. The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere. [ Here s the t-vviu-brotlier of thy lettei. ] ACT 11. SCENE L—Before Pages Mistress Page, with a Letter. Mes. Page. What! have I scaped love-letters in the holyday time of mybeauty, and am I dow a subject for them ? Let me see: [Reads. Ask me no reason why I love you ; for though love use reason for his pre-cisian, he admits him not for his counsellor ^ : You are not young, no more amI; go to then, there s sympathy : you are merry, so am I; Ha ! ha ! then there smore sympathy : you love sack, and so do I; Would y
. The comedies, histories, tragedies, and poems of William Shakspere. [ Here s the t-vviu-brotlier of thy lettei. ] ACT 11. SCENE L—Before Pages Mistress Page, with a Letter. Mes. Page. What! have I scaped love-letters in the holyday time of mybeauty, and am I dow a subject for them ? Let me see: [Reads. Ask me no reason why I love you ; for though love use reason for his pre-cisian, he admits him not for his counsellor ^ : You are not young, no more amI; go to then, there s sympathy : you are merry, so am I; Ha ! ha ! then there smore sympathy : you love sack, and so do I; Would you desire better sympathy 1Let it suffice thee, mistress Page, (at the least, if the love of soldier can suffice),that I love thee. I will not say, pity me t is not a soldier-like phrase; but Isay, love me. By me. Thine own true knight. By day or night, * Johnson would read physician instead of precisian. The commentators seem inclined toadopt this reading, in despair of understanding the passage as it is. A precisian, we apprehend,is here used for one who puts t
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