Shakespeare, William / 2008-06-20 00:00:00

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
FERDINAND king of Navarre.
BIRON |
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LONGAVILLE | lords attending on the King.
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DUMAIN |
BOYET |
| lords attending on the Princess of France.
MERCADE |
DON
ADRIANO DE ARMADO a fantastical Spaniard.
SIR NATHANIEL a curate.
HOLOFERNES a schoolmaster.
DULL a constable.
COSTARD a clown.
MOTH page to Armado.
A Forester.
The PRINCESS of France: (PRINCESS:)
ROSALINE |
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MARIA | ladies attending on the Princess.
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KATHARINE |
JAQUENETTA a country wench.
Lords, Attendants, &c.
(First Lord:)
SCENE Navarre.
LOVE'S LABOURS LOST
ACT I
SCENE I The king of Navarre's park.
[Enter FERDINAND king of Navarre, BIRON, LONGAVILLE
and DUMAIN]
FERDINAND Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,
Live register'd upon our brazen tombs
And then grace us in the disgrace of death;
When, spite of cormorant devouring Time,
The endeavor of this present breath may buy
That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge
And make us heirs of all eternity.
Therefore, brave conquerors,--for so you are,
That war against your own affections
And the huge army of the world's desires,--
Our late edict shall strongly stand in force:
Navarre shall be the wonder of the world;
Our court shall be a little Academe,
Still and contemplative in living art.
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