A Midsommer nightes dreame.
20271946A Lyon fell, nor el
se no Lyons damme.
20281947For, if I
should, as Lyon, come in
strife,
20291948Into this place, 'twere pitty on my life.
20301949Duk. A very gentle bea
st, and of a good con
science.
20311950Deme. The very be
st at a bea
st, my Lord, that ere I
saw.
20321951Lys. This Lyon is a very fox, for his valour.
20331952Duk. True: and a goo
se for his di
scretion.
20341953De. Not
so my Lord. For his valour cannot carry his di
s- 20351954cretion: and the fox carries the goo
se.
20361955Duk. His di
scretion, I am
sure, cannot carry his valour.
20371956For the goo
se carries not the fox. It is well: leaue it to his
20381957di
scretion, and let vs li
sten to the Moone.
20391958Moone. This lanthorne doth the horned moone pre
sent.
20411959Deme. He
should haue worne the hornes, on his head.
20421960Duk. He is no cre
scent, and his hornes are inui
sible, with
- 20441962Moone. This lanthorne doth the horned moone pre
sent,
20451963My
selfe, the man ith Moone, doe
seeme to be.
20461964Duke. This is the greate
st errour of all the re
st; the man
20471965should be put into the lanthorne. How is it el
se the man ith
20491967Deme. He dares not come there, for the candle. For,
20501968you
see, it is already in
snu
ffe.
20511969Dutch. I am aweary of this Moone. Would hee woulde
change. 20531970Duke. It appeares, by his
small light of di
scretion, that
20541971hee is in the wane: but yet in curte
sie, in all rea
son, wee
20571974Moon. All that I haue to
say, is to tell you, that the lan
- 1975thorne is the Moone, I the man ith Moone, this thorne bu
sh 20591976my thorne bu
sh, and this dogge my dogge.
20601977Deme. Why? All the
se
should be in the lanthorne: for all
20611978the
se are in the Moone. But
silence: here comes
Thisby.
20621979 Enter Thisby. Th. This is ould
Ninies tumbe. Where is my loue?
Lyon.Oh.
Demetrius