that's out of my note: nutmegs, seven; a race, or two, of ginger;-but that I may beg;-four pound of prunes, and as many of raisins o'the sun. Aut. O, that ever I was born! [Groveling on the ground. Clown. I'the name of me, Aut. O, help me, help me! pluck but off these rags: and then, death, death! Clown. Alack, poor soul; thou hast need of more rags to lay on thee, rather than have these off. Aut. O, sir, the loathsomeness of them offends me more than the stripes I have receiv'd; which are mighty ones, and millions. Clown. Alas, poor man! a million of beating may come to a great matter. Aut. I am robb'd, sir, and beaten; my money and apparel ta'en from me, and these detestable things put upon me. Clown. What, by a horse-man, or a foot-man? Clown. Indeed, he should be a foot-man, by the garments he hath left with thee; if this be a horseman's coat, it hath seen very hot service. Lend me thy hand, I'll help thee: come, lend me thy band. [Helping him up. Aut. O! good sir, tenderly, oh! Clown. Alas, poor soul. Aut. O, good sir, softly, good sir: I fear, sir, my shoulder blade is out. Clown. How now? canst stand? Aut. Softly, dear sir; [picks his pocket.] good sir, softly: you ha' done me a charitable office. Clown. Dost lack any money? I have a little money for thee. Aut. No, good sweet sir; no, I beseech you, sir: I have a kinsman not past three quarters of a mile hence, unto whom I was going; I shall there have money, or any thing I want: Offer me no money, I pray you; that kills my heart. Clown. What manner of fellow was he that robb'd you? Aut. A fellow, sir, that I have known to go about with trol-my-dames 53: I knew him once a servant of the prince; I cannot tell, good sir, for which of his virtues it was, but he was certainly whipp'd out of the court. Clown. His vices, you would say; there is no virtue whipp'd out of the court: they cherish it, to make it stay there; and yet it will no more but abide. Aut. Vices I would say, sir. I know this man well: he hath been since an ape-bearer; then a process-server, a bailiff; then he compass'd a motion of the prodigal son 54, and married a tinker's wife within a mile where my land and living lies; and, having flown over many knavish professions, he settled only in rogue: some call him Autolycus. Clown. Out upon him! Prig, for my life, prig: he haunts wakes, fairs, and bear-baitings. Aut. Very true, sir; he, sir, he; that's the rogue, that put me into this apparel. Clown. Not a more cowardly rogue in all Bohe Became a bull, and bellow'd; the green Neptune As I seem now: Their transformations Per. O but, dear sir, Oppos'd, as it must be, by the power o'the king: Which then will speak; that you must change this purpose, Or I my life. Flo. Thou dearest Perdita, With these forc'd thoughts, I pr'ythee, darken not The mirth o'the feast: Or I'll be thine, my fair, Or not my father's: for I cannot be Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine: to this I am most constant, That you behold the while. Your guests are com ing: Lift up your countenance; as it were the day Of celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. Per. Stand you auspicious! O lady fortune, Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing Is as a meeting of the petty gods, And you the queen on't. Per. Sir, my gracious lord, To chide at your extremes, it not becomes me; maid, Most goddesslike prank'd up: But that our feasts To see you so attired; sworn, I think, Flo. I bless the time, When my good falcon made her flight across Per. Apprehend Flo. VOL. V. Became a bull, and bellow'd; the green Neptune Per. O but, dear sir, Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis Oppos'd, as it must be, by the power o'the king: Which then will speak; that you must change this purpose, Or I my life. Flo. Thou dearest Perdita, With these forc'd thoughts, I pr'ythee, darken not The mirth o'the feast: Or I'll be thine, my fair, Or not my father's: for I cannot be Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine: to this I am most constant, That you behold the while. Your guests are com ing: Lift up your countenance; as it were the day Of celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. Per. O lady fortune, |