Vincent van Gogh Starry Night over the Rhone painting
Eric Wallis Roman Girl painting
[Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING]BOTTOM
Are we all met?
QUINCE
Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient placefor our rehearsal. This green plot shall be ourstage, this hawthorn-brake our tiring-house; and wewill do it in action as we will do it before the duke.
BOTTOM
Peter Quince, --
QUINCE
What sayest thou, bully Bottom?
BOTTOM
There are things in this comedy of Pyramus andThisby that will never please. First, Pyramus mustdraw a sword to kill himself; which the ladiescannot abide. How answer you that?
SNOUT
By'r lakin, a parlous fear.
STARVELING
I believe we must leave the killing out, when all is done.
BOTTOM
Not a whit: I have a device to make all well.Write me a prologue; and let the prologue seem tosay, we will do no harm with our swords, and thatPyramus is not killed indeed; and, for the morebetter assurance, tell them that I, Pyramus, am notPyramus, but Bottom the weaver: this will put them
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