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But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent[E 1] is but a part; An[C 1] she agree[C 2][E 2] within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice. This night I hold an old accustom'd[E 3] feast, 20 Whereto I have invited many a guest, Such as I love; and you, among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more. At my poor house look to behold this night Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light:[E 4] 25 Such comfort as do lusty young men[E 5] feel When well-apparell'd April on the heel Of limping[E 6] winter treads, even such delight Among fresh female[C 3] buds shall you this night Inherit[E 7] at my house; hear all, all see, 30 And like her most whose merit most shall be: Which on[C 4] more view of, many[C 5]—mine being one— May stand in number, though in reckoning none.[E 8]

1. 18. An] Capell, And Q, F
2. agree] F, agreed Q (alone).
3. 29. female] Q1; fennell Q, F.
4. 32. Which on] Qq 4, 5; Which one Q, F
5. view of, many] Ed.; view, of many, Q, F; view of many, Qq 1, 4, 5.

1. 17. to her consent] My will is a part subsidiary to her consent, which is the chief thing.
2. 18. An she agree] Daniel, inserting a comma after And, follows Q, And, she agreed.
3. 20. old accustom'd] Dyce, after Walker, hyphens these words.
4. 25. make dark heaven light] Stars of earth which shall cast up their beams to the dark heaven and illuminate it. Warburton read dark even (i.e. evening) light. Mason proposed heaven's light, the earthly stars outshine, and so eclipse, the stars of heaven. Daniel suggests mock ( = rival) dark heaven's light. No emendation is needed.
5. 26. young men] Johnson proposed yeomen, and Daniel, printing young-men from Q1, understands it as yeomen. Malone happily compares Sonnets, xcviii.:
   
   "When proud-pied April dress'd in all his trim
   Hath put a spirit of youth in every-thing."
6. 28. limping] Daniel prints lumping, Q1, "as conveying a more picturesque notion of dull, heavy, boorish winter."
7. 30. Inherit] possess, as in Tempest, IV. i. 154.
8. 32, 33] I venture on what I suppose to be a new pointing of these lines, but I do not alter any word of Qq 4, 5, inserting only a comma after of,