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A Midsummer Night's Dream, de William Shakespeare
CHARACTERS:
THE SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERS:
Oberon, King of Fairies
Titania, Queen of Fairies
Puck, a!a Ho"go"#in or Ro"in $oodfe##o%, ser&ant to "eron
Titania's fairy servants(her )train)*:
First Fairy
Peasebosso!, fair+
Cob"eb, fair+
#ot$(sometimes rendered as 'Mote'*, fair+
#ustar%see%, fair+
THE #EN AN& O#EN (N THE PLA) OF H(*H SOC(AL CLASS:
Lysan%er, "e#o&ed of Hermia
Her!ia, "e#o&ed of +sander
Heena, in #o&e %ith Demetrius
&e!etrius, in #o&e %ith Hermia "ut then fa##s in #o&e %ith He#ena #ater
on
E+eus, father of Hermia, %ants to for-e Hermia to get married to
Demetrius
T$eseus, Du!e of Athens, good friend of Egeus Hi,,oyta, Queen of the Ama.ons and "etrothed of Theseus
THE LOER-CLASS C(T(.ENS (N THE PLA):
P$iostrate, Master of the Re&e#s for Theseus
T$e actin+ trou,e(other%ise !no%n as The Me-hani-a#s*:
Peter /uince, -ar/enter, %ho #eads the trou/e
Nick 0otto!, %ea&er0 he /#a+s 1+ramus in the trou/e's /rodu-tion of
)1+ramus and This"e,) and gets a don!e+ head /ut on him "+ 1u-! so that
Titania %i## magi-a##+ fa## in #o&e %ith a monster
Francis Fute, the "e##o%s2mender %ho /#a+s This"e Robin Starvein+, the tai#or %ho /#a+s Moonshine
To! Snout, the tin!er %ho /#a+s the %a##
Snu+, the 3oiner %ho /#a+s the #ion
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ACT 1
Scene I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.
Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, an Attenants
THESEUS:
No%, fair Hi//o#+ta, our nu/tia# hour
Dra%s on a/a-e0 four ha//+ da+s "ring in
Another moon: "ut, , methin!s, ho% s#o%
This o#d moon %anes4 she #ingers m+ desires,
i!e to a ste/2dame or a do%ager
ong %ithering out a +oung man re&enue
H(PPOL)TA:
Four da+s %i## 5ui-!#+ stee/ themse#&es in night0Four nights %i## 5ui-!#+ dream a%a+ the time0
And then the moon, #i!e to a si#&er "o%
Ne%2"ent in hea&en, sha## "eho#d the night
f our so#emnities
THESEUS:
$o, 1hi#ostrate,
Stir u/ the Athenian +outh to merriments0
A%a!e the /ert and nim"#e s/irit of mirth0
Turn me#an-ho#+ forth to funera#s0
The /a#e -om/anion is not for our /om/
E!it PHILOSTRATE
Hi//o#+ta, 6 %oo'd thee %ith m+ s%ord,
And %on th+ #o&e, doing thee in3uries0
7ut 6 %i## %ed thee in another !e+,
8ith /om/, %ith trium/h and %ith re&e##ing
Enter E"EUS, HER#IA, LYSA$%ER, an %E#ETRIUS
E*EUS:
Ha//+ "e Theseus, our reno%ned du!e4
THESEUS:
Than!s, good Egeus: %hat's the ne%s %ith thee9
E*EUS:
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Fu## of &eation -ome 6, %ith -om/#aint
Against m+ -hi#d, m+ daughter Hermia
Stand forth, Demetrius M+ no"#e #ord,
This man hath m+ -onsent to marr+ her
Stand forth, +sander: and m+ gra-ious du!e,
This man hath "e%it-h'd the "osom of m+ -hi#d0
Thou, thou, +sander, thou hast gi&en her rh+mes,
And inter-hanged #o&e2to!ens %ith m+ -hi#d:
Thou hast "+ moon#ight at her %indo% sung,
8ith feigning &oi-e &erses of feigning #o&e,
And sto#en the im/ression of her fantas+
8ith "ra-e#ets of th+ hair, rings, ga%ds, -on-eits,
Kna-!s, trif#es, nosega+s, s%eetmeats, messengers
f strong /re&ai#ment in unharden'd +outh:
8ith -unning hast thou fi#-h'd m+ daughter's heart,Turn'd her o"edien-e, %hi-h is due to me,
To stu""orn harshness: and, m+ gra-ious du!e,
7e it so she0 %i## not here "efore +our gra-e
Consent to marr+ %ith Demetrius,
6 "eg the an-ient /ri&i#ege of Athens,
As she is mine, 6 ma+ dis/ose of her:
8hi-h sha## "e either to this gent#eman
r to her death, a--ording to our #a%
6mmediate#+ /ro&ided in that -ase
THESEUS:
8hat sa+ +ou, Hermia9 "e ad&ised fair maid:
To +ou +our father shou#d "e as a god0
ne that -om/osed +our "eauties, +ea, and one
To %hom +ou are "ut as a form in %a
7+ him im/rinted and %ithin his /o%er
To #ea&e the figure or disfigure it
Demetrius is a %orth+ gent#eman
HER#(A:
So is +sanderTHESEUS:
6n himse#f he is0
7ut in this !ind, %anting +our father's &oi-e,
The other must "e he#d the %orthier
HER#(A:
6 %ou#d m+ father #oo!'d "ut %ith m+ e+es
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THESEUS:
Rather +our e+es must %ith his 3udgment #oo!
HER#(A:
6 do entreat +our gra-e to /ardon me
6 !no% not "+ %hat /o%er 6 am made "o#d,
Nor ho% it ma+ -on-ern m+ modest+,
6n su-h a /resen-e here to /#ead m+ thoughts0
7ut 6 "esee-h +our gra-e that 6 ma+ !no%
The %orst that ma+ "efa## me in this -ase,
6f 6 refuse to %ed Demetrius
THESEUS:
Either to die the death or to a"3ure
For e&er the so-iet+ of men
Therefore, fair Hermia, 5uestion +our desires0
Kno% of +our +outh, eamine %e## +our "#ood,8hether, if +ou +ie#d not to +our father's -hoi-e,
;ou -an endure the #i&er+ of a nun,
For a+e to "e in shad+ -#oister me%'d,
To #i&e a "arren sister a## +our #ife,
Chanting faint h+mns to the -o#d fruit#ess moon
Thri-e2"#essed the+ that master so their "#ood,
To undergo su-h maiden /i#grimage0
7ut earth#ier ha//+ is the rose disti##'d,
Than that %hi-h %ithering on the &irgin thorn
$ro%s, #i&es and dies in sing#e "#essedness
HER#(A:
So %i## 6 gro%, so #i&e, so die, m+ #ord,
Ere 6 %i## m+ &irgin /atent u/
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Re#ent, s%eet Hermia: and, +sander, +ie#d
Th+ -ra.ed tit#e to m+ -ertain right
L)SAN&ER:
;ou ha&e her father's #o&e, Demetrius0
et me ha&e Hermia's: do +ou marr+ him
E*EUS:
S-ornfu# +sander4 true, he hath m+ #o&e,
And %hat is mine m+ #o&e sha## render him
And she is mine, and a## m+ right of her
6 do estate unto Demetrius
L)SAN&ER:
6 am, m+ #ord, as %e## deri&ed as he,
As %e## /ossess'd0 m+ #o&e is more than his0
M+ fortunes e&er+ %a+ as fair#+ ran!'d,
6f not %ith &antage, as Demetrius'0And, %hi-h is more than a## these "oasts -an "e,
6 am "e#o&ed of "eauteous Hermia:
8h+ shou#d not 6 then /rose-ute m+ right9
Demetrius, 6'## a&ou-h it to his head,
Made #o&e to Nedar's daughter, He#ena,
And %on her sou#0 and she, s%eet #ad+, dotes,
De&out#+ dotes, dotes in ido#atr+,
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E*EUS:
8ith dut+ and desire %e fo##o% +ou
E!e&nt all '&t LYSA$%ER an HER#IA
L)SAN&ER:
Ho% no%, m+ #o&e4 %h+ is +our -hee! so /a#e9
Ho% -han-e the roses there do fade so fast9
HER#(A:
7e#i!e for %ant of rain, %hi-h 6 -ou#d %e##
7eteem them from the tem/est of m+ e+es
L)SAN&ER:
A+ me4 for aught that 6 -ou#d e&er read,
Cou#d e&er hear "+ ta#e or histor+,
The -ourse of true #o&e ne&er did run smooth07ut, either it %as different in "#ood,
HER#(A:
-ross4 too high to "e enthra##'d to #o%
L)SAN&ER:
r e#se misgraffed in res/e-t of +ears,
HER#(A:
s/ite4 too o#d to "e engaged to +oung
L)SAN&ER:
r e#se it stood u/on the -hoi-e of friends,
HER#(A:
he##4 to -hoose #o&e "+ another's e+es
L)SAN&ER:
r, if there %ere a s+m/ath+ in -hoi-e,
8ar, death, or si-!ness did #a+ siege to it,
Ma!ing it momentan+ as a sound,
S%ift as a shado%, short as an+ dream0
7rief as the #ightning in the -o##ied night,
That, in a s/#een, unfo#ds "oth hea&en and earth,
And ere a man hath /o%er to sa+ '7eho#d4'The 3a%s of dar!ness do de&our it u/:
So 5ui-! "right things -ome to -onfusion
HER#(A:
6f then true #o&ers ha&e "een e&er -ross'd,
6t stands as an edi-t in destin+:
Then #et us tea-h our tria# /atien-e,
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7e-ause it is a -ustomar+ -ross,
As due to #o&e as thoughts and dreams and sighs,
8ishes and tears, /oor fan-+'s fo##o%ers
L)SAN&ER:
A good /ersuasion: therefore, hear me, Hermia
6 ha&e a %ido% aunt, a do%ager
f great re&enue, and she hath no -hi#d:
From Athens is her house remote se&en #eagues0
And she res/e-ts me as her on#+ son
There, gent#e Hermia, ma+ 6 marr+ thee0
And to that /#a-e the shar/ Athenian #a%
Cannot /ursue us 6f thou #o&est me then,
Stea# forth th+ father's house to2morro% night0
And in the %ood, a #eague %ithout the to%n,
8here 6 did meet thee on-e %ith He#ena,To do o"ser&an-e to a morn of Ma+,
There %i## 6 sta+ for thee
HER#(A:
M+ good +sander4
6 s%ear to thee, "+ Cu/id's strongest "o%,
7+ his "est arro% %ith the go#den head,
7+ the sim/#i-it+ of =enus' do&es,
7+ that %hi-h !nitteth sou#s and /ros/ers #o&es,
And "+ that fire %hi-h "urn'd the Carthage 5ueen,
8hen the fa#se Tro+an under sai# %as seen,
7+ a## the &o%s that e&er men ha&e "ro!e,
6n num"er more than e&er %omen s/o!e,
6n that same /#a-e thou hast a//ointed me,
To2morro% tru#+ %i## 6 meet %ith thee
L)SAN&ER:
Kee/ /romise, #o&e oo!, here -omes He#ena
Enter HELE$A
HER#(A:
$od s/eed fair He#ena4 %hither a%a+9
HELENA:
Ca## +ou me fair9 that fair again unsa+
Demetrius #o&es +our fair: ha//+ fair4
;our e+es are #ode2stars0 and +our tongue's s%eet air
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More tunea"#e than #ar! to she/herd's ear,
8hen %heat is green, %hen ha%thorn "uds a//ear
Si-!ness is -at-hing: , %ere fa&our so,
;ours %ou#d 6 -at-h, fair Hermia, ere 6 go0
M+ ear shou#d -at-h +our &oi-e, m+ e+e +our e+e,
M+ tongue shou#d -at-h +our tongue's s%eet me#od+
8ere the %or#d mine, Demetrius "eing "ated,
The rest 6'd gi&e to "e to +ou trans#ated
, tea-h me ho% +ou #oo!, and %ith %hat art
;ou s%a+ the motion of Demetrius' heart
HER#(A:
6 fro%n u/on him, +et he #o&es me sti##
HELENA:
that +our fro%ns %ou#d tea-h m+ smi#es su-h s!i##4
HER#(A:6 gi&e him -urses, +et he gi&es me #o&e
HELENA:
that m+ /ra+ers -ou#d su-h affe-tion mo&e4
HER#(A:
The more 6 hate, the more he fo##o%s me
HELENA:
The more 6 #o&e, the more he hateth me
HER#(A:
His fo##+, He#ena, is no fau#t of mine
HELENA:
None, "ut +our "eaut+: %ou#d that fau#t %ere mine4
HER#(A:
Ta!e -omfort: he no more sha## see m+ fa-e0
+sander and m+se#f %i## f#+ this /#a-e
7efore the time 6 did +sander see,
Seem'd Athens as a /aradise to me:
, then, %hat gra-es in m+ #o&e do d%e##,
That he hath turn'd a hea&en unto a he##4
L)SAN&ER:He#en, to +ou our minds %e %i## unfo#d:
To2morro% night, %hen 1hoe"e doth "eho#d
Her si#&er &isage in the %ater+ g#ass,
De-!ing %ith #i5uid /ear# the "#aded grass,
A time that #o&ers' f#ights doth sti## -on-ea#,
Through Athens' gates ha&e %e de&ised to stea#
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HER#(A:
And in the %ood, %here often +ou and 6
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And %hen this hai# some heat from Hermia fe#t,
So he disso#&ed, and sho%ers of oaths did me#t
6 %i## go te## him of fair Hermia's f#ight:
Then to the %ood %i## he to2morro% night
1ursue her0 and for this inte##igen-e
6f 6 ha&e than!s, it is a dear e/ense:
7ut herein mean 6 to enri-h m+ /ain,
To ha&e his sight thither and "a-! again
E!it
Scene II. Athens. (UI$)E*S ho&se.
Enter (UI$)E, S$U", +OTTO#, LUTE, S$OUT, an STAR-ELI$"
/U(NCE:6s a## our -om/an+ here9
0OTTO#:
;ou %ere "est to -a## them genera##+, man "+ man,
a--ording to the s-ri/
/U(NCE:
Here is the s-ro## of e&er+ man's name, %hi-h is
thought fit, through a## Athens, to /#a+ in our
inter#ude "efore the du!e and the du-hess, on his
%edding2da+ at night
0OTTO#:
First, good 1eter Quin-e, sa+ %hat the /#a+ treats
on, then read the names of the a-tors, and so gro%
to a /oint
/U(NCE:
Marr+, our /#a+ is, The most #amenta"#e -omed+, and
most -rue# death of 1+ramus and This"+
0OTTO#:
A &er+ good /ie-e of %or!, 6 assure +ou, and a
merr+ No%, good 1eter Quin-e, -a## forth +oura-tors "+ the s-ro## Masters, s/read +ourse#&es
/U(NCE:
Ans%er as 6 -a## +ou Ni-! 7ottom, the %ea&er
0OTTO#:
Read+ Name %hat /art 6 am for, and /ro-eed
/U(NCE:
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;ou, Ni-! 7ottom, are set do%n for 1+ramus
0OTTO#:
8hat is 1+ramus9 a #o&er, or a t+rant9
/U(NCE:
A #o&er, that !i##s himse#f most ga##ant for #o&e
0OTTO#:
That %i## as! some tears in the true /erforming of
it: if 6 do it, #et the audien-e #oo! to their
e+es0 6 %i## mo&e storms, 6 %i## -ondo#e in some
measure To the rest: +et m+ -hief humour is for a
t+rant: 6 -ou#d /#a+ Er-#es rare#+, or a /art to
tear a -at in, to ma!e a## s/#it
The raging ro-!s
And shi&ering sho-!s
Sha## "rea! the #o-!sf /rison gates0
And 1hi""us' -ar
Sha## shine from far
And ma!e and mar
The foo#ish Fates
This %as #oft+4 No% name the rest of the /#a+ers
This is Er-#es' &ein, a t+rant's &ein0 a #o&er is
more -ondo#ing
/U(NCE:Fran-is F#ute, the "e##o%s2mender
FLUTE:
Here, 1eter Quin-e
/U(NCE:
F#ute, +ou must ta!e This"+ on +ou
FLUTE:
8hat is This"+9 a %andering !night9
/U(NCE:
6t is the #ad+ that 1+ramus must #o&e
FLUTE:Na+, faith, #et me not /#a+ a %oman0 6 ha&e a "eard -oming
/U(NCE:
That's a## one: +ou sha## /#a+ it in a mas!, and
+ou ma+ s/ea! as sma## as +ou %i##
0OTTO#:
An 6 ma+ hide m+ fa-e, #et me /#a+ This"+ too, 6'##
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s/ea! in a monstrous #itt#e &oi-e 'Thisne,
Thisne0' 'Ah, 1+ramus, #o&er dear4 th+ This"+ dear,
and #ad+ dear4'
/U(NCE:
No, no0 +ou must /#a+ 1+ramus: and, F#ute, +ou This"+
0OTTO#:
8e##, /ro-eed
/U(NCE:
Ro"in Star&e#ing, the tai#or
STAR2EL(N*:
Here, 1eter Quin-e
/U(NCE:
Ro"in Star&e#ing, +ou must /#a+ This"+'s mother
Tom Snout, the tin!er
SNOUT:Here, 1eter Quin-e
/U(NCE:
;ou, 1+ramus' father: m+se#f, This"+'s father:
Snug, the 3oiner0 +ou, the #ion's /art: and, 6
ho/e, here is a /#a+ fitted
SNU*:
Ha&e +ou the #ion's /art %ritten9 /ra+ +ou, if it
"e, gi&e it me, for 6 am s#o% of stud+
/U(NCE:;ou ma+ do it etem/ore, for it is nothing "ut roaring
0OTTO#:
et me /#a+ the #ion too: 6 %i## roar, that 6 %i##
do an+ man's heart good to hear me0 6 %i## roar,
that 6 %i## ma!e the du!e sa+ 'et him roar again,
#et him roar again'
/U(NCE:
An +ou shou#d do it too terri"#+, +ou %ou#d fright
the du-hess and the #adies, that the+ %ou#d shrie!0
and that %ere enough to hang us a##ALL:
That %ou#d hang us, e&er+ mother's son
0OTTO#:
6 grant +ou, friends, if that +ou shou#d fright the
#adies out of their %its, the+ %ou#d ha&e no more
dis-retion "ut to hang us: "ut 6 %i## aggra&ate m+
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&oi-e so that 6 %i## roar +ou as gent#+ as an+
su-!ing do&e0 6 %i## roar +ou an 't%ere an+
nightinga#e
/U(NCE:
;ou -an /#a+ no /art "ut 1+ramus0 for 1+ramus is a
s%eet2fa-ed man0 a /ro/er man, as one sha## see in a
summer's da+0 a most #o&e#+ gent#eman2#i!e man:
therefore +ou must needs /#a+ 1+ramus
0OTTO#:
8e##, 6 %i## underta!e it 8hat "eard %ere 6 "est
to /#a+ it in9
/U(NCE:
8h+, %hat +ou %i##
0OTTO#:
6 %i## dis-harge it in either +our stra%2-o#our"eard, +our orange2ta%n+ "eard, +our /ur/#e2in2grain
"eard, or +our Fren-h2-ro%n2-o#our "eard, +our
/erfe-t +e##o%
/U(NCE:
Some of +our Fren-h -ro%ns ha&e no hair at a##, and
then +ou %i## /#a+ "are2fa-ed 7ut, masters, here
are +our /arts: and 6 am to entreat +ou, re5uest
+ou and desire +ou, to -on them "+ to2morro% night0
and meet me in the /a#a-e %ood, a mi#e %ithout the
to%n, "+ moon#ight0 there %i## %e rehearse, for if
%e meet in the -it+, %e sha## "e dogged %ith
-om/an+, and our de&i-es !no%n 6n the meantime 6
%i## dra% a "i## of /ro/erties, su-h as our /#a+
%ants 6 /ra+ +ou, fai# me not
0OTTO#:
8e %i## meet0 and there %e ma+ rehearse most
o"s-ene#+ and -ourageous#+ Ta!e /ains0 "e /erfe-t: adieu
/U(NCE:
At the du!e's oa! %e meet0OTTO#:
Enough0 ho#d or -ut "o%2strings
E!e&nt
ACT 3
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Scene I. A oo near Athens.
Enter, from opposite sies, a air/, an PU)0
PUC4:
Ho% no%, s/irit4 %hither %ander +ou9
Fairy:
&er hi##, o&er da#e,
Thorough "ush, thorough "rier,
&er /ar!, o&er /a#e,
Thorough f#ood, thorough fire,
6 do %ander e&er+%here,
S%ifter than the moon's s/here0
And 6 ser&e the fair+ 5ueen,
To de% her or"s u/on the greenThe -o%s#i/s ta## her /ensioners "e:
6n their go#d -oats s/ots +ou see0
Those "e ru"ies, fair+ fa&ours,
6n those fre-!#es #i&e their sa&ours:
6 must go see! some de%dro/s here
And hang a /ear# in e&er+ -o%s#i/'s ear
Fare%e##, thou #o" of s/irits0 6'## "e gone:
ur 5ueen and a## our e#&es -ome here anon
PUC4:The !ing doth !ee/ his re&e#s here to2night:
Ta!e heed the 5ueen -ome not %ithin his sight0
For "eron is /assing fe## and %rath,
7e-ause that she as her attendant hath
A #o&e#+ "o+, sto#en from an 6ndian !ing0
She ne&er had so s%eet a -hange#ing0
And 3ea#ous "eron %ou#d ha&e the -hi#d
Knight of his train, to tra-e the forests %i#d0
7ut she /erfor-e %ithho#ds the #o&ed "o+,
Cro%ns him %ith f#o%ers and ma!es him a## her 3o+:And no% the+ ne&er meet in gro&e or green,
7+ fountain -#ear, or s/ang#ed star#ight sheen,
7ut, the+ do s5uare, that a## their e#&es for fear
Cree/ into a-orn2-u/s and hide them there
Fairy:
Either 6 mista!e +our sha/e and ma!ing 5uite,
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r e#se +ou are that shre%d and !na&ish s/rite
Ca##'d Ro"in $oodfe##o%: are not +ou he
That frights the maidens of the &i##ager+0
S!im mi#!, and sometimes #a"our in the 5uern
And "oot#ess ma!e the "reath#ess house%ife -hurn0
And sometime ma!e the drin! to "ear no "arm0
Mis#ead night2%anderers, #aughing at their harm9
Those that Ho"go"#in -a## +ou and s%eet 1u-!,
;ou do their %or!, and the+ sha## ha&e good #u-!:
Are not +ou he9
PUC4:
Thou s/ea!'st aright0
6 am that merr+ %anderer of the night
6 3est to "eron and ma!e him smi#e
8hen 6 a fat and "ean2fed horse "egui#e,Neighing in #i!eness of a fi##+ foa#:
And sometime #ur! 6 in a gossi/'s "o%#,
6n &er+ #i!eness of a roasted -ra",
And %hen she drin!s, against her #i/s 6 "o"
And on her %ither'd de%#a/ /our the a#e
The %isest aunt, te##ing the saddest ta#e,
Sometime for three2foot stoo# mista!eth me0
Then s#i/ 6 from her "um, do%n to//#es she,
And 'tai#or' -ries, and fa##s into a -ough0
And then the %ho#e 5uire ho#d their hi/s and #augh,
And %aen in their mirth and nee.e and s%ear
A merrier hour %as ne&er %asted there
7ut, room, fair+4 here -omes "eron
Fairy:
And here m+ mistress 8ou#d that he %ere gone4
Enter, from one sie, O+ERO$, ith his train1 from the other, TITA$IA,
ith hers
O0ERON:
6## met "+ moon#ight, /roud Titania
T(TAN(A:
8hat, 3ea#ous "eron4 Fairies, s!i/ hen-e:
6 ha&e fors%orn his "ed and -om/an+
O0ERON:
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Tarr+, rash %anton: am not 6 th+ #ord9
T(TAN(A:
Then 6 must "e th+ #ad+: "ut 6 !no%
8hen thou hast sto#en a%a+ from fair+ #and,
And in the sha/e of Corin sat a## da+,
1#a+ing on /i/es of -orn and &ersing #o&e
To amorous 1hi##ida 8h+ art thou here,
Come from the farthest Ste//e of 6ndia9
7ut that, forsooth, the "oun-ing Ama.on,
;our "us!in'd mistress and +our %arrior #o&e,
To Theseus must "e %edded, and +ou -ome
To gi&e their "ed 3o+ and /ros/erit+
O0ERON:
Ho% -anst thou thus for shame, Titania,
$#an-e at m+ -redit %ith Hi//o#+ta,Kno%ing 6 !no% th+ #o&e to Theseus9
Didst thou not #ead him through the g#immering night
From 1erigenia, %hom he ra&ished9
And ma!e him %ith fair AEg#e "rea! his faith,
8ith Ariadne and Antio/a9
T(TAN(A:
These are the forgeries of 3ea#ous+:
And ne&er, sin-e the midd#e summer's s/ring,
Met %e on hi##, in da#e, forest or mead,
7+ /a&ed fountain or "+ rush+ "roo!,
r in the "ea-hed margent of the sea,
To dan-e our ring#ets to the %hist#ing %ind,
7ut %ith th+ "ra%#s thou hast distur"'d our s/ort
Therefore the %inds, /i/ing to us in &ain,
As in re&enge, ha&e su-!'d u/ from the sea
Contagious fogs0 %hi-h fa##ing in the #and
Ha&e e&er+ /e#ting ri&er made so /roud
That the+ ha&e o&er"orne their -ontinents:
The o hath therefore stret-h'd his +o!e in &ain,The /#oughman #ost his s%eat, and the green -orn
Hath rotted ere his +outh attain'd a "eard0
The fo#d stands em/t+ in the dro%ned fie#d,
And -ro%s are fatted %ith the murrion f#o-!0
The nine men's morris is fi##'d u/ %ith mud,
And the 5uaint ma.es in the %anton green
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For #a-! of tread are undistinguisha"#e:
The human morta#s %ant their %inter here0
No night is no% %ith h+mn or -aro# "#est:
Therefore the moon, the go&erness of f#oods,
1a#e in her anger, %ashes a## the air,
That rheumati- diseases do a"ound:
And thorough this distem/erature %e see
The seasons a#ter: hoar+2headed frosts
Far in the fresh #a/ of the -rimson rose,
And on o#d Hiems' thin and i-+ -ro%n
An odorous -ha/#et of s%eet summer "uds
6s, as in mo-!er+, set: the s/ring, the summer,
The -hi#ding autumn, angr+ %inter, -hange
Their %onted #i&eries, and the ma.ed %or#d,
7+ their in-rease, no% !no%s not %hi-h is %hi-h:And this same /rogen+ of e&i#s -omes
From our de"ate, from our dissension0
8e are their /arents and origina#
O0ERON:
Do +ou amend it then0 it #ies in +ou:
8h+ shou#d Titania -ross her "eron9
6 do "ut "eg a #itt#e -hange#ing "o+,
To "e m+ hen-hman
T(TAN(A:Set +our heart at rest:
The fair+ #and "u+s not the -hi#d of me
His mother %as a &otaress of m+ order:
And, in the s/i-ed 6ndian air, "+ night,
Fu## often hath she gossi/'d "+ m+ side,
And sat %ith me on Ne/tune's +e##o% sands,
Mar!ing the em"ar!ed traders on the f#ood,
8hen %e ha&e #augh'd to see the sai#s -on-ei&e
And gro% "ig2"e##ied %ith the %anton %ind0
8hi-h she, %ith /rett+ and %ith s%imming gaitFo##o%ing, her %om" then ri-h %ith m+ +oung s5uire,
8ou#d imitate, and sai# u/on the #and,
To fet-h me trif#es, and return again,
As from a &o+age, ri-h %ith mer-handise
7ut she, "eing morta#, of that "o+ did die0
And for her sa!e do 6 rear u/ her "o+,
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And for her sa!e 6 %i## not /art %ith him
O0ERON:
Ho% #ong %ithin this %ood intend +ou sta+9
T(TAN(A:
1er-han-e ti## after Theseus' %edding2da+
6f +ou %i## /atient#+ dan-e in our round
And see our moon#ight re&e#s, go %ith us0
6f not, shun me, and 6 %i## s/are +our haunts
O0ERON:
$i&e me that "o+, and 6 %i## go %ith thee
T(TAN(A:
Not for th+ fair+ !ingdom Fairies, a%a+4
8e sha## -hide do%nright, if 6 #onger sta+
E!it TITA$IA ith her train
O0ERON:
8e##, go th+ %a+: thou sha#t not from this gro&e
Ti## 6 torment thee for this in3ur+
M+ gent#e 1u-!, -ome hither Thou remem"erest
Sin-e on-e 6 sat u/on a /romontor+,
And heard a mermaid on a do#/hin's "a-!
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6t fe## u/on a #itt#e %estern f#o%er,
7efore mi#!2%hite, no% /ur/#e %ith #o&e's %ound,
And maidens -a## it #o&e2in2id#eness
Fet-h me that f#o%er0 the her" 6 she%'d thee on-e:
The 3ui-e of it on s#ee/ing e+e2#ids #aid
8i## ma!e or man or %oman mad#+ dote
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;ou dra% me, +ou hard2hearted adamant0
7ut +et +ou dra% not iron, for m+ heart
6s true as stee#: #ea&e +ou +our /o%er to dra%,
And 6 sha## ha&e no /o%er to fo##o% +ou
&E#ETR(US:
Do 6 enti-e +ou9 do 6 s/ea! +ou fair9
r, rather, do 6 not in /#ainest truth
Te## +ou, 6 do not, nor 6 -annot #o&e +ou9
HELENA:
And e&en for that do 6 #o&e +ou the more
6 am +our s/anie#0 and, Demetrius,
The more +ou "eat me, 6 %i## fa%n on +ou:
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And #ea&e thee to the mer-+ of %i#d "easts
HELENA:
The %i#dest hath not su-h a heart as +ou
Run %hen +ou %i##, the stor+ sha## "e -hanged:
A/o##o f#ies, and Da/hne ho#ds the -hase0
The do&e /ursues the griffin0 the mi#d hind
Ma!es s/eed to -at-h the tiger0 "oot#ess s/eed,
8hen -o%ardi-e /ursues and &a#our f#ies
&E#ETR(US:
6 %i## not sta+ th+ 5uestions0 #et me go:
r, if thou fo##o% me, do not "e#ie&e
7ut 6 sha## do thee mis-hief in the %ood
HELENA:
A+, in the tem/#e, in the to%n, the fie#d,
;ou do me mis-hief Fie, Demetrius4;our %rongs do set a s-anda# on m+ se:
8e -annot fight for #o&e, as men ma+ do0
8e shou#d "e %ood and %ere not made to %oo
E!it %E#ETRIUS
6'## fo##o% thee and ma!e a hea&en of he##,
To die u/on the hand 6 #o&e so %e##
E!it
O0ERON:
Fare thee %e##, n+m/h: ere he do #ea&e this gro&e,
Thou sha#t f#+ him and he sha## see! th+ #o&e
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8ith s%eet mus!2roses and %ith eg#antine:
There s#ee/s Titania sometime of the night,
u##'d in these f#o%ers %ith dan-es and de#ight0
And there the sna!e thro%s her ename##'d s!in,
8eed %ide enough to %ra/ a fair+ in:
And %ith the 3ui-e of this 6'## strea! her e+es,
And ma!e her fu## of hatefu# fantasies
Ta!e thou some of it, and see! through this gro&e:
A s%eet Athenian #ad+ is in #o&e
8ith a disdainfu# +outh: anoint his e+es0
7ut do it %hen the net thing he es/ies
Ma+ "e the #ad+: thou sha#t !no% the man
7+ the Athenian garments he hath on
Effe-t it %ith some -are, that he ma+ /ro&e
More fond on her than she u/on her #o&e:And #oo! thou meet me ere the first -o-! -ro%
PUC4:
Fear not, m+ #ord, +our ser&ant sha## do so
Eeunt
Scene ((5 Another /art of the %ood
Enter T6TAN6A, %ith her train
T(TAN(A:
Come, no% a rounde# and a fair+ song0
Then, for the third /art of a minute, hen-e0
Some to !i## -an!ers in the mus!2rose "uds,
Some %ar %ith rere2mi-e for their #eathern %ings,
To ma!e m+ sma## e#&es -oats, and some !ee/ "a-!
The -#amorous o%# that night#+ hoots and %onders
At our 5uaint s/irits Sing me no% as#ee/0
Then to +our offi-es and #et me rest
The Fairies sing
;ou s/otted sna!es %ith dou"#e tongue,
Thorn+ hedgehogs, "e not seen0
Ne%ts and "#ind2%orms, do no %rong,
Come not near our fair+ 5ueen
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1hi#ome#, %ith me#od+
Sing in our s%eet #u##a"+0
u##a, #u##a, #u##a"+, #u##a, #u##a, #u##a"+:
Ne&er harm,
Nor s/e## nor -harm,
Come our #o&e#+ #ad+ nigh0
So, good night, %ith #u##a"+
8ea&ing s/iders, -ome not here0
Hen-e, +ou #ong2#egg'd s/inners, hen-e4
7eet#es "#a-!, a//roa-h not near0
8orm nor snai#, do no offen-e
1hi#ome#, %ith me#od+, > -
Fair+:
Hen-e, a%a+4 no% a## is %e##:
ne a#oof stand sentine#
Eeunt Fairies T6TAN6A s#ee/s
Enter 7ERN and s5uee.es the f#o%er on T6TAN6A's e+e#ids
7ERN:
8hat thou seest %hen thou dost %a!e,
Do it for th+ true2#o&e ta!e,
o&e and #anguish for his sa!e:
7e it oun-e, or -at, or "ear,
1ard, or "oar %ith "rist#ed hair,
6n th+ e+e that sha## a//ear
8hen thou %a!est, it is th+ dear:
8a!e %hen some &i#e thing is near
Eit
Enter ;SANDER and HERM6A
L)SAN&ER:
Fair #o&e, +ou faint %ith %andering in the %ood0And to s/ea! troth, 6 ha&e forgot our %a+:
8e'## rest us, Hermia, if +ou thin! it good,
And tarr+ for the -omfort of the da+
HER#(A:
7e it so, +sander: find +ou out a "ed0
For 6 u/on this "an! %i## rest m+ head
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L)SAN&ER:
ne turf sha## ser&e as /i##o% for us "oth0
ne heart, one "ed, t%o "osoms and one troth
HER#(A:
Na+, good +sander0 for m+ sa!e, m+ dear,
ie further off +et, do not #ie so near
L)SAN&ER:
, ta!e the sense, s%eet, of m+ inno-en-e4
o&e ta!es the meaning in #o&e's -onferen-e
6 mean, that m+ heart unto +ours is !nit
So that "ut one heart %e -an ma!e of it0
T%o "osoms inter-hained %ith an oath0
So then t%o "osoms and a sing#e troth
Then "+ +our side no "ed2room me den+0
For #+ing so, Hermia, 6 do not #ieHER#(A:
+sander ridd#es &er+ /retti#+:
No% mu-h "eshre% m+ manners and m+ /ride,
6f Hermia meant to sa+ +sander #ied
7ut, gent#e friend, for #o&e and -ourtes+
ie further off0 in human modest+,
Su-h se/aration as ma+ %e## "e said
7e-omes a &irtuous "a-he#or and a maid,
So far "e distant0 and, good night, s%eet friend:
Th+ #o&e ne'er a#ter ti## th+ s%eet #ife end4
L)SAN&ER:
Amen, amen, to that fair /ra+er, sa+ 60
And then end #ife %hen 6 end #o+a#t+4
Here is m+ "ed: s#ee/ gi&e thee a## his rest4
HER#(A:
8ith ha#f that %ish the %isher's e+es "e /ress'd4
The+ s#ee/
Enter 1
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Night and si#en-e 8ho is here9
8eeds of Athens he doth %ear:
This is he, m+ master said,
Des/ised the Athenian maid0
And here the maiden, s#ee/ing sound,
n the dan! and dirt+ ground
1rett+ sou#4 she durst not #ie
Near this #a-!2#o&e, this !i##2-ourtes+
Chur#, u/on th+ e+es 6 thro%
A## the /o%er this -harm doth o%e
8hen thou %a!est, #et #o&e for"id
S#ee/ his seat on th+ e+e#id:
So a%a!e %hen 6 am gone0
For 6 must no% to "eron
Eit
Enter DEMETR6
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8hat %i-!ed and dissem"#ing g#ass of mine
Made me -om/are %ith Hermia's s/her+ e+ne9
7ut %ho is here9 +sander4 on the ground4
Dead9 or as#ee/9 6 see no "#ood, no %ound
+sander if +ou #i&e, good sir, a%a!e
L)SAN&ER:
?A%a!ing@ And run through fire 6 %i## for th+ s%eet sa!e
Trans/arent He#ena4 Nature sho%s art,
That through th+ "osom ma!es me see th+ heart
8here is Demetrius9 , ho% fit a %ord
6s that &i#e name to /erish on m+ s%ord4
HELENA:
Do not sa+ so, +sander0 sa+ not so
8hat though he #o&e +our Hermia9 ord, %hat though9
;et Hermia sti## #o&es +ou: then "e -ontentL)SAN&ER:
Content %ith Hermia4 No0 6 do re/ent
The tedious minutes 6 %ith her ha&e s/ent
Not Hermia "ut He#ena 6 #o&e:
8ho %i## not -hange a ra&en for a do&e9
The %i## of man is "+ his reason s%a+'d0
And reason sa+s +ou are the %orthier maid
Things gro%ing are not ri/e unti# their season
So 6, "eing +oung, ti## no% ri/e not to reason0
And tou-hing no% the /oint of human s!i##,
Reason "e-omes the marsha# to m+ %i##
And #eads me to +our e+es, %here 6 o'er#oo!
o&e's stories %ritten in #o&e's ri-hest "oo!
HELENA:
8herefore %as 6 to this !een mo-!er+ "orn9
8hen at +our hands did 6 deser&e this s-orn9
6s't not enough, is't not enough, +oung man,
That 6 did ne&er, no, nor ne&er -an,
Deser&e a s%eet #oo! from Demetrius' e+e,7ut +ou must f#out m+ insuffi-ien-+9
$ood troth, +ou do me %rong, good sooth, +ou do,
6n su-h disdainfu# manner me to %oo
7ut fare +ou %e##: /erfor-e 6 must -onfess
6 thought +ou #ord of more true gent#eness
, that a #ad+, of one man refused
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Shou#d of another therefore "e a"used4
Eit
L)SAN&ER:
She sees not Hermia Hermia, s#ee/ thou there:
And ne&er ma+st thou -ome +sander near4
For as a surfeit of the s%eetest things
The dee/est #oathing to the stoma-h "rings,
r as tie heresies that men do #ea&e
Are hated most of those the+ did de-ei&e,
So thou, m+ surfeit and m+ heres+,
f a## "e hated, "ut the most of me4
And, a## m+ /o%ers, address +our #o&e and might
To honour He#en and to "e her !night4
Eit
HER#(A:
?A%a!ing@ He#/ me, +sander, he#/ me4 do th+ "est
To /#u-! this -ra%#ing ser/ent from m+ "reast4
A+ me, for /it+4 %hat a dream %as here4
+sander, #oo! ho% 6 do 5ua!e %ith fear:
Methought a ser/ent eat m+ heart a%a+,
And +ou sat smi#ing at his -rue# /ra+
+sander4 %hat, remo&ed9 +sander4 #ord4
8hat, out of hearing9 gone9 no sound, no %ord9
A#a-!, %here are +ou s/ea!, an if +ou hear0
S/ea!, of a## #o&es4 6 s%oon a#most %ith fear
No9 then 6 %e## /er-ei&e +ou a## not nigh
Either death or +ou 6'## find immediate#+
Eit
ACT 6
Scene (5 The %ood T6TAN6A #+ing as#ee/
Enter Q
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Are %e a## met9
/U(NCE:
1at, /at0 and here's a mar&e##ous -on&enient /#a-e
for our rehearsa# This green /#ot sha## "e our
stage, this ha%thorn2"ra!e our tiring2house0 and %e
%i## do it in a-tion as %e %i## do it "efore the du!e
0OTTO#:
1eter Quin-e,
/U(NCE:
8hat sa+est thou, "u##+ 7ottom9
0OTTO#:
There are things in this -omed+ of 1+ramus and
This"+ that %i## ne&er /#ease First, 1+ramus must
dra% a s%ord to !i## himse#f0 %hi-h the #adies
-annot a"ide Ho% ans%er +ou that9SNOUT:
7+'r #a!in, a /ar#ous fear
STAR2EL(N*:
6 "e#ie&e %e must #ea&e the !i##ing out, %hen a## is done
0OTTO#:
Not a %hit: 6 ha&e a de&i-e to ma!e a## %e##
8rite me a /ro#ogue0 and #et the /ro#ogue seem to
sa+, %e %i## do no harm %ith our s%ords, and that
1+ramus is not !i##ed indeed0 and, for the more
"etter assuran-e, te## them that 6, 1+ramus, am not
1+ramus, "ut 7ottom the %ea&er: this %i## /ut them
out of fear
/U(NCE:
8e##, %e %i## ha&e su-h a /ro#ogue0 and it sha## "e
%ritten in eight and si
0OTTO#:
No, ma!e it t%o more0 #et it "e %ritten in eight and eight
SNOUT:
8i## not the #adies "e afeard of the #ion9STAR2EL(N*:
6 fear it, 6 /romise +ou
0OTTO#:
Masters, +ou ought to -onsider %ith +ourse#&es: to
"ring in $od shie#d us4 a #ion among #adies, is a
most dreadfu# thing0 for there is not a more fearfu#
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%i#d2fo%# than +our #ion #i&ing0 and %e ought to
#oo! to 't
SNOUT:
Therefore another /ro#ogue must te## he is not a #ion
0OTTO#:
Na+, +ou must name his name, and ha#f his fa-e must
"e seen through the #ion's ne-!: and he himse#f
must s/ea! through, sa+ing thus, or to the same
defe-t, 'adies,' or 'Fair2#adies 6 %ou#d %ish
;ou,' or '6 %ou#d re5uest +ou,' or '6 %ou#d
entreat +ou, not to fear, not to trem"#e: m+ #ife
for +ours 6f +ou thin! 6 -ome hither as a #ion, it
%ere /it+ of m+ #ife: no 6 am no su-h thing0 6 am a
man as other men are0' and there indeed #et him name
his name, and te## them /#ain#+ he is Snug the 3oiner/U(NCE:
8e## it sha## "e so 7ut there is t%o hard things0
that is, to "ring the moon#ight into a -ham"er0 for,
+ou !no%, 1+ramus and This"+ meet "+ moon#ight
SNOUT:
Doth the moon shine that night %e /#a+ our /#a+9
0OTTO#:
A -a#endar, a -a#endar4 #oo! in the a#mana-0 find
out moonshine, find out moonshine
/U(NCE:
;es, it doth shine that night
0OTTO#:
8h+, then ma+ +ou #ea&e a -asement of the great
-ham"er %indo%, %here %e /#a+, o/en, and the moon
ma+ shine in at the -asement
/U(NCE:
A+0 or e#se one must -ome in %ith a "ush of thorns
and a #anthorn, and sa+ he -omes to disfigure, or to
/resent, the /erson of Moonshine Then, there isanother thing: %e must ha&e a %a## in the great
-ham"er0 for 1+ramus and This"+ sa+s the stor+, did
ta#! through the -hin! of a %a##
SNOUT:
;ou -an ne&er "ring in a %a## 8hat sa+ +ou, 7ottom9
0OTTO#:
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Some man or other must /resent 8a##: and #et him
ha&e some /#aster, or some #oam, or some rough2-ast
a"out him, to signif+ %a##0 and #et him ho#d his
fingers thus, and through that -rann+ sha## 1+ramus
and This"+ %his/er
/U(NCE:
6f that ma+ "e, then a## is %e## Come, sit do%n,
e&er+ mother's son, and rehearse +our /arts
1+ramus, +ou "egin: %hen +ou ha&e s/o!en +our
s/ee-h, enter into that "ra!e: and so e&er+ one
a--ording to his -ue
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/U(NCE:
A+, marr+, must +ou0 for +ou must understand he goes
"ut to see a noise that he heard, and is to -ome again
FLUTE:
Most radiant 1+ramus, most #i#+2%hite of hue,
f -o#our #i!e the red rose on trium/hant "rier,
Most "ris!+ 3u&ena# and e!e most #o&e#+ e%,
As true as truest horse that +et %ou#d ne&er tire,
6'## meet thee, 1+ramus, at Ninn+'s tom"
/U(NCE:
'Ninus' tom",' man: %h+, +ou must not s/ea! that
+et0 that +ou ans%er to 1+ramus: +ou s/ea! a## +our
/art at on-e, -ues and a## 1+ramus enter: +our -ue
is /ast0 it is, 'ne&er tire'
FLUTE:, As true as truest horse, that +et %ou#d
ne&er tire
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ma!e me afeard
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'-u-!oo' ne&er so9
T(TAN(A:
6 /ra+ thee, gent#e morta#, sing again:
Mine ear is mu-h enamour'd of th+ note0
So is mine e+e enthra##ed to th+ sha/e0
And th+ fair &irtue's for-e /erfor-e doth mo&e me
n the first &ie% to sa+, to s%ear, 6 #o&e thee
0OTTO#:
Methin!s, mistress, +ou shou#d ha&e #itt#e reason
for that: and +et, to sa+ the truth, reason and
#o&e !ee/ #itt#e -om/an+ together no%2a2da+s0 the
more the /it+ that some honest neigh"ours %i## not
ma!e them friends Na+, 6 -an g#ee! u/on o--asion
T(TAN(A:
Thou art as %ise as thou art "eautifu#0OTTO#:
Not so, neither: "ut if 6 had %it enough to get out
of this %ood, 6 ha&e enough to ser&e mine o%n turn
T(TAN(A:
ut of this %ood do not desire to go:
Thou sha#t remain here, %hether thou %i#t or no
6 am a s/irit of no -ommon rate0
The summer sti## doth tend u/on m+ state0
And 6 do #o&e thee: therefore, go %ith me0
6'## gi&e thee fairies to attend on thee,
And the+ sha## fet-h thee 3e%e#s from the dee/,
And sing %hi#e thou on /ressed f#o%ers dost s#ee/0
And 6 %i## /urge th+ morta# grossness so
That thou sha#t #i!e an air+ s/irit go
1ease"#ossom4 Co"%e"4 Moth4 and Mustardseed4
Enter 1EASE7SSM, C78E7, MTH, and M
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And 6
ALL:
8here sha## %e go9
T(TAN(A:
7e !ind and -ourteous to this gent#eman0
Ho/ in his %a#!s and gam"o# in his e+es0
Feed him %ith a/ri-o-!s and de%"erries,
8ith /ur/#e gra/es, green figs, and mu#"erries0
The hone+2"ags stea# from the hum"#e2"ees,
And for night2ta/ers -ro/ their %aen thighs
And #ight them at the fier+ g#o%2%orm's e+es,
To ha&e m+ #o&e to "ed and to arise0
And /#u-! the %ings from 1ainted "utterf#ies
To fan the moon"eams from his s#ee/ing e+es:
Nod to him, e#&es, and do him -ourtesiesPEASE0LOSSO#:
Hai#, morta#4
CO0E0:
Hai#4
#OTH:
Hai#4
#USTAR&SEE&:
Hai#4
0OTTO#:6 -r+ +our %orshi/'s mer-+, hearti#+: 6 "esee-h +our
%orshi/'s name
CO0E0:
Co"%e"
0OTTO#:
6 sha## desire +ou of more a-5uaintan-e, good Master
Co"%e": if 6 -ut m+ finger, 6 sha## ma!e "o#d %ith
+ou ;our name, honest gent#eman9
PEASE0LOSSO#:
1ease"#ossom0OTTO#:
6 /ra+ +ou, -ommend me to Mistress S5uash, +our
mother, and to Master 1eas-od, +our father $ood
Master 1ease"#ossom, 6 sha## desire +ou of more
a-5uaintan-e too ;our name, 6 "esee-h +ou, sir9
#USTAR&SEE&:
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Mustardseed
0OTTO#:
$ood Master Mustardseed, 6 !no% +our /atien-e %e##:
that same -o%ard#+, giant2#i!e o2"eef hath
de&oured man+ a gent#eman of +our house: 6 /romise
+ou +our !indred had made m+ e+es %ater ere no% 6
desire +our more a-5uaintan-e, good Master
Mustardseed
T(TAN(A:
Come, %ait u/on him0 #ead him to m+ "o%er
The moon methin!s #oo!s %ith a %ater+ e+e0
And %hen she %ee/s, %ee/s e&er+ #itt#e f#o%er,
amenting some enfor-ed -hastit+
Tie u/ m+ #o&e's tongue "ring him si#ent#+
Eeunt
ACT 6
Scene (( Another /art of the %ood
Enter 7ERN
7ERN:
6 %onder if Titania "e a%a!ed0
Then, %hat it %as that net -ame in her e+e,
8hi-h she must dote on in etremit+
Enter PU)0
Here -omes m+ messenger
Ho% no%, mad s/irit4
8hat night2ru#e no% a"out this haunted gro&e9
1
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8ho 1+ramus /resented, in their s/ort
Forsoo! his s-ene and enter'd in a "ra!e
8hen 6 did him at this ad&antage ta!e,
An ass's no#e 6 fied on his head:
Anon his This"e must "e ans%ered,
And forth m+ mimi- -omes 8hen the+ him s/+,
As %i#d geese that the -ree/ing fo%#er e+e,
r russet2/ated -houghs, man+ in sort,
Rising and -a%ing at the gun's re/ort,
Se&er themse#&es and mad#+ s%ee/ the s!+,
So, at his sight, a%a+ his fe##o%s f#+0
And, at our stam/, here o'er and o'er one fa##s0
He murder -ries and he#/ from Athens -a##s
Their sense thus %ea!, #ost %ith their fears
thus strong,Made sense#ess things "egin to do them %rong0
For "riers and thorns at their a//are# snat-h0
Some s#ee&es, some hats, from +ie#ders a##
things -at-h
6 #ed them on in this distra-ted fear,
And #eft s%eet 1+ramus trans#ated there:
8hen in that moment, so it -ame to /ass,
Titania %a!ed and straight%a+ #o&ed an ass
7ERN:
This fa##s out "etter than 6 -ou#d de&ise
7ut hast thou +et #at-h'd the Athenian's e+es
8ith the #o&e23ui-e, as 6 did "id thee do9
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a+ "reath so "itter on +our "itter foe
HERM6A:
No% 6 "ut -hide0 "ut 6 shou#d use thee %orse,
For thou, 6 fear, hast gi&en me -ause to -urse,
6f thou hast s#ain +sander in his s#ee/,
7eing o'er shoes in "#ood, /#unge in the dee/,
And !i## me too
The sun %as not so true unto the da+
As he to me: %ou#d he ha&e sto#en a%a+
From s#ee/ing Hermia9 6'## "e#ie&e as soon
This %ho#e earth ma+ "e "ored and that the moon
Ma+ through the -entre -ree/ and so dis/#ease
Her "rother's noontide %ith Anti/odes
6t -annot "e "ut thou hast murder'd him0
So shou#d a murderer #oo!, so dead, so grimDEMETR6
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6 /ra+ thee, te## me then that he is %e##
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E!it
7ERN:
F#o%er of this /ur/#e d+e,
Hit %ith Cu/id's ar-her+,
Sin! in a//#e of his e+e
8hen his #o&e he doth es/+,
et her shine as g#orious#+
As the =enus of the s!+
8hen thou %a!est, if she "e "+,
7eg of her for remed+
Re3enter PU)0
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;ou do ad&an-e +our -unning more and more
8hen truth !i##s truth, de&i#ish2ho#+ fra+4
These &o%s are Hermia's: %i## +ou gi&e her o'er9
8eigh oath %ith oath, and +ou %i## nothing %eigh:
;our &o%s to her and me, /ut in t%o s-a#es,
8i## e&en %eigh, and "oth as #ight as ta#es
;SANDER:
6 had no 3udgment %hen to her 6 s%ore
HERM6A:
Nor none, in m+ mind, no% +ou gi&e her o'er
;SANDER:
Demetrius #o&es her, and he #o&es not +ou
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;ou are un!ind, Demetrius0 "e not so0
For +ou #o&e Hermia0 this +ou !no% 6 !no%:
And here, %ith a## good %i##, %ith a## m+ heart,
6n Hermia's #o&e 6 +ie#d +ou u/ m+ /art0
And +ours of He#ena to me "e5ueath,
8hom 6 do #o&e and %i## do ti## m+ death
HERM6A:
Ne&er did mo-!ers %aste more id#e "reath
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The hate 6 "ear thee made me #ea&e thee so9
HERM6A:
;ou s/ea! not as +ou thin!: it -annot "e
HERM6A:
o, she is one of this -onfedera-+4
No% 6 /er-ei&e the+ ha&e -on3oin'd a## three
To fashion this fa#se s/ort, in s/ite of me
6n3urious Hermia4 most ungratefu# maid4
Ha&e +ou -ons/ired, ha&e +ou %ith these -ontri&ed
To "ait me %ith this fou# derision9
6s a## the -ounse# that %e t%o ha&e shared,
The sisters' &o%s, the hours that %e ha&e s/ent,
8hen %e ha&e -hid the hast+2footed time
For /arting us, , is it a## forgot9
A## s-hoo#2da+s' friendshi/, -hi#dhood inno-en-e98e, Hermia, #i!e t%o artifi-ia# gods,
Ha&e %ith our need#es -reated "oth one f#o%er,
7oth on one sam/#er, sitting on one -ushion,
7oth %ar"#ing of one song, "oth in one !e+,
As if our hands, our sides, &oi-es and minds,
Had "een in-or/orate So %e gro% together,
i!e to a dou"#e -herr+, seeming /arted,
7ut +et an union in /artition0
T%o #o&e#+ "erries mou#ded on one stem0
So, %ith t%o seeming "odies, "ut one heart0
T%o of the first, #i!e -oats in hera#dr+,
Due "ut to one and -ro%ned %ith one -rest
And %i## +ou rent our an-ient #o&e asunder,
To 3oin %ith men in s-orning +our /oor friend9
6t is not friend#+, 'tis not maiden#+:
ur se, as %e## as 6, ma+ -hide +ou for it,
Though 6 a#one do fee# the in3ur+
HERM6A:
6 am ama.ed at +our /assionate %ords6 s-orn +ou not: it seems that +ou s-orn me
HERM6A:
Ha&e +ou not set +sander, as in s-orn,
To fo##o% me and /raise m+ e+es and fa-e9
And made +our other #o&e, Demetrius,
8ho e&en "ut no% did s/urn me %ith his foot,
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To -a## me goddess, n+m/h, di&ine and rare,
1re-ious, -e#estia#9 8herefore s/ea!s he this
To her he hates9 and %herefore doth +sander
Den+ +our #o&e, so ri-h %ithin his sou#,
And tender me, forsooth, affe-tion,
7ut "+ +our setting on, "+ +our -onsent9
8hat thought 6 "e not so in gra-e as +ou,
So hung u/on %ith #o&e, so fortunate,
7ut misera"#e most, to #o&e un#o&ed9
This +ou shou#d /it+ rather than des/ise
HERM6A:
6 understand not %hat +ou mean "+ this
HERM6A:
A+, do, /erse&er, -ounterfeit sad #oo!s,
Ma!e mouths u/on me %hen 6 turn m+ "a-!08in! ea-h at other0 ho#d the s%eet 3est u/:
This s/ort, %e## -arried, sha## "e -hroni-#ed
6f +ou ha&e an+ /it+, gra-e, or manners,
;ou %ou#d not ma!e me su-h an argument
7ut fare +e %e##: 'tis /art#+ m+ o%n fau#t0
8hi-h death or a"sen-e soon sha## remed+
;SANDER:
Sta+, gent#e He#ena0 hear m+ e-use:
M+ #o&e, m+ #ife m+ sou#, fair He#ena4
HERM6A:
e-e##ent4
HERM6A:
S%eet, do not s-orn her so
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Did e&er !ee/ +our -ounse#s, ne&er %rong'd +ou0
Sa&e that, in #o&e unto Demetrius,
6 to#d him of +our stea#th unto this %ood
He fo##o%'d +ou0 for #o&e 6 fo##o%'d him0
7ut he hath -hid me hen-e and threaten'd me
To stri!e me, s/urn me, na+, to !i## me too:
And no%, so +ou %i## #et me 5uiet go,
To Athens %i## 6 "ear m+ fo##+ "a-!
And fo##o% +ou no further: #et me go:
;ou see ho% sim/#e and ho% fond 6 am
HERM6A:
8h+, get +ou gone: %ho is't that hinders +ou9
HERM6A:
A foo#ish heart, that 6 #ea&e here "ehind
HERM6A:8hat, %ith +sander9
HERM6A:
8ith Demetrius
;SANDER:
7e not afraid0 she sha## not harm thee, He#ena
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Thou sha#t a"+ it
;SANDER:
No% she ho#ds me not0
No% fo##o%, if thou darest, to tr+ %hose right,
f thine or mine, is most in He#ena
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The starr+ %e#!in -o&er thou anon
8ith droo/ing fog as "#a-! as A-heron,
And #ead these test+ ri&a#s so astra+
As one -ome not %ithin another's %a+
i!e to +sander sometime frame th+ tongue,
Then stir Demetrius u/ %ith "itter %rong0
And sometime rai# thou #i!e Demetrius0
And from ea-h other #oo! thou #ead them thus,
Ti## o'er their "ro%s death2-ounterfeiting s#ee/
8ith #eaden #egs and "att+ %ings doth -ree/:
Then -rush this her" into +sander's e+e0
8hose #i5uor hath this &irtuous /ro/ert+,
To ta!e from then-e a## error %ith his might,
And ma!e his e+e"a##s ro## %ith %onted sight
8hen the+ net %a!e, a## this derisionSha## seem a dream and fruit#ess &ision,
And "a-! to Athens sha## the #o&ers %end,
8ith #eague %hose date ti## death sha## ne&er end
8hi#es 6 in this affair do thee em/#o+,
6'## to m+ 5ueen and "eg her 6ndian "o+0
And then 6 %i## her -harmed e+e re#ease
From monster's &ie%, and a## things sha## "e /ea-e
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7ut, not%ithstanding, haste0 ma!e no de#a+:
8e ma+ effe-t this "usiness +et ere da+
E!it
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Fo##o% m+ &oi-e: %e'## tr+ no manhood here
E!e&nt
Re3enter LYSA$%ER
;SANDER:
He goes "efore me and sti## dares me on:
8hen 6 -ome %here he -a##s, then he is gone
The &i##ain is mu-h #ighter2hee#'d than 6:
6 fo##o%'d fast, "ut faster he did f#+0
That fa##en am 6 in dar! une&en %a+,
And here %i## rest me
Lies on
Come, thou gent#e da+4
For if "ut on-e thou sho% me th+ gre+ #ight,
6'## find Demetrius and re&enge this s/ite
Sleeps
Re3enter PU)0 an %E#ETRIUS
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Re3enter HELE$A
HEENA:
%ear+ night, #ong and tedious night,
A"ate th+ hour4 Shine -omforts from the east,
That 6 ma+ "a-! to Athens "+ da+#ight,
From these that m+ /oor -om/an+ detest:
And s#ee/, that sometimes shuts u/ sorro%'s e+e,
Stea# me a%hi#e from mine o%n -om/an+
Lies on an sleeps
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8hen thou %a!est,
Thou ta!est
True de#ight
6n the sight
f th+ former #ad+'s e+e:
And the -ountr+ /ro&er" !no%n,
That e&er+ man shou#d ta!e his o%n,
6n +our %a!ing sha## "e sho%n:
a-! sha## ha&e i##0
Nought sha## go i##0
The man sha## ha&e his mare again, and a## sha## "e %e##
E!it
A-t B
Scene I. The same. LYSA$%ER, %E#ETRIUS, HELE$A, an HER#IA
l/in2 asleep.
Enter TITA$IA an +OTTO#1 PEASE+LOSSO#, )O+WE+, #OTH,
#USTAR%SEE%, an other airies attenin21 O+ERO$ 'ehin &nseen
T6TAN6A:
Come, sit thee do%n u/on this f#o%er+ "ed,
8hi#e 6 th+ amia"#e -hee!s do -o+,
And sti-! mus!2roses in th+ s#ee! smooth head,
And !iss th+ fair #arge ears, m+ gent#e 3o+
7TTM:
8here's 1ease"#ossom9
1EASE7SSM:
Read+
7TTM:
S-rat-h m+ head 1ease"#ossom 8here's Mounsieur Co"%e"9
C78E7:
Read+7TTM:
Mounsieur Co"%e", good mounsieur, get +ou +our
%ea/ons in +our hand, and !i## me a red2hi//ed
hum"#e2"ee on the to/ of a thist#e0 and, good
mounsieur, "ring me the hone+2"ag Do not fret
+ourse#f too mu-h in the a-tion, mounsieur0 and,
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good mounsieur, ha&e a -are the hone+2"ag "rea! not0
6 %ou#d "e #oath to ha&e +ou o&erf#o%n %ith a
hone+2"ag, signior 8here's Mounsieur Mustardseed9
M
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E!e&nt fairies
So doth the %ood"ine the s%eet hone+su-!#e
$ent#+ ent%ist0 the fema#e i&+ so
Enrings the "ar!+ fingers of the e#m
, ho% 6 #o&e thee4 ho% 6 dote on thee4
The/ sleep
Enter PU)0
7ERN:
?A4ancin2@ 8e#-ome, good Ro"in
See'st thou this s%eet sight9
Her dotage no% 6 do "egin to /it+:
For, meeting her of #ate "ehind the %ood,See!ing s%eet fa&ours from this hatefu# foo#,
6 did u/"raid her and fa## out %ith her0
For she his hair+ tem/#es then had rounded
8ith a -oronet of fresh and fragrant f#o%ers0
And that same de%, %hi-h sometime on the "uds
8as %ont to s%e## #i!e round and orient /ear#s,
Stood no% %ithin the /rett+ f#o%erets' e+es
i!e tears that did their o%n disgra-e "e%ai#
8hen 6 had at m+ /#easure taunted her
And she in mi#d terms "egg'd m+ /atien-e,
6 then did as! of her her -hange#ing -hi#d0
8hi-h straight she ga&e me, and her fair+ sent
To "ear him to m+ "o%er in fair+ #and
And no% 6 ha&e the "o+, 6 %i## undo
This hatefu# im/erfe-tion of her e+es:
And, gent#e 1u-!, ta!e this transformed s-a#/
From off the head of this Athenian s%ain0
That, he a%a!ing %hen the other do,
Ma+ a## to Athens "a-! again re/airAnd thin! no more of this night's a--idents
7ut as the fier-e &eation of a dream
7ut first 6 %i## re#ease the fair+ 5ueen
7e as thou %ast %ont to "e0
See as thou %ast %ont to see:
Dian's "ud o'er Cu/id's f#o%er
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Hath su-h for-e and "#essed /o%er
No%, m+ Titania0 %a!e +ou, m+ s%eet 5ueen
T6TAN6A:
M+ "eron4 %hat &isions ha&e 6 seen4
Methought 6 %as enamour'd of an ass
7ERN:
There #ies +our #o&e
T6TAN6A:
Ho% -ame these things to /ass9
, ho% mine e+es do #oathe his &isage no%4
7ERN:
Si#en-e a%hi#e Ro"in, ta!e off this head
Titania, musi- -a##0 and stri!e more dead
Than -ommon s#ee/ of a## these fi&e the sense
T6TAN6A:Musi-, ho4 musi-, su-h as -harmeth s#ee/4
#&sic, still
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Come, m+ #ord, and in our f#ight
Te## me ho% it -ame this night
That 6 s#ee/ing here %as found
8ith these morta#s on the ground
E!e&nt
Horns ine ithin
Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, E"EUS, an train
THESE
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E$E
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6 "eg the #a%, the #a%, u/on his head
The+ %ou#d ha&e sto#en a%a+0 the+ %ou#d, Demetrius,
There"+ to ha&e defeated +ou and me,
;ou of +our %ife and me of m+ -onsent,
f m+ -onsent that she shou#d "e +our %ife
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Methin!s 6 see these things %ith /arted e+e,
8hen e&er+ thing seems dou"#e
HEENA:
So methin!s:
And 6 ha&e found Demetrius #i!e a 3e%e#,
Mine o%n, and not mine o%n
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"e-ause it hath no "ottom0 and 6 %i## sing it in the
#atter end of a /#a+, "efore the du!e:
/erad&enture, to ma!e it the more gra-ious, 6 sha##
sing it at her death
E!it
Scene II. Athens. (UI$)E*S ho&se.
Enter (UI$)E, LUTE, S$OUT, an STAR-ELI$"
Q
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da+ during his #ife0 he -ou#d not ha&e 's-a/ed
si/en-e a da+: an the du!e had not gi&en him
si/en-e a da+ for /#a+ing 1+ramus, 6'## "e hanged0
he %ou#d ha&e deser&ed it: si/en-e a da+ in
1+ramus, or nothing
Enter +OTTO#
7TTM:
8here are these #ads9 %here are these hearts9
Q
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'Tis strange m+ Theseus, that these
#o&ers s/ea! of
THESE
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THESE
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Ho% sha## %e find the -on-ord of this dis-ord9
1H6STRATE:
A /#a+ there is, m+ #ord, some ten %ords #ong,
8hi-h is as "rief as 6 ha&e !no%n a /#a+0
7ut "+ ten %ords, m+ #ord, it is too #ong,
8hi-h ma!es it tedious0 for in a## the /#a+
There is not one %ord a/t, one /#a+er fitted:
And tragi-a#, m+ no"#e #ord, it is0
For 1+ramus therein doth !i## himse#f
8hi-h, %hen 6 sa% rehearsed, 6 must -onfess,
Made mine e+es %ater0 "ut more merr+ tears
The /assion of #oud #aughter ne&er shed
THESE
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H611;TA:
He sa+s the+ -an do nothing in this !ind
THESE
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The a-tors are at hand and "+ their sho%
;ou sha## !no% a## that +ou are #i!e to !no%
THESE
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His dagger dre%, and died For a## the rest,
et ion, Moonshine, 8a##, and #o&ers t%ain
At #arge dis-ourse, %hi#e here the+ do remain
E!e&nt Prolo2&e, This'e, Lion, an #oonshine
THESE
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Sho% me th+ -hin!, to "#in! through %ith mine e+ne4
Wall hols &p his fin2ers
Than!s, -ourteous %a##: o&e shie#d thee %e## for this4
7ut %hat see 69 No This"+ do 6 see
%i-!ed %a##, through %hom 6 see no "#iss4
Cursed "e th+ stones for thus de-ei&ing me4
THESE
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6 !iss the %a##'s ho#e, not +our #i/s at a##
1+ramus:
8i#t thou at Ninn+'s tom" meet me straight%a+9
This"e:
'Tide #ife, 'tide death, 6 -ome %ithout de#a+
E!e&nt P/ram&s an This'e
8a##:
Thus ha&e 6, 8a##, m+ /art dis-harged so0
And, "eing done, thus 8a## a%a+ doth go
E!it
THESE
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For, if 6 shou#d as #ion -ome in strife
6nto this /#a-e, 't%ere /it+ on m+ #ife
THESE
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;SANDER:
1ro-eed, Moon
Moonshine:
A## that 6 ha&e to sa+, is, to te## +ou that the
#anthorn is the moon0 6, the man in the moon0 this
thorn2"ush, m+ thorn2"ush0 and this dog, m+ dog
DEMETR6
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6 than! thee, Moon, for shining no% so "right0
For, "+ th+ gra-ious, go#den, g#ittering g#eams,
6 trust to ta!e of truest This"+ sight
7ut sta+, s/ite4
7ut mar!, /oor !night,
8hat dreadfu# do#e is here4
E+es, do +ou see9
Ho% -an it "e9
daint+ du-!4 dear4
Th+ mant#e good,
8hat, stain'd %ith "#ood4
A//roa-h, +e Furies fe##4
Fates, -ome, -ome,
Cut thread and thrum0
Quai#, -rush, -on-#ude, and 5ue##4THESE
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Moon ta!e th+ f#ight:
E!it #oonshine
No% die, die, die, die, die
%ies
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Dead, dead9 A tom"
Must -o&er th+ s%eet e+es
These M+ #i/s,
This -herr+ nose,
These +e##o% -o%s#i/ -hee!s,
Are gone, are gone:
o&ers, ma!e moan:
His e+es %ere green as #ee!s
Sisters Three,
Come, -ome to me,
8ith hands as /a#e as mi#!0
a+ them in gore,
Sin-e +ou ha&e shore
8ith shears his thread of si#!
Tongue, not a %ord:Come, trust+ s%ord0
Come, "#ade, m+ "reast im"rue:
Sta's herself
And, fare%e##, friends0
Thus This"+ ends:
Adieu, adieu, adieu
%ies
THESE
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in This"e's garter, it %ou#d ha&e "een a fine
traged+: and so it is, tru#+0 and &er+ nota"#+
dis-harged 7ut -ome, +our 7ergomas!: #et +our
e/i#ogue a#one
A ance
The iron tongue of midnight hath to#d t%e#&e:
o&ers, to "ed0 'tis a#most fair+ time
6 fear %e sha## out2s#ee/ the -oming morn
As mu-h as %e this night ha&e o&er%at-h'd
This /a#/a"#e2gross /#a+ hath %e## "egui#ed
The hea&+ gait of night S%eet friends, to "ed
A fortnight ho#d %e this so#emnit+,
6n night#+ re&e#s and ne% 3o##it+
E!e&nt
Enter PU)0
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To s%ee/ the dust "ehind the door
Enter O+ERO$ an TITA$IA ith their train
7ERN:
Through the house gi&e gathering #ight,
7+ the dead and dro%s+ fire:
E&er+ e#f and fair+ s/rite
Ho/ as #ight as "ird from "rier0
And this ditt+, after me,
Sing, and dan-e it tri//ing#+
T6TAN6A:
First, rehearse +our song "+ rote
To ea-h %ord a %ar"#ing note:
Hand in hand, %ith fair+ gra-e,8i## %e sing, and "#ess this /#a-e
Son2 an ance
7ERN:
No%, unti# the "rea! of da+,
Through this house ea-h fair+ stra+
To the "est "ride2"ed %i## %e,
8hi-h "+ us sha## "#essed "e0
And the issue there -reate
E&er sha## "e fortunate
So sha## a## the -ou/#es three
E&er true in #o&ing "e0
And the "#ots of Nature's hand
Sha## not in their issue stand0
Ne&er mo#e, hare #i/, nor s-ar,
Nor mar! /rodigious, su-h as are
Des/ised in nati&it+,
Sha## u/on their -hi#dren "e8ith this fie#d2de% -onse-rate,
E&er+ fair+ ta!e his gait0
And ea-h se&era# -ham"er "#ess,
Through this /a#a-e, %ith s%eet /ea-e0
And the o%ner of it "#est
E&er sha## in safet+ rest
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Tri/ a%a+0 ma!e no sta+0
Meet me a## "+ "rea! of da+
E!e&nt O+ERO$, TITA$IA, an train
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