My lord, so please you, these things further thought on,

To think me as well a sister as a wife,
One day shall crown th' alliance on't, so please you,

Here at my house, and at my proper cost.
DUKE. Madam, I am most apt t' embrace your offer.

[To VIOLA] Your master quits you; and, for your service done
him,

So much against the mettle of your sex,
So far beneath your soft and tender breeding,

And since you call'd me master for so long,
Here is my hand; you shall from this time be

You master's mistress.
OLIVIA. A sister! You are she.

Re-enter FABIAN, with MALVOLIO
DUKE. Is this the madman?

OLIVIA. Ay, my lord, this same.
How now, Malvolio!

MALVOLIO. Madam, you have done me wrong,
Notorious wrong.

OLIVIA. Have I, Malvolio? No.
MALVOLIO. Lady, you have. Pray you peruse that letter.

You must not now deny it is your hand;
Write from it if you can, in hand or phrase;

Or say 'tis not your seal, not your invention;
You can say none of this. Well, grant it then,

And tell me, in the modesty of honour,
Why you have given me such clear lights of favour,

Bade me come smiling and cross-garter'd to you,
To put on yellow stockings, and to frown

Upon Sir Toby and the lighter people;
And, acting this in an obedient hope,

Why have you suffer'd me to be imprison'd,
Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest,

And made the most notorious geck and gul
That e'er invention play'd on? Tell me why.

OLIVIA. Alas, Malvolio, this is not my writing,
Though, I confess, much like the character;

But out of question 'tis Maria's hand.
And now I do bethink me, it was she

First told me thou wast mad; then cam'st in smiling,
And in such forms which here were presuppos'd

Upon thee in the letter. Prithee, be content;
This practice hath most shrewdly pass'd upon thee,

But, when we know the grounds and authors of it,
Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge

Of thine own cause.
FABIAN. Good madam, hear me speak,

And let no quarrel nor no brawl to come
Taint the condition of this present hour,

Which I have wond'red at. In hope it shall not,
Most freely I confess myself and Toby

Set this device against Malvolio here,
Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts

We had conceiv'd against him. Maria writ
The letter, at Sir Toby's great importance,

In recompensewhereof he hath married her.
How with a sportful malice it was follow'd

May rather pluck on laughter than revenge,
If that the injuries be justly weigh'd

That have on both sides pass'd.
OLIVIA. Alas, poor fool, how have they baffl'd thee!

CLOWN. Why, 'Some are born great, some achievegreatness, and some
have greatness thrown upon them.' I was one, sir, in this

interlude- one Sir Topas, sir; but that's all one. 'By the Lord,
fool, I am not mad!' But do you remember- 'Madam, why laugh you

at such a barrenrascal? An you smile not, he's gagg'd'? And thus
the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

MALVOLIO. I'll be reveng'd on the whole pack of you.
Exit

OLIVIA. He hath been most notoriously abus'd.
DUKE. Pursue him, and entreat him to a peace;

He hath not told us of the captain yet.
When that is known, and golden time convents,

A solemncombination shall be made
Of our dear souls. Meantime, sweet sister,

We will not part from hence. Cesario, come;
For so you shall be while you are a man;

But when in other habits you are seen,
Orsino's mistress, and his fancy's queen.

Exeunt all but the CLOWN
CLOWN sings

When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,

A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man's estate,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,

'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,

By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,

With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain it raineth every day.

A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,

But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.

Exit
-THE END-

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• alliance [ə´laiəns] n.联盟；同盟 (初中英语单词)
• embrace [im´breis] vt.&n.拥抱；采纳；信奉 (初中英语单词)
• acting [´æktiŋ] a.代理的 n.演戏 (初中英语单词)
• invention [in´venʃən] n.创造；发明；虚构 (初中英语单词)
• confess [kən´fes] vt.供认；坦白；承认 (初中英语单词)
• freely [´fri:li] ad.自由地；慷慨地 (初中英语单词)
• device [di´vais] n.装置；器具；策略 (初中英语单词)
• laughter [´lɑ:ftə] n.笑，笑声 (初中英语单词)
• achieve [ə´tʃi:v] vt.完成；达到；获得 (初中英语单词)
• barren [´bærən] a.贫瘠的；不生育的 (初中英语单词)
• pursue [pə´sju:] v.追赶；追踪；从事 (初中英语单词)
• solemn [´sɔləm] a.严肃的；隆重的 (初中英语单词)
• combination [,kɔmbi´neiʃən] n.结合；联合；团体 (初中英语单词)
• meantime [´mi:ntaim] n.&ad.其间；同时 (初中英语单词)
• mistress [´mistris] n.女主人；情妇；女能手 (初中英语单词)
• drunken [´drʌŋkən] a.喝醉的；常醉的 (初中英语单词)
• stubborn [´stʌbən] a.顽固的；坚持的 (高中英语单词)
• malice [´mælis] n.恶意；怨恨；预谋 (高中英语单词)
• greatness [´greitnis] n.巨大；高尚；卓越 (高中英语单词)
• rascal [´rɑ:skəl] n.流氓 (高中英语单词)
• strive [straiv] vi.争取；努力；奋斗 (高中英语单词)
• modesty [´mɔdisti] n.谨慎；端庄；羞怯 (英语四级单词)
• obedient [ə´bi:djənt] a.服从的，恭顺的 (英语四级单词)
• notorious [nəu´tɔ:riəs] a.臭名昭著的 (英语四级单词)
• recompense [´rekəmpens] n.&vt.回报；补偿 (英语四级单词)
• whereof [weər´ɔv] ad.关于什么；关于那事 (英语四级单词)
• justly [´dʒʌstli] ad.公正地，正当地 (英语四级单词)
• entreat [in´tri:t] vt.恳求，恳请 (英语四级单词)
• thieves [θi:vz] thief的复数 (英语四级单词)
• bethink [bi´θiŋk] vt.想起；思考 (英语六级单词)