Duke. Why, so I do, the noblest that I have:

O, when [mine] eyes did see Olivia first,

[Methought] she purged the air of pestilence!

That instant was I turn'd into a hart;

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

[E'er] since pursue me.

[Enter Valentine].

How now! what news from her?

Val. So please my lord, I might not be admitted;

But from her handmaid do return this answer: