28 WILLIAM TELL.

 

A 21. Quick! yonder hat, your bonnet doff to.
TELL. Bow to a hat ?
A 21. Yes! need no more reproof!

Remove your tile when under Gesler’s roof. [Points to hat.
TELL. Gesley’s! I see. He’ll drive the people mad—
Bow to his hat! it’s really shocking bad.
A 21. (Pointing to the ground.) Down! with the dust ; or else I'll
make you, clown!
TELL. Not e’en Sir Peter’s self shall put me down.
A 21. Ifin this rudeness you persist, I’ll stop it—
So, if you’ve any court’sy, please to drop it.
Tew. My cup of anguish over ’gins to swim,
Fill’d by yon hat—yes, to its very brim!
(Firmly) Kneel to a hat, from Gesler’s greasy pole:
No! on my feet I’ll stand—aye, on my soul!