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ent of the Florentine army; and he refreshed them with spicy anecdotes of the officers commanding it。

Bertram was present; and heard a letter read; in which Parolles told Diana that he was a fool。

〃This is your devoted friend;〃 said a French lord。

〃He is a cat to me now;〃 said Bertram; who detested our hearthrug pets。

Parolles was finally let go; but henceforth he felt like a sneak; and was not addicted to boasting。

We now return to France with Helena; who had spread a report of her death; which was conveyed to the Dowager Countess at Rousillon by Lafeu; a lord who wished to marry his daughter Magdalen to Bertram。

The King mourned for Helena; but he approved of the marriage proposed for Bertram; and paid a visit to Rousillon in order to see it accomplished。

〃His great offense is dead;〃 he said。  〃Let Bertram approach me。〃

Then Bertram; scarred in the cheek; knelt before his Sovereign; and said that if he had not loved Lafeu's daughter before he married Helena; he would have prized his wife; whom he now loved when it was too late。

〃Love that is late offends the Great Sender;〃 said the King。 〃Forget sweet Helena; and give a ring to Magdalen。〃

Bertram immediately gave a ring to Lafeu; who said indignantly; 〃It's Helena's!〃

〃It's not!〃 said Bertram。

Hereupon the King asked to look at the ring; and said; 〃This is the ring I gave to Helena; and bade her send to me if ever she needed help。  So you had the cunning to get from her what could help her most。〃

Bertram denied again that the ring was Helena's; but even his mother said it was。

〃You lie!〃 exclaimed the King。  〃Seize him; guards!〃 but even while they were seizing him; Bertram wondered how the ring; which he thought Diana had given him; came to be so like Helena's。  A gentleman now entered; craving permission to deliver a petition to the King。  It was a petition signed Diana Capilet; and it begged that the King would order Bertram to marry her whom he had deserted after winning her love。

〃I'd sooner buy a son…in…law at a fair than take Bertram now;〃 said Lafeu。

〃Admit the petitioner;〃 said the King。

Bertram found himself confronted by Diana and her mother。  He denied that Diana had any claim on him; and spoke of her as though her life was spent in the gutter。  But she asked him what sort of gentlewoman it was to whom he gave; as to her he gave; the ring of his ancestors now missing from his finger?

Bertram was ready to sink into the earth; but fate had one crowning generosity reserved for him。  Helena entered。

〃Do I see reality?〃 asked the King。

〃O pardon! pardon!〃 cried Bertram。

She held up his ancestral ring。  〃Now that I have this;〃 said she; 〃will you love me; Bertram?〃

〃To the end of my life;〃 cried he。

〃My eyes smell onions;〃 said Lafeu。  Tears for Helena were twinkling in them。

The King praised Diana when he was fully informed by that not very shy young lady of the meaning of her conduct。  For Helena's sake she had wished to expose Bertram's meanness; not only to the King; but to himself。  His pride was now in shreds; and it is believed that he made a husband of some sort after all。




PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF NAMES。



   'Key。…

   a;e;i;o;u  as in hat; bet; it; hot; hut;    â;;ê;;î;;ô;;û;  as in ate; mote; mite; mote; mute;    å;          as in America; freeman; coward;    ë;      as in her; fern;    ü;          as in burn; furl。 '

    Adriana (ad…ri…â;'…nå;)     AEgeon (ê;'…ge…on)     AEmilia (ê;…mil'…i…å;)     Alcibiades (al…si…bî;'…å;…dê;z)     Aliena  (â;…li…ê;'…nå;)     Angelo (an'…je…lô;)     Antioch (an'…ti…ok)     Antiochus (an…tî;'…o…kus)     Antipholus (an…tif'…o…lus)     Antonio (an…tô;'…ni…ô;)     Apemantus (ap…e…man'…tus)     Apollo (å;…pol'…ô;)     Ariel (â;'ri…el)     Arragon (ar'…å;…gon)

    Banquo (ban'…kwô;)     Baptista (bap…tis'…tå;)     Bassanio (bas…sa'…ni…ô;)     Beatrice (bê;'å;…tris)     Bellario (bel…lâ;'…ri…ô;)     Bellarius (bel…lâ;'…ri…us)     Benedick (ben'…e…dik)     Benvolio (ben…vô;'…li…ô;)     Bertram (bë;r'…tram)     Bianca (bê;…an'…kå;)     Borachio (bô;…rach'…i…ô;)     Brabantio (brå;…ban'chô;)     Burgundy (bü;r'…gun…di)

    Caliban (kal'…i…ban)     Camillo (kå;…mil'…ô;)     Capulet (kap'…û;…let)     Cassio (kas'…i…ô;)     Celia (sê;'…li…å;)     Centaur (sen'…tawr)     Cerimon (sê;'…ri…mon)     Cesario (se…sâ;'…ri…ô;)     Claudio (klaw'…di…ô;)     Claudius (klaw'…di…us)     Cordelia (kawr…dê;'…li…å;)     Cornwall (kawrn'…wawl)     Cymbeline (sim'…be…lê;n)

    Demetrius (de…mê;'…tri…us)     Desdemona (des…de…mô;…nå;)     Diana (dî;…an'…å;)     Dionyza (dî;…ô;…nî;'…zå;)     Donalbain (don'…al…ban)     Doricles (dor'…i…klê;z)     Dromio (drô;'…mi…ô;)     Duncan (dung'…kå;n)

    Emilia (ê;…mil'…i…å;)     Ephesus (ef'e…sus)     Escalus (es'…kå;…lus)

    Ferdinand (fë;r'…di…nand)     Flaminius (flå;…min'…i…us)     Flavius (flâ;'…vi…us)     Fleance (flê;'…ans)     Florizel (flor'…i…zel)

    Ganymede (gan'…i…mê;d)     Giulio (jû;'…li…ô;)     Goneril (gon'…e…ril)     Gonzalo (gon…zah'…lô;)

    Helena (hel'…e…nå;)     Helicanus (hel…i…kâ;'nus)     Hercules (hë;r'kû;…lê;z)     Hermia (hë;r'mi…å;)     Hermione (hë;r…mî;'…o…nê;)     Horatio (hô;…râ;'…shi…ô;)     Hortensio (hor…ten'…si…ô;)

    Iachimo (yak'…i…mô;)     Iago (ê;…ah…gô;)     Illyria ((il…lir'…i…å;)     Imogen (im'…o…jen)

    Jessica (jes'…i…kå;)     Juliet (ju'li…et)

    Laertes (lâ;…ë;r'…tê;z)     Lafeu (lah…fu')     Lear (lê;r)     Leodovico (lê;…ô;…dô;'…vi…kô;)     Leonato (lê;…ô;…nâ;'…tô;)     Leontes (lê;…on…tê;z)     Luciana (lû;…shi…â;'nå;)     Lucio   (lû;'…shi…ô;)     Lucius  (lû;'…shi…us)     Lucullus (lû;…kul'…us)     Lysander (lî;…san'…dë;r)     Lysimachus (lî;…sim'…å;…kus)

    Macbeth (mak…beth')     Magdalen (mag'…då;…len)     Malcolm (mal'…kum)     Malvolio (mal…vô;'li…ô;)     Mantua (man…'tû;…å;)     Mariana (mah…ri…â;'…na)     Menaphon (men'…å;…fon)     Mercutio (mer…kû;'…shi…ô;)     Messina (mes…sê;'…nah)     Milan (mil'…å;n)     Miranda (mî;…ran'…då;)     Mitylene (mit…ê;…lê;'…nê;)     Montagu (mon'…tå;…gû;)     Montano (mon…tah'…nô;)

    Oberon (ob'…ë;r…on)     Olivia (ô;…liv'…i…å;)     Ophelia (ô;…fê;l'…i…å; or o…fê;l'…yå;)     Orlando (awr…lan'…dô;)     Orsino (awr…sê;'…nô;)     Othello (ô;…thel'…ô;)

    Parolles (pa…rol'…ê;z)     Paulina (paw…lî;'…nå;)     Pentapolis (pen…tap'…o…lis)     Perdita (pë;r'…di…tå;)     Pericles (per'…i…klê;z)     Petruchio (pe…trû;'…chi…ô;)     Phoenix (fê;'…niks)     Pisanio (pê;…sah'…ni…ô;)     Polixines (pô;…liks'…e…nê;z)     Polonius (pô;…lô;'…ni…us)     Portia (pô;r'…shi…å;)     Proteus (prô;'…te…us or prô;'…tû;s)

    Regan (rê;'…gå;n)     Roderigo (rô;…der'…i…gô;)     Romano (rô;…mah'…nô;)     Romeo (rô;'…me…ô;)     Rosalind (roz'…å;…lind)     Rosaline (roz'…å;…lin)     Rousillon (ru…sê;…lyawng')

    Sebastian (se…bas'…ti…å;n)     Sempronius (sem…prô;'…ni…us)     Simonides (si…mon'…i…dê;z)     Solinus (sô;…lî;'…nus)     Sycorax (sî;'…ko…raks)     Syracuse (sir…å;…kus)

    Thaisa (tha…is'…å;)     Thaliard (thâ;'…li…å;rd)     Thurio (thû;'…ri…ô;)     Timon (tî;'…mon)     Titania (tî;…tan'…i…å;)     Tybalt (tib'…å;lt)


    Ursula (ur'…sû;…lå;)

    Venetian (ve…nê;'…shå;n)     Venice (ven'…is)     Ventidius (ven…tid'…i…us)     Verona (vâ;…rô;'…nå;)     Vicentio (vê;…sen'…shi…ô;)





QUOTATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE



ACTION。

    Action is eloquence; and the eyes of the ignorant     More learned than their ears。

        Coriolanus  III。 2。




ADVERSITY。

    Sweet are the uses of adversity;     Which; like the toad; ugly and venomous;     Wears yet a precious jewel in his head。

        As You Like It  II。 1。


    That; Sir; which serves and seeks for gain;        And follows but for form;     Will pack; when it begins to rain;        And leave thee in the storm。

        King Lear  II。 4。


    Ah! when the means are gone; that buy this praise;     The breath is gone whereof this praise is made:     Feast wonfast lost; one cloud of winter showers;     These flies are couched。

        Timon of Athens  II。 2。





ADVICE TO A SON LEAVING HOME。

    Give thy thoughts no tongue;     Nor any unproportioned thought his act     Be thou familiar; but by no means vulgar。     The friends thou hast; and their adoption tried     Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel;     But do not dull thy palm with entertainment     Of each new…hatched; unfledged comrade。 Beware     Of entrance to a quarrel: but; being in;     Bear it; that the opposer may beware of thee。     Give every man thine ear; but few thy voice:     Take each man's censure; but reserve thy judgment;     Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy;     But not expressed in fancy: rich; not gaudy:     For the apparel oft proclaims the man;     And they in France; of the best rank and station;     Are most select and generous; chief in that。     Neither a borrower; nor a lender be:     For loan oft loses both itself and friend;     And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry。     This above all。To thine ownself be true;     And it must follow; as the night the day;     Thou canst not then be false to any man。

        Hamlet  I。 3。




AGE。

    My May of life Is     fallen into the sear; the yellow leaf:     And that which should accompany old age;     As honor; love; obedience; troops of friends;     I must not look to have; but; in their stead;     Curses not loud; 
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