SCENEⅠ Milan.A Room in the DUKE'S Palace

SCENEⅠ Milan.A Room in the DUKE'S Palace

[Enter VALENTINE and SPEED.]

SPEED Sir,your glove.[Offeringaglove.]

VALENTINE Not mine;my gloves are on.

SPEED 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!

SPEED [Calling.]Madam Silvia!Madam Silvia!

VALENTINE How now,sirrah?

SPEED She is not within hearing,sir.

VALENTINE Why,sir,who bade you call her?

SPEED Your worship,sir;or else I mistook.

VALENTINE Well,you'll still be too forward.

SPEED And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.

VALENTINE Go to,sir;tell me,do you know Madam Silvia?

SPEED She that your worship loves?

VALENTINE Why,how know you that I am in love?

SPEED Marry,by these special marks;first,you have learned,like Sir Proteus,to wreathe your arms,like a malecontent;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.