A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREA M. ACTI SCENE, the Duke's Palace in Athens. Enter Thefeus, Hippolita, Philoftrate, with attendants. N THESEUS. OW, fair Hippolita, our nuptial hour Long withering out a young man's revenue. Hip. Four days will quickly fteep themselves in night; Four nights will quickly dream away the time: And then the moon, like to a filver bow New bent in heaven, fhall behold the night The. Go, Philoftrate, Stir up th' Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble fpirit of mirth:st of Turn melancholy forth to funerals, The pale companion is not for our pomp. [Exit Phi. Hippolita, I woo'd thee with my fword, And And won thy love, doing thee injuries: But I will wed thee in another key, With pomp, with triumph, and with revelling. Enter Egeus, Hermia, Lyfander, and Demetrius. Ege. Happy be Thefeus, our renowned Duke! The. Thanks, good Egeus; what's the news with thee? Ege. Full of vexation, come I with Complaint Againft my child, my daughter Hermia. Stand forth, Demetrius. My noble lord, This man hath my confent to marry her. Stand forth, Lylander. And, my gracious Duke, This man hath witch'd the bofom of my child: Thou, thou, Lyfander, thou haft giv'n her rhimes, And interchang'd love-tokens with my child: Thou haft by moon-light at her window fung, With feigning voice, verfes of feigning love And foll'n th' impreffion of her fantafic, With bracelets of thy hair, rings, gawds, conceits, Of ftrong previament in unmeats, (meffengers With cunning haft thou filch'd my daughter's heart, Turn'd her obedience, which is due to me, To.ftubborn harfhnefs: And, my gracious Duke, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens, power A To leave the figure, or disfigure it out dewic Her The. In himself he is; But |