James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].
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SCENE I.
The Forest, near the Cave.
Enter Cloten.
Clo.
I am near to the place where they should
meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly. How fit his
garments serve me! Why should his mistress, who
was made by him that made the tailor, not be fit
too? the rather (saving reverence of the word) for8 note
'tis said, a woman's fitness comes by fits. Therein
I must play the workman. I dare speak it to myself,
(for it is not vain-glory, for a man and his glass
to confer; in his own chamber;) I mean, the lines
of my body are as well-drawn as his; no less young,
more strong, not beneath him in fortunes, beyond
him in the advantage of the time, above him in
birth, alike conversant in general services, and more
remarkable in single oppositions9 note
: yet this imperseverant1 note
thing loves him in my despite. What
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mortality is! Posthumus, thy head, which now is
growing upon thy shoulders, shall within this hour
be off; thy mistress enforced; thy garments cut to
pieces before thy face2 note
: and all this done, spurn her
home to her father3 note: who may, haply, be a little
angry for my so rough usage: but my mother,
having power of his testiness, shall turn all into my
commendations. My horse is tied up safe: Out,
sword, and to a sore purpose! Fortune, put them
into my hand! This is the very description of their
meeting-place; and the fellow dares not deceive
me.
[Exit.
James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].
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