[Taking the sprig of eglantine.]
He is so chivalrous! But I must finish.
“In olive-silvered Italy.
There to pray
At thy shrine,
There to lay
This green spray
Of our English eglantine.
At thy feet.
Lady mine,
Then wouldst thou say:
‘Pilgrim sweet
In Padua,
Take it; it is thine.’”
Is Padua short for Bob-up-and-down?
FRIAR
Yes, dame.
[Aside.]
And now to watch my experiment
Precipitate rose-colour.
PRIORESS