Ob.
What hast thou done? thou hast mistaken quite,
And laid thy love-juice on some true love's sight:
Of thy misprision must perforce ensue
Some true love turn'd, and not a false turn'd true.

Puck.
Then fate o'er-rules, that one man holding troth
A million fail, confounding oath on oath.

Ob.
About the wood go swifter than the wind,
And Helena of Athens see thou find.
All fancy-sick she is, and pale of cheer,
With sighs of love that costs the fresh blood dear;
By some illusion see thou bring her here;
I'll charm his eyes against she doth appear.

Puck.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow. [Exit.

Ob.
Flower of this purple dye,
Hit with Cupid's archery,
Sink in apple of his eye!
When his love he doth espy,
Let her shine as gloriously
As the Venus of the sky.

When thou wak'st, if she be by,
Beg of her for remedy. Enter Puck.

Puck.
Captain of our fairy band,
Helena is here at hand,
And the youth mistook by me
Pleading for a lover's fee.
Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Ob.
Stand aside: the noise they make
Will cause Demetrius to awake.

Puck.
Then will two at once woo one;
That must needs be sport alone.
And those things do best please me,
That befal prepost'rously.

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