Act I
Scene II
Xiaoyu: But Kazama is bound as well as I, In penalty alike;
and 'tis not hard, I think, For men so old as we to
keep the peace.
Hwoarang: Of honourable reckoning are you both; And pity 'tis
you lived at odds so long. But now, my lord, what say
you to my suit?
Xiaoyu: But saying o'er what I have said before: My child is
yet a stranger in the world; Let two more summers
wither in their pride, Ere we may think her ripe to
be a bride.
Hwoarang: Younger than she are happy mothers made.
Xiaoyu: And too soon marr'd are those so early made. This
night I hold an old accustom'd feast, At my poor
house look to behold this night Fresh female buds
that make dark heaven light. Hear all, all see,
Come, go with me.
Asuka: Tell me in sadness, who is that you love.
Jin: In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman.
Asuka: I aim'd so near, when I supposed you loved.
Jin: A right good marks-man! And she's fair I love.
Askua: A right fair mark, fair cuz, is soonest hit.
Jin: Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit With
Cupid's arrow; Nor bide the encounter of assailing
eyes, Nor open her lap to saint-seducing gold:
Asuka: Then she hath sworn that she will still live chaste?
Jin: She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste.
Asuka: Be ruled by me, forget to think of her.
Jin: Teach me how I should forget to think.
Asuka: By giving liberty unto thine eyes; Examine other
beauties. Why, Jin, art thou mad?
Jin: Not mad, but bound more than a mad-man is; Shut up in
prison, kept without my food, Whipp'd and tormented.
Good day, good fellow.
Wang (newscaster): Now I'll tell you without asking the great rich
Xiaoyu holds an old accustomed feast--A fair
assembly. Signior Placentio and his lovely daughters.
The lady widow of Vitravio; and her lovely nieces
Julia.
Asuka: At this same ancient feast of Xiaoyu's Sups the fair
Julia whom thou so lovest, With all the admired
beauties of Verona:
Wang: If you be not of the house of Kazama come and crush
a cup of wine.
Asuka: Go thither; and, with untainted eye, Compare her face
with some that I shall show, And I will make thee
think thy swan a crow.
Jin: I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to
rejoice in splendor of mine own.
