JULIA But twice or thrice was Proteus written down– Be calm, good wind, blow not a word away Till I have found each letter in the letter Except mine own name. That, some whirlwind bear Unto a ragged, fearful, hanging rock And throw it thence into the raging sea. Lo, here in one line is […]
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STAMP on the name of Julia! KISS the name of Proteus (lingeringly) (1.2.110-117) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA Look, here is writ ‘Kind Julia’ – unkind Julia! As in revenge of thy ingratitude I throw thy name against the bruising stones, Trampling contemptuously on thy disdain. And here is writ ‘Love-wounded Proteus’. Poor wounded name: my bosom as a bed Shall lodge thee till thy wound be throughly healed, And thus I […]
Continue ReadingJulia *tears up letter* don’t want it/want it aarrrrgghh (1.2.99-109) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA This babble shall not henceforth trouble me. Here is a coil with protestation. [She tears the letter] Go, get you gone, and let the papers lie. You would be fing’ring them to anger me. LUCETTA She makes it strange, but she would be best pleased To be so angered with another letter. [Exit] JULIA […]
Continue ReadingWhat you need is a TENOR, madam (1.2.90-98) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
LUCETTA And yet methinks I do not like this tune. JULIA You do not? LUCETTA No, madam, ’tis too sharp. JULIA You, minion, are too saucy. LUCETTA Nay, now you are too flat, And mar the concord with too harsh a descant. There wanteth but a mean to fill your song. JULIA The mean is […]
Continue ReadingAnd now some musical jokes (letter still not being read) (1.2.79-89) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA Some love of yours hath writ to you in rhyme. LUCETTA That I might sing it, madam, to a tune, Give me a note; your ladyship can set As little by such toys as may be possible. JULIA Best sing it to the tune of ‘Light o’ Love’. LUCETTA It is too heavy for […]
Continue ReadingMore letter business with Julia and Lucetta (1.2.66-78) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
[Enter Lucetta] LUCETTA What would your ladyship? JULIA Is’t near dinner-time? LUCETTA I would it were, That you might kill your stomach on your meat And not upon your maid. [Lucetta drops the letter and picks it up again] JULIA What is’t that you Took up so gingerly? LUCETTA Nothing. JULIA Why didst thou stoop […]
Continue ReadingJulia: I am SUCH a fool, SO uncool (1.2.60-66) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA How churlishly I chid Lucetta hence When willingly I would have had her here! How angrily I taught my brow to frown, When inward joy enforced my heart to smile! My penance is to call Lucetta back And ask remission for my folly past. What ho! Lucetta! (1.2.60-66) More self-reproach from Julia: she […]
Continue ReadingJulia: why am I like this? I REALLY want to read the letter (1.2.50-59) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA And yet I would I had o’erlooked the letter. It were a shame to call her back again And pray her to a fault for which I chid her. What fool is she, that knows I am a maid And would not force the letter to my view, Since maids in modesty say ‘No’ […]
Continue ReadingJulia: how very dare you? take it away! Lucetta: you what? (1.2.41-49) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA Now, by my modesty, a goodly broker! Dare you presume to harbour wanton lines? To whisper, and conspire against my youth? Now trust me, ’tis an office of great worth, And you an officer fit for the place. There. Take the paper. [She gives back the letter] See it be returned, Or else return […]
Continue ReadingLetter from Proteus, letter from Proteus! how to react? (1.2.35-40) #2Dudes1Dog #SlowShakespeare
JULIA ‘To Julia’–say, from whom? LUCETTA That the contents will show. JULIA Say, say – who gave it thee? LUCETTA Sir Valentine’s page; and sent, I think, from Proteus. He would have given it you, but I being in the way Did in your name receive it. Pardon the fault, I pray. (1.2.35-40) ‘To […]
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