JULIA.
[Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Act IV. Scene 4.]
Jul. How many women would do such a message ?
Alas, poor Proteus ! Thou hast entertain'd
A fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs :
Alas, poor fool ! why do I pity him
That with his very heart despiseth me ?
Because lie loves her, he despiseth me ;
Because I love him, I must pity him.
This ring I gave him, when he parted from me,
To bind him to remember my good will :
And now am I (unhappy messenger)
To plead for that which I would not obtain ;
To carry that which I would have refused ;
To praise his faith which I would have dispraised.
I am my master's true confirmed love ;
But cannot be true servant to my master,
Unless I prove false traitor to myself.
Yet I will woo for him ; but yet so coldly,
As, Heaven it knows, I would not have him speed.
SILVIA.
[Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Act IV, Scene 4.]
Here, youth, there is my purse ; I give thee this
For thy sweet mistress' sake, because thou lovest her.
Farewell.
[Exit Silvia.
