MOUSE.
[Sings.] And you shall hang for company,
For leaving me alone.
Shepherd, stand forth, and hear thy sentence! Shepherd, begone within three days, on pain of my displeasure; shepherd, begone; shepherd, begone, begone, begone, begone; shepherd, shepherd, shepherd.
[Exit.]
MUCEDORUS.
And must I go? and must I needs depart?
Ye goodly groves, partakers of my songs,
In time tofore, when fortune did not frown,
Pour forth your plaints, and wail a while with me.
And thou bright sun, my comfort in the cold,
Hide, hide thy face, and leave me comfortless;
Ye wholesome herbs, and sweet-smelling savours,
Yea, each thing else prolonging life of man,
Change, change your wonted course that I,
Wanting your aid, in woful sort may die.
Enter Amadine and Ariena, her maid.
AMADINE.
Ariena,
If any body ask for me, make some excuse,
Till I return.
ARIENA.
What, an Segasto call?
AMADINE.
Do thou the like to him, I mean not to stay long.
[Exit Ariena.]
MUCEDORUS.
This voice so sweet my pining spirits revives.
AMADINE.
Shepherd, well met, pray, tell me how thou dost?