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TWELFTH NIGHT Act 5 Scene 1 (Enter Feste the clown and Fabian) l1l Fabian Now, as thou lovest me, let me see his letter. l2l Feste Good Master Fabian, grant me another request. l3l Fabian Anything. l4l Feste Do not desire to see this letter. l5l Fabian This is to give a dog, and in recompense desire l6l my dog again. (Enter the Duke, Viola as Cesario, Curio, and lords) l7l Orsino Belong you to the Lady Olivia, friends? l8l Feste Ay, sir, we are some of her trappings. l9l Orsino I know thee well. How dost thou, my good fellow? l10l Feste Truly, sir, the better for my foes and the worse for l11l my friends. l12l Orsino Just the contraryùthe better for thy friends. l13l Feste No, sir, the worse. l14l Orsino How can that be? l15l Feste Marry, sir, they praise me, and make an ass of me. l16l Now my foes tell me plainly I am an ass, so that by l17l my foes, sir, I profit in the knowledge of myself, and l18l by my friends I am abused; so that, conclusions to be l19l as kisses, if your four negatives make your two l20l affirmatives, why then the worse for my friends and l21l the better for my foes. l22l Orsino Why, this is excellent. l23l Feste By my troth, sir, no, though it please you to be l24l one of my friends. Orsino (giving money) l25l Thou shalt not be the worse for me. ThereÆs gold. l26l Feste But that it would be double-dealing, sir, I would l27l you could make it another. l28l Orsino O, you give me ill counsel. l29l Feste Put your grace in your pocket, sir, for this once, l30l and let your flesh and blood obey it. l31l Orsino Well, I will be so much a sinner to be a double- l32l dealer. (Giving money) ThereÆs another. l33l Feste Primo, secundo, tertio is a good play, and the old l34l saying is ôThe third pays for allö. The triplex, sir, is a l35l good tripping measure, or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, l36l may put you in mindùôone, two, threeö. l37l Orsino You can fool no more money out of me at this l38l throw. If you will let your lady know I am here to l39l speak with her, and bring her along with you, it may l40l awake my bounty further. l41l Feste Marry, sir, lullaby to your bounty till I come again. l42l I go, sir, but I would not have you to think that my l43l desire of having is the sin of covetousness. But as you l44l say, sir, let your bounty take a nap, I will awake it l45l anon. (Exit) (Enter Antonio and Officers) l46l Viola Here comes the man, sir, that did rescue me. l47l Orsino That face of his I do remember well, l48l Yet when I saw it last it was besmeared l49l As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war. l50l A baubling vessel was he captain of, l51l For shallow draught and bulk unprizable, l52l With which such scatheful grapple did he make l53l With the most noble bottom of our fleet l54l That very envy and the tongue of loss l55l Cried fame and honour on him. WhatÆs the matter? l56l First Officer Orsino, this is that Antonio l57l That took the Phoenix and her freight from Candy, l58l And this is he that did the Tiger board l59l When your young nephew Titus lost his leg. l60l Here in the streets, desperate of shame and state, l61l In private brabble did we apprehend him. l62l Viola He did me kindness, sir, drew on my side, l63l But in conclusion put strange speech upon me. l64l I know not what Ætwas but distraction. l65l Orsino (to Antonio) Notable pirate, thou salt-water thief, l66l What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies l67l Whom thou in terms so bloody and so dear l68l Hast made thine enemies? Antonio Orsino, noble sir, l69l Be pleased that I shake off these names you give me. l70l Antonio never yet was thief or pirate, l71l Though, I confess, on base and ground enough l72l OrsinoÆs enemy. A witchcraft drew me hither. l73l That most ingrateful boy there by your side l74l From the rude seaÆs enraged and foamy mouth l75l Did I redeem. A wreck past hope he was. l76l His life I gave him, and did thereto add l77l My love without retention or restraint, l78l All his in dedication. For his sake l79l Did I expose myself, pure for his love, l80l Into the danger of this adverse town, l81l Drew to defend him when he was beset, l82l Where being apprehended, his false cunningù l83l Not meaning to partake with me in dangerù l84l Taught him to face me out of his acquaintance, l85l And grew a twenty yearsÆ removΦd thing l86l While one would wink, denied me mine own purse, l87l Which I had recommended to his use l88l Not half an hour before. l89l Viola How can this be? l90l Orsino When came he to this town? l91l Antonio Today, my lord, and for three months before, l92l No intÆrim, not a minuteÆs vacancy, l93l Both day and night did we keep company. (Enter Olivia and attendants) l94l Orsino Here comes the Countess. Now heaven walks on earth. l95l But for thee, fellowùfellow, thy words are madness. l96l Three months this youth hath tended upon me. l97l But more of that anon. Take him aside. l98l Olivia What would my lord, but that he may not have, l99l Wherein Olivia may seem serviceable? l100l Cesario, you do not keep promise with me. l101l Viola Madamù l102l Orsino Gracious Oliviaù l103l Olivia What do you say, Cesario? Good my lordù l104l Viola My lord would speak, my duty hushes me. l105l Olivia If it be aught to the old tune, my lord, l106l It is as fat and fulsome to mine ear l107l As howling after music. l108l Orsino Still so cruel? l109l Olivia Still so constant, lord. l110l Orsino What, to perverseness? You uncivil lady, l111l To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars l112l My soul the faithfullÆst offÆrings hath breathed out l113l That eÆer devotion tenderedùwhat shall I do? l114l Olivia Even what it please my lord that shall become him. l115l Orsino Why should I not, had I the heart to do it, l116l Like to thÆ Egyptian thief, at point of death l117l Kill what I loveùa savage jealousy l118l That sometime savours nobly. But hear me this: l119l Since you to non-regardance cast my faith, l120l And that I partly know the instrument l121l That screws me from my true place in your favour, l122l Live you the marble-breasted tyrant still. l123l But this your minion, whom I know you love, l124l And whom, by heaven I swear, I tender dearly, l125l Him will I tear out of that cruel eye l126l Where he sits crownΦd in his masterÆs spite. (To Viola) l127l Come, boy, with me. My thoughts are ripe in mischief. l128l IÆll sacrifice the lamb that I do love l129l To spite a ravenÆs heart within a dove. l130l Viola And I most jocund, apt, and willingly l131l To do you rest a thousand deaths would die. l132l Olivia Where goes Cesario? Viola After him I love l133l More than I love these eyes, more than my life, l134l More by all mores than eÆer I shall love wife. l135l If I do feign, you witnesses above, l136l Punish my life for tainting of my love. l137l Olivia Ay me detested, how am I beguiled! l138l Viola Who does beguile you? Who does do you wrong? l139l Olivia Hast thou forgot thyself? Is it so long? l140l Call forth the holy father. (Exit an attendant) Orsino (to Viola) Come, away. l141l Olivia Whither, my lord? Cesario, husband, stay. l142l Orsino Husband? Olivia Ay, husband. Can he that deny? l143l Orsino (to Viola) Her husband, sirrah? Viola No, my lord, not I. l144l Olivia Alas, it is the baseness of thy fear l145l That makes thee strangle thy propriety. l146l Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up, l147l Be that thou knowÆst thou art, and then thou art l148l As great as that thou fearÆst. (Enter the Priest) O welcome, father. l149l Father, I charge thee by thy reverence l150l Here to unfoldùthough lately we intended l151l To keep in darkness what occasion now l152l Reveals before Ætis ripeùwhat thou dost know l153l Hath newly passed between this youth and me. l154l Priest A contract of eternal bond of love, l155l Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands, l156l Attested by the holy close of lips, l157l Strengthened by interchangement of your rings, l158l And all the ceremony of this compact l159l Sealed in my function, by my testimony; l160l Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my grave l161l I have travelled but two hours. l162l Orsino (to Viola) O thou dissembling cub, what wilt thou be l163l When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? l164l Or will not else thy craft so quickly grow l165l That thine own trip shall be thine overthrow? l166l Farewell, and take her, but direct thy feet l167l Where thou and I henceforth may never meet. l168l Viola My lord, I do protest. Olivia O, do not swear! l169l Hold little faith, though thou hast too much fear. (Enter Sir Andrew) l170l Sir Andrew For the love of God, a surgeonùsend one l171l presently to Sir Toby. l172l Olivia WhatÆs the matter? l173l Sir Andrew HeÆs broke my head across, and has given l174l Sir Toby a bloody coxcomb, too. For the love of God, l175l your help! I had rather than forty pound I were at l176l home. l177l Olivia Who has done this, Sir Andrew? l178l Sir Andrew The CountÆs gentleman, one Cesario. We l179l took him for a coward, but heÆs the very devil l180l incardinate. l181l Orsino My gentleman, Cesario? l182l Sir Andrew ÆOdÆs lifelings, here he is. (To Viola) You broke l183l my head for nothing, and that that I did I was set on l184l to do Æt by Sir Toby. l185l Viola Why do you speak to me? I never hurt you. l186l You drew your sword upon me without cause, l187l But I bespake you fair, and hurt you not. (Enter Sir Toby and Feste, the clown) l188l Sir Andrew If a bloody coxcomb be a hurt you have hurt l189l me. I think you set nothing by a bloody coxcomb. Here l190l comes Sir Toby, halting. You shall hear more; but if l191l he had not been in drink he would have tickled you l192l othergates than he did. l193l Orsino (to Sir Toby) How now, gentleman? How is Æt with you? l194l Sir Toby ThatÆs all one, heÆs hurt me, and thereÆs thÆ end l195l on Æt. (To Feste) Sot, didst see Dick Surgeon, sot? l196l Feste O, heÆs drunk, Sir Toby, an hour agone. His eyes l197l were set at eight iÆ thÆ morning. l198l Sir Toby Then heÆs a rogue, and a passy-measures pavan. l199l I hate a drunken rogue. l200l Olivia Away with him! Who hath made this havoc with them? l201l Sir Andrew IÆll help you, Sir Toby, because weÆll be l202l dressed together. l203l Sir Toby Will you helpùan ass-head, and a coxcomb, l204l and a knave; a thin-faced knave, a gull? l205l Olivia Get him to bed, and let his hurt be looked to. (Exeunt Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Feste, and Fabian) (Enter Sebastian) l206l Sebastian (to Olivia) I am sorry, madam, I have hurt your kinsman, l207l But had it been the brother of my blood l208l I must have done no less with wit and safety. l209l You throw a strange regard upon me, and by that l210l I do perceive it hath offended you. l211l Pardon me, sweet one, even for the vows l212l We made each other but so late ago. l213l Orsino One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons, l214l A natural perspective, that is and is not. l215l Sebastian Antonio! O, my dear Antonio, l216l How have the hours racked and tortured me l217l Since I have lost thee! l218l Antonio Sebastian are you? l219l Sebastian FearÆst thou that, Antonio? l220l Antonio How have you made division of yourself? l221l An apple cleft in two is not more twin l222l Than these two creatures. Which is Sebastian? l223l Olivia Most wonderful! l224l Sebastian (seeing Viola) Do I stand there? I never had a brother, l225l Nor can there be that deity in my nature l226l Of here and everywhere. I had a sister, l227l Whom the blind waves and surges have devoured. l228l Of charity, what kin are you to me? l229l What countryman? What name? What parentage? l230l Viola Of Messaline. Sebastian was my father. l231l Such a Sebastian was my brother, too. l232l So went he suited to his watery tomb. l233l If spirits can assume both form and suit l234l You come to fright us. Sebastian A spirit I am indeed, l235l But am in that dimension grossly clad l236l Which from the womb I did participate. l237l Were you a woman, as the rest goes even, l238l I should my tears let fall upon your cheek l239l And say ôThrice welcome, drownΦd Viola.ö l240l Viola My father had a mole upon his brow. l241l Sebastian And so had mine. l242l Viola And died that day when Viola from her birth l243l Had numbered thirteen years. l244l Sebastian O, that record is lively in my soul. l245l He finishΦd indeed his mortal act l246l That day that made my sister thirteen years. l247l Viola If nothing lets to make us happy both l248l But this my masculine usurped attire, l249l Do not embrace me till each circumstance l250l Of place, time, fortune do cohere and jump l251l That I am Viola, which to confirm l252l IÆll bring you to a captain in this town l253l Where lie my maiden weeds, by whose gentle help l254l I was preserved to serve this noble count. l255l All the occurrence of my fortune since l256l Hath been between this lady and this lord. l257l Sebastian (to Olivia) So comes it, lady, you have been mistook. l258l But nature to her bias drew in that. l259l You would have been contracted to a maid, l260l Nor are you therein, by my life, deceived. l261l You are betrothed both to a maid and man. l262l Orsino (to Olivia) Be not amazed. Right noble is his blood. l263l If this be so, as yet the glass seems true, l264l I shall have share in this most happy wreck. l265l (To Viola) Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times l266l Thou never shouldst love woman like to me. l267l Viola And all those sayings will I overswear, l268l And all those swearings keep as true in soul l269l As doth that orbΦd continent the fire l270l That severs day from night. Orsino Give me thy hand, l271l And let me see thee in thy womanÆs weeds. l272l Viola The captain that did bring me first on shore l273l Hath my maidÆs garments. He upon some action l274l Is now in durance, at MalvolioÆs suit, l275l A gentleman and follower of my ladyÆs. l276l Olivia He shall enlarge him. Fetch Malvolio hitherù l277l And yet, alas, now I remember me, l278l They say, poor gentleman, heÆs much distraught. (Enter Feste the clown with a letter, and Fabian) l279l A most extracting frenzy of mine own l280l From my remembrance clearly banished his. l281l How does he, sirrah? l282l Feste Truly, madam, he holds Beelzebub at the staveÆs l283l end as well as a man in his case may do. HeÆs here l284l writ a letter to you. I should have given Æt you today l285l morning. But as a madmanÆs epistles are no gospels, l286l so it skills not much when they are delivered. l287l Olivia Open Æt and read it. l288l Feste Look then to be well edified when the fool delivers l289l the madman. (Reads) ôBy the Lord, madamöù l290l Olivia How now, art thou mad? l291l Feste No, madam, I do but read madness. An your l292l ladyship will have it as it ought to be you must allow l293l vox. l294l Olivia Prithee, read iÆ thy right wits. l295l Feste So I do, madonna, but to read his right wits is to l296l read thus. Therefore perpend, my princess, and give l297l ear. l298l Olivia (to Fabian) Read it you, sirrah. (Feste gives the letter to Fabian) l299l Fabian (reads) ôBy the Lord, madam, you wrong me, and l300l the world shall know it. Though you have put me into l301l darkness and given your drunken cousin rule over me, l302l yet have I the benefit of my senses as well as your l303l ladyship. I have your own letter that induced me to l304l the semblance I put on, with the which I doubt not l305l but to do myself much right or you much shame. Think l306l of me as you please. I leave my duty a little unthought l307l of, and speak out of my injury. l308l The madly-used Malvolio.ö l309l Olivia Did he write this? l310l Feste Ay, madam. l311l Orsino This savours not much of distraction. l312l Olivia See him delivered, Fabian, bring him hither. l313l My lord, so please youùthese things further thought onù l314l To think me as well a sister as a wife, l315l One day shall crown thÆ alliance on Æt, so please you, l316l Here at my house and at my proper cost. l317l Orsino Madam, I am most apt tÆ embrace your offer. (To Viola) l318l Your master quits you, and for your service done him l319l So much against the mettle of your sex, l320l So far beneath your soft and tender breeding, l321l And since you called me master for so long, l322l Here is my hand. You shall from this time be l323l Your masterÆs mistress. Olivia (to Viola) A sister, you are she. (Enter Malvolio) l324l Orsino Is this the madman? Olivia Ay, my lord, this same. l325l How now, Malvolio? Malvolio Madam, you have done me wrong, l326l Notorious wrong. Olivia Have I, Malvolio? No. Malvolio (showing a letter) l327l Lady, you have. Pray you peruse that letter. l328l You must not now deny it is your hand. l329l Write from it if you can, in hand or phrase, l330l Or say Ætis not your seal, not your invention. l331l You can say none of this. Well, grant it then, l332l And tell me in the modesty of honour l333l Why you have given me such clear lights of favour, l334l Bade me come smiling and cross-gartered to you, l335l To put on yellow stockings, and to frown l336l Upon Sir Toby and the lighter people, l337l And acting this in an obedient hope, l338l Why have you suffered me to be imprisoned, l339l Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest, l340l And made the most notorious geck and gull l341l That eÆer invention played on? Tell me why? l342l Olivia Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing, l343l Though I confess much like the character, l344l But out of question, Ætis MariaÆs hand. l345l And now I do bethink me, it was she l346l First told me thou wast mad; then camÆst in smiling, l347l And in such forms which here were presupposed l348l Upon thee in the letter. Prithee be content; l349l This practice hath most shrewdly passed upon thee, l350l But when we know the grounds and authors of it l351l Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge l352l Of thine own cause. Fabian Good madam, hear me speak, l353l And let no quarrel nor no brawl to come l354l Taint the condition of this present hour, l355l Which I have wondered at. In hope it shall not, l356l Most freely I confess myself and Toby l357l Set this device against Malvolio here l358l Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts l359l We had conceived against him. Maria writ l360l The letter, at Sir TobyÆs great importance, l361l In recompense whereof he hath married her. l362l How with a sportful malice it was followed l363l May rather pluck on laughter than revenge l364l If that the injuries be justly weighed l365l That have on both sides passed. l366l Olivia (to Malvolio) Alas, poor fool, how have they baffled thee! l367l Feste Why, ôSome are born great, some achieve greatness, l368l and some have greatness thrown upon them.ö I l369l was one, sir, in this interlude, one Sir Topas, sir; but l370l thatÆs all one. ôBy the Lord, fool, I am not madöùbut l371l do you remember, ôMadam, why laugh you at such a l372l barren rascal, an you smile not, heÆs gaggedöùand l373l thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. l374l Malvolio IÆll be revenged on the whole pack of you. (Exit) l375l Olivia He hath been most notoriously abused. l376l Orsino Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace. l377l He hath not told us of the captain yet. (Exit one or more) l378l When that is known, and golden time convents, l379l A solemn combination shall be made l380l Of our dear souls. Meantime, sweet sister, l381l We will not part from hence. Cesario, comeù l382l For so you shall be while you are a man; l383l But when in other habits you are seen, l384l OrsinoÆs mistress, and his fancyÆs queen. (Exeunt all but Feste) l385l Feste (sings) When that I was and a little tiny boy, l386l With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, l387l A foolish thing was but a toy, l388l For the rain it raineth every day. l389l But when I came to manÆs estate, l390l With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, l391l ÆGainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, l392l For the rain it raineth every day. l393l But when I came, alas, to wive, l394l With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, l395l By swaggering could I never thrive, l396l For the rain it raineth every day. l397l But when I came unto my beds, l398l With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, l399l With tosspots still had drunken heads, l400l For the rain it raineth every day. l401l A great while ago the world begun, l402l With hey ho, the wind and the rain, l403l But thatÆs all one, our play is done, l404l And weÆll strive to please you every day. (Exit)