![]() Meanwhile Julia, pining for Proteus, comes to Milan dressed as a boy and takes service as Proteus' page, unrecognized by him. ![]() Valentine is banished and becomes a captain of outlaws and Proteus continues his courting of Silvia. But arriving at Milan, Proteus is at once captivated by Silvia, and, betraying both his friend and his former love, reveals to the duke the intention of Valentine to carry off Silvia. Presently Proteus is sent also on his travels, and exchanges vows of constancy with Julia before starting. Valentine leaves Verona for Milan ‘to see the wonders of the world abroad’, and there falls in love with Silvia, the duke of Milan's daughter. Proteus is in love with Julia, who returns his affection. The two gentlemen of Verona are the friends Valentine and Proteus. The play's main source is the story of Felix and Felismena in the Diana of Montemayor. A comedy by Shakespeare, probably written about 1592–3, first printed in the Folio of 1623.
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