All's Well, that Ends Well.
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After well entred souldiers, to returne
And finde your grace in health.
And finde your grace in health.
King.
No, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart
Will not confesse he owes the mallady
That doth my life besiege: farwell yong Lords,
Whether I liue or die, be you the sonnes
Of worthy French men: let higher Italy
(Those bated that inherit but the fall
Of the last Monarchy) see that you come
Not to wooe honour, but to wed it, when
The brauest questant shrinkes: finde what you seeke,
That fame may cry you loud: I say farewell.
No, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart
Will not confesse he owes the mallady
That doth my life besiege: farwell yong Lords,
Whether I liue or die, be you the sonnes
Of worthy French men: let higher Italy
(Those bated that inherit but the fall
Of the last Monarchy) see that you come
Not to wooe honour, but to wed it, when
The brauest questant shrinkes: finde what you seeke,
That fame may cry you loud: I say farewell.
L.G.
Health at your bidding serue your Maiesty.
Health at your bidding serue your Maiesty.
King.
Those girles of Italy, take heed of them,
They say our French, lacke language to deny
If they demand: beware of being Captiues
Before you serue.
Those girles of Italy, take heed of them,
They say our French, lacke language to deny
If they demand: beware of being Captiues
Before you serue.
Bo.
Our hearts receiue your warnings.
Our hearts receiue your warnings.
King.
Farewell, come hether to me.
Farewell, come hether to me.
1.Lo.G.
Oh my sweet Lord that you wil stay behind vs.
Oh my sweet Lord that you wil stay behind vs.
Parr.
'Tis not his fault the spark.
'Tis not his fault the spark.
2.Lo.E.
Oh 'tis braue warres.
Oh 'tis braue warres.
Parr.
Most admirable, I haue seene those warres.
Most admirable, I haue seene those warres.
Rossill.
I am commanded here, and kept a coyle with,
Too young, and the next yeere, and 'tis too early.
I am commanded here, and kept a coyle with,
Too young, and the next yeere, and 'tis too early.
Parr.
And thy minde stand too't boy,
Steale away brauely.
And thy minde stand too't boy,
Steale away brauely.
Rossill.
I shal stay here the for-horse to a smocke,
Creeking my shooes on the plaine Masonry,
Till honour be bought vp, and no sword worne
But one to dance with: by heauen, Ile steale away.
I shal stay here the for-horse to a smocke,
Creeking my shooes on the plaine Masonry,
Till honour be bought vp, and no sword worne
But one to dance with: by heauen, Ile steale away.
1.Lo.G.
There's honour in the theft.
There's honour in the theft.
Parr.
Commit it Count.
Commit it Count.
2.Lo.E.
I am your accessary, and so farewell.
I am your accessary, and so farewell.
Ros.
I grow to you, & our parting is a tortur'd body.
I grow to you, & our parting is a tortur'd body.
1.Lo.G.
Farewell Captaine.
Farewell Captaine.
2.Lo.E.
Sweet Mounsier Parolles.
Sweet Mounsier Parolles.
Parr.
Noble Heroes; my sword and yours are kinne,
good sparkes and lustrous, a word good mettals. You
shall finde in the Regiment of the Spinij, one Captaine
Spurio his sicatrice, with an Embleme of warre heere on
his sinister cheeke; it was this very sword entrench'd it:
say to him I liue, and obserue his reports for me.
Noble Heroes; my sword and yours are kinne,
good sparkes and lustrous, a word good mettals. You
shall finde in the Regiment of the Spinij, one Captaine
Spurio his sicatrice, with an Embleme of warre heere on
his sinister cheeke; it was this very sword entrench'd it:
say to him I liue, and obserue his reports for me.
Lo.G.
We shall noble Captaine.
We shall noble Captaine.
Parr.
Mars doate on you for his nouices, what will
ye doe?
Mars doate on you for his nouices, what will
ye doe?
Ross.
Stay the King.
Stay the King.
Parr.
Vse a more spacious ceremonie to the Noble
Lords, you haue restrain'd your selfe within the List of
too cold an adieu: be more expressiue to them; for they
weare themselues in the cap of the time, there do muster
true gate; eat, speake, and moue vnder the influence of
the most receiu'd starre, and though the deuill leade the
measure, such are to be followed: after them, and take a
more dilated farewell.
Vse a more spacious ceremonie to the Noble
Lords, you haue restrain'd your selfe within the List of
too cold an adieu: be more expressiue to them; for they
weare themselues in the cap of the time, there do muster
true gate; eat, speake, and moue vnder the influence of
the most receiu'd starre, and though the deuill leade the
measure, such are to be followed: after them, and take a
more dilated farewell.
Ross.
And I will doe so.
And I will doe so.
Parr.
Worthy fellowes, and like to prooue most
Exeunt.sinewie sword-men.
Worthy fellowes, and like to prooue most
Exeunt.sinewie sword-men.
Enter Lafew.
L.Laf.
Pardon my Lord for mee and for my tidings.
Pardon my Lord for mee and for my tidings.
King.
Ile see thee to stand vp.
Ile see thee to stand vp.
L.Laf.
Then heres a man stands that has brought his pardon,
I would you had kneel'd my Lord to aske me mercy,
And that at my bidding you could so stand vp.
Then heres a man stands that has brought his pardon,
I would you had kneel'd my Lord to aske me mercy,
And that at my bidding you could so stand vp.
King.
I would I had, so I had broke thy pate
And askt thee mercy for't.
I would I had, so I had broke thy pate
And askt thee mercy for't.
Laf.
Goodfaith a-crosse, but my good Lord 'tis thus,
Will you be cur'd of your infirmitie?
Goodfaith a-crosse, but my good Lord 'tis thus,
Will you be cur'd of your infirmitie?
King.
No.
No.
Laf.
O will you eat no grapes my royall foxe?
Yes but you will, my noble grapes, and if
My royall foxe could reach them: I haue seen a medicine
That's able to breath life into a stone,
Quicken a rocke, and make you dance Canari
With sprightly fire and motion, whose simple touch
Is powerfull to arayse King Pippen, nay
To giue great Charlemaine a pen in's hand
And write to her a loue-line.
O will you eat no grapes my royall foxe?
Yes but you will, my noble grapes, and if
My royall foxe could reach them: I haue seen a medicine
That's able to breath life into a stone,
Quicken a rocke, and make you dance Canari
With sprightly fire and motion, whose simple touch
Is powerfull to arayse King Pippen, nay
To giue great Charlemaine a pen in's hand
And write to her a loue-line.
King.
What her is this?
What her is this?
Laf.
Why doctor she: my Lord, there's one arriu'd,
If you will see her: now by my faith and honour,
If seriously I may conuay my thoughts
In this my light deliuerance, I haue spoke
With one, that in her sexe, her yeeres, profession,
Wisedome and constancy, hath amaz'd mee more
Then I dare blame my weakenesse: will you see her?
For that is her demand, and know her businesse?
That done, laugh well at me.
Why doctor she: my Lord, there's one arriu'd,
If you will see her: now by my faith and honour,
If seriously I may conuay my thoughts
In this my light deliuerance, I haue spoke
With one, that in her sexe, her yeeres, profession,
Wisedome and constancy, hath amaz'd mee more
Then I dare blame my weakenesse: will you see her?
For that is her demand, and know her businesse?
That done, laugh well at me.
King.
Now good Lafew,
Bring in the admiration, that we with thee
May spend our wonder too, or take off thine
By wondring how thou tookst it.
Now good Lafew,
Bring in the admiration, that we with thee
May spend our wonder too, or take off thine
By wondring how thou tookst it.
Laf.
Nay, Ile fit you,
And not be all day neither.
Nay, Ile fit you,
And not be all day neither.
King.
Thus he his speciall nothing euer prologues.
Thus he his speciall nothing euer prologues.
Laf.
Nay, come your waies.
Nay, come your waies.
Enter Hellen.
King.
This haste hath wings indeed.
This haste hath wings indeed.
Laf.
Nay, come your waies,
This is his Maiestie, say your minde to him,
A Traitor you doe looke like, but such traitors
His Maiesty seldome feares, I am Cresseds Vncle,
Exit.That dare leaue two together, far you well.
Nay, come your waies,
This is his Maiestie, say your minde to him,
A Traitor you doe looke like, but such traitors
His Maiesty seldome feares, I am Cresseds Vncle,
Exit.That dare leaue two together, far you well.
King.
Now faire one, do's your busines follow vs?
Now faire one, do's your busines follow vs?
Hel.
I my good Lord,
Gerard de Narbon was my father,
In what he did professe, well found.
I my good Lord,
Gerard de Narbon was my father,
In what he did professe, well found.
King.
I knew him.
I knew him.
Hel.
The rather will I spare my praises towards him,
Knowing him is enough: on's bed of death,
Many receits he gaue me, chieflie one,
Which as the dearest issue of his practice
And of his olde experience, th' onlie darling,
He bad me store vp, as a triple eye,
Safer then mine owne two: more deare I haue so,
And hearing your high Maiestie is toucht
With that malignant cause, wherein the honour
Of my deare fathers gift, stands cheefe in power,
I come to tender it, and my appliance,
With all bound humblenesse.
The rather will I spare my praises towards him,
Knowing him is enough: on's bed of death,
Many receits he gaue me, chieflie one,
Which as the dearest issue of his practice
And of his olde experience, th' onlie darling,
He bad me store vp, as a triple eye,
Safer then mine owne two: more deare I haue so,
And hearing your high Maiestie is toucht
With that malignant cause, wherein the honour
Of my deare fathers gift, stands cheefe in power,
I come to tender it, and my appliance,
With all bound humblenesse.
King.
We thanke you maiden,
But may not be so credulous of cure,
When our most learned Doctors leaue vs, and
The congregated Colledge haue concluded,
That labouring Art can neuer ransome nature
From her inaydible estate: I say we must not
So staine our iudgement, or corrupt our hope,
To prostitute our past-cure malladie
To empericks, or to disseuer so
Our great selfe and our credit, to esteeme
A sencelesse helpe, when helpe past sence we deeme.
We thanke you maiden,
But may not be so credulous of cure,
When our most learned Doctors leaue vs, and
The congregated Colledge haue concluded,
That labouring Art can neuer ransome nature
From her inaydible estate: I say we must not
So staine our iudgement, or corrupt our hope,
To prostitute our past-cure malladie
To empericks, or to disseuer so
Our great selfe and our credit, to esteeme
A sencelesse helpe, when helpe past sence we deeme.
Hell. My
