The Stratford gallery; . e she other than she is, she were unhandsome ;and being no other but as she is, I do not like her. Claud. In mine eye, she is the sweetest lady thatever I looked on. Bene. I can see yet without spectacles, and I see nosuch matter; theres her cousin, an she were not pos-sessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as thefirst of May doth the last of December. HERO. 85 Be this as it may, we feel bound to attribute no inconsiderableamount of beauty to a woman who could inspire her lover withsucli a delicate declaration of his perception of it, as is containedin these
The Stratford gallery; . e she other than she is, she were unhandsome ;and being no other but as she is, I do not like her. Claud. In mine eye, she is the sweetest lady thatever I looked on. Bene. I can see yet without spectacles, and I see nosuch matter; theres her cousin, an she were not pos-sessed with a fury, exceeds her as much in beauty as thefirst of May doth the last of December. HERO. 85 Be this as it may, we feel bound to attribute no inconsiderableamount of beauty to a woman who could inspire her lover withsucli a delicate declaration of his perception of it, as is containedin these words of Clauclio to Don Pedro, his patron: O nry lord,When you went onward on this ended action,I lookd upon her with a soldiers eye,That likd, but had a rougher task in handThau to drive liking to the name of love ;But now I am returnd, and that war-thoughtsHave left their places vacant, iu then- roomsCome thronging soft and delicate desires,All prompting me how fair young Hero is,Saying I likd her ere I went to ? ? JULIA. The fair Julia of Verona was the beloved but coy mistress ofProteus. This gallant had a bosom friend, named Valentine—agay young fellow, who laughed at Love and its victims, and who,persuaded that Home-keeping youths have ever homely wits, had just set out on a journey to Milan, where he was to engage inthe service of the emperor. A short time after his departure,Antonio, the father of Proteus, determined that his son should joinhis friend in his honorable position at court, and forthwith notifiedthat young gentleman to prepare for the journey. Proteus had butone sweet drop in his bitter cup of trial: his cruel mistress, full ofremorse and sorrow, confessed her love for him. At parting theyexchanged rings, after the fashion of true lovers; and Proteus tooka last agonizing farewell of his Julia in the following high-flownspeech: Here is my hand for my true constancy;And when that hour oerslips me in the dayWherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake,Th
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