All's Well That Ends Well: Act 5, Epilogue
comedy
Scene Summary
Skip to text ↓The actor playing the King steps forward to speak the epilogue. The king's a beggar now the play is done, he says — all is well ended if the audience is content. He asks for applause: your gentle hands lend us, and take our hearts.
KING
The king's a beggar, now the play is done:
All is well ended, if this suit be won,
That you express content; which we will pay,
With strife to please you, day exceeding day:
Ours be your patience then, and yours our parts;
Your gentle hands lend us, and take our hearts.
Exeunt