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Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Two Gentlemen of Verona". Featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare, it is a must for Shakespeare enthusiasts and newcomers alike. The play explores the themes of friendship, loyalty, and the foolish behaviour caused by love. Two friends, Valentine and Proteus, leave Verona for Milan. Valentine and the Duke's daughter, Sylvia, fall in love. The fickle Proteus, who has pledged his love to Julia, decides that Sylvia must be his and embarks upon sabotage and betrayal in pursuit of his desires. Meanwhile, Julia travels to Milan in a male disguise. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the world's most famous dramatist.
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ACT II.
SCENE I. Milan. A Room in the Duke's Palace.
[Enter VALENTINE and SPEED.]
SPEED.
Sir, your glove.
Sir, your glove.
[Offering a glove.]
VALENTINE.
Not mine; my gloves are on.
Not mine; my gloves are on.
SPEED.
Why, then, this may be yours; for this is but one.
Why, then, this may be yours; for this is but one.
VALENTINE.
Ha! let me see; ay, give it me, it's mine;
Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine!
Ah, Silvia! Silvia!
Ha! let me see; ay, give it me, it's mine;
Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine!
Ah, Silvia! Silvia!
SPEED.
[Calling.] Madam Silvia! Madam Silvia!
[Calling.] Madam Silvia! Madam Silvia!
VALENTINE.
How now, sirrah?
How now, sirrah?
SPEED.
She is not within hearing, sir.
She is not within hearing, sir.
VALENTINE.
Why, sir, who bade you call her?
Why, sir, who bade you call her?
SPEED.
Your worship, sir; or else I mistook.
Your worship, sir; or else I mistook.
VALENTINE.
Well, you'll still be too forward.
Well, you'll still be too forward.
SPEED.
And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.
And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.
VALENTINE.
Go to, sir. tell me, do you know Madam Silvia?
Go to, sir. tell me, do you know Madam Silvia?
SPEED.
She that your worship loves?
She that your worship loves?
VALENTINE.
Why, how know you that I am in love?
Why, how know you that I am in love?
SPEED.
Marry, by these special marks: first, you have learned, like Sir Proteus, to wreath your arms like a malcontent; to relish a love-song, like a robin redbreast; to walk alone, like one that had the pestilence; to sigh, like a school-boy that had lost his A B C; to weep, like a young wench that had buried her grandam; to fast, like one that takes diet; to watch, like one that fears robbing; to speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. You were wont, when you laughed, to crow like a cock; when you walked, to walk like one of the lions; when you fasted, it was presently after dinner; when you looked sadly, it was for want of money. And now you are metamorphosed with a mistress, that, when I look on you, I can hardly think you my master.
Marry, by these special marks: first, you have learned, like Sir Proteus, to wreath your arms like a malcontent; to relish a love-song, like a robin redbreast; to walk alone, like one that had the pestilence; to sigh, like a school-boy that had lost his A B C; to weep, like a young wench that had buried her grandam; to fast, like one that takes diet; to watch, like one that fears robbing; to speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. You were wont, when you laughed, to crow like a cock; when you walked, to walk like one of the lions; when you fasted, it was presently after dinner; when you looked sadly, it was for want of money. And now you are metamorphosed with a mistress, that, when I look on you, I can hardly think you my master.
VALENTINE.
Are all these things perceived in me?
Are all these things perceived in me?
SPEED.
They are all perceived without ye.
They are all perceived without ye.
VALENTINE.
Without me? They cannot.
Without me? They cannot.
SPEED.
Without you? Nay, that's certain; for, without you were so simple, none else would; but you are so without these follies that these follies are within you, and shine through you like the water in an urinal, that not an eye that sees you but is a physician to comment on your ...
Without you? Nay, that's certain; for, without you were so simple, none else would; but you are so without these follies that these follies are within you, and shine through you like the water in an urinal, that not an eye that sees you but is a physician to comment on your ...
Table of contents
- William Shakespeare
- DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
- ACT I.
- ACT II.
- ACT III.
- ACT IV.
- ACT V.
- TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED THE AUTHOR, MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE