3534To loue, to wealth, to pome, I pine and die,
3635With all the
se lyuing in Philo
sophie.
3736Berowne. I can but
say their prote
station ouer,
3837So much deare Liedge, I haue already
sworne,
3938That is, to lyue and
study heere three yeeres.
4039But there are other
strickt ob
seruances:
4140As not to
see a woman in that terme,
4241Which I hope well is not enrolled there.
4342And one day in a weeke to touch no foode:
4443And but one meale on euery day be
side:
4544The which I hope is not enrolled there.
4645And then to
sleepe but three houres in the nyght,
4746And not be
seene to wincke of all the day.
4847When I was wont to thinke no harme all nyght,
4948And make a darke nyght too of halfe the day:
5049Which I hope well is not enrolled there.
5150O the
se are barraine taskes, too hard to keepe,
5251Not to
see Ladyes,
study, fa
st, not
sleepe.
5352Ferd. Your othe is pa
st, to pa
sse away from the
se.
5453Berow. Let me
say no my liedge, and yf you plea
se,
5554I onely
swore to
study with your grace,
5655And
stay heere in your Court for three yeeres
space.
5756Longa. You
swore to that
Berowne, and to the re
st.
5857Bero. By yea and nay
sir, than I
swore in ie
st.
5958What is the ende of
study, let me know?
6059Ferd. Why that to know which el
se we
should not know.
6260Ber. Things hid & bard (you meane) from cammon
sen
se.
6361Ferd. I, that is
studies god-like recompence.
6462Bero. Com'on then, I will
sweare to
study
so,
6563To know the thing I am forbid to know:
6664As thus, to
study where I well may dine,
6765When I to fa
st expre
ssely am forbid.
6866Or
studie where to meete
some Mi
stris
fine.
6967When Mi
stre
sses from common
sen
se are hid.
7068Or hauing
sworne too hard a keeping oth,
7169Studie to breake it, and not breake my troth.
7270If
studies gaine be thus, and this be
so,
7371Studie knowes that which yet it doth not know,
Sweare