PERSONS OF THE DRAMA. ORSINO, duke of Illyria. SEBASTIAN, a young gentleman, brother to Viola. A Sea Captain, friend to Viola. Lords, Priests, Sailors, Officers, Musicians, and other Attendants. SCENE, a City in ILLYRIA; and the Sea-coast near it. SCENE I.-An Apartment in the Duke's Palace. Enter Duke, CURIO, Lords; Musicians attending. Duke. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.That strain again;-it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, Stealing and giving odour.-Enough; no more; O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou! But falls into abatement and low price, Cur. Will you go hunt, my lord? Duke. What, Curio? Cur. The hart. Duke. Why, so I do, the noblest that I have: O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Methought, she purg'd the air of pestilence; That instant was I turn'd into a hart; And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds, E'er since pursue me.-How now? what news from her? Enter VALENTINE. Val. So please my lord, I might not be admitted, But from her handmaid do return this answer: The element itself, till seven years heat, Shall not behold her face at ample view; Duke. O, she, that hath a heart of that fine frame, |