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alonso: |
prithee, peace. |
sebastian: |
you were kneel'd to and importuned otherwise |
by all of us, and the fair soul herself |
weigh'd between loathness and obedience, at |
which end o' the beam should bow. we have lost your |
son, |
i fear, for ever: milan and naples have |
more widows in them of this business' making |
than we bring men to comfort them: |
the fault's your own. |
alonso: |
so is the dear'st o' the loss. |
gonzalo: |
my lord sebastian, |
the truth you speak doth lack some gentleness |
and time to speak it in: you rub the sore, |
when you should bring the plaster. |
sebastian: |
very well. |
antonio: |
and most chirurgeonly. |
gonzalo: |
it is foul weather in us all, good sir, |
when you are cloudy. |
sebastian: |
foul weather? |
antonio: |
very foul. |
gonzalo: |
had i plantation of this isle, my lord,-- |
antonio: |
he'ld sow't with nettle-seed. |
sebastian: |
or docks, or mallows. |
gonzalo: |
and were the king on't, what would i do? |
sebastian: |
'scape being drunk for want of wine. |
gonzalo: |
i' the commonwealth i would by contraries |
execute all things: for no kind of traffic |
would i admit: no name of magistrate: |
letters should not be known: riches, poverty, |
and use of service, none: contract, succession, |
bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none: |
no use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil: |
no occupation: all men idle, all: |
and women too, but innocent and pure: |
no sovereignty:-- |
sebastian: |
yet he would be king on't. |
antonio: |
the latter end of his commonwealth forgets the |
beginning. |
gonzalo: |
all things in common nature should produce |
without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, |
sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, |
would i not have: but nature should bring forth, |
of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, |
to feed my innocent people. |
sebastian: |
no marrying 'mong his subjects? |
antonio: |
none, man: all idle: whores and knaves. |
gonzalo: |
i would with such perfection govern, sir, |
to excel the golden age. |
sebastian: |
god save his majesty! |
antonio: |
long live gonzalo! |
gonzalo: |
and,--do you mark me, sir? |