I have one of sprites and goblins. Her. Let's have that, good sir. To fright me with your sprites: you're powerful at it Mam. There was a man,— Her. Nay, come, sit down; then on. Mam. Dwelt by a churchyard; -I will tell it softly; Yon crickets shall not hear it. Her. And give't me in mine ear. Come on then, Enter LEONTES, ANTIGONUS, Lords, and others. Leon. Was he met there? his train? Camillo with him? Leon. The abhorred ingredient to his eye make known, Remain a pinched thing; yea, a very trick For them to play at will.-How came the posterns 1 Lord. By his great authority; Which often hath no less prevailed them so, On your command. Leon. I know't too well. Give me the boy; I am glad you did not nurse him. Her. What is this? sport? Leon. Bear the boy hence; he shall not come about her; Away with him;-and let her sport herself With that she's big with; for 'tis Polixenes Has made thee swell thus. But I'd say, he had not, Her. Leon. To say, She is a goodly lady, and The justice of your hearts will thereto add, 'Tis pity, she's not honest, honorable. Praise her but for this her without-door form, (Which, on my faith, deserves high speech,) and straight The shrug, the hum, or ha: these petty brands, That calumny doth use; -0, I am out; That mercy does; for calumny will sear Virtue itself; these shrugs, these hums, and ha's, Her. Should a villain say so, Leon. A federary with her; and one that knows That vulgars give bold'st titles; ay, and privy Her. Privy to none of this. How will this grieve you, Leon. A school-boy's top. Away with her to prison. Her. There's some ill planet reigns. With an aspéct more favorable.-Good my lords, Shall best instruct you, measure me; -and so Leon. Shall I be heard? [To the Guards. Her. Who is't that goes with me?'Beseech your highness, My women may be with me; for, you see, My plight requires it. Do not weep, good fools; There is no cause; when you shall know your mistress As I come out. This action, I now go on, I trust, I shall.— My women, come; you have leave. Leon. Go, do our bidding; hence. [Exeunt Queen and Ladies. 1 Lord. 'Beseech your highness, call the queen again. Ant. Be certain what you do, sir; lest, your justice Prove violence; in the which three great ones suffer, Yourself, your queen, your son. 1 Lord. For her, my lord, I dare my life lay down, and will do't, sir, In this which you accuse her. Ant. If it prove She's otherwise, I'll keep my stables where I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her; Than when I feel, and see her, no further trust her; For every inch of woman in the world, Ay, every dram of woman's flesh, is false, If she be. Leon. Hold your peaces. 1 Lord. Good my lord, Ant. It is for you we speak, not for ourselves. You are abused, and by some putter-on, That will be damned for't; 'would I knew the villain, I have three daughters; the eldest is eleven; Leon. Cease; no more. You smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose; but I do see't and feel't The instruments that feel. Ant. If it be so, We need no grave to bury honesty; There's not a grain of it, the face to sweeten Of the whole dungy earth. Leon. What, lack I credit? 1 Lord. I had rather you did lack, than I, my lord, upon this ground: and more it would content me To have her honor true, than your suspicion; Be blamed for't how you might. Leon. Why, what need we Commune with you of this? but rather follow Our forceful instigation? Our prerogative Calls not your counsels; but our natural goodness Imparts this; which, if you (or stupefied, Or seeming so in skill) cannot, or will not, Relish as truth, like us; inform yourselves. We need no more of your advice: the matter, The loss, the gain, the ordering on't, is all Properly ours. Ant. And I wish, my liege, Leon. How could that be? Either thou art most ignorant by age, (Which was as gross as ever touched conjecture, Made up to the deed,) doth push on this proceeding. (For, in an act of this importance, 'twere Most piteous to be wild,) I have despatched in post, Of stuffed sufficiency. Now from the oracle 1 Lord. Well done, my lord. Leon. Though I am satisfied, and need no more Give rest to the minds of others; such as he, Come up to the truth. So have we thought it good, Ant. [Aside.] To laughter, as I take it, [Exeunt. SCENE II. The same. The outer Room of a Prison. Enter PAULINA and Attendants. Paul. The keeper of the prison,-call to him; [Exit an Attendant. Let him have knowledge who I am.-Good lady! No court in Europe is too good for thee; What dost thou then in prison?—Now, good sir, Re-enter Attendant, with the Keeper. You know me, do you not? Keeper. And one whom I much honor. Paul. Conduct me to the queen. For a worthy lady, Pray you, then, |