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PALAMON
And I to honour.
THESEUS
In this place first you fought, e’en very here
I sundered you. Acknowledge to the gods
Our thanks that you are living.
His part is played, and, though it were too short,
He did it well. Your day is lengthened and
The blissful dew of heaven does arrouse you.
The powerful Venus well hath graced her altar,
And given you your love; our master, Mars,
Hath vouched his oracle, and to Arcite gave
The grace of the contention. So the deities
Have showed due justice.—Bear this hence.
I sundered you. Acknowledge to the gods
Our thanks that you are living.
His part is played, and, though it were too short,
He did it well. Your day is lengthened and
The blissful dew of heaven does arrouse you.
The powerful Venus well hath graced her altar,
And given you your love; our master, Mars,
Hath vouched his oracle, and to Arcite gave
The grace of the contention. So the deities
Have showed due justice.—Bear this hence.
⌈
Exeunt attendants with Arcite’s body
⌉
Exeunt attendants with Arcite’s body
⌉
PALAMON cousin,
That we should things desire which do cost us
The loss of our desire! That naught could buy
Dear love, but loss of dear love!
The loss of our desire! That naught could buy
Dear love, but loss of dear love!
THESEUS
Never fortune
Did play a subtler game—the conquered triumphs,
The victor has the loss. Yet in the passage
The gods have been most equal. Palamon,
Your kinsman hath confessed the right o’th’ lady
Did lie in you, for you first saw her and
Even then proclaimed your fancy. He restored her
As your stol’n jewel, and desired your spirit
To send him hence forgiven. The gods my justice
Take from my hand, and they themselves become
The executioners. Lead your lady off,
And call your lovers from the stage of death,
Whom I adopt my friends. A day or two
Let us look sadly and give grace unto
The funeral of Arcite, in whose end
The visages of bridegrooms we’ll put on
And smile with Palamon, for whom an hour,
But one hour since, I was as dearly sorry
As glad of Arcite, and am now as glad
As for him sorry. O you heavenly charmers,
What things you make of us! For what we lack
We laugh, for what we have, are sorry; still
Are children in some kind. Let us be thankful
For that which is, and with you leave dispute
That are above our question. Let’s go off
And bear us like the time.
The victor has the loss. Yet in the passage
The gods have been most equal. Palamon,
Your kinsman hath confessed the right o’th’ lady
Did lie in you, for you first saw her and
Even then proclaimed your fancy. He restored her
As your stol’n jewel, and desired your spirit
To send him hence forgiven. The gods my justice
Take from my hand, and they themselves become
The executioners. Lead your lady off,
And call your lovers from the stage of death,
Whom I adopt my friends. A day or two
Let us look sadly and give grace unto
The funeral of Arcite, in whose end
The visages of bridegrooms we’ll put on
And smile with Palamon, for whom an hour,
But one hour since, I was as dearly sorry
As glad of Arcite, and am now as glad
As for him sorry. O you heavenly charmers,
What things you make of us! For what we lack
We laugh, for what we have, are sorry; still
Are children in some kind. Let us be thankful
For that which is, and with you leave dispute
That are above our question. Let’s go off
And bear us like the time.
Flourish. Exeunt
Epilogue
Enter Epilogue
EPILOGUE
I would now ask ye how ye like the play,
But, as it is with schoolboys, cannot say.
I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile,
And let me look upon ye. No man smile?
Then it goes hard, I see. He that has
Loved a young handsome wench, then, show his
face—
’Tis strange if none be here—and, if he will,
Against his conscience let him hiss and kill
Our market. ’Tis in vain, I see, to stay ye.
Have at the worst can come, then! Now, what say ye?
And yet mistake me not—I am not bold—
We have no such cause. If the tale we have totd—
For ’tis no other—any way content ye,
For to that honest purpose it was meant ye,
We have our end; and ye shall have ere long,
I dare say, many a better to prolong
Your old loves to us. We and all our might
Rest at your service. Gentlemen, good night.
But, as it is with schoolboys, cannot say.
I am cruel fearful. Pray yet stay awhile,
And let me look upon ye. No man smile?
Then it goes hard, I see. He that has
Loved a young handsome wench, then, show his
face—
’Tis strange if none be here—and, if he will,
Against his conscience let him hiss and kill
Our market. ’Tis in vain, I see, to stay ye.
Have at the worst can come, then! Now, what say ye?
And yet mistake me not—I am not bold—
We have no such cause. If the tale we have totd—
For ’tis no other—any way content ye,
For to that honest purpose it was meant ye,
We have our end; and ye shall have ere long,
I dare say, many a better to prolong
Your old loves to us. We and all our might
Rest at your service. Gentlemen, good night.
Flourish. Exit
FURTHER READING
by
SUSAN BROCK
SUSAN BROCK
WORKS on individual plays are listed in that section regardless of subject. UK publication details are supplied where available.
Editions of ShakespeareShakespeare’s Plays in Quarto: A Facsimile Edition of Copies Primarily from the Henry E. Huntington Library
, eds. Michael J. B. Allen and Kenneth Muir (Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1981)
, eds. Michael J. B. Allen and Kenneth Muir (Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1981)
A one-volume collection of early quartos.
The First Folio of Shakespeare: The Norton Facsimile,
ed. Charlton Hinman, with a new introduction by Peter W. M. Blayney, 2nd edn. (New York and London: W. W. Norton, I996)
ed. Charlton Hinman, with a new introduction by Peter W. M. Blayney, 2nd edn. (New York and London: W. W. Norton, I996)
A facsimile of the First Folio, with a valuable introduction.
The Norton Shakespeare
, gen. ed. Stephen Greenblatt, eds. Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, with an essay on the Shakespearean stage by Andrew Gurr (New York: W. W. Norton, 1997)
, gen. ed. Stephen Greenblatt, eds. Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, Katharine Eisaman Maus, with an essay on the Shakespearean stage by Andrew Gurr (New York: W. W. Norton, 1997)
Based on the Oxford edition with a general introduction and separate introductions to each play. Commentary and glossarial notes on the page.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare,
ed. David Bevington, updated th edn. (New York: Longman, 1997) Uses work from the Bantam Shakespeare series (1988).
ed. David Bevington, updated th edn. (New York: Longman, 1997) Uses work from the Bantam Shakespeare series (1988).
The Riverside Shakespeare, ed. G. Blakemore Evans with the assistance of J. M. M. Tobin, 2nd edn. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997)
A mixture of original and modern spelling with through-line numbering. Text used in the Harvard Concordance.
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare
, gen. eds. Stephen 0rgel and A. L. Braunmuller (New York: Penguin, 2002).
, gen. eds. Stephen 0rgel and A. L. Braunmuller (New York: Penguin, 2002).
Newly edited texts in modern American spelling, together with introductions and commentary.
Multi-volume seriesNew Variorum Shakespeare,
ed. H. H. Furness (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1871―); rev. series (New York: MLA, 1977―)
ed. H. H. Furness (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1871―); rev. series (New York: MLA, 1977―)
Revised editions are Measure for Measure,
Antony
and Cleopatra, and
As You
Like It. Provides historical readings from a wide range of editions and critics.
Antony
and Cleopatra, and
As You
Like It. Provides historical readings from a wide range of editions and critics.
Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles
, 16 vols (London: Shakespeare Association, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1939―52; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1957―75)
, 16 vols (London: Shakespeare Association, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1939―52; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1957―75)
Includes only a selection of the quartos judged to be the most important.
The New Penguin Shakespeare
, gen. ed. T. J. B. Spencer, associate ed. Stanley Wells (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964―2001)
, gen. ed. T. J. B. Spencer, associate ed. Stanley Wells (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964―2001)
To be reissued from 2005 with new introductions and other editorial material.
The Oxford Shakespeare, gen. ed. Stanley Wells
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982―)
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982―)
Texts independent of the one-volume Oxford edition. Also published in paperback in the World’s Classics series.
The New Cambridge Shakespeare, founding
ed
.
Philip Brockbank, gen. ed. Brian Gibbons (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984―)
ed
.
Philip Brockbank, gen. ed. Brian Gibbons (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984―)
Not yet complete but early volumes being updated.
The Arden Shakespeare
, 3
rd
series, gen. eds. Richard Proudfoot, Ann Thompson and David Scott Kastan (London: Arden Shakespeare, 1995―) Gradually replacing the Arden 2nd series (1951―82).
, 3
rd
series, gen. eds. Richard Proudfoot, Ann Thompson and David Scott Kastan (London: Arden Shakespeare, 1995―) Gradually replacing the Arden 2nd series (1951―82).
Shakespeare Folios
(London: Nick Hern Books, 2001―) Parallel First Folio and modern texts.
General Reference(London: Nick Hern Books, 2001―) Parallel First Folio and modern texts.
Berger, Thomas, L., William C. Bradford and Sidney L. Sondergard (eds.),
An Index of Characters in Early Modern English Drama: Printed Plays
,
1500―166o,
rev. edn. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
An Index of Characters in Early Modern English Drama: Printed Plays
,
1500―166o,
rev. edn. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
Dobson, Michael, and Stanley Wells (eds.),
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
Harner, James L. (ed.), World
Shakespeare Bibliography Online 1966―2004
(Johns Hopkins University Press in Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004) (〈
http://www.worldshakesbib.org
) by subscription)
Shakespeare Bibliography Online 1966―2004
(Johns Hopkins University Press in Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004) (〈
http://www.worldshakesbib.org
) by subscription)
Kastan, David Scott (ed.),
A Companion to Shakespeare
(Oxford: Blackwell, 1999)
A Companion to Shakespeare
(Oxford: Blackwell, 1999)
Munro, John (ed.),
The Shakspere Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from
1591―1700, originally compiled by C. M. Ingleby, Miss L. Toulmin Smith and Dr F. J. Furnivall, with a preface by Sir Edmund Chambers, 2 vols (London: Oxford University Press, 1932)
The Shakspere Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from
1591―1700, originally compiled by C. M. Ingleby, Miss L. Toulmin Smith and Dr F. J. Furnivall, with a preface by Sir Edmund Chambers, 2 vols (London: Oxford University Press, 1932)
Wells, Stanley, and Lena Cowen Orlin (eds.), Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)
Spevack, Marvin, The Harvard
Concordance to Shakespeare
(Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973)
Concordance to Shakespeare
(Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1973)
Wells, Stanley, with James Shaw,
A Dictionary of Shakespeare
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)
PeriodicalsA Dictionary of Shakespeare
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)
Only the last or current publisher is listed.
Shakespeare,
I―, 1996― (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press)
I―, 1996― (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press)
Shakespeare Bulletin
(since 1992 incorporating Shakespeare on Film Newsletter), I―, 1983― (Carrollton GA: State University of West Georgia)
(since 1992 incorporating Shakespeare on Film Newsletter), I―, 1983― (Carrollton GA: State University of West Georgia)
Shakespeare Newsletter
, I―, 1951― (New Rochelle NY: Iona College, Dept. of English)
, I―, 1951― (New Rochelle NY: Iona College, Dept. of English)
Shakespeare on Film Newsletter
, 1―16, 1976―92 (Burlington VT: University of Vermont, Dept. of English)
, 1―16, 1976―92 (Burlington VT: University of Vermont, Dept. of English)
Shakespeare Quarterly
, I―, 1951― (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library in association with the George Washington University)
, I―, 1951― (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library in association with the George Washington University)
Shakespeare Studies
, I―, 1965― (London: Associated University Presses)
, I―, 1965― (London: Associated University Presses)
Shakespeare Survey, I―, 1948― (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
LifeChambers, E. K.,
William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems,
2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930)
William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems,
2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930)
Duncan-Jones, Katherine,
Ungentle
Shakespeare:
Scenes from
His Life (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2001)
Ungentle
Shakespeare:
Scenes from
His Life (London: Arden Shakespeare, 2001)
Dutton, Richard,
William Shakespeare: A Literary Life
(Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989)
William Shakespeare: A Literary Life
(Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1989)
Eccles, Mark,
Shakespeare in Warwickshire
(Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1961)
Shakespeare in Warwickshire
(Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1961)
Fraser, Russell,
Young Shakespeare
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1988)
Young Shakespeare
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1988)
—
Shakespeare: The Later Years
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1992)
Shakespeare: The Later Years
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1992)
Fripp, Edgar
I
.,
Shakespeare, Man and Artist,
2 vols (London: Oxford University Press, 1938)
I
.,
Shakespeare, Man and Artist,
2 vols (London: Oxford University Press, 1938)
Greenblatt, Stephen,
Will in the World: How Shakespeare
Became Shakespeare (London: Jonathan Cape, 2004)
Will in the World: How Shakespeare
Became Shakespeare (London: Jonathan Cape, 2004)
Honan, Park,
Shakespeare, a Life
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)
Shakespeare, a Life
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)
Honigmann, E. A. J.,
The Lost Years,
2nd edn. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998)
The Lost Years,
2nd edn. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998)
Schoenbaum, S.,
William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977)
William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977)
—
William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life
(Oxford: Clarendon Press in association with The Scolar Press, 1975)
William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life
(Oxford: Clarendon Press in association with The Scolar Press, 1975)
—
William Shakespeare: Records and Images
(London: Scolar Press, 1981)
William Shakespeare: Records and Images
(London: Scolar Press, 1981)
—
Shakespeare’s
Lives, 2nd edn. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991)
Shakespeare’s
Lives, 2nd edn. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991)
Wells, Stanley,
Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life
(London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994)
AuthorshipShakespeare: A Dramatic Life
(London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994)
Gibson, H. N.,
The Shakespeare Claimants: A Critical Survey of the Four Principal Theories Concerning the Authorship of
Shakespearean
Plays
(London: Methuen, 1962)
The Shakespeare Claimants: A Critical Survey of the Four Principal Theories Concerning the Authorship of
Shakespearean
Plays
(London: Methuen, 1962)
Hope, Jonathan, The Authorship of Shakespeare’s Plays: A
Sociolinguistic Study
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
Sociolinguistic Study
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
Matus, Irvin Leigh,
Shakespeare, in Fact
(New York: Continuum, 1994)
Shakespeare, in Fact
(New York: Continuum, 1994)
Michell, John,
Who Wrote Shakespeare
(London: Thames and Hudson, 1996)
Who Wrote Shakespeare
(London: Thames and Hudson, 1996)
Vickers, Brian, Shakespeare,
Co-author:
A Historical Study of Five Collaborative Plays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
LanguageCo-author:
A Historical Study of Five Collaborative Plays (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
Abbott, E
.
A
.,
A
Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences between Elizabethan and Modern English,
3
rd
edn. ([London]: Macmillan, 1870; repr. New York: Dover, 1966)
.
A
.,
A
Shakespearian Grammar: An Attempt to Illustrate Some of the Differences between Elizabethan and Modern English,
3
rd
edn. ([London]: Macmillan, 1870; repr. New York: Dover, 1966)
Adamson, Sylvia, and others (eds.),
Reading Shakespeare’s Dramatic Language
:
A Guide
(London: Arden Shakespeare, 2001)
Reading Shakespeare’s Dramatic Language
:
A Guide
(London: Arden Shakespeare, 2001)
Blake, N. F.,
Shakespeare’s Language: An Introduction
(London: Macmillan, 1983)
Shakespeare’s Language: An Introduction
(London: Macmillan, 1983)
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