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1

Midsummer Night's Dream
[III, 1]

Bottom

833

Not a whit: I have a device to make all well.
Write me a prologue; and let the prologue seem to
say, we will do no harm with our swords, and that
Pyramus is not killed indeed; and, for the more
better assurance, tell them that I, Pyramus, am not
Pyramus, but Bottom the weaver: this will put them
out of fear.

2

Midsummer Night's Dream
[III, 1]

Quince

840

Well, we will have such a prologue; and it shall be
written in eight and six.

3

Midsummer Night's Dream
[III, 1]

Snout

850

Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion.

4

Midsummer Night's Dream
[V, 1]

Philostrate

1947

So please your grace, the Prologue is address'd.

5

Midsummer Night's Dream
[V, 1]

(stage directions)

1950

[Enter QUINCE for the Prologue]

6

Midsummer Night's Dream
[V, 1]

Lysander

1962

He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he knows
not the stop. A good moral, my lord: it is not
enough to speak, but to speak true.

7

Midsummer Night's Dream
[V, 1]

Hippolyta

1965

Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child
on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.

8

Midsummer Night's Dream
[V, 1]

(stage directions)

1995

[Exeunt Prologue, Thisbe, Lion, and Moonshine]