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Love's Labour's Lost, V. ii

When great things labouring perish in their birth.

Ber. A right description of our sport, my lord.

Arm. Anointed, I implore so much expense

of thy royal sweet breath as will utter a brace of

words.

[Armado converses with the King, and delivers a paper to him.]

Prin. Doth this man serve God?

Ber. Why ask you?

Prin. A' speaks not like a man of God his making.

Arm. That is all one, my fair, sweet, honey

monarch; for, I protest, the schoolmaster is

exceeding fantastical; too-too vain; too-too

vain: but we will put it, as they say, to fortuna

de la guerra. I wish you the peace of mind,

most royal couplement!

King. Here is like to be a good presence of

Worthies. He presents Hector of Troy; the

swain, Pompey the Great; the parish curate,

Alexander; Armado's page, Hercules; the pe-

dant, Judas Maccabæus:

And if these four Worthies in their first show thrive,

These four will change habits and present the other five.

Ber. There is five in the first show.

King. You are deceived, 'tis not so.

Ber. The pedant, the braggart, the hedge-

priest, the fool, and the boy:—

Abate throw at novum, and the whole world again

 521 our sport: i.e. the disguise as Muscovites

527 God his: God's

531 fortuna guerra: the fortune of war

533 couplement: couple, pair

543 hedge-priest: poor, illiterate priest

545 Abate novum: except for a rare throw of the dice; cf. n.

