sheep-biter come by some notable shame?
FABIAN. I would exult, man; you know he brought me out o' favour

with my lady about a bear-baiting here.
SIR TOBY. To anger him we'll have the bear again; and we will fool

him black and blue- shall we not, Sir Andrew?
AGUECHEEK. And we do not, it is pity of our lives.

Enter MARIA
SIR TOBY. Here comes the little villain.

How now, my metal of India!
MARIA. Get ye all three into the box-tree. Malvolio's coming down

this walk. He has been yonder i' the sun practising behaviour to
his own shadow this half hour. Observe him, for the love of

mockery, for I know this letter will make a contemplative idiot
of him. Close, in the name of jesting! [As the men hide she drops

a letter] Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be
caught with tickling.

Exit
Enter MALVOLIO

MALVOLIO. 'Tis but fortune; all is fortune. Maria once told me she
did affect me; and I have heard herself come thus near, that,

should she fancy, it should be one of my complexion. Besides, she
uses me with a more exalted respect than any one else that

follows her. What should I think on't?
SIR TOBY. Here's an overweening rogue!

FABIAN. O, peace! Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him;
how he jets under his advanc'd plumes!

AGUECHEEK. 'Slight, I could so beat the rogue-
SIR TOBY. Peace, I say.

MALVOLIO. To be Count Malvolio!
SIR TOBY. Ah, rogue!

AGUECHEEK. Pistol him, pistol him.
SIR TOBY. Peace, peace!

MALVOLIO. There is example for't: the Lady of the Strachy married
the yeoman of the wardrobe.

AGUECHEEK. Fie on him, Jezebel!
FABIAN. O, peace! Now he's deeply in; look how imagination blows

him.
MALVOLIO. Having been three months married to her, sitting in my

state-
SIR TOBY. O, for a stone-bow to hit him in the eye!

MALVOLIO. Calling my officers about me, in my branch'd velvet gown,
having come from a day-bed- where I have left Olivia sleeping-

SIR TOBY. Fire and brimstone!
FABIAN. O, peace, peace!

MALVOLIO. And then to have the humour of state; and after a demure
travel of regard, telling them I know my place as I would they

should do theirs, to ask for my kinsman Toby-
SIR TOBY. Bolts and shackles!

FABIAN. O, peace, peace, peace! Now, now.
MALVOLIO. Seven of my people, with an obedient start, make out for

him. I frown the while, and perchance wind up my watch, or play
with my- some rich jewel. Toby approaches; curtsies there to me-

SIR TOBY. Shall this fellow live?
FABIAN. Though our silence be drawn from us with cars, yet peace.

MALVOLIO. I extend my hand to him thus, quenching my familiar smile
with an austere regard of control-

SIR TOBY. And does not Toby take you a blow o' the lips then?
MALVOLIO. Saying 'Cousin Toby, my fortunes having cast me on your

niece give me this prerogative of speech'-
SIR TOBY. What, what?

MALVOLIO. 'You must amend your drunkenness'-
SIR TOBY. Out, scab!

FABIAN. Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot.
MALVOLIO. 'Besides, you waste the treasure of your time with a

foolish knight'-
AGUECHEEK. That's me, I warrant you.

MALVOLIO. 'One Sir Andrew.'
AGUECHEEK. I knew 'twas I; for many do call me fool.

MALVOLIO. What employment have we here?
[Taking up the letter]

FABIAN. Now is the woodcock near the gin.
SIR TOBY. O, peace! And the spirit of humours intimate reading

aloud to him!
MALVOLIO. By my life, this is my lady's hand: these be her very

C's, her U's, and her T's; and thus makes she her great P's. It
is, in contempt of question, her hand.

AGUECHEEK. Her C's, her U's, and her T's. Why that?
MALVOLIO. [Reads] 'To the unknown belov'd, this, and my good

wishes.' Her very phrases! By your leave, wax. Soft! And the
impressure her Lucrece with which she uses to seal; 'tis my lady.

To whom should this be?
FABIAN. This wins him, liver and all.

MALVOLIO. [Reads]
Jove knows I love,

But who?
Lips, do not move;

No man must know.'
'No man must know.' What follows? The numbers alter'd!

'No man must know.' If this should be thee, Malvolio?
SIR TOBY. Marry, hang thee, brock!

MALVOLIO. [Reads]
'I may command where I adore;

But silence, like a Lucrece knife,
With bloodless stroke my heart doth gore;

M. O. A. I. doth sway my life.'
FABIAN. A fustian riddle!

SIR TOBY. Excellent wench, say I.
MALVOLIO. 'M. O. A. I. doth sway my life.'

Nay, but first let me see, let me see, let me see.
FABIAN. What dish o' poison has she dress'd him!

SIR TOBY. And with what wing the staniel checks at it!
MALVOLIO. 'I may command where I adore.' Why, she may command me: I

serve her; she is my lady. Why, this is evident to any formal
capacity; there is no obstruction in this. And the end- what

should that alphabetical position portend? If I could make that
resemble something in me. Softly! M. O. A. I.-

SIR TOBY. O, ay, make up that! He is now at a cold scent.
FABIAN. Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as rank

as a fox.
MALVOLIO. M- Malvolio; M- why, that begins my name.

FABIAN. Did not I say he would work it out?
The cur is excellent at faults.

MALVOLIO. M- But then there is no consonancy in the sequel; that
suffers under probation: A should follow, but O does.

FABIAN. And O shall end, I hope.
SIR TOBY. Ay, or I'll cudgel him, and make him cry 'O!'

MALVOLIO. And then I comes behind.
FABIAN. Ay, an you had any eye behind you, you might see more

detraction at your heels than fortunes before you.
MALVOLIO. M. O. A. I. This simulation is not as the former; and

yet, to crush this a little, it would bow to me, for every one of
these letters are in my name. Soft! here follows prose.

[Reads]
'If this fall into thy hand, revolve. In my stars I am above

thee; but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some
achieve greatness, and some have greatnessthrust upon 'em. Thy

Fates open their hands; let thy blood and spirit embrace them;
and, to inure thyself to what thou art like to be, cast thy

humble slough and appear fresh. Be opposite with a kinsman, surly
with servants; let thy tongue tang arguments of state; put

thyself into the trick of singularity. She thus advises thee that
sighs for thee. Remember who commended thy yellow stockings, and

wish'd to see thee ever cross-garter'd. I say, remember, Go to,
thou art made, if thou desir'st to be so; if not, let me see thee

a steward still, the fellow of servants, and not worthy to touch
Fortune's fingers. Farewell. She that would alter services with

thee,
THE FORTUNATE-UNHAPPY.'

Daylight and champain discovers not more. This is open. I will be
proud, I will read politic authors, I will baffle Sir Toby, I

will wash off gross acquaintance, I will be point-devise the very
man. I do not now fool myself to let imagination jade me; for

every reason excites to this, that my lady loves me. She did
commend my yellow stockings of late, she did praise my leg being

cross-garter'd; and in this she manifests herself to my love, and
with a kind of injunction drives me to these habits of her

liking. I thank my stars I am happy. I will be strange, stout, in
yellow stockings, and cross-garter'd, even with the swiftness of

putting on. Jove and my stars be praised! Here is yet a
postscript.

[Reads] 'Thou canst not choose but know who I am. If thou
entertain'st my love, let it appear in thy smiling; thy smiles

become thee well. Therefore in my presence still smile, dear my
sweet, I prithee.'

Jove, I thank thee. I will smile; I will do everything that thou
wilt have me. Exit

FABIAN. I will not give my part of this sport for a pension of
thousands to be paid from the Sophy.

SIR TOBY. I could marry this wench for this device.
AGUECHEEK. So could I too.

SIR TOBY. And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest.
Enter MARIA

AGUECHEEK. Nor I neither.
FABIAN. Here comes my noble gull-catcher.

SIR TOBY. Wilt thou set thy foot o' my neck?
AGUECHEEK. Or o' mine either?

SIR TOBY. Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip, and become thy
bond-slave?

AGUECHEEK. I' faith, or I either?
SIR TOBY. Why, thou hast put him in such a dream that when the

image of it leaves him he must run mad.
MARIA. Nay, but say true; does it work upon him?

SIR TOBY. Like aqua-vita! with a midwife.
AIARIA. If you will then see the fruits of the sport, mark his

first approach before my lady. He will come to her in yellow
stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhors, and cross-garter'd, a

fashion she detests; and he will smile upon her, which will now
be so unsuitable to her disposition, being addicted to a

melancholy as she is, that it cannot but turn him into a notable
contempt. If you will see it, follow me.

SIR TOBY. To the gates of Tartar, thou most excellent devil of wit!
AGUECHEEK. I'll make one too. Exeunt

ACT III. SCENE I.
OLIVIA'S garden

Enter VIOLA, and CLOWN with a tabor
VIOLA. Save thee, friend, and thy music!

Dost thou live by thy tabor?
CLOWN. No, sir, I live by the church.

VIOLA. Art thou a churchman?
CLOWN. No such matter, sir: I do live by the church; for I do live

at my house, and my house doth stand by the church.
VIOLA. So thou mayst say the king lies by a beggar, if a beggar

dwell near him; or the church stands by thy tabor, if thy tabor
stand by the church.

CLOWN. You have said, sir. To see this age! A sentence is but a
chev'ril glove to a good wit. How quickly the wrong side may be

turn'd outward!
VIOLA. Nay, that's certain; they that dally nicely with words may

quickly make them wanton.
CLOWN. I would, therefore, my sister had had name, sir.

VIOLA. Why, man?

• affect [ə´fekt] vt.影响；感动；假装 (初中英语单词)
• pistol [´pistl] n.手枪 vt.用手枪射击 (初中英语单词)
• imagination [i,mædʒi´neiʃən] n.想象(力) (初中英语单词)
• velvet [´velvit] n.&a.天鹅绒(般的) (初中英语单词)
• humour [´hju:mə] n.幽默，诙谐 (初中英语单词)
• patience [´peiʃəns] n.忍耐(力)；耐心；坚韧 (初中英语单词)
• employment [im´plɔimənt] n.工作；职业；雇用 (初中英语单词)
• intimate [´intimit] a.亲密的 n.知己 (初中英语单词)
• poison [´pɔizən] n.毒物 v.毒害 a.有毒的 (初中英语单词)
• evident [´evidənt] a.明显的，明白的 (初中英语单词)
• thrust [θrʌst] v.&n.猛推；冲；刺；挤进 (初中英语单词)
• embrace [im´breis] vt.&n.拥抱；采纳；信奉 (初中英语单词)
• worthy [´wə:ði] a.有价值的；值得的 (初中英语单词)
• farewell [feə´wel] int.再见 n.&a.告别 (初中英语单词)
• acquaintance [ə´kweintəns] n.相识；熟人，相识的人 (初中英语单词)
• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)
• disposition [,dispə´ziʃən] n.安排；性情；倾向 (初中英语单词)
• beggar [´begə] n.乞丐 (初中英语单词)
• sentence [´sentəns] n.判决 vt.宣判；处刑 (初中英语单词)
• nicely [naisli] ad.恰好地；谨慎地 (初中英语单词)
• notable [´nəutəbəl] a.显著的 n.名人 (高中英语单词)
• complexion [kəm´plekʃən] n.肤色；情况；局面 (高中英语单词)
• theirs [ðeəz] pron.他们的 (高中英语单词)
• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)
• contempt [kən´tempt] n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾 (高中英语单词)
• greatness [´greitnis] n.巨大；高尚；卓越 (高中英语单词)
• steward [´stju:əd] n.管家；服务员 (高中英语单词)
• pension [´penʃən] n.津贴 vt.给予...抚恤 (高中英语单词)
• contemplation [,kɔntem´pleiʃən] n.注视；冥想；打算 (英语四级单词)
• yeoman [´jəumən] n.自由民；自耕农 (英语四级单词)
• obedient [ə´bi:djənt] a.服从的，恭顺的 (英语四级单词)
• perchance [pə´tʃɑ:ns] ad.偶然；可能 (英语四级单词)
• austere [ɔ´stiə] a.严峻(格)的；质朴的 (英语四级单词)
• warrant [´wɔrənt] n.根据；委任书；权利 (英语四级单词)
• revolve [ri´vɔlv] v.(使)旋转；循环 (英语四级单词)
• politic [´pɔlitik] a.精明的；有策略的 (英语四级单词)
• baffle [´bæfəl] vt.&n.阻碍；徒劳；困惑 (英语四级单词)
• injunction [in´dʒʌŋkʃən] n.指令；法院禁令 (英语四级单词)
• calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)
• prerogative [pri´rɔgətiv] n.特权 a.(有)特权的 (英语六级单词)
• obstruction [əb´strʌkʃən] n.阻塞；妨碍；障碍物 (英语六级单词)
• cudgel [´kʌdʒəl] n.短棍，棒 vt.棒打 (英语六级单词)
• swiftness [´swiftnis] n.迅速，敏捷 (英语六级单词)