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PRIN. Was not that Hector?

DUM. The worthy Knight of Troy.

ARM. I will kiss thy royal finger, and take leave. I am
a votary; I have vow'd to Jaquenetta to hold the
plough for her sweet love three years. But, most
esteem'd Greatness, will you hear the dialogue that
the two learned men have compil'd in praise of the
Owl and the Cuckoo? it should have follow'd in the
end of our show.
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KING. Call them forth quickly; we will do so.
ARM. Holla! approach.

Re-enter HOLOFERNES, NATHANIEL, MOTH, CoStard, and others.

This side is Hiems, Winter-this Ver, the Spring; the one maintain'd by the Owl, the other by the Cuckoo.— Ver, begin.

ACT V

Sc. II

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ACT V
Sc. II

WINTER. When icicles hang by the wall,

And Dick the Shepherd blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,

And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring Owl,
Tu-who;

Tu-whit, tu-who-a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel1 the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,

And coughing drowns the Parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw,

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring Owl,
Tu-who;

Tu-whit, tu-who-a merry note,

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

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ARM. The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. You that way-we this way.

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S

DREAM

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OTHER FAIRIES ATTENDING THEIR KING AND QUEEN.

ATTENDANTS ON THESEUS AND HIPPOLYTA.

SCENE-Athens, and a Wood near Athens.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S

DREAM

ACT I

SCENE I. Athens. The DUKE's Palace.

Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, and others. THE. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another Moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old Moon wanes! she lingers1 my desires, Like to a Step-dame, or a Dowager,

Long withering out a young man's revenue.

HIP. Four days will quickly steep themselves in night;
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;

And then the Moon, like to a silver bow
New-bent in Heaven, shall behold the height
Of our solemnities.

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The pale Companion is not for our pomp.3 [Exit PHIL.
Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword,

And won thy love, doing thee injuries;

But I will wed thee in another key,

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Enter EGEUS and his Daughter HERMIA, with
LYSANDER and DEMETRIUS.

EGE. Happy be Theseus, our renowned Duke!

THE. Thanks, good Egeus: what's the news with thee?

EGE. Full of vexation come I, with complaint

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2 lively.

3 pageantry.

♦ processional shows.

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