The Stratford gallery; . , and a fairy song;Then, for the third part of a minute, hence :Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;Some war with rear-mice for their leathern wings,To make my small elves coats; and some keep backThe clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wondersAt our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep ;Then to your offices, and let me rest. SONG. You spotted snakes with double tongue,Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen ; Neicts, and blind-worms, do noCome not near our fairy queen ! JJhilomel, with melody,Sing in our sweet lidlaby :Lulla, hdhi, lullaby. hdla, lulla, lullaby !Never h
The Stratford gallery; . , and a fairy song;Then, for the third part of a minute, hence :Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;Some war with rear-mice for their leathern wings,To make my small elves coats; and some keep backThe clamorous owl, that nightly hoots, and wondersAt our quaint spirits. Sing me now asleep ;Then to your offices, and let me rest. SONG. You spotted snakes with double tongue,Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen ; Neicts, and blind-worms, do noCome not near our fairy queen ! JJhilomel, with melody,Sing in our sweet lidlaby :Lulla, hdhi, lullaby. hdla, lulla, lullaby !Never harm, nor spell, nor charm,Come our lovely lady nigh ;So, good night, with lullaby ! 214 TITANIA. II. Weaving spiders, come not here ; Hence, you long-legged spinners, henceBeetles Mack, approach not near ; Worm, nor snail, do no offence ! Philomel, with melody,Sing in our sweet lullaby :Lulla, lulla, IttUaby 1 lulla, lulla, lullaby!Never harm, nor spell, nor charm,Come our lovely lady nigh ;So, good night, with lullaby !. CONSTANCE. Constance, daughter and heiress of Conan IV., Duke of Bre-fcagne, was the widow of Geffrey, son of Henry II. of England, andmother of Arthur, his heir. John, the younger brother of Geffrey,having usurped the English throne, Philip of France demanded itsrestoration to the rightful king—the young Duke of Bretagne; andheld himself in readiness to maintain the boys claim with force ofarms. To chastise this insolent interference with his self-constitutedauthority, King John invaded France with a large army. At firsthe was valiantly repulsed by the French and Austrian troops;but, after several indecisive battles, Philip forgot his royal promiseto Constance, to defend the rights of her sou, and yielded to thestrong temptation of selfish interests. He concluded a peace withKing John, by receiving in marriage for his son Louis, the Dau-phin, Blanche of Castile, a princess of rare perfections, and niece ofKing John, who dowered her with the very territories
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