Cesario, by the roses of the spring,
By maidhood, honour, truth and every thing,
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 hast no cause,
But rather reason thus with reason fetter,
Love sought is good, but given unsought better.
VIOLA By innocence I swear, and by my youth
I have one heart, one bosom and one truth,
And that no woman has; nor never none
Shall mistress be of it, save I alone.
And so adieu, good madam: never more
Will I my master's tears to you deplore.
OLIVIA Yet come again; for thou perhaps mayst move
That heart, which now abhors, to like his love.
[Exeunt]
TWELFTH NIGHT
ACT III
SCENE II OLIVIA's house.
[Enter SIR TOBY BELCH, SIR ANDREW, and FABIAN]
SIR ANDREW No, faith, I'll not stay a jot longer.
SIR TOBY BELCH Thy reason, dear venom, give thy reason.
FABIAN You must needs yield your reason, Sir Andrew.
SIR ANDREW Marry, I saw your niece do more favours to the
count's serving-man than ever she bestowed upon me;
I saw't i' the orchard.
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