A Midsommer nightes dreame.
361343you, to con them by to morrow night: and meete me in
362344the palace wood, a mile without the towne, by Moone
- 363345light; there will wee rehear
se: for if wee meete in the city,
364346wee
shal be dogd with company, and our deui
ses known.
365347In the meane time, I will draw a bill of properties,
such as
366348our play wants. I pray you faile me not.
367349Bot. Wee will meete, & there we may rehear
se mo
st ob
- 368350scenely and coragiou
sly. Take paines, bee per
fit: adieu.
370351Quin. At the Dukes oke wee meete.
371352Bot. Enough: holde, or cut bow
strings.
Exeunt. 373353Enter a Fairie at one doore, and Robin goodfellow 375355Robin. How now
spirit, whither wander you?
376356Fa. Ouer hill, ouer dale, thorough bu
sh, thorough brier,
377357Ouer parke, ouer pale, thorough
flood, thorough
fire:
378358I do wander euery where;
swifter than the Moons
sphere:
379359And I
serue the Fairy Queene, to dew her orbs vpon the
(greene. 380360The cow
slippes tall her Pen
sioners bee,
381361In their gold coats,
spottes you
see:
382362Tho
se be Rubies, Fairie fauours:
383363In tho
se freckles, liue their
sauours.
384364I mu
st goe
seeke
some dew droppes here,
385365And hang a pearle in euery cou
slippes eare.
386366Farewell thou Lobbe of
spirits: Ile be gon.
387367Our Queene, and all her Elues come here anon.
388368Rob. The king doth keepe his Reuels here to night.
389369Take heede the Queene come not within his
sight.
390370For
Oberon is pa
ssing fell and wrath:
391371Becau
se that
she, as her attendant, hath
392372A louely boy
stollen, from an Indian king:
393373She neuer had
so
sweete a changeling.
394374And iealous
Oberon would haue the childe,
395375Knight of his traine, to trace the forre
sts wilde.
396376But
shee, perforce, withhoulds the loued boy,
397377Crownes him with
flowers, and makes him all her ioy.
And