903868Quin. I marry must you. For you must vnderstand, he goes

904869but to see a noyse, that he heard, and is to come againe.

906870Thys. Most radiant Pyramus, most lillie white of hewe,

907871Of colour like the red rose, on triumphant bryer,

908872Most brisky Iuuenall, and eeke most louely Iewe,

909873As true as truest horse, that yet would neuer tyre,

910874Ile meete thee Pyramus, at Ninnies toumbe.

911875Quin. Ninus toumbe, man. Why? you mu} not speake

912876That yet. That you answere to Pyramus. You speake

913877Al your part at once, cues, and, all. Pyramus, enter: your cue

914878is past: It is; neuer tire.

915879Thys. O, as true as truest horse, that yet would neuer tyre.

917880Py. If I were faire, Thysby, I were onely thine.

918881Quin. O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted. Pray ma-

919882sters: fly masters: helpe.

921883Rob. Ile follow you: Ile leade you about a Round,

922884Through bogge, through bush, through brake, through (bryer:

923885Sometime a horse Ile be, sometime a hound,

924886A hogge, a headelesse Beare, sometime a fier,

925887And neigh, and barke, and grunt, and rore, and burne,

926888Like horse, hound, hogge, beare, fire, at euery turne. Exit.

928889Bott. Why doe they runne away? This is a knauery of

929890them to make mee afeard. Enter Snowte.

930891Sn. O Bottom, thou art chaung'd. What do I see on thee?

932892Bot. What Doe you see? You see an Asse head of your

933893owne. do you?

935895Quin. Blesse thee Bottom, blesse thee. Thou art trāslated. ( Exit.

937896Bot. I see their knauery. This is to make an asse of mee, to

938897fright me, if they could: but I wil not stirre from this place,

939898do what they can. I will walke vp and downe heere, and I

940899will sing, that they shall heare I am not afraide.

942900The Woosell cock, so blacke of hewe,

943901With Orange tawny bill,