L if you had but look'd big, and spit at him, he'd have run. Aut. I must confess to you, sir, I am no fighter: I am false at heart that way; and that he knew, I warrant him. Clo. How do you now ? Aut. Sweet sir, much better than I was; I can stand, and walk: I will even take my leave of you, and pace softly towards my kinsman's. Clo. Shall I bring thee on thy way? Aut. No, good-fac'd sir; no, sweet sir. 201 Clo. Then, farewel, I must go to buy spices for our sheep-shearing. [Exit Aut. Prosper you, sweet sir!-Your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spice. I'll be with you at your sheep-shearing too: If I make not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove sheep, let me be unroll'd, and my name put into the book of virtue ! Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, A merry heart goes all the day, 211 [Exit. SCENE III. A Shepherd's Cot. Enter FLORIZEL, and PERDITA. Flo. These your unusual weeds to each part of you Do give a life: no shepherdess; but Flora, And you the queen on't. Per. Sir, my gracious lord, 220 To chide at your extremes, it not becomes me; The gracious mark o'the land, you have obscur'd With a swain's wearing; and me, poor lowly maid, Most goddess-like prank'd up. But that our feasts In every mess have folly, and the feeders. Digest it with a custom; I should blush Flo. I bless the time, When my good falcon made her flight across 230 Per. Now Jove afford you cause ! To me, the difference forges dread; your greatness Hath not been us'd to fear. Even now I tremble To think, your father, by some accident, Should pass this way, as you did: Oh, the fates! How would he look, to see his work, so noble, Vilely bound up! What would he say? Or how Should I in these my borrow'd flaunts, behold 241 The sternness of his presence ! Flo. Apprehend Nothing but jollity. The gods themselves, Became Became a bull, and bellow'd; the green Neptune 250 Nor in a way so chaste: since my desires Burn hotter than my faith. Per. O, but, dear sir, Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis Oppos'd, as it must be, by the power o'the king. Which then will speak; that you must change this purpose, Or I my life. 260 Flo. Thou dearest Perdita, With these forc'd thoughts, I pr'ythee, darken not The mirth o'the feast: or, I'll be thine, my fair, Or not my father's: For I cannot be Mine own, nor any thing to any, if I be not thine. To this I am most constant, Strangle such thoughts as these, with any thing We two have sworn shall come. Per. O lady fortune, Stand you auspicious! 270 Enter Shepherd, Clown, MOPSA, DORCAS, Servants; with POLIXENES, and CAMILLO, disguised. Flo. See, your guests approach: Shep. Fy, daughter! when my old wife liv'd, upon This day, she was both pantler, butler, cook; 279 As your good flock shall prosper. Per. Sir, welcome ! [To POL. and CAM. It is my father's will, I should take on me The hostessship o' the day: You're welcome, sir! Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. - Reverend sirs, For you there's rosemary and rue; these keep Grace |