Lords. note
First Lord. note
Sir, I would advise you to shift a shirt; the
violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice: where
air comes out, air comes in: there's none abroad so wholesome
as that you vent.
Clo.
If my shirt were bloody, then to shift it. note Have I
hurt him? note
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
No, faith; not so much as his patience.
First Lord. note
Hurt him! his body's a passable carcass, if
he be not hurt: it is a throughfare note for steel, if it be not
hurt.
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
His steel was in debt; it went o' the
backside the town.
Clo.
The villain would not stand me.
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
No; but he fled forward still, toward
your face.
First Lord. note
Stand you! You have land enough of your
own: but he added to your having; gave you some ground. note note
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
As many inches as you have oceans.
Puppies! note
Clo.
I would they had not come between us.
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
So would I, till you had measured
how long a fool you were upon the ground.
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Clo.
And that she should love this fellow, and refuse
me!
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
If it be a sin to make a true election,
she is note damn'd.
First Lord. note
Sir, as I told you always, her beauty and
her brain note go not together: she's a good sign note, but I have
seen small reflection of her wit.
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
She shines not upon fools, lest the
reflection should hurt her. note
Clo.
Come, I'll to my chamber. Would there had been
some hurt done!
Sec. Lord. note [Aside note]
I wish not so; unless it had been
the fall of an ass, which is no great hurt.
Clo.
You'll go with us?
First Lord. note note
I'll attend your lordship.
Clo.
Nay, come, let's go together.
Sec. Lord. note note
Well, my lord.
[Exeunt.
note
William Aldis Wright [1863–1866], The works of William Shakespeare edited by William George Clark... and John Glover [and William Aldis Wright] (Macmillan and Co., London) [word count] [S10701].