A Midsommer nightes dreame.
14441392Lys. I will be with thee
straight.
14451393Rob. Follow me then to plainer ground.
14481396Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou
fled?
14491397Speake in
some bu
sh. Where doe
st thou hide thy head?
14501398Rob. Thou coward art thou bragging, to the
starres,
14511399Telling the bu
shes that thou look'
st for warres,
14521400And wilt not come? Come recreant, come thou childe,
14531401Ile whippe thee with a rodde. He is de
fil'd,
14561404Ro. Follow my voice: weele try no manhood here.
Exeūt. 14571405Lys. He goes before me, and
still dares me on:
14581406When I come where he calles, then he is gon.
14591407The villaine is much lighter heel'd then I;
14601408I followed fa
st: but fa
ster he did
fly;
14611409That fallen am I in darke vneauen way,
14621410And here will re
st me. Come thou gentle day.
14631411For if but once, thou
shewe me thy gray light,
14641412Ile
finde
Demetrius, and reuenge this
spight.
14661414Robi. Ho, ho, ho: Coward, why com
st thou not?
14671415Deme. Abide me, if thou dar'
st. For well I wot,
14681416Thou run
st before mee,
shifting euery place,
14691417And dar'
st not
stand, nor looke me in the face.
14721420De. Nay then thou mock
st me. Thou
shalt buy this dear,
14741421If euer I thy face by day light
see.
14751422Now, goe thy way. Faintne
sse con
straineth mee,
14761423To mea
sure, out my length, on this cold bed:>
14771424By daies approach looke to be vi
sited.
14791426Hele. O weary night, O long and tedious night,
Abate