FERDINAND A blister on his sweet tongue, with my heart,
That put Armado's page out of his part!
BIRON See where it comes! Behavior, what wert thou
Till this madman show'd thee? and what art thou now?
[Re-enter the PRINCESS, ushered by BOYET, ROSALINE,
MARIA, and KATHARINE]
FERDINAND All hail, sweet madam, and fair time of day!
PRINCESS 'Fair' in 'all hail' is foul, as I conceive.
FERDINAND Construe my speeches better, if you may.
PRINCESS Then wish me better; I will give you leave.
FERDINAND We came to visit you, and purpose now
To lead you to our court; vouchsafe it then.
PRINCESS This field shall hold me; and so hold your vow:
Nor God, nor I, delights in perjured men.
FERDINAND Rebuke me not for that which you provoke:
The virtue of your eye must break my oath.
PRINCESS You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke;
For virtue's office never breaks men's troth.
Now by my maiden honour, yet as pure
As the unsullied lily, I protest,
A world of torments though I should endure,
I would not yield to be your house's guest;
So much I hate a breaking cause to be
Of heavenly oaths, vow'd with integrity.
FERDINAND O, you have lived in desolation here,
Unseen, unvisited, much to our shame.
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