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Act V, Scene 2
1The same. The Duke’s palace.
2Enter Thurio, Proteus, and Julia.
3ThurioSir Proteus, what says Silvia to my suit?
4ProteusO, sir, I find her milder than she was;
And yet she takes exceptions at your person.
5ThurioWhat, that my leg is too long?
6ProteusNo; that it is too little.
7ThurioI’ll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder.
8JuliaAside. But love will not be spurr’d to what it loathes.
9ThurioWhat says she to my face?
10ProteusShe says it is a fair one.
11ThurioNay then, the wanton lies; my face is black.
12ProteusBut pearls are fair; and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.
13JuliaAside. ’Tis true; such pearls as put out ladies’ eyes;
For I had rather wink than look on them.
14ThurioHow likes she my discourse?
15ProteusIll, when you talk of war.
16ThurioBut well, when I discourse of love and peace?
17JuliaAside. But better, indeed, when you hold your peace.
18ThurioWhat says she to my valour?
19ProteusO, sir, she makes no doubt of that.
20JuliaAside. She needs not, when she knows it cowardice.
21ThurioWhat says she to my birth?
22ProteusThat you are well derived.
23JuliaAside. True; from a gentleman to a fool.
24ThurioConsiders she my possessions?
25ProteusO, ay; and pities them.
26ThurioWherefore?
27JuliaAside. That such an ass should owe them.
28ProteusThat they are out by lease.
29JuliaHere comes the duke.
30Enter Duke.
31DukeHow now, Sir Proteus! how now, Thurio!
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?
32ThurioNot I.
33ProteusNor I.
34DukeSaw you my daughter?
35ProteusNeither.
36DukeWhy then,
She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine;
And Eglamour is in her company.
’Tis true; for Friar Laurence met them both,
As he in penance wander’d through the forest;
Him he knew well, and guess’d that it was she,
But, being mask’d, he was not sure of it;
Besides, she did intend confession
At Patrick’s cell this even; and there she was not;
These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently and meet with me
Upon the rising of the mountain-foot
That leads towards Mantua, whither they are fled:
Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me. Exit.
37ThurioWhy, this it is to be a peevish girl,
That flies her fortune when it follows her.
I’ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
Than for the love of reckless Silvia. Exit.
38ProteusAnd I will follow, more for Silvia’s love
Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her. Exit.
39JuliaAnd I will follow, more to cross that love
Than hate for Silvia that is gone for love. Exit.