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LOVERS

LOST,

LABOUR'S

Preface.
The

Early Editions.
Lost
appeared
''

page

:
"

lost.

Pleasant
As

it

The
in

earliest

edition

1598, with

conceited

Comedie

the

of Love's

following
called

Loues

bour's
Latitlebors
La-

her Highness
this
presented before
last Christmas.
corrected
and
Newly
augmented
by W.
Imprinted at London
Shakespere,
by W. W, for Cuthbert
in photo-lithography
Burby,'' (Reproduced
by W. Griggs
with
forewords
Furnivall, Shakespeare-Quarto
by Dr.
Facsimiles, No.
5.)
The
Folio Edition
of 1623
probably reprinted from the
better
somewhat
of the
text
Quarto
a
gives on the whole
three
instances
the earlier Quarto
or
play, though in two
is helpful in restoring correct
readings ; both editions are
marked
of the errors
of singuare
by carelessness
lar
; some
interest as throwing
ship.
light on Shakespeare's workmanThe
indicates
that
the
title-page of the Quarto
of
play as published in 1598 represents a revised version
been
earlier production.
have
made
Various
an
attempts
of the
the earlier
and
later portions ; the text
to separate
IV.
iii.
clue; Act
Quarto and Folio gives us a valuable
and
Act
V. ii. 827-832 are
obviously parts of the
299-304,
first sketch
of the play printed by mistake
the proofs
; had
of Quarto
been
most
i
carefully read these lines would
certainly have been deleted ; the former
represents
passage
the rough draft of the great speech in which
they occur
;
I
the latter gave
Rosaline's
have
to
speech
Oft
place
heard
ii.
Biron
Lo^^d
of you, my
(V.
844-857). Probably
of
has been
the last Act
re-written, especially
a
great part
the close of the play frorn. the entrance
of Mercade.
Mr.
was

"

"

''

""

Preface

LOVE'S

Spedding
quaHty in

far back

as

1839 pointed out

the Acts gives us a

length of
principaladditions

Biron's

Date

classed

Shakespeare's maturer

of

Composition.
it may

first of his comedies.

date is somewhat
in Palladis

Robert

Tofte

in

Tamia

in

All

; in

scanty

play

I.

IV.

work.
the

recognized tests place

the earliest of Shakespeare's
among
the
certainlybe regarded as among
External
evidence
bearing on the

's Lost

regular plays :

Mind

the

with

to

nearly the whole of

opening of the Act, may
longing
already noted as bepassages

to

Labour

Love's

that the ine-

hint where
alterations ; in Act

and

and in Act
remonstrance,
the close and a few lines at the

probably be

'S LOST

as

the

for the

look

LABOUR

addition

Alba;

of the

mention

have

1598, we

entitled

poem

to

lines

some

Month's

the

or,

by

Melancholy Lover, published the same

year,
is
in
wherein
referred
words
to
our
play
suggesting that
then
it was
Labour
Love's
not
recent
a
production :
did see.'' Similarlyin a letter by Sir Walter
Lost I once
Cope to Lord Cranborne
(1604) similar mention is made
old play :
of this as
and says
an
Burbage is come
there is no new
play that the queen hath not seen, but they
of

"

"

''

"

''

"

have

revised

an

for wit and

mirth, he
All this,however,
the

on

of
title-page

Dr.

Grossart,
that

fifth Act
"

is

Tofte

and

whether

Quarto

of Robert
about

Southw-ell,
1594,

in Biron's

the idea contained

eyes

tends
con-

apply to
speech in

the

the

! the springs of living light,

valuable

others
the

Lost;
i.

Quarto.

edition

lines,written

earthly heavens

There

Labour's

the first

:"

sacred
The

Lost, which

Labour

says, will please her exceedingly."*

little to the information
adds
given

in his

certain

of Christ

eyes

called Love's

old one,

angels joy

to

."

dwell.
.

piece of confirmatory evidence

call the

correct

the

where

play Love's

title is Love's

apostrophe

is

Labour
Labours

found

in

Lost

ful
; it is doubt-

Lost,
the

for

or

Love's

headline

of

LABOUR

LOVE'S
the

date
early,

Labour
Two

play and its companion play ''Love's

have
(whatever this may
been) in The

Gentlemen
To

Preface

of this

Won''

*'

'S LOST

of Verona,

be in love, what

Act

I. Sc. i. 29-33.

is bought with

scorn

groans

If happy won,
perhaps a hapless gain,
If lost why then a grievous labour's won!*

General
Love's

Characteristics.

Labour's

Lost

The

metrical

'

place

tests

first of the

plays of the first (or

lyricalcharacter is perhaps its most

rhyming) period; its

noteworthy feature : it contains in its present state twice
as
rhymed lines as blank verse, and there can be
many
little doubt that in its originalform
the proportion was
even
greater. In addition to three Sonnets and a Song"*"
there is doggerel in abundance, as well as alternate rhymes
and six-line stanzas
; but throughout the play the thought,
speare
quiteas much as the metrical form, reminds us that Shakehas not yet divorced his poeticalfrom his dramatic
The
tality
genius.
opening speech of the king on the immorof fame
the triumph of fame over
death
and
on
''

"

the
*'

nobler

have

"

parts of

something

of

Sonnets, and

thought
"

and

Biron/^ Mr.
the
are

Pater

monumental
not

without

justlyobserves,
speare's
style of Shaketheir

conceits

of

expression.''

Among other marks of its early date are the following:

of the characters ; its introduct
Its symmetrical arrangement
of the older plays
of the standing characters
the fool and
( the pedant, the braggart,the hedge-priest,
the boy");
its quibbling,repartee, and word-play; its
sketchy characterisation (Biron and Rosaline are rough
and Jaquenetta
drafts of Benedick
and Beatrice ; Armado
and Audrey) ; the obvious influence
Touchstone
anticipate
other
of the Courtly dramas
of John Lily. Finally,no
play gives us such glimpses into Shakespeare's youth ;
of his child-life at
reminiscences
has such delightful
none
"

sionate
Jaggard put two of the Sonnets and the Song into The Passpeare's
Shakealso printed with
the Song
was
Pilgrim, 1599;
1600.
attached in England's Helicon,
name

Preface

LOVE'S

Stratford
is

"

in

of him

portraittaken
Love's

Plot.

The

than

senses

more

LABOUR
Love's

one

in his

boyhood

's Lost

Labour

Shakespeare'splots; it may

has the

be described

'S LOST
Labour
!

's Lost

'^

sHghtestof all
as

drama

of

no
dialogue and satire ; intrigueplays practically
part in
it. It would
indeed, that Shakespeare'sfirst comedy
seem,
owed its main interest to topicalallusions,
doubt readily
no
This topicalcharacter of the
understood
by his audience.
play explains its popularityin Elizabethan days, and its
times.
Mr. S. Lee {Gentleman's Maganeglectin modern
zine
1880) has called attention to its quasi-historical
,

and

frame-work,
and

events

its many

personages:

"

references

(i)

The

to

contemporary

leading element

of the

play refers to English volunteers,who, under Essex, had

in France.
Note
the name
justjoined Henry of Navarre
of the hero of the play; his associates are
named
after
Navarre's
the best known
generals; of these Biron was
and the most
popular in England, and Shakespeare seems
to have
given us a life-like portraiture (in later years
Chapman made him the hero of two of his plays) ; (2)
the meeting of the King of Navarre
and the Princess of
France suggests the meeting of the King and Catherine de
Navarre
and the
Medici in 1586 to settle disputes between
reigning king, her son,
decrepitin mind and body ;
(3) the references to Russian diplomacy; (4) the question
of academies
;* (5) ''the ludicrous side of contemporary
"

''

country life,with its inefficient constable, its pompous

schoolmaster, and its ignorant curate
; (6) contemporary
"

affectations

of

speech and dress.

It is customary to class all the extravagances of speech

speare,
characteristic of the Elizabethan
age as Euphuism ; Shakehowever, carefullydifferentiates the pedantry of
tastic
Learning, as exemplifiedby Holof ernes
; the fanLearning, as exemplified
extravagance of the Newer

the New

the refined charm, the fascination, as

the dangers, of the poetic diction of the age, as

by Armado;
well
*

be

as

From

this

compared

and

point of view
with

and

its Victorian

play should
counterpart, Tennyson's Princess,
in other

respects the

LOVE'S

LABOUR'S

LOST

exemplifiedby Biron,

Shakespeare's

"

he forswears

when

"

Preface

mouthpiece

own

his

Taffeta phrases, silken

precise,

terms

Three-piled hyperboles,
Figures pedantical."

affectation,

spruce

well be identified with his favourite character,

Biron's plea may
well be taken as the poet's

Shakespeare may
and
own:

"

"

Of

the old rage;

I '11leave it by

It is

noteworthy

Armado

bear

have
with

trick

me,

am

sick;

degrees."
"

that

drawn

was

Yet
"

even

from

the fanatical

the life ; he

was

phantasm

"

well-known

character

of the time, and Thomas

orated
Churchyard commemhis death in a poem
entitled
The
Phantasticall
Monarchoes
Epitaph/'
''

Certain

critics have

discovered

in Holofernes

ture
carica-

of Florio,but there is no reason

for supposing that
Shakespeare wished to hold up to ridicule a distinguished
fernes
Holoscholar,to whose work he was indebted. The name
was
possiblyderived from Rabelais ; Tubal Holo-

phernes taught Gargantua

he

resembles

his A

in his

the

Rombus,

acteristi
generalchar-

schoolmaster,

in

Sidney's The Lady of the May,

The
close of the play suggests that Shakespeare had
been reading Chaucer's
Parlement
of Foules,
Perhaps
remind
of the
the song at the end may
one
even
justly
fact that in Chaucer's poem
also the birds sing their song
as
they disperse,
though Shakespeare'ssong, as far as its
''

''

form

debate."
The debate
is concerned, is a mediaeval
and strife between
and winter
summer
was
imprinted
of
the
Nine
thies
WorLaurence
The
Andrews.
by
pageant
base
was
a
frequentsubjectof exhibition by the
"

'^

''

"

'^

"

der
Divers play Alexanof country towns.
in the villages,"
in his Discourse
observes Williams
of
in the field."
but few or none
Warre, 1590,

mechanicals

''

Duration of Action.
two

III. and

days.

Acts

action of the play lasts probably

I. and II. cover
the first day, Acts

IV. the second.

The

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Critical Comments.
L

Argument.
Ferdinand, King of Navarre, and three of his
ciety
lords, Biron, Longaville,and Dumain, forswear the soof women,
and agree to lead austere
lives,devoted
L

The
study, for three years.
women
by proclamation; and
to

that

Costard,

with

Jaquenetta,a

for

week.

n.

The

against

stringentis the edict

so

in company
been seen
country wench, is ordered imprisoned

clown, who

has

of France, with her ladies,Rosaline,

Katharine, and other attendants approach

of Navarre
visit had

when

is barred

Princess

Maria, and
the court

court

on

been

the latter made

Their
affair of state.
templated
condiscussed by the four gentlemen
an

their oath

of retirement, and

it had

be received as befitted
agreed that the ladies must
them
their station.
The
gentlemen, therefore, meet
courteously outside the gates, where the King causes
pavilionsto be erected for his royal guests, at the same
time
nance
apologizing that an oath prevents their mainte-

been

in Navarre.

III.

Biron, who

first to

weaken.

he

met

had

it for

was

He

before.

the last to sign the oath, is the

falls in love with RosaHne, whom

He

writes

her

note

and

entrusts

liberty. The clown

a
Spaniard, in order that he
for him to Jaquenetta.
act as messenger
may
Costard
of the Spaniard and the
IV.
gets the notes
nobleman
missive
confused,
to
delivering Armado's
deliveryto Costard,
has been freed by Armado,

now

at

Rosaline
her

Biron's

and

fantastical

much

while

message;

the

from

amusement

and

Princess

The

Jaquenetta.

to

derive

attendants

Comments

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Jaquenetta,

iard's
Span-

unable

to

decipher her letter, takes it to a schoolmaster, who,

of the edict,
and being aware
recognizing Biron's name,
sends her with it to the King.
other gentlemen reAfterwards
the King and his two
spectively
fall in love with the Princess
lover

Each

ladies.

of his friends

his

admit

they plan

make

to

others

or

one

writinglove-verses, is obliged
of his passion to the great scorn
triumph is short-lived,for Jaquenetta
"

letter,and

war

all

the hearts

upon

is forced

Biron

Since

shortcomings.

own

by

other

the two

of

his missent

with

arrives

his

But

of Biron.

discovered

being

in the act

confession

make

to

and

to

forsworn,

are

of their feminine

visitors.
The

V.

hospitalityoutside
hunting
begin to

themselves

ladies content
the

kindred

and

the

proffered

their

time
They pass
pleasures. Presently

court.

outdoor

letters

receive

with

and

love-tokens

from

their

in

all

eral
sev-

visit them
guise.
occasion
in dison
one
admirers, who
But the ladies,having got wind
of their coming,
also disguise themselves, and
thus
confuse
the courtiers,
so

that each

sport of her

the

woos

wit.

The

and

one

wrong

gentlemen

becomes

retire and

the
in

return

their proper

habits, to find that the ladies have changed

favours, and to become
dismayed at the blunders

their

they

commit.

midst

of it the

Princess

death.

She

openly

sues

three

ladies

and

receives

behalf

on

of

his

and

of her

friends.

The

yield,but bids them wait

promises to give favourable

hermitage,while she mourns

ladies likewise impose a similar

in

word

to

day, and
expiration of that time, which
a

presented,

in

is to be

her
penance

the

father's

for speedy departure. The

prepares
for her hand, and also seeks the hands

yet ready

not

is

masque

King
of her

Princess

is

twelvemonth
at

answer

the

spent by the King

father.
upon

Her

three

their lovers,

Comments
who

LOVE'S
for the moment

see,

LABOUR

least,that

at

'S LOST

their love's labour

's

lost.
McSpadden:

Two
We

of Characters.

Sets

have

already remarked
play as appearing

of this
from

ShakespearianSynopses.

books

than

compacting
delineations

from

life.

the

upon
to

have

They

higher characters

been

have

drawn

littleof the close

of

the
livingpower, which so marks
generally,and which naturallyresults

features and

rather

characteristic traits.

We

can

Poet's
tinctive
in disscarce

them
individuals:
as
distinguish and remember
they
run
together,as it were, in our thoughts, as being rather
personifiedwhimsicalities and affectations than affected
and
whimsical
and
not
are
fully cut out
persons;
much
into severalty;but appear
rounded
somehow
too
like the same
thing under several variations: in short,
as
ingeniously-wrought figuresand
they affect us more
and women
than as real men
and women,
images of men
confess
that something of
themselves; though we must
is given to Biron
and specific
a determinate
individuality

and

Rosaline,
and

that

so

we

take

up

much
a
away
they differ from

carry

more

clearer

pression
distinct im-

remembrance

Shakespeare'sother
a
as
portraittaken from the
representationsvery much
which a practisedeye will
life differs from a mere
copy;
readily distinguish,without being told the facts. So
the Poet's general
that the play thus far almost
reverses
rule; the characters
existingrather for the sake of the
plot,than the plot for the sake of the characters; these
being indeed mainly used as a sort of ground for the
projectingand carrying on of a dramatic device. Thus
the thing,at least in this part, is not so much
a
play as
Hence, perhaps,the comparativelylittleintera show.
of

them.

Thus

Comments

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

story
generallytake in it: for a mere
whereas
a
is interestingonly while it is new;
show
or
of art, a real expression of character and life,
work
grows
it.
with
in interest as we
more
acquainted
grow
tard,
of
other set
The
characters, however, especiallyCosest

that readers

Moth, are of a very different stamp.

the Poet was
evidently feeding of the fruit that
of the dainties that are
from
observation, not
and

Armado,
Here

''

grows
bred
in

his

where
forms

here

and

eye

he

hand

of the materials

out

and

passed

"

book

his

is
are

plainlyat
at

amidst

thinking shaped.

of Armado

may

be found

home;
which
For

work

in

moulding

vein
his

his life has been

whatsoever

in Italian

types
proto-

comedies, there
''

Shakespeare constructed that mighty

in the strength of a knowledge
potentate of nonsense
far more
Hving and operative than could have been
reading. In this case
gained by mere
only a Spanish
name
was
Coleridge
given to an old English substance:
is no

denying

that

''

informs

us

extinct

that

in the

even

in his time

the

character

was

not

As
Wales.
for
cheaper inns of North
Holofernes
Sir Nathaniel
the schoolmaster, and
the
curate, those
prodigious epicures of learned vocables,
who
have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen
the scraps,"Shakespeare's age
was
just the time for
such
characters
be generated, and
trained
into
to
on
ludicrous
traits uppermost
in them
perfection. The
the
but
natural
of what
were
working down
was
then
a
leading aim with the highest and wittiest in
clever and
society a continual effort to appear
ited,
spirentertain
shine
and
to
of
the
out
by talking
that ''the courtiers, and
of
common
so
men
way;
rank
and
fashion, affected a display of wit, point, and
sententious
be deemed
able
intolerobservation, that would
at present." This
strainingafter mental ornament,
which
filled the palace and
the cottage with every
so
indeed
variety of small wit, was
a
disease,and perhaps
this play yieldsproof enough that Shakespeare viewed
it
such:
it may
have
as
much
yet there is no tellinghow
''

"

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Comments

to
which
had to do with the discipline,
taught Hooker
varied and musical prose
write the richest,noblest, most
stylethat has yet been written in the English tongue.

learning
perhaps in all times when
whose
is duly prized,is there wanting a class of men
dinary
orthe almshave Hved long on
talk shows
them to
of
basket of words
; thus reversingthe fine old maxim
to
speak as the common
people do,
Roger Ascham,
in

Nor

time,

our

as

''

''

''

think

to

as

wise

do."

men

Hudson

The

Works

of Shakespeare.

IIL

by the

Thwarted
The

the

form

companions
three

of Navarre

King

young

from

years to
the world

They

have

study

of
resolution
philosophy in strict seclusion

strange

and

all female

especiallyfrom
themselves
by an

Their

oath

to

by the arrival of the beautiful

France, accompanied by her ladies,who

be

affairs of state, and

urgent
All

refused.

the

they are

and
vow

seek

ridicule
"

caprice,in

win

another

one

trying at
to

these

mischievous.

of wit and

the

of

champions

fall in love with

as

society.
keep this
is

resolution, however,

thwarted

on

knightly
devoting

with three of his

and

bound

engagement.

Ladies.

same

seeks

philosophy
are

as

an

and

which

knights either

on

time

account
to

clusion
se-

lovable

ensues

terview
in-

cannot

Hereupon
the

of

Princess

therefore

ladies,who

soon

bat
livelycom-

of their

taunt

broken

justifythemselves,

or

their

ladies' hearts; the latter,however,

to defend
themselves, outdo wit by wit,

cleverlymanage
and
satisfactorily
punish the gentlemen for breaking a
it was
as
as
quickly renounced
vow,
foolishlymade, and
for their affectation of superior wisdom.
The
fine and ever
of
correct
noble women,
is here
judgement
as
triumphant as their great talent for social wit and
.

10

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR

refined intrigue. The

in the
be contained
the

condemns

King

moral

Comments

of the

be said to

piecemay

speech of the Princess

to

twelvemonth's

where

fast and

she
strict

intimated
seclusion, in the sense
above, and again in
it a condition
the words of Rosaline, in which she makes
to

the vain

his mind
love
*'

he

Biron

boasts
who
wit in social intercourse

and

shall for

"

twelvemonth
sick
and

from

"

the

of the

man

''

"

power

of

that,to win her

day to day visit
with groaning

converse
speechless
of
wretches,''and, in order to exercise all the powers
his wit, demands
of him
to force the pained impotent to
smile."
The end of the comedy thus, to a certain extent,
it began.
returns
to where
''

Ul'Rici:

Dramatic
Shakspeare^s

Art.

IV.
The

Humorous

There

was

and
double

and the
celibates,
firstplace,it was

the

Artificial

unnaturalness

comic

nemesis

unnatural

in Conflict.

in the scheme

of the

it is double.

In the

upon

of

thingsas regarded
their relations to one
another, and they needed a mutual
oath to support their resolution; accordingly,they attempt
their lapses from one
to conceal
another, but are
the four come
betrayed. In a superbly comic scene
one
after another to a sequesteredspot in the park, seeking a
secret
place where they may indulge in a recitation of
the love-sonnet which each has composed to his mistress,
believinghimself to be the only offender; and each in
hides as he sees
his comrade
turn
coming on the same
errand, hoping to surprisehis fellow in an act of perjury,
an

while he conceals his own.

by the third,when
of ambush

to

confront

state

The

last to arrive is so surprised

suddenly the second leaps out
the

third, and

then

the second.
down
his turn comes
Nor
upon
his triumph over
the three long, when
II

first in
has he enjoyed
the arrival

the

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Comments

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interceptedletter reduces him to the level of his

of life was
a
companions. Again, the celibate scheme

of

an

in reference

of nature

violation

is

there

further

through their
their visitors by such overt
the palace.
break

men

Princess.

None

means

blood

The

Rosaline.

The

ceHbates

catchM,

are

with

not

such

excess

positiononly by

circumstances

the

spiritedattempt

to

have

which

of their

scene

ing
enter-

betrayal to
it out,

brazen

force of the situation,calHng on

Biron
for the course
reasons
they have resolved
the devil after the sin has been committed;

give them
cheat

to

they

side
out-

the

they yieldto
on,

it to

their

In

having urged
keeping them

wantonness.

of the

another, after

one

to

recover

against them.

turned

to

can

the

as

youth burns

humour

the

into

of

gravity'srevolt

As

of ridicule when

after

vow,

sequently
con-

fool

wit turn'd

As

nemesis

ladies; and

surely caught, when

so

are

the

to

oration,after which they

pompous
lay these glozingsby, and set about wooing these girlsof

this he does

But

France.
with

they are

elaborate

an

of the
is

yet completelypurged of their

not

to

in

hardest

pageants.

test

Then

cascade
MouLTON

so

conversation,

that each

courtier

wards,
after-

and

ging
arran-

his

pours

mistress.
bates
of the wrong
The celitheir equalitywith their visitors only
into the humour
of their persecutors,

into the

fullyrecover
they enter
"

compliment,

miscellaneous

nately
unfortu-

to

it,solemnly
of the

purpose

the ladies,who
turning their backs

communicated

exchange masks,

adoration
when

and

more

their approach
ties
of the conventionali-

cover

pilloried.This

moment

the

another

"

disconcert

the supreme
to

be

to

age

resolve to

masque

overheard,

determine

and

mock

against humour, and

sin

at

in

ear

of all
"

join in abuse

the action
of humorous
:

of their

reaches its climax

fireworks.

Shakespeare as
12

Dramatic

in

spoiled
a

longed
pro-

Artist

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Comments

V.

Armado
Armado's

as

bombast

Caricature.

probably be accepted as a not

too
of the period.
extravagant caricature of the bombast
Certain it is that the schoolmaster
Rombus, in Sir Philip
Sidney'sLady of the May, addresses the Queen in a strain
no

what
and

whit

But
less ridiculous than that of Holofernes.
avails the justice
of a parody if,in spiteof the art

care

lavished

mannerism
case

may

in the

upon

it ridicules!

it,it remains
And

as

tedious

as

the

this is

unfortunately the
Shakespeare had not yet

present instance.

of mind which could

maturityand detachment
enable him to rise high above
the follies he attacks, and
self
them aside with full authority. He buries himto sweep
their absurditi
in them, circumstantially
demonstrates
and is still too
inexperiencedto realise how
the spectator and the reader the
he thereby inflicts upon

attained the

full burden

It is very characteristic
in 1598,she could stilltake

of their tediousness.

of Elizabeth's

taste

that,even

play. All this fencing with words appealed

the
her
with
to
abashed
unwhile,
quick intelligence;
characteristic of the daughter of
sensuousness
Henry VHI. and Anne Boleyn, she found entertainment
in the playwright'sfreedom
of speech, even, no
doubt,
in the equivocal badinage between
Boyet and Maria
(IV. I.).
As was
to be expected, Shakespeare is here more
pendent
demodels
than in his later works.
From
on
Lyly,
the most
popular comedy-writer of the day, he probably
borrowed
the idea of his Armado, who
answers
pretty
closelyto Sir Tophas in Lyly'sEndymion, copied, in his
turn, from
Pyrgopolinices,the boastful soldier of the
comedy. It is to be noted, also,that the braggart
oldJLatin
and pedant, the two
comic figuresof this play,are
pleasure in

the

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Comments
types

permanent

the

influenced

ways

the

on

'S LOST

LABOUR

in

Italian stage, which

so

many

English comedy.
William
Shakespeare.

development
Brandes:

of

VI.

Shakespeare's

and

Holofernes

School=days.

Nathaniel, is reading Biron's

of progression
which
accidentally or by way
epistle,
portance,
had miscarried,''Holofernes, full of pedagogic self-imthe

While

Sir

curate,
''

resist

cannot

He

accomplishments.
sounding
^'

Fauste

and

"

so

the school

line from

mind:

author

dear

so

to

the pedantic

"

precor
forth.

gelida quando pecus

Ah, good old Mantuan
of Venice:

the traveller doth

*
"

Chi
Old

airing at large his professional

accordingly breaks forth with a

Mantuan

old

Mantuan,

Ruminat

speak of thee

I may

as

"

Venegia, Venegia,
ei

te vede

non

umbra

sub

omne

! who

te

non

pregia'
thee not, loves

understandeth

thee not.''

Both

and

poet

critic were,

powerless against
perhaps, it would
of

use

as

be

more

however,
the

correct

usual, comparatively
pedants; or rather,

to

say

as

the

vis inertioe

stillkept the old Mantuan

in his place
and wont
It would
favourite school
author.
seem,
...

however,

have
had some
Shakespeare must
ence
experiof the special exercises
the
to
belonging
higher
of
those
others
of
forms, amongst
making Latin,
writing
At
Latin epistles,
least
he
and
verses.
themes,
represents
Holofernes
Biron's love sonnet
as
criticising
according
that

the established

stages and elements

in this
of progress
Two
of the more
department of school work.
important
of these stages were
imitation and
as
technicallyknown
invention,the lower exercise/ or imitation,being preparatory
to

to

the

higher and

more

14

independent effort

re-

*S LOST

LABOUR

LOVrS

passage

Imitation

invention.

quired for

from

author

some

Comments

read

consisted
in the

retainingthe substance, alteringthe

Keeping these different elements

in

taking

class,and,

form.
of the

while

upper-school

better understand
the exact
exercises in view, we
can
volunteers
force and bearing of the criticism Holofernes
Biron's love verses.
The pedant, it will be remembered,
on
after airing his knowledge of the Eclogues,and

giving forth

the Italian

proverb about

Venice, had been

read
impatientlyhumming to himself while the curate
the letter just delivered by Jaquenetta. At length, his
patience being exhausted, he addresses himself directly
Under
to the reader :
tents?
pardon, sir,what are the con''

or,

rather, as

catchingsightof

the

Horace

"

in his

says

manuscript,he

exclaims:

Then,

"

"

What, my soul,verses?
Nath,
Ay, sir,and very learned.
hear a staff,a stanza,
HoL
Let me
"

""

""

The
is

having

curate
so

inveterate

read

with

the verses,
Holofernes

verse,

the

Lege, domine."

pedagogic habit
he cannot
help

that
his mild-mannered

the schoolmaster
over
even
and deferential companion.
He
complains that he has
missed the necessary
elisions,and not given the proper

coming

''

You

find not

apostrophes, and so miss

the accent : let me
king
supervise the canzonet.'' Then tathe paper into his hands he proceeds,with a frown
of critical concentration
and the outstretchingof a didactic
liver
towards
the offending document, to deforefinger
his authoritative judgement:
accent.

the

"

"

Here

are

only numbers

ratified ; but, for the elegancy, facility,

and

Ovidius
Naso
the man:
golden cadence of poesy, caret.
was
and
why, indeed, Naso ; but for smelling out the odoriferous
flowers of fancy, the jerks of invention!
Imitari is nothing: so
doth the hound
his master, the ape his keeper, the tired horse his

rider."

We
Hunt
can
fancy Master Thomas
Stratford school-house
reading amongst
15

ancient
the exercises of
in the

LOVE'S

Comments

'S LOST

LABOUR

less
higher forms one signed W. Shakespeare,but, unhe were
exceptionallymole-eyed, hardly with the
numbers
result. The
might not indeed be persame
fectly
and
shorts
the boy's mastery over
ratified,
as
longs
But
the
be
stilldefective.
exercise,if marked
by
might
details
could
in
of
the
blemishes
scholarship,
hardly be
in flowers of fancy,and jerks
wholly wanting in facility,

the

this may

However

be, it seems

clear from
familiar with the kind
the extract that Shakespeare was
of exercise,as well as with the cut and dried scholastic
accordingto which it was usuallycriticised.
principles
Baynes:
ShakespeareStudies.
of invention.

VIL
Biron.

leading and

The

continues

scene

of the

play, and
This

predominance of Biron in
all through the more
elevated
is the key to the structure
of

is drawn
character, in itself,

and

spirit
equal to

his

figure is

with

the

first

portion
the harmony.
a

vigour

of

anything we possess
Shakespeare's;
reHeved
and
tains
the
attracts
fully
eye and deposition.
it,and gives centre and interest to the entire com-

Lloyd

Critical

Berowne

thought,who

Essays

on

the

Plays of Shakespeare.

[Biron],the exponent of Shakspere'sown

entered into the youthful,idealistic project

of his friends, with

time would
when
come

that

satisfactory assurance

the

would
the entire dream-structure
tumble
about
the ears
all Berowne
of them
ridiculously
line.
[Biron]is yet a largernature than the Princess or RosaHis good-sense is the good-sense of a thinker and
"

of

man

mocked^
rna^cer;

of action.
we

and

he

When

yet acknowledge
Rosaline

is most
flouted and
victorious
and
him

will confess

the fact
Dowden:

i6

bethe

by-and-by.
Shakspere.

LOVE'S
Of

celibates

the

Comments

'S LOST

LABOUR

Biron

has

in his

most

of

sense

humour,

appreciationof the

ready
secutor
arch-perand accordingly he always has the advantage
his fellows: he alone objectsto the scheme
over
the outset, he is the last to be exposed in the discovery
and the first to enter
into the spiritof the
scene,

seen
especially
Boyet,

at

finale.
MouLTON

Shakespeare as

Dramatic

Artist,

VIIL

Characterizations.
If

it should
Don

be

Adriano

of the author's comedies,

should be loth to part With

part with any

to

were

we

this. Yet we
de Armado, that

of nonsense;
Nathaniel

mighty potentate

his page, that handful

of wit; with
the curate, or
Holofernes
the schoolmaster, and their
the golden cadences of poesy
disputeafter dinner,on
;
or

"

with

''

and

Biron is
the clown, or Dull the constable.
accomplished a character to be lost to the world,
yet he could not appear without his fellow-courtiers

and

the

too

the

Costard

king:
gentlemen

if

and

we

would

have

believe we
let the
must
shall hardly venture
we
it." Still we
have some
on
we

think

savours

spear'stime than
and
divinity,
of the
inspiration

to

were
no

leave

out

mistresses.
play stand

the ladies,
So that we

is,and
of reprobation
to
set a mark
objectionsto the style,which
of the pedantic spiritof Shakemore
of his own
of controversial
genius; more
the logicof Peter Lombard, than of the
whole

as

it

''

It transports us quite as much

of
to the manners
of the court, and the quirks of courts
of his
of nature, or the fairy-land
law, as to the scenes

own

Muse.

imagination.
Hazlitt
Both

the

Characters

characters

youthful talent might

the

and

of Shakespear'sPlays.
dialogue

well invent, without

17

are

much

such

as

knowl-

LOVE'S

Comments
and
real life,

edge of

be

observation

experience and

the

fore
likelyto invent, beof varied society.

presents a picture,not of the true everyday

life of the great or the beautiful,but exhibits groups

The

comedy

brilHant

of such
to

indeed

would

'S LOST

LABOUR

as

personages

they might be supposed

in the artificialconversation, the elaborate

appear

and

effort to surpriseor dazzle by wit or elegance,

the prevailing
taste of the age, in its literature,
which was
its pulpit; and in which
the nobles
its poetry, and
even
continual

beauties

and

of the day

accustomed

were

to

array

selves
them-

exhibition,as in their state attire,for occasions

the leading idea was
of display. All this,when
once
the
reach
the
of
within
quite
caught, was
poet to
young
imitate or surpass, with little or no
personal knowledge
for

of aristocratic
"

what

or

"

would

termed

able
fashion-

society.
Verplanck:

Lovers

Labour

^s Lost

spere'sdramas, and
poems,

be

now

which

are

has

also

The

Illustrated

Shakespeare.

one

of the

earliest of Shake-

many

of the

of his
peculiarities

is

the work

of his earlier life. The

opening speech of the king on the immortality of fame

the triumph of fame over
and the nobler parts
death
on
of Biron, display something of the mionumental
style
their conof Shakespere's Sonnets, and are
without
not
ceits
of thought and
of
expression. This connexion
Love's Labour
's Lost with Shakespere'spoems
is further
enforced
by the actual insertion in it of three sonnets
and a faultless song;
with his pracwhich, in accordance
tice
in other plays,are
inwoven
into the argument
of the
of a fair woman,
piece and, like the golden ornaments
give it a peculiarair of distinction. There is merriment
in it also, with
illustrations of both
wit and
choice
a
humour;
laughter,often exquisite,ringing,if faintly,
though sometimes
sinking
yet as genuine laughter still,
into mere
burlesque,which has not lasted quite so well.
And
Shakespere brings a serious effect out of the trifling
of his characters.
A dainty love-making is interchanged
"

"

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Comments

'S LOST

LABOUR

artifices
play: below the many
of Biron^s amorous
speeches we may trace sometimes
unutterable
the
longing ; and the lines in which
describes the blighting through love of her
Katharine
sister are
of the most
one
touching things in
younger
echoes seem
older literature.
kened
awaAgain, how many
by those strange words, actuallysaid in jest!
The sweet
ten
war-man
(Hector of Troy) is dead and rotchucks, beat not the bones of the buried :
; sweet
!
words
which
he breathed, he was
when
a
man
may

with the

cumbrous

more

''

''

"

''

"

"

remind

last

piece does

that
of other

an

scene,

the

Shakespere'sown
epitaph. In the
ingenious turn is given to the action, so
of

us

comedies

not

manner

:
"

"

Our

Jack
and

after the

conclude

hath

end

doth not

wooing
not

Shakespere strikes

Jill:
a

like

an

old play;

"

passionatenote

across

it at

of the messenger,
who
announces
to the princessthat the king her father is suddenly dead.
Pater:
Appreciations.

last,in the

The

entrance

characters

of

in

this

play are either impersonatedout

multiformityby imaginative self-

Shakespeare'sown
of such as a country town
and schoolboy's
out
or
position,
observation
master,
might supply the curate, the schoolthe Armado
in my
time was
not ex(who even
tinct
in the cheaper inns of North
and
so
Wales),
on.
The
folHes of words.
Biron
satire is chieflyon
and
Rosaline
state of Benedict
are
evidentlythe pre-existent
and Beatrice, and so, perhaps, is Boyet of Lafeu, and
Costard
for Measure; and
of the Tapster in Measure
the frequencyof the rhymes, the sweetness
well as the
as
"

smoothness

of the metre, and the number

illustrated aphorisms,are
all as
fancifully
be

in a
and

of acute

and

they ought to
zing
genius begins by generali-

poet'syouth. True
and expanding.
condensing ; it ends in realizing

It firstcollects the seeds.

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Comments

LABOUR

'S LOST

tant
exjuveniledrama had been the only one
of our
Shakespeare, and we possessed the tradition
in waiters
of them
only of his riper works, or accounts
mentioned
who
had not
this play, how
of
even
many
Shakespeare's characteristic features might we not still
in Love's Labour
have
's Lost, though as in a
discovered
portraittaken of him in his boyhood!
I can
admire
the wonderful
never
sufficiently
activity
of thought throughout the whole
of the first scene
of the
play, rendered natural, as it is, by the choice of the

Yet

if this

characters, and

whimsical

yet

not

which
determination
on
whimsical
determination
tainly;
cer-

is founded.

the drama
who

the

altogetherso
in the

very

improbable

historyof

the

to

those

Middle

Ages,
with their Courts
of Love, and all that lighterdrapery
of chivalry,which
engaged even
mighty kings with a
of serio-comic
well be supposed
sort
interest,and may
to have
occupied more
completely the smaller princes,
contained
when
the noble's or prince'scourt
at a time
the only theatre of the domain
or
principality.This sort
of story, too, was
admirably suited to Shakespeare's
stillthe foster-mother
times, when the English court was
conversant

are

of the state

and

the

muses

and

when, in consequence,
and fashion, affected

of rank
the courtiers,and men
display of wit, point,and sententious
would
hundred

be

years

and
political,

of
every

that

present, but in which a

involving every great
controversy,

intolerable

deemed

observation

dear

at

domestic, interest,had

trained

all but the lowest. classes to participate.

Coleridge:
Notes and Lectures upon Shakespeare.

20

Love's

Labour's

Lost.

DRAMATIS

PERSONAE.

BiRON,

LoNGAviLLE,

DUMAIN,

'

Sir

Nathaniel,

Moth,

the

on

the

King.

Princess

of

France.

fantastical Spaniard.

curate.

schoolmaster.

constable.

Costard,

The

Armado,

de

Holofernes,

attending

on

Adriano

Dull,

attending

lords

y lords

Mercade,
Don

of Navarre,

king

Ferdinand,

clown.

to

page

Armada.

Forester.

of

Princess

Rosaline,
Maria,

France.

attending

ladies

Katharine,

Jaquenetta,

wench.

country

Lords,

Scene

on

Attendants,
Navarre.

22

etc.

the

Princess.

ACT

FIRST.

Scene
The

of

King

Let

all hunt

fame, that

Live

registered upon

And

then

The

honour

And

make

brave

Therefore,
That

war

And

the

Our

late edict

Navarre
Our

huge
shall

his

world's

strongly

be

keen

edge,

are.

you

so

affections

shall
the

scythe's

for

"

own

your

buy

may

eternity.

of the

shall

court

of all

army

be

of death;

breath

conquerors,

against

tombs,

devouring Time,

shall bate

heirs

us

lives,

in their

disgrace

of this present
which

Longaville,

Biron,

brazen

our

cormorant

endeavour

That

park.

after

in the

us

grace

spite of

When,

Navarre's

Dumain.

and

King,

I.

king of Navarre,

Ferdinand,

Enter

Lost.

Labour's

Loves

desires,
in force

stand
of the

wonder

lo

"

world;

little Academe,

Still and
You
Have

My
That
Your

contemplative in living art.

and
three, Biron, Dumain,
Longaville,
for three

sworn

years'

fellow-scholars, and
are

recorded

oaths

are

in

to

this

pass'd;

to

term

keep

those

schedule
and

now

live with

me

statutes

here:
subscribe

your

names.

That

his

That

violates

own

hand
the

strike

may

smallest
23

his honour

branch

herein:

down

20

Act

LOVE'S

I. Sc. i.
arm'd

If you are
Subscribe

Long.

The
Fat
Make

to

do

to

LABOUR

as

deep oaths, and keep

your

resolved; 'tisbut

three

is mortified

of these world's delights

manner
grosser
throws
the gross world's baser slaves;
upon
I pine and die;
love, to wealth, to pomp,

The
He

To
With
Biron.

it too.

years'fast:
mind shall banquet, though the body pine:
paunches have lean pates; and dainty bits
rich the ribs,but bankrupt quite the wits.

am

My loving lord, Dumain

Dum.

do,

to

sworn

'S LOST

all these

but

Hving

in

30

philosophy.

their

protestationover;
So much, dear hege, I have already sworn,
That
is,to live and study here three years.
can

But

there

As,

not

Which

strict observances;

other

are

to

say

see

in that term.

woman

And

one

hope well is not

day in a week to

And

but

one

The

which

meal

on

enrolled
touch

every

there;

no

food,

day beside,

40

hope is not enrolled there;

And then, to sleepbut three hours
in the night,
And
be seen
of all the day,
not
to wink
harm
all night.
I was
When
wont
to think no
And
make
a dark
night too of half the day,
I hope well is not enrolled there :
Which
O, these are barren tasks, too hard to keep.
Not to see ladies,study,fast,not sleep!
"

"

King,

Your

Biron,

Let

me

only

And

Long, You

oath

is

say

no,
to

swore

stay here
swore

pass'd to

to

my

pass

in your

if you

an
liege,

study with
court

your

these.

please:

50

grace.

for three

that,Biron, and
24

from

away

to

years' space.

the rest,

Biron.

By

and

yea

nay,

is the end

What

that

King. Why,

of

sir,then

study?

let

jest.

in

swore

know.

me

which

know,

to

L Sc. i.

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

else

should

we

not

know.
Biron,

hid and

Things

barr'd, you

mean,

from

common

sense?
that is

King, Ay,
Biron.

Come
know

As

thus,

the
to

"

I to

When
Or

then; I will

on,

To

study'sgod-likerecompence.

to

mistresses

Or, having

study so,

thing I am forbid to know:

study where I well may dine,
feast expressly am
forbid;

study where
When

to

swear

sworn

meet

from
too

mistress

some
common

hard

60

fine,

sense

are

hid;

keeping oath,

Study to break it,and not break my troth.

If study'sgame
be thus, and this be so.
Study knows that which yet it doth not know:
Swear

King.

this,and

I will ne'er say

These

And
Biron.

to

me

be the stops that hinder

train our
intellects to vain

Why,

all delights
are

no.

study quite,
delight.

vain ; but that most

70

vain,

Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:

As, painfullyto pore upon a book
To

lightof truth; while truth the while

Doth
falselyblind the eyesightof his look:
Light,seeking light,doth lightof lightbeguile:
So, ere you find where lightin darkness lies,
Your
lightgrows dark by losing of your eyes.
80
Study me how to pleasethe eye indeed,
By fixingit upon a fairer eye;
Who
dazzlingso, that eye shall be his heed.
blinded by.
And give him lightthat it was
seek

the

25

Act

LOVE'S

I. Sc. i.

LABOUR

'S LOST

is like the heaven's

glorioussun,
with saucy looks:
That will not
deep-search'd
Small have continual ploddersever
won
Save base authorityfrom other's books.
These
earthlygodfathersof heaven's lights.
That give a name
to every fixed star,
Have
more
no
profitof their shiningnights
90
Than
those that walk and wot not what they are.
Too much to know, is to know
nought but fame;
And every godfathercan
give a name.
King, How well he 's read,to reason
againstreading!
Diim, Proceeded
well,to stop all good proceeding!
Long, He weeds the corn, and stilllets grow the weeding.
Biron. The springis near, when green geese are a-breeding.
Study

be

How

Diim.

follows that?
Fit in his

Biron,
In

placeand

time.

nothing.
Biron,
Something,then,in rhyme.
100
King, Biron is like an envious sneaping frost,
That bites the first-born infants of the spring.
Biron, Well, say I am;
boast.
why should proud summer
Before the birds have any cause
to sing?
Why should I joy in any abortive birth?
Dum,

At

reason

Christmas

Than

wish

But like of

no

desire

more

rose

May's new-fangledshows;
each thingthat in season
grows.
it is too late,
studynow

snow

in

So you, to
Climb o'er the house

to

unlock

the littlegate.

King. Well, sit you out: go home, Biron, adieu.

Biron. No, my good lord; I have sworn
to stay with
And though I have for barbarism
spoke more
Than for that angelknowledge you can say,
26

no

you:

me

And

the strictestdecrees

to

well this

King. How
within

I '11write

shame!

from

thee

yieldingrescues

name.

my

shall come
Item, That no woman
this been
mile of my
court,' Hath

"

proclaimed?
Long, Four days
Biron,

swore,

'

[Reads]

Biron,

I. Sc. i.

bide the penance

of each three years'day.
read the same;
the paper;
let me

And
Give

have

I'll keep what*I

confident

Yet

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Let 's

ago.
*

the

see

120

penalty. [Reads'] On

pain

devised

this

tongue.'

losing her
penalty?
of

Who

Long, Marry, that did 1.

Biron,

Sweet

lord, and why?

frightthem hence with that dread penalty.

Biron. A dangerous law against gentility!
be seen
talk 130
to
[Reads] Item, If any man

Long,

To

'

with

within

woman

shall endure

he

of the court
This

can

article,my

such

the

of three

term

public shame

possiblydevise.'
Hege, yourself must

well you know

here comes
French
king'sdaughter with

For
The
A

To

of grace and
surrender
up of

her

Therefore
Or

King,

What

Biron,

So

While

study

you,
evermore

break;

"

this article is made

say

rest

in

decrepit,sick, and bedrid

vainlycomes

the

embassy
yourselfto speak,
complete majesty,
Aquitaine

maid

About

as

years,

the admired
lords?

father:

in vain,

140

princesshither.

why, this

was

quite forgot.

is overshot:

it doth

study to have what it would.

It doth forget to do the thing it should;
27

Act

LOVrS

I. Sc. i.
And
'Tis

King.
Biron.

the

He here

must

Necessity will

on

make

won,

so

lost.

all forsworn

us

within

times

thousand

Three

fire,so

most,

dispense with this decree;

mere
necessity.

of force

must

thing it hunteth

with

towns

as

won

We

She

it hath

when

^S LOST

LABOUR

this

150
three

years'

space;

For

every

man

his affects is born,

with

by might mastered, but by specialgrace:

If I break
faith,this word shall speak for me,
I am
forsworn
on
mere
necessity.'
So to the laws at large I write my name:
[Subscribes.
in the least degree
And
he that breaks them
Not

'

Stands

in attainder

of eternal

shame:

Suggestions are to other as to me;

But I believe,although I seem
160
so
loath,
I am
the last that will last keep his oath.
But is there no
quick recreation granted?
King. Ay, that there is. Our court, you know, is haunted
With
traveller of Spain ;
a refined
A man
in all the world's new
fashion planted,
That hath a mint of phrases in his brain ;
One

whom

Doth

the music

ravish

of his

vain tongue

own

like

enchanting harmony;
A man
of complements, whom
right and wrong
Have
chose as umpire of their mutiny:
This child of fancy,that Armado
hight,
For

interim

to

170

studies,shall relate.

our

In

a
high-born words, the worth of many
knight
From
tawny Spain, lost in the world's debate.
How
lords, I know not, I;
you delight,my

But,

I protest, I love

And

I will

use

him

to

hear

for my
28

him

lie,

minstrelsy.

is

Armado

Biron.
A

study,three

to

so

with

Dull

Enter

sport; i8o

our

is but short.

years

letter and

knight.

own

he shall be

and

L Sc. L

wight,

words, fashion's

the swain

Costard

And,

illustrious

most

of fire-new

man

Long.

Act

LOST

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S

Costard,

is the Duke's

Dull. Which

person?

wouldst?

what

This, fellow:

Biron.

own

myself reprehend his own

his grace'stharborough: but

Dull. I

own

Biron.
Dull.

in flesh and

person

for I am
person,
I would
his
see

blood.

is he.

This

Arme
Signior Arme
There's villanyabroad:
"

commends

"

you.

this letter will tell you

190

more.

Cost. Sir, the

thereof

contempts

are

as

touching

me.

King.
Biron.

letter from

How

low

magnificent Armado.
the matter, I hope

the

soever

high words.
Long. A high hope
patience!

in God

for

Biron.

Long.

To
To

Biron.

hear

to

or

heaven:

low

God

grant

forbear

climb

Cost. The
netta.

the

forbear

both.

200
cause

in the merriness.

matter

The

is to me, sir,as concerning Jaquetaken

with
of it,is, I was
matter

manner.

In what

Cost. In

us

laughing?
meekly, sir,and to laugh moderately;
or

Well, sir,be it as the styleshall give us

to

Biron.

hear?

for

manner

manner?
and

form

following,sir; all
29

those

Act

three:

her

sittingwith

Biron.

"

for the

woman:

For

the

defend

the

King, Will

you

Biron.

As

Cost, Such

form,

in

"

form.

some

in my

correction:

and

God

right!
hear

is the

this letter with

hear

would

we

lowing
fol-

following,sir?

it shall follow

Cost, As

taken

park; which, put together, 210

and form
following. Now, sir,for
it is the manner
of a man
to speak

manner

the manner,
to

the form, and

upon

into the

her

is in

her in the manor-house,

with

seen

was

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

I. Sc. i.

attention!

oracle.

an

of
simplicity

hearken

to

man

after

the flesh.

220
'

King. [Reads]
and

Great

dominator

sole

welkin's

the

deputy,

gerent,
vice-

of

Navarre, my
soul's earth's god,andbody's fosteringpatron.'
"

Cost. Not

'

King. \Reads]
Cost. It may

of Costard

word

be

So

it is,'
"

but

so:

tellingtrue, but
King. Peace !
Cost. Be

to

if he

say

it

is

so,

he

is,in

so.

and

me,

yet.

every

that

man

dares

not

fight!
King. No words!
Cost. Of

other

230

men's
'

secrets, I beseech

you.
So it is,besiegedwith sable-coloured

King. [Reads]
melancholy,

I did

black-oppressing
humour
wholesome
to the most
physic of
thy health-givingair;.and, as I am a gentleman,
betook myself to walk.
The time when?
About
the sixth hour;
best

peck, and

commend

when
men

the

beasts

most

sit down

to

30

graze,

birds

that nourish-

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

which

ment

called supper;
for the
Now

is

when.

time

which, I

I walked

mean,

Then

park.

for

I did

mean,

Act

upon:

place where;

the

that obscene

encounter

pen

the

240

ground which;
it is ycleped thy

preposterous event, that draweth

white

for the

much

so

I. Sc. i.

from

ebon-coloured

where,
and
my

ink, which

most
snow-

here

viewest,beholdest, surveyest, or seest: but

it standeth north-north-east
the placewhere,

thou
to

"

thy curiousknotted garden: there did I see that low-spirited

250
of thy mirth/
swain, that base minnow

and

by

from

east

the west

of

corner

"

Cost. Me?
^

King. [Reads]

unlettered

that

small-knowing

soul,'
"

Cost. Me?
'

King. [Reads]

vassal,'

that shallow

"

Cost. Still me?

'

King. [Reads]

which,

as

remember,

hight

Costard,'
"

Cost. O, me!
'

sorted and consorted, contrary to

King. [Reads]
thy established proclaimed edict and continent
which

canon,

passion to
Cost. With

"

say

but

"

with

this I

"

wench.

King. [Reads]
Eve,

with, O, with
wherewith,'

260

'

with

female;
a

or,

woman.

child
for

of

thy
Him

our

more

I,

grandmother
sweet
as

my

standing,
underever-

duty pricksme on, have sent to thee,

to receive the meed
of pimishment,by thy sweet
of good 270
grace's officer,
Anthony Dull; a man
bearing,and estimation.'
repute, carriage,

esteemed

31

Act

LOVE'S

I. Sc. i.

LABOUR

'S LOST

pleaseyou: I am Anthony Dull.

King. [Reads] For Jaquenetta, so is the weaker
I apprehended with
the
vessel called which
I keep her as a vessel of thy
aforesaid swain,
law's fury; and shall,at the least of thy sweet
notice, bring her to trial. Thine, in all compliments
of devoted
and heart-burningheatofduty.

Dull. Me,

't shall

an

'

"

"

Adriano

Don
is not

This

Biron.

best that

King. Ay,

to

Did

Cost. I do

the

proclamation?
hearing it,but

of the

little

of it.

marking

proclaimed a year'simprisonment,

was

be taken
Cost. I

But, sirrah,what

the wench.

much

confess

of the
It

280

this?

hear

you

the

for, but

I heard.

ever

Cost. Sir, I confess

King.

I looked

as

the best for the worst.

say you

King.

well

so

Armado/

de

with

wench.

taken

was

to

with

sir: I

none,

taken

was

with

damsel.

290
it was

King. Well,
Cost. This

was

virgin.
King. It is so

proclaimed
damsel

no

This

Cost. This

maid

maid

deny

Cost. I had

was

will not
will

serve

serve

my

will pronounce
week
with bran
rather

pray

proclaimed virgin.
taken
virginity:I was

her

King. Sir,I
fast

neither,sir; she

varied too ; for itwas

I
Cost. If it were,
with a maid.

King.

damsel.

your

turn, sir.

turn, sir.

your sentence
and water.

month

porridge.
32

with

you

shall
300

mutton

and

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S
And

King,

Don

My

Lord

And

go

keeper.

other

hath

strongly sworn.
[Exeunt King, Longaville, and Dumain,
'11lay my head to any good man's hat.

to

oaths

These

and

Sirrah, come
Cost,

shall be your
him delivered

o'er:
Biron, see
lords, to put in practicethat
we,
each

Which

Biron,

Armado

laws

so

will prove

idle

an

with

taken

tillthen, sit thee

The

Armado

Enter

grows

Moth,

Arm,

Why,

day

smile

and

one

cup

of

again;
[Exeunt,

same.

sign is it when
melancholy?
is

true

II.

what

sadness

310

was

his

Moth

Page.

of great

man

and

the

spirit

sad.

self-same

thing,

imp.

Moth,

No,

Arm.

How

Moth,

sour

great sign,sir,that he will look

dear

no;

By

Lord, sir,no.
thou

canst

tender

my

the

down, sorrow!

Scene

Boy,

it is,I

Jaquenetta, and Jaquenetta is

girl; and, therefore, welcome

prosperity!Afifiiction may one
and

scorn.

on.

I suffer for the truth, sir; for true

Arm.

I. Sc. ii.

Act

part sadness

melancholy,

and

juvenal?

familiar

demonstration

of the

working,

tough senior.

my

Arm,

Why

tough senior?

Moth,

Why

tender

Arm,

spoke

10

why tough senior?

juvenal? why tender

it,tender

juvenal, as

juvenal?
a

congruent

LOVE'S

I. Sc. ii.

Act

LABOUR

epitheton appertaining to
which
And

Moth.

your

we

nominate

may

Pretty and

apt.

Moth.

How

you,

apt?
Arm.
Moth.

mean

an

may

appertinenttitle to
name
tough.

I pretty, and

sir?

I apt, and

or

days,

young

tender.

I, tough senior, as
old time, which we

Arm,

thy

'S LOST

my

saying

saying pretty?

my

20

little.

pretty, because
Little pretty because

Thou

little. Wherefore

apt?

Arm.

And

Moth.

Speak you this in my praise,master?

In thy condign praise.
I will praise an eel with the same
praise.
What, that an eel is ingenious?
That an eel is quick.
thou heatI do say thou art quick in answers:

Arm.
Moth.
Arm.
Moth.
Arm.

est

therefore

my

blood.

am

answered, sir.

Moth.

Arm.

I love

Moth.

not

quick.

30
be crossed.

to

[Aside] He
love not

Arm.

apt, because

speaks the

mere

contrary;

crosses

him.

I have

promised

study three

to

years

with

the

Duke.
do it in

Moth.

You

Arm.

Impossible.

Moth.

How

Arm.

am

may

is

many

illat

one

an

hour, sir.

thrice told?

reckoning;

it fitteth the

spiritof

tapster.
Moth.

You

40

gentleman and a gamester, sir.

I confess both:
Arm.
they are both the varnish of
complete man.
Moth.

are

Then, I
gross

sum

know
you
of deuce-ace
amounts

am

sure,

34

how
to.

much

the

than

Arm,

It doth

amount

to

Moth,

Which

the base

vulgar do call three.

Arm.

True.

Moth.

Why, sir,is this such

here

is three

how

easy

it is to

Moth.

To

Arm.

I will

fine

most

cipher.

hereupon confess I
for

If

drawing

sigh: methinks
me, boy:
Hercules,

Arm.

Most

great

on

the

Desire

to

scorn

fort
Cupid. Com-

have

in love?

been

Hercules!
;

and,

sweet

and

he

master:

his back

like

authority,dear

More

carriage.

was

child,let them

my

of

man

good

he carried the town-

porter: and

he

was

70
in

love.
Arm.

O, well-knit Samson!
I do

Moth.

excel

didst

me

Who

was

woman,

thee

in

60

courtier

I think

men

for
carriage,
great carriage,

gates

take

outswear

good repute

Samson,

Moth.

what

from

me

French

any

courtesy.

I should

more

of

men

to

againstthe

master.

sweet

boy, name
be

him

new-devised

deliver

of it, I would

reprobate thought
and ransom
prisoner,

it

as

I in love with

am

sword

my

of afifection would

humour

and

in love:

am

soldier to love, so

base wench.

Moth.

words, the dancing

in two

figure!

you

prove

is base

for

three,and

the word

to

50

will tell you.

Arm.

and

ye '11thrice wink:

put years

years

two.

piece of study? Now

studied,ere

study three
horse

more

one

I. Sc. ii.

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

in my

Samson!
strong-jointed
thou
as
rapier as much

carrying gates.

Samson's

love, my

master.
35

am

dear

in love too.
Moth?

Act

LOVE'S

I. Sc. ii.

Arm,

Of

Moth.

Of

LABOUR

'S LOST

complexion?

what

all the four,

or

the three, or

the

two,

or

of the four.

one

Arm,

Tell

Moth,

Of

80

preciselyof what

me

the sea-water

Arm.

Is that

Moth,

As

sir.

green,

of the four

one

complexion.

complexions?

read, sir; and the best of them

I have

too.

Green, indeed, is the colour of lovers; but to

Samson
had
have a love of that colour, methinks

Arm,

small

for it. He

reason

surely affected her for

her wit.
It

Moth,

was

sir; for she had

so,

love is most

Arm,

My

Moth,

Most
under

maculate

immaculate

wit.

green

white

thoughts, master,

and

red.

90

masked

are

colours.

such

Arm,

Define, define,well-educated

Moth,

My

father's

wit, and

infant.
mother's

my

tongue,

assist me!
Arm,

Sweet

invocation

of

child;

most

pretty and

pathetical!
Moth,

If she be made
faults

Her

of white

and

red.
will ne'er be known;

blushing cheeks by faults are

And
fears by pale white shown:

For

Then

if she fear,or

By
For

native she doth

same

owe.

dangerous rhyme, master, against the

of white
Arm,

be to blame,

this you
shall not
know;
stillher cheeks
the
possess

Which

bred,

and

Is there not

reason

red.
a

ballad,boy,

Beggar?
3^

of the

King

and

the

100

Moth,

world

The

was

be

to
serve

L Sc. li.

Act

guiltyof

very

such

ballad

but, I think, now

'tisnot

it would
if it were,
the tune.
for the writing nor

neither

since:

three ages

some

found;

I will have

Arm,

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

or,

that

I may

no

subject newly writ o'er,that

mighty
digressionby some

example my
precedent. Boy, I do love that country girl
that I took in the park with the rational hind
Costard:

Moth.

she deserves
be

[Aside] To
love than

Sing,boy;

Moth.

And

whipped;

and

yet

better

master.

my

Arm.

well.

120

spiritgrows

my

that 's great

heavy

in love.

marvel, loving

light

wench.
Arm,

I say,

Moth.

Forbear

sing.
tillthis company

Enter

Dull, Sir, the

Costard

be past.

Dull, Costard, and Jaquenetta.

Duke's

safe:

pleasure is, that

and

must

you

keep

you

suffer him

to

take

but a' must

fast
no
delight nor
penance;
three days a week.
For
this damsel, I must
keep her at the park: she is allowed for the 130
Fare you well.
day-woman.
I do betray myself with blushing. Maid.
Arm,
Jaq. Man.
no

Arm.

I will visit thee at the

lodge.

Jaq. That 's hereby.

Arm.

I know

where

it is situate.

Jaq. Lord, how

Arm.

wise you are!

I will tell thee wonders.

Jaq. With

that face?
37

LOVE'S

I. Sc. ii.

Act

LABOUR

'S LOST

I love thee.

Arm.

I heard

Jaq, So

And

Arm.

140
say.

you

farewell.

so,

you!
Come, Jaquenetta,away!
[Exeunt

Dull.

after

weather

Jaq. Fair

shalt

Villain,thou

Arm.

pardoned.
Well, sir,I hope,

thou
Cost.
on

shalt be

am

for
Arm.

offences

thy

ere

it,I shall do it

I do

when

they

Cost. Let

but

are

to

than

you

fellows, 150

your

lightlyrewarded.
him

this villain;shut

away

Come,

heavilypunished.

bound

more

Take

Moth.

Jaquenetta.

full stomach.

Thou

Cost. I

and

be

Arm.

fast for

Dull

up.

you

transgressingslave; away!

not

be pent up,

me

sir: I will fast,being

loose.
Moth.

No, sir; that

to

if

desolation
What

Cost.

ever

do

that I have

shall

look

shalt

seen,

another

I do

where

some

foot,which

160
but

Moth,

what

for

prisoners to

words;

and

therefore

I thank

God
and

man;

very
shoe, which

I have

ground,

is

be

great argument
38

too

I will say

can

Moth
which

be

quiet.

and

Costard.

is base,

is baser, guided
tread.

they

little patience

as

therefore

is basest,doth

which

of

see.

It is not

affect the
her

days

merry
shall

[Exeunt
Arm.

thou

see?

some

upon.
silent in their

nothing:

the

see

Nay, nothing. Master

as

loose:

prison.

Cost. Well,

Moth.

fast and

were

by

her

I shall be forsworn,

of falsehood,

And

if I love.
is

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

how

Love

falselyattempted?

is

devil: there

Yet

he

much

is

evil

no

he had

second

Cupid'sbutt-shaft

for

club ; and therefore too

Spaniard'srapier. The first

will not

cause

serve

yea,

he

loveth.

am

volumes

The

To

whom

who
he

[Exit,

same.

of France, Rosaline, Maria,

Boyet. Now, madam,

summon

the

up

Of

Katha^

Attendants,

other

your

dearest

spirits:

father sends;
your
and what's
his embassy:

king

sends;

Yourself, held precious in the world's

To

for

rine, Boyet, Lords, and

Consider

I shall

SECOND.
Scene

the Princess

ex-

in folio.

ACT

Enter

rust,
is in

some

rhyme, for I am sure

Devise, wit; write, pen;

sonnet.

for whole

me

his 180

but

manager

of

temporal god

regards

Adieu, valour!
for your
Assist

the

turn;

my

he respects not, the duello he

his disgrace is to be called boy;

glory is to subdue men.

drum!
rapier! be still,

turn

cellent
ex-

seduced,

so

passado

love;

an

for Hercules'

odds

not:

Love.

but

angel

Solomon
wit.

170

familiar; Love

tempted, and

so

strength;yet was
had a very good

hard

is too

and

Samson

was

and

is

love which

that be true

can

IL Sc. i.

Act

parleywath the sole

all perfectionsthat a

Matchless Navarre;

esteem,

inheritor

the
39

man

may

plea of

owe.
no

less

weight

Act

LOVE'S

II. Sc. i.

'S LOST

LABOUR

Aquitaine,a dowry for a queen.

Be now
as
prodigal of all dear grace,
in making graces
As Nature
dear,
was
the general world
she did starve
When
beside.
And
prodigallygave them all to you.
Than

Prin,

Lord

Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,

the painted flourish of your praise:
Needs
not
Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.
Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues:
I am
less proud to hear you tell my worth
Than
wise
willingto be counted
you much
In spending your wit in the praise of mine.
But now
to task the tasker; good Boyet,
20
fame
You
not
are
ignorant,all-telling
Good

Doth
Till

No

noise

Before
To

we

know

Bold
As

hath

abroad, Navarre

painfulstudy shall outwear

woman
approach his
may

Therefore

to

's seemeth

enter

his

of your

it

three

we

vow.

years,

course,

gates.

in that

pleasure; and

silent court:

needful

his forbidden

worthiness,

made

behalf.

singleyou

best-moving fair solicitor.

Tell him, the daughter of the King of France,
On serious business craving quick dispatch,
Importunes personal conference with his grace :
Haste, signifyso much; while we attend.
Like humble-visaged suitors,his high will.
Boyet. Proud of employment, willinglyI go.
Prin.

lo

our

All

pride is willingpride,and

yours

is

30

so.

[Exit Boyet.
Who

are

the votaries,my

That

are

vow-fellows

with
40

loving lords,
this virtuous

duke?

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S

Longavilleis one.

Lord

First Lard.

Know

Prin.

him, madam:

I know

Mar,

IL Sc. i.

Act

LOST

at

the man?

you

marriage-feast,

heir

Perigort and the beauteous

Of Jaques Falconbridge,solemnized
I this Longaville:
In Normandy,
saw
Lord

Between

40

sovereignparts he is esteem'd;
Well fitted in arts, gloriousin arms:
him illthat he would
well.
Nothing becomes
The only soil of his fair virtue's gloss.
If virtue's gloss will stain with any soil.
with too blunt a will ;
Is a sharp wit match'd
49
Whose
edge hath power to cut, whose will stillwills

of

man

It should

none

Prin.

Some

Mar,

They

say

Prin.

Such

short-lived

Dumain,

young

Most
For

he hath

And

shape
him

saw

much

Is my

Was

Within

to win
at

his

of these

eye

spent

an

no

Alenqon'sonce;
that good I saw

littleof
to

good,

though he had

grace,

the Duke

too

ill shape

an

great worthiness.

students

at

that time
heard

truth.

they call him; but a merrier man,

the limit of becoming mirth,

never

His

harm, least knowing ill;

most

there with him, if I have

Biron

grow.

youth.
well-accomplish'd

wit to make

report

Another

do

to

power

And

Ros,

they

as

all that virtue love for virtue loved:

Of

know.

the rest?

are

The

Kath,

wither

wits do

is 't so?

his humours

that most

most

so

his power.

within

come

mocking lord, belike;

merry

Who

that

spare

hour's

talk withal:

begets occasion
41

for his wit;

wit.

60

Act

LOVE'S

II. Sc. i.
For

object that

every

'S LOST

LABOUR

the

doth

one

catch,

70

mirth-moving jest,
his fair tongue, conceit's expositor,
Which
Delivers in such apt and gracious words,
That aged ears
play truant at his tales.
And
hearings are quite ravished;
younger
The

So

other

is his discourse.

they all in love,

That
her own
hath garnished
every one
such bedecking ornaments
With
of praise?
First Lord, Here
comes
Boyet.
Prin.

bless

voluble

and

sweet

to

turns

God

ladies!

my

are

Re-enter

Prin.

And

Before

Like
Than

seek
let you

Here

comes

to

approach;

oath

you, gentle lady,

I have learnt:
thus much

here

comes

80

meet

Marry,
to lodge

means

that

one

fair

competitors in

came.

rather

To

his

all addressed

Were

He

notice of your

had

and

he

admittance, lord?

what

Now,

Boyet. Navarre

Boyet.

in the field,

you

to

besiegehis court,

dispensationfor his oath.

his unpeeled house.
enter
Navarre.

Enter

King, Longaville,Dumain, Biron,

King.

Fair

princess,welcome

to

the

and

Attendants.
of

court

varre.
Na-

90
'

Prin.

Fair

I have

'

not

give you

King.

You

again ;

yet: the roof of this

be yours;
and
base to be mine.
to

back

welcome

shall be welcome,

Prin. I will be welcome,

to

42

and

the wide

conduct

to

high

fields

my
me

'

welcome

is too

court

madam,

then:

'

too

court.

thither.

King,

Hear

Prin.

Our

Prin,

dear

me,

Act IL Sc. i.

I have

lady;

by

for the world, fair madam,

it; will,and

will shall break

Why,

oath.

an

sworn

he 11 be forsworn.

lord!

Lady help my

Not

King,

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

will.

99
nothing else.
my

ladyship is ignorant what it is.

lord so, his ignorance were
Prin, Were
wise,
my
his knowledge must
Where
now
ignorance.
prove
I hear your grace hath sworn
out
house-keeping:
'Tis deadly sin to keep that oath, my lord,
Your

King,

sin to break

And
But

pardon

To

teach

it.
I

me,

Vouchsafe

sudden-bold:

illbeseemeth

teacher

too

am

the purpose
suddenly resolve me in my

And

read

to

me.

of my
suit.

coming,
no

I will,if suddenly I may.

will the sooner,
that I were
away;

King, Madam,
Prin,

You
For

Did

Biron,
Ros,

Ros,

I know

How

Biron,
Ros.

'Tis

Biron.
Ros,

Biron.
Ros,

Ros.

Now

And

be

not

so

Nay,

o'

day?

that fools should

you

you

then

once?
once?

quick.

fair befall your

so

stay.

that spur me
with such questions.
hot, it speeds too fast,'twill tire.

you

time

send

me

it,then, to ask the question!

was

wit 's too

hour

Amen,

Biron,

in Brabant

you

many

be

ask.

mask!

Fair fall the face it covers

Biron,

in Brabant

you

tillit leave the rider in the mire.

What

The

make

did.

you

'longof

Not

with
with

dance

must

Your

perjured,if you

I dance

needless

You

Biron,
Ros.

not

I not

Did

Biron,

'11prove

you

lovers!

none.

will I be gone.
43

121

Act

LOVE'S

II. Sc. i.

LABOUR

'S LOST

your father here doth intimate

thousand
crowns;
payment of a hundred

King, Madam,
The

Being

the

but

Disbursed
But

by

Received

or

as

we,

Although

valued

not

If,then, the king

But

that

We

will

one

sum

have.

yet there remains

thousand

the

half which

to

us.

money's

father

your

unpaid

in surety of the which,

more;

to

worth.

wil} restore

is unsatisfied.

give up our right in Aquitaine,

hold fair friendshipwith his majesty.
he little purposeth,
that, it seems,
here he doth demand
to have
repaid

And
But
For

thousand

hundred

On

payment

To

have

of

130

wars.

neither

part of Aquitaine is bound

One

entire

an

father in his

my

that sum,

hundred

one

that he

say

half of

and

crowns;

hundred

demands,

not

thousand

140

crowns,

his title live in

Aquitaine;
rather had depart withal,
Which
much
we
And
have the money
by our father lent,
Than
Aquitaine so gelded as it is.
Dear princess,were
his requests so far
not
150
From
reason's yielding,your
fair self should
make
A yielding,'gainstsome
in my
breast,,
reason,
And
again.
go well satisfied to France
Prin.

You

do

king my father too much

wrong,
And
the reputation of your
name,
wrong
In so unseeming to confess receipt
Of that which hath so faithfully
been paid.

King.

I do

And
Or

the

protest I

if you

prove

never

heard

it,I '11repay

yieldup Aquitaine.
44

of it;
it back.

We

Prin.

Boyet, you
Charles

Of

that and

To-morrow

King.

you
It shall suffice

receive such

may

But

here

not

Your

so

To-morrow

King. Thy

of honour, may
worthiness:

shall be

shall
health

own

Biron.

Lady, I
Pray you,
glad to see

in my

I would

and

wish

visit you

we

will commend
do my
it.
you

house.
and

consort

I thee in every
you to mine

commendations;

heard

heart,
farewell:

again.

fair desires

wish

me,

my

your

grace

place! [Exit.
own

I would

heart. 180
be

it groan.

Is the fool sick?

Biron.

Sick at the heart.

Alack, let it blood.

Biron.

Would

that do it
^

good?
ay.'

My physic says
Biron. Will you prick 't with your
Ros. No point,with my knife.
Ros.

received

so

fair harbour

170

gates;

my

yourselflodged in

denied

hand

at my

good thoughts excuse

own

Prin. Sweet

welcome

breach

you

shall deem

you

yieldunto.

thy true
fair princess,in

come,

without

Though

Ros.

of to

tender

You

Biron.

I will

honour, without

interview

which

at

Meantime

As

Ros.

me

reason

Make

Ros.

Satisfyme so.
grace, the packet is not come,
bound:
other specialties
are
shall have a sightof them.

All liberal

As

i6o

his father.

King.
Boyet. So pleaseyour
Where

word.

your

specialofficers

from

sum

arrest

IL Sc. i.

produce acquittances

can

such

For

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

45

eye?
190

Act

LOVE'S

II. Sc. i.

LABOUR

'S LOST

thy life!
from
Ros, And
long living!
yours
Biron, I cannot
[Retiring.
stay thanksgiving.
what lady is that same?
Dum,
Sir,I pray you, a word:
her name.
Boyet, The heir of Alengon, Katharine
A gallantlady. Monsieur, fare you
well.
Dum,
[Exit.
God

Now,

Biron.

Long. I beseech
Boyet. A woman
Long. Perchance
Boyet. She hath
Long. Pray
Boyet. Her
Long. God's
Boyet. Good

sometimes,
but

an

in the

Hght

is she in the white?

you

saw

light. I

her

in the

desire her

for herself,to

one

is

blessingon
sir,be

name.

desire that

is

most

beard.

Falconbridge.
is ended.

lady.

sweet

's her

What

heard.

ofifended.

choler

my

be.

may

in the

name

[ExitLong.

cap?

Boyet. Rosaline, by good hap.

Biron.

Is she

Boyet. To
Biron.

wedded

or

her will,sir,or

You

are

Boyet. Farewell

were

daughter?

your

not

heir of

an

light.

200

Boyet. Not unlike, sir,that

Biron.

what

you, sir,whose
I have
mother's

Long. Nay,
She

word:

you

shame.

She

save

2lo

no?
so.

welcome, sir: adieu.

to

sir,and welcome

me,

to you.

[Exit Biron.
Mar.

That
Not

last is Biron
word

with

the merry
mad-cap lord:
him but a jest.

Boyet.
Prin.

And

It

was

well done

Boyet. I

was

as

Mar.

Two

hot

of you

to

every

take him

willingto grapple as
sheeps,marry.
46

jestbut

he

was

at

word.

his word.
to board.

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR

And

Boyef.
I

sheep, and

You

wherefore

lamb, unless

No' sheep, sweet

Mar.

Act

pasture:

i.

ships? 219
lips.
your

not

feed

we

IL Sc.

on

shall that finish the

jest?
Boyet. So

you

grant pasture for

{Offeringto kiss her.

Not so, gentle beast:
though several they be.

Mar.

My lipsare no
Boyet. Belonging

common,
to

me.

whom?
To

Mar.
Prin.

wits will be

Good

civil war

This

Navarre

On

Boyet. If

By
Prin.

his

the heart's stillrhetoric

Deceive

me

With

what?

not

that which

Prin.

reason?

Your

Boyet. Why,

me.

for here
seldom

'tisabused.

lies.

with

eyes.

is infected.

230

lovers entitle affected.

we

did make

all his behaviours

their retire

of his eye, peeping thorough desire:

heart, like an agate, with your printimpressed,

the court

His
Proud
His
Did
All
To

and

better used

disclosed

Navarre

now,

Boyet. With

To

much

were

book-men;
observation,which very

my

fortunes

jangling;but, gentles,
agree:

of wits
and

my

his form, in his eye prideexpressed:

tongue, all impatientto speak and not see.
stumble
with haste in his eyesightto be;
with

to

senses

feel

that

did make

sense

only looking

their

repair,

240

fairest of fair:

on

locked in his eye,

were
Methought all his senses
As jewelsin crystalfor some
princeto buy;
worth
from
where
Who, tendering their own
they
were
glass'd^
Did point you to buy them, along as you pass'd:
His
That

face's

all eyes

did quote such amazes,

his eyes enchanted
with gazes

margent

own
saw

47

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

III. Sc. i.

Aquitaine,and all that is his,

sake but one
An
loving kiss.
you give him for my
Prin, Come
to our
pavilion: Boyet is disposed.
250
Boyet, But to speak that in words which his eye hath
I '11give you

disclosed.
of his eye,
only have made a mouth
By adding a tongue which I know will not lie.
old love-monger, and
fully.
Thou
art
an
speakest skilI

Ros.

Mar.

He

Ros.

Then

is

Cupid's grandfather,and learns

Venus

was

but

Boyet. Do

like her mother;

news

of him.

for her father

is

grim.

you

hear,

mad

my

wenches?

Mar.

No.

Boyet.
Ros, Ay,

What
our

way

to

then, do

see?

you

be gone.

Boyet.

You

are

too

hard

for

me.

[Exeunt.
ACT

THIRD.
Scene

The

Enter
Arm.

same.

Armada

Warble, child; make

I.

and

Moth.

passionatemy

sense

of

hearing.
Concolinel.

Moth.

Sweet

Arm.

air!

[Singing.
Go, tenderness

of years;
the swain,

key, give enlargement to

hither: I must
festinately
employ
to

Moth.

my

him

take this

bring him
in

letter

love.

Master, will you win

your

brawl?
48

love with

French

How

Arm,

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVrS

thou?

meanest

Act IIL Sc. i.

brawling

in French?

lo

but to jig off a

complete master:
to it with your
at the tongue's end, canary
tune
it with turningup your
feet,humour
eyelids,
sigh
and sing a note, sometime
note
a
through the
love with singing
throat, as if you swallowed
love,sometime
through the nose, as if you snuffed
hat penthouse-like
up love by smellinglove; with your
o'er the shop of your eyes; with your
crossed on your thin-bellydoublet,like a
arms
rabbit on a spit; or your hands in your pocket, 20
after the old painting; and keep not
like a man
too
tune, but a snip and
long in one
away.
These
these
are
are
complements,
humours;
these betray nice wenches, that would
be betrayed

Moth.

No,

my

without
note

Moth.
Arm.
Moth.

you

note

me?

make

that most

"

them

affected

are

hast thou

How

By

my

O,

But
'

but

this experience?

of observation.

penny
"

purchased

O,

"

The

hobby-horse is forgot.'
Arm.
Callest thou my love
hobby-horse
Moth.
No, master; the hobby-horse is but
But
love perhaps a hackney.
your
forgot your love?
'

30
'?
a

colt,and

have

Arm.

Almost

Moth.

Negligentstudent! learn her by heart.

By heart and in heart, boy.
And
of heart, master:
all those
out

Arm.
Moth.

man,

you

I had.

will prove.
Arm.
What
wilt thou
Moth.

of

men

these.

to

Arm,

do

"

these; and

if I

three

prove?

live;

and
49

40

this,by, in, and

with-

LOVE'S

III. Sc. i.

Act

LABOUR'S

LOST

the instant:
by heart you love her,
out, upon
heart
cannot
because
come
by her; in
your
heart you love her, because your heart is in love

her; and

with

of heart you

out

Arm,

of heart that you cannot

all these three.
I am

Moth,

And

enjoy

out

three times

much

her.

and

more,

being

ing
yet noth-

all.

at

Fetch

Arm,

as

love her,

hither

the

he

swain:

must

carry

me

horse

to

be

50

letter.
A

Moth.

well

message

for

ambassador
Arm,
Moth,

Ha!

ha!

an

what

The

way

Moth,

As

swift

Arm.

The

ass.

say est thou?

is but short:
as

Minime, honest

Arm,

I say

master;

You
Is that lead slow
Sweet

smoke

reputes

I shoot

me

which

are

rather, master,

no.

swift,sir,to say
a

so

gun?

cannon

and

the bullet,that 's he

thee at the swain.

most

acute

then, and

juvenal; volable

By thy favour,
face

too

is fired from

Thump,

My

or

60

slow?

of rhetoric!

Moth,

Most

I go.

lead is slow.

Moth.

the

lead, sir.

Moth,

He

upon

away!

meaning, pretty ingenious?

lead a metal heavy, dull,and

Is not

Arm,

send the ass

Marry, sir,you must
horse, for he is very slow-gaited. But

Arm,

Arm,

sympathized;

sweet

and

welkin, I

must

I flee.

{Exit,

free of

grace!
sigh in thy

rude

herald

melancholy, valour
is returned.

gives thee place.

70

50

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Re-enter

Moth,

wonder,

with

Moth

! here 's

master

IIL Sc. i.

Act
Costard.

Costard

broken

in

shin.
Arm.

Some

Cost,

No

riddle: come,

enigma, some

thy Tenvoy begin.

Tenvoy : no salve in the

mail, sir: O, sir,plantain,a plainplantain! no
Tenvoy, no Tenvoy; no salve,sir,but a plantain!

Arm,

By virtue, thou enforcest laughter; thy silly

thought my spleen; the heaving of my lungs
provokes me to ridiculous smiling. O, pardon
me,

stars! Doth

my

for
Moth,

riddle,no

no

egma,

the inconsiderate

Tenvoy, and the word

the wise

Do

think

for

Tenvoy

them

take salve

other?

salve?

is not

80

Fenvoy

salve?
Arm,

No,

it is

page:

epilogueor

an

discourse, to make

plain
Some

obscure

I will

example

The

precedence that

Moth.

fox, the

ape,

and

stillat odds,
the moral.
Now

I will add

Arm,

The

the humble-bee,
the

Tenvoy. Say
ape, and

stillat odds,

Now

will I

with

my

Tenvoy.

The

fox, the

Were

sain.

being but three.

begin

your

ape,

the moral

out

of door,

you

follow

the humble-bee,

being but three.

out

of door,

Staying the odds by adding four,

51

90

by adding four.

and

came

again.

the humble-bee,

moral, and do

still at odds,

Until the goose

Tenvoy.

being but three.

Until the goose

came
And
stayedthe odds

Moth,

Arm.

the

fox, the

Were

been

tofore

it:

Were
There's

hath

Act

LOVE'S

III. Sc. i.

Moth.

'S LOST

in the goose:

good Tenvoy, ending

would

desire more?

you

The

Cost.

LABOUR

boy

hath

lOO

sold him

bargain,a

goose,

that 's

flat.

pennyworth is good, an your goose be fat.

To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose:
Let me
see
; a fat Tenvoy ; ay, that 's a fat goose.
hither.
How
did this argument
Come
Arm.
hither,come
begin?
Moth.
By saying that a Costard was broken in a shin.
Then
call'd you for the Tenvoy.
Cost. True, and I for a plantain:thus came
your
ment
arguin;
Then the boy'sfat renvoy,the goose that you bought;
Sir,your

And
Arm.

But
in

ended

he

tell me:

the

how

market.
was

no

there

Costard

broken

shin?

I will tell you

Cost. Thou
hast no

Moth.

sensibly.
feelingof it,Moth

I will

speak

that

Tenvoy :
I Costard, running out, that was
safelywithin,
Fell over
the threshold, and broke my shin.

Arm.

We

will talk

Cost. Till there be

Arm.

Sirrah

no
more

Costard,

Cost. O, marry

me

of this matter.

more

to

matter

in the shin.

I will enfranchise
one

Frances:

thee.
I smell

120
some

in this.
Tenvoy, some
goose,
Arm.
By my sweet
soul, I mean
setting thee at
thou
wert
liberty,enfreedoming thy person:
immured, restrained,captivated,bound.
Cost. True, true; and now
you will be my purgation,
and

Arm.

let

me

loose.

set
give thee thy liberty,

52

thee from

durance

Act IIL Sc.

*S LOST

LABOUR

LOVrS

i.

thee

nothing
but this: bear this significant
[givinga letter]130
to the country maid
muneration
Jaquenetta: there is reand,

in

lieu thereof, impose

on

of mine

for the best ward

honour

is rewarding my dependents. Moth, follow.

Moth, Like the sequel,I. SigniorCostard, adieu.
Cost,

My

sweet

Now

of man's

ounce

will

look

O,

his

to

flesh! my

incony Jew!
[Exit Moth.
muneration
Re-

remuneration.

that 's the

three

[Exit.

Latin

for

word

farthings: three farthings remuneration.

's the price of this inkle ?
What
One
penny.' No, I '11 give you a remuneration :
! why, it is a
why, it carries it. Remuneration
"

'

'

"

'

"

'

"

fairer

than

name

French

buy and sell out of

O,

my

never

this word.

Biron.

Enter

Biron,

I will

crown.

140

good knave

Costard!

exceedingly well

met.

Cost.

Pray
a

Biron,

man

What

you,

buy
is

sir,how
for
a

much

carnation

ribbon

may

remuneration?

remuneration?

Cost,

Marry, sir,halfpennyfarthing.
Biron, Why, then, three-farthing
worth
of silk.
Cost, I thank your worship: God be wi' you!
Biron, Stay,slave; I must
employ thee:
As thou wilt win my favour, good my knave,
Do one
thing for me that I shall entreat.
Cost. When

would

Biron,

afternoon.

This

you

have

it done, sir?

Cost. Well, I will do it,sir; fare you well.

Biron. Thou
knowest
what it is.
not
53

150

LOVrS

Act in. Sc. i.

Biron.

thou
Why, villain,

Cost. I will

Biron.

to

come

It must

I have

sir, when

Cost. I shall know,

be done

done

know

must

worship

your

^S LOST

LABOUR
it.

i6o

first.

to-morrow

this afternoon.

ing.
morn-

Hark, slave,

it is but this:
The

hunt

here

the

park,
in her train there is a gentle lady;
tongues speak sweetly,then they name

princesscomes

And

When

to

in

her

name.

And
And

to

her:

they call

Rosaline

her white

hand

see

This seal'd-upcounsel.

ask

thou

There

for her;

do commend
's thy

guerdon

^Givinghim

; go.

shilling.

Gardon, O sweet
170
gardon! better than remuneration, a 'leven-pencefarthingbetter: most
sweet
gardon! I will do it, sir, in print.

Cost.

Gardon!
Biron.

And

love's

I, forsooth,in love!

I, that have

been

whip;

very

critic,
nay,

{Exit.

Remuneration!

beadle

to

humorous

sigh;

night-watch constable;
domineering pedant o'er the boy;

Than

magnificent!
wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy
This senior- junior,giant-dwarf,
Dan
Cupid;
Regent of love-rhymes, lord of folded arms.
The anointed
sovereign of sighsand groans,
Liege of all loiterers and malcontents.
Dread
prince of plackets,king of codpieces,
Sole imperator and great general
Of trotting
'paritors:O my littleheart!
And
I to be a corporal of his field.
And wear
his colours like a tumbler's hoop!
whom

no

mortal

so

This

"

"

54

181

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

I love!

What!

I sue!

Act

I seek

that is hke

IV. Sc. i.

wife!

190

German

clock,
Still a-repairing,
out of frame,
ever
And
never
going aright,being a watch,
A

woman,

But

being watch'd

that it may

stillgo

right!

Nay, to be perjured,which is worst of all;

three,to love the worst of all;
And, among
A whitely wanton
with a velvet brow.
With two pitch-balls
stuck in her face for eyes ;
Ay, and, by heaven, one that will do the deed.
and her guard: 200
her eunuch
Though Argus were
And
I to sigh for her! to watch for her!
Go to; it is a plague
To pray for her!
That Cupid will impose for my neglect
Of his almighty dreadful littlemight.
Well, I will love,write,sigh,pray, sue and groan :
Some
love my lady,and some
must
men
Joan. [Exit.

ACT

FOURTH.
Scene
The

Enter

the

Prin. Was

same.

line,
Princess,and her train,a Forester,Boyet, RosaMaria, and Katharine,
that the

king, that spurr'dhis horse so hard

Against the steep uprising of the hill?
Boyet. I know not; but I think it was not he.
Prin. Whoe'er
a' was, a' showed
a mounting mind.
Well, lords,to-daywe shall have our dispatch:
On

Saturday we

Then, forester,my

will return

to

friend,where
55

France.

is the bush

LOVE'S

IV. Sc. i.

Act

That
For,

the

Hereby,

upon

stand

where

I thank

Prin.

And

short-hved

of

make

LOST

murderer

in?

yonder coppice;
the fairest shoot.

lo

fair that shoot,

am

speak'stthe

fairest shoot.

for I meant

not

first

praise me,
pride! Not fair?

Yes, madam,

For,

thou

madam,

me,

play the

may

beauty,

my

What, what?

Prin,

edge

you

thereupon

Pardon

For,

and

stand

must

we

LABOUR'S

and

so.

again

no?

say

alack for woe!

fair.

Prin,

paint me now:
Nay, never
mend
fair is not, praise cannot
the brow.
Where
Here, good my glass,take this for tellingtrue:
Fair

For.

payment

Nothing

Prin,

See, see,
O

for foul words

is

but fair is that which

my
in

beauty

than

more

you

inherit.

will be saved

by
days!

fair,fit for these

heresy
giving hand, though foul,shall have
the

bow:

But

come,

And

shooting well
will I

Thus

save

now

is then

my

credit

due.
20

merit!

fair

to
mercy
goes
accounted
ill.

praise.

kill,

in the shoot:

Not

wounding, pity would not let me do 't;

If wounding, then it was
to show
skill.
my
for praise than purpose
That more
meant
to
And, out of question,so it is sometimes,
Glory grows
guiltyof detested crimes,
When, for fame's sake, for praise,an outward
We
bend to that the working of the heart;
As I for praisealone now
seek to spill
The

poor

Boyet, Do

Only
Lords

not

for

deer's blood, that my

curst

hold

wives

praisesake,

when

o'er their lords ?

56

heart

that

they

means

kill.
30

part.

no

ill.

self-sovereignty
strive to be

praise:and praisewe
lady that subdues a lord.

Prin. Only for

To

any

Boyet. Here

comes

Enter

Cost, God

Prin.

shalt know

Thou

have

The

Prin.

Cost. The
An

which

you,

her, fellow,by the

is the

that

rest

heads.

no

Cost. Which

40

Costard.

dig-you-den all! Pray

lady?

head

afford

may

of the commonwealth.

member

IV. Sc. i.

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

is the greatest lady,the

thickest and the tallest.

highest?

the tallest! it is so; truth is truth.

slender as my wit,
as
waist, mistress,were

thickest and

your

One

girdlesfor

o' these maids'

waist

your

should

fit.
Are

not

be

50
^

the chief woman?

you

the thickest

are

you

here.
Prin.

What's

Cost. I have

your
a

will,sir? what's
Monsieur

letter from

will?

your

Biron

to

one

Lady

Rosaline.
Prin.

O, thy letter,thy letter! he 's

good friend of

mine:
Stand

aside,good bearer.

Break

up

am

letter is mistook, it

It is writ to

carve;

bound

to

importeth

serve.
none

here;

Jaquenetta.

Prin.

We
Break

can

this capon.

Boyet.
This

Boyet, you

the neck

Boyet. [Reads] By

will read

it,I

swear.

of the wax,
and every one
give
heaven, that thou art fair,is most

infallible; true, that thou art beauteous ; truth

fairer than
itself,that thou art lovely. More

fair,beautiful

than

beauteous,
57

truer

than

truth

ear.

60

Act

LOVE'S

IV. Sc. i.

commiseration

have
itself,
The

LABOUR

thy

on

and most

magnanimous

'S LOST

heroical

illustrate

sal!
vas-

king

Cophetua set eye upon the perniciousand indubithat might

tate beggar Zenelophon; and he itwas
rightly say, Veni, vidi, vici; which to annoin the vulgar, O
base and
thanize
obscure
and
overvulgar! videlicet.He came,
saw,
"

"

he came,

came:

Who

came?

why

did he

the

to

one;

the
see

he?

overcame

victory:on
is enriched:

the

beggar.

to

whom

to

he?

saw

three.

overcame,

did he come?

overcome

what

whose
on

two;

king: why

? to

beggar:

saw,

the
The

see:

he ?

came

who

beggar:
conclusion

is

king's. The captive

side? the beggar's. The
whose
side? the
a
nuptial: on whose
side?

the

catastrophe is
king's: no, on both in one, or one in both. I am
the king; for so stands the comparison: thou the
Shall
beggar: for so witnesseth thy lowliness.
I command
shall I enforce thy
thy love? I may:
shall I entreat
love? I could:
thy love? I will.
What
shalt thou exchange for rags? robes; for
? me.
titles? titles; for thyself
Thus, expecting
thy reply,profane my lipson thy foot, my eyes
thy picture,and

on

Thine,

heart

my

in the dearest

dost thou

hear

'Gainst

thee, thou

Submissive

fall his

And
But
Food

he from

if thou

on

design of

that

de

lion

the Nemean

lamb,

Armado.
90

roar

standest

as

his prey.

princelyfeet before,
forage will incline to play:

strive,poor

for his rage,

soul,what

art

thou

repasture for his den.

58

80

thy every part.

industry,

Adriano

Don
Thus

70

then?

LABOUR

LOVE'S
Prin. What

'S LOST

Act

is he that indited this letter

of feathers

plume

IV. Sc. i.

what

vane?

What

did you

weathercock?

hear

ever

better ?

Boyet.

am

Else

Prin.

much

Armado

Boyet. This
court

is

whom

To

I told you
give it ?

thou

shouldst

From

Cost.
Prin,

From

which

Cost,

From

my

To

sport

fellow,a word:

my

; my

lord.

lord to my

lady.

lord to which

lord Biron,

lady of

Thou

that makes

thee this letter?

Cost,

Prin,

one

Thou

Prin,

Prin,

in
loo

phantasime,a Monarcho, and

To the princeand his bookmates.
gave

style.

going o'er it erewhile.

Spaniard, that keeps here

Who

the

is bad,

memory

your

but I remember

deceived

lady?
good master

of mine,

that he call'd Rosaline.

France

hast mistaken

his letter.

Come, lords,away.

other
[To Ros,] Here, sweet, put up this: 'twill be thine anday.
[Exeunt Princess and tropin.
is the suitor? who is the suitor?
Boyet, Who

Shall I teach

Ros,

Boyet, Ay,

my

continent

of

Ros,

you

to

know?

no

beauty.
Why, she that bears the bow.

Finelyput off !
Boyet, My lady goes to kill horns : but, if thou marry.
Hang me by the neck, if horns that year miscarry.
Finely put on !
Ros,

Well, then, I
Boyet.
Ros.

If

we

choose

Finelyput

on,

am

the shooter.
And

who

by the horns, yourselfcome

indeed !
59

is your
not

deer?
near.

IV. Sc.

Act

stillwrangle with

You

Mar.

at the

Boyet.
was

So

was

was

come

Thou

An

:
an

have
old

when

King Pepin of
touching the hit it?

I may

thee with

answer

she strikes

I hit her

saying,that

France

one

as

was

now

121

old, that

when

Queen Guinover of Britain

littlewench, as touching the hit it.
woman

canst

not
not

canst

An

Boyet

her, Boyet, and

thee with

upon

man

Thou

Ros.

'S LOST

brow.

littleboy, as

Boyet

LABOUR

she herself is hit lower

But

Shall I

Ros,

LOVE'S

1.

I cannot,

hit it,hit it,hit it.

hit it,my
good man.
cannot,

cannot,

I cannot, another

129

[Exeunt Ros. and Kath,

Cost. By my troth,most
pleasant: how both did fit it !
A mark
marvellous
well shot, for they both did
Mar.
can.

hit it.

Boyet. A mark ! O,
lady !
my
Let the mark

but that mark

mark

have

prick in 't,to

mete

mark,

says

at, if it may

be.
! i' faith,your

o' the bow-hand

Mar.

Wide

Cost.

Indeed, a'

shoot

must

nearer,

or

hand

is out.

he '11 ne'er hit the

clout.
be out, then belike your hand is in.
Cost. Then will she get the upshoot by cleavingthe pin.
Mar.
Come, come, you talk greasily; your lipsgrow foul.

Boyet. An

Cost.

if my

She 's too

to

hand

hard

for you

at

pricks,sir : challengeher

bowl.

I fear too

140

Good

much

rubbing.
night,my good
owl.
[Exeunt Boyet and Maria.
Cost. By my soul,a swain ! a most
simple clown !

Boyet.

Lord, Lord, how the ladies and I have put him down !
O' my
sweet
troth,most
jests!most incony vulgar
wit!
60

LABOUR

LOVE'S
When

it

comes

him

see

To

side, O,

one

walk

it

obscenely,as

before

lady and

to

how

and

dainty man

most

"

kiss his hand!

him

see

IV. Sc. ii.

fit.

o' th'

Armado

Act

smoothly off, so

so

so

were,

To

'S LOST

bear her fan !

sweetly a'

most

will swear!
And

o' t' other side,that handful

his page

it is

Ah, heavens,
Sola, sola !

[Shout

nit!
pathetical

most

within,

Scene
The
Enter
Nath,

reverend

Very

testimonyof
HoL

deer was, as you

ripeas the pomewater,
the

the heaven

Dull.

done

in the

know, sanguis,in blood;

who

hangeth

now

of caelo, the

ear

and

same.

conscience.

The

jewel in

IL

sport, truly; and

good

150

[Exit Costard^ running.

Sir Nathaniel, and

Holofernes,

of wit !

sky, the welkin,

falleth like

anon

like

crab

on

the

face of terra, the soil,the land, the earth.

Nath,
Holofernes, the epithetsare
Truly, Master

sweetly varied, like

sir,I assure
ye, it was
EIol, Sir Nathaniel, hand
Dull,
Hoi,

'Twas
Most

not

buck

at the

it were,

credo.

credo ; 'twas
intimation ! yet
in

least: but,

of the first head.

baud

barbarous
as

scholar

via,in

way,

pricket.

a
a

kind of insinuation,
of

explication
;

facere,as it were, replication,

or, rather, ostenafter his
tare, to show, as it were, his inclination,
undressed, unpolished, uneducated, unpruned,
untrained, or, rather, unlettered,or, ratherest
61

10

LOVE'S

IV. Sc. ii.

Act

unconfirmed
for

credo

fashion, to insert again

20

not

was

hand

credo ; 'twas

pricket.
Twice-sod
simpHcity,bis coctus
O thou monster
Ignorance, how

HoL

hand

my

deer.

I said the deer

DtilL

'S LOST

LABOUR

!
deformed

dost

thou

look!

Sir, he hath

A^ath,

in

book

he hath
"

drunk

not

ink

eat

such

barren

Which

it would

or

But

Many
Dull.

You
What

HoL

not

is

in the duller parts :

before us, that

we

feelingare, for those parts

us

than he.

more

to

me

30

be vain, indiscreet,

fool.

school

patch

set

on

learning,to

see

him

in

bene, say

can

brook

two

are

was

weeks

he hath

replenished; he

set

ill become

there

omne

and

fructifyin

as

were

were

be.

of taste

we

that do

So

plantsare

should

thankful

For

it

as

paper,

his intellect is not

bred

are

animal, only sensible

only an
And

fed of the dainties that

never

I ;

being of
:

can

you

tell me

the wind.

by

your

old at Cain's birth,that 's not

month

old

that love not

the weather

book-men

old father's mind.

an

wit

five

yet ?

as

Dictynna, goodman

Dull;

Dictynna, goodman

Dull.
Dull.

What

N^ath, A
Hoi.

The

is Dictynna ?

title to Phoebe, to Luna, to the

moon

was

month

old

moon.

when

Adam

was

no

to

score.
five-

more.

And

raught

not

to

five weeks

when

he

came

41
The

allusion holds

in the
62

exchange.

LOVE'S
'Tis

Dull.

'S LOST

LABOUR

indeed;

true

the

Act

collusion

holds

IV. Sc. ii.

in

the

change.
ex-

thy capacity! I say, the allusion

holds in the exchange.
in the exI say, the poUusion holds
Dull. And
change;
comfort

God

HoL

for
old:

the

I say

and

is

moon

never

that, 'twas

beside

but
a

month

pricket that

the

princess killed.
Sir Nathaniel, will you
hear
HoL
an
extemporal 50
of the deer?
the death
And, to
epitaph on
humour
the ignorant,call I the deer the princess
killed a pricket.
it
Nath.
so
Perge, good Master Holofernes, perge;
shall please you to abrogate scurrility.
Hoi. I will something affect the letter,for it argues

facility.
The

preyful princesspierced and prickeda pretty

pleasingpricket;

Some

say

with

sore

but not

sore,

till now

made

sore

shooting.

The

dogs did yell: put l to sore, then sorel jumps

60
from thicket;
Or pricketsore, or else sorel ; the people fall a-hooting.
If sore
makes
be sore, then l to sore
one
fiftysores
sorel.
Of

one

more

Dull.

{Aside}
him

This

is

hundred

make

by adding but

one

talent !

rare

claws

an

l.

Nath,

HoL

sore

If

with

be

talent
a

claw, look

how

he

talent.
I

have, simple, simple; a

foolish extravagant spirit,
full of forms, figures,
shapes, objects,ideas, apprehensions,motions,
a

gift that

IV. Sc. ii.

Act

revolutions

LOVE'S
these

memory,

delivered

and
But

the

and

in the
the

upon

thankful

am

and

you,

their
:

you

you

pia

70

mater,

occasion.
it is acute,

for it.
for

for their

parishioners
;

of

mellow^ingof

Sir,I praisethe Lord

Nath.

w^omb

in those in v^hom

giftis good

'S LOST

in the ventricle of

begot

are

nourished

LABOUR

you

sons

are

and

so

may
w^ell tutored

daughters profit very

are
a
good member

my

by

der
greatlyun-

of the

com-

monw^ealth.
HoL

Mehercle, if their

be

ingenuous,they shall
if their daughters be
them : but vir sapitqui

sons

instruction ;
capable,I w^illput it to
w^ant

no

pauca

loquitur;
Enter

God

Jaq.
HoL

soul feminine

Jaquenetta and

saluteth

should

be

us.

Costard.

Parson.

give you

Master

80

master
good morrov^,
Parson, quasi pers-on.
pierced,w^hich is the one?

An

if

one

schoolmaster, he that is likest

Marry, master
to a hogshead.
Hoi. Piercing a hogshead ! a good lustre of conceit
in a turf of earth ; fire enough for a flint,
pearl
enough for a swine : 'tis pretty ; it is well.
Parson, be so good as read me
Jaq. Good master
this letter : it was
given me by Costard, and sent
Cost.

me

Hoi.

from

Don

Armado

Ruminat,

Mantuan
doth

"

I may

of Venice

I beseech

gelida quando

Fauste, precor
umbra

and

pecus

so

forth.

speak

of thee

read

you,

omne

non

as

the traveller

ti vede

64

non

sub

Ah, good old

Venetia, Venetia,
Chi

it.

ti pretia.

90

LOVE'S

LABOUR

Old

'S LOST

Mantuan, old

! who

Mantuan

thee not, loves thee not.

Under
pardon, sir,what
Horace

rather, as

Ay sir,and
Let

HoL

understandeth

re,

are

the

contents?

What,

"

lOO

sol,la,mi, fa.

Ut,
in his

says

IV. Sc. ii.

or

soul,

my

verses

Nath.

Act

me

very

hear

learned.

staff,a stanze,

lege,

verse;

domine.

[Reads]

Nath.

If love make

to love?
forsworn, how shall I swear
faith could hold, if not to beauty vow'd !
Ah, never
Though to myself forsworn, to thee I '11faithful prove ;
Those thoughts to me
were
oaks, to thee Hke osiers
me

bow'd.

Ill

Study his bias leaves,and makes his book thine

Where
all those pleasureslive that art would

eyes.
prehend
com-

If

knowledge be the mark,

Well

learned

commend

is that

to

thee shall suffice ;

know

that

tongue

well

thee

can

All

ignorantthat soul that sees thee without wonder ;

Which
is to me
some
praise that I thy parts ad-^
mire

Thy

eye

ful
Jove'slightningbears, thy voice his dread-

thunder.
Which, not to anger
Celestial
That

as

bent,is music and sweet fire.

thou art, O, pardon love this wrong,
120

sings heaven's

praise with

such

an

earthly

tongue.
Hoi.

You

find not

accent

let me

only numbers
and
facility,
Ovidius

Naso

and
apostrophas,
supervisethe canzonet.
the

but, for

ratified ;

golden cadence

of

the

and

was

man:

65

so

the

miss

the

Here

are

elegancy,

poesy,

caret.

why, indeed,

Act

IV. Sc. ii.

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Naso, but for smellingout the odoriferous

ers
flow-

Imitari is
fancy,the jerks of invention?
nothing : so doth the hound his master, the ape
his keeper,the tired horse his rider.
But, damothis directed to you ?
sella virgin,was
Monsieur
Biron, one of the
Jaq, Ay, sir,from one
strange queen's lords.
I will overglance the superscript
HoL
the
To
:
snow-white
hand
of the most
beauteous
Lady
I will look again on
Rosaline.'
the intellect of
of

130

'

the letter,for the nomination

'

Your
the person
written unto :
in all desired
employment, Biron.''

to

Nathaniel, this
the

of the party writing

king;

Biron

is

Sir

of the votaries with

one

here he hath

and

ship's
lady-

framed

sequent of the stranger queen's,which

letter to

140

tally,
acciden-

ried.
by the way of progression,hath miscarTrip and go, my sweet ; deliver this paper
of the king: it may
the royal hand
cern
congive
much.
Stay not thy compliment; I forthy duty : adieu.
or

into

Good

Jaq,

Costard, go with

me.

Sir, God

save

{Exeunt

Cost, and

your

life!
Cost.
Nath,

Have

Sir, you
very

HoL

thee, my

with

have

Sir,tell not

me

Marvellous
I do dine

of mine
you

to

fear of

God, 150
certain father saith,

this in the
as

Jaq.

"

able
of the father ; I do fear colourdid
But to return
to the verses:

they pleaseyou.
HoL

done

religiously
; and,
colours.

Nath.

girl.

Sir Nathaniel

well

to-day at

for the pen.

the father's of

certain

where, if,before repast, it shall

gratifythe

table with
66

grace,

pupil
please

I will, on

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Act IV. Sc. iii.

privilegeI have with the parents of

child or pupil,undertake
your ben

my

the foresaid

I will prove
those verses
to be very
neither savouring of poetry, wit,
invention : I beseech your society.
where

And

Nath.

thank

is the
HoL

you

too

happinessof

saith
society,

for

i6o

venuto;
learned,
unnor

the text,

life.

concludes
And, certes, the text most
infallibly
it. [To Dull] Sir,I do invite you too ; you shall
not

me

say

nay

gentles are

at

verba.

pauca

and

their game,

Away

will to

we

Scene
The

Enter

IIL
same.

Biron, with

paper.

ing
king he is hunting the deer ; I am coursmyself: they have pitched a toil; I am
toilingin a pitch, pitch that defiles : defile !

The

"

foul word.
so

169

our

{Exeunt.

recreation.

Biron.

the

Well,

is as

well

mad

thee

down,

the fool said,and

they say

fool

set

proved, wit

sorrow

! for

I, and I the
By the Lord, this love

so

say

Ajax : it kills sheep ; it kills me, I a

sheep: well proved again o' my side! I will not
love : if I do, hang me ; i' faith,I will not.
O,
but her eye,
by this Hght, but for her eye, I
as

"

would

love

not

her;

yes,

for

her

two

eyes.

Well, I do nothing in the world but lie,and lie

in my throat.
By heaven, I do love : and it hath

taught me
here is

rhyme, and to
part of my rhyme,
to

67

be
and

melancholy ;
here

my

and

melan-

10

Act

LOVE'S

IV. Sc. iii.

choly. Well, she hath

'S LOST

o' my
ready
alsonnets
bore it,the fool sent it,and the

the clown

LABOUR

one

fool,sweetest
lady hath it ; sweet clown, sweeter
lady ! By the world, I would not care a pin, if
the other three

give him

God

paper

in.

were

Enter

the

Here
to

grace

King,

comes

with

20

[Stands aside.

groan

with

one

paper.

King. Ay me!
Biron.
[Aside] Shot, by heaven ! Proceed, sweet
Cupid; thou hast thumped him with thy birdbolt under

In

the left pap.

faith,secrets

King. [Reads]
So

kiss the

golden sun gives not

To those fresh morning drops upon
the rose,
As thy eye-beams, when
their fresh rays have smote
flows ;
The night of dew that on my cheeks down
Nor shines the silver moon
half so bright
one
30
Through the transparent bosom of the deep.
As doth thy face through tears of mine give light;
sweet

shinest in every
drop but as a coach

Thou
No

So
Do

ridest thou

but behold

that I do weep
doth carry thee ;
tear

triumphing

in my

woe.

that swell in me.

the tears

they thy glory through my griefwill show

But do not love thyself; then thou wilt keep
My tears for glasses,and stillmake we weep.
And

queen

No

of queens

thought

How

shall
paper

Sweet

can

she

far dost thou

! how

think, nor
know

my

excel,

tongue of mortal

griefs?

I '11

40

tell.

drop the

:
"

leaves,shade folly. Who

is he

comes

here ?

[Stepsaside.
68

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Act

IV. Sc. iii.

What, Longaville! and reading ! listen,ear.

fool appear
Biron'. Now, in thy Hkeness, one
more

Longaville,with

Enter

Long, Ay me,
Biron. Why,

forsworn

am

he

paper.

!
like

in

comes

perjure,wearing

papers.

King,
Biron,

In

love, I hope:

One

I the firstthat have

I could

put thee

I know

of the

loves another

drunkard

Long, Am
Biron,

fellowshipin

sweet

shame!

name.

perjuredso?

been

in comfort.

Not

by

50
two

that

triumviry,the corner-cap of society,

The shape of Love's Tyburn that hangs up simplicity.
makest

Thou

the

Long, I fear these stubborn

O

sweet

O, rhymes

Disfigurenot
Long.
Did

not

the

my

guards
his slop.
are

This

the world
heart

to

Vows

for thee broke

woman

I forswore

to

move.

in prose.

write

Cupid's hose

wanton

on

shall go.
[Reads,
of thine eye,

same

heavenly rhetoric

'Gainst whom
Persuade

empress

will I tear, and

numbers

These
Biron,

Maria,

lines lack power

of my
love !

hold

cannot

argument,

60

this false
deserve

perjury?
not punishment.

but I will prove.

goddess, I forswore not

Thou

thee :
being a
was
My vow
earthly,thou a heavenly love ;
all disgracein me.
Thy grace being gain'dcures

Vows

are

Then

but breath,and

thou, fair

sun,

breath

which

Exhalest

this vapour-vow
If broken then, it is no

69

on

; in

is :

vapour

my

earth dost shine,

thee it is :

fault of mine

70

LOVE'S

Act IV. Sc. iii.

If

by

broke, what

me

lose

To
Biron,

This

is the

green

goose

amend

God

fool is not

oath to win

an

'S LOST

LABOUR
wise

so

paradise?

which makes
liver-vein,
a goddess : pure,
pure

us,

God

amend

we

flesh

deity,
idolatry.
much

are

out

o' the

way.

shall I send

Long. By whom

All hid, all hid, an

this ?

Company ! stay.
[Steps aside.

"

old infant

play.
Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
fools' secrets
wretched
And
heedfullyo'er-eye. 79
sacks to the mill ! O heavens, I have my wish !
More

Biron,

Dum.

most

divine Kate

"a

paper.
in

woodcocks

! four

transformed

Dumain

with

Dumain

Enter

most

amber

Her

Dum.
Biron.
Dum.

hairs for foul hath

amber-colour'd

An

As

Dum.

amber

Stoop, I
shoulder

is with

lie.

quoted.

Ay,

as

some

that I had

days ; but then

my

say;

child.
As

you

upright as the cedar.

Dum.
Biron.

eye !

well noted.

was

raven

Biron.
Her

dish !

!
profane coxcomb
in a mortal
Dum.
By heaven, the wonder
Biron. By earth,she is not, corporal,there

Biron.

fair
no

as

day.

sun

must

shine. 90

wish !

I had mine!
And
Long.
King. And I mine too, good Lord !
Biron. Amen, so I had mine : is not that a good word?
I would
Dum.
forgether ; but a fever she
be.
Reigns in my blood, and will remember'd
70

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

fever in your
Would
let her out

Biron.

Once

Dum.

Dum.

in

why,

saucers

IV. Sc. iii.

then incision

misprision!

: sweet

I '11read the ode that I have

more

Once

Biron.

blood !

Act

I '11mark

more

how

love

can

vary

writ.
wit.

[Reads]
On

alack the

day

"

Love, whose

month

day !

lOO

"

is

ever

May,

Spied a blossom passing fair

air:
Playing in the wanton
Through the velvet leaves, the wind,
All unseen,
find ;
can
passage
That the lover,sick to death.
Wish

the heaven's

himself

breath.

Air, quoth he, thy cheeks may

Air, would I might triumph
But, alack,my hand is sworn
Ne'er

blow

pluck thee from thy

Vow, alack,for youth unmeet,
Youth
so
apt to pluck a sweet
Do
That
Thou

so

to

I lo

thorn ;

call it sin in me.

not

am

forsworn

for thee ;

Jove would swear

Juno but an Ethiope were ;
And
deny himself for Jove,
Turning mortal for thy love.
This

for whom

else

plain,120
That shall express my true love's fastingpain.
O, would the king, Biron, and Longaville,
Were
lovers too!
Ill,to example ill.
Would
from my forehead wipe a perjurednote;
For

will I send

none

offend

and

something

where

more

all alike do dote.

71

Act

LOVE'S

IV. Sc. iii.

'S LOST

LABOUR

Long, [Advancing']Dumain, thy love is far from charity,

That in love's griefdesirest society
:
You
look pale,but I should blush, I know,
may
To be overheard and taken napping so.
King, {Advancing] Come,
case

You

do not

Nor

never

offendingtwice as much
Maria ; Longaville
for her sake compile.

love
sonnet

lay his wreathed arms

His loving bosom, to keep down
in
I have been closelyshrouded
And

marked

I heard

Saw

your

me!

athwart
his heart.
this bush

for you both did blush :

guiltyrhymes, observed your fashion,
both

you

sighs reek

Ay

his your

as

130

chide at him,

never

blush ;

is such;

You

Did

sir,you

and

from

well your passion:

the other cries ;
140

noted

you,

OJove!
One, her hairs were
gold,crystalthe other's eyes
for paradisebreak faith and troth ;
You
would
one;

says

[To Long,
And

Jove, for

love, would

your

oath.

infringean

Dam.

[To
What

will Biron

Faith

infringed,which

that he shall hear

when

say

such

zeal did swear?

How

will he

scorn

How

will he

triumph, leap and

For

all the wealth

I would

Biron,

Now

not

have

that
him

step I forth

to

spend his wit

laugh at it !

will he

! how

ever

know

I did
so

see,

much

by

me.

whip hypocrisy.

150

[Advancing.
Ah, good my liege,I pray thee, pardon
Good
heart, what grace hast thou, thus
These

worms

for

loving,that
72

art

most

me

to

!
reprove

in love?

Your

eyes

There

is

do make

Tush,
But

ashamed

? nay,
to be thus much

not

you

0, what
Of
0

of

scene

the

king

do find in each

beam

like of

but minstrels

All three of you,

You
found his mote
But

; in your

tears

princessthat appears ;
be perjured,'tis a hateful thing;

none

are

coaches

no

IV. Sc. iii.

certain

no

'11 not

You

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

sonneting!
are

not,

you

o'ershot ?
did

mote

your

see

of three.

fooleryhave

I seen,

and of teen !
groans, of sorrow
with what strict patiencehave I sat,
transformed

gnat!
To see great Hercules
whipping a gig,
And
to tune
a jig,
profound Solomon
And
Nestor play at push-pin with the boys,
And
critic Timon
laugh at idle toys !
Where
Ues thy grief,O, tell me, good Dumain?
where
lies thy pain ?
And, gentleLongaville,
And
where my liege's
? all about the breast :
To

see

king

to

170

caudle, ho !
Too

King,
Are

1, that
To

bitter is

betray'dthus

we

Not

Biron,

i6o

sighs,of
me,

you
am

break

but

to me,

to

thy jest.
thy over-view
betray'dby

?
you

honest ; I, that hold it sin

the

vow

am

engaged in

d, by keeping company
betray'
With
like you, men
of inconstancy.
men
When
shall you see me
write a thing in rhyme?
Or groan
for love? or spend a minute's time
In pruning me?
When
shall you hear that I
Will praisea hand, a foot,a face,an
eye,
A gait,a state, a brow, a breast,a waist,
am

7Z

180

Act

IV. Sc. iii.

A

LOVE'S

"

Soft!

true

man

or

I post from

Biron.

Jaq. God
King,

bless the

whither

thief that

love

Enter

fast?

so

away

gallops so?

good lover,let me

Jaquenetta and

go.

Costard,

king!
What

Some

present hast thou

there?

certain treason.
What

King,
Cost,

'S LOST

leg,a limb ?

King,

Cost,

LABOUR

Nay,

makes

treason

here ?

nothing, sir.

it makes

If it mar

King,
The

and

nothing neither, 190

together.
peace away

go in
Jaq. I beseech your grace, let this letter be read :
it ; 'twas treason, he said.
misdoubts
Our parson
treason

you

[Giving him

King, Biron, read it over.

thou

hadst

Where

the paper.

it?

Jaq, Of Costard.
hadst

King, Where
Of

Cost,

Dun

King, How
Biron,

thou

it?

! what

now

toy, my

Adramadio.

Dun

Adramadio,

is in you

Hege,

toy:

[Biron tears the letter.

? why dost thou tear it?
your

grace

needs

fear it.

Long,

It did

hear

move

200

him

passion, and

to

therefore

Biron,

writing,and here is his name.

[Gathering np the pieces,
loggerhead ! you
[To Costard] Ah, you whoreson
were

Guilty,my

King,

let 's

it.

It is Biron's

Dum,

not

born

to

do

shame.

me

lord, guilty!

What?
74

confess, I confess.

^S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S
That

Biron.

Act IV. Sc. lii.

three fools lack'd

you

fool to make

me

the

up

mess:

He, he, and

Are

and

you,

you,

liege,and I,

my

pick-pursesin love,and

deserve

we

to

die.

O, dismiss this audience, and I shall tell you

the number

Now

Dum.

is

even.

Biron.

True, true;

Will

these turtles be

Walk

211

Hence, sirs; away!

folk,and let the traitors stay.

aside the true

Costard

[Exeunt
Sweet

Biron.

As
The

blood

cannot

doth

cross

Therefore

King. What,

flesh and

as

are

will ebb and

sea

Young
We

we

obey an
cause
why

not

the

these

blood

flow, heaven

of all hands
did

and

Jaquenetta.

lovers,O, let us embrace

lords,sweet

true

four.

are

we

gone?

King.
Cost.

more.

must

rent

we

can

be

show

his face ;
old decree :

born ;
be forsworn.
were

we

lines show

love

some

of

thine ?
Biron.

Did

they, quoth you?

Rosaline,
That, like a rude and
At
Bows

savage

man

upon

heavenly

of Inde,

the base

look

the

220

ground with obedient

peremptory eagle-sighted
eye

Dares
That

sees

the first opening of the gorgeous

his vassal head, and strucken
not

Kisses
What

Who

the heaven

of her

east.
blind
breast ?

brow,

majesty?
King. What zeal,what fury hath inspiredthee now
My love,her mistress,is a graciousmoon
;
She an attendingstar, scarce
seen
a
light.
I Biron :
Biron. My eyes are then no eyes, nor
O, but for my love,day would turn to night!
is not

blinded

by

her

75

230

Act IV. Sc. lii.

Of

all
Do

LOVE'S

'S LOST

complexions the cuU'd sovereignty

meet,

Where

at

as

fair,in her fair

several worthies

Where
Lend

LABOUR

make

one

that want

nothing wants

cheek

dignity,
itself doth

seek.

the flourish of all gentletongues,

me

"

Fie, painted rhetoric

O, she

needs

it not

To

things of sale a seller's praisebelongs,

She passes praise; then praisetoo short doth blot.

withered

hermit, five-score winters

241

worn,

Might shake off fifty,

looking in her eye :
Beauty doth varnish age, as if new-born
And
gives the crutch the cradle's infancy:
O, 'tisthe sun that maketh all things shine.
King. By heaven, thy love is black
ebony like her

Is

Biron.

wife of such wood

O, who

give an

can

I may

That

wood

as

ebony.

divine !

felicity.

were

oath ? where

is

book

beauty doth beauty lack,

swear

250

If that she learn not

of her eye to look :

face is fair that is not full so black.

No

King, O paradox ! Black is the badge of hell.

The hue of dungeons and the suit of night;
And
beauty'screst becomes the heavens well.
Biron.

Devils

O,

soonest

if in black

It

And
Her

that

mourns

Should

my

of light.
tempt, resembling spirits
lady'sbrows be deck'd.

paintingand usurping hair

ravish doters

with

therefore is she born

favour

false aspect ;
black fair.
to make

the fashion

260

of the

days,
For native blood is counted paintingnow
;
And
therefore red, that would
avoid dispraise,
Paints

turns

itself black, to imitate her brow.

76

chimney-sweepersblack.
since her time are colliers counted bright.
Ethiopes of their sweet complexion crack.
for dark is light.
needs no candles now,

look like her

To

Dvim,

Long. And
King, And
Dark

Dum.

Your

Biron.

mistresses

King, 'Twere
I '11 find

dare

King.

No

Dum.

should

be wash'd

270

away.

knew

never

talk tilldoomsday here.

frightthee then
hold

man

here 's thy love

O, if the

plain,

yours

her fair,or

devil will

Long. Look,

in rain,

come

never

did ; for,sir,to tell you

fairer face not wash'd to-day.

good,

I '11prove

Biron.

Biron.

are

fear their colours

For

IV, Sc. iii.

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

much

so

vile stuff

dear.

so

foot and

my

she.

as

her face

see.

paved with thine eyes.

Her feet were
much
too dainty for such tread !
Dum.
O vile ! then, as she goes, what upward lies
The

King.
King.

what

were

see

of this ?

Nothing

so

sure

as

are

she walk'd
we

; and

not

overhead.

therebyall forsworn.

leave this chat ; and, good Biron,

lovinglawful, and our faith not torn.

now

prove

for this evil.

flattery
authorityhow to proceed ;
Long. O, some
Some
how to cheat the devil.
tricks,some
quillets,
Some
salve for perjury.
Dum.

Ay,

there ;

280

all in love ?

Then

Our
Dum.

should

street

But

Biron.

streets

marry,

some

Biron.
Have

'Tis
at you,

Consider
To

what

then, affection's
you

first did

fast,to study,and

Flat treason

more

to

see

than

at arms.

men

unto,

swear
no

woman

'gainstthe kingly state

And

fast ? your stomachs

are
abstinence engenders maladies.

And

where

Say, can

you

that you

have
77

vow'd

need.

to

290
;

of

youth.

too

young

study,lords,

LOVE'S

Act IV. Sc. iii.

In that each of you have

and
Can you stilldream
would

when

For

pore

and

lord,or

my

his book,
look?

thereon
you,

or

you,

ground of study'sexcellence
face ?
the beauty of a woman's

Without
From

forsworn

the

found

Have

you,

'S LOST

LABOUR

women's

this doctrine

eyes

I derive

ground, the books, the academes

From
whence
doth spring the true Promethean
Why, universal ploddingprisonsup
in the arteries.
The nimble spirits
As motion and long-during action tires
The sinewy vigour of the traveller.
face.
Now, for not looking on a woman's
They

the

are

And

hg,vein that forsworn

study too, the causer

For

where

You

300

is any

author

the

use

fire.

of eyes

of your vow;
in the world

310

eye?
beauty as a woman's
Learning is but an adjunct to ourself,
And where we are our
learninglikewise is,
such

Teaches

Then
Do

O,

we

likewise

not

made

have

we

And
For

ourselves

when

in that

when

vow

would

we

see

we

our

see

to

vow

in ladies' eyes.

learningthere
study,lords,

have

forsworn

my

liege,or

you,

our

you,

books.
or

you.

contemplationhave found out

the prompting eyes
Such fierynumbers
as
Of beauty'stutors have enrich'd you with ?
Other slow arts entirelykeep the brain ;
And
therefore,findingbarren practisers,
Scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil :
But love,firstlearned in a lady'seyes,

In leaden

Lives

not

in the brain ;

alone immured

78

320

But, with the motion

Courses
And

swift

as

gives to

of all elements,

thought in

as

every

power

their functions

Above

and

power.

every

double

their offices.

lover's

When

ear

Than
Love's
For

sound.

will hear the lowest

soft and

feelingis more
are

suspicioushead of theft is stoppM :

the

Love's

330

power,

preciousseeing to the eye ;

A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind
It adds

IV. Sc. iii.

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

the tender

horns

Love

Subtle

as

Never

durst

in the

Still climbing trees

snails ;

of cockled

dainty Bacchus

tongue proves

valour, is not

sensible

gross

in taste:

Hercules,

Hesperides?

340

sphinx ; as sweet and musical

As brightApollo'slute,strung with his hair ;
And
when Love speaks,the voice of all the gods
heaven
Make
drowsy with the harmony.
^

Until his ink

poet touch

write

to

temper'd with Love's

were

O, then his lines would

And

pen

ravage

savage

sighs;
ears.

plant in tyrants mild humility.

From

women's

eyes

this doctrine

I derive

fire ;
They sparklestillthe rightPromethean
They are the books, the arts, the academes.
That

show, contain and nourish

Else

none

at

all in

aught

proves

all the world

350

excellent.

Then

fools you were

these women
to forswear
;
Or keepingwhat is sworn,
fools.
you will prove
For wisdom's
love ;
sake, a word that all men
Or

for love's sake, a word

Or

for men's

Or

women's

that loves all men

sake, the authors

sake, by whom
79

we

of these
men

are

women
men

Act IV. Sc.

Let

us

Or

lose

LABOUR

'S LOST

oaths to find ourselves,

lose ourselves to keep our
oaths.

once

else

LOVE'S

111.

we

360

our

It is.religion
to be thus

forsworn,
For charityitself fulfilsthe law,

And

who

love from

sever

can

King, Saint Cupid, then

Biron.

Advance

Shall

Biron,

the field !

get the

them, lords ;
upon
! but be first advised,
of them.

sun

plain-dealing
; lay these glozesby :
these girlsof France ?
resolve to woo

we

win

them

too

the

therefore

for them

entertainment

First,from

let us

370

devise

in their tents.

park let us conduct

them

thither ;

attach the hand

every man
his fair mistress : in the afternoon

Then
Of

to

to

King. And
Some

them

with

In conflict that you

Long. Now

and, soldiers

standards, and

your

Pell-mell,down

charity?

homeward

will with

We

Such

as

strange pastime solace them.

some

of the time

the shortness

can

revels,dances, masks and merry

Forerun
fair Love, strewing her way

For

King, Away,
That

away

no

shape ;
hours
with flowers.

time shall be omitted

will betime, and

may

by

us

cockle

380

be fitted.

reapedno corn ;
And
justicealways whirls in equal measure:
forsworn ;
Light wenches may prove plagues to men
If so, our
[Exeunt,
buys no better treasure.
copper

Biron,

AUons

! allons !

Sow'd

80

*S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

ACT

V. Sc. i.

FIFTH.

Scene
The
Enter

Act

same.

Sir

Holof ernes,

Nathaniel,and Dull.

quod sufificit.
I praise God
at
for you, sir: your
Nath.
reasons
dinner have been sharp and sententious ; pleasant
without
scurrility,
witty without affection,
audacious
without
impudency, learned without
verse
opinion,and strange without heresy. I did conthis quondam day with a companion of the
king's,who is intituled,nominated, or called,
Hoi

Satis

Don
HoL

Adriano

Novi

de Armado.

his humour
te:
is
tanquam
lofty,his discourse peremptory, his tongue filed,
hominem

lo

his eye

ambitious, his gait majestical,and his

sonical.
vain, ridiculous,and thrageneral behaviour
He

is too

odd,

too

as

picked, too
it were,

I may
call it.
A most
Nath.
singularand
Hoi.

He
than

draweth

out

the

too

spruce,

too

fected,
af-

as
peregrinate,

choice

epithet.
[Draws out his table-book.
thread of his verbosityfiner

I abhor such
stapleof his argument.
fanatical phantasimes,such in sociable and pointdevise companions ; such rackers of orthography,
he should say doubt ;
to speak dout, fine,when
as
the

det, when
not
d, e,

he should
t:

he

debt, d, e, b, t,
calf,cauf ; half,hauf ;

pronounce

clepetha

"

nebour ; neigh abbreviated ne.

neighbour vocatur
This is abhominable, which
he would
call ab"

81

20

Act

V. Sc.

LOVE'S

1.

bominable

insinuateth

it

domine
intelligis,

Laus

Nath.

Hoi,

LABOUR
of

me

? to make

'S LOST

msanie

ne

frantic,lunatic.

Deo, bene intelligo.

Bon, bon, fort bon ! Priscian

littlescratched ;

'twill serve.

30

Videsne

Nath,
Hoi,

Video,

quis venit ?
gaudeo.

et

Enter

Armado,

Costard,

and

Moth,

Chirrah!

Arm,
Hoi,

[To

Moth,

Quare chirrah,not sirrah ?

Arm.

Men

Hoi,

Most

of peace,

well encountered.

militarysir,salutation.
Moth,
[Aside to Costard']They have been at a great
feast of languages,and stolen the scraps.
Cost, O, they have lived long on the alms-basket
of
words.
I marvel thy master
hath not eaten thee
for a word ; for thou art not so long by the head
honorificabilitudinitatibus

as

swallowed

than

Peace!

Moth,

the

Monsieur,

Moth,

Yes,

he

on

art

easier

peal begins.

[To HoL]
What

thou

flap-dragon.

Arm,

yes;

40

is a, b,
his head?

are

teaches

you

not

lettered?

boys the

spelt backward, with

with a horn added.

Ba, pueritia,
Moth,
Ba, most
sillysheep with a horn.

horn-book.
the

horn

Hoi,

You

hear

his

Hoi,

learning.
Quis,quis,thou consonant?
The

Moth,

them
Hoi,

five vowels, if you

if I.
the fifth,

third
;

or

of the

I will repeat them,

"

a, e,

82

i,
"

repeat

50

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

sheep :
Now, by the

Arm.

snap,

quick and

"

o,

u.

of the Mediterraneum,

wave

quick

it,

home

of

venue

! it

wit, snip,
"

intellect:

rejoiceth
my

60

wit !

true

Offered

Moth.

salt

touch,

sweet

concludes

the other two

The

Moth,

V. Sc. i.

Act

by

child to

which

old man;

an

is

wit-old.
What

Hoi.
Moth.

is the

what

?
figure

figure?

is the

Horns.
Thou

Hoi.

disputestlike

infant:

an

whip thy

go,

gigLend

Moth.

whip
Cost.

about

An

make

one,

circum

circa,
"

but

one

it to

have

discretion.

pleased that

O,

thou

joyfulfather
thou

I will

gig of

world, thou
buy gingerbread: hold, there
penny

in the

I had of
is the very remuneration
thou halfpenny purse
of wit, thou

of

and

horn.

I had

shouldst

to

infamy

your

cuckold's

horn

your

me

wert

wouldst

hast it ad

the

an

but
thou

at
dunghill,

thy master,
pigeon-egg

heavens

were

bastard, what

my

make
the

me

70

Go

so

to ;

ends, as
fingers'

they say.
Hoi.
Arm.

Hoi.
Arm.
Hoi.
Arm.

O, I smell false Latin

dunghillfor unguem.
will be singuled
Arts-man, preambulate, we
from the barbarous.
Do you not educate youth
the top of the mountain
?
at the charge-houseon
Or

mons,

At
I

your

the hill.
sweet

do, sans

pleasure,for

question.

Sir, it is the king's most

affection

the mountain.

to

congratulate the
83

pleasure and
princess at her

sweet

80

Act

pavilionin
rude
Hoi

posteriorof

the

and

apt, I do

assure

Sir, the king is

familiar, I do
beseech

culled,chose, sweet
sir,I do assure
you.

you,

noble

assure

is inward

what

ye,

between

thee, remember

let it pass.

thy courtesy
and

serious

most

gentleman, and
very good friend:
us,

thee, apparel thy head:

and

most

is well

word

the

the

day, which

sir, 90
generous
ternoon
for the afmeasurable

day,

liable,congruent and
:

this

call the afternoon.

multitude

The
is

Arm,

of
posteriors

the

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

V. Sc. i.

among

designs,and

my
for
I

do

I beseech

other

portant
im-

of great

import, indeed, too, but let that pass : for I must

tell thee, it will please his grace, by the world,
sometime
to lean upon
shoulder, and
poor
my
with his royal finger,thus, dally with my
ment,
excrewith my
mustachio; but, sweet
heart, let
fable:
that pass.
no
By the world, I recount
certain special honours
it pleaseth his
some
greatness to impart to Armado, a soldier,a man
of travel,that hath seen
the world ; but let that
The
heart,
pass.
very all of all is, but, sweet
I do implore secrecy,
that the king would
have
me
chuck, with some
present the princess,sweet
delightfulostentation,or show, or pageant, or
antique,or firework.
Now, understandingthat
the curate
and your sweet
self are
good at such
eruptionsand sudden breaking out of mirth, as
it were,
I have
acquainted you withal, to the

100

"

"

end
HoL

to

crave

Sir, you
Worthies.

assistance.

your

shall

Sir,

present
as

before

her

concerning some
84

the

Nine

entertain-

no

LABOUR

LOVE'S

'S LOST

of time, some

ment

show

Act V. Sc. i.
the posteriorof this
assistants,at the

in

120

day, to be rendered by our

illustrate,
king'scommand, and this most gallant,
and learned gentleman, before the princess; I
so

none

say

fit as

will you
present them?
Where

Nath.

Hoi.

present the Nine

to

find

Worthies.

worthy enough

men

to

Joshua, yourself; myself and this gallant

gentleman, Judas Maccabaeus; this swain,
because
of his great limb or
joint,shall pass
Pompey the Great; the page, Hercules,
130
Pardon, sir ; error : he is not quantityenough
for that Worthy's thumb:
he is not so big as
"

Arm.

of his club.

the end
Shall

HoL

I have

he

audience?

in

minority:
stranglinga snake ;

his enter
and

shall present Hercules

and exit shall be

I will have

apology

an

for that purpose.

An

Moth.

excellent

audience
!

Hoi.
Moth.
Arm.
Hoi.
Arm.

Hoi.

For

may

thou

now

to

to

of

any

Well

the

cules
done, Her-

snake !

the

offence

an

the grace

the rest

cry,

crushest

make

if

so,
''

hiss,you

the way
few have
Arm.

device!

"

that is 140

gracious,though

do it.

of the Worthies

?
"

I will

play three myself.

Thrice-worthygentleman!

Shall I tell you

We

thing?

attend.

We

will have, if this

beseech you, follow.

Via, goodman Dull!

fadge not,

thou

all this while.

85

hast

an

antique. I

spoken

no

word

150

LOVE'S

Act V. Sc. ii.

Dull,

understood

Nor

'S LOST

LABOUR

neither,sir.
Allons ! we
will employ thee.
HoL
in a dance, or so ; 'or I will play
Dull. I '11make
one
On
the tabor to the Worthies, and let them
dance
the hay.
HoL
Most dull,honest Dull ! To our
sport, away !
[Exeunt.
none

Scene
The
Enter
Prin.

the

IL

same.

Princess,Katharine, Rosaline,and Maria,

Sweet

hearts,we shall be rich ere we depart,

in :
If fairingscome
thus plentifully
A lady wall'd about with diamonds
!
Look
the loving king.
you what I have from
Ros. Madam,
came
nothing else along with that?
Prin, Nothing but this ! yes, as much
love in rhyme
As

would

sheet of paper,

sides the leaf,margent

That

he

fain to seal

Kath,

Ros,

in

o' both

That
For

Kath.

up

Writ

Ros,

Ros.

be cramm'd

was

shrewd

all,

Cupid's name.
his godhead

the way
to make
he hath been five thousand
was

Ay, and
You

on

and

years

unhappy gallows

'11ne'er be friends with

him

wax,

lo

boy.
too.

a' killed your

ter.
sis-

melancholy, sad, and heavy;

And
she died : had she been light,
like you,
so
Of such a merry,
nimble, stirringspirit.
She might ha' been a grandam ere she died :
And
so
may
you ; for a lightheart lives long.
of this light
What
's your
dark meaning, mouse,
He

made

her

word?
Kath.

lightcondition

in

86

beauty dark.

20

need

We

Ros.

Therefore

Look, what

Ros,

So

Kath,

do not

Ros,

Indeed

Kath,

You
Great

Ros,
Prin,

lightto find your meaning out.

the lightby taking it in snuff ;
'11darkly end the argument.
for you

you,

weigh
weigh me
reason

do it stilli'th' dark.

do, you

you

not

for

"

and

you,

not

lightwench.
therefore light.

are

O, that 's you

past

care

Who

bandied

it? and

sent

what

T would
if my

face

but

were

were

am

the fairest

compared

to

O, he hath drawn

fair

as

Prin,

goddess on

as

30

you

knew

the

picturein

yours.

too,

ground :

twenty thousand
my

fairs.

his letter!

Any thing like?

Much

in the letters ;

nothing in the praise.

Prin, Beauteous
as
ink; a good conclusion.
Kath, Fair as a text B in a copy-book.
ho ! let me
Ros, 'Ware
not die your
debtor,
pencils,
My red dominical, my golden letter :
Ros,

O
Kath,

that your face were

full of O's !
not
so
A pox of that jest! and I beshrew
all shrows.

Prin,

But, Katharine, what

Dumain

Kath.

Madam,

this

to

you

from

send

you

twain?

fair

glove.
Did

Yes, madam,
Seme

sent

was

40

Prin,
Kath,

me.

play'd.

as
My favour were
great ; be witness this.
Nay, I have verses
too, I thank Biron :
The numbers
the numbering
true ; and, were

for

is it?

Ros,
An

not

is stillpast care.'

cure

both ; a set of wit well

But, Rosaline,you have a favour too ;
Well

V. Sc. ii.

more

'11 mar

You

Kath,

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

thousand

and,
verses

he not

moreover.

of

87

faithful lover,

50

V. Sc. ii.

Act

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

huge translation of hypocrisy,

Vilely compiled, profound simplicity.
This and these pearlsto me
sent
Longaville:
The letter is too long by half a mile.

Mar,

I think

Prin.

The

less.

no

chain

Dost

thou

not

wish

in heart

longer and the letter short?

Mar.
Ay, or I would these hands might never
part.
Prin. We
wise
mock
to
lovers
are
our
so.
girls
fools to purchase mocking so.
Ros. They are worse
That
O

were

Biron

same

that I knew

And
And

he

I would

How

I '11torture

I go

60

but in

by the week !
fawn, and beg, and seek,

were

make

ere

him

wait the season,

and observe the times.
spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes,

And

shape his service wholly to my bests.

And
him proud to make
make
me
proud that jests!
So perttaunt-like
I o'ersway his state,
would
That
Prin,

be my

fool,and

I his fate.

surelycaught, when they are catch'd,

in wisdom
As wit turned fool : folly,
hatched,
70
Hath wisdom's
and the help of school,
warrant
None

And
Ros,

he should

The

are

so

wit's

own

blood

grace

of

to

grace

youth burns

not

learned
with

such

fool.
excess

As

revolt to wantonness.
gravity's
Mar.
Folly in fools bears not so strong a note
wit doth dote ;
As fooleryin the wise, when
thereof it doth apply
Since all the power
in simplicity.
To prove, by wit, worth
Prin. Here comes
Boyet, and mirth is in his face.

Enter

Boyet, O, I
grace

am

stabb'd

Boyet.

with

?
88

laughter! Where's

her

LOVE'S
Prin,

LABOUR

Thy

'S LOST

Boyet ?

news,

Prepare, madam,

Boyet.
Arm, wenches,

Against your
Armed
Or

peace

hide your

heads

Saint Denis

Prin.

! encounters

arm

Love

doth

defence

own

like cowards, and

Cupid ! What
charge their breath againstus ?

That

are

approach disguised,
surprised:
;

flyhence.

Saint

to

8i

prepare!

mounted

in arguments ; you '11be

your wits ; stand in your

Muster

V. Sc. ii.

Act

they

are

say, scout, say.

Boyet. Under the cool shade of a sycamore

I thought to close mine eyes some
half an hour
When, lo ! to interruptmy purposed rest,
Toward
The

that shade

And

90

bear

might behold addrest

his companions : warily
neighbour thicket by,

king and

I stole into

overheard

what

you

shall overhear;

That, by and by, disguisedthey will be here.

Their

herald

That

well

Action
'

is

by

and

pretty knavish

did

accent

page,

his

heart hath conn'd

embassage:

they teach him there

'

speak,'and thus thy body

And
and anon
ever
they made a doubt
Presence
majesticalwould put him out;
For,' quoth the king, an angel shalt thou see
Yet fear not thou, but speak audaciously.'
The boy replied, An angel is not evil ;
Thus

thou

must

'

loi

'

'

I should

With

fear'd her, had

that, all laugh'd, and

shoulder.

Making
One

have

the bold

rubb'd

better

wag

his elbow

speechwas

she been

devil.'

clapped him

on

by their praisesbolder
thus, and fleer'd and
never

89

spoke before

the

swore

1 10

Act

V. Sc, ii.

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Another, with his fingerand his thumb,

what will come
Cried, Via ! we will do 't come
;
and cried, All goes well ;'
The third he caper'd,
'

'

'

fourth turned

The

the toe, and

on

With

that,they all did tumble

With

such

That

zealous

down

he fell.

the

ground.
profound.

on

laughter,so

in this

spleen ridiculous appears.

To check their folly,
passion'ssolemn tears.
Prin. But what, but what, come
they to visit us?
Boyet They do, they do
Like
Their
And

Muscovites

Unto

and

parle,to

And

I guess.

as

and

court

his several mistress,which

will

120

dance;

his love-feat will advance

one

By favours several which

Prin.

apparelFd thus,

are

Russians,

or

is to

purpose
every

they '11 know

they did bestow.

they so? the gallantsshall be tasked;

will every one

be mask'd ;
And
of them shall have the grace,
not a man
Despite of suit,to see a lady'sface.

For, ladies,we

Hold, Rosaline, this favour

thou

And

thee for his dear ;

then the

king will

court

sweet, and

Hold, take thou this,my

So shall Biron
And

change

Woo
Come

Ros,

But

Kath.

Prin.

The

They
And

To

you

favours

too

then ;

the favours

in this

wear

changing what

efifectof my
do it but in

mocking
is

several counsels

loves mistook, and

cross

merriment

most

in

90

be mock'd

sight.

intent ?

theirs

only my intent.
shall
they unbosom
so

loves

removes.

is your

intent is to

for mock

thine.

shall your

so

by these

on,

give me

130

for Rosaline.

me

contrary, deceived

mock

Their

take

shalt wear,

withal

140

LABOUR

LOVE'S

occasion

Upon

the next

With

to
visagesdisplayed,

shall

But

Ros,
Prin,

No,

that

talk and

will not

V. Sc. ii.

meet,

we

dance, if they desire

we

the death, we

to

Act

'S LOST

greet.
to

us

move

't?
foot

penned speech render we no grace ;

her face.
But while ^tis spoke each turn away
Boyet, Why, that contempt will kill the speaker'sheart,
And
from his part.
quitedivorce his memory
150
Nor

their

to

Therefore

Prin.

The

doubt
I do it ; and I make
no
will ne'er come
in,if he be out.

rest

There
To

's

make

sport

theirs ours,

So shall
And

such

no

as

and

The

ours

trumpet sounds

be mask'd

All hail,the richest beauties

Boyet,

Beauties

Moth.

Biron.

richer than

no

holy parcelof the

[The
turn'd their

[Aside to Moth]
That

Moth,

with

shame.

sounds

within.

ladies mask.

music ; Moth;
the King, Biron,
Dumain, in Russian habits and masked.

Moth.

ever

with

Longaville,and

That

own

ers
; the mask-

[The

Blackamoors

our

"

on

the earth !
"

rich taffeta.

fairest dames.
ladies turn
backs

Their

160

their backs

to mortal

"

eyes,

to

him.

views !

their
villain,

turn'd their eyes to mortal

ever

eyes.

views !
"

Out"

Boyet. True;

indeed.

out

Out

Moth.

Not
Biron.

game,

depart away
[Trumpet

come.

Enter

but

none

stay, mocking intended

we

they,well mock'd,

Boyet.

sport by sport overthrown

of your
to behold

vouchsafe
favours, heavenly spirits,

"

[Aside to Moth]

Once
91

to

behold, rogue.

Act V. Sc. ii.

Once

Moth.

behold

to

with

LOVE'S

sun-beamed

your

sun-beamed

your

Boyet, They will

with

'S LOST

LABOUR

eyes

eyes,

"

that

epithet;
170
You
best
call
it
were
daughter-beamed eyes/
Moth,
They do not mark me, and that brings me out.
Biron. Is this your perfectness ? be gone, you rogue !
[Exit Moth.
would
these strangers? know
Ros. What
their minds,
Boyet :
If they do speak our
language, 'tis our will
That some
their purposes
recount
:
plain man
Know
what they would.
Boyet, What would you with the princess?
not

to

answer

'

Biron.

but peace and gentlevisitation.

would
they, say they?

Nothing
What

Ros.

180

Boyet, Nothing but peace and gentlevisitation.

Ros. Why, that they have ; and bid them so be gone.
Boyet. She says, you have it,and you may be gone.

King. Say
To

tread

tread

It is not

Ros,

Is in
The

Boyet,
And
How
Biron,

Ask

so.

mile

one

measure

If to

come

many

her

many

miles

this grass.
measured
many

they have

measure

measured

with

measure

say, that

Boyet, They
To

have

her, we

to

with you
them how

on

this grass.
inches
many

they have measured

many,
is easilytold.
then of one
:

if

fillup

inches doth

Tell her, we

them

measure

one

by

miles,
tell

mile.
weary

steps.

weary

steps,

Boyet, She hears herself.

Ros.

How
Of
Are

many

weary

numbered

mile

on

hither you have measured

miles, the princessbids you

many

many

miles you have o'ergone,

in the travel of one
mile ?
92

190

LOVE'S

LABOUR
number

We

Biron.

That

we

nothingthat

show

to

of your
worship it.

we,

My

King. Blessed

clouds, to do

are

vain

Thou

but
request'st
in

King, Then,
Thou

our

bid'st

beg :

me

Not

yet !

Will

dance !

no

face,

too.

thy stars, to shine.

watery eyne.
greater matter ;
our

in the water.

moonshine

change.

one

this

begging is not strange. 210

Nay, you must do it soon.
[Music plays.
Thus change I like the moon.

dance?

not

you

200

do but vouchsafe

measure

Play, music, then !

King.

you

such clouds do !

as

upon

! beg
petitioner

now

clouded

and these

Vouchsafe, brightmoon,
Those clouds removed,

Ros.

V. Sc. ii.

accompt.

the sunshine

like savages, may

face is but a moon,
and

That

spend for

we

do it stillwithout

may

Vouchsafe

Ros.

Act

duty is so rich,so infinite,

Our

Ros.

'S LOST

How

come

thus

you

estranged?
Ros.

You

King.

the

Our

ears

vouchsafe

take

we

legsshould do it.
here by chance.
come
We

We

can

hearts ; and

King. Prize
Your

King.

of this

afford
you

no

measure

at such

more

to

the

so

yourselves: what

absence

will not

dance.

hands, then ?

Only

Curtsey,sweet
King. More measure

to it.

your

Since you are strangers,and

We '11not be nice : take hands.

Ros.

Ros.

changed.

it.
But

King. Why

Ros.

she 's

now

stillshe is the moon,

and I the man.
music plays; vouchsafe
motion
some

King.
Ros.

full,but

at

moon

Yet

The
Ros.

took

part friends

93

can

nice.

price.
buys your
a

only.
That

ends.

measure

be not

: 220

never

be.

company

Act

LOVE'S

V. Sc. ii.
Then

Ros.

cannot

Twice

deny
private,then.

In

to

and

half

White-handed

best

am

'S LOST
adieu ;

so,
to

once

dance, let 's hold

King.
Biron.

bought

visor, and

your

If you

King,
Ros,

to

be

we

LABOUR

you.

chat.

more

pleased with that.

[They converse
apart.

mistress,

word

sweet

one

with

thee.

Honey, and milk, and sugar; there is three.

Biron. Nay then, two treys, an if you grow
so
nice,
Metheglin, wort, and malmsey: well run, dice!

Prin.

There

's half-a-dozen

sweets.

Seventh

Prin.
Since
One

Biron.

cog, I '11play no

can

you

word

Prin.
Thou

sweet, adieu;
with

more

Let it not

grievestmy

be sweet.

gall.
Gall!

Prin.

bitter.
Therefore

Biron.

[They
Will

Dum.

with

vouchsafe

you

to

me

Fair

Dum.

Take

word

change a

"

Say you
fair lady.

that for your

so

! Fair lord,

Please

Dum.
in

much

"

it you,

Kath.

What,

Long.

I know

Kath.

Long.

You

was

your

for your
have

would

vizard

the reason,
reason
a

double

afford my

made

lady,why
!

240

I '11bid adieu.

private,and

[They

And

apart.

converse

lady,

Mar.

As

meet.

it.

Name

Alar.

you.

in secret.

"

Biron.

231

converse

without
you

sir ;
quickly,

tongue ?

ask.
I

long.

tongue within your

speechlessvizard
94

apart.

mask,

half.

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Act V. Sc. ii.

'

Is not
veal
Veal, quoth the Dutchman.
Long. A calf,fair lady !
Kath.
No, a fair lord calf.
Kath,

'

calf?

Let 's part the word.

Long,

all,and
Long. Look, how
Take

Will

Then

Long.

One

Kath.

Bleat

an

prove

die

calf,before

word

The
As

in

horns

your

privatewith

then
softly,

; the butcher

is the razor's
smaller

Cuttinga
Seemeth
Fleeter

the

of

sense

their conference
than

250
mocks !

hears

you

cry.

apart.

converse
are

as

seen

keen

edge invisible.

hair than

sense

arrows,

;
;

be

may

sensible

so

their conceits have

wings

bullets,wind, thought, swifter

261

things.
Not

Ros.

one

word

more,

maids

my

By heaven, all dry-beatenwith

Biron.

do grow.
I die.

ere

you,

tongues of mocking wenches

Above

ox.

butt

you

[They
Boyet.

half

yourselfin these sharp

give horns, chaste lady? do not so.

you

Kath.

it ; it may

wean

be your

I '11 not

No,

Kath.

break
pure

off,break off.
scoff !

King. Farewell, mad wenches ; you have simple wits.

Prin. Twenty adieus, my
frozen Muscovits.
[ExeufitKing, Lords, and Blackamoors.
Are

these the breed

Boyet. Tapers they

are,

of wits
with

so

wonder'd

your

sweet

at

breaths

puff'd

out.

Ros.

wits they have ; gross, gross ; fat,fat.

Well-liking
Prin. O poverty in wit, kingly-poorflout !
Will they not, think you, hang themselves
to-night?
Or
This
Ros.

but in vizards,show their faces?

out of countenance
quite.
pert Biron was
ever,

O, they were

all in lamentable
95

cases.

271

Act V. Sc.
The

king

Biron

Mar.

Dumain

himself

swear

at

was

point,quoth

And

trow

word.

good

of all suit.

out

mute.

o'er his heart;

came

he call'd

what

you

'S LOST

service,and his sword

my
I ; my
servant
straightwas

Longaville said, I

Lord

Kath,

LABOUR

weeping-ripe for

was

did

Prin,

No

LOVE'S

11.

me

Qualm, perhaps.

Prin.

Yes,

Kath.

in

good

faith.

Go, sickness

Prin.

Well, better wits have

Ros.

Prin.
Kath.
Mar.

hear?

will you

But
And

And

Biron

quick

is mine,

the

king is my love
hath plighted faith

as

for my
sure

art!

280

plain statute-caps.

worn

Longavillewas

Dtimain

thou

as

as

sworn.

to

me.

service born.
bark

tree.

on

Boyet. Madam, and pretty mistresses,give ear:

Immediately they will again be here
In their own
be
shapes ; for it can never
They will digestthis harsh indignity.
Prin. Will they return ?
Boyet.
They will,they will,God knows, 290
And
leap for joy,though they are lame with blows:
Therefore
change favours ; and, when they repair.
Blow
Prin.

like sweet

How

blow

roses

? how

in this

blow

air.

summer

speak

to

be understood.

in their bud ;
Boyet. Fair ladies mask'd are roses
shown,
Dismask'd, their damask sweet commixture
Are angels vailingclouds, or roses
blown.
Prin. Avaunt, perplexity
! What
shall we
do.
If they return
in their own
shapes to woo ?
Ros. Good
madam, if by me you '11be advised,
300

Let 's mock

Let

us

them

complain to

well known
as
still,
them

what

96

fools

as

were

:
disguised

here,

Act V. Sc. ii.

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Disguised like Muscovites, in shapelessgear ;

and to what end
what they were
And
wonder
Their shallow shows and prologue vilely
penn'd,
And
their rough carriageso ridiculous,
tent to us.
Should be presentedat our
Boyet. Ladies, withdraw
Prin.

Whip

to

the

tents, as

our

gallantsare

hand.

o'er land.

run

roes

at

{Exeunt Princess,Rosaline,Katharine,and Maria.

Re-enter

the

King, Biron, Longaville,and Dumain,

in their proper

King. Fair sir,God

save

to her tent.

Boyet. Gone
Command

me

any

Where

you

habits.
's the

princess?

Please it your majesty

service to her thither?

311

King. That she vouchsafe me audience for one word.

{Exit.
Boyet. I will ; and so will she,I know, my lord.
Biron. This fellow pecks up wit as pigeons pease,
God doth please:
it again when
And
utters
He is wit's pedler,and retails his wares
and wassails,meetings, markets, fairs ;
At wakes
that sell by gross, the Lord doth know.
And
we
Have

the grace

not

to

grace

it with

such

show.

320

gallantpins the wenches on his sleeve;

he been Adam, he had tempted Eve ;
Had
A' can carve
too, and lisp: why, this is he

This

kiss'd his hand

That

in courtesy ;

away

is the ape of form, pionsieur the nice.

That, when he playsat tables,chides the dice
This

he

In honourable

terms

meanly; and

mean

Mend
The

most

him

who

can

nay,

in

sing
ushering.

can

the ladies call him

stairs,
as he treads

on

97

sweet

them, kiss his feet :

330

Act

V. Sc. li.
Is the flower

This
To

LOVE'S

his teeth

show

And

LABOUR

that smiles
white

as

on

consciences,that will

one,

every

whale's

as

'S LOST

bone ;

die in debt,

not

Pay him the due of honey-tongued Boyet.

King, A blister on his sweet tongue, with my heart,
put Armado's

That

See where

Biron,

it

! Behaviour, what

comes

Till this madman

of his part !

out

page

show'd

thee?

and

thou

wert

what

art

thou

now?

Re-enter

the

Princess, ushered

Boyet; Rosaline,

by

Maria, and Katharine,

All hail,sweet

King.
'

Prin.

'

Fair

Construe

King,

King, We

came

madam,

all hail

my

wish

Then

Prin.

in

'

'

God,

King, Rebuke

day !

foul,as I conceive.
speeches better,if you may.

340

better ; I will give you leave.

to visit you, and purpose
now
me

lead you to our

court
This field shall hold me

Nor

fair time of

is

To
Prin.

and

nor
me

it then.

vouchsafe

and

so

hold

your

vow

I, delightsin perjured men.

not

for that which

you

provoke :

break my oath.
virtue of your eye must
You nickname
virtue ; vice you should have

The
Prin.

For
Now
As
A

breaks

virtue's office never

by

my

maiden

the unsulHed

world

of torments

honour

though

troth.

men's

yet as
lilyI protest,

pure

I should

endure,

yieldto be your house's guest

to be
So much
I hate a breaking cause
Of heavenly oaths, vow'd
with integrity.
King, O, you have lived in desolation here.
I would

not

Unseen, unvisited,much
Prin.

Not

so, my

to

lord ; it is not

98

our

so, I

spoke ;

shame.
swear

350

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR
have

We
A

had

King. How, madam

left

Russians

of late.

but

us

361

Ay, in truth,my lord

full of courtshipand of state.
gallants,

Prin.
Trim

Madam,

Ros,

V. Sc. ii.

pastimes here and pleasantgame

of Russians

mess

Act

speak

It is not

true.

so,

lord:

my

of the days,
My lady,to the manner
In courtesy gives undeserving praise.
We

four indeed

In Russian

confronted

habit

here

talk'd apace ; and in

They did not bless us with
When

one

happy word.

are

fools ; but this I think.

fain have
fools would
thirsty,

jestis dry

Your

wit makes

Wise

things seem

to

Fair

me.

This

Biron.
Ros.

proves
am

wise

you

foolish and
wise

and

that you take what

It were
a fault to snatch

O, I

am

yours,

All the fool mine

Ros.
Biron.

Biron.

and

when?

rich,for

in my

eye,

poor.
"

380
belong.
tongue.

my

all that I possess

of the vizards

Where?

thingsbut

rich

doth to you
from
words

I cannot
Which

Ros.

greet,

we

full of poverty.

fool,and

But

Biron.

drink.

gentlesweet.

things foolish : when

With
eyes best seeing,heaven's fieryeye.
By lightwe lose light: your capacity
Is of that nature
that to your huge store

Ros.

370

call them

they

This

Biron.

hour,
that hour, my lord,

they stay'dan

And

I dare not

four

with

were

give

you

it that you

was

what

vizard?

less.
wore

why demand

this ?
Ros.

There, then, that vizard

That

hid the worse,

and

that

showed
99

superfluouscase
the better face.

you

Act

LOVE'S

V. Sc. ii.

King.

We

Dum.

Let

confess, and

us

lord ?

my

it to

turn

why looks

us

Sea-sick,I think,coming

jest.

390

highnesssad

your

Why

look

Muscovy.

plagues for perjury.

Can any face of brass hold longer out ?
Here stand I : lady,dart thy skill at me ;
Thus

Biron.

the stars

from

right.
down-

now

! he '11 swound

Help, hold his brows

you pale?

Ros,

'S LOST

descried; they'llmock

are

Amazed,

Prin,

LABOUR

pour

Bruise

with

me

down

confound

scorn,

with

me

flout ;

Thrust

thy sharp wit quitethrough my ignorance;

Cut me
to pieceswith thy keen conceit ;

And

I will wish

Nor

O,

never

Nor

the motion

to

never

never

400

habit wait.

speeches penn'd.
of a schoolboy'stongue
to

in vizard

come

dance,

to

more

in Russian

more

will I trust

never

Nor

thee

to

friend ;

my

rhyme, Uke a blind harper'ssong !

Taffeta phrases,silken terms
precise,
Three-piledhyperboles,spruce affectation,
Figures pedantical; these summer-flies
Nor

woo

in

full of maggot ostentation :

I do forswear
them ; and I here protest,
410
By this white glove, how white the hand, God
Have

blown

me

"

knows
Henceforth
In russet

And,

to

My love
Sans

Ros.

!
"

my

yeas, and

honest

begin,wench,
to

sans,

"

so

thee is sound,
I pray

Biron.

Of the old rage

shall be

wooing mind

"

kersey noes
God help me,

sans

crack

or

la !

flaw.

you.
Yet

express'd

I have

bear with me,

100

am

trick
sick ;

"

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR

I 'II leave it by
'

Write,

Lord

Act

degrees. Soft,let us

see

'

have

those three ;
on
us
on
mercy
infected ; in their hearts it lies ;
420

They are
They have the plague, and caught it of
These
For
Prin,

lords

Ros.

the Lord's

Our

That

Peace

Biron,

for how

! for I will not

shall not, if I do

Teach

Some

us, sweet

fair

as

not

And
I was,

even

did you

were

whisper

you

she shall

King, Upon mine

you

in your

all the world

than

more

When

rude

our

oath

honour,

once

King, Despise me,

What

then

As

and

he

here,

lady'sear?
respect her.

I did

therefore

peace

force not

I break

when

swore

were

no.

broke, you

did the Russian

Madam,

transgression

well advised ?

Peace,

I will

430

her.
challengethis,you will reject

Prin.
Your

end.

?
disguised

now

When

King, That

Ros,

for

an

fair madam.

Prin.
What

wit is at

my

was.

Prin.

King,

you.

fairest is confession.

here but

you

King, Madam,

do with

to

I intend.

madam,
The

Were

Prin,

have

sue

excuse.

Prin,

Prin,

this be true,

can

Speak for yourselves;

King,

see.

forfeit,being those that

stand

you

Nor

Ros,

so

do I

eyes ;

free.

not

are

your

free that gave these tokens to us.

forfeit : seek not to undo us.
are

states

It is not

Biron.

visited ; you
tokens on you

are

No, they are

Biron,

V. Sc. ii.

to

this oath

! forbear
forswear.
of mine.

keep it. Rosaline,

whisper in your ear?

that he did hold

and
preciouseyesight,
lOI

did value

me
me

dear

440

LOVE'S

V. Sc. ii.

Act

this world

Above

he would

That

Most

King. What

mean

swore

never

You

this

or

me,

else die my

lover.

lady such

by

troth,450

life,
my

my

oath.

an

did ; and to confirm it plain.

this : but take it,sir,again.

faith and

this the

princessI did give :

her by this jewel on her sleeve.

I knew

Pardon
And

you

me

gave

King, My
Prin.

wed

you, madam

By heaven,

Ros,

adding thereto,moreover,

give thee joy of him ! the noble lord

honourably doth uphold his word.

God

Prin.

'S LOST

LABOUR

sir,this jewel did she wear;

Biron, I thank him, is my dear.

me,

Lord

What, will

have

you

me,

or

pearlagain ?

your

Neither

of either ; I remit both twain.

I see the trick on 't : here was
a
consent,
Knowing aforehand of our merriment,

Biron.

dash

To

it like

460

Christmas

Some

some
carry-tale,

Some

mumble-news,

comedy :
please-man,some
slightzany.
some
trencher-knight,some

Dick,
That
To

smiles his cheek

make

Told
The

in years, and

lady laugh when

my

knows

she 's

intents before ; which once

ladies did change favours ; and
our

the trick

disposed,
disclosed.

then we.
the sign of she.

Following the signs,woo'd but

Now, to our perjury to add more
terror,
470
in
will
and
We
error.
are
again forsworn,
this it is : and might not you
Much
[To Boyet.
upon
Forestall
Do

not

And
And

sport, to make

our

you

us

thus

untrue?

my lady'sfoot by the squier,

the apple of her eye ?
upon

know

laugh

stand between

her back, sir,and

the fire,

Holding a trencher,jestingmerrily?
102

LABOUR

LOVE'S
You

put

'S LOST

our

Die when

out

page

Act

allowed ;
shall be your shroud.
are

go, you

will,a smock

you

leer upon
do you ? there 's
me,
like a leaden sword.
Wounds
You

Full

Boyet,
Hath

an

480

eye

merrily

this career, been run.

! Peace ! I have done.
Lo, he is tilting
straight

Biron.

this brave

V. Sc. ii.

manage,

Costard.

Enter

Welcome, pure wit ! thou part'sta fair fray.

Cost, O Lord, sir,they would
know
Whether
Biron.

the three Worthies

What,

in

come

or

no.

there but three?

are

No, sir ; but it is vara

Cost.
For

And
so, sir ; under

Not

fine,

pursents three.

one

every

Biron.
Cost.

shall

three times

correction,sir ;

thrice is nine.
I

hope it is

not

so.

You

beg

cannot

know
I

we

sir, I
know

can

assure

you,

sir ;

we

490

hope, sir,three times thrice,sir,

"

Is not

Biron.

Under

Cost.

what

us,

doth

nine.

correction,sir,we

know

whereuntil

it

amount.
^

Biron.

By
O

Cost.

Jove, I

always took

Lord, sir,it

were

three threes for nine.

pity you

should

get your

livingby reckoning,sir.
Biron.
Cost.

How

much

is it?

Lord, sir,the partiesthemselves, the actors,

for 500
:
sir,will show whereuntil it doth amount

mine
one

own
man

part, I
in

one

am,

poor

they say, but to parfect

Pompion the Great,
man,
as

sir.
103

V. Sc. ii.

Act

Art

Biron,
Cost.

It

LOVE'S

thou

pleasedthem

think

to

for mine

of

degree

'S LOST

of the Worthies?

one

the Great:

LABOUR

the

worthy

me

of

Pompion

part, I know

own

but

Worthy,

to

am

not

the

stand

for

him.

Go, bid them

Biron.
Cost.

prepare.

will turn

We

it

finelyoff,sir;

will take

we

care.

King. Biron, they will shame us : let them

Biron.
We are shame-proof,my lord : and
To

King.
Prin.

have

show

one

company.
I say they shall not

That
Where

the

[Exit, 510
not approach.
'tissome
policy
king's and his

come.

overrule you now

:
how
doth least know

good lord,let me
sport best pleasesthat

Nay,

Dies

than

worse

some

my

zeal strives to content, and

in the zeal of that which

the contents

it presents :
form in
most

mirth,

Their

form

When

great thingslabouringperishin their birth. 520

Biron.

confounded

make

rightdescriptionof

Armado.

Enter
I

Anointed,

Arm.

royal

implore
breath

sweet

lord.

sport, my

our

as

much

so

will

expense
utter

of

thy
of

brace

words.

[Converses apart

with

the

Prin.

Doth

Biron.

Prin.

Why ask you?

He
speaks not like

Arm.

That

this

man

is all one,

for, I protest,
fantastical;to"

King,
God

serve

my

the
too

man

and

delivers him

of God's

making.

fair,sweet, honey monarch

schoolmaster

vain,
104

paper.

too

too

is

exceeding

vain:

but

we

530

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Act

V. Sc. ii.

will put it,as they say, to fortuna de la guerra. I

wish you the peace of mind, most
royal couple!
ment
[Exit.
is like to be

Here

good presence of Worthies.

He presents Hector of Troy ; the swain, Pompey
the
Great; the parish curate, Alexander;
Armado's
Hercules; the pedant, Judas
page,

King,

Maccabaeus
And

if these four

These

four will

Worthies

in their first show

thrive,

the other

change habits,and present

five.
There

Biron,

You

King,

540
is five in the first show.

deceived; 'tis not

are

so.

The

pedant, the braggart, the hedge-priest,

the fool and the boy :
and the whole world again
Abate throw at novum,
in his vein.
Cannot pick out five such, take each one
amain.
King, The ship is under sail,and here she comes

Biron,

"

Costard, for Pompey.

Enter
I

Cost,

Pompey

am,

"

You

Boyet,
I

Cost,

Pompey

am,

said,old mocker

with
Cost,
Dum,
Cost,

he.

I must

needs

on

knee.

be friends

thee.

Pompey

The

not

libbard's head

With
Well

are

"

Boyet,
Biron,

lie,you

am,

550

Pompey

surnamed

the

Big,
"

Great.
'

It is, Great,'sir

:
"

Pompey
That

with
oft in field,
foe to sweat

targe and

105

the Great ;
shield,did make my

surnamed

V. Sc.

Act

And

LOVE'S

ii.

'S LOST

LABOUR

this coast, I here

travellingalong

by

come

am

chance,
And

lay my

before

arms

the

legs of

lass of

this sweet

France.
'

ladyshipwould

If your

say,

Thanks, Pompey,'

I had

done.

thanks. Great Pompey.

Prin,

Great

Cost,

'Tis not

I made

Biron.

hat

; but

littlefault in

I
'

to

fect
per-

was

Great.'

560

the

proves

Sir Nathaniel, for Alexander.

in

When

hope

halfpenny, Pompey
best Worthy.

My

Enter

Nath.

worth

much

so

the

commander

world

lived, I

the

was

world's

quering
By east, west, north, and south, I spread my conmight :
Alisander,
My scutcheon plain declares that I am
not ; for it stands too
Boyet, Your nose
says, no, you are
right.
"

Your

Biron,

smells

nose

'

'

no

in

this,most

tenderrsmell-

ing knight.
Prin.

The

When

Nath.

Most

Biron,

Pompey

Biron,

Cost.

Take

I lived, I

the

world's

were

so,

Alisander.

Great,
"

servant, and
away

the

was

"

true, 'tis right; you

Boyet.

Your

ander.
dismayed. Proceed, good Alex-

world

the

in

commander,

Cost,

is

conqueror

the

[To Sir Nath,]

Costard.
ander.
Alis-

conqueror,

take

away

O, sir,you

have

overthrown

106

570

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR

Act V. Sc. ii.

the

Alisander

conqueror! You will be scraped

of the painted cloth for this : your
out
lion,
that holds his poll-axesitting
on
a
close-stool,
will be given to Ajax:
he will be the ninth
and afeard to speak! 580
Worthy. A conqueror,
for shame, Alisander.
run
[Nath. retires
away
There, an 't shall please you ; a foolish mild
.

man

honest

; an

He

is

marvellous

how

see

bowler

good

very

look you, and

man,

soon

good neighbour,faith,and

but, for Alisander, alas,you

"

'tis, a littleo'erparted. But

there

"

Worthies

dashed.

a-coming

will

speak their

mind

in

are

some

other sort.
Stand

Prin.

aside,good Pompey.

Holofernes,for Judas;

Enter

Great

HoL

Hercules

Moth, for Hercules.

presentedby

this

imp,

club kilFd Cerberus,that three-headed

Whose
And

is

and

he

when

was

canis;

babe, a child,a shrimp.

strangleserpents in his manus.

Quoniam he seemeth in minority,
with this apology.
Ergo I come
Keep some state in thy exit,and vanish. [Moth
Judas I am,
A Judas !
Thus

590

did he

retires.

"

Dum.
HoL

Not

sir.
Iscariot,

Judas
Dum.
Biron.
HoL
Dum.
HoL

I am,

Judas

600

yclipedMaccabaeus.

Maccabaeus

dipt

kissingtraitor.
Judas I am,

is

How

plain Judas.
art

thou

"

The
What

more

mean

shame
you,

for you,
sir ?
107

Judas.

proved Judas?

LOVE'S

V. Sc. ii.

Act

LABOUR

'S LOST

Boyet. To make Judas hang himself.

HoL
Begin, sir; you are my elder.
Biron. Well followed : Judas was
hanged
be put out

I will not

HoL

HoL

Dum.

Death's

Biron.

And

Biron.
HoL

in

put

have

thou

Dum.

For

Biron.

for

the

ass

to

620

tooth-drawer.

put thee in

have

given thee

tenance.
coun-

an

all.

would

ass,

Jude
the

faces.

them

lion,we

he is

brooch.

of countenance.

out-faced
a

of

we

the latter end of his

For

in

of lead.

out

me

adieu, sweet

so

seen.

flask.

in the cap

wert

Boyet. Therefore, as
And

on

brooch

have

we

you

An

forward;

False

Biron.

coin, scarce

of Caesar's falchion.

worn

have

But

old Roman

an

George's half-cheek

now

You

ring.

bone- face

carved

Ay, and
Ay, and

Dum.

face in

pommel

Saint

Biron.

bodkin.

face of

The

HoL

of

head

Long. The
Boyet. The
Dum.

6io

cittern-head.

The

Biron.

face.

no

is this ?

What

Boyet.

elder.

an

of countenance.

hast

thou

Because

Biron.

on

do

let him

! nay,

so.

go.

why

dost thou

stay?

name.

it him:"

Jude; give

Jud-as,

away!
HoL

This

Boyet.

is not

light for
may

Prin.

Alas, poor

Hide

Monsieur

stumble.

630
gentle,not humble.
dark, he
Judas ! it grows
[HoL retires.

Maccabseus, how

Enter

Biron.

not

generous,

Armado,

thy head,

108

he been

baited !

for Hector.

Achilles

arms.

hath

here

comes

Hector

in

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Though

Dum.
now

'S LOST
mccks

my

Act V. Sc. ii.

home

come

by

I will

me,

be merry.
Hector
was

but a Troyan in respect of this.

King.
Boyet. But is this Hector?
clean-timbered.
not
so
King, I think Hector was
Long. His leg is too big for Hector's.

calf,certain.

More

Dum.

he is best indued

Boyet. No;
Biron.
Dum.
Arm.

640

This

be Hector.

cannot

god or a painter; for he makes faces.

The armipotent Mars, of lances the almighty.
Gave Hector
a gift,
A giltnutmeg.
He

's

in the small.

"

Dum.

Biron.

Long.

Stuck

Dum.

No, cloven.

Arm.

Peace!

lemon.
with

cloves.

650

"

The

armipotent Mars, of lances the almighty.

Gave Hector a gift,the heir of Ilion ;
A man
so
breathed, that certain he would fightye,
From
tillnight,out of his pavilion.
morn
I

that flower,

am

"

Dum.

That

mint.
That

Long.
Arm.

Sweet

Lord

rein thy tongue.

Longaville,
rather give it the rein, for it runs

I must

Long.

columbine.

against

Hector.
Dum.

Ay, and

Arm.

The

sweet

chucks, beat
he

my

not

on

greyhound.
is dead

the bones
was

device.

bestow

war-man

breathed,he

with

's

Hector

me

man.

[To

the

the

rotten

of the buried
But

sweet

when

I will forward

Princess] Sweet

sense

109

and

of

hearing.

alty,
roy-

660

LOVE'S

V. Sc. ii.

Act

'S LOST

LABOUR

delighted.
Speak, brave Hector : we are much
I do adore thy sweet
Arm.
grace'ssUpper.
Loves
her
Boyet, [Aside to Dumain]
by the
Prin.

foot.

[Aside
yard.

Dum.

Arm.

This

Hector

Cost.

The

party

is

What

Cost.

Faith, unless

meanest

wench

child

brags

she

is

way.

Troyan, the
quick ; the

bellyalready: 'tis yours.

infamonize

me

potentates?

among

shalt die.

thou
Cost.

her

on

you play the honest

is cast
she 's
:
away

in her

thou

Dost

Arm.

months

Hector,

670

"

thou ?

Arm.

poor

Hannibal,

fellow

gone,

the

by

not

may

far surmounted

she is two

gone

He

Boyet]

to

Then

whipped for Jaquenetta

that is quick by him, and hanged for Pom.pey 680
that is dead by him.
Most rare
Dum.
Pompey !
Pompey!
Boyet. Renowned
Biron.

shall Hector

than

Greater

great,

Pompey ! Pompey
Hector

Dum.
Biron.

Hector

Dum.

Biron.

Ay,

than

on

will

the north

Cost.

I will not

bepray

great

great,

more

Ates !

man's

more

no

blood

in 's

belly690

flea.

pole,I do challengethee.
pole, like a northern
I
I '11 do it by the sword.

fight with

I '11 slash ;
you,

on

Ates,

challengehim.

if a' have

By

More

! stir them

will sup

Huge

is moved.

Arm.

man

the

great,

trembles.

Pompey

stir them

be

let me

borrow
no

my

arms

again.

LABOUR

LOVE'S

for the incensed

Room

Dum.

I '11 do

Cost.

it in my

Master, let

Moth.
Do

not

you

Gentlemen

me

take you

see

Pompey

is

button-hole

lower.
for

uncasing

will

You

you?

mean

and

You

soldiers,pardon

the

700

lose

it :

deny

not

may

will

made

the

me;

shirt.

in my

combat

not

Dum.

reputation.

your

Arm.

Worthies

Pompey!

What

combat?

V. Sc. ii.

Act

shirt.

resolute

Most

Dum.

'S LOST

Pompey

hath

challenge.
Sweet

Arm.
Biron.

bloods, I both

What
The

Arm.

naked

for

and

Boyet. True,
for want
he

you
of it

truth

woolward

go

it

none

netta's,and

is, I have

shirt ; I

no

710

penance.

enjoined

was

of linen

wore

for 't?

have

reason

will.

and

may

since

but

that a'

when,

Rome

I '11 be

dish-clout

sworn,

of

Jaque-

his heart

next

wears

in

him

for

favour.

Enter
Mer.

God

Prin.

Welcome,
But

Mer.

save

you,

madam

Mercade;

that thou

our
interrupt'st

merriment.

I
; for the news
sorry, madam
Is heavy in my tongue. The king your
am

Prin.

Dead, for

Mer.

Even

Biron.
Arm.

Mercade.

so

my

For
have

mine
seen

father

720

"

life!
tale is told.

; my

Worthies,

bring

! the

away

own

the

scene

begins to

part, I breathe

day

of wrong
III

cloud.

free breath.

through

the little

Act

V. Sc. ii.

of discretion,and

hole

King, How

fares your

I will

King, Madam,

not

Prepare, I
For

all your

Out

of

right myself like

[Exeunt IV or thies.

In your

The
If

will away

to-night.

I do beseech

so;

I thank

say.

soul,that

rich wisdom

to

liberal

converse

of breath

stay.

entreat.

hide,
spirits.
or

ourselves

gentleness
Farewell, worthy lord !

Was

your

guiltyof it.
A heavy heart bears not a nimble
tongue :
Excuse
me
so, coming too short of thanks
For my great suit so easilyobtain'd.
King, The
All

extreme

causes

And

to

the purpose

of his

speed;

loose,decides

very

long process could not arbitrate :

And
though the mourning brow of progeny
Forbid the smiling courtesy of love
The holy suit which fain it would
convince ;
first on foot.
Yet, since love's argument was
Let not the cloud of sorrow
justleit
From
what it purposed ; since,to wail friends
Is not by much
so
wholesome-profitable
As to rejoiceat friends but newly found.
which

I understand

Prin,

740

parts of time extremely forms

often, at his

That

730

vouchsafe

you

oppositionof our
over-boldlywe have borne

In the

and

excuse,

you,

gracious lords,

you,

fair endeavours

new-sad

'S LOST

majesty?

; I

Boyet, prepare

Prin.

LABOUR

soldier.

Prin.

LOVE'S

you

not

my

griefsare

750
lost

double.

plainwords best piercethe ear of grief;

And
the king.
by these badges understand
For your fair sakes have we neglectedtime,

Biron,

Honest

112

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR

Play'd foul
Hath

much

Even

to

And

with

oaths

our

deformed

the

us,

opposed end

in

V. Sc. ii.

Act

beauty,ladies,
fashioningour humours
:

of

your

our

intents

760

ridiculous,
As love is full of unbefitting
strains;
All wanton
as
a child,skipping,and
vain;
Form'd
by the eye, and therefore,Hke the eye,
Full of strange shapes,of habits and of forms,
what

Varying

hath

us

seem'd

"

in

subjectsas the eye doth roll

To every vnried objectin his glance:
Which
parti-coatedpresence of loose love
Put on by us, if,in your heavenly eyes,
Have
misbecomed
oaths and gravities,
our
770
Those heavenlyeyes, that look into these faults,
Therefore, ladies.
Suggested us to make.
Our love being yours, the error
that love makes
Is likewise

yours

By being once
To

those

And

Prin,

false for
us

prove

false,

to be true

ever

fair ladies,you:

both,
"

that falsehood, in itself a sin.

and
itself,
purifies

turns

to

grace.

your letters full of love;

of love;
favours, the ambassadors

We

have

Your

And, in

received

maiden

our

780

council,rated them

courtship,
pleasantjestand courtesy,
and as liningto the time:
bombast

At
As
But

devout

more

Have

we

In their

Dum,

Our

Long,

So

Ros.

ourselves

to

we

that make

even

Thus

not
own

than

fashion, like

our

respects

our

been; and therefore

letters,madam,
did

this in

met

your

loves

merriment.

show'd

much

did not

quote them

more

than

looks.
We

113

so.

jest.

LOVE'S

Act V. Sc. ii.

King, Now,

the latest minute

at

Grant

make

No,

no,

time, methinks,

world-without-end

lord,your

my

Full of dear

hour,
790

Prin.
To

of the

loves.

your

us

S LOST

LABOUR

grace
guiltiness;and

bargain in.
is perjured much.
this:

therefore

"

If for my love, as there is no such cause,

You
will do aught, this shall you do for
Your
To

I will not

oath

forlorn and

some

from

Remote

all the

stay until the

There
Have

about

brought

Change

not

trust; but go with

speed

hermitage.
pleasuresof the world;
twelve celestial signs
the annual
reckoning.

800

life
in heat

offer made

your

me:

naked

insociable

If this austere

short

too

of blood;

fasts,hard lodgingand thin weeds

of your love,
the gaudy blossoms

If frosts and

Nip

not

But

that it bear

this trial,
and

last love;

expirationof the year.

Come
challengeme, challengeme by these deserts,
kissingthine,
And, by this virginpalm now
Then,

at

the

810

thine; and tillthat instant shut

woeful self up in a mourning house.

I will be

My
Raining the
For

Neither

The

our

hands

part.

more

than

this,I would

deny.

of mine with rest,

flatter up these powers
sudden
hand of death close up mine eye!

Hence
Biron.

deny, let

do

father's death.

intitled in the other's heart.

If this,or
To

of my

the remembrance

If this thou

King,

of lamentation

tears

And

then my

ever

what

to

me,

my

heart is in
love?
114

and

thy
what

breast.
to

me?

820

LOVE'S

LABOUR

You

Ros.

must

You

are

be

purged too,

Act V. Sc. ii.

rack'd,
attaint with faults and perjury:

Therefore
A

'S LOST

if you

favour

my

sins

your

are

to

mean

get,

twelvemonth

shall you spend, and never

seek the weary
beds of people sick.

But

But

Dum.
A

what

to me,

love?

my

but what

rest,
me?

to

wife ?
A

Kath.
With

beard, fair health,and honesty ;

three- fold love I wish

you

all these three.

Dum.

O, shall I

say, I thank

Kath.

Not

lord ; a twelvemonth
and a day
830
words that smooth-faced
wooers
say :
the king doth to my lady come
;

so, my

I '11mark

Come

no

when

Then, if I have much

Dum,

I '11serve

Kath.

Yet

thee true

love,I '11give you

and

some.

tillthen.
faithfully

again.

Maria?

says

At the twelvemonth's

Mar.
I '11change my

Biron.

Studies

Behold
What

:
patience

of my
suit attends

humble

service

some

have

me

on

is

but the time

so

answer

for

long.

young.
on

heart,mine

thy

end

faithful friend.

lady? mistress,look

my

the window

Impose
Oft

for

liker you ; few taller are

The

Mar.

black gown

I '11stay with

Long.

Ros.

gentlewife

not, lest ye be forsworn

swear

Long. What

you,

840

me;

eye,

there

thy love.

I heard

of you, my lord Biron,

Before I saw
you ; and the world's largetongue
Proclaims
repletewith mocks,
you for a man
Full of

comparisons and wounding flouts.

Which

you

That
To

on

all estates

lie within

weed

will execute

of your wit.
the mercy
this wormwood
from your fruitful brain,850
115

Act V. Sc. li.

And

LOVE'S

therewithal

Without

to

win
I

the which

LABOUR
if you

me,

to

shall this twelvemonth

You

Visit the
With

speechlesssick,and
groaning wretches ; and

With

all the fierce endeavour

To

enforce

Biron.

To

Mirth

cannot

Why,
Whose
Which
A

throat of death ?

860

soul in agony.

that 's the way to choke a gibing spirit,

influence is begot of that loose grace
shallow laughing hearers give to fools :

prosperitylies in
jest's

Of

him

that hears it,never

Of

him

that makes

Deaf'd

be.

of your wit
impotent to smile.

pained

move

day

to

task shall

your

laughterin the
it is impossible:

be ;

day

stillconverse

wild

move

It cannot

Ros.

the

please,

be won.
from
term

not

am

'S LOST

with

the

ear

in the

it : then, if

the clamours

tongue

sicklyears,

of their

dear

own

groans,

Will hear your idle scorns, continue then.

And
I will have you and that fault withal ;
if

But

they will

not, throw

I shall find you

Right joyfulof your
A

reformation.

! well ; befall what

twelvemonth

in

I '11jesta twelvemonth
Prin.

[To
my

King. No,
Biron.

Our

the

King] Ay,

an

sweet

will befall,

hospital.
my

lord; and

so

I take

leave.
madam

; we

wooing

will

doth not

bring you
end like

: these
Jack hath not Jill
Might well have made our

King. Come, sir,it wants

And

870

spirit,

empty of that fault,

And

Biron.

that

away

then

on
an

116

old

way.

play;

ladies' courtesy

sport

twelvemonth

'twill end.

your

comedy.
and

day,

880

LOVE'S

'S LOST

LABOUR

majesty,vouchsafe

Sweet

Arm,

Was
The

Arm,

play.

me,

"

worthy knight of Troy.

will kiss thy royal finger,
and

take leave.

I have

Jaquenetta

votary

am

that Hector?

not

Dum,

long for

Armado.

Re-enter

Prin,

's too

That

Biron.

Act V. Sc. ii.

hold

the

vowed

to

love three years.

But, most esteemed greatness, will you hear the
have compiled
dialogue that the two learned men
in
should

King,

plough

praise of

have

Re-enter

sweet

the owl

and

the cuckoo?

in the end

followed

Call them

of

our

will do

forth

quickly;we
approach.

Holla!

Arm,

for her

to

it

890

show.
so.

Holofernes, Nathaniel,Moth, Costard, and

others.

This

side

is

Spring; the
other by the

maintained

one

cuckoo.

Ver, begin.
Song.

The
Spring.

daisies

When
And
And
Do
The
Mocks

Ver, the
by the owl, the

Winter, this

Hiems,

pied and

violets blue

lady-smocksall silver-white
cuckoo-buds
of yellowhue
with delight,
paintthe meadows

cuckoo

then, on

married

tree.
men
; for thus sings he,
Cuckoo
;

Cuckoo, cuckoo

Unpleasing to

:
a

every

word

married
117

of fear,
ear

900

When
And

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Act V. Sc. ii.

shepherds pipe on oaten straws,

larks are ploughmen's clocks,
merry

rooks, and daws.

bleach their summer
maidens
And
smocks,
The cuckoo
then, on every tree,
910
married men
Mocks
; for thus sings he,
turtles tread,and

When

Cuckoo
cuckoo

Cuckoo,

Unpleasing to

married

ear

by the wall.
Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
And
bears logs into the hall.
Tom
And
in pail,
frozen home
milk comes
And
blood is nipp'd and ways be foul,
When
Then
nightlysings the staringowl,
When

Winter.

icicles hang

Tu-whit

Tu-who,

Joan

greasy

When

all aloud

And

When
Then
.

songs

roasted

the

parson'ssaw,

in the snow.

looks red and

nose

raw.

crabs hiss in the bowl,

nightly sings the staring owl,

a

merry

greasy

Joan

930

note,
doth keel the pot.

of

Mercury
Apollo. You

words
of

doth blow.

the wind

Marian's

Tu-who,

The

keel the pot.

doth

Tu-whit

While

coughing drowns
birds sit brooding

And

920

note.

merry

While

And

Arm.

of fear,

word

are

harsh

that

way,

after the
"

we

this

[Exeunt

way.

118

LABOUR

LOVE'S

'S LOST

Glossary.
A\ he
Abate

; V.
y

ii.

Bandied; vide Set,

Bargain; "to sell

13.

cept,
deduct, leave out, exV. ii. 545.
vide Novum;

I. i. 152.

probably

Ajax;

play

with

coarse

time; V. ii. 579.

All hid, the children's
the

"

of

game

cry

(so Folio

Annothanize

Quartos

the

"

rendering of

"

a."

in

obedience

to

the

science

"

; I. i. 14.

; V.

to

119

persons

ii.490.

ian)
(Ital-

precatio
im-

of

form

mild

ii. 46.

thick

birds

kill

IV.

iii. 22.

"

blood," used

in

full vigour
Bold

to

the
"

; IV.

padding
out

nically
tech"

of

sense

of, confident
stuff

arrow

end, used
without
cing;
pier-

flat

broad

ing)
bowl-

in

term

ii. 112.

; IV.

in

ii. 3.

in ; II. i. 28.
(cotton used

garments)

V.

ii. 7^3^
"

ii.687.

beg

Betime, betide,chance; IV. iii.

381.
Bias, preponderant tendency

Brawl,

shed)
blood-

our

ii. 160.

; V.

Bombast,

mischiefs, instigations
chief
(Ate, the goddess of misincited

our

welcome

venuto,

in

Ates,

that

V.

her

*'

immortal

property;

Blood;

glance"; V. ii. 475.

Art, science; living art," i.e.
"

wardship

and

113.
upon

be

to

you

of

to

"

be

to

us

cannot

the

with

IV. i. 68.

Antique, antic; V. i.
Apple of her eye;
"

apply

Bird-holt, a short

mize
anato-

some

; III. i. loi.

(originallya

Ar-

by

in

self
proclaim him-

to

idiots and

Folios,

other

"anatomize"), probably
mado's

and

person

prove

Beshrew,

if,if (emphatic) ; I. i. 50.

in

cannot

you

; IV.

and

consisted

I. i. 87.
Base, mean,
mere;
i.
I.
6.
Bate, blunt;
Beg; "you cannot
beg us," i.e,

Ben

hide

stratagem
a fool

in

seek"; IV. iii.77,

Allowed, privileged (as a fool);
V. ii.478.
An

drawing

guardians

jakes, a welljoke of the

upon

known

used

have

to

seems

Academe, Academy; I. i. 13.

Addressed, prepared ; lI. i. 83.
Affection,affectation;V. i. 4.
Affect,adore; I. ii.166.
tion;
alliteraAffect the letter,use
IV. ii. 56.
Affects,affections,inclinations;

bargain"

wherein

kind
many

of

dance,

(men

and

Glossary

LOVE'S

LABOUR'S

LOST

In B flat

^^

T=|:

^^^

J=PF=fc-"-*-

22:

11

10

9
A

Brawl.

TTTT

12

the
women)
holding
by
in a ring,
hands, sometimes
and
otherwhiles
at
length,
all
III.
i. 9.
move
together ;
ample.)
ex(See the accompanying
"

"

"

"

without

ceremony

V.

699.
Butt-shaft, a kind
used for shooting

at

butts,or

open

"

old

an

"

(cp.

gan

with

was

corruption of
the

which

sense

version
grim)
Pil-

word

it

; IV.

frequentlyconfused

ii. z^z-

gruel
and
spice added,
the
to
sick; IV.
given

dance

fantastic

the

savage

in

used
of

''

cause

technical

of

quarrel";

"

"

canary,

"

dance, said

"

?x

(From

Naylor's Shakespeare and

120

to

^fe

T^

Canary.

the

Chapmen, sellers ; II. i. 16.

Charge-house, a school-house,
found
elsewhere
not
; printed
in
Fol. i and
charg-house
churchI ;
Q.
perhaps
house
as
pronounced by

567

of

drink

warm

wine

*'

to

tesy
cour-

I ii. 178.

iii. 105.

Canary,

love-letter ;
capon," i.e.

this letter ; IV. i. 56.

of knights at
encounter

; V.

often

in

iii. 173.

printed in the Passionate

y

poulet

this

up

from

III. i. 12.

Career,
full gallop; V. ii. 482.
Carve, to show
amorous

Cause,
Can, did;

brought

for

break

"

with

arrow

been

French

Caudle,
of

Musie.)

Canary Islands
(See Specimen.)
like
Capon, used

ii.

I. ii. 175.

targets;

have

"

the

"

with breath,
Breathed, endowed
V.
ii.
vigorous;
653.
take you
let
Button-hole;
me
a b. lower," i.e. let me
speak

and

""

to

"0"rr"

XL

Naylor's Shakespeare

(From

-(3-

^sH

Music)

II

^i

12

LOVE'S

"

Armado
"

'S LOST

LABOUR

charter-house,"

large-house,"

have
etc.,
V. i. 82.

Compliment, formality; IV. ii.

146.
Conceit's,thought's ; II. i. 72.
Concolinel, probably the ning
begin-

i. 92.

Chuck,

of endearment;

term

V. i.

III.

Circum

(Quartos

circa

and

"

usually
carved
the

V.

neck

and

extremity

of
"

faultlessly
shaped;
took

mark

their aim

; IV.

i.

136.
Cockled, enclosed

in

shell ;

IV. iii.ZZ7'

Codpiece, part of the

dress of the period; III.

male
i.185.

Colourable

; V.

ii.235.

colours,

specious

pretexts; IV. ii. 152.

Common
ordinary sight,
sense,

perception ; I. i. 57, 64.

or

Competitors,

associates

II.

i.

Complements, accomplishments,
of
idea
the
probably with
"

formal
external

accomplishments,"
shows

"

; I. i.

the

I. i. 4.

biretta,
of

cap

or

man
Ro-

priest; IV. iii.

Catholic
52.

Corporal of the Held, an officer

similar to our
aide-de-camp;
III. i. 188.

couple (used by
; V. ii.532.

Armado)

Coursing, chasing; IV. iii. i.

Courtesy, curtsy; I. ii.62.
Crabs, crab-apples; V. ii.928.
Crack, boast; IV. iii.267.
Crest, badge; "beauty's crest
well

heavens

the

"

is
(i.e.the brightness which
IV.
iii.
of
beauty) ;
badge

the

255.
III. i. 177.
Critic,carper;
Critic,cynical; critic Timon,"
lence;
the
misanthrope par excelIV. iii. 169.
Crosses, used quibblinglyin the
"

82.

*^

tion
conversa-

V. ii.748.

Convince, overcome;
Cormorant, ravenous

becomes

Cog, deceive

I. i. 191.

V. ii.737.

Couplement,

which

at

song;

ii. 460.
;

of breath,

three-cornered

ii. 638.

V.

contents

=z

Corner-cap,

(See Illustration
of Glossary.)

in a pleasing
Claws, scratches
flatters ;
humours,
manner,
ii.
IV.
65.
Clean
timbered,
well-made,

archers

grotesquely

finger-board

Clout, the white

V.

Converse

ii. 612.
end

at

the

at

Consent, compact;

Contempts

the cittern had

head

of

III. i. 3.

cita," emended
round
and
by Theobald),
round; V. i. 68.
unum

burden

or

lios
Fo-

"

Cittern-head

position
disComplexion, temperament,
(used quibblingly);
I. ii.81.

suggested;
Chose, choice, well-chosen; V.
been

Glossary

169.
121

sense

of

coins

were

cross

on

money

one

marked

many

old

with

side; I. ii.2)Z'

Glossary

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

tercup,
Cuckoo-buds, probably the but-

fairer
a
(by fixing it upon
the
bud
of the
or
eye) ; I. i. 82.
is
the
now
name
cowslip;
Dear, used intensitively(" dear
meadow
the
to
cress
") ; V. ii. 867.
given
;
groans
V. ii. 899.
Dearest, best; II. i. i.
elaborately- Debate, contest ; I. i. 174.
Curious-knotted,
laid out in knots, intricately- Depart, to part ; II. i. 147.
devised

Dictynna (Dictisima, Dictissi-

flowers

in which

beds

planted; I. i. 249.
Curst, shrewish; IV. i. 2"^.

Dictima, in Folios and

of the names
Quartos), one
of Diana; IV. ii.S7, 38.
Digression,transgression; I. ii.
ma,

were

Dancing-horse;
famous

often

allusion

an

to

horse

performing
to by contemporary

115.

Disgrace, disfigurement;

alluded

"

horse," and

here

Disposed, inclined
wantonly
illustrated;

he is said to

have

gone

writers

the

as

St. Paul's

of

top
{cp. Chambers's

Days)

Bankes'

up

in

to

what
some-

II. i.

merry;

250.

of

I. ii. 52.

be

to

Dominical, the red letter which

1600

Book

I. i. 3.

in

old

almanacs

Lord's

day

golden

letter

the

;
"

fashionable

"made
a

Dry-beaten,
263.

red

the

d.

my

referring

to

colour

of

hair; V. ii.44.

Katherine's

Doubt;

denotes
"

d."

"

pressed
ex-

fear"; V. Ii. loi.

cudgelled;

V.

ii.

Epitheton, epithet (used by Armado) ; I. ii. 14.

Extemporal, unpremeditated; I.
ii. 183.

From

'"

Maroccus

Bay Horse

Day-woman,

in

Extaticus
Trance

or
"

Bankes'

(1595).

dairy-woman

I.

Fadge, turn out well ; V. i. 148.

Fair, beauty; IV. i. 17.
(originally
Fairings, presents
the
nick-nacks
at
bought
fairs); V. ii. 2.
mon;
spirit, deFamiliar, familiar
I. ii. 171.

ii. 132.
"

Dazzling, being dazzled ; who

dazzling so," i.e. that when

Fasting, hungry; IV. iii. 121.

Favour, leave, pardon; III. i.

''

he

has

his eye

made

weak"

68.
122

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Glossary

of
Favour, a present, token
love; V. ii. 30; with a quibble
"

on

favour "=:"

face

"

V. ii. 33-

Festinately,quickly; III.

i. 6.

Fierce, ardent ; V. ii. 857.

Filed, polished; V. i. 12.
Fire-new

brand-new

the MS. of the Roman

d' Alexandre
in the Bodleian
Library.

From

i. 179.

; I.

Fitted, equipped; II. i. 45.

Flap-dragon,
set

on

small

fire and

Guards, trimmings,

substance
afloat

put

glass of

lowed
swalliquor,to
i.
V.
flaming;
43.
Flask, a powder-flask; V.ii.617.
Fleer' d, laughed; V. ii. 109.
Force, to care; V. ii.440.
Form, bench, used quibblingly;
a

be

Half-cheek, profile
; V. ii.618.

la guerra
fortune of war

"

by Armado)
Frame, order

Hat

Hay,

old

an

"

(cp.

archery it
the

get the

was

bowmen,

of

buck

and

From

the

sense
"

of the enemy

IV. iii.368.

pen

"

give

you

good

evening

Greasily,grossly;

IV.

of

close

mean

i. 139.

117.
123

"

II s arum

it may
takes

as

by

'

hapit to

; I. ii.135.

Hid, vide ''All hid."

Hight, is called; I. i. 171.
Hind, boor, peasant (with a
hind," the beast ;
quibble on
rational hind ") ; I. ii.
hence
"

IV. i. 42.

tration
illus-

Deliciae."

in

"

"

''

by

Armado

"

Gig, a kind of top; IV. iii. 166.

(Cp. illustration.)
IV. iii.369.
Glomes, sophistries;
God
God
dig-you-den, i.e.

an

in the

Hereby, used
Jaquenetta

face

in the

i.

I.

82.

of

back

10.

Heed, protection,

days of
advantage

the

year

ii.

IV.

the
"

fifth

the

at

sun

"a

lodestar

an

first

the

head"

wag

wag-halter) ; V. ii. 12.

Gelded, maimed; II. i. 149.
(Theobald
Gentility,good manners
lity")
"garruconjectured
I. i. 129.
Sun; in

V.

buck

of

to

try-dance
coun-

i. 156.

playfully for
knave

iii,i2l8.

houselike.
)
;

; III. i. 192.

mischievous

in

III. i. 17.
p. Pent-

; V. ii. 531.

Gallows, used

"=:"

like;
penthouse-

Head;

the

; IV.

case

any

ish),
(Span(used

all hands

"of

Hands;

(C

I. i. 209.
de
Fortuna

Get

iii.57.

IV.

in

ornaments

LOVE'S

Glossary
Hobby-horse,

in

characters

out

of

growing

hobby-horse

The

old

tion
after the Reforma-

use
"

cipal
prin-

the

but

Morris-dance,

From

early painting

an

LOST

"

of the

one

LABOUR'S

is

well-known
forgot
was
a
from
some
quotation
popular
"For
ballad ("But
or
O,"
O," preceded; cp. Hamlet,
III. ii. 142) ; III. i. 30.

in the Fitzwilliam

Muesum,

Cambridge.

(Note the familiar tabor and pipe.)

;Wmn^i
ril"JCp^(i
aetoi

tx\

*)" \k

Vi

bo

(A

CC

da

dt

k(
t\

")o

\Jlbtaaaic(

to

)eri

"ouBoftbe

.flmec
"55":

Mber tobitb art mlBea

ITBr

\)(txMiioXotb be

tbvjHlaw

ibv^i^*^^iomt, -STbvbid be
f done in Cartb a" itiginpcabca
I

(CibeUj"tbis day ourOaibbr^

'i2lt\5
us
totgO^i

our

trclVafff^fiJSW

Mg\\)etbem tbattregpaffeagednft
1i"an6 bad

us

not into le mp

LulMiberus

From

to

Ctow^)jil

specimen {fem^. Charles I.)in

124

the Bateman

Museum,

LABOUR

LOVE'S
Home,

thrust; V. i. 59.

home

'S LOST

H onoriUcahilitudinitatihus
often

cited

as

long word;
Horn-hook, leaf of

typical

other

or

;
c

II. i. 42.

Joan,

paper

alphabet, etc.,
by a thin layer of

an

here
and
(dissyllabic,
elsewhere
in Shakespeare) ;

i. 42.

V.

From

Jaques

word

Glossary

taining
con-

designation for
peasant girl; III. i. 206.
Judas was
hang'd on an elder;
common

tected
pro-

horn

V. ii.608.

earlyblack-letter edition of Maundevile's

transparent

applied also

tablet without

horn

to an
;

stance
suba

Z?

(used

Juvenal, juvenile,youth
by Armado) ; I. ii.8.

Keel, to cool by stirring,or

the pot in
perhaps to scum
order to keep it from
boiling

Imp, youngster; V. ii. 590.

Jncision, blood-letting;IV. iii.
96.
Jncony, nice, smart; III. i. 135.

Kersey,
V.

woollen

coarse

stuff;

ii. 413.

Kingly-poor
Folios
flout

i. 139.

ii. 923.

V.

over;

; III.

Travee^

V. i.46.

(See illustration opposite.)

Humorous,
capricious; III. i.
176.

Inkle, tape

(See illustration.)

and

in

(not hyphened

Quartos);

"=:(?)
king,''or

"

"

K.

mockery

poor
"

ery
mock-

(Folios and Quartos,

infamie), insanity,madness;

of

V. i. 126.

royalty"
(" poor-liking,"
been
"poor
kingly," have
suggested); V. ii.269.

Insanie

plural substantive

poor

given with

Intellect,signature ; IV. ii. 136.

Inward, confidential ; V. i. 96.
It, used with general reference
to

ceding;
pre-

Lady-smocks,
flowers

L i. 23.
125

of

the

airs

probably
the

of

the

Cardamine

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Glossary
Pratensis,

from

called

so

of its flowers

resemblance

Manner,

the
to

out
to
hung
is
the
name
dry; or perhaps
Our
Lady's
a corruption of
smock
; V. ii. 898.
Lances, lancers; V. ii. 644.
1.
continue,
remain,
Last,
be
continue
to
love," i.e.
love"; V. ii.806.
this
used
often
at
Uenvoy,

little smocks

"

"

i.e.

law

the

with

period

article

prefixed,
I'envoy
thy
; III. i. yzLibbard's, leopard's; V. ii. 549.
Lie, lodge; I. i. 149.
ner
Liver-vein, the style and manof

in love ; IV.

men

iii.

II. i. 119.
the shaft ; V.

have

inscription put
doors

infected

of houses

plague;
Loves, affects; IV.

MagniUcent,

with

(an allusion
of
the
custom
to
writing
in
the
of
notes
margin
books) ; II. i. 246.
the marhe ended
ket,"
Market;
the
to
alluding
proverb,

Folio

i.

III.

''

"

in

them

adopted

by

all
many

Mete

has

V.

tors)
edi-

wine

; V.

kind

of

set

four; "at

the

great
was

company

into

at,
in

to

with

measure

aiming,

to

the

at ; IV.

aim

water

of

made

drink

fermented;

ii. 233.
strel
min-

; I. i. 177.

of

misapprehension ;

Misprision,

sweet

ii. 22,3.

IV.

training
Manage, government,
(of horses) ; V. ii. 482.
wields
who
one
Manager,
arms

; I. i. 149.

Minstrelsy, the office of

; III. i. 74.

Malmsey,

Metheglin,
honey and

dation
emen"

no.

i. 134-

"

in the male

Tyrwhitt's ingenious
been

and

(the Quartos

read

goose

III. i.

usually
fours"; IV. iii.206.
eye

market";

arranged

179.

Mail, bag

and

women

dinners

iii. 357.

pompous;

three

Mess,

ii. 419.

V.

the

eclogue; IV.

margin

187.
Mere, absolute

the

upon

first

Mean, tenor ; V. ii. 328.

Measure, a statelydance; V. ii.

us/' the

on

mercy

first

Latin,
schools;
the

quotes

line of the

make

ii. 744.

''Lord

were

logues
ec-

"

'Long of, owing to;

Loose, losing

in
in

read

Holofernes

thing

i. 205.
Battista

of certain

written
which

"

of

Mantuanus,

the author

was

Margent,

"

"

the

Giovanni

Mantuan,
Spagnoli, named

m.,"

ii. 96.

or

hence

pronoun

the

him";

upon

"

"

with
with

taken

stolen

our)
(= main-

term

"taken

;
"

'S LOST

; I. ii.182.

iii. 97.

Monarcho,

the

name

Italian resident
; often

alluded
writers

126

of

to

tastic
fan-

don
in Lon-

by

; IV.

temporary
con-

i. loi.

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Native, produced by

nature

Pathetical, seemingly used

; I.

Armado

ii. 105.
in

delighting

New-fangled,

well I do

as

well-known

97;

IV.

"

touching

Pencils, small brushes

painters to lay on
ware
pencils

in the

called

from

of the

five

"

"

abate

"

except in
the whole

furnish

erly
prop-

dice, nine
throw

throw

of

"

principal

two

world

five such

at
at

and

n."

:::=

novum

could
"

high
I.

ii.

"

used

by
colour;

"

beware

quinque,

novum

the

throws

dice,

at

game

"

the

i. 150.

"

Novum,

in

ii. 128.

phrase-books; V. i. 10.

Latin

by

Pedant, pedagogue; III. i. 178.

Penance, misused
by Dull; I.

you"),

sentence

Costard

of "pleasing in

degree,"

novelty;
Nice, coy; V. ii. 219.
Nit, applied to anything very
small; IV. i. 150.
Novi
hominem, etc. (''I know
man

and

sense

I. i. 106.

the

Glossary

pencils,"i.e.

likenesses

"

"

of

drawing

V. ii. 43.

Penthouse-like, hanging over

like a
penthouse, a porch
with a sloping roof; III. i.
like.)
penthouse(Cp. Hat
17.

not

Peremptory, unawed, bold; IV.

; V. ii. 545.

iii.225.

O'erparted,overweighted

role ; V. ii. 586.

during; I. i. 43.

part,

Of,

Perjure,
perjurer (perjurers
were
obliged to wear
papers
their
breasts
describing
on
their offence) ; IV. iii.47.
Perttaunt-like,vide Note.
Phantasime, a fantastic; IV. i.

in his

or

Opinion, self-conceit;V.
O's, the

marks

small-pox; V.

left

i. 6.

by

the

ii. 45.

lOI.

Parcel,

company,

party;

V.

ii.

Pia

which

160.

membrane

the

mater,

the

covers

brain, used

for the brain itself;IV. ii. 71.

ferior
*Paritors, apparitors, i.e. inPicked, over-refined; V. i. 14.
officers of the bishop's
Pied, variegated; V. ii. 897.
to
duty it was
court, whose
pin that upPin, the wooden
held
citations ; III. i. 187.
serve
the clout ; IV. i. 138.
Parle, parley; V. ii. 122.
Pitched
toil,set a net; IV.
a
Passado, thrust in fencing; I.
iii.2.

ii. 179.

Plackets, stomachers,

Passion, grieve; I. i. 263.

V. ii. 118.
Passion's, sorrows;
Patch, used with a quibble on
of fool
patch in the sense
"

IV.

or

some

or

coats,
petti-

male
portion of fe-

attire;III. i. 185.
Please-man,

"

pickthank; V.

463.
Point, suggest

ii.2^,
127

; II. i. 245.

ii.

Glossary

LOVE'S
with

Point, used
the

quibble on
negative particle;

French

II. i. 190.

Point-devise,
V.

exact,

over

cise;
pre-

i. 19.

Pole, the long quarter-staff,in

the

of

use

which

were

693.
Pomewater,
IV.

the

erners
north-

skilful ;
of

kind

V.

ii.

apple;

ii. 4.

Present, document

be

to

sented;
pre-

IV. iii. 188.

Pricket,

buck

of

the

second

"

Print;

in

"

p.," i.e.

Reasons, arguments ; V. i. 2.
r.
Remember;
thy courtesy,"
a common
phrase of the time,
who
had
bidding a person
taken
off
his
hat
courteously
to put it on
again ; V. i. 97.
Repasture, repast, food; IV. i.
"

95.
II. i. no.
Resolve, answer;
Respects, considerations; V. ii.
784.
Rhetoric, II. i. 229.
Russet, homespun
(commonly
of russet
colour) ; V. ii.413.

Saint Denis, the patron

ly";
accurate-

*'

alluding to the common

Prisciani
diminuas
phrase
such
as
caput, applied to
Latin
V.
i.
false
speak
;
29.
and
Prisons
(Folios
tos,
Quarup
"poisons up"), confines;
"

used

up

as

particle; IV. iii. 304.

with
Proceeded, used
as
proceed
upon
"

play

France;
Salve, ointment; III. i. y2"'y
used
perhaps with a quibble
Latin
of
on
salve, a word
also
greeting, and sometimes
a
parting salutation; III. i.
82.
"

Satis

quod suMcit, enough 's

as
good as a feast ; V. i. i.
SaWy maxim; V. ii. 925.
''

intensive

an

Self-sovereignty;"not

"

sense,

i.e.

"

demical
aca-

an

to

take

degree";
Pruning, adorning; IV. iii.182.
child's

pins
IV.

are

pushed

i.e.

in

game

nately;
alter-

iii. 168.

Qualm, probably used with a

calm
play upon
; V. ii.279.
iii.
casuistries
IV.
Quillets,
;
287.
Quote, regard; V. ii. 788.
"

"

Raught, reached; IV.

"that

read

ii. 41.

"

that

eignty/'
self-sover-

self-same

s."; IV. i. 36.

to
Set, i.e. a set at tennis ;
bandy"
(cp. "well-bandied
send the ball to
both") =to
"

and

fro ; V.

Several

ii.29.

(used

quibblingly)
enclosed field,the private
an
property of an individual,as
which
opposed to a common,
used by the public genwas
erally;
II. i. 223.

128

ereignty
sov-

selves
in, themone
perhaps

or

should

but

over,
"

I. i. 95.

Push-pin,

saint of

ii. 87.

V.

III. i. 172.
P. a little scratched,"
Priscian;

which

LOST

IV. ii. 12.

year;

"

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Shapeless,unshapely, ugly;

Glossary

V.

ii. 303.

Shrewd, mischievous ; V. ii. 12.

Shrows, shrews ; V. ii.46.
Significant, symbol
(used by
III.
i.
Armado) ;
130.
silliness
Simplicity,
; V. ii. 78.
take part (an
Sit out, not
to
expression derived from the
card-table); 1. i. no.
Skipping, frivolous,flighty;V.
ii.7^3'

Slop (the Quartos

shop," corrected

Folios,

and

"

Theoby bald),
used
usually
only in
the
loose
plural large
trousers; IV. iii. 58.
Small, the small of the leg; V.
ii. 641.
Sneaping, snipping; I. i. 100.
Snuff, used equivocallyfor (i)
the wick of a candle, and
(2)
a huff expressed by a snuffing

From

late MS.

of the

Game," in the British

Reg. 17A.lv.).

"

Master
Museum

of the

(Bibl.

of the
take

nose,

in snuff "=r:
"

; V.

"

resentment
"

to

citizens of
and

London

on

days
Sun-

holidays; V. ii.281.

to

fence
of-

take

ii. 22.

Solemnised; II. i. 42.

Sore, a deer of the fourth
IV.

States, estates; V. ii.425.

Statute-caps, woollen
caps,
which
by Act of Parliament
in 1571
were
worn
by the

year

ii. 59.

Sorel, a deer of the third year ;

IV. ii.61.
(Cp, illustration.) From Foxe's Ecclesiastical History
(1576).
Sorted, associated ; I. i. 260.
Spleen, sudden
impulse; fit of
Stoop, (?) crooked, or perhaps
ii.
V.
laughter;
117.

Squier,
know
know
V.

square,
my

her

"

foot-rule

lady's foot
humours

;
"

"

used

to

used

station ; IV.
Staple, thread, pile; V.

State, attitude

; IV.

i.

; IV.

iii.

equivocallyfor (i)
prosecute, and (2) to beg,

entreat

technically for

hunter's

substantive

Sue, used
to

ii. 474.

Stand,

88.

to
"

exactly

as

; V.

ii. 427.

Suggested, tempted; V. ii. 772.

Suggestions, temptations ; I. i.

10.

i. 19.

iii.184.

159.
129

Glossary

LOVE'S

Suitor, spelt
Folios
sake

"

"

shooter

LABOUR'S

LOST

in the

and

Quartos, for the

of the quibble ; IV.
i.

no.

Swound

(spelt

eds.), swoon;

"

sound
V.

"

in old

ii. 392.

stuff of
Taifeta,a rich, smooth
silk (perhaps used
for the
ladies' masks) ; V. ii. 159.
Talent, used quibblingly with a
play upon "talon"; IV. ii.65.
Teen, grief; IV. iii.164.
Tharborough
thirdborough
I.
i.
constable;
185.
t.
Thin-belly;
doublet," opposed
let,''
to
great-bellieddoubthe
lean
belly being
=

From

"

after
print by H. Cock (1565),
a design by Breughel.

"

characteristic

of

love; III. i. 19.

Thrasonical, boastful
from

the character

in Terence's

IV.

lU.

211.

in

man

Turtles, turtle-doves

cution
Tyburn, the usual place of exein London;
the shape
of Love's
Tyburn,'' alluding
of the
to the triangular form
gallows (here illustrated)
;
^'

(derived
of Thraso

Eunuchus)

; V.

i. 13.

Three-piled, superfine; V.

ii.

iii.53.

IV.

407.

Tired, attired,clothed
; IV.

in trappings

ii. 130.

To, compared to; II. i. 63.

Toy, trifle ; IV. iii.200.
Trencher-knight, serving-man ;
V. ii.464.
Treys, threes (as in dice and
card-playing) ; V. ii. 232.
Triumviry, triumvirate ; IV. iii.
52.

Troy an, Trojan

a

(used often
of contempt) ; V.

term

as

ii.

to
s

an

old black-letter ballad entitled

"The

636.
Tumbler*

From

(cp.
hoop
illustration)
; III. i.

Royall Subjects Warning-Piece

all Traytors."

panying
accom-

189.

Unconfirmed, ignorant ; IV.

19.

130

ii.

LOVE'S

LABOUR'S

LOST

Unhappy, roguish; V. ii. 12.

Unpeeled (the reading of Q. i ;
the
Folios, "unpeopled"),
stripped,desolate; II. i. 88.
Usurping, counterfeit, false ;
IV. iii.258.

Glossary

Well

advised,
V.

mind;

bone

JVhale's

Veal; used
"

"

well

whereas

Where,

{i.e.Germans)
others

the

according
alluded

word

to

*'

to

(Quartos

Venue,

Via,

; V.

i.

an

adverb

of

used

here

(Folios,Q.

cock
woodhave

to

hence

became

stupidity;IV.

of

the emblem
iii.81.

voluble),
III. i. 6y.

supposed

brains, and

no

probably for di via {i.e. say

on," "speak out!") ; V.i. 150.
witted

fools ; the

was

couragement
en-

"

nimble-

i. 62.

Woodcocks,

Volable

Wink, to shut the eyes ; I. i. 43.

Wit-old, used with a quibble on
''wittol"
(=a cuckold); V.

58.

Italian

blindfolded; III. i.

180.

fencing

"

Wimpled,

ii.247.

single hit;
V.

term;

"

and

; III. i. 197.

is

"

well

; II. i. 103.

"

Viel," in the phrase

zu
viel
(too much), but this
seems
doubtful; the joke occurs
elsewhere, with a play
"

rus;
wal-

"

"

upon

the

early
Folios, "whitly"), misspelling
of
ble
wightly," i.e. wimnette,
bru(Rosaline was
a
and the strange epithet
"whitely'* seems
priate)
inappro-

ii. 297.

Dutchmen

among

of

V. ii. 332.

of punning
by way
of
pronunciation

the

as

right

(i.e. whales

bone), the tooth

Whitely
Vailing,lettingfall; V.

in

sane,

ii. 434.

i,

Ward, guard; III. i. 133.

Ware, beware
of; V. ii. 43.
Wax, grow
(with a quibble on
"sealing-wax"), alluding to
previous line; V. ii. 10.
he were
but in by the
Week;
week," a cant phrase, probably
derived
from
the hiring

to

the

the

with

Woolward,

wool

next

ii. 710.
unfermented

skin ; V.

Wort, a sweet,
beer; V. ii. 22,3Wreathed, folded; IV.

iii. 134-

Ycliped,yclept (introduced
a

play

; V.

"dipt")

upon

for
ii.

600.

"

of
at

servants, =
command
my

if I

had

; if he

him
were

deep in love; V. ii.61.

used
Weigh,
equivocally for
(i) to be equivalent to in
for;
weight, and (2) to care
V. ii.26i 27.
131

"

Years;
wrinkles

in
"

"

years

"
=

into

ii. 465.

; V.

Zany, buffoon ; V. ii. 463.

Zenelophon (so the Folios or
in the old
Quartos ; the name
is

ballad

Penelophon,"

is the form

which
here

"

in many

i.6s.

substituted

editions); IV.

'A
Death's

head'

Cittern

face in

\ V.

ii.

614. 'The

'

ring '; The

carve

'S LOST

LABOUR

LOVE'S

Glossary

d-b

one

of

head

face

on

bodkin; *A

iiask!

Universille (1636).
Mersenne's Harmonie
cemetery at Mayence.
from a specimen found in a Roman
late J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
the
to
from
belonging
specimen
a
(c) Ring,
(a) Flask, from a specimen belonging to M. Sauvageot (Paris).
(a) Cittern head, from

(l^)
Bodkin,

I.'?2

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S

LOST

Critical Notes.
ISRAEL

BY
is

There
Folios

it should

be

'

cade
'

is

'

'

Go^hs

'

'

'

I. i. 62,

'

'

'

'

with

ill in IV.
'

feast

'

Biron

'

the

is

'

'

'

iii.123, and

'

'

with

'

'

mile

in V. ii. 53.

'

Quartos and

in

Quartos and
spelt Berowne/
IV. iii. 232 ; Moth
was
probably
quibble on 'nothing' in Much
Ado,
As
You
Like It, III. iii. 9) ; MerArmado
is sometimes
given as
;
with
debt
in V. ii. 334 ; Longa'

'

in

generally Marcade
Boyet rhymes
;

'

in Act

'

Armatho

ville

on

Personse

that

(cp. the
'

II. iii. 59, and

Dramatis

remembered

moon
rhyming with
pronounced 'Mote'

'

'

list of

no

GOLLANCZ.

Folios, fast' corrected

byTheo-

bald.
^

I. i. ^2.
his eye

dazzling so'

Who

"
',

dazzles,that is,has
a
fairer eye, that fairer
upon
lodestar,and give him light

that when

made

he

weak, by fixing his eye

eye shall be his heed, his direction or
blinded by if" (Johnson).
that was
I. i. 104. 'Any abortive'; the reading of the Quartos and Folios
for
corrected
aw,' as
error
by Pope.
; probably an
'earth' for the sake of
substituted
I. i. 106. 'shows'; Theobald
line to
the rhyme; Walker
a
proposed 'mirth.' Malone
supposes
'

be lost after line 104.

I. i. 108-109. 'So you
the instances

where

that of the Folio

'So

you

That

Various

to studie
to

use

thing that in

statement

to

"

were

loose

this

nozv

clymbe

emendations

is in the
each

of
little gate'] this is one
study
the reading of the first Quarto is better than
to

have
of the

it is too

the house

ore

'

grows

effect; 'to

Biron

so.'

wish

unlock
the

so

says

presupposes,

for, or

to

the

gate'

only real difficulty

'

'

season

to

proposed;

been
word

late,

do,

that

likes of

he

however,
a

thing

some

out

of

that it is too late to study,

huge folly ; so you, now
climb o'er the house, etc.
farhorI. i. 185. Tharhorough' \ the reading of the Quarto,
office.
of
his
actual
pronunciation
ough,' probably gives us Bull's
season

'

is

'

'

133

LOVE'S

Notes
I. i.
'

'

196. heaven'

having

'

be the exact

may
'

probable that

most

Folios.

Quartos and

so

; whatever

LABOUR

'

heaven

is the

force

'S LOST

Theobald

of the

proposed
phrase, it seems

right word, and

emendation

no

is necessary.
I. ii. 89. 'A

'

wit

green

Cambridge
(c/".note

probable allusion,according

; a
'

editors, to the

'

withes

green

with
*

pronunciationof
supra
ballad of King Cophetua
I. ii. 109. The
be found in Percy's Reliques.
may
bound

on

'

'

Well -fittedin arts

II. i. 45.
omitted in the earlier editions.
II. i.
^

14- 128. The

; the

which

Moth
and

speakers in Quarto

was

').
the Beggar-Maid

Folio

second

the

to

Samson

are

'

inserts

'

Berowne

the,'
and

Katharine.'

II. i. 129. Shakespeare may

have got a hint for this passage
from
Monstrelet's
Chronicles, according to which Charles, King
of

bourg,
King of France the castle of Cherthe county of Evreux, and other lordships for the Duchy
of Nemours
and a promise of 200,000
speare's
gold crowns
{vide ShakePart
Vol.
ed.
I.
Hazlitt,
i).
Library,
II. i. 238. 'Impatient to speak and not see' i.e. 'not able to
endure
merely the facultyof speech without that of sight'

Navarre, surrendered

III. i.
indolent
the

or

It

of the

pockets,

avoid
want

21.

the
of

was

skill to

masters

conceal

or

trick

common

ancient

labour

the

to

in

the

in the

place the hands

to

them

of

some

among

most

bosom

part of the

some

drapery, to
to disguise their own
and
propriety' (Stee-

of

representing them, or
with grace
employ them

vens).
IV.

i. 1-4. These
probably introduced

lines,
in

Spedding

as

corrected

the

pointed out,
*'

It

copy.

was

most

were

thus

that

the action

beShakespeare learnt to shade off his scenes, to carry

3^ond the stage."
IV. i. 146. 'Armado
0' tW one
side ; the reading is due to
Armatho
ath toothen
side' and the
the first Quarto has
Rowe;
Folio
Armathor
ath to the side.'
Possibly the whole passage
should
have been printed in the
O my
nit
from
troth
editors make
the transposition.
previous scene, after line 136, and some
'

'

'

'

IV.
is

as

ii. 42.

''

allusion holds

The

good when

use

the

name

in the
of Adam

exchange' i.e. 'the riddle

as

when

use

the

name

of Cain.'
IV.

ii. 62.

'

one

sorel

'

; the

first
134

Quarto has

'

sorell/ and

the

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S
Folios

'

'

sorell

LOST

Capell proposed

Notes
'

L/ which

sore

is

generally

adopted.
ii.

IV.

reading
^

98,

first Quarto

The

99.

Folio

give the

following

"

Vemchie, vencha,

que

te

non

reading adopted by the

the

and

vnde,

editors

Cambridge

perreche' ]

te

non

que

is from

Florio's

(1591), whence

Frutes

Shakespeare probably took it.

IV. ii. 122.
editors to refer
apostrophas ; this is taken by some
in
and
the
vow'd
bow'd
to
(11. 109, 11 1), and the
apostrophes
words
and
vowed
pretation
bowed
are
accordingly printed
; this interseems
unsatisfactory,but so far nothing better has been

Second

'

'

'

advanced.

Does

not

Holofernes'

line of the canzonet?

^

It
may
a

usual

where

'

by

mean

few

to

Nathaniel

should

with

es

apostrophas'

such

dicereses!

readings (^e.g.to sing')

found

are

11. 59-72

and

'

directlyon

read:

"

sounded

The

the last

earthlytongue/

an

when

dots

two
'

bear

have

'

variant
also

mark

"

criticism

singes heaven's praisewith

That

was

'

is

poem

Holofernes

printed with
Pilgrim,

in the Passionate

11. 100-

119

of the

next

scene,

interestingpoints of difference.
IV. iii.15, 16. melancholy ) it is noteworthy that Quartos and

also with

some

'

'

real

Folios

author;
seems

be

to

mallichollie

explains

it

authentic

an

this

form

may

have

been

due

to

the

Quickly's allicholly. MaUicholly

English form of the word; it

Mistress

Middle

perhaps be retained in the text.

sionate
IV. iii. 107.
Wish, so the Quartos and first Folio ; in the Pas'thorn'
is
due
to
Pilgrim ^wish'd'; similarly in line 112
read
editions
other
the
the version printed in England's Helicon
:
throne.' Rowe
first proposed the change.
Walker's
Folio omits one.
IV. iii. 141. The
second
suggestion
makes
the line rhythmic.
One's
iii.
IV.
infringed/ the reading of the Quartos and
145. 'Faith
the most
dation
the Folio ; faith so infringed seems
satisfactoryemenproposed.
IV. iii.165. 'a gnat/ perhaps alluding to the fact that it sings,
it flies. Biron refers probably to the King's sonnets.
as
like you, men
IV. iii. 175. 'men
of inconstancy'\ S. Walker's
of inconstancy/
conjecture; Folio i, Quarto 2: 'men, like men
word/
Folios read
wood
IV. iii.247.
; Quartos and
IV.
iii. 254. 'Suit
of night') the early editions, 'school']
scowl,' stole/ soul,' scroll/ seal/ shade,' have been proposed
should

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

^35

'

LOVE'S

Notes
by

scholars

various
'

schooT

the former

is

; most

'

an

error

reading.
Theobald's

iii. 300. 'prisons' ;

Quartos and Folios.
V. i. 29.

V.

LOST

probably, as the Cambridge editors suggest,

for
sJioote/i.e. suit,though they retain

IV.

'Borne

LABOUR'S

In

Quarto and

i. 127.

the line reads

'

Capell proposed

'

'

for

or

and

'

of

poysons.'

"

priscian,a little scratcht

for boon

boon

Folio

emendation

'

; the

'twil serve.'
is evidently

passage

corrupt.
'

'

this word

is the

of the play ; the

crux
early editions read 'perttaunt-like'and
pertaunt-like/ Theobald
reads 'pedant-like/ and other editors suggest 'portent-like/'pageant-li
is
It
while
worth
persaunt-likef
perhaps
'potently/
suggesting that the phrase (tant) pour tant (quasi tit for tat')
well have been used in some
perhaps underlies the word ; it may
Marshall
from
: Mr.
a
poeticaldescription
quotes pur Tant
game
of an old game,
but no
explanation has as yet been advanced.
V. ii.67.

perttaunt-like;

'

'

V.

ii. 2"3^'

To

his teeth

show

as

white

bone'

whales

as

Edition,

'

whale's

bridge
; Cam'

bone

; this

should

certainly be printed whales

for walrus
regular name
tusk in old English.
V. ii. 338. Madman/
possibly an
for
error
ma7i/ mad
being due to
bone, the

'

'

'

madam

V.

ii.

'

in the next

line.

565, 566. According

Alexander's
the

towards

'

Alexander's

head

left ; he
skin

had

to

had

also

states
'

tarch,
Plutwist
that

marvellous

good savour.'
V. ii. 578. Your
lion, that holds
his poll-axe sittingon
close stool;
a
of Alexander.
the arms
tration
(See illusand
cp. Frontispiece to this
play.)
'

'

From

the Roman

des

netifpreux

(Abbey viile,
1467).

V.

ii. 591.

'Canis';

'

canus'

in the

old editions,required for the sake of the rhyme.

V. ii. 739. 'a nimble'; Theobald's
correction

(Quartos and
V.
seems

ii. 742,
to be

of

'humble/

Folios.)
743. The
that 'the

meaning

of

latest minute

1^6

these
of

somewhat
the

hour

obscure

(cp,

line

lines

797)

LABOUR

LOVE'S
often

fashions

of his
the

end

or

'S LOST

moulds

all

speed, that is,to his

'

extremities

Notes

causes

questions

or

intents

own
'

of

'

"

the

to

the

extreme

purposes

parts

are

body, fingers; of chains,

of
the final links ;
given portions of time, the last of those units
divide
into which
choose
them."
to
Observe
we
for
forms
attraction
of
'time!
In
the
lines
the
next
'form' by
metaphor is
derived from
archery.
Double
V. ii. 754.
modern
tors
ediQuartos and Folios ; many
; so
from
dull
the Collier MS.
adopt
V. ii. 765. Strange ; the Quartos and
Folios read
straying'
possibly merely a variant spellingof strange f
V. ii. 878. 'Jack hath not Jill,'
cp. Midsummer-Night's Dream,
III. ii.461 :"
parts,

as,

"

our

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

'

"

Jack

shall have

Nought
The

shall have

man

Plan

of

an

his

Elizabethan

mare

'

shall go

Jill:
ill:

again, and

Curious

^27

Knotted

all shall be well.'*

Garden

'

(I.i.249).

LOVE'S

LABOUR

Explanatory
The

with

Shakespearian
Singer, Dyce,

Steevens,

others.

This

method,

here

of Shakespeare

and

specially selected

and

authorities, from

the

best

including Johnson,

commentators,

White,

for

embraced

the
in

Furness,

Dowden,

first time, provides

and

the

best

single edition.

FIRST.

Scene
all these

been

and

Hudson,

ACT

32.

have

latest

introduced
ever

Notes.

edition
the

scholars

Malone,
annotation

in this
after

emendations

eminent

most

Notes

Explanatory

adapted,

'S LOST

I.

Referring probably
life of study and fasting. He
:

"

his

to
may

companions
be supposed

in the
to

tended
in-

point

to

them.

Too

^Johnson explains the passage

The
thus :
Biron, of too much
knowledge, is
says
consequence,
real solution of doubts, but mere
not
reputation ; that is,too
any
which
much
knowledge gives only fame, a name
godfather
every
likewise/'
can
give
Rolfe says that
161. / am
the last that will last keep his oath:
Mr.
for the first last, on
P. A. Daniel
the
conjectures "one"
ground that Biron is made to say the contrary of what he means
;
of a
twists the sense
but Rolfe adds that Shakespeare sometimes
of a repetitionlike this.
word
a little for the sake
him
plains,
exfor my minstrelsy : That is,as Douce
177. / will use
I will make
minstrel of him, whose
to
occupation was
a
92.

much

to

know,

etc.

"

"

"

"

"

relate fabulous

stories."

the

weaker
273, 274.
Like It, II. iv. 6; Romeo
iv.

vessel
and

"

See

Peter, iii. 7

Juliet,1. i. 16; and

; also

Henry

As

You

IV,, II.

63.

290.

damsel

"

The

Folio

has

lines,the first Quarto damsel.

Holofernes
307. / 7/

makes

lay my

v., IV. i. 234, 235

damosell

See

here

and

in the next

two

IV. ii. 130, of this play, where

it damosella.
or
head, etc. :^I will wager
French
:
Lay twenty
crowns
"

138

stake.
to

So

one,"

in

Henry

etc.

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S

LOST

Notes

Scene

IL

Imp literallymeans
5. dem' imp :
formerly used in a good
tree; hence
in the

So

*'

prologue
thou

And
Faire

Of

[Cupid], most

Venus

33, 34.
13, the

clown

you."

Many

knows

the

of

offspringor

child.

"

impe of highest Jove,

not

him

is

word

used

now

So

"

in As

You

Like

It, II. iv.

''

Celia, I should bear

says
coins were
anciently marked
to

only for

child of the devil.

"

love

crosses

Queene

dreaded

being

mischievous

or

for

sense

shoot

sonne.

everybody

course

wicked

to the Faerie

graff,scion, or

"

no

cross,

with

12,

if I did bear
cross

on

one

side.
52. the
He
says :
''

horse

dancing
would

this

Of

:
"

animal

Sir

Kenelm

Digby

ter
masa glove
owner,
in his ear;
would
tell the just
whispered the man's name
number
of pence
in any piece of silver coin newly showed
him by
his master."
Bankes
showed
his horse upon
the continent,and in
from
France
the Capuchins, who
had a narrow
suspected
escape
him
of being in league with the devil.
There
a
was
report that
Ben
he fell a victim to a similar suspicion at Rome.
Jonson, in
his Epigrams, speaks of

the due

to

restore

after the

had

"

Old

Banks

Grave

tutor

the

Pythagoras,

juggler, our

for
Being, beyond sea, burned
Their
spiritstransmigrated to
105. native she

doth

digression:
of
sense
diverging
Lucrece, 202, 203 :
115.

"

ozve

"

Of

; both

horse

to the learned

witch

one

cat."

she

which

which

is

naturally possessed.

in the
this word
uses
Shakespeare elsewhere
or
straying from the right. So in the Rape of

"

"

Then
That

And

my

digressionis

when
IL, V. iii.,
conspiracy of his son, Bolingbroke
And
This
177,

178. The

vile,so
in my

it will live engraven

in Richard

"

so

reveals

York
says

base.
face."
the

treacherous

"

goodness shall excuse

thy abundant
deadly blot in thy digressing son."
first and

second

cause,

139

etc.

:"

This

is

explained in

Notes

LOVE'S

Touchstone's
You

Like

learned

discourse

on

LABOUR
the

'S LOST
of

causes

quarrel,in As

It,V. iv.

ACT

SECOND.
Scene

gelded

This

I.

metaphorical expression,
In The Returne
used.
then much
from Parnassus, III. i.,we find :
He
hath a proper
gelded parsonage." And Bishop Hall, in the
second
iv. :
Plod it at a patron's tail,to get some
Satire of Book
gelded chapel'scheaper sale."
several
So
in Bacon's
they he:
222,. though
Apothegms:
that
leane
There
of
was
a lord
was
visage, but immediately after
his marriage he grew
Your
fat. One said to him,
lordship doth
men
lean, and you
contrary to other married
; for they first wax
fat.' Sir Walter
there is
wax
Raleigh stood by, and said, Why
and put him into
no
beast,that if you take him from the common,
the several,but he will wax
fat.'
149.

"

was

common

"

"

"

"

'

"

ACT

THIRD.
Scene

3. Concolinel:

The

"

I.

formerly used

songs

the

on

stage

were

in the writing of
omitted
and therefore were
popular ditties,
here; Concolinel
being the
play. Such is apparently the case

often
a

first word

of Moth's

least,it has

not

been

"

sweet

air."

The

song

is

probably lost ;

at

identified.

"The
:
by Marston
brawl ! why, 'tisbut two
singlesto the left,two on the right,three
of six rounds : do this twice, three
doubles forwards, a traverse
singles side galliard trick of twenty coranto
pace : a figure of
two
doubles, fall
eight,three singles broken down, come
up, meet
it
Ben Jonson gives
most
a
back, and then honour."
poeticaldash
in The Vision of Delight:
9. brawl:

"

This

is thus

dance

described

"

"

In curious
The

And
His

knots

and

mazes,

so

was
taught to
Spring
when
he
to woo
came
Zephyr,
too:
Flora, had their motions

at first

140

go ;

-n.^

LOVE'S

LABOUR
And

thence

Th'

Idalian

As

Gray

thus

alludes

to
seat

Full oft, within

When

My

he had

"

Elizabeth's

lead

to

dancing Chancellor," while

of the Hattons

the

"

spacious walls,
o'er him,

fiftywinters

Lord-keeper led

grave

The

learn

brawls, and so to tread

wind, not she, did walk;
bow'd
stalk."
a
prest a flower, nor

describing the ancient

"

did Venus

Notes

if the

Nor

And

'S LOST

seals and

maces

the

danc'd

brawls

before

him.

His

bushy beard, and shoe-strings green,

His high-crown'd hat, and satin doublet,
the stout
heart of England's Queen,
Mov'd
Though Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it."
189. It

was

once

mark

of gallantry

to

wear

lady's colours.

ribands.
out
usually
clock :
German
Clocks, which
were
usually imported
191. a
intricate and
from
at this time, were
Germany
clumsy pieces of
Ben
mechanism, soon
deranged, and frequently out of frame."
IV. i.,thus describes a fashionable
Jonson, in The Silent Woman,
she goes to bed, into
herself
asunder
takes
stillwhen
She
lady :
is put together again,
some
twenty boxes ; and about next day noon
A

tumbler's

hoop

with

dressed

was

coloured

"

"

"

like

great German

clock/'

ACT

FOURTH.
I.

Scene

"

"

This," says Clarke, is just

king, etc. :
the way
of those touches
that Shakespeare throws
in, to mark
one
her
in which
growing preference
unconsciously betrays
woman
a
the horseman,
The
for a man
who
loves her.
recognizies
princess
though he is at such a distance that her attendant lord is unable
diately
it be the king or not ; and then she immeto distinguish whether
her
self-betrayal by the pretendedly indifferent
covers
of his wondrous
a' was,
etc.
Shakespeare in no one
words, Whoe'er
heart
of insight into the human
instances
and numerous
of perceptionthan
more
marvellously manifests his magic power
female
nature
of the workings of
in his discernment
; its delicacies,
reserves,
its subtleties,its reticences,its revelations,its innocent

'

et seq.

Was

that the

"

141

LOVE'S

Noles
and

He, of all masculine

writers, was
in his knowledge
of what
within
passes

truly feminine

most

heart, and

through

LOST

confessions.

its artless

woman's

LABOUR'S

the multiform

in which

it expresses
self
ither
even
nay
very
the significanceof a

ways

woman's

acts, words, manner

eloquence of. a look,
he
gesture, the interpretationof a tacit admission
; and, moreover,
in
his
them
knew
how
to convey
might of expression by ingenious
silence.

He

knew

"

the

inference."
''

Royal and noble ladies, in the days of Elizabeth," says

unrefined
delighted in the somewhat
Knight,
sport of shooting
deer with a crossbow.
In the
of Windsor
of
or
alleys green
Greenwich
the
would
take
her
parks,
stand, on an elevated
queen
the
buck
the
driven
or
pricket
platform, and, as
was
past her,
would
the acclamations
aim the death-shaft,amid
of her admiring
The ladies,it appears,
skilful enough at this sylvan
courtiers.
were
Sir
Francis
Leake
writes
to the Earl of Shrewsbury :
butchering.
Your
a
lordship has sent me
great and fat stag, the welvery
lady's hand.' The
comer
being stricken by your right honourable
old as the romances
of the Middle
as
Ages. But, in
practice was
ladies
sometimes
those days, the
tess
not
so
were
expert as the Counof
Prince
in
the
of Shrewsbury;
for,
history
Arthur, a fair
of the Lake, instead of the stag
wounds
Sir Launcelot
huntress
10.

*'

'

'

'

she

at which

aims."

Scene
10.

buck

of

the

-firsthead:

1606, is the following

different

"

ages

account

"

II.
In

sir,a buck

Now,

The

from Parnassus,

Return

appellations of deer at their

is,the first year, a fawn ; the

of the

pricket; the third year, a sorrel ; the fourth year, a

of the first head ; the sixth year, a complete
soare
a buck
; the fifth,
first
buck.
hart is, the
a
calfe; the
Likewise, your
year,
second
year, a brocket ; the third year, a spade ; the fourth year, a
A roe-buck
is, the first year, a kid;
stag; the sixth year, a hart.
the second
a
gird; the third year, a hemuse; and these are
year,
specialbeasts for chase."
your
his school
In
94-96. Fauste, precor gelida, etc. :
begin the reading of
career," says Baynes,
Shakespeare would
Ovid, parts of the De Tristibus and the Metamorphoses, and with
the
Ovid
he would
take up the selected Epistles of Cicero, and
the last
evidence
The
to
as
Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus.
quotation from the Eclogues
point is supplied by the well-known
second

year,

''

"

"

142

LABOUR'S

LOVE'S
in

Love's

Labour's

LOST
But

Lost.

Notes

how

imperfectly the subject

of

Shakespeare's scholarship has hitherto been worked out is,I think,

shown
to have
by the fact that no critic or commentator
seems
with
whether
the
ascertained
in comcertainty
Eclogues were
mon
any
school-book
not.
that
from
indeed,
or
Malone,
as
a
use
says
in Nash's
Apology, the Eclogues of Mantuanus
a passage
appear
'

have

to

been

school-book

in

author's

our

time.'

And

Warbur-

gives at second hand a quotation from Farnaby's introduction

to Martial, which
certainlyillustrates the absurdly high estimation
in which the Mantuan
Mantuanus
in the
held. So popular was
was
sixteenth
century that, according to Farnaby, the pedants had no
hesitation in preferringthe
Fauste, precor, gelida to the Arma
in
other words, the Eclogues of Mantuanus
to
virumque cano
;
the u^neid
of Virgil. Several editions of the Eclogues in the
than
original,and more
one
translation,had been published in
England before Shakespeare's school days, and it would
seem,
ture,
literafrom
and laudatory references
in contemporary
numerous
in
for
much
that the author
at
a time,
least,as
was,
vogue
ton

'

'

'

here

as

the continent."

on

of the gamut
Edmund
the notes
as
Ut, re, etc. : He hums
does in King Lear, I. ii. 148.
with ribands;
That
is,the horse adorned
130. the tired horse \
Bankes's
horse is here probably alluded to.
Shakespeare forgot that Jaquenetta knew
132. Ay, sir, etc. :
nothing of Biron, and had said just before that the letter had been
Armado
and given to her by Costard."
Don
sent
to her from
loi.

"

"

"

''

III.

Scene
80. More

86. Her

amber

Her

in

to

the mill!

hairs

The

noted.

or
"

sacks

quoted

construction

of

marked

hairs have

amber

well-known

"

this
or

"

Quoted

passage

shown

game

boys.

among

signifiesmarked

will

therefore

that real amber

be:

is foul

comparison with themselves."

100-119.

This

poem

land's
Pilgrim, xvii.,in Engin Jaggard's Collection, 1599, omitting

is in The

Helicon, 1614, and

the couplet

Passionate

"

"

Do
That

call it sin in me.

for thee."
forsworn
I am

not

258. usurping hair:" This

alludes
143

to

the

fashion, prevalent

Notes

LOVE'S

'S LOST

ladies in Shakespeare's time, of

among

periwigs
340.

wearing false hair, or

called,before that covering for the

then
they were
adopted by men.
Hesperides is here

as

had

head

been

The

perides. Some
ado

LABOUR

about

thing

the

Poet's

the

of the

name

of

mistake,
the

garden

made

of

the

Hes-

needless

very

they call it,in thus putting the

oj the thing owned.
But the

as

name

writers of that time ; and indeed

by
similar forms
of elliptical
in all sorts
expression often occur
of
Gabriel
of unquestionwriting and conversation.
Harvey, a man
able
in
the same
learning, uses
So also in
Hesperides
way.
Greene's Friar Bacon
and Friar Bungay :
same

done

the

have

commentators

for

owners

for

used

was

several

"

"

Shew

the tree, leav'd with refined gold,

Whereon
the fearful dragon held his seat.
That

watch'd

the

garden calVd

Hesperides,''

thus
explains
speaks, etc. : Heath
Whenever
Love
this passage:
speaks, all the gods join their
his in harmonious
The
concert."
voices with
sleep-persuading
of
music
have been much
celebrated
by poets of all times,
powers
children.
all who
have
been
and
to
are
probably well known
Shirley in his Love Tricks carries the thing about far enough :
343, 344.

And

when

Love

"

*'

"

"

The

tongue

And
To

make

fair Love

heaven

asleep,

spheres stand
makes,

still,

happier
tunes
by it."

their

Fair Love

is Venus.

So

in

Antony

and

patra,
Cleo-

"

Now, for the love of Love and her soft hours."

is sowed,
cockle
That
is, where
cockle, etc.:
is reaped.
I. i. 44:

382. Sozvd
corn

rock

airs it

mend
"

to

of the

the music

listen to the

And
379.

that 's able

"

no

FIFTH.

ACT

Scene
"

I.

observes
It will be remembered,"
[Enter Holofernes, etc.]
the
"that
in
these
learned
Baynes,
park after
were
men
walking
it
of the school pupils,where
having dined with the father of one
had been previously arranged that, if the curate
would
gratify the
that
table with a grace,
the pedant would
undertake
to
prove
144

LOVE'S

LABOUR'S
love

Biron's

LOST

Notes

which

they had read together, were

'very
invention/
unlearned, neither
savouring of poetry, wit, nor
After
These
of
quoting lines 1-34, Baynes proceeds:
scraps
the
technical
Latin
Latin
intercourse
dialogue exemplify
[in
between
in
and
the
school
master
Shakespeare's time]
pupils
colloquies the latter were
work, as wxll as the formal
required
verses,

"

'*

to

manuals

of the

one

in

Formula:

Scholarum
'

Who

In
stage of their course.
latter,entitled Familiares Colloquendi

of the

Usum

section, headed
*

in the

exercises

as

prepare

Concinnatce, I find under the first

lowing:
Belonging to the School,' the fol-

Scholasticae
to

comes

second

Quis ohviam

us?

meet

He

venitf

speaks improperly,Hie incongrue loquitur;he speaks false Latin,

Diminuit
Prisciani caput', 'Tis barbarous
Latin, Old Barhariemf
In the
in

just quoted from

scene

reply to Costard's
'

say,'says,

excrement'.

103.

in which

hair

The

"

Poet

the

in all but

the

word

they

as

"

valour's

called

is

ernes,

in

excrement

of the

one

he

excrement

six passages
applies it to the

beard.

or

130.

129,

for

shall
or

as

Pompey:
Pompey.
pass

mouse:

"

This

Hamlet, III. iv. 183 :

"

Pinch

in the

cession
pro-

II.

formerly

was

is, shall walk

That

"

Scene
19.

the

for

heard

uses

Holof

remembered

fingers'ends,
unqucmf
Latin, dunghill

dunghill at

false

of Venice, and

Merchant

The

'Ad

I smell

it will be

wanton

term
on

of
your

So

endearment.

cheek, call

you

in
his

moused
'Ware

43-45-

pencils,etc.:

likenesses,lest she
back at once
by likening her
her with the smallpox marks

should

drawing

121.

for

Muscovites

or

to

VIII.,

Russians:

there

says,

red

Katharine

retaliate,and
dominical

to

beware

then

letter,and

pays

of
her

twitting

face,which Rosaline calls O's.

Hall, describing a banquet made

her

on

the foreign^ambassadors

Henry

advises

She

"

"

the

came

Lorde

of
first year
shire
Earle of Wilt-

in the

Westminster,

at

''

Henry

of yellow satin
Fitzwater, in two long gownes
a
of white
bend
was
with
white
traversed
satin, and in every
Ruslande,
of Russia
or
of crimosen
sattin after the fashion
bend
havyng
their hedes, either of them
hattes of
with furred
on
and

the Lorde

grey

an

hatchet

Which

may

in

their

serve

to

handes, and
show

that

bootes
a

145

masque

with
of

up."

pykes turned
Muscovites

was

Notes
court

used

LOVE'S
recreation,and

on

187.

at the

of Court

Inns

convey

performed

was

"

in the

time

same

the present occasion.

This
dance
:
measure

LABOUR'S

it
; and
first characters

not

was

LOST
idea of the dress

an

entertainpublic ments
unusual, nor thought
at

in the law to bear a part in

inconsistent,for the
Sir Christopher Hatton
famous
for it.
was
treading a measure.
That
is, letting fall those clouds
297. angels vailing clouds:
their
which
hid them
obscured
or
brightness.
lihhard's
head
knee
and
:
on
Alluding tO' old dresses
548.
often
had
which
of a
knee-caps wrought in the form
armour,
leopard's head.
in his affected
to
style
probably means
y24-y2'j. Armado
say
that he had discovered
he was
and
self
himmeant
to
wronged,
right
like a soldier.
One may
see
day at a little hole," is an old
proverb.
it fain
convince : That
fain it would
is, which
748. which
would
in obtaining.
succeed
these lines is
821-825. The justice of Coleridge's remarks
upon
obvious
There
indeed
about
be no
doubt
the procan
enough :
priety
of expunging
this speech of Rosaline's ; it soils the very
"

"

"

"

"

page

that

it.

retains

But

I do

not

agree

with

Warburton

and

striking
preceding
quite in
Biron's
not
answering it immediately,
character, and, Rosaline
Dumain
takes up the question for him, and, after he and Longaville are
Studies
answered, Biron, with evident propriety, says,
be
the
taken
two
etc.
as
lady?'"
an
Perhaps
speeches may
my
of
difference
between
the
illustration
the
the
and
original
apt
mented
augcopies.
in his Herbal, 1597, says, that the -floscuculi car da899. Gerarde
in English cuckoo
called
flowers, in Norfolk
mine, etc., are
Canterbury bells,and at Namptwich, in Cheshire, Ladie-smocks."
for the cowslip,
of the old French
Herbe
a
names
was
one
coqu
it seems
which
probable is the flower here meant.
in one
similar
his
nail :
A
of
blows
expression occurs
916.
South's sermons
So that the king, for anything that he has to
:
them
sit and
blow
his nails; for use
do in these matters,
may
others

in

line

the

out

also.

It

is

'

'*

"

"

otherwise

he cannot."

928. crabs:

The

"

hissing-hotinto
spice and
be

sugar.

guessed by

crab-apple, which used to be roasted

with
bowl
of ale,previously enriched
How

those

who

much

this

was

relished

in old

and
toast

times

put
and
may

appreciate the virtues of apple-toddy.

146

LOVE'S

LABOUR

'S LOST

Questions

Love's

Labour's

1.

State the probable date of the

2.

For

what

is it

no

why

on

Lost.

play.

popular in Shakespeare's day; and

longer performed on the stage?
reasons

it

was

ACT
3. Comment

the

on

FIRST.

King's opening speech

triumph of

the

on

Fame.
4. How

the

are

the nature

of

earlier

prologue

speeches of the King

of

and

Biron

in

his

lowers
fol-

5. Is any action supposed to precede that of the play?

6. State the conditions
of life to which
the King and
devote

to

agree

themselves.

Is there

model

any

in

foreign

for this conceit?

literature
7. What

modern

paralleledthis, with

has

poet

the

conditions

reversed?
Biron

8. What

does

9. With

what

the

(Sc. i.) about

say

humorous

reservation

study?
subscribe

Biron

does

to

regulations?

10.

How

11.

How

12.

In

is Armado
is the

what

described
of

tedium

this

isolated

letter of Armado

is the

way

in the first Scene?

follies of the age does it satirize?

is the humorous
13. What
purpose,

episode
of the

of

Costard

dramatist

and

what

as

community

to

prepared for?
the

concerns

be

lieved?
re-

What

plot,of the

Jaquenetta? In the humorous

purposes
and
Jaquenetta occupy
positions do Moth

(Sc. ii.)in relation to Armado?

ACT
14. What

purpose

has

15. Indicate the comic

of the King.
VQWS

the

SECOND.
Princess

in

relation of the

147

coming
visit to

to

Navarre?

the

newly taken

Questions
i6. How

LOVE'S

is Biron

characterized

17. Characterize
18. Mention
some

the

in the first and

metrical

the

second

does

Moth

20.

How

does

Costard

21.

Comment

22.

Biron

forms

and

Rosaline.
speare
by Shake-

employed

Acts.

ACT
19. How

LOST

by Rosaline?
between

encounter

of

LABOUR'S

THIRD.

describe

the affectations

gain his release?

lines 68-70.
on
the
Explain
meaning and use here

of the time?

(line ys) of the word

Venvoy.
23.

On

what

24.

Compare
the

on

errand

love

soliloquy on
subject.

same

how

the dramatic

dispatch Costard?

Biron's

of the two
25. Which
in their self-consciousness
26. Show

Biron

does

the

present

men

the first three

acts

problem is stated and

are

the Princess
29.

State

provocative
30.

What

31.

To

Biron?
32.

and

defective in the

way

that

first three

in

comparison

the

opening

of this Act

discover

in

the

delivery of the

letters.

Is

it

mirth?
in the person
of Holofernes?
threaten
Holofernes
to subject the

is satirized

Who

does
does

he

of the effect he
2,2,-What

mistake

of much

what

Does

object

train?

her

the

humorous

more

FOURTH.

occupation does

what

tions
reflec-

developed.

for the slightness of the

2y. Account
with the fourth and fifth Acts.

28. In

Benedick's

women-killers?

as

ACT

with

he

of

invite for his audience?

learning for its own

make
by displaying it?

follow
can

verses

scholar

sake

or

for

the

sake

pedant?
of
this
does it miss
satirical
the
Scene,
Granting
34.
purpose
of the qualityof the thing satirized?
point by being too much
as
the scene
reveals the King's company
which
35. Describe
is the difference

between

and

forsworn.

36. Who

writes

2,7. How

does

comes

the best verses?

Biron

enjoy

momentary

about* his fall?

148

triumph, and

how

LOVE'S

LABOUR

38. What
verses?

is his
Do

the best

'S LOST

opinion of the women's

think

you

the

susceptibilityto lovcthe magazines

or

addressed

woman

appreciators of love-verse?

39. Give

the argument

of Biron's

ACT
40.

Questions

How

does

Nathaniel

rhapsody

on

women.

FIFTH.
comment

the

on

of

arguments

Holo-

fernes ?
41.

What

42.

the

are

fernes and

of

comments

Moth

and

Costard

Holo-

on

Nathaniel?

Who

to

are

play the Nine

Worthies?

How

Moth

was

to

play Hercules?
43.

Under

what

How

before their return?

made

are

44.

cess?
disguise does the King's party visit the Printhe women
they met, and what exchanges among

are

Describe

Masque

in A

the

Masque.

Is this

Midsummer-Night's

45. What

is the

the French

King's

emotional

as

Dream

effect

of

mirth

provoking

as

the

?
the

message

announcing

death?

46. What
penalties are laid upon the King's party that bear out
the play's title,Love's
Labour's
Lost?
What
is the humorous
effect of Biron's
47. What

the

play

sentence?

element

new

is introduced

in the

songs

with

which

closes ?

48. The
conceited

earliest edition of the play denotes this as a

how
this designation is borne
Show
comedy."

Is there

those

of

out.

elements

of his dramatic

nature

the

creed.

that is quotable?
play contain much
of expression.
felicitous
turns
witty or
especially

55. Does
some

anything,

in the

pleasant

plot or the
conduct
of the characters, to mar
the uniform
pleasant effect?
certain characters
that are
manifestly studies for
50. Mention
characters
that appear
in plays of subsequent dates.
play of Moliere's does this resemble in purpose?
51. What
do you
imagine to have been Shakespeare's feeling
52. What
about Euphuism
and other learned affectations of his age?
other play does a character
embody the affectation
53. In what
known
as
Euphuism?
this play in the light of the words
on
plays and acting
54. Read
in Hamlet
how
consider
found
and
bodied
Shakespeare has here em49.

either

"

this

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