Farewell, young lords; these warlike principles
Do not throw from you; and you, my lords, farewell;
Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all,
The gift doth stretch itself as ’tis receiv’d,
And is enough for both.
Farewell, young lords; these warlike principles Do not throw from you; and you, my lords, farewell; Share the advice between you; if both gain all, The gift does stretch itself as ’is receiv’d, And is enough for both.
farewell, young lords; these warlike principles do not throw from you; and you, my lords, farewell; sh're the advice between you; if both gain all, the gift does stretch itself as ’t's receiv’d, and 's enough for both.
Farewell, young lords; these warlike principles Do not throw from you; and...
’Tis our hope, sir,
After well-ent’red soldiers, to return
And find your grace in health.
’is our hope, sir, After well-ent’red soldiers, to return And find your grace in health.
’t's our hope, sir, after well-ent’red soldiers, to return and find your grace in health.
’is our hope, sir, After well-ent’red soldiers, to return And find your...
No, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart
Will not confess he owes the malady
That doth my life besiege. Farewell, young lords.
Whether I live or die, be you the sons
Of worthy Frenchmen; let higher Italy,—
Those bated that inherit but the fall
Of the last monarchy—see that you come
Not to woo honour, but to wed it, when
The bravest questant shrinks: find what you seek,
That fame may cry you loud. I say farewell.
No, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart Will not confess he owes the malady That does my life besiege. Farewell, young lords. Whether I live or die, be you the sons Of worthy Frenchmen; let higher Italy,— Those bated that inherit but the fall Of the last monarchy—see that you come Not to woo honour, but to wed it, when The bravest questant shrinks: find what you seek, That fame may cry you loud. I say farewell.
no, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart will not confess he owes the malady that does my life besiege. farewell, young lords. whether i live or die, be you the sons of worthy frenchmen; let higher italy,— those bated that inherit but the fall of the last monarchy—see that you come not to woo honour, but to wed it, when the bravest questant shrinks: find what you seek, that fame may cry you loud. i say farewell.
No, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart Will not confess...
Health, at your bidding serve your majesty!
Health, at your bidding serve your majesty!
health, at your bidding serve your majesty!
Health, at your bidding serve your majesty!
Those girls of Italy, take heed of them;
They say our French lack language to deny
If they demand; beware of being captives
Before you serve.
Those girls of Italy, take heed of them; They say our French lack language to deny If they demand; beware of being captives Before you serve.
those girls of italy, take heed of them; they say our french lack language to deny if they demand; bew're of being captives before you serve.
Those girls of Italy, take heed of them; They say our French...
Our hearts receive your warnings.
Our hearts receive your warnings.
our hearts receive your warnings.
Our hearts receive your warnings.
Farewell.—Come hither to me.
Farewell.—Come here to me.
farewell.—come here to me.
Farewell.—Come here to me.
O my sweet lord, that you will stay behind us!
O my sweet lord, that you will stay behind us!
o my sweet lord, that you will stay behind us!
O my sweet lord, that you will stay behind us!
’Tis not his fault; the spark.
’is not his fault; the spark.
’t's not h's fault; the spark.
’is not his fault; the spark.
O, ’tis brave wars!
O, ’is brave wars!
o, ’t's brave wars!
O, ’is brave wars!
Most admirable! I have seen those wars.
Most admirable! I have seen those wars.
most admirable! i 've seen those wars.
Most admirable! I have seen those wars.
I am commanded here, and kept a coil with,
“Too young”, and “the next year” and “’tis too early”.
I am commanded here, and kept a coil with, “Too young”, and “the next year” and “’is too early”.
i am commanded here, and kept a coil with, “too young”, and “the next year” and “’t's too early”.
I am commanded here, and kept a coil with, “Too young”, and...
An thy mind stand to’t, boy, steal away bravely.
An your mind stand to’t, boy, steal away bravely.
an your mind stand to’t, boy, steal away bravely.
An your mind stand to’t, boy, steal away bravely.
I shall stay here the forehorse to a smock,
Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry,
Till honour be bought up, and no sword worn
But one to dance with. By heaven, I’ll steal away.
I shall stay here the forehorse to a smock, Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry, Till honour be bought up, and no sword worn But one to dance with. By heaven, I’ll steal away.
i shall stay here the forehorse to a smock, creaking my shoes on the plain masonry, till honour be bought up, and no sword worn but one to dance with. by heaven, i’ll steal away.
I shall stay here the forehorse to a smock, Creaking my shoes...
There’s honour in the theft.
There’s honour in the theft.
there’s honour in the theft.
There’s honour in the theft.
Helena's argument to the King is not primarily medical — it is theological. She deploys three rhetorical strategies in sequence: first, a note of humility ('my duty shall pay me'); second, a scripture-based argument that God works through weak instruments; and third — most decisively — an appeal to the distinction between human agency and divine power. 'Of heaven, not me, make an experiment,' she says. She is asking the King to try God, not her. This is strategically brilliant: it removes her credentials as an issue entirely. You're not betting on a physician's daughter; you're betting on whether God can use a physician's daughter. The King's resistance collapses not because Helena persuades him medically but because she persuades him spiritually. Shakespeare gives Helena a theological intelligence that transcends her social position.
Commit it, count.
Commit it, count.
commit it, count.
Commit it, count.
I am your accessary; and so farewell.
I am your accessary; and so farewell.
i am your accessary; and so farewell.
I am your accessary; and so farewell.
I grow to you, and our parting is a tortur’d body.
I grow to you, and our parting is a tortur’d body.
i grow to you, and our parting 's a tortur’d body.
I grow to you, and our parting is a tortur’d body.
Farewell, captain.
Farewell, captain.
farewell, captain.
Farewell, captain.
Sweet Monsieur Parolles!
Sweet Monsieur Parolles!
sweet monsieur parolles!
Sweet Monsieur Parolles!
Noble heroes, my sword and yours are kin. Good sparks and lustrous, a
word, good metals. You shall find in the regiment of the Spinii one
Captain Spurio, with his cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his
sinister cheek; it was this very sword entrench’d it. Say to him I
live; and observe his reports for me.
Noble heroes, my sword and yours are kin. Good sparks and lustrous, a word, good metals. You shall find in the regiment of the Spinii one Captain Spurio, with his cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek; it was this very sword entrench’d it. Say to him I live; and observe his reports for me.
noble heroes, my sword and yours 're kin. good sparks and lustrous, a word, good metals. you shall find in the regiment of the spinii one captain spurio, with h's cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on h's sinister cheek; it was th's very sword entrench’d it. say to him i live; and observe h's reports for me.
Noble heroes, my sword and yours are kin. Good sparks and lustrous,...
We shall, noble captain.
We shall, noble captain.
we shall, noble captain.
We shall, noble captain.
Mars dote on you for his novices!
Mars dote on you for his novices!
mars dote on you for h's novices!
Mars dote on you for his novices!
Stay the king.
Stay the king.
stay the king.
Stay the king.
Use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lords; you have restrain’d
yourself within the list of too cold an adieu. Be more expressive to
them; for they wear themselves in the cap of the time; there do muster
true gait; eat, speak, and move, under the influence of the most
receiv’d star; and though the devil lead the measure, such are to be
followed. After them, and take a more dilated farewell.
Use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lords; you have restrain’d yourself within the list of too cold an adieu. Be more expressive to them; for they wear themselves in the cap of the time; there do muster true gait; eat, speak, and move, under the influence of the most receiv’d star; and though the devil lead the measure, such are to be followed. After them, and take a more dilated farewell.
use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lords; you 've restrain’d yourself within the list of too cold an adieu. be more expressive to them; for they wear themselves in the cap of the time; there do muster true gait; eat, speak, and move, under the influence of the most receiv’d star; and though the devil lead the measure, such 're to be followed. after them, and take a more dilated farewell.
Use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lords; you have restrain’d...
And I will do so.
And I will do so.
and i will do so.
And I will do so.
Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy sword-men.
Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy sword-men.
worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy sword-men.
Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy sword-men.
Pardon, my lord [_kneeling_], for me and for my tidings.
Pardon, my lord [_kneeling_], for me and for my tidings.
pardon, my lord [_kneeling_], for me and for my tidings.
Pardon, my lord [_kneeling_], for me and for my tidings.
I’ll fee thee to stand up.
I’ll fee you to stand up.
i’ll fee you to stand up.
I’ll fee you to stand up.
When the King asks what Helena dares to wager, she offers her reputation — 'a strumpet's boldness, a divulged shame, traduc'd by odious ballads; my maiden's name sear'd otherwise.' This isn't just dramatic gesture. In Elizabethan culture, a young woman's reputation was essentially her only property. It was what determined who would marry her, how she would be received in society, whether she could live without shame. Helena puts her entire social existence on the table. If she fails, she loses not just her life but everything that makes life worth living for a woman of her class. That's what makes the wager so extreme — and so compelling to the King, who recognizes that someone with nothing to gain by lying wouldn't stake this unless she believed it completely.
Then here’s a man stands that has brought his pardon.
I would you had kneel’d, my lord, to ask me mercy,
And that at my bidding you could so stand up.
Then here’s a man stands that has brought his pardon. I would you had kneel’d, my lord, to ask me mercy, And that at my bidding you could so stand up.
then here’s a man stands that has brought h's pardon. i would you had kneel’d, my lord, to ask me mercy, and that at my bidding you could so stand up.
Then here’s a man stands that has brought his pardon. I would...
I would I had; so I had broke thy pate,
And ask’d thee mercy for’t.
I would I had; so I had broke your pate, And ask’d you mercy for’t.
i would i had; so i had broke your pate, and ask’d you mercy for’t.
I would I had; so I had broke your pate, And ask’d...
Good faith, across;
But, my good lord, ’tis thus: will you be cur’d
Of your infirmity?
Good faith, across; But, my good lord, ’is thus: will you be cur’d Of your infirmity?
good faith, across; but, my good lord, ’t's thus: will you be cur’d of your infirmity?
Good faith, across; But, my good lord, ’is thus: will you be...
No.
No.
no.
No.
O, will you eat
No grapes, my royal fox? Yes, but you will
My noble grapes, and if my royal fox
Could reach them. I have seen a medicine
That’s able to breathe life into a stone,
Quicken a rock, and make you dance canary
With sprightly fire and motion; whose simple touch
Is powerful to araise King Pippen, nay,
To give great Charlemain a pen in’s hand
And write to her a love-line.
O, will you eat No grapes, my royal fox? Yes, but you will My noble grapes, and if my royal fox Could reach them. I have seen a medicine That’s able to breathe life into a stone, Quicken a rock, and make you dance canary With sprightly fire and motion; whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pippen, no, To give great Charlemain a pen in’s hand And write to her a love-line.
o, will you eat no grapes, my royal fox? yes, but you will my noble grapes, and if my royal fox could reach them. i 've seen a medicine that’s able to breathe life into a stone, quicken a rock, and make you dance canary with sprightly fire and motion; whose simple touch 's powerful to araise king pippen, no, to give great charlemain a pen in’s hand and write to her a love-line.
O, will you eat No grapes, my royal fox? Yes, but you...
What ‘her’ is this?
What ‘her’ is this?
what ‘her’ 's this?
What ‘her’ is this?
Why, doctor ‘she’! My lord, there’s one arriv’d,
If you will see her. Now, by my faith and honour,
If seriously I may convey my thoughts
In this my light deliverance, I have spoke
With one that in her sex, her years, profession,
Wisdom, and constancy, hath amaz’d me more
Than I dare blame my weakness. Will you see her,
For that is her demand, and know her business?
That done, laugh well at me.
Why, doctor ‘she’! My lord, there’s one arriv’d, If you will see her. Now, by my faith and honour, If seriously I may convey my thoughts In this my light deliverance, I have spoke With one that in her sex, her years, profession, Wisdom, and constancy, has amaz’d me more Than I dare blame my weakness. Will you see her, For that is her demand, and know her business? That done, laugh well at me.
why, doctor ‘she’! my lord, there’s one arriv’d, if you will see her. now, by my faith and honour, if seriously i may convey my thoughts in th's my light deliverance, i 've spoke with one that in her sex, her years, profession, wisdom, and constancy, has amaz’d me more than i d're blame my weakness. will you see her, for that 's her demand, and know her business? that done, laugh well at me.
Why, doctor ‘she’! My lord, there’s one arriv’d, If you will see...
Now, good Lafew,
Bring in the admiration; that we with thee
May spend our wonder too, or take off thine
By wond’ring how thou took’st it.
Now, good Lafew, Bring in the admiration; that we with you May spend our wonder too, or take off yours By wond’ring how you took’st it.
now, good lafew, bring in the admiration; that we with you may spend our wonder too, or take off yours by wond’ring how you took’st it.
Now, good Lafew, Bring in the admiration; that we with you May...
Nay, I’ll fit you,
And not be all day neither.
no, I’ll fit you, And not be all day neither.
no, i’ll fit you, and not be all day neither.
no, I’ll fit you, And not be all day neither.
Thus he his special nothing ever prologues.
Thus he his special nothing ever prologues.
thus he h's special nothing ever prologues.
Thus he his special nothing ever prologues.
Nay, come your ways.
no, come your ways.
no, come your ways.
no, come your ways.
This haste hath wings indeed.
This haste has wings indeed.
th's haste has wings indeed.
This haste has wings indeed.
Nay, come your ways.
This is his majesty, say your mind to him.
A traitor you do look like, but such traitors
His majesty seldom fears; I am Cressid’s uncle,
That dare leave two together. Fare you well.
no, come your ways. This is his majesty, say your mind to him. A traitor you do look like, but such traitors His majesty seldom fears; I am Cressid’s uncle, That dare leave two together. Fare you well.
no, come your ways. th's 's h's majesty, say your mind to him. a traitor you do look like, but such traitors h's majesty seldom fears; i am cressid’s uncle, that d're leave two together. f're you well.
no, come your ways. This is his majesty, say your mind to...
Now, fair one, does your business follow us?
Now, fair one, does your business follow us?
now, fair one, does your business follow us?
Now, fair one, does your business follow us?
Ay, my good lord.
Gerard de Narbon was my father,
In what he did profess, well found.
Ay, my good lord. Gerard de Narbon was my father, In what he did profess, well found.
ay, my good lord. gerard de narbon was my father, in what he did profess, well found.
Ay, my good lord. Gerard de Narbon was my father, In what...
The scene splits between two tracks: Helena arriving at the peak of her resourcefulness, and Bertram at the nadir of his. While Helena executes the most audacious plan in the play, Bertram is sulking about being called 'too young.' His friends are teasing him, Parolles is egging him on, and he fantasizes about escaping to Italy. The irony is thick: Helena is in the same building, right now, arranging the terms under which he will become her husband — and the husband's ward-ship that traps him at court is the very mechanism that makes the King's authority over his marriage absolute. Bertram's frustration is real and understandable. His solution — run away — is, as the play will show, both predictable and catastrophic.
I knew him.
I knew him.
i knew him.
I knew him.
The rather will I spare my praises towards him.
Knowing him is enough. On his bed of death
Many receipts he gave me; chiefly one,
Which, as the dearest issue of his practice,
And of his old experience the only darling,
He bade me store up as a triple eye,
Safer than mine own two; more dear I have so,
And hearing your high majesty is touch’d
With that malignant cause, wherein the honour
Of my dear father’s gift stands chief in power,
I come to tender it, and my appliance,
With all bound humbleness.
The rather will I spare my praises towards him. Knowing him is enough. On his bed of death Many receipts he gave me; chiefly one, Which, as the dearest issue of his practice, And of his old experience the only darling, He bade me store up as a triple eye, Safer than mine own two; more dear I have so, And hearing your high majesty is touch’d With that malignant cause, wherein the honour Of my dear father’s gift stands chief in power, I come to tender it, and my appliance, With all bound humbleness.
the rather will i sp're my praises towards him. knowing him 's enough. on h's bed of death many receipts he gave me; chiefly one, which, as the dearest issue of h's practice, and of h's old experience the only darling, he bade me store up as a triple eye, safer than mine own two; more dear i 've so, and hearing your high majesty 's touch’d with that malignant cause, wherein the honour of my dear father’s gift stands chief in power, i come to tender it, and my appliance, with all bound humbleness.
The rather will I spare my praises towards him. Knowing him is...
We thank you, maiden,
But may not be so credulous of cure,
When our most learned doctors leave us, and
The congregated college have concluded
That labouring art can never ransom nature
From her inaidable estate. I say we must not
So stain our judgment, or corrupt our hope,
To prostitute our past-cure malady
To empirics, or to dissever so
Our great self and our credit, to esteem
A senseless help, when help past sense we deem.
We thank you, maiden, But may not be so credulous of cure, When our most learned doctors leave us, and The congregated college have concluded That labouring are can never ransom nature From her inaidable estate. I say we must not So stain our judgment, or corrupt our hope, To prostitute our past-cure malady To empirics, or to dissever so Our great self and our credit, to esteem A senseless help, when help past sense we deem.
we thank you, maiden, but may not be so credulous of cure, when our most learned doctors leave us, and the congregated college 've concluded that labouring 're can never ransom nature from her inaidable estate. i say we must not so stain our judgment, or corrupt our hope, to prostitute our past-cure malady to empirics, or to dissever so our great self and our credit, to esteem a senseless help, when help past sense we deem.
We thank you, maiden, But may not be so credulous of cure,...
My duty then shall pay me for my pains.
I will no more enforce mine office on you,
Humbly entreating from your royal thoughts
A modest one to bear me back again.
My duty then shall pay me for my pains. I will no more enforce mine office on you, Humbly entreating from your royal thoughts A modest one to bear me back again.
my duty then shall pay me for my pains. i will no more enforce mine office on you, humbly entreating from your royal thoughts a modest one to bear me back again.
My duty then shall pay me for my pains. I will no...
I cannot give thee less, to be call’d grateful.
Thou thought’st to help me; and such thanks I give
As one near death to those that wish him live.
But what at full I know, thou know’st no part;
I knowing all my peril, thou no art.
I cannot give you less, to be call’d grateful. you thought’st to help me; and such thanks I give As one near death to those that wish him live. But what at full I know, you know’st no part; I knowing all my peril, you no are.
i cannot give you less, to be call’d grateful. you thought’st to help me; and such thanks i give as one near death to those that wish him live. but what at full i know, you know’st no part; i knowing all my peril, you no are.
I cannot give you less, to be call’d grateful. you thought’st to...
What I can do can do no hurt to try,
Since you set up your rest ’gainst remedy.
He that of greatest works is finisher
Oft does them by the weakest minister.
So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown,
When judges have been babes. Great floods have flown
From simple sources, and great seas have dried
When miracles have by the great’st been denied.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
What I can do can do no hurt to try, Since you set up your rest ’gainst remedy. He that of greatest works is finisher Oft does them by the weakest minister. So holy writ in babes has judgment shown, When judges have been babes. Great floods have flown From simple sources, and great seas have dried When miracles have by the great’st been denied. Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
what i can do can do no hurt to try, since you set up your rest ’gainst remedy. he that of greatest works 's finisher oft does them by the weakest minister. so holy writ in babes has judgment shown, when judges 've been babes. great floods 've flown from simple sources, and great seas 've dried when miracles 've by the great’st been denied. oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope 's coldest, and despair most fits.
What I can do can do no hurt to try, Since you...
I must not hear thee. Fare thee well, kind maid.
Thy pains, not us’d, must by thyself be paid;
Proffers, not took, reap thanks for their reward.
I must not hear you. Fare you well, kind maid. your pains, not us’d, must by yourself be paid; Proffers, not took, reap thanks for their reward.
i must not hear you. f're you well, kind maid. your pains, not us’d, must by yourself be paid; proffers, not took, reap thanks for their reward.
I must not hear you. Fare you well, kind maid. your pains,...
Inspired merit so by breath is barr’d.
It is not so with Him that all things knows
As ’tis with us that square our guess by shows;
But most it is presumption in us when
The help of heaven we count the act of men.
Dear sir, to my endeavours give consent;
Of heaven, not me, make an experiment.
I am not an impostor, that proclaim
Myself against the level of mine aim,
But know I think, and think I know most sure,
My art is not past power nor you past cure.
Inspired merit so by breath is barr’d. It is not so with Him that all things knows As ’is with us that square our guess by shows; But most it is presumption in us when The help of heaven we count the act of men. Dear sir, to my endeavours give consent; Of heaven, not me, make an experiment. I am not an impostor, that proclaim Myself against the level of mine aim, But know I think, and think I know most sure, My are is not past power nor you past cure.
inspired merit so by breath 's barr’d. it 's not so with him that all things knows as ’t's with us that squ're our guess by shows; but most it 's presumption in us when the help of heaven we count the act of men. dear sir, to my endeavours give consent; of heaven, not me, make an experiment. i am not an impostor, that proclaim myself against the level of mine aim, but know i think, and think i know most sure, my 're 's not past power nor you past cure.
Inspired merit so by breath is barr’d. It is not so with...
Art thou so confident? Within what space
Hop’st thou my cure?
are you so confident? Within what space Hop’st you my cure?
're you so confident? within what space hop’st you my cure?
are you so confident? Within what space Hop’st you my cure?
The greatest grace lending grace.
Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring
Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring,
Ere twice in murk and occidental damp
Moist Hesperus hath quench’d her sleepy lamp;
Or four and twenty times the pilot’s glass
Hath told the thievish minutes how they pass;
What is infirm from your sound parts shall fly,
Health shall live free, and sickness freely die.
The greatest grace lending grace. before twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring, before twice in murk and occidental damp Moist Hesperus has quench’d her sleepy lamp; Or four and twenty times the pilot’s glass has told the thievish minutes how they pass; What is infirm from your sound parts shall fly, Health shall live free, and sickness freely die.
the greatest grace lending grace. before twice the horses of the sun shall bring their fiery torcher h's diurnal ring, before twice in murk and occidental damp moist hesperus has quench’d her sleepy lamp; or four and twenty times the pilot’s glass has told the thievish minutes how they pass; what 's infirm from your sound parts shall fly, health shall live free, and sickness freely die.
The greatest grace lending grace. before twice the horses of the sun...
Upon thy certainty and confidence
What dar’st thou venture?
Upon your certainty and confidence What dar’st you venture?
upon your certainty and confidence what dar’st you venture?
Upon your certainty and confidence What dar’st you venture?
Tax of impudence,
A strumpet’s boldness, a divulged shame,
Traduc’d by odious ballads; my maiden’s name
Sear’d otherwise; nay worse of worst extended
With vilest torture, let my life be ended.
Tax of impudence, A strumpet’s boldness, a divulged shame, Traduc’d by odious ballads; my maiden’s name Sear’d otherwise; no worse of worst extended With vilest torture, let my life be ended.
tax of impudence, a strumpet’s boldness, a divulged shame, traduc’d by odious ballads; my maiden’s name sear’d otherwise; no worse of worst extended with vilest torture, let my life be ended.
Tax of impudence, A strumpet’s boldness, a divulged shame, Traduc’d by odious...
Methinks in thee some blessed spirit doth speak
His powerful sound within an organ weak;
And what impossibility would slay
In common sense, sense saves another way.
Thy life is dear, for all that life can rate
Worth name of life in thee hath estimate:
Youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, all
That happiness and prime can happy call.
Thou this to hazard needs must intimate
Skill infinite, or monstrous desperate.
Sweet practiser, thy physic I will try,
That ministers thine own death if I die.
I think in you some blessed spirit does speak His powerful sound within an organ weak; And what impossibility would slay In common sense, sense saves another way. your life is dear, for all that life can rate Worth name of life in you has estimate: Youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, all That happiness and prime can happy call. you this to hazard needs must intimate Skill infinite, or monstrous desperate. Sweet practiser, your physic I will try, That ministers yours own death if I die.
i think in you some blessed spirit does speak h's powerful sound within an organ weak; and what impossibility would slay in common sense, sense saves another way. your life 's dear, for all that life can rate worth name of life in you has estimate: youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, all that happiness and prime can happy call. you th's to hazard needs must intimate skill infinite, or monstrous desperate. sweet practiser, your physic i will try, that ministers yours own death if i die.
I think in you some blessed spirit does speak His powerful sound...
If I break time, or flinch in property
Of what I spoke, unpitied let me die,
And well deserv’d. Not helping, death’s my fee;
But if I help, what do you promise me?
If I break time, or flinch in property Of what I spoke, unpitied let me die, And well deserv’d. Not helping, death’s my fee; But if I help, what do you promise me?
if i break time, or flinch in property of what i spoke, unpitied let me die, and well deserv’d. not helping, death’s my fee; but if i help, what do you promise me?
If I break time, or flinch in property Of what I spoke,...
Make thy demand.
Make your demand.
make your demand.
Make your demand.
But will you make it even?
But will you make it even?
but will you make it even?
But will you make it even?
Ay, by my sceptre and my hopes of heaven.
Ay, by my sceptre and my hopes of heaven.
ay, by my sceptre and my hopes of heaven.
Ay, by my sceptre and my hopes of heaven.
Then shalt thou give me, with thy kingly hand
What husband in thy power I will command:
Exempted be from me the arrogance
To choose from forth the royal blood of France,
My low and humble name to propagate
With any branch or image of thy state;
But such a one, thy vassal, whom I know
Is free for me to ask, thee to bestow.
Then shall you give me, with your kingly hand What husband in your power I will command: Exempted be from me the arrogance To choose from forth the royal blood of France, My low and humble name to propagate With any branch or image of your state; But such a one, your vassal, whom I know Is free for me to ask, you to bestow.
then shall you give me, with your kingly hand what husband in your power i will command: exempted be from me the arrogance to choose from forth the royal blood of france, my low and humble name to propagate with any branch or image of your state; but such a one, your vassal, whom i know 's free for me to ask, you to bestow.
Then shall you give me, with your kingly hand What husband in...
Here is my hand; the premises observ’d,
Thy will by my performance shall be serv’d;
So make the choice of thy own time, for I,
Thy resolv’d patient, on thee still rely.
More should I question thee, and more I must,
Though more to know could not be more to trust:
From whence thou cam’st, how tended on; but rest
Unquestion’d welcome, and undoubted bless’d.
Give me some help here, ho! If thou proceed
As high as word, my deed shall match thy deed.
Here is my hand; the premises observ’d, your will by my performance shall be serv’d; So make the choice of your own time, for I, your resolv’d patient, on you still rely. More should I question you, and more I must, Though more to know could not be more to trust: From whence you cam’st, how tended on; but rest Unquestion’d welcome, and undoubted bless’d. Give me some help here, ho! If you proceed As high as word, my deed shall match your deed.
here 's my hand; the premises observ’d, your will by my performance shall be serv’d; so make the choice of your own time, for i, your resolv’d patient, on you still rely. more should i question you, and more i must, though more to know could not be more to trust: from whence you cam’st, how tended on; but rest unquestion’d welcome, and undoubted bless’d. give me some help here, ho! if you proceed as high as word, my deed shall match your deed.
Here is my hand; the premises observ’d, your will by my performance...
The Reckoning
The scene runs two tracks simultaneously: Bertram getting steadily more resentful as his peers ride off to glory while he is kept like a child, and Helena making one of the most audacious bargains in all of Shakespeare. The King's dismissal of her offer is almost comically formal — he has been humiliated by too many false promises. But Helena doesn't argue from credentials. She argues from God: try me not as an empiric but as a miracle. The King's conversion from skeptic to believer happens in real time, in verse. When he takes her hand and says 'Thy will by my performance shall be serv'd,' the play's engine fires.
If this happened today…
A terminally ill tech billionaire holds a farewell meeting for his team going to launch a major product in Europe. His young ward, who grew up in his household, is the only one not invited — too junior, too soon. He sulks. Meanwhile, a young woman who grew up as the daughter of his company's legendary early researcher shows up uninvited with a file of her father's unpublished work. Every doctor on the executive team laughs at her. She tells the billionaire: 'Test me. If it doesn't work, ruin me publicly. If it works, give me the employee of your choice.' He pauses. Then he says: let's try it.