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ACT V - SCENE II. The same. The DUKE's palace.
Enter THURIO, PROTEUS, and JULIA

THURIO
1    Sir Proteus, what says Silvia to my suit?
PROTEUS
2    O, sir, I find her milder than she was;
3    And yet she takes exceptions at your person.
THURIO
4    What, that my leg is too long?
PROTEUS
5    No; that it is too little.
THURIO
6    I'll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder.
JULIA
Aside
7     But love will not be spurr'd to what
8    it loathes.
THURIO
9    What says she to my face?
PROTEUS
10   She says it is a fair one.
THURIO
11   Nay then, the wanton lies; my face is black.
PROTEUS
12   But pearls are fair; and the old saying is,
13   Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies' eyes.
JULIA
Aside
14    'Tis true; such pearls as put out
15   ladies' eyes;
16   For I had rather wink than look on them.
THURIO
17   How likes she my discourse?
PROTEUS
18   Ill, when you talk of war.
THURIO
19   But well, when I discourse of love and peace?
JULIA
Aside
20    But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.
THURIO
21   What says she to my valour?
PROTEUS
22   O, sir, she makes no doubt of that.
JULIA
Aside
23    She needs not, when she knows it cowardice.
THURIO
24   What says she to my birth?
PROTEUS
25   That you are well derived.
JULIA
Aside
26    True; from a gentleman to a fool.
THURIO
27   Considers she my possessions?
PROTEUS
28   O, ay; and pities them.
THURIO
29   Wherefore?
JULIA
Aside
30    That such an ass should owe them.
PROTEUS
31   That they are out by lease.
JULIA
32   Here comes the duke.
Enter DUKE

DUKE
33   How now, Sir Proteus! how now, Thurio!
34   Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?
THURIO
35   Not I.
PROTEUS
36   Nor I.
DUKE
37   Saw you my daughter?
PROTEUS
38   Neither.
DUKE
39   Why then,
40   She's fled unto that peasant Valentine;
41   And Eglamour is in her company.
42   'Tis true; for Friar Laurence met them both,
43   As he in penance wander'd through the forest;
44   Him he knew well, and guess'd that it was she,
45   But, being mask'd, he was not sure of it;
46   Besides, she did intend confession
47   At Patrick's cell this even; and there she was not;
48   These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
49   Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
50   But mount you presently and meet with me
51   Upon the rising of the mountain-foot
52   That leads towards Mantua, whither they are fled:
53   Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me.
Exit

THURIO
54   Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,
55   That flies her fortune when it follows her.
56   I'll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
57   Than for the love of reckless Silvia.
Exit

PROTEUS
58   And I will follow, more for Silvia's love
59   Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her.
Exit

JULIA
60   And I will follow, more to cross that love
61   Than hate for Silvia that is gone for love.
Exit

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Scene Index
ACT I
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III


  • ACT II
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV
  • SCENE V
  • SCENE VI
  • SCENE VII


  • ACT III
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II


  • ACT IV
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV


  • ACT V
  • SCENE I
  • SCENE II
  • SCENE III
  • SCENE IV

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