Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1596 [1594-1596] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T55 Fairies, fairy queens and enchanted desi · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T55: fairy, fairies, oberon, mopsus, queen, land, grace, babylon, mab, thestylis.
That would hang us, every mother's son. I grant you, friends, if you should fright the Ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion, but to hang us: but I will aggravate my voice so, that I will roar you as gently, as any sucking dove: I will roar you, and 'twere any Nightingale. You can play no part but Pyramus: for Pyramus is a sweet faced man; a proper man as one shall see in a summers day; a most lovely gentlemanlike man: therefore you must needs play Pyramus. Well: I will undertake it. What beard were I best to play it in? Why? what you will. I will discharge it, in either your straw colour beard, your Orange tawny beard, your purple in grain beard, or your french crown colour beard, your perfect yellow. Some of your french crowns have no hair at all; and than you will play bare faced. But masters here are your parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to morrow night: and meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the town, by Moonlight; there will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and our devices known. In the mean time, I will draw a bill of properties, such as our play wants. I pray you fail me not. We will meet, & there we may rehearse most obscenely, and courageously. Take pains, be perfect: adieu. At the Duke's oak we meet. Enough: hold, or cut bowstrings. How now spirit, whither wander you? Over hill, over dale, through bush, through brier, Over park, over pale, through flood, through fire: I do wander every where; swifter than the Moon's sphere: And I serve the Fairy Queen, to due her orbs upon the green. The cowslippes tall her Pensioners be, In their gold coats, spots you see: Those be Rubies, Fairy favours: In those freckles, live their savours. I must go seek some dew drops here, And hang a pearl in every couslippes ear. Farewell thou Lobbe of spirits: I'll be gone. Our Queen, and all her Elves come here anon. The king doth keep his Revels here to night. Take heed the Queen come not within his sight. For Oberon is passing fell and wrath: Because that she, as her attendant, hath A lovely boy stolen, from an Indian king: She never had so sweet a changeling. And jealous Oberon would have the child, Knight of his train, to trace the forests wild. But she, perforce, withhoulds the loved boy, Crowns him with flowers, and makes him all her joy. And now, they never meet in grove, or green, By fountain clear, or spangled starlight sheen, But they do square, that all their Elves, for fear, Creep into a corn cups, and hide them there.
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That would hang vs, euery mothers sonne. I grant you, friends, if you should fright the Ladies out of their wits, they would haue no more discretion, but to hang vs: but I will aggrauate my voice so, that I wil roare you as gently, as any sucking doue: I will roare you, and 'twere any Nightingale. You can play no part but Piramus: for Piramus is a sweete fac't man; a proper man as one shall see in a sommers day; a most louely gentlemanlike man: therefore you must needes play Piramus. Well: I will vndertake it. What beard were I best to play it in? Why? what you will. I wil discharge it, in either your straw colour beard, your Orange tawnie bearde, your purple in graine beard, or your french crowne colour beard, your perfit yellow. Some of your french crownes haue no haire at all; and then you will play bare fac't. But maisters here are your parts, and I am to intreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to morrow night: and meete mee in the palace wood, a mile without the towne, by Moonelight; there will wee rehearse: for if wee meete in the city, wee shal be dogd with company, and our deuises known. In the meane time, I will draw a bill of properties, such as our play wants. I pray you faile me not. Wee will meete, & there we may rehearse most obscenely, and coragiously. Take paines, bee perfit: adieu. At the Dukes oke wee meete. Enough: holde, or cut bowstrings. How now spirit, whither wander you? Ouer hill, ouer dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, Ouer parke, ouer pale, thorough flood, thorough fire: I do wander euery where; swifter than the Moons sphere: And I serue the Fairy Queene, to dew her orbs vpon the greene. The cowslippes tall her Pensioners bee, In their gold coats, spottes you see: Those be Rubies, Fairie fauours: In those freckles, liue their sauours. I must goe seeke some dew droppes here, And hang a pearle in euery couslippes eare. Farewell thou Lobbe of spirits: Ile be gon. Our Queene, and all her Elues come here anon. The king doth keepe his Reuels here to night. Take heede the Queene come not within his sight. For Oberon is passing fell and wrath: Because that she, as her attendant, hath A louely boy stollen, from an Indian king: She neuer had so sweete a changeling. And iealous Oberon would haue the childe, Knight of his traine, to trace the forrests wilde. But shee, perforce, withhoulds the loued boy, Crownes him with flowers, and makes him all her ioy. And now, they neuer meete in groue, or greene, By fountaine cleare, or spangled starlight sheene, But they doe square, that all their Elues, for feare, Creepe into a corne cups, and hide them there.