Page 516 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3

The like of him. Know’st thou this country?

CAPTAIN
Ay, madam, well, for I was bred and born
Not three hours’ travel from this very place.

VIOLA
Who governs here?

CAPTAIN
A noble duke, in nature as in name. [25]

VIOLA
What is his name?

CAPTAIN
Orsino.

VIOLA
Orsino! I have heard my father name him.
He was a bachelor then.

CAPTAIN
And so is now, or was so very late; [30]
For but a month ago I went from hence,

And then ’twas fresh in murmur (as, you know,
What great ones do, the less will prattle of)
That he did seek the love of fair Olivia.

VIOLA
What’s she? [35]

CAPTAIN
A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count
That died some twelvemonth since; then leaving her

In the protection of his son, her brother,
Who shortly also died; for whose dear love