A Midsummer Night - William Shakespeare

7/31/2019 A Midsummer Night - William Shakespeare

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, de William Shakespeare

CHARACTERS:

THE SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERS:

Oberon, King of Fairies

Titania, Queen of Fairies

Puck, a!a Ho"go"#in or Ro"in $oodfe##o%, ser&ant to "eron

Titania's fairy servants(her )train)*:

First Fairy

Peasebosso!, fair+

Cob"eb, fair+

#ot$(sometimes rendered as 'Mote'*, fair+

#ustar%see%, fair+

THE #EN AN& O#EN (N THE PLA) OF H(*H SOC(AL CLASS:

Lysan%er, "e#o&ed of Hermia

Her!ia, "e#o&ed of +sander

Heena, in #o&e %ith Demetrius

&e!etrius, in #o&e %ith Hermia "ut then fa##s in #o&e %ith He#ena #ater

on

E+eus, father of Hermia, %ants to for-e Hermia to get married to

Demetrius

T$eseus, Du!e of Athens, good friend of Egeus Hi,,oyta, Queen of the Ama.ons and "etrothed of Theseus

THE LOER-CLASS C(T(.ENS (N THE PLA):

P$iostrate, Master of the Re&e#s for Theseus

T$e actin+ trou,e(other%ise !no%n as The Me-hani-a#s*:

Peter /uince, -ar/enter, %ho #eads the trou/e

Nick 0otto!, %ea&er0 he /#a+s 1+ramus in the trou/e's /rodu-tion of

)1+ramus and This"e,) and gets a don!e+ head /ut on him "+ 1u-! so that

Titania %i## magi-a##+ fa## in #o&e %ith a monster

Francis Fute, the "e##o%s2mender %ho /#a+s This"e Robin Starvein+, the tai#or %ho /#a+s Moonshine

To! Snout, the tin!er %ho /#a+s the %a##

Snu+, the 3oiner %ho /#a+s the #ion
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ACT 1

Scene I. Athens. The palace of THESEUS.

Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, an Attenants

THESEUS:

No%, fair Hi//o#+ta, our nu/tia# hour

Dra%s on a/a-e0 four ha//+ da+s "ring in

Another moon: "ut, , methin!s, ho% s#o%

This o#d moon %anes4 she #ingers m+ desires,

i!e to a ste/2dame or a do%ager

ong %ithering out a +oung man re&enue

H(PPOL)TA:

Four da+s %i## 5ui-!#+ stee/ themse#&es in night0Four nights %i## 5ui-!#+ dream a%a+ the time0

And then the moon, #i!e to a si#&er "o%

Ne%2"ent in hea&en, sha## "eho#d the night

f our so#emnities

THESEUS:

$o, 1hi#ostrate,

Stir u/ the Athenian +outh to merriments0

A%a!e the /ert and nim"#e s/irit of mirth0

Turn me#an-ho#+ forth to funera#s0

The /a#e -om/anion is not for our /om/

E!it PHILOSTRATE

Hi//o#+ta, 6 %oo'd thee %ith m+ s%ord,

And %on th+ #o&e, doing thee in3uries0

7ut 6 %i## %ed thee in another !e+,

8ith /om/, %ith trium/h and %ith re&e##ing

Enter E"EUS, HER#IA, LYSA$%ER, an %E#ETRIUS

E*EUS:

Ha//+ "e Theseus, our reno%ned du!e4

THESEUS:

Than!s, good Egeus: %hat's the ne%s %ith thee9

E*EUS:


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Fu## of &eation -ome 6, %ith -om/#aint

Against m+ -hi#d, m+ daughter Hermia

Stand forth, Demetrius M+ no"#e #ord,

This man hath m+ -onsent to marr+ her

Stand forth, +sander: and m+ gra-ious du!e,

This man hath "e%it-h'd the "osom of m+ -hi#d0

Thou, thou, +sander, thou hast gi&en her rh+mes,

And inter-hanged #o&e2to!ens %ith m+ -hi#d:

Thou hast "+ moon#ight at her %indo% sung,

8ith feigning &oi-e &erses of feigning #o&e,

And sto#en the im/ression of her fantas+

8ith "ra-e#ets of th+ hair, rings, ga%ds, -on-eits,

Kna-!s, trif#es, nosega+s, s%eetmeats, messengers

f strong /re&ai#ment in unharden'd +outh:

8ith -unning hast thou fi#-h'd m+ daughter's heart,Turn'd her o"edien-e, %hi-h is due to me,

To stu""orn harshness: and, m+ gra-ious du!e,

7e it so she0 %i## not here "efore +our gra-e

Consent to marr+ %ith Demetrius,

6 "eg the an-ient /ri&i#ege of Athens,

As she is mine, 6 ma+ dis/ose of her:

8hi-h sha## "e either to this gent#eman

r to her death, a--ording to our #a%

6mmediate#+ /ro&ided in that -ase

THESEUS:

8hat sa+ +ou, Hermia9 "e ad&ised fair maid:

To +ou +our father shou#d "e as a god0

ne that -om/osed +our "eauties, +ea, and one

To %hom +ou are "ut as a form in %a

7+ him im/rinted and %ithin his /o%er

To #ea&e the figure or disfigure it

Demetrius is a %orth+ gent#eman

HER#(A:

So is +sanderTHESEUS:

6n himse#f he is0

7ut in this !ind, %anting +our father's &oi-e,

The other must "e he#d the %orthier

HER#(A:

6 %ou#d m+ father #oo!'d "ut %ith m+ e+es


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THESEUS:

Rather +our e+es must %ith his 3udgment #oo!

HER#(A:

6 do entreat +our gra-e to /ardon me

6 !no% not "+ %hat /o%er 6 am made "o#d,

Nor ho% it ma+ -on-ern m+ modest+,

6n su-h a /resen-e here to /#ead m+ thoughts0

7ut 6 "esee-h +our gra-e that 6 ma+ !no%

The %orst that ma+ "efa## me in this -ase,

6f 6 refuse to %ed Demetrius

THESEUS:

Either to die the death or to a"3ure

For e&er the so-iet+ of men

Therefore, fair Hermia, 5uestion +our desires0

Kno% of +our +outh, eamine %e## +our "#ood,8hether, if +ou +ie#d not to +our father's -hoi-e,

;ou -an endure the #i&er+ of a nun,

For a+e to "e in shad+ -#oister me%'d,

To #i&e a "arren sister a## +our #ife,

Chanting faint h+mns to the -o#d fruit#ess moon

Thri-e2"#essed the+ that master so their "#ood,

To undergo su-h maiden /i#grimage0

7ut earth#ier ha//+ is the rose disti##'d,

Than that %hi-h %ithering on the &irgin thorn

$ro%s, #i&es and dies in sing#e "#essedness

HER#(A:

So %i## 6 gro%, so #i&e, so die, m+ #ord,

Ere 6 %i## m+ &irgin /atent u/


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Re#ent, s%eet Hermia: and, +sander, +ie#d

Th+ -ra.ed tit#e to m+ -ertain right

L)SAN&ER:

;ou ha&e her father's #o&e, Demetrius0

et me ha&e Hermia's: do +ou marr+ him

E*EUS:

S-ornfu# +sander4 true, he hath m+ #o&e,

And %hat is mine m+ #o&e sha## render him

And she is mine, and a## m+ right of her

6 do estate unto Demetrius

L)SAN&ER:

6 am, m+ #ord, as %e## deri&ed as he,

As %e## /ossess'd0 m+ #o&e is more than his0

M+ fortunes e&er+ %a+ as fair#+ ran!'d,

6f not %ith &antage, as Demetrius'0And, %hi-h is more than a## these "oasts -an "e,

6 am "e#o&ed of "eauteous Hermia:

8h+ shou#d not 6 then /rose-ute m+ right9

Demetrius, 6'## a&ou-h it to his head,

Made #o&e to Nedar's daughter, He#ena,

And %on her sou#0 and she, s%eet #ad+, dotes,

De&out#+ dotes, dotes in ido#atr+,


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E*EUS:

8ith dut+ and desire %e fo##o% +ou

E!e&nt all '&t LYSA$%ER an HER#IA

L)SAN&ER:

Ho% no%, m+ #o&e4 %h+ is +our -hee! so /a#e9

Ho% -han-e the roses there do fade so fast9

HER#(A:

7e#i!e for %ant of rain, %hi-h 6 -ou#d %e##

7eteem them from the tem/est of m+ e+es

L)SAN&ER:

A+ me4 for aught that 6 -ou#d e&er read,

Cou#d e&er hear "+ ta#e or histor+,

The -ourse of true #o&e ne&er did run smooth07ut, either it %as different in "#ood,

HER#(A:

-ross4 too high to "e enthra##'d to #o%

L)SAN&ER:

r e#se misgraffed in res/e-t of +ears,

HER#(A:

s/ite4 too o#d to "e engaged to +oung

L)SAN&ER:

r e#se it stood u/on the -hoi-e of friends,

HER#(A:

he##4 to -hoose #o&e "+ another's e+es

L)SAN&ER:

r, if there %ere a s+m/ath+ in -hoi-e,

8ar, death, or si-!ness did #a+ siege to it,

Ma!ing it momentan+ as a sound,

S%ift as a shado%, short as an+ dream0

7rief as the #ightning in the -o##ied night,

That, in a s/#een, unfo#ds "oth hea&en and earth,

And ere a man hath /o%er to sa+ '7eho#d4'The 3a%s of dar!ness do de&our it u/:

So 5ui-! "right things -ome to -onfusion

HER#(A:

6f then true #o&ers ha&e "een e&er -ross'd,

6t stands as an edi-t in destin+:

Then #et us tea-h our tria# /atien-e,


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7e-ause it is a -ustomar+ -ross,

As due to #o&e as thoughts and dreams and sighs,

8ishes and tears, /oor fan-+'s fo##o%ers

L)SAN&ER:

A good /ersuasion: therefore, hear me, Hermia

6 ha&e a %ido% aunt, a do%ager

f great re&enue, and she hath no -hi#d:

From Athens is her house remote se&en #eagues0

And she res/e-ts me as her on#+ son

There, gent#e Hermia, ma+ 6 marr+ thee0

And to that /#a-e the shar/ Athenian #a%

Cannot /ursue us 6f thou #o&est me then,

Stea# forth th+ father's house to2morro% night0

And in the %ood, a #eague %ithout the to%n,

8here 6 did meet thee on-e %ith He#ena,To do o"ser&an-e to a morn of Ma+,

There %i## 6 sta+ for thee

HER#(A:

M+ good +sander4

6 s%ear to thee, "+ Cu/id's strongest "o%,

7+ his "est arro% %ith the go#den head,

7+ the sim/#i-it+ of =enus' do&es,

7+ that %hi-h !nitteth sou#s and /ros/ers #o&es,

And "+ that fire %hi-h "urn'd the Carthage 5ueen,

8hen the fa#se Tro+an under sai# %as seen,

7+ a## the &o%s that e&er men ha&e "ro!e,

6n num"er more than e&er %omen s/o!e,

6n that same /#a-e thou hast a//ointed me,

To2morro% tru#+ %i## 6 meet %ith thee

L)SAN&ER:

Kee/ /romise, #o&e oo!, here -omes He#ena

Enter HELE$A

HER#(A:

$od s/eed fair He#ena4 %hither a%a+9

HELENA:

Ca## +ou me fair9 that fair again unsa+

Demetrius #o&es +our fair: ha//+ fair4

;our e+es are #ode2stars0 and +our tongue's s%eet air


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More tunea"#e than #ar! to she/herd's ear,

8hen %heat is green, %hen ha%thorn "uds a//ear

Si-!ness is -at-hing: , %ere fa&our so,

;ours %ou#d 6 -at-h, fair Hermia, ere 6 go0

M+ ear shou#d -at-h +our &oi-e, m+ e+e +our e+e,

M+ tongue shou#d -at-h +our tongue's s%eet me#od+

8ere the %or#d mine, Demetrius "eing "ated,

The rest 6'd gi&e to "e to +ou trans#ated

, tea-h me ho% +ou #oo!, and %ith %hat art

;ou s%a+ the motion of Demetrius' heart

HER#(A:

6 fro%n u/on him, +et he #o&es me sti##

HELENA:

that +our fro%ns %ou#d tea-h m+ smi#es su-h s!i##4

HER#(A:6 gi&e him -urses, +et he gi&es me #o&e

HELENA:

that m+ /ra+ers -ou#d su-h affe-tion mo&e4

HER#(A:

The more 6 hate, the more he fo##o%s me

HELENA:

The more 6 #o&e, the more he hateth me

HER#(A:

His fo##+, He#ena, is no fau#t of mine

HELENA:

None, "ut +our "eaut+: %ou#d that fau#t %ere mine4

HER#(A:

Ta!e -omfort: he no more sha## see m+ fa-e0

+sander and m+se#f %i## f#+ this /#a-e

7efore the time 6 did +sander see,

Seem'd Athens as a /aradise to me:

, then, %hat gra-es in m+ #o&e do d%e##,

That he hath turn'd a hea&en unto a he##4

L)SAN&ER:He#en, to +ou our minds %e %i## unfo#d:

To2morro% night, %hen 1hoe"e doth "eho#d

Her si#&er &isage in the %ater+ g#ass,

De-!ing %ith #i5uid /ear# the "#aded grass,

A time that #o&ers' f#ights doth sti## -on-ea#,

Through Athens' gates ha&e %e de&ised to stea#


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HER#(A:

And in the %ood, %here often +ou and 6


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And %hen this hai# some heat from Hermia fe#t,

So he disso#&ed, and sho%ers of oaths did me#t

6 %i## go te## him of fair Hermia's f#ight:

Then to the %ood %i## he to2morro% night

1ursue her0 and for this inte##igen-e

6f 6 ha&e than!s, it is a dear e/ense:

7ut herein mean 6 to enri-h m+ /ain,

To ha&e his sight thither and "a-! again

E!it

Scene II. Athens. (UI$)E*S ho&se.

Enter (UI$)E, S$U", +OTTO#, LUTE, S$OUT, an STAR-ELI$"

/U(NCE:6s a## our -om/an+ here9

0OTTO#:

;ou %ere "est to -a## them genera##+, man "+ man,

a--ording to the s-ri/

/U(NCE:

Here is the s-ro## of e&er+ man's name, %hi-h is

thought fit, through a## Athens, to /#a+ in our

inter#ude "efore the du!e and the du-hess, on his

%edding2da+ at night

0OTTO#:

First, good 1eter Quin-e, sa+ %hat the /#a+ treats

on, then read the names of the a-tors, and so gro%

to a /oint

/U(NCE:

Marr+, our /#a+ is, The most #amenta"#e -omed+, and

most -rue# death of 1+ramus and This"+

0OTTO#:

A &er+ good /ie-e of %or!, 6 assure +ou, and a

merr+ No%, good 1eter Quin-e, -a## forth +oura-tors "+ the s-ro## Masters, s/read +ourse#&es

/U(NCE:

Ans%er as 6 -a## +ou Ni-! 7ottom, the %ea&er

0OTTO#:

Read+ Name %hat /art 6 am for, and /ro-eed

/U(NCE:


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;ou, Ni-! 7ottom, are set do%n for 1+ramus

0OTTO#:

8hat is 1+ramus9 a #o&er, or a t+rant9

/U(NCE:

A #o&er, that !i##s himse#f most ga##ant for #o&e

0OTTO#:

That %i## as! some tears in the true /erforming of

it: if 6 do it, #et the audien-e #oo! to their

e+es0 6 %i## mo&e storms, 6 %i## -ondo#e in some

measure To the rest: +et m+ -hief humour is for a

t+rant: 6 -ou#d /#a+ Er-#es rare#+, or a /art to

tear a -at in, to ma!e a## s/#it

The raging ro-!s

And shi&ering sho-!s

Sha## "rea! the #o-!sf /rison gates0

And 1hi""us' -ar

Sha## shine from far

And ma!e and mar

The foo#ish Fates

This %as #oft+4 No% name the rest of the /#a+ers

This is Er-#es' &ein, a t+rant's &ein0 a #o&er is

more -ondo#ing

/U(NCE:Fran-is F#ute, the "e##o%s2mender

FLUTE:

Here, 1eter Quin-e

/U(NCE:

F#ute, +ou must ta!e This"+ on +ou

FLUTE:

8hat is This"+9 a %andering !night9

/U(NCE:

6t is the #ad+ that 1+ramus must #o&e

FLUTE:Na+, faith, #et me not /#a+ a %oman0 6 ha&e a "eard -oming

/U(NCE:

That's a## one: +ou sha## /#a+ it in a mas!, and

+ou ma+ s/ea! as sma## as +ou %i##

0OTTO#:

An 6 ma+ hide m+ fa-e, #et me /#a+ This"+ too, 6'##


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s/ea! in a monstrous #itt#e &oi-e 'Thisne,

Thisne0' 'Ah, 1+ramus, #o&er dear4 th+ This"+ dear,

and #ad+ dear4'

/U(NCE:

No, no0 +ou must /#a+ 1+ramus: and, F#ute, +ou This"+

0OTTO#:

8e##, /ro-eed

/U(NCE:

Ro"in Star&e#ing, the tai#or

STAR2EL(N*:

Here, 1eter Quin-e

/U(NCE:

Ro"in Star&e#ing, +ou must /#a+ This"+'s mother

Tom Snout, the tin!er

SNOUT:Here, 1eter Quin-e

/U(NCE:

;ou, 1+ramus' father: m+se#f, This"+'s father:

Snug, the 3oiner0 +ou, the #ion's /art: and, 6

ho/e, here is a /#a+ fitted

SNU*:

Ha&e +ou the #ion's /art %ritten9 /ra+ +ou, if it

"e, gi&e it me, for 6 am s#o% of stud+

/U(NCE:;ou ma+ do it etem/ore, for it is nothing "ut roaring

0OTTO#:

et me /#a+ the #ion too: 6 %i## roar, that 6 %i##

do an+ man's heart good to hear me0 6 %i## roar,

that 6 %i## ma!e the du!e sa+ 'et him roar again,

#et him roar again'

/U(NCE:

An +ou shou#d do it too terri"#+, +ou %ou#d fright

the du-hess and the #adies, that the+ %ou#d shrie!0

and that %ere enough to hang us a##ALL:

That %ou#d hang us, e&er+ mother's son

0OTTO#:

6 grant +ou, friends, if that +ou shou#d fright the

#adies out of their %its, the+ %ou#d ha&e no more

dis-retion "ut to hang us: "ut 6 %i## aggra&ate m+


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&oi-e so that 6 %i## roar +ou as gent#+ as an+

su-!ing do&e0 6 %i## roar +ou an 't%ere an+

nightinga#e

/U(NCE:

;ou -an /#a+ no /art "ut 1+ramus0 for 1+ramus is a

s%eet2fa-ed man0 a /ro/er man, as one sha## see in a

summer's da+0 a most #o&e#+ gent#eman2#i!e man:

therefore +ou must needs /#a+ 1+ramus

0OTTO#:

8e##, 6 %i## underta!e it 8hat "eard %ere 6 "est

to /#a+ it in9

/U(NCE:

8h+, %hat +ou %i##

0OTTO#:

6 %i## dis-harge it in either +our stra%2-o#our"eard, +our orange2ta%n+ "eard, +our /ur/#e2in2grain

"eard, or +our Fren-h2-ro%n2-o#our "eard, +our

/erfe-t +e##o%

/U(NCE:

Some of +our Fren-h -ro%ns ha&e no hair at a##, and

then +ou %i## /#a+ "are2fa-ed 7ut, masters, here

are +our /arts: and 6 am to entreat +ou, re5uest

+ou and desire +ou, to -on them "+ to2morro% night0

and meet me in the /a#a-e %ood, a mi#e %ithout the

to%n, "+ moon#ight0 there %i## %e rehearse, for if

%e meet in the -it+, %e sha## "e dogged %ith

-om/an+, and our de&i-es !no%n 6n the meantime 6

%i## dra% a "i## of /ro/erties, su-h as our /#a+

%ants 6 /ra+ +ou, fai# me not

0OTTO#:

8e %i## meet0 and there %e ma+ rehearse most

o"s-ene#+ and -ourageous#+ Ta!e /ains0 "e /erfe-t: adieu

/U(NCE:

At the du!e's oa! %e meet0OTTO#:

Enough0 ho#d or -ut "o%2strings

E!e&nt

ACT 3


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Scene I. A oo near Athens.

Enter, from opposite sies, a air/, an PU)0

PUC4:

Ho% no%, s/irit4 %hither %ander +ou9

Fairy:

&er hi##, o&er da#e,

Thorough "ush, thorough "rier,

&er /ar!, o&er /a#e,

Thorough f#ood, thorough fire,

6 do %ander e&er+%here,

S%ifter than the moon's s/here0

And 6 ser&e the fair+ 5ueen,

To de% her or"s u/on the greenThe -o%s#i/s ta## her /ensioners "e:

6n their go#d -oats s/ots +ou see0

Those "e ru"ies, fair+ fa&ours,

6n those fre-!#es #i&e their sa&ours:

6 must go see! some de%dro/s here

And hang a /ear# in e&er+ -o%s#i/'s ear

Fare%e##, thou #o" of s/irits0 6'## "e gone:

ur 5ueen and a## our e#&es -ome here anon

PUC4:The !ing doth !ee/ his re&e#s here to2night:

Ta!e heed the 5ueen -ome not %ithin his sight0

For "eron is /assing fe## and %rath,

7e-ause that she as her attendant hath

A #o&e#+ "o+, sto#en from an 6ndian !ing0

She ne&er had so s%eet a -hange#ing0

And 3ea#ous "eron %ou#d ha&e the -hi#d

Knight of his train, to tra-e the forests %i#d0

7ut she /erfor-e %ithho#ds the #o&ed "o+,

Cro%ns him %ith f#o%ers and ma!es him a## her 3o+:And no% the+ ne&er meet in gro&e or green,

7+ fountain -#ear, or s/ang#ed star#ight sheen,

7ut, the+ do s5uare, that a## their e#&es for fear

Cree/ into a-orn2-u/s and hide them there

Fairy:

Either 6 mista!e +our sha/e and ma!ing 5uite,


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r e#se +ou are that shre%d and !na&ish s/rite

Ca##'d Ro"in $oodfe##o%: are not +ou he

That frights the maidens of the &i##ager+0

S!im mi#!, and sometimes #a"our in the 5uern

And "oot#ess ma!e the "reath#ess house%ife -hurn0

And sometime ma!e the drin! to "ear no "arm0

Mis#ead night2%anderers, #aughing at their harm9

Those that Ho"go"#in -a## +ou and s%eet 1u-!,

;ou do their %or!, and the+ sha## ha&e good #u-!:

Are not +ou he9

PUC4:

Thou s/ea!'st aright0

6 am that merr+ %anderer of the night

6 3est to "eron and ma!e him smi#e

8hen 6 a fat and "ean2fed horse "egui#e,Neighing in #i!eness of a fi##+ foa#:

And sometime #ur! 6 in a gossi/'s "o%#,

6n &er+ #i!eness of a roasted -ra",

And %hen she drin!s, against her #i/s 6 "o"

And on her %ither'd de%#a/ /our the a#e

The %isest aunt, te##ing the saddest ta#e,

Sometime for three2foot stoo# mista!eth me0

Then s#i/ 6 from her "um, do%n to//#es she,

And 'tai#or' -ries, and fa##s into a -ough0

And then the %ho#e 5uire ho#d their hi/s and #augh,

And %aen in their mirth and nee.e and s%ear

A merrier hour %as ne&er %asted there

7ut, room, fair+4 here -omes "eron

Fairy:

And here m+ mistress 8ou#d that he %ere gone4

Enter, from one sie, O+ERO$, ith his train1 from the other, TITA$IA,

ith hers

O0ERON:

6## met "+ moon#ight, /roud Titania

T(TAN(A:

8hat, 3ea#ous "eron4 Fairies, s!i/ hen-e:

6 ha&e fors%orn his "ed and -om/an+

O0ERON:


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Tarr+, rash %anton: am not 6 th+ #ord9

T(TAN(A:

Then 6 must "e th+ #ad+: "ut 6 !no%

8hen thou hast sto#en a%a+ from fair+ #and,

And in the sha/e of Corin sat a## da+,

1#a+ing on /i/es of -orn and &ersing #o&e

To amorous 1hi##ida 8h+ art thou here,

Come from the farthest Ste//e of 6ndia9

7ut that, forsooth, the "oun-ing Ama.on,

;our "us!in'd mistress and +our %arrior #o&e,

To Theseus must "e %edded, and +ou -ome

To gi&e their "ed 3o+ and /ros/erit+

O0ERON:

Ho% -anst thou thus for shame, Titania,

$#an-e at m+ -redit %ith Hi//o#+ta,Kno%ing 6 !no% th+ #o&e to Theseus9

Didst thou not #ead him through the g#immering night

From 1erigenia, %hom he ra&ished9

And ma!e him %ith fair AEg#e "rea! his faith,

8ith Ariadne and Antio/a9

T(TAN(A:

These are the forgeries of 3ea#ous+:

And ne&er, sin-e the midd#e summer's s/ring,

Met %e on hi##, in da#e, forest or mead,

7+ /a&ed fountain or "+ rush+ "roo!,

r in the "ea-hed margent of the sea,

To dan-e our ring#ets to the %hist#ing %ind,

7ut %ith th+ "ra%#s thou hast distur"'d our s/ort

Therefore the %inds, /i/ing to us in &ain,

As in re&enge, ha&e su-!'d u/ from the sea

Contagious fogs0 %hi-h fa##ing in the #and

Ha&e e&er+ /e#ting ri&er made so /roud

That the+ ha&e o&er"orne their -ontinents:

The o hath therefore stret-h'd his +o!e in &ain,The /#oughman #ost his s%eat, and the green -orn

Hath rotted ere his +outh attain'd a "eard0

The fo#d stands em/t+ in the dro%ned fie#d,

And -ro%s are fatted %ith the murrion f#o-!0

The nine men's morris is fi##'d u/ %ith mud,

And the 5uaint ma.es in the %anton green


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For #a-! of tread are undistinguisha"#e:

The human morta#s %ant their %inter here0

No night is no% %ith h+mn or -aro# "#est:

Therefore the moon, the go&erness of f#oods,

1a#e in her anger, %ashes a## the air,

That rheumati- diseases do a"ound:

And thorough this distem/erature %e see

The seasons a#ter: hoar+2headed frosts

Far in the fresh #a/ of the -rimson rose,

And on o#d Hiems' thin and i-+ -ro%n

An odorous -ha/#et of s%eet summer "uds

6s, as in mo-!er+, set: the s/ring, the summer,

The -hi#ding autumn, angr+ %inter, -hange

Their %onted #i&eries, and the ma.ed %or#d,

7+ their in-rease, no% !no%s not %hi-h is %hi-h:And this same /rogen+ of e&i#s -omes

From our de"ate, from our dissension0

8e are their /arents and origina#

O0ERON:

Do +ou amend it then0 it #ies in +ou:

8h+ shou#d Titania -ross her "eron9

6 do "ut "eg a #itt#e -hange#ing "o+,

To "e m+ hen-hman

T(TAN(A:Set +our heart at rest:

The fair+ #and "u+s not the -hi#d of me

His mother %as a &otaress of m+ order:

And, in the s/i-ed 6ndian air, "+ night,

Fu## often hath she gossi/'d "+ m+ side,

And sat %ith me on Ne/tune's +e##o% sands,

Mar!ing the em"ar!ed traders on the f#ood,

8hen %e ha&e #augh'd to see the sai#s -on-ei&e

And gro% "ig2"e##ied %ith the %anton %ind0

8hi-h she, %ith /rett+ and %ith s%imming gaitFo##o%ing, her %om" then ri-h %ith m+ +oung s5uire,

8ou#d imitate, and sai# u/on the #and,

To fet-h me trif#es, and return again,

As from a &o+age, ri-h %ith mer-handise

7ut she, "eing morta#, of that "o+ did die0

And for her sa!e do 6 rear u/ her "o+,


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And for her sa!e 6 %i## not /art %ith him

O0ERON:

Ho% #ong %ithin this %ood intend +ou sta+9

T(TAN(A:

1er-han-e ti## after Theseus' %edding2da+

6f +ou %i## /atient#+ dan-e in our round

And see our moon#ight re&e#s, go %ith us0

6f not, shun me, and 6 %i## s/are +our haunts

O0ERON:

$i&e me that "o+, and 6 %i## go %ith thee

T(TAN(A:

Not for th+ fair+ !ingdom Fairies, a%a+4

8e sha## -hide do%nright, if 6 #onger sta+

E!it TITA$IA ith her train

O0ERON:

8e##, go th+ %a+: thou sha#t not from this gro&e

Ti## 6 torment thee for this in3ur+

M+ gent#e 1u-!, -ome hither Thou remem"erest

Sin-e on-e 6 sat u/on a /romontor+,

And heard a mermaid on a do#/hin's "a-!


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6t fe## u/on a #itt#e %estern f#o%er,

7efore mi#!2%hite, no% /ur/#e %ith #o&e's %ound,

And maidens -a## it #o&e2in2id#eness

Fet-h me that f#o%er0 the her" 6 she%'d thee on-e:

The 3ui-e of it on s#ee/ing e+e2#ids #aid

8i## ma!e or man or %oman mad#+ dote


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;ou dra% me, +ou hard2hearted adamant0

7ut +et +ou dra% not iron, for m+ heart

6s true as stee#: #ea&e +ou +our /o%er to dra%,

And 6 sha## ha&e no /o%er to fo##o% +ou

&E#ETR(US:

Do 6 enti-e +ou9 do 6 s/ea! +ou fair9

r, rather, do 6 not in /#ainest truth

Te## +ou, 6 do not, nor 6 -annot #o&e +ou9

HELENA:

And e&en for that do 6 #o&e +ou the more

6 am +our s/anie#0 and, Demetrius,

The more +ou "eat me, 6 %i## fa%n on +ou:


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And #ea&e thee to the mer-+ of %i#d "easts

HELENA:

The %i#dest hath not su-h a heart as +ou

Run %hen +ou %i##, the stor+ sha## "e -hanged:

A/o##o f#ies, and Da/hne ho#ds the -hase0

The do&e /ursues the griffin0 the mi#d hind

Ma!es s/eed to -at-h the tiger0 "oot#ess s/eed,

8hen -o%ardi-e /ursues and &a#our f#ies

&E#ETR(US:

6 %i## not sta+ th+ 5uestions0 #et me go:

r, if thou fo##o% me, do not "e#ie&e

7ut 6 sha## do thee mis-hief in the %ood

HELENA:

A+, in the tem/#e, in the to%n, the fie#d,

;ou do me mis-hief Fie, Demetrius4;our %rongs do set a s-anda# on m+ se:

8e -annot fight for #o&e, as men ma+ do0

8e shou#d "e %ood and %ere not made to %oo

E!it %E#ETRIUS

6'## fo##o% thee and ma!e a hea&en of he##,

To die u/on the hand 6 #o&e so %e##

E!it

O0ERON:

Fare thee %e##, n+m/h: ere he do #ea&e this gro&e,

Thou sha#t f#+ him and he sha## see! th+ #o&e

Re2enter 1


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8ith s%eet mus!2roses and %ith eg#antine:

There s#ee/s Titania sometime of the night,

u##'d in these f#o%ers %ith dan-es and de#ight0

And there the sna!e thro%s her ename##'d s!in,

8eed %ide enough to %ra/ a fair+ in:

And %ith the 3ui-e of this 6'## strea! her e+es,

And ma!e her fu## of hatefu# fantasies

Ta!e thou some of it, and see! through this gro&e:

A s%eet Athenian #ad+ is in #o&e

8ith a disdainfu# +outh: anoint his e+es0

7ut do it %hen the net thing he es/ies

Ma+ "e the #ad+: thou sha#t !no% the man

7+ the Athenian garments he hath on

Effe-t it %ith some -are, that he ma+ /ro&e

More fond on her than she u/on her #o&e:And #oo! thou meet me ere the first -o-! -ro%

PUC4:

Fear not, m+ #ord, +our ser&ant sha## do so

Eeunt

Scene ((5 Another /art of the %ood

Enter T6TAN6A, %ith her train

T(TAN(A:

Come, no% a rounde# and a fair+ song0

Then, for the third /art of a minute, hen-e0

Some to !i## -an!ers in the mus!2rose "uds,

Some %ar %ith rere2mi-e for their #eathern %ings,

To ma!e m+ sma## e#&es -oats, and some !ee/ "a-!

The -#amorous o%# that night#+ hoots and %onders

At our 5uaint s/irits Sing me no% as#ee/0

Then to +our offi-es and #et me rest

The Fairies sing

;ou s/otted sna!es %ith dou"#e tongue,

Thorn+ hedgehogs, "e not seen0

Ne%ts and "#ind2%orms, do no %rong,

Come not near our fair+ 5ueen


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1hi#ome#, %ith me#od+

Sing in our s%eet #u##a"+0

u##a, #u##a, #u##a"+, #u##a, #u##a, #u##a"+:

Ne&er harm,

Nor s/e## nor -harm,

Come our #o&e#+ #ad+ nigh0

So, good night, %ith #u##a"+

8ea&ing s/iders, -ome not here0

Hen-e, +ou #ong2#egg'd s/inners, hen-e4

7eet#es "#a-!, a//roa-h not near0

8orm nor snai#, do no offen-e

1hi#ome#, %ith me#od+, > -

Fair+:

Hen-e, a%a+4 no% a## is %e##:

ne a#oof stand sentine#

Eeunt Fairies T6TAN6A s#ee/s

Enter 7ERN and s5uee.es the f#o%er on T6TAN6A's e+e#ids

7ERN:

8hat thou seest %hen thou dost %a!e,

Do it for th+ true2#o&e ta!e,

o&e and #anguish for his sa!e:

7e it oun-e, or -at, or "ear,

1ard, or "oar %ith "rist#ed hair,

6n th+ e+e that sha## a//ear

8hen thou %a!est, it is th+ dear:

8a!e %hen some &i#e thing is near

Eit

Enter ;SANDER and HERM6A

L)SAN&ER:

Fair #o&e, +ou faint %ith %andering in the %ood0And to s/ea! troth, 6 ha&e forgot our %a+:

8e'## rest us, Hermia, if +ou thin! it good,

And tarr+ for the -omfort of the da+

HER#(A:

7e it so, +sander: find +ou out a "ed0

For 6 u/on this "an! %i## rest m+ head


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L)SAN&ER:

ne turf sha## ser&e as /i##o% for us "oth0

ne heart, one "ed, t%o "osoms and one troth

HER#(A:

Na+, good +sander0 for m+ sa!e, m+ dear,

ie further off +et, do not #ie so near

L)SAN&ER:

, ta!e the sense, s%eet, of m+ inno-en-e4

o&e ta!es the meaning in #o&e's -onferen-e

6 mean, that m+ heart unto +ours is !nit

So that "ut one heart %e -an ma!e of it0

T%o "osoms inter-hained %ith an oath0

So then t%o "osoms and a sing#e troth

Then "+ +our side no "ed2room me den+0

For #+ing so, Hermia, 6 do not #ieHER#(A:

+sander ridd#es &er+ /retti#+:

No% mu-h "eshre% m+ manners and m+ /ride,

6f Hermia meant to sa+ +sander #ied

7ut, gent#e friend, for #o&e and -ourtes+

ie further off0 in human modest+,

Su-h se/aration as ma+ %e## "e said

7e-omes a &irtuous "a-he#or and a maid,

So far "e distant0 and, good night, s%eet friend:

Th+ #o&e ne'er a#ter ti## th+ s%eet #ife end4

L)SAN&ER:

Amen, amen, to that fair /ra+er, sa+ 60

And then end #ife %hen 6 end #o+a#t+4

Here is m+ "ed: s#ee/ gi&e thee a## his rest4

HER#(A:

8ith ha#f that %ish the %isher's e+es "e /ress'd4

The+ s#ee/

Enter 1


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Night and si#en-e 8ho is here9

8eeds of Athens he doth %ear:

This is he, m+ master said,

Des/ised the Athenian maid0

And here the maiden, s#ee/ing sound,

n the dan! and dirt+ ground

1rett+ sou#4 she durst not #ie

Near this #a-!2#o&e, this !i##2-ourtes+

Chur#, u/on th+ e+es 6 thro%

A## the /o%er this -harm doth o%e

8hen thou %a!est, #et #o&e for"id

S#ee/ his seat on th+ e+e#id:

So a%a!e %hen 6 am gone0

For 6 must no% to "eron

Eit

Enter DEMETR6


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8hat %i-!ed and dissem"#ing g#ass of mine

Made me -om/are %ith Hermia's s/her+ e+ne9

7ut %ho is here9 +sander4 on the ground4

Dead9 or as#ee/9 6 see no "#ood, no %ound

+sander if +ou #i&e, good sir, a%a!e

L)SAN&ER:

?A%a!ing@ And run through fire 6 %i## for th+ s%eet sa!e

Trans/arent He#ena4 Nature sho%s art,

That through th+ "osom ma!es me see th+ heart

8here is Demetrius9 , ho% fit a %ord

6s that &i#e name to /erish on m+ s%ord4

HELENA:

Do not sa+ so, +sander0 sa+ not so

8hat though he #o&e +our Hermia9 ord, %hat though9

;et Hermia sti## #o&es +ou: then "e -ontentL)SAN&ER:

Content %ith Hermia4 No0 6 do re/ent

The tedious minutes 6 %ith her ha&e s/ent

Not Hermia "ut He#ena 6 #o&e:

8ho %i## not -hange a ra&en for a do&e9

The %i## of man is "+ his reason s%a+'d0

And reason sa+s +ou are the %orthier maid

Things gro%ing are not ri/e unti# their season

So 6, "eing +oung, ti## no% ri/e not to reason0

And tou-hing no% the /oint of human s!i##,

Reason "e-omes the marsha# to m+ %i##

And #eads me to +our e+es, %here 6 o'er#oo!

o&e's stories %ritten in #o&e's ri-hest "oo!

HELENA:

8herefore %as 6 to this !een mo-!er+ "orn9

8hen at +our hands did 6 deser&e this s-orn9

6s't not enough, is't not enough, +oung man,

That 6 did ne&er, no, nor ne&er -an,

Deser&e a s%eet #oo! from Demetrius' e+e,7ut +ou must f#out m+ insuffi-ien-+9

$ood troth, +ou do me %rong, good sooth, +ou do,

6n su-h disdainfu# manner me to %oo

7ut fare +ou %e##: /erfor-e 6 must -onfess

6 thought +ou #ord of more true gent#eness

, that a #ad+, of one man refused


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Shou#d of another therefore "e a"used4

Eit

L)SAN&ER:

She sees not Hermia Hermia, s#ee/ thou there:

And ne&er ma+st thou -ome +sander near4

For as a surfeit of the s%eetest things

The dee/est #oathing to the stoma-h "rings,

r as tie heresies that men do #ea&e

Are hated most of those the+ did de-ei&e,

So thou, m+ surfeit and m+ heres+,

f a## "e hated, "ut the most of me4

And, a## m+ /o%ers, address +our #o&e and might

To honour He#en and to "e her !night4

Eit

HER#(A:

?A%a!ing@ He#/ me, +sander, he#/ me4 do th+ "est

To /#u-! this -ra%#ing ser/ent from m+ "reast4

A+ me, for /it+4 %hat a dream %as here4

+sander, #oo! ho% 6 do 5ua!e %ith fear:

Methought a ser/ent eat m+ heart a%a+,

And +ou sat smi#ing at his -rue# /ra+

+sander4 %hat, remo&ed9 +sander4 #ord4

8hat, out of hearing9 gone9 no sound, no %ord9

A#a-!, %here are +ou s/ea!, an if +ou hear0

S/ea!, of a## #o&es4 6 s%oon a#most %ith fear

No9 then 6 %e## /er-ei&e +ou a## not nigh

Either death or +ou 6'## find immediate#+

Eit

ACT 6

Scene (5 The %ood T6TAN6A #+ing as#ee/

Enter Q


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Are %e a## met9

/U(NCE:

1at, /at0 and here's a mar&e##ous -on&enient /#a-e

for our rehearsa# This green /#ot sha## "e our

stage, this ha%thorn2"ra!e our tiring2house0 and %e

%i## do it in a-tion as %e %i## do it "efore the du!e

0OTTO#:

1eter Quin-e,

/U(NCE:

8hat sa+est thou, "u##+ 7ottom9

0OTTO#:

There are things in this -omed+ of 1+ramus and

This"+ that %i## ne&er /#ease First, 1+ramus must

dra% a s%ord to !i## himse#f0 %hi-h the #adies

-annot a"ide Ho% ans%er +ou that9SNOUT:

7+'r #a!in, a /ar#ous fear

STAR2EL(N*:

6 "e#ie&e %e must #ea&e the !i##ing out, %hen a## is done

0OTTO#:

Not a %hit: 6 ha&e a de&i-e to ma!e a## %e##

8rite me a /ro#ogue0 and #et the /ro#ogue seem to

sa+, %e %i## do no harm %ith our s%ords, and that

1+ramus is not !i##ed indeed0 and, for the more

"etter assuran-e, te## them that 6, 1+ramus, am not

1+ramus, "ut 7ottom the %ea&er: this %i## /ut them

out of fear

/U(NCE:

8e##, %e %i## ha&e su-h a /ro#ogue0 and it sha## "e

%ritten in eight and si

0OTTO#:

No, ma!e it t%o more0 #et it "e %ritten in eight and eight

SNOUT:

8i## not the #adies "e afeard of the #ion9STAR2EL(N*:

6 fear it, 6 /romise +ou

0OTTO#:

Masters, +ou ought to -onsider %ith +ourse#&es: to

"ring in $od shie#d us4 a #ion among #adies, is a

most dreadfu# thing0 for there is not a more fearfu#


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%i#d2fo%# than +our #ion #i&ing0 and %e ought to

#oo! to 't

SNOUT:

Therefore another /ro#ogue must te## he is not a #ion

0OTTO#:

Na+, +ou must name his name, and ha#f his fa-e must

"e seen through the #ion's ne-!: and he himse#f

must s/ea! through, sa+ing thus, or to the same

defe-t, 'adies,' or 'Fair2#adies 6 %ou#d %ish

;ou,' or '6 %ou#d re5uest +ou,' or '6 %ou#d

entreat +ou, not to fear, not to trem"#e: m+ #ife

for +ours 6f +ou thin! 6 -ome hither as a #ion, it

%ere /it+ of m+ #ife: no 6 am no su-h thing0 6 am a

man as other men are0' and there indeed #et him name

his name, and te## them /#ain#+ he is Snug the 3oiner/U(NCE:

8e## it sha## "e so 7ut there is t%o hard things0

that is, to "ring the moon#ight into a -ham"er0 for,

+ou !no%, 1+ramus and This"+ meet "+ moon#ight

SNOUT:

Doth the moon shine that night %e /#a+ our /#a+9

0OTTO#:

A -a#endar, a -a#endar4 #oo! in the a#mana-0 find

out moonshine, find out moonshine

/U(NCE:

;es, it doth shine that night

0OTTO#:

8h+, then ma+ +ou #ea&e a -asement of the great

-ham"er %indo%, %here %e /#a+, o/en, and the moon

ma+ shine in at the -asement

/U(NCE:

A+0 or e#se one must -ome in %ith a "ush of thorns

and a #anthorn, and sa+ he -omes to disfigure, or to

/resent, the /erson of Moonshine Then, there isanother thing: %e must ha&e a %a## in the great

-ham"er0 for 1+ramus and This"+ sa+s the stor+, did

ta#! through the -hin! of a %a##

SNOUT:

;ou -an ne&er "ring in a %a## 8hat sa+ +ou, 7ottom9

0OTTO#:


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Some man or other must /resent 8a##: and #et him

ha&e some /#aster, or some #oam, or some rough2-ast

a"out him, to signif+ %a##0 and #et him ho#d his

fingers thus, and through that -rann+ sha## 1+ramus

and This"+ %his/er

/U(NCE:

6f that ma+ "e, then a## is %e## Come, sit do%n,

e&er+ mother's son, and rehearse +our /arts

1+ramus, +ou "egin: %hen +ou ha&e s/o!en +our

s/ee-h, enter into that "ra!e: and so e&er+ one

a--ording to his -ue

Enter 1


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/U(NCE:

A+, marr+, must +ou0 for +ou must understand he goes

"ut to see a noise that he heard, and is to -ome again

FLUTE:

Most radiant 1+ramus, most #i#+2%hite of hue,

f -o#our #i!e the red rose on trium/hant "rier,

Most "ris!+ 3u&ena# and e!e most #o&e#+ e%,

As true as truest horse that +et %ou#d ne&er tire,

6'## meet thee, 1+ramus, at Ninn+'s tom"

/U(NCE:

'Ninus' tom",' man: %h+, +ou must not s/ea! that

+et0 that +ou ans%er to 1+ramus: +ou s/ea! a## +our

/art at on-e, -ues and a## 1+ramus enter: +our -ue

is /ast0 it is, 'ne&er tire'

FLUTE:, As true as truest horse, that +et %ou#d

ne&er tire

Re2enter 1


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ma!e me afeard

Re2enter SN


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'-u-!oo' ne&er so9

T(TAN(A:

6 /ra+ thee, gent#e morta#, sing again:

Mine ear is mu-h enamour'd of th+ note0

So is mine e+e enthra##ed to th+ sha/e0

And th+ fair &irtue's for-e /erfor-e doth mo&e me

n the first &ie% to sa+, to s%ear, 6 #o&e thee

0OTTO#:

Methin!s, mistress, +ou shou#d ha&e #itt#e reason

for that: and +et, to sa+ the truth, reason and

#o&e !ee/ #itt#e -om/an+ together no%2a2da+s0 the

more the /it+ that some honest neigh"ours %i## not

ma!e them friends Na+, 6 -an g#ee! u/on o--asion

T(TAN(A:

Thou art as %ise as thou art "eautifu#0OTTO#:

Not so, neither: "ut if 6 had %it enough to get out

of this %ood, 6 ha&e enough to ser&e mine o%n turn

T(TAN(A:

ut of this %ood do not desire to go:

Thou sha#t remain here, %hether thou %i#t or no

6 am a s/irit of no -ommon rate0

The summer sti## doth tend u/on m+ state0

And 6 do #o&e thee: therefore, go %ith me0

6'## gi&e thee fairies to attend on thee,

And the+ sha## fet-h thee 3e%e#s from the dee/,

And sing %hi#e thou on /ressed f#o%ers dost s#ee/0

And 6 %i## /urge th+ morta# grossness so

That thou sha#t #i!e an air+ s/irit go

1ease"#ossom4 Co"%e"4 Moth4 and Mustardseed4

Enter 1EASE7SSM, C78E7, MTH, and M


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And 6

ALL:

8here sha## %e go9

T(TAN(A:

7e !ind and -ourteous to this gent#eman0

Ho/ in his %a#!s and gam"o# in his e+es0

Feed him %ith a/ri-o-!s and de%"erries,

8ith /ur/#e gra/es, green figs, and mu#"erries0

The hone+2"ags stea# from the hum"#e2"ees,

And for night2ta/ers -ro/ their %aen thighs

And #ight them at the fier+ g#o%2%orm's e+es,

To ha&e m+ #o&e to "ed and to arise0

And /#u-! the %ings from 1ainted "utterf#ies

To fan the moon"eams from his s#ee/ing e+es:

Nod to him, e#&es, and do him -ourtesiesPEASE0LOSSO#:

Hai#, morta#4

CO0E0:

Hai#4

#OTH:

Hai#4

#USTAR&SEE&:

Hai#4

0OTTO#:6 -r+ +our %orshi/'s mer-+, hearti#+: 6 "esee-h +our

%orshi/'s name

CO0E0:

Co"%e"

0OTTO#:

6 sha## desire +ou of more a-5uaintan-e, good Master

Co"%e": if 6 -ut m+ finger, 6 sha## ma!e "o#d %ith

+ou ;our name, honest gent#eman9

PEASE0LOSSO#:

1ease"#ossom0OTTO#:

6 /ra+ +ou, -ommend me to Mistress S5uash, +our

mother, and to Master 1eas-od, +our father $ood

Master 1ease"#ossom, 6 sha## desire +ou of more

a-5uaintan-e too ;our name, 6 "esee-h +ou, sir9

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Mustardseed

0OTTO#:

$ood Master Mustardseed, 6 !no% +our /atien-e %e##:

that same -o%ard#+, giant2#i!e o2"eef hath

de&oured man+ a gent#eman of +our house: 6 /romise

+ou +our !indred had made m+ e+es %ater ere no% 6

desire +our more a-5uaintan-e, good Master

Mustardseed

T(TAN(A:

Come, %ait u/on him0 #ead him to m+ "o%er

The moon methin!s #oo!s %ith a %ater+ e+e0

And %hen she %ee/s, %ee/s e&er+ #itt#e f#o%er,

amenting some enfor-ed -hastit+

Tie u/ m+ #o&e's tongue "ring him si#ent#+

Eeunt

ACT 6

Scene (( Another /art of the %ood

Enter 7ERN

7ERN:

6 %onder if Titania "e a%a!ed0

Then, %hat it %as that net -ame in her e+e,

8hi-h she must dote on in etremit+

Enter PU)0

Here -omes m+ messenger

Ho% no%, mad s/irit4

8hat night2ru#e no% a"out this haunted gro&e9

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8ho 1+ramus /resented, in their s/ort

Forsoo! his s-ene and enter'd in a "ra!e

8hen 6 did him at this ad&antage ta!e,

An ass's no#e 6 fied on his head:

Anon his This"e must "e ans%ered,

And forth m+ mimi- -omes 8hen the+ him s/+,

As %i#d geese that the -ree/ing fo%#er e+e,

r russet2/ated -houghs, man+ in sort,

Rising and -a%ing at the gun's re/ort,

Se&er themse#&es and mad#+ s%ee/ the s!+,

So, at his sight, a%a+ his fe##o%s f#+0

And, at our stam/, here o'er and o'er one fa##s0

He murder -ries and he#/ from Athens -a##s

Their sense thus %ea!, #ost %ith their fears

thus strong,Made sense#ess things "egin to do them %rong0

For "riers and thorns at their a//are# snat-h0

Some s#ee&es, some hats, from +ie#ders a##

things -at-h

6 #ed them on in this distra-ted fear,

And #eft s%eet 1+ramus trans#ated there:

8hen in that moment, so it -ame to /ass,

Titania %a!ed and straight%a+ #o&ed an ass

7ERN:

This fa##s out "etter than 6 -ou#d de&ise

7ut hast thou +et #at-h'd the Athenian's e+es

8ith the #o&e23ui-e, as 6 did "id thee do9

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a+ "reath so "itter on +our "itter foe

HERM6A:

No% 6 "ut -hide0 "ut 6 shou#d use thee %orse,

For thou, 6 fear, hast gi&en me -ause to -urse,

6f thou hast s#ain +sander in his s#ee/,

7eing o'er shoes in "#ood, /#unge in the dee/,

And !i## me too

The sun %as not so true unto the da+

As he to me: %ou#d he ha&e sto#en a%a+

From s#ee/ing Hermia9 6'## "e#ie&e as soon

This %ho#e earth ma+ "e "ored and that the moon

Ma+ through the -entre -ree/ and so dis/#ease

Her "rother's noontide %ith Anti/odes

6t -annot "e "ut thou hast murder'd him0

So shou#d a murderer #oo!, so dead, so grimDEMETR6


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6 /ra+ thee, te## me then that he is %e##

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E!it

7ERN:

F#o%er of this /ur/#e d+e,

Hit %ith Cu/id's ar-her+,

Sin! in a//#e of his e+e

8hen his #o&e he doth es/+,

et her shine as g#orious#+

As the =enus of the s!+

8hen thou %a!est, if she "e "+,

7eg of her for remed+

Re3enter PU)0

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;ou do ad&an-e +our -unning more and more

8hen truth !i##s truth, de&i#ish2ho#+ fra+4

These &o%s are Hermia's: %i## +ou gi&e her o'er9

8eigh oath %ith oath, and +ou %i## nothing %eigh:

;our &o%s to her and me, /ut in t%o s-a#es,

8i## e&en %eigh, and "oth as #ight as ta#es

;SANDER:

6 had no 3udgment %hen to her 6 s%ore

HERM6A:

Nor none, in m+ mind, no% +ou gi&e her o'er

;SANDER:

Demetrius #o&es her, and he #o&es not +ou

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;ou are un!ind, Demetrius0 "e not so0

For +ou #o&e Hermia0 this +ou !no% 6 !no%:

And here, %ith a## good %i##, %ith a## m+ heart,

6n Hermia's #o&e 6 +ie#d +ou u/ m+ /art0

And +ours of He#ena to me "e5ueath,

8hom 6 do #o&e and %i## do ti## m+ death

HERM6A:

Ne&er did mo-!ers %aste more id#e "reath

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The hate 6 "ear thee made me #ea&e thee so9

HERM6A:

;ou s/ea! not as +ou thin!: it -annot "e

HERM6A:

o, she is one of this -onfedera-+4

No% 6 /er-ei&e the+ ha&e -on3oin'd a## three

To fashion this fa#se s/ort, in s/ite of me

6n3urious Hermia4 most ungratefu# maid4

Ha&e +ou -ons/ired, ha&e +ou %ith these -ontri&ed

To "ait me %ith this fou# derision9

6s a## the -ounse# that %e t%o ha&e shared,

The sisters' &o%s, the hours that %e ha&e s/ent,

8hen %e ha&e -hid the hast+2footed time

For /arting us, , is it a## forgot9

A## s-hoo#2da+s' friendshi/, -hi#dhood inno-en-e98e, Hermia, #i!e t%o artifi-ia# gods,

Ha&e %ith our need#es -reated "oth one f#o%er,

7oth on one sam/#er, sitting on one -ushion,

7oth %ar"#ing of one song, "oth in one !e+,

As if our hands, our sides, &oi-es and minds,

Had "een in-or/orate So %e gro% together,

i!e to a dou"#e -herr+, seeming /arted,

7ut +et an union in /artition0

T%o #o&e#+ "erries mou#ded on one stem0

So, %ith t%o seeming "odies, "ut one heart0

T%o of the first, #i!e -oats in hera#dr+,

Due "ut to one and -ro%ned %ith one -rest

And %i## +ou rent our an-ient #o&e asunder,

To 3oin %ith men in s-orning +our /oor friend9

6t is not friend#+, 'tis not maiden#+:

ur se, as %e## as 6, ma+ -hide +ou for it,

Though 6 a#one do fee# the in3ur+

HERM6A:

6 am ama.ed at +our /assionate %ords6 s-orn +ou not: it seems that +ou s-orn me

HERM6A:

Ha&e +ou not set +sander, as in s-orn,

To fo##o% me and /raise m+ e+es and fa-e9

And made +our other #o&e, Demetrius,

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To -a## me goddess, n+m/h, di&ine and rare,

1re-ious, -e#estia#9 8herefore s/ea!s he this

To her he hates9 and %herefore doth +sander

Den+ +our #o&e, so ri-h %ithin his sou#,

And tender me, forsooth, affe-tion,

7ut "+ +our setting on, "+ +our -onsent9

8hat thought 6 "e not so in gra-e as +ou,

So hung u/on %ith #o&e, so fortunate,

7ut misera"#e most, to #o&e un#o&ed9

This +ou shou#d /it+ rather than des/ise

HERM6A:

6 understand not %hat +ou mean "+ this

HERM6A:

A+, do, /erse&er, -ounterfeit sad #oo!s,

Ma!e mouths u/on me %hen 6 turn m+ "a-!08in! ea-h at other0 ho#d the s%eet 3est u/:

This s/ort, %e## -arried, sha## "e -hroni-#ed

6f +ou ha&e an+ /it+, gra-e, or manners,

;ou %ou#d not ma!e me su-h an argument

7ut fare +e %e##: 'tis /art#+ m+ o%n fau#t0

8hi-h death or a"sen-e soon sha## remed+

;SANDER:

Sta+, gent#e He#ena0 hear m+ e-use:

M+ #o&e, m+ #ife m+ sou#, fair He#ena4

HERM6A:

e-e##ent4

HERM6A:

S%eet, do not s-orn her so

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Did e&er !ee/ +our -ounse#s, ne&er %rong'd +ou0

Sa&e that, in #o&e unto Demetrius,

6 to#d him of +our stea#th unto this %ood

He fo##o%'d +ou0 for #o&e 6 fo##o%'d him0

7ut he hath -hid me hen-e and threaten'd me

To stri!e me, s/urn me, na+, to !i## me too:

And no%, so +ou %i## #et me 5uiet go,

To Athens %i## 6 "ear m+ fo##+ "a-!

And fo##o% +ou no further: #et me go:

;ou see ho% sim/#e and ho% fond 6 am

HERM6A:

8h+, get +ou gone: %ho is't that hinders +ou9

HERM6A:

A foo#ish heart, that 6 #ea&e here "ehind

HERM6A:8hat, %ith +sander9

HERM6A:

8ith Demetrius

;SANDER:

7e not afraid0 she sha## not harm thee, He#ena

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Thou sha#t a"+ it

;SANDER:

No% she ho#ds me not0

No% fo##o%, if thou darest, to tr+ %hose right,

f thine or mine, is most in He#ena

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The starr+ %e#!in -o&er thou anon

8ith droo/ing fog as "#a-! as A-heron,

And #ead these test+ ri&a#s so astra+

As one -ome not %ithin another's %a+

i!e to +sander sometime frame th+ tongue,

Then stir Demetrius u/ %ith "itter %rong0

And sometime rai# thou #i!e Demetrius0

And from ea-h other #oo! thou #ead them thus,

Ti## o'er their "ro%s death2-ounterfeiting s#ee/

8ith #eaden #egs and "att+ %ings doth -ree/:

Then -rush this her" into +sander's e+e0

8hose #i5uor hath this &irtuous /ro/ert+,

To ta!e from then-e a## error %ith his might,

And ma!e his e+e"a##s ro## %ith %onted sight

8hen the+ net %a!e, a## this derisionSha## seem a dream and fruit#ess &ision,

And "a-! to Athens sha## the #o&ers %end,

8ith #eague %hose date ti## death sha## ne&er end

8hi#es 6 in this affair do thee em/#o+,

6'## to m+ 5ueen and "eg her 6ndian "o+0

And then 6 %i## her -harmed e+e re#ease

From monster's &ie%, and a## things sha## "e /ea-e

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7ut, not%ithstanding, haste0 ma!e no de#a+:

8e ma+ effe-t this "usiness +et ere da+

E!it

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Fo##o% m+ &oi-e: %e'## tr+ no manhood here

E!e&nt

Re3enter LYSA$%ER

;SANDER:

He goes "efore me and sti## dares me on:

8hen 6 -ome %here he -a##s, then he is gone

The &i##ain is mu-h #ighter2hee#'d than 6:

6 fo##o%'d fast, "ut faster he did f#+0

That fa##en am 6 in dar! une&en %a+,

And here %i## rest me

Lies on

Come, thou gent#e da+4

For if "ut on-e thou sho% me th+ gre+ #ight,

6'## find Demetrius and re&enge this s/ite

Sleeps

Re3enter PU)0 an %E#ETRIUS

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Re3enter HELE$A

HEENA:

%ear+ night, #ong and tedious night,

A"ate th+ hour4 Shine -omforts from the east,

That 6 ma+ "a-! to Athens "+ da+#ight,

From these that m+ /oor -om/an+ detest:

And s#ee/, that sometimes shuts u/ sorro%'s e+e,

Stea# me a%hi#e from mine o%n -om/an+

Lies on an sleeps

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8hen thou %a!est,

Thou ta!est

True de#ight

6n the sight

f th+ former #ad+'s e+e:

And the -ountr+ /ro&er" !no%n,

That e&er+ man shou#d ta!e his o%n,

6n +our %a!ing sha## "e sho%n:

a-! sha## ha&e i##0

Nought sha## go i##0

The man sha## ha&e his mare again, and a## sha## "e %e##

E!it

A-t B

Scene I. The same. LYSA$%ER, %E#ETRIUS, HELE$A, an HER#IA

l/in2 asleep.

Enter TITA$IA an +OTTO#1 PEASE+LOSSO#, )O+WE+, #OTH,

#USTAR%SEE%, an other airies attenin21 O+ERO$ 'ehin &nseen

T6TAN6A:

Come, sit thee do%n u/on this f#o%er+ "ed,

8hi#e 6 th+ amia"#e -hee!s do -o+,

And sti-! mus!2roses in th+ s#ee! smooth head,

And !iss th+ fair #arge ears, m+ gent#e 3o+

7TTM:

8here's 1ease"#ossom9

1EASE7SSM:

Read+

7TTM:

S-rat-h m+ head 1ease"#ossom 8here's Mounsieur Co"%e"9

C78E7:

Read+7TTM:

Mounsieur Co"%e", good mounsieur, get +ou +our

%ea/ons in +our hand, and !i## me a red2hi//ed

hum"#e2"ee on the to/ of a thist#e0 and, good

mounsieur, "ring me the hone+2"ag Do not fret

+ourse#f too mu-h in the a-tion, mounsieur0 and,


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good mounsieur, ha&e a -are the hone+2"ag "rea! not0

6 %ou#d "e #oath to ha&e +ou o&erf#o%n %ith a

hone+2"ag, signior 8here's Mounsieur Mustardseed9

M


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E!e&nt fairies

So doth the %ood"ine the s%eet hone+su-!#e

$ent#+ ent%ist0 the fema#e i&+ so

Enrings the "ar!+ fingers of the e#m

, ho% 6 #o&e thee4 ho% 6 dote on thee4

The/ sleep

Enter PU)0

7ERN:

?A4ancin2@ 8e#-ome, good Ro"in

See'st thou this s%eet sight9

Her dotage no% 6 do "egin to /it+:

For, meeting her of #ate "ehind the %ood,See!ing s%eet fa&ours from this hatefu# foo#,

6 did u/"raid her and fa## out %ith her0

For she his hair+ tem/#es then had rounded

8ith a -oronet of fresh and fragrant f#o%ers0

And that same de%, %hi-h sometime on the "uds

8as %ont to s%e## #i!e round and orient /ear#s,

Stood no% %ithin the /rett+ f#o%erets' e+es

i!e tears that did their o%n disgra-e "e%ai#

8hen 6 had at m+ /#easure taunted her

And she in mi#d terms "egg'd m+ /atien-e,

6 then did as! of her her -hange#ing -hi#d0

8hi-h straight she ga&e me, and her fair+ sent

To "ear him to m+ "o%er in fair+ #and

And no% 6 ha&e the "o+, 6 %i## undo

This hatefu# im/erfe-tion of her e+es:

And, gent#e 1u-!, ta!e this transformed s-a#/

From off the head of this Athenian s%ain0

That, he a%a!ing %hen the other do,

Ma+ a## to Athens "a-! again re/airAnd thin! no more of this night's a--idents

7ut as the fier-e &eation of a dream

7ut first 6 %i## re#ease the fair+ 5ueen

7e as thou %ast %ont to "e0

See as thou %ast %ont to see:

Dian's "ud o'er Cu/id's f#o%er


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Hath su-h for-e and "#essed /o%er

No%, m+ Titania0 %a!e +ou, m+ s%eet 5ueen

T6TAN6A:

M+ "eron4 %hat &isions ha&e 6 seen4

Methought 6 %as enamour'd of an ass

7ERN:

There #ies +our #o&e

T6TAN6A:

Ho% -ame these things to /ass9

, ho% mine e+es do #oathe his &isage no%4

7ERN:

Si#en-e a%hi#e Ro"in, ta!e off this head

Titania, musi- -a##0 and stri!e more dead

Than -ommon s#ee/ of a## these fi&e the sense

T6TAN6A:Musi-, ho4 musi-, su-h as -harmeth s#ee/4

#&sic, still

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Come, m+ #ord, and in our f#ight

Te## me ho% it -ame this night

That 6 s#ee/ing here %as found

8ith these morta#s on the ground

E!e&nt

Horns ine ithin

Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, E"EUS, an train

THESE


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E$E


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6 "eg the #a%, the #a%, u/on his head

The+ %ou#d ha&e sto#en a%a+0 the+ %ou#d, Demetrius,

There"+ to ha&e defeated +ou and me,

;ou of +our %ife and me of m+ -onsent,

f m+ -onsent that she shou#d "e +our %ife

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Methin!s 6 see these things %ith /arted e+e,

8hen e&er+ thing seems dou"#e

HEENA:

So methin!s:

And 6 ha&e found Demetrius #i!e a 3e%e#,

Mine o%n, and not mine o%n

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"e-ause it hath no "ottom0 and 6 %i## sing it in the

#atter end of a /#a+, "efore the du!e:

/erad&enture, to ma!e it the more gra-ious, 6 sha##

sing it at her death

E!it

Scene II. Athens. (UI$)E*S ho&se.

Enter (UI$)E, LUTE, S$OUT, an STAR-ELI$"

Q


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da+ during his #ife0 he -ou#d not ha&e 's-a/ed

si/en-e a da+: an the du!e had not gi&en him

si/en-e a da+ for /#a+ing 1+ramus, 6'## "e hanged0

he %ou#d ha&e deser&ed it: si/en-e a da+ in

1+ramus, or nothing

Enter +OTTO#

7TTM:

8here are these #ads9 %here are these hearts9

Q


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'Tis strange m+ Theseus, that these

#o&ers s/ea! of

THESE


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THESE


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Ho% sha## %e find the -on-ord of this dis-ord9

1H6STRATE:

A /#a+ there is, m+ #ord, some ten %ords #ong,

8hi-h is as "rief as 6 ha&e !no%n a /#a+0

7ut "+ ten %ords, m+ #ord, it is too #ong,

8hi-h ma!es it tedious0 for in a## the /#a+

There is not one %ord a/t, one /#a+er fitted:

And tragi-a#, m+ no"#e #ord, it is0

For 1+ramus therein doth !i## himse#f

8hi-h, %hen 6 sa% rehearsed, 6 must -onfess,

Made mine e+es %ater0 "ut more merr+ tears

The /assion of #oud #aughter ne&er shed

THESE


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H611;TA:

He sa+s the+ -an do nothing in this !ind

THESE


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The a-tors are at hand and "+ their sho%

;ou sha## !no% a## that +ou are #i!e to !no%

THESE


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His dagger dre%, and died For a## the rest,

et ion, Moonshine, 8a##, and #o&ers t%ain

At #arge dis-ourse, %hi#e here the+ do remain

E!e&nt Prolo2&e, This'e, Lion, an #oonshine

THESE


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Sho% me th+ -hin!, to "#in! through %ith mine e+ne4

Wall hols &p his fin2ers

Than!s, -ourteous %a##: o&e shie#d thee %e## for this4

7ut %hat see 69 No This"+ do 6 see

%i-!ed %a##, through %hom 6 see no "#iss4

Cursed "e th+ stones for thus de-ei&ing me4

THESE


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6 !iss the %a##'s ho#e, not +our #i/s at a##

1+ramus:

8i#t thou at Ninn+'s tom" meet me straight%a+9

This"e:

'Tide #ife, 'tide death, 6 -ome %ithout de#a+

E!e&nt P/ram&s an This'e

8a##:

Thus ha&e 6, 8a##, m+ /art dis-harged so0

And, "eing done, thus 8a## a%a+ doth go

E!it

THESE


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For, if 6 shou#d as #ion -ome in strife

6nto this /#a-e, 't%ere /it+ on m+ #ife

THESE


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;SANDER:

1ro-eed, Moon

Moonshine:

A## that 6 ha&e to sa+, is, to te## +ou that the

#anthorn is the moon0 6, the man in the moon0 this

thorn2"ush, m+ thorn2"ush0 and this dog, m+ dog

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6 than! thee, Moon, for shining no% so "right0

For, "+ th+ gra-ious, go#den, g#ittering g#eams,

6 trust to ta!e of truest This"+ sight

7ut sta+, s/ite4

7ut mar!, /oor !night,

8hat dreadfu# do#e is here4

E+es, do +ou see9

Ho% -an it "e9

daint+ du-!4 dear4

Th+ mant#e good,

8hat, stain'd %ith "#ood4

A//roa-h, +e Furies fe##4

Fates, -ome, -ome,

Cut thread and thrum0

Quai#, -rush, -on-#ude, and 5ue##4THESE


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Moon ta!e th+ f#ight:

E!it #oonshine

No% die, die, die, die, die

%ies

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Dead, dead9 A tom"

Must -o&er th+ s%eet e+es

These M+ #i/s,

This -herr+ nose,

These +e##o% -o%s#i/ -hee!s,

Are gone, are gone:

o&ers, ma!e moan:

His e+es %ere green as #ee!s

Sisters Three,

Come, -ome to me,

8ith hands as /a#e as mi#!0

a+ them in gore,

Sin-e +ou ha&e shore

8ith shears his thread of si#!

Tongue, not a %ord:Come, trust+ s%ord0

Come, "#ade, m+ "reast im"rue:

Sta's herself

And, fare%e##, friends0

Thus This"+ ends:

Adieu, adieu, adieu

%ies

THESE


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in This"e's garter, it %ou#d ha&e "een a fine

traged+: and so it is, tru#+0 and &er+ nota"#+

dis-harged 7ut -ome, +our 7ergomas!: #et +our

e/i#ogue a#one

A ance

The iron tongue of midnight hath to#d t%e#&e:

o&ers, to "ed0 'tis a#most fair+ time

6 fear %e sha## out2s#ee/ the -oming morn

As mu-h as %e this night ha&e o&er%at-h'd

This /a#/a"#e2gross /#a+ hath %e## "egui#ed

The hea&+ gait of night S%eet friends, to "ed

A fortnight ho#d %e this so#emnit+,

6n night#+ re&e#s and ne% 3o##it+

E!e&nt

Enter PU)0

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To s%ee/ the dust "ehind the door

Enter O+ERO$ an TITA$IA ith their train

7ERN:

Through the house gi&e gathering #ight,

7+ the dead and dro%s+ fire:

E&er+ e#f and fair+ s/rite

Ho/ as #ight as "ird from "rier0

And this ditt+, after me,

Sing, and dan-e it tri//ing#+

T6TAN6A:

First, rehearse +our song "+ rote

To ea-h %ord a %ar"#ing note:

Hand in hand, %ith fair+ gra-e,8i## %e sing, and "#ess this /#a-e

Son2 an ance

7ERN:

No%, unti# the "rea! of da+,

Through this house ea-h fair+ stra+

To the "est "ride2"ed %i## %e,

8hi-h "+ us sha## "#essed "e0

And the issue there -reate

E&er sha## "e fortunate

So sha## a## the -ou/#es three

E&er true in #o&ing "e0

And the "#ots of Nature's hand

Sha## not in their issue stand0

Ne&er mo#e, hare #i/, nor s-ar,

Nor mar! /rodigious, su-h as are

Des/ised in nati&it+,

Sha## u/on their -hi#dren "e8ith this fie#d2de% -onse-rate,

E&er+ fair+ ta!e his gait0

And ea-h se&era# -ham"er "#ess,

Through this /a#a-e, %ith s%eet /ea-e0

And the o%ner of it "#est

E&er sha## in safet+ rest


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Tri/ a%a+0 ma!e no sta+0

Meet me a## "+ "rea! of da+

E!e&nt O+ERO$, TITA$IA, an train

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