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Lysander, Lines 99-110
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Act 1,
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Lines 99-110

A performance of lines 99-110 by Lysander in Act 1, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 1.1 Performance: Lysander Lines 99-110

Lysander

[To Theseus] I am, my lord, as well derived as he,
As well possessed. My love is more than his,
My fortunes every way as fairly ranked,
If not with vantage, as Demetrius'.
And — which is more than all these boasts can be —
I am beloved of beauteous Hermia.
Why should not I then prosecute my right?
Demetrius — I'll avouch it to his head —
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul; and she, sweet lady, dotes,
Devoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry
Upon this spotted and inconstant man.