A Midsommer nightes dreame.
18811806Goe bring them in, and take your places, Ladies.
18821807Hip. I loue not to
see wretchedne
sse orecharged;
18831808And duery, in his
seruice, peri
shing.
18841809The. Why, gentle
sweete, you
shall
see no
such thing.
18851810Hip. He
sayes, they can doe nothing in this kinde.
18861811The. The kinder we, to giue them thanks, for nothing.
18871812Our
sport
shall be, to take what they mi
stake.
18881813And what poore duty cannot doe, noble re
spe
ct 18901815Where I haue come, great Clerkes haue purpo
sed
18911816To greete me, with premeditated welcomes;
18921817Where I haue
seene them
shiuer and looke pale,
18931818Make periods in the mid
st of
sentences,
18941819Throttle their pra
ctiz'd accent in their feares,
18951820And in conclu
sion dumbly haue broke o
ff,
18961821Not paying mee a welcome. Tru
st me,
sweete,
18971822Out of this
silence, yet, I pickt a welcome:
18981823And in the mode
sty of fearefull duty,
18991824I read as much, as from the rattling tongue
19001825Of
saucy and audacious eloquence.
19011826Loue, therefore, and tong-tide
simplicity,
19021827In lea
st,
speake mo
st, to my capacity.
19031828Philost. So plea
se your Grace, the Prologue is addre
st.
19061831Pro. If wee o
ffend, it is with our good will.
19071832That you
should thinke, we come not to o
ffend,
19081833But with good will. To
shew our
simple
skill,
19091834That is the true beginning of our end.
19101835Con
sider then, we come but in de
spight.
19111836We doe not come, as minding to content you,
19121837Our true intent is. All for your delight,
19131838Wee are not here. That you
should here repent you,
19141839The A
ctors are at hand: and, by their
showe,
19151840You
shall know all, that you are like to knowe,
The.