Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Pro. For he was more then ouer‑shooes in loue.
Val. Val.
Val. 'Tis true; for you are ouer‑bootes in loue,
Val. And yet you neuer swom the Hellespont.
Pro. Pro.
Pro. Ouer the Bootes? nay giue me not the Boots.
Val. No, I will not; for it boots thee not.
Pro. What?
Ual. Ual.
Ual. To be in loue; where scorne is bought with (grones:
Ual. Coy looks, with hart‑sore sighes: one fading moments mirth,
Ual. With twenty watchfull, weary, tedious nights;
Ual. If hap'ly won, perhaps a haplesse gaine;
Ual. If lost, why then a grieuous labour won;
Ual. How euer: but a folly bought with wit,
Ual. Or else a wit, by folly vanquished.
Pro. So, by your circumstance, you call me foole.