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Love's Labour's Lost, V. ii

Told our intents before; which once disclos'd,

The ladies did change favours, and then we,

Following the signs, woo'd but the sign of she.

Now, to our perjury to add more terror,

We are again forsworn, in will and error.

Much upon this it is: [To Boyet.] and might not you

Forestall our sport, to make us thus untrue?

Do not you know my lady's foot by the squire,

And laugh upon the apple of her eye?

And stand between her back, sir, and the fire,

Holding a trencher, jesting merrily?

You put our page out: go, you are allow'd;

Die when you will, a smock shall be your shroud.

You leer upon me, do you? there's an eye

Wounds like a leaden sword.

Boyet. Full merrily

Hath this brave manage, this career, been run.

Ber. Lo! he is tilting straight. Peace! I have done.

Welcome, pure wit! thou partest a fair fray.

Cost. O Lord, sir, they would know

Whether the three Worthies shall come in or no.

Ber. What, are there but three?

Cost. No, sir; but it is vara fine,

For every one pursents three.

Ber. And three times thrice is nine.

Cost. Not so, sir; under correction, sir, I hope, it is not so.

You cannot beg us, sir, I can assure you, sir; we know what we know:

 473 upon this: in this fashion

475 squire: square, rule

476 apple: pupil

479 allow'd: privileged to jest

483 manage: horsemanship

career: swift encounter of knights

491 beg us: prove us fools; cf. n.

