A similar play upon the word is in _Richard II._ III, iv, 6, where the
queen asks her ladies to propose some sport to drive away care.
_1 Lady._ Madam, we'll dance.
_Queen._ My legs can keep no _measure_ in delight,
When my poor heart no _measure_ keeps in grief:
Therefore, no dancing, girl.
See especially the following, which holds a whole string of quibbles.
_L.L.L._ V, ii, 184. Masked ball.
_King of Navarre._ Say to her, we have _measur'd_ many miles,
To tread a _measure_ with her on this grass.
_Boyet_ (to the ladies). They say, that they have _measur'd_ many
a mile,
To tread a _measure_ with you on this grass.
_Rosaline._ It is not so. Ask them how many inches
Is in one mile: if they have _measur'd_ many,
The _measure_ then of one is easily told.
_Boyet._ If, to come hither, you have _measur'd_ miles,
And many miles, the princess bids you tell,
How many inches do fill up one mile.
_Biron._ Tell her, we _measure_ them by weary _steps_.
And l. 209, _measure_.
Another dance that is frequently referred to is the Dump, the slow and
mournful character of which has already been explained in the notes on
_Lucrece_ 1127. As a serenade it is named in the _Two Gent._ III, ii,
83. The nature of the steps of this dance is not certainly known.
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