When I shall gust' it last.-How came 't, Camillo, Leon. At the tinent; At the good queen's entreaty. queen's, be't: good, should be per But so it is, it is not. Was this taken Leon. Cam. Leon. Ay, but why? Ha? Stays here longer. Cam. To satisfy your highness, and the entreaties Of our most gracious mistress. Leon. Satisfy The entreaties of your mistress? -Satisfy?— In that which seems so. Cam. Be it forbid, my lord! Leon. To bide upon't: Thou art not honest; or, If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward; Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining From course required; or else thou must be counted A servant, grafted in my serious trust, And therein negligent; or else a fool, That seest a game played home, the rich stake drawn, And tak'st it all for jest. 1 i. e. taste it:-"ille domus sciet ultimus.".........Juv. Sat. x. 2 Messes is here put for degrees, conditions. 3 To hor is to hamstring: the proper word is to hough. Cam. My gracious lord, I may be negligent, foolish, and fearful; It was my folly; if industriously I played the fool, it was my negligence, 'Tis none of mine. Leon. Have not you seen, Camillo, (But that's past doubt: you have; or your eye-glass Is thicker than a cuckold's horn ;) or heard, (For, to a vision so apparent, rumor Cannot be mute,) or thought,-(for cogitation To have nor eyes, nor ears, nor thought,) then say, Cam. I would not be a stander-by to hear 1 This is expressed obscurely, but seems to mean "the execution of which (when done) cried out against the non-performance of it before." 2 Leontes means to say, "Have you not thought that my wife is slippery? (for cogitation resides not in the man that does not think my wife is slippery.") The four latter words, though disjoined from the word think by the necessity of a parenthesis, are evidently to be connected in construction with it. You never spoke what did become you less Leon. Is whispering nothing? Is leaning cheek to cheek? Is meeting noses? Kissing with inside lip? Stopping the career Of laughter with a sigh? (a note infallible Of breaking honesty :) Horsing foot on foot? Skulking in corners? Wishing clocks more swift? Hours, minutes? Noon, midnight? And all eyes blind With the pin and web,' but theirs, theirs only, Cam. Good my lord, be cured Of this diseased opinion, and betimes; For 'tis most dangerous. Leon. Cam. No, no, my lord. Leon. Say, it be; 'tis true. It is; you lie, you lie : I say, thou liest, Camillo, and I hate thee; Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, The running of one glass." Cam. Who does infect her? Leon. Why, he that wears her like his medal,3 hanging About his neck, Bohemia. Who-if I Had servants true about me, that bare eyes To see alike mine honor as their profits, Their own particular thrifts,-they would do that 1 The pin and web is the cataract in an early stage. 2 i. e. one hour. 3 The old copy reads, "her medal." Which should unao more doing. Ay, and thou, Have benched, and reared to worship; who mayst see Plainly, as heaven sees earth, and earth sees heaven, How I am galled,-mightst bespice a cup,1 To give mine enemy a lasting wink; Which draught to me were cordial. Cam. Sir, my lord, I could do this; and that with no rash2 potion, Believe this crack to be in my dread mistress, I have loved thee,- Make't thy question, and Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled, go rot!3 To appoint myself in this vexation? sully Cam. I must believe you, sir. I do; and will fetch off Bohemia for't; Provided, that when he's removed, your highness 1 "Bespice a cup." So in Chapman's Translation of the tenth book of the Odyssey: She'll first receive thee; but will spice thy bread With flowery poisons." 2 Rash is hasty; as in King Henry IV. Part II. "rash gunpowder." Maliciously is malignantly, with effects openly hurtful. 3 Make that, i. e. Hermione's disloyalty, which is a clear point, a subject of doubt, and go rot! Dost think I am such a fool as to torment myself, and bring disgrace on me and my child, without sufficient grounds? 4 Something is necessary to complete the verse. Hanmer reads: "Is goads and thorns, nettles and tails of wasps." 5 To blench is to start off, to shrink. Even for your son's sake; and thereby, for sealing Leon. Even so as I mine own course have set down. Thou dost advise me, My lord, I'll give no blemish to her honor, none. Cam. Go then; and with a countenance as clear If from me he have wholesome beverage, Account me not your servant. Leon. This is all; Do't, and thou hast the one half of my heart; Do't not, thou splittest thine own. Cam. I'll do't, my lord. Leon. I will seem friendly, as thou hast advised me. Cam. O miserable lady-But, for me, [Exit. What case stand I in? I must be the poisoner Forsake the court: to do't, or no, is certain To me a break-neck. Happy star, reign now! Pol. Enter POLIXENES. This is strange! Methinks My favor here begins to warp. Not speak?— Good-day, Camillo. Cam. Pol. What is the news i'the court? Cam. Hail, most royal sir! None rare, my lord. |