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Table of Contents<\/a><\/p>\n

ACT 5 SCENE 1 <\/b> Setting:Athens. The palace of THESEUS.<\/p>\n

[ Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, Lords and Attendants ]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nTis strange my Theseus, that these<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlovers speak of.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nMore strange than true: I never may believe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThese antique fables, nor these fairy toys.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLovers and madmen have such seething brains,<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSuch shaping fantasies, that apprehend<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMore than cool reason ever comprehends.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe lunatic, the lover and the poet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre of imagination all compact:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOne sees more devils than vast hell can hold,<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat is, the madman: the lover, all as frantic,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe poet's eye, in fine frenzy rolling,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDoth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd as imagination bodies forth<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe forms of things unknown, the poet's pen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTurns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA local habitation and a name.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSuch tricks hath strong imagination,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat if it would but apprehend some joy,<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt comprehends some bringer of that joy;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOr in the night, imagining some fear,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow easy is a bush supposed a bear!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nBut all the story of the night told over,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd all their minds transfigured so together,<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMore witnesseth than fancy's images<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd grows to something of great constancy;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut, howsoever, strange and admirable.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nHere come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Enter LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HERMIA, and HELENA]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nJoy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAccompany your hearts!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nMore than to us<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWait in your royal walks, your board, your bed!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nCome now; what masques, what dances shall we have,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo wear away this long age of three hours<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBetween our after–supper and bed–time?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere is our usual manager of mirth?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat revels are in hand? Is there no play,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo ease the anguish of a torturing hour?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCall Philostrate.<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHILOSTRATE<\/td>\nHere, mighty Theseus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nSay, what abridgement have you for this evening?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat masque? what music? How shall we beguile<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe lazy time, if not with some delight?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHILOSTRATE<\/td>\nThere is a brief how many sports are ripe:<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMake choice of which your highness will see first.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Giving a paper]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\n[Reads]<\/i> 'The battle with the Centaurs, to be sung<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy an Athenian eunuch to the harp.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe'll none of that: that have I told my love,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn glory of my kinsman Hercules.<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Reads]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe riot of the tipsy Bacchanals,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTearing the Thracian singer in their rage.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat is an old device; and it was play'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen I from Thebes came last a conqueror.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Reads]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe thrice three Muses mourning for the death<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf Learning, late deceased in beggary.'<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat is some satire, keen and critical,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNot sorting with a nuptial ceremony.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Reads]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA tedious brief scene of young Pyramus<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd his love Thisbe; very tragical mirth.'<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMerry and tragical! tedious and brief!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat is, hot ice and wondrous strange snow.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow shall we find the concord of this discord?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHILOSTRATE<\/td>\nA play there is, my lord, some ten words long,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich is as brief as I have known a play;<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut by ten words, my lord, it is too long,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich makes it tedious; for in all the play<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThere is not one word apt, one player fitted:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd tragical, my noble lord, it is;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor Pyramus therein doth kill himself.<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich, when I saw rehearsed, I must confess,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMade mine eyes water; but more merry tears<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe passion of loud laughter never shed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nWhat are they that do play it?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHILOSTRATE<\/td>\nHard–handed men that work in Athens here,<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich never labour'd in their minds till now,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd now have toil'd their unbreathed memories<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith this same play, against your nuptial.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nAnd we will hear it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PHILOSTRATE<\/td>\nNo, my noble lord;<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIt is not for you: I have heard it over,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd it is nothing, nothing in the world;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUnless you can find sport in their intents,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExtremely stretch'd and conn'd with cruel pain,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo do you service.<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nI will hear that play;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor never anything can be amiss,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen simpleness and duty tender it.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGo, bring them in: and take your places, ladies.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Exit PHILOSTRATE]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nI love not to see wretchedness o'er charged<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd duty in his service perishing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nWhy, gentle sweet, you shall see no such thing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nHe says they can do nothing in this kind.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nThe kinder we, to give them thanks for nothing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur sport shall be to take what they mistake:<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd what poor duty cannot do, noble respect<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTakes it in might, not merit.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere I have come, great clerks have purposed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo greet me with premeditated welcomes;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere I have seen them shiver and look pale,<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMake periods in the midst of sentences,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThrottle their practised accent in their fears<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd in conclusion dumbly have broke off,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNot paying me a welcome. Trust me, sweet,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOut of this silence yet I pick'd a welcome;<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd in the modesty of fearful duty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI read as much as from the rattling tongue<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOf saucy and audacious eloquence.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLove, therefore, and tongue–tied simplicity<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn least speak most, to my capacity.<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Re–enter PHILOSTRATE]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
PHILOSTRATE<\/td>\nSo please your grace, the Prologue is address'd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nLet him approach.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Flourish of trumpets]<\/i>[Enter QUINCE for the Prologue]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prologue<\/td>\nIf we offend, it is with our good will.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you should think, we come not to offend,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut with good will. To show our simple skill,<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat is the true beginning of our end.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConsider then we come but in despite.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe do not come as minding to contest you,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOur true intent is. All for your delight<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe are not here. That you should here repent you,<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe actors are at hand and by their show<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nYou shall know all that you are like to know.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nThis fellow doth not stand upon points.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nHe hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he knows<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnot the stop. A good moral, my lord: it is not<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nenough to speak, but to speak true.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nIndeed he hath played on his prologue like a child<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\non a recorder; a sound, but not in government.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nHis speech, was like a tangled chain; nothing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nimpaired, but all disordered. Who is next?<\/td>\n130<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Enter Pyramus and Thisbe, Wall, Moonshine, and Lion]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prologue<\/td>\nGentles, perchance you wonder at this show;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut wonder on, till truth make all things plain.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis man is Pyramus, if you would know;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis beauteous lady Thisby is certain.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis man, with lime and rough–cast, doth present<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWall, that vile Wall which did these lovers sunder;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd through Wall's chink, poor souls, they are content<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo whisper. At the which let no man wonder.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis man, with lanthorn, dog, and bush of thorn,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPresenteth Moonshine; for, if you will know,<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy moonshine did these lovers think no scorn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo meet at Ninus' tomb, there, there to woo.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis grisly beast, which Lion hight by name,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe trusty Thisby, coming first by night,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid scare away, or rather did affright;<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, as she fled, her mantle she did fall,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnon comes Pyramus, sweet youth and tall,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd finds his trusty Thisby's mantle slain:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade,<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHe bravely broach'd is boiling bloody breast;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd Thisby, tarrying in mulberry shade,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis dagger drew, and died. For all the rest,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLet Lion, Moonshine, Wall, and lovers twain<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAt large discourse, while here they do remain.<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exeunt Prologue, Thisbe, Lion, and Moonshine]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nI wonder if the lion be to speak.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nNo wonder, my lord: one lion may, when many asses do.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wall<\/td>\nIn this same interlude it doth befall<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I, one Snout by name, present a wall;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd such a wall, as I would have you think,<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat had in it a crannied hole or chink,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThrough which the lovers, Pyramus and Thisby,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDid whisper often very secretly.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis loam, this rough–cast and this stone doth show<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat I am that same wall; the truth is so:<\/td>\n165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd this the cranny is, right and sinister,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThrough which the fearful lovers are to whisper.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nWould you desire lime and hair to speak better?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nIt is the wittiest partition that ever I heard<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndiscourse, my lord.<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Enter Pyramus]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nPyramus draws near the wall: silence!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nO grim–look'd night! O night with hue so black!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO night, which ever art when day is not!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO night, O night! alack, alack, alack,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI fear my Thisby's promise is forgot!<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat stand'st between her father's ground and mine!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShow me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Wall holds up his fingers]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nThanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut what see I? No Thisby do I see.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO wicked wall, through whom I see no bliss! <\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCursed be thy stones for thus deceiving me!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nThe wall, methinks, being sensible, should curse again.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nNo, in truth, sir, he should not. 'Deceiving me'<\/td>\n185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nis Thisby's cue: she is to enter now, and I am to<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nspy her through the wall. You shall see, it will<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfall pat as I told you. Yonder she comes.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Enter Thisbe]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nO wall, full often hast thou heard my moans,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor parting my fair Pyramus and me!<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy cherry lips have often kiss'd thy stones,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nI see a voice: now will I to the chink,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo spy an I can hear my Thisby's face. Thisby!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nMy love thou art, my love I think.<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nThink what thou wilt, I am thy lover's grace;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, like Limander, am I trusty still.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nAnd I like Helen, till the Fates me kill.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nNot Shafalus to Procrus was so true.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nAs Shafalus to Procrus, I to you.<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nO kiss me through the hole of this vile wall!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nI kiss the wall's hole, not your lips at all.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nWilt thou at Ninny's tomb meet me straightway?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nTide life, 'tide death, I come without delay.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exeunt Pyramus and Thisbe]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Wall<\/td>\nThus have I, Wall, my part discharged so;<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, being done, thus Wall away doth go.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Exit]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nNow is the mural down between the two neighbours.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nNo remedy, my lord, when walls are so wilful to hear<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwithout warning.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nThis is the silliest stuff that ever I heard.<\/td>\n210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nThe best in this kind are but shadows; and the worst<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nare no worse, if imagination amend them.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nIt must be your imagination then, and not theirs.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nIf we imagine no worse of them than they of<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthemselves, they may pass for excellent men. Here<\/td>\n215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncome two noble beasts in, a man and a lion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Enter Lion and Moonshine]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lion<\/td>\nYou, ladies, you, whose gentle hearts do fear<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floor,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMay now perchance both quake and tremble here,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhen lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThen know that I, one Snug the joiner, am<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA lion–fell, nor else no lion's dam;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor, if I should as lion come in strife<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInto this place, 'twere pity on my life.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nA very gentle beast, of a good conscience.<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nThe very best at a beast, my lord, that e'er I saw.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nThis lion is a very fox for his valour.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nTrue; and a goose for his discretion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nNot so, my lord; for his valour cannot carry his<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndiscretion; and the fox carries the goose.<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nHis discretion, I am sure, cannot carry his valour;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nfor the goose carries not the fox. It is well:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nleave it to his discretion, and let us listen to the moon.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moonshine<\/td>\nThis lanthorn doth the horned moon present;––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nHe should have worn the horns on his head.<\/td>\n235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nHe is no crescent, and his horns are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ninvisible within the circumference.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moonshine<\/td>\nThis lanthorn doth the horned moon present;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMyself the man i' the moon do seem to be.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nThis is the greatest error of all the rest: the man<\/td>\n240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nshould be put into the lanthorn. How is it else the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nman i' the moon?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nHe dares not come there for the candle; for, you<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsee, it is already in snuff.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nI am aweary of this moon: would he would change!<\/td>\n245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nIt appears, by his small light of discretion, that<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nhe is in the wane; but yet, in courtesy, in all<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nreason, we must stay the time.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nProceed, Moon.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moonshine<\/td>\nAll that I have to say, is, to tell you that the<\/td>\n250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nlanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthorn–bush, my thorn–bush; and this dog, my dog.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nWhy, all these should be in the lanthorn; for all<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthese are in the moon. But, silence! here comes Thisbe.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Enter Thisbe]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nThis is old Ninny's tomb. Where is my love?<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lion<\/td>\n[Roaring]<\/i> Oh––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Thisbe runs off]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nWell roared, Lion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nWell run, Thisbe.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nWell shone, Moon. Truly, the moon shines with a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ngood grace.<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[The Lion shakes Thisbe's mantle, and exit]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nWell moused, Lion.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nAnd so the lion vanished.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nAnd then came Pyramus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Enter Pyramus]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nSweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright;<\/td>\n265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFor, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI trust to take of truest Thisby sight.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut stay, O spite!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBut mark, poor knight,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat dreadful dole is here!<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEyes, do you see?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHow can it be?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO dainty duck! O dear!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThy mantle good,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat, stain'd with blood!<\/td>\n275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nApproach, ye Furies fell!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO Fates, come, come,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCut thread and thrum;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQuail, crush, conclude, and quell!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nThis passion, and the death of a dear friend, would<\/td>\n280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ngo near to make a man look sad.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nBeshrew my heart, but I pity the man.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyramus<\/td>\nO wherefore, Nature, didst thou lions frame?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSince lion vile hath here deflower'd my dear:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich is––no, no––which was the fairest dame<\/td>\n285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat lived, that loved, that liked, that look'd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nwith cheer.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome, tears, confound;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOut, sword, and wound<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe pap of Pyramus;<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAy, that left pap,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhere heart doth hop:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Stabs himself]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThus die I, thus, thus, thus.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow am I dead,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow am I fled;<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMy soul is in the sky:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTongue, lose thy light;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMoon take thy flight:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Exit Moonshine]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow die, die, die, die, die.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Dies]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nNo die, but an ace, for him; for he is but one.<\/td>\n300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nLess than an ace, man; for he is dead; he is nothing.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nWith the help of a surgeon he might yet recover, and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nprove an ass.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nHow chance Moonshine is gone before Thisbe comes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nback and finds her lover?<\/td>\n305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nShe will find him by starlight. Here she comes; and<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nher passion ends the play.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Re–enter Thisbe]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HIPPOLYTA<\/td>\nMethinks she should not use a long one for such a<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPyramus: I hope she will be brief.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nA mote will turn the balance, which Pyramus, which<\/td>\n310<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThisbe, is the better; he for a man, God warrant us;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nshe for a woman, God bless us.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LYSANDER<\/td>\nShe hath spied him already with those sweet eyes.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nAnd thus she means, videlicet:––<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thisbe<\/td>\nAsleep, my love?<\/td>\n315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhat, dead, my dove?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO Pyramus, arise!<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSpeak, speak. Quite dumb?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDead, dead? A tomb<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMust cover thy sweet eyes.<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThese My lips,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis cherry nose,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThese yellow cowslip cheeks,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAre gone, are gone:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLovers, make moan:<\/td>\n325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHis eyes were green as leeks.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nO Sisters Three,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome, come to me,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith hands as pale as milk;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLay them in gore,<\/td>\n330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSince you have shore<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith shears his thread of silk.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTongue, not a word:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome, trusty sword;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCome, blade, my breast imbrue:<\/td>\n335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Stabs herself]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, farewell, friends;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThus Thisby ends:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAdieu, adieu, adieu.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Dies]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nMoonshine and Lion are left to bury the dead.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEMETRIUS<\/td>\nAy, and Wall too.<\/td>\n340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOTTOM<\/td>\n[Starting up]<\/i> No assure you; the wall is down that<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nparted their fathers. Will it please you to see the<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nepilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nof our company?<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THESEUS<\/td>\nNo epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no<\/td>\n345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nexcuse. Never excuse; for when the players are all<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndead, there needs none to be blamed. Marry, if he<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nthat writ it had played Pyramus and hanged himself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nin Thisbe's garter, it would have been a fine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ntragedy: and so it is, truly; and very notably<\/td>\n350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndischarged. But come, your Bergomask: let your<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nepilogue alone.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[A dance]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI fear we shall out–sleep the coming morn<\/td>\n355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAs much as we this night have overwatch'd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThis palpable–gross play hath well beguiled<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe heavy gait of night. Sweet friends, to bed.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nA fortnight hold we this solemnity,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn nightly revels and new jollity.<\/td>\n360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Exeunt]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n[Enter PUCK]<\/td>\n<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PUCK<\/td>\nNow the hungry lion roars,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd the wolf behowls the moon;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhilst the heavy ploughman snores,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAll with weary task fordone.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow the wasted brands do glow,<\/td>\n365<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhilst the screech–owl, screeching loud,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPuts the wretch that lies in woe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn remembrance of a shroud.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow it is the time of night<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat the graves all gaping wide,<\/td>\n370<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEvery one lets forth his sprite,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIn the church–way paths to glide:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd we fairies, that do run<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy the triple Hecate's team,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFrom the presence of the sun,<\/td>\n375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFollowing darkness like a dream,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow are frolic: not a mouse<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall disturb this hallow'd house:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nI am sent with broom before,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo sweep the dust behind the door.<\/td>\n380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Enter OBERON and TITANIA with their train]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
OBERON<\/td>\nThrough the house give gathering light,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBy the dead and drowsy fire:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEvery elf and fairy sprite<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHop as light as bird from brier;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd this ditty, after me,<\/td>\n385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSing, and dance it trippingly.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TITANIA<\/td>\nFirst, rehearse your song by rote<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo each word a warbling note:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHand in hand, with fairy grace,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWill we sing, and bless this place.<\/td>\n390<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Song and dance]<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OBERON<\/td>\nNow, until the break of day,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThrough this house each fairy stray.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTo the best bride–bed will we,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhich by us shall blessed be;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd the issue there create<\/td>\n395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEver shall be fortunate.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo shall all the couples three<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEver true in loving be;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd the blots of Nature's hand<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall not in their issue stand;<\/td>\n400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNever mole, hare lip, nor scar,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNor mark prodigious, such as are<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDespised in nativity,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nShall upon their children be.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWith this field–dew consecrate,<\/td>\n405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEvery fairy take his gait;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd each several chamber bless,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThrough this palace, with sweet peace;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd the owner of it blest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEver shall in safety rest.<\/td>\n410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTrip away; make no stay;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMeet me all by break of day.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

[Exeunt OBERON, TITANIA, and train]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PUCK<\/td>\nIf we shadows have offended,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThink but this, and all is mended,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThat you have but slumber'd here<\/td>\n415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWhile these visions did appear.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd this weak and idle theme,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNo more yielding but a dream,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGentles, do not reprehend:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nif you pardon, we will mend:<\/td>\n420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd, as I am an honest Puck,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIf we have unearned luck<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow to 'scape the serpent's tongue,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWe will make amends ere long;<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nElse the Puck a liar call;<\/td>\n425<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSo, good night unto you all.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGive me your hands, if we be friends,<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAnd Robin shall restore amends.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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