Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Shep. Exeunt
Shep. Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.
Shep. [Act 4, Scene 1]
Shep. Enter Time, the Chorus.
Time. Time.
Time. I that please some, try all: both ioy and terror
Time. Of good, and bad: that makes, and vnfolds error,
Time. Now take vpon me (in the name of Time)
Time. To vse my wings: Impute it not a crime
Time. To me, or my swift passage, that I slide
Time. Ore sixteene yeeres, and leaue the growth vntride
Time. Of that wide gap, since it is in my power
Time. To orethrow Law, and in one selfe‑borne howre
Time. To plant, and ore‑whelme Custome. Let me passe
Time. The same I am, ere ancient’st Order was,
Time. Or what is now receiu’d. I witnesse to
Time. The times that brought them in, so shall I do
Time. To th’freshest things now reigning, and make stale
Time. The glistering of this present, as my Tale
Time. Now seemes to it: your patience this allowing,