Ob. There lies your love. Queen. How came these things to pass? Ob. Silence, a while; Robin, take off his head; Still Mufick. Puck. When thou awak'ft, with thine own fool's eyes peep. Ob. Sound, mufick; come, my Queen, take hand And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. And will to-morrow midnight folemnly 3 Dance in Duke Thefeus' houfe triumphantly, There fhall these pairs of faithful lovers be Puck. Fairy King, attend and mark; I do hear the morning lark. Ob. Then, my Queen, in filence fad 4 Trip we after the night's fhade; 3 Dance in Duke Thefeus' boufe triumphantly, i. e. to the remoteft pofterity. 4 Then, my Queen, in filence fad; Trip we after the night's fhade.] Mr. Theobald fays, why fad? Fairies are pleafed to follow night. He will have it fade; and, fo, to mend the rhime, fpoils both the fenfe and grammar. A&t But he mistakes the meaning of fad; it fignifies only grave, sober and is oppofed to their dances and revels, which were now ended at the finging of the morning lark. So Winter's Tale, AЯ 4. My father and the gentleman are in & AD talk. For grave of Jerious. We the globe can compass foon, Queen. Come, my lord, and in our flight Enter Thefeus, Egeus, Hippolita, and all his Train. The. Go one of you, find out the forefter, Difpatch, I fay, and find the forefter. Hip. I was with Hercules and Cadmus once, Thef. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, 5 The skies, the FOUNTAINS,-] I believe the true reading is mountains. Judge, when you hear. But foft, what nymphs are thefe ? Ege, My lord, this is my daughter here asleep, ; I wonder at their being here together. Thef. No doubt, they rofe up early to obferve That Hermia fhould give answer of her choice? Thef. Go bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns. Horns, and Shout within; Demetrius, Lyfander, Hermia, and Helena, wake and start up.. Thef. Good morrow, friends; Saint Valentine is pafts Begin these wood-birds but to couple now? Lyf. Pardon, my lord. Thef. I pray you all, ftand up: I know, you two are rival enemies. How comes this gentle concord in the world, To fleep by hate, and fear no enmity? Half fleep, half waking. But as yet, I swear, I came with Hermia hither. Our intent Ege. Enough, enough; my lord, you have enough; I beg the law, the law upon his head: They would have ftoll'n away, they would, Demetrius, Thereby to have defeated you and me; You, You, of your wife; and me, of my confent; 6 But, my good lord, I wot not by what power, Thef. Fair lovers, you are fortunately met: Come, Hippolita. [Exeunt Duke, Hippol. and Train. Her. Methinks, I fee these things with parted Eye; When every thing feems double. Hel. So, methinks; 7 And I have found Demetrius like a Gemell, Mine own, and not mine own. Dem. It feems to me, That yet we fleep, we dream. Do not you think, Hel. And Hippolita. Lyf. And he did bid us follow to the temple. Dem. Why then, we are awake; let's follow him; And, by the way, let us recount our dreams. [Exeunt. As they go out, Bottom wakes. Bot. When my cue comes, call me, and I will anfwer. My next is, Moft fair Pyramus — hey, ho,— Peter Quince, Flute the bellows-mender! Snout the tinker! Starveling! god's my life! ftoll'n hence, and left me afleep? I have had a moft rare vision. I had a dream, past the wit of man to fay what dream it was: 7 And I have found Demetrius like a JEWEL, Mine own, and not mine own] Hermia had obferved that things appeared double to her. Helena replies, fo methinks; and then fubjoins, that Demetrius was like a jewel, her own and not He is here, then, compared to fome thing which had the property of appearing to be one thing when it was another. Not the property fure of a Jewel: or, if you will, of none but a falfe one. We fhould read, her own. And I have found Demetrius like a GEMELL. Mine on, and not my own. -From Gemellus a Twin. For Demetrius had that night acted two fuch different parts, that she could hardly think them both played by one and the fame Demetrius; but that there were twin Demetrius's like the two Socia's in the Farce. From Gemellus comes the French, Gemeau or Jumeau, and in the feminine, Gemelle or Jumelle: So in Maçon's tranflation of the Decameron of Bocace Il avoit trois filles plus aage'es que les mafles, des quelles les deux qui efloient 3 UMELLES avoient quinze ans. Quatrieme Jour. Nov. 3. man |