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Beetles black, approach not near;
Worm nor snail, do no offence.

CHORUS

Philomel, with melody, & c.

Titania sleeps.

SECOND FAIRY

Hence, away! Now all is well;
One aloof stand sentinel. [25]

(Exeunt Fairies.)

Enter Oberon, (and squeezes the juice on Titania’s eyelids).

OBERON (Exit.)

What thou seest when thou dost wake,
Do it for thy true love take;
Love and languish for his sake.
Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,
Pard, or boar with bristled hair, [30]
In thy eye that shall appear

When thou wak’st, it is thy dear.
Wake when some vile thing is near.

Enter Lysander and Hermia.

LY SANDER

Fair love, you faint with wand’ring in the wood,
And, to speak troth, I have forgot our way. [35]
We’ll rest us, Hermia, if you think it good,
And tarry for the comfort of the day.

HERMIA

Be it so, Lysander: find you out a bed,
For I upon this bank will rest my head.

LY SANDER

One turf shall serve as pillow for us both; [40]
One heart, one bed, two bosoms, and one troth.