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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Or What You Will Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL. PERSONS REPRESENTED. ORSINO, Duke of Illyria. SEBASTIAN, a young Gentleman. ANTONIO, a Sea Captain, Friend to Sebast... more »ian. A Sea Captain, Friend to Viola. Valentine, Gentlemen attending Curio, I on the Duke. Sir Toby Belch, Uncle of Olivia. Lords, a Priest, Sailors, Officers, Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Mai.volio, Steward to Olivia, Fabian, A Clow Servants to Olivia. OLIVIA, a Countess. Viola, Sister to Sebastian. Maria, Olivia's Woman. Musicians, and other attendants. SCENE, a City in Illyria; and the Sea-coast near it. ACT I. Scene I. — An Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter the Duke, Lords, and Curio ; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : J 1 The sense of dying, as here used, is technically expressed by diminu endo. O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour ! — Enough ; no more : Tis not so sweet now as it was before. - O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou ! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there, Of what validity2 and pitch soe'er, But falls into abatement and low price, Even in a minute ! so full of shapes is fancy,3 That it alone is high-fantastical. Cur. Will you go hunt, my lord ? Duke. What, Curio f Cur. The hart. Duke. Why, so I do, the noblest that I have : O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Methought she purged the air of pestilence ! That instant was I turn'd into a hart; And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E'er since pursue me.4 — Enter Valentine. How now ! what news ...« less