Benjamin Victor [1763], The Two Gentlemen of Verona. A comedy, Written by Shakespeare. With alterations and additions. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S34500].
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SCENE I.
The Outlaws part of the forest.
Enter Valentine.
Val.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desart! unfrequented woods!
I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.
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Here I can sit alone, unseen of any,
And to the nightingale's complaining notes,
Tune my distresses, and record my woes!
O thou, that dost inhabit in my breast,
Leave not the mansion so long tenantless,
Lest growing ruinous, the building fall,
And leave no memory of what it was.
Repair me with thy presence, Silvia!
Thou gentle nymph, cherish thy forlorn swain!
[Hallowing heard at a distance.]
What hollo'ing, and what stir is this to-day?
These are my mates, that make their will their law,
Have some unhappy passenger in chase:
They love me well, yet I have much to do
To keep them from uncivil outrages.
Withdraw thee, Valentine—they come this way.
Exit. Val.
Benjamin Victor [1763], The Two Gentlemen of Verona. A comedy, Written by Shakespeare. With alterations and additions. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane (Printed for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S34500].
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