Page 624 - Shakespeare - Vol. 3

Of place, time, fortune, do cohere and jump
That I am Viola; which to confirm,
I’ll bring you to a captain in this town,
Where lie my maiden weeds; by whose gentle help

I was preserv’d to serve this noble count: [250]
All the occurrence of my fortune since
Hath been between this lady and this lord.

SEBASTIAN
(To Olivia)

So comes it, lady, you have been mistook.
But nature to her bias drew in that.
You would have been contracted to a maid; [255]
Nor are you therein, by my life, deceiv’d:
You are betroth’d both to a maid and man.

DUKE
Be not amaz’d, right noble is his blood.
If this be so, as yet the glass seems true,
I shall have share in this most happy wreck. [260]
(To Viola) Boy, thou hast said to me a thousand times

Thou never should’st love woman like to me.

VIOLA
And all those sayings will I over-swear,
And all those swearings keep as true in soul
As doth that orbed continent the fire [265]
That severs day from night.

DUKE
Give me thy hand,
And let me see thee in thy woman’s weeds.

VIOLA
The captain that did bring me first on shore
Hath my maid’s garments; he upon some action

Is now in durance, at Malvolio’s suit, [270]