Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Bast. Moone, and Starres, as if we were villaines on necessitie,
Bast. Fooles by heauenly compulsion, Knaues, Theeues, and
Bast. Treachers by Sphericall predominance. Drunkards, Lyars,
Bast. and Adulterers by an inforc'd obedience of Planatary
Bast. influence; and all that we are euill in, by a diuine thrusting
Bast. on. An admirable euasion of Whore‐master‐man,
Bast. to lay his Goatish disposition on the charge of a Starre,
Bast. My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons
Bast. taile, and my Natiuity was vnder Vrsa Maior, so
Bast. that it followes, I am rough and Leacherous. I should
Bast. haue bin that I am, had the maidenlest Starre in the Firmament
Bast. twinkled on my bastardizing.
Bast. Enter Edgar.
Bast. Pat: he comes like the Catastrophe of the old Comedie:
Bast. my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a sighe like Tom
Bast. o'Bedlam. ——— O these Eclipses do portend these diuisions.
Bast. Fa, Sol, La, Me.
Edg. Edg.
Edg. How now Brother Edmond, what serious contemplation
Edg. are you in?