Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Pem. The faiths of men, nere stained with reuolt:
Pem. Fresh expectation troubled not the Land
Pem. With any long'd‑for‑change, or better State.
Sal. Sal.
Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pompe,
Sal. To guard a Title, that was rich before;
Sal. To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly;
Sal. To throw a perfume on the Violet,
Sal. To smooth the yce, or adde another hew
Sal. Vnto the Raine‑bow, or with Taper‑light
Sal. To seeke the beauteous eye of heauen to garnish,
Sal. Is wastefull, and ridiculous excesse.
Pem. Pem.
Pem. But that your Royall pleasure must be done,
Pem. This acte, is as an ancient tale new told,
Pem. And, in the last repeating, troublesome,
Pem. Being vrged at a time vnseasonable.
Sal. In this the Anticke, and well noted face
Sal. Of plaine old forme, is much disfigured,