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Night's Dream, III. ii  

Lys. I will be with thee straight.

Puck.Follow me, then, To plainer ground.

[Exit Lysander as following the voice.]

Dem.Lysander! speak again. Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled? Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?

Puck. Thou coward! art thou bragging to the stars, Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars, And wilt not come? Come, recreant; come, thou child; I'll whip thee with a rod: he is defil'd That draws a sword on thee.

Dem.Yea, art thou there?

Puck. Follow my voice: we'll try no manhood here.

Exeunt.

Lys. He goes before me and still dares me on: When I come where he calls, then he is gone. The villain is much lighter-heel'd than I: I follow'd fast, but faster he did fly; That fallen am I in dark uneven way, And here will rest me. Come, thou gentle day! For if but once thou show me thy grey light, I'll find Demetrius and revenge this spite.

[Sleeps.]

Puck. Ho! ho! ho! Coward, why com'st thou not?

Dem. Abide me, if thou dar'st; for well I wot 