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The Stratford Shakspere, Ed. by C. Knight
The Stratford Shakspere Ed by C Knight Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1854 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. ACT I. SCENE I. -- An open place in Verona. Enter Valentine and Proteus. Val. Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus; Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits; Were 't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honour'd love, I rather would entreat thy company, To see the wonders of the world abroad, Than, living dully sluggardis'd at home, Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness. But, since thou lov'st, love still, and thrive therein, Even as I would, when I to love begin. Pro. Wilt thou be gone ? Sweet Valentine, adieu! Think on thy Proteus, when thou, haply, seest Some rare note-worthy object in thy travel: Wish me partaker in thy happiness, When thou dost meet good hap: and in thy danger, If ever danger do environ thee, Commend thy grievance to my holy prayers, For I will be thy beadsman, Valentine. Val. And on a love-book pray for my success ? Pro. Upon some book I love, I '11 pray for thee. Val. That 's on some shallow story of deep love, How young Leander cross'd the Hellespont. Pro. That 's a deep story of a deeper love; For he was more than over shoes in love. Val. 'T is true; for you are over boots in love, And yet you never swom the Hellespont. Pro. Over the boots ? nay, give me not the boots. Val. No, I will not, for it boots thee not. Pro. What? Val. To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; Coy looks with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth With twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights: If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain ; If lost, why then a grievous labour won; However,...« less