Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Fai. And I serue the Fairy Queene, to dew her orbs vpon the (green.
Fai. The Cowslips tall, her pensioners bee,
Fai. In their gold coats, spots you see,
Fai. Those be Rubies, Fairie fauors,
Fai. In those freckles, liue their sauors,
Fai. I must go seeke some dew drops heere,
Fai. And hang a pearle in euery cowslips eare.
Fai. Farewell thou Lob of spirits, Ile be gon,
Fai. Our Queene and all her Elues come heere anon.
Rob. Rob.
Rob. The King doth keepe his Reuels here to night,
Rob. Take heed the Queene come not within his sight,
Rob. For Oberon is passing fell and wrath,
Rob. Because that she, as her attendant, hath
Rob. A louely boy stolne from an Indian King,
Rob. She neuer had so sweet a changeling,
Rob. And iealous Oberon would haue the childe
Rob. Knight of his traine, to trace the Forrests wilde.
Rob. But she (perforce) with‑holds the loued boy,
Rob. Crownes him with flowers, and makes him all her ioy.