{"id":8636,"date":"2023-01-28T19:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T00:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=8636"},"modified":"2023-01-28T19:16:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T00:16:20","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-act-i-scene-i-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=8636","title":{"rendered":"A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act IV, Scene i; First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Midsummer Night’s Dream.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 4, Scene 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bottom<\/strong><\/p>\n

(This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Ian Gould<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Click here to open up a Modern Version<\/a><\/p>\n

1728\u00a0 When my cue comes, call me, and I will an<\/span>s<\/span>wer.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>1729\u00a0 My next is, mo<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0faire\u00a0<\/span>Piramus<\/i>. Hey ho.\u00a0<\/span>Peter Quince<\/i>?<\/span><\/div>\n
1730\u00a0 Flute\u00a0the bellowes-mender?\u00a0<\/span>Snout\u00a0the tinker?\u00a0<\/span>Starue<\/span><\/em>–<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>1731\u00a0 ling<\/i>? Gods my life! Stolne hence, and left me a<\/span>s<\/span>l<\/span><\/span>eepe: I<\/span><\/div>\n
1732\u00a0 haue had a mo<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0rare vi<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>on. I had a dreame, pa<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the wit<\/span><\/div>\n
1733\u00a0 of man, to <\/span>s<\/span>ay, what dreame it was. Man is but an A<\/span>s<\/span>s<\/span><\/span>e,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>1734\u00a0 if he goe about to expound this dreame. Me-thought I<\/span><\/div>\n
1735\u00a0 was, there is no man can tell what. Me-thought I was,<\/span><\/div>\n
1736\u00a0 and me-thought I had. But man is but a patch’d foole,<\/span><\/div>\n
1737\u00a0 if he will o<\/span>ff<\/span>er to\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>ay, what me-thought I had. The eye of<\/span><\/div>\n
1738\u00a0 man hath not heard, the eare of man hath not <\/span>s<\/span>een, mans<\/span><\/div>\n
1739\u00a0 hand is not able to ta<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>e, his tongue to conceiue, nor his<\/span><\/div>\n
1740\u00a0 heart to report, what my dreame was. I will get\u00a0<\/span>Peter<\/i><\/div>\n
1741\u00a0 Quince<\/i>\u00a0to write a ballet of this dreame, it\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>all be called<\/span><\/div>\n
1742\u00a0 Bottomes Dreame<\/i>, becau<\/span>s<\/span>e it hath no bottome; and I will<\/span><\/div>\n
1743\u00a0 s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>ng it in the latter end of a play, before the Duke. Per<\/span>–<\/span><\/div>\n
1744\u00a0 aduenture, to make it the more gracious, I <\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>ng it<\/span><\/div>\n
1745\u00a0 at her death.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Midsummer Night’s Dream.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 4, Scene 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bottom (This text is featured in our\u00a0interview with Ian Gould) Click here to open up a Modern Version 1728\u00a0 When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. 1729\u00a0 My next is, most\u00a0faire\u00a0Piramus. Hey ho.\u00a0Peter Quince? 1730\u00a0 Flute\u00a0the bellowes-mender?\u00a0Snout\u00a0the tinker?\u00a0Starue– 1731\u00a0 ling? Gods my life! Stolne hence,<\/p>\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-2fi","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8644,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8636\/revisions\/8644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}