To have them in safe stowage; May it please you Imo. Willingly; And pawn mine honour for their safety: since My lord hath interest in them, I will keep them bed-chamber. In my Iach. They are in a trunk, Attended by my men: I will make bold To send them to you, only for this night; I must aboard to-morrow. Imo. O, no, no. Iach. Yes, I beseech; or I shall short my word, By length'ning my return. From Gallia I cross'd the seas on purpose, and on promise Therefore, I shall beseech you, if you please I will write. Imo. [Exeunt. ACT II. SCENE I. Court before Cymbeline's Palace. Enter CLOTEN, and two Lords. Clo. Was there ever man had such luck! when I kiss'd the jack upon an up-cast 18, to be hit away! I had a hundred pound on't: And then a whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrow'd mine oaths of him, and might not spend them at my pleasure. 1 Lord. What got he by that? You have broke his pate with your bowl. 2 Lord. If his wit had been like him that broke it, it would have run all out. [Aside: Clo. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths: Ha? 2 Lord. No, my lord; nor [Aside.] crop the ears of them. -A Clo. Whoreson dog! I give him satisfaction? 'Would, he had been one of my rank! 2 Lord. To have smelt like a fool. [Aside. Clo. I am not more vex'd at any thing in the earth, pox on't! I had rather not be so noble as I am; they dare not fight with me, because of the queen my mother: every jack-slave hath his belly full of fight. ing, and I must go up and down like a cock that no body can match. 2 Lord. You are cock and capon too; and you crow, cock, with your comb on 19. Clo. Sayest thou? [Aside. 1 Lord. It is not fit, your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offence to. Clo. No, I know that: but it is fit, I should commit offence to my inferiors. 2 Lord. Ay, it is fit for your lordship only. Clo. Why, so I say. 1 Lord. Did you hear of a stranger, that's come to court to-night? Clo. A stranger! and I not know on't! 2 Lord. He's a strange fellow himself, and knows it not. [Aside 1 Lord. There's an Italian come; and, 'tis thought, one of Leonatus' friends. Clo. Leonatus! a banish'd rascal; and he's another, whatsoever he be. Who told you of this stranger? 1 Lord. One of your lordship's pages. Clo. Is it fit, I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't? 1 Lord. You cannot derogate, my lord. Cla. Not easily, I think. 2 Lord. You are a fool granted; therefore your issues being foolish, do not derogate. [Aside. Clo. Come, I'll go see this Italian: What I have lost to-day at bowls, I'll win to-night of him. Come, go. 2 Lord. I'll attend your lordship. [Exeunt Cloten and first Lord. That such a crafty devil as is his mother Should yield the world this ass! a woman, that Of the divorce he'd make! The heavens hold firm That temple, thy fair mind; that thou may'st stand, SCENE II. A Bed-chamber; in one part of it a Trunk. IMOGEN reading in her bed; a Lady attending. Imo. Who's there? my woman Helen? Lady. Imo. What hour is it? Lady. Please you, madam. Almost midnight, madam. Imo. I have read three hours then: mine eyes are weak: Fold down the leaf where I have left: To bed: Take not away the taper, leave it burning; I pr'ythee, call me. Sleep hath seiz'd me wholly. [Exit Lady. To your protection I commend me, gods! [Sleeps. Iachimo, from the trunk. Iach. The crickets sing, and man's o'er-labour'd sense Repairs itself by rest: Our Tarquin thus Did softly press the rushes, ere he waken'd The chastity he wounded.-Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed! fresh lily! Such The adornment of her bed;-The arras, figures, Why, such, and such:-And the contents o'the story, Ah, but some natural notes about her body, Would testify, to enrich mine inventory: |