Olivia's Declaration to Viola (3.1.147-58)

Bell (1774)








Cesario, by the roses of the spring,
By maid-hood, honour, truth and ev'rything,
I love thee so, that maugre all thy pride,
Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.
Do not extort thy reasons from this clause,
For that I woo, thou therefore hath no cause;
But reason thus with reason fetter,
Love sought is good; but given unsought better.
			(p. 331-32)

Inchbald (1808)







Cesario, by the roses of the spring,
By maidhood, honour, truth and everything,
I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride,
Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide.
			(p. 43)




Kemble (1815) (same in Oxberry [1821] and Cumberland [1830])


O, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful
In the contempt and anger of his lip!



Cesario, by the roses of the spring,
By maidhood, honour, truth and everything,
I love thee so, that, maugre all thy pride,
Nor wit, nor reason, can my passion hide.
		(p. 41)



Folio (1623)


O what a deal of scorn, lookes beautifull?
In the contempt and anger of his lip,
A murderous guilt shewes not it selfe more soone,
Then love that would seeme hid; Loves night, is noone.
Cesario, by the Roses of the Spring,
By maid-hood, honor, truth and everything,
I love thee so, that maugre all thy pride,
Nor wit, nor reason, can my passion hide.
Do not extort thy reasons from this clause,
For that I woo, thou therefore hath no cause;
But reason thus, with reason fetter,
Love sought, is good, but given unsought, is better.
			(pp. 265-6)

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