_Vio._ O that I served that lady, And might not be delivered to the world, Till I had made mine own occasion mellow, What my estate is!
_Cap._ That were hard to compass; Because she will admit no kind of suit, 45 No, not the Duke's.
_Vio._ There is a fair behaviour in thee, captain; And though that nature with a beauteous wall Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee I will believe thou hast a mind that suits 50 With this thy fair and outward character. I prithee, and I'll pay thee bounteously, Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The form of my intent. I'll serve this Duke: 55 Thou shalt present me as an eunuch to him: It may be worth thy pains; for I can sing, And speak to him in many sorts of music, That will allow me very worth his service. What else may hap to time I will commit; 60 Only shape thou thy silence to my wit.
_Cap._ Be you his eunuch, and your mute I'll be: When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes not see.
_Vio._ I thank thee: lead me on. [_Exeunt._
SCENE II.: The sea-coast] Capell. The street. Rowe.
[10] _those_] _that_ Rowe (ed. 2). _this_ Capell. _the_ Anon. conj.
[18] _For ... gold_] _There's gold for saying so_ Pope.
[24-27] _Who ... Orsino_] As two lines in Hanmer, ending _nature ... Orsino._
[29-35] _He was ... she?_] As six lines in Steevens (1793), ending, _now, ... month ... fresh ... do, ... seek ... she?_
[37] _twelvemonth_] _twelve months_ Rowe.
[40, 41] _company And sight_] Hanmer. _sight And company_ Ff.
[43] _mellow_,] Hanmer. _mellow_ Ff. _fellow_ Anon. conj.
_Sir To._ What a plague means my niece, to take the death of her brother thus? I am sure care's an enemy to life.
_Mar._ By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights: your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to your ill hours. 5
_Sir Toby._ Why, let her except, before excepted.
_Mar._ Ay, but you must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.
_Sir To._ Confine! I'll confine myself no finer than I am: these clothes are good enough to drink in; and so be 10 these boots too: an they be not, let them hang themselves in their own straps.
_Mar._ That quaffing and drinking will undo you: I heard my lady talk of it yesterday; and of a foolish knight that you brought in one night here to be her wooer. 15