Her. Why, get you gone: Who is't that hinders you? Hel. A foolish heart, that I leave here behind. Hel. With Demetrius. 530 Lys. Be not afraid; she shall not harm thee, Helena. Dem. No, sir; she shall not, though you take her part. Hel. O; when she's angry, she is keen and shrewd: She was a vixen, when she went to school; And, though she be but little, she is fierce. Her. Little again? nothing but low and little ;Why will you suffer her to flout me thus ? Let me come to her. Lys. Get you gone, you dwarf; You minimus, of hind'ring knot-grass made; Dem. You are too officious, In her behalf that scorns your services. Let her alone; speak not of Helena; Take not her part: for if thou dost intend Never so little shew of love to her, Thou shalt aby it. Lys. Now she holds me not; Now follow, if thou dar'st, to try whose right, Or thine or mine, is most in Helena. 440 550 Dem. Follow? nay, I'll go with thee, cheek by jowl. [Exit LYSANDER and DEM. Her. You, mistress, all this coyl is 'long of you : Nay, go not back. Hel. Hel. I will not trust you, I; Nor longer stay in your curst company. Your hands, than mine, are quicker for a fray; 560 Her. I am amaz'd, and know not what to say. Puck. Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook. 570 Ob. Thou seest these lovers seek a place to fight; Hie therefore, Robin, overcast the night; And sometimes rail thou like Demetrius ; And from each other look thou lead them thus, 580 And make his eye-balls roll with wonted sight. And back to Athens shall the lovers wend, 589 With league, whose date 'till death shall never end. Whiles I in this affair do thee employ, I'll to my queen, and beg her Indian boy; At whose approach, ghosts, wandering here and there, 600 For fear lest day should look their shames upon, I with the morning's love have oft made sport; 610 [Exit OBERON. Puck. Up and down, up and down; Į will lead them up and down: I am fear'd in field and town; Goblin, lead them up and down. Enter LYSANDER. Lys. Where art thou, proud Demetrius? speak thou now. Puck. Here, villain; drawn and ready. Where art thou? Lys. I will be with thee straight. Puck. Follow me then To plainer ground, 620 [Lys. goes out, as following DEM. Enter DEMETRIUS. Dem. Lysander! speak again. Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou filed? head? Puck. Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars, Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars, And wilt not come? Come, recreant; come, thou child; I'll whip thee with a rod: He is defil'd, Re-enter LYSANDER. Lys. He goes before me, and still dares me on ; That fallen am I in dark uneven way, And here will rest me. Come, thou gentle day! [Lies down. 640 For if but once thou shew me thy grey light, Re-enter PUCK, and DEMETRIUS. Puck. Ho, ho, ho! coward, why comest thou not? Dem. Abide me, if thou dar'st: for well I wot, Thou runn'st before me, shifting every place; And dar'st not stand, nor look me in the face. Where art thou? Puck. Come hither; I am here. Dem. Nay, then thou mock'st me. this dear, If ever I thy face by day-light see : Thou shalt buy Now, go thy way. Faintness constraineth me Enter HELENA. 650 [Lies down. Hel. O weary night, O long and tedious night, Abate thy hours; shine, comforts, from the east; That I may back to Athens, by day-light, From these that my poor company detest : And, |