Page 1895 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

I know it well.

PANT HINO

’Twere good, I think, your lordship sent him
There shall he practise tilts and tournaments, thither. [30]
Hear sweet discourse, converse with noblemen,
And be in eye of every exercise
Worthy his youth and nobleness of birth.

ANT ONIO

I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised;
And that thou mayst perceive how well I like it, [35]
The execution of it shall make known.
Even with the speediest expedition
I will dispatch him to the Emperor’s court.

PANT HINO

Tomorrow, may it please you, Don Alphonso
With other gentlemen of good esteem [40]
Are journeying to salute the Emperor,
And to commend their service to his will.

ANT ONIO

Good company; with them shall Proteus go.
[Enter Proteus]

And in good time; now will we break with him.

PROT EUS

[aside]
Sweet love, sweet lines, sweet life! [45]
Here is her hand, the agent of her heart;
Here is her oath for love, her honour’s pawn.
O, that our fathers would applaud our loves,
To seal our happiness with their consents!
O heavenly Julia! [50]

ANT ONIO

How now? What letter are you reading there?

PROT EUS