Hath cut her throat already.-No, 'tis slander; All corners of the world: kings, queens, and states," To lie in watch there, and to think on him? To break it with a fearful dream of him, Pis. Alas, good lady! Imo. I false? Thy conscience witness:-Iachimo, Thou didst accuse him of incontinency; Thou then look'dst like a villain; now, methinks, Put on for villainy; not born, where't grows; Pis. Good madam, hear me. Imo. True honest men being heard, like false Æneas, 7 states,] Persons of highest rank. 8 Whose mother was her painting,] Some jay of Italy, made by art; the creature, not of nature, but of painting. In this sense painting may not be improperly termed her mother. 9 And, for I am richer than to hang by the walls, I must be ripp'd:] To hang by the walls, does not mean, to be converted into hangings for a room, but to be hung up, as useless among the neglected contents of a wardrobe. VOL. VIII. F Were, in his time, thought false: and Sinon's weeping Did scandal many a holy tear; took pity From most true wretchedness: So, thou, Posthúmus, Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men;" Goodly, and gallant, shall be false, and perjur'd, From thy great fail.-Come, fellow, be thou honest: Do thou thy master's bidding: When thou see'st him, A little witness my obedience: Look! I draw the sword myself: take it; and hit Pis. Hence, vile instrument! Thou shalt not damn my hand. Imo. Why, I must die; And if I do not by thy hand, thou art No servant of thy master's: Against self-slaughter There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. Come, here's my heart; Something's afore't:-Soft, soft; we'll no defence; Corrupters of my faith! you shall no more Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men; &c.] i. e. says Mr. Upton, "wilt infect and corrupt their good name, (like sour dough that leaveneth the whole mass,) and wilt render them suspected." That cravens my weak hand.] i. e. makes me a coward. Stands in worse case of woe. And thou, Posthúmus, thou that did'st set up Pis. O gracious lady, Since I receiv'd command to do this business, Imo. Do't, and to bed then. Wherefore then Pis. I'll wake mine eye-balls blind first. Pis. Imo. 3 That now thou tir'st on,] A hawk is said to tire upon that which she pecks; from tirer, French. 4 To be unbent,] To have thy bow unbent, alluding to a hunter. But if I were as wise as honest, then My purpose would prove well. It cannot be, Some villain, ay, and singular in his art, -Hath done you both this cursed injury. Imo. Some Roman courtezan. No, on my life. Pis. Imo. Dead to my husband? Pis. That Cloten, whose love-suit hath been to me Pis. If not at court, Where then? Then not in Britain must you bide. Imo. In a great pool, a swan's nest; Pr'ythee, think Pis. I am most glad You think of other place. The embassador, Lucius the Roman, comes to Milford-Haven To-morrow; Now, if you could wear a mind Imo. Pis. Imo. Nay, be brief: I see into thy end, and am almost A man already. Pis. First, make yourself but like one. Fore-thinking this, I have already fit, (Tis in my cloak-bag,) doublet, hat, hose, all That answer to them:. Would you, in their serving, And with what imitation you can borrow 5 As quarrellous as the weasel :] This character of the weasel is not warranted by naturalists. Weasels, however, were formerly kept in houses instead of cats, for the purpose of killing vermin. |