ACT V - Scene II The Two Gentlemen of Verona

O, sir, I find her milder than she was;
And yet she takes exceptions at your person.

But pearls are fair; and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies’ eyes.

Aside. ’Tis true; such pearls as put out ladies’ eyes;
For I had rather wink than look on them.

How now, Sir Proteus! how now, Thurio!
Which of you saw Sir Eglamour of late?

Why then,
She’s fled unto that peasant Valentine;
And Eglamour is in her company.
’Tis true; for Friar Laurence met them both,
As he in penance wander’d through the forest;
Him he knew well, and guess’d that it was she,
But, being mask’d, he was not sure of it;
Besides, she did intend confession
At Patrick’s cell this even; and there she was not;
These likelihoods confirm her flight from hence.
Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse,
But mount you presently and meet with me
Upon the rising of the mountain-foot
That leads towards Mantua, whither they are fled:
Dispatch, sweet gentlemen, and follow me. Exit.

Why, this it is to be a peevish girl,
That flies her fortune when it follows her.
I’ll after, more to be revenged on Eglamour
Than for the love of reckless Silvia. Exit.

And I will follow, more for Silvia’s love
Than hate of Eglamour that goes with her. Exit.

And I will follow, more to cross that love
Than hate for Silvia that is gone for love. Exit.