WN Gardiner del ci so Merry Wives of Windsor. Page.13. Publishd.1.Aprù 1798 by Edw Harding Pall Mall . ACT V. SCENE I. The fame. An Abbey. Enter EGLAMOUR. Egl. The fun begins to gild the western sky; And now it is about the very hour That Silvia, at Patrick's cell, fhould meet me. for lovers break not hours, She will not. fail; Unless it be to come before their time; So much they fpur their expedition. Enter SILVIA. See, where she comes: lady, a happy evening. I fear, I am attended by fome fpies. Egl. Fear not the foreft is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we are fure enough. [Exeunt. The fame. SCENE II. An Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter THURIO, PROTEUS, and JULIA. Thu. Sir Proteus, what fays Silvia to my fuit? Thu. Thu. What, that my leg is too long? Pro. No; that it is too little. Thu. I'll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder. Pro. She fays, it is a fair one. Thu. Nay, then the wanton lies; my face is black. Thu. How likes the my difcourfe? Pro. Ill, when you talk of war. [Afide. Thu. But well, when I difcourfe of love, and peace? [Afide. Thu. What fays the to my valour? Pro. O, fir, the makes no doubt of that. Jul. She needs not, when she knows it cowardice. [Afide. Thu. What fays the to my birth? Pro. That you are well deriv'd. Jul. True; from a gentleman to a fool. [Afide. Thu. Confiders the my poffeffions ? Pro. O, ay; and pities them. Thu. Wherefore? Jul. That fuch an ass should owe them. [Afide. Pro. That they are out by leafe. Jul. Here comes the duke. Enter DUKE. Duke. How now, fir Proteus? how now, Which of you faw fir Eglamour of late? Thurio? Thu. Duke. Why, then she's fled unto that peafant Valentine; And Eglamour is in her company. 'Tis true; for friar Laurence met them both, At Patrick's cell this even; and there she was not: That leads toward Mantua, whither they are fled : Thu. Why, this it is to be a peevish girl, [Exit. [Exit. Pro. And I will follow, more for Silvia's love, Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her. [Exit. ful. And I will follow, more to cross that love, Than hate for Silvia, that is gone for love. [Exit. |