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Twelfth Night (Modern)
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19174.1
1919Clown
Will you make me believe that I am not sent for 1920you?
1921Sebastian
Go to, go to, thou art a foolish fellow,
1922Let me be clear of thee.
1923Clown
Well held out i'faith! No, I do not know you, 1924nor I am not sent to you by my lady, to bid you come 1925speak with her; nor your name is not Master Cesario; 1926nor this is not my nose neither. Nothing that is so, is so.
1927Sebastian
I prithee vent thy folly somewhere else,
Thou 1928know'st not me.
1929Clown
Vent my folly! [To the audience] He has heard that word of some 1930great man, and now applies it to a fool. Vent my 1931folly! I am afraid this great lubber the world will prove a 1932cockney. [To Sebastian] I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness, and tell 1933me what I shall vent to my lady. Shall I vent to her that 1934thou art coming?
1935Sebastian
I prithee, foolish Greek, depart from me. [Giving a coin]
There's 1936money for thee; If you tarry longer,
[Threatening a blow] I shall give worse 1937payment.
1938Clown
By my troth, thou hast an open hand. [To the audience] These 1939wise men that give fools money get themselves a good 1940report--after fourteen years' purchase!
1942Sir Andrew
Now, sir, have I met you again? There's for you!
[He strikes Sebastian.]
1943Sebastian
Why, there's for thee, and there, and there!
13.1[He beats Sir Andrew with the handle of his dagger.]
1944[To the audience] Are all the people mad?
1945Sir Toby
[Seizing Sebastian] Hold, sir, or I'll throw your dagger o'er the house.
1946Clown
[To the audience] This will I tell my lady straight; [To them] I would not be 1947in some of your coats for twopence.
[Exit.]
1948Sir Toby
Come on, sir, hold!
1949Sir Andrew
Nay, let him alone. I'll go another way to work 1950with him: I'll have an action of battery against him, if 1951there be any law in Illyria. Though I struck him first, yet 1952it's no matter for that.
1953Sebastian
[To Sir Toby] Let go thy hand!
1954Sir Toby
Come, sir, I will not let you go. Come, my young 1955soldier, put up your iron. You are well fleshed. Come 1956on!
1957Sebastian
I will be free from thee. [He breaks free and draws his sword.] What wouldst thou now?
1958If thou dar'st tempt me further, draw thy sword.
1959Sir Toby
[Drawing] What, what! Nay then, I must have an ounce or 1960two of this malapert blood from you.
1961Enter Olivia.
1962Olivia
Hold, Toby! On thy life I charge thee, hold!
1963Sir Toby
Madam.
1964Olivia
Will it be ever thus? Ungracious wretch,
1965Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves,
1966Where manners ne'er were preached! Out of my sight!
1967[To Sebastian] Be not offended, dear Cesario.
1968[To Sir Toby] Rudesby, be gone! [Exeunt Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Fabian.] [To Sebastian] I prithee, gentle friend,
1969Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passion, sway
1970In this uncivil and unjust extent
1971Against thy peace. Go with me to my house,
1972And hear thou there how many fruitless pranks
1973This ruffian hath botched up, that thou thereby
1974Mayst smile at this. Thou shalt not choose but go;
1975Do not deny. Beshrew his soul for me,
1976He started one poor heart of mine in thee.
1977Sebastian
[To the audience] What relish is in this? How runs the stream?
1978Or I am mad, or else this is a dream.
1979Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep;
1980If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!
1981Olivia
Nay, come, I prithee; would thou'dst be ruled by me!
1982Sebastian
Madam, I will.
1983Olivia
O say so, and so be. Exeunt.