All’s Well That Ends Well
| ACT V SCENE I | Marseilles. A street. | |
| [ Enter HELENA, Widow, and DIANA, with two Attendants ] | ||
| HELENA | But this exceeding posting day and night | |
| Must wear your spirits low; we cannot help it: | ||
| But since you have made the days and nights as one, | ||
| To wear your gentle limbs in my affairs, | ||
| Be bold you do so grow in my requital | 5 | |
| As nothing can unroot you. In happy time; | ||
| [Enter a Gentleman] | ||
| This man may help me to his majesty’s ear, | ||
| If he would spend his power. God save you, sir. | ||
| Gentleman | And you. | |
| HELENA | Sir, I have seen you in the court of France. | 10 |
| Gentleman | I have been sometimes there. | |
| HELENA | I do presume, sir, that you are not fallen | |
| From the report that goes upon your goodness; | ||
| An therefore, goaded with most sharp occasions, | ||
| Which lay nice manners by, I put you to | 15 | |
| The use of your own virtues, for the which | ||
| I shall continue thankful. | ||
| Gentleman | What’s your will? | |
| HELENA | That it will please you | |
| To give this poor petition to the king, | 20 | |
| And aid me with that store of power you have | ||
| To come into his presence. | ||
| Gentleman | The king’s not here. | |
| HELENA | Not here, sir! | |
| Gentleman | Not, indeed: | 25 |
| He hence removed last night and with more haste | ||
| Than is his use. | ||
| Widow | Lord, how we lose our pains! | |
| HELENA | All’s well that ends well yet, | |
| Though time seem so adverse and means unfit. | 30 | |
| I do beseech you, whither is he gone? | ||
| Gentleman | Marry, as I take it, to Rousillon; | |
| Whither I am going. | ||
| HELENA | I do beseech you, sir, | |
| Since you are like to see the king before me, | 35 | |
| Commend the paper to his gracious hand, | ||
| Which I presume shall render you no blame | ||
| But rather make you thank your pains for it. | ||
| I will come after you with what good speed | ||
| Our means will make us means. | 40 | |
| Gentleman | This I’ll do for you. | |
| HELENA | And you shall find yourself to be well thank’d, | |
| Whate’er falls more. We must to horse again. | ||
| Go, go, provide. | ||
| [Exeunt] | ||
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