non-courtly types, are guilty of such separation of seeming from being, only Berowne comes to

acknowledge the interconnectedness of their vices, when he vows he will

. . . never more in Russian habit wait.

O, never will I trust to speeches penned,

Nor to the motion of a schoolboy's tongue,

Nor never come in vizard to my friend,

Nor woo in rhyme, like a blind harper's song!

Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise,

Three-piled hyperbole, spruce affectation,

Figures pedantical--these summer flies

I do forswear them ...

Henceforth my wooing mind shall be expressed

In russet yeas and honest kersey noes."⁵³

However, since he proves unable to abide by his resolution, Rosaline continues to distrust his pro-
fessions of love and all labors are lost. Ironically, only Don Armado, having been humiliated into
the truth about himself, appreciates his release from affectation: "For mine own part, I breathe free

breath."⁵⁴Consequently, he alone appears to be sure of the wench he loves, Jaquenetta.

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