_Oli._ Hold, Toby; on thy life, I charge thee, hold!
_Oli._ Will it be ever thus? Ungracious wretch, Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, Where manners ne'er were preach'd! out of my sight! Be not offended, dear Cesario. Rudesby, be gone! [_Exeunt Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Fabian._
I prithee, gentle friend, 50 Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passion, sway In this uncivil and unjust extent Against thy peace. Go with me to my house; And hear thou there how many fruitless pranks This ruffian hath botch'd up, that thou thereby 55 Mayst smile at this: thou shalt not choose but go: Do not deny. Beshrew his soul for me, He started one poor heart of mine in thee.
_Seb._ What relish is in this? how runs the stream? Or I am mad, or else this is a dream: 60 Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!
_Oli._ Nay, come, I prithee: would thou'ldst be ruled by me!
SCENE I. Before....] The street before.... Capell. The street. Rowe. om. Ff.
[9, 10] Arranged as in Capell; as prose in Ff.
[13] _great lubber, the world_] _great lubberly World_ Collier MS. _great luberly word_ Grant White (Douce conj.). _lubberly word_ Staunton conj. See note (XIII).
[17] _Greek_] F3 F4. _greeke_ F1 F2. _geck_ Hanmer (Theobald conj.). _grig_ or _gleeker_ Anon. conj.
[17-19] Arranged as in Capell; as prose in Ff.
[25] _and there, and there_] _and there, and there, and there_ Capell.
[31] _Come on, sir_] _Come, sir_ Rann. _Come off, sir_ Anon. conj.
[_stroke_] F1 F2. _strook_ F3. _struck_ F4.
[38] _put up ... fleshed_] [To Sir And.] _put up ... fleshed_ Badham conj.
[40] [Wrenches from him and draws. Capell.
[50] [Exeunt....] Capell. Exeunt Sir T. and Sir A. Rowe.
_Mar._ Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard; make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate: do it quickly; I'll call Sir Toby the whilst. [_Exit._
_Clo._ Well, I'll put it on, and I will dissemble myself in 't; and I would I were the first that ever dissembled in 5 such a gown. I am not tall enough to become the function well, nor lean enough to be thought a good student; but to be said an honest man and a good housekeeper goes as fairly as to say a careful man and a great scholar. The competitors enter. 10