assault you have made to her chastity, you shall answer me with your sword. Iach. Your hand; a covenant: We will have these things set down by lawful counsel, and straight away for Britain; lest the bargain should catch cold, and starve: I will fetch my gold, and have our two wagers recorded. Post. Agreed. [Exeunt Posthumus and Iachimo. 5 And will not trust one of her malice with 15 [Exeunt Ladies. 20 Now, master doctor; have you brought those Cor. Pleaseth your highness, ay: here they are, Which are the movers of a languishing death; Queen. I wonder, doctor, Queen. No further service, doctor, Cor. I humbly take my leave. [Erit. Queen. Weeps she still, say'st thou? Dost thou She will not quench; and let instruction enter [The Queen drops a phial: Pisanio takes it up. 33 Thou ask'st me such a question: Have I not been Cor. Your highness Shall from this practice but make hard your heart: 45 Queen. O, content thee.- Enter Pisanio. Here comes a flattering rascal; upon him [Aside. Cor. I do suspect you, madam; But you shall do no harm. Aside. [To Pisanio. Queen. Hark thee, a word. Cor. [Aside.] I do not like her. She doth think, she has That I mean to thee. Tell thy mistress how But when to my good lord I prove untrue, Strange lingering poisons: I do know her spirit, (60[I'll choke myself: there's all I'll do for you. [Exit. That is, other experiments. 2i. e. to change his abode. 'i. e. that inclines towards its fall. The meaning is, "Think with what a fair prospect of mending your fortunes you now change your present service." {Aleiger ambassador is one that resides at a foreign court to promote his master's interest. SCENE SCENE VII. Imogen's Apartment. Imo. A father cruel, and a step-dame false; Enter Pisanio, and Iachimo. 10 'Twixt two such she's, would chatter this way, and Contemn with mows the other: Nor i' the judge ment; For idiots, in this case of favour, would Not so allur'd to feed *. Imo. What is the matter, trow? (That satiate yet unsatisfied desire, That tub both fill'd and running) ravening first Pisan. Madam, a noble gentleman of Rome 15 Thus raps you? Are you well? Comes from my lord with letters. Iach. Change you, madam? The worthy Leonatus is in safety, And greets your highness dearly. [Gives a letter. Imo. Thanks, good sir; Iach. Thanks, madam; well:-Beseech you, [To Pisanio. sir, Desire my man's abode where I did leave him: Pisan. I was going, sir, To give him welcome. ['beseech you? Imo. Continues well, my lord? His health, 20 You are kindly welcome. Iach. All of her, that is out of door, most rich! If she be furnished with a mind so rare, [Aside. She is alone the Arabian bird; and I Imo. Is he dispos'd to mirth? I hope, he is. 25 "He is one of the noblest note, to whose 30 "kindnesses I am most infinitely tied. Reflect upon him accordingly, as you value your trust. So far I read aloud: "LEONATUS.' Iach. Exceeding pleasant; none a stranger there So merry and so gamesome: he is call'd Imo. When he was here, He did incline to sadness; and oft-times Iach. I never saw him sad. There is a Frenchman his companion, one 35 The thick sighs from him; whiles the jolly Briton Imo. What makes your admiration? Iach. It cannot be i' the eye; for apes and 50 Be us'd more thankfully. In himself, 'tis much; monkeys, n you,—which I account his, beyond all talents,- In 2 That is, according to Warburton, "who are beholden only to the seasons for their support and nourishment; so that, if those be kindly, such have no more to care for or desire." The crop of sea and land means the productions of either element. 3 Dr. Johnson says, he knows not well how to regulate this passage. Number'd is perhaps numerous.-Twinn'd stones he does not understand. Twinn'd shells, or pairs of shells, are very common."-Mr. Steevens adds, that the pebbles on the seashore are so much of the same size and shape, that twinn'd may mean as like as twins.-Dr. Farmer thinks we may read the umbered, the shaded beach. Dr. Johnson explains this passage thus: "Iachimo, in this counterfeited rapture, has shewn how the eyes and the judgement would determine in favour of Imogen, comparing her with the present mistress of Posthumus, and proceeds to say, that appetite too would give the same suffrage. Desire, says he, when it approached sluttery, and considered it in comparison with such neat excellence, would not only be not so allured to feed, but, seized with a fit of loathing, would vomit emptiness, would feel the convulsions of disgust, though, being unfed, it had nothing to eject." Strange here seems to signify shy or backward. Iach. Had I this cheek To bathe my lips upon; this hand, whose touch, Imo. My lord, I fear, Has forgot Britain. Iach. And himself. Not I, The beggary of his change; but 'tis your graces [heart (As I have such a heart, that both mine ears Iach. Should he make me 5 Live like Diana's priest, betwixt cold sheets; In your despight, upon your purse? Revenge it. 15 20 25 So long attended thee.-If thou wert honourable, Thee and the devil alike :-What ho, Pisanio!- 35 Country call'd his! and you his mistress, only 45 Imo. Let me hear no more. That play with all infirmities for gold [stuff, Imo. Reveng'd! you' How should I be reveng'd? If this be true, Rather, timely known. it. 3 Imo. You make amends. Iach. Hesits 'mongst men, like a descended god : court for yours. (ment Iach. My humble thanks. I had almost forgot To intreat your grace but in a small request, And yet of moment too, for it concerns Your lord; myself, and other noble friends, [60]Are partners in the business. What it is that at once incites you to speak, and restrains you from Empery is a word signifying sovereign command; now obsolete. A masculine, forward girl is still called a tomboy. Gross strumpets, hired with the very pension which you allow your husband. SCENE I. Cymbeline's Palace. АСТ Enter Cloten, and two Lords. Clot.WA TAS there ever man had such luck !30 when I kiss'd the jack upon an upcast, to be hit away! I had a hundred pound on't: And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrow'd my oaths of him, and might not spend them at my pleasure. 35 1 Lord. What got he by that? You have broke his pate with your bowl. 2 Lord. If his wit had been like him that broke it, it would have run all out. [Aside. Clot. When a gentleman is dispos'd to swear, it 40 is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths: Ha? 2 Lord. No, my lord; nor crop the ears of [Aside. 145 them. 2 Lord. You are a cock and a capon too; and you crow, cock, with your comb on'. [Aside. Clot. Say'st thou ? 1 Lord. It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offence to. Clot. No, I know that; but it is fit, I should commit offence to my inferiors. 1i.e. being a stranger. II. 2 Lord. Ay, it is fit for your lordship only. Clot. Why, so I say. 1 Lord. Did you hear of a stranger, that's come to court to-night? Clot. A stranger! and I not know on't! 2 Lord. He's a strange fellow himself, and knows lit not. [Aside. 1 Lord.There's an Italian come; and,'tis thought, one of Leonatus' friends. Clot. Leonatus! a banish'd rascal; and he's another, whatsoever he be. Who told you of this stranger? 1 Lord. One of your lordship's pages. 1 Lord. You cannot derogate, my lord. 2 Lord. You are a fool granted; therefore your 2 Lord. I'll attend your lordship. [Exeunt Cloten, and first Lord. 55 The jack is the small bowl at which the others are aimed. He who is nearest to it wins.-To kiss the jack is a state of great advantage. The allusion is to a' fool's cap, which hath a comb like a cock's. The 4i. e. every fellow. 3 M 3 Lady. Almost midnight, madam. [weak : Imo. I have read three hours then: mine eyes are [Sleeps. [Tachimo, from the trunk. Iach. The crickets sing, and man's o'er-labour'd sensé 20 25 Repairs itself by rest: Our Tarquin thus The adornment of her bed;-The arras, figures? story, 35 140 One, two, three:-Time, time! [Goes into the trunk :" the scene closes, SCENE III. Another Room in the Palace. Enter Cloten and Lords. 1 Lord. Your lordship is the most patient man in loss, the most coldest that ever turn'd up ace. Clot. It would make any man cold to losc. 1 Lord. But not every man patient, after the noble temper of your lordship; You are most hot, and furious, when you win. Clot. Winning will put any man into courage: If I could get this foolish Imogen, I should have gold enough: It's almost morning, is't not? 1 Lord. Day, my lord. Clot. I would this musick would come: I am advis'd to give her musick o' mornings; they say, it will penetrate. Enter Musicians. Come on; tune: If you can penetrate her with Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, His steeds to water at those springs On chalic'd flowers that lies'; 45 With every thing that pretty bin: Arise, arise. So, get you gone: If this penetrate, I will consider 30 your musick the better: if it do not, it is a vice in her ears, which horse-hairs, and cats-guts, nor the voice of unpaved eunuch to boot, can never Jamend. [Exeunt Musicians. Ah, but some natural notes about her body, 55 Enter Cymbeline, and Queen. 2 Lord. Here comes the king. Clot. I am glad, I was up so late; for that's the reason I was up so early: He cannot choose but take this service I have done, fatherly.-Good morrow to your majesty, and to my gracious We have in a former play observed, that it was the custom chambers with rushes, as we now cover them with carpets. dew which lies in the cups of flowers.-It may be noted, that the whence chalice. i. e. I will pay you more amply for it. in the time of our author to strew i. e. the morning sun dries up the cup of a flower is called calix, Cym. |