TPTT All's Well That Ends Well: ACT V
Introduction
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
SCENE I. Marseilles. A street.
SCENE II. Rousillon. Before the COUNT's palace.
SCENE III. Rousillon. The COUNT's palace.
EPILOGUE
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SCENE II. Rousillon. Before the COUNT's palace.
Enter Clown, and PAROLLES, following
PAROLLES
      Good Monsieur Lavache, give my Lord Lafeu this
      letter: I have ere now, sir, been better known to
      you, when I have held familiarity with fresher
      clothes; but I am now, sir, muddied in fortune's
5     mood, and smell somewhat strong of her strong
      displeasure.
Clown
      Truly, fortune's displeasure is but sluttish, if it
      smell so strongly as thou speakest of: I will
      henceforth eat no fish of fortune's buttering.
10    Prithee, allow the wind.
PAROLLES
      Nay, you need not to stop your nose, sir; I spake
      but by a metaphor.
Clown
      Indeed, sir, if your metaphor stink, I will stop my
      nose; or against any man's metaphor. Prithee, get
15    thee further.
PAROLLES
      Pray you, sir, deliver me this paper.
Clown
      Foh! prithee, stand away: a paper from fortune's
      close-stool to give to a nobleman! Look, here he
      comes himself.

Enter LAFEU

20    Here is a purr of fortune's, sir, or of fortune's
      cat,--but not a musk-cat,--that has fallen into the
      unclean fishpond of her displeasure, and, as he
      says, is muddied withal: pray you, sir, use the
      carp as you may; for he looks like a poor, decayed,
25    ingenious, foolish, rascally knave. I do pity his
      distress in my similes of comfort and leave him to
      your lordship.
Exit
PAROLLES
      My lord, I am a man whom fortune hath cruelly
      scratched.
LAFEU
30    And what would you have me to do? 'Tis too late to
      pare her nails now. Wherein have you played the
      knave with fortune, that she should scratch you, who
      of herself is a good lady and would not have knaves
      thrive long under her? There's a quart d'ecu for
35    you: let the justices make you and fortune friends:
      I am for other business.
PAROLLES
      I beseech your honour to hear me one single word.
LAFEU
      You beg a single penny more: come, you shall ha't;
      save your word.
PAROLLES
40    My name, my good lord, is Parolles.
LAFEU
      You beg more than 'word,' then. Cox my passion!
      give me your hand. How does your drum?
PAROLLES
      O my good lord, you were the first that found me!
LAFEU
      Was I, in sooth? and I was the first that lost thee.
PAROLLES
45    It lies in you, my lord, to bring me in some grace,
      for you did bring me out.
LAFEU
      Out upon thee, knave! dost thou put upon me at once
      both the office of God and the devil? One brings
      thee in grace and the other brings thee out.

Trumpets sound

50    The king's coming; I know by his trumpets. Sirrah,
      inquire further after me; I had talk of you last
      night: though you are a fool and a knave, you shall
      eat; go to, follow.
PAROLLES
      I praise God for you.
Exeunt
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