A Midsommer nightes dreame.
541518In maiden meditation, fancy free.
542519Yet markt I, where the bolt of
Cupid fell.
543520It fell vpon a little we
sterne
flower;
544521Before, milke white; now purple, with loues wound,
545522And maidens call it, Loue in idlene
sse.
546523Fetch mee that
flowre: the herbe I
shewed thee once.
547524The iewce of it, on
sleeping eyeliddes laide,
548525Will make or man or woman madly dote,
549526Vpon the next liue creature that it
sees.
550527Fetch mee this herbe, and be thou here againe
551528Ere the
Leuiathan can
swimme a league.
552529Pu. Ile put a girdle, roūd about the earth, in forty minutes.
554530Oberon. Hauing once this iuice,
555531Ile watch
Titania, when
she is a
sleepe,
556532And droppe the liquor of it, in her eyes:
557533The next thing then
she, waking, lookes vpon
558534(Be it on Lyon, Beare, or Wolfe, or Bull,
559535On medling Monky, or on bu
sie Ape)
560536She
shall pur
sue it, with the
soule of Loue.
561537And ere I take this charme, from of her
sight
562538(As I can take it with another herbe)
563539Ile make her render vp her Page, to mee.
564540But, who comes here? I am inui
sible,
565541And I will ouerheare their conference.
566542Enter Demetrius, Helena following him. 567543Deme. I loue thee not: therefore pur
sue me not,
568544Where is
Lysander, and faire
Hermia?
569545The one Ile
stay: the other
stayeth me.
570546Thou told
st me, they were
stolne vnto this wood:
571547And here am I, and wodde, within this wood:
572548Becau
se I cannot meete my
Hermia.
573549Hence, get the gone, and follow mee no more.
574550Hel. You draw mee, you hard hearted Adamant:
575551But yet you draw not Iron. For my heart
576552Is true as
steele. Leaue you your power to draw,
And