Page 1429 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4

The gout and rheum, that in lag hours attend
For grey approachers; we come towards the gods
Young and unwappered, not halting under crimes [10]
Many and stale; that sure shall please the gods

Sooner than such, to give us nectar with ’em,
For we are more clear spirits. My dear kinsmen,
Whose lives for this poor comfort are laid down,
You have sold ’em too cheap.

FIRST KNIGHT

What ending could be [15]
Of more content? O’er us the victors have
Fortune, whose title is as momentary
As to us death is certain; a grain o honour
They not o’erweigh us.

SECOND KNIGHT
Let us bid farewell,
And with our patience anger tottering fortune, [20]
Who at her certain’st reels.

THIRD KNIGHT
Come, who begins?

PALAMON
E’en he that led you to this banquet shall

Taste to you all. [To Gaoler] Aha, my friend, my friend,
Your gentle daughter gave me freedom once;
You’ll see’t done now for ever. Pray, how does she? [25]
I heard she was not well; her kind of ill

Gave me some sorrow.

GAOLER
Sir, she’s well restored,
And to be married shortly.

PALAMON