds; by whofe gentle help All the Occurrence of my Fortune fince Hath been between this Lady, and this Lord. Seb. So comes it, Lady, you have been miftook: [To Oli. But Nature to her Bias drew in that. You would have been contracted to a Maid, [To Viola. Thou Thou never should'st love Woman like to me. Duke. Give me thy Hand, And let me fee thee in thy Woman's Weeds. Vio. The Captain that did bring me firft on Shore, A Gentleman and Follower of my Lady's. Oli. He fhall enlarge him: Fetch Malvolio hither. And yet alas, now I remember me, They fay, poor Gentleman, he's much distract. Enter the Clown with a Letter, and Fabian. From my remembrance clearly banish'd his. Clo. Truly, Madam, he holds Belzebub at the Staves end as well as a Man in his Cafe may do: H'as here writ a Letter to you, I should have given't you to day Morning. But as a mad Man's Epiftles are no Gospels, fo it skills not much when they are deliver❜d. Oli. Open't and read it. Clo. Look then to be well edify'd, when the Fool delivers the Mad-man- By the Lord, Madam. Oli. How now, art thou mad? [Reads. Clo. No, Madam, I do but read Madness: And your Ladyship will have it as it ought to be, you must allow Vox. Oli. Prethee read it i'thy right Wits. Clo. So I do, Madona; 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 Darknefs, and given your drunken Cousin Rule over me, yet have I benefit of my Senfes as well as your Lady fhip. I have your own Letter, that induced me to the Semblance I put on; with the which I doubt not, but to do my self much Right, or you E e 2 much much Shame: Think of me as you please; I leave my Du little unthought of, and speak out of my Injury. Oli. Did he write this? Clo. Ay, Madam. The madly us'd Malvol Duke. This favours not much of Distraction. Oli. See him deliver'd, Fabian, bring him hither. My Lord, so please you, these things further thought on, To think me as well a Sifter, as a Wife, One day fhall crown th'Alliance on't, so please you; Duke. Madam, I am moft apt t'embrace your offer. Your Mafter quits you; and for your Service done him, So much against the Metal of your Sex, So far beneath your foft and tender breeding, Your Mafter's Mistress. Oli. A Sifter, you are fhe. Enter Malvolio. Duke. Is this the mad Man? [To Viol Oli. Ay, my Lord, this fame: how now Malvolio? Mal. Madam, you have done me wrong, Notorious wrong. Oli. Have I, Malvolio? No. Mal. Lady you have, pray you perufe that Letter. Oli. Alas, Malvolie, this is not my Writing, Firft told me thou waft mad; then cam'ft in fmiling, Fab. Good Madam, hear me fpeak, And let no Quarrel, nor no Brawl to come, Oli. Alas, poor Fool! how have they baffled thee? Clo. Why fome are born Great, fome atchieve Greatness, and fome have Greatnefs thrown upon them. I was one, Sir, in this Interlude, one Sir Topas, Sir, but that's all one : By the Lord, Fool, I am not mad; but do you remember, Madam, why laugh you at fuch a barren Rafcal? And you fmile not he's gagg'd: And thus the Whirl-gigg of Time brings in his Revenges. Mal. I'll be reveng'd on the whole pack of you. [Exit. Duke. Purfue him, and entreat him to a Peace: He hath not told us of the Captain yet; Of our dear Souls. Mean time, fweet Sifter, We will not part from hence. Cefario come, Clown fings. When that I was and a little tine Boy, For the Rain it raineth every day. But when I came to Man's Eftate, With hey, ho, &c. [Exeux Gainft Knaves and Thieves Men shut their Gate, For the Rain, &c. A great while ago the World begun, With hey, ho, &c. But that's all one, our Play is done, And we'll frive to please you every day. [Exit. |