ACT V.

EnterMariaandClown.Mar.Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard;make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate: do itquickly; I'll call Sir Toby the whilst.[Exit.Clo.Well, I'll put it on, and I will dissemble myself5in 't; and I would I were the first that ever dissembled insuch a gown. I am nottallenough to become the functionwell, nor lean enough to be thought a goodstudent; butto be said an honest man and a good housekeeper goes asfairly as to say acarefulman and a great scholar. The10competitors enter.EnterSir TobyandMaria.Sir To.Jovebless thee,masterParson.Clo.Bonos dies, Sir Toby: for, as the old hermit ofPrague, that never saw pen and ink, very wittily said to aniece of KingGorboduc, 'That that is is;' so I, being master15Parson, ammasterParson; for, what is 'that' but 'that,'and 'is' but 'is'?Sir To.To him, Sir Topas.Clo.What, ho, I say! peace in thisprison!Sir To.The knave counterfeits well; a good knave.20Mal.[within]Who calls there?Clo.Sir Topas the curate, who comes to visit Malvoliothe lunatic.Mal.Sir Topas, Sir Topas, good Sir Topas, go to mylady.25Clo.Out, hyperbolical fiend! how vexest thou thisman! talkest thounothing but ofladies?Sir To.Well said, master Parson.Mal.Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged: goodSir Topas, do not think I am mad: they have laid me here30in hideous darkness.Clo.Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the mostmodest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that willuse the devil himself with courtesy: sayest thouthathouseis dark?35Mal.As hell, Sir Topas.Clo.Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes,and theclearstorestoward the south north are as lustrousas ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?Mal.I am not mad, Sir Topas: I say to you, this40house is dark.Clo.Madman, thou errest: I say, there is no darknessbut ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled than theEgyptians in their fog.Mal.I say, this house is as dark as ignorance, though45ignorance were as dark as hell; and I say, there was neverman thus abused. I am no more mad than you are: makethe trial of it in any constant question.Clo.What is the opinion of Pythagoras concerningwild fowl?50Mal.That the soul of our grandam mighthaplyinhabita bird.Clo.What thinkest thou of his opinion?Mal.I think nobly of the soul, and no way approvehis opinion.55Clo.Fare thee well. Remain thou still in darkness:thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow ofthy wits; and fear to kill a woodcock, lest thou dispossessthesoulof thy grandam. Fare thee well.Mal.Sir Topas, Sir Topas!60Sir To.My most exquisite Sir Topas!Clo.Nay, I am for allwaters.Mar.Thou mightst have done this without thy beardand gown: he sees thee not.Sir To.To him in thine own voice, and bring me word65how thou findest him: I would we werewellrid of thisknavery. If he may be conveniently delivered, I would hewere; for I am now so far in offence with my niece, that Icannot pursue with any safety this sportto the upshot. Comeby and by to mychamber.[ExeuntSir Toby and Maria.70Clo.[Singing]Hey,Robin, jolly Robin,Tell me howthylady does.Mal.Fool,——Clo.My lady is unkind, perdy.Mal.Fool,——75Clo.Alas, why is she so?Mal.Fool, I say,——Clo.She loves another—Who calls, ha?Mal.Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at myhand, help me to a candle, and pen, ink and paper: as I80am a gentleman, I will live to be thankful to thee for't.Clo.Master Malvolio?Mal.Ay, good fool.Clo.Alas, sir, how fell youbesidesyour five wits?Mal.Fool, there was never man so notoriously abused:85I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art.Clo.But as well? thenyou aremad indeed, if you beno better in your wits than a fool.Mal.Theyhave herepropertied me; keep me in darkness,send ministers to me, asses, and do all they can to90face me out of my wits.Clo.Advise you what you say; the minister is here.Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the heavens restore! endeavourthyself to sleep, and leave thy vain bibble babble.Mal.Sir Topas,——95Clo.Maintain no words with him, good fellow. Who,I, sir? not I, sir. Godbe wi' you, good Sir Topas. Marry,amen. I will,sir, I will.Mal.Fool, fool, fool, I say,——Clo.Alas, sir, be patient. What say you, sir? I am100shent for speaking to you.Mal.Good fool, help me to some light and somepaper: I tell thee, I am as well in my wits as any man inIllyria.Clo.Well-a-day that you were, sir!105Mal.By this hand, I am. Good fool, some ink, paperand light; and convey what I will set down to my lady: itshall advantage thee more than ever the bearing of letterdid.Clo.I will help you to't. But tell me true,are you110not mad indeed?ordo you but counterfeit?Mal.Believe me, I am not; I tell thee true.Clo.Nay, I'll ne'er believe a madman till I see hisbrains. I will fetch you light and paper and ink.Mal.Fool, I'll requite it in the highest degree: I115prithee, be gone.Clo.[Singing]I am gone, sir,And anon, sir,I'll be with you again,In a trice,120Like to the old vice,Your need to sustain;Who, with dagger of lath,In his rage and his wrath,Cries, ah, ha! to the devil:125Like a mad lad,Pare thy nails,dad;Adieu,goodman Drivel.[Exit.

EnterMariaandClown.

Mar.Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard;make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate: do itquickly; I'll call Sir Toby the whilst.[Exit.

Mar.Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard;

make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate: do it

quickly; I'll call Sir Toby the whilst.[Exit.

Clo.Well, I'll put it on, and I will dissemble myself5in 't; and I would I were the first that ever dissembled insuch a gown. I am nottallenough to become the functionwell, nor lean enough to be thought a goodstudent; butto be said an honest man and a good housekeeper goes asfairly as to say acarefulman and a great scholar. The10competitors enter.

Clo.Well, I'll put it on, and I will dissemble myself

in 't; and I would I were the first that ever dissembled in

such a gown. I am nottallenough to become the function

well, nor lean enough to be thought a goodstudent; but

to be said an honest man and a good housekeeper goes as

fairly as to say acarefulman and a great scholar. The

competitors enter.

EnterSir TobyandMaria.

Sir To.Jovebless thee,masterParson.

Clo.Bonos dies, Sir Toby: for, as the old hermit ofPrague, that never saw pen and ink, very wittily said to aniece of KingGorboduc, 'That that is is;' so I, being master15Parson, ammasterParson; for, what is 'that' but 'that,'and 'is' but 'is'?

Clo.Bonos dies, Sir Toby: for, as the old hermit of

Prague, that never saw pen and ink, very wittily said to a

niece of KingGorboduc, 'That that is is;' so I, being master

Parson, ammasterParson; for, what is 'that' but 'that,'

and 'is' but 'is'?

Sir To.To him, Sir Topas.

Clo.What, ho, I say! peace in thisprison!

Sir To.The knave counterfeits well; a good knave.

20Mal.[within]Who calls there?

Mal.[within]Who calls there?

Clo.Sir Topas the curate, who comes to visit Malvoliothe lunatic.

Clo.Sir Topas the curate, who comes to visit Malvolio

the lunatic.

Mal.Sir Topas, Sir Topas, good Sir Topas, go to mylady.

Mal.Sir Topas, Sir Topas, good Sir Topas, go to my

lady.

25Clo.Out, hyperbolical fiend! how vexest thou thisman! talkest thounothing but ofladies?

Clo.Out, hyperbolical fiend! how vexest thou this

man! talkest thounothing but ofladies?

Sir To.Well said, master Parson.

Mal.Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged: goodSir Topas, do not think I am mad: they have laid me here30in hideous darkness.

Mal.Sir Topas, never was man thus wronged: good

Sir Topas, do not think I am mad: they have laid me here

in hideous darkness.

Clo.Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the mostmodest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that willuse the devil himself with courtesy: sayest thouthathouseis dark?

Clo.Fie, thou dishonest Satan! I call thee by the most

modest terms; for I am one of those gentle ones that will

use the devil himself with courtesy: sayest thouthathouse

is dark?

35Mal.As hell, Sir Topas.

Mal.As hell, Sir Topas.

Clo.Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes,and theclearstorestoward the south north are as lustrousas ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?

Clo.Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes,

and theclearstorestoward the south north are as lustrous

as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?

Mal.I am not mad, Sir Topas: I say to you, this40house is dark.

Mal.I am not mad, Sir Topas: I say to you, this

house is dark.

Clo.Madman, thou errest: I say, there is no darknessbut ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled than theEgyptians in their fog.

Clo.Madman, thou errest: I say, there is no darkness

but ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled than the

Egyptians in their fog.

Mal.I say, this house is as dark as ignorance, though45ignorance were as dark as hell; and I say, there was neverman thus abused. I am no more mad than you are: makethe trial of it in any constant question.

Mal.I say, this house is as dark as ignorance, though

ignorance were as dark as hell; and I say, there was never

man thus abused. I am no more mad than you are: make

the trial of it in any constant question.

Clo.What is the opinion of Pythagoras concerningwild fowl?

Clo.What is the opinion of Pythagoras concerning

wild fowl?

50Mal.That the soul of our grandam mighthaplyinhabita bird.

Mal.That the soul of our grandam mighthaplyinhabit

a bird.

Clo.What thinkest thou of his opinion?

Mal.I think nobly of the soul, and no way approvehis opinion.

Mal.I think nobly of the soul, and no way approve

his opinion.

55Clo.Fare thee well. Remain thou still in darkness:thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow ofthy wits; and fear to kill a woodcock, lest thou dispossessthesoulof thy grandam. Fare thee well.

Clo.Fare thee well. Remain thou still in darkness:

thou shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow of

thy wits; and fear to kill a woodcock, lest thou dispossess

thesoulof thy grandam. Fare thee well.

Mal.Sir Topas, Sir Topas!

60Sir To.My most exquisite Sir Topas!

Sir To.My most exquisite Sir Topas!

Clo.Nay, I am for allwaters.

Mar.Thou mightst have done this without thy beardand gown: he sees thee not.

Mar.Thou mightst have done this without thy beard

and gown: he sees thee not.

Sir To.To him in thine own voice, and bring me word65how thou findest him: I would we werewellrid of thisknavery. If he may be conveniently delivered, I would hewere; for I am now so far in offence with my niece, that Icannot pursue with any safety this sportto the upshot. Comeby and by to mychamber.[ExeuntSir Toby and Maria.

Sir To.To him in thine own voice, and bring me word

how thou findest him: I would we werewellrid of this

knavery. If he may be conveniently delivered, I would he

were; for I am now so far in offence with my niece, that I

cannot pursue with any safety this sportto the upshot. Come

by and by to mychamber.[ExeuntSir Toby and Maria.

70Clo.[Singing]Hey,Robin, jolly Robin,Tell me howthylady does.

Clo.[Singing]Hey,Robin, jolly Robin,

Tell me howthylady does.

Mal.Fool,——

Clo.My lady is unkind, perdy.

Mal.Fool,——

75Clo.Alas, why is she so?

Clo.Alas, why is she so?

Mal.Fool, I say,——

Clo.She loves another—Who calls, ha?

Mal.Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at myhand, help me to a candle, and pen, ink and paper: as I80am a gentleman, I will live to be thankful to thee for't.

Mal.Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at my

hand, help me to a candle, and pen, ink and paper: as I

am a gentleman, I will live to be thankful to thee for't.

Clo.Master Malvolio?

Mal.Ay, good fool.

Clo.Alas, sir, how fell youbesidesyour five wits?

Mal.Fool, there was never man so notoriously abused:85I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art.

Mal.Fool, there was never man so notoriously abused:

I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art.

Clo.But as well? thenyou aremad indeed, if you beno better in your wits than a fool.

Clo.But as well? thenyou aremad indeed, if you be

no better in your wits than a fool.

Mal.Theyhave herepropertied me; keep me in darkness,send ministers to me, asses, and do all they can to90face me out of my wits.

Mal.Theyhave herepropertied me; keep me in darkness,

send ministers to me, asses, and do all they can to

face me out of my wits.

Clo.Advise you what you say; the minister is here.Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the heavens restore! endeavourthyself to sleep, and leave thy vain bibble babble.

Clo.Advise you what you say; the minister is here.

Malvolio, Malvolio, thy wits the heavens restore! endeavour

thyself to sleep, and leave thy vain bibble babble.

Mal.Sir Topas,——

95Clo.Maintain no words with him, good fellow. Who,I, sir? not I, sir. Godbe wi' you, good Sir Topas. Marry,amen. I will,sir, I will.

Clo.Maintain no words with him, good fellow. Who,

I, sir? not I, sir. Godbe wi' you, good Sir Topas. Marry,

amen. I will,sir, I will.

Mal.Fool, fool, fool, I say,——

Clo.Alas, sir, be patient. What say you, sir? I am100shent for speaking to you.

Clo.Alas, sir, be patient. What say you, sir? I am

shent for speaking to you.

Mal.Good fool, help me to some light and somepaper: I tell thee, I am as well in my wits as any man inIllyria.

Mal.Good fool, help me to some light and some

paper: I tell thee, I am as well in my wits as any man in

Illyria.

Clo.Well-a-day that you were, sir!

105Mal.By this hand, I am. Good fool, some ink, paperand light; and convey what I will set down to my lady: itshall advantage thee more than ever the bearing of letterdid.

Mal.By this hand, I am. Good fool, some ink, paper

and light; and convey what I will set down to my lady: it

shall advantage thee more than ever the bearing of letter

did.

Clo.I will help you to't. But tell me true,are you110not mad indeed?ordo you but counterfeit?

Clo.I will help you to't. But tell me true,are you

not mad indeed?ordo you but counterfeit?

Mal.Believe me, I am not; I tell thee true.

Clo.Nay, I'll ne'er believe a madman till I see hisbrains. I will fetch you light and paper and ink.

Clo.Nay, I'll ne'er believe a madman till I see his

brains. I will fetch you light and paper and ink.

Mal.Fool, I'll requite it in the highest degree: I115prithee, be gone.

Mal.Fool, I'll requite it in the highest degree: I

prithee, be gone.

Clo.[Singing]I am gone, sir,And anon, sir,I'll be with you again,In a trice,120Like to the old vice,Your need to sustain;

Clo.[Singing]I am gone, sir,

And anon, sir,

I'll be with you again,

In a trice,

Like to the old vice,

Your need to sustain;

Who, with dagger of lath,In his rage and his wrath,Cries, ah, ha! to the devil:125Like a mad lad,Pare thy nails,dad;Adieu,goodman Drivel.[Exit.

Who, with dagger of lath,

In his rage and his wrath,

Cries, ah, ha! to the devil:

Like a mad lad,

Pare thy nails,dad;

Adieu,goodman Drivel.[Exit.

LINENOTES:Scene ii.]Scene iii.Pope.Olivia'shouse.]Rowe.[3][Exit.]Exit M. Theobald.[6]tall]fatReed (1803) (Farmer conj.).paleTyrwhitt conj.of tailleBecket conj.[7]student]studientF1.[9]careful]gracefulHanmer (Warburton).[10]Enter Sir T. and M.]Theobald. Enter Toby. Ff.[11]Jove]GodEdd. conj.[11, 14,15, 27]master]M.Ff and passim.[13]Prague]Rowe.PrageF1 F2 F3.PraugeF4.[14]Gorboduc]GorboduckPope.GorbodackeF1 F2 F4.GorbodackF3.[18][rapping at an inner door.Capell.[20]Mal. [within]Malvolio within (as a stage direction) Mal. Ff.[26]nothing but of]of nothing butAnon. conj.[33]that]thisRann.theorthattheAnon. conj.[37]clearstores]cleere storesF1.cleare stonesF2.clear stonesF3 F4.clear storiesBoswell (Blakeway conj.).[49]wild fowl]the soulTheobald conj.[50]haply]Capell.happilyFf.[58]soul]souleF1.houseF2 F3 F4.[61]waters]wantersorventuresAnon. conj.[65]well]F1.allF2 F3 F4.all wellCollier MS.[68]to the upshot]Rowe.the upshotFf.[69]chamber]champerF2.[Exeunt....]Exit with Maria. Theobald. Exit Ff.[70]Scene iv.Pope.[Singing]Rowe.[70, 71]Hey ... does.]Hey, jolly Robin, tell to me, How does thy lady do?Farmer conj.[71]thy]myRowe (ed. 2).[83]besides]besideCapell conj.[86]you are]thou artRowe (ed. 2).[88]have here]havePope.[96]be wi' you]buy youFf.b' w' youPope.[97]sir, I will]F1.sir, I will sirF2 F3 F4.[109, 110]are you not]are youJohnson conj.[110]or]andMalone conj.[116-127]Arrangedas in Capell. As eight lines in Ff.[116][Singing]Rowe. on. Ff.[119, 120]In a trice, Like to the]With a trice, Like theCollier MS.With a trice, Like to theCollier (ed. 2).[126]dad;]dad,Ff.dad?Farmer conj.[127]goodman Drivel]Rowe (ed. 2).good man diuellF1.good man DirellF2.good man DevilF3 F4.goodman Mean-evilJohnson conj.good Mean-evilMason conj.goodman Civil,orgood man, be civilAnon. conj.

LINENOTES:

Scene ii.]Scene iii.Pope.

Olivia'shouse.]Rowe.

[3][Exit.]Exit M. Theobald.

[6]tall]fatReed (1803) (Farmer conj.).paleTyrwhitt conj.of tailleBecket conj.

[7]student]studientF1.

[9]careful]gracefulHanmer (Warburton).

[10]Enter Sir T. and M.]Theobald. Enter Toby. Ff.

[11]Jove]GodEdd. conj.

[11, 14,

15, 27]master]M.Ff and passim.

[13]Prague]Rowe.PrageF1 F2 F3.PraugeF4.

[14]Gorboduc]GorboduckPope.GorbodackeF1 F2 F4.GorbodackF3.

[18][rapping at an inner door.Capell.

[20]Mal. [within]Malvolio within (as a stage direction) Mal. Ff.

[26]nothing but of]of nothing butAnon. conj.

[33]that]thisRann.theorthattheAnon. conj.

[37]clearstores]cleere storesF1.cleare stonesF2.clear stonesF3 F4.clear storiesBoswell (Blakeway conj.).

[49]wild fowl]the soulTheobald conj.

[50]haply]Capell.happilyFf.

[58]soul]souleF1.houseF2 F3 F4.

[61]waters]wantersorventuresAnon. conj.

[65]well]F1.allF2 F3 F4.all wellCollier MS.

[68]to the upshot]Rowe.the upshotFf.

[69]chamber]champerF2.

[Exeunt....]Exit with Maria. Theobald. Exit Ff.

[70]Scene iv.Pope.

[Singing]Rowe.

[70, 71]Hey ... does.]Hey, jolly Robin, tell to me, How does thy lady do?Farmer conj.

[71]thy]myRowe (ed. 2).

[83]besides]besideCapell conj.

[86]you are]thou artRowe (ed. 2).

[88]have here]havePope.

[96]be wi' you]buy youFf.b' w' youPope.

[97]sir, I will]F1.sir, I will sirF2 F3 F4.

[109, 110]are you not]are youJohnson conj.

[110]or]andMalone conj.

[116-127]Arrangedas in Capell. As eight lines in Ff.

[116][Singing]Rowe. on. Ff.

[119, 120]In a trice, Like to the]With a trice, Like theCollier MS.With a trice, Like to theCollier (ed. 2).

[126]dad;]dad,Ff.dad?Farmer conj.

[127]goodman Drivel]Rowe (ed. 2).good man diuellF1.good man DirellF2.good man DevilF3 F4.goodman Mean-evilJohnson conj.good Mean-evilMason conj.goodman Civil,orgood man, be civilAnon. conj.

EnterSebastian.Seb.This is the air; that is the glorious sun;This pearl she gave me, I do feel't and see't;And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus,Yet 'tis not madness. Where's Antonio, then?5I could not find him at the Elephant:Yet there he was; and there I foundthis credit,That he did range the town to seek me out.His counsel now might do me golden service;For though my soul disputes well with my sense,10That this may be some error, but no madness,Yet doth this accident and flood of fortuneSo far exceed all instance, all discourse,That I am ready to distrust mine eyesAnd wrangle with my reason, that persuades me15To any other trust but thatI ammad,Or else the lady's mad; yet, if 'twere so,She could not sway her house, command her followers,Take and give backaffairs and their dispatchWith such a smooth, discreet, and stable bearing20As I perceive she does: there's something in'tThat is deceivable. But herethe lady comes.EnterOliviaandPriest.Oli.Blame not this haste of mine. If you mean well,Now go with me and with this holy manInto the chantry by: there, before him,25And underneath that consecrated roof,Plight me the full assurance of your faith;That my mostjealousand too doubtful soulMayliveat peace. He shall conceal itWhilesyou are willing it shall come to note,30What time we will our celebration keepAccording to my birth. What do you say?Seb.I'll follow this good man, and go with you;And, having sworn truth, ever will be true.Oliv.Then lead the way, good father;and heavensso shine,35That they may fairly note this act of mine![Exeunt.

EnterSebastian.

Seb.This is the air; that is the glorious sun;This pearl she gave me, I do feel't and see't;And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus,Yet 'tis not madness. Where's Antonio, then?5I could not find him at the Elephant:Yet there he was; and there I foundthis credit,That he did range the town to seek me out.His counsel now might do me golden service;For though my soul disputes well with my sense,10That this may be some error, but no madness,Yet doth this accident and flood of fortuneSo far exceed all instance, all discourse,That I am ready to distrust mine eyesAnd wrangle with my reason, that persuades me15To any other trust but thatI ammad,Or else the lady's mad; yet, if 'twere so,She could not sway her house, command her followers,Take and give backaffairs and their dispatchWith such a smooth, discreet, and stable bearing20As I perceive she does: there's something in'tThat is deceivable. But herethe lady comes.

Seb.This is the air; that is the glorious sun;

This pearl she gave me, I do feel't and see't;

And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus,

Yet 'tis not madness. Where's Antonio, then?

I could not find him at the Elephant:

Yet there he was; and there I foundthis credit,

That he did range the town to seek me out.

His counsel now might do me golden service;

For though my soul disputes well with my sense,

That this may be some error, but no madness,

Yet doth this accident and flood of fortune

So far exceed all instance, all discourse,

That I am ready to distrust mine eyes

And wrangle with my reason, that persuades me

To any other trust but thatI ammad,

Or else the lady's mad; yet, if 'twere so,

She could not sway her house, command her followers,

Take and give backaffairs and their dispatch

With such a smooth, discreet, and stable bearing

As I perceive she does: there's something in't

That is deceivable. But herethe lady comes.

EnterOliviaandPriest.

Oli.Blame not this haste of mine. If you mean well,Now go with me and with this holy manInto the chantry by: there, before him,25And underneath that consecrated roof,Plight me the full assurance of your faith;That my mostjealousand too doubtful soulMayliveat peace. He shall conceal itWhilesyou are willing it shall come to note,30What time we will our celebration keepAccording to my birth. What do you say?

Oli.Blame not this haste of mine. If you mean well,

Now go with me and with this holy man

Into the chantry by: there, before him,

And underneath that consecrated roof,

Plight me the full assurance of your faith;

That my mostjealousand too doubtful soul

Mayliveat peace. He shall conceal it

Whilesyou are willing it shall come to note,

What time we will our celebration keep

According to my birth. What do you say?

Seb.I'll follow this good man, and go with you;And, having sworn truth, ever will be true.

Seb.I'll follow this good man, and go with you;

And, having sworn truth, ever will be true.

Oliv.Then lead the way, good father;and heavensso shine,35That they may fairly note this act of mine![Exeunt.

Oliv.Then lead the way, good father;and heavensso shine,

That they may fairly note this act of mine![Exeunt.

LINENOTES:Scene III.]Scene V.Pope.Olivia'sgarden.]Capell. Another apartment in O.'s house. Theobald.[6]this credit]in creditBecket conj.this credit[He takes a letter from his pocket] Jackson conj.credit] F3 F4.crediteF1 F2.credentTheobald conj.currentHanmer.creditedMason conj.[15]I am]I'mPope.[18]affairs and their dispatch]and thus dispatch affairsCollier (Collier MS.).[21]the lady comes]she comesPope.comes the ladySteevens.[27]jealous]iealiousF1.[28]live]henceforth liveHanmer.[29]Whiles]WhileGrant White.[34]and heavens]F1 F2.and heavenF3 F4.heav'nsPope.[35][Exeunt.]Exeunt. Finis Actus Quartus. F1. Finis actus Quarti. F2 F3 F4.

LINENOTES:

Scene III.]Scene V.Pope.

Olivia'sgarden.]Capell. Another apartment in O.'s house. Theobald.

[6]this credit]in creditBecket conj.this credit[He takes a letter from his pocket] Jackson conj.

credit] F3 F4.crediteF1 F2.credentTheobald conj.currentHanmer.creditedMason conj.

[15]I am]I'mPope.

[18]affairs and their dispatch]and thus dispatch affairsCollier (Collier MS.).

[21]the lady comes]she comesPope.comes the ladySteevens.

[27]jealous]iealiousF1.

[28]live]henceforth liveHanmer.

[29]Whiles]WhileGrant White.

[34]and heavens]F1 F2.and heavenF3 F4.heav'nsPope.

[35][Exeunt.]Exeunt. Finis Actus Quartus. F1. Finis actus Quarti. F2 F3 F4.

EnterClownandFabian.Fab.Now, as thou lovest me, let me seehisletter.Clo.Good Master Fabian, grant me another request.Fab.Any thing.Clo.Do not desire to see this letter.5Fab.This is, to give a dog, and in recompense desiremy dog again.EnterDuke,Viola,Curio,andLords.Duke.Belong you to the Lady Olivia, friends?Clo.Ay, sir; we are some of her trappings.Duke.I know thee well: how dost thou, my good fellow?10Clo.Truly, sir, the better for my foes and the worsefor my friends.Duke.Just the contrary; the better for thy friends.Clo.No, sir, the worse.Duke.How can that be?15Clo.Marry, sir, they praise me and make an ass ofme; now my foes tell me plainly I am an ass: so that bymy foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself; and bymy friends I am abused: sothat, conclusionsto be as kisses,if your four negatives make your two affirmatives, why then,20the worsefor my friends, and the better for my foes.Duke.Why, this is excellent.Clo.By my troth, sir, no; though it please you to beone of my friends.Duke.Thou shalt not be the worse for me: there's gold.25Clo.But that it would be double-dealing, sir, I wouldyou could make it another.Duke.O, you give me ill counsel.Clo.Put your grace in your pocket, sir, for this once,and let your flesh and blood obey it.30Duke.Well, I will be so much a sinner, to be a double-dealer:there's another.Clo.Primo, secundo, tertio, is a good play; and the oldsaying is, the third pays for all: thetriplex, sir, is a goodtripping measure;orthe bells of SaintBennet, sir, may put35you in mind; one, two, three.Duke.You can fool no more money out of me at thisthrow: if you will let your lady know I am here to speakwith her, and bring her along with you, it may awake mybounty further.40Clo.Marry, sir, lullaby to your bounty till I come again.I go, sir; but I would not have you to think that my desireof having is the sin of covetousness: but, as you say, sir, letyour bounty take a nap, I will awake it anon.[Exit.Vio.Here comes the man, sir, that did rescue me.EnterAntonioandOfficers.45Duke.That face of his I do remember well;Yet, when I saw it last, it was besmear'dAs black as Vulcan in the smoke of war:A bawbling vessel was he captain of,For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;50With which such scathful grapple did he makeWith the most noble bottom of our fleet,That very envy and the tongue of lossCried fame and honour on him. What's the matter?First Off.Orsino, this is that Antonio55That took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy;And this is he that did the Tiger board,When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state,In private brabble did we apprehend him.60Vio.Hedidme kindness, sir, drew on my side;But in conclusion put strange speech upon me:I know not what 'twas but distraction.Duke.Notable pirate! thou salt-water thief!What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies,65Whom thou, in terms so bloody and so dear,Hast made thine enemies?Ant.Orsino, noble sir,Be pleased that I shake off these names you give me:Antonio never yet was thief or pirate,Though I confess, on base and ground enough,70Orsino's enemy. A witchcraft drew me hither:That mostingratefulboy there by your side,From the rude sea's enraged and foamy mouthDid I redeem; awreckpast hope he was:His life I gave him and did thereto add75My love, without retention or restraint,Allhis indedication; for his sakeDid I expose myself, pureforhis love,Into the danger of this adverse town;Drew to defend him when he was beset:80Where being apprehended, his false cunning,Not meaning to partake with me in danger,Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance,And grew a twenty years removed thingWhile one would wink; deniedmemine own purse,85Which I had recommended to his useNot half an hour before.Vio.How can this be?Duke.When cameheto this town?Ant.Today, my lord; and for three months before,Nointerim, not a minute's vacancy,90Both day and night did we keep company.EnterOliviaandAttendants.Duke.Here comes the countess: now heaven walks on earth.But for thee, fellow; fellow, thy words are madness:Three months this youth hath tended upon me;But more of that anon. Take him aside.95Oli.What would my lord, but that he may not have,Wherein Olivia may seem serviceable?Cesario, youdo notkeep promise with me.Vio.Madam!Duke.GraciousOlivia,—100Oli.What do you say, Cesario? Good mylord,—Vio.My lord would speak; my duty hushes me.Oli.If it be aught to the old tune, my lord,It is asfatand fulsome to mine earAs howling after music.Duke.Stillso cruel?105Oli.Stillso constant, lord.Duke.What, to perverseness? You uncivil lady,To whom ingrate and unauspicious altarsMy soul the faithfull'st offeringshathbreathed outThat e'er devotion tender'd! What shall I do?110Oli.Even what it please my lord, that shall become him.Duke.Why should I not, had I the heart todo it,Like to the Egyptian thief at point of death,Kill what I love?—a savage jealousyThat sometime savours nobly. But hearmethis:115Since you to non-regardance cast my faith,And that I partly know the instrumentThat screws me from my true place in your favour,Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still;But this your minion, whom I know you love,120And whom, by heaven I swear, I tender dearly,Him will I tear out of that cruel eye,Where he sits crowned in his master's spite.Come, boy, with me; my thoughts are ripe in mischief:I 'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love,125To spite a raven's heart within adove.Vio.And I, most jocund, apt and willingly,To do you rest, a thousand deaths woulddie.Oli.Where goes Cesario?Vio.After him I loveMore than I love these eyes, more than my life,130More, by all mores, than e'er I shall love wife.If I do feign, you witnesses abovePunish my life for tainting of my love!Oli.Ayme, detested! how am I beguiled!Vio.Who does beguile you? who does do you wrong?135Oli.Hast thou forgot thyself? is it so long?Call forth the holyfather.Duke.Come, away!Oli.Whither, my lord? Cesario, husband, stay.Duke.Husband!Oli.Ay, husband: can he that deny?Duke.Her husband, sirrah!Vio.No, my lord, not I.140Oli.Alas, it is the baseness of thy fearThat makes thee strangle thy propriety:Fear not, Cesario; take thy fortunes up;Bethat thouknow'st thou art, and then thou artAs great as that thou fear'st.EnterPriest.O, welcome, father!145Father, I charge thee, by thy reverence,Here to unfold, though lately we intendedTo keep in darkness what occasion nowReveals before 'tis ripe, what thou dost knowHath newly pass'd between this youth and me.150Priest.A contractof eternalbond of love,Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands,Attested by the holy close of lips,Strengthen'd by interchangement of your rings;And all the ceremony of this compact155Seal'd in my function, by my testimony:Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my graveI have travell'd but two hours.Duke.O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou beWhen time hath sow'd a grizzleon thy case?160Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow,That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow?Farewell, and take her; but direct thy feetWhere thou and I henceforth may never meet.Vio.My lord, I doprotest—Oli.O, do not swear!165Holdlittle faith, though thou hast too much fear.EnterSir Andrew.Sir And.For the love of God, a surgeon!Sendonepresently to Sir Toby.Oli.What's the matter?Sir And.He hasbroke my head across andhas given170Sir Toby a bloody coxcomb too: for the love of God, yourhelp! I had rather than forty pound I were at home.Oli.Who has done this, Sir Andrew?Sir And.The count's gentleman, one Cesario: we tookhim for a coward, but he's the very devilincardinate.175Duke.My gentleman, Cesario?Sir And.'Od's lifelings, here he is! You broke myhead for nothing; and that that I did, I was set on to do'tby Sir Toby.Vio.Why do you speak to me? I never hurt you:180You drew your sword upon me without cause;But I bespake you fair, and hurt you not.Sir And.If a bloody coxcomb be a hurt, you havehurt me: I think you set nothing by a bloody coxcomb.EnterSir TobyandClown.Here comes Sir Toby halting; you shall hear more: but if185he had not been in drink, he would have tickled youothergatesthan he did.Duke.How now, gentleman! how is't with you?Sir To.That's all one:hashurt me, and there'stheend on't. Sot,didstsee Dick surgeon, sot?190Clo.O, he's drunk,Sir Toby, an hour agone; his eyeswereset ateight i' the morning.Sir To.Then he's arogue, and a passy measures panyn:I hate a drunken rogue.Oli.Away with him! Who hath made this havoc with195them?Sir And.I'll help you, Sir Toby, because we'll bedressed together.Sir To.Will youhelp? an ass-headand a coxcomband a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull!200Oli.Get him to bed, and let his hurt be look'd to.[ExeuntClown,Fabian,Sir Toby,and Sir Andrew.EnterSebastian.Seb.I am sorry, madam, I have hurt yourkinsman;But, had it been the brother of my blood,I must have done no less with wit andsafety.You throw a strangeregarduponme,and by that205I do perceive it hath offended you:Pardon me, sweet one, even for the vowsWe made each other but so late ago.Duke.One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons,Anaturalperspective, that is and is not!210Seb.Antonio, O my dear Antonio!How have the hours rack'd and tortured me,Since I have lost thee!Ant.Sebastian are you?Seb.Fear'st thouthat, Antonio?Ant.How have you made division of yourself?215An apple, cleft in two, is not more twinThan these two creatures. Which is Sebastian?Oli.Most wonderful!Seb.Do I stand there? I never had a brother;Nor can there bethatdeity in my nature,220Of here and every where. I had a sister,Whom the blind waves and surges have devour'd.Of charity, what kin are you tome?What countryman? what name? what parentage?Vio.OfMessaline: Sebastian was my father;225Such a Sebastian was my brother too,So went he suited to his watery tomb:If spirits can assume both form and suitYou come to fright us.Seb.A spirit I am indeed;But am in that dimension grossly clad230Which from the womb I did participate.Were you a woman, as the restgoeseven,I should my tears let fall upon your cheek,Andsay 'Thrice-welcome, drowned Viola!'Vio.My father had a mole upon his brow.235Seb.And so had mine.Vio.And died that day when Viola from her birthHad number'd thirteen years.Seb.O, that record is lively in my soul!He finished indeed his mortal act240That day that made my sister thirteen years.Vio.If nothing lets to make us happy bothBut this my masculine usurp'd attire,Do not embrace me till each circumstanceOf place, time, fortune, do cohere and jump245That I am Viola: which to confirm,I'll bring you to acaptainin this town,Where lie mymaidenweeds;by whosegentle helpI waspreservedto serve this noblecount.All theoccurrenceof my fortune since250Hathbeen between this lady and this lord.Seb.[To Olivia]So comes it, lady, you have been mistook:But nature to her biasdrewin that.You would have been contracted to a maid;Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived,255You are betroth'd both to a maid and man.Duke.Be not amazed; right noble is his blood.If this be so, as yet the glass seems true,I shall have share in this most happywreck.[To Viola]Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times260Thou nevershouldstlove woman like to me.Vio.And all those sayings will I over-swear;And all those swearings keep as true in soulAs doth that orbed continent thefireThat severs day from night.Duke.Give me thy hand;265And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds.Vio.The captain that did bring me first on shoreHath my maid's garments: he upon some actionIs now in durance, at Malvolio's suit,A gentleman, and follower of my lady's.270Oli.He shall enlarge him: fetch Malvolio hither:And yet, alas, now I remember me,They say, poor gentleman, he's much distract.Re-enterClownwith a letter,andFabian.Amostextractingfrenzy of mine ownFrom my remembrance clearlybanish'dhis.275How does he, sirrah?Clo.Truly, madam, he holds Belzebub at the stave'send as well as a man in his case may do:hashere writ aletter to you; I should have given 't you to-day morning,but as a madman's epistles are no gospels, so it skills not280much when they are delivered.Oli.Open 't, and read it.Clo.Look then to be well edified when the fool deliversthe madman.[Reads]By the Lord, madam,—Oli.How now!art thoumad?285Clo.No, madam, I do but read madness:anyour ladyshipwill have it as it ought to be, you must allowVox.Oli.Prithee,readi' thyright wits.Clo.So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is toread thus: therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.290Oli.Read it you, sirrah.[To Fabian.Fab.[Reads]By the Lord, madam, you wrong me, andthe world shall know it: though you have put me into darkness andgiven your drunkencousinrule over me, yet have Ithe benefitof mysenses as well as your ladyship. I have your own letter that induced295me to the semblance I put on; with the which I doubt not but to domyself much right, or you much shame. Think of me as you please.I leave my duty a little unthought of and speak out of my injury.The madly-used Malvolio.Oli.Did he write this?300Clo.Ay, madam.Duke.This savours not much of distraction.Oli.See him deliver'd, Fabian; bring him hither.[Exit Fabian.My lord, so please you, these things further thought on,To think me as well a sister as a wife,305One day shall crown the allianceon't, soplease you,Here at my house and at my proper cost.Duke.Madam, I am most apt to embrace your offer.[To Viola]Your master quits you; and for your service done him,So much against themettleof your sex,310So far beneath your soft and tender breeding,And since you call'd me master for so long,Here is my hand: you shall from this time beYour master'smistress.Oli.A sister! you are she.Re-enterFabian,withMalvolio.Duke.Is this the madman?Oli.Ay, my lord, this same.How now,Malvolio!315Mal.Madam,you havedone me wrong,Notorious wrong.Oli.Have I, Malvolio? no.Mal.Lady, you have. Pray you, peruse that letter.You must not now deny it is your hand:Write from it, if you can, in hand or phrase;320Or say 'tis not yourseal, notyour invention:You can say none of this: well, grant it thenAnd tell me, in the modesty of honour,Why you have given me such clear lights of favour,Bade me come smiling and cross-garter'd to you,325To put on yellow stockings and to frownUpon Sir Toby and the lighter people;And, acting this in an obedient hope,Why have you suffer'd me to be imprison'd,Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest,330And made the most notorious geekand gullThat e'er invention play'd on? tell me why.Oli.Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing,Though, I confess, much like the character:But out of question 'tis Maria's hand.335And now I do bethink me, it was sheFirst told me thou wast mad;thencamest insmiling,And in such forms which here werepresupposedUpon thee in the letter. Prithee, be content:This practice hath most shrewdly pass'd upon thee;340But when we know the grounds and authors of it,Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judgeOf thine own cause.Fab.Good madam,hearme speak,And let no quarrel nor no brawl to comeTaint the condition of this present hour,345Which I have wonder'd at. In hope it shall not,Most freely Iconfess, myselfandTobySet this device against Malvolio here,Upon some stubborn and uncourteous partsWe had conceivedagainsthim: Maria writ350The letter at Sir Toby's great importance;In recompense whereof he hath married her.How with a sportful malice it was follow'd,May rather pluck on laughter than revenge;If that the injuries be justly weigh'd355That have on both sidespass'd.Oli.Alas, poorfool, how have they baffledthee!Clo.Why, 'some are born great, some achieve greatness,and some have greatnessthrownupon them.' I wasone, sir, in this interlude; one Sir Topas, sir; but that's all360one. 'By the Lord, fool, I am not mad.' But do youremember?'Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal?anyou smile not, he's gagged:' and thus thewhirligigoftime brings in his revenges.Mal.I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you.[Exit.365Oli.He hath been most notoriously abused.Duke.Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace:He hath not told us of the captain yet:When that is known, and golden timeconvents,A solemn combination shall be made370Of our dear souls.Meantime, sweet sister,We will not part from hence. Cesario, come;For so you shall be, while you are a man;But when in other habits you are seen,Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen.[Exeuntall, except Clown.Clo.[Sings]375Whenthat I wasanda littletinyboy,With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,A foolish thing was but a toy,For the rain it raineth every day.But when I came to man's estate,380With hey, ho, &c.'Gainstknaves and thievesmen shut their gate,For the rain, &c.But when I came, alas! to wive,With hey, ho, &c.385By swaggering could I never thrive,For the rain, &c.But when I came unto mybeds,With hey, ho, &c.Withtoss-potsstill haddrunkenheads,390For the rain, &c.A great while ago the worldbegun,With hey, ho, &c.But that's all one, our play is done,And we'll strive to please you every day.[Exit.

EnterClownandFabian.

Fab.Now, as thou lovest me, let me seehisletter.

Clo.Good Master Fabian, grant me another request.

Fab.Any thing.

Clo.Do not desire to see this letter.

5Fab.This is, to give a dog, and in recompense desiremy dog again.

Fab.This is, to give a dog, and in recompense desire

my dog again.

EnterDuke,Viola,Curio,andLords.

Duke.Belong you to the Lady Olivia, friends?

Clo.Ay, sir; we are some of her trappings.

Duke.I know thee well: how dost thou, my good fellow?

10Clo.Truly, sir, the better for my foes and the worsefor my friends.

Clo.Truly, sir, the better for my foes and the worse

for my friends.

Duke.Just the contrary; the better for thy friends.

Clo.No, sir, the worse.

Duke.How can that be?

15Clo.Marry, sir, they praise me and make an ass ofme; now my foes tell me plainly I am an ass: so that bymy foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself; and bymy friends I am abused: sothat, conclusionsto be as kisses,if your four negatives make your two affirmatives, why then,20the worsefor my friends, and the better for my foes.

Clo.Marry, sir, they praise me and make an ass of

me; now my foes tell me plainly I am an ass: so that by

my foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself; and by

my friends I am abused: sothat, conclusionsto be as kisses,

if your four negatives make your two affirmatives, why then,

the worsefor my friends, and the better for my foes.

Duke.Why, this is excellent.

Clo.By my troth, sir, no; though it please you to beone of my friends.

Clo.By my troth, sir, no; though it please you to be

one of my friends.

Duke.Thou shalt not be the worse for me: there's gold.

25Clo.But that it would be double-dealing, sir, I wouldyou could make it another.

Clo.But that it would be double-dealing, sir, I would

you could make it another.

Duke.O, you give me ill counsel.

Clo.Put your grace in your pocket, sir, for this once,and let your flesh and blood obey it.

Clo.Put your grace in your pocket, sir, for this once,

and let your flesh and blood obey it.

30Duke.Well, I will be so much a sinner, to be a double-dealer:there's another.

Duke.Well, I will be so much a sinner, to be a double-dealer:

there's another.

Clo.Primo, secundo, tertio, is a good play; and the oldsaying is, the third pays for all: thetriplex, sir, is a goodtripping measure;orthe bells of SaintBennet, sir, may put35you in mind; one, two, three.

Clo.Primo, secundo, tertio, is a good play; and the old

saying is, the third pays for all: thetriplex, sir, is a good

tripping measure;orthe bells of SaintBennet, sir, may put

you in mind; one, two, three.

Duke.You can fool no more money out of me at thisthrow: if you will let your lady know I am here to speakwith her, and bring her along with you, it may awake mybounty further.

Duke.You can fool no more money out of me at this

throw: if you will let your lady know I am here to speak

with her, and bring her along with you, it may awake my

bounty further.

40Clo.Marry, sir, lullaby to your bounty till I come again.I go, sir; but I would not have you to think that my desireof having is the sin of covetousness: but, as you say, sir, letyour bounty take a nap, I will awake it anon.[Exit.

Clo.Marry, sir, lullaby to your bounty till I come again.

I go, sir; but I would not have you to think that my desire

of having is the sin of covetousness: but, as you say, sir, let

your bounty take a nap, I will awake it anon.[Exit.

Vio.Here comes the man, sir, that did rescue me.

EnterAntonioandOfficers.

45Duke.That face of his I do remember well;Yet, when I saw it last, it was besmear'dAs black as Vulcan in the smoke of war:A bawbling vessel was he captain of,For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;50With which such scathful grapple did he makeWith the most noble bottom of our fleet,That very envy and the tongue of lossCried fame and honour on him. What's the matter?

Duke.That face of his I do remember well;

Yet, when I saw it last, it was besmear'd

As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war:

A bawbling vessel was he captain of,

For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;

With which such scathful grapple did he make

With the most noble bottom of our fleet,

That very envy and the tongue of loss

Cried fame and honour on him. What's the matter?

First Off.Orsino, this is that Antonio55That took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy;And this is he that did the Tiger board,When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state,In private brabble did we apprehend him.

First Off.Orsino, this is that Antonio

That took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy;

And this is he that did the Tiger board,

When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:

Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state,

In private brabble did we apprehend him.

60Vio.Hedidme kindness, sir, drew on my side;But in conclusion put strange speech upon me:I know not what 'twas but distraction.

Vio.Hedidme kindness, sir, drew on my side;

But in conclusion put strange speech upon me:

I know not what 'twas but distraction.

Duke.Notable pirate! thou salt-water thief!What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies,65Whom thou, in terms so bloody and so dear,Hast made thine enemies?

Duke.Notable pirate! thou salt-water thief!

What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies,

Whom thou, in terms so bloody and so dear,

Hast made thine enemies?

Ant.Orsino, noble sir,Be pleased that I shake off these names you give me:Antonio never yet was thief or pirate,Though I confess, on base and ground enough,70Orsino's enemy. A witchcraft drew me hither:That mostingratefulboy there by your side,From the rude sea's enraged and foamy mouthDid I redeem; awreckpast hope he was:His life I gave him and did thereto add75My love, without retention or restraint,Allhis indedication; for his sakeDid I expose myself, pureforhis love,Into the danger of this adverse town;Drew to defend him when he was beset:80Where being apprehended, his false cunning,Not meaning to partake with me in danger,Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance,And grew a twenty years removed thingWhile one would wink; deniedmemine own purse,85Which I had recommended to his useNot half an hour before.

Ant.Orsino, noble sir,

Be pleased that I shake off these names you give me:

Antonio never yet was thief or pirate,

Though I confess, on base and ground enough,

Orsino's enemy. A witchcraft drew me hither:

That mostingratefulboy there by your side,

From the rude sea's enraged and foamy mouth

Did I redeem; awreckpast hope he was:

His life I gave him and did thereto add

My love, without retention or restraint,

Allhis indedication; for his sake

Did I expose myself, pureforhis love,

Into the danger of this adverse town;

Drew to defend him when he was beset:

Where being apprehended, his false cunning,

Not meaning to partake with me in danger,

Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance,

And grew a twenty years removed thing

While one would wink; deniedmemine own purse,

Which I had recommended to his use

Not half an hour before.

Vio.How can this be?

Duke.When cameheto this town?

Ant.Today, my lord; and for three months before,Nointerim, not a minute's vacancy,90Both day and night did we keep company.

Ant.Today, my lord; and for three months before,

Nointerim, not a minute's vacancy,

Both day and night did we keep company.

EnterOliviaandAttendants.

Duke.Here comes the countess: now heaven walks on earth.But for thee, fellow; fellow, thy words are madness:Three months this youth hath tended upon me;But more of that anon. Take him aside.

Duke.Here comes the countess: now heaven walks on earth.

But for thee, fellow; fellow, thy words are madness:

Three months this youth hath tended upon me;

But more of that anon. Take him aside.

95Oli.What would my lord, but that he may not have,Wherein Olivia may seem serviceable?Cesario, youdo notkeep promise with me.

Oli.What would my lord, but that he may not have,

Wherein Olivia may seem serviceable?

Cesario, youdo notkeep promise with me.

Vio.Madam!

Duke.GraciousOlivia,—

100Oli.What do you say, Cesario? Good mylord,—

Oli.What do you say, Cesario? Good mylord,—

Vio.My lord would speak; my duty hushes me.

Oli.If it be aught to the old tune, my lord,It is asfatand fulsome to mine earAs howling after music.

Oli.If it be aught to the old tune, my lord,

It is asfatand fulsome to mine ear

As howling after music.

Duke.Stillso cruel?

105Oli.Stillso constant, lord.

Oli.Stillso constant, lord.

Duke.What, to perverseness? You uncivil lady,To whom ingrate and unauspicious altarsMy soul the faithfull'st offeringshathbreathed outThat e'er devotion tender'd! What shall I do?

Duke.What, to perverseness? You uncivil lady,

To whom ingrate and unauspicious altars

My soul the faithfull'st offeringshathbreathed out

That e'er devotion tender'd! What shall I do?

110Oli.Even what it please my lord, that shall become him.

Oli.Even what it please my lord, that shall become him.

Duke.Why should I not, had I the heart todo it,Like to the Egyptian thief at point of death,Kill what I love?—a savage jealousyThat sometime savours nobly. But hearmethis:115Since you to non-regardance cast my faith,And that I partly know the instrumentThat screws me from my true place in your favour,Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still;But this your minion, whom I know you love,120And whom, by heaven I swear, I tender dearly,Him will I tear out of that cruel eye,Where he sits crowned in his master's spite.Come, boy, with me; my thoughts are ripe in mischief:I 'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love,125To spite a raven's heart within adove.

Duke.Why should I not, had I the heart todo it,

Like to the Egyptian thief at point of death,

Kill what I love?—a savage jealousy

That sometime savours nobly. But hearmethis:

Since you to non-regardance cast my faith,

And that I partly know the instrument

That screws me from my true place in your favour,

Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still;

But this your minion, whom I know you love,

And whom, by heaven I swear, I tender dearly,

Him will I tear out of that cruel eye,

Where he sits crowned in his master's spite.

Come, boy, with me; my thoughts are ripe in mischief:

I 'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love,

To spite a raven's heart within adove.

Vio.And I, most jocund, apt and willingly,To do you rest, a thousand deaths woulddie.

Vio.And I, most jocund, apt and willingly,

To do you rest, a thousand deaths woulddie.

Oli.Where goes Cesario?

Vio.After him I loveMore than I love these eyes, more than my life,130More, by all mores, than e'er I shall love wife.If I do feign, you witnesses abovePunish my life for tainting of my love!

Vio.After him I love

More than I love these eyes, more than my life,

More, by all mores, than e'er I shall love wife.

If I do feign, you witnesses above

Punish my life for tainting of my love!

Oli.Ayme, detested! how am I beguiled!

Vio.Who does beguile you? who does do you wrong?

135Oli.Hast thou forgot thyself? is it so long?Call forth the holyfather.

Oli.Hast thou forgot thyself? is it so long?

Call forth the holyfather.

Duke.Come, away!

Oli.Whither, my lord? Cesario, husband, stay.

Duke.Husband!

Oli.Ay, husband: can he that deny?

Duke.Her husband, sirrah!

Vio.No, my lord, not I.

140Oli.Alas, it is the baseness of thy fearThat makes thee strangle thy propriety:Fear not, Cesario; take thy fortunes up;Bethat thouknow'st thou art, and then thou artAs great as that thou fear'st.

Oli.Alas, it is the baseness of thy fear

That makes thee strangle thy propriety:

Fear not, Cesario; take thy fortunes up;

Bethat thouknow'st thou art, and then thou art

As great as that thou fear'st.

EnterPriest.

O, welcome, father!145Father, I charge thee, by thy reverence,Here to unfold, though lately we intendedTo keep in darkness what occasion nowReveals before 'tis ripe, what thou dost knowHath newly pass'd between this youth and me.

O, welcome, father!

Father, I charge thee, by thy reverence,

Here to unfold, though lately we intended

To keep in darkness what occasion now

Reveals before 'tis ripe, what thou dost know

Hath newly pass'd between this youth and me.

150Priest.A contractof eternalbond of love,Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands,Attested by the holy close of lips,Strengthen'd by interchangement of your rings;And all the ceremony of this compact155Seal'd in my function, by my testimony:Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my graveI have travell'd but two hours.

Priest.A contractof eternalbond of love,

Confirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands,

Attested by the holy close of lips,

Strengthen'd by interchangement of your rings;

And all the ceremony of this compact

Seal'd in my function, by my testimony:

Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my grave

I have travell'd but two hours.

Duke.O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou beWhen time hath sow'd a grizzleon thy case?160Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow,That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow?Farewell, and take her; but direct thy feetWhere thou and I henceforth may never meet.

Duke.O thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be

When time hath sow'd a grizzleon thy case?

Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow,

That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow?

Farewell, and take her; but direct thy feet

Where thou and I henceforth may never meet.

Vio.My lord, I doprotest—

Oli.O, do not swear!165Holdlittle faith, though thou hast too much fear.

Oli.O, do not swear!

Holdlittle faith, though thou hast too much fear.

EnterSir Andrew.

Sir And.For the love of God, a surgeon!Sendonepresently to Sir Toby.

Sir And.For the love of God, a surgeon!Sendone

presently to Sir Toby.

Oli.What's the matter?

Sir And.He hasbroke my head across andhas given170Sir Toby a bloody coxcomb too: for the love of God, yourhelp! I had rather than forty pound I were at home.

Sir And.He hasbroke my head across andhas given

Sir Toby a bloody coxcomb too: for the love of God, your

help! I had rather than forty pound I were at home.

Oli.Who has done this, Sir Andrew?

Sir And.The count's gentleman, one Cesario: we tookhim for a coward, but he's the very devilincardinate.

Sir And.The count's gentleman, one Cesario: we took

him for a coward, but he's the very devilincardinate.

175Duke.My gentleman, Cesario?

Duke.My gentleman, Cesario?

Sir And.'Od's lifelings, here he is! You broke myhead for nothing; and that that I did, I was set on to do'tby Sir Toby.

Sir And.'Od's lifelings, here he is! You broke my

head for nothing; and that that I did, I was set on to do't

by Sir Toby.

Vio.Why do you speak to me? I never hurt you:180You drew your sword upon me without cause;But I bespake you fair, and hurt you not.

Vio.Why do you speak to me? I never hurt you:

You drew your sword upon me without cause;

But I bespake you fair, and hurt you not.

Sir And.If a bloody coxcomb be a hurt, you havehurt me: I think you set nothing by a bloody coxcomb.

Sir And.If a bloody coxcomb be a hurt, you have

hurt me: I think you set nothing by a bloody coxcomb.

EnterSir TobyandClown.

Here comes Sir Toby halting; you shall hear more: but if185he had not been in drink, he would have tickled youothergatesthan he did.

Here comes Sir Toby halting; you shall hear more: but if

he had not been in drink, he would have tickled youothergates

than he did.

Duke.How now, gentleman! how is't with you?

Sir To.That's all one:hashurt me, and there'stheend on't. Sot,didstsee Dick surgeon, sot?

Sir To.That's all one:hashurt me, and there'sthe

end on't. Sot,didstsee Dick surgeon, sot?

190Clo.O, he's drunk,Sir Toby, an hour agone; his eyeswereset ateight i' the morning.

Clo.O, he's drunk,Sir Toby, an hour agone; his eyes

wereset ateight i' the morning.

Sir To.Then he's arogue, and a passy measures panyn:I hate a drunken rogue.

Sir To.Then he's arogue, and a passy measures panyn:

I hate a drunken rogue.

Oli.Away with him! Who hath made this havoc with195them?

Oli.Away with him! Who hath made this havoc with

them?

Sir And.I'll help you, Sir Toby, because we'll bedressed together.

Sir And.I'll help you, Sir Toby, because we'll be

dressed together.

Sir To.Will youhelp? an ass-headand a coxcomband a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull!

Sir To.Will youhelp? an ass-headand a coxcomb

and a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull!

200Oli.Get him to bed, and let his hurt be look'd to.[ExeuntClown,Fabian,Sir Toby,and Sir Andrew.

Oli.Get him to bed, and let his hurt be look'd to.

[ExeuntClown,Fabian,Sir Toby,and Sir Andrew.

EnterSebastian.

Seb.I am sorry, madam, I have hurt yourkinsman;But, had it been the brother of my blood,I must have done no less with wit andsafety.You throw a strangeregarduponme,and by that205I do perceive it hath offended you:Pardon me, sweet one, even for the vowsWe made each other but so late ago.

Seb.I am sorry, madam, I have hurt yourkinsman;

But, had it been the brother of my blood,

I must have done no less with wit andsafety.

You throw a strangeregarduponme,and by that

I do perceive it hath offended you:

Pardon me, sweet one, even for the vows

We made each other but so late ago.

Duke.One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons,Anaturalperspective, that is and is not!

Duke.One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons,

Anaturalperspective, that is and is not!

210Seb.Antonio, O my dear Antonio!How have the hours rack'd and tortured me,Since I have lost thee!

Seb.Antonio, O my dear Antonio!

How have the hours rack'd and tortured me,

Since I have lost thee!

Ant.Sebastian are you?

Seb.Fear'st thouthat, Antonio?

Ant.How have you made division of yourself?215An apple, cleft in two, is not more twinThan these two creatures. Which is Sebastian?

Ant.How have you made division of yourself?

An apple, cleft in two, is not more twin

Than these two creatures. Which is Sebastian?

Oli.Most wonderful!

Seb.Do I stand there? I never had a brother;Nor can there bethatdeity in my nature,220Of here and every where. I had a sister,Whom the blind waves and surges have devour'd.Of charity, what kin are you tome?What countryman? what name? what parentage?

Seb.Do I stand there? I never had a brother;

Nor can there bethatdeity in my nature,

Of here and every where. I had a sister,

Whom the blind waves and surges have devour'd.

Of charity, what kin are you tome?

What countryman? what name? what parentage?

Vio.OfMessaline: Sebastian was my father;225Such a Sebastian was my brother too,So went he suited to his watery tomb:If spirits can assume both form and suitYou come to fright us.

Vio.OfMessaline: Sebastian was my father;

Such a Sebastian was my brother too,

So went he suited to his watery tomb:

If spirits can assume both form and suit

You come to fright us.

Seb.A spirit I am indeed;But am in that dimension grossly clad230Which from the womb I did participate.Were you a woman, as the restgoeseven,I should my tears let fall upon your cheek,Andsay 'Thrice-welcome, drowned Viola!'

Seb.A spirit I am indeed;

But am in that dimension grossly clad

Which from the womb I did participate.

Were you a woman, as the restgoeseven,

I should my tears let fall upon your cheek,

Andsay 'Thrice-welcome, drowned Viola!'

Vio.My father had a mole upon his brow.

235Seb.And so had mine.

Seb.And so had mine.

Vio.And died that day when Viola from her birthHad number'd thirteen years.

Vio.And died that day when Viola from her birth

Had number'd thirteen years.

Seb.O, that record is lively in my soul!He finished indeed his mortal act240That day that made my sister thirteen years.

Seb.O, that record is lively in my soul!

He finished indeed his mortal act

That day that made my sister thirteen years.

Vio.If nothing lets to make us happy bothBut this my masculine usurp'd attire,Do not embrace me till each circumstanceOf place, time, fortune, do cohere and jump245That I am Viola: which to confirm,I'll bring you to acaptainin this town,Where lie mymaidenweeds;by whosegentle helpI waspreservedto serve this noblecount.All theoccurrenceof my fortune since250Hathbeen between this lady and this lord.

Vio.If nothing lets to make us happy both

But this my masculine usurp'd attire,

Do not embrace me till each circumstance

Of place, time, fortune, do cohere and jump

That I am Viola: which to confirm,

I'll bring you to acaptainin this town,

Where lie mymaidenweeds;by whosegentle help

I waspreservedto serve this noblecount.

All theoccurrenceof my fortune since

Hathbeen between this lady and this lord.

Seb.[To Olivia]So comes it, lady, you have been mistook:But nature to her biasdrewin that.You would have been contracted to a maid;Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived,255You are betroth'd both to a maid and man.

Seb.[To Olivia]So comes it, lady, you have been mistook:

But nature to her biasdrewin that.

You would have been contracted to a maid;

Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived,

You are betroth'd both to a maid and man.

Duke.Be not amazed; right noble is his blood.If this be so, as yet the glass seems true,I shall have share in this most happywreck.[To Viola]Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times260Thou nevershouldstlove woman like to me.

Duke.Be not amazed; right noble is his blood.

If this be so, as yet the glass seems true,

I shall have share in this most happywreck.

[To Viola]Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times

Thou nevershouldstlove woman like to me.

Vio.And all those sayings will I over-swear;And all those swearings keep as true in soulAs doth that orbed continent thefireThat severs day from night.

Vio.And all those sayings will I over-swear;

And all those swearings keep as true in soul

As doth that orbed continent thefire

That severs day from night.

Duke.Give me thy hand;265And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds.

Duke.Give me thy hand;

And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds.

Vio.The captain that did bring me first on shoreHath my maid's garments: he upon some actionIs now in durance, at Malvolio's suit,A gentleman, and follower of my lady's.

Vio.The captain that did bring me first on shore

Hath my maid's garments: he upon some action

Is now in durance, at Malvolio's suit,

A gentleman, and follower of my lady's.

270Oli.He shall enlarge him: fetch Malvolio hither:And yet, alas, now I remember me,They say, poor gentleman, he's much distract.

Oli.He shall enlarge him: fetch Malvolio hither:

And yet, alas, now I remember me,

They say, poor gentleman, he's much distract.

Re-enterClownwith a letter,andFabian.

Amostextractingfrenzy of mine ownFrom my remembrance clearlybanish'dhis.275How does he, sirrah?

Amostextractingfrenzy of mine own

From my remembrance clearlybanish'dhis.

How does he, sirrah?

Clo.Truly, madam, he holds Belzebub at the stave'send as well as a man in his case may do:hashere writ aletter to you; I should have given 't you to-day morning,but as a madman's epistles are no gospels, so it skills not280much when they are delivered.

Clo.Truly, madam, he holds Belzebub at the stave's

end as well as a man in his case may do:hashere writ a

letter to you; I should have given 't you to-day morning,

but as a madman's epistles are no gospels, so it skills not

much when they are delivered.

Oli.Open 't, and read it.

Clo.Look then to be well edified when the fool deliversthe madman.[Reads]By the Lord, madam,—

Clo.Look then to be well edified when the fool delivers

the madman.[Reads]By the Lord, madam,—

Oli.How now!art thoumad?

285Clo.No, madam, I do but read madness:anyour ladyshipwill have it as it ought to be, you must allowVox.

Clo.No, madam, I do but read madness:anyour ladyship

will have it as it ought to be, you must allowVox.

Oli.Prithee,readi' thyright wits.

Clo.So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is toread thus: therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.

Clo.So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to

read thus: therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.

290Oli.Read it you, sirrah.[To Fabian.

Oli.Read it you, sirrah.[To Fabian.

Fab.[Reads]By the Lord, madam, you wrong me, andthe world shall know it: though you have put me into darkness andgiven your drunkencousinrule over me, yet have Ithe benefitof mysenses as well as your ladyship. I have your own letter that induced295me to the semblance I put on; with the which I doubt not but to domyself much right, or you much shame. Think of me as you please.I leave my duty a little unthought of and speak out of my injury.

Fab.[Reads]By the Lord, madam, you wrong me, and

the world shall know it: though you have put me into darkness and

given your drunkencousinrule over me, yet have Ithe benefitof my

senses as well as your ladyship. I have your own letter that induced

me to the semblance I put on; with the which I doubt not but to do

myself much right, or you much shame. Think of me as you please.

I leave my duty a little unthought of and speak out of my injury.

The madly-used Malvolio.

Oli.Did he write this?

300Clo.Ay, madam.

Clo.Ay, madam.

Duke.This savours not much of distraction.

Oli.See him deliver'd, Fabian; bring him hither.[Exit Fabian.

My lord, so please you, these things further thought on,To think me as well a sister as a wife,305One day shall crown the allianceon't, soplease you,Here at my house and at my proper cost.

My lord, so please you, these things further thought on,

To think me as well a sister as a wife,

One day shall crown the allianceon't, soplease you,

Here at my house and at my proper cost.

Duke.Madam, I am most apt to embrace your offer.[To Viola]Your master quits you; and for your service done him,So much against themettleof your sex,310So far beneath your soft and tender breeding,And since you call'd me master for so long,Here is my hand: you shall from this time beYour master'smistress.

Duke.Madam, I am most apt to embrace your offer.

[To Viola]Your master quits you; and for your service done him,

So much against themettleof your sex,

So far beneath your soft and tender breeding,

And since you call'd me master for so long,

Here is my hand: you shall from this time be

Your master'smistress.

Oli.A sister! you are she.

Re-enterFabian,withMalvolio.

Duke.Is this the madman?

Oli.Ay, my lord, this same.How now,Malvolio!

Oli.Ay, my lord, this same.

How now,Malvolio!

315Mal.Madam,you havedone me wrong,Notorious wrong.

Mal.Madam,you havedone me wrong,

Notorious wrong.

Oli.Have I, Malvolio? no.

Mal.Lady, you have. Pray you, peruse that letter.You must not now deny it is your hand:Write from it, if you can, in hand or phrase;320Or say 'tis not yourseal, notyour invention:You can say none of this: well, grant it thenAnd tell me, in the modesty of honour,Why you have given me such clear lights of favour,Bade me come smiling and cross-garter'd to you,325To put on yellow stockings and to frownUpon Sir Toby and the lighter people;And, acting this in an obedient hope,Why have you suffer'd me to be imprison'd,Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest,330And made the most notorious geekand gullThat e'er invention play'd on? tell me why.

Mal.Lady, you have. Pray you, peruse that letter.

You must not now deny it is your hand:

Write from it, if you can, in hand or phrase;

Or say 'tis not yourseal, notyour invention:

You can say none of this: well, grant it then

And tell me, in the modesty of honour,

Why you have given me such clear lights of favour,

Bade me come smiling and cross-garter'd to you,

To put on yellow stockings and to frown

Upon Sir Toby and the lighter people;

And, acting this in an obedient hope,

Why have you suffer'd me to be imprison'd,

Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest,

And made the most notorious geekand gull

That e'er invention play'd on? tell me why.

Oli.Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing,Though, I confess, much like the character:But out of question 'tis Maria's hand.335And now I do bethink me, it was sheFirst told me thou wast mad;thencamest insmiling,And in such forms which here werepresupposedUpon thee in the letter. Prithee, be content:This practice hath most shrewdly pass'd upon thee;340But when we know the grounds and authors of it,Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judgeOf thine own cause.

Oli.Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing,

Though, I confess, much like the character:

But out of question 'tis Maria's hand.

And now I do bethink me, it was she

First told me thou wast mad;thencamest insmiling,

And in such forms which here werepresupposed

Upon thee in the letter. Prithee, be content:

This practice hath most shrewdly pass'd upon thee;

But when we know the grounds and authors of it,

Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge

Of thine own cause.

Fab.Good madam,hearme speak,And let no quarrel nor no brawl to comeTaint the condition of this present hour,345Which I have wonder'd at. In hope it shall not,Most freely Iconfess, myselfandTobySet this device against Malvolio here,Upon some stubborn and uncourteous partsWe had conceivedagainsthim: Maria writ350The letter at Sir Toby's great importance;In recompense whereof he hath married her.How with a sportful malice it was follow'd,May rather pluck on laughter than revenge;If that the injuries be justly weigh'd355That have on both sidespass'd.

Fab.Good madam,hearme speak,

And let no quarrel nor no brawl to come

Taint the condition of this present hour,

Which I have wonder'd at. In hope it shall not,

Most freely Iconfess, myselfandToby

Set this device against Malvolio here,

Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts

We had conceivedagainsthim: Maria writ

The letter at Sir Toby's great importance;

In recompense whereof he hath married her.

How with a sportful malice it was follow'd,

May rather pluck on laughter than revenge;

If that the injuries be justly weigh'd

That have on both sidespass'd.

Oli.Alas, poorfool, how have they baffledthee!

Clo.Why, 'some are born great, some achieve greatness,and some have greatnessthrownupon them.' I wasone, sir, in this interlude; one Sir Topas, sir; but that's all360one. 'By the Lord, fool, I am not mad.' But do youremember?'Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal?anyou smile not, he's gagged:' and thus thewhirligigoftime brings in his revenges.

Clo.Why, 'some are born great, some achieve greatness,

and some have greatnessthrownupon them.' I was

one, sir, in this interlude; one Sir Topas, sir; but that's all

one. 'By the Lord, fool, I am not mad.' But do youremember?

'Madam, why laugh you at such a barren rascal?

anyou smile not, he's gagged:' and thus thewhirligigof

time brings in his revenges.

Mal.I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you.[Exit.

365Oli.He hath been most notoriously abused.

Oli.He hath been most notoriously abused.

Duke.Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace:He hath not told us of the captain yet:When that is known, and golden timeconvents,A solemn combination shall be made370Of our dear souls.Meantime, sweet sister,We will not part from hence. Cesario, come;For so you shall be, while you are a man;But when in other habits you are seen,Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen.[Exeuntall, except Clown.

Duke.Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace:

He hath not told us of the captain yet:

When that is known, and golden timeconvents,

A solemn combination shall be made

Of our dear souls.Meantime, sweet sister,

We will not part from hence. Cesario, come;

For so you shall be, while you are a man;

But when in other habits you are seen,

Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen.[Exeuntall, except Clown.

Clo.[Sings]

375Whenthat I wasanda littletinyboy,With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,A foolish thing was but a toy,For the rain it raineth every day.

Whenthat I wasanda littletinyboy,

With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,

A foolish thing was but a toy,

For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man's estate,380With hey, ho, &c.'Gainstknaves and thievesmen shut their gate,For the rain, &c.

But when I came to man's estate,

With hey, ho, &c.

'Gainstknaves and thievesmen shut their gate,

For the rain, &c.

But when I came, alas! to wive,With hey, ho, &c.385By swaggering could I never thrive,For the rain, &c.

But when I came, alas! to wive,

With hey, ho, &c.

By swaggering could I never thrive,

For the rain, &c.

But when I came unto mybeds,With hey, ho, &c.Withtoss-potsstill haddrunkenheads,390For the rain, &c.

But when I came unto mybeds,

With hey, ho, &c.

Withtoss-potsstill haddrunkenheads,

For the rain, &c.

A great while ago the worldbegun,With hey, ho, &c.But that's all one, our play is done,And we'll strive to please you every day.[Exit.

A great while ago the worldbegun,

With hey, ho, &c.

But that's all one, our play is done,

And we'll strive to please you every day.[Exit.

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