KING.
And win them too. Therefore let us devise
Some entertainment for them in their tents.
BEROWNE.
First, from the park let us conduct them thither.
Then homeward every man attach the hand
Of his fair mistress. In the afternoon
We will with some strange pastime solace them,
Such as the shortness of the time can shape;
For revels, dances, masques, and merry hours
Forerun fair Love, strewing her way with flowers.
KING.
Away, away! No time shall be omitted
That will betime and may by us be fitted.
BEROWNE.
Allons! allons! Sowed cockle reaped no corn,
And justice always whirls in equal measure.
Light wenches may prove plagues to men forsworn;
If so, our copper buys no better treasure.
[Exeunt.]
ACT V
SCENE I. The King of Navarre’s park
Enter Holofernes, Sir Nathaniel and Dull.
HOLOFERNES.
Satis quod sufficit.
NATHANIEL.
I praise God for you, sir. Your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange without heresy. I did converse this quondam day with a companion of the King’s, who is intituled, nominated, or called, Don Adriano de Armado.